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TL;DR: A smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operations and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations.
Abstract: This article is a single-source introduction to the emerging concept of smart cities. It can be used for familiarizing researchers with the vast scope of research possible in this application domain. The smart city is primarily a concept, and there is still not a clear and consistent definition among practitioners and academia. As a simplistic explanation, a smart city is a place where traditional networks and services are made more flexible, efficient, and sustainable with the use of information, digital, and telecommunication technologies to improve the city's operations for the benefit of its inhabitants. Smart cities are greener, safer, faster, and friendlier. The different components of a smart city include smart infrastructure, smart transportation, smart energy, smart health care, and smart technology. These components are what make the cities smart and efficient. Information and communication technology (ICT) are enabling keys for transforming traditional cities into smart cities. Two closely related emerging technology frameworks, the Internet of Things (IoT) and big data (BD), make smart cities efficient and responsive. The technology has matured enough to allow smart cities to emerge. However, there is much needed in terms of physical infrastructure, a smart city, the digital technologies translate into better public services for inhabitants and better use of resources while reducing environmental impacts. One of the formal definitions of the smart city is the following: a city "connecting the physical infrastructure, the information-technology infrastructure, the social infrastructure, and the business infrastructure to leverage the collective intelligence of the city" [4]. Another formal and comprehensive definition is "a smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operations and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social and environmental aspects" [12]. A broad overview of various components needed in a smart city is depicted in Figure 1. Any combination of various smart components can make cities smart. A city need not have all the components to be labeled as smart. The number of smart components depends on the cost and available technology.

685 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantified maternal mortality throughout the world by underlying cause and age from 1990 to 2015 for ages 10-54 years by systematically compiling and processing all available data sources from 186 of 195 countries and territories.

641 citations


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Haidong Wang1, Zulfiqar A Bhutta2, Zulfiqar A Bhutta3, Matthew M Coates1  +610 moreInstitutions (263)
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study provides an analytical framework to comprehensively assess trends for under-5 mortality, age-specific and cause-specific mortality among children under 5 years, and stillbirths by geography over time and decomposed the changes in under- 5 mortality to changes in SDI at the global level.

591 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors used wavdetect for initial source detection and ACIS Extract for photometric extraction and significance assessment, and created a main source catalog containing 1008 sources that are detected in up to three X-ray bands: 0.5-7.0 keV, 0.4 ×10-18, and 2.7 × 10-17 erg cm-2 s-1, respectively.
Abstract: We present X-ray source catalogs for the ≈7 Ms exposure of the Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S), which covers a total area of 484.2 arcmin2. Utilizing wavdetect for initial source detection and ACIS Extract for photometric extraction and significance assessment, we create a main source catalog containing 1008 sources that are detected in up to three X-ray bands: 0.5-7.0 keV, 0.5-2.0 keV, and 2-7 keV. A supplementary source catalog is also provided, including 47 lower-significance sources that have bright (Ks ≤ 23) near-infrared counterparts. We identify multiwavelength counterparts for 992 (98.4%) of the main-catalog sources, and we collect redshifts for 986 of these sources, including 653 spectroscopic redshifts and 333 photometric redshifts. Based on the X-ray and multiwavelength properties, we identify 711 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) from the main-catalog sources. Compared to the previous ≈4 Ms CDF-S catalogs, 291 of the main-catalog sources are new detections. We have achieved unprecedented X-ray sensitivity with average flux limits over the central ≈1 arcmin2 region of ≈1.9 ×10-17, 6.4 ×10-18, and 2.7 ×10-17 erg cm-2 s-1 in the three X-ray bands, respectively. We provide cumulative number-count measurements observing, for the first time, that normal galaxies start to dominate the X-ray source population at the faintest 0.5-2.0 keV flux levels. The highest X-ray source density reaches ≈50,500 deg-2, and 47% ± 4% of these sources are AGNs (≈23,900 deg-2). (Less)

