bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Political Partisanship, Confucian Collectivism, and Public Attitudes toward the Vaccination Policy in Taiwan
Authors: Yeh Ming-Jui , Hsieh Yu-Chun 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
Context: Conventional wisdom suggests that people with a collectivist tradition tend to comply more with the government's regulatory and even coercive disease-prevention policies. In addition to this sociocultural element, political partisanship is also an important aspect relating to people's willingness to cooperate with the government. This study aims to examine the relationships between these two factors and three dimensions of vaccination policy attitudes: common responsibility to take the vaccine, the government's vaccine mandate, and indignation over anti-vaxxers.
Methods: Using data from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey conducted in 2022 in Taiwan, this study applies multiple linear ordinary least squares regression to examine the relationships between vaccination policy attitudes and Confucian collectivism and political partisanship.
Findings: Confucian collectivism and political partisanship aligning with the ruling party are associated with attitudes supporting vaccination policy. For those who do not align with the ruling party, negative attitudes toward the vaccination policy appear in different dimensions according to the party they lean toward.
Conclusions: Confucian collectivism is prevalent in Taiwan and is related to public attitudes toward vaccination policy. This association is independent of political partisanship. Public health authorities should consider the sociocultural context and political atmosphere for the effectiveness of disease-prevention measures.
Developing long bones respond to surrounding tissues by trans-pairing of periosteal osteoclasts and endocortical osteoblasts
Authors: Kuroda Yukiko , Yoda Masaki , Kawaai Katsuhiro , Tatenuma Motoharu , Mizoguchi Toshihide , Ito Shinichirou , Kasahara Masataka , Wu Yanlin , Takano Hidekazu , Momose Atsushi , Matsuo Koichi 
Published: August 2024

ABSTRACT
Developing long bones alter their shape while maintaining uniform cortical thickness via coordinated activity of bone-forming osteoblasts and bone-resorbing osteoclasts at periosteal and endosteal surfaces, a process we designate trans-pairing. Two types of trans-pairing shift cortical bone in opposite orientations: peri-forming trans-pairing (peri-t-p) increases bone marrow space and endo-forming trans-pairing (endo-t-p) decreases it, via paired activity of bone resorption and formation across the cortex. Here, we focused on endo-t-p in growing bones. Analysis of endo-t-p activity in the cortex of mouse fibulae revealed osteoclasts under the periosteum compressed by muscles, and expression of RANKL in periosteal cells of the cambium layer. Furthermore, mature osteoblasts were localized on the endosteum, while preosteoblasts were at the periosteum and within cortical canals. X-ray tomographic microscopy revealed the presence of cortical canals more closely associated with endo- than with peri-t-p. Sciatic nerve transection followed by muscle atrophy and unloading induced circumferential endo-t-p with concomitant spread of cortical canals. Such canals likely supply the endosteum with preosteoblasts from the periosteum under endo-t-p, allowing bone shape to change in response to mechanical stress or nerve injury.
Cardiac arrhythmias in fish induced by natural and anthropogenic changes in environmental conditions
Authors: Vornanen Matti , Badr Ahmed , Haverinen Jaakko 
Published: August 2024

ABSTRACT
A regular heartbeat is essential for maintaining the homeostasis of the vertebrate body. However, environmental pollutants, oxygen deficiency and extreme temperatures can impair heart function in fish. In this Review, we provide an integrative view of the molecular origins of cardiac arrhythmias and their functional consequences, from the level of ion channels to cardiac electrical activity in living fish. First, we describe the current knowledge of the cardiac excitation–contraction coupling of fish, as the electrical activity of the heart and intracellular Ca2+ regulation act as a platform for cardiac arrhythmias. Then, we compile findings on cardiac arrhythmias in fish. Although fish can experience several types of cardiac arrhythmia under stressful conditions, the most typical arrhythmia in fish – both under heat stress and in the presence of toxic substances – is atrioventricular block, which is the inability of the action potential to progress from the atrium to the ventricle. Early and delayed afterdepolarizations are less common in fish hearts than in the hearts of endotherms, perhaps owing to the excitation–contraction coupling properties of the fish heart. In fish hearts, Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum plays a smaller role than Ca2+ influx through the sarcolemma. Environmental changes and ion channel toxins can induce arrhythmias in fish and weaken their tolerance to environmental stresses. Although different from endotherm hearts in many respects, fish hearts can serve as a translational model for studying human cardiac arrhythmias, especially for human neonates.
Viewpoint-independent face recognition via extrapolation in paper wasps
Authors: Tibbetts Elizabeth A. , Weise Chloe , Pardo-Sanchez Juanita , Vi An Na 
Published: August 2024

