bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Body Fat Distribution, Cardiometabolic Traits, and Risk of Major Lower-Extremity Arterial Disease in Postmenopausal Women
Authors: Chen Guo-Chong , Arthur Rhonda , Kamensky Victor , Chai Jin Choul , Yu Bing , Shadyab Aladdin H. , Allison Matthew , Sun Yangbo , Saquib Nazmus , Wild Robert A. , Bao Wei , Dannenberg Andrew J. , Rohan Thomas E. , Kaplan Robert C. , Wassertheil-Smoller Sylvia , Qi Qibin 
Published: November 2021

OBJECTIVE
To assess the relationship between body fat distribution and incident lower-extremity arterial disease (LEAD).

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
We included 155,925 postmenopausal women with anthropometric measures from the Women’s Health Initiative who had no known LEAD at recruitment. A subset of 10,894 participants had body composition data quantified by DXA. Incident cases of symptomatic LEAD were ascertained and adjudicated through medical record review.

RESULTS
We identified 1,152 incident cases of LEAD during a median 18.8 years follow-up. After multivariable adjustment and mutual adjustment, waist and hip circumferences were positively and inversely associated with risk of LEAD, respectively (both P-trend &lt; 0.0001). In a subset (n = 22,561) where various cardiometabolic biomarkers were quantified, a similar positive association of waist circumference with risk of LEAD was eliminated after adjustment for diabetes and HOMA of insulin resistance (P-trend = 0.89), whereas hip circumference remained inversely associated with the risk after adjustment for major cardiometabolic traits (P-trend = 0.0031). In the DXA subset, higher trunk fat (P-trend = 0.0081) and higher leg fat (P-trend &lt; 0.0001) were associated with higher and lower risk of LEAD, respectively. Further adjustment for diabetes, dyslipidemia, and blood pressure diminished the association for trunk fat (P-trend = 0.49), yet the inverse association for leg fat persisted (P-trend = 0.0082).

CONCLUSIONS
Among U.S. postmenopausal women, a positive association of upper-body fat with risk of LEAD appeared to be attributable to traditional risk factors, especially insulin resistance. Lower-body fat was inversely associated with risk of LEAD beyond known risk factors.
PENGGUNAAN AIR KELAPA DAN ASPIRIN UNTUK PRESERVASI UBI JALAR (Ipomea batatas) SECARA IN VITRO
Authors: Yelli Fitri 
Published: November 2021

Sweet potato is raw locally food used as an alternative staple food that important for national food security. The objective of the reseach was to achive the suitable medium for preservation of sweet potato plants by slowly growth in in vitro medium. The factorial experiment arranged in completely randomized design with the first factor was two concentrations of MS medium: MS 1 and MS 2. The second factor was several concentrations of coconut water, i.e. 0 and 15 mg/l and the third factor was several concentrations of Aspirin (0, 5, 10, 15, 20 mg/l) . The results showed that the number of green leaves and the number of internodes were affected by concentrations of medium in six weeks after planting. The MS1 medium with 0 mg/l Aspirin and 15 mg/ coconut water could produced the higher number of green leaves (8,0) and 8,5 internodes number. The MS2 + 15 mg/l coconut water and 15 mg/l Aspirin was the best medium for sweet potato preservation. Data obtained also showed that all medium containing Aspirin produced the high number of root. Keywords : Sweet potato, coconut water, Aspirin, preservation, in vitro.
Pengaruh Priming pada Vigor Benih Kedelai (Glycine max. [L] Merrill) yang Dikecambahkan pada Tanah Masam
Authors: Lutfiah Nabila , . Agustiansyah , Timotiwu Paul B. 
Published: November 2021

