bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Consumer financial well-being: Does scale choice alter the measure?
Authors: Heck Patrick , Ratcliffe Caroline , Tibbitts Elle 
Published: January 2025

AbstractA crucial first step in helping consumers improve their financial lives is understanding their financial circumstances and well-being. The Financial Well-Being (FWB) scale measures a consumer’s subjective well-being related to aspects of their financial circumstances. It is available in standard-length (10-item) and abbreviated (5-item) versions, but no research has compared how completing either version may alter consumers’ responses. Notably, the 5-item scale includes a higher share of reverse-coded (i.e., negatively framed) items. We hypothesize that the difference in item framing between scale versions influences participants’ feelings about their financial situation, predicting that completing the 5-item FWB scale will result in more negative responses compared to completing the 10-item FWB scale. To test this hypothesis, we implement a randomized survey experiment using the Understanding America Study. In our experiment with nearly 6,000 participants, we find that completing the 5-item versus the 10-item FWB scale reduces FWB scores (average decline in the 5-item FWB score of 0.9 points, 95% CI [–1.552, –0.249]), and increases the share with a “low” 5-item FWB score by 5.0 percentage points, 95% CI [0.028, 0.071]), responses to individual scale items, and self-rated FWB. This pattern is strongest among lower-income respondents (average decline in FWB score of 2.3 points, 95% CI [–3.385, –1.171] and increases the share with a “low” 5-item FWB score by 8.1 percentage points, 95% CI [0.041, 0.121]). These findings highlight that FWB scale choice can have unexpected consequences. We discuss the implications for research on FWB and on the measurement of well-being more broadly.
Endogenous working hours, overlapping generations, and balanced neoclassical growth
Authors: Irmen Andreas 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
A balanced growth path that accounts for a decline in hours worked per worker approximates the evolution of today’s industrialized countries since 1870. This stylized fact is explained in an overlapping generations (OLG) model featuring two-period lived individuals equipped with per-period utility functions of the generalized log-log type proposed by Boppart and Krusell (2020) and a neoclassical production sector. Technological progress drives real wages up and expands the amount of consumption goods. The value of leisure increases, and the supply of hours worked declines. Technological progress moves a poor economy out of a regime with low wages and an inelastic supply of hours worked into a regime with high wages and a declining supply of hours worked. The balanced growth path is unique and stable. In the high wage regime, the equilibrium difference equation is available in closed form. A balanced growth path with declining hours worked may also be obtained with endogenous technological progress as in Romer (1986).
Winter Ice‐Wave Modeling With WAVEWATCH III in Lake Erie
Authors: Hu Haoguo , Titze Dan , Fujisaki‐Manome Ayumi , Mroczka Bryan , Wang Jia , Hawley Nathan , Orendorf Sophie , Frank Kaitlyn , Ruberg Steve 
Published: January 2025

AbstractOperational wave forecasts for the Great Lakes originate from the NOAA Great Lakes Waves Unstructured version 2 system. The model uses a simple ice blocking (IC0) parameterization for ice‐wave damping, so ice‐covered portions of the lakes are treated as land in the modeling system. Although simple and effective, the simple block can impede forecasting by eliminating wave forecast guidance from areas with thin or partial ice cover. We evaluate 12 ice‐wave damping parameterizations within WAVEWATCH III (WW3, version 6.07.1) for Lake Erie, by comparing model results against wave observations made at several locations using moored acoustic wave and current profilers during the winters of 2010–2011 and 2012–2013. The comparisons show that the IC4M4 module performs the best among 12 ice modules with a root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.32–0.39 m and a root bias of −0.06 to −0.11 m, outperforming the existing IC0 parameterization (RMSE: 0.46–0.59 m; bias: −0.23 to −0.34 m) during the 2010–2011 analysis year. WW3 ice modules are mostly derived from measurements and studies of the Arctic and Antarctic Ocean. The dominant wave frequency is about 0.05∼0.10 Hz in the Arctic Ocean compared to 0.15∼0.2 Hz in the lake. Thus formulas built on frequency based on the studies from deep oceans may not be suitable for the shallow lakes because they cause too much damping. Although the IC4M4 ice module is from the study of the Antarctic Ocean , the wave attenuation formula based on incoming wave height is also suitable for Lake Erie.
