bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Cognitive bias modification for facial interpretation: a randomized controlled trial of transfer to self-report and cognitive measures in a healthy sample
Authors: Peters S. E. , Lumsden J. , Peh O. H. , Penton-Voak I. S. , Munafò M. R. , Robinson O. J. 
Published: December 2017

Cognitive bias modification is a potential low-intensity intervention for mood disorders, but previous studies have shown mixed success. This study explored whether facial interpretation bias modification (FIBM), a similar paradigm designed to shift emotional interpretation (and/or perception) of faces would transfer to: (i) self-reported symptoms and (ii) a battery of cognitive tasks. In a preregistered, double-blind randomized controlled trial, healthy participants received eight online sessions of FIBM (
N
= 52) or eight sham sessions (
N
= 52). While we replicate that FIBM successfully shifts ambiguous facial expression interpretation in the intervention group, this failed to transfer to the majority of self-report or cognitive measures. There was, however, weak, inconclusive evidence of transfer to a self-report measure of stress, a cognitive measure of anhedonia, and evidence that results were moderated by trait anxiety (whereby transference was greatest in those with higher baseline symptoms). We discuss the need for work in both larger and clinical samples, while urging caution that these FIBM training effects may not transfer to clinically relevant domains.
Synthesis and hydrogenation application of Pt–Pd bimetallic nanocatalysts stabilized by macrocycle-modified dendrimer
Authors: Jin Zhijun , Xiao Haiyan , Zhou Wei , Zhang Dongqiao , Peng Xiaohong 
Published: December 2017

Different generations of poly(propylene imine) (G

n

-PPI) terminated with N-containing 15-membered triolefinic macrocycle (G

n

M) (
n
= 2, 3, 4, 5) were prepared. The bimetallic nanoparticle catalysts G

n

M-(Pt

x

/Pd

10−
x

) (
x
= 0, 3, 5, 7, 10) were prepared by the synchronous ligand-exchange reaction between G

n

M and the complexes of Pt(PPh
3
)
4
and Pd(PPh
3
)
4
. The structure and catalytic properties of G

n

M-(Pt

x

/Pd

10−
x

) were characterized via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,
1
H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy. The novel bimetallic Pd–Pt nanoparticle catalysts stabilized by dendrimers (DSNs) present higher catalytic activities for the hydrogenation of dimeric acid (DA) than that of nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR). It can be concluded that bimetallic Pd–Pt DSNs possess alloying and synergistic electronic effects on account of the hydrogenation degree (HD) of DA and NBR. Furthermore, the HD of DA and NBR shows a remarkable decrease with the incremental generations (
n
) of G

n

M-(Pt
3
/Pd
7
) (
n
= 2, 3, 4, 5).
In-line stereo-camera assisted robotic spot welding quality control system
Authors: Deniz Cengiz , Cakir Mustafa 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to design a robotic inline measurement system for spot welding quality control to achieve process requirement without any operator during the manufacturing flow.

Design/methodology/approach
A robot manipulator carries a stereo-camera and an ultrasonic control probe. The center position of the spot welding point is determined by evaluating the results of the edge, gradient and symmetry approaches from the methods proposed up to now in the literature to increase reliability. The center position of the spot welding point, determined in the camera reference plane, is transferred to the robot base plane coordinates with the hand–eye calibration proposed in this manuscript. Weld quality is checked by the ultrasonic test probe located at the spot welding point.

Findings
While operators can only control welding quality, the developed station can also evaluate the quality based on geometric accuracy by processing the deviation of the position of the spot welding points. The proposed calibration method and the results of other methods in the literature are presented in this study by comparing it with synthetic data in simulations and in practical application.

Research limitations/implications
The quality control is performed not only for the spot welding made with robots but also for the manual welds as well. Because of vision configuration, and reliability issues, maximum allowable offset by the correct spot position is limited to 20 mm to position the manipulator for testing. The installation and pretest works of the developed robotic welding quality control station are completed in the Body Shop Area of Ford Otosan factory in Kocaeli/Turkey. The results of the robotic control process are monitored by the quality assurance team. Integration of automation with the production line will be completed and an inline measurement will be done.

