bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Genetic dissection of assortative mating behavior
Authors: Merrill Richard M. , Rastas Pasi , Melo Maria C. , Barker Sarah , Davey John , McMillan W. Owen , Jiggins Chris D. 
Published: March 2018

AbstractThe evolution of new species is made easier when traits under divergent ecological selection are also mating cues. Such ecological mating cues are now considered more common than previously thought, but we still know little about the genetic changes underlying their evolution, or more generally about the genetic basis for assortative mating behaviors. The warning patterns ofHeliconius melpomeneandH. cydnoare under disruptive selection due to increased predation of non-mimetic hybrids, and are used during mate recognition. We carried out a genome-wide quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of preference behaviors between these species and showed that divergent male preference has a simple genetic basis. Three QTLs each explain a large proportion of the differences in preference behavior observed between the parental species. Two of these QTLs are on chromosomes with major color pattern genes, including one that is tightly associated with the geneoptix. Different loci influence different aspects of attraction, suggesting that behavioral isolation inHeliconiusinvolves the evolution of independently segregating modules, similar to those for the corresponding wing pattern cues. Hybridization and subsequent sharing of wing pattern loci has played an important role during adaptation and speciation inHeliconiusbutterflies. The existence of large effect preference loci could similarly assist the evolution of novel behavioral phenotypes through recombination and introgression, and should facilitate rapid speciation.
Disentangling locus of perceptual learning in the visual hierarchy of motion processing
Authors: Zhang Ruyuan , Tadin Duje 
Published: March 2018

ABSTRACTVisual perceptual learning (VPL) can lead to long-lasting perceptual improvements. While the efficacy of VPL is well established, there is still a considerable debate about what mechanisms underlie the effects of VPL. Much of this debate concentrates on where along the visual processing hierarchy behaviorally relevant plasticity takes place. Here, we aimed to tackle this question in context of motion processing, a domain where links between behavior and processing hierarchy are well established. Specifically, we took advantage of an established transition from component-dependent representations at the earliest level to pattern-dependent representations at the middle-level of cortical motion processing. We trained two groups of participants on the same motion direction identification task using either grating or plaid stimuli. A set of pre- and post-training tests was used to determine the degree of learning specificity and generalizability. This approach allowed us to disentangle contributions from both low- and mid-level motion processing, as well as high-level cognitive changes. We observed a complete bi-directional transfer of learning between component and pattern stimuli as long as they shared the same apparent motion direction. This result indicates learning-induced plasticity at intermediate levels of motion processing. Moreover, we found that motion VPL is specific to the trained stimulus direction, speed, size, and contrast, highlighting the pivotal role of basic visual features in VPL, and diminishing the possibility of non-sensory decision-level enhancements. Taken together, our study psychophysically examined a variety of factors mediating motion VPL, and demonstrated that motion VPL most likely alters visual computation in the middle stage of motion processing.
Can we study 3D grid codes non-invasively in the human brain? Methodological considerations and fMRI findings
Authors: Kim Misun , Maguire Eleanor A. 
Published: March 2018

AbstractRecent human functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and animal electrophysiology studies suggest that grid cells in entorhinal cortex are an efficient neural mechanism for encoding knowledge about the world, not only for spatial location but also for more abstract cognitive information. The world, be it physical or abstract, is often high-dimensional, but grid cells have been mainly studied on a simple two-dimensional (2D) plane. Recent theoretical studies have proposed how grid cells encode three-dimensional (3D) physical space, but it is unknown whether grid codes can be examined non-invasively in humans. Here, we investigated whether it was feasible to test different 3D grid models using fMRI based on the direction-modulated property of grid signals. In doing so, we developed interactive software to help researchers visualize 3D grid fields and predict grid activity in 3D as a function of movement directions. We found that a direction-modulated grid analysis was sensitive to one type of 3D grid model – a face-centred cubic (FCC) lattice model. As a proof of concept, we searched for 3D grid-like signals in human entorhinal cortex using a novel 3D virtual reality paradigm and a new fMRI analysis method. We found that signals in the left entorhinal cortex were explained by the FCC model. This is preliminary evidence for 3D grid codes in the human brain, notwithstanding the inherent methodological limitations of fMRI. We believe that our findings and software serve as a useful initial stepping-stone for studying grid cells in realistic 3D worlds and also, potentially, for interrogating abstract high-dimensional cognitive processes.HighlightsWe present software and an analysis method to probe 3D grid codes using human fMRI Based on an alignment score between 3D movement direction and grid orientation We then tested this using a 3D virtual environment and fMRISignals in entorhinal cortex were explained by a face-centred cubic lattice model
Quantifying the impact of public omics data
Authors: Perez-Riverol Yasset , Zorin Andrey , Dass Gaurhari , Glont Mihai , Vizcaíno Juan Antonio , Jarnuczak Andrew F. , Petryszak Robert , Ping Peipei , Hermjakob Henning 
Published: March 2018

