bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
How The TQM Journal has addressed “quality”: a literature review using bibliometric analysis
Authors: Shrivastav Santosh Kumar
Published: February 2023

Purpose

This study investigates the overall publications of The TQM Journal since its inception with an aim to identify the trending topics and emerging trends.

Design/methodology/approach

The quantitative bibliometric and social network analysis techniques composed of keywords, co-occurrence network and keyword cluster detection are employed to conduct the investigation. A total of 968 papers published in The TQM Journal till August 2022 were sourced from the SCOPUS database to conduct the analysis.

Findings

The research identifies five themes from the published articles namely, customer service experience and satisfaction; quality management and organizational performance; quality measurement tools and models; quality and sustainable development; and quality and competitive advantage. The study also identifies the most significant articles, authors and countries published in the journal and shows that Industry 4.0 is the trending topic and quality 4.0 the new emerging trend in the journal.

Research limitations/implications

The analysis is carried out only for papers published in The TQM Journal till August 2022; those after this month are not included in the analysis. The outcome of this study is dynamic in nature and subject to change over time as more papers, citations and collaborations are added to the list.

Originality/value

This is the first article of its kind to explore The TQM Journal publications with an aim to identify trending and emerging topics and also the most valuable authors based on the number of publications and citations through the bibliometric analysis.
Dementia’s preventative futures: researcher perspectives on prospective developments in the UK
Authors: Fahey Miriam , Tinker Anthea , Fletcher James Rupert
Published: February 2023

Purpose

In lieu of a cure, the idea that dementia might be preventable through risk-factor moderation has latterly gained popularity. Prevention research is an evolving field that will likely undergo significant shifts in the near future. This paper aims to engage with that future as it is imagined in the present.

Design/methodology/approach

This study explores the futures envisaged by dementia prevention researchers in the UK, based on interviews with six practitioners at the forefront of the field.

Findings

Participants foresaw a pivot away from “dementia prevention” toward “brain health”, and advocated for blended policy, community and lifestyle interventions. They were excited by the prospects for a lifecourse dementia hypothesis to inform new interventions but uncomfortable with the ethics of early intervention.

Originality/value

These findings complicate simplistic depictions of prevention researchers as pursuing responsibilised lifestyle approaches.
Review: Biogeographic and environmental history of Fagus and beech‐dominant forest in Japan
Authors: Momohara Arata , Ito Ayano
Published: February 2023

There is a rich beech fossil record in Japan dating from the Paleogene to the Holocene, which allows for the continuous tracing of the evolutionary history of the genus and allows us to understand the environmental background that facilitated the genus to obtain a dominant state in present‐day forests. In addition to the temperate climate, the oceanic climate was an important factor in controlling beech distribution and dominance in the forests in Japan. With the cooling climate, beech species began expanding their distribution in the Northern Hemisphere in the middle Eocene and appeared in Japan in the late middle Eocene. Beech species became dominant in forests in Japan during the Miocene along with the development of the oceanic climate by the opening of the Sea of Japan and with the strengthening of the monsoon. Fagus crenata appeared until the Late Pliocene and became dominant in forests in central Japan in the late Early Pleistocene coinciding with the onsetting inflow of the Tsushima Warm Current to the Sea of Japan in interglacial stages. During the full‐glacial stages since the late Middle Pleistocene, the cold and dry climate caused by the strong winter monsoon limited the distribution of beeches into refugia at humid places, including the inland. During the deglaciation since ca 19 ka, the beech population began to grow and its distribution expanded, controlled by the development of the Tsushima Warm Current, as well as latitudinal and altitudinal temperature clines.
Architecture in Anticipation: Building Socialist Friendship between Hungary and North Korea in the 1950s
Authors: Gabriel Douglas , Kácsor Adri
Published: February 2023

Beginning in the early 1950s, North Korea and Hungary forged a friendship in anticipation of building a new socialist world. In 1954, a team of Hungarian architects led by Emil Zöldy (1913–82) travelled to Pyongyang to design a broad spectrum of buildings and spaces in collaboration with North Korean architects and workers. Separate groups of Hungarian experts were also commissioned to design factories and plants in provincial North Korean cities such as Kusŏng. This essay examines how these large‐scale construction projects operated on the ground, including some of the fissures and give‐and‐take of the friendship that was built between the Korean and Hungarian comrades. Their designs and construction projects, we argue, concretized and cemented the ephemeral and contingent experiences of socialist friendship between Korea and Hungary, even if its memory has been subjected to erasure in both the North Korean and Hungarian contexts.
Crafting Friendship
Authors: Ho Christine I.
Published: February 2023

Craft exhibitions were one of the major forms of cultural and economic exchange among socialist countries, a key feature of friendship exchanges that mapped Cold War alliances at mid‐century. This essay examines the implications of craft exhibitions exported between China and her ‘brother’ nations, especially in Eastern Europe. Export exhibitions enabled the circulation of objects, craftspeople, and students, and trod a grey zone between art and industry, mutual cultural appreciation, and mutual economic dependency. Promoting craft as the epitome of socialist culture's diversity also questioned Soviet hegemony over the forms associated with high state culture, opening the way for other routes of formal experimentation and abstraction. Mapping craft exhibitions underscores how the socialist valorization of the ‘folk’ was not solely an enterprise of national identity, but construed as part of a crafted internationalism.
Between Two Easts: Picturing a Global Socialism in Albanian Post‐War Art, 1959–69
Authors: Isto Raino
Published: February 2023