415 citations


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01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: The findings show that reviews with higher levels of positive sentiment in the title receive more readerships and sentiment mining approach for big data analytics can be adopted by online vendors to develop scalable automated systems for sorting and classification of big OCR data which will benefit both vendors and consumers.
Abstract: Although online consumer reviews (OCRs) have helped consumers to know about the strengths and weaknesses of different products and find the ones that best suit their needs, they introduce a challenge for businesses to analyze them because of their volume, variety, velocity and veracity. This research investigates the predictors of readership and helpfulness of OCR using a sentiment mining approach for big data analytics. Our findings show that reviews with higher levels of positive sentiment in the title receive more readerships. Sentimental reviews with neutral polarity in the text are also perceived to be more helpful. The length and longevity of a review positively influence both its readership and helpfulness. Because the current methods used for sorting OCR may bias both their readership and helpfulness, the approach used in this study can be adopted by online vendors to develop scalable automated systems for sorting and classification of big OCR data which will benefit both vendors and consumers. Investigating the effect of review sentiment on readership and helpfulness of OCR.Providing a research model that predicts the performance of OCR.Reviews with higher levels of positive sentiment in the title receive more readerships.Reviews with neutral polarity in the text are perceived to be more helpful.Length and longevity of a review positively influence both its readership and helpfulness.

388 citations


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27 Jan 2016-PLOS ONE
TL;DR: Investigation of 3 aspects of minimization, as defined by the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire's MD scale, suggested that a minimizing response bias—as detected by the MD subscale—has a small but significant moderating effect on the CTQ’s discriminative validity.
Abstract: Childhood maltreatment has diverse, lifelong impact on morbidity and mortality. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) is one of the most commonly used scales to assess and quantify these experiences and their impact. Curiously, despite very widespread use of the CTQ, scores on its Minimization-Denial (MD) subscale-originally designed to assess a positive response bias-are rarely reported. Hence, little is known about this measure. If response biases are either common or consequential, current practices of ignoring the MD scale deserve revision. Therewith, we designed a study to investigate 3 aspects of minimization, as defined by the CTQ's MD scale: 1) its prevalence; 2) its latent structure; and finally 3) whether minimization moderates the CTQ's discriminative validity in terms of distinguishing between psychiatric patients and community volunteers. Archival, item-level CTQ data from 24 multinational samples were combined for a total of 19,652 participants. Analyses indicated: 1) minimization is common; 2) minimization functions as a continuous construct; and 3) high MD scores attenuate the ability of the CTQ to distinguish between psychiatric patients and community volunteers. Overall, results suggest that a minimizing response bias-as detected by the MD subscale-has a small but significant moderating effect on the CTQ's discriminative validity. Results also may suggest that some prior analyses of maltreatment rates or the effects of early maltreatment that have used the CTQ may have underestimated its incidence and impact. We caution researchers and clinicians about the widespread practice of using the CTQ without the MD or collecting MD data but failing to assess and control for its effects on outcomes or dependent variables.

329 citations


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TL;DR: Patients with low health literacy were less likely to use HIT tools or perceive them as easy or useful, but they perceived information on HIT as private, and health literacy score was positively associated with trust in health care.
Abstract: Background: Approximately one-half of American adults exhibit low health literacy and thus struggle to find and use health information. Low health literacy is associated with negative outcomes including overall poorer health. Health information technology (HIT) makes health information available directly to patients through electronic tools including patient portals, wearable technology, and mobile apps. The direct availability of this information to patients, however, may be complicated by misunderstanding of HIT privacy and information sharing. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether health literacy is associated with patients’ use of four types of HIT tools: fitness and nutrition apps, activity trackers, and patient portals. Additionally, we sought to explore whether health literacy is associated with patients’ perceived ease of use and usefulness of these HIT tools, as well as patients’ perceptions of privacy offered by HIT tools and trust in government, media, technology companies, and health care. This study is the first wide-scale investigation of these interrelated concepts. Methods: Participants were 4974 American adults (n=2102, 42.26% male, n=3146, 63.25% white, average age 43.5, SD 16.7 years). Participants completed the Newest Vital Sign measure of health literacy and indicated their actual use of HIT tools, as well as the perceived ease of use and usefulness of these applications. Participants also answered questions regarding information privacy and institutional trust, as well as demographic items. Results: Cross-tabulation analysis indicated that adequate versus less than adequate health literacy was significantly associated with use of fitness apps (P=.02), nutrition apps (P<.001), activity trackers (P<.001), and patient portals (P<.001). Additionally, greater health literacy was significantly associated with greater perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness across all HIT tools after controlling for demographics. Regarding privacy perceptions of HIT and institutional trust, patients with greater health literacy often demonstrated decreased privacy perceptions for HIT tools including fitness apps (P<.001) and nutrition apps (P<.001). Health literacy was negatively associated with trust in government (P<.001), media (P<.001), and technology companies (P<.001). Interestingly, health literacy score was positively associated with trust in health care (P=.03). Conclusions: Patients with low health literacy were less likely to use HIT tools or perceive them as easy or useful, but they perceived information on HIT as private. Given the fast-paced evolution of technology, there is a pressing need to further the understanding of how health literacy is related to HIT app adoption and usage. This will ensure that all users receive the full health benefits from these technological advances, in a manner that protects health information privacy, and that users engage with organizations and providers they trust. [J Med Internet Res 2016;18(10):e264]

