bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A tribo-chemical view on astringency of plant-based food substances
Authors: Gamaniel Samuel S. , Dueñas Robles Paloma S. , Tromp Hans , de Hoog Els H. A. , de Beer Sissi , van der Heide Emile 
Published: March 2024

AbstractConsumption of plant-based food products having high composition of polyphenols leads to the sensation of astringency. For sliding oral surfaces, friction is an essential property during the oral perception of roughness and dryness which are attributes associated with astringency. Different factors including the chemical composition of interacting layers, structure and operation of interfaces have an effect on the astringency development process. The manner of interactions occurring at oral interfaces suggest there is a system dependence of astringency and highlights the importance of adopting a tribosystems approach. Available measurement techniques have shown an existing relationship between salivary protein-polyphenol interaction and an astringent mouthfeel. Nevertheless, the tribo-chemistry involved in this multifaceted sensation remains largely unexplored in a comprehensive manner. In this review the underlying tribo-chemical processes useful in understanding the mechanism of astringency are highlighted and discussed considering current techniques employed to investigate astringency perception. Loss of lubrication on oral surfaces owing to the tribo-chemical interactions involving saliva and astringent plant proteins requires subsequent deformations of oral tissues which are significant enough to induce strains at mechanoreceptor locations, leading to the sensation of astringency. It is proposed that micro-scale contact modelling on the interaction of food particles/aggregates, boundary layers and oral surfaces shows potential in addressing the knowledge gap between tribo-chemical measurement techniques and panel tests, making it possible to attain a predictor for astringency.
Enhanced Chinese named entity recognition with multi-granularity BERT adapter and efficient global pointer
Authors: Zhang Lei , Xia Pengfei , Ma Xiaoxuan , Yang Chengwei , Ding Xin 
Published: March 2024

AbstractNamed Entity Recognition (NER) plays a crucial role in the field of Natural Language Processing, holding significant value in applications such as information extraction, knowledge graphs, and question–answering systems. However, Chinese NER faces challenges such as semantic complexity, uncertain entity boundaries, and nested structures. To address these issues, this study proposes an innovative approach, namely Multi-Granularity BERT Adapter and Efficient Global Pointer (MGBERT-Pointer). The semantic encoding layer adopts Multi-Granularity Adapter (MGA), while the decoding layer employs Efficient Global Pointer (EGP) network, ensuring collaborative functionality. The MGA, incorporating Character Adapter, Entity Adapter, and Lexicon Adapter through interactive mechanisms, are deeply integrated into the BERT base, significantly enhancing the model’s ability to handle complex contexts and ambiguities. The EGP, utilizing Rotary Position Embedding, resolves the issue of insufficient boundary information in traditional attention mechanisms, thereby improving the model’s understanding and recognition of nested entity structures. Experimental results on four public datasets demonstrate a significant enhancement in Chinese NER performance achieved by the MGBERT-Pointer model.
Personal Thermal Management by Radiative Cooling and Heating
Authors: Xue Shidong , Huang Guanghan , Chen Qing , Wang Xungai , Fan Jintu , Shou Dahua 
Published: March 2024

AbstractMaintaining thermal comfort within the human body is crucial for optimal health and overall well-being. By merely broadening the set-point of indoor temperatures, we could significantly slash energy usage in building heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems. In recent years, there has been a surge in advancements in personal thermal management (PTM), aiming to regulate heat and moisture transfer within our immediate surroundings, clothing, and skin. The advent of PTM is driven by the rapid development in nano/micro-materials and energy science and engineering. An emerging research area in PTM is personal radiative thermal management (PRTM), which demonstrates immense potential with its high radiative heat transfer efficiency and ease of regulation. However, it is less taken into account in traditional textiles, and there currently lies a gap in our knowledge and understanding of PRTM. In this review, we aim to present a thorough analysis of advanced textile materials and technologies for PRTM. Specifically, we will introduce and discuss the underlying radiation heat transfer mechanisms, fabrication methods of textiles, and various indoor/outdoor applications in light of their different regulation functionalities, including radiative cooling, radiative heating, and dual-mode thermoregulation. Furthermore, we will shine a light on the current hurdles, propose potential strategies, and delve into future technology trends for PRTM with an emphasis on functionalities and applications.
Die Rolle von neutraler, überregionaler, telefonischer Weiterbildungsberatung und verwandter Formen im Weiterbildungsberatungssystem
Authors: Pätzold Henning , Dohmen Joshua 
Published: March 2024

