bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Cashew gum hydrogel as an alternative to minimize the effect of drought stress on soybean
Authors: Ratke Rafael Felippe , de Sousa Alan , Chaves Daniela Vieira , Zanatta Fábio Luiz , Edvan Ricardo Loiola , Sousa Heldeney Rodrigues , Silva-Filho Edson Cavalcanti , Osajima Josy Anteveli , Nascimento Ariane Maria Silva Santos , Aguilera Jorge González , Zuffo Alan Mario , da Silva Natielly Pereira , Teodoro Paulo Eduardo , Bezerra Leilson Rocha , Gonzales Hebert Hernán Soto , Morales-Aranibar Luis 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThe use of hydrogels helpsthe production of plants in drought-stress environments. Thus, this work evaluated using different hydrogels to minimize drought stress in soybean cultivation. The treatments employed two different hydrogels, one already commercialized and the other produced with cashew gum (Anacardium occidentale), five levels (0, 30, 60, 120, and 240 mg pot−1) of the hydrogels, and two levels of drought stress in sandy soil. The growth and yield of soybeans and the levels of macro- and micronutrients in soybeans were evaluated.growth. The use of CG hydrogel promoted 12% increase in protein content in the seeds in the when soybean plants were subjected to drought stress. The levels of 30 mg pot-1, corresponding to 7.5 kg ha−1, improved the ’morphological and productive parametersof the soybeans. The increasing levels of hydrogel promoted the increase in P, K, Ca, Mg, and Fe and reduced S and Cu on an exponential scale. The use of cashew gum hydrogel increased the K and Ca contents in soybean seeds compared to commercial hydrogel.
Brain stimulation with 40 Hz heterochromatic flicker extended beyond red, green, and blue
Authors: Henney Mark Alexander , Carstensen Marcus , Thorning-Schmidt Martin , Kubińska Marta , Grønberg Manja Gersholm , Nguyen Mai , Madsen Kristoffer Hougaard , Clemmensen Line Katrine Harder , Petersen Paul Michael 
Published: January 2024

AbstractAlzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with electrophysiological changes in the brain. Pre-clinical and early clinical trials have shown promising results for the possible therapy of AD with 40 Hz neurostimulation. The most notable findings used stroboscopic flicker, but this technique poses an inherent barrier for human applications due to its visible flickering and resulting high level of perceived discomfort. Therefore, alternative options should be investigated for entraining 40 Hz brain activity with light sources that appear less flickering. Previously, chromatic flicker based on red, green, and blue (RGB) have been studied in the context of brain-computer interfaces, but this is an incomplete representation of the colours in the visual spectrum. This study introduces a new kind of heterochromatic flicker based on spectral combinations of blue, cyan, green, lime, amber, and red (BCGLAR). These combinations are investigated by the steady-state visually evoked potential (SSVEP) response from the flicker with an aim of optimising the choice of 40 Hz light stimulation with spectrally similar colour combinations in BCGLAR space. Thirty healthy young volunteers were stimulated with heterochromatic flicker in an electroencephalography experiment with randomised complete block design. Responses were quantified as the 40 Hz signal-to-noise ratio and analysed using mixed linear models. The size of the SSVEP response to heterochromatic flicker is dependent on colour combinations and influenced by both visual and non-visual effects. The amber-red flicker combination evoked the highest SSVEP, and combinations that included blue and/or red consistently evoked higher SSVEP than combinations only with mid-spectrum colours. Including a colour from either extreme of the visual spectrum (blue and/or red) in at least one of the dyadic phases appears to be more important than choosing pairs of colours that are far from each other on the visual spectrum. Spectrally adjacent colour pairs appear less flickering to the perceiver, and thus the results motivate investigations into the limits for how alike the two phases can be and still evoke a 40 Hz response. Specifically, combining a colour on either extreme of the visual spectrum with another proximal colour might provide the best trade-off between flickering sensation and SSVEP magnitude.
Analysis of the longitudinal stability of human plasma miRNAs and implications for disease biomarkers
Authors: Sandau Ursula S. , Wiedrick Jack T. , McFarland Trevor J. , Galasko Douglas R. , Fanning Zoe , Quinn Joseph F. , Saugstad Julie A. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThere is great interest in developing clinical biomarker assays that can aid in non-invasive diagnosis and/or monitoring of human diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and neurological diseases. Yet little is known about the longitudinal stability of miRNAs in human plasma. Here we assessed the intraindividual longitudinal stability of miRNAs in plasma from healthy human adults, and the impact of common factors (e.g., hemolysis, age) that may confound miRNA data. We collected blood by venipuncture biweekly over a 3-month period from 22 research participants who had fasted overnight, isolated total RNA, then performed miRNA qPCR. Filtering and normalization of the qPCR data revealed amplification of 134 miRNAs, 74 of which had high test–retest reliability and low percentage level drift, meaning they were stable in an individual over the 3-month time period. We also determined that, of nuisance factors, hemolysis and tobacco use have the greatest impact on miRNA levels and variance. These findings support that many miRNAs show intraindividual longitudinal stability in plasma from healthy human adults, including some reported as candidate biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease.
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine effectiveness for seasonal malaria chemoprevention in settings with extended seasonal malaria transmission in Tanzania
Authors: Mwaiswelo Richard , Ngasala Billy , Chaky Frank , Molteni Fabrizio , Mohamed Ally , Lazaro Samwel , Samwel Bushukatale , Mmbando Bruno P. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractEffectiveness of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) as seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) was assessed in Nanyumbu and Masasi Districts. Between March and June 2021, children aged 3–59 months were enrolled in a cluster randomized study. Children in the intervention clusters received a monthly, 3-days course of DP for three consecutive months regardless of malaria infection status, and those in the control clusters received no intervention. Malaria infection was assessed at before the first-round and at 7 weeks after the third-round of DP in both arms. Malaria prevalence after the third-round of DP administration was the primary outcome. Chi-square tests and logistic regression model were used to compare proportions and adjust for explanatory variables. Before the intervention, malaria prevalence was 13.7% (161/1171) and 18.2% (212/1169) in the intervention and control clusters, respectively, p < 004. Malaria prevalence declined to 5.8% (60/1036) in the intervention clusters after three rounds of DP, and in the control clusters it declined to 9.3% (97/1048), p = 0.003. Unadjusted and adjusted prevalence ratios between the intervention and control arms were 0.42 (95%CI 0.32–0.55, p < 0.001) and 0.77 (95%CI 0.53–1.13, p = 0.189), respectively. SMC using DP was effective for control of malaria in the two Districts.Trial registration: NCT05874869, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ 25/05/2023.
A secretory protein neudesin regulates splenic red pulp macrophages in erythrophagocytosis and iron recycling
Authors: Nakayama Yoshiaki , Masuda Yuki , Mukae Takehiro , Mikami Tadahisa , Shimizu Ryohei , Kondo Naoto , Kitagawa Hiroshi , Itoh Nobuyuki , Konishi Morichika 
Published: January 2024

