bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Is working memory working against suggestion susceptibility? Results from extended version of DRM paradigm
Authors: Maciaszek Patrycja 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe paper investigates relationship between working memory efficiency, defined as the result of its’ processing & storage capacity (Oberauer et al., 2003) and the tendency to (1) create assosiative memory distortions (false memories, FM); (2) yield under the influence of external, suggesting factors. Both issues were examined using extended version of Deese-Roediger-McDermott procedure (1959, 1995), modified in order to meet the study demands. Suggestion was contained in an ostentatious feedback information the participants (N=88) received during the DRM procedure. Working memory (WM) was measured by standardized tasks (n-back, Jaeggi et al., 2010; automatic-ospan, Unsworth et al., 2005). Study included 3 conditions, differing in the quality of suggestion (positive, negative or neutral). Participants were assigned into 3 groups, depending on results they achieved completing the WM tasks. Obtained results alongside the previously set hypothesis, revealed that (1) WM impacts individuals’ tendency to create false memories in DRM and (2) that the individuals showing higher rates in WM tasks are less willing to yield to suggestion compared to those with lesser ones. It also showed that the greater amount to shift (Gudjonsson, 2003), emerges under the negative suggestion condition (collating positive). Notwithstanding that the interaction effect did not achieve saliency, both analyzed factors (WM and suggesting content) are considered as meaningful to explain memory suggestion susceptibility in presented study. Although, obtained results emphasize the crucial role of WM efficiency, that is believed to decide the magnitude of feedback that is influential in every subject. Therefore, issue demands further exploration.
Parent-Teacher Concordance in Rating Preschooler Difficulties in Behavioural and Cognitive Functioning and Their Dyadic Predicting of Fluid Intelligence
Authors: Orylska Anna , Brzezicka Aneta , Racicka-Pawlukiewicz Ewa , Albinski Rafał , Sedek Grzegorz 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
Objective: Present research examined children’s behavioural and cognitive functioning by using data from a screening study based on reports given by parents and teachers, and investigated the strongest predictors of children’s fluid intelligence.
Method: Scales: Conners Early Childhood Behaviour Scale (CEC BEH [S]) and Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Preschool (BRIEF-P) were filled out by parents and teachers of preschool children. Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM) was used to measure fluid intelligence among preschool children.
Results: Parent-teacher concordance was low to moderate. Working memory in BRIEF-P estimated by teachers and parents mediated the relationship between inattention/hyperactivity in CEC BEH [S] and fluid intelligence among preschoolers. The difficulties with working memory assessed by teachers and parents were significant predictors of Raven scores; however, predictions based on teachers’ assessments were stronger.
Conclusion: Clinicians should collect reports from various observers in order to implement prevention programs and optimize clinical diagnoses for children. Information from both parents and teachers give significant and complementary contribution to understanding difficulties with cognitive and behavioural functioning of preschoolers.
Where was it? Working memory as a predictor of passive vocabulary development in the third year of life
Authors: Białecka-Pikul Marta , Kosno Magdalena , Byczewska-Konieczny Karolina 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
The objective of the presented research was to test whether working memory, measured using the Spin the Pots task, is an important factor in passive vocabulary development in 2- and 3-year-old children. Two longitudinal studies were conducted. In the first, 135 children participated in the first study. At 18 months their responding to joint attention was measured, and then at 24 months their working memory and passive vocabulary was tested. It was demonstrated that responding to joint attention predicts the level of development of working memory, which in turn influences the extent of the passive vocabulary. In the second study, 113 children participated - at 30 months their working memory was measured, and at 24 months and then 36 months their passive vocabulary was tested. It was observed that at the age of 3 working memory is still a significant predictor of passive vocabulary. The usefulness of the Spin the Pots task for measuring the working memory of young children was shown and discussed in conclusions.
Three functional aspects of working memory as strong predictors of early school achievements: The review and illustrative evidence
Authors: Sedek Grzegorz , Krejtz Izabela , Rydzewska Klara , Kaczan Radoslaw , Rycielski Piotr 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
The paper presents an overview of research on working memory as a predictor of early school achievements. We contrast two main areas of research on the role of working memory in school achievements: the first concerns the structural model of working memory and the second focuses on executive functions. Then, we discuss the facet model of working memory as a promising approach merging the two research branches on working memory tasks as predictors of early school achievements. At the end we present exemplary results of the research conducted on a national sample of six- and seven-year-olds in Poland, which indicates strong relation of working memory functions with the measures of competences in mathematics, reading, and writing. Additionally, the mediation analyses, with parents’ education as a covariate, indicate that the influence of age on achievements in math, reading, and writing in six- and seven-year olds is mediated by working memory functions.
