bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Women’s self-rated attraction to male faces does not correspond with physiological arousal
Authors: Hagerman S. , Woolard Z. , Anderson K. , Tatler B. W. , Moore F. R 
Published: October 2017

AbstractThere has been little work to determine whether attractiveness ratings of faces correspond to sexual or more general attraction. We tested whether a measure of women’s physiological arousal (pupil diameter change) was correlated with ratings of men’s facial attractiveness. In Study 1, women rated the faces of men for whom we also measured salivary testosterone. They rated each face for attractiveness, and for desirability for friendship and long- and short-term romantic relationships. Pupil diameter change was not related to subjective ratings of attractiveness, but was positively correlated with the men’s testosterone. In Study 2 we compared women’s pupil diameter change in response to the faces of men with high versus low testosterone, as well as in response to non-facial images pre-rated as either sexually arousing or threatening. Pupil dilation was not affected by testosterone, and increased relatively more in response to sexually arousing than threatening images. We conclude that self-rated preferences may not provide a straightforward and direct assessment of sexual attraction. We argue that future work should identify the constructs that are tapped via attractiveness ratings of faces, and support the development of methodology which assesses objective sexual attraction.
The first characterized phage against a member of the ecologically important sphingomonads reveals high dissimilarity against all other known phages
Authors: Nielsen Tue Kjærgaard , Carstens Alexander Byth , Browne Patrick , Lametsch René , Neve Horst , Kot Witold , Hansen Lars Hestbjerg 
Published: October 2017

AbstractThis study describes the first molecular characterization of a bacteriophage infecting a member of the environmentally important Sphingomonadaceae family. Both bacteriophage Lacusarx and its host Sphingobium sp. IP1 were isolated from activated sludge from a wastewater treatment plant. Genome sequencing revealed that the phage genes display little similarity to other known phages, despite a remarkable conservation of the synteny in which the functional genes occur among distantly related phages. Phylogenetic analyses confirmed that Lacusarx represents a hitherto undescribed genus of phages. A classical lysis cassette could not be identified in Lacusarx, suggesting that the genes encoding endolysin, holin, and spanin are host-specific and not found in phages infecting other bacteria. The virus harbors 24 tRNA genes corresponding to 18 different amino acids and furthermore has a significantly different codon usage than its host. Proteomic analysis of Lacusarx revealed the protein components of the phage particle. A lysogeny test indicated that Lacusarx is not a temperate phage.
Myocardial metabolic alterations in mice with diet-induced atherosclerosis: linking sulfur amino acid and lipid metabolism
Authors: Lee Jueun , Jung Sunhee , Kim Nami , Shin Min-Jeong , Ryu Do Hyun , Hwang Geum-Sook 
Published: October 2017

AbstractAtherosclerosis is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the effect of diet on the atherosclerotic heart’s metabolism is unclear. We used an integrated metabolomics and lipidomics approach to evaluate metabolic perturbations in heart and serum from mice fed an atherogenic diet (AD) for 8, 16, and 25 weeks. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabolomics revealed significant changes in sulfur amino acid (SAA) and lipid metabolism in heart from AD mice compared with heart from normal diet mice. Higher SAA levels in AD mice were quantitatively verified using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS). Lipidomic profiling revealed that fatty acid and triglyceride (TG) levels in the AD group were altered depending on the degree of unsaturation. Additionally, levels of SCD1, SREBP-1, and PPARγ were reduced in AD mice after 25 weeks, while levels of reactive oxygen species were elevated. The results suggest that a long-term AD leads to SAA metabolism dysregulation and increased oxidative stress in the heart, causing SCD1 activity suppression and accumulation of toxic TGs with a low degree of unsaturation. These findings demonstrate that the SAA metabolic pathway is a promising therapeutic target for CVD treatment and that metabolomics can be used to investigate the metabolic signature of atherosclerosis.
Comprehensive profiling of lysine ubiquitome reveals diverse functions of lysine ubiquitination in common wheat
Authors: Zhang Ning , Zhang Lingran , Shi Chaonan , Tian Qiuzhen , Lv Guoguo , Wang Ying , Cui Dangqun , Chen Feng 
Published: October 2017

