bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The continental shelf seascape: a network of species and habitats
Authors: de Juan Silvia , Ospina-Alvarez Andres , Hinz Hilmar , Moranta Joan , Barberá Carmen 
Published: February 2023

AbstractThe diversity of benthic communities on continental shelves is tightly linked to the diversity of habitats. Therefore, considering seascape habitat composition can help to gain insights into the spatial variability of benthic communities and move away from single-habitats approaches. This perspective needs different analytical methods, such as network analysis that enable the study of complex ecological interactions. This work explores the relationships between habitat and benthic species diversity in the Menorca Channel (the Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean). The seascape in the study area is a mosaic of alternating biogenic and sandy habitats that increases the total benthic species richness. Of the 442 benthic species included in the analyses, 286 species are shared by the six habitats identified, contributing to ecological connectivity across the seascape; 73 generalist species inhabit all six habitats simultaneously, however, 156 species are specialists and are linked to a single habitat, particularly to biogenic habitats, which increases specialization and the vulnerability of the species to habitat fragmentation. The network approach shows a tight link between epibenthic species diversity and the distribution of habitats over the continental shelf, providing essential information for optimal conservation strategies that move from a focus on protecting the most sensitive habitats to marine conservation schemes that encompass a diversity of habitats.
Clinical Implications of Fractional Flow Reserve Measured Immediately After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Authors: Csanádi Bettina , Ferenci Tamás , Fülöp Gábor , Piróth Zsolt 
Published: February 2023

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of the present study was to find the independent predictors of Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) measured immediately after percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stent implantation (post-PCI FFR) and investigate if applying vessel-specific post-PCI FFR cut-off values to predict target vessel failure (TVF), a composite of cardiac death (CD), non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) and target vessel revascularization (TVR), or a composite of CD and MI ameliorated its predictive power.

Methods
Consecutive patients with post-PCI FFR measurement at our center between 2009 and 2021 were included in this analysis.

Results
A total of 434 patients with 500 vessels were included. Median pre-PCI FFR was 0.72 with no difference between LAD and non-LAD vessels. Median post-PCI FFR was 0.87. LAD location, male gender, smaller stent diameter, and lower pre-PCI FFR proved to be significant predictors of a lower post-PCI FFR. On a vessel-level, post-PCI FFR, stent length, and diabetes mellitus proved to be significant predictors of TVF and the composite of CD and MI. The best post-PCI FFR cut-off to predict TVF or a composite of CD and MI was 0.83 in the LAD and 0.91 in non-LAD vessels.

Conclusion
LAD location is a predictor of a lower post-PCI FFR. Post-PCI FFR is an independent predictor of TVF as well as of the composite of CD and MI. No uniform target post-PCI FFR value exists; different cut-off values may have to be applied in LAD as opposed to non-LAD vessels.
The Intergenerational Transmission of Family Dissolution: How it Varies by Social Class Origin and Birth Cohort
Authors: Di Nallo Alessandro , Oesch Daniel 
Published: February 2023

AbstractChildren from separated parents are more likely to also experience the dissolution of their own union. For many children, parental separation thus is an adverse life course event that follows them into adulthood. We examine whether parents’ social class mitigates this adversity and weakens the intergenerational transmission of family dissolution for children from advantaged class origins. This is the case if separated parents with more resources are able to offer better living conditions to their children and keep them longer in education, reducing children’s incentives for early home-leaving, early cohabitation and early childbearing—three life course choices that increase the risk of later family dissolution. We analyse the existence of such a compensatory class advantage for three birth cohorts in the UK. Based on 38,000 life histories from two panel surveys (BHPS, UKLHS), we find a strong link between parents’ family dissolution and offspring’s family dissolution, and a reversal in the effect of parents’ class on children’s risk of family dissolution over the three birth cohorts of the Silent Generation (1925–45), Baby Boomers (1946–64) and Generation X (1965–79). However, there is no evidence that the intergenerational transmission of union dissolution is mitigated by a compensatory class effect for offspring from more advantaged class origins. Regardless of class origin, parents’ union dissolution is associated with a much larger risk of union dissolution among their offspring.
Period-Doubling Bifurcation of Cycles in Retarded Functional Differential Equations
Authors: Záthurecký Jakub 
Published: February 2023

