bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Constructions at work in foreign language learners’ mind
Authors: Baicchi Annalisa , Della Putta Paolo 
Published: August 2019

AbstractThis article reports empirical evidence of constructional priming effects in L2 learners of English and Italian. The well-known pioneering experiment carried out byBencini and Goldberg (2000)with L1 speakers of English paved the way for our investigation. We employed the same protocol to ascertain whether constructions have an ontological status also in the mind of L2 learners. We conducted experiments with four groups of learners whose language proficiency levels correspond to the B1 and B2 levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The results we obtained in our cross-linguistic experiments demonstrate that learners are reliant on constructional templates when they are required to produce linguistic generalizations.
On the Ewald Oseen scattering formulation for light scattering: stability, singularity and parallelization
Authors: Lin Aihua , Jakobsen Per Kristen 
Published: August 2019

Abstract
In this paper we discuss some of the mathematical and numerical issues that have to be addressed when calculating wave scattering using the Ewald Oseen scattering (EOS) formulation which is newly developed for solving linear and nonlinear scattering problems. The discussion is framed in context of light scattering by objects whose optical response can be of a nonlinear and/or inhomogeneous nature. The discussions address two issues that, more likely than not, will be part of any investigation of wave scattering using the EOS approach.
Properties of the decay

using the approximate

corrections and the principle of maximum conformality *
Authors: Yu Qing , Wu Xing-Gang , Wang Sheng-Quan , Huang Xu-Dong , Shen Jian-Ming , Zeng Jun 
Published: August 2019

Abstract
The decay channel

is an important channel for probing the properties of the Higgs boson. In this paper, we analyze its decay width by using the perturbative QCD corrections up to the

order with the help of the principle of maximum conformality (PMC). PMC has been suggested in literature for eliminating the conventional renormalization scheme-and-scale ambiguities. After applying PMC, we observe that an accurate renormalization scale independent decay width

up to the N4LO level can be achieved. Taking the Higgs mass,

GeV, given by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations, we obtain

KeV.
On the possibility to determine neutrino mass hierarchy via supernova neutrinos with short-time characteristics *
Authors: Jia Junji , Wang Yaoguang , Zhou Shun 
Published: August 2019

Abstract
In this paper, we investigate whether it is possible to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy via a high-statistics and real-time observation of supernova neutrinos with short-time characteristics. The essential idea is to utilize distinct times-of-flight for different neutrino mass eigenstates from a core-collapse supernova to the Earth, which may significantly change the time distribution of neutrino events in the future huge water-Cherenkov and liquid-scintillator detectors. For illustration, we consider two different scenarios. The first case is the neutronization burst of

emitted in the first tens of milliseconds of a core-collapse supernova, while the second case is the black hole formation during the accretion phase for which neutrino signals are expected to be abruptly terminated. In the latter scenario, it turns out only when the supernova is at a distance of a few Mpc and the fiducial mass of the detector is at the level of gigaton, might we be able to discriminate between normal and inverted neutrino mass hierarchies. In the former scenario, the probability for such a discrimination is even less due to a poor statistics.
Effect of acid-catalysed in one step production of biodiesel on total sugars of defatted rice bran
Authors: Yasmin M , Zullaikah S , Permatasari A , Marita I , Rachimoellah M 
Published: August 2019

Abstract
Defatted rice bran is a major byproduct of rice bran-based biodiesel and rich in carbohydrate. The high amount of carbohydrate (starch) from its process can be utilized as energy fuel feedstock. In this work, the effect of acid catalyst amount and reaction time on the yield of oil and carbohydrate products in in-situ transesterification from rice bran was investigated. The longer reaction time was used; oil products (FAMEs yield and its content) and carbohydrate product (total sugars content and recovery) showed the opposite trendline. The longer reaction times was achieved, the more yield of FAMEs was obtained but the lower total sugars content on defatted rice bran. While, the less amount catalyst was enough to faster reaction and produce high total sugars content.
Effects of Advancing the Pilot Injection Timing on The Engine Performance, Combustion and Emissions on Diesel dual fuel Engine at High Load
Authors: Sudarmanta Bambang , Setiyawan Atok , Ary Bachtiar K P , Yuvenda Dori , Silva Jose da 
Published: August 2019

