bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A process-based numerical approach to estimate forest groundwater consumption in flatland petrocalcic soils
Authors: Mujica C. R. , Milione G. M. , Bea S. A. , Gyenge J. E. 
Published: September 2019

AbstractGrasslands are extensively distributed in flatland areas around the world, such as the Pampas in South America. It is one of the most economically productive landscapes and, as in other regions, they are being replaced by forests at increasing rates. Soil salinization emerges as a negative consequence associated with water deficit and forest groundwater consumption (∼250–500 mm/yr, in this region). An assessment of forest groundwater consumption is crucial for risk evaluation of soil salinization on flatland environments. For this aim, numerical modeling based on physical/biological processes and atmospheric boundary conditions was successfully applied in monitored grassland and afforested plots. Modeling results suggested a partial hydraulic disconnection between forest and phreatic aquifer due to the presence of petrocalcic horizons. Forest transpiration estimates were approximately 13% of total groundwater usage. Forest water consumption was then restricted to that soil portions above the petrocalcic horizons. Estimated forest transpiration rates (∼723 mm/yr) were similar to and even exceeded those reported in salinized sites with similar features. However, the risk of salinization of these soils was unlikely, because forest transpiration was restricted to the upper soil portions filled with fresh rainwater. The petrocalcic horizon retained water and prevented both deep drainage and, indirectly, soil salinization.
Tissue Distribution and Systemic Toxicity Evaluation of Raloxifene Targeted Polymeric Micelles of Poly (Styrene-Maleic Acid)-Poly (Amide- Ether-Ester-Imide)-Poly (Ethylene Glycol) Loaded With Docetaxel in Breast Cancer Bearing Mice
Authors: Varshosaz Jaleh , Hassanzadeh Farshid , Hashemi-Beni Batool , Minaiyan Mohsen , Enteshari Saeedeh 
Published: September 2019

Background:
Due to the low water solubility of Docetaxel (DTX), it is formulated with
ethanol and Tween 80 with lots of side effects. For this reason, special attention has been paid to formulate
it in new drug nano-carriers.

Objective:
The goal of this study was to evaluate the safety, antitumor activity and tissue distribution
of the novel synthesized Raloxifene (RA) targeted polymeric micelles.

Methods:
DTX-loaded RA-targeted polymeric micelles composed of poly(styrene-maleic acid)-
poly(amide-ether-ester-imide)-poly(ethylene glycol) (SMA-PAEE-PEG) were prepared and their antitumor
activity was studied in MC4-L2 tumor-bearing mice compared with non-targeted micelles and
free DTX. Safety of the micelles was studied by Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) staining of tumors and
major organs of the mice. The drug accumulation in the tumor and major organs was measured by
HPLC method.

Results:
The results showed better tumor growth inhibition and increased survival of mice treated with
DTX-loaded in targeted micelles compared to the non-targeted micelles and free DTX. Histopathological
studies, H&E staining of tumors and immunohistochemical examination showed the potential
of DTX-loaded RA-targeted micelles to inhibit tumor cells proliferation. The higher accumulation
of the DTX in the tumor tissue after injection of the micelles compared to the free DTX may indicate
the higher uptake of the targeted micelles by the G-Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptors (GPER).

Conclusion:
The results indicate that RA-conjugated polymeric micelles may be a strong and effective
drug delivery system for DTX therapy and uptake of the drug into tumor cells, and overcome the disadvantages
and side effects of conventional DTX.
Performance Comparison of InAs Based DG-MOSFET with Respect to SiO2 and Gate Stack Configuration
Authors: Swain Sanjit K. , Biswal Sudhansu M. , Das Satish K. , Adak Sarosij , Baral Biswajit 
Published: September 2019

Objective::
In this proposed work, the Analog, RF and Linearity performances of a DGMOSFET
have been analyzed by considering InAs as a channel material.

