bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Configuration and Emplotment: Converging or Opposite Paradigms for Storytelling?
Authors: Baroni Raphaël 
Published: September 2021

Abstract
Reflecting on Paul Ricoeur's discussion of historical configuration and fictional emplotment, this article proposes to actualize his model to oppose two prototypes of narrativity, which form two poles between which narrative representations extend. Instead of basing these prototypes on narrative genres such as historiography and fiction, it compares the configuration of narratives designed to inform readers about the signification of a past event with the emplotment of narratives aiming to immerse readers in a simulated past or a fictive storyworld. While contemporary narratology has been mostly concerned with the latter case, we will see that a comparison between narratives belonging to these two poles can help us better understand the functioning of narrative texts, most of them situated between these two extremes. Drawing on stories of a plane crash found in daily newspapers and magazines, the article shows that news stories usually favor the informative function, but when an event cannot be fully told, information enters a process of serialization, leading to the emergence of a “natural” plot. This leads to the conclusion that artificial emplotment is an imitation of prefiguration rather than the triumph of concordance.
Free-Living Validation and Harmonization of 10 Wearable Step Count Monitors
Authors: Park Susan , Marcotte Robert T. , Toth Lindsay P. , Paulus Paige , Lauricella Lindsey P. , Kim Andrew H. , Crouter Scott E. , Springer Cary M. , Staudenmayer John W. , Bassett David R. 
Published: September 2021

ABSTRACT
This study aimed 1) to determine the step count accuracy of numerous wrist-, hip-, and thigh-worn consumer and research monitors (and their corresponding algorithms) compared with the StepWatch (SW) across all waking hours under free-living conditions and 2) to develop correction methods to calibrate all monitors to the SW. Forty-eight participants 28 ± 12 yr old (mean ± SD) wore monitors across two waking days. Different wrist (Apple Watch Series 2, Fitbit Alta, Garmin vivofit 3, and ActiGraph GT9X), hip (Yamax Digiwalker SW-200, Omron HJ-325, GT9X, and Fitbit Zip), and thigh (activPAL) monitors were worn across 2 d, with the exception of the SW, which was worn on both days. Monitor estimates were compared with SW to compute percent of SW steps, absolute percent error, mean difference, root-mean-square error, and Pearson correlations. Monitor-specific correction factor linear regression models were fit to estimate SW steps and evaluated using leave-one-subject-out cross validation. All monitors were significantly different from the SW (P < 0.05). Consumer wrist and hip monitors underestimated SW steps (72%–91% of SW steps per day), whereas step estimates from research monitors ranged widely (67%–189%). Mean absolute percent error across all devices were greater than 10%. After a correction method was applied, all monitor estimates were not significantly different from SW steps. Overall, some consumer monitors produced step estimates that are closer to the validated SW than research-grade monitors (and their corresponding algorithms) and could be used to measure steps for healthy adults under free-living conditions. The specific correction methods may facilitate comparisons across studies and support research efforts using consumer and research monitors for large-scale population surveillance and epidemiological studies.
Radiomics features on ultrasound imaging for the prediction of disease-free survival in triple negative breast cancer: a multi-institutional study
Authors: Yu Feihong , Hang Jing , Deng Jing , Yang Bin , Wang Jianxiang , Ye Xinhua , Liu Yun 
Published: September 2021

Objectives:
To explore the predictive value of radiomics nomogram using pretreatment ultrasound for disease-free survival (DFS) after resection of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC).

Methods and materials:
A total of 486 TNBC patients from 3 different institutions were consecutively recruited for this study. They were categorized into the primary cohort (n = 216), as well as the internal validation cohort (n = 108) and external validation cohort (n = 162). In primary cohort, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator logistic regression algorithm was used to select recurrence-related radiomics features extracted from the breast tumor and peritumor regions, and a radiomics signature was constructed derived from the grayscale ultrasound images. A radiomic nomogram integrating independent clinicopathological variables and radiomic signature was established with uni- and multivariate cox regressions. The predictive nomogram was validated using an internal cohort and an independent external cohort regarding abilities of discrimination, calibration and clinical usefulness.

