bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Outcomes of Telepractice Speech Therapy for an Adult Who Covertly Stutters: A Case Study
Authors: McGill Megann , Schroth Patrizha 
Published: December 2021

Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to report on telepractice-based holistic speech-language therapy services to reduce avoidance of stuttering and increase positive self-image as a communicator for an adult who covertly stutters as compared with baseline.

Method:
A single case study design was employed with baseline, intervention, and maintenance phases completed via telepractice. The participant received biweekly speech-language pathology services, including both individual and group sessions. The Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering–Adult and Stuttering Severity Instrument–Fourth Edition assessed the participant's overt and covert stuttering behaviors at pretreatment and posttreatment time frames. Weekly data points of participant's self-report of avoidance of stuttering during therapy sessions and during the week between therapy sessions as well as researcher-calculated frequency of stuttering were measured. Visual inspection was utilized to analyze treatment outcomes.

Results:
The participant demonstrated a reduction in avoidance of stuttering within sessions as well as the week prior to a session, as compared with baseline. Additionally, the participant presented with an increased percent of words stuttered following into maintenance as compared with baseline. Visual inspection of weekly data points of frequency of stuttering and self-report of avoidance appeared to present promising results throughout the intervention phase with potential treatment effects continuing into the maintenance phase.

Conclusion:
Results of this study demonstrate preliminary evidence for potential positive outcomes of holistic speech therapy via telepractice for people who covertly stutter.
Einfluss von Bewegungstherapie auf sexuelle Dysfunktionen bei Patienten mit Prostatakarzinom als Begleitung (oder nach) medizinischer Tumorbehandlung – Ein systematisches Review
Authors: Böwe Rebecca , Beuth Josef 
Published: December 2021

