bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Role of silica nanoparticles in enhancing drought tolerance of cereal crops
Authors: SULAIMAN  , EL-BELTAGI Hossam S. , SHEHATA Wael F. , AHMAD Aziz , HASSIM Muhamad F.N. , HADID Maha L. 
Published: December 2023

Cereal crops are essential for providing essential nutrients and energy in the daily human diet. Additionally, they have a crucial role as a significant constituent of cattle feed, hence enhancing meat production. Drought, being an abiotic stressor, adversely affects the growth and yield of numerous crops on a global scale. This issue poses a significant and pressing obstacle to maintaining global cereal crop production and ensuring food security. Nanoparticles have become a valuable resource for improving cereal crop yield and productivity under ongoing rapid climate change and escalating drought conditions. Among these, silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) have demonstrated their potential for agricultural applications in regions with limited water availability. Drought stress has detrimental effects on cereal crops, impacting their growth, metabolic, and physiological processes, hampering water and nutrient absorption, disrupting cellular membranes, damaging the photosynthetic apparatus, and reducing antioxidant activities by altering gene expression. SiNPs help preserve cellular membranes, regulate water balance, and improve water and nutrient absorption, resulting in a substantial enhancement in plant growth under water-deficit conditions. SiNPs also protect the photosynthetic system and enhance its efficiency, facilitate the accumulation of phenolics, hormones, osmolytes, antioxidant activities, and gene expression, thus empowering plants with increased resistance to drought stress. Moreover, SiNPs decrease leaf water loss by promoting stomatal closure, primarily by fostering the accumulation of abscisic acid (ABA) and mitigating oxidative stress damage by activating the antioxidant defence system and reducing reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, a limited number of studies examine the role of SiNPs in cereal crops under drought stress conditions. In this review, we highlighted the promising potential of SiNPs to improve cereal crop resilience by changing morpho-histological traits, antioxidant properties, and gene expression to maintain food security in drought-prone areas. This study will aid researchers in using SiNPs as an environmentally benign way to improving drought resistance in cereal crops in order to fulfill global food supply needs.
Introduction pages, NBHA-CN 51(4), 2023
Authors: SESTRAS Radu E. 
Published: December 2023

The papers published in Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, Issue 4, Volume 51, 2023 represent new exciting research in different topics of life science, respectively in plant science, horticulture, agronomy, crop science, and forestry. Among the interesting articles we invite you to find news about: Role of silica nanoparticles in enhancing drought tolerance of cereal crops; The role of endophytes and rhizobacteria to combat drought stress in wheat; In vitro evaluation of the antiproliferative activity of Piper retrofractum on human cholangiocarcinoma cells; Hexane extract of Telosma cordata enhances neurite outgrowth via the epigenetically regulated genes expression in neuronal cells; Investigations on the chemical composition of volatile oils extracted from the leaves of spontaneous and cultivated Taxus baccata L. trees; The effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on maize (Zea mays L.) under boron toxicity stress; Potential impact of iron oxide conjugated nano-fertilizer on growth, flowering and isozyme expression in Gardenia jasminoides; Water ecological requirements of Characeae taxa in eastern Spain; Agronomic biofortification with magnesium nanofertilizer and its effect on the nutritional quality of beans; ZnO nanoparticles improve bioactive compounds, enzymatic activity and zinc concentration in grapevine; Effect of mycorrhization on growth and physiology performance of Quercus species; Jointly soil properties affect N and P uptakes and utilizations in Pinus tabuliformis Carr. and Quercus liaotungensis Koidz. subjected to growing media with decomposed litter.
HÁ DIFERENÇAS ENDOSCÓPICAS E HISTOPATOLÓGICAS ENTRE LESÕES SERRILHADAS SUPERFICIAIS NAS SUAS FASES INICIAIS?
Authors: Degiovani Matheus , Parada Artur Adolfo , Cuenca Ronaldo Mafia , Torres Orlando Jorge Martins , Andreollo Nelson Adami , Possiedi Rafael Dib 
Published: December 2023

