bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Determination of partition surface of grained material by means of non-classical approximation methods of distributions functions of particle size and density
Authors: Niedoba Tomasz 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
In this paper, the grained material analyzed was hard coal collected from one of the mines located in Upper Silesia. Material was collected from a dust jig where it was separated in industrial conditions by concentrate and waste. It was then screened in sieves and it was separated in dense media into density fractions. Both particle size distribution and particle density distribution for feed and concentrate were approximated by several classical distribution functions. The best results were obtained by means of the Weibull (RRB) distribution function. However, because of the unsatisfying quality of approximations it was decided to apply non-parametric statistical methods, which became more and more popular alternative methods in conducting statistical investigations. In the paper, the kernel methods were applied to this purpose and the Gauss kernel was accepted as the kernel function. Kernel method, which is relatively new, gave much better results than classical distribution functions by means of the least squared method. Both classical and non-parametric obtained distribution functions were evaluated by means of mean standard error, the values of which proved that they sufficiently well approximate the empirical data. Such function forms were then applied to determine the theoretical distribution function for vector (D, P), where D is the random variable describing particle size and P – its density. This approximation was sufficiently acceptable. That is why it served to determine the equation of partition surface dependent on particle size and particle density describing researched material. The obtained surface proves that it is possible to evaluate material separation which occurs during mineral processing operations, such as jigging, by means of more than one feature of researched material. Furthermore, its quality confirms that it is justified to apply non-parametric statistical methods instead of commonly used classical ones.
“The Muslims are coming”: The enactment of morality in activist Muslim comedy
Authors: Hirzalla Fadi , van Zoonen Liesbet 
Published: April 2016

AbstractIn the context of the many and persistent Islam controversies, we investigate how activist Muslim comedy aims to unite Muslims and non-Muslims. To this purpose and to further current research and theory on humor functions, we develop a morality-based analytic framework that demonstrates the social potentials of humor. We propose to approach humor as engendering moral appeals that function as sign posts, indicating to audiences whom they ought to support based on their shared virtues, and which people ought to be defied for their vices. Our case study focuses on the documentary
Binary Isotherm Modeling for Simultaneous Desulfurization and Denitrogenation of Model Fuel by Zinc Loaded Activated Carbon
Authors: Thaligari Sandeep Kumar , Srivastava Vimal Chandra , Prasad Basheswar 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
In the present study, simultaneous removal of the dibenzothiophene (an aromatic refractory sulfur compound) and quinoline (an aromatic refractory nitrogenous compound) from model fuel was performed using the zinc impregnated granular activated carbon (Zn-GAC). Textual properties of the adsorbent were determined by liquid nitrogen adsorption technique. Binary isotherm study revealed that the quinoline adsorption onto Zn-GAC was more favored in comparison to dibenzothiophene. Various multi-component isotherm models were used for representing the isotherm data from binary solution. Modified Redlich-Peterson model best represented the isotherm data.
Crystal structure of poly[(5-carboxy-2,6-dimethylpyridinium-3-carboxylato-κO)tris(μ2-2,6-dimethylpyridinium-3,5-dicarboxylato-κ3
O,O′:O′′)erbium(III)], C36H33ErN4O16
Authors: Wang Xiao-Ning , Li Fei-Fei 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
C36H33ErN4O16, monoclinic, C2/c (no. 15), a = 13.828(3) Å, b = 15.892(3) Å, c = 15.634(3) Å, β = 95.687(2)°, V = 3418.7(12) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt
(F) = 0.0216, wR
ref
(F
2
) = 0.0490, T = 296(2) K.
Crystal structure of carbonyl(2-oxopyridin-1(2H)-olato-κ2
O, O′)(triphenylphosphine-κP)rhodium(I), C24H19NO3PRh
Authors: Elmakki Mohammed A. , Koen Renier , Drost Ruben M. , Alexander Orbett T. , Venter Gertruida J. S. , Venter Johan A. 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
C24H19NO3PRh, triclinic, P1̅ (no. 2), a = 9.1734(16) Å, b = 9.5433(18) Å, c = 12.342(2) Å, α = 92.400(6)°, β = 105.460(5)°, γ = 99.472(5)°, V = 1023 Å3, Z = 2, R
gt
(F) = 0.0236, wR
ref
(F
2
) = 0.0597, T = 100 K.
Does one truly need to belong?: A case for the need to meaningfully exist
Authors: Bockarova Mariana 
Published: April 2016

