bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Contingency management adapted for African-American adolescents with obesity enhances youth weight loss with caregiver participation: a multiple baseline pilot study
Authors: Hartlieb Kathryn Brogan , Naar Sylvie , Ledgerwood David M. , Templin Thomas N. , Ellis Deborah A. , Donohue Bradley , Cunningham Phillippe B. 
Published: December 2015

AbstractBackground:Contingency management (CM) interventions, which use operant conditioning principles to encourage completion of target behavioral goals, may be useful for improving adherence to behavioral skills training (BST). Research-to-date has yet to explore CM for weight loss in minority adolescents.Objective:To examine the effects of CM in improving adolescent weight loss when added to BST.Design:The study utilized an innovative experimental design that builds upon multiple baseline approaches as recommended by the National Institutes of Health.Participants/setting:Six obese African-American youth and their primary caregivers living in Detroit, Michigan, USA.Intervention:Adolescents received between 4 and 12 weeks of BST during a baseline period and subsequently received CM targeting weight loss.Main outcome measures:Youth weight.Statistical analysis performed:Linear mixed effects modeling was used in the analysis.Results:CM did not directly affect adolescent weight loss above that of BST (p=0.053). However, when caregivers were involved in CM session treatment, contingency management had a positive effect on adolescent weight loss. The estimated weight loss due to CM when caregivers also attended was 0.66 kg/week (p<0.001, [95% CI; –1.96, –0.97]) relative to the baseline trajectory.Conclusion:This study demonstrates application of a novel experimental approach to intervention development and demonstrated the importance of parent involvement when delivering contingency management for minority youth weight loss. Lessons learned from contingency management program implementation are also discussed in order to inform practice.
Addressing Confounding in Predictive Models with an Application to Neuroimaging
Authors: Linn Kristin A. , Gaonkar Bilwaj , Doshi Jimit , Davatzikos Christos , Shinohara Russell T. 
Published: December 2015

AbstractUnderstanding structural changes in the brain that are caused by a particular disease is a major goal of neuroimaging research. Multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) comprises a collection of tools that can be used to understand complex disease efxcfects across the brain. We discuss several important issues that must be considered when analyzing data from neuroimaging studies using MVPA. In particular, we focus on the consequences of confounding by non-imaging variables such as age and sex on the results of MVPA. After reviewing current practice to address confounding in neuroimaging studies, we propose an alternative approach based on inverse probability weighting. Although the proposed method is motivated by neuroimaging applications, it is broadly applicable to many problems in machine learning and predictive modeling. We demonstrate the advantages of our approach on simulated and real data examples.
A Binomial Integer-Valued ARCH Model
Authors: Ristić Miroslav M. , Weiß Christian H. , Janjić Ana D. 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
We present an integer-valued ARCH model which can be used for modeling time series of counts with under-, equi-, or overdispersion. The introduced model has a conditional binomial distribution, and it is shown to be strictly stationary and ergodic. The unknown parameters are estimated by three methods: conditional maximum likelihood, conditional least squares and maximum likelihood type penalty function estimation. The asymptotic distributions of the estimators are derived. A real application of the novel model to epidemic surveillance is briefly discussed. Finally, a generalization of the introduced model is considered by introducing an integer-valued GARCH model.
Perceived parental differential treatment, cognition, behaviour and family cohesiveness among siblings of children with cerebral palsy? A family-mediated intervention to understand “displaced” children
Authors: Louis Preeti Tabitha , Kumar Navin 
Published: December 2015