Methods:
For the very first time, gate stack techniques in this device have been incorporated and a
comparative analysis is conducted with respect to SiO2 oxide layer. The variations in different patterns
of oxide layer and their comparison have been thoroughly investigated to have a better
understanding of various performance parameters. A thorough analysis of the key figure-of-merits
such as trans-conductance factor, transconductance generation factor (TGF), gate capacitance, cutoff
frequency (fT), maximum frequency of oscillation (fmax), GBW and various linearity parameters
such as gm2, gm3,VIP2, VIP3, IIP3, has been studied with respect to SiO2 oxide material
and gate stack technology.

Result::
The simulation results revealed that the performances of the device are sensitive to both
the oxide materials and it was also inferred that gate stack technology gave a better performance
over SiO2 oxide layer.

Conclusion::
These results have significant effects in analog, RF and linearity operations. In this work,
computer aided design (TCAD) simulations by 2D ATLAS, Silvaco International have been used.
Electropolymerized MIP with MWCNTs on Stir Bar Using Multivariate Optimization for Tetradifon Detection in Date
Authors: Rohani Fatemeh Ganjeizadeh , Ansari Mehdi 
Published: September 2019

Background:Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) adjunct to molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP) have advantages of the large surface area of nanoparticles and selectivity of MIPs for selective extraction of tetradifon as a widely used pesticide in date palm.Objectives:The main aims were the use of experimental design, electrochemical synthesis and ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) to develop a simple, reliable and precise pesticide residue analysis method as an important aspect of food and drug quality control for the determination of tetradifon in date palms.Methods:An MIP in the presence of MWCNT was synthesized by cyclic voltammetric technique on a steel rod to produce a composite of MIP-MWCNTs for stir bar extraction of tetradifon residue in date samples. The experimental design was used to optimize MIPMWCNT composite synthesis through the screening of eight variables. The composite was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Tetradifon was determined in extracted samples by UHPLC under optimum conditions.Results:A very thin film was made by MIP-MWCNT coated on a steel rod which was repeatable and had good adhesion and persistence. The detection limit (LOD) and the quantification limit (LOQ) of the method were measured as 16 and 49 ng/ml, respectively. Average recovery of tetradifon at the two spiked levels was observed to be as low as 86.5% to 90.7% (RSD from 0.79% to 1.04%).Conclusion:The low cost, high selectivity, good reproducibility, acceptable intra and inter day precision and accuracy developed method were successfully applied to determine tetradifon residue in date samples purchased from a local market.
Use of Synchronous Digital Health Technologies for the Care of Children With Special Health Care Needs and Their Families: Scoping Review
Authors: Bird Marissa , Li Lin , Ouellette Carley , Hopkins Kylie , McGillion Michael H , Carter Nancy 
Published: September 2019

Background
Use of synchronous digital health technologies for care delivery to children with special health care needs (having a
chronic physical, behavioral, developmental, or emotional condition in combination with high resource use) and their families at home has shown promise for improving outcomes and increasing access to care for this medically fragile and resource-intensive population. However, a comprehensive description of the various models of synchronous home digital health interventions does not exist, nor has the impact of such interventions been summarized to date.

Objective
We aim to describe the various models of synchronous home digital health that have been used in pediatric populations with special health care needs, their outcomes, and implementation barriers.

Methods
A systematic scoping review of the literature was conducted, guided by the Arksey and O’Malley Scoping Review Framework. MEDLINE, CINAHL, and EMBASE databases were searched from inception to June 2018, and the reference lists of the included systematic reviews and high-impact journals were hand-searched.

Results
A total of 38 articles were included in this review. Interventional articles are described as feasibility studies, studies that aim to provide direct care to children with special health care needs, and studies that aim to support family members to deliver care to children with special health care needs. End-user involvement in the design and implementation of studies is evaluated using a human-centered design framework, and factors affecting the implementation of digital health programs are discussed in relation to technological, human, and systems factors.

