bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Turning the tables: A university league-table based on quality not quantity
Authors: Barnett Adrian G. , Moher David 
Published: April 2019

Background: Universities closely watch international league tables because these tables influence governments, donors and students. Achieving a high ranking in a table, or an annual rise in ranking, allows universities to promote their achievements using an externally validated measure. However, league tables predominantly reward measures of research output, such as publications and citations, and may therefore be promoting poor research practices by encouraging the “publish or perish” mentality. Methods: We examined whether a league table could be created based on good research practice. We rewarded researchers who cited a reporting guideline, which help researchers report their research completely, accurately and transparently, and were created to reduce the waste of poorly described research. We used the EQUATOR guidelines, which means our tables are mostly relevant to health and medical research. Results: Our cross-sectional tables for the years 2016 and 2017 included 14,408 papers with 47,876 author affiliations. We ranked universities and included a bootstrap measure of uncertainty. We clustered universities in five similar groups in an effort to avoid over-interpreting small differences in ranks. Conclusions: We believe there is merit in considering more socially responsible criteria for ranking universities, and this could encourage better research practice internationally if such tables become as valued as the current quantity-focused tables.
Performing Trauma: The Ghosts of Slavery in Yoruba Music and Ritual Dance
Authors: Ojo Olatunji 
Published: April 2019

Abstract
Drawing on popular songs and oral accounts, this article explores how the Yoruba people remember and memorialize their experiences of slavery and its impact on the people, as well as the community violence associated with slavery. The article highlights local recollection and dramatization of various modes of enslavement, anti-slavery tactics, the demographic impact of warfare and population dislocation, and the divergent experiences of slaves and slaveholders, as well as the linkages among slavery, religion, ethnicity, and gender.
Phoenix Rise: A History of the Architectural Reconstruction of the Burnt City of Kumase, 1874–1960
Authors: Yeboah Tony 
Published: April 2019

Abstract
This work presents a history of the reconstruction of the architectural landscape and built environment of Kumase, the traditional capital of the Asante nation of the Gold Coast (now Ghana), following its destruction at the hands of the military forces of imperial Britain in 1874. It converges archival documents, oral histories of individuals instrumental in the built environment of Kumase, and some secondary sources of historical information to explain how the colonizing British political regime and its agents, as well as Asante political authorities and citizenry, acted to architecturally reconstruct Kumase between 1874 and the 1960 emergence of the Republic of Ghana under an African government led by Kwame Nkrumah. This material demonstrates that the planning and reconstruction process involved two processes: architectural imposition and architectural hybridization. The first involved an official colonial regime-controlled introduction of British and European plans, methods, and structures. The second involved a shaping of the built environment through a democratic combination of both foreign and local architectural ideas and inventiveness, which produced the hybrid Akan courtyard house.
Introducing a Pre-Determined Feedback Pool for Evaluating Students’ Online Discussion Participation
Authors: Perera-Diltz Dilani , Davis R.J. , Uzuner Smith Sedef , Sheperis Carl 
Published: April 2019

As self-regulation for successful online learning is a relatively new focus in online education, more attention is directed toward initiatives to help students become more cognizant of their learning efforts in online learning environments. Grounded in the idea that self-regulation is feedback dependent, we argue for the necessity of instructor feedback on student performance in online classes. The specific focus is instructor feedback on students’ online discussion contributions. To assist instructors in managing their feedback practices in large online classes with numerous discussion entries, we present a feedback pool that includes a range of predetermined comments instructors can choose from while assessing their students’ discussion participation.
Bulk-edge correspondence and long-range hopping in the topological plasmonic chain
Authors: Pocock Simon R. , Huidobro Paloma A. , Giannini Vincenzo 
Published: April 2019

