bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A novel antibiotic: the antimicrobial effects of CFBSA and its application on electronspun wound dressing
Authors: Sun Shu , Cao Lei , Wu Jinglei , Sun Binbin , El-Newehy Mohamed , Moydeen Abdulhameed Meera , Mo Xiumei , Yang Xianjin , Zheng Hao 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
N-chloro-N-fluorobenzenesulfonylamide (CFBSA), was a novel chlorinating reagent, which exhibits potential antibacterial activities. In this study, CFBSA was confirmed as a wide-broad antimicrobial and bactericidal drug against different gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria and fungi, while it was found to have low cytotoxicity for eukaryotic cells. In addition, microorganism morphology assay and oxidative stress test was used to determine the antimicrobial mechanisms of CFBSA. According to the results, CFBSA probably had a target on cell membrane and killed microorganism by disrupting its cell membrane. Then, CFBSA was first combined with poly(L-lactide-co-caprolactone) (PLCL)/SF via electrospinning and applied in wound dressings. The characterization of different PLCL/SF of CFBSA-loaded nanofibrous mats was investigated by SEM, water contact angle, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, cell compatibility and antimicrobial test. CFBSA-loaded PLCL/SF nanofibrous mats showed excellent antimicrobial activities. In order to balance of the biocompatibility and antibacterial efficiency, SP-2.5 was selected as the ideal loading concentration for further application of CFBSA-loaded PLCL/SF. In conclusion, the electrospun CFBSA-loaded PLCL/SF nanofibrous mat with its broad-spectrum antimicrobial and bactericidal activity and good biocompatibility showed enormous potential for wound dressing.
Performance of a multiphase bioactive socket plug with a barrier function for alveolar ridge preservation
Authors: Yao Chao , Pripatnanont Prisana , Zhang Junbiao , Suttapreyasri Srisurang 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
The natural healing process of extraction socket and traditional socket plug material could not prevent buccal bone wall resorption and down growth of epithelium from the socket orifice. A multiphase bioactive socket plug (BP) is designed to overcome the natural healing process by maintaining the three-dimensional (3D) volume of extraction sockets, particularly in sockets with wall defects, and later provide sufficient alveolar bone volume for implant placement. The study aimed to fabricate and evaluate the physical, chemical, and biological performance of BP in vitro. The BP was fabricated through freeze-drying and layer-by-layer assembly, comprised of a base serving as a scaffold, a central portion for promoting bone regeneration, an upper buccal portion for maintaining alveolar socket dimension with a covering collagen membrane (Memb) on the top and upper buccal surface to prevent soft tissue infiltration. The BP as the experimental group and a pure collagen plug (CP) as the control group were investigated and compared. Radiograph, scanning electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive spectroscopy mapping confirmed that the four-part BP was successfully assembled and fabricated. Swelling rate analysis indicated that BP, CP, and Memb reached swelling equilibrium within 1 hour. BP exhibited a high remaining weight percentage in collagenase solution (68.81 ± 2.21% on day 90) and sustained calcium ion release, reaching the maximum 0.13 ± 0.04 mmol l−1 on day 14. In biological assays, BP exhibited excellent cell proliferation (The OD value increased from 0.02 on day 1 to 0.23 on day 21.). The BP group exhibited higher alkaline phosphatase activity and osteocalcin content than the CP group within 21 days. Memb and BP exhibited outstanding barrier function, as evidenced by Hematoxylin and eosin staining. In summary, the multiphase bioactive socket plug represents a promising scaffold for alveolar ridge preservation application.
Changes in soil microbial metabolic limitations after half-century forest restoration in degraded tropical lands
Authors: Hu Minghui , Zhu Yiren , Li Jianling , Yao Xianyu , Hu Yuanliu , Huang Xiaolin , Li Yonghui , Zhang Deqiang , Deng Qi 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Due to increasing anthropogenic pressure, over half of the world’s tropical forests are reforested or afforested secondary forests or plantations. The recovery pace and potential of these forests depend largely on soil microbially-mediated biogeochemical cycling. Here we measured soil extracellular enzyme activities and quantified microbial metabolic limitations using a vector analysis in a bare land (BL, representing the original state before restoration), two afforested sites [i.e. a restored secondary forest (MF) and a managed Eucalyptus exserta plantation (EP)] and a nearby undisturbed forest (UF) in south China. Results showed that soil microbial metabolisms were co-limited by carbon (C) and phosphorus (P) across the four forests. Both microbial C and P limitations were higher in BL than UF. Microbial C limitation significantly reduced after restoration only in MF when compared to BL, but it was still higher than that in UF. Interestingly, microbial P limitation significantly enhanced after restoration in both EP and MF when compared to BL, and it did not differ between the two restored forests. Structural equation modeling (SEM) showed that microbial C limitation was primarily attributed to microbial C use efficiency, while microbial P limitation was co-driven by plant biomass, microbial C use efficiency and soil P availability. These findings suggest microbial C limitation could be gradually recovered after forest restoration in southern China, which would facilitate soil organic carbon accumulation. However, the enhanced microbial P limitation after forest restoration underlines the necessity to develop optimal P management in these restored forests.
Do we accurately measure what we consume?
Authors: Goldstein Benjamin P , Gounaridis Dimitrios , Newell Joshua P , Pelton Rylie , Schmitt Jennifer 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Understanding how consumption patterns affect the environment and shape well-being hinges on the rationale that the data collected on what is consumed, who consumes it, and where it is consumed are indeed accurate. To identify these consumption patterns and recommend corresponding policies, researchers and policy makers often rely on national surveys. Studies have explored the accuracy of individual surveys and the level of agreement across surveys of the same type (e.g. household expenditures), but no studies have compared representative national surveys measuring consumption in different ways. This study compares household consumption measured as expenditures and as material consumption (i.e. physical units) to assess how well we currently measure what we consume. We use multiple rigorous, national surveys to estimate meat consumption, household energy use, and private automobile use in the United States, with consumption profiles parsed by affluence, race/ethnicity, and education. Our results indicate that commonly used surveys may not accurately track important aspects of household consumption. For meat consumption, which included 30 consumption profiles detailing the consumption patterns across different demographic characteristics and meat types (e.g. kilograms beef consumed/capita for Caucasians), there is considerable disagreement between data sources for 20 profiles. By contrast, national surveys accurately measure household energy and transport (disagreement for four profiles). Our findings indicate that national surveys more accurately measure consistently tracked, standardized consumables like electricity than irregularly tracked, variable goods such as food. These results cast doubt on studies that use national surveys to draw conclusions about the how the environmental impacts of food, and, potentially, other goods (e.g. manufactured goods) vary across demographic groups. Overcoming this challenge will necessitate new surveys, updating legacy databases, and harnessing breakthroughs in data science.
