bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Neutral and niche‐based factors simultaneously drive seed and invertebrate removal by red harvester ants
Authors: Luna Pedro , García‐Chávez Juan H. , Izzo Thiago , Sosa Vinicio J. , Del‐Claro Kleber , Dáttilo Wesley 
Published: February 2021

1. The factors that drive resource removal by insect predators hold the clue to understanding their role in structuring ecological communities and their evolution. Harvester ants are formidable seed predators and invertebrate carcass feeders. However, the extent to which neutral and niche‐based factors drive the selection and removal of preferred food resources by such ants has been neglected in the literature.2. In this study authors evaluated how the richness of plants and their abundance, along with resource proximity, density, nutrient content, and seasonal changes affect the selective harvest of resources by the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus in a Neotropical semi‐arid region where resource availability changes across rainy and dry seasons.3. In accordance with the neutral‐niche theory shaping biotic interactions, the authors observed that P. barbatus more frequently collects the seeds of the most abundant plant species located within their foraging areas, both in the dry and rainy seasons. The authors also observed that resources located in the proximity of nests, and those that are available at high density, are removed more often in the dry, whereas protein‐rich resources located at close range were removed most often in the rainy (i.e. niche‐based factors). Moreover, temporal fluctuations in the collection of seeds and invertebrates by P. barbatus suggest that the phenology of plants is a factor that can affect the availability and collection of resources.4. The findings exemplify how the dynamics between an insect predator and its food resource can be simultaneously explained by both neutral and niche‐based factors.
Comparisons between self‐reported and interview‐verified psychotic‐like experiences in adolescents
Authors: Sun Meng , Wang Dongfang , Jing Ling , Yang Ning , Zhu Rongting , Wang Jiali , Chen Xiaodong , Zhou Liang 
Published: February 2021

