bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Aggression levels of hearing impaired athletes: A comparison on individual and team sports<p>İşitme engelli sporcuların saldırganlık düzeyleri: Bireysel ve takım sporu üzerine bir karşılaştırma
Authors: Işık Meltem , Kılıç İbrahim , Aksoy Kübra 
Published: October 2017

In hearing-impaired children, the opportunities for sportive activities from early chıldhood period are important for the development of physical and social skills. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of aggressiveness in hearing impaired athletes who perform individual and team sports. The sample of the research was consisted 109 hearing-impaired athletes participating in Hearing Impaired Basketball (n= 64) and Taekwondo (n=45) players Turkey Championship in 2016. A five-point Likert type Buss-Perry aggression scale was used as the data collection technique in the study. In the analysis of the data obtained in the study, descriptive statistics as well as independent t test and pearson correlation analysis were used. According to the results of this research; It was found that the level of aggression of hearing-impaired basketball players is higher than taekwondo players. It was also found that there was a negative correlation between age and aggression levels. As a result; It has been found that the levels of hostility subscales and general aggression levels of hearing impaired team sports athletes are higher than individual sports athletes.Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file. Özetİşitme engelli çocuklarda, erken dönemden itibaren süren sportif etkinlik olanakları fiziksel ve sosyal becerilerin gelişmesi açısından önemli görülmektedir. Bu araştırmanın amacı, bireysel ve takım sporu yapan işitme engelli sporcuların, saldırganlık düzeylerinin belirlenmesidir. Araştırmanın örneklemini, 2016 yılında İşitme Engelliler Basketbol (n= 64) ve Taekwondo (n= 45) Türkiye Şampiyonasına katılan toplam 109 işitme engelli sporcu oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada veri toplama tekniği olarak, 5’li likert tipi Buss-Perry saldırganlık ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada elde edilen verilerin analizinde tanımlayıcı istatistiklerin yanı sıra, independent t testi ve pearson korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Bu araştırmanın sonuçlarına göre; işitme engelli basketbol oynayanların saldırganlık düzeyinin taekwondo sporu yapanlardan daha yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca yaş ile saldırganlık düzeyi arasında negatif yönlü anlamlı ilişki olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak; işitme engelli basketbolcuların düşmanlık alt ölçek ortalamaları ile genel saldırganlık düzeylerinin taekwondoculara nazaran daha yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Examining the auditory approach: Lexical effects in the perceptual judgment of Chinese L2 tone production
Authors: Jiang Yan 
Published: October 2017

AbstractAuditory perception is generally used by raters who are asked to evaluate the accuracy of tone production by non-native speakers (hereafter NNSs) who are learning Mandarin Chinese. However, its validity needs to be examined as the native speaking (hereafter NS) listeners’ lexical knowledge (i.e., knowing the possible combination of syllables and tones) may affect their judgments in different listening contexts. This lexical effect has been reported at the segmental level in non-tonal languages (McClelland et al. 2006; Norris et al. 2000). The present study extends to the suprasegmental dimension and compares NS listeners’ judgment on NNSs’ tonal performance of high frequency disyllabic word covering Mandarin disyllabic tonal combination in three lexical contexts, namely (1) hearing pairs of humming tones (syllables removed viaPraat); (2) hearing disyllabic words (syllables + tones); (3) hearing disyllabic words + seeing targetpinyinorthography. Statistical analyses revealed a significant effect of lexical contexts on the perceived tone accuracy, which increased when auditory and visual lexical cues were available, as in Conditions 2 and 3. Acoustic analyses further revealed the nature of the two lexical effects. Hearing words had a positive effect on the precision of the NSs’ tonal perception compared to hearing tones only. However, the visual presence ofpinyinmisled NSs to compensate for learners’ tone production deficiencies. The findings have implications for future research involving the rating of tones using auditory approach and also shed light on the teaching of Mandarin tones to NNSs.
The acquisition of Mandarin dative constructions by L2 and heritage learners
Authors: Yang Chunsheng , Luo Han 
Published: October 2017

