bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Meloidogyne incognita - rice (Oryza sativa) interaction: a new model system to study plant-root-knot nematode interactions in monocotyledons
Authors: Nguyễn Phong Vũ , Bellafiore Stéphane , Petitot Anne-Sophie , Haidar Rana , Bak Aurélie , Abed Amina , Gantet Pascal , Mezzalira Itamara , de Almeida Engler Janice , Fernandez Diana 
Published: September 2014

Abstract

Background
Plant-parasitic nematodes developed strategies to invade and colonize their host plants, including expression of immune suppressors to overcome host defenses. Meloidogyne graminicola and M. incognita are root-knot nematode (RKN) species reported to damage rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivated in upland and irrigated systems. Despite M. incognita wide host range, study of the molecular plant - RKN interaction has been so far limited to a few dicotyledonous model plants. The aim of this study was to investigate if the rice cv. Nipponbare widely used in rice genomic studies could be used as a suitable monocotyledon host plant for studying M. incognita pathogenicity mechanisms. Here we compared the ability of M. graminicola and M. incognita to develop and reproduce in Nipponbare roots. Next, we tested if RKNs modulates rice immunity-related genes expression in galls during infection and express the Mi-crt gene encoding an immune suppressor.

Results
Root galling, mature females, eggs and newly formed J2s nematodes were obtained for both species in rice cultivated in hydroponic culture system after 4-5 weeks. Meloidogyne graminicola reproduced at higher rates than M. incognita on Nipponbare and the timing of infection was shorter. In contrast, the infection characteristics compared by histological analysis were similar for both nematode species. Giant cells formed from 2 days after infection (DAI) with M. graminicola and from 6 DAI with M. incognita. Real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) data indicated that RKNs are able to suppress transcription of immune regulators genes, such as OsEDS1, OsPAD4 and OsWRKY13 in young galls. Four M. incognita reference genes (Mi-eif-3, Mi-GDP-2, Mi-Y45F10D.4, and Mi-actin) were selected for normalizing nematode gene expression studies in planta and in pre-parasitic J2s. Meloidogyne incognita expressed the immune suppressor calreticulin gene (Mi-crt) in rice roots all along its infection cycle.

Conclusion
RKNs repress the transcription of key immune regulators in rice, likely in order to lower basal defence in newly-formed galls. The calreticulin Mi-CRT can be one of the immune-modulator effectors secreted by M. incognita in rice root tissues. Together, these data show that rice is a well suited model system to study host- M. incognita molecular interactions in monocotyledons.
Prediction of LDL cholesterol response to statin using transcriptomic and genetic variation
Authors: Kim Kyungpil , Bolotin Eugene , Theusch Elizabeth , Huang Haiyan , Medina Marisa W , Krauss Ronald M 
Published: September 2014

Abstract
Background
Statins are widely prescribed for lowering LDL-cholesterol (LDLC) levels and risk of cardiovascular disease. There is, however, substantial inter-individual variation in the magnitude of statin-induced LDLC reduction. To date, analysis of individual DNA sequence variants has explained only a small proportion of this variability. The present study was aimed at assessing whether transcriptomic analyses could be used to identify additional genetic contributions to inter-individual differences in statin efficacy.

Results
Using expression array data from immortalized lymphoblastoid cell lines derived from 372 participants of the Cholesterol and Pharmacogenetics clinical trial, we identify 100 signature genes differentiating high versus low statin responders. A radial-basis support vector machine prediction model of these signature genes explains 12.3% of the variance in statin-mediated LDLC change. Addition of SNPs either associated with expression levels of the signature genes (eQTLs) or previously reported to be associated with statin response in genome-wide association studies results in a combined model that predicts 15.0% of the variance. Notably, a model of the signature gene associated eQTLs alone explains up to 17.2% of the variance in the tails of a separate subset of the Cholesterol and Pharmacogenetics population. Furthermore, using a support vector machine classification model, we classify the most extreme 15% of high and low responders with high accuracy.

