bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Green consumerism, green perceived value, and restaurant revisit intention: Millennials' sustainable consumption with moderating effect of green perceived quality
Authors: Riva Farzana , Magrizos Solon , Rubel Mohammad Rabiul Basher , Rizomyliotis Ioannis 
Published: March 2022

AbstractAdopting green practices does not always guarantee customer retention and loyalty. Employing the theoretical lens of cue utilization theory, we conceptualize green perceived quality as sending internal and external cues which help consumers form judgments about product quality and perceived value. Based on a survey of 280 restaurant customers, we hypothesize and report a positive and significant influence of both green consumerism and green perceived value on customer revisit intention. Further, the results confirm the moderating role of green perceived quality. From a practical point of view, managers interested in benefiting from the green practices of their restaurants should focus on increasing their customers' evaluation and overall judgment of the environmental quality of both their food and services.
Engineering hypertrophic cartilage grafts from lipoaspirate for critical‐sized calvarial bone defect reconstruction: An adipose tissue‐based developmental engineering approach
Authors: Huang Ru‐Lin , Fu Rao , Yan Yuxin , Liu Chuanqi , Yang Jing , Xie Yun , Li Qingfeng 
Published: March 2022

AbstractDevelopmental engineering of living implants from different cell sources capable of stimulating bone regeneration by recapitulating endochondral ossification (ECO) is a promising strategy for large bone defect reconstruction. However, the clinical translation of these cell‐based approaches is hampered by complex manufacturing procedures, poor cell differentiation potential, and limited predictive in vivo performance. We developed an adipose tissue‐based developmental engineering approach to overcome these hurdles using hypertrophic cartilaginous (HyC) constructs engineered from lipoaspirate to repair large bone defects. The engineered HyC constructs were implanted into 4‐mm calvarial defects in nude rats and compared with decellularized bone matrix (DBM) grafts. The DBM grafts induced neo‐bone formation via the recruitment of host cells, while the HyC pellets supported bone regeneration via ECO, as evidenced by the presence of remaining cartilage analog and human NuMA‐positive cells within the newly formed bone. However, the HyC pellets clearly showed superior regenerative capacity compared with that of the DBM grafts, yielding more new bone formation, higher blood vessel density, and better integration with adjacent native bone. We speculate that this effect arises from vascular endothelial growth factor and bone morphogenetic protein‐2 secretion and mineral deposition in the HyC pellets before implantation, promoting increased vascularization and bone formation upon implantation. The results of this study demonstrate that adipose‐derived HyC constructs can effectively heal large bone defects and present a translatable therapeutic option for bone defect repair.
The uncanny valley of a virtual animal
Authors: Sierra Rativa Alexandra , Postma Marie , van Zaanen Menno 
Published: March 2022

AbstractVirtual robots, including virtual animals, are expected to play a major role within affective and aesthetic interfaces, serious games, video instruction, and the personalization of educational instruction. Their actual impact, however, will very much depend on user perception of virtual characters as the uncanny valley hypothesis has shown that the design of virtual characters determines user experiences. In this article, we investigated whether the uncanny valley effect, which has already been found for the human‐like appearance of virtual characters, can also be found for animal‐like appearances. We conducted an online study (N = 163) in which six different animal designs were evaluated in terms of the following properties: familiarity, commonality, naturalness, attractiveness, interestingness, and animateness. The study participants differed in age (under 10–60 years) and origin (Europe, Asia, North America, and South America). For the evaluation of the results, we ranked the animal‐likeness of the character using both expert opinion and participant judgments. Next to that, we investigated the effect of movement and morbidity. The results confirm the existence of the uncanny valley effect for virtual animals, especially with respect to familiarity and commonality, for both still and moving images. The effect was particularly pronounced for morbid images. For naturalness and attractiveness, the effect was only present in the expert‐based ranking, but not in the participant‐based ranking. No uncanny valley effect was detected for interestingness and animateness. This investigation revealed that the appearance of virtual animals directly affects user perception and thus, presumably, impacts user experience when used in applied settings.
A conceptual multilevel approach to polyolefin reaction engineering
Authors: Soares João B. P. , McKenna Timothy F. L. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThis article gives a wide overview of different types of mathematical models that can be used to describe the polymerization of linear olefins with coordination catalysts. We expanded the conventional classification of mathematical models into micro‐, meso‐, and macroscale, to include seven modelling levels: catalysis, polymerization kinetics, thermodynamic equilibrium, particle transport phenomena, particle interactions, reactor fluid dynamics, and reactor residence time distribution. Some of these levels may coexist at the same scale, but they are better treated separately because they make use of distinct modelling approaches. How complex the models in each level need to be, as well as how many modelling levels should beimplicitlyincluded, depends on the type of application intended for the simulations. In this paper, we will argue that the proposed levels of mathematical modelling not only bring to our attention the complexity behind the simulation of laboratory‐ and industrial‐scale olefin polymerization reactors but are also useful conceptual tools to assist us to decide which levels to include and which ones to exclude when we develop simulation packages to describe olefin polymerization processes.
Effect of smoking reduction, cessation, and resumption on cancer risk: A nationwide cohort study
Authors: Yoo Jung Eun , Han Kyungdo , Shin Dong Wook , Jung Wonyoung , Kim Dahye , Lee Cheol Min , Kwon Hyuktae , Jung Kyu‐Won , Song Yun‐Mi 
Published: March 2022