Introdução: Lesões serrilhadas são consideradas precursoras dos adenocarcinomas colorretais. Estudá-las em suas fases iniciais é importante ao pensar na prevenção do câncer, quando, então, são lesões hiperplásicas, ou sésseis serrilhadas Objetivo: Realizar revisão integrativa da literatura para comparar as características endoscópicas e histopatológicas nas fases iniciais da doença, com a intenção de auxiliar no entendimento do câncer colorretal. Métodos: Revisão integrativa da literatura baseada em material de análise existente nas plataformas digitais SciELO – Scientific Electronic Library Online, Google Scholar, Pubmed e Scopus. O início foi a busca com os seguintes descritores: “lesões sésseis serrilhadas, carcinoma colorretal, lesões superficiais”, e seus equivalentes em inglês “serrated sessile lesions, colorectal carcinoma, superficial lesions” com busca AND ou OR, considerando o título e/ou resumo, e incluindo-se posteriormente somente aqueles com maior correlação para leitura dos textos completos. Resultados: Incluíram-se 39 artigos. Conclusão: A maioria das lesões serrilhadas superficialmente elevadas com mais de 5 mm e ressecadas por colonoscopias, são hiperplásicas. Elas ocorrem por todo o cólon e reto, enquanto as sésseis serrilhadas localizam-se preferencialmente no cólon proximal. As hiperplásicas geralmente não apresentam displasias e as sésseis serrilhadas podem tê-las de forma intensa.
Tıbbî Teoride Geçiş Döneminin Bir Örneği: Halid İzzet Bey ve Hıfzı’s-Sıhha’sı
Authors: GÖKSU Ahmet , AFYONCU Fatma 
Published: December 2023

Bu çalışmanın amacı 19. yüzyılda Osmanlı Devleti’nde yetişmiş bir askeri doktorun
hayatını ortaya çıkarmak, onun sergüzeşti üzerinden bu yüzyıldaki yenilikleri takip
etmek ve kaleme aldığı Hıfzıssıhha adlı eserini değerlendirmektir. Halid İzzet Bey
(ö.1922) 19. yüzyılda yetişmiş bir Osmanlı askeri doktorudur ve cerrahtır. Bu yüzyıl
Osmanlı Devleti’nde hem askeri alanda hem tıp alanında gelişmelerin yaşandığı bir
dönemdir. Halid İzzet Bey, Mekteb-i İdadi-i Tıbbiye-i Şahane’de (Tıp Lisesi) okumuş,
oradan modern tıp eğitimi verilen Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Şahane’de tahsilini tamamlamıştır.
Haydarpaşa Askeri Hastanesi’nde, Hamidiye Etfal Hastanesi’nde ve Darülaceze’de görev
yapmış, memuriyetinin son yıllarında Makedonya’da İştib Hastanesi’nde çalışmıştır.
Tercüme ettiği iki kitaba ek olarak, telif ettiği “Hıfzıssıhha” adlı eseri, onun toplum
sağlığı konusunda sorumluluk alan bir hekim olduğunu göstermektedir. Eserini kaleme almasındaki amacı, ders kitabı olarak okutulmasıdır ve hedef kitlesi orta kademedeki
öğrencilerdir. Eserde gençlerin hem içinde bulundukları yaşı sağlıklı geçirmeleri için
yapmaları gerekenler sıralanmakta, hem de ileriki yaşamlarında evlilik ve ebeveynlik
ile ilgili dikkat etmeleri gereken konular anlatılmaktadır. Modern tıp eğitimi almış bir
tabibin, eserinin bazı bölümlerinin teorik alt yapısını Hipokrat’tan o güne değin süregelen
hümoral patoloji üzerine kurması, çağındaki bakteriyolojik gelişmeleri takip etmekle
beraber bu gelişmeleri miyazmacı bir perspektiften yorumlaması eserde dikkat çeken
hususlardır. Bu yaklaşım da çağın ruhunu yansıtan güzel bir örnektir.
Characterization of Bismuth Titanate by Line Profile Analysis
Authors: Reenu Jacob Et al. 
Published: December 2023

Bismuth Titanate (BIT), Bi4Ti3O12, was synthesized using the solid-state reaction process from the oxide mixture of Bi2O3CO3 and TiO2. The characterization analysis of the prepared sample was done by X-ray diffraction technique. The X-ray diffraction data revealed an orthorhombic perovskite phase that was clearly explained. The Scherrer method, modified W-H analysis, and the SSP studies were conducted to figure out the crystallite size and micro strain in Bi4Ti3O12. Morphological studies included SEM and TEM analysis. FTIR spectral investigation supports the M-O coordination of the synthesized Bi4Ti3O12 sample. The phase formation patterns of Bi4Ti3O12 determined by different methods are highly connected.
<i>Culpa levissima</i> and Substitution under Trust Administration
Authors: Zikun I. I. 
Published: December 2023