AbstractAimThe 15‐item positive subscale of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE‐P15) has been widely used for measuring self‐reported psychotic‐like experiences (PLEs). However, its validity has not been well established. This study aimed to explore the consistency of self‐reported PLEs (PLEs‐S) and interview‐verified PLEs (PLEs‐I) based on the same items of the CAPE‐P15.MethodsA total of 1255 college students completed the CAPE‐P15 for measuring lifetime and current PLEs. Half of the students with high‐risk scores and 5% of the rest were interviewed through telephone. Telephone interviews were based on the items of the CAPE‐P15 using the symptom criteria for attenuated positive symptom syndrome.ResultsWhen considering the presence of PLEs only, all κ values and correspondence rates (CRs) fell below the thresholds. However, there was adequate consistency for lifetime PLEs when associated distress was also considered in self‐report (κ = .432, CR = 90.0%). Among three factors, only bizarre experiences (BEs) showed adequate diagnostic accuracy in detecting lifetime PLEs when combined with distress. Cut‐off points of 1.30 (sensitivity of 89.2% and specificity of 92.3%) and 1.57 (sensitivity of 79.2% and specificity of 73.8%) for frequency scores were found to best identify genuine PLEs during lifetime and in the past month, respectively.ConclusionsAlthough the validity of the CAPE‐P15 for genuine PLEs is unsatisfactory, the scale showed much better diagnostic accuracy when combined with associated distress, especially for detecting lifetime PLEs. Self‐report items on BEs may be more sensitive and specific when identifying PLEs in late adolescence.
What can critical femininity offer reviewing? A case for reviewing with empathy
Authors: Whiley Lilith A. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractIn academia, hegemonic patriarchal norms equate scientific quality with masculinity, and reviewing has followed in this tradition often channeling an angry army general instead of an empathetic peer invested in supporting the development of a manuscript. Indeed, femininity and emotionality are ostracized in favor of “rational” and “scholarly” (masculine) “science.” What can, then, critical femininity offer reviewing? In this piece, I put a case forward for reviewing with empathy.
Between and within‐woman differences in the association between menstruation and migraine days
Authors: McGinley James S. , Wirth R. J. , Pavlovic Jelena M. , Donoghue Stephen , Casanova Amparo , Lipton Richard B. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractObjectiveTo investigate between and within‐woman differences in the association between menstruation and migraine days.BackgroundPrior diary studies have shown that at the population level, aggregating across individuals, the odds of migraine increase during the perimenstrual window (from day −2 to day +3, where +1 is the first day of bleeding). These studies have been neither long nor large enough to assess the association between migraine and menses from an individual perspective. Consequently, existing research on menstrual‐related migraine has largely overlooked between and within‐woman variation that is critical for progressing clinical understanding and practice.MethodsIntensive longitudinal data for the current study were collected in a digital platform (N1‐Headache®) that tracks individual migraine‐related factors daily. Participants for the current study were actively menstruating adult (18+ years old) women who used the platform. Two variables were of primary interest, migraine day (no/yes) and menstrual status (inside or outside the 5‐day perimenstrual window).ResultsThe sample consisted of 203 women with a mean age of 35.6 (SD = 8.7) years. At baseline, the women reported an average of 30.6 (SD = 23.6) headache days over the last 3 months. Analyses were based on a total of 53,302 days (median of 150 per person), 18,520 of which were migraine days (median of 44 per person), and a total of 2,126 menstrual cycles (median of 7 per person). Results showed that the 5‐day perimenstrual window was associated with a 34% increase in odds of a migraine day compared to other days (OR = 1.34, 95% CI: 1.23–1.45, p < 0.0001). Importantly, there was between and within‐woman variability in the association between menses and migraine days (between‐woman variability: p = 0.002; within‐woman [between‐cycles] variability: p < 0.0001). Exploration of these individual differences demonstrated that relationship between menses and migraine days varied more within‐person across cycles than between women.DiscussionThis study supports previous research and demonstrates that the odds of migraine days are elevated from day −2 to day +3 of the menstrual cycle. We also show that the effect of menses on migraine days varies more within‐woman than between‐women. This work provides an initial foundation for better understanding menstrual‐related migraine from the perspective of the individual patient.
Defining a new normal: A qualitative exploration of the parent experience during the single ventricle congenital heart disease interstage period
Authors: Elliott Melissa , Erickson Lori , Russell Cynthia L. , Chrisman Matthew , Gross Toalson Jami , Emerson Amanda 
Published: February 2021

AbstractAimTo explore parents’ experience of transition in the period between the palliative cardiac surgeries (i.e., the interstage period) of an infant with single ventricle congenital heart disease.DesignWe conducted an exploratory naturalistic inquiry using a qualitative descriptive approach.MethodsA purposive sample of 11 parents of children with single ventricle disease was selected among families that participated in an interstage‐period parental home monitoring program during the past 2 years. Interviews and field observations were conducted September–October 2019, and data were analyzed for themes. Analysis of data was inductive, although study questions and the interpretation of results were informed by Meleis’ transition theory.ResultsParents described the experience of transition in interstage as a striving for normality, a theme that was clustered in subthemes of home, self, and infant.ConclusionParents' experiences of striving for normality indicated a need for more targeted efforts to address parents’ psychosocial needs during the highly stressful interstage transition.ImpactThis research underscored the complexity of parents’ psychosocial support needs on returning home after their child's first palliative surgery. The findings also suggest need for examination of the transition following the second palliative heart surgery, when the home monitoring program is withdrawn. Understanding parent needs will help guide healthcare teams in developing ways to support parents as they adjust to home, self, and child.
“The light at the end of the tunnel”. Discharge experience of older patients with chronic diseases: A multi‐centre qualitative study
Authors: Facchinetti Gabriella , Albanesi Beatrice , Piredda Michela , Marchetti Anna , Ausili Davide , Ianni Andrea , Di Mauro Stefania , De Marinis Maria Grazia 
Published: February 2021