AbstractA rigorous description of a period-doubling bifurcation of limit cycles in retarded functional differential equations based on tools of functional analysis and singularity theory is presented. Particularly, sufficient conditions for its occurrence and its normal form coefficients are expressed in terms of derivatives of the operator defining given equations. We also prove the exchange of stability in the case of a non-degenerate period-doubling bifurcation. The approach concerns Fredholm operators, Lyapunov–Schmidt reduction and recognition problem for pitchfork bifurcation.
Structure preservation in complex prefields: A note on Müller (2018)
Authors: Schwarz Bernhard 
Published: February 2023

AbstractCases of apparent V3 order in German finite main clauses are commonly attributed to remnant VP movement to SpecC. The remnant VPs posited in this approach are headed by a trace, left behind by a verb that evacuated from VP prior to the movement of VP. Müller (2018) argued that such remnant VPs are subject to a process of restructuring that removes the verb’s trace and reassociates the phrases that depended on that head prior to its removal. This commentary discusses novel observations about operator scope which lend further support to the remnant movement approach to apparent V3, but which at the same time are inconsistent with the assumption that remnant VPs in the German prefield are always subject to restructuring.
Nonlinear frequency response curves estimation and stability analysis of randomly excited systems in the subspace framework
Authors: Anastasio D. , Marchesiello S. 
Published: February 2023

AbstractIn this paper, the periodic solutions of nonlinear mechanical systems are studied starting from the nonlinear state-space model estimated using the nonlinear subspace identification (NSI) technique. In its standard form, NSI needs the input–output data from a nonlinear structure undergoing broadband excitation and requires the prior knowledge of the locations and kind of nonlinearities to be estimated. The method allows the estimation of the nonlinear features of the system and the indirect study of its periodic solutions using a single broadband excitation, without the need of feedback control loops. To this end, the nonlinear frequency response curves of the system are estimated merging the harmonic balance method with the NSI technique and using a continuation approach. Then, a monodromy-based stability analysis is developed in the nonlinear state-space framework to study the stability of the periodic solutions of the system and to track its bifurcations. The method is validated considering conservative nonlinearities on two numerical examples and one experimental application, the latter comprising a double-well oscillator with period-doubling phenomena. The effects of noise and nonlinear modeling errors are also evaluated.
Does Household Borrowing Reduce the Trade Balance? Evidence from Developing and Developed Countries
Authors: Xu Can , Jacobs Jan P. A. M. , Haan Jakob de 
Published: February 2023

AbstractWe examine the dynamic impact of household borrowing on the trade balance using data from 32 developing countries and 36 developed countries over the 1980-2020 period. Our findings suggest that the impact of household borrowing on the trade balance is negative, both in the short and long run, but the effects are more pronounced in developing countries. Moreover, we find that for developing countries the negative effect of household borrowing on the trade balance is achieved via boosting imports. In developed countries, household borrowing stimulates both imports and exports, where the effect on imports is larger.
Threshold estimation for jump-diffusions under small noise asymptotics
Authors: Kobayashi Mitsuki , Shimizu Yasutaka 
Published: February 2023

AbstractWe consider parameter estimation of stochastic differential equations driven by a Wiener process and a compound Poisson process as small noises. The goal is to give a threshold-type quasi-likelihood estimator and show its consistency and asymptotic normality under new asymptotics. One of the novelties of the paper is that we give a new localization argument, which enables us to avoid truncation in the contrast function that has been used in earlier works and to deal with a wider class of jumps in threshold estimation than ever before.
Channel capacity limit of multi-beam satellite system
Authors: Yang Mingchuan , Liu Botao , Yang Yupu , Xue Guanchang 
Published: February 2023

