bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Lonely algorithms: A longitudinal investigation into the bidirectional relationship between algorithm responsiveness and loneliness
Authors: Taylor Samuel Hardman , Choi Mina
Published: February 2023

This research project addresses the role algorithms play in curating meaningful social connections on social media by examining perceived algorithm responsiveness (PAR) and perceived algorithm insensitivity (PAI) within the framework of the bidirectional model of social internet use and loneliness. In study 1, a cross-sectional survey found that PAR and PAI on Instagram are both associated with loneliness, and that the association for PAR depends upon age. In study 2, a 3-wave longitudinal survey replicates these associations. Online relational maintenance behaviors explained the negative relationship between PAR and loneliness but not the positive relationship for PAI and loneliness. Loneliness at wave t-1 predicted perceptions of algorithm responsiveness at wave t but not vice versa. This research contributes to social media uses and effects by theorizing and empirically testing the connection of algorithms with loneliness, finding that perceptions of social media algorithms are associated with perceived social isolation.
Do Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Matter for the Mental Health of Romantic Partners? Insights from Actor-Partner Interdependence Models
Authors: Lautenbacher Leopold Maria , Eid Michael , Richter David
Published: February 2023

Personality traits of romantic partners may be part of the puzzle of how romantic relationships are related to mental health. We investigated the role of narcissistic admiration and rivalry in this context. Positive associations of admiration and negative associations of rivalry with the mental health of individuals and their partners were hypothesized. Furthermore, we expected admiration to be particularly relevant for the narcissist’s mental health and rivalry to matter more for the partner. Actor-partner interdependence models and Bayesian inference methods were used ( n = 7438 couples). Hypotheses and methods were pre-registered. Contrary to expectations, the results only supported the hypotheses concerning actor effects. Most partner effects were miniscule, with the exception of the effect of male rivalry on female mental health. While controlling for extraversion and agreeableness reduced and partly reversed the initial effects of narcissism, an exploratory analysis suggested that these personality factors should be considered as mediators and that most partner effects of admiration and rivalry on mental health may be cases of indirect-only mediation, with extraversion and agreeableness acting as process variables. While replications are needed, the findings suggest that the question posed in the title may be answered with “not that much, apparently”.
Understanding female survivors of interpersonal trauma and their experience of the ‘Survive & Thrive’ course
Authors: Jackson Lucie , Power Kevin , Mitchell Katy , Duncan Kate , Graham Linda , Wilson Kathryn
Published: February 2023

The majority of publications have concentrated on individual psychological interventions with a limited focus on manualized group-based approaches for those presenting with mental health difficulties following a history of trauma. Survive & Thrive (S&T) is a psychoeducational course designed for survivors of interpersonal trauma which utilizes cognitive behavioural skills training while delivering psychoeducation on how a history of victimization can impact on the survivors’ life. This qualitative study was designed to gain an insight into female survivors of interpersonal trauma experience of S&T and the associated group dynamics component to evaluate this psychological intervention. The participants described their experience of S&T as a journey towards recovery. The study highlights the benefits of group-based interventions in regard to learning experience within a social context whilst also identifying areas for further development based on the participants’ feedback.
Are the Costimulatory Molecule Gene Polymorphisms (CTLA-4) Associated With Infection in Organ Transplantation? A Meta-Analysis
Authors: Iravani Saadi Mahdiyar , Jiang Mingjun , Banakar Morteza , Mardani Valandani Fatemeh , Ahmadyan Maryam , Rostamipour Hossain Ali , Kheradmand Nadiya , Noshadi Nasrin , Karimi Zahed , Nabi Abdolyousefi Ehsan , Ramzi Mani , Haghighinejad Hourvash , Yaghobi Ramin , Hosseini Fakhroddin
Published: February 2023

Organ transplantation has been linked to certain gene polymorphisms. The effect of gene polymorphisms–associated organ transplantation gene on infection, on the other hand, is yet unknown. The research studying the link between the CTLA-4 rs5742909, rs733618, rs4553808, rs231775, and polymorphisms of the organ transplantation gene and infection were found in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Embase, and the published articles from 2012 to 2020 were gathered. For the best estimation of the intended results, a random-effects model was used in this meta-analysis. In this study, 1,567 studies were initially included and 9 eligible studies were eligible for further analyses. A significant correlation between CTLA4+49 [A/G-231775 odds ratio (OR) = 077, 0.59–0.95] and CTLA4 [rs5742909TT OR: 0.09, 0.27–0.45] gene polymorphism with infection in organ transplantation was observed. Also, no significant association was found between other CTLA4 gene polymorphisms with infection in organ transplantation. Further studies involving gene–gene and gene–diet interactions should be conducted to investigate this association with infection.
In Situ-Formed Fibrin Hydrogel Scaffold Loaded With Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promotes Skin Wound Healing
Authors: Hu Lvzhong , Zhou Jinhua , He Zhisong , Zhang Lin , Du Fangzhou , Nie Mengting , Zhou Yao , Hao Hang , Zhang Lixing , Yu Shuang , Zhang Jingzhong , Chen Youguo
Published: February 2023

