bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Assistive technology design and development for acceptable robotics companions for ageing years
Authors: Amirabdollahian Farshid , Akker Rieks op den , Bedaf Sandra , Bormann Richard , Draper Heather , Evers Vanessa , Pérez Jorge Gallego , Gelderblom Gert Jan , Ruiz Carolina Gutierrez , Hewson David , Hu Ninghang , Koay Kheng Lee , Kröse Ben , Lehmann Hagen , Mart Patrizia , Michel Hervé , Prevot-Huille Hélène , Reiser Ulrich , Saunders Joe , Sorell Tom , Stienstra Jelle , Syrdal Dag , Walters Michael , Dautenhahn Kerstin 
Published: April 2015

AbstractA new stream of research and development responds to changes in life expectancy across the world. It includes technologies which enhance well-being of individuals, specifically for older people. The ACCOMPANY project focuses on home companion technologies and issues surrounding technology development for assistive purposes. The project responds to some overlooked aspects of technology design, divided into multiple areas such as empathic and social human-robot interaction, robot learning and memory visualisation, and monitoring persons’ activities at home. To bring these aspects together, a dedicated task is identified to ensure technological integration of these multiple approaches on an existing robotic platform, Care-O-Bot®3 in the context of a smart-home environment utilising a multitude of sensor arrays. Formative and summative evaluation cycles are then used to assess the emerging prototype towards identifying acceptable behaviours and roles for the robot, for example role as a butler or a trainer, while also comparing user requirements to achieved progress. In a novel approach, the project considers ethical concerns and by highlighting principles such as autonomy, independence, enablement, safety and privacy, it embarks on providing a discussion medium where user views on these principles and the existing tension between some of these principles, for example tension between privacy and autonomy over safety, can be captured and considered in design cycles and throughout project developments.
Attractive, Informative, and Communicative Robot System on Guide Plate as an Attendant with Awareness of User’s Gaze
Authors: Yonezawa Tomoko , Yamazoe Hirotake , Utsumi Akira , Abe Shinji 
Published: April 2015

AbstractIn this paper, we introduce an interactive guide plate system by adopting a gaze-communicative stuffed-toy robot and a gaze-interactive display board. An attached stuffed-toy robot on the system naturally show anthropomorphic guidance corresponding to the user’s gaze orientation. The guidance is presented through gaze-communicative behaviors of the stuffed-toy robot using joint attention and eye-contact reactions to virtually express its own mind in conjunction with b) vocal guidance and c) projection on the guide plate. We adopted our image-based remote gaze-tracking method to detect the user’s gazing orientation. The results from both empirical studies by subjective / objective evaluations and observations of our demonstration experiments in a semipublic space show i) the total operation of the system, ii) the elicitation of user’s interest by gaze behaviors of the robot, and iii) the effectiveness of the gaze-communicative guide adopting the anthropomorphic robot.
What Obeah Does Do:
Authors: Crosson J. Brent 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
Obeah, which colonial ordinances defined capaciously as “any assumption of supernatural power,” was a crime in Trinidad until 2000, and the law continues to make Obeah a punishable offense in most of the anglophone Caribbean. Scholars have noted that contemporary attitudes toward Obeah—a hard-to-define term—are largely negative, implying spiritual harm. My fieldwork in a region of Trinidad regarded as the island's capital of Obeah, however, revealed polyvalent, context-contingent attitudes toward the term. Using ethnographic examples, I offer alternatives to scholarly approaches that have explained away Obeah's harm as evidence of colonial false consciousness. My interlocutors took shifting, even contradictory stances toward Obeah that depended on tactical contexts of power. By examining attempts to intervene in the justice system through spiritual force, I argue that Obeah is a justice-making technology and that, like all systems of law, the potential for harm is part of its power. In the final part of the paper, I argue that rather than conforming to a definition of religions as mutually exclusive confessional communities rooted in collective avowals of belief, Obeah models a counterdiscourse on social relations that I call “altered solidarities,” challenging regnant conceptions of religion as the basis for legal recognition in modern states.
La segregación vertical y horizontal en las agencias de publicidad antes y después de la ley de igualdad de mujeres y hombres
Authors: Martín-Llaguno Marta , Navarro-Beltrá Marián 
Published: April 2015

