bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Development of a seroepidemiological tool for bat-borne and shrew-borne hantaviruses and its application using samples from Zambia
Authors: Sarii Rakiiya Sikatarii , Kajihara Masahiro , Wei Zuoxing , Lokpathirage Sithumini M. W. , Muthusinghe Devinda S. , Mori-Kajihara Akina , Changula Katendi , Qiu Yongjin , Ndebe Joseph , Hang’ombe Bernard M. , Kikuchi Fuka , Hayashi Ai , Suzuki Motoi , Kamiya Hajime , Arai Satoru , Takada Ayato , Yoshimatsu Kumiko 
Published: November 2024

Background
Rodent-borne orthohantaviruses are the causative agents of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Apart from the classic rodent-borne hantaviruses, numerous species of hantaviruses have been identified in shrews and bats; however, their antigenicity and pathogenicity are unknown. This study focused on developing a serological method to detect antibodies against bat- and shrew-borne hantaviruses.

Methodology/Principal findings
Five bat-borne (Brno, Dakrong, Quezon, Robina, and Xuan Song) and 6 shrew-borne (Asama, Altai, Cao Bang, Nova, Seewis, and Thottapalayam) viruses were selected based on the phylogenetic differences in their N proteins. The recombinant N (rN) proteins of these viruses were expressed as antigens in Vero E6 and 293T cell lines using the pCAGGS/MCS vector. Antisera against the Nus-tagged rN fusion proteins of these viruses (mouse anti-Brno, Dakrong, Quezon, Robina, Xuan Song, Asama, Cao Bang, and Nova, while rabbit anti-Altai, Seewis and Thottapalayam) were also generated. Antigenic cross-reactivity was examined in antisera and rN-expressing Vero E6 cells. The rN proteins of almost all the tested viruses, except for the Quezon and Robina viruses, showed independent antigenicity. For serological screening of bat samples, 5 rNs of the bat-borne viruses were expressed together in a single transfection protocol. Similarly, 6 rNs of shrew-borne viruses were expressed. Reactivities of the mixed antigen system were also examined across the singly transfected Vero cell lines to ensure that all antigens were expressed. Using these antigens, bat serum samples collected from Zambia were screened using the indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT). Selected positive samples were individually tested for the respective antigens by IFAT and western blot assays using rN-expressing 293T cell lysates. Of the 1,764 bat serum samples tested, 11.4% and 17.4% were positive for bat and shrew mixed antigens, respectively. These samples showed positive reactions to the Brno, Dakrong, Quezon, Xuan Son, Robina, Asama, Altai, Cao Bang, or Thottapalayam virus antigens.

Conclusions/Significance
These observations suggest that the mixed-antigen screening system is useful for serological screening For Orthohantavirus infections and that bats in Zambia are likely exposed to not only bat-borne hantaviruses but also to shrew-borne hantaviruses.
Investigation of the effectiveness of no-reference metric in image evaluation in nuclear medicine
Authors: Higashiyama Shigeaki , Katayama Yutaka , Yoshida Atsushi , Inoue Nahoko , Yamanaga Takashi , Ichida Takao , Miki Yukio , Kawabe Joji 
Published: November 2024

Background
In nuclear medicine, normalized mean square error (NMSE) is widely used for image quality evaluation and machine adjustment. However, evaluating clinical images in nuclear medicine using NMSE necessitates acquiring a reference image, which is time consuming and impractical. Therefore, it is necessary to explore no-reference metrics, such as perception-based image quality evaluator (PIQE) and natural image quality evaluator (NIQE), as alternatives for evaluating the quality of clinical images used in nuclear medicine.

Purpose
To examine whether no-reference metrics can be applied to image quality evaluations for clinical images in nuclear medicine.

Methods
Images of the Hoffman Brain Phantom containing 18F–fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) were obtained using Biograph Vision (Siemens Co., Ltd). From the collected images, 14 images with varying pixel counts and acquisition times were created. Sixteen images were visually evaluated by five image experts and ranked accordingly. Image quality was assessed using NMSE, PIQE, and NIQE, and rankings were calculated based on these scores.

