bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Effect of lumbar stabilization exercises and thoracic mobilization with strengthening exercises on pain level, thoracic kyphosis, and functional disability in chronic low back pain
Authors: Divya  , Parveen Adila , Nuhmani Shibili , Ejaz Hussain Mohammed , Hussain Khan Moazzam 
Published: July 2020

Abstract

Objectives
The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of lumbar stabilization exercise and thoracic mobilization with strengthening exercise on pain level, thoracic kyphosis, and functional disability in patients with Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP).

Methods
Thirty patients with CLBP were recruited based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. They were randomly allocated into two groups i. e., Group A (n = 15) and B (n = 15). Group A has received lumbar stabilization exercise and thoracic mobilization with strengthening exercises and Group B received only lumbar stabilization exercises, three sessions per week for 4 weeks both the groups. The conventional moist hot pack and interferential therapy was given to both the groups before the administration of exercise. Pre- and post-treatment pain level, Thoracic kyphosis, and functional disability were taken and statistical analysis was done.

Results
The result of this study showed significant improvement from pre-intervention to post-intervention on pain level, thoracic kyphosis, and functional disability for both the groups i. e., Group A and group B but Group A showed greater changes in Numerical pain rating scale (NPRS), Kyphotic index, and Oswestry disability index (ODI), than Group B.

Conclusions
The 4 week of therapeutic intervention including lumbar stabilization exercise with thoracic mobilization and strengthening exercise showed significantly reduction of the thoracic kyphosis, pain level and functional disability in patients with Chronic Low Back Pain.
Design and Investigation of Free Space Optical System for Diverse Atmospheric Transmission Windows
Authors: Pottoo Sahil Nazir , Goyal Rakesh , Gupta Amit 
Published: July 2020

Abstract
Free space optics is a light-wave communication technology that operates in the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum (about 700–1675 nm) and uses atmospheric channel as the transmission medium for both inter-satellite and terrestrial networks. However, the operational proficiency of free space optical communication system is highly affected by channel dynamics which cause signal attenuation that results in short link range. To master these shortcomings different methods have been suggested in the literature, from transceiver design and diverse channel models to adaptive algorithms. In this manuscript, the design and performance investigation of free space optical system has been carried out for three optical transmission windows; 850, 1310 and 1550 nm by means of on-off keying digital modulation technique. The system analysis has been done taking bit error rate, quality factor and received optical power as the performance metrics. Their variation pattern with respect to varying link parameters such as range, transmitted optical power and beam divergence has been investigated. In addition, the observations made are well validated with thorough mathematical justification.
Metyrapone as treatment in the neonatal McCune–Albright syndrome
Authors: de Mingo Carmen , Brugada María , León Sara , Moreno Francisca , Vila Nieves , Palanques-Pastor Tomás , Poveda José Luis , Orti Carlos , García-Robles Ana 
Published: July 2020

Abstract

Objectives
To present a case report of succesfully metyrapone treatment of a neonatal patient with McCune–Albrigth syndrome (MAS), a rare disease caused by a genetically mosaic disorder and is characterized by variable hyperfunctional endocrinopathies, bone dysplasia, and café-au-lait spots.

Case presentation
A preterm newborn was admitted to hospital and she presented difficulty controlling hypertension, café-au-lait spots, and failure to thrive. An abdominal ultrasound and a magnetic resonance showed a high volume of both suprarenal glands. Therefore, MAS was suspected. Laboratory data confirmed adrenocorticotropic hormone-independent Cushing’s syndrome with hepatic dysfunction and metyrapone treatment was initiated. A progressive normalization of cortisol levels was achieved despite poor oral tolerance.

Conclusion
Our case shows that metyrapone is useful in the management of neonatal Cushing’s syndrome due to McCune–Albright syndrome.
Relationship between breastfeeding and obesity in high school girls
Authors: Mardani Mahnaz , Rezapour Sadegh , Hajipour Fereshteh 
Published: July 2020

Abstract

Objectives
Some factors in infancy can play a role in the development of adolescent obesity. Understanding these factors can help prevent early complications in adolescents associated with obesity in adulthood. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among high school girls in Khorramabad and its relationship with breastfeeding history.

