bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Evaluating the association of self-reported psychological distress and self-rated health on survival times among women with breast cancer in the U.S.
Authors: Adeyemi Oluwaseun John , Gill Tasha Leimomi , Paul Rajib , Huber Larissa Brunner 
Published: December 2021

Background
Psychological distress and self-rated health status may create additional complexities in patients already diagnosed with breast cancer. This study aims to assess the association of self-report-based assessment of psychological distress and self-rated health on survival times among women with breast cancer diagnoses.

Methods
Seventeen-year data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series—National Health Interview Survey (IPUMS-NHIS) were pooled and analyzed. Women who were aged 30 to 64 years old, with breast cancer diagnosis were selected (n = 2,819). The outcome variable was time to death. The independent variables were self-reported assessment of psychological distress and self-rated health. Psychological distress was defined using the Kessler-6 scale while self-rated health was measured on a 3-point Likert scale: Poor, Fair, and Good-to-Excellent (referred to as good for brevity). We computed unadjusted and adjusted hazard ratios (HR) using Cox-Proportional Hazard regression models with sociodemographic characteristics and measures of health care access used as potential confounders. Significance was set at alpha = 0.05.

Results
Women with breast cancer assessed as having psychological distress had 46% (Adjusted HR: 1.46; 95% CI: 1.02–2.09) increased risks of mortality. Also, women who rated their health as poor or fair had a significantly elevated mortality risk (Poor Health: Adjusted HR: 3.05; 95% CI: 2.61–4.69; Fair Health: Adjusted HR: 1.83; 95% CI: 1.43–2.35) as compared to women with good health status.

Conclusions
Self-reported psychological distress and fair and poor self-rated health are associated with reduced survival times among women with breast cancer diagnoses.
Risk analysis model and agricultural derivative market use
Authors: Ferreira João Batista , Castro Junior Luiz Gonzaga 
Published: December 2021

This research aims to build conceptual guidelines regarding price risk management through the agricultural derivatives market. Specifically, to identify the common price risk management methods and strategies employed, the risk analysis models of derivative markets, and the barriers to agricultural risk management. This is an integrative review, the search for literature on the models of risk management analysis of agricultural derivatives started by listing the largest possible number of keywords on the topic, in the Scopus and Web of Science. Forty-five publications were found meeting the pre-established criteria that served as the basis for this research. Based on the literature review, we list the main information on the subject and we also propose a theoretical model for analyzing the market risks of agricultural derivatives. Still, it was possible to notice that among the methodologies for measuring market risk, Value at Risk (VaR) stands out. We exemplify and demonstrate the existence of several statistical analyzes and mathematical models, as well as software available for the management of price risks. It is concluded that strategies with the futures and options market, even though they are the most efficient for risk management, lack incentives to become practical.
Gender, Class, and Human/Non-Human Fluidity in Théodore and Hippolyte Cogniards’ féerie, The White Cat
Authors: Duggan Anne E. 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
The Frères Cogniard produced immensely popular vaudeville féeries in the nineteenth century and among them most popular was The White Cat (1852), which grafts two tales together by Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy: “The White Cat” and “Belle-Belle, or the chevalier Fortuné.” The féerie foregrounds gender, class, human/thing, and species fluidity, which undermines hierarchies supported by dichotomies that in very similar ways privilege men over women, the upperclass over lowerclass, persons over things, and human animals over non-human animals. The essay traces these different forms of fluidity, examining the role of marvelous in general and metamorphosis in particular in problematizing normative structures of identity and revealing their arbitrary nature.
Family Matters: Trauma and the Legacy of War in James Allen Moad II’sOutside Paducah: The Wars at Home
Authors: Bellot Andrea Roxana 
Published: December 2021

