bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Synthesis and characterization of new chiral ketopinic acid-derived catalysts immobilized on polystyrene-bound imidazole
Authors: Hassan Yusuf , Klein Rosa , Kaye Perry T. 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
Four new chiral ketopinic acid-derived catalysts were anchored on a polystyrene-bound imidazole via non-covalent bond. The resulting heterogeneous catalysts were successfully characterized using IR, SEM, and TGA analyses.
GA3 Assisted Seed Dormancy Breaking in Abelmoschus moschatus Medik. subsp. moschatus
Authors: Gogoi G. , Borua P.K. , Chetia D. 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
Abelmoschus moschatus Medik. subsp. moschatus is a wild uncultivated variety of common lady’s finger (Abelmoschus esculentus) possessing a high degree of seed dormancy. Methods of dormancy breaking in the seed of the plant were investigated through different physical and chemical methods. Different preconditioning treatments including hot water, dry heat, physical scarification and chemical treatments including exogenous GA3 were applied to explore the initiation in germination. Seeds were germinated under the controlled photoperiod and temperature. The viability of the test seeds was estimated by topographical 2, 3, 5-Triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) solution test. Highest germination percentage was obtained in the seeds treated with the exothermic reaction of H2SO4 and H2O, followed by exposure to gibberellic acid (GA3). The exposure time of exogenously applied GA3 had a significant influence on the germination response. The optimum germination temperature was found to be 30 ± 0.5°C. Treatment with 0.75% of 2, 3, 5-Triphenyltetrazolium chloride solution for 4 h at 35 ± 0.5°C enabled to correlate the viability of the seeds with the germinative values. Maximum germination was induced through this technique and dormancy of the seed can be attributed due to hard impermeable seed coat and endogenous physiological factor.
Performance of Pepper Seedlings Developed from Seeds Pretreated with Algal Aqueous Extracts
Authors: Rinez Imen , Saad Ines , Rinez Asma , Ghezal Nadia , Haouala Rabiaa 
Published: March 2017