294 citations


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29 Jan 2016-PLOS ONE
TL;DR: Arabidopsis plants were found to be more susceptible to a combination of salt and heat stress compared to each of the different stresses applied individually, and mutants deficient in abscisic acid metabolism and signaling were more susceptible than wild type plants.
Abstract: Abiotic stresses such as drought, heat or salinity are a major cause of yield loss worldwide. Recent studies revealed that the acclimation of plants to a combination of different environmental stresses is unique and cannot be directly deduced from studying the response of plants to each of the different stresses applied individually. Here we report on the response of Arabidopsis thaliana to a combination of salt and heat stress using transcriptome analysis, physiological measurements and mutants deficient in abscisic acid, salicylic acid, jasmonic acid or ethylene signaling. Arabidopsis plants were found to be more susceptible to a combination of salt and heat stress compared to each of the different stresses applied individually. The stress combination resulted in a higher ratio of Na+/K+ in leaves and caused the enhanced expression of 699 transcripts unique to the stress combination. Interestingly, many of the transcripts that specifically accumulated in plants in response to the salt and heat stress combination were associated with the plant hormone abscisic acid. In accordance with this finding, mutants deficient in abscisic acid metabolism and signaling were found to be more susceptible to a combination of salt and heat stress than wild type plants. Our study highlights the important role abscisic acid plays in the acclimation of plants to a combination of two different abiotic stresses.

276 citations


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TL;DR: The intricate association between the various inflammatory molecules and telomeres that together contribute to the ageing process and related diseases are summarized.

272 citations


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TL;DR: The efficacy of gratitude interventions relative to a measurement-only control or an alternative-activity condition across 3 outcomes (i.e., gratitude, anxiety, psychological well-being) is evaluated and suggestions for future applied research on gratitude are made.
Abstract: A recent qualitative review by Wood, Froh, and Geraghty (2010) cast doubt on the efficacy of gratitude interventions, suggesting the need to carefully attend to the quality of comparison groups. Accordingly, in a series of meta-analyses, we evaluate the efficacy of gratitude interventions (ks = 4-18; Ns = 395-1,755) relative to a measurement-only control or an alternative-activity condition across 3 outcomes (i.e., gratitude, anxiety, psychological well-being). Gratitude interventions outperformed a measurement-only control on measures of psychological well-being (d = .31, 95% confidence interval [CI = .04, .58]; k = 5) but not gratitude (d = .20; 95% CI [-.04, .44]; k = 4). Gratitude interventions outperformed an alternative-activity condition on measures of gratitude (d = .46, 95% CI [.27, .64]; k = 15) and psychological well-being (d = .17, 95% CI [.09, .24]; k = 20) but not anxiety (d = .11, 95% CI [-.08, .31]; k = 5). More-detailed subdivision was possible on studies with outcomes assessing psychological well-being. Among these, gratitude interventions outperformed an activity-matched comparison (d = .14; 95% CI [.01, .27]; k = 18). Gratitude interventions performed as well as, but not better than, a psychologically active comparison (d = -.03, 95% CI [-.13, .07]; k = 9). On the basis of these findings, we summarize the current state of the literature and make suggestions for future applied research on gratitude. (PsycINFO Database Record

