bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of the relationship between serum and humor aqueous raftlin (Rftn1) levels and diabetic retinopathy
Authors: Mesen Selma , Comez Aysegul , Mesen Ali , Beyoglu Abdullah , Seyithanoglu Muhammed 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

Objectives
Comparing serum and humor aqueous (HA) raftlin levels in diabetic patients and control group.

Methods
In this prospective study, patients were divided into two groups diabetes mellitus (DM) and a control group. The DM group was divided into three subgroups. A total of 160 patients, including 35 without diabetic retinopathy (non-DR) (Group 1), 31 non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) (Group 2), 32 proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) (Group 3), and 62 controls (Group 4), were included in the study. Venous blood and HA samples were taken from the patients and their raftlin levels were measured.

Results
Serum raftlin levels were decreased in the DM main group (p=0.046) but there was no significant difference in HA raftlin levels (p=0.838). There was no significant difference between the subgroups (Groups 1, 2, 3, and 4) in terms of serum and HA raftlin levels. Diabetic macular edema (DME), anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF), and panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) application were not found to be associated with raftlin levels in Group 3. A moderate positive correlation was found between serum and HA raftlin levels (r=0.491). There was a negative correlation between serum raftlin levels and serum glucose levels (p=0.05). No correlation was found between serum and HA raftlin levels and serum leukocyte and lipid levels (p>0.05).

Conclusions
In our study, raftlin levels were examined for the first time in DM patients and it was observed that serum raftlin levels were negatively correlated with glucose levels. Raftlin molecule may be involved in the etiology of DM through VEGF.
Experiências extensionistas no projeto cultural “mente, corpo e arte: o impacto da saúde no desenvolvimento criativo”
Authors: Cruvinel Agnes , Cruvinel Agnes , Tabalipa Renata , Dos Santos Betânia Francisca , Ridão Curty Gustavo Henrique , Wruck Jonatha 
Published: November 2024

As habilidades comunicativas são fundamentais para a formação em saúde pautada na humanização do cuidado. Nesse sentido, a inclusão das artes no ensino da prática em saúde visa contribuir, junto à medicina narrativa, para a formação humanista e ética, apresentando como principal contribuição a oportunidade do exercício da empatia e da escuta ativa. Além disso, estudos têm demonstrado diversos benefícios da arte para o ensino em saúde, como o desenvolvimento do senso crítico e habilidades comunicativas, inerentes à boa prática profissional. Tendo em vista as mudanças promovidas pela pandemia de Covid-19, tecnologias da informação e comunicação estão sendo utilizadas para dar continuidade às atividades de extensão. Este relato expõe o processo de desenvolvimento de um projeto cultural cujo público-alvo foi composto por estudantes de diversos cursos das áreas de saúde e humanas, e cujo principal objetivo consistiu em proporcionar a esses estudantes, a partir da utilização das tecnologias de informação e comunicação remota, a reflexão a respeito das relações entre cultura, arte, saúde e comunicação, bem como promover a inclusão às plataformas virtuais de ensino-aprendizagem, bastante difundidas no contexto de pandemia vivenciado globalmente.
A MARCA DO CAMINHAR DOS AVÓS NA RETOMADA MBYA GUARANI YJÊRE: DISPUTANDO TERRITÓRIO, HISTÓRIA E PATRIMÔNIO NA PONTA DO ARADO, PORTO ALEGRE, RS
Authors: Wittmann Marcus A. S. 
Published: November 2024

