bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Effects of integrated dental care on oral treatment needs in residents of nursing homes older than 70 years
Authors: Gerritsen Paul , Cune Marco , van der Bilt Andries , Abbink Jan , de Putter Cornelis 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACTAim: To determine effects of integrated dental care in older nursing home residents. Methods: In three nursing homes offering integrated dental care, we studied the oral treatment need of 355 residents older than 70 years. To determine effects of integrated care, we discriminated between short‐stay residents (≤6 months) and long‐term residents (>6 months). Results: Treatment need, determined intraorally by two dentists, remains high among short‐stay residents (78%) and long‐term residents (67%). The association between treatment need and length of stay was not significantly affected by indication for stay (somatic vs. psychogeriatric). All dentate residents needed oral treatment, except one long‐term resident. However, among edentulous residents, particularly with a psychogeriatric indication for stay, treatment need appeared to reduce significantly in time, from 74% to 57%. Conclusion: Despite integrated dental care, oral treatment need remains in virtually all dentate residents and more than half of edentulous residents.
The Arabidopsis leucine‐rich repeat receptor‐like kinase MUSTACHES enforces stomatal bilateral symmetry in Arabidopsis
Authors: Keerthisinghe Sandra , Nadeau Jeannette A. , Lucas Jessica R. , Nakagawa Tsuyoshi , Sack Fred D. 
Published: January 2015

SummaryStomata display a mirror‐like symmetry that is adaptive for shoot/atmosphere gas exchange. This symmetry includes the facing guard cells around a lens‐shaped and bilaterally symmetric pore, as well as radially arranged microtubule arrays that primarily originate at the pore and then grow outwards. Mutations in MUSTACHES (MUS), which encodes a leucine‐rich repeat receptor‐like kinase, disrupt this symmetry, resulting in defects ranging from skewed pores and abnormally focused and depolarized radial microtubule arrays, to paired guard cells that face away from each other, or a severe loss of stomatal shape. Translational MUSproMUS:tripleGFP fusions are expressed in cell plates in most cells types in roots and shoots, and cytokinesis and cell plates are mostly normal in mus mutants. However, in guard mother cells, which divide and then form stomata, MUS expression is notably absent from new cell plates, and instead is peripherally located. These results are consistent with a role for MUS in enforcing wall building and cytoskeletal polarity at the centre of the developing stoma via signalling from the vicinity of the guard cell membrane.
Developing the eCPP: Adapting an Evidence‐Based Parent Training Program for Digital Delivery in Primary Care Settings
Authors: Breitenstein Susan M. , Shane James , Julion Wrenetha , Gross Deborah 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACTBackgroundDeveloping innovative delivery methods is needed to overcome time and logistic barriers to in‐person participation in evidence‐based parent training (PT) programs.PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to (a) describe the systematic process for adapting an evidence‐based group PT program (the Chicago Parent Program) to a tablet‐based delivery format, (b) present the adapted program, and (c) discuss opportunities and challenges of adapting evidence‐based programs for alternative delivery methods.MethodsTo ensure consistency with the original program and relevance to the intended program recipients, three groups—parents (n = 10), CPP developers (n = 3), and digital delivery experts— were engaged throughout the systematic steps of the delivery adaptation of the Chicago Parent Program (eCPP). Group meetings were used to identify the program's core components, develop the adaptation program model, assess potential mismatches for the new delivery context, and adapt the original program model and materials.ResultsThe final eCPP is a six‐module Internet‐based intervention that includes: interactive activities, video examples and explanations of parenting strategies, reflection questions, assessment of parent knowledge with feedback, and module practice assignments.Linking Evidence to ActionDeveloping innovative delivery approaches for evidenced‐based interventions are promising to increase intervention sustainability and participant access and engagement. It is critical that these adaptations are systematic and developed with expert consultation and community input.
Mikroorganisma Antagonis Sebagai Kawalan Biologi Penyakit Utama Padi
Authors: Jack Allicia , Ramachandran Kogeethavani 
Published: January 2015

