bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A distributed ASTRA toolbox
Authors: Palenstijn Willem Jan , Bédorf Jeroen , Sijbers Jan , Batenburg K. Joost 
Published: December 2016

Abstract
While iterative reconstruction algorithms for tomography have several advantages compared to standard backprojection methods, the adoption of such algorithms in large-scale imaging facilities is still limited, one of the key obstacles being their high computational load. Although GPU-enabled computing clusters are, in principle, powerful enough to carry out iterative reconstructions on large datasets in reasonable time, creating efficient distributed algorithms has so far remained a complex task, requiring low-level programming to deal with memory management and network communication. The ASTRA toolbox is a software toolbox that enables rapid development of GPU accelerated tomography algorithms. It contains GPU implementations of forward and backprojection operations for many scanning geometries, as well as a set of algorithms for iterative reconstruction. These algorithms are currently limited to using GPUs in a single workstation. In this paper, we present an extension of the ASTRA toolbox and its Python interface with implementations of forward projection, backprojection and the SIRT algorithm that can be distributed over multiple GPUs and multiple workstations, as well as the tools to write distributed versions of custom reconstruction algorithms, to make processing larger datasets with ASTRA feasible. As a result, algorithms that are implemented in a high-level conceptual script can run seamlessly on GPU-enabled computing clusters, up to 32 GPUs or more. Our approach is not limited to slice-based reconstruction, facilitating a direct portability of algorithms coded for parallel-beam synchrotron tomography to cone-beam laboratory tomography setups without making changes to the reconstruction algorithm.
The prediction of radiofrequency ablation zone volume using vascular indices of 3-dimensional volumetric colour Doppler ultrasound in an in vitro blood-perfused bovine liver model
Authors: Chang Samuel , Lanctot Anthony C , McCarter Martin D , Roberts Katherine M , Glueck Deborah H , Dodd Gerald D 
Published: December 2016

Objective:
To determine the most reliable predictor of radiofrequency (RF) ablation zone volume among three-dimensional (3D) volumetric colour Doppler vascular indices in an in vitro blood-perfused bovine liver model.

Methods:
3D colour Doppler volume data of the local hepatic parenchyma were acquired from 37 areas of 13 bovine livers connected to an in vitro oxygenated blood perfusion system. Doppler vascular indices of vascularization index (VI), flow index (FI) and vascularization flow index (VFI) were obtained from the volume data using 3D volume analysis software. 37 RF ablations were performed at the same locations where the ultrasound data were obtained from. The relationship of these vascular indices and the ablation zone volumes measured from gross specimens were analyzed using a general linear mixed model fit with random effect for liver and backward stepwise regression analysis.

Results:
FI was significantly associated with ablation zone volumes measured on gross specimens (p = 0.0047), but explained little of the variance (R β 2 = 0.21). Ablation zone volume decreased by 0.23 cm3 (95% confidence interval: −0.38, −0.08) for every 1 increase in FI. Neither VI nor VFI was significantly associated with ablation zone volumes (p &gt; 0.05).

Conclusion:
Although FI was associated with ablation zone volumes, it could not sufficiently explain their variability, limiting its clinical applicability. VI, FI and VFI are not clinically useful in the prediction of RF ablation zone volume in the liver.

Advances in knowledge:
Despite a significant association of FI with ablation zone volumes, VI, FI and VFI cannot be used for their prediction. Different Doppler vascular indices need to be investigated for clinical use.
From the Journals
Authors: Jones V. , Lewis Erynda , Flanagan Madeleine , Baragwanath Philip , Nash J.H. , Shutler S.D. 
Published: December 2016

Standardised assessment and evaluation of wounds Nutritional support in wound healing Pressure sores, a review of the literature Gene therapy in skin grafts Surgical techniques in pilonidal disease Prognostic usefulness of serum albumin for pressure ulcer healing
From the Journals
Authors: Ranks V. , Venables J. , Shutler S.D. , Orpin J.C. , Nash J.H. 
Published: December 2016

Bacterial infection in chronic wounds The care of patients with atopic eczema Venous incompetence and the results of foot volumetry Mortality and surgical wound infection The use of interleukin-1β in the treatment of pressure sores
COLABORAÇÃO PREMIADA E O ESTADO DEMOCRÁTICO DE DIREITO: NOVOS ESTUDOS JURÍDICOS?
Authors: Do Vale Leitão Christiane , Barreto Lima Martonio Mont’Alverne 
Published: December 2016

