bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The nexus of financial development, natural resource rents, technological innovation, foreign direct investment, energy consumption, human capital, and trade on environmental degradation in the new BRICS economies
Authors: Ganda Fortune 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
Early periods of history have demonstrated that enhanced economic development is fostered in instances where natural resources are abundant, hence averting the resource curse. In this vein, accelerated economic advancement is driven by a rigorous and proficient financial sector that efficiently utilises and allocates the economy’s natural resources. A strong financial system that transforms resources into advantages rests on an advanced technological innovation base, superior human capital, distinct foreign direct investment, powerful trade, and sustainable energy consumption. While this paper investigates the nexus of these factors, the specific purpose of this research is to examine the interactive impact of financial development and natural resource rents on carbon emissions in the new BRICS economies for the duration of 1990 to 2019. The panel data generalised least squares (GLS) and the panel-corrected standard error (PCSE) techniques are adopted. The Dumitrescu and Hurlin technique is used to establish causality. The study found a U-shaped association between economic growth and emissions. The findings prove that the financial development of financial institutions and the financial development of financial markets’ relationships with emissions are significantly positive. Natural resource rents, energy consumption, and human capital create a significantly positive relationship with emissions (mostly just positive for technological innovation). Conversely, the connection involving trade and carbon emissions is significantly negative (but mostly just negative for FDI). The interaction (s) intervening financial development of financial institutions and financial development of financial markets with natural resource rent significantly lowers emissions, respectively. The interaction parameter (financial development of financial institutions, natural resource rent, and financial development of financial markets) mixed with trade significantly adds emissions (positively insignificant with energy consumption). Contrarily, this factor mixed with human capital and technological innovation, respectively, is significantly negative (just negative for FDI). The Dumitrescu–Hurlin panel Granger causality outcomes are also outlined.
The clean development mechanism in Eastern Europe: an in-depth exploration
Authors: Cansino José M. , Román-Collado Rocío , Nassar Sari 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a partnership tool founded under the Kyoto Protocol, grants potential opportunities to help developing countries achieve sustainable development. The present research examines the CDM projects in Eastern Europe (Moldova, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Albania). Although there were far fewer projects in this region than, for instance, China or India, it has some specific features that make it worth studying. Major findings are that most CDM projects in Eastern Europe involved a changing combination of two or more sources of financing, and the distribution of projects in the region was uneven. Moreover, although there was a small number of projects overall, they were all cost-effective, long-term and large-scale. The findings of the research call for improvements to be made to the governance of the CDM, by strengthening the international and national regulation of projects and by aggregating the scales of decision-making and actions so that real multi-scalar transnational governance — from the global level down to the local level — is implemented in a coherent manner. It is also recommended to carry out ex-post project evaluations, following which readjustments could be made.
Binomial adjective doublets in Japanese: A Relational Morphology account
Authors: Akita Kimi , Murasugi Keiko 
Published: May 2022

AbstractAdjectives whose stems consist of two elements (or binomial adjectives) are becoming increasingly productive in colloquial Japanese. Unlike the stems of conventional adjectives, the stems of numerous, but not all, innovative binomial adjectives can have two distinct inflectional behaviors (e.g., daru-omo-{i/na} ‘be languid and heavy’, aza-kawai-i/aza-kawa-na ‘be shrewd and cute’) and have different syntactic properties depending on the suffix. Within the framework of Relational Morphology, the current study proposes that two independently established word-formation rules, represented as “sister schemas,” account for the apparent derivational gaps in these adjectives and their difference in productivity. I-forms are crucially based on particular subschemas, such as X-kawai-i ‘be X and cute’ and kuso-Y-i ‘be very Y’, and are not fully productive, whereas na-forms have detailed morphophonological constraints and are notably productive. The two suffixes are available only if an adjective stem meets the structural and semantic requirements of both schemas.
Mechanism of Staple Line Leak After Sleeve Gastrectomy via Isobaric Pressurisation Concentrating Stress Forces at the Proximal Staple Line
Authors: Catchlove William , Liao Sam , Lim Gillian , Brown Wendy , Burton Paul 
Published: May 2022

Abstract

Purpose
Staple line leak following sleeve gastrectomy is a significant problem and has been hypothesised to be related to hyperpressurisation in the proximal stomach. There is, however, little objective evidence demonstrating how these forces could be transmitted to the luminal wall. We aimed to define conditions in the proximal stomach and simulate the transmission of stress forces in the post-operative stomach using a finite element analysis (FEA).

Materials and Methods
The manometry of fourteen patients post sleeve gastrectomy was compared to ten controls. Manometry, boundary conditions, and volumetric CT were integrated to develop six models. These models delineated luminal wall stress in the proximal stomach. Key features were then varied to establish the influence of each factor.

