bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Transcriptomic analysis, genic SSR development, and genetic diversity of proso millet (Panicum miliaceum; Poaceae)
Authors: Hou Siyu , Sun Zhaoxia , Li Yaoshen , Wang Yijie , Ling Hubin , Xing Guofang , Han Yuanhuai , Li Hongying 
Published: July 2017

Premise of the study:Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum; Poaceae) is a minor crop with good nutritional qualities and strong tolerance to drought stress and soil infertility. However, studies on genetic diversity have been limited due to a lack of efficient genetic markers.Methods:Illumina sequencing technology was used to generate short read sequences of proso millet, and de novo transcriptome assemblies were used to develop a de novo assembly of proso millet. Genic simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers were identified and used to detect polymorphism among 56 accessions. Population structure and genetic similarity coefficient were estimated.Results:In total, 25,341 unique gene sequences and 4724 SSR loci were obtained from the transcriptome, of which 229 pairs of SSR primers were validated, which resulted in 14 polymorphic genic SSR primers exhibiting 43 total alleles. According to the ratio of polymorphic markers (6.1%, 14/229), there are potentially 288 polymorphic genic SSR markers available for genetic assay development in the future. Bayesian population analyses showed that the 56 accessions comprised two distinct groups.Discussion:A genetic structure and cluster assay indicated that the accessions from the Loess Plateau of China shared a high genetic similarity coefficient with those from other regions and that there was no correlation between genetic diversity and geographic origin. The transcriptome sequencing data and millet‐specific SSR markers developed in this study establish an excellent resource for gene discovery and may improve the development of breeding programs in proso millet in the future.
The Spiral Arm Segments of the Galaxy within 3 kpc from the Sun: A Statistical Approach
Authors: Griv Evgeny , Jiang Ing-Guey , Hou Li-Gang 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
As can be reasonably expected, upcoming large-scale APOGEE, GAIA, GALAH, LAMOST, and WEAVE stellar spectroscopic surveys will yield rather noisy Galactic distributions of stars. In view of the possibility of employing these surveys, our aim is to present a statistical method to extract information about the spiral structure of the Galaxy from currently available data, and to demonstrate the effectiveness of this method. The model differs from previous works studying how objects are distributed in space in its calculation of the statistical significance of the hypothesis that some of the objects are actually concentrated in a spiral. A statistical analysis of the distribution of cold dust clumps within molecular clouds, H ii regions, Cepheid stars, and open clusters in the nearby Galactic disk within 3 kpc from the Sun is carried out. As an application of the method, we obtain distances between the Sun and the centers of the neighboring Sagittarius arm segment, the Orion arm segment in which the Sun is located, and the Perseus arm segment. Pitch angles of the logarithmic spiral segments and their widths are also estimated. The hypothesis that the collected objects accidentally form spirals is refuted with almost 100% statistical confidence. We show that these four independent distributions of young objects lead to essentially the same results. We also demonstrate that our newly deduced values of the mean distances and pitch angles for the segments are not too far from those found recently by Reid et al. using VLBI-based trigonometric parallaxes of massive star-forming regions.
Orbital Elements and Stellar Parameters of the Active Binary UX Arietis
Authors: Hummel C. A. , Monnier J. D. , Roettenbacher R. M. , Torres G. , Henry G. W. , Korhonen H. , Beasley A. , Schaefer G. H. , Turner N. H. , Brummelaar T. Ten , Farrington C. D. , Sturmann J. , Sturmann L. , Baron F. , Kraus S. 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
Stellar activity observed as large surface spots, radio flares, or emission lines is often found in binary systems. UX Arietis exhibits these signs of activity, originating on the K0 subgiant primary component. Our aim is to resolve the binary, measure the orbital motion, and provide accurate stellar parameters such as masses and luminosities to aid in the interpretation of the observed phenomena. Using the CHARA six-telescope optical long-baseline array on Mount Wilson, California, we obtained amplitudes and phases of the interferometric visibility on baselines up to 330 m in length, resolving the two components of the binary. We reanalyzed archival Center for Astrophysics spectra to disentangle the binary component spectra and the spectrum of the third component, which was resolved by speckle interferometry. We also obtained new spectra with the Nordic Optical Telescope, and we present new photometric data that we use to model stellar surface spot locations. Both interferometric visibilities and spectroscopic radial velocities are modeled with a spotted primary stellar surface using the Wilson–Devinney code. We fit the orbital elements to the apparent orbit and radial velocity data to derive the distance (52.1 ± 0.8 pc) and stellar masses (

