bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Sexual behavioural pattern of orchidectomised and hormone replaced weaner pigs
Authors: Ladokun A.O. , Sogebi E.A.O. , Adejumo D.O. , Abiona J.A. , Adenaike E.A. , Omeje J.N. , Talabi A.O. 
Published: February 2017

The persistence or cessation of sexual behaviour after abrupt testosterone withdrawal i.e. castration depends among other things on the age of the animal at castration. The aim of this work is to ascertain the effect of early orchidectomy and subsequent hormone replacement to 24 weeks of age on restoration of sexual behaviour in pigs. Five weeks olds male weaner pigs, 24 in number, randomly grouped into two, twelve in each group were used for this study. The first group was not orchidectomised and not given any form of hormone injection (control). The second group was orchidectomised and given Testosterone enanthate and Oestradiol benzoate hormone replacement respectively (CHR). Orchidectomy was carried out at 5 weeks of age using standard procedure. There was no significant difference in the numbers of subjects mounting in both cases. Whereas only 17% had intromission in the control while 33% had this in the CHR. The control had 0 % ejaculation while 33% ejaculated in the CHR. Sexual behaviour index differs significantly between the two groups with the higher value in the CHR, 2.18±0.10 and 1.56±0.05 in the control. There were no significant difference in the strutting and restless/slashing in the CHR in the control , Violent/biting behaviour was in the control involving all the subjects, 100%, while 83% displayed this in the CHR. Aggressive index is higher in the control than in the CHR, 2.70+0.100 and 2.55+0.05 respectively. The study showed than the CHR (castrated with hormone replacement) group displayed improved sexual behaviour the than control group, although, the latter group was more aggressive.Keywords: Hormonal replacement, Orchidectomy, Weaner pigs, Sexual behaviour
Screening Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture (CCDA) Documents for Sensitive Data Using a Rule-Based Decision Support System
Authors: Rocha Beatriz , Pabbathi Deepika , Schaeffer Molly , Goldberg Howard 
Published: February 2017

Summary
Background: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Stage 2 final rule requires that eligible hospitals provide a visit summary electronically at transitions of care in order to qualify for “meaningful use” incentive payments. However, Massachusetts state law and Federal law prohibit the transmission of documents containing “sensitive” data unless there is a new patient consent for each transmission.
Objectives: To describe the implementation and evaluation of a rule-based decision support system used to screen transition of care documents for sensitive data.
Methods: We implemented a rule-based document screening system to identify transition of care documents that might contain sensitive data. The transmission of detected documents is withheld until a new patient consent is obtained. The documents that were flagged as containing sensitive data were reviewed in two different time periods to verify that the decision support system was not missing documents or withholding more documents than necessary.
Results: The rule-based screening system has been in regular production use for the past 18 months. During the first evaluation period, 3% of 5,841 documents were identified as containing sensitive data (true-positive rate of 44%). After additional enhancements to the rules, the system was evaluated a second time and 4.5% of 6,935 documents were identified as containing sensitive data (true-positive rate of 98.4%).
Conclusion: The analysis of the system demonstrates that production rules can be used to automatically screen the content of transition of care documents for sensitive data. The utilization of the rule-based decision support system enabled our hospitals to achieve meaningful use and, at the same time, remain compliant with state and federal laws.
Torre Dataflux en San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León
Authors: Agustin Landa Vertiz Arquitecto 
Published: February 2017

<p>La Torre Datafl ux -de 182 metros de altura- alberga departamentos en su sección superior, ofi cinas en sus dos secciones inferiores, comercios en la planta baja y cuatro niveles de estacionamiento subterráneo. </p>
Lidar detection of high concentrations of ozone and aerosol transported from northeastern Asia over Saga, Japan
Authors: Uchino Osamu , Sakai Tetsu , Izumi Toshiharu , Nagai Tomohiro , Morino Isamu , Yamazaki Akihiro , Deushi Makoto , Yumimoto Keiya , Maki Takashi , Tanaka Taichu Y. , Akaho Taiga , Okumura Hiroshi , Arai Kohei , Nakatsuru Takahiro , Matsunaga Tsuneo , Yokota Tatsuya 
Published: February 2017

