bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Dissipation behavior and dietary exposure risk of pesticides in Brussels sprout evaluated using LC–MS/MS
Authors: An Dai , Ko Rakdo , Kim Jinchan , Kang Seokhyun , Lee Kwanghun , Lee Jiho 
Published: July 2022

AbstractIn this study, the dissipation behavior and dietary exposure risk of eight pesticides in Brussels sprout were evaluated under greenhouse conditions. Brussels sprout samples were collected 0, 7, 14, and 21 days after the last pesticide treatment. Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry was used for sample analysis. Recovery rates at different concentrations of pesticides (0.01 and 0.1 mg/kg) were in the range of 70.2–104.5%, and the relative standard deviations were ≤ 10.6%. The pesticide residues in Brussels sprouts were determined for each treatment. For acephate, etofenprox, imidacloprid, indoxacarb, alpha-cypermethrin, zeta-cypermethrin, fludioxonil, and oxytetracycline, the half-lives were, respectively, 11.3, 9.8, 11.3, 15.8, 10.6, 13, 9.1, and 8.2 d and the dietary intake rates were, respectively, 2.90%, 0.81%, 0.7%, 1.19%, 0.06%, 0.24%, 0.05%, and 0.36% of the acceptable daily intake. The findings of this study provide important insights into the establishment of maximum residue limits in the Republic of Korea and pesticide control measures for Brussels sprout.
Identification and comparison of biological characteristics and pathogenicity of different mating types of V. dahliae isolated from potato and sunflower
Authors: Yan NingNing , Addrah Mandela Elorm , Zhang Yuanyuan , Jia Ruifang , Kang Liru , Zhao Jun , Zhang Jian 
Published: July 2022

AbstractPotato is one of the most important staple crops in the world. China is one of the leading producers of potatoes, but the industry faces soilborne diseases such as Verticillium wilt. Most potato planting areas in China rotate the crop with sunflower which is also highly susceptible to Verticillium wilt. The comparison of the biological characteristics and pathogenicity of different mating types of Verticillium dahliae isolated from potato and sunflower in the major planting regions in China is of great importance. This is to help unravel the diversity in V. dahliae population and the sudden increase in infected fields. The diseased samples collected were cultured on PDA and the growing colony of pathogen isolated. Molecular techniques using specific primers were used to identify the V. dahliae pathogens and their mating type of the isolates obtained from the diseased sunflower and potato plants as well as their planting materials. The data obtained revealed that the dominant mating type population in sunflower was MAT1-1, whiles that of potato was MAT1-2, but Race 2 was the only race type identified for all the samples. There was a significant presence of MAT1-1 isolates present in potatoes, which is a new trend. Conventional crop rotation farming using sunflower is causing an increasing prevalence of MAT1-1 and mating type shift of isolates in potato in these regions.
A gold nanoparticle-protein G electrochemical affinity biosensor for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies: a surface modification approach
Authors: Khaniani Yeganeh , Ma Yuhao , Ghadiri Mahdi , Zeng Jie , Wishart David , Babiuk Shawn , Charlton Carmen , Kanji Jamil N. , Chen Jie 
Published: July 2022