AbstractThe amount of omics data in the public domain is increasing every year [1, 2]. Public availability of datasets is growing in all disciplines, because it is considered to be a good scientific practice (e.g. to enable reproducibility), and/or it is mandated by funding agencies, scientific journals, etc. Science is now a data intensive discipline and therefore, new and innovative ways for data management, data sharing, and for discovering novel datasets are increasingly required [3, 4]. However, as data volumes grow, quantifying its impact becomes more and more important. In this context, the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles have been developed to promote good scientific practises for scientific data and data resources [5]. In fact, recently, several resources [1, 2, 6] have been created to facilitate the Findability (F) and Accessibility (A) of biomedical datasets. These principles put a specific emphasis on enhancing the ability of both individuals and software to discover and re-use digital objects in an automated fashion throughout their entire life cycle [5]. While data resources typically assign an equal relevance to all datasets (e.g. as results of a query), the usage patterns of the data can vary enormously, similarly to other “research products” such as publications. How do we know which datasets are getting more attention? More generally, how can we quantify the scientific impact of datasets?
Jeans knowledge base development based on sensory evaluation technology for customers’ personalized recommendation
Authors: Zhang Junjie , Zeng Xianyi , Liu Kaixuan , Yan Hong , Dong Min 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to set up a women’s jeans knowledge base between consumer profile and jeans profile. The result of study could be applied to jeans recommendation system for a special consumer.

Design/methodology/approach
Women’s jeans are chosen as research objects. The sensory evaluation technology and intelligent data fusion methods are applied in this research.

Findings
Eight pairs of words were selected to set up normalized sensory evaluation criteria in the study for describing both consumers’ expectations and products. The relation between consumer profile and jeans profile could be quantified according to the principle of sensory evaluation technology.

Practical implications
Four experiments are designed for setting up this knowledge base by sensory evaluation technology, and set up the women’s jeans knowledge base by intelligent data fusion methods.

Originality/value
The theory of sensory evaluation technology is applied for building women’s jeans knowledge base that can be used for consumer-oriented intelligent garment recommendation system.
Early stage value co-creation network – business relationships connecting high-tech B2B actors and resources: Taiwan semiconductor business network case
Authors: Park Changhyun , Lee Heesang 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to identify the types and features of business relationship when the value co-creation phenomenon is extended to an early stage of the value chain, in which technological innovation is essential, in a high-tech business-to-business (B2B) market.

Design/methodology/approach
The methodology of building a theory from a case study is adopted in this study to propose an early-stage value co-creation network. Qualitative data are coded on the basis of grounded theory coding after collecting the triangulation data from multiple sources.

Findings
In a high-tech B2B market, three types of business relationships (supplier–customer mutual, supplier-centric and network-based business relationships) co-create values at an early stage of the value chain. Intellectual resource, efficiency resource and supplier-centric business relationships are uniquely found in this stage.

Research limitations/implications
This study provides new insight suggesting that the notion of value co-creation can be extended to early stages of the value chain in a high-tech B2B market. In addition, this research identifies vital business relationships and how these relationships develop successfully at an early-stage value co-creation network in a high-tech B2B market.