Abstract
The existence of topologically protected edge modes is often cited as a highly desirable trait of topological insulators. However, these edge states are not always present. A realistic physical treatment of long-range hopping in a one-dimensional dipolar system can break the symmetry that protects the edge modes without affecting the bulk topological number, leading to a breakdown in bulk-edge correspondence (BEC). Hence, it is important to gain a better understanding of where and how this occurs, as well as how to measure it. Here we examine the behaviour of the bulk and edge modes in a dimerised chain of metallic nanoparticles and in a simpler non-Hermitian next-nearest-neighbour model to provide some insights into the phenomena of bulk-edge breakdown. We construct BEC phase diagrams for the simpler case and use these ideas to devise a measure of symmetry-breaking for the plasmonic system based on its bulk properties. This provides a parameter regime in which BEC is preserved in the topological plasmonic chain, as well as a framework for assessing this phenomenon in other systems.
Hybridization of epsilon-near-zero modes via resonant tunneling in layered metal-insulator double nanocavities
Authors: Caligiuri Vincenzo , Palei Milan , Biffi Giulia , Krahne Roman 
Published: April 2019

Abstract
The coupling between multiple nanocavities in close vicinity leads to the hybridization of their modes. Stacked metal-insulator-metal (MIM) nanocavities constitute a highly versatile and very interesting model system to study and engineer such mode coupling, as they can be realized by lithography-free fabrication methods with fine control on the optical and geometrical parameters. The resonant modes of such MIM cavities are epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) resonances, which are appealing for nonlinear photophysics and a variety of applications. Here, we study the hybridization of ENZ resonances in MIMIM nanocavities, obtaining a very large mode splitting reaching 0.477 eV, Q-factors of the order of 40 in the visible spectral range, and fine control on the resonance wavelength and mode linewidth by tuning the thickness of the dielectric and metallic layers. A semiclassical approach that analyzes the MIMIM structure as a double quantum well system allows to derive the exact analytical dispersion relation of the ENZ resonances, achieving perfect agreement with numerical simulations and experiments. Interestingly, the asymmetry of the mode splitting in a symmetric MIMIM cavity is not reflected in the classical model of coupled oscillators, which can be directly related to quantum mechanical tunneling for the coupling of the two cavities. Interpreting the cavity resonances as resonant tunneling modes elucidates that they can be excited without momentum matching techniques. The broad tunability of high-quality ENZ resonances together with their strong coupling efficiency makes such MIMIM cavities an ideal platform for exploring light-matter interaction, for example, by the integration of quantum emitters in dielectric layers.
New syntheses towards C-glycosyl type glycomimetics
Authors: Somsák László , Bokor Éva , Juhász László , Kun Sándor , Lázár László , Juhász-Tóth Éva , Tóth Marietta 
Published: April 2019

Abstract
Glycomimetics are compounds that resemble carbohydrate molecules in their chemical structure and/or biological effect. A large variety of compounds can be designed and synthesized to get glycomimetics, however, C-glycosyl derivatives represent one of the most frequently studied subgroup. In the present survey syntheses of a range of five- and six membered C-glycopyranosyl heterocycles, anhydro-aldimine type compounds, exo-glycals, C-glycosyl styrenes, carbon-sulfur bonded oligosaccharide mimics are described. Some of the C-glycopyranosyl azoles, namely 1,2,4-triazoles and imidazoles belong to the most efficient glucose analog inhibitors of glycogen phosphorylase known to date. Biological studies revealed the therapeutical potential of such inhibitors. Other synthetic derivatives offer versatile possibilities to get further glycomimetics.
What decreases low back pain? A qualitative study of patient perspectives
Authors: Setchell Jenny , Costa Nathalia , Ferreira Manuela , Hodges Paul W. 
Published: April 2019

Abstract

Background and aims
This study aimed to determine, from the perspective of individuals living with the condition, what decreases their low back pain (LBP). LBP affects most people at some point during their life. The condition has a meaningful effect on people’s lives including pain, reduced physical and social function, mood fluctuations, and a reduced ability to work. Despite a considerable amount of research on the topic, few strategies to reduce LBP are considered successful, and there has been little investigation into what individuals with the condition believe reduce it. This study aimed to address this gap in the literature by investigating what individuals with the condition believe reduces their LBP.

Methods
We employed a descriptive qualitative design using a custom-built online survey. Participants were 130 adults in Australia who self-identified as having current or having had previous LBP with or without co-morbidities. Data from the survey responses were analysed using content analysis to determine which management approaches participants considered to be effective in reducing their LBP.

