bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Linalyl Acetate Ameliorates Mechanical Hyperalgesia Through Suppressing Inflammation by TSLP/IL-33 Signaling
Authors: Lu Ying-Yi , Lu Chun-Ching , Huang Chao-Lan , Tsai Hung-Pei , Wang Wei-Ting , Zhang Zi-Hao , Wu Chieh-Hsin 
Published: October 2022

AbstractNeuropathic pain is a debilitating chronic disorder, significantly causing personal and social burdens, in which activated neuroinflammation is one major contributor. Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) and interleukin (IL)-33 is important for chronic inflammation. Linalyl acetate (LA) is main component of lavender oil with an anti-inflammatory property through TSLP signaling. The aim of the study is to investigate how LA regulates mechanical hyperalgesia after sciatic nerve injury (SNI). Adult Sprague-Dawley male rats were separated into 3 groups: control group, SNI group and SNI with LA group. LA was administrated intraperitoneally one day before SNI. Pain behavior test was evaluated through calibration forceps testing. Ipsilateral sciatic nerves (SNs), dorsal root ganglions (DRGs) and spinal cord were collected for immunofluorescence staining and Western blotting analyses. SNI rats were more sensitive to hyperalgesia response to mechanical stimulus since operation, which was accompanied by spinal cord glial cells reactions and DRG neuro-glial interaction. LA could relieve the pain sensation, proinflammatory cytokines and decrease the expression of TSLP/TSLPR complex. Also, LA could reduce inflammation through reducing IL-33 signaling. This study is the first to indicate that LA can modulate pain through TSLP/TSLPR and IL-33 signaling after nerve injury.
Linkages between regional characteristics and small businesses viability
Authors: Casey Colleen , Bates Timothy , Farhat Joseph 
Published: October 2022

