bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
HPV prevalence around the time of sexual debut in adolescent girls in Tanzania
Authors: Baisley Kathy J , Andreasen Aura , Irani Julia , Nnko Soori , Changalucha John , Crucitti Tania , Francis Suzanna , Holm Hansen Christian , Hayes Richard J , Buvé Anne , Watson-Jones Deborah 
Published: June 2019

Objectives
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Data on human papillomavirus (HPV) epidemiology in adolescent girls in SSA are essential to inform HPV vaccine policy recommendations for cervical cancer prevention. We assessed the burden of HPV infection, and risk factors for infection, among adolescent girls around the time of sexual debut.

Methods
Cross-sectional study of secondary school girls aged 17–18 years in Tanzania. Consenting participants provided samples for HPV and STI testing. Vaginal swabs were tested for 37 HPV genotypes by Roche Linear Array. Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with HPV infection. Y chromosome was tested as a marker of recent condomless sex.

Results

163/385 girls (42.3%) reported previous penetrative sex. HPV was detected in 125/385 (32.5%) girls, including 84/163 (51.5%) girls reporting previous sex and 41/222 (18.5%) reporting no previous sex. High-risk (HR) genotypes were detected in 70/125 (56.0%) girls with HPV infection. The most common HR genotype was HPV-16 (15/385; 3.9%). The prevalence of other HR HPV vaccine genotypes was between 0.8% and 3.1%. Among 186 girls who reported no previous sex, were negative for Y chromosome, and had no STI, 32 (17%) had detectable HPV.
Lactobacillus
sp and bacterial vaginosis-associated bacteria were negatively and positively associated, respectively, with HPV.

Conclusions
HPV prevalence among adolescent girls around the time of sexual debut was high. However, prevalence of most vaccine genotypes was low, indicating that extending the age range of HPV vaccination in this region may be cost-effective.
Retracted on December 2, 2020
: On the Value of Look-Ahead in Competitive Online Convex Optimization
Authors: Shi Ming , Lin Xiaojun , Jiao Lei 
Published: June 2019

NOTICE OF RETRACTION: "On the Value of Look-Ahead in Competitive Online Convex Optimization," by Shi et al., Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems, Volume 3, Issue 2, Article No. 22, has been retracted at the request of the authors because they found a critical mistake in the main result Theorem 3.1.
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3341617.3326136
Targeting Noninducible Clinical Ventricular Tachycardias in Patients With Prior Myocardial Infarctions Based on Stored Electrograms
Authors: Yokokawa Miki , Kim Hyungjin Myra , Sharaf Dabbagh Ghaith , Siontis Konstantinos C. , Lathkar-Pradhan Sangeeta , Jongnarangsin Krit , Latchamsetty Rakesh , Morady Fred , Bogun Frank 
Published: June 2019

Background:
Ablation of postinfarction ventricular tachycardia (VT) has been shown to reduce VT recurrence and decrease mortality. However, VT recurrence can occur despite extensive ablation procedures. The lack of inducibility of clinical VTs during ablation procedures remains problematic and may be in part responsible for VT recurrences. In this prospective study, we targeted documented but noninducible clinical VTs based on stored implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) electrograms.

Methods:
Radiofrequency ablation was performed in a consecutive group of 66 postinfarction patients (mean age, 67.5±9.2 years; men, 61; mean left ventricular ejection fraction, 25.1±10.8%) in whom clinical VTs were not inducible during an ablation procedure. In the first 33 patients (control group), only inducible VTs were targeted, and in the second 33 patients, noninducible clinical VTs were also targeted by pace-mapping based on stored ICD-electrograms (ICD-electrogram–guided ablation group). Procedural and clinical outcomes were compared at 24 months post-ablation.

Results:

VT recurred in 5 patients (15%) in whom the ICD-electrogram–guided approach was performed and in 13 patients (39%) in the control group. Freedom from recurrent VT was higher (log-rank
P
=0.04) in the ICD-electrogram–guided group, but there was no difference in ventricular fibrillation or in total mortality between both groups.

Conclusions:
Ablation guided by pace-mapping of noninducible postinfarction clinical VTs based on ICD-electrograms is feasible and reduces the risk of recurrent VT.
Early High Christology in Oneness Pentecostal Perspective
Authors: Bernard David K. 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
There is a substantial consensus for the emergence of a high or divine Christology very early and from a Jewish context. Based on insights from Oneness Pentecostalism, the New Testament evidence for early high Christology is best explained within the context of exclusive monotheism by a robust concept of incarnation and a duality of divine transcendence and immanence rather than incipient binitarianism or trinitarianism.
Private Prosecutions in Kenya
Authors: Mujuzi Jamil Ddamulira 
Published: June 2019

