bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Population control by means of organised hunting effort: Experiences from a voluntary goose hunting arrangement
Authors: Tombre Ingunn M. , Fredriksen Fredrik , Jerpstad Odd , Østnes Jan Eivind , Eythórsson Einar 
Published: June 2021

AbstractImplementing management objectives may be challenging when decisions are made at different scales than where they are supposed to be carried out. In this study we present a situation where local goose hunting arrangements respond to objectives in an international management plan for pink-footed geese (Anser brachyrhynchus) and a local wish to reduce goose numbers as means to reduce grazing damage on farmland. A unique ten-year dataset provides an evaluation of the efficiency of voluntary actions at a local scale for implementing a policy of population control of geese, and general lessons are drawn for collaboration and co-production of knowledge for adaptive management. The study demonstrates how both the hunters and geese adapt in a situation where increasing the harvest of geese is the main objective. Introducing hunting-free days and safe foraging areas significantly increased goose numbers in the study area, with a corresponding increase in hunting success in terms of number of harvested geese. The geese’s behavioural response to hunting also triggered the hunters to adapt accordingly by optimal timing and placement in the landscape. Based on the results of the present study we suggest a framework for local implementation of management actions. Bringing end-users on board, facilitates processes and strengthens the achievements, as they represent the actors where implementation occurs. Specifically, our findings demonstrate how optimal goose hunting can be practiced by the use of an adaptive framework with active stakeholder participation.
Influence of the cage on the migration and distribution of lubricating oil inside a ball bearing
Authors: Liang He , Zhang Yu , Wang Wenzhong 
Published: June 2021

AbstractThe migration and distribution of lubricant oil in a rolling bearing strongly affect the elastohydrodynamic lubrication performance between the balls and rings. However, oil re-lubrication is highly dependent on the bearing design, which is different from the ball-on-disc model. This study directly observed the distribution of the lubricant film in a custom-made model-bearing rig, with an outer ring replaced by a glass ring to allow full optical access. The influence of the cage type and surface properties were presented. The physical origin of the re-lubrication mechanism, including capillary flow and mechanical redistribution, was discussed.
Precision Methylome and in Vivo Methylation Kinetics Characterization of Klebsiella Pneumoniae
Authors: Fu Jing , Zhang Ju , Yang Li , Ding Nan , Yue Liya , Zhang Xiangli , Lu Dandan , Jia Xinmiao , Li Cuidan , Guo Chongye , Yin Zhe , Jiang Xiaoyuan , Zhao Yongliang , Chen Fei , Zhou Dongsheng 
Published: June 2021

Abstract
Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is an important pathogen that can cause severe hospital- and community-acquired infections. To systematically investigate its methylation features, we determined the whole-genome sequences of 14 K. pneumoniae strains covering varying serotypes, multilocus sequence types, clonal groups, viscosity/virulence, and drug resistance. Their methylomes were further characterized using Pacific Biosciences single-molecule real-time and bisulfite technologies. We identified 15 methylation motifs [13 N6-methyladenine (6 mA) and two 5-methylcytosine (5mC) motifs], among which eight were novel. Their corresponding DNA methyltransferases were also validated. Additionally, we analyzed the genomic distribution of GATC and CCWGG methylation motifs shared by all strains, and identified differential distribution patterns of some hemi-/un-methylated GATC motifs, which tend to be located within intergenic regions (IGRs). Specifically, we characterized the in vivo methylation kinetics at single-base resolution on a genome-wide scale by simulating the dynamic processes of replication-mediated passive demethylation and MTase-catalyzed re-methylation. The slow methylation of the GATC motifs in the replication origin (oriC) regions and IGRs implicates the epigenetic regulation of replication initiation and transcription. Our findings illustrate the first comprehensive dynamic methylome map of K. pneumoniae at single-base resolution, and provide a useful reference to better understand epigenetic regulation in this and other bacterial species.
Urinary tract infection stewardship: A urinary antibiogram and electronic medical record alert nudging narrower-spectrum antibiotics for urinary tract infections
Authors: Laguio-Vila Maryrose , Staicu Mary L. , Brundige Mary Lourdes , Alcantara Jose , Yang Hongmei , Lautenbach Ebbing , Dumyati Ghinwa 
Published: June 2021