Abstract
Pilot injection timing is a very important parameter at the start of ignition which will affect engine performance and emissions on diesel dual-fuel engines, especially at high loads. This research was carried out on the Diamond DI 800 diesel engine, a single-cylinder that was modified into a dual fuel engine with the aim to determine the effect of advancing the pilot injection timing (PIT) on engine performance, combustion and emissions under high loads with variation pilot injection timing (110, 130, 150, 170 and 190 BTDC). The cylinder pressure, heat release rate (HRR), combustion duration, ignition delay, power, SFC and brake thermal efficiency (BTE), as well as carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC) and particulate matter emissions, were analyzed. The results showed that advancing the pilot injection timing increased the maximum cylinder pressure by 69.52 bar; the heat release rate was 117.79 kJ/m3/0CA, brake thermal efficiency was 25.17% and significantly reduced HC, CO and PM emissions at the pilot injection timing 17° BTDC. Improved combustion performance occurs when the combustion duration is reduced even though the ignition delay period occurs by adding pilot injection timing under high load.
The Relevancy of Mineral Composition to Rock Shear Strength in Kaliwadas Hills, Karangsambung, Kebumen
Authors: Dahani W , Marwanza I , Safitri R , Pambudi A B , Rizki M I 
Published: August 2019

Abstract
The occurrence of landslides on the slopes due to a decrease in shear strength in the area of landslides in the limestone hills of Kaliwadas, Kebumen, Central Java, causes public facilities to be damaged and disrupting the activities of everyday citizens. Factors that influence rock shear strength are cohesion value and internal friction angle, while mineralogy and grain size is one of the factors derived from the environment which also affects the shear strength value. This study aims to determine the effect of mineral composition and grain size on rock shear strength. A number of rock samples were taken from the study site to be prepared, cylindrical samples for direct shear and petrographic strength tests with thin incision samples. Direct shear test results provide cohesion values and deep shear angles in limestone with peak and residual conditions of 0.22 Mpa and 39.73 ° respectively; 36.61 kPa and 29.28 ° while in claystone 67.86 kPa and 25.36°; 13.41 kPa and 16.17 °. Petrographic analysis of rocks shows that limestone contains calcite (88%) and quartz minerals (5%), while claystone contains calcite (91%) and quartz minerals (2%). Based on the mineral content of limestone and claystone and their effect on rock shear strength, it can be concluded that limestones have a quartz mineral composition, cohesion values and deep shear angles that are better and larger when compared to rock shear strength in claystone and believed to be the cause of the slip field in the research location.
Experimental study of influence injection moulding on shrinkage material sisal-glass fiber biocomposite using response surface methodology (RSM)
Authors: Al-amin M A , Harnany D , Batan I M L 
Published: August 2019

Abstract
Shrinkage is one of the properties of plastic materials, which the greater the shrinkage percentage value can result poor product quality and possible product defects. Therefore, it is important to know the shrinkage value of a material so that the geometry design of a product can be achieved properly. In this final project, shrinkage control is carried out by adjusting injection process parameters, until minimum shrinkage is obtained. The parameters set to control shrinkage values are melting temperature, holding pressure, and injection pressure. According to ASTM D955 to determine the shrinkage value of a material the specimen is made through the injection process. To obtain the minimum shrinkage value, an experimental design was carried out by using response surface method to reach the optimum injection process parameters with Box-Behnken parameter design. As the next step, the injection specimens which made from sisal fiber biocomposite material with composition of 80% Polypropelene, 10% MAPP, and 10% sisal fiber with injection process parameters according to the design. The injection result specimens were measured by calipers, Minitab 18 software was used to process the injection result. This result is used to determine the optimum value of the injection process parameters. Furthermore, with the optimum injection process parameters, the injection process is carried out again with the same material. The specimens obtained were measured to carry out a confirmation test, so that the minimum shrinkage value was obtained. From the statistical response surface analysis using Minitab 18 software, the optimum injection process parameters were obtained at 1850 C, holding pressure 35 bar and injection pressure 60 bar with shrinkage values of 1.05%.
Graphene-enhanced ABS for FDM 3D printing: effects of masterbatch preparation techniques
Authors: Sakunphokesup Kittinon , Kongkrengkri Poomipat , Pongwisuthiruchte Aphiwat , Aumnate Chuanchom , Potiyaraj Pranut 
Published: August 2019