Ao olhar etnograficamente para as pesquisas arqueológicas efetuadas no âmbito do licenciamento ambiental, nota-se como a definição de patrimônio cultural material está em um campo de disputa entre estado, ciências e populações tradicionais. Esse artigo pretende expor os termos dessa disputa através da análise de documentos legais e burocráticos, de relatórios técnicos de arqueologia para o licenciamento ambiental e de um estudo de caso: a retomada Mbya Guarani na Ponta do Arado (Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil). Esse panorama mostra como a ciência arqueológica pode ser constrangida por documentos burocráticos e legais, e como demandas políticas e territoriais de grupos indígenas atuam contra definições e práticas instituídas pelo estado, demonstrando suas incongruências e violências.Abstract: When looking ethnographically at the archaeological research carried out within the scope of environmental licensing, it can be seen how the definition of material cultural heritage is in a field of dispute between the state, sciences and traditional populations. This article aims to expose the terms of this dispute through the analysis of legal and bureaucratic documents, technical reports of archeology for environmental licensing and a case study: the reclaim of a Mbya Guarani territory in Ponta do Arado (Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). This panorama shows how archaeological science can be constrained by bureaucratic and legal documents, and how political and territorial demands by indigenous groups act against definitions and practices instituted by the state, demonstrating their inconsistencies and violence.
Disparities in Survival Without Major Morbidity Among Very Low Birth Weight Infants in California
Authors: Liu Jessica , Profit Jochen , Hintz Susan R. , Gould Jeffrey B. , Main Elliott K. , Lee Henry C. 
Published: November 2024

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Very low birth weight infants in the NICU are more susceptible to adverse outcomes. We recently described improving survival without major morbidity among very low birth weight infants in California. This study aims to examine whether this improvement was equitable across racial and ethnic groups.

METHODS
We included 66 786 infants from the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative who weighed &lt;1500 grams or were &lt;29 weeks’ gestational age at birth and were cared for between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2021. We examined rates of survival without major morbidity over time, stratified by safety net NICUs (snNICUs), as well as racial and ethnic groups.

RESULTS
Between 2008 and 2021, survival without major morbidity increased from 62.2% to 66.1% (P &lt; .001), although improvement plateaued after 2017. All racial and ethnic groups saw improvement, with Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and Black infants improving the most (12.4% and 9.8%, respectively). However, during the last 3 years, Hispanic infants had the lowest rates of survival without major morbidity (64.3%), compared with non-Hispanic white (67.6%), Black (67.8%), Asian (68.9%), Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (68.5%), and American Indian/Alaskan Native (69.9%) infants. Black and Hispanic infants were disproportionately cared for in snNICUs, which experienced significantly lower survival without major morbidity than non-snNICUs at all time points.

CONCLUSIONS
We observed improvement in survival without major morbidity over 14 years, with progress stalling in recent years. Opportunities to address health inequities in NICU outcomes remain, particularly in snNICUs, while identifying strategies for continued improvement overall.
Autism, Electrical Status Epilepticus in Sleep, and a Likely Pathogenic SEMA6B Variant
Authors: Ibrahim Ahmed , Jackson David 
Published: November 2024

This case report describes a boy aged 8 years with autism spectrum disorder who was diagnosed with electrical status epilepticus in sleep (ESES) and found to have a likely pathogenic variant in the SEMA6B gene. The patient presented with developmental regression and cognitive decline. An electroencephalogram demonstrated continuous spike-and-wave discharges during sleep, a hallmark of ESES. Genetic testing identified a De Novo likely pathogenic variant in SEMA6B, a gene implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders and epilepsy.
Although the association between SEMA6B mutations and ESES is not well established, this case suggests that the genetic variant may have contributed to the patient’s clinical presentation. This is the first reported instance of ESES being linked to a SEMA6B gene variant, highlighting the importance of genetic testing in similar cases. The findings could have significant implications for the understanding and management of ESES in autistic patients with behavioral difficulties. They also underscore the need for further research into the role of SEMA6B in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Understanding Mahler's Central European Musical Identity: Literary Analogues in the Works of Joseph Roth and Gregor von Rezzori
Authors: Barham Jeremy 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe difficult task of determining Mahler's socio-political and ethnic-national identity within a larger Central European context is made no easier by recourse to biographical information. For every indication there is a counter-indication, for every claim a counterclaim. Similarly, his music shifts between or juxtaposes a relatively non-specific folk tone and a frequently subverted though nevertheless readily discernible mode of core Western European symphonism. These deeply meaningful creative processes offer both hyper- and hypo-eloquent testimonies to the complex culture of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century imperial Habsburg politics. Overflowing with expressive suggestions, allusions, and oblique metaphors, Mahler's music nevertheless remains pre-linguistic, proto-conceptual, its text settings favoring parable and metaphysical poetic licence. Using the works of two great literary chroniclers of fin-de-siècle to WWI Central European life and manners – Joseph Roth (1894–1939; The Emperor's Tomb, Hotel Savoy) and Gregor von Rezzori (1914–1998; Memoirs of an Anti-Semite; An Ermine in Czernopol) – I attempt in this study to recover through works of narrative verbal fiction a measure of what Mahler's music says, without being fully able to communicate, about his Central European world and identity.
Death, Nostalgia and Tradition: Narratives of Brahms's Funeral from Vienna to Budapest
Authors: Belinszky Anna 
Published: November 2024

