bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Preoperative peripheral and core temperature: an observational study at a day-surgery unit
Authors: Matilda Ek , Westergaard-Nielsen Emma , Henricson Maria 
Published: February 2020

Background: Hypothermia is a common problem in the surgical context and can lead to serious consequences for the patient and increased costs for society. Aims: To study day-surgery patients' peripheral and core temperatures during the preoperative phase. Methods: In total, 50 day-surgery patients participated in the study. Two sets of measurements of temperatures were made: core temperature and peripheral temperatures (two measuring points on the upper body and lower extremities respectively) were measured on arrival at the day-surgery unit, as well as on arrival at the operating theatre. The data were normally distributed and a paired t-test was used for statistical analysis. Findings: Peripheral temperatures had significant changes, with measuring points on the upper body decreasing and measuring points on the lower extremities increasing in temperature. The results show no significant change in core temperature. Conclusion: The measurements show that 28% of the patients were below recommended preoperative temperature on arrival at the operating theatre. Further research is needed to study the development of body temperature perioperatively as well as at what point reheating interventions should be introduced.
<p><strong>First record of two interesting genera of hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in South India</strong></p>
Authors: SANKARARAMAN HARIHARAKRISHNAN , ALFRED DANIEL J , MANICKAVASAGAM SAGADAI , PENNARDS GERARD 
Published: February 2020

The bee mimicking hover fly genus Volucella Geoffroy, 1762 and the potter wasp mimicking genus Monoceromyia Shannon, 1922 are reported for the first time from South India. Brief diagnosis of Volucella trifasciata Wiedemann, 1830 and Monoceromyia javana (Wiedemann, 1824), high-resolution images of the habitus and other important characters, as well as notes on their distribution, mimicry and biology are provided. Key words: Volucella, Monoceromyia, batesian mimicry, new record, range extension
Follow-up of walking quality after end of growth in 28 children with bilateral cerebral palsy
Authors: Bonnefoy-Mazure Alice , De Coulon Geraldo , Lascombes Pierre , Armand Stéphane 
Published: February 2020

Purpose Assessment of surgical treatments on gait in patients with bilateral cerebral palsy (CP) is often performed in short-term studies. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of single-event multilevel surgery (SEMLS) on long-term evolution of gait using gait deviation index (GDI) and walking speed. Methods In all, 28 patients with bilateral CP (Gross Motor Function Classification System I to III) with two clinical gait analyses (CGA) were included (mean age: 9.0 years (sd 2.9) at the first CGA, 19.6 years (sd 4.1) at the last, all of them at skeletal maturity). GDI, walking speed and their changes were calculated. Statistical analysis was performed to observe differences between baseline and follow-up CGA. Pearson's correlations were conducted to evaluate the associations between GDI and walking speed changes with: GDI at baseline and walking speed at baseline. GDI and walking speed evolution have been analyzed for two groups of patients: with and without SEMLS. Results Regardless of the treatment, GDI was significantly higher at follow-up CGA (baseline: 73.1 (sd 13.1) versus follow-up: 80.1 (sd 13.2); p = 0.014). Significant negative correlations were found between GDI change and GDI at baseline (r = -0.52; p = 0.004) and between walking speed change and walking speed at the baseline (r = -0.70; p < 0.001). Regarding the group of patients with or without SEMLS, only significant improvement of GDI was found for patients with SEMLS (at baseline: 69.0 (sd 12.1) versus follow-up: 77.8 (sd 11.2); p < 0.05). Conclusion Analysis at skeletal maturity showed a gait quality maintained for patients without SEMLS and an improvement for patients with SEMLS. Level of evidence Level III
Smart specialization for building up a regional innovation agenda: the case of San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Authors: Solleiro-Rebolledo Jose Luis , García-Martínez Moisés Braulio , Castañón-Ibarra Rosario , Martínez-Salvador Laura Elena 
Published: February 2020

