bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
“A world beyond this one”: Sustaining afro‐brasilidade through language, ritual, and culture teaching in a northeastern Brazilian school
Authors: Washington Adrienne Ronee 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThis research advances racioreligious linguistic ideologies as a concept to examine discursive processes whereby language, race, and spirituality become entangled within cultural lenses. It begins by exploring the racialization of Yoruba‐inspired (Nagô in Bahia) spiritualities and linguistic/semiotic practices under colonialism and racial slavery. It continues into the modern context with an extended example situated in a northeastern Brazilian school, where Nagô/Yoruba typifies Blackness. The data highlight how interlocutors in this school, working within affirmative racioreligious linguistic ideologies and the values they assign, engage in education as racioreligious identity work to resist racial, religious, and linguistic prejudices, sustain traditional knowledge, and affirm Afro‐Brazilianness.
Long‐term quality of life and surgical outcome of female congenital adrenal hyperplasia patients
Authors: Leung Ling , Lui Candace , Cheung Ka Li , Chan Ivy Hau Yee , Wong Kenneth Kak Yuen 
Published: November 2024

AimTo investigate the long‐term quality of life and surgical outcome of female patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).MethodsQuestionnaires for health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) outcome (WHO‐5, SF‐36), lower urinary tract symptoms (ICIQ‐FLUTS) and sexual outcome (ICIQ‐FLUTSsex) were administered to adult CAH patients. Paediatric CAH patients and their parents were invited to complete WHO‐5, PedsQL‐4.0‐SF15‐Generic Core Scales and ICIQ‐CLUTS.ResultsSix (46%) adults and 7 (54%) children with 21‐hydroxylase‐deficiency (age ranged from 8 years to 53 years) were recruited. Eleven (85%) had undergone a feminising genitoplasty. In the adult group, no statistically significant difference was identified in the HRQoL and ICIQ‐FLUTS scores. Mean overall score of ICIQ‐FLUTSsex was lower but not significantly in adult patients compared to controls (7.3 ± 2.9 vs. 2.9 ± 3.4, P = 0.06). A statistically significant negative correlation (r = −0.98, P = 0.02) was found between age at first operation and role limitations due to emotional problems in SF‐36. No statistically significant difference was identified in the self‐reported HRQoL and ICIQ‐CLUTS scores in the paediatric group compared to controls. However, parent's report showed a statistically significant difference in school functioning (73.8 ± 18.9 vs. 91.2 ± 18.7, P = 0.02) and emotional functioning (80.3 ± 15.9 vs. 94.7 ± 12.7, P = 0.007).ConclusionsOur data did not show an impaired HRQoL nor long‐term lower urinary tract symptoms in CAH patients' self‐reports. Healthcare team should pay more attention to adult patient's sexual function.
Occurrence of protease inhibitors in freshwater cyanobacterium Woronichinia naegeliana (Unger) Elenkin
Authors: Bober Beata , Żmudzki Paweł , Chrapusta‐Srebrny Ewelina 
Published: November 2024

AbstractCyanobacteria are known for producing a wide array of secondary metabolites, including non‐ribosomally synthesized oligopeptides, whose functions remain to be determined. Woronichinia naegeliana, a common component of freshwater blooms, represents an under‐explored resource of bioactive oligopeptides. Among these oligopeptides are cyanopeptolin 1081 and anabaenopeptin 899, which have been shown to have adverse effects on zooplankton. The absolute amino acid configuration of these peptides appears typical relative to other cyanopeptolins and anabaenopeptins. To understand their toxic mechanisms, enzyme assays were conducted. The inhibitory activity of cyanopeptolin 1081 and anabaenopeptin 899 was tested against proteases such as chymotrypsin, trypsin, elastase, thrombin, and carboxypeptidase A, resulting in different activities against these enzymes. Cyanopeptolin 1081 inhibited both chymotrypsin and elastase, while anabaenopeptin 899 inhibited carboxypeptidase A but failed to inhibit the other tested enzymes at a concentration of 37 μM. The inhibitory concentration values determined here highlight that these compounds are among the most potent enzyme inhibitors in freshwater‐derived cyanopeptides.