Conclusions
These results demonstrate that transcriptomic information can explain a substantial proportion of the variance in LDLC response to statin treatment, and suggest that this may provide a framework for identifying novel pathways that influence cholesterol metabolism.
On linear ODEs with a time singularity of the first kind and unsmooth inhomogeneity
Authors: Burkotová Jana , Rachůnková Irena , Staněk Svatoslav , Weinmüller Ewa B 
Published: September 2014

Abstract
In this paper we investigate the analytical properties of systems of linear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) with unsmooth nonintegrable inhomogeneities and a time singularity of the first kind. We are especially interested in specifying the structure of general linear two-point boundary conditions guaranteeing existence and uniqueness of solutions which are continuous on a closed interval including the singular point. Moreover, we study the convergence behavior of collocation schemes applied to solving the problem numerically. Our theoretical results are supported by numerical experiments.

MSC: 34A12, 34A30, 34B05.
Theoretical Study of Electronic Properties of Phenalenyl Radical and Zethrene Diradical Species: Possibility of Triplet Oxygen Adsorption onto Graphene Surface
Authors: Kinoshita Keiji , Kawakami Takashi , Yoshimura Shohei , Saito Toru , Kitagawa Yasutaka , Yamanaka Shusuke , Okumura Mitsutaka , Yamaguchi Kizashi 
Published: September 2014

Abstract
Phenalenyl, zethrene, and extended zethrene molecules were employed to study the change in electronic properties of graphene surfaces upon exposure to oxygen atmosphere. These hydrocarbons are the smallest systems that can be used to evaluate intermolecular interaction with triplet oxygen molecules. The phenalenyl radical can simulate the radical nature of an edge structure and defect site of graphene sheets. Zethrene and extended zethrene molecules (n = 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4), which possess open-singlet diradical character, are also good models for studying chemisorption phenomena. From the calculated results for phenalenyl, the reaction path from the dissociation limit to the final products was found with chemisorbed structures (SS1 and SS2) and transition states (TS1, TS2, and TS3). Calculated adsorption energies were 7.72 (SS1) and 6.58 (SS2) kcal mol−1. An oxygen molecule can form a contact with phenalenyl radical in a weak chemisorption process, which is endothermic and has very low energy barriers to transition states. For the zethrene series, the diradical character index y, used to describe coupling between two radical spins, was evaluated using the broken symmetry approach. The values were 0.00, 0.01, 0.10, 0.23, and 0.32, for n = 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. Although diradical nature was absent in ordinary zethrene, other extended zethrene molecules exhibited diradical character. The radical spin induced in phenalenyl unit A can contribute to the chemisorption of triplet oxygen molecules. The calculated adsorption energy for the first O2 adsorption onto heptazethrene was 5.38 kcal mol−1. Concomitantly, the radical electron on unit B revived and played an important role in the radical activity. The required adsorption energy for the second O2 adsorption became lower at −0.64 kcal mol−1.
Case Article—Class Scheduling with Linear Programming
Authors: Winch Janice K. , Yurkiewicz Jack 
Published: September 2014

This paper describes “Kelly’s Class Scheduling” case that illustrates a real-life application that is understandable to undergraduate business students in an introductory management science course. Given available courses, their meeting times, and ratings of the course sections, we show how to use a simple integer program to find an optimal class schedule. The case analysis is followed by an optional “Make Your Own Schedule” assignment where students formulate their own class schedule using a similar approach. This case-and-assignment combination offers several benefits. It provides an interesting example that students can identify with and is simple enough for inexperienced students to grasp in a relatively short time. It helps students develop appreciation for optimization methods by applying them immediately in their own life and lets students experience the entire process of quantitative modeling including problem definition, data collection, model formulation, model solution, and implementation. Case Teaching Note: Interested Instructors please see the Instructor Materials page for access to the restricted materials. To maintain the integrity and usefulness of cases published in ITE, unapproved distribution of the case teaching notes and other restricted materials to any other party is prohibited.
Publish, Don’t Perish: A Glimpse Behind the Scenes in Academic Publishing
Authors: Millholland Valerie 
Published: September 2014

