bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
OUTCOME AND TOXICITY PATTERNS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA: A SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE
Authors: Angelini Paola , Rodriguez Laura , Zolaly Mohammed , Naqvi Ahmed , Weitzman Sheila , Abla Oussama , Punnett Angela 
Published: February 2018

Background: The incidence and biology of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) vary according to age. Some data suggest that the impact of age in pediatric and adolescent NHL patients depends on the histological subtype. Objectives: We aimed to analyze the impact of age at diagnosis on clinical characteristics and treatment-related toxicity in children and adolescents with NHL.Methods: Retrospective review of medical records of children and adolescents diagnosed with NHL at the Hospital for Sick children, Toronto, between January 1995 and December 2008.Results: 164 children were diagnosed with NHL during the study period, with a median age at diagnosis of 10 years. With a median follow-up of 6.2 years, 5-year OS in patients aged <15 and 15-18 years was 89± 2% vs 82% ± 6%, respectively (P = 0.30), and 5-year EFS was 84% ± 3% vs. 77% ± 7% (P= 0.37). In Burkitts lymphoma (BL) and lymphoblastic lymphoma (LL) there was a trend towards better outcomes in children compared to adolescents, with EFS of 91% ± 4% vs. 75% ± 15%, respectively in BL (P= 0.17), and 82% ± 7% vs. 51.4% ± 2% respectively in LL (P= 0.16). Late effects occurred in 21 patients (12.8%).Conclusions: Children with NHL aged < 15 years tend to have better survival rates and less long-term toxicity than adolescents aged 15-18 years.
Integrated emission inventory and modeling to assess distribution of particulate matter mass and black carbon composition in Southeast Asia
Authors: Permadi Didin Agustian , Kim Oanh Nguyen Thi , Vautard Robert 
Published: February 2018

Abstract. This is part of a research study addressing the potential co-benefits associated with selected black carbon (BC) emission reduction measures on mitigation of air pollution and climate forcing in Southeast Asia (SEA). This paper presents details of emission inventory (EI) results and WRF–CHIMERE model performance evaluation. The SEA regional emissions for 2007 were updated with our EI results for Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia and used for the model input. WRF–CHIMERE-simulated 2007 PM10, PM2.5, and BC over the SEA domain (0.25° × 0.25°) and the results were evaluated against the available meteorology and air quality monitoring data in the domain. WRF hourly simulation results were evaluated using the observed data at eight international airport stations in five SEA countries and showed a satisfactory performance. WRF–CHIMERE results for PM10 and PM2.5 showed strong seasonal influence of biomass open burning while the BC distribution showed the influence of urban activities in big SEA cities. Daily average PM10 constructed from the hourly concentrations were obtained from the automatic monitoring stations in three large SEA cities, i.e., Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and Surabaya, for model evaluation. The daily observed PM2.5 and BC concentrations obtained from the Improving Air Quality in Asian Developing Countries (AIRPET) project for four cities (i.e., Bangkok, Hanoi, Bandung, and Manila) were also used for model evaluation. In addition, hourly BC concentrations were taken from the measurement results of the Asian Pacific Network (APN) project at a suburban site in Bangkok. The modeled PM10 and BC satisfactorily met all suggested statistical criteria for PM evaluation. The modeled PM2.5∕PM10 ratios estimated for four AIRPET sites ranged between 0.47 and 0.59, lower than observed values of 0.6–0.83. Better agreement was found for BC∕PM2.5 ratios with the modeled values of 0.05–0.33 as compared to the observation values of 0.05–0.28. AODEM (extended aerosol optical depth module) was used to calculate the total columnar aerosol optical depth (AOD) and BC AOD up to the top of the domain at 500 hPa (∼ 5500 m), which did not include the free-tropospheric long-range transport of the pollution. The model AOD results calculated using the internal mixing assumption were evaluated against the observed AOD by both AERONET and MODIS satellite in 10 countries in the domain. Our model results showed that the BC AOD contributed 7.5–12 % of the total AOD, which was in the same range reported by other studies for places with intensive emissions. The results of this paper are used to calculate the regional aerosol direct radiative forcing under different emission reduction scenarios to explore potential co-benefits for air quality improvement, reduction in the number of premature deaths, and climate forcing mitigation in SEA in 2030 (Permadi et al., 2017a).
A new moisture tagging capability in the Weather Research and Forecasting model: formulation, validation and application to the 2014 Great Lake-effect snowstorm
Authors: Insua-Costa Damián , Miguez-Macho Gonzalo 
Published: February 2018

