bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Clinical-Radiological Prognostic Factors in Patients with Brain metastasis-A Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Care Centre in Easten India
Authors: Singh Rashmi , Kumar Anup , Munda Praveer KS , Tudu Rajanigandha , Raina Payal 
Published: May 2021

Background:
Brain metastasis (BM) is the most common (MC) intracranial tumor in adults. The outcome depends upon prognostic factors (PF) and optimal use of multimodality treatment.

Objectives:
We aimed to know clinicoradiological PF and their correlation in BM patients.

Materials and Methods:
Retrospectively, 19 BM patients treated with radiotherapy (RT) for the same between January 2018 and December 2019 were selected. Details of age, sex, Karnofsky performance status (KPS), recursive partitioning analysis (RPA), primary diagnosis, histopathology report, imaging details for BM-number, size and location, extracranial metastasis (EM), and primary tumor control (PTC) status were collected from the physical records. Descriptive statistics for the categorical variables and Bi-variate Spearman correlation were used to analyze the correlation between BM size, number, type of primary (TOP) with RPA, KPS, age, gender, PTC, and EM individually using the SPSS software version 20.

Results:
84.2% of patients were <65 years age and 57.8% were males. Lung cancer was the MC primary (73.7%). The PF in majority were KPS <70 (52.6%), RPA III (52.63%), multiple BM lesions (73.7%), uncontrolled primary (78.9%), and BM size >1.5 cm (84.2%). EM was observed in 31.6% patients. 94.73% and 68.4% of patients received whole-brain RT and systemic treatment, respectively. The maximum duration of FU was 12 months and 78.9% of patients were lost to FU post-RT. Significant correlation was observed between BM size and RPA class, KPS (R = 0.456; P = 0.049), and TOP correlated with gender (P = 0.028) and PTC (P = 0.000). However, no significant correlation between the age, RT dose, EM, number of lesions and RPA, PS (P = 0.339).

Conclusions:
The presence of multiple poor PF in majority of our patients and their poor follow-up indicate inertness toward health issues. Furthermore, larger BM lesions correlated with higher RPA suggesting poor outcome, so treatment modality to be judicially selected. The positive correlation between gender, PTC and primary cancer, and their prognostic role in BM should be validated in the larger studies.
Adsorption of methylene blue on corncob charcoal: Thermodynamic studies
Authors: Fodeke A.A. , Ayejuyone O.J. 
Published: May 2021

To obtain the thermodynamic properties of adsorption of methylene blue (MB) on corncob carbonaceous adsorbents - untreated (UCC) and acid treated (TCC) - their equilibrium adsorption was determined between 10 o– 40o C at different pH conditions. The adsorption isotherms were fitted to Freundlich, Langmuir and Temkin isotherm models. The point of zero charge of each of the adsorbents was also determined. The point of zero charge was 10.58 ±0.09 for TCC, and 7.55 ± 0.10 for UCC. Only Freundlich model could account for the observed thermodynamic properties of MB adsorption by the adsorbents, though Temkin and Langmuir models have higher correlation coefficients. MB adsorption by TCC was an entropically driven process which depends on pH;ΔSo at pH 10.5 < ΔSo at pH 8.0 <ΔSo at pH 12.0. The ΔHo of the endothermic process at pH 12 is > ΔHo at pH 8 > ΔHo at pH 10.5. The results suggest that MB adsorption by the adsorbents occur by physisorption and is optimum when the pH is around the point of zero charge. It is important to ensure that in addition to fitting and equilibrium adsoption data by an isotherm model, the fit of the relevant equilibrium parameter should also be good and give thermodynamic quantities that could satisfactorily account for the observed adsorption properties of the system. Deciding the suitability of an isotherm model for fitting adsorption equilibrium experiment based on compared error function of the fitted curves or lines through single temperature isotherm could lead to erroneous conclusion.
Keywords: adsorption, adsorbent; methylene blue; enthalpy; entropy; Freundlich
Assessment of Water Pollution Indices of Two Anthropogenic Impacted Rivers in Southern Nigeria
Authors: Edoreh J.A , Izegaegbe J.I , Osimen E.C , Inegbenosun C.U , Ojagefu H.A , Weyinmi E 
Published: May 2021

