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Critical standpoint: Leaders of color advancing racial equality in predominantly white organizations
Authors: Fulton Brad R. , Oyakawa Michelle , Wood Richard L. 
Published: August 2019

AbstractOrganizations are often core sites for the production and perpetuation of social inequality. Although the United States is becoming more racially diverse, organizational elites remain disproportionately white, and this mismatch contributes to increasing racial inequality. This article examines whether and how leaders of color within predominantly white organizations can help their organizations address racial inequality. Our analysis uses data from a national study of politically oriented civic organizations and ethnographic fieldwork within one predominantly white organization. We draw on institutional work research, the outsider‐within concept, and insights from critical whiteness theory to explain how leaders of color can use their position and “critical standpoint” to help guide their organization toward advancing racial equality. The qualitative analysis shows how such leaders, when empowered, help their organization address race internally by (a) providing alternatives to white‐dominated perspectives, (b) developing tools to educate white members about racial inequality, and (c) identifying and addressing barriers to becoming a more racially diverse organization. The qualitative analysis also shows how leaders of color help their organization address race externally by (a) sharing personal narratives about living in a white‐dominated society and (b) brokering collaborations with organizations led by people of color. This research has implications for organizations seeking to promote social equality: Organizational leaders from marginalized status groups can help their organizations address social inequality, if those leaders possess a critical standpoint and sufficient organizational authority.
Ultraconvergence of the derivative of high‐order finite element method for elliptic problems with constant coefficients
Authors: He Wenming 
Published: August 2019

AbstractIn this article, for second order elliptic problems with constant coefficients, the local ultraconvergence of the derivative of finite element method using piecewise polynomials of degrees k (k ≥ 2) is studied by the interpolation postprocessing technique. Under suitable regularity and mesh conditions, we prove that at an interior vertex, which is away from the boundary with a fixed distance, the gradient of the postprecessed finite element solution using piecewise polynomials of degrees k (k ≥ 2) converges to the gradient of the exact solution with order . Numerical experiments are used to illustrate our theoretical findings.
Meshless formulation to two‐dimensional nonlinear problem of generalized Benjamin–Bona–Mahony–Burgers through singular boundary method: Analysis of stability and convergence
Authors: Aslefallah Mohammad , Abbasbandy Saeid , Shivanian Elyas 
Published: August 2019

AbstractIn this study, the singular boundary method (SBM) is employed for the simulation of nonlinear generalized Benjamin–Bona–Mahony–Burgers problem with initial and Dirichlet‐type boundary conditions. The θ‐weighted finite difference method is used to discretize the time derivatives. Then the original equations are split into a system of partial differential equations. A splitting scheme is applied to split the solution of the inhomogeneous governing equation into homogeneous solution and particular solution. To solve this system, the method of particular solution (MPS) in combination with the SBM is used where the SBM is used for homogeneous solution and MPS is used for particular solution. Furthermore, the stability and convergence of the proposed method is conducted. Finally, several numerical examples with different domains are provided and compared with the exact analytical solutions to show the accuracy and efficiency in comparison with existing other methods.
Species identification of Late Pleistocene bat bones using collagen fingerprinting
Authors: Buckley Michael , Herman Jeremy 
Published: August 2019

