bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Environmental Impact Assessment of Housing Colonies in Lucknow City, India with Special Reference to Land Capability and Spatial Development Using AHP and GIS
Authors: Dutta Venkatesh , Tiwari Vivek Kumar 
Published: September 2015

In the absence of proper assessment of environmental significance of ongoing housing projects in India’s developing cities, the living standards of urban and rural area are fast deteriorating. Poor performance has been noticed in the follow-up activities in environmental impact assessment (EIA). This is considered to be a major weakness of EIA not only in Indian cities but also in those developing cities that are transitioning. This study uses the EIA framework to evaluate current and future environmental impacts on developing housing projects in Lucknow and also evaluates the post-project issues. Urban suitability analysis is introduced to the EIA process on land use planning to evaluate the suitability of housing colonies. Pre-project baseline information is collected from the EIA reports, whereas the post-project compliance is studied through primary data collection. Conflict analysis is carried out to explore disagreements between urban suitability, enabling infrastructure and master plan 2021 proposed by land authorities using satellite imageries, fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and sub-models within the framework of environmental assessment. The outcome of this study reveals that EIA regulations are not adequately implemented in housing projects and there are conflicts with respect to post-project compliance. The study further reveals that zoning regulations and land use suitability is not accounted for while deciding upon housing projects. The methodology provides a cost-effective rapid land evaluation framework which may help policy makers, urban and regional planners and researchers working in developing countries to understand the dynamics of urban growth and implications of these housing projects on the environment.
Cx30 exhibits unique characteristics including a long half-life when assembled into gap junctions
Authors: Kelly John J. , Shao Qing , Jagger Daniel J. , Laird Dale W. 
Published: September 2015

ABSTRACT
In the present study we investigated the life cycle, trafficking, assembly and cell surface dynamics of a poorly characterized connexin family member, connexin 30 (Cx30; also known as GJB6), which plays a critical role in skin health and hearing. Unexpectedly, Cx30 localization at the cell surface and gap junctional intercellular communication was not affected by prolonged treatments with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)–Golgi transport inhibitor brefeldin A or the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide, whereas Cx43 (also known as GJA1) was rapidly cleared. Fluorescent recovery after photobleaching revealed that Cx30 plaques were rebuilt from the outer edges in keeping with older channels residing in the inner core of the plaque. Expression of a dominant-negative form of Sar1 GTPase led to the accumulation of Cx30 within the ER, in contrast to a report that Cx30 traffics via a Golgi-independent pathway. Co-expression of Cx30 with Cx43 revealed that these connexins segregate into distinct domains within common gap junction plaques, suggesting that their assembly is governed by different mechanisms. In summary, Cx30 was found to be an unusually stable, long-lived connexin (half-life &gt;12 h), which may underlie its specific role in the epidermis and cochlea.
Copper Ion-containing Ionic Liquids Provide Improved Endurance and Switching Voltage Distributions of Conducting-bridge Random Access Memory
Authors: Harada Akinori , Yamaoka Hiroki , Watanabe Kouhei , Kinoshita Kentaro , Kishida Satoru , Fukaya Yukinobu , Nokami Toshiki , Itoh Toshiyuki 
Published: September 2015

Abstract
Remarkable improvement of cycling endurance and working voltage variance has been achieved by the addition of a trace amount of a [bmim][Tf2N] solution containing Cu(Tf2N)2 to the HfO2 film layer of a CB-RAM with a Cu/HfO2/Pt structure.
Anomalous Surface Tension and Micellization Behavior of Ionic Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymers in Seawater
Authors: Matsuoka Hideki , Kido Yuko , Hachisuka Masahiro 
Published: September 2015

Abstract
Surface tension and micellization behavior of an ionic amphiphilic diblock copolymer, poly(n-butyl acrylate)-b-poly(styrenesulfonate) sodium salt, which shows non-surface active nature in pure water, were investigated in seawater. The block copolymer became surface active in seawater, but the relationship between polymer concentration and surface tension showed a second bending point at a higher concentration in addition to that at the critical micelle concentration (CMC). Polymer micelles were also found in seawater, although the hydrodynamic size was very small. However, larger aggregation numbers of micelles were found in solutions above the second bending point. Experiments using solutions with one, two, or three salt species revealed that cmc was governed by sodium chloride, which is the most abundant salt in seawater, but the micelle structure was sensitive to divalent ions such as Ca2+ and Mg2+, although their amount is very small compared to that of NaCl.
The Design of Experiential Services with Acclimation and Memory Decay: Optimal Sequence and Duration
Authors: Das Gupta Aparupa , Karmarkar Uday S. , Roels Guillaume 
Published: September 2015