Methods
This was a cross-sectional study. This study was conducted in 832 high school girls during the academic year 2016–2017. Samples were selected by multi-stage random sampling. General questionnaires, physical activity, and 24-h food questions were completed through interviews with students. Data regarding breastfeeding was obtained by mothers.

Results
The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the study population was 16.3 and 5.8%, respectively. Overweight and obesity had a significant association with breastfeeding history (p = 0.001), while there was no significant relationship between overweight and obesity with school type, student’s age, parental occupation, education Parents, household size, birth rate, physical activity, and energy intake.

Conclusions
The results of this study showed that breast feeding has a protective effect on overweight and obesity during adolescence. To reduce the incidence of overweight and obesity, necessary education regarding breastfeeding should be provided.
A parametric family of Massey-type methods: inference, prediction, and sensitivity
Authors: Bozzo Enrico , Vidoni Paolo , Franceschet Massimo 
Published: July 2020

Abstract
We study the stability of a time-aware version of the popular Massey method, previously introduced by Franceschet, M., E. Bozzo, and P. Vidoni. 2017. “The Temporalized Massey’s Method.” Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports 13: 37–48, for rating teams in sport competitions. To this end, we embed the temporal Massey method in the theory of time-varying averaging algorithms, which are dynamic systems mainly used in control theory for multi-agent coordination. We also introduce a parametric family of Massey-type methods and show that the original and time-aware Massey versions are, in some sense, particular instances of it. Finally, we discuss the key features of this general family of rating procedures, focusing on inferential and predictive issues and on sensitivity to upsets and modifications of the schedule.
Four Patterns in the Evolution of Dismissal and Resignation: An Epitome of the Labor Law Regime during Forty Years of Reform and Opening Up
Authors: Baohua Dong 
Published: July 2020

Abstract
Dismissal and resignation as well as dissolution and termination are two pairs of associated and important concepts for us to understand the ending regime of China’s labor relationship. Facing the paradox in the development of labor market, these four concepts are combined with the propositions of autonomy and governance. During the era of reform, they have been combined into four types of systematical patterns: the equivalent of dismissal and resignation, the correspondence between dismissal and resignation, the opposition between dismissal and resignation, and the comparison of dismissal and resignation. From the wandering of labor law-making between “separation” and “unification,” we can see the difficulties of balancing the governance and autonomy in social law. As we are again at the crossroads of reflecting back and looking forward, investigating the logic of the evolution and historical performance of these four patterns will not only help us to better understand the current features of China’s labor market system, but also lay the theoretic foundation for its development in the next decade.
‘Double deficit’ and exclusion: Mediated language ideologies and international students’ multilingualism
Authors: Bodis Agnes 
Published: July 2020

AbstractInternational students studying at Australian universities are largely represented in the media as problematic speakers of English, in part due to the dominance of the monolingual mindset as an approach to language. This paper focuses instead on international students’ multilingualism and examines the multimodal media representation of them as multilingual speakers. This study presents a thematic language ideological analysis of an episode of an Australian current affairs television program,Four Corners, and social media discussion of the episode and explores the way language ideologies work in the context. It shows that multilingual practices and speakers are stigmatized through the textual and multimodal representation of languages other than English (LOTE). Findings show that the multilingualism of international students and competencies available through LOTE are largely rendered invisible and students are constructed through a ‘double deficit’ view. They are thus not seen as multilingual speakers but deficient English speakers and this deficiency indexes other deficits. Where LOTE becomes visible, it is represented as a problem. The results also show that the social media discussions further amplify the language ideologies of the episode. The implications are considered for media representation and for universities to shift the focus to English language as a medium of instruction only and end ‘language blindness’ for improved social inclusion.
Fighting COVID-19 with Mongolian fiddle stories
Authors: Bai Gegentuul Hongye 
Published: July 2020