AbstractThis study aims to evaluate the effect of seed priming for two pepper varieties by extracts of two algae thalli on the performance of growth at vegetative stage. The seeds were soaked in thalli aqueous extracts (at 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 g/L), for 24 h at 28±2°C, rinsed thoroughly with distilled water and then dried to their initial weight as a first batch (SD), a second batch of seeds was considered, corresponding to seeds placed in Petri dishes to germinate directly after washing (SND). Untreated seeds were the control. The results showed than the priming has improved seedlings growth for both varieties. Seed priming with algae aqueous extracts has improved roots and shoots length. The best stimulations were 220% and 70%, respectively, recorded for seedlings of Baklouti and Chargui varieties, following the priming with the extract ofPadina pavonicaat 40 g/L concentration. These improvements appear to be related to a better photosynthetic intensity, an increase in the number of leaves and the water content, which were noted in plants from pretreated seeds. Finally, the results indicate that, generally, the plantlets from SND were more vigorous. The results of this work show that algae could be an inexhaustible resource of substances, that can be used as an alternative to chemicals used in the pretreatment of seeds, reducing the risk of pollution and preserving the biological material.
Efficacy of Different Fungicides Against Dry Rot Pathogen of Potato Caused by Fusarium sp. under In vitro Condition
Authors: Sandipan P.B. , Solanki B.P. , Patel Nital N. , Patel R.L. , Verma P.D. , Desai H.R. 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
Potato crop is affected by numerous diseases in field, as well as in storage conditions, particularly in cold storage. Dry rot of potato is caused by Fusarium sp. Dry rot of seed tubers can reduce crop establishment by killing developing potato sprouts, and crop losses can be up to 25%, while more than 60% of tubers can be infected in storage. It is a rich source of energy, which supplement food source of a country. In this experiment, four systemic and four non-systemic fungicides were tested at different concentrations in vitro for their comparative efficacy against inhibition of the growth of Fusarium sp. through poisoned food technique. To manage these diseases effectively, different concentrations of fungicides were tested. Results revealed against Fusarium sp. that carbendazim and benomyl significantly inhibited the fungal growth even at its lower concentration (100 ppm) and proved statistically superior over the rest of the fungicides tested at different concentrations and among non-systemic fungicides, MEMC significantly inhibited the fungal growth even at its lower concentration (1000 ppm).
Dialogic catharsis in standup comedy: Stewart Huff plays a bigot
Authors: Seizer Susan 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
This essay investigates the cathartic creative process of a standup comic who recounts, in a video-taped interview with the author, the act of transforming a painful meeting with a bigot in a bar into the stuff of comedy. Through reflexive engagement with his own creative process, Stewart Huff recounts building a scenario that splits his experience into two voices, enacting a breakthrough into performance within the taped interview itself. Taking to heart Bakhtin’s insight that parody involves a hostile relation between the speaker and another, and that introducing someone else’s words into our own speech results in a double-voiced narrative, I analyze Huff’s performance as a classic example of double-voiced parody. The transformation from horror to humor is an empowering performative re-creation for the comedian that serves simultaneously as humorous recreation for the comedy club audience. This essay contributes to extant scholarship on the efficacious use of parodic double-voicing and the possibilities it opens up for dialogic catharsis in comedic performance.
The Effectiveness of Vacuum-microwave Drying Methods in the Preservation of Amelanchier Berries (Amelanchier canadensis L. Medik.)
Authors: Piecko Jan , Konopacka Dorota , Mieszczakowska-Frąc Monika , Kruczyńska Dorota 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
In Poland, Amelanchier berries are of considerable interest to both consumers and potential producers, which presents marketing challenges and opportunities. An attempt was made to preserve Amelanchier berries using a vacuum-microwave method of drying in order to determine its usefulness for producing microbiologically stable dried fruit with a high nutritional values. The berry variety “Prince William” (Amelanchier canadensis) was chosen as the experimental material. Vacuum-microwave drying was performed in two variants: (convective drying [CD] + vacuum microwave method [VMW]) after convective pre-drying of fruit and (VMW) without pre-drying. Unassisted CD was used as the reference method. Application of a vacuum-microwave drying method to Amelanchier berries makes it possible to obtain a stable preserved product of high-quality, yielding moderate shrinkage and good retention of bioactive compounds. An optimized method of vacuum-microwave drying, applied directly to frozen fruit, allows the retention of 70 % of cyanidin glycosides present in the raw material.
On the determination of transformation parameters between different ITRS realizations using Procrustes approach in Turkey
Authors: Yetkin Mevlut , Ansari Kutubuddin 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
The International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) solutions that are published by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) are annual realizations of the ITRS (International Terrestrial Reference System). The results expressed in two different ITRS realizations can be compared using the transformation parameters that provide a link between different ITRF solutions. Generally, the 7-parameter (the three translation parameters, three rotation parameters and one scale factor) Helmert transformation is employed to compute the transformation parameters. However, the number of transformation parameters can be increased for better understanding. For example, 3 different scale factors may be computed instead of one scale factor. In this paper, the 9-parameter (the three translation parameters, three rotation parameters and three scale factors) transformation model and its solution by Procrustes approach is considered. Transformation parameters between ITRF 05 and ITRF 08 for Turkey have been computed in both 7-parameter model and 9-parameter model and a numerical example has been given to understand the difference between two models in a better way. An explanation about the proposed methodology as a flow chart also has been shown in appendix.
A Novel Method to Compensate Fiber Nonlinearities by Using NAFO Model
Authors: Singh Kuldeep , Arya Sandeep K. 
Published: March 2017

AbstractThis paper proposes the Nonlinear Adaptive Filter bank–based artificial bee colony Optimizer (NAFO) based on Wiener filter for inverse modeling of nonlinear fiber link. Here a third-order inverse Volterra-based nonlinear equalizer (VNLE) is used to compensate the fiber nonlinearities using MATLAB Simulink. In the novel method the Mean Square Error (MSE) of the optical link is measured and compared with IIR-filter based technique. The MSE is reported to be 10–14value lesser in the novel experimental setup consequently the proposed technique shows enhanced and efficient performance.
Research Article. On memory, dimension, and atmospheric teleconnections
Authors: O’Kane Terence. J. , Monselesan Didier P. , Risbey James S. , Horenko Illia , Franzke Christian L. E. 
Published: March 2017

