bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
De la rente immobilière à la finance
Authors: Bonneval Loïc , Robert François 
Published: June 2019

Doyenne des sociétés immobilières du Second Empire (antérieure même aux sociétés parisiennes), la Société de la rue Impériale (SRI) offre la possibilité de restituer plus de 150 ans de gestion immobilière d’un bâti « haussmannien » dans la principale artère d’une grande ville, Lyon. De sa création (1854) à sa disparition (2004), la SRI n’a cessé de placer la gestion des immeubles au centre de ses activités. Cette longévité exceptionnelle tranche avec les durées éphémères des sociétés immobilières nées dans la foulée des politiques de grands travaux au XIXe siècle. Tout au long de son existence, la détention d'un patrimoine immobilier d'exception lui a assuré une rente sur laquelle elle a assis son expansion. Elle bascule progressivement dans une logique financière à la fin des années 1960 à la suite d’une prise de contrôle par le milieu bancaire des grosses sociétés immobilières. Le rachat de la SRI par le fonds souverain d’Abu Dhabi achève le processus de financiarisation d’une des pièces les plus prestigieuses de l’immobilier lyonnais. Nourrie par des archives exceptionnelles, l’histoire de cette société immobilière permet de retracer, dans le temps long, les transformations des espaces urbains et de mieux comprendre le rôle du capital financier dans la production de la ville. Elle constitue de ce fait une approche originale de l’imbrication de l’économique et de l’urbain.
Evolution of attitudes, trends and perceptions of smoking among middle and secondary school students in the Gharb Region, Morocco, 2010–2015
Authors: Mounach Samir , Zahrou Fatima-Ezzahra , Mahdaoui Elkhansa , Belakhel Latifa , Khazraji Youssef C. , El Berri Hicham 
Published: June 2019

Background: Tobacco use is an important public health issue. Morocco implemented a tobacco control programme, which has been ongoing among students at middle and secondary schools since 2010.Aim: This study aims to compare the trend in smoking among the programme beneficiaries with the results of the initial study conducted prior to the implementation of the programme.Setting: This study was conducted in middle and secondary schools of the Gharb Region in Morocco between 2010 and 2015.Methods: Two cross-sectional studies were conducted in 2010 and 2015 in the middle and secondary schools of the Gharb Region. Multistage cluster sampling was used. The information was collected using a self-administered questionnaire.Results: In the first study in 2010, 5312 students participated, and in the second one in 2015, 4208 students participated. The level of information on smoking and its effects was higher in 2015 (94.0%) than in 2010 (92.5%). In 2010, parents, primary schools and television and radio were more involved in student information on smoking compared to 2015. The proportion of students claiming that tobacco was not a pleasure (86.3%) and that it does not calm nerves (76.5%) was significantly higher in 2015 than in 2010. The prevalence of smoking increased significantly in 2015 (2.9%) against 2010 (1.8%).Conclusion: This study reports the general positive evolution in knowledge about smoking and its effects. Despite that the prevalence of smokers increased in 2015. The results suggest the need to address family influences on adolescent smoking and to investigate participation of schools in education and training students in tobacco dependence prevention.
Treatment Effects of Acupuncture and Calligraphy Training on Cognitive Abilities in Senile Demented Patients
Authors: Kao Henry S. R. , Wang Miqu , Yu Shuguang , Yuan Shihong , Fung Miranda M. Y. , Zhu Lin , Lam Stewart P. W. , Kao Tin Tin , Kao Xiaoyang 
Published: June 2019

Purpose:
This study compared the relative effectiveness of Chinese calligraphy handwriting (CCH) and acupuncture in the treatment of patients with senile dementia.

Materials and Methods:
A randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 17 mild-to-moderate dementia patients with an average age of 77.29 years were randomly assigned with 9 to the calligraphy handwriting group and 8 to the acupuncture treatment group for a month of consecutive treatment. The participants’ cognitive abilities, as well as symptoms of senile dementia, were measured by the Chinese version of the Mini-mental State Examination (CMMSE) and the Chinese Medicine Quantitative Diagnostic Survey for Senile Dementia Symptoms, respectively, before and after the treatment.

Results:
The calligraphy group showed a significant increase in calculation and memory as well as a decline in the symptoms of senile dementia. Patients in the acupuncture group experienced a significant growth in total CMMSE scores and the subscales in orientation to time and place, behavioral operations, as well as reduced clinical symptoms. However, no significant changes were found in their memory and calculation abilities.

