bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The role of text type and strategy use in L2 lexical inferencing
Authors: Shen Ming-yueh 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
This study aimed to determine as to whether or not the text type and strategy usage affect the EFL learners’ lexical inferencing performance. The participants were comprised of 87 first-year English majors at a technical university. Data were collected from (1) a lexical inferencing test with excerpts of narrative and expository texts, for which both multiple-choice and definition tasks were designed, respectively, and then (2) the responses from the learners’ self-reported strategy usage. The quantitative analyses demonstrated that the text types significantly affected the EFL learners’ lexical inferencing performance, in which the EFL learners performed better for the narrative excerpt than for the expository texts. However, significant coefficients between the strategy use and the lexical inferencing performance were not found in this study. The results further implied that the text structure and the lexical inferencing strategies should be explicitly taught to the EFL learners.
The effectiveness of corrective feedback for the acquisition of L2 pragmatics: An eight month investigation
Authors: Nguyen Minh Thi Thuy , Do H.T. , Pham T.T. , Nguyen A.T. 
Published: May 2017

AbstractThis study investigates effects of pragmatics-focused instruction using different types of written corrective feedback (CF) on the development of pragmatic competence of Vietnamese learners of English as a foreign language. Five intermediate-level groups of learners who were learning syntactic downgraders for mitigating their email requests were randomly assigned to either the control or one of the four treatment conditions: instruction + clarification requests, instruction + recasts, instruction + metapragmatic feedback, and instruction + explicit correction. The performance of the treatment groups on a DCT pre-test, immediate post-test, and two follow-up tests at one and eight months after the treatments was compared with that of a control group who received only routine instruction. Results showed that the four treatment groups performed significantly better than the control group when measured at all three post-tests, but there was no difference among the treatment groups in their post-treatment scores.
Developing EFL learners’ morphological awareness: Instructional effect, teachability of affixes, and learners’ perception
Authors: Lin Ming-Fang 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Morphological instruction has been proved to be facilitative of second language learners’ vocabulary learning. However, studies on the effect of teaching affixes on Chinese EFL learners’ vocabulary learning were relatively less explored. Therefore, this study was aimed at investigating the effect of teaching six affixes on Chinese EFL learners’ vocabulary learning, the teachability of affixes, and the learners’ perception toward the instruction. The participants were 40 seventh-graders from two intact classes in a junior high school in southern Taiwan. One class of 20 students served as the control group, and the other class of 20 students was assigned as the experimental group to receive the six-session training of affixes. Instruments were a morpheme identification task, a vocabulary translation test, students’ learning journals, and a questionnaire of perception toward the instruction. The results indicated the positive effect of instruction on the experimental group’s receptive learning of the affixes. In addition, the data also showed the students’ positive perception toward morphological instruction. This study concluded with theoretical implications for future studies and pedagogical implications for teaching affixes.
Accounting for the asymmetrical interpretation of thematic and non-thematic verbs in L2 English
Authors: Kong Stano 
Published: May 2017

AbstractThis study presents data from an experiment on the interpretation of thematic and non-thematic verbs in second language (L2) English by three groups of adult native Chinese speakers and a group of native English speakers. English allows non-thematic verbs to raise but requires thematic verbs to remainin-situ. In contrast, neither thematic nor non-thematic verbs are allowed to raise in Chinese. The results indicate that there is a discrepancy between native and non-native mental representations of the grammars concerned; whereas native grammars require English thematic verbs to remainin-situbut allow non-thematic verbs to raise, neither thematic nor non-thematic verbs are allowed to raise in learners L2 English grammars. Results of the study argue against theValueless Features Hypothesis(Eubank 1993/94. On the transfer of parametric values in L2 development.Language Acquisition3. 183–208, 1994. Optionality and the initial state in L2 development. In T. Hoekstra & B. Schwartz (eds),Language acquisition studies in generative grammar: Papers in Honour of Kenneth Wexler from the 1991 GLOW Workshop, 369–388. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1996. Negation in early German-English interlanguage: More valueless features in the L2 initial state.Second Language Research12. 73–106.), which posits that the L1 syntactic features of INFL are initially inert and are not transferred. Instead, the results support theInterpretability Hypothesis(Tsimpli and Dimitrakopoulou 2007. The interpretability hypothesis: Evidence from wh-interrogatives in second language acquisition.Second Language Research23. 215–242.), which argues for the inaccessibility of uninterpretable syntactic features beyond a critical period. In particular, it is argued that uninterpretable syntactic features not selected during early stages of primary language acquisition become inaccessible in subsequent language acquisition. The results suggest that there may be cases where apparent target-like performance conceals non-target-like underlying competence.
A note on properties of the restriction operator on Sobolev spaces
Authors: Hewett David P. , Moiola Andrea 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
In our companion paper [3] we studied a number of different Sobolev spaces on a general (non-Lipschitz) open subset Ω of