Abstract
An antimicrobial stewardship intervention consisting of a urinary antibiogram and an electronic health record best-practice advisory promoted narrower-spectrum antibiotics for uncomplicated urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients. Over 20 months, the intervention significantly reduced ceftriaxone orders by 48% (P < .001) and increased cefazolin use 19 times from baseline (P < .001).
Engaging Social Justice Methods to Create Palliative Care Programs That Reflect the Cultural Values of African American Patients with Serious Illness and Their Families: A Path Towards Health Equity
Authors: Elk Ronit , Gazaway Shena 
Published: June 2021

AbstractCultural values influence how people understand illness and dying, and impact their responses to diagnosis and treatment, yet end-of-life care is rooted in white, middle class values. Faith, hope, and belief in God’s healing power are central to most African Americans, yet life-preserving care is considered “aggressive” by the healthcare system, and families are pressured to cease it.
Strengthening Human Rights in Global Health Law: Lessons from the COVID-19 Response
Authors: de Mesquita Judith Bueno , Kapilashrami Anuj , Meier Benjamin Mason 
Published: June 2021

AbstractWhile human rights law has evolved to provide guidance to governments in realizing human rights in public health emergencies, the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the foundations of human rights in global health governance. Public health responses to the pandemic have undermined international human rights obligations to realize (1) the rights to health and life, (2) human rights that underlie public health, and (3) international assistance and cooperation. As governments prepare for revisions of global health law, new opportunities are presented to harmonize global health law and human rights law, strengthening rights-based governance to respond to future threats.
Slavery and Its Transformations: Prolegomena for a Global and Comparative Research Agenda
Authors: van Rossum Matthias 
Published: June 2021

AbstractThis article argues that we need to move beyond the “Atlantic” and “formal” bias in our understanding of the history of slavery. It explores ways forward toward developing a better understanding of the long-term global transformations of slavery. Firstly, it claims we should revisit the historical and contemporary development of slavery by adopting a wider scope that accounts for the adaptable and persistent character of different forms of slavery. Secondly, it stresses the importance of substantially expanding the body of empirical observations on trajectories of slavery regimes, especially outside the Atlantic, and most notable in the Indian Ocean and Indonesian Archipelago worlds, where different slavery regimes existed and developed in interaction. Thirdly, it proposes an integrated analytical framework that will overcome the current fragmentation of research perspectives and allow for a more comparative analysis of the trajectories of slavery regimes in their highly diverse formal and especially informal manifestations. Fourth, the article shows how an integrated framework will enable a collaborative research agenda that focuses not only on comparisons, but also on connections and interactions. It calls for a closer integration of the histories of informal slavery regimes into the wider body of existing scholarship on slavery and its transformations in the Atlantic and other more intensely studied formal slavery regimes. In this way, we can renew and extend our understandings of slavery's long-term, global transformations.
Variation awaiting bias: Substantively biased learning of vowel harmony variation
Authors: DO Youngah , MOONEY Shannon 
Published: June 2021

AbstractThis article examines whether children alter a variable phonological pattern in an artificial language towards a phonetically-natural form. We address acquisition of a variable rounding harmony pattern through the use of two artificial languages; one with dominant harmony pattern, and another with dominant non-harmony pattern. Overall, children favor harmony pattern in their production of the languages. In the language where harmony is non-dominant, children's subsequent production entirely reverses the pattern so that harmony predominates. This differs starkly from adults. Our results compare to the regularization found in child learning of morphosyntactic variation, suggesting a role for naturalness in variable phonological learning.
Triangle-free subgraphs with large fractional chromatic number
Authors: Mohar Bojan , Wu Hehui 
Published: June 2021