Results
The Spearman’s significance test revealed a strong correlation between image quality evaluations using PIQE and visual evaluations by specialists (p<0.0001). PIQE demonstrated comparable performance to image experts in evaluating image quality, suggesting its potential for clinical image quality assessment in nuclear medicine.

Conclusions
PIQE offers a viable method for evaluating image quality in nuclear medicine, presenting a promising alternative to traditional visual inspection methods.
Comparison of the Bristol Stool Scale and Modified Version for Children: Use by Providers vs Children
Authors: Orozco James , Self Mariella M. , Grisales Sara , Chumpitazi Bruno P. , Czyzewski Danita I. , McMullen Meagan S. , Berger Rebecca , Gonzalez Clarissa A. , Cunha Amber L. , Shulman Robert J. 
Published: November 2024

INTRODUCTION:
Accurate report of stool form is essential to diagnosis and assessment of treatment response. The modified Bristol Stool Form Scale for Children (mBSFS-C) classifies stool form into 5 types and is reliable and valid. However, a direct comparison of provider's and children's ratings using the mBSFS-C vs the traditional BSFS that uses 7 stool form types has not been done.

METHODS:
Pediatric gastroenterology providers and children rated the same 35 stool photographs, reflecting diverse stool forms, using both scales. The order of photograph presentation and scale use were randomized. For each photograph, the most common rating (modal rating) was calculated for both scales and study samples. The percentage of child and provider ratings matching their respective modal ratings was determined.

RESULTS:
Twenty-one providers (21 faculty, 11 fellows, 3 nurse practitioners) and 200 children (mean age 12 ± 3 years) participated. No order effect (mBSFS-C vs BSFS used first) was observed. Of 1,225 provider ratings using the mBSFS-C, 90.0% agreed with the provider's modal ratings vs 77.8% using the BSFS. Of 7,000 child ratings using the mBSFS-C, 84.6% agreed with the children's modal ratings vs 71.8% using the BSFS. Using providers' modal ratings as the reference, all mBSFS-C photograph modal ratings matched between children and providers (35/35 photographs) whereas only 86% (30/35 photographs) matched with the BSFS.

DISCUSSION:
(i) The mBSFS-C showed greater modal agreement among both providers and children compared with the BSFS, and (ii) provider-child concordance was greater with the mBSFS-C than with the BSFS. Validation in other regions/populations is needed.
Queer Activism in the Queen City: Vignettes about 1990s LGBTQ+ Organizing in a Small Urban Center of Eastern Pennsylvania
Authors: Foltz Mary Catherine 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
“Queer Activism in the Queen City” explores how LGBTQ+ organizations in the Lehigh Valley (Pennsylvania) operated during the 1990s to address HIV/AIDS, to develop antidiscrimination legislation in Allentown and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and to promote coalitional organizing to address intersectional forms of oppression. Drawing on materials from the Lehigh Valley LGBT Archive, the article addresses the impact of activism outside of major metropolises through discussion of regional AIDS organizations, Pride festivals, regional LGBTQ+ publications, Mennonite organizers, and political organizing to promote trans-inclusive antidiscrimination legislation in Allentown and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The article offers a strong account of how activists from the 1990s in a current battleground state contributed powerfully to fights for equity in our region that continue to have ramifications for contemporary regional activism. Further, with a focus on a small region of Pennsylvania and attention to the import of local LGBTQ+ community archives, the article showcases the value of hyperlocal LGBTQ+ history for granting researchers a better understanding of the decade of the 1990s outside of coastal metropolises, thereby contributing to new research in our field that calls for attention to understudied communities.
School-Based Education Program to Solve Bullying Cases in Primary Schools
Authors: Mayus Muhammadi , Samudra Azhari Aziz 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This research aims to find out how to reduce cases of violence among elementary school students by uncovering solutions and their implementation. Currently, violence among students is rampant in Indonesia. The 2018 Program for International Student Assessment data show that students who report having experienced violence are above the average for OECD member countries. This research method uses a qualitative approach supported by focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with elementary school teachers and principals. The research results obtained nine themes: oppression as a problem, causes, impacts of oppression, institutional, curricular, cultural, religious, family intervention, current challenges, and recommendations. Curricular factor interventions include educational curricula and behavioral principles based on culture and customs. Extracurricular interventions include the application of values and norms. Additional interventions include socializing anti-violence values and norms to inspire students to be more enthusiastic about learning and increasing the role of parents at home. This research found an ideal combination of curricular and extracurricular activities to prevent cases of bullying at school. The curriculum on cultural values, customs, and institutions also determines the components that will help students have good morals and avoid violence inside and outside school.
Attraktive Employer Brand aus der Perspektive deutscher Studierender und Anregungen zum Employer Branding chinesischer Unternehmen in Deutschland
Authors: Zhao Qian , Song Yuhao 
Published: November 2024

