bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
An overview of postgraduate thesis on mainstreaming education in Turkey
Authors: Akcay Miyase , Karabag Tugce , Baglama Basak , Yucesoy Yucehan 
Published: January 2020

The aim of this research is to examine postgraduate thesis on mainstreaming education carried out in Turkey based on various variables. A total number of 200 postgraduate theses on mainstreaming education was obtained from Higher Education Council of Turkey. Data of the research were examined based on content analysis criteria including year of publication, supervisor title, thesis level, university, institute, department, gender of thesis writer, research method, participants, data collection tool, data analysis method, location of the research conducted, research subject and results. Data of the research were analysed with SPSS 20 program. Research showed that thesis was conducted between 1997 and 2018. According to the results, the majority number of thesis was carried out in 2017, the quantitative method was mostly preferred research method in thesis, master thesis was mostly preferred, scales were mostly used data collection tools and statistical methods were mostly used as data analysis methods. In line with the results of the research, recommendations for further research and practices were presented.
Keywords: Mainstreaming education, special education, postgraduate thesis, content analysis.
Nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages
Authors: Mori Angel Corbera , Miranda Camille Cardoso 
Published: January 2020

Resenha do livro “Nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages”, organizado por Simon E. Overall; Rosa Vallejos; Spike Gildea (2018). Este é uma coletânea de 14 capítulos adequadamente selecionados dos 32 trabalhos apresentados na “Conferência Internacional Amazônica v”, realizado na cidade de Belém, Pará, no ano de 2014. O volume está constituído de uma diversidade de línguas faladas na América do Sul: 14 línguas individuais relacionadas às famílias linguísticas: Arawak, Tukano, Mataguayo, Guaykuru, uma isolada, o Movima, além de um capitulo escrito por Spike Gildea, que aborda os aspectos histórico-comparativos da cópula e de construções de predicados não- verbais em línguas da família Karib.
Improved Estimation and Forecasting Through Residual-Based Model Error Quantification
Authors: Lu Minjie , Chen Yan 
Published: January 2020

Summary
Owing to the complex nature of hydrocarbon reservoirs, the numerical model constructed by geoscientists is always a simplified version of reality: for example, it might lack resolution from discretization and lack accuracy in modeling some physical processes. This flaw in the model that causes mismatch between actual observations and simulated data when “perfect” model parameters are used as model inputs is known as “model error”. Even in a situation when the model is a perfect representation of reality, the inputs to the model are never completely known. During a typical model calibration procedure, only a subset of model inputs is adjusted to improve the agreement between model responses and historical data. The remaining model inputs that are not calibrated and are likely fixed at incorrect values result in model error in a similar manner as the imperfect model scenario.
Assimilation of data without accounting for model error can result in the incorrect adjustment to model parameters, the underestimation of prediction uncertainties, and bias in forecasts. In this paper, we investigate the benefit of recognizing and accounting for model error when an iterative ensemble smoother is used to assimilate production data. The correlated “total error” (a combination of model error and observation error) is estimated from the data residual after a standard history-matching using the Levenberg-Marquardt form of iterative ensemble smoother (LM-EnRML). This total error is then used in further data assimilations to improve the estimation of model parameters and quantification of prediction uncertainty. We first illustrate the method using a synthetic 2D five-spot example, where some model errors are deliberately introduced, and the results are closely examined against the known “true” model. Then, the Norne field case is used to further evaluate the method.
The Norne model has previously been history-matched using the LM-EnRML (Chen and Oliver 2014), where cell-by-cell properties (permeability, porosity, net-to-gross, vertical transmissibility) and parameters related to fault transmissibility, depths of water/oil contacts, and relative permeability function are adjusted to honor historical data. In this previous study, the authors highlighted the importance of including large amounts of model parameters, the proper use of localization, and heuristic adjustment of data noise to account for modeling error. In this paper, we improve the last aspect by quantitatively estimating model error using residual analysis.