AbstractThe present study adopts a quasi-experimental design to evaluate the impact of perceived parental differential treatment towards 30 non-disabled siblings of children with cerebral palsy 7–10 years of age. Standardised inventories such as, the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test (SBIT), the Connors Parent Rating Scale-Revised (CPRS) and the Draw-a-Family test were used pre and post intervention. Scheduled interviews were used for parents and children to obtain information regarding family cohesiveness. A special program was designed to structure the home environment and to maximise parental involvement that catered to the “needy child” and this was implemented for 6 months after which the children were reassessed. Prior to the intervention, we observed deficits in cognitive skills and siblings had concerns in hyperactivity and oppositional behaviour. Scheduled interviews with siblings elicited responses that represented neglect, perceived differential treatment and negative emotional well-being. Projective tests revealed that family dynamics were disturbed and chaotic. Post intervention, we observed significant differences in the cognitive orientation, behavioural engagement and also in the interpersonal relationship within the family. We may conclude therefore, that parental involvement significantly predicts academic and psychosocial adjustment of siblings and this is an important implication for practitioners in developing early intervention programs.
Student feedback on a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development for university students in Hong Kong
Authors: Shek Daniel T.L. , Yu Lu 
Published: December 2015

AbstractUsing a refined student feedback questionnaire (SFQ), this study examined students’ evaluation about a subject entitled “Tomorrow’s Leaders” at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in terms of subject attributes and qualities of teaching staff. Results showed that students were satisfied with the subject (perceived learning experiences, achievement of learning objectives) and teaching of the staff member. Overall, students from Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles showed more positive views about the subject, while less favorable SFQ ratings were observed in students of Faculty of Construction and Environment. Students’ performance in the subject was significantly predicted by their perceived teacher attributes but not subject attributes. Implications of the findings were discussed.
Periodic and Quasi-periodic Responses of Van der Pol–Mathieu System Subject to Various Excitations
Authors: Fan Q. , Leung A. Y. T , Lee Y. Y. 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
This paper addresses the steady-state periodic and quasi-periodic responses of van der Pol–Mathieu system subject to three excitations (i.e., self, parametric and external excitations). Method of multiple scales and double perturbation technique are employed to study the original system. The cases of van der Pol–Mathieu oscillator with and without external excitation are considered, and periodic and quasi-periodic solutions are obtained and discussed. In the parametric study, the effects of various parameters and self, parametric and external excitations on the system behaviors are studied. Results from method of multiple scales well agree with those from numerical method.
Exploring the awareness of research among registered massage therapists in Ontario
Authors: Baskwill Amanda J. , Dore Kelly 
Published: December 2015

Abstract

Background: An increase in available research has highlighted that knowledge changes over time as theories are challenged and adjusted or dismissed. This is particularly important to healthcare practitioners, including massage therapists, who need to frequently review current research and adjust practice accordingly. However, when research findings related to practice are generated, there is considerable delay in implementation. Few studies measure actual knowledge of current evidence for practice. The objectives of the study reported here were to (a) describe current awareness of evidence for practice among registered massage therapists (RMTs) in Ontario and (b) identify the sources of information RMTs use to inform their awareness of current evidence and the reported importance and frequency of use for each source.

Methods: An online questionnaire-based mixed-methods cross-sectional study was conducted. Ontario RMTs were invited to participate. This report focuses on the quantitative analysis.

Results: In total, 1,762 questionnaires were included. Of seven sources of information provided, respondents rated cumulative professional experience as most important, followed by recent research studies and education. Cumulative professional experience also rated as most frequently used, followed by other RMTs and education.