AbstractUsing reanalysed atmospheric data and applying a data-driven multiscale approximation to non-stationary dynamical processes, we undertake a systematic examination of the role of memory and dimensionality in defining the quasi-stationary states of the troposphere over the recent decades. We focus on the role of teleconnections characterised by either zonally-oriented wave trains or meridional dipolar structures. We consider the impact of various strategies for dimension reduction based on principal component analysis, diagonalization and truncation.We include the impact of memory by consideration of Bernoulli, Markovian and non-Markovian processes. We a priori explicitly separate barotropic and baroclinic processes and then implement a comprehensive sensitivity analysis to the number and type of retained modes. Our results show the importance of explicitly mitigating the deleterious impacts of signal degradation through ill-conditioning and under sampling in preference to simple strategies based on thresholds in terms of explained variance. In both hemispheres, the results obtained for the dominant tropospheric modes depend critically on the extent to which the higher order modes are retained, the number of free model parameters to be fitted, and whether memory effects are taken into account. Our study identifies the primary role of the circumglobal teleconnection pattern in both hemispheres for Bernoulli and Markov processes, and the transient nature and zonal structure of the Southern Hemisphere patterns in relation to their Northern Hemisphere counterparts. For both hemispheres, overfitted models yield structures consistent with the major teleconnection modes (NAO, PNA and SAM), which give way to zonally oriented wavetrains when either memory effects are ignored or where the dimension is reduced via diagonalising. Where baroclinic processes are emphasised, circumpolar wavetrains are manifest.
Diatom-based reconstruction of trophic status changes recorded in varved sediments of Lake Żabińskie (northeastern Poland), AD 1888-2010
Authors: Witak Małgorzata , Hernández-Almeida Ivan , Grosjean Martin , Tylmann Wojciech 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
We investigated diatom assemblages in surface sediments of 46 lakes in northern Poland and developed a diatom-based transfer function to infer epilimnetic total phosphorus (TP) concentrations. Multivariate ordination techniques (DCA, CCA) were used to identify major environmental gradients and to evaluate the effect of environmental parameters on the distribution of diatoms in the modern diatom dataset. The transfer function was developed using PLS, WA and WA-PLS models, and applied to a varved sediment core from Lake Żabińskie, AD 1888-2010. Annually-resolved quantitative reconstruction of TP concentrations shows that multidecadal changes in the TP level reflect the local settlement history, land-use changes and development of agriculture and tourism. The period of high trophic levels with maximum values of TP was documented until the late 1920s. In the 1930s-1970s period, TP generally decreased and eutraphentic flora was partly replaced by oligotraphentic and oligo-mesotraphentic diatom taxa. The reconstructed TP concentrations have started to increase from the 1970s. After the 1950s, strong short-term fluctuations of TP values were noted and explained by interactions between meteorological conditions, water column mixing and nutrient cycling in the lake.
First record of Prestauroneis tumida Levkov and accompanying species in Poland
Authors: Rakowska Barbara , Szczepocka Ewelina , Żelazna-Wieczorek Joanna , Olszyński Rafał M. 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
The paper presents morphological and ecological characteristics of Prestauroneis tumida Levkov recorded for the first time in Poland. The diatom Prestauroneis tumida Levkov was found in the microbenthos of the Czarna Staszowska River (left tributary of the Vistula River, south-eastern Poland). This diatom species was present in the upper section of the river (sampling sites: 1 – Drogowle, 2 – Raków) where saprobic state varied from oligosaprobic to beta-mesosaprobic. Dimensions of the valve were as follows: length 30-44 µm, width 8-11 µm and 13-16 striae in 10 µm. Our research updates the morphological diversity data such as measurements of valves in terms of width and the number of striae. The accompanying species of Prestauroneis tumida belonged to the group of good water quality indicators, from oligo- to mesosaprobic ones. Some of the identified species were indicators of alkaline, calcium-rich waters.
Plato,Symposium212a6–7: The Most Immortal of Men, with an Appendix on Phrases of the Type εἴπερ (τις) ἄλλος
Authors: Boter Gerard 
Published: March 2017

