bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The impact of home resources, students' attitudes toward learning, and instructional strategies on science achievement
Authors: Ker Hsiang‐Wei , Lee Ying‐Haur , Ho Shu‐Meei 
Published: June 2023

AbstractScience achievements of individuals play a crucial role when students aim to pursue highly demanded occupations and advanced academic degrees. Enhancing science attainment is crucial in improving the effectiveness of science education. This study investigates the impact of home educational resources, students' attitudes toward learning, instructional practices and strategies, and school factors on science achievement. This investigation utilizes Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2019 eighth‐grade science data from the United States. The technique of hierarchal linear models is employed to find the effects of the multilevel factors on science achievements. Results of fixed effects show that science achievement is primarily affected by home educational resources, attitude toward learning, and school composition by student background. Of the four attitudinal predictors, students' confidence in science is most correlated to their achievements. Home educational resources, students like learning science, and self‐efficacy for computer use predictors, have significant random effects on science achievement. This study finds that ensuring adequate resources and employing appropriate instructional methodologies to reinforce students' motivation in learning are two major priorities in improving science achievement. The limitations of this research and suggestions for future work are also discussed.
Evaluation and optimization of business environment based on sustainable development perspective: Exploring the role of the reform of government functions
Authors: Yin Xingmin , Yuan Yunqian , Zhou Jinglin 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThe existing research on the business environment index system has a single viewpoint, which can hardly reflect the requirements of SDGs on the business environment. Few studies have focused on the “front end” factors determining the business environment. Based on panel data from 2011 to 2020, this study measures the business environment in 275 Chinese cities and uses the ArcGIS software and Natural Breaks (Jenks) to examine its spatiotemporal characteristics. The PSM‐DID model is utilized to examine the policy implications of the reform of government functions on the business environment. The findings demonstrate that China's urban business environment's total score has risen, and its geographic characteristics are “strong in the east and weak in the west.” Among the various sub‐dimensions of the business environment, the largest contribution is the infrastructure environment, followed by the rule of law environment. The reform of government functions can improve the business environment from the second year onward. Regional and city‐level heterogeneities exist in the effects of the reform of government functions on the business environment. In addition, informatization level, population density, and consumption level can optimize the business environment. This study provides a guide for accelerating the creation of a marketized, legalized, international, and sustainable business environment.
Intermittent Fasting Primes the Tumor Microenvironment and Improves Nanomedicine Delivery in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Authors: Becker Svea , Momoh Jeffrey , Biancacci Ilaria , Möckel Diana , Wang Qingbi , May Jan‐Niklas , Su Huan , Candels Lena Susanna , Berres Marie‐Luise , Kiessling Fabian , Hatting Maximilian , Lammers Twan , Trautwein Christian 
Published: June 2023

AbstractFasting has many health benefits, including reduced chemotherapy toxicity and improved efficacy. It is unclear how fasting affects the tumor microenvironment (TME) and tumor‐targeted drug delivery. Here the effects of intermittent (IF) and short‐term (STF) fasting are investigated on tumor growth, TME composition, and liposome delivery in allogeneic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) mouse models. To this end, mice are inoculated either subcutaneously or intrahepatically with Hep‐55.1C cells and subjected to IF for 24 d or to STF for 1 d. IF but not STF significantly slows down tumor growth. IF increases tumor vascularization and decreases collagen density, resulting in improved liposome delivery. In vitro, fasting furthermore promotes the tumor cell uptake of liposomes. These results demonstrate that IF shapes the TME in HCC towards enhanced drug delivery. Finally, when combining IF with liposomal doxorubicin treatment, the antitumor efficacy of nanochemotherapy is found to be increased, while systemic side effects are reduced. Altogether, these findings exemplify that the beneficial effects of fasting on anticancer therapy outcomes go beyond modulating metabolism at the molecular level.
Amorphous Fe‐Phytate Enables Fast Polysulfide Redox for High‐Loading Lithium Sulfur Batteries
Authors: Zeng Guangfeng , Chen Dongjiang , Zhen Cheng , Feng Chao , Pang Yashuai , He Weidong 
Published: June 2023

