bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Fractional Schrödinger–Poisson system with critical growth and potentials vanishing at infinity
Authors: Zhang Xinrui , He Xiaoming 
Published: March 2023

AbstractIn this paper, we are concerned with the existence of positive solutions for a class of fractional Schrödinger–Poisson system with critical nonlinearity and multiple competing potentials, which may decay and vanish at infinity. Under some local conditions, we show the existence and concentration of positive solutions by using the modified penalization method and concentration–compactness principle.
The impact of financial scarcity on green consumption: Sequential mediating effects of anxiety and self‐efficacy
Authors: Zhang Rui , Ma Qinhai , Guan Dongxiao 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThere is a consensus to promote green consumption to drive sustainable human development and high‐quality economic development. It is therefore essential for academics, policymakers, and marketers to understand the factors that influence green consumption. Through four experiments, this study examines the effect of financial scarcity—a feeling commonly experienced by consumers—on green consumption. These experiments show that financial scarcity can hinder consumers' choice of green products. The above process occurs because the scarcity of monetary resources induces anxiety, which in turn reduces self‐efficacy. We further find that the observed effect will be attenuated when consumers' social support level is high (vs. low). These findings demonstrate that the impact of financial scarcity on green consumption is mediated by anxiety and self‐efficacy perception and moderated by social support. Our results provide recommendations for developing marketing strategies for green products.
Non‐germinal center B‐cell subtype of pediatric diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma in Japan: A retrospective cohort study
Authors: Hori Daiki , Kobayashi Ryoji , Nakazawa Atsuko , Iwafuchi Hideto , Klapper Wolfram , Osumi Tomoo , Ohk Kentaro , Sekimizu Masahiro 
Published: March 2023