AbstractThis study examines the acquisition of Mandarin dative constructions by second language (L2) and heritage learners of Mandarin Chinese. Three groups of speakers (L2, heritage, and native, 20 in each group) participated in this study by completing a questionnaire consisting of sentence translation and grammaticality judgment tasks on Mandarin dative constructions. In both tasks, native speakers outperformed the heritage learners, who in turn outperformed the L2 learners. The variance of performance in the two tasks across groups can be attributed to several factors, including linguistic universal, first language (L1) transfer, and individual difference. This study shows that L2 acquisition is a complex system and no single factor can fully explain or predict L2 learning outcomes. The findings of this study also have important pedagogical implications for L2 Chinese teaching.
Asymptotics of conditional probabilities of succesful allocation of random number of particles into cells
Authors: Afonina Aleksandra I. , Kayumov Il’giz R. , Chuprunov Aleksey N. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract

The article is devoted to the memory of Valentin Fedorovich Kolchin.
Let ζ, ζi
(i ∈ N) be independent identically distributed nonnegative integer-valued random variables, (η

i1,…, ηiN
) be the fillings of cells in the generalized scheme of allocation of ζi
particles into N cells, 1 ≤ i ≤ n, for fixed Zn
= (ζ
1, …, ζn
) these allocation schemes are independent. We consider the conditional probabilities P(A

n,N
| Zn
) of the event A

n,N
= {each cell in each of n allocation schemes contains no more than r particles}, where r is some fixed number. The sufficient conditions for the convergence of the sequence P(A

n,N
| Zn
) to a nonrandom limit with probability 1 are given. It is shown that the random variable ln P(A

n,N
| Zn
) is asymptotically normal. Applications of the obtained results to the noise-proof encoding are discussed.
The minimum number of negations in circuits for systems of multi-valued functions
Authors: Kochergin Vadim V. , Mikhailovich Anna V. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
The paper is concerned with the complexity of realization of k-valued logic functions by logic circuits over an infinite complete bases containing all monotone functions; the weight of monotone functions (the cost of use) is assumed to be 0. The complexity problem of realizations of Boolean functions over a basis having negation as the only nonmonotone element was completely solved by A. A. Markov. In 1957 he showed that the minimum number of NOT gates sufficient for realization of any Boolean function f (the inversion complexity of the function f) is ⌈log2(d(f)+1)⌉. Here d(f) is the maximum number of the changes of the function f from larger to smaller values over all increasing chains of tuples of variables values. In the present paper Markov’s result is extended to the case of realization of k-valued logic functions. We show that the minimum number of Post negations (that is, functions of the form x+1(mod k)) that is sufficient to realize an arbitrary function of k-valued logic is ⌈log2(d(f)+1)⌉ and the minimum number of Łukasiewicz negation (that is, functions of the form k−1−x) that is sufficient to realize an arbitrary k-valued logic function is ⌈log
k
(d(f)+1)⌉. In addition, another classical Markov’s result on the inversion complexity of systems of Boolean functions is extended to the setting of systems of functions of k-valued logic.
Lower estimate for the cardinality of the domain of universal functions for the class of linear Boolean functions
Authors: Voronenko Andrei A. , Vyalyi Mikhail N. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
The paper puts forward a nontrivial lower estimate

