bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Effect of Annealing Treatment on Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline α-iron: an Atomistic Study
Authors: Tong Xuhang , Zhang Hao , Li D. Y. 
Published: February 2015

AbstractClaims are often found in the literature that metallic materials can be nanocrystallized by severe plastic deformation (SPD). However, SPD does not generate a well-defined nanocrystalline (NC) material, which can be achieved by subsequent annealing/recovery treatment. In this study, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is employed to study the effect of annealing on structure and mechanical properties of cyclic deformed NC α-iron, which simulates SPD-processed α-iron. It is demonstrated that grain boundaries in the deformed NC α-iron evolve to a more equilibrium state during annealing, eliminating or minimizing the residual stress. The annealing treatment increases the system's strength by reducing dislocation emission sources and improves material ductility through strengthening grain boundaries' resistance to intergranular cracks. The results indicate that the annealing treatment is an essential process for obtaining a well-defined NC structure with superior mechanical properties.
Academic Outcomes for School-Aged Children With Severe–Profound Hearing Loss and Early Unilateral and Bilateral Cochlear Implants
Authors: Sarant Julia Z. , Harris David C. , Bennet Lisa A. 
Published: February 2015

Purpose
This study sought to (a) determine whether academic outcomes for children who received early cochlear implants (CIs) are age appropriate, (b) determine whether bilateral CI use significantly improves academic outcomes, and (c) identify other factors that are predictive of these outcomes.

Method
Forty-four 8-year-old children with severe–profound hearing loss participated in this study. Their academic development in mathematics, oral language, reading, and written language was assessed using a standardized test of academic achievement.

Results
(a) Across all academic areas, the proportion of children in the average or above-average ranges was lower than expected for children with normal hearing. The strongest area of performance was written language, and the weakest was mathematics. (b) Children using bilateral CIs achieved significantly higher scores for oral language, math, and written language, after controlling for predictive factors, than did children using unilateral CIs. Younger ages at second CI predicted the largest improvements. (c) High levels of parental involvement and greater time spent by children reading significantly predicted academic success, although other factors were identified.

Conclusions
Average academic outcomes for these children were below those of children with normal hearing. Having bilateral CIs at younger ages predicted the best outcomes. Family environment was also important to children's academic performance.
Communicative Development in Bilingually Exposed Chinese Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
Authors: Reetzke Rachel , Zou Xiaobing , Sheng Li , Katsos Napoleon 
Published: February 2015

Purpose
We examined the association of bilingual exposure with structural and pragmatic language development in Chinese children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).

Method

The parents of 54 children with ASD exposed to 1 (
n
= 31) or 2 (
n
= 23) Chinese languages completed (a) a questionnaire to evaluate their child's competence in structural language and pragmatic ability in their dominant language (Children's Communication Checklist–Second Edition; Bishop, 2006), and (b) a questionnaire to assess their child's social functioning (Social Responsiveness Scale; Constantino & Gruber, 2005; Wang, Lee, Chen, & Hsu, 2012). In addition, parents completed thorough interviews regarding the linguistic environment of their children (Language Environment Interview; Hambly & Fombonne, 2011).

Results
Multivariate analyses of variance revealed that bilingually exposed children with ASD did not demonstrate significantly different performance on any standard measure relative to their monolingual peers.

Conclusions
The findings suggest that bilingual language exposure is not associated with additional challenges for the development of the dominant language in children with ASD. The lack of negative associations in our sample is not likely to be due to the comparatively early diagnosis and/or intervention that are available in other countries. We discuss implications for decisions regarding the linguistic environment of children with ASD.
Input Variability Facilitates Unguided Subcategory Learning in Adults
Authors: Eidsvåg Sunniva Sørhus , Austad Margit , Plante Elena , Asbjørnsen Arve E. 
Published: February 2015

Purpose
This experiment investigated whether input variability would affect initial learning of noun gender subcategories in an unfamiliar, natural language (Russian), as it is known to assist learning of other grammatical forms.

