bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Readmission and mortality during the first year after an acute stroke: A prospective cohort study from Cameroon
Authors: Nkoke Clovis , Jingi Ahmadou Musa , Noubiap Jean Jacques , Nkouonlack Cyrille , Njume Debimeh , Dzudie Anastase 
Published: October 2024

Background
Hospital readmission after discharge for stroke is associated with high morbidity and mortality. There is a paucity of data on the burden of stroke readmission in most sub-Saharan African countries. We aimed to determine the rate, reasons and predictors of hospital readmission and the mortality rate within 12 months of discharge among stroke survivors in Cameroon.

Methods
This prospective cohort included patients who survived hospitalization for an acute stroke and who were discharged from two referral hospitals in the capital city of Cameroon between January 2013 and December 2013.We performed logistic regression analysis to identify demographic and clinical factors associated with readmission within 1 year of discharge and causes of readmission.

Results
Of the 254 consecutive patients admitted for acute stroke, 198 were discharged alive. There were 107 (54%) males, and their mean age (SD) was 61.7 (13.9) years (range: 10 to 95 years). A total of 30 (15.2%) patients were readmitted following discharge from the index admission over a mean follow-up time of 286.9 (127.6) days. Of these, 14 (46.7%) were discharged and 16 (53.3%) died after readmission. Thirty percent (30%) of readmissions occurred within the first month. The most frequent causes of readmissions were infections (30%) and recurrent stroke (26.7%). Factors associated with readmission in bivariate analysis were initial admission temperature > 37.5°C (risk ratio [RR]: 1.3, p = 0.021) and initial admission Glasgow Coma Score < 14 (RR: p = 1.23, p = 0.019). After stratified adjustment for age and sex, temperature > 37.5°C (adjusted RR: 1.3, 95% CI: 1–1.7, p = 0.036) and GCS <14 (adjusted RR: 1.23, 95% CI: 1–1.6, p = 0.041) were associated with readmission.

Conclusion
Readmission after discharge for stroke was common with nearly one third occurring within the first month and more than half dying following readmission. The most common causes of readmission were infections and recurrent stroke.
Validity and reliability of a physical literacy knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy and behaviors questionnaire for early childhood educators (PLKASB-ECE): An exploratory factor analysis
Authors: Lafave Lynne M. Z. , Van Wyk Nadine , Webster Alexis D. , Hayek Joyce , Lafave Mark R. 
Published: October 2024

Background
Nurturing physical literacy in young children offers a unique opportunity to address global physical inactivity trend. Early childhood education and care (ECEC) environments, with their extensive reach into this age group, and early childhood educators, through their daily interactions with children, are strategically positioned to influence children’s physical literacy development. However, enhancing educators’ ability to foster physical literacy requires valid and reliable assessment tools to measure holistic physical literacy constructs (i.e., cognitive, affective, behavioral) to assess the impact of physical literacy educational interventions.

Objective
The purpose of this study was to develop a holistic digital tool to measure physical literacy knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and behaviors of early childhood educators (PLKASB-ECE) for both their professional teaching context as well as the educator’s own personal physical literacy behaviours.

Methods
This study was conducted in two phases. Phase 1 involved item generation and content validation. Phase 2 employed a cross-sectional validation study design to assess the psychometric properties of the PLKASB-ECE tool.

Results
Based on a literature review an initial 19-item instrument was developed that subsequently underwent three rounds of expert content validation. Six additional items were added, resulting in a final 25-item self-report measure with a readability score equivalent to an 8th grade reading level (Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 8.7). This included 1 global rating item, 2 qualitative response items, 7 knowledge items, and 15 items addressing physical literacy attitudes, self-efficacy and behaviors using a 7-point Likert response scale. The PLKASB-ECE tool was administered to 470 educators in Alberta, Canada between 2019 to 2022. The 15 items were subjected to exploratory factor analysis and resulted in a five-factor scale with one item not loading. The five-factor scale held with the final 14 items with loadings ranging from 0.481 to 0.886, Cronbach’s alpha ranging from 0.70 to 0.82, with ordinal omega ranging from 0.72 to 0.82. Usability, as assessed by completion time, was 8.15 minutes.