AbstractOutside Paducah: The Wars at Home(2016), a play written and performed solo by James Allen Moad II, a former Air Force pilot, explores the enduring effects of war on American veterans and their families after soldiers return home from the battleground. The play moves beyond the individual representation of a traumatized veteran by addressing two intertwined issues: the collective and transgenerational burden of war, both in the form of physical wounds and/or moral injuries.Outside Paducahcontributes to promoting the stage as a dynamic place to think about the war legacy and to question and challenge war itself by stressing the importance of understanding the cost of war on both personal and societal levels. The play shows that the scenes of war fought in foreign lands are brought back to the home territories and families, who become equally demoralised by the perpetuation of war in their homelands. The soldiers return as ghosts of their previous selves and haunt their families and friends from one generation to the next. Therefore, war remains an open wound at the core of the American nation. At the same time, the play sheds some light on the harsh realities of the underprivileged and how joining the military often seems to provide a way out of the world of poverty and lack of resources.
When Young Playwrights Are Kept Awake Because of History: Cultural Memory and Amnesia in Recent American Plays
Authors: Romero Ramón Espejo 
Published: December 2021

AbstractBorrowing from both a painting and the retrospective exhibition of David Wojnarowicz,History Keeps Me Awake at Night, this paper targets two recent American plays: Annie Baker’sThe Flick(2013) and Matthew Lopez’sThe Inheritance(2018). In both, the playwrights point to the neglect of history, or rather cultural memory, as I will insist on calling it, as one of the ills affecting a “historicidal” society such as that of the United States. An immersion into the present and concurrent obliteration of one’s cultural inheritance results in a populace easily manipulated in the interests of corporate control, and more importantly for the plays under consideration, into unhappiness and disconnection, anerlebnis, in sum, which proves lethal for individuals and the larger groups of which they form part. Both plays further seem to argue that the most troublesome of such a thing is how little consciousness of the problem there is, a surefire indication that induced amnesia is making alarming headway among the younger generations.
The impact of preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy on prenatal screening
Authors: Gulersen Moti , Peyser Alexandra , Kim Jiyoung , Ferraro Amanda , Goldman Randi , Mullin Christine , Li Xueying , Krantz David , Bornstein Eran , Rochelson Burton 
Published: November 2021

Abstract

Objectives
To determine whether preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) is associated with a reduced risk of abnormal conventional prenatal screening results in singleton pregnancies conceived using in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Methods
This was a retrospective cohort study of singleton IVF pregnancies conceived from a single tertiary care center between January 2014 and September 2019. Exclusion criteria included mosaic embryo transfers, vanishing twin pregnancies, and cycles with missing outcome data. Two cases of prenatally diagnosed aneuploidy that resulted in early voluntary terminations were also excluded. The primary outcome of abnormal first or second-trimester combined screening results was compared between two groups: pregnancy conceived after transfer of a euploid embryo by PGT-A vs. transfer of an untested embryo. Multivariable backwards-stepwise logistic regression with Firth method was used to adjust for potential confounders.

Results
Of the 419 pregnancies included, 208 (49.6%) were conceived after transfer of a euploid embryo by PGT-A, and 211 (50.4%) were conceived after transfer of an untested embryo. PGT-A was not associated with a lower likelihood of abnormal first-trimester (adjusted OR 1.64, 95% CI 0.82–3.39) or second-trimester screening results (adjusted OR 0.96, 95% CI 0.56–1.64). The incidences of cell-free DNA testing, fetal sonographic abnormalities, genetic counseling, and invasive prenatal diagnostic testing were similar between the two groups.

