bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Scaling-up primary health care-based prevention and management of alcohol use disorder at the municipal level in middle-income countries in Latin America: Background and pre-protocol for a three-country quasi-experimental study
Authors: Anderson Peter , O'Donnell Amy , Kaner Eileen , Gual Antoni , Schulte Bernd , Pérez Gómez Augusto , de Vries Hein , Natera Rey Guillermina , Rehm Jürgen 
Published: July 2017

Background:While primary health care (PHC)-based prevention and management of alcohol use disorder (AUD) is clinically effective and cost-effective, it remains poorly implemented in routine practice. Systematic reviews and multi-country studies have demonstrated the ability of training and support programmes to increase PHC-based screening and brief advice activity to reduce heavy drinking. However, gains have been only modest and short term at best. WHO studies have concluded that a more effective uptake could be achieved by embedding PHC activity within broader community and municipal support. Protocol: A quasi-experimental study will compare PHC-based prevention and management of AUD, operationalized by heavy drinking, in three intervention cities from Colombia, Mexico and Peru with three comparator cities from the same countries. In the implementation cities, primary health care units (PHCUs) will receive training embedded within ongoing supportive municipal action over an 18-month implementation period. In the comparator cities, practice as usual will continue at both municipal and PHCU levels. The primary outcome will be the proportion of consulting adult patients intervened with (screened and advice given to screen positives). The study is powered to detect a doubling of the outcome measure from an estimated 2.5/1,000 patients at baseline. Formal evaluation points will be at baseline, mid-point and end-point of the 18-month implementation period. We will present the ratio (plus 95% confidence interval) of the proportion of patients receiving intervention in the implementation cities with the proportions in the comparator cities. Full process evaluation will be undertaken, coupled with an analysis of potential contextual, financial and political-economy influencing factors. Discussion:This multi-country study will test the extent to which embedding PHC-based prevention and management of alcohol use disorder with supportive municipal action leads to improved scale-up of more patients with heavy drinking receiving appropriate advice and treatment.
Making a difference? Public service broadcasting, distinctiveness and children’s provision in Italy and Spain
Authors: D’Arma Alessandro , Labio Aurora 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
This article evaluates the performance of public service broadcasters (PSBs) in the area of children’s television in Italy and Spain. It asks: how distinctive is the output of public service children’s channels? As core area of public service provision, children’s television represents an important testing ground for wider debates about the distinctiveness of public service broadcasting (PSB) in a digital age. Public broadcasters in Southern Europe have historically been more vulnerable to market pressure than their counterparts in continental and Northern Europe, and this is believed to have impacted negatively on their ability to maintain a distinctive public service profile. After engaging with debates on distinctiveness in order to develop a framework for the analysis, the article presents the results of a two-week analysis of the TV schedules of the main children’s channels operating in the two countries. It finds evidence that in both countries the output of public service children’s channels is distinctive to a degree, but also that there are important gaps in public service provision as well as some significant differences between the public service children’s channels analysed.
Existence and non-existence of solutions to a Hamiltonian strongly degenerate elliptic system
Authors: Anh Cung The , My Bui Kim 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
We study the non-existence and existence of infinitely many solutions to the semilinear degenerate elliptic system

{

-

Δ
λ

⁢
u

=

|
v
|

p
-
1

⁢
v

in
⁢
Ω

,

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Δ
λ

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v

=

|
u
|

q
-
1

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in
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Ω

,

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=
v
=
0

on
⁢

∂
⁡
Ω

,

\left\{\begin{aligned} &\displaystyle{-}\Delta_{\lambda}u=\lvert v\rvert^{p-1}%
v&&\displaystyle\phantom{}\text{in }\Omega,\\
&\displaystyle{-}\Delta_{\lambda}v=\lvert u\rvert^{q-1}u&&\displaystyle%
\phantom{}\text{in }\Omega,\\
&\displaystyle u=v=0&&\displaystyle\phantom{}\text{on }\partial\Omega,\end{%
aligned}\right.