La erradicación de las desigualdades de género ha originado en España un marco jurídico cuyo impacto apenas ha sido evaluado. En concreto, los efectos netos sobre los medios de comunicación son una incógnita.
Este trabajo valora la evolución de la segregación vertical y horizontal en las agencias de publicidad como indicador indirecto de la repercusión de la Ley Orgánica para la Igualdad Efectiva de Mujeres y Hombres. Los resultados de dos estudios transversales con cuestionarios autocompletados (por 563 empleados en 2004 y por 309 en 2010) apuntan que mientras la segregación vertical se habría aminorado, la horizontal habría aumentado. El origen de la evolución puede ser multicausal pero el marco normativo de la última década puede haber contribuido al cambio.
Economic Evaluations of Organ Transplantations - A Systematic Literature Review
Authors: Jarl Johan , Gerdtham Ulf-G. 
Published: April 2015

The purpose of this study is threefold; 1) to establish the current level of knowledge regarding cost-effectiveness of organ transplantation, 2) to identify knowledge gaps, and 3) to suggest a framework for future studies. A systematic literature review of economic evaluations of transplantations of solid organs was conducted in October 2010. Economic evaluations published since 2000 and reviews published since 1987 for kidney, liver, lung, heart, pancreas, and small bowel transplantations were collected. The studies were analysed regarding results and study characteristics. The review demonstrates a lack of economic evaluations for all included organ transplantations. The cost-effectiveness of kidney transplantation, and to some extent liver transplantation, compared to a non-transplant alternative appears to be established. However, cost-effectiveness for transplantation of lung, heart, pancreas, and small bowel can neither be established nor rejected based on earlier studies. Many of the included studies were limited in a number of ways; e.g. using short follow-up period, failing to account for sample selection in treatment groups, comparing to unrealistic alternatives, lacking important cost categories, and using a limiting perspective. Recommendation for future studies are, besides accounting for the above, to conduct sub-group analyses as patient and disease characteristics, among other things, has been shown to affect the cost-effectiveness of organ transplantation. Link to Appendix
Diet, risk of obesity and socioeconomic circumstances of individuals in the UK: A seemingly unrelated approach
Authors: Olajide Damilola , Ludbrook Anne 
Published: April 2015

Understanding the link between diet, risk of obesity and the underlying socioeconomic circumstances of the individual is useful for health promotion and improvement interventions. In this study, we examined the socioeconomic factors that jointly affect food consumption choices and risk of obesity. We analyse the National Dietary and Nutrition Survey (2000/01) of adults aged 19-64 years living in private households in the UK, using a health production framework. We used information on the complete food history on individuals in the previous week to create eight common food groups. We estimated a system of linear risk of obesity (as measured by Body Mass Index) and eight diet equations with error terms that are correlated across equations for a given individual, but are uncorrelated across individuals, using the seemingly unrelated regression method. Our findings indicate that the socioeconomic factors (e.g. income and education) associated with sources of healthy eating differ. While increasing household purchasing power may be more effective for increasing consumption of healthier foods such as fruit and vegetables, more knowledge and information about healthy eating may be more effective for cutting down on consumption of less healthy foods (e.g. preserves and savoury foods). An understanding of these different healthy eating contexts is essential for the development of effective targeted food based policies aimed at reducing the risk of obesity. Link to Appendix
Obesity and Surgical Treatment – A Cost-Effectiveness Assessment for Sweden
Authors: Borg Sixten , Näslund Ingmar , Persson Ulf , Ödegaard Knut 
Published: April 2015