Acid sphingomyelinase activity suggests a new antipsychotic pharmaco-treatment strategy for schizophrenia
Authors: Chestnykh Daria , Mühle Christiane , Schumacher Fabian , Kalinichenko Liubov S. , Löber Stefan , Gmeiner Peter , Alzheimer Christian , von Hörsten Stephan , Kleuser Burkhard , Uebe Steffen , Ekici Arif B. , Gulbins Erich , Kornhuber Johannes , Jin Hee Kyung , Bae Jae-sung , Lourdusamy Anbarasu , Müller Christian P. 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder. It is currently treated with antipsychotic drugs (APD). However, APD’s work only in a limited number of patients and may have cognition impairing side effects. A growing body of evidence points out the potential involvement of abnormal sphingolipid metabolism in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Here, an analysis of human gene polymorphisms and brain gene expression in schizophrenia patients identified an association of SMPD1 and SMPD3 genes coding for acid- (ASM) and neutral sphingomyelinase-2 (NSM). In a rat model of psychosis using amphetamine hypersensitization, we found a locally restricted increase of ASM activity in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Short-term haloperidol (HAL) treatment reversed behavioral symptoms and the ASM activity. A sphingolipidomic analysis confirmed an altered ceramide metabolism in the PFC during psychosis. Targeting enhanced ASM activity in a psychotic-like state with the ASM inhibitor KARI201 reversed psychotic like behavior and associated changes in the sphingolipidome. While effective HAL treatment led to locomotor decline and cognitive impairments, KARI201 did not. An RNA sequencing analysis of the PFC suggested a dysregulation of numerous schizophrenia related genes including Olig1, Fgfr1, Gpr17, Gna12, Abca2, Sox1, Dpm2, and Rab2a in the rat model of psychosis. HAL and KARI201 antipsychotic effects were associated with targeting expression of other schizophrenia associated genes like Col6a3, Slc22a8, and Bmal1, or Nr2f6a, respectively, but none affecting expression of sphingolipid regulating genes. Our data provide new insight into a potentially pathogenic mechanism of schizophrenia and suggest a new pharmaco-treatment strategy with reduced side effects.
Solid base-assisted photocatalytic degradation of polyethylene via the Norrish mechanism through the generation of alternating polyketones
Authors: Lu Po-Yi , Ningsih Lely A. , Heksa Ayu C. , Hu Che-Chia , Chen Wen-Chang , Chiu Yu-Cheng 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) is widely used in plastic products. Due to its nonpolar molecular structure and inert hydrocarbon chains, it is resistant to degradation, leading to serious environmental problems. As a photocatalyst, TiO2 generates electron-hole pairs upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. The holes interact with hydroxide ions

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radicals in the system, promoting the formation of C=O groups and facilitating the Norrish type I reaction.
Hybrid multi-objective optimization of µ-synthesis robust controller for frequency regulation in isolated microgrids
Authors: Mohammed Abdallah , Kadry Ahmed , Abo-Adma Maged , Samahy Adel El , Elazab Rasha 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Frequency regulation in isolated microgrids is challenging due to system uncertainties and varying load demands. This study presents an optimal µ-synthesis robust control strategy that regulates microgrid frequency while enhancing system performance and stability—a proposed fixed-structure approach for selecting performance and robustness weights, informed by subsystem frequency analysis. The controller is optimized using multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) and multi-objective genetic algorithm (MOGA) under inequality constraints, employing a Pareto front to identify optimal solutions. Comparative analyses demonstrate that the MOPSO-optimized controller achieves superior robustness and performance, tolerating up to 236% uncertainty compared to 171% for conventional µ-synthesis controllers. Additionally, it significantly reduces frequency deviation and enhances transient response. Nyquist stability analysis confirms robustness across renewable energy uncertainties. The results highlight the proposed controller’s effectiveness in isolated microgrid frequency regulation, with future work focused on discrete-time implementation for practical digital signal processing (DSP) applications.
