bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Results of Auricular Conchal Bowl Reconstructions Following Cancer Resections with Postauricular Island Flap
Authors: Iljin Aleksandra , Lewandowicz Edward , Antoszewski Bogusław , Durko Marcin , Zieliński Tomasz 
Published: February 2017

Abstractwas to present our experience with the postauricular island flap (pif) and clinical evaluation of the results following auricular conchal bowl reconstructions with the pif in patients after carcinoma resections.We analyzed results in 13 patients who underwent auricular conchal bowl reconstructions with pif following malignant tumor resection between 2000-2013. The patients were followed-up. We estimated early and long-term results after surgery including plastic surgeon’s and patient’s opinion.The malignancies were completely excised in all patients, and there were no recurrences within 2 years of follow-up. Observed complications of conchal bowl reconstructions were venous congestion in two cases (15.3 %), and pinning of the operated ear in two patients (15.3%). Postoperative result was very good in 11 cases (both in the opinion of plastic surgeon and patients), whereas in two patients with pinning of the operated ear was satisfied.1. Postauricular island flap reconstructions after auricular conchal bowl resections allowed for complete removal of malignant tumors with no evidence of recurrence, and also preserved proper conchal shape in the reconstructed ear. 2. Reconstructions of auricular conchal bowl with the postauricular island flap resulted in very good postoperative results, which confirms the efficiency of the applied technique. 3. Reconstructive surgery with postauricular island flap of individuals with partial auricular conchal bowl defects contributed to postoperative satisfaction in both patients and doctors’ estimations.
Report on Green Frog (Euphlyctis hexadactylus) from Vengaivasal Lake (Tamilnadu, India)
Authors: Ramanibai Ravichandran , Govindan Sivalingam 
Published: February 2017

Abstract
Through the Visual Encounter Survey only one species of green frog (Euphlyctis hexadactylus) was encountered. As we lack previous data we cannot comment on the decline of the species. Frogs, known for specific habitats, are under threats if such habitats are lost. The physico-chemical parameters estimated along with the anuran survey reported that the quality of the lake is not congenial to support the tadpoles of the frogs. The adults can move away from water and survive on land. The habitat, as well as the surrounding wetland, plays a vital role to support a good quantum of anurans.
Single-Molecule Sequencing of the Drosophila serrata Genome
Authors: Allen Scott L , Delaney Emily K , Kopp Artyom , Chenoweth Stephen F 
Published: February 2017

Abstract
Long-read sequencing technology promises to greatly enhance de novo assembly of genomes for nonmodel species. Although the error rates of long reads have been a stumbling block, sequencing at high coverage permits the self-correction of many errors. Here, we sequence and de novo assemble the genome of Drosophila serrata, a species from the montium subgroup that has been well-studied for latitudinal clines, sexual selection, and gene expression, but which lacks a reference genome. Using 11 PacBio single-molecule real-time (SMRT cells), we generated 12 Gbp of raw sequence data comprising ∼65 × whole-genome coverage. Read lengths averaged 8940 bp (NRead50 12,200) with the longest read at 53 kbp. We self-corrected reads using the PBDagCon algorithm and assembled the genome using the MHAP algorithm within the PBcR assembler. Total genome length was 198 Mbp with an N50 just under 1 Mbp. Contigs displayed a high degree of chromosome arm-level conservation with the D. melanogaster genome and many could be sensibly placed on the D. serrata physical map. We also provide an initial annotation for this genome using in silico gene predictions that were supported by RNA-seq data.
PENGARUH KUALITAS PRODUK, KEMUDAHAN, DAN HARGA TERHADAP NIAT BELI ULANG DENGAN KEPUASAN SEBAGAI VARIABEL INTERVENING (Studi Pada Pelanggan Produk Fashion Melalui Toko online di Surabaya)
Authors: Palma Marisa Arnindita , Andjarwati Anik Lestari 
Published: February 2017

