bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
“Admiration . . . for All That Is Sincerely Religious”
Authors: Peterson Joseph W. 
Published: July 2017

AbstractThis essay contextualizes the philo-Islamic discourse of the ultramontane Catholic Louis Veuillot by comparing his representations of Islam in colonial Algeria with the Islamic imaginaries of his contemporaries Edgar Quinet and Eugène Boré. Like the anticlerical Quinet, Veuillot used the alleged theocratic unity of Islamic society to critique the divisions of postrevolutionary France. Like the Catholic missionary Boré, he praised the religious devotion and good faith of Muslims to condemn the anticlericalism of the July Monarchy and to affirm the possibility of Muslim conversion to Christianity. Sympathetic Catholic treatments of Islam would prove short-lived, as missionary efforts toward Algerian Muslims met with failure and frustration and as Catholics increasingly allied themselves by the end of the century with a more secular, racialized “civilizing mission.” But Veuillot's conflicted orientalism shows that resources for a begrudging Islamo-Catholic dialogue existed even (or especially) in that unlikely site: nineteenth-century, “intransigent” French Catholicism.Cet essai a pour but de placer dans son contexte le philo-islamisme du catholique ultramontain Louis Veuillot au moyen d'une comparaison entre Veuillot et ses contemporains pourtant radicalement opposés, Edgar Quinet, connu pour son anticléricalisme, et Eugène Boré, orientaliste et missionnaire. Tout comme Quinet, Veuillot s'est appuyé sur l'exemple des théocraties islamiques pour critiquer les divisions sociopolitiques de la France postrévolutionnaire. Tout comme Boré, il a élevé au rang de modèle à suivre le respect des musulmans à l'égard de la religion pour mieux condamner l'anticléricalisme de la Monarchie de Juillet. Quoique la bienveillance avec laquelle les catholiques français ont considéré l'islam au dix-neuvième siècle ait été de courte durée, notamment en raison de l'échec des apostolats auprès des musulmans et de l'expansion des théories raciales, le discours orientaliste de Veuillot montre que même chez les catholiques intransigeants du dix-neuvième siècle un dialogue entre islam et christianisme avait été amorcé.
A bioluminescent Pseudomonas aeruginosa wound model reveals increased mortality of type 1 diabetic mice to biofilm infection
Authors: A.M. Agostinho Hunt , J.A. Gibson , C.L. Larrivee , S. O'Reilly , S. Navitskaya , D.B. Needle , R.B. Abramovitch , J.V. Busik , C.M. Waters 
Published: July 2017

Objective: To examine how bacterial biofilms, as contributing factors in the delayed closure of chronic wounds in patients with diabetes, affect the healing process. Method: We used daily microscopic imaging and the IVIS Spectrum in vivo imaging system to monitor biofilm infections of bioluminescent Pseudomonas aeruginosa and evaluate healing in non-diabetic and streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. Results: Our studies determined that diabetes alone did not affect the rate of healing of full-depth murine back wounds compared with non-diabetic mice. The application of mature biofilms to the wounds significantly decreased the rate of healing compared with non-infected wounds for both non-diabetic as well as diabetic mice. Diabetic mice were also more severely affected by biofilms displaying elevated pus production, higher mortality rates and statistically significant increase in wound depth, granulation/fibrosis and biofilm presence. Introduction of a mutant Pseudomonas aeruginosa capable of producing high concentrations of cyclic di-GMP did not result in increased persistence in either diabetic or non-diabetic animals compared with the wild type strain. Conclusion: Understanding the interplay between diabetes and biofilms may lead to novel treatments and better clinical management of chronic wounds.