In vitro antitumor effects of methanolic extracts of three Ganoderema mushrooms
Authors: Toson Elshahat A. , El-Fallal Amira A. , Oransa Marwa A. , El-Gharabawy Hoda M. 
Published: January 2025

Abstract

Ganoderma mushrooms have a variety of pharmacological activities and may have antitumor effects. Therefore, the antitumor activity of the methanolic fruiting body extracts of three Ganoderma spp. will be evaluated by estimating cell viability, cell cycle parameters and the mode of cellular death. In this regard, Sulfo-rhodamine B staining and flow cytometry were used. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) and breast ductal carcinoma (T-47D) cell lines were used as cancer models, while mouse normal liver (BNL) and oral epithelial cell (OEC) lines were used as respective controls. The results revealed that Ganoderma resinaceum extract decreased the viability of BNL at an IC50 > 100 µg/mL but not that of HepG2 at an IC50 of 72.32 µg/mL. Additionally, Ganoderma australe and Ganoderma mbrekobenum decreased the viability of OEC cell line at an IC50 of 328.29 and 271.56 µg/ mL, respectively. On the other hand, the IC50 of T-47D were 221.95 and 236.45 µg/mL, respectively. The three extracts arrested the cell life cycle at the G1 phase in each case. G. resinaceum extract stimulated total apoptosis (Q2 + Q4) of 19.99% with low necrosis (Q1). However, the percentages of total cell necrosis in the T-47D cell line treated with the other two extracts were 31.10% and 18.28%, respectively while the percentages of total cell apoptosis were 6.83% and 1.78%, respectively. Thus, G. resinaceum significantly inhibited the viability of the HepG2 cell line, while both the G. australe and G. mbrekobenum extracts significantly decreased the viability of the T-47D cell line. These results may encourage speculation about their possible use for the therapeutic management of hepatocellular carcinoma and breast ductal carcinoma after further investigation.
Inflammatory biomarkers profiles and cognition among older adults
Authors: Thomas Aline , Guo Jing , Reyes-Dumeyer Dolly , Sanchez Danurys , Scarmeas Nikolaos , Manly Jennifer J. , Brickman Adam M. , Lantigua Rafael A. , Mayeux Richard , Gu Yian 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Inflammation plays a major role in cognitive aging. Most studies on peripheral inflammation and cognitive aging focused on selected major inflammatory biomarkers. However, inflammatory markers are regulated and influenced by each other, and it is therefore important to consider a more comprehensive panel of markers to better capture diverse immune pathways and characterize the overall inflammatory profile of individuals. We explored 23 circulating inflammatory biomarkers using data from 1,743 participants without dementia (≥ 65 years-old) from the community-based, multiethnic Washington Heights Inwood Columbia Aging Project. Using principal component analysis (PCA), we developed six inflammatory profiles (PC-1 to PC-6) based on these 23 biomarkers and tested the association of resulting inflammatory profile with cognitive decline, over up to 12 years of follow-up. PC-1 described a pro-inflammatory profile characterized by high positive loadings for pro-inflammatory biomarkers. A higher PC-1 score was associated with lower baseline cognitive performances. No association of this profile with cognitive decline was observed in longitudinal analysis. However, PC-5 characterized by high PDGF-AA and RANTES was associated with a faster cognitive decline. Among older adults, a circulating pro-inflammatory immune profile is associated with lower baseline cognitive performance, and some specific pro-inflammatory cytokines might be associated with faster cognitive decline.
