bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Design and Implementation of an Environmental Computer Information System for a Continuous Enhancement and Systematization of Environmental Management
Authors: Schuler M. Soria , Rosales M. Miranda , Lau J. Hernani 
Published: June 2015

Abstract
The Camisea Pipeline Transportation System (PTS) consists of 730 Km of lines, surface facilities and operation facilities in the coast, mountains and forest. The project environmental management includes several environmental plans and programs aimed at following local laws, international standards and guidelines, such as the IDB policies, the Principles of Ecuador, the IFC performance standards and ISO 14001, that are part of the company's policy and its environmental management instruments.
The environmental management plans and programs include a Monitoring Plan, a Waste Management Plan, a Training Plan and Permitting Management, among others; which result in a continuous and large data flow, including records, forms, reports and several documents.
In this context, data management is sensitive and instrumental to ensure an appropriate environmental management. It is a challenge to manage data promptly considering the large area of influence of the project, which leads to the need of systematizing information using computing applications. After a benchmarking analysis and assessment of software available in the market, it was identified that the most appropriate solution was to develop tailored-made computing tools based on the PTS requirements. Therefore, we developed an in house Environmental Computer Information System (ECIS) based on .Net Framework 4 and SharePoint platforms.
As part of ECIS, a monitoring System was implemented to manage the whole process of over 137 points of the company's monitoring network; from the call, data acquisition, up to the preparation of statistical reports of results. The tool also accesses laboratories from its facilities through a web app to check results from the analysis, including assay reports. This optimizes data availability for monitoring, including historical data for analysis and automatic issuance of reports.
A Waste Computer Information System was also implemented for an efficient management and follow-up of almost 140 tons of solid waste created by the project, managing and systematizing data from its creation to final disposal, classifying them and keeping records along the management process to evidence compliance with the project standards, and creating historic and updated data for statistics.
The ECIS has several modules: environmental permitting to manage over 225 permits with warnings to identify their expiration dates; a training module, to store over 4,000 records including over almost 35,000 man hours trained during 2013; an environmental inspection, findings and incident module to follow up 518 inspections and 979 findings in 2013, up to their closure; additionally, modules for permitting and contractor record management and external documents from several environmental authorities, among others.
Integrated Petrophysical and Reservoir Characterization Workflow to Enhance Permeability and Water Saturation Prediction
Authors: Al-Amri Meshal A. , Mahmoud M. N. , Al-Yousef Hasan Y. , Al-Ghamdi Tariq M. 
Published: June 2015

Abstract
Accurate estimation of permeability is essential in reservoir characterization and in determining fluid flow in porous media to optimize the production of a field. Some of the available permeability prediction techniques — e.g., Porosity-Permeability transforms and more recently artificial intelligence and neural networks — are encouraging but still show only moderate to good match to core data. This could be due to limitation to homogenous media while the knowledge about geology and heterogeneity is indirectly related or absent. The use of geological information from core descriptions, e.g., Lithofacies, which includes diagenetic information, show a link to permeability when categorized into rock types exposed to similar depositional environments. The objective of this paper is to develop a robust combined workflow integrating geology and petrophysics and wireline logs in an extremely heterogeneous carbonate reservoir to accurately predict permeability. Permeability prediction is carried out using pattern recognition algorithm called multi-resolution graph-based clustering (MRGC). We will bench mark the prediction results with hard data from core and well test analysis. As a result, we show how much better improvements are achieved in permeability prediction when geology is integrated within the analysis. Finally, we use the predicted permeability as an input parameter in J-function and correct for uncertainties in saturation calculation produced by wireline logs using the classical Archie equation. In conclusion, a high level of confidence in hydrocarbon volumes estimation is reached when robust permeability and saturation height functions are estimated, in conjunction with important geological details that are petrophysically meaningful.
Current status of the rotating belt filtration (RBF) technology for municipal wastewater treatment
Authors: Franchi A. , Santoro D. 
Published: June 2015