in a bounded domain

Ω
⊂

ℝ
N

{\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{N}}

with smooth boundary

∂
⁡
Ω

{\partial\Omega}

.
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p
,
q

>
1

{p,q>1}

, and

Δ
λ

{\Delta_{\lambda}}

is the strongly degenerate operator of the form

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λ

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=

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=
1

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∂

∂
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,

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_{j}^{2}(x)\frac{\partial u}{\partial x_{j}}\Bigr{)},

where

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satisfies certain conditions.
Superlensing using complementary media and reflecting complementary media for electromagnetic waves
Authors: Nguyen Hoai-Minh 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
In this paper, we present the proof of superlensing an arbitrary object using complementary media and we
study reflecting complementary media for electromagnetic waves. The analysis is based on
the reflecting technique and new results on the compactness, existence, and stability for the Maxwell equations with low regularity data.
Methodology for assessing laser-based equipment
Authors: Pelegrina-Bonilla Gabriel , Hermsdorf Jörg , Thombansen Ulrich , Abels Peter , Kaierle Stefan , Neumann Jörg 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
Methodologies for the assessment of technology’s maturity are widely used in industry and research. Probably the best known are technology readiness levels (TRLs), initially pioneered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). At the beginning, only descriptively defined TRLs existed, but over time, automated assessment techniques in the form of questionnaires emerged in order to determine TRLs. Originally TRLs targeted equipment for space applications, but the demands on industrial relevant equipment are partly different in terms of, for example, overall costs, product quantities, or the presence of competitors. Therefore, we present a commonly valid assessment methodology with the aim of assessing laser-based equipment for industrial use, in general. The assessment is carried out with the help of a questionnaire, which allows for a user-friendly and easy accessible way to monitor the progress from the lab-proven state to the application-ready product throughout the complete development period. The assessment result is presented in a multidimensional metric in order to reveal the current specific strengths and weaknesses of the equipment development process, which can be used to direct the remaining development process of the equipment in the right direction.
25 Jahre Fachinformationssystem (FIS) Bildung – eine einzigartige Kooperation
Authors: Botte Alexander 
Published: July 2017

Zusammenfassung
Der Artikel stellt die Entstehung und die Entwicklung der Datenbank Fachinformationssystem (FIS) Bildung ausführlich dar und geht dabei besonders auf die Aspekte länder- und disziplinübergreifende Kooperationen, thematische Breite und Förderprogramme ein.
Am Schluss wird die Frage diskutiert, ob Publikationsdatenbanken in der modernen Forschungs- und Wissenschaftswelt weiter Bestand haben werden.
Effects of training on postural control and agility when wearing socks of different compression levels
Authors: Jaakkola Timo , Linnamo Vesa , Woo Mei Teng , Davids Keith , Piirainen Jarmo M. , Gråstén Arto 
Published: July 2017

Summary
Study aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of training while wearing socks differing in compression level (clinical, sub-clinical, regular) on performance of static and dynamic balancing and agility tasks in healthy, physically active people. We sought to understand whether socks with different compression properties supported postural regulation and agility task performance by enhancing somatosensory perception, unskewed by specific age range effects. Material and methods: Participants comprised 61 adults aged 18-75 years, divided into three groups (two experimental groups wearing clinical or sub-clinical level compression socks, and one control group wearing regular non-compression socks during training). An 8-week (2 × 1h per week) intervention programme was administered to train static and dynamic balance and postural control, leg strength and agility. Results: A mixed model ANOVA revealed no differences in static and dynamic balance and postural control and agility performance between clinical, sub-clinical, and control groups before and after training. All groups significantly improved their test performance, suggesting that training had some benefit on motor performance. Conclusions: These results raised interesting questions requiring further investigation to examine the effects of wearing socks (with and without different levels of compression) on motor behaviours in specific groups of elderly vs. young participants, in physically active vs. less physically active people, and in performance settings outside standardized laboratory tests to study applications in natural performance environments.
Liquid biopsy in ovarian cancer: recent advances on circulating tumor cells and circulating tumor DNA
Authors: Giannopoulou Lydia , Kasimir-Bauer Sabine , Lianidou Evi S. 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
Ovarian cancer remains the most lethal disease among gynecological malignancies despite the plethora of research studies during the last decades. The majority of patients are diagnosed in an advanced stage and exhibit resistance to standard chemotherapy. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) represent the main liquid biopsy approaches that offer a minimally invasive sample collection. Both have shown a diagnostic, prognostic and predictive value in many types of solid malignancies and recent studies attempted to shed light on their role in ovarian cancer. This review is mainly focused on the clinical value of both CTCs and ctDNA in ovarian cancer and, more specifically, on their potential as diagnostic, prognostic and predictive tumor biomarkers.
Free vibration analysis of annular sector plates via conical shell equations
Authors: Demir Çiğdem , Ersoy Hakan , Mercan Kadir , Civalek Ömer 
Published: July 2017