AbstractBats form the second most diverse mammalian order (Chiroptera), after rodents, and vary widely in their physiology and ecology. Those species that live in temperate climates are generally insectivorous and nocturnal or crepuscular, sheltering in tree hollows, caves, or buildings during the day. They are potentially valuable ecological indicators, due to their dependence on suitable roosting sites and arthropod food, both of which are commonly affected by human activities. Identification of bats from ancient assemblages that are found in caves could therefore provide useful data for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions and show the effect of habitat loss. Here, we apply the recently developed approach of collagen fingerprinting by soft ionisation mass spectrometry to the identification of ancient bat remains in an archaeological assemblage from Pin Hole Cave (Derbyshire, England). Our results show that a simple set of markers can distinguish all seven genera of bats known to be present in either modern or ancient Britain (Myotis, Nyctalus, Pipistrellus, Barbastella, Plecotus, Eptesicus, and Rhinolophus). Further analysis indicates that species‐level determination is possible in some of these taxa, but it would more readily be achieved using the more advanced methods of collagen sequence analysis by liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. Within our assemblage yielding ~6,800 ancient bone collagen fingerprints, we identified only ~1% that derived from chiropterans, and these were predominantly derived from Myotis (two apparent Brandt's bat fingerprints but the majority indistinguishable between the whiskered, Daubenton's and Natterer's bats), Barbastella (the western barbastelle being the only member of this genus known within Europe), and Rhinolophus (identified as the lesser horsehoe bat R. hipposideros rather than the rare greater horseshoe bat R. ferrumequinum). We infer that the site was likely used by roosting bats throughout the year, and the accumulation of these remains was probably not the result of predator activity. More importantly, the peptide biomarkers provided here could proove valuable in the more systematic analysis of microfaunal remains across many European archaeological and palaeontological sites, preferably those that are collected with well curated stratigraphical information and chronological frameworks.
Gas chromatographic analysis of naturally occurring cannabinoids: A review of literature published during the past decade
Authors: Nahar Lutfun , Guo Mingquan , Sarker Satyajit D. 
Published: August 2019

AbstractIntroductionCannabinoids are organic compounds, natural or synthetic, that bind to the cannabinoid receptors and have similar pharmacological properties as produced by the cannabis plant, Cannabis sativa. Gas chromatography (GC), e.g. gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC–MS), is a popular analytical tool that has been used extensively to analyse cannabinoids in various matrices.ObjectiveTo review published literature on the use of various GC‐based analytical methods for the analysis of naturally occurring cannabinoids published during the past decade.MethodologyA comprehensive literature search was performed utilising several databases, like Web of Knowledge, PubMed and Google Scholar, and other relevant published materials including published books. The keywords used, in various combinations, with cannabinoids being present in all combinations, in the search were cannabinoids, Cannabis sativa, marijuana, analysis, GC, quantitative, qualitative and quality control.ResultsDuring the past decade, several GC‐based methods for the analysis of cannabinoids have been reported. While simple one‐dimensional (1D) GC–MS and GC‐FID (flame ionisation detector) methods were found to be quite common in cannabinoids analysis, two‐dimensional (2D) GC–MS as well as GC–MS/MS also were popular because of their ability to provide more useful data for identification and quantification of cannabinoids in various matrices. Some degree of automation in sample preparation, and applications of mathematical and computational models for optimisation of different protocols were observed, and pre‐analyses included various derivatisation techniques, and environmentally friendly extraction protocols.ConclusionsGC‐based analysis of naturally occurring cannabinoids, especially using GC–MS, has dominated the cannabinoids analysis in the last decade; new derivatisation methods, new ionisation methods, and mathematical models for method optimisation have been introduced.
New insights into diosgenin biosynthesis pathway and its regulation in Trigonella foenum‐graecum L.
Authors: Mohammadi Mohammad , Mashayekh Tooba , Rashidi‐Monfared Sajad , Ebrahimi Amin , Abedini Davar 
Published: August 2019

AbstractIntroductionThroughout history, thousands of medicinal and aromatic plants have been widely utilised by people worldwide. Owing to them possessing of valuable compounds with little side effects in comparison with chemical drugs, herbs have been of interest to humans for a number of purposes. Diosgenin, driven from fenugreek, Trigonella foenum‐graecum L., has extensively drawn scientist's attention owing to having curable properties and being a precursor of steroid hormones synthesis. Nonetheless, complete knowledge about the biosynthesis pathway of this metabolite is still elusive.ObjectiveIn the present research, we isolated the full‐length CDS of 14 genes involving in diosgenin formation and measured their expression rate in various genotypes, which had illustrated different amount of diosgenin.MethodologyThe genes were successfully isolated, and functional motifs were also assessed using in silico approaches.ResultsMoreover, combining transcript and metabolite analysis revealed that there are many genes playing the role in diosgenin formation, some of which are highly influential. Among them, ∆24‐reductase, which converts cycloartenol to cycloartanol, is the first‐committed and rate‐limiting enzyme in this pathway. Additionally, no transcripts indicating to the presence or expression of lanosterol synthase were detected, contradicting the previous hypothesis about the biosynthetic pathway of diosgenin in fenugreek.ConclusionConsidering all these, therefore, we propose the most possible pathway of diosgenin. This knowledge will then pave the way toward cloning the genes as well as engineering the diosgenin biosynthesis pathway.
Modified laser‐fired contact process for efficient PERC solar cells
Authors: Choi Jae Myeong , Jung Beomsic , Park Jong‐Keuk , Kim Won Mok , Lee Doh‐Kwon , Jeong Jeung‐hyun , Lee Taek Sung , Choi Jea‐Young , Ju Byeong‐Kwon , Kim Inho 
Published: August 2019