This essay examines the efforts to construct an image of global socialist society in post‐war Albania, looking closely at the images published in a 1959 travelogue by artist and art critic Andon Kuqali, chronicling his visit to the People's Republic of China. This piece of writing and the accompanying sketches and prints created by the artist reflect the cultural aspects of Albania's efforts to position itself within the socialist world in the period after Stalin's death. In this decade, Albania broke with the Soviet Union and moved towards stronger political and economic alliances with socialist nations in East Asia, including China. Kuqali's travel essay represents a key document in the formation of a global socialist identity in Albania, an effort to find common ground and shared purpose – in both life and modes of artistic production – between peoples who had relatively little knowledge of each other.
Moscow's Outreach to Hanoi: Artistic Ties between the Soviet Union and Vietnam
Authors: Kraevskaia Natalia , Taylor Nora Annesley
Published: February 2023

In the 1960s through the 1970s, and afterwards, a number of Vietnamese artists travelled to the Soviet Union to study at prestigious Soviet art and film academies. While Vietnamese artists did not develop a considerable body of work that can match the grandiose works of socialist realism under Josef Stalin, some artists did work in a socialist realist style that merged academic oil painting styles with local themes. This essay examines the work of Vũ Duy Nghı̃a (1935–2022), Lê Huy Tiếp (b. 1950) and Đào Châu Hải (b. 1955), who studied in the Soviet Union during this period and integrated various painting methods, styles and techniques into their art works. The legacy of Soviet–Vietnam relations is a still largely understudied field. While archival sources are difficult to access, the essay relies on interviews with two of the living artists. It looks into the significance of studying in the Soviet Union for these art workers, and assesses the impact that it had on the development of Vietnamese culture overall.
Imagined Solidarities: Cairo‐Moscow and the Struggle for Realist Art
Authors: Mileeva Maria
Published: February 2023

This essay examines an understudied history of reciprocal art exhibitions between Cairo and Moscow during the Cold War period. It focuses on the work of Gamal El Sagini, Inji Efflatoun, and Hamed Owais, and sets out their role in forging new networks of revolutionary art in the Soviet Union. By addressing how post‐colonial art was received and utilized in Soviet Russia, this article uncovers the extent of Soviet cultural engagement with Egypt, the African national liberation struggles, pan‐Arabism, and international solidarity amongst the Second and Third Worlds more broadly. Offering a more complex reading of the processes behind Soviet involvement in the utopian project of socialist worldmaking, this essay argues for the need to assess critically Soviet claims to anti‐imperialism, peace, international solidarity, and friendship. It discusses the role of art in these processes, and addresses the changing definitions of realism, nationalism, and humanism in the socialist world, making a contribution to alternative understandings of post‐war figuration.
‘The New Life’: Mozambican Art Students in the USSR, and the Aesthetic Epistemologies of Anti‐Colonial Solidarity
Authors: Savage Polly
Published: February 2023

This essay traces the histories and reverberations of the socialist scholarship programmes which brought art and graphic design students from Africa to the USSR during the 1980s. Drawing on the accounts and archives of art students and cultural workers who participated in or supported these programmes, it follows the path of one Mozambican cohort through a Graphic Design degree in Uzbekistan. It shows how, by navigating between the emancipatory opportunities offered by the programme, and the pedagogical expressions of state power that constrained it, the students developed affiliations and aesthetic positions which would survive, appropriate, and resist dominant geopolitical epistemologies. Ultimately, I argue that their artworks and recollections allow alternative, unofficial histories of Cold War solidarity networks to come into sharper focus.
Doves and Machetes: Rina Lazo's Portable Mural Venceremos (1959) in Guatemala, North Korea, and Beyond
Authors: Balderrama Marisol Villela
Published: February 2023

The portable mural Venceremos (We Will Win, 1959) by Guatemalan‐born Rina Lazo (1923–2019) draws rarely seen parallels between the United States’ imperialist actions in North Korea and Guatemala during the 1950s. Using tactics and strategies of modern Mexican muralism, which she learned as an assistant to Diego Rivera, Lazo attempted to encourage Guatemalans to follow the North Korean example to overcome the US. This essay considers the qualities of Venceremos as a portable mural. As a work in progress, Venceremos functioned as a passport that allowed Lazo and her partner, Mexican artist Arturo García Bustos, to travel to Asia and Europe through the network of socialist nations in the 1950s. After its purchase by a Mexican politician in 1960, Venceremos was considered lost and remained out of view until 2010. This purchase functioned as an act of censorship that thwarted the revolutionary agency of Venceremos for half a century.
Interacting arguments in crisis communication: The influence of message convergence on risk and crisis messages
Authors: Soares Rodrigo , Jin Xianlin , Spence Patric R. , Sellnow Timothy L.
Published: February 2023