Healing of full-thickness skin wounds remains a major challenge. Recently, human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) were shown to possess an extraordinary potential to promote skin repair in clinical settings. However, their low survival rate after transplantation limits their therapeutic efficiency in treating full-thickness skin wounds. Hydrogels are considered an ideal cell transplantation vector owing to their three-dimensional mesh structure, good biosafety, and biodegradation. The objective of this study was to investigate the skin wound healing effect of a fibrin hydrogel scaffold loaded with hUC-MSCs. We found that the fibrin hydrogel had a three-dimensional mesh structure and low cytotoxicity and could prolong the time of cell survival in the peri-wound area. The number of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-labeled hUC-MSCs was higher in the full-thickness skin wound of mice treated with hydrogel–hUC-MSCs than those of mice treated with cell monotherapy. In addition, the combination therapy between the hydrogel and hUC-MSCs speed up wound closure, its wound healing rate was significantly higher than those of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) therapy, hydrogel monotherapy, and hUC-MSCs monotherapy. Furthermore, the results showed that the combination therapy between hydrogel and hUC-MSCs increased keratin 10 and keratin 14 immunofluorescence staining, and upregulated the relative gene expressions of epidermal growth factor (EGF), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), and vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA), promoting epithelial regeneration and angiogenesis. In conclusion, the fibrin hydrogel scaffold provides a relatively stable sterile environment for cell adhesion, proliferation, and migration, and prolongs cell survival at the wound site. The hydrogel–hUC-MSCs combination therapy promotes wound closure, re-epithelialization, and neovascularization. It exhibits a remarkable therapeutic effect, being more effective than the monotherapy with hUC-MSCs or hydrogel.
Quasi-static compressive behaviour of epoxy composites reinforced with crumb rubber
Authors: Shahapurkar Kiran , Kiran MC , Alamir Mohammed A , Tirth Vineet , Alarifi Ibrahim M , Chenrayan Venkatesh
Published: February 2023

Quasi static compressive response of crumb rubber-epoxy composites was examined by varying the crumb rubber composition (0, 10, 20 and 30 vol.%). All the composites, irrespective of the strain rates, depict elastic regions tailed by a wide plateau area that is credited with the densification of rubber particulates. Higher strains to failure of composites were revealed as compared with neat epoxy signifying higher energy absorption ability of constituents. The modulus of elasticity of composites was noted to be lower than neat epoxy specimens, irrespective of the strain rates. Irrespective of strain rates, the strength of all the composites were inferior to neat epoxy specimens. Energy absorption of EC-30 was higher compared to EC-20 and EC-10 and noted to be increased in the range of 6–14% for 0.1 mm/min strain rate while it increases in the range of 5–9% for 0.01 mm/min strain rate, respectively. Rubber-toughening mechanism was credited with the increase in energy absorption of composites. Higher energy absorption of composites was mainly due to higher strain realisation indicating more deformation ability. Fracture features of specimens were analysed by scanning electron microscope.
Necrotic enteritis in a commercial turkey flock coinfected with hemorrhagic enteritis virus
Authors: Ramsubeik Shayne , Jerry Carmen , Uzal Francisco A. , Stoute Simone
Published: February 2023

Four turkeys from a commercial flock with acutely elevated mortality levels were submitted for postmortem examination and diagnostic workup. No clinical signs had been observed before death. On gross examination, hemorrhage and necrosis were present throughout the intestinal tracts, and the spleens were markedly enlarged and speckled. Microscopically, numerous, large basophilic-to-amphophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies were observed in mononuclear cells of the spleen and the lamina propria of the small intestine. In addition, there were lesions of diffuse villus blunting and necrosis of the small intestine, with large numbers of rod-shaped bacteria adhered to the epithelium and in the intestinal lumen. Hemorrhagic enteritis virus (HEV) infection was confirmed via PCR on the spleen. Clostridium perfringens was demonstrated in the small intestine by anaerobic culture and immunohistochemistry. The C. perfringens isolate was type F by PCR and, to our knowledge, necrotic enteritis in turkeys has not been described in association with C. perfringens type F infection.
What Do EURO-D Scores Capture? Disentangling Trait and State Variances in Depression Symptoms Across the Adult Life Span in Nine European Nations
Authors: Gana Kamel , Boudouda Nedjem Eddine , Salanova Thomas , Broc Guillaume
Published: February 2023

