bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
How Should Time Estimates Be Structured to Increase Customer Satisfaction?
Authors: Hu Beidi , Gaertig Celia , Dietvorst Berkeley J. 
Published: December 2024

Businesses across industries, such as food delivery apps and GPS navigation systems, routinely provide customers with time estimates in inherently uncertain contexts. How does the format of these time estimates affect customers’ satisfaction? In particular, should companies provide customers with a point estimate representing the best estimate, or should they communicate the inherent uncertainty in outcomes by providing a range estimate? In eight preregistered experiments (N = 5,323), participants observed time estimates provided by an app, and we manipulated whether the app presented the time estimates as a point estimate (e.g., “Your food will arrive in 45 minutes.”) or a range (e.g., “Your food will arrive in 40–50 minutes.”). After participants learned about the app’s prediction performance by sampling a set of past outcomes, we measured participants’ evaluation of the app. We find that participants judged the app more positively when it provided a range rather than a point estimate. These results held across different domains, different time durations, different underlying outcome distributions, and an incentive-compatible design. We also find that this preference is not simply due to people’s dislike of late outcomes, as participants also rated ranges more positively than conservative point estimates corresponding to the upper (i.e., later) bound of the range. These findings suggest that companies can increase customer satisfaction with realized time estimates by communicating the uncertainty inherent in these time estimates. This paper was accepted by Jack Soll, behavioral economics and decision analysis. Funding: This research was supported by the Bakar Faculty Fellowship at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and the Beatrice Foods Co. Faculty Research Fund at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Supplemental Material: The online appendix and data files are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.00137 .
A case-matched series comparing functional outcomes for robotic-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty versus functionally aligned robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty
Authors: Manara Jonathan R. , Nixon Macdaniel , Tippett Beth , Pretty Wil , Collopy Dermot , Clark Gavin W. 
Published: December 2024

AimsUnicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) have both been shown to be effective treatments for osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. Many studies have compared the outcomes of the two treatments, but less so with the use of robotics, or individualized TKA alignment techniques. Functional alignment (FA) is a novel technique for performing a TKA and shares many principles with UKA. Our aim was to compare outcomes from a case-matched series of robotic-assisted UKAs and robotic-assisted TKAs performed using FA.MethodsFrom a prospectively collected database between April 2015 and December 2019, patients who underwent a robotic-assisted medial UKA (RA-UKA) were case-matched with patients who had undergone a FA robotic-assisted TKA (RA-TKA) during the same time period. Patients were matched for preoperative BMI, sex, age, and Forgotten Joint Score (FJS). A total of 101 matched pairs were eligible for final review. Postoperatively the groups were then compared for differences in patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), range of motion (ROM), ability to ascend and descend stairs, and ability to kneel.ResultsBoth groups had significant improvements in mean FJS (65.1 points in the TKA group and 65.3 points in the UKA group) and mean Oxford Knee Score (OKS) (20 points in the TKA group and 18.2 in the UKA group) two years following surgery. The UKA group had superior outcomes at three months in the OKS and at one year in ROM (5°), ability to kneel (0.5 points on OKS question), and ascend (1.3 points on OKS question) and descend stairs (0.8 points on OKS question), but these were not greater than the minimal clinically important difference. There were no differences seen in FJS or OKS at one year postoperatively. There were no statistically significant differences between the groups at 24 months in all the variables assessed.ConclusionFA-RATKA and RA-UKA are both successful treatments for medial compartmental knee arthritis in this study. The UKA group showed a quicker recovery, but this study demonstrated equivalent two-year outcomes in all outcomes measured including stair ascent and descent, and kneeling.Cite this article: Bone Jt Open 2024;5(12):1123–1129.
A Case of Transduodenal Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy of an Appendiceal Lesion
Authors: Khan Nihal Ijaz , Abbasi Abdullah , Chandan Saurabh , Pathak Sagar , Singh Charanjeet , Hasan Muhammad K. 
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACT
Vermiform appendiceal cancers are rare and commonly diagnosed incidentally after appendectomy for acute appendicitis. Establishing a diagnosis and staging appendiceal cancer is important as the treatment options differ based on the subtypes of tumor and their spread in the peritoneum. The role of endosonography in tissue diagnosis of appendiceal cancer is limited. Most cases are diagnosed and staged radiologically and surgically. Tissue diagnosis is key in management, especially when diagnosis is unclear by other modalities. We report a case of transduodenal endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy of an appendiceal lesion, which had significant impact on patient outcome.
Energy-variational solutions for viscoelastic fluid models
Authors: Agosti Abramo , Lasarzik Robert , Rocca Elisabetta 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
In this article, we introduce the concept of energy-variational solutions for a class of nonlinear dissipative evolutionary equations, which turns out to be especially suited to treat viscoelastic fluid models. Under certain convexity assumptions, the existence of such solutions can be shown constructively by an adapted minimizing movement scheme in a general framework. Weak-strong uniqueness follows by a suitable relative energy inequality. Our main motivation is to apply the general framework to viscoelastic fluid models. Therefore, we give a short overview on different versions of such models and their derivation. The abstract result is applied to two of these viscoelastic fluid models in full detail. In the conclusion, we comment on further applications of the general theory and its possible impact.
Revisiting Hittite prayer lexicon: a focus on heteroclitic nouns and light verb constructions
Authors: Fagiolo Virna 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
This paper focuses on the Hittite prayer lexicon, with particular regard to deverbal forms derived with the suffixes -(a̅)tar, -eššar, and -war (-mar) from different verbs (i.e., arkuwai- ‘plead, argue’, mald- ‘declaim, recite’, mugai- ‘invoke’, talliya- ‘summon’, walliya- ‘praise’, wek- ‘wish, ask’). The aim of this work is to analyse the semantics of the verbal nouns for ‘prayer’ to identify possible semantic distinctions among these forms. In addition, the light verb constructions of these verbal nouns, with the verb iya- ‘do, make’ and its iterative form ešša-, are examined, comparing them with the corresponding synthetic forms, to detect similarities and differences in the use of these verbal constructions.
Effect of bentonite and molasses binder content on physical and mechanical properties of green and fired mill scale pellets
Authors: Barik Jayram , Chaira Debasis 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
The present research reports the effect of binder addition on the physical and mechanical properties of green and fired mill scale pellets. A mixture of mill scale powder and varying weight percentage of bentonite (1, 1.5 and 2 wt.%) and molasses (2.5, 5 and 7.5 wt.%) binders were used separately to prepare green mill scale pellets by hand rolling to form spherical balls of diameter around 10 mm and then fired at 1,100 °C for 1 h. It was observed that the moisture content in pellets made with the addition of bentonite was found in the range of (6.16–6.70 wt.%) which was higher compared to those made with the addition of molasses (2.40–4.18 wt.%). A drop number in the range of (1.33–5.33) and (20.33–47.67) were observed for bentonite and molasses bonded pellets respectively. The compressive strength for bentonite bonded pellets varied from (633–780) N cm−2 and molasses bonded pellets it ranged from (179–213) N cm−2. X-ray diffraction study revealed the formation of only hematite phase after sintering at 1,100 °C.
Civil Society in Transition: The Case of Germany in the Field of Education
Authors: Priemer Jana 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
The field of education has undergone a profound transformation in recent decades due to shifts in public governance in numerous Western countries. This transformation has been particularly evident in the realm of civil society organizations (CSOs) operating in the education sector. This article illustrates this phenomenon in the context of Germany, where education has evolved into a quantitatively significant and highly diversified field of CSO activities within a relatively brief period of three decades. The study is based on the theoretical assumption that the flourishing of CSOs depends on conditions set by the government. It follows that changing educational governance has led not only to the prospering of civil society but also to structural changes of CSOs in the field of education. Therefore, it outlines the main developments in educational governance in Germany that resulted in increased collaboration between CSOs and schools. Analyses of a dataset of 6,334 German CSOs demonstrate that the field of CSOs in education is currently pluralized and diverse, comprising service providers, support organizations, and advocacy organizations. New collaborations between CSOs and the state result in the adaptation of these organizations to new tasks and professionalization. Nevertheless, CSOs representing a novel type of civil society actor have also emerged. This article contributes to a broader discussion of structural change in civil society in the context of new public governance.
ARQUEOFAUNA DA TRADIÇÃO GUARANI
Authors: Ferrasso Suliano , Schmitz Pedro Ignácio 
Published: December 2024

