bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Voltammetric Responses of a CYP2D6‐Based Biosensor to 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and the Synthetic Cathinone α‐pyrrolidinopentiophenone (α‐PVP).
Authors: Lugo Vargas Andrés Felipe , Quevedo Buitrago William Giovanni , Chaves Silva Diana Carolina , Martínes Suárez Jaime Fernando 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe amphetamine‐type stimulants (ATS) adulteration is currently a common phenomenon that endangers the health of consumers. Among the most common adulterants are new psychoactive substances (NPS), such as synthetic cathinones. This development demands new, low‐cost, and simple detection strategies. In this work, we present, for the first time, the electrochemical detection of two NPSs, the amphetamine 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and the synthetic cathinone α‐pyrrolidinopentiophenone (α‐PVP), using an electrochemical biosensor based on cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6). This biosensor was constructed by electrochemical reduction of the 4‐nitrobenzenediazonium salt on a carbon screen‐printed electrode (C‐SPE), with subsequent reduction of the nitro group into amines, and finally covalent binding with the CYP2D6 enzyme. The biosensor voltammetric response of the molecules studied allowed reaching limits of detection (LOD) of 0.0017 and 0.0022 μg/mL, and limits of quantification (LOQ) of 0.0059 and 0.0076 μg/mL for MDMA and α‐PVP, respectively.
I2‐Promoted Oxidative Metal‐Free [3+2] Tandem Annulation for the Synthesis of Multisubstituted Imidazoles in the Presence of Base
Authors: Zhao Mingming , Guo Wei , Wu Linping , Qiu Fayang G. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractAn I2‐promoted oxidative metal‐free [3+2] tandem annulation for the synthesis of multisubstituted imidazoles from amidines and nitroolefins in the presence of base is developed. This transformation represents an I2‐promoted C−N bond formation strategy in a one‐pot protocol without the requirement of any external metals and ligands. It features inexpensive, wide functional group tolerance, as well as insensitive to air and moisture.
Symptoms of complicated grief and depression following job loss: Can engagement in non‐work activities bring relief?
Authors: van Eersel Janske H. W. , Taris Toon W. , Boelen Paul A. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe present study aimed to examine whether day‐level engagement in non‐work activities can mitigate the adverse outcomes of job loss. Based on Jahoda's latent deprivation model, we hypothesized that engaging in such activities (e.g., meeting others) can fulfil five basic needs (e.g., need for time structure) and that fulfilment of these needs mitigates the negative consequences of job loss. A diary study was conducted on five consecutive days among 236 participants who had involuntarily lost their job, yielding 1046 daily measures of the time spent on activities, the evaluation of these activities, and emotional distress. Multilevel regression analyses showed that time spent on daily activities was associated with the degree of fulfilment of the basic needs and emotional distress, yet the effect sizes were small. Perceived utility of these daily activities showed more solid effect sizes with the basic needs and emotional distress. However, the mediation effect of the basic needs regarding the association between activities and emotional distress could not be confirmed. The present results suggest that, in addition to stimulating individuals who experience job loss‐related emotional distress to undertake certain activities, the evaluation of these activities should also be taken into account in tailor‐made interventions and preventive measures.
CVD Grown Tungsten Oxide for Low Temperature Hydrogen Sensing: Tuning Surface Characteristics via Materials Processing for Sensing Applications
Authors: Wilken Martin , Ciftyürek Engin , Cwik Stefan , Mai Lukas , Mallick Bert , Rogalla Detlef , Schierbaum Klaus , Devi Anjana 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe intrinsic properties of semiconducting oxides having nanostructured morphology are highly appealing for gas sensing. In this study, the fabrication of nanostructured WO3 thin films with promising surface characteristics for hydrogen (H2) gas sensing applications is accomplished. This is enabled by developing a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process employing a new and volatile tungsten precursor bis(diisopropylamido)‐bis(tert‐butylimido)‐tungsten(VI), [W(NtBu)2(NiPr2)2]. The as‐grown nanostructured WO3 layers are thoroughly analyzed. Particular attention is paid to stoichiometry, surface characteristics, and morphology, all of which strongly influence the gas‐sensing potential of WO3. Synchrotron‐based ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X‐ray photoelectron emission microscopy (XPEEM), low‐energy electron microscopy (LEEM) and 4‐point van der Pauw (vdP) technique made it possible to analyze the surface chemistry and structural uniformity with a spatially resolved insight into the chemical, electronic and electrical properties. The WO3 layer is employed as a hydrogen (H2) sensor within interdigitated mini‐mobile sensor architecture capable of working using a standard computer's 5 V 1‐wirebus connection. The sensor shows remarkable sensitivity toward H2. The high, robust, and repeatable sensor response (S) is attributed to the homogenous distribution of the W5+ oxidation state and associated oxygen vacancies, as shown by synchrotron‐based UPS, XPS, and XPEEM analysis.