ZusammenfassungMit der vorliegenden Untersuchung wird der Frage nachgegangen, welchen spezifischen Beitrag neutrale, überregionale, telefonische Weiterbildungsberatung im System der Weiterbildungsberatung leisten kann und welche Desiderate sich für Weiterbildungsberatung ohne ein solches Angebot ergeben. Grundlage sind dabei Theorien der Beratung sowie Überlegungen zur Struktur von organisierter Weiterbildungsberatung. Die empirische Grundlage der vorliegenden Studie stellt eine Untersuchung des Infotelefon Weiterbildungsberatung dar, das von 2015 bis 2022 vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung angeboten wurde. Auf Basis einer Begleituntersuchung, deren Kern 17 qualitative Interviews mit Beraterinnen und Beratern des Infotelefon Weiterbildungsberatung darstellen, werden insbesondere die Dimensionen Anonymität, Neutralität, Überregionalität, Niedrigschwelligkeit sowie Personalität ins Auge gefasst. Abschließend wird erörtert, inwiefern diese Eigenschaften von Beratung, jeweils für sich, aber auch in ihrer spezifischen Kombination und Interdependenz, im gegenwärtigen Weiterbildungsberatungssystem einzigartig sind und welche Implikationen sich daraus sowohl für zukünftige Beratungskonzepte als auch für daran anknüpfende Forschung ergeben.
Analysis of the dynamics of anthrax epidemic model with delay
Authors: Raza Ali , Abdella Kenzu 
Published: March 2024

AbstractAnthrax is a potentially fatal infectious zoonotic disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. While it is a disease of herbivores which primarily affects livestock and wildlife, it could also lead to serious and lethal infections in humans. Its large-scale outbreak could result in devastating economic impact related to losses in livestock and livestock products. Due to its ability to cause widespread disease and death, Anthrax has also become one of the numerous biological agents that is being considered in biowarfare and bioterrorism. Therefore, the modelling and analysis of Anthrax dynamics is crucial for the proper understanding of its prevention and control. In the present study, we investigate the nonlinear dynamics of Anthrax with delay effects which incorporates the mechanism of its incubation period. The sensitivity of the reproduction number dynamics with the model parameters is studied. The local and global stabilities of the model are studied. It is shown that the delay mechanism plays an important role in the dynamics of disease propagation.
Assembly and characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Descurainia sophia: a medical plant producing glucosinolate
Authors: Zhao Le , Yan Hang , Zhu Yun-hao , Jia Hao-yu , Han Yong-guang , Zheng Xiao-ke , Wang Min , Feng Wei-sheng 
Published: March 2024

AbstractAs a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, Descurainia sophia has various reported pharmacological activities such as prevention of chronic diseases, cardiovascular protection, neuroprotection, anticancer, antioxidant, and has high nutritional values, but its mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) has not been reported. In this study, the D. sophia mitogenome was sequenced, assembled and annotated using next generation sequencing technologies on the Illumina HiSeq and PacBio Sequel platform. The results showed that the D. sophia mitogenome was a circular DNA molecule with the length of 265,457 bp and the GC content of 44.78%, encoding unique 56 genes, including 35 protein coding genes, 18 tRNA genes and 3 rRNA genes. We analyzed codon preference, repeated sequences, DNA sequence transformation, phylogenetic relationship, RNA editing and synteny in the D. sophia mitogenome. Based on the DNA sequences of mitogenomes, the phylogenetic and synteny analysis indicated that D. sophia was more closely related to Boechera stricta, and the mitogenome of D. sophia underwent frequent genome recombination. In this study, we obtained the complete mitogenome of D. sophia, which can provide valuable data support for future studies on genetic characteristics, phylogenetic relationships, species identification and development of new molecular markers in D. sophia.
Adaptive cloudiness index for enhanced photovoltaic energy prediction and management in low-income smart homes using geographic information system
Authors: Elazab Rasha , Saif Omar , Metwally Amr M. A. Amin , Daowd Mohamed 
Published: March 2024