Abstract In this paper, free vibration analysis of annular sector plates has been presented via conical shell equations. By using the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) equation of motion of conical shell is obtained. The method of discrete singular convolution (DSC) and method differential quadrature (DQ) are used for solution of the vibration problem of annular plates for some special value of semi-vertex angle via conical shell equation. The obtained numerical results based on the two numerical approaches for annular sector plates compare well with the results available in the literature. The effects of some geometric parameters, grid numbers and types of the grid distribution have been discussed for curved plates.
Viewpoint phenomena in multimodal communication
Authors: Dancygier Barbara , Vandelanotte Lieven 
Published: July 2017

AbstractIn this introduction to the special issue on viewpoint phenomena in multimodal communication, we highlight central questions concerning the nature of multimodality and of conceptual viewpoint, which the issue as a whole expands and clarifies. We argue that multimodality needs to be rethought as a varied but cohesive phenomenon, and we briefly illustrate both embodied multimodal interaction (in an example from stand-up comedy) and the meaning emergence in artifacts relying on both text and image (in an example of a poster with an environmental message). Correspondingly, the category of multimodal constructions already recognized for embodied interactions should be expanded to cover conventionalized image/text combinations. Finally, we stress that viewpoint is the pivotal concept that elucidates how communicators use the various modalities for cohesive communicative purposes across the wide range of artifacts and multimodal forms discussed in the special issue, including gesture in political speeches, viewpoint in comics, grammatical forms in Internet memes, ASL, stance expressions, eye gaze, and embodied responses to objects and architectural artifacts.
Multi-Scale Control of Bunsen Section in Iodine-Sulphur Thermochemical Cycle Process
Authors: Mohd Noraini , Nandong Jobrun 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
Hydrogen is considered as an environmental friendly energy carrier but its actual impact on the environment depends on the way it is produced. A strategy of plant-wide modelling and advanced process control with optimization is currently developed for the Hydrogen production via the Iodine-Sulphur thermochemical cycle process. The objectives of this paper are two-folds: (1) to optimize the trade-off between steady-state profitability and dynamic operability of the Bunsen section subject to multiple constraints, and (2) to design practical control strategy based on the multi-scale control concept. A multi-scale modelling for the Bunsen section in the Hydrogen production via the Iodine-Sulphur thermochemical cycle process is presented. Based on this multi-scale model, a practical control design is developed and applied to Bunsen section. The suitable sets of control variables and manipulated variables are chosen via a sensitivity study incorporating the multivariate Response Surface Analysis method. By dint of simulation study, it can be shown that the proposed control strategy is able to produce a good closed-loop performance where its robustness depends strongly on the selected schemes of Bunsen section. It is worth highlighting that, the proposed multi-scale control strategy demonstrates robust performance in the face of the worst case uncertainty scenario.
Norm und Sanktion
Authors: Freitag Wolfgang 
Published: July 2017

