bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Removal of methylene blue from aqueous solution using sediment obtained from a canal in an industrial park
Authors: Chen Lih-Fu , Wang Hsiou-Hsuan , Lin Kao-Yung , Kuo Jui-Yen , Wang Ming-Kuang , Liu Cheng-Chung 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
Drainage canal sediments in an industrial park are generally dredged to landfill in Taiwan. The objective of this study was to evaluate feasibility employing the sediment as an adsorbent for removal of dye. The sediment contained approximately 10% of organic matter and little heavy metals. Infrared (IR) analysis revealed that carboxyl was the most important functional group for methylene blue (MB) sorption. Canal sediment could remove the most MB from water at pH 8.0 and this removal increased with increasing temperature. The MB sorption was well described by the Langmuir, Dubinin–Radushkevich, and Temkin sorption isotherms at 10°C, but it showed good compliance with Freundlich isotherm at 25°C and 40°C. The MB adsorption was a spontaneous and endothermic reaction; its maximum calculated adsorption capacity (Qm) was 56.0 mg g−1 at 10°C by the Langmuir isotherm. The calculated values of enthalpy (ΔH°) and entropy (ΔS°) are 14.6 kJ mol−1 and 149.2 kJ mol−1, respectively. Only pseudo-second-order adsorption kinetic model successfully described the kinetics of MB onto the sediment at different operation parameters. Activation energy of MB adsorption calculated from Arrhenius equation was 16.434 kJ mol−1, indicating the binding between canal sediment and MB was a physical adsorption.
Process and influencing factors of N removal in grassed paving system by 15N tracing analysis
Authors: Chen Tao , Zhang Ben , Li Jianfeng , Han Mengzi 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
The effects of nitrogen (N) transformation and transportation processes under different soil pH, plant species and rainfall intervals were studied by using a 15N isotope tracing technique in a simulated grassed paving system. The results showed that the grassed paving systems with three plants including Zoysia matrella (Z), Eleusine indica (E) and Liriope graminifolia (L), were effective at removing NH4+-N, NO3−-N, total nitrogen (TN), and chemical oxygen demand (COD) from rainfall runoff. However, there was no significant difference of TN removal among these three-plant species and a certain soil pH. The experiment showed that when the rainfall interval was 5 days, the grassed paving system could remove 65.8–76.8% of runoff TN in 17 detention days. The N conversion was dominated by soil adsorption, plant uptake, microbial assimilation, and nitrification during 0–5 d. While the main N reactions were through denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium during 5–14 d.
Revisiting conceptual stormwater quality models by reconstructing virtual state variables
Authors: Sandoval Santiago , Vezzaro Luca , Bertrand-Krajewski Jean-Luc 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
This work proposes a Bayesian non-informative reconstruction of virtual state variables in the representation of stormwater total suspended solids pollutographs by the traditional wash-off models, based on 255 rainfall events measured in a 185 ha French urban catchment. Results from event-based analyses revealed the missing representation of an essential process in the traditional rating curve (RC) model (simplest wash-off model) for 56% of the rainfall events. The unsatisfactory performances of the RC model are found to be not necessarily linked to antecedent dry weather conditions, as assumed by a great number of accumulation/wash-off models. Statistical tests suggest that non-representable rainfall events by the RC model are randomly distributed in time. The proposed Bayesian reconstructions of a potential process missed by the RC model exhibit a suitable identifiability at an intra-event scale. However, these reconstructions are not interpretable from the traditional accumulation/wash-off notions, i.e. in terms of a unique state of virtual available mass over the catchment that is decreasing over time, due to their high unrepeatability regarding their shape and their low prediction capacity for other rainfall events.
Trends in Diagnosis for Active Tuberculosis Using Nanomaterials
Authors: Tu Phan Le Minh , Tufa Lemma Teshome , Kim Hwa-Jung , Lee Jaebeom , Park Tae Jung 
Published: September 2018