ℝ
n

{\mathbb{R}^{n}}

, defined as closed subspaces of the classical Bessel potential spaces

H
s

⁢

(

ℝ
n

)

{H^{s}(\mathbb{R}^{n})}

for

s
∈
ℝ

{s\in\mathbb{R}}

.
These spaces are mapped by the restriction operator to certain spaces of distributions on Ω.
In this note we make some observations about the relation between these spaces of global and local distributions.
In particular, we study conditions under which the restriction operator is or is not injective, surjective and isometric between given pairs of spaces.
We also provide an explicit formula for minimal norm extension (an inverse of the restriction operator in appropriate spaces) in a special case.
Review. Anticoagulant Therapy in Sepsis. The Importance of Timing
Authors: Scarlatescu Ecaterina , Tomescu Dana , Arama Sorin Stefan 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Sepsis associated coagulopathy is due to the inflammation-induced activation of coagulation pathways concomitant with dysfunction of anticoagulant and fibrinolytic systems, leading to different degrees of haemostasis dysregulation. This response is initially beneficial, contributing to antimicrobial defence, but when control is lost coagulation activation leads to widespread microvascular thrombosis and subsequent organ failure. Large clinical trials of sepsis-related anticoagulant therapies failed to show survival benefits, but posthoc analysis of databases and several smaller studies showed beneficial effects of anticoagulants in subgroups of patients with early sepsis-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation. A reasonable explanation could be the difference in timing of anticoagulant therapy and patient heterogeneity associated with large trials. Proper selection of patients and adequate timing are required for treatment to be successful. The time when coagulation activation changes from advantageous to detrimental represents the right moment for the administration of coagulation-targeted therapy. In this way, the defence function of the haemostatic system is preserved, and the harmful effects of overwhelming coagulation activation are avoided.
Case Report. Non-Obvious, Post-Traumatic, Life-Threatening Bleeding in Two Elderly Patients
Authors: Carretero Rafael García 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
The main complication of anticoagulant therapy is major bleeding. Clinicians are usually aware of these side effects and are careful when managing the therapeutic range of vitamin K antagonist drugs. But major bleeding, while lifethreatening, can be overlooked if there are no visible signs of bleeding. Two cases are described in which inaccurate diagnoses lead to inadequate treatment.
Universal statistical steganalytic method
Authors: Broda Martin , Hajduk Vladimír , Levický Dušan 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Novel image steganalytic method used to detection of secret message in static images is introduced in this paper. This method is based on statistical steganalysis (SS), where statistical vector is composed by 285 statistical features (parameters) extracted from DCT (Discrete Cosine Transformation) domain and 46 features extracted mainly from DWT (Discrete Wavelet Transformation) domain. Classification process was realized by Ensemble classifier that was helpful in reduction of computational and time complexity. Proposed steganalytic method was verified by detection of popular image steganographic methods. Novel method was also compared with existing steganalytic methods by overall detection accuracy of a secret message.
Simulation of cooling efficiency via miniaturised channels in multilayer LTCC for power electronics
Authors: Pietrikova Alena , Girasek Tomas , Lukacs Peter , Welker Tilo , Müller Jens 
Published: May 2017

