bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Intensive Treatment of Pediatric OCD: The Case of Sarah
Authors: Farrell Lara J. , Sluis Rachel , Waters Allison M. 
Published: September 2016

While cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) either alone or in combination with pharmacotherapy (e.g., selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) has received strong empirical support for obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD; Geller & March, 2012), this treatment is often inaccessible for children and their families. Barriers to accessing CBT include a lack of trained therapists, clinician and patient beliefs about CBT, and geographical and financial barriers (Goisman et al., 1993; Marques et al., 2010; Turner, Heyman, Futh, & Lovell, 2009). Furthermore, while the majority of therapists endorse a CBT orientation, exposure therapy is rarely used in routine clinical practice (Whiteside, Deacon, Benito, & Stewart, 2016). This case study therefore describes an intensive 2‐ or 3‐session treatment of childhood OCD (e.g., Farrell et al., 2016) to improve efficient and rapid delivery of evidence‐based treatment. The case of Sarah illustrates this intensive treatment model and highlights clinical considerations for therapists when delivery a concentrated, time‐limited treatment.
Reinventing HCV Treatment: Past and Future Perspectives
Authors: Carter Wendy , Connelly Sarah , Struble Kimberly 
Published: September 2016

AbstractThis review paper summarizes the epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and chronic HCV infection, including HCV virology and treatment regimens. Specifically, we focus on the evolution of past, current, and future HCV treatment options, the reasons for treatment failure, and the impact of resistance‐associated variants on treatment success.
Global antioxidant response of meat
Authors: Carrillo Celia , Barrio Ángela , del Mar Cavia María , Alonso‐Torre Sara 
Published: September 2016

AbstractBACKGROUNDThe global antioxidant response (GAR) method uses an enzymatic digestion to release antioxidants from foods. Owing to the importance of digestion for protein breakdown and subsequent release of bioactive compounds, the aim of the present study was to compare the GAR method for meat with the existing methodologies: the extraction‐based method and QUENCHER. Seven fresh meats were analyzed using ABTS and FRAP assays.RESULTSOur results indicated that the GAR of meat was higher than the total antioxidant capacity (TAC) assessed with the traditional extraction‐based method. When evaluated with GAR, the thermal treatment led to an increase in the TAC of the soluble fraction, contrasting with a decreased TAC after cooking measured using the extraction‐based method. The effect of thermal treatment on the TAC assessed by the QUENCHER method seemed to be dependent on the assay applied, since results from ABTS differed from FRAP.CONCLUSIONOur results allow us to hypothesize that the activation of latent bioactive peptides along the gastrointestinal tract should be taken into consideration when evaluating the TAC of meat. Therefore, we conclude that the GAR method may be more appropriate for assessing the TAC of meat than the existing, most commonly used methods. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry
A dual‐band class A/B discrete power amplifier based on multiresonant networks
Authors: Silva Fabrício. G. S. , de Lima Robson N. , Freire Raimundo C. S. 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTIn this article, the design and implementation of a dual‐band power amplifier using multiresonant networks is presented. The measurement results have shown 50.7% and 37.2% of PAE peak efficiency at 29.6 dBm and 26.5 dBm output power, respectively, at 433 and 865 MHz. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2807–2811, 2016
Miniaturized siw‐integrated 2D DRA array for 5G MMW applications
Authors: Abdel‐Wahab Wael M. , Wang Ying , Al‐Saedi Hussam , Safavi‐Naeini  
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTIn this article, a miniaturized substrate integrated waveguide (SIW)‐integrated 2D dielectric resonator antenna array is presented. The proposed antenna array size is decreased by reducing the area occupied by the SIW feeding network. This is accomplished by folding the corporate feeding network part in a second dielectric substrate layer. The coupling between the two layers is achieved by using a transverse slot (E‐coupling) cut in the middle ground plane. The miniaturized antenna was fabricated and tested. The simulated and measured results show that the proposed miniaturized double‐layer array design provides a comparable reflection and far‐field performance compared to the single layer array design. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2804–2807, 2016
Five‐element ESPAR antenna using the annular ring slot active element
