bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Exploring the Therapeutic Effect of Yoga to Enhance Psychological Well-being among Adolescent Girl Students
Authors: Gupta Madhu K. , Singh Amool R. 
Published: March 2022

Background: Globally, Yoga is known as the wealth of India, the most oldest and powerful interventional method to develop healthy physical, mental/psychological, and spiritual up liftmen.
Aim: The present study’s aim is to see the role of yogic practices in enhancing psychological well-being among adolescent girl students.
Methodology: A total of 60 unmarried adolescent girls were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, between the age group 13-15 years and randomly divided into 02 groups (30-30 in experimental and control group). A Checklist for Psychological well-being prepared by the researcher at RINPAS has been used to assess adolescents’ psychological well-being. All participants were assessed at the beginning (pre) and after 03 months (post). The experimental group received a structured yogic intervention program (techniques included Surya-Namaskara, Pranayama, and Yoga-Nidra; 24 sessions).
Result: Result has found significant changes on experimental group participants on various domains of psychological well-being at 0.01 and 0.05 levels as compared to control group participants.
Conclusion: The result found that yogic practice is quite effective to enhance psychological well-being among adolescent girl students. As an intervention yoga and its techniques have the potential to develop positive healthy mental health, self-awareness as well as mental relaxation.
Willingness-To-Pay for COVID-19 Vaccine in Low and Middle-Income Countries Compared to High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
Authors: Yuliani Rizka Prita , Kristina Susi Ari , Endarti Dwi 
Published: March 2022

Aims: By focusing largely on lower-income countries, this study adds to the evolving worldwide picture of willingness to pay for COVID19 vaccination. Willingness-To-Pay (WTP) values for the pandemic COVID-19 vaccine, which provide monetary indicators of community preferences for vaccines, could help policymakers in low- and middle-income countries determine priorities for health resource utilization.
Study Design: Systematic Review.
Methodology: A systematic review of the study on willingness to pay for COVID-19 vaccine in the Pubmed, Science Direct, and Scopus through January 2022 was performed to find relevant articles published between January 2020 and January 2022. Following PRISMA guidelines, the study yielded 19 English-language studies (12 studies in low- and middle-income countries, 2 in high-income countries, and 5 in upper-middle-income countries) that evaluated WTP for COVID-19 vaccines, either existing or hypothetical vaccines. All WTP values extracted were converted to 2021 United States Dollars (USD) for comparability
Results: This study showed that the willingness to pay in low-middle-income countries varied from USD 1.2 to USD 85.92. Studies conducted in the same country might have different WTP values. Average WTP in low-income countries have lower WTPs than high and upper-middle-income countries. In addition to being in line with differences in GDP, cases and deaths from COVID-19 in high-income countries are higher than in low-income countries.
Conclusion: From low-middle income countries evaluation, the high value of WTP is not consistently aligned with the high value of GDP per capita from each country. The finding demonstrates that the factors that affect the value of WTP are not only the GDP per capita of the country. The perception of risk, the WTP evaluation method used, and several other factors that need to be studied further also affect the amount of WTP.
A Light‐Curable and Tunable Extracellular Matrix Hydrogel for In Situ Suture‐Free Corneal Repair
Authors: Yazdanpanah Ghasem , Shen Xiang , Nguyen Tara , Anwar Khandaker N. , Jeon Oju , Jiang Yizhou , Pachenari Mohammad , Pan Yayue , Shokuhfar Tolou , Rosenblatt Mark I. , Alsberg Eben , Djalilian Ali R. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractCorneal injuries are a major cause of blindness worldwide. To restore corneal integrity and clarity, there is a need for regenerative biointegrating materials for in situ repair and replacement of corneal tissue. Here, light‐curable cornea matrix (LC‐COMatrix), a tunable material derived from decellularized porcine cornea extracellular matrix containing un‐denatured collagen and sulfated glycosaminoglycans is introduced. It is a functionalized hydrogel with proper swelling behavior, biodegradation, and viscosity that can be cross‐linked in situ with visible light, providing significantly enhanced biomechanical strength, stability, and adhesiveness. The cross‐linked LC‐COMatrix strongly adheres to human corneas ex vivo and effectively closes full‐thickness corneal perforations with tissue loss. Likewise, in vivo, LC‐COMatrix seals large corneal perforations, replaces partial‐corneal stromal defects and biointegrates into the tissue in rabbit models. LC‐COMatrix is a natural ready‐to‐apply biointegrating adhesive that is representative of native corneal matrix with potential applications in corneal and ocular surgeries.
