bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Effects of dietary supplementation with purple garlic powder and oregano essential oil on intestinal health in post-weaning piglets from commercial farms
Authors: Serrano-Jara Daniel , Rivera-Gomis Jorge , Tornel José Antonio , Bernabé Antonio , Martínez-Conesa Cristina , Navarro José Antonio , Cánovas Ricardo , Otal Julio , Cubero María José 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
This work studied the effects of the inclusion of Purple Garlic Powder (PGP) and Oregano Essential Oil (OEO) in the feed, at different doses and combinations, on intestinal health and the growth performance of 140 and 3000 piglets, respectively, weaned at 21 days of age. Seven dietary treatments were used: a negative control group (basal diet), a positive control group with ZnO (3000 mg/Kg of feed), two groups with OEO at 0.4% and 1.2% respectively, two groups with PGP at 0.4% and 2% respectively and one group with OEO at 1.2% combined with PGP at 2%. Only the positive control group received ZnO in the diet. Each group of piglets received the treatment for seven weeks, from weaning, and were later sacrificed to obtain jejunum and ileum samples for counting of goblet cells, intraepithelial lymphocytes, and IgA-producing cells. The growth performance were measured at the beginning and at the end of the seven weeks. In jejunum and ileum, the number of goblet cells increased in the groups with ZnO, PGP 2%, OEO 1.2% and PGP 2% + OEO 1.2%, presenting significant differences with the rest of the groups. The results obtained for the intraepithelial lymphocyte count were in line with those obtained for the count of goblet cells. Regarding IgA-producing cells, the groups that showed significantly favourable results in the jejunum and ileum were OEO 1.2%, PGP 2% and their combination, but the groups that showed the most similar means to ZnO were the OEO 0.4% and the PGP 0.4%. Regarding the growth performance, PGP 2%, OEO 1.2% and their combination had similar results to ZnO. The intestinal health of piglets could be improved, without harming the growth performance, by means of the supplementation of PGP 2%, OEO 1.2% and PGP 2% + OEO 1.2% offering a natural alternative to the use of ZnO.
DESC: Domain Adaptation for Depth Estimation via Semantic Consistency
Authors: Lopez-Rodriguez Adrian , Mikolajczyk Krystian 
Published: December 2022

AbstractAccurate real depth annotations are difficult to acquire, needing the use of special devices such as a LiDAR sensor. Self-supervised methods try to overcome this problem by processing video or stereo sequences, which may not always be available. Instead, in this paper, we propose a domain adaptation approach to train a monocular depth estimation model using a fully-annotated source dataset and a non-annotated target dataset. We bridge the domain gap by leveraging semantic predictions and low-level edge features to provide guidance for the target domain. We enforce consistency between the main model and a second model trained with semantic segmentation and edge maps, and introduce priors in the form of instance heights. Our approach is evaluated on standard domain adaptation benchmarks for monocular depth estimation and show consistent improvement upon the state-of-the-art. Code available at https://github.com/alopezgit/DESC.
Stochastische Gewalt: unangemessene polizeiliche Gewaltanwendung und problematische Interaktionen als Folge systeminterner Kommunikation
Authors: Staller Mario S. , Koerner Swen , Zaiser Benjamin 
Published: December 2022

ZusammenfassungDas Konzept stochastischer Gewalt erklärt die Entstehung von Gewalt in einem sozialen System als einen wahrscheinlichen, aber im konkreten Einzelfall nichtvorhersagbaren Prozess. Im vorliegenden Beitrag beschreiben wir das Konzept in seinem prozesshaften Verlauf und legen dabei den Analysenutzen für eine Reduktion von Gewalt in der Gesellschaft dar. Mit Blick auf das soziale Teilsystem der Polizei argumentieren wir, dass es in der Verantwortung moderner, bürgerorientierter und vom Primat der Menschenwürde geleiteter Polizei und Polizeiwissenschaft liegt, sich dieser Dynamiken bewusst zu sein, diese aufzuklären und damit ihren eigenen Beitrag zur stochastischen Reduktion von Gewalt zu leisten. Ausgehend von Daten zu problematischem polizeilichen Interaktionsverhalten stellen wir dar, wie polizeiliche Gefahrennarrative und dominanzinduzierende Kommunikation die Wahrscheinlichkeit von Gewalt im Kollektiv ermöglicht. Von dort aus ergeben sich auch die zentralen Ansatzpunkte für (eine freilich ebenfalls stochastisch wirksame) Prävention und Intervention: die Etablierung alternativer Narrative sowie einer dominanzsensiblen Kommunikation.
The Therapeutic Potential of Human Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Premature Ovarian Failure
Authors: Umer Amna , Khan Nasar , Greene David Lawrence , Habiba Umm E. , Shamim Sabiha , Khayam Asma Umer 
Published: December 2022