AbstractProtein ubiquitination, which is a major post-translational modifications that occurs in eukaryotic cells, is involved in diverse biological processes. To date, large-scale profiling of the ubiquitome in common wheat has not been reported, despite its status as the major cereal crop in the world. Here, we performed the first ubiquitome analysis of the common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) variety, Aikang 58. Overall, 433 lysine modification sites were identified in 285 proteins in wheat seedlings, and four putative ubiquitination motifs were revealed. In particular, 83 of the 285 ubiquitinated proteins had ubiquitination orthologs in Oryza sativa L., and Arabidopsis thaliana. Ubiquitylated lysines were found to have a significantly different preference for secondary structures when compared with the all lysines. In accordance with previous studies, proteins related to binding and catalytic activity were predicted to be the preferential targets of lysine ubiquitination. Besides, protein interaction network analysis reveals that diverse interactions are modulated by protein ubiquitination. Bioinformatics analysis revealed that the ubiquitinated proteins were involved in diverse biological processes. Our data provides a global view of the ubiquitome in common wheat for the first time and lays a foundation for exploring the physiological role of lysine ubiquitination in wheat and other plants.
Transforming growth factor-β signaling pathway-associated genes SMAD2 and TGFBR2 are implicated in metabolic syndrome in a Taiwanese population
Authors: Lin Eugene , Kuo Po-Hsiu , Liu Yu-Li , Yang Albert C. , Tsai Shih-Jen 
Published: October 2017

AbstractThe transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling pathway and its relevant genes have been correlated with an increased risk of developing various hallmarks of metabolic syndrome (MetS). In this study, we assessed whether the TGF-β signaling pathway-associated genes of SMAD family member 2 (SMAD2), SMAD3, SMAD4, transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFB1), TGFB2, TGFB3, transforming growth factor beta receptor 1 (TGFBR1), and TGFBR2 are associated with MetS and its individual components independently, through complex interactions, or both in a Taiwanese population. A total of 3,000 Taiwanese subjects from the Taiwan Biobank were assessed. Metabolic traits such as waist circumference, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and fasting glucose were measured. Our results showed a significant association of MetS with the two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of SMAD2 rs11082639 and TGFBR2 rs3773651. The association of MetS with these SNPs remained significant after performing Bonferroni correction. Moreover, we identified the effect of SMAD2 rs11082639 on high waist circumference. We also found that an interaction between the SMAD2 rs11082639 and TGFBR2 rs3773651 SNPs influenced MetS. Our findings indicated that the TGF-β signaling pathway-associated genes of SMAD2 and TGFBR2 may contribute to the risk of MetS independently and through gene–gene interactions.
Associations of Blood Pressure with the Factors among Adults in Jilin Province: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Quantile Regression Analysis
Authors: Ye Junsen , Li Zhongmin , Lv Yaogai , An Lan , Yu Jianxing , Guo Xin , Yao Yan , Yu Yaqin , Jin Lina 
Published: October 2017

AbstractHypertension has become a major public health challenge. However, numerous research results reported in the literature focus primarily on risk factors of hypertension, little is known about how the whole continuum of blood pressure (BP) is associated with risk factors of hypertension. This study aims to reveal quantile-specific associations of BP with its risk factors. A cross-sectional survey based on a sample of 23,050 adults aged 18 to 79 years was conducted in Jilin Province in 2012, and some subjects were excluded due to missing values in BP or having BP control according to the purpose of this study. Quantile regression (QR) was employed to investigate the associations between systolic/diastolic blood pressure (SBP/DBP) and the risk factors. The SBP and DBP in males presented statistically higher than females (P < 0.001). High-salt diet for males manifested a slightly increasing positive association with higher SBP only for high quantiles (≥70), but with a higher DBP for middle part of the quantiles (30~75), compared with bland diet. High-salt diet, drinking and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were positively associated with BP measures in males. And the coefficient of total cholesterol (TC) in QR increased with BP in females who used to live in town.
Multifunctional surface designed by nanocomposite coating of polytetrafluoroethylene and TiO2 photocatalyst: self-cleaning and superhydrophobicity
Authors: Kamegawa Takashi , Irikawa Koichi , Yamashita Hiromi 
Published: October 2017

