bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
PROBLEMS IN ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION PROCESS AT INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE
Authors: Ерохин Дмитрий , Erokhin Dmitriy , Горностаева Алла , Gornostaeva Alla , Чернышова Ирина , Chernyshova Irina 
Published: December 2016

In the paper the innovation management of an industrial enterprise is considered. The cooperation problem of colleges and industrial enterprises is touched upon. The regularities in scientific-engineering development of production under conditions of the formation of market economy and its crisis state are revealed. New principles ensuring the purposefulness of development are elaborated, the peculiarities in re-search work are considered.
The authors have formulated the factors affect-ing the innovation development of an industrial enterprise both in the view of acceleration and from the point of view of innovation process deceleration.
On the basis of the analysis carried out there is formed a program of innovation project realization at the “UK”BMP” Co. with the indication of terms and costs. The stages of program realization with measures shown increasing innovation activity efficiency are formulated.
Dynamic Pricing in a Distribution Channel in the Presence of Switching Costs
Authors: Cosguner Koray , Chan Tat Y. , Seetharaman P. B. (Seethu) 
Published: December 2016

We advance the literature on dynamic oligopoly pricing models in the presence of switching costs by additionally modeling the strategic pricing role of the retailer within the distribution channel. In doing this, we study the relative dynamic pricing implications of how current retail and wholesale prices for a brand must optimally take into account past and future demand, respectively, for the brand. Using scanner data from the cola market, we find that while the retailer exploits the benefit of inertial demand by appropriately increasing the retail profit margin, the cost of investing is borne entirely by the manufacturers. We use simulation studies to show how the retailer will lose its ability to leverage the benefits of inertial demand as consumers become more price sensitive. We also show that when inertia of the more price-sensitive customer segment increases, the aggregate welfare of consumers, the retailer, and manufacturers may increase. Data, as supplemental material, are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2016.2649 . This paper was accepted by J. Miguel Villas-Boas, marketing.
Structural noise tolerance of photonic crystal optical properties
Authors: Odontsengel Nyam-Erdene , Cai DongSheng , Cole James B. 
Published: December 2016

Abstract
Using nonstandard (NS) finite difference time domain (FDTD) scheme to perform 2D electromagnetic (EM) simulations, we investigate how the optical properties of 2D photonic crystals (PCs) are affected by various different kinds of structural noises in the PC lattice. While the transmission spectrum is strongly affected by noises, the position and the depth of the band gap in the transmission spectrum are remarkably robust. It is shown that rather coarse numerical grids can be used to evaluate various PC structures in NS-FDTD EM simulations. The combination of noises affects transmission spectrum in the same way as the most influential individual noise. It is shown that reducing the most influential individual noise is a very efficient method to make PC more accurate.
DCS-SVM: a novel semi-automated method for human brain MR image segmentation
Authors: Ahmadvand Ali , Daliri Mohammad Reza , Hajiali Mohammadtaghi 
Published: December 2016

AbstractIn this paper, a novel method is proposed which appropriately segments magnetic resonance (MR) brain images into three main tissues. This paper proposes an extension of our previous work in which we suggested a combination of multiple classifiers (CMC)-based methods named dynamic classifier selection-dynamic local training local Tanimoto index (DCS-DLTLTI) for MR brain image segmentation into three main cerebral tissues. This idea is used here and a novel method is developed that tries to use more complex and accurate classifiers like support vector machine (SVM) in the ensemble. This work is challenging because the CMC-based methods are time consuming, especially on huge datasets like three-dimensional (3D) brain MR images. Moreover, SVM is a powerful method that is used for modeling datasets with complex feature space, but it also has huge computational cost for big datasets, especially those with strong interclass variability problems and with more than two classes such as 3D brain images; therefore, we cannot use SVM in DCS-DLTLTI. Therefore, we propose a novel approach named “DCS-SVM” to use SVM in DCS-DLTLTI to improve the accuracy of segmentation results. The proposed method is applied on well-known datasets of the Internet Brain Segmentation Repository (IBSR) and promising results are obtained.
Upregulated miR-16 expression is an independent indicator of relapse and poor overall survival of colorectal adenocarcinoma patients
Authors: Diamantopoulos Marios A. , Kontos Christos K. , Kerimis Dimitrios , Papadopoulos Iordanis N. , Scorilas Andreas 
Published: December 2016

