bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Mechanical properties of sustainable concrete comprising various wastes
Authors: Reda Ramy M. , Mahmoud Hoda S. E. , Ahmad Seleem S. E. , Sallam Hossam El-Din M. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractDue to the rapid increase of pollution around the world, the disposal of waste materials such as granite powder (GP), iron powder (IP), brick powder (BP), and waste plastic particles (PP) is a major environmental problem in the entire world. Utilizing these industrial waste materials has many advantages for the construction industry regarding cost-effectiveness and the sustainability of natural resources. This investigation examined the addition of GP, IP, BP, and PP as a fine aggregate with ratios of 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% of sand in producing and assessing sustainable concrete. The static properties, i.e., compressive, tensile, flexural strength, and dynamic properties using the drop-weight impact test, were evaluated of such materials. The results showed that using IP as a partial replacement enhances both static and dynamic properties of concrete; the enhancement kept increasing up to 20% of IP, and the compressive, tensile, flexural strength, and impact energy increased by 8.4%, 12.5%, 8.5, and 125%, respectively. Therefore, IP can be suggested to replace sand by up to 20%. Using PP up to 15% enhanced the impact energy at failure by about 225%. It also observed that the optimum value for GP and BP was 10%. When using 10% GP the increase in the compressive, tensile, flexural strength, and impact energy was 11.7%, 25%, 21.5%, and 100%, respectively, while it increased by 12.9%, 7.6%, 15.4%, and 63% respectively when using BP.
Polarization dependent light propagation in $$\textrm{WTe}_2$$ multilayer structure
Authors: Oskoui Abdol S. , Shojaei S. , Abdollahipour B. 
Published: August 2023

Abstract$$\textrm{WTe}_2$$

WTe
2

is one of the exciting and outstanding semimetallic members of TMDCs, which has attracted immense attention for manipulating light propagation due to its inherent optical anisotropy and hyperbolic characteristic in the infrared frequency range. We investigate the dependence of the reflectance and transmittance of structures with a single and double $$\textrm{WTe}_2$$

WTe
2

thin film in terms of frequency and polarization angle of the incident wave. We find rich behaviors in the optical response of these structures due to their anisotropic permittivity tensors. Furthermore, we analyze the polarization state of transmitted and reflected waves through these structures. We demonstrate that these structures provide the ability to achieve desired polarization rotation for outgoing waves by tuning the frequency and polarization angle of the incident wave with respect to the principal axes of $$\textrm{WTe}_2$$

WTe
2

thin film. In particular, we elucidate the essential relevance of the optical response and polarization rotation of the double thin film structure to the in-plain twist angle of $$\textrm{WTe}_2$$

WTe
2

thin films. We explain that this structure permits comprehensive control of the polarization rotation of the outgoing waves by adjusting the twist angle of thin films. The proposed structure can be employed as an efficient light manipulator with the aim of application in communication, imaging, and information processing.
The isolation of rumen enterococci strains along with high potential utilizing cyanide
Authors: Khota Waroon , Kaewpila Chatchai , Kimprasit Thachawech , Seemakram Wasan , Kakaisorn Suntorn , Wanapat Metha , Cherdthong Anusorn 
Published: August 2023