Residential segregation and summertime air temperature across 13 northeastern U.S. states: potential implications for energy burden
Authors: Carrión Daniel , Rush Johnathan , Colicino Elena , Just Allan C 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
High ambient summertime temperatures are an increasing health concern with climate change. This is a particular concern for minoritized households in the United States, for which differential energy burden may compromise adaptive capacity to high temperatures. Our research question was: Do minoritized groups experience hotter summers than the area average, and do non-Hispanic white people experience cooler summers? Using a fine-scaled spatiotemporal air temperature model and U.S. census data, we examined local (within-county) differences in warm season cooling degree days (CDDs) by ethnoracial group as a proxy for local energy demand for space cooling across states of the northeast and mid-Atlantic U.S. in 2003–2019. Using state-specific regression models adjusted for year and county, we found that Black and Latino people consistently experienced more CDDs, non-Hispanic white people experienced fewer CDDs, and Asian populations showed mixed results. We also explored a concentration-based measure of residential segregation for each ethnoracial group as one possible pathway towards temperature disparities. We included the segregation measure as a smooth term in a regression model adjusted for county and year. The results were nonlinear, but higher concentrations of white people were associated with lower annual CDDs and higher concentrations of Latino people were associated with higher annual CDDs than the county average. Concentrations for Black and Asian people were nonmonotonic, sometimes with bowed associations. These findings suggest that present-day residential segregation, as modeled by spatially smoothed ethnoracial subgroup concentrations, may contribute to summertime air temperature disparities and influence adaptive capacity. We hope these findings can support place-based interventions, including targeting of energy insecurity relief programs.
Quantization of pseudo-hermitian systems
Authors: Baldiotti M C , Fresneda R 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
This work is a generalization of (Raimundo et al 2021 Phys. Rev. A 103 022201) to Grassmann algebras of arbitrary dimensions. Here we present a covariant quantization scheme for pseudoclassical theories focused on non-hermitian quantum mechanics. The quantization maps canonically related pseudoclassical theories to equivalent quantum realizations in arbitrary dimensions. We apply the formalism to the problem of two coupled spins with Heisenberg interaction.
One-dimensional continuous-time quantum Markov chains: qubit probabilities and measures
Authors: de la Iglesia Manuel D , Lardizabal Carlos F 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Quantum Markov chains (QMCs) are positive maps on a trace-class space describing open quantum dynamics on graphs. Such objects have a statistical resemblance with classical random walks, while at the same time they allow for internal (quantum) degrees of freedom. In this work we study continuous-time QMCs on the integer line, half-line and finite segments, so that we are able to obtain exact probability calculations in terms of the associated matrix-valued orthogonal polynomials and measures. The methods employed here are applicable to a wide range of settings, but we will restrict ourselves to classes of examples for which the Lindblad generators are induced by a single positive map, and such that the Stieltjes transforms of the measures and their inverses can be calculated explicitly.
High entropy oxides for reversible lithium-ion battery: a brief review
Authors: Sur Soumyadeep , Anand Gautam , Jha Shikhar Krishn 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Multicomponent systems were proposed in 2004 with tremendous potential in various applications. The central idea was to enhance the configurational contribution to entropy of a (nearly) equiatomic mixture of element to achieve invariability. In 2015, this concept of entropy induced stabilization was illustrated in a blend of oxides. Following this, other entropy stabilized oxides were studied, exploding in the vast composition space with materials showing enhanced properties. These systems were adept in wide range of technologies ranging from thermal barrier coatings, ultra-high temperature refractories, wear and corrosion resistant coatings, catalysts, thermoelectrics, and electrochemical energy storage systems (EES). We will walk through the recent developments in high entropy oxides for reversible energy storage in this review, looking at the high entropy attributes that enhance their electrochemical capabilities. The influence of entropy can no longer be avoided in ceramics and will be crucial to the advancement of sustainable technologies in the future.
Preparation and application of rosin@apatite hybrid material with new natural surfactants based on in-situ reaction by sol-gel method
Authors: Wang Maogong , Guo Xuying , Yang Xiaofang , Zhang Junjie , Yang Mingsheng , Song Jie , Han Chunrui , Liu Liujun 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Due to the combination of organic and inorganic advantages, organic@inorganic hybrid materials have important applications in drug-loading, water-treatment and other fields. Rosin@apatite (AP) hybrid materials with various morphologies were designed and obtained by in situ reaction using two novel rosin-based phosphoester surfactants as organic phosphorus sources. The hybrid materials combined multi-ring, multi-electron groups of natural rosin diterpene and strong physical adsorption properties of apatite. Block and sheet rosin@AP hybrid materials were prepared by sol–gel method with mild reaction conditions. The materials have excellent adsorption capacity of phenol (9.2 mg g−1) and loading capacity (492 mg g−1) of adriamycin (DOX) induced by π–π stacking interaction with rosin bases. The content of rosin based organic materials in hybrid materials is as high as 47.5% by thermogravimetric analysis. The formation mechanism of hybrid materials was speculated in detail.
Carbon capture and co-pollutants in a networked power system
Authors: Pimentel Furlanetto Paola , Ash Michael , Baker Erin , Diana Bridget , Donaghy Tim , Zakeri Golbon 
Published: June 2024