The need of soybeans continuously increases due to the increasing of human population. The germination of soybeans seeds in the acid soil such as ultisol soil often experienced barrier. One of the ways to improve seed germination in the acid soils is to give priming treatment on the seeds. The research was conducted in the green house of the Integrated Field Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, the University of Lampung. It was conducted from December 2020 to March 2021. The research used factorial treatment that was applied in the Completely Random Design with three replicates. The Tukey’s Honestly Significance Difference with 5% level of significance was used to compare the average of treaments. Data analyzing was done by using R studio statistics program. The first factor was kinds of priming which consisted of without priming as a controle, water priming within 12 hours, KNO3 1% within 3 hours, KNO3 2% within 6 hours, GA3 50 ppm within 14 hours, GA3 100 ppm within 14 hours, and PEG 7,5% within 24 hours. The second factor was three soybean seed varieties, i.e. Anjasmoro, Burangrang, and Grobogan. Results showed that Giberelin priming of 50 ppm for 14 hours was the best priming in seedling emergence in the ultisol soils. The Burangrang soybean seeds showed the best T50% and the number of radicles appeared in the first day. The Anjasmoro soybean seeds showed the best response in the dry weight of normal seedling and hypocotyls lenght of normal seedling in the ultisol soils.Key Words: Priming, soybean, ultisol, variety
Plasmodiasis in Relation to Haematological Parameters among Children in the Internally Displaced Persons Camps (IDPS) within Maiduguri, Nigeria
Authors: Askira Umoru M. , Marshall E. S. , Onyilokwu S. A. , Bukar Alhaji , Balla H. J. , Ali H. B. 
Published: November 2021

Introduction: Malaria parasite is a protozoan disease that is transmitted by female anopheles mosquito which infects humans regardless of age, sex and status. It has a worldwide distribution and often prevalent in the developing countries and areas with poor environmental hygiene this study focuses on the incidence of plasmodiasis in relation to haematological parameters among children in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp.
Methods: blood samples were collected via venipuncture for thick blood film and was stained with giemsa diluted 1:10 and rapid diagnostic techniques (RDT), while the hematological parameter were analyzed by auto analyzer machine.
Results: a total of two hundred and one (201) samples were obtained from two different camps in the study area. 87 were obtained from Stadium IDPs camp and 114 from Bakassi camp. From the Stadium IDPs camp 25(12.4%) were malaria positive and 62(30.8%) were negative. Similarly, from Bakassi IDPs camp, 58(28.9%) were positive and 56(27.9%) were negative.
Conclusions: Males were shown to have eosinophilia compared to the females, due to an increase in the eosinophil count in them which can be used to predict the intensity of malaria infection, and a decrease in the eosinophil in females. There was a partial negative correlation due to a decrease in the monocyte and lymphocyte with increasing parasite density count.
Comparison of image quality of corneal and retinal optical coherence tomography using sedation and general anesthesia protocols with or without retrobulbar anesthesia in horses
Authors: Hefner Ethan M. , Lin Hui-chu , Cole Robert C. , Moore Phillip A. , McMullen Richard J. 
Published: November 2021

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
To compare image quality and acquisition time of corneal and retinal spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) under 3 different sedation-anesthesia conditions in horses.

ANIMALS
6 middle-aged geldings free of ocular disease.

PROCEDURES
1 randomly selected eye of each horse was evaluated via SD-OCT under the following 3 conditions: standing sedation without retrobulbar anesthetic block (RB), standing sedation with RB, and general anesthesia with RB. Five regions of interest were evaluated in the cornea (axial and 12, 3, 6, and 9 o’clock positions) and fundus (optic nerve head). Three diagnostic scans of predetermined quality were obtained per anatomical region. Image acquisition times and total scans per site were recorded. Corneal and retinal SD-OCT image quality was graded on a subjective scale from 0 (nondiagnostic) to 4 (excellent).

RESULTS
Mean values for the standing sedation without RB, standing sedation with RB, and general anesthesia conditions were 24, 23, and 17, respectively, for total cornea scan attempts; 23, 19, and 19 for total retina-scan attempts; 14.6, 13.2, and 9.2 minutes for total cornea scan time; 19.1, 9.2, and 13.0 for total retina scan time; 2.0, 2.3, and 2.5 for cornea grade; and 2.7, 2.9, and 2.5 for retina grade.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE
The RB facilitated globe akinesia and improved the percentage of scans in frame and region of interest accuracy for retinal imaging via OCT in horses. Retrobulbar blocks improved clinical image acquisition while minimizing motion artifact.
How COVID-19 brought smell disorders in the spotlight
Authors: Neagu Mihaela Cristina , Sarafoleanu Codrut 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
The rapid spread of the COVID-19 infection required prompt recognition and immediate isolation of patients. In the evolution of the disease various symptoms were indicated as suggestive of a SARS-CoV-2 infection, among them being also described anosmia and ageusia. In order to review how olfactory disorders are related to COVID-19 disease, we carried out an analysis by searching PubMed, Science Direct, Springer, and LILACS. The research was made using MeSH descriptors and the Boolean operator, “AND”, for the terms “olfactory disorders” or “olfactory dysfunction” or “anosmia” or “neurologic manifestations” or “ENT symptoms” AND “COVID-19” or “SARS-CoV-2” or “coronavirus infections”, with a filter on the publication date set for 01.01.2020 – 18.06.2021. A total of 956 articles were found in the databases, out of which 14 were included in the study. The statistics suggest that alterations of the chemosensory function are strongly correlated with COVID-19, although the exact pathophysiologic mechanism is not well established. Symptomatology suggestive of chemosensory dys-function (smell primarily and then taste alterations) elevate the degree of suspicion of a SARS-CoV-2 infection and they commend prompt isolation and surveillance measurements.
Speech outcome in tongue cancer surgery: objective evaluation by acoustic analysis software
Authors: Lombardo Nicola , Piazzetta Giovanna , Lobello Nadia , Pelaia Corrado , Longo Francesco , Testa Domenico , Ionna Franco , Pelaia Girolamo , Passali Desiderio , Motta Gaetano 
Published: November 2021

