bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A cost-effectiveness analysis of screening for intracranial aneurysms in persons with one first-degree relative with subarachnoid haemorrhage
Authors: Hopmans Esther M , Ruigrok Ynte M , Bor Anne SE , Rinkel Gabriel JE , Koffijberg Hendrik 
Published: October 2016

Introduction Although persons with one first-degree relative with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage have an increased risk of aneurysm formation and aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage, screening them for unruptured intracranial aneurysms was not beneficial in a modelling study from the 1990s. New data on the risk of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in these persons and improved treatment techniques call for reassessment of the cost-effectiveness of screening. Patients and methods We used a cost-effectiveness analysis using a Markov model and Monte Carlo simulation comparing screening and preventive aneurysm treatment with no screening in persons with one first-degree relative with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. We analyzed the impact on quality-adjusted life years, costs and net health benefit of single screening (at varying screening age) and serial screening (with varying screening age and intervals) using a cost-effectiveness threshold of €20,000/quality-adjusted life year. Results In 17 of the 24 strategies assessed, additional costs for screening for unruptured intracranial aneurysm were <€20,000 per quality-adjusted life year gained. The strategy with highest net health benefit was screening at age 40 and 55. Screening every five years from age 20 to 70 yielded the highest health benefits at the highest additional costs. Discussion Based on current risks of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage and complications of preventive treatment, several strategies to screen for unruptured intracranial aneurysm in persons with one first-degree relative with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage are cost effective compared with no screening, when applying a cost-effectiveness threshold of €20,000/quality-adjusted life year. Conclusion We recommend discussing with persons at risk the option of screening twice, at age 40 and 55, which will result overall in substantial health benefits at acceptable additional costs.
Unique but diverse: some observations on the formation, structure and morphology of halloysite
Authors: Jock Churchman G. , Pasbakhsh P. , Lowe D.J. , Theng B.K.G. 
Published: October 2016

AbstractNew insights from the recent literature are summarized and new data presented concerning the formation, structure and morphology of halloysite. Halloysite formation by weathering always requires the presence of water. Where substantial drying occurs, kaolinite is formed instead. Halloysite formation is favoured by a low pH. The octahedral sheet is positively charged at pH < ∼8, whereas the tetrahedral sheet is negatively charged at pH > ∼2. The opposing sheet charge would facilitate interlayer uptake of H2O molecules. When halloysite intercalates certain polar organic molecules, additional (hkl) reflections appear in the X-ray diffraction pattern, suggesting layer re-arrangement which, however, is dissimilar to that in kaolinite. Associated oxides and oxyhydroxides of Fe and Mn may limit the growth of halloysite particles as does incorporation of Fe into the structure. Particles of different shape and Fe content may occur within a given sample of halloysite.
A braided cancer river connects tumor heterogeneity and precision medicine
Authors: Hsieh James J. , Cheng Emily H. 
Published: October 2016

AbstractWith the ever‐increasing complexity of tumor heterogeneity (TH) discovered through cancer genome sequencing, it is apparent that TH has become the biggest hurdle for precision cancer therapeutics. Through studying the genomics of exceptional responders to targeted therapeutic agents in kidney cancer, we demonstrated parallel convergent gene/pathway/capability/function evolution of kidney cancer in the context of TH, which prompted us to propose a new cancer evolution model “the braided cancer river model”. Based on this model, we might be able to outsmart a given cancer type within an individual patient through simultaneously inhibiting preferred parallel pathways or sequential nodes. Thus, the goals of this perspective are to define tumor heterogeneity, discuss tumor evolution, introduce braided cancer river model, and improve precision medicine.
Complete Street Maintenance and Road Safety Improvement (Canada and USA Practices)
Authors: Нарбеков  , Narbekov M. 
Published: October 2016

The article represents North American practices of sustanable transportation modes prevalence, including pedestrian and
bycicle travel choices. This publication also adduces the definition of “Complete Streets”, describes the structure of Multimodal
Transportation Corridors, discloses the streetscaping advantages and environmental improuvements, subject to economy,
soicial and ecology сomponents, safety enhancement of community residences of all ages and abilities. Maximizing the safety
and security of all road users and mode-shifters is a fundamental objective of the urban planners and enironmental designers.
While transportation facilities are initially built to optimize safety, operating environments and user expectations can change
over time. Without additional preventative measures, undesirable conditions and behaviours can lead to property damages,
injuries and fatalities. These risks can be mitigated through multidisciplinary road safety strategies that use infrastructure,
operations and services to address road users, road environments and vehicles. Facilities and services for walking, cycling and
transit can also be made safer and more secure for users. Outreach can help travellers reduce their exposure to risk by shifting
to a safer mode, or by adopting safer behaviour. Perceptions related to safety can influence individuals’ choice of travel modes,
and safety initiatives can help the cities achieve its objectives for walking, cycling and transit use.