AbstractUtilizing catalysts to accelerate polysulfides conversion are of paramount importance to eliminate the shuttling effect and improve the practical performance of lithium‐sulfur (Li‐S) batteries. The amorphism, attributes to the abundant unsaturated surface active sites, has recently been recognized as a contribution to increase the activity of catalysts. However, the investigation on amorphous catalysts has received limited interest in lithium‐sulfur batteries due to lack of understanding of their composition structure activity. Herein, a amorphous Fe‐Phytate structure is proposed to enhance polysulfide conversion and suppress polysulfide shuttling by modifying polypropylene separator (C‐Fe‐Phytate@PP). The polar Fe‐Phytate with distorted VI coordination Fe active centers strongly intake polysulfide electron by forming FeS bond to accelerate the polysulfide conversion. The surface mediated polysulfides redox gives rise to a higher exchange current in comparison with carbon. Furthermore, Fe‐Phytate owns robust adsorption to polysulfide and effectively reduce the shuttling effect. With the C‐Fe‐Phytate@PP separator, the Li‐S batteries exhibit an outstanding rate capability of 690 mAh g−1 at 5 C and an ultrahigh areal capacity of 7.8 mAh cm−2 even at a high sulfur loading of 7.3 mg cm−2. The work provides a novel separator for facilitating the actual applications of Li‐S batteries.
Flexible Metasurface for Microwave‐Infrared Compatible Camouflage via Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm
Authors: Nam Juyeong , Chang Injoong , Lim Joon‐Soo , Woo Haneul , Yook Jong‐Gwan , Cho Hyung Hee 
Published: June 2023

AbstractMetamaterials have the powerful ability to freely control multiband electromagnetic (EM) waves through elaborately designed “artificial atoms” and are hence in the limelight in various fields. Typically, camouflage materials manipulate wave–matter interactions to achieve the desired optical properties, in particular, various techniques are used for multiband camouflage materials in both infrared (IR) and microwave (MW) ranges to overcome the scale difference between these bands. However, in the context of components required for microwave communications, simultaneous control of IR emission and MW transmission is required, which is challenging owing to differences in the wave–matter interactions in these two bands. Herein, the state‐of‐the‐art concept of flexible compatible camouflage metasurface (FCCM) is demonstrated, which can manipulate IR signatures while maintaining MW selective transmission simultaneously. For achieving maximum IR tunability and MW selective transmission, it is performed optimization using the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. Consequently, the FCCM exhibits compatible camouflage performance with both IR signature reduction and MW selective transmission is demonstrated, with 77.7% IR tunability and 93.8% transmission achieved for a flat FCCM. Furthermore, the FCCM reached the 89.8% IR signature reduction effect even in curved situations.
Accelerated Oxygen Evolution Kinetics by Engineering Heterojunction Coupling of Amorphous NiFe Hydr(oxy)oxide Nanosheet Arrays on Self‐Supporting Ni‐MOFs
Authors: Zhe Taotao , Li Fan , Ma Kaixuan , Liu Mengru , Li Ruixia , Li Mingyan , Wang Canglong , Luo Qiong , Lü Xin , Wang Li 
Published: June 2023