AbstractThis article presents two hitherto neglected arguments in favour of the thesis that the philosopher’s immortality described by Diotima in Plato’sSymposiumrefers exclusively to immortality by means of posterity and not to some sort of personal immortality after death. Both arguments are contained in the words 212a6–7 καὶ εἴπερ τῳ ἄλλῳ ἀνθρώπων ἀθανάτῳ καὶ ἐκείνῳ. The first argument concerns the word ἄνθρωπος, the second the phrase εἴπερ τῳ ἄλλῳ καὶ ἐκείνῳ. There is an appendix on phrases of the type εἴπερ τις (ἄλλος).
Pure Theory of the Federal Funds Rate
Authors: Homburg Stefan 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
The effective federal funds rate is determined in a competitive interbank market, while the target federal funds rate represents a policy variable. This paper proposes a theory of the determination of the effective funds rate. According to the main result, the latter is a Lagrange multiplier that vanishes if excess reserves emerge. This is exactly what happened in the United States in September 2008. A final section considers interest on reserves.
Quelle unité à la fin des Douze prophètes? Les jugements divins en Zacharie 14 et Malachie
Authors: Gonzalez Hervé 
Published: March 2017

ZusammenfassungDieser Artikel befasst sich mit der Einheit des Dodekapropheton, die von vielen Wissenschaftlern angenommen wird, die es für ein einziges Buch halten. Inbesondere konzentriert er sich auf das Ende der Sammlung, vor allem auf die Beziehung zwischen Sach 14 und Maleachi. Obwohl einige neuere Untersuchungen redaktionelle Verbindungen zwischen den beiden Textbereichen identifiziert haben, interessiert man sich kaum die Bedeutung, die entsteht, wenn die Texte in Abfolge gelesen werden. Vor allem in der Diskussion der redaktionellen Hypothesen von O.H. Steck argumentiert der vorliegende Artikel, dass die beiden Texte zwei unterschiedliche Vorstellungen des göttlichen Gerichts enthalten, die kaum miteinander ausgeglichen werden können. Die erstere konzentriert sich auf die Wiederherstellung Jerusalems und deren kosmische Implikationen, die letzere auf die Reinigung der Gemeinschaft und des Kultes. Trotz einiger Verknüpfungen, die das aufeinanderfolgende Lesen der beiden Abschnitte erleichtern, lassen sich eine Reihe konzeptioneller Unterschiede mit Blick auf das Schicksal der Gemeinschaft in Sach 14 und das der fremden Völker in Mal finden. Der Artikel schlägt daher vor, die Einheit des Zwölfprophetenbuches entsprechend einer »aspektiven« Logik zu verstehen: Unterschiedliche Gesichtspunkte werden nebeneinander gestellt, um ein reiches und zusammengesetzes Ensemble zu erreichen. Obwohl ein sequentielles Lesen möglich ist, bleibt dies rein optional. Eine solche Einheit stellt die Vorstellung einer Buchkonzeption in Frage und unterstützt die Idee, es als literarische Sammlung zu verstehen.
Shared Ideas in Job and Deutero-Isaiah
Authors: Kwon JiSeong J. 
Published: March 2017

AbstractIt has been suggested that the books of Job and of Deutero-Isaiah (Isaiah 40–55) have a variety of similarities in their linguistic features and common subject-matter and because of this, it has been argued that there is literary dependence or influence of one book upon the other. Although such an author-oriented approach, by which scholars explain similarities by the theory of literary references, has some value, there is no specific reason to understand those similarities by a sort of direct literary dependence. However, these two books are likely to include the common scribal mindset of the Persian period. Here I put forward shared ideas of God’s universal control and freedom which are distinct from the Mosaic covenant and apocalyptic ideas. With these comparisons between Job/Deutero-Isaiah and other concepts in the Hebrew Bible, I propose the dating of the two books and argue that these cultural ideas about God’s control and freedom reflect the Persian scribal idea on the formation of the two books.
Geographical and Historical Observations on the old North Israelite Gideon tale in Judges
Authors: Finkelstein Israel , Lipschits Oded 
Published: March 2017

AbstractIn this paper we deal with the Gideon story in the Book of Judges. We first propose identification of the different layers in the text: the old, heroic North Israelite tale; the work of the North Israelite author (of the »Book of Saviors«) who put the story in writing in the first half of the 8
The Witch at the Navel of the World
Authors: Miller Robert 
Published: March 2017