Rotating belt filtration (RBF) is a technology designed for the removal of suspended solids, and effluent organic matter from wastewater that has been recently undergoing intensive development and testing. Generally, RBF can remove solids to meet Ten State Standards (‘Primary settling of normal domestic wastewater can be expected to remove approximately one-third of the influent BOD5 when operating at an overflow rate of 41 m3/(m2 d) [1,000 gallons per day/square foot]’) and European council directive standards (at least 50% total suspended solids (TSS) and 20% Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) removal). Recent testing have also shown that, when a polymer is added upstream of the RBF, solids and organics removal is significantly enhanced.
Advantages of RBF include reduced space requirement, ability to support small mesh without clogging, reduced civil engineering site work, and modular construction allowing for reduced design work, faster installation, and ease of plant expansion. Additional site-specific advantages may include reduced capital and operation costs, and energy savings (e.g. reduced aeration costs following the addition of primary solids removal by RBF against the baseline case where primary solids removal is not practiced). As a matter of fact, when RBF is operated as a pretreatment to remove 50% of the incoming TSS prior to the biological aerated tank, a significant decrease in power consumption ranging from 22 to 28% can be expected if compared to the case where no primary treatment is used.
This paper focuses on the current status of development of the technology and provides a literature review of recent experimental studies focused on testing RBF.
Assessing the evolutionary history of the class Synurophyceae (Heterokonta) using molecular, morphometric, and paleobiological approaches
Authors: Siver Peter A. , Jo Bok Yeon , Kim Jong Im , Shin Woongghi , Lott Anne Marie , Wolfe Alexander P. 
Published: June 2015

• Premise of the study: Heterokont algae of the class Synurophyceae, characterized by distinctive siliceous scales that cover the surface of the cell, are ecologically important in inland waters, yet their evolutionary history remains enigmatic. We explore phylogenetic relationships within this group of algae relative to geologic time, with a focus on evolution of siliceous components.• Methods: We combined an expansive five‐gene and time‐calibrated molecular phylogeny of synurophyte algae with an extensive array of fossil specimens from the middle Eocene to infer evolutionary trends within the group.• Key results: The group originated in the Jurassic approximately 157 million years ago (Ma), with the keystone genera Mallomonas and Synura diverging during the Early Cretaceous at 130 Ma. Mallomonas further splits into two major subclades, signaling the evolution of the V‐rib believed to aid in the spacing and organization of scales on the cell covering. Synura also diverges into two primary subclades, separating taxa with forward‐projecting spines on the scale from those with a keel positioned on the scale proper. Approximately one third of the fossil species are extinct, whereas the remaining taxa are linked to modern congeners.• Conclusions: The taxonomy of synurophytes, which relies extensively on the morphology of the siliceous components, is largely congruent with molecular analyses. Scales of extinct synurophytes were significantly larger than those of modern taxa and may have played a role in their demise. In contrast, many fossil species linked to modern lineages were smaller in the middle Eocene, possibly reflecting growth in the greenhouse climatic state that characterized this geologic interval.
« L’accompagnement » au long cours d’un professeur des écoles par une équipe de recherche
Authors: Bossard Louis-Marie , Blanchard-Laville Claudine 
Published: June 2015

Dans cet article, les auteurs rendent compte de l’évolution de leurs modalités de lien à un enseignant, professeur des écoles, qui a participé à une recherche longitudinale concernant les processus sous-tendant sa pratique d’enseignement. Cet enseignant a été observé et filmé en classe à plusieurs reprises dans le cadre de cette recherche qui s’est étalée sur plusieurs années. Des rencontres entre lui et l’équipe constituée de plusieurs chercheurs se réclamant d’une démarche clinique d’orientation psychanalytique ont eu lieu à des moments clés de la recherche. L’article vise à présenter les modalités d’« accompagnement » de cet enseignant qui se sont progressivement précisées pour l’équipe de recherche jusqu’au moment où il a été question de lui faire partager certains éléments des analyses qui ont été écrites par des chercheurs de l’équipe à partir d’observations filmées. Le déroulé du dialogue établi lors de l’une de ces dernières rencontres est également restitué.
Feasibility of a Semi-computerized Line Bisection Test for Unilateral Visual Neglect Assessment
Authors: Jee H. , Kim J. , Kim C. , Kim T. , Park J. 
Published: June 2015