AbstractBaumeister and Leary’s (1995) seminal work on the “Belonging Hypothesis” proposed an important theory that catalyzed an abundance of research predicated on the hypothesized essential need for humans to establish and preserve interpersonal relationships. However, this premise cannot fully explain certain human phenomena that have historically occurred, and still continue to occur today, including the existence of psychopathology, self-selected seclusion, and unrequited love. Thus, the need to belong is unlikely to be a vital motivation capable of encompassing the needs of all human beings. Instead, this paper proposes the need to meaningfully matter, or, to find meaning within one’s life, regardless of one’s relation to others, as a primary motivation from which the need to belong emerges.
“…And that’s why I Teach For America”: American education reform and the role of redemptive stories
Authors: Ahmann Chloe 
Published: April 2016

AbstractThis article interrogates the discursive relationship between school reform and redemption in the United States by examining the personal narratives of Teach For America corps members. After tracing the history of Teach For America and describing the rites of passage in which teachers’ “redemptive stories” are told, I analyze the generic arc that underlies them and show that it mirrors broader processes of in-group socialization. In doing so, I argue that Teach For America’s brand of redemptive storytelling – in addition to crafting individual identity, contributing to group cohesion, and enlivening performance at ritualized events – also affects organizational authority. As corps members master their stories of reform and redemption, paralleling the path to becoming “master teachers,” they participate in a process of “becoming” that reproduces in micro-scale the maturation of Teach For America. More profoundly, these transformations represent a distinct response to traditions of American confessional storytelling and the accountability-based education movement. Redemptive stories thus bind the socialization of the individual reformer to issues afoot more broadly in the province of education policy.
“We should…” versus “We will…”: How do the governments report their work in “One Country Two Systems”? A corpus-driven critical discourse analysis of government work reports in Greater China
Authors: Meng Cheng , Yu Yao 
Published: April 2016

AbstractCritical discourse analysis (CDA) in conjunction with a corpus-driven analytical methodology has evolved into a powerful qualitative and quantitative tool for deconstructing and studying political discourse. This study utilizes a corpus-driven CDA approach to examine the dynamics of power distance and the ideological stance in the context of Greater China, as conveyed in the 2013 Report on the Work of the Government of Mainland China and the Policy Address in Hong Kong. Concordancing software was used to generate frequency lists, co-selection patterns, and concgrams for detailed analysis. In particular, study examines differences in usage of the first-person plural pronoun
Motivation in the tertiary art and design studio: A multi-perspectival discourse analysis
Authors: Hocking Darryl 
Published: April 2016

AbstractThis paper investigates the nature of motivation in the context of a tertiary art and design studio through a multi-perspectival and mixed methodological study of situated text and talk. Drawing upon the analytical resources of linguistic ethnography, multimodal interaction, and functional linguistics, among others, the study finds that motivation in the studio, while perceived by the tutors in terms of the students’ willingness to complete required project work, is, on further examination, a more complex phenomenon, dynamically related to wider socio-institutional discourses and the students’ conception of their future selves. The paper concludes by reconceptualizing motivation in the art and design studio as a discursively constructed and contested phenomenon, intersubjectively realized across the trajectory of studio genres and inherently related to identity and power. The findings contribute to understandings of motivation, particularly within the context of art and design educational studies.
Evaluation in US and Japanese history textbooks
Authors: Gu Xiang 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
This paper attempts to make a corpus and cross-linguistic study of how the Pacific War is evaluated in US and Japanese history textbooks by drawing upon Systemic Functional Linguistics and the Appraisal System. The global pattern of evaluation in the data is such that the US history textbook gives more value to acts and things, creates an authoritative voice excluding alternative positions, and has a delicate construal for the extent of evaluation. By contrast, the Japanese history textbook displays a subjective affective stance and a flagged authorial voice strengthened by alternative positions. A detailed discourse analysis of the lexicogrammar in the Pacific War narratives of the US and Japanese history textbooks further shows different evaluation orientations for the construal of images of the United States and Japan. The US history textbook characterizes the United States as a state of military power and high morality for its military operations in the Pacific War while censuring Japan’s cruelty of attack, whereas the Japanese history textbook highlights Japan’s tenacity and voluntary acts on the battlefield while condemning the United States for its immorality of bombing.
Acute myocarditis with normal wall motion detected with 2D speckle tracking echocardiography
Authors: Sturmberger Thomas , Niel Johannes , Aichinger Josef , Ebner Christian 
Published: April 2016