AbstractPremature ovarian failure (POF) affects 1% of women under 40, leading to infertility. The clinical symptoms of the POF include hypoestrogenism, lack of mature follicles, hypergonadotropinism, and amenorrhea. POF can be caused due to genetic defects, autoimmune illnesses, and environmental factors. The conventional treatment of POF remains a limited success rate. Therefore, an innovative treatment strategy like the regeneration of premature ovaries by using human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) can be a choice. To summarize all the theoretical frameworks for additional research and clinical trials, this review article highlights all the results, pros, and cons of the hUC-MSCs used to treat POF. So far, the data shows promising results regarding the treatment of POF using hUC-MSCs. Several properties like relatively low immunogenicity, multipotency, multiple origins, affordability, convenience in production, high efficacy, and donor/recipient friendliness make hUC-MSCs a good choice for treating basic POF. It has been reported that hUC-MSCs impact and enhance all stages of injured tissue regeneration by concurrently stimulating numerous pathways in a paracrine manner, which are involved in the control of ovarian fibrosis, angiogenesis, immune system modulation, and apoptosis. Furthermore, some studies demonstrated that stem cell treatment could lead to hormone-level restoration, follicular activation, and functional restoration of the ovaries. Therefore, all the results in hand regarding the use of hUC-MSCs for the treatment of POF encourage researchers for further clinical trials, which will overcome the ongoing challenges and make this treatment strategy applicable to the clinic in the near future.
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Perceived emotional intelligence and subjective well-being during adolescence: The moderating effect of age and sex
Authors: Azpiazu Lorea , Fernández-Zabala Arantza , Rodríguez-Fernández Arantzazu , Ramos-Díaz Estibaliz 
Published: December 2022

AbstractStudies focusing on subjective well-being during adolescence are relatively scarce yet necessary, due to the drop in well-being that occurs during this developmental stage. The aim of the present study is therefore: (1) to analyze the variability of perceived emotional intelligence (PEI) and subjective well-being in accordance with sex and age; and (2) to explore the moderating effect of sex and age on the association between PEI and subjective well-being. The sample comprised 1542 students aged between 11 and 18 years, divided into two age groups: younger (11–14 years) and older (15–18 years). All participants completed the Trait Meta Mood Scale and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Several ANOVAs and MANOVAs were performed using the SPSSv.28 statistical package. The simple moderation models were analyzed using the PROCESSv.4 macro. Age was the socio-personal variable that most significantly affected emotion repair and life satisfaction, whereas sex had a greater effect on the other variables studied. Sex moderated the predictive effect of emotional clarity on negative affect among girls, the predicted the effect of emotional attention on positive affect among boys, as well as the predictive effect of emotional clarity on life satisfaction in both groups. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.
Microwave-Vacuum Extraction Technique as a Green and Clean Label Technology: Kinetics, Efficiency Analysis, and Effect on Bioactive Compounds
Authors: Hameed Abdul , Maan Abid Aslam , Nazir Akmal , Amin Usman , Khan Muhammad Kashif Iqbal , Khan Muhammad Usman , Shariati Mohammad Ali , Rebezov Maksim , Lorenzo José M. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractGrape pomace is a rich source of bioactive compounds and dietary fiber. This study aims to valorize the grape pomace by microwave-vacuum-assisted drying and extraction, which is a novel, green, and clean label technology. The drying and extraction of bioactive compounds from the grape pomace was optimized using response surface methodology. Box-Behnken design was used for three process variables, i.e., time, power, and vacuum levels. The highest drying rate was observed (5.53 g/100 g min after 10 min of drying) at the combination of 80 W and 20 inHg. This combination significantly reduced the drying time (25%) and resulted in the highest yield (64.5%) of bioactive compounds. Equally, changes in moisture ratio behavior were rapid under these processing conditions. Furthermore, Midilli model (R2 = 0.999, RMSE = 0.002, SSE = 3.71 × 10−6) was the best to justify the fitness of experimental values with predicted values. In addition, the diffusion coefficient, activation energy, and extraction yield were increased with increase in power and pressure. The concentration of bioactive components was higher in dried pomace compared to the extract. The extraction was successfully achieved without the use of solvent and the characteristics of extracted phenolics remained unaltered. Based on these findings, the microwave-vacuum-assisted drying and extraction process can be claimed as a sustainable approach.
Development of thriving at work and organizational citizenship behavior through Islamic work ethics and humble leadership
Authors: Suryani Suryani , Sudrajat Budi , Hendryadi Hendryadi , Saihu Made , Amalia Euis , Fathoni Muhammad Anwar 
Published: December 2022