Background:Tuberculosis (TB), one of the leading causes of death worldwide, is difficult to diagnose based only on signs and symptoms. Methods for TB detection are continuously being researched to design novel effective clinical tools for the diagnosis of TB.Objective:This article reviews the methods to diagnose TB at the latent and active stages and to recognize prospective TB diagnostic methods based on nanomaterials.Methods:The current methods for TB diagnosis were reviewed by evaluating their advantages and disadvantages. Furthermore, the trends in TB detection using nanomaterials were discussed regarding their performance capacity for clinical diagnostic applications.Results:Current methods such as microscopy, culture, and tuberculin skin test are still being employed to diagnose TB, however, a highly sensitive point of care tool without false results is still needed. The utilization of nanomaterials to detect the specific TB biomarkers with high sensitivity and specificity can provide a possible strategy to rapidly diagnose TB. Although it is challenging for nanodiagnostic platforms to be assessed in clinical trials, active TB diagnosis using nanomaterials is highly expected to achieve clinical significance for regular application. In addition, aspects and future directions in developing the high-efficiency tools to diagnose active TB using advanced nanomaterials are expounded.Conclusion:This review suggests that nanomaterials have high potential as rapid, costeffective tools to enhance the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity for the accurate diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of TB. Hence, portable nanobiosensors can be alternative effective tests to be exploited globally after clinical trial execution.
A Mesenchymal Stem Cell Line Transplantation Improves Neurological Function and Angiogenesis in Intraventricular Amyloid β-Infused Rats
Authors: Haque Md. Ahsanul , Sheikh Abdullah Md. , Al Mamun Abdullah , Yano Shozo , Hashimoto Michio , Shido Osamu , Nagai Atsushi 
Published: September 2018

Background:
Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation is demonstrated to improve neurological
performance in neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease.

Objective:
The objective of this study is to understand the underlying mechanism of such improvement.

Methods:
Amyloid β (Aβ) peptide was infused into the lateral ventricle of adult Wister rats using the
osmotic pump. After 15 days of continuous infusion, a mesenchymal stem cell line (B10) was transplanted
in the lateral ventricle. Learning-related behavior was evaluated by 2-way shuttle avoidance test.
Fifteen days after B10 transplantation, pathological and expressional changes were evaluated.

Results:
Compared to sham group, learning-related behavior was significantly decreased in Aβ-infused
non-transplanted group, but not in B10-transplanted group. Nissl staining results demonstrated that the
number of hippocampal pyramidal neurons in CA1 area in B10-transplanted group was similar to the
sham group, whereas that was decreased in Aβ-infused non-transplanted group. Aβ mainly deposited in
the vessels of the brains of Aβ-infused non-transplanted rats, which was decreased by B10 transplantation.
Moreover, B10 transplantation increased vessel density as well as endoglin positive cells. The
number of astrocyte and microglia was decreased in Aβ-infused non-transplanted group, which was returned
to the level of sham animals by B10 transplantation. Real-time PCR and immunostaining results
showed that B10 transplantation significantly increased IL-1β mRNA and protein expression.

Conclusion:
Thus, our result showed that MSC transplantation effectively decreased Aβ deposition in
the cerebral vessel and increased angiogenesis, which could be a possible cause of improved neurological
performance in Aβ-infused AD model rats.
Non-Hormonal Replacement Therapy Regimens: Do they have an Effect on Cardiovascular Risk?
Authors: Mareti Evangelia , Ampatzi Christina , Paschou Stavroula A. , Voziki Evangelia , Goulis Dimitrios G. 
Published: September 2018

