bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Simple Designed Micro–Nano Si–Graphite Hybrids for Lithium Storage
Authors: Li Jiaxin , Huang Yongcong , Huang Weijian , Tao Jianming , Lv Fucong , Ye Ruilai , Lin Yingbin , Li Yang yang , Huang Zhigao , Lu Jian 
Published: February 2021

AbstractUp to now, the silicon‐graphite anode materials with commercial prospect for lithium batteries (LIBs) still face three dilemmas of the huge volume effect, the poor interface compatibility, and the high resistance. To address the above challenges, micro–nano structured composites of graphite coating by ZnO‐incorporated and carbon‐coated silicon (marked as Gr@ZnO‐Si‐C) are reasonably synthesized via an efficient and convenient method of liquid phase self‐assembly synthesis combined with annealing treatment. The designed composites of Gr@ZnO‐Si‐C deliver excellent lithium battery performance with good rate performance and stable long‐cycling life of 1000 cycles with reversible capacities of 1150 and 780 mAh g−1 tested at 600 and 1200 mA g−1, respectively. The obtained results reveal that the incorporated ZnO effectively improve the interface compatibility between electrolyte and active materials, and boost the formation of compact and stable surface solid electrolyte interphase layer for electrodes. Furthermore, the pyrolytic carbon layer formed from polyacrylamide can directly improve electrical conductivity, decrease polarization, and thus promote their electrochemical performance. Finally, based on the scalable preparation of Gr@ZnO‐Si‐C composites, the pouch full cells of Gr@ZnO‐Si‐C||NCM523 are assembled and used to evaluate the commercial prospects of Si–graphite composites, offering highly useful information for researchers working in the battery industry.
Construction of Dual‐Active‐Site Copper Catalyst Containing both CuN3 and CuN4 Sites
Authors: Xiong Yu , Wang Shibin , Chen Wenxing , Zhang Jian , Li Qiheng , Hu Han‐Shi , Zheng Lirong , Yan Wensheng , Gu Lin , Wang Dingsheng , Li Yadong 
Published: February 2021

AbstractClear recognition and rational construction of suitable active center for specific reaction is always of great significance in designing highly efficient catalysts. Herein, a dual‐active‐site copper catalyst (DAS‐Cu) containing both CuN3 and CuN4 sites is reported. Such catalysts show extremely high catalytic performance (yield: up to 97%) toward oxyphosphorylation of alkenes, while catalysts with single active site (CuN3 or CuN4) are chemically inert in this reaction. Combined with theoretical and experimental results, the different roles of two different Cu active sites in this reaction are further identified. CuN3 site captures the oxygen and trigger further oxidizing process, while CuN4 site provides moderate adsorption sites for the protection of phosphonyl radicals. This work deeply discloses the significant cooperated role with two single‐atomic sites in one catalytic active center and brings up a valuable clue for the rational design of better‐performing heterogeneous catalyst.
Designing Flexible but Tough Slippery Track for Underwater Gas Manipulation
Authors: Wang Xinsheng , Bai Haoyu , Yang Jingrun , Li Zhe , Wu Yuchen , Yu Cunming , Jiang Lei , Cao Moyuan 
Published: February 2021

