bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Tracking an Elusive Population: Family Carers of Older Adults With Intellectual Disabilities in Romandy (Switzerland)
Authors: Jecker‐Parvex Maurice , Breitenbach Nancy 
Published: September 2012

AbstractDespite a long‐standing tradition of institutional placement in Switzerland, many older adults with intellectual disabilities continue to be supported by aging parents and siblings. For various reasons, these carers and the adults concerned have been overlooked up to now. To find out how many such families are providing housing and care of this kind, and what characterizes such family units in French‐speaking Switzerland, a university‐level training center undertook a study of this population. Qualitative information was obtained through questionnaires and interviews, providing information on the family history, the types of care which the families currently provide, and their short‐ and long‐term needs. The results suggest that in the Cantons concerned, 27% of adults with intellectual disabilities aged 35–64 reside with family carers, 80% of the latter being elderly parents among whom 16% are aged 77 or older. The adults involved are relatively autonomous, requiring direct assistance only for complex tasks. Some 88% participate in day activities including employment in ordinary settings. In general, expectations for the future do not include residence in congregate care; furthermore, the current network of residential services is insufficient to accommodate this population's members as they age. The authors conclude that local social services providers must plan for enhanced community services to accommodate this growing group in the years to come.
Patient‐Reported Selective Adherence to Heart Failure Self‐Care Recommendations: A Prospective Cohort Study: The Atlanta Cardiomyopathy Consortium
Authors: Marti Catherine N. , Georgiopoulou Vasiliki V. , Giamouzis Grigorios , Cole Robert T. , Deka Anjan , Tang W. H. W. , Dunbar Sandra B. , Smith Andrew L. , Kalogeropoulos Andreas P. , Butler Javed 
Published: September 2012

©2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Simultaneous adherence with multiple self‐care instructions among heart failure (HF) patients is not well described. Patient‐reported adherence to 8 recommendations related to exercise, alcohol, medications, smoking, diet, weight, and symptoms was assessed among 308 HF patients using the Medical Outcomes Study Specific Adherence Scale questionnaire (0=“never” to 5=“always,” maximum score=40). A baseline cumulative score of ≥32/40 (average ≥80%) defined good adherence. Clinical events (death/transplantation/ventricular assist device), resource utilization, functional capacity (6‐minute walk distance), and health status (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire [KCCQ]) were compared among patients with and without good adherence. The mean follow‐up was 2.0±1.0 years, and adherence ranged from 26.3% (exercise) to 89.9% (medications). A cumulative score indicating good adherence was reported by 35.7%, whereas good adherence with every behavior was reported by 9.1% of patients. Good adherence was associated with fewer hospitalizations (all‐cause 87.8 vs 107.6; P=.018; HF 29.6 vs 43.8; P=.007) and hospitalized days (all‐cause 422 vs 465; P=.015; HF 228 vs 282; P<.001) per 100‐person‐years and better health status (KCCQ overall score 70.1±24.6 vs 63.8±22.8; P=.011). Adherence was not associated with clinical events or functional capacity. Patient‐reported adherence with HF self‐care recommendations is alarmingly low and selective. Good adherence was associated with lower resource utilization and better health status.
A resurrection study reveals rapid adaptive evolution within populations of an invasive plant
Authors: Sultan Sonia E. , Horgan‐Kobelski Tim , Nichols Lauren M. , Riggs Charlotte E. , Waples Ryan K. 
Published: September 2012

AbstractThe future spread and impact of an introduced species will depend on how it adapts to the abiotic and biotic conditions encountered in its new range, so the potential for rapid evolution subsequent to species introduction is a critical, evolutionary dimension of invasion biology. Using a resurrection approach, we provide a direct test for change over time within populations in a species' introduced range, in the Asian shade annual Polygonum cespitosum. We document, over an 11‐year period, the evolution of increased reproductive output as well as greater physiological and root‐allocational plasticity in response to the more open, sunny conditions found in the North American range in which the species has become invasive. These findings show that extremely rapid adaptive modifications to ecologically‐important traits and plastic expression patterns can evolve subsequent to a species' introduction, within populations established in its introduced range. This study is one of the first to directly document evolutionary change in adaptive plasticity. Such rapid evolutionary changes can facilitate the spread of introduced species into novel habitats and hence contribute to their invasive success in a new range. The data also reveal how evolutionary trajectories can differ among populations in ways that can influence invasion dynamics.
Household electricity demand, worldwide: climbing the ‘ladder of needs’
Authors: Lescaroux François 
Published: September 2012