AbstractAs COVID-19 waves continue to spread worldwide, demand for a portable, inexpensive and convenient biosensor to determine community immune/infection status is increasing. Here we describe an impedance-based affinity biosensor using Interdigitated Electrode (IDE) arrays to detect antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in serum. We created the biosensor by functionalizing the IDEs’ surface with abaculaovirus-expressed and purified Spike (S) protein to bind anti-SARS CoV-2antibodies. Gold nanoparticles (GNP) fused to protein G were used to probe for bound antibodies. An ELISA assay using horseradish peroxidase-protein G to probe for bound IgG confirmed that the purified S protein bound a commercial source of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies specifically and bound anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in COVID-19 positive serum. Then we demonstrated that our biosensor could detect anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies with 72% sensitivity in 2 h. Using GNP-protein G, the affinity biosensor had increased impedance changes with COVID-19positive serum and minimal or decreased impedance changes with negative serum. This demonstrated that our biosensor could discriminate between COVID-19 positive and negative sera, which were further improved using poly(vinyl alcohol)as a blocking agent.
Macrophage-like cells are still detectable on the retinal surface after posterior vitreous detachment
Authors: Wang Jacob M. , Ong Janice X. , Nesper Peter L. , Fawzi Amani A. , Lavine Jeremy A. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThe identity of vitreoretinal interface macrophage-like cells (MLCs) remains unknown and potential candidates include retinal microglia, perivascular macrophages, monocyte-derived macrophages, and/or vitreal hyalocytes. Since hyalocytes are detectable on the posterior vitreous surface after vitreous extraction in animals, we imaged patients with and without posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) to determine if hyalocytes are the principal MLC component. We performed repeated foveal-centered 3 × 3 mm OCT-A images from 21 eyes (11 no PVD and 10 PVD eyes). Images were registered, segmented, and averaged. The OCT slab from 0 to 3 microns above the internal limiting membrane was used to detect MLCs. We calculated MLC density and distribution in relation to the superficial vascular plexus for 3 vascular regions—on vessels, perivascular, and non-vascular. MLC density was 1.8-fold greater in the PVD group compared to the no PVD group (P = 0.04). MLCs in eyes with PVD were increased 1.9-fold on-vessel (P = 0.07), 1.9-fold in the perivascular region (P = 0.12), and 2.2-fold in non-vascular areas (P = 0.22). MLC density was not severely reduced after PVD, suggesting that the majority of MLCs are not vitreal hyalocytes. PVD status is an important parameter in future MLC studies.
MWCNT/Ruthenium hydroxide aerogel supercapacitor production and investigation of electrochemical performances
Authors: Korkmaz Satiye , Kariper İshak Afşin , Karaman Ceren , Karaman Onur 
Published: July 2022

AbstractIn this study, the material obtained from the sonication of the double-walled carbon nanotube and ruthenium chloride was produced as an aerogel. Then, symmetrical supercapacitor devices were made using them, and their electrochemical properties were investigated. XRD and FTIR were used in the structural analysis of the aerogel, STEM in surface images, and elemental analyses in EDX. Electrochemical analysis was performed by galvanostat/potentiostat. From the cyclic voltammetry analysis, the highest specific capacitance for MWCNT/Ruthenium hydroxide aerogels was achieved as 423 F/g at 5 mV/s. On the other hand, the corresponding values calculated from the charge–discharge curves were found to be 420.3 F/g and 319.9 F/g at the current densities of 0.5 A/g and 10.0 A/g, respectively. The capacitance retention of as-synthesized aerogel was 96.38% at the end of the 5000 consecutive consecutive cyclic voltammetry cycles.
Remarkable immune and clinical value of novel ferroptosis-related genes in glioma
Authors: Gao Xiaoyan , Zhao Jiazheng , Jia Litao , Zhang Qiushi 
Published: July 2022

AbstractFerroptosis is a neoteric model of regulated cell death that shows great potential for the understanding of tumor immunology and as a target for therapy. The present study aimed to identify ferroptosis-related differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in glioma and to explore their value through systematic analysis. Ferroptosis-related DEGs were identified through the Gene Expression Omnibus database in combination with the FerrDb database and analyzed in the Genotype-Tissue Expression database and The Cancer Genome Atlas database. Possible signaling pathways involved were explored by construction of enrichment analysis and protein–protein interaction of these DEGs. Potential regulation of the immune microenvironment, immune checkpoint and chemokine was postulated by immune analysis. A prognosis model for glioma was developed using survival analysis, exhibited by the nomogram and evaluated by the calibration curve. The prognostic value of the model was validated by using an independent cohort. A total of 15 ferroptosis-related DEGs were identified, including 7 down-regulated and 8 up-regulated, with ATP6V1G2, GABARAPL1 and GOT1 as hub genes. The expression of all 3 hub genes was positively correlated with T follicular helper cells and natural killer CD56bright cells. These hub genes were negatively correlated with the macrophage cell type as well as B7H3, PDCD1, LAG3 and CXCL16, CXCR4, CCR5. Low expression of all 3 hub genes was associated with poor prognosis in glioma cases. ATP6V1G2 might be an independent prognostic factor and, as such, a high-precision prognostic model of glioma was constructed. We identified novel ferroptosis-related genes with clinical value in glioma and revealed their possible tumor immune relevance. Furthermore, in glioma, we pinpointed underlying critical elements of the chemokine, immune microenvironment and immune checkpoint, and were able to develop a predictive model of prognosis.
Identification of a nematic pair density wave state in Bi
2
Sr
2
CaCu
2
O
8+x
Authors: Chen Weijiong , Ren Wangping , Kennedy Niall , Hamidian M. H. , Uchida S. , Eisaki H. , Johnson Peter D. , O’Mahony Shane M. , Davis J. C. Séamus 
Published: July 2022