Abstract
3D printing technologies have received a lot of attentions because of the high flexibility of the process as well as the capability of producing complex shaped and high detailed artifacts with ease. This study focuses on the development of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)/graphene composite materials, which can be used as a filament for the melt extrusion 3D printing or FDM 3D printing technique. Since the dispersity of graphene in the polymer matrix is the key parameter of controlling the properties of the composites, the ABS/graphene masterbatches with high concentration of graphene were produced via three techniques: dry mixing; solvent mixing and coagulation techniques. The obtained high concentration ABS/graphene masterbatches were then mixed with pure ABS and melt extruded to produce ABS/graphene composites filament with 1 wt% of graphene. The ABS/graphene composites preparing via solvent mixing and coagulation were found successfully 3D printed. The dry mixing method brought about the aggregation of graphene particle and failed the print.
Suppression of corrosion study on polypyrrole/zinc oxide nanoparticle composites for rechargeable battery electrode materials
Authors: Thinnakornsutibutr Nicharee , Suracharoenchaikul Teeranun , Potiyaraj Pranut , Pattananuwat Prasit 
Published: August 2019

Abstract
polypyrrole/zinc oxide nanoparticle (PPy/ZnO) composites are successfully synthesized via in-situ polymerization by aiding of ultrasonic irradiation. The different ratio of PPy to ammonium persulfate (APS) at 1:0.5, 1:1 and 1:1.5 is used to control the amounts of PPy in composites. Scanning Electron Microscopy indicates the development of nano/microstructure of PPy with increasing the amount of APS. The surface electrochemical activity of ZnO/PPy anodic electrode is characterized by linear polarization and cyclic voltammetry (CV). The introduce of PPy onto ZnO surface with the appropriate content and structure can improve the anti-corrosion and charge performance of electrode composites. The synthesized ZnO/PPy electrode at PPy/APS ratio of 1:1 can yield the highest values of corrosion inhibition efficiency of 73.50 % in 7 M KOH aqueous solution.
Phase Evolution - Property Relationships of PIMed 5 - 40 Vol.% SiCp - Reinforced Aluminium Composite
Authors: Patcharawit Tapany , Ngeekoh Arada , Chuankrerkkul Nutthita 
Published: August 2019

Abstract
Microstructure-mechanical property relationships of powder injection molded aluminium composite reinforced with 5 - 40 vol.% silicon carbide particulate (SiCp) has been investigated via thermal and phase analyses along with density and hardness testing. The samples were injection molded and sintered at 645 - 800 °C in N2 atmosphere. Thermal analysis showed endothermic reactions around 632 - 643 °C, related to liquid phase formation. Exothermic reactions about 458 - 461 °C and weight gains around 471 - 479 °C were plausibly associated with AlN formation, which facilitated liquid phase sintering. The composite microstructure exhibited close interfaces between SiCp - Al and Al - Al for 5 - 20 vol.% SiCp addition. Higher SiCp addition however led to SiCp clustering, creating large pores and unreacted SiCp - SiCp interface, which prohibited both liquid flow and rearrangement of the solid grains and pore filling during liquid phase sintering. Optimum SiCp addition was achieved at 15 vol.%, giving the maximum bulk density at 2.68 g.cm−3 or at 94.2 % theoretical density. The maximum macro Vickers hardness values at 138.9 and 166.6 Hv were obtained in the as - sintered and age - hardened conditions respectively.
A powerful and flexible weighted distance-based method incorporating interactions between DNA methylation and environmental factors on health outcomes
Authors: Wang Ya , Qian Min , Tang Deliang , Herbstman Julie , Perera Frederica , Wang Shuang 
Published: August 2019