AbstractThis paper presents a new approach for modelling residential electricity consumption. Accounting for the derived nature of electricity demand, it is expressed as an S‐shaped function of per capita income that reflects the diffusion in society of an unobserved stock of electricity‐consuming goods—which enable users to meet a hierarchy of needs—as wealth increases. The specification is justified on simple and quite general assumptions regarding income distribution and consumers' spending behaviours. Empirically, the model is applied to a panel of 91 countries over various time periods and a business‐as‐usual projection up to 2030 is performed. Further, the approach might be of interest for analysing households' budget shares, and it could be expanded by crossing macro and micro data to estimate dynamic Engel curves if applied to micro data on consumers' expenditures by income group.
Energy consumption and real output: new evidence from the UAE
Authors: Sweidan Osama D. 
Published: September 2012

AbstractThe current paper seeks to examine the relationship between energy consumption and real output in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) economy. Technically, we assess the following two questions: ‘does the increase in energy consumption cause more economic growth in the UAE economy?’ or ‘does the rapid economic growth lead to more energy consumption?’ We utilise the bounds testing approach to cointegration and error correction model and Granger causality test to achieve the paper goal. The paper employs an annual data series of the UAE real gross domestic product and energy consumption over the 1973–2008 period. The findings of the paper have two levels: short‐run and long‐run. In the short‐run, the results reveal a clear statistically significant bidirectional positive relationship between energy consumption and real output in the UAE economy. However, in the long‐run the estimate illustrates only one relationship prevails from the short‐run. This one is the statistically significant positive unidirectional relationship running from real output to energy consumption.
TREATMENT EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE RISK ON MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION BEHAVIOUR IN AN EXPERIMENTAL SETTING*
Authors: HASSON REVIVA , LÖFGREN ÅSA , VISSER MARTINE 
Published: September 2012

AbstractThis paper explores the collective action problem as it relates to climate change and develops two models that capture the mitigation–adaptation trade‐off. The first model presents climate change as a disaster that will occur with certainty, and where both mitigation and adaptation reduce the size of the loss associated with the disaster (the so‐called deterministic model). The second model presents climate change as an uncertain event, where mitigation affects the probability of disaster while adaptation again reduces the size of the loss (this is the so‐called stochastic model). Comparing the two models in a one‐shot public goods experiment with students, we find no significant differences in subjects' choice to mitigate. The experiments also reveal a relatively low rate of mitigation for both models compared with earlier studies.
THE VALUE OF TIGER SHARK DIVING WITHIN THE ALIWAL SHOAL MARINE PROTECTED AREA: A TRAVEL COST ANALYSIS
Authors: DU PREEZ MARIO , DICKEN MATT , HOSKING STEPHEN GERALD 
Published: September 2012

AbstractUsing on‐site survey data collected via the administration of a questionnaire to 197 respondents during the period stretching from January 2007 to December 2007 from the Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area, this study estimates and compares an ordinary least squares and two Poisson count data models of recreational tiger shark diving demand. The Poisson model corrected for endogenous stratification and truncation provided the best results. It was concluded that in 2007, the consumer surplus per person per tiger shark dive was R1,136, and the total consumer surplus per annum was R2,080,925.
IMPLICATIONS OF REAL EXCHANGE RATE MISALIGNMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THEORY, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE AND APPLICATION TO GROWTH PERFORMANCE IN ZIMBABWE
Authors: NDHLELA THANDINKOSI 
Published: September 2012