Results:
The patients with higher Rad-score had a worse prognostic outcome than those with lower Rad-score in primary cohort and two validation cohorts (All p &lt; 0.05).The radiomics nomogram indicated more effective prognostic performance compared with the clinicopathological model and tumor node metastasis staging system (p &lt; 0.01), with a training C-index of 0.75 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.71–0.80), an internal validation C-index of 0.73 (95% CI, 0.69–0.78) and an external validation 0.71 (95% CI,0.66–0.76). Moreover, the calibration curves revealed a good consistency for survival prediction of the radiomics model.

Conclusions:
The ultrasound-based radiomics signature was a promising biomarker for risk stratification for TNBC patients. Furthermore, the proposed radiomics modal integrating the optimal radiomics features and clinical data provided individual relapse risk accurately.

Advances in knowledge:
The radiomics model integrating radiomic signature and independent clinicopathological variables could improve individual prognostic evaluation and facilitate therapeutic decision-making, which demonstrated the incremental value of the radiomics signature for prognostic prediction in TNBC.
Comparative study of CT and MRI appearances in mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma and papillary renal cell carcinoma
Authors: lu Dajun , Yuan Weibiao , Zhu Qingqiang , Ye Jing , Zhu Wenrong , Chen Wenxin 
Published: September 2021

Objective:
To explore the feasibility of CT and MRI in differentiating mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma (MTSCC) and papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRCC).

Methods:
23 patients with MTSCC and 38 patients with PRCC were studied retrospectively. CT and MRI were undertaken to investigate differences in tumour characteristics.

Results:
23 patients with MTSCC and 38 patients with PRCC (included 15 cases Type 1,and 23 cases Type 2), tumours (mean diameter 3.7 ± 1.6 cm vs 4.6 ± 1.7 cm, p &lt; 0.05), cystic components (5 vs 32, p &lt; 0.01), calcifications (3 vs 11, p &gt; 0.05), haemorrhage (1 vs 22, p &lt; 0.01), tumour boundaries (1 vs 37, p &lt; 0.01), and homogeneous enhancement (20 vs 11, p &lt; 0.01). The density of MTSCC was lower than that of PRCC, normal renal cortex (p &lt; 0.05), except for the medulla(p &gt; 0.05). MTSCC and PRCC tumour enhancement were lower than that for normal cortex and medulla during all enhanced phases (p &lt; 0.05). Enhancement was higher with PRCC than with MTSCC tumours during all phases (p &lt; 0.05). On MRI, nine cases of MTSCC and 19 cases of PRCC, tumour showed homogeneous (9 vs 3, p &lt; 0.01), heterogeneous (0 vs 16, p &lt; 0.01), hyperintense on T1WI (0 vs 15, p &lt; 0.01), slightly hyperintense on T2WI (9 vs 1, p &lt; 0.01), hypointense on T2WI (0 vs 15, p &lt; 0.05) , relatively high signal intensity was seen on DWI (9 vs 15, p &gt; 0.05), respectively.

Conclusion:
CT imaging features of MTSCC include isodense or hypodense mass on unenhanced CT, with unclear boundaries; however, PRCC showed mild hyperdensity, easily have cystic components. The degree enhancement of MTSCC is lower than that for PRCC. On MR, MTSCC was slightly hyperintense on T2WI, whereas PRCC was hypointense.

Advances in knowledge:
1.CT imaging features of MTSCC include isodense or hypodense mass on unenhanced CT, with unclear boundaries.
2. CT imaging features of PRCC include mild hyperdensity on unenhanced CT, easily have cystic components.
3. On enhanced CT, the degree enhancement of MTSCC is lower than that for PRCC. On MR, MTSCC was slightly hyperintense on T2WI whereas PRCC was heterogeneously hypointense on T2WI.
Quantitative analysis of shear wave elastic heterogeneity for prediction of lymphovascular invasion in breast cancer
Authors: Huang Yini , Liu Yubo , Wang Yun , Zheng Xueyi , Han Jing , Li Qian , Hu Yixin , Mao Rushuang , Zhou Jianhua 
Published: September 2021