Introduction:Menopause is associated with adverse effects on quality of life of perimenopausal and post-menopausal women. It also has an impact on the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Hormonal treatments are the most effective medications for menopausal symptoms relief. Given the fact that hormonal treatments are contraindicated for many women, non-hormonal treatment, such as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs), gabapentin, pregabalin, clonidine and phytoestrogens, constitute alternative treatments. Nevertheless, little is known about their effects on CVD risk.Methods:PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library were searched for the effects of non-hormonal treatment on CVD risk, blood pressure, heart rate, lipids and glucose concentrations, weight gain, cardiovascular events, stroke, mortality and morbidity.Results:Phytoestrogens, pregabalin and gabapentin seem to have no adverse effects on the cardiovascular system. Phytoestrogens, in particular, seem to reduce CVD risk through many pathways. On the other hand, SSRIs and SNRIs, although effective in reducing menopausal vasomotor symptoms, should be cautiously administered to women with known CVD (e.g. with cardiac arrhythmias, atherosclerotic disease or stroke). As clonidine has been associated with cardiovascular adverse effects, it should be administered only in cases where blood pressure regulation is mandatory.Conclusion:Further research is needed to produce definite conclusions regarding the cardiovascular safety of non-hormonal medications for menopausal symptoms relief.
Resistensi Malathion dan Aktivitas Enzim Esterase pada Populasi Nyamuk Aedes aegypti di Kabupaten Pekalongan
Authors: Widiastuti Dyah , Ikawati Bina 
Published: September 2018

Pekalongan regency, Central Java (Indonesia) is one of area which experienced with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) incidence since many years ago. The extensive use of insecticides for dengue vector control has been carried out for long period in Pekalongan Regency. This fact stimulate the need to study the resistence status and esterase enzyme avtivity of Aedes aegypti to Malathion. The research was conducted in April-November 2014. Insecticide susceptibility assays were performed on F1 generation of wild-caught adult female Ae. aegypti mosquitoes from Simbangkulon Village Buaran Sub district, Kedungwuni Barat Village Kedungwuni Sub dsitrict and Karangsari Village Karanganyar Sub district, with the diagnostic doses of malathion (0,8%). Esterase enzyme activity of these mosquitoes was tested biochemically to find out the mechanisms of resistance to Malathion. Mosquitoes mortality as a result of Malathion effect showed variation in range from 3.33 to 13.75% in all study sites. That result indicated that Ae.aegypti mosquitoes are resistant to Malathion in all study sites . Based on biochemical assays, there was an increase if esterase enztyme activity of Ae aegypti in all study sites.. Therefore, alpha esterase enzyme activity could be associated with the mechanisms which responsible to malathion resistance in Ae. aegypti in Pekalongan. The results of this study provided the information about the malathion resistance status of Ae. aegypti in Pekalongan, and biochemical mechanisms which essential for monitoring the insecticide resistance in this area.
Perbandingan Indeks Larva Vektor Demam Berdarah Dengue Pra dan Paska-Intervensi di Kota Prabumulih
Authors: Sitorus Hotnida , Taviv Yulian , Budiyanto Anif , Ambarita Lasbudi P , Salim Milana , Mayasari Rika 
Published: September 2018

Prabumulih city is one of dengue endemic area in South Sumatera Province with number of cases in 2011-2012 were 225 and 301 cases respectively. The research aims to determine the influence of jumantik accompanied by health promotion program to the larval mosquitoes indices. This is quasi-experimental study, carried out in three endemic areas of Prabumulih City in 2014. There were two intervention in two location and one location for non-intervention. In the first location, the intervention were larva surveillance by jumantik cadre, giving larvicide selectively, accompanied by health promotion program to community group (intervention I), in second location the intervention only for larvae surveillance by jumantik cadre (intervention II), and the third location giving no intervention. Observation of immature mosquito was carried out in every location before and after intervention was given. The result showed an increase in Free larvae index of 19,8% in the intervention I , 12,5% in the intervention II and 5,3% in the no-intervention location. Indicator of breteau index showed a decrease in all location, 73,1% in the intervention I, 62,8% in the intervention II and 10,8% in the no-intervention location. Container index indicator showed a decrease in two intervention location, 10,2% in the intervention I, 6,6% in the intervention II, while in no-intervention location show an increase for 8%. Health promotion program about how to prevent dengue transmission through potential community groups could become an alternative effort to control vector population integrated with other control methods.
Hubungan Pengetahuan dengan Perilaku Pencegahan Leptospirosis Paska Peningkatan Kasus di Kabupaten Tangerang
Authors: Pujiyanti Aryani , Negari Kusumaningtyas Sekar , Trapsilowati Wiwik 
Published: September 2018