AbstractWe evaluate how the availability of carbon capture (CC) in a networked electricity system affects the emissions of both carbon and of co-pollutants, under a range of plausible technical, economic, and policy scenarios about CC technology, the pace of renewable deployment, the structure of the power grid, and climate policy. We employ a Power Flow model of a three-node, mixed-source network in which fossil fuel power plants may invest in CC via retrofit. Our stylized model retains some of the complexities of a real power system while allowing for a detailed analysis of the impact of power plant operations and transmission constraints. We find that, in a networked system, the availability of CC may lead some generation to move from natural gas to coal, thus leading to a significant increase in co-pollutants. This is of particular concern during the mid-transition, a period when both carbon and non-carbon electrical generation is active. The introduction of CC can lead to an increase in co-pollution even as the energy system transitions toward renewable energy and, surprisingly, co-pollution outcomes can be worse under a stronger decarbonization policy. This insight is important and timely in light of recent rules incentivizing the use of CC. Systems in the early stages of the energy transition may experience an increase in co-pollution if the co-pollutant dynamics are not considered in the first steps of CC policy design.
Iris Murdoch and the Political
Authors: Browning Gary 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Iris Murdoch is a celebrated philosopher and novelist. Was she a political theorist? It has been argued that she concentrated upon the personal and the moral at the expense of the social and the political. However, this book urges the contrary. Murdoch had lifelong interests in politics, literature, and philosophy. More than that, Murdoch sees experience, historical experience, as the foundation upon which literature, philosophy, and political theory are based. Hence, in reading Murdoch we get a clear insight into the nature of the political world in the twentieth century. From an early political radicalism to a later scepticism over political possibilities, Murdoch reacted to and thought about the great political events of the twentieth century, notably the Holocaust, the rise and fall of ideologies, the possibilities of utopianism, and the realities of political tyranny and totalitarianism. Her political philosophy conceptualized relations between moral and political spheres. Her novels deal imaginatively with questions of migration, refugees, sexuality, and freedom. Her letters and journals provide moment to moment reactions to political events.
The Later Politics
Authors: Browning Gary 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Murdoch moved on from radicalism at the end of the 1960s. She was critical of Soviet Communism in Eastern Europe, disagreed with Labour policy on education, Ireland, and the trade unions, and reacted against student revolt. Her letters and journals reveal visceral reactions to everyday politics. Her continued philosophical reading of politics is evident in Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals (1992), where she emphasizes the need to maintain basic axioms, such as rights and the provision of welfare, which differ from moral duties and the demands of personal moral lives. Murdoch highlights the importance of the political in that political rights can provide security and protection from tyrants, and a good polity enables individuals to develop personal moral commitments. Although the personal and the political are different for Murdoch, the one pursuing perfection and the other dealing with imperfection, she recognizes that, at times, individuals will seek to change political norms, and she does not see political axioms as fixed. Indeed, at the end of her life she recognizes the environmental dangers to the planet in her correspondence with the Australian philosopher Brian Medlin.
The Plays: Enacting the Political
Authors: Browning Gary 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Murdoch wrote a number of plays, with decided political themes. She composed three important ones in 1969, The Servants and the Snow, The Three Arrows, and Joanna, Joanna. The Servants and the Snow is set somewhere in Central or Eastern Europe and deals with the succession to an autocratic ruler. Basil, a liberal-minded son takes over from a tyrant. He is keen to reform. He finds the project of reform difficult to implement, however, which invites the audience and readership to reflect upon the issues involved. In the Three Arrows, a Japanese rebel politician languishes in jail, and his potential release depends upon his undertaking the ancient ceremony of the three arrows, which forces him to choose between personal love and political commitment. Joanna, Joanna is set in a higher education institution, where a cynical head is making cuts. He sacks a popular member of staff, which incites a student protest. Students and management are shown to misperceive key issues, and this again invites the audience to consider the politics of the situation. In a late operatic play, The One Alone, a lone dissident in a totalitarian country is imprisoned for an apparently hopeless protest and is left to consider their fate and what, if anything, political protest can achieve.
Behavior Change Techniques Involved in Physical Activity Interventions for Children With Chronic Conditions: A Systematic Review
Authors: Sivaramakrishnan Hamsini , Davis Elizabeth , Obadimeji Lerato , Valentine Jane , Wood Fiona , Shetty Vinutha , Finlay-Jones Amy 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