Summary
We present the case of a 26-year-old male with acute tonsillitis who was referred for coronary angiography because of chest pain, elevated cardiac biomarkers, and biphasic T waves. The patient had no cardiovascular risk factors. Echocardiography showed no wall motion abnormalities and no pericardial effusion. 2D speckle tracking revealed distinct decreased regional peak longitudinal systolic strain in the lateral and posterior walls. Ischemic disease was extremely unlikely in view of his young age, negative family history regarding coronary artery disease, and lack of regional wall motion abnormalities on the conventional 2D echocardiogram. Coronary angiography was deferred as myocarditis was suspected. To confirm the diagnosis, cardiac magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) was performed, showing subepicardial delayed hyperenhancement in the lateral and posterior walls correlating closely with the strain pattern obtained by 2D speckle tracking echocardiography. With a working diagnosis of acute myocarditis associated with acute tonsillitis, we prescribed antibiotics and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The patient’s clinical signs resolved along with normalization of serum creatine kinase (CK) levels, and the patient was discharged on the third day after admission.
El Diálogo Interreligioso como Herramienta para Desactivar el Prejuicio
Authors: Condom Bosch Josep Lluis , Rodríguez Jose Antonio , Burgues Freitas Ana , Valls i Carol Maria Rosa 
Published: April 2016

Nuestras sociedades se caracterizan por una alta diversidad cultural y religiosa, característica que no deja de acrecentarse. Ello formula numerosos retos de gestión en el espacio público, entendido como espacio de interacción. La manifestación de discriminación por motivos culturales y especialmente religiosos es uno de los desafíos mayores. La escuela se presenta como un espacio con grandes oportunidades para esta gestión. Por ello el artículo ha querido profundizar desde la revisión de la literatura científica internacional identificando en primer lugar los obstáculos que existen para esta gestión. Y en segundo lugar se ha querido identificar las experiencias y factores que a nivel internacional están favoreciendo la gestión de la diversidad religiosa. Favorecer el diálogo interreligioso se erige como un factor clave para desactivar el prejuicio existente entre grupos y favorecer la convivencia en sociedades diversas.
La Heurística del Antisemitismo Contemporáneo
Authors: Torrens i Llambrich Xavier 
Published: April 2016

En Europa, habida cuenta que el genocidio nazi se había legitimado en el prejuicio antijudío de arraigo bimilenario, ¿el antisemitismo desapareció tras el Holocausto? A partir de este interrogante, como cabe esperar, las preguntas surgen inevitablemente: ¿el antisemitismo se reduce a las expresiones políticas de la extrema derecha?, ¿el antisemitismo hoy se asienta en una parte exigua de la población o bien, por el contrario, sigue expandido en la sociedad civil y las instituciones de los países democráticos, como lo están profusamente y difusamente otros prejuicios, tales como el sexismo, la homofobia, el racismo o la aporofobia? ¿Resulta difícil desentrañar qué es y qué no antisemitismo? El objetivo del artículo es analizar cómo se construye el discurso antisemita en la actualidad.
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES AND CHARACTERIZATIONS OF CHITOSANNANO-PARTICLES CORROSION INHIBITION ON THE SURFACE OF MILD STEELIN PEAT WATER MEDIA
Authors: Erna Maria 
Published: April 2016