Conclusions
The use of digital health to care for children with special health care needs presents an opportunity to leverage the capacity of technology to connect patients and their families to much-needed care from expert health care providers while avoiding the expenses and potential harms of the hospital-based care system. Strategies to scale and spread pilot studies, such as involving end users in the co-design techniques, are needed to optimize digital health programs for children with special health care needs.
Predicting Inpatient Aggression in Forensic Services Using Remote Monitoring Technology: Qualitative Study of Staff Perspectives
Authors: Greer Ben , Newbery Katie , Cella Matteo , Wykes Til 
Published: September 2019

Background
Monitoring risk of imminent aggression in inpatient forensic mental health services could be supported by passive remote monitoring technology, but staff attitudes toward the relevance and likelihood of engagement with this technology are unknown.

Objective
This study aimed to explore staff views, specifically potential benefits and implementation barriers, on using this technology for monitoring risk of inpatient aggression.

Methods
We conducted semistructured focus groups with nurses in an inpatient forensic mental health service. We used thematic analysis with two independent raters to identify themes and subthemes related to staff attitudes toward passive remote monitoring. We subsequently checked with members to ensure the validity of the themes identified by the raters.

Results
From January to March 2019, a total of 25 nurses took part in five focus groups. We identified five main themes, one of which concerned the potential benefits that passive remote monitoring could provide for monitoring risk of aggression. Staff suggested it could provide an early warning of impending aggression and enable support to be provided earlier. The remaining themes concerned implementation barriers, including risks to the users’ physical and mental well-being; data security concerns and potential access by third parties; the negative impact of a constant stream of real-time data on staff workload; and design characteristics and user awareness of the benefits of passive remote monitoring.

Conclusions
Passive remote monitoring technology could support existing methods of monitoring inpatient aggression risk, but multiple barriers to implementation exist. Empirical research is required to investigate whether these potential benefits can be realized, and to identify ways of addressing these barriers to ensure acceptability and user engagement.
Self-Reported Incident Hypertension and Long-Term Kidney Function in Living Kidney Donors Compared with Healthy Nondonors
Authors: Holscher Courtenay M. , Haugen Christine E. , Jackson Kyle R. , Garonzik Wang Jacqueline M. , Waldram Madeleine M. , Bae Sunjae , Locke Jayme E. , Reed Rhiannon D. , Lentine Krista L. , Gupta Gaurav , Weir Matthew R. , Friedewald John J. , Verbesey Jennifer , Cooper Matthew , Segev Dorry L. , Massie Allan B. 
Published: September 2019

Background and objectives
The risk of hypertension attributable to living kidney donation remains unknown as does the effect of developing postdonation hypertension on subsequent eGFR. We sought to understand the association between living kidney donation, hypertension, and long-term eGFR by comparing donors with a cohort of healthy nondonors.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements
We compared 1295 living kidney donors with median 6 years of follow-up with a weighted cohort of 8233 healthy nondonors. We quantified the risk of self-reported hypertension using a parametric survival model. We examined the association of hypertension with yearly change in eGFR using multilevel linear regression and clustering by participant, with an interaction term for race.

Results
Kidney donation was independently associated with a 19% higher risk of hypertension (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.19; 95% confidence interval, 1.01 to 1.41; P=0.04); this association did not vary by race (interaction P=0.60). For white and black nondonors, there was a mean decline in eGFR (−0.4 and −0.3 ml/min per year, respectively) that steepened after incident hypertension (−0.8 and −0.9 ml/min per year, respectively; both P<0.001). For white and black kidney donors, there was a mean increase in eGFR after donation (+0.4 and +0.6 ml/min per year, respectively) that plateaued after incident hypertension (0 and −0.2 ml/min per year, respectively; P=0.07 and P=0.01, respectively, after hypertension).