AbstractBackground:Colorectal adenocarcinoma is one of the most common malignant tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among adults in Western countries. miR-16 is heavily involved in cancer progression. In this study, we examined the potential diagnostic and prognostic utility of miR-16 expression in colorectal adenocarcinoma.Methods:Total RNA was extracted from 182 colorectal adenocarcinoma specimens and 86 non-cancerous colorectal mucosae. After polyadenylation of 2 μg total RNA by poly(A) polymerase and subsequent reverse transcription with an oligo-dT adapter primer, miR-16 expression was determined using an in-house developed reverse transcription quantitative real-time PCR method, based on SYBR Green chemistry.Results:miR-16 was shown to be significantly upregulated in colorectal adenocarcinoma specimens compared to non-cancerous colorectal mucosae, suggesting its potential exploitation for diagnostic purposes. Moreover, high miR-16 expression predicts poor disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) of colorectal adenocarcinoma patients. Multivariate Cox regression analysis confirmed that miR-16 overexpression is a significant unfavorable prognosticator in colorectal adenocarcinoma, independent of other established prognostic factors, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. Interestingly, miR-16 overexpression retains its unfavorable prognostic value in patients with advanced yet locally restricted colorectal adenocarcinoma that has not grown through the wall of the colon or rectum (T3) and in those without distant metastasis (M0).Conclusions:Overexpression of the cancer-associated miR-16 predicts poor DFS and OS of colorectal adenocarcinoma patients, independently of clinicopathological factors that are currently used for prognostic purposes.
Marine sponge skeleton photosensitized by copper phthalocyanine: A catalyst for Rhodamine B degradation
Authors: Norman Małgorzata , Zdarta Jakub , Bartczak Przemysław , Piasecki Adam , Petrenko Iaroslav , Ehrlich Hermann , Jesionowski Teofil 
Published: December 2016

AbstractWe present a combined approach to photo-assisted degradation processes, in which a catalyst, H2O2 and UV irradiation are used together to enhance the oxidation of Rhodamine B (RB). The heterogeneous photocatalyst was made by the process of adsorption of copper phthalocyanine tetrasulfonic acid (CuPC) onto purified spongin-based Hippospongia communis marine sponge skeleton (HcS). The product obtained, CuPC-HcS, was investigated by a variety of spectroscopic (carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance 13C NMR, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy FTIR, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy EDS) and microscopic techniques (scanning electron microscopy SEM, fluorescent and optical microscopy), as well as thermal analysis. The study confirms the stable combination of the adsorbent and adsorbate. For a 10 mg/L RB solution, the percentage degradation reached 95% using CuPC-HcS as a heterocatalyst. The mechanism of RB removal involves adsorption and photodegradation simultaneously.
Resisting the legitimacy of the question: Self-evident answers to questions about sources of knowledge in police interviews with child witnesses
Authors: Jol Guusje , Stommel Wyke 
Published: December 2016

