bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Death cafe in the Welsh valleys–an appraisal
Authors: Parry Maria , Taubert Mark , Clements Sam , Churcher Clare , James Alex , Smith Karen 
Published: June 2021

Background: A death cafe is an event where people drink, eat and discuss death. Death cafes do not follow a set structure and the events are held for free. The mission of death cafes is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’. Death cafes have a proven track record in providing a safe place for people to have conversations about dying, death and grief. Aim: This study aims to contribute to the literature by providing a simple synthesis of comments made on the day of a death cafe in Wales by the attendees, and to allow the identification of further research questions. Method: A death cafe event was organised in the South Wales valleys, to encourage discussions about death during Dying Matters Awareness week in the UK, 10 May to 16 May 2019. Result: The event was well attended, and attendees recorded their thoughts about the event. Conclusion: Emerging themes were categorised into the following themes: communication, digital legacy, stigma, humour and a request for future events. Feedback showed that the death cafe had encouraged a greater dialogue about death and dying and facilitated conversations.
Aperture-type terahertz near-field imaging with a cylindrical frustum-shaped plastic probe
Authors: Wang Nan , Chang Tianying , Cui Hong-Liang 
Published: June 2021

We designed an aluminum-coated plastic probe made from the combination of cylinder and a frustum of a cone for terahertz near-field imaging. The bunching width of the probe is 12 µm and the electric field intensity enhancement factor just outside the probe tip reaches up to 25. An imaging resolution obtained through near-field imaging experiments on a variety of targets, including narrow metals and narrow media, is 6 µm (

λ

/

450

) at 0.11 THz. By adopting an adaptive threshold segmentation image processing algorithm that combines Hilbert scanning and wavelet transform, the influence of a large area of metal near the imaging area on the imaging result is successfully suppressed. Imaging of a scratch on the plastic substrate makes the new probe feasible for quality identification of nonmetallic cultural relics.
Ultra-broadband terahertz bandpass filter with dynamically tunable attenuation based on a graphene–metal hybrid metasurface
Authors: Huang Wenli , Luo Xiaoqing , Lu Yuanfu , Hu Fangrong , Li Guangyuan 
Published: June 2021

We propose an ultra-broadband terahertz bandpass filter with dynamically tunable attenuation based on a graphene–metal hybrid metasurface. The metasurface unit cell is composed of two metal stripes enclosed with a graphene rectangular ring. Results show that when the metasurface is normally illuminated by a terahertz wave polarized along the metal stripes, it can act as an ultra-broadband bandpass filter over the spectral range from 1.49 THz to 4.05 THz, corresponding to a fractional bandwidth of 92%. Remarkably, high transmittance above 90% covering the range from 1.98 THz to 3.95 THz can be achieved. By changing the Fermi level of graphene, we find that the attenuation within the passband can be dynamically tuned from 2% to 66%. We expect that the proposed ultra-broadband terahertz bandpass filter with tunable attenuation will find applications in terahertz communication and detection and sensing systems.
Environmental factors influencing the prevention of secondary health conditions among people with spinal cord injury, South Africa
Authors: Pilusa Sonti , Myezwa Hellen , Potterton Joanne 
Published: June 2021

Background
The environment where people live, work or play can influence health and disability outcomes. People with spinal cord injury are at risk for secondary health conditions, with this increasing readmission rates and decreasing quality of life. Studies on preventative care for secondary health conditions and factors influencing the prevention of secondary health conditions are scarce in low to middle-income countries.

Aim
To explore environmental factors influencing the prevention of secondary health conditions in people with spinal cord injury.

Setting
This study was based at a public rehabilitation hospital, South Africa.

Methods
Explorative qualitative design was used. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 therapists, 17 people with a spinal cord injury and six caregivers. The interviews were transcribed verbatim. Analysis was conducted using content analysis.

Results
The categories that emerged included the impact of social support, inaccessible built environment and transport system, and an inefficient health care system. Sub-categories for the inefficient health care systems were: Shortage of resources, health workers lack of knowledge on prevention of secondary health conditions and inadequate patient care approach.