Abstract. To validate products of the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT), we observed vertical profiles of aerosols, thin cirrus clouds, and tropospheric ozone with a mobile-lidar system that consisted of a two-wavelength (532 and 1064 nm) polarization lidar and a tropospheric ozone differential absorption lidar (DIAL). We used these lidars to make continuous measurements over Saga (33.24° N, 130.29° E) during 20–31 March 2015. High ozone and high aerosol concentrations were observed almost simultaneously in the altitude range 0.5–1.5 km from 03:00 to 20:00 Japan Standard Time (JST) on 22 March 2015. The maximum ozone volume mixing ratio was ∼ 110 ppbv. The maxima of the aerosol extinction coefficient and optical depth at 532 nm were 1.2 km−1 and 2.1, respectively. Backward trajectory analysis and the simulations by the Model of Aerosol Species IN the Global AtmospheRe (MASINGAR) mk-2 and the Meteorological Research Institute Chemistry-Climate Model, version 2 (MRI-CCM2), indicated that mineral dust particles from the Gobi Desert and an air mass with high ozone and aerosol (mainly sulfate) concentrations that originated from the North China Plain could have been transported over the measurement site within about 2 days. These high ozone and aerosol concentrations impacted surface air quality substantially in the afternoon of 22 March 2015. After some modifications of its physical and chemical parameters, MRI-CCM2 approximately reproduced the high ozone volume mixing ratio. MASINGAR mk-2 successfully predicted high aerosol concentrations, but the predicted peak aerosol optical thickness was about one-third of the observed value.
Seeking a New Path: Pasacalle Activists Practicing Culture in Villa El Salvador, Perú
Authors: Odria Carlos 
Published: February 2017

Abstract
This article investigates the development of a novel communal art form called pasacalle that is associated with the district of Villa El Salvador on the outskirts of Perú’s coastal capital city, Lima. The main performers of pasacalle are youth of rural Andean descent whose parents migrated to the city seeking to improve their lives. They belong to a community that has always existed on the lower rungs of Limeño society in terms of socioeconomic status and political agency. The genre of pasacalle, driven by drum music of Afro-Brazilian origin, has become central to their expressive culture while serving as a vehicle for solidifying communal bonds and resisting marginalization.
Este artículo investiga el surgimiento de un nuevo arte comunal llamado pasacalle, que se practica en el distrito de Villa El Salvador, Lima, Perú. Los artistas del pasacalle son, en su mayoría, adolescentes amerindios o mestizos, cuyos padres migraron de áreas rurales buscando un futuro promisorio para sus hijos. Estos artistas pertenecen a una comunidad marginal que ha sido siempre relegada a los niveles más bajos de poder sociopolítico y económico en Lima. El género de pasacalle, el cual se nutre especialmente de música percusiva derivada de la batucada afro-brasilera, se ha convertido en un medio vital por el cual los habitantes de Villa El Salvador no solo expresan sus formas culturales sino además refuerzan lazos comunales y enfrentan la marginación social.
The Lead-Lag Relationship among East Asian Economies: A Wavelet Analysis
Authors: Saiti Buerhan 
Published: February 2017

Recently, the issue of market linkages (and price discovery) between stock indices and the lead-lag relationship is a topic of interest to financial economists, financial managers and analysts, especially that involves the East Asian countries. In this study, to investigate the financial market leader in East Asian countries after the US financial crisis, we employ several conventional time-series techniques and a newly introduced method – wavelet analysis - to economics and finance. Daily return data covering the period from 15th September 2008 to 1st March 2016 for five major international stock price indices in East Asia are analyzed. Our findings tend to, more or less, suggest that the Shanghai stock exchange composite index is the only exogenous variable, whereas the remaining variables are endogenous. Such finding implies that the Shanghai stock exchange composite index is the financial market leader whereas the rest of variables are follower, which includes Nikkei 225 (Japan). In order to check the robustness of our results, we also employed wavelet correlation and cross-correlation techniques. Interestingly, based on the results, the leading role of Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index is very clear at short scales; whereas, the leading role disappears at the long scales. This study shows that wavelet analysis can provide a valuable alternative to the existing conventional methodologies in identifying lead-lag (causality) relationship between financial/economic variables, since wavelets considered heterogeneous agents who making decisions over different time horizons.
Validación inicial de un instrumento en construcción para evaluar la Inteligencia Emocional, como conjunto de habilidades, en una muestra de alumnos de Educación Secundaria.
Authors: Pulido Acosta Federico , Herrera Clavero Francisco 
Published: February 2017