By their nature, risks, and crises create uncertainty. This uncertainty causes both discomfort and confusion for those seeking to protect themselves and their loved ones from the threat at hand. As more information is revealed about a risk or crisis, interacting arguments often coalesce to reveal points or convergence. This exploratory study examined the relationships among message convergence and the desire to seek additional information, source credibility, risk severity, and perceptions of message consistency in response to a notable risk to the food supply. Results indicated that those participants viewing content with high convergence had heightened perceptions of source credibility, risk severity, and message consistency. They did not, however, indicate a need to seek further information. These results suggest that organizations and agencies offering warnings about risks and crises can benefit from message convergence.
Current and future interventions for improving poultry health and poultry food safety and security: A comprehensive review
Authors: Chowdhury Md. Anamul Hasan , Ashrafudoulla Md. , Mevo Senakpon Isaïe Ulrich , Mizan Md. Furkanur Rahaman , Park Si Hong , Ha Sang‐Do
Published: February 2023

Poultry is thriving across the globe. Chicken meat is the most preferred poultry worldwide, and its popularity is increasing. However, poultry also threatens human hygiene, especially as a fomite of infectious diseases caused by the major foodborne pathogens (Campylobacter,Salmonella, andListeria). Preventing pathogenic bacterial biofilm is crucial in the chicken industry due to increasing food safety hazards caused by recurring contamination and the rapid degradation of meat, as well as the increased resistance of bacteria to cleaning and disinfection procedures commonly used in chicken processing plants. To address this, various innovative and promising strategies to combat bacterial resistance and biofilm are emerging to improve food safety and quality and extend shelf‐life. In particular, natural compounds are attractive because of their potential antimicrobial activities. Natural compounds can also boost the immune system and improve poultry health and performance. In addition to phytochemicals, bacteriophages, nanoparticles, coatings, enzymes, and probiotics represent unique and environmentally friendly strategies in the poultry processing industry to prevent foodborne pathogens from reaching the consumer. Lactoferrin, bacteriocin, antimicrobial peptides, cell‐free supernatants, and biosurfactants are also of considerable interest for their prospective application as natural antimicrobials for improving the safety of raw poultry meat. This review aims to describe the feasibility of these proposed strategies and provide an overview of recent published evidences to control microorganisms in the poultry industry, considering the human health, food safety, and economic aspects of poultry production.
The dominant species of natural enemies of Pentatomidae in the peak period
Authors: Chen Shiyan , Cheng Honghao , Wu Xiaomeng , Xu Yue , Zou Yunding , Bi Shoudong
Published: February 2023

This paper aims to analyse how to effectively protect and scientifically utilize the natural enemies of Pentatomidae in tea plantations in the peak period. In this paper, the spatial, quantitative and temporal relationships between Pentatomidae and its natural enemies in “Pingyangtezao”, “Wuniuzao”, “Huangshandayezhong”, “Anjibaicha”,”Longjing 43″ and “Nongkangzao” tea gardens in Hefei, China were comprehensively compared and analyzed with the methods of geostatistical analysis, gray system analysis and temporal ecotone overlap index analysis. According to the size of the closeness index, the top three natural enemies with the largest sum of spatial, quantitative, and temporal closeness indexes in the six tea gardens were Clubiona japonicola (X7, 16.514), Oxyopes sertatus (X5, 16.390) and Xysticus ephippiafus (X2, 16.270). The size of the ratio between the number of Pentatomidae individuals and natural enemies largely determines whether the natural enemies follow Pentatomidae pests closely or not. The better the growth of tea plantations and the richer the diversity of pest species, the more accurately the predation preference of natural enemies can be reflected. In the control of Pentatomidae, specific analysis should be made according to the occurrence characteristics of target pests in different tea plantations and the basic attributes of tea plantations (species, growth, population characteristics of natural enemies and pests, etc.) in order to scientifically utilize its natural enemies.
SNOTEL, the Soil Climate Analysis Network, and water supply forecasting at the Natural Resources Conservation Service: Past, present, and future
Authors: Fleming Sean W. , Zukiewicz Lucas , Strobel Michael L. , Hofman Heather , Goodbody Angus G.
Published: February 2023

The Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting (SSWSF) Program and the Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) of the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) generate key observational and predictive information for water managers. Examples include mountain climate and snow monitoring through manual snow surveys and the SNOw TELemetry (SNOTEL) and SNOtel LITE networks, in situ soil moisture data acquisition through the SCAN and SNOTEL networks, and water supply forecasting using river runoff prediction models. The SSWSF Program has advanced continuously over the decades and is a major source of valuable water management information across the western United States, and the SCAN network supports agricultural and other water users nationwide. Product users and their management goals are diverse, and use‐cases range from guiding crop selection to seasonal flood risk assessment, drought monitoring and prediction, avalanche and fire prediction, hydropower optimization, tracking climate variability and change, environmental management, satisfying international treaty and domestic legal requirements, and more. Priorities going forward are to continue innovating to enhance the accuracy and completeness of the observational and model‐generated data products these programs deliver, including expanded synergies with the remote sensing community and uptake of artificial intelligence while maintaining long‐term operational reliability and consistency at scale.
Standards and quality assurance in interventional oncology: The establishment of the International Accreditation System for Interventional Oncology Services (IASIOS)
Authors: Kenny Lizbeth , Karlsdottir Mardis
Published: February 2023

