bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Taguchi approach to large-scale experimental designs: A powerful and efficient tool for advancing marketing theory and practice
Authors: Moffett Jordan W. , Fennell Patrick , Harmeling Colleen M. , Sheehan Daniel , Bleier Alexander 
Published: November 2024

AbstractCurrent research often relies on narrowly focused experimental methods that address just a few independent variables or correlational designs, despite calls for future research to take big-picture perspectives that offer real-world applicability and causal evidence. This disparity likely reflects the constraints imposed by the need for extensive resources to conduct broad, causal examinations. To bridge this gap, the current article presents the Taguchi approach to large-scale experimental design, which remains notably underutilized in marketing research despite being well-established in other fields. Its effectiveness stems from the robust catalog of experimental design rubrics that can incorporate many different independent variables systematically and efficiently. The causal and efficient experimental option for broad scopes of investigation embraces the embeddedness of independent variables and thus can help build marketing theory and advance practice. This article details the fundamentals of the Taguchi approach, its relative advantages, and a three-step implementation process.
Enhanced color density from high-viscosity inkjet inks
Authors: Phillips Chris , Claypole Andrew , Clifford Ben , Deganello Davide 
Published: November 2024

AbstractInkjet printing inks are typically limited to low viscosities, employing highly dilute inks with low pigment loading compared with inks for other printing processes. This reduces color intensity, limits productivity, and requires higher drying energy. This study compares standard-viscosity graphic inkjet inks (~13 mPa.s shear viscosity) with higher-viscosity inkjet inks (~60 mPa.s), traditionally considered outside the normal jetting range, for print outcomes on corrugated cardboard with both white coated and brown uncoated liners. Higher-viscosity inks imparted greater color density to the print; this was assessed as being due to both the inherently higher viscosity of the ink reducing penetration into the substrate and the higher pigment loading capable of being contained within these inks. While standard-viscosity inks tended to plateau in color intensity as ink coverage was increased, higher-viscosity inks could increase in intensity throughout the entire coverage range on coated white liner. This effect was dependent on the substrate, with the coated white liner exhibiting up to a 67% increase in maximum color density but the uncoated brown liner showing up to a 13% increase. It is envisaged that wider adoption of higher-viscosity inks can increase both color intensity and printing speed, thus making inkjet more competitive with conventional printing processes.
Sex Differences in Blood Accumulation of Neurodegenerative-Related Proteins and Antioxidant Responses to Regular Physical Exercise
Authors: Chelucci Elisa , Scarfò Giorgia , Piccarducci Rebecca , Rizza Antonio , Fusi Jonathan , Epifani Francesco , Carpi Sara , Polini Beatrice , Betti Laura , Costa Barbara , Taliani Sabrina , Cela Vito , Artini Paolo , Daniele Simona , Martini Claudia , Franzoni Ferdinando 
Published: November 2024

