bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Selective Photoconversion of Carbon Dioxide into Methanol Using Layered Double Hydroxides at 0.40 MPa
Authors: Miyano Masaya , Zhang Hongwei , Yoshiba Mao , Izumi Yasuo 
Published: November 2016

AbstractCO2 photoconversion is a promising method to reduce atmospheric CO2 concentrations and mitigate energy problems simultaneously. Among the various efficient and stable semiconductor photocatalysts used for this purpose, layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have attracted attention as catalysts for CO2 photoconversion into CO and/or methanol. In this study, various LDHs of the formula [MII3GaIII(OH)8]2A⋅m H2O (MII=ZnII, CuII; A2−=CO32−, [Cu(OH)4]2−) were synthesized and used for CO2 photoconversion at a reaction pressure of 0.40 MPa in the presence of H2 to result in the exclusive production of methanol. Furthermore, the pretreatment of carbonate‐type LDHs at 423 K boosted the reaction rates by a factor of 7.5–20. Interestingly, [Zn3Ga(OH)8]2CO3⋅m H2O was the only LDH that produced methane primarily by an eight‐electron reduction (rather than the production of methanol by a six‐electron reduction) at a total formation rate of 2.7 μmol h−1 gcat−1 after it was preheated at 423 K and protected by an Ar atmosphere. Conversely, the methanol photogeneration rates of tetrahydroxycuprate‐type LDHs were suppressed to less than 0.1 μmol h−1 gcat−1 at 0.40 MPa. In summary, the contribution of the interlayer reaction space created by the partial removal of water molecules and/or carbonate ions of LDHs was suggested.
AHNS Series – Do you know your guidelines? Principles of treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer: A review of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines
Authors: Gooi Zhen , Richmon Jeremy , Agrawal Nishant , Blair Elizabeth , Portugal Louis , Vokes Everett , Seiwert Tanguy , de Souza Jonas , Saloura Vassiliki , Haraf Daniel , Goldenberg David , Chan Jason 
Published: November 2016

AbstractThis article is a continuation of the “Do You Know Your Guidelines” series, an initiative of the American Head and Neck Society's Education Committee to increase awareness of current best practices pertaining to head and neck cancer. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for the management of nasopharyngeal cancer are reviewed here in a systematic fashion. These guidelines outline the workup, treatment and surveillance of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 39: 201–205, 2017
Inflammatory cell‐induced corrosion in total knee arthroplasty: A retrieval study
Authors: Cerquiglini Arianna , Henckel Johann , Hothi Harry S. , Di Laura Anna , Skinner John A. , Hart Alister J. 
Published: November 2016

AbstractMetal release in patients with joint replacements is associated with local tissue reactions, pain, and ultimately revision of implants. One of the causes of this metal loss is speculated to be due to a mechanism of inflammatory cell‐induced corrosion (ICIC).In this knee retrieval study, we aimed to: (1) identify the extent and location of ICI corrosion patterns on our femoral and tibial components and (2) correlate our findings with implant and clinical information. We investigated 28 femoral and 9 tibial components made of polished CoCr for presence of ICIC, using macroscopic and microscopic screening and statistical analyses to identify any significant correlations between our results and clinical information.We found that 71% of femoral and 100% of tibial components showed evidence of ICIC and significantly more was present on non‐contacting regions (p < 0.0001). We found a significant correlation between the presence of ICIC and instability (p = 0.0113) and a significant difference between poster stabilized and cruciate retaining designs in the amount of ICIC on internal edges (p = 0.0375). This corrosion pattern was prevalent in our series of knee retrievals and may help explain some of the mechanisms of material loss that may occurin vivo. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater, 106B: 460–467, 2018.
Evaluation of velocity‐sensitized and acceleration‐sensitized NCE‐MRA for below‐knee peripheral arterial disease
Authors: Shaida Nadeem , Priest Andrew N. , See T.C. , Winterbottom Andrew P. , Graves Martin J. , Lomas David J. 
Published: November 2016