For many consumer-intensive (i.e., business-to-consumer) services, delivering memorable customer experiences is a source of competitive advantage. Yet there are few guidelines available for designing service encounters with a focus on customer satisfaction. In this paper, we show how experiential services should be sequenced and timed to maximize the satisfaction of customers who are subject to memory decay and acclimation. We find that memory decay favors positioning the highest service level near the end, whereas acclimation favors maximizing the gradient of service level. Together, they maximize the gradient of service level near the end. Although memory decay and acclimation lead to the same design individually, they can act as opposing forces when considered jointly. Overall, our analysis suggests that short experiences should have activities scheduled as a crescendo and duration allocated primarily to the activities with the highest service levels, whereas long experiences should have activities scheduled in a U-shaped fashion and duration allocated primarily to activities with the lowest service level so as to ensure a steep gradient at the end. This paper was accepted by Serguei Netessine, operations management.
Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts
Authors: Mollick Ethan , Nanda Ramana 
Published: September 2015

In fields as diverse as technology entrepreneurship and the arts, crowds of interested stakeholders are increasingly responsible for deciding which innovations to fund, a privilege that was previously reserved for a few experts, such as venture capitalists and grant-making bodies. Little is known about the degree to which the crowd differs from experts in judging which ideas to fund, and, indeed, whether the crowd is even rational in making funding decisions. Drawing on a panel of national experts and comprehensive data from the largest crowdfunding site, we examine funding decisions for proposed theater projects, a category where expert and crowd preferences might be expected to differ greatly. We instead find significant agreement between the funding decisions of crowds and experts. Where crowds and experts disagree, it is far more likely to be a case where the crowd is willing to fund projects that experts may not. Examining the outcomes of these projects, we find no quantitative or qualitative differences between projects funded by the crowd alone and those that were selected by both the crowd and experts. Our findings suggest that crowdfunding can play an important role in complementing expert decisions, particularly in sectors where the crowds are end users, by allowing projects the option to receive multiple evaluations and thereby lowering the incidence of “false negatives.” This paper was accepted by Lee Fleming, entrepreneurship and innovation.
Additivity of ISSR Markers in Natural Hybrids of Related Forest Species Bromus benekenii and B. ramosus (Poaceae)
Authors: Sutkowska Agnieszka , Pasierbzziński Andrzej , Bąba Wojciech , Warzecha Tomasz , Mitka Józef 
Published: September 2015

AbstractThe co-occurrence of hybrids and parental species in similar ecological niches poses a question on the role of traits additivity and overdispersion (emergence of new traits) in microevolutionary processes. We analysed genetic polymorphism ofBromus benekenii,B. ramosusand the spontaneous hybridB. benekenii×B. ramosusin sympatric and allopatric parts of the species distribution in Europe, based on non-coding regions of the taxon genomes (ISSR genetic fingerprinting). We tested 68 individuals in 7 populations, including a hybrid population in N France. Altogether 233 polymorphic ISSR bands (loci) were obtained. We found that the parent species were genetically distinct and the hybrids had an additive pattern of ISSR bands found in the putative parental species (NMDS, STRUCTURE); however, there was evidence of introgression towardsB. ramosus(NEWHYBRIDS, UPGMA classifications, Nei's D genetic distance).Bromus benekeniihad 72,B. ramosus21 and the hybrids 9 private bands (genetic overdispersion), probably resulting from the rearranged genomes. Based on its low genetic divergence index DW, the hybrid population seems to be at a young age. We argue that in the face of anthropogenic landscape transformations favouring secondary contacts, the hybrids may competitively replace the parental species in sympatric areas.
On the Use of Long-Term Risk Measures as an Approach to Communicating Risks
Authors: Ren Jiandong 
Published: September 2015