Quality assurance is integral to benchmarking and continuous improvement in the clinical care of people affected by cancer. Quality assurance systems are built upon agreed clinical and administrative standards. The Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe (CIRSE) first developed a set of Standards for Interventional Oncology Services modelled on the Standards of Practice in Radiation Oncology developed in Australia and New Zealand. A subset of these Standards has been used to develop a tiered International Accreditation System in Interventional Oncology (IASIOS). This system covers the entirety of the patient care pathway from referral through to discharge and is clearly aimed at setting the benchmark for safe, quality interventional oncology (IO) services. Such a system has multiple benefits, including increasing the awareness of the availability of IO services and assurance in the quality of the care delivered to patients.
Fun in facets: A flexible new tool for population genomics in R
Authors: Dutoit L. , McCulloch G. A.
Published: February 2023

The landscape of analytical tools for population genomics continues to evolve. However, these tools are scattered across programming languages, making them largely inaccessible for many biologists. In this issue of Molecular Ecology Resources, Hemstrom and Jones, 2022 (Mol Ecol Resour; 962) introduce a new R package, snpR. This package combines a large number of existing analyses, to provide a one‐stop shop for population genomics. F‐statistics, admixture analyses, effective population size inferences, genome‐wide association studies (GWAS), and parentage analyses are all implemented natively within the package. A variety of third‐party software can also be run without leaving the R environment. The authors pay particular attention to data structure – avoiding redundancy – and allowing analyses to be run across multiple sample or single‐nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) groupings. Because of its great accessibility and wide range of analyses, snpR has the potential to become a favourite within the Molecular Ecology community.
Environmental control reduces white‐nose syndrome infection in hibernating bats
Authors: Sewall B. J. , Turner G. G. , Scafini M. R. , Gagnon M. F. , Johnson J. S. , Keel M. K. , Anis E. , Lilley T. M. , White J. P. , Hauer C. L. , Overton B. E.
Published: February 2023

Infectious diseases caused by invasive, environmentally persistent fungal pathogens have increasingly endangered global biodiversity, yet disease management remains a major conservation challenge. A prominent example is white‐nose syndrome (WNS), a disease caused by the invasive fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) that has devastated populations of multiple North American bat species, but for which few effective management tools exist. Here, we propose that strategies to delay environmental transmission of Pd during early winter could limit WNS disease effects across winter, benefitting bats. We used a small captive experiment and a multi‐year field trial on wild, free‐ranging bats to assess an environmental control strategy to manage Pd within its environmental reservoir in Pennsylvania, USA, where the pathogen has become endemic. The strategy centers on the application of Polyethylene Glycol 8000 (PEG) to roost substrates in summer, prior to bat hibernation, as a means to disrupt environmental transmission to bats in early winter. In the captive experiment, environmental transmission of Pd to immunologically naïve little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) occurred from roost substrates inoculated with Pd, but the application of PEG to these substrates effectively blocked this transmission. In the field trial, Pd load and infection extent both declined substantially in free‐ranging M. lucifugus after treatment relative to controls, with declines exceeding effects of inter‐site and inter‐annual variation. Pathogen prevalence and load also declined substantially after PEG treatment in big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus). No negative effects of PEG treatment were observed in body condition or colony counts of bats or in the microbial community. Together, these results are consistent with effective environmental control of Pd and reduced WNS disease effects in bats within contaminated hibernacula. The results also highlight the potential of carefully designed environmental control strategies for managing environmentally persistent pathogens.
Meckel's diverticulectomy: a multi‐centre 19‐year retrospective study
Authors: Tree Kevin , Kotecha Krishna , Reeves Jenna , Aitchison Lucy , Noeline Chui Juanita , Gill Anthony J. , Mittal Anubhav , Samra Jaswinder S.
Published: February 2023

Background

Meckels diverticulum (MD) causes a number of acute surgical pathologies and can contain ectopic tissue with the surgical aim to resect all ectopic mucosa. This has traditionally implied a small bowel resection (BR); though contemporary literature has demonstrated Meckel's diverticulectomy to be safe. The aim of this study was to determine optimal resection strategy, and assess MD histopathological features and their relationship to outcomes.

Methods

A 19‐year retrospective review of patient medical records across seven hospitals was conducted with demographic, clinical and pathological data collected. Analysis was conducted using a student's t‐test for continuous variables and chi‐squared test for categorical variables. Univariate regression was performed to identify risk factors. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results

One hundred and sixty patients underwent resection of MD, 70 (44%) had Meckel's diverticulectomy and 90 (56%) had BR. No significant difference in length (P = 0.486), width (P = 0.238), or ratio (P = 0.188) of diverticulectomy compared to BR, with fewer complications in diverticulectomy. In all, 24 (15.3%) MD were perforated, of whom 5 had gastric mucosa, 2 had mixed ectopic mucosa and 1 carcinoid tissue. There were no cases of ectopic mucosa in the resection margin requiring re‐operation, or causing base perforation. MD specimen with greater length: width ratio was a risk factor for perforation OR 1.437 P = 0.042 but not for malignancy P = 0.813 or ectopic tissue P = 0.185.

