bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Anterior tibial displacement on preoperative stress radiography of ACL-injured knee depending on knee flexion angle
Authors: Noh Jung Ho , Nam Woo Dong , Roh Young Hak 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
Purpose
To compare side-to-side difference (SSD) of anterior tibial translation in instrumented stress radiography for each series of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)-injured subjects according to knee flexion angle.

Methods
Forty subjects who were suspected of having significant ACL injury by manual Lachman test and MRI were recruited for this prospective study. These subjects took stress radiographs for both knees with corresponding knee flexion of 10° (series M1) and 30° (series M2) using Telos stress device. Mean SSDs of M1 and M2 were compared. Sensitivities of M1 and M2 were assessed using the SSD ≥ 3 mm or ≥ 5 mm as a cutoff value.

Results
Mean SSDs in series M1 and M2 were 4.22 ± 3.72 mm and 3.25 ± 3.30 mm, respectively (p < 0.001). When 3 mm of SSD was used as a cutoff value, sensitivities of series M1 and M2 were 47.5% (19/40) and 32.5% (13/40), respectively (p = 0.171). When 5 mm of SSD was used as a cutoff value, sensitivities of series M1 and M2 were 45.0% (18/40) and 22.5% (9/40), respectively (p = 0.033).

Conclusions
Anterior tibial translation on stress radiographs using a Telos device is more prominent when knee flexion angle is 10° compared to that when knee flexion angle is 30°. However, stress radiography using Telos device, either at 10° or 30° of knee flexion, might not be suitable to make decision on surgical treatment due to relatively low sensitivities.
Role of fused PET/CT compared to the standard contrast-enhanced CT in the follow-up assessment of the treated gastric malignancy
Authors: Baz Ahmed A. , Hassan Talaat A. 
Published: December 2019

AbstractBackgroundTo investigate the use of fused positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) compared to contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) in the follow-up of treated gastric malignancies, all data were collected and analyzed retrospectively, enrolling 68 patients (18 females and 50 males) (their age range = 34–73 years). The patients had been referred to a private imaging center for their assessment by PET/CT.ResultsAdenocarcinoma was present in 73.5%, lymphoma was present in 23.5%, and malignant carcinoid was found in 3% of cases. All patients had received at least one treatment method including endoscopic/surgical resection, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy.By PET/CT, gastric recurrence/residual was depicted in 30 patients (47.0%) compared 46 patients (67.5%) as detected by CECT, and this was statistically significant (Pvalue = 0.006), nodal metastasis was present in 18 patients (26.5%) compared to 26 patients (38%) as detected by CECT (Pvalue = 0.143), and distant metastasis was present in 18 patients (26.5%) compared to 24 patients (35%) as depicted by CECT (Pvalue = 0.265).ConclusionPET/CT offered a useful diagnostic modality as compared to CECT for follow-up evaluation of cases with treated gastric malignancies through a precise detection of the gastric lesions but it had rather comparable results in the detection of nodal and distant metastases.
The Dead, the Living, and the Sacred
Authors: Wu Judy Tzu-Chun 
Published: December 2019

AbstractThis article focuses on the antinuclear and antimilitarism politics of Patsy Takemoto Mink (1927–2002), the first Japanese American female lawyer in Hawai‘i, the first woman of color to become a U.S. congressional representative, and the namesake for Title IX. During the late 1960s and 1970s, Mink challenged the use of the Pacific lands, waters, and peoples as sites of military experimentation, subject to nuclear and chemical testing as well as war games. Mink’s political worldview, shaped by her experiences and understanding of the interconnectedness between human and nonhuman life as well as water and land, reflected a Pacific World sensibility. She worked with, but also articulated political priorities that differed from, indigenous peoples of the Pacific. Focusing on these connected yet divergent Pacific imaginaries provides an opportunity to explore the significance of these antimilitarism campaigns for the study of transnational feminisms as well as Asian American and Pacific Islander studies. First, the protests of Mink and Native Hawaiian activists against U.S. militarism in the Pacific represented gendered critiques of U.S. empire, although in different ways. Second, Mink’s advocacy via political liberalism provided opportunities for coalition formation yet also constrained the range of her gendered arguments and limited possible solutions beyond the U.S. polity. Third, the coalitional possibilities and incommensurabilities reveal the points of convergence and divergence between Asian American demands for full inclusion and Pacific Islander calls for decolonization and sovereignty.
Reflections on Feminist Interventions within the 2015 Anticorruption Protests in Lebanon
Authors: Kaedbey Deema , Naber Nadine 
Published: December 2019