Conclusion
These findings demonstrate good indices of reliability and validity for the PLKASB-ECE tool. This tool will be valuable as a research outcome measure for assessing educational interventions aimed at enhancing educators’ understanding, confidence, and strategies for fostering holistic concepts of physical literacy in young children within ECECs.
Constituintes químicos, atividade antioxidante e anticâncer do óleo essencial de Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf e sua nanoemulsão
Authors: Everton Gustavo Oliveira , Pereira Ana Patrícia Matos , Mouchrek Filho Victor Elias , Santos Monteiro Odair dos 
Published: October 2024

Este artigo apresenta o efeito do óleo essencial de Cymbopogon citratus (EOCC) e sua nanoemulsão na atividade antioxidante e anticâncer in vitro. As folhas de C. citratus foram coletadas no estado do Maranhão e seu óleo essencial foi extraído por hidrodestilação. Os compostos presentes no EOCC foram identificados e quantificados por CG-EM com detector de ionização de chama. A nanoemulsão do EOCC foi formulada por método de inversão de fases. A atividade antioxidante foi realizada para o EOCC e NEOCC pelos ensaios de eliminação de radicais ABTS e DPPH. A atividade anticâncer in vitro foi avaliada também para o EOCC e NEOCC frente a células de tecido: cólon, pulmão, fígado, colo do útero, próstata, oral e neuroblastoma. O rendimento obtido foi de 0,92%, sendo geranial e neral identificados como majoritários dessa composição através do ensaio de CG-EM. A nanoemulsão obtida foi estável com tamanho de gota de 57 nm, potencial zeta -21,15 mV, índice de polidispersão de 0,21 e pH 4,77. O EOCC e NEOCC apresentaram atividade antioxidante forte com IC50 variando de 14,84 a 38,36 µg/mL. O EOCC e NEOCC apresentaram atividade citotóxica significativa frente a todas as linhagens celulares utilizadas no estudo, sendo os maiores efeitos frente a linhagem celular 502713 (cólon), IMR-32 (neuroblastoma), Hep-2 (fígado) e SiHa (colo do útero) com valores de IC50 de 1,96; 2,20; 2,24 e 3,04 μg/mL, respectivamente. Estas descobertas sugerem que o EOCC e NEOCC podem ser alternativas para terapias inovadoras.
Determination of heavy metals and health risk assessment in drinking water in Bukayriyah City, Saudi Arabia
Authors: Alhagri Ibrahim A. , Albadri Abuzar E. A. E. , Alghriby Faisal , Al-Saqabi Fahad , Alharbi Turki S. , Alglfs Saleh 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
Heavy metal levels, including arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury, chromium, and nickel, were analyzed in 124 samples of tap and filtered water obtained from Bukayriyah city, Saudi Arabia, using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Additionally, measurements of total dissolved solids, conductivity, and pH were also performed. The study also evaluated the potential non-cancer and cancer risks (CRs) associated with the ingestion of these heavy metals for both children and adults. The results indicated that the average concentrations of heavy metals in both tap and filtered water were found to be below the recommended limits set by the World Health Organization and the Gulf Standard Organization. To assess the non-carcinogenic risks, the chronic daily intake (CDI), hazard quotient (HQ), and hazard index were calculated for analyzed metals present in both tap and filtered water. In both the children and adult populations, the CDI indices for heavy metals in tap and filtered water followed the order of Cr > Hg > Ni > Pb > As > Cd. However, it is worth noting that the CDI values for tap water were higher than those for filtered water for both children and adults. The descending order of HQ values is as follows: Hg > Cr > As > Cd > Pb > Ni. This indicates that the HQ values for all metals are below the acceptable limit of 1. These findings confirm that the exposure to the examined metals from both tap and filtered water in Bukayriyah City is within safe limits and poses no non-carcinogenic risks. To assess the carcinogenic risks, the incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) and total carcinogenic risk (TCR) were calculated. The order of ILCR values for both children and adults in tap and filtered water is as follows: Ni > Cr > Cd > As > Pb. All ILCR values were below the acceptable limit of 10−6 to 10−4. However, TCR values exceeded this threshold range only for children exposed to tap water, with a value of 1.43 × 10−4. Thus, children exposed to tap water have a potential risk of developing carcinogenic diseases.
Crystal structure of the co-crystal 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazine-1,3-dioxide — acetic acid (1/2) C7H14N6O6
Authors: Wang Fei , Chen Cuilian , Suo Zhirong 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
C7H14N6O6, monoclinic, C2/c (no. 15), a = 25.647(2) Å, b = 4.8865(4) Å, c = 21.585(2) Å, β = 111.500(6)°, V = 2516.8(4) Å3, Z = 8, R
gt(F) = 0.0592, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1631, T = 100 K.
Crystal structure of 9-fluoro-4-(6-methoxypyridin-2-yl)-5,6-dihydrobenzo[h]quinazolin-2-amine, C18H15FN4O
Authors: Li Xing-Wei , Miao Yu-Hao , Ding Yue-Xia , Hou Gui-Ge 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
C18H15FN4O, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 18.0993(7) Å, b = 6.8868(3) Å, c = 24.8450(12) Å, β = 90.515(4)°, V = 3,096.7(2) Å3, Z = 8, R