Conclusions
Our data suggest that PGT-A is not associated with a change in the likelihood of abnormal prenatal screening results or utilization of invasive prenatal diagnostic testing. Counseling this patient population regarding the importance of prenatal screening and prenatal diagnostic testing, where appropriate, remains essential.
Structural and hydrogen storage characterization of nanocrystalline magnesium synthesized by ECAP and catalyzed by different nanotube additives
Authors: Révész Ádám , Fodor Dániel G. , Krállics György , Spassov Tony , Gajdics Marcell 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Ball-milled nanocrystalline Mg powders catalyzed by TiO2 powder, titanate nanotubes and carbon nanotubes were subjected to intense plastic deformation by equal-channel angular pressing. Microstructural characteristics of these nanocomposites have been investigated by X-ray diffraction. Microstructural parameters, such as the average crystallite size, the average dislocation density and the average dislocation distance have been determined by the modified Williamson–Hall analysis. Complementary hydrogen desorption and absorption experiments were carried out in a Sieverts’ type apparatus. It was found that the Mg-based composite catalyzed by titanate nanotubes exhibits the best overall H-storage performance, reaching 7.1 wt% capacity. The hydrogenation kinetic curves can be fitted by the contracting volume function for all the investigated materials. From the fitted parameters, it is confirmed that the titanate nanotube additive results in far the best kinetic behavior, including the highest hydride front velocity.
Applications of radar measurement technology using 24 GHz, 61 GHz, 80 GHz and 122 GHz FMCW radar sensors
Authors: Bhutani Akanksha , Marahrens Sören , Kretschmann Marius , Ayhan Serdal , Scherr Steffen , Göttel Benjamin , Pauli Mario , Zwick Thomas 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
This paper presents a review of radar applications in high-accuracy distance measurement of a target. The radars included in this review are frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar sensors operating in four different millimeter-wave frequency bands, namely 24 GHz, 61 GHz, 80 GHz and 122 GHz. The radar sensors are used to measure the distance of standard and complex targets in a short range of a few meters, thus indicating that the choice of target and the medium used for radar signal propagation also play a key role in determining the distance measurement accuracy of an FMCW radar. The standard target is a trihedral corner reflector in a laboratory-based free space measurement setup and the complex targets include a piston in an oil-filled hydraulic cylinder and a planar positioning stage used in micromachining. In each of these measurement scenarios, a distance measurement accuracy in micrometer range is achieved due to the use of a sophisticated signal processing algorithm that is based on a combined frequency and phase estimation method. The paper is concluded with a technical comparison of the accuracy achieved by the FMCW radars reviewed in this article with other related works.
London and Cloisterham as an Imperial ‘Heart of Darkness’ in Dickens’s The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Authors: Pypeć Magdalena 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
The article examines Dickens’s last novel in the context of British imperialism, contraband opium trade in nineteenth-century China under the armed protection of the British government, and the Opium Wars (1839–1842 and 1856–1860). Although Dickens has often been discussed as one of the authors who approved of his country’s imperial domination, his last novel foregrounds a critique of colonial practices. The atavistic character of imperialism takes its moral and psychological toll not merely somewhere in the dominions, colonies, protectorates, and other territories but also ‘at home’ on the domestic ground. In The Mystery of Edwin Drood London has the face of a dingy and dark opium den or the ominous headquarters of the Heaven of Philanthropy with the professing philanthropists in suits of black. Moreover, the article seeks to discuss deep-rooted evil and darkness associated in the novel with an ecclesiastical town in connection with Protestant missionaries’ close collaboration with opium traders in the Celestial Empire. Portraying John Jasper’s moral degradation enhanced by the drug and the corruption of the ecclesiastical town, Dickens gothicises opium, and by implication, opium trade pointing to its double-edged sword effect: sullying and debasing both the addict and the trafficker. The symbolic darkness of the opium den and the churchly Cloisterham reflects the inherent evil latent in any unbridled colonial expansion and Dickens’s anti-colonial purpose.
Searching for the Broad Present: The Chronotope in Teju Cole’s Open City
Authors: Mattila Lucas W. 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Teju Cole’s Open City provides a suitable springboard for insight into the dynamic ways in which Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht’s concept of a broad present might relate to the spatial-temporal configurations of a text. More specifically, Open City uses a combination of formal and stylistic approaches to illustrate the instability innate in modern, urban spaces to demonstrate the approaching apocalyptic visions of the future as well as the torrential multiplicity of histories that threaten to subsume the present. Stable notions of time are shown to be paralyzing, and alternatives ought to be sought out in presenting a sense of space-time that is free from the stagnation promised by dominant modes of spatial-temporal configurations.
(Dis)Enchanting the City: Charles de Lint’s Urban Fantasy Fiction
Authors: Łaszkiewicz Weronika 
Published: November 2021