Research of the Influence of Meteorological Conditions, Quantity and Physic Chemical Properties of the Hazardous Chemical Substances on the Basic Parameters of Chemical Contamination Zone
Authors: Кирсанов  , Kirsanov A. , Синицын  , Sinitsyn V. , Кожемякина  , Kozhemyakina E. 
Published: October 2016

The work is devoted to the study of influence of mass emergency chemically hazardous substances, the physic chemical
properties and weather conditions at the time of release of substance into the environment on value actual area of chemical
contamination. The studies were carried out using software that implements «Highly toxic substances infection&#96;s the extent
forecasting the method in case of accidents (destruction) on chemically hazardous objects and transport». Research has
shown a significant impact on the value of the actual area of the zone of chemical contamination to the degree of vertical
stability of air. With the increase of temperature increases the area of infection. At the same time, the wind leads to
a decrease in the area of the zone of chemical contamination. The increasing mass of the substances involved in the
accident, leads to an almost linear growth of the actual area of infection. With the simultaneous study of two substances
is slightly different in mass and toxicity to chlorine at the same weight and the weather conditions revealed an interesting
phenomenon: the magnitude of the actual area of chemical contamination, at a smooth temperature increase of the air
change dramatically. A detailed study the phenomenon found that in addition to weather conditions, toxicity and mass
of substances on the basic characteristics of the infected areas is also affected by the physic and chemical properties of
substances: density of air, buoyancy and stability of the substance at temperatures.
World Rating of Higher Education Institutions in 2016 and Position of Russian Universities
Authors: Девисилов  , Devisilov Vladimir 
Published: October 2016

The article presents the rating of higher education institutions of the world in 2016, including the position of Russian
universities. The methodology and indicators used in the formation of the rating, and its results are analyzed. The article
considers the three most well-known rankings - Shanghai (ARWU), QS World University Rankings, The World University
Rankings.
Changes of Mechanical Properties of Kumquat (Citrus Japonica Thunb.) and Cape Gooseberry (Physalis Peruviana L.) Fruits During Storage
Authors: Bohdziewicz Jerzy , Czachor Gabriel 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
The selected physical properties as well as mechanical proprieties of kumquat and cape gooseberry fruit kept in the temperature of 12°C for 3 days, 8°C for 6 days and 4°C for 9 days were studied. The mass and size of fruit in three perpendicular directions were determined and density and moisture of tested material were calculated. Compressive tests of whole fruit were conducted for two directions of load application in order to determine the unit work WP
an apparent coefficient of elasticity, stress σ and strain ε. The growth of inputs of the deformation work with expansion of the storage time was confirmed with regard to kumquat fruit which is related to the decrease of their conventional density. The decrease of the stress and elasticity values coefficient of cape gooseberry fruit with higher temperatures of storing expressed with the change of the slope angle of curves of the relation of stress-deformation was proved.
Analysis of Performance of Timber Harvesting With the Use of Highlander Harvester
Authors: Kormanek Mariusz , Kępa Mariusz 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
The paper presents the work performance analysis of timber harvesting with the use of Highlander harvester produced by KONRAD Forsttechnik GmbH. The analysis was performed based on the timing of the working day. We also assessed the organization of the machine operation in the research area and its functional capability. The study was conducted in Miçdzylesie Forest Department, Nowu Wieś Forestry in fresh mixed mountain forest, where the machine acquired spruce. Timing was perfonned based on the registration of the machine operation on a video camera and the measurements of collected assortment. Based on the results of measurements it was found that organization of the machine operation was not the best. A one-shift work system and short duration of a shift caused that the effective working time occupied only 67.9% of the shift time (about 4 hours). This resulted in reduction of the operating perfonnance on a working day which was only 12,7 m3·h−1, while an effective high-efficiency was 18.7 m3·h−1.
Osmotic Dehydration of Apples Under Reduced Pressure Conditions
Authors: Muszyński Siemowit , Kornarzyński Krzysztof , Gładyszewska Bożena 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine the effect of reduced pressure on the osmotic dehydration of apples. Tests were performed under vacuum of 8 kPa, 67 kPa, 80 kPa and under the atmospheric pressure (100 kPa). The samples were dehydrated in a sucrose solution with a concentration of 30°Bx, 50°Bx and 70°Bx. It has been shown that the effect of low pressure application depends significantly to the concentration of the osmotic solution. It has been found that the overall weight change significantly depend on the concentration of the solution, and after 3 hours of dehydration at a pressure of 80 kPa at solutions of 30°Bx, 50°Bx and 70°Bx total weight loss increased by 65%, 12% and 25% respectively, when compared to samples dehydrated at atmospheric pressure. From the studied variants of reduced pressure, the pressure of 80 kPa seems to be the optimal one, as evidenced by the lowest values of weight gain to water loss ratios for apples dehydrated in solutions of 50°Bx and 70°Bx.