Freshwater ecosystems afford essential needs and services to humans and have not been spared the effects of anthropogenic pressures exacerbated by increasing urbanization and industrialization. The study was undertaken in two southern inland rivers in Edo State, Nigeria, following concerns that the increasing human population in the region, coupled with indiscriminate discharges into rivers could erode water quality and elevate metal concentrations above allowable limits. Water samples were collected and analyzed for heavy metal concentrations using standard procedures. The results showed that metal concentrations were generally within national and international limits for drinking water with exceptions in cadmium and lead. Water pollution indices showed metal pollution index for cadmium (1037, 757) and lead (503, 379) in Ovia and Ossiomo Rivers respectively. These values far exceeded the critical level of 100 with a high contamination index (>6) of cadmium in both rivers. Water quality index from physico-chemical analysis indicated poor conditions in Ossiomo River relative to very poor water conditions in Ovia River. The study demonstrated that cadmium and lead were the major contributors to the adverse environmental conditions in both rivers. Thus, incessant anthropogenic pressures adversely affected water quality of these rivers rendering them unsuitable for human use. This would potentially have serious ecological and human health implications as chronic effects may be unquantifiable.
Keywords: Ovia and Ossiomo Rivers, heavy metal, water quality index, contamination index
¿DEBEMOS REPENSAR LOS PODERES DEL JUEZ ANTE LA CONSTATACIÓN DE LA ILEGALIDAD DE UNA DISPOSICIÓN GENERAL O UN ACTO ADMINISTRATIVO? LA ANULACIÓN PARCIAL DEL PLAN GENERAL DE MADRID DE 1997: UN INMEJORABL
Authors: DEL SAZ CORDERO SILVIA 
Published: May 2021

Con motivo de la anulación judicial de la desclasificación de los sectores
de suelo no urbanizable de protección operada por el Plan General de Madrid de 1997, este
trabajo plantea la necesidad de revisar los poderes del Juez contencioso administrativo
cuando constata la ilegalidad de una disposición o acto, los cuales no deben quedarse limitados
a la anulación sino, antes al contrario, deben tener en cuenta la situación jurídica o
fáctica existente cuando se dicta la sentencia, para evitar los efectos inútiles de una resolución
que obligue a la Administración a un esfuerzo inútil de reconstrucción o al mantenimiento
de la situación fáctica irreversible desplazando al incidente de ejecución la tutela de
los derechos intereses y derechos vulnerados mediante su compensación económica.
1997ko Madrileko Plan Orokorrak babes berezikotzat jotako lur urbanizaezinen
desklasifikazioaren baliogabetze judiziala dela eta, lan honek administrazioarekiko
auzien epailearen botereak berrikusteko beharra planteatzen du, xedapen edo egintza
bat legez kanpokoa dela egiaztatzen duenerako. Hala, ez dute dena delakoa deuseztatzera
mugatu behar, epaia ematen denean egoera juridikoa edo faktikoa zein den kontuan hartu
behar dute, halako moldez non Administrazioa ez den alferrik behartuko atzeraezina den
egoera faktiko bat berritzera edo horri eustera, eta urratutako interesen eta eskubideen babesa
epaia betearazteko intzidenterako utziko den, konpentsazio ekonomikoa emanda.
As a result of the judicial annulment of the de-classification of the land
protected from urban development by the General Plan of Madrid of 1997, this work shows
the need to check the powers of the contentitous administrative judges when verifying the
illegality of a provision or act, which cannot confine themselves to the annulment but also,
on the contrary, to take into account the legal or factual position that exists at the moment
of giving a judgment, in order to avoid useless effects of a resolution that obliges the
Administration to a useless effort of rebuilding or to keep an irreversible factual situation
moving to the execution the protection of interests and infringed rights by means of an
economic compensation.
EL ACCESO A LA JUSTICIA EN MATERIA AMBIENTAL EN LA JURISPRUDENCIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE JUSTICIA DE LA UNIÓN EUROPEA
Authors: EMBID IRUJO ANTONIO 
Published: May 2021