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. The equivalent spot coverage of the primary component was found to be 62% with an effective temperature 20% below that of the unspotted surface.
Magnetic-distortion-induced Ellipticity and Gravitational Wave Radiation of Neutron Stars: Millisecond Magnetars in Short GRBs, Galactic Pulsars, and Magnetars
Authors: Gao He , Cao Zhoujian , Zhang Bing 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
Neutron stars may sustain a non-axisymmetric deformation due to magnetic distortion and are potential sources of continuous gravitational waves (GWs) for ground-based interferometric detectors. With decades of searches using available GW detectors, no evidence of a GW signal from any pulsar has been observed. Progressively stringent upper limits of ellipticity have been placed on Galactic pulsars. In this work, we use the ellipticity inferred from the putative millisecond magnetars in short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs) to estimate their detectability by current and future GW detectors. For ∼1 ms magnetars inferred from the SGRB data, the detection horizon is ∼30 Mpc and ∼600 Mpc for the advanced LIGO (aLIGO) and Einstein Telescope (ET), respectively. Using the ellipticity of SGRB millisecond magnetars as calibration, we estimate the ellipticity and GW strain of Galactic pulsars and magnetars assuming that the ellipticity is magnetic-distortion-induced. We find that the results are consistent with the null detection results of Galactic pulsars and magnetars with the aLIGO O1. We further predict that the GW signals from these pulsars/magnetars may not be detectable by the currently designed aLIGO detector. The ET detector may be able to detect some relatively low-frequency signals (<50 Hz) from some of these pulsars. Limited by its design sensitivity, the eLISA detector seems to not be suitable for detecting the signals from Galactic pulsars and magnetars.
CARACTERIZAÇÃO FÍSICO-QUÍMICA E MICROBIOLÓGICA DA CARNE DO MOLUSCO BIVALVE SARNAMBI (Phacoides pectinitus) COLETADO NAS PRAIAS EM ALGODOAL E SALINÓPOLIS, NO PARÁ
Authors: Salles Priscila Brasil Dias , Macedo Yuri Bertolo , Figueiredo Elaine Lopes 
Published: July 2017