AbstractIn Kenya private prosecutions are governed by different laws. These are the Criminal Procedure Code, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act, the Constitution and case law developed by courts. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how courts have invoked these laws to deal with the following issues that relate to private prosecutions: the right to institute a private prosecution, locus standi to institute a private prosecution, and measures in place to prevent or minimise the abuse of private prosecutions. The author recommends ways through which Kenyan legislation could be amended to strengthen the private prosecutions regime.
A phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Zopherini with a review ofthe species and generic classification (Coleoptera: Zopheridae)
Authors: FOLEY IAN A. , IVIE MICHAEL A. 
Published: June 2019

A morphology-based phylogenetic analysis of all known species (excluding the well-revised Zopherus Gray) of the tribe Zopherini was performed. The genus Sesaspis Casey is elevated from synonymy, redescribed and two new species are described from Central America, Sesaspis ashei NEW SPECIES and Sesaspis triplehorni NEW SPECIES. The following NEW COMBINATIONS are proposed: Noserinus furcatus (Kirsch), Phloeodes venustus (Champion), Sesaspis emarginata (Horn), Sesaspis lutosa (Champion), Sesaspis sylvatica (García-París et al.), and Sesaspis doyeni (García-París et al.). The following NEW SYNONYMIES are proposed: Phloeodes pustulosus LeConte of Phloeodes diabolicus LeConte, Nosoderma prominens Casey, Nosoderma senex Casey, Nosoderma brevicollis Casey, and Nosoderma subglabrus Casey of Eurychora inaequale Say as Verodes inaequalis (Say), Nosoderma insigne Champion of Nosoderma interruptum Champion as Verodes interruptus (Champion), Noserodes squalidus Casey of Nosoderma guatemalense Champion as Verodes guatemalensis (Champion), Scoriaderma congolense Fairmaire of Nosoderma scabrosum Solier as Verodes scabrosus (Solier), and Scoriaderma comoriense Fairmaire of S. cordicolle Waterhouse. A revised key to the world genera is provided, as well as keys to all species of the tribe, save those of Zopherus, including the multispecies genera Noserinus Casey, Nosoderma Guérin-Méneville, Phloeodes LeConte, Sesaspis Casey, and Verodes Casey. A synoptic catalog of the described species is provided, with brief comments on the taxonomic histories of the tribe, genera, and species. All recognized species are illustrated and diagnosed, with information on their types, taxonomic history and geographic distributions.
A new species of Caenohomalopoda (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from India
Authors: GUPTA ANKITA , POORANI JANAKIRAMAN 
Published: June 2019

The genus Caenohomalopoda Tachikawa belongs to the tribe Habrolepidini, subtribe Habrolepidina, and contains eight species at present. Caenohomalopoda is present in the Oriental, Palaearctic, Australasian, Afrotropical and Nearctic regions. From India, three species, C. longiclava Basha & Hayat, C. longistylata Singh and C. koreana Tachikawa, Paik & Paik are known at present, along with one undetermined species; a key was provided by Hayat (2006) for the Indian species. Zhang & Huang (2006) provided a key to the species of the world and described C. chinensis Zhang & Huang from southwestern China. Caenohomalopoda shikokuensis (Tachikawa) is the most widely distributed species. According to Zhang & Huang (2006), hosts of Caenohomalopoda spp. are scale insects belonging to the Odonaspidini (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on bamboos or reeds.
On the Link between Summer Dry Bias over the U.S. Great Plains and Seasonal Temperature Prediction Skill in a Dynamical Forecast System
Authors: Ardilouze Constantin , Batté Lauriane , Decharme Bertrand , Déqué Michel 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
Soil moisture anomalies are expected to be a driver of summer predictability for the U.S. Great Plains since this region is prone to intense and year-to-year varying water and energy exchange between the land and the atmosphere. However, dynamical seasonal forecast systems struggle to deliver skillful summer temperature forecasts over that region, otherwise subject to a consistent warm-season dry bias in many climate models. This study proposes two techniques to mitigate the impact of this precipitation deficit on the modeled soil water content in a forecast system based on the CNRM-CM6-1 model. Both techniques lead to increased evapotranspiration during summer and reduced temperature and precipitation bias. However, only the technique based on a correction of the precipitation feeding the land surface throughout the forecast integration enables skillful summer prediction. Although this result cannot be generalized for other parts of the globe, it confirms the link between bias and skill over the U.S. Great Plains and pleads for continued efforts of the modeling community to tackle the summer bias affecting that region.
Seasonal Variations in Temperature–Suicide Associations across South Korea
Authors: Kalkstein Adam J. , Belorid Miloslav , Dixon P. Grady , Kim Kyu Rang , Bremer Keith A. 
Published: June 2019