Conclusion
Environmental factors influencing the prevention of secondary health conditions are complex and multifactorial. When developing rehabilitation and prevention programmes, environmental factors must be considered.
OUTpatient intravenous LASix Trial in reducing hospitalization for acute decompensated heart failure (OUTLAST)
Authors: Hamo Carine E. , Abdelmoneim Sahar S. , Han Seol Young , Chandy Elizabeth , Muntean Cornelia , Khan Saadat A. , Sunkesula Prasanthi , Meykler Marcella , Ramachandran Vidhya , Rosenberg Emelie , Klem Igor , Sacchi Terrence J. , Heitner John F. 
Published: June 2021

Background
Hospitalization for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) remains a major source of morbidity and mortality. The current study aimed to investigate the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of outpatient furosemide intravenous (IV) infusion following hospitalization for ADHF.

Methods
In a single center, prospective, randomized, double-blind study, 100 patients were randomized to receive standard of care (Group 1), IV placebo infusion (Group 2), or IV furosemide infusion (Group 3) over 3h, biweekly for a one-month period following ADHF hospitalization. Patients in Groups 2/3 also received a comprehensive HF-care protocol including bi-weekly clinic visits for dose-adjusted IV-diuretics, medication adjustment and education. Echocardiography, quality of life and depression questionnaires were performed at baseline and 30-day follow-up. The primary outcome was 30-day re-hospitalization for ADHF.

Results
Overall, a total of 94 patients were included in the study (mean age 64 years, 56% males, 69% African American). There were a total of 14 (15%) hospitalizations for ADHF at 30 days, 6 (17.1%) in Group 1, 7 (22.6%) in Group 2, and 1 (3.7%) in Group 3 (overall p = 0.11; p = 0.037 comparing Groups 2 and 3). Patients receiving IV furosemide infusion experienced significantly greater urine output and weight loss compared to those receiving placebo without any significant increase creatinine and no significant between group differences in echocardiography parameters, KCCQ or depression scores.

Conclusion
The use of a standardized protocol of outpatient IV furosemide infusion for a one-month period following hospitalization for ADHF was found to be safe and efficacious in reducing 30-day re-hospitalization.
Experiences of interventions and rehabilitation activities in connection with return-to-work from a gender perspective. A focus group study among employees on sick leave for common mental disorders
Authors: Nybergh Lotta , Bergström Gunnar , Jensen Irene , Hellman Therese 
Published: June 2021

Background
Common mental disorders present the main reason for registered sick leave in Sweden today, and women are at a higher risk of such sick leave than men. The aim of this paper is to explore how employees on sick leave for common mental disorders experience interventions and rehabilitation activities during return-to-work, as well as to explore similarities and differences between the experiences of the interviewed women and men.

Material and methods
A qualitative design was applied with semi-structured focus group interviews. Seven focus groups were conducted with a total of 28 participants (13 women and 15 men). The focus group discussions were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim, and data analyzed with conventional content analysis. Similarities and differences in the women’s and men’s experiences were written down in reflective notes during all steps of the analysis.

Results
The results comprise of one main category, “To be met with respect and recognition”, and subcategories at two levels. Both similarities and differences emerged in how women and men sick-listed because of common mental disorders experienced return-to-work interventions and rehabilitation activities. It was important for both women and men to be met with respect and recognition, which was essential to all forms of help that the participants discussed during the focus group interviews. Women expressed a need for home-related interventions, whereas men expressed a need for organizational interventions to counter feelings of resignation at work. Women could also more easily understand their mental health condition as compared with men.

Conclusion
A key implication of this study is that research on interventions and rehabilitation activities during return-to-work among employees on sick leave for common mental disorders should consider whether the findings are relevant equally to both women and men. Similarly, return-to-work professionals may need to consider possible differences among women and men on sick leave for common mental disorders, and to further customize offered interventions and rehabilitation activities. Doing so may help enhance the effectiveness of such interventions.
Physician and patient concordance in reporting of appropriateness and prioritization for cataract surgery
Authors: Schlenker Matthew B. , Samet Saba , Lim Morgan , D’Silva Chelsea , Reid Robert J. , Ahmed Iqbal Ike K. 
Published: June 2021

Background/Aims
Determine the association between physician-deemed and patient-reported appropriateness and prioritization for cataract surgery.

Methods
Prospective cohort study of 471 patients of 7 ophthalmologists referred for cataract surgery. Ophthalmologists rated patients for cataract surgery appropriateness and prioritization using a visual analogue scale of 0–10 preoperatively. All patients completed the eCAPS Quality of Life (QoL), while 313 completed the Catquest-9SF and EQ-5D questionnaires. Regression analyses were applied to determine demographic, clinical and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) associated with appropriateness and prioritization.