AbstractThis paper discusses questions about sources of knowledge in Dutch police interviews with child witnesses. Police officers are instructed to ask these questions in order to allow participants in the criminal procedure to assess the reliability of the testimony. In everyday interaction, asking “how someone knows” implies that what was said earlier is not taken for granted. Therefore, questions about sources of knowledge in police interviews are potentially delicate. This paper aims to show that (a) questions about sources of knowledge are related to a specialized institutional inference system and (b) children sometimes treat those questions as causing a dilemma between the need to provide an answer and the unusual character of the question. Drawing on insights from conversation analysis, the analysis focuses on occasions when children present their answer about the source of their knowledge as self-evident. These responses suggest that the question is not genuine and legitimate. At the same time, children still try to provide a relevant answer. The self-evident answers thus deal with the explicit request for a source of knowledge and, from their perspective, the unnecessary character of the question. Police officers generally ignore the self-evident aspect of the answers in their uptakes. Yet, when they do orient to it, they justify their questions as genuine information seeking questions. Police officers thus treat sources of knowledge as something they did not know, whereas sources of knowledge often can be inferred in everyday language use. We suggest that taking this unknowing stance conveys to the child and to the tape that the police officers are not presuming specific sources of knowledge.
Facing people through language use – linguistic tools to make proceedings fair
Authors: Ervo Laura 
Published: December 2016

Abstract
Court proceedings should be fair. Accordingly, the right to be heard has traditionally been considered one of the fundamental principles of court proceedings. Earlier, this right was mainly interpreted in a normative and rather passive sense. Recently, however, the interpretation of the right to be heard has developed towards the requirement of active and factual participation of court parties on equal terms with the other parties involved. The explanation for this should be sought in modern (procedural) law, which is more sociologically influenced than has previously been the case. Nowadays fairness is also about feelings. Welfare in courts means not only the rule of law and legal security in its traditional form, but also a good atmosphere and the presence of concrete means to give fair experiences to people who visit courts. This places communication and interaction between judges and parties in a central position as some of the most important instruments for achieving a fair hearing. With regard to the formulation of judgments and decisions, it is important that court lawyers put themselves in the parties’ situation and give careful deliberation to the purpose of their texts and how they will be perceived and understood by those concerned. The media, too, has a key role to play as a communicating link between the courts and citizens. For the media to be able to give an all-round and balanced picture of the courts, decision-making processes in courts must, as far as possible, be observable, or, in other words, transparent. Therefore, courts are in the process of throwing open their doors and judges no longer tend to hide behind their law-books. Post-modern legal decision-making is “doing justice together” rather than isolated use of power. Courts need to face people. And to do that, they need to master the most crucial instrument of all, namely appropriate language use. The present article discusses how to realize/operationalize this “modern” form of fairness in courts and how to maintain it with reference to legal theory and practical needs.
Mechanobiology of bone remodeling and fracture healing in the aged organism
Authors: Haffner-Luntzer Melanie , Liedert Astrid , Ignatius Anita 
Published: December 2016

AbstractBone can adapt to changing load demands by mechanically regulated bone remodeling. Osteocytes, osteoblasts, and mesenchymal stem cells are mechanosensitive and respond to mechanical signals through the activation of specific molecular signaling pathways. The process of bone regeneration after fracture is similarly and highly regulated by the biomechanical environment at the fracture site. Depending on the tissue strains, mesenchymal cells differentiate into fibroblasts, chondrocytes, or osteoblasts, determining the course and the success of healing. In the aged organism, mechanotransduction in both intact and fractured bones may be altered due to changed hormone levels and expression of growth factors and other signaling molecules. It is proposed that altered mechanotransduction may contribute to disturbed healing in aged patients. This review explains the basic principles of mechanotransduction in the bone and the fracture callus and summarizes the current knowledge on aging-induced changes in mechanobiology. Furthermore, the methods for external biomechanical stimulation of intact and fractured bones are discussed with respect to a possible application in the elderly patient.
Bone biology in the elderly: clinical importance for fracture treatment
Authors: Rolvien Tim , Amling Michael 
Published: December 2016