Abstract

Our study identifies regional traits associated with small business viability, paying particular attention to bank lending to minority-owned firms. Although creditworthy minority business enterprises (MBEs) have less access to bank financing than similar White-owned firms, they have increased their nationwide employee numbers substantially since 2002, more so indeed than White-owned firms. The discouraged borrower incidence among creditworthy MBEs, nonetheless, is quite high. Given their limited access to financing, the dynamism displayed by these firms is surprising. To link regional characteristics to bank lending policies, local economic well-being measures and racial intolerance levels are used to identify areas where banks participate in Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) agreements, a proxy for their willingness to disregard owner race and firm geographic location when financing firms. We find that regional prosperity is positively linked to CRA agreement presence, while a legacy of institutionalized racism is negatively linked. We next explore whether the presence of local CRA agreements is linked to relatively fewer discouraged small business borrowers. The incidence of creditworthy borrowers discouraged from seeking bank financing drops significantly when CRA agreements are present locally.
Human uniqueness in using tools and artifacts: flexibility, variety, complexity
Authors: Heersmink Richard 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThe main goal of this paper is to investigate whether (and how) humans are unique in using tools and artifacts. Non-human animals exhibit some impressive instances of tool and artifact-use. Chimpanzees use sticks to get termites out of a mound, beavers build dams, birds make nests, spiders create webs, bowerbirds make bowers to impress potential mates, etc. There is no doubt that some animals modify and use objects in clever and sophisticated ways. But how does this relate to the way in which humans make and use objects to achieve their goals? To answer this question, this paper first presents a taxonomy of artifacts, identifying four overlapping categories, namely embodied, perceptual, cognitive, and affective artifacts. It then discusses definitions of animal tool-use, arguing that we need a more liberal approach, one that goes beyond the use of tools that are embedded in occurrent perception-action cycles. This paper ends by analysing how instances of animal tool and artifact-use can be classified according to the four identified categories, concluding that some animals use embodied, perceptual, cognitive, and affective artifacts. In this sense, humans are thus not unique in the kinds of tools and artifacts we use. What is unique, however, is our unprecedented flexibility and openness to deeply incorporate a large variety of complex tools and artifacts into our embodied, perceptual, cognitive, and affective systems.
Estimating the carbon footprint of household activities in Japan from the time-use perspective
Authors: Jiang Yida , Motose Ryoko , Ihara Tomohiko 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThe household sector is a major driver of energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, most existing studies have only estimated households’ carbon footprint from their expenditures. Households’ daily activity time, a scarce resource that limits and determines their consumption behavior, has rarely been integrated into the estimation. Incorporating the daily time-use patterns should thus provide a more practical perspective for mitigation policies aiming at promoting sustainable household lifestyles. In this study, by linking household time-use data and expenditure data of Japan, the carbon footprint and the GHG intensity of time of 85 daily household activities constituting the 24 hours in a day are estimated. Compared to the maximal 20-activity disaggregation in existing studies, our detailed 85-category disaggregation of daily time enables unprecedented details on the discrepancies between the carbon footprint from daily activities, many of which have previous been treated as one activity. Results indicate significant carbon mitigation potential in activities with a high GHG intensity of time, such as cooking, bathing, and mobility-related and activities. Average daily GHG emissions were also found to be higher on weekends as time-use patterns shift from paid work to free-time activities, highlighting the need for mitigation strategies on a weekly scale.
Easy-handling semi-floating TiO2-based aerogel for solar photocatalytic water depollution
Authors: Nouacer Sana , Djellabi Ridha 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
One of the capital issues of photocatalytic technology is how to use photocatalytic materials in real world conditions. Suspension photocatalysts are the most effective, while the handling and recovery of nanoparticles are very challenging and costly. Herein, we report the design of semi-floating aerogel TiO2-based photocatalyst for the oxidation of dyes and photoreduction of Cr(VI). TiO2 aerogel-based photocatalyst was fabricated through in situ polymerization using borax, poly(vinyl alcohol) and polyvinylidene in the presence of H2O2 as a catalyst. Cubic TiO2 aerogel of few centimetres was designed for the photocatalytic tests under solar light irradiation. TiO2 aerogel showed a good photoactivity against the oxidation of three types of dyes and Cr(VI) photoreduction. In terms of dyes, the kinetics of methylene blue oxidation was the fastest as compared to rhodamine B and methyl red, while, a total reduction of Cr(VI) at 10 ppm was obtained within 30 min after the addition of tartaric acid as hole scavenger. TiO2 aerogel can be easily recovered, washed and recycled. TiO2 aerogel can move freely from the top to the deep solution. The semi-floating property could be an advantage to enhance the mass transfer along with bulk solution, as compared to totally floating-based photocatalysts.
Environmental life cycle assessment of rice production in northern Italy: a case study from Vercelli
Authors: Giuliana Vinci , Lucia Maddaloni , Marco Ruggeri , Simone Vieri 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Purpose
The study’s objective is to assess the environmental performance of rice production in Northern Italy, in particular in Piedmont, the first Italian and European district for the rice-growing area, and thus identify the most critical hotspots and agricultural processes. In particular, as a case study, a farm located in Vercelli (VC) has been chosen. Subsequently, the study results were compared with other different cultivation practices to evaluate the most sustainable choice.

Methods
The application of the LCA has been performed, highlighting the phases of rice production that have the most significant impact. Then, uncertainty and sensitivity analyses have been made to estimate the robustness of the results and assess the influence of changing some input variables on emission reduction. Finally, multivariate statistical, specifically a principal component analysis (PCA), was conducted to aid the interpretation of the output dataset of this case study. LCA, uncertainty analysis, and sensitivity analysis were performed with SimaPro 9.2.0, using ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (H) methodology, and PCA with R software.