AbstractBackgroundDiffuse large B‐cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is classified into two molecular subtypes according to its cell of origin: germinal center B‐cell (GCB) subtype and activated B‐cell/non‐GCB subtype. This latter subtype shows a poorer prognosis in adults. However, in pediatric DLBCL, the prognostic impact of the subtype is yet to be clarified.ObjectivesThis study sought to compare the prognosis between GCB and non‐GCB DLBCL in a large number of cases in children and adolescents. In addition, this study intended to describe the clinical, immunohistochemical, and cytogenetic characteristics of these two molecular subtypes of DLBCL, and consider differences in the biology, frequency, and prognosis of GCB and non‐GCB subtypes in pediatric versus adult DLBCL or in Japanese versus Western pediatric DLBCL patients.Design/methodsWe selected mature B‐cell lymphoma/leukemia patients for whom specimens had been submitted to the central pathology review in Japan between June 2005 and November 2019. We referred the past studies on Asian adult patients and Western pediatric patients to compare with our results.ResultsData were obtained from 199 DLBCL patients. The median age of all patients was 10 years, with 125 patients (62.8%) in the GCB group and 49 (24.6%) in the non‐GCB group other than 25 cases whose immunohistochemical data were insufficient. Overall, the percentage of translocation of MYC (1.4%) and BCL6 (6.3%) was lower than in adult and Western pediatric DLBCL cases. The non‐GCB group showed a significantly higher proportion of females (44.9%), a higher incidence of stage III disease (38.8%), and B‐cell lymphoma 2 (BCL2)‐positivity in immunohistochemistry (79.6%) compared to the GCB group; however, no BCL2 rearrangement was observed in both GCB and non‐GCB groups. The prognosis did not differ significantly between the GCB and non‐GCB groups.ConclusionThis study including a large number of non‐GCB patients showed the same prognosis between GCB and non‐GCB groups and suggested a difference in the biology of pediatric and adolescent DLBCL compared to adult DLBCL as well as between Asian and Western DLBCL.
Emotional subtypes in patients with depression: A cluster analysis
Authors: Chan Rachel Y. T. , Hu Hui‐xin , Wang Ling‐ling , Chan Mandy K. M. , Ho Zoe T. Y. , Cheng Koi‐Man , Lui Simon S. Y. , Chan Raymond C. K. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractMajor depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with deficits in emotion experience, expression and regulation. Whilst emotion regulation deficits prolong MDD, emotion expression influences symptomatic presentations, and anticipatory pleasure deficits predict recurrence risk. Profiling MDD patients from an emotion componential perspective can characterize subtypes with different clinical and functional outcomes. This study aimed to investigate emotional subtypes of MDD. A two‐stage cluster analysis applied to 150 MDD patients. Clustering variables included emotion experience measured by Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale, emotion expression measured by Toronto Alexithymia Scale, and emotion regulation measured by Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. We validated the resultant clusters by comparing their symptoms and functioning with that of 50 controls. Cluster 1 (n = 50) exhibited intact emotion experience and expression yet adopted reappraisal rather than suppression strategy, whereas Cluster 2 (n = 66) exhibited generalized emotional deficits. Cluster 3 (n = 34) exhibited emotion expression deficits and adopted both reappraisal and suppression strategies. On validation, Cluster 2 exhibited the worst, but Cluster 1 exhibited the least symptoms and social functioning impairments. Cluster 3 was intermediate among the two other subtypes. Our findings support the existence of different emotional subtypes in MDD patients, and have clinical and theoretical implications for developing future specific treatments for MDD.
Experimental and constitutive analyses of the stress relaxation behavior of glassy polymers
Authors: Liu Fan , Wang Jin , Zhang He , Yao Xiaohu 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe physical mechanism underlying the mechanical behavior of glassy polymers has been studied over decades but remains a long‐standing issue. A consensus view achieved is that the yield, flow, and stress relaxation behaviors are due to structural relaxation in the polymer mainly caused by chain conformation transitions. This is the key physical idea behind the many existing elastic–plastic constitutive models for glassy polymers. In this paper, such a constitutive model was employed for predicting and analyzing the stress relaxation of a glassy polymer. It is found that the model works well in predicting the pre‐yield stress relaxation but significantly underestimates the post‐yield stress relaxation. As considering the chain conformation transition alone leads to a dilemma for the model to concurrently represent the yield/flow and stress relaxation behaviors, the model was extended to incorporate an additional structural relaxation mechanism assumed to originate from the dissociation of weak linkages in the chain network. The extended model succeeds in concurrently representing the yield/flow, and stress relaxation behaviors in the whole deformation region, of which the reasons were analyzed. The knowledge revealed in this paper is instructive and may shed new light on understanding the structural relaxation and mechanical behavior of glassy polymers.
Dosing implications for liposomal amphotericin B in pregnancy
Authors: O'Grady Niamh , McManus Dayna , Briggs Neima , Azar Marwan M. , Topal Jeffrey , Davis Matthew W. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractLiposomal amphotericin B (LAmB) is used in the treatment of opportunistic fungal and parasitic infections, including leishmaniasis. Given its lack of known teratogenicity in pregnancy, LAmB is a preferred agent for treatment for these patients. However, significant gaps remain in determining optimal dosing regimens for LAmB in pregnancy. We describe the use of LAmB for a pregnant patient with mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) using a dosing strategy of 5 mg/kg/day for days 1–7 using ideal body weight followed by 4 mg/kg weekly using adjusted body weight. We reviewed the literature for LAmB dosing strategies, particularly dosing weight, in pregnancy. Of the 143 cases identified in 17 studies, only one reported a dosing weight, in which ideal body weight was used. Five Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines in total discussed the use of amphotericin B in pregnancy but no guidelines included recommendations for dosing weight. This review describes our experience in using ideal body weight for dosing LAmB in pregnancy for the treatment of MCL. Use of ideal body weight may minimize risk of adverse effects to the fetus compared to the use of total body weight while maintaining efficacy for treatment of MCL in pregnancy.
Global challenges reflected in software process improvement
Authors: Colomo‐Palacios Ricardo , Messnarz Richard , Biró Miklós 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis special issue comprises a selected set of high‐quality and extended articles of the 28th Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement (EuroSPI) Conference, held in 2021 in Krems, Austria.Conferences were held in Dublin (Ireland) in 1994, in Vienna (Austria) in 1995, in Brighton (UK) in 1996, in Budapest (Hungary) in 1997, in Gothenburg (Sweden) in 1998, in Pori (Finland) in 1999, in Copenhagen (Denmark) in 2000, in Limerick (Ireland) in 2001, in Nuremberg (Germany) in 2002, in Graz (Austria) in 2003, in Trondheim (Norway) in 2004, in Budapest (Hungary) in 2005, in Joensuu (Finland) in 2006, in Potsdam (Germany) in 2007, in Dublin (Ireland) in 2008, in Alcala (Spain) in 2009, in Grenoble (France) in 2010, in Roskilde (Denmark) in 2011, in Vienna (Austria) in 2012, in Dundalk (Ireland) in 2013, in Luxembourg in 2014, in Ankara (Turkey) in 2015, in Graz (Austria) in 2016, in Ostrava (Czech Republic) in 2017, in Bilbao (Spain) in 2018, in Edinburgh (UK) in 2019, in Düsseldorf (Germany) in 2020, and in Krems (Austria) in 2021.
Structural design and testing of material optimized ribbed RC slabs with 3D printed formwork
Authors: Huber Tobias , Burger Joris , Mata‐Falcón Jaime , Kaufmann Walter 
Published: March 2023