I never thought I’d be sitting here talking to all of you, but I do want to thank you and tell you how honored I am that you have given me this award. It was completely unexpected, and I still think I’m going to wake up one day and find it was all a dream.Not such a dream was being told I’d have to prepare an “address”—something editors rarely have to do. We are more at ease sitting in a comfortable chair reading manuscripts, or writing soothing letters to our authors who sometimes get very frazzled with all the complicated things that are involved in scholarly publishing. So I thought I’d just say a few words, certainly not an address, about what it is like to be an editor at a university press, since I fear some people think all we do is take authors out to lunch or to dinner at expensive restaurants. And we do, of course, do that too, and it is something I shall miss as I venture into retirement.
The sociological dimension of external military interventions: The Portuguese military abroad
Authors: Carreiras Helena 
Published: September 2014

Abstract
This article addresses, from a sociological point of view, the involvement of the Portuguese armed forces in international peace operations. After reviewing some major sociological contributions for understanding change in military institutions and the development of international military missions, it concentrates on the Portuguese case, aiming at uncovering the place and meaning of peace operations for the Portuguese armed forces during the past two decades. After briefly recalling some facts and figures concerning the Portuguese participation in peace operations, it addresses the relevance of such involvement at different analytical levels, showing that peace operations have come to play a decisive role in the national defence political discourse, the organizational configuration of the Portuguese armed forces and the soldiers’ professional identity. The last section consists of a short prospective exercise looking at possible implications of disengagement from international peace missions. The conclusion is that, considering the strategic, organizational and socio-psychological centrality of these missions, disengagement is likely to have important consequences in the overall strategic definition, purpose and identity of the Portuguese military, while entailing an additional cost: the possible loss of at least part of a recently reinforced legitimacy.
In favour of Heroines: Lincoln Clarkes’s Vancouver photographs
Authors: Wood Kelly 
Published: September 2014

Abstract
This article examines Lincoln Clarkes’ photographic series Heroines, exploring the ways in which it demonstrates that available models for writing about photography are insufficient. The author argues that the Heroines series’ blurs the boundaries between commercial, documentary and fine art photography. The article examines how these images supplement a tradition of documentary after postmodernism and its critique of representation. Heroines evidences an as-yet uncategorizable form, one that brings into relief the ways in which certain theories of photography fail to explain and fully interpret such photographs. On this basis, the article argues that the importance of Heroines lies ultimately in how it suggests new strategies of evaluating the political work of photography in the aftermath of identity politics.
The Pirate and the Sovereign: Negative Identification and the Constitutive Rhetoric of the Nation-State
Authors: Mills Robert Elliot 
Published: September 2014

Abstract
Pirates are commonly referred to as hostis humani generis, the enemy of all. This essay explores the contours of this figuration through an analysis of early nineteenth century American legal and political texts concerning piracy. I argue that pirate rhetorics in this period are part of a constitutive rhetoric of sovereignty, principally identified with Emerich de Vattel’s famous definition of sovereignty in The Law of Nations. Through an analysis of the textual milieu surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1820 decision in United States v. Smith, I show that the pirate is figured as an anti-sovereign, which allows for the consolidation of an otherwise differential system of international relations characterized by liberal, self-interested, sovereign nations. In becoming hostis humani generis, the pirate enters into an antagonistic relationship with the sovereign that provides the ontological ground for the theory of sovereignty characteristic of modern thought in international law. Supplementing Charland’s theory of constitutive rhetoric with Laclau and Mouffe’s work on antagonisms in social relations, I argue that focusing on negative identification, which is an essential component of any constitutive rhetoric, opens up unique avenues for analysis that may otherwise be obscured by attending solely to the positive dimensions of a rhetoric.
The Atheistic Voice
Authors: Rhodes Joseph 
Published: September 2014