2

1
6

n

$2\!\frac16n $

for the cardinality of the domain of a universal function for the class of linear Boolean functions, where n is the number of variables.
Comparison of PM10 washout on urban and rural areas
Authors: Olszowski Tomasz 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
This paper reports the results of research into the effectiveness of scavenging of PM10, resulting from the occurrence of solid and liquid hydrometeors. The measurement campaign was undertaken over 7 years and involved the registration of PM10 in areas which have different aerosanitary conditions (i.e. urban and undeveloped rural area). The analysis involved 426 observations taken at constant time intervals of 0.5 hour. The measurements of the concentration of PM10 were performed by means of a reference method accompanied by concurrent registration of basic meteorological parameters. It was indicated that in a urban location, the intensity of the local emission sources is a principal factor influencing the value of mass concentration changes and the effectiveness of the dust scavenging that accompanies a given type of precipitation. It was also noted that for the same intensity of precipitation, only the deposition of convective rainfall and long-term large-scale precipitation do not lead to statistically relevant differences in the value of mass concentrations of dust for both areas. It was indicated that during solid and liquid frontal precipitation of light intensity (< 0.5 mm·h−1), the effectiveness of PM10 removing is less in rural area. It was statistically proven that continuous precipitation of constant intensity and duration exceeding 2 hours has a similar effect of purifying the ambient air in both locations. The study revealed that short-term solid precipitation provides better characteristics of scavenging of PM10 compared with classic rainfall
The Influence of Supplementation of Feed with Lactobacillus reuteri L2/6 Biocenol on Intestinal Microbiota of Conventional Mice
Authors: Nemcová R. , Maďar M. , Gancarčíková S. , Pistl J. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization) analysis of the intestinal tract of conventional mice, following 14-day supplementation of feed with host non-specific (porcine) strain L. reuteri L2/6, showed in the presence of complex microbiota, a significant increase in the counts of representatives of the genera Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, and a significant decrease in the representatives of the genera Clostridium, Bacteroides and Enterobacteriaceae. At the same time, the supplemented strain stimulated the population of caecal lactobacilli of the species L. reuteri. These results demonstrated that the L. reuteri L2/6 colonised the jejunum, ileum and caecum and modulated the investigated intestinal microbiota.
An Optimization Study on an Eco-Friendly Engine Cycle Named as Dual-Miller Cycle (DMC) for Marine Vehicles
Authors: Gonca Guven 
Published: October 2017

AbstractThe diesel engine is an indispensable part of technology and it is commonly used in land and marine vehicles. However, diesel engines release NOxemissions due to high combustion temperatures. They have harmful effects on the environment such as sources of photo-chemical fog and climate changes. Therefore, they must be reduced and limited. The Miller cycle application is a NOx control method and it is popular in the recent years to abate NOx produced from the internal combustion engines (ICEs). A performance investigation of a Dual-Miller cycle (DMC) engine in terms of power (PO), power density (PD) and effective efficiency (EE) has been performed using a new finite-time thermodynamics modeling (FTTM) in this study. The effects of engine design and operating parameters on the engine performance (EPER) have been examined. Additionally, the energy losses have been determined resulting from incomplete combustion (IC), friction (FR), heat transfer (HT) and exhaust output (EO). The results presented could be an essential tool for DMC marine engine designers.
Photogrammetric Modelling for Urban Medieval Site Mapping. A Case Study from Curtea de Argeş, Romania
Authors: Nistor Constantin , Mihai Bogdan , Toma Liviu , Carlan Irina 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Detailed mapping of urban historical sites superposed on natural landforms within built-up areas is a real challenge. Digital photogrammetric techniques meet the requirements for mapping archaeological sites within dense built-up areas. The objectives are to reveal the landform value in medieval site development and to analyse its impact on the landforms. The aim of the present study is to highlight the contribution of geomatics technologies for the evaluation and preservation of historical sites using UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) imagery and field photos for 3D modelling. Curtea de Argeş medieval site, established on Argeş River terraces and attested since the 13th century, represents the town core for which the specific methodology was applied.
Strength of Temporal White Matter Pathways Predicts Semantic Learning
Authors: Ripollés Pablo , Biel Davina , Peñaloza Claudia , Kaufmann Jörn , Marco-Pallarés Josep , Noesselt Toemme , Rodríguez-Fornells Antoni 
Published: October 2017