The role of executive processes in working memory deficits in Parkinson’s Disease
Authors: Gruszka Aleksandra , Bor Daniel , Barker Roger R. , Necka Edward , Owen Adrian M. 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
Idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD) impairs working memory, but the exact nature of this deficit in terms of the underlying cognitive mechanisms is not well understood. In this study patients with mild clinical symptoms of PD were compared with matched healthy control subjects on a computerized battery of tests designed to assess spatial working memory and verbal working memory. In the spatial working memory task, subjects were required to recall a sequence of four locations. The verbal working memory task was methodologically identical except for the modality of the stimuli used, requiring subjects to orally recall a sequence of six digits. In either case, half of the sequences were structured in a way that allowed ‘chunking’, while others were unstructured. This manipulation was designed to dissociate the strategic component of task performance from the memory-load component. Mild medicated patients with PD were impaired only on the structured versions of the verbal working memory tasks. The analogous deficit in the spatial working memory was less pronounced. These findings are in agreement with the hypothesis that working memory deficits in PD reflect mainly the executive component of the tasks and that the deficits may be at least partly modality-independent.
Positive Orientation and the Five-Factor Model
Authors: Miciuk Łukasz Roland , Jankowski Tomasz , Laskowska Agnieszka , Oleś Piotr 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between positive orientation (PO) defined as a basic predisposition to perceive and evaluate positive aspects of life, the future and oneself and the Five-Factor Model of personality (FFM). Hypotheses postulated positive correlations between PO and extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness and openness; a negative correlation was predicted between PO and neuroticism. Two hundred Polish students completed the following measures: SES (Self-Esteem Scale, Rosenberg), SWLS (The Satisfaction with Life Scale; Diener, Emmons, Larson & Griffin), LOT-R (The Life Orientation Test - Revised; Scheier, Carver & Bridges) and NEOFFI (NEO Five Factor Inventory, Costa & McCrae). The results confirmed correlations between PO and extraversion, conscientiousness, and neuroticism; correlations with openness and agreeableness were not supported. According to canonical correlations, PO shows a clear affinity to the FFM.
Size and type of places, geographical region, satisfaction with life, age, sex and place attachment
Authors: Mandal Alan 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
The topic of the article concerns the issue of place attachment and its determinants. An analysis of place attachment was performed in terms of place identity and place dependence (Williams, Vaske, 2003). Moreover, links between place attachment and selected geographical (size and type of place, geographical region), demographic (age, sex) and psychological (satisfaction with life) variables were investigated.
The study group included 759 respondents: 398 women and 361 men, aged 18-83 years, residing in 74 places in the Silesian Province, a region in Poland: in 10 sub-regions in the Upper Silesian conurbation and outside the conurbation. The study used the Place Attachment Scale (Williams, Vaske, 2003), the Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen, Griffin, 1985) and a personal information section containing questions regarding place of permanent residence, sex and age.
Results showed that subjects residing in smaller and non-industrial places had a stronger place attachment than those residing in larger and industrial cities. People living outside the Upper Silesian conurbation were more strongly attached to their place of residence in terms of place identity than those residing in the Upper Silesian conurbation. People living in the Zagłębie (industrial) sub-region were more strongly attached in terms of place dependence than those residing in the Bytom sub-region (devastated with high unemployment). Satisfaction with life was positively correlated with place attachment. Older subjects were more strongly attached to their place of residence. Men and women did not differ in the sense of place attachment and life satisfaction.
Marangoni effect in nonequilibrium multiphase system of material processing
Authors: Wang Ji-min , Liu Guo-hua , Fang Yun-long , Li Wen-ke 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
In a nonequilibrium multiphase system, the Marangoni effect has important influence on interphase heat and mass transfer induced by interfacial tension gradient associated with either solutal or thermal gradients in numerous applications. Although the basic knowledge of the Marangoni effect has made great progress, its mechanism is not yet fully recognized. An in-depth understanding of the basic principles of heat and mass transport induced by the Marangoni effect is important for better operation of interphase transfer units. This report aims to provide a systematic study of the mechanisms of the Marangoni effect. Special foci are concentrated on the field of material processing, which encompasses the process wherein the raw materials are transformed into useful engineering products. A series of experimental, theoretical, or simulated results are extracted from the literature to elucidate the mechanism of the Marangoni effect and to rationalize the interphase transport phenomena. We examine the major physical explanations and attempt to distinguish the working principle behind the process. Perspectives are also proposed to trigger further innovative thinking about the topics. This work provides new insight into material processing by taking advantage of the Marangoni effect and has far-reaching implications in the design of future nonequilibrium multiphase system.