Objective: To evaluate the correlation between elastic heterogeneity (EH) and lymphovascular invasion (LVI) in breast cancers and assess the clinical value of using EH to predict LVI pre-operatively. Methods: This retrospective study consisted of 376 patients with breast cancers that had undergone shear wave elastography (SWE) with virtual touch tissue imaging quantification between June 2017 and June 2018. The EH was determined as the difference between the averaged three highest and three lowest shear wave value. Clinicalpathological parameters including histological type and grades, LVI, axillary lymph node status and molecular markers (estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 and Ki-67) were reviewed and recorded. Relationship EH and clinicalpathological parameters was investigated respectively. The diagnostic performance of EH in distinguishing LVI or not was analyzed. Results: At multivariate regression analysis, only EH (p = 0.017) was positively correlated with LVI in all tumors. EH (p = 0.003) and Ki-67 (p = 0.025) were positively correlated with LVI in tumors ≤ 2 cm. None of clinicalpathological parameters were correlated with LVI in tumors > 2 cm (p > 0.05 for all). Using EH to predict LVI in tumors ≤ 2 cm, the sensitivity and negative predictive value were 93 and 89% respectively. Conclusion: EH has the potential to be served as an imaging biomarker to predict LVI in breast cancer especially for tumors ≤ 2 cm. Advances in knowledge: There was no association between LVI and other most commonly used elastic features such as SWVmean and SWVmax. Elastic heterogeneity is an independent predictor of LVI, so it can provide additional prognostic information for routine preoperative breast cancer assessment. For tumors ≤ 2cm, using EH value higher than 1.36 m/s to predict LVI involvement, the sensitivity and negative predictive value can reach to 93% and 89%, respectively, suggesting that breast cancer with negative EH value was more likely to be absent of LVI.
Discrimination of the SARS–CoV-2 strains using of coloured s-LASCA-imaging of GB-speckles, developed for the gene “S” nucleotide sequences
Authors: Ulianova Onega , Saltykov Yury , Ulyanov Sergey , Zaytsev Sergey , Ulyanov Alexander , Feodorova Valentina 
Published: September 2021

Background: A recent bioinformatics technique involves changing nucleotide sequences into 2D speckles. This technique produces speckles called GB-speckles (Gene Based speckles). All classical strategies of speckle-optics, namely speckle-interferometry, subtraction of speckle-images as well as speckle-correlometry have been inferred for processing of GB-speckles. This indicates the considerable improvement in the present tools of bioinformatics. Methods: Colour s-LASCA imaging of virtual laser GB-speckles, a new method of high discrimination and typing of pathogenic viruses, has been developed. This method has been adapted to the detecting of natural mutations in nucleotide sequences, related to the spike glycoprotein (coding the gene «S») of SARS–CoV-2 gene as the molecular target. Results: The rate of the colouring images of virtual laser GB-speckles generated by s-LASCA can be described by the specific value of R. If the nucleotide sequences compared utilizing this approach the relevant images are completely identical, then the three components of the resulting colour image will be identical, and therefore the value of R will be equal to zero. However, if there are at least minimal differences in the matched nucleotide sequences, then the value of R will be positive. Conclusion: The high effectiveness of an application of the colour images of GB-speckles that were generated by s-LASCA- has been demonstrated for discrimination between different variants of the SARS–CoV-2 spike glycoprotein gene.
Object case variation of the pronoun mis ‘what’ in spontaneous spoken Estonian and Estonian dialects
Authors: Pook Hanna 
Published: September 2021

Abstract. The Estonian language makes a systematic distinction between total and partial objects on the basis of semantic and syntactic features: total objects occur in nominative or genitive, partial objects in partitive. However, in the case of the interrogative-relative pronoun mis ‘what’, the partitive mida in the expected partial object position can be replaced with the nominative mis. The aim of this paper is to determine which variables significantly affect this object case variation, how the variation differs between contemporary speech and archaic dialects and what might have possibly motivated the development of this variation. This study is based on the data in the Phonetic Corpus of Estonian Spontaneous Speech and the Corpus of Estonian Dialects. The results show that the variation is most affected by verb type, clause type, length of the following word and dialect. It is concluded that there might be multiple motivations behind this variation, mainly language contact (or a lack of it in certain areas), high usage frequency of the pronoun mis and the effect of the standardisation of language.
Kokkuvõte. Hanna Pook: Pronoomeni mis käände varieerumine objekti positsioonis spontaanses eesti keeles ja eesti murretes. Eesti keeles eristatakse täis- ja osasihitist mitmete semantiliste ja süntaktilise tunnuste põhjal; täissihitis on nominatiivis või genitiivis, osasihitis partitiivis. Relatiiv-interrogatiivpronoomeni mis puhul võib aga oodatud osasihitise positsioonis asendada partitiivi mida nominatiiviga mis. Selle artikli eesmärk on välja selgitada, millised tunnused mõjutavad oluliselt pronoomeni mis objekti käände varieerumist, kuidas see varieerumine erineb vanemates kohamurretes ja tänapäevases spontaanses kõnes ning mis on selle varieerumise võimalikud põhjused ja mõjurid. Analüüs põhineb eesti keele spontaanse kõne foneetilisel korpusel ja eesti murrete korpusel. Tulemused näitavad, et mis ja mida varieerumist osaobjekti positsioonis mõjutavad kõige enam verbitüüp, lausetüüp, järgneva sõna silpide arv ja murre. On tõenäoline, et pronoomeni mis käände varieerumine on korraga olnud mõjutatud mitmest tegurist, peamiselt keelekontaktidest (või kontaktivähesusest teatud piirkondades), pronoomeni mis suurest kasutussagedusest ja keele standardiseerimisest.
КОНСОНАНТНЫЙ ТИП БУКВЕННОЙ АББРЕВИАЦИИ В АНГЛИЙСКОЙ ТЕРМИНОЛОГИИ
Authors: Sinenko Tatiana N. 
Published: September 2021

