bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Circulation Response to Fast and Slow MJO Episodes
Authors: Yadav Priyanka , Straus David M. 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
Fast and slow Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) episodes have been identified from 850- and 200-hPa zonal wind and outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) for 32 winters (16 October–17 March) 1980/81–2011/12. For 26 fast cases the OLR took no more than 10 days to propagate from phase 3 (convection over the Indian Ocean) to phase 6 (convection over the western Pacific). For 8 slow cases the propagation took at least 20 days. Fast episode composite anomalies of 500-hPa height (Z500) show a developing Rossby wave in the mid-Pacific with downstream propagation through MJO phases 2–4. Changes in the frequency of occurrence of the NAO+ weather regime are modest. This Rossby wave is forced by anomalous cooling over the Maritime Continent during phases 2 and 3 (seen in phase-independent wave activity flux). The upper-level anticyclonic response to phase-3 heating is a secondary source of wave activity. The Z500 slow episode composite response to MJO phases 1 and 2 is an enhanced Aleutian low followed by a North American continental high. Following phase 4 the development of an NAO+ like pattern is seen over the Atlantic, transitioning to a strong NAO− pattern by phase 8. A dramatic increase in frequency of the NAO+ weather regime follows phases 4 and 5, while a strong increase in NAO− regime follows phases 6 and 7. The responses to MJO-related heating and cooling over the Indian and western Pacific Oceans in phases 1–4 provide a source for wave activity propagating to North America, augmented by storm-track anomalies.
Plasma volume status predicts prognosis in patients with acute heart failure syndromes
Authors: Yoshihisa Akiomi , Abe Satoshi , Sato Yu , Watanabe Shunsuke , Yokokawa Tetsuro , Miura Shunsuke , Misaka Tomofumi , Sato Takamasa , Suzuki Satoshi , Oikawa Masayoshi , Kobayashi Atsushi , Yamaki Takayoshi , Kunii Hiroyuki , Saitoh Shu-ichi , Takeishi Yasuchika 
Published: January 2017

Background: The intravascular compartment is known as the plasma volume, and the extravascular compartment represents fluid within the interstitial space. Plasma volume expansion is a major symptom of heart failure. The aim of the current study was to investigate the impact of plasma volume status on the prognosis of acute heart failure syndromes. Methods and results: We analyzed 1115 patients with acute heart failure syndromes who were admitted to our hospital. These patients were divided into three groups based on their plasma volume status at admission: first tertile (plasma volume status <41.9%, n = 371), second tertile (41.9%⩽ plasma volume status <49.0%, n = 372), and third tertile (49.0%⩽ plasma volume status, n = 372). Plasma volume status was defined as follows: actual plasma volume = (1 − hematocrit) × [ a + ( b × body weight)] ( a=1530 in males and a=864 in females, b=41.0 in males and b=47.9 in females); ideal plasma volume = c × body weight ( c=39 in males and c=40 in females); and plasma volume status = [(actual plasma volume − ideal plasma volume)/ideal plasma volume] × 100 (%). In the Kaplan–Meier analysis, all-cause mortality, cardiac mortality and cardiac events increased progressively from the first to third tertile ( p <0.001, respectively). In the Cox proportional hazard analysis, after adjusting for potential confounding factors, plasma volume status was an independent predictor of all-cause mortality (hazard ratio 1.429, p < 0.001), cardiac mortality (hazard ratio 1.416, p = 0.001) and cardiac events (hazard ratio 1.207, p = 0.004). Conclusion: Increased congestion is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in heart failure patients. Plasma volume status, which represents intravascular compartment and congestion, can identify poor prognosis in patients with acute heart failure syndromes.
Feeding difficulties are not associated with higher rates of iron deficiency anemia in Brazilian children and adolescents—cross-sectional study
Authors: Soares Jéssica S. , Maximino Priscilla , Machado Rachel H. V. , Bozzini Ana Beatriz , Tosatti Abykeyla Mellisse , Ramos Cláudia C. , Fisberg Mauro 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
Background
Iron deficiency anemia and feeding difficulties (FD) are common issues in childhood, reinforcing the concern about the risk of micronutrient deficiencies. FD do not necessarily reflect nutritional deficiencies, since they may or may not relate to specific nutrient sources. The objective of the study is to describe the prevalence of iron depletion and iron deficiency anemia in children with FD and to seek associations with diagnosis and its markers.

Methods
This is a cross-sectional study with 68 patients (convenience sample). The following data were assessed through medical records: age (months), gender, exclusive breastfeeding duration (months), birth weight (kg), iron supplementation, hemoglobin (Hb), ferritin, and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, repertory of foods consumed (food inventory and 3-day food record analysis), and diagnosis of FD. Data were classified according to references for age and were analyzed using correlation tests, Student’s t test, ANOVA and chi-square test, or its nonparametric equivalents. A significance level of 5% was considered.