AbstractThis essay reflects upon the themes of collaborative research, intersectional feminist activism, and social movements against corruption and sectarianism in the context of Lebanon. The authors focus on the summer of 2015 when protesters filled the streets in response to the government’s mismanagement of garbage in what they called the “You Stink” movement. Feminists, primarily through the formation the “Feminist Bloc,” joined in the protests and presented nuanced frameworks for understanding the problem and mobilizing against the state with a gendered lens. In the pages that follow, the authors historicize the conditions that inspired feminist participation in these protests in order to present the perspectives of a few feminist activists voicing their own analysis of this period. In addition, they reflect upon what it means to write and research collaboratively, between the United States (Nadine) and Lebanon (Deema).
Impact of Menstrual Blood Loss and Oral Contraceptive Use on Oxygen-carrying Capacity
Authors: KELLER MELISSA F. , HARRISON MICHELLE L. , LALANDE SOPHIE 
Published: December 2019

ABSTRACT

Purpose
The effect of menstrual blood loss on oxygen-carrying capacity remains equivocal. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of menstrual blood loss on hemoglobin mass in young, healthy women.

Methods
Twenty-one women (age, 23 ± 6 yr; height, 168 ± 7 cm; weight, 66.1 ± 12.6 kg) with regular menstrual cycles, either using (n = 10) or not using oral contraceptives, participated in the study. Hemoglobin mass was assessed using carbon monoxide rebreathing on three separate occasions over the course of one menstrual cycle.

Results
Visits for women not using oral contraceptives were performed in the early follicular phase (3 ± 1 d after the onset of menses), late follicular phase (1 ± 1 d after the surge of luteinizing hormone in urine), and luteal phase (9 ± 1 d after the late follicular visit). Visits for women using oral contraceptives were performed in the early follicular phase (3 ± 1 d after the onset of menses), late follicular phase (15 ± 3 d after the onset of menses), and luteal phase (9 ± 2 d after the late follicular visit). Hemoglobin mass was not affected by menstrual cycle phase (early follicular, 618 ± 61; late follicular, 610 ± 65; luteal, 607 ± 68 g; P = 0.52). Interestingly, when normalized to weight, hemoglobin mass was 12% higher in women using oral contraceptives in comparison to nonusers (10.0 ± 1.2 vs 8.9 ± 1.2 g·kg−1, P < 0.05).

Conclusion
Menstrual blood loss had no measurable effect on hemoglobin mass in eumenorrheic women. However, oral contraceptive use resulted in a greater oxygen-carrying capacity, potentially leading to a greater maximal oxygen uptake.
Άντρες και μελλοντικοί νηπιαγωγοί: Διερεύνηση των αντιλήψεών τους για τον ρόλο τους
Authors: Σοφού Ευστρατία , Στεργίου Λήδα 
Published: December 2019