The state of San Luis Potosí (SLP) is divided into four regions: “Altiplano, Centro, Huasteca and Media”. A large socioeconomic inequality is perceived among the regions, this is especially observed when comparing Centro with the other regions, mainly because Centro region shows greater economic dynamism and has a great amount of companies, educational institutions and research centers, which contributes to lower its socioeconomic lag. In order to reduce the social inequality and the economic development gap of SLP, a project for the construction of innovation agendas with a regional focus was formulated applying RIS3 methodology.Therefore, this article has as its main objective, to present and analyze the results of this project, through the identification of regional economic potential and their areas of smart specialization, as well as international technological trends in those areas. As an important component, a governance mechanism was organized in the four regions used to build consensus and legitimate the RIS3 process. In the framework of triple- helix participatory workshops, a portfolio of priority innovation projects was defined. This article offers an analysis of favorable factors and obstacles faced during the process; a series of recommendations for the promotion of regional innovation agendas (RIA) plus brief conclusions.
Chip-based measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution
Authors: Semenenko Henry , Sibson Philip , Hart Andy , Thompson Mark G. , Rarity John G. , Erven Chris 
Published: February 2020

Modern communication strives towards provably secure systems which can be widely deployed. Quantum key distribution provides a methodology to verify the integrity and security of a key exchange based on physical laws. However, physical systems often fall short of theoretical models, meaning they can be compromised through uncharacterized side-channels. The complexity of detection means that the measurement system is a vulnerable target for an adversary. Here, we present secure key exchange up to 200 km while removing all side-channels from the measurement system. We use mass-manufacturable, monolithically integrated transmitters that represent an accessible, quantum-ready communication platform. This work demonstrates a network topology that allows secure equipment sharing which is accessible with a cost-effective transmitter, significantly reducing the barrier for widespread uptake of quantum-secured communication.
Treatment Pathways Leading to Biologic Therapies for Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease in the United States
Authors: Siegel Corey A. , Yang Fei , Eslava Sergio , Cai Zhaohui 
Published: February 2020

OBJECTIVES:
Biologic therapies have been available for inflammatory bowel disease for >20 years, but patient outcomes have not changed appreciably over this time period. To better understand medication utilization for this disease, we evaluated a novel technique for visualizing treatment pathways, including initial treatment, switching, and combination therapies.

METHODS:
This retrospective, observational study used administrative claims data from the Truven Health MarketScan Commercial and Medicare Database. Adult patients with ≥2 consecutive health claims and newly diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD) were evaluated. Treatment pathways were visualized using Sankey diagrams representing the number of patients receiving treatment and duration of each treatment.

RESULTS:
In all, 28,119 patients with UC and 16,260 patients with CD were identified. The most common initial treatment for UC was 5-aminosalicylic acid monotherapy (61% of the patients), followed by corticosteroid monotherapy (25%); <1% of patients were initially treated with biologics. The most common initial treatment for CD was corticosteroid monotherapy (42%), followed by 5-aminosalicylic acid monotherapy (35%); <5% of the patients were initially treated with biologics. Significantly fewer patients followed biologic vs nonbiologic treatment pathways (UC: 6% vs 94%, CD: 19% vs 81%, both P < 0.05).

DISCUSSION:
Significantly fewer patients with inflammatory bowel disease followed treatment pathways that included biologic therapies compared with nonbiologic therapies, and very few patients were ever initiated on biologic therapy. Although we have made significant progress in treatment, our most effective medications are only being used in a small proportion of patients, suggesting barriers prevent optimized patient management.
Structural characterization, antioxidant and cytotoxic effects of iron nanoparticles synthesized using Asphodelus aestivus Brot. aqueous extract
Authors: Tuzun Burcu Sumer , Fafal Tugce , Tastan Pelin , Kivcak Bijen , Yelken Besra Ozmen , Kayabasi Cagla , Susluer Sunde Yılmaz , Gunduz Cumhur 
Published: February 2020