Background
Behavior change techniques (BCTs) have been extensively used in physical activity interventions for children, however, no systematic reviews have synthesized their effects.

Purpose
The present review aimed to identify the most promising BCTs used in physical activity interventions associated with (i) increased physical activity behavior and (ii) positive psychosocial outcomes in children with chronic conditions.

Methods
A systematic search of 6 databases identified 61 articles as eligible for inclusion. Data, including BCTs, were extracted from these studies and analyzed descriptively. Due to the heterogeneity of interventions, chronic conditions, and outcome measures, a meta-analysis was not conducted.

Results
Social support (unspecified), graded tasks, generalization of target behavior, and credible source were the most commonly reported and most promising (i.e., present in 2+ studies evidencing significant effects) BCTs across all studies. These BCTs were found to be especially relevant to improving psychosocial outcomes in the short- and long-term and improving physical activity behaviors in the long-term. Meanwhile, to improve short-term physical activity behaviors, in addition to social support (unspecified), action planning, goal setting (behavior), and problem solving were found to be promising BCTs.

Conclusions
The BCTs identified in this review may be relevant to incorporate when planning future interventions to support physical activity and psychosocial outcomes for children with chronic conditions.
Reevaluation of ovarian cyst fine-needle aspiration cytology: A 10-year institutional experience
Authors: Takeda Kotaro , Cai Guoping , Adeniran Adebowale J , Sun Tong 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

Objectives
Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of ovarian cyst fluid remains useful for certain clinical circumstances despite low sensitivity and potential safety concerns. The current study aimed to reevaluate the performance of ovarian cystic fluid cytology following American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists guidelines using a single-institution cohort.

Methods
A total of 507 ovarian cyst FNA cases from 2013 to 2023 were reviewed. Patients’ demographics and clinical and radiologic information were collected through the electronic database. The performance was calculated using corresponding surgical pathology diagnosis as the gold standard.

Results
Overall, cytologic diagnoses were nondiagnostic (ND), negative for malignancy (NFM), atypical (ATY), suspicious for malignancy (SFM), and malignant (M) in 5 (1.0%), 478 (94.3%), 14 (2.7%), 2 (0.4%), and 8 (1.6%) cases, respectively. Among 349 specimens (68.8%) that had a corresponding surgical pathology, the rate of malignancy (including borderline tumors) was 1.2% (4 of 325) in NFM, 72.7% in ATY (8 of 11), and 100% in both SFM (2 of 2) and M (8 of 8) specimens. Considering NFM and ATY as negative results and SFM and M as positive results, overall, the sensitivity of ovarian cystic fluid cytology was 45.4% and the specificity was 100%.

Conclusions
As an uncommon test, ovarian cystic fluid cytology has moderate sensitivity and high specificity. Despite limitations, ovarian cystic FNA cytology remains a valuable diagnostic tool in certain aspects.