Results
Iron depletion and anemia were identified in 10.1 and 6% of children, respectively. Picky eating was diagnosed in 35.3%. Food repertory consisted on average of 21 foods, with null correlation to Hb and ferritin. The average fortified milk intake was 517 ml/day, with null correlation to Hb. There was no effect of diagnosis of FD on Hb (p = 0.18) or ferritin (p = 0.52). The same was verified in the children without supplementation, to both Hb (p = 0.54) and ferritin (p = 0.08).

Conclusions
No evidence of association between diagnosis of FD or repertory of foods to anemia or iron depletion was found, which could be a reassuring factor for caregivers. Reproduction in large scale as well as inclusion of dietary intake variables is suggested for further research.
The Intriguing Madame de Rosemain and the Economy of Deal Making at Louis Xiv's Versailles
Authors: Goldner Erik 
Published: January 2017

AbstractThe case of Philippe Pochon de Rosemain illuminates the informal and often illicit markets in royal contracts, posts, and largesse that flourished at Louis XIV's Versailles. Marginal deal makers like Rosemain played useful roles in what this article calls the economy of deal making. Nonetheless such lowborn operators—especially the women among them—were particularly vulnerable to scrutiny by royal officials. This article throws light on a fascinating but little-understood group of people from modest backgrounds who operated in the interstices of Versailles, furthering our knowledge of the possibilities they exploited and the challenges they faced. It advances our understanding of the interplay of individual favor seeking with the worsening financial troubles of, and intensifying surveillance and discipline within, Louis XIV's regime. It also deepens our appreciation of the intertwined histories of women, society, and the state in France in the decades around 1700.L'exemple de Philippe Pochon de Rosemain éclaire les réseaux informels et souvent illicites du négoce des contrats, postes, et faveurs royaux à Versailles sous Louis XIV. De naissance inférieure, dépourvus de rôles officiels, les agents de ces réseaux tels que Rosemain étaient à ces égards des marginaux ; toutefois leurs activités étaient essentielles à ce qu'on appelle le négoce d'affaires. Cet article présente un groupe méconnu d'individus qui opéraient officieusement au sein de Versailles. Il expose les possibilités qu'ils ont exploitées et les dangers auxquels ils étaient confrontés, offrant une perspective insolite sur l'Etat et la société—et particulièrement les femmes—en France aux alentours de 1700.
“To Spread the French Language Is to Extend thePatrie”
Authors: Horne Janet 
Published: January 2017

AbstractThe Alliance Française was founded in 1883 to reinforce France's colonial ambitions in Tunisia and throughout the Mediterranean basin. Its focus on language as a tool of empire was unprecedented among the colonial powers. This article revisits that colonial past and examines the Alliance's role as a purveyor of colonial education during the early years of the Third Republic. Its founders envisioned modern France as an imperial republic that would consolidate a republican polity while simultaneously asserting its mounting stature as a world empire. Quickly spreading beyond its colonial matrix, the Alliance Française grew to build a vast cultural network abroad. This article examines the complex and often contradictory processes that led from colonial strategies of dominance to the development of modern French cultural relations abroad. It argues, too, for a more comprehensive inclusion of nineteenth-century imperial expansion within the historical narrative of the rise of modern French cultural diplomacy.L'Alliance française a été fondée en 1883 pour renforcer les ambitions coloniales de la France en Tunisie et à travers le bassin méditerranéen. L'accent mis sur la langue en tant qu'outil impérial était sans précédent parmi les puissances coloniales. Cet article se penche sur ce passé colonial pour examiner le rôle de l'Alliance en tant que fournisseur d'éducation. Ses fondateurs envisageaient la France moderne comme une république impériale qui consoliderait les bases d'un système politique républicain tout en affirmant son statut d'empire mondial. Au-delà de sa matrice coloniale, l'Alliance française s'est rapidement étendue, créant un vaste réseau culturel à l'étranger. Cet article analyse les processus complexes et souvent contradictoires qui, à partir de stratégies coloniales de domination, ont abouti au développement des relations culturelles françaises modernes. Il fait valoir aussi l'importance d'une intégration plus complète de l'expansion impériale du dix-neuvième siècle au récit historique de la diplomatie culturelle française moderne.
Flood reconstruction using botanical evidence in Rapentosa catchment, in Marathon, Greece.
Authors: Diakakis N. 
Published: January 2017