The paper examines the standard of conduct for a trustee and makes an attempt to determine the content of the highest standard of conduct in civil law by the example of an entrusted management agreement (an entrusted management agreement is not an absolute analogue of a common-law trust (or fiduciary) agreement). The paper examines the contradiction between requiring the trustee to exercise the highest standard of behavior and giving him the opportunity to attract third parties to perform his duties. Different legal systems qualify the legal relationship for the management of other people’s property in different ways, depending on the elaboration of such a category as fiduciary duty. In Russian law, this category is not developed, which is also typical for other countries of continental law.The author attempts to establish a pattern: the standard of behavior of the manager — the responsibility of the manager for the breach of the duty — the possibility of substitution — responsibility for the third party involved. The author comes to the conclusion that the highest standard of conduct is imposed by imposing risk, and not by constructing a special form of fault. The tendency of the development of the doctrine of fault means to reduce the forms of fault, not to increase them. In this regard, the allocation of such a form of fault as culpa levissima is unjustified. The attempt to single out additional forms of fault represents a setback from the results of the discussion of the pandectists of the 19th century, as a result of which the position was taken on the need to single out only two forms of fault (an intent and negligence).The paper also examines the contradiction between the law of continental countries and common law countries regarding the imposition of the duty on the trustee for the third parties involved by him. Common law countries proceed from the assumption that the involvement of third parties removes the trustee from responsibility for the harm caused by them in the absence of mistakes made in the selection of third parties. Common law countries are following the path of formulating a stricter standard of conduct through the construction of such a category as fiduciary duty. The countries of continental law use the criterion of poor choice of a third person to a lesser extent. The conclusions are based on the study of the experience of the countries of continental law.
Panel Review of the USGS 2023 Conterminous U.S. Time-Independent Earthquake Rupture Forecast
Authors: Jordan Thomas H. , Abrahamson Norm , Anderson John G. , Biasi Glenn , Campbell Ken , Dawson Tim , DeShon Heather , Gerstenberger Matthew , Gregor Nick , Kelson Keith , Lee Yajie , Luco Nicolas , Marzocchi Warner , Rowshandel Badie , Schwartz David , Shome Nilesh , Toro Gabriel , Weldon Ray , Wong Ivan 
Published: December 2023

ABSTRACT
This report documents the assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Rupture Forecast (ERF) Review Panel of the draft ERF for the conterminous United States (CONUS-ERF23) proposed for the 2023 update of the National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM23). Panel members participated with the ERF Development Team in several verification and validation exercises, including spot checks of the hazard estimates at key localities. The ERF23 forecast is substantially different from its predecessor, yielding relative differences in hazard that exceed ±50% in some low-hazard areas. These stem primarily from the new model ingredients—new faults, revised deformation rates, and updated seismicity catalogs—rather than from changes in the modeling methodology. The panel found that the main hazard changes are scientifically justified at the long return periods (≥475 yr) for which NSHM23 is applicable. Based on its evaluation of the model, the panel offered six actionable recommendations for improvements to the draft ERF23 for the western United States and two for the Cascadia subduction zone. All eight recommendations were adopted by the USGS for the revised ERF, as documented by Field et al. (2023). The panel concluded that CONUS-ERF23 represents a significant scientific advance over ERF18 and should be incorporated, after suitable revision, into NSHM23. The panel also considered changes to the CONUS-ERF that cannot be feasibly implemented in NSHM23 but could lead to future improvements. Among these aspirational recommendations, the panel prioritized the development of time-dependent extensions of ERF23 that include models of seismic renewal and clustering. The panel endorsed USGS efforts to extend the NSHM to a national earthquake forecasting enterprise capable of continually updating and disseminating authoritative information about future earthquake occurrence through a well-designed hazard-risk interface. Operational earthquake forecasting will place new and heavy demands on USGS cyberinfrastructure, requiring a more integrated approach to software development and workflow management.
La futura Autoridad Independiente para la Igualdad de Trato y la No Discriminación: diseño institucional para una prestación de asistencia independiente y efectiva
Authors: García-Juan Laura , Benedí-Lahuerta Sara , Alonso-Calderón Xavier 
Published: December 2023