<p class="AbstractText">El objetivo fue elaborar un cuestionario para evaluar la Inteligencia Emocional (IE), utilizando como referencia el MSCEIT (Mayer Salovey y Caruso, 2009) y destinado a una muestra adolescente. Se contó con una muestra de 557 participantes. El 54.2% fueron chicas, el 45.8% varones, el 64.5% musulmanes, el 35.5% cristianos. Se emplearon un test elaborado para la evaluación de la IE, junto con una adaptación propia de la EHS (Gismero, 2000). Los resultados reflejan niveles de fiabilidad aceptables y las dimensiones esperadas, apareciendo intercorrelaciones positivas entre los totales y las dimensiones que los conforman. Las correlaciones fueron también positivas y significativas. </p>
Le traitement de la modalité épistémique dans les traductions françaises de On the Origin of Species de Charles Darwin
Authors: Gendron-Pontbriand Eve-Marie 
Published: February 2017

Éminent naturaliste du XIXesiècle, Charles Darwin publie en 1859 ce qui s’avérera être un des textes les plus fondamentaux des sciences de la vie :On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life(ouOS). Cet ouvrage pose les assises conceptuelles de sa théorie de l’évolution (TE). Or, malgré la grande portée de l’oeuvre, ses traductions en français restent largement inexplorées, en traductologie comme en histoire des sciences. Les quelques travaux antérieurs sur le sujet se sont concentrés sur les traductions de Clémence Royer, à qui l’on reproche d’avoir radicalisé la TE darwinienne en transformant la prudence de Darwin en certitude. Présentement, c’est pourtant la traduction d’Edmond Barbier (1876), et non celles de Royer, qui fait autorité ; trois autres traducteurs, deux contemporains de Darwin et un moderne, se sont également attaqués à l’OS. Nous nous proposons donc de comparer ces différentes traductions, avec leur texte original, mais également entre elles, sur la base de marqueurs de modalité épistémique précis qui atténuent le degré de certitude d’un énoncé et qui sont très caractéristiques du style particulièrement précautionneux de Darwin. Nous voulons ainsi déterminer comment ces autres traducteurs ont rendu la modalité du texte anglais et montrons que la version la plus moderne est la plus proche de l’original. Enfin, de manière inattendue, la traduction de Royer, depuis longtemps décriée par la critique, se rapproche plus des traductions de Moulinié et de Barbier qu’on ne l’anticipait.
A NATUREZA E OS ANIMAIS NO DIREITO PENAL AMBIENTAL
Authors: Minahim Maria Auxiliadora , Gordilho Jacqueline 
Published: February 2017

Trata-se de um artigo jurídico de revisão de revisão, de modo que a técnica de pesquisa utilizada foi a bibliográfica e documental. Inicialmente o artigo demonstra a dificuldade da espécie humana em conferir à natureza e, especialmente ao animal, um valor intrínseco. A tutela desses valores tem sido feita a partir de uma perspectiva antropocêntrica e da relação de utilidade que se confere aos recursos naturais. A proteção do Direito ao meio ambiente estendeu-se ao Direito Penal como mandado de criminalização para o legislador constituinte, que confiou ao meio ambiente uma proteção na qualidade de bem jurídico. Esta noção dificulta a percepção do valor próprio de cada ente da natureza, a exemplo do que postula o novo constitucionalismo andino ou mesmo como ser dotado de uma dignidade própria. O artigo conclui pela necessidade do reconhecimento do valor intrínseco do meio ambiente, que os animais possam vir a compreendidos como as próprias vítimas dos delitos de maus-tratos.
Characterizing the transient geomorphic response to base‐level fall in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau
Authors: Zhang Huiping , Kirby Eric , Pitlick John , Anderson Robert S. , Zhang Peizhen 
Published: February 2017