Authors: Lee Kang‐Pyo , Choi Hak‐Keun 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTThis study proposes a five‐element electric steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna that uses annular ring slot feeding and can be applied to Beamspace MIMO communication. A typical dipole active element that can be applied to the ESPAR antenna usually has a cylindrical structure. Since the coaxial cable is located inside the cylinder, it is restricted by the diameter of the dipole. In the proposed annular ring slot active element, the annular ring slot is formed on the outer conductor, and then the inner conductor is put into the outer conductor to be fed. The typical dipole active element currently takes a cylindrical shape, and therefore has a omnidirectional pattern. Therefore, it generates identical radiation patterns, regardless of the number of parasitic elements. Moreover, in the proposed method, it is easy to undertake impedance matching that controls the length, diameter, and thickness of the slot, outer conductor, and inner conductor. Furthermore, since the dielectric cylinder is located between the outer and inner conductors, it is structurally solid. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2800–2804, 2016
Microstrip antennas for X‐band and MM‐wave frequencies based on diamond shape defected ground structure and size extension method
Authors: Saqib Rabbani Muhammad , Ghafouri‐Shiraz Hooshang 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTA diamond shape defected ground structure (DGS) is deployed on a higher mode rectangular microstrip patch antenna (RMPA) to improve the antenna return loss
bandwidth and fabrication tolerance at X‐band and millimeter wave (mm‐wave) frequencies. The DGS dimensions have been analyzed to study their effects on the antenna's performance. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2836–2841, 2016
A study on frequency tuning and miniaturization of a ground slotted rectangular microstrip patch antenna built with different dielectric substrates
Authors: Bhowmik A. , Chakraborty U. , Bhattacharjee A. K. 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTIn this study, the relationship between ground slot length and operating guided wavelength of a rectangular microstrip patch antenna for different dielectric substrates is investigated. The microstrip antenna structure taken into consideration is consist of one open ended slot embedded inside the patch and one rectangular slot placed inside the ground plane. For each of the dielectric substrates (εr = 2.2, 2.4, 3.2, 3.55, 4.2, 4.4, 4.8, 6, and 8) simulation results in terms of resonance frequency, bandwidth, gain, and size reduction are found for different values of ground slot length. From the each stage of the antenna (for each dielectric substrate) the relationship between ground slot length and guided wavelength is formed by the help of simulated results and finally all these relations are combined into the proposed relationship. Four prototypes are fabricated (two prototypes using PTFE substrate and two using FR4 substrate) and tested. Good agreements are found between simulated and measured results. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2859–2864, 2016
A direct method to extract extrinsic capacitances of rf SOI MOSFETs using common source‐body and gate‐body configurations
Authors: Ahn Jahyun , Lee Seonghearn 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTA direct extraction method is newly proposed to determine all extrinsic capacitances including the drain‐source coupling capacitance in a buried oxide layer of RF SOI MOSFETs. This new method is based on Y‐parameter equations derived from two “off” state equivalent circuits under common source‐body and gate‐body configurations. Using this method, the gate voltage‐dependent extrinsic capacitance data are extracted and small‐signal equivalent circuit modeling is accurately performed. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2851–2853, 2016
New competitive system for tomato's ripeness control
Authors: Mounkid El Afendi Mohamed , Tellache Mohamed , Tao Junwu , Wu Ii , Benmimoune Mouncef 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTThe tomatoes production shows a fast growing in the word. The need of fast industrial process to covert the high request of the second more consumed vegetarian produced after the potatoes, have attracted a considerable interest from both academia and industry. In this article, we develop a model based on high frequency structural simulator (HFSS) to evaluate different armatures of tomatoes for real time monitoring process. Unlike previous techniques, based on image processing, the proposed study presents a new approach of tomatoes evaluation. The tomatoes color may differ from side to another, which limits such solution. The proposed system uses the microwave penetration capability in order to perform 3D tomatoes evaluation. The sensitive of dielectric variation in terms of liquids composite of tomatoes, presents a new criteria for ripeness classification. The proposed model is simulated and experimentally approved for different kinds of tomatoes samples. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2901–2905, 2016
