bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Experience of Service Questionnaire (ESQ) in children and adolescents: factor structure, reliability, validity, item parameters and interpretability of the parent version for practical use in Greece
Authors: Kotsis Konstantinos , Mitropoulou Andromachi , Tzotzi Alexandra , Marchionatti Lauro Estivalete , Hoffmann Mauricio Scopel , Schafer Julia Luiza , Casella Caio B. , Simioni André , Papanikolaou Katerina , Basta Maria , Serdari Aspasia , Koumoula Anastasia , Salum Giovanni Abrahão 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Background
Health systems need tools to assess patient’s experience of service, but existing tools lack reliability and validity assessment. Our aim is to investigate the factor structure, reliability, validity, item parameters and interpretability of the parent version of the Experience of Service Questionnaire (ESQ) for practical use in Greece.

Methods
A total of 265 caregivers that were using mental health services in Greece participated in this study as part of the Nationwide cross-sectional survey from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (CAMHI). Confirmatory Factor Analysis was used to test factor structure. Reliability of all models were measured with omega coefficients. Tobit regression analysis was used to test for convergent and discriminant validity with specifically designed questions. Item parameters were assessed via Item Response Theory. Interpretability was assessed by means of IRT-based scores.

Results
We found that ESQ is best represented and scored as a unidimensional construct, given potential subscales would not have enough reliability apart from a general factor. Convergent and discriminant validity was demonstrated, as caregivers who perceived that their child benefited from the received mental health care had 6.50 higher summed scores (SMD = 1.14, p < 0.001); while those who believed that their child needed additional help had 5.08 lower summed scores on the ESQ (SMD = −0.89, p < 0.001). Average z-scores provided five meaningful categories of services, in terms of user satisfaction, compared to the national average.

Conclusions
Our study presents evidence for the reliability and validity of the ESQ and provides recommendations for its practical use in Greece. ESQ can be used to measure experience of service and might help drive improvements in service delivery in the Greek mental health sector.
Electrode Location and Domain-Specific Cognitive Change Following Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease
Authors: Zargari Michael , Hughes Natasha C. , Chen Jeffrey W. , Cole Matthew W. , Gupta Rishabh , Qian Helen , Summers Jessica , Subramanian Deeptha , Li Rui , Dawant Benoit M. , Konrad Peter E. , Ball Tyler J. , Englot Dario J. , Dhima Kaltra , Bick Sarah K. 
Published: November 2024

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD) motor symptoms. DBS is also associated with postoperative cognitive change in some patients. Previous studies found associations between medial active electrode contacts and overall cognitive decline. Our current aim is to determine the relationship between active electrode contact location and domain-specific cognitive changes.METHODS:A single-institution retrospective cohort study was conducted in patients with PD who underwent subthalamic nucleus (STN) DBS from August 05, 2010, to February 22, 2021, and received preoperative and postoperative neuropsychological testing. Standardized norm-referenced test z-scores were categorized into attention, executive function, language, verbal memory, and visuospatial domains. SD change scores were averaged to create domain-specific change scores. We identified anterior commissure/posterior commissure coordinates of active electrode contacts in atlas space. We evaluated differences in active electrode contact location between patients with a domain score decrease of at least 1 SD and less than 1 SD. We performed multiple variable linear regression controlling for age, sex, education, time from surgery to postoperative neuropsychological testing (follow-up duration), disease duration, preoperative unified Parkinson's disease rating scale off medication scores, and preoperative memory scores to determine the relationship between active electrode contact location and domain change.RESULTS:A total of 83 patients (male: n = 60, 72.3%) were included with a mean age of 63.6 ± 8.3 years, median disease duration of 9.0 [6.0, 11.5] years, and median follow-up duration of 8.0 [7.0, 11.0] months. More superior active electrode contact location in the left STN (P= .002) and higher preoperative memory scores (P< .0001) were associated with worsening memory. Active electrode contact location was not associated with change in other domains.CONCLUSION:In patients with PD who underwent STN DBS, we found an association between superior active electrode contacts in the left STN and verbal memory decline. Our study increases understanding of factors associated with cognitive change after DBS and may help inform postoperative programming.
Acceptance of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among the parents of eligible daughters (9–15 years) in Bangladesh: A nationwide study using Health Belief Model
Authors: Hawlader Mohammad Delwer Hossain , Eva Fahima Nasrin , Khan Md. Abdullah Saeed , Islam Tariful , Monisha Umme Kulsum , Chowdhury Irin , Ara Rifat , Meem Nur-E-Safa , Hossain Mohammad Ali , Goutam Arpita , Zerin Tahmina , Alam Nishat , Nath Rima , Sifat Shamma , Sultana Sayla , Sultana Mosammat Sadeka , Saha Sumit Kumar , Sarker Naifa Enam , Nabi Mohammad Hayatun , Rahman Mohammad Lutfor 
Published: November 2024

