bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Draft genome sequence of biofilm-forming
Enterococcus faecalis
BAU_Ef01 strain isolated from shrimp (
Penaeus indicus
) in Bangladesh
Authors: Ullah Md. Ashek , Islam Md. Saiful , Rana Md. Liton , Ferdous Farhana Binte , Neloy Fahim Haque , Punom Sadia Afrin , Hassan Jayedul , Rahman Md. Tanvir 
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACT

Here, we sequence and analyze a biofilm-forming strain of
Enterococcus faecalis
BAU_Ef01 isolated from a shrimp in Bangladesh. The whole genome of the strain had a length of 2,862,301 bp, 38 contigs, an average G+C content of 37.36%, 80.0× genome coverage, and 35 predicted antibiotic resistance and virulence genes each.
Inactivation mechanisms of influenza A virus under pH conditions encountered in aerosol particles as revealed by whole-virus HDX-MS
Authors: David Shannon C. , Vadas Oscar , Glas Irina , Schaub Aline , Luo Beiping , D'angelo Giovanni , Montoya Jonathan Paz , Bluvshtein Nir , Hugentobler Walter , Klein Liviana K. , Motos Ghislain , Pohl Marie , Violaki Kalliopi , Nenes Athanasios , Krieger Ulrich K. , Stertz Silke , Peter Thomas , Kohn Tamar 
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTMultiple respiratory viruses, including influenza A virus (IAV), can be transmitted via expiratory aerosol particles, and aerosol pH was recently identified as a major factor influencing airborne virus infectivity. Indoors, small exhaled aerosols undergo rapid acidification to pH ~4. IAV is known to be sensitive to mildly acidic conditions encountered within host endosomes; however, it is unknown whether the same mechanisms could mediate viral inactivation within the more acidic aerosol micro-environment. Here, we identified that transient exposure to pH 4 caused IAV inactivation by a two-stage process, with an initial sharp decline in infectious titers mainly attributed to premature attainment of the post-fusion conformation of viral protein haemagglutinin (HA). Protein changes were observed by hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled to mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) as early as 10 s post-exposure to acidic conditions. Our HDX-MS data are in agreement with other more labor-intensive structural analysis techniques, such as X-ray crystallography, highlighting the ease and usefulness of whole-virus HDX-MS for multiplexed protein analyses, even within enveloped viruses such as IAV. Additionally, virion integrity was partially but irreversibly affected by acidic conditions, with a progressive unfolding of the internal matrix protein 1 (M1) that aligned with a more gradual decline in viral infectivity with time. In contrast, no acid-mediated changes to the genome or lipid envelope were detected. Improved understanding of respiratory virus fate within exhaled aerosols constitutes a global public health priority, and information gained here could aid the development of novel strategies to control the airborne persistence of seasonal and/or pandemic influenza in the future.IMPORTANCEIt is well established that COVID-19, influenza, and many other respiratory diseases can be transmitted by the inhalation of aerosolized viruses. Many studies have shown that the survival time of these airborne viruses is limited, but it remains an open question as to what drives their infectivity loss. Here, we address this question for influenza A virus by investigating structural protein changes incurred by the virus under conditions relevant to respiratory aerosol particles. From prior work, we know that expelled aerosols can become highly acidic due to equilibration with indoor room air, and our results indicate that two viral proteins are affected by these acidic conditions at multiple sites, leading to virus inactivation. Our findings suggest that the development of air treatments to quicken the speed of aerosol acidification would be a major strategy to control infectious bioburdens in the air.
Early Ordovician seamounts preserved in the Canadian Cordillera: Implications for the rift history of western Laurentia
Authors: Cobbett Rose N. , Beranek Luke P. , Piercey Stephen J. , Crowley James L. , Colpron Maurice 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
The breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia and development of the western Laurentian rifted margin are in part recorded by Neoproterozoic to mid-Paleozoic igneous and sedimentary rock successions in the Canadian Cordillera. New bedrock mapping and volcanic facies analysis of Early Ordovician mafic rocks assigned to the Menzie Creek Formation in central Yukon allow reconstruction of the depositional environment during the volcanic eruptions, whole-rock geochemical data constrain the melting depth and crust-mantle source regions of the igneous rocks within the study area, and zircon U-Pb age studies provide determination of the precise timing of submarine eruptions. Menzie Creek Formation volcanic rocks are interlayered with continental slope strata and show lithofacies consistent with those of modern seamount systems. Representative seamount facies contain several kilometers of hyaloclastite breccia and pillow basalt with rare sedimentary rocks. Menzie Creek Formation seamounts form a linear array parallel to the Twopete fault, an ancient extensional or strike-slip fault that localized magmatism along the nascent western Laurentian margin. Zircon grains from two volcanic successions yielded high-precision chemical abrasion–thermal ionization mass spectrometry (CA-TIMS) dates of ca. 484 Ma (Tremadocian), which are interpreted as the age of eruption. Menzie Creek Formation rocks are alkali basalt and have oceanic-island basalt–like geochemical compositions. The whole-rock trace element and Nd-Hf isotope compositions are consistent with the partial melting of subcontinental lithospheric mantle at ~75–100 km depth. Post-rift, Early Ordovician seamounts in central Yukon record punctuated eruptive activity along a rift-related fault, the separation of a continental fragment from western Laurentia, or the oblique post-breakup kinematics from the counterclockwise rotation of Laurentia that facilitated local extension in the passive margin.
Impact of serial cardiopulmonary point-of-care ultrasound exams in patients with acute dyspnoea: a randomised, controlled trial
Authors: Arvig Michael Dan , Lassen Annmarie Touborg , Gæde Peter Haulund , Gärtner Stefan Wernblad , Falster Casper , Skov Inge Raadal , Petersen Henrik Ømark , Posth Stefan , Laursen Christian B 
Published: August 2023