Alexander Bogdanov's tektology, anticipating the evolution of social systems control
Authors: Lepskiy Vladimir , Malakhova Elena 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe article substantiates an important contribution of Alexander Bogdanov's monograph, ‘Tektologia,’ in the formation and development of fields of knowledge related to the control and organization of social systems. The purpose of this paper is to prove that Bogdanov's ideas anticipated the trends in the development of the problems of control and organization of social systems—the trends that were developing under the influence of the philosophical foundations of scientific rationality (classical, non‐classical and post‐non‐classical), as well as the cybernetics of the first, second and third orders. Within the framework of our study, the individual aspects related to the trends in the development of control issues are considered separately. Our results suggest that Bogdanov's ideas lay in foundation of contemporary concepts associated with leaving behind the opposition of ‘subject–object’ in control science and the transition to the consideration of equal relations between various active elements of systems and environment.
Experimental investigation of GFRP‐reinforced concrete columns made with waste aggregates under concentric and eccentric loads
Authors: Karimi Pour Arash , Shirkhani Amir , Kırgız Mehmet Serkan , Noroozinejad Farsangi Ehsan 
Published: November 2022

AbstractNowadays, reducing the waste and recycled material resources in nature and environmental protection, as well as reducing the use of natural resources, has gained the attention of engineers and researchers. One of the ways to reach this goal is to use waste and recycled materials in new concrete members' construction. Additionally, using glass fiber‐reinforced polymer (GFRP) rebars has gained high consideration owing to their advantages such as high tensile strength and corrosion resistance. Therefore, this study aims to measure the influence of recycled coarse aggregates (RCA) on the structural performance of reinforced concrete (RC) columns reinforced by GFRP rebars under concentric and eccentric loading conditions. A total of 24 RC columns were cast and subjected to concentric and eccentric loads with different eccentricity ratios (e/h):0 (no eccentricity), 0.25 (moderate eccentricity), and e/h = 0.5 (high eccentricity). A total of 18 columns were strengthened with longitudinal GFRP rebars, and six specimens were considered control samples reinforced by steel rebars. RCA was used at two contents of 0% and 100% in terms of weight as a substitute for natural coarse aggregates (NCA). In addition, to measure the influence of transverse reinforcement, three different spacings were considered: 60, 120, and 180 mm. Evaluation of axial behavior, the strain of rebars and concrete, and the ductility were the main aims of this study. Moreover, a comparison between the experimental results and existing standards was carried out. Findings revealed the adequate axial resistance of specimens when RCA was used. Therefore, RCA incorporation improved the axial resistance of GFRP‐RC columns by about 25% and 35% when the stirrup spacing declined by 60 and 120 mm, respectively in comparison with the same specimens made with NCA. However, the influence of RCA on the RC columns' axial behavior was declined by raising the eccentricity distance.