SummaryBackground: Commonly used paper-and-pencil based test modalities for assessing the degree of unilateral visual neglect (ULN) in patients with hemispheric cerebral lesions consume human resources with a significant inter and intra-rater variability.Objective: To explore the feasibility of a semi-computerized electronic-pen based ULN assessment system (e-system) to improve assessment quality without altering the conventional user interface.Materials and Methods: Thirty cognitively healthy participants (HG) and 11 participants diagnosed with right-hemispheric lesion and unilateral visual neglect (NG) were recruited to evaluate the e-system. Line bisection tests (LBT) were repeatedly conducted twice for the inter-rater and intra-rater (reliability) comparisons. The LBT results were assessed by the e-system and the golden standard methods (manual rater assessment). The percent deviation (%), assessment duration (sec), and number of neglected line (each) were evaluated.Results: The inter-rater comparisons of the assessed deviation (%) variable showed excellent inter-rater reliabilities (CCCs) ranging from .84 (.59 to .95 (p < .001)) to .99 (.90 to .99 (p < .001)) for HG and NG. The Bland Altman mean difference (B-A) plots with bias (95% LOA (limits of agreement)) showed similar agreements between the e-system and the raters ranging from -.04 % (-2.10 to 1.97) to 1.30 % (-2.23 to 4.84) for HG and NG. The effect sizes (ES), which show similarities between the assessment methods, yielded smaller ranges from .01 to .30 for HG and NG. The reliability (test-retest) comparisons showed similar assessment results between the e-system, rater 1, and rater 2. The manual rater assessment time ranging from 5.85 to 6.00 minutes and inter- and intra-assessment variations were virtually eliminated with the e-system.Conclusion: The semi-computerized system with the conventional paper-and pencil user-interface showed valid and reliable assessment results. It may be a feasible replacement for the manual rater assessment modality even in a clinical setting.Citation: Park J, Jee H, Kim C, Kim J, Kim T. Feasibility of a Semi-computerized Line Bisection Test for Unilateral Visual Neglect Assessment. Appl Clin Inform 2015; 6: 400–417http://dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2015-01-RA-0002
Synthesis and Antibacterial Evaluation of Calcinated Ag-Doped Nano-Hydroxyapatite with Dispersibility
Authors: Furuzono Tsutomu , Motaharul Mazumder , Kogai Yasumichi , Azuma Yoshinao , Sawa Yoshiki 
Published: June 2015

Purpose Dispersible hydroxyapatite (HAp) nanoparticles are very useful for applying a monolayer to implantable medical devices using the nano-coating technique. To improve tolerance to infection on implanted medical devices, silver-doped HAp (Ag-HAp) nanoparticles with dispersiblity and crystallinity were synthesized, avoiding calcination-induced sintering, and evaluated for antibacterial activity. Methods The Ca10-xAgx(PO4)6(OH)2 with x = 0 and 0.2 were prepared by wet chemical processing at 100°C. Before calcination at 700°C for 2 h, two kinds of anti-sintering agents, namely a Ca(NO3)2 (Ca salt) and a poly-acrylic acid/Ca salt mixture (PAA-Ca), were used. Escherichia coli was used to evaluate the antibacterial activity of the nanopowder. Results When PAA-Ca was used as an anti-sintering agent in calcination to prepare the dispersible nanoparticles, strong metallic Ag peaks were observed at 38.1° and 44.3° ( 20 ) in the X-ray diffraction (XRD) profile. However, the Ag peak was barely observed when Ca salt was used alone as the anti-sintering agent. Thus, using Ca salt alone was more effective for preparation of dispersible Ag-HAp than PAA-Ca. The particle average size of Ag-HAp with 0.5 mol% of Ag content was found to be 325 ± 70 nm when the formation of large particle-aggregations was prevented, as determined by dynamic light scattering instrument. The antibacterial activity of the Ag-HAp nanoparticles possessing 0.5 mol% against E. coli was greater than 90.0%. Conclusions Dispersible and crystalline nano Ag-HAp can be obtained by using Ca salt alone as an anti-sintering agent. The nanoparticles showed antibacterial activity.
Recorregut de recerca geològica i minera per la comarca del Priorat: des de Falset a Marçà, al Masroig, al Molar i a la Figuera de Falset
Authors: Mata Perelló Josep Maria , Sanz Balagué Joaquim 
Published: June 2015