AbstractThe influence of exchange rate signals in an economy is very powerful and often pervasive. Moreover, sustained real exchange rate overvaluation will, by distorting resource allocation away from productive activities, eventually lead to drastic adjustments of relative prices and reduction of aggregate economic growth. However, the direct theoretical and empirical link between exchange rate misalignment and macroeconomic indicators still remains to be fully understood. Nonetheless, empirical studies continue to make attempts to understand this relationship by exploring relationships that incorporate different measures of exchange rate misalignment in traditional growth regression models. Based on a behavioural equilibrium exchange rate derived measure exchange rate misalignment, this paper presents an empirical analysis of the relationship between real gross domestic product growth and real exchange rate misalignment for Zimbabwe. After controlling for other structural and policy variables, the main findings demonstrate that exchange rate misalignment exerts a negative and highly statistically significant impact on growth. Overall, the results lend support to the hypothesis that chronic real exchange rate overvaluation was a key fundamental behind the post‐2000 economic growth contraction in Zimbabwe.
Prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in adolescents with asthma: A meta‐analysis and meta‐regression
Authors: Lu Yanxia , Mak Kwok‐Kei , van Bever Hugo P. S. , Ng Tze Pin , Mak Anselm , Ho Roger Chun‐Man 
Published: September 2012

To cite this article: Lu Y, Mak K‐K, van Bever HPS, Ng TP, Mak A, Ho RC‐M. Prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in adolescents with asthma: A meta‐analysis and meta‐regression. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2012: 23: 707–715.AbstractIt remains unclear whether anxiety and depressive symptoms are more prevalent in adolescents with asthma when compared with healthy individuals. This meta‐analysis aimed to evaluate the difference in the aggregate prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms between adolescents with asthma and healthy controls and to explore the underlying moderators that potentially explain the heterogeneity of the effect size. A meta‐analysis of published work was performed using the random effects model. The differences in aggregate prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms between adolescents with asthma and healthy controls were determined. Meta‐regression and subgroup analysis were performed to identify factors that may contribute to heterogeneity. A total of eight studies were eligible for analysis. The aggregate prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms was significantly higher among 3546 adolescents with asthma than that of 24,884 controls (depression, 0.27; 95% CI, 0.18.6–0.39 vs. 0.13; 95% CI, 0.09–0.19; anxiety, 0.33; 95% CI, 0.19–0.52 vs. 0.21; 95% CI, 0.12–0.33). The risk of developing depression and anxiety is significantly higher among adolescents with asthma when compared with controls (depression: pooled odds ratio, 2.09; 95% CI, 1.65–2.64; p < 0.001; anxiety: pooled odds ratio, 1.83; 95% CI, 1.63–2.07; p < 0.001). Meta‐regression revealed that the proportions of Caucasian (p = 0.008) and smokers (p < 0.001) were significant moderators which explained the significant heterogeneity when comparing the risk of developing depressive symptoms among adolescent asthma patients vs. controls while age, gender, and severity of asthma were not significant. Family doctors, pediatricians, and healthcare providers should formulate strategies to detect depressive and anxiety symptoms in adolescents with asthma and offer psychological interventions to reduce the burden of psychiatric comorbidity.
Complete Genome Sequence of Brucella abortus A13334, a New Strain Isolated from the Fetal Gastric Fluid of Dairy Cattle
Authors: Kim Hyungtae , Jeong Wooseog , Jeoung Hye-Young , Song Jae-Young , Kim Jong-So , Beak Jeong-Hun , Parisutham Vinuselvi , Lee Sung Kuk , Kim Jong Wan , Kim Ji-Yeon , Jung Suk Chan , Her Moon , An Dong-Jun 
Published: September 2012

ABSTRACT

Brucella abortus
is a major pathogen that infects livestock and humans. A new strain of
B. abortus
(A13334) was isolated from the fetal gastric fluid of a dairy cow, with the aim of using it to compare genetic properties, analyze virulence factor, and survey the epidemiological relationship to other
Brucella
species. Here, we report the complete and annotated genome sequence of
B. abortus
A13334.
Draft Genome Sequence of Butanol-Acetone-Producing Clostridium beijerinckii Strain G117
Authors: Wu Yi-Rui , Li Yao , Yang Kun-Lin , He Jianzhong 
Published: September 2012

ABSTRACT

A recently discovered wild-type strain,
Clostridium beijerinckii
G117, is unique in producing butanol and acetone but negligible amounts of ethanol, unlike previously identified acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE)-generating microbes. Here we report the draft genome sequence of strain G117 (5,806,675 bp; GC content, 29.7%) and the novel findings obtained from its genome annotations.
Draft Genome Sequence of Yersinia pestis Strain 2501, an Isolate from the Great Gerbil Plague Focus in Xinjiang, China
Authors: Sun Surong , Yang Xianwei , Yuan Yanting , Dai Xiang , Yan Yanfeng , Cao Hanli , Luo Tao , Guo Rong , Wang Xinhui , Song Yajun , Yang Ruifu , Zhang Yujiang , Cui Yujun 
Published: September 2012