265 citations


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TL;DR: This paper examined the use of online media by Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists and found that the vast majority of the communities supported justice for the victims and decisively denounced police brutality.
Abstract: In 2014, a dedicated activist movement — Black Lives Matter (BLM) — ignited an urgent national conversation about police killings of unarmed Black citizens. Online tools have been anecdotally credited as critical in this effort, but researchers are only beginning to evaluate this claim. This research report examines the movement’s uses of online media in 2014 and 2015. To do so, we analyze three types of data: 40.8 million tweets, over 100,000 web links, and 40 interviews of BLM activists and allies. Most of the report is devoted to detailing our findings, which include: *Although the #Blacklivesmatter hashtag was created in July 2013, it was rarely used through the summer of 2014 and did not come to signify a movement until the months after the Ferguson protests.*Social media posts by activists were essential in spreading Michael Brown’s story nationally.* Protesters and their supporters were generally able to circulate their own narratives on Twitter without relying on mainstream news outlets.* There are six major communities that consistently discussed police brutality on Twitter in 2014 and 2015: Black Lives Matter, Anonymous/Bipartisan Report, Black Entertainers, Conservatives, Mainstream News, and Young Black Twitter.* The vast majority of the communities we observed supported justice for the victims and decisively denounced police brutality.* Black youth discussed police brutality frequently on Twitter, but in ways that differed substantially from how activists discussed it.* Evidence that activists succeeded in educating casual observers on Twitter came in two main forms: expressions of awe and disbelief at the violent police reactions to the Ferguson protests, and conservative admissions of police brutality in the Eric Garner and Walter Scott cases.* The primary goals of social media use among our interviewees were education, amplification of marginalized voices, and structural police reform.In our concluding section, we reflect on the practical importance and implications of our findings. We hope this report contributes to the specific conversation about how Black Lives Matter and related movements have used online tools as well as to broader conversations about the general capacity of such tools to facilitate social and political change.

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Gyungah Jun1, Carla A. Ibrahim-Verbaas2, Maria Vronskaya3, J-C Lambert4  +447 moreInstitutions (52)
TL;DR: The authors' APOE-stratified GWAS is the first to show GWS association for AD with SNPs in the chromosome 17q21.31 region, and the finding in the stage 1 sample that AD risk is significantly influenced by the interaction of APOE with TMEM106B (P=1·6 × 10−7) is noteworthy, because TMEM 106B variants have previously been associated with risk of frontotemporal dementia.
Abstract: APOE ɛ4, the most significant genetic risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD), may mask effects of other loci. We re-analyzed genome-wide association study (GWAS) data from the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP) Consortium in APOE ɛ4+ (10 352 cases and 9207 controls) and APOE ɛ4- (7184 cases and 26 968 controls) subgroups as well as in the total sample testing for interaction between a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and APOE ɛ4 status. Suggestive associations (P<1 × 10(-4)) in stage 1 were evaluated in an independent sample (stage 2) containing 4203 subjects (APOE ɛ4+: 1250 cases and 536 controls; APOE ɛ4-: 718 cases and 1699 controls). Among APOE ɛ4- subjects, novel genome-wide significant (GWS) association was observed with 17 SNPs (all between KANSL1 and LRRC37A on chromosome 17 near MAPT) in a meta-analysis of the stage 1 and stage 2 data sets (best SNP, rs2732703, P=5·8 × 10(-9)). Conditional analysis revealed that rs2732703 accounted for association signals in the entire 100-kilobase region that includes MAPT. Except for previously identified AD loci showing stronger association in APOE ɛ4+ subjects (CR1 and CLU) or APOE ɛ4- subjects (MS4A6A/MS4A4A/MS4A6E), no other SNPs were significantly associated with AD in a specific APOE genotype subgroup. In addition, the finding in the stage 1 sample that AD risk is significantly influenced by the interaction of APOE with rs1595014 in TMEM106B (P=1·6 × 10(-7)) is noteworthy, because TMEM106B variants have previously been associated with risk of frontotemporal dementia. Expression quantitative trait locus analysis revealed that rs113986870, one of the GWS SNPs near rs2732703, is significantly associated with four KANSL1 probes that target transcription of the first translated exon and an untranslated exon in hippocampus (P ⩽ 1.3 × 10(-8)), frontal cortex (P ⩽ 1.3 × 10(-9)) and temporal cortex (P⩽1.2 × 10(-11)). Rs113986870 is also strongly associated with a MAPT probe that targets transcription of alternatively spliced exon 3 in frontal cortex (P=9.2 × 10(-6)) and temporal cortex (P=2.6 × 10(-6)). Our APOE-stratified GWAS is the first to show GWS association for AD with SNPs in the chromosome 17q21.31 region. Replication of this finding in independent samples is needed to verify that SNPs in this region have significantly stronger effects on AD risk in persons lacking APOE ɛ4 compared with persons carrying this allele, and if this is found to hold, further examination of this region and studies aimed at deciphering the mechanism(s) are warranted.