PurposeTo evaluate the diagnostic performance of velocity‐ and acceleration‐sensitized noncontrast‐enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (NCE‐MRA) of the infrageniculate arteries using contrast‐enhanced MRA (CE‐MRA) as a reference standard.Materials and MethodsTwenty‐four patients with symptoms of peripheral arterial disease were recruited. Each patient's infrageniculate arterial tree was examined using a velocity‐dependent flow‐sensitized dephasing (VEL‐FSD) technique, an acceleration‐dependent (ACC‐FSD) technique, and our conventional CE‐MRA technique performed at 1.5T. The images were independently reviewed by two experienced vascular radiologists, who evaluated each vessel segment to assess visibility, diagnostic confidence, venous contamination, and detection of pathology.ResultsIn all, 432 segments were evaluated by each of the three techniques by each reader in total. Overall diagnostic confidence was rated as moderate or high in 98.5% of segments with CE‐MRA, 92.1% with VEL‐FSD, and 79.9% with ACC‐FSD. No venous contamination was seen in 96% of segments with CE‐MRA, 72.2% with VEL‐FSD, and 85.8% with ACC‐FSD. Per‐segment, per‐limb, and per‐patient sensitivities for detecting significant stenotic disease were 63.4%, 73%, and 92%, respectively, for ACC‐FSD, and 65.3%, 87.2%, and 96% for VEL‐FSD, and as such no significant statistical change was detected using McNemar's chi‐squared test with P‐values of 1.00, 0.13, and 0.77 obtained, respectively.ConclusionFlow‐dependent NCE‐MRA techniques may have a role to play in evaluation of patients with peripheral vascular disease. Increased sensitivity of a velocity‐based technique compared to an acceleration‐based technique comes at the expense of greater venous contamination.Level of Evidence: 2J.Technical Efficacy: Stage 2J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2017;45:1846–1853
Small world properties changes in mild traumatic brain injury
Authors: Zhou Yongxia 
Published: November 2016

PurposeTo investigate local and global efficiency changes characterized by small‐world properties based on resting‐state functional MRI, such as centrality and clustering coefficient, in mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) patients; and to associate these findings with axonal injury as measured by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) as well as with post‐concussive symptom (PCS).Materials and MethodsThirty patients (mean age 35 ± 13 years) with clinically defined MTBI and 45 age‐matched healthy controls (mean age 37 ± 10 years) participated in the experiments. Resting‐state functional MRI was performed using gradient echo planar imaging sequence with 3 Tesla MRI scanner to obtain functional small‐world networks. Out of all participants, 20 MTBI patients and 20 controls had available DTI data with three b‐values (0, 500, 1000) s/mm2 and 30 directions for diffuse axonal injury analyses.ResultsCompared with controls, MTBI patients showed lower relative betweenness centrality (P = 0.01), but significantly higher clustering coefficient (P = 0.04), and these two metrics correlated negatively in patients (r = ‐0.77; P < 0.001). Regions with lower betweenness centrality (e.g., frontal and occipital) corresponded with the regions of reduced FA in patients, while global FA reduction correlated with betweenness centrality (r = 0.48; P = 0.03) and clustering coefficient (r = ‐0.46; P = 0.04) in MTBI patients. In addition, there was significantly higher thalamocortical connectivity that correlated with clustering coefficient (r = 0.39; P = 0.03) in patients. Also, patients with higher clustering coefficient tended to have less PCS score with negative correlation (r = ‐0.4; P = 0.04).ConclusionOur results demonstrated significant functional small‐world properties changes in patients with MTBI, and suggest decreased global efficiency, possibly due to diffuse axonal injury and local network upregulation including increased thalamo‐cortical connectivity.Level of Evidence: 2Technical Efficacy: Stage 2J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2017;46:518–527
Paclitaxel inhibits post‐traumatic recurrent laryngeal nerve regeneration into the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle in a canine model
Authors: Park Andrea M. , Bhatt Neel K. , Paniello Randal C. 
Published: November 2016