Telomere-to-telomere Phragmites australis reference genome assembly with a B chromosome provides insights into its evolution and polysaccharide biosynthesis
Authors: Cui Jipeng , Wang Rui , Gu Ruoqing , Chen Minghui , Wang Ziyao , Li Li , Hong Jianming , Cui Suxia 
Published: January 2025

Abstract

Phragmites australis is a globally distributed grass species (Poaceae) recognized for its vast biomass and exceptional environmental adaptability, making it an ideal model for studying wetland ecosystems and plant stress resilience. However, genomic resources for this species have been limited. In this study, we assembled a chromosome-level reference genome of P. australis containing one B chromosome. An explosion of LTR-RTs, centered on the Copia family, occurred during the late Pleistocene, driving the expansion of P. australis genome size and subgenomic differentiation. Comparative genomic analysis showed that P. australis underwent two whole gene duplication events, was segregated from Cleistogenes songorica at 34.6 Mya, and that 41.26% of the gene families underwent expansion. Based on multi-tissue transcriptomic data, we identified structural genes in the biosynthetic pathway of pharmacologically active Phragmitis rhizoma polysaccharides with essential roles in rhizome development. This study deepens our understanding of Arundinoideae evolution, genome dynamics, and the genetic basis of key traits, providing essential data and a genetic foundation for wetland restoration, bioenergy development, and plant stress.
‘Why would you want to study politics? Everyone knows what that is.’ The case for the teaching of political science in the UK
Authors: Honeyman Victoria C. 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Many subjects within the arts, humanities and social sciences are judged harshly by some within society, particularly those who believe that they lack the heft and intrinsic usefulness of the hard sciences. Rishi Sunak, the former British Prime Minister, implied the primacy of maths within the subject hierarchy when he argued it should be privileged amongst subjects by being taught to all students in the UK in some format until they were 18. He also implied within this that some students were taking other subjects rather than maths and that this was detrimental to British business, although it was not stated so overtly (Sunak, 17th April 2023, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-outlines-his-vision-for-maths-to-18). The necessity of social sciences, particularly Political Science within the UK context will be discussed in this paper. Political Science as a subject area has always been viewed with some suspicion by those who fear the education of individuals on the mechanisms of power within a nation and those who confuse education with indoctrination. This fear has, yet again, become a prevailing concern in many countries and this paper will explore that concern. It will conclude that the social sciences and humanities perform a vital role within society and academia and the elevation or denigration of subjects focusing on contentious issues should not be tolerated when driven by political expediency or the desire of some to close down debate.
Is commenting an expositive illocutionary act?
Authors: Sbisà Marina 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
The paper outlines an analysis of the act of commenting within the author’s Austin-inspired speech-act theoretical framework. The general lines of that framework are concisely expounded, and it is suggested that the act of commenting should be described as belonging to Austin’s Expositives. The preliminary problem whether the act of commenting is illocutionary at all (given the absence of a performative use of the verb “to comment”) is discussed, and it is argued that nothing stands in the way of analyzing it as illocutionary. Some difficulties that can be found in dealing with commenting as an illocutionary act, concerning the variable linguistic form and the diversity of functions of the utterances that can be taken to be comments, are illustrated and discussed within the theoretical framework adopted. The characterization of commenting as having (among others) also a specifically expositive illocutionary effect is illustrated. Finally, some open problems worthy of further discussion are highlighted.