gt
(F) = 0.0417, wR

ref
(F
2) = 0.1040, T = 293 K.
Enhancing the strength of tissue paper through pulp fractionation and stratified forming
Authors: Viguié Jérémie , Kumar Saurabh , Carré Bruno , Orgéas Laurent 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
The potential of combining stratified paper forming with pulp fractionation was investigated to improve the balance between low density, which enhances water absorbency and softness, and the dry strength of tissue papers. The selected fractionation approaches allowed us to separate especially stiff, low-fibrillated fibers (A fractions) from flexible, fibrillated fibers containing fines (detached segments of fibers, fibrils, or lamellae fragments) (B fractions). After characterizing the morphological properties of each fiber fraction, 20 g/m2 model papers were produced with and without wet pressing to tune the paper density. At a density of 0.3 g/cm³, the tensile breaking stress of B papers was at least three times higher than that of A papers. The strain at break of B papers was also close to two times higher than that of A papers. Interestingly, bilayer papers A/B exhibited breaking stress values intermediate between those of A and B papers, while native pulp papers, i.e., without fractionation and stratified forming, followed the trend of A papers. Notably, bi-layering the paper improved the breaking stress by up to twice as much without increasing the paper density, which could be highly beneficial in improving the balance of properties in tissue paper grades.
John Williams to Non-Williams
Authors: Messick Joseph 
Published: October 2024

John Williams may have dominion over the Star Wars film scores with eighteen hours of music across nine films, but the mantle of responsibility for the Star Wars musical canon en masse has been undertaken by scores of many different composers, especially video game composers. Scholars of John Williams’s music such as Frank Lehman have analyzed Williams’s nine film scores, but there has been little research into the more than 100 Star Wars video game scores, which raises the question: how has Star Wars music developed without the guidance of its progenitor John Williams?
Frank Lehman’s “Complete Catalogue of the Themes of Star Wars: A Guide to John Williams’s Musical Universe”1 cataloged the themes, motifs, source music, and thematic relationships of the nine films and proved musicologically insightful as well as incredibly useful when one seeks an understanding of the intricacies of Williams’s Star Wars film scores. Lehman’s research provides an ideal foundation for the ludomusicological inquisition of the hundred plus Star Wars game scores. The interactive nature of gaming mandates that the scores take player input into consideration leading to many unique methods of musical deployment that have changed from game to game.
This research preludes the creation of a Star Wars sound and music anthology, similar to the Norton Anthology of Western Music, where ludomusicality found within scores from video games in the Star Wars universe are analyzed, cataloged, and explored. Each game/series would get its own unique catalog within the greater anthology consisting of a collection of analyses of the motifs, themes, and anything else of particular ludomusical interest. This poster presents a preliminary analysis of the deployment of motifs in the video games Star Wars Chess (1993) and Star Wars: X-Wing (1993), the first steps taken toward cataloging these video game scores. This proposed catalog will include analyses of ludomusicality within the Star Wars video game scores, showing how the player and computer interact to customize the listening experience of original and borrowed themes from the Star Wars movies. Combining Lehman’s method of cataloging with methods of ludomusicological analysis2 will be useful for understanding the plethora of themes, motifs, source music, thematic relationships, lyrics, diegetic music, and ludomusical methods found within the scores of each game. To present an example of this combination of analyses, Lehman’s motifs (denoted by quotation marks) are presented in combination with original analyses and transcription by the author, demonstrating the overlap between the musical material of the Star Wars movies and video games. This series of catalogs would be an excellent resource for all future Star Wars ludomusicological research as well as further expanding the literature in the field.
Nutritional, physicochemical, and sensorial characterisation of quinoa-millet enriched gluten-free functional cookies
Authors: Singla P. , Mahajan M. , Dhillon G.K. , Sharma S. , Waseem M. 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThe demand for gluten-free food products is expected to grow in the coming years. Quinoa's versatility allows it to replace traditional grains and adds high nutritional value to grain blends and processed food items. The present study was designed to prepare and evaluate gluten-free cookies by substituting rice with quinoa and keeping pearl and foxtail millet constant. A significant increase in protein (8.0–13.2 g/100 g), crude fibre (2.9–6.2%), ash (0.5–1.7%), and hardness (928.9–1736.9 g) was observed with increasing quinoa supplementation. A positive correlation of crude fibre with protein, hardness, and fracturability was observed at P ≤ 5%. Organoleptic evaluation indicated that cookies with 30% quinoa were overall accepted by the consumer. Also, these cookies had lower acid and peroxide values, thus, had longer shelf-lives. This is the first report for the use of quinoa with the mixture of rice and millet, which could be a decent alternative ingredient for gluten-free cookies formulations.
Eight Dimensions of Wellness: Undergraduate Student Behavior
Authors: Harrington Renee N. 
Published: October 2024