AbstractA laser‐fired contact (LFC) process is one of the techniques for making local electrical contacts at the rear side of passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) solar cells. In the LFC process, opening of the passivated dielectric layers and alloying of Si and Al need to be made in a single step laser process. For this reason, the LFC process is accompanied by the loss of Al and the laser damage to the Si wafer. In this study, we present a novel multistep LFC process combining the conventional LFC and laser‐induced forward transfer (LIFT) processes. The modified LFC scheme we proposed consists of three steps: (a) opening of the passivation layers and partial alloying of Al‐Si, (b) additional deposition of Al on the local contact holes, and (c) post laser firing of the transferred Al. Applying the modified LFC process to the PERC cells of 1.0 cm2 of area, we demonstrate the effective recombination velocity of the laser‐processed wafers can be remarkably reduced while maintaining the low contact resistance. The best of the PERC solar cell fabricated by the modified LFC process exhibited an efficiency of 19.5% while the conventional LFC‐PERC cell showed 18.6%. The efficiency gains of the modified LFC‐PERC cells was largely contributed by the enhanced open circuit voltage (Voc) and fill factor (FF).
The effects of explicit timing on middle‐school students’ writing production across 5‐ and 15‐min sessions
Authors: Ignacio Peter L. , McCurdy Merilee , White Jada , Auge Madeline B. , Skinner Christopher H. , Schwartz‐Micheaux Janet 
Published: August 2019

AbstractEnhancing rates of accurate, active, academic responding can enhance learning. Both temporal manipulations (i.e., reducing time to work on assignments) and providing multiple distributed temporal cues (MDTC), sometimes referred to as explicit timing, have been shown to enhance rates of accurate mathematics responding. The current study was designed to evaluate the effects of session length (i.e., 5 vs. 15 min to write) and temporal cues (i.e., a single initial temporal cue vs. MDTC) on seventh‐ and eighth‐grade students writing assignment rates and writing accuracy. Results showed that the 5 min writing sessions did result in significantly greater rates of accurate responding than the 15 min sessions; however, explicit timing did not significantly alter writing rates or accuracy. These findings suggest that educators can enhance rates of accurate writing by reducing writing session lengths. Discussion focuses on applied implications of providing briefer writing sessions and future research investigating the interaction between multiple temporal cues and assignments.
Substitutional effect of different bridging groups on optical and charge transfer properties of small bipolar molecules for OLEDs
Authors: Waqas Ahmad , Bibi Shamsa , Rehman Shafiq‐ur , Afzal Sufian , Yaseen Muhammad , Shoaib Muhammad , Saeed Ushna , Da Ming Wang 
Published: August 2019