O presente estudo tem por objetivo investigar a compatibilidade entre os dispositivos do diploma legal que disciplina o instituto da colaboração premiada - a Lei nº 12.580, de 02 de agosto de 2013 - sua aplicação prática e compatibilidade com a ordem constitucional vigente, com o elenco de garantias fundamentais, materiais e processuais da Constituição Federal. Buscamos a análise do instituto da colaboração premiada de nosso ordenamento jurídico, como forma de colaboração com a justiça, no combate à criminalidade. Nos dias atuais, esta colaboração tem sido objeto de muitos debates, visto que o texto normativo trouxe importantes consequências para a atuação das agências de poder punitivo estatal, como a conceituação legal do que seria uma organização criminosa e a regulação da colaboração processual e premiada. A partir da crítica de recentes decisões pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal, analisando-se ainda os efeitos e consequências práticas das disposições da nova Lei, procuraremos posição sobre sua constitucionalidade nas perspectivas formal e material.
Gold Has Many Uses
Authors: Graf Fritz 
Published: December 2016

Abstract
In this paper, I discuss a group of gold tablets from graves in Judaea-Palaestina from about 200 CE. I connect the text in these tablets with a well known funerary acclamation that originated in the East and was brought to the Latin West by immigrants and argue, against earlier scholars, that these tablets mark the very home of this acclamation and express a peculiar eschatology. I end with remarks on the multiple uses of inscribed gold tablets in ancient religions.
Omen and Anti-omen: The Rabbinic Hagiography of the Scapegoat’s Scarlet Ribbon
Authors: Balberg Mira 
Published: December 2016

Abstract
This article proposes that the place and meaning of various objects among religious communities can be explored in terms of “hagiography,” that is, through the narratives constructed around sacred objects sometimes long after their physical disappearance. It takes as its point of departure the assumption that in the same way that written accounts of saints’ lives disclose more about the authors of these accounts than about the protagonists, so narratives regarding “things” reveal the concerns and debates of their authors, and in particular their concerns about materiality and divine presence within physical objects. The article explores the rabbinic narratives concerning the scarlet ribbon tied to the scapegoat of the Day of Atonement, its function and its vicissitudes, as developed in the Mishnah and in the Palestinian and Babylonian Talmuds. Using both a synchronic and a diachronic lens, the article shows how the scarlet ribbon is utilized in the rabbis’ attempts to define their own times vis-à-vis earlier times, and to grapple with pressing religious uncertainties.
The Furniture of the Gods: The Problem with the Importation of ‘Empty Space and Material Aniconism’ into Greek Religion
Authors: Blume Henry S. 
Published: December 2016

Abstract
The field of aniconism has begun to receive more attention within the past 20 years. In Travis Mettinger’s No Graven Image? Israelite Aniconism in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context (1995), he subdivided the field into two distinct categories: material aniconism and empty space aniconism. The former typically refers to stelai, unhewn pieces of wood etc., whereas the latter may refer to empty thrones, a saddled horse without a rider, or the Holy of Holies in the Temple in Jerusalem. In short, empty space aniconism refers to a space where the god is perceived to be positioned. This paper seeks to answer the question: how useful are these categories? To answer it, the altar is offered as one possible type of aniconism. This was first proposed by Milette Gaifman in her 2005 dissertation, refined and expanded in Aniconism in Greek Antiquity (2012), where she makes the case that some altars can be considered as examples of material aniconism. This paper starts from the opposite premise: that altars can be considered forms of empty space aniconism. After demonstrating many instances where altars do fit the criteria of empty space aniconism, examples that might fit Gaifman’s premise are addressed as well. This paper ultimately arrives at the conclusion that altars fall into both categories, thereby showing that these categories are insufficient. Altars, like so many other forms of aniconism, are merely a means to denote divine presence.
Religious Lives of Image-Things, Avodah Zarah, and Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine
Authors: Neis Rachel 
Published: December 2016

