bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Impact of Text Message Reminders on Caregivers’ Adherence to a Home Fortification Program Against Child Anemia in Rural Western China: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Zhou Huan , Sun Shuai , Luo Renfu , Sylvia Sean , Yue Ai , Shi Yaojiang , Zhang Linxiu , Medina Alexis , Rozelle Scott 
Published: April 2016

Objectives. To test whether text message reminders sent to caregivers improve the effectiveness of a home micronutrient fortification program in western China. Methods. We carried out a cluster-randomized controlled trial in 351 villages (clusters) in Shaanxi Province in 2013 and 2014, enrolling children aged 6 to 12 months. We randomly assigned each village to 1 of 3 groups: free delivery group, text messaging group, or control group. We collected information on compliance with treatments and hemoglobin concentrations from all children at baseline and 6-month follow-up. We estimated the intent-to-treat effects on compliance and child anemia using a logistic regression model. Results. There were 1393 eligible children. We found that assignment to the text messaging group led to an increase in full compliance (marginal effect = 0.10; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.03, 0.16) compared with the free delivery group and decrease in the rate of anemia at end line relative to the control group (marginal effect = −0.07; 95% CI = −0.12, −0.01), but not relative to the free delivery group (marginal effect = −0.03; 95% CI = −0.09, 0.03). Conclusions. Text messages improved compliance of caregivers to a home fortification program and children’s nutrition.
Variability and Limits of US State Laws Regulating Workplace Wellness Programs
Authors: Pomeranz Jennifer L. , Garcia Andrea M. , Vesprey Randy , Davey Adam 
Published: April 2016

We examined variability in state laws related to workplace wellness programs for public and private employers. We conducted legal research using LexisNexis and Westlaw to create a master list of US state laws that existed in 2014 dedicated to workplace wellness programs. The master list was then divided into laws focusing on public employers and private employers. We created 2 codebooks to describe the variables used to examine the laws. Coders used LawAtlasSM Workbench to code the laws related to workplace wellness programs. Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia had laws related to workplace wellness programs in 2014. Sixteen states and the District of Columbia had laws dedicated to public employers, and 16 states had laws dedicated to private employers. Nine states and the District of Columbia had laws that did not specify employer type. State laws varied greatly in their methods of encouraging or shaping wellness program requirements. Few states have comprehensive requirements or incentives to support evidence-based workplace wellness programs.
Experimental Investigation of Wettability Alteration in Oil-Wet Reservoirs Containing Heavy Oil
Authors: Mohammed M. Almojtaba , Babadagli Tayfun 
Published: April 2016

Summary
Solvent injection is an effective way to lower the viscosity of heavy oil and is considered when thermal techniques are not practically applicable. However, for the economic success of the method, large fractions of the injected solvent must be recovered. This requires further treatments of the reservoir, including water injection with chemicals to penetrate into the oil-wet matrix by changing the wettability. In this paper, we investigate the effect of wettability alteration of the oil-wet rock on solvent as well as oil recovery. Different wettability-alteration agents were tested, including cationic and anionic surfactants, ionic liquids, nanofluids, high-pH solutions, and low-salinity water. The potential of these materials to modify the wettability of aged sandstone and limestone samples was evaluated by use of imbibition tests. After conducting a total of 35 experiments, the most-promising wettability-alteration agents were identified to be anionic surfactants and high-pH solutions in addition to low-salinity water for the sandstone cases. Ion-pair interaction in sandstone and the dissolution of mixed-wet clay particles in carbonate are the main mechanisms of wettability alteration by those chemicals. Cationic surfactants and high-pH solutions were identified as the best wettability modifiers for the limestone samples. Although cationic surfactant changes the wettability by the ion-pair-interaction mechanism, the pH solution is believed to restore the water-wetness by decreasing the attraction forces between calcite and organic components. Ionic liquid at low concentration is able to alter the wettability of carbonate better than other conventional wettability modifiers. One important finding of this work is that solvent injection in heavy-oil-containing reservoirs is essential to condition the reservoir (i.e., to dilute the heavy oil before any wettability-alteration treatment can take place).
STATISTICS OF LONG PERIOD GAS GIANT PLANETS IN KNOWN PLANETARY SYSTEMS
Authors: Bryan Marta L. , Knutson Heather A. , Howard Andrew W. , Ngo Henry , Batygin Konstantin , Crepp Justin R. , Fulton B. J. , Hinkley Sasha , Isaacson Howard , Johnson John A. , Marcy Geoffry W. , Wright Jason T. 
Published: April 2016