AbstractNeudesin, originally identified as a neurotrophic factor, has primarily been studied for its neural functions despite its widespread expression. Using 8-week-old neudesin knockout mice, we elucidated the role of neudesin in the spleen. The absence of neudesin caused mild splenomegaly, shortened lifespan of circulating erythrocytes, and abnormal recovery from phenylhydrazine-induced acute anemia. Blood cross-transfusion and splenectomy experiments revealed that the shortened lifespan of erythrocytes was attributable to splenic impairment. Further analysis revealed increased erythrophagocytosis and decreased iron stores in the splenic red pulp, which was linked to the upregulation of Fcγ receptors and iron-recycling genes in neudesin-deficient macrophages. In vitro analysis confirmed that neudesin suppressed erythrophagocytosis and expression of Fcγ receptors through ERK1/2 activation in heme-stimulated macrophages. Finally, we observed that 24-week-old neudesin knockout mice exhibited severe symptoms of anemia. Collectively, our results suggest that neudesin regulates the function of red pulp macrophages and contributes to erythrocyte and iron homeostasis.
Last Glacial Maximum cooling induced positive moisture balance and maintained stable human populations in Australia
Authors: Cadd Haidee , Williams Alan N. , Saktura Wanchese M. , Cohen Tim J. , Mooney Scott D. , He Chengfei , Otto‐Bliesner Bette , Turney Chris S. M. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractLong-standing interpretations of the Last Glacial Maximum (21,000 ± 2000 years ago) in Australia suggest that the period was extremely cold and arid, during which the Indo-Australian summer monsoon system collapsed, and human populations declined and retreated to ecological refuges to survive. Here, we use transient iTRACE simulations, combined with palaeoclimate proxy records and archaeological data to re-interpret the late Last Glacial Maximum and terminal Pleistocene (21,000 – 11,000 years) in Australia. The model suggests climates during the peak Last Glacial Maximum were cooler than present (−4 to −11 °C), but there is no evidence of monsoon collapse or substantial decreases in moisture balance across Australia. Kernel Density Estimates of archaeological ages show relatively stable and persistent human activity across most regions throughout the late Last Glacial Maximum and terminal Pleistocene, consistent with genetic evidence. Spatial coverage of archaeological sites steadily increased across the terminal Pleistocene; however, substantial population change is not evident.
Efficacy of Amplification for Tinnitus Relief in People With Mild Hearing Loss
Authors: Kam Anna Chi Shan 
Published: January 2024

Purpose:
The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of amplification with hearing aids for people with chronic subjective tinnitus and mild hearing loss.

Method:
In this randomized, controlled, three-arm trial, 38 subjects with a primary complaint of tinnitus were randomly assigned to one of the three treatment groups. Twelve subjects received informational counselling (IC) only, 13 received IC with hearing aid fitting, and 13 subjects received IC with individualized music stimulation for 12 months. The primary efficacy analysis in tinnitus severity was based on the change from baseline to 12 months after the 1st day of the intervention. Secondary outcome measures included tinnitus impact, psychological and mental health effects, subjective ratings, and psychoacoustically measured tinnitus loudness.

Results:

A statistically significant treatment difference among the three groups in the Chinese Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI-CH) total score at the predefined end point in Month 12 was observed (
F
= 3.34,
p
= .04, partial η
2
= .16). Reductions in the TFI-CH scores in both the hearing aid and the customized music group were more prominent than in the IC-only group. Only the hearing aid group showed a significantly greater treatment effect than the IC-only group.

Conclusion:
Results from this study support that a combination of hearing aid use and IC can help improve tinnitus in people with mild hearing loss.

Supplemental Material:

https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.25015979
A comprehensive review on enhancing wind turbine applications with advanced SCADA data analytics and practical insights
Authors: Pandit Ravi , Wang Jianlin 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThe aim of this study is to explore the potential and economic benefits of utilising Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) data to improve wind turbine operation and maintenance activities. The review identifies a gap in the current understanding of how to effectively use SCADA data in wind turbine applications. It emphasises the need for pre‐processing SCADA data to ensure data integrity by addressing outliers and employing interpolation techniques. Additionally, it highlights the challenges associated with early fault detection methods using SCADA data, including the development of physical models, data‐driven machine learning models, and statistical regression models. The review also recognises the limitations caused by the lack of public data from wind turbine developers and the imbalance between normal operation data samples and abnormal data samples, negatively impacting model accuracy. The key findings of the review demonstrate that SCADA data‐driven techniques can lead to significant improvements in wind turbine operations and maintenance. The application of data‐driven technologies based on SCADA data has proven effective in reducing operation and maintenance costs and enhancing wind power generation. Moreover, the development of robust decision support systems using SCADA data minimises the need for frequent maintenance interventions in offshore wind farms. To bridge the gap and further enhance wind turbine applications using SCADA data, several recommendations are provided. These include encouraging greater openness in sharing SCADA data to improve the robustness and accuracy of AI models, adopting transfer learning techniques to overcome the scarcity of quality datasets, establishing unified standards and taxonomies, and providing specialised resources such as software applications with interactive graphical user interfaces for easier storage, annotation, and analysis of SCADA data.The authors’ review paper identifies a gap in the current understanding of how to effectively utilise SCADA data in wind turbine applications. It emphasises the importance of pre‐processing SCADA data to ensure data integrity by addressing outliers and employing interpolation techniques. Furthermore, the authors highlight the challenges associated with early fault detection methods using SCADA data, including the development of physical models, data‐driven machine learning models, and statistical regression models.
FORKLENS: Accurate weak-lensing shear measurement with deep learning
Authors: Zhang Zekang , Shan Huanyuan , Li Nan , Wei Chengliang , Yao Ji , Ban Zhang , Fang Yuedong , Guo Qi , Liu Dezi , Li Guoliang , Lin Lin , Li Ming , Li Ran , Li Xiaobo , Luo Yu , Meng Xianmin , Nie Jundan , Qi Zhaoxiang , Qiu Yisheng , Shao Li , Tian Hao , Wang Lei , Wang Wei , Xian Jingtian , Xu Youhua , Zhang Tianmeng , Zhang Xin , Zhou Zhimin 
Published: January 2024