Itinerari realitzat el 29 de juny de 2014. En aquesta ocasió, el recorregut del present itinerari discorrerà íntegrament, per una sola de les tres unitats geològiques que constitueixen Catalunya: concretament per la coneguda com a Sistema Mediterrani. Dintre d´aquesta, el recorregut recalarà, també exclusivament en una sola de les seves sotsunitats, la més externa de totes: la Serralada Prelitoral Catalana. Així, en aquest recorregut, observarem clarament les alineacions “catalanes” (NNE-SSW); tot i així, veurem la influència de les alineacions ibèriques (WNW-ESE), en algunes de les fractures que anirem trobant al llarg de l´itinerari. Tot i així, prop del Molar veure una altra sotsunitat: la Depressió de Mora. Aquesta es situa entre les dues branques en que es divideix la Serralada Prelitoral Catalana cap a ponent, a partir d´aquesta comarca. Aquesta unitat, també la veurem en el recorregut des del Masroig al Molar. Així, el recorregut s´iniciarà prop de la població de Falset, des d´on s´anirà cap a Marçà, dintre ja de l´esmentada Serralada Prelitoral Catalana, per la qual anirà circulant fins a la fi del recorregut de l´itinerari, en arribar a la població de la Figuera de Falset, on finalitzarà el recorregut de l´itinerari. Per altra banda, aquest itinerari discorrerà per una sola comarca: la del Priorat, des dels voltants de Falset i Marçà fins a la Figuera de Falset, on clourà el recorregut del mateix. Aquesta comarca s´inclou a cavall de les denominades Terres de l´Ebre, i de les Terres de Reus.
Recorregut de recerca geològica i mineralògica per la comarca de l´Alt Urgell: des de Castellciutat i Montferrer cap Adrall, el pla de Sant Tirs, Organyà, Figols d´Organyà, Montan de Tost i Colldarnat i la Vansa
Authors: Mata Perelló Josep Maria , Sanz Balagué Joaquim 
Published: June 2015

Itinerari realitzat el 13 de juliol de 2014. En aquesta ocasió, el recorregut de l´itinerari discorrerà, en la seva totalitat pel Sistema Pirinenc. I ho farà per una zona d´una gran complexitat tectònica. Així, es circularà per diferents de les seves sots unitats: per la Depressió de l´Urgellet, Mantell del Cadí, Mantell de les Nogueres, per l´extrem septentrional del Mantell del Bóixols i pel Mantell del Montsec de Tost. Dins i tot ens mourem per les proximitats dels Apilaments de la Zona Axial Pirinenca, que arribarem a tallar a l´ini del recorregut. Així, el recorregut s´iniciarà dintre de la Depressió de l´Urgellet per la qual es transitarà molt ràpidament entre la localitat de Castellciutat i les immediacions del Pla de Sant Tirs. En aquest recorregut trobarem afloraments dels materials neògens del Miocè a l´Holocè. I, finalment, en arribar a les immediacions del Pla de Sant Tirs es penetrarà a la vorera septentrional i occidental de Mantell del Cadí, fins arribar a la Palanca de Noves. En aquest tram es trobaran materials paleozoics (del Carbonífer i del Pèrmic) i mesozoics (del Triàsic). Tot i així, en aquest tram, pels sectors més ponentins, també trobarem el Mantell de les Nogueres (amb afloraments del Carbonífer, Permià i Triàsic, fonamentalment). Posteriorment, entre les immediacions de Noves de Segre i Montant de Tost, anirem veient afloraments que corresponent al Mantell de Bóixols, que veurem fins quasi arribar a Colldarnat. Així, veurem materials del Juràssic i del Cretàcic. Tot i això, sovint aquests materials es troben recoberts per terrenys cenozoics de l´Oligocè.
Des Kanaks au Québec
Authors: Salaün Marie 
Published: June 2015

Ce texte présente les retours d’expérience de jeunes Kanaks de Nouvelle-Calédonie en formation aux métiers de la mine dans les cégeps de Rouyn et de Sept-Îles. Le but des entretiens réalisés avec ces jeunes autochtones était de recueillir le versant subjectif d’une expérience de formation à l’étranger. Ces témoignages livrent les répercussions individuelles d’un climat économique, politique et social vécu comme incertain. Sont ainsi tracés les contours de la nouvelle condition salariale qui s’offre à une génération dont le destin est lié au développement de l’activité autour du nickel. La réflexion suscitée par l’expérience canadienne donne l’occasion de revenir sur leurs parcours scolaires antérieurs en Nouvelle-Calédonie et éclaire d’un jour nouveau le choix collectif qui se pose aujourd’hui au peuple kanak, entre lutte pour l’indépendance d’une future Kanaky et stratégie de défense des droits autochtones.
Basic study of intrinsic elastography: Relationship between tissue stiffness and propagation velocity of deformation induced by pulsatile flow
Authors: Nagaoka Ryo , Iwasaki Ryosuke , Arakawa Mototaka , Kobayashi Kazuto , Yoshizawa Shin , Umemura Shin-ichiro , Saijo Yoshifumi 
Published: June 2015