AbstractThis essay argues that Saul’s encounter with the medium was located by the author at Endor because of the place’s proximity to Mount Tabor. In addition to allusions to Tabor’s sanctity in the Hebrew Bible, the etymology of »Tabor,« the Phoenician History, and the Rhodian cult of Zeus Atabyrios are marshalled in support of this argument.
Wieviel Florida steckt in Niedersachsen? Zur empirischen Evidenz der „Kreativen Klasse“ in einem deutschen Flächenland
Authors: Alfken Christoph , Vossen Daniel , Sternberg Rolf 
Published: March 2017

Zusammenfassung:
Empirische Analysen zur Wirtschaftsgeographie der „Kreativen Klasse“ beschränken sich zumeist auf urbane Regionen. Der vorliegende Artikel testet drei von Richard Floridas Kernaussagen für das überwiegend nicht urban geprägte Bundesland Niedersachsen in Deutschland: die räumliche Verteilung der Mitglieder der „Kreativen Klasse“, ihr Binnenmigrationsmuster und ihre Gründungsmotive. Einige von Floridas Annahmen bestätigen sich auch für Niedersachsen, andere nicht. Politische Handlungsempfehlungen am Ende des Textes sollen helfen, die Wirkungen der Beschäftigungseffekte der „Kreativen Klasse“ auf die übrige Wirtschaft Niedersachsens zu steigern.
Structural studies of (E)-2-(benzylidene)- 2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one derivatives: crystal structures and Hirshfeld surface analysis
Authors: Baddeley Thomas C. , Gomes Ligia R. , Low John N. , Skakle Janet M.S. , Turner Alan B. , Wardell James L. , Watson Graeme J.R. 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
Crystal structures are reported of (E)-2-(4-hydroxybenzylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one, 1, (E)-2-(4-dimethylaminobenzylidene)-2,3- dihydro-1H-inden-1-one, 2, (E)-2-(4-cyanobenzylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one, 3, and monoclinic-(E)- 2-(3-nitrobenzylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one, monoclinic-4, all from data collected at 100 K and (E)-2-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylbenzylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1H-indan-1-one, 6, from data collected at 299 K. An earlier triclinic form of 4 has been reported. Also reported herein are the Hirshfeld suface calculations for these five compounds, as well as that of 2-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one, 5,whose crystal structure has been previously reported. The three rings in each of the compounds, 1–4 and 6, are essentially planar, including the five-membered ring containing a formally hydridized sp3 atom. The molecules exhibit slight deviations from overall planarity as shown by the dihedral angles, >8.15(6)° between the 2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one fragments and the phenyl fragments. The main intermolecular interactions in compounds 1 and are classical O–H···O1(carbonyl) hydrogen bonds. The carbonyl oxygen atom in compounds 1–4 are involved in non-classical C–H···O intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Intermolecular C–H---π interactions are present in 2, 3 and 6, while π···π are present in 2–4 and 6. As noted in the structure determinations of these compounds, different π···π motifs are possible. The Hirshfeld surface calculations, while generally concurring with the intermolecular interactions indicated by PLATON analyses, also reveal significant interactions, which fall below the PLATON radar.
The germanides Er5Pd4Ge8 and Tm5Pd4Ge8 – 3D [Pd4Ge8] polyanions with Ge2 dumb-bells and Ge4 chains in cis-conformation
Authors: Heying Birgit , Rodewald Ute Ch. , Pöttgen Rainer 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
Tm5Pd4Ge8 was synthesized by melting of the elements in an arc-melting furnace. The new germanide was characterized by powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction: own structure type, P21/m, a=574.3(1), b=1380.4(3), c=836.4(1) pm, β=107.57(2)°, V=0.6321 nm3, wR2=0.0578, 2533 F2 values, 86 variables. The palladium and germanium atoms built up a three-dimensional [Pd4Ge8]15− polyanionic network which contains a unique germanium substructure composed of the Zintl anions Ge2
6− dumb-bells and Ge4
10− chains in cis-conformation. The palladium atoms within the network have distorted square pyramidal germanium coordination. The three crystallographically independent thulium atoms have coordination numbers 15, 16 and 17 with partial motifs of the Frank-Kasper type polyhedra. The isotypic germanide Er5Pd4Ge8 forms only after annealing the arc-melted sample at 1070 K for 1 week: a=575.14(9), b=1386.3(3), c=838.4(1) pm, β=107.51(2)°, V=0.6375 nm3.