bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Mount Turu-Alty in the Mountain Altai and the Identification Problem of Ancient Shrines
Authors: Martynov A. I. , Sivina K. N. , Meshcherskiy R. D. 
Published: October 2019

The paper features the problem of identification of natural-historical shrines in the case of petroglyphs of Mount TuruAlty in Kosh-Agachsk district of the Altai Republic. Currently, all rock art sites in Southern Siberia are considered in scientific literature as rock art monuments. The authors studied the Mount Turu-Alty, the location of the petroglyphs, and other archaeological monuments in the neighborhood. As a result, they offer a different scientific interpretation of the monument as a natural-historical shrine. On the mountain top there is a rocky platform with a vertically standing large stone that faces the south and is completely covered with images. In the vicinity, there are several stone mounds. The mountain top is clearly visible from the foot on the sides of the southern slope. From this center, there are two ridges of large stones extending down to the right and left: they go round the terrace-like platforms of the steep southern slope. This natural formation has the shape of an amphitheater. On its top, there is an altar-like large stone. Standing at the foot of the southern slope, one cannot but feel the sacredness of this natural formation. On the large boulders that frame the southern slope, there are grouped and single etchings of animals. The field studies revealed images on 271 stones; 97 of the images are grouped, most are thematic. According to the plots, most of the images refer to the first millennium BC and the first half of first millennium AD. At the beginning of the first millennium BC, in the early Saka period, Mount Turu-Alty obviously acquired a special sacred status and began to function as a natural-historical shrine. The "altar" stone played a special role in this geological composition. It stands vertically on the top of the mountain, and its southern side is covered with 101 images of stylized deer, sheep, and goats. The stone is the main symbol of Turu-Alty. In the center, there are two large figures of deer flying to the east. All the other silhouettes are much smaller; all but one face the east. The animals are subject to eastward movement towards the sun. The authors consider the Turu-Alty complex as a natural-historical shrine from the period of the first millennium BC – first millennium AD.
Empirical Results of Practical Application of Psychological and Pedagogic Support of Fatherhood Readiness
Authors: Borisenko Yu. V. 
Published: October 2019

The paper features empirical studies of various technologies of psychological and pedagogic support of fatherhood readiness in adolescences and adults. It also focuses on constructive strategies of fatherhood in adults. The study involved 179 participants including 40 adolescents, whose mean age in the beginning of the study was 16,5 and for the control group – 16,4; and 139 adult males who were also divided into experimental group (mean age=32) and control group (mean age=33). The statistic analysis of the data included descriptive statistic, T-test and dispersion analysis. The results helped to assess the effects of described technologies. The results will be interesting for family consultants and gender researchers.
Co-designing a Mobile Gamified Attention Bias Modification Intervention for Substance Use Disorders: Participatory Research Study
Authors: Zhang Melvyn , Heng Sandor , Song Guo , Fung Daniel SS , Smith Helen E 
Published: October 2019

Background
Advances in experimental psychology have highlighted the need to modify underlying automatic cognitive biases, such as attentional biases. The effectiveness of bias modification has been well studied for substance use disorders. With recent advances in technology, it is now possible to work outside the laboratory with Web-based and mobile-based attention bias interventions. Gamification technologies might also help diminish the repetitiveness of the task and increase the intrinsic motivation to train. The inconsistent findings of the impact of gaming on the effectiveness of mobile interventions call for further work to better understand the needs of patients (users) and health care professionals.

Objective
The aim of this study was to involve patients, together with health care professionals, in the design of a gamified mobile attention bias modification intervention for substance use disorders.

Methods
The participatory design research method adopted is that of a user-oriented design approach in the form of a future workshop. In the first phase of the workshop, participants shared their critique of an attention bias modification intervention. In the second phase of the workshop, participants were asked to brainstorm features. Participants were also shown gamification approaches and asked to consider if gaming elements could enhance the existing app. In the last phase, participants were asked to sketch a new prototype.