AbstractDesigning definite transition metal heterointerfaces is considered an effective strategy for the construction of efficient and robust oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts, but rather challenging. Herein, amorphous NiFe hydr(oxy)oxide nanosheet arrays (A‐NiFe HNSAs) are grown in situ on the surface of a self‐supporting Ni metal–organic frameworks (SNMs) electrode via a combination strategy of ion exchange and hydrolytic co‐deposition for efficient and stable large‐current‐density water oxidation. The existence of the abundant metal–oxygen bonds on the heterointerfaces can not only be of great significance to alter the electronic structure and accelerate the reaction kinetics, but also enable the redistribution of Ni/Fe charge density to effectively control the adsorption behavior of important intermediates with a close to the optimal d‐band center, dramatically narrowing the energy barriers of the OER rate‐limiting steps. By optimizing the electrode structure, the A‐NiFe HNSAs/SNMs‐NF exhibits outstanding OER performance with small overpotentials of 223 and 251 mV at 100 and 500 mA cm−2, a low Tafel slope of 36.3 mV dec−1, and excellent durability during 120 h at 10 mA cm−2. This work significantly provides an avenue to understand and realize rationally designed heterointerface structures toward effective oxygen evolution in water‐splitting applications.
Biased Symmetry Breaking in the Formation of Intercalated Layered Double Hydroxides: toward Control of Homochiral Supramolecular Assembly
Authors: Shi Wenying , Liang Kaixiang , Wang Ruixing , Liu Jing , Lu Chao 
Published: June 2023

AbstractHomochiral supramolecular assembly (HSA) based on achiral molecules has provided important clues to understand the origin of biological homochirality from the aspect of symmetry breaking. However, planar achiral molecules still face the challenge of forming HSA due to the lack of driving force for twisted stacking, which is a prerequisite for homochirality. Here, with the benefit of the formation of 2D intercalated layered double hydroxide (LDH, host–guest nanomaterials) in vortex motion, planar achiral guest molecules can form the chiral units with spatially asymmetrical structure in the confinement space of LDH. Once the LDH is removed, these chiral units are in a thermodynamic non‐equilibrium state, which can be amplified to HSA by self‐replicating. Especially, the homochiral bias can be predicted in advance by controlling the vortex direction. Therefore, this study breaks the bottleneck of complicated molecular design and provides a new technology to achieve HSA made of planar achiral molecules with definite handedness.
A model to predict the rear face damage caused by non‐deforming projectile impact on plain and steel fiber reinforced concrete barriers
Authors: Shrira Osnat , Dancygier Avraham N. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis paper presents a model for evaluation of the rear face damage in concrete barriers subjected to impact of non‐deforming projectiles. This is an improved and extended version of a previously published model, which now covers both plain and steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) barriers. The rear face damaged area commonly measured in tests is characterized by an equivalent diameter, evaluated by the model. Calibration and then validation are based on published experimental data. Different sets of experiments, of plain concrete and SFRC, reported by different researchers, were used for the model's calibration and for its validation. The calibrated model's predictions show reasonable agreement with the reported experimental results, especially in view of their considerable scatter. The main findings from a parametric study of the model's predictions refer to the influence on the rear face damage (at barrier thickness lower than the scabbing limit thickness) of including steel fibers in the concrete mix, the barrier thickness, impact level, and the projectile diameter. The model's predictions demonstrate the lower extent of damage in SFRC barriers, compared to plain concrete. The use of the model enables quantitative assessment of this damage and of its reduction in SFRC barriers.
Role of nanotechnology as a zero waste tool
Authors: Bhattacharjee Sanmitro , Girigoswami Agnishwar , Nag Moupriya , Rubab Tanzil , Girigoswami Koyeli 
Published: June 2023

AbstractIn the advancing generation, commercialization and industrial development are on the incessant proliferation. Due to this unremitting need for development, the danger to the biological health of the environment is on the assurgent rise. Many “clean and green” industrial protocols have been generated and taken into purview but has been ineffective in keeping abreast with the ever‐growing pace of environmental threats. Technology in today's world has been the game changer in revolutionizing the way humans live their lives today but at the same time, has also become the greatest source of threat to the very sustainability of the planet. Thus, newer technological enhancements have been initiated to compensate for the harm to the environment. Of these, green and sustainable nanotechnological methodology and tools to be used as zero waste tools have been developed to efficiently beat the crisis of the hour. For example, the development of various nano‐based zero‐waste tools to the introduction of nanotechnology in various industries like automobiles, water, agriculture, and so on, has changed the way sustainable development has been adopted. This article aims to enhance the success of nanotechnology in the various sustainable developments done in industrial fields to cope up with the need of a “clean and green” environment.
Agave bagasse cookies as a carbon source for lactic acid bacteria
Authors: Escobedo‐García Sarai , Flores‐Gallegos Adriana C. , Salas‐Tovar Jesús A. , González‐Herrera Silvia M. , Palomo‐Ligas Lissethe , Campos‐Muzquiz Lizeth G. , Rodríguez‐Herrera Raúl 
Published: June 2023

