bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Effect of cuff positioning on the accuracy of blood pressure measurement with automated electronic blood pressure monitors
Authors: Li Ya , Li Fang , Li Yi , Cui Xiaoran , Li Jing , Zhi Hua , Wang Weidong , Sun Yanyan , Cui Wei 
Published: June 2020

AbstractIt is recommended that the cuff should be wrapped around the upper arm with the midline of the bladder placed over the brachial artery during blood pressure (BP) measurement. However, in practice, the cuff of sphygmomanometers is often incorrectly placed. The authors aimed to assess the effect on the accuracy of BP measurement as to the placement of the cuff bladder by using oscillometric devices. Participants aged 18 years or older were enrolled. The center of the cuff bladder was placed directly over the brachial artery as the standard position (correct position), which was rotated by 90°medially (medial position), 90°laterally (lateral position), and rotated by 180°(contralateral position), respectively. The main outcomes were non‐invasive brachial BP in the four cuff positions, brachial artery pulse wave velocity, ankle‐brachial index, and invasive radial BP. Of 799 participants, 56.4% were men (60.37 ± 12.73 years), and of the 104 intensive care unit participants, 60.57% were men (57.78 ± 15.89 years). There were no significant differences in non‐invasive brachial BP among the four cuff positions (P > .1), and the mean BP differences between incorrect and standard cuff positions were within 1.0 mm Hg. BP of the incorrect positions was positively correlated with standard position (P < .001, r > .88) and showed good consistency. There was no effect on the accuracy of BP measurement as to the location of the midline of the cuff bladder by using oscillometric devices with a conventional cuff.
Seeking the true time: Exploring otolith chemistry as an age‐determination tool
Authors: Heimbrand Yvette , Limburg Karin E. , Hüssy Karin , Casini Michele , Sjöberg Rajlie , Palmén Bratt Anne‐Marie , Levinsky Svend‐Erik , Karpushevskaia Anastasia , Radtke Krzysztof , Öhlund Jill 
Published: June 2020

AbstractFish otoliths' chronometric properties make them useful for age and growth rate estimation in fisheries management. For the Eastern Baltic Sea cod stock (Gadus morhua), unclear seasonal growth zones in otoliths have resulted in unreliable age and growth information. Here, a new age estimation method based on seasonal patterns in trace elemental otolith incorporation was tested for the first time and compared with the traditional method of visually counting growth zones, using otoliths from the Baltic and North seas. Various trace elemental ratios, linked to fish metabolic activity (higher in summer) or external environment (migration to colder, deeper habitats with higher salinity in winter), were tested for age estimation based on assessing their seasonal variations in concentration. Mg:Ca and P:Ca, both proxies for growth and metabolic activity, showed greatest seasonality and therefore have the best potential to be used as chemical clocks. Otolith image readability was significantly lower in the Baltic than in the North Sea. The chemical (novel) method had an overall greater precision and percentage agreement among readers (11.2%, 74.0%) than the visual (traditional) method (23.1%, 51.0%). Visual readers generally selected more highly contrasting zones as annuli whereas the chemical readers identified brighter regions within the first two annuli and darker zones thereafter. Visual estimates produced significantly higher, more variable ages than did the chemical ones. Based on the analyses in our study, we suggest that otolith microchemistry is a promising alternative ageing method for fish populations difficult to age, such as the Eastern Baltic cod.
Prox1 induces new lymphatic vessel formation and promotes nerve reconstruction in a mouse model of sciatic nerve crush injury
Authors: Meng Fan‐Wei , Jing Xue‐Ning , Song Gui‐Hong , Jie Lin‐Lin , Shen Fang‐Fang 
Published: June 2020