Results
The sleeve gastrectomy cohort had a significantly higher peak intragastric isobaric pressures 31.58 ± 2.1 vs. 13.49 ± 1.3 mmHg (p = 0.0002). Regions of stress were clustered at the staple line near the GOJ, and peak stress was observed there in 67% of models. A uniform greater curvature did not fail or concentrate stress under maximal pressurisation. Geometric variation demonstrated that a larger triangulated apex increased stress by 17% (255 kPa versus 218 kPa), with a 37% increase at the GOJ (203kPA versus 148kPA). A wider incisura reduced stress at the GOJ by 9.9% (128 kPa versus 142 kPa).

Conclusion
High pressure events can occur in the proximal stomach after sleeve gastrectomy. Simulations suggest that these events preferentially concentrate stress forces near the GOJ. This study simulates how high-pressure events could translate stress to the luminal wall and precipitate leak.

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Beeldzorg in de gehandicaptenzorg – door corona eindelijk een doorbraak! Of toch niet?
Authors: Mravunac Marko , van der Weegen Sanne , van der Poel Agnes 
Published: May 2022

SamenvattingDoor corona hebben drie gehandicaptenzorgorganisaties versneld technologie voor beeldbellen en beeldzorg ingezet. Sinds 2021 wisselen zij daarover ervaringen uit in de Innovatie-impuls Gehandicaptenzorg. We inventariseerden hoe begeleiders, cliënten en naasten beeldzorg ervaren. Uit de interviews blijkt dat ze blij zijn met de mogelijkheden die beeldzorg biedt, maar ook dat ze het vooral zien als back-up. Voor duurzame implementatie van beeldzorg is een visie nodig op de toekomst van de zorg en de rol die digitale zorg daarin speelt. Deze resultaten zijn daar behulpzaam bij.
Predicting the impact of no. of authors on no. of citations of research publications based on neural networks
Authors: Talaat Fatma M. , Gamel Samah A. 
Published: May 2022

AbstractAny work's citations are regarded as a key characteristic that leads to its appraisal and study. Citations are one of the most important indicators of a research publication's quality. Citations can have a favorable or bad impact on any piece of work or publication depending on a variety of circumstances, including author skill, publication venue, research topic, and so on. The goal of this study is to see how the number of co-authors affects the number of citations in research papers. There will be a correlation analysis between the number of co-authors and the number of citations for research articles, and we will observe how the number of co-authors affects the number of citations for publications. Citation data is gathered from databases such as DBLP, ACM, MAG (Microsoft Academic Graph), and others. There are 629,814 papers and 632,752 citations in the initial version. We use two methods to examine the impact of co-author count on the number of citations in a research paper: (i) Pearson’s correlation coefficient (PCC), and (ii) multiple regression (MR). To test the impact of co-author count on citation count of research publications, we calculate Pearson’s correlation coefficient (ra) between the two variables number of authors (NA) and citation count (CC). We also calculate Pearson’s correlation coefficient between the citation count (CC) and the most effective variables to compare between the impact of the number of authors and the impact of the other factors such as (i) rc between number of countries (NC) and citation count (CC). (ii) rv between venue category (VC) and citation count (CC). (iii) ry between Year_From (YF) and citation count (CC). Empirical evidence shows that co-authored publications achieve higher visibility and impact. To predict the number of citations from the previously mentioned factors (NA, NC, VC, and YF), we use multiple linear regression (MLR). The goal of multiple linear regression (MLR) is to model the linear relationship between the explanatory (independent) variables and response (dependent) variables. The higher R-square, the tight relationship exists between dependent variables and independent variables. It is observed that the R-square decreases in the case of removing NA which means that the NA is the most influential factor (the relation between NA and CC is the most powerful relation). The main originality of this paper is to introduce an effective prediction module (EPM) which uses probabilistic neural network (PNN) to predict the number of citations from the most effective factors (NA, NC, VC, and YF).
Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Discrete Poststroke Dementia Neuronal and Gliovascular Signatures
Authors: Waller Rachel , Hase Yoshiki , Simpson Julie E. , Heath Paul R. , Wyles Matthew , Kalaria Rajesh N. , Wharton Stephen B. 
Published: May 2022