Abstract
Value at risk (VaR) is a widely used measure for financial risks. However, as argued in Taleb (2012), “VaR encourages low volatility, high blowup risk taking which can be gamed by the Wall Street bonus structure.” It was also argued that one reason for this is the limited ability of all quantitative risk measures (including VaR, TVaR and many other modifications) to measure the risk of extreme events (black swans). In this paper, we argue that VaR and its modifications, being short–term in nature, intend to measure extreme risk by creating extreme small probability values. Even if accurate, they might not be effective in communicating risk to people because it is well documented in the psychology literature that humans tend to make irrational decisions when dealing with extreme small probabilities. As such, we propose that long-term risk measures, such as ruin probabilities over a long time horizon, provide a natural approach to avoid small probability values in measuring the risk of extreme events. They could be considered as a vehicle to communicate extreme risks to fund managers, insurance companies, as well as the public, and to help them in making decisions under uncertainty.
Lexicographic Voting: Holding Parties Accountable in the Presence of Downsian Competition
Authors: Klingelhöfer Jan 
Published: September 2015

Abstract
This paper combines ideas from models of electoral competition with forward-looking voters and models of electoral competition with backward-looking voters. Two political parties can commit in advance to policy platforms, but not to a maximum level of rent extraction. In the case without uncertainty, the electorate can limit rents to the same extent as in a purely backward-looking model of accountability, and the policy preferred by the voter who represents the median preferences of the electorate is implemented. In the case with uncertainty about the bliss point of the representative voter, the electorate has to accept higher rent seeking by the incumbent politician, but nonetheless retains some control over rent extraction. The policy positions of the two competing parties do not converge as they do in the case without uncertainty. I show in an example that this nonconvergence can increase the welfare of the representative voter.
Wie christlich ist das Mittelalter oder: Wie ist das Mittelalter christlich?
Authors: Müller Jan-Dirk 
Published: September 2015

AbstractThe courtly culture of the Middle Ages integrates Christian values into the ethics of a feudal warrior society. It establishes a hierarchy of norms of behaviour withDie folgenden vier Beiträge gehen auf Vorträge zurück, die anlässlich eines von Andreas Kablitz und Jan-Dirk Müller in Wien am IFK veranstalteten Interdisziplinären Kolloquiums mit dem Titel »Wie christlich ist das Mittelalter?« (vom 02.–04.4.2014) gehalten wurden.
Modeling of environmentally assisted fatigue crack growth behavior
Authors: Kujawski Daniel , Sree Phani C.R. 
Published: September 2015

Abstract
It is well recognized that environment has a significant role on the failure of mechanically loaded structures. In most cases of cyclic loading, fatigue crack growth (FCG) behavior exhibits lower threshold and faster growth rate in air than in vacuum. It is well documented that the effect of loading frequency on FCG behavior can be more pronounced in aggressive environment/material systems. This is seen in the K
max term of the FCG. On the other hand, a weak dependence of FCG behavior with R ratio in inert environment indicates that a crack extension is governed mainly by ΔK. Existing experimental data indicate that the actual crack extension per cycle is associated with the rising part of the load cycle than the unloading part. In this paper, the synergetic role of environment and mechanical loading on crack growth behavior is considered to see their roles on FCG. In this article, we attempt to model how crack extension interplays between a crack-tip opening and crack-tip blunting angle associated with the applied load and environment, respectively. To support such a model for discussion, we have selected limited FCG data taken from literature corresponding to different environments ranging from vacuum to air and NaCl solution for a number of alloys and with different specimens geometries. We are also not discussing innate mechanisms for each alloy, due to space concerns.
Die Zerstörungskraft der göttlichen Liebe: Empedokles im XII. Gesang von Dantes Inferno
Authors: Primavesi Oliver 
Published: September 2015