AbstractMultifunctional surface, having both a superhydrophobic property and a photocatalytic self-cleaning property, was designed through a nanocomposite coating of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and TiO2 photocatalyst onto a flat quartz glass with a precise structural controlling by applying a radio frequency magnetron sputtering deposition technique. Systematic water contact angle measurements were carried out in relation to the controlling of the surface structure such as size, height and others. Surface wettability gradually changes from Wenzel state to Cassie-Baxter state by controlling of the surface structure, resulting in a well water repellent behavior. Under irradiation of UV light, nanocomposite coating with a desired surface structure and composition realized an adequate photocatalytic self-cleaning property for keeping a clean surface and inducing unique surface wettability changes.
Hybrid SI cancellation for single‐antenna full‐duplex radios
Authors: Quan Xin , Pan Wensheng , Li Zhengjie , Liu Ying , Tang Youxi 
Published: October 2017

A hybrid self‐interference (SI) cancellation scheme, composed of a two‐tap analogue canceller and a digital multi‐path SI canceller, is proposed for single‐antenna full‐duplex radios. The analogue canceller mitigates the two strongest components of the SI to prevent saturating the receiver. The digital canceller deploys an auxiliary receiver chain to capture the RF‐transmitted signal to mitigate the residual multi‐path SI signal. As the proposed scheme uses the RF‐transmitted signal as reference, the transceiver impairments such as power amplifier non‐linearities and phase noise are suppressed along with the SI. Experiments have validated the effectiveness of the proposed scheme on a 20 MHz long‐term evolution signal of +20 dBm power.
Compliment response patterns between younger and older generations of Persian speakers
Authors: Sarkhosh Mehdi , Alizadeh Ali 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
The majority of studies on compliment response (CR) have investigated CR patterns and norms among different cultural groups and communities. The present study investigated the shifting of CR patterns across generations within the same speech community. To this end, 272 Persian speakers were chosen from among high school students and teachers. A discourse completion task (DCT) with four complimenting situations was administered. The findings revealed that the new generation of Persian speakers, regardless of their gender, had shifted their CR patterns and overwhelmingly accepted compliments. This change is attributed to the changing interpretations and conceptions of politeness and to the influx of English culture, through exposure to English media, internet, TV series, films, etc., among the new generation of Persian speakers.
“It was on my mind all day”
Authors: Kolb Waltraud 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
This paper explores authentically situated translation processes of literary translators, based on an empirical study of five professional German literary translators translating a short story by Ernest Hemingway. It focuses on macro-level workplace dynamics: How do translators working from home organize their task? With whom do they interact? Situational factors will emerge as constitutive elements of translatorial cognition and action, and it will be shown how the fragmentation of the translation process and the blurring of boundaries between the professional and personal spheres of life significantly impact the emergence of the translator’s voice and the translation product.
Investigating the cognitive ergonomic aspects of translation tools in a workplace setting
Authors: Teixeira Carlos S. C. , O’Brien Sharon 
Published: October 2017

AbstractThis paper reports on an empirical study that investigates the translation process in the workplace from a cognitive ergonomic perspective. In particular, the interaction between ten translators employed by a language service provider and the tools they deploy are examined. To that end, we recorded the translators’ workplace activities using keystroke logging, screen recording and eye tracking, combined with short retrospective interviews. We analysed their behaviour in terms of how they switched between the two screens on their desks, how they used different tools and where they invested their visual attention. Data related to productivity and quality are also presented. Among other findings, our data reveal that validation searches for terms and general expressions lead to considerable tool and task switching among professional translators.
Imagining the contours of culture: is religious tourism a precondition for conflict?
Authors: Korstanje M. , Echarri Chavéz M. , Cisneros Mustelier L. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract

This chapter is based on a philosophical interrogation of religious tourism and conflict. It asks many questions about how religion acts and can act as a force for conflict or peace. Though it does not provide a definitive answer to a complex issue of this calibre, it holds the thesis that cultural difference is not reason enough for riots, political instability or conflict.
Kosher tourism: a case study from Greece.
Authors: Moira P. , Mylonopoulos D. , Vasilopoulou P. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract

This chapter discusses the importance for certain religions of adhering to particular regulations and guidelines regarding food and lifestyle, and points out the importance for tourism and hospitality professionals to understand such regulations. The chapter presents a case study of a strictly kosher tour group from France that visited Greece and highlights the challenges faced by an individual property and staff in catering for the religious requirements of Orthodox Jews.
Menstrual cycle effects on sacculocollic reflex pathway
Authors: Sinha Sujeet Kumar , Neupane Anuj Kumar , Gururaj Krithika 
Published: October 2017

Introduction:
Female sex hormones such as oestrogen and progesterone are found to have direct effects in the sensitivity of cochlea, till central auditory cortex by bringing the variation in vascularity in these regions. The aim of the present study was to assess the influence of sex hormones produced during menstrual cycle on the sacculocollic reflex pathway.

Method:
Twenty female subjects in the age range of 18–25 years with no vestibular pathologies participated in the study. Cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential test was administered on all the subjects in three phases of menstrual cycle, that is, follicular phase (1–4 days), luteal phase (12–15 days) and menstrual phase (22–25 days).

Results:
Friedman Chi-square test of difference among repeated measures was done to check the significant differences in mean latency and amplitude values of cVEMP across three phases of menstrual cycle. Although there were differences in the mean latency and amplitude of cVEMP peaks across three phases of menstrual cycle, the statistical analysis revealed no significant effect of different phases of menstrual cycle on the latency or amplitude parameters of cVEMP.

Conclusions:
There is no significant effect of different phases of menstrual cycle on the latency or amplitude parameters of cVEMP.
Loss of Protein Kinase Novel 1 (PKN1) is associated with mild systolic and
diastolic contractile dysfunction, increased phospholamban Thr17
phosphorylation, and exacerbated ischaemia-reperfusion injury
Authors: Francois Asvi A , Obasanjo-Blackshire Kofo , Clark James E , Boguslavskyi Andrii , Holt Mark R , Parker Peter J , Marber Michael S , Heads Richard J 
Published: October 2017

Abstract

Aims
PKN1 is a stress-responsive protein kinase acting downstream of small GTP-binding proteins of the Rho/Rac family. The aim was to determine its role in endogenous cardioprotection.

Methods and results
Hearts from PKN1 knockout (KO) or wild type (WT) littermate control mice were perfused in Langendorff mode and subjected to global ischaemia and reperfusion (I/R). Myocardial infarct size was doubled in PKN1 KO hearts compared to WT hearts. PKN1 was basally phosphorylated on the activation loop Thr778 PDK1 target site which was unchanged during I/R. However, phosphorylation of p42/p44-MAPK was decreased in KO hearts at baseline and during I/R. In cultured neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes (NRVM) and NRVM transduced with kinase dead (KD) PKN1 K644R mutant subjected to simulated ischaemia/reperfusion (sI/R), PhosTag® gel analysis showed net dephosphorylation of PKN1 during sI and early R despite Thr778 phosphorylation. siRNA knockdown of PKN1 in NRVM significantly decreased cell survival and increased cell injury by sI/R which was reversed by WT- or KD-PKN1 expression. Confocal immunofluorescence analysis of PKN1 in NRVM showed increased localization to the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) during sI. GC-MS/MS and immunoblot analysis of PKN1 immunoprecipitates following sI/R confirmed interaction with CamKIIδ. Co-translocation of PKN1 and CamKIIδ to the SR/membrane fraction during sI correlated with phospholamban (PLB) Thr17 phosphorylation. siRNA knockdown of PKN1 in NRVM resulted in increased basal CamKIIδ activation and increased PLB Thr17 phosphorylation only during sI. In vivo PLB Thr17 phosphorylation, Sarco-Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA2) expression and Junctophilin-2 (Jph2) expression were also basally increased in PKN1 KO hearts. Furthermore, in vivo P-V loop analysis of the beat-to-beat relationship between rate of LV pressure development or relaxation and end diastolic P (EDP) showed mild but significant systolic and diastolic dysfunction with preserved ejection fraction in PKN1 KO hearts.