Background:The rising trend in the prevalence of obesity has during the past decades become a major public health concern in many countries, as obesity may lead to comorbidities and death. A frequent used marker for obesity is the Body Mass Index (BMI). The cost of treatment for obesity related diseases has become a heavy burden on national health care budget in many countries. While diet and exercise are the cornerstones of weight management, pharmaco­therapy is often needed to achieve and maintain desired weight loss. In some cases of extreme obesity, bariatric surgery may be recommended. It is expected to increase by 50% in Sweden.Objective: The overall objective was to develop a cost-effectiveness model using the best available evidence to assess the cost-effectiveness of gastric bypass (GBP) surgical treatments for obesity in adult patients, in comparison with conventional treatment (CT), in Sweden from a healthcare perspective. With the model we also seeked to identify the lower cut-off point using BMI criteria, for the surgical intervention to be cost-effective. Methods:A micro-simulation model with an underlying Markov methodology was developed, that simulates individual patients. It simulates the outcomes of the patients in terms of treatment costs, life years, and quality adjusted life years (QALY) over his/her remaining lifetime. The costs are presented in SEK in the year 2006 price level (1 SEK ≈ 0.11 EUR ≈ 0.14 USD).Results: We estimated that the incremental cost per QALY gained will not exceed SEK 33,000 per QALY in patients with BMI < 35. In patients with BMI > 35 kg/m2, gastric bypass surgery has lower costs compared to conventional treatment. Conclusion: Gastric bypass surgery is a cost-effective intervention compared to conventional treatment consisting of watchful waiting, diet and exercise.
Cuerpo y performatividad: una revisión crítica desde la perspectiva del psicoanálisis
Authors: González Ana Cecilia 
Published: April 2015

<p>Ese artículo ofrece una lectura de la teoría de la performatividad desde un ángulo particular, el de la tensión abierta entre la teoría de Butler y el psicoanálisis – en particular los trabajos de Freud y Lacan – que son una constante en la obra de la teórica <em>queer</em>. Desde esta perspectiva, se desarrollan cuatro puntos. En primer lugar los ejes genealógicos y estratégicos de la teoría de la performatividad, de modo de explicitar la función del psicoanálisis en la empresa teórica butleriana. Luego, los postulados principales de la primera formulación de la teoría de la performatividad, atendiendo especialmente al estatuto textual que Butler confiere al cuerpo, y las críticas que ha recibido de parte de determinados teóricas que defienden la teoría de Lacan. A continuación, se hace foco en el modo en que la teórica norteamericana responde a las críticas elaborando una segunda formulación de la performatividad, en la que propone otras nociones de cuerpo. Por último, y como la aportación de mayor especificidad de este trabajo, presentaré la crítica que puede hacerse desde el psicoanálisis a lógica identitaria que atraviesa la teoría del performatividad.</p>
Activities of 50–80 day subthermocline eddies near the Philippine coast
Authors: Chiang Tzu‐Ling , Wu Chau‐Ron , Qu Tangdong , Hsin Yi‐Chia 
Published: April 2015

AbstractAnalyses of outputs from an eddy‐resolving ocean general circulation model show that there are at least two groups of subthermocline eddies near the Philippine coast: one originates from the southeast, and the other from the east. The dominant period and principal depth of the former (latter) group of eddies are about 55 days (67 days) and 600 m (350 m), respectively. The propagation speed (∼0.12 m s−1) and diameter (∼3°) of the two groups of eddies are similar. We suggest that the westward propagating eddies are generated by interactions between meridional movement of the westward‐flowing North Equatorial Current, the eastward‐flowing North Equatorial Undercurrent, and their interactions with topography. Besides, the analysis indicates that, in comparison with the northwestward propagating subthermocline eddies, the westward propagating ones play a more important role in modulating the subsurface circulation near the Philippine coast.
Implementation of a dynamic equation constraint based on the steady state momentum equations within the WRF hybrid ensemble‐3DVar data assimilation system and test with radar T‐TREC wind assimilation for tropical Cyclone Chanthu (2010)
Authors: Li Xin , Ming Jie , Xue Ming , Wang Yuan , Zhao Kun 
Published: April 2015

