bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
An easy-to-use and versatile method for building cell-laden microfibres
Authors: Kalisky Jérome , Raso Jérémie , Rigothier Claire , Rémy Murielle , Siadous Robin , Bareille Reine , Fricain Jean-Christophe , Amedée-Vilamitjana Joëlle , Oliveira Hugo , Devillard Raphaël 
Published: September 2016

AbstractFibre-shaped materials are useful for creating different functional three-dimensional (3D) structures that could mimic complex tissues. Several methods (e.g. extrusion, laminar flow or electrospinning) have been proposed for building hydrogel microfibres, with distinctive cell types and with different degrees of complexity. However, these methods require numerous protocol adaptations in order to achieve fibre fabricating and lack the ability to control microfibre alignment. Here, we present a simple method for the production of microfibers, based on a core shell approach, composed of calcium alginate and type I collagen. The process presented here allows the removal of the calcium alginate shell, after only 24 hours of culture, leading to stable and reproducible fibre shaped cellular constructs. With time of culture cells show to distribute preferentially to the surface of the fibre and display a uniform cellular orientation. Moreover, when cultured inside the fibres, murine bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells show the capacity to differentiate towards the osteoblastic lineage, under non-osteoinductive culture conditions. This work establishes a novel method for cellular fibre fabrication that due to its inherent simplicity can be easily upscaled and applied to other cell types.
A Brief Version of the Unhelpful Thoughts and Beliefs About Stuttering Scales: The UTBAS-6
Authors: Iverach Lisa , Heard Rob , Menzies Ross , Lowe Robyn , O'Brian Sue , Packman Ann , Onslow Mark 
Published: September 2016

PurposeA significant proportion of adults who stutter experience anxiety in social and speaking situations. The Unhelpful Thoughts and Beliefs About Stuttering (UTBAS) scales provide a comprehensive measure of the unhelpful cognitions associated with social anxiety in stuttering. However, reducing the number of UTBAS items would make it ideal as a brief screening instrument. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to develop a brief version of the full UTBAS scales.MethodThe 66-item UTBAS scales were completed by 337 adults who stutter. Item reduction was used to determine a smaller set of items that could adequately reproduce the total score for each full UTBAS scale.ResultsItem reduction resulted in the inclusion of six items for the brief UTBAS-6 scales. Decile ranges for scores on the brief UTBAS-6 provide reliable estimates of the full UTBAS scores and valuable clinical information about whether a psychological assessment is warranted.ConclusionsThe brief UTBAS-6 provides a reliable and efficient means of screening the unhelpful thoughts and beliefs associated with speech-related anxiety among adults who stutter. Referral for a psychological assessment is recommended in cases where the UTBAS total score falls in or above the fifth decile.
The Relationship Between Speech Production and Speech Perception Deficits in Parkinson's Disease
Authors: De Keyser Kim , Santens Patrick , Bockstael Annelies , Botteldooren Dick , Talsma Durk , De Vos Stefanie , Van Cauwenberghe Mieke , Verheugen Femke , Corthals Paul , De Letter Miet 
Published: September 2016

Purpose
This study investigated the possible relationship between hypokinetic speech production and speech intensity perception in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).

Method
Participants included 14 patients with idiopathic PD and 14 matched healthy controls (HCs) with normal hearing and cognition. First, speech production was objectified through a standardized speech intelligibility assessment, acoustic analysis, and speech intensity measurements. Second, an overall estimation task and an intensity estimation task were addressed to evaluate overall speech perception and speech intensity perception, respectively. Finally, correlation analysis was performed between the speech characteristics of the overall estimation task and the corresponding acoustic analysis. The interaction between speech production and speech intensity perception was investigated by an intensity imitation task.

Results
Acoustic analysis and speech intensity measurements demonstrated significant differences in speech production between patients with PD and the HCs. A different pattern in the auditory perception of speech and speech intensity was found in the PD group.

Conclusions
Auditory perceptual deficits may influence speech production in patients with PD. The present results suggest a disturbed auditory perception related to an automatic monitoring deficit in PD.
Objective Measure of Nasal Air Emission Using Nasal Accelerometry
Authors: Cler Gabriel J. , Lien Yu-An S. , Braden Maia N. , Mittelman Talia , Downing Kerri , Stepp Cara E. 
Published: September 2016

Purpose
This article describes the development and initial validation of an objective measure of nasal air emission (NAE) using nasal accelerometry.