O Sarnambí (Lucina pectinata) é um molusco muito encontrado em praias paraenses, e possui grande aceitabilidade por parte de seus consumidores. No entanto, poucas pesquisas foram realizadas visando conhecer suas caracterisiticas físico-quimicas e higiênico-sanitárias Assim, este trabalho objetivou avaliar as caracterisiticas físico-químicas e microbiologica da carne do sarnambí coletada na praia da Lua Cheia, localizada na Ilha de Algodoal (Amostra A) e praia do Paraíso na Vila de Cuiarana, município de Salinópolis (Amostras B), no Estado do Pará, e realizar um levantamento sobre o método de extração da carne deste molusco. Foram determinados os niveis de umidade, proteínas, lipídeos, colesterol, resíduo mineral fixo, carboidrato, valor calórico, pH, bases nitrogenadas voláteis totais, e minerais (ferro, cobre, magnésio, manganês, zinco e potássio) para a caracterização físico-química. As análises microbiologicas foram: contagem padrão de aeróbias mesófilas, contagem de fungos filamentosos e leveduras, Coliformes Totais e Termotolerantes, Staphylococcus aureus, pesquisa de Salmonella e Clostridim Sulfito Redutores. Os resultados das análises físico-química demonstraram que este alimento é considerado uma fonte expressiva de proteína, e baixos índices de lipídeos e valor calórico. Não houve contaminação por Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella e Clostridium Sulfito Redutores em nenhuma das amostras avaliadas, o que garante dizer que as mesmas encontram-se dentro dos padrões de qualidade e de acordo com a legislação vigente. Entretanto, houve contaminação em todas as amostras avaliadas de bactérias aeróbias mesófilas, fungos filamentosos e leveduras, e Coliformes Totais e Termotolerantes, confirmando a falta de cuidados higiênico-sanitários dos manipuladores e dos utensílios envolvidos no beneficiamento do alimento.
Diet Composition, Feeding Periodicity, and Prey Selection of Slimy Sculpin During Winter
Authors: Johnson James H. , Chalupnicki Marc A. , Abbett Ross 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus is an important component of the benthic ichthyofauna of many lakes and streams in the northern latitudes of North America. Although considerable information exists on the feeding ecology of this species, there is essentially no information available on winter feeding. Consequently, we examined the winter feeding ecology of Slimy Sculpins in a central New York stream. Ephemeropterans (37.8%) and trichopterans (31.2%) were the primary prey taxa consumed in January. There was evidence of diel variation in diet composition, with ephemeropterans making up 24.1% of the diet at 0400 hours and 46.7% at 1600 hours and trichopterans contributing 22.7% at 1200 hours and 43.8% at 2000 hours. During winter, Slimy Sculpins selected chironomids (0.46) and trichopterans (0.43) and avoided coleopterans (−0.84) and nonchironomid dipterans (−0.67). Peak food consumption of Slimy Sculpins occurred at night. Winter feeding patterns of Slimy Sculpins in Grout Brook, a second-order tributary of Skaneateles Lake in central New York, contrasted sharply with observations from other studies carried out during other seasons. Our findings are a significant contribution on the winter feeding ecology of this important benthic species and illustrate the need for both diel and winter studies to fully understand life history characteristics.
Branded webserie como estrategia comunicativa. Estudio de caso de #EncuentraTuLugar
Authors: Segarra-Saavedra Jesús , Tur-Viñes Victoria , Del-Pino-Romero Cristina 
Published: July 2017

Hibridación y convergencia comunicativa fomentan nuevos formatos publicitarios en respuesta a una clara tendencia hacia el creciente consumo audiovisual, online y seriado. Se presenta el estudio de caso de la webserie española #EncuentraTuLugar como contenido comunicativo innovador en el sector inmobiliario con el objetivo de conocer las características distintivas de este formato, la percepción de los agentes involucrados y su impacto. Metodología: La triangulación metodológica fue necesaria para considerar las tres dimensiones del fenómeno: entrevistas en profundidad con creadores, productores y anunciantes; el análisis de contenido de las historias contenidas y el análisis cuantitativo de las interacciones sociales. Resultados y discusión: Los datos revelan la percepción positiva del anunciante y la agencia del rendimiento e identifican ventajas en la creación de contenidos digitales innovadores para mantener actualizados los canales de comunicación corporativos.
A Second Order Ghost Fluid Method for an Interface Problem of the Poisson Equation
Authors: Liu Cheng , Hu Changhong 
Published: July 2017

AbstractA second order Ghost Fluid method is proposed for the treatment of interface problems of elliptic equations with discontinuous coefficients. By appropriate use of auxiliary virtual points, physical jump conditions are enforced at the interface. The signed distance function is used for the implicit description of irregular domain. With the additional unknowns, high order approximation considering the discontinuity can be built. To avoid the ill-conditioned matrix, the interpolation stencils are selected adaptively to balance the accuracy and the numerical stability. Additional equations containing the jump restrictions are assembled with the original discretized algebraic equations to form a new sparse linear system. Several Krylov iterative solvers are tested for the newly derived linear system. The results of a series of 1-D, 2-D tests show that the proposed method possesses second order accuracy in L∞ norm. Besides, the method can be extended to the 3-D problems straightforwardly. Numerical results reveal the present method is highly efficient and robust in dealing with the interface problems of elliptic equations.
GPU-Accelerated LOBPCG Method with Inexact Null-Space Filtering for Solving Generalized Eigenvalue Problems in Computational Electromagnetics Analysis with Higher-Order FEM
Authors: Dziekonski A. , Rewienski M. , Sypek P. , Lamecki A. , Mrozowski M. 
Published: July 2017