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TL;DR: The importance of STAT3 as a potential target for cancer therapy is discussed and novel insights into various classes of existing pharmacological inhibitors of this transcription factor that can be potentially developed as anti-cancer drugs are provided.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a novel combinatorial approach for assessing composition-microstructure-microhardness-magnetic property relationships, using laser deposited compositionally graded AlxCrCuFeNi2 (0 < x < 1.5) complex concentrated alloys as a candidate system.

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15 Sep 2016-Nature
TL;DR: It is shown that nanocrystalline copper–tantalum alloys possess an unprecedented combination of properties: high strength combined with extremely high-temperature creep resistance, while maintaining mechanical and thermal stability, including in the aerospace, naval, civilian infrastructure and energy sectors.
Abstract: A nanocrystalline copper–tantalum alloy with high strength and extremely high-temperature creep resistance is achieved via a processing method that creates clusters of atoms within the alloy that pin grain boundaries. Reducing the grain size of a metal is one way of increasing its strength, but it can often have detrimental effects on other mechanical properties. The resistance to slow irreversible deformation known as creep, for example, can be greatly diminished, owing to the relatively large volume of the material that is in the form of grain boundaries between the nanocrystalline constituents. Kristopher Darling et al. describe a family of nanostructured alloys that combine high strength with extremely high creep resistance. Key to this achievement is a processing strategy that creates tiny clusters at the grain boundaries, stabilizing the nanocrystalline grains against sliding, rotation and diffusional growth, and so greatly enhancing their resistance to creep. Nanocrystalline metals, with a mean grain size of less than 100 nanometres, have greater room-temperature strength than their coarse-grained equivalents, in part owing to a large reduction in grain size1. However, this high strength generally comes with substantial losses in other mechanical properties, such as creep resistance, which limits their practical utility; for example, creep rates in nanocrystalline copper are about four orders of magnitude higher than those in typical coarse-grained copper2,3. The degradation of creep resistance in nanocrystalline materials is in part due to an increase in the volume fraction of grain boundaries, which lack long-range crystalline order and lead to processes such as diffusional creep, sliding and rotation3. Here we show that nanocrystalline copper–tantalum alloys possess an unprecedented combination of properties: high strength combined with extremely high-temperature creep resistance, while maintaining mechanical and thermal stability. Precursory work on this family of immiscible alloys has previously highlighted their thermo-mechanical stability and strength4,5, which has motivated their study under more extreme conditions, such as creep. We find a steady-state creep rate of less than 10−6 per second—six to eight orders of magnitude lower than most nanocrystalline metals—at various temperatures between 0.5 and 0.64 times the melting temperature of the matrix (1,356 kelvin) under an applied stress ranging from 0.85 per cent to 1.2 per cent of the shear modulus. The unusual combination of properties in our nanocrystalline alloy is achieved via a processing route that creates distinct nanoclusters of atoms that pin grain boundaries within the alloy. This pinning improves the kinetic stability of the grains by increasing the energy barrier for grain-boundary sliding and rotation and by inhibiting grain coarsening, under extremely long-term creep conditions. Our processing approach should enable the development of microstructurally stable structural alloys with high strength and creep resistance for various high-temperature applications, including in the aerospace, naval, civilian infrastructure and energy sectors.

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TL;DR: Using phylogenetic, transcriptomic and in vitro biochemical analyses, a single homotetrameric bifunctional ammonia-lyase (PTAL) among eight BdPAL enzymes in the model grass species Brachypodium distachyon is identified and isotope dilution experiments suggest that the pathways to lignin from L-phenylalanine and L-tyrosine are distinct beyond the formation of 4-coumarate.
Abstract: L-Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) is the first enzyme in the biosynthesis of phenylpropanoid-derived plant compounds such as flavonoids, coumarins and the cell wall polymer lignin. The cell walls of grasses possess higher proportions of syringyl (S)-rich lignins and high levels of esterified coumaric acid compared with those of dicotyledonous plants, and PAL from grasses can also possess tyrosine ammonia-lyase (TAL) activity, the reason for which has remained unclear. Using phylogenetic, transcriptomic and in vitro biochemical analyses, we identified a single homotetrameric bifunctional ammonia-lyase (PTAL) among eight BdPAL enzymes in the model grass species Brachypodium distachyon. (13)C isotope labelling experiments along with BdPTAL1-downregulation in transgenic plants showed that the TAL activity of BdPTAL1 can provide nearly half of the total lignin deposited in Brachypodium, with a preference for S-lignin and wall-bound coumarate biosynthesis, indicating that PTAL function is linked to the characteristic features of grass cell walls. Furthermore, isotope dilution experiments suggest that the pathways to lignin from L-phenylalanine and L-tyrosine are distinct beyond the formation of 4-coumarate, supporting the organization of lignin synthesis enzymes in one or more metabolons.

