bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Distribution and role of peripheral arterial chemoreceptors in cardio-respiratory control of the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus)
Authors: Reyes Catalina , Fong Angelina Y. , Leite Cleo A. C. , Abe Augusto S. , Milsom William K. 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACT
Peripheral arterial chemoreceptors monitor the levels of arterial blood gases and adjust ventilation and perfusion to meet metabolic demands. These chemoreceptors are present in all vertebrates studied to date but have not been described fully in reptiles other than turtles. The goals of this study were to (1) identify functional chemosensory areas in the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus), (2) determine the neurochemical content of putative chemosensory cells in these areas and (3) determine the role each area plays in ventilatory and cardiovascular control. To this end, rattlesnakes were instrumented with transonic flow probes, arterial catheters and subcutaneous impedance electrodes to measure shunt fraction, heart rate, blood pressure and ventilation. The catheters were placed at three putative chemosensory sites, the bases of the aortic arch and pulmonary artery, and the carotid bifurcation, for site-specific activation with sodium cyanide (NaCN). These same sites were subsequently examined using immunohistochemical markers for acetylcholine, tyrosine hydroxylase (the rate-limiting enzyme in catecholamine synthesis) and serotonin to identify putative oxygen-sensing cells. All three sites were chemosensory and stimulating each led to cardiovascular (shunt fraction and heart rate) and respiratory adjustments although not in an identical fashion. All three chemosensory areas contained cells positive for serotonin; however, cells positive for vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) were found only in the aorta and pulmonary artery. We found no labelling for tyrosine hydroxylase at any site.
Reflections on 20-Plus Years of Protection from SEA Work
Authors: Martin Sarah 
Published: January 2025

In 2005, in the author’s report Must Boys Be Boys? Ending Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peacekeeping, she quoted Jean-Marie Guéhenno, the then head of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations in the United Nations (UN). He said: ‘If we fail … to approve decisive and visible steps to limit sexual abuse in UN peacekeeping, then it will have serious implications for the future of peacekeeping.’ While writing the report, which laid out her findings about the widespread problem of peacekeepers sexually abusing women and children in UN peacekeeping missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Haiti, Martin hoped that it would generate attention and make the UN take the problem seriously and address the ‘code of conduct’ violations that were rife among the troops. In the years since, however, the political will to address the root problems that underpin the perpetration of sexual exploitation and abuse has been missing. Martin reflects on the 20 plus years she has spent working for humanitarian NGOs and UN agencies, and the evolution of the response in that time. Using personal experiences in the sector, she argues that a central challenge is conservative patriarchal cultures in peacekeeping and humanitarian organizations, which turn a blind eye to rampant abuses of power involving men who sexually harass and harm women – their co-workers, job applicants, patients, employees of other agencies, fellow refugees and vulnerable beneficiaries – preferring to sanction the whistle-blowers than remove the perpetrator or change the status quo. She suggests that efforts to deal with this culture are limited and, with few exceptions, tend to occur in a flurry in the aftermath of a media scandal, making cosmetic changes rather than addressing the issues in a systematic, concerted way that confronts the underlying power imbalances at play.
Victims’ Rights and Remedial Action
Authors: White Sabrina , Nyambeki Leah 
Published: January 2025

This chapter traces the emergence of victim and survivor support mechanisms in protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), particularly through strategies and practices on remedial action from the 1990s to 2023. Remedial action, which centres on the response to allegations, constitutes the third prong of the United Nations’ (UN’s) long-standing strategy on PSEA (the first and second being prevention and enforcement of the zero tolerance policy). The remedial action response evolved through the development of the UN’s integrity system for PSEA. It has aligned more closely with victims’ rights frameworks following a series of public scandals in 2015. Yet many old challenges remain. Responses that inadequately address factors constraining victims’ access to justice and assistance – including political priorities, organizational reluctance, investigative capacity, resourcing and donor expectations – limit the protection of victims’ and survivors’ rights.
The Imperative of Prioritizing Victims’ Rights
Authors: Connors Jane 
Published: January 2025

This chapter focuses on implementation of the centrepiece of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres’ strategy to confront sexual exploitation and abuse by UN staff and non-staff personnel, which pledges to provide victims with a platform for their voices that the world cannot ignore, and to put their rights and dignity at the forefront of prevention and response. The chapter tracks the author’s work as the first UN Victims’ Rights Advocate and the work of the four Senior Victims’ Rights Officers deployed in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti and South Sudan. It highlights the impact of the presence of a person on the ground tasked with prioritizing victims’ rights – someone victims trust and can turn to for assistance. The chapter identifies challenges in securing a victims’ rights approach in prevention and response, highlighting practical, institutional and resourcing challenges, and the need for clarifying the meaning of a victims’ rights approach and the concept of ‘accountability’. The author argues that moving the gaze from the reputation of organizations and the employment, criminal and civil accountability of perpetrators towards realizing the rights and dignity of victims has been positive. However, more is required to connect efforts across the complex system to regain the trust of those who have been harmed.
Empowered Aid: Transforming Gender and Power Dynamics in the Distribution of Humanitarian Aid
Authors: Potts Alina 
Published: January 2025