ABSTRACT The increasing internet users in the world led to the changes of online shopping model. High security risks of online shopping actually increase the growth of online stores world wide. One of the best selling products sold in online stores are fashion products whereas such products are experience goods. The purpose of this study was to analyze and discuss the influence of the products quality , eases, and prices on the repurchase intention and satisfaction as an intervening variable. Satisfaction was measured by several drivers of satisfaction to determine the extent of repurchase intention made by fashion product customer. Respondents in this study were women and men aged 20- 40 years who have made purchases of fashion products in online store at least twice with the last purchase is within the last six month. The sampling method used was non probability sampling and sampling techniques used was judgmental sampling. The sample used in this research was 210. Data collection technique used in this study was questionnaire. Data were analyzed using path analysis with AMOS program. The results of this study indicate that the product quality, ease, and price have a significant effect on satisfications. Ease significantly influence the repurchase intentions While the quality of the product does not affect the repurchase intentions and the price negatively affect of the repurchase intention. The results of this study also show that the product quality, ease, and price has indirect influence on repurchase intentions and through satisfaction as mediating variables. But, the first mediation test (product quality) was proven to be fully mediating while the ease and price was proven to be partially mediating.
Representation of People’s Decisions in Health Information Systems
Authors: de Quiros Fernan Gonzalez Bernaldo , Dawidowski Adriana , Figar Silvana 
Published: February 2017

SummaryObjectives: In this study, we aimed: 1) to conceptualize the theoretical challenges facing health information systems (HIS) to represent patients’ decisions about health and medical treatments in everyday life; 2) to suggest approaches for modeling these processes.Methods: The conceptualization of the theoretical and methodological challenges was discussed in 2015 during a series of interdisciplinary meetings attended by health informatics staff, epidemiologists and health professionals working in quality management and primary and secondary prevention of chronic diseases of the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, together with sociologists, anthropologists and e-health stakeholders.Results: HIS are facing the need and challenge to represent social human processes based on constructive and complexity theories, which are the current frameworks of human sciences for understanding human learning and socio-cultural changes. Computer systems based on these theories can model processes of social construction of concrete and subjective entities and the interrelationships between them. These theories could be implemented, among other ways, through the mapping of health assets, analysis of social impact through community trials and modeling of complexity with system simulation tools.Conclusions: This analysis suggested the need to complement the traditional linear causal explanations of disease onset (and treatments) that are the bases for models of analysis of HIS with constructive and complexity frameworks. Both may enlighten the complex interrelationships among patients, health services and the health system. The aim of this strategy is to clarify people’s decision making processes to improve the efficiency, quality and equity of the health services and the health system.
Quasars Probing Galaxies. I. Signatures of Gas Accretion at Redshift z ≈ 0.2∗

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Authors: Ho Stephanie H. , Martin Crystal L. , Kacprzak Glenn G. , Churchill Christopher W. 
Published: February 2017

Abstract
We describe the kinematics of circumgalactic gas near the galactic plane, combining new measurements of galaxy rotation curves and spectroscopy of background quasars. The sightlines pass within 19–93 kpc of the target galaxy and generally detect Mg ii absorption. The Mg ii Doppler shifts have the same sign as the galactic rotation, so the cold gas co-rotates with the galaxy. Because the absorption spans a broader velocity range than disk rotation can explain, we explore simple models for the circumgalactic kinematics. Gas spiraling inwards (near the disk plane) offers a successful description of the observations. An appendix describes the addition of tangential and radial gas flows and illustrates how the sign of the disk inclination produces testable differences in the projected line-of-sight velocity range. This inflow interpretation implies that cold flow disks remain common down to redshift z ≈ 0.2 and prolong star formation by supplying gas to the disk.
Characteristics of Low-latitude Coronal Holes near the Maximum of Solar Cycle 24
Authors: Hofmeister Stefan J. , Veronig Astrid , Reiss Martin A. , Temmer Manuela , Vennerstrom Susanne , Vršnak Bojan , Heber Bernd 
Published: February 2017