Severe Periodontitis is Associated With Recurrent Cardiovascular Events—A 10‐Year Longitudinal Cohort Study
Authors: Reichert Stefan , Rehm Selina , Schlitt Axel , Schulz Susanne 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACTAimThe study aimed to elucidate a putative association between severe periodontitis and the incidence of recurrent cardiovascular events in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) within 10 years after their initial hospitalisation.MethodsA cohort of 1002 stationary patients with angiographically proven CVD was included. They were examined regarding prevalence of severe periodontitis (≥ 30% of the teeth with proximal attachment loss of ≥ 5 mm), probing depth, clinical attachment loss, bleeding on probing, number of missing teeth and oral care habits. Recurrent events were summarised as combined end point (myocardial infarction, stroke/transitory ischemic attack, cardiovascular death and death caused by stroke). Survival analyses were carried out after a 10‐year follow‐up period. Hazard ratios (HRs) were adjusted for known cardiac risk factors using Cox regression.ResultsThe follow‐up was completed by 792 patients. The overall incidence of the combined end point was 42.8%. Severe periodontitis was associated with recurrent cardiovascular events (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] = 1.26, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.0–1.58 and Standard error [SE] 0.11), whereas both, tooth brushing more than once a day (adjusted HR = 0.74, 95% CI 0.57–0.97, SE 0.13) and performing interdental hygiene (adjusted HR = 0.71, 95% CI 0.52–0.99, SE 0.16) decreased this risk.ConclusionsSevere periodontitis is a putative risk factor for recurrent cardiovascular events.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01045070
Hyperglycemia Exacerbates Periodontal Destruction via Systemic Suppression of Regulatory T Cell Number and Function
Authors: Saotome Masami , Kuraji Ryutaro , Numabe Yukihiro 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACTAimDiabetes is a significant risk factor that exacerbates the pathological progression of periodontal disease. In recent years, attention has focused on the effect of regulatory T cells (Tregs), which play a central role in immune tolerance, on inflammatory processes in periodontal tissue, suggesting a link with diabetes‐associated periodontitis. In this study, we examined the dynamics of Tregs in periodontal tissue of mice with streptozotocin (STZ)‐induced hyperglycemia.MethodsEleven‐week‐old male C57BL/6J mice were divided into four treatment groups: Untreated (C group), ligature placed around the maxillary second molars with silk sutures (PD group), intraperitoneal administration of STZ (HG group), and ligature placed after STZ administration (PHG group). Establishment of hyperglycemia was assessed 14 days after STZ administration, and ligation was performed 7 days later. After another 7 days of ligation, the mice were euthanized. The right side of the maxilla was observed histopathologically, whereas the palatal gingiva on the left side of the maxilla was analyzed genetically, and the microstructure of the alveolar bone was also assessed. In addition, lymphocytes from peripheral blood, spleen, and periodontal tissue were analyzed using flow cytometry.ResultsIn bone structure analyses, alveolar bone height, bone volume/tissue volume (BV/TV), and bone mineral density (BMD) were lower in the PHG group than the PD group. In the gingival tissue, expression of the Foxp3 gene was up‐regulated in the PHG group compared with the C group, and IL‐17a was up‐regulated in the PHG group compared with the PD group. Flow cytometry analyses showed that the number of Tregs (CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ cells) in the blood and gingival tissue was significantly higher in the PD and PHG groups than the C group. The number of CD4+CD25−Foxp3+ cells, which are reportedly functionally attenuated as Tregs, was increased in blood of the PHG group. Immunofluorescence staining of periodontal tissue showed that the number of CD25+Foxp3+ cells was significantly increased only in the PD group, whereas a trend toward an increased number of CD25−Foxp3+ cells was observed in the PHG group.ConclusionThe present study showed that STZ‐induced hyperglycemia numerically and functionally attenuates Tregs in a mouse model of experimental periodontitis. Furthermore, impaired immune tolerance capacity appears to be involved in exacerbating inflammation and bone destruction in periodontal tissue.