Abstract. A new moisture tagging
tool, usually known as water vapor tracer (WVT) method or online Eulerian
method, has been implemented into the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)
regional meteorological model, enabling it for precise studies on atmospheric
moisture sources and pathways. We present here the method and its
formulation, along with details of the implementation into WRF. We perform an
in-depth validation with a 1-month long simulation over North America at
20 km resolution, tagging all possible moisture sources: lateral boundaries,
continental, maritime or lake surfaces and initial atmospheric conditions. We
estimate errors as the moisture or precipitation amounts that cannot be
traced back to any source. Validation results indicate that the method
exhibits high precision, with errors considerably lower than 1 % during
the entire simulation period, for both precipitation and total precipitable
water. We apply the method to the Great Lake-effect snowstorm of
November 2014, aiming at quantifying the contribution of lake evaporation to
the large snow accumulations observed in the event. We perform simulations in
a nested domain at 5 km resolution with the tagging technique, demonstrating
that about 30–50 % of precipitation in the regions immediately downwind,
originated from evaporated moisture in the Great Lakes. This contribution
increases to between 50 and 60 % of the snow water equivalent in the most
severely affected areas, which suggests that evaporative fluxes from the
lakes have a fundamental role in producing the most extreme accumulations in
these episodes, resulting in the highest socioeconomic impacts.
Deeply subducted continental fragments – Part 1: Fracturing, dissolution–precipitation, and diffusion processes recorded by garnet textures of the central Sesia Zone (western Italian Alps)
Authors: Giuntoli Francesco , Lanari Pierre , Engi Martin 
Published: February 2018

Abstract. Contiguous continental high-pressure terranes in orogens offer insight into deep recycling and transformation processes that occur in subduction zones. These remain poorly understood, and currently debated ideas need testing. The approach we chose is to investigate, in detail, the record in suitable rock samples that preserve textures and robust mineral assemblages that withstood overprinting during exhumation. We document complex garnet zoning in eclogitic mica schists from the Sesia Zone (western Italian Alps). These retain evidence of two orogenic cycles and provide detailed insight into resorption, growth, and diffusion processes induced by fluid pulses in high-pressure conditions. We analysed local textures and garnet compositional patterns, which turned out remarkably complex. By combining these with thermodynamic modelling, we could unravel and quantify repeated fluid–rock interaction processes. Garnet shows low-Ca porphyroclastic cores that were stable under (Permian) granulite facies conditions. The series of rims that surround these cores provide insight into the subsequent evolution: the first garnet rim that surrounds the pre-Alpine granulite facies core in one sample indicates that pre-Alpine amphibolite facies metamorphism followed the granulite facies event. In all samples documented, cores show lobate edges and preserve inner fractures, which are sealed by high-Ca garnet that reflects high-pressure Alpine conditions. These observations suggest that during early stages of subduction, before hydration of the granulites, brittle failure of garnet occurred, indicating high strain rates that may be due to seismic failure. Several Alpine rims show conspicuous textures indicative of interaction with hydrous fluid: (a) resorption-dominated textures produced lobate edges, at the expense of the outer part of the granulite core; (b) peninsulas and atoll garnet are the result of replacement reactions; and (c) spatially limited resorption and enhanced transport of elements due to the fluid phase are evident along brittle fractures and in their immediate proximity. Thermodynamic modelling shows that all of these Alpine rims formed under eclogite facies conditions. Structurally controlled samples allow these fluid–garnet interaction phenomena to be traced across a portion of the Sesia Zone, with a general decrease in fluid–garnet interaction observed towards the external, structurally lower parts of the terrane. Replacement of the Permian HT assemblages by hydrate-rich Alpine assemblages can reach nearly 100 % of the rock volume. Since we found no clear relationship between discrete deformation structures (e.g. shear zones) observed in the field and the fluid pulses that triggered the transformation to eclogite facies assemblages, we conclude that disperse fluid flow was responsible for the hydration.
Childbearing and quality of life decisions for women in Taiwan
Authors: Chen Shu-Ling , Jones Linda Katherine , Jackson Merv 
Published: February 2018

Taiwan has one of the lowest birth rates in the world and is predicted to lead to zero population growth. This study aimed to gain a comprehensive understanding of the personal, social and cultural factors influencing Taiwanese women’s motherhood decision making.Semi structured interviews from first time mothers and theoretical sampling were applied to recruit participants from an antenatal clinic in a large metropolitan hospital from Taipei, Taiwan until data saturation was achieved with 34 women. A number of categories were identified from the data with this paper presenting only the category of “childbearing and the quality of life”. Under this category a number of factors were identified that contributed to the decision on whether to have children. This included the couple’s financial circumstances, existing pressure from living expenses, childbearing is costly and having children in a responsibility.Childbearing and quality of life was identified from the data as a crucial factor influencing participant’s decision making choices to have children. This was because women wanted to maintain a certain quality of life and needed to then ascertain how much this would be influenced by having children. It is becoming clear that economic development specifically related to materialistic values, has negatively influenced the value people place on having children. Encouraging a return to traditional Taiwanese values as well as orienting people away from materialistic values maybe a way to turn the fertility rate around.
E-Service Quality and Perceived Value as Predictors of Customer Loyalty towards Online Supermarkets
Authors: Minimol M. C. 
Published: February 2018