Asbestos exposure and mesothelioma incidence and mortality in Bulgaria
Authors: Vangelova Katya , Dimitrova Irina 
Published: May 2016

AbstractBulgaria totally banned the import, production and use of asbestos in 2005, but produced and used asbestos products during the last 3–4 decades of the 20th century. The aim of this study was to follow the incidence and mortality of mesothelioma in Bulgaria in relation to past occupational exposures. A literature search between 1960 and 2014 was conducted to obtain information on asbestos consumption, occupational exposure and asbestos-related diseases (ARDs). Data on registered mesotheliomas were provided by the National Cancer Register and data for recognized occupational ARDs were provided by the National Social Security Institute. An increase in the incidence of mesothelioma from 5 to 58 from 1993 to 2013, with 666 cases in the 21-year period, was registered. Incidence, mortality rates, deaths and male-to-female ratios and were lower in comparison to industrialized countries. The increase in mesothelioma incidence is considered as a consequence of more recent production and use of asbestos and asbestos products and the high occupational exposure between 1977 and 1989, while the lower rate of mesothelioma deaths and male-to-female ratio need to be investigated further.
Glocal and food: On alimentary translation
Authors: Sedda Franciscu 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe essay investigates the relation between glocal and food. As it engages the task, it touches upon three principal domains: (I) the first is the intimate and constitutive relation between the idea of farming and the rise of the term glocal; (II) the second, and more substantial domain concerns the exploration of the device of appropriation within the European semiosphere of the foods originating in the Americas – such as the tomato, the potato, turkey, chocolate, coffee; (III) the third domain engages the semiopolitical tensions centering around the symbolic dish of Sardinian cuisine, su porceddu (suckling pig), before and within the European context. More broadly, the essay draws a comparison between the unperceived glocality of past food exchanges and hybridizations with aspects of alimentary contemporaneity. By means of this comparison the essay will show how today’s explicit recognition of gastronomical-cultural diversity produces paradoxical effects of limitation of alimentary translatability. At the same time, the comparison underlines how and why contemporary food consumption can be described as a glocal production of the authentic.
Structural, Hirshfeld surface and theoretical analysis of two conformational polymorphs of N,N′-bis(pyridin-3-ylmethyl)oxalamide
Authors: Jotani Mukesh M. , Zukerman-Schpector Julio , Madureira Lucas Sousa , Poplaukhin Pavel , Arman Hadi D. , Miller Tyler , Tiekink Edward R.T. 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
The common feature of two conformational polymorphs of N,N′-bis(pyridin-3-ylmethyl)oxalamide is their crystallisation in the monoclinic space group P21/c with Z=4. In low symmetry form 1, the central core is effectively planar and the terminal pyridyl rings adopt a syn-periplanar conformation. In the high symmetry form, 2, there are two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit but each is located about a centre of inversion. The rings again are almost perpendicular to the central plane but, from symmetry are anti-periplanar. Computational chemistry shows that symmetric molecules with syn (two-fold) and anti (centrosymmetric) conformations have nearly identical energies. In the molecular packing of each of 1 and 2, supramolecular tapes based on amide-N–H···O(amide) hydrogen bonding are found. In 1, these are connected into layers by C–H···N(pyridyl) interactions, while in 2, the chains are linked into a three-dimensional architecture by C–H···N(pyridyl) interactions. The importance of hydrogen bonding is emphasised in the analysis of the Hirshfeld surfaces.
Tristetraprolin binding site atlas in the macrophage transcriptome reveals a switch for inflammation resolution
Authors: Sedlyarov Vitaly , Fallmann Jörg , Ebner Florian , Huemer Jakob , Sneezum Lucy , Ivin Masa , Kreiner Kristina , Tanzer Andrea , Vogl Claus , Hofacker Ivo , Kovarik Pavel 
Published: May 2016

AbstractPrecise regulation of mRNA decay is fundamental for robust yet not exaggerated inflammatory responses to pathogens. However, a global model integrating regulation and functional consequences of inflammation‐associated mRNA decay remains to be established. Using time‐resolved high‐resolution RNA binding analysis of the mRNA‐destabilizing protein tristetraprolin (TTP), an inflammation‐limiting factor, we qualitatively and quantitatively characterize TTP binding positions in the transcriptome of immunostimulated macrophages. We identify pervasive destabilizing and non‐destabilizing TTP binding, including a robust intronic binding, showing that TTP binding is not sufficient for mRNA destabilization. A low degree of flanking RNA structuredness distinguishes occupied from silent binding motifs. By functionally relating TTP binding sites to mRNA stability and levels, we identify a TTP‐controlled switch for the transition from inflammatory into the resolution phase of the macrophage immune response. Mapping of binding positions of the mRNA‐stabilizing protein HuR reveals little target and functional overlap with TTP, implying a limited co‐regulation of inflammatory mRNA decay by these proteins. Our study establishes a functionally annotated and navigable transcriptome‐wide atlas (http://ttp-atlas.univie.ac.at) of cis‐acting elements controlling mRNA decay in inflammation.