Results and discussions
The hotspot with the highest environmental load is irrigation, which compared to the other phases impacts more in 15 out of 18 categories, including 12 with impacts greater than + 75%. This is because irrigation causes direct impacts, related to the methanogenesis in rice fields, but also indirect impacts related mainly to the production of the energy mix required to move the large masses of irrigation water. Therefore, different water management systems were compared and results show that the irrigation systems based on intermittent paddy submergence (DSI) could result in − 40% lower impacts, resulting to be the preferable technique over the other irrigation systems analyzed, including the traditional one used in this study.

Conclusions
In order to reduce the environmental impacts related to the irrigation process, a water management system characterized by intermittent flooding of the paddy field (DSI) could be used as it reduces the environmental impacts the most (− 40%), while the least suitable system is one characterized by continuous flooding without drought periods, as it causes the highest impacts.
Recycling of bottom sediment to agriculture: effects on plant growth and soil properties
Authors: Szara-Bąk Magdalena , Baran Agnieszka , Klimkowicz-Pawlas Agnieszka 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Purpose
The use of bottom sediments in agriculture reduces the storage of excavated material and allows the nutrients it contains to be applied for soil fertilisation and improvement. However, the direct application of sediments to soil may cause numerous problems. Therefore, the addition of other waste materials may be a promising and useful method in the production of bottom-sediment-based growing media. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of growing media prepared on the basis of bottom sediments and various waste materials on the properties of soil as well as on the yield and chemical composition of courgette biomass.

Methods
The growing media were prepared with substrates in the form of mixtures with bottom sediments taken from the Rożnów reservoir. The effect of mixtures on plant growth was determined in a laboratory pot experiment. Air-dry mixtures (M1—bottom sediment with water treatment sludge (BS + SW); M2—bottom sediment with biomass ash (BS + BA); M3—bottom sediment with coffee hulls (BS + CH)) were mixed with soil (S) in the following proportions: combination I—25%, combination II—50%, combination III—75%, and combination IV—100% mixture.

Results
The media did not have harmful effects on the plant or the soil environment. They had deacidifying properties; high contents of calcium, magnesium, potassium, and phosphorus; low total trace element content; and posed little risk of metal mobility. Heterocypris incongruens was the organism most sensitive to the substances contained in the studied media. The use of bottom-sediment-based media reduced the biomass of the test plant and, at the same time, limited the accumulation of trace elements in its aboveground parts.

Conclusion
Most of the analysed media were low-toxic to the test organisms and can potentially be used in agriculture, horticulture, or the reclamation of degraded land.
Waiqi white collars als obsolete Avantgarde. Einheimische Angestellte ausländischer Unternehmen im chinesischen Modernisierungsdiskurs
Authors: Yan Junchen 
Published: October 2022

ZusammenfassungDie vorliegende Forschungsnotiz entwickelt eine kritische Lesart chinesischer Medienberichte zu einheimischen Angestellten von in China tätigen multinationalen Unternehmen, auch „waiqi white collars“ genannt. Mit Rückgriff auf den hegemonietheoretischen Diskursansatz von Laclau und Mouffe sowie die von Martin Nonhoff entwickelte funktionale Analyse politischer Diskurse untersucht der Artikel die Operationslogik der Berichte im Rahmen des chinesischen Identitäts- und Modernisierungsdiskurses. Insbesondere wird gefragt, wie sich trotz individueller Unterschiede in der medialen Darstellung ein einheitliches Image der waiqi white collars herauskristallisieren konnte. Es zeigt sich, dass die Identitäten der waiqi white collars in jeweils kontextspezifische Artikulationen eingebunden sind, welche sich zentral auf die Frage beziehen, wie China in der globalen Weltordnung positioniert ist und in welcher Beziehung es zum sogenannten „Westen“ steht. Wie der Artikel darlegt, hat in dieser Hinsicht in der jüngeren Vergangenheit ein manifester Wandel im chinesischen Modernisierungsdiskurs stattgefunden. In der Konsequenz wird der Beschäftigungsgruppe der waiqi white collars heute ein prekäres Image zugeschrieben, im Gegensatz zu ihrem früheren Status als Avantgarde der Modernisierung.
The state of mountain research in Canada
Authors: McDowell Graham , Hanly Katherine 
Published: October 2022