AbstractMost of the concrete volume in multistorey buildings is cast in solid slabs, which are frequently flat slabs supported on columns. By using two‐way spanning ribbed slabs, concrete consumption could be significantly reduced. However, due to the high costs associated with formwork, such a complex rib configuration is rarely used nowadays. With the advent of technologies for automated formwork fabrication, the material‐saving potential inherent in this structural system could again be exploited. This paper investigates the feasibility of material‐efficient ribbed concrete slabs on a building scale using conventional concrete and steel reinforcing bars cast inside a three‐dimensional‐printed plastic‐based formwork. To that end, the code‐compliant design of ribbed slabs is first discussed, followed by the introduction of a concept for an automated design‐to‐production workflow. The sustainability of this slab system is compared to a solution using conventional formwork in a case study consisting of a multibay office building with slabs spanning 8 m in both directions, revealing that ribbed slabs use 40% less concrete than solid slabs. Several representative structural elements of the case study (ribs, slab‐column transition) were produced at full‐scale and tested until failure to investigate the feasibility of production and structural performance. Three T‐beams with various rib shapes (straight, kinked with diaphragms, curved) were tested in a three‐point bending configuration, showing a ductile behavior with longitudinal reinforcement yielding and indicating the relevance of torsional effects in curved ribs. Punching tests on two slab‐column connections (ribbed, solid) revealed that the optimized ribbed slab could prevent brittle punching failures and achieve an ultimate load 105% higher than the solid reference slab. All specimens' load‐bearing behavior could be predicted using established design formulas, showing the feasibility of producing code‐compliant ribbed slabs with the applied technology.
Conference report: Third annual young researcher forum of the Japan Society of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Traditional Medicine
Authors: Yoshino Tetsuhiro , Yokogawa Takami , Nakamichi Kohsuke , Manse Yoshiaki , Yoshikawa Hayato , Sasaki Hiroaki , Ando Hirokazu , Nakashima Souichi 
Published: March 2023