Riassunto
Il canto XII dell’Inferno si apre con l’evocazione del terremoto che, poco prima dell’arrivo di Cristo agli inferi, aveva causato una frana al di sopra del settimo cerchio. Virgilio ricorda che egli stesso, per spiegare tale avvenimento, aveva dapprima fatto ricorso alla teoria del filosofo presocratico Empedocle, secondo il quale l’amore divino condurrebbe il mondo, ciclicamente, nel caos. Se questo tentativo di spiegazione è stato recentemente interpretato come un errore pagano-razionalistico, il presente contributo si propone di mostrare che Dante, attraverso la bocca di Virgilio, interpreta la dottrina del ciclo cosmico proposta da Empedocle come prefigurazione della corrispondenza fra la discesa di Cristo agli Inferi e il suo ritorno nel Giorno del Giudizio. Tale interpretazione fu già espressa da Luca Signorelli verso il 1500 negli affreschi del Duomo di Orvieto.
Ovidio – io non lo ’nvidio. Dantes Überbietung der ovidischen Verwandlungen im Kontext der lateinischen Ovid-Kommentare
Authors: Meier Christel 
Published: September 2015

Riassunto
Rispetto a Virgilio, senza dubbio la figura di poeta intradiegetica più prominente e al contempo la fonte antica più importante della Commedia, si tende a sottovalutare l’importanza di Ovidio. Le sue Metamorfosi, infatti, sono un testo di riferimento molto presente per tutte e tre le Cantiche, sia nell’emulazione delle metamorfosi animali di Inferno XXIV-XXV che nelle figurazioni tipologiche e nelle imitazioni contrastive in Purgatorio e in Paradiso. Con la sua interpretazione innovativa di Ovidio, Dante si trova all’inizio di una nuova, intensa fase della ricezione delle Metamorfosi nel Tardo Medioevo. Attraverso il testo e l’immagine, il latino e le lingue volgari, la poesia e la predica, il testo ovidiano raggiunge ora diversi ambienti comunicativi della società.
Poeta, autore e investitura profetica nella Commedia
Authors: Riccobono Maria Gabriella 
Published: September 2015

Zusammenfassung
Der vorliegende Beitrag möchte klären, inwiefern Dante die Konzepte des »auctor« beziehungsweise des »poeta« voneinander abhebt oder aber analogisiert. Dafür wird zunächst untersucht, wie in den der Commedia vorangehenden Werken die volgare-Dichter und die lateinischen auctores zueinander in Beziehung gesetzt werden. In der Commedia steht die prophetische Dimension im Vordergrund, so dass sich Dante hier den Rang eines poeta zuerkennen und seine Vision als ein den heiligen Schriften gleichrangiges Werk darstellen kann. Von diesen Voraussetzungen ausgehend scheint die Interpretation der Verse, in denen Dante durch seinen Ahn Cacciaguida die deutlichste und elaborierteste Dichter-Investition in der Commedia erfährt, zwingend: Die auctoritas gebührt stets den heiligen Schriften und ihren Verfassern: Der einzige wahre auctor ist, in der Tat, Gott.
A Novel UWB Antenna with Dual Band-Notched Characteristics
Authors: Lin Yongfan , Liang Jiangang , Wu Goucheng , Xu Zhiyong , Niu Xuebin 
Published: September 2015

AbstractIn this article, started from analyzing the basic principle of band-notched characteristics, a feasibly method used for band-notched antenna is demonstrated and the equivalent circuit for this method is designed. A novel UWB antenna is designed. Based on this method, two stubs which can be equivalent to shorted stubs in parallel configuration are added to realize dual band-notched characteristics. Simulated and measured results all show that the UWB antenna yields an impendence bandwidth of 2.0–10.6 GHz by defining VSWR ≦ 2, and two obvious band-notched functions (3.27–3.83 GHz, 4.60–5.90 GHz) occur at the working bandwidth of WIMAX (3.3–3.7 GHz) and HiperLAN/2 (5.15–5.35 GHz, 5.47–5.725 GHz), so the electromagnetic interference between UWB application and WIMAX, HiperLAN/2 can be suppressed.
Oxidation Behaviors of Inconel 740H in Air and Dynamic Steam
Authors: Lu Jintao , Yang Zhen , Xu Songqian , Zhao Haiping , Gu Y. 
Published: September 2015

