bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Childhood maltreatment and disordered gambling in adulthood: disentangling causal and familial influences
Authors: Dash Genevieve F. , Martin Nicholas G. , Slutske Wendy S. 
Published: August 2020

AbstractBackgroundDespite abundant research on the potential causal influence of childhood maltreatment (CM) on psychological maladaptation in adulthood, almost none has implemented the discordant twin design as a means of examining the role of such experiences in later disordered gambling (DG) while accounting for genetic and family environmental confounds. The present study implemented such an approach to disentangle the potential causal and familial factors that may account for the association between CM and DG.MethodsParticipants were 3750 twins from the Australian Twin Registry [Mage = 37.60 (s.d. = 2.31); 58% female]. CM and DG were assessed separately via two semi-structured telephone interviews. Random-intercept generalized linear mixed models were fit to the data; zygosity, sex, educational attainment, childhood psychiatric disorder, adult antisocial behavior, and alcohol use disorder (AUD) were included as covariates.ResultsNeither quasi-causal nor familial effects of CM predicted DG after adjusting for covariates. Educational attainment appeared to reduce the risk of DG while AUD appeared to increase risk; evidence also emerged for familial effects of antisocial behavior on DG. Post-hoc analyses revealed a familial effect of CM on antisocial behavior, indicating that the association between CM and DG identified in unadjusted models and in prior studies may be accounted for by genetic and shared family environmental effects of antisociality.ConclusionsThese findings add to the meager literature showing that CM does not exert a causal effect on DG, and present novel evidence that familial effects of antisocial behavior may account for the association between CM and DG identified in extant non-twin research.
Can we talk about it? A qualitative study exploring occupational therapists’ decision making in judging when to ask an older person about drinking alcohol
Authors: Maclean Fiona , Dewing Jan , Kantartzis Sarah , Breckenridge Jenna P. , McCormack Brendan 
Published: August 2020

AbstractOlder people now currently drink alcohol more frequently than previous generations, indicating a need to understand how this influences health and wellbeing in older adults. However, knowledge and awareness of the changing role alcohol plays in the lives of older people is not necessarily widely understood by allied health professionals in acute hospital contexts. In turn, conversations about drinking alcohol in later life may not be routinely addressed as part of practice, limiting an older person's choice to make informed decisions about their drinking. This paper qualitatively examines when occupational therapists (N = 17) in an acute hospital setting will initiate a conversation with older people (65+ years) about their drinking, guided by a theoretical lens that encompasses both person-centredness and collective occupation. Adopting a qualitative methodology, this study illustrates a typology of reasoning describing how, and in what circumstances, therapists ask older people about their alcohol use. Three themes were generated that provide further insight into the typology, these being ‘hesitancy in practice’, ‘failure to link life transitions to alcohol use’ and ‘challenges of focusing on healthfulness’. These findings provide a potentially useful tool for therapists, services and organisations to self-assess their approach to asking older people about alcohol use; a necessary element of professional health-care practice as social trends in alcohol use continue to increase.
Updated Understanding of the Experiences and Perceptions of Alcohol Use in Later Life
Authors: Canham Sarah L. , Humphries Joe , Kupferschmidt Anthony L. , Lonsdale Emily 
Published: August 2020

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to update our understandings of older adults’ experiences and perceptions of alcohol use. Taking a community-based research approach, three Knowledge Café workshops hosted 66 older adults and service providers in Vancouver, BC. Thematic analysis identified three overarching categories: (a) reasons older adults use alcohol, including out of habit, social expectations, or to self-medicate; (b) personal experiences of alcohol use, including reduced consumption over time as a result of the cost of alcohol, the physical effects, and increased knowledge about the effects of alcohol; and (c) older adults’ perceptions of alcohol use outcomes, including positive outcomes from drinking in moderation and negative outcomes that can worsen one’s health, lead to tolerance, and harm others. Developing and promoting healthy drinking behaviours in later life is needed as the general population continues to age.
Faster coroutine pipelines: A reconstruction
Authors: PIETERS RUBEN P. , SCHRIJVERS TOM 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
The three-continuation approach to coroutine pipelines efficiently represents a large number of connected components. Previous work in this area introduces this alternative encoding but does not shed much light on the underlying principles for deriving this encoding from its specification. This paper gives this missing insight by deriving the three-continuation encoding based on eliminating the mutual recursion in the definition of the connect operation. Using the same derivation steps, we are able to derive a similar encoding for a more general setting, namely bidirectional pipes. Additionally, we evaluate the encoding in an advertisement analytics benchmark where it is as performant as pipes, conduit, and streamly, which are other common Haskell stream processing libraries.
Overfeeding and obesity in young children with positive pressure ventilation via tracheostomy following cardiac surgery
Authors: Tsuda Takeshi , Hehir David A. , Thacker Deepika , Lamma Allison , Tearl Donna , Gidding Samuel S. 
Published: August 2020