AbstractIt is well known that for any integers k and g, there is a graph with chromatic number at least k and girth at least g. In 1960s, Erdös and Hajnal conjectured that for any k and g, there exists a number h(k,g), such that every graph with chromatic number at least h(k,g) contains a subgraph with chromatic number at least k and girth at least g. In 1977, Rödl proved the case when
$g=4$
, for arbitrary k. We prove the fractional chromatic number version of Rödl’s result.
Melody valve insertion for relief of “Tricuspid” stenosis in an unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect
Authors: Menahem Samuel , Roberts Philip A. , Tanous David 
Published: June 2021

AbstractA Melody valve was successfully placed across a very stenotic right-sided component of a common atrioventricular valve because of ongoing troublesome arrhythmias in a young woman with an unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect, a very dilated right atrium and a hypoplastic right ventricle. Four years later, she remains well.
Countrywide survey on utilization of medical devices by GPs in Hungary: advantages of the cluster-practice model
Authors: Dózsa Katalin , Mezei Fruzsina , Tóth Tamás , Perjés Ábel , Pollner Péter 
Published: June 2021

AbstractBackground:Expectations towards general practitioners (GPs) are continuously increasing to provide a more systematic preventive- and definitive-based care, a wider range of multidisciplinary team-based services and to integrate state-of-the-art digital solutions into daily practice. Aided by development programmes, Hungarian primary care is facing the challenge to fulfil its role as the provider of comprehensive, high quality, patient-centred, preventive care, answering the challenges caused by non-communicable diseases (NCDs).Aim:The article aims to provide an insight into the utilization of simple, digital, medical devices. We show the relationship between the primary health care (PHC) practice models and the used types of devices. We point at further development directions of GP practices regarding the utilization of evidence-based medical technologies and how such devices support the screening and chronic care of patients with NCDs in everyday practice.Methods:Data were collected using an online self-assessment questionnaire from 1800 Hungarian GPs registered in Hungary. Descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon’s test andχ2test were applied to analyze the ownership and utilization of 32 types of medical devices, characteristics of the GP practices and to highlight the differences between traditional and cluster-based operating model.Findings:Based on the responses from 27.7% of all Hungarian GPs, the medical device infrastructure was found to be limited especially in single GP-practices. Those involved in development projects of GP’s clusters in the last decade reported a wider range and significantly more intensive utilization of evidence-based technologies (average number of devices: 5.42 versus 7.56,P<.001), but even these GPs are not using some of their devices (e.g., various point of care testing devices) due to the lack of financing. In addition, GPs involved in GPs-cluster development model programmes showed significantly greater willingness for sharing relatively expensive, extra workforce-demanding technologies (χ2= 24.5,P<.001).
Culturally sensitive palliative care in humanitarian action: Lessons from a critical interpretive synthesis of culture in palliative care literature
Authors: Schuster-Wallace C.J. , Nouvet E. , Rigby I. , Krishnaraj G. , de Laat S. , Schwartz L. , Hunt M. 
Published: June 2021

AbstractObjectiveThere is growing recognition of the importance of increasing preparedness for and the provision of palliative care in humanitarian crises. The primary objective of this review is to interpret the existing literature on culture and palliative care to query the recommendation that humanitarian healthcare providers, teams, and organizations integrate palliative care into their practice in ways that are attentive to and respectful of cultural differences.MethodsA critical interpretive synthesis was applied to a systematic literature review guided by the PRISMA framework. Analysis was based on directed data extraction and was team based, to ensure rigor and consistency.ResultsIn total, 112 articles covering 51 countries and 9 major worldviews met inclusion criteria. This literature describes culture as it influences perspectives on death and dying, expectations of palliative care, and challenges to providing culturally sensitive care. A key pattern highlighted in articles with respect to the culture and palliative care literature is that culture is invoked in this literature as a sort of catch-all for non-white, non-Christian, indigenous practices, and preferences for palliative care. It is important that humanitarian healthcare providers and organizations aiming to enact their commitment of respect for all persons through attention to potential culturally specific approaches to pain management, suffering, and dying in specific crisis settings do so without reproducing Othering and reductionistic understandings of what culturally sensitive care in humanitarian crises settings involves.Significance of resultsThis paper clarifies and unpacks the diverse influences of culture in palliative care with the goal of supporting the preparedness and capacity of humanitarian healthcare providers to provide palliative care. In doing so, it aids in thinking through what constitutes culturally sensitive practice when it comes to palliative care needs in humanitarian crises. Providing such care is particularly challenging but also tremendously important given that healthcare providers from diverse cultures are brought together under high stress conditions.
Integrated statistical and hydro-geochemical approach to identify the origin and process of saline contamination of Remila plain groundwater (Khenchela, Algeria)
Authors: AOUIDANE Laiche , BELHAMRA Mohamed , KHEDDOUMA Asma 
Published: June 2021