Effect of phenylbutazone administration on the enteroinsular axis in horses with insulin dysregulation
Authors: Kemp Kate L. , Skinner Jazmine E. , Bertin François‐René 
Published: November 2024

AbstractBackgroundPhenylbutazone is prescribed for laminitis‐associated pain and decreases glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose test (OGT) in horses with insulin dysregulation (ID).Hypothesis/ObjectivesInvestigate the effect of phenylbutazone administration on the enteroinsular axis in horses.AnimalsSixteen horses, including 7 with ID.MethodsRandomized cross‐over study design, with horses assigned to treatment with phenylbutazone (4.4 mg/kg IV q24h) or placebo (5 mL 0.9% saline). On Day 9 of treatment, an OGT was conducted, followed by a 10‐day washout period, administration of the alternative treatment, and repetition of the OGT. Glucose‐dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), and active glucagon‐like peptide 1 and 2 (aGLP‐1 and GLP‐2) concentrations were determined by ELISA. The effects of ID status and treatment on peptide concentrations were assessed using t tests and analyses of variance.ResultsHorses with ID had significantly higher maximum GIP concentrations (Cmax) than controls (median, 279.1; interquartile range [IQR], 117.5‐319.4 pg/mL vs median, 90.12; IQR, 74.62‐116.5 pg/mL; P = .01), but no significant effect of ID was detected on aGLP‐1 and GLP‐2 concentrations. In horses with ID, phenylbutazone treatment significantly decreased GIP Cmax compared with placebo (168.1 ± 59.26 pg/mL vs 242.8 ± 121.8 pg/mL; P = .04), but no significant effect of phenylbutazone was detected on aGLP‐1 and GLP‐2 concentrations.Conclusion and Clinical ImportanceGlucose‐dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, aGLP‐1 and GLP‐2 do not mediate the decrease in glucose and insulin concentrations observed after phenylbutazone administration. Only GIP was repeatedly associated with ID status, calling into question the role of the enteroinsular axis in ID.
Diasporic (Be)longing: Dan Taulapapa McMullin's ‘The Viole(n)t Cat’
Authors: Treagus Mandy 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACTThis article explores the multiple contexts behind ‘The Viole(n)t Cat’ by expatriate poet, Sāmoan Dan Taulapapa McMullin, now resident in the US. It is especially concerned with the ways in which the poem crosses national and hemispheric boundaries while remaining embedded in multiple instances of the local and translocal. While the poem begins in Turtle Island, it soon considers the twin islets of Ofu and Olosega in American Sāmoa, places of striking natural features. While evoking this beauty, the poem also suggests the significance of the strait between the islands and its notable role as a symbol of the long and intertwined relationship between Sāmoa and Tonga over many centuries. The wider context of ongoing Polynesian longing and mobility, producing not only the Polynesian triangle itself but also its contemporary diaspora, evokes the original homeland, Hawaiki, as both literal origin and ongoing ontological sustenance.
Where We Speak From—Some Global Visions From Oceania
Authors: Makereti Tina , Etherington Bonnie 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACTOceania is always already home to vast global relations. In this introduction we invite readers to navigate literary and other creative expressions emerging from these relations in the 20th and early 21st centuries. Critic Epeli Hau‘ofa (1993) disrupts colonial and capitalist constructions of the Pacific that frame its islands as sparse and isolated, and reminds the world that ‘Oceania is vast, Oceania is expanding’. Prior to Hau‘ofa's assertions, Albert Wendt points out that creative works allow people to engage with the diverse connections and mobility that Oceania makes possible. More recently, Alice Te Punga Somerville reasserts that the beings and lands of Oceania do not fit into the categories forced by colonial borders, as ‘Oceania proposes a dynamic regional sensibility that enlarges and puts pressure on contemporary structures of nature and region’. Yet, there are few publications, especially emerging from UK and European publishers, that prioritise the globality of Oceania expressed through its literatures. Entering the conversations sustained by scholars of Oceania, this special issue on ‘Some Global Visions from Oceania’ asks readers to think about what the ‘global’ looks like when centred in Indigenous Oceania, rather than in a Euro‐American centre.