Application of Hyperspectral Imaging for Cultivar Discrimination of Malting Barley Grains
Authors: Zapotoczny Piotr , Ropelewska Ewa 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
The aim of this study was to perform and evaluate the accuracy of classification of grains of different cultivars of malting barley. The grains of eight cultivars: Blask, Bor do, Con chita, Kormoran, Mercada, Serwal, Signora, Victoriana, with three moisture content: 12, 14, 16% were examined. The selected parameters of the surface texture of grain mass obtained from images taken using the techniques of hyperspectral imaging were determined. The accuracy of grains discrimination carried out using different methods of selection and classification of data was compared. The pairwise comparison and comparison of three, four and eight cultivars of malting barley were carried out. The most accurate discrimination was determined in the case of the pairwise comparison. Victoriana cultivar was the most different from the others. The most similar texture of grain mass was found in the comparison of cultivars: Blask and Mercada. In the case of eight examined cultivars of malting barley, the most accurate discrimination (classification error – 55%) was obtained for images taken at the moisture content of 14% and at a wavelength of 750 nm, for the attributes selection performed with the use of probability of error and average correlation coefficient (POE+ACC) method and the discrimination carried out using the linear discriminant analysis (LDA).
Alternative Methods of Collective Disputes Resolution in the Czech Republic
Authors: Hamuľáková Klára , Křiváčková Jana Petrov 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
On 11 June 2013, the Commission issued the Recommendation on common principles for injunctive and compensatory collective redress mechanisms in the Member States concerning the violations of rights granted under Union law. The main areas where private enforcement of rights granted under Union law in the form of collective redress is of value are consumer protection, competition, environment protection, protection of personal data, financial services legislation and protection of investments. Point 13 of the Recommendation concurrently emphasises that the principles it puts forward relate both to judicial and out-of-court collective redress. The Member States should ensure that judicial collective redress mechanisms are accompanied by appropriate means of collective alternative dispute resolution available to the parties before and throughout the litigation. Point 25 et seq. of the Recommendation then contains special regulations concerning collective alternative dispute resolution and settlements. The purpose of this article is to evaluate if the current legislation on alternative dispute resolution in the Czech Republic meets the principles encompassed in the Recommendation or if radical legal changes need to be adopted.
Using Fitness Value for Monitoring Kiwifruit’s Variant Seedling in Tissue Culture
Authors: Tang Shouguo , Li Yong , Zhang Zhikun 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
Based on Genetic Algorithm, a pattern recognition approach using fitness to dynamically monitor the sub cultured seeding of kiwifruit is proposed in order to decrease the loss of variant seedlings in tissue culture. By coding, selection, mutation and cross-overing the selected primer pairs of the sub cultured seeding, we simulate the process of optimizing the kiwifruit’s genomic DNA polymorphism. The corresponding fitness values of the primer pairs are evaluated with fitness function for monitor the variation of kiwi’s DNA. The result shows that kiwi’s plantlets can better maintain their genes’ genetic stability for the first to the ninth generation. But from the tenth generation, the fitness values become variation. The results are based on experimentation, which uses optimized AFLP system for analyzing genetic diversity of 75 samples of seventh to eleventh 5 generations of kiwi.
Synchronous Rendezvous Based on Cluster in Low-Duty-Cycle Wireless Sensor Network
Authors: Cheng Shuhong , Zhang Wenke 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
This paper presents SRBC, a new design for synchronous rendezvous in low-duty-cycle Wireless Sensor Network (WSN).The main idea of SRBC is utilizing the cluster, which includes a part of the sensor nodes in the WSN. Each node in a cluster alters its clock drift as well as its skew towards the central node of the cluster through exchange of their clock information with normal communication. Then it reduces the overhead of the process usual for the traditional time-stamp exchange. In different clusters, the border nodes exchange the relative clock drift as well as the skew to improve the performance during the synchronous rendezvous. Results show that the design of SRBC is practical and effective.
Analysis of an Optimal Measurement Index Based on the Complex Network
Authors: Guan Hua , Zhao Zhen , Dai Lu 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
In this paper, the discussion on the scientific cooperation network structure, the use of complex network analysis and social network analysis and the network analysis result from a scientific cooperation in both dynamic and static perspective. This paper extracts articles from 1995 to 2015 in conference proceedings, as experimental data sets with the corresponding network are called data mining cooperative network. The classic center-based index analysis was proposed by an improved node center metrics (c-index), weighted measure of the power of collaborative network node cooperation.
