bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Near-surface turbulent dissipation at a laboratory-scale confluence: implications on gas transfer
Authors: Yuan Saiyu , Lin Jiawei , Tang Hongwu , Zhu Yunqiang , Ran Qihua , Constantinescu George , Gualtieri Carlo 
Published: February 2024

AbstractRiver confluences contribute to the outflux of saturated dissolved gases in the water resulting from high dam discharges. This process is related to gas transfer across the water–air interface, which is primarily controlled by turbulent dissipation near the water surface. However, the near-surface turbulence dissipation is rarely reported in confluence hydrodynamics studies. This study conducted experiments with different discharge ratios to investigate near-surface turbulent motions at a laboratory-scale confluence. The higher dissipation rate $$\varepsilon H/U_{m}^{3}$$

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of near-surface turbulence was mainly located inside the interfacial shear layer between the two incoming streams (~ 10–4) and the bank separation zone (10–4–10–3) where high shear was found in the mean flow. By contrast, the dissipation rates were much lower inside the incoming flows and outside the two regions of high shear (~ 10–5). The magnitudes of the dissipation rate inside the shear layer were comparable in experiments where the mixing interface was in the Kelvin–Helmholtz mode or in the wake mode. The dissipation rate was found to increase away from the free surface outside the shear layer, while it was more uniformly distributed over the depth inside the layer possibly due to the presence of strongly-coherent, vertically-orientated vortices. In the far field, the mean shear within the shear layer was largely weakened. Nonetheless, the effects of flow separation persisted and laterally expanded to occupy the entire cross section. The dissipation rate $$\varepsilon H/U_{m}^{3}$$

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of the confluent flow was more than 10–4 even at a distance of 10 times the channel width in the post-confluence channel.
Energy-oriented crane scheduling in a steel coil storage
Authors: Weckenborg Christian , Oetjegerdes Patrick , Spengler Thomas S. 
Published: February 2024

AbstractIn steel coil storages, gantry cranes store steel coils in a triangular stacking pattern and retrieve them to serve customer demand on time. The crane movements cause high energy consumption depending on the weight of the steel coils and the direction of the crane movement, which provides a starting point for more efficient crane operation in terms of energy consumption. However, current literature on crane scheduling in steel coil storages and neighboring domains mainly focuses on time-oriented objectives and neglects energy consumption. Therefore, we justify the problem of energy-oriented crane scheduling in steel coil storages and develop a mixed-integer linear programming model and a simulated annealing algorithm. The methods aim to minimize the energy consumed by crane movements while serving customer demand. We present extensive computational experiments comparing the energy-oriented approach against two popular alternatives from the literature. The energy consumption of crane movements can be reduced by 2–22% using energy-oriented crane scheduling compared to the alternatives with an identical customer service level. The simulated annealing algorithm solves instances of the size commonly found in the industrial practice of steel coil storage within an amount of time suitable for practical applications. Since extensive test instances for crane scheduling of steel coil storages have not been available thus far, we make our test instances accessible as a starting point for future research efforts.
Disobedience, (dis)embodied knowledge management, and decolonization: higher education in The Gambia
Authors: Johnson A. T. , Mbah Marcellus F. 
Published: February 2024

AbstractIn this work, we sought to uncover the key strategies and challenges to the integration of Indigenous knowledge as knowledge management practices at a public university in The Gambia. It is often axiomatic in the literature that the incorporation of diverse epistemologies is a key resource for sustainable development; therefore, activities associated with the management of knowledge, particularly in higher education, are worthy of elucidation. We discovered that knowledge management activities at a university in The Gambia were often informal and required the invisible work of faculty. It was through the implicit use of tacit knowledge and epistemic disobedience that faculty were able to build upon a colonized curriculum that denied the presence of other knowledge. However, in the end, faculty were dependent on the power of referents within and without the institution to formalize their knowledge management practices. This work fills an essential gap in the extant literature on how the work of university faculty and managers, when situated within a knowledge management perspective, can contribute to decolonization and foster sustainable development.
Sulfasalazine promotes ferroptosis through AKT-ERK1/2 and P53-SLC7A11 in rheumatoid arthritis
Authors: Zhao Chenyu , Yu Yunyuan , Yin Guangrong , Xu Chao , Wang Jiahao , Wang Liangliang , Zhao Gongyin , Ni Su , Zhang Haoxing , Zhou Baojun , Wang Yuji 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
Objective
Ferroptosis has been reported to play a role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Sulfasalazine, a common clinical treatment for ankylosing spondylitis, also exerts pathological influence on the progression of rheumatoid arthritis including the induced ferroptosis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs), which result in the perturbated downstream signaling and the development of RA. The aim of this study was to investigate the underlying mechanism so as to provide novel insight for the treatment of RA.