Conclusion

Meckel's diverticulectomy is safe via laparoscopic or open approach compared with BR. Despite higher perforation rates in MD with greater length: width ratio, no malignancy or ectopic risk was identified, supporting diverticulectomy as a safe operative approach.
Ex situ heart perfusion for optimization of pediatric donor organ utilization: Attitudes and perceptions
Authors: Townsend Madeleine , Pidborochynski Tara , van Manen Michael , Freed Darren H. , Conway Jennifer L.
Published: February 2023

Background

Children with heart failure have the highest mortality while awaiting transplantation. Ex situ heart perfusion (ESHP), a method for continuous perfusion of the donor heart, has the potential to improve access to transplant by increasing travel distance between donor and recipient. An adult ESHP device is currently available, but as of yet there is no pediatric device. The aim of this study was to evaluate current knowledge of ESHP among pediatric heart transplant practitioners, define potential barriers, and identify uses of this novel technology.

Methods

An electronic survey was developed to assess perspectives of international pediatric heart transplant stakeholders (n = 68) on ESHP. Select questions were analyzed to evaluate for associations between groups of respondents and patterns of response.

Results

Most respondents were familiar but <10% had clinically utilized ESHP. There was optimism that ESHP could decrease waitlist mortality. Respondents were concerned about potential device malfunction and lack of long‐term outcomes. There were no differences found in terms of ESHP familiarity among age groups, practitioner center volume, country of work, or discipline.

Conclusions

ESHP has the potential to expand the pediatric heart donor pool and decrease waitlist mortality. More education on outcomes and risks/benefits is needed in order to promote widespread adoption.
Editorial: let's get physical—long‐term benefits of vigorous physical activity in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Authors' reply
Authors: Henry Austin , Paik James M. , Austin Patrick , Eberly Katherine Elizabeth , Golabi Pegah , Younossi Issah , Henry Linda , Gerber N. Lynn , Younossi Zobair M.
Published: February 2023

LINKED CONTENT

This article is linked to Henry et al papers. To view these articles, visit https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17308 and https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17336
Letter: comment on Park et al – the association of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease between parents and adolescent children
Authors: Hagström Hannes , Ludvigsson Jonas F.
Published: February 2023

LINKED CONTENT

This article is linked to Park et al papers. To view these articles, visithttps://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17257 and https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17403
Editorial: definition of factors associated with poor quality of life in patients with IBS—but where to from here?
Authors: Thwaites Phoebe A. , Burgell Rebecca E.
Published: February 2023

LINKED CONTENT

This article is linked to Goodoory et al papers. To view these articles, visit https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17356 and https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17404
Letter: tricky reactions to switch back from subcutaneous to intravenous vedolizumab in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Authors: Richard Nicolas , Vuitton Lucine , Fumery Mathurin
Published: February 2023

LINKED CONTENT

This article is linked to Volkers et al papers. To view these articles, visit https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17153 and https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17407
Teaching robotic cystectomy: prospective pilot clinical validation of the ERUS training curriculum
Authors: Diamand Romain , D'Hondt Frederiek , Mjaess Georges , Jabbour Teddy , Dell'Oglio Paolo , Larcher Alessandro , Moschini Marco , Quackels Thierry , Peltier Alexandre , Assenmacher Gregoire , Wiklund Peter , Breda Alberto , Turri Filippo , De Groote Ruben , Mottrie Alexandre , Roumeguere Thierry , Albisinni Simone ,   the ERUS Educational Working Group, the Junior ERUS/EAU‐YAU Robotic Surgery Working Group and the EAU‐YAU Urothelial Carcinoma Working Group
Published: February 2023

Objective

To provide the first clinical validation of the European Association of Urology Robotic Urology Section (ERUS) curriculum for training in robot‐assisted radical cystectomy with intracorporeal urinary diversion (iRARC).

Patients and Methods

The ERUS proposed a structured curriculum, divided into 11 steps, to train novice surgeons and help overcome the steep learning curve associated with iRARC. In this study, one trainee completed the curriculum under the mentorship of an expert. Twenty‐one patients were operated on by the trainee following the proposed iRARC curriculum [(t)iRARC group] and were compared with 42 patients treated with the standard of care by the mentor [(m)iRARC group]. To evaluate curriculum safety, peri‐operative outcomes, surgical margins and complications were assessed. Propensity‐score matching (1:2) was used to identify comparable (t)iRARC and (m)iRARC cases. Matched variables included age, body mass index, neoadjuvant therapy, American Society of Anesthesiologists score and cT stage. Mann–Whitney and chi‐squared tests were used to compare peri‐ and postoperative outcomes between the two cohorts. To evaluate curriculum efficacy, steps attempted and completed by the trainee were assessed and studied as a function of growing surgical experience of the trainee.

Results

The trainee progressed in proficiency‐based training through steps of increasing difficulty. No differences in estimated blood loss, positive soft tissue margins, number of resected lymph nodes, overall and high‐grade complications, or 90‐day readmissions between the (t)iRARC and (m)iRARC groups were observed (all P > 0.05). However, operating time was significantly longer in the (t)iRARC group (P = 0.01). Of the 209 available steps, the trainee attempted 168 (80%) and successfully performed 125 (60%). Increasing experience was associated with more steps being successfully performed (P < 0.001).