AbstractLubricant‐infused slippery surface exhibits a series of superior properties such as pressure tolerance, self‐healing, oil‐repellence, etc. Especially when being applied in an aqueous environment, the reliable bubble manipulating ability of slippery surface offers great opportunities to develop advanced systems in the field of gas transport, water splitting, etc. To improve the strength and the functionality of slippery surfaces, a sliced lubricant‐infused slippery (SLIS) track is presented here, possessing both flexibility and toughness for underwater bubble manipulation. The rigid slippery slices with hydrophobic porous structure are linked by the liquid bridge of silicone oil, resulting in a continuous lubricant layer for bubble transfer. Taking advantage of this unique assembled structure, the in situ bubble controlling process, that is, pinning and moving, is achieved via the stretching/releasing of an elastic SLIS track. Besides, on the basis of the integrated design, a hypothesis of underwater gas mining is proved in the all‐in‐one process including the micro‐bubble generation, bubble collection, and gas transport. The current design paves an avenue to reinforce the structure of slippery surfaces, and should promote the function of underwater bubble manipulation toward real‐world applications.
Scaffolding Compositions by Valuing Illustrations in Preschool
Authors: Trujillo Andrea R. , Emerson Andrea M. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractThe authors guide early childhood educators through steps for empowering the inner authentic writer in young preschool children by maximizing illustrations. Preschoolers’ emergent writing experiences should be authentic and support positive writing identities as their skills develop. The authors explain how to model flexible and authentic processes through practical strategies to engage children in compositional writing through a focus on illustrations. Four steps will help harness children’s illustrations as a launch pad to encourage emergent writing, scaffold drawing and illustrations through questions, model authenticity, and value making and sharing young children’s picture books in preschool.
Social and Cultural Dynamics of Non-native Invasive Species
Authors: Schelhas John , Alexander Janice , Brunson Mark , Cabe Tommy , Crall Alycia , Dockry Michael J. , Emery Marla R. , Frankel Susan J. , Hapner Nina , Hickman Caleb R. , Jordan Rebecca , LaVoie Michael J. , Ma Zhao , Starinchak Joe , Vukomanovic Jelena 
Published: February 2021

AbstractInvasive species and their management represent a complex issue spanning social and ecological systems. Invasive species present existing and potential threats to the nature of ecosystems and the products and services that people receive from them. Humans can both cause and address problems through their complex interactions with ecosystems. Yet, public awareness of invasive species and their impact is highly uneven, and public support for management and control of invasive species can be variable. Public perceptions often differ markedly from the perspectives of concerned scientists, and perceptions and support for management are influenced by a wide range of social and ecological values. In this chapter, we present a broad survey of social science research across a diversity of ecosystems and stakeholders in order to provide a foundation for understanding the social and cultural dimensions of invasive species and plan more effective management approaches. This chapter also addresses tribal perspectives on invasive species, including traditional ecological knowledge, unique cultural dimensions for tribes, and issues critical to engaging tribes as partners and leaders in invasive species management. Recognizing that natural resource managers often seek to change people’s perceptions and behaviors, we present and discuss some promising approaches that are being used to engage human communities in ways that empower and enlist stakeholders as partners in management.
Economics of Invasive Species
Authors: Warziniack Travis , Haight Robert G. , Yemshanov Denys , Apriesnig Jenny L. , Holmes Thomas P. , Countryman Amanda M. , Rothlisberger John D. , Haberland Christopher 
Published: February 2021