AbstractThe requests of broadband coverage area and the expected user demand is satisfied by the satellite industry by using multiple spot beams of high throughput satellites with fixed multi-beam pattern and footprint planning. The technology core of high-throughput satellite is multi-beam technology, and the means to efficiently reuse spectrum is a full-frequency reuse scheme. In order to study the channel capacity limit of multi-beam satellite systems, the Wiener-Gaussian access model of terrestrial cellular systems is analyzed in this paper. This paper analyzes the Wiener-Gaussian access model of terrestrial cellular systems, then considers the difference between the spatial characteristics and gain characteristics of the multi-beam satellite system compared with the terrestrial cellular system, and proposes a Wiener model suitable for the multi-beam satellite communication system. On this basis, the channel capacity limit of multi-beam satellites under different fading conditions is deduced when using optimal linear precoding and minimum mean square error precoding. It provides theoretical support for the in-depth study of the channel capacity mechanism and system performance of multi-beam satellites.
Preliminary investigation of the effects of sitting with and without short active breaks on muscle stiffness assessed with shear-wave elastography
Authors: Vöröš Pia , Kozinc Žiga 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this preliminary study was to compare the effects of 1-h sitting with and without short active breaks on muscle stiffness as measured by shear-wave elastography (SWE).

Methods
The participants (7 females, 3 males; age: 24.9 ± 1.2 years) completed two (with and without active breaks) 1-h sitting exposures on separate days. Active breaks (2–3 min) were performed at 20 min and 40 min time marks and comprised simple stretching and activation exercises. Before, during (30 min) and after (1 h) of sitting, shear modulus of upper trapezius, lumbar region of erector spinae and rectus femoris muscles was measured with SWE.

Results
Statistically significant effects of sitting exposure in erector spinae muscle stiffness were noted (p = 0.041; η2 = 0.38). There were no other statistically significant effects of sitting exposure or condition (with/without breaks).

Conclusions
Although few statistically significant effects were detected, the trends in this preliminary trial suggest that prolonged sitting increases muscle stiffness and warrants further investigation of short active breaks with larger sample sizes.
Adverse drug reactions in geriatric psychiatry—retrospective cohort study of a 6-year period
Authors: Heck Johannes , Noltemeyer Nina , Schulze Westhoff Martin , Deest-Gaubatz Stephanie , Schröder Sebastian , Krichevsky Benjamin , Simon Nicolas , Gerbel Swetlana , Friedrich Maximilian , Stichtenoth Dirk O. , Bleich Stefan , Frieling Helge , Groh Adrian 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
Objective
To investigate the frequency and characteristics of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) that occurred on the gerontopsychiatric ward of Hannover Medical School over a 6-year period.

Design
Retrospective monocentric cohort study.

Results
Six hundred thirty-four patient cases (mean age 76.6 ± 7.1 years; 67.2% female) were analysed. In total, 92 ADRs in 56 patient cases were registered in the study population. The overall ADR prevalence, the ADR prevalence upon hospital admission, and the ADR prevalence during hospitalisation were 8.8%, 6.3%, and 4.9%, respectively. The most frequent ADRs were extrapyramidal symptoms, alterations in blood pressure or heart rate, and electrolyte disturbances. Of note, two cases of asystole and one case of obstructive airway symptoms related to general anaesthesia in the context of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) were detected. The presence of coronary heart disease was associated with an increased risk of ADR occurrence (odds ratio (OR) 2.92, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.37–6.22), while the presence of dementia was associated with a decreased risk of ADR development (OR 0.45, 95% CI 0.23–0.89).