Method
Forty adults (20 men, 20 women) were familiarized with examples of masculine and feminine Russian words. Half of the participants were familiarized with 32 different root words in a high-variability condition. The other half were familiarized with 16 different root words, each repeated twice for a total of 32 presentations in a high-repetition condition. Participants were tested on untrained members of the category to assess generalization. Familiarization and testing was completed 2 additional times.

Results
Only participants in the high-variability group showed evidence of learning after an initial period of familiarization. Participants in the high-repetition group were able to learn after additional input. Both groups benefited when words included 2 cues to gender compared to a single cue.

Conclusions
The results demonstrate that the degree of input variability can influence learners' ability to generalize a grammatical subcategory (noun gender) from a natural language. In addition, the presence of multiple cues to linguistic subcategory facilitated learning independent of variability condition.
Solvothermal synthesis of uniform Li3V2(PO4)3/C nanoparticles as cathode materials for lithium ion batteries
Authors: He Wenxiang , Chen Qingyuan , Zhang Tianren , Gao Yunfang , Cao Jin 
Published: February 2015

A uniform precursor of Li3V2(PO4)3 nanoparticles was synthesised by a solvothermal method using ethanolamine lactate as both solvent and carbon sources at ambient pressure. Nanostructured Li3V2(PO4)3/C cathode materials could be successfully prepared by subsequent heat treatment. The scanning and transmission electron microscopy observation shows that the as‐synthesised Li3V2(PO4)3/C powders retained the morphology and the particle size of the precursor that was formed during the solvothermal process. The Li3V2(PO4)3 particles are coated with uniform carbon layers with a thickness of about 5 nm. The material presents excellent performance with a high‐rate capacity and cycle stability. It can deliver discharge capacities of 127.9, 117.7, 104.9 and 95.6 mAh g−1 in the potential ranges of 3.0–4.3 V, 164.0, 154.8, 141.0 and 131.1 mAh g−1 between 3.0 and 4.8 V corresponding to 0.5, 1, 5 and 10 C rate after cycles, respectively. The charge transfer impedance increases from 55.55 to 127.31 Ω after 50 cycles at 1.0 C, which is attributed to the refined structure and the uniform carbon film on the surface of the as‐prepared Li3V2(PO4)3/C powders.
Crossfinder-assisted mapping of protein crosslinks formed by site-specifically incorporated crosslinkers
Authors: Mueller-Planitz Felix 
Published: February 2015

Abstract
Protein crosslinking has been used for decades to derive structural information about proteins and protein complexes. Only recently, however, it became possible to map the amino acids involved in the crosslinks with the advent of high resolution mass spectrometry (MS). Here, we present Crossfinder, which automates the search for crosslinks formed by site-specifically incorporated crosslinking amino acids in LC-MS-MS data.
Availability and Implementation: An executable version of Crossfinder for Windows machines (64-bit) is freely available to non-commercial users. It is bundled with a manual and example data.
Contact: felix.mueller-planitz@med.uni-muenchen.de
Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
First Report of Grapevine redglobe virus (GRGV) in Grapevine in France
Authors: Beuve M. , Candresse T. , Tannières M. , Lemaire O. 
Published: February 2015