Botanical evidence has been used in the past for flash flood analysis, especially when instrumental data were scarce. This work focuses on the use of such evidence as a tool to study flash flood phenomena in Rapentosa torrent, in Marathon, Greece. To this aim, impact scars induced during past flood events on trees along the torrent , were considered water stage indicators and were used to determine discharge magnitude of these flow episodes. Samples extracted from the scarred specimens with the aid of an increment borer, were used to date these impacts wounds. 1-D h y-draulic modeling was used to provide a reconstruction of the highest-discharge event, while results were cross-examined with historical damages to verify the out-come of the analysis. Analysis showed a total of 22 impact wounds along the torrent indicating discharge values between 17.1 m3/s and 84.9 m3/s during past flow episodes. Three flash flood events were identified in 1996, 1998 and 2001. Hydraulic modeling of the 2001 event, which presented the highest flow values, illustrated its extent and water depth across the flood plain, presenting good correlation with the available documentary evidence.
Ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography for locating buried building foundations: A case study in the city centre of Thessaloniki, Greece
Authors: Vargemezis G. , Diamanti N. , Fikos I. , Stampolidis A. , Makedon Th. , Chatzigogos N. 
Published: January 2017

Ground penetrating radar (GPR) and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) surveys have been carried out in the city centre of Thessaloniki (N. Greece), for investigating possible locations of buried building foundations. Geophysical survey has been chosen as a non-destructive investigation method since the area is currently used as a car parking and it is covered by asphalt. The geoelectrical sections derived from ERT data in combination with the GPR profiles provided a broad view of the subsurface. Regarding ERT, high resistivity values can be related to buried building remains, while lower resistivity values are more related to the surrounding geological materials. GPR surveying can also indicate man-made structures buried in the ground. Even though the two geophysical methods are affected in different ways by the subsurface conditions, the processed underground images from both techniques revealed great similarity. High resistivity anomalies and distinct GPR signals were observed in certain locations of the area under investigation, which are attributed to buried building foundations as well as the geological structure of the area.
Microtremor HVSR study of site effects in the urban area of the town of Mytilene, Lesvos (Greece) - Preliminary results.
Authors: Bouranta E. , Vallianatos F. , Hatzopoulos N. J. , Papadopoulos I. , Gaganis P. 
Published: January 2017

Mytilene is the capital of Lesvos, the eighth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and the largest in the North Aegean. The region of North Aegean is a geotectonically complex area, because its geodynamic status is directly affected by the North Anatolian Fault Zone. In the present paper, microtremor data have been analyzedfor the city of Mytilene using Nakamura technique of Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR) to ascertain the structure in terms of the predominant frequency. 100 microtremor measurements have been performed in the city of Mytilene. At each point of microtremor measurement, the natural frequency and amplification factor have been determined. The predominant frequency varies from 0.4 Hz to 6.6 Hz. The amplification factor in 0.4-8.07 range has been obtained from the HVSR analysis. The results are presented in terms of maps, including the spatial variability of the predominant frequency and developed GIS database. The results of this study make it clear that the characteristics of microtremors depend on the type of soil deposits.
The 10 June 2012 MW 6.0 earthquake sequence in the easternmost end of the Hellenic arc.
Authors: Kiratzi A. , Aktar M. , Svigkas N. 
Published: January 2017

The 10 June 2012 (UTC 12:44:17.3; lat. 36.441°N, long. 28.904°E, Mw6.0) earthquake sequence, 60 km to the west of Rodos Island, is studied, in an attempt to shed light to the obscure deformation pattern at the easternmost end of the Hellenic Arc. Moment tensor solutions for the mainshock and the strongest aftershocks revealed the operation of WNW-ESE dextral strike-slip faulting, with slip vector at~N295°E, approximately orthogonal to the GPS velocity vectors. The strike of the activated structure generally aligns with bathymetric linear escarpments observed in the region, bordering the eastern section of the Rodos basin. The best constrained focal depths are in the range 10 to 25 km, with the mainshock at the depth of 24 km.The slip model for the mainshock, obtained through a finite-fault inversion scheme, showed that slip was mainly concentrated in a single patch, with the locus of peak slip (~125 cm) located ~ 4km to the NW of the hypocenter. The sequence which lies in the western continuation of the Fethiye – Burdur sinistral strike-slip zone into theAegean Sea and Rodos basin, is not connected with activation of this zone. Its characteristics comply with the activation of a dextral strike-slip structure, oblique to this zone, which accommodates along – arc NE-SW extension.
Earthquake clusters in NW Peloponnese.
Authors: Mesimeri M. , Papadimitriou E. , Karakostas V. , Tsaklidis G. 
Published: January 2017