AbstractSolar-powered homes can be an optimal solution for the lack of continuous power sources problem in initial low-income communities. However, the challenge of Photovoltaic (PV) uncertainty can make it difficult to coordinate this vital solar energy in real-time. This paper proposes a new, low-cost solution for assessing the uncertainty of photovoltaic power generation in smart home energy management systems. The proposed index, inspired by the well-known clearness index, is an adaptive deterministic indicator that only requires free Geographic Information System (GIS) models and PV power measurement, without the need for expensive high-tech controllers or expert engineers/programmers. The proposed index successfully predicts the daily PV energy with errors of less than 3% for more than 93% of studied days, according to the 2020 measured solar radiation of the studied case in an African developing location, i.e. Cairo. Egypt.
Effects of riboflavin application on rice growth under salinized soil conditions
Authors: Jiadkong Kamonthip , Ueda Akihiro 
Published: March 2024

AbstractSalt-sensitive crop varieties suffer from oxidative stress as a consequence of osmotic and ionic stresses in plants under salinity stress. This study is aimed at identifying the effects of riboflavin (RIB) application on uplifting rice growth under salinized soil condition. Two-week-old seedlings of IR29 (a salt-sensitive variety) were supplemented with 0.5 μM of RIB, and 50 mM of NaCl was supplied for 2 weeks, inducing salinized soil conditions. The results indicated that RIB pretreatment (RP) seedlings possessed higher plant biomass, and lower electrolyte leakage ration (ELR), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and malondialdehyde (MDA) concentrations, higher chlorophyll, magnesium (Mg), and iron (Fe) concentrations in the leaf blades, a higher proline concentration, and a lower Na+ concentration in the leaf blades. To further understand the mechanisms behind the difference in plant growth between the RP and non-RP seedlings, molecular analysis revealed that RP seedlings upregulated OsNHX1 and OsHKT1;5 expressions were observed in the roots of RP seedlings, regulating Na+ uptake through the transpiration stream and reducing Na+ concentration in the leaf blades. Collectively, these results suggest that RP is a potent method for improving plant growth under salinized soil conditions.
Transparency and nudging: an overview and methodological critique of empirical investigations
Authors: Michaelsen Patrik 
Published: March 2024

AbstractTransparency is intimately linked to debates about the ethics, political legitimacy and effectiveness of nudging. This paper provides an overview of empirical studies investigating how changes in the transparency of a nudge affect people's choices and evaluations of the nudge. I conclude that the present literature provides generally consistent evidence supporting that the effectiveness of a nudge does not decrease when choosers are given good opportunity to detect and understand the influence it might have on their choices. However, several conceptual and methodological issues are identified, significantly limiting the scope of the conclusions that can be drawn. The limitations are discussed and organized into six themes, with recommendations provided for how future research may address them.
Is that Hospital Food Pantry an Illegal Patient Inducement? Analysis of Health Care Fraud Laws as Barriers to Food and Nutrition Security Interventions
Authors: Landauer Rachel , Seligman Hilary , Pomeranz Jennifer L. , Hager Kurt , Mozaffarian Dariush 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe complex regulatory framework governing the U.S. health care system can be an obstacle to programming that address health-related social needs. In particular, health care fraud and abuse law is a pernicious barrier as health care organizations may minimize or forego programming altogether out of real and perceived concern for compliance. And because health care organizations have varying resources to navigate and resolve compliance concerns, as well as different levels of risk tolerance, fears related to the legal landscape may further entrench inequities in access to meaningful programs that improve health outcomes. This article uses food and nutrition programming as a case study to explore the complexities presented by this area of law and to highlight pathways forward.
“The Last Piece of the Puzzle that Makes all the Difference in the World:” Team-Facing Medical-Legal Partnership for Reproductive Care Teams
Authors: Jones Griffin , Goulland Latisha 
Published: March 2024