Originality value
In this paper, a new hand–eye calibration method based on simple and closed-form analytical solutions has been presented. The objective function is defined as reducing the deviation in the point projection, rather than reducing the error in the calibration equation. To increase reliability, combining the results of existing centering algorithms for the detection of the strongly deformed spot welding spot center, although it is normally in a circular form, has been suggested.
Computational and experimental study on dynamics behavior of a bionic underwater robot with multi-flexible caudal fins
Authors: Xie Ou , Li Boquan , Yan Qin 
Published: December 2017

PurposeThis paper aims to develop a novel type of bionic underwater robot (BUR) with multi-flexible caudal fins. With the coordinate movement of multi-caudal fins, BUR will combine the undulation propulsion mode of carangiform fish and jet propulsion mode of jellyfish together organically. The use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and experimental method helps to reveal the effect of caudal fin stiffness and motion parameters on its hydrodynamic forces.Design/methodology/approachFirst, the prototype of BUR was given by mimicking the shape and propulsion mechanism of both carangiform fish and jellyfish. Besides, the kinematics models in both undulation and jet propulsion modes were established. Then, the effects of caudal fin stiffness on its hydrodynamic forces were investigated based on the CFD method. Finally, an experimental set-up was developed to test and verify the effects of the caudal fin stiffness on its hydrodynamic forces under different caudal fin actuation frequency and amplitude.FindingsThe results of this paper demonstrate that BUR with multi-flexible caudal fins combines the hydrodynamic characteristics of undulation and jet propulsion modes. In addition, the caudal fin with medium stiffness can generate larger thrust force and reduce the reactive power.Practical implicationsThis paper implies that robotic fish can be equipped with both undulation and jet propulsion modes to optimize the swimming performance in the future.Originality/valueThis paper provides a BUR with multi-propulsion modes, which has the merits of high propulsion efficiency, high acceleration performance and overcome the head shaken problem effectively.
Halal risk mitigation in the Australian–Indonesian red meat supply chain
Authors: Maman Ujang , Mahbubi Akhmad , Jie Ferry 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
This study aims to identify halal risk events, halal risk agents, measure halal risk level and formulate the halal risk control model (mitigation) in all stages in the beef supply chain from Australia to Indonesia.

Design/methodology/approach
This research combines qualitative and quantitative method. It elaborates nine variables as the Halal Control Point: halal animal, animal welfare, stunning, knife, slaughter person, slaughter method, invocation, packaging, labeling and halal meat. This study uses house of risk, a model for proactive supply chain risk.

Findings
The main mitigation strategies to guarantee the halal beef status in the abattoir is the obligation of vendor or the factory to issue a written manual of stunning tool. The priority of halal risk mitigation strategies for the retailing to avoid the meat contamination is the need of a halal policy for transporter’s companies and supermarkets.

Research limitations/implications
Every actor must be strongly committed to the application of halal risk mitigation strategies and every chain must be implemented in the halal assurance system.

Originality/value
This model will be a good reference for halal meat auditing and reference for halal meat import procurement policy.
Identifying high-value airlines customers for strategies of online marketing systems
Authors: Chiang Wen-Yu 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to discover valuable customers for enterprises. The international market of Taiwan airlines can be enhanced; thus, this study aims at Taiwan’s airline market as a research area.

Design/methodology/approach
This research uses data mining technologies with a proposed model to analyse airline customer values for big data online marketing systems, such as customer relationship management (CRM) system. The research applied supervised apriori algorithm, socio-economic variables and a proposed model to discover the rules/markets.

Findings
The results show that eight markets were discovered and three association rules were established for business systems of airlines.

