bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Implicit Mental Motor Imagery Task Demonstrates a Distortion of the Body Schema in Patients With Eating Disorders
Authors: Purcell Juliann B. , Winter Samantha R. , Breslin Caitlin M. , White Nicole C. , Lowe Michael R. , Branch Coslett H. 
Published: June 2018

AbstractObjectives: A rich body of literature has established the role of body image distortion and dissatisfaction in the development and maintenance of eating disorders. However, many of the currently used techniques require explicit comparison of the person’s body to an external stimulus. As the body schema is a largely unconscious construct, explicit comparison tasks may reflect a proxy, rather than the body schema itself. Methods: Here we use an implicit mental motor imagery (MMI) task to interrogate the body schema in healthy control participants (N=40) and participants at a residential eating disorder treatment center (N=42). By comparing the time it takes to imagine making a movement along a part of the body to the time it takes to actually make the same movement, we were able to assess participants’ mental image of their body (i.e., body schema). Results: We found that participants with eating disorders, but not healthy controls, exhibited distortions of the body schema such that they believed their abdomen, buttocks, and thighs to be larger than they really are. Additionally, the MMI task used here provided information above and beyond traditional self-report measures (i.e., Body Shape Questionnaire). Together the MMI task and traditional measures provide the most information. Conclusions: Findings using the novel MMI task are in line with the literature; participants with eating disorders consider themselves to be larger than they truly are. Taken together, results of this study suggest that MMI tasks provide complementary information to traditional self-report measures. (JINS, 2018, 22, 000–000)
Structural role of ZrO2 and its impact on properties of boroaluminosilicate nuclear waste glasses
Authors: Lu Xiaonan , Deng Lu , Kerisit Sebastien , Du Jincheng 
Published: June 2018

AbstractAddition of zirconia (ZrO2) to nuclear waste glasses, even in small amount, significantly affects physical properties such as chemical durability, density, viscosity, and glass transition temperature. Hence ZrO2 plays an important role in the development of nuclear waste glass compositions. It was found recently that addition of zirconia decreases the initial dissolution rate but increases long-term dissolution by changing the protective properties such as porosity of alteration layers. In this study, the International Simple Glass (ISG) with different amounts of ZrO2/SiO2 substitution was simulated using classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and recently developed composition-dependent potential sets. Local structural descriptors such as bond distances, bond angle distributions, and coordination numbers were systematically studied and compared with experimental values. Zr K-edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectra were also calculated and compared with experiment to resolve the local coordination environment around Zr. Medium-range structural information (e.g., Qn distribution, network connectivity, and ring-size distribution) showed that ZrO2/SiO2 substitution increases the overall network connectivity and the amount of smaller sized rings, which will decrease the initial dissolution rate by strengthening the glass network and limiting water diffusivity. Finally, diffusion and dynamic properties of the ions were studied and discussed to develop a better understanding of the chemical durability of these glasses.
Systematic analysis of biological roles of charged amino acid residues located throughout the structured inner wall of a virus capsid
Authors: Carrillo Pablo J. P. , Hervás Marta , Rodríguez-Huete Alicia , Pérez Rebeca , Mateu Mauricio G. 
Published: June 2018

AbstractStructure-based mutational analysis of viruses is providing many insights into the relationship between structure and biological function of macromolecular complexes. We have systematically investigated the individual biological roles of charged residues located throughout the structured capsid inner wall (outside disordered peptide segments) of a model spherical virus, the minute virus of mice (MVM). The functional effects of point mutations that altered the electrical charge at 16 different positions at the capsid inner wall were analyzed. The results revealed that MVM capsid self-assembly is rather tolerant to point mutations that alter the number and distribution of charged residues at the capsid inner wall. However, mutations that either increased or decreased the number of positive charges around capsid-bound DNA segments reduced the thermal resistance of the virion. Moreover, mutations that either removed or changed the positions of negatively charged carboxylates in rings of acidic residues around capsid pores were deleterious by precluding a capsid conformational transition associated to through-pore translocation events. The results suggest that number, distribution and specific position of electrically charged residues across the inner wall of a spherical virus may have been selected through evolution as a compromise between several different biological requirements.
Improving biomass and starch accumulation of bioenergy crop duckweed (Landoltia punctata) by abscisic acid application
Authors: Liu Yang , Chen Xiaoyi , Wang Xinhui , Fang Yang , Huang Mengjun , Guo Ling , Zhang Yin , Zhao Hai 
Published: June 2018