AbstractPhysical activity has been demonstrated to improve cognitive function, thereby preventing/slowing neurodegenerative diseases (NDs). Biological responses to physical activity and vulnerabilities to NDs are emerging to be gender-related. Herein, known ND-associated markers (β-amyloid, tau, α-synuclein), main sex steroid hormones, antioxidant responses, and key gene transcription modulators were evaluated in the blood of physically active and sedentary women and men. In our hands, females presented higher basal erythrocytes β-amyloid and α-synuclein amounts than males. Regular physical activity was able to significantly reduce the erythrocyte content of β-amyloid in females and the tau levels in males, suggesting that these differences may be mediated by organizational actions of sex steroid hormones during development. Furthermore, despite a comparable plasma antioxidant capability (AOC) between males and females, in the latter group, physical activity significantly enhances AOC versus peroxynitrite radicals only. Finally, regular physical activity modulated the levels of transcription factor Nrf2 in erythrocytes, as well as the plasma concentration of the microRNA miR-195 and miR-153, suggesting the promotion of antioxidant/autophagic processes associated with ND-related proteins. Overall, these results could shed light on how cerebral adaptations to physical activity differ between males and females, especially with regard to blood accumulation of ND proteins and mechanisms of antioxidant responses to regular exercise.
Non-native plants invasions public parks, friends or foe?
Authors: Slima Dalia F. , Ahmed Dalia A. , Arief Omnia M. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractNon-native plants (NNPs) are known as alien species, which are brought outside of their natural habitats due to human activity and have an impact on the biodiversity of native plants (NPs). Because parks serve as havens for NNPs, they may pose a threat to them. The present study documented the NNPs conserved in the parks distributed in Cairo and the new settlements surrounding it. Thirty field visits were conducted from spring 2022 to Spring 2023 in 19 parks distributed in the study area. In each park NNPs were recorded. Native range, natural habitats and national geographical distribution, ethnobotanical uses, threats, and human risks were determined for NNPs. The results indicated that 37 wild NNPs belonged to 18 families were recorded in the surveyed gardens. Six species belonged to Tropical America, and other six species belonged to Mediterranean region. All recorded species were distributed in the Nile region. Thirty-six species used as medicinal plants and 31 species for human food. All recorded NNPs were exposed to one or several types of threats in their natural habitats, while 10 species were found to have a toxic effect on humans. Our results showed that the Egyptian botanic and public gardens could play an important role in the future as a source of NNPs that could be used for their contributions to ecosystem functioning and services. Also provides evidence for the essential role of public gardens in the Egyptian Nile Region for plant diversity conservation, as helps conserve wild species from other geographical regions.
Screening of differentially expressed genes from transcriptomes in blooming female flower clusters of Vitis flexuosa
Authors: Ahn Soon Young , Myint Zar Le , Kim Seon Ae , Kim Seung Heui , Yun Hae Keun 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
To characterize genes expressed specifically at blooming stages in V. flexuosa, mRNA samples from flower clusters harvested at pre-bloom and full bloom stage were sequenced on a single lane of an Illumina HiSeq 2000. From total 65,765,120 and 36,613,180 paired-end reads of 101 bp in length, we obtained a total of 58,859,224 and 50,931,158 paired-end reads for samples of V. flexuosa at pre-blooming and full blooming stages, respectively. We obtained the assembly results with a total number of 174,844 contigs (≥ 200 bp in length) with a N50 length of 2,217 bp, an average contig length of 1,806 bp and a maximum contig length of 12,228 bp from both flowering staged samples of V. flexuosa. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were divided into 45, 10, and 13 main functional categories of biological process, cellular component, and molecular function, respectively, with different degrees at level 3. In the GO terms of biological process, single-organism biosynthetic process (22.8%) was the largest category followed by small molecule metabolic process (17.9%) and oxidation-reduction process (16.8%). The largest proportions of molecular function were annotated as cation binding (25%) and substrate-specific transmembrane transporter (9.2%). Real-time PCR results validated that top 20 up- and down-expressed genes selected in transcriptome analysis showed the differential expression profile at full bloom flower stages. RNA-seq data created in this study will be served as resources for gene discovery and detailed genomic information for grapevine breeding programs.
A detailed comparison of ethanol–diesel direct fuel blending to conventional ethanol–diesel dual-fuel combustion
Authors: Müller Florian , Günthner Michael 
Published: November 2024