El derecho de la Unión Europea ha impulsado la implantación de Organismos de Igualdad, pero muchos de ellos tienen dificultades prácticas para ejercer sus competencias eficazmente. En España, el Consejo para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial o Étnica (CEDRE) presta la función clave de asistir jurídicamente a las víctimas de discriminación, pero con considerables obstáculos debidos a su falta de independencia jurídica y de recursos. Dos recientes iniciativas normativas españolas y europeas deberían actuar como revulsivos para mejorar el diseño institucional del CEDRE y el desempeño de su función asistencial. Este trabajo analiza dichas iniciativas y su relevancia en el contexto español. Proponemos un nuevo diseño institucional para el futuro Organismo de Igualdad español utilizando la experiencia del CEDRE y aprovechando la descentralización de la Administración española que garantizaría la prestación de asistencia jurídica a víctimas de forma independiente y efectiva.Recibido: 25 septiembre 2023 Aceptado: 14 noviembre 2023
Diferencias de trato en los Estados miembros ante la afluencia masiva de personas desplazadas y solicitantes de protección internacional ¿Discriminación o aplicación justificada del Derecho de la Unión?
Authors: Durán Ruiz Francisco Javier 
Published: December 2023

El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar si las diferencias de trato en los distintos Estados miembros y las disfunciones e incumplimientos de las normas del Sistema Común Europeo de Asilo, así como las distintas soluciones adoptadas por la Unión Europea frente a personas solicitantes de protección internacional en supuestos de afluencia masiva de personas desplazadas, suponen una discriminación contraria a la Convención de Ginebra, a la Carta de Derechos Fundamentales de la UE o la Directiva 2000/43/CE, de igualdad de trato de las personas independientemente de su origen racial o étnico, o bien están justificadas por las normas de la UE. Para ello se analizan en primer lugar algunas diferencias de trato en el Sistema Común Europeo de Asilo en función del origen nacional de los solicitantes y el Estado miembro de solicitud; posteriormente profundizamos en la Decisión del Consejo de la aplicación de la Directiva de Protección Temporal a los nacionales ucranianos desplazados por la guerra, determinando si su inaplicación en situaciones similares como la crisis de Bielorrusia o la guerra de Siria constituye un trato discriminatorio, así como la exclusión de su ámbito de aplicación a ciertos grupos de personas extracomunitarias necesitadas de protección internacional. Finalmente, se analiza si el “Reglamento de crisis” propuesto en el Nuevo Pacto de Migración y Asilo de la UE, aporta soluciones frente a estos supuestos de diferencia de trato o discriminación.Recibido: 25 septiembre 2023 Aceptado: 19 noviembre 2023
Desenvolvimento e aplicação de nova metodologia de perfis de vento offshore
Authors: Rodrigues do Carmo Luiz Felipe , Pinto de Almeida Palmeira Ana Cristina , Ceccopieri Belo Wellington , Paiva Nunes Luis Manoel 
Published: December 2023

O vento é uma importante variável de estudo. Isso porque é utilizado para muitas finalidades, além de, em casos extremos, provocar desastres naturais. Pelo ponto de vista energético, ele é um importante ente na geração de energia eólica e, portanto, sua correta estimativa torna-se essencial. Ainda sobre essa temática, a estimativa do perfil vertical de vento torna-se importante, já que os aerogeradores não se encontram em superfície, mas em níveis mais altos. Dessa forma, o objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar os perfis de vento offshore utilizando as metodologias de estimativas calculadas no trabalho de Carmo et al. (2021) e compará-las a uma nova metodologia desenvolvida em função da temperatura da superfície do mar (TSM) e temperatura do ar (T). Para tal, foram utilizados os dados da Reanálise ERA5, dados da plataforma P25 e dados da boia localizada na plataforma P18 no período entre 1° de agosto de 1999 e 31 de agosto de 1999. Os resultados mostraram que o método desenvolvido apresentou bons resultados para a região de estudo e que a atmosfera apresentou classe de estabilidade neutra, com valores de Skill Score (SS) e Nash–Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE) relativamente mais representativos do que o dos outros métodos estudados. Comparativamente, a inserção da TSM e de T na estimativa dos perfis apresentou um ganho significativo na interpretação e precisão dos resultados.
Palavras-chave: Perfil de Vento; Energia; Temperatura.
Traumatic Mid-substance Isolated Vastus Medialis Rupture in a Young Athlete
Authors: Elicegui Steven , Stovak Mark , Dobrich Jordan , Hodges Jonathan J. , Sekhon Vijay , Dolan Christopher 
Published: December 2023

Update
This article was updated on January 25, 2024 because of a previous error. John Hodges, DPT should be listed as Jonathan J. Hodges, DPT.
An erratum (JBJS Case Connect. 2024;14[1]:e23.00422ER) has been published for this article.