Superiority of mucosal incision-assisted biopsy over ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy to diagnose small gastric subepithelial lesions:A propencity score matching analysis
Authors: Minoda Yosuke , Chinen Takatoshi , Osoegawa Takashi , Itaba Soichi , Haraguchi Kazuhiro , Akiho Hirotada , Aso Akira , Sumida Yorinobu , Komori Keishi , Ogino Haruei , Ihara Eikichi , Ogawa Yoshihiro 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Background Gastric subepithelial lesions, including gastrointestinal stromal tumors, are often found during routine gastroscopy. While endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNAB) has been the gold standard for diagnosing gastric subepithelial lesions, alternative open biopsy procedures, such as mucosal incision-assisted biopsy (MIAB) has been reported useful. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of MIAB for the diagnosis of gastric SELs compared with EUS-FNAB. Methods We retrospectively analyzed medical records of 177 consecutive patients with gastric SELs who underwent either MIAB or EUS-FNAB at five hospitals in Japan between January 2010 and January 2018. Diagnostic yield, procedural time, and adverse event rates for the two procedures were evaluated before and after propensity-score matching. Results No major procedure-related adverse events were observed in either group. Both procedures yielded highly-accurate diagnoses once large enough samples were obtained; however, such successful sampling was more often accomplished by MIAB than by EUS-FNAB, especially for small SELs. As a result, MIAB provided better diagnostic yields for SELs smaller than 20-mm diameter. The diagnostic yields of both procedures were comparable for SELs larger than 20-mm diameter; however, MIAB required significantly longer procedural time (approximately 13 minutes) compared with EUS-FNAB. Conclusions Although MIAB required longer procedural time, it outperformed EUS-FNAB when diagnosing gastric SELs smaller than 20-mm diameter.
The effect of season and post-fire on habitat preferences of the endangered Swayne’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei) in Maze National Park, Ethiopia
Authors: Tamrat Misganaw , Atickem Anagaw , Tsegaye Diress , Evangelista Paul , Bekele Afework , Stenseth Nils Christian 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Background: The availability of preferred habitats determines the spatial and temporal distribution of herbivores in savanna ecosystems. Understanding habitat preference of a targeted wildlife species is crucial for developing effective conservation strategies. Habitat preference of large grazers in connection to grass height and post-fire effect has been debated for the last century. Here, we examined the effects of season, grass height and burning on the habitat preference on Swayne’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei) in Maze National Park. Data for seasonal habitat selection were collected using both direct observation along established transect lines and pellet counting using permanently established plots. Every month, we measured grass height commonly preferred by Swayne’s hartebeest in grassland habitat. Starting from the first week of burning, we recorded the abundance of Swayne’s hartebeest in both burned and unburned grassland patches.
Results: From detected pellets, 94.3% were recorded in the grassland habitat indicating that other habitat types are less used despite their extensive cover > 50% of the Park. During wet and early dry seasons, Swayne’s hartebeest exclusively preferred grassland habitat. We found that 85.2% (n=1,079) and 85.3% (n=593) of individuals observed in areas with a grass height below 30 cm during wet and early-dry seasons, respectively; while 70.9% (n=2,288) preferred grass height below 30 cm during the dry season. The density of Swayne’s hartebeest in burned grassland area was higher than unburned grassland areas up to 150 days since burning. However, in unburned grassland areas, the density was initially low but showed increasing trend for consecutive days, reaching similar density with burned areas after 150 days since burning.
Conclusion: Swayne’s hartebeest exclusively preferred grassland habitat, particularly during wet and early-dry seasons, shortest available grass height in all seasons and were attracted to burned grassland areas. Our results suggested that fire played an important role in maintaining habitat quality in grassland, and that management should continue using controlled burning as a tool for the conservation of Swayne’s hartebeest. However, we remain cautious of our findings given the paucity of information regarding other confounding factors and the absence of long-term data on fire disturbance.
The association between individual perceptions of PM2.5 pollution and pulmonary function in Chinese middle-aged and elderly residents
Authors: Chen Qi , Zhang Jiayao , Xu Yan , Sun Hong , Ding Zhen 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Background: PM2.5 pollution has become a major public health concern in urban China. Understanding the residents’ individual perceptions toward haze pollution is critical for policymaking and risk communication. However, the perceptions of middle-aged and elderly residents, who particularly vulnerable to haze pollution, are poorly understood. In this study, we aimed to explore their risk perception of haze pollution, and investigating its relationship with health status and pulmonary function parameters. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 400 randomly sampled individuals (aged 40 to 90 years) was conducted in Wuxi, a typical PM2.5-polluted city in Jiangsu Province, China (daily average PM2.5 concentration was 52.73 μg/m3 between 2015-2017). Each participant’s demographic and health information, individual perception and pulmonary function outcomes were collected, and linear models were employed to explore the relationship between personal characteristics and pulmonary function parameters and perception factors. Results: We found that the mean values for controllability (4.99 ± 2.78) and dread of risk to oneself (levels of fear for the haze-related harm to oneself) (6.90 ± 2.45) were the lowest and the highest values, respectively, in our study. Education and average family income were positively related with all individual perception factors, while age was negatively associated. A history of respiratory disease was positively associated with all individual perception factors except controllability. Significant positive associations were observed between PEF (coefficients ranged from 0.18 to 0.22) and FEF75% (coefficients ranged from 0.18 to 0.29) with a variety of individual perception factors. Conclusions: There was a lack of concern and knowledge, weak self-protection consciousness and a strong dread of PM2.5 pollution among the middle-aged and elderly residents in Wuxi. Their individual perceptions were associated with age, education levels, average family income, history of respiratory disease and pulmonary function indexes PEF and FEF75%. Our findings may help policymakers develop effective policies and communication strategies to mitigate the hazards of haze among older residents.