Results
Three co-design workshops were conducted with health care professionals, inpatients, and outpatients. There were 20 participants, consisting of 10 health care professionals and 10 patients. When asked to identify the limitations in the existing app, common issues identified were those of the design, visual probe task, and the included images. Outpatients were also concerned with the safety of administration of the intervention. In the brainstorming sessions, health care professionals made recommendations as to how the stimulus, the mechanism of responding, and the presentation of the scores could be enhanced. Inpatient participants recommended the addition of functionalities, such as information on the harms associated with the substance use, and for there to be enhancements in the design, images, and task. Outpatient participants perceived a need to improve the images and presentation of the results and recommended the inclusion of gaming features. There were differences in opinion on the inclusion of gaming features, as only health care professionals endorsed their inclusion. In the last phase of the workshop, participants were tasked with the conceptualization of prototypes, and the commonality in the design was for a gradual shortening of the interval for stimulus/image presentation.

Conclusions
The results from this research will guide the development of an app that meets the specific needs of patients and is still based on a pre-existing validated task paradigm.
Formation of organic deposits on low-preassure reverse osmotic membranes in treating water from surface sources
Authors: Yu Dan Su  , Pervov Alexei G. , Xuan Quyet Nguyen  
Published: October 2019

Introduction. In this paper, we investigate the interaction of organic pollutants with nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes in natural water on the basis of experimental data and available literature information. The rates of formation of various organic deposits (humic acids changing the water colour and forming low-molecular organic compounds characterised by an oxidation index) on membranes during purifying river and pre-treated water are presented.
Aim: To determine the required efficiency of removing organic substances from surface waters at the pre-treatment stage prior to water treatment by reverse osmosis on the basis of measuring the rates of adsorption of organic substances on membranes and predicting the amount of as-formed organic deposits.
Methods and materials. Methods for determining the adsorption rate of organic pollutants using gas-liquid chromatography and total carbon determination are described. The advantages of spectrogram analysis in assessing water quality are specified. The formation rates of high- and low-molecular organic substances, which produce colouring and characterise water oxidisability, respectively, were determined using a membrane test unit.
Results. According to the rates of forming organic deposits on membranes both during the processing of river water with a colour of 60 PCU and purified (tap) water with a colour of 18 PCU, organic substances adsorbed on membranes are shown to have little effect on the efficiency of the reverse osmosis process. In addition, the rate of depositing organic substances on the membranes under study is established to be significantly lower than that using sparingly soluble salts (calcium carbonate).
Conclusion. Our results demonstrate that organic deposits formed on the membranes under study have an insignificant effect on the membrane performance. Therefore, pre-treatment aimed at removing organic substances when purifying natural waters with colour indices of up to 60 PCU is not required.
Tax-Advantaged Trust Use Among IPO Executives: Determinants and Implications for Valuation and Future Performance
Authors: Dambra Michael J. , Gustafson Matthew , Quinn Phillip J. 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACT
We examine the prevalence and determinants of CEOs' use of tax-advantaged trusts prior to their firm's IPO. Twenty-three percent of CEOs use tax-advantaged pre-IPO trusts, and share transfers into tax-advantaged trusts are positively associated with CEO equity wealth, estate taxes, and dynastic preferences. We project that pre-IPO trust use increases CEOs' dynastic wealth by approximately $830,000, on average. We next examine a simple model's prediction that trust use will be positively related to IPO-period stock price appreciation. We find that trust use is associated with 12 percent higher one-year post-IPO returns, but is not significantly related to the IPO's valuation, filing price revision, or underpricing. This evidence is consistent with CEOs' personal finance decisions prior to the IPO containing value-relevant information that is not immediately incorporated into market prices.
JEL Classifications: D14; G12; G32; M21; M41.
Data Availability: Data are available from the public sources cited in the text.
Characteristics of Managerial Tone Priced by Auditors: Evidence Based on Annual Letters to Shareholders of Large U.S. Firms
Authors: Greiner Adam , Patelli Lorenzo , Pedrini Matteo 
Published: October 2019

