bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Diabetes, cardiovascular disease and the microcirculation
Authors: Strain W. David , Paldánius P. M. 
Published: April 2018

AbstractCardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), yet a significant proportion of the disease burden cannot be accounted for by conventional cardiovascular risk factors. Hypertension occurs in majority of people with T2DM, which is substantially more frequent than would be anticipated based on general population samples. The impact of hypertension is considerably higher in people with diabetes than it is in the general population, suggesting either an increased sensitivity to its effect or a confounding underlying aetiopathogenic mechanism of hypertension associated with CVD within diabetes. In this contribution, we aim to review the changes observed in the vascular tree in people with T2DM compared to the general population, the effects of established anti-diabetes drugs on microvascular outcomes, and explore the hypotheses to account for common causalities of the increased prevalence of CVD and hypertension in people with T2DM.
Personal vs. know-how contacts: which matter more in wiki elections?
Authors: Asim Yousra , Niazi Muaz A. , Raza Basit , Malik Ahmad Kamran 
Published: April 2018

AbstractThe use of online social media is also connected with the real world. A very common example of this is the effect of social media coverage on the chances of success of elections. Previous literature has identified that the outcome of elections can often be predicted based on online public discussions. These discussions can be across various online social network with a special focus on the candidate's own accounts. Among many other forms of social media, Wikipedia is a very widely-used self-organizing information resource. The management and administration of Wikipedia is performed using special users which are elected by means of online public elections. In other words, the results of these elections pose as an emergent outcome of a large-scale self-organized opinion formation process. However, due to dynamical, and non-linear interactions besides the presence of mutual dependencies between election participants, a statistical analysis of this data can both be cumbersome as well as inefficient in terms of information extraction. We believe that social network analysis is a more appropriate alternative. It allows for the identification of local and global patterns, identification of influential nodes as well as the contacts involved in the influence. In general, this particular analytic technique can help in examining the internal complex network dynamics. In the current paper, we investigates whether personal contacts matter more than know-how contacts in wiki election nominations and voting participation. We employ the use of standard social network analysis tools such as Pajek and Gephi. The presented work demonstrates the significance of personal contacts over know-how contacts of a person in online elections. We have discovered that personal contacts, i.e. immediate neighbors (based on degree centrality) and neighborhood (k-neighbors) of a person have a positive effect on a person’s nomination as an administrator and also contribute to the active participation of voters in voting. Moreover, know-how contacts, analyzed by means of measures such as betweenness and closeness centralities, have a relatively insignificant effect on the selection of a person. However, know-how contacts, measured in terms of betweenness centrality can positively contribute only to the voting process—primarily due to the role played in passing information around the network. These contacts, also measured in terms of influence domain and PageRank, can play a vital role in the selection of an admin. Additionally, such contacts have a positive association with the voting process in terms of reachability and brokerage roles.
Impact of paternal deployment to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and paternal post-traumatic stress disorder on the children of military fathers
Authors: Fear Nicola T. , Reed Ruth V. , Rowe Sarah , Burdett Howard , Pernet David , Mahar Alyson , Iversen Amy C. , Ramchandani Paul , Stein Alan , Wessely Simon 
Published: April 2018

BackgroundLittle is known about the social and emotional well-being of children whose fathers have been deployed to the conflicts in Iraq/Afghanistan or who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).AimsTo examine the emotional and behavioural well-being of children whose fathers are or have been in the UK armed forces, in particular the effects of paternal deployment to the conflicts in Iraq or Afghanistan and paternal PTSD.MethodFathers who had taken part in a large tri-service cohort and had children aged 3–16 years were asked about the emotional and behavioural well-being of their child(ren) and assessed for symptoms of PTSD via online questionnaires and telephone interview.ResultsIn total, 621 (67%) fathers participated, providing data on 1044 children. Paternal deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan was not associated with childhood emotional and behavioural difficulties. Paternal probable PTSD were associated with child hyperactivity. This finding was limited to boys and those under 11 years of age.ConclusionsThis study showed that adverse childhood emotional and behavioural well-being was not associated with paternal deployment but was associated with paternal probable PTSD.Declaration of interestN.T.F. is a trustee of the Warrior Programme, a charity supporting ex-service personnel and their families. She is also a member of the Independent Group Advising on the Release of Data (IGARD). S.W. is a trustee of Combat Stress, a charity supporting ex-service personnel and their families, and President of the Royal Society of Medicine. S.W. is partially funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Emergency Preparedness and Response at King's College London in partnership with Public Health England (PHE), in collaboration with the University of East Anglia and Newcastle University.
Identification of publicly available data sources to inform the conduct of Health Technology Assessment in India
Authors: Downey Laura , Rao Neethi , Guinness Lorna , Asaria Miqdad , Prinja Shankar , Sinha Anju , Kant Rajni , Pandey Arvind , Cluzeau Francoise , Chalkidou Kalipso 
Published: April 2018