Conclusion
Loss of PKN1 in vivo significantly reduces endogenous cardioprotection and increases myocardial infarct size following I/R injury. Cardioprotection by PKN1 is associated with reduced CamKIIδ-dependent PLB Thr17 phosphorylation at the SR and therefore may stabilize the coupling of SR Ca2+ handling and contractile function, independent of its kinase activity.
Assessing cumulative human activities, pressures, and impacts on North Sea benthic habitats using a biological traits approach
Authors: Kenny Andrew J , Jenkins Chris , Wood Daniel , Bolam Stefan G , Mitchell Peter , Scougal Callum , Judd Adrian 
Published: October 2017

AbstractThe application of a biological traits analysis, in the present study, has allowed benthic habitat sensitivities and their risk of impact to be mapped at a spatial scale appropriate for the assessment of the North Sea ecoregion. This study considered habitat impacts associated with five important marine sectors; bottom fishing, marine aggregate dredging, sediment disposal, renewable energy devices (tidal, waves, and wind) and the oil and gas sectors, both individually and cumulatively. The significance of the “actual” footprint of impact arising from these human activities and their associated pressures (sediment abrasion, sediment removal, smothering, and placement of hard structures) is presented and discussed. Notable differences in sensitivity to activities are seen depending on habitat type. Some of the more substantial changes in benthic habitat function evaluated are potentially associated with the placement of hard structures in shallow mobile sedimentary habitats, which result in a shift in habitat dominated by small, short-living infaunal species, to a habitat dominated by larger, longer-lived, sessile epibenthic suspension feeders. In contrast, the impacts of bottom fishing, dredging and disposal activities are all assessed to be most severe when executed in deep, sedimentary habitats. Such assessments are important in supporting policies (e.g. spatial planning) directed towards ensuring sustainable “blue-growth,” through a better understanding of the potential ecological impacts associated with human activities operating across different habitat types. The aim of this study is to provide a better understanding of the spatial extent of selected human activities and their impacts on seabed habitats using a biological trait-based sensitivity analysis.
Tilting and Cluster Tilting for Preprojective Algebras and Coxeter Groups
Authors: Kimura Yuta 
Published: October 2017

AbstractWe study the stable category of the graded Cohen–Macaulay modules of the factor algebra of the preprojective algebra associated with an element $w$ of the Coxeter group of a quiver. We show that there exists a silting object $M(\boldsymbol{w})$ of this category associated with each reduced expression $\boldsymbol{w}$ of $w$ and give a sufficient condition on $\boldsymbol{w}$ such that $M(\boldsymbol{w})$ is a tilting object. In particular, the stable category is triangle equivalent to the derived category of the endomorphism algebra of $M(\boldsymbol{w})$. Moreover, we compare it with a triangle equivalence given by Amiot–Reiten–Todorov for a cluster category.
Going against the Flow: The Effects of Dynamic Sensorimotor Experiences on Consumer Choice
Authors: Kwon Mina , Adaval Rashmi 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Sensorimotor experiences of going against the flow can affect the choices consumers make. Eight experiments show that consumers who experience the sensation of going against the flow pick alternatives that are normatively not preferred (experiments 1a and 1b). These effects are evident only when the sensations are dynamic and self-experienced (experiments 2a and 2b), subjective feelings are elicited (experiments 4a and 4b), and no other objective, external norm information is supplied (experiment 5). Experiences of going against the flow typically involve both movement and direction and are represented in memory schematically. Re-experiencing these sensations leads to the activation of this schematic representation and elicits a feeling-based behavioral disposition to do something different, or to go against one’s initial inclination (experiment 3), leading participants to pick an option that is normatively not preferred.