For over two decades, the aid community has expressed shock when large-scale abuses have come to light – from the widespread abuse of children by peacekeepers and aid workers brought to light in West Africa in 2002 to the abuse by World Health Organization and NGO staff responding to Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, uncovered by journalists in 2020. It is clear that those sent to help people affected by conflict and disaster can sometimes harm them. Why, despite efforts to hold offending individuals and organizations accountable, does it persist? Unequal power on the basis of heteronormative gender roles – with men generally having more access to and control over resources than women – is a root cause of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and other forms of gender-based violence. These power imbalances are further entrenched in systems of humanitarian aid, in which the people affected by crisis and dependent on aid for their survival have the least say in how it is delivered and the least ability to hold aid actors to account. Displaced women and girls fall at the intersection of these inequities, with their voices often missing even when crisis-affected communities are consulted by aid actors. Yet working with diverse women and girls to shift power and recentre their experiences – and their solutions – is necessary to confront these underlying power imbalances and address the root causes of SEA.
Effects of melatonin on planaria head regeneration are dependent on both timing and duration of exposure
Authors: Beeching Simon C. , Ruland Hanna E. , Sparks Katelyn M. 
Published: January 2025

AbstractMelatonin is a multifunctional biomolecule with demonstrated stimulatory, inhibitory, and antioxidant effects, including both receptor‐mediated and receptor‐independent mechanisms of action. One of its more perplexing effects is the disruption of regeneration in planaria. Head regeneration in planaria is a remarkable phenomenon in which stem cells (neoblasts) migrate to the wound site, proliferate, then differentiate into all functional tissue types within days of injury. We investigated how both the timing and duration of melatonin exposure affect head regeneration in the planaria Phagocata gracilis (Haldeman). Our results demonstrate that P. gracilis is capable of recovery from the melatonin‐induced delay of regeneration and reveal the time required to recover to control levels. Further, we found evidence of regenerative stage‐specific responses to discontinuous melatonin exposure, including non‐inhibitory effects. Further exploration of melatonin's effects on regeneration can be targeted to specific regenerative processes, and the possibility of multiple mechanisms of action should be recognized.
Effects of time‐restricted feeding and meal timing on an 8‐week fat oxidation exercise training program—A randomized controlled trial
Authors: Hofstätter Florian , Niedermeier Martin , Rausch Linda K. , Kopp Martin , Simpson Lydia , Lawley Justin S. 
Published: January 2025

AbstractTime‐restricted feeding (TRF) and aerobic exercise are lifestyle interventions to prevent or manage different metabolic diseases. How these interventions interact, including the impact of meal timing, is not well understood. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of TRF on fat oxidation during exercise, whereby participants performed an 8‐week fatmax‐training program either in the fasted state or after a carbohydrate‐based snack. 36 participants were randomized into three groups. (1) Training sessions were performed in the fasted state; (2) Training sessions were performed after consuming a standardized carbohydrate‐based snack; (3) Exercise training with an ad libitum diet as a control group. Pre‐ and post‐tests included anthropometric measurements and a fatmax‐cycle‐ergometry protocol to measure substrate oxidation. Data were analyzed as workload‐matched and maximal fat oxidation using a series of mixed ANOVAs. Workload‐matched (p = 0.038) and maximal (p < 0.001) fat oxidation improved in all groups. No significant group × time interactions were found in substrate utilization. Time had a significant effect on body weight (p = 0.011), fat mass (p < 0.001), and muscle mass (p < 0.001). Results suggest that fatmax exercise training leads to improvements in fat oxidative capacity independent of fed or fasted state.
Microstructure and wear properties of NiTi–XSiC coating of AISI 1020 by SHS
Authors: Yildirim Beltir Meral , Imak Anil , Kirik Ihsan , Turgut Aydin , Koc Vahdettin 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
In this study, the surface of AISI 1020 steel was coated with Ni/Ti and different ratios of SiC-reinforced Ni/Ti–XSiC powders by the self-combustion synthesis method using an inductive ignition system. The surface of AISI 1020 steel was coated with 25 g of Ni/Ti and SiC alloy powders at different ratios. After the coating process, optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and energy spot analysis (EDS) tests were applied to examine the microstructure of the alloyed surface. Also, wear and microhardness tests were run. The results showed that the ratio of SiC reinforcement should range between 4 wt.% and 12 wt.%, and the best wear resistance was achieved in the specimen reinforced with 4 wt.% SiC. Moreover, when the ratio of SiC reinforcement was greater than 4 wt.%, it caused a negative effect on the wear resistance.
Crystal structure of (4-fluorobenzyl)triphenylphosphonium chloride, C25H21ClFP
Authors: Li Xue , Wang Guangyao 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
C25H21ClFP, monoclinic, P21/n (no. 14), a = 9.5700(2) Å, b = 13.9963(2) Å, c = 15.8793(4) Å, β = 101.024(2)°, V = 2087.70(8) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0401, wRref
(F
2) = 0.1112, T = 150 K.
Educación, lectoescritura e interculturalidad.
Authors: Henao Gil José Rodolfo 
Published: January 2025