Methods
CCK-8 and Western blotting were used to assess the effect of sulfasalazine on FLSs. A collagen-induced arthritis mouse model was constructed by the injection of collagen and Freund’s adjuvant, and then, mice were treated with sulfasalazine from day 21 after modeling. The synovium was extracted and ferroptosis was assessed by Western blotting and immunofluorescence staining.

Results
The results revealed that sulfasalazine promotes ferroptosis. Compared with the control group, the expression levels of ferroptosis-related proteins such as glutathione peroxidase 4, ferritin heavy chain 1, and solute carrier family 7, member 11 (SLC7A11) were lower in the experimental group. Furthermore, deferoxamine inhibited ferroptosis induced by sulfasalazine. Sulfasalazine-promoted ferroptosis was related to a decrease in ERK1/2 and the increase of P53.

Conclusions
Sulfasalazine promoted ferroptosis of FLSs in rheumatoid arthritis, and the PI3K-AKT-ERK1/2 pathway and P53-SLC7A11 pathway play an important role in this process.
Visual outcomes and patient satisfaction after bilateral implantation of an enhanced monofocal intraocular lens: a single-masked prospective randomized study
Authors: Giglio Rosa , Vinciguerra Alex Lucia , Presotto Marianna , Jonak Kamil , Rejdak Robert , Toro Mario Damiano , Nanavaty Mayank Ambarish , Tognetto Daniele 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
Purpose
To evaluate and compare the visual outcomes of an enhanced monofocal intraocular lens (IOL) with two different monofocal IOLs.

Setting
Eye Clinic, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.

Design
Prospective, single-center, single-masked, randomized controlled clinical study.

Methods
The study included patients undergoing phacoemulsification and IOL implantation. Patients were consecutively randomized by block randomization and assigned in a 1:1:1 allocation ratio to three study arms to bilaterally receive Tecnis Eyhance™ (model ICB00) or Tecnis® monofocal 1-piece (model PCB00) or Clareon® monofocal (model CNA0T0), respectively. Monocular and binocular (both corrected and uncorrected) visual acuities for far, intermediate and near were registered and compared among groups at 3 months. To track changes in patient quality of life, the Catquest-9SF questionnaire was administered to each patient before and after cataract extraction.

Results
Ninety patients (30 for each group) were enrolled. At 3 months follow-up, statistically significant differences for intermediate visual acuities were found between the three groups. Nonstatistically significant differences were observed for distance visual acuities and the changes in Catquest-9SF scores.

Conclusion
Tecnis Eyhance™ provided better results in intermediate visual outcomes without adverse effects on patients’ quality of life.
Common transversals and complements in abelian groups
Authors: Aivazidis S. , Loukaki M. , Sambale B. 
Published: February 2024

AbstractGiven a finite abelian group G and cyclic subgroups A, B, C of G of the same order, we find necessary and sufficient conditions for A, B, C to admit a common transversal for the cosets they afford. For an arbitrary number of cyclic subgroups, we give a sufficient criterion when there exists a common complement. Moreover, in several cases where a common transversal exists, we provide concrete constructions.
Assessing the potential of fluorescence as a monitoring tool for reproductive tissue in selected macroalgae species
Authors: Juhasz-Dora Thomas , Lindberg Stein-Kato , James Philip , Wang Xinxin 
Published: February 2024

