bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Association Between Two Muscle-Related Parameters and Postoperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Tumor Resection Surgery
Authors: Gao Danyang , Miao Huihui , Sheng Weixuan , Liu Lei , Wang Rengui , Shi Hanping , Li Tianzuo 
Published: November 2024

BACKGROUND:
This study aimed to investigate the associations of 2 preoperative muscle-related parameters, the third lumbar vertebra skeletal muscle index (L3 SMI) for muscle mass and the Hounsfield unit average calculation (HUAC) for muscle density, with the occurrence of postoperative complications among patients undergoing colorectal tumor resection surgery under general anesthesia. We hypothesized that muscle-related parameters are associated with the occurrence of postoperative complications.

METHODS:
This was a single-center, retrospective observational study. Adult patients who underwent colorectal tumor resection surgery under general anesthesia between 2018.09.01 and 2021.09.01 were enrolled. The last abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan images obtained within 3 months before surgery were used to calculate the L3 SMI and HUAC. The primary outcome was defined as the occurrence of any postoperative complications corresponding to Clavien-Dindo classification before discharge. The secondary outcome was defined as the occurrence of any severe postoperative complications (Clavien-Dindo grade ≥3) before discharge. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to estimate the association between muscle-related parameters and incidence of postoperative complications. Patients’ baseline demographics, past medical history and intraoperative parameters were adjusted in the multivariable logistic regression analysis.

RESULTS:
A total of 317 patients with a median age of 66 (58–72) years were included. Sarcopenia (muscle mass reduction) patients in our cohort and myosteatosis (muscle density decline) were present in 254 (80.1 %) and 79 (24.9%) patients, respectively. A total of 135 patients (42.6 %) developed postoperative complications. According to the multivariable logistic regression, myosteatosis (odds ratio [OR], 1.8, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.0–3.3, P = .039) was significantly associated with postoperative complications.

CONCLUSIONS:
A significant association was observed between myosteatosis and postoperative complications (corresponding to Clavien-Dindo classification before discharge), especially severe postoperative complications (Clavien-Dindo grade ≥3) in patients undergoing colorectal tumor resection. Screening for myosteatosis with HUAC using the CT before surgery may help clinicians identify high-risk perioperative patients early.
Hostile and Hospitable Programmatic Architectures
Authors: Von Bergen Megan K. 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Much of the conversation about ungrading has thus far focused on its impacts in the classroom, improving student learning and addressing ongoing inequities. Yet addressing the administrative structures necessary to sustain ungrading is equally important, especially considering the labor conditions of contingent, minoritized, or otherwise vulnerable faculty. This article proposes hostile/hospitable programmatic architectures as a framework for understanding how institutional ecologies may be configured in ways that undermine or support the use of equitable assessment practices. Where hostile programmatic architecture neglects the risk vulnerable faculty take on in using a new assessment practice, a hospitable programmatic architecture, deliberately attentive to faculty labor conditions and institutional locatedness, relies on supportive, cross-hierarchical relationships and ample material and affective resources to open institutional spaces for the effective use of ungrading. The article closes with a brief heuristic for writing program administrators and other departmental/university leaders interested in assessing the hospitality of their own program.
Vestibular Schwannoma Koos Grade II International Study of Active Surveillance Versus Stereotactic Radiosurgery: The VISAS-K2 Study
Authors: Bin-Alamer Othman , Abou-Al-Shaar Hussam , Peker Selcuk , Samanci Yavuz , Pelcher Isabelle , Begley Sabrina , Goenka Anuj , Schulder Michael , Tourigny Jean-Nicolas , Mathieu David , Hamel Andréanne , Briggs Robert G. , Yu Cheng , Zada Gabriel , Giannotta Steven L. , Speckter Herwin , Palque Sarai , Tripathi Manjul , Kumar Saurabh , Kaur Rupinder , Kumar Narendra , Rogowski Brandon , Shepard Matthew J. , Johnson Bryan A. , Trifiletti Daniel M. , Warnick Ronald E. , Dayawansa Samantha , Mashiach Elad , Vasconcellos Fernando De Nigris , Bernstein Kenneth , Schnurman Zane , Alzate Juan , Kondziolka Douglas , Sheehan Jason P. 
Published: November 2024

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
This study assessed the efficacy and safety of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in comparison with watchful waiting for managing Koos grade II vestibular schwannomas (VS).