Background
To align with the 2030 vision of the World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure 90% of girls receive the HPV vaccine before turning 15, Bangladesh has recently started the (HPV) vaccine campaign nationwide. Therefore, our study aimed to assess the level of its acceptance among parents of eligible daughters in Bangladesh.

Methods
This nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted among the self-identified parents of daughters in the age group of 9–15 years between June 28 and August 2, 2023. A total of 2,151 parents were conveniently selected from all eight divisions of Bangladesh. Data was collected through face-to-face interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire. The Health Belief Model was used to appraise respondents’ beliefs concerning HPV and its vaccination. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) with a corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI), and a p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. R Studio (Version 2023.09.0+463) was used as an interface for data analysis, while R (the programming language) was used for statistical computations.

Results
The mean age of the study participants was 38.18 (±5.86) years. The overall acceptance rate of the HPV vaccine was 86.61% (95%CI: 85.09–88.02). The vaccine acceptance level was positively associated with all the domains of the HBM (p<0.001), except in the perceived barrier domain (p = 0.489). After adjustment for other factors, it was found that higher age was associated with a decreased acceptance (AOR: 0.92; 95% CI: 0.89–0.95). The urban residents exhibited 42% lower odds of vaccine acceptance than rural (AOR: 0.58; 95% CI: 0.36–0.92). Similarly, participants of the middle-income group had 44% lower odds than the lower-income group (AOR: 0.56; 95% CI: 0.32–0.97).

Conclusion
Our study found a reasonably good level of acceptance of the HPV vaccine among the parents of eligible daughters. Multiple factors such as younger age, urban residence, belonging to the middle income group, history of regular routine health check-ups, knowledge of cervical cancer, positive perception about benefits of the vaccine, and positive cues to actions were associated with HPV vaccine acceptance.
The role of illness perception in the physical activity domain of health-promoting lifestyle among patients with non-communicable diseases: A systematic review
Authors: Syed Shamsuddin Sharifah Maziah , Ahmad Norfazilah , Radi Mohd Firdaus Mohd , Ibrahim Roszita 
Published: November 2024

Background
The global mortality caused by non-communicable diseases is on the rise. Health-promoting lifestyles are among the most effective approaches, yet the physical activity domain consistently scores the lowest. Physical activity is linked to individual behaviour and influenced by numerous factors. Illness has been identified as a key factor in behavioural change. Therefore, the primary purpose of this review was to investigate the role of illness perception in the physical activity domain among patients with non-communicable disease.

Method
This systematic review follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses 2020 guidelines. A literature search was conducted across three scientific databases (Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science), targeting original articles published in English between 2014 and 2024. The quality of the eligible articles was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal tools. The findings were synthesised through content analysis.

Results
A total of 17 studies were included, identifying both the direct and indirect effects of illness perception variables as a whole or in their respective dimensions. The illness perception variable has demonstrated a significant positive and negative relationships with the physical activity domain.

Limitation
The majority of the included studies had a cross-sectional design. Therefore, the evidence quality was relatively low and exhibited a high risk of bias. Furthermore, there was language bias as only English-language publications were selected.