Обоснование. Аббревиация, являясь одним из продуктивных способов словообразования терминологических единиц английского языка, требует тщательного изучения. Развитие науки, процессы информатизации и цифровизации современного общества, привели, с одной стороны, к появлению новых научно-технических понятий, с другой стороны, к стремлению к передаче информации в сжатом виде. Именно тенденция к компрессии информации является причиной появления аббревиатур, в частности, консонантного типа буквенной аббревиации. Ранее полагали, что аббревиатуры данного типа в английском языке отсутствуют.
Цель работы заключается в выявлении и описании сущностных характеристик сокращений консонантного типа буквенной аббревиации английской терминологии.
Методы исследования. В процессе исследования был проведен теоретический анализ научной литературы по изучаемому вопросу. Также были применены методы лингвистического наблюдения и анализа структуры сокращения.
Материалом исследования послужили данные многоязычных словарей сокращений и отраслевых технических словарей, в которых сокращения даны в списках приложений, материалы конференций “International Conference on Environment Pollution and Prevention” (ICEPP: 2015- 2020)
Результаты исследования. В процессе исследования выявлен новый тип буквенных сокращений, который характеризуется образованием аббревиатуры путем удаления из слова гласных букв. Проанализированы сущностные характеристики сокращений консонантного типа буквенной аббревиации английской терминологии.
Область применения результатов. Практическая значимость результатов исследования заключается в возможности использования полученных данных при преподавании иностранного языка (английского) в процессе подготовки технических переводчиков.
A study of intradermotherapy with needles in facial rejuvenation
Authors: Maia RAFAELLA Rêgo , Valentim da Silva Rodrigo Marcel , Meyer Patrícia Froes , Carreiro Eneida de Morais , Borges Fábio dos Santos , Rodrigues Joyce , Farias Stephany Luanna Queiroga , Varela Generina Temoteo de Oliveira 
Published: September 2021

Background:Intradermotherapy is considered a minimally invasive procedure, which works through applications of diluted pharmacological drugs, resulting in facial rejuvenation.Methods:18 women were divided equally into two groups and evaluated before and after treatment (at 45 and 90 days). Four applications were made to the facial region at 15-day intervals; for group 1, traditional injections were given to introduce the anti-ageing substance, and, for group 2, a placebo intervention (0.9% saline application) was given.Results:In the analysis of the group 1 photos, greater filling of the nasogenian groove was observed after two sessions, and the presence of less deep wrinkles in the perioral area was also observed after four treatment sessions. Subjects in both groups complained of pain during the application, even with the use of anaesthetic. Most of the volunteers in group 1 said that the texture of the skin seemed much firmer and classified the therapy as an ‘excellent treatment’.Conclusion:Intradermotherapy shows favourable results in the treatment of facial rejuvenation in women, which is more evident 90 days after the initial application.
Mid-infrared ChG-on-MgF2 waveguide gas sensor based on wavelength modulation spectroscopy
Authors: Pi Mingquan , Zheng Chuantao , Zhao Huan , Peng Zihang , Lang Jiaming , Ji Jialin , Liang Lei , Zhang Yu , Wang Yiding , Tittel Frank K. 
Published: September 2021

A novel, to the best of our knowledge, mid-infrared chalcogenide (ChG)
on magnesium fluoride (

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) waveguide gas sensor was fabricated
by using the lift-off method.