The primary purposes of the present study were to determine (a) whether the EURO-D measures trait (i.e., time-invariant) versus state (i.e., time-variant) aspects of depression and (b) whether these aspects are stable across countries and ages. In five waves of the SHARE survey (a nationally representative Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe), we estimated trait-state-occasion models (TSO), including multiple-nation TSO, based on data from nine European nations over a 10-year period. Also, we used local structural equation modeling to test for the moderating effects of age on the TSO parameters. Our main findings were: (a) there were differences in the trait/state variances of depressive symptoms across nations. The amount of trait variance was above 60% for Belgium, Denmark, and France. It was between 50% and 60% for Austria, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland, while it was below 50% for Italy and Spain. (b) The effects of trait and state were almost equally the source of variance for depression symptoms across ages, with a slight advantage for the effects of trait (56% of the variance). This trend showed substantial stability across the adult life course (from age 40 up to age 95).
Intravenous Immunoglobulin G (IVIG) Need Assessment Survey Toward Local Manufacturing of IVIG Using a Mini-Pool Plasma Fractionation Technique
Authors: Bekele Bisrat , Masresha Zekarias , Alemayehu Mekdelawit , Seyoum Berhanu , Wassie Liya , Abebe Markos
Published: February 2023

Immunoglobulin therapy has a crucial role in the treatment of primary and secondary immunodeficiencies as well as in a multitude of neurologic, hematologic, infectious, and autoimmune conditions. In the current study, a preliminary pilot scale needs assessment survey was conducted to examine the need for IVIG among patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and in so doing justify local manufacturing of IVIG products. The survey was performed by administering a structured questionnaire to private and government hospitals, a national blood bank, a regulatory body, and healthcare researchers working in academia and pharmaceutical companies. The questionnaire encompassed demographics and specific IVIG-related questions designed for each institution. Responses supplied in the study provide qualitative data. Our findings indicated that IVIG has been registered by the regulatory body for use in Ethiopia and there is a demand for the product in the country. The study also highlights that patients go as far as to clandestine markets to procure IVIG products at a cheaper price. To impede such illegal routes and make the product readily accessible, a small-scale and low-cost approach such as a mini-pool plasma fractionation technique could be implemented to locally purify and prepare IVIG using plasma collected through the national blood donation program.
Acute central nervous system inflammation following COVID-19 vaccination: An observational cohort study
Authors: Lee Sydney , Muccilli Alexandra , Schneider Raphael , Selchen Daniel , Krysko Kristen M
Published: February 2023

Background:

Reports suggest a potential association between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines and acute central nervous system (CNS) inflammation.

Objective:

The main objective of this study is to describe features of acute CNS inflammation following COVID-19 vaccination.

Methods:

A retrospective observational cohort study was performed at the BARLO MS Centre in Toronto, Canada. Clinicians reported acute CNS inflammatory events within 60 days after a COVID-19 vaccine from March 2021 to August 2022. Clinical characteristics were evaluated.

Results:

Thirty-eight patients (median age 39 (range: 20–82) years; 60.5% female) presented within 0–55 (median 15) days of a receiving a COVID-19 vaccine and were diagnosed with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) ( n = 16), post-vaccine transverse myelitis ( n = 7), clinically isolated syndrome ( n = 5), MS relapse ( n = 4), tumefactive demyelination ( n = 2), myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody disease ( n = 1), neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder ( n = 1), chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids ( n = 1) and primary autoimmune cerebellar ataxia ( n = 1). Twenty-two received acute treatment and 21 started disease-modifying therapy. Sixteen received subsequent COVID-19 vaccination, of which 87.5% had no new or worsening neurological symptoms.

Conclusion:

To our knowledge, this is the largest study describing acute CNS inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination. We could not determine whether the number of inflammatory events was higher than expected.
Breast cancer patients’ visual attention to information in hospital report cards: An eye-tracking study on differences between younger and older female patients
Authors: Yılmaz Nida Gizem , Timmermans Danielle RM , Van Weert Julia CM , Damman Olga C
Published: February 2023

To (1) explore how women visually attend to a hospital report card (HRC), (2) explore whether visual attention of younger and older women (patients and non-patients) differs. Eye-tracking study with a short survey. Participants ( N = 37) were provided with a hypothetical realistic HRC. Total dwell times and fixation counts were measured while participants viewed the information. Overall, no differences existed between younger and older women. Visual attention to the hospital of choice (vs not of choice) and to indicators perceived as most important (vs least important) did not differ. However, women with higher health literacy looked longer at the HRC than women with lower health literacy. Also, per fixation, older patients (vs younger patients) looked longer at the hospital of choice and at indicators perceived most important. Pre-existing conceptions of what information is relevant might result in more in-depth information processing among older patients than younger patients. In general, differences in level of health literacy, rather than (chronological) age, seem to be relevant to take into account when designing and/or updating HRCs.
Marking humans for consumption, whilst erasing others: Affective becomings and the workings of (dis)comfort
Authors: Magalhães Lopes Maíra
Published: February 2023