Design of Active Defects in Semiconductors: 3D Electron Diffraction Revealed Novel Organometallic Lead Bromide Phases Containing Ferrocene as Redox Switches
Authors: Fillafer Nicole , Kuper Henning , Schaate Andreas , Locmelis Sonja , Becker Joerg August , Krysiak Yaşar , Polarz Sebastian 
Published: March 2022

AbstractOnce the optical, electronic, or photocatalytic properties of a semiconductor are set by adjusting composition, crystal phase, and morphology, one cannot change them anymore, respectively, on demand. Materials enabling postsynthetic and reversible switching of features such as absorption coefficient, bandgap, or charge carrier dynamics are highly desired. Hybrid perovskites facilitate exceptional possibilities for progress in the field of smart semiconductors because active organic molecules become an integral constituent of the crystalline structure. This paper reports the integration of ferrocene ligands into semiconducting 2D phases based on lead bromide. The complex crystal structures of the resulting, novel ferrovskite (≃ ferrocene perovskite) phases are determined by 3D electron diffraction. The ferrocene ligands exhibit strong structure‐directing effects on the 2D hybrid phases, which is why the formation of exotic types of face‐ and edge‐sharing lead bromide octahedra is observed. The bandgap of the materials ranges from 3.06 up to 3.51 eV, depending on the connectivity of the octahedra. By deploying the redox features of ferrocene, one can create defect states or even a defect band leading to control over the direction of exciton migration and energy transport in the semiconductor, enabling fluorescence via indirect to direct gap transition.
Interface Engineering of a Ceramic Electrolyte by Ta2O5 Nanofilms for Ultrastable Lithium Metal Batteries
Authors: Guo Sijie , Wu Ting‐Ting , Sun Yong‐Gang , Zhang Si‐Dong , Li Bing , Zhang Hong‐Shen , Qi Mu‐Yao , Liu Xian‐Hu , Cao An‐Min , Wan Li‐Jun 
Published: March 2022

AbstractSolid‐state batteries (SSBs) are promising for next‐generation energy storage with advantages in both energy density and safety, but are challenged by the poor solid‐to‐solid contact between solid‐state electrolytes (SSEs) and electrodes, particularly the lithium anode. Herein, a facile coordination‐assisted deposition process is employed to build artificial Ta2O5 nanofilms on SSEs, which is lithiophilic and has high stability against metallic lithium, thereby ensuring an intimate and stable interface between SSEs and lithium anode to sustain extended cycles. The feasibility is verified by using Li6.5La3Zr1.5Ta0.5O12 (LLZT), a garnet‐typed SSEs, as a model system. It is shown that a 12 nm Ta2O5 nanofilm is able to significantly decrease the interfacial resistance from 1258 to 9 Ω cm2 with a high critical current density reaching 2.0 mA cm−2 for the assembled symmetric cell, which shows an unprecedented capability to survive long‐term cycling over 5200 h. This control strategy is also able to enable the use of the commercialized cathode materials of LiFePO4 and LiNi0.83Co0.07Mn0.1O2 in SSBs with both high reversible capacity and cycling capability. The study opens up a research avenue for the delicately carved interlayers through a scalable and reliable manufacturing process which can accelerate the commercialization of SSEs.
Single‐Atom Fe Catalysts for Fenton‐Like Reactions: Roles of Different N Species
Authors: Xiong Yu , Li Hongchao , Liu Chuangwei , Zheng Lirong , Liu Chen , Wang Jia‐Ou , Liu Shoujie , Han Yunhu , Gu Lin , Qian Jieshu , Wang Dingsheng 
Published: March 2022

AbstractRecognizing and controlling the structure–activity relationships of single‐atom catalysts (SACs) is vital for manipulating their catalytic properties for various practical applications. Herein, Fe SACs supported on nitrogen‐doped carbon (SA‐Fe/CN) are reported, which show high catalytic reactivity (97% degradation of bisphenol A in only 5 min), high stability (80% of reactivity maintained after five runs), and wide pH suitability (working pH range 3–11) toward Fenton‐like reactions. The roles of different N species in these reactions are further explored, both experimentally and theoretically. It is discovered that graphitic N is an adsorptive site for the target molecule, pyrrolic N coordinates with Fe(III) and plays a dominant role in the reaction, and pyridinic N, coordinated with Fe(II), is only a minor contributor to the reactivity of SA‐Fe/CN. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that a lower d‐band center location of pyrrolic‐type Fe sites leads to the easy generation of Fe‐oxo intermediates, and thus, excellent catalytic properties.