Method
Nasal acceleration and nasal airflow signals were simultaneously recorded while an expert speech language pathologist modeled NAEs at a variety of severity levels. In addition, microphone and nasal accelerometer signals were collected during the production of /pɑpɑpɑpɑ/ speech utterances by 25 children with and without cleft palate. Fourteen inexperienced raters listened to the microphone signals from the pediatric speakers and rated the samples for the severity of NAE using direct magnitude estimation. Mean listener ratings were compared to a novel quantitative measurement of NAE derived from the nasal acceleration signals.

Results

Correlation between the nasal acceleration energy measure and the measured nasal airflow was high (
r =
.87). Correlation between the measure and auditory-perceptual ratings was moderate (
r =
.49).

Conclusion
The measure presented here is quantitative and noninvasive, and the required hardware is inexpensive ($150). Future studies will include speakers with a wider range of NAE severity and etiology, including cleft palate, hearing impairment, or dysarthria. Further development will also involve validation of the measure against airflow measures across subjects.
Fremdheit – das Erleben von Männern, deren Partnerinnen nach der Geburt eines Babys psychisch erkranken
Authors: Roebers Sabine , Razum Oliver , Makowsky Katja 
Published: September 2016

Zusammenfassung
Anliegen Wie erleben Partner postpartal psychisch erkrankter Frauen die Erkrankung und psychiatrische Versorgung?
Methode Narrativ-biografische Interviews mit 13 Partnern. Analyse mittels Grounded-Theory-Methodologie.
Ergebnisse Fremdheit dominiert das Erleben der Partner in den Bereichen Beziehung zur Partnerin, Wahrnehmung der psychischen Störung sowie der psychiatrischen Versorgung.
Schlussfolgerung Empfehlenswert sind die stärkere Berücksichtigung der Bedürfnisse der Partner sowie ihr Einbezug in die Behandlung der Partnerin zur Unterstützung des Familiensystems.
Harnessing adolescent values to motivate healthier eating
Authors: Bryan Christopher J. , Yeager David S. , Hinojosa Cintia P. , Chabot Aimee , Bergen Holly , Kawamura Mari , Steubing Fred 
Published: September 2016

Significance
Behavioral science has rarely offered effective strategies for changing adolescent health behavior. One limitation of previous approaches may be an overemphasis on long-term health outcomes as the focal source of motivation. The present research uses a rigorous randomized trial to evaluate an approach that aligns healthy behavior with values about which adolescents already care: feeling like a socially conscious, autonomous person worthy of approval from one’s peers. It improved the health profile of snacks and drinks participants chose in an ostensibly unrelated context and did so because it caused adolescents to construe the healthy behavior as being aligned with prominent adolescent values. This suggests a route to an elusive result: effective motivation for adolescent behavior change.
How the accusative became the relative
Authors: Fortescue Michael 
Published: September 2016

AbstractThe Eskimo-Uralic hypothesis of a genetic link between Eskimo-Aleut and the Uralic languages is now reaching its second centenary. Two major problems with its advancement sinceBergsland’s (1959)summary of its status are addressed in this article. The first of these is the lack of an obvious correlate of the ubiquitous Eskimo-Aleut (EA) relative case marker -min Uralic; the other is the lack of anm-initial first person singular morpheme in EA to correlate with that of the Uralic languages. That the EA singular genitive/relative marker -m— as well as the instrumental/accusative singular -məkbased on it — might be cognate with Uralic singular accusative -mwas suggested already bySauvageot (1953), but no firm conclusion on the matter has since been reached. This has remained a tantalizing possibility, despite the conflicting semantics. However, the remarkable morphosyntactic parallels between Eskimo-Aleut and Samoyedic in particular have grown more apparent with recent publications. A solution is proposed, linking the emergence of ergativity in the Eskimo-Aleut family with a reanalysis of the original nominative-accusative case marking system.
Gothic evidence for the pronunciation of Greek in the fourth century AD
Authors: Leppänen Ville 
Published: September 2016