Full 3D‐FDTD analysis and validation for indoor propagation at 2.45 GHz
Authors: Rodríguez Sánchez Abimael , Enciso Aguilar Mauro , Sosa Pedroza Jorge Roberto , Benavides Cruz Alberto Manuel , Coss Domínguez Salvador , Peña Ruíz Sergio , Couder Castañeda Carlos 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTFull finite differences time domain (FDTD) method is implemented using a WiFi Access Point into common office environment at 2.45 GHz. The model allows observing the electromagnetic phenomena when the wave impignes over typical objects. FDTD results has been obtained demonstrate good concordance with measurements at different heights. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2880–2884, 2016
Broadband slot arrays with wide H‐plane beamwidth
Authors: Row Jeen‐Sheen , Lin Yan‐Ming 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTDesigns of 1 × 4 vertically polarized arrays with wide beamwidths are described. The array is composed of two pairs of monopole slot antennas, and each pair is excited with a differential feed scheme to reduce cross polarization. In addition, a rectangular metallic box is introduced as a reflector of the array to generate different beamwidths and improve front‐to‐back ratios. From the simulated results, it is found that by tuning the dimensions of the metallic box, the H‐plane half‐power beamwidth of the array can be varied between 90° and 180°. For each beamwidth case, the 10dB‐return‐loss bandwidth (BW) of the array can cover the band from 1.7 to 2.7 GHz; moreover, a cross polarization of lower than −20 dB, a front‐to‐back ratio of higher than 15 dB, and a beamwidth variation of <10° are also realized within the impedance BW. An experiment is also carried out to validate the simulation. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2871–2876, 2016
A finite unloaded quality‐factor resonators based negative group delay circuit and its application to design power divider
Authors: Chaudhary Girdhari , Jeong Yongchae 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTThis paper presents a novel approach to design a negative group delay (NGD) circuit based on finite unloaded quality‐factor resonators. The proposed topology does not require a lumped element resistor to generate NGD. The NGD can be controlled by coupling between source and resonators as well as by unloaded quality‐factor of resonators. Similarly, the NGD bandwidth can be controlled by coupling between resonators. The proposed topology can further apply to design power divider. The design theory of the proposed topology is proven through fabrication of NGD circuit and power divider at a center frequency of 2.14 GHz. The measurement results are in good agreement with simulations and predicated theoretical results. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2918–2921, 2016
Backscattering technique for real‐time monitoring of the received power in wireless power transmission systems
Authors: Zarifi Telnaz , Moez Kambiz , Mousavi Pedram 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTA wireless power transmission system with a dynamic, real‐time feedback for impedance matching is presented. The AC signal at the receiver node is rectified, the resulting DC signal is passed to a voltage controlled oscillator which drives a high‐frequency analog switch. When in the ON state, the switch shorts the terminals of the receiver coil, dramatically changing the impedance seen by the transmitter coil. This change is detected on the transmitter side as the backscattered signal. Variation on the frequency of the backscattered signal can then be used to affect changes in the power source amplitude or the transmission side matching network to optimize the transmission power efficiency. The proposed feedback system is implemented with planar spiral coils on PCBs, and the effect of distance variation between the coils and as a consequence, DC voltage variation on the rectifier output is measured using voltage signal spectrum in the transmitter node at 1 MHz. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2980–2983, 2016
Compact band pass filter with controllable bandwidth based on low radiation spur‐line defected ground structure
Authors: Zhou Xin Yu , Zheng Shao Yong , Chan Wing Shing , Ho Derek 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTRadiation loss is a major problem of defected ground structures (DGSs) in past decades. This paper presents a novel band pass filter (BPF) employing low radiation spur‐line DGS (S‐LDGS) resonators and a split ring resonator (SRR). This combination results in compact size and significant reduction in radiation loss. The proposed BPF achieves controllable fractional bandwidth, ranging from 36.2% to 46.5% centered at 2.6 GHz, which covers two Wi‐MAX bands. The proposal is verified with a prototype that demonstrates good agreement between simulations and measurements. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2966–2968, 2016
Performance improvement of cascaded dispersion compensation based fiber Bragg gratings by smart selection