Tobacco control and young people: a guide for GPNs
Authors: Croghan Emma 
Published: July 2017

Smoking-related deaths may happen decades later, but most smokers actually begin the habit in adolescence. Emma Croghan looks at ways that general practice nurses can help teenagers to give up or deter them from starting in the first place Practice nurses have an important role to play in tobacco control with young people. Smoking remains a public health priority for all ages, and practice nurses will commonly experience working with older adults, especially those who have long-term conditions and who are smokers. Though the majority of smoking-related deaths are in people aged 35 years or older, the onset of smoking occurs primarily in adolescence. Therefore, intervening to prevent uptake and to increase and maintain cessation in young people who have already started to smoke is crucial.
Comparison of Perennial Grasses and Corn-Based Biomass Materials for High-Yielding Hydrogen Gas Production
Authors: Irmak Sibel , Meryemoglu Bahar 
Published: July 2017

Abstract. Both perennial grasses and corn biomass residues are non-edible for humans and have high carbohydrate contents that make them promising raw materials for biofuel production. This study evaluated perennial grasses (miscanthus and switchgrass) and corn-based biomass materials (corn stover, stalk, cob, husk, and bran) for high-yielding hydrogen gas production by aqueous-phase reforming (APR). The biomass materials were dissolved in subcritical water to obtain hydrolysates for use as feed solutions in APR. The dissolution experiments showed that hydrolysis percentages and total organic carbon releases were considerably higher in corn biomass fractions as compared to perennial grasses. The highest (66.7 mL H2) and lowest (27.0 mL H2) hydrogen yields were observed when miscanthus and corn bran biomass hydrolysates, respectively, were used as the feed solution. Hydrogen production yields were found to be in the following descending order: miscanthus &gt; corn cob &gt; corn stover &gt; switchgrass &gt; corn husk = corn stalk &gt;&gt; corn bran. In general, the biomass hydrolysates that had less organic carbon resulted in higher hydrogen production. Hydrolysis and gasification results for corn husks from various types of corn (field corn, sweet corn, seed corn, and popcorn) were different. The findings of this study will be beneficial for selection of the right biomass material for production of a specific value-added product from biomass. This study focused on biofuel hydrogen gas, which has the highest specific energy content of all conventional fuels. Keywords: APR, Corn biomass, Hydrogen, Hydrolysis, Miscanthus, Switchgrass.
Fuel Consumption Models for Tractor Test Reports
Authors: Kocher Michael F. , Smith Bryan J. , Hoy Roger M. , Woldstad Jeffrey C. , Pitla Santosh K. 
Published: July 2017

Abstract. Five models for estimating fuel consumption for agricultural tractors with partial drawbar loads were compared. Data were collected from eight John Deere tractors, JD 7230R (e23), 7250R (e23), 7270R (e23), 7290R (e23), 8320R (16 speed), 7290R (IVT), 8345RT (IVT), 8370R (IVT), on the drawbar test track at the Nebraska Tractor Test Lab. The tractors were tested with seven load levels per speed at three different travel speeds as close as possible to 7.5, 10, and 13 km h-1. The IVT tractors were operated in auto mode, and the geared tractors were shifted up three gears and throttled back to the same travel speeds as obtained with the original gear (before shifting up) at maximum drawbar power. The seven loads were selected at 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 75%, and 80% of the drawbar pull at maximum power and rated engine speed at the selected travel speed. Model 1 (fuel consumption as a linear function of drawbar power on concrete), currently used in OECD Code 2, Section 4.4.8, resulted in a separate equation for each speed tested. When regression mean square errors were used for statistical comparison of the five fuel consumption models, model 5 (fuel consumption as a linear function of drawbar power and travel speed on concrete, and engine speed) was not significantly different from the model currently used in OECD Code 2, Section 4.4.8 (model 1, fuel consumption as a linear function of drawbar power on concrete, with separate equations specific to the three speeds tested). The simplest model (model 2), which used a single equation for fuel consumption as a linear function of drawbar power on concrete over the range of speeds tested, had significantly higher regression mean square errors compared to model 1 for half of the eight tractors tested. Model 5 (fuel consumption as a linear function of drawbar power and travel speed on concrete, and engine speed) was determined to be the best of the five models for estimating fuel consumption, with a single equation applicable over the range of speeds tested. Model 3 (fuel consumption as a linear function of drawbar power and travel speed on concrete) provided a statistically equivalent fuel consumption estimate to model 5 without the drawback of requiring an input value for engine speed. Keywords: Drawbar power, Engine speed, Fuel consumption, Model, Partial drawbar loads, Tractors, Travel speed.