Abstract
The Gothic Bible offers valuable secondary evidence for the pronunciation of Greek in the fourth century AD. However, inferences based on such data may result in a vicious circle, as the interpretation of Gothic is, to a great extent, dependent on the historical details of contemporary Greek. I show that a circular argument can be avoided by using a novel method, which is based on the comparison of transcription correspondences of Greek loan words and biblical names occurring in the Greek original and the Gothic version. I test the method by applying it to three example cases. The first concerns the aspirated stops φ, θ, χ: Gothic evidence confirms the fricativization of these stops. The second case concerns the potential fricativization of voiced stops β, δ, γ: the results are inconclusive, which is an important finding, since this shows that Gothic cannot be used as evidence for the fricativization of these stops. The third case concerns front vowels: Gothic evidence confirms the coalescence of αι and ε on the one hand, and ει and ῑ on the other, while it also indicates that η was not (yet) pronounced as [iː] in the fourth century AD.
Leaving-home transition and later parent–child relationships: proximity and contact in Italy
Authors: Tosi Marco 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACT
Previous research points out that early life-course transitions affect subsequent parent–child relationships. This study examines the association between the leaving-home transition and later parent–child relations in Italy, by taking into account different timings and reasons to move out of the parental home. Using pooled data from two waves (2003 and 2009) of the Family and Social Subject Survey, Ordered Logistic regression models were adopted to analyze residential proximity and face-to-face contact between parents and their adult children. The findings show that the longer the time adult children spent in their parents’ home, the higher the propensity to reside near, and maintain frequent interaction with parents in later life is. Spending longer time in the parental home seems to provide much less benefit for daughters than for sons. The positive association between co-residence duration and later parent–daughter relations decreases until disappearing in concomitance with the normative age for leaving home. Considering the reasons for leaving home, adult children moving out to get married tend to have more intense intergenerational ties. Marriage continues to be the normative occasion to leave the parental family, particularly among adult daughters, who are subject to greater cultural expectations about family ties.
ImmuneDB: a system for the analysis and exploration of high-throughput adaptive immune receptor sequencing data
Authors: Rosenfeld Aaron M , Meng Wenzhao , Luning Prak Eline T , Hershberg Uri 
Published: September 2016

Abstract

Summary
As high-throughput sequencing of B cells becomes more common, the need for tools to analyze the large quantity of data also increases. This article introduces ImmuneDB, a system for analyzing vast amounts of heavy chain variable region sequences and exploring the resulting data. It can take as input raw FASTA/FASTQ data, identify genes, determine clones, construct lineages, as well as provide information such as selection pressure and mutation analysis. It uses an industry leading database, MySQL, to provide fast analysis and avoid the complexities of using error prone flat-files.

Availability and Implementation
ImmuneDB is freely available at http://immunedb.com
A demo of the ImmuneDB web interface is available at: http://immunedb.com/demo

Supplementary information
Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Jianguo Hou: major reforms in China's S&T funding mechanisms
Authors: Poo Mu-ming , Wang Ling 
Published: September 2016

Abstract
In late June, the first batch of National Major R&D Projects was announced on the Public Service Platform of National Science and Technology Management Information System (http://service.most.gov.cn/index/). This signified a new round of major top-down reform of China's S&T program management reform, a reform generally considered to be unprecedented in both scope and depth. In line with rapid economic growth, China now produces more research articles than any other country except the USA, boasting the world's highest number of researchers (∼3.8 million). Yet, these impressive numbers are insufficient to meet the need for innovation in Chinese economy, which is still relying heavily on imported core technologies. The S&T program management has long been plagued by fragmentation, duplication and diffuseness, with widespread complaints by researchers on the lack of both openness and transparency in funding review processes. In a recent interview with NSR, the Vice Minister of Science and Technology Jianguo Hou elaborated upon the new reform of S&T program management that aims to address many of these problems, and new polices that impact on how research will be conducted in China.
Joint analysis of area and thickness as a replacement for the analysis of cortical volume
Authors: Winkler Anderson M. , Greve Douglas N. , Bjuland Knut J. , Nichols Thomas E. , Sabuncu Mert R. , Håberg Asta K. , Skranes Jon , Rimol Lars M. 
Published: September 2016

AbstractCortical surface area is an increasingly used brain morphology metric that is ontogenetically and phylogenetically distinct from cortical thickness and offers a separate index of neurodevelopment and disease. However, the various existing methods for assessment of cortical surface area from magnetic resonance images have never been systematically compared. We show that the surface area method implemented in FreeSurfer corresponds closely to the exact, but computationally more demanding, mass-conservative (pyc-nophylactic) method, provided that images are smoothed. Thus, the data produced by this method can be interpreted as estimates of cortical surface area, as opposed to areal expansion. In addition, focusing on the joint analysis of thickness and area, we compare an improved, analytic method for measuring cortical volume to a permutation based non-parametric combination (NPC) method. We use the methods to analyse area, thickness and volume in young adults born preterm with very low birth weight, and show that NPC analysis is a more sensitive option for studying joint effects on area and thickness, giving equal weight to variation in both of these two morphological features.
Metagenomic sequencing of dung beetle intestinal contents directly detects and identifies mammalian fauna
Authors: Gillett Conrad P.D.T. , Johnson Andrew J. , Barr Iain , Hulcr Jiri 
Published: September 2016