Zusammenfassung
Im Zuge der Vertiefung der wirtschaftlichen Zusammenarbeit mit Deutschland drängen immer mehr chinesische Unternehmen auf den deutschen Markt. Wie die Attraktivität ihrer Employer Brand optimiert, d. h. wie das Employer Branding effektiver realisiert werden kann, um die lokalen Talente als Mitarbeitende zu gewinnen, spielt für ihre erfolgreiche Geschäftsentwicklung in Deutschland eine wichtige Rolle. Mit der qualitativen Forschungsmethode hat die vorliegende Arbeit aus der Perspektive von deutschen Hochschulstudierenden wichtige Evaluationsdimensionen vom Employer Branding eruiert. Diese Evaluationsdimensionen umfassen funktionale Dimensionen, jeweils auf der individuellen Ebene, der Führungsebene und der organisatorischen Ebene, sowie symbolische Dimensionen, wie Innovativität, Aufrichtigkeit usw. Ihre Wahrnehmung von Employer Brand chinesischer Unternehmen in Deutschland sind auch ermittelt. Dabei beziehen sich ihre positiven Wahrnehmungen auf Ehrgeiz mit klaren Zielen, Innovativität und Zukunftsorientierung, konstruktiven Umgang sowie Fairness und Leistungsorientierung der chinesischen Arbeitgeber. Die negativen Wahrnehmungen konzentrieren sich hauptsächlich auf starke Hierarchie, limitierte individuelle Orientierung, Überstunden und Leistungsdruck. Darauf basierend werden Anregungen für chinesische Unternehmen in Deutschland abgeleitet. Empfohlen sind Maßnahmen wie offene Kommunikation und effektivere Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Aufbau eines innovativen Images, Angebot und Information, mehr individuelle Vorteile, Einhalten lokaler Vorschriften sowie gute Darstellung des Arbeitssinnes.
Conversational priming in repetitional responses as a mechanism in language change: evidence from agent-based modelling
Authors: Dekker Peter , Gipper Sonja , de Boer Bart 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
In this article, we investigate if conversational priming in repetitional responses could be a factor in language change. In this mechanism, an interlocutor responds to an utterance by the other interactant using a repetitional response. Due to comprehension-to-production priming, the interlocutor producing the repetitional response is more likely to employ the same linguistic variant as the interlocutor producing the original utterance, resulting in a double exposure to the variant which, in turn, is assumed to reinforce the original priming effect, making the form more familiar to the repeating interlocutor. An agent-based model, with interactions shaped as conversations, shows that when conversational priming is added as a parameter, interlocutors converge faster on their linguistic choices than without conversational priming. Moreover, we find that when an innovative form is in some way favoured over another form (replicator selection), this convergence also leads to faster spread of innovations across a population. In a second simulation, we find that conversational priming is, under certain assumptions, able to overcome the conserving effect of frequency. Our work highlights the importance of including the conversation level in models of language change that link different timescales.
Effect of austempering temperatures on mechanical properties of dual matrix structure austempered ductile iron
Authors: Uyar Ahmet , Sahin Omer , Akar Neset , Kilicli Volkan 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This study investigates the effect of the austempering temperatures on the microstructures and mechanical properties of austempered ductile iron with dual-matrix structure (DMS-ADI). An unalloyed ferritic ductile iron bar samples were intercritically austenitized at 810 °C for 60 min and austempered at different austempering temperatures (300 °C, 325 °C, 350 °C, and 375 °C) for 120 min. Microstructural and mechanical characterization were examined using optical microscopes, scanning electron microscopes (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses, hardness, and tensile tests. Experimental results showed that the DMS-ADI samples exhibit a dual-phase structure consisting of proeutectoid ferrite + ausferrite structures. The volume fraction of ausferrite (42.5–47.5 %) was almost stable in all austempering temperatures in DMS-ADI samples. The high-carbon retained austenite volume fraction, and its carbon content increased with increased austempering temperatures. At austempering temperatures up to 350 °C, strength and hardness increased, while energy at break and total elongation decreased. The strength and hardness decreased, while energy at break and total elongation increased at 375 °C austempering temperature. All DMS-ADI samples exhibited ductile fracture surfaces except for those austempered at 350 °C. The highest (σ