Application of δ‐MnO2 and biochar materials in an arsenic‐contaminated groundwater
Authors: Chang Chien Shui‐Wen , Weng Chun‐Ming , Chou Jen‐Shen , Liu Cheng‐Chung 
Published: November 2022

AbstractTwo activated biochar materials, peanut char (δ‐MnO2/A‐PC) and corn char (δ‐MnO2/A‐CC), were used to treat an arsenic solution containing 97.5% As(III) and 2.5% As(V). After reacting with δ‐MnO2/A‐PC for 24 h, 18.8% of As(III) and 35.4% of As(V) remained in the solution, revealing that some As(III) was oxidized to As(V) and the other was removed by adsorption. However, δ‐MnO2/A‐CC caused the solution to retain 15.6% of As(III) and 41.7% of As(V) under the same conditions, indicating that δ‐MnO2/A‐CC had higher oxidation for arsenic species than δ‐MnO2/A‐CC. Adsorption capacities for δ‐MnO2/A‐PC and δ‐MnO2/A‐CC to arsenic were 1.50 and 1.53 mg/g in a solution with 0.5 ppm As(III), respectively. After coating with δ‐MnO2, the proportion of mesopore surface areas of δ‐MnO2/A‐CC increased from 33.3% to 79.0%, but their mesopore volumes increased from 67.6% to 89.4%. Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy and X‐ray diffraction analyses demonstrated that δ‐MnO2 was coated onto the surfaces of the biochars. The 600°C‐ACC had a higher specific surface area, 221 m2/g, than the δ‐600°C‐APC, 81.5 m2/g; δ‐MnO2/A‐CC could attach more Mn (38.2%) than δ‐MnO2/A‐PC (27.8%). The elemental analysis revealed that δ‐MnO2/A‐PC and δ‐MnO2/A‐CC had similar carbon contents of 26.2%.Practitioner Points
The δ‐MnO2/biochar adsorbent can oxidize As(III) into As(V) in the groundwater.
δ‐MnO2/biochar adsorbed large amounts of As(III) and As(V).
Adsorbent that contains more δ‐MnO2 has a higher oxidation capacity.
The δ‐MnO2/biochar made from corn stalks could combine with more δ‐MnO2.
Effect of different mixed light‐emitting diode light wavelengths on CO2 absorption from biogas and nutrient removal from biogas slurry by microalgae and fungi induced using strigolactone and endophytic bacteria
Authors: Yang Meiying , Dong Xuechang , Zhu Yuan , Song Jian , Wei Jing , Wu Zhihai , Zhao Yongjun 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn this study, biogas and biogas slurry were simultaneously treated using two symbiotic systems: Chlorella vulgaris‐Ganoderma lucidum‐S395‐2 (endophytic bacteria) and Scenedesmus obliquus‐G. lucidum‐S395‐2. The influence of different mixed illumination (red and blue) intensity ratios on the algal symbionts' extracellular carbonic anhydrase activities was investigated, as well as the rates of microalgal growth and photosynthesis. The treatment performance was simultaneously assessed in terms of the efficiency of organic matter or nutrient removal and the level of CO2 absorption. The results indicated that red‐blue light combinations with an intensity ratio of 5:5 were optimal. When comparing the performance of the two symbiotic systems, the C. vulgaris‐G. lucidum‐S395‐2 symbiont co‐culture system achieved significantly improved photosynthetic rates, biomass growth, and treatment effects. Under the optimal treatment conditions, the organic matter and nutrient removal rates were 81.06% ± 7.06% for chemical oxygen demand, 82.32% ± 7.18% for total nitrogen, and 82.98% ± 7.26% for total phosphorus. In addition, the rate of CO2 removal from biogas was 63.38% ± 5.35%.Practitioner Points

The red and blue light intensity ratio of 5:5 showed the best removal performance.
C. vulgaris‐G. lucidum‐S395‐2 system obtained the best photosynthetic performance.
The carbonic anhydrase activity had positive effects on CO2 removal performance.
Numerical simulation for nanofluid forced/free convection in a partially heated parallelogram enclosure: Effects of wall undulation and inclined Lorentz forces
Authors: Ullah Naeem , Nadeem Sohail , Ghazwani Hassan Ali 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe present study possesses the mathematical computational analysis for mixed convection nanofluid (CuO–water) flow in a lid‐driven parallelogram enclosure with corrugated walls. A partially heated source is located at the bottom corrugated wall. The remaining portions of upper and lower corrugated boundaries are adiabatic. The verticals walls are kept cold. The flow dynamic established with wall undulation and inclined Lorentz forces generate complex mathematical formulation via partial differential equations. Finite element method is implemented to get numerical interpretation of these equations. The simulation is performed against various emerging parameters and the outcomes in terms of isotherms, streamlines and line graphs. The results are recorded against various Richardson numbers , Hartman number , nanoparticles volume fraction , and amplitude of the corrugated horizontal walls . It is observed that against smaller Richardson number streamlines indicate forced convection flow while at higher Richardson number flow divert toward free convection regime. Additionally, heat transportation is maximum when magnetic field is applied in perpendicular direction as well as at maximum amplitude of wall undulations.