AbstractBiofluorescence in certain seaweed species has been studied in association with their respective chlorophyll type and concentration. However, there is a paucity of information on the biofluorescent signature of macroalgal species at different life stages. Here we document that hyperspectral imaging differentiates between the fluorescent signatures of 5 macroalgal species (Ascophyllum nodosum, Fucus vesiculosus, Laminaria digitata, Palmaria palmata, and Saccharina latissima) collected from Tromsø, northern Norway (69-70 °N). Non-reproductive (NR) blades were collected for all species and reproductively mature blades (R) with sori were collected for three species. Hyperspectral imaging of collected blades was conducted under excitation lighting (~445 nm). We further assessed whether biofluorescence is reflected in the reproductive phenology of three selected species, L. digitata, P. palmata, and S. latissima. The spectral radiance of fluorescence emissions was found to be consistently different between R and NR blades. The greatest difference between R and NR blades was between the rhodophyte P. palmata (0.0075 W nm-1sr-1m-2 at 725 nm) followed by the phaeophytes L. digitata (0.03 W nm-1sr-1m-2 at 730-740 nm) and S. latissima (0.00225 W nm-1sr-1m-2 at 735-745 nm). Biofluorescence monitoring with hyperspectral imaging should be considered for further applicability in commercial seaweed operations.
Genetic profiling of azoospermic men to identify the etiology and predict reproductive potential
Authors: Cheung Stephanie , Ng Lily , Xie Philip , Kocur Olena , Elias Rony , Schlegel Peter , Rosenwaks Zev , Palermo Gianpiero D. 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
Purpose
To identify germline mutations related to azoospermia etiology and reproductive potential of surgically retrieved spermatozoa, and to investigate the feasibility of predicting seminiferous tubule function of nonobstructive azoospermic men by transcriptomic profiling of ejaculates.

Materials and methods
Sperm specimens were obtained from 30 men (38.4 ± 6 years) undergoing epididymal sperm aspiration for obstructive azoospermia (OA, n = 19) acquired by vasectomy, or testicular biopsy for nonobstructive azoospermia (NOA, n = 11). To evaluate for a correlation with azoospermia etiology, DNAseq was performed on surgically retrieved spermatozoa, and cell-free RNAseq on seminal fluid (n = 23) was performed to predict spermatogenesis in the seminiferous tubule.

Results
Overall, surgically retrieved sperm aneuploidy rates were 1.7% and 1.8% among OA and NOA cohorts, respectively. OA men carried housekeeping-related gene mutations, while NOA men displayed mutations on genes involved in crucial spermiogenic functions (AP1S2, AP1G2, APOE). We categorized couples within each cohort according to ICSI clinical outcomes to investigate genetic causes that may affect reproductive potential. All OA-fertile men (n = 9) carried mutations in ZNF749 (sperm production), whereas OA-infertile men (n = 10) harbored mutations in PRB1, which is essential for DNA replication. NOA-fertile men (n = 8) carried mutations in MPIG6B (stem cell lineage differentiation), whereas NOA-infertile individuals (n = 3) harbored mutations in genes involved in spermato/spermio-genesis (ADAM29, SPATA31E1, MAK, POLG, IFT43, ATG9B) and early embryonic development (MBD5, CCAR1, PMEPA1, POLK, REC8, REPIN1, MAPRE3, ARL4C). Transcriptomic assessment of cell-free RNAs in seminal fluid from NOA men allowed the prediction of residual spermatogenic foci.

Conclusions
Sperm genome profiling provides invaluable information on azoospermia etiology and identifies gene-related mechanistic links to reproductive performance. Moreover, RNAseq assessment of seminal fluid from NOA men can help predict sperm retrieval during testicular biopsies.
Sustainable geopolymers from polyethylene terephthalate waste and industrial by-products: a comprehensive characterisation and performance predictions
Authors: Haq Md. Zia Ul , Sood Hemant , Kumar Rajesh , Ricciotti Laura 
Published: February 2024