AbstractThe peripheral nervous system lacks lymphatic vessels and is protected by the blood–nerve barrier, which prevents lymphocytes and antibodies from entering the neural parenchyma. Peripheral nerve injury results in degeneration of the distal nerve and myelin degeneration causes macrophage aggregation, T lymphocyte infiltration, major histocompatibility complex class II antigen expression, and immunoglobulin G deposition in the nerve membrane, which together result in nerve edema and therefore affect nerve regeneration. In the present paper, we show myelin expression was absent from the sciatic nerve at 7 days after injury, and the expression levels of lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor 1 (LYVE‐1) and Prospero Homeobox 1 (Prox1) were significantly increased in the sciatic nerve at 7 days after injury. The lymphatic vessels were distributed around the myelin sheath and co‐localized with lymphatic endothelial cells. Prox1 induces the formation of new lymphatic vessels, which play important roles in the elimination of tissue edema as well as in morphological and functional restoration of the damaged nerve. This study provides evidence of the involvement of new lymphatic vessels in nerve repair after sciatic nerve injury.
Illusion of safety: How consumers underestimate manipulation and deception in online (vs. offline) shopping contexts
Authors: Moran Nora 
Published: June 2020

AbstractOnline commerce changes how consumers shop for products and services—while also giving firms more control over consumers' shopping experience, more access to their information, and leading more firms to use these platforms to their financial advantage. In this research, I examine consumer perceptions of firms when they shop for products and services online (vs. offline), to determine whether consumers feel firms might use certain kinds of manipulative and deceptive tactics against consumers. Results show consumers believe firms are less likely to use manipulative and deceptive practices to increase consumer spending, when they shop online (vs. offline) for products and services. These findings remain consistent despite key individual differences (in ethnicity, gender, age, and time spent online). This research also demonstrates how certain cues can make consumers more (vs. less) suspicious of firms when they shop online and discusses the implications these findings have for consumer financial welfare.
Study of frequency and types of chromosomal abnormalities in phenotypically female patients with amenorrhea in Eastern Indian population
Authors: Ghosh Shanoli , Roy Sanchita , Halder Ajanta 
Published: June 2020

AbstractAimThis comprehensive review article aims to comprehend the frequency and prevalence of chromosomal abnormalities in both primary amenorrhea (PA) and secondary amenorrhea (SA) cases and correlating it with their phenotypes, clinical features and hormonal profiles.MethodsResearch publications on prevalence of chromosomal abnormalities in both PA and SA cases worldwide and its etiology, clinical features, hormonal profiles; their correlation with chromosomal profiles were searched for on the internet, including general search engines and respective scientific sites. Only published, relevant and authentic data conducted on phenotypically female patients were considered. Another aspect of amenorrhea occurs due to several clinical conditions apart from cytogenetic viewpoint were not considered or discussed in detail.ResultsAs literature study suggests; considering various etiology of amenorrhea counting anatomic defect of the hypothalamus or genetic defect, and various acquired causes of chromosomal anomalies contribute to be one of the major etiologies of both PA and SA; ranging from 15.9% to 63.3% in case of PA and from 3.9% to 44.4% in case of SA. In spite of the presence of any other factors responsible condition, the genetic factors need to be emphasized, which might include single gene disorders or chromosomal disorders. Individuals with chromosomal anomalies reported a wide range of abnormalities in phenotypes, as well as in other clinical features and hormonal profiles.ConclusionThis comprehensive review is the first structured review article that encompasses the cytogenetic profile of the amenorrhea cases and correlating it with their phenotypes, clinical features and hormonal profiles from Eastern India.
Inter‐relationships between pain‐related temporomandibular disorders, somatic and psychological symptoms in Asian youths
Authors: Yap Adrian Ujin , Natu Vaishali Prakash 
Published: June 2020