Practical implications
Technology development managers at an early stage of the value chain can co-create relationship benefits by building proposed business relationships integrating resources in a high-tech B2B market. In addition, marketing managers should consider the early stage as another source of value co-creation.

Originality/value
The notion of value co-creation is extended from the later stage to an early stage of the value chain in a high-tech B2B market. Consolidated framework of a value co-creation network integrating actors, resources and relationships, suggested in this study, will be valuable for further theoretical research and business application.
Hong Kong maritime arbitration under the Arbitration Ordinance 2011
Authors: Tai Sik Kwan , Chan Bing 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
In 2011, the new Arbitration Ordinance took effect in Hong Kong. This paper aims to discuss the new features on maritime arbitration.

Design/methodology/approach
The relevant provisions of the Arbitration Ordinance 2011 and the legal cases are examined.

Findings
Hong Kong is a first class maritime arbitration centre in the Asia Pacific Region.

Originality/value
This paper is one of the very few general reviews of the maritime arbitration under the Arbitration Ordinance 2011.
Peda.net: a learning portal for lifetime
Authors: Koskela Mari Erika 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to give an overall image of how Finnish-developed Peda.net can help educators teach their students according to the ICT skill requirements set by Finnish national curricula.

Design/methodology/approach
In the paper, two different Peda.net use cases are introduced. These cases can give important practical tips on how to involve more ICT in schools for educators worldwide. The use cases are evaluated and agree with Finnish National Curricula requirements.

Findings
Peda.net is an e-learning environment. However, using it as part of teaching is a good way of introducing ICT skills in students regardless of whether working together in the same physical environment or remotely from different locations.

Originality/value
This paper can open up a global discussion of best ICT teaching practices and give some practical ICT teaching tips for teachers all around the world.
The Labour Party and the Impact of the 1918 Reform Act
Authors: Wrigley Chris 
Published: March 2018

AbstractThe Representation of the People Act 1918 compelled the Labour Party to respond by changing its organisation. Labour was already in the process of changing its organisation, policies and constitution because of the transformed economic, social, and political circumstances of the Great War. Labour took particular care to adjust its organisation to appeal to women voters, especially working‐class ones. It also aimed its electoral appeal to white‐collar workers, male and female. Labour benefited in 1919–20 from the wider local government franchise in London and some other urban areas, but such advances were thereafter countered by the Conservatives and Liberals avoiding dividing the anti‐Labour vote. It is possible that Labour benefited to a small extent in a few inner‐city constituencies by the ending of electoral disqualification for receiving out relief under the poor law. By the 1922 general election, Labour was establishing electoral strongholds in many mining, industrial and inner‐city parliamentary seats. Labour welcomed the changes proposed by the Speaker's conference but, to the dismay of some of its supporters, it accepted the loss of the proportional representation proposals in the compromises made as the Representation of the People Bill went through parliament. In the longer term, the lack of proportional representation enabled Labour to form majority governments in 1945 and later.
Women and the Vote: The Parliamentary Path to Equal Franchise, 1918–28
Authors: Takayanagi Mari 
Published: March 2018

AbstractFollowing the Speaker's conference on electoral reform of 1916–17, the Representation of the People Act 1918 gave women over the age of 30 years who met minimum property qualifications the parliamentary vote for the first time. After a decade of continued suffrage campaigning and pressure in parliament, the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 gave women the vote on the same terms as men, at age 21 years, with no age or any other restrictions. Although important in itself, votes for women also carried along a wider agenda of legislation relating to gender equality and issues affecting women and children during the interwar period. This essay gives an overview of how the Speaker's conference and the 1918 act affected women, considers the immediately‐related legislation in 1918–19 which allowed women to become MPs and removed other sex disqualifications, and traces progress in parliament towards equal franchise over the next decade, including a pledge by Stanley Baldwin in 1924 and an undertaking by William Joynson‐Hicks in 1925. It explains the changes in personnel and attitudes over time which finally enabled a Conservative government to grant equal franchise in 1928.
Umgang mit Antithrombotika bei Operationen an der Haut vor und nach Publikation der entsprechenden S3‐Leitlinie
Authors: Gaskins Matthew , Dittmann Martin , Eisert Lisa , Werner Ricardo Niklas , Dressler Corinna , Löser Christoph , Nast Alexander 
Published: March 2018