In present study, 26 microbes consisted of 11 fungal isolates and 16 bacterial isolates were screened against blast disease pathogen (Pyricularia oryzae). All isolates were screened in vitro via dual culture bioassay. All fungal isolates collected were isolated from aerobic rice soils and the endophyic bacteria were isolated from the stem of healthy rice plants. Five isolates have been identified to be potential biocontrol agents as they recorded high PIRG (percentage inhibition of radial growth) values of more than 80%. Two isolates were identified as Trichoderma (F15 and F16) while the rest of them were bacteria isolates (I5, I6 and I16). 16S rDNA sequence analysis results showed that all three bacterial isolates were 100% similar to Paenibacillus polymyxa (Gene Bank assession number: GU332610.1).
Energy Efficiency Factors for Existing Toll Plazas
Authors: Balubaid S. , Abdul Majid M. Z. , Zakaria R. 
Published: January 2015

Energy efficiency is one of the most important issues for green buildings and their sustainability. This is not only due to the environmental impacts, but also because it incurs significantly high energy cost. The aim of this study is to identify the potential actions required for toll plaza that lead to energy reduction. The data were obtained through set of questionnaire and interviewing targeted respondents, including the employees at toll plaza, and architects and engineers who are directly involved in the design of highway projects. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis method. The findings of this study are the critical elements that influence the energy usage and factors that lead to energy wastage. Finally, potential actions were recommended to reduce energy consumption in toll plazas.
Road Traffic Accident Characteristics in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Authors: Ahmed Ishtiaque , Ahmed Bayes , Hainin Mohd Rosli 
Published: January 2015

Over the next decade, developing countries like Bangladesh will experience an alarming increase in road accidents and this will continue to remain as a serious challenge. Developing countries are experiencing a very high growth rate of vehicles, which is doubling the vehicle fleet in some countries in even five years. The complexity of the road environment with mixed traffic is another reality of road transportation in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where road planning and designs are not appropriate for mixed traffic conditions. Of particular concern are the urban intersections where differential approach speed is a major problem. The heterogeneity of traffic exceeding the capacity, plying of modes with varying speed and maneuvering time make the road links as well as intersections of Dhaka even more complex. The objectives of the study are to determine the characteristics of the road traffic accidents of Dhaka city for the following parameters: a) Traffic accident trend b) Traffic Control Parameters c) Traffic Accident at Junctions d) Traffic Control and Road Dividers e) Traffic Accidents and Road Geometry. Traffic accident data for the period of year 2007-2011 were collected from the Police Stations of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) area. The data were compiled from the Police Reports accident by accident and analyzed using an MS Access based database and additionally an ArcGIS software for the selected variables. All the roadway sections and intersections of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) were considered in the study. A total number of two thousand seven hundred twenty (2720) accidents that were recorded by police during the period of year 2007-2011 were analyzed. The study revealed that a) number of accidents in Dhaka is reducing by more than ten (10) percent every year b) Sixty three percent (63%) of the accidents took place where there was no traffic control c) Only twenty nine percent (29%) of the accidents took place at intersection areas and T-junctions were found to be the most vulnerable junction type d) Seventy three percent (73%) accidents occurred on divided roadways or where only one-way traffic movement existed e) Ninety seven percent (97%) of the accidents occurred on straight road sections. Improvement of the traffic accident data collection system in Dhaka is necessary. Detailed study on under-reporting of traffic accident is also recommended.
Izoo Mobile: Mobile Application For Mobile Assisted Malaysia Fauna Database Izoo
Authors: I. Zulkifli , N.A Amirah , M.A.R Shaiful , N. M. T Shakina , M. A. Shahfiz , M. S. Shamsir 
Published: January 2015

The availability of smart phone provides a new opportunity in adopting the mobile technologies in biodiversity conservation. The compact communication hardware thats enables mobility, data connectivity and storage, image and video capture and georeferencing all on one platform is providing novel applications in the field of medicine, policing and disaster mitigation. In this study we implemented the use of an Android mobile application into a faunal biodiversity database. The aim of the study is to determine the process framework, identify the requirements, design and build an application that would facilitate the reporting process of occurrences into the web database in-situ and real time. Using iZOO (http://biodiversity.fbb.utm.my/izoo/), a FRIM faunal database that hosts hundreds of primary faunal data in Malaysia, we designed and deployed a prototype mobile app called iZOO mobile. The application allows complete digitisation of present conventional method of writing on paper during the data collection process and immediate upload into database using data connectivity upon availability. This prevents mistakes caused by human error, data loss and data disorganization. The application were tested during several fieldtrips in Belum-Temenggor and Lenggor. The creation of this mobile application would assist the field researchers in collecting data efficiently and accurately in the future
Optimization of Electrical Energy Consumption and Level Reliability of Water Supply System
Authors: Jusoh Mohd Ismail , Abiodun Folorunso Taliha , Ismail Fatimah Sham , Shafie Sohailah 
Published: January 2015