El acceso a la justicia es parte esencial del derecho al medio ambiente y, en general, de la protección ambiental. El Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea juega un papel relevante en la protección ambiental y lo mismo sucede en la jurisprudencia sobre el acceso a la justicia. En particular su labor se desarrolla para ampliar la legitimación, interpretando de forma favorable a la misma normativa europea y el Convenio de Aarhus también ratificado por Europa. Igualmente existen decisiones relevantes para impedir un coste excesivo de los procedimientos administrativos y judiciales.Justizia eskuratzeko aukera ingurumenerako eskubidearen funtsezko alderdia da, eta, oro har, ingurumen-babesarena. Europar Batasuneko Justizia Auzitegiak paper oso garrantzitsua du ingurumenaren zaintzan, eta berdin gertatzen da justizia eskuratzeko aukeraren gaineko jurisprudentziarekin ere. Bereziki, legitimazioa zabaltzeko lan egiten du, hori Europako araudiarentzat eta Europak ere berretsi duen Aarhus Hitzarmenarentzat mesedegarri den moduan interpretatuz. Era berean, prozedura administratiboek eta judizialek gehiegizko gasturik ez eragiteko erabaki garrantzitsuak ere badaude.Access to justice is a key element of the right to environment and in general of the enviromental protection. The European Court of Justice of the European Union plays a relevant role in the enviromental protection and the same applies to its case law regarding access to justice. Particularly, its work is carried out in order to broaden the locus standi by interpreting the same European normative and the Aahrus convention also ratified by Europe more favaourably. Likewise, there exist relevant rulings to prevent an excesive cost of administrative and judicial procedures.
MONTAÑAS, RIESGO Y RESPONSABILIDAD: BREVE APROXIMACIÓN JURÍDICA
Authors: EZEIZABARRENA SAENZ XABIER 
Published: May 2021

Las actividades de riesgo en la montaña y en los diferentes espacios naturales
que nos rodean han adquirido en las últimas décadas un creciente protagonismo en
nuestras sociedades. Con ello, paulatinamente, el ordenamiento jurídico en su conjunto y
la jurisprudencia interna y comparada han desarrollado un cierto y diverso «corpus» jurídico
de regulación en una materia en la que el riesgo, en distintas magnitudes, resulta palpable
tanto para los guías profesionales, para el deportista ocasional, así como para terceros no
necesariamente familiarizados con este tipo de actividades.
Azken hamarkadetan, gure inguruko mendietan eta espazio naturaletan
egiten diren jarduera arriskutsuek gero eta protagonismo handiagoa hartu dute. Hala,
gutxika, ordenamendu juridikoak, barne jurisprudentziak eta jurisprudentzia konparatuak
nolabaiteko eta askotariko «corpus» juridikoa osatu dute, gidari profesionalentzat, noizbehinkako
kirolariarentzat eta jarduerak ezagutzen dituzten edo ezagutzen ez dituzten hirugarrenentzat
ageriko arriskua duen gai bati buruz.
Risky activities in the mountain and in different natural spaces around
us have developed a growing interest. Consequently the legal order in general and the
national and comparative case law have gradually developed a certain and varying legal
«corpus» of regulation in an area where risk, of different magnitudes, is obvious both
for professional guides and for casual sportsmen just like for third parties who are not
necessarily used to this type of activities.
LA DUDOSA CONSTITUCIONALIDAD DEL RÉGIMEN SANCIONADOR DEL DOPAJE DEPORTIVO
Authors: FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ TOMÁS RAMÓN 
Published: May 2021

Se analiza en el texto la universalización de la disciplina antidopaje a raíz
de la Convención de la UNESCO de 2005 y la aprobación del Código Mundial antidopaje,
así como el impacto del sistema de strict liability que éste establece y que la nueva Ley
Orgánica 3/2013, de 20 de Junio, ha recibido, cuya compatibilidad con la presunción constitucional
de inocencia es dudosa.
Lan honek 2005eko Unescoren Konbentzioaren eta Dopinaren aurkako
mundu kodea onartzearen ondorioz dopinaren aurkako diziplinaren unibertsalizazioa aztertzen
du. Halaber, horrek ezartzen duen eta ekainaren 20ko 3/2013 Lege Organikoak jaso
duen strict liability sistemaren eragina ere jorratzen du, ez baitirudi konstituzioaren errugabetasun
presuntzioarekin bateragarria denik.
The text analyzes the universalizaton of the antidopping discipline as a
consequence of the UNESCO Convention from 2005 and the passing of the Antidopping
world code together with the impact of the strict liability system set forth by the former
and that the new Organic Act 3/2013 of June 20th has received and whose compatibility
with the constitutional presumption of innocence is uncertain.
LAS MEJORES TÉCNICAS DISPONIBLES, VERSIÓN 4.0 (O DE LA NORMATIVIDAD INMANENTE A LAS MEJORES TÉCNICAS DISPONIBLES EN SU NUEVA CONDICIÓN DE EURO-MEANING TECHNICAL REGULATIONS (1))
Authors: FORTES MARTÍN ANTONIO 
Published: May 2021