SUMMARY
We examine the relationship between audit pricing and managerial tone as a proxy of source credibility. Prior research shows that source credibility influences auditors' perceptions of client risk. Textually analyzing annual letters to shareholders, we find that characteristics of managerial tone that reflect impaired source credibility are associated with higher audit fees. Additional tests, including a change analysis and controls for other managerial characteristics, future client performance, and aggressive accounting choices, corroborate and build on our inferences that managerial tone proxies for source credibility. Our study extends literature that uses corporate disclosures to measure managerial characteristics by showing that auditors price source credibility reflected in managerial tone. These findings are important because they empirically confirm that source credibility affects auditors' assessments of engagement risk and that analysis of tone can inform researchers, auditors, and investors who seek to enhance effectiveness and objectivity in assessing source credibility based on managerial tone.
JEL Classifications: G21; G34; M41.
Data Availability: The data in this study are available from public sources indicated in the paper.
Iäkkäiden asukkaiden ravitsemustila Helsingin pitkäaikaisen ympärivuorokautisen hoidon yksiköissä vuosina 2003-2017 – kehittämistyön tuloksia
Authors: Soini Helena , Muurinen Seija , Savikko Niina , Puranen Taija , Suominen Merja , Saarela Riitta , Pitkälä Kaisu 
Published: October 2019

Iäkkäiden asukkaiden ravitsemustila Helsingin pitkäaikaisen ympärivuorokautisen hoidon yksiköissä
Helsingissä vuosina 2003-2017 tehtyjen ravitsemustutkimusten tarkoituksena on ollut tutkia ympärivuorokautisessa hoidossa olevien vanhusten ravitsemustilaa. Tässä artikkelissa kuvataan ravitsemustilan ja -hoidon kehittymistä tehostetussa palveluasumisessa vuosina 2007, 2011 ja 2017 sekä laitoshoidossa (vanhainkodeissa) vuosina 2003, 2011 ja 2017 tehtyjen tutkimusten tulosten pohjalta. Helsingin ravitsemustutkimukset on toteutettu käyttäen samaa strukturoitua kyselylomaketta ja MNA-ravitsemusarviota (Mini Nutritional Assessment). Tässä artikkelissa esitetään tutkimuslomakkeiden muuttujia (ikä, sukupuoli, siviilisääty, koulutustaso, fyysinen ja kognitiivinen toimintakyky, sairaudet ja lääkitys) kuvaamaan asukasrakenteen eroja eri asumismuodoissa. Ravitsemukseen liittyvistä muuttujista esitetään välipalojen syömistä, täydennysravintovalmisteiden ja D-vitamiinivalmisteiden käyttöä sekä painon seurantaa ja painehaavoja. Tulosten mukaan asukkaiden toiminnanvajeet ja muistisairaiden osuus ovat merkittävästi lisääntyneet. Tästä huolimatta ravitsemustilan mukaan riski- tai virheravitsemustilassa olevien osuudessa ei ole tapahtunut lisäystä. Ravitsemushoitokäytännöt ovat parantuneet. Tässä artikkelissa raportoidaan keskeiset trenditiedot eri tutkimusvuosilta. Noin 15 vuotta kestänyt tutkimus- ja kehittämishanke on ollut hyödyllinen asukkaiden hyvinvoinnin kannalta. Hyvä ravitsemus on merkittävä tekijä ikääntyneiden hyvinvoinnissa.
THE USE OF NANO-SILVER FOR DISINFECTION OF Pennisetum alopecuroides PLANT MATERIAL FOR TISSUE CULTURE
Authors: Parzymies Marzena , Pudelska Krystyna , Poniewozik Monika 
Published: October 2019