AbstractIn the afternoon of April 6, 1897, a large crowd gathered in Vienna to bid Johannes Brahms a final farewell. The contemporary reports not only describe the funeral procession, but also tell us about the music that was played at the prestigious event. They mention Brahms's choral piece Fahr wohl, the chorale Jesus, meine Zuversicht, Mendelssohn's Es ist bestimmt in Gottes Rat, and Schubert's – or, in some accounts, Carl Gottlieb Reissiger's – setting of Goethe's first Wandrers Nachtlied (Der du von dem Himmel bist). In my paper, I follow the route of the procession to discover the stories behind the symbolic details of the funeral and the music performed as part of the service. I believe these unfolding narratives offer a great chance to take a closer look at both the prevailing images of Brahms and the cultural milieu of Vienna and Central Europe at the fin-de-siècle. In the second part of my study, I focus a little further east in Central Europe, to Budapest, and illustrate how the news of Brahms's death gave the opportunity to the Hungarian newspapers to publish their own stories of the composer and to reflect on current issues in the musical scene.
Mahler's Music in Hungary, 1920–1956: Performance, Reception, Politics
Authors: Péteri Lóránt 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe music of Gustav Mahler was almost completely excluded from Budapest's concert halls between 1938 and 1945, and again between 1952 and 1957. Its position within the Hungarian public sphere was, however, definitely strengthened in the period from the early 1920s to the mid-1930s, and stabilized again from 1958. Chronological correlations between performance and political history highlight the destructive influence of anti-Semitic discrimination elevated to the level of government policy and of the Stalinist political course on the presence of Mahler's music. From 1921 until 1937, Gustav Mahler's music was performed on a regular basis in the concert halls of the Hungarian capital. During that decade and a half, the majority of Mahler's works were present in Budapest, and, in 1935, even the unfinished Symphony no. 10 was premiered in the city. In the interwar period, the framework of Hungarian social and political life was a conservative parliamentary system with authoritarian elements. However, the public sphere under that regime was, at least until the late thirties, multipolar both in cultural and ideological sense, and it had a pluralistic structure. Mahler's music had conservative as well as left-wing and modernist adherents, while his art was rejected by representatives of folkloristic neo-classicism, by Zoltán Kodály and musicologists belonging to his inner circle. Mahler's music was performed in Budapest owing to the efforts of Hungarian and German-Austrian conductors, who formed a heterogeneous group in terms of socio-cultural background and political orientation. Following the war, the Holocaust and the wave of emigration, Mahler's works were performed again by a largely different group of musicians. But the relative boom of a few years was soon interrupted, and Mahler interpretation in Hungary withered away. The Mahler Renaissance, which took off in 1960, arrived from the Western centers to Hungary, where it produced not insignificant, but typically peripherial results. In my paper, I would like to position the situation of Mahler's music in Budapest within the context of the global reception of the composer. Furthermore, I will also attempt to answer the question to what extent Mahler's personal relationship with Hungarian musical institutions and with the musical elite in Budapest determined the posthumous reception of his music in Hungary.
ГРОМАДСЬКО-ОСВІТНЯ ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ ГРИГОРІЯ ШЕРСТЮКА (1882–1911
Authors: Якобчук Н. 
Published: November 2024