Abstract
This article examines the recontextualization of traditional Mongolian verbal art khuuriin ülger (‘fiddle story’) by Mongolian folk singers in the context of the spread of COVID-19 in Inner Mongolia, China. Drawing on the concept of intertextuality, I analyze the verbal and visual signs in 94 videos of Mongolian fiddle stories. The article argues that the minority Mongols participate in the dominant global and national discourses while at the same time creating a sense of Mongolian-ness by marrying Mongolian verbal art with public health messages related to COVID-19. The article also finds that the multivocal COVID-19 Mongolian fiddle stories are a medium to articulate the very heteroglot sense of the world in which minority Mongols dwell and to construct and reaffirm their multi-layered identities. The study contributes to our understanding of how traditional genres and symbols evolve in response to the pandemic.
The crystal structure of 2-(2-(2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-2-ium-1-yl)phenoxy)acetate, C19H18N2O3
Authors: Li-Hua Wang , Xi-Shi Tai 
Published: July 2020

Abstract
C19H18N2O3, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 12.6187(7) Å, b = 9.4445(5) Å, c = 13.7424(8) Å, β = 99.248(5)°, V = 1616.49(16) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0793, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.2220, T = 100(10) K.
Distant Reading of the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of John: Reflection of Methodological Aspects of the Use of Digital Technologies in the Research of Biblical Texts
Authors: Špiclová Zdeňka , Kaše Vojtěch 
Published: July 2020

AbstractThe aim of this study is to demonstrate the applicability of selected methods of the so-called distant reading from the area of digital humanities for the interpretation of early Christian texts, specifically for approaching similarities and differences between the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of John. We use the term “distant reading” for the methods that allow us to explore, analyze, and visualize digitized textual data while using the tools from the area of data mining, natural language processing, or corpus linguistics. We want to explore whether methods from the field of digital humanities can allow for a sophisticated, quantifiable, and replicable comparison of the corpora of early Christian movements and thereby help to uncover the basic features of their theology and thus be a suitable complement to traditional exegesis and interpretation achieved by close reading.
Ἰουδαίαν in Acts 2:9: Reverse Engineering Textual Emendations
Authors: van Altena Vincent , Krans Jan , Bakker Henk , Stoter Jantien 
Published: July 2020

AbstractBuilding on a plethora of conjectured emendations for IOϒΔAIAN, this article approaches the issue once again to test the viability of a quantitative tool and to establish the possibility of palaeographical confusion of IOϒΔAIAN with an alternative topo- or demonym. The article starts with an experiment using Greek topo- and demonyms derived from contemporary Christian, Jewish, and Classical sources to establish a palaeographical confusion score. Next the likeliness of the “closest” alternatives in the geographical arrangement of Acts 2:9–11 is explored. The article ends with an evaluation of the possible implications for the text in Acts 2:9 as well as a critical appraisal of the method for conjectural criticism.
Nanocrystalline graphite thin layers for low-strain, high-sensitivity piezoresistive sensing
Authors: Simionescu Octavian-Gabriel , Pachiu Cristina , Ionescu Octavian , Dumbrăvescu Niculae , Buiu Octavian , Popa Radu Cristian , Avram Andrei , Dinescu Gheorghe 
Published: July 2020

Abstract
Bulk nanocrystalline graphite has been investigated as a possible candidate for piezoresistive sensors. The thin films were grown using capacitively coupled plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition and a technological workflow for the transfer of the active material onto flexible substrates was established in order to use the material as a piezoresitive element. Preliminary electrical measurements under mechanical strain were performed in order to test the piezoresistive response of the material and promising GF values of 50 − 250 at 1% strain were obtained.
Pain perception during colonoscopy in relation to gender and equipment: a clinical study
Authors: Hendel Kristoffer , Hendel Rebecca , Hendel Jakob , Hendel Lene 
Published: July 2020

Abstract

Objectives
A trend for gender-related differences in pain perception during colonoscopies has previously been observed. No consecutive clinical studies have been conducted to confirm such a relation. We aimed to investigate gender-related differences during the colonoscopy procedure, and the impact of endoscopic equipment and psychological factors on pain management.

