bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Relation between Prototypical Processes and Psychological Distress in Psychodynamic Therapy of Five Inpatients with Borderline Personality Disorder
Authors: Goodman Geoff , Edwards Keiha , Chung Hyewon 
Published: October 2013

Five inpatients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) participated in 6 months of three times per week psychodynamic therapy (PDT). Patients completed a measure of psychological distress every week. A total of 127 sessions were audiotaped and coded using the psychotherapy process Q‐set (PQS) and correlated with PQS prototypes of five treatment models—PDT, cognitive‐behaviour therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapy, transference focused psychotherapy and dialectical behaviour therapy. Prototypical CBT process was most prevalent in three of the five PDT‐labelled treatments. Prototypical PDT process significantly decreased over time in three of the five treatments. Prototypical process correlations with time were inversely proportional to prototypical process correlations with distress levels. In a multiple regression model that included all five prototypical process correlations across these three treatments, CBT and transference focused psychotherapy predicted distress reduction, whereas PDT predicted increases in distress. PQS items most negatively correlated with distress included the therapist's emphasis on feelings, empathic attunement and control over the interaction. Discussion of dreams or fantasies and therapist aloofness were most positively correlated with distress. An effective PDT treatment model for severely disturbed BPD inpatients requires technical flexibility to supplement CBT processes such as control over the interaction that can structure intense interpersonal dysregulation and stabilize distress. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Key Practitioner Message

Practitioners and their patients sense which prototypical processes to increase or decrease over time to reduce patients' distress.
An effective PDT treatment model for severely disturbed BPD patients needs to integrate and encourage the emergence of empathically attuned interactions in the context of a highly structured therapy experience.
Practitioners need to be flexible enough to change intervention strategies when they seem to be increasing distress in severely disturbed BPD patients.
Decomposition Characteristics of an Artificial Biogas in a Low‐Pressure DC Glow Discharge
Authors: Itoh Yasuhiro , Oshita Takamasa , Satoh Kohki , Itoh Hidenori 
Published: October 2013

SUMMARYThe decomposition characteristics of an artificial biogas, which is a mixture of CH 4, CO 2, and H 2 S, using a low‐pressure DC glow discharge have been investigated. It is found that H 2, CO, C 2 H 2, H 2 O, CS 2, and COS are produced from the artificial biogas in the glow discharge. About 65% of the hydrogen atoms in CH 4 are converted into H 2 at an input energy of 800 J, at which CH 4 is completely decomposed, and the decomposition characteristics of the artificial biogas are minimally dependent on the H 2 S additive. Further, H 2 S has a tendency to be decomposed earlier than the other components of the artificial biogas. When the glow discharge is generated in the artificial biogas with H 2 S, some of the carbon atoms are found to deposit on the electrodes and the wall of the discharge chamber. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 186(1): 26–33, 2014; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.22304
Improvement of Three‐Phase Unbalance Due to Connection of Dispersed Generator by Damper Windings of Synchronous Generator
Authors: Matsuki Junya , Taoka Hisao , Hayashi Yasuhiro , Iwamoto Shigeru , Daikoku Akihiro 
Published: October 2013

SUMMARYIt is well known in the numerical simulations of a synchronous generator that the damper winding contributes to suppressing three‐phase circuit unbalance in power systems. However, an experimental study has not been performed yet. In this paper, we verify experimentally the suppression of three‐phase unbalance by the damper windings. In order to simulate the three‐phase unbalance, a 470‐W dispersed generator of single‐phase two‐line type was connected to a three‐phase laboratory‐scale power system that included a 6‐kVA synchronous generator. We measured and analyzed line voltages and currents as well as damper bar currents both with and without the dispersed generator. The influence of damper windings on the unbalance of the three‐phase circuit was also investigated. The results show that the damper winding contributes to improving the three‐phase unbalance. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 186(1): 43–50, 2014; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.22305
Dynamic Characteristics Analysis of Two‐DOF Oscillatory Actuator and Experimental Verification of Prototype
Authors: Takamichi Yoshimoto , Hirata Katsuhiro , Asai Yasuyoshi , Ueyama Kenji , Hashimoto Eiichiro , Takagi Takahiro 
Published: October 2013