Background: Health technology assessment (HTA) provides a globally-accepted and structured approach to synthesising evidence for cost and clinical effectiveness alongside ethical and equity considerations to inform evidence-based priorities. India is one of the most recent countries to formally commit to institutionalising HTA as an integral component of the heath resource allocation decision-making process. The effective conduct of HTA depends on the availability of reliable data. Methods: We draw from our experience of collecting, synthesizing, and analysing health-related datasets in India and internationally, to highlight the complex requirements for undertaking HTA, and explore the availability of such data in India. We first outlined each of the core data components required for the conduct of HTA, and their availability in India, drawing attention to where data can be accessed, and different ways in which researchers can overcome the challenges of missing or low quality data. Results: We grouped data into the following categories: clinical efficacy; cost; epidemiology; quality of life; service use/consumption; and equity. We identified numerous large local data sources containing epidemiological information. There was a marked absence of other locally-collected data necessary for informing HTA, particularly data relating to cost, service use, and quality of life. Conclusions: The introduction of HTA into the health policy space in India provides an opportunity to comprehensively assess the availability and quality of health data capture across the country. While epidemiological information is routinely collected across India, other data inputs necessary for HTA are not readily available. This poses a significant bottleneck to the efficient generation and deployment of HTA into the health decision space. Overcoming these data gaps by strengthening the routine collection of comprehensive and verifiable health data will have important implications not only for embedding economic analyses into the priority setting process, but for strengthening the health system as a whole.
Predicting lithium treatment response in bipolar patients using gender-specific gene expression biomarkers and machine learning
Authors: Eugene Andy R. , Masiak Jolanta , Eugene Beata 
Published: April 2018

Background: We sought to test the hypothesis that transcriptiome-level genes signatures are differentially expressed between male and female bipolar patients, prior to lithium treatment, in a patient cohort who later were clinically classified as lithium treatment responders. Methods: Gene expression study data was obtained from the Lithium Treatment-Moderate dose Use Study data accessed from the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s Gene Expression Omnibus via accession number GSE4548. Differential gene expression analysis was conducted using the Linear Models for Microarray and RNA-Seq (limma) package and the Random Forests machine learning algorithm in R. Results: In pre-treatment lithium responders, the following genes were found having a greater than 0.5 fold-change, and differentially expressed indicating a male bias: RBPMS2, SIDT2, CDH23, LILRA5, and KIR2DS5; while the female-biased genes were: HLA-H, RPS23, FHL3, RPL10A, NBPF14, PSTPIP2, FAM117B, CHST7, and ABRACL. Conclusions: Using machine learning, we developed a pre-treatment gender- and gene-expression-based predictive model selective for lithium responders with an ROC AUC of 0.92 for men and an ROC AUC of 1 for women.
Formation of NH4-Illite-Like Phase at the Expense of Dioctahedral Vermiculite in Soil and Diagenetic Environments — An Experimental Approach
Authors: Skiba Michał , Skiba Stefan , Derkowski Arkadiusz , Maj-Szeliga Katarzyna , Dziubińska Beata 
Published: April 2018

AbstractSelective sorption and/or fixation of cations with low hydration energies (e.g. K+, NH4+, Rb+, Cs+) by vermiculites is a well known phenomenon in soil science and it has been described by many investigators since the 1950s. Because most of the available studies deal with trioctahedral vermiculites, cation fixation in dioctahedral vermiculites is not as well understood as fixation by trioctahedral structures. The objective of the present study was to investigate the influence of NH4+ saturation on the structure of a natural dioctahedral vermiculite. Because no dioctahedral vermiculite standard reference material was available, two natural dioctahedral vermiculite-rich soil clay samples were used in the study. The clays were saturated with NH4+ using different protocols to simulate natural processes that likely take place in soils. The degree of NH4+ fixation by the dioctahedral vermiculite was evaluated using X-ray diffraction, elemental N analysis, and infrared spectroscopy. All the treatments that involved NH4+ saturation caused NH4+ fixation and irreversible collapse (i.e. contraction to ~10 Å) of at least a portion of the previously hydrated (vermiculitic) interlayers. Air drying of the NH4+-saturated samples greatly enhanced the degree of the collapse. The results indicated that the collapse of dioctahedral vermiculite leads to the formation of a NH4-illite-like phase that is likely to occur in some soils and sediments that are rich in organic matter. The formation of a NH4-illite-like phase by NHNH4+ fixation in vermiculitic interlayers needs to be taken into consideration in studies that deal with the clay mineralogy of sedimentary basins.
Low-Frequency Electrical Conductivity of Aqueous Kaolinite Suspensions II: Counterion Effects and Estimating Stern Layer Mobilities of Counterions
Authors: Weber Christian , Halisch Matthias , Stanjek Helge 
Published: April 2018