AbstractASPwas used to synthesize FeNPA. They were characterized by UV-vis spectroscopy, FT-IR, TEM, SEM, XRD and ZP. The aim of this study was to evaluate in vitro cytotoxic activity and antioxidant acitivities of FeNPAandASP. The antioxidant properties were evaluated using DPPH, ABTS+and H2O2assays. FeNPAhad higher antioxidant activity comparing toASPaccording to DPPH (IC50: 3.48 μg/mL) and ABTS+(60.52%) assays. Anti-cancer activities of FeNPAandASPwere investigated in breast cancer, melanoma and control cell lines. FeNPAwas more cytotoxic thanASPin MCF-7, MeWo, CHL-1, and HEL 299 cells. FeNPAhad shown that mitochondria induce apoptosis through stress in MDA-MB-231, and cells MeWo.ASPalso induced apoptosis 2.23-fold in MCF-7 cells. Progesterone receptor gene expression showed a 10-fold increase in a hormone-dependent MCF-7 cell line inASP, and FeNPAtreatment. Expressions of BCL6, CXCL12, DNAJC15, RB1 and TPM1 in melanoma cancer cell lines were significantly increased inASPand FeNPAadministration. It had been shown that FeNPAregulates gene expressions that may be considered important in terms of prognosis in breast cancer and melanoma cell lines and it is suggested that gene expressions regulated by FeNPAare also evaluated in animal models in vivo.
Prognostic value of lncRNA HOTAIR in colorectal cancer : a meta-analysis
Authors: Chen Shuangqian , Zhang Chunxiao , Feng Maohui 
Published: February 2020

Abstract
Abstract: HOX transcript antisense intergenic RNA (HOTAIR) is one of the most studied long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and is aberrantly expressed in colorectal cancer (CRC). We thus performed a comprehensive study based on meta-analysis and validation of the TCGA database to investigate clinicopathological and prognostic value of HOTAIR in CRC. Six studies enrolling 629 CRC patients were included in the analysis. The results indicated that high HOTAIR expression predicted worse OS (hazard ratio [HR] = 2.46, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.82-3.32, P < 0.01) and RFS (HR = 1.97, 95% CI: 1.27-3.05, P < 0.01) for CRC patients. High HOTAIR expression was also significantly associated with venous invasion (OR = 2.53, 95% CI: 1.12-5.68, P = 0.02), advanced tumor infiltration (OR = 3.35, 95% CI: 1.34-8.42, P = 0.01) and distant metastasis (OR = 5.52, 95% CI: 1.22-25.01, P = 0.03). Then, the results were validated by the TCGA database, showing that the up-regulated expression of HOTAIR was significantly related to poor OS (P = 0.01) and RFS (P = 0.04) in CRC. Our meta-analysis indicated that high HOTAIR expression was closely associated with poor clinical outcomes and could be a reliable prognostic biomarker for CRC patients.
Treatment of insulinomas by laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation: case reports and literature review
Authors: Yao Changyu , Wang Xiangtao , Zhang Yongli , Kong Jian , Gao Jun , Ke Shan , Ding Xuemei , Xin Zonghai , Xu Wenlei , Wang Shaohong , Sun Wenbing 
Published: February 2020

Abstract
Despite its rarity, insulinoma is the most common type of pancreatic endocrine neoplasm, with an occurrence of 1 to 5 per million per year in the population. Surgical resection or enucleation is the first line of curative treatment choice for insulinoma. Eight patients with symptomatic insulinomas treated by radiofrequency ablation have been described since 2009. In the past two years, we treated two patients with symptomatic insulinomas (one in the pancreatic tail and the other in the pancreatic neck) successfully using laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation. Both patients achieved complete elimination without any significant complications. Our study suggests laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation could be developed as a safe and effective alternative treatment to surgery for the patients with insulinomas who refuse or are not eligible for surgery.
Milk Kinship and the Maternal Body in Shi’a Islam
Authors: Rahbari Ladan 
Published: February 2020

AbstractIn Islamic law, kinship is defined by consanguineal and affinal relationships. Birth and Islamic marriage are important events that define religious responsibilities of family members towards each other. Some responsibilities are connected to Mahramiyat, a framework of interpersonal relations that regulates marriages and interactions with the opposite sex. Besides consanguineal and affinal bonds, mahramiyat and kinship can also be established through breastfeeding. The relationship formed through breastfeeding is called milk mahramiyat/kinship. It is spoken of in the Quran and hadith and has been extensively discussed in Islamic Feqh. This study investigates Shi’i guidelines on milk kinship. My interest is in the exploration of existing gendered rulings on the conditions of milk mahramiyat/kinship in Shi’i jurisprudence. The analysis aims to bring forth discussions on the significance of breast milk and the maternal body, and to investigate how milk kinship is framed within the patrilineal system of kinship in Shi’a Islam. The findings discuss rulings on the role of milk-mother and -father in the way kinship takes effect. While patrilineal kinship is often defined based on a paternal ‘milk line’, the study suggests that alternative readings and interpretations of the Quran and hadith are available that centralize the mother and the maternal body.
Two basic analyses of the historiography of semiotics: M. Foucault’s comparative semiology and J.N. Deely’s semiotic realism
Authors: Švantner Martin 
Published: February 2020