AbstractThe paper examines a theory of normativity according to which norms are practical reasons constituted by sanctions. It argues that such a theory faces a number of objections derived from the concept of a sanction as an artificial, negative consequence of an action. In particular, the paper demonstrates that sanctions in this sense are not triggered by the performance of the action itself (as, for example, murder or theft), but rather by the agent’sappearingto have performed these actions. Thus, the sanction theory of normativity is unable to explain why the intended actions themselves – rather than the corresponding appearances – are forbidden. I conclude with a discussion of alternative conceptions of norms.
Die Wiederkehr der Moral?
Authors: Marchal Kai 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
In this essay I attempt to clarify the understanding of modernity that can be found in the writings of the Chinese thinker Wang Hui, especially in his magnum opus on The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought (2004). In this book, Wang describes the trajectory of major conceptual and paradigmatic changes from antiquity to modern China. I present and critically discuss important premises of this project, in particular Wang’s assumption that the formation of Chinese modernity is characterized by a dialectical tension between “critique/emancipation” and “control/order”. According to Wang, this tension is already present in the Neo-Confucian world-view, a rather convincing claim as I show in the second part of this essay. It is less clear, however, whether Wang succeeds in grounding Chinese modernity in the historical reality of late imperial China. In the last part, I provide discussion and suggestions for future research.
Synthesis and physicochemical characterization of branched poly(monomethyl itaconate)
Authors: Calderón Marcelo , Leiva Angel , Martinelli Marisa , Gargallo Ligia , Radic Deodato , Strumia Miriam 
Published: July 2017

AbstractThe synthesis and characterization of branched polymers derived from poly (monomethyl itaconate) (PMMI) are reported. Important changes in the properties of the functionalized products were found with respect to the base polymer, establishing a close relationship with the hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance of the products. The intrinsic viscosity of the branched PMMI showed an increment in its hydrodynamic volume due to the insertion of branched molecules, which correspond to a first generation of dendrons. Their incorporation into the polymer chain caused a change in the surface energy values of the sample films and enabled the products to form stable monolayers at the air-water interface
Effect of PTW on crystallization kinetics of toughened PBT/PC blends
Authors: Huiyu Bai , Xiaoya Liu , Yong Zhang , Yinxi Zhang 
Published: July 2017

AbstractPoly(butylenes terephthalate) (PBT)/polycarbonate (PC)/poly(ethylenebutylacrylate- glycidyl methacrylate copolymer) (PTW) blends containing PTW as toughening modifier were obtained by extrusion and injection molding. The effect of PTW on the melt rheology of PBT/PC blend was examined by means of capillary calorimetry. The rheological properties of the blends suggested high reactivity between epoxy groups in PTW and terminal carboxylic acid group and/or hydroxyl group of PBT inhibited transesterification between PBT and PC. The effect of PTW on the crystallization of PBT in the PBT/PC/PTW blends was investigated by crystallization kinetics analysis under isothermal and nonisothermal conditions. Isothermal crystallization experiments were performed at crystallization temperature and analyzed based on the Avrami equation. A decrease of the half time of PBT crystallization t1/2, as well as an increase of the overall crystallization rate of PBT in the PBT/PC/PTW blends have been observed. Nonisothermal crystallization experiments were performed at given cooling rate. The Ozawa analysis is used to describe its nonisothermal crystallization behavior. It is observed that at a given cooling rate, the PTW increases the overall crystallization rate of PBT in the PBT/PC/PTW blends. This is consistent with the result obtained under isothermal crystallization condition.
Nucleating effect of surface modified MWNTs on crystallization of MWNTs/PA6 composites
Authors: Li Juan , Gu Qun , Fan Xinyu , Guo Zhenghong , Fang Zhengping 
Published: July 2017