ZusammenfassungHintergrund Sexuelle Dysfunktionen sind Lebensqualität mindernde Nebenwirkungen von Standardtherapien bei Prostatakarzinom.Ziel Diese Untersuchung erfasst den aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Kenntnisstand bezüglich Effektivität von Bewegungstherapie zur Kompensation sexueller Dysfunktionen in Folge von Standardtherapien bei Prostatakarzinom.Methode Systematisches Review in Anlehnung an „Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses“ (PRISMA). Die Literaturrecherche wurde von 2 unabhängigen Gutachter*innen in den Datenbanken Pubmed und PEDro durchgeführt. Eingeschlossen wurden Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) mit dem American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Evidenzlevel I, die sexuelle Funktionen von Patienten mit standardtherapierten Prostatakarzinom unter Bewegungstherapie evaluieren.Ergebnisse 17 Publikationen mit 1175 Patienten mit Prostatakarzinom erfüllten die Einschlusskriterien. 11 Studien berichten signifikante Verbesserungen der sexuellen Funktionen durch Bewegungstherapie.Schlussfolgerung Da die Mehrzahl der Studien nicht vergleichbar war, ist keine generalisierte Aussage bezüglich der Wirksamkeit von Bewegungstherapie möglich. Weitere kontrollierte Studien sind unabdingbar, um den Einfluss von Bewegungstherapie auf sexuelle Dysfunktion bei Patienten mit Prostatakarzinom unter Standardtherapien aufzuzeigen.
Pituitary Adenomas Associated with Intracranial Aneurysms: the Clinical Characteristics, Therapeutic Strategies, and Possible Effects of Vascular Remodeling Factors
Authors: Ogawa Yoshikazu , Watanabe Mika , Tominaga Teiji 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
Background Pituitary adenoma coexists with intracranial aneurysms in 2.3 to 3.6% of cases, and intracranial aneurysms are thought to be incidental. On the other hand, older age and cavernous sinus invasion are reported to increase the rate of coexistence, so these two diseases may be related.
Methods Ten males and 14 females with the coexistence of pituitary adenomas and intracranial aneurysms were retrospectively investigated among 923 patients (2.6%). Patients were subdivided into two groups: those with direct attachment of cerebral aneurysms to the pituitary adenomas and those without direct attachment. The clinical characteristics, therapeutic strategies, and possible effects of vascular remodeling factors were investigated.
Results Twelve patients had functioning pituitary adenomas, and cavernous sinus invasion was identified in 7 of 24 patients. Five of these 7 patients were treated with priority for the cerebral aneurysm until 2007, whereas 14 of 17 patients without involvement of the aneurysm tip in the tumor were treated with priority for the pituitary adenoma in the later period. Among vascular remodeling factors, strong expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was significantly associated with the coexistence of pituitary adenoma and cerebral aneurysm (p < 0.05).
Conclusion Intracranial aneurysms were found to coexist in 2.6% of cases of surgically treated pituitary adenomas. VEGF-induced arterial wall remodeling may be part of the mechanism of association between pituitary adenomas and cerebral aneurysms, suggesting possible causative mechanism.
Is Every Patient of Hair Loss a Candidate for Hair Transplant?—Deciding Surgical Candidacy in Pattern Hair Loss
Authors: True Robert H. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractPatterned hair loss which includes both male pattern hair loss (MPHL) or androgenic alopecia (AGA) and female pattern hair loss (FPHL) is the most common indication for hair transplant surgery. However, not all such patients are candidates for hair transplants. There are eight conditions that cause patients to not be appropriate candidates. These are: diffuse unpatterned alopecia (DUPA), cicatricial alopecia (CA), patients with unstable hair loss, patients with insufficient hair loss, very young patients, patients with unrealistic expectations, patients with psychologic disorders such as body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and trichotillomania, and patients who are medically unfit. In addition, there are patients who are poor candidates and who should undergo hair transplantation only if they understand and accept limited results. The key to identifying these patients involves performing careful and detailed history and examination at the time of consultation.
Association between Brachycephaly, Chiari Malformation, and Basilar Invagination
Authors: Botelho Ricardo Vieira , Botelho Pedro Bittencourt , Hernandez Bruna , Sales Mauricio Bezerra , Rotta José Marcus 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
Background There is evidence that Chiari malformation (CM) and basilar invagination (BI) are largely due to disproportion between the content and volume of the posterior fossa. A recent study identified an increased association between brachycephaly and BI. In several types of craniosynostosis, the posterior fossa volume is smaller than normal, and this is more pronounced in coronal synostosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between CM and BI.
Methods The cephalic index (CI) measured on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from a sample of patients with craniocervical malformation was compared with that of normal subjects.
Results The average CI in the craniovertebral junction malformation (CVJM) group was significantly higher in BI patients than in normal subjects. The BI patients also had the highest CI among the whole sample of patients (p = 0.009).
Conclusions In this study, BI patients had the highest CI among patients with CVJM and a significantly higher CI than those in the control group. Our data confirm the association between BI and brachycephaly.
A Novel Heterozygous ANO3 Mutation in a Child Presenting Tremor with Dystonia and Review of the Literature
Authors: Korkmaz Muhammet Furkan , Ekici Arzu , Görükmez Orhan 
Published: December 2021

AbstractMutations in ANO3 have recently been identified as an autosomal dominant cause of dystonia (dystonia-24). Since then, the phenotypic spectrum has also been extended in children. Here, we reported a case of a 10-year-old Turkish girl child patient with a novel variant (NM_001313726: c.221dupA, p.Tyr74*), who exhibited tremor with mild dystonia. This report expands the phenotype caused by ANO3 variants and reveals an essential clinical aspect for patients and medical staff.
Genotypic variability of grain phytic acid, mineral bioavailability, and their relation to foliar Zn application
Authors: Su Da , Muneer Muhammad Atif , Cai Yuanyang , Saddique Muhammad Abu Bakar , Cheng Fangmin 
Published: December 2021