AbstractAge-related bone impairment often leads to fragility fractures in the elderly. Although excellent surgical care is widely provided, diagnosis and treatment of the underlying bone disorder are often not kept in mind. The interplay of the three major bone cells – osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and osteocytes – is normally well regulated via the secretion of messengers to control bone remodeling. Possible imbalances that might occur in the elderly are partly due to age, genetic risk factors, and adverse lifestyle factors but importantly also due to imbalances in calcium homeostasis (mostly due to vitamin D deficiency or hypochlorhydria), which have to be eliminated. Therefore, the cooperation between the trauma surgeon and the osteologist is of major importance to diagnose and treat the respective patients at risk. We propose that any patient suffering from fragility fractures is rigorously screened for osteoporosis and metabolic bone diseases. This includes bone density measurement by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, laboratory tests for calcium, phosphate, vitamin D, and bone turnover markers, as well as additional diagnostic modalities if needed. Thereby, most risk factors, including vitamin D deficiency, can be identified and treated while patients who meet the criteria for a specific therapy (i.e. antiresorptive and osteoanabolic) receive such. If local health systems succeed to manage this process of secondary fracture prevention, morbidity and mortality of fragility fractures will decline to a minimum level.
Actinometry Measurement of Oxygen Dissociation Degree in a Microwave Discharge Plasma and Effect of Electron Energy Distribution Function
Authors: Sakamoto Takeshi , Matsuura Haruaki , Akatsuka Hiroshi 
Published: December 2016

AbstractWe measured the dissociation degree of oxygen molecule in a microwave discharge oxygen plasma by optical emission spectroscopy measurement based on actinometry method. We generated an oxygen plasma in a cylindrical quartz tube (26 mm i.d.) with a discharge pressure 0.5 - 3.0 Torr. The microwave frequency was 2.45 GHz and the output power was set at 600 W. We monitored the oxygen atom density by actinometry using the 844.6 nm line of oxygen atom and the 811.5 nm line of argon. The dissociation degree was estimated at about a few percent. To discuss the validity of the measured dissociation degree, we calculated the population balance equations of the active spices and EEDF (electron energy distribution function) self-consistently. The theoretical calculations were in agreement with the experimental results. We discussed the validity of the dissociation degree of oxygen molecule and some reactions, which play an important role in the microwave discharge oxygen plasma.
Epoxidation of 1-butene-3-ol with Hydrogen Peroxide under Autogenic and Atmospheric Pressure
Authors: Wróblewska Agnieszka , Wajzberg Joanna , Milchert Eugeniusz 
Published: December 2016

AbstractThe influence of the technological parameters on the course of the epoxidation of 1-butene-3-ol (1B3O) over the TS-1 catalyst has been presented. A 30 wt% H
Photocatalytic Oxidation of Pharmaceutical compounds: Kinetics and Pathways for Ibuprofen, Clofibric Acid, Diclofenac and Naproxen
Authors: Thanasawasdi Haruthai , Leckie James , Mill Theodore 
Published: December 2016

AbstractPhotocatalytic oxidation of ibuprofen, clofibric acid, diclofenac and naproxen were studied in near- UV illuminated (> 300nm) aqueous TiO
Photocatalytic Oxidation of H2S on TiO2 and TiO2-ZrO2 Thin Films
Authors: Portela Raquel , Sánchez Benigno , Coronado Juan M. 
Published: December 2016

AbstractHydrogen sulfide is a widespread pollutant responsible for foul odors and severe damage to health and materials. However, current removal technologies have serious drawbacks. Photocatalysis seems to be a good alternative technology for eliminating H
Factorial Design for the Photodegradation of Chloramphenicol with Immobilized TiO2
Authors: Baeza Bernarda , Lizama Cristian , Caneo Cecilia , Ollin Mario 
Published: December 2016

AbstractIn this work, the effect of six variables: sustrate concentration, initial pH, peroxide/substrate molar ratio, bubbling rate, recirculation rate, and irradiation wavelength on the photocatalytic degradation of chloramphenicol (CAP) using TiO
An Integral Degradation Model to Describe H2O2-Photooxidation of Linear Alkylbenzenesulfonate (LAS) Surfactants
Authors: Menéndez A. , Lombraña J. I. , Luis A. de 
Published: December 2016