BackgroundSerial point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) can potentially improve acute patient care through treatment adjusted to the dynamic ultrasound findings. The objective was to investigate if treatment guided by monitoring patients with acute dyspnoea with serial cardiopulmonary PoCUS and usual care could reduce the severity of dyspnoea compared with usual care alone.MethodsThis was a randomised, controlled, blinded-outcome trial conducted in three EDs in Denmark between 9 October 2019 and 26 May 2021. Patients aged ≥18 years admitted with a primary complaint of dyspnoea were allocated 1:1 with block randomisation to usual care, which included a single cardiopulmonary PoCUS within 1 hour of arrival (control group) or usual care (including a PoCUS within 1 hour of arrival) plus two additional PoCUS performed at 2 hours interval from the initial PoCUS (serial ultrasound group). The primary outcome was a reduction of dyspnoea measured on a verbal dyspnoea scale (VDS) from 0 to 10 recorded at inclusion and after 2, 4 and 5 hours.ResultsThere were 206 patients recruited, 102 in the serial ultrasound group and 104 in the control group, all of whom had complete follow-up. The mean difference in VDS between patients in the serial ultrasound and the control group was −1.09 (95% CI −1.51 to −0.66) and −1.66 (95% CI −2.09 to −1.23) after 4 and 5 hours, respectively. The effect was more pronounced in patients with a presumptive diagnosis of acute heart failure (AHF). A larger proportion of patients received diuretics in the serial ultrasound group.ConclusionTherapy guided by serial cardiopulmonary PoCUS may, together with usual care, facilitate greater improvement in the severity of dyspnoea, especially in patients with AHF compared with usual care with a single PoCUS in the ED. Serial PoCUS should therefore be considered for routine use to aid the physician in stabilising the patient faster.Trial registration numberNCT04091334.
Photovoltaic thermoelectric cooling system for off-grid vaccine refrigerator: an experimental study
Authors: Khan Nazia Rodoshi , Sharmin Tasnuva , Haque Md. Azazul , Rahman Md. Hamidur 
Published: August 2023