Objectives/HypothesisTo investigate the efficacy of paclitaxel, a potent microtubule inhibitor with a more favorable therapeutic index as compared with vincristine, in preventing post‐traumatic nerve regeneration of the recurrent laryngeal nerve into the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle in a canine laryngeal model.Study DesignExperimental animal study.MethodsForty‐nine canine hemilaryngeal specimens were divided into five experimental groups. Under general anesthesia, a tracheostomy, recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) transection and repair, and laryngeal adductory pressures (LAP) were measured pre–RLN injury. The approach to the posterior cricoarytenoid (PCA) muscle for neurotoxin injection was transoral or open transcervical, at 0 or 3 months. At 6 months, postinjury LAPs were measured and the animals were sacrificed at 6 months to allow for laryngeal harvesting and analysis.ResultsPaclitaxel demonstrated increased mean laryngeal adductory pressures (70.6%) as compared with saline control (55.5%). The effect of paclitaxel was the same as observed with vincristine at 0 months and with a delayed injection at 3 months. There was no difference between transoral or open injection groups.ConclusionsPCA muscle injection with paclitaxel resulted in improved strength of laryngeal adduction. This effect was similar to that of vincristine at both 0 and 3 months following nerve injury. A single intramuscular injection of paclitaxel was well tolerated. Additional human studies are needed to determine the degree of clinical benefit of this intervention.Level of EvidenceNA Laryngoscope, 127:651–655, 2017
Corporate sexual equality and firm performance
Authors: Shan Liwei , Fu Shihe , Zheng Lu 
Published: November 2016

Research summary: Previous studies have mixed findings on the relation between corporate socially responsible policies and firm performance. This paper focuses on a specific type of corporate social responsibility—corporate sexual equality, measuring how a firm treats its lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees, consumers, and investors—and examines whether and how it relates to firm performance. Using a longitudinal dataset of public firms in the U.S. during the period of 2002–2006, we demonstrate that firms with a higher degree of corporate sexual equality have higher stock returns and higher market valuation. We also identify one of the mediating channels, the labor market channel, that brings higher productivity to firms that embrace sexual equality.Managerial summary: Corporate sexual equality measures how a company treats its lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees, consumers, and investors. It is an important dimension of corporate social responsibility policies and diversity management. Using a longitudinal dataset of public firms in the U.S. during the period of 2002–2006, we demonstrate that firms with a higher degree of corporate sexual equality have higher stock returns, higher market valuation, and higher labor productivity. Our findings suggest that discriminatory hiring behaviors based on sexual orientation hurt employers and shareholders financially and that implementing corporate sexual equality policies can enhance firms' financial performance, generating competitive advantages in labor markets and mutual benefits between employers and employees. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Guidelines for diagnosis and management of the cobalamin‐related remethylation disorders cblC, cblD, cblE, cblF, cblG, cblJ and MTHFR deficiency
Authors: Huemer Martina , Diodato Daria , Schwahn Bernd , Schiff Manuel , Bandeira Anabela , Benoist Jean‐Francois , Burlina Alberto , Cerone Roberto , Couce Maria L. , Garcia‐Cazorla Angeles , la Marca Giancarlo , Pasquini Elisabetta , Vilarinho Laura , Weisfeld‐Adams James D. , Kožich Viktor , Blom Henk , Baumgartner Matthias R. , Dionisi‐Vici Carlo 
Published: November 2016