In the becoming of neoliberal cities, consumption can play an important role in the process of marking who is human, that is, fit for consumption, and who is not. This paper explores such processes as affective becomings and focuses on the workings of comfort and discomfort to highlight how some bodies are delegitimized in order for others to become legitimatized. Using an ethnographic approach with affective methodologies, I trace the process of erasing activism collectives that were resisting gentrification in São Paulo and advocating the ‘right to the city’. The contribution of this paper is threefold. Firstly, it highlights how the becoming of the neoliberal city follows a neoliberal normativity in tandem with a colonial one. By exploring how spaces, bodies, and norms are always related to one another in this process, I highlight how ‘the consumer’ has become the body who counts (i.e. the human). Secondly, this paper shows how activism work refracts the dynamics of the neoliberal-colonial normativity, as it (re)acts to its mechanisms for sorting out bodies. Thirdly, this paper highlights the political dimensions of (dis)comfort that mark the splitting of legitimate and illegitimatebodies in a social reproduction for consumption. Consequently, it explores how discomfort has been used as a political-affective tool of delegitimization, subjugation, and oppression.
In the name of employability: Faculties and futures for the arts and humanities in higher education
Authors: Ashton Daniel , Bennett Dawn , Bulaitis Zoe Hope , Tomlinson Michael
Published: February 2023

This introductory overview sets out the scope and aims of the special issue, which is concerned with establishing more meaningful understandings and discourses on the relationship between arts and humanities and graduate employability. The issue comes at a time of increased government-level questioning of the social and economic value of higher education (HE), and particularly humanities disciplines. The propositions developed in this introduction and the contributing authors’ papers aim towards developing stronger and more meaningful engagement with the future place and role of arts and humanities within HE and wider society. We establish a variety of themes in the value of HE and make connections to the contributing authors’ articles. We finish with critical questions for continued debate and research in the nexus between arts and humanities and graduate outcomes. These are all pertinent to the questions of value that underpin many of the papers in this issue.
Development and implementation of a training package to improve the confidence, skills and knowledge of multi-disciplinary clinicians in the use of telepractice for outpatient services
Authors: Morton Denis , Fulton Sarah , Harris Michael , Domalewski Rachel , Scolari Naomi , Wishart Laurelie , Ward Elizabeth , Hale Kelly
Published: February 2023

Introduction: Telepractice is recognised as an effective and efficient medium of service delivery; however, despite this evidence, implementation has been inconsistent. Clinician confidence and perceptions are integral factors to the successful implementation of telepractice in routine care. This study aimed to develop, implement and evaluate a telepractice training package for clinicians in a single hospital service. Methods: Forty-one clinicians from Speech Pathology, Physiotherapy and Chronic Disease departments participated in a training package with a specific focus on staff skills training, access to resources and embedding telepractice models of care into organisational culture. Questionnaires were used to evaluate clinician self-reported skills and confidence at baseline, post-training and 6-months post-training. Thematic analysis of open-ended questions was used to glean a deeper understanding of perceived barriers and facilitators to using telepractice. Results: Participants’ perceived knowledge and confidence significantly increased from baseline to immediately post-training ( p < .001) and increased further to 6-months post-training ( p < .001). Thematic analysis revealed three main enabling themes: (a) perceived benefits to patient care; (b) training and practice; and (c) resources and support; and four main barriers: (a) staff knowledge and training; (b) staff confidence; (c) client factors; and (d) infrastructure and resources. Conclusion: The telepractice training package improved staff skills and confidence which was sustained over time. Facilitating the uptake of telepractice is multidimensional and it is integral to address all relevant factors to ensure its success.
The Special Issue as Diffractive Process: A Collaborative Dialogue
Authors: Thorpe Holly , Newman Joshua , Adkins-Cartee Mary , Bayley Annouchka , Fullagar Simone , Markula Pirkko , Nichols Erin , Pavlidis Adele , Rosiek Jerry , Zarabadi Shiva
Published: February 2023

In this article, we share a curated version of a Zoom meeting in which we come together-apart to articulate our experiences of the diffractive review process. In the later part of the dialogue, we turn toward imagining the possibilities for creatively exploring ways to represent how the ideas from this collaborative process travel with us, into our everyday lives. We discuss the ethical and political response-abilities in such diffractive collaboration and respondings, and in so doing, different author perspectives, positionalities, and productive tensions and knots, come to the fore. In so doing, this article connects the first part of the issue—the nodal points (author manuscripts)—with the final part of the issue (diffractive respondings), and provides insight into our collaborative and diffractive process.
Diffractive Respondings and Cutting Together-Apart: Toward More-Than-Human Academic Community
Authors: Thorpe Holly , Newman Joshua , Zarabadi Shiva , Pavlidis Adele , Fullagar Simone , Rosiek Jerry , Nichols Erin , Markula Pirkko , Bayley Annouchka , Adkins-Cartee Mary
Published: February 2023