METHODS:
A retrospective, multicentric analysis was conducted, focusing on patients with Koos grade II VS who either received SRS (SRS group) or were observed (observation group). To ensure comparability between groups, propensity score matching was used, including factors such as demographic characteristics, tumor dimensions, and hearing assessments. The primary end points examined were tumor control, maintenance of serviceable hearing, and neurological outcomes.

RESULTS:
A total of 92 patients were equally matched across both cohorts, with a median follow-up of 37 months for the SRS group and 27.5 months for those observed. The SRS cohort exhibited superior tumor control over observation across 3, 5, and 8 years, achieving a 100% control rate vs 47.9%, 40.1%, and 34.3% for the observation group at these time intervals, respectively (P < .001). Serviceable hearing preservation rates were comparable between the 2 groups throughout 3, 5, and 7 years (72.9% for SRS vs 65.4% for observation at 3 years; P = .86). Moreover, SRS management correlated with a lower incidence of vestibular symptoms (odds ratio = 0.11, P = .002), with no significant disparity in the deterioration of cranial nerve (CN) V or CN VII functions. Notably, the likelihood of experiencing any CN impairment was significantly diminished in the SRS cohort (odds ratio = 0.47, P = .04).

CONCLUSION:
For patients with Koos grade II VS, SRS offers superior tumor control rate and a lower risk of CN dysfunction without sacrificing hearing preservation.
A hip and knee orthopaedic specialist triage service evaluation: comparing physiotherapists and chiropractors in an NHS pathway
Authors: Langridge Neil , Dasser Raphaela , Atwell Tracey 
Published: November 2024

Background: The burden of musculoskeletal pain and disability is a global problem; reducing waiting times and improving access to care is part of the solution. The need to widen the workforce to improve access is well documented. A possible solution could be chiropractors and allied health professionals working together in a multidisciplinary environment where workforce demands are high. Aims: This service evaluation sought to assess the outcomes of two groups of healthcare professionals in managing a hip and knee orthopaedic interface caseload. The two groups were physiotherapists and chiropractors. Methods: The two groups of healthcare professionals completed an internal competency programme based on national standards. They were evaluated based on outcomes from an interface service as part of a commissioned NHS pathway in a university setting for hip and knee complaints. A total of 810 contacts were achieved over a 7-month period in 2023. Findings: The two groups were comparable in the rate of imaging ordered (MRI, ultrasound and X-ray); while chiropractors ordered less Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and offered more self-management advice, the overall results were similar. NHS friends and family tests were also comparable and positive. Conclusions: Physiotherapists working with chiropractors produce similar outcomes within a musculoskeletal lower limb triage service.
Two-photon absorption and negative nonlinear refraction in few-layer graphene nanosheets suspensions via liquid-phase exfoliation
Authors: González-Campuzano R. , Pérez-Hernández Briseida G. , Sainz-Vidal A. , Mendoza D. , Garduño-Mejía J. 
Published: November 2024

In this paper, the nonlinear optical properties of few-layer graphene nanosheets in solution were investigated by the Z-scan technique and femtosecond laser pulses @ 800 nm, using different laser intensities in the ∼0.17−0.22GW/cm2 range. Few-layer graphene nanosheets were synthesized by the liquid-phase exfoliation method using a mixture of deionized water and Triton X-100, obtaining average sizes of ∼183nm. The nonlinear absorption obtained by an open aperture Z-scan setup showed a two-photon absorption effect compared to those reported in the literature, where the saturable absorption effect is dominant, e.g., in graphene synthesized by chemical vapor deposition and graphene oxide. In contrast, the nonlinear refraction measured by a close aperture setup revealed a negative lens-like (self-defocusing) behavior in all cases. The calculated effective nonlinear absorption coefficient ranged from 2.41×10−9 to 7.83×10−9cm/W, while the nonlinear refraction index was −6.52×10−13 to −5.01×10−13cm2/W. We found that as the laser intensities increased, the effective nonlinear absorption coefficient and the absolute value of the nonlinear refraction index also increased. In accordance with the obtained results, we propose few-layer graphene nanosheets for applications where two-photon absorption has significant advantages over conventional one-photon absorption.
Multicultural Journalism: Critical Reflexivity in News Practice, Margaret E. Thompson (2024)
Authors: Romano Angela 
Published: November 2024