The isometric virus Grapevine redglobe virus (GRGV), was first described on grapevine cv. Red Globe in southern Italy in 2000 (3) and later in Greece and California. GRGV belongs to the genus Maculavirus in the family Tymoviridae. These viruses are thought to be disseminated through propagation and grafting, as no vectors or seed transmission are known to date. A partial sequence (2,006 nucleotides [nt]) encompassing the 3′ end of the replicase, the coat protein, and P17 genes, was obtained in 2003 (1). GRGV infections are apparently symptomless (2). In 2014, GRGV was identified by Illumina sequencing of total RNAs extracted from a Vitis vinifera cv. Cabernet franc (CF) vine grafted onto Gravesac in a vineyard of the Bordeaux region in France. This Cabernet franc plant displayed fanleaf-like degeneration symptoms associated with Tomato black ring virus (TBRV) infection. It had been collected in 2010 and maintained since in a greenhouse. The partial contigs assembled from the Illumina reads (552 and 430 nt, both in the putative replicase gene, KM491303 and KM491304) showed 85.9 and 86.3% nt identity with the partial sequence of a GRGV Italian isolate (AF521577), respectively. Total RNA extracts from leaves of 18 plants of cv. Cabernet franc from the same plot, collected in 2014, were analyzed by RT-PCR using specific primers RG-CF-F1 (5′-GAATTCGCTGTCGGCCACTC-3′) and RG-CF-R1 (5′-AGTGAGAGGAGAGATTCCATC-3′) designed on the basis of the alignment of the partial sequences of GRGV-CF and the Italian isolate (AF521577). Fifteen (83%) of the plants gave strong positive amplification for GRGV. Given the mixed viral infection status of these vines, it was not possible to associate a specific symptomatology with the presence of GRGV. Two RT-PCR amplicons were directly sequenced and showed 91.5 and 91.7% identities, respectively, with the reference GRGV-CF sequence. To our knowledge, this is the first report of GRGV in France. Further studies will be necessary to determine the prevalence of GRGV in the French vineyards and varieties, including rootstocks, and its possible threat to the grapevine industry. Studies are also needed to assess the pathogenicity of GRGV. Similarly to its close relative, Grapevine fleck virus, does it induce latent or semi-latent infections in Vitis vinifera and rootstock hybrids, influencing vigor, rooting ability, and graft compatibility? References: (1) N. Abou Ghanem-Sabanadzovic et al. Virus Genes 27:11, 2003. (2) G. P. Martelli et al. Arch. Virol. 147:1847, 2002. (3) S. Sabanadzovic et al. Arch. Virol. 145:553, 2000.
Corynebacterium pelargi sp. nov., isolated from the trachea of white stork nestlings
Authors: Kämpfer Peter , Jerzak Leszek , Bochenski Marcin , Kasprzak Mariusz , Wilharm Gottfried , Golke Jan , Busse Hans-Jürgen , Glaeser Stefanie P. 
Published: February 2015

A Gram-stain-positive, pleomorphic, oxidase-negative, non-motile isolate from the trachea of a white stork from Poland, designated strain 136/3T, was subjected to a comprehensive taxonomic investigation. A comparative analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed highest similarities to

Corynebacterium mustelae

,

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

,

Corynebacterium vitaeruminis

and

Corynebacterium ulcerans

(96.0–96.3 %). The quinone system consisted of major amounts of MK-8(H2), minor amounts of MK-9(H2) and traces of MK-8 and MK-9. The polar lipid profile of strain 136/3T contained phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylinositol-mannoside as major lipids and phosphatidylglycerol and an acidic glycolipid in moderate amounts. In addition small amounts of diphosphatidylglycerol, a phospholipid, an aminolipid and two lipids of unknown group affiliation were found. The polyamine pattern was composed of the major components spermidine and spermine. Putrescine, 1,3-diaminopropane, cadaverine, sym-homospermidine and tyramine were found in minor or trace amounts. The diamino acid of the peptidoglycan was meso-diaminopimelic acid. In the fatty acid profile straight-chain, saturated and mono-unsaturated fatty acids predominated (C18 : 1ω9c, C16 : 1ω7c, C16 : 0, C18
: 0). Corynemycolic acids were detected. Physiological traits as well as unique traits of the polar lipid profile and the fatty acid pattern distinguished strain 136/3T from the most closely related species. All these results indicate that strain 136/3T represents a novel species of the genus