In this “paper,” we share our process of exploring the possibilities for the emergence of new ways of knowing-thinking-doing response-able collaboration. In an effort to come “together-apart” as author-collaborators, working from our different positionings and locations in the world, we shared text and images of the various ways the ideas from individual papers (nodal points) and our diffractive processes were moving (with) us. Sharing these creative respondings, new relations co-emerged through the texts-images and the various diffractive patterns that traveled widely through screens, devices, bodies, from New Zealand and Australia, to Iran, London, Finland, Canada, and the West and East Coasts of the United States. Paying attention to the fine details, difference emerged, as did new forms of more-than-human connection. The visual and written respondings were then cut together-apart (literally, metaphorically and methodologically) to represent the multiplicities of the diffractive process, bodies, hauntings, absences and excess, and the tensions and affective vulnerabilities that co-emerged through our process. We present four visual montages of the diffractive patterns that surfaced from the individual papers as nodal points and our creative collaborative processes of becoming-with the special issue. We conclude with some final thoughts on the process of diffracting the special issue, inviting the reader to join us in imagining new lines of flight, alternative possibilities for becoming a more response-able, more-than-human academic community.
The role of overeducation and horizontal mismatch for gender inequalities in labor income of higher education graduates in Europe
Authors: Passaretta Giampiero , Sauer Petra , Schwabe Ulrike , Weßling Katarina
Published: February 2023

Evidence on gender inequality in the labor market is extensive. However, little is known about the potential role of overeducation and horizontal mismatch in explaining women’s labor-market disadvantages. We draw on recent data from the Eurograduate pilot survey to investigate the role of overeducation, field-of-study mismatch and field-specific overskilling for gender gaps in labor income in the European landscape. We found considerable variations in the extent of both gender earning gaps (GEGs) and wage gaps (GWGs) across countries. However, our decomposition analyses show that neither overeducation nor horizontal mismatch contribute to explaining these gender gaps. The lack of mediation seems related to either the absence of gender differences in overeducation and horizontal mismatch, or to the nonexistence of income penalties associated with the mismatch.
European probation order: What doesn’t work? Recommendations to overcome its underuse
Authors: Montero Pérez de Tudela Esther , García Ruiz Carmen Rocío
Published: February 2023

On 28 November 2008, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted Framework Decision 2008/947/JHA, creating the European Probation Order (EPO). It allows EU citizens sentenced or subject to a probation decision to return to their own countries and implement there the alternative penalty or measure, where competent judicial authorities will supervise the execution of the probation measure. Despite the high number of EU nationals sentenced or punished in EU countries, EPO has been used sparingly. This article examines the obstacles facing its implementation, mainly the lack of knowledge about its utility and other EU probation systems or specific gaps of the norm, and provides proposals for overcoming them, such as more training and promotion of mutual knowledge, a common interpretation to get over the differences among systems and some form of annual monitoring of its use, in order to combat the current situation whereby foreigners are overrepresented in prison.
Introducing Affective Practices: Disgust in Finnish Consumers’ Everyday Meat Consumption
Authors: Koskinen Outi
Published: February 2023

The affective turn has highlighted the need to study emotions, visceral reactions and embodied experiences within social sciences, and its importance has also been recognized within theories of practice. However, practice theoretical discussions of affects, especially empirically grounded ones, are still sparse and fragmented. This article seeks to further these nascent discussions by arguing that affective practices present one fruitful avenue forward. Originally introduced by Margaret Wetherell within social psychology, affective practices are theoretically developed further in this article within sociological research on consumption practices. This is done by suggesting that affective practices can be operationalized as meanings, materials and competences, following Shove, Pantzar and Watson’s work. To explore how these three interdependent elements fit within affective practices, the article utilizes examples of disgust as an affective practice from a research project on everyday meat consumption practices among Finnish consumers. This provides a rich area of enquiry, since meat consumption mobilizes many affects in these times of mounting sustainability, health and animal rights concerns, and disgust within it entangles with visceral reactions as well as moral aversion. Altogether, the article provides a conceptualization for studying how affects themselves are constituted practically (affects as practices), to compliment previous research that has considered affects or emotions as parts of certain practices (affects within practices). Approaching affects as practices makes it possible to see affects’ ontological variability and trajectories over time, as well as their relations to cultural and social values and feeling rules.
Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Pump Therapy Sensor Augmented Pump or Automated Insulin Delivery in Different Age Groups (0.5 to <26 Years) With Type 1 Diabetes From 2018 to 2021: Analysis of the German/Austrian/Swiss/Luxemburg Diabetes Prospective Follow-up Database Registry
Authors: van den Boom Louisa , Auzanneau Marie , Woelfle Joachim , Sindichakis Marina , Herbst Antje , Meraner Dagmar , Hake Kathrin , Klinkert Christof , Gohlke Bettina , Holl Reinhard W.
Published: February 2023

Aim:

Insulin pump, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), and sensor augmented pump (SAP) technology have evolved continuously leading to the development of automated insulin delivery (AID) systems. Evaluation of the use of diabetes technologies in people with T1D from January 2018 to December 2021.

Methods:

A patient registry (Diabetes Prospective Follow-up Database [DPV]) was analyzed for use of SAP (insulin pump + CGM ≥90 days, no automated dose adjustment) and AID (HCL or LGS/PLGS). In total 46,043 people with T1D aged 0.5 to <26 years treated in 416 diabetes centers (Germany, Austria, Luxemburg, and Switzerland) were included and stratified into 4 groups A-D according to age. Additionally, TiR and HbA1c were analyzed.