Clusters commonly occur as main shock – aftershock (MS-AS) sequences but also as earthquake swarms, which are empirically defined as an increase in seismicity rate above the background rate without a clear main shock. A delcustering algorithm is employed to identify clusters from a complete catalog of earthquakes that occurred in the area of NW Peloponnese (Greece) during 1980-2007. In order to distinguish these clusters we calculate the skewness and kurtosis of seismic moment release for each cluster, since swarm-like sequences generally have lower skew value of moment release history than MS-AS. The spatial distribution of b-value was calculated for the entire catalog as for the declustered one, in order to correlate them with seismicity behavior of the region. Finally, the pre-stress field of Achaia 2008 earthquake was calculated aiming to associate the stress accumulation with the occurrence of the identified clusters
Improved earthquake location in the area of North Euboean Gulf after the implementation of a 3D non-linear location method in combination with a 3D velocity model.
Authors: Mouzakiotis E. , Karastathis K. V. 
Published: January 2017

Considerably improved hypocentral locations of the 274 earthquakes, with magnitudes between 1.5 to 4.1 Ml recorded during the period from 2009 to 2010 by the Hellenic Unified Seismographic Network (HUSN), have been obtained for the area of North Euboean Gulf after the implementation of a 3D non-linear location algorithm and a previously calculated local 3D velocity model for both P and S wavephases. To assess the effectiveness of the 3D locations we compared the results with the solutions obtained with alternative 1D velocity models such as the minimum 1D model calculated with the VELEST algorithm and the 1D model used by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) for daily earthquake analysis. We were further ableto assess the location accuracy of each model by comparing the location results for a number of quarry blasts that occurred in the area in that period. The use of the local 3D velocity model provides considerably more accurate than the minimum 1D model which in turn provides more constrained locations from the 1D model of NOA. The epicentral locations calculated by each model are almost similar; however the depth distribution of the events varies, with depth differences of up to 12 km for some earthquakes. The results prove that accurate, local models are necessary in order to achieve more accurate locations for the events in a local area.
Local magnitude estimation in Greece, based on recordings of the Hellenic Unified Seismic Network (HUSN).
Authors: Scordilis E. , Kementzetzidou D. , Papazachos B. 
Published: January 2017

A new relation is proposed for calculation of local magnitudes in Greece. For this purpose, there were used synthetic Wood-Anderson (SWA) recordings of 98 digital broad-band stations operating between 2007 and 2011. These stations are installed at the sites of the seismological networks of: a) the National Observatory of Athens(HL), b) the Department of Geophysics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (HT), c) the Seismological Laboratory of the University of Athens (HA) and d) the Seismological Laboratory of the University of Patras (HP). All these institutions constitute the recently (2004) established Hellenic Unified Seismic Network (HUSN). These recordings are used to calculate a refined geometrical spreading factor and an anelastic attenuation coefficient, representative for Greece and surrounding area, proper for estimating local magnitudes in this region. Individual station corrections are also calculated in order to further ameliorate magnitude estimation accuracy. Comparison of such calculated local magnitudes with corresponding original moment magnitudes revealed that these two scales are equivalent for awide range of values (2.9≤MW≤6.4).
Carbonate and organic carbon content in the recent sediments of Elefsis bay as indicators for the paleoenviromental evolution of the system.
Authors: Petropoulos A. , Androni A. , Ntamkarelou T. , Anagnostou Ch. 
Published: January 2017

During the Holocene period Elefsis bay acted as a semi-enclosed system obstructing water circulation. In some areas, sampling has revealed the problems of anoxia that prevails in the bay, which has been worse during the summer months. Analyses undertaken in a core from the bay of Elefsis showed notable changes in carbonate and organic material, which prove the paleo-environmental evolution of the bay. Such changes of carbonate are due to the different deposition of calcium carbonate from biogenic source (probably and from inorganic source). The variation of organic carbon is still a factor of limited water circulation in the bay.
Reduction of rockfall risk of the Teleferik area of Santorini-Greece.
Authors: Lekkas E. , Alexoudi V. , Lialiaris I. 
Published: January 2017

The Teleferik area of Santorini Volcanic Complex, is characterized by rockfall risk due to existing morphological, geological, geotechnical and geodynamic conditions. It is therefore considered a high risk area because of the huge number, in annual base, of its visitors. The objects of the research are: (i) To identify areas with increased risk of boulders’ detachment, ii) The mapping of rockmasses for direct intervention projects,( iii)To suggest scenarios of rockfall events, (iv) To recommend the urgent works required upslope of the lower lift station of the Teleferik in order to reduce the existing risks to an utmost minimum. The calculations for the above assessments were mostly based on back analysis method, processing data of the recent rockfall events. The proposed interventions belong to the general context of large-scale projects, while top priority is given to works upslope of the lower lift station, which will work as an extra last line of defense in case of large-scale geodynamic events in the future.