Learning the associations between words and meanings is a fundamental human ability. Although the language network is cortically well defined, the role of the white matter pathways supporting novel word-to-meaning mappings remains unclear. Here, by using contextual and cross-situational word learning, we tested whether learning the meaning of a new word is related to the integrity of the language-related white matter pathways in 40 adults (18 women). The arcuate, uncinate, inferior-fronto-occipital and inferior-longitudinal fasciculi were virtually dissected using manual and automatic deterministic fiber tracking. Critically, the automatic method allowed assessing the white matter microstructure along the tract. Results demonstrate that the microstructural properties of the left inferior-longitudinal fasciculus predict contextual learning, whereas the left uncinate was associated with cross-situational learning. In addition, we identified regions of special importance within these pathways: the posterior middle temporal gyrus, thought to serve as a lexical interface and specifically related to contextual learning; the anterior temporal lobe, known to be an amodal hub for semantic processing and related to cross-situational learning; and the white matter near the hippocampus, a structure fundamental for the initial stages of new-word learning and, remarkably, related to both types of word learning. No significant associations were found for the inferior-fronto-occipital fasciculus or the arcuate. While previous results suggest that learning new phonological word forms is mediated by the arcuate fasciculus, these findings show that the temporal pathways are the crucial neural substrate supporting one of the most striking human abilities: our capacity to identify correct associations between words and meanings under referential indeterminacy.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTThe language-processing network is cortically (i.e., gray matter) well defined. However, the role of the white matter pathways that support novel word learning within this network remains unclear. In this work, we dissected language-related (arcuate, uncinate, inferior-fronto-occipital, and inferior-longitudinal) fasciculi using manual and automatic tracking. We found the left inferior-longitudinal fasciculus to be predictive of word-learning success in two word-to-meaning tasks: contextual and cross-situational learning paradigms. The left uncinate was predictive of cross-situational word learning. No significant correlations were found for the arcuate or the inferior-fronto-occipital fasciculus. While previous results showed that learning new phonological word forms is supported by the arcuate fasciculus, these findings demonstrate that learning new word-to-meaning associations is mainly dependent on temporal white matter pathways.
A Predictive Model for Time-to-Flowering in the Common Bean Based on QTL and Environmental Variables
Authors: Bhakta Mehul S , Gezan Salvador A , Clavijo Michelangeli Jose A , Carvalho Melissa , Zhang Li , Jones James W , Boote Kenneth J , Correll Melanie J , Beaver James , Osorno Juan M , Colbert Raphael , Rao Idupulapati , Beebe Stephen , Gonzalez Abiezer , Ricaurte Jaumer , Vallejos C Eduardo 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
The common bean is a tropical facultative short-day legume that is now grown in tropical and temperate zones. This observation underscores how domestication and modern breeding can change the adaptive phenology of a species. A key adaptive trait is the optimal timing of the transition from the vegetative to the reproductive stage. This trait is responsive to genetically controlled signal transduction pathways and local climatic cues. A comprehensive characterization of this trait can be started by assessing the quantitative contribution of the genetic and environmental factors, and their interactions. This study aimed to locate significant QTL (G) and environmental (E) factors controlling time-to-flower in the common bean, and to identify and measure G × E interactions. Phenotypic data were collected from a biparental [Andean × Mesoamerican] recombinant inbred population (F11:14, 188 genotypes) grown at five environmentally distinct sites. QTL analysis using a dense linkage map revealed 12 QTL, five of which showed significant interactions with the environment. Dissection of G × E interactions using a linear mixed-effect model revealed that temperature, solar radiation, and photoperiod play major roles in controlling common bean flowering time directly, and indirectly by modifying the effect of certain QTL. The model predicts flowering time across five sites with an adjusted r-square of 0.89 and root-mean square error of 2.52 d. The model provides the means to disentangle the environmental dependencies of complex traits, and presents an opportunity to identify in silico QTL allele combinations that could yield desired phenotypes under different climatic conditions.
RL-SKAT: An Exact and Efficient Score Test for Heritability and Set Tests
Authors: Schweiger Regev , Weissbrod Omer , Rahmani Elior , Müller-Nurasyid Martina , Kunze Sonja , Gieger Christian , Waldenberger Melanie , Rosset Saharon , Halperin Eran 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Testing for the existence of variance components in linear mixed models is a fundamental task in many applicative fields. In statistical genetics, the score test has recently become instrumental in the task of testing an association between a set of genetic markers and a phenotype. With few markers, this amounts to set-based variance component tests, which attempt to increase power in association studies by aggregating weak individual effects. When the entire genome is considered, it allows testing for the heritability of a phenotype, defined as the proportion of phenotypic variance explained by genetics. In the popular score-based Sequence Kernel Association Test (SKAT) method, the assumed distribution of the score test statistic is uncalibrated in small samples, with a correction being computationally expensive. This may cause severe inflation or deflation of P-values, even when the null hypothesis is true. Here, we characterize the conditions under which this discrepancy holds, and show it may occur also in large real datasets, such as a dataset from the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2 (n = 13,950) study, and, in particular, when the individuals in the sample are unrelated. In these cases, the SKAT approximation tends to be highly overconservative and therefore underpowered. To address this limitation, we suggest an efficient method to calculate exact P-values for the score test in the case of a single variance component and a continuous response vector, which can speed up the analysis by orders of magnitude. Our results enable fast and accurate application of the score test in heritability and in set-based association tests. Our method is available in http://github.com/cozygene/RL-SKAT.
Neurodevelopment at Age 10 Years of Children Born &lt;28 Weeks With Fetal Growth Restriction
Authors: Korzeniewski Steven J. , Allred Elizabeth N. , Joseph Robert M. , Heeren Tim , Kuban Karl C.K. , O’Shea T. Michael , Leviton Alan ,   for the ELGAN Study Investigators
Published: October 2017