AbstractAs reproductive freedoms in the U.S. undergo significant rollbacks, vital reproductive health services — and the care teams delivering them — face escalating legal threats and complexity. This qualitative case-control community-based participatory research study describes how legal problem-solving supports for reproductive care teams serving mothers with opioid use disorder are protective for both patients and care team members. We describe how medical legal partnerships (MLPs) can promote Reproductive Justice and argue for wider adoption of care-team facing legal supports.
The Family Regulation System and Medical-Legal Partnerships
Authors: Finck Kara R. , Greenberg Susanna 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThis article confronts the challenges and opportunities presented by medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) representing families impacted by the family regulation system. Based on the authors’ experience developing a collaboration between a medical-legal partnership, interdisciplinary law school clinic and nurse home visiting program focused on clients impacted by the family regulation system, the article challenges traditional conceptions of the MLP model and proposes an expanded vision for MLPs to address systemic injustice and improve outcomes for families.
A New Kind of Academic MLP: Addressing Clients’ Criminal Legal Needs to Promote Health Justice and Reduce Mass Incarceration
Authors: Streltzov Nicolas , van Deventer Ella , Vanjani Rahul , Tobin-Tyler Elizabeth 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThis article describes a new type of medical-legal partnership (MLP) that targets the health and justice concerns of people enmeshed in the U.S criminal justice system: a partnership between clinicians who care for people with criminal system involvement and public defenders. This partnership offers an opportunity to not only improve patient health outcomes but also to facilitate less punitive court dispositions, such as jointly advocating for community-based rehabilitation and treatment rather than incarceration.
Quantifying “Community Power” and “Racial Justice” in the Medical-Legal Partnership Literature
Authors: Turlington Alicia , Young Jonathan , Shek Dina 
Published: March 2024