Electron-pair density wave (PDW) states are now an intense focus of research in the field of cuprate correlated superconductivity. PDWs exhibit periodically modulating superconductive electron pairing that can be visualized directly using scanned Josephson tunneling microscopy (SJTM). Although from theory, intertwining the
d
-wave superconducting (DSC) and PDW order parameters allows a plethora of global electron-pair orders to appear, which one actually occurs in the various cuprates is unknown. Here, we use SJTM to visualize the interplay of PDW and DSC states in Bi
2
Sr
2
CaCu
2
O
8+x
at a carrier density where the charge density wave modulations are virtually nonexistent. Simultaneous visualization of their amplitudes reveals that the intertwined PDW and DSC are mutually attractive states. Then, by separately imaging the electron-pair density modulations of the two orthogonal PDWs, we discover a robust nematic PDW state. Its spatial arrangement entails Ising domains of opposite nematicity, each consisting primarily of unidirectional and lattice commensurate electron-pair density modulations. Further, we demonstrate by direct imaging that the scattering resonances identifying Zn impurity atom sites occur predominantly within boundaries between these domains. This implies that the nematic PDW state is pinned by Zn atoms, as was recently proposed [Lozano
et al.
,
Phys. Rev. B
103, L020502 (2021)]. Taken in combination, these data indicate that the PDW in Bi
2
Sr
2
CaCu
2
O
8+x
is a vestigial nematic pair density wave state [Agterberg
et al. Phys. Rev. B
91, 054502 (2015); Wardh and Granath arXiv:2203.08250].
Explaining the difficulty with L2 acquisition of scope
interpretation by speakers of a scope-rigid language
Authors: Kimura Takayuki 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
This study explores the L2 acquisition of quantifier scope
in English, a notably difficult property to acquire by speakers of a
scope-rigid language like Japanese. This study examines the
knowledge of universal quantifiers in English that Japanese Learners
of English (JLEs) have, focusing on the distributivity and
collectivity of the quantifiers. Results of a picture-based
acceptability judgment task showed that JLEs had problems with scope
judgments and interpreted every NP as a
distributive/collective quantifier akin to all
NPPL
in the grammar of English native
speakers. Thus, this study implies that issues with the L2
acquisition of scope ambiguity are rooted in a problem with the
reassembly of quantificational features of universal quantifiers, in
accord with Lardiere
(2008, 2009).
Definiteness and argument position in the interpretation of bare
nouns
Authors: Stern Michael C. , Dayal Veneeta , Martohardjono Gita , Chen Ming , Madsen II Christen N. 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
We investigate the hypothesis that nouns in article-less
languages are unambiguous with respect to definiteness, an
unambiguity that is evident in the interpretation of ungrammatical
“bare” or article-less singular nouns in L2 English. Specifically,
we tested the hypothesis that bare nouns in L2 English are
interpreted as definite, administering an acceptability judgment
task to intermediate L2 learners of English whose native language is
Mandarin. We used sentences containing bare singular nouns in
different syntactic positions and discourse contexts. We found bare
subjects to be most acceptable in contexts that required definites,
while bare objects were acceptable across contexts. Bare nouns in L2
English are argued to be unambiguous, following a systematic pattern
determined by argument position and discourse context.
Transfer of prosodic representation
Authors: Ingham Jacqueline 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