Generally, high operational cost is associated with all water supply system. This is as a result of the high amount of electric energy consumption ascribed to the system due to its components. The water supply system of the Mara-Japan Industrial Institute (MJII), Beranang, Selangor is one of such system that suffers this challenge of high operational cost. In this paper we have applied the use of an Adaptive Weighted Sum Genetic Algorithm to optimize the system operations such that it minimizes the high energy consumption as well as ensuring the overall reliability of the water level in the reservoir. The results obtained from the optimized model of the system show a promising and a significant reduction to the tune of 34.97% in the amount of energy consumed as compared with that of normal operations.
Sensing of triacylglycerol in the gut: different mechanisms for fatty acids and 2‐monoacylglycerol
Authors: Kleberg Karen , Jacobsen Anne Katrine , Ferreira Jozelia G. , Windeløv Johanne Agerlin , Rehfeld Jens F. , Holst Jens Juul , de Araujo Ivan E. , Hansen Harald S. 
Published: January 2015

Key points
Digestion is required for intestinal sensing of triacylglycerol in this behavioural model.
The hydrolysis products of triacylglycerol, fatty acids and 2‐monoacylglycerol, regulate feeding via separate mechanisms.
Sensing of long‐chain fatty acids, but not of 2‐monoacylglycerol, stimulated central dopaminergic signalling.
Fatty acid chain length regulates behavioural responses to fatty acids.
AbstractSensing of dietary triacylglycerol in the proximal small intestine results in physiological, hormonal and behavioural responses. However, the exact physiological pathways linking intestinal fat sensing to food intake and the activation of brain circuits remain to be identified. In this study we examined the role of triacylglycerol digestion for intestinal fat sensing, and compared the effects of the triacylglycerol digestion products, fatty acids and 2‐monoacylglycerol, on behavioural, hormonal and dopaminergic responses in behaving mice. Using an operant task in which mice are trained to self‐administer lipid emulsions directly into the stomach, we show that inhibiting triacylglycerol digestion disrupts normal behaviour of self‐administration in mice, indicating that fat sensing is conditional to digestion. When administered separately, both digestion products, 2‐monoacylglycerol and fatty acids, were sensed by the mice, and self‐administration patterns of fatty acids were affected by the fatty acid chain length. Peripheral plasma concentrations of the gut hormones GLP‐1, GIP, PYY, CCK and insulin did not offer an explanation of the differing behavioural effects produced by 2‐monoacylglycerol and fatty acids. However, combined with behavioural responses, striatal dopamine effluxes induced by gut infusions of oleic acid were significantly greater than those produced by equivalent infusions of 2‐oleoylglycerol. Our data demonstrate recruitment of different signalling pathways by fatty acids and 2‐monoacylglycerol, and suggest that the structural properties of fat rather than total caloric value determine intestinal sensing and the assignment of reward value to lipids.
Effect of Traditional and Resisted Sprint Training in Highly Trained Female Team Handball Players
Authors: Luteberget Live S. , Raastad Truls , Seynnes Olivier , Spencer Matt 
Published: January 2015