AbstractObjectives:Infants with CHD requiring positive pressure ventilation via tracheostomy are especially vulnerable to malnutrition following cardiac surgery. Current post-operative feeding recommendations may overestimate the caloric needs.Design:We retrospectively studied infants requiring tracheostomy after cardiac surgery. Anthropometric and nutritional data were collected, including caloric goals, weight-for-age z score, length-for-age z score, and weight-for-length z score. Changes in anthropometrics over time were compared to ascertain the impact of nutritional interventions. Data were shown as mean ± standard deviation.Results:Nineteen infants with CHD required tracheostomy at 160 ± 109 days (7–364 days), 13 had reparative surgery, and 6 had palliative surgery for single ventricle. The indications for tracheostomy consisted of airway abnormality/obstruction (n = 13), chronic respiratory failure (n = 7), and/or vocal cord paresis (n = 2). Initial maintenance nutritional target was set at 100–130 cal/kg per day. Fourteen patients (73.7%) became obese (maximum weight-for-length z score: 2.59 ± 0.47) under tracheostomy and gastrostomy feeding, whereas five patients did not (weight-for-length z score: 0.2 ± 0.83). Eight obese patients (weight-for-length z score: 2.44 ± 0.85) showed effective reduction of obesity within 6 months (weight-for-length z score: 0.10 ± 0.20; p < 0.05 compared with pre-adjustment) after appropriate feeding adjustment (40–90 cal/kg per day). Overall mortality was high (31.6%) in this population.Conclusion:Standard nutritional management resulted in overfeeding and obesity in young children with CHD requiring positive pressure ventilation via tracheostomy. Optimal nutritional management in this high-risk population requires close individualised management by multidisciplinary teams.
Saccular “Cauliflower” aneurysm of coarctation of aorta: a hybrid management
Authors: Bansal Neha , Forbes Thomas J. , Aggarwal Sanjeev 
Published: August 2020

AbstractAneurysm formation around the site of coarctation of aortic arch is a well-recognised complication of untreated coarctation and is associated with an increased risk of aortic rupture and mortality. We present a rare case in a teenage girl with the combination of significant aortic arch coarctation, a “cauliflower-like” saccular aneurysm, and stenosis at the origin of the left subclavian artery. She was successfully managed with a hybrid approach, which is a combination of an endovascular surgical repair (a bypass graft placement from left carotid artery to subclavian artery by a vascular surgeon) and a transcatheter covered stent placement across the stenosis and aneurysm. This case highlights the successful role of a hybrid approach in patient’s who present with a combination of coarctation of the aorta and aortic arch aneurysms. This approach avoids the conventional surgical aortoplasty, which carries a higher mortality and morbidity risk in teenage patients.
Geospatial analysis of Mediterranean diet adherence in the United States
Authors: Chen Meifang , Creger Thomas , Howard Virginia , Judd Suzanne E , Harrington Kathy F , Fontaine Kevin R 
Published: August 2020

AbstractObjective:The current study aims to describe the Mediterranean diet (MD) adherence across the US regions, and explore the predictive factors of MD adherence among US adults.Design:Cross-sectional secondary data analysis. MD adherence score (0–9) was calculated using the Block 98 FFQ. Hot spot analysis was conducted to describe the geospatial distribution of MD adherence across the US regions. Logistic regression explored predictors of MD adherence.Setting:Nationwide community-dwelling residency in the USA.Participants:Adults aged ≥45 years (n20 897) who participated in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study and completed baseline assessment during January 2003 and October 2007.Results:The mean of MD adherence score was 4·36 (sd1·70), and 46·5 % of the sample had high MD adherence (score 5–9). Higher MD adherence clusters were primarily located in the western and northeastern coastal areas of the USA, whereas lower MD adherence clusters were majorly observed in south and east-north-central regions. Being older, black, not a current smoker, having a college degree or above, an annual household income ≥ $US 75K, exercising ≥4 times/week and watching TV/video <4 h/d were each associated with higher odds of high MD adherence.Conclusions:There were significant geospatial and population disparities in MD adherence across the US regions. Future studies are needed to explore the causes of MD adherence disparities and develop effective interventions for MD promotion in the USA.
Evaluating Coca-Cola’s attempts to influence public health ‘in their own words’: analysis of Coca-Cola emails with public health academics leading the Global Energy Balance Network
Authors: Serodio Paulo , Ruskin Gary , McKee Martin , Stuckler David 
Published: August 2020