White paper and roadmap for quantum gravity phenomenology in the multi-messenger era
Authors: Alves Batista R , Amelino-Camelia G , Boncioli D , Carmona J M , di Matteo A , Gubitosi G , Lobo I , Mavromatos N E , Pfeifer C , Rubiera-Garcia D , Saridakis E N , Terzić T , Vagenas E C , Vargas Moniz P , Abdalla H , Adamo M , Addazi A , Anagnostopoulos F K , Antonelli V , Asorey M , Ballesteros A , Basilakos S , Benisty D , Boettcher M , Bolmont J , Bonilla A , Bosso P , Bouhmadi-López M , Burderi L , Campoy-Ordaz A , Caroff S , Cerci S , Cortes J L , D’Esposito V , Das S , de Cesare M , Demirci M , Di Lodovico F , Di Salvo T , Diego J M , Djordjevic G S , Domi A , Ducobu L , Escamilla-Rivera C , Fabiano G , Fernández-Silvestre D , Franchino-Viñas S A , Frassino A M , Frattulillo D , Gaug M , Gergely L Á , Guendelman E I , Guetta D , Gutierrez-Sagredo I , He P , Heefer S , Jurić T , Katori T , Kowalski-Glikman J , Lambiase G , Levi Said J , Li C , Li H , Luciano G G , Ma B-Q , Marciano A , Martinez M , Mazumdar A , Menezes G , Mercati F , Minic D , Miramonti L , Mitsou V A , Mustamin M F , Navas S , Olmo G J , Oriti D , Övgün A , Pantig R C , Parvizi A , Pasechnik R , Pasic V , Petruzziello L , Platania A , Rasouli S M M , Rastgoo S , Relancio J J , Rescic F , Reyes M A , Rosati G , Sakallı İ , Salamida F , Sanna A , Staicova D , Strišković J , Sunar Cerci D , Torri M D C , Vigliano A , Wagner F , Wallet J-C , Wojnar A , Zarikas V , Zhu J , Zornoza J D 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
The unification of quantum mechanics and general relativity has long been elusive. Only recently have empirical predictions of various possible theories of quantum gravity been put to test, where a clear signal of quantum properties of gravity is still missing. The dawn of multi-messenger high-energy astrophysics has been tremendously beneficial, as it allows us to study particles with much higher energies and travelling much longer distances than possible in terrestrial experiments, but more progress is needed on several fronts. A thorough appraisal of current strategies and experimental frameworks, regarding quantum gravity phenomenology, is provided here. Our aim is twofold: a description of tentative multimessenger explorations, plus a focus on future detection experiments. As the outlook of the network of researchers that formed through the COST Action CA18108 ‘Quantum gravity phenomenology in the multi-messenger approach (QG-MM)’, in this work we give an overview of the desiderata that future theoretical frameworks, observational facilities, and data-sharing policies should satisfy in order to advance the cause of quantum gravity phenomenology.
Constraining modified gravity models through strong lensing cosmography
Authors: Amante Mario H , Lizardo Andrés , Chagoya Javier , Ortiz C 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
We analyze cosmography as a tool to constrain modified gravity theories. We take four distinct models and obtain their parameters in terms of the cosmographic parameters favored by observational data of strong gravitational lensing. We contrast with the values obtained by direct comparison between each model and the observational data. In general, we find consistency between the two approaches at 2σ for all models considered in this work. Our study bridges the gap between theoretical predictions of modified gravity and empirical observations of strong gravitational lensing, providing a simple methodology to test the validity of these models.
Inhibitory effect of streamer discharge on the local recurrence of B16F10 melanoma tumor in mice
Authors: Ito Ryuichiro , Sumitomo Ryota , Iizawa Misa , Yanai Hideyuki , Ono Ryo 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Plasma-based cancer therapy presents a novel approach to treating oncologic diseases. One promising application is post-surgical plasma treatment to reduce the risk of local recurrence after tumor resection. However, a major challenge in the post-surgical treatment using plasma is the limited experimental evidence. This study provides in vivo evidence demonstrating that streamer discharge can significantly reduce the local recurrence rate of B16F10 melanoma tumors in mice. Ten-minute treatments of tumor resection sites reduced the recurrence rate by approximately 50%. No significant abnormalities related to plasma treatment were observed throughout the experiments. The cytotoxic effect of streamer discharge was also demonstrated in vitro, where apoptosis and necrosis were observed in B16F10 cells.
Direct evidence of V-V dimers existing in the metallic-phase of VO2
Authors: Park Young-Woo , Hwang In-Hui , Han Sang-Wook 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
We utilized EXAFS at the V K-edge to measure V-V distances of VO2 from 40 to 110 °C. The DC resistance was simultaneously measured with EXAFS. Results showed structural and metal-insulator phase transitions at 70 °C and 75 °C, respectively. Below 70 °C, the interatomic distances of V-V pairs were around 2.65 Å and 3.01 Å in the insulating phase, changing to about 2.85 Å and 3.02 Å in the metallic phase, respectively. V-V dimers persisted even at 110 °C. VO2 maintained the M1 phase from 40 to 110 °C, with some changes in local structural properties like distances and Debye-Waller factors of atomic pairs with temperature.