AbstractIn this work, a series of eight different bipolar molecules were designed and calculated using density functional theory (DFT) and time‐dependent functional theory (TD‐DFT) for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) as efficient luminescent and charge transfer materials. The eight donor‐π‐donor type small molecules (D1‐D8) were composed of triphenylamine (TPA) donor (D) unit connected to 1,8‐naphthalimides (NI) acceptor (A) unit though different π‐conjugated or R‐groups (as π‐spacer). The effect of substitutions made in π‐spacer was investigated on optical, electronic, and stability properties. This calculation analysis showed that different substitutions in π‐spacer resulted smaller Eg (range from 1.63 to 2.00 eV), broader absorption with the lowest excitation energy covering both visible and near infrared regions of solar spectrum, especially D3, D4, D5, and D6 molecules. The analyses of local densities of states, frontier molecular orbitals, and natural population analysis of orbitals revealed that studied molecules exhibited π‐π* electronic transitions of absorption in singlet excited states, but D5 and D6 also show intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) characteristics. The study of chemical indices, molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) surfaces, and charge transfer properties turned out that D4, D5, and D6 are expected to show good potential for luminescent and hole transport materials in the favor of OLEDs.
Atom transfer coupling reactions performed with benign reducing agents and radical traps
Authors: Xia Katherine , Rubaie Alia J. , Johnson Brendan P. , Parker Samantha A. , Tillman Eric S. 
Published: August 2019

ABSTRACTMonobrominated polystyrene (PSBr) was prepared by ATRP, and the resulting chain ends were activated in the presence of radical traps to induce chain end‐coupling. In atom transfer radical coupling (ATRC) with radical trap assistance, to achieve significant coupling requires excess metal catalyst, ligand, and a reducing agent that is often additional metal. In this work, activators generated by electron transfer (AGET) and radical trap assistance are used in the ATRC sequence to successfully lead to chain‐end coupling without the need for the oxidatively unstable copper (I) and with environmentally friendlier agents in place of copper metal. High extents of coupling (Xc) were achieved using ascorbic acid (AA) as the reducing agent and copper(II) bromide as the oxidized version of the catalyst, and when combined with AGET ATRP to prepare the PSBr precursor, only a fraction of the total metal was required compared to traditional atom transfer reactions, while still retaining similar Xc values. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019, 57, 2113–2120
Allogeneic mesenchymal stromal cells: Novel therapeutic option for mutated FLNA‐associated respiratory failure in the pediatric setting
Authors: Pelizzo Gloria , Avanzini Maria A. , Lenta Elisa , Mantelli Melissa , Croce Stefania , Catenacci Laura , Acquafredda Gloria , Ferraro Aurelio L. , Giambanco Caterina , D'Amelio Lucia , Giordano Salvatore , Re Giuseppe , Zennaro Floriana , Calcaterra Valeria 
Published: August 2019

AbstractBackgroundMesenchymal stromal cell (MSC)‐mediated therapeutic effects have been observed in the treatment of lung diseases. For the first time, this treatment was used as rescue therapy in a pediatric patient with a life‐threatening respiratory syndrome associated with the filamin A (FLNA) gene mutation.MethodsA child with a new pathogenic variant of the FLNA gene c.7391_7403del (p.Val2464AlafsTer5), at the age of 18 months, due to serious and irreversible chronic respiratory failure, was treated with repeated intravenous infusions of allogeneic bone marrow (BM)‐MSCs. The child's respiratory condition was monitored. Immunologic studies before each MSC treatment were performed.ResultsNo acute adverse events related to the MSC infusions were observed. After the second infusion, the child's respiratory condition progressively improved, with reduced necessity for mechanical ventilation support. A thorax computed tomography (CT) scan showed bilateral recovery of the basal parenchyma, anatomical‐functional alignment and aerial penetration improvement. After the first MSC administration, an increase in Th17 and FoxP3+ T percentages in the peripheral blood was observed. After the second MSC infusion, a significant rise in the Treg/Th17 ratio was noted, as well as an increased percentage of CD20+/CD19+ B lymphocytes and augmented PHA‐induced proliferation.DiscussionMSC infusions are a promising therapeutic modality for patients in respiratory failure, as observed in this pediatric patient with an FLNA mutation. MSCs may have an immunomodulatory effect and thus mitigate lung injury; although in this case, MSC antimicrobial effects may have synergistically impacted the clinical improvements. Further investigations are planned to establish the safety and efficacy of this treatment option for interstitial lung diseases in children.
Joint attack detection and secure state estimation of cyber‐physical systems
Authors: Forti Nicola , Battistelli Giorgio , Chisci Luigi , Sinopoli Bruno 
Published: August 2019