Results
Participants most commonly said that they believed their LBP was reduced by: heat/cold (86, 66%), medication (84, 64.1%), and rest (78, 60%). Next most common was activity/exercise (73, 55.7%). Other factors such as consulting a health professional (52, 39.7%), stretching/therapeutic exercise (50, 38.1%), resting from aggravating activities (45, 34.3%), and psychological changes (41, 31.3%) were mentioned, but considerably less often.

Conclusions
Current literature points to the inefficacy of many of the factors participants reported as helping to reduce the effects of their condition, including the treatments that were most commonly listed by the participants in this study, namely: heat/cold, medication and rest. A possible cause of this discrepancy might be that individuals with LBP consider temporary relief (on a scale of hours) to be an acceptable outcome, whereas clinical trials tend to consider efficacy by long term outcomes (on a scale of weeks, months or years).

Implications
There are several implications of this research. From one perspective, there is the implication that public education about efficacious treatments may need to be enhanced as there is a discrepancy between research findings and the perspectives of individuals living with LBP. On the other hand, these findings also suggest that it is timely to re-examine the focus of LBP research to consider outcomes that are valuable to people living with the condition, which this study implies should include short term or temporary effects. The findings may also help clinicians tailor management to suit the individual patients by increasing the awareness that patient and research perspectives may at times diverge.
EEG-based quantitative analysis of aesthetic emotion in clothing design
Authors: Wang Jingjing 
Published: April 2019

Abstract
This paper combines the perceptual aesthetic sentiments with the objective physiological responses of the human brain. By analysing the characteristics of the brain electrical activities in processing of different types of sentiments, this paper uses the specific physiological indicators of the brain to quantify the aesthetic sentiments about clothing. The purpose is to introduce the EEG quantitative analysis method for sentiment perception into the aesthetic field of clothing, and establish a theory of quantifying aesthetic sentiments towards clothing design through the brain electrical physiological responses.
Computational neuroscience applied in surface roughness fiber optic sensor
Authors: He Wei 
Published: April 2019

Abstract
Computational neuroscience has been widely used in fiber optic sensor signal output. This paper introduces a method for processing the Surface Roughness Fiber Optic Sensor output signals with a radial basis function neural network. The output signal of the sensor and the laser intensity signal as the light source are added to the input of the RBF neural network at the same time, and with the ability of the RBF neural network to approach the non-linear function with arbitrary precision, to achieve the nonlinear compensation of the sensor and reduction of the effect of changes in laser output light intensity at the same time. The Surface Roughness Fiber Optic Sensor adopting this method has low requirements on the stability of the output power of laser, featuring large measuring range, high accuracy, good repeatability, measuring of special surfaces such as minor area, and the bottom surface of holed etc. The measurements were given and various factors that affect the measurement were analyzed and discussed.
The role of meditation in college students' neuroticism and mental health
Authors: Liu Wenqing , Lin Jiayan 
Published: April 2019

Abstract
A large number of empirical studies have found evidence that neuroticism is related to personality traits, but no one has integrated the relationship between neuroticism and mental health through meta-analysis. As a personality trait, neuroticism reflects the stable tendency of how individuals experience, feel, evaluate negative emotions and make corresponding behavioural responses. By means of meta-analysis, a preliminary dimension of neuroticism is constructed through an open questionnaire and literature review. On this basis, a preliminary neuroticism questionnaire for college students is compiled. The structural model of College Students' neuroticism questionnaire fits well, and has a high correlation with the neuroticism subscale of the simple version of Big Five Personality Questionnaire, which shows that it has a good structural validity. The positive orientation indicators of subjective well-being, life satisfaction and other mental health indicators were also selected. In addition, self-assessment indicators of physical health were selected. It was found that neuroticism was highly correlated with appeal indicators, indicating that the questionnaire of College Students' neuroticism had good validity.
Role of Fear in a Predator–Prey Model with Beddington–DeAngelis Functional Response
Authors: Pal Saheb , Majhi Subrata , Mandal Sutapa , Pal Nikhil 
Published: April 2019