Results
Two clinical factors (study eye and fellow eye best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA)), 2 eCAPS (night driving difficulty, ability to take care of local errands), and 2 Catquest-9SF PROMs (recognizing faces, seeing to walk on uneven ground) were associated with appropriateness. In multivariable regression, the rating physician, 2 clinical criteria (study eye BCVA, anticipated postoperative BCVA) and 1 eCAPS QoL (night driving difficulty) were associated with appropriateness. Prioritization was associated with low income, 8 clinical criteria, 9 eCAPS, 5 Catquest-9SF, and 1 EQ-5D PROMs. In multivariable regression, 1 clinical criterion (study eye BCVA), 2 eCAPS QoL (night driving difficulty, ability to take care of local errands), and 2 Catquest-9SF PROMs (seeing prices, seeing to walk on uneven ground) were significantly associated.

Conclusions
The eCAPS and Catquest-9SF questionnaires show some concordance with physician-deemed appropriateness, and more with prioritization. Binary conversions of PROM scales provide similar modelling, with minimal loss of explanatory power. As physician-deemed appropriateness and prioritization do not completely capture the patient perspective, PROMs may have a role in cataract surgery decision-making frameworks.
Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of patients discharged from the ICU in a vegetative or minimally conscious state
Authors: Knapik Piotr , Borowik Dawid , Cieśla Daniel , Trejnowska Ewa 
Published: June 2021

Purpose
A significant percentage of patients are discharged from intensive care units (ICU) with disorders of counciousness (DoC). The aim of this retrospective, case-control study was to compare patients discharged from the ICU in a vegetative state (VS) or minimally conscious state (MCS) and the rest of ICU survivors, and to identify independent predictors of DoC among ICU survivors.

Methods
Data from 14,368 adult ICU survivors identified in a Silesian Registry of Intensive Care Units (active in the Silesian Region of Poland between October 2010 and December 2019) were analyzed. Patients discharged from the ICU in a VS or MCS were compared to the remaining ICU survivors. Pre-admission and admission variables that independently influence ICU discharge with DoC were identified.

Results
Among the 14,368 analyzed adult ICU survivors, 1,064 (7.4%) were discharged from the ICU in a VS or MCS. The percentage of patients discharged from the ICU with DoC was similar in all age groups. Compared to non- DoC ICU patients, they had a higher mean APACHE II and SAPS III score at admission. Independent variables affecting ICU discharge with DoC included unconsciousness at ICU admission, cardiac arrest and craniocerebral trauma as primary cause of ICU admission, as well as a history of previous chronic neurological disorders and cerebral stroke (p<0.001).

Conclusion
Discharge in a VS and MCS was relatively frequent among ICU survivors. Discharge with DoC was more likely among patients who were unconscious at admission and admitted to the ICU due to cardiac arrest or craniocerebral trauma.
Restrictive versus liberal fluid resuscitation strategy, influence on blood loss and hemostatic parameters in mild obstetric hemorrhage: An open-label randomized controlled trial. (REFILL study)
Authors: Schol Pim B. B. , de Lange Natascha M. , Woiski Mallory D. , Langenveld Josje , Smits Luc J. M. , Wassen Martine M. , Henskens Yvonne M. , Scheepers Hubertina C. J. 
Published: June 2021

Background
Evidence for optimal hemostatic resuscitation in postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is lacking. Liberal fluid administration may result in acidosis, hypothermia and coagulopathy.

Objective
We hypothesize that in early PPH a restrictive fluid administration results in less progression to moderate PPH.

Study design
In four Dutch hospitals we recruited women of 18 years and over, and more than 24 weeks pregnant. Exclusion criteria were: anticoagulant therapy, known coagulation disorders, pre-eclampsia, antenatal diagnosis of abnormally adhesive placenta, and a contraindication for liberal fluid therapy. We blindly randomized participants at 500 mL and ongoing blood loss in the third stage of labor between restrictive fluid administration (clear fluids 0.75–1.0 times the volume of blood lost) and liberal fluid administration (clear fluids 1.5–2.0 times the volume of blood lost). The primary outcome was progression to more than 1000 mL blood loss. Analyses were according to the intention-to-treat principle.