Surface Engineering of Defective and Porous Ir Metallene with Polyallylamine for Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis
Authors: Deng Kai , Zhou Tongqing , Mao Qiqi , Wang Shengqi , Wang Ziqiang , Xu You , Li Xiaonian , Wang Hongjing , Wang Liang 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThe design of defects and porous structures into metallene with functional surfaces is highly desired to improve its permeability, surface area, and active sites, but remains a great challenge. In this work, polyallylamine‐encapsulated Ir metallene with defects and porous structure (Ir@PAH metallene) is easily fabricated by a one‐step wet chemical reduction method. The Ir@PAH metallene exhibits excellent hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance with an overpotential of only 14 mV at 10 mA cm–2, a low Tafel slope of 31.2 mV dec–1, and almost no activity decay after stability test. The abundant defects and pores as well as several‐atomic‐layer nanosheet structures of Ir@PAH metallene provide a large specific surface area, high conductivity, and efficient mass transport/diffusion. In addition, surface‐functionalized PAH molecules can modulate the electronic structure through strong Ir–N interaction and act as proton carriers to capture hydrogen ions, which is very beneficial for the HER in acidic media. This work provides a useful strategy for the synthesis of the defective and porous metallene with functionalized surfaces for various catalytic applications.
A Triad Photoanode for Visible Light‐Driven Water Oxidation via Immobilization of Molecular Polyoxometalate on Polymeric Carbon Nitride
Authors: Gong Ruihao , Mitoraj Dariusz , Gao Dandan , Mundszinger Manuel , Sorsche Dieter , Kaiser Ute , Streb Carsten , Beranek Radim , Rau Sven 
Published: March 2022

AbstractDue to their availability, low cost, nontoxicity, and tunability, polymeric carbon nitrides (CNx) represent one of the most attractive materials classes for the development of fully sustainable photo(electro)catalytic systems for solar‐driven water splitting. However, the development of CNx‐based photoanodes for visible light‐driven water oxidation to dioxygen is rather challenging, particularly due to issues related to photoelectrode stability and effective coupling of the light absorber with water oxidation catalysts. Herein, a triadic photoanode comprising a porous TiO2 electron collector scaffold sensitized by CNx coupled to a molecular cobalt polyoxometalate (CoPOM = [Co4(H2O)2(PW9O34)2]10) catalyst is reported. Complete water oxidation to dioxygen under visible (λ > 420 nm) light irradiation is demonstrated, with photocurrents down to relatively low bias potentials (0.2 V vs RHE). Furthermore, polyethyleneimine (PEI), a cationic polymer is shown to act as an effective and non‐sacrificial electrostatic linker for immobilization of the anionic CoPOM onto the negatively charged surface of CNx. The optimized deposition of CoPOM using the PEI linker translates directly into improved efficiency of the transfer of photogenerated holes to water molecules and to enhanced oxygen evolution. This work thus provides important design rules for effective immobilization of POM‐based catalysts into soft‐matter photoelectrocatalytic architectures for light‐driven water oxidation.
CD146 Associates with Gp130 to Control a Macrophage Pro‐inflammatory Program That Regulates the Metabolic Response to Obesity
Authors: Duan Hongxia , Jing Lin , Xiang Jianquan , Ju Chenhui , Wu Zhenzhen , Liu Jingyu , Ma Xinran , Chen Xuehui , Liu Zheng , Feng Jing , Yan Xiyun 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThe mechanism of obesity‐related metabolic dysfunction involves the development of systemic inflammation, largely mediated by macrophages. Switching of M1‐like adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs) to M2‐like ATMs, a population of macrophages associated with weight loss and insulin sensitivity, is considered a viable therapeutic strategy for obesity‐related metabolic syndrome. However, mechanisms for reestablishing the polarization of ATMs remain elusive. This study demonstrates that CD146+ ATMs accumulate in adipose tissue during diet‐induced obesity and are associated with increased body weight, systemic inflammation, and obesity‐induced insulin resistance. Inactivating the macrophage CD146 gene or antibody targeting of CD146 alleviates obesity‐related chronic inflammation and metabolic dysfunction. Macrophage CD146 interacts with Glycoprotein 130 (Gp130), the common subunit of the receptor signaling complex for the interleukin‐6 family of cytokines. CD146/Gp130 interaction promotes pro‐inflammatory polarization of ATMs by activating JNK signaling and inhibiting the activation of STAT3, a transcription factor for M2‐like polarization. Disruption of their interaction by anti‐CD146 antibody or interleukin‐6 steers ATMs toward anti‐inflammatory polarization, thus attenuating obesity‐induced chronic inflammation and metabolic dysfunction in mice. The results suggest that macrophage CD146 is an important determinant of pro‐inflammatory polarization and plays a pivotal role in obesity‐induced metabolic dysfunction. CD146 could constitute a novel therapeutic target for obesity complications.