Conclusions: There was a tendency for respondents to agree with positive statements about MT, or disagree with negative statements, regardless of correctness. The results suggest that RMTs need to improve their awareness of the current evidence for practice. Furthermore, cumulative professional experience was ranked most frequently used. This has the potential to not include the most current research. Improving communication of research findings to RMTs might improve awareness.
Linguet’s Lettre du Mandarin, a Forgotten Apology for the Jesuits: The Mandarin Wei Zheng as a Model
Authors: Heule Freerk , Ye Shi 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
The Jesuit order was vehemently spreading the gospel since it was founded, and China was a major target. After 1601, many Jesuits had arrived in China and their learned reports to their headquarters accumulated rapidly. The Jesuits adapted to the Chinese scholar-officials called Mandarins and their Confucian theories, leading to a conflict with the French church, the Pope, and the Chinese Emperor. Throughout Europe, the Jesuits further played a prominent role in society: as educators, teachers, and advisors of royalty. Seventeenth-century France, troubled by a fundamental socio-cultural reorientation, class struggles and wars, blamed them for holding such esteemed positions and this resentment grew shortly before the French Revolution. The writer Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet takes an apologetic position in their lawsuit for the Parlement de Paris of 1762 in the Lettre du Mandarin. Bibliographic and biographic details are provided. The “opening part” shows the morally high position of Mandarins such as Wei Zheng, an image produced on the basis of Jesuit correspondence, and it denotes the European trend of “Chinoiserie.” This part is here presented in an English translation and richly commented on. The ideas of “Chinoiserie” are here illustrated with works from the literature. The Jesuits and their humane advocate Linguet lost the unique case, but it is concluded that the image of the Mandarin as a rational and moral man is portrayed as a model for a new French society.
Preaching the Place of Huguenots in France: The Sermons of Jean Daillé and Huguenot Identity under the Edict of Nantes
Authors: Must Nicholas 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
This paper examines the career and homiletics of Huguenot pastor Jean Daillé (1594–1670) and what his example reveals about how Huguenots understood their place in France under the Edict of Nantes. Daillé’s career began at Saumur, but he soon became one of the pastors at Charenton, ministering to Paris’ Reformed population. Over the course of a career that lasted for more than four decades, Daillé became a leading figure among his co-religionists, and left behind a sizable list of published works, including sermons. Based primarily on a reading of those printed sermons, this paper highlights the important role that preached and printed sermons played in negotiating the religious particularism and political loyalty to the crown that, together, informed Huguenot confessional identity during Daillé’s lifetime. Sermons were integral to this process by offering a vocabulary of images and arguments in support of the Huguenot position, especially since their message was directed both to the Huguenot faithful and to the crown.
Literacy, Spirituality of Reading, and Catholic Literary Culture in Sixteenth-Century Spain
Authors: Roldán-Figueroa Rady 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
Clerical attitudes toward reading and the book can help explain the spread of literacy as well as the marked popular interest in devotional literature in sixteenth-century Spain. The author argues that the Spanish clergy played an important, although underestimated, role in the dissemination of literality (i.e. knowledge of letters) in the early part of the sixteenth century. The article demonstrates how the catechetical efforts of Catholic clergy contributed to the long term forging of a confessional literary culture, a literary culture informed by Catholic religious ideas. The author moves away from customary scholarly focus on the coercive role of the clergy, examining instead how members of the clergy crafted a spirituality of reading. The article thus explores how the Spanish clergy elaborated a constructive understanding of reading that fused together the practice of reading, understood as spiritual/devotional practice, with the contents of the faith. Synodal constitutions as well as diverse genres of devotional literature are brought to bear as the author explains how the Spanish clergy endeavored to make a lay Catholic reader.
Using a MG-M Imagery Intervention to Enhance the Sport Competence of Young Special Olympics Athletes
Authors: Catenacci Kelley L. , Harris Brandonn S. , Langdon Jody L. , Scott Melinda K. , Czech Daniel R. 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
Opportunities for athletes with an intellectual disability (ID) to participate in sport are limited by physical and psychosocial barriers. Sport psychology interventions may be able to address these barriers, namely the lack of sport competence that athletes with an ID experience. This study sought to enhance sport competence among athletes with an ID using personalized motivational general-mastery (MG-M) imagery scripts. The six-week study assessed the imagery use, imagery ability, and sport competence of five Special Olympians (Mage=11.40) who had ID’s including autism, a mild intellectual disability, and a moderate intellectual disability. Three of five participants demonstrated improvements in sport competence through the intervention, with two of those three maintaining these changes upon withdrawal of the intervention. Effect sizes suggested that scores became more stable during the intervention for three of five participants. Implications of the current study emphasize the feasibility of conducting research with this special population of athletes. Additionally, this study identifies the relevant modifications for mental skills training with individuals who have an ID. Results suggest that imagery use, ability, and sport competence can be improved with individualized imagery training among athletes with an ID.
Influences of post weld heat treatment on tensile properties of friction stir welded AA2519-T87 aluminium alloy joints
Authors: Sabari S. Sree , Balasubramanian V. , Malarvizhi S. , Reddy G. Madusudhan 
Published: December 2015