Phytic acid (PA) is the most prevalent storage form of grain phosphorus (P) and acts as an anti-nutrient by lowering mineral bioavailability. Genotypic variation of grain PA and its relation to mineral bioavailability, and their nutritional fortification potential with zinc (Zn) supply has not been fully investigated in pigmented rice. Here, we compared the differences in grain PA concentration and mineral bioavailability among 13 pigmented rice (red, yellow, and green rice) and six non-pigmented rice cultivars (three common white rice and their corresponding low-PA (lpa) mutant). Pigmented rice was enriched with micronutrients, especially Zn and Fe, on an average of 39.1 and 44.8 mg kg−1 as compared with 31.9 and 33.1 mg kg−1 in non-pigmented rice respectively. The lpa cultivars showed the highest bioavailability for most of the minerals. However, no significant difference was observed for mineral bioavailability between pigmented and common white rice, owing to higher anti-nutritional PA in pigmented rice (9.25 g kg−1) than in common white rice (8.29 g kg−1). However, a large difference in grain PA was found among green rice (11.19 g kg−1), yellow rice (9.82 g kg−1) and red rice (8.56 g kg−1) cultivars. Therefore, foliar Zn was used to investigate PA concentration and Zn bioavailability. Foliar Zn application increased grain Zn but decreased grain PA concentration, which ultimately increased grain Zn bioavailability. Zn application had a remarkable effect on Zn bioavailability for red rice (an average of 82%) as compared with common white rice (48%). These findings could provide helpful knowledge for pigmented rice fortification.
Pulvinaria pistaciae
. [Distribution map].
Authors: CABI  , EPPO  
Published: December 2021

Abstract

A new distribution map is provided for
Pulvinaria pistaciae
Bodenheimer. Hemiptera: Coccidae. Hosts: pistachio (
Pistacia vera
). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Asia (Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), Europe (Cyprus, Greece, Ukraine).
Sophonia orientalis
. [Distribution map].
Authors: CABI  , EPPO  
Published: December 2021

Abstract

A new distribution map is provided for
Sophonia orientalis
(Matsumura). Hemiptera: Cicadellidae. Hosts: polyphagous. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Asia (China, Guizhou, Zhejiang, India, Japan, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan), Europe (Gibraltar, Portugal, Madeira, Spain, Canary Islands), United States (California, Florida, Hawaii, Texas), Oceania (French Polynesia).
Glycaspis brimblecombei
. [Distribution map].
Authors: CABI  , EPPO  
Published: December 2021

