bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Paleomagnetism of the Taseeva Group (Yenisei Ridge): on the Issue of the Geomagnetic Field Configuration at the Precambrian–Phanerozoic Boundary
Authors: Vinogradov E.V. , Metelkin D.V. , Abashev V.V. , Vernikovsky V.A. , Matushkin N.Yu. , Mikhaltsov N.E. 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
—We report results of a detailed study of the paleomagnetic record in the sedimentary rocks of the Taseeva Group of the Yenisei Ridge in three typical sections in the lower courses of the Angara, Taseeva and Irkineeva rivers. Our results confirm that the geomagnetic field was in an anomalous state at the Precambrian–Phanerozoic boundary. It is well known that Ediacaran rocks in general have preserved several different paleomagnetic directions that do not conform to the geocentric axial dipole model. For example, Siberian sections display two equally valid groups of paleopoles that cause many debates over the geometry of the geomagnetic field and whether any of the components correspond to its dipole configuration. The paleomagnetic record we studied is unique in that the rocks of the Chistyakovka and Moshakovka formations have captured both these components, which is factual evidence of a synchronous existence of two sources. To explain these findings, we propose an original hypothesis in which the bipolar component that is widely present in the rocks and corresponds to the Madagascar group of paleomagnetic poles is associated to the field of the geocentric axial dipole. The less widespread monopolar component corresponding to the Australian–Antarctic group of poles is reflective of a stationary anomalous source. The recording of this source became possible due to the abrupt decrease in the strength of the virtual dipole moment that probably was at its lowest during the accumulation of the Chistyakovka and Moshakovka formations. The new paleomagnetic pole calculated for the bipolar component – 39.2°N, 61.1°E – plots on the apparent polar wander path for Siberia and can be considered a key determination for the age ~570 Ma.
Intraperitoneal injection of MDMB-4en-PINACA mixed with clozapine: Biochemical, Behavioral and Histopathological assessment
Authors: Hassan Dalia Abd Elwahab , Ghaleb Sherien S. , Abdalla Ahmed G. Sobhi , Sharkawi Souty M.Z. , Abdelghany Asmaa K. , Hassan Randa Mohamed , Ahmad Manar . A 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
Background: In the last 5 years, synthetic cannabinoids (SCBs) rapidly developed as common drugs of abuse in Europe and the US. Rapidly different preparations became available online and in business institutions. Most of these preparations consist of inert plant materials laced with SCBs and are mixed with unknown pharmaceutical materials to possess pharmacological properties like Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC). Most of synthetic cannabinoids (SCBs) are smoked, but preclinical studies usually rely on injection for drug delivery. MDMB-4en-PINACA is extensively metabolized as many other synthetic cannabinoids.
Methods: A total of twenty-one male mice were divided into three groups at random (7 per each). Control group; not exposed to any treatment; MDMB-PINACA with clozapine low dose, MDMB-PINACA with clozapine high dose intraperitoneal injection. In our study we assessed this mixture for its abuse liability by an assessment of oxidative stress markers, histopathological and behavioral changes.
Result: intraperitoneal injection of MDMB-PINACA mixed with clozapine induced classic cannabinoid effect (tetrad effect) in mice(hypothermia, hypolocomotion, and increased latency in both catalepsy and tail immersion tests in mice); in addition to the biochemical alterations in brain neurotransmitters, cardiac enzymes and histopathological changes in brain and heart (acute inflammatory changes on both brain and heart) at high doses, besides hypothermia and antinoception with low doses
Conclusion: Exposure to MDMB-PINACA mixed with clozapine in high doses through intraperitoneal injection induced behavioural, biochemical, and histopathological alterations in nervous and cardiac systems of mice.
Investigating Fairness in Machine Learning-based Audio Sentiment Analysis using Spectrograms and Bag-of-visual-words
Authors: Luitel Sophina , Liu Yang , Anwar Mohd 
Published: February 2023