Conclusion
The findings of this review will serve as a guide for healthcare providers in enhancing physical activity adherence among patients with non-communicable diseases through an illness perception approach. This approach can be integrated into clinic consultations and intervention programmes. Future studies are warranted to evaluate the effectiveness of the illness perception approach in promoting physical activity adherence.
Health experiences of pregnant and women with chagas disease in the Atacama, Tarapaca, and Metropolitan regions of Chile. Mistreatment as an indicator of healthcare barriers
Authors: Avaria Andrea , Plaza Camila 
Published: November 2024

Introduction
Congenital transmission is one of the most significant forms of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission worldwide. Migrant women, in particular, often face barriers to accessing the healthcare system; one such barrier being that their health rights are not recognised. The situation in Chile is a reality that can be extrapolated to historical territories affected by Chagas disease and that is characterized by migrant populations. This article explores the healthcare experiences of pregnant and women living with Chagas disease, both nationals and migrants, and residents of three regions of Chile.

Methodology
The qualitative research study analyzed the experiences and meanings around the problem of Chagas based on 54 in-depth interviews with women in pregnancy and women who were diagnosed with the disease. The information was processed following the Grounded Theory tenets through the constant encoding feedback procedure, which allowed us to describe and comprehensively understand the phenomenon.

Results
The findings indicate that managing information is a sensitive aspect in evaluating healthcare experiences, with the potential to either positively or negatively impact the acceptance of diagnosis and treatment planning. The negative impact is determined by the communicative dimension and how healthcare teams deliver information. Poor attention, poor treatment, and lack of empathy lead patients to reject or distance themseves from the healthcare system. The positive aspects are related to a sensitive, personalized, and highly empathetic treatment. In historically endemic areas, these factors are essential for ensuring continuity in healthcare processes. There is an evident need to understand and value the settings, means, and contents within Chagas´s healthcare contexts.

Conclusion
Communication is crucial during diagnostic processes as it determines the assessment, credibility, and trust in the health system, thereby influencing the continuity of treatment, especially in highly sensitive moments such as pregnancy. Therefore, it is necessary to articulate strategies considering information magement with greater empathy and emotional support.
Transplante renal e pandemia de COVID-19: síntese da literatura de procedimentos realizados no Brasil
Authors: Makenze Mariana , Nascimento Maria Isabel do , Saad Maria Auxiliadora Nogueira 
Published: November 2024

O transplante é a alternativa mais eficiente para tratar a insuficiência funcional terminal dos rins. Para sintetizar a literatura no tema, esta revisão sistemática buscou recuperar evidências que analisaram empiricamente a frequência de transplante renal no Brasil, relacionando com a pandemia de COVID-19. As bases de dados PUBMED, LILACS e SCIELO foram consultadas usando os descritores: “Transplantation”, “Kidney”, “COVID-19”, e “Brazil”. Assim, 146 estudos foram recuperados e apenas seis foram incluídos na revisão. A revisão mostrou que a pandemia de COVID-19 impactou negativamente no número de transplantes de rim, aumentou a lista de espera por transplante, reduziu o número de doadores, além de haver relatos de infecções e mortes entre pacientes em tratamento renal e receptores de transplante durante a pandemia. Esses achados enfatizam a necessidade de mais pesquisas para direcionar a atenção na área de transplante renal e dirimir o efeito de crises sanitárias similares a COVID-19.
SingleStore-V: An Integrated Vector Database System in SingleStore
Authors: Chen Cheng , Jin Chenzhe , Zhang Yunan , Podolsky Sasha , Wu Chun , Wang Szu-Po , Hanson Eric , Sun Zhou , Walzer Robert , Wang Jianguo 
Published: November 2024