Abstract
We investigate the statistics of 288 low-latitude coronal holes extracted from SDO/AIA-193 filtergrams over the time range of 2011 January 01–2013 December 31. We analyze the distribution of characteristic coronal hole properties, such as the areas, mean AIA-193 intensities, and mean magnetic field densities, the local distribution of the SDO/AIA-193 intensity and the magnetic field within the coronal holes, and the distribution of magnetic flux tubes in coronal holes. We find that the mean magnetic field density of all coronal holes under study is 3.0 ± 1.6 G, and the percentaged unbalanced magnetic flux is 49 ± 16%. The mean magnetic field density, the mean unsigned magnetic field density, and the percentaged unbalanced magnetic flux of coronal holes depend strongly pairwise on each other, with correlation coefficients cc > 0.92. Furthermore, we find that the unbalanced magnetic flux of the coronal holes is predominantly concentrated in magnetic flux tubes: 38% (81%) of the unbalanced magnetic flux of coronal holes arises from only 1% (10%) of the coronal hole area, clustered in magnetic flux tubes with field strengths >50 G (10 G). The average magnetic field density and the unbalanced magnetic flux derived from the magnetic flux tubes correlate with the mean magnetic field density and the unbalanced magnetic flux of the overall coronal hole (cc > 0.93). These findings give evidence that the overall magnetic characteristics of coronal holes are governed by the characteristics of the magnetic flux tubes.
Need for Improvement in Current Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis: Study of an Outpatient Clinic Population
Authors: Michelsen Brigitte , Diamantopoulos Andreas P. , Høiberg Hege Kilander , Soldal Dag Magnar , Kavanaugh Arthur , Haugeberg Glenn 
Published: February 2017

Objective.To explore the burden of skin, joint, and entheses manifestations in a representative psoriatic arthritis (PsA) outpatient cohort in the biologic treatment era.Methods.This was a cross-sectional study of 141 PsA outpatients fulfilling the ClASsification for Psoriatic ARthritis (CASPAR) criteria and examined between January 2013 and May 2014. Selected disease activity measures were explored including Disease Activity index for PSoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA), Composite Psoriatic Disease Activity Index (CPDAI), Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity Score (PASDAS), Disease Activity Score for 28 joints (DAS28), Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI), and Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI). Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), minimal disease activity (MDA), and remission criteria were assessed.Results.Median (range) DAPSA was 14.5 (0.1–76.4), CPDAI 5 (1–11), PASDAS 3.1 (2.1–4.2), DAS28-erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) 3.2 (0.6–6.4), SDAI 8.6 (0.1–39.5), PASI 1.2 (0.0–19.7), and DLQI 2.0 (0–17). The MDA criteria were fulfilled by 22.9% of the patients. DAPSA ≤ 4, CPDAI ≤ 2, PASDAS < 2.4, DAS28-ESR < 2.4, SDAI < 3.3, and Boolean’s remission criteria were fulfilled by 12.1, 9.3, 7.8, 26.2, 21.3, and 5.7% of patients, respectively. The number of satisfied patients was similar regardless of whether the group was treated with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors.Conclusion.Our real-life data indicate that there is still a need for improvement in today’s treatment of PsA. Musculoskeletal inflammatory involvement was more prominent than psoriatic skin involvement. Only a few patients fulfilled the DAPSA, PASDAS, and CPDAI remission criteria, and about a quarter fulfilled the MDA criteria. Considerably fewer patients fulfilled PsA-specific remission criteria versus non-PsA specific remission criteria. Still, patient satisfaction was good and PASI and DLQI were low.
Removal of Heavy Metals from Industrial Wastewaters: A Review
Authors: Azimi Arezoo , Azari Ahmad , Rezakazemi Mashallah , Ansarpour Meisam 
Published: February 2017

AbstractHeavy metals like arsenic, copper, cadmium, chromium, nickel, zinc, lead, and mercury are major pollutants of fresh water reservoirs because of their toxic, non‐biodegradable, and persistent nature. The industrial growth is the major source of heavy metals introducing such pollutants into different segments of the environment including air, water, soil, and biosphere. Heavy metals are easily absorbed by fishes and vegetables due to their high solubility in the aquatic environments. Hence, they may accumulate in the human body by means of the food chain. Various methods have been developed and used for water and wastewater treatment to decrease heavy metal concentrations. These technologies include membrane filtration, ion‐exchange, adsorption, chemical precipitation, nanotechnology treatments, electrochemical and advanced oxidation processes. In this review, the methods as well as their mechanisms and efficiency are discussed.
Bumblebees require visual pollen stimuli to initiate and multimodal stimuli to complete a full behavioral sequence in close‐range flower orientation
Authors: Wilmsen Saskia , Gottlieb Robin , Junker Robert R. , Lunau Klaus 
Published: February 2017