AbstractAimTo explore the experiences of being discharged from hospital of older patients with chronic diseases at time of discharge.DesignMulti‐centre descriptive qualitative study.MethodsSemi‐structured interviews were conducted with older patients with chronic diseases discharged from two Italian university hospitals, between March 2017 and October 2019. The interviews were audio‐recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using inductive content analysis. Several strategies were used to ensure the credibility, dependability, confirmability, authenticity and transferability of the findings. The study was reported in accordance with Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research and Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research.ResultsSixty‐five patients participated in the study. Six main categories emerged: feelings, need for information, time of fragility, need for support, need for trusting relationships, and home as a caring place.ConclusionOlder patients with chronic diseases are patients who require quality discharge planning with a patient‐centred care vision. Healthcare professionals should intervene more extensively and deeply in the discharge process, balancing the patients' perception of their needs against organizational priorities and the wish to return home with that of not being abandoned.ImpactDischarge from hospital remains an area of concern as older people have varying degrees of met and unmet needs during and following hospital discharge. Discharge is characterized by conflicting feelings of patients, who need information and support of healthcare professionals through trusting and continuous relationships. Understanding the experience of discharge is essential to support older patients with chronic diseases, considering that discharge from hospital is not an end point of care but a stage of the process involving care transition. The reframing of discharge as another transition point is crucial for healthcare professionals, who will be responsible for making their patients fit for discharge by preparing them to manage their chronic condition at home.
Augmented reality assisted learning achievement, motivation, and creativity for children of low‐grade in primary school
Authors: Yousef Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy 
Published: February 2021

AbstractThere is a large volume of published studies describing the positive role of Augmented Reality (AR) in educational settings. However, there is a paucity of empirical work that explores its role in supporting primary school pupil's motivation and creativity. Moreover, numerous studies have confirmed that pupils have difficulties in learning geometry and thinking geometrically. In this context, this paper explores the possibility of using AR software for low‐grade primary school pupils to enhance their creative thinking and increase their motivation during the informal geometry training course. A research‐based design process is adopted to replicate the primary school pupil's learning in this study, where pupils in the experimental group used mobile application to access AR virtual manipulatives, pupils in the control group used physical manipulatives. The applied AR technology allows pupils to handle 2D and 3D rounded corners and simple closed curves to find the most effective solutions for some learning challenges. Sixty‐two pupils from the first‐grade primary school in Egypt have participated in this study with the aim of investigating: (a) the primary school pupil's achievements and creative thinking in using AR techniques, and (b) the specific strategies that can increase their motivation and engagement. The most obvious finding to emerge from this study is that there was no statistically significant difference between the groups in geometry learning achievement, while statistically significant differences were found between the groups in the motivation and creative thinking skills in favour of the experimental group.
Kidney function and markers of renal damage after renal denervation. Does method of measurement matter? The Reshape CV‐Risk Study
Authors: Solbu Marit D. , Miroslawska Atena , Norvik Jon V. , Eriksen Bjørn O. , Steigen Terje K. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractData suggest that renal denervation (RDN) in treatment‐resistant hypertension (TRHT) is safe in terms of renal function. However, most studies report kidney function as creatinine‐based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), which may be biased by non‐renal factors. Damage markers other than albuminuria have never been evaluated after RDN. In this non‐randomized RDN trial, we studied changes in kidney function, assessed as measured GFR (mGFR) and various GFR estimates, six months and two years after RDN. We also examined changes in albuminuria and a biomarker of tubular dysfunction. Adult non‐diabetic patients with TRHT and eGFR ≥45 ml/min/1.73 m2 were recruited from hypertension clinics. Before bilateral RDN, mGFR was measured by iohexol clearance. We estimated eGFR from serum creatinine and cystatin C (eGFRcrea, eGFRcys, and eGFRcreacys), and albumin‐creatinine ratio (ACR) and N‐acetyl‐β‐D‐glucosaminidase (NAG)‐creatinine ratio (NAG‐CR) were measured in spot urines. All measurements were repeated after six and twenty‐four months.Twenty patients, mean age 54 (±9) years and baseline mGFR 83 (±20) ml/min/1.73 m2 underwent RDN. After six months, mGFR fell, eGFRcrea remained unchanged, whereas eGFRcys and eGFRcreacys increased. At 2 years’ follow‐up, eGFRcreacys was significantly lower than at baseline. mGFR was 78 (±28) ml/min/1.73 m2. Change in ambulatory systolic BP predicted change in eGFRcrea. Urinary NAG‐CR, but not ACR, increased during follow‐up.Different GFR assessments gave diverging results after RDN. Therefore, care should be taken to method when evaluating kidney function after RDN. Increases in a tubular dysfunction biomarker suggest that kidney damage may occur. Long‐term renal follow‐up is needed after RDN.
Reproducibility study of nocturnal blood pressure dipping in patients with high cardiovascular risk
Authors: Burgos‐Alonso Natalia , Ruiz Arzalluz Maria Victoria , Garcia‐Alvarez Arturo , Fernandez‐Fernandez de Quincoces Daniel , Grandes Gonzalo 
Published: February 2021