ZusammenfassungHintergrundLaut einer Befragung im Jahre 2012 war der Umgang mit Antithrombotika bei dermatochirurgischen Eingriffen in Deutschland sehr heterogen. 2014 wurde erstmals eine evidenzbasierte Leitlinie zu diesem Thema veröffentlicht.MethodikEs wurde eine anonyme Befragung derselben Stichprobe zum Umgang mit Antithrombotika sowie zu Kenntnissen der Leitlinie durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse wurden als relative Häufigkeiten berichtet und denen aus 2012 gegenübergestellt.Ergebnisse208 Antwortbögen wurden ausgewertet (Rücklaufquote: 36,6 %). Die große Mehrheit der Dermatologen erklärte, kleinere Eingriffe unter Fortführung der Therapie mit Phenprocoumon, niedrig dosierter Acetylsalicylsäure (≤ 100 mg) und Clopidogrel sowie mit direkten oralen Antikoagulanzien durchzuführen. Bei größeren Eingriffen war der Umgang hingegen weiterhin heterogen, insbesondere unter niedergelassenen Dermatologen. Der Anteil der Dermatologen, die Phenprocoumon, Acetylsalicylsäure und Clopidogrel leitlinienkonform verwendeten, hat sich insgesamt vergrößert. Führten 2012 beispielsweise 53,8 % der Klinikärzte bzw. 36,3 % der niedergelassenen Dermatologen eine große Exzision unter Fortführung der Therapie mit niedrig dosierter Acetylsalicylsäure durch, taten dies 2017 90,2 % bzw. 57,8 % (Phenprocoumon: 33,8 % bzw. 11,9 % auf 63,9 % bzw. 29,9 %; Clopidogrel: 36,9 % bzw. 23,2 % auf 63,9 % bzw. 30,6 %). Unter den Klinikärzten war ein hoher Anteil mit der Leitlinie vertraut und fand diese hilfreich.SchlussfolgerungenEine Zunahme des leitlinienkonformen Verhaltens war bei allen Eingriffen zu verzeichnen. Bei größeren Eingriffen zeigte sich trotz deutlicher Verbesserung die Notwendigkeit verstärkter Anstrengungen zur Leitlinienumsetzung bzw. zur Identifizierung von Implementierungsbarrieren.
Lipomatosen
Authors: Al Ghazal Philipp , Grönemeyer Lisa‐Lena , Schön Michael P. 
Published: March 2018

ZusammenfassungAls Lipomatosen bezeichnet man gutartige, meist ohne eindeutige Auslöser auftretende Vermehrungen des Fettgewebes, oft mit typischem Verteilungsmuster. Im Gegensatz zu umschriebenen Lipomen entwickeln sie sich meist diffus‐symmetrisch und sind nicht von einer fibrösen Pseudokapsel umgeben.Am häufigsten ist die benigne symmetrische Lipomatose (BSL; Launois‐Bensaude‐Syndrom), von der aufgrund des Verteilungsmusters des hyperplastischen Fettgewebes vier Typen unterschieden werden. Ätiologie und Pathogenese der Erkrankung sind noch weitgehend unbekannt, wobei manche Formen eine hereditäre Basis zu haben oder mit vermehrtem Alkoholkonsum assoziiert zu sein scheinen. In einigen Fällen wurden mitochondriale Fehlfunktionen nachgewiesen. Lipomatosen können isoliert, aber auch mit Begleitsymptomen oder ‐erkrankungen (Komorbidität) vergesellschaftet auftreten. Wirksame medikamentöse Therapien sind nicht bekannt; chirurgische Verfahren können hingegen zur Besserung der Symptome führen.Die von der BSL abzugrenzende Lipomatosis dolorosa tritt bevorzugt bei Frauen mittleren Alters auf und ist durch Vermehrung des Fettgewebes sowie starke Schmerzen in den betroffenen Bereichen gekennzeichnet. Verschiedene Differenzialdiagnosen und Begleiterkrankungen sind abzuklären, insbesondere Depressionen. Evidenzbasierte Therapieempfehlungen existieren nicht. Repetitive Lidocain‐Infusionen können temporäre Besserungen bewirken; nach chirurgischen Interventionen treten häufig Rezidive auf, allerdings werden auch langfristige Erfolge erzielt.
Religion, Human Rights, and Neo‐liberalism in a Post‐Humanist Era
Authors: Sung Jung Mo 
Published: March 2018