Abstract
This essay defines and describes the atheistic voice. Drawing from Thomas Lessl’s “voice” metaphor (“The Priestly Voice”), the logology of Kenneth Burke, and the literary insights of Mikhail Bakhtin, I map out the rhetorical tropes of the atheistic voice by analyzing the rhetoric of Christopher Hitchens, which exemplifies the atheistic voice as a rhetorical ideal. Hitchens demonstrates that the rhetorical strategies of burlesque and grotesque rejection are the atheistic voice’s primary means of ridiculing and tearing down the god-terms of priestly and bardic discourses. After analyzing these strategies, I point to concerns—some perennial, some contemporary—that the ebb and flow of atheistic voices in a democratic public sphere present.
Data Mining zur Analyse der Auswirkungen von Preissignalen auf Haushaltsstromkunden
Authors: Waczowicz Simon , Klaiber Stefan , Bretschneider Peter , Konotop Irina , Westermann Dirk , Reischl Markus , Mikut Ralf 
Published: September 2014

Zusammenfassung
Dieser Beitrag widmet sich der Analyse der Auswirkungen von Preissignalen auf das Verbrauchsverhalten von Haushaltsstromkunden. Er schlägt einen systematischen Auswerteprozess vor, der die Datenvorverarbeitung, verschiedene Aggregationsschritte, die Analyse mit Clusterverfahren (für preisbeeinflusste Typtage bei einzelnen oder aggregierten Haushalten) und die Analyse einzelner Abtastzeitpunkte umfasst. Dieser Auswerteprozess wird auf den Olympic Peninsula Project Datensatz angewendet.
High sensitivity cardiac troponin assays in the clinical laboratories
Authors: Jarolim Petr 
Published: September 2014

AbstractImmunoassays measuring cardiac troponins I or T have become firmly established as critical tools for diagnosing acute myocardial infarction. While most contemporary assays provide adequate diagnostic performance, the increased sensitivity and precision of the new, high sensitivity assays that have already been introduced into clinical practice, provide the potential to further shorten intervals between blood draws or the time needed to detect the first significant troponin elevation. In addition to the relatively modest benefits at the diagnostic end, the high sensitivity assays and the investigational ultrasensitive cardiac troponin assays offer improvements for predicting major adverse cardiovascular events, development of heart failure or transition to end-stage kidney disease. These novel high sensitivity assays can measure troponin concentrations in 50%–100% of healthy individuals and therefore allow for the distribution of troponin values within a healthy cohort to be measured, patient’s baseline troponin levels to be monitored, and clinicians to be alerted of deteriorating cardiorenal conditions. We envisage that the high sensitivity assays will become important tools for predicting each patient’s risk of future adverse events and for guiding and monitoring corresponding adjustments of preventative therapeutic interventions.
The role of the orbitofrontal cortex in cognition and behavior
Authors: Jonker Frank A. , Jonker Cees , Scheltens Philip , Scherder Erik J.A. 
Published: September 2014

AbstractThe orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) plays a crucial role in behavior and is a common site for damage due to different types of injuries, e.g., closed head injuries, cerebrovascular accidents, tumors, neurosurgical interventions. Despite the (severe) behavioral changes following OFC lesions, persons with damage to the OFC appear to be cognitively intact, i.e., at least when assessed by means of standard neuropsychological tests. Meanwhile, neuropsychological tests addressing reversal learning, gambling, and social cognition show a decline in these patients. The goal of the present review is to link the performance of these latter neuropsychological tests to behavior. The results suggest that in patients with orbitofrontal lesions, reversal learning is more associated with behavioral disinhibition and that impairment in recognition of expressed emotion is more associated with social inappropriate behavior. The faux pas test (theory of mind) appears not to be sensitive to orbitofrontal lesions. Future studies should involve a larger numbers of patients with well-defined locations in the OFC and should integrate specific neuropsychological tests and quantitative behavioral measures to better understand the contribution of the OFC to cognition and behavior.
Crystal structure of nitrato-O,O -bis(1,10-phenanthroline)nitritolead(II), Pb(phen)2(NO3)1.5(NO2)0.5
Authors: Morsali A. , Mahjoub A. R. , Bijanzadeh H. R. 
Published: September 2014