AbstractMedical-Legal Partnerships (MLPs) have been widely acclaimed for promoting health equity and achieving meaningful outcomes. Yet, little to no research has analyzed if this critical work has been done with communities — through meaningful engagement and building power — or if it has been done for communities without their involvement.
The effects of nutrition and health education on the nutritional status of internally displaced schoolchildren in Cameroon: a randomised controlled trial
Authors: Nwachan Mirabelle Boh , Ejoh Richard Aba , Noumo Ngangmou Thierry , Njong Clementine Endam 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
Lack of nutrition knowledge and poor dietary practices have profound adverse implications on nutritional status particularly among displaced children. Evidence of the effectiveness of nutrition education interventions in improving the nutritional status of internally displaced schoolchildren in Cameroon is scarce. The study objective was to assess the effects of nutrition education on the nutritional status of internally displaced schoolchildren in the West and Littoral Regions of Cameroon. A pre-test-post-test randomised experimental study design was used with an experimental and control group of 160 children from ten primary schools and their caregivers. Anthropometric, biochemical, and clinical signs of malnutrition, dietary, and health status of the children were evaluated, and the caregiver’s nutrition knowledge was assessed in both groups at baseline and end-line with the aid of standard anthropometric and biochemical equipment and recorded in pretested questionnaires. Nutrition education was carried out only with the caregivers of children in the test group. In the test group, significant beneficial outcomes were noticed only for Bitot’s spot (p = 0.047), pallor (0.025), frequency of consumption of fruits (p = 0.002) and vegetables (p = 0.036), caregiver’s nutrition knowledge (p = 0.000), all health-seeking practices of the children (p < 0.05) except immunisation (p = 0.957). No significant change was seen in any of the parameters studied among the participants in the control group. Nutrition education alone was not effective in improving the nutritional status of the children and should be implemented together with other food-based nutrition interventions to improve the nutritional status of internally displaced schoolchildren in the West and Littoral Regions of Cameroon.
Description of Saccocoelioides miguelmontesi n. sp. (Digenea: Haploporidae) from characid fishes in the Iguazu River Basin based on morphological and molecular evidence
Authors: Montes M.M. , Croci Y. , Barneche J. , Ferrari W. , Reig Cardarella G. , Martorelli S. 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
Here we describe a new species of the genus Saccocoelioides found parasitizing Astyanax dissimilis Garavello & Sampaio, Psalidodon bifasciatus (Garavello and Sampaio) and Bryconamericus ikaa Casciotta, Almirón & Azpelicueta from the Iguazu National Park, Misiones province, Argentina. Saccocoelioides miguelmontesi n. sp. was studied based on morphological and molecular (28S rDNA and COI mtDNA sequences) data. The COI mtDNA tree indicated that the specimens collected from the three fish hosts are conspecific, with an intragroup p-distance of 0%. The new species shows an intermediate morphological configuration between the diminutive and robust forms described for Saccocoelioides by Curran (2018). Although, in the 28S rDNA tree, it is placed in a well-supported clade with the two robust species analysed (S. elongatus and S. magnus; p-distance of 1 and 2%, respectively), it differs from the robust group by the range of body size, mature egg size, oral and ventral sucker size, sucker ratio, oral sucker to pharynx ratio, and post-cecal or post-testis/body length percentage. Our results led us to redefine the robust group as having eggs shorter or equal in length to the pharynx. Saccocoelioides miguelmontesi n. sp. the 10th species reported from Argentina and the 7th species within the robust group.
Demonstratives in Spanish–Catalan simultaneous bilinguals: which system do they prefer?
Authors: Todisco Emanuela , Guijarro-Fuentes Pedro , Gudde Harmen B. , Coventry Kenny R. 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
Demonstratives are cross-linguistically widespread deictic expressions. Demonstrative systems exhibit variation in number of terms, and parameters affecting their usage. The present paper assesses the relationship between spatial deixis and bilingualism: how language dominance affects speakers of two languages with different demonstrative systems. Here, we compare the use of demonstratives by 72 European Spanish-Catalan simultaneous bilinguals in Mallorca to 30 European Spanish monolinguals. Our results confirmed a significant effect of physical distance between speaker and referent on demonstrative choice in both languages, and differences between languages in the use of the middle term. We did not find the expected effect of language dominance in simultaneous bilinguals. Moreover, we found no influence of the hearer's position on demonstrative choice in monolinguals or bilinguals in European Spanish or Majorcan Catalan. In view of our results, the present study contributes to the debate on how bilingual speakers employ different deictic expressions.
Seasonal Dependence of Recovery From Surface Cooling Induced by Strong Tropical Volcanic Eruptions
Authors: Kitabayashi Sho , Takahashi Hiroshi G. 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThis study investigates the response of surface air temperature (SAT) to strong tropical volcanic eruptions (STVEs), focusing on the seasonal anchoring of SAT recovery, using the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5) and CMIP6 climate model outputs. The decrease in SAT was more significant in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere. After the STVEs, shortwave radiation at the surface (SW) decreased rapidly and reached a minimum in approximately 6 months, whereas the decrease in SAT lasted for approximately 1 year; thus, the SAT minima lagged behind those of SW. The recovery of SAT from the major minimum SAT after the STVEs occurred in the same seasons, the second boreal autumn and winter. The SAT recovery occurred during the climatologically low solar radiation season after the STVEs. During this season, the decreasing effects of the downward SW (DSRS) by volcanic aerosols could become negligible. The weakening of the decrease in SAT and DSRS had a seasonal cycle in the high‐latitude regions of both hemispheres, which could be a significant factor in the seasonal alignment of returning SATs. Furthermore, the SAT response to the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) was examined using composite analysis based on the initial state of ENSO. The influence of ENSO on surface cooling after the STVE was at least 1/5 that of the STVEs and might exceed that of the STVEs, particularly in moderate STVEs. These results were commonly found in the CMIP5 and CMIP6 climate models.