Toward Broad Spectral Response Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells: Insulating Quantum‐Cutting Perovskite Nanophosphors and Multifunctional Ternary Organic Bulk‐Heterojunction
Authors: Wu Yanjie , Ding Nan , Zhang Yuhong , Liu Bin , Zhuang Xinmeng , Liu Shuainan , Nie Zhaogang , Bai Xue , Dong Biao , Xu Lin , Zhou Donglei , Song Hongwei 
Published: March 2022

AbstractExtending near‐infrared (NIR) spectral response and increasing ultraviolet utilization is still a challenge in the context of improving power conversion efficiency (PCE) for perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this work, to extend NIR light‐harvesting of PSCs, a novel COTIC‐4F: PC61BM: PTB7‐Th ternary organic bulk‐heterojunction together with Au nanotriangles is integrated on the PSCs. The NIR spectral response is thus extended to 1100 nm. In fact, the COTIC‐4F: PC61BM: PTB7‐Th layer enables multi‐functional effects, which can serve as electron transport, trap passivation, and moisture barrier layer in addition to NIR light harvesting. For increasing UV utilization, CsPbCl3:Yb3+, Ce3+, Cr3+ nanophosphors with photoluminescent quantum yield close to 200% are fabricated, which demonstrate excellent down‐conversion ability. Then, CsPbCl3: Yb3+, Ce3+, Cr3+/polymethylmethacrylate composite films are self‐assembled on a hybrid device, resulting in a 6.2% relative enhancement of short circuit current density. After simultaneously improving the NIR and UV spectral response of device, the PCE is increased significantly from 20.52% to 23.40% and the Jsc is increased from 21.79 to 25.96 mA cm−2, representing one of the highest PCE and maximum Jsc enhancements in the reported inverted hybrid organic/PSCs. This work represents an effective and general strategy for obtaining efficient and stable PSC devices with extremely broad spectral responses.
Do plant‐based and blend meat alternatives taste like meat? A combined sensory and choice experiment study
Authors: Caputo Vincenzina , Sogari Giovanni , Van Loo Ellen J. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractWe conducted a combined sensory and discrete choice experiment study with a 100% beef burger, a plant‐based burger using pea protein, a plant‐based burger using animal‐like protein, and a blended burger with 70% beef and 30% mushroom involving US consumers. Respondents were either assigned to a blind or an informed tasting condition with information about the ingredients before tasting the burgers. Results reveal that (i) beef burgers are preferred over alternatives, (ii) consumers favor blended burgers over alternatives in the blind condition but demand decreases in the informed condition; (iii) consumers prefer the plant‐based burger with animal‐like protein over the one with pea protein.
The EU enlargements treatment effect on agricultural policy
Authors: Olper Alessandro , Valenti Daniele , Raimondi Valentina , Curzi Daniele 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThis article exploits the sequences of the European Union (EU) enlargements to investigate their impact on the incoming countries' agricultural policy. We use a quasi‐experimental approach—the Synthetic Control method—to identify changes in the level of agricultural protection of the new members, in comparison with a counterfactual scenario. Our results suggest that earlier 1973 and 1985 EU enlargements show a significant increase in the rate of assistance to agriculture of incoming countries. The opposite holds, however, for the 1995 and 2004 enlargements, where the incomers significantly reduced their level of assistance to agriculture, in comparison with a counterfactual scenario.