Abstract

Audio sentiment analysis is a growing area of research, however fairness in audio sentiment analysis is hardly investigated. We found research on machine learning tools’ reliability and fairness in various demographic groups. However, fairness in audio sentiment analysis regarding gender is still an uninvestigated field. In this research, we used 442 audio files of happiness and sadness -- representing equal samples of male and female subjects -- and generated spectrograms for each file. Then we used bag-of-visual-words method for feature extraction and Random Forest, Support Vector Machines and K-nearest Neighbors classifiers to investigate whether the machine learning models for audio sentiment analysis are fair among the two genders. We found the need for gender-specific models for audio sentiment analysis instead of a gender-agnostic general-model. Our results provided three pieces of evidence to back up our claim that the gender-agnostic model is bias in terms of accuracy of the audio sentiment analysis task. Furthermore, we discovered that a gender-specific model trained with female audio samples does not perform well against male audio files and vice versa. The best accuracy for female-model is 76% and male-model is 74%, which is significantly better than the gender-agnostic model’s accuracy of 66%.
Dysregulation of long non-coding RNA Rian expression in the brain of memory-impaired diabetic mice
Authors: Safari Razieh , Sanchooli Naser , Golalipour Mohammad Jafar , Sepehri Hamid , Golalipour Masoud 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease caused by complications in the body. One of these complications is memory deficit and learning disability. The hippocampus (HP) and prefrontal cortex (PFC) are the main regions of the brain involved in memory and learning. HP and PFC regions have specific long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) signature that possibly regulate their functions. In this study, we aimed to evaluate highly-expressed lncRNAs level change in the brain of diabetic mice. The diabetic mice were divided into memory loss and normal memory groups. The lncRNA expression changes were measured in HP and PFC regions. The expression level of several lncRNAs was changed in HP and PFC. Most importantly lncRNA Rian was increased in PFC and HP regions post-diabetes. The lncRNA Rian protects neuronal cells from injuries through GATA3 regulation. It is possible that overexpression of Rian is a protective response to diabetes-related injuries. In conclusion, our data demonstrated that several lncRNAs expressions have changed in the HP and PFC of diabetic mice suggesting the potential therapeutic targets for the alleviation of diabetes-induced neuronal toxicity.
WITHDRAWN: Modeling of left-turn vehicle trajectories and exit lane selection at signalized intersections
Authors: Lin Wuguang , Han Hao , Dong Yu , Tayijiang Dilinazi , Yu Qifeng 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
Under the urban road system, the most frequent locations for traffic accidents are concentrated at road intersections, where left-turning traffic is one of the most direct and important factors causing intersection conflicts. There are relatively few applied models that can effectively explain the trajectory change characteristics and exit lane selection behavior of left-turning vehicles, making it more difficult to achieve accurate analysis and prediction of intersection vehicle conflict behavior. This study extracted trajectories of left-turning vehicles at the intersection based on the video captured by the UAV, and a vehicle left-turning trajectory model was proposed based on the curvature change of the vehicle trajectory. Also, based on the geometric parameters of the intersection and video data, a vehicle exits lane selection model with intersection turning angle, vehicle type, vehicle position at the entrance lane, vehicle speed and following clearance, and front car position at the exit lane as variables was developed using random utility theory. The results show that the left-turn trajectory could be fitted with a flat curve, and the curvature of the trajectory varies with the aspect ratio of the intersection in a quadratic parabolic relationship. The left-turn trajectory model established in the paper could effectively characterize the driving trajectory of left-turning vehicles at different intersections. The exit lane selection model could effectively predict the distribution of left-turning vehicles in the exit lane position, as the turning angle, vehicle position at the entrance lane and vehicle speed have a significant effect on the choice of exit lane for left-turning vehicles.
HuMenDisCo: A Hungarian Speech Corpus of Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective and Bipolar Disorders
Authors: Szabó Martina Katalin , Vincze Veronika , Guba Csenge , Dam Bernadett , Solymos Adrienn , Bagi Anita , Szendi István 
Published: February 2023

AbstractHere we present a Hungarian corpus of spontaneous speech texts produced by patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective or bipolar disorder, as well as those of healthy controls. Recordings which were later transcribed were produced in three different directed spontaneous speech tasks in a clinical environment. The survey was carried out involving 90 subjects and 526 texts were produced. Then, the collected recordings were manually transcribed by our research group. The written corpus texts were processed with a set of Natural Language Processing methods and tools. The final corpus consists of 158,386 tokens all together, without punctuation. During the data processing procedure, we also applied specific lexicons to enable us to examine linguistic intensification in the case of mental disorders. The dataset can be utilized in several related research tasks, like semantic-pragmatic analyses and in the automatic discrimination of the patients and the controls using our linguistic features.
The role of abandoned Short Rotation Forestry (SRF) plantations in plant carbon storage: a case study in Central Italy
Authors: Paletto Alessandro , Ceotto Enrico , Becagli Claudia , Casagli Alessandro , Manici Maria Luisa , De Meo Isabella 
Published: February 2023