Conclusion:
Both CCH and acupuncture treatments were found significantly effective for, respectively, enhancing the patients’ cognitive abilities and reducing their clinical symptoms. Further, calligraphy handwriting also improved the level of their attention and concentration, physical relaxation, and emotional stability.
Investigating the liquid water path over the tropical Atlantic with synergistic airborne measurements
Authors: Jacob Marek , Ament Felix , Gutleben Manuel , Konow Heike , Mech Mario , Wirth Martin , Crewell Susanne 
Published: June 2019

Abstract. Liquid water path (LWP) is an important quantity to characterize clouds.
Passive microwave satellite sensors provide the most direct estimate on a global scale but suffer from high uncertainties due to large footprints and the superposition of cloud and precipitation signals.
Here, we use high spatial resolution airborne microwave radiometer (MWR) measurements together with cloud radar and lidar observations to better understand the LWP of warm clouds over the tropical North Atlantic.
The nadir measurements were taken by the German High Altitude and LOng range research aircraft (HALO) in December 2013 (dry season) and August 2016 (wet season) during two Next-generation Advanced Remote sensing for VALidation (NARVAL) campaigns. Microwave retrievals of integrated water vapor (IWV), LWP, and rainwater path (RWP) are developed using artificial neural network techniques.
A retrieval database is created using unique cloud-resolving simulations with 1.25 km grid spacing.
The IWV and LWP retrievals share the same eight MWR frequency channels in the range from 22 to 31 GHz and at 90 GHz as their sole input.
The RWP retrieval combines active and passive microwave observations and is able to detect drizzle and light precipitation.
The comparison of retrieved IWV with coincident dropsondes and water vapor lidar measurements shows root-mean-square deviations below 1.4 kg m−2 over the range from 20 to 60 kg m−2.
This comparison raises the confidence in LWP retrievals which can only be assessed theoretically.
The theoretical analysis shows that the LWP error is constant with 20 g m−2 for LWP below 100 g m−2.
While the absolute LWP error increases with increasing LWP, the relative one decreases from 20 % at 100 g m−2 to 10 % at 500 g m−2.
The identification of clear-sky scenes by ancillary measurements, here backscatter lidar, is crucial for thin clouds (LWP < 12 g m−2) as the microwave retrieved LWP uncertainty is higher than 100 %. The analysis of both campaigns reveals that clouds were more frequent (47 % vs. 30 % of the time) in the dry than in the wet season.
Their average LWP (63 vs. 40 g m−2) and RWP (6.7 vs. 2.7 g m−2) were higher as well.
Microwave scattering of ice, however, was observed less frequently in the dry season (0.5 % vs. 1.6 % of the time).
We hypothesize that a higher degree of cloud organization on larger scales in the wet season reduces the overall cloud cover and observed LWP.
As to be expected, the observed IWV clearly shows that the dry season is on average less humid than the wet season (28 vs. 41 kg m−2).
The results reveal that the observed frequency distributions of IWV are substantially affected by the choice of the flight pattern.
This should be kept in mind when using the airborne observations to carefully mediate between long-term ground-based and spaceborne measurements to draw statistically sound conclusions.
Percepción de autoridades educativas y profesores del área de Letras de Educación media acerca de la PAA en cuatro colegios del municipio de Santa Rosa, Departamento de Copán
Authors: Cortes Linda Concepción 
Published: June 2019

El artículo presenta los resultados obtenidos con la investigación realizada en 2017desde el Centro Regional Universitario de Occidente UNAH-CUROC, con el objetivo general de conocer cuál es la percepción que tienen, tanto autoridades educativas como profesores de español de nivel medio de cuatro colegios del municipio de Santa Rosa, Departamento de Copán, acerca de la Prueba de Aptitud Académica (PAA) que aplica la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras como herramienta de admisión. En tal sentido, se pretendía conocer si hasta la fecha, ha existido o no, una alianza entre la UNAH-CUROC y educación media con la finalidad de establecer un puente hacia la continuidad de los procesos de profesionalización, desde el colegio hasta graduarse del pregrado superior. La metodología de trabajo consistió en aplicar cuestionarios con preguntas abiertas al Director Departamental de Educación de Copán, los directores de los colegios señalados, los profesores de Lengua y Literatura del II de Bachillerato Científico Humanista, y del mismo modo, se hizo observaciónde sus clases en las respectivas aulas, donde pudo apreciarse la metodología didáctica, los recursos o materiales usados y la adecuación del espacio pedagógico. Este proceso finalizó con un taller de capacitación acerca de los ítems que conforman la PAA a 14 directores de colegios y a 86 profesores de las áreas de español y matemáticas de Copán.
Development of Liquid Enhancer for Germination of Drought-stressed Oryza sativa subsp. indica Seed cv. MR284
Authors: Mahadi S. N. , Zawawi F. , Nulit R. , Ibrahim M. H. , Ghani N. I. Ab. 
Published: June 2019