AbstractBACKGROUND.Cancer of the oral cavity is one of the most common malignancies of which 60% affect the tongue. Carcinoma of the tongue causes significant alterations of the articulatory and swallowing functions. The gold standard of care remains primary surgical resection with or without postoperative adjuvant therapy. Whereas T1 and T2 tongue tumors can be treated with more conservative surgeries, as partial glossectomies, the larger tumors require total and aggressive glossectomies which increase survival, but, on the other hand, they might often make speech, chewing and swallowing impossible.MATERIAL AND METHODS.Our study was performed on a total of 21 patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the tongue who underwent either partial resection or hemiglossectomy. Each subject (either surgical patients or controls) was asked to pronounce the vowels /a/, /e/, /i/, /u/, and all signals were evaluated separately by two operators. Acoustic (F0, jitter, shimmer, NHR) and vowel metric (the ratio F2i/F2u, tVSA, qVSA, FCR) features have been extracted. In order to define the speech intelligibility, all patients were evaluated by two doctors and one speech therapist and all patients received the Speech Handicap Index (SHI) translated into Italian language before recording.RESULTS.No statistically significant variations were observed, regardless of the gender, between controls and surgically resected patients when tumor staging was T1-T2. On the contrary, when patients had to undergo more extensive surgical resection due to the presence of a T3-T4 tumor, a dramatic increase of F2u could be observed. This change, together with a decrease of F2i, led to a highly significant reduction in the F2i/F2u parameter in surgically resected patients as compared to controls. The other parameters which were reduced in a statistically significant manner in T3-T4 surgically resected patients were tVSA and qVSA. Instead, two parameters increased in a statistically significant manner in T3-T4 surgically resected patients: FCR and SHI. Again, none of the above-mentioned parameters was altered in a statistically significant manner in early tumor stage resected patients, regardless of the gender.CONCLUSION.For the first time, we used a series of newly developed formant parameters, introduced by various authors for the study of the articulatory undershoot of the tongue in various neurodegenerative diseases. The statistical analysis of our results highlighted in an incontrovertible way a strong correlation and significance of each of our parameters F2 / i / / F2 / u /, FCR, tVSA, qVSA, with the entity of the TNM, and therefore of the surgical extension of the resection, and in parallel with the loss of the intelligibility of the speech that proportionally reaches higher values in the advanced stages of the disease as can be deduced from the SHI trend.
Lexical Borrowing in the Light of Digital Resources: Nyet as a Case Study
Authors: Podhajecka Mirosława 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
The mere appearance of a foreign word does not necessarily mark the birth of a loanword, which requires documented usage by the speech community. Relatively little research has been dedicated so far to the “prenatal” stage that would investigate the tentative infiltration of foreign-derived words. Nyet, a borrowing from Russian, is taken as a case in point. Although its first recorded instance in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED3) is dated to 1928, it had been increasingly recognized in English for several decades. This article focuses on textual attestations for nyet discovered in a range of digital resources, including British and American newspaper archives, and discusses their usefulness as potential antedatings for OED3’s entry.
Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) Fish Disease Chronology, Status and Major Outbreaks in the World
Authors: Kar Devashish , Aurobindo Roy 
Published: November 2021

AbstractEpizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) has been causing large-scale mortality among the freshwater fishes of the globe since the 1070s.The symptoms include large haemorrhagic cutaneous ulcers, epidermal degeneration and necrosis followed by sloughing of scales. There have been many studies on EUS throughout the world. In India, since the initiation of EUS, in 1988, our study tried to reveal the aetiology of the disease through extensive and intensive studies on different aspects, like limnological, physical, chemical, bacteriological, fungal, viral including electron microscopic studies. Details of EUS investigation has been discussed in the present paper.
Some Aspects of the Growth Features and Condition Factor of Arius Gigas (Boulenger, 1911) from Obuama Creek (Rivers State, Nigeria)
Authors: Olopade Olaniyi Alaba , Dienye Henry Eyina , Nwosu Esther Ifeyinwa 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Length-frequency distributions, length-weight relationships, length-length relationships and condition factors (Fulton’s KF, allometric KA, and relative KR) of Arius gigas in the Obuama Creek in Rivers State, Nigeria were investigated. 217 samples were collected from artisanal fishermen fishing on the Obuama Creek from March to September 2019. The parameter b of the length-weight relationship was 2.52 indicating negative allometric growth. The KF ranged from 0.51 to 2.03 with a mean value of 0.85 ± 0 while the overall low values of KR and KA, in this study are generally a characteristic of fish in poor health. This study provides basic information on some of the biological features of A. gigas which should be useful for facilitating management strategies and regulations of the stocks.
Efektivitas Penggunaan Sosial Media Twitter dalam Penyebaran Informasi dalam Pelayanan Publik
Authors: Suparto Diryo , Habibullah Akhmad 
Published: November 2021

Media sosial memiliki peran yang besar dalam pelayanan publik, Diskominfo sebagai leading sektor penggunaan Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi (TIK) memegang peran penting dalam pengaplikasian TIK dalam pemerintahan pada tingkat daerah. Twitter adalah media sosial paling populer yang digunakan dalam penyebaran informasi, Twitter adalah layanan 'microblogging', di mana pengguna mendaftar secara gratis, di indonesia pengguna aktif twitter Indonesia mencapai 24,34 juta pengguna. Penelitian ini akan mengungkap efektivitas penggunaan twitter sebagai alat penyebaran informasi dalam pelayanan publik melalui akun diskominfo Pemalang yang beralamat di @KominfoPemalang yang memiliki aktif sebanyak 4.461 sedangkan mengikuti sebanyak 283 akun. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif dengan melakukan penelusuran pada akun twitter @KominfoPemalang, analisi data peneliti menggunakan bantuan aplikasi NVivo 12 Plus untuk melihat berbagai hubungan dan jaringan yang dimiliki. Langkah awal dimulai denganinput data melalui fitur NCapture pada Nvivo yang dilakukan rentang data yang diambil sejak awal akun aktif hingga tanggal 10 September 2021, kemudian koding, eksplorasin, Visualisasi data dan, penyajian data serta penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil menunjukkan, bahwa penggunaan twitter dalam menyebarkan informasi dalam pelayanan publik belum maksimal, karena beberapa faktor seperti konten, partisipasi masyarakat dan lemahnya integrasi sosial media antar dinas di Pemerintahan Kabupaten Pemalang.
Investigation of waterflood front digitations during immiscible displacements in porous media
Authors: Mascle Matthieu , Rosenberg Elisabeth , Roboele Berit , Kowalewski Espen , Youssef Souhail 
Published: November 2021

In this work, unstable displacements were conducted using special equipment designed to run in-situ CT-scanner experiments. All the displacements were conducted on a homogeneous Bentheimer sandstone plug, of 10 cm in diameter and 40 cm in length. Digitations (or fingering) have been observed under varying conditions of injection flowrate, displaced fluid viscosity, and core wettability. They have been characterized at both the core scale, using the core average oil saturation and the water breakthrough; and at the local scale, using the local saturations and had-hoc image processing analysis. It was found that the effect of the different flowing conditions on the front digitations could not be interpreted independently. The oil recovery at brine breakthrough showed a good correlation with the viscous fingering number for the water-wet case. However, a different scaling was observed for the oil-wet case. The interplay of the different flowing conditions mitigates the possibility of constructing a unique scaling number to account for all experimental condition. The local saturation monitoring has provided a new insight to characterize the finger shapes and analyze the production mechanisms. It allowed to distinguish two independent contributions to early breakthrough: viscous dominated digitations and capillary dominated digitations. A two-phases diagram has been constructed to plot and compare these contributions for all flowing conditions. Their evolutions show the main production mechanisms during the flooding. We observed that the viscous digitations were not causing phase trapping at core scale: the core is completely swept after breakthrough. For the water-wet case, we found that the local oil recovery of swept zone remained constant before and after breakthrough while for the oil-wet case it is improving during all the water flooding process.
О СЕМАНТИКЕ АНДРОНОВСКОГО ОРНАМЕНТА
Authors: И.А. Кукушкин 
Published: November 2021