Η παρούσα εργασία παρουσιάζει και αναλύει τις απόψεις αντρών και μελλοντικών νηπιαγωγών αναφορικά με την επαγγελματική τους ταυτότητα σε σχέση με το φύλο και τις προκλήσεις που αντιμετωπίζουν επιλέγοντας να φοιτήσουν σε έναν χώρο στον οποίο υπερτερεί το γυναικείο φύλο. Η μελέτη βασίζεται σε μια ποιοτική έρευνα που διεξήχθη μέσω ημιδομημένων συνεντεύξεων σε πέντε φοιτητές παιδαγωγικού τμήματος νηπιαγωγών. Η ανάλυση των δεδομένων αναδεικνύει πως ο κυρίαρχος λόγος αναφορικά με τις έμφυλες διαφορές είναι τόσο ισχυρός που, παρά τις ατομικές εμπειρίες σπουδών και εκπαιδευτικής πρακτικής των αντρών της έρευνας, η αμφισβήτησή του και η σύγκρουση με αυτόν συνιστά δύσκολο και απαιτητικό εγχείρημα. Σε αυτό το πλαίσιο, γίνεται προφανής η αναγκαιότητα ουσιαστικής ενασχόλησης με το ζήτημα της έμφυλης διάστασης στην προσχολική εκπαίδευση, τόσο στο επίπεδο των σπουδών, όσο και στο επίπεδο των παιδαγωγικών πρακτικών στο νηπιαγωγείο. Για την καλύτερη κατανόηση των πολλαπλών διαστάσεων της υποεκπροσώπησης αντρών στην προσχολική εκπαίδευση και για τις δυνατότητες αντιμετώπισής της απαιτείται περαιτέρω έρευνα σχετικά με τις αντιλήψεις, τις εμπειρίες και τους περιορισμούς που βιώνουν οι φοιτητές παιδαγωγικών τμημάτων προσχολικής εκπαίδευσης.
Η σχεδιαστική δραστηριότητα στο νηπιαγωγείο: από την κατανόηση των ιδεών και εμπειριών των παιδιών στον σχεδιασμό και την οργάνωση του εκπαιδευτικού έργου
Authors: Κωνσταντινίδου Ζωή , Μπρέντας Φίλιππος , Μητρούσκα Καλλιόπη 
Published: December 2019

Στην παρούσα εργασία, παρουσιάζονται κρίσιμες φάσεις και περιστατικά από τη χρήση της σχεδιαστικής δραστηριότητας, ως εργαλείο διερεύνησης και κατανόησης των ιδεών και εμπειριών των παιδιών κατά τη διάρκεια του σχολικού έτους 2018-2019. Οι δράσεις που παρουσιάζονται και συζητιούνται αναπτύχθηκαν στο πλαίσιο ενός προγράμματος επαγγελματικής ανάπτυξης για την αξιοποίηση της σχεδιαστικής δραστηριότητας στην εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία. Δίνονται συγκεκριμένα παραδείγματα για τον τρόπο με τον οποίο οι εκπαιδευτικοί αξιοποίησαν τα σχέδια των παιδιών για την οργάνωση, το σχεδιασμό και την εξέλιξη των εκπαιδευτικών προγραμμάτων της τάξης, αλλά και για την προαγωγή της αλληλεπίδρασης και επικοινωνίας μεταξύ των παιδιών.
Guidelines for conducting an appropriate curriculum vitae
Authors: Kelesi-Stavropoulou Martha , Fasoi Georgia 
Published: December 2019

When searching for a job, the composition of a properly formulated Curriculum Vitae (CV) is particularly important.The CV is the key element of evaluation from the side of businesses. It describes concisely and accurately all the individual knowledge, experiences and skills which were acquired both in education and in his professional career.The goal of the CV is to stimulate the interest and attention of future employers and to convince them for the suitability of the candidate in a specific position. A properly formulated CV is often cited as the most appropriateway of advertising oneself.Although there isn’t a strict reporting methodology in drafting a CV, the literature describes points which should be followed, and others which should be avoided, so that it clearly demonstrates the ability of the candidate for a jobthrough the description of qualifications. Also specific sections of the CV are described which should always focus on what is requested by an enterprise. The ultimate goal is the information relating to the person described in sucha way as to demonstrate that it excels against fellow candidate for the position.
The effect of fatigue on self-perceived health in patients with hemoglobinopathies in a greek representative sample
Authors: Aslani Eleni , Kattamis Antonios , Lyrakos Georgios , Andriopoulos Panagiotis , Tsironi Maria 
Published: December 2019

Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to measure the effect of fatigue in quality of life by measuring self-perceived health in patients with thalassemia. Methods: 302 patients undergoing transfusion treatment from 5 hospitals around Greece participated in the study. Fatigue was measured with open access questions and quality of life with the Euro5D thermometer as self-perceived health. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS21.Results: 236 patients (78.7%) reported that they were suffering from fatigue while only 21.3 % (n=66) reported that they had no fatigue. Present health status had a mean of 69.9 with an SD 19.3. Almost half (48.2%) declared they had fatigue a few times over a months period, while 41.7% replied that daily activities were the cause for feeling fatigue. Females reported statistically significant higher existence of fatigue (x2= 5.744; p=0.017). Education and marital status had no correlation with self-perceived health. Existence, frequency of fatigue, existence of fatigue during the last month, self-interpretation of the cause of fatigue and frequency of fatigue before transfusion all had significant differences with self-perceived health (p<0.05).Conclusions: Fatigue has been identified as a very common symptom in patients with thalassemia affecting the self-perceived health in this population. This result broadens the evidence regarding fatigue in hemoglobinopathies and leads us to the need for distinguishing the etiologies leading to fatigue in hemoglobinopathies since it is an important factor affecting HPQoL. Longitudinal studies are needed in order to understand the path of fatigue and the factors influencing the condition
Post – operative analgesia in patients under thoracotomy
Authors: Giavasopoulos Evangelos 
Published: December 2019

The thoracotomy is one of the most painful surgery operations, and the final outcome is directly associated with the postoperative pain control, because it allows quick mobilization, intense respiratory physiotherapy and reduces postoperative morbidity. Unfortunately, patients under thoracotomy, incur a significant risk of chronic pain. Although there are guidelines for the management of post-operative pain relief in these patients, however there is no widespread surgical or anesthetic "gold standard." In the present article it has been investigated the current literature related to the proposed therapies and other interventions that were recommended for post-operative pain relief after thoracotomy. The treatment of chronic pain after thoracotomy is difficult and includes physical rehabilitation techniques and multimodal approach. More and more researchers support that minimization of acute post-operative pain is the best method so as to avoid, prevent or reduce post- thoracotomy pain syndrome.
Mental health in rhinoplasty applicants, before and after surgery
Authors: ghahramani leila , Motevasel Mina , Fararooei Mohammad , Rakhshani Tayebeh 
Published: December 2019

Aim of the studyBackground: Rhinoplasty surgery is among the most common cosmetic surgeries and patients applying for rhinoplasty comparing to other cosmetic surgeries have more psychological disorders. Present study aims to investigate the mental health in rhinoplasty applicants, before and after Surgery.Subject or material and methodsMaterials & Methods: This is cross- sectional study conducted on 179 applicants for rhinoplasty in Abadan city during first half of 2018 by using convenience sampling method. The data collection tool was Symptom Checklist-90.ResultsResults: Results of this test indicated that there was a significant difference between dimensions of mental health before and after surgery (R<0.001).DiscussionResults indicated that people who were operated by nasal rhinoplasty surgery, their psychological health situation was better in all dimensions after surgery, indicating their proper situation before their surgery.ConclusionsConclusion: In conclusion, finding of this study, indicated the mental health situation of rhinoplasty applicant surgery, was better in all dimensions after surgery.
Influence Activities, Coalitions, and Uniform Policies: Implications for the Regulation of Financial Institutions
Authors: Friedman Henry L. , Heinle Mirko S. 
Published: December 2019