Bearing witness to structural violence against migrants and envisioning transnational solidarity
Authors: Saleem Rakhshanda , Li Peiwei 
Published: March 2022

AbstractGuided by a critical and transnational framework, this qualitative study centers on the perspectives and analyses of activists and organizers working with migrants to the United States who face devastating conditions due to historical and ongoing exploitation of geopolitical powers and structures of violence. Through thematic and reconstructive analyses, we focus on how 18 participants navigate the intersections of legal, political, economic, and cultural implications, as well as complex ethical and moral dilemmas, tensions, and contradictions that emerged in their work. Grounded in their eyewitness narratives, we attempt to learn about the lived experiences of migrants and engage in critical analysis of structural violence (i.e., violence embedded in the social structures and institutions) and oppressive conditions. We examine the notion of “solidarity” and what it means to engage in anti‐oppressive transnational solidarity with differentials in positionalities and against the backdrop of professional and institutional reproduction of colonial, imperial, racist, and neoliberal forms of structural violence, including within the academy itself. Juxtaposing empirical and structural analyses, we hope to further contribute to a more nuanced understanding of intersectional social struggles and the potential for organizing towards liberatory solidarity.
Obese individuals do not underreport dietary intake to a greater extent than nonobese individuals when data are allometrically‐scaled
Authors: Waterworth Sally P. , Kerr Catherine J. , McManus Christopher J. , Costello Rianne , Sandercock Gavin R. H. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractObjectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the extent of misreporting in obese and nonobese adults on an absolute, ratio‐scaled, and allometrically‐scaled basis.MethodSelf‐reported daily energy intake (EI) was compared with total energy expenditure (TEE) in 221 adults (106 male, 115 female; age 53 ± 17 years, stature 1.68 ± 0.09 m, mass 79.8 ± 17.2 kg) who participated in a doubly‐labeled water (DLW) subsection of 2013–2015 National Diet and Nutrition Survey. Data were log transformed and expressed as absolute values, according to simple ratio‐standards (per kg body mass) and adjusted for body mass allometrically. Absolute and ratio‐scaled misreporting were examined using full‐factorial General Linear Models with repeated measures of the natural logarithms of TEE or EI as the within‐subjects factor. The natural logarithm of body mass was included as a covariate in the allometric method. The categorical variables of gender, age, obesity, and physical activity level (PAL) were the between‐factor variables.ResultsOn an absolute‐basis, self‐reported EI (2759 ± 590 kcal·d−1) was significantly lower than TEE measured by DLW (2759 ± 590 kcal·d−1: F1,205 = 598.81, p < .001, ηp2 =0.75). We identified significantly greater underreporting in individuals with an obese BMI (F1,205 = 29.01, p <.001, ηp2 =0.12), in more active individuals (PAL > 1.75; F1,205 = 34.15, p <.001, ηp2 =0.14) and in younger individuals (≤55 years; F1,205 = 14.82, p < .001, ηp2 =0.07), which are all categories with higher energy needs. Ratio‐scaling data reduced the effect sizes. Allometric‐scaling removed the effect of body mass (F1,205 =0.02, p = 0.887, ηp2 =0.00).ConclusionIn weight‐stable adults, obese individuals do not underreport dietary intake to a greater extent than nonobese individuals. These results contradict previous research demonstrating that obesity is associated with a greater degree of underreporting.
Neurological features of Noonan syndrome and related RASopathies: Pain and nerve enlargement characterized by nerve ultrasound
Authors: De Ridder Willem , van Engelen Baziel , van Alfen Nens 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThis study aimed to assess the nature of peripheral nervous system (PNS) involvement in three patients with Noonan syndrome (NS) or NS with multiple lentigines (NSML) as a related RASopathy, presenting primary with intractable neuropathic pain. We studied three unrelated adult patients with severe neuropathic pain and muscle weakness of the limbs. Nerve conduction studies and needle electromyography (EMG) were performed and PNS involvement was assessed by nerve ultrasound imaging, complemented with spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the evaluation of proximal nerve segments. Targeted whole‐exome sequencing analysis was performed when the diagnosis of NS was suspected. Two patients showed a PTPN11‐related dominant and one a LZTR1‐related recessive NS or NSML phenotype. The nature of PNS involvement was documented using nerve ultrasound and MRI, showing generalized or multifocal thickening of nerve roots, plexuses and peripheral nerves in all three patients. Nerve imaging using ultrasound and MRI aids in further detailing the nature of neuropathic pain and nerve hypertrophy in patients with NS. This study underlines the relevance of nerve ultrasound in neuropathies and pain syndromes. A NS diagnosis should not be overlooked in longstanding, unexplained neuropathic pain syndromes, with or without muscular weakness. Nerve ultrasound studies can help raise the suspicion for this relatively prevalent inherited multisystem disorder, which is still rather unknown among neurologists, particularly when other potential syndromic features are inconspicuous.