bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Kinetic visual acuity is correlated with functional visual acuity at higher speeds
Authors: Iehisa Ikko , Negishi Kazuno , Ayaki Masahiko , Tsubota Kazuo 
Published: November 2019

ObjectiveTo measure the kinetic visual acuity (KVA) which is the ability to identify approaching objects and the functional visual acuity (FVA) which is continuous VA during 1 min under binocular and monocular condition (non-dominant eye shielding) for healthy subjects, and related ocular parameters to explore their correlation and implication in aspect of integrated visual function.MethodsThe mean age of the 28 participants was 38.6±8.9 years (range, 23–57 years; 6 women). A KVA metre (AS-4Fα) and FVA metre (AS-28) were used to measure KVA and FVA, respectively. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to explore correlations among the measured visual function and related parameters, including age, binocularity, best-corrected visual acuity, refraction and tear break-up time.ResultsThe results of binocular KVA were better than monocular KVA at all speeds. A strong correlation was found between monocular and binocular KVA. The results of binocular FVA were better than monocular FVA (p<0.001) and there was a correlation between monocular and binocular FVA (R=0.638, p<0.001), as well as the maintenance rate for FVA (R=0.228, p=0.003). A linear mixed-effects model revealed that binocularity for KVA prediction was significant at all speeds and FVA was also significant at 60 km/h (p<0.05).ConclusionThe current results suggest that both binocularity and FVA may contribute to KVA.Trial registration numberUMIN00032385
Quality improvement in cardiovascular surgery: results of a surgical quality improvement programme using a nationwide clinical database and database-driven site visits in Japan
Authors: Yamamoto Hiroyuki , Miyata Hiroaki , Tanemoto Kazuo , Saiki Yoshikatsu , Yokoyama Hitoshi , Fukuchi Eriko , Motomura Noboru , Ueda Yuichi , Takamoto Shinichi 
Published: November 2019

BackgroundIn 2015, an academic-led surgical quality improvement (QI) programme was initiated in Japan to use database information entered from 2013 to 2014 to identify institutions needing improvement, to which cardiovascular surgery experts were sent for site visits. Here, posthoc analyses were used to estimate the effectiveness of the QI programme in reducing surgical mortality (30-day and in-hospital mortality).MethodsPatients were selected from the Japan Cardiovascular Surgery Database, which includes almost all cardiovascular surgeries in Japan, if they underwent isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), valve or thoracic aortic surgery from 2013 to 2016. Difference-in-difference methods based on a generalised estimating equation logistic regression model were used for pre-post comparison after adjustment for patient-level expected surgical mortality.ResultsIn total, 238 778 patients (10 172 deaths) from 590 hospitals, including 3556 patients seen at 10 hospitals with site visits, were included from January 2013 to December 2016. Preprogramme, the crude surgical mortality for site visit and non-site visit institutions was 9.0% and 2.7%, respectively, for CABG surgery, 10.7% and 4.0%, respectively, for valve surgery and 20.7% and 7.5%, respectively, for aortic surgery. Postprogramme, moderate improvement was observed at site visit hospitals (3.6%, 9.6% and 18.8%, respectively). A difference-in-difference estimator showed significant improvement in CABG (0.29 (95% CI 0.15 to 0.54), p<0.001) and valve surgery (0.74 (0.55 to 1.00); p=0.047). Improvement was observed within 1 year for CABG surgery but was delayed for valve and aortic surgery. During the programme, institutions did not refrain from surgery.ConclusionsCombining traditional site visits with modern database methodologies effectively improved surgical mortality in Japan. These universal methods could be applied via a similar approach to contribute to achieving QI in surgery for many other procedures worldwide.
Effects of quantum corrections on the criticality and efficiency of black holes surrounded by a perfect fluid
Authors: Bezerra V. B. , Lobo I. P. , Graça J. P. Morais , Santos Luis C. N. 
Published: November 2019