AbstractIn this study I compare the work of two scholars who are important for contemporary research into the history of semiotics. The main goal of the study is to describe specific rhetorical/figurative forms and structures of persuasion between two epistemological positions that determine various possibilities in the historiography of semiotics. The main question is this: how do we understand two important metatheoretical forms of descriptions in the historiography of semiotics or the history of sign relations? The first perspective is semiology and its corollary, “structuralism,” as presented in Michel Foucault’sThe Order of Things. This perspective prefers to consider history as a set of ruptures (i). The second position explores the possibility of the historical development of semiotic consciousness as presented in the works of John N. Deely (ii). The main aim of this study lies in the exploration of these two different epistemological bases – divergent bases for developing specific understandings of interconnections that hold between between semiotics, semiosis and historical processes. A goal of this paper is to demonstrate the limits and advantages of these two paradigmatic positions. The positions in question are “meta-theoretical” in the following senses such that: (i) the historical episteme is taken to be ana priorideterminant of all sign-operations in a given era and is also the semiologic grid through which Foucault approaches every mode of scientific knowledge (from “science” to “economy” and beyond); (ii) the quasi-Hegelian development of semiotic consciousness based on a conception of the sign considered as a triadic ontological relation. The latter is Deely’s guiding meta-principle, through which the history of semiotics can be articulated, examined and evaluated.
Sensor system for long-term analysis of fuel vapour restraint systems
Authors: Schieferstein Eva , Meller Karl , Grän-Heedfeld Jürgen , Göbel Ulrich , Schmitz Ingo , Keller Jürgen , Seeger Thomas 
Published: February 2020

Abstract
Since 2011 gasoline is blended with bioethanol (5–10 Vol.-%) to comply with the biofuel quota required by law. To examine the influence of the bioethanol additive on the functionality of the fuel vapour restraint systems a suitable test facility is designed. This test facility enables automated long-term tests lasting several weeks. As a result, the adsorption behaviour of the activated carbon filters is examined by the used sensors for multiple ad- and desorption cycles even in case of multicomponent mixtures.
Building axiological affiliation in televised Chinese job interviews: Attitudinal evaluations and their communication
Authors: Zhao Wenchao 
Published: February 2020

AbstractResearch on spoken interactions has long shown interest in the communication of evaluations or assessments, but it remains limited in revealing the functions of evaluations charged with attitudinal values. Based on the appraisal framework developed in systemic functional linguistics, this article examines the attitudinal evaluations in eighteen job interviews from a live Chinese television program entitled ‘Only You’, exploring how they are communicated as attitude-ideation couplings to negotiate and construct axiological affiliation between interlocutors. The findings reveal that axiological affiliation in spoken interactions can be built via four strategies, including attitudinal enhancement that involves two layers of attitude-ideation coupling; attitudinal elaboration that may appear as specification of a target of evaluation or elaboration of an attitude; attitudinal extension that works with consistent attitudinal polarity and similar evaluative function; and attitudinal projection that is realized through the expression of attitudinal affinity or attitudinal agreement. This article seeks to extend the existing linguistic account of dialogic affiliation and spoken evaluations and shed light on the systemic functional notion of individuation by construing it as a social process in which social persons’ negotiation of communal identities is coupled with their enactment of different personae.
Two new phenolic glycosides from the leaves of Garcinia epunctata Stapf
Authors: Emade Kwene C. , Tih Anastasie E. , Abderamane Bintou , Ghogomu Rapheal T. 
Published: February 2020