AbstractCurrently, the Agave genus has a high economic importance because due to the products that can be obtained from these plants, with alcoholic beverage production being the most common use. The principal storage carbohydrates of agave are fructans. In this study, the utilization of Agave salmiana (green agave) and Agave atrovirens (ashy agave) bagasse cookies as a carbon source by lactic acid‐producing bacteria (LAB), as well as the acceptability of cookies by consumers was evaluated. The cookies were manufactured and digested in vitro, and fermentation by LAB was performed to evaluate pH changes, bacterial growth, and relative carbohydrate intake. The results showed that the bacteria assimilated the digested agave cookies as a carbon source, and there was no significant difference in the pH of both agave bagasse and the growth of Lacticaseibacillus casei. The highest bacterial growth of the L. lactis was observed at 12 h with green bagasse cookies. The results obtained in the present study demonstrate the potential of agave bagasse to be used as functional food ingredients.
Self‐reported treatment effectiveness for Crohn's disease using a novel crowdsourcing web‐based platform
Authors: Engel Tal , Dotan Eran , Synett Yossi , Held Ron , Soffer Shelly , Ben‐Horin Shomron , Kopylov Uri 
Published: June 2023

AbstractBackground and AimsInternet and social media platforms have become an unprecedented source for sharing self‐experience, potentially allowing the collection and integration of health data with patient experience. StuffThatWorks (STW) is an online open platform that applies machine learning and the power of crowdsourcing, where patients with chronic medical conditions can self‐report and compare their individual outcomes using a structured online questionnaire. We aimed to conduct a cross‐sectional, international, crowdsourcing, artificial‐intelligence (AI) web‐based study of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) self‐reporting their outcomes.MethodsA proprietary STW Bayesian inference model was built to measure improvement in CD severity (on scale of 1–5) for each treatment and ranked treatments using effectiveness. The effectiveness of first‐line biological treatments was analyzed by multiple comparisons and by calculating odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for each treatment pair.ResultsWe included 7593 self‐reported CD patients for the analysis. Most of the participants were female (75.8%) and from English‐speaking countries (95.7%). Overall, anti‐TNF drugs were the most reported tried treatment (52.8%). Infliximab (IFX) was ranked as the most effective treatment by the STW effectiveness model followed by bowel surgery (second), adalimumab (ADA, third), ustekinumab (UST, 4rd), and vedolizumab (VDZ, fifth). In paired comparison analyses, IFX was most effective, ADA had similar effectiveness compared to UST and all three were more effective than VDZ.ConclusionWe present the first online crowdsourcing AI platform‐based study of self‐reported treatment effectiveness in CD. Net‐based crowdsourcing patient‐reported outcome platforms can potentially help both clinicians and patients select the best treatment for their condition.
Load response of a two‐rotor floating wind turbine undergoing blade‐pitch system faults
Authors: El Beshbichi Omar , Xing Yihan , Chen Ong Muk 
Published: June 2023