Abstract

A new distribution map is provided for
Glycaspis brimblecombei
Moore. Hemiptera: Aphalaridae. Hosts:
Eucalyptus
spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Africa (Algeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Reunion, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Israel, Syria, Turkey), Europe (Albania, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Corsica, Gibraltar, Greece, Crete, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, Spain, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands), North America (Mexico, United States, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii), Oceania (Australia, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, New Zealand), South America (Argentina, Brazil, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Distrito Federal, Goias, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Parana, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela).
Half-mode substrate integrated plasmonic waveguide for filter and diplexer designs
Authors: Cui Yue , Xu Kai-Da , Guo Ying-Jiang , Chen Qiang 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
A half-mode substrate integrated waveguide (HMSIW) combined with spoof surface plasmon polariton (SSPP) structure is proposed to realize bandpass filter (BPF) characteristic and miniaturization, which is termed as the half-mode substrate integrated plasmonic waveguide (HMSIPW). Compared with the conventional HMSIW structure having identical cutoff frequency, this new design of HMSIPW not only supports SSPP modes, but also realizes a transversal size reduction of 19.4% and longitudinal reduction of more than 60%. Then, a diplexer based on two back-to-back placed HMSIPW BPFs is designed, and it has only one row of metallized via holes to further reduce the transversal size. The experimental prototypes of the filters and diplexer have been manufactured, and the measurement results agree well with simulation ones. Due to the size miniaturization and simple structure, the proposed designs will have many potentials in the integrated devices and circuits for wireless communication systems.
Nuclear level densities away from line of β-stability
Authors: Ghosh T , Maheshwari B , Sangeeta  , Saxena G , Agrawal B K 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
The variation of total nuclear level densities (NLDs) and level density parameters with proton number (Z) are studied around the β-stable isotope, Z
0, for a given mass number. We perform our analysis for a mass range A = 40 to 180 using the NLDs from popularly used databases obtained with the single-particle energies from two different microscopic mass-models. These NLDs which include microscopic structural effects such as collective enhancement, pairing and shell corrections, do not exhibit inverted parabolic trend with a strong peak at Z
0 as predicted earlier. We also compute the NLDs using the single-particle energies from macroscopic–microscopic mass-model. Once the collective and pairing effects are ignored, the inverted parabolic trends of NLDs and the corresponding level density parameters become somewhat visible. Nevertheless, the factor that governs the (Z − Z
0) dependence of the level density parameter, leading to the inverted parabolic trend, is found to be smaller by an order of magnitude. We further find that the (Z − Z
0) dependence of NLDs is quite sensitive to the shell effects.
Kinetics and selectivity of methane oxidation on an IrO2(110) film
Authors: Lee Christopher J , Vashishtha Saumye , Shariff Mohammed , Zou Fangrong , Shi Junjie , Meyer Randall J , Weaver Jason F 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
Undercoordinated, bridging O-atoms (Obr) are highly active as H-acceptors in alkane dehydrogenation on IrO2(110) surfaces but transform to HObr groups that are inactive toward hydrocarbons. The low C–H activity and high stability of the HObr groups cause the kinetics and product selectivity during CH4 oxidation on IrO2(110) to depend sensitively on the availability of Obr atoms prior to the onset of product desorption. From temperature programmed reaction spectroscopy (TPRS) and kinetic simulations, we identified two Obr-coverage regimes that distinguish the kinetics and product formation during CH4 oxidation on IrO2(110). Under excess Obr conditions, when the initial Obr coverage is greater than that needed to oxidize all the CH4 to CO2 and HObr groups, complete CH4 oxidation is dominant and produces CO2 in a single TPRS peak between 450 and 500 K. However, under Obr-limited conditions, nearly all the initial Obr atoms are deactivated by conversion to HObr or abstracted after only a fraction of the initially adsorbed CH4 oxidizes to CO2 and CO below 500 K. Thereafter, some of the excess CH
x
groups abstract H and desorb as CH4 above ∼500 K while the remainder oxidize to CO2 and CO at a rate that is controlled by the rate at which Obr atoms are regenerated from HObr during the formation of CH4 and H2O products. We also show that chemisorbed O-atoms (‘on-top O’) on IrO2(110) enhance CO2 production below 500 K by efficiently abstracting H from Obr atoms and thereby increasing the coverage of Obr atoms available to completely oxidize CH
x
groups at low temperature. Our results provide new insights for understanding factors which govern the kinetics and selectivity during CH4 oxidation on IrO2(110) surfaces.
Poly(butyl cyanoacrylate) nanoparticles-delivered β-nerve growth factor promotes the neurite outgrowth and reduces the mortality in the rat after traumatic brain injury
Authors: Wang Yu , Jia Feng , Lin Yong 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