Conclusions
Type and prevalence of ADRs in the present study were largely in accordance with previous reports. By contrast, we did not observe a relationship between advanced age or female sex and ADR occurrence. We detected a risk signal for cardiopulmonary ADRs related to general anaesthesia in the context of ECT that warrants further investigation. Elderly psychiatric patients should be carefully screened for cardiopulmonary comorbidities before initiation of ECT.
General figure and face-specific closure ability: predictors of trait-autism?
Authors: Walker Dana L. , Palermo Romina , Gignac Gilles E. 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
Little research has examined the association between general figure closure speed, a stratum I ability within the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) model of intelligence, and face-specific closure ability; an important consideration, as some research suggests face processing is independent of other abilities. Additionally, figure closure ability (general and face) may correlate negatively with trait-autism, due to theorised autism-related difficulties in global processing. Therefore, in addition to developing a psychometrically robust short-form Mooney face detection task, we administered the Gestalt Figure Completion Test and the Autism Spectrum Quotient to a sample of 263 general community adults. We found convergent validity between face-specific and general figure closure ability (r = .44, 95%CI:[.30, .58]). Furthermore, based on a latent variable model, general figure closure ability was directly, and face-specific figure closure ability indirectly, negatively associated with trait-autism (i.e., nonverbal communication). We conclude that face detection ability evidences convergent validity with general figure closure ability and can be measured reliably in less than four minutes. Finally, a general, rather than face-specific, figure closure process may tap more directly into autism-like nonverbal communication ability, supporting the notion that global processing abilities of non-face objects may better reflect the requirements to ‘fill in the gaps’ in social contexts.
Factors of heavy social media use among 13-year-old adolescents on weekdays and weekends
Authors: You Yue-Yue , Yang-Huang Junwen , Raat Hein , van Grieken Amy 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
Background
Few studies have investigated which factors were related to adolescents’ social media use. This study aimed to evaluate which factors were associated with heavy social media use on weekdays and weekends among 13-year-old adolescents.

Methods
We analyzed data from 3727 children from the Generation R Study, a population-based cohort study in the Netherlands. Associations of demographic factors (child age, sex, ethnic background, and family situation), socioeconomic position (parental educational level, parental employment status, and net household income), screen-based behaviors (computer playing and TV viewing), and the home environment (communication, supervision, and restriction) with adolescents’ heavy social media use (≥ 2 hours/day) were assessed separately on weekdays and weekends. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was applied.

Results
The prevalence of heavy social media use was 37.7% on a weekday and 59.6% on a weekend day. Being a girl, living in a one-parent family, and more time spent playing on the computer were associated with heavy social media use on weekdays and weekends (all P < 0.05). Low socioeconomic position adolescents (low parental educational level and low household income) were more likely to show heavy social media use only on weekends (all P < 0.05). Children whose social media use was restricted by parents on weekdays or children whose social media use was supervised by parents on weekends had lower odds of heavy social media use (all P < 0.05).

Conclusions
Being a girl, living in a one-parent family, or having a longer computer playing time were associated with heavy social media use on weekdays and weekends. More studies are needed to understand the factors associated with heavy social media use and the impact of heavy social media use on child health.
Frauenhauskinder und ihr Weg ins Leben
Authors: Henschel Angelika 
Published: February 2023

ZusammenfassungHäusliche Gewalt, die in Deutschland als Gewaltstraftat zwischen erwachsenen Personen in einer partnerschaftlichen Beziehung definiert wird und von der vor allem Frauen durch männliche Partner betroffen sind, hat auch Einfluss auf das Aufwachsen und die Entwicklung von Kindern. Seit 1976 versuchen Frauenhäuser in Deutschland den von Misshandlung betroffenen Frauen und ihren Kindern Schutz, Beratung und Unterstützung zuteilwerden zu lassen, um der Gewalt durch den eigenen Ehemann oder Partner zu begegnen. Kinder, die in diesen gewaltgeprägten Familien aufwachsen, tragen erhöhte Entwicklungsrisiken, denen durch äußere Schutzfaktoren im Sinne von Resilienzstärkung in Frauenhäusern begegnet werden kann, wenn hierfür geeignete Ressourcen zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Dieser Artikel stellt die zentralen Ergebnisse der vorliegenden Studie dar, um zu verdeutlichen, welchen Einfluss die vorübergehende Sozialisationsinstanz Frauenhaus für die Unterstützung der von häuslicher Gewalt betroffenen Kinder haben kann. Nachdem die Studie an verschiedenen australischen Universitäten vorgestellt wurde, weckte sie dort großes Interesse, sodass versucht werden soll, sie für Australien zu replizieren, um die von häuslicher Gewalt betroffenen Kinder und Jugendlichen auch dort zukünftig besser durch geeignete Maßnahmen adressieren und unterstützen zu können sowie die Politik aufzufordern, für die Bereitstellung entsprechender Ressourcen zu sorgen. Darüber hinaus wird verdeutlicht, dass Kooperationsbeziehungen zwischen Frauenhäusern und Institutionen der Jugendhilfe und des Kinderschutzes unter Berücksichtigung der Gewalterfahrungen der Mütter auf- bzw. ausgebaut werden sollten, um Entwicklungsrisiken von Kindern, die häusliche Gewalt innerhalb ihrer Familien erleben, im Sinne des Kindeswohls durch verbesserte Schutzkonzepte zukünftig besser begegnen zu können und zugleich die legitimen Schutzbedürfnisse und Rechte der Mütter zu erfüllen.
Pucciniastrum minimum is the causal agent of blueberry leaf rust on different Vaccinium species in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
Authors: Chen Xiaoying , Mesarich Carl H. , Kerckhoffs Huub , Hutchins Daniel , Sofkova-Bobcheva Svetla 
Published: February 2023