AbstractThe electrical state of the interface between a kaolinite-dominated clay sample and aqueous electrolyte solutions was characterized using low-frequency conductance measurements. From these measurements, the ζ-potential and surface conductivity contributions from the diffuse and non-diffuse parts of the electrical double layer were obtained. The suspensions were studied as a function of volume fraction, electrolyte concentration, and electrolyte type (LiCl, NaCl, KCl, CsCl, CaCl2, SrCl2, and BaCl2). Interpretation in terms of the surface conductance revealed that a substantial part of the surface conductivity originates in the inner part of the double layer. Electrokinetic potentials and related diffuse double layer properties are highly dependent on the nature of monovalent counterions, whereas divalent counterions do not show such clear dependencies. Further presented was a simple way to estimate the order of magnitude of counterion mobilities in the inner part of the electrical double layer. All counterions were shown to have a substantial mobility in the inner part of the double layer. Finally, we suggest that the apparent ion-specific effects observed in the diffuse part of the double layer are at least in part related to the finite size of the counterions. Our findings are relevant to scenarios where fluid flow in porous media is accompanied by charged species transport, e.g., in electro-osmotic remediation, spectral-induced polarization, or permeability measurements.
‘Dancing the Four Directions’: The spirit of intuition
Authors: Jones Rosalie M. 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
Among the Anishinaabe of the Great Lakes region, the Medicine Circle is a teaching tool through which to discover the gifts of our world and one’s relationship with them. These teachings could fill many western books, but with Native Peoples, it is left to the individual, with guidance from Elders, to understand aspects of each direction and allow that wisdom to assist in developing Mno-Bimazdiwin – ‘the good life’. In 2016, Daystar/Rosalie Jones met the challenge of creating a contemporary ‘Native modern dance’ inspired by the teachings of the Anishinaabe Medicine Circle. This is the story of her creative process.
‘... You can only follow my body’
Authors: Hess Sally 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
This article focuses on partnership, across couples and centuries. First, the married couple: my mother, a strong and dry intellect, paired with my father, water-god, all flowing passion; seventy years later, my ballroom dance instructor-parents, who teach me relationship through security born of trust, the intact self within dynamic mutuality. Last, the fraught mother–child couple. Woven throughout, a reading of Dante Alighieri’s great medieval poem ‘The Divine Comedy’ (Dante 1949: Inferno, Cantos I, XXXI and XXXIV) serves to shade my travel from dense fear and stasis towards a future where ecstasy can be a daily event. The theme (from earth to dancer) is ground-to-body. Its variations (dancer to earth) glide across the smooth-wood dance floor. In sympathetic parallels, I trace my personal history across multiple psychological landscapes: teacher–student, leader–follower, parent–child, tender care from guide and master to the foundling pilgrim heart. The project of ballroom dancing spontaneously and consciously incarnates the isolated soul. Infernal circles of pain and sin draw the voyagers down; eventually they’ll tunnel up to a new sphere of penance and ultimately of freedom. The circling dance forms evolve but never lose grateful contact with the earth. Neither myth nor literature (maybe both-and), they become a joyfully aware and centred turning on our turning planet as it fulfills its orbit in space.
When arguments are not enough: A kinesthetic intervention
Authors: LaMothe Kimerer L. 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
My book Why We Dance: A Philosophy of Bodily Becoming (2015) calls attention to dance as a theoretical and practical resource for discerning how to respond to this cultural moment in ways that will, in the words of Nietzsche’s Zarathustra, ‘Remain faithful to the earth’. Central to my argument is the notion of an experience shift: practices of dancing can offer us the opportunity to know ourselves as movement – not as bodies that move, but as rhythms of bodily becoming, always creating and becoming patterns of movement. After writing the book, I translated my ideas into nine song-poems in order to invite visceral responses. This article shares these song-poems and discusses their importance for dance philosophy.
Genomic big data hitting the storage bottleneck
Authors: Papageorgiou Louis , Eleni Picasi , Raftopoulou Sofia , Mantaiou Meropi , Megalooikonomou Vasileios , Vlachakis Dimitrios 
Published: April 2018