Clerics, laymen and cinema: The troubled relations between the Vatican and the Office Catholique International du Cinéma (1948–52)
Authors: Boes Lieven , Engelen Leen , Winkel Roel Vande 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
The Office Catholique International du Cinéma (OCIC), founded in 1928, established itself as an influential institution that played an important role in setting the Catholic agenda with regards to cinema during an existence that spanned more than 70 years (1928–2001). OCIC derived its influence primarily by maintaining an intermediate position between its national member organizations and the Vatican. This intermediary position, however, was not built overnight. This article looks into the late 1940s and 1950s, when OCIC had to reassert its relevance in the post-war field of Catholic cinema and rebuilding its relationship with the Vatican was crucial to this endeavour. This article investigates this process, making use of the OCIC archives (KADOC, Leuven University) as well as documents related to the Italian Catholic Action, made available through the project ‘I cattolici e il cinema in Italia tra gli anni ‘40 e gli anni ‘70’ of the Università degli Studi di Milano.
Identification Odor Compounds Emitted During the Heating of Molding Sands
Authors: Faber J. , Perszewska K. 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
The paper presents the results of analyzes of gases emitted during exposure to high temperature foundry molding sands, where binders are organic resins. As a research tool has been used special gas chromatograph designed to identify odorous compounds including the group of alkanes.
Conditions of Thermal Reclamation Process Realization on a Sample of Spent Moulding Sand from an Aluminum Alloy Foundry Plant
Authors: Łucarz M. , Dereń M. 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
The results of investigations of thermal reclamation of spent moulding sands originating from an aluminum alloy foundry plant are presented in this paper. Spent sands were crushed by using two methods. Mechanical fragmentation of spent sand chunks was realized in the vibratory reclaimer REGMAS. The crushing process in the mechanical device was performed either with or without additional crushing-grinding elements. The reclaimed material obtained in this way was subjected to thermal reclamations at two different temperatures. It was found that a significant binder gathering on grain surfaces favors its spontaneous burning, even in the case when a temperature lower than required for the efficient thermal reclamation of furan binders is applied in the thermal reclaimer. The burning process, initiated by gas burners in the reclaimer chamber, generates favorable conditions for self-burning (at a determined amount of organic binders on grain surfaces). This process is spontaneously sustained and decreases the demand for gas. However, due to the significant amount of binder, this process is longer than in the case of reclaiming moulding sand prepared with fresh components.
Environmental Protection Versus Foundry Engineering Practice
Authors: Maj M. , Werrtz J. , Piekło J. 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
• Theory and practice of environmental protection in the case of foundries in Europe and Asia • Experience resulting from the cooperation with the foundries in a few European countries, China and India • Phenomena and factors affecting the pollution of the natural environment and the implementation of measures aiming at the environmental protection. Every specialist dealing with foundry processes and their impact on environmental pollution must have encountered in their professional careers numerous situations in which the theory of environmental protection confronts the stark reality. The discrepancy between theory and practice can particularly be noticed in foundry engineering in developing countries where the contrasts between different countries and casting plants are extremely striking. The comparison of working conditions in European and Asian foundries provides a vast scope for further observations and analyses. Environmental protection seems not only a concern of manufacturers of castings, but also of their customers whose opinion exerts a significant influence on both the acceptability of working conditions and on the approach to environmental pollution adopted in metal casting industry. The article presents a number of examples of various outlooks on environmental issues in foundries manufacturing a wide range of cast steel and cast iron castings, where different technologies and production processes are applied.