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Benjamin W. Abbott1, Jeremy B. Jones1, Edward A. G. Schuur2, F. Stuart Chapin1, William B. Bowden3, M. Syndonia Bret-Harte1, Howard E. Epstein4, Mike D. Flannigan5, Tamara K. Harms1, Teresa N. Hollingsworth6, Michelle C. Mack2, A. David McGuire7, Susan M. Natali8, Adrian V. Rocha9, Suzanne E. Tank5, Merritt R. Turetsky10, Jorien E. Vonk11, Kimberly P. Wickland7, George R. Aiken7, Heather D. Alexander12, Rainer M. W. Amon13, Brian W. Benscoter14, Yves Bergeron15, Kevin Bishop16, Olivier Blarquez17, Ben Bond-Lamberty18, Amy L. Breen1, Ishi Buffam19, Yihua Cai20, Christopher Carcaillet21, Sean K. Carey22, Jing M. Chen23, Han Y. H. Chen24, Torben R. Christensen25, Lee W. Cooper26, J. Hans C. Cornelissen11, William J. de Groot27, Thomas H. DeLuca28, Ellen Dorrepaal29, Ned Fetcher30, Jacques C. Finlay31, Bruce C. Forbes, Nancy H. F. French32, Sylvie Gauthier27, Martin P. Girardin27, Scott J. Goetz8, Johann G. Goldammer33, Laura Gough34, Paul Grogan35, Laodong Guo36, Philip E. Higuera37, Larry D. Hinzman1, Feng Sheng Hu38, Gustaf Hugelius39, Elchin Jafarov40, Randi Jandt1, Jill F. Johnstone41, Jan Karlsson29, Eric S. Kasischke, Gerhard Kattner42, Ryan C. Kelly, Frida Keuper43, George W. Kling44, Pirkko Kortelainen45, Jari Kouki46, Peter Kuhry39, Hjalmar Laudon16, Isabelle Laurion15, Robie W. Macdonald47, Paul J. Mann48, Pertti J. Martikainen46, James W. McClelland49, Ulf Molau50, Steven F. Oberbauer14, David Olefeldt5, David Paré27, Marc-André Parisien27, Serge Payette51, Changhui Peng52, Oleg S. Pokrovsky53, Edward B. Rastetter54, Peter A. Raymond55, Martha K. Raynolds1, Guillermo Rein56, James F. Reynolds57, Martin D. Robards, Brendan M. Rogers8, Christina Schaedel2, Kevin Schaefer40, Inger Kappel Schmidt58, Anatoly Shvidenko, Jasper Sky, Robert G. M. Spencer14, Gregory Starr59, Robert G. Striegl7, Roman Teisserenc60, Lars J. Tranvik61, Tarmo Virtanen, Jeffrey M. Welker62, Sergei Zimov63 
University of Alaska Fairbanks1, Northern Arizona University2, University of Vermont3, University of Virginia4, University of Alberta5, United States Department of Agriculture6, United States Geological Survey7, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution8, University of Notre Dame9, University of Guelph10, VU University Amsterdam11, Mississippi State University12, University of North Texas13, Florida State University14, Université du Québec15, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences16, McGill University17, United States Department of Energy18, University of Cincinnati19, Xiamen University20, École Normale Supérieure21, McMaster University22, University of Toronto23, Lakehead University24, Aarhus University25, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science26, Natural Resources Canada27, University of Washington28, Umeå University29, Wilkes University30, University of Minnesota31, Michigan Technological University32, Max Planck Society33, University System of Maryland34, Queen's University35, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee36, University of Montana System37, University of Illinois at Chicago38, Stockholm University39, University of Colorado Boulder40, University of Saskatchewan41, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research42, Institut national de la recherche agronomique43, University of Michigan44, Finnish Environment Institute45, University of Eastern Finland46, Fisheries and Oceans Canada47, Northumbria University48, University of Texas at Austin49, University of Gothenburg50, Laval University51, Northwest A&F University52, Tomsk State University53, Marine Biological Laboratory54, Yale University55, Imperial College London56, Duke University57, University of Copenhagen58, University of Alabama59, Centre national de la recherche scientifique60, Uppsala University61, University of Alaska Anchorage62, Russian Academy of Sciences63
TL;DR: As the permafrost region warms, its large organic carbon pool will be increasingly vulnerable to decomposition, combustion, and hydrologic export as mentioned in this paper, and models predict that some portion of this release w...
Abstract: As the permafrost region warms, its large organic carbon pool will be increasingly vulnerable to decomposition, combustion, and hydrologic export. Models predict that some portion of this release w ...