We examine a setting in which agents can form lobbying coalitions to influence a policy maker. Policy uniformity causes agents to free ride on each other’s lobbying and gives them an incentive to form lobbying coalitions. We investigate when coalitions are formed by similar or dissimilar agents and show that endogenous coalition formation causes the effects of policy uniformity and lobbying costs on aggregate lobbying activity and policy strength to be nonmonotonic. Our model suggests that increased competition in the market for coalition-facilitating lobbyists can lead to less lobbying. We discuss implications for the regulation of financial institutions. This paper was accepted by Shiva Rajgopal, accounting.
A ROUPA DA RUA: PRECONCEITO LINGUÍSTICO EM DISCURSO
Authors: Pacífico Soraya Maria Romano , Leandro Michel Luís Da Cruz Ramos 
Published: December 2019

Este artigo está fundamentado na Análise do Discurso que tem Michel Pêcheux como seu maior expoente. O trabalho foi construído com o objetivo de interpretar o discurso de sujeitos-alunos do Ensino Médio, de uma escola particular de Ribeirão Preto - SP, sobre preconceito linguístico. Segundo a Análise do Discurso, as condições de produção, que compreendem a relação dos interlocutores sempre afetada pela ideologia, o contexto da enunciação e o contexto sócio-histórico são fundamentais para a construção dos sentidos. Por isso, é importante destacar que os interlocutores, nesse caso, sujeito-professor e sujeitos-alunos discursivizaram sobre língua, linguagem, discurso e preconceito linguístico, dentro e fora da escola, sem que um único sentido sobre a temática fosse imposto. O poder da chamada língua padrão não foi desconsiderado, ao contrário, mesmo estando inseridos na instituição escolar, os sujeitos foram autorizados a criticar as relações desiguais de poder e de saber. Foram lidos vários textos, especialmente, o livro de Marcos Bagno, Preconceito linguístico: o que é, como se faz; documentário, vídeo e palestra sobre língua/linguagem foram assistidos. Após o acesso a esses textos, iniciou-se a coleta de dados e constituição do corpus. Os sujeitos-alunos produziram seminários e realizaram prova escrita acerca da temática. Para este artigo, serão analisados recortes das provas escritas. Os resultados mostram que os sujeitos-alunos (re)conhecem o preconceito linguístico e argumentam contra ele, embora, muitas vezes, eles se filiem à formação discursiva dominante que reforça a legitimidade de uma língua correta. Diante disso, entendemos que as práticas de ensino de língua têm de colocar em funcionamento as variedades linguísticas que a constituem, de modo a desnaturalizar a visão reducionista e preconceituosa de língua ideal, correta, padrão, ou seja, a língua da escola.
COMPARAÇÃO DA QUALIDADE DO AR EM LOCALIDADES INDUSTRIAL E URBANA
Authors: De Almeida Raphael Perciliano da Silva , E Souza Thainá De Carvalho , De Souza Simone Lorena Quiterio , Martins Eduardo Monteiro , Corrêa Sergio Machado 
Published: December 2019

Este estudo compara a qualidade do ar de duas localidades da Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, a saber: uma área predominantemente impactada pelas emissões veiculares na Taquara (TQ), Jacarepaguá e a outra pelas emissões industriais em Jardim Primavera (JP), Duque de Caxias. Os dados utilizados correspondem às médias horárias entre 2014 a 2016 para óxidos de nitrogênio (NOx, NO2e NO), ozônio (O3), monóxido de carbono (CO), dióxido de enxofre (SO2) e material particulado (MP10), além dos dados meteorológicos. Para interpretar os resultados utilizou-se a Linguagem R. A razão calculada entre as duas localidades para os valores de concentração mediana (JP: 10,7 ppb; TQ: 5,4 ppb) e máxima (JP: 197 ppb; TQ: 146 ppb) para O3foi de 1,98 e 1,35, respectivamente. É mostrada a importância da utilização de softwareestatístico para o manuseio e tratamento dos dados e apresentação de resultados provenientes de estações de qualidade do ar.
Adaptive fiber-ring lasers based on an optical fiber Fabry–Perot cavity for high-frequency dynamic strain sensing
Authors: Wei Heming , Krishnaswamy Sridhar 
Published: December 2019