Context. Weak gravitational lensing is one of the most important probes of the nature of dark matter and dark energy. In order to extract cosmological information from next-generation weak lensing surveys (e.g., Euclid, Roman, LSST, and CSST) as much as possible, accurate measurements of weak lensing shear are required.
Aims. There are existing algorithms to measure the weak lensing shear on imaging data, which have been successfully applied in previous surveys. In the meantime, machine learning (ML) has been widely recognized in various astrophysics applications in modeling and observations. In this work, we present a fully deep-learning-based approach to measuring weak lensing shear accurately.
Methods. Our approach comprises two modules. The first one contains a convolutional neural network (CNN) with two branches for taking galaxy images and point spread function (PSF) simultaneously, and the output of this module includes the galaxy’s magnitude, size, and shape. The second module includes a multiple-layer neural network (NN) to calibrate weak-lensing shear measurements. We name the program FORKLENS and make it publicly available online.
Results. Applying FORKLENS to CSST-like mock images, we achieve consistent accuracy with traditional approaches (such as moment-based measurement and forward model fitting) on the sources with high signal-to-noise ratios (S/N > 20). For the sources with S/N < 10, FORKLENS exhibits an ~36% higher Pearson coefficient on galaxy ellipticity measurements.
Conclusions. After adopting galaxy weighting, the shear measurements with FORKLENS deliver accuracy levels to 0.2%. The whole procedure of FORKLENS is automated and costs about 0.7 milliseconds per galaxy, which is appropriate for adequately taking advantage of the sky coverage and depth of the upcoming weak lensing surveys.
CMEs evolve in the interplanetary medium to double their predicted geo-effectiveness
Authors: Soni Shirsh Lata , Maharana Anwesha , Guerrero Antonio , Mishra Wageesh , Poedts Stefaan , Thampi Smitha , Akhavan-Tafti Mojtaba 
Published: January 2024

Context. We explore the impact of interactions between coronal mass ejections (CMEs) – known as CME–CME interactions – on Earth using remote-sensing and in situ observations and estimate the amplification of the geo-effectiveness of the individual CMEs by a factor of ∼2 due to CME–CME interactions.
Aims. We present 3D reconstructions of interacting CMEs, which provide essential information on the orientation and interaction of the events. Additionally, we analysed coronal evolution of CMEs and their in situ characteristics at 1 AU to explore the impact of interactions between CMEs on their geo-effectiveness.
Methods. We analysed CME interaction using white light data from LASCO and STEREO COR-A. The reported CMEs were reconstructed using the gradual cylindrical shell (GCS) model and simulated self-consistently with the physics-based 3D MHD model EUHFORIA (EUropean Heliosphere FORecasting Information Asset). By running different simulations, we estimated the geo-effectiveness of both individual and interacting CMEs using an empirical relationship method for the disturbance storm index.
Results. The SOHO/LASCO spacecraft observed three CMEs erupting from the Sun within an interval of 10 h during a very active period in early November 2021. There were two partial halo CMEs that occurred on 1 Nov. 2021 at 19:00 UT and 22:00 UT, respectively, from the active region 12887 (S28W58), and a third halo CME occurred from AR 12891 (N17E03) on 2 Nov. 2021 at 02:48 UT. By combining remote observations close to the Sun, in situ data at 1 AU, and further numerical analyses of each individual CME, we are able to identify the initial and interplanetary evolution of the CMEs.
Conclusions. (i) White light observations and a 3D reconstruction of the CMEs show cannibalism by CME-2 on CME-1 and a flank interaction of CME-3 with the merged CME-1 and CME-2 at 45–50 Rs. (ii) Interacting CMEs exhibit an increase in geo-effectiveness compared to an individual CME.
Multithermal apparent damping of slow waves due to strands with a Gaussian temperature distribution
Authors: Van Doorsselaere T. , Krishna Prasad S. , Pant V. , Banerjee D. , Hood A. 
Published: January 2024