La Directiva de emisiones industriales aspira a que la cláusula de las mejores
técnicas disponibles goce de una mayor presencia y aplicación práctica en el conjunto
de la Unión Europea. Para ello no sólo se ha provocado una depuración conceptual de
su significado clarificando su sentido y alcance. Más importante aún, las mejores técnicas
disponibles se han juridificado alumbrándose, en estrictos términos normativos, en forma
de Decisión de Ejecución comprensiva de las conclusiones relativas a las mejores técnicas
disponibles. Esta nueva realidad supone un importante paso hacia adelante cuyas consecuencias
jurídicas y ambientales más destacadas son abordadas en este trabajo.
Industria-isurien Zuzentarauaren helburua da teknikarik onenei buruzko
klausulak presentzia eta aplikazio praktiko handiagoa izatea Europar Batasun osoan. Horretarako,
bere esanahia eta esparrua argitu da. Are gehiago, teknikarik onenak juridifikatu
egin dira, eta Betearazte Erabaki moduan arautu dira teknikarik onenei buruzko ondorioak.
Hori aurrerapauso handia da, eta horren lege- eta ingurumen-mailako ondorio nagusiak jorratzen
dira lan honetan.
The industrial emissions Directive aims to the clause of the best available
techniques to have a greater presence and practical application in the whole of the
European Union. This not only occurred by a conceptual meaning purification through
clarifying its meaning and scope. Most important, the best available techniques have been
legalized, formalizing, in strict legal terms, in the form of Implementing Decision that it
brings together the best available techniques conclusions. This new reality is an important
step forward whose legal and environmental implications are addressed in this study.
Evaluación: puente entre enseñanza y aprendizajes
Authors: Gonzalez Lomelí Daniel , Maytorena Noriega María de los Angeles , Castañeda Figueiras Sandra 
Published: May 2021

Lograr una prueba que mida las competencias académicas de forma confiable y válida en el salón de clase universitario, o en cualquier lugar donde se genere el aprendizaje, es un gran reto para las instituciones educativas de cualquier nivel escolar y un arduo trabajo para el docente en su papel de evaluador. Estos requisitos técnicos de las pruebas, no se logran a la primera y de una vez para siempre; ya que es un proceso dinámico, social y reflexivo. Este libro está dirigido a profesores de los diferentes niveles educativos tanto de las instituciones públicas como privadas. Contiene información sobre el concepto central de la evaluación del aprendizaje, los errores u omisiones más común en evaluación, así como los principios valorales de los evaluadores, se presenta el Modelo Multidimensional de Evaluación de Resultados de los Aprendizajes, los tipos de conocimientos a ser evaluados, los procesos cognoscitivos subyacentes, los dos contextos de recuperación de información y la técnica de Análisis Cognitivo de Tarea. Posteriormente se abordan los conceptos asociados a los reactivos objetivas de rendimiento, características y sugerencias para su redacción, las modalidades que pueden ser medidas con reactivos de opción múltiple, así como las estrategias para la elaboración de pruebas objetivas. Finalmente se presenta información sobre los conceptos relacionados con las pruebas Multireactivo de Base Común y las estrategias para su elaboración. El lector del libro Evaluación: puente entre enseñanza y aprendizajes se beneficiará de la experiencia acumulada y de los conocimientos probados por los coautores en los últimos veinte años de trabajo en el área de la evaluación, los lectores tendrán acceso a las estrategias de evaluación que les permita crear escenarios futuribles para atender a los estudiantes a la medida de sus necesidades. ¡Bienvenidos todos!
Impact of watch and wait procedure after endoscopic detorsion for sigmoid volvulus in high risk dementia patients
Authors: Ag Onur , Bozcan Yusuf , Dincer Mürşit 
Published: May 2021

IntroductionVolvulus is defined as an acute bowel dilatation, which must be treated after the diagnosis in a short time, which otherwise can cause necrosis and perforation of the bowel. Chronic constipation and neurological diseases are the most common causes in some countries. In this study, patients with sigmoid volvulus who were treated and followed up were examined, the association of it with neurological diseases was investigated, and the demographic characteristics of the patients, treatment approaches, and results were presented.Material and methodsPatients who underwent colonic volvulus with dementia between January 2010 and August 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. The demographic characteristics and histopathological diagnosis of the patients were recorded. Differences in treatment modalities and results of patients with volvulus were statistically analyzed.ResultsSeventy-eight patients who had sigmoid volvulus and dementia were included the study. The median age was 82.0 years and males represented 71.8% of the patients. All the patients had abdominal pain, while the other common symptoms were vomiting, abdominal distension and constipation. The complication rate was statistically significantly higher in surgical treatment than endoscopic procedures and spontaneously detorsioned (p = 0.011). The median length of stay was statistically significantly different in the surgery group, endoscopic procedure group and spontaneously detorsioned group (p < 0.001).ConclusionsThe prevalence of volvulus is high in individuals with neurological disease. Successful results were obtained with non-surgical follow-up after endoscopic detorsion in the selected patient group in the results of this study, and mortality and morbidity were at lower rates than surgery.
Validation of the Parental Responsiveness Scale
Authors: Anikiej-Wiczenbach Paulina , Kaźmierczak Maria 
Published: May 2021