Aim: This study was conducted to develop liquid enhancer containing KCl, TU, GA, and SA for germination of drought-stressed Oryza sativa subsp. indica cv. MR284 seed.
Study Design: All experiments were conducted in a completely randomized design. Two steps were involved in the development process which are to select an ideal concentration for each KCl, TU, GA, and SA, and to find an ideal combination of chemicals from the selection of ideal concentrations acquired in step 1 to form liquid enhancer. There were 20 treatments for step 1 and 9 treatments for step 2. All of these treatments with 6 replicates.
Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University Putra Malaysia, between June 2018 and December 2018.
Methodology: The sterilized rice seed cv. MR284 was stressed in the -1.2 Mpa PEG 6000 solution for three days and germinated in the KCl, TU, GA, and SA solution in a series of concentration for 10 days, in a controlled room. Seed germination was observed daily.
Results: In the first step, drought-stressed rice seed showed the best germination performance in the 30 mM of KCl, 2.0 mM of TU, 0.24 mM GA, and 0.5 mM SA. Meanwhile, in the second step, the drought-stressed rice seed showed the best germination performance in the combination of 30 mM KCl + 2.0 mM TU + 0.24 mM GA + 0.5 mM SA. The best germination performance was evaluated by the highest germination percentage (%), germination index, seed vigor, leaf length, root length and biomass.
Conclusion: Therefore, the combination treatments of 30 mM KCl + 2.0 mM TU + 0.5 mM SA was found to be the most effective and simplest liquid enhancer formula that has an ability to enhance seed germination of drought-stressed rice cv. MR284 seed.
Prevalence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Presumptive Cases in Rivers State, Nigeria
Authors: Gabriel-Job N. , Ni Paul 
Published: June 2019