Case:
This is the first documented case of an isolated traumatic vastus medialis rupture that occurred in a 14-year-old athlete after direct impact during play. Imaging confirmed a rare mid-substance rupture. The patient underwent conservative management with physical therapy augmented by blood flow restriction therapy (BFRT) and platelet-poor plasma (PPP) injection to regain full function.

Conclusion:
Isolated quadriceps mid-substance tears are rare. Determining an appropriate treatment technique for mid-substance tears is complex. This case documents the use of nonoperative management with BFRT and PPP to achieve full recovery and early return to play in a young athlete.
Identification of potential regional sources of ambient criteria air pollutants at a national controlled air quality observation site in Guiyang
Authors: Sun Haiyan , Yang Yuan , Xu Peng , Li Jinjuan , Cao Minxia , Wang Yonghong , Sheng Li , Zhang Fengming 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Comprehensively characterising air pollutant cross-boundary transport is indispensable for determining effective control measures to further improve the air quality. Taking advantage of datasets of criteria pollutants (i.e., PM10, PM2.5, SO2, CO, NO, NO2, NOx and O3) and meteorological parameters, we comprehensively characterised the regional transport of air pollutants in Guiyang using bivariate polar plots (BPPs) and Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT-4), potential source contribution function (PSCF) and concentration-weighted trajectory (CWT) models. The average mass concentrations of PM10, PM2.5, SO2, CO, NO2 and O3 were lower than the CNAAQ Class I standards and were much lower than those in the key air pollution control regions for the Blue Sky Protection Campaign. Decreasing trends in PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NO, NO2 and NOx and an increasing trend in O3 were observed, confirming the effectiveness of air pollution control policies and suggesting that continuous and effective emission control measures should be implemented to further improve the air quality. The BPPs revealed that all pollutants, except O3, attained higher mass concentrations when wind speeds were low, and under the high-wind speed scenario, the dependence of the air pollutant concentrations on the wind speed and wind direction varied seasonally. The high-concentration backward trajectories and PSCF and CWT analysis results demonstrated that both tailored local emission reduction and regional cooperative control, which should be implemented when suitable, are crucial for controlling multiple pollutants and hence further improving the air quality in Guiyang in the upcoming years.
Error-mitigated fermionic classical shadows on noisy quantum devices
Authors: Wu Bujiao , Koh Dax 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Efficiently estimating the expectation values of fermionic Hamiltonians, including $k$-particle reduced density matrices ($k$-RDMs) of an $n$-mode fermionic state, is crucial for quantum simulations of a wealth of physical systems from the fields of many-body physics, chemistry, and materials. Classical shadow (CS) algorithms have been proposed as a solution to address this task by substantially reducing the number of copies of quantum states. However, the implementation of these algorithms faces a significant challenge due to the inherent noise in near-term quantum devices, leading to inaccuracies in gate operations. To address this challenge, we propose an error-mitigated CS algorithm for fermionic systems. For $n$-qubit quantum systems, our algorithm, which employs the easily prepared initial state $|0^n\rangle\!\langle 0^n|$ assumed to be noiseless, provably efficiently estimates all elements of $k$-RDMs with $\widetilde{\mathcal O}(kn^k)$ scaled copies of quantum states and $\widetilde{\mathcal O}(\sqrt{n})$ scaled calibration measurements for the gate independent noise with constant average noise fidelities. The algorithm is robust against depolarizing, amplitude damping, and $X$-rotation noises with constant noise strength. Our algorithm exhibits scaling comparable to previous CS algorithms for fermionic systems with respect to the number of quantum state copies, while also demonstrating enhanced resilience to noise. We numerically demonstrate the performance of our algorithm in the presence of these noise sources. Our results underscore the potential utility of implementing our algorithm on near-term quantum devices.