Conclusions
Kidney donors are at higher risk of hypertension than similar healthy nondonors, regardless of race. Donors who developed hypertension had a plateau in the usual postdonation increase of eGFR.
The Effect of Demographic Character on the Intention of Muslim Consumer Behavior to Shop at Neighbor Store
Authors: Jatiningrum Wandhansari Sekar , Astuti Amalia Yuli 
Published: September 2019

This study aims to find out factors related to the behavioral intention of Muslim consumers to shop in neighborhood stores. The Islamic leaders urged the Muslim community to do the social movement to buy for neighborhoods. Its movement is as one form of spirit 212. Spirit of the actions of Muslims in Indonesia in December 2016 through prayer and prayer together to strengthen the kinship of Muslims. The behavioral intention of Muslim consumers to shop at a neighborhood store in Yogyakarta is thought to be influenced by attitude, subjective norms, behavioral control, religiousness, and affective commitment to be affiliated with spirit. Consumers have the characteristics of adhering to Islamic principles. Demographic characters are also considered to influence consumer preferences for each factor. In the descriptive analysis, the average respondent's answer to religious factors has the highest score than other factors. In the independent t-tests and ANOVA, the average responses of answers on gender significantly different on education, age, occupation, and income.
Debt Structure and Conditional Conservatism
Authors: Lee Hye Seung (Grace) , Steele Logan B. 
Published: September 2019

ABSTRACT
We investigate whether characteristics of firms' debt structure, beyond leverage and debt covenants, are associated with predictable variation in conditional conservatism. The contracting theory of conservatism holds that conditional conservatism is an efficient mechanism employed by an organization to address agency conflict arising from contracts with various parties. For firms with contracts that are associated with more agency conflict, the potential benefit of a conservative reporting strategy should increase. We examine the following debt contract characteristics: (1) convertibility, (2) securitization, (3) seniority, and (4) placement. We find that debt types thought to be associated with a downward shift in agency conflict (convertible, secured, senior, and private debt) are associated with less conservative reporting. Our evidence supports contracting theory as being descriptive of the link between debt and conservatism. Also, our evidence corroborates the assertion that debt contract modifications do not fully resolve lenders' demands for conservative reporting.
JEL Classifications: M41; D21; D82; G14.
INTERDISCIPLINARITY, DESIGN THINKING, AND INNOVATION IN PUBLIC SPACES: A TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN FLORIANOPOLIS BOTANICAL GARDEN PARK.
Authors: Collier de Mendonça Maria , Trauer Eduardo , Perassi Luiz de Sousa Richard , Costa Eduardo 
Published: September 2019

Abstract:Innovation of public spaces requires dense management efforts. Interdisciplinary studies must be conducted to raise needs of stakeholders. Then, potentialities, problems, and opportunities are explored. These works require interdisciplinary knowledge to carry out a broad analysis of the social, technological, economic, environmental, political, and legal spheres to understand influencing factors in the management of such spaces. In this context, one important challenge faced by professors is to promote the development of strategic skills among students. This work has arisen from the specific need of designing an active learning method, to motivate business administration undergraduate students to think strategically while dealing with complex problems. To achieve the objectives of the course – Change Management and Business Consulting –, we have created a nine steps study guide based on design thinking. Our proposal is to reflect upon key learning outcomes provided by this teaching experience. We argue that future managers need to learn how to explore, and frame problems before solving them, since the highest risk they might encounter is to misdiagnose complex problems. The paper is structured into five sections. The introduction describes the research problem and the object of study. The second section presents theoretical references, which integrates authors and concepts from different management fields. The methodological section explains how design thinking was applied, by describing each step of the experience. It has followed a study guide developed for the exploration of Florianopolis Botanical Garden Park, combining fieldwork visits with in-class lectures and debates. Next, we present results and learning in three subtopics: conceptual aspects, related to the purpose of the studied space; infrastructural needs and management challenges. To conclude, we indicate possible ways of exploring this public space, and also recommend the development of future didactic experiences with similar scopes. Keywords: interdisciplinarity, design thinking, knowledge management, innovation, public spaces.
Machine Learning Platform for Profiling and Forecasting at Microgrid Level
Authors: Mele Enea , Elias Charalambos , Ktena Aphrodite 
Published: September 2019