<p>The thermodynamic properties and characterizations of corrosion inhibition of chitosan nano-particles on the surface of mild steel in peat water media had been studied using weight loss method at temperatures of 30 - 50 <sup>o</sup>C. Steel surfaces were characterized by FT-IR spectra and SEM-EDS morphology photos. The research found that the value of DG<sup>o </sup>approaching -40 kJmol<sup>-</sup><sup>1</sup>. The negative value of Gibbs free energy shows that the adsorption of inhibitor molecules on the surface of mild steel was achemisorption and it occurred spontaneously. Meanwhile, the values of DH<sup>o </sup>is also negative confirming that the adsoprtion of inhibitor molecules is an exothermic process. The value of DS<sup>o </sup>obtained is positive, it indicates hat the inhibitor molecules were adsorbed spontaneously on the mild steel surface. The analysis on mild steel surfaces hows that the nano-particle chitosan was adsorbed on the steel surface to form the complex compounds. </p>
Pseudomonas sp. CL7 from Sludge Removed 2,3,4,6‐Tetrachlorophenol in Vivo and in Vitro Condition
Authors: Karn Santosh Kumar , Reddy M. Sudhakara , Chakrabarti Swapan Kumar 
Published: April 2016

ABSTRACT: The present research focused on 2,3,4,6‐Tetrachlorophenol (2,3,4,6‐TeCP) mineralizing bacterium from the sludge of pulp and paper industry and identified as Pseudomonas sp. CL7 by 16s rRNA gene sequences analysis. This isolate degraded 2,3,4,6‐TeCP as indicated by stoichiometric release of chloride and biomass formation. High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis showed that Pseudomonas sp. (CL7) was able to mineralize a higher concentration of 2,3,4,6‐TeCP (600 mg/l or 2.5 mM) than any previously reported 2,3,4,6‐TeCP degrading bacteria. As the concentration of 2,3,4,6‐TeCP increased from 50 (0.21 mM) to 600 mg/l (2.5 mM), the reduction in the cell growth was observed and the 2,3,4,6‐TeCP degradation was more than 85% in all the concentrations in the present study. CL7 was able to remove 100% of 2,3,4,6‐TeCP from the sludge (in vitro condition) when supplemented with 100 mg/l (0.42 mM) of 2,3,4,6‐TeCP and grown for two weeks. This study showed that CL7 can be used for bioremediation of 2,3,4,6‐TeCP.
Statistical Correlation between Ligninolytic Enzymes Secretion and Remazol Brilliant Yellow‐3GL Dye Degradation Potential of Trametes versicolor IBL‐04
Authors: Asgher Muhammad , Shah Syed Agha Hassan , Iqbal Hafiz Muhammad Nasir 
Published: April 2016

ABSTRACT: Trametes versicolor IBL‐04 was used for biodegradation of Remazol Brilliant Yellow 3‐GL (RBY3‐GL) reactive textile dye in Kirk's basal salts medium. During the initial screening study, the maximum decolorization (93.5%) of RBY3‐GL was achieved in 7 days' shaking incubation period at pH 4 and 30 °C. Different physical and nutritional factors were statistically optimized to enhance the efficiency of T. versicolor IBL‐04 for maximum decolorization. Under optimal conditions T. versicolor IBL‐04 completely decolorized (100%) the RBY3‐GL in 2 days of incubation with negligible adsorption on fungal mycelia. Laccase was the major enzyme (938.3 U/mL) secreted by T. versicolor IBL‐04 along with comparatively lower activities of MnP. In this article and for the first time, a statistical correlation has been successfully investigated between the ligninolytic enzymes from an indigenously isolated white rot fungi, T. versicolor IBL‐04, and the degradation of RBY3‐GL.
Optimization of Energy Consumption and Mass Transfer Parameters in a Surface Aeration Vessel
Authors: Mohammadpour A. , AkhavanBehabadi M. A. , Ebrahimzadeh M. , Raisee M. , MajdiNasab A. R. , Nosrati M. , Mousavi S. M. 
Published: April 2016