ABSTRACTGroundwater is widely used in the semi-arid region of Remila plain (Khenchela, Algeria) for urban and agricultural supplies. An integrated statistical and hydro-geochemical approach was performed with 70 water samples in order to identify the main processes and the origin of water salinisation. The results have suggested the dominance of three chemical facies: Sulphato cloruro calcic (SO4–Cl–Ca) in the northeastern part, Sulphato cloruro calci magnisian (SO–4Cl–Ca–Mg) in most of the waters andalkali-earth bicarbonate (HCO3–Ca–Mg) in the southeastern part. Although based on principal component analysis and hierarchical clustering analysis, the statistical approach identified three water groups: (1) saline water (17 %; total dissolved solids >1000 mg l−1 with the dominance of Sulphate (SO42−)); (2) moderately saline water (17 %) with a dominance of bicarbonate (HCO3−); and (3) moderately saline water (66 %) with mixed facies. The binary diagrams confirmed the predominance of three processes: evaporite dissolution and/or precipitation, combined by ionic exchange. In the northeastern part of the area, however, another process was detected – the saline intrusion of Sabkha water, favoured by extensive groundwater use.
Homophobia and mental health: a scourge of modern era
Authors: Ventriglio Antonio , Castaldelli-Maia João Mauricio , Torales Julio , De Berardis Domenico , Bhugra Dinesh 
Published: June 2021

Abstract
Homophobia is still a scourge in the modern era. Despite a greater acceptance of sexual variations and same-sex marriage in many countries, homophobia is widely sustained by religious, political and cultural values and beliefs at individual and social level. Most of homophobic attitudes are based on the principle of heteronormativity according to which heterosexuality is the standard for legitimating social and sexual relationships and homosexuality is considered as an abnormal variant. Homophobia may be also recognised at institutional level (state-sponsored homophobia, social homophobia) and supported by laws or religious beliefs. Moreover, internalised homophobia (IH) is defined as the inward direction of societal homophobic behaviours at individual level and refers to the subjective psychological impact of these negative attitudes. In fact, IH is significantly associated with a high prevalence of internalising mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, stress/trauma-related disorders, etc. We believe that a set of immediate actions are needed in order to contrast homophobia and its impact on mental health, in particular political initiatives, educational trainings and scientific research should be promoted with a specific focus on mental health needs of people target of homophobia.
Pade Approximant ELF VED Fields in the Earth‐Ionosphere Cavity
Authors: Liang PengFei , Di QingYun , Fu Changmin , Wang Ruo , Fan Jianbao , Gao Ya 
Published: June 2021

AbstractElectromagnetic (EM) fields in the extremely low‐frequency (ELF) domain that can be excited by the vertical electric dipole (VED) and propagated in the Earth‐ionosphere spherical cavity have received tremendous attention owing to their exploitation in many fields such as communication, earthquake prediction, and geophysical investigations. Some researchers use the planar model and curvature correction terms to simulate EM fields in a spherical cavity, while others directly solve the differential functions and estimate the excited EM fields represented by spherical Bessel and associated Legendre functions. Regarding the divergence problem of a series when simulating EM fields, several numerical methods are available such as Watson transformation method, W. K. B. J method, and speeding algorithm. In this study, Pade approximant is utilized to estimate EM fields propagating in the Earth‐ionosphere spherical cavity, where new asymptotic expansions of spherical Bessel functions are introduced for estimating their products for high orders. These EM fields are then interpreted as a sum of the dominant incident fields and the increase of multiple scattering fields. The convergence of series expressions of EM fields estimated by Pade approximant is theoretically guaranteed, with its computational complexity lower than that of the speeding algorithm. The EM fields are further verified by numerical tests. The effects of the height and conductivity of the ionosphere, the conductivity of air, the VED height, and the frequencies of the resonance phenomenon are also highlighted. The proposed method is helpful to capture the true nature of the field distribution within a spherical cavity.
Characterization and Calibration of High‐Energy Electron Instruments Onboard the Arase Satellite
Authors: Park I. , Miyoshi Y. , Mitani T. , Hori T. , Takashima T. , Kurita S. , Shinohara I. , Kasahara S. , Yokota S. , Keika K. , Claudepierre S. G. , Looper M. D. 
Published: June 2021