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F

2

was used as a lower cladding layer to
increase the external confinement factor for enhancing light–gas
interaction. Wavelength modulation spectroscopy (WMS) was used in
carbon dioxide (

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) detection at the wavelength of
4319 nm (

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). The limit of detection for the
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, which is

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8

times lower than the same sensor
using direct absorption spectroscopy (DAS). The combination of WMS
with the waveguide gas sensor provides a new measurement scheme for
the performance improvement of on-chip gas detection.
Approaching optimum phase measurement in the presence of amplifier noise
Authors: Zibar Darko , Pedersen Jens E. , Varming Poul , Brajato Giovanni , Da Ros Francesco 
Published: September 2021

In fundamental papers from 1962, Heffener and Haus showed that it is not possible to construct a linear noiseless amplifier [Proc. IRE 50, 1604 (1962)PIREAE0096-839010.1109/JRPROC.1962.288130; Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 2407 (1962)PHRVAO0031-899X10.1103/PhysRev.128.2407]. This implies that amplifier intrinsic noise sources induce random perturbations on the phase of the incoming optical signal, which translates into spectral broadening. Achieving the minimum induced phase fluctuation requires a phase measurement method that introduces minimum uncertainty, i.e., optimum phase measurement. We demonstrate that a measurement method based on heterodyne detection and extended Kalman filtering approaches optimum phase measurement in the presence of amplifier noise. A penalty of 5 dB (numerical) and 15 dB (experimental) compared to quantum limited spectral broadening is achieved. Spectral broadening reduction of 44 dB is achieved, compared to when using the widely employed phase measurement method, based purely on the argument of the signal field. Our results reveal new scientific insights by demonstrating a phase measurement method that enables to approach minimum phase fluctuation, induced by amplifier noise. An impact is envisioned for phase-based optical sensing systems, as optical amplification could increase sensing distance with minimum impact on the phase.
Comparative clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with community acquired bacteremia caused by Escherichia coli, Burkholderia pseudomallei and Staphylococcus aureus: A prospective observational study (Ubon-sepsis)
Authors: Somayaji Ranjani , Hantrakun Viriya , Teparrukkul Prapit , Wongsuvan Gumphol , Rudd Kristina E. , Day Nicholas P. J. , West T. Eoin , Limmathurotsakul Direk 
Published: September 2021

Background
Community acquired bacteremia (CAB) is a common cause of sepsis in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, knowledge about factors associated with outcomes of CAB in LMICs is limited.

Methodology/Principal findings
A prospective observational study (Ubon-sepsis) of adults admitted to a referral hospital with community-acquired infection in Northeastern Thailand was conducted between March 1, 2013 and February 1, 2017. In the present analysis, patients with a blood culture collected within 24 hours of admission that was positive for one of the three most common pathogens were studied. Clinical features, management, and outcomes of patients with each cause of CAB were compared. Of 3,806 patients presenting with community-acquired sepsis, 155, 131 and 37 patients had a blood culture positive for Escherichia coli, Burkholderia pseudomallei and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively. Of these 323 CAB patients, 284 (89%) were transferred from other hospitals. 28-day mortality was highest in patients with B. pseudomallei bactaeremia (66%), followed by those with S. aureus bacteraemia (43%) and E. coli (19%) bacteraemia. In the multivariable Cox proportional hazards model adjusted for age, sex, transfer from another hospital, empirical antibiotics prior to or during the transfer, and presence of organ dysfunction on admission, B. pseudomallei (aHR 3.78; 95%CI 2.31–6.21) and S. aureus (aHR 2.72; 95%CI 1.40–5.28) bacteraemias were associated with higher mortality compared to E. coli bacteraemia. Receiving empirical antibiotics recommended for CAB caused by the etiologic organism prior to or during transfer was associated with survival (aHR 0.58; 95%CI 0.38–0.88).

Conclusions/Significance
Mortality of patients with CAB caused by B. pseudomallei was higher than those caused by S. aureus and E. coli, even after adjusting for presence of organ dysfunction on admission and effectiveness of empirical antibiotics received. Improving algorithms or rapid diagnostic tests to guide early empirical antibiotic may be key to improving CAB outcomes in LMICs.