AbstractThe aim of this paper is detailed investigation of thermal resistance, flow analysis and distribution of coolant as well as thermal distribution inside multilayer LTCC substrates with embedded channels for power electronic devices by simulation software. For this reason four various structures of internal channels in the multilayer LTCC substrates were designed and simulated. The impact of the volume flow, structures of channels, and power loss of chip was simulated, calculated and analyzed by using the simulation software Mentor Graphics FloEFDTM. The structure, size and location of channels have the significant impact on thermal resistance, pressure of coolant as well as the effectivity of cooling power components (chips) that can be placed on the top of LTCC substrate. The main contribution of this paper is thermal analyze, optimization and impact of 4 various cooling channels embedded in LTCC multilayer structure. Paper investigate, the effect of volume flow in cooling channels for achieving the least thermal resistance of LTCC substrate that is loaded by power thermal chips. Paper shows on the impact of the first chips thermal load on the second chip as well as. This possible new technology could ensure in the case of practical realization effective cooling and increasing reliability of high power modules.
Analysis and comparison of end effects in linear switched reluctance and hybrid motors
Authors: Barhoumi El Manaa , Abo-Khalil Ahmed Galal , Berrouche Youcef , Wurtz Frederic 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
This paper presents and discusses the longitudinal and transversal end effects which affects the propulsive force of linear motors. Generally, the modeling of linear machine considers the forces distortion due to the specific geometry of linear actuators. The insertion of permanent magnets on the stator allows improving the propulsive force produced by switched reluctance linear motors. Also, the inserted permanent magnets in the hybrid structure allow reducing considerably the ends effects observed in linear motors. The analysis was conducted using 2D and 3D finite elements method. The permanent magnet reinforces the flux produced by the winding and reorients it which allows modifying the impact of end effects. Presented simulations and discussions show the importance of this study to characterize the end effects in two different linear motors.
Structure and magnetic properties of powdered and compacted FeNi alloys
Authors: Olekšáková Denisa , Kollár Peter , Füzer Ján 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
The crystalline ferromagnetic alloys are known as materials with excellent soft magnetic properties. These alloys have been intensive studied during last decades due to their mechanical and magnetic properties and they are challenge for scientists to extend research of these materials with the aim to broaden their technical applications. FeNi based alloys exhibit very good soft magnetic properties with near-to-zero magnetostriction. This property renders this material as a potential candidate for a differently of industrial applications.
Skew-morphisms of cyclic p-groups
Authors: Kovács István , Nedela Roman 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Let G be a finite group having a factorisation

G
=

A
⁢
B

{G=AB}

into
subgroups A and B with B cyclic and

A
∩
B

=
1

A\cap B=1

,
and let b be a generator of B. The associated skew-morphism is the bijective mapping

f
:

A
→
A

{f:A\to A}

well-defined by the equality

b
⁢
a
⁢
B

=

f
⁢

(
a
)