The rapidly rising demand for refrigeration technologies, mainly in refrigeration and air conditioning, medical applications, and electronic component cooling, produced much more energy than required. Thermoelectric refrigeration is an innovative way to use additional energy to cool and reserve cooling. In this research, a photovoltaic-thermoelectric refrigeration system capable of sustaining vaccine storage within the limit of 2–8 °C has been established by experimentally optimizing its volume and performance. The design specification is to cool the volume using forced convection to the desired temperature range in less than 30 min and sustain retained heat for at least the next hour. The experimental research is divided into two stages: the first determines the optimal volume of vaccine storage under different testing conditions using only grid power, and the second analyses storage performance using solar energy through photo voltaic (PV) integration. The solar direct drive and the solar drive with battery support have been timed, revealing a holding period of 4 h, 46 min and 5 h, 29 min, respectively. The refrigerator's design criteria, prospective characteristics, and final design are all thoroughly highlighted. Finally, we conclude that this research will likely benefit the modeling and analysis of thermoelectric cooling systems.
Quantum interaction between two entangled non point-like objects in the presence of boundaries
Authors: Wen Dan , Hu Yongshun 
Published: August 2023

AbstractWe explore, in the framework of linearized quantum gravity, the quantum gravitational quadrupole-quadrupole interaction between two entangled non point-like objects in the presence of both Dirichlet and Neumann boundaries. The results show that, compared to the case without boundaries, the interaction can be either enhanced or weakened depending on the geometrical arrangement of the objects with respect to the boundaries. In the limit when the two-object system is placed very close to the Dirichlet boundary, the near-regime interaction potential is larger than that of the pure vacuum case when the two objects are placed perpendicular to the boundary but smaller when parallel to it, while, in the far regime, such strong and weak relations between potentials are just opposite to that in the near regime. And, there exists a new $$r^{-2}$$

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far-regime behavior of the interaction potential under the perpendicular configuration. For the case of Neumann boundary, the strong and weak relations between the interaction potentials under perpendicular or parallel configurations and the case without boundary are opposite to the Dirichlet circumstance both in the near and far regimes. Besides, the novel $$r^{-2}$$

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far-regime behavior occurs for the parallel rather than perpendicular configuration in the presence of Neumann boundary.
Boson star with parity-odd symmetry in wormhole spacetime
Authors: Yue Yuan , Ding Peng-Bo , Wang Yong-Qiang 
Published: August 2023

AbstractIn this paper, we revisit the model of bosonic matter in the form of a free complex scalar field with a nontrivial wormhole spacetime topology supported by a free phantom field. We obtain a new type of boson star with wormhole solutions, in which the complex scalar field possess full parity-odd symmetry with respect to the two asymptotically flat spacetime regions. When the size of the throat is small, the behavior of boson stars with wormhole approaches that of boson stars. When the size of the throat is intermediate, the typical spiraling dependence of the mass and the particle number on the frequency of the boson stars is replaced by a loop structure. However, as the size becomes relatively large, the loop structure will also disappear. In particular, The complex scalar field could form two boson stars with opposite phase differences with respect to the two spacetime regions in the limit of vanishing throat size. We analyze the properties of this new type of boson stars with wormhole and further show that the wormhole spacetime geometry.
Black hole thermodynamics in the Brans–Dicke–Maxwell theory
Authors: Dehghani M. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractIt has been shown that the exact solutions of four-dimensional (4D) Brans–Dicke–Maxwell (BDM) theory is nothing other than Reissner–Nordström (RN) black hole (BH)s coupled to a trivial constant scalar field (Cai and Myung in Phys Rev D 56:3466, 1997). Here, we show that it is the case only when the scalar potential is taken constant or equal to zero. Then, through obtaining the exact solutions, in the presence of a scalar potential, we show that this theory admits two classes of novel BH solutions which have been affected by a nontrivial scalar hair. Due to conformal invariance of Maxwell’s electrodynamics, multi-horizon BHs can occur which implies the anti-evaporation quantum effect. Inclusion of the scalar hair makes the asymptotic behavior of the solutions non-flat and non-AdS. Our novel solutions recover the RN-AdS BHs when the scalar field is turned off. Thermodynamic quantities of the 4D BDM BHs have been calculated by use of the appropriate methods and under the influence of scalar field. Then, by use of a Smarr-type mass formula, it has been found that the first law of BH thermodynamics is valid for our novel BHs. Thermal stability of the BDM BHs has been analyzed by use of the canonical ensemble and geometrical methods, comparatively.
Morphological and Genetic Analysis of Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng. (Gac) from Different Accessions in Malaysia
Authors:   Department of Biotechnology, Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia, Khairi Nurin , Othman Halimaton ,   Department of Biotechnology, Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Published: August 2023