BackgroundThe objective of this study was to investigate the effects of reduction, cessation, and resumption of smoking on cancer development.MethodsThe authors identified 893,582 participants who currently smoked, had undergone a health screening in 2009, and had a follow‐up screening in 2011. Among them, 682,996 participated in a third screening in 2013. Participants were categorized as quitters, reducers I (≥50% reduction), reducers II (<50% reduction), sustainers (referent), or increasers (≥20% increase). Outcome data were obtained through December 31, 2018.ResultsReducers I exhibited a decreased risk of all cancers (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 0.96; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.93‐0.99), smoking‐related cancers (aHR, 0.95; 95% CI, 0.92‐0.99), and lung cancer (aHR, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.77‐0.88). Quitters had the lowest risk of all cancers (aHR, 0.94; 95% CI, 0.92‐0.96), smoking‐related cancers (aHR, 0.91; 95% CI, 0.89‐0.93), and lung cancer (aHR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.76‐0.83). In further analysis with 3 consecutive screenings, additional smoking reduction (from reducers II to reducers I) lowered the risk of lung cancer (aHR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.58‐0.94) in comparison with sustainers. Quitting among reducers I further decreased the risk of all cancers (aHR, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.80‐1.00), smoking‐related cancers (aHR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.81‐0.92), and lung cancer (aHR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.52‐0.84) in comparison with sustainers. Smoking resumption after quitting, even at a lower level, increased the risk of smoking‐related cancers (aHR, 1.19; 95% CI, 1.06‐1.33) and lung cancer (aHR, 1.48; 95% CI, 1.21‐1.80) in comparison with sustained quitting.ConclusionsSmoking cessation and, to a lesser extent, smoking reduction decreased the risks of cancer. Smoking resumption increased cancer risks in comparison with sustained quitting.Lay Summary

Worldwide, tobacco use is the single leading preventable risk factor for cancer and cancer death.

This study examined the effects of reduction, cessation, and resumption of smoking on cancer development by measuring smoking behavior repetitively.

Although smoking reduction has a substantial cancer prevention benefit for those who cannot quit, cessation should be encouraged whenever possible. Quitters should be monitored to ensure that they do not resume smoking.
Single operational transresistance amplifier‐based grounded resistance‐controlled synthetic inductor configuration
Authors: Bhaskar Data Ram , Garima  , Kumar Pragati 
Published: March 2022

AbstractIn this paper, a grounded lossy inductance (parallel RL type) simulator circuit employing an operational transresistance amplifier (OTRA), five resistors, and a virtually grounded capacitor is proposed. The value of simulated inductor can be controlled independently through a grounded resistance and/or virtually grounded capacitor without affecting the parallel equivalent resistance. Application examples using the presented lossy inductor have been provided. The performance of the application examples has been verified by sample experimental results employing an OTRA implemented using AD844‐type current feedback operational amplifiers.
A range based node localization scheme with hybrid optimization for underwater wireless sensor network
Authors: Nain Mamta , Goyal Nitin , Awasthi Lalit Kumar , Malik Amita 
Published: March 2022

SummaryA great interest among researchers to establish Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSN) with mobile nodes have been created in recent past because of numerous potential applications in aquatic science. In comparison of radio communication, acoustic communication has lower bandwidth and larger propagation delay. This enacts additional restrictions on any localization algorithm. Existing range‐based approaches involve increased localization latency and error even with large deployment of anchor nodes. Some of the optimized localization techniques involve higher energy consumption and cost. In order to solve these issues, a hybrid optimized localization technique is proposed that can accurately localize mobile nodes in UWSN. In this algorithm, a fitness function is concluded based on the number of hops from the anchor node, Time of Arrival (ToA) distance estimation error and transmission delay. In comparison of existing localization techniques, proposed algorithm helps in reducing the energy consumption, localization error, localization delay and localization cost and experiment results proved the same.
The social learning of threat and safety in the family: Parent‐to‐child transmission of social fears via verbal information
Authors: Aktar Evin , Nimphy Cosima A. , van Bockstaele Bram , Pérez‐Edgar Koraly 
Published: March 2022