UTS = 590 MPa and ε
T = 18.8 %) and lowest (σ
UTS = 434 MPa and ε
T = 28.5 %) mechanical properties were obtained in DMS-ADI samples austempered at 350 °C and 300 °C, respectively.
Effect of bio-waste conch filler addition on mechanical performance of glass fiber-reinforced epoxy polymer composite
Authors: Vinoth Kumar Kalidas , Pavendhan Rajangam , Senthamaraikannan Palanisamy , Sonar Tushar , Osipov Alexander 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
In this, the effect of conch shell particles on mechanical performance of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite was investigated. The GFRP composites were prepared using hand layup method. The conch particles were added in the incremental levels of 0, 25, 35, 45, and 55 wt.% to GFRP composites. The C–H stretching vibration and aliphatic amine groups in conch-filled composites confirmed the dispersion of conch particles. The mechanical performance of GFRP composites was evaluated by impact strength, interlaminar shear strength (ILSS), and fatigue strength tests. The GFRP composites fabricated using 35 wt.% of conch shell particles showed higher impact toughness of 35 J in presence of centered notch compared to GFRP composites developed without conch shell particles that showed impact toughness of 13 J. The ILSS of GFRP composites drops by the addition of conch shell particles. The GFRP composites fabricated using 35 wt.% of conch shell particles showed 26.21 % reduced ILSS compared to the GFRP composites developed without conch shell particles. The GFRP composites fabricated using 45 wt.% of conch shell particles exhibited fatigue life of 10,093 cycles. These results suggest that conch filler – GFRP composites can be used for lightweight applications, which are cost-effective and ecofriendly.
Relational Aspects of Attention in Chrysostom’s hermeneutics
Authors: Samellas Antigone 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Chrysostom construed attention as an unwavering and wholehearted dedication to the study of the Word in view of one’s moral transformation. As it will become evident the attainment of this state required instruction, not in doctrines, but in the art of asking questions. This article tries to place Chrysostom’s hermeneutics in its Middle Platonic and Neoplatonic scholastic context. It also explores the interaction between preacher and audience as well as the erotic and hedonistic dimensions of intercourse with the Word so as to bring to the fore the relational aspects of attention. Above all, it highlights desire, and its close association with the formulation of aporias, as the key to Chrysostom’s Socratic way of converting his congregation to the Christian way of life.
A Call to Holiness: Baptism, the Church, and Asceticism in Jerome’s
Adversus Jovinianum
Authors: Plsson Katarina 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Scholarship on the Jovinianist controversy has shown that the idea of baptism as deeply transformative lay at the heart of Jovinian’s thinking. Scholars have likewise held that Jerome, who through his Adversus Jovinianum is our main source to the ideas of Jovinian, did not acknowledge the ecclesiological concerns on which his opponent’s argument was based. This article argues, to the contrary, that Jerome was well aware of the challenge that Jovinian’s ecclesiology implied for ascetic superiority. I show that in his polemics against Jovinian, Jerome did not disregard the importance of baptism, but rather reinterpreted it. The transformation ascribed by Jovinian to the baptismal rite was transferred by Jerome to the postbaptismal life, and more precisely, to the ascetic life. I examine three themes: Baptism as a new birth, baptism as a resurrection to a spiritual life, and the baptized person as a bride of Christ, showing how these were ascetically interpreted by Jerome. I argue that Against Jovinian is a work deeply engaged with the precisely the questions which Jovinian raised, namely about the essence of the church and the relationship between its members.
Abnormal uptake related to the thyroid gland on somatostatin receptor-targeted PET imaging: reported prevalence and rate of thyroid malignancy and parathyroid adenomas
Authors: Sjöstedt Sannia Mia Svenningsen , Hahn Christoffer Holst , Rasmussen Åse Krogh , Oturai Peter Sandor , Cramon Per Karkov 
Published: November 2024