Effect of Porphyromonas gingivalis infection on gut dysbiosis and arthritis exacerbation in 1 mouse model
Authors: Hamamoto Yuta , Ouhara Kazuhisa , Munenaga Syuichi , Shoji Mikio , Ozawa Tatsuhiko , Hisatsune Jyunzo , Kado Isamu , Kajiya Mikihito , Matsuda Shinji , Kawai Toshihisa , Mizuno Noriyoshi , Fujita Tsuyoshi , Hirata Shintaro , Tanimoto Kotaro , Nakayama Koji , Kishi Hiroyuki , Sugiyama Eiji , Kurihara Hidemi 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Background : Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) infection causes periodontal disease and is one of the causative bacteria of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) exacerbation. Gut microbiota dysbiosis has shown strong associations with systemic diseases, including RA, diabetes mellitus, and inflammatory bowel disease, and inoculation of periodontopathogenic bacteria (i.e. Pg) can alter gut microbiota composition. Therefore, this study investigated dysbiosis-mediated arthritis exacerbation by Pg oral inoculation in an experimental arthritis model mouse.Methods : Pg inoculation in the oral cavity twice a week for 6 weeks was performed to induce periodontitis in SKG mice. Concomitantly, a single intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of laminarin (LA) was administered to induce experimental arthritis (Pg-LA mouse). Citrullinated protein (CP) and IL-6 levels in periodontal, intestinal, and joint tissues, and serum were measured by ELISA. Gut microbiota composition was determined by Miseq after DNA purification of mouse feces. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) was performed by transferring Pg-RA-derived feces to normal mice. The effect of the Pg peptidylarginine deaminase (PgPAD) in arthritis progression was determined using PgPAD knockout mutant.Results : Periodontal alveolar bone loss and IL-6 in gingival tissue were induced by Pg oral infection, as well as severe joint destruction, increased arthritis scores (AS), and IL-6 and CP production in serum, joint, and intestinal tissues. Distribution of Deferribacteres and S24-7 was decreased, while CP was significantly increased in gingival, joint, and intestinal tissues of Pg-inoculated experimental arthritis mice compared to experimental arthritis mice without Pg inoculation. Further, FMT from Pg-inoculated experimental arthritis mice showed the reproduction of donor gut microbiota and resulted in severe joint destruction with increased IL-6 and CP production in joint and intestinal tissues. The maximum AS of FMT from Pg-inoculated experimental arthritis was much higher than that of donor mouse. However, inoculation of the PgPAD knockout mutant inhibited the elevation of arthritis scores, ACPA level in serum and reduced CP amount in gingival, joint, and intestinal tissues compared to Pg wild type inoculation .Conclusion : Pg oral infection exacerbated gut microbiota dysbiosis and joint destruction via increased CP generation.
Two splice variants of the DsMEK1 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK) is involved different way in salt stress regulation in Dunaliella salina
Authors: Tang Ziyi , Cao Xiyue , Zhang Yiping , Jiang Jia , Qiao Dairong , Xu Hui , Cao Yi 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Background：Dunaliella salina can produce a large amount of glycerol under salt stress, which can quickly adapt to the change of external salt concentration, and glycerol is one of the ideal energy sources. In recent years, it has been reported that Mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade pathway plays an important role in regulating salt stress, and in Dunaliella tertiolecta DtMAPK can regulate glycerol synthesis under salt stress. Therefore, it is urgent to study the relationship between MAPK cascade pathway and salt stress in D. salina, and help it to increase the content of glycerol. Results： In our study, we identified and analyzed the alternative splicing of DsMEK1 (DsMEK1-X1, DsMEK1-X2) from the unicellular green alga D. salina. DsMEK1-X1, DsMEK1-X2 both localized in the cytoplasm. The qRT-PCR assays showed that DsMEK1-X2 induced by salt stress. Overexpression of DsMEK1-X2 revealed a higher increase rate of glycerol compared to the control and DsMEK1-X1-oe under salt stress. The expression of DsGPDH2/3/5/6 increased in DsMEK1-X2-oe strains compared to the control under salt stress. It means that DsMEK1-X2 is involved in the regulation of DsGPDHs expression and glycerol overexpression under salt stress. Overexpression of DsMEK1-X1 increasing the proline content and reducing the MDA content under salt stress, and DsMEK1-X1 can regulate oxidative stress, thus we speculate that DsMEK1-X1 can reduce the damage of oxidative under salt stress. Yeast two-hybrid analysis showed that DsMEK1-X2 can interact with DsMAPKKK1/2/3/9/10/17 and DsMAPK1, however, DsMEK1-X1 interacted with neither upstream MAPKKK nor downstream MAPK. DsMEK1-X2-oe transgenic lines increased the expression of DsMAPKKK1/3/10/17 and DsMAPK1, and DsMEK1-X2-RNAi lines decreased the expression of DsMAPKKK2/10/17. DsMEK1-X1-oe transgenic lines do not increased genes expression, except for DsMAPKKK9. Conclusion： Our findings demonstrate that DsMEK1-X1 and DsMEK1-X2 can response to salt stress in two different pathways, DsMEK1-X1 response to salt stress by reducing oxidative damage, however, DsMAPKKK1/2/3/9/10/17- DsMEK1-X2-DsMAPK1 cascade is involved in the regulated of DsGPDH expression and thus glycerol synthesis under salt stress.