ABSTRACT
We conducted a Doppler survey at Keck combined with NIRC2 K-band adaptive optics (AO) imaging to search for massive, long-period companions to 123 known exoplanet systems with one or two planets detected using the radial velocity (RV) method. Our survey is sensitive to Jupiter-mass planets out to 20 au for a majority of stars in our sample, and we report the discovery of eight new long-period planets, in addition to 20 systems with statistically significant RV trends that indicate the presence of an outer companion beyond 5 au. We combine our RV observations with AO imaging to determine the range of allowed masses and orbital separations for these companions, and account for variations in our sensitivity to companions among stars in our sample. We estimate the total occurrence rate of companions in our sample to be 52 ± 5% over the range 1–20 MJup and 5–20 au. Our data also suggest a declining frequency for gas giant planets in these systems beyond 3–10 au, in contrast to earlier studies that found a rising frequency for giant planets in the range 0.01–3 au. This suggests either that the frequency of gas giant planets peaks between 3 and 10 au, or that outer companions in these systems have a different semi-major axis distribution than the overall population of gas giant planets. Our results also suggest that hot gas giants may be more likely to have an outer companion than cold gas giants. We find that planets with an outer companion have higher average eccentricities than their single counterparts, suggesting that dynamical interactions between planets may play an important role in these systems.
POLARIZATION OF MAGNETIC DIPOLE EMISSION AND SPINNING DUST EMISSION FROM MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES
Authors: Hoang Thiem , Lazarian Alex 
Published: April 2016

ABSTRACT
Magnetic dipole emission (MDE) from interstellar magnetic nanoparticles is potentially an important Galactic foreground in the microwave frequencies, and its polarization level may pose great challenges for achieving reliable measurements of cosmic microwave background B-mode signal. To obtain realistic predictions for the polarization of MDE, we first compute the degree of alignment of big silicate grains incorporated with magnetic inclusions. We find that thermally rotating big grains with magnetic inclusions are weakly aligned and can achieve alignment saturation when the magnetic alignment rate becomes much faster than the rotational damping rate. We then compute the degree of alignment for free-flying magnetic nanoparticles, taking into account various interaction processes of grains with the ambient gas and radiation field, including neutral collisions, ion collisions, and infrared emission. We find that the rotational damping by infrared emission can significantly decrease the degree of alignment of small particles from the saturation level, whereas the excitation by ion collisions can enhance the alignment of ultrasmall particles. Using the computed degrees of alignment, we predict the polarization level of MDE from free-flying magnetic nanoparticles to be rather low. Such a polarization level is within the upper limits measured for anomalous microwave emission (AME), which indicates that MDE from free-flying iron particles may not be ruled out as a source of AME. We also quantify rotational emission from free-flying iron nanoparticles with permanent magnetic moments and find that its emissivity is about one order of magnitude lower than that from spinning polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
INTERSTELLAR NEUTRAL HELIUM IN THE HELIOSPHERE FROM IBEX OBSERVATIONS. IV. FLOW VECTOR, MACH NUMBER, AND ABUNDANCE OF THE WARM BREEZE
Authors: Kubiak Marzena A. , Swaczyna P. , Bzowski M. , Sokół J. M. , Fuselier S. A. , Galli A. , Heirtzler D. , Kucharek H. , Leonard T. W. , McComas D. J. , Möbius E. , Park J. , Schwadron N. A. , Wurz P. 
Published: April 2016