AbstractPoststroke dementia (PSD) is associated with pathology in frontal brain regions, in particular dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) neurons and white matter, remote from the infarct. We hypothesised that PSD results from progressive DLPFC neuronal damage, associated with frontal white matter gliovascular unit (GVU) alterations. We investigated the transcriptomic profile of the neurons and white matter GVU cells previously implicated in pathology. Laser-capture microdissected neurons, astrocytes and endothelial cells were obtained from the Cognitive Function After Stroke cohort of control, PSD and poststroke non-dementia (PSND) human subjects. Gene expression was assessed using microarrays and pathway analysis to compare changes in PSD with controls and PSND. Neuronal findings were validated using NanoString technology and compared with those in the bilateral common carotid artery stenosis (BCAS) mouse model. Comparing changes in PSD compared to controls with changes in PSND compared to controls identified transcriptomic changes associated specifically with dementia. DLPFC neurons showed defects in energy production (tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) binding and mitochondria), signalling and communication (MAPK signalling, Toll-like receptor signalling, endocytosis). Similar changes were identified in neurons isolated from BCAS mice. Neuronal findings accompanied by altered astrocyte communication and endothelium immune changes in the frontal white matter, suggesting GVU dysfunction. We propose a pathogenic model in PSD whereby neuronal changes are associated with frontal white matter GVU dysfunction leading to astrocyte failure in supporting neuronal circuits resulting in delayed cognitive decline associated with PSD. Therefore, targeting these processes could potentially ameliorate the dementia seen in PSD.
Polycentric and resilient perspectives for governing the commons: Strategic and law and economics insights for sustainable development
Authors: Gatto Andrea 
Published: May 2022

AbstractCommons governance theory is central to identifying and managing conflicts arising from natural and cultural resources traps. Scholars – using game theory and economic analysis of law – have proposed alternative models, consisting of a set of mitigated scenarios, multiple players, and new equilibria in commons governance. Likewise, novel legal innovations of the commons have also been designed. Reinterpreting the commons in light of political economy, ecology, and pluralistic approaches, a critical review of existing scholarship, economic analysis of law, and case study investigations are performed. Examining an array of views – including governance of water in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Italy – a research and policy agenda is put forward to offer original interpretations and novel holistic perspectives. Germane environmental policy implications deriving from SDGs, resilient governance, and polycentric perspectives are thus extrapolated. Finally, pluralistic frameworks drafted by mitigation and adaptation are measured by improved sustainable development performance in commons, resource, and water governance.
Copying from a model that does not fit? How the school staff survey TALIS impacted the new ECEC staff survey TALIS Starting Strong
Authors: Seybel Carolyn , Turani Daniel , Bader Samuel 
Published: May 2022

AbstractInternational organisations use large-scale assessment studies to systematically monitor the educational sector. In doing so, they often strive for synergies between different studies. This article focuses on the example of TALIS Starting Strong, an international comparative OECD survey of pedagogical staff and leaders in early childhood education and care (ECEC). Developed in the wake of the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), a study that targets school teachers and principals, it was conducted for the first time in 2018. This article shows which consequences the links to TALIS and the integration into OECD structures had on the genesis of TALIS Starting Strong and also discusses more concrete aspects like the adaptation of the TALIS methodology to the ECEC sector. Overall, the example shows that the alignment with a study for a different educational level has advantages and synergy effects on the one hand, but also poses specific challenges on the other. Thus, it is important to maintain a critical discourse on the structures that shape surveys and the characteristics of international large-scale surveys as a whole in order to ensure that the data collected is useful for the further development of the ECEC and higher education sectors.
Brain Tumor Classification Based on Attention Guided Deep Learning Model
Authors: Jun Wen , Liyuan Zheng 
Published: May 2022

AbstractCancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Brain tumors count for one out of every four cancer deaths. Providing an accurate and timely diagnosis can result in timely treatments. In recent years, the rapid development of image classification has facilitated computer-aided diagnosis. The convolutional neural network (CNN) is one of the most widely used neural network models for classifying images. However, its effectiveness is limited because it cannot accurately identify the focal point of the lesion. This paper proposes a novel brain tumor classification model that integrates an attention mechanism and a multipath network to solve the above issues. An attention mechanism is used to select the critical information belonging to the target region while ignoring irrelevant details. A multipath network assigns the data to multiple channels, before converting each channel and merging the results of all branches. The multipath network is equivalent to grouped convolution, which reduces the complexity. Experimental evaluations on this model using a dataset consisting of 3064 MR images achieved an overall accuracy of 98.61%, which outperforms previous studies on this dataset.
THE AXIOM OF CHOICE IS FALSE INTUITIONISTICALLY (IN MOST CONTEXTS)
Authors: McCARTY CHARLES , SHAPIRO STEWART , KLEV ANSTEN 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThere seems to be a view that intuitionists not only take the Axiom of Choice (AC) to be true, but also believe it a consequence of their fundamental posits. Widespread or not, this view is largely mistaken. This article offers a brief, yet comprehensive, overview of the status of AC in various intuitionistic and constructivist systems. The survey makes it clear that the Axiom of Choice fails to be a theorem in most contexts and is even outright false in some important contexts. Of the systems surveyed, only intensional type theory renders AC a theorem, but the extent of AC in that theory does not include, for instance, real analysis. Only a small amount of extensionality is required in order for the obvious proof an intuitionist might offer for AC to break down.
THE (IN)STABILITY OF DEMOCRACY
Authors: Ghosal Sayantan , Proto Eugenio 
Published: May 2022