AbstractFlower visits are complex encounters, in which animals are attracted by floral signals, guided toward the site of the first physical contact with a flower, land, and finally take up floral rewards. At close range, signals of stamens and pollen play an important role to facilitate flower handling in bees, yet the pollen stimuli eliciting behavioral responses are poorly known. In this study, we test the response of flower‐naive bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) toward single and multimodal pollen stimuli as compared to natural dandelion pollen. As artificial pollen stimuli, we used the yellow flavonoid pigment quercetin, the scent compound eugenol, the amino acid proline, the monosaccharide glucose, and the texture of pollen‐grain‐sized glass pellets as a tactile stimulus. Three test stimuli, dandelion pollen, one out of various uni‐ and multimodal stimulus combinations, and a solvent control were presented simultaneously to individual bumblebees, whose response was recorded. The results indicate that bumblebees respond in an irreversible sequence of behavioral reactions. Bumblebees approached the visual stimulus quercetin as often as natural dandelion pollen. An additional olfactory stimulus resulted in slightly more frequent landings. The multimodal stimulus combinations including visual, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile stimuli elicited approaches, antennal contacts, and landings as often as natural pollen. Subsequent reactions like proboscis extension, mandible biting, and buzzing were more often but not regularly observed at dandelion pollen. Our study shows that visual signals of pollen are sufficient to trigger initial responses of bumblebees, whereas multimodal pollen stimuli elicit full behavioral response as compared to natural pollen. Our results suggest a major role of pollen cues for the attraction of bees toward flowers and also explain, why many floral guides mimic the visual signals of pollen and anthers, that is, the yellow and UV‐absorbing color, to direct bumblebees toward the site where they access the floral rewards.
Variations in soil nutrients and salinity caused by tamarisk in the coastal wetland of the Laizhou Bay, China
Authors: Liu Jingtao , Rong Qiangqiang , Zhao Yanyun 
Published: February 2017

AbstractThe nature of resource islands created by patchy distribution of plants remains controversial in arid, semi‐arid, and even some coastal ecosystems. This study explores these effects of isolated and clustered tamarisk (Tamarix chinensis Lour.) in coastal wetland of the Laizhou Bay. Soil samples were collected and analyzed from 0 to 30 cm depth near the trunks of isolated tamarisk plants, in clustered tamarisk communities, and in open land. The results showed that available nitrogen (AN), available phosphorus (AP), and soluble aqueous sodium (Na) concentrations of soil under the isolated and clustered tamarisk canopies were significantly higher than those from open land. The Na and electrical conductivity (EC) values of intra‐canopy in clustered tamarisk were higher than those in the inter‐canopy space, while Na and EC of intra‐ and inter‐canopy space were significantly lower than those under the isolated tamarisk. Soil nutrients under isolated and clustered tamarisk canopies in the coastal zone of the Laizhou Bay exhibited significant resource island effects. However, the size of this resource island effect was significantly lower under clustered tamarisk than that of isolated tamarisk, indicating that this effect will weaken following the vegetation restoration or the succession of plant community in the studied area.
Serotonin-dependent kinetics of feeding bursts underlie a graded response to food availability in C. elegans
Authors: Lee Kyung Suk , Iwanir Shachar , Kopito Ronen B. , Scholz Monika , Calarco John A. , Biron David , Levine Erel 
Published: February 2017