Originality/value
The valuable travellers/markets can be discovered by this research. By collecting shoppers’ transactional data, global online CRM and point of sales (POS) systems can be big data marketing systems. The research framework can be easily applied in online CRM/POS or big data marketing systems for international airlines; however, it is for other global businesses as well.
Dermoscopic features distinctive for extraocular sebaceous carcinoma
Authors: Horimoto Kohei , Kato Junji , Sumikawa Yasuyuki , Hida Tokimasa , Kamiya Takafumi , Sato Sayuri , Takahashi Hitomi , Sawada Masahide , Yamashita Toshiharu , Uhara Hisashi 
Published: December 2017

AbstractWe examined dermoscopic features of three cases of extraocular sebaceous carcinoma and reviewed the literatures. The yellowish structures, polymorphous vessels and ulceration were common findings in our cases and all cases of the previous reports. The appearance of whitish‐pink areas has not been described previously. Our results suggested that the combination of four dermoscopic features, whitish‐pink areas, yellowish structures, polymorphous vessels and ulceration might be distinctive in extraocular sebaceous carcinoma.
Long‐term administration of oral macrolides for acne treatment increases macrolide‐resistant Propionibacterium acnes
Authors: Nakase Keisuke , Okamoto Yuhei , Aoki Sae , Noguchi Norihisa 
Published: December 2017

AbstractMacrolide‐resistant Propionibacterium acnes are frequently isolated from patients with acne vulgaris, and the most resistant isolates (>90% resistance) have the 23S rRNA mutation. An increase in resistant P. acnes with this mutation is thought to be caused by the inappropriate use of antimicrobials. Therefore, we studied the mutation frequency of macrolide resistance in P. acnes in vitro. When P. acnes mutants were exposed to clarithromycin after being incubated in broth without antimicrobials, resistant mutants with the 23S rRNA mutation were not isolated. However, the mutants were obtained at the frequency of 10−6 after being pre‐incubated with 0.03 μg/mL of antimicrobials. This is the estimated epidermal concentration of clarithromycin after p.o. administration. The resistant mutants had the 23S rRNA mutations A2058G, A2059G and C2611G. When pre‐incubated with clarithromycin, C2611G mutants which showed resistance to clarithromycin were obtained 32.1% more often than pre‐incubated with clindamycin (P < 0.01). By contrast, when pre‐incubated with clindamycin, A2058G mutants, which show high‐level resistance to both clarithromycin and clindamycin, were more frequently obtained than pre‐incubated with clarithromycin (87.5%, P < 0.01). No difference in the isolation rate of A2059G mutants, which show high‐level resistance to macrolides but low‐level resistance to clindamycin, was found with either treatment. These results indicate the possibility that long‐term use of oral macrolides for acne treatment facilitate the increase of macrolide‐resistant P. acnes.
Microdata: a critical source for policy evaluation
Authors: Poppe Krijn , Vrolijk Hans 
Published: December 2017

SummaryThe FLINT project (Farm Level Indicators for New Topics in policy evaluation) was aimed at testing the feasibility of collecting data on the sustainability performance of farms through the European Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). The project defined a list of sustainability themes based on an assessment of policy needs, the existing literature and a review of national initiatives to measure sustainability. Data were collected in nine Member States (Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain) from 1,100 farms of different types. Although some problems were encountered, mainly due to the initial pilot project character of FLINT, we conclude that data collection is feasible, whatever the way a Member State has organised its data collection for FADN. The FLINT project has investigated options for upscaling the results from 9 to 28 Member States to create a representative panel with farm‐level sustainability data. This leads to the conclusion that the most attractive option is to reduce the current FADN sample in order to provide the sustainability data that are urgently needed for improved policy evaluation. This could be done without sacrificing information on other important indicators, such as income from farming.
Romantic electricity: Fields and currents in recent research
Authors: Fairclough Mary 
Published: December 2017

AbstractRomantic writings about electricity have proved a fruitful topic for recent scholars of the period, and the study of electrical discourse is a fast‐growing interdisciplinary field. This essay offers a survey of the best work on Romantic electricity, focusing on 2 key areas: the ways in which electricity appears as an image of revolutionary activity, and the use of electric imagery in Romantic poetry as a figure for creativity and vitality. In assessing such recent work, this essay argues for the importance of reading Romantic electrical texts within the context of the material experimental cultures of period. Such historical attention reveals that electrical language is amazingly ubiquitous in the Romantic period, and is used in a variety of ways in literary and political texts. Awareness of this rich body of electrical texts offers scholars opportunities to move beyond assigning electricity a particular political valence, and to investigate the operation of electrical language in the work of a wide range of authors.
An advanced radiometric calibration approach for uncooled thermal cameras
Authors: Lin Dong , Maas Hans‐Gerd , Westfeld Patrick , Budzier Helmut , Gerlach Gerald 
Published: December 2017