SUMMARYRecently, linear oscillatory actuators have been used in a wide range of applications. In particular, small linear oscillatory actuators are expected to be used in haptic devices by being extended to provide multi‐degree‐of‐freedom motion with arbitrary acceleration. In this paper, we propose a compact two‐DOF oscillatory actuator that can move in various directions on a plane. The static and dynamic characteristics of the actuator are determined by the 3D finite element method. The effectiveness of this method is shown through a comparison of the measured results with the experimental results from a prototype. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 186(1): 58–65, 2014; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.22312
Influence of Measurement Parameters on Frequency Response Analysis Diagnosis of Oil‐Immersed Transformer
Authors: Sano Takahiro , Miyagi Katsunori 
Published: October 2013

SUMMARYAppropriate monitoring and maintenance become important as an oil‐immersed transformer ages. Generally, dissolved gas analysis (DGA) is effective for the online diagnosis, and if an abnormality is detected, frequency response analysis (FRA) is effective for the offline diagnosis to localize the failed part. FRA diagnosis detects a slight change of waveforms; however, external factors may influence the results. Here, we discuss the influence of an insulating oil presence, tap position, and measurement lead wire length as possible parameters that influence the FRA characteristics. We confirmed that the measurement parameters examined here greatly influenced the FRA characteristics. In the actual diagnosis, it is important to remove these external parameters as much as possible, and keep a detailed record of the measurement parameters. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 186(1): 18–25, 2014; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.22313
Effect of Ground Pattern Size on FM‐Band Crosstalk Between Two Parallel Signal Traces of Printed Circuit Boards for Vehicles
Authors: Iida Michihira , Maeno Tsuyoshi , Fujiwara Osamu 
Published: October 2013

SUMMARYIt is well known that electromagnetic disturbances in vehicle‐mounted radios are mainly caused by conducted noise currents flowing through wiring harnesses from vehicle‐mounted printed circuit boards (PCBs) with common ground patterns containing slits. To suppress the noise current outflow from these kinds of PCBs, we previously measured noise current outflow from simple two‐layer PCBs having two parallel signal traces and different ground patterns with and without slits to reveal that making slits with open ends on the ground patterns in parallel with the traces can reduce the conducted noise currents. In the present study, using FDTD simulation we investigated the reduction effects of ground pattern size on the FM‐band crosstalk noise levels between two parallel signal traces by using four types of simple PCB models having different ground patterns formed in different numbers but containing the same planar dimension slits parallel to the traces, in addition to two types of PCB models with different ground patterns divided into two parts parallel to the traces. It was found that the crosstalk noise currents for the above six types of PCBs decrease by 6.9 to 8.5 dB compared to the PCB which has a plain ground with no slits. We found that a contributing factor to the above‐mentioned crosstalk reduction is reduction of the mutual inductance between the two parallel traces. In addition, in this study it is interesting to note that noise current leakage from PCBs is more significantly reduced when the size of the return ground of each signal trace is small. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 186(1): 11–17, 2014; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.22316
Decomposition of Persistent Organic Compounds in Water Using Pulsed Discharge on Water
Authors: Miichi Tomoaki , Fujimoto Takafumi , Takeda Takanori 
Published: October 2013

SUMMARYAcetic acid simulating a persistent organic compound in water was decomposed by a discharge on water using a thin blade electrode. The thin blade electrode facilitates the generation of wide‐ranging discharges on water. The effect of differences in the species of the supply gas and the discharge power on the decomposition of acetic acid was investigated. Compared with argon, when helium was used, a larger amount of acetic acid was decomposed. Experiments also confirmed that the decomposition rate of acetic acid rose with the discharge power. It was also found that the decomposition efficiency was improved when the discharge power was reduced. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 186(1): 1–10, 2014; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.22318
Characteristics of the Arc Voltage of a High‐Current Air Arc in a Sealed Chamber
Authors: Watanabe Shinya , Kokura Kentaro , Minoda Kyohei , Sato Shinji 
Published: October 2013