Abstract
The leaves of Garcinia epunctata Stapf have furnished two new phenolic glucosides, epunctosides A and B, along with 13 known secondary metabolites identified as lanceoloside A, betulinic acid, lupeol, stigmasterol, β-sitosterol, β-sitosterol-3-O-β-d-glucopyranoside, stigmasterol-3-O-β-d-glucopyranoside, luteolin-7-O-glucoside, quercitin-7-O-glucoside, amentoflavone, robustaflavone, 4′-O-methyl-amentoflavone and 4′-O-methyl-robustaflavone. All structures were established from chemical and spectroscopic evidence including 1D and 2D NMR data as well as by comparing the obtained spectroscopic data with literature. This is the first report of the presence of phenolic glucosides in the genus Garcinia.
Island Empowerment as Global Endowment: Understanding Hawaiian Adaptive Cultural Resource Management
Authors: Cornwell Evelyn 
Published: February 2020

Based on fieldwork and interviews with academics, activists, government officials, and indigenous alaka‘i (practitioners) involved in the revival of traditional fishponds and ahupua‘a (land-based management systems), I provide a case study of the politics of cultural resource management on two islands in Hawai’i. Analyzing the intersections of identity, community, education, and spirituality as they influence indigenous sciences of sustainable resource management, I underscore themes in cultural resource management, historically based restoration, Community Based Subsistence Fishing Areas (CBSFAs), and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), particularly focusing on the merits of combining these methods to create an adaptive resource management style. According to informants' understandings of place, culture, and politics in their own lives, the ideal model for a sustainable global future should be based on an indigenous place-based model of “adaptive” cultural resource management.
Комп’ютерний зір у вирішенні проблеми розпізнавання форми кубічного пельменя.
Authors: Голубков П. , Путников Д. , Егоров В. 
Published: February 2020

В статті вирішується задача розпізнавання форми продукції випускаємої новим комплексом обладнання з виробництва пельменної продукції особливої, кубічної форми. Випуск продукції складної важкореалізовуваної форми використовується для збільшення економічної складової і виключення підробок. При виготовленні товарів виникає ряд труднощів, які необхідно подолати. Однією з них є облягання фаршу з мінусовою температурою в тісто яке має кімнатну температуру. Провівши ряд активних експериментів з замороженим фаршем і теплим тістом, отримавши і обробивши отримані результати, ми прийшли до висновку, що створюване обладнання повинно мати не тільки систему автоматичного керування, що включає в себе можливість керувати комплексом, а й містити алгоритми, які дадуть можливість розраховувати за математичними моделями необхідну для підтримання властивостей тісту температуру. А також включити в можливості комплексу комп'ютерну обробку отриманої продукції і використовуючи сучасні технології комунікацій, забезпечити передачу інформації, яка буде доступна для віддаленої роботи як самого комплексу, так і інформації про вироблену ним продукцію. Використовуючи нову, важкореалізовану форму і сучасні технології, створений комплекс в майбутньому дасть можливість не тільки виробляти нову продукцію з формою захищеної від підробки, а й скоротити витрати виробництва. Ефективність буде обумовлена ще й в тому, що на продукцію такої форми, може бути підвищена ціна з міркування змісту в собі кращих інгредієнтів і можливість використання більш компактною упаковки. Так як в пачках маючих в собі напівфабрикати кубічної форми фактично буде відсутній вільне місце на відміну від сучасних пачок з пельменній продукцією, що містить до 20% повітря. Це, так само дасть приріст ефективності при зберіганні і переміщенні продукції. Варто звернути увагу ще і на те, що дане обладнання зможе виробляти нові види продукції напівфабрикатів, що включають в себе не тільки використовуються в даний час поширені інгредієнти, такі як свинина і яловичина, а й м'ясо птиці, риби і містити безліч різних рецептів фаршу і тіста. Що в свою чергу розширить асортимент виробляємої продукції напівфабрикатів. Кінцевою стадією приготування пельменя є його перевірка та відбраківка. Якщо форма пельменя відповідає регламенту, його відправляють на подальшу заморозку, в протилежному випадку, його відправляються на переробку, при цьому вноситься коригування у систему керування температурою нагріву. Сучасні комп’ютерні методи дозволяють отримувати ці дані з фото. Існує 3 методи обробки фото для виявлення необхідних властивостей: статичні методи, методи порівняння із зразком, нейронні мережі. У роботі розглядається розпізнавання пельменя з використанням бібліотеки відкритого доступу OpenCV, яка вже має безліч функцій розпізнавання та постійно дописується новими.