AbstractThis paper presents a GPU-accelerated implementation of the Locally Optimal Block Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient (LOBPCG) method with an inexact nullspace filtering approach to find eigenvalues in electromagnetics analysis with higher-order FEM. The performance of the proposed approach is verified using the Kepler (Tesla K40c) graphics accelerator, and is compared to the performance of the implementation based on functions from the Intel MKL on the Intel Xeon (E5-2680 v3, 12 threads) central processing unit (CPU) executed in parallel mode. Compared to the CPU reference implementation based on the Intel MKL functions, the proposed GPU-based LOBPCG method with inexact nullspace filtering allowed us to achieve up to 2.9-fold acceleration.
A Moving Mesh Finite Difference Method for Non-Monotone Solutions of Non-Equilibrium Equations in Porous Media
Authors: Zhang Hong , Zegeling Paul Andries 
Published: July 2017

AbstractAn adaptive moving mesh finite difference method is presented to solve two types of equations with dynamic capillary pressure effect in porous media. One is the non-equilibrium Richards Equation and the other is the modified Buckley-Leverett equation. The governing equations are discretized with an adaptive moving mesh finite difference method in the space direction and an implicit-explicit method in the time direction. In order to obtain high quality meshes, an adaptive monitor function with directional control is applied to redistribute the mesh grid in every time step, then a diffusive mechanism is used to smooth the monitor function. The behaviors of the central difference flux, the standard local Lax-Friedrich flux and the local Lax-Friedrich flux with reconstruction are investigated by solving a 1D modified Buckley-Leverett equation. With the moving mesh technique, good mesh quality and high numerical accuracy are obtained. A collection of one-dimensional and two-dimensional numerical experiments is presented to demonstrate the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed method.
An Implicit Unified Gas Kinetic Scheme for Radiative Transfer with Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Diffusive Limits
Authors: Sun Wenjun , Jiang Song , Xu Kun 
Published: July 2017

AbstractThis paper is about the construction of a unified gas-kinetic scheme (UGKS) for a coupled system of radiative transport and material heat conduction with different diffusive limits. Different from the previous approach, instead of including absorption/emission only, the current method takes both scattering and absorption/emission mechanism into account in the radiative transport process. As a result, two asymptotic limiting solutions will appear in the diffusive regime. In the strong absorption/emission case, an equilibrium diffusion limit is obtained, where the system is mainly driven by a nonlinear diffusion equation for the equilibrium radiation and material temperature. However, in the strong scattering case, a non-equilibrium limit can be obtained, where coupled nonlinear diffusion system with different radiation and material temperature is obtained. In addition to including the scattering term in the transport equation, an implicit UGKS (IUGKS) will be developed in this paper as well. In the IUGKS, the numerical flux for the radiation intensity is constructed implicitly. Therefore, the conventional CFL constraint for the time step is released. With the use of a large time step for the radiative transport, it becomes possible to couple the IUGKS with the gas dynamic equations to develop an efficient numerical method for radiative hydrodynamics. The IUGKS is a valid method for all radiative transfer regimes. A few numerical examples will be presented to validate the current implicit method for both optical thin to optical thick cases.
Captación de agua de lluvia y niebla en la época de secas en la ciudad de Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Authors: Parada Molina Paulo César , Cervantes Pérez Juan 
Published: July 2017

Este trabajo evalúa la cantidad de agua de lluvia y niebla capturada y su relación con el consumo promedio a nivel vivienda en la ciudad de Xalapa, Veracruz (México) durante el periodo que va desde noviembre de 2012 a febrero de 2013. El agua de lluvia se cuantifica por medio de pluviómetros de balancín instalados en las azoteas de las casas y la niebla a través de un colector omnidireccional conocido comúnmente como colector de cuerda. Se observa que la cantidad de agua de lluvia captada mensualmente puede representar de un 20 a un 35% del consumo promedio mensual demostrando que la captación de agua pluvial es una alternativa de abastecimiento para satisfacer las necesidades a nivel doméstico en temporada de estiaje. En cuanto a la cantidad de niebla capturada sus valores son bajos aunque se debe resaltar la gran cantidad que la vegetación capta de manera natural.<p> </p>
Graphic Design in Urban Environments
Authors: Harland Robert 
Published: July 2017