Vector databases have recently gained significant attention due to the emergence of large language models that produce vector embeddings for text. Existing vector databases can be broadly categorized into two types: specialized and generalized. Specialized vector databases are explicitly designed and optimized for managing vector data, while generalized ones support vector data management within a general purpose database. While specialized vector databases are interesting, there is a substantial customer base interested in generalized vector databases for various reasons, e.g., a reluctance to move data out of relational databases to reduce data silos and costs, the desire to use SQL, and the need for more sophisticated query processing of vector and non-vector data. However, generalized vector databases face two main challenges: performance and interoperability of vector search with SQL, such as combining vector search with filters, joins, or even fulltext search.
In this paper, we present SingleStore-V, a full-fledged generalized vector database integrated into SingleStore, a modern distributed relational database optimized for both OLAP and OLTP workloads. SingleStore-V achieves high performance and interoperability via a suite of optimizations. Experiments on standard vector benchmarks show that SingleStore-V performs comparably to Milvus, a highly-optimized specialized vector database, and significantly outperforms pgvector, a popular generalized vector database in PostgreSQL. We believe this paper will shed light on integrating vector search into relational databases in general, as many design concepts and optimizations apply to other databases.
IsoVista: Black-Box Checking Database Isolation Guarantees
Authors: Gu Long , Liu Si , Xing Tiancheng , Wei Hengfeng , Chen Yuxing , Basin David 
Published: November 2024

Transactional isolation is critical to the functional correctness of database management systems (DBMSs). Much effort has recently been devoted to finding isolation bugs and validating isolation fulfilment in production DBMSs. However, there are still challenges that existing isolation checkers have not yet fully addressed. For instance, they may overlook bugs, incur high checking overhead, and return hard-to-understand counterexamples.
We present IsoVista, the first black-box isolation checking system that encompasses all the following features. It builds on faithful characterizations of a range of isolation levels, ensuring the absence of both false positives and missed bugs in collected DBMS execution histories. IsoVista exhibits superior checking efficiency, compared to the state-of-the-art, and visualizes violation scenarios, facilitating the understanding of bugs found. It also supports profiling and benchmarking the performance of isolation checkers under various workloads, assisting developers of both DBMSs and checkers. We showcase all these features through user-friendly interfaces.
UniView: A Unified Autonomous Materialized View Management System for Various Databases
Authors: Xu Zhenrong , Wang Pengfei , Xue Guoze , Yan Qitong , Gong Shenghao , Jiang Yelan , Mao Yuren , Gao Yunjun , Shen Shu , Zhang Wei , Luo Dan , Chen Lu 
Published: November 2024

Materialized views (MVs) are critical for improving query performance of database systems, especially in online analytical processing (OLAP) databases. Typically, MVs are maintained by DBAs, which relies on prior knowledge and manual operations. Recently, autonomous solutions are designed for specific databases. However, a data warehouse for OLAP is typically hierarchical, which uses different database engines at different stages. Hence, existing methods have limitations in terms of autonomy and unification to support practical applications.
Motivated by these, we develop UniView, a unified autonomous materialized view management system that supports various popular databases, including Spark SQL, PostgreSQL, and ClickHouse. Moreover, we provide a cross-platform web user interface, where users can carry out the process of materialized views and evaluate the optimization performance. In the demonstration, we show that UniView is user-friendly and can achieve superior performance in the practical industry scenarios.
Databases Unbound: Querying All of the World's Bytes with AI
Authors: Madden Samuel , Cafarella Michael , Franklin Michael , Kraska Tim 
Published: November 2024

Over the past five decades, the relational database model has proven to be a scaleable and adaptable model for querying a variety of structured data, with use cases in analytics, transactions, graphs, streaming and more. However, most of the world's data is unstructured. Thus, despite their success, the reality is that the vast majority of the world's data has remained beyond the reach of relational systems.
The rise of deep learning and generative AI offers an opportunity to change this. These models provide a stunning capability to extract semantic understanding from almost any type of document, including text, images, and video, which can extend the reach of databases to all the world's data. In this paper we explore how these new technologies will transform the way we build database management software, creating new that systems that can ingest, store, process, and query all data. Building such systems presents many opportunities and challenges. In this paper we focus on three: scalability, correctness, and reliability, and argue that the declarative programming paradigm that has served relational systems so well offers a path forward in the new world of AI data systems as well. To illustrate this, we describe several examples of such declarative AI systems we have built in document and video processing, and provide a set of research challenges and opportunities to guide research in this exciting area going forward.