SUMMARYThe effect of the arc voltage on various factors of design and control was investigated for high currents in order to develop design guidelines for circuit breakers. In this study, the dependence on such factors, namely, the current, arc length, electrode surface area, and internal pressure of the arc voltage, was evaluated quantitatively. As a result of the evaluations, it was estimated that the arc voltage near the electrode surface rises linearly with the arc current and the power −0.8 of the surface area, and that the voltage in the arc column rises as the 0.3 power of the pressure increase. We confirmed the validity of the estimated voltage characteristics by comparison with the generated voltage in an actual arc‐extinction chamber. The characteristics of the estimated voltage can provide effective guidelines for the design of arc extinguishing chambers. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 186(1): 34–42, 2014; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.22487
An Inverter‐Driven Induction Motor System with a Deadlock Breaking Capability
Authors: Ichikawa Takuto , Yoshida Toshiya , Miyashita Osamu 
Published: October 2013

SUMMARYInduction motors are very widely used in various industrial applications. In semiconductor manufacturing processes, deadlock failure of pumps may occur due to adherence of glass material contained in the gas to the rotor. This can lead to shutdown of a manufacturing plant. Therefore, a countermeasure to prevent deadlocking of motors is required. This paper proposes a method of generating an impulse torque in an induction motor fed by an inverter. The proposed inverter circuit is composed of a conventional inverter and a few additional relays. The on‐and‐off control of the relays supplies an appropriate magnetizing current and a large torque current from the DC‐link capacitor. In experiments, a 1.5‐kW cage‐type induction motor generated a torque that was approximately seven times the rated torque of the motor. This large impulse torque is useful for breaking motor deadlock. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 186(1): 51–57, 2014; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.22492
Total Oxidation of Propane by using Platinum‐Group‐Metal Catalysts Recovered from Fuel‐Cell Recycling
Authors: Mollenhauer Thomas , Scholz Peter , Ondruschka Bernd 
Published: October 2013

AbstractPlatinum‐group‐metal materials were recovered from fuel cells and studied as catalysts for the total oxidation of propane as model reaction. Therefore a representative number of metal‐foam catalysts containing platinum, palladium, and ruthenium in certain ratios were prepared and investigated. Interestingly, particularly active catalysts were observed with a high fraction of one metal and small amounts of the other two metals. This suggests a principal trend for preparing efficient catalysts using ternary‐precious‐metal systems. For the recycling of fuel‐cell compounds the composition of the material could be varied by the substitution or addition of appropriate amounts of precious metals to achieve the highest performance.
Identifying Rare Variants With Optimal Depth of Coverage and Cost‐Effective Overlapping Pool Sequencing
Authors: Cao Chang‐Chang , Li Cheng , Huang Zheng , Ma Xin , Sun Xiao 
Published: October 2013

ABSTRACTGenome‐wide association studies have identified hundreds of genetic variants associated with complex diseases although most variants identified so far explain only a small proportion of heritability, suggesting that rare variants are responsible for missing heritability. Identification of rare variants through large‐scale resequencing becomes increasing important but still prohibitively expensive despite the rapid decline in the sequencing costs. Nevertheless, group testing based overlapping pool sequencing in which pooled rather than individual samples are sequenced will greatly reduces the efforts of sample preparation as well as the costs to screen for rare variants. Here, we proposed an overlapping pool sequencing to screen rare variants with optimal sequencing depth and a corresponding cost model. We formulated a model to compute the optimal depth for sufficient observations of variants in pooled sequencing. Utilizing shifted transversal design algorithm, appropriate parameters for overlapping pool sequencing could be selected to minimize cost and guarantee accuracy. Due to the mixing constraint and high depth for pooled sequencing, results showed that it was more cost‐effective to divide a large population into smaller blocks which were tested using optimized strategies independently. Finally, we conducted an experiment to screen variant carriers with frequency equaled 1%. With simulated pools and publicly available human exome sequencing data, the experiment achieved 99.93% accuracy. Utilizing overlapping pool sequencing, the cost for screening variant carriers with frequency equaled 1% in 200 diploid individuals dropped to at least 66% at which target sequencing region was set to 30 Mb.
The Link Among Information Technology, Business Models, and Strategic Breakthroughs: Examples from Amazon, Dell, and eBay
Authors: Kimble Chris , Bourdon Isabelle 
Published: October 2013