AbstractUncooled thermal cameras are increasingly used in thermography applications due to their lower cost and size. However, there are two significant limiting constraints which must be taken into consideration in a radiometric calibration before the actual application: (i) temporal non‐uniformity (a temperature‐dependent drift problem); and (ii) spatial non‐uniformity (fixed‐pattern noise – FPN). Conventional temporal non‐uniformity corrections (NUC) take advantage of an internal reference source but such methods are not valid for sequential images when the focal‐plane array (FPA) temperature is changing rapidly. A novel shutterless correction method is proposed to stabilise the camera's response. Moreover, instead of implementing the spatial NUC first, multi‐point correction is leveraged to remove FPN after the temporal NUC. Finally, a Planck curve is applied to convert thermal image values into object temperatures. Experimental results show that the proposed method is more effective for images with rapidly changing FPA temperatures than conventional shutterless methods and traditional shutter‐based methods.
Draft Genome Sequence of Immunobiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus Strain IBL027, a Potential Adjuvant for Mucosal Vaccine Development
Authors: Vizoso-Pinto María Guadalupe , Saavedra Lucila , Hebert Elvira Maria , Raya Tonetti Fernanda , Albarracín Leonardo , Alvarez Susana , Kitazawa Haruki , Villena Julio 
Published: December 2017

ABSTRACT

The genome sequence of the immunomodulatory strain
Lactobacillus rhamnosus
strain IBL027 is described here. The reads were assembled into contigs with a total size 2,898,501 bp. The genome information will be useful for further specific genetic studies of this strain to evaluate its immunomodulatory and biotechnological properties as a vaccine adjuvant.
Complete Genome Sequence of the Kiwifruit Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae Biovar 5, Originating from Japan
Authors: Poulter Russell , Taiaroa George , Sumpter Nicholas , Stockwell Peter , Butler Margi 
Published: December 2017

ABSTRACT

We present the first complete genome sequence of a copper-resistant biovar 5 strain of a bacterial pathogen of kiwifruit,
Pseudomonas syringae
pv. actinidiae. Comparison with the genome sequence of a copper-sensitive biovar 5 isolate indicates that copper resistance is encoded on a plasmid.
Point-Counterpoint: Piperacillin-Tazobactam Should Be Used To Treat Infections with Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase-Positive Organisms
Authors: Schuetz Audrey N. , Reyes Sergio , Tamma Pranita D. 
Published: December 2017

INTRODUCTION
Beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combination antimicrobials (BLBLIs) are among the most controversial classes of antibiotic agents available for the treatment of infections caused by extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Gram-negative bacteria (ESBL-GNR). Piperacillin-tazobactam (PTZ) is one of the most frequently utilized antibiotic agents for empirical Gram-negative bacterial coverage and remains active against a large proportion of ESBL-GNR strains. Furthermore, good antimicrobial stewardship practices encourage the use of carbapenem-sparing treatment regimens for infections due to ESBL-GNR. As rapid diagnostics are increasingly used in the clinical microbiology laboratory and have the capability of detecting CTX-M type or other ESBL resistance mechanisms, this issue continues to be pertinent. Some data imply reduced efficacy of PTZ against ESBLs. Several factors may affect a clinician's choice to use BLBLIs, including the isolate's MIC, the site and severity of infection, and the type of resistance mechanism. These factors are explored in this review of the pros and cons of BLBLI treatment of invasive infections due to ESBL-producing bacteria, as well as how laboratories should report results for BLBLIs for these organisms as they relate to antimicrobial stewardship. In this Point-Counterpoint, Audrey Schuetz provides the pro point of view and Sergio Reyes and Pranita Tamma provide the con, counterpoint view.
ECS
Authors: Swami Shivam , Palangappa Poovaiah M. , Mohanram Kartik 
Published: December 2017