AbstractNearly a quarter of Canada’s landmass is covered by mountainous terrain, making mountains an important aspect of the physical and human geography of the country. Mountain areas in Canada have motivated a great deal of research activity, yet the state of mountain research in the country has never been systematically characterized, precluding a detailed understanding of what is being studied, when, where, how, and by whom. In response, we conducted a systematic scoping review to rigorously identify, collate, and critically examine existing peer-reviewed articles related to mountains in Canada. 2,888 articles were included in our review, which reveals strong biases towards work in the natural sciences and in the mountain west, with little work to date in the social and health sciences or in other mountainous regions of the country. Our results demonstrate that Canada is among the most productive contributors to mountain research globally, but that topical and geographical biases in existing research effort leave important gaps that must be addressed to successfully navigate challenges and opportunities facing mountain areas in Canada. We provide a roadmap to guide future mountain-focused research activities in the country.
Advanced Signal Processing Methods for Condition Monitoring
Authors: Jaros Rene , Byrtus Radek , Dohnal Jakub , Danys Lukas , Baros Jan , Koziorek Jiri , Zmij Petr , Martinek Radek 
Published: October 2022

AbstractCondition monitoring of induction motors (IM) among with the predictive maintenance concept are currently among the most promising research topics of manufacturing industry. Production efficiency is an important parameter of every manufacturing plant since it directly influences the final price of products. This research article presents a comprehensive overview of conditional monitoring techniques, along with classification techniques and advanced signal processing techniques. Compared methods are either based on measurement of electrical quantities or nonelectrical quantities that are processed by advanced signal processing techniques. This article briefly compares individual techniques and summarize results achieved by different research teams. Our own testbed is briefly introduced in the discussion section along with plans for future dataset creation. According to the comparison, Wavelet Transform (WT) along with Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD), Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Park’s Vector Approach (PVA) provides the most interesting results for real deployment and could be used for future experiments.
The Influence of Interview Style on SIOs’ Responsiveness to the Suspect’s Alibi
Authors: van Beek Martijn , Bull Ray , Chen Melissa , Fahsing Ivar , Milne Rebecca 
Published: October 2022

AbstractIn criminal investigations, it may happen that the police will collect and use information that is actually incorrect. Making sure that such error is detected and corrected is part of the legal and operational burden placed on any investigating officer, but especially on the Senior Investigative Officer (SIO). This present study explored to what degree different interview styles will affect SIO decision-making, since interviewing witnesses and suspects is an important source of information for the police. A sample of 115 Dutch and Norwegian SIOs therefore performed an online vignette task. They read about a fictitious, but realistic case and received a report of an interview with the suspect. In this interview, the suspect had provided an alibi for one of the pieces of information that were disclosed to her and that actually was an incorrect piece of information. In the report the SIOs received, the interviewer either picked up the alibi (adaptive style), reacted indifferently to it (neutral) or discredited it right away (maladaptive). A significant effect was found for interview style being associated with SIOs’ responsiveness: the SIOs who read the adaptive or neutral interview report were significantly more responsive to the alibi than those who read the maladaptive report. The implications of this finding are discussed.
Effect of Extrusion on the Functional, Textural and Colour Characteristics of Texturized Hempseed Protein
Authors: Rajendra Amrut , Ying Danyang , Warner Robyn Dorothy , Ha Minh , Fang Zhongxiang 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThe search for allergy friendly texturized vegetable proteins (TVP) has prompted the use of novel protein sources over conventional wheat and soy proteins. Hempseed protein (HP) offers promising nutritional characteristics. This work assessed the effect of feed moisture content (FMC) and screw rotation speed (SRS) on the textural, functional and colour characteristics of texturized HP. The HP was extruded using a co-rotation twin screw extruder at 30–60% FMC and 200–400 rpm SRS. Results showed that significant differences were observed from FMC, SRS and the interaction of FMC and SRS on the product expansion index, integrity index, water and oil absorption capacity (WAC and OAC), some texture profile parameters and colour characteristics. Decreasing FMC and increasing SRS tended to increase the texturization index, expansion index, WAC, OAC, integrity index and texture profile characteristics but decrease density, L* and b* values. These results contribute to our understanding of the properties of texturized HP which are important for application in food industry.
Ecocentrism and Biosphere Life Extension
Authors: Jebari Karim , Sandberg Anders 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThe biosphere represents the global sum of all ecosystems. According to a prominent view in environmental ethics, ecocentrism, these ecosystems matter for their own sake, and not only because they contribute to human ends. As such, some ecocentrists are critical of the modern industrial civilization, and a few even argue that an irreversible collapse of the modern industrial civilization would be a good thing. However, taking a longer view and considering the eventual destruction of the biosphere by astronomical processes, we argue that humans, a species with considerable technological know-how and industrial capacity could intervene to extend the lifespan of Earth’s biosphere, perhaps by several billion years. We argue that human civilization, despite its flaws and harmful impacts on many ecosystems, is the biosphere’s best hope of avoiding premature destruction. We argue that proponents of ecocentrism, even those who wholly disregard anthropocentric values, have a strong moral reason preserve the modern industrial civilization, for as long as needed to ensure biosphere survival.
Perceptions of Pharmacy Graduate Students Toward Research Ethics Education: A Cross-Sectional Study from a Developing Country
Authors: Ahmed Wesam S. , Ahmed Amgad , Alzoubi Karem H. , Nebeker Camille 
Published: October 2022