Context. Slow waves in solar coronal loops are strongly damped, but the current theory of damping by thermal conduction cannot explain some observational features.
Aims. We investigated the propagation of slow waves in a coronal loop built up from strands of different temperatures.
Methods. We considered the loop to have a multithermal, Gaussian temperature distribution. The different propagation speeds in different strands led to a multithermal apparent damping of the wave, similar to observational phase mixing. We used an analytical model to predict the damping length and propagation speed for the slow waves, including in imaging with filter telescopes.
Results. We compared the damping length due to this multithermal apparent damping with damping due to thermal conduction and found that the multithermal apparent damping is more important for shorter period slow waves. We quantified the influence of instrument filters on the wave’s propagation speed and damping. This allowed us to compare our analytical theory to forward models of numerical simulations.
Conclusions. We find that our analytical model matches the numerical simulations very well. Moreover, we offer an outlook for using the slow wave properties to infer the loop’s thermal properties.
Atmospheric properties of AF Lep b with forward modeling
Authors: Palma-Bifani P. , Chauvin G. , Borja D. , Bonnefoy M. , Petrus S. , Mesa D. , De Rosa R. J. , Gratton R. , Baudoz P. , Boccaletti A. , Charnay B. , Desgrange C. , Tremblin P. , Vigan A. 
Published: January 2024

Context. About a year ago, a super-Jovian planet was directly imaged around the nearby young solar-type star AF Lep. The 2.8 MJup planet orbiting at a semimajor axis of 8.2 au matches the predicted location based on the HIPPARCOS-Gaia astrometric acceleration.
Aims. Our aim is to expand the atmospheric exploration of AF Lep b by modeling all available observations obtained with SPHERE at VLT (in the range 0.95–1.65, at 2.105, and at 2.253 µm), and NIRC2 at Keck (at 3.8 µm) with self-consistent atmospheric models.
Methods. To understand the physical properties of this exoplanet, we used ForMoSA. This forward-modeling code compares observations with grids of pre-computed synthetic atmospheric spectra using Bayesian inference methods. We used Exo-REM, an atmospheric radiative-convective equilibrium model, including the effects of nonequilibrium processes and clouds.
Results. From the atmospheric modeling we derived solutions at the low Teff of ~750 K. Our analysis also favors a metal-rich atmosphere (>0.4) and solar to super-solar carbon-to-oxygen ratio (~0.6). We tested the robustness of the estimated values for each parameter by cross-validating our models using the leave-one-out strategy, where all points are used iteratively as validation points. Our results indicate that the photometry point at 3.8 µm strongly drives the metal-rich and super-solar carbon-to-oxygen solutions.
Conclusions. Our atmospheric forward-modeling analysis strongly supports the planetary nature of AF Lep b. Its spectral energy distribution is consistent with that of a young, cold, early-T super-Jovian planet. We recover physically consistent solutions for the surface gravity and radius, which allows us to reconcile atmospheric forward modeling with evolutionary models, in agreement with the previously published complementary analysis done by retrievals. Finally, we identified that future data at longer wavelengths are necessary before we can conclude about the metal-rich nature of AF Lep b.