Balenciaga and the Importance of Creativity in Human Flourishing
Authors: Balda Ana 
Published: November 2022

AbstractOne of the clearest manifestations of a flourishing life is manifested in the positive impact one projects on society, in the sense of making other lives flourish. Cristóbal Balenciaga is a paradigm of a flourishing life in the fields of creation and education within fashion. This article explains his professional achievements from a doble perspective, artistic and entrepreneurial, and his contribution to the flourishing of clients, workers, and even the fashion of future generations. The legacy of Balenciaga show that human flourishing may be considered as the result of a creative process, for which setting goals, audacity, resilience and consistency are required. When these capacities are put into practice they transcend the improvement of the personal well being to create an expansive mechanism that generates flourishing societies.
Human Flourishing Through Behaviour Change
Authors: Strong Colin 
Published: November 2022

AbstractWe tend to think of flourishing as a place we get to, where we have arrived, but often do not see that act of change itself is a core facet of what it means to flourish. Indeed, we argue that flourishing is in fact our ability to change and adapt rather than a state that we are striving for. This points to human flourishing requiring an ‘adaptive’ approach to manage change: supporting careful navigation, negotiation and trade-offs. On this basis we need to identify the barriers that get in the way of enacting these possibilities and as such organisations and institutions that seeks to facilitate behaviour change will lean on barrier identification as well identifying ways to overcome them thought educating, assisting and facilitating. Using a behaviour change framework to identify the mechanisms shaping behaviour can help to identify ways to overcome barriers and facilitate positive outcomes.
Shedding Light on People’s Social Media Concerns Through Political Party Preference, Media Trust, and Immigration Attitudes
Authors: Malinen Sanna , Koivula Aki , Keipi Teo , Saarinen Arttu 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe emergence of fake news has systematically challenged traditional media institutions as disinformation and misinformation are increasingly utilised in political attacks on social media. As in many countries, also in Finland, the emergence of current counter media sites is closely connected to the rise of the anti-immigration movement, and immigration policies and immigrants have been targets of the massive social media disinformation and misinformation campaigns. By employing a nationally representative survey (N = 3724) from Finland, this study investigates how three social-media-related concerns addressing misinformation and disinformation are explained by political party preferences, media trust, and immigration attitudes. We found that the supporters of the populist party, the Finns, had more critical views on freedom of expression and monitoring of hateful content on social media. Moreover, they were less concerned with the flow of fake news on social media. Based on mediation analysis, we found that trust in traditional media and attitudes on immigration are lowest among the supporters of the Finns, which also explained their different views on fake news, freedom of expression and hateful content monitoring. Even though the independent variables were highly inter-correlated, they also associated individually with social media users’ perceptions. We argue that the accumulation of negative immigration attitudes and low trust in the media is reflecting attitudes towards social media among the supporters of populist parties. The results underline the populist right-wing communication strategy, which questions the reliability of mainstream media, undermines professional journalism, criticises political correctness, and appeals to those who are most frustrated with mainstream media and critical towards immigration.
In Search for Unexpected Allies? Radical Right Remediation of ‘the 2015 Refugee Crisis’ on Social Media
Authors: Bauvois Gwenaëlle , Pyrhönen Niko 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis chapter analyses the remediation of the mainstream news cycle on the ‘refugee crisis’ to the social media audiences of two Finnish anti-immigration groups, namely ‘Close the Borders!’ and ‘Finland First’. The analysis focuses on the post-truth tropes employed by these groups as practices for subverting information and interpretations originally sourced to epistemic authorities. In doing so, the chapter provides a more nuanced approach to the post-truth tropes where the generation of ‘fake news’ and explicit disinformation is only the tip of the iceberg. The results show that by harnessing careful and context-sensitive remediation practices, the radical right is effectively able to hijack the news cycle with the alleged support from ‘unlikely allies’ among epistemic authorities.