AbstractCyanogenic glycosides in forage species and the possibility of cyanide (CN) poisoning can have undesirable effects on ruminants. The literature estimates that unknown rumen bacteria with rhodanese activity are key factors in the animal detoxification of cyanogenic glycosides, as they are capable of transforming CN into the less toxic thiocyanate. Therefore, identifying these bacteria will enhance our understanding of how to improve animal health with this natural CN detoxification process. In this study, a rhodanese activity screening assay revealed 6 of 44 candidate rumen bacterial strains isolated from domestic buffalo, dairy cattle, and beef cattle, each with a different colony morphology. These strains were identified as belonging to the species Enterococcus faecium and E. gallinarum by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis. A CN-thiocyanate transformation assay showed that the thiocyanate formation capacity of the strains after a 12 h incubation ranged from 4.42 to 25.49 mg hydrogen CN equivalent/L. In addition, thiocyanate degradation resulted in the production of ammonia nitrogen and acetic acid in different strains. This study showed that certain strains of enterococci substantially contribute to CN metabolism in ruminants. Our results may serve as a starting point for research aimed at improving ruminant production systems in relation to CN metabolism.
The metabolic effects of resumption of a high fat diet after weight loss are sex dependent in mice
Authors: Guerra-Cantera Santiago , Frago Laura M. , Jiménez-Hernaiz María , Collado-Pérez Roberto , Canelles Sandra , Ros Purificación , García-Piqueras Jorge , Pérez-Nadador Iris , Barrios Vicente , Argente Jesús , Chowen Julie A. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractDietary restriction is a frequent strategy for weight loss, but adherence is difficult and returning to poor dietary habits can result in more weight gain than that previously lost. How weight loss due to unrestricted intake of a healthy diet affects the response to resumption of poor dietary habits is less studied. Moreover, whether this response differs between the sexes and if the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system, sex dependent and involved in metabolic control, participates is unknown. Mice received rodent chow (6% Kcal from fat) or a high-fat diet (HFD, 62% Kcal from fat) for 4 months, chow for 3 months plus 1 month of HFD, or HFD for 2 months, chow for 1 month then HFD for 1 month. Males and females gained weight on HFD and lost weight when returned to chow at different rates (p < 0.001), but weight gain after resumption of HFD intake was not affected by previous weight loss in either sex. Glucose metabolism was more affected by HFD, as well as the re-exposure to HFD after weight loss, in males. This was associated with increases in hypothalamic mRNA levels of IGF2 (p < 0.01) and IGF binding protein (IGFBP) 2 (p < 0.05), factors involved in glucose metabolism, again only in males. Likewise, IGF2 increased IGFBP2 mRNA levels only in hypothalamic astrocytes from males (p < 0.05). In conclusion, the metabolic responses to dietary changes were less severe and more delayed in females and the IGF system might be involved in some of the sex specific observations.
Construct and criterion validity of the HiTOP spectra to predict dimensional and categorical somatization in a large non-western sample
Authors: Komasi Saeid , Hemmati Azad , Rahmani Khaled , Rezaei Farzin 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) is a phenotypic data-driven framework for the classification of psychopathology. We tested the construct and criterion validity of the HiTOP spectra measured by the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) using exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) and hierarchical regressions both to predict somatic symptom and related disorders (SSRD) and a somatization factor. The case–control study used hierarchical logistic regressions to distinguish 257 cases with SSRD from 1007 healthy controls by both the maladaptive and the temperament factors. The extracted factors were also used in hierarchical linear regressions to predict the dimensional somatization factor. The seven temperament factors explained more variance above and beyond the five maladaptive factors when predicting SSRD (pseudo R2 = 0.169 to 0.266 versus 0.125 to 0.196; change in pseudo R2 = 0.055 to 0.087 versus 0.011 to 0.017). The temperament factors also explained more variance above and beyond the maladaptive factors when predicting the somatization factor (R2 = 0.392 versus 0.269; change in R2 = 0.146 versus 0.023). Although the HiTOP spectra measured by PID-5 are significant structures related to the categorical and dimensional measurements of somatoform, our findings highlight potential problems with both the construct and criterion validity of the HiTOP spectra.
Development and validation of a reinforcement learning model for ventilation control during emergence from general anesthesia
Authors: Lee Hyeonhoon , Yoon Hyun-Kyu , Kim Jaewon , Park Ji Soo , Koo Chang-Hoon , Won Dongwook , Lee Hyung-Chul 
Published: August 2023