During the last decades, there is a vast data explosion in bioinformatics. Big data centres are trying to face this data crisis, reaching high storage capacity levels. Although several scientific giants examine how to handle the enormous pile of information in their cupboards, the problem remains unsolved. On a daily basis, there is a massive quantity of permanent loss of extensive information due to infrastructure and storage space problems. The motivation for sequencing has fallen behind. Sometimes, the time that is spent to solve storage space problems is longer than the one dedicated to collect and analyse data. To bring sequencing to the foreground, scientists have to slide over such obstacles and find alternative ways to approach the issue of data volume. Scientific community experiences the data crisis era, where, out of the box solutions may ease the typical research workflow, until technological development meets the needs of Bioinformatics.
Analysis of Broadband Antenna Radiation Pulses
Authors: Cherenkov Aleksander , Hutsol Taras , Garasymchuk Igor , Pancyr Jurii , Terenov Dmytro , Dubyna Vitalii 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
Electromagnetic energy can alter metabolic and biosynthetic processes and under certain parameters of pulsed EMF it can change pulse repetition frequency, operation cycle, power, exposure, as well as it can slow down and inhibit cell growth. MW irradiation range of RNA and DNA – containing virus reduces their infectivity. Inhibition of bacterial cultures growth, changes in phagocytic activity of protein biosynthesis, ultrastructural changes in the cells when exposed to EMF EHF. It was found in experiments with micro-organisms that biological effects of EMF on microorganisms wore a resonant character. One of the basic mechanisms of inhibitory action of EHF radiation on harmful microorganisms is the role of membranes in biological reactions of microorganisms on the EMR.
Orchard’s Pruning for Energy Purposes – Methodology of Environmental Impact Assessment of New Logistic Chain Developed within Europruning Project – Part 1
Authors: Dyjakon Arkadiusz , Boer Jan den , García-Galindo Daniel 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
The energy potential from pruning residues of permanent crops is significant. However, there is not much data about the environmental influence of the processes related to harvesting, storage and transportation of pruning residues. In this paper, the methodology of analysis of the environmental impact assessment applied within the EuroPruning project is presented. The screening and scoping steps in accordance with Directive 97/11/EC as well as other procedures included in ISO 14001 methodology, which are related to the environmental impact, are described. As a result, the selected approach for the determination of the potential environmental effects, including risk description and prevention actions is presented.
Kitchen and Garden Waste as a Source of Heat for Greenhouses
Authors: Neugebauer Maciej 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
The process of composting biological waste is a natural process – in which heat is released. Biological wastes generated in typical households in Poland – are mainly kitchen waste (KW) and green waste from home gardens (GGW – if they are owned). From the ecological point of view – the most advantageous method of their management is their utilization in the place of production. The paper presents a proposal for effective management of bio-waste arising by composting – with the simultaneous use of heat for greenhouse heating in autumn. This is to encourage residents to independently compost bio-waste – and increase the level of recycling of waste generated in Poland by 2020. Calculations for greenhouses were made – in accordance with the energy audit methodology. The obtained thermal balance results were compared with the actual temperature prevailing in the greenhouse in autumn. These calculations were the basis for calculating the amount of KW and GGW enabling effective heating of greenhouses in the autumn so that the internal temperature does not drop below 10ºC. It has been calculated that 22 kg of composted bio-waste (KW and GGW) will suffice to heat the greenhouse in October with an area of 18 m2.
Assessment of Tree Sprouts Pruning with Various Types of Cutting Units
Authors: Nowakowski Tomasz , Nowakowski Maciej 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
Changes in horticulture induce fruit producers to introduce more efficient tree pruning systems. The increase of efficiency is related to application of various cutting devices, the effect of which on cultivated fruit trees has not been completely recognized yet. Therefore, the objective of the paper was to compare and assess the fruit tree sprouts cut with various types of cutting units. Four cutting units were applied in the study: pruning shears, anvil secateur, circular saw and chain saw and four cultivars of fruit trees: apple, pear, plum and cherry tree. A fractal dimension was used for assessment of the cutting quality that allows assessment of the spatial complexity of the image of the cut sprout. The obtained results allowed determination that the least sprout damaging cutting system is in case of the use of the anvil secateur and pruning shears (the best cutting quality) then circular and chain saw. It was also proved that susceptibility to damage is characteristic for the investigated fruit trees. Pear trees proved the lowest susceptibility to damages regardless the cutting unit.