Abstract

Motivation
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methylation plays a crucial role in human health. Studies have demonstrated associations between DNA methylation and environmental factors with evidence also supporting the idea that DNA methylation may modify the risk of environmental factors on health outcomes. However, due to high dimensionality and low study power, current studies usually focus on finding differential methylation on health outcomes at CpG level or gene level combining multiple CpGs and/or finding environmental effects on health outcomes but ignoring their interactions on health outcomes. Here we introduce the idea of a pseudo-data matrix constructed with cross-product terms between CpGs and environmental factors that are able to capture their interactions. We then develop a powerful and flexible weighted distance-based method with the pseudo-data matrix where association strength was used as weights on CpGs, environmental factors and their interactions to up-weight signals and down-weight noises in distance calculations.

Results
We compared the power of this novel approach and several comparison methods in simulated datasets and the Mothers and Newborns birth cohort of the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health to determine whether prenatal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons interacts with DNA methylation in association with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Mental Development Index at age 3.

Availability and implementation
An R code for the proposed method Dw-M-E-int together with a tutorial and a sample dataset is available for downloading from http://www.columbia.edu/∼sw2206/softwares.htm.

Supplementary information
Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Accurate loop calling for 3D genomic data with cLoops
Authors: Cao Yaqiang , Chen Zhaoxiong , Chen Xingwei , Ai Daosheng , Chen Guoyu , McDermott Joseph , Huang Yi , Guo Xiaoxiao , Han Jing-Dong J 
Published: August 2019

AbstractMotivationSequencing-based 3D genome mapping technologies can identify loops formed by interactions between regulatory elements hundreds of kilobases apart. Existing loop-calling tools are mostly restricted to a single data type, with accuracy dependent on a predefined resolution contact matrix or called peaks, and can have prohibitive hardware costs.ResultsHere, we introduce cLoops (‘see loops’) to address these limitations. cLoops is based on the clustering algorithm cDBSCAN that directly analyzes the paired-end tags (PETs) to find candidate loops and uses a permuted local background to estimate statistical significance. These two data-type-independent processes enable loops to be reliably identified for both sharp and broad peak data, including but not limited to ChIA-PET, Hi-C, HiChIP and Trac-looping data. Loops identified by cLoops showed much less distance-dependent bias and higher enrichment relative to local regions than existing tools. Altogether, cLoops improves accuracy of detecting of 3D-genomic loops from sequencing data, is versatile, flexible, efficient, and has modest hardware requirements.Availability and implementationcLoops with documentation and example data are freely available at: https://github.com/YaqiangCao/cLoops.Supplementary informationSupplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Outpatient Urinary Tract Infections in an Era of Virtual Healthcare: Trends From 2008 to 2017
Authors: Bruxvoort Katia J , Bider-Canfield Zoe , Casey Joan A , Qian Lei , Pressman Alice , Liang Anna S , Robinson Sarah , Jacobsen Steven J , Tartof Sara Y 
Published: August 2019

Abstract

Background
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) occur commonly, but recent data on UTI rates are scarce. It is unknown how the growth of virtual healthcare delivery affects outpatient UTI management and trends in the United States.

Methods
From 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2017, UTIs from outpatient settings (office, emergency, and virtual visits) were identified from electronic health records at Kaiser Permanente Southern California using multiple UTI definitions. Annual rates estimated by Poisson regression were stratified by sex, care setting, age, and race/ethnicity. Annual trends were estimated by linear or piecewise Poisson regression.

Results
UTIs occurred in 1 065 955 individuals. Rates per 1000 person-years were 53.7 (95% confidence interval [CI], 50.6–57.0) by diagnosis code with antibiotic and 25.8 (95% CI, 24.7–26.9) by positive culture. Compared to office and emergency visits, UTIs were increasingly diagnosed in virtual visits, where rates by diagnosis code with antibiotic increased annually by 21.2% (95% CI, 16.5%–26.2%) in females and 29.3% (95% CI, 23.7%–35.3%) in males. Only 32% of virtual care diagnoses had a culture order. Overall, UTI rates were highest and increased the most in older adults. Rates were also higher in Hispanic and white females and black and white males.