Abstract

At the end of the last century, European Union (EU) energy policy encouraged the use of dedicated (Short Rotation Forestry or SRF) plantations in member countries in which fast-growing woody species are grown for energy purposes. Recently, in Italy some SRF plantations developed in the 90s have been abandoned or managed more extensively for economic and environmental reasons. However, these abandoned plantations can play a key role in biodiversity conservation and carbon storage. The present study is aimed to investigate the role of abandoned SRF plantations in climate change mitigation through the estimation of the plant carbon stock (C-stock) and fluxes (C-sequestration) in a case study in Central Italy. The C-stock and C-sequestration were estimated in three different 20-years SRF plantations (hybrid poplar, willow, black locust) located on the same site and unmanaged for 15 years. The results show a C-stock considering three of five C pools) equal to: 47.30 MgC ha− 1for hybrid poplar (65.3% in biomass and 34.7% in deadwood respectively), 23.02 MgC ha− 1for willow (77.6% and 22.4% respectively), and 80.41 MgC ha− 1for black locust (95.9% and 4.1% respectively). The average C-sequestration for the period 2008–2021 is estimated in 2.22 MgC ha− 1yr− 1for hybrid poplar, 1.91 MgC ha− 1yr− 1for willow, and 3.29 MgC ha− 1yr− 1for black locust plantations. Outcomes of the present research offer support for the forest restoration practices of similar abandoned SRF plantations. The application of extensive management techniques and the development of the naturalization process will ensure the role of “stepping stone” of these plantations, helping their evolution toward semi-natural systems mainly oriented to biodiversity conservation, habitats provision and C sink.
Exploring the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on co-morbid sleep disorders in preschool children with ADHD
Authors: Yilin Jiang , Heng Zhou , Jiayang Liu 
Published: February 2023

Abstract

Background

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) is one of the most common neurological developmental disorders in children and sleep disorders (SD) are a common co-morbidity in children with ADHD. There are currently no pharmacological treatment options for SD in children with ADHD of preschool age (4–6 years). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a novel non-invasive neuromodulation technique. This study explored the effectiveness of rTMS for co-morbid SD in preschool-aged children with ADHD.

Methods

Thirty-five children of preschool age with ADHD and co-morbid SD were recruited for this study. They met the diagnostic criteria for ADHD in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). The children were divided into a parent behaviour management training (PBMT) group (n = 19) and a repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with parent behaviour management training group (n = 16). Both groups underwent eight weeks of PBMT. Children in the rTMS combined with PBMT group were given a right DLPFC low frequency stimulation intervention three times a week for the first four weeks. The children's SD levels were assessed using the Chinese version of the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ), which was measured before the start of the intervention, at the end of the eight-week intervention and four weeks after the end of the intervention, and was used to measure the effects of both intervention methods. Within-group differences were compared using a one-way ANOVA, and between-group differences were compared using an independent samples T-test.

Results

Both the PBMT group and the rTMS combined with PBMT group significantly improved the SD of preschool-aged children with ADHD (p < 0.05), but the effect of the intervention was more pronounced in the rTMS combined with PBMT group (p < 0.05) and lasted longer than the PBMT group (p < 0.05).

Conclusion

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation(rTMS) is a promising non-pharmacological therapy to improve SD in preschool-aged children with ADHD.
WITHDRAWN: Further refinement to the mathematical foundation of quantum mechanics
Authors: Lingfang Kong 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
The theoretical framework of quantum mechanics consists of five assumptions, and academic circle generally believed that the correctness of the assumptions can only be proved by experiments and cannot be proved theoretically. In this paper, according to the stochastic process problem in probability theory, we used Fourier transform, delta function and other methods to study stochastic motion, derived the wave function, superposition state and other concepts, thus giving the theoretical proof process of five assumptions. This paper is based on the basic concepts of quantum mechanics, the derivation process further improves the mathematical basis of quantum mechanics, but the derivation conclusion can be applied to both quantum mechanics and classical mechanics.
Differential recruitment of brain circuits during fear extinction in non-stressed compared to stress resilient animals
Authors: Estela-Pro Valerie , Pearson-Leary Jiah , Feindt-Scott Elizabeth , Yan Jason , Vigderman Abigail , Luz Sandra , Bangasser Debra , Ross Richard , Kubin Leszek , Bhatnagar Seema 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
Dysfunctional fear responses in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be partly explained by an inability to effectively extinguish fear responses elicited by trauma-related cues. However, only a subset of individuals exposed to traumatic stress develop PTSD. Therefore, studying fear extinction deficits in models of individual differences could help identify neural substrates that underlie vulnerability to the effects of stress. We used a rat model of social defeat in which passively coping rats exhibit vulnerability to stress and actively coping rats are stress-resilient. Adult male rats exposed to 7 days of social defeat were tested for fear extinction, retention of extinction, and persistence of retention using both shock-based contextual fear and ethologically-relevant fear tests. Passively coping rats exhibited elevated freezing in response to the previously extinguished context. Analyses of inter-region c-Fos correlations showed that actively coping rats had high correlations within hippocampal subregions, while passively coping rats had high correlations between the hippocampus and amygdala. Interestingly, although control rats and actively coping rats showed similar levels of extinction, there was little similarity between activated structures, suggesting stress resilience in response to chronic social defeat could involve an adaptive switch in brain circuits recruited to successfully extinguish fear memories.
A large pelvic stone with urothelial carcinoma on the wall of its cyst: a rare case report
Authors: Shen Jinhong , Xue Liang , Liu Wei , Zhao Yan 
Published: February 2023