Conclusions

The proposed ERUS curriculum assists naïve surgeons during the learning curve for iRARC and should be encouraged in order to guarantee optimal outcomes during the learning phase of this procedure.
Free school meals for all poor children in Europe: An important and affordable target?
Authors: Guio Anne‐Catherine
Published: February 2023

One of the objectives of the newly adopted European Child Guarantee is to ensure effective and free access to at least one healthy meal each school day for all children at risk of poverty and social exclusion in Europe. However, little is known about the starting point of Member States in terms of school meal provision. This paper aims to fill this information gap. It maps the current free school meal provision in the 27 Member States, reviews existing relevant evidence to illustrate the expected impact and presents estimates of the public budget needed to meet the Child Guarantee's objective.
Narratives of child sexual abuse—Conceptualizing relational complexities
Authors: Herland Mari Dalen
Published: February 2023

This qualitative study consisted of 14 in‐depth, retrospective interviews with Norwegian participants over the age of 18 who experienced child sexual abuse. Through narrative analysis, study findings shed light on three analytical ideas: ‘confusing closeness and ambivalent feelings’, ‘relational complexities’ and ‘relationally trapped’. The results illustrate participants' views, feelings and understandings regarding child sexual abuse and their relationship with the perpetrator. Findings suggest that the narratives brought forward for the interviewees included current views, but also past experiences and future anticipation. The results are furthermore understood through a holistic view, including relational, contextual and material conditions.
Hypometabolism of the left middle/medial frontal lobe onFDG‐PETin anti–NMDAreceptor encephalitis: Comparison withMRIandEEGfindings
Authors: Zhang Chenpeng , Hao Yong , Huang Gan , Xin Mei , Bai Shuwei , Guan Yangtai , Liu Jianjun
Published: February 2023

Objectives

To investigate changes in brain‐glucose metabolism in anti‐N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis, and compare results with MRI and electroencephalography (EEG) findings at different disease stages.

Methods

The clinical data of 18 patients (median age, 35 years; 11 men) were retrospectively collected. Patients were divided into groups based on the time of symptom onset to examination, (≤1 month, >1 but ≤3 months, >3 months). Two‐samplet‐test results were compared with age and sex‐paired healthy controls using statistical parametric mapping and verified using a NeuroQ software normal database with a discriminating z‐score of 2.

Results

Abnormal patterns on FDG‐PET differed over time (T = 3.21–8.74,Z = 2.68–4.23,p < 0.005). Regional analysis showed hypometabolic left middle or medial frontal cortex in 4/5, 5/7, and 5/6 patients, respectively. Time‐subgroup analysis revealed hypermetabolic supertemporal cortex in 4/5, 5/7, and 2/6, patients, respectively. MRI and EEG abnormalities in any region and stage occurred in 10/18 and 10/16 patients, respectively. MRI and EEG time‐subgroup analysis showed abnormalities in 5/9, 4/5, and 1/4, and 1/3, 6/7, and 3/6 patients, respectively. Abnormal temporal lobes were detected most frequently in MRI analyses and occurred in 3/10 patients.

Conclusions

Decreased left middle/medial frontal metabolism could be common to all stages. Metabolism in other regions, MRI, and EEG results were associated with the progression of anti‐NMDAR encephalitis. The sensitivity rate of FDG‐PET was superior to that of MRI and EEG.
Differentiation of lipoedema from bilateral lower limb lymphoedema by imaging assessment of indocyanine green lymphography
Authors: Mackie Helen , Thompson Belinda M. , Suami Hiroo , Heydon‐White Asha , Blackwell Robbie , Tisdall Blake Fiona , Koelmeyer Louise A.
Published: February 2023

Lipoedema is characterized by disproportionate painful fat accumulation mostly in the lower limbs. The presence of lymphoedema in lipoedema remains controversial. This study aimed to assess the presence or absence of lymphoedema in the lower limbs of women with lipoedema using indocyanine green (ICG) lymphography. A cross‐sectional retrospective study was undertaken in women with a clinical diagnosis of lipoedema whose lower limbs were examined with ICG lymphography. MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) ICG staging was used to determine lymphoedema presence and severity. Patient characteristics, ICG lymphography findings, Stemmer sign, body mass index, waist‐to‐hip ratio, limb volume and bioimpedance spectroscopy measures were recorded. Forty women with lipoedema underwent ICG lymphography for the lower limbs from January 2018 to July 2022. Thirty‐four women (85.0%) were determined by ICG lymphography as MDACC ICG Stage 0 representing normal lymphatics. Of the six women who demonstrated dermal backflow on ICG lymphography, all were determined as ICG Stage 1, four had localized traumatic dermal backflow area at their ankles, one had previously diagnosed with primary lymphoedema and one was classified as lipoedema stage 4. ICG lymphography findings suggested the absence of lymphoedema in a clear majority of women with lower limb lipoedema.
TheRACEfor freshwater biodiversity: Essential actions to create the social context for meaningful conservation
Authors: Birnie‐Gauvin Kim , Lynch Abigail J. , Franklin Paul A. , Reid Andrea J. , Landsman Sean J. , Tickner David , Dalton James , Aarestrup Kim , Cooke Steven J.
Published: February 2023