Initiation of tissue culture of many plant species is a very difficult stage due to appearance of many contaminations. The other problem might be a choice of media for regeneration. Initiation of grass species tissue cultures are thought to be very difficult. Therefore, a research was undertaken to evaluate the use of nano-silver particles for plant material disinfection and to estimate a medium Pennisetum alopecuroides. The plant material were buds and nodal explants that were disinfected in 2% NaOCl for 30 min or 0.1% HgCl2 for 1 min. Half of the explants disinfected with NaOCl were soaked in 50, 100 or 250 mg·dm Ag–3 NPs for 1 hour. Explants not soaked in nano-silver were placed on media with Ag NPs at concentrations of 4, 8 or 16 mg·dm–3. An influence of growth regulators on Pennisetum alopecuroides was evaluated in vitro. Regenerated shoots were placed on MS media with: 3 mg·dm–3 BA + 0.3 mg·dm–3 IBA, 3 mg·dm–3 KIN + 0.3 mg·dm–3 IAA, 1 mg·dm–3 BA + 0.1 mg·dm–3 IBA. It was observed that the use of nano-silver particles lowered the level of contamination. The best results were obtained when Ag NPs was used at concentration of 100–250 mg·dm–3 alone or as a supplementation of the media, at concentration of 4 mg·dm–3 for nodes and 16 mg·dm–3 for adventitious buds. The use of nodal explants allowed to obtain less contamination. Regeneration depended on a media content. The most regenerated shoots were obtained on the MS media supplemented with 1 mg·dm–3 BA and 0.1 mg·dm–3 IBA.
Sleep coaching: non-pharmacological treatment of non-restorative sleep in Austrian railway shift workers
Authors: Holzinger Brigitte , Mayer Lucille , Levec Katharina , Munzinger Melissa-Marie , Klösch Gerhard 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Sleep coaching by Holzinger & Klösch™ is a new, Gestalt therapy-based holistic approach to non-pharmacological treatment of non-restorative sleep. It includes psychotherapeutic aspects which enable participants to improve their sleep quality by developing their own coping strategies as a daily routine. Dream work and relaxation techniques are also part of the programme. The aim of this study was to measure the effectiveness of a two-day sleep coaching seminar on sleep quality, daytime sleepiness, and work and life quality in shift workers employed in an Austrian railway company (Österreichische Bundesbahnen, ÖBB). Thirty shift workers (28 male; mean age=24±45.90, age range 24–56 years) answered the same survey before and six months after the seminar (baseline and follow-up) containing items of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), their chronotype, personality factors, and burnout risk factors. The baseline findings in this group were compared with those of non-completers (who did not take the follow-up survey) (N=154) to see if the two groups differed significantly enough to create a bias among completers (who took the follow-up survey as well). Groups differed significantly in burnout levels as well as sleep duration, but not in the distribution of critical PSQI and ESS values. The two-day sleep coaching seminar resulted in a significant improvement in total PSQI score and subjective sleep quality and in a significant reduction in diurnal fatigue, sleep latency, and daytime sleepiness. Nevertheless, more research with a larger sample and a longitudinal design is needed to establish the long-term effects of sleep coaching.
A cross sectional study of salt content in bakery bread in Zagreb, Croatia
Authors: Delaš Aždajić Marija , Delaš Ivančica , Aždajić Stjepan , Štimac Grbić Danijela , Vahčić Nada 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Reducing salt content in bread is the essential part of a national strategy for salt reduction with the goal of long-term national general health improvement. In this study we have analysed salt content in three types of bread available in 25 small and five national industrial bakeries in Zagreb, Croatia. Samples of white wheat bread, dark wheat bread, and other types of bread were collected, and the salt content was determined with the Mohr method. Salt content varied widely between bakeries, with an average content of 2.30±0.22 g per 100 g of bread, which is almost twice the threshold content (1.4 %) defined by the Croatian National Regulation on Cereals and Cereal Products. Further efforts are necessary to teach bakers how to reduce salt content without affecting quality or flavour. These should go hand in hand with continuous monitoring of how the legal provisions are implemented.
A feasibility study on the association between residential greenness and neurocognitive function in middle-aged Bulgarians