Review of: Multicultural Journalism: Critical Reflexivity in News Practice, Margaret E. Thompson (2024)
New York: Routledge, 248 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-13806-642-7, p/bk, USD 75.99
ISBN 978-1-13806-640-3, h/bk, USD 284.00
ISBN 978-1-31515-917-1, e-book, USD 68.99
Activismos tecnopolíticos constelaciones de performance, M. Fuentes (2021)
Authors: Pinto Soledad 
Published: November 2024

Review of: Activismos tecnopolíticos constelaciones de performance, M. Fuentes (2021)
Buenos Aires: Eterna Cadencia Editora, 272 pp.,
ISBN 978-9-87712-214-5, p/bk, €17.00
Rapa NuiTheatre: Staging Indigenous Identities in Easter Island, Moira S. Fortin Cornejo (2023)
Authors: Ligiéro Zeca 
Published: November 2024

Review of: Rapa NuiTheatre: Staging Indigenous Identities in Easter Island, Moira S. Fortin Cornejo (2023)
New York: Routledge, 204 pp.,
ISBN 1032277394, h/bk, $144, p/bk, $54.99
Forests of Finland 2019–2023 and their development 1921–2023
Authors:   Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), P.O.Box 68, FI-80100 Joensuu, Finland, Korhonen Kari T. , Räty Minna , Haakana Helena , Heikkinen Juha , Hotanen Juha-Pekka , Kuronen Mikko , Pitkänen Juho 
Published: November 2024