AbstractSeveral researchers have recently worked to create sustainable building materials. One of the fundamental prerequisites for sustainable construction methods and environmental impact assessments is the use of green building materials and manufacturing processes. In this research study, geopolymer bricks were developed using polyethylene terephthalate waste and different industrial by-products (rice husk ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag, red mud, construction, and demolition waste) and investigated their performances. The polyethylene terephthalate waste was used as a replacement for sand filler in the geopolymer brick up to 100%. Key findings include a workability decrease of 14.75% and a compressive strength reduction of up to 75% with 100% plastic waste replacement, attributed to increased voids and weak geopolymer matrix interaction. Dry density consistently decreases, and water absorption rises to 13.73% with full sand replacement, indicating a porous structure. Impact resistance improves with plastic waste inclusion, enhancing ductility and thermal conductivity by 57% at full replacement. Microstructural analyses reveal correlations between physical–mechanical properties and changes in porosity, microcracks, and bond strength. Machine learning, especially linear regression, proves effective for strength parameter prediction (up to 100% efficacy, R-square of 0.998). The promising results obtained could offer a substantial environmentally friendly solution to the building and construction industry in line with Circular Economy principles.
Carbon fabric coated with nanostructured zinc oxide layers for use in triboelectric self-powered touch sensors
Authors: Petrushenko S. I. , Fijalkowski M. , Kopach V. R. , Shepotko Y. M. , Adach K. , Dukarov S. V. , Sukhov V. M. , Fedonenko A. , Khrypunova A. L. , Klochko N. P. 
Published: February 2024

AbstractAn environmentally friendly, low-cost, and lightweight biocompatible textile triboelectric material was made by in situ coating carbon fabric (CF) with nanostructured zinc oxide (ZnO) layers using the automatic Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction (SILAR) method. Depending on the deposition mode, we created triboelectric CF/ZnO textiles with multidirectionally intergrown short ZnO nanorods or with arrays of ZnO nanosheets. The Raman spectra confirmed the hexagonal wurtzite structure of both types of ZnO layers and the unique a-axis texture of the nanosheets. In the developed triboelectric CF/ZnO/PET/ITO sensors, the upper tribonegative part was made of a polyethylene terephthalate film coated with a thin layer of indium-tin oxide, and the lower tribopositive part was made of CF/ZnO textile. In tests with repeated hand tapping at low frequency 1.3–13 Hz and a force of ∼ 5 N (pressure of ∼ 33 kPa), the open-circuit voltage pulses were ∼ 15 V for short ZnO nanorods and ∼ 30 V for ZnO nanosheets, their duration did not exceed a few milliseconds. Due to the nanosheet morphology of the ZnO layer, the maximum touch-induced surface charge density for the corresponding triboelectric textile (0.7 µC/m2) was almost twice than for the CF/ZnO textile with intergrown ZnO short nanorods (0.4 µC/m2). The touch sensor with ZnO nanosheets showed an output voltage of 3.6 V, a current density of 1.47 µA/cm2, and a power density of 1.8 µW/cm2. It can be used as a dual-mode sensor due to ability to recognize the hardness of objects by analyzing the output current peaks.
Patterns of Mental Health Service Use in Australian Workers with Low Back Pain: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Authors: Gray S. E. , Di Donato M. , Sheehan L. R. , Iles R. , Collie A. 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
Purpose
To describe the volume, timing and provider of mental health services provided to workers with accepted low back pain (LBP) claims, and to identify determinants of service volume and time to first mental health service.

Methods
Using claim and service-level workers’ compensation data from four Australian states (Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Victoria) for LBP claims with at least one mental health service lodged between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2015. Mental health services occurring 30 days prior to 730 days following claim acceptance were examined. Outcomes were number of mental health services and time (weeks) from claim acceptance to first service, calculated overall, by provider and interaction type, and by independent variables (age group, sex, time loss duration, financial year of lodgement, jurisdiction, socioeconomic status, remoteness). Negative binomial and Cox regression models examined differences between service volume and time to first service by independent variables, respectively.

Results
Of workers with LBP claims who accessed mental health services, psychologist services were most common (used by 91.2% of workers) and 16% of workers saw multiple provider types. Number of services increased with time loss duration, as did time to first service. Victorian workers had the most services, yet accessed them latest.