Improvement in functional gait parameters following corrective thoracolumbar surgery in children affected by Mucopolysaccharidosis 1(Hurler syndrome)
Authors: Sundarapandian Rajkumar , Jones Simon , Broomfield Alexander , Hensman Pauline , Oxborrow Neil 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
ObjectiveThoracolumbar kyphosis is a common indication for spinal surgery in children with Mucopolysaccharidosis. Functional outcome of spinal surgical intervention has never been published in patients with this rare disease. We present a cohort of patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis 1(Hurler syndrome) who underwent thoraco-lumbar spinal deformity correction and functional outcome assessed by pre-operative and post-operative gait analysis. This study represents the first attempt at presenting a functional assessment of surgical outcome in any Mucopolysaccharidosis subtype. MethodsA retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data was carried out from 11 children diagnosed with this subtype of Mucopolysaccharidosis. All patients underwent thoracolumbar kyphosis correction between the years 2013 to 2016. Gait assessment was performed using GAITRiteTM electronic walkway pre-operatively and post-operatively within 9 to 24 months from the index surgery. Walking distance, cadence and gait velocity were the three spatio-temporal parameters analysed. Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to analyse the data and P-Value £0.05 was deemed significant.ResultsThere was a statistically significant improvement in walking distance in 9 out of 11 patient post-operatively with a mean increase of 232.06 cms (P=0.05). There was marginal improvement in cadence by 6.33 steps/min post-operatively (P-value 0.79). Gait velocity also showed a marginal increase by 8.73 cms/sec post-operatively (P-value 0.32).ConclusionThe results of our study suggest that correction of thoracolumbar kyphosis in children with Mucopolysaccharidosis 1 resulted in a significant improvement of walking distance with a trend towards improved gait in the other parameters. Post-operative change in cadence was not statistically significant suggesting that physiological maturation of gait had minimal effect in the specified post-operative assessment timeframe. This study emphasizes that outcomes of spinal surgery in children with Mucopolysaccharidosis 1 should be determined by functional measures aiming to maintain or improve quality of life.
Efficacy of HIV interventions among factory workers in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Authors: Chen Dahui , Luo Ganfeng , Wang Zixin , Cai Yong , Meng Xiaojun , Yuan Tanwei , Xie Yu , Hu Tian , Wang Zhenyu , Zhang Kechun , Zou Huachun 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Background Factory workers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are vulnerable to HIV transmission. Interventions are needed to prevent HIV in this population. We systematically reviewed published literature on the efficacy of various HIV interventions in reducing stigma, risk behaviors and HIV transmission among factory workers.Methods A systematic review was performed using predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Four databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus and EMBASE) were searched for relevant publications between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 2018. Two independent reviewers assessed the methodological quality of studies.Results Thirteen articles were included, with 2 randomized controlled trials and 11 cohort studies. Five interventions and their combinations were summarized. Educational intervention increased condom use and reduced the use of recreational drugs and alcohol before sex. Community intervention indicated that workers at high risk behaviors were more likely to go to HIV counselling and testing (HCT), and proactive provision of HCT could increase the detection rate of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Lottery intervention increased HCT uptake and decreased HIV public stigma. Education combined with community intervention reduced the proportion of workers with casual sex and enhanced HIV knowledge. Peer education combined with community intervention increased the proportion of workers who were willing to take their partners to HCT. Policy intervention combined with peer education enhanced HIV knowledge, perceived condom accessibility and condom use with regular partners.Conclusions Various interventions improved HIV knowledge, decreased HIV stigma and reduced HIV-related risk behaviors among factory workers in LMICs. The combination of multiple interventions tended to achieve better efficacy than a single intervention. Persistent combination interventions are essential to address HIV in this population.