AbstractDual-fuel combustion is a well-known measure to enable the combustion of low-reactivity fuels (LRF) in compression-ignited engines with high thermal efficiency through a pilot injection of a high-reactivity fuel (HRF). In most cases, the LRF is introduced into the intake manifold and therefore premixed with the air before entering the combustion chamber during the intake stroke (premixed charge operation, PCO). In this work, this approach is investigated for bioethanol-diesel dual-fuel combustion using external and internal exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) to improve emissions and engine efficiency. In addition, PCO is compared to an alternative concept in which bioethanol and diesel are blended shortly upstream of the high-pressure pump (premixed fuel operation, PFO) at variable mixing ratios. The results show that higher ethanol shares of up to 70% can be achieved at low engine load when using PCO, while at medium and high load, the maximum energy share of ethanol is higher with PFO. While PCO is limited by engine knock, PFO rather suffers from the reduction in cetane number. In PCO, external and internal EGR allow for a reduction of unburned hydrocarbons (up to − 82%) and carbon monoxide (up to -60%), while nitrous oxide emissions are simultaneously lowered by up to − 65%. Both with and without EGR, PFO shows low emissions of unburned hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide (similar to conventional diesel combustion) and a significant reduction in nitrous oxide and soot formation. Brake thermal efficiency (BTE) drops in both modes compared to conventional diesel combustion, in PCO operation due to unburned and partially unburned fuel and in PFO due to increased friction in the high-pressure fuel pump caused by an increased fuel flow.
Analysis of Clinical Utility of Functional MRI in Neurosurgical Decision-Making in Focal Epilepsy
Authors: O’Grady Christopher , Omisade Antonina 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACT

Background:
Functional MRI (fMRI) has proven valuable in presurgical planning for people with brain tumors. However, it is underutilized for patients with epilepsy, likely due to less data on its added clinical value in this population. We reviewed clinical fMRI referrals at the QEII Health Sciences Center (Halifax, Nova Scotia) to determine the impact of fMRI on surgical planning for patients with epilepsy. We focused on reasons for fMRI referrals, findings and clinical decisions based on fMRI findings, as well as postoperative cognitive outcomes.

Methods:
We conducted a retrospective chart review of patients who underwent fMRI between June 2015 and March 2021.

Results:
Language lateralization represented the primary indication for fMRI (100%), with 7.7% of patients also referred for motor and sensory mapping. Language dominance on the side of resection was observed in 12.8% of patients; in 20.5%, activation was adjacent to the proposed resection site. In 18% of patients, fMRI provided an indication for further invasive testing due to the risk of significant cognitive morbidity (e.g., anterograde amnesia). Further invasive testing was avoided based on fMRI findings in 69.2% of patients. Cognitive outcomes based on combined neuropsychological findings and fMRI-determined language dominance were variable.

Conclusion:
fMRI in epilepsy was most often required to identify hemispheric language dominance. Although fMRI-determined language dominance was not directly predictive of cognitive outcomes, it helped identify patients at low risk of catastrophic cognitive morbidity and those at high risk who required additional invasive testing.
Extending the translational science benefits model to implementation science for cancer prevention and control
Authors: Emmons Karen M. , Brownson Ross C. , Luke Douglas A. 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

Introduction:
There is increasing pressure on the federal research budget and shifting public opinions about the value of the academic enterprise. We must develop and apply metrics that demonstrate the broad benefits of research for health and society. The Translational Science Benefits Model (TSBM) measures the impact of large-scale translational science initiatives, such as the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Moonshot. TSBM provides the scaffolding to illustrate how science has real-world health impacts. We propose an expansion of the TSBM to explicitly include implementation-focused outcomes.

Methods:
TSBM includes four categories of benefits, including (1) clinical and medical, (2) community and public health, (3) economic, and (4) policy and legislative. Implementation science outcomes serve as a precursor to the model’s established domains of impact and can help to sharpen focus on the translational steps needed to achieve a broad range of impacts. We provide several examples of studies that illustrate these implementation outcomes and other clinical and community benefits.