Several transport vectors, including nanoparticles, have been reported to be used for the delivery of therapeutic medicines crossing the impermeable blood-brain barrier (BBB) to treat the diseases in the central nerve system (CNS), such as traumatic brain injury (TBI). Poly(n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate) (PBCA) nanoparticles, made from biocompatible material, are regarded as a better potential delivery tool than others such as gold nanoparticles due to their degradability in vivo. However, little is known whether PBCA nanoparticles can be used to deliver neurotrophic factors into the brain to treat TBI. In this study, we first synthesized PBCA-carried β-nerve growth factor, a neurotrophic agent with a large molecular weight, and then intravenously injected the compound into TBI rats. We found that despite undergoing several synthesis steps and host circulation, β-NGF was able to be successfully delivered into the injured brain by PBCA nanoparticles, still maintain its neurotrophic activity for neurite outgrowth, and reduce the mortality of TBI rats. Our findings indicate that PBCA nanoparticles, with Tween 80, are an efficient delivery vector and a protective reservoir for large molecular therapeutic agents to treat TBI intravenously.
Certifying position-momentum entanglement at telecommunication wavelengths
Authors: Achatz Lukas , Ortega Evelyn A , Dovzhik Krishna , Shiozaki Rodrigo F , Fuenzalida Jorge , Wengerowsky Sören , Bohmann Martin , Ursin Rupert 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
The successful employment of high-dimensional quantum correlations and its integration in telecommunication infrastructures is vital in cutting-edge quantum technologies for increasing robustness and key generation rate. Position-momentum Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) entanglement of photon pairs are a promising resource of such high-dimensional quantum correlations. Here, we experimentally certify EPR correlations of photon pairs generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in a nonlinear crystal with type-0 phase-matching at telecommunication wavelength for the first time. To experimentally observe EPR entanglement, we perform scanning measurements in the near- and far-field planes of the signal and idler modes. We certify EPR correlations with high statistical significance of up to 45 standard deviations. Furthermore, we determine the entanglement of formation of our source to be greater than one, indicating a dimensionality of greater than 2. Operating at telecommunication wavelengths around 1550 nm, our source is compatible with today’s deployed telecommunication infrastructure, thus paving the way for integrating sources of high-dimensional entanglement into quantum-communication infrastructures.
Inflation story: slow-roll and beyond
Authors: Hazra Dhiraj Kumar , Paoletti Daniela , Debono Ivan , Shafieloo Arman , Smoot George F. , Starobinsky Alexei A. 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
We present constraints on inflationary dynamics and features
in the primordial power spectrum of scalar perturbations using the
Cosmic Microwave Background temperature, polarization data from
Planck 2018 data release and updated likelihoods. We constrain the
slow-roll dynamics using Hilltop Quartic Potential and Starobinsky
R + R
2 model in the Einstein frame using the Planck 2018 binned
Plik likelihood. Using the Hilltop as base potential, we
construct Whipped Inflation potential to introduce suppression in
the scalar power spectrum at large angular scales. We notice
marginal (68% C.L.) preference of suppression from the large scale
temperature angular power spectrum. However, large-scale E-mode
likelihood based on high frequency instrument cross spectrum, does
not support this suppression and in the combined data the preference
towards the suppression becomes negligible. Based on the Hilltop and
Starobinsky model, we construct the Wiggly Whipped Inflation
potentials to introduce oscillatory features along with the
suppression. We use unbinned data from the recently released
CamSpec v12.5 likelihood which updates Planck 2018
results. We compare the Bayesian evidences of the feature models
with their baseline slow-roll potentials. We find that the complete
slow-roll baseline potential is moderately preferred against
potentials which generate features. Compared to Planck 2015
PlikHM bin1 likelihood, we find that the significance of
sharp features has decreased owing to the updates in the data
analysis pipeline. We also compute the bispectra for the best fit
candidates obtained from our analysis.
Using a multi-messenger and multi-wavelength observational strategy to probe the nature of dark energy through direct measurements of cosmic expansion history
Authors: Qi Jing-Zhao , Jin Shang-Jie , Fan Xi-Long , Zhang Jing-Fei , Zhang Xin 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
In the near future, the redshift drift observations in optical and radio bands will provide precise measurements on H(z) covering the redshift ranges of 2<z<5 and 0<z<0.3. In addition, gravitational wave (GW) standard siren observations could make measurements on the dipole anisotropy of luminosity distance, which will also provide the H(z) measurements in the redshift range of 0<z<3. In this work, we propose a multi-messenger and multi-wavelength observational strategy to measure H(z) based on the three next-generation projects, E-ELT, SKA, and DECIGO, and we wish to see whether the future H(z) measurements could provide tight constraints on dark-energy parameters. The dark energy models we consider include ΛCDM, wCDM, CPL, HDE, and IΛCDM models. It is found that E-ELT, SKA1, and DECIGO are highly complementary in constraining dark energy models. Although any one of these three data sets can only give rather weak constraints on each model we consider, the combination of them could significantly break the parameter degeneracies and give much tighter constraints on almost all the cosmological parameters. Moreover, we find that the combination of E-ELT, SKA1, DECIGO, and CMB could further improve the constraints on dark energy parameters, e.g., σ(w
0)=0.024 and σ(w
a)=0.17 in the CPL model, which means that these three promising probes will play a key role in helping reveal the nature of dark energy.