AbstractThis study investigates the characterization and calibration of the high‐energy electron experiments (HEP) instrument onboard the exploration of energization and radiation in geospace (ERG). Two detector modules, HEP‐L and HEP‐H, which employ stacks of multichannel silicon strip detectors, detect electrons in the energy ranges of 70 keV–1 MeV and 700 keV–2 MeV, respectively. The detector response to electron irradiation needs to be assessed to obtain accurate electron fluxes from these detectors. In this study, we perform Monte Carlo simulations using the Geant4 particle simulation tool to reconstruct incident electron fluxes from detected count rates. Based on the simulation results, we investigate the response characteristics of the detectors when electrons with a certain range of energy are irradiated onto them. A response function is constructed by combining the simulation results for different incident energies. A response matrix is calculated by binning the response function according to the energy channels of the detector, and an inverse matrix derived from the response matrix is used to calibrate the observational data. Compared with the data obtained from another electron instrument onboard the Arase satellite (MEP‐e), whose energy range overlaps with that of the HEP, the differential flux data for the overlapping energy range (85–95 keV) are consistent with each other. The basic characteristics of the HEP detectors are thus confirmed to provide well‐calibrated data.
Preclinical evidence to support repurposing everolimus for craving reduction during protracted drug withdrawal
Authors: Chiu Alvin S. , Kang Matthew C. , Huerta Sanchez Laura L. , Fabella Anne M. , Holder Kalysta N. , Barger Brooke D. , Elias Kristina N. , Shin Christina B. , Jimenez Chavez C. Leonardo , Kippin Tod E. , Szumlinski Karen K. 
Published: June 2021

AbstractCue-elicited drug-craving is a cardinal feature of addiction that intensifies (incubates) during protracted withdrawal. In a rat model, these addiction-related behavioral pathologies are mediated, respectively, by time-dependent increases in PI3K/Akt1 signaling and reduced Group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGlu) expression, within the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC). Herein, we examined the capacity of single oral dosing with everolimus, an FDA-approved inhibitor of the PI3K/Akt effector mTOR, to reduce incubated cocaine-craving and reverse incubation-associated changes in vmPFC kinase activity and mGlu expression. Rats were trained to lever-press for intravenous infusions of cocaine or delivery of sucrose pellets and then subjected to tests for cue-reinforced responding during early (3 days) or late (30–46 days) withdrawal. Rats were gavage-infused with everolimus (0–1.0 mg/kg), either prior to testing to examine for effects upon reinforcer-seeking behavior, or immediately following testing to probe effects upon the consolidation of extinction learning. Single oral dosing with everolimus dose-dependently blocked cocaine-seeking during late withdrawal and the effect lasted at least 24 h. No everolimus effects were observed for cue-elicited sucrose-seeking or cocaine-seeking in early withdrawal. In addition, everolimus treatment, following initial cue-testing, reduced subsequent cue hyper-responsivity exhibited observed during late withdrawal, arguing a facilitation of extinction memory consolidation. everolimus’ “anti-incubation” effect was associated with a reversal of withdrawal-induced changes in indices of PI3K/Akt1/mTOR activity, as well as Homer protein and mGlu1/5 expression, within the prelimbic (PL) subregion of the prefrontal cortex. Our results indicate mTOR inhibition as a viable strategy for interrupting heightened cocaine-craving and facilitating addiction recovery during protracted withdrawal.