AbstractDuckweed is a valuable feedstock for bioethanol production due to its high biomass and starch accumulation. In our preliminary experiment, we found that abscisic acid (ABA) could simultaneously increase starch and biomass accumulation of duckweed, but the mechanisms are still unclear. The results showed that the biomass production of duckweed reached up to 59.70 and 63.93 g m−2 in 6 days, respectively, with an increase of 7% (P < 0.05) compared to the control. The starch percentage increased from 2.29% up to 46.18% after 14 days of treatment, with a total of starch level 2.6-fold higher than that of the control. Moreover, the level of endogenous ABA, zeatin-riboside (ZR) and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) increased, while gibberellins (GAs) decreased. Notably, ABA content in treated samples reached 336.5 mg/kg (fresh weight), which was 7.5-fold greater than that of the control. Importantly, the enzyme activities involved in starch biosynthesis increased while those catalyzing starch degradation decreased after ABA application. Taken together, these results indicated that ABA can promote biomass and starch accumulation by regulating endogenous hormone levels and the activity of starch metabolism related key enzymes. These results will provide an operable method for high starch accumulation in duckweed for biofuels production.
Plasma source and loss at comet 67P during the Rosetta mission
Authors: Heritier K. L. , Galand M. , Henri P. , Johansson F. L. , Beth A. , Eriksson A. I. , Vallières X. , Altwegg K. , Burch J. L. , Carr C. , Ducrot E. , Hajra R. , Rubin M. 
Published: June 2018

Context.The Rosetta spacecraft provided us with a unique opportunity to study comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P) from a close perspective and over a 2-yr time period. Comet 67P is a weakly active comet. It was therefore unexpected to find an active and dynamic ionosphere where the cometary ions were largely dominant over the solar wind ions, even at large heliocentric distances.Aims.Our goal is to understand the different drivers of the cometary ionosphere and assess their variability over time and over the different conditions encountered by the comet during the Rosetta mission.Methods.We used a multi-instrument data-based ionospheric model to compute the total ion number density at the position of Rosetta. In-situ measurements from the Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) and the Rosetta Plasma Consortium (RPC)–Ion and Electron Sensor (IES), together with the RPC–LAngmuir Probe instrument (LAP) were used to compute the local ion total number density. The results are compared to the electron densities measured by RPC–Mutual Impedance Probe (MIP) and RPC–LAP.Results.We were able to disentangle the physical processes responsible for the formation of the cometary ions throughout the 2-yr escort phase and we evaluated their respective magnitudes. The main processes are photo-ionization and electron-impact ionization. The latter is a significant source of ionization at large heliocentric distance (>2 au) and was predominant during the last 4 months of the mission. The ionosphere was occasionally subject to singular solar events, temporarily increasing the ambient energetic electron population. Solar photons were the main ionizer near perihelion at 1.3 au from the Sun, during summer 2015.
Ongoing astrometric microlensing events of two nearby stars
Authors: Klüter J. , Bastian U. , Demleitner M. , Wambsganss J. 
Published: June 2018