En este editorial del décimo número de la revista CEDOTIC pretendemos, además del sagrado oficio de escribir unos párrafos que acerquen y seduzcan a los lectores a los temas tratados en la publicación, aprovechar la oportunidad de ofrecer una reflexión que no busca trascender los contenidos de los trabajos seleccionados, sino servir de marco de referencia de modo que estos alcancen su esplendor y, sobre todo, cumplan con su propósito frente a los muchos y buenos lectores que asumen la revista como un medio de aprendizaje, emulación y motivación permanente hacia la lectura y la escritura.
En consonancia con lo anterior, precisamente debemos observar la relación existente entre lectura y escritura en dos contextos que muy bien pueden constituir un dilema: uno de ellos es considerar la lectura y la escritura como un acto creativo, que responde más a un preludio inspirador de goce o placer que a solo encontrar, en este ejercicio, una respuesta condicionada, generalmente, de corte académico, para obtener beneficios.
Collected Publications of The Society for Spirituality and Social Work 1990 – 2005
Authors: Canda Edward R. 
Published: January 2025

The Society for Spirituality and Social Work (SSSW) published print newsletters and journals, that included invited or refereed articles, with various names from 1990 to 2005 under the editorship of Edward Canda (1990 – 1992), Robin Russel (1994 – 2004), and Ann Weaver Nichols (2005). The articles in this compilation reveal innovation and creativity as expressed through research reports, bibliographic resources, narratives of practice experience, poetry, and accounts of local chapters’ activities, professional networking, national and international conferencing, and advocacy with the Council on Social Work Education and the National Association of Social Workers. This book makes the complete set of these publications available free and open access.
This compendium conveys insights from leaders and innovators in the movement to establish spiritually sensitive social work during an important historical period of its solidification in the United States. During this period, the SSSW helped to bring together scholars and practitioners who shared a commitment to promote respect, knowledge, and skill for addressing the diverse religious and nonreligious spiritual perspectives of clients and their communities. Authors include long-time advocates for addressing religion and spirituality in social work, such as Alan Keith-Lucas (since the 1950s), Donald Krill (since the 1960s), M. Vincentia Joseph (since the 1970s) and Robert Constable, Eleanor Hannon Judah and Max Siporin (since the early 1980s). Authors also include scholars and practitioners who have been active in the movement for spiritually sensitive social work from the 1990s to the present.
Gripped by the Drum
Authors: Canda Edward R. 
Published: January 2025

This book presents an introduction to the Korean tradition of nongak (농악), which is a form of group percussion and dance performance rooted in agricultural lifestyle and shamanistic/animistic worldview. It is based on my research and experience as a former student of Kim Byeong Seop (1921-1987), who was a renowned and nationally awarded expert performer, innovator, and teacher of this music tradition. He is especially esteemed for his prowess as a lead janggu hourglass drum performer in group percussion and dance and as an innovator in solo janggu performance. He has been described as possibly the most highly profiled lead janggu (장구) drum performer of modern history. Master Kim grew up and learned nongak in the rural context of North Jeolla Province and later became a nationally prominent performer and teacher based in Seoul. His masterful artistry continues to inspire performers and researchers to this day.
This book presents a detailed introduction to his cultural context, life story, and teaching style plus his inspirational impact on my life. My primary purpose in writing this book is to honor my teacher, his legacy, and the tradition he represented. He had encouraged me to spread knowledge and appreciation of nongak. Accordingly, my second purpose is to make freely available information, documents, photographs, and audio and video recordings related to Master Kim’s teaching and performance style in order to support the study and continuation of his musical legacy.
Simple, Sensitive, and Reproducible High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Method for Determination of Mixed Tocotrienol in Blood Plasma Using Fluorescent Detection
Authors: Thor Teong Gee , Goh Song Thai , Yuen Kah Hay , Mark Jacqueline Kar Kei , Chan Siok Yee 
Published: January 2025