AbstractVentilation should be assisted without asynchrony or cardiorespiratory instability during anesthesia emergence until sufficient spontaneous ventilation is recovered. In this multicenter cohort study, we develop and validate a reinforcement learning-based Artificial Intelligence model for Ventilation control during Emergence (AIVE) from general anesthesia. Ventilatory and hemodynamic parameters from 14,306 surgical cases at an academic hospital between 2016 and 2019 are used for training and internal testing of the model. The model’s performance is also evaluated on the external validation cohort, which includes 406 cases from another academic hospital in 2022. The estimated reward of the model’s policy is higher than that of the clinicians’ policy in the internal (0.185, the 95% lower bound for best AIVE policy vs. −0.406, the 95% upper bound for clinicians’ policy) and external validation (0.506, the 95% lower bound for best AIVE policy vs. 0.154, the 95% upper bound for clinicians’ policy). Cardiorespiratory instability is minimized as the clinicians’ ventilation matches the model’s ventilation. Regarding feature importance, airway pressure is the most critical factor for ventilation control. In conclusion, the AIVE model achieves higher estimated rewards with fewer complications than clinicians’ ventilation control policy during anesthesia emergence.
Earliest ceramic drainage system and the formation of hydro-sociality in monsoonal East Asia
Authors: Li Chunxia , Cao Yanpeng , Zhang Chi , Qin Ling , Deng Zhenhua , Chen Yan , Zhu Shuzheng , Li Wei , Yuan Junping , Zhang Hai , Zhuang Yijie 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe earliest ceramic drainage system unearthed at the Pingliangtai site on the Central Plains of China represents an unprecedented social and environmental manipulation as societies faced surging environmental crises in the Late Holocene East Asian Monsoon region. Here we present results of excavation and a geoarchaeological survey of the water-management infrastructures and environment which reveal the operation and maintenance of a well-planned and regulated two-tiered drainage system. Rather than a ‘centralized hierarchy’, the drainage activities were mainly practised at household and communal levels, through which Pingliangtai society was drawn to more pragmatic aspects of social governance. Through their emphasis on spatial uniformity, cooperation in public affairs, and a series of technological innovations, water management at Pingliangtai gravitated to collective shared interest as the society responded to recurrent environmental contingencies. Such a pragmatic focus on public affairs constituted a previously unrecognized, alternative pathway to the development of power structure and social governance on the Central Plains regimes in late Neolithic and later times.
Vitreoscillahemoglobin: a natural carbene transfer catalyst for diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of nitrile-substituted cyclopropanes
Authors: Xie Hanqing , Li Fengxi , Xu Yaning , Wang Chunyu , Xu Yuelin , Wu Junhao , Li Zhengqiang , Wang Zhi , Wang Lei 
Published: August 2023

we developed an environmentally friendly strategy that combines in situ generation of a diazo reagent with biocatalysis for the asymmetric cyclopropanation of olefins.
Mechanical fault diagnosis of on‐load tap‐changer based on improved variational mode decomposition and relative density‐based outlier score
Authors: Gu Hongrui 
Published: August 2023

AbstractIn order to diagnose the mechanical fault of transformer on‐load tap‐changer (OLTC) effectively, a fault diagnosis method based on improved variational mode decomposition (VMD) and relative density‐based outlier score (RDOS) is proposed. Firstly, the signal is decomposed into a series of modal components with narrow band and distinguishing centre frequency by improved VMD based on optimal quality factor. Then, the energy, permutation entropy, power spectrum concentration degree and characteristic frequency of each modal component are calculated, and Laplacian‐score method is used to select the features with better discriminative ability. Finally, a RDOS is used to diagnose the mechanical fault of OLTC, and the mechanical condition is judged according to RDOS value. An experiment is conducted on the OLTC simulation experiment platform and the collected signals are processed. The result shows that the proposed method can diagnose mechanical fault effectively.
Immediate Lymphatic Reconstruction in 77 Consecutive Breast Cancer Patients: 2-year Follow-up
Authors: Le Nicole K. , Weinstein Brielle , Parikh Jeegan , Coomar Lokesh A. , Wainwright D'Arcy , Liu Langfeier , Mammadova Jamila , Tavares Tina , Panetta Nicholas J. 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Background Breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) is a cyclical, progressive disease that begins at the time of axillary dissection and worsens in the setting of adjuvant oncologic therapies. The paradigm of lymphedema management in these patients is shifting from therapeutic surgeries and decongestive therapy to preventative surgery with immediate lymphatic reconstruction (ILR).
Methods After institutional review board approval, a prospective database was maintained of all patients undergoing ILR. Patients were excluded if they had preoperative lymphedema or expired during the study period. All ILR were performed by the senior author. A control group was established with standardized physician delivered phone surveys of patients who had axillary dissection for breast cancer (same oncologic surgeon cohort) prior to the implementation of ILR at the same institution. The study and control groups were matched based on history of adjuvant radiation and body mass index.
Results A cohort of patients between 2016 and 2019 with 2 years of follow-up after undergoing ILR (77 patients) were matched with those who did not undergo lymphatic reconstruction (94 patients). The incidence of lymphedema in the study group undergoing ILR was 10% (N = 8). In comparison, the incidence in the cohort who did not undergo lymphatic reconstruction was 38% (N = 36; p < 0.01). Patients with ILR had 92% lower odds of developing lymphedema (p < 0.01).
Conclusion ILR can significantly reduce the risk of developing BRCL in high-risk patients at 2 years of follow-up. Patients receiving adjuvant radiation therapy are more likely to develop BCRL after ILR compared with those who do not. Ongoing studies include investigation aimed at identifying patients most at risk for the development of BRCL to help target intervention as well as elucidate factors that contribute to the success of ILR.
Long-Term Visual and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Two Children with Congenital Nystagmus Secondary to Methadone Exposure In utero
Authors: Galli Jessica , Loi Erika , Franzoni Alessandra , Accorsi Patrizia , Micheletti Serena , Pansera Laura , Fazzi Elisa 
Published: August 2023

