bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
An Evaluation of Hydrated Lime and Predator Sunfish as a Combined Chemical–Biological Approach for Controlling Snails in Aquaculture Ponds
Authors: Noatch Matthew R , Whitledge Gregory W 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Aquatic snails are vectors for several species of digenetic trematodes that infest many commercially cultivated fish. Most research on methods of controlling snails in aquaculture ponds has centered on the application of chemical solutions to pond margins and the stocking of mollusk-eating fish. We sought to evaluate both methods separately and in tandem as treatments for snails in research ponds under simulated commercial food fish production conditions. Application of hydrated lime (Ca[OH]2) slurry at a rate of 31.7 kg/30.5 m of linear shoreline in a 1-m-wide swath produced a 99% reduction in estimated snail densities. However, in several ponds the snail densities rebounded within 2 months of application. Ponds stocked with redear sunfish Lepomis microlophus and hybrid crosses of redear and green sunfish L. cyanellus at 494 fish/ha experienced a gradual decline in snail densities over 4 months, resulting in a 95% overall reduction at the end of the trial period (4 months). Ponds treated with both hydrated lime and predator sunfish experienced an abrupt decrease in snail densities and a less appreciable rebound relative to the hydrated lime treatment group. Low abundances of encysted trematodes in crop fish reared within the research ponds coincided with very low densities of rams-horn snails Planorbella spp. Estimated Planorbella densities in the month of crop fish stocking were most strongly correlated with the abundance of trematodes in crop fish. All three methods reduced snail densities relative to the control; if used properly, a combination of two treatments may produce a rapid reduction of snail densities and maintain low snail numbers over the growing season.
Received April 9, 2010; accepted August 9, 2010
Internalism, Active Externalism, and Nonconceptual Content: The Ins and Outs of Cognition
Authors: Dartnall Terry 
Published: September 2022

AbstractActive externalism (also known as the extended mind hypothesis) says that we use objects and situations in the world as external memory stores that we consult as needs dictate. This gives us economies of storage: We do not need to remember that Bill has blue eyes and wavy hair if we can acquire this information by looking at Bill. I argue for a corollary to this position, which I call ‘internalism.’ Internalism says we can acquire knowledge on a need‐to‐know basis by consulting portable, inner analogues of the world. This, however, leads to a dilemma. If the knowledge was stored in memory, it is difficult to see how we could have acquired it by consulting inner analogues, for it would seem that we knew it already. Moreover, if it was stored in memory, we lose the economies of storage that provide much of the rationale for external memory stores and hence for their inner analogues. If, on the other hand, the knowledge was not stored in memory, it is difficult to see how we could have acquired it by consulting inner analogues, for it was not there to be acquired. I propose a solution to this problem that turns on the concept of nonconceptual content, and I relate the solution to architecture of perception and visual mental imagery. Viewed in a broader context, the solution shows that the world leaks into the mind, as well as mind leaking into the world.
Graphical Language Games: Interactional Constraints on Representational Form
Authors: Healey Patrick G. T. , Swoboda Nik , Umata Ichiro , King James 
Published: September 2022

AbstractThe emergence of shared symbol systems is considered to be a pivotal moment in human evolution and human development. These changes are normally explained by reference to changes in people's internal cognitive processes. We present 2 experiments which provide evidence that changes in the external, collaborative processes that people use to communicate can also affect the structure and organization of symbol systems independently of cognitive change. We propose that mutual‐modifiability—opportunities for people to edit or manipulate each other's contributions—is a key constraint on the emergence of complex symbol systems. We discuss the implications for models of language development and the origins of compositionality.
Unilateral vestibular weakness
Authors: Vlastarakos Petros V. , Michailidou Efterpi , Nikolopoulos Thomas P. 
Published: September 2022

Objective
To review the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of unilateral vestibular weakness (UVW), and critically assess the related evidence.

Methods
Literature research in Medline and other database sources until August 2020.

Results
The total number of included studies was 39.

Conclusion
The lifetime prevalence of UVW in the general population is 0.2%; the respective incidence is unknown. UVW frequently overlaps with other diagnoses; nevertheless, there is usually a history of a single, preceding, monophasic event. The respective criteria include unsteadiness of more than two months, clinical exclusion of BPPV, and exclusion of Meniere’s disease, central lesion, or bilateral vestibular dysfunction, and more than 25% inter-aural asymmetry in the caloric test. The latter represents the golden testing standard in suspected patients, and should be complemented with vestibulo-ocular reflex assessment via rotation-testing and video head-impulse test. Posturography can be useful to evaluate postural stability. Questionnaire-based assessments may assess symptom severity, the ensuing disability, and the subjective perception of patients’ overall balance status. MRI is advised in vertiginous patients in the presence of neurologic signs and symptoms, risk factors for cerebrovascular disease, or progressive unilateral hearing loss. Vestibular rehabilitation is effective in patients with UVW, whilst pharmacological treatment is of limited value.
Book Reviews
Authors: Bennett Fiona , Oppenheim Charles , Taylor Stuart , Moody Jane , Papin‐Ramcharan Jennifer 
Published: September 2022