Corynebacterium

for which we propose the name Corynebacterium pelargi sp. nov. The type strain is 136/3T ( = CIP 110778T = CCM 8517T = LMG 28174T).
Localize or local lies? The power of language and translation in the multinational corporation
Authors: Logemann Minna , Piekkari Rebecca 
Published: February 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to contribute to previous research on intraorganizational power in multinational corporations (MNCs). It shows that a subsidiary manager may use language and acts of translation to resist control from headquarters and to (re)define his and his unit’s power position in a headquarters-subsidiary relationship. It also uncovers the interplay between natural languages and “company speak” as a specialized language.Design/methodology/approach– The paper is based on a single case study of a European MNC undergoing strategic change. The data were drawn from company documents, personal interviews and focus group discussions.Findings– The findings show that actors at both headquarters and in the focal subsidiary employed language and translation to exercise power over meanings; headquarters exerted control over “mindsets” and practices, while subsidiaries responded by resisting these meaning systems. The authors argue that the crossing of language boundaries offers a window onto shifting power positions and micro-politics in the MNC.Research limitations/implications– The study was limited to a single translation act in a focal headquarters-subsidiary relationship.Practical implications– From the managerial perspective, any process of communication in a multilingual context needs to be sensitive to power (re)definitions associated with language and translation.Originality/value– This study sheds light on translation as a political act and hidden activity in the MNC.
Critical perspectives on strategic CSR: what is sustainable value co-creation orientation?
Authors: Ahen Frederick , Zettinig Peter 
Published: February 2015

Purpose– This purpose of this paper is to integrate corporate responsibility (CR) doctrine into corporate strategy by problematizing existing notions of traditional corporate social responsibility. We provide a theoretical and empirical basis for the proposition that the bridge between CR and corporate irresponsibility is the embeddedness of strategic decisions in ethically oriented corporate practices toward sustainable value co-creation.Design/methodology/approach– Analysis was performed by meta-theoretical and economic philosophical approaches. The contemporary trends which have led to the institutionalization of sustainability questions, are explained. Special attention is paid to the historical, cultural and the international institutional context within which organizational culture becomes saturated with deviance.Findings– The main thrust is that competitive advantage, legitimacy for survival and success of the international firm in the 21st century hinges on innovative value co-creation that meets sustainability pressures and institutional expectations.Research limitations/implications– The research approach opens itself to debate. No generalizability claims are made but the propositions and conceptual framework seek to direct the CR discourse to engage seriously with cooperative investments for sustainable value creation.Originality/value– This paper contributes to the debate on CR, global sustainability and the role of international firms in society. It offers clarity in the confusion and fills a theoretical gap through a novel conceptualization of strategic corporate responsibility. Here, consumer, environmental and institutional orientation rather than producer orientation form the basis of analysis on value co-creation.
Making the business case?
Authors: Molthan-Hill Petra 
Published: February 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to challenge the assumptions prominent in the Anglo-American context that the objective of a business is to increase its profits and that managers have to make “the business case” to implement environmentally sounder solutions or other sustainability considerations into their business decisions. The paper argues that these assumptions are not presented as a human construction or agreement, instead they are treated as though they are a given, a prerequisite to a business system. By comparing qualitative statements in a cross-cultural study, the paper highlights different ways in which economic rationality could be conceptualised.Design/methodology/approach– Habermas’ (1984) framework of instrumental and communicative reason has been used to analyse the accounts of German and British managers in the Food Retail and Energy Sector.Findings– Only the British managers “make the business case” when dealing with environmental problems. German managers use a different instrumental reason from that applied by British managers; they would argue that cost-intensive environmental improvements can be made as long as the survival of the company is not at risk.Practical implications– The study challenges the perceived objectiveness of the “business case”, which has strong implications for the theoretical and practical application of Business Administration in the British context and beyond. Furthermore the paper suggests that new conceptualisations of “economic rationality” might help to better solve sustainability challenges.Originality/value– Practical application of Habermas framework to question underlying assumptions in the business discourse about environmental issues.
A multi-criteria decision making model for outsourcing maintenance services
Authors: Hassanain Mohammad A. , Assaf Sadi , Al-Hammad Abdul-Mohsen , Al-Nehmi Ahmed 
Published: February 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to present the development of a multi-criteria decision-making model for use by maintenance managers to consider before making a decision on outsourcing.