Methods
In a consecutive clinical study, 391 patients referred for colonoscopy reported pain perception on a 0–10 visual analogue scale (VAS) after the procedure. A sub-group of patients (n=38) were given alternate instructions expertly tailored by a psychologist and their VAS scores were compared with those from the main study population. Data from a previous study from the same specialist practice and same source patient population using previous-generation equipment was included for comparison.

Results
No overall gender-related difference in VAS reports was found. There was no reduction in VAS when alternate instructions were given. Female patients were, however, more likely to benefit from light sedation (p=0.012). When compared with previous-generation endoscopes, the current generation equipment resulted in a VAS drop of 1.9 points for women and 1.6 for men (p<0.009) and washed out a previously observed gender-related difference.

Conclusion
No overall gender-related differences were found for pain experience during the colonoscopy procedure. Access to up-to-date endoscopic equipment can reduce procedure-related patient discomfort considerably, even at the expert level of a consultant physician.

Implications
Gastroenterologists should consider utilizing high-end endoscopic equipment to improve pain management and reduce VAS to very acceptable levels.
The acquisition and generalization of fear of touch
Authors: Biggs Emma E. , Meulders Ann , Kaas Amanda L. , Goebel Rainer , Vlaeyen Johan W. S. 
Published: July 2020

Abstract

Objectives
Contemporary fear-avoidance models of chronic pain posit that fear of pain, and overgeneralization of fear to non-threatening stimuli is a potential pathway to chronic pain. While increasing experimental evidence supports this hypothesis, a comprehensive investigation requires testing in multiple modalities due to the diversity of symptomatology among individuals with chronic pain. In the present study we used an established tactile fear conditioning paradigm as an experimental model of allodynia and spontaneous pain fluctuations, to investigate whether stimulus generalization occurs resulting in fear of touch spreading to new locations.

Methods
In our paradigm, innocuous touch is presented either paired (predictable context) or unpaired (unpredictable context) with a painful electrocutaneous stimulus (pain-US). In the predictable context, vibrotactile stimulation to the index or little finger was paired with the pain-US (CS+), whilst stimulation of the other finger was never paired with pain (CS−). In the unpredictable context, vibrotactile stimulation to the index and little fingers of the opposite hand (CS1 and CS2) was unpaired with pain, but pain-USs occurred unpredictable during the intertrial interval. During the subsequent generalization phase, we tested the spreading of conditioned responses (self-reported fear of touch and pain expectancy) to the (middle and ring) fingers between the CS+ and CS−, and between the CS1 and CS2.

Results
Differential fear acquisition was evident in the predictable context from increased self-reported pain expectancy and self-reported fear for the CS + compared to the CS−. However, expectancy and fear ratings to the novel generalization stimuli (GS+ and GS−) were comparable to the responses elicited by the CS−. Participants reported equal levels of pain expectancy and fear to the CS1 and CS2 in the unpredictable context. However, the acquired fear did not spread in this context either: participants reported less pain expectancy and fear to the GS1 and GS2 than to the CS1 and CS2. As in our previous study, we did not observe differential acquisition in the startle responses.