Abstract C24H16N6O5.50Pb, triclinic, P1 (No. 2), a = 7.805(2) Å, b = 11.332(2) Å, c = 13.184(3) Å, α = 94.934(3)0, β = 99.471(3)0, γ = 101.504(3)0, V = 1118.6 Å3, Z = 2, Rgt(F) = 0.028, wRref(F2) = 0.066, T = 110 K.
Crystal structure of 4-(3-chlorophenyl)-1-[4-(4-oxoquinazolin-3(4H)-yl)- butyl]piperazin-1-ium chloride trihydrate, (C22H26ClN4O)Cl · 3H2O
Authors: Karolak-Wojciechowska J. , Fruziński A. , Kowalska T. , Kowalski P. 
Published: September 2014

Abstract C22H32Cl2N4O4, triclinic, P1 (No. 2), a = 7.081(1) Å, b = 13.247(3) Å, c = 13.923(3) Å, α = 102.90(3)0, β = 96.90(3)0, γ = 98.36(3)0, V = 1243.7 Å3, Z = 2, Rgt(F) = 0.066, wRref(F2) = 0.241, T = 293 K.
Crystal structure of 2'H,7'H-dispiro[fluorene-9,2'-dibenzo[c,e]- oxepine-7',9"-fluorene], C38H24O
Authors: Ibragimov B. T. , Weber E. , Beketov K. M. , Makhkamov K. K. 
Published: September 2014

Abstract C38H24O, monoclinic, P121/n1 (No. 14), a = 10.737(2) Å, b = 16.963(3) Å, c = 15.246(3) Å, β = 109.30(3)°, V = 2620.8 Å3, Z = 4, Rgt(F) = 0.088, wRref(F2) = 0.252, T = 293 K.
Crystal structure of 3′-benzyloxy-2′-naphthyl-1-bromo-2-naphthoate, C28H19BrO3
Authors: Peters K. , Peters E.-M. , Wuzik A. , Pfeifer R.-M. , Bringmann G. 
Published: September 2014

Abstract C28H19BrO3, monoclinic, P121/c1 (No. 14), a = 13.769(1) Å, b = 19.058(2) Å, c = 8.716(1) Å, β = 107.964(6)°, V = 2175.7 Å3, Z = 4, Rgt(F) = 0.059, wRref(F2) = 0.164, T = 293 K.
Crystal structure of ammonium triiodidomercurate(II) monohydrate, NH4HgI3 · H2O
Authors: Loukil M. , Kabadou A. , Svoboda I. , Salah A. B. , Fuess H. 
Published: September 2014

AbstractH6HgI3NO, monoclinic, C1c1 (No. 9), a = 11.1235(9) Å, b = 9.8046(8) Å, c = 8.7430(8) Å, β = 90.185(7)°, V = 953.5Å3, Z = 4, Rgt(F) = 0.033, wRref(F2) = 0.072, T = 299 K.
Crystal structure of dinitrato-dimethanol-bis[N-(2-aminopropyl)- salicylaldiminato]dicadmium(II), Cd2(C10H13N2O)2(NO3)2(CH3OH)2
Authors: Xia D.-S. , Wang Y.-F. , Liu W.-J. , Wang D.-Q. , Zhu H.-L. 
Published: September 2014

AbstractC22H34Cd2N6O10, triclinic, P1̅ (No. 2), a = 7.832(2) Å, b = 9.275(3) Å, c = 10.497(3) Å, α = 85.445(4)°, β = 71.174(4)°, ϒ = 88.390(4)°, V = 719.4 Å3, Z = 1, Rgt(F) = 0.041, wRref(F2) = 0.113, T = 293 K.
Crystal structure of [bis-tris(pyrazolyl)methanecobalt(II)] [chlorobis( η2-benzoato)-η1-benzoato-manganate(II)] hydrate, Co(C10H10N6)Mn(C7H5O2)3Cl · H2O
Authors: Moubaraki B. , Murray K. S. , Tiekink E. R. T. 
Published: September 2014

AbstractC41H37ClCoMnN12O7, monoclinic, P121/n1 (No. 14), a = 16.024(5) Å, b = 13.23(1) Å, c = 20.833(4) Å, β = 106.54(2)°, V = 4233.8Å3, Z = 4, Rgt(F) = 0.054, wRref(F2) = 0.138, T = 293 K.
Crystal structure of dl-dimethyl 2,3-dibenzamido-2,3-dimethylbutanedioate, C22H24N2O6
Authors: Coghlan D. R. , Easton C. J. , Tiekink E. R. T. 
Published: September 2014