Momordica cochinchinensis or gac fruit is a 'superfruit' that is well-known in Vietnam. Gac is an orange fruit that is ovoid in shape and has a soft spiny texture. In Malaysia, gac fruit is a new and less known plant. This study aimed to characterize gac fruit using morphological analysis involving both vegetative and reproductive parts and to characterize the genetic diversity in gac fruit by using Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) analysis. Four different gac accessions were collected from different areas (Kota Damansara (Selangor), Melaka Tengah (Melaka), Hulu Langat (Selangor) and Kuantan (Pahang)) were cultivated under tropical conditions in Kuantan, Pahang. The gac accessions showed differences in morphological characters. Generally, the gac fruits were reddish-orange in colour, the leaf was dark green on the adaxial part and light green on the abaxial part, and the female and male flower was light yellow and white in color. The fruit weight ranged from 193.72 g (GD) to 334.70 g (GH) with varied shapes and spike density. DNA extraction was following the CTAB method. All 30 primers showed high levels of polymorphism (83%) and the polymorphism information content (PIC) with the mean of 0.48. Nei's genetic distance coefficient ranged between 0.27 and 0.6 with the mean value of 0.41. Dendrogram based on UPGMA analysis grouped the four gac accessions into two main groups. Cluster I consisted of accession GD, GM and GH while cluster II consisted of only GX. Results from both morphological and molecular analysis showed genetic diversities in all four gac fruits studied.
Increase in Serum Ferritin Level as a Marker of Disease Activity in Pediatric Sys-temic Lupus Erythematosus (pSLE) Patients
Authors:   Allergy-Immunology Division, Pediatric Departement, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Brawijaya, Malang 65145, Indonesia, Wulandari Desy , Barlianto Wisnu ,   Allergy-Immunology Division, Pediatric Departement, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Brawijaya, Malang 65145, Indonesia, Nugroho Susanto ,   Hematology-Oncology Division, Pediatric Departement, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Brawijaya, Malang 65145, Indonesia, Sari Tita ,   Pediatric Departement, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Brawijaya, Malang 65145, Indonesia,   dr. Saiful Anwar Hospital,Malang 65112,Indonesia
Published: August 2023

Ferritin is an acute-phase reactant that is elevated in autoimmune disorders, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, their correlation with disease activity scores has not been confirmed. Pandemic Covid-19 makes children visitation to hospital to get the treatment of SLE were delayed. This study aimed to evaluate correlation between serum ferritin and disease activity and its role in screening for flare in pediatric SLE (pSLE) patients during pandemic Covid-19. This is a cross-sectional study conducted in Saiful Anwar General Hospital Malang. Sampling was carried out sequentially on pediatric patients who met the criteria for Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) and were recorded between July 2021-May 2022. All patients were interviewed and assessed for disease activity using SLE Disease Activity Index 2000 (SLEDAI-2k). A score <4 was categorized as inactive disease. Biochemical, serological tests including markers of disease activity and ferritin level were measured by standard laboratory procedure. Comparison, correlation and ROC curve analyses were performed with SPSS software. There were 38 females pSLE participated in this study. The mean age of the patients were 12.6 ± 3.02 years. Serum ferritin significantly higher in active disease compared to inactive disease 84.50 ng/mL (68.00-151.75 ng/mL) ng/mL and 815.00 ng/mL (451.25-1570.00 ng/mL), a value of p<0.05 was determined to be statistically significant. A significant correlation was found between serum ferritin with SLEDAI 2K (r = 0.890, p = 0.000). Correlation was also found between serum ferritin and IgM anti-double stranded-DNA (r = 0.325, p = 0.046), but not with other laboratory and serological parameters. In ROC curve analysis, we found that Area Under The Curve (AUC) 0.989, 95%CI 0.964-1.014, p value 0,000, with cut off value 297.50 with sensitivity 85% and specificity 94.4%. Ferritin was increased in active disease as compared to inactive disease and correlated with SLEDAI score and IgM-dsDNA. Thus, ferritin may be potential as an affordable and available marker of disease activity in pSLE during pandemic Covid-19.
A gestão empresarial das memórias sensíveis: poderes, sentidos e práticas em torno do Cais do Valongo no Rio de Janeiro
Authors: Guimarães Roberta Sampaio , Castro João Paulo Macedo 
Published: August 2023