AbstractIt has been shown that in most people there is a physiological reduction in blood pressure during nighttime sleep, it falling by approximately 10% compared to daytime values (dippers). On the other hand, in some people, there is no nighttime reduction (non‐dippers). Various studies have found an association between being a non‐dipper and a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, but few have assessed whether the nocturnal pattern is maintained over time. From the database of the TAHPS study, data were available on 225 patients, each of whom underwent 24‐hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) on four occasions over a period of 5 months. We studied the reproducibility of the nocturnal BP dipping pattern with mixed linear analysis and also calculated the concordance in the classification of patients as dippers or non‐dippers. The intraclass correlation coefficients between the different ABPM recordings were 0.482 and 0.467 for systolic and diastolic blood pressure, respectively. Two‐thirds (67%) and 70% of the patients classified, respectively, as dippers or non‐dippers based on systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings in the first ABPM recording were found to have the same classification based on the subsequent recordings. We conclude that the reproducibility of nocturnal dipping patterns and concordance of dipper vs non‐dipper status in individual patients is modest and therefore that we should be cautious about recommending treatments or interventions based on these patterns.
Governing canal life
Authors: COWAN DAVE , HARDY BARBARA 
Published: February 2021

AbstractThis article focuses on the governance of canals in England and Wales. The Canal & River Trust (CRT), the owner and manager of the waterways, has a statutory responsibility to grant ‘certificates’ or licences. The licence constructs a category called ‘continuous cruisers’ who live aboard their boat. Drawing on a sample of interviews with ‘continuous cruiser liveaboards’ (CCLs), we discuss how their governance by the CRT has gradually encroached on their everyday lives, leading them to reconsider their lives on the canal. We illustrate this through exploring how the CRT translated obscure legislation to make it legible through techniques of simplification, but did so in a way that had problematic effects on CCLs; and how apparently enabling and constraining regulation operates, paradoxically, in contradictory ways, both significantly affecting CCLs’ everyday lives. At heart, there is a simple story here of a nomadic way of life that is of relatively recent vintage but that is being (or perceived as being) sedentarized.
Radiographic diagnoses in 80 cats before and 73 cats after unobstructing the urethra
Authors: Young C. S. , Todd J. M. , Rendahl A. , Lulich J. P. 
Published: February 2021