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01 Oct 2016-Fuel
TL;DR: In this article, a detailed chemical kinetic model is presented for the reaction of the important intermediate H2NO with O2, and the rate constant for the intermediate was determined from ab initio calculations to be 2.994 exp(−9510 K/T)cm3mol−1/s−1.3

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TL;DR: The findings indicate that security awareness significantly affects perceived severity, response efficacy, self-efficacy, and response cost.
Abstract: This article uses the protection motivation theory to study the impact of information security awareness on desktop security behavior. It contributes to the literature by examining the roles played by awareness, an important antecedent to the cognitive processes in the protection motivation theory. The findings indicate that security awareness significantly affects perceived severity, response efficacy, self-efficacy, and response cost. Constructs in the coping appraisal process except response cost, in turn, significantly impact recommended security behavior.

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TL;DR: An analysis at gene and enzyme levels of the phenylpropanoid metabolism concluded that under conditions where flavonols accumulated to a greater degree as compared to hydroxycinnamic acids, the oxidative damage was lower, highlighting the importance of Flavonols as powerful antioxidants, and their role in abiotic stress tolerance.
Abstract: Efficient detoxification of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is thought to play a key role in enhancing the tolerance of plants to abiotic stresses. Although multiple pathways, enzymes and antioxidants are present in plants, their exact roles during different stress responses remain unclear. Here we report on the characterization of the different antioxidant mechanisms of tomato plants subjected to heat stress, salinity stress or a combination of both stresses. All the treatments applied induced an increase of oxidative stress, with the salinity treatment being the most aggressive, resulting in plants with the lowest biomass, and the highest levels of H2O2 accumulation, lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation. However, the results obtained from the transcript expression study and enzymatic activities related to the ascorbate-glutathione pathway did not fully explain the differences in the oxidative damage observed between salinity and the combination of salinity and heat. An exhaustive metabolomics study revealed the differential accumulation of phenolic compounds depending on the type of abiotic stress applied. An analysis at gene and enzyme levels of the phenylpropanoid metabolism concluded that under conditions where flavonols accumulated to a greater degree as compared to hydroxycinnamic acids, the oxidative damage was lower, highlighting the importance of flavonols as powerful antioxidants and their role in abiotic stress tolerance.

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TL;DR: In this article, the role of the ω phase on the copious nucleation of α leading to super-refined precipitation in a metastable β Ti-alloy has been rationalized for the first time.

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TL;DR: This review critically analyze the existing literature on the modulation of diverse transcription factors by various natural compounds and provides views on new directions for accelerating the discovery of novel drug candidates derived from Mother Nature.

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01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of development in the last 10 years focusing on research that has addressed energy conservation principle, ability and fatigue effects, and the impact of mood, dysphoria, and primed affect.
Abstract: Brehm's motivational intensity theory has been a fruitful conceptual framework for research on effort during the last three decades. Researchers have used the theory to address various effort-related phenomena, like the impact of ability, affect, and fatigue on effort mobilization. In this chapter, we provide an overview of development in the last 10 years focusing on research that has addressed (1) the energy conservation principle, (2) ability and fatigue effects, and (3) the impact of mood, dysphoria, and primed affect. We point out that most of the research has supported the predictions of the theory and its extensions and applications. However, we also elaborate on empirical findings that do not fit the theory and discuss open questions that need to be addressed in future research.