Resistance of WE43 and ZRE1 Magnesium Alloys to Gas Corrosion
Authors: Przeliorz R. , Piątkowski J. 
Published: July 2017

AbstractIn spite of the fact that in most applications, magnesium alloys are intended for operation in environments with room temperature, these alloys are subject to elevated temperature and oxidizing atmosphere in various stages of preparation (casting, welding, thermal treatment). At present, the studies focus on development of alloys with magnesium matrix, intended for plastic forming. The paper presents results of studies on oxidation rate of WE43 and ZRE1 magnesium foundry alloys in dry and humidified atmosphere of N2+1%O2. Measurements of the oxidation rate were carried out using a Setaram thermobalance in the temperature range of 350-480°C. Corrosion products were analyzed by SEM-SEI, BSE and EDS. It was found that the oxide layer on the WE43 alloy has a very good resistance to oxidation. The high protective properties of the layer should be attributed to the presence of yttrium in this alloy. On the other hand, a porous, two-layer scale with a low adhesion to the substrate forms on the ZRE1 alloy. The increase in the sample mass in dry gas is lower than that in humidified gas.
A Dynamic BI–Orthogonal Field Equation Approach to Efficient Bayesian Inversion
Authors: Tagade Piyush M. , Choi Han-Lim 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
This paper proposes a novel computationally efficient stochastic spectral projection based approach to Bayesian inversion of a computer simulator with high dimensional parametric and model structure uncertainty. The proposed method is based on the decomposition of the solution into its mean and a random field using a generic Karhunen-Loève expansion. The random field is represented as a convolution of separable Hilbert spaces in stochastic and spatial dimensions that are spectrally represented using respective orthogonal bases. In particular, the present paper investigates generalized polynomial chaos bases for the stochastic dimension and eigenfunction bases for the spatial dimension. Dynamic orthogonality is used to derive closed-form equations for the time evolution of mean, spatial and the stochastic fields. The resultant system of equations consists of a partial differential equation (PDE) that defines the dynamic evolution of the mean, a set of PDEs to define the time evolution of eigenfunction bases, while a set of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) define dynamics of the stochastic field. This system of dynamic evolution equations efficiently propagates the prior parametric uncertainty to the system response. The resulting bi-orthogonal expansion of the system response is used to reformulate the Bayesian inference for efficient exploration of the posterior distribution. The efficacy of the proposed method is investigated for calibration of a 2D transient diffusion simulator with an uncertain source location and diffusivity. The computational efficiency of the method is demonstrated against a Monte Carlo method and a generalized polynomial chaos approach.
D* Extra Lite: A Dynamic A* With Search–Tree Cutting and Frontier–Gap Repairing
Authors: Przybylski Maciej , Putz Barbara 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
Searching for the shortest-path in an unknown or changeable environment is a common problem in robotics and video games, in which agents need to update maps and to perform re-planning in order to complete their missions. D* Lite is a popular incremental heuristic search algorithm (i.e., it utilizes knowledge from previous searches). Its efficiency lies in the fact that it re-expands only those parts of the search-space that are relevant to registered changes and the current state of the agent. In this paper, we propose a new D* Extra Lite algorithm that is close to a regular A*, with reinitialization of the affected search-space achieved by search-tree branch cutting. The provided worst-case complexity analysis strongly suggests that D* Extra Lite’s method of reinitialization is faster than the focused approach to reinitialization used in D* Lite. In comprehensive tests on a large number of typical two-dimensional path-planning problems, D* Extra Lite was 1.08 to 1.94 times faster than the optimized version of D* Lite. Moreover, while demonstrating that it can be particularly suitable for difficult, dynamic problems, as the problem-complexity increased, D* Extra Lite’s performance further surpassed that of D*Lite. The source code of the algorithm is available on the open-source basis.