AbstractSynthetic surfactants are amphipathic molecules consisting of a hydrophilic polar head moiety and a hydrophobic non-polar tail one. Alkyl benzene sulfonates are the principal type of laundry anionic surfactants, they are extensively used because of its relatively low cost, good performance, and easy-processing to a stable powder with biodegradable characteristics at low concentrations. LAS are a mixture of homologues and phenyl positional isomers, each containing an aromatic ring sulfonated at position para and attached to a C
Photocatalytic Decolorization of Methylene Blue with Two Photoreactors
Authors: Arias Fernando , Ortiz Erika , López–Vásquez Andrés , Colina–Márquez José , Machuca Fiderman 
Published: December 2016

AbstractMost of dyes are considered as non - biodegradable substances and because this, they have became in an environmental problem. Commercial dyes are used in paper and textile industries, and their by-products contaminate surface water sources. Titanium dioxide - based photocatalysis can be an alternative for treatment of dye - contaminated water streams before dumping, because this process can generate powerful oxidant species as hydroxyl free radicals (•OH). In this study, the photocatalytic decolorization of methylene blue was carried out in a compound parabolic collector (CPC) and tubular collector (TC; no reflectors) using the radiation provided by a set of six UV black-lamps. The experimental tests corresponding to a central-composite experimental design were carried out during three hours, whereas the tests for optimal conditions were carried out during 315 min. The decolorization of the dye was measured indirectly with UV- visible absorbance. The optimal region could be determined using the Response Surface Methodology, and for CPC reactor the results were 70.8% for optimal degradation at 0.44 g/L of TiO
Evaluation of Zinc Oxide-Based Photocatalytic Degradation of a Commercial Pesticide
Authors: Burbano Jorge , Cruz Isabel , Colina–Márquez Jose , López–Vásquez Andrés , Machuca Fiderman 
Published: December 2016

AbstractIn this study, the performance of zinc oxide as a catalyst for photodegradation of commercial herbicide 2,4-D AMINA 4
Effect of Ultrasound on the Properties of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Sono-Fenton Oxidation Processes
Authors: Melero Juan A. , Martínez Fernando , Molina Raúl 
Published: December 2016

AbstractThe objective of this research is to assess the effect of ultrasonic irradiation (20 KHz) on the catalytic activity and catalyst particle size of different iron-containing solids (hematite/SBA-15 nanocomposite; hematite; goethite). The catalytic activities of the different catalysts were investigated in the sono-Fenton degradation of a phenolic aqueous solution in the presence of hydrogen peroxide at pH 3. The catalytic performance was monitored in terms of phenol and total organic carbon (TOC) conversions. The concentration changes of different by-products coming from incomplete mineralization of phenol were also monitored. The stability was examined by measuring iron dissolved in the reaction medium after reaction. The degradation rate in the presence of the nanocomposite material was higher than that when SBA-15 and hematite were separately suspended and also higher than that found for the bulk and unsupported iron oxides (hematite and goethite). The particle size of the catalysts suffers serious changes during the sonication which strongly depend on their nature. Unlike nanocomposite material which presents a deep catalyst particle reduction, unsupported bulk iron oxides yield an agglomeration of the particles. The considerable enhancement of the activity achieved with the nanocomposite material is due to the catalyst particles size reduction during ultrasound irradiation as well as the high dispersion of the metallic species over the mesostructured support.
Chemo- and Regio-Selectivity in the TiO2-Mediated Photooxidation of 1,n-diols
Authors: Molinari Alessandra , Bruni Marco , Maldotti Andrea 
Published: December 2016

AbstractProper reaction conditions have been found for the conversion of 1,2 propanediol, 1,3 butanediol and 1,4 pentanediol to the corresponding hydroxy-carbonylic compounds with good chemo- and regio-selectivity by photochemical excitation of CH