Context. Astrometric microlensing is an excellent tool to determine the mass of stellar objects. By measuring the astrometric shift of a background source star in combination with precise predictions of its unlensed position and of the lens position, gravitational lensing allows to one determine the mass of the lensing star with a precision of 1%, independently of any prior knowledge.
Aims. Making use of the recently published Gaia Data Release 2 (Gaia DR2) we predict astrometric microlensing events by fore-ground stars of high proper motion passing by a background star in the coming years.
Methods. We compile a list of approximately 148 000 high-proper-motion stars within Gaia DR2 with µtot > 150 mas yr−1. We then search for background stars close to their paths and calculate the dates and separations of the closest approaches. Using color and absolute magnitude, we determine approximate masses of the lenses. Finally, we calculate the expected astrometric shifts and magnifications of the predicted events.
Results. We detect two ongoing microlensing events by the high-proper-motion stars Luyten 143-23 and Ross 322 and predict closest separations of (108.5 ± 1.4) mas in July 2018 and (125.3 ± 3.4) mas in August 2018, respectively. The respective expected astrometric shifts are (1.74 ± 0.12) mas and (0.76 ± 0.06) mas. Furthermore, Luyten 143-23 will pass by another star in March 2021 with a closest separation of (280.1 ± 1.1) mas, which results in an expected shift of (0.69 ± 0.05) mas.
Ligation-assisted endoscopic submucosal resection with apical mucosal incision to treat gastric subepithelial tumors originating from the muscularis propria
Authors: Zhang Dingguo , Lin Qiuling , Shi Ruiyue , Wang Lisheng , Yao Jun , Tian Yanhui 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
Background This study aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy, safety, and feasibility of performing endoscopic submucosal resection with a ligation device (ESMR-L) after apical mucosal incision (AMI) for the treatment of gastric subepithelial tumors originating from the muscularis propria (SET-MPs).
Methods 14 patients with gastric SET-MPs were treated by ESMR-L with AMI between December 2016 and May 2017. The complete resection rate, operation duration, and postoperative complications were collected. All patients were followed for 2 – 6 months.
Results The complete resection rate was 100 %, the mean tumor size was 10.71 ± 3.45 mm (7 – 18 mm), and the median operative time was 18.5 minutes. Perforation occurred in four patients, with all lesions being completely repaired endoscopically. No delayed bleeding or peritoneal signs were observed. No residual lesions or recurrence were found during the follow-up period.
Conclusions AMI with ESMR-L appears to be an efficient and simple method for the histological diagnosis of gastric SET-MPs, but it carries a high perforation rate and cannot guarantee cure.
Contrast Media Extravasation in CT and MRI – A Literature Review and Strategies for Therapy
Authors: Mandlik Veronika , Prantl Lukas , Schreyer Andreas 
Published: June 2018

Background Contrast extravasation events in daily radiological routine may lead to serious complications, especially during CT examinations. The resulting symptoms may vary from local pain up to skin ulcers, necrosis or even acute compartment syndrome.There are no uniformly accepted radiological guidelines or recommendations regarding detection and treatment of extravasation events and immanent complications in a timely manner.
Method Systematic literature research considering the last 35 years via PubMed using search terms “contrast medium extravasation/paravasation”.
Results In the literature, there are conservative management approaches of contrast media extravasation without major evidence base, such as unguent dressings, cooling or splinting. This therapy is mostly symptomatic. Additionally, various invasive techniques are described. We discuss these techniques in the context of contemporary literature, such as the hyaluronidase Injection into the site of extravasation, suction/aspiration technique including flushing of the affected tissue areas and the squeezing technique. However, most citations lack scientific evidence: many articles include anecdotal enumerations, case studies or cite publications from the era, when ionic high osmolar contrast media was state-of-the-art. Besides, many authors derive their extravasation management from studies, where agents other than contrast media were investigated.
Conclusion After detailed literature review, we suggest early (plastic) surgical consultation when non-ionic, low-osmolar contrast medium extravasation is about 150 cc or more. In case of extravasation less than 150 cc but in presence of additional symptoms such as impaired perfusion or altered sensibility, the (plastic) surgeon should also be consulted instantly. We do not recommend any invasive first line therapy when contrast media extravasation is less than 150 cc and the patient presents no additional symptoms, besides swelling and local pain. Nevertheless continuous monitoring and accurate conservative management such as active cooling and elevation, splinting of the affected extremity are mandatory as early detection of critical symptoms helps to initiate prompt surgical intervention and avoid sequelae.
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Satisfaction with the country and well-being: future expectations / Satisfacción con el país y bienestar: expectativas acerca del futuro
Authors: Moyano-Díaz Emilio , Palomo-Vélez Gonzalo 
Published: June 2018