SummaryCost, time, and expertise constraints limit traditional observation-based comprehensive biodiversity assessment. Therefore, surrogate focal taxa representative of wider biodiversity are commonly used as an imperfect ‘proxy’. Contemporary biodiversity assessments are also increasingly benefiting from the combination of high-throughput sequencing and metagenomic methodologies that enable identification of environmental DNA samples. However, there is a need for empirical studies combining the use of surrogate taxa with metagenomic approaches, that promise rapid and efficient biodiversity assessment.We here tested for the first time the possibility of using the intestinal contents of wild-collected dung beetles (Scarabaeidae) as a source of mammalian DNA, in a metagenomics proof-of-concept approach to directly detect and identify mammals from an area of savanna-scrub in southern Africa. Dung beetles have been purveyed as an indirect proxy measure of mammalian diversity, owing to their dependence upon vertebrate dung as a food source, and the ease with which they can be comprehensively sampled using simple and repeatable trapping protocols, achievable much faster than vertebrate surveys.Following shotgun sequencing of gut content DNA extractions from ten dung beetle species, we usedin silicofilters to identify mammals by searching the resulting reads against known mammalian mitochondrial DNA from online sequence repositories, matching 546 paired reads to known mitogenomes held in GenBank, and 634 reads to known mammal barcode sequences held in BOLD. Identified mammalian sequences were consistent with wild and domesticated ungulates known from the sampling site, and included blue wildebeest, plains zebra, and domestic cattle and goat. Four dung beetle samples yielded sufficient sequence data to successfully assemble the near-complete mitogenome of blue wildebeest at up to 21 X mean coverage, despite low initial DNA concentrations, unambiguously corroborating identification.It is conceptually and practically possible to rapidly and economically apply metagenomic techniques in dung beetle gut sequencing to detect the presence of mammals upon whose dung the beetles have fed. Since the approach can be readily scaled up, it may prove to be of practical use as a complement to traditional biodiversity assessment methods, and should be tested in usefulness for detecting rare, endangered or cryptic mammal species.
Consumers, Norwegian food and belonging: a qualitative study
Authors: Roos Gun Mikaela , Hansen Kai Victor , Skuland Aase Vorre 
Published: September 2016

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into considerations underlying consumers’ perceptions of Norwegian food and to examine what the concept of belonging can add to the understanding of national food.

Design/methodology/approach
Two-stage qualitative research design, where data were first collected by in-store interviews with 100 customers in 30 different food retail stores (supermarkets, low discount and specialty stores) in three areas in Norway (East, West and Mid). This was followed by four focus groups with consumers (n=34) in two areas (East and West).

Findings
The consumers perceived Norwegian food as having two main dimensions: foods grown and produced in Norway and dishes belonging to traditional cuisine. These two dimensions could coexist and foods that embodied both aspects were higher on a scale of national identity. Perceptions of Norwegian food reflected context, food category and consumer group. The findings support the use of the concept of belonging. Emotional belonging was mainly expressed by the consumers when talking about traditional dishes and Norwegian cuisine, whereas politics of belonging had to do with supporting domestic agriculture and especially produce that has been traditionally grown in Norway.

Research limitations/implications
The findings may have implications for product differentiation and marketing.

Originality/value
This study adds the concept of belonging to the existing literature on consumers, food and place.
Design optimization of Halbach array permanent magnet motor to achieve sensorless performance using genetic algorithm
Authors: Caner Murat , Gerada Chris , Asher Greg , Özer Tolga 
Published: September 2016

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate Halbach array effects in surface mounted permanent magnet machine (SMPM) in terms of both self-sensing and torque capabilities. A comparison between a conventional SMPM, which has radially magnetized rotor, and a Halbach machine has been carried out.

Design/methodology/approach
The geometric parameters of the two machines have been optimized using genetic algorithm (GA) with looking Pareto. The performance of the machines’ geometry has been calculated by finite element analysis (FEA) software, and two parametric machine models have been realized in Matlab coupled with the FEA and GA toolboxes. Outer volume of the machine, thus copper loss per volume has been kept constant. The Pareto front approach, which simultaneously considers looks two aims, has been used to provide the trade-off between the torque and sensorless performances.

Findings
The two machines’ results have been compared separately for each loading condition. According to the results, the superiority of the Halbach machine has been shown in terms of sensorless capability compromising torque performance. Additionally, this paper shows that the self-sensing properties of a SMPM machine should be considered at the design stage of the machine.

Originality/value
A Halbach machine design optimization has been presented using Pareto optimal set which provides a trade-off comparison between two aims without using weightings. These are sensorless performance and torque capability. There is no such a work about sensorless capability of the Halbach type SMPM in the literature.