Clark's Publishing Agreements: A Book of Precedents, 7th edn Edited by Lynette Owen Haywards Heath, Tottel Publishing, 2007, 675 pp. ISBN 978‐1‐84592‐785‐1, hbk, plus CD‐ROM, £78 + VAT at 9%Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals By Irene Hames Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2007, 293 pp. ISBN 978‐1‐4051‐3159‐9, £19.99, pbkE‐Book Platforms and Aggregators: An Evaluation of Available Options for Publishers By Linda Bennett Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, Worthing, 2006, 128 pp. ISBN 978‐0‐907341‐33‐8, £120/$240 print + PDF, £110/$220 PDF only. See http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?id=200&did=47&aid=268&st=&oaid=‐1E‐books ‐ The Options: A Manual for Publishers By Linda Bennett Publishers Association, London, 2006, 80 pp. ISBN: 978‐0‐85386‐298‐7, £100. See http://www.publishers.org.uk/paweb/paweb.nsf/Unids/04F4308D1EB7946F802571B6003BF954?OpenDocument&Search=Memory Practices in the Sciences by Geoffrey C. Bowker MIT Press, 2006, 312 pp., 19 ill., Inside Technology Series ISBN: 978‐0‐262‐02589‐8, £22.95
Cooperative freezing of the L12 ordered domains at the critical cooling temperature of Ni3Fe alloy
Authors: Mangla Anil , Deo Goutam , Apte Pankaj A 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
It is well known that Ni3Fe transforms from a disordered solid solution to an ordered intermetallic with L12 superstructure when the alloy is cooled slowly. Here we elucidate the underlying cooperative phenomenon and the atomistic mechanism of this ordering process based on simulations using embedded atom potentials. As the simulated alloy is cooled from the disordered state to the critical cooling temperature (T
c), Ni atoms with L12 order [denoted as Ni(L12 ⩾ 1) atoms] increase significantly along with Ni atoms having the least deviation from L12 local order (denoted as Ni([IP]3) atoms). The ordering (up to T
c) occurs predominantly through random increase in Ni(L12 ⩾ 1) atoms throughout the system, as indicated by absence of long-range order. At T
c, L12 ordered domains formed by Ni(L12 ⩾ 1) atoms ‘freeze’, i.e. these domains, collectively, achieve a threshold strength against thermal fluctuations. This is indicated by (i) dissipation of large-scale fluctuations of Ni(L12 ⩾ 1) atoms at T
c and (ii) the growth of the L12 domains through propagation (at the expense of atoms with non-L12 local environment) as the alloy is cooled below T
c. The stability threshold of the L12 ordered domains at T
c is qualitatively consistent with (i) the critical slowing down, i.e. a significant increase in annealing time (to about 41 days) at 497 °C close to T
c (∼500 °C) and (ii) sharp changes in bulk properties (due to loss of stability of the domains) when the alloy is heated across T
c to about 550 °C. Further, the experimental long-range order parameter values as a function of reduced temperature are in reasonable agreement with the corresponding values of the simulated alloys. The contribution of Ni([IP]3) atoms to ordering in the actual alloy is potentially significant since such atoms together with nearest neighbours constitute about 75% of the total atoms in the simulated alloys at T
c.
Exclusion volumes of convex bodies in high space dimensions: applications to virial coefficients and continuum percolation
Authors: Torquato Salvatore , Jiao Yang 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Using the concepts of mixed volumes and quermassintegrals of convex geometry, we derive an exact formula for the exclusion volume v
ex(K) for a general convex body K that applies in any space dimension. While our main interests concern the rotationally-averaged exclusion volume of a convex body with respect to another convex body, we also describe some results for the exclusion volumes for convex bodies with the same orientation. We show that the sphere minimizes the dimensionless exclusion volume v
ex(K)/v(K) among all convex bodies, whether randomly oriented or uniformly oriented, for any d, where v(K) is the volume of K. When the bodies have the same orientation, the simplex maximizes the dimensionless exclusion volume for any d with a large-d asymptotic scaling behavior of 22d
/d
3/2, which is to be contrasted with the corresponding scaling of 2
d
for the sphere. We present explicit formulas for quermassintegrals W
0(K), …, W