AbstractBackgroundRemethylation defects are rare inherited disorders in which impaired remethylation of homocysteine to methionine leads to accumulation of homocysteine and perturbation of numerous methylation reactions.ObjectiveTo summarise clinical and biochemical characteristics of these severe disorders and to provide guidelines on diagnosis and management.Data sourcesReview, evaluation and discussion of the medical literature (Medline, Cochrane databases) by a panel of experts on these rare diseases following the GRADE approach.Key recommendationsWe strongly recommend measuring plasma total homocysteine in any patient presenting with the combination of neurological and/or visual and/or haematological symptoms, subacute spinal cord degeneration, atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome or unexplained vascular thrombosis. We strongly recommend to initiate treatment with parenteral hydroxocobalamin without delay in any suspected remethylation disorder; it significantly improves survival and incidence of severe complications. We strongly recommend betaine treatment in individuals with MTHFR deficiency; it improves the outcome and prevents disease when given early.
Synthesis and Application of Palm Fatty Acid Distillate Based Alkyd Resin in Liquid Detergent
Authors: Chiplunkar Pranali P. , Shinde Vinita V. , Pratap Amit P. 
Published: November 2016

AbstractPalm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) is the by‐product obtained during physical refining of crude palm oil, which mainly consists of free fatty acids along with minor amounts of glycerides, bioactive compounds such as tocopherols, tocotrienols, phytosterols, squalene, other hydrocarbons. In the present work, an eco‐friendly alkyd resin was prepared using sustainable feedstock such as PFAD along with rosin. The various physico‐chemical properties of PFAD‐based alkyd resin (PFAD‐AR) such as acid value, saponification value, viscosity and volatile matter were determined and compared to palm oil based alkyd resin (PO‐AR). The structural properties of the alkyd resins were investigated using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopic techniques. The study presents the utilization of PFAD‐based alkyd resin with sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES) in the liquid detergent formulation. The performance properties of the PFAD‐based alkyd resin liquid detergent formulations such as surface tension, wetting power and detergency were comparable with palm oil based alkyd resin liquid detergent formulations and with commercial liquid detergent (CLD). Surface tensions of liquid detergent formulations varied from 20 to 30 mN/m with decrease in concentration. The foaming properties of alkyd resin based liquid detergents are reduced with the increase in the amount of alkyd resin polymer in the formulations. Therefore, it has potential application as a foam reducer in detergent for washing machines.
Middle and Late Jurassic radiolarians from the Neotethys suture in the Eastern Alps
Authors: O’Dogherty Luis , Goričan Špela , Gawlick Hans-Jürgen 
Published: November 2016

AbstractCherty limestones, marls and radiolarites are widespread in the Hallstatt Mélange of the Northern Calcareous Alps. The mélange was formed during the Neotethyan orogeny in a series of deep-water basins that progressively developed in front of the advancing nappe front. The low thermal overprint of these rocks favors the good preservation of radiolarians (polycystines) that have been used for dating and reconstructing the Jurassic tectonostratigraphy of the area. This paper describes rich Middle–Late Jurassic radiolarian faunas from four localities in the Hallstatt Mélange near Bad Mitterndorf in Austria. Two different successions, both spanning from the Bathonian to the Oxfordian, are dated. In the first succession, the radiolarites are intercalated between or occur as matrix in mass-flow deposits originating from the accretionary wedge. The second succession is nearly 100 m thick but is devoid of mass-flow deposits and documents a continuous radiolarite deposition in greater distance from the nappe stack. Both successions are ascribed to the Sandlingalm Basin, which evolved on a relatively distal continental margin during early stages of the orogeny.The highly diverse and well-preserved radiolarian assemblages have been used for a detailed taxonomic study. Two new families are described: Minocapsidaen. fam. andXitomitridaen. fam.; six new genera are describedDoliocapsan. gen.,Crococapsan. gen.,Parvimitrellan. gen.,Xitomitran. gen.,Campanomitran. gen., andMizukidellan. gen. In addition, one new replacement name,Takemuraella(proTriversus), is introduced, the diagnoses of 6 genera are emended, and two new species are described:Hemicryptocapsa nonagintan. sp. andMizukidella mokaensisn. sp.
Credibility and Distributional Effects of International Banking Regulations: Evidence from US Bank Stock Returns
Authors: Wilf Meredith 
Published: November 2016