Design/methodology/approach
– Thirty-eight factors were identified for outsourcing maintenance services. These factors were grouped under six categories, namely: “strategic”, “management”, “technological”, “quality”, “economic” and “function characteristics”. The Analytic Hierarchy Process, as a multi-criteria decision-making model, was introduced and applied as an approach for maintenance managers in Saudi Arabian universities to consider before making a decision on outsourcing. A case study on the outsourcing decision of maintenance services of air-conditioning systems was carried out to apply the developed model.

Findings
– Data analysis indicated that all outsourcing decision groups of factors have almost equal weight, with the “quality” group of factors having the highest weight and the “technological” group of factors having the least weight. Further, the analysis indicated, in general, that the recommended decision for the maintenance managers is to outsource. However, an application of the developed model through a case study on the outsourcing of maintenance services of air-conditioning systems showed that the recommended action is not to outsource.

Originality/value
– The presented approach in this paper could be of practical benefit to maintenance managers in their decision making of whether or not to outsource maintenance services. The factors in the model were identified through a literature survey of research carried out in different countries. Therefore, the model could be applied in different settings, depending on the relative weight of the factors by the users.
Temporal disaggregation of time series based on accumulated and inverse accumulated generating operations and interpolation method
Authors: Shang Songhao 
Published: February 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to propose a new temporal disaggregation method for time series based on the accumulated and inverse accumulated generating operations in grey modeling and the interpolation method.

Design/methodology/approach
– This disaggregation method includes three main steps, including accumulation, interpolation, and differentiation (AID). First, a low frequency flow series is transformed to the corresponding stock series through accumulated generating operation. Then, values of the stock series at unobserved time is estimated through appropriate interpolation method. And finally, the disaggregated stock series is transformed back to high frequency flow series through inverse accumulated generating operation.

Findings
– The AID method is tested with a sales series. Results shows that the disaggregated sales data are satisfactory and reliable compared with the original data and disaggregated data using a time series model. The AID method is applicable to both long time series and grey series with insufficient information.

Practical implications
– The AID method can be easily used to disaggregate low frequency flow series.

Originality/value
– The AID method is a combination of grey modeling technique and interpolation method. Compared with other disaggregation methods, the AID method is simple, and does not require auxiliary information or plausible minimizing criterion required by other disaggregation methods.
The impact of R&D on GDP study based on grey delay Lotka-Volterra model
Authors: Mao Shuhua , Gao Mingyun , Zhu Min 
Published: February 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to elevate the accuracy when predicting the gross domestic product (GDP) on research and development (R&D) and to develop the grey delay Lotka-Volterra model.

Design/methodology/approach
– Considering the lag effects between input in R&D and output in GDP, this paper estimated the delay value via grey delay relation analysis. Taking the delay into original Lotka-Volterra model and combining with the thought of grey theory and grey transform, the authors proposed grey delay Lotka-Volterra model, estimated the parameter of model and gave the discrete time analytic expression.

Findings
– Collecting the actual data of R&D and GDP in Wuhan China from 1995 until 2008, this paper figure out that the delay between R&D and GDP was 2.625 year and found the dealy time would would gradually be reduced with the economy increasing.

Practical implications
– Constructing the grey delay Lotka-Volterra model via above data, this paper shown that the precision was satisfactory when fitting the data of R&D and GDP. Comparing the forecasts with the actual data of GDP in Wuhan from 2009 until 2012, the error was small.

Social implications
– The result shows that R&D and GDP would be both growing fast in future. Wuhan will become a city full of activity.

Originality/value
– Considering the lag between R&D and GDP, this work estimated the delay value via a grey delay relation analysis and constructed a novel grey delay Lotka-Volterra model.