AbstractMethadone is used as a substitute for illicit opioids during pregnancy. However, the real effect of this molecule on visual and neurodevelopmental outcomes of the children exposed is not fully understood, since studies considered subjects born to polydrug-dependent mothers and followed for few months/years. We report the long-term outcomes of two infants with congenital nystagmus solely exposed to methadone in utero. Neurological and neurovisual evaluations were performed every year from the first year of life to 11 years of age. One child was diagnosed with developmental coordination disorder. Both cases presented with ophthalmologic (refractive errors), oculomotor (nystagmus and fixation, smooth pursuit, and saccades dysfunctions), and perceptive problems (reduced visual acuity and contrast sensitivity). While nystagmus and other oculomotor dysfunctions remained stable over time, visual acuity and contrast sensitivity improved; refractive errors worsened and required corrective lenses. Both children showed normal neurodevelopmental and cognitive profile. This report highlights the long-term visual and developmental outcomes of two children exclusively exposed to methadone underlining the possibility of a visual dysfunction and motor coordination disorder. These observations prompt the need to investigate prenatal drug exposure as a cause of congenital nystagmus.
Constipation in Parkinson's Disease
Authors: Quigley Eamonn M. M. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractConstipation is one of the most common gastrointestinal features of Parkinson's disease (PD), occurring in over 50% of all PD patients during the course of their disease. Furthermore, constipation is now recognized as an important, prodromal symptom and may predate the onset of the classical motor symptoms by decades. Thereafter, the prevalence and severity of constipation in PD tend to parallel the course of both motor and nonmotor phenomena such as cognitive decline and depression. Difficult defecation (obstructed defecation, dyssynergia) is the primary pathophysiology underlying constipation and likely reflects involvement by the PD process of one or more of the many skeletal muscle groups that are involved in effecting defecation. Management of constipation in PD may be complicated by several patient factors including dysphagia, cognitive impairment, depression, and weak sphincter tone. While the armamentarium available to those who treat constipation, in general, has expanded considerably in recent years, the evidence supporting any therapy in the management of this symptom in PD has remained slim.
Goldenhar's Syndrome (Oculo-Auriculo-Vertebral Dysplasia)
Authors: Mehdiratta N. K. , Singh D. R. , Misra P. C. , Singh S. K. 
Published: August 2023

SummaryOculo-auriculo-vertebral syndrome (Goldenhar's syndrome) was found in two cases, who had epibulbar dermoids, pre-auricular skin tags and hypomandibulosis. One case also had left sided complete congenital inguinal hernia.
Medication reconciliation and discharge communication from hospital to general practice: a quantitative analysis
Authors: Gusmeroli Melinda , Perks Stephen , Bates Nicole 
Published: August 2023