Assessment of the GPC Control Quality Using Non–Gaussian Statistical Measures
Authors: Domański Paweł D. , Ławryńczuk Maciej 
Published: July 2017

AbstractThis paper presents an alternative approach to the task of control performance assessment. Various statistical measures based on Gaussian and non-Gaussian distribution functions are evaluated. The analysis starts with the review of control error histograms followed by their statistical analysis using probability distribution functions. Simulation results obtained for a control system with the generalized predictive controller algorithm are considered. The proposed approach using Cauchy and Lévy α-stable distributions shows robustness against disturbances and enables effective control loop quality evaluation. Tests of the predictive algorithm prove its ability to detect the impact of the main controller parameters, such as the model gain, the dynamics or the prediction horizon.
A Comparative Study Between Two Systems with and Without Awareness in Controlling HIV/AIDS
Authors: Saha Shubhankar , Roy Priti Kumar 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
It has always been a priority for all nations to reduce new HIV infections by implementing a comprehensive HIV prevention programme at a sufficient scale. Recently, the ‘HIV counselling & testing’ (HCT) campaign is gaining public attention, where HIV patients are identified through screening and immediately sent under a course of antiretroviral treatment (ART), neglecting the time extent they have been infected. In this article, we study a nonlinear mathematical model for the transmission dynamics of HIV/AIDS system receiving drug treatment along with effective awareness programs through media. Here, we consider two different circumstances: when treatment is only effective and when both treatment and awareness are included. The model is analyzed qualitatively using the stability theory of differential equations. The global stabilities of the equilibria under certain conditions are determined in terms of the model reproduction number. The effects of changes in some key epidemiological parameters are investigated. Projections are made to predict the long term dynamics of the disease. The epidemiological implications of such projections on public health planning and management are discussed. These studies show that the aware populations were less vulnerable to HIV infection than the unaware population.
A Hybrid Scheduler for Many Task Computing in Big Data Systems
Authors: Vasiliu Laura , Pop Florin , Negru Catalin , Mocanu Mariana , Cristea Valentin , Kolodziej Joanna 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
With the rapid evolution of the distributed computing world in the last few years, the amount of data created and processed has fast increased to petabytes or even exabytes scale. Such huge data sets need data-intensive computing applications and impose performance requirements to the infrastructures that support them, such as high scalability, storage, fault tolerance but also efficient scheduling algorithms. This paper focuses on providing a hybrid scheduling algorithm for many task computing that addresses big data environments with few penalties, taking into consideration the deadlines and satisfying a data dependent task model. The hybrid solution consists of several heuristics and algorithms (min-min, min-max and earliest deadline first) combined in order to provide a scheduling algorithm that matches our problem. The experimental results are conducted by simulation and prove that the proposed hybrid algorithm behaves very well in terms of meeting deadlines.
The Risk of Using Poppy Seed Tea Made from Several Varieties Available on the Romanian Market
Authors: Croitoru Mircea Dumitru , Fülöp Ibolya , Irimia-Constantin Maria-Raluca , Varga Erzsébet , Kelemen Hajnal , Fogarasi Erzsébet , Faliboga Luana-Maria 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
Objective: the number of alkaloids like morphine and codeine found in poppy seeds used in food industry are monitored by a directive given by European Food Safety Authority. Based on this regulation the aim of the study was to determine the quantity of morphine and codeine from several brands of poppy seeds. Methods: an HPLC-UV method (205 nm) was developed to measure the quantity of morphine and codeine. Sample preparation was made using recipes posted on Drugs Forum by some users. Limits of detection were not determined because the lowest concentration from the reference (0.1 μg/ml) detected morphine concentrations that are far lower than a limit of toxicological concern. Results: The concentrations, which were found, ranged between Below the Level of Toxicological Concern (BLTC) - 243.26 mg/kg for morphine and BLTC - 88.58 mg/kg for codeine using several methods of preparation. Conclusions: one can observe that there are some brands of poppy seeds which do not respect the regulation about the amount of morphine and codeine. The high amount of morphine in some samples suggests that there are different varieties of poppy seeds, which can be used for an illicit purpose and can lead to addiction or even overdose in some cases.