Abstract
Drawing on rabbinic sources redacted in the early third and late fourth/ early fifth centuries, this paper tracks the intertwined lives of divine image-things and rabbis living in late Roman and Byzantine period Palestine. The paper argues that the religious image-things of others (or avodah zarah, in rabbinic terms) pressed in different ways on rabbinic notions of animation, materiality, agency, and representation, as well as on the boundaries between the thing, the human, and the divine. Additionally, the paper argues that while rabbis attempted to neutralize the claims of such image-things, in part by exposing their materiality, their excess nonetheless escaped such rabbinic efforts. Finally, the paper argues that in the fourth century, along with the “material turn” in the Roman world inspired by Christian engagement, we find not only a greater sense of the excess in the things of avodah zarah, but also a concomitant thingification of the rabbinic sage.
Utility and Variance in Late Antique Witnesses to the Abgar-Jesus Correspondence
Authors: Given J. Gregory 
Published: December 2016

Abstract
This article analyzes two sets of late antique witnesses to the Abgar-Jesus correspondence: the discussion of the letters in the literary record of the 4th-6th centuries and the Coptic version of the correspondence, as preserved in amulets and ritual formularies. I approach each of these sets with a particular interest in how the texts’ forms-both the textual variants contained within them and the physical objects upon which they are inscribed-may reflect practices of engagement with the letters, drawing attention to the ways in which ancient readers, scribes, and ritual specialists grappled with questions about these texts’ source, attribution, stability, and reliability. The available evidence suggests that ancient readers, hearers, and users of the Abgar-Jesus correspondence were not particularly concerned with questions of “canonical authority” and “genuineness;” these texts were put to use not because they were demonstrably “authentic,” but because they worked. While a number of features suggest the letters’ origins as part of an “epistolary fiction,” these texts were nevertheless received as efficacious in matters of life and death. Their utility for particular scriptural practices trouble the modern distinctions between “authentic” and “forged,” “real” and “fictional,” “canonical” and “apocryphal,” and demand a recalibration (if not total overhaul) of these analytical categories as applied to antiquity.
Interdependence of marital status and clinical characteristics of morbidity with health-related quality of life among low
back pain patients
Authors: Hammed Adebisi I. , Agbonlahor Elvis I. 
Published: December 2016

Summary
Study aim: This study investigated the relationship of clinical characteristics of morbidity (CCM) and marital status with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among patients with low back pain (LBP).

Material and methods: A total of 100 subjects with LBP of mechanical origin participated in this study. HRQoL of the participants was measured with the short form-36 (SF-36) questionnaire and CCM were categorized based on duration of onset of LBP in weeks into acute (<6 weeks), sub-acute (6–12 weeks) and chronic (>12 weeks). The relationship of CCM and marital status with HRQoL was analysed using Pearson’s product moment coefficient of correlation.

Results: The outcome of this study showed that CCM correlated poorly and inversely with all domains of HRQoL except mental health, though that was insignificant (p > 0.05). Also, a proportionate but insignificant relationship was found between marital status and domains of HRQoL except physical functioning and role limitations due to physical health problems.

Conclusion: It was therefore concluded that CCM and marital status cannot determine or predict HRQoL among LBP patients, and it might not be necessary to take them into consideration during rehabilitation of these individuals.
Injuries and training variables in Filipino judo athletes
Authors: Maciejewski Reylin , Callanta Hercules 
Published: December 2016

Summary
Study aim: The aim of this study was twofold: first, to compare the incidence of injuries between male and female athletes in the junior and youth divisions during competition, as well as to identify body parts commonly injured and the types of injury frequently incurred; second, to assess overall incidence of injuries in relation to the frequency and duration of training as well as supplemental training.

Material and methods: Subjects were Filipino judokas (n = 192) competing in 4 major divisions at a national competition in Manila in 2009. Injury rates are expressed per 1,000 athlete-exposures, and the confidence intervals around the rates were computed.

Results: There was no difference in injury rate between boys (84.03/1,000 athlete-exposures (A-E), 95% CI: 47.20–120.86) and girls (37.04/1,000 A-E, 95% CI: –14.29–88.37). Although the boys were at a higher risk than the girls, the difference was not significant (OR = 3.13, 95% CI: 0.62–15.76). The junior women were at a higher risk than the girls (OR = 6.30, 95% CI: 1.26–31.66). Neither training frequencies of ≤2, 3, and ≥4 sessions per week nor training durations of ≤2 and >2 hours were significant predictors of injury. Supplemental training was not found to be related to the occurrence of injuries.