Background: Mental health and well-being are important public health issues. College students are vulnerable to mental health and other wellness issues as this population is often making lifestyle choices autonomously for the first time and many are balancing new responsibilities, priorities, and situations in life.
Aim: This study sought to gain an understanding of college students’ behavior when provided time and autonomy to focus on their wellness needs.
Methods: Students completed a self-selected activity that corresponded to a dimension of wellness. A chi-square goodness-of-fit test was performed to determine distribution of responses. A chi-square test of independence was performed to examine relationships between dimension of wellness and gender, year of enrollment, and the interaction of gender by year of enrollment.
Results: All dimensions of wellness were reflected in student responses with physical, social, and emotional dimensions selected more frequently. A significant relationship was found between dimension of wellness and gender and the interaction effect of gender by year of enrollment. No significant relationship was found between dimension of wellness and year of enrollment.
Conclusions: This study highlights the need for diversity in wellness programming and provides valuable insights to optimize student support.
Evidências da relação microbiota vaginal e a infecção por Papilomavírus Humano (HPV) em grupos minoritários
Authors: Côra Gabriel , Sales dos Santos Emyline , Costa de Sousa Maria Vitória , Silva e Silva Elisá Victória , Da Costa Pinheiro Aline Maria , Melo Perreira Débora Lorena , De Ribamar Ross José 
Published: October 2024

Introdução: Não se verifica publicações que integram a relação de uma polimicrobiota vaginal com análise da facilitação do processo de infecção e a progressão do HPV em grupos invisibilizados como nas mulheres quilombolas e ciganas. Os grupos minoritários são caracterizados como pessoas que de alguma forma são objetos de preconceito social e/ou não têm respeitado os seus direitos civis, excluídas da sociedade, marginalizadas e que precisam proteger e reconhecer os direitos sociais. 70% dos casos de câncer de colo de útero ocorrem mais em áreas com menores índices de desenvolvimento humano. A estabilidade e composição do microbioma vaginal podem influenciar na infecção. Objetivou-se identificar evidências da relação HPV com microbioma vaginal em grupos minoritários. Desenvolvimento: Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa realizada na base eletrônica de dados MEDLINE/PubMed. A amostra final foi composta por 07 estudos. Os estudos em grupos minoritário realizados em diversas áreas do mundo foi evidente que algumas espécies podem de certa forma estarem relacionadas a infecção por HPV. As espécies mais relatadas nos estudos foram: Gardnerella vaginalis, Prevotella, Megasphaera, Trichomonas Vaginalis, Bacillus, Sneathia, Streptococcus e Anaerococcus, Atopobium, Eggerthella, Dialister spp bactéria associada a vaginose bacteriana 1 e 2 (BVAB1 e BVAB2), além da super-representação de Leptotrichia. Conclusão: Conclui-se que uma variedade de agentes existente na microbiota vaginal em estado de desequilíbrio ou disbiose podem atuar em desfechos de latência, regressão e progressão do HPV. Entre os agentes de polimicrobiota vaginal destacaram-se o Lactobacilos em situação de dominância e/ou depleção. A vaginose bacteriana estava presente na maioria dos estudos com destaque para a Gardnerella vaginalis na polimicrobiota vaginal.
ANÁLISE EPIDEMIOLÓGICA DE PACIENTES INTERNADOS POR QUEIMADURAS NO ESTADO DO TOCANTINS NO PERÍODO DE 2018 A 2022.
Authors: De Abreu Medeiros Felipe , Caetano Rodrigues Willian , Dos Anjos Rodrigues Yasmin , Da Silva Oliveira Weverton , Marques Manno Artur , Nader Ferreira Pedro Eduardo 
Published: October 2024