ABSTRACT
Following the high-precision determination of the velocity vector and temperature of the pristine interstellar neutral (ISN) He via a coordinated analysis summarized by McComas et al., we analyzed the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) observations of neutral He left out from this analysis. These observations were collected during the ISN observation seasons 2010–2014 and cover the region in the Earth's orbit where the Warm Breeze (WB) persists. We used the same simulation model and a parameter fitting method very similar to that used for the analysis of ISN He. We approximated the parent population of the WB in front of the heliosphere with a homogeneous Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution function and found a temperature of ∼9500 K, an inflow speed of 11.3 km s−1, and an inflow longitude and latitude in the J2000 ecliptic coordinates 251.°6, 12.°0. The abundance of the WB relative to ISN He is 5.7% and the Mach number is 1.97. The newly determined inflow direction of the WB, the inflow directions of ISN H and ISN He, and the direction to the center of the IBEX Ribbon are almost perfectly co-planar, and this plane coincides within relatively narrow statistical uncertainties with the plane fitted only to the inflow directions of ISN He, ISN H, and the WB. This co-planarity lends support to the hypothesis that the WB is the secondary population of ISN He and that the center of the Ribbon coincides with the direction of the local interstellar magnetic field (ISMF). The common plane for the direction of the inflow of ISN gas, ISN H, the WB, and the local ISMF is given by the normal direction: ecliptic longitude 349.°7 ± 0.°6 and latitude 35.°7 ± 0.6 in the J2000 coordinates, with a correlation coefficient of 0.85.
First record of Phanuropsis laniger Johnson in Brazil and first record of P. semiflaviventris Girault in Amazonas (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) with notes of their hosts, stink-bugs of cupuaçu
Authors: Mahlmann Thiago , Oliveira Bruno 
Published: April 2016

We report the first record and collection of Phanuropsis laniger Johnson, 1987, for Brazil since its original description. In addition we expand the distribution of Phanuropsis semiflaviventris Girault, 1916, for Amazonas, Brazil and present an updated list of records for both species with the occurrence of P. semiflaviventris in egg of stink-bugs on cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum).
First record of Phanuropsis laniger Johnson, 1987, for Brazil. We also expanded the distribution of Phanuropsis semiflaviventris Girault, 1916, for the state of Amazonas, Brazil
France-Egypte : les raisons d’un réchauffement
Authors: Mourad Hicham 
Published: April 2016

Les rapports entre l’Égypte et la France ont connu un réchauffement spectaculaire depuis l’arrivée au pouvoir du président Abdel-Fattah Al-Sissi en mai 2014. Ce rapprochement s’explique par trois raisons principales. La première est les ventes d’armes françaises au régime du Caire, qui ont poussé Paris à mettre en sourdine ses critiques sur la situation des droits de l’homme en Égypte. Celle-ci voulait, par ces acquisitions d’armes françaises, mais aussi russes, faire pression sur les États-Unis pour qu’ils reviennent à de meilleurs sentiments. Les rapports égypto-américains se sont tendus à la suite de la destitution du président Mohamed Morsi, issu des Frères musulmans, et des tentatives de Washington de faire pression sur Le Caire, via son assistance militaire, en matière de droits de l’homme et de démocratie. Enfin, la montée du terrorisme islamiste, qui a récemment frappé jusqu’au cœur de Paris, a poussé la France à voir en l’Égypte, qui mène une politique intérieure et régionale résolument anti-islamiste, un partenaire privilégié dans la lutte contre le terrorisme et un facteur de stabilité au Moyen-Orient.
Le Cœur est un autre
Authors: Baudin Marianne 
Published: April 2016

La greffe, proposée au patient cardiaque dont la vie même est menacée, relance à la fois le désir et la peur de vivre et met par-dessus tout en lumière une représentation étrange : celle du cœur intermittent, inconstant et interchangeable. L’article en abordant les multiples fantasmes et problématiques psychiques pris dans cette proposition chirurgicale (don et de dette, familiarité/altérité de l’objet, angoisse et tabou de la mort, dé(et)recomposition du corps et sexualité, reprise des théories sexuelles infantiles, thématiques de monstruosité, théories infantiles de l’informe. remaniements des liens de filiation), les articule à la métapsychologie du Moi.
Begrip, rust, recht en regie: naar een verklaringsmodel voor de werking van herstelbemiddeling
Authors: Vogelvang Bas , Slump Gert Jan 
Published: April 2016