Conclusion: Judo is a relatively safe physical activity for young adults and children. Training variables, such as frequency and duration, and supplemental training do not influence the occurence of injury.
Intra- or extra-exosomal secretion of HDGF isoforms: the extraordinary function of the HDGF-A N-terminal peptide
Authors: Nüße Jessica , Blumrich Eva-Maria , Mirastschijski Ursula , Kappelmann Lennart , Kelm Sørge , Dietz Frank 
Published: December 2016

AbstractHepatoma-derived growth factor (HDGF) is a protein with diverse intracellular functions. Moreover, after non-conventional secretion, extracellular HDGF is able to influence different signaling pathways, leading for example to induction of processes like epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cell migration. Intriguingly, in recent proteome studies, HDGF was also found secreted by special microvesicles called exosomes. Recently, we demonstrated the existence of two new HDGF isoforms (B and C). These isoforms are involved in different cellular processes than HDGF-A. Along this line, in the present study we discovered that full length HDGF-A clearly is located inside of exosomes, whereas the isoforms HDGF-B and HDGF-C are found exclusively on the outer surface. Furthermore, while HDGF-B and HDGF-C seem to use exosomes mediated pathway exclusively, HDGF-A was found also as unbound protein in the conditioned media. The new finding of an intra- or extra-exosomal localisation of protein splice variants opens a fascinating new perspective concerning functional diversity of HDGF isoforms. Dysregulation of HDGF expression during cancer development and tumor progression is a commonly known fact. With our new findings, unraveling the potential functional impact according to physiological versus pathophysiologically altered levels and compositions of intra- and extra-exosomal HDGF has to be addressed in future studies.
Glycerol-Assisted Hydrolysis Synthesis of BiOCl and Excellent Visible- Light-Driven Photocatalytic Performance
Authors: Mao Xiaoming , Li Min , Jin Yongsheng 
Published: December 2016

AbstractVisible-light-driven bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl) was successfully synthesized by a facile and environmentally friendly glycerol-assisted hydrolysis method at low temperature. The as-prepared BiOCl was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), UV-vis diffuse reflection spectroscopy (DRS) and nitrogen adsorption. It was found that glycerol played a key role in the formation of BiOCl and the possible growth mechanism was also proposed. The characterization results showed that BiOCl had a tetragonal crystal structure, surface area of 35.30 m
Electrolytic Treatment of Trace Natural and Synthetic Estrogens
Authors: Cong Vo Huu , Sakakibara Yutaka 
Published: December 2016

AbstractElectrochemical removals of natural and synthetic estrogens, Estrone (E1), 17β-Estradiol (E2) and Ethynylestradiol (EE2), were experimentally studied using granular electrolytic reactor in combination with a cyclic voltammetric technique. Experimental results showed that by an application of electric current, the estrogens were oxidized at 600-800 mV (vs. Ag/AgCl reference electrode) on the surface of anode and then removed through polymerization of estrogens. Moreover, the electrochemical removal of the estrogens could be reasonably well simulated by a mathematical model developed assuming the external liquid-film mass transfer as a rate-limiting step. Furthermore, it was found that E1 was produced and then removed during the treatment of E2. Further study will be needed to quantify and control the electro-polymerization of estrogens.
Degradation of the Pesticide Chlorpyrifos in Aqueous Solutions with UV/H2O2: Optimization and Effect of Interfering Anions
Authors: Oliveira André Gadelha de , Ribeiro Jefferson Pereira , Oliveira Juliene Tome de , Keukeleire Denis De , Duarte Maíra Saldanha , Nascimento Ronaldo Ferreira do 
Published: December 2016

AbstractThis study investigates the use of an advanced oxidation process (AOP) for removal of the pesticide chlorpyrifos in a recirculated system, especially considering the effects of temperature, hydrogen peroxide dosage, pH, pesticide concentration and added inorganic anions. The results indicate that a temperature of 45 °C gave the best performance using only UV-radiation, while for the UV/H
Progresses of Fundamental Research and Application of Atmospheric Pressure Townsend Discharge
Authors: Osawa Naoki , Yoshioka Yoshio 
Published: December 2016