Emerging nonvolatile memories (NVMs) suffer from low write endurance, resulting in early cell failures (hard errors), which reduce memory lifetime. It was recognized early on that conventional error-correcting codes (ECCs), which are designed for soft errors, are a poor choice for addressing hard errors in NVMs. This led to the evolution of hard error correction schemes like dynamically replicated memory (DRM), error-correcting pointers (ECPs), SAFER, FREE-p, PAYG, and Zombie memory to improve NVM lifetime. Whereas these approaches made significant inroads in addressing hard errors and low memory lifetime in NVMs, overcoming the challenges of underutilization of error-correcting resources and/or implementation overhead (e.g., codec latency, hardware support) remain areas of active research and development.
This article proposes error-correcting strings (ECSs) as a high-utilization, low-latency solution for hard error correction in single-/multi-/triple-level cell (SLC/MLC/TLC) NVMs. At its core, ECS adopts a base-offset approach to store pointers to the failed memory cells; in this work, base is the address of the first failed cell in a memory block and offsets are the distances between successive failed cells in that memory block. Unlike ECP, which uses fixed-length pointers, ECS uses variable-length offsets to point to the failed cells, thereby realizing more pointers to tolerate more hard errors per memory block. Further, this article proposes eXtended-ECS (XECS), a page-level error correction architecture, which employs dynamic on-demand ECS allocation and opportunistic pattern-based data compression to improve NVM lifetime by 2× over ECP-6 for comparable overhead and negligible impact to system performance. Finally, this article demonstrates that ECS is a drop-in replacement for ECP to extend the lifetime of state-of-the-art ECP-based techniques like PAYG and Zombie memory; ECS is also compatible with MLC/TLC NVMs, where it complements drift-induced soft error reduction techniques like ECC and incomplete data mapping to simultaneously extend NVM lifetime.
Domestic Politics in South Korea and the Territorial Issue of Dokdo
Authors: Yoo Hyon Joo 
Published: December 2017

Abstract
This paper examines why and how political leaders in South Korea are constrained by domestic politics with respect to a territorial dispute with Japan. While Korean leaders desire to employ a low-key position vis-à-vis Japan’s territorial claim, the public in South Korea increasingly demand that their leaders confront Japan more firmly. This creates a dilemma for leaders in Korea. Maintaining a calm diplomacy toward Japan infuriates the Korean public while employing a tough policy toward the neighboring state, in response to the public demand, leads the government of Tokyo into bolder provocations. This makes it difficult for South Korea to foster cooperation with Japan on various issues that are not directly related to the territorial problem.
Enhancing Subsurface Drainage to Control Salinity in Dryland Agriculture
Authors: Steppuhn Harold , McArthur L. J. Bruce 
Published: December 2017

Abstract. Controlling the physical processes of soil salinization involves lowering ground water levels, draining the vadose zones, and leaching excess salts from root zones. Plastic drain tubing strategically placed 1.5 to 1.8 m below the surface in semiarid lands can lower water tables and drain phreatic water, but irrigation is usually required to satisfactorily leach the offending salts. In non-irrigated drylands, the leaching process depends on natural precipitation, but the drier the climate, the greater the need for more leaching water. Possible practices which tap complementary water in conjunction with subsurface drainage include: (1) establishment of roughness barriers to trap wind-borne snow, and (2) pumping water from near-surface, ground water mounds. The mean electrical conductivity of saturated soil paste extracts sampled yearly from a semiarid site in Saskatchewan averaged 14.1 dS m-1 during the six years before the drainage was installed, 13.0 dS m-1 for two years just after drainage but before capturing blowing snow, and 9.6 dS m-1 for the six years following. The average barley grain harvested during the six years prior to drainage yielded 330 kg ha-1 and 2414 kg ha-1 after installation of the enhanced drainage system. In a follow-up sub-study, fall applications of 4.6 dS m-1 mounded ground water from a shallow well fitted with a solar-powered pump within a drainage system preceded spring seeding of alfalfa. Enhanced drainage improved mean seedling emergence from 20% to 79%. Every 28 mm of ground water applied, up to 2273 mm, increased alfalfa emergence by 1%. Keywords: Agricultural drainage, Plant emergence, Pre-seeding irrigation, Solar-powered pumping, Soil reclamation, Soil salinity, Windbreaks.