Статтю присвячено дослідженню громадсько-освітньої діяльності Григорія Пилиповича Шерстюка — українського педагога, мовознавця редактора, видавця. Проаналізовано тематику, зміст його публікацій у журналі «Світло», підручника для дітей молодшого шкільного віку, рецензій дитячої літератури. З’ясовано значення згаданих праць для поглиблення джерельної бази студій з історії, педагогіки, біографістики, книговидавництва початку ХХ ст. Визначено внесок Г. Шерстюка у створення української національної школи на початку ХХ ст.
Clinical Outcomes After 1 and 2-Level Lumbar Total Disc Arthroplasty
Authors: Marnay Thierry P. , Geneste Guillaume Y. , Edgard-Rosa Gregory W. , Grau-Ortiz Martin M. , Hirsch Caroline C. , Negre Georges G. 
Published: November 2024

Background:
In this study, we expand the supportive evidence for total disc arthroplasty (TDA) with results up to 21 years in a large patient cohort who received a semiconstrained ball-and-socket lumbar prosthesis. The objectives of the study were to compare the results for 1 versus 2-level surgeries and to evaluate whether prior surgery at the index level(s) impacts clinical outcomes.

Methods:
From 1999 to 2013, 1,187 patients with chronic lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD) underwent lumbar TDA, of whom 772 underwent a 1-level procedure and 415 underwent a 2-level procedure. A total of 373 (31.4%) of the 1,187 patients had prior index-level surgery. Patients were evaluated preoperatively; at 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months postoperatively; and yearly thereafter. The follow-up duration ranged from 7 to 21 years (mean, 11 years and 8 months). Collected data included radiographic, neurological, and physical assessments, as well as self-evaluations using the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and visual analog scale (VAS) for back and leg pain. Perioperative data points, complication rates, and reoperation or revision rates were also assessed. Patients were divided into 4 groups: 1-level TDA with no prior surgery at the index level, 1-level TDA with prior surgery, 2-level TDA with no prior surgery, and 2-level TDA with prior surgery.

Results:
All groups showed dramatic reduction in the ODI at 3 months postoperatively and maintained these scores over time. Although VAS pain did not diminish to its final level as rapidly for patients with prior surgery, there was no significant difference between the groups in terms of pain reduction at 24 months postoperatively. Of 1,187 patients, 49 (4.13%) required either a new surgery at another level or revision or reoperation at the index level. Rates were too low in all groups to compare them statistically. Total TDA revision and adjacent-level surgery rates over 7 to 21 years were very low (0.67% and 1.85%, respectively).

Conclusions:
This study demonstrates the robust long-term clinical success of 1 and 2-level lumbar TDA as assessed at 7 to 21 years postoperatively in one of the largest evaluated cohorts of patients with TDA. Patients had dramatic and maintained reductions in disability and pain scores over time and low rates of index-level revision or reoperation and adjacent-level surgery relative to published long-term fusion data. Additionally, patients who underwent 1-level lumbar TDA and those who underwent 2-level TDA demonstrated equivalent improvement, as did patients with prior surgery at the index level and those with no prior surgery.

Level of Evidence:
Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
CO2 Adsorption onto Water-Bearing Shale: Insights from Molecular Dynamics and Implications on CO2 Prestorage Fracturing
Authors: Wang Bo , Zhao Chi , Qin Weibo , Guo Shiyuan , Xu Xingguang , Huang Shuyue 
Published: November 2024