AbstractIt is widely accepted that information technology (IT) plays a central role in creating and maintaining a firm's competitive advantage. When discussions turn to strategic breakthroughs—innovations that are so fundamental that they disrupt the way an existing market operates—however, the role played by IT appears less clear‐cut. The experiences of three well‐known companies—Amazon, Dell, and eBay—show that the way that IT was used to gain a more intimate knowledge of the customer formed a common component of each of their business models. Those companies' experiences also indicate that the task of creating the type of radically different business model needed to create a strategic breakthrough might be easier to achieve in a new organization, unencumbered by the baggage of the past, than it is in an established organization with a preexisting business culture and an established way of doing things. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Optimizing Total Rewards to Meet a Health Insurer's Strategic and Staffing Needs
Authors: Roberts Darryl R. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractAn American health insurance company faced large‐scale change because of legislative reform that reshaped its industry and the anticipated departure of key leaders approaching retirement. Recognizing that its workforce needed to adapt in order to drive high performance in this new environment, its leaders decided to use Total Rewards Optimization, a rigorous analysis of rewards options based on both employee views and rewards cost. The results of their efforts led to the development of a total rewards strategy to enable the organization to increase employee engagement, innovation, and performance in an increasingly demanding climate, along with a stronger leadership development process to ensure a strong pipeline of leadership talent. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Synthesis and Characterization of Polybenzoxazinone and its Prepolymer Using Gas Separation
Authors: Pientka Zbyněk , Brozova Libuše , Pulyalina Alexandra Y. , Goikhman Mikhail Y. , Podeshvo Irina V. , Gofman Iosif V. , Saprykina Natalia N. , Polotskaya Galina A. 
Published: October 2013

Polybenz‐3,1‐oxazinone‐4 (PBOZ) films are prepared via the thermal rearrangement of poly[(methylene‐bis‐anthranilamide) 4,4′‐diphenyloxidicarboxylic acid] (PAA) films by heating to 300 °C. PAA is synthesized by low‐temperature polycondensation. The PBOZ film exhibits excellent mechanical properties and a high glass‐transition temperature. Conversion of PAA to PBOZ leads to an increase in the fractional free volume as a result of thermal dehydration and cyclization during membrane formation and due to the removal of residual solvent. The excess free volume in the PBOZ film is approximately 3–4% of the total volume. The gas permeability and selectivity of the PBOZ film is higher than that of the PAA film. The thermal rearrangement of polymers is recognized as a suitable method to improve separation efficiency.
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Complexes between Poly(amido amine) Dendrimers and Poly(methacrlyic acid): Insight from Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Authors: Tanis I. , Karatasos K. , Posocco P. , Laurini E. , Pricl S. 
Published: October 2013