d
(K) for many different nonspherical convex bodies, including cubes, parallelepipeds, regular simplices, cross-polytopes, cylinders, spherocylinders, ellipsoids as well as lower-dimensional bodies, such as hyperplates and line segments. These results are utilized to determine the rotationally-averaged exclusion volume v
ex(K) for these convex-body shapes for dimensions 2 through 12. While the sphere is the shape possessing the minimal dimensionless exclusion volume, we show that, among the convex bodies considered that are sufficiently compact, the simplex possesses the maximal v
ex(K)/v(K) with a scaling behavior of 21.6618…d
. Subsequently, we apply these results to determine the corresponding second virial coefficient B
2(K) of the aforementioned hard hyperparticles. Our results are also applied to compute estimates of the continuum percolation threshold η
c derived previously by the authors for systems of identical overlapping convex bodies. We conjecture that overlapping spheres possess the maximal value of η
c among all identical nonzero-volume convex overlapping bodies for d ⩾ 2, randomly or uniformly oriented, and that, among all identical, oriented nonzero-volume convex bodies, overlapping simplices have the minimal value of η
c for d ⩾ 2.
Macroeconomic Implication of Fish Importation in Nigeria: A Fully Modified Ordinary Least Square (Fmols) Approach
Authors: Olaifa Eseoghene , Osabuohien Evans , Issahaku Haruna 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
The continuous rise in fish importation had conditioned Nigerian’s preference and taste for imported fish developing the fish sub-sector of other economies while crippling the sector in the country. This study therefore, examines the macroeconomic implication for fish importation in Nigeria. The study employed the FMOLS estimation technique to investigate to investigate the long-term effects of fish importation on the Nigerian economy. Major findings revealed a significant but negative macroeconomic effect of fish imports on the overall performance of the economy through an increase in unemployment, depletion of foreign exchange earnings, high consumer inflation and rise in food insecurity in the country. The study recommends an aquatic transformation agenda implementation in attempt to eliminate the demand-supply mismatch in domestic fish production.
A Semiotic Perspective of the House Concept in Yoruba Architecture
Authors: Adeyemo A. A. , Ezema I. C. , Adeyemi E. A. , Obaleye O. J. 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Housing is a necessity of life that cuts across all peoples in all places worldwide. Ensuring good living and solving homelessness are fundamental issues in the United Nations charter and a sustainable developmental goal (SDG). Houses communicate the culture of the builder-occupants as a non-verbal language. However, the meaning of house concepts and their importance in Yoruba architecture is unclear and well known in contemporary architecture. Despite not being iconic and monumental, their built-forms have symbolic functional, morphological, and sustainable qualities. This paper investigated the importance of the house to Yoruba culture by identifying the critical usable space across the house plans and their symbolic importance for adoption in contemporary architecture. This study was carried out using the archaeological method to x-ray the building plans, while a Semiotic approach was adopted to interpret sign systems’ science, often in cultural contexts. A qualitative research design was conducted using observation, interview, and focus group discussions across southwest Nigeria’s study area. With the peoples’ Mutual Contextual Beliefs (MCBs) cognisance, the study showed that words are there for only what exists. For interpretations, the study of Yoruba building terms showed the house; culturally more than mere shelter as in the English term ‘… a roof over my head’. The Yoruba word for the home; ile showed the house to be multi-dimensionally important, that phenomenon like; family (idile), heaven (ajule-orun) and the earth (ile-aye) all derived from it, to be seen as its bigger cosmological modules. Eight discovered housing typologies, with commonalities of basic rectangular shape, courtyards, large family lobby in-between rooms and family lobby (oruwa) are highlighted. In conclusion, the southwest Nigeria Yoruba-speaking people’s housing concept and practice are richer than the eye meets.
Factors Influencing the Performance of Indoor Environmental Quality of Pharmaceutical Factory Buildings in Southwest Nigeria
Authors: Bawa J. A. , Ayuba P. , Akande O. K. 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Pharmaceutical factory workers spend 37.5% of their daily time in the production hall manufacturing drugs used for human health needs. There is usually little or no time given to spend in the natural environment. This affects their sanity and well-being. The Pharmaceutical factory building (PFB) is classified as a specialized, controlled, or restrictive building; it provides little or no access to natural environmental conditions like ventilation and lighting, thereby increasing the financial implication of energy for the operation of production of drugs. Hence, the survey was conducted to identify the factors that influence the indoor environmental performance (IEP) of PFBs. The factors responsible for influencing the indoor air quality were measured through a survey conducted in Lagos and Ogun States, Nigeria on 14 PFBs to determine the value of these factors identified, using principal component analysis (PCA), Bartlett Test, and Kaiser-Mayer Olkin (KMO): the conditions for PCA were also observed. PCA is a factors or data reduction technique to select a subset of highly predictive factors from the larger group of factors identified from the study. Indoor environmental quality variables satisfied the condition for PCA while thermal performance variables did not meet the condition. PCA was conducted for Indoor environmental quality and the result showed 2 major factors explaining the variation in the original set of variables. Whereby CO2, P.M1.0, P.M2.5, P.M10, HCHO, airflow, AQICN, and AQIUS as component 1 and TVOC as component 2, the data set was also compared with the standards recommended for indoor environmental quality and thermal performance variables. It was found that at an average air velocity of 29°C and RH of 60%, the average CO, TVOC, PM2.5, and PM10 were 0.25ppm, 0.31ppm, 33.92ppm, and 43.48ppm respectively for the PFBs. Because thermal performance includes several dependent variables, greater research on the indoor environment of PFBs in Nigeria is recommended to determine the impact of indoor environmental characteristics on thermal parameters.