AbstractBlueberry leaf rust has become a prevalent disease in New Zealand blueberry production. To identify the pathogen responsible for this disease in the Hawke’s Bay region of New Zealand, leaves showing signs or symptoms of rust infection were collected from three blueberry cultivars (‘Centra Blue’ [Rabbiteye], ‘Georgia Dawn’ [Southern Highbush] and ‘Nui’ [Northern Highbush]) and the pathogen subjected to morphological characterization using both scanning electron and bright-field microscopy. Meanwhile, genomic DNA was extracted from urediniospores of infected leaves collected from cultivar ‘Rahi’ (Rabbiteye) and the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region was sequenced and compared to the corresponding nucleotide sequence of known rust pathogens. Results from both experiments indicated that Pucciniastrum minimum (syn. Thekopsora minima) was the causal agent of blueberry leaf rust disease in Hawke’s Bay. Next, the level of disease caused by P. minimum was quantified on 23 blueberry cultivars in this region during the 2019 blueberry production season. Here, a total of 20 leaves selected from each cultivar were continually monitored, and the lesion area was calculated using ImageJ based on images taken in the field. Based on this analysis, all leaves were found to be infected by the rust pathogen. However, disease intensity, as a function of the ‘area under the disease progress curve’ (AUDPC) value, was found to be different. This suggests that certain cultivars display a lower disease intensity during the harvest season. Further field assessment covering a whole growing cycle will give a better understanding about blueberry leaf rust infection on these cultivars.
Sustainability assessment of the valorization scheme of used cooking oils (UCOs): the case study of Bogotá, Colombia
Authors: Casas Laura C. , Orjuela Alvaro , Poganietz Witold-Roger 
Published: February 2023

AbstractHarnessing of second-generation feedstocks via circular economy approaches is generally considered as environmentally friendly. Nonetheless, different potential impacts can be caused during collection and transformation of such feedstocks, affecting overall sustainability. Assessment of such impacts is of particular importance when producing waste-based biofuels. In this regard, this work’s aim was to carry out a sustainability assessment of the existing reclaiming and exploitation strategy of used cooking oil (UCO) in Bogota, Colombia. Currently, UCO is collected, pretreated, and mostly exported to Europe for biodiesel production. Based upon literature data and a life cycle assessment (LCA), several sustainability criteria were derived, measured, and interpreted within the framework of the integrative concept of sustainability (ICoS). As a reference system, results were compared with those obtained from assessing current production of first-generation palm-oil-based biodiesel. Results from LCA indicate that, per ton of UCO-based biodiesel, emissions of 1.06 kg PM2.5-eq, 2.54 kg NOx-eq, 607.6 kg CO2-eq, 2.81 kg SO2-eq, and 0.09 kg P-eq are generated and that there is use of 9.1 m3 water, and 259 kg oil-eq. UCO transportation and biodiesel production stages were the larger contributors to such impacts, and surprisingly, equivalent emissions of CO2 and fossil fuel consumption were higher than those of first-generation biodiesel. Nevertheless, UCO valorization displayed a better overall performance with respect to the reference system in terms of health, safety, environmental, economic, and social indicators. All impacts were reduced by 30 to 50% under a scenario of local production and consumption of biodiesel.