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death in children but it is underdiagnosed and underreported in children.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of pulmonary TB in children among presumptive cases of TB and to compare the diagnostic efficacy of different screening tool for TB in children.
Materials and Methods: This study was a descriptive prospective study carried out over one year in nine general health facilities that can provide diagnosis and treatment for tuberculosis in Rivers State, Nigeria. Children aged 0 – 18 years with presumptive TB were explored. They were explored by carrying out a clinical assessment with chest radiograph, sputum or gastric aspirate for AFB microscopy and XpertMTB/RIF screening. Sociodemographic data and results of the screening tests was retrieved from their case records as well as the National Tuberculosis registers. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Rivers state Ministry of Health. Those with confirmed pulmonary TB were commenced on anti TB medications and followed up for at least 6months. Obtained data was analysed by SPSS version 20 and expressed as percentages, proportions and frequencies. A test of significance (chi square and t-test) was conducted between proportions and means as appropriate. In all a p value of less than 0.05 was considered significant.
Results: Nine hundred and sixty three patients aged 0-18 years had presumptive diagnosis of TB, 394 (40.9%) were males while 569 (59.1%) were females. The commonest presenting symptom was chronic cough which occurred in 735 (76.5%) of the patients. The prevalence of pulmonary TB was 19.1%. Significantly more males (60.9%) than female (39.1%) had confirmed tuberculosis (X2= 37.431, p-value <0.001). Significantly more children (54.3%) from the low socioeconomic class had confirmed pulmonary. Seventy two (39.1%) and 29 (15.8%) of the patients were AFB and XpertMTB/RIF positive respectively. Children aged 0-5 years were neither AFB nor XpertMTB/RIF positive. Of the children with confirmed TB, 98 (53.3%) had suggestive clinical features while 86 (46.7%) had suggestive X-ray features. More than a third (33.2%) of the children aged 0-5 years had their TB confirmed by suggestive X-rays and Clinical features. All the patients with TB were commenced on anti TB medications, 40 (21.7%) were lost to follow up (LTFU), 21 (11.4%) were transferred to other centres while 123 (66.8%) completed the treatment.
Conclusion: The prevalence of pulmonary TB among presumptive TB cases in this study was comparable to findings from other studies and clinical diagnosis of Pulmonary TB remains very relevant in its management. Improving the clinical skills of physicians involved in TB care and treatment and the need for community/ facility collaboration to reduce cases of LTFU is advocated.
Inhibition Activity of Compounds and Bacteriophages against Flavobacterium psychrophilum Biofilms In Vitro
Authors: Papadopoulou Anna , Dalsgaard Inger , Wiklund Tom 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
Flavobacterium psychrophilum produces biofilms under laboratory conditions, and it has been inconclusively suggested that F. psychrophilum biofilms can be a potential reservoir for transmission of the pathogen to a fish population under fish farming conditions. Therefore, there is a need for anti-biofilm compounds. The main aim of this study was to determine the anti-biofilm properties of certain compounds and bacteriophages on F. psychrophilum biofilms under static conditions using a standard 96-well microtiter plate biofilm assay in vitro. Eight compounds (A-type proanthocyanidins, D-leucine, EDTA, emodin, fucoidan, L-alliin, parthenolide, and 2-aminoimidazole) at three sub-minimum inhibitory concentrations (sub-MICs), four bacteriophages (Fpv-3, Fpv-9, Fpv-10, and Fpv-21), and a phage combination (Fpv-9 + Fpv-10) were tested for inhibition of biofilm formation and reduction of the biomass of mature biofilms formed by two smooth isolates (P7-9/10 and P1-10B/10) and two rough isolates (P7-9/2R/10 and P1-10B/2R/10) of F. psychrophilum. The crystal violet staining method was used to stain the biofilms. Most of the compounds at sub-MICs inhibited the biofilm formation of mainly smooth isolates, attaining up to 80% inhibition. Additionally, the same reduction trend was also observed for 2-aminoimidazole, emodin, parthenolide, and D-leucine on the biomass of mature biofilms in a concentration-dependent manner. The anti-biofilm properties of the compounds are believed to lie in their ability to disturb the cellular interactions during biofilm formation and probably to cause cell dispersal in already formed biofilms. Lytic bacteriophages efficiently inhibited biofilm formation of F. psychrophilum, while they partially reduced the biomass of mature biofilms. However, the phage combination (Fpv-9 + Fpv-10) showed a successful reduction in the biomass of F. psychrophilum mature biofilms. We conclude that inhibiting compounds together with bacteriophages may supplement the use of disinfectants against bacterial biofilms (e.g., F. psychrophilum biofilms), leading to a reduced occurrence of bacterial coldwater disease outbreaks at fish farms.
A New Twist for Materials Science: The Formation of Chiral Structures Using the Angular Momentum of Light
Authors: Omatsu Takashige , Miyamoto Katsuhiko , Toyoda Kohei , Morita Ryuji , Arita Yoshihiko , Dholakia Kishan 
Published: June 2019

AbstractRecent work has shown that irradiation with light possessing orbital angular momentum (OAM) and an associated phase singularity, that is an optical vortex, twists a variety of materials. These include silicon, azo‐polymer, and even liquid‐phase resins to form various helically structured materials. This article provides a review of the unique helical‐structured materials created and the novel fundamental phenomena enabled by this interaction between both the spin angular momentum and the OAM of light with matter. Such light‐induced helical‐structured materials will potentially lead to advanced photonic devices, for instance, metamaterials for ultrasensitive detection and reactions for chiral chemical composites.
One‐Step Synthesis of Mixed Lanthanide Metal–Organic Framework Films for Sensitive Temperature Mapping
Authors: Yang Xueqing , Zou Hua , Sun Xinwen , Sun Tianying , Guo Chen , Fu Yuqiao , Wu Chi‐Man Lawrence , Qiao Xvsheng , Wang Feng 
Published: June 2019