ABSTRACT
Visual recognition of three-dimensional signals, such as faces, is challenging because the signals appear different from different viewpoints. A flexible but cognitively challenging solution is viewpoint-independent recognition, where receivers identify signals from novel viewing angles. Here, we used same/different concept learning to test viewpoint-independent face recognition in Polistes fuscatus, a wasp that uses facial patterns to individually identify conspecifics. We found that wasps use extrapolation to identify novel views of conspecific faces. For example, wasps identify a pair of pictures of the same wasp as the ‘same’, even if the pictures are taken from different views (e.g. one face 0 deg rotation, one face 60 deg rotation). This result is notable because it provides the first evidence of view-invariant recognition via extrapolation in an invertebrate. The results suggest that viewpoint-independent recognition via extrapolation may be a widespread strategy to facilitate individual face recognition.
Nanoscale ultrastructures increase the visual conspicuousness of signalling traits in obligate cleaner shrimps
Authors: Caves Eleanor M. , Davis Alexander L. , Johnsen Sönke 
Published: August 2024

ABSTRACT
Signal theory predicts organisms should evolve signals that are conspicuous to intended receivers in natural signalling environments. Cleaner shrimps remove ectoparasites from reef fish clients and many signal their intent to clean by whipping long, white antennae. As white is a reliably conspicuous colour in aquatic environments, we hypothesized that selection has acted to increase broad-spectrum antennal reflectance in cleaners. Using scanning electron microscopy, optical models and reflectance measurements, we found that the antennae in three obligate cleaner species from two families (Palaemonidae and Lysmatidae) had thick (∼6 µm) chitinous layers or densely packed high refractive index spheres (300–400 nm diameter), which models show increase reflectance (400–700 nm). Two facultative and non-cleaning species had no visible antennae ultrastructure beyond the chitinous exoskeleton. Antennae reflectance was significantly higher in obligate cleaners than in facultative and non-cleaning species. Our results suggest that some obligate cleaners may have evolved ultrastructures that increase the conspicuousness of their antennae as signals.
Dark-field surface defects detection method for multi-surface-shape large aperture optical components
Authors: Guo Shiwei , Wang Shiling , Wang Shaowen , Wu Lan , Liu Dong 
Published: August 2024

In large-scale high-power optical systems such as inertial confinement fusion systems, the design of various optical components is often larger and more complex. Therefore, determining how to ensure the quality evaluation of optical components faces new challenges. As a key evaluation step for component quality, surface defects detection needs to consider improving the detection capability for various complex surface shapes and large aperture components. Meanwhile, the accuracy level of detection does not decrease with an increase in detection aperture size. The defects that need to be detected are typically small in size and randomly distributed throughout the aperture. Comprehensive aperture-wide information is required to ensure the thorough detection of defects in the components. Therefore, it is required that the detection system maintains compatibility with multi-surface shapes while balancing detection efficiency and accuracy. Against this background, the surface defects detection technology with high compatibility is explored in this paper. The illumination system of the dark-field imaging system and a generalized scanning path search strategy is proposed. Under the condition of ensuring a detection sensitivity of 0.5 µm, surface defects detection for various types of optical components with apertures several hundred times larger than the detection field of view is achieved.
The geography of COVID-19 vaccine completion by age in North Carolina, U.S.
Authors: Sandborn Hilary , Delamater Paul , Brewer Noel T. , Gilkey Melissa B. , Emch Michael 
Published: August 2024

Background
Geographic variation in COVID-19 vaccination can create areas at higher risk of infection, complications, and death, exacerbating health inequalities. This ecological study examined geographic patterns of COVID-19 vaccine completion, using age and sociodemographic characteristics as possible explanatory mechanisms.