AbstractWe study some properties of the extended phase space of a quantum-corrected Schwarzschild black hole surrounded by a perfect fluid. In particular we demonstrate that, due to the quantum correction, there exist first and second order phase transitions for a certain range of the state parameter of the perfect fluid, and we explicitly analyze some cases. Besides that, we describe the efficiency of this system as a heat engine and the effect of quantum corrections for different surrounding fluids.
Some convergence results of M iterative process in Banach spaces
Authors: Ullah Kifayat , Ayaz Faiza , Ahmad Junaid 
Published: November 2019

In this paper, we prove some weak and strong convergence results for generalized [Formula: see text]-nonexpansive mappings using [Formula: see text] iteration process in the framework of Banach spaces. This generalizes former results proved by Ullah and Arshad [Numerical reckoning fixed points for Suzuki’s generalized nonexpansive mappings via new iteration process, Filomat 32(1) (2018) 187–196].
Slow-paced inspiration regularizes alpha phase dynamics in the human brain
Authors: Hsu Shen-Mou , Tseng Chih-Hsin , Hsieh Chao-Hsien , Hsieh Chang-Wei 
Published: November 2019

The phase of low-frequency, rhythmic cortical activity is essential for organizing brain processes because it provides a recurrent temporal frame for information coding. However, the low-frequency cortical phase exhibits great flexibility in response to external influences. Given that brain rhythms have been found to track respiratory inputs, we hypothesized that slow breathing, commonly associated with mental regulation, could reorganize the relationship between these two rhythmic systems through the adjustment of the cortical phase to such a slow train of inputs. Based on simultaneous magnetoencephalography and respiratory measurements, we report that while participants performed paced breathing, slow relative to normal breathing modulated cortical phase activity in the alpha range across widespread brain areas. Such modulation effects were specifically locked to the middle of the inspiration stage and exhibited a well-structured pattern. At the single-subject level, the phase angles underlying the effects became more likely to be diametrically opposed across breaths, indicating unique and consistent phase adjustment to slow inspiratory inputs. Neither cardiac fluctuations nor breathing-unrelated task effects could account for the findings. We suggest that slow-paced inspiration could organize the cortical phase in a regularized phase pattern, revealing a rhythmic but dynamic neural network integrated with different neurophysiological systems through volitional control. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Breathing is more complicated than a simple gas exchange, as it is integrated with numerous cognitive and emotional functions. Controlled slow breathing has often been used to regulate mental processes. This magnetoencephalography study demonstrates that slow-paced relative to normal-paced inspiration could organize the timing of alpha rhythmic activities across breathing cycles in a structured manner over widespread brain areas. Our results reveal how a volitionally controlled change in respiratory behavior could systematically modulate cortical activity.
Análise dos parâmetros espaço-temporais da marcha em indivíduos com disfunção neurológica tratados com prática mental
Authors: Silva Taís Arcanjo Maropo da , Silva Liliane Pereira da , Faccio Patrícia Fernanda , Silva Kássia Maria Clemente da , Arruda Andryelle Rayane de Vasconcelos , Silva Letícia Do Nascimento , Lins Carla Cabral dos Santos Accioly , Coriolano Maria Das Graças Wanderley de Sales 
Published: November 2019