Abstract
In the present article, we investigate the impact of fear effect in a predator–prey model, where predator–prey interaction follows Beddington–DeAngelis functional response. We consider that due to fear of predator the birth rate of prey population reduces. Mathematical properties, such as persistence, equilibria analysis, local and global stability analysis, and bifurcation analysis, have been investigated. We observe that an increase in the cost of fear destabilizes the system and produces periodic solutions via supercritical Hopf bifurcation. However, with further increase in the strength of fear, system undergoes another Hopf bifurcation and becomes stable. The stability of the Hopf-bifurcating periodic solutions is obtained by computing the first Lyapunov coefficient. Our results suggest that fear of predation risk can have both stabilizing and destabilizing effects.
The Human World as Augmented Reality: Transcendentalism and Anthropological Difference
Authors: Chiurazzi Gaetano 
Published: April 2019

[full article, abstract in English; abstract in Lithuanian]
In this paper, I discuss, first of all, the positions of Perter Singer and Jacques Derrida regarding the difference between humans and animals. Singer’s animalism seems to me grounded in a naturalist substantialism (since it aims at dissolving the abovementioned difference in a common genus, animality), whereas Derrida’s approach ends in a phenomenological primitivism (since it aims at grasping the gaze of the animal through an epoché of the human cultural world). The result is, on the one hand, an essentialist reduction to the One, and, on the other, the nominalist multiplication of the Many. As an alternative to both these perspectives, I share a certain “transcendentalist” approach, in which human difference appears as a capacity to form a world in the Heideggerian meaning, which increases natural reality. The symbol of this new capacity is the upright position, a certain elevation above nature, the sign of which is consciousness. I call this new capacity “diagonal,” since, like the diagonal of the square, it is irreducible to its side – to nature (the plane of immanence) –, as much as the human world of “augmented reality” is indeed irreducible to every flat ontology, that is, to an onticology.
Pesan Dakwah dalam Novel Bait Surau
Authors: Ripai Muhamad , Muksin Ucin , Anugrah Dadan 
Published: April 2019

This research is to know the form of dakwah message contained in novel Bait Surau, both in terms of appeal message that is rasoinal appeal, emotional appeal, appeal of fear, appeal ganharan and motivational appeal. And also in terms of the category of the message category of substance and form categories. Substance categories include morals, worship and sharia. Categories of form include informative, persuaasif and instructive. The method used in this study is the method of content analysis (content analysis). The results showed that based on the results of the study can be concluded that this novel there are many cargo messages of Islamic da'wah. The messages are manifested in the Immunizations and Categories of messages that indicate the message of da'wah. Researchers collect these phrases through the categorization of da'wah messages. there are two messages of da'wah by type, namely: the message of da'wah of the appeal and message propaganda of the message category. The message of da'wah in terms of appeal is the most widely mentioned motivational appeal. As for the terms of Substance Category namely Morals and Informative Form Categories, the most widely mentioned. Besides the Temple of Surau is a novel that tells of a man who has a dark time, he wants to change towards a better and struggling to build a surau whose condition is apprehensive.

Penelitian ini untuk mengetahui bentuk pesan dakwah yang terdapat dalam novel Bait Surau, baik dari segi imbauan pesan yaitu imbauan rasional, imbauan emosional, imbauan takut, imbauan ganjaran dan imbauan motivasional, dan juga dari segi kategori pesan yaitu kategori substansi dan kategori bentuk. Kategori substansi meliputi akhlak, ibadah dan syariah. Kategori bentuk meliputi informatif, persuasif dan instruktif. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode analisis isi (content analysis). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa novel ini terdapat banyak muatan pesan-pesan dakwah Islam. Pesan-pesan tersebut terwujud dalam imbauan dan kategori pesan yang mengindikasikan pesan dakwah. Peneliti menghimpun ungkapan-ungkapan tersebut melalui kategorisasi pesan dakwah. Terdapat dua pesan dakwah berdasarkan jenisnya, yaitu: pesan dakwah dari imbauan dan pesan dakwah dari kategori pesan. Pesan dakwah dari segi imbauan terdapat imbauan motivasional yang paling banyak disebutkan. Adapun dari segi kategori substansi yaitu akhlak dan kategori bentuk informatif, yang paling banyak disebutkan. Selain itu Bait Surau merupakan sebuah novel yang bercerita tentang seorang tokoh yang mempunyai masa kelam yang ingin berubah ke arah yang lebih baik dan berjuang membangun surau yang kondisinya memprihatinkan.
Phase equilibria in the Na,Ca//SO4,CO3,HCO3-H2O system at 0 °C
Authors: Soliev L. , Jumaev M. T. 
Published: April 2019