A simple, sensitive, and repeatable high-performance liquid chromatographic method using fluorescence detection was developed and validated for quantifying of mixed tocotrienols (α-, γ-, δ-) in human plasma. After deproteinization with a mixture of acetonitrile: tetrahydrofuran (3:2, v/v), the supernatant was directly injected into the HPLC system. The mobile phase was comprised of methanol. Analyses were conducted at a flow rate of 1.5ml/min with the detector operating at excitation wavelength of 296nm and emission wavelength of 330nm. The quantification limit is 4.6ng/ml for δ-T3, 19.2ng/ml for γ-T3, and 12.7ng/ml for α-T3, respectively. The mean absolute recovery values ranged from 85.0% to 111.2%, while the intra-day and inter-day relative standard deviations were all below 15%. The calibration curve was linear for α-, γ-, and δ-T3, at a concentration range of 12.7-2538.6ng/ml, 19.2-3839.3ng/ml, and 4.6-923.1ng/ml respectively. Moreover, only a small sample plasma volume (250µl) is required for the analysis, Overall, this method is validated with acceptable precision and accuracy, and can be used to analyse tocotrienol samples obtained from preclinical and clinical studies in a speedy and reproducible manner.
Development of an Acid-Soluble Residue-Free Drill-In Fluid: Eliminating Reservoir Damage with Waxy Corn Starch
Authors: You Fuchang , Pu Lei , Qin Yi , Wu Yu , Zheng Yancheng 
Published: January 2025

Summary
Completely removing and dissolving the mudcake formed by drill-in fluid (DIF) without any residue is a challenging and complex task during the well completion process, as mudcake removal involves polymer degradation and dissolution of filtration reducer. As a traditional technique, a combination of gel breakers and acids is applied to remove mudcake; this method can degrade polymers and dissolve acid-soluble materials, such as calcium carbonate, but it cannot dissolve filtration reducers, such as starch. This drawback allows filtration reducers to easily enter reservoir pores, eventually causing particle blockage damage that is difficult to be removed by inorganic or organic acids. In this study, based on the acid hydrolysis rates (AHRs) of waxy corn starch (WCS) and normal corn starch (NCS), the differences in turbidity of the resulting solutions, and the characteristic of the acid-hydrolyzed WCS without residue, an acid-soluble residue-free DIF (RF-DIF) was developed using WCS as a filtration reducer. Acid residue tests of the mudcakes formed by the DIF on the discs were conducted, and the microscopic pores within the discs were analyzed. Moreover, the reservoir protection performance of the DIF was evaluated, and the pore distribution and connectivity of the treated cores were reconstructed. The experimental results showed that the outer and inner mudcakes formed by DIF containing WCS (Waxy-DIF), which appeared on the surface and inside of the ceramic filter discs, respectively, could be completely dissolved by acid, resulting in the acid solution with a turbidity of less than 30 nephelometric turbidity units (NTU). By comparison, the mudcakes formed by the DIF with NCS (Normal-DIF) could not be completely dissolved by acid, leading to high turbidity. In addition, under the same conditions, the permeability recovery rates of the cores treated with Waxy-DIF and Normal-DIF were 100% and 83.17%, respectively, indicating that Waxy-DIF was more effective in protecting the reservoir, which can meet the needs of oil and gas production.
Building information modelling of tension supporting elements for ground reinforcement using parametric design
Authors: Chiu Jessica Ka Yi , Erharter Georg H. , Roset Olav , Rebhan Mattias J. , Li Charlie Chunlin 
Published: January 2025

Abstract

Building Information Modelling (BIM) finds increasing appreciation in geotechnical engineering but requires efficient means of modelling and functional data structures. The lack of both is a typical obstacle for many BIM projects. In response, this paper demonstrates parametric BIM modelling at the example of tension supporting elements (i.e. anchors, soil nails, rockbolts etc.) which are used in almost every geotechnical project. A generalisable and scalable BIM data structure for tension supporting elements is proposed that is applicable throughout a project’s life cycle from planning to maintenance. The data structure describes the required Level of Development (LOD) for geometries and metadata in correlation with project progress. Project cases in Norway are used to demonstrate BIM modelling of rockbolts in tunnels, slopes and foundation works. The data structure is expandable such that maintenance-related information at different periods can be appended and back-traced. Even though realisation and testing in real projects are necessary, the proposed data structure is already proven to be compatible with parametric design, the most used LOD frameworks, and common data exchange formats e.g. “Industry Foundation Classes” for BIM.