⁢
B

{baB=f(a)B}

, where

a
∈
A

{a\in A}

. In this paper, we shall classify all skew-morphisms of cyclic p-groups, where p is an odd prime.
A secure anonymous proxy signcryption scheme
Authors: Saraswat Vishal , Sahu Rajeev Anand , Awasthi Amit K. 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
We introduce a new cryptographic primitive identity-based anonymous proxy
signcryption which provides anonymity to the proxy sender while
also providing a mechanism to the original sender to expose the
identity of the proxy sender in case of misuse. We introduce a
formal definition of an identity-based anonymous proxy signcryption
(IBAPS) scheme and give a security model for it. We also construct
an IBAPS scheme and prove its security under the discrete logarithm
assumption and computational Diffie–Hellman assumption. Moreover,
we do an efficiency comparison with the existing identity-based
signcryption schemes and anonymous signcryption schemes and show
that our scheme is much more efficient than those schemes, we also
compare the efficiency of our scheme with the available proxy
signcryption schemes and show that our scheme provides anonymity to
the proxy sender at cost less than those of existing proxy
signcryption schemes.
Comprehensive Polling and Scheduling Mechanism for Long Reach Gigabit Passive Optical Network
Authors: Butt Rizwan A. , Idrus Sevia M. , Rehman Shahid-Ur , Shah Pir Meher Ali , Zulkifli Nadiatulhuda 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Dynamic bandwidth assignment (DBA) schemes for long reach PONs face a suffer from higher upstream channel idle time due to long round trip time (RTT). In ITU PONs, the DBA schemes; Immediate allocation with colorless grant (IACG), Efficient bandwidth utilization (EBU) and GPON redundancy eraser algorithm (GREAL) minimize idle time by sending bandwidth grants to the optical network units (ONUs) every downstream frame (DF). EBU further improves IACG by utilizing unused bandwidth (UBW) of other traffic classes. Sending the grant results every DF requires optical line terminal (OLT) to remember all previous grants sent to ONU during RTT and subtract them from the received queue reports. Since, both IACG and EBU assign the excess bandwidth equally to ONUs. Therefore, the OLT is actually not aware of the complete grant to each traffic class and thus do not subtract these completely from receiving reports. This leads to wastage of bandwidth and higher US delays due to over granting. GREAL resolves this problem by not utilizing the excess bandwidth which also leads to increased US delays. The proposed scheme in this study eliminates this shortcoming by allocating excess bandwidth to each traffic class completely at the OLT. Moreover, the UBW assignment mechanism of EBU is also improved. Simulation results show a 50–85 % reduction in delays of type-2 (T2) and type-3 (T3) traffic classes versus GREAL and IACG and up to 40 % reduction in delays for type-4 (T4) versus EBU.
Excellent Quality Factor Ultra-Compact Optical Communication Filter on Ring-Shaped Cavity
Authors: Naghizade S. , Sattari-Esfahlan S. M. 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
In this paper, we propose a high-quality factor (QF) ultra-compact structure for designing all optical filter based on two dimensional (2D) photonic crystals that can operate in third communication window range (1550 nm). The simulation results calculated by using 2D finite difference time domain (FDTD) method and photonic band gap (PBG) region are calculated by plane wave expansion (PWE) method. The average transmission efficiency, average QF and optical full width at half maximum (FWHM) bandwidth more than 95 %, 4300 and 0.4 nm obtained, respectively. The value of QF for the proposed structure is a major QF for ring resonator-based filters. We studied the effect of changing the air background to liquid crystal (LC) surrounding the dielectric rods. Results showed that by increasing LC refractive index (n) peak of wavelengths red shifted. The footprint of proposed filter is 160
${{\mu}}{{\rm{m}}^{\rm{2}}}$ which make the proposed structure promising candidate for optical integrated circuits.
The New Paternalism as Intercultural Management Mode in the Relocated Businesses in Central Europe
Authors: Bogalska-Martin Ewa 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Since twenty years, many Western firms in search of new markets and labour force cheaper, relocate their production units to countries of Central Europe, Asia or South America. Faced with the problem of transfer of know-how and technical training in new cultural contexts, they develop the methods of HRM which aim their employees loyalty, and raise the skills of labour to produce in context of respectful very demanding standards. In this article we will analyze strategies that apply not only to employees but also their families, and more generally to the local environment and which suggest a return to paternalism skilfully renovated in terms of «corporate social responsibility of firms».
Organizational Culture in Mergers and Acquisitions
Authors: Chmielecki Michał , Sułkowski Łukasz 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Mergers are a very important aspect of corporate growth. But so many mergers fail to achieve their aim. A lot of mergers won’t produce value for the acquiring firms. Evidence and surveys have shown that corporate culture is very important for the success of mergers and acquisitions. This evidence also points to the fact that cultural differences are a very important factor that could lead to failures in mergers. Currently there is not much empirical evidence or theory on the importance of cultural differences for the performance of mergers and acquisitions. Though, there is a growing rate of interest in this area.
Association Between Two Common Polymorphisms of Vitamin D Binding Protein and the Risk of Coronary Artery Disease: a Case-Control Study
Authors: Tarighi Shahriar , Najafi Mahdi , Hossein-Nezhad Arash , Ghaedi Hamid , Meshkani Reza , Moradi Nariman , Fadaei Reza , Kazerouni Faranak , Shanaki Mehrnoosh 
Published: May 2017