ABSTRACT

We deciphered the genome of
Yersinia pestis
strain 2501, isolated from the Junggar Basin, a newly discovered great gerbil plague focus in Xinjiang, China. The total length of assembly was 4,597,322 bp, and 4,265 coding sequences were predicted within the genome. It is the first
Y. pestis
genome from this plague focus.
Genome Sequence of Streptomyces auratus Strain AGR0001, a Phoslactomycin-Producing Actinomycete
Authors: Han Xiulin , Li Minggang , Ding Zhanggui , Zhao Jiangyuan , Ji Kaiyan , Wen Mengliang , Lu Tao 
Published: September 2012

ABSTRACT

Streptomyces auratus
strain AGR0001 produces neophoslactomycin A, a novel analog of phoslactomycin that possesses potent activity against some phytopathogenic fungi. Here, the draft genome sequence of
S. auratus
strain AGR0001 is presented, which would provide insight into the biosynthetic mechanism of neophoslactomycin A.
Genome Sequence of Enterobacter radicincitans DSM16656
T
, a Plant Growth-Promoting Endophyte
Authors: Witzel Katja , Gwinn-Giglio Michelle , Nadendla Suvarna , Shefchek Kent , Ruppel Silke 
Published: September 2012

ABSTRACT

Enterobacter radicincitans
sp. nov. DSM16656
T
represents a new species of the genus
Enterobacter
which is a biological nitrogen-fixing endophytic bacterium with growth-promoting effects on a variety of crop and model plant species. The presence of genes for nitrogen fixation, phosphorous mobilization, and phytohormone production reflects this microbe's potential plant growth-promoting activity.
Draft Genome Sequence of Pelosinus fermentans JBW45, Isolated during
In Situ
Stimulation for Cr(VI) Reduction
Authors: Bowen De León Kara , Young Mary Lynn , Camilleri Laura B. , Brown Steven D. , Skerker Jeffrey M. , Deutschbauer Adam M. , Arkin Adam P. , Fields Matthew W. 
Published: September 2012

ABSTRACT

Pelosinus fermentans
JBW45 is an anaerobic, lactate-fermenting bacterium isolated from Cr(VI)-contaminated groundwater at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation 100-H site (Washington) that was collected after stimulation with a polylactate compound. The genome sequence of this organism will provide insight into the metabolic potential of a predominant population during stimulation for metal-reducing conditions.
Genome Sequence of the Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium Bacillus sp. Strain 916
Authors: Wang Xiaoyu , Luo Chuping , Chen Zhiyi 
Published: September 2012

ABSTRACT

Bacillus
sp. strain 916, isolated from the soil, showed strong activity against
Rhizoctonia solani
. Here, we present the high-quality draft genome sequence of
Bacillus
sp. strain 916. Its 3.9-Mb genome reveals a number of genes whose products are possibly involved in promotion of plant growth or antibiosis.
Genome Sequence of the Rice Pathogen Pseudomonas fuscovaginae CB98818
Authors: Xie Guanlin , Cui Zhouqi , Tao Zhongyun , Qiu Hui , Liu He , Ibrahim Muhammad , Zhu Bo , Jin Gulei , Sun Guochang , Almoneafy Abdulwareth , Li Bin 
Published: September 2012

ABSTRACT

Pseudomonas fuscovaginae
is a phytopathogenic bacterium causing bacterial sheath brown rot of cereal crops. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of
P. fuscovaginae
CB98818, originally isolated from a diseased rice plant in China. The draft genome will aid in epidemiological studies, comparative genomics, and quarantine of this broad-host-range pathogen.
Genome Sequence of Citrobacter sp. Strain A1, a Dye-Degrading Bacterium
Authors: Chan Giek Far , Gan Han Ming , Rashid Noor Aini Abdul 
Published: September 2012