Service quality is progressively acknowledged as a significant characteristic of electronic commerce. As online comparison of the technical features of products is largely costless, viable, and easier than comparison of merchandises through traditional networks, service quality is perceived as the strategic element of customer loyalty in electronic commerce spectrum. A conceptual model explaining the relationship among e‐service quality dimensions, customer’s perceived value and loyalty towards online super markets is proposed and discussed in the present study. The research design adopted for the current study was descriptive in nature. The research approach followed was field study, by administering a structured questionnaire. Online survey method was adopted for data collection, so the data source is online shoppers in India. The study pinpointed that the four aspects of e‐service quality, namely, fulfilment, system availability, efficiency, and privacy positively influence the perceived value. It also disclosed that perceived value positively contributed to customer loyalty. The study results brought about the catalytic role of e-service quality and perceived value in online shopping framework. While designing websites of online supermarkets, the four pillars of electronic service quality needs to be focused on, considering their potential to promote customer loyalty to the store.
Cuando la marca ofrece entretenimiento: aproximación al concepto de advertainment
Authors: Ramos Marina 
Published: February 2018

La crisis de los medios masivos, la saturación del mercado pu­blicitario y el nuevo consumidor han dado como resultado nuevas formas de relación entre las marcas y su público objetivo. Entre ellas destaca el advertainment o branded content ljÚ'e hace referencia a la unión de dos con­ ceptos: publicidad y entretenimiento. Ahora el anunciante toma la iniciativa y se convierte en productor de contenidJs donde los valores de marca estdn integrados. En este artículo seprofondiza"sobre esta técnica publicitaria con el objetivo de establecer un marco teórico 'apropiado para su estudio.
Two new species of deep-water Calcigorgia gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the Kurile Islands, Sea of Okhotsk, with a review of distinctive characters of the known species of the genus
Authors: Dautova Tatiana N. 
Published: February 2018

This paper provides descriptions of Calcigorgia gorgonians collected from the Sea of Okhotsk and shores of the Kurile Islands between 3 Aug. 1984 and 20 Aug. 1987. New species described are the deep-water gorgonians Calcigorgia matua sp. nov. and C. simushiri sp. nov., belonging to the temperate fauna of the North Pacific hemisphere. Specimens belonging to all species of the genus were examined and the distinctive characters for each one are provided and summarized in a table. A modified diagnosis of the genus is proposed. The finding of a previously undescribed species emphasizes the need of further surveys, particularly in shelf and deeper waters, in order to improve our knowledge of this neglected fauna in Far East seas.
Eighth Edition Staging of Thoracic Malignancies: Implications for the Reporting Pathologist
Authors: Nicholson Andrew G. , Tsao Ming S. , Travis William D. , Patil Deepa T. , Galateau-Salle Francoise , Marino Mirella , Dacic Sanja , Beasley Mary Beth , Butnor Kelly J. , Yatabe Yasushi , Pass Harvey I. , Rusch Valerie W. , Detterbeck Frank C. , Asamura Hisao , Rice Thomas W. , Rami-Porta Ramon 
Published: February 2018

Context
The Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, in conjunction with the International Mesothelioma Interest Group, the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group, and the Worldwide Esophageal Cancer Collaboration, developed proposals for the 8th edition of their respective tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) staging classification systems.

Objective
To review these changes and discuss issues for the reporting pathologist.

Data Sources
Proposals were based on international databases of lung (N = 94 708), with an external validation using the US National Cancer Database; mesothelioma (N = 3519); thymic epithelial tumors (10 808); and epithelial cancers of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction (N = 22 654).

Conclusions
These proposals have been mostly accepted by the Union for International Cancer Control and the American Joint Committee on Cancer and incorporated into their respective staging manuals (2017). The Union for International Cancer Control recommended implementation beginning in January 2017; however, the American Joint Committee on Cancer has deferred deployment of the eighth TNM until January 1, 2018, to ensure appropriate infrastructure for data collection. This manuscript summarizes the updated staging of thoracic malignancies, specifically highlighting changes from the 7th edition that are relevant to pathologic staging. Histopathologists should become familiar with, and start to incorporate, the 8th edition staging in their daily reporting of thoracic cancers henceforth.
‘Temporary Workers’, Temporary Fathers: Transnational Family Impacts of Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program
Authors: McLaughlin Janet , Wells Don , Mendiburo Aaraón Díaz , Lyn André , Vasilevska Biljana 
Published: February 2018