Особенностью сакрально-декоративного андроновского искусства является восприятие и реализация религиозно-мифологических представлений об окружающем мире через призму знаково-геометрической системы, ярко выраженную в керамической орнаментальной традиции и ритуально-магических украшениях женского погребального костюма. Очевидно, округлое днище горшков в перевернутом виде выступает в качестве семантического верха, сакрального центра, вокруг которого осуществляется круговое движение, видимо связанное с представлениями о небесной колеснице, символика которой ассоциировалась с меандрово-свастическим орнаментом. Предполагается, что таким образом изображалось Великая богиня и близнецы, которые в облике лошадей-птиц везут свою мать или сестру. Обычно она предстает в облике женщины или зоо-орнитоморфного персонажа. Причем округлое днище сосуда – это всевидящее око божества, которое иногда может быть дополнено свастикой-колесницей.
Perception and implementation of religious and mythological concepts concerning the surrounding world through the prism of symbols and a geometrical system which is vividly expressed in a ceramic ornamental tradition and ritual and magic jewelry of women’s funeral costume is a distinctive feature of Andronovo sacral decorative art. Evidently, a rounded bottom of pots placed upside down is perceived as a semantic top, a sacral center, with a circular motion organized around it, apparently, linked to concepts of a celestial chariot, symbolism of which were associated with a meander and swastika ornament. It is assumed that the Great Goddess and the twins represented as horsesbirds carrying their mother or a sister were depicted this way. Usually the Great Goddess is shown as a woman or a zoo-ornithomorphic image. The round bottom of the vessel symbolizes the Eye of a deity which can be complemented with a chariot represented as a swastika motif.
Древнерусская лепная керамика Ростова Великого (технологический анализ)
Authors: О.Л. Шарганова 
Published: November 2021

Для изучения гончарных традиций древнерусского населения Ростова Великого были использованы материалы из двух раскопов на территории города. Технологическое изучение керамики проводилось по методике А. А. Бобринского в рамках историко-культурного подхода. Преобладали традиции отбора сильнозапесоченных глин и составления формовочных масс по рецепту Г + Д + О. Традиция использования шамота фиксируется преимущественно в смешанном виде в рецепте Г + Д + Ш + О. Хронологических особенностей в распространении этих традиций не выявлено. Постепенные изменения касаются только рецепта Г + Д + О: это переход от крупной дресвы к более мелкой и от большей концентрации дресвы к меньшей, что было прослежено по керамике Григорьевского раскопа. Сопоставление материалов двух раскопов выявило некоторые особенности в традициях отбора глин, а также дало возможность предположить перемешанность нижних пластов Конюшенного раскопа. Выяснилось также, что существует определенная связь традиций изготовления орнаментированной посуды и использования шамота в качестве примеси.
To study pottery traditions of the Medieval Russia population in Rostov the Great, materials retrieved from two excavation trenches in the city were used. The technological examination of the ceramics was based on A. A. Bobrinsky’s methodology with the use of the historical and cultural approach. Traditions of selecting oversanded clay and using the ’clay + broken stone + organic materials’ formula predominated. The tradition of using grog is recorded mainly in a mixed formula: ’clay + broken stone + grog + organic materials’. No chronological characteristics in the spread of these traditions were identified. Gradual changes occurred only in the ’clay + broken stone + organic materials’ formula and consisted in a shift from coarse-grained broken stone to fine-grained broken stone and from larger broken stone quantities to smaller grit quantities and can be traced in the ceramics from the Grigoryevsky excavation trench. Comparison of the materials from these two excavation pits identified some specific features of clay selection and also suggested that the lower layers of the Konyushenny excavation trench had been dislodged. A certain linkage of traditions of making ornamented vessels and using grog as temper was also established.