Compound Controller for DC Motor Servo System Based on Inner-Loop Extended State Observer
Authors: Yang Jingxian 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
As DC motor servo systems are more and more widely applied in the manufacturing industry and aerospace domain, the requirements on control performance are increased by the complicated various working environments. With regard to the uncertainties including modeling error, parameter variations and external disturbances in DC motor servo system, one Nonlinear Extended Disturbance Observer (NESO) is constructed, and its output will be used as the design reference of disturbance compensation term in control system. Based on the as-built NESO in inner loop, one outer-loop compound controller by means of state-space design method is proposed in order to realize the high-precision position tracking ability of the servo system. Computer simulation results show that compared with conventional control schemes, the proposed control scheme can guarantee fewer tracking errors of DC motor servo system. Moreover, it possesses stronger robustness against system uncertainties including modeling error, parameter variations and friction moment disturbance.
Does a “Ceo Chairman” Guarantee Better Performance from a Firm?
Authors: Srbek Pavel , Dittrich Ludwig O. 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
This paper provides a brief review of the state of knowledge in the field of agency theory. The managerial power approach assumes that a chief executive officer is able to affect the scale of his or her pay. However, Kaplan (2012) and others see a different picture of the corporate-governance landscape, hence they provide certain market-based explanations for high compensation. Our paper examines the relationship between a firm’s performance and the amount of managerial compensation, and the ability of a CEO to affect a board’s decision regarding his or her total compensation. The dataset consists of 75 companies traded in the capital market in the US. Our panel dataset covers a 10-year period from 2004 to 2013. We developed a single equation panel data model. The resulting parameter values provide a different picture of CEO power and the interconnection between a firm’s performance and CEO pay in both sectors.
Assessment of the Reliability-Cost Efficiency of the Pumping Subsystems at Water Treatment Plant
Authors: Zimoch Izabela , Szymik-Gralewska Jolanta 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
In last years all countries of the European Union experience decrease of water consumption. What is worse, in most cases large European water treatment plants (WTP) have been design and built decades ago, when water consumption was much higher than nowadays. It is a challenging task to adjust WTP’s capacity to the current water demand as it is associated with costs and safety issues. Minding that fact, authors decided to propose an new authorial methodology of combined reliability-cost efficiency assessment for water supply system with exceeded redundant capacity, based on new index - unit indicator of reliability-cost efficiency. It included both reliability and costs aspects. It was decided to present the new method on example of the pumping subsystems working for WTP in Poland. The research was based on Activity-Based Life Cycle Costs (AB-LCC) methodology together with two-parametric reliability evaluation. Using real operational and financial data an application of proposed authorial reliability-cost indicator was presented. The reliability-cost efficiency assessment allowed to present how operation of each pumping subsystem influenced global operational costs of WTP. This information is essential for decision-making process for rational management of technical facilities.
The Study of Possibilities for Reuse of Washings from Swimming Pool Circulation Systems
Authors: Wyczarska-Kokot Joanna 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
Swimming pools are very expensive, in terms of operation, sports facilities. Therefore, investors and managers of these facilities are looking for methods of reducing the costs of their use. One of the proposed methods is the managing of washings previously discharged to the sanitary sewage system. The assessment of possibilities for reuse of washings from swimming pool filtration system is based on the limits of basic indicators of pollutants in wastewater discharged to water and soil (temperature, pH, TSS, BOD5, COD, TN, TP, free chlorine). The conducted research of washings quality from 26 tested swimming pools have shown that washings quality is dependent on the operating conditions of the pool circuit, including the filter cycle duration and types of filter bed. A direct discharge to water or soil may be impossible due to excessive amounts of total suspended solids (above 35 mg/dm3) and free chlorine concentration (above 0.2 mg Cl2/dm3). However, the quality of supernatant water of washings subjected to sedimentation in the laboratory shows that the washings are suitable for reuse. The installation of settling tanks in swimming pool facilities could relieve the sewage systems and allow for the discharge of supernatant water to surface waters or for the irrigation of green areas in an environmentally friendly way.
Chemical Degradation of PCDD/F in Contaminated Sediment
Authors: Hrabák Pavel , Homolková Martina , Wacławek Stanisław , Černík Miroslav 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
Due to the extreme toxicity of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F), the remediation of PCDD/F aquifer source zones is greatly needed; however, it is very difficult due to their persistence and recalcitrance. The potential degradability of PCDD/F bound to a real matrix was studied in five systems: iron in a high oxidation state (ferrate), zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVI), palladium nanopowder (Pd), a combination of nZVI and Pd, and persulfate (PSF). The results were expressed by comparing the total toxicity of treated and untreated samples. This was done by weighting the concentrations of congeners (determined using a standardized GC/HRMS technique) by their defined toxicity equivalent factors (TEF). The results indicated that only PSF was able to significantly degrade PCDD/F. Toxicity in the system decreased by 65% after PSF treatment. Thus, we conclude that PSF may be a potential solution for in-situ remediation of soil and groundwater at PCDD/F contaminated sites.