Abstract This study examined the mediation and moderation models of the relationship between Islamic work ethics (IWE), thriving at work, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and leader humility. A total of 418 employees from two different sample groups (Islamic banks and educational institutions) in Indonesia were included. A multiple regression hierarchy with PROCESS was used to test the hypotheses. We found a positive influence of IWE and leader humility on thriving and OCB and thriving at work on OCB. Thriving was found to mediate the relationship between IWE and OCB, and the leader humility moderates these relationships. Thriving at work and OCB are dramatically under-represented in Islamic work ethics research, and this study attempts to fill this void. Furthermore, this study reveals the interactive role of leader humility and IWE in enhancing OCB preference and the mediating role of thriving at work in the IWE − OCB relationship.
Short-term effects of roxadustat on serum copper and iron changes in a peritoneal dialysis patient
Authors: Nakamura Hironori , Ueda Michiko , Anayama Mariko , Makino Yasushi , Nagasawa Masaki 
Published: December 2022

AbstractDysregulation in total body copper causes severe complications and excess copper can be toxic. Divalent metal transporter 1, duodenal cytochrome B, and copper transporter ATPase7A are included in the many intestinal genes transactivated by HlF-α. On July X, 2022 an 80-year-old female patient on peritoneal dialysis was prescribed roxadustat 100 mg, because darbepoetin was unable to increase hemoglobin level effectively. On the same day, icodextrin 1 L was initiated to mitigate edema. Laboratory data showed hemoglobin 9.1 g/dL, transferrin saturation 77%, copper 123 μg/dL, and iron 170 μg/dL before changing to roxadustat. The patient visited us 6 days after the change because of the appetite loss. Transferrin saturation and serum copper and iron levels increased to 90%, 170 and 203 μg/dL, respectively, which were decreased or normalized after discontinuing roxadustat and icodextrin, suggesting that even short-term roxadustat administration can influence copper levels as well as iron levels. Excess copper and iron levels during roxadustat treatment do not immediately equate with toxicity, but indicate a physiological compensation or transient imbalance of metabolism especially in patients treated with ferric citrate. Further investigation for the hypoxia-inducible factor-prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors effects on iron and copper metabolisms is needed. Determining the short-term effect of roxadustat on serum copper and iron in only this case is impossible. Therefore, further accumulation of similar cases is necessary to clarify the short-term effects of roxadustat on serum copper and iron.
Room Temperature Columnar Liquid Crystalline Perylene Bisimide as a Novel Corrosion Resistant Surface Film for Mild Steel Surface
Authors: Behera Paresh Kumar , Rao Srilatha , Popoola Lekan Taofeek , Swamirayachar Sowmyashree Ayachit , AlFalah Mothana Ghazi Kadhim , Kandemirli Fatma , Kodange Shwetha , Prashanth Gopala Krishna , Achalkumar Ammathnadu Sudhakar 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThe corrosion process can be seen as a widespread phenomenon, which is both pervasive and unstoppable. This is an undesirable phenomenon that reduces the life of materials and takes away their beauty. Potentiodynamic and electrochemical impedance tests are used to explore the corrosion inhibition abilities of a room temperature columnar liquid crystalline perylene bisimide (PBIO10) on mild steel (MS) samples in 1 M HCl. The inhibitor PBIO10 was demonstrated to be an outstanding corrosion inhibitor, with a maximum inhibition efficiency of 76%. In light of potentiometric polarization results, corrosion inhibition was achieved as the inhibitor getting adsorbed on the metal, and they fit into the category of anodic inhibitors. The protective layer was examined from SEM to confirm the protective coating generated on the MS surface. The increase in contact angle confirms the formation of a uniform layer on the MS surface. Analysis of the optical textures observed in POM, the nature of the mesophase under examination to columnar rectangular (Colr) phase. From the TGA, it was found that PBIO10 exhibits higher thermal stability u to 370 ℃. The density functional theory (DFT) and Monte Carlo simulation approach were used to investigate the relationship between molecular structure and inhibitory efficacy. The thermal behavior of PBIO10 was investigated by polarizing optical microscopy (POM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies. The phase transition from crystal to LC phase was at first examined with the help of POM observation.
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HS-Gen: a hypersphere-constrained generation mechanism to improve synthetic minority oversampling for imbalanced classification
Authors: He Zuowei , Tao Jiaqing , Leng Qiangkui , Zhai Junchang , Wang Changzhong 
Published: December 2022