Methods and findings
Using 2020–2022 data from the North Carolina COVID-19 Vaccination Management System and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, at the Zip code-level, we evaluated completion of the primary COVID-19 vaccine series across age groups. We examined geographic clustering of age-specific completion by Zip code and evaluated similarity of the age-specific geographic patterns. Using unadjusted and adjusted spatial autoregressive models, we examined associations between sociodemographic characteristics and age-specific vaccine completion. COVID-19 vaccine completion was moderately geographically clustered in younger groups, with lower clustering in older groups. Urban areas had clusters of higher vaccine completion. Younger and middle-aged groups were the most similar in completion geographically, while the oldest group was most dissimilar to other age groups. Higher income was associated with higher completion in adjusted models across all age groups, while a higher percent of Black residents was associated with higher completion for some groups.

Conclusions
COVID-19 vaccination completion is more variable among younger age groups in North Carolina, and it is higher in urban areas with higher income. Higher completion in areas with more Black residents may reflect the success of racial equity efforts in the state. The findings show a need to reach younger populations and lower income areas that were not prioritized during early vaccination distribution.
High ferritin is associated with liver and bone marrow iron accumulation: Effects of 1-year deferoxamine treatment in hemodialysis-associated iron overload
Authors: Nunes Lucas L. A. , Dos Reis Luciene M. , Osorio Rosse , Guapyassú Hanna K. A. , Moysés Rosa M. A. , Leão Filho Hilton , Elias Rosilene M. , Rochitte Carlos E. , Jorgetti Vanda , Custodio Melani R. 
Published: August 2024

Background
Iron (Fe) supplementation is a critical component of anemia therapy for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, serum Fe, ferritin, and transferrin saturation, used to guide Fe replacement, are far from optimal, as they can be influenced by malnutrition and inflammation. Currently, there is a trend of increasing Fe supplementation to target high ferritin levels, although the long-term risk has been overlooked.

Methods
We prospectively enrolled 28 patients with CKD on hemodialysis with high serum ferritin (> 1000 ng/ml) and tested the effects of 1-year deferoxamine treatment, accompanied by withdrawal of Fe administration, on laboratory parameters (Fe status, inflammatory and CKD-MBD markers), heart, liver, and iliac crest Fe deposition (quantitative magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]), and bone biopsy (histomorphometry and counting of the number of Fe positive cells in the bone marrow).

Results
MRI parameters showed that none of the patients had heart iron overload, but they all presented iron overload in the liver and bone marrow, which was confirmed by bone histology. After therapy, ferritin levels decreased, although neither hemoglobin levels nor erythropoietin dose was changed. A significant decrease in hepcidin and FGF-23 levels was observed. Fe accumulation was improved in the liver and bone marrow, reaching normal values only in the bone marrow. No significant changes in turnover, mineralization or volume were observed.