Results
From August 2014 till September 2019, 5190 women were informed of whom 1622 agreed to participate. A total of 252 women were randomized of which 130 were assigned to the restrictive group and 122 to the liberal group. In the restrictive management group 51 of the 130 patients (39.2%) progressed to more than 1000 mL blood loss versus 61 of the 119 patients (51.3%) in the liberal management group (difference, -12.0% [95%-CI -24.3% to 0.3%], p = 0.057). There was no difference in the need for blood transfusion, coagulation parameters, or in adverse events between the groups.

Conclusions
Although a restrictive fluid resuscitation in women with mild PPH could not been proven to be superior, it does not increase the need for blood transfusion, alter coagulation parameters, or cause a rise in adverse events. It can be considered as an alternative treatment option to liberal fluid resuscitation.

Trial registration
NTR3789.
Improved outcomes over time for adult COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome or acute respiratory failure
Authors: Yeates Eric O. , Nahmias Jeffry , Chinn Justine , Sullivan Brittany , Stopenski Stephen , Amin Alpesh N. , Nguyen Ninh T. 
Published: June 2021

Background
COVID-19’s pulmonary manifestations are broad, ranging from pneumonia with no supplemental oxygen requirements to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with acute respiratory failure (ARF). In response, new oxygenation strategies and therapeutics have been developed, but their large-scale effects on outcomes in severe COVID-19 patients remain unknown. Therefore, we aimed to examine the trends in mortality, mechanical ventilation, and cost over the first six months of the pandemic for adult COVID-19 patients in the US who developed ARDS or ARF.

Methods and findings
The Vizient Clinical Data Base, a national database comprised of administrative, clinical, and financial data from academic medical centers, was queried for patients ≥ 18-years-old with COVID-19 and either ARDS or ARF admitted between 3/2020-8/2020. Demographics, mechanical ventilation, length of stay, total cost, mortality, and discharge status were collected. Mann-Kendall tests were used to assess for significant monotonic trends in total cost, mechanical ventilation, and mortality over time. Chi-square tests were used to compare mortality rates between March-May and June-August.
110,223 adult patients with COVID-19 ARDS or ARF were identified. Mean length of stay was 12.1±13.3 days and mean total cost was $35,991±32,496. Mechanical ventilation rates were 34.1% and in-hospital mortality was 22.5%. Mean cost trended downward over time (p = 0.02) from $55,275 (March) to $18,211 (August). Mechanical ventilation rates trended down (p<0.01) from 53.8% (March) to 20.3% (August). Overall mortality rates also decreased (p<0.01) from 28.4% (March) to 13.7% (August). Mortality rates in mechanically ventilated patients were similar over time (p = 0.45), but mortality in patients not requiring mechanical ventilation decreased from March-May compared to June-July (13.5% vs 4.6%, p<0.01).

Conclusions
This study describes the outcomes of a large cohort with COVID-19 ARDS or ARF and the subsequent decrease in cost, mechanical ventilation, and mortality over the first 6 months of the pandemic in the US.
Uma análise sobre condições históricas de emergência da terminalidade específica na educação profissional e tecnológica
Authors: Dos Santos Thamille Pereira , Machado Fernanda de Camargo 
Published: June 2021

Resumo: Este artigo objetiva entender em que condições históricas emerge a certificação por terminalidade específica (CTE) na Rede Federal de Educação Profissional, Científica e Tecnológica (RFEPCT). Trata-se de uma pesquisa assentada nos Estudos Culturais em Educação, que utiliza como lente analítica a noção de representação cultural, de Stuart Hall. O corpus empírico foi constituído de documentos oficiais sobre CTE. A análise mostrou a CTE – instrumento até então permitido apenas para o ensino fundamental no Brasil - adentrando historicamente a RFEPCT no final da primeira década do século XXI. Isso se produziu a partir do elo entre educação especial e educação profissional e tecnológica, que compartilham representações sobre a profissionalização e o autoempreendedorismo como caminhos para a garantia da inclusão dos sujeitos com deficiência mental grave e múltipla no mundo do trabalho.
Palavras-chave: Inclusão, educação especial, educação profissional.
L’islam et la cité. Engagements musulmans dans les quartiers populaires - Julien Talpin, Julien O’Miel, Frank Frégosi (dir.), 2017
Authors: El Khoury Emilie 
Published: June 2021