Abstract
The shift towards distributed generation and microgrids has renewed the interest in forecasting algorithms and methods, which need to take into account the advances in information, metering and control technologies in order to address the challenges of forecasting problems. Technologies such as machine learning have been proven useful for short-term electricity load forecasting, especially for microgrids, as they can also take into account several types of historical data and can adapt to changes often encountered in small-scale systems and on a short time scale. In this paper, we present a flexible and easily customized modular toolbox, called Divinus, for electricity use profiling and forecasting in microgrids. Divinus may support a variety of machine learning algorithms for forecasting and profiling that can be used independently or combined. For demonstration purposes, we have implemented Self-Organizing Maps for profiling and k-Neighbors for forecasting. The testing of the platform was based on electricity consumption data of the Euripus campus of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Evia, Greece, from January 2010 till March 2018. The tests that have been carried out so far show that the platform can be easily customized and the algorithms examined yield high accuracy and acceptable mean errors for the case of a university campus energy profile.
Study of Load Characteristics of Various Types of Silicon PV Panels for Sustainable Energy Efficient Road Pavement
Authors: Patlins Antons , Hnatov Andrii , Arhun Shchasiana , Hnatova Hanna , Migal Vasiliy 
Published: September 2019

Abstract
This paper presents a new approach to the creation of innovative roads having sustainable energy efficient road pavement as their basis. It is a new type of intelligent roads that is able to service itself and provide power, i.e. it is also a renewable source of electricity. It is planned to use the studies on the PV panels in sustainable energy efficient road pavement to determine their load parameters. The work used the methods of mathematical analysis and theoretical electrophysics to carry out the studies on load characteristics of various types of silicon PV panels in order to define the most effective panels from the point of view of generated electrical energy load resistance values. The analysis of the obtained results of the experimental research has shown that in order to make the operation of PV panels of series FS-100M and FS-110P most efficient, their load must be maintained within 3–3.5 Ω range. If load resistance exceeds the specified limits, the work of PV panels of this series will be ineffective. The road having a sustainable energy efficient road pavement is able to track road conditions, traffic, weather conditions and react quickly to their changes. It is shown how road markings can change dependance on road conditions.
Outcome trabekulektomi terhadap kontrol tekanan intraokular
Authors: Syauqie Muhammad , Ilahi Fitratul 
Published: September 2019

Tujuan: Membandingkan outcome pada tindakan trabekulektomi, trabekulektomi dengan MMC dan trabekulektomi dengan ekstraksi katarak. Metode: Penelitian retrospektif dari rekam medis pasien poliklinik Mata RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang. Hasil: Terdapat 64 kasus dari 46 pasien pada penelitian ini, dengan rasio laki-laki dan perempuan yaitu 1:1. Usia pasien berkisar antara 19 tahun hingga 90 tahun. Dari keseluruhan pasien didapatkan diagnosa POAG pada 67,2% kasus, PACG pada 18,8% kasus, glaukoma juvenile pada 6,2% kasus, dan glaukoma sekunder pada 7,8% kasus. Prosedur yang paling banyak dilakukan adalah trabekulektomi (28 mata) diikuti oleh trabekulektomi dikombinasikan dengan ekstraksi katarak (21 mata) dan trabekulektomi dengan MMC (15 mata). Trabekulektomi atau trabekulektomi dengan MMC menghasilkan efek pengendalian TIO yang lebih baik, yaitu 16,35±7,30 mmHg dan 13,23±6,46 mmHg, dibandingkan dengan trabekulektomi yang dikombinasikan dengan ekstraksi katarak (17,70±5,66 mmHg). Namun demikian, 42,85% kasus setelah trabekulektomi dan 50% kasus setelah trabekulektomi dikombinasikan dengan ekstraksi katarak masih memerlukan setidaknya satu obat untuk mencapai rentang TIO normal dibandingkan dengan hanya 7,14% kasus setelah trabekulektomi dengan MMC. Simpulan: Trabekulektomi dengan MMC lebih unggul daripada trabekulektomi atau trabekulektomi dikombinasikan dengan ekstraksi katarak dalam menurunkan tekanan intraokular (TIO) dan bermanfaat bagi kontrol TIO dalam jangka panjang.