Freshwater habitats are experiencing two to three times the rate of biodiversity loss of terrestrial and marine habitats. Asstatus quoactions within the conservation community are not reversing the downward trajectory for freshwater biodiversity, we propose four actions to shift the narrative such that freshwater biodiversity is no longer invisible and overlooked, but rather explicitly recognized, valued, and protected: (1)Reshapeour relationship with freshwater habitats and biodiversity, (2)Appreciateindigenous knowledge systems relating to freshwater habitats, (3)Connectscience more directly to action, and (4)Elevatefreshwater habitats as a unique “domain” that requires explicit recognition in conservation planning (RACE). We highlight roles that both freshwater scientists and the wider conservation community can play in implementing the four actions such that the “RACE” can be won.
Follicular colonization in melanocytic nevi and melanoma: A literature review
Authors: Lambertini Martina , Ricci Costantino , Corti Barbara , Veronesi Giulia , Quaglino Pietro , Ribero Simone , Pellacani Giovanni , Hrvatin Stancic Bor , Campione Elena , Dika Emi
Published: February 2023

The lentiginous spread of melanocytes into the hair follicle can be observed in a number of benign melanocytic neoplasms such as in nevi but also in sun‐induced melanocytic hyperplasia and melanoma. The follicular colonization by melanocytes in melanoma is classified into three distinct patterns: primary follicular melanoma, melanoma with folliculotropism, and invasive melanoma arising from melanoma in situ with folliculotropism. The role of follicular colonization in melanoma pathologic staging is still a matter of debate though the description of the latter has been recommended by the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting. In this review, we will discuss the role of follicular colonization in melanoma and melanocytic nevi as well as the facts and controversies regarding this topic.
Giant thigh glomus tumor of uncertain malignant potential: Case report with pathologic–radiologic correlation
Authors: Pena‐Burgos E. M. , Serra‐Del Carpio G. , Tapia‐Viñe M. , Ortiz‐Cruz E. J. , Pozo‐Kreilinger J. J.
Published: February 2023

Introduction

Glomus tumors (GT) are rare, benign tumors that arise from glomus bodies and usually develop in digital areas. Extradigital GT are exceptional and thigh location is infrequent.

Case Report

We report a case of a GT of the thigh in a 79‐year‐old male patient that measured 9.5 cm in maximum size. The GT lay above the muscular fascia without infiltrating it. Internal hypervascularity was seen by spectral Doppler ultrasound. Magnetic resonance image showed a heterogeneous mass with hyperintense and hypointense components and internal lobes with liquid–liquid levels. Histopathology revealed a monotonous round‐cell proliferation with central nuclei without atypia or mitotic figures, around small‐caliber vessels. These cells expressed smooth muscle actin and pericellular collagen IV. GT of uncertain malignant potential was diagnosed. The mass was completely removed. The patient did not experience local relapse nor distant metastasis.

Conclusion

GT are rare soft tissue tumors whose diagnosis of unusual giant masses in uncommon locations may be delayed and misdiagnosed given the low suspicion.
Cutaneous syncytial myoepithelioma with folliculocentric growth and EWSR1 gene rearrangement: A case report
Authors: Nagayasu Mayumi Akaki , Tanaka Hiroyuki , Nogami Kyoko , Kukita Yoji , Nakamura Harumi , Motoi Toru , Manabe Toshiaki , Kataoka Hiroaki
Published: February 2023

Cutaneous syncytial myoepithelioma is a tumor type that was initially reported in 2013 as a syncytial variant of cutaneous myoepithelioma characterized by intradermal nodular proliferation of oval to spindle‐shaped tumor cells in solid and syncytial patterns. Fusion of genes Ewing sarcoma breakpoint region 1 / EWS RNA binding protein 1 (EWSR1) and pre‐B cell leukemia homeobox 3 (PBX3) is found in approximately 90% of the cases. We report a case of cutaneous syncytial myoepithelioma with diagnostic difficulty due to folliculocentric morphology and atypical immunohistochemical results, including diffuse positivity of α‐smooth muscle actin and claudin 4 and negative immunoreactions for epithelial membrane antigen and S100 protein. In the present case, fluorescence in situ hybridization study demonstrated EWSR1 rearrangement. We further provide a discussion of differential diagnoses with a review of relevant literature.
Autarky in Franco's Spain: The costs of a closed economy
Authors: Campos Rodolfo G. , Reggio Iliana , Timini Jacopo
Published: February 2023