AbstractThe aim of this article is to investigate the works of Charles de Lint in order to evaluate their position within the genre of urban fantasy. The theoretical framework is adopted from Stefan Ekman’s article “Urban Fantasy: A Literature of the Unseen” (2016) which investigates the genre’s development and formulates a list of its most distinctive features. While this article uses Ekman’s study to examine de Lint’s fictional cities, it also indicates how de Lint’s works challenge Ekman’s analysis. Moreover, the article demonstrates how de Lint’s concern with problems of urban communities transforms his works into narratives of social inclusion, which are particularly significant in the age of the Anthropocene.
Consumer Protection on Nonofficial Drugs Case in Indonesia: How Far the Legal Protection is?
Authors: Sari Chatrin Intan 
Published: December 2021

The purpose of this study is to know how the legal protection for consumers on the circulation of illegal drugs and how the accountability of business actors on the circulation of illegal drugs. By using normative juridical research method this study found that the legal protection to consumers on the circulation of illegal drugs conducted by the government through the Agency of Drugs and Food. The Agency highlighted that the attention that the government has run its supervision. In addition, the protection of consumer law arising from the existence of rights and obligations set forth in Article 4 letters a and c, article 7 letters a and d, article 8 paragraph 1 letter a, d and e of Law Number 8 Year 1999 concerning Consumer Protection. The fulfilment of consumer rights over security, the right to be heard, the correct, clear, and honest information regulated in the UUPK is still not fulfilled. Article 98 paragraph 2, Article 106 paragraph 1 and 2 of Law Number 36 Year 2009 on Health. The business actor is responsible as the manufacturer of the goods because the importer of the goods is not an agent or official importer. The business actor who is an individual shall be liable for the losses incurred even if only as an importer not as a producer of the goods.
Independent States: A Perspective from International Relations
Authors: Murillo-Zamora Carlos 
Published: December 2021

According to the nature of the Westphalian system, the independent state is the central actor in international relations. However, the discipline has not developed theoretical approaches regarding the independence process, which is considered more a concern of the international law and the political interests of state actors. Then, in this article, the issue of independence is analyzed as a basic step for political entities to access statehood, becoming a basisfor understanding the role of the independent state in the Westphalian order. It is necessary to observe the variations in the conception of independence, especially regarding self-determination and recognition principle, acknowledging the existence of deep changes in the international system. This principle has had greater relevance since the 1990s due to the disintegration processes of some countries, particularly the case of Kosovo. Taiwan is also a relevant experience. Another key point is the weakening process of the state, with the appearance of variants that question the status and existence of the state actor. At the end of this paper, a brief reference is made to the Latin and Central American experience, which shows particularities since the 19th century.
PENGEMBANGAN INSTRUMEN TES DIAGNOSTIK PILIHAN GANDA TIGA TINGKAT UNTUK MENGAKSES KEMAMPUAN MAHASISWA CALON GURU FISIKA
Authors: Bunawan Wawan 
Published: December 2021