A habilidade da marcha após uma patologia neurológica muitas vezes é prejudicada e limitada a curtas distâncias, sendo o tempo de caminhada, o comprimento do passo e a cadência inferiores às pessoas sem patologias ou deficiências conhecidas. Atualmente a prática mental vem sendo combinada ao contexto clínico, na reabilitação de pacientes com sequelas neurológicas, principalmente pós-Acidente Vascular Cerebral. Objetivo: Analisar os efeitos da prática mental, associada ou não a outras estratégias de intervenção, nos parâmetros espaço-temporais da marcha de pessoas com doenças neurológicas. Métodos: Trata-se de uma revisão sistemática da literatura sobre os parâmetros espaciais da marcha em pacientes com disfunção neurológica tratados com prática mental. As bases de dados pesquisadas foram Pubmed/Medline LILACS, Scopus, Web of Science e Cochrane. Resultados: A maioria dos estudos apresentou o Acidente Vascular cerebral como disfunção neurológica, seguidos de Doença de Parkinson, Lesão medular e Esclerose múltipla. Os estudos selecionados apresentaram protocolos de prática mental associado à fisioterapia combinado ou não com outras estratégias de tratamento no grupo experimental dentre elas estimulação magnética transcraniana e estimulação auditiva rítmica. Dentre os parâmetros espaço-temporais da marcha a velocidade foi o parâmetro mais avaliado e o comprimento da passada o menos avaliado. Conclusão: A prática mental apresentou efeitos positivos nos parâmetros tempo, velocidade e cadência da marcha de pacientes com AVC. Poucos estudos limitam a interpretação dos resultados para doença de Parkinson, Esclerose múltipla e Lesão medular.
Doing Things with Lists—Enumeration in Arabic Prose
Authors: Junge Christian 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
This article discusses the performative function of enumeration in Arabic prose. Bringing together a great variety of word lists from classical to modern prose (including the 1001 Nights, al-Tawḥīdī, al-Suyūṭī, al-Shidyāq, and Darwīsh), it unveils their often neglected importance to literature by drawing from an emerging scholarship on enumeration. Focusing on “enumerative games” (Mainberger), the article does not ask what the enumerated elements mean, but how the act of enumerating produces meaning. In the first part, the article discusses elements central to the poetics of the enumerative (including items, length, arrangement, and frame). In the second part it deals with the politics of enumeration in the example of al-Shidyāq’s al-Sāq ʿalā al-sāq fī mā huwa al-Fāriyāq (1855). The article seeks to provide a basic approach to enumeration and argues that enumerative games in literature perform acts of cultural politics.
Social Emotions: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Authors: McKenzie Jordan , Olson Rebecca , Patulny Roger , Peterie Michelle 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
Current research on emotions represents a broad church of methodological approaches. The essays in this special issue will investigate how social emotions inform research across numerous disciplinary fields and methodological approaches. This introduction will set out the social dimensions of emotions like shame, anger, anxiety, empathy and pity from a specifically sociological perspective. In sum, this will work to counter tendencies that individualise emotions as purely subjective or cognitive phenomena, and to demonstrate how the significance of social emotions is not restricted to any singular discipline.
Ethnographic Media Literacy in the Third Space
Authors: Westman Peter , McDougall Julian 
Published: November 2019

As Poveda, Thomson and Ferro (2018) observe, there is a momentum in ethnographic explorations of the arts in education in which “an increasing number of researchers have turned their attention to expressive practices and artistic spaces as contexts and tools for learning, identity construction and social mobilization (p. 269).” However, the distinction between ethnography of education and education by ethnography – i.e. an ethnographic pedagogy – is at least partly maintained within this momentum.
This research attempted an ethnographic approach to pedagogy, utilising digital media literacy for creative production, to facilitate new ways for students to critically engage with their own lived experiences in relation to their participation in formal ‘schooled’ learning. The pedagogic value of this type of ethnographic approach was assessed over two years of participatory fieldwork with three secondary schools and one further education college in the West Midlands of the United Kingdom, working with teachers in multiple curricular areas using ‘low-tech’ media literacy work with students. Our findings suggest that while there are clear benefits presented by this (digital) ethnographic pedagogy, for it to work in media literacy education there is a need for the creation of critical, dynamic “third spaces” (Bhabha 1994) for students to work in. The creation of these spaces is highly contingent on the respective classification and framing (Bernstein 1975) of the subject curriculum.
This research developed out of a series of ethnographic interventions into digital media education, including a European Union funded project on ethnographic social documentary as a transferable pedagogic tool (McDougall 2013) and a large scale field review of third space media literacies (Potter and McDougall 2017, see also McDougall et al. 2018). To apply this conceptual framing to a specific pedagogic context over a longer time period, the research aimed to address the following research questions:

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What pedagogical value is afforded by the use of ethnographic digital media making as a tool for creative production and critically reflexive media literacy?

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How can ethnographic pedagogy, in the form of creative digital media production, enhance participation in classroom learning?