AbstractMitigating the impact of class-imbalance data on classifiers is a challenging task in machine learning. SMOTE is a well-known method to tackle this task by modifying class distribution and generating synthetic instances. However, most of the SMOTE-based methods focus on the phase of data selection, while few consider the phase of data generation. This paper proposes a hypersphere-constrained generation mechanism (HS-Gen) to improve synthetic minority oversampling. Unlike linear interpolation commonly used in SMOTE-based methods, HS-Gen generates a minority instance in a hypersphere rather than on a straight line. This mechanism expands the distribution range of minority instances with significant randomness and diversity. Furthermore, HS-Gen is attached with a noise prevention strategy that adaptively shrinks the hypersphere by determining whether new instances fall into the majority class region. HS-Gen can be regarded as an oversampling optimization mechanism and flexibly embedded into the SMOTE-based methods. We conduct comparative experiments by embedding HS-Gen into the original SMOTE, Borderline-SMOTE, ADASYN, k-means SMOTE, and RSMOTE. Experimental results show that the embedded versions can generate higher quality synthetic instances than the original ones. Moreover, on these oversampled datasets, the conventional classifiers (C4.5 and Adaboost) obtain significant performance improvement in terms of F1 measure and G-mean.
Multicomponent Nanoparticles Synergistic One-Dimensional Nanofibers as Heterostructure Absorbers for Tunable and Efficient Microwave Absorption
Authors: Wang Chenxi , Liu Yue , Jia Zirui , Zhao Wanru , Wu Guanglei 
Published: December 2022