Comprehension, ease, justice and control: towards an explanatory model for the impact of victim offender mediation
Based on a literature research and program evaluation of the practice of Victim in Focus (Slachtoffer in Beeld) in 2013, two issues are addressed: What are the possible effects of victim offender mediation? Which active mechanisms will cause or contribute to these effects? The authors describe the current context and developments in The Netherlands concerning restorative justice and then describe the effects and possible active mechanisms such as satisfaction, diminishing fear, anger and shame, information and consent, procedural justice, reduction of recidivism, compliance. In a synthesis of active mechanisms they present four domains or mediating factors: from incomprehension to comprehension (cognitive restoration); from unease to ease (emotional restoration); from injustice to justice (moral restoration); from powerless to powerful feelings (restoration of control). The victim offender mediation as a ritual has an impact or is supposed to have an impact on these four domains for both victims and offenders. Within the four domains four activities or interactions within victim offender mediation are presented: creating understanding through inter-subjectivity; expression of fear, trauma and shame; doing justice by excuses/apologies and restorative actions; regaining self control. Further research is needed to validate the model and to get more insight in essential or primary and secondary aspects in the explanation of the impacts of victim offender mediation.
Effects of Rho Kinase Inhibitors on Grafts of Dopaminergic Cell Precursors in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease
Authors: Rodriguez-Pallares Jannette , Rodriguez-Perez Ana I. , Muñoz Ana , Parga Juan A. , Toledo-Aral Juan J. , Labandeira-Garcia Jose L. 
Published: April 2016

Abstract

In models of Parkinson's disease (PD), Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibitors have antiapoptotic and axon-stabilizing effects on damaged neurons, decrease the neuroinflammatory response, and protect against dopaminergic neuron death and axonal retraction. ROCK inhibitors have also shown protective effects against apoptosis induced by handling and dissociation of several types of stem cells. However, the effect of ROCK inhibitors on dopaminergic cell grafts has not been investigated. In the present study, treatment of dopaminergic cell suspension with ROCK inhibitors yielded significant decreases in the number of surviving dopaminergic neurons, in the density of graft-derived dopaminergic fibers, and in graft vascularization. Dopaminergic neuron death also markedly increased in primary mesencephalic cultures when the cell suspension was treated with ROCK inhibitors before plating, which suggests that decreased angiogenesis is not the only factor leading to cell death in grafts. Interestingly, treatment of the host 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats with ROCK inhibitors induced a slight, nonsignificant increase in the number of surviving neurons, as well as marked increases in the density of graft-derived dopaminergic fibers and the size of the striatal reinnervated area. The study findings discourage treatment of cell suspensions before grafting. However, treatment of the host induces a marked increase in graft-derived striatal reinnervation. Because ROCK inhibitors have also exerted neuroprotective effects in several models of PD, treatment of the host with ROCK inhibitors, currently used against vascular diseases in clinical practice, before and after grafting may be a useful adjuvant to cell therapy in PD.

Significance
Cell-replacement therapy is one promising therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD). However, many questions must be addressed before widespread application. Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibitors have been used in a variety of applications associated with stem cell research and may be an excellent strategy for improving survival of grafted neurons and graft-derived dopaminergic innervation. The present results discourage the treatment of suspensions of dopaminergic precursors with ROCK inhibitors in the pregrafting period. However, treatment of the host (patients with PD) with ROCK inhibitors, currently used against vascular diseases, may be a useful adjuvant to cell therapy in PD.
THE INVISIBLE MOATS OF THE MUN RIVER VALLEY, NE THAILAND: THE EXAMINATION OF WATER MANAGEMENT DEVICES AT MOUNDED SITES THROUGH GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR)
Authors: Duke Belinda , Chang Nigel J , Moffat Ian , Morris Wayne 
Published: April 2016