Conclusions
Our data suggest that treatment with deferoxamine was safe and could improve Fe accumulation, as measured by MRI and histomorphometry. Whether MRI is considered a standard tool for investigating bone marrow Fe accumulation requires further investigation.
Registry and the registration number of clinical trial: ReBEC (Registro Brasileiro de Ensaios Clinicos) under the identification RBR-3rnskcj available at: https://ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/pesquisador.
The importance of multigeneration host specificity testing: rejection of a potential biocontrol agent of Nymphaea mexicana (Nymphaeaceae) in South Africa
Authors: Reid Megan K. , Coetzee Julie A. , Gettys Lyn A. , Hill Martin P. 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
Classical biological control utilizes natural enemies of invasive non-native plants imported from their native range to manage problematic populations. However, a potential biological control agent must undergo strict host specificity tests to ensure that it does not feed on species native to the invaded range. Nymphaea mexicana Zucc. (Nymphaeaceae) is an invasive waterlily in South Africa that is native to the southern USA and parts of Mexico and is a target for biological control in South Africa. The planthopper, Megamelus toddi Beamer (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), is a potential biological control agent that was imported from Florida, USA for host specificity tests under quarantine conditions. Survival and multigeneration trials were carried out to determine the ability of M. toddi to survive and reproduce on its original host, N. mexicana, as well as Nymphaea nouchali Bur. fil., a waterlily native to South Africa, and Nymphaea marliacea var. chromatella Lat.-Marl., a hybrid of N. mexicana. M. toddi was unable to survive for more than two generations on the hybrid but completed three generations on N. nouchali and N. mexicana, indicating that M. toddi is unsafe for use as a biological control agent in South Africa. Nevertheless, the results from this study contribute information about a species that has not been thoroughly studied and emphasizes the importance of conducting thorough host specificity tests before releasing potential biological control agents.
Endophytic potential of entomopathogenic fungi associated with Urochloa ruziziensis (Poaceae) for spittlebug (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) control
Authors: de Oliveira Netto Pedro M. , Auad Alexander M. , Campagnani de Mendonça Michelle O. , Resende Tiago T. , Duarte Milena , Veríssimo Bruno A. , Calsavara Luis A. , Oliveira Charles M. 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
Spittlebugs are pests that affect forage plants in tropical America, causing damage to such plants and causing significant annual losses in milk and meat production. One of the alternatives for combating these insect pests with minimal environmental impacts is the use of entomopathogenic fungi. The objectives of this research were: (i) to evaluate the endophytic potential of entomopathogenic fungi applied to Urochloa ruziziensis (R.Germ. & C.M.Evrard) Crins (synonymous with Brachiaria ruziziensis; Poaceae) through seed treatment for the control of the spittlebug species, Mahanarva spectabilis (Distant) and Deois schach (F.) (Hemiptera: Cercopidae); (ii) to analyze the efficiency of banker plants as a means of spreading the fungi to the field; and (iii) to determine the frequency of infection after the storage of treated seeds. U. ruziziensis seeds were treated with a suspension containing 1 × 108 conidia of the fungi Fusarium sp. (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae), Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschn.) Sorokīn (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) or a commercial strain of M. anisopliae for 30 min, after which they were planted in 2 L planters and kept in a greenhouse. The surplus of treated seeds was conditioned at 22 °C and sown monthly for 10 months. Insects were fed plants from treated seeds. The entomopathogenic fungi were found to be endophytic and to equally infect the two species of spittlebugs from pastures, M. spectabilis and D. schach, at different stages of development; however, they caused low nymphal mortality. The banker plant technique with plants from seeds treated with entomopathogenic fungi was efficient. Furthermore, it was observed that it is possible to store seeds treated with fungi for 12 months. These results open the perspective of using entomopathogenic fungi with endophytic action as an auxiliary tool in reducing the populations of pasture spittlebugs in tropical regions.
Ground Projects and the Joy of Living
Authors: Scripter Lucas 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
Masahiro Morioka has introduced the concept of “the joy of life” as an element of his critique of prevailing tendencies toward comfort and the alleviation of suffering, which he calls “painless civilization.” I argue that this concept problematizes Bernard Williams’s idea of the “ground projects” that organize and imbue lives with meaning. In light of Morioka’s analysis, ground projects cannot be the exclusive or even primary carrier of meaning in life. Our various undertakings and pursuits may organize and orient life, but they do not hold a monopoly on meaning. Even in the face of destroyed ground projects, we can find joy in living. The dynamic that emerges from considering Williams’s view through the lens of Morioka’s conception of joy, I argue, points to the possibility of the existential transcendence of our reified selves.
Effects of binder paste-to-aggregate ratio and polypropylene fiber content on the performance of high-flowability steel fiber-reinforced concrete for slab/deck overlays
Authors: Zhu Miaomiao , Zhao Minglei , Li Changyong , Wang Kele , Zhu Yuke , Li Fenglan 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
In many infrastructural engineering techniques, a common challenge is how to control the continuous damage caused by the cracks of concrete slab/decks overlay under environmental impaction or vehicle load. It drives the development of a high-flowability hybrid polypropylene and steel fiber-reinforced concrete (HPSFC), which has peculiarities for the overlay construction. In this aspect, an experimental study of HPSFC was carried out considering the factors, the volume ratio of binder paste to aggregates (P/A ratio) varied from 0.48 to 0.60, and the polypropylene (PP) fiber content changed from 0.45 to 1.35 kg/m3 with a hybrid steel fiber at 0.8% volume fraction. The workability of fresh mixes was evaluated by the indices of slump flowability and static segregation rate with an explanation of the rheological properties, and it was verified by a pumping test. The peculiarity of HPSFC applied for slab/decks overlay was determined using the tests including the early cracking resistance, the water penetration resistance, the bond strength to existing concrete, and the impact resistance. Meanwhile, the basic mechanical properties including cubic compression strength, flexural strength, and toughness were also measured. Results indicate that the fresh mixes met the requirement of high-flowing without segregation, although the indices varied with the influence of P/A ratio and PP fiber content. The resistances to early cracking and water penetration obviously improved by increasing the PP fiber content. The bond strength to existing concrete could be improved by increasing the PP-fiber content. The impact resistance enhanced with the increase of the P/A ratio and the PP-fiber content. The compressive strength and flexural strength presented an increased tendency with the P/A ratio, while the flexural toughness reached a peak at certain values of P/A ratio and PP fiber content. Comprehensively, for the high-flowability HPSFC designed with a water-to-binder ratio of 0.36, a fly-ash content of 30%, and a sand ratio of 52%, the optimal P/A ratio is 0.54 and the PP-fiber content is 0.90 kg/m3.
Die Wortgeschichte von fr. banqueroute, dt. Bankrott und it. bancarotta
Authors: Schweickard Wolfgang 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
The custom of breaking the table over which an insolvent or fraudulent money changer transacts his business, thereby making his insolvency obvious, was described in medieval times in Italy with the word field of It. rompere
(il banco) (recorded since 1392) and Medieval Latin (bancherium) rumpere (c1407). That practice was adopted also in France where it was initially referred to with the phrase (faire) banque route or (much less frequently) (faire) banque rompue (both recorded for the first time in 1455). Subsequently, the French term entered German as Bankrott (first in 1530) and somewhat later Italian as bancarotta (1561).
An overview of alien, invasive Microlepidoptera species, potential pests in agri- horti- or silviculture, recently found in Hungary
Authors: Teski Anna , Takács Attila , Pálinkás Zoltán , Molnár Béla Péter , Szőcs Gábor 
Published: August 2024