AbstractObjectiveThis cross‐sectional, observational study assessed the inter‐relationships between painful TMDs, somatic and psychological symptoms in Asian youths.MethodsStudy subjects were recruited from a local Polytechnic. Pain‐related TMDs were established with the TMD pain screener (TPS), while somatic and psychological symptoms were assessed with the Patient Health Questionnaire‐15 (PHQ‐15) and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales‐21 (DASS‐21). Demographic information, TPS, PHQ‐15 and DASS‐21 responses were gathered with the CDRSS system and analysed using the binomial‐exact test, Mann‐Whitney U test, Spearman's rho correlation and logistic regression analysis (P < .05).ResultsData from a total of 400 participants were collected and examined. The “no TMDs” (NT) group comprised of 366 subjects (180 males; 186 females) with a mean age of 18.72 ± 1.49 years, while the “with TMDs” (WT) group consisted of 34 subjects (11 males; 23 females) aged 19.26 ± 1.89 years. Significant differences in median PHQ‐15 and DASS‐21 scores were observed between the NT and WT groups (P ≤ .007). The WT group was observed to have moderate somatic symptoms, moderate depression, moderate‐to‐severe anxiety and mild stress. For subjects with pain‐related TMDs, correlation between somatic and psychological symptoms was moderate‐to‐strong (rs = .55‐.69). Stepwise logistic regression indicated that somatisation and anxiety were possible risk factors for painful TMDs with odds ratios of 1.08 and 1.07, respectively.ConclusionsThe prevalence of pain‐related TMDs was 8.5%. Subjects with painful TMDs had significantly higher levels of somatic and psychological distress. In addition, somatic symptoms were strongly correlated with anxiety and stress but less so with depression.
Intra‐observer and inter‐observer variability in two grading systems for oral epithelial dysplasia: A multi‐centre study in India
Authors: Ranganathan Kannan , Kavitha Loganathan , Sharada Prakash , Bavle Radhika M. , Rao Roopa S. , Pattanshetty Smita M. , Hazarey Vinay K. , Madhura Murittige Gopalakrishna , Nagaraj Tejavathi , Lingappa Ashok , Warnakulasuriya Saman 
Published: June 2020

AbstractBackgroundThe presence and grading of oral epithelial dysplasia (OED) are considered the gold standard for predicting the malignant risk of oral potentially malignant disorders. However, inter‐observer and intra‐observer agreement in the context of reporting on OED grading has been reputedly considered unreliable.MethodsWe undertook a multi‐centre study of six Indian oral pathologists to assess variations in reporting OED using the World Health Organization (WHO; 2005) system and also the recently introduced binary system. The observer variability was assessed with the use of kappa statistics.ResultsThe weighted kappa intra‐observer agreement scores improved (κw = 0.5012) on grouping by two grades as no and mild dysplasia versus moderate and severe dysplasia compared to binary grading system (κ = 0.1563) and WHO grading system (κw = 0.4297). Poor to fair inter‐observer agreement scores were seen between the principal investigator (PI) and the other five observers using the WHO grading system (κ = 0.051‐0.231; κw = 0.145 to 0.361; 35% to 46%) and binary grading system (κ = 0.049 to 0.326; 50 to 65%).ConclusionsThere is considerable room for improvement in the assessment of OED using either system to help in standardised reporting. The professional pathology organisations in India should take steps to provide external quality assessment in reporting OED among oral and general pathologists who are engaged in routine reporting of head and neck specimens.
Breeding systems and phylogeny in Poa, with special attention to Northeast Asia: The problem of Poa shumushuensis and sect. Nivicolae (Poaceae)
Authors: Soreng Robert J. , Olonova Marina V. , Probatova Nina S. , Gillespie Lynn J. 
Published: June 2020

AbstractPoa sect. Poa subsect. Nivicolae (Prob.) Tzvelev was circumscribed to include four species of the Soviet Union: Poa shumushuensis, Poa caucasica, Poa irkutica, and Poa veresczaginii. Bayesian phylogenetic analyses of plastid and nuclear‐ribosomal DNA revealed that it is polyphyletic, none of these species are closely related. Poa shumushuensis, type of sect. Nivicolae, or its ancestor, likely displayed the nrDNA genotype characteristic of the higher polyploid P. sect. Malacanthae. Genotype codes are designated for each species: Hx, C
c, Php, and Shp. Poa sect. Nivicolae s.s. is restricted to P. shumushuensis; P. sect. Irkuticae is restricted to P. irkutica; P. caucasica is moved to P. subg. & sect. Caucasicae nov.; and P. sect. Dschungaricae is resurrected for P. veresczaginii and two other species. Although diclinous breeding systems are known in many western hemisphere species of Poa, dicliny is infrequent and little studied in Asian Poa. Poa shumushuensis is judged to be either sequentially gynomonoecious or gynodioecious. A ratio of 2 perfect‐, to 2 mixed‐, to 1 pistillate‐flowered inflorescences from different plants in P. shumushuensis is suggestive of a recessive allele for stamen suppression, and this is associated with subtle sexual‐dimorphism. Poa irkutica is diclinous with a breeding system between simple gynomonoecy and sequential gynomonoecy; P. caucasica is perfectly flowered; and P. veresczaginii has infrequent abortive anthers, indicative of limited dicliny, or sterility for other reasons possibly related to its reticulate origin. In total, 23 Asian species are here reported to be diclinous and their breeding systems are characterized. A lectotype is designated for P. fauriei.
Impact of roasting conditions on the quality and acceptance of the peanut paste
Authors: de Freitas Floriano Rafael , Gräbin Karine , Rossi Rochele Cassanta , Ferreira Cristiano Dietrich , Ziegler Valmor 
Published: June 2020