Abstract

Background:The case of a huge pelvic stone with cystic wall urothelial carcinoma is extremely rare. The disease has no specific clinical manifestation, and its formation mechanism is unclear. There is no relevant literature report at present.Case introduction:In this report, a 65-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital because of frequent urination for more than 5 years and hematuria for half a year. After admission, a cystoscopy was performed and no new organisms were found on the inner wall of the bladder. Computer tomography(CT) showed a high-density shadow mass with a diameter of 61 mm in the pelvic cavity, with soft tissue density at the edge. The cystography results also showed that the high-density mass was located at the back of the bladder, and the inner wall of the bladder was complete. Laparoscopic surgery was performed after the relevant preparations were completed. The whole pelvic mass was removed completely. The inside of the mass was a huge stone with a smooth surface. The pathological examination result of the cyst wall was infiltrating urothelial carcinoma with squamous differentiation. The tumor thrombus was seen in the vein. The stone was cut and analyzed. The results were carbonate apatite and magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate. Follow-up after 3 months showed that the patient was in good condition without urination discomfort.Conclusions:This is an extremely rare case of a high density pelvic stone presenting with cystic mural urothelial carcinoma with a diameter of 61 mm reported in this report. Coupled with the various examinations after admission, leads to speculation that it may have originated from "ectopic bladder" or normal bladder tissue. In the future, this case can serve as a reference for similar cases.
RETRACTED: Microstructure and dielectric properties of Cu and Ho modified BaZrTiO3 ceramics for energy storage applications
Authors: Lather Aryan Singh , Poonia Kanika , Kundu RS , Ahlawat Neetu , Nehra Anuj , Kaur Shubhpreet 
Published: February 2023

Abstract

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Determinants of Adoption of Improved Maize Varieties by Small Holder Farmers in Abuna Gindeberat, Ethiopia
Authors: Amante Adunaa 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
Maize is one of stable food populated and its production is widely practiced by farmers in different agro-ecology of Ethiopia. Improving its production is believed to be one of the most crucial strategies for food security in the countries. Qualitative and quantitative mixes of research approach were utilized. Study employed a three-stage sampling approach that included a purposive selection of district and Kebeles, as well as random sampling. Adopters and non-adopters were identified using stratified sampling, and respondents were chosen using simple random sampling.. Maize is one of the high yielding cereal crops that play an important role in the food security of the district. However, different sets of factors affecting adoption of improved maize varieties practices. The study indicate that there is positive relationship between adoption decision and practices of adoption of improved maize varieties in case of educational level, family size, extension contact, and attending demonstration. So, by giving emphasis on those variables would improve improved maize varieties adoption. Adoption decision of improved maize varieties by small holder farmers is influenced by their current status of demographic, institutional, socio-economic and psychological factors
Mapping of Road Surface Condition features for Unpaved Roads Through the use of Remotely Sensed Imagery from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Authors: Oppong-Adu Welbeck 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
Road surface condition evaluation is a critical component for the operation and maintenance of road infrastructure. The situation is more heightened for unpaved roads as they lack protective hard surfaces such as concrete or asphalt. New methods are now emerging for the identification and extraction of road surface condition parameters from remotely sensed imagery. Accordingly, this study illustrates an approach to identify and extract road surface condition parameters from remotely sensed imageries obtained from unpaved roads with unique environmental characteristics. An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was used to capture images on unpaved roads where they were pre-processed, and analysed by building a digital elevation model (DEM) and orthomosaic. The processed imagery was validated with a conventional field measurement of road defects. The number of road defects identified and their severity was similar for both approaches. The defects counts were similar for all except one defect which vary for both approaches. The predictions of the extent of defect severity identified as percent count were exact – vegetation encroachment had the highest 100% and depression had the lowest of 25%. These findings illustrate the potential use of remotely sensed imagery from UAV to identify, extract, and measure road surface condition parameters for unpaved roads. The results can facilitate the monitoring operation of road agencies in the country towards low-cost and effective maintenance of roads.
Exotic Disease Threats
Authors: Torres Alfonso 
Published: February 2023

The term "exotic disease" or "foreign animal diseases" (or FADs) is used to group more than fifty animal diseases that are not currently in the US. Thirteen of them have been eradicated from our country after intensive, expensive and long duration campaigns. Many of these diseases are important zoonotic diseases.
This presentation will review thirteen exotic diseases that affect cattle, grouped into three categories:1. Highly contagious diseases.2. Non-highly contagious diseases.3. Vector-borne and parasitic diseases
The following information will be summarized for each disease: definition, etiology, global epidemiology, clinical signs and lesions.