AbstractAnalysis of hillslope gradient, landscape relief, and channel steepness in the Daxia River basin provides evidence of a transient geomorphic response to base‐level fall on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Low‐gradient channels and gentle hillslopes of the upper watershed are separated from a steeper, high‐relief landscape by a series of convex knickzones along channel longitudinal profiles. Downstream projection of the “relict” portions of the profiles implies ~800–850 m of incision, consistent with geologic and geomorphic records of post ~1.7 Ma incision in the lower watershed. We combine optically stimulated luminescence dating of fluvial terrace deposits to constrain incision rates downstream of knickpoints with catchment‐averaged 10Be concentrations in modern sediment to estimate erosion rates in tributary basins both above and below knickpoints. Both sources of data imply landscape lowering rates of ~300 m Ma−1 below the knickpoint and ~50–100 m Ma−1 above. Field measurements of channel width (n = 48) and calculations of bankfull discharge (n = 9) allow determination of scaling relations among channel hydraulic geometry, discharge, and contributing area that we employ to estimate the patterns of basal shear stress, unit stream power, and bed load transport rate throughout the channel network. Our results imply a clear downstream increase of incision potential; this result would appear to be consistent with a detachment‐limited response to imposed base‐level fall, in which steepening of channels drives an increase in erosion rates. In contrast, however, we do not observe apparent narrowing of channels across the transition from slowly eroding to rapidly eroding portions of the watershed. Rather, the present‐day channel morphology as well as its scaling of hydraulic geometry imply that the river is primarily adjusted to transport its sediment load and suggest that channel morphology may not always reflect the presence of knickpoints and differences in landscape relief.
Deformation pattern during normal faulting: A sequential limit analysis
Authors: Yuan X. P. , Maillot B. , Leroy Y. M. 
Published: February 2017

AbstractWe model in 2‐D the formation and development of half‐graben faults above a low‐angle normal detachment fault. The model, based on a “sequential limit analysis” accounting for mechanical equilibrium and energy dissipation, simulates the incremental deformation of a frictional, cohesive, and fluid‐saturated rock wedge above the detachment. Two modes of deformation, gravitational collapse and tectonic collapse, are revealed which compare well with the results of the critical Coulomb wedge theory. We additionally show that the fault and the axial surface of the half‐graben rotate as topographic subsidence increases. This progressive rotation makes some of the footwall material being sheared and entering into the hanging wall, creating a specific region called foot‐to‐hanging wall (FHW). The model allows introducing additional effects, such as weakening of the faults once they have slipped and sedimentation in their hanging wall. These processes are shown to control the size of the FHW region and the number of fault‐bounded blocks it eventually contains. Fault weakening tends to make fault rotation more discontinuous and this results in the FHW zone containing multiple blocks of intact material separated by faults. By compensating the topographic subsidence of the half‐graben, sedimentation tends to slow the fault rotation and this results in the reduction of the size of the FHW zone and of its number of fault‐bounded blocks. We apply the new approach to reproduce the faults observed along a seismic line in the Southern Jeanne d'Arc Basin, Grand Banks, offshore Newfoundland. There, a single block exists in the hanging wall of the principal fault. The model explains well this situation provided that a slow sedimentation rate in the Lower Jurassic is proposed followed by an increasing rate over time as the main detachment fault was growing.
Thigh Muscle Specific‐Strength and the Risk of Incident Knee Osteoarthritis: The Influence of Sex and Greater Body Mass Index
Authors: Culvenor Adam G. , Felson David T. , Niu Jingbo , Wirth Wolfgang , Sattler Martina , Dannhauer Torben , Eckstein Felix 
Published: February 2017