SummaryIn this work we present results from fully atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of aqueous solutions of poly(amido amine) dendrimers and poly(methacrylic) acid in the dilute regime and at low ionic strength and physiological pH conditions, in which the polymeric components are charged. We have studied stoichiometric (1:1) and non‐stoichiometric (1:2) systems, comprised by dendrimers of two different generations and two different lengths of the linear polyelectrolyte. For all systems studied, a polymer‐rich and a solvent‐rich region is formed. The polymer‐rich region consists of aggregated complexes between the polymeric components bearing similarities to percolated structures met in physical hydrogels. We examine morphological characteristics of the two components as well as the degree of ionic pairing between the different ionic moieties, providing information regarding the degree of physical adsorption of the linear chains on the dendrimer's surface and that of the respective counterions on the oppositely charged monomers.
Crosslinking of Epoxidized Natural Rubber by Dicarboxylic Acids: An Alternative to Standard Vulcanization
Authors: Pire Myriam , Oikonomou Evdokia K. , Imbernon Lucie , Lorthioir Cédric , Iliopoulos Ilias , Norvez Sophie 
Published: October 2013

SummaryIt is demonstrated that epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) may be efficiently crosslinked by dicarboxylic acids in presence of 1,2‐dimethylimidazole. The activation mechanism of the crosslinking involves the formation of an imidazolium dicarboxylate salt. The formation of ester bridges is ascertained by solid‐state NMR spectroscopy. Due to different epoxidation levels, blends of ENRs can be selectively crosslinked, giving rise to semi‐interpenetrated networks.
Cross‐Linked High Temperature Polymer Electrolytes
Authors: Morfopoulou Christina I. , Andreopoulou Aikaterini K. , Kallitsis Joannis K. 
Published: October 2013

SummaryAiming at the development of robust and durable aromatic polyethers that can be doped with phosphoric acid and still maintain their mechanical integrity at temperatures higher than 200 °C, we focused on the optimization of the chemical process for oxadiazole (OXD) cross‐linked membranes through cyclodehydration of dihydrazide groups. Aromatic polyethers containing polar pyridine units in the main chain and bearing side carboxylic group have reacted with terephthalic dihydrazide (TDH) resulting initially in a dihydrazide (DHD) containing intermediate cross‐linked membrane which resulted in the final OXD‐ cross‐linked material after thermal treatment. The conversion of the dihydrazide to the 1,3,4‐oxadiazole bridging groups was monitored with FT IR spectroscopy, in order to optimize the cross‐linking conditions, while the obtained DHD and OXD‐ membranes were studied for their chemical, mechanical and thermal properties pointing out the advantages of the OXD‐polymers.
Structure and Dynamics in Hydrophilic Polymer/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites
Authors: Chrissopoulou Kiriaki , Fotiadou Sapfo , Frick Bernhard , Anastasiadis Spiros H. 
Published: October 2013

SummaryThe research efforts on the structure and dynamics of three different nanohybrid systems composed of hydrophilic polymers and layered silicates are summarized. A hydrophilic sodium montmorillonite, Na+‐MMT, is utilized as the inorganic material whereas three different polymers, poly(ethylene oxide), PEO, poly(hexa(ethylene glycol) methacrylate), PHEGMA, and a hyperbranched polyesteramide, Hybrane S 1200, were used in order of increasing complexity. In all cases, intercalated structures have been identified. We used quasi elastic neutron scattering, QENS, to investigate the effect of nanoconfinement on polymer dynamics by studying nanohybrids in which all polymer is confined within the inorganic galleries. The segmental dynamics in confinement are significantly influenced by the polymer‐surface interactions whereas the more local motions remain unaffected.
On the Synthesis of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Analytical and Sensor Applications
Authors: Gkementzoglou Chrysoula , Kotrotsiou Olympia , Stoukides Michael , Kiparissides Costas 
Published: October 2013

SummaryMolecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized via the precipitation polymerization process in a single preparative step. Initially, the effects of process parameters (i.e., type of functional monomer and porogen) on the particle morphology were experimentally investigated. Subsequently, various MIP NPs were synthesized in the presence of a herbicide (i.e., atrazine), acting as template molecule. Batch‐wise guest binding experiments were then performed to determine the rebinding capacity of the synthesized MIP NPs toward the template molecule. The present results demonstrate the potential application of the synthesized MIP NPs for analytical and sensor applications.