AbstractAnimals integrate physiological and environmental signals to modulate their food uptake. The nematode C. elegans, whose food uptake consists of pumping bacteria from the environment into the gut, provides excellent opportunities for discovering principles of conserved regulatory mechanisms. Here we show that worms implement a graded feeding response to the concentration of environmental bacteria by modulating a commitment to bursts of fast pumping. Using long-term, high-resolution, longitudinal recordings of feeding dynamics under defined conditions, we find that the frequency and duration of pumping bursts increase and the duration of long pauses diminishes in environments richer in bacteria. The bioamine serotonin is required for food-dependent induction of bursts as well as for maintaining their high rate of pumping through two distinct mechanisms. We identify the differential roles of distinct families of serotonin receptors in this process and propose that regulation of bursts is a conserved mechanism of behaviour and motor control.
Dysfunction of ventrolateral striatal dopamine receptor type 2-expressing medium spiny neurons impairs instrumental motivation
Authors: Tsutsui-Kimura Iku , Takiue Hiroyuki , Yoshida Keitaro , Xu Ming , Yano Ryutaro , Ohta Hiroyuki , Nishida Hiroshi , Bouchekioua Youcef , Okano Hideyuki , Uchigashima Motokazu , Watanabe Masahiko , Takata Norio , Drew Michael R. , Sano Hiromi , Mimura Masaru , Tanaka Kenji F. 
Published: February 2017

AbstractImpaired motivation is present in a variety of neurological disorders, suggesting that decreased motivation is caused by broad dysfunction of the nervous system across a variety of circuits. Based on evidence that impaired motivation is a major symptom in the early stages of Huntington’s disease, when dopamine receptor type 2-expressing striatal medium spiny neurons (D2-MSNs) are particularly affected, we hypothesize that degeneration of these neurons would be a key node regulating motivational status. Using a progressive, time-controllable, diphtheria toxin-mediated cell ablation/dysfunction technique, we find that loss-of-function of D2-MSNs within ventrolateral striatum (VLS) is sufficient to reduce goal-directed behaviours without impairing reward preference or spontaneous behaviour. Moreover, optogenetic inhibition and ablation of VLS D2-MSNs causes, respectively, transient and chronic reductions of goal-directed behaviours. Our data demonstrate that the circuitry containing VLS D2-MSNs control motivated behaviours and that VLS D2-MSN loss-of-function is a possible cause of motivation deficits in neurodegenerative diseases.
Diffraction-free light droplets for axially-resolved volume imaging
Authors: Antonacci G. , Domenico G. Di , Silvestri S. , DelRe E. , Ruocco G. 
Published: February 2017

AbstractAn ideal direct imaging system entails a method to illuminate on command a single diffraction-limited region in a generally thick and turbid volume. The best approximation to this is the use of large-aperture lenses that focus light into a spot. This strategy fails for regions that are embedded deep into the sample, where diffraction and scattering prevail. Airy beams and Bessel beams are solutions of the Helmholtz Equation that are both non-diffracting and self-healing, features that make them naturally able to outdo the effects of distance into the volume but intrinsically do not allow resolution along the propagation axis. Here, we demonstrate diffraction-free self-healing three-dimensional monochromatic light spots able to penetrate deep into the volume of a sample, resist against deflection in turbid environments, and offer axial resolution comparable to that of Gaussian beams. The fields, formed from coherent mixtures of Bessel beams, manifest a more than ten-fold increase in their undistorted penetration, even in turbid milk solutions, compared to diffraction-limited beams. In a fluorescence imaging scheme, we find a ten-fold increase in image contrast compared to diffraction-limited illuminations, and a constant axial resolution even after four Rayleigh lengths. Results pave the way to new opportunities in three-dimensional microscopy.
Triplet p-wave pairing correlation in low-doped zigzag graphene nanoribbons
Authors: Ma Tianxing , Yang Fan , Huang Zhongbing , Lin Hai-Qing 
Published: February 2017

AbstractWe reveal an edge spin triplet p-wave superconducting pairing correlation in slightly doped zigzag graphene nanoribbons. By employing a method that combines random-phase approximation, the finite-temperature determinant quantum Monte Carlo approach, and the ground-state constrained-path quantum Monte Carlo method, it is shown that such a spin-triplet pairing is mediated by the ferromagnetic fluctuations caused by the flat band at the edge. The spin susceptibility and effective pairing interactions at the edge strongly increase as the on-site Coulomb interaction increases, indicating the importance of electron-electron correlations. It is also found that the doping-dependent ground-state p-wave pairing correlation bears some similarity to the famous superconducting dome in the phase diagram of a high-temperature superconductor, while the spin correlation at the edge is weakened as the system is doped away from half filling.