Recensé : Julien Talpin, Julien O’Miel, Frank Frégosi (éd.), L’islam et la cité. Engagements musulmans dans les quartiers populaires, Villeneuve d’Ascq, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2017, 282 p.
Real hypersurfaces of non-flat complex space forms with two generalized conditions on the Jacobi structure operator
Authors: Theofanidis Theoharis 
Published: June 2021

Abstract
We aim to classify the real hypersurfaces M in a Kaehler complex space form Mn
(c) satisfying the two conditions

φ
l
=
l
φ
,

$\varphi l=l\varphi ,$

where

l
=
R
(
⋅
,
ξ
)
ξ
and
φ

$l=R(\cdot ,\xi )\xi \text{ and }\varphi $

is the almost contact metric structure of M, and

(

∇
ξ

l

)

X
=

$\left( {{\nabla }_{\xi }}l \right)X=$

ω(X)ξ, where where ω(X) is a 1-form and X is a vector field on M. These two conditions imply that M is a Hopf hypersurface and ω = 0.
On the geography of line arrangements
Authors: Eterović Sebastian , Figueroa Fernando , Urzúa Giancarlo 
Published: June 2021

Abstract
We present various results about the combinatorial properties of line arrangements in terms of the Chern numbers of the corresponding log surfaces. This resembles the study of the geography of surfaces of general type. We prove some new results about the distribution of Chern slopes, we show a connection between their accumulation points and the accumulation points of linear H-constants on the plane, and we conclude with two open problems in relation to geography over ℚ and over ℂ.
Diagnostic re-evaluation and predictors of congenital hypothyroidism with eutopic thyroid gland in Jiangxi, China
Authors: Chen Shao-Hong , Yang Bi-Cheng , Li Jiang-Ying , Xu Ping , Wang Feng 
Published: June 2021

Abstract

Objectives
An increase in the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) with eutopic gland has been reported worldwide due to neonatal screening programs. In this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of transient CH (TCH) and to investigate predictive factors that could distinguish between permanent and transient CH in patients with eutopic thyroid glands.

Methods
We retrospectively reviewed 508 children treated for CH with eutopic thyroid glands between June 1998 and June 2020 in Jiangxi Newborn Screening Center. All patients were treated with levothyroxine and underwent Diagnostic re-evaluation after 2–3 years of age. Patients were classified as having TCH or permanent CH (PCH) during follow-up.

Results
Of the 508 patients initially treated for CH with a normally located gland, 335 patients (65.9%) were classified in the TCH group and 173 (34.1%) in the PCH group based on the defined criteria. Multivariate analysis revealed that TCH was associated with a lower levothyroxine dose at 24 months of age (p<0.001) and a lower likelihood of having a first-degree family history of CH (p=0.026) than PCH. Gender, prematurity, low birth weight, initial CH severity such as serum TSH and FT4 levels, or bone maturation delay at diagnosis had no effect. Receiver operating characteristics curve analysis showed that a cutoff of 2.3 μg/kg/day for levothyroxine dose requirement at 24 months of age had a sensitivity of 71% and a specificity of 70% for predicting transient CH, with values below this threshold considered predictive of transient CH.

Conclusions
TCH presents a significant portion of patients with CH. The levothyroxine dose requirement at 24 months of age has a predictive role in differentiating TCH from PCH in CH patients with eutopic thyroid glands.
Glycogen storage disease type XII; an ultra rare cause of hemolytic anemia and rhabdomyolysis: one new case report
Authors: Kara Esra , Kor Deniz , Bulut Fatma Derya , Hergüner Özlem , Ceylaner Serdar , Köşeci Burcu , Burgaç Ezgi , Mungan Neslihan Önenli 
Published: June 2021

Abstract

Objectives
Aldolase A deficiency also known as glycogen storage disease (GSD) XII, is an ultra rare autosomal recessively inherited GSD, associated with hemolytic anemia and rhabdomyolysis.

Case presentation
Here, we first report a patient with dermatological findings, hemodialysis requirement for rhabdomyolysis, and a novel likely pathogenic c.971C>T (p.A324V) mutation in the ALDOA gene.

Conclusions
Episodes of rhabdomyolysis can be triggered by febrile illnesses and catabolic processes. Diagnosis should be confirmed by the mutation analysis of ALDOA gene. Treatment includes management of hemolytic anemia and administration of antipyretics during febrile episodes to avoid hemolysis and rhabdomyolysis.