And lovely apparitions, -dim at first
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Then radiant, as the mind arising bright

From the embrace of beauty (whence the forms

Of which these are the phantoms) casts on them

The gathered rays which are reality-

Shall visit us the progeny immortal

Of Painting, Sculpture, and rapt Poesy
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And arts, though unimagined, yet to be
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Prometheus Unbound, Percy Bysshe Shelley
Evaluación de un protocolo de centrifugación alternativo que permita reducir el tiempo de respuesta total
Authors: Nicolás de Blas Reyes , Menacho Román Miriam , Olivares Romero Sara , Mesas Mariñán Claudia , Arroyo Vega Alba , Martín Gómez Graciela , Álvarez Pastor María , Castillo Menéndez Lucía , Azofra Villa María José , Pérez Sobrino María del Pilar , Arribas Gómez Ignacio 
Published: November 2024

Resumen

Objetivos
La centrifugación es un proceso clave que debemos controlar para asegurar una adecuada calidad de la muestra. Con el objetivo de conseguir una centrifugación de muestras unificada y estandarizada en el menor tiempo posible, nos propusimos evaluar un protocolo de centrifugación alternativo y su influencia en los resultados de 20 determinaciones bioquímicas en suero.

Métodos
Fueron incluidos en el estudio 45 pacientes ambulatorios. A cada paciente se le extrajeron 2 tubos de suero con gel separador (Becton Dickinson (BD) Vacutainer

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SST™ II Advance, 8,5 mL Ref. 366468). Uno de ellos fue centrifugado a 2530 ×g durante 10 minutos, método control. El otro tubo de suero fue centrifugado en unas condiciones de centrifugación alternativas, a 2530 ×g durante 7 min.

Resultados
El análisis de los resultados muestra que el calcio, la bilirrubina total y el magnesio presentan un error sistemático constante y proporcional. Sin embargo, atendiendo a la diferencia de medias proporcional, todas las magnitudes cumplen el requisito del error sistemático deseable aceptado por nuestro laboratorio, a excepción del magnesio, que cumple el error sistemático mínimo.

Conclusiones
Nuestro estudio demuestra que ambas condiciones de centrifugación son intercambiables para la medición de las magnitudes estudiadas, asegurando una adecuada calidad de la muestra.
Valuing the Societal Impact of Medicines and Other Health Technologies: A User Guide to Current Best Practices
Authors: Shafrin Jason , Kim Jaehong , Cohen Joshua T. , Garrison Louis P. , Goldman Dana A. , Doshi Jalpa A. , Krieger Joshua , Lakdawalla Darius N. , Neumann Peter J. , Phelps Charles E. , Whittington Melanie D. , Willke Richard 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This study argues that value assessment conducted from a societal perspective should rely on the Generalized Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (GCEA) framework proposed herein. Recently developed value assessment inventories – such as the Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness’s “impact inventory” and International Society of Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes Research (ISPOR) “value flower” – aimed to more comprehensively capture the benefits and costs of new health technologies from a societal perspective. Nevertheless, application of broader value elements in practice has been limited in part because quantifying these elements can be complex, but also because there have been numerous methodological advances since these value inventories have been released (e.g. generalized and risk-adjusted cost effectiveness). To facilitate estimation of treatment value from a societal perspective, this paper provides an updated value inventory – called the GCEA value flower – and a user guide for implementing GCEA for health economics researchers and practitioners. GCEA considers 15 broader value elements across four categories: (i) uncertainty, (ii) dynamics, (iii) beneficiary, and (iv) additional value components. The uncertainty category incorporates patient risk preferences into value assessment. The dynamics category petals account for the evolution of real-world treatment value (e.g. option value) and includes drug pricing trends (e.g. future genericization). The beneficiary category accounts for the fact health technologies can benefit others (e.g. caregivers) and also that society may care to whom health benefits accrue (e.g. equity). Finally, GCEA incorporates additional broader sources of value (e.g. community spillovers, productivity losses). This GCEA user guide aims to facilitate both the estimation of each of these value elements and the incorporation of these values into health technology assessment when conducted from a societal perspective.