A fiber-optic Fabry–Perot (FP) interferometer integrated with an adaptive fiber-ring laser is configured as a switchable multi-wavelength fiber laser that can be utilized for ultrasound detection. Because the FP sensor acts as a wavelength filter and a reflector of the fiber-ring laser, the reflective spectrum of the FP sensor changes due to static/dynamic strains, and the wavelength of the laser output shifts accordingly, which is subsequently converted into a corresponding phase shift and demodulated by an unbalanced interferometer. By carefully controlling the polarization of the system, the lasing outputs with a side-mode suppression ratio higher than 30 dB can be obtained, and the lasing linewidth is much narrower than that of the spectrum of the FP sensor. The experiments show that the proposed sensing system has high sensitivity for ultrasound detection and can be adaptive to the low-frequency drifts due to environmental noise.
Precision heterodyne oxygen-corrected spectrometry: vertical profiling of water and carbon dioxide in the troposphere and lower stratosphere
Authors: Bomse David S. , Tso Jared E. , Flores Monica M. , Miller J. Houston 
Published: December 2019

We describe the development of a near-infrared laser heterodyne radiometer: the precision heterodyne oxygen-corrected spectrometer (PHOCS). The prototype instrument is equipped with two heterodyne receivers for oxygen and water (measured near 1278 nanometers) and carbon dioxide (near 1572 nanometers) concentration profiles, respectively. The latter may be substituted by a heterodyne receiver module equipped with a laser to monitor atmospheric methane near 1651 nanometers. Oxygen measurements are intended to provide dry gas corrections and—more importantly—determine accurate temperature and pressure profiles that, in turn, improve the precision of theCO2andH2Ocolumn retrievals. Vertical profiling is made feasible by interrogating the very low-noise absorption lines shapes collected at≈0.0067cm−1resolution. PHOCS complements the results from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2), Active Sensing ofCO2Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons (ASCENDS), and ground-based Fourier transform spectrometers. In this paper, we describe the development of the instrument by Mesa Photonics and present the results of initial tests in the vicinity of Washington, DC.
27.5  W/m2 collection efficiency solar laser using a diffuse scattering cooling liquid: erratum
Authors: Smyth C. J. C. , Mirkhanov S. , Quarterman A. H. , Wilcox K. G. 
Published: December 2019

In this erratum we clarify our previously published paper
[Appl.
Opt. 57, 4008
(2018)APOPAI0003-693510.1364/AO.57.004008], where we used a
solar spectrum truncated to a maximum wavelength of 830 nm in the
numerical modelling, but did not state this in the paper. Here, we
present a graph of the numerically modelled absorption in the Nd:YAG
rod as a function of the diffuse reflectivity of the chamber walls
using the full solar spectrum, confirming that the theoretical maximum
possible absorption we predict is in agreement with literature
values.
Subwavelength imaging and detection using adjustable and movable droplet microlenses
Authors: Chen Xixi , Wu Tianli , Gong Zhiyong , Li Yuchao , Zhang Yao , Li Baojun 
Published: December 2019

We developed adjustable and movable droplet microlenses consisting of a liquid with a high refractive index. The microlenses were prepared via ultrasonic shaking in deionized water, and the diameter of the microlenses ranged from 1 to 50 μm. By stretching the microlenses, the focal length can be adjusted from 13 to 25 μm. With the assistance of an optical tweezer, controllable assembly and movement of microlens arrays were also realized. The results showed that an imaging system combined with droplet microlenses could image 80 nm beads under white light illumination. Using the droplet microlenses, fluorescence emission at 550 nm from CdSe@ZnS quantum dots was efficiently excited and collected. Moreover, Raman scattering signals from a silicon wafer were enhanced by

∼
19

times. The presented droplet microlenses may offer new opportunities for flexible liquid devices in subwavelength imaging and detection.