Tahitian Author Célestine Vaite's Multilingual Writing: A Stitching of Languages and Experiences Across Oceania
Authors: Heinrich Sue Manuia 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACTTahitian author Célestine Vaite's novels Breadfruit (2000), Frangipani (2004), and Tiare in Bloom (2006) are set in 1970s Tahiti and written mainly in English, but they feature numerous occurrences of French, the colonial language of Mā‘ohi Nui (French Polynesia), Tahitian, the most spoken Indigenous language of the region, and Franitian, often referred to as Tahitian‐French, a vernacular born from the cohabitation of French and Tahitian. The literary multilingualism of Vaite's books constitutes an active medium of diasporic and Indigenous identity assertion. Drawing from Pacific concepts of diaspora, Indigeneity, and postcolonialism, I explore how Vaite's languages reflect Pacific connections and actively sustain links between Pacific peoples, notably through colonial critiques and the thematic of movement. Mā‘ohi scholar Kareva Mateata‐Allain uses the metaphor of the va'a (the Tahitian canoe) to posit literature as a tool that enables crossing the invisible, colonial barriers between Francophone and Anglophone regions and peoples (2005, 2008). Considering the isolating power of the French language in a region dominated by English, Mateata‐Allain's approach underlines the wish of Mā‘ohi authors, including Vaite, to prioritize common Pacific experiences. Since Vaite's stitching of languages defies conceptions of linguistic zones in Oceania, I consider her use of English and of her three native languages from Mā‘ohi Nui as a strategy that decentralizes cultural experiences and identities and relocates them in a literary space that is uniquely hers.
The influence of ALH 84001 on our understanding of the origin and evolution of Mars
Authors: Righter Kevin 
Published: November 2024

AbstractALH 84001 is an orthopyroxenite that is the oldest known Martian meteorite. Given this rock type and age, and the possible source locations, ALH 84001 represents an opportunity to learn more about basic geologic relations in the Martian highlands in the southern hemisphere. Its orthopyroxene‐rich mineralogy is unique and also includes C‐, S‐, P‐bearing minerals. ALH 84001 can provide constraints on chronology, geology and surface features, crust formation, paleomagnetism, weathering, climate, magmatism, and interior structure. When it was recognized to be of Martian origin (~1994), there were ~12 known Martian meteorite samples. That number is now >150, with only one other meteorite (NWA 7034) having clasts that are similar in age to ALH 84001. Thus, it remains a unique sample and continues to provide opportunities to understand this early period of Martian history.
Genetic Monitoring of a Lethal Control Programme for Wild Canids With Complex Mating Strategies
Authors: Prowse Thomas A. A. , Birand Aysegul , Stephens Danielle , Woolnough Andrew P. 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACTAlthough mammalian carnivores are ecologically important, they also drive human–wildlife conflicts. Managing carnivores using lethal control is controversial, in part because the impact of control effort is often uncertain due to limited abundance monitoring. We used an Australian metapopulation of wild dogs as a model system to investigate the feasibility of monitoring effective population size () to detect reductions in census population size () following control. Based on microsatellite data collected over an 11‐year period, we parameterised an individual‐based spatial population model for wild dogs that integrated demography, genetics, random or hierarchical mating, dispersal between subpopulations and compensatory immigration. and trajectories were simulated under different proportional culling rates and genetic sampling regimes. We also used simulations without culling as null models to define 95% critical values for assessing the significance of empirical changes in over time. We concluded there were significant reductions (39%–62%) in in each subpopulation of the wild dog metapopulation, mostly likely due to control. In simulations assuming a hierarchical rather than random mating system, the impact of control on was weakened because reproduction by subordinate individuals increased as dominant individuals were removed, yet reduced following culling. Sensitivity analyses demonstrated that becomes an unreliable proxy of when compensatory immigration is strong and compensatory reproduction is weak, in which case can increase following culling due to the immigration of new genotypes. Nonetheless, our results suggest can provide information about wild dog over sufficiently short timescales to inform management.