Resumo: O estudo trata de remanescentes faunísticos presentes em sítios arqueológicos da Tradição Guarani e dos ambientes em que os sítios estavam inseridos. Para isto foram comparadas informações publicadas sobre a arqueofauna de 13 sítios da tradição cerâmica Guarani: um de São Paulo, um de Santa Catarina, dez do Rio Grande do Sul e um da Argentina. Há expressiva quantidade de trabalhos publicados tratando principalmente do fabrico ceramista desta população, porém os estudos de vestígios faunísticos de seus assentamentos são raros. O enfoque zooarqueológico da análise de remanescentes faunísticos proporciona conhecimentos sobre padrões de subsistência, de paleoecologia e de formação de sítio. A partir dos dados obtidos sobre a arqueofauna dos sítios foi possível delinear elementos da instalação dessas populações e da exploração dos recursos. Com os resultados fica evidenciada a busca preferencial de recursos em habitats aquáticos e formações florestais. Os dados mostram um padrão de caça seletivo direcionado á mamíferos de porte médio a grande. Com base nos dados e informações ecológicas das espécies identificadas, percebe-se a instalação do assentamento em áreas com formações florestais densas, sempre associadas a corpos hídricos, proporcionando a exploração dos variados ambientes adjacentes à aldeia.Abstract: The study deals with faunal remains found in archaeological sites of the Guarani ceramic tradition and the environments in which the sites are inserted. With this purpose there was compared information published on the arqueofauna of 13 sites of the Guarani ceramic tradition: one from São Paulo, one from Santa Catarina, ten from Rio Grande do Sul and one from Argentina. There is a significant amount of published papers dealing with the ceramic manufacture of the mentioned population, but few studies on the settlement's faunal remains. The zooarcheological focus of the analysis of faunal remains provides insides on subsistence patterns, pale ecology, and site formation. The data obtained from the site’s arqueofauna allowed the outline of elements of these populations' settlement and their exploitation of the natural resources. The results made evident the preferred search for resources in aquatic habitats and forest formations. The data present a vision of a selective hunting pattern directed to mammals of a medium through large size. Based on the data and ecological information of their identified species, one perceives that the settlement was in areas with dense forest formations, always associated with water bodies, enabling the exploration of the varied environments adjacent to the settlement.
Editorial
Authors: Milheira Rafael Guedes 
Published: December 2024

No oitavo volume dos Cadernos do LEPAARQ as contribuições às áreas de arqueologia, antropologia e patrimônio são bastante variadas e atingem a diferentes interesses do público acadêmico. Entre as temáticas valorizadas nesse volume, iniciamos com os artigos sobre gestão de acervos arqueológicos, cujo tema tem chamado a atenção de muitos pesquisadores preocupados com o bom acondicionamento das coleções em diversos centros de pesquisa. Com o advento da arqueologia de contrato ou empresarial, cresce de maneira exorbitante o número de acervos arqueológicos em todo território nacional, de maneira que as práticas administrativas dos centros de pesquisa, museus e demais instituições de memória, nem sempre atendem a demandas corretas de preservação e acondicionamento.
INSCRIÇÕES NO TEMPO E IDENTIDADE: O IDOSO NA SOCIEDADE OCIDENTAL CONTEMPORÂNEA, VÍNCULO COM O FUTURO OU ESTIGMA DE FINITUDE?
Authors: Bezerra Daniele Borges , Lebedeff Tatiana Bolivar 
Published: December 2024