Post-Truth Politics, Brexit, and European Disintegration
Authors: Orlando Vittorio 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis chapter analyses the effect of post-truth on European disintegration, a process that led to the strengthening of Eurosceptic political parties and the Brexit referendum. This work has the twofold purpose of analysing the role of PPT in the Leave campaign and discussing its implications from a theoretical standpoint. The chapter consists of four parts. The first one includes an overview of the literature on European disintegration, Brexit, and post-truth; it also offers a conceptualisation of post-factual politics, discussing how the notion evolved and how it relates to misinformation. The second part consists of an analysis of the Leave campaign; it identifies the actors behind misinformation and their role before and during the referendum campaign. The third section is an empirical analysis of the discourse on Brexit, with a focus on factually ambiguous or incorrect statements. The ties between deception and politics are further analysed in the fourth part, attempting to describe to which extent, during a crisis, political actors can exploit pre-existing ideological forces to construct a specific narrative. The conclusion addresses the effectiveness of misinformation on the Leave campaign and whether a similar approach will play a more significant role in the ongoing debate on EU integration. The ambition of the chapter is to analyse misinformation as a tool to create consensus, looking at the actors employing it, its effectiveness, and its role as a causal factor in the Leave campaign and the process of European disintegration.
Data-Informed Models for the Coupled Dispersal of Microplastics and Related Pollutants Applied to the Mediterranean Sea
Authors: Guerrini Federica 
Published: November 2022

AbstractMicroplastic pollution is a ubiquitous environmental threat, in particular to the oceans. In the marine environment, microplastics are not just passively transported by sea currents, but often get contaminated with organic pollutants during the journey. The uptake of chemicals onto microplastics can worsen the adverse effects of microplastics to marine organisms; however, investigation on this urgent phenomenon is hampered by the impossibility of monitoring and tracking such small plastic fragments during their motion at sea. This work aims at addressing the need for an effective modelling of the advection–diffusion processes jointly involving microplastics and the pollutants they carry to further our understanding of their spatiotemporal patterns and ecological impacts, focusing on the Mediterranean Sea. Here we present the conceptual design, methodological settings, and modelling results of a novel, data-informed 2D Lagrangian–Eulerian modelling framework that simultaneously describes (i) the Lagrangian dispersal of microplastic on the sea surface, (ii) the Eulerian advection–diffusion of selected organic contaminants, and (iii) the gradient-driven chemical exchanges between microplastic particles and chemical pollutants in the marine environment in a simple, yet comprehensive way. Crucial to the realism of our model is exploiting the wide variety and abundance of data linked with drivers of Mediterranean marine pollution by microplastics and chemicals, ranging from national censuses to satellite data of surface water runoff and GPS ship tracking, other than the use of oceanographic reanalyses to inform microplastics’ motion at sea. The results of our method applied to a multi-year simulation contribute to a first basin-wide assessment of the role of microplastics as a vehicle of other pollutants of concern in the marine environment. The framework proposed here is intended as a flexible tool to help advance knowledge towards a comprehensive description of the multifaceted threat of marine plastic pollution and an informed support to targeted mitigation policies.
Deep and Wide Tiny Machine Learning
Authors: Disabato Simone 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn the last decades, on the one hand, Deep Learning (DL) has become state of the art in several domains, e.g., image classification, object detection, and natural language processing. On the other hand, pervasive technologies—Internet of Things (IoT) units, embedded systems, and Micro-Controller Units (MCUs)—ask for intelligent processing mechanisms as close as possible to data generation. Nevertheless, memory, computational, and energy requirements characterizing DL models are three or more orders of magnitude larger than the corresponding memory, computation, and energy capabilities of pervasive devices. This work aims at introducing a methodology to address this issue and enable pervasive intelligent processing. In particular, by defining Tiny Machine Learning (TML) solutions, i.e., machine and deep learning models that take into account the constraints on memory, computation, and energy of the target pervasive device. The proposed methodology addresses the problem at three different levels. In the first approach, the methodology devices inference-based Deep TML solutions by approximation techniques, i.e., the TML model runs on the pervasive device but was trained elsewhere. Then, the methodology introduces on-device learning for TML. Finally, the third approach develops Wide Deep TML solutions that split and distribute the DL processing over connected heterogeneous pervasive devices.