Authors: Giacoumidis Elias , Perentos Andreas , Aldaya Ivan 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTA Monte‐Carlo (MC)‐based heuristic algorithm is applied, for the first time, in cascaded chromatic dispersion compensation based fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) for performance improvement by means of group delay ripple mitigation. It is shown that the MC method outperforms random FBG selection by 37.5% and 35% for 10 and 15 cascaded FBGs, respectively. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2954–2957, 2016
A novel ultra‐wideband metamaterial antenna using chessboard‐shaped patch
Authors: Zhang Hong Tu , Luo Guo Qing , Yuan Bo , Zhang Xiao Hong 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTA novel ultra‐wideband (UWB) antenna with chessboard‐shaped patch is successfully designed by employing planar patterned metamaterial in this paper. The metamaterial antenna has two layers, a novel chessboard‐shaped patch on the top layer and a planar metallic ground carved grid patterned gaps on the bottom layer. This novel antenna has a fractional impedance bandwidth of 71%, which is far more than that of a corresponding conventional patch antenna. Its radiation efficiency is higher than 88% within its operating frequency range 3.5∼7.9GHz and a maximum radiation efficiency of 96% has been achieved. Its gain is varied from 2.7 to 6.9dBi within its operating bandwidth. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:3008–3012, 2016
A parasitic hexagonal patch antenna surrounded by same shaped slot for WLAN, UWB applications with notch at vanet frequency band
Authors: Boopathi Rani R. , Pandey S.K. 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTA parasitic fed ultra‐wideband antenna is proposed for WLAN and UWB applications. The proposed antenna consists of parasitic hexagonal patch surrounded by hexagonal slot and ground plane in same side of the substrate. Microstrip line present on the other side of the substrate excites the patch parasitically. The overall size of an antenna is 25 × 25 × 1.6 mm3. The prototype antenna is designed, fabricated and tested. It provides good return loss characteristics and radiation pattern. The measured −10 dB impedance bandwidth are 2.12 GHz (3.71 GHz to 5.83 GHz) and 6.1 GHz (6.05 GHz to 12.15 GHz) with resonance frequencies at 5.25 GHz and 6.73 GHz respectively. Since, this antenna provides good resonance at 5.25 GHz having impedance bandwidth more than 1 GHz, this can be used for WLAN applications. This antenna also provides notch band from 5.83 GHz to 6.05 GHz where vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) devices operate. Hence, this antenna does not cause interference to VANET devices. Parametric studies on patch, slot dimension, feed length are done to validate the results. The simulated and measured results of the antenna are in close agreement with each another. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2996–3000, 2016
Capacitive/inductive compensation factor in coupled lines wilkinson power divider design
Authors: Wang Xiaolong , Ohira Masataka , Ma Zhewang , Sakagami Iwata , Mase Atsushi , Yoshikawa Masayuki 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACTIn this article, two coupled line sections are taken place transmission lines for miniaturization in Wilkinson power divider. A general compensation factor is shunted in the middle of two coupled line sections to compensate the different input impedances between even‐ and odd‐mode, where, the factor could be capacitive or inductive reactance, and its value is determined by effective dielectric constants of substrate, coupling strength and its physical lengths of two coupled line sections. Compared with the function of compensated capacitor, the similar results are newly summarized in this article: compensated inductor could also be used to compensate different characteristic impedances in stripline structure (homogeneous medium), and compensate the difference of phase velocities microstrip line structure (inhomogeneous medium). Design charts and calculated bandwidths are discussed for both different structures. One experimental circuit was fabricated in microstrip line structure, and the measurement results showed good agreement with theoretical results © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2940–2944, 2016
Acid‐Responsive Absorption and Emission of 5‐N‐Arylaminothiazoles: Emission of White Light from a Single Fluorescent Dye and a Lewis Acid
Authors: Yamaguchi Kirara , Murai Toshiaki , Guo Jing‐Dong , Sasamori Takahiro , Tokitoh Norihiro 
Published: September 2016

AbstractThe front cover artwork is provided by the group of Toshiaki Murai at Gifu University (Japan). The image shows structures of the key compounds and the change of the fluorescence. Although electron‐donating and ‐accepting groups are not in the same plane, they show relatively strong fluorescence from blue to orange. For more details, read the full text of the Communication at 10.1002/open.201600059.