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate causes for feline urethral obstruction and determine whether the frequency of radiographic diagnoses differs between cats radiographed before or after unobstruction of the urethra.Materials and MethodsA retrospective cross‐sectional study of cats with naturally occurring urethral obstruction was performed. Only cats presenting for their first urethral obstruction in which radiography was integrated in the initial evaluation were included. The diagnosis frequency (overall and for each disease type) was compared between cats radiographed before or after unobstruction of the urethra.ResultsEighty cats (52%) had radiographs obtained before unobstructing the urethra and 73 cats (48%) had radiographs taken after unobstructing the urethra. Cats radiographed before unobstruction had a greater frequency of radiographic diagnoses than those radiographed after unobstruction (61% versus 45%). This difference was largely due to a greater frequency of urethral plugs detected before unobstructionversusafter unobstruction (45% versus 5.5%).Clinical SignificanceRadiographs obtained before unobstructing the urethra provided a diagnostic advantage for detecting a cause for urethral obstruction compared to radiographs obtained after unobstructing the urethra. Urethral plugs were the most common diagnosis.
The Second Karabakh War: Russia vs. Turkey?
Authors: Yavuz M. Hakan , Huseynov Vasif 
Published: February 2021

AbstractThe Karabakh region and surrounding territories—occupied by Armenia for the last 26 years—represented a classic “frozen” ethno‐territorial conflict in the post‐Soviet world. The conflict erupted in September 2020, and Azerbaijan managed to liberate the occupied territories. This article examines the causes and consequences of the recent Karabakh war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. After summarizing the historical origins of the conflict, the article offers an analysis of four main causes that renewed hostilities. The 44‐day war resulted in a military victory for Azerbaijan and catastrophic defeat for Armenia. The outcome not only shook up the Armenian political establishment, but also revealed a contentious dimension in the alignment between Turkey and Russia. The article concludes by analyzing the motives of Turkey's extensive involvement in the conflict and the Russian‐imposed truce deal, both of which are likely once again to freeze the dynamics that hold the central parties hostage to Russia.
The Practice of Corruption in Lebanon
Authors: Barroso Cortés Francisco Salvador , Kéchichian Joseph A. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractFor nearly a century, the absence of ethical norms within Lebanese political circles encouraged the practice of corruption that transformed the praxis into an unparalleled art form, one that generated clout‐wielding elites. Sophisticated public power mechanisms created for the benefit of the country's eighteen religious denominations, transformed them into partners‐in‐corruption, secured greater quotas of power, and exclusive hold on all public resources. What this translated into was a “neo‐patrimonial” dynamic, which the October 2019 revolutionaries challenged, with calls to reconsider the political management of the country as well as the existing system of government. The 2020 impact of the Coronavirus (COVID‐19) disease aggravated conditions, as Beirut displayed amateurish attention to serious health challenges, which added insults to ongoing economic injuries. This paper evaluates what political elites actually did, even at the height of enduring crises, focusing on the banking sector to highlight the rise of a new mafiocracy. It closes with an assessment of future challenges that Beirut will confront.
Quality of life and associated factors among adults living with cancer and their family caregivers
Authors: Gabriel Israel , Creedy Debra , Coyne Elisabeth 
Published: February 2021

AbstractThis study examined the association of needs, health literacy, and quality of life among adult Nigerians with cancer and family caregivers. A descriptive study was conducted involving 240 adults with cancer and family caregivers attending a tertiary hospital. More than two‐thirds of participants reported moderate or high needs. Information (90.8%) and spiritual support (85%) were the domains of highest need among adults with cancer. Family/social support (85%) and spiritual support (81.7%) ranked the highest among family caregivers. A negative correlation was found between needs and quality of life. Stepwise regression analysis showed that needs and literacy explained 36% of the variance in adults with cancer's quality of life and 28% of the variance in family caregivers’ quality of life. Spiritual need accounted l for 9.5% and 9.1% of variation for adults with cancer and family caregivers, respectively. Findings suggest that interventions with a focus on social/family and spiritual needs may improve wellbeing of adults with cancer and caregivers in Nigeria. This research are generalizable to other low‐income countries where family values and spirituality are often a strong feature of daily life.