BackgroundParental responsiveness is a parent’s predisposition to react to their child’s verbal and non-verbal cues promptly and adequately. There is no self-report scale that measures this type of behavior. The aim of this study was to construct a valid and useful scale to measure this construct as subjectively reported by parents of young children.Participants and procedureTwo hundred and fifty parents (including 186 mothers) of young children aged from 1 to 18 months (M<sub>age</sub> = 8.60, SD<sub>age</sub> = 4.06) took part in the study. To confirm the external validity of the tool, participants filled in the following question-naires: the Parental Responsiveness Scale, the Empathic Sensitivity Scale, and the Experience in Close Relationships-Revised Scale – short version.ResultsThe confirmatory analysis verified the one-dimensional structure and that the model has a good fit. Moreover, the results of external validation indicated satisfactory correlations between parental responsiveness and empathic concern (r = .30, p < .01), perspective-taking (r = .31, p < .01), and avoidance (r = .23, p < .01) in relationships.ConclusionsThe Parental Responsiveness Scale is valid and reliable. This scale could be useful in research on family and child development, and on individual differences between parents, but can also be of use in practice.
The effectiveness of tensioning neural mobilization of brachial plexus in patients with chronic cervical radiculopathy: a randomized clinical trial
Authors: Omer Ibrahim Asmaa , Abdelazeem Fayaz Nadia , Hazim Abdelazeem Ahmed , Abdelaty Hassan Karima 
Published: May 2021

IntroductionTensioning neural mobilization (NM) is accomplished through increasing the distance between nerve bed ends via elongation. NM techniques have different biomechanical effects on the nervous system. Evidence for their use in treating certain upper-quarter conditions like cervicobrachial pain is limited. The study was to determine tensioning NM efficacy on unilateral chronic cervical radiculopathy regarding mechanosensitivity of the affected nerve roots and intensity of neck and arm pain.MethodsForty participants with chronic unilateral cervical radiculopathy were randomly assigned to group A (<i>n</i> = 20), receiving traditional physical therapy (manual traction and infrared irradiation), and group B (<i>n</i> = 20), receiving traditional physical therapy in addition to tensioning NM of brachial plexus. Mechanosensitivity of the affected brachial nerve roots and intensity of neck and arm pain were evaluated at baseline and after a 3-week program with the upper limb tension test-1 and visual analogue scale. The normal (Z) test, paired and unpaired t-test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and Wilcoxon rank-sum test (Mann-Whitney) were used in data analysis.ResultsThere were significant within-group differences in both groups regarding mechanosensitivity and pain intensity (mechanosensitivity: <i>p</i> = 0.001 for group A, <i>p</i> = 0.001 for group B; pain: <i>p</i> < 0.01 for group A, <i>p</i> < 0.01 for group B). There was no statistically significant between-group difference regarding mechanosensitivity (<i>p</i> = 0.07) or pain intensity (<i>p</i> = 0.838).ConclusionsThe addition of tensioning NM to traditional physical therapy had no significant benefits, although both groups showed decreased post-treatment mechanosensitivity and pain intensity.
La evaluación ciudadana del tercer año de gobierno de Antonio Saca
Authors: Aguilar Jeannette 
Published: May 2021

El presente artículo se concentra fundamentalmente en analizar algunos de los principales resultados que sobre el Ejecutivo arroja la encuesta de opinión pública realizada por el IUDOP en los días previos a cumplirse el tercer año de gestión de Antonio Saca. Así, se exploran algunas interpretaciones sobre datos que parecen ser paradójicos y contradictorios, pero que denotan la complejidad con la que se construyen las percepciones en la opinión pública salvadoreña, especialmente en lo referido al ámbito de la cultura política de las y los ciudadanos.
ECA Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 62, No. 705, 2007: 503-516.