Control efforts of leptospirosis were conducted based on correct understanding of the disease and how to prevent it. Environmental conditions of Desa Pagedangan Ilir categorized as a risk area for leptospirosis transmission. After increasing cases of leptospirosis in the region, it is necessary to study knowledge and health behavior of leptospirosis prevention. The objective of the study was to analyse the relationship between knowledge and community behavior in preventing leptospirosis. The type of research is analytic research with a cross sectional design. Data collection was conducted in Desa Pagedangan Ilir in September-October 2015. Sampling was using proportional random sampling in every RW (Rukun Warga) by interviewing 100 respondents. Results of this study showed that 49% of respondents had low knowledge and 80% had poor leptospirosis prevention behavior. Sources of information about leptospirosis more obtained from friends/relatives. There was a significant relationship between the level of knowledge with leptospirosis prevention behavior (p value <0.00). The daily behavior of people to prevent leptospirosis such as the use of personal protective equipment, handling of carcasses, and rat control were still not good.
Catastrophic Effects of Floods on Environment and Health: Evidence from Pakistan
Authors: Memon Falak Shad , Sharjeel M. Yousuf 
Published: September 2018

<span>Torrential rains and floods have been causing irreplaceable losses to both human lives and environment in <span>Pakistan. This loss has reached to an extent of assively aggrieved situation to reinstate life at <span>operationally viable position. This paper unfolds the notion that only constructive paradigm shift to <span>overcome this phenomenon is vital as a strategy. Multiple levels of observations and on-site assessment <span>of various calamity-prone venues were considered to probe into this scenario. Some of the grave site in <span>Sindh and Punjab were observed and necessarily practicable measures were recommended to avoid loss to <span>human health and environment. The paper finds that a consistent drastic management authority on <span>national level with appropriate caliber and forecasting expertise can reduce the damage to human life and <span>environment to great extent. Weather forecasting system need to be installed at many appropriately <span>observed cities and towns in the country with adequate man power, funds and technical recourses. By <span>implementing the proper frame work of prevention and mitigation of floods country can save the major <span>costs cleanup and recovery. These measures are expected to reduce operational cost of state in terms of <span>GDP and GNP to restore life and environment.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span>
Feedback Practices and Accounting Students’ Satisfaction
Authors: Habibah Um-e- , Tara Nain 
Published: September 2018

<p>This paper explores the accounting feedback practices adopted by the teachers and students’ satisfaction about that feedback. Data was collected from three different departments of Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. Results suggested that 64% students are broadly agreed with the feedback provided to them by accounting teachers. This study tells that accounting students prefer constructive feedback, than individualized feedback, than timely feedback and then detailed feedback. This variation is because of different assessment methods adopted by accounting teachers. </p>
Do Auditors and Audit Committees Lower Fraud Risk by Constraining Inconsistencies between Financial and Nonfinancial Measures?
Authors: Brazel Joseph F. 
Published: September 2018

SUMMARY
Prior research finds that companies committing fraud exhibit large inconsistencies between reported revenue growth and growth in revenue-related nonfinancial measures (e.g., number of stores, employees, patents). Prior research also suggests that auditors, on average, are not adept at identifying and constraining these differences. This article summarizes a recent study by Brazel and Schmidt (2018) that examines whether certain auditors and audit committees are able to lower fraud risk by constraining inconsistencies between financial and related nonfinancial measures (NFMs). This practitioner summary first summarizes the motivation for the study, then discusses the methods used, explains the results, and concludes with a discussion of the study's implications. Brazel and Schmidt (2018) find that auditors with greater industry expertise and tenure, and audit committee chairs with greater tenure are less likely to be associated with companies that exhibit large inconsistencies between their reported revenue growth and related NFMs (higher fraud risk). Surprisingly, they observe that audit committees with industry expert chairs are more likely to be associated with large inconsistencies than audit committees without industry expert chairs. Overall, Brazel and Schmidt (2018) conclude that the audit process can constrain fraud risk, but not all forms of audit committee expertise may be beneficial.
The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network adult anterior open bite study: A description of the practitioners and patients
Authors: Choi Kelly W. , Ko Hsiu-Ching , Todoki Lauren S. , Finkleman Samuel A. , Khosravi Roozbeh , Wang Hsuan-Fang , Funkhouser Ellen , Baltuck Camille , Raj Vishnu , Allareddy Veerasathpurush , Matunas John C. , Vermette Michael E. , Harrell William E. , Coro Jorge C. , Greenlee Geoffrey M. , Huang Greg J. ,   National Dental PBRN Collaborative Group
Published: September 2018