AbstractApplication of novel radio technologies and equipment inevitably leads to electromagnetic pollution. One-dimensional polymer-based composite membrane structures have been shown to be an effective strategy to obtain high-performance microwave absorbers. Herein, we reported a one-dimensional N-doped carbon nanofibers material which encapsulated the hollow Co3SnC0.7 nanocubes in the fiber lumen by electrospinning. Space charge stacking formed between nanoparticles can be channeled by longitudinal fibrous structures. The dielectric constant of the fibers is highly related to the carbonization temperature, and the great impedance matching can be achieved by synergetic effect between Co3SnC0.7 and carbon network. At 800 °C, the necklace-like Co3SnC0.7/CNF with 5% low load achieves an excellent RL value of − 51.2 dB at 2.3 mm and the effective absorption bandwidth of 7.44 GHz with matching thickness of 2.5 mm. The multiple electromagnetic wave (EMW) reflections and interfacial polarization between the fibers and the fibers internal contribute a major effect to attenuating the EMW. These strategies for regulating electromagnetic performance can be expanded to other electromagnetic functional materials which facilitate the development of emerging absorbers.
Coping with COVID-19 – Which Resilience Mechanisms Enabled Austrian Nonprofit Organizations to Weather the Pandemic Storm?
Authors: Stötzer Sandra , Kaltenbrunner Katharina , Grüb Birgit , Martin Sebastian 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic triggered a global crisis affecting the work and partially the existence of businesses, governments, administrations and nonprofit organizations (NPOs). The latter not only faced severe challenges themselves, but also play(ed) a major role in fighting the pandemic, especially those offering services in social and health care. Maintaining service delivery under pandemic conditions to serve the often vital needs of clients requires (organizational) resilience. This concept generally relates to the ability to withstand adversity, to adapt in a turbulent environment and respond to (disruptive) change. Based on a qualitative content analysis of 33 interviews with nonprofit executives, this paper explores the impact of the pandemic on Austrian NPOs active in health and social care in terms of contextual challenges faced. Our study contributes to (nonprofit) resilience research and extreme context research literature as it illustrates how NPOs coped with this disruptive extreme context. Our findings show which resilience mechanisms (i.e. all kinds of resilient behavior, resources and capabilities) were helpful in overcoming pandemic challenges and getting through these hard times.
Influence of interval type-2 fuzzy control approach for a grid-interconnected doubly-fed induction generator driven by wind energy turbines in variable-speed system
Authors: Hamdan I. , Youssef Marwa M. M. , Noureldeen Omar 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThis paper suggests a developed control technique using an interval type-2 fuzzy logic control (FLC) tuned PI for optimum torque adjustment for wind turbines operated by doubly fed induction generator (DFIG). The suggested control regulates the error of the mechanical rotor speed to enhance the performance of the torque and the output power results in the study system's overall performance improving. The suggested control combines the advantages of the two techniques: fast response of conventional PI control and adaptively properties of interval type-2 FLC. The studied system is a wind farm of 9 MW composed of 6 wind turbines of 1.5 MW each. Wind speed functions of several types are studied such as step change, extreme change, and constant high speed. The results indicate how the power and optimal torque have fast response with interval type-2 FLC tuned PI compared to the type-1 fuzzy tuned PI and conventional PI control. The simulated results deduce that the suggested interval type-2 FLC can enhance the wind energy system's stability and reliability in a better manner compared to the type-1 FLC and conventional PI.
Keyword Extraction: A Modern Perspective
Authors: Nomoto Tadashi 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThe goal of keyword extraction is to extract from a text, words, or phrases indicative of what it is talking about. In this work, we look at keyword extraction from a number of different perspectives: Statistics, Automatic Term Indexing, Information Retrieval (IR), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and the emerging Neural paradigm. The 1990s have seen some early attempts to tackle the issue primarily based on text statistics [13, 17]. Meanwhile, in IR, efforts were largely led by DARPA’s Topic Detection and Tracking (TDT) project [2]. In this contribution, we discuss how past innovations paved a way for more recent developments, such as LDA, PageRank, and Neural Networks. We walk through the history of keyword extraction over the last 50 years, noting differences and similarities among methods that emerged during the time. We conduct a large meta-analysis of the past literature using datasets from news media, science, and medicine to business and bureaucracy, to draw a general picture of what a successful approach would look like.
Microfluidic SERS devices: brightening the future of bioanalysis
Authors: Oliveira Maria João , Dalot Ana , Fortunato Elvira , Martins Rodrigo , Byrne Hugh J. , Franco Ricardo , Águas Hugo 
Published: December 2022

AbstractA new avenue has opened up for applications of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) in the biomedical field, mainly due to the striking advantages offered by SERS tags. SERS tags provide indirect identification of analytes with rich and highly specific spectral fingerprint information, high sensitivity, and outstanding multiplexing potential, making them very useful in in vitro and in vivo assays. The recent and innovative advances in nanomaterial science, novel Raman reporters, and emerging bioconjugation protocols have helped develop ultra-bright SERS tags as powerful tools for multiplex SERS-based detection and diagnosis applications. Nevertheless, to translate SERS platforms to real-world problems, some challenges, especially for clinical applications, must be addressed. This review presents the current understanding of the factors influencing the quality of SERS tags and the strategies commonly employed to improve not only spectral quality but the specificity and reproducibility of the interaction of the analyte with the target ligand. It further explores some of the most common approaches which have emerged for coupling SERS with microfluidic technologies, for biomedical applications. The importance of understanding microfluidic production and characterisation to yield excellent device quality while ensuring high throughput production are emphasised and explored, after which, the challenges and approaches developed to fulfil the potential that SERS-based microfluidics have to offer are described.