Conclusions:
It is important to consider a broad range of scientific impacts and the conditions that are necessary to achieve them. The expansion of the TSBM to include implementation science outcomes may help to accelerate the cancer community’s ability to achieve the goal of preventing 4 million cancer deaths by 2047.
On the existence of ‘Maia variables’
Authors: Kahraman Aliçavuş Filiz , Handler Gerald , Chowdhury Sowgata , Niemczura Ewa , Jayaraman Rahul , De Cat Peter , Ozuyar Dogus , Aliçavuş Fahri 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
There are different classes of pulsating stars in the H-R diagram. While many of those classes are undisputed, some remain a mystery such as the objects historically called ‘Maia variables’. Whereas the presence of such a class was suggested seven decades ago, no pulsational driving mechanism is known that could excite short-period oscillations in these late B to early A-type stars. Alternative hypotheses that would render the reports of variability of those stars erroneous have been proposed such as incorrect effective temperatures, binarity or rapid rotation, but no certain conclusions have been reached yet. Therefore, the existence of these variables as a homogeneous class of pulsating star is still under discussion. Meanwhile, many new candidates of these variables have been claimed especially by using photometric observations of space telescopes. In this study, we examined 31 objects that are alleged members of this hypothetical group and carried out detailed spectroscopic and photometric analyses to test the proposed hypotheses for their cause of variability. The

$T_\textrm{eff}$

,

$\log g$

,

$v \sin i$

, and chemical abundances of the targets were determined and the TESS photometric data were examined. As a result, we found that most of these targets are located inside the

$\delta$

Scuti,

$\beta$

Cephei, or SPB star instability strips, a few show evidence for binarity and others for rapid rotation. We give arguments that none of the apparently rapid pulsations in our targets is caused by a star outside any known instability strip. By extrapolation, we argue that most stars proposed as pulsators outside well-established instability domains are misclassified. Hence there is no sufficient evidence justifying the existence of a class of pulsating stars formerly known as the ‘Maia variables’.
Effects of mulching on plant growth, viral diseases, earliness and fruit yield attributes of round gourd under variable sowing dates in North Indian plains
Authors: Singh Manpreet , Garg Naveen 
Published: November 2024