Abstract
We proposed an estimation method for a tissue stiffness from deformations induced by arterial pulsation, and named this proposed method intrinsic elastography (IE). In IE, assuming that the velocity of the deformation propagation in tissues is closely related to the stiffness, the propagation velocity (PV) was estimated by spatial compound ultrasound imaging with a high temporal resolution of 1 ms. However, the relationship between tissue stiffness and PV has not been revealed yet. In this study, the PV of the deformation induced by the pulsatile pump was measured by IE in three different poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) phantoms of different stiffnesses. The measured PV was compared with the shear wave velocity (SWV) measured by shear wave imaging (SWI). The measured PV has trends similar to the measured SWV. These results obtained by IE in a healthy male show the possibility that the mechanical properties of living tissues could be evaluated by IE.
Can classroom seating arrangements help establish a safe environment for victims? A randomized controlled trial
Authors: Hoekstra Nathalie A. H. , van den Berg Yvonne H. M. , Lansu Tessa A. M. , Peetz Hannah K. , Mainhard M. Tim , Cillessen Antonius H. N. 
Published: August 2024

AbstractStudents around the globe still experience bullying daily. Teachers play a key role in supporting victimized students and they could do so using their classroom seating arrangement. Common teacher strategies are to separate victims and bullies and to seat victims close to supportive others, but research has not examined whether these strategies support victims' wellbeing. Therefore, the current study tested an intervention in which victims in experimental classrooms were seated far away from their bullies and next to their best friends, whereas a random seating arrangement was implemented in control classrooms. The underlying reasoning was that victims would experience a sense of safety next to their best friend and to limit bullies' opportunities to harass the victim. The outcomes were classroom comfort, internalizing problems, academic engagement, and victimization frequency. We used a sample of 1746 Dutch upper elementary school students (Mage = 10.21) of whom 250 students reported to be chronically and frequently victimized (Mage = 9.96 years). Ethical and practical reasons rendered the conditions similar regarding victims' distances to their bullies. Consequently, the intervention in the end tested the effect of victims sitting next to their best friend. Several mixed‐effects models showed that no support was found for the effectiveness of this intervention. Additional exploratory analyses testing the effect of victims' continuous distances to their bullies on their wellbeing also found no effects. These findings suggest that changing victims', bullies', and best friends' seats do not improve victims' classroom wellbeing. Alternative explanations, directions for future research, and practical implications are discussed.
Near Infrared‐Triggered Nitric Oxide‐Release Nanovesicles with Mild‐Photothermal Antibacterial and Immunomodulation for Healing MRSA‐Infected Diabetic Wounds
Authors: Xu Chang , Zhang Jiqing , Zhang Junxian , Li Danting , Yan Xiaozhe , Gu Yuxuan , Zhong Meihui , Gao Hui , Zhao Qiang , Qu Xiongwei , Huang Pingsheng , Zhang Jimin 
Published: August 2024

AbstractBacterial infection‐induced excessive inflammation is a major obstacle in diabetic wound healing. Nitric oxide (NO) exhibits significant antibacterial activity but is extremely deficient in diabetes. Hence, a near‐infrared (NIR)‐triggered NO release system is constructed through codelivery of polyarginine (PArg) and gold nanorods (Au) in an NIR‐activatable methylene blue (MB) polypeptide‐assembled nanovesicle (Au/PEL‐PBA‐MB/PArg). Upon NIR irradiation, the quenched MB in the nanovesicles is photoactivated to generate more reactive oxygen species (ROS) to oxidize PArg and release NO in an on‐demand controlled manner. With the specific bacterial capture of phenylboronic acid (PBA), NO elevated membrane permeability and boosted bacterial vulnerability in the photothermal therapy (PTT) of the Au nanorods, which is displayed by superior mild PTT antibacterial activity against methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at temperatures < 49.7 °C in vitro. Moreover, in vivo, the antibacterial nanovesicles greatly suppressed the burst of MRSA‐induced excessive inflammation, NO relayed immunomodulated macrophage polarization from M1 to M2, and the excessive inflammatory phase is successfully transferred to the repair phase. In cooperation with angiogenesis by NO, tissue regeneration is accelerated in MRSA‐infected diabetic wounds. Therefore, nanoplatform has considerable potential for accelerating the healing of infected diabetic wounds.