AbstractWhile the subset of introduced species that become invasive is small, the damages caused by that subset and the costs of controlling them can be substantial. This chapter takes an in-depth look at the economic damages non-native species cause, methods economists often use to measure those damages, and tools used to assess invasive species policies. Ecological damages are covered in other chapters of this book. To put the problem in perspective, Federal agencies reported spending more than half a billion dollars per year in 1999 and 2000 for activities related to invasive species ($513.9 million in 1999 and $631.5 million in 2000 (U.S. GAO 2000)). Approximately half of these expenses were spent on prevention. Several states also spend considerable resources on managing non-native species; for example, Florida spent $127.6 million on invasive species activities in 2000 (U.S. GAO 2000), and the Great Lakes states spend about $20 million each year to control sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) (Kinnunen 2015). Costs to government may not be the same as actual damages, which generally fall disproportionately on a few economic sectors and households. For example, the impact of the 2002 outbreak of West Nile virus exceeded $4 million in damages to the equine industries in Colorado and Nebraska alone (USDA APHIS 2003) and more than $20 million in public health damages in Louisiana (Zohrabian et al. 2004). Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) cause $300–$500 million annually in damages to power plants, water systems, and industrial water intakes in the Great Lakes region (Great Lakes Commission 2012) and are expected to cause $64 million annually in damages should they or quagga mussels (Dreissena bugensis) spread to the Columbia River basin (Warziniack et al. 2011).
Legislation and Policy
Authors: Campbell Faith T. , Diaz-Soltero Hilda , Hayes Deborah C. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractIn the United States, biological invaders are managed by all Federal agencies that have responsibility for natural resources, as well as the States, territories, and occasionally regional entities. Federal agencies’ invasive species programs are implemented under the mandates and guidance provided by dozens of laws, which include statutes enacted by the Congress, Executive Orders issued by the President, and regulations adopted by the relevant agencies. Although there are numerous laws implemented by the States or occasionally regional entities, this chapter will focus on Federal legislation and regulations that guide work on all public and private forests, rangelands, and grasslands in the United States. There are three categories of laws: (1) laws to prevent introduction or initial spread; (2) laws for management or control of invasive species; and (3) more generally defined land management laws which serve as an umbrella for invasive species activities.
Invasive Species Response to Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbance
Authors: Meyer Susan E. , Callaham Mac A. , Stewart Jane E. , Warren Steven D. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractMuch of the literature dealing with the biology and management of invasive species has focused on the damaging ecological and economic consequences of invasions (see Chaps.2,3, and14of this volume for review). In this chapter, we shift the focus to the causes of invasion, with the goal of proactively limiting or preventing invasions rather than reacting to them once they have occurred. Preventing the introduction of invasive species is one key element in this proactive approach (Chap.6, this volume). Here, we specifically focus on ecosystem attributes that affect whether or not an ecosystem is vulnerable to invasion, that is, the features that affect its invasibility (Lonsdale 1999), with particular emphasis on the role of natural and anthropogenic disturbance.
Restoration of Landscapes and Habitats Affected by Established Invasive Species
Authors: Koch Jennifer , Pearson Dean E. , Huebner Cynthia D. , Young Michael K. , Sniezko Richard A. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractPreventing invasions of aquatic and terrestrial habitats is the preferred and most cost-effective approach to address the invasive species threat (see Chap. 6). However, when prevention efforts fail, invasive species can become widespread and deeply embedded in native ecosystems, causing severe impacts (see Chaps. 2, 3, and 4). In such cases, invader control (see Chap. 7) accompanied by restoration facilitates recovery of native species and prevents reinvasion (e.g., Pearson et al. 2016). Here, we summarize the current state of restoration science and highlight critical information gaps that must be overcome to advance ecosystem restoration in terrestrial and aquatic systems affected by invasive plants, insects, diseases, and vertebrates.
Multi-stakeholder News Recommendation Using Hypergraph Learning
Authors: Gharahighehi Alireza , Vens Celine , Pliakos Konstantinos 
Published: February 2021

AbstractRecommender systems are meant to fulfil user preferences. Nevertheless, there are multiple examples where users are not the only stakeholder in a recommendation platform. For instance, in news aggregator websites apart from readers, one can consider magazines (news agencies) or authors as other stakeholders. A multi-stakeholder recommender system generates a ranked list of items taking into account the preferences of multiple stakeholders. In this study, news recommendation is handled as a hypergraph ranking task, where relations between multiple types of objects and stakeholders are modeled in a unified hypergraph. The obtained results indicate that ranking on hypergraphs can be utilized as a natural multi-stakeholder recommender system that is able to adapt recommendations based on the importance of stakeholders.
Study on Premium Rent of Refurbished Apartments Based on Bayesian Modeling Using Stated Preference Data of the Tenants
Authors: Komatsu Hiroaki 
Published: February 2021

AbstractIn this study, we evaluated the premium rent of refurbished apartment houses in Greater Tokyo. We found that as a residential building’s age increased, the premium rent decreased. Male tenants in the age group of 20–30 years showed the highest willingness to pay (WTP). In addition, a high degree of residential satisfaction and the sense of expense toward rent had negative effects on the WTP toward premium rent.
Feasibility Evaluation for Condominium Reconstruction by Means of the Application of Discriminant Analysis on Real Estate Data
Authors: Hanazato Toshihiro 
Published: February 2021