The Mun River valley is well known for its moat-bound mounded archaeological sites that are usually associated with Iron Age occupation (~500BC- AD500). The investigation of these sites has provided a wealth of information on the changing social and environmental conditions during prehistory. In recent years, research has identified a greater diversity of site morphologies in the region, many of which, importantly, do not appear to have moats surrounding them. This paper seeks to investigate whether the apparently ‘non-moated’ mound site of Non Klang (Nong Hua Raet village) was actually moated in the past, and if such, now in-filled features can be investigated through non-destructive Ground Penetrating Radar methodology. Additionally, while large external moats can be observed in the modern day topography at sites such as Ban Non Wat, excavation has demonstrated that further, invisible, water management features exist beneath the surface within the current mound boundary of the site. These are probably Iron Age precursors to the later more extensive and still visible moats. This paper seeks to answer several fundamental questions: What application can GPR have at mounded sites in Southeast Asia? Do invisible moats exist? How will this affect our understanding of the broader prehistoric landscape in the Upper Mun River Valley?
L’embryon en droit français : titulaire d’un statut juridique ?
Authors: Gaudreault Marie-Claude 
Published: April 2016

Les récents progrès de la biotechnologie ont mené à d’importantes découvertes dans le domaine des sciences de la vie et de la reproduction humaine. Lorsqu ’il s’agit de l’embryon humain, il n’en fallait pas plus pour relancer le débat quant à sa qualification juridique. Dans la mesure où la question s’est posée dès l’époque du droit romain, la problématique n’a donc vraiment de nouveau que le contexte dans lequel elle est maintenant soulevée : la procréation médicalement assistée.
Par un rappel historique, l’auteure nous présente les diverses règles qui ont trouvé et qui continuent toujours de trouver application selon le droit civil français. L’on constatera ainsi que le droit a toujours hésité à reconnaître une personnalité juridique à l’enfant conçu. Par la suite, l’analyse s’arrête aux modifications apportées à la législation française en juillet 1994, par les lois dites « bioéthiques ». Encore une fois, la question semble simple; sommes-nous en présence d’un sujet ou d’un objet de droit ? Sans définir de statut précis pour l’embryon humain, le législateur français vient, par cet ensemble de lois, à tout le moins encadrer pour la première fois l’assistance médicale à la procréation et par le fait même, établir une protection pour tout embryon issu de cette dernière.
La Convention sur la diversité biologique s’applique-t-elle à l’être humain ?
Authors: Létourneau Lyne 
Published: April 2016

La Convention sur la diversité biologique s’applique-t-elle à l’être humain ? Cette question a surgi récemment dans la controverse entourant le Projet sur la diversité du génome humain (PDGH). En effet, le programme de recherche proposé par le PDGH réfère expressément à l’idée d’une diversité génétique humaine. Or, à prime abord, rien dans la Convention sur la diversité biologique n’exclut l’être humain, qui est biologiquement couvert par les définitions données. Toutefois, au mois de novembre 1995, lors de sa seconde rencontre, la Conférence des Parties à la Convention excluait le matériel génétique humain du champ d’application de la Convention. Dans le cadre du présent article, l’auteure atteste du caractère bien-fondé de cette décision à la lumière de la Convention sur la diversité biologique. À cet égard, l’historique de la Convention, sa nature de même que la philosophie sous-jacente au texte de la Convention du point de vue du statut moral des animaux et des plantes sont discutés. Plus qu’un simple regard sur la Convention sur la diversité biologique, le présent article pose la problématique de l’élaboration d’une politique sur la diversité génétique humaine.
Arbitres de griefs, tribunaux des droits de la personne et normes de contrôle judiciaire : une critique des arrêts Ross et Green Bay
Authors: Nadeau Denis 
Published: April 2016

La norme de contrôle judiciaire occupe toujours un espace considérable dans les litiges impliquant les organismes administratifs spécialisés au Canada. Bien plus qu’une simple question technique, la détermination de la norme de contrôle applicable pose en fait tout le problème de l’autonomie décisionnelle des tribunaux administratifs et du rôle des cours de justice à cet égard. À partir d’une critique de deux arrêts récents de la Cour suprême du Canada impliquant un tribunal des droits de la personne et un arbitre de grief le présent texte examine l’évolution de la jurisprudence concernant tout particulièrement la question du contentieux des droits de la personne et suggère des pistes de réflexion pour l’élaboration d’une norme de contrôle qui concilierait le pouvoir de contrôle judiciaire et la mission des organismes administratifs spécialisés en cette matière.