Introdução: Os traumas por queimaduras possuem elevada morbimortalidade e, mesmo com cuidados agudos, podem trazer sequelas irreversíveis, sendo as lesões devastadoras para a integridade física, mental e social do indivíduo, demandando um cuidado integral e continuado, onerando os sistemas de saúde. Nesse sentido, entende-se que as queimaduras representam um grande agravo e sua prevenção um enorme benefício termos de saúde pública. O presente trabalho teve por objetivo analisar o perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes vítimas de queimaduras no estado do Tocantins no período entre 2018 e 2022. Metodologia: Foi realizado um estudo transversal, retrospectivo e descritivo, analisando dados de internação hospitalar por queimadura, registrados no DATASUS/TABNET. Resultados: Em relação à região Norte do país, o estado do Tocantins ficou na terceira posição em número absoluto de internações por queimaduras, com mais de 1500 casos registrados. Já em relação ao cenário nacional, o estado ocupou a 22ª posição. No período analisado, a maioria dos pacientes internados por queimaduras eram pardos, do sexo masculino, na faixa-etária de 30 a 39 anos e com internação no município de Palmas, macrorregião de Porto Nacional. Nota-se uma altíssima taxa de incidência de novos casos nos hospitais do estado durante o período analisado, sendo que as internações foram mais frequentes no mês de julho, que é marcado pela estiagem e aumento do turismo local. Conclusão: É de suma importância conhecer a epidemiologia relacionada às queimaduras a fim de se evitar novos eventos e minimizar a prevalência de sequelas por meio dos cuidados iniciais. No estado do Tocantins, não há nenhuma instituição de saúde dedicada exclusivamente aos cuidados de vítimas de queimaduras, reforçando assim, a importância do tema abordado.
Embedding-based Semantic Analysis Approach: A Preliminary Study on Redundancy Detection in Psychological Concepts Operationalized by Scales
Authors: Huang Zhen , Long Yitian , Peng Kaiping , Tong Song 
Published: October 2024

As psychology evolves, the phenomenon of concept overlap becomes more pronounced, increasing participant burden and complicate data interpretation. This study introduces an Embedding-based Semantic Analysis Approach (ESAA) for detecting redundancy in psychological concepts, which are operationalized through their respective scales, using natural language processing techniques. ESAA utilizes OpenAI’s GPT-3 large model to generate high-dimensional semantic embeddings of scale items and applies hierarchical clustering to group semantically similar items, uncovering potential redundancy. In three preliminary experiments, ESAA was tested on well-known psychological scales, such as Conscientiousness, Gratitude, and Grit. The experiments assessed ESAA’s ability to (1) converge semantically similar items, (2) discriminate semantically distinct items, and (3) identify overlapping scales measuring concepts known for redundancy. Additionally, comparative analyses were conducted to assess ESAA&#039;s robustness and incremental validity against the most advanced chat bots based on GPT-4. The results demonstrated that ESAA consistently produced stable outcomes and surpassed all evaluated chatbots in performance. As a novel, objective approach for analyzing relationships between concepts operationalized as scales, ESAA has potential to facilitate future research on theory refinement and scale optimization.