AbstractObjective:We evaluate the extent to which Coca-Cola tried to influence research in the Global Energy Balance Network, as revealed by correspondence between the company and leading public health academics obtained through Freedom-of-Information (FOI) requests.Design:US state FOI requests were made in the years 2015–2016 by US Right to Know, a non-profit consumer and public health group, obtaining 18 030 pages of emails covering correspondence between The Coca-Cola Company and public health academics at West Virginia University and University of Colorado, leading institutions of the Global Energy Balance Network. We performed a narrative, thematic content analysis of 18 036 pages of Coca-Cola Company’s emails, coded between May and December 2016, against a taxonomy of political influence strategies.Results:Emails identified two main strategies, regarding information and messaging and constituency building, associated with a series of practices and mechanisms that could influence public health nutrition. Despite publications claiming independence, we found evidence that Coca-Cola made significant efforts to divert attention from its role as a funding source through diversifying funding partners and, in some cases, withholding information on the funding involved. We also found documentation that Coca-Cola supported a network of academics, as an ‘email family’ that promoted messages associated with its public relations strategy, and sought to support those academics in advancing their careers and building their affiliated public health and medical institutions.Conclusions:Coca-Cola sought to obscure its relationship with researchers, minimise the public perception of its role and use these researchers to promote industry-friendly messaging. More robust approaches for managing conflicts of interest are needed to address diffuse and obscured patterns of industry influence.
Effect of culinary education curriculum on Mediterranean diet adherence and food cost savings in families: a randomised controlled trial
Authors: Razavi Alexander C , Sapin Alexander , Monlezun Dominique J , McCormack Isabella G , Latoff Anna , Pedroza Kathrine , McCullough Colleen , Sarris Leah , Schlag Emily , Dyer Amber , Harlan Timothy S 
Published: August 2020

AbstractObjective:Diet-related diseases are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the USA. While the critical aspects of a healthy diet are well known, the relationship between community-based, teaching kitchen education and dietary behaviours is unclear. We examined the effect of a novel culinary medicine education programme on Mediterranean diet adherence and food cost savings.Design:Families were randomised to a hands-on, teaching kitchen culinary education class (n= 18) or non-kitchen-based dietary counselling (n= 23) for 6 weeks. The primary outcome was adherence to the validated nine-point Mediterranean diet score, and the secondary outcome was food cost savings per family.Setting:The Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine, a community teaching kitchen in New Orleans.Participants:Families (n= 41) of at least one child and one parent.Results:Compared with families receiving traditional dietary counselling, those participating in hands-on, kitchen-based nutrition education were nearly three times as likely to follow a Mediterranean dietary pattern (OR 2·93, 95% CI 1·73, 4·95;P < 0·001), experiencing a 0·43-point increase in Mediterranean diet adherence after 6 weeks (B = 0·43;P < 0·001). Kitchen-based nutrition education projects to save families $US 21·70 per week compared with standard dietary counselling by increasing the likelihood of consuming home-preparedv. commercially-prepared meals (OR 1·56, 95% CI 1·08, 2·25;P = 0·018).Conclusions:Community-based culinary medicine education improves Mediterranean diet adherence and associates with food cost savings among a diverse sample of families. Hands-on culinary medicine education may be a novel evidence-based tool to teach healthful dietary habits and prevent chronic disease.
Health and health service usage outcomes of case management for patients with long-term conditions: a review of reviews
Authors: Buja Alessandra , Francesconi Paolo , Bellini Irene , Barletta Valentina , Girardi Giovanni , Braga Mario , Cosentino Mimma , Marvulli Mariagrazia , Baldo Vincenzo , Damiani Gianfranco 
Published: August 2020

Abstract

Objective:
There have been plenty of articles published in recent decades on patient care in the form of case management (CM), but conclusions regarding health outcomes and costs have often been discordant. The objective of this study was to examine previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses with a view to assessing and pooling the overwhelming amount of data available on CM-based health outcomes and resource usage.

Methods:
We conducted a review of reviews of secondary studies (meta-analyses and systematic reviews) addressing the effectiveness of CM compared with usual care (or other organizational models) in adult (18+) with long-term conditions. PubMed, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) were searched from 2000 to the end of December 2017. The outcomes of interest are related to process of care, health measures, and resource usage.

Results:
Twenty-two articles were ultimately considered: 4 meta-analyses and 18 systematic reviews. There is strong evidence of CM increasing adherence to treatment guidelines and improving patient satisfaction, but none of the secondary studies considered demonstrated any effect on patient survival. Based on the available literature, there is contrasting evidence regarding all the other health outcomes, such as quality of life (QOL), clinical outcomes, and functional status. Good-quality secondary studies consistently found nothing to indicate that CM prompts any reduction in the use of hospital resources.