This study examines the spoken suppliance of inflectional
morphology by L1 Bengali speakers of L2 English in the phonological
framework of the Prosodic Transfer Hypothesis (Goad, White, & Steele, 2003; Goad & White, 2004;
Goad & White,
2006, et seq.). Data from a semi-spontaneous elicitation task
suggests that, at lower levels of proficiency, production of
inflection is partially conditioned by the stem vowel in terms of
vowel length and the voicing status of the stem-final consonant.
This finding is proposed to be indicative not only of transfer of L1
prosodic representations, but also transfer of L1 word minimality
requirements and moraic structure below the level of the prosodic
word. Evidence of such transfer is arguably visible when there is a
mismatch between word minimality and the distribution of syllable
weight in the L1 and L2.
Interference-based and capacity-based approaches to working
memory in second language sentence processing
Authors: Cunnings Ian 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
The role that working memory may play in explaining
potential differences between native and non-native sentence
processing has been increasingly debated. In this chapter, I discuss
how the conceptualisation of working memory is crucial to our
understanding of its role in second language processing. In
particular, I compare capacity-based approaches that focus on
working memory resources and interference-based approaches that
focus on memory encoding and retrieval. After reviewing evidence for
both approaches to working memory, I argue that interference-based
accounts provide a promising approach for examining the role of
working memory in second language processing. Although I focus on
non-native sentence processing, I also touch on related issues in
second language acquisition.
Heritage language speakers inform the critical period hypothesis
for first and second language acquisition
Authors: Montrul Silvina 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
This chapter considers how heritage language speakers,
bilinguals exposed to their L1 since birth either exclusively or
simultaneously with the majority language, shed new light on the
role of age in language acquisition. Investigating the ultimate
attainment of bilinguals with early and late exposure to their L1
and L2 helps disentangle how the roles of previous linguistic
knowledge and of quantity and quality of input interact with age of
onset of bilingualism. Comparing the linguistic and processing
abilities of heritage speakers and L2 learners allows us to
understand how the timing of input interacts with situational
factors and elucidates the developmental schedule of different
modules of the grammar. Early exposure is critical for aspects of
phonology, syntax, and morphology.
Evidentiality and the QUD
Authors: Gyuris Beáta 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
The aim of the paper is to sketch a unified account of the denotation of talán ‘perhaps’
in Hungarian, which appears in declaratives and polar interrogatives encoding assertions and questions. It is suggested for
the first time that talán is not only an inferential or conjectural evidential, but also makes reference to
the current question under discussion. The account explains some interpretational effects of talán, including
the absence of the “interrogative flip” or the obligatory rhetorical question readings of polar interrogatives without
constituent focus, which are discussed here for the first time.
Relationship between risk factors of hearing loss and the results of otoacoustic emission in newborns
Authors: Bagheri Fereshteh , Miresmaeili Zeinab , Ahmadpour-kacho Mousa , Ziatabar Ahmadi Zohreh 
Published: July 2022