Summary
Background: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is one of the most widespread non-communicable diseases. Vitamin Dbinding protein (VDBP) and its genetic poly morphisms have been highlighted as the susceptible components for CAD. The aim of the present study was to examine the association of VDBP single nucleotide poly morphisms (SNPs) - rs7041 and rs4588 - with CAD susceptibility among the Iranian population. Methods: A total of 143 men with CAD and 145 healthy age-sex matched controls underwent genotyping for the - rs7041 and rs4588 polymorphisms using the polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method. Serum level of 25(OH)D was assayed using microplate colorimetric enzyme immunoassay. Results: We found a significant association between GG genotype (rs7041) and CAD (p=0.02, OR=0.537 95% CI =0.306-0.944). Regarding rs4588 polymorphism, a significant difference was observed in which the CA genotype (p=0.00032, OR=2.578, 95% CI=1.579-4.208) and allele A (P=0.028, OR=1.491, 95% CI=1.043-2.132) were significantly higher in CAD patients compared to controls. In spite of lower serum levels of 25(OH)D in CAD patients, we found no significant association between these SNPs and Vitamin D serum concentrations. Conclusion: We concluded that VDBP polymorphisms affect the susceptibility to CAD in Iranian men. Therefore, further studies are required to clarify the association of VDBP phenotypes and its serum levels with CAD.
Laboratory Information System – Where are we Today?
Authors: Lukić Vera 
Published: May 2017

SummaryWider implementation of laboratory information systems (LIS) in clinical laboratories in Serbia has been initiated ten years ago. The first LIS in the Railway Health Care Institute has been implemented nine years ago. Before the LIS was initiated, manual admission procedures limited daily output of patients. Moreover, manual entering of patients data and ordering tests on analyzers was problematic and time consuming. After completing tests, laboratory personnel had to write results in patient register (with potential errors) and provide invoices for health insurance organisation. First LIS brought forward some advantages with regards to these obstacles, but it also showed various weaknesses. These can be summarised in rigidity of system and inability to fulfil user expectation. After 4 years of use, we replaced this system with another LIS. Hence, the main aim of this paper is to evaluate advant ages of using LIS in laboratory of the Railway Health Care Institute and also to discuss further possibilities for its application. After implementing LIS, admission procedure has proven to be much faster. LIS enabled electronic requests, barcoded specimens prevent identification errors, bidirectional interface replaces redundant data entry steps, QC data are transferred automatically, results are electronically validated and automatically archived in data base, billing information is transferred electronically, and more. We also use some advanced options, like delta check, HIL feature, quality indicators and various types of reports. All steps in total testing process are drastically improved after the implementation of LIS, which had a positive impact on the quality of issued laboratory results. However, we expect development of some new features in the future, for example auto-verification and inventory management. On the example of the laboratory of the Railway Health Care Institute, we show that it is crucial that laboratory specialists have the main role in defining desirable characteristics of LIS which institution aims to buy. This paper suggests that the main feature of LIS should be the flexibility of system and capability of adjustment to user needs and requests.
Association study of LIN28B in girls with precocious puberty
Authors: Chen Yen-Chun , Chen Li-Min , Lin Hung-Hsun , Chen Bai-Hsiun , Chao Mei-Chyn , Hsiao Hui-Pin 
Published: May 2017

AbstractBackground:Central precocious puberty (CPP), predominant in girls, is defined by early development of secondary sexual characteristics driven by the early secretion of hypothalamic gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) and subsequent gonadotropin. Recent studies have shown variation in theMethods:This study attempted to investigate the relation between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) inResults:We found genotype frequencies in rs314276 and rs221634 were significantly correlated with girls with CPP; while the C allele frequency in rs314276 showed the dominant trait. Standard deviation score (SDS) of weight and body mass index (BMI) were higher in CC homozygotes of rs314276 in girls with CPP.Conclusions:Our results demonstrate that the genotype of rs314276 in