AbstractFinancial regulatory networks are a pervasive new type of global governance heralded by some as a flexible answer to globalization dilemmas and dismissed by others as ineffective because of weak enforcement mechanisms. Whether regulatory network agreements provide global public goods or private goods for certain states’ firms is a second debated issue. This article adjudicates among competing perspectives by examining whether Basel III, an international agreement about bank capital minimums negotiated by the bank regulatory network in 2009 and 2010, was viewed as credible and affecting regulated US firms. I use stock returns to measure investors’ perceptions, and an event study methodology to test whether regulated banks’ observed stock returns significantly differ from expected stock returns on days when new information about Basel III becomes available. If the agreement is viewed as credible and affecting firm value, banks’ stock returns will deviate from expectations. The direction of any deviation indicates whether regulations benefit or hurt banks. Although the direction of effects is not uniform across events, I find that the initial stock return reaction and the net effect across all five events are negative, and of a similar magnitude as regulated foreign banks, indicating that US banks were harmed, and did not benefit from, the new international regulations. US banks experienced stock returns that differed from expectations, providing evidence that international regulatory network agreements are viewed as credible and tangibly affect firms independent of domestic implementation.
Somewhat saved: a captive breeding programme for two endemic Christmas Island lizard species, now extinct in the wild
Authors: Andrew Paul , Cogger Hal , Driscoll Don , Flakus Samantha , Harlow Peter , Maple Dion , Misso Mike , Pink Caitlin , Retallick Kent , Rose Karrie , Tiernan Brendan , West Judy , Woinarski John C.Z. 
Published: November 2016

AbstractAs with many islands, Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean has suffered severe biodiversity loss. Its terrestrial lizard fauna comprised five native species, of which four were endemic. These were abundant until at least the late 1970s, but four species declined rapidly thereafter and were last reported in the wild between 2009 and 2013. In response to the decline, a captive breeding programme was established in August 2009. This attempt came too late for the Christmas Island forest skinkEmoia nativitatis, whose last known individual died in captivity in 2014, and for the non-endemic coastal skinkEmoia atrocostata. However, two captive populations are now established for Lister's geckoLepidodactylus listeriand the blue-tailed skinkCryptoblepharus egeriae. The conservation future for these two species is challenging: reintroduction will not be possible until the main threats are identified and controlled.
Brain substrates underlying auditory speech priming in healthy listeners and listeners with schizophrenia
Authors: Wu C. , Zheng Y. , Li J. , Wu H. , She S. , Liu S. , Ning Y. , Li L. 
Published: November 2016

BackgroundUnder ‘cocktail party’ listening conditions, healthy listeners and listeners with schizophrenia can use temporally pre-presented auditory speech-priming (ASP) stimuli to improve target-speech recognition, even though listeners with schizophrenia are more vulnerable to informational speech masking.MethodUsing functional magnetic resonance imaging, this study searched for both brain substrates underlying the unmasking effect of ASP in 16 healthy controls and 22 patients with schizophrenia, and brain substrates underlying schizophrenia-related speech-recognition deficits under speech-masking conditions.ResultsIn both controls and patients, introducing the ASP condition (against the auditory non-speech-priming condition) not only activated the left superior temporal gyrus (STG) and left posterior middle temporal gyrus (pMTG), but also enhanced functional connectivity of the left STG/pMTG with the left caudate. It also enhanced functional connectivity of the left STG/pMTG with the left pars triangularis of the inferior frontal gyrus (TriIFG) in controls and that with the left Rolandic operculum in patients. The strength of functional connectivity between the left STG and left TriIFG was correlated with target-speech recognition under the speech-masking condition in both controls and patients, but reduced in patients.ConclusionsThe left STG/pMTG and their ASP-related functional connectivity with both the left caudate and some frontal regions (the left TriIFG in healthy listeners and the left Rolandic operculum in listeners with schizophrenia) are involved in the unmasking effect of ASP, possibly through facilitating the following processes: masker-signal inhibition, target-speech encoding, and speech production. The schizophrenia-related reduction of functional connectivity between the left STG and left TriIFG augments the vulnerability of speech recognition to speech masking.