AbstractRound gourd is sensitive to low temperature (March), high temperature (May–June), high humidity (July–August), and whitefly-transmitted begomovirus diseases (July–September), thereby restricting its fruit availability period in North-Western Indian Plains. Mulches extend the growing season by modifying soil temperature and reducing the incidence of viral diseases. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effects of sowing time, mulching and their interaction on performance of round gourd crop so as to identify the best mulch at different sowing times. The field trials were conducted in a split-plot design during 2021 and 2022. The main plot consisted of six sowing dates, i.e., the first week of March (DS1), April (DS2), May (DS3), June (DS4), July (DS5) and August (DS6). The sub-plot comprised bare soil (BS) and three mulching treatments, viz., silver-black plastic mulch (SBPM), black plastic mulch (BPM) and paddy straw mulch (6 t/ha) (PSM). The BPM and SBPM increased the seasonal soil temperature over BS by 3.1–4.1°C and 2.1–3.1°C, respectively, whereas the PSM reduced the seasonal soil temperature by 2.3–3.5°C. The SBPM produced the best crop performance, followed by BPM and PSM in all sowing dates except DS5 in which the PSM outperformed BPM. The DS1 and DS2 were the best sowing times, and the crop performance gradually declined with each successive sowing time, except that the crop performed better in DS6 compared with DS5. The SBPM or BPM in DS2 and DS1 were the best treatment combinations for round gourd cultivation in the study area.
The Brazilian case as a beacon to increase crop production in sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Gasparotto Leticia G. , Gonçalves Ivo Z. , Marin Fábio R. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractMaize is one of the major agricultural commodities in the world, and a source of food in Africa, representing more than 40 million ha currently harvested on the continent. Despite sub-Saharan Africa's dependence on grain, the maize actual yield (Ya) of the crop is low when compared to its potential yield. In Brazil, the yield-gap between Ya and water-limited yield (Yw) is approximately 50% of Yw. The objective of this study was to carry out a case study, using upland maize as a reference to identify a set of agricultural areas with similar soil and climate in Brazil and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The climatic similarity between Brazil and SSA countries was verified, seeking homogeneous climatic zones that occur in both regions. The Ya was determined including the data of at least the last three years of cultivation and were taken from the database of the national institutes of agricultural statistics. The climatic data showed that the SSA had well-distributed rainfall throughout the crop season, being higher than in Brazil, as well as the average air temperature. The average Yw was 11.3 and 7.4 Mg/ha for Brazil and SSA, respectively. Maize Ya in SSA was 1.4 Mg/ha, while in Brazil Ya was 5.2 Mg/ha. Ya represented approximately 9% of Yw in the SSA. The low Ya shows the large yield-gap found in SSA. With this, it is evident that the technologies used and the crop management are largely responsible for the yield differences between Brazil and SSA.
The body and the image of God in Bavinck and the Reformed orthodox
Authors: Whitney Isaac 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This article examines Herman Bavinck's inclusion of the body in the image of God in comparison with the positions of Reformed orthodox theologians of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It demonstrates that while it is uncommon for earlier figures to consider the body to be properly included within the image, Bavinck's position is not unprecedented and applies lines of reasoning consistent with the tradition's anthropological convictions. First, an embodied imago Dei is advanced by sources such as the Leiden Synopsis and Petrus van Mastricht. Second, the Reformed orthodox in general adhere to the conviction that human beings are a body–soul unity, and that the image of God includes the uprightness of the whole person, positions that lead to the body being related in some way to God's image. Therefore, while Bavinck's account of an embodied image is a unique contribution, it is nonetheless in continuity with the tradition he receives.
Music gonna teach: Decolonising IR through a musical exploration of knowledge
Authors: Fuentes-George Kemi 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
There is a growing body of literature calling for the decolonisation of International Relations (IR) theory. This literature, which includes perspectives from the Global South, Indigenous, and feminist approaches, has explained how the colonial thought and White supremacy of early IR scholars like Wilson, Reinsch, and Schmitt shaped the contemporary field and is still reflected in mainstream understandings of core concepts like peace, sovereignty, and security. The need to decolonise IR is well established, but the way to do so is not always clear. This paper explores how engaging with the global politics of Afro-Caribbean Rebel Music serves the decolonisation effort. We can understand Rebel Music as a form of knowledge that emerged in dialogue with, and continues to reproduce ideas embedded in, global and anti-colonial Black approaches to IR theory. Textually and sonically, Rebel Music critiques the nation-state as the primary agent of peace, security, and identity, imagines a transnational Black identity, and is one of the primary forms in which we can hear the voice of the marginalised communicate their understanding of world politics. Engaging with Rebel Music is thus one avenue to decolonising contemporary IR.
Is health technology assessment ready for generative pretrained transformer large language models? Report of a fishbowl inquiry
Authors: Goodman Clifford , Treloar Ellie 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

Objectives
The Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) 2023 Annual Meeting included a novel “fishbowl” session intended to 1) probe the role of HTA in the emergence of generative pretrained transformer (GPT) large language models (LLMs) into health care and 2) demonstrate the semistructured, interactive fishbowl process applied to an emerging “hot topic” by diverse international participants.

Methods
The fishbowl process is a format for conducting medium-to-large group discussions. Participants are separated into an inner group and an outer group on the periphery. The inner group responds to a set of questions, whereas the outer group listens actively. During the session, participants voluntarily enter and leave the inner group. The questions for this fishbowl were: What are current and potential future applications of GPT LLMs in health care? How can HTA assess intended and unintended impacts of GPT LLM applications in health care? How might GPT be used to improve HTA methodology?

Results
Participants offered approximately sixty responses across the three questions. Among the prominent themes were: improving operational efficiency, terminology and language, training and education, evidence synthesis, detecting and minimizing biases, stakeholder engagement, and recognizing and accounting for ethical, legal, and social implications.

Conclusions
The interactive fishbowl format enabled the sharing of real-time input on how GPT LLMs and related disruptive technologies will influence what technologies will be assessed, how they will be assessed, and how they might be used to improve HTA. It offers novel perspectives from the HTA community and aligns with certain aspects of ongoing HTA and evidence framework development.