Authors: Dzhambov Angel M. , Bahchevanov Karamfil M. , Chompalov Kostadin A. , Atanassova Penka A. 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Recent research has indicated that exposure to residential vegetation (“greenness”) may be protective against cognitive decline and may support the integrity of the corresponding brain structures. However, not much is known about these effects, especially in less affluent countries and in middle-aged populations. In this study, we investigated the associations between greenness and neurocognitive function. We used a convenience sample of 112 middle-aged Bulgarians and two cognitive tests: the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease Neuropsychological Battery (CERAD-NB) and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). In addition, structural brain imaging data were available for 25 participants. Participants’ home address was used to link cognition scores to the normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI), a measure of overall neighbourhood vegetation level (radii from 100 to 1,000 m). Results indicated that higher NDVI was consistently associated with higher CERAD-NB and MoCA scores across radial buffers and adjustment scenarios. Lower waist circumference mediated the effect of NDVI on CERAD-NB. NDVI100-m was positively associated with average cortical thickness across both hemispheres, but these correlations turned marginally significant (P<0.1) after correction for false discovery rate due to multiple comparisons. In conclusion, living in a greener neighbourhood might be associated with better cognitive function in middle-aged Bulgarians, with lower central adiposity partially accounting for this effect. Tentative evidence suggests that greenness might also contribute to structural integrity in the brain regions regulating cognitive functions. Future research should build upon our findings and investigate larger and more representative population groups.
Financial Health of small and Medium-Sized Companies in the Visegrad Countries
Authors: Pražák Tomáš 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
SMEs are a major provider of jobs, contribute to promoting the social and economic cohesion of regions and, in particular, they are important for regions facing high unemployment or lower economic development. The importance of assessing a company’s financial performance has been steadily rising in recent years. The paper aims to evaluate to what extent the financial situation of a company, especially the risk of financial distress and bankruptcy, is influenced by the macroeconomic environment defined by fundamental macroeconomic variables. The analysis of the interrelationships will be carried out at the national level for Visegrad countries. The criterion for financial distress is defined not only by capital restructuring of the company or extensive layoffs, but also as the results of the negative effect of the macroeconomic environment. To achieve the goal of the paper, predictive bankruptcy models of financial distress based on financial analysis of enterprises will be used as well as regression analysis and correlation analysis. The observed period for analyses will be from 2009 to 2016. It seems appropriate to pay particular attention to examining the impact of economic growth, and the exchange rate on the financial situation of the enterprise. These indicators play an important role in defining internal and external economic equilibrium, which is also reflected in the functioning of individual businesses and sectors. Based on the results of the GMM analysis, it was found that only in the case of the Czech Republic was it possible to follow statistically significant relationships between the selected indicators.
The Impact of Parental Leave Policy on Child-Rearing and Employment Behavior: The Case of Germany
Authors: Chirkova Serafima 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Parental leave and child care are important instruments of family policies to improve work–family balance. This paper studies the impact of the substantial change in Germany’s parental leave system on maternal employment. The aim of the reform was to decrease birth-related maternal employment breaks by providing more generous parental benefits for a shorter period of time. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel data for 2002–2015, I exploited quasi-experimental variation in the benefits to estimate the impact of the reform. I incorporated the mother’s decision to substitute her care time with the public child care. To control for the availability of child care, I used spatial and temporal variation in the availability of childcare slots. Overall, I did not find significant changes in maternal employment during the first three years of motherhood after the reform implementation. Only for high-income mothers, the reform produced a significant decrease in the employment participation during the first year of leave and an increase in employment probability after the benefits expired. The empirical findings suggest that the restriction in the childcare availability became an important constraint for the employment effect of the reform.