Use of Misoprostol in Term pregnant women for Good Delivery Outcome: Experience at a tertiary care Hospital in Dhaka
Authors: Nahar Aftabun , Sultana Rifat , Akter Fatema Mahbooba , Ferdausi Munira , Yusuf Md Abdullah , Nahar Kamrun 
Published: May 2016

Background: Use of misoprostol in term pregnancy is very useful for the better outcome during delivery. Objective: The purpose of the present study was to see the delivery outcome among the term pregnant women. Methodology: This cohort study was carried out in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mitford Hospital during the period from 1 st September 2005 to 28th February 2006. Primi or second gravida patients with the gestational age between 37 weeks to 42 weeks in singleton pregnancy with cephalic presentation and not in labour who came for delivery purposes during the study period at any age were selected as study population. After proper selection of the cases, induction of labour (IOL) was done by applying Tab Misoprostol 50mcg in the posterior vaginal fornix. Purpose of induction of labour was successful when vaginal delivery occurred without any untoward side effects and without any surgical interference. Result: Out of 60 pregnant women 21 (35%) patients had unfavourable Bishops' score with 3-5 and 39 (65%) patients had favorable Bishops' score with 6-10. 39 patients had favourable pre- induction cervical score, among them 79% had delivered vaginally and 21% had undergone LUCS. 21 patients had unfavourable cervix, among them 57% experienced vaginal delivery and 43% experienced LUCS. Out of all study population 60% of study population who were primigravide had vaginal delivery in 67% cases and caesarean section in 33% cases and among 40% 2nd gravida cases vaginal delivery was 79% and caesarean delivery was 21%. Conclusion: In conclusion the use of misoprostol during term pregnancy is significantly related with the normal delivery.Journal of Science Foundation 2014;12(2):22-26DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jsf.v12i2.27733
Age and Gender Differences of Metabolic Factors among the Essential Hypertension Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Dhaka
Authors: Akhtaruzzaman Md. , Khandaker Md. Nazibur Rahman , Banu Fatema Akhter , Saha Gobinda Chandra , Yusuf Md. Abdullah , Mahmud Asif 
Published: May 2016

Background: Metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to see the association of metabolic syndrome with essential hypertension. Methodology: This cross sectional study was carried out in the OPD of the Department of Cardiology at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical college Hospital, Dhaka from January 2008 to December 2010. All the All the Metabolic syndrome was defined as abnormal fasting serum level of glucose (? 110 mg/dl or 6.1 mmol/L) with abdominal obesity (waist circumference > 102 cm in men and > 88cm in women), triglycerides (? 150mg/dl), High density lipoprotein cholesterol (< 40 mg/dl in men and < 50 mg/dl in women) and hypertension. Results: . A total of 322 patients were enrolled Among hypertensive patients 31.8% had hyperglycemia, 37.9% had high waist circumference, 69.8% had low HDL cholesterol and 54.3% high triglycerides. As per definition of NCEP-ATP-III, metabolic syndrome had been detected in 17% of male, 37% of female and 27% of total population. Conclusion: Metabolic factors are a common association in hypertensive cases. These patients are at increased risk of coronary and cerebro-vascular disease and require more vigorous prevention. Furthermore in all hypertensive patients metabolic screening is recommended.Journal of Science Foundation 2014;12(2): 34-38DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jsf.v12i2.27736
Light acclimation strategies change from summer green to spring ephemeral as wild‐leek plants age
Authors: Dion Pierre‐Paul , Brisson Jacques , Fontaine Bastien , Lapointe Line 
Published: May 2016

PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Spring‐ephemeral forest‐herbs emerge early to take advantage of the high‐light conditions preceding canopy closure; they complete their life cycle in a few weeks, then senesce as the tree canopy closes. Summer greens acclimate their leaves to shade and thus manage to maintain a net carbon gain throughout summer. Differences in phenology among life stages within a species have been reported in tree saplings, whose leaf activity may extend beyond the period of shade conditions caused by mature trees. Similar phenological acclimation has seldom been studied in forest herbs.METHODS:We compared wild‐leek bulb growth and leaf phenology among plants from seedling to maturity and from under 4 to 60% natural light availability. We also compared leaf chlorophyll content and chl a/b ratio among seedlings and adult plants in a natural population as an indicator of photosynthetic capacity and acclimation to light environment.KEY RESULTS:Overall, younger plants senesced later than mature ones. Increasing light availability delayed senescence in mature plants, while hastening seedling senescence. In natural populations, only seedlings acclimated to the natural reduction in light availability through time.CONCLUSIONS:Wild‐leek seedlings exhibit a summer‐green phenology, whereas mature plants behave as true spring ephemerals. Growth appears to be more source‐limited in seedlings than in mature plants. This modulation of phenological strategy, if confirmed in other species, would require a review of the current classification of species as either spring ephemerals, summer greens, wintergreens, or evergreens.