Under Canada’sSeasonal Agricultural Worker Program(SAWP), migrant workers come to Canada for up to eight months each year, without their families, to work as temporary foreign workers in agriculture. Using a ‘whole worker’ industrial relations approach, which emphasizes intersections among work, family and community relations, this article assesses the impacts of these repeated separations on the wellbeing and cohesion of Mexican workers’ transnational families. The analysis is based primarily on 74 in-depth, semi-structured interviews that were conducted in Spanish with male workers, their spouses and children, and with the children’s teachers. Assessment criteria include effects on children’s health and educational success, children’s behaviour, mothers’ abilities to cope with added roles and work, and emotional relations among workers, children and spouses.The study findings suggest that families are often negatively impacted by these repeated separations, with particular consequences for the mental and physical health of children. Children’s behavioural challenges often include poor school performance, involvement in crime, drug and alcohol abuse (especially among sons), and early pregnancies among daughters. As temporary ‘single moms,’ wives often have difficulty coping with extra functions and burdens, and lack of support when their husbands are working in Canada. Typically, there are profound emotional consequences for workers and, frequently, strained family relations. The article concludes by offering practical policy recommendations to lessen negative impacts on SAWP workers and their families, including higher remittances; improved access to labour rights and standards; and new options for family reunification.
Sexual Orientation Wage Gaps across Local Labour Market Contexts: Evidence from Canada
Authors: Denier Nicole , Waite Sean 
Published: February 2018

Mounting evidence suggests that sexual orientation matters in the labour market. Research in Canada points to a wage hierarchy not only by gender, but also by sexual orientation, with heterosexual men out-earning gay men, lesbians, and heterosexual women. While previous work has considered how human capital characteristics, occupation and industry of employment, and family status factor into the creation of these earnings disparities, little research has examined how residential concentration in large metropolitan areas factors into the creation of sexual orientation pay gaps.
Drawing on the 2006 Census of Canada, this study investigates how sexual orientation wage gaps vary across geographic areas in Canada, documenting earnings disparities across the metropolitan/non-metropolitan divide as well as for Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. We also evaluate whether the mechanisms contributing to wage gaps diverge across these contexts, focusing on how pay gaps differ across occupations, points in the earnings distribution, and sectors of employment.
Our results show that pay gaps are highest in non-metropolitan Canada. The underlying components of wage gaps fluctuate across Canada, especially for gay men. Sexual orientation earnings penalties are reduced in public sector employment, even where private sector wage gaps are highest. These results suggest that local social and labour market contexts are associated with the earnings outcomes of sexual minorities.
Insertion professionnelle des immigrants qualifiés en technologies de l’information à Québec : À l’encontre des mythes, témoignages d’immigrants
Authors: Dioh Marie-Laure , Racine Michel 
Published: February 2018

Alors que les flux migratoires massifs et illégaux font les manchettes en Europe, des pays tel le Canada misent davantage sur l’immigration qualifiée. L’insertion professionnelle en terres canadiennes, et plus spécifiquement au Québec, a intéressé bon nombre d’auteurs. Ces derniers soulignent les différentes difficultés que connaissent les immigrants sur ce plan, malgré les efforts constants des acteurs publics pour ajuster les politiques d’accueil et d’intégration.
Dans le secteur des technologies de l’information (TI) de la région de la Capitale-Nationale, la croissance économique, la rareté et le besoin croissant de main-d’oeuvre spécialisée incitent des employeurs, soutenus par des organismes régionaux, à recruter à l’international des travailleurs qualifiés. Une part importante des immigrants spécialisés en TI arrive donc à Québec par le biais de ce mécanisme et les intervenants du milieu soulignent leur bonne insertion en emploi. Cependant, il existe une catégorie d’immigrants formés en TI à l’étranger qui tentent, de leur côté, d’insérer le secteur. Ces derniers ne sont pas arrivés par le mode de recrutement habituel et ils passent donc sous le radar des statistiques régionales et sectorielles. Cette étude exploratoire dévoile leur existence et s’attarde à leurs conditions particulières d’insertion professionnelle.
L’article relève les obstacles rencontrés dans leurs démarches pour occuper un premier emploi en TI avec leurs compétences étrangères, des obstacles en lien avec leur faible maitrise des langues de travail, ou des lacunes dans les pratiques de gestion des ressources humaines des employeurs, et aussi à cause des différences dans les nomenclatures professionnelles. Les immigrants rencontrés mettent en place des stratégies de retour aux études et de déqualification qui vont s’avérer la porte d’entrée pour occuper leur premier emploi en TI. Toutefois, ces actions ne mènent pas souvent à une insertion optimale et satisfaisante et elles entrainent généralement une surqualification. L’analyse permet de comprendre que leurs profils généralistes seraient, en partie, à l’origine de ces obstacles parce que les besoins des employeurs dans la région sont, en fait, spécialisés.