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What is the potential for ‘low-tech’ creative production to transgress boundaries between curriculum areas and modes of literacy, learning and teaching?

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How can ethnographic digital media-making give ‘voice’ to learners and how is ‘voice’ socio-culturally framed within pedagogic and research discourses?
Benchmarking the Raw Model-Generated Background Forecast in Rapidly Updated Surface Temperature Analyses. Part I: Stations
Authors: Hamill Thomas M. 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
High-quality, high-resolution, hourly unbiased surface (2 m) temperature analyses are needed for many applications, including training and validation of statistical postprocessing applications. These temperature analyses are often generated through data assimilation procedures, whereby a background short-range gridded forecast is adjusted to newly available observations. Even with frequent updates to newly available observations, surface-temperature analysis errors and biases can be comparatively large relative to errors and biases of midtropospheric variables, especially over land, despite more near-surface in situ observations. Larger near-surface errors may have several causes, including biased background forecasts and the spatial heterogeneity of surface temperatures that results from subgrid-scale surface, vegetation, land-use, and terrain variations. Are biased raw background forecasts the predominant cause of surface temperature analysis errors? Part I of this two-part series describes a simple benchmark for evaluating the error characteristics of short-term (1 h) raw model background surface temperature forecasts. For stations with a relatively complete time series of data, it is possible to generate an hourly, diurnally, and seasonally dependent observation climatology at a station. The deviation of the current hour’s temperature observation with respect to this hour’s and Julian day’s climatology is added to the climatology for the next hour. For contiguous U.S. stations in July 2015, the station benchmark was lower in error than interpolated 1-h high-resolution numerical predictions of surface temperature from NOAA’s High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) system, although not including full postprocessing. For August 2018, 1-h HRRR forecasts were much improved when tested against the station benchmark.
The European Federation of the Pharmaceutical Industry and Associations’ Research and Animal Welfare Group: Assessing and benchmarking ‘Culture of Care’ in the context of using animals for scientific purpose
Authors: Robinson Sally , Sparrow Sue , Williams Bella , Decelle Thierry , Bertelsen Thomas , Reid Kirsty , Chlebus Magda 
Published: November 2019

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations’ Research and Animal Welfare group members reflected on the concept of a Culture of Care in relation to animal care and use and on differences in its understanding and application across European pharmaceutical companies. The term ‘Culture of Care’ is used across different regions and organizations but rarely with any defined indicators to support working practice. The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations’ Research and Animal Welfare group has developed a framework to help organizations identify gaps or potential areas for improvement in support of a positive Culture of Care. The framework is a tool that identifies five areas of focus for a Culture of Care: company values; strategic approach at establishment level; implementation structures; staff support; and animal care and procedures. The framework is intended as an aid for continuous improvement, highlighting where indicators of good practice are present. We expect it to provide points of reflection and ideas for those looking to implement a Culture of Care in a structured way, while facilitating a professional and strategic approach. To prevent it supporting a ‘tick-box’ exercise, the framework must not be used as an auditing tool, but as a starting point for consideration and discussion about how care manifests within the context and constraints of individual establishments.
Epidemiology and determinants of chronic migraine: A real-world cohort study, with nested case-control analysis, in primary care in Italy
Authors: Marconi Ettore , Pecchioli Serena , Nica Mihaela , Colombo Delia , Mazzoleni Francesco , De Cesaris Francesco , Geppetti Pierangelo , Cricelli Claudio , Lapi Francesco 
Published: November 2019