The role of expected personal well-being in the perception of the improvement (or deterioration) in living conditions and country satisfaction is analysed, as well as the relationship between the latter and life satisfaction and personal happiness. A national sample of N = 10,654 participants was used, collected through probabilistic, stratified, two-stage and cluster sampling. They responded to the Mexican Encuesta Nacional de Gastos de los Hogares (National Household Spending Survey, ENGASTO), which measures the spending on goods and services, aspects related to satisfaction with life and the country, and expectations of future personal well-being. Correlational analyses show positive associations between perceptions of the country and its expected development on the one hand and participants’ well-being on the other. Expectations of future personal well-being show indirect effects for both the relationship between the perception of improvement (or deterioration) of living conditions and country satisfaction, and the relation between the latter, happiness and life satisfaction.
Ets-1 interacts through a similar binding interface with Ku70 and Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1
Authors: Choul-li Souhaila , Legrand Arnaud J , Bidon Baptiste , Vicogne Dorothée , Villeret Vincent , Aumercier Marc 
Published: June 2018

ABSTRACT
The Ets-1 transcription factor plays an important role in various physiological and pathological processes. These diverse roles of Ets-1 are likely to depend on its interaction proteins. We have previously showed that Ets-1 interacted with DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) complex including its regulatory subunits, Ku70 and Ku86 and with poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1). In this study, the binding domains for the interaction between Ets-1 and these proteins were reported. We demonstrated that the interaction of Ets-1 with DNA-PK was mediated through the Ku70 subunit and was mapped to the C-terminal region of Ets-1 and the C-terminal part of Ku70 including SAP domain. The interactive domains between Ets-1 and PARP-1 have been mapped to the C-terminal region of Ets-1 and the BRCA1 carboxy-terminal (BRCT) domain of PARP-1. The results presented in this study may advance our understanding of the functional link between Ets-1 and its interaction partners, DNA-PK and PARP-1.
MicroRNA-141-3p/200a-3p target and may be involved in post-transcriptional repression of RNA decapping enzyme Dcp2 during renal development
Authors: Zhang Ming-Nan , Tang Qun-Ye , Li Rui-Min , Song Man-Gen 
Published: June 2018

ABSTRACT
The RNA decapping enzyme Dcp2 is a crucial enzyme involved in the process of RNA turnover, which can post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression. Dcp2 has been found to be highly expressed in embryonic, but not adult, kidneys. Here we showed that Dcp2 mRNA was expressed, but Dcp2 proteins were absent, in mouse kidneys after postnatal day 10 (P10). In kidneys of adult Dcp2-IRES-EGFP knock-in mice, Dcp2 was undetectable but EGFP was expressed, indicating that Dcp2 mRNA was not completely silenced in adult kidneys. Using luciferase reporter assays, we found that miR-141-3p/200a-3p directly targeted the 3ʹ UTR of Dcp2 mRNA. Overexpression of miR-141-3p and miR-200a-3p downregulated endogenous Dcp2 protein expression. Furthermore, miR-141-3p and miR-200a-3p expression was low in embryonic kidneys but increased dramatically after P10 and was negatively correlated with Dcp2 protein expression during renal development. These results suggest miR-141-3p/200a-3p may be involved in post-transcriptional repression of Dcp2 expression during renal development.
Abbreviations: IRES: internal ribosome entry site; EGFP: enhanced green fluorescent protein; UTR: untranslated region
Intersecting disciplinary frameworks: the architecture and ecology
of
the city
Authors: McGrath Brian 
Published: June 2018

ABSTRACT

Introduction:
While many studies have explored the link between ecology and urban design, this paper examines two major conceptions that can promote deeper connections between architecture and ecological science.