ObjectiveTo determine whether lower thigh muscle specific‐strength increases the risk of incident radiographic knee osteoarthritis (RKOA), and whether there exists a sex‐specific relationship between thigh muscle specific‐strength and body mass index (BMI).MethodsA total of 161 Osteoarthritis Initiative participants (62% female) with incident RKOA (Kellgren/Lawrence grade 0/1 at baseline, developing an osteophyte and joint space narrowing grade ≥1 by year 4) were matched to 186 controls (58% female) without incident RKOA. Thigh muscle anatomical cross‐sectional areas (ACSAs) were determined at baseline using axial magnetic resonance imaging scans. Isometric extensor and flexor muscle strength was measured at baseline, and specific strength (strength ÷ ACSA) was calculated. Logistic regression assessed the risk of incident RKOA associated with muscle specific‐strength (with and without adjustment for BMI).ResultsLower knee extensor– and flexor–specific strength significantly increased the risk of incident RKOA in women but not in men (odds ratio 1.47 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.10–1.96] and 1.41 [95% CI 1.06–1.89], respectively). The significant relationship in women was lost after adjustment for BMI. Lower specific strength was associated with higher BMI in women (r = −0.29,P < 0.001), but not in men, whereas absolute strength was associated with BMI in men (r = 0.28,P = 0.001), but not in women.ConclusionLower thigh muscle specific‐strength predicts incident RKOA in women, with this relationship being confounded by BMI. The sex‐specific relationship between muscle specific‐strength and BMI provides a possible explanation why women with muscle‐strength deficits typically have a poorer prognosis than men with similar strength deficits.
Adaptive sliding mode–based diagnosis of actuator faults for LPV systems
Authors: Rahme Sandy , Meskin Nader , Mohammadpour Javad 
Published: February 2017

SummaryIn this paper, an adaptive sliding mode observer is developed for actuator fault diagnosis of linear parameter–varying systems. The main advantage of the proposed approach is its ability to cope with time‐varying distribution matrix in linear parameter–varying systems. Furthermore, the proposed adaptive observer is characterized by its output robustness against parameter uncertainties and disturbances without any a priori knowledge about their bounds. The efficiency of the proposed fault diagnosis approach is validated using simulation studies.
The Effect of Annealing Temperature on the Maintenance of the Intermediate Electrical Conductivity State of a Ternary‐Polyamide‐Based Memory Device
Authors: Wu Bin , Zhang Chunyu , Fan Huiru , Wang Hongliang , Jiang Jun , Wang Lihua , Xu Qingfeng , Lu Jianmei 
Published: February 2017

AbstractOrganic electronic memory devices have become one of the most important candidates for the “next generation” of information‐storage devices. Herein, a polymer (PA‐m‐Ph), which contained electron‐donor/‐accepter groups in the main chain and a carbazole group in the side chain, was prepared and investigated as a new electrical memory material. Three polymer films (PA‐m‐Ph‐90, PA‐m‐Ph‐200, and PA‐m‐Ph‐290) were obtained by using different annealing temperatures (90, 200, and 290 °C, respectively). The resulting ITO/PA‐m‐Ph‐90/Al memory device exhibited ternary memory performance, thus indicating that there were three stable conductivity states in the conduction process. The ITO/PA‐m‐Ph‐200/Al device could endure the higher annealing temperature (200 °C) and maintained a similar ternary performance. However, ternary behavior was not observed in the I–V curve of the ITO/PA‐m‐Ph‐290/Al device. We verified that the heating process could lessen the configurational distortion of the carbazole group and affected the stability of the intermediate conductivity state of these ternary memory devices.
Palladium‐Catalyzed Chemoselective α‐Arylation of Methyl Sulfones with Aryl Chlorides
Authors: Gao Gui , Zheng Bing , Fu Yue , Li Minyan , Wang Bo , Chen Xiang‐Zhu , Zhang Yuan‐Yuan , Liu Jing‐Jing , Hou Shi‐Cong , Walsh Patrick J. 
Published: February 2017

AbstractA palladium‐catalyzed α‐arylation reaction of unactivated sulfones with aryl chlorides is presented. High reactivity and chemoselectivity was achieved with a combination of Buchwald's 2nd generation palladium precatalyst and Kwong's indole‐based phosphine ligand. A variety of aryl chlorides and aryl methyl sulfones were coupled in good to excellent yields. A gram‐scale arylation was also successfully conducted. Chemoselective arylation of the sulfone was observed over Buchwald–Hartwig amination.