Results:

From 2018 to 2021, there was a significant increase from 28.7% to 32.9% (sensor augmented pump [SAP]) and 3.5% to 16.6% (AID) across all age groups, with the most frequent use in group A (<7 years, 38.8%-40.2% and 10.3%-28.5%). A similar increase in SAP and AID use was observed in groups B (7 to <11 years) and C (11 to <16 years): B: +15.8 PP, C: +15.9 PP. HbA1c improved significantly in groups C and D (16 to <26 years) (both P < .01). Time in range (TiR) increased in all groups (A: +3 PP; B: +5 PP; C: +5 PP; D: +5 PP; P < 0.01 for each group). Insulin pumps (61.0% versus 53.4% male) and SAP (33.5% versus 28.9% male) are used more frequently in females.

Conclusion:

In recent years, we found an increasing use of new diabetes technologies and an improvement in metabolic control (TiR) across all age groups.
Internet addiction during the COVID-19 pandemic among adolescents in southeast Nigeria and implications for adolescent care in the post-pandemic era: A cross-sectional study
Authors: Onukwuli Vivian Ozoemena , Onyinye Enebe Nympha , Udigwe Ifeoma Bridget , Umeh Uche Marian , Enebe Joseph Tochukwu , Umerah Anthony Tochukwu
Published: February 2023

Objectives:

This study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of internet addiction amongst adolescents in Southeast Nigeria during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era.

Methods:

A cross-sectional study was carried out in 10 randomly selected secondary schools, 2 (one urban and one rural) each from Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi Enugu and Imo states of southeastern Nigeria between July and August 2021. Data on demographic variables were collected using a structured self-administered questionnaire. Young’s Internet Addiction Test was used to assess the extent of internet use. Analysis was done using the IBM SPSS Statistics version 23. The level of significance was set at a p-value of <0.05.

Results:

The mean age of the respondents was 16.2 ± 1.8 years and the male: female ratio was 1:1.6. Most of the adolescents (61.1%) used the internet for academic purposes, while 32.8% used it for social interactions and the majority (51.5%) used their phones. The prevalence of internet addiction was 88.1% (24.9% had mild, 59.6% had moderate, while 3.6% had severe addiction) and a good proportion of the respondents (81.1%) perceived addiction as bad. Internet addiction was significantly associated with the respondent’s age ( p = 0.043), mother’s level of education ( p = 0.023), family size ( p = 0.021), place of residence ( p = 0.035), alcohol intake ( p = 0.017), smoking ( p = 0.015), substance use ( p = 0.001) as well as the duration of internet use ( p < 0.001). Internet addiction was predicted by the male gender (adjusted odds ratio (AOR): 2.054; confidence interval (CI): 1.200–3.518), early adolescent age group (10–13 years) (AOR: 0.115; C1: 0.015–0.895) as well as the duration of internet use (AOR: 0.301; CI: 0.189–0.479).

Conclusions:

The prevalence of internet addiction among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic era was high. The predictors of addiction were the male gender, early adolescent age group and duration of internet use.
Customized gaming system engages young children in reaching and balance training
Authors: Parise Sundari , Lee Katharine , Park Joshua , Sullivan Cari , Schlesinger Rebecca , Li Maggie , Ramesh Samiksha , Maritato Nicholas , Bergamaschi Teya , Sanyal Akaash , Hill Nayo , Bastian Amy , Keller Jennifer
Published: February 2023

Purpose

Trunk stability, an important prerequisite for many activities of daily living, can be impaired in children with movement disorders. Current treatment options can be costly and fail to fully engage young participants. We developed an affordable, smart screen-based intervention and tested if it engages young children in physical therapy goal driven exercises.

Methods

Here we describe the ADAPT system, Aiding Distanced and Accessible Physical Therapy, which is a large touch-interactive device with customizable games. One such game, “Bubble Popper,” encourages high repetitions of weight shifts, reaching, and balance training as the participant pops bubbles in sitting, kneeling, or standing positions.

Results

Sixteen participants aged 2–18 years were tested during physical therapy sessions. The number of screen touches and length of game play indicate high participant engagement. In trials lasting less than 3 min, on average, older participants (12–18 years) made 159 screen touches per trial while the younger participants (2–7 years) made 97. In a 30-min session, on average, older participants actively played the game for 12.49 min while younger participants played for 11.22 min.