Abstract
Inconel 740H alloy is a candidate material for 700°C advanced ultra-supercritical (A-USC) coal-fired power plants application as superheater/reheater tube. In this work, oxidation behavior of Inconel 740H alloy was studied in static air at 750°C and 850°C, and in dynamic pure steam at 750°C, respectively. The alloy was oxidized approximately following a parabolic law in three test environment. In the static air, the oxidation rate at 850°C was about 50 times of that at the 750°C. More NiCrMn spinal and TiO2 were detected after oxidation at 850°C. Cr2O3, however, was the main oxidation product at 750°C. In the pure steam, Cr2O3 was still the main oxidation product. The oxidation rate was about 2.6 times of that in static air, but the surface roughness was much smaller and edges of oxide particles were more blurred. There was no evidence of cracks or spallation in three test environments.
Is HEADS in our heads? Health risk behavior is not routinely discussed with young people with chronic conditions
Authors: Boisen Kirsten A. , Hertz Pernille Grarup , Blix Charlotte , Teilmann Grete 
Published: September 2015

Abstract

Background:
Outpatient clinic visits are a window of opportunity to address health risk behaviors and promote a healthier lifestyle among young people. The HEADS (Home, Education, Eating, Activities, Drugs [i.e. substance use including tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs], Sexuality [including contraception], Safety, Self-harm) interview is a feasible way of exploring health risk behaviors and resilience.

Objective:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate how often HEADS topics were addressed according to young patients and staff in pediatric and adult outpatient clinics.

Methods:
We conducted a questionnaire survey among young patients and health care professionals at a tertiary university hospital. Young patients reported on their cumulative experience and staff reported on their usual practice.

Results:
A total of 290 young patients aged 12–22 years (78% having a chronic condition) and 97 health care professionals participated. We found only small reported differences between staff and young patients regarding whether home, education, and activity were addressed. However, staff reported twice the rate of addressing smoking, alcohol, illegal drugs, sexuality, and contraception compared to young patients. Young patients reported that smoking, alcohol, illegal drugs, sexuality, and contraception were addressed significantly more at adult clinics in comparison to pediatric clinics. After controlling for age, gender and duration of illness, according to young patients, adjusted odds ratios for addressing smoking at adult vs. pediatric clinics was 2.47 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.26–4.83), alcohol 2.84 (95% CI:1.45–5.57), illegal drugs 4.20 (95% CI:1.69–10.44), sexuality 3.54 (95% CI: 1.67–7.50), contraception 3.68 (95% CI:1.61–8.41), and any of the above 2.95 (95% CI: 1.47–5.91).

Conclusion:
According to young patients, smoking, alcohol, illegal drugs, sexuality, and contraception were not routinely addressed at a tertiary hospital, and especially at paediatric clinics, these issues were seldom addressed.
The effectiveness of an adolescent reproductive health education intervention in Uganda
Authors: Wolf Hilary T. , Teich Hayley G. , Halpern-Felsher Bonnie L. , Murphy Ramon J. , Anandaraja Natasha , Stone Jessie , Kalumuna Charles 
Published: September 2015

Abstract
Ugandan adolescents lack sufficient reproductive health knowledge, which accounts in part for the staggering rates of teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted (STI) infections in this population. This study aimed to (1) examine Ugandan adolescents’ baseline STI and contraceptive knowledge; (2) determine whether this knowledge varies by demographic factors, prior sexual experience or school grade; and (3) evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program to increase and retain STI and contraceptive knowledge among Ugandan adolescents. This study surveyed 129 adolescents (ages 15–19) regarding knowledge of STIs and contraceptive methods at schools and community non-governmental organizations at three time points. Findings demonstrated that at baseline the mean test scores for contraceptive knowledge and STI knowledge were 44% and 72%, respectively. Participants in higher secondary school grade-levels had greater odds of having prior STI knowledge (OR=19.6, 95% CI 2.0–187.6); participants who had previously engaged in sex had greater odds of having prior contraceptive knowledge (OR=4.62, 95% CI 1.45–14.72). A higher grade level was not associated with better knowledge of contraception; and being sexually active was not associated with better knowledge of STI information. Participants’ knowledge of STIs and contraceptives improved after the education session (p<0.001), and knowledge was retained 3-weeks later (p<0.001). Findings suggest that Ugandan adolescents do not have adequate education regarding contraceptive methods and that implementation of reproductive health modules by an outside party can be effective in improving knowledge.