AbstractC22H24N2O6, monoclinic, P121/c1 (No. 14), a = 10.982(2) Å, b = 9.440(1) Å, c = 10.375(3) Å, β = 111.06(1)°, V = 1003.7Å3, Z = 2, Rgt(F) = 0.074, wRref(F2) = 0.222, T = 293 K.
Crystal structure of rubidium copper silver oxide, Rb3Cu0.5Ag0.5O2
Authors: Sofin M. , Peters E.-M. , Jansen M. 
Published: September 2014

Abstract Ag0.5Cu0.5O2Rb3, tetragonal, P41212 (No. 92), a = 9.0169(3) Å, c = 14.1195(6) Å, V = 1148.0 Å3, Z = 8, Rgt(F) = 0.054, wRref(F2) = 0.150, T = 293 K.
Crystal structure of tricalcium tantalum trigallium disilicon oxide, Ca3TaGa3Si2O14
Authors: Wang Z.-M. , Yu W.-T. , Yuan D.-R. , Wang X.-Q. , Xue G. , Shi X.-Z. , Xu D. , Lv M.-K. 
Published: September 2014

Abstract Ca3Ga3O14Si2Ta, trigonal, P321 (No. 150), a = 8.1081(4) Å, c = 4.9850(4) Å, V = 283.8 Å3, Z = 1, Rgt(F) = 0.025, wRref(F2) = 0.064, T = 293 K.
Crystal structure of 11,23-bis-(tert-butyl)-25,27-bis-(ethoxyethoxy)-26,28-bis-(propoxy)calix[4]arene, C50H68O6
Authors: Bagatin I. A. , Balegroune F. , Matt D. 
Published: September 2014

Abstract C50H68O6, monoclinic, C12/c1 (No. 15), a = 25.4702(8) Å, b = 11.013(1) Å, c = 18.5662(8) Å, β = 119.078(3)°, V = 4551.6 Å3, Z = 4, Rgt(F) = 0.063, wRref(F2) = 0.230, T = 293 K.
Crystal structure of 5,11,17,23-tetra-t-butyl-25,27-dihydroxy-26,28-di-tosyloxy-calix[4]arene, C58H68O8S2
Authors: Paulus E. F. , Joswig W. , Böhmer V. , Saadioui M. , Krilow M. , Peikert-Regelien M. , Urschel B. 
Published: September 2014

Abstract C58H68O8S2, monoclinic, C1c1 (No. 9), a = 23.888(5) Å, b = 11.225(2) Å, c = 21.431(4) Å, β = 112.41(3)°, V = 5312.7 Å3, Z = 4, Rgt(F) = 0.041, wRref(F2) = 0.105, T = 293 K.
Crystal structure of {2-[4-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxy-1-piperidinylmethyl] cyclopentyl}-(4-fluorophenyl)-methanone, C24H27ClFNO2
Authors: Casellato U. , Graziani R. , Teijeira M. , Uriarte E. 
Published: September 2014

Abstract C24H27ClFNO2, triclinic, P1̅̅̅̅ (No. 2), a = 9.494(2) Å, b = 10.769(2) Å, c = 11.377(3)Å, α = 87.18(3)°, β = 67.27(3)°, γ = 88.01(3)°, V = 1071.4 Å3, Z = 2, Rgt(F) = 0.076, wRobs(F2) = 0.302, T = 293 K.
Crystal structure of 1′-(1,2′-binaphthyl) 1-naphthyl ketone, C31H20O
Authors: Skobridis K. , Weber E. , chter W. 
Published: September 2014

Abstract C31H20O, monoclinic, P121/n1 (No. 14), a = 11.588(2) Å, b = 12.306(2) Å, c = 15.794(3) Å, β = 105.65(3)°, V = 2168.8 Å3, Z = 4, Rgt(F) = 0.071, wRref(F2) = 0.203, T = 298 K.