SummaryThis paper deals with secure state estimation of cyber‐physical systems subject to switching (on/off) attack signals and injection of fake packets (via either packet substitution or insertion of extra packets). The random set paradigm is adopted in order to model, via random finite sets (RFSs), the switching nature of both system attacks and the injection of fake measurements. The problem of detecting an attack on the system and jointly estimating its state, possibly in the presence of fake measurements, is then formulated and solved in the Bayesian framework for systems with and without direct feedthrough of the attack input to the output. This leads to the analytical derivation of a hybrid Bernoulli filter (HBF) that updates in real time the joint posterior density of a Bernoulli attack RFS and of the state vector. A closed‐form Gaussian mixture implementation of the proposed HBF is fully derived in the case of invertible direct feedthrough. Finally, the effectiveness of the developed tools for joint attack detection and secure state estimation is tested on two case studies concerning a benchmark system for unknown input estimation and a standard IEEE power network application.
1‐(Hydroxymethyl)‐1H‐benzotriazole: An Efficient Ligand for Copper‐Catalyzed Ullmann‐Type Coupling Reaction Leading to Expeditious Synthesis of Diverse Benzoxazoles and Benzothiazoles
Authors: Singh Mala , Bose Priyanka , Singh Anoop S. , Tiwari Vinod K. 
Published: August 2019

AbstractCu‐catalyzed Ullmann coupling was performed for the facile synthesis of diverse benzoxazoles and benzothiazoles in the presence of 1‐(hydroxymethyl)‐1H‐benzotriazole as ligand and K2CO3 as base in anhydrous DMF at 120 0C.
Lipase‐Catalyzed tert‐Butoxycarbonylation of Alcohols Using Boc2O
Authors: Kishi Naoki , Kojima Hideo 
Published: August 2019

AbstractLipase‐catalyzed tert‐butoxycarbonylation of alcohols using di‐tert‐butyl dicarbonate (Boc2O) was developed. Aspergillus niger lipase, Burkholderia cepacia lipase, Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase, Candida rugosa lipase, and Candida antarctica lipase B were examined. The reaction of benzyl alcohol with Boc2O proceeded smoothly in the presence of Candida rugosa lipase in hexane to produce benzyl tert‐butyl carbonate in a good yield. Similarly, the tert‐butoxycarbonylation reactions of 4‐methylbenzyl alcohol, 4‐methoxybenzyl alcohol, 4‐chlorobenzyl alcohol, 4‐bromobenzyl alcohol, 4‐nitrobenzyl alcohol, 2‐phenylethanol, 3‐phenyl‐1‐propanol, cinnamyl alcohol, and 2‐naphthalene methanol using Boc2O in the presence of Candida rugosa lipase in hexane resulted in very good to‐excellent yields of the corresponding tert‐butoxycarbonylated alcohols.
Copper Tannic Acid Coordination Nanosheet: A Potent Nanozyme for Scavenging ROS from Cigarette Smoke
Authors: Lin Shichao , Cheng Yuan , Zhang He , Wang Xiaoyu , Zhang Yuye , Zhang Yuanjian , Miao Leiying , Zhao Xiaozhi , Wei Hui 
Published: August 2019

AbstractThe global tobacco epidemic is still a devastating threat to public health. Toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the cigarette smoke cannot be efficiently eliminated by currently available cigarette filters. The resultant oxidative stress causes severe lung injury and further diseases. To tackle this challenge, herein, a novel copper tannic acid coordination (CuTA) nanozyme is reported as a highly active and thermostable ROS scavenger. The CuTA nanozyme exhibits intrinsic superoxide dismutase‐like activity, catalase‐like activity, and hydroxyl radical elimination capacity. These synergistic antioxidant abilities make the CuTA nanozyme a promising candidate for the improvement of commercial cigarette filters. Mouse model results show that commercial cigarettes loaded with CuTA nanozyme efficiently scavenge ROS in the cigarette smoke, reduce oxidative stress–induced lung inflammation, and minimize the resultant acute lung injury. The developed CuTA nanozyme offers an efficient ROS scavenger with multiple antioxidant ability and opens up new opportunities for the modification of cigarette filters to reduce the toxic effects of cigarette smoke.