Objective
Congenital hearing loss is a disabling and multi-factorial disease that affects on newborn and children. This study aims to demonstrate the relationship between risk factors for hearing loss and the results of Otoacoustic emission in Iranian newborns.

Methods
We have retrospectively considered 536 newborns admitted to the Audiology Department of a Children’s Hospital in the north of Iran. Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions (TEOAEs) was recorded during the first week of birth, and the risk factors of hearing loss were collected.

Results
We found that parent relatives and family history were significantly correlated with OAEs refer results. Moreover, hyper-bilirubinemia indicated a significant correlation only with first right OAEs. There was a significant correlation between gender and first left and right OAEs. Other risk factors such as seizure, transient tachypnoea of the newborn (TTN) and respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), and lip cleft had a significant correlation with first left and right OAEs results; however, these correlations were not relatively highlighted.

Conclusions
Generally, our data confirm that hearing screening is an absolute necessity in the greater number of newborns. People who got consanguineous marriages should be aware of high incidence of the congenital hearing loss due to parent relatives and family history.
Atmospheric micro-sized cold plasma jet created by a long and ultra-flexible generator with sputtered gold thin film electrode
Authors: Wang Tao , Wang Jiahao , Wang Shengquan , Chen Sile , Wang Xin , Yang Weizhi , Li Meng , Shi Liping 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Atmospheric cold plasma jets with various configurations have drawn intense interests in diverse applications, such as surface modification and endoscopic applications. In this paper, a long and ultra-flexible micro-sized cold plasma jet generator is presented and its characteristics are analyzed. The generator mainly consists of two concentric silicone tubes with the inner one acting as the gas channel and the outer one acting as insulating layer of heat and high voltage. Gold thin film was sputtered on the circular surface of inner tube to work as the electrode as well as separation layer of ultraviolet radiation. Electrical, optical and thermal characteristics of this generator were investigated. Cold microplasma jet can be generated and ejected to the ambient air with the length varied from 0.1 m to 2.5 m, and it can impact on the finger without electric and heat sensation. Optical emission spectra analysis indicated that reactive species like OH and O atoms were generated in the plasma. This device exhibits ultra-flexible property which can be arbitrarily bent and plugged into complex and deep environment. Localized internal surface modification of polyvinyl chloride tube using this microplasma jet was also demonstrated and the result showed that surface wettability can be greatly improved after plasma treatment. This generator shows great potential for internal surface processing, plasma endoscopic and maskless lithography applications.
A numerical modeling approach to estimate the piezoresistance of diffused resistors with experimental validation
Authors: Meena K V , Mathew Ribu , Ravi Sankar A 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Silicon piezoresistive sensors have been widely used for many applications in recent decades. Monocrystalline silicon resistors are realized using an ion-implantation or a thermal diffusion process with a Gaussian or complementary error function profile. However, over the years, most researchers have neglected the doping concentration profile of the piezoresistor in the modeling stages resulting in erroneous responses that are far removed from experimental results of fabricated resistive sensors. In the present work, we propose a simulation approach to accurately estimate the piezoresistance of thermally diffused resistors with a non-uniform doping profile. We have modeled the diffused resistor as a parallel combination of several small slices, each having a unique piezoresistive coefficient. Three different slicing strategies were investigated to evaluate the impact of the piezoresistive coefficients, the electrical resistivity of the resistor slices, and the stress profile across the thickness of the resistor embedded in an accelerometer device. The cumulative impact of these parameters on the sensor’s overall sensitivity is evaluated. Further, we have also studied the influence of the accelerometer’s flexure thickness on the sensor’s sensitivity. It is observed from the simulation results that one of the slicing strategies with more slices at the surface of the resistor results in less than 1% error compared to the experimental results of an accelerometer device with a 60 µm flexure thickness.
Microfluidic biochip platform sensitized by AgNPs for SERS based rapid detection of uric acid
Authors: Mishra Shubham , Goel Sanket , Dwivedi Prabhat K 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Herein, a novel microfluidic-biochip enabled with surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) as a readout has been demonstrated for uric acid (UA) detection as point-of care (POC) device. Three different biochip designs (D1, D2 and D3) containing pillars in a microchannel with different bending ratios were conceived and optimized for various mixing parameters using a multiphysics simulation tool. The microchannel, integrated with pillars, provide pressure perturbation, sharp corners, and variation in bending ratio improves phase shift and mixing index. Subsequently the microfluidic-biochips were fabricated by a combination of photo-and soft-lithography, and bonding strength between two Polydimethylsiloxane substrates were found stable up to a flow rate of 1.8 ml min−1. Further to realize SERS activity in the microfluidic-biochip, cubic shape silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), with an average size ∼68 nm, were synthesized using poly-ol method. The SERS activity was optimized by simultaneously flowing AgNPs and crystal violet (CV) dye of 10−6M, with double inlet in the reservoir and highest sensitivity was achieved in the D3 biochip. Further, D3 biochip was employed for detection of extended concentrations of CV and UA. The enhancement factor limit of detection and relative standard deviation was found to be 2 × 107, 8.9 × 10−11 and 2.7% respectively for CV and 3.1 × 103, 3.2 × 10−7 and 2.9% respectively for UA. Interference of UA with lactic acid has been tested and device was able to detect signature peaks of both biomarkers up to 50 × 10−9 M concentration. Thus, the developed microfluidic-biochip device has potential to be used in a POC setting for onsite detection of biomarkers.