AbstractRoasting is the main processing step performed to improve sensory and conservative properties of peanuts. The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in peanut oil and paste during roasting at different temperatures in a conventional oven (80, 110, 140, 170, and 200°C) and microwave. The increase in roasting temperature promoted reduction of L* value, b* value, and increases of a*, K232, K270, and acidity. For alpha (α), gamma (γ), and delta (δ) tocopherols, as well as fatty acids, less degradation were observed at the roasting temperature of 140°C. Paste acceptability greater than 70% was achieved with roasting at 140°C. Based on the results, 140°C was the optimal roasting temperature that achieved the best paste acceptance rates with the smallest changes in oil and tocopherol quality parameters.
Structure‐aware 3D reconstruction for cable‐stayed bridges: A learning‐based method
Authors: Hu Fangqiao , Zhao Jin , Huang Yong , Li Hui 
Published: June 2020

AbstractA powerful deep learning‐based three‐dimensional (3D) reconstruction method for reconstructing structure‐aware semantic 3D models of cable‐stayed bridges is proposed herein. Typically, conventional bridge semantic 3D model reconstruction methods are not robust when low‐quality point clouds are used. Furthermore, they are suited particularly for their respective fields and less generalized for cable‐stayed bridges. Hence, a structure‐aware learning‐based cable‐stayed bridge 3D reconstruction framework is proposed. The encoder part of the network uses both multiview images and a photogrammetric point cloud as input, whereas the decoder part uses a recursive binary tree network to model a high‐level structural relation graph and low‐level 3D geometric shapes. Two actual cable‐stayed bridges are employed as examples to evaluate the proposed method. Test results demonstrate that the proposed method successfully reconstructs the bridge model with structural components and their relations. Quantitative results indicate that the predicted models achieved an average F1 score of 99.01%, a Chamfer distance of 0.0259, and a mesh‐to‐cloud distance of 1.78 m. The achieved result is similar to that obtained using the manual reconstruction approach in terms of component‐wise accuracy, and it is considerably better than that obtained using the manual approach in terms of spatial accuracy. In addition, the proposed recursive binary tree network is robust to noise and partial scans. The potential applications of the obtained 3D bridge models are discussed.
Costochondral graft in growing patients with hemifacial microsomia case series: Long‐term results compared with non‐treated patients
Authors: Meazzini Maria Costanza , Battista Valeria M.A. , Brusati Roberto , Mazzoleni Fabio , Biglioli Federico , Autelitano Luca 
Published: June 2020

AbstractObjective(s)The aim of this study was to evaluate the long‐term effectiveness of costochondral graft in hemifacial microsomia (HFM) type III patients.Settings and sample populationA sample of 10 patients affected by HFM type III treated during growth in the same Centre with costochondral graft (CCG patients group) is compared with a control group (CG) sample of 10 non‐treated patients affected by the same malformation in order to understand whether surgery during growth provides advantages in terms of bony and facial symmetry after an 8‐year follow‐up.Materials and MethodsThe growth of the CCG was assessed on panoramic X‐rays. To assess facial symmetry, a photometric evaluation on the frontal view was carried out.ResultsIn CCG patients group the graft grown in mean less than the healthy ramus, a good facial symmetry was achieved after surgery, but was lost in the majority of the cases at the most recent control. In CG, occlusal canting slightly increased and facial asymmetry was relatively stable during the years.ConclusionIn patients with a congenital deformity, restoring the height of the ramus leads to an immediate restitution of facial symmetry, but in the long term, there is a return to the asymmetrical pattern. In CG, the asymmetry is stable during years with no increase of the facial deformity.
Beyond Revision Surgery: Work‐Up and Interventional Treatments for the Painful Total Knee Arthroplasty
Authors: Hagedorn Jonathan M. , Wooster Benjamin M. , Hunt Christine L. , Moeschler Susan M. , Orhurhu Vwaire , Trousdale Robert T. 
Published: June 2020