Resumo: A compreensão de que a identidade ocorre em associação à memória possibilita perceber uma elaboração que acontece paralela a uma noção de tempo. Assim, é possível pensar as experiências que originam a memória a partir de uma série de inscrições simbólicas no corpo, compreendidas a partir de um viés psicanalítico e social sem, contudo, desconsiderar o aspecto neurocientífico de gravação das memórias. Parte-se aqui de uma revisão bibliográfica sobre o assunto, na tentativa de evidenciar o aspecto inscritivo da experiência e o caráter eminentemente linguístico do compartilhamento na constituição da identidade em sociedade. Objetiva-se, a partir disto, uma aproximação entre a relação que a sociedade ocidental contemporânea estabelece com o tempo e o lugar do idoso em sociedade.Abstract: The understanding that the development of identity is associated with memory makes possible the realization of the construction of identity that happens parallel to time. This way it's possible to think of the experiences that create the memory as a series of symbolic inscriptions in the body, understood from a psychoanalytic and social point of view, without disregarding the neuroscientific aspects of recording memories. A literature review was done on the topic in an attempt to highlight the bodily aspect of experience and the linguistic sharing of memories in the forming of identity in society. The objective of this was to find an approximation of the relationship that contemporary Western society has established with the time and the place of the elderly in society.
El viaje de "don Qujote" por el mundo: un análisis comparado de dos traducciones al inglés y al chino
Authors: Santander Oliván Mario 
Published: December 2024

Don Quijote ha sido traducido a lo largo de la historia a muchas lenguas del mundo, entre las que el inglés y el chino son, además del español, las tres más importantes. En este trabajo se explora mediante un análisis histórico comparativo dos traducciones al inglés, las realizadas por Pierre Antoine Motteux y Edith Grossman, y de dos al chino, la de Yang Jiang y la de Dong Yansheng. Además de examinar de forma independiente sus estrategias de traducción, su comparación nos permite conocer más en profundidad las técnicas utilizadas por los traductores dependiendo de la época y de la lengua de llegada. Mientras Motteux y Yang Jiang se centraron en el lector meta, domesticando Don Quijote para obtener la aprobación de la audiencia, Grossman y Dong Yansheng preservaron en mayor medida el lenguaje de la novela original, con estrategias extranjerizantes del lenguaje.
Israeli Demonstration Posters: Spatial Semiotics of Silence
Authors: Ornan-Ephratt Michal 
Published: December 2024

Israel’s coalition effort (2023) to introduce a “(judicial) reform” was perceived by many Israelis as endangering Israel’s standing as a democratic state. The salience of silence as a theme and a form in the posters exhibited in the demonstrations supporting and opposing the coalition’s move triggered the examination of the semiotic roles played by silence in those posters and whether this use of silence differed by reform support/opposition. Two-hundred and twenty posters partaking in the demonstrations’ linguistic landscape were examined. Implementing an algorithm based on Ephratt’s (2022) model for identifying different types of silences revealed that fifty six of the posters alluded to one of the six categories of silence (stillness, symptomatic silences, silencing, pauses, the unsaid or verbal silence). These posters served as the data for a qualitative-thematic methodology, iteratively abstracting semiotic roles. Silences and silencing reoccurred as a theme concerning political discourse, particularly the matter of voice. The need for parsimonious use of crucial signantia on posters transformed into a semiotic strategy in which leaving out expected signantia served iconically to communicate absence, conatively activate the observers or express consent, metalinguistically convey the shortage of words, legally circumvent possible charges and create a hiatus that provides soothing qualities, enhancing in-group and out-group tolerance. The differing use of silence in the posters, depending on reform support/opposition, is explained in terms of horror vacui and motivation. Finally, the individual posters, as material texts, did not appear nor function in isolation: they took an active part in producing the demonstrations’ spatial semiotics.
Oropouche Fever Associated with Combined Central and Peripheral Demyelination (CCPD): A Case Report from Ceará, Brazil, 2024
Authors: Garcia Filho Carlos , Lima Neto Antonio Silva , Maia Ana Maria Cabral , Carvalho Fernanda Martins Maia , Rossi Matheus Andrighetti , Pitombeira Milena Sales , Mato Paula Camila Alves de Assis Pereira , Coelho Tania Mara Silva , Perdigão Neto Lauro Vieira , Almeida Lívia Mendes de , Naveca Felipe Gomes , Luz Kleber Giovanni , Freitas Andre Ricardo Ribas , Cavalcanti Luciano Pamplona de Góes 
Published: December 2024