AbstractParental verbal threat (vs. safety) information regarding the social world may impact a child's fear responses, evident in subjective, behavioral, cognitive, and physiological indices of fear. In this study, primary caregivers provided standardized verbal threat or safety information to their child (N = 68, M = 5.27 years; 34 girls) regarding two strangers in the lab. Following this manipulation, children reported fear beliefs for each stranger. Physiological and behavioral reactions were recorded as children engaged with the two strangers (who were blind to their characterization) in a social interaction task. Child attention to the strangers was measured in a visual search task. Parents also reported their own, and their child's, social anxiety symptoms. Children reported more fear for the stranger paired with threat information, but no significant differences were found in observed child fear, attention, or heart rate. Higher social anxiety symptoms on the side of the parents and the children exacerbated the effect of parental verbal threat on observed fear. Our findings reveal a causal influence of parental verbal threat information only for child‐reported fear and highlight the need to further refine the conditions under which acquired fear beliefs persist and generalize to behavior/physiology or get overruled by nonaversive real‐life encounters.
Improved management of farm dams increases vegetation cover, water quality, and macroinvertebrate biodiversity
Authors: Westgate Martin J. , Crane Clare , Smith David , O’Malley Colleen , Siegrist Angelina , Florance Dan , Lang Eleanor , Crane Mason , Hingee Kassel , Scheele Ben C. , Lindenmayer David B. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractIn many farming landscapes, aquatic features, such as wetlands, creeks, and dams, provide water for stock and irrigation, while also acting as habitat for a range of plants and animals. Indeed, some species threatened by land‐use change may otherwise be considerably rarer—or even suffer extinction—in the absence of these habitats. Therefore, a critical issue for the maintenance of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes is the extent to which the management of aquatic systems can promote the integration of agricultural production and biodiversity conservation. We completed a cross‐sectional study in southern New South Wales (southeastern Australia) to quantify the efficacy of two concurrently implemented management practices—partial revegetation and control of livestock grazing—aimed at enhancing the vegetation structure, biodiversity value, and water quality of farm dams. We found that excluding livestock for even short periods resulted in increased vegetation cover. Relative to unenhanced dams (such as those that remained unfenced), those that had been enhanced for several years were characterized by reduced levels of turbidity, nutrients, and fecal contamination. Enhanced dams also supported increased richness and abundance of macroinvertebrates. In contrast, unenhanced control dams tended to have high abundance of a few macroinvertebrate taxa. Notably, differences remained between the macroinvertebrate assemblages of enhanced dams and nearby “natural” waterbodies that we monitored as reference sites. While the biodiversity value of semilotic, natural waterbodies in the region cannot be replicated by artificial lentic systems, we consider the extensive system of farm dams in the region to represent a novel ecosystem that may nonetheless support some native macroinvertebrates. Our results show that management interventions such as fencing and grazing control can improve water quality in farm dams, improve vegetation structure around farm dams, and support greater abundance and diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates.
Age‐ and sex‐specific survival of the Gunnison's prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni)
Authors: Farid Rashidah H. , Karelus Dana L. , Hull Vanessa 
Published: March 2022