AbstractTotal knee arthroplasty is a common and successful treatment modality for knee arthritis that is refractory to conservative management strategies. Over 600,000 arthroplasties are performed per year in the United States, and this number is expected to increase in the coming years. Unfortunately, 8% to 34% of patients experience chronic pain after having a total knee arthroplasty. These patients should undergo an appropriate work‐up by the orthopedic surgeon, but many times a surgical problem is not uncovered. In these situations, a thorough and specific plan for pain management should be sought. In this article, we outline the work‐up of a painful total knee arthroplasty. Then we provide a thorough review of interventional pain management strategies and highlight the pertinent literature. Lastly, we hypothesize future developments in the field that may provide better outcomes for patients suffering from painful total knee arthroplasty.
Overexpression of improved EPSPS gene results in field level glyphosate tolerance and higher grain yield in rice
Authors: Achary V. Mohan Murali , Sheri Vijay , Manna Mrinalini , Panditi Varakumar , Borphukan Bhabesh , Ram Babu , Agarwal Aakrati , Fartyal Dhirendra , Teotia Deepa , Masakapalli Shyam Kumar , Agrawal Pawan K. , Reddy Malireddy K. 
Published: June 2020

SummaryGlyphosate is a popular, systemic, broad‐spectrum herbicide used in modern agriculture. Being a structural analog of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), it inhibits 5‐enolpyruvylshikimate 3‐phosphate synthase (EPSPS) which is responsible for the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids and various aromatic secondary metabolites. Taking a lead from glyphosate‐resistant weeds, two mutant variants of the rice EPSPS gene were developed by amino acid substitution (T173I + P177S; TIPS‐OsEPSPS and G172A + T173I + P177S; GATIPS‐OsEPSPS). These mutated EPSPS genes were overexpressed in rice under the control of either native EPSPS or constitutive promoters (maize ubiquitin [ZmUbi] promoter). The overexpression of TIPS‐OsEPSPS under the control of the ZmUbi promoter resulted in higher tolerance to glyphosate (up to threefold of the recommended dose) without affecting the fitness and related agronomic traits of plants in both controlled and field conditions. Furthermore, such rice lines produced 17%–19% more grains compared to the wild type (WT) in the absence of glyphosate application and the phenylalanine and tryptophan contents in the transgenic seeds were found to be significantly higher in comparison with WT seeds. Our results also revealed that the native promoter guided expression of modified EPSPS genes did not significantly improve the glyphosate tolerance. The present study describing the introduction of a crop‐specific TIPS mutation in class I aroA gene of rice and its overexpression have potential to substantially improve the yield and field level glyphosate tolerance in rice. This is the first report to observe that the EPSPS has role to play in improving grain yield of rice.
Perceived mattering in stepfamilies: A social relations model analysis
Authors: Pylyser Charlotte , Loncke Justine , Loeys Tom , De Mol Jan , Buysse Ann 
Published: June 2020

AbstractThe current study examined the respective role of stepfamily members' individual characteristics and their dyadic relationships in stepfamily members' perceptions of mattering to one another. Parents, stepparents, and adolescents from 86 stepfamilies participated. Applying social relations model analyses, several trends emerged regarding the relative importance of individual and dyadic factors. Parents' and adolescents' reports of mattering to one another were mainly driven by individual factors, whereas relational factors were important to understand the reports of mattering in which the stepparent was one of the dyad members. These findings contribute to stepfamily research by highlighting that stepfamily members' sense of belonging is at least partly a function of the interpersonal adaptation between the stepparent and other family members.