AbstractMulti‐rotor floating wind turbines are among the innovative technologies proposed in the last decade in the effort to reduce the cost of wind energy. These systems are able to offer advantages in terms of smaller blades deployed offshore, cheaper operations, fewer installations, and sharing of the floating platform. As the blade‐pitch actuation system is prone to failures, the assessment of the associated load scenarios is commonly required. Load assessment of blade‐pitch fault scenarios has only been performed for single‐rotor solutions. In this work, we address the effect of blade‐pitch system faults and emergency shutdown on the dynamics and loads of a two‐rotor floating wind turbine. The concept considered employs two NREL 5‐MW baseline wind turbines and the OO‐Star semi‐submersible platform. The blade‐pitch faults investigated are blade blockage and runaway, that is, the seizure at a given pitch angle and the uncontrolled actuation of one of the blades, respectively. Blade‐pitch faults lead to a significant increase in the structural loads of the system, especially for runaway fault conditions. Emergency shutdown significantly excites the platform pitch motion, the tower‐bottom bending moment, and tower torsional loads, while suppressing the faulty blade flapwise bending moment after a short peak. Shutdown delay between rotors increases significantly the maxima of the torsional loads acting on the tower. Comparison of blade loads with data from single‐rotor spar‐type study show great similarity, highlighting that the faulty blade loads are not affected by (1) the type of platform used and (2) the multi‐rotor deployment.
Annotated Bibliography
Authors: Yetman Cameron C. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThe following annotated bibliography contains a reasonably complete survey of contemporary work in the philosophy of astrophysics. Spanning approximately 40 years from the early 1980s to the present day, the bibliography should help researchers entering the field to acquaint themselves with its major texts, while providing an opportunity for philosophers already working on astrophysics to expand their knowledge base and engage with unfamiliar material.
Introduction: A New Framework for Green Marketing
Authors: Bengtson Erik , Mossberg Oskar 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis chapter introduces the idea, at the heart of the book, that we need a constructive turn in the rhetorical study of green marketing, as the negative focus on greenwashing can only ever be part of the solution. We elaborate on some key concepts, discuss the disciplinary position of the work, and provide an overview of the book.
Some Implications for Law
Authors: Bengtson Erik , Mossberg Oskar 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis chapter argues that the current regulatory framework is focused on the legal equivalent of sins, and discusses how virtue analytics can support legal development by supplying possible new criteria for legal assessment. We maintain, however, that regulatory development can only ever be part of the solution and that several simultaneous and mutually reinforcing shifts are necessary, for there to be a true shift in green marketing practice.
From Muhājir to Āwāra: Figures of Migration and Exile Among Afghans
Authors: Abbasi Khadija , Monsutti Alessandro 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis paper examines how self-designation among Afghan refugees and migrants is evolving. While terms such as muhājir, “refugee,” with a religious connotation, panāhenda, “refugee,” and mosāfer, “traveller,” were used by Afghans in the 1980s and 1990s, they no longer have the favour of younger people who might have grown up in Iran or Pakistan and often aspire to try their chance in the West. New generations tend to describe their situation with words such as āwāra, sargardān, dar-ba-dar, which generally convey the idea of “wandering,” “vagrancy,” “homelessness,” “lack of purpose.” This evolving terminology suggest that exile has lost the religious and political significance it might have had during the anti-Soviet jihad, on the one hand. It also can be interpreted as a quest for meaning in life, an assertion of agency in an effort to define their place in this world, on the other hand. Social media and blogs run by Afghans evoke an ontology of displacement and mobility, which ultimately elicits a form of cosmopolitanism from bellow and resonates with the social, political and economic unpredictability in Afghanistan.
Migration, Development Within the SAARC Framework: Towards a Migration Governance Model of the Future
Authors: Rajan S. Irudaya , Kumar Ashwin 
Published: June 2023

AbstractMigration is seen as a major contributing factor to a nation’s social and economic development, and has been recognized as such in various international forums, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2015 as well as the Global Compact on Migration in 2018. International Migration has especially impacted the South Asian region considerably. However, there has been very little research done on the macro-outlook of migration within the South Asian region itself, which is not insignificant. This chapter builds on the narrative of migration and development, concentrated within a South Asian perspective. It looks at the various migration governance systems and policies in the countries that make up the South Asianregion. Later, the chapter also looks at the major migration corridors within the region and the various socio-economic dimensions associated with it. Finally, it proposes a framework for safe and sustainable migration within the region, adhering tothe principlesof the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), which can provide the perfect platform for all South Asian member countries to get together and jointly work towards ensuring sustainable migration among the countries, thereby helping each other meet their respective Sustainable Development Goal targets.