Tiga puluh butir soal dan dua puluh butir soal instrumen tes diagnostik pilihan ganda tiga tingkat telah dikembangkan untuk mendeteksi kemampuan pengetahuan esensi inkuiri sains dan pengetahuan konten Optika Geometri mahasiswa calon guru Fisika. Metode campuran kualitatif dan kuantitatif digunakan dalam mengembangkan tes diagnostik selama dua bulan proses perkuliahan Optika Geometri yang melibatkan 38 mahasiswa. Tujuan penelitian adalah pengembangan dan penerapan tes diagnostik untuk mengukur pemahaman mahasiswa tentang esensi inkuiri sains dan materi Optika Geometri. Instrumen tes diagnostik terlebih dahulu didesain, kemudian disempurnakan selama proses, direvisi dan digunakan untuk mendeteksi dan menilai pemahaman mahasiswa terkait pengetahuan esensi inkuiri sains dan materi Optika Geometri. Setiap butir soal dirancang memiliki tiga tingkat, tingkat konten (content tier) mengukur kemampuan pengetahuan Optika Geometri atau kemampuan esensi inkuiri sains; tingkat alasan (reason tier) mengukur kemampuan penjelasan atau eksplanatori pengetahuan yang mendasari memilih salah satu jawaban; dan tingkat kepercayaan (confidence tier) untuk mengukur derajat keyakinan dalam menentukan jawaban dan alasan yang dipilih.Versi akhir dari instrumen tes memiliki reliabilitas Cronbach alpha untuk tes inkuiri sains 0,87 dan untuk tes materi Optika Geometri 0,83. Bukti validitas diperoleh dari pertimbangan tiga dosen pakar dan analisis teknik korelasional antar skor validator untuk memperlihatkan konsistensinya.
The state of green energy transition in regional industrial centres—The case study of Székesfehérvár
Authors: Márton András , Nemes Zsófia , Péti Márton 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
Industrial parks may be high pollutants of the local environment, but also engines of regional development, employment, and economic value added. To make them more sustainable, regional planning often purports to promote a transition to a greener approach, but in reality, many green measures oppose business logic and profitability, while those companies that do invest in sustainable solutions do so without having a clear strategy. This complicated setup is to be explored and modelled in this article which is focused on a remarkable area, the urban region of Székesfehérvár, an industrial city in Hungary having an impressive economic development and hosting significant domestic and international companies. The disharmony between greening policies, intentions and actions is observable in Székesfehérvár, despite the considerable local and regional potentials of renewable energy resources. Findings indicate that systemic thinking and future-oriented decision making will be necessary to achieve true sustainability, which also requires a mutually proactive attitude and the cooperation of different sectors. A legitimate strategy aiming at greening the local and regional economy (with renewable energy concerns), implemented by both public and business actors can be the key element of a successful transition. This strategy needs to be stimulated by local governance.
Cumplimiento de la lista de verificación de seguridad de la cirugía en un hospital de Santander. Un estudio de corte trasversal
Authors: Sepúlveda Plata Martha Cecilia , Lopez Romero Luis Alberto , González Sandra Beatriz 
Published: December 2021

Introducción: La seguridad del paciente constituye una prioridad en la atención en salud, siendo la lista de verificación para la seguridad quirúrgica una de las estrategias implementadas por la OMS. El objetivo fue determinar el nivel de cumplimiento en la aplicación de la lista de verificación de seguridad de la cirugía en personal de sala quirúrgica de una institución pública. Materiales y Métodos: Estudio de corte transversal en 45 miembros del equipo quirúrgico de un hospital, en los cuales se evaluó el cumplimiento a la lista de chequeo de la OMS durante el mes de julio y agosto del año 2018. Resultados: El cumplimiento global fue del 13.3% (n=6), siendo la fase previa a la anestesia la que alcanzó el mayor nivel (55.6%, n=25). El mayor cumplimiento lo registró el personal de instrumentación quirúrgica (100%, n=8), mientras el más bajo el personal de enfermería (25%, n=3), con diferencias estadísticamente significativas (p=0.005). Adicionalmente, se observó una correlación entre los años de trabajo en el servicio y el cumplimiento en fase de transferencia (rho= -0.30, p=0.048). Discusión: El cumplimiento general fue bajo, lo cual corrobora la hipótesis planteada y resulta similar a otros estudios descritos en la literatura. Conclusiones: El cumplimiento general a la lista de chequeo fue muy bajo, con comportamientos diferenciales al ser las instrumentadoras quirúrgicas las que presentaron mayor cumplimiento y el personal de enfermería el menor. El ítem de profilaxis antibiótica el de menor cumplimiento, mientras que la fase previa a la anestesia la de mayor nivel. Como citar este artículo: Sepúlveda Plata Martha Cecilia. López Romero Luis Alberto. González Sandra Beatriz. Cumplimiento de la lista de verificación de seguridad de la cirugía en un hospital de Santander. Un estudio de corte trasversal. Revista Cuidarte. 2021;12(3):e2122. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.2122