Fast acceleration is an important performance factor in handball. In addition to traditional sprint training (TST), resisted-sprint training (RST) is a method often used to improve acceleration. However, studies on RST show conflicting results, and underlying mechanisms have not been studied.Purpose:To compare the effects of RST, by sled towing, against TST on sprint performance and muscle architecture.Methods:Participants (n = 18) were assigned to either RST or TST and completed 2 training sessions of RST or TST per week (10 wk), in addition to their normal team training. Sprint tests (10 and 30 m) and measurements of muscle architecture were performed pre- and posttraining.Results:Beneficial effects were found in the 30-m-sprint test for both groups (mean; ±90% CL: TST = −0.31; ±0.19 s, RST = −0.16; ±0.13 s), with unclear differences between the groups. Only TST had a beneficial effect on 10-m time (−0.04; ±0.04 s), with a likely difference between the 2 groups (85%, ES = 0.60). Both groups had a decrease in pennation angle (−6.0; ±3.3% for TST and −2.8; ±2.0% for RST), which had a nearly perfect correlation with percentage change in 10-m-sprint performance (r = .92). A small increase in fascicle length (5.3; ±3.9% and 4.0; ±2.1% for TST and RST, respectively) was found, with unclear differences between groups.Discussion:TST appears to be more effective than RST in enhancing 10-m-sprint time. Both groups showed similar effects in 30-m-sprint time. A similar, yet small, effect of sprint training on muscle architecture was observed in both groups.
Strength, Static Balance, Physical Activity, and Age Predict Maximal Gait Speed in Healthy Older Adults From a Rural Community: A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Aranda-García Silvia , Busquets Albert , Planas Antoni , Prat-Subirana Joan A. , Angulo-Barroso Rosa M. 
Published: January 2015

Purpose:Gait speed is related to physical function in older adults. This cross-sectional study examined the best predictors of maximal gait speed (MGS) among physical abilities, and general factors in healthy, rural community-dwelling older adults.Methods:MGS, muscle strength, and postural sway were measured in 55 community-dwelling participants (age, 72.1 ± 6.8, range 61–87 years; 72.7% women). Two stepwise regressions were used to find MGS predictors in two models: physical abilities and global.Results:Strength of knee extensors with 60° of knee flexion (KStrength60°) and maximal distance in the anterior-posterior direction with eyes closed explained 50.2% of MGS variance (p < .05) in the physical abilities model. KStrength60°, age, and level of physical activity explained 63.9% of MGS variance (p < .05) in the global model.Conclusions:Regardless of the model, KStrength60° was the best predictor of MGS in rural female older adults. Future research should examine the generalization of these findings to rural male older adults.
Complete Genome Sequence of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Paratyphi A Bacteriophage LSPA1 Isolated in China
Authors: Zeng Weikun , Mao Pujia , Hong Yu , Feng Mengdie , Xu Zeyang , Huang Fen , Jing Shenrong 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACT

The bacteriophage LSPA1 was isolated from hospital sewage (Kunming, China), and lytic activity was demonstrated against the
Salmonella enterica
serovar Paratyphi A CMCC50973 strain. This bacteriophage has a 41,880-bp double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genome encoding 58 coding sequences (CDSs) and belongs to the family Siphoviridae.
Draft Genome Sequence of Sulfurospirillum sp. Strain MES, Reconstructed from the Metagenome of a Microbial Electrosynthesis System
Authors: Ross Daniel E. , Marshall Christopher W. , May Harold D. , Norman R. Sean 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACT

A draft genome of Sulfurospirillum sp. strain MES was isolated through taxonomic binning of a metagenome sequenced from a microbial electrosynthesis system (MES) actively producing acetate and hydrogen. The genome contains the
nosZDFLY
genes, which are involved in nitrous oxide reduction, suggesting the potential role of this strain in denitrification.
Draft Genome Sequence of Shewanella sp. ECSMB14101, Isolated from the East China Sea
Authors: Yang Jin-Long , Guo Xing-Pan , Ding De-Wen 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACT
Shewanella sp. ECSMB14101 was isolated from marine biofilms formed on the East China Sea. The draft genome sequence comprises 4,272,451 bp with a G+C content of 49.82%. Information on this draft genome will contribute to the understanding of bacterium-animal interactions.
Complete Genome Sequence of Pseudoalteromonas sp. Strain OCN003, Isolated from Kāne’ohe Bay, O’ahu, Hawaii
Authors: Beurmann Silvia , Videau Patrick , Ushijima Blake , Smith Ashley M. , Aeby Greta S. , Callahan Sean M. , Belcaid Mahdi 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACT
Pseudoalteromonas sp. strain OCN003 is a marine gammaproteobacterium that was isolated from a diseased colony of the common Hawaiian reef coral, Montipora capitata, found on a reef surrounding Moku o Lo’e in Kāne’ohe Bay, Hawaii. Here, we report the complete genome of Pseudoalteromonas sp. strain OCN003.
Draft Genome Sequence of Thermus sp. Isolate 2.9, Obtained from a Hot Water Spring Located in Salta, Argentina
Authors: Navas Laura E. , Berretta Marcelo F. , Ortiz Elio M. , Benintende Graciela B. , Amadio Ariel F. , Zandomeni Rubén O. 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACT
Thermus sp. isolate 2.9 was obtained from a hot water spring in Salta, Argentina. Here, we report the draft genome sequence (2,485,434 bp) of this isolate, which consists of 11 scaffolds of >10 kbp and 2,719 protein-coding sequences.
Draft Genome Sequence of the Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4356
Authors: Palomino Maria Mercedes , Allievi Mariana C. , Fina Martin Joaquina , Waehner Pablo M. , Prado Acosta Mariano , Sanchez Rivas Carmen , Ruzal Sandra M. 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACT

We present the 1,956,699-bp draft genome sequence of
Lactobacillus acidophilus
strain ATCC 4356. Comparative genomic analysis revealed 99.96% similarity with
L. acidophilus
NCFM NC_006814.3 and 99.97% with La-14 NC_021181.2 genomes.
Draft Genome Sequence of Uncultivated Toluene-Degrading
Desulfobulbaceae
Bacterium Tol-SR, Obtained by Stable Isotope Probing Using [
13
C
6
]Toluene
Authors: Abu Laban Nidal , Tan BoonFei , Dao Anh , Foght Julia 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACT

The draft genome of a member of the bacterial family
Desulfobulbaceae
(phylum
Deltaproteobacteria
) was assembled from the metagenome of a sulfidogenic [
13
C
6
]toluene-degrading enrichment culture. The “
Desulfobulbaceae
bacterium Tol-SR” genome is distinguished from related, previously sequenced genomes by suites of genes associated with anaerobic toluene metabolism, including
bss
,
bbs
, and
bam
.
Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus megaterium Myophage Mater
Authors: Lancaster Jacob C. , Hodde Mary K. , Hernandez Adriana C. , Kuty Everett Gabriel F. 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACT

Bacillus megaterium
is a ubiquitous, soil inhabiting Gram-positive bacterium that is a common model organism and is used in industrial applications for protein production. The following reports the complete sequencing and annotation of the genome of
B. megaterium
myophage Mater and describes the major features identified.
Complete Genome Sequence of Citrobacter freundii Myophage Miller
Authors: Hwang Kyuwon , Luna Adrian J. , Hernandez Adriana C. , Kuty Everett Gabriel F. 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACT

Citrobacter freundii
is a Gram-negative, opportunistic pathogen that can be fatal to newborns or immunocompromised patients. Bacteriophages against this bacterium can be useful for therapeutic purposes. Here, we describe the complete genome and the key features of the pseudo T-even
C. freundii
bacteriophage Miller.
Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus megaterium Myophage Moonbeam
Authors: Cadungog Joshua N. , Khatemi Brontee E. , Hernandez Adriana C. , Kuty Everett Gabriel F. 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACT

Moonbeam is a newly isolated myophage of
Bacillus megaterium
, a common Gram-positive bacterium that is routinely used for large-scale protein production. Bacteriophages have potential to be useful tools for industrial applications. Here, we describe the complete genome of Moonbeam and describe its features.
Finished Genome Sequence of Bacillus cereus Strain 03BB87, a Clinical Isolate with B. anthracis Virulence Genes
Authors: Johnson Shannon L. , Minogue Timothy D. , Teshima Hazuki , Davenport Karen W. , Shea April A. , Miner Haven L. , Wolcott Mark J. , Chain Patrick S. G. 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACT

Bacillus cereus
strain 03BB87, a blood culture isolate, originated in a 56-year-old male muller operator with a fatal case of pneumonia in 2003. Here we present the finished genome sequence of that pathogen, including a 5.46-Mb chromosome and two plasmids (209 and 52 Kb, respectively).