AbstractAlong with climate change, or by transportation of agricultural products, such as fruits and ornamental plants, their alien insect pests have also started to appear in Hungary. Although these pest species are sometimes sparsely studied, their biology and interactions with their host plants provide key information for monitoring their spread and identifying their vulnerable points, targets for developing methods preventing their overpopulation. In this review article we have collected data on newly emerged moth species recently found in Hungary that might threaten plantations in Hungary in the near future.
Catalogue of the Uropodina species (Acari: Mesostigmata) described between 1993 and 2023
Authors: Kontschán Jenő 
Published: August 2024

AbstractAll described Uropodina species (351) are listed from the last 30 years with the original occurrences. On continent level, the most of the described species are from Asia (121), from Central and South America (87) and from Africa (79). On country level, the most species were described from Ecuador (21), Vietnam (21), Kenya (18), Thailand (16), Costa Rica (15), China (14), Slovakia (14), Malaysia (14), Madagascar (14), Brazil (13), Indonesia (11), India (10) and Peru (10) and nine or fewer species were described from the other countries in the last 30 years. Trichouropoda pocsi Kontschán, 2004 (Comoro Islands) is a junior homonymous name of Trichouropoda pocsi Hirschmann & Wisniewski, 1987. The new replacement name for the T. pocsi Kontschán, 2004 is Trichouropoda pocstamasi nom. nov.