Outcomes:
Rather than providing a comprehensive review, the paper explores in detail two frameworks that have not yet been exploited as foundations for a bridge between these fields. One is the seminal work of Aldo Rossi on the architecture of the city, as opposed to a more traditional architectural focus on specific buildings, lots, or specific clients. The complementary framework for ecological science is the ecology of the city, developed to support and explain a new era of more integrated social-ecological study of urban systems than had existed previously.

Discussion:
This paper draws heretofore unexamined parallels between architecture as represented by the work of Rossi and the ecology of the city as represented by the Baltimore School of Urban Ecology. The ecology of the city has become a widely used framing in the science of urban ecology, while the architecture of the city continues to influence a deeper understanding of the built environment as a whole. The parallels provided by the architecture of the city and the ecology of the city help to understand the historical interrelations between nature and culture.

Conclusion:
Intersecting the two conceptual frameworks of the architecture and ecology of the city can help satisfy the call for an actionable ecology for the city. This call demands both disciplines integrate their conceptual frameworks with communities in the collective enterprise of creating urban ecosystem health, justice, and sustainability.
Comparison of standards for the calibration of voltage, current and resistance meters
Authors: Marais Louis , Yang Steven , Lam Brenda , Yue LIU , John Thomas , Negi P S , Sakuma Hiroaki , Watabe Eiji , Wey Chua Sze , Kumtawee Chalit , Pimsut Yaowaret 
Published: June 2018

The 14th Meeting of the APMP Technical Committee on Electricity and Magnetism, held on 5 December 2011 in Kobe, Japan, decided to hold a comparison of standards for the calibration of voltage, current and resistance meters at the lowest attainable level of uncertainty. Our comparison, designated APMP.EM-S12, covered the parameters and ranges that would typically be measured during the calibration of digital multimeters in electrical laboratories. The instrument selected for the comparison was a Wavetek model 4950 Multifunction Transfer Standard.
Circulation of the travelling standard started in February 2015 and the comparison concluded in October 2016. Between each of the comparison rounds the travelling standard was returned to the National Measurement Institute, Australia (NMIA). The dependence of the instrument on temperature and humidity was determined before the start of the comparison. The drift of the instrument during the comparison was determined from measurements at the NMIA. Participant results were corrected for temperature and drift.
Comparison reference values were calculated from all participant results that survived outlier detection. Most of the results show good agreement with the comparison reference values.

Main text

To reach the main text of this paper, click on Final Report. Note that this text is that which appears in Appendix B of the BIPM key comparison database kcdb.bipm.org/.
The final report has been peer-reviewed and approved for publication by the CCEM, according to the provisions of the CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement (CIPM MRA).
Results of the supplementary comparison (bilateral) of a fixed volume micropipette of 50 μl and a variable volume micropipette of 1000 μl (SIM.M.FF-S11) .
Authors: Batista E , Alberini M 
Published: June 2018

The purpose of this comparison was to perform a bilateral comparison between IPQ—Portugal and INTI—Argentina, in order to test the agreement of their results and uncertainties in the calibration of micropipettes despite the different equipment used and calibration process. In order to access the stability of the micropipettes, INTI preformed two measurements: one at the beginning and another at the end of the comparison. The measurements were carried out from September 2017 to November 2017.
The type of micropipette suggested for this comparison was the single-channel piston pipette, which was the most common used in laboratories and easy to handle. Each laboratory had to calibrate a fixed volume micropipette of 50 μl and a variable volume micropipette of 1000 μl in 1000 μl , 500 μl , 100 μl . For the variable micropipette all results for both laboratories were consistent with the reference value obtained by the weighted mean.
The fixed micropipette was damaged during the transportation between laboratories and therefore the results cannot be used.
The value of the expanded uncertainty is quite similar for the higher volumes but there are some differences in the values of the uncertainty components. The uncertainty component that has a major contribution to the final uncertainty is the handling for IPQ and the temperature difference between water and pipette for INTI.

Main text

To reach the main text of this paper, click on Final Report. Note that this text is that which appears in Appendix B of the BIPM key comparison database kcdb.bipm.org/.
The final report has been peer-reviewed and approved for publication by the CCM, according to the provisions of the CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement (CIPM MRA).