Conclusion

The ADAPT system is a feasible means to engage young participants in reaching and balance training during physical therapy.
Exploring Relationship Among Self-Regulated Learning, Self-Efficacy and Engagement in Blended Collaborative Context
Authors: Zhao Shu-rong , Cao Cui-hong
Published: February 2023

Collaboration proves to be an effective way to facilitate students’ engagement and solve the mostly-mentioned problems of blended learning (BL). For collaborative BL, self-regulated learning (SRL), self-efficacy and engagement are frequently referred to in BL studies and represent key elements of effective BL. Furthermore, the interaction of these elements correlates closely with the performance of students. There have been few research attempts to draw synergies and explore the relationship among these key elements. To address this gap, data were collected through a questionnaire and records on LMS from 125 students in a Chinese university. Descriptive analytics show that students fully recognize the positive effects of collaborative BL. Correlation analysis and regression analysis find that self-regulated learning (SRL) is significantly correlated with all factors except workload. It is also a significant predictor of behavioral engagement. Therefore, SRL proves to be central among the essential BL elements. Emotional engagement is significantly correlated to and interact with multiple key BL factors. Specifically, emotional engagement is a significant predictor of behavioral engagement. The findings offer insight into the interactions of key elements of BL and provide practical implications for improving BL learning design.
Students’ Emotions During Distance Education: The Role of Personality Factors and Sense of Coherence
Authors: Lajunen Timo , Gaygısız Esma , Wang Wei
Published: February 2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Swedish universities had to shift from face-to-face teaching to internet-based distant learning (DL). DL differs from classroom teaching and may have a negative impact on students’ emotions while studying. Students’ experiences related to DL may reflect their personality, resilience, that is, Sense of Coherence (SOC), and preference for the education method. In this study, students’ emotions related to DL and the relationship between personality factors, SOC and positive and negative emotions related to DL were studied. One hundred ninety-seven university students filled in an online survey about positive and negative emotions related to DL, personality factors (Big-5), SOC, frequency of applying COVID-19 distancing measures, and frequency and freedom to choose DL. The survey was completed in March-April 2021 (Sample 1), when all lectures were delivered from a distance and in November 2021 (Sample 2), when lectures were on the campus. There were no differences between the frequency of negative and positive emotions. Agreeableness (Sample 1) and Neuroticism (Sample 2) correlated positively with negative emotions. SOC correlated negatively with negative emotions in Sample 2. In regression analyses of the combined data, Agreeableness was positively and Openness to Experience was negatively related to negative emotions. Agreeableness was negatively and Openness to Experience positively related to positive emotions related to forced DL. DL—even forced one—has both positive and negative effects on students’ emotions. These effects depend on students’ personality characteristics to some degree. SOC might reduce the negative effects of forced distance learning.
Abusive Supervision and Employee Knowledge Sharing: The Roles of Psychological Safety and Perceived Motivational Climate
Authors: Yang Jing , Shen Chuangang , Jiang Cuiling , He Peixu
Published: February 2023

Drawing on conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study examines the relationship between abusive supervision and employee knowledge sharing and investigates the mechanism underlying their relationship through perceived motivational climate and psychological safety. The data were collected from 337 supervisor-employee dyads from knowledge-based companies in China. Hierarchical regression and path analysis were used for data analysis. The results showed that abusive supervision played a detrimental role in affecting employees’ willingness to share knowledge and that a perceived motivational climate moderated the effect of abusive supervision on employee knowledge sharing through psychological safety. Based on the findings, we provide the theoretical and practical implications.
A Rare Case of Ovarian Double-Hit/Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Authors: Urella Madhulika , Nwanwene Kemnasom , Sidda Adarsh , Pacioles Toni
Published: February 2023

Primary ovarian non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a rare lymphoma that is often associated with diagnostic delays, initial misdiagnosis, and inappropriate management. We report a case of ovarian diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in a young female who initially presented with generalized fatigue, lower abdominal discomfort, and 40 pounds of unintentional weight loss. She subsequently had a computed tomography of abdomen done that showed fatty liver, hepatomegaly, and a left heterogeneous ovarian mass measuring about 4 × 4.2 cm. Transvaginal ultrasound was also done that showed a heterogeneous solid left adnexal mass measuring 7.4 × 5.6 × 6.6 cm. She subsequently had a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) showed the malignant cells expressing PAX5, CD20, and BCL2 with a Ki-67 proliferation index greater than 90%. The cells were negative for AE1/AE3, S100, CD30, and cyclin D1. Aggressive B-cell lymphoma fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) panel was positive for rearrangement of BCL6 and MYC, with no evidence of BCL2 rearrangement, consistent with a double-hit high-grade B-cell lymphoma. Immunohistochemistry for BCL6 and MU M1 showed positive staining in the malignant cells. CD10 was negative. The staining profile was consistent with nongerminal center B-cell-like type of DLBCL. Ovarian lymphoma is a very rare entity; the presence of an enlarged ovarian tumor should raise the suspicion of ovarian lymphoma, and our case also emphasizes on the use of IHC markers in diagnosing the ovarian DLBCL.
Decline Is Not Inevitable: Changes in Science Identity during the Progression through a U.S. Middle School among Boys and Girls
Authors: McQuillan Julia , Hill Patricia Wonch , Jochman Joseph C. , Kelly Grace M.
Published: February 2023