AbstractAA 2519-T87 is an aluminium alloy that principally contains Cu as an alloying element and is a new grade of Al-Cu alloy system. This material is a potential candidate for light combat military vehicles. Fusion welding of this alloy leads to hot cracking, porosity and alloy segregation in the weld metal region. Friction stir welding (FSW) is a solid state joining process which can overcome the above mentioned problems. However, the FSW of age hardenable aluminium alloys results in poor tensile properties in the as-welded condition (AW). Hence, post weld heat treatment (PWHT) is used to enhance deteriorated tensile properties of FSW joints. In this work, the effect of PWHT, namely artificial ageing (AA) and solution treatment (ST) followed by ageing (STA) on the microstructure, tensile properties and microhardness were systematically investigated. The microstructural features of the weld joints were characterised using an optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The tensile strength and microhardness of the joints were correlated with the grain size, precipitate size, shape and its distribution. From the investigation, it was found that STA treatment is beneficial in enhancing the tensile strength of the FSW joints of AA2519-T87 alloy and this is mainly due to the presence of fine and densely distributed precipitates in the stir zone.
Modeling the zonal disintegration of rocks near deep level tunnels by gradient internal variable continuous phase transition theory
Authors: Haoxiang Chen , Qi Chengzhi , Peng Liu , Kairui Li , Aifantis Elias C. 
Published: December 2015

AbstractThe occurrence of alternating damage zones surrounding underground openings (commonly known as zonal disintegration) is treated as a “far from thermodynamic equilibrium” dynamical process or a nonlinear continuous phase transition phenomenon. The approach of internal variable gradient theory with diffusive transport, which may be viewed as a subclass of Landau’s phase transition theory, is adopted. The order parameter is identified with an irreversible strain quantity, the gradient of which enters into the expression for the free energy of the rock system. The gradient term stabilizes the material behavior in the post-softening regime, where zonal disintegration occurs. The results of a simplified linearized analysis are confirmed by the numerical solution of the nonlinear problem.
Crystal structure of 4-diethylaminobenzaldehyde isonicotinoylhydrazone monohydrate, C17H20N4O·H2O, C17H22N4O2
Authors: Zhang Hong , Jiang Xue-Yue , Sheng Liang-Quan , Xu Hua-Jie 
Published: December 2015

AbstractC17H22N4O2, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 14.382(1) Å, b = 11.3604(8) Å, c = 10.8996(7) Å, β = 105.73(1)°, V = 1714.1 Å3, Z = 4, Rgt(F) = 0.0417, wRref(F2) = 0.0819, T = 291 K.
Crystal structure of bis[μ-1-[(2-ethyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl]-1H-benzotriazole-κ2N:N′]bis[dibromido]dimercury(II), C24H26Br4Hg2N10
Authors: Wang Xia , Yang Hai-Yan , Zhang Chao , Yuan Juan , Yang Huai-Xia 
Published: December 2015

AbstractC24H26Br4Hg2N10, triclinic, P1̅ (no. 2), a = 7.587(1) Å, b = 9.801(1) Å, c = 11.037(2) Å, α = 78.81(1)°, β = 86.41(1)°, γ = 75.97(1)°, V = 781.0 Å3, Z = 1, Rgt(F) = 0.0516, wRref(F2) = 0.1323, T = 291 K.
Crystal structure of catena-poly[aqua-(μ2-5-norbornene-2,3-dicarboxylato-κ3O,O′:O′′)-(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)zinc(II)], [Zn(C9H8O4)(C12H8N2)(H2O)]n
Authors: Hai-Xia Wu , Ling-Yun Xin , Ying-Ge Zhang , Yan-Yan Zhang 
Published: December 2015