ABSTRACT

Citrobacter
sp. strain A1, isolated from a sewage oxidation pond, is a facultative aerobe and mesophilic dye-degrading bacterium. This organism degrades azo dyes efficiently via azo reduction and desulfonation, followed by the successive biotransformation of dye intermediates under an aerobic environment. Here we report the draft genome sequence of
Citrobacter
sp. A1.
Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Human Enterovirus C (HEV-C117) Identified in a Child with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Authors: Daleno Cristina , Piralla Antonio , Scala Alessia , Baldanti Fausto , Usonis Vytautas , Principi Nicola , Esposito Susanna 
Published: September 2012

ABSTRACT

The new enterovirus C-117 strain belongs to the human enterovirus C species in the
Picornaviridae
family. We describe the characterization of the complete genome of this strain identified in a respiratory specimen of a child enrolled in the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Pediatric Research Initiative (CAP-PRI) study evaluating the etiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
Complete Genome Sequence Analysis of a Recent Chicken Anemia Virus Isolate and Comparison with a Chicken Anemia Virus Isolate from Human Fecal Samples in China
Authors: Zhang Xinheng , Xie Qingmei , Ji Jun , Chang Shuang , Liu Jun , Chen Feng , Ma Jingyun , Bee Yingzuo 
Published: September 2012

ABSTRACT

A new isolate of chicken anemia virus (CAV) was designated GD-1-12. GD-1-12 was isolated from a 12-day-old commercial broiler in Guangdong province, China, in 2012. The GD-1-12 CAV caused high mortality, severe anemia, thymic atrophy, and subcutaneous hemorrhage in commercial broilers. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of GD-1-12 CAV and comparison with the complete genome sequence of another CAV that was isolated from human fecal samples in China (GenBank accession no.
JQ690762
). The genomes of the two CAV isolates shared high homology, although a deletion was identified by comparison. The findings from this study provide additional insights into the molecular characteristics of the CAV genomes and should advance knowledge for continuous monitoring and, perhaps, preventing the spread of the virus in chickens as well as in humans.
Complete Genome Sequence of Bacteriophage SSU5 Specific for Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium Rough Strains
Authors: Kim Minsik , Kim Sujin , Ryu Sangryeol 
Published: September 2012

ABSTRACT

Salmonella enterica
serovar Typhimurium rough strain-specific phage SSU5 was isolated, and its whole genome was sequenced. The 103,229-bp-long double-stranded DNA genome of SSU5 encodes 130 open reading frames with one tRNA for asparagine. Genomic analysis revealed that SSU5 might be the phylogenetic origin of cryptic plasmid pHCM2 harbored by
Salmonella
Typhi CT18.
Complete Genomic Sequence of Erwinia amylovora Phage PhiEaH2
Authors: Dömötör Dóra , Becságh Péter , Rákhely Gábor , Schneider György , Kovács Tamás 
Published: September 2012

ABSTRACT

Erwinia amylovora
is the causative agent of fire blight, a serious disease of some
Rosaceae
plants. The newly isolated bacteriophage PhiEaH2 is able to lyse
E. amylovora
in the laboratory and has reduced the occurrence of fire blight cases in field experiments. This study presents the sequenced complete genome and analysis of phage PhiEaH2.
Complete Genome Sequences of Two Chinese Virulent Avian Coronavirus Infectious Bronchitis Virus Variants
Authors: Mo Meilan , Huang Baicheng , Wei Ping , Wei Tianchao , Chen Qiuying , Wang Xiuying , Li Meng , Fan Wensheng 
Published: September 2012

ABSTRACT
Avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is variable, which causes many serotypes. Here we reported the complete genome sequences of two virulent IBV variants from China, GX-YL5 and GX-YL9, belonging to different serotypes. Differences between GX-YL5 and GX-YL9 were found mainly in stem-loop structure I in the predicted RNA secondary structure of open reading frame (ORF) 1b and the S protein gene fusion region, which will help us understand the molecular evolutionary mechanism of IBV and the disconcordance between the genotypes and serotypes of coronavirus.
Complete Genome Sequence of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Strain AJ1102 Isolated from a Suckling Piglet with Acute Diarrhea in China
Authors: Bi Jing , Zeng Songlin , Xiao Shaobo , Chen Huanchun , Fang Liurong 
Published: September 2012

ABSTRACT
A diarrhea outbreak caused by porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has been observed in China since December 2010. We report here the complete genome sequence of PEDV strain AJ1102 isolated from a suckling piglet with acute diarrhea, which will help toward understanding the molecular and evolutionary characteristics of the epidemic PEDV in China.