Neste artigo, analisamos os feixes de poder que possibilitaram a inscrição do sítio arqueológico Cais do Valongo como Patrimônio Mundial. Através de documentos, trabalho de campo e literatura especializada, destacamos três cenários: a incorporação de ativistas dos movimentos negros à administração pública no final dos anos 1970, a legitimação internacional das agendas afro-brasileiras pelo projeto A Rota do Escravo da Unesco e o incremento à indústria turística durante a operação urbana Porto Maravilha no início do século XXI. Argumentamos que a territorialização das memórias da escravidão foi impulsionada por uma gestão empresarial das identidades culturais, em que métodos e procedimentos técnicos impuseram-se como modelo de ação política. Desse modo, concluímos que o discurso da identidade afro-brasileira se integrou às novas dinâmicas de acumulação do capital e de mercantilização cultural, com os sentidos e práticas em torno do cais agregando as lógicas do dever de memória e da regulação concorrencial.
“God” in Augustine’s Confessions
Authors: van Oort Johannes 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
When reading through Augustine’s Confessions, one notices a striking variety of descriptions of God. The aim of this paper is to discern and – as far as possible – to interpret these various descriptions. Our main focus will be on pivotal texts from Books 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7. They document how much Manichaean views played a part in Augustine’s quest, and how closely this quest was linked to his ideas about evil. Briefly stated, Augustine’s search went from anthropomorphic-spatial thinking about God to corporeal/material-spatial and even panentheistic ideas and then (mainly under the inspiration of Neoplatonic philosophy, i.e., in all likelihood Plotinus’s Enneads) to a strictly spiritual and non-spatial understanding. But in all this, Manichaean ways of thought and even concepts remained present until the end. A final conclusion draws out the significance of this study for conceptualising the formation of God/gods in the Christian tradition as well as in other religious formations.
Under Caesar’s Sword
Authors: Eastman David L. 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
In 2019, Cambridge University Press published an edited volume entitled Under Caesar’s Sword, the product of a three-year study on contemporary Christian responses to persecution in various parts of the world. As part of the overall findings, the project directors noted three primary methods of response: (1) Survival strategies (trying to avoid the attention of the persecutors); (2) Association strategies (building relationships beyond their own communities in order to create a broader network of potential support); and (3) Confrontation strategies (directly challenging the persecutors through various means including martyrdom, which Christians accept as an act of resistance). These categories provide a useful heuristic tool for reevaluating the discourse in some early Christian texts, including the apocryphal acts of the apostles and other texts related to martyrdom. This article employs the insights from Under Caesar’s Sword to explore examples of all three strategies from the earliest Christian centuries. However, not all strategies were equally appreciated in that time. Because suffering came to be so closely linked to Christian identity, survival strategies were sometimes critiqued as evidence of a lack of faith.
Ireland and India between Home and the World
Authors: Chattopadhyay Arka 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
This article charts world-making and home-formation as two connectors between Irish and Indian literature on their way toward becoming world literature. Home and world are conceptualized as flows while the idea of the path is seen as a synthetic bridge between them. The first part examines how Irish literature becomes world literature by studying two temporal encounters between Irish and Indian writers, between W.B. Yeats and Rabindranath Tagore and between Colm Tóibín and Amit Chaudhuri. The second part shifts from temporality to spatiality in a discussion of global modernisms that reads Tagore’s 1922 Lipika text on the path in relation to T.S. Eliot’s modernist imagination of tradition and the individual talent. The two parts of the article coalesce around the triad of home, world and path by envisaging the turn of world literature with a renewed focus on the universal and the ontological oneness of literature.