OBJECTIVES:We sought to evaluate the relationships between fetal growth restriction (FGR) (both severe and less severe) and assessments of cognitive, academic, and adaptive behavior brain function at age 10 years.METHODS:At age 10 years, the Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns Cohort Study assessed the cognitive function, academic achievement, social-communicative function, psychiatric symptoms, and overall quality of life of 889 children born before 28 weeks’ gestation. A pediatric epileptologist also interviewed parents as part of a seizure evaluation. The 52 children whose birth weight z scores were &lt;−2 were classified as having severe FGR, and the 113 whose birth weight z scores were between −2 and −1 were considered to have less severe FGR.RESULTS:The more severe the growth restriction in utero, the lower the level of function on multiple cognitive and academic achievement assessments performed at age 10 years. Growth-restricted children were also more likely than their extremely preterm peers to have social awareness impairments, autistic mannerisms, autism spectrum diagnoses, difficulty with semantics and speech coherence, and diminished social and psychosocial functioning. They also more frequently had phobias, obsessions, and compulsions (according to teacher, but not parent, report).CONCLUSIONS:Among children born extremely preterm, those with severe FGR appear to be at increased risk of multiple cognitive and behavioral dysfunctions at age 10 years, raising the possibility that whatever adversely affected their intrauterine growth also adversely affected multiple domains of cognitive and neurobehavioral development.
La expresión fraseológica verbal en el discurso informativo del español actual
Authors: Cervera Rodríguez Ángel 
Published: October 2017

Este trabajo tiene por objeto delimitar el ámbito de las unidades fraseológicas y explicar el carácter lingüístico-pragmático de las expresiones fraseológicas verbales en el discurso informativo del español actual. Para la fundamentación teórica, se han tomado como referencia algunos de los estudios más relevantes sobre fraseología con el fin de diferenciar las expresiones fijas, semifijas y colocaciones. Tras la muestra de ejemplos de unidades fraseológicas verbales extraídos de diversos medios de comunicación, se ha procedido a la aplicación de los procedimientos sintácticos, léxico-semánticos y pragmáticos que operan en ellas para identificar el grado de fijeza e idiomaticidad. En definitiva, las unidades fraseológicas analizadas no solo contienen un significado literal, sino también significados adicionales adquiridos en el contexto comunicativo.