Phase equilibria in the Na,Ca//SO4,CO3,HCO3-H2O system have been studied at 0 °C. The studied system at 0 °C involves 4 invariant points, 13 monovariant curves and 15 divariant fields. The obtained results served as a basis for the construction of phase diagram (phase complex) of the studied system at 0 °C.
Feasibility of Bronchial Washing Fluid-Based Approach to Early-Stage Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Authors: Ryu Jeong-Seon , Lim Jun Hyeok , Lee Myoung Kyu , Lee Seung Jae , Kim Hyun-Jung , Kim Min Jeong , Park Mi Hwa , Kim Jung Soo , Nam Hae-Seong , Park Nuri , Yong Seok Joong 
Published: April 2019

Abstract
A blood-based approach such as circulating tumor DNA remains challenging in diagnosis for early-stage disease. Bronchial washing (BW) is a minimally invasive procedure that yields fluids that may contain tumor DNA. Therefore, we prospectively enrolled 12 patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer without endoscopically visible tumors. Somatic mutations were analyzed using ultra-deep next-generation sequencing in 48 paired specimens (primary tumor tissue, normal tissue, BW supernatant, and BW precipitate). In primary tumors, 130 missense mutations/indels (5–16 per patient) and 20 driver mutations (0–3 per patient) were found. Concordance of driver mutations between BW fluids and primary tumors was 95.0%. The allele frequencies for missense mutations/indels in BW supernatants significantly correlated with those in primary tumors and were higher than those in BW precipitates. These findings suggest that BW supernatants are reflective of tumor-associated mutations and could be used for early-stage lung cancer diagnosis.
Polymorphism of the testis-specific serine/threonine kinase 2 gene and risk of asthenozoospermia in Côte d'Ivoire
Authors: N'zi Konan G. S. , Ayekoue Jules E. H. , Yaye Yapi G. , N'guessan Marie F. , Ako Ako A. B. , Coulibaly Founzégué A. , Djaman Allico J. 
Published: April 2019

Background: The testis-specific serine/threonine protein kinase (TSSK2) is an indispensable protein responsible for the mobility of spermatozoa expressed specifically in the germ cells during spermatogenesis and present in the mature spermatozoa. Its gene mutation could constitute a risk of infertility. The aim of this study is to investigate the polymorphism of this TSSK2 gene in men with asthenozoospermia.Methods: The ejaculates were obtained from patients attending the reproductive biology unit of Institut Pasteur of Côte d’Ivoire for their spermiological evaluations. The semen analyses are performed with the automatic sperm analyzer SQA-Vision. 30 sperms, including 20 asthenozoosperms and 10 normosperms, were selected from their spermiological results and the spermatozoa DNA was extracted by the phenol/chloroform method. Direct Sequencing of the spermatozoa DNA fragments was done using the Sanger method. The frequencies of mutation were analysis with the Fisher and Mann-Whitney tests. Results: It was revealed 17 mutations in 22 ejaculates. The frequent mutations are c.839C>T (T280M), c.816G>C (L372L), c.1026G>A (R342R), c.785A>C (H262P) and c.80A>G (K27R) with respectively frequencies of 50.0%, 26.67%, 16.67%, 13.33% and 10.0%. The analysis of these mutations indicated a significant difference in the frequency of occurrence of mutations between normosperms and asthenozoosperms (p-value = 0.01).Conclusions: This study shows that mutations in the TSSK2 gene are more common in asthenozoosperm ejaculates than normosperm ejaculates. This fact suggests the probable association of mutations in the TSSK2 gene with asthenozoospermia.