Graphic Design in Urban Environments introduces the idea of a category of designed graphic objects that significantly contribute to the functioning of urban systems. These elements, smaller than buildings, are generally understood by urban designers to comprise such phenomena as sculpture, clock towers, banners, signs, large screens, the portrayal of images on buildings through “smart screens,” and other examples of what urban designers call “urban objects.” The graphic object as it is defined here also refers to a range of familiar things invariably named in the literature as maps, street numbers, route signs, bus placards, signs, architectural communication, commercial vernacular, outdoor publicity, lettering, banners, screens, traffic and direction signs and street furniture. One can also add markings of a sports pitch, lighting, bollards, even red carpets or well dressings.
By looking at the environment, and design and deconstructing form and context relationships, the defining properties and configurational patterns that make up graphic objects are shown in this book to link the smallest graphic detail (e.g. the number 16) to larger symbolic statements (e.g. the Empire State Building). From a professional design practice perspective, a cross section through type, typographic, graphic and urban design will provide a framework for considering the design transition between alphabets, writing systems, images (in the broadest sense) and environments.
Design and the Question of History
Authors: Fry Tony , Dilnot Clive , Stewart Susan C. 
Published: July 2017

Design and the Question of History is not a work of Design History. Rather, it is a mixture of mediation, advocacy and polemic that takes seriously the directive force of design as an historical actor in and upon the world. Understanding design as a shaper of worlds within which the political, ethical and historical character of human being is at stake, this text demands radically transformed notions of both design and history. Above all, the authors posit history as the generational site of the future. Blindness to history, it is suggested, blinds us both to possibility, and to the foreclosure of possibilities, enacted through our designing.
The text is not a resolved, continuous work, presented through one voice. Rather, the three authors cut across each other, presenting readers with the task of disclosing, to themselves, the commonalities, repetitions and differences within the deployed arguments, issues, approaches and styles from which the text is constituted. This is a work of friendship, of solidarity in difference, an act of cultural politics. It invites the reader to take a position – it seeks engagement over agreement.
The Design of Everyday Life
Authors: Shove Elizabeth , Watson Matthew , Hand Martin , Ingram Jack 
Published: July 2017

How do common household items such as basic plastic house wares or high-tech digital cameras transform our daily lives? The Design of Everyday Life considers this question in detail, from the design of products through to their use in the home.
Drawing on interviews with consumers themselves, the authors look at how everyday objects, ranging from screwdrivers to photo management software, are used on a practical level. Closely investigating the design, production and use of mass-market goods, the authors offer new interpretations of how consumers’ needs are met and manufactured. They examine the dynamic interaction of products with everyday practices.
The Design of Everyday Life presents a pathbreaking analysis of the sociology of objects, illuminating the connections between design and consumption.
The Graphic Art of the Underground
Authors: Lowey Ian , Prince Suzy 
Published: July 2017

The Graphic Art of the Underground: A Countercultural History takes the reader on a dazzling journey through the visual art and design of alternative and youth cultures from the 1950s to the present day.
Ian Lowey and Suzy Prince’s compelling account draws upon the work of an array of artistic figures - many of whose lives have proved as colourful as their work- such as Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth, Kenny ‘Von Dutch’ Howard, Robert Williams, Robert Crumb, Martin Sharp, Jamie Reid, Linder Sterling, Gee Vaucher, Winston Smith, Barney Bubbles, Mark Ryden, Shag, Camille Rose Garcia, Marion Peck and Pete Fowler among numerous others.
Becoming Human by Design
Authors: Fry Tony 
Published: July 2017

The last in Tony Fry’s celebrated trilogy of books continues his radical rethinking of design. Becoming Human by Design’s provocative argument presents a revised reading of human ‘evolution’ centred on ontological design.
Examining the relation of design to the nature of the human species - where the species came from, how it was created, what it became and its likely future - Fry asserts that current biological and social models of evolution are an insufficient explanation of how ‘we humans’ became what we are.
Making a case for ontological design as an evolutionary agency, the book posits the relation between the formation of the world of human fabrication and the making of mankind itself as indivisible. It also functions as a provocation to rethink the fate of Homo sapiens, recognising that all species are finite and that the fate of humankind turns on a fundamental Darwinian principle - adapt or die. Fry considers the nature of adaptation, arguing that it will depend on an ability to think and design in new ways.