ABSTRACT: This paper reports tests on a lab‐scale surface aeration vessel was equipped with a Rushton turbine to examine its performance in terms of standard aeration efficiency (SAE), mixing time, and void fraction characteristics. These characteristics were investigated by tests using variations of rotor speed, impeller immersion depth, and water level. Results showed that variation of impeller immersion depth had a greater effect on the SAE compared to variation of water level. Moreover, the SAE increased with rotor speeds up to about 150 to 200 rpm and then decreased. In addition, void fraction improved by impeller immersion depth and rotor speed enhancement; however, mixing time and power number were reduced as rotor speed increased. According to the response surface methodology statistical optimizations, optimum values for rotor speed, impeller immersion depth, and water level were 168.90 rpm, 25 mm, and 30 cm, respectively, to achieve the maximum value of SAE.
Effects of the Release of Soil Organic Matter on Phenanthrene Sorption by Sediments
Authors: Zhang Xiaoyan , Wu Yaoguo , Hu Sihai , Li Tao 
Published: April 2016

ABSTRACT: The release of soil organic matter (SOM) has been frequently studied, while its effects on sorption kinetics and on the capacity of phenanthrene (PHE) on sediments have seldom been studied. In this study, sodium chloride (NaCl, 0‐0.1 mol/L) was introduced to adjust the release of SOM, and three sediments were prepared: a raw sediment (S1), an eluted sediment (S2), and an SOM‐removed sediment (S3). The release of SOM , with dissolved organic matter (DOM) formed in solution, was confirmed in sediment 1. Sorption kinetics on sediment 1 showed atypical results as three stages: rapid sorption, pseudo sorption with partial desorption, and slow sorption. Also, a defined “sorption valley” occurred in the kinetic curve, which can be qualitatively determined by the characteristics of the release of SOM, including its amount, rate and sequence in each SOM fraction. Sorption capacity on sediments 1 and 2 was negatively correlated with aqueous DOM concentrations. By changing sediment characteristics and solution properties, the release of SOM significantly impacts polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) sorption behaviors. These results help clarify the transport of PAHs in sediment‐water systems.
Evaluating Approaches for the Diagnosis of Hemodialysis Catheter–Related Bloodstream Infections
Authors: Quittnat Pelletier Friederike , Joarder Mohammad , Poutanen Susan M. , Lok Charmaine E. 
Published: April 2016

Background and objectives
Guideline–recommended diagnostic criteria for hemodialysis (HD) catheter–related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) are based on data from indwelling central catheters in patients not on HD and non-HD situations, and upon which peripheral vein cultures are the gold standard. We aimed to examine the validity of these criteria in patients on HD.

Design, settings, participants, & measurements
Adult patients on in-center HD using catheters were prospectively followed from 2011 to 2014 at a large academic–based HD facility (Toronto, Canada). When a CRBSI was suspected, blood culture sets were obtained from four sites (peripheral vein, both catheter hubs, and HD circuit) to determine the guideline–recommended differential time to positivity (DTTP). DTTP criteria were met when catheter hub cultures turned positive ≥120 minutes before peripheral vein cultures. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were first calculated using peripheral vein cultures as the gold standard and then these same calculations were repeated with additional information, including exit site/catheter tip and HD circuit cultures, as the true gold standard. The feasibility of obtaining peripheral vein cultures was determined.

Results
Of 178 suspected CRBSIs, 100 had peripheral vein blood cultures. Using the true gold standard, sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of blood culture results were highest in samples from the HD circuit (93.5%, 100%, and 95%, respectively). The guideline recommended combination of peripheral vein and arterial hub blood cultures was the least sensitive, specific, and accurate (91.7%, 93.1%, and 92.7%, respectively). The diagnostic criteria using measured DTTP were met in less than one third of events.

Conclusions
In patients on HD, blood culture results are the most sensitive, specific, and accurate for diagnosing CRBSIs when taken from the HD circuit and the venous catheter hub, and blood culture results are the least sensitive, specific, and accurate in any combination with peripheral vein cultures. The DTTP does not increase diagnostic accuracy, reducing the necessity for venipuncture and its potential vein damage. Future guidelines should consider the applicability of criterion on specific patient populations and tailor them accordingly.