Philosophical challenges of decolonial options, resistance, and combat
Authors: Lacertosa Massimiliano 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThis article examines the benefits and challenges of integrating decolonisation into philosophy. Its thesis is that a decolonial approach must address not only what decolonisation entails but also how to implement it methodologically. While the analysis of ethnocentrism in philosophy is crucial, it is insufficient if it remains confined to internal criticism without leading to a methodological introjection of the unfamiliar and the foreign. A solid methodology is essential to prevent superficial approaches to diversity and inclusion that fail to challenge disciplinary practices. This methodology, however, is not an end but a means to encourage ongoing conversations beyond comparative and cross‐cultural philosophy. Thus, this article proposes methodological syncretism as a critical approach that embraces a variety of methodologies. The aim is to mitigate the risk of neutralizing the active force of decolonisation by reducing it to a mere theoretical abstraction, which could ultimately lead to a reproduction of colonial appropriation.
Acoustic occurrence of deep‐diving cetaceans in the southern Adriatic Sea
Authors: Constaratas Alexandra N. , Holcer Draško , Özgöbek Özlem , Širović Ana 
Published: November 2024

AbstractGoose‐beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) and sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) are two deep‐diving odontocete species known to occur in the southern Adriatic Sea, based on intermittent stranding and sighting data. To get a better understanding of their presence in this region, we studied the occurrence of echolocation clicks produced by these species in passive acoustic recordings. Passive acoustic data were collected offshore Dubrovnik, Croatia. Data were collected from October 2018 to December 2019 and from June 2020 to December 2020 using a High‐frequency Acoustic Recording Package (HARP) deployed at approximately 1,000 m depth. To determine the occurrence of echolocation clicks, a two‐step process was used: automated detection followed by manual annotation of the detected clicks. Automated detection was implemented using a low signal‐to‐noise ratio threshold and a broad range of parameters to detect as many clicks as possible. Two click clustering algorithms were evaluated for performance on this data set: an unsupervised clustering algorithm and a filtering algorithm. The performance of the algorithms was compared to the manual annotations to determine a time‐effective method for future monitoring. Both species were found to be acoustically active in the southern Adriatic Sea. Goose‐beaked whales were detected throughout the recording period, with echolocation clicks peaking during the winter of 2018–2019 and in the spring of 2019. Conversely, sperm whales were more acoustically active during short, irregular windows, mostly during the summer of 2019. These results suggest that goose‐beaked whales are residents, and, due to the irregularity of their detection, sperm whales are likely occasional visitors to this region. The unsupervised clustering algorithm performed better than the tested filtering algorithm, with F‐scores of 0.74 and 0.46, respectively. This study provides knowledge that can help with effective conservation efforts and further contribute to our understanding of cetacean occurrence in the region.
Measuring steroid hormone levels in the skin of free‐ranging dugongs: A less invasive way to determine reproductive status
Authors: Smoll Laetitia I. , Keeley Tamara , Burgess Elizabeth A. , Lanyon Janet M. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractMonitoring hormone concentrations in marine mammals provides valuable information regarding reproductive status and health. Skin is potentially useful for measuring hormone levels and can often be collected without capture. We investigated whether progesterone, testosterone, and cortisol could be measured in skin from dugongs using enzyme immunoassays. Hormones were measured in dorsal skin scrapings from free‐ranging dugongs, including known pregnant females, nonpregnant adult females, reproductively active males, and reproductively inactive males, each identified using fecal progesterone or testosterone concentrations. Progesterone could be detected reliably in skin, with significantly higher mean progesterone concentrations (118.2 ± 6.6 ng g−1) in pregnant females than all other groups (60.8 ± 4.2 ng g−1). Male dugongs had higher skin testosterone concentrations than females, although testosterone levels were not detectable in some samples and could not discriminate reproductively active from inactive males. Cortisol was detectable in 8 of 40 skin samples only. Although refinement of this method is required for improved hormone recovery and additional validation is warranted, our findings demonstrate proof of concept for the use of epidermal skin samples to measure steroid hormones in dugongs and offer a method of diagnosing pregnancy in dugongs without the need for capture.