Summary
Hydraulic fracturing coupled with CO2 injection or CO2 prestorage fracturing is a pivotal technique for enhancing shale oil recovery. Besides, geological CO2 storage offers a feasible solution for mitigating global warming. However, after hydraulic fracturing, the shale matrix is in a water-bearing environment. The complex mechanisms associated with the impact of the injected CO2 on shale oil recovery in the water-bearing kerogen matrix remain unclear. In this work, we explored the adsorption mechanism of five representative components of shale oil in water-bearing kerogen through molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, which may provide useful microscopic insights for industrial CO2 prestorage fracturing. Our research revealed that CO2 could decrease the adsorption capacity of n-octane (OCT; saturated alkanes), thiophene (THIOP), and naphthalene rings (NAPs; aromatic hydrocarbons) onto the kerogen, which consequently improved the recovery of these components. Conversely, the adsorption capacity of pyridine (PYR) and n-octadecanoic acid (STE) was boosted upon the CO2 introduction. This could be attributed to the fact that after CO2 injection, both the quantity and the lifetime of hydrogen bonds between these two components and kerogen were increased. The interaction energy between these two components and the water-bearing kerogen also increased, which was in-line with the changes in molecular van der Waals (vdW) surface electrostatic potential (ESP) and the spatial distribution function (SDF). In addition, to reveal the deeper mechanism, the interactions between the specific sites or functional groups on the kerogen and the different components are analyzed to predict the intermolecular charge transfer. It is believed this work may offer useful insights into the design and implementation of CO2 prestorage fracturing for improved shale oil recovery and CO2 geological storage.
Plasma-Aided Direct Printing of Silver Nanoparticle Conductive Structures on Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces
Authors: Jalajamony Harikrishnan Muraleedharan , Aliyana Akshaya Kumar , De Soumadeep , Diallo Fatima , Stylios George , Fernandez Renny 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

We report plasma-aided printing of silver nanoparticle (AgNP) conductive lines on Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces- a key advancement in stretchable electronic circuits for wearable devices. This low-temperature process enables the direct printing of conductive structures on PDMS, making it compatible with current manufacturing practices for wearable electronics. Our study not only proposes a new plasma-aided method but also establishes its feasibility for printing conductive silver nanoparticle (AgNP) lines that are centimeters in length, capable of withstanding thousands of cycles of dynamic stretching and bending. Through X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, we established a clear relationship between the crystallinity of the printed AgNP nanostructures and plasma treatment parameters. These findings provide critical insights into optimizing plasma conditions to preserve the structural integrity and adhesion of the printed structures, thereby improving their stretchability and durability. Additionally, post-deposition inert plasma treatment was shown to enhance both the electrical conductivity and mechanical performance of the printed conductive lines. This multi-stage plasma treatment approach effectively produces durable and reliable electronic components tailored for wearable technology applications.
Digital Transformation Project Risks Assessment Using Hybrid Picture Fuzzy Distance Measure-Based Additive Ratio Assessment Method
Authors: Rani Pratibha , Mishra Arunodaya Raj , Alrasheedi Adel Fahad , Pamucar Dragan , Marinkovic Dragan 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

Digital transformation (DT) has become vital for companies to persist competitive in the recent ever-changing technological environment. It is integration of digital technologies into all disciplines of business from regular activities to strategic decision making. Risk management planning requires the projects to assess the possible risks that may negatively or positively affect the DT project. The purpose of the study is to introduce a hybridized decision support system (DSS) by combining the distance measure, ranking comparison (RANCOM) model and additive ratio assessment (ARAS) approach in the context of picture fuzzy set. In this framework, the decision experts’ significance values are computed using picture fuzzy score function-based formula. With the combination of objective weight using distance measure and subjective weight through RANCOM model, a combined weight-determining approach is developed to determine the significance values of considered DT risks under picture fuzzy environment, while a hybrid ARAS model is developed to evaluate and rank the DT projects from risks perspective. To exhibit the feasibility of introduced framework, a case study of DT projects assessment problem is discussed in the context of picture fuzzy sets. Sensitivity study is discussed over different values of strategy coefficient, which confirms the strength of the proposed model. Further, comparison with existent picture fuzzy information-based methods is presented to approve the robustness of the developed decision-making framework.