AbstractDespite the potential value of graduate-level research ethics training, most Middle East countries, including Jordan, do not routinely offer formal research ethics training. In students enrolled in Jordanian master’s level graduate program in pharmacy, the current study assessed: 1- differences in pre- and post-enrollment exposure to research ethics core themes, 2- whether this exposure was through a formal course or in an informal setting, and 3- student attitudes towards research ethics education and the need for integrating a dedicated research ethics course into pharmacy graduate programs. A 12-item on-line survey was developed by the authors and disseminated to a convenience sample of current and former master-level pharmacy students in Jordan. A total of 61 eligible respondents completed the survey. A minority of respondents (38%) acknowledged receiving research ethics training prior to enrollment into a postgraduate pharmacy program with nearly half (16%) describing this training as informal. In comparison, a larger percentage of the total respondents (56%) had received research ethics training during their postgraduate program enrollment, with nearly half of those (25%) indicating that this training was informal. A majority of respondents reported a strong need for integrating a formal research ethics course into postgraduate pharmacy curriculum (90%) to support their research training and thesis writing (89%). Overall, the study revealed a notable lack of research ethics education for graduate-level pharmacy students in Jordan.
The Right to be Forgotten: an Islamic Perspective
Authors: Osman Amr 
Published: October 2022

AbstractIn a landmark 1994 case, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that individuals had the right to ask for Internet links that contained certain information about them to be delisted by search engines. This came to be known as the “right to be forgotten.” This paper discusses the extent to which this right is consistent with the Islamic tradition. Following an overview of some aspects of the right to be forgotten and why it is endorsed in the European Union with its emphasis on privacy but not in the USA with its exaltation of free speech, the paper discusses two related issues: (1) elements in the Islamic tradition potentially conducive to endorsing a particular understanding of the right to be forgotten and (2) some possible obstacles from that tradition that could challenge the recognition of this right from an Islamic perspective. The paper concludes that despite some challenges, including Qur’anic verses and certain views, activities, and institutions, the right to be forgotten is defendable from within the Islamic tradition by reference to the principle of satr, which breaches that one should not seek to publicize personal information that causes harm to other people or even to oneself. The paper seeks to contribute to discussions on this new right by showing what a religious tradition such as Islam can offer to them.