In 2019–2023 the 13th Finnish National Forest Inventory (NFI) was implemented by measuring a total of 62 266 sample plots across the country. The methodology of the sampling and measurements was similar as in the previous inventory, but the proportion and number of remeasured permanent plots was increased to improve the monitoring of annual increment and other changes in the forests. Only 6.2 M ha (14%) of Finland’s total land area (30.4 M ha) is other land than forestry land. Productive and poorly productive forests cover 22.9 M ha (75%) of the total land area. The forest area has remained stable in recent decades but the forest area available for wood supply (FAWS) has decreased due to increased forest protection – 23% of the forestry land and 10% of the productive forest are not available for wood supply. Compared to the previous inventory, forest resources have continued to increase but the average annual increment has declined from 107.8 M m3 to 103.0 M m3. The quality of forests from the timber production point of view has remained relatively good or improved slightly. The area of observed forest damage on FAWS is 8.4 M ha (46% of FAWS area), half of these minor damages with no impact on stand quality. Although the area of forest damage has not increased, the amount of mortality has continued to increase, and is now 8.8 M m3 year–1. The amount of dead wood has continued to increase in South Finland, while in North Finland the declining trend has turned into a slight increase. Since the 1920s, the area of forestry land has remained stable, but the area of productive forest has increased due to the drainage of poorly productive or treeless peatlands. The total volume of growing stock has increased by 84% and annual increment has more than doubled.
Anti-γ-aminobutyric acid-B receptor autoimmune encephalitis with syncope as the initial symptom: Case report and literature review
Authors: Zhang Dandan , Xu Zhigang , Wu Jing , Wei Wei , Li Xuezhong , Chen Xiaopeng 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) associated with autoantibodies against γ-aminobutyric acid-B receptor (GABABR-AE) is frequently identified in middle-aged and elderly males. The disease is characterized by seizures, mental, and behavioral abnormalities, as well as recent memory decline. Anti-GABABR antibody-associated encephalitis, presenting with syncope as the first symptom is rare. Here we report a case of AE with syncope as the first symptom. A 55-year-old male presented to the emergency department with transient loss of consciousness, initially diagnosed as syncope. As the disease progressed, the patient exhibited seizures, abnormal mental behavior, and cognitive impairment. Ultimately, the patient was diagnosed with right lung small cell lung cancer. The initial atypical symptoms and the lack of clear imaging features of GABABR encephalitis hinder early diagnosis. This case highlights the importance of screening for the underlying etiology of syncope in middle-aged and elderly patients.
Dative subjects in Gothic
Authors: Bucci Giacomo , Barðdal Jóhanna 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This article is devoted to the study of potential dative subjects in Gothic, the earliest attested Germanic language, focusing in particular on word-order distribution in the Gothic Bible, the Skeireins, and the Bologna Fragment. This entails a comparison between affirmative clauses, negated clauses, and interrogative clauses, contrasting nominative subjects with potential dative subjects across both translated and native Gothic passages. We expand Ebel’s (1978) methodology to the Bologna Fragment in order to confirm which syntactic structures are native to Gothic. A comparison of the word order found with nominative subjects and potential dative subjects in native Gothic passages reveals that potential dative subjects pattern unambiguously with nominative subjects in several respects. Earlier research has documented that potential non-nominative subjects in Gothic pass the control infinitive test (Barðdal & Eythórsson 2012). Here we adduce further evidence for their subject status based on word order and a hitherto undocumented example of long-distance reflexivization.
Evidence for a new pre-Proto-Indo-European sound law *-ē̆m > PIE *-ō̆m
Authors: Kloekhorst Alwin 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Several PIE forms with a word-final sequence *-ō̆m would be morphologically better understandable if they ended in *-ē̆m. It is therefore proposed that, in its prehistory, Proto-Indo-European underwent a sound law *-ē̆m > *-ō̆m. This article will treat the relevant evidence in favor of this new sound law, as well as discuss an apparent counterexample. Moreover, it will offer some typological parallels for this development.
The life cycles of counterfactual mood in early Indo-European languages
Authors: Roi Ezra la 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
In this article, I argue that the counterfactual function of the optative was inherited from Proto-Indo-European and that its past-referring counterfactual function (e.g. in Vedic Sanskrit, Archaic Greek, and Gothic) seems to be the oldest preserved function of the optative in early Indo-European languages. In these and in languages where the optative underwent mood syncretism with other moods such as the subjunctive (e.g. Latin or Old English), the inherited counterfactual function extended its temporal reference to the non-past, following the life cycle of counterfactual markers. Over time, this mood, syncretized or not, lost its counterfactual function in most Indo-European descendants and was replaced by different mood formations at various speeds (typically by a past indicative or a past-like ‘conditional’ mood). First, I provide a functional history of the optative in Ancient Greek, from (1) past counterfactual to (2a) non-past counterfactual, and from there into (3a) non-past ‘hypothetical’ usage and from (1) past counterfactual into (2b) past habitual and (3b) past generic. Next, I internally reconstruct the developmental paths of the optative and its counterfactual replacements across Indo-European languages, concluding with a tentative diachronic typology of counterfactual mood strategies.
A missed regular sound change between Latin and French
Authors: Marr Clayton G. S. 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This paper presents evidence for a regular sound change in 12th-century Old French where word-initial /k/ voiced to /ɡ/ before /la/ or /ra/. My treatment is the first to propose a unified account, as due to a regular sound change, for 13 reflexes of inherited etyma and 4 reflexes of Germanic borrowings that all exhibit velar onset voicing (VOV) contemporaneously. A dating in the late 12th century for VOV is supported by both corpus evidence and how it is bled, counterbled, and fed by other sound changes whose dating is established in prior literature. The ultimate origins of this Old French velar onset voicing most likely lie in an older and phonetically conditioned synchronic voicing process that originally operated both word-internally and at boundaries. Word-internally, where conditioning was static, the alternation became a phonemic difference and thereafter lost productivity relatively early. But synchronic alternation continued at boundaries, where its conditioning continued to depend on the adjacent word. It survived in a progressively reshaped manner word-initially, until the late 12th century, when this voicing alternation, now much narrower in scope, gave rise to VOV as a regular diachronic sound change. Previous treatment of the words in question considered each only in isolation, bypassing the chance to consider the proposed regular sound change as a possibility. Thus, this study shows the importance of considering both lexically focused approaches and the probing for regular sound changes as necessarily complementary methods.
Exosomes derived from Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell promote hair regrowth in C57BL6 mice through upregulation of the RAS/ERK signaling pathway
Authors: Mao Yongcui , Liu Pinyan , Wei Jiayun , Xie Ye , Zheng Qiuxia , Hu Xuekai , Yao Jia , Meng Wenbo 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

Background and Objectives
Androgenetic alopecia is one of the common types of hair loss and has become a medical and social problem due to its increasingly young onset. Existing therapies, although effective, have serious side effects and therefore better treatments need to be sought. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia and to investigate the mechanism of exosome regulation of hair growth.