AbstractIn this paper, we describe (1) the electrons attachment properties of alumina barriers which generate our Atmospheric Pressure Townsend Discharge (APTD), (2) unstable phenomena of our APTD, and (3) application to nitrogen oxides less (NOx-less) ozone generator. The important results that we have obtained are; (1) the alumina barrier which generates stable APTD in air can easily accumulate electrons on the barrier surface, and the accumulated electrons on the barrier surface remains there for a considerable time. (2) Regarding the instability of our APTD in humid air, the existence of water vapor is not a decisive factor, but the concentration of positive ions like H
Non-thermal Plasma Degradation of Anthraquinonic Dye in Water: Oxidation Pathways and Effect of Natural Matrices
Authors: Ghodbane Houria , Nikiforov Anton Yu. , Hamdaoui Oualid , Surmont Pieter , Lynen Frederic , Willems Gert , Leys Christophe 
Published: December 2016

AbstractNon-thermal plasma treatment by an electrical discharge generated above water was applied to study the destruction of anthraquinonic dye Acid Blue 25 in aqueous solutions. The direct current glow discharge above water sustaining in ambient air was used as a source of non-equilibrium plasma. The effect of operational parameters such as initial dye concentration, discharge current, pH and addition of salts on the substrate degradation was investigated. The highest G
A Density Functional Theory Study on the Ozone Oxidation of Sulfonamide Antibiotics
Authors: Won Jung Sik , Kaewsuk Jutamas , Jo Jun Ho , Lim Dong-Hee , Seo Gyu Tae 
Published: December 2016

AbstractThe electronic structures of sulfonamide antibiotics (the ground state and the lowest singlet excited-state geometries) have been investigated by using density functional theory (DFT) simulations. Experimental studies on the removal of sulfamethazine, sulfathiazole and sulfamethoxazole by ozone have also been conducted by using liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometric detection (LC/MS/MS). The calculated ground and excited state geometries exhibited low energy of the inter-ring bonds, which suggests the weakest bonds that can be broken during the ozone oxidation process. The orbital energy calculations (HOMO-LUMO and its energy gap) demonstrate that the smaller HOMO-LUMO energy gap, the higher reactivity toward ozone oxidation. Additionally, the current study suggests potential products of the three pharmaceutical compounds based on their electronic properties, which may help better understand the unknown reaction pathways of the pharmaceutical compounds.
Feasibility of Tetracycline Wastewater Degradation by enhanced Sonolysis
Authors: Wang Chikang , Jian Jhongjheng 
Published: December 2016

AbstractThe degradation and detoxicity of tetracycline antibiotics were investigated in this study using enhanced sonolysis coupled with ultrasound, transition metals and oxidizing agents. The effects of oxidising agents, transition metals and their concentrations on tetracycline degradation were examined. An initial tetracycline concentration of 50 mg L
A Trickle Bed Electrochemical Reactor for Generation of Hydrogen Peroxide and Degradation of an Azo Dye in Water
Authors: Lei Yangming , Liu Hong , Jiang Chengchun , Shen Zhemin , Wang Wenhua 
Published: December 2016

AbstractA trickle bed electrochemical reactor was used to generate hydrogen peroxide in dilute electrolyte and then degrade an azo dye, i.e. reactive brilliant red X-3B in water by electro-Fenton process. The trickle bed reactor was composed of carbon black-polytetrafluoroethylene coated graphite chips. During the preparation of coated graphite chips, coating times and surfactant dosage were optimized to improve electro-generation of H
Characterization and Photocatalytic Evaluation (UV-Visible) of Fe-doped TiO2 Systems Calcined at Different Temperatures
Authors: Vargas Ximena María , Marin Juan Miguel , Restrepo Gloria 
Published: December 2016

AbstractThere is growing interest in obtaining compounds with photocatalytic activity in the solar spectrum, and this has led to intense research on the topic. In our laboratory, Fe-doped TiO
Simultaneous Removal of Toxic Cyanide and Cu(II) Ions from Wastewater by a Bi-functional Raspberry-like TiO2@yeast Microspheres
Authors: Li Hong-Ying , Bai Bo , Jing Deng-Wei , Ding Chen-Xu , Wang Hong-Lun , Suo You-Rui 
Published: December 2016

AbstractA novel strategy for simultaneous removal of cyanide anions and copper cations was proposed. Firstly, TiO