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TL;DR: In this article, an activity descriptor is identified for the codoped carbon nanomaterials, which correlates doping structures to their catalytic activities and also predicts that the synergistic effect of codoping occurs within a certain distance between the codopants.
Abstract: Dual-element-doped carbon nanomaterials are demonstrated to be more efficient bifunctional catalysts than noble metals to catalyze two key chemical reactions: oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in regenerative fuel cells and metal–air batteries. Moreover, to accelerate the search for the best metal-free catalysts, an activity descriptor is identified for the codoped carbon nanomaterials, which correlates doping structures to their catalytic activities. These predictions are supported by experimental data. Our work also predicts that the synergistic effect of codoping occurs within a certain distance between the codopants. The descriptor enables rational design of new bifunctional catalysts.

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TL;DR: A recent review as discussed by the authors highlights recent progress made toward the design and photochemical study of energy-harvesting systems assembled by metal-ligand axial coordination, highlighting the significance of endohedral fullerenes and carbon nanotubes in mimicking natural photosynthesis by stabilizing the light induced charge-separated states in supramolecular multicomponent donor-acceptor assemblies.

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25 May 2016-Biology
TL;DR: Epigenetics increasingly occupies a pivotal position in understanding of inheritance, natural selection and, perhaps, even evolution, but a survey of the PubMed database reveals that the great majority of epigenetic papers have an intra- rather than an inter-generational focus, primarily on mechanisms and disease.
Abstract: Epigenetics increasingly occupies a pivotal position in our understanding of inheritance, natural selection and, perhaps, even evolution. A survey of the PubMed database, however, reveals that the great majority (>93%) of epigenetic papers have an intra-, rather than an inter-generational focus, primarily on mechanisms and disease. Approximately ~1% of epigenetic papers even mention the nexus of epigenetics, natural selection and evolution. Yet, when environments are dynamic (e.g., climate change effects), there may be an “epigenetic advantage” to phenotypic switching by epigenetic inheritance, rather than by gene mutation. An epigenetically-inherited trait can arise simultaneously in many individuals, as opposed to a single individual with a gene mutation. Moreover, a transient epigenetically-modified phenotype can be quickly “sunsetted”, with individuals reverting to the original phenotype. Thus, epigenetic phenotype switching is dynamic and temporary and can help bridge periods of environmental stress. Epigenetic inheritance likely contributes to evolution both directly and indirectly. While there is as yet incomplete evidence of direct permanent incorporation of a complex epigenetic phenotype into the genome, doubtlessly, the presence of epigenetic markers and the phenotypes they create (which may sort quite separately from the genotype within a population) will influence natural selection and, so, drive the collective genotype of a population.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the evolution of normal-galaxy X-ray emission from z ≈ 0-7 using local galaxies and galaxy samples in the ≈6 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) survey is investigated.
Abstract: This article presents measurements of the evolution of normal-galaxy X-ray emission from z ≈ 0-7 using local galaxies and galaxy samples in the ≈6 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) survey.

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TL;DR: In this article, carbon fibers with hydrophilic surface modification were added into cement mortar through ultrasonic treatment to examine the reinforcing effect of carbon fiber, and the results showed that the enhancing mechanism of carbon fibers on the properties of cement mortar analyzed by the calculated fiber numbers per unit volume, average center distance between two carbon fibers and the critical pullout length well matches the experimental results.

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TL;DR: Examination of the occurrence of racial microaggressions in counseling using a large and diverse sample and the association between perceived cultural humility of the counselor and racial microagggressions found client-perceived cultural humility was associated with fewer microagressions experienced in counseling.
Abstract: Racial microaggressions may contribute to poor counseling outcomes in racial/ethnic minority clients. The present study examined the occurrence of racial microaggressions in counseling using a large and diverse sample and explored the association between perceived cultural humility of the counselor and racial microaggressions. Racial/ethnic minority participants (N = 2,212) answered questions about the frequency and impact of racial microaggressions in counseling and the characteristics of their counselor. The majority of clients (81%) reported experiencing at least 1 racial microaggression in counseling. Participants most commonly reported racial microaggressions involving denial or lack of awareness of stereotypes and bias and avoidance of discussing cultural issues. There were few differences in racial microaggression frequency or impact based on client race/ethnicity and counselor race/ethnicity. Racially matched clients viewed racial microaggressions as more impactful than did clients who were not racially matched. Client-perceived cultural humility of the counselor was associated with fewer microaggressions experienced in counseling. We conclude by discussing limitations, areas for future research, and implications for counseling.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) was modified with a silane coupling agent (MCNC) for introducing superficial amino groups, and the interaction between the MCNC and SPI matrix was enhanced by forming the chemical-crosslinking network through the reaction between amino and epoxy groups.