Conclusion:
The source of variability in the literature on the consistency of the evidence for most outcomes is unclear. It may stem from the heterogeneity of CM programs in terms of what their intervention entails, the populations targeted, and the tools used to measure the results. That said, there was consistently strong evidence of CM being associated with a greater adherence to treatment guidelines and higher patient satisfaction, but not with a longer survival or better use of hospital resources.
A Crowdsourcing Approach to Revitalizing Scholarship on Black Women Suffragists
Authors: Dublin Thomas 
Published: August 2020

AbstractThis article draws on a collection of crowdsourced biographical sketches of Black women suffragists to explore the contributions of these activists to the expansion of voting rights that accompanied the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. It explores the motivations and strategies adopted by Black women suffragists and interracial alliances that emerged in the course of the suffrage struggle, comparing and contrasting the experiences of suffragists across racial lines.
Is small placenta a risk for low birth weight in KOKAN? (Data from a coastal region in the state of Maharashtra, India)
Authors: Patil Suvarna , Dombale Vijay , Joglekar Charudatta , Patil Netaji , Joshi Kiran , Warpe Bhushan , Burute Pushpa 
Published: August 2020

AbstractKOKAN region is characterized by undernutrition across all stages of lifecycle. Developmental Origins of Health & Disease hypothesis suggests that environmental influences in the early period of growth and development can contribute to the risks of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) in adulthood. Newborns and placentas of 815 pregnant mothers delivered in a rural hospital were studied. We tested the hypothesis that low placental weight will be associated with low birth weight (LBW). Mothers had a mean age of 26 years and were smaller in size at delivery [mean height of 152.1 cm (±6.1 cm), weight 52 kg (±10.2 kg), body mass index (BMI) 22.5 kg/m2 (±4.1 kg/m2)]. Mean placental weight was 488 g (±120 g). Mean birth weight, length, and head circumference of the newborn were 2.54 kg (±0.5 kg), 46.3 cm (±3.1 cm), and 32.7 cm (±1.7 cm), respectively. Prevalence of LBW, stunting, and small head size was 41.6%, 42.2%, and 18.2%, respectively. Maternal height, weight, and BMI at delivery were all positively associated with placental weight (p < 0.01 for all). Mothers with placentas in the lowest placental weight tertile had an increased likelihood of producing an LBW baby [OR 7.7, 95% CI (5.0, 11.8)], a stunted baby [OR 1.9 (1.4, 2.9)], or a baby with a small head circumference [OR 2.4 (1.4, 4.0)]. Mothers in the lowest height tertile had odds of producing a LBW baby [OR 1.8 95% CI (1.2, 2.7)] or a stunted baby [OR 1.6 (1.1, 2.3)]. There is a need to improve the nutritional status of women in KOKAN region which may reduce the risk of NCD.
COVID-19: Twin Research in Progress/Twin Research Reviews: Asthmatic and Nonasthmatic Twins; Stanford University Study of Anal Prints; Twin Mammals and COVID-19; Twin Delivery and the Three ‘Rs’/Mixed Media:The Rainman Twins— The Film; Twins Irish Pub; Twins ‘Covid and Corona’; Death of a Surgeon Who Separated Conjoined Twins; Twinco — Twin-Based Supply Company
Authors: Segal Nancy L. 
Published: August 2020

AbstractIt is likely that genetic factors play a role in the susceptibility to, and recovery from, COVID-19. A survey of ongoing twin research could produce findings likely to help in the prevention and management of this pandemic. This survey is followed by a review of research comparing selected features of asthmatic and nonasthmatic twins, links between twin mammals and COVID-19, and relationships between twin delivery and the three ‘Rs’. The final section of this article presents newsworthy twin-related items, some associated with COVID-19. They include a summary of theRainman Twinsfilm, a study of anal prints, the ‘Twins’ Irish pub, newborn twins ‘Covid and Corona’, the death of a surgeon who separated conjoined twins, and Twinco, a twin-based supply company.
Aerosol Total Volume Estimation From Wavelength‐ and Size‐Resolved Scattering Coefficient Data: A New Method
Authors: Kassianov E. , Pekour M. S. , Berg L. K. , Chirokova G. , Flynn C. J. , Hallar A. G. , Setyan A. , Zhang Q. , Uin J. , Fast J. D. 
Published: August 2020

AbstractWhile the importance of supermicron particles on human health and climate is well recognized, knowledge of their size‐related properties remains elusive. Many routine near‐surface in situ measurements of aerosol properties include size spectra of submicron particles and aerosol total scattering coefficient at three visible wavelengths and two size cutoffs. These properties are collected, for example, at the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. Our study illustrates how these conventional measurements can be used to predict total particle volume (particle size <10 μm). The well‐known fact that small and large particles scatter sunlight very differently forms the basis of a new method. Our study demonstrates a good agreement between estimated and measured total volumes for five climate‐important locations. The agreement suggests that the new method can be used to predict the total particle volume from the routine data collected at numerous sites around the world.