Energy Efficiency in High-rise Office Buildings: An Appraisal of its Adoption in Lagos, Nigeria
Authors: Ezema I. C. , Maha S. A. 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
High-rise office buildings are naturally energy-intensive as energy is required in large quantities to run modern building services and to power equipment needed for a hitch-free operation of the buildings. It was found in studied literature that maintaining good indoor environmental quality through air-conditioning, lighting and powering of office equipment contribute the most to an office building’s total energy consumption. Hence, over time, various strategies have been employed to reduce the intense energy demand in high-rise office buildings. This paper adopted the use of both literature review and case study methods. The paper identifies the key energy efficiency strategies that have been successfully deployed in high-rise office buildings using the literature review approach. Also, case studies were conducted on three relatively new high-rise office buildings in Lagos, Nigeria by evaluating them against the background of the best practices in energy efficiency. The study found that deployment of energy efficiency strategies in high-rise office buildings in the study area is still very low especially in the areas of building orientation, building envelope design and the use of renewable energy. However, the use of day-lighting techniques and sustainable lighting systems are quite prominent in the office buildings studied. The study underscores the need to make high-rise office buildings more sustainable through energy efficiency strategies across the whole building life cycle of design, construction, use and end of life.
Re-strengthening the Adoption of Outsourcing Concept in Construction Firms: Issues and Challenges
Authors: Amusan Lekan , Aigbavboa Clinton , Obiakor Chiwendu , Aigbe Fortune , Adelakun Adegbenjo 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Outsourcing is a concept that has gained ground instead of the dynamic nature of materials and construction resources over time, there is still yearning for resource augmentation, thus the need for this study. The course’s primary aim is to study issues and challenges of outsourcing in construction firms with a view to enhancing materials and human resources usage. The survey research method was used in researching. In contrast, the random sampling method was used by the authors in the sample selection. The population sample for the study is infinite since while the Cohran formula was used to generate the sample size of 100. The authors used one hundred (100) samples for the study with questionnaire designed the Likert scale 1-5. The following parameters were censored and profiled. They include: understanding the current state of outsourcing in the construction sector, scope, and coverage of outsourcing, and the relationship between outsourcing strategy and performance helps examine the prospective areas that would warrant outsourcing and the possible outsourcing framework—the tools used in processing the data; relative mean, simple percentage, mean index. Some of the findings of the study include among other things: challenges that firms encounter in outsourcing their activities from the responses that the main challenges that the bank faced in outsourcing its included increase in cost and loss of managerial control over outsourced operations, the effect on the quality of operations of the firms, security and confidentially, and relocation of existing employees. The study recommends effective training of personnel, introduction of incentives and motivation factors in enhancing employees’ performance as a way out of challenges that confronts outsourcing. Also, casual labouring system should be abolished since it is counterproductive in conventional production environment.
A Short Review of the Concept and Principles of Supply Chain Management in Building Construction Industry
Authors: Oloke O. C. , Sholanke A. B. , Akindele N. A. , Akinola A. O. 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Supply chain management concept has found its way into the construction sector of the economy as a result of the inherent opportunity to improve performance. The concept has continued to attract increasing support among major stakeholders in the execution of construction projects. However, it was observed that the strategy is still at low level of adoption among professionals in the industry. Moreover, the low level of knowledge of the strategy and the inability to effectively put the principles of supply chain management to practice hinders the application. This study therefore advances the knowledge of supply chain management by undertaking an examination of few key areas on the concept with a view to improving the awareness and understanding among professionals and assist in designing a supply chain management strategy suitable for building development process. Relevant studies were identified for review by literature search using key words and concepts related to the topic of the current study. Thematic areas of discussion include the construction industry outlook, building development process, the principles and essentials of construction supply chain management. The understanding of basic principles and essentials of supply chain management is important to adopting, adapting, designing and deployment of the strategy in the construction industry and this constituted the purpose and focus of the study.