AbstractThis paper discusses the application of discriminant analysis on real estate data as a feasible estimation method for condominium reconstruction. The proposed method was used in order to verify its prediction capacity managing data from the real estate and resulting in 89.4% accuracy. This method revealed and highlighted the structure of four explanatory variables in terms of prediction impact. Further, it has been clarified that only three out of these four explanatory variables mentioned above were selected and constantly used in order to explain each analytical model.
Introduction: City Planning and New Technology
Authors: Asami Yasushi 
Published: February 2021

AbstractIn Part III, titled “City Planning and New Technology,” we discuss two topics, namely, compact cities and real estate technology in Japan.Promotion of compact cities is regarded as a high priority issue in urban policies in the era of population decrease. The Act on Special Measures concerning Urban Reconstruction in 2014 was revised to institutionalize the framework for the Location Normalization Plan, a plan for local governments to build compact cities to manage population decline and aging urban infrastructure while placing less burden on environment. Three chapters are devoted to issues related to this movement. In Chap. 18, Ishikawa (2020) discusses how urban functions can be guided by residents’ perspectives. To build a compact city, various day-to-day services must be placed proximal to residential areas; however, some services must be placed at a certain distance from residences because of land use restrictions. Therefore, we must determine the uses allowed in residential areas. In Chap. 19, Morimoto (2020) discusses the history of major contributions made by the development of transportation facilities to urban spread, the important role of traffic facilities to guide land use toward desirable purposes, and impact of self-driving vehicles on land use. In Chap. 20, Ogushi (2020) explains how the Location Normalization Plan in Niigata City was formed in detail.Real estate technology refers to real estate business-related services that use new technology. Several new services based on new technology have been introduced in the field of real estate in Japan. Three chapters are devoted to issues related to real estate technology. In Chap. 21, Narimoto (2020) explains the outline of real estate technology services in Japan and identifies legal problems associated with handling of information. In Chap. 22, Nishio and Ito (2020) report on creating a sky view factor calculating system that uses Google Street View. Sky view factor is a term that refers to a configuration factor for the amount of sky in a hypothetical hemisphere. In Chap. 23, Kiyota (2020) explains the transition of neural network research and characteristics of deep learning and introduces a system that detects category inconsistencies in real estate property photographs submitted by real estate companies by using deep learning and a system that detects indexes associated with ease of living based on property photographs.
Realities and Challenges of Land Issues in the Era of Depopulation
Authors: Yoshihara Shoko 
Published: February 2021

AbstractAbandoned and unclaimed land has emerged as a major policy issue in Japan, where the population is dwindling and property values are falling in many areas, including big cities. This article analyzes this alarming issue using the results of a nationwide survey conducted by the author targeting 1719 local authorities, which revealed a disconnection between the existing landownership system and rapid demographic change. Policy initiatives are needed to address three basic challenges, namely, how to get people to register title transfers when they inherit real estate; how to protect and manage land that has no immediate prospect for use; and how to improve the data collection and management infrastructure.
Introduction: Real Estate Tax System and Real Estate Market in Japan
Authors: Higano Yoshiro 
Published: February 2021