AbstractProper dynamic equation constraints in data assimilation (DA) systems can help improve balance of analyzed atmospheric state. The formulation of ensemble‐variational DA algorithms allows for easy incorporation of such constraints, but their impacts within such DA systems have been little studied. A dynamic constraint based on the steady momentum equations is incorporated into the WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) hybrid ensemble‐three‐dimensional variational (3DVar) (En3DVar) DA system as a weak constraint. The constraint aims at improving the coupling and balance among wind and thermodynamic state variables, especially when few state variables are directly observed. The scheme is applied to the assimilation of radar T‐TREC (Typhoon‐Tracking Radar Echo by Correlation) winds at a convection‐allowing resolution, for landfalling typhoon, Chanthu (2010), when it was within the range of a coastal radar. Parallel experiments using the 3DVar and En3DVar with and without the dynamic constraint are run to examine the impact of the constraint. The flow‐dependent ensemble covariance used in En3DVar helps to update unobserved pressure and temperature fields in a dynamically more consistent way compared to the static covariance; the added dynamic constraint produces more accurate pressure within the typhoon. The pressure field improved by the dynamic constraint also leads to better temperature and moisture analyses within the variational minimization through flow‐dependent cross covariance. En3DVar analysis with the dynamic constraint produces the best intensity forecast for the typhoon, in terms of the minimum sea level pressure and maximum surface wind speed. Additional sensitivity experiments examine the impact of the weight of the dynamic constraint.
Primary marine aerosol‐cloud interactions off the coast of California
Authors: Modini R. L. , Frossard A. A. , Ahlm L. , Russell L. M. , Corrigan C. E. , Roberts G. C. , Hawkins L. N. , Schroder J. C. , Bertram A. K. , Zhao R. , Lee A. K. Y. , Abbatt J. P. D. , Lin J. , Nenes A. , Wang Z. , Wonaschütz A. , Sorooshian A. , Noone K. J. , Jonsson H. , Seinfeld J. H. , Toom‐Sauntry D. , Macdonald A. M. , Leaitch W. R. 
Published: April 2015

AbstractPrimary marine aerosol (PMA)‐cloud interactions off the coast of California were investigated using observations of marine aerosol, cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), and stratocumulus clouds during the Eastern Pacific Emitted Aerosol Cloud Experiment (E‐PEACE) and the Stratocumulus Observations of Los‐Angeles Emissions Derived Aerosol‐Droplets (SOLEDAD) studies. Based on recently reported measurements of PMA size distributions, a constrained lognormal‐mode‐fitting procedure was devised to isolate PMA number size distributions from total aerosol size distributions and applied to E‐PEACE measurements. During the 12 day E‐PEACE cruise on the R/V Point Sur, PMA typically contributed less than 15% of total particle concentrations. PMA number concentrations averaged 12 cm−3 during a relatively calmer period (average wind speed 12 m/s1) lasting 8 days, and 71 cm−3 during a period of higher wind speeds (average 16 m/s1) lasting 5 days. On average, PMA contributed less than 10% of total CCN at supersaturations up to 0.9% during the calmer period; however, during the higher wind speed period, PMA comprised 5–63% of CCN (average 16–28%) at supersaturations less than 0.3%. Sea salt was measured directly in the dried residuals of cloud droplets during the SOLEDAD study. The mass fractions of sea salt in the residuals averaged 12 to 24% during three cloud events. Comparing the marine stratocumulus clouds sampled in the two campaigns, measured peak supersaturations were 0.2 ± 0.04% during E‐PEACE and 0.05–0.1% during SOLEDAD. The available measurements show that cloud droplet number concentrations increased with >100 nm particles in E‐PEACE but decreased in the three SOLEDAD cloud events.
Does improved SSTA prediction ensure better seasonal rainfall forecasts?
Authors: Khan Mohammad Zaved Kaiser , Sharma Ashish , Mehrotra Rajeshwar , Schepen Andrew , Wang Q. J. 
Published: April 2015

AbstractSeasonal rainfall forecasts in Australia are issued based on concurrent sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTAs) using a Bayesian model averaging (BMA) approach. The SSTA fields are derived from the Predictive Ocean‐Atmosphere Model for Australia (POAMA) initialized in the preceding season. This study investigates the merits of the rainfall forecasted using POAMA SSTAs in contrast to that forecasted using a multimodel combination of SSTAs derived using five existing models. In addition, seasonal rainfall forecasts derived from multimodel and POAMA SSTA fields are subsequently combined to obtain a single weighted forecast over Australia. These three forecasts are compared against “idealized” forecasts where observed SSTAs are used instead of those predicted. The results indicate that while seasonal rainfall forecasts derived using multimodel‐based SSTA indices offer improvements in selected seasons over a majority of grid cells in comparison to the case where a single SSTA model is used in two seasons, these improvements are not as significant as the improvements in the SSTA field that drive the rainfall forecasting model. The forecasts derived from the combination of multimodel and POAMA SSTA indices forecasts are found to offer greater improvements over the multimodel or the POAMA forecasts for a majority of grid cells in all seasons. It is also observed that these combined forecasts are touching the upper limits of forecastability, which are reached when observed SSTAs are used to forecast the rainfall. This suggests that further improvements in rainfall forecasting are only possible through the use of an improved forecasting algorithm, and not the driver (SSTA) information used in the current study.
Alcohol Intoxication Impairs Memory and Increases Suggestibility for a Mock Crime: A Field Study
Authors: Van Oorsouw K. , Merckelbach H. , Smeets T. 
Published: April 2015