AbstractThe complex : C21H18N2O5Zn, Monoclinic, P2(1)/n, a = 12.4476(15) Å, b = 9.1446(11) Å, c = 17.420(2) Å, β = 98.012(2), V = 1963.6(4) Å3, Rgt(F) = 0.0370, wRref(F2) = 0.0867; Z = 4; T = 296(2) K.
Emerging nanostructured materials for the catalytic removal of volatile organic compounds
Authors: Li Jiaqi , Liu Hui , Deng Yuzhou , Liu Gang , Chen Yunfa , Yang Jun 
Published: December 2015

AbstractThe strong growing interest in using catalytic oxidation to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which seriously threaten the health of human being, is rooted in its desirable features such as relative energy savings, low cost, operation safety and environmental friendliness. Within the last decades, the development of manufacturing processes, characterization techniques and testing methods has led to the blossom of research in synthesis and application of various nanostructured materials, which creates great opportunities and also a tremendous challenge to apply these materials for highly efficient catalytic removal of VOCs. We herein will systematically introduce the latest research developments of nanostructured materials for the catalytic degradation of VOCs so as to provide the readers a coherent picture of the field, mainly focusing on noble metals and metal oxides, which are currently two primary types of VOC catalysts. This review will focus on synthesis, fabrication and processing of nanostructured noble metals and metal oxides as well as the fundamentals and technical approaches in catalytic removal of VOCs, providing technical strategies for effectively developing novel nanostructured catalysts with low cost, enhanced activity and high stability for pollutant removal from surrounding environments.
Matrimid mixed matrix membranes for enhanced CO2/CH4 separation
Authors: Rahmani Mohammadreza , Kazemi Abbass , Talebnia Farid 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
In this study, Matrimid mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) were prepared for CO2/CH4 separation. MMMs were fabricated for improving the permeability and ideal selectivity of Matrimid membranes. Matrimid 5218 was used as a polymer matrix, and inorganic particles were used as additives. MMMs with a thickness of 33–38 μm were prepared at room temperature. The effects of the types and different amounts of additives on the permeability and ideal selectivity of MMMs were investigated by using a gas separation membrane unit. Scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy images were used for checking the dispersion and agglomeration of additives within polymer matrices. Thermal gravimetric analysis showed that MMMs became much more thermally stable than pristine membranes. The decomposition temperatures (Td) of MMMs were increased as compared to those of pristine membranes. The results of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis of MMMs and pristine membranes were recorded. The tensile strength of MMMs and pristine membranes was studied, and the results indicated that MMMs had higher values of tensile strength compared to pristine membranes.
Magnetic properties of RE
10
TCd3 (RE = Ho, Er, Tm, Lu; T = Fe, Co, Ni, Ru) and 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopic data of Y10FeCd3
Authors: Niehaus Oliver , Johnscher Michael , Block Theresa , Gerke Birgit , Pöttgen Rainer 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
Fourteen X-ray-pure intermetallic compounds RE
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TCd3 (RE = Ho, Er, Tm, Lu; T = Fe, Co, Ni, Ru) and Y10FeCd3 were obtained through high-frequency melting of the elements in sealed niobium tubes and subsequent annealing in a muffle furnace. They adopt the Er10FeCd3 structure, a ternary ordered version of the Co2Al5 type. Temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements show Pauli paramagnetism for the lutetium compounds Lu10FeCd3, Lu10CoCd3, and Lu10RuCd3. The RE
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TCd3 phases with holmium, erbium, and thulium show Curie–Weiss paramagnetism and the experimental magnetic moments match with the free ion values of RE
3+. All these compounds order antiferromagnetically. The highest Néel temperature was observed for the holmium compounds, e.g. 46.5 K for Ho10RuCd3. Some of the RE
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TCd3 phases show field-induced spin reorientations. A 57Fe Mössbauer spectrum of Y10FeCd3 confirms the single crystallographic iron site.