Conclusions
Outpatient UTI rates increased from 2008 to 2017, especially in virtual care and among older adults. Virtual care is important for expanding access to health services, but strategies are needed in all outpatient care settings to ensure accurate UTI diagnosis and reduce inappropriate antibiotic treatment.
Circles in the heart and cardiovascular system
Authors: Lim Tingsen Benson , Lavenniah Annadoray , Foo Roger Sik-Yin 
Published: August 2019

Abstract
The combination of next-generation sequencing, advanced bioinformatics analysis, and molecular research has now established circular RNAs (circRNAs) as a heterogeneous group of non-coding RNA that is widely and abundantly expressed. CircRNAs are single-stranded RNA, covalently backspliced to form closed circular loops. Different models of back-splicing have been proposed, and mechanisms for circRNA function include sequestering microRNAs, direct interaction with proteins, regulation of transcription, and translation. Exploring the role of circRNAs in different disease settings, and understanding how they contribute to disease progression promises to provide valuable insight into potential novel therapeutic approaches. Here, we review the growing number of published research on circRNAs in the heart and cardiovascular system and summarize the circRNAs that have been implicated in disease.
Comparing the Continuous Geboes Score With the Robarts Histopathology Index: Definitions of Histological Remission and Response and their Relation to Faecal Calprotectin Levels
Authors: Magro Fernando , Lopes Joanne , Borralho Paula , Lopes Susana , Coelho Rosa , Cotter José , Dias de Castro Francisca , Tavares de Sousa Helena , Salgado Marta , Andrade Patrícia , Vieira Ana Isabel , Figueiredo Pedro , Caldeira Paulo , Sousa A , Duarte Maria A , Ávila Filipa , Silva João , Moleiro Joana , Mendes Sofia , Giestas Sílvia , Ministro Paula , Sousa Paula , Gonçalves Raquel , Gonçalves Bruno , Oliveira Ana , Chagas Cristina , Cravo Marilia , Dias Cláudia Camila , Afonso Joana , Portela Francisco , Santiago Mafalda , Geboes Karel , Carneiro Fátima 
Published: August 2019

Abstract

Background and Aims
The histological status of ulcerative colitis [UC] patients in clinical and endoscopic remission has gained space as an important prognostic marker and a key component of disease monitoring. Our main aims were to compare two histological indexes—the continuous Geboes score [GS] and the Robarts Histopathology index [RHI]—regarding their definitions of histological remission and response, and the ability of faecal calprotectin [FC] levels to discriminate between these statuses.

Methods
This was an analysis of three prospective cohorts including 422 patients previously enrolled in other studies.

Results
The two continuous scores [GS and RHI] were shown to be significantly correlated [correlation coefficient of 0.806, p &lt; 0.001] and particularly close regarding their definition of histological response: 95% and 88% of all patients classified as having/not having [respectively] histological response according to RHI also did so according to GS. Moreover, median FC levels in patients with histological response were lower than those in patients without histological response [GS: 73.00 vs 525.00, p &lt; 0.001; RHI: 73.50 vs 510.00, p &lt; 0.001]; a similar trend was observed when FC levels of patients in histological remission were compared to those of patients with histological activity [GS: 76.00 vs 228.00, p &lt; 0.001; RHI: 73.50 vs 467.00, p &lt; 0.001]. FC levels allowed us to exclude the absence of histological remission [according to RHI] and absence of histological response [according to RHI and GS], with negative predictive values varying from 82% to 96%. However, optimization of the FC cut-off to exclude the absence of histological remission, as for the continuous GS, falls within values that resemble those of the healthy population.

Conclusion
The continuous GS and RHI histological scores are strongly correlated in their definitions of histological response. An absence of histological remission could only be excluded at physiological levels of FC.