Background The aim of this study was to assess the quality of effective discharge communication to primary practice from a hospital that uses ieMR (integrated electronic Medical Record), a complete electronic prescribing/medical record platform. Methods A retrospective quantitative analysis of 232 discharge encounters from a major tertiary hospital assessed the discharge summary quality; timeliness, completeness and medication information. Results Median time to discharge summary was 1 day. 22.0% of discharge summaries were incomplete at 30 days post discharge and 44.5% of discharge summaries were incomplete at 30 days post discharge if discharged on a weekend compared to weekday (P-value = 0.001). Rates of medication reconciliation were completed at approximately 35% at each point of the patient stay and 56.9% of patients had a GP discharge summary listing discharge medications. However, if certain progressive steps were completed (i.e. Home Medications recorded in ieMR, Discharge Reconciliation in ieMR, and Patient Discharge Medication Record in eLMs (Enterprise-wide Liaison Medication System)), then, the ‘Medications on Discharge’ was significantly more likely to be present in the discharge summary, at rates of 70.1%, 85.9%, and 98.6% respectively (P-value = 0.007, <0.001, <0.001). Conversely not doing these steps dropped rates of having medications listed in the discharge summary to 50.0%, 40.3% and 34.1% respectively. Conclusions This study assessed current discharge summary quality since the introduction of electronic medical records. It demonstrated the significant value of correct use of electronic programs, including performing all crucial steps of reconciliation. Targeted interventions in future studies that rectify the shortfalls in discharge communication are warranted.
Complexity of clay minerals and its effects on silicon dynamics in hypersaline coastal wetland soils, Brazil
Authors: Sartor Lucas Resmini , Andrade Gabriel Ramatis Pugliese , Ying Samantha C. , Graham Robert C. , Macedo Rodrigo Santana , Ferreira Tiago Osório 
Published: August 2023

Context Tidal dynamics and high evaporative rates in hypersaline tidal flat (HTF) soils favour a range of clay reactions and the formation of complex clay assemblages. HTFs have a geochemical environment conducive to mineral reactions, and therefore, clay mineral alteration controls essential nutrients in coastal wetlands. Aims The crystallochemical characteristics of clay minerals from two HTFs were studied to provide insights into the complexity of fine clay assemblages in HTF soils and their effects on Si biogeochemistry. Methods The fine clay fraction (<0.2 μm) from these HTFs were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) modelling, XRF, FTIR, TEM–EDS, and silicon sequential extractions. Key results The results have indicated the presence of endmembers and R0 mixed-layered minerals such as kaolinite, smectite, illite, kaolinite–smectite (K–S), kaolinite–illite (K–I), illite–smectite (I–S), and illite–vermiculite (I–V). In general, K–S was the dominant mineral in the samples, occurring in a range of kaolinite layers. Alteration of detrital kaolinite to other mixed-layered minerals occurs in soils, leading to silicon removal from the soil solution because of mineral genesis. There is Mg enrichment at the expense of Al in the samples, and bio-opal appears to be the source of Si for the kaolinite alteration process. Conclusions Our findings indicate that clay authigenesis is an important factor controlling Si dynamics in HTF soils, acting as a sink of Si during the formation of new clay phases. Implications Chemical reactions involving clay minerals are critical for deepening our understanding of the biogeochemistry of wetland soils.
Soil organic matter fractions under different land uses and soil classes in the Brazilian semi-arid region
Authors: dos Santos Crislâny Canuto , Medeiros Aldair de Souza , Araújo Victor Matheus Ferreira de , Maia Stoécio Malta Ferreira 
Published: August 2023

Context Land use change (LUC) is considered one of the main factors associated with soil carbon (C) loss worldwide. Aim Evaluate changes in labile and non-labile soil organic matter (SOM) fractions in different land use systems – native vegetation (NV), agriculture with conventional cultivation (CC) and pasture (PA) – in five soil classes in the Brazilian semi-arid region. Methods Soil samples were collected to a depth of 100 cm, and soil C and nitrogen (N) content and stocks were determined and also stocks of labile (LC) and non-labile (NlC) C fractions. In addition, the Carbon Management Index (CMI) was used to evaluate soil health changes. Key results SOC stocks significantly decreased after conversion from NV to CC (by 23%; 0–30 cm) and PA (by 22%; 0–100 cm). Losses due to LUC were greater in the LC than the NlC fraction, and this was reflected in the CMI reducing by 37% for PA and 57% for CC in the 0–100 cm layer. Regarding the different soil classes, LUC reduced SOC stocks only in the Luvisol, Planosol and Leptosol classes, while in the LC fraction, changes were observed in Acrisols, Cambisols and Planosols. Conclusions Clearing NV areas for CC systems and PA reduced the SOC stocks and SOM fractions and, consequently, decreased soil quality. Implications These findings underscore the importance of considering the quality of SOM when evaluating LUC impacts on SOC stocks in the different classes of soil in the Brazilian semi-arid region.