Conclusions
Whilst our findings for the acquisition of fear of touch replicate the results from our previous study (Biggs et al., 2017), there was no evidence of fear generalization. We discuss the limitations of the present study, with a primary focus on procedural issues that were further investigated with post-hoc analyses, concluding that the present results do not show support for the hypothesis that stimulus generalization underlies spreading of fear of touch to new locations, and discuss how this may be the consequence of a context change that prevented transfer of acquisition.
Layered calcium hydrogen selenite chlorides Ca(HSeO3)Cl and Ca(HSeO3)Cl(H2O), the first halides obtained in СaCl2–H2SeO3–H2O system
Authors: Markovski Mishel R. , Siidra Oleg I. , Charkin Dmitri O. , Grishaev Vasili Yu 
Published: July 2020

Abstract
Synthesis, crystal structures and IR spectra of the first representatives of calcium hydrogen selenite halides are reported. Colourless prismatic crystals of calcium hydrogen selenite chloride Ca(HSeO3)Cl and corresponding hydrated analogue Ca(HSeO3)Cl(H2O) were produced upon evaporation of aqueous solutions. Ca(HSeO3)Cl is monoclinic, P21/c, a = 7.0031(11) Å, b = 7.7336(12) Å, c = 8.5024(13) Å, β = 109.889(3)°, V = 433.02(12) Å3, R
1 = 0.039. Ca(HSeO3)Cl(H2O) is orthorhombic, Pbca, a = 6.222(4) Å, b = 10.413(7) Å, c = 16.875(10) Å, V = 1093.3 (12) Å3, R
1 = 0.041. Ca(HSeO3)Cl and Ca(HSeO3)Cl(H2O) represent new structure types. In both structures, Ca2+ cations adopt mixed-ligand environments formed by oxygen atoms of hydrogen selenite anions (and water molecules for Ca(HSeO3)Cl(H2O)) and chloride ions. Both structures are layered. The crystal structure of Ca(HSeO3)Cl(H2O) demonstrates a rare phenomenon of hydrogen-bonded assembly of water and chloride in the interlayer space.
Metabolite profiling by means of GC-MS combined with principal component analyses of natural populations of Nectaroscordum siculum ssp. bulgaricum (Janka) Stearn
Authors: Vrancheva Radka Z. , Dincheva Ivayla N. , Aneva Ina Y. , Pavlov Atanas I. 
Published: July 2020

Abstract

Nectaroscordum siculum ssp. bulgaricum (Janka) Stearn (Allium siculum subsp. dioscoridis (Sm.) K. Richt.) is a traditional culinary spice from South-East Europe. Studies of N. siculum have focused mainly on the botanical and taxonomic characteristics of this species and there is no data available in the scientific literature about its metabolite profile. Thus, the aim of the current study was metabolite profiling of four wild populations of N. siculum grown in Bulgaria by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and subsequent principal component analysis (PCA) of the data obtained. The identified primary metabolites (carbohydrates, amino acids, organic acids and lipids) are initial compounds for the biosynthesis of different plant secondary metabolites, such as polyphenols and flavour compounds with valuable biological activities for humans. The health benefits of the phenolic acids identified in this study have been a prerequisite for the implementation of N. siculum in different food systems in order to increase their quality and biological value.
“See this Empty Cage now Corrode”
Authors: Perlin Michael L. , Cucolo Heather Ellis 
Published: July 2020

Our sexually violent predator (SVP) laws are a miserable failure. We suggest a turn to international human rights law (IHR) as a source of rights for this population, and consider this matter from the perspective of comparative law. Many nations have enacted laws that both mirror and contradict early developments in United States jurisprudence, but there, challenges to community containment and preventive detention laws have been more successful when based upon IHR law. Also, registry notification is generally far more limited, and details are usually confined solely to police agencies. We must consider laws and court decisions from other nations when implementing US law reform in this area.
In Part I, we consider the implications of IHR law, and assess how realistic it is that such law be embraced by domestic jurisdictions in dealing with relevant cases. We also consider the human rights issues and violations that have resulted from domestic enactment of International Megan’s Law. In Part II, we apply comparative law in an effort to determine how other nations have struggled with some of the basic issues that have been focused on by domestic jurisdictions since the Supreme Court’s decision in Kansas v. Hendricks (1997). In Part III, we assess the application of therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) to the legal and human rights issues discussed prior, in an effort to determine whether other nations have more successfully implemented TJ principles to combat some of the seemingly-intractable problems raised in SVP cases. We conclude by offering suggestions for US-based policymakers.