Background: Oropouche fever, caused by the Oropouche orthobunyavirus (OROV), is an arboviral illness transmitted by midges and mosquitoes. Although commonly regarded as a mild illness, severe neurological manifestations are increasingly being reported.
Case Summary: We report a 48-year-old female patient without comorbidities, from Capistrano, Ceará, Brazil, who developed Combined Central and Peripheral Demyelination (CCPD) following confirmed OROV infection. Her clinical presentation included ascending flaccid tetraparesis, bilateral facial paresis, and progressive visual loss. Neurological investigation confirmed demyelinating polyneuropathy and retrobulbar optic neuritis. Despite initial corticosteroid therapy, gradual and partial clinical improvement was observed after plasmapheresis; however, visual and motor deficits persisted even after 90 days.
Conclusion: A reported case of combined central and peripheral demyelination (CCPD) associated with OROV represents an unprecedented complication, emphasizing the potential for severe outcomes linked to OROV infection. This highlights the need for increased clinical awareness and greater attention to the epidemiology of this disease. OROV infection has demonstrated the capacity to cause severe neuroinvasive complications, underscoring its critical and emerging epidemiological significance amidst the ongoing epidemic in the Americas. Driven by a novel reassortant lineage of OROV, this outbreak has been associated with previously unreported severe manifestations, including adult and fetal deaths. Enhanced surveillance systems and targeted training for the early recognition of neurological complications are essential to mitigate long-term impacts and guide public health strategies to address the growing burden of this arboviral infection.
Detection of covid-19 epidemic waves and their interrelationships in the tri-border region between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, 2020-2023: Covid-19 epidemic waves in the tri-border region
Authors: Luz Larissa D P , Braga Jose Ueleres , Maciel Elvira M G S 
Published: December 2024

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, was declared a global public health emergency in 2020, profoundly impacting countries around the world. International border regions, such as the tri-border region between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, faced unique challenges, such as high population mobility and the lack of regional integration in controlling the pandemic. Thus, this study aimed to identify and characterize the epidemic waves of COVID-19 in the three health regions of this tri-border region between 2020 and 2023.
Methods: Using secondary epidemiological data, confirmed cases of COVID-19 were analyzed in 9 municipalities in Brazil, 22 in Paraguay, and 13 in Argentina. Were used to smooth the epidemic curves and identify the waves, their peaks, and valleys based on the EpidemicKabu library, and the cross-correlation statistic function of the epidemic waves in the historical series of the countries.
Results: The study revealed five epidemic waves in total, five in Brazil, five in Paraguay and two in Argentina. The relation between the epidemic waves in Brazil and Paraguay was 0.74 and a lag -1, the correlation between Brazil and Argentina was 0.69 and lag max in 0 and the cross-correlation between Paraguay and Argentina resulted in 0.80 and lag max in 0, a strong correlation was observed of the three regions.
Conclusions: The results highlight the temporal heterogeneity of epidemic waves across the three countries and the importance of cross-border cooperation for infectious disease control. The study reinforces the need for integrated health policies and coordinated epidemiological surveillance in border regions, especially in areas with intense population mobility.