Introduction
Incidental uptake within or adjacent to the thyroid gland is occasionally observed on somatostatin receptor-targeted PET imaging in patients with neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs). The reported prevalence and clinical relevance of such findings are not well established.

Materials and methods
We reviewed PET scan reports for all patients undergoing [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TOC PET/CT or [64Cu]Cu-DOTA-TATE PET/CT in our department from 2018 to 2022. Scans reporting incidental uptake within or adjacent to the thyroid gland were reviewed post hoc to extract semi-quantitative scores of tracer uptake for the incidental lesions. We further extracted data from electronic patient charts, including cytology and histology.

Results
A total of 3692 PET scans were performed on 1808 unique patients. Incidental abnormal thyroid uptake was reported in 42 of the 1808 patients, with thyroid malignancy identified in five of these 42 patients. Two patients had medullary thyroid cancers, two had neuroendocrine tumor metastases, and one had a renal clear cell carcinoma metastasis. Focal uptake in close relation to the thyroid gland, suggestive of parathyroid adenoma, was reported in another 13 of the 1808 patients, with biochemical hyperparathyroidism found in six of these 13 patients.

Conclusion
In patients undergoing somatostatin receptor-targeted PET scans for evaluation of NENs, the prevalence of reported abnormal uptake within or adjacent to the thyroid gland was low. However, the rates of thyroid malignancy and parathyroid adenomas were substantial. Prospective studies are needed to determine the optimal diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for these incidental findings.
FERTILITY CARE IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES: Embryologists’ practices of care in IVF-clinics in sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Gerrits Trudie , Whittaker Andrea , Manderson Lenore 
Published: November 2024

AbstractDespite the centrality of the role of embryologists in in vitro fertilization (IVF), there is relatively little literature on the nature of their work. In this article, we draw on results from a large ethnographic study on the emerging IVF industry in South Africa and reproductive travel in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where IVF clinics and embryologists are scarce. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 11 embryologists, who work(ed) in SSA, we illustrate how their care practices are produced through the interaction of people and things. We emphasize the importance of context in shaping their practices, including the shortage of embryologists, the need to set up ‘first’ clinics in their respective countries, the paucity of trained counsellors in clinics and the mobility of IVF staff. The embryologists we interviewed performed multiple tasks on top of their laboratory work, including entrepreneurial tasks, advocacy, training, development of regulations, mentoring and patient counselling. They enacted care in several ways, towards gametes and embryos, patients, clinics and the profession. These multiple tasks and care practices make for dynamic and fulfilling careers of the interviewed embryologists but also stretch their capacities. They also raise questions about their contribution to the scarcity of embryological work in SSA. If access to IVF is to be achieved in the SSA region, more embryologists need to be trained and retained.Lay summaryEmbryologists play a central role in IVF. Yet, there is limited knowledge about the nature of their work. We examine the work of embryologists in SSA, where IVF clinics and embryologists are scarce. Based on qualitative interviews conducted with 12 embryologists, we illustrate the multiple tasks they perform on top of their laboratory work: entrepreneurial tasks, advocacy, training, development of regulations, mentoring and patient counselling. Context is important in shaping these practices. This includes the shortage of embryologists in the SSA region, the need to set up ‘first’ clinics in their respective countries, the lack of trained counsellors in clinics and the mobility of IVF staff. These multiple tasks, while professionally fulfilling, raise questions about their contribution to the scarcity of embryological work in SSA, which contributes to the limited access to IVF in this region.