Methods
First, we randomly divided 20 C57BL/6J mice into blank group, model group, positive control group and exosomal hydrogel group, and mice were treated with hair removal on the back. The mice were injected intraperitoneally with dihydrotestosterone solution except for the blank group. At the end of the experiment, new hairs were collected and the differences in length, diameter and number of hair follicles were compared among the groups; the histopathological changes of hair follicles were observed by HE staining; the expression of androgen receptor mRNA and protein in skin tissues were compared; and the skin tissues were analyzed by real-time PCR, western blotting, immunofluorescence staining and transcriptome sequencing. Finally, the results of transcriptome sequencing experiments were verified by real-time PCR, western blotting and other techniques for the corresponding genes and proteins.

Results
Compared with the blank group, mice in the model group had shorter hair length and reduced hair diameter, and pathological observation showed that the total number of hair follicles was significantly reduced and the hair follicles were miniaturized; compared with the model group, mice in the positive control and exosome groups had longer hair length, larger hair diameter and more hair follicles; the androgen receptor mRNA content and protein expression in the skin tissue of mice in the model group were significantly higher than those in the blank group, and the protein expression in the exosome gel group was lower than that in the model group. Similarly, compared with the model group, the expression of stemness-related proteins K15 and CD200 in the skin tissues of mice in the exosome group increased, and the expression of PCNA, a protein related to cell proliferation, increased. The KEGG data showed that the differential genes were mainly enriched in the RAS/ERK pathway.

Conclusions
In this study, we demonstrated the therapeutic effect of umbilical cord MSC-derived exosomes on androgenetic alopecia and verified that exosomes regulate hair follicle stem cell stemness through the RAS/ERK pathway to promote hair proliferation and thus hair growth in mice with androgenetic alopecia, providing a potential therapeutic strategy for androgenetic alopecia.
Die ausgetilgte Handschrift am Kreuz (Kolosser 2,14)
Authors: Steiger Johann Anselm 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This article deals with a prominent emblem composition by the Stettin theologian Daniel Cramer, which is based on Colossians 2:13-14, one of the most important basic texts of the New Testament that deals with the fundamental relevance of the death of Jesus Christ on the cross for salvation. This article first locates Cramer’s emblem in the context of Martin Luther’s theology and early modern Lutheranism. Furthermore, it examines the heterogeneous way in which the symbol was adapted, interpreted, and disseminated in early modern church furnishings is examined. The focus here is on the analysis of a double change of media: Firstly, it is the metaphor of the sinner’s promissory note, which is transformed in an engraving. In this change of media, however, another change of media takes place. Through God’s activity of writing with the blood of Christ as ink, the certificate of debt becomes the opposite of itself: a carte blanche.
Polemologie als Theorie und kulturanalytische Methode
Authors: Berger Demian 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
The essay outlines a future ›polemology‹ based on a novel model of polemics. Polemics are ideally understood as ubiquitous, constitutively public, argumentative modes of speech that, using a wide variety of means (especially aesthetic ones) pursue the dual purpose of object annihilation and audience differentiation as polarization. Polemics are characterized by epistemic, aesthetic, and politicalsocial productivity, by theatrical and imaginary features, by their non-dialogical character, by their great situational and historical variability, reflexivity, as well as pronounced morality. The methodological relevance of a general polemology derives from its potential to integrate approaches from the history of ideas as well as social and cultural history. The multiform and paradoxical connection between polemics and artistic autonomy, the medial binding of polemics, and their role in the production of the literary public sphere result in the possibility of a special polemology of literary studies.