Between the 1940s and 1970s, Spain used a variety of economic policies that hindered international trade. Because the mix of tariffs, quotas, administrative barriers, and exchange rate regimes varied greatly over time, the quantification of the effect of the various trade policies on international trade in this period is particularly elusive. In this paper, we use historical bilateral trade flows and a structural gravity model to quantify the evolution of Spain's border thickness, a summary measure of its barriers to international trade. We find that Spain's borders in the period 1948–75 were thicker than those of any other country in Western Europe, even after the liberalization of trade that started in 1959. These comparatively higher impediments to international trade implied substantial negative effects on consumer welfare. We estimate that accumulated welfare costs over the period 1948–75 exceed 20 per cent of a year's total consumption.
Prognosis of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia relapsing after allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Authors: Ferra Coll Christelle , Morgades de la Fe Mireia , Prieto García Laura , Vaz Carlos Pinho , Heras Fernando María Inmaculada , Bailen Almorox Rebeca , Garcia‐Cadenas Irene , Calabuig Muñoz Marisa , Ripa Teresa Zudaire , Zanabili Al‐Sibai Joud , Novoa Sandra , Aguado Beatriz , Torrent Catarineu Anna , López‐Godino Oriana , Martino Bofarull Rodrigo , Kwon Mi , Campos Júnior Antonio , Caballero Barrigón Dolores , Ribera Santasusana Josep‐Maria
Published: February 2023

The outcomes of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) presenting relapse after allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo‐SCT) are poor, with few data available in this setting.

Objective and Methods

To evaluate the outcomes of patients with ALL presenting relapsed after allo‐SCT, we performed a retrospective study including 132 from 11 centres in Spain.

Results

Therapeutic strategies consisted of palliative treatment (n = 22), chemotherapy (n = 82), tyrosine kinase inhibitors (n = 26), immunotherapy with inotuzumab and/or blinatumumab (n = 19), donor lymphocyte infusions (n = 29 pts), second allo‐SCT (n = 37) and CAR T therapy (n = 14). The probability of overall survival (OS) at 1 and 5 years after relapse was 44% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 36%; 52%) and 19% (95% CI: 11%; 27%). In the 37 patients undergoing a second allo‐SCT, the 5‐year estimated OS probability was 40% [22%; 58%]. Younger age, recent allo‐SCT, late relapse, 1st complete remission at 1st allo‐SCT and chronic graft‐versus‐host disease confirmed their positive impact on survival in the multivariable analysis.

Conclusion

Despite the poor prognosis of patients with ALL presenting relapse after a first allo‐SCT, some can be satisfactorily rescued and a second allo‐SCT still remains a valid option for selected patients. Moreover, emerging therapies really might improve ALL patients outcome when relapsing after an allo‐SCT.
A universal grain‐size distribution of soil with scaling invariance
Authors: Zhang Jun , Li Yong , Yang Taiqiang , Liu Jingjing , Guo Xiaojun , Yao Yingjie
Published: February 2023

Soils are composed of wide‐ranged grains and grain size distribution (GSD) is the fundamental characteristic determining the physical and hydraulic properties. Previously we have proposed a GSD function for various soils. However, the remarkable discrepancy in the distribution occurs in some soils, which not only limits the applicability of the function but also raises doubt as to the possibility of a universal GSD function. In this study we modify the GSD function to a general form of P(D) ~ D−μexp(−D/Dc)n, which introduces a new exponent n for the grain size scale. It turns out that this modification has eliminated the discrepancies and universally applies to a great variety of soils from around the world (hence to be a universal GSD function, UGSD). The exponent n is proved to be a scaling factor of grain size in log‐scale and divides soils into three categories of n < 1 n > 1, and n = 1. Furthermore, soils of surface processes (e.g., erosion, tillage, desertification, landslides, avalanches, deposition, and sediment transportation) remain in the same category and preserve the UGSD function. Thus, the UGSD not only provides parameters μ and Dc as synthetic indices for soil properties (e.g., as indices for spatial heterogeneity or variables for pedotransfer functions), but also describes texture changes in dynamic processes. The UGSD function represents a ‘conservative law’ underlying soil genesis and processes, which fills the knowledge gaps related to the lack of universally applicable indices for soil properties, and thus has universal applications in soil classification, spatial variability, as well as dynamical processes.
New cellular imaging‐based method to distinguish the SPG4 subtype of hereditary spastic paraplegia
Authors: Sardina Francesca , Valente Davide , Fattorini Gaia , Cioffi Ettore , Zanna Gianmarco Dalla , Tessa Alessandra , Trisciuoglio Daniela , Soddu Silvia , Santorelli Filippo M. , Casali Carlo , Rinaldo Cinzia
Published: February 2023

Background and purpose

Microtubule defects are a common feature in several neurodegenerative disorders, including hereditary spastic paraplegia. The most frequent form of hereditary spastic paraplegia is caused by mutations in the SPG4/SPAST gene, encoding the microtubule severing enzyme spastin. To date, there is no effective therapy available but spastin‐enhancing therapeutic approaches are emerging; thus prognostic and predictive biomarkers are urgently required.

Methods

An automated, simple, fast and non‐invasive cell imaging‐based method was developed to quantify microtubule cytoskeleton organization changes in lymphoblastoid cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

Results

It was observed that lymphoblastoid cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells from individuals affected by SPG4‐hereditary spastic paraplegia show a polarized microtubule cytoskeleton organization. In a pilot study on freshly isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells, our method discriminates SPG4‐hereditary spastic paraplegia from healthy donors and other hereditary spastic paraplegia subtypes. In addition, it is shown that our method can detect the effects of spastin protein level changes.

Conclusions

These findings open the possibility of a rapid, non‐invasive, inexpensive test useful to recognize SPG4‐hereditary spastic paraplegia subtype and evaluate the effects of spastin‐enhancing drug in non‐neuronal cells.