AbstractAge‐ and sex‐specific survival rates are essential for understanding animal population dynamics and discerning environmental influences on population parameters. To date, little research has been done on age‐ and sex‐specific survival of the Gunnison's prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni), a colonial ground‐dwelling squirrel inhabiting the sagebrush ecosystem of the southwestern United States. To discern impacts of the year of study, age, sex, and reproductive status on survival, we conducted a capture‐mark‐recapture analysis on a previously collected long‐term dataset of a population of Gunnison's prairie dogs (n = 2508) from 1989 to 1995. We implemented two models: age‐cohort Cormack–Jolly–Seber (CJS) models (to examine survival by age, sex, and year) and multistate mark‐recapture models (to analyze survival by age and year, as well as breeding status). Females had higher apparent survival than males. Yearlings had a low apparent survival rate (0.288 ± 0.022, [±SE]) compared to juveniles (0.461 ± 0.019) and adults (0.482 ± 0.055). Less than 50% (48.0 ± 2.7) of female yearlings successfully weaned litters each year. Yearling survival rate was lower than other highly social prairie dog species that do not reproduce as yearlings, suggesting that there may be a cost to reproduction. We also constructed a postbreeding matrix population model and associated elasticity analysis, which indicated that the reproductive output of yearlings was the most significant potential driver of population growth. Our findings provide more nuanced estimates for age‐ and sex‐specific survival in this species than were previously available and also more broadly inform linkages between demography and sociality in prairie dogs.
Functional dispersion of wetland birds, invertebrates, and plants more strongly influenced by hydroperiod than each other
Authors: Daniel Jody , Rooney Rebecca C. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThe relative role of biological and abiotic filters in the assembly of co‐occurring taxa is of broad interest to ecologists. While some authors point to biological interactions (e.g., competition) as the stronger driver of ecological selection, others assert that abiotic conditions are more important because they filter species at the regional level. Because communities influenced by a dominant abiotic filter (e.g., Prairie Pothole Region [PPR] wetlands, each varying in their ponded water permanence) often have strong cross‐taxon relationships, we can study these communities to better understand the relative influence of abiotic versus biotic filters on community structure. Using functional dispersion as our measure of communities, we test six alternate hypotheses about the relative importance of various pathways representing influence of biological and permanence filters on birds, aquatic macroinvertebrates, and wetland plants in the northwest PPR using structural equation modeling. We aimed to understand whether (1) ponded water permanence alone explained functional dispersion; (2) the influence of permanence on functional dispersion was direct or mediated; and (3) abiotic filtering by permanence was stronger than biotic filtering by co‐occurring taxa. The best model suggests that there is a direct influence of permanence on the functional dispersion of each taxonomic group and that both bird and macroinvertebrate functional dispersion are causally related to plant functional dispersion, though for invertebrates, the influence of plants is much less than that of permanence. Thus, the relative importance of wetland permanence and the functional dispersion of co‐occurring taxa depend on which taxon is considered in PPR wetlands.
Average kinship within bighorn sheep populations is associated with connectivity, augmentation, and bottlenecks
Authors: Flesch Elizabeth , Graves Tabitha , Thomson Jennifer , Proffitt Kelly , Garrott Robert 
Published: March 2022

AbstractUnderstanding the influence of population attributes on genetic diversity is important to advancement of biological conservation. Because bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) populations vary in size and management history, the species provides a unique opportunity to observe the response of average pairwise kinship, inversely related to genetic diversity, to a spectrum of natural and management influences. We estimated average pairwise kinship of bighorn sheep herds and compared estimates with population origin (native/indigenous/extant or reintroduced), historical minimum count, connectivity, and augmentation history, to determine which predictors were the most important. We evaluated 488 bighorn sheep from 19 wild populations with past minimum counts of 16–562 animals, including native and reintroduced populations that received 0–165 animals in augmentations. Using the Illumina High Density Ovine array, we generated a dataset of 7728 single nucleotide polymorphisms and calculated average pairwise kinship for each population. Multiple linear regression analysis determined that connectivity between populations via dispersal, greater number of animals received in augmentations, and greater minimum count were correlated with lower average pairwise kinship at the population level, and whether the population was extant or reintroduced was less important. Thus, our results indicated that genetic isolation of populations can result in increased levels of inbreeding. By determining that natural and human‐assisted gene flow were likely the most important influences of average pairwise kinship at the population level, this study can serve as a benchmark for future management of bighorn sheep populations and aid in identifying populations of genetic concern to define priorities for conservation of wild populations.
Why do sea turtle nests fail? Modeling clutch loss across the southeastern United States
Authors: Lyons Marta P. , von Holle Betsy , Weishampel John F. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractUnderstanding the relative influence of environmental conditions and disturbance types on species' nest success is imperative to our estimation of current and future population trajectories of vulnerable species, especially ectotherms. The reproductive output of oviparous species is highly dependent on the location of a nest in terms of the environment experienced by incubating embryos and the risk of disturbance events. Climate change may present a particular danger to oviparous species because eggs cannot behaviorally regulate and avoid extreme temperatures. Hierarchical Bayesian models offer a powerful tool for utilizing available long‐term datasets to predict current and future species–environment relations in a manipulatable framework. We modeled the probability of depredation and inundation events occurring during incubation and how these disturbances, along with local climate, predict total clutch failure for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) using a dataset of over 9000 nest inventories from five nesting areas that span the latitudinal extent of primary nesting locations in the United States. We found that nesting distance from the high waterline was important in determining the probability of inundation and depredation disturbance events, as well as clutch failure. Nests that experienced at least one inundation event were more likely to have no emergence than nests that experienced at least one depredation event, which may be the result of concerted efforts to control highly destructive nest predators in our study sites or the magnitude of inundation disturbances. Extreme high‐temperature events increased the probability of clutch failure, but the probability of clutch failure decreased with increasing average temperatures up to a critical threshold. The results of these models have clear implications for conservation management decisions on where to deploy predator deterrents and relocate nests, as well as the potential for predicting future changes in nest productivity across the broad nesting range of loggerhead sea turtles.