Depressive symptoms in women's midlife in relation to their body weight before, during and after childbearing years
Authors: Bliddal M. , Pottegård A. , Kirkegaard H. , Olsen J. , Sørensen T. I. A. , Nohr E. A. 
Published: September 2016

SummaryObjectiveThis study aimed to examine how weight and weight changes related to pregnancy were associated with depressive symptoms 11–16 years after childbirth.MethodWe followed 16,998 first‐time mothers from the Danish National Birth Cohort up till 16 years after birth and estimated associations between depressive symptoms and pre‐pregnancy body mass index (BMI) (kg m−2), weight changes in different time periods, and BMI‐adjusted waist circumference 7 years after birth (WCBMI, cm). Depressive symptoms were estimated by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression 10‐item scale. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals.ResultsCompared with normal‐weight, we found that underweight, overweight and obesity were associated with greater odds of depressive symptoms (1.29, 1.24 and 1.73, respectively). Compared with weight change ±1 BMI unit during the total follow‐up period, greater odds for depressive symptoms were observed with weight loss (OR 1.14, 0.96–1.36) or gain of 2–2.99 kg m−2 (OR 1.11, 0.92–1.33) or gain of ≥3 kg m−2 (OR 1.68, 1.46–1.94). WCBMI > 2.2 cm was associated with greater odds of depressive symptoms (OR 1.16, 0.99–1.36) than waist circumference as predicted by BMI.ConclusionLow and high pre‐pregnancy BMI, weight changes and WCBMI larger than predicted were associated with more depressive symptoms in midlife.
Lack of immunocytological GD2 expression on neuroblastoma cells in bone marrow at diagnosis, during treatment, and at recurrence*
Authors: Schumacher‐Kuckelkorn Roswitha , Volland Ruth , Gradehandt Anke , Hero Barbara , Simon Thorsten , Berthold Frank 
Published: September 2016

AbstractBackgroundLoss of disialoganglioside 2 (GD2) expression in neuroblastoma (NB) bone marrow cells has been reported in rare cases. This study investigated prospectively the frequency and the patterns of visible GD2 loss at diagnosis, during treatment, and at recurrence.MethodsBone marrow aspirates of patients with new or recurrent stage 4 and 4S NB diagnosed between January 1, 2002 and August 31, 2013 were investigated in parallel by cytology and GD2 immunocytology. Complete negative immunostaining was defined if staining was absent in all and partial if absent in a portion and/or in case of atypical faint staining.ResultsOf 1,261 investigated trial patients of all stages, 474 had unequivocal cytological bone marrow infiltration at initial diagnosis. Thirty‐seven patients had tumor cells with complete or partial negative GD2 staining at initial diagnosis, nine during chemotherapy, and 11 at recurrence (altogether 12.0%). The percentage of GD2 negativity in stages 4 and 4S were similar (13% and 9%, respectively). Complete negativity was seen in 14 and partial in 43 cases. Twenty‐one cases changed from positive to negative (15 to partial and six to complete) and three cases from negative to positive staining (two to partial and one to complete). The GD2 negative and positive groups were not different regarding tumor sites, molecular characteristics, histology, and tumor markers. Children with stage 4 and GD2 negativity tended to be older at diagnosis (42 vs. 32 months, P = 0.056). Event‐free survival and overall survival comparing negative versus positive staining did not show any differences.ConclusionsComplete or partial lack of GD2 staining on NB cells in bone marrow is more frequent than currently recognized.