AbstractIn a modern and secularized world, churches and religious groups that fight in the public sphere for social justice justify these actions in the name of defending human rights. This has been the path taken to express in non‐religious language what they understand to be a God‐given mission. Based on the distinction between civil rights, political rights, and social rights, which make up the set of human rights, this article analyzes the relationship between the notion of religious mission and the struggle for human rights; how neoliberal ideology, in an anti‐humanist perspective, criticizes the notion of social rights and social justice with the denial of any human right above the laws of the market; and the challenges that this neoliberal ideology poses for the justification of the social and political action of religious groups and institutions in the contemporary globalized world with a growing post/anti‐humanist culture.
Genome Sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis Strain KM01, Isolated from the Abscess of a Goat in Kunming, China
Authors: Gao Huafeng , Ma Yuxing , Shao Qingyong , Hong Qionghua , Zheng Guoying , Li Zhiming 
Published: March 2018

ABSTRACT

Caseous lymphadenitis (CLA) is an acute, pyogenic, and contagious disease of goat that imposes considerable economic losses for farmers, and it is caused by
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
. Herein, we introduce the genome sequencing of
C. pseudotuberculosis
strain KM01, isolated from an abscess of a Saanen goat from Kunming, China. The genome contains 2,198 genes, the total length of the genes was 2,337,666 bp, and the GC content was 52.18%. The number of tandem repeat sequences was 44, the total length of the tandem repeat sequences was 1,970 bp (0.0772% of the genome), the number of minisatellite DNAs was 36, and there were 48 tRNAs and 12 rRNAs.
Whole-Genome Sequences of Two Arthrobacter Strains Isolated from a Holm Oak Rhizosphere Affected by Wildfire
Authors: Fernández-González Antonio J. , Lasa Ana V. , Fernández-López Manuel 
Published: March 2018

ABSTRACT

We report here the draft genome sequences of two
Arthrobacter
strains isolated from a holm oak forest affected by wildfire. Both strains were shown to act as plant growth promoters, with AFG20 being a member of the most abundant group found in this soil and AFG7.2 being the strain with the highest indole-3-acetic acid production level.
Draft Genome Sequence of Vibrio penaeicida Strain TUMSAT-NU1, Isolated from Diseased Shrimp in Japan
Authors: Kawato Satoshi , Nozaki Reiko , Kondo Hidehiro , Hirono Ikuo 
Published: March 2018

ABSTRACT

Vibrio penaeicida
is a bacterial pathogen of cultured shrimp. The draft genome sequence of
V. penaeicida
strain TUMSAT-NU1 consists of 100 scaffolds with a total of 6.41 Mbp. We identified possible virulence factors, and we found that
V. penaeicida
and
Vibrio nigripulchritudo
are closely related.
Sequencing,
De Novo
Assembly, and Annotation of the Complete Genome of a New Thraustochytrid Species, Strain CCAP_4062/3
Authors: Seddiki Khawla , Godart François , Aiese Cigliano Riccardo , Sanseverino Walter , Barakat Mohamed , Ortet Philippe , Rébeillé Fabrice , Maréchal Eric , Cagnac Olivier , Amato Alberto 
Published: March 2018

ABSTRACT

Thraustochytrids are ecologically and biotechnologically relevant marine species. We report here the
de novo
assembly and annotation of the whole-genome sequence of a new thraustochytrid strain, CCAP_4062/3. The genome size was estimated at 38.7 Mb with 11,853 predicted coding sequences, and the GC content was scored at 57%.