AbstractFour young researchers presented their studies in the field of traditional Japanese herbal medicine (Wakan‐yaku) at the third annual young researcher forum entitled “Respecting and Breaking Traditions,” held 1 week before the 2022 annual meeting of the Japan Society of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Traditional Medicine. Dr. Yokogawa presented her research focusing on the mechanism of the Ayurveda drug‐eluting string, Kshara Sutra, in treating anal fistulas, reporting on its effects on the anal tissue in an anal fistula rat model and its antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, the causative organisms of anal fistulas. Mr. Nakamichi presented his research focusing on the relationship between the efficacy of Kampo medicines with anti‐obesity effects and intestinal microbiota composition. His results partially revealed that bofutsushosan and boiogito affect lipid metabolism in mice and correlate with the intestinal microbiota composition. Dr. Manse reported the anti‐inflammatory activity of diterpenoid components in Enmei‐so (Isodonis Herba), revealing its novel inhibitory activity on nitric oxide released from activated macrophages and on inflammatory cytokines, and identified active components contributing to the inhibition and the mechanism of action. Mr. Yoshikawa reported the anticancer activity of small molecular compounds isolated from the medicinal plants, Valeriana fauriei and Hypericum erectum. His results suggest that five compounds may increase the sensitivity of human cervical carcinoma cells to adriamycin via HSP105 expression suppression. The event was conducted online, and included 78 participants. We intend to hold and improve this forum in 2023 and the future.
X‐ray fluorescence analysis using ultrasonic levitation technique
Authors: Okuda Masaki , Matsuyama Tsugufumi , Tsuji Kouichi 
Published: March 2023

AbstractA thin film is used as the sample holder for analyzing solutions and solid samples using x‐ray fluorescence (XRF). The incident x‐rays are scattered on the sample and thin film, and the scattered x‐rays serve as background signals in the XRF spectra. To reduce the intensity of the background signal, an ultrasonic levitation method was developed herein for XRF measurements. The ultrasonic levitation device is equipped with a transducer (horn) and reflector, and a small‐size sample is levitated around a node of a generated standing wave; thus, a sample holder is not necessary. Fe solution (2 μL) was analyzed to evaluate the developed instrument. The results obtained using levitation times of 0 and 60 min were compared. The solvent droplet almost evaporated during ultrasonic levitation; therefore, the absorption effects of XRFs and incident x‐rays and the scattering effect of incident x‐rays were reduced. At a levitation time of 60 min, the net intensity of the Fe Kα peak was increased, and the background intensity decreased. The relationship between the levitation time and the net or background intensities of the Fe Kα peak was defined; thus, condensation of the sample droplet was successfully observed. Quantitative analysis was performed using an internal standard method. The relative intensity (ratio of the net intensities of the target and internal standard elements) was proportional to the concentration ratio. Therefore, this method is useful for measuring trace elements at low background intensity and elucidating the process of condensation of a sample droplet.
Extension of Sukur Cultural Landscape in Nigeria to incorporate the 16 DGB sites on the Wandala Cultural Landscape in Cameroon as a serial transboundary World Heritage site
Authors: Sham Anthony 
Published: March 2023

AbstractAs a result of a dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon over the ownership of the Bakasi Peninsula during the last two decades, other international disputed boundary areas have also been identified and properly delineated from the far north in Borno State to the Bakasi Peninsula in Cross River State, with a view to establishing international cooperation and a bilateral relationship that will bring peace and development between the two countries. To further strengthen the cordial relationship between the two countries, experts and authorities of the African World Heritage programme jointly entered into an agreement in 2016 at Yaounde, Cameroon, for the joint preparation and submission of Korup Hill in Cameroon and Oban Hill in Nigeria as a transboundary World Heritage site.
Challenges in preparing a serial transnational nomination for geometric rock art sites in the Lake Victoria region of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
Authors: Besigye Jackline Nyiracyiza , Musalizi Sarah , Asiimwe Raymond 
Published: March 2023