Background The proper identification of chronic migraine is one of the mainstays for general practitioners. This study therefore aims to assess the epidemiology and determinants of chronic migraine in primary care in Italy by testing five operational case definition algorithms. Methods Five case definition algorithms defining chronic migraine were developed to estimate the prevalence and incidence rate of chronic migraine in the Health Search database. For each algorithm, we conducted a nested case-control analysis to quantify the level of association between certain determinants and incident cases of chronic migraine. Results Considering a cohort of 1,091,032 patients (52% were females), the prevalence rate of chronic migraine increased from the first to the fifth case definition algorithm ranging from 0.03 to 0.28%. No 95% confidence interval overlapped the others, and every confidence interval reliably maintained 2% precision. Incidence rates showed a growing trend (0.008–0.056 per 100,000 person-years) as well. All case definition algorithms were able to capture sex (i.e. female) and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) overuse as statistically significant determinants of incident cases of chronic migraine. Depression was associated with a statistically significant increase of incidence rate of chronic migraine only for two case definition algorithms. Conclusion Our findings show that prevalence and incidence rate of chronic migraine are underestimated when compared with current literature. On the other hand, we found acceptable correctness of chronic migraine definition in the light of the association with well-known determinants.
Comparison Between Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy and Local Corticosteroid Injection for Plantar Fasciitis
Authors: Xu Dingli , Jiang Weiyu , Huang Dichao , Hu Xudong , Wang Yang , Li Haojie , Zhou Shuyi , Gan Kaifeng , Ma Weihu 
Published: November 2019

Background: Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a nonsurgical treatment for plantar fasciitis (PF) that has had satisfactory clinical outcomes. However, local corticosteroid injection (LCI) is often regarded as first-line treatment of PF, but there have been few studies comparing the 2 methods. Therefore, we compared the effect of ESWT and LCI on patients with PF. Methods: This was a block randomized controlled study comparing 49 patients treated with ESWT and 47 patients treated with LCI from January 2017 to December 2018 who were followed for 6 months. We evaluated the clinical outcomes in the 2 groups, including average pain, first-step pain, plantar fascia thickness, and Foot Function Index, Chinese version of the PF patients. Results: All patients had pain relief and function improvement after treatment, whereas the LCI group did not maintain significant clinical improvement at the 3-month follow-up. The patients in the ESWT group had a significantly better clinical outcome with better duration of improvement than the LCI group. Conclusion: For PF patients, both ESWT and LCI resulted in clinical improvement but EWST provided longer relief than LCI. Level of Evidence: Level II, prospective comparative study.
Inflammatory optic neuropathy in granulomatosis with polyangiitis can mimick isolated idiopathic optic neuritis
Authors: Clément Manon , Néel Antoine , Toulgoat Frédérique , Weber Michel , Godmer Pascal , Hutin Pascal , Hamidou Mohamed , Lebranchu Pierre 
Published: November 2019

Objective: We describe a clinico-radiological presentation of inflammatory optic neuropathy that mimicked optic neuritis. Methods: Retrospective single-center case series and literature review of optic neuropathy without orbital pseudotumor. Results: Five local patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Clinical presentation revealed rapidly progressive severe unilateral visual loss, retrobulbar pain (n = 4), and paralytic strabismus (simultaneous = 2, protracted = 2) without proptosis. Optic nerve abnormality was not appreciated on initial scan review. Patients did not have any general activity of the granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Upon follow-up magnetic resonance imaging and initial imaging review, all patients revealed orbital apex anomalies. Visual acuity improved in three patients who received high-dose intravenous glucocorticosteroids immediately. Relapse was frequent and visual outcome was poor (final vision > 20/40 in two patients only). Literature review identified 16 well-documented cases of granulomatosis with polyangiitis–related isolated optic neuropathies. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed no abnormality (n = 6), optic nerve and/or sheath involvement (n = 9), apex infiltration (n = 3), and/or pachymeningitis (n = 7). Conclusion: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis is a rare yet potentially blinding cause of inflammatory optic neuropathy. Optic neuropathy in granulomatosis with polyangiitis may occur in the absence of systemic symptoms of disease activity and is challenging to distinguish from other inflammatory and non-inflammatory disorders affecting visual acuity. Several clinical and imaging clues suggest that optic neuropathy results from the development of an extravascular granulomatous process within the optic nerve sheath in the orbital apex, a place that is difficult to image. In a granulomatosis with polyangiitis patient with unexplained visual loss and a seemingly normal workup (fundoscopy, biology, and imaging), clinician should keep a high index of suspicion.