AbstractHow stable are democracies? Building on Ghosal and Proto (2009,Journal of Public Economics, 93, 1078–1089), the conditions under which democracies are stable are analyzed. How these conditions relate to the threat of the rise of right wing populism poses to democracies is discussed.
Late Pleistocene aeolian deposition and human occupation on the eastern edge of the deglacial corridor, northeastern Alberta, Canada
Authors: Woywitka Robin , Froese Duane , Lamothe Michel , Wolfe Stephen 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThe lower Athabasca River basin in northeastern Alberta contains one of the highest known concentrations of prehistoric archaeological sites in the boreal forests of western Canada. This is due to the combination of readily available sources of lithic raw material stone near a major travel corridor, and extensive archaeological survey conducted in advance of oil sands mining. Typological studies have proposed immediate post-glacial occupations that were contemporaneous with, or immediately followed, the catastrophic glacial Lake Agassiz flood through the area at the end of the Pleistocene. Here, we complement the typology age estimates by using stratigraphic relations and infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) dating of aeolian material to determine the age of initial human occupation, and reconstruct the environment encountered by early inhabitants of the region. We find that the first occupations in our study area took place near the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary (ca. 11.3 ± 0.8 ka BP), shortly after catastrophic flooding from Lake Agassiz. The post-flood environment was dominated by cold climatic conditions that supported permafrost, presumably during the late Pleistocene, and underwent significant aeolian deposition. Our results indicate that this area represents a portion of the eastern edge of the deglacial corridor into which plants, animals, and humans dispersed following retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet.
Saccocoelioides kirchnerin. sp. (Digenea: Haploporidae) from the killifishCnesterodon decemmaculatus(Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) from Argentina, morphological and molecular description
Authors: Martorelli S.R. , Montes M.M. , Barneche J. , Cardarella G. Reig , Curran S.S. 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThis paper presents a new haploporid digenean that expands the number of species ofSaccoccoelioidesto 27. The new species,Saccocoelioides kirchnerin. sp. was collected from the intestine ofCnesterodon decemmaculatus(Poeciliidae: Cyprinodontiformes) from Lago del Bosque, La Plata, Argentina. The new species possesses the diagnostic features forSaccocoelioides: a sac like ceca; the vitellarium confined in two irregular groups of follicles distributed between the ventral sucker and the anterior margin of the testis; and a uterus confined largely in the hind-body, but encroaching into the range of the ventral sucker. The new species is differentiated from the 26 congeners by the body size, pharynx size, ventral sucker size, posterior extent of ceca, posterior extent of uterus and egg size.S. kirchnerin. sp. also is supported by the molecular analysis.
Care-giving burden and life satisfaction among family care-givers of disabled older adults in China: the moderator role of care-giver wisdom
Authors: Lu Nan , Lou Vivian W. Q. 
Published: May 2022

AbstractCare-giving to older adults with disabilities could lead to relatively high levels of care-giving burden and low levels of life satisfaction among their family care-givers. However, there is a lack of research examining the role of care-giver wisdom in the above stress process model. This study examined the moderator role of wisdom in the relationship between care-giver burden and life satisfaction among family care-givers of disabled older adults in urban China. A multi-stage quota sampling method was used to recruit 789 disabled older adult–family care-giver dyads in Shanghai in 2013. The average age of older adults and their family care-givers was 84 and 63 years old, respectively. Multiple-group path analysis was conducted to examine the proposed hypotheses. The results showed that care-giver wisdom played a moderator role in the association between care-giver burden and life satisfaction. Care-giver burden was found to only negatively affect life satisfaction among care-givers with relatively low wisdom levels. The findings highlight the influences of care-giver wisdom on the relationship between burden and life satisfaction in Chinese contexts. The concept of wisdom should be used in needs assessment among family care-givers of older adults with disabilities. Future social interventions should focus on promoting care-givers' capacities of reflective thinking, their understandings of reality and their feelings of compassion.
Foldscope: Increasing Science Accessibility Worldwide
Authors: Moreno-Roman Paola , Bobick Katie 
Published: May 2022

Abstract:Foldscope Instruments, Inc. creates and distributes low-cost, high-quality scientific tools to communities around the world to help advance education, research, and medical diagnostics. The Foldscope—a high-quality microscope created for less than a dollar in parts—was created in 2015. To date, the Foldscope has reached 1.6 million people worldwide in over 160 countries. A few notable uses for the Foldscope include identification of microscopic eggs of agricultural pests in India, creation of a catalog of the biodiversity of soil arthropods in the Amazon, detection of fake currency and medicine, following toxic blooms, detection of bacteria in water samples, and mapping of pollen diversity in a city landscape.