Conclusions
Psychologist services were most common, longer duration claims used more mental health services but accessed them later, and there were a number of jurisdictional differences. Results suggest opportunities for workers’ compensation authorities to provide, to those who may benefit, greater and earlier access to mental health care.
The Role of Agreeableness, Neuroticism, and Relationship-Specific Features in Self- and Other-Perceptions of Conflict Frequency in Adolescent Relationships with Parents and Peers
Authors: Bleckmann Eva , Wieczorek Larissa L. , Wagner Jenny 
Published: February 2024

AbstractConflict frequency in adolescence has been linked to personality and relationship-specific features. However, an integrative investigation of both aspects is lacking. To address this gap, this study used data from 571 individuals in middle adolescence (Study 1; Mage = 15.86, SD = 1.23; 75.8% female) and 233 individuals in late adolescence (Study 2; Mage = 17.17, SD = 1.01; 75.5% female) in Germany, including participants’ self-reports on conflict frequency and other-reports provided by parents and peers. Across studies, multigroup models revealed that adolescents’ level of neuroticism predicted self- and other-perceived conflict frequency in parent and peer relationships more consistently than agreeableness, while providing no evidence for an interplay between both personality traits. Furthermore, relationship-specific features differentially accounted for individual differences in conflict frequency across relationship types, such that in adolescents’ relationships with parents, lower relationship quality related to more frequent conflicts. In peer relationships, higher contact frequency was linked to more frequent conflicts. The present findings highlight the contributions of both personality and relationship-specific features to conflict frequency in adolescence and offer practical guidance for the improvement of adolescents’ and their relationship partners’ social skills and experiences. All research questions, hypotheses, and analyses of this research were preregistered at the OSF and can be retrieved from: https://osf.io/xmvqd/.
Standard Deviation vs. Gini Coefficient: Effects of Different Indicators of Classroom Status Hierarchy on Bullying Behavior
Authors: Malamut Sarah T. , Fenneman Achiel , Garandeau Claire F. 
Published: February 2024

AbstractClassroom status hierarchy (the degree to which popularity is unequally distributed in a classroom) has often been examined as a predictor of bullying. Although most research has relied on an operationalization of status hierarchy as the classroom standard deviation (SD) of popularity, other fields (e.g., sociology, economics) have typically measured resource inequality using the Gini coefficient. This multilevel study examines the concurrent and prospective associations of both status hierarchy indicators (referred to as SD-hierarchy and Gini-hierarchy) with peer-reported bullying, controlling for key variables (i.e., the structure of the classroom status hierarchy, average classroom level of popularity). The final sample included 3017 students (45.3% self-identified as a boy; T1 Mage = 13.04, SD = 1.73, approximately 93% born in Finland) from 209 classrooms. Concurrently, classroom SD-hierarchy was positively, linearly associated with bullying, whereas there was a curvilinear (inverted U) association between Gini-hierarchy and bullying. No significant longitudinal associations were found. The findings suggest that Gini-hierarchy provides unique information beyond the SD-hierarchy.
Microwave-assisted synthesis and 99mTc-radiolabeling of anti-inflammatory active curcumin derivatives for inflammation diagnosis and therapy
Authors: Shamsel-Din Hesham A. , Gizawy Mohamed A. , Attaallah Amany , Moustafa Kamel A. 
Published: February 2024

AbstractUsing a one-pot cyclo-condensation process under microwave irradiation, derivatives of curcumin have been created. Evaluation their anti-inflammatory efficacy showed that they had stronger properties than curcumin. Additionally, the most active derivative was radiolabeled with the diagnostic radioisotope technetium-99m and prepared with a high radiochemical yield (96.5 ± 0.09%) and in vitro stability of up to 6 h. The in-vivo study in inflamed mice showed that [99mTc]Tc-curcumin derivative accumulated with a high target to non-target ratio. The gathered information confirmed the efficacy of the [99mTc]Tc-curcumin derivative as a novel possible tracer for the identification and localization of inflammation.