SummaryDefendants and witnesses are often intoxicated by alcohol. We investigated whether memory and resistance to suggestive cues are undermined at blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) that were (close to) zero (MBAC = 0.01%), moderate (MBAC = 0.06%), or high (MBAC = 0.16%). Participants (N = 67) were approached in bars and instructed to commit a mock crime. Immediately after this, their memory and susceptibility to suggestive questions were tested, and these were re‐tested during a sober follow‐up 3–5 days later. Compared with sober participants, moderate and severe intoxication was associated with lower levels of correctly recalled crime details during both test sessions (i.e. intoxicated and sober). Also, during both sessions, severely intoxicated participants displayed a greater tendency to go along with suggestive cues compared with sober participants. Thus, intoxication impaired memory and increased suggestibility during an immediate interview, and both effects persisted when sober again. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Cytosolic 5′‐Nucleotidase 1A As a Target of Circulating Autoantibodies in Autoimmune Diseases
Authors: Lloyd Thomas E. , Christopher‐Stine Lisa , Pinal‐Fernandez Iago , Tiniakou Eleni , Petri Michelle , Baer Alan , Danoff Sonye K. , Pak Katherine , Casciola‐Rosen Livia A. , Mammen Andrew L. 
Published: April 2015

ObjectivePrior investigations demonstrated that autoantibodies recognizing cytosolic 5′‐nucleotidase 1A (NT5C1A) are found in 33–76% of patients with inclusion body myositis (IBM) but are observed only rarely in patients with polymyositis (PM). Thus, anti‐NT5C1A may help distinguish IBM from PM. Although 4–21% of patients with dermatomyositis (DM) were shown to be anti‐NT5C1A antibody positive, the clinical features of anti‐NT5C1A–positive patients with DM have not been described. Furthermore, the prevalence of anti‐NT5C1A antibodies in other rheumatic conditions has not been reported. This study was undertaken to define the prevalence and clinical features of anti‐NT5C1A–positive patients with DM, PM, IBM, or other systemic autoimmune diseases.MethodsWe screened for anti‐NT5C1A autoantibodies in patients with IBM, DM, PM, Sjögren's syndrome (SS), or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and in healthy volunteers. Clinical characteristics were compared between patients who were anti‐NT5C1A positive and those who were anti‐NT5C1A negative.ResultsAnti‐NT5C1A autoantibodies were detected in 71 (61%) of 117 patients with IBM, 2 (5%) of 42 patients with PM, 2 (5%) of 42 healthy volunteers, 24 (15%) of 159 patients with DM, 10 (23%) of 44 patients with SS, and 13 (14%) of 96 patients with SLE. No anti‐NT5C1A antibody–positive patients with SS or SLE had muscle involvement. Anti‐NT5C1A–positive patients with IBM had a lower prevalence of rimmed vacuoles (62% versus 83% of antibody‐negative patients; P = 0.02). No differences in the clinical characteristics of antibody‐positive and antibody‐negative patients with DM, SS, or SLE were observed.ConclusionAnti‐NT5C1A is a common target of circulating autoantibodies, especially in IBM but also in several different autoimmune diseases. In SLE and SS, anti‐NT5C1A autoreactivity is not associated with muscle disease.
Asymmetric One‐Pot Synthesis of 1,4‐Dihydroquinolines via an Organocatalytic Aza‐Michael/Michael Cascade Strategy
Authors: Lee Yona , Heo Seungpyeong , Kim Sung‐Gon 
Published: April 2015

AbstractA synthetic method for the construction of fully substituted enantioenriched 1,4‐dihydroquinolines using an organocatalytic aza‐Michael/Michael cascade reaction has been developed. The asymmetric reaction of 2‐(tosylamino)phenyl α,β‐unsaturated ketones with alkynyl aldehydes, promoted by diphenylprolinol O‐TMS ether as an organocatalyst, generated chiral 1,4‐dihydroquinolines in good to high yields with excellent enantioselectivities (up to 97 % ee).magnified image