AbstractLake Victoria’s proposed rock art nomination represents an extensive collection of rock paintings. These include large geometric finger-painted shapes that bear an exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition that started over four millennia ago in connection with fertility and potency among the Pygmy hunter-gatherers, whose spirits are still in contact with generations living around the sites today (Namono, 2010a). For instance, the entrance to the Nyero 2 site in Uganda is shaped like a cervix (Figure 1) and it is indeed possible that at that time this area was used for fertility rituals.
The transnational management regime of the Virunga Conservation Area across the Congolese, Rwandan and Ugandan borders: Challenges and opportunities
Authors: Birabi Allan Kenneth 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe Virunga Transboundary Conservation Area (VTCA) shown in Figure 1 is a 434 km2 natural heritage/wildlife complex. One part comprises a 240 km2 portion of the mountainous Virunga National Park, which was created in 1925 inside the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As such, Virunga National Park, with a total land area of 7,800 km2 (Figure 2), is not wholly located in the VTCA. The main focus of this paper is the Mikeno sector of the park, an area of approximately 250 km2, which happens to be part of the VTCA territory (Figure 2). The entire park was placed on the World Heritage List in 1979 and pronounced a World Heritage Site in Danger in 1994. The second part of the VTCA is an alpine area covering some 160 km2 of Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, which was created in 1929 and designated as a Biosphere Reserve (Figures 1, 2 and 3). The third part, also mountainous, is a 33.7 km2 area within the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (MGNP) in Uganda (Figures 1, 2 and 3). The MGNP was established in 1964 as a reserve to protect the mountain gorilla and it was inscribed onto the World Heritage Tentative List in 2007. This ‘three-in-one’ natural heritage area lies between 1°21′50′′ S and 29°38′17′ E.
A proof for string three-point functions in AdS3
Authors: Bufalini Davide , Iguri Sergio , Kovensky Nicolas 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Correlation functions of the SL(2,ℝ)-WZW model involving spectrally flowed vertex operators are notoriously difficult to compute. An explicit integral expression for the corresponding three-point functions was recently conjectured in [1]. In this paper, we provide a proof for this conjecture. For this, we extend the methods of [2] based on the so-called SL(2,ℝ) series identifications, which relate vertex operators belonging to different spectral flow sectors. We also highlight the role of holomorphic covering maps in this context. Our results constitute an important milestone for proving this instance of the AdS3/CFT2 holographic duality at finite ’t Hooft coupling.
NLO oriented event-shape distributions for massive quarks
Authors: Bris Alejandro , Gracia Nestor G. , Mateu Vicent 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
In this article we compute the cross section for the process $$ {e}^{+}{e}^{-}\to Q\overline{Q}+X $$

e
+

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→
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+
X
, with Q a heavy quark, differential in a given event shape e and the angle θT between the thrust axis and the beam direction. These observables are usually referred to as oriented event shapes, and it has been shown that the θT dependence can be split in two structures, dubbed the unoriented and angular terms. Since the unoriented part is already known, we compute the differential and cumulative distributions in fixed-order for the angular part up to $$ \mathcal{O} $$
O
(αs). Our results show that, for the vector current, there is a non-zero $$ \mathcal{O}\left({\alpha}_s^0\right) $$
O

α
s
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contribution, in contrast to the axial-vector current or for massless quarks. This entails that for the vector current one should expect singular terms at $$ \mathcal{O} $$
O
(αs) as well as infrared divergences in real- and virtual-radiation diagrams that should cancel when added up. On the phenomenological side, and taking into account that electroweak factors enhance the vector current, it implies that finite bottom-mass effects are an important correction since they are not damped by a power of the strong coupling and therefore cannot be neglected in precision studies. Finally, we show that the total angular distribution for the vector current has a Sommerfeld enhancement at threshold.
Microbiological investigation on the effect of rinsing of intentionally soiled roe deer carcasses
Authors: Korkmaz Birsen , Mateus-Vargas Rafael Hernán , Maaz Denny , Reich Felix , Bandick Niels , Lahrssen-Wiederholt Monika , Steinhoff-Wagner Julia 
Published: March 2023

AbstractReduction of the microbial load of soiled carcasses is essential in the production of game meat. Rinsing with water is a common practice in handling game carcasses to remove any visible contamination. In this study, microbiological investigations were performed on carcasses of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), inoculated with a mixture of gastrointestinal content and then either rinsed (n = 3) or unrinsed (n = 3). Water rinsing may have short-term effects on bacterial contamination related to soiling. However, introducing water into the body cavity may promote bacterial growth during cold storage.