ABSTRACT

Objectives:
To describe the demographic and practice characteristics of the clinicians enrolled in a large, prospective cohort study examining recommendations and treatment for adult anterior open bite (AOB) and the relationship between these characteristics and practitioners' self-reported treatment preferences. The characteristics of the AOB patients recruited were also described.

Materials and Methods:
Practitioners were recruited from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network. Participants in the study consisted of practitioners and their adult AOB patients in active treatment. Upon enrollment, practitioners completed questionnaires enquiring about demographics, treatment preferences for adult AOB patients, and treatment recommendations for each patient. Patients completed questionnaires on demographics and factors related to treatment.

Results:
Ninety-one practitioners and 347 patients were recruited. Demographic characteristics of recruited orthodontists were similar to those of American Association of Orthodontists members. The great majority of practitioners reported using fixed appliances and elastics frequently for adult AOB patients. Only a third of practitioners reported using aligners frequently for adult AOB patients, and 10% to 13% frequently recommended temporary anchorage devices (TADs) or orthognathic surgery. Seventy-four percent of the patients were female, and the mean age was 31.4 years. The mean pretreatment overbite was −2.4 mm, and the mean mandibular plane angle was 38.8°. Almost 40% of patients had undergone orthodontic treatment previously.

Conclusions:
This article presents the demographic data for 91 doctors and 347 adult AOB patients, as well as the practitioners' self-reported treatment preferences.
Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Cysticercus tenuicollis Isolated from Some Intermediate Host in Kurdistan-Iraq
Authors: Ahmed Hama Abdullah , Hama Zorab Rostam , Mohammed Ali Fatima , M. Salih Awaz , Abdullah Hassan Amer 
Published: September 2018

Cysticercus tenuicollis (C. tenuicollis) is the larval stage infection of Taenia hydatigena, a common tapeworm of dogs and other Canidae, which has a wide range of intermediate hosts including sheep, goat, cattle, deer, camel, horse, human and other wild ruminants, the disease spreads through a contaminated water, soil and food with feces of infected dogs or other carnivores, T. hydatigena lives in the intestinal of the definitive host (carnivores) and excretes a huge number of eggs with feces daily. The present study conducted to determine the prevalence rate and molecular characterization of C. tenuicollis among sheep and goats in Sulaimani province. A total of 14088 slaughtered animals were inspected postmortem from the new Sulaimani abattoir comprise, which involves 13395 sheep and 693 goats. The selected cysts were preserved in 70% Ethanol for DNA extraction and molecular study, The mt-CO1 gene was amplified with a conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR), the PCR product purified and DNA sequencing for reverse and forward strands was determined by a genetic analyzer, the obtained sequences aligned with the DNA sequences of T. hydatigena in Iran, Turkey and Palestine, which deposited in GenBank under the following accession number (JQ710588), (JN827307) and ( KM032284) respectively. The prevalence rate of C. tenuicollis was 2.63% in sheep and 2.58% in goats. This result shows no significant differences of C. tenuicollis between sheep and goats (p>0.05). The nucleotide sequence alignment of cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (CO 1) gene revealed that the amplified DNA fragment is belong to Taenia hydatigena and Echinococcus granulosus and the nucleotide sequences of T. hydatigena deposited in GenBank under accession number (MH638348). This finding concludes that the amplification of mt-CO1 gene cannot be depended on discriminate hydatid cyst and C. tenuicollis while the partial DNA sequences of mt-CO1 gene are significantly valuable to differentiate C. tenuicollis from hydatid cyst, which is completely different in the pathology and control.