In the United States, science capital is important for navigating many aspects of life. Yet during middle school, science interest declines more for girls than boys. It is unclear, however, whether science identity also declines during the middle school years and if there are differences by gender. The authors advance prior research by modeling changes in science identity and associations with changes in identity-relevant characteristics using growth curve analyses on four waves of data from 760 middle school youth. For girls and boys, science identity changes over time; about 40 percent of the variance is within-person change, with the remainder explained by aggregate between-person differences. The associations of all identity-relevant characteristics with science identity are not significantly different for girls and boys, yet declines in average values of identity-relevant characteristics are larger for girls than boys.
Synergistic interactions of obesity with sex, education, and smoking and accumulation of multi-morbidity (MM) across the lifespan
Authors: St Sauver Jennifer L , Grossardt Brandon R , Chamberlain Alanna M , Kapoor Ekta , Rocca Walter A
Published: February 2023

Objectives

Obesity is a potentially modifiable risk factor that has been consistently associated with the development and progression of multi-morbidity (MM). However, obesity may be more problematic for some persons compared to others because of interactions with other risk factors. Therefore, we studied the effect of interactions between patient characteristics and overweight and obesity on the rate of accumulation of MM.

Methods

We studied 4 cohorts of persons ages 20-, 40-, 60-, and 80-years residing in Olmsted County, Minnesota between 2005 and 2014 using the Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) medical records-linkage system. Body mass index, sex, race, ethnicity, education, and smoking status were extracted from REP indices. The rate of accumulation of MM was calculated as the number of new chronic conditions accumulated per 10 person years through 2017. Poisson rate regression models were used to identify associations between characteristics and rate of MM accumulation. Additive interactions were summarized using relative excess risk due to interaction, attributable proportion of disease, and the synergy index.

Results

Greater than additive synergistic associations were observed between female sex and obesity in the 20- and 40-year cohorts, between low education and obesity in the 20-year cohort (both sexes), and between smoking and obesity in the 40-year cohort (both sexes).

Conclusions

Interventions targeted at women, persons with lower education, and smokers who also have obesity may result in the greatest reduction in the rate of MM accumulation. However, interventions may need to focus on persons prior to mid-life to have the greatest effect.
Recovery of off-state stress-induced damage in FET-type gas sensor using self-curing method
Authors: Shin Wonjun , Jeong Yujeong , Kim Mingyu , Lee Jungsoo , Koo Ryun-Han , Hong Seongbin , Jung Gyuweon , Kim Jae-Joon , Lee Jong-Ho
Published: February 2023

The need for high-performance gas sensors is driven by concerns over indoor and outdoor air quality, and industrial gas leaks. Due to their structural diversity, vast surface area, and geometric tunability, metal oxides show significant potential for the development of gas sensing systems. Despite the fact that several previous reports have successfully acquired a suitable response to various types of target gases, it remains difficult to maintain the reliability of metal oxide-based gas sensors. In particular, the degradation of the sensor platform under repetitive operation, such as off-state stress (OSS) causes significant reliability issues. We investigate the impact of OSS on the gas sensing performances, including response, low-frequency noise, and signal-to-noise ratio of horizontal floating-gate field-effect-transistor (FET)-type gas sensors. The 1/f noise is increased after the OSS is applied to the sensor because the gate oxide is damaged by hot holes. Therefore, the SNR of the sensor is degraded by the OSS. We applied a self-curing method based on a PN-junction forward current at the body–drain junction to repair the damaged gate oxide and improve the reliability of the sensor. It has been demonstrated that the SNR degradation caused by the OSS can be successfully recovered by the self-curing method.
The development of an instrument to measure interprofessional collaboration competency for primary care teams in the district health system of health region 2, Thailand
Authors: Prasitanarapun Raphiphaet , Kitreerawutiwong Nithra
Published: February 2023

Background

Evidence shows that interprofessional collaboration (IPC) practice contributes to the quality of health care. However, there are limited instruments to assess IPC in providing primary care in the district health system (DHS) in Thailand. The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable instrument to assess the IPC competency of primary care team members in DHSs.

Methods

This study was designed as an exploratory mixed methods study. In the qualitative phase, 37 participants, including policymakers, practitioners, and academics with experience in primary care, were involved. Data were analysed using thematic analysis, and trustworthiness was verified by triangulation and peer debriefing. In the quantitative phase, content validity, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and reliability were conducted, and the final version of the questionnaire was evaluated with 497 participants.

Results:The findings showed an I-CVI range of 0.86–1.00 and S-CVI/UA = 0.87 for 49 items with a 5-point Likert scale. EFA suggested six factors: 1) collaborative teamwork, 2) population- and community-centred care, 3) communication and mutual respect, 4) clarification of roles and responsibilities, 5) interprofessional reflection, and 6) interprofessional values and mixed skills. In the CFA results, the model fit indices were acceptable (CFI = 0.99, RMSEA = 0.049, SRMR = 0.043) or slightly less than the goodness-of-fit values (GFI = 0.84). All subscales showed acceptable Cronbach’s alpha values with a range of 0.86–0.94.

Conclusions

The developed IPC competency instrument was confirmed its validity and reliability that contributes to assessing the IPC competency of primary care teams in DHSs. This information provides evidence to support tailored intervention to promote the IPC competency of primary care team work to achieve a common goal.