AbstractMixed lanthanide metal–organic framework (LnMOF) films are directly grown on a quartz substrate through a wet chemical synthesis. Thermometric properties of the LnMOF films originating from temperature dependent emission intensity ratio of Tb/Eu are systematically investigated in the 298–383 K range. At an optimized Tb/Eu concentration ratio of 98.0:2.0, the ratiometric thermometer registers a high relative sensitivity of 16.14% K−1 at 359 K. As the temperature increases from 298 to 383 K, the LnMOF film thermometer also displays a distinct change in emission color from green to red, corresponding to a shift in Commission International de l'Eclairage (CIE) chromaticity coordinates from (0.3882, 0.5271) to (0.5459, 0.4037). The colorimetric property of the LnMOF film thermometer is exploited for real‐time temperature mapping with a high sensitivity.
Analytical modeling nanoparticles‐fines reactive transport in porous media saturated with mobile immiscible fluids
Authors: Yuan Bin , Moghanloo Rouzbeh G. 
Published: June 2019

AbstractThis work develops a new analytical solution for the reactive flow of aqueous nanofluid into porous media originally saturated with a mobile aqueous suspension containing fine particles and a mobile oleic‐phase. The enhancement of nanoparticles on fines attachment onto rock grains is modeled through the increase of the maximum retention capacity of rock grains. Implementing the splitting technique and stream‐function converts the original 3 × 3 system of partial‐differential equations into 2 × 2 sub‐system of nanoparticles‐fines reactive transport, and a lifting equation where only phase saturation appears. Then, method of characteristics is applied to achieve the analytical solution, the validity of which is tested by numerical simulation. The historical profiles of suspended/adsorbed nanoparticles, suspended/attached fines, and phase saturation along 1‐D porous medium are reproduced. The impact of injected nanoparticles concentration and carrier fluid saturation on fines attachment is investigated. This work provides a simple‐yet‐rigorous approach to evaluate nanofluid injection to control fines migration in multiphase flow.
Influence of a climatic gradient on genetic exchange between two oak species
Authors: Burge Dylan O. , Parker V. Thomas , Mulligan Margaret , Sork Victoria L. 
Published: June 2019

PremiseIn plant groups with limited intrinsic barriers to gene flow, it is thought that environmental conditions can modulate interspecific genetic exchange. Oaks are known for limited barriers to gene flow among closely related species. Here, we use Quercus as a living laboratory in which to pursue a fundamental question in plant evolution: Do environmental gradients restrict or promote genetic exchange between species?MethodsWe focused on two North American oaks, the rare Quercus dumosa and the widespread Q. berberidifolia. We sampled intensively along a contact zone in California, USA. We sequenced restriction site‐associated DNA markers and measured vegetative phenotype. We tested for genetic exchange, the association with climate, and the effect on phenotype.ResultsThere is evidence for genetic exchange between the species. Admixed plants are found in areas of intermediate climate, while less admixed plants are found at the extremes of the climatic gradient. Genetic and phenotypic patterns are out of phase in the contact zone; some plants display the phenotype of one species but are genetically associated with another.ConclusionsOur results support the hypothesis that a strong climatic gradient can promote genetic exchange between species. The overall weak correlation between genotype and phenotype in the contact zone between the species suggests that genetic exchange can lead to the breakdown of trait combinations used to define species. This incongruency predicts ongoing problems for conservation of Q. dumosa, with implications for conservation of other oaks.
Sonographic features of inflammatory conditions of the breast
Authors: Febery Alice , Bennett Ian 
Published: June 2019

AbstractInflammatory conditions of the breast can be a diagnostic challenge, and ultrasound is a proven valuable tool in this setting. In acute infective conditions, ultrasound is often a superior tool to mammography due to the impracticality of applying compression to the breast and the increased parenchymal density of these often younger patients. Although infective processes comprise the majority of inflammatory conditions in the breast, not infrequently other various disease processes can masquerade as infections. In particular, inflammatory breast cancer can be easily misdiagnosed as an infective process and sonography can play an important role in expediting the correct diagnosis. Furthermore, aspiration, drainage and biopsy are frequently required in managing breast inflammation and breast disease generally, and ultrasound is the most practical imaging modality facilitating such interventions. This article provides a review of the ultrasound characteristics of some of the more frequently encountered inflammatory disorders of the breast which span a spectrum of acute to chronic conditions. The various conditions in this report are described in terms of their specific sonographic imaging features as well as pathogenesis, common clinical presentations, and aspects of management are outlined where appropriate.