AbstractThe surface characteristic of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) plays an important role in the crystallization of polyamide 6 (PA6). In this paper, 1,6-hexamethylenediamine(HMD) are grafted on MWNTs. The MWNTs before and after modification are used to fabricate PA6 composites through melt-blending. The nucleating effect of MWNTs with different surface characteristic is investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarized optical microscopy (POM) and Xray diffraction (XRD).The heterogeneous nucleating ability of MWNTs determined by the Dobreva method are higher for pristine than amine-functionalized MWNTs/PA6 composites with 1.0 wt% MWNTs. Addition of MWNTs induce more heterogeneous nucleation and retards the crystal growth of PA6. The presence of MWNTs facilitates the formation of α crystalline form, while amino-functionalization weakens this trend. MWNTs act as effective nucleation agents for PA6, resulting in the increased number and decreased size of spherulites. MWNTs facilitate the formation of α crystalline form of PA6. Amino-functionalization decreases the crystallization and nucleating effect of MWNTs on PA6
Thermomechanical behavior and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of poly(ε-caprolactone) and poly(ε- caprolactone)/poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) blends
Authors: Xing Zhimin , Zha Liusheng , Yang Guisheng 
Published: July 2017

AbstractPoly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) and PCL/Poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) blends are shown to have the potential to be used in a range of biomedical applications and can be processed with successive in-situ polymerization procedures. In this paper, the thermomechanical analysis of PCL and PCL/PVP blends was performed using dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). The storage and loss moduli as a function of temperature and frequency were recorded. The nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of PCL and PCL/PVP blends were analyzed using Ozawa model and Mo-Liu equation, a combination equation of Avrami and Ozawa formulas. The Ozawa analysis failed to describe the nonisothermal crystallization behavior of blends, whereas the Mo-Liu equation successfully described the nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of PCL and PCL/PVP blends. In addition, the value of crystallization rate coefficient under nonisothermal crystallization conditions was calculated. The PCL/PVP blends compared with the pure PCL and PVP had a restrain effect on the crystallization kinetics of PCL in the blends. Combining the results of DMA and DSC, PVP effectively decreased the crystallinity of PCL and enhanced its damping properties, which indicated that PCL/PVP blends could be more suitable than PCL in some biomedical applications, as it might help in the dissipation of the mechanical energy generated by the patient movements.
Aqueous chemical grafting of modified-PEG onto maghemite nanoparticles: Influence of grafting conditions
Authors: Brachais Claire-Hélène , Hu Ling , Hach Diana , Chaumont Denis , Percheron Aurélien , Couvercelle Jean-Pierre 
Published: July 2017

AbstractThe synthesis of maghemite nanoparticles coated with triethoxysilanemonomethylether- PEG (Si-mPEG), is presented in aqueous conditions, by the “grafting to” process. This procedure is performed in one step, starting from anchored polymer and native nanoparticles. The maghemite nanoparticles obtained were first identified by XRD and the average diameter is about 10 nm according to the Nitrogen adsorption, XRD and TEM techniques. The nature of the catalysts (acetic acid, triethylamine, NH4OH and dibutyl-tin-dilaurate) used for the establishment of the covalent bond between the γ-Fe2O3 particles and the SimPEG, as well as the influence of the temperature and the reaction time, were evaluated on the grafting rate of the particles in water by TGA and FTIR techniques. Using the size exclusion chromatography, SEC technique, we showed that the monomethoxy-PEG was resistant to mild acidic up to strong basic conditions. The best ratio “time/amount of polymer” for the highest grafting rate was the use of tinbased organometallic compound (DBTL) at 80 °C during 48 h. In these conditions, a grafting rate of 54 % is achieved.
Modification of PVDF properties by dielectric barrier discharge treatment
Authors: Pascu Mihaela , Duraccio Donatella , Cimmino Sossio , Vasile Cornelia 
Published: July 2017

AbstractFilms of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) were treated in a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) in helium, for different exposure times. Modification of PVDF properties was followed by: contact angle measurements, ATR-FTIR spectrometry and scanning electron microscopy. The applied treatment led to the obtainment of polar surfaces, with biocompatibility characteristics. These enhancements in PVDF properties after plasma exposure, associated with the possible increase of the polymer roughness, could lead to an enhanced adhesion with other materials, condition which has to be fulfilled for a series of applications (e.g.: biosensors).