AbstractThis introduction summarizes chapters of Part II. In Chap. 9, Yamamoto (Jpn J Real Estate Sci 31:88–96, 2018) has compared between the street method, the asset valuation adopted for the imposition of property tax in Japan, and the computer-assisted mass appraisal (CAMA) method generally adopted in North America focusing on education and training of valuators. In Chap. 10, Yamazaki (Jpn J Real Estate Sci 31:97–101, 2018) argues that one of the major causes for relatively low density use of land in the city in Japan is the land tax system. He focuses on property tax and examines defects of the tax from view of economist. In Chap. 11, Kobayashi (Jpn J Real Estate Sci 31:129–138, 2018), taking an actual example, has examined difference between precise legal interpretation of ‘exemption from real estate acquisition tax due to purpose of use’ and taxation practices conducted by local administrative bodies. In Chap. 12, Shirakawa and Okoshi (Jpn J Real Estate Sci 31:88–96, 2017) have shown that the real estate companies were committed to transactions as dual agencies to whatsoever degree, and analyzed attributes of real estate brokerage companies which are able to be dual agencies and how such dual agency affects contract price.In Chap. 13, Ueno (Jpn J Real Estate Sci 31:97–105, 2017) has analyzed impacts of the macroeconomic conditions on the land price gradient curves which are estimated using real estate data of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area in 1970, 1976, 1985, 1988, 1994, 2008, 2010, and 2016. In Chap. 14, Komatsu (Jpn J Real Estate Sci 31:110–118, 2017) has analyzed impacts that refurbishment of existing apartment has on possible increase in rent using the multinomial probit model and the Tobit model. In Chap. 15, Hanazato (Jpn J Real Estate Sci 31:119–128, 2017) has shown that around 90% of condominium reconstruction cases are predictable using the estimated discriminant function in terms of objective real estate data only. In Chap. 16, Ota et al. (Jpn J Real Estate Sci 31:109–119, 2018) have analyzed determinants of rent for rental house, office, and shop within 10-min walking distance from Shibuya Station in Tokyo. Multiple regression analyses are conducted and have shown that space syntax (SS) measures (Hillier and Hanson, The Social Logic of Space. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1984) significantly affect rent as well as conventional location attributes.
Professional Practices in Fixed Assets Valuation and Assessor Education in North America: Suggestions for Japan
Authors: Yamamoto Takashi 
Published: February 2021

AbstractThis paper examined and compared the situation of and problems with professional practices in fixed assets valuation and assessor education between North America (the United States and Canada) and Japan. Because professional practice in tax assessment takes place within individual municipalities in North America, the opportunities for external experts to participate in the practice are limited. Moreover, external institutions and universities that provide professional education educated the assessors who were in charge of these professional practices. As a result, the costs of professional practices in tax assessment and assessor education and training have been kept low. In Japan, there has been no foundation through which to foster experts within individual municipalities, so much professional practice is outsourced; consequently, this practice has become ineffective and unstable. Thus, Japan can refer to the North American system of providing complete professional tax assessment services within each municipality, as well as the fostering of experts through external organizations.
Meniscal tears are more common than previously identified, however, less than a quarter of people with a tear undergo arthroscopy
Authors: Ahmed Imran , Radhakrishnan Anand , Khatri Chetan , Staniszewska Sophie , Hutchinson Charles , Parsons Nicholas , Price Andrew , Metcalfe Andrew 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
Purpose
The management of meniscal tears is a widely researched and evolving field. Previous studies reporting the incidence of meniscal tears are outdated and not representative of current practice. The aim of this study was to report the current incidence of MRI confirmed meniscal tears in patients with a symptomatic knee and the current intervention rate in a large NHS trust.

Methods
Radiology reports from 13,358 consecutive magnetic resonance imaging scans between 2015 and 2017, performed at a large UK hospital serving a population of 470,000, were assessed to identify patients with meniscal tears. The hospital database was interrogated to explore the subsequent treatment undertaken by the patient. A linear regression model was used to identify if any factors predicted subsequent arthroscopy.

Results
1737 patients with isolated meniscal tears were identified in patients undergoing an MRI for knee pain, suggesting a rate of 222 MRI confirmed tears per 100,000 of the population aged 18 to 55 years old. 47% attended outpatient appointments and 22% underwent arthroscopy. Root tears [odds ratio (95% CI) 2.24 (1.0, 4.49); p = 0.049] and bucket handle tears were significantly associated with subsequent surgery, with no difference between the other types of tears. The presence of chondral changes did not significantly affect the rate of surgery [0.81 (0.60, 1.08); n.s].

Conclusion
Meniscal tears were found to be more common than previously described. However, less than half present to secondary care and only 22% undergo arthroscopy. These findings should inform future study design and recruitment strategies. In agreement with previous literature, bucket handle tears and root tears were significant predictors of subsequent surgery.

Level of evidence
III.