AbstractSouth Korea has among the highest rates of suicide in the world, and previous research suggests that suicide frequency increases with anomalously high temperatures, possibly as a result of increased sunshine. However, it is unclear whether this temperature–suicide association exists throughout the entire year. Using distributed lag nonlinear modeling, which effectively controls for nonlinear and delayed effects, we examine temperature–suicide associations for both a warm season (April–September) and a cool season (October–March) for three cities across South Korea: Seoul, Daegu, and Busan. We find consistent, statistically significant, mostly linear relationships between relative risk of suicide and daily temperature in the cool season but few associations in the warm season. This seasonal signal of statistically significant temperature–suicide associations only in the cool season exists among all age segments, but especially for those 35 and older, along with both males and females. We further use distributed lag nonlinear modeling to examine cloud cover–suicide associations and find few significant relationships. This result suggests that that high daily temperatures in the cool season, and not exposure to sun, are responsible for the strong temperature–suicide associations found in South Korea.
Assessment of cognitive functions and psychiatric symptoms in hepatitis C patients receiving pegylated interferon alpha and ribavirin: A prospective cohort study
Authors: Hassaan Shehab H , Darwish Alaa M , Khalifa Hossam , Ramadan Haidi Karam Alla , Hassany Sahar M , Ahmed Gellan K , Moustafa Ehab F 
Published: June 2019

Objective This study aimed to prospectively evaluate cognitive functioning in hepatitis C virus patients before, during, and after interferon alpha and to assess the psychiatric side effects of interferon alpha such as depression and anxiety. Methods A total of 100 chronic hepatitis C virus patients eligible for interferon therapy from the hepatitis outpatient clinic of Assiut University Hospital were included. A full medical and psychiatric assessment was done using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A). Cognitive assessment was done using The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Memory Assessment Scales (MAS), and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). Medical, cognitive, and psychiatric assessments were conducted at the start of the study and after starting the treatment at two, four, and six months. Results There was a significant increase in the mean scores of HAM-D (t = 7.739, p < 0.001; t = 5.707, p < 0.001; t = 5.115, p < 0.001) and HAM-A (t = 6.237, p < 0.001; t = 4.154, p < 0.001; t = 3.955, p < 0.001) scales at the two, four, and six month follow-ups, respectively, in comparison to the baseline measurements. As regards to the MAS, repeated assessments after two, four, and six months showed no statistically significant difference from the baseline apart from deterioration in the verbal memory performance after six months in comparison to the baseline (t = −2.605, p = 0.011). As regards to MMSE, the verbal intelligence quotient (IQ), performance IQ, and total IQ, there was a significant improvement in the patients’ cognitive performance, in comparison to the baseline, after two months (t = 2.144, p = 0.035), four months (t = 2.868, p = 0.002), and six months (t = 3.505, p = 0.001), respectively. There was also a significant negative correlation between HAM-D mean scores and the MAS verbal mean scores of the patients (r = −.219, p = 0.039). Conclusion There were increases in symptoms of depression and anxiety during interferon alpha and ribavirin treatment, which do not correlate with the patients’ cognitive performance. There was a significant improvement in cognitive performance except in verbal memory with the progress of interferon alpha treatment. Years of education, socioeconomic status, and lower quantitative polymerase chain reaction are predictors for better cognitive performance.
Effects of MDMA on neuroplasticity, amyloid burden and phospho-tau expression in APPswe/PS1dE9 mice
Authors: Abad Sonia , Ramon-Duaso Carla , López-Arnau Raúl , Folch Jaume , Pubill David , Camarasa Jordi , Camins Antoni , Escubedo Elena 
Published: June 2019

Background: 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is still one of the most consumed drugs by adolescents. Its abuse is related with cognitive impairment, which seems due to maladaptive plasticity and neural stress. In turn, new hypotheses suggest that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may be promoted by neural stressors. Aims and methods: To test if there is an increase in vulnerability to AD after chronic MDMA consumption, we investigated the effects of this drug on recognition memory and its neurotoxic and neuroplastic effects in a transgenic mouse model of presymptomatic familiar AD (APP/PS1 dE9, Tg). Results: MDMA-treated animals showed recognition memory deficits, regardless of genotype, which were accompanied by changes in plasticity markers. Tg mice showed an impaired expression of Arc compared with wild-type animals, but exposure to MDMA induced an increase in the expression of this factor of the same percentage in both genotypes. However, the expression of c-fos, BDNF and p-CREB was not significantly altered by MDMA treatment in Tg mice. Although Tg mice had higher free choline levels than wild-type mice (about 123%), MDMA did not modify these levels in any case, ruling out any specific effect of this drug on the acetylcholine pathway. MDMA treatment significantly increased the presence of cortical amyloid plaques, as well as Aβ40, Aβ42 and secreted APPβ levels in Tg mice. These plaques were accompanied by increased tau phosphorylation (S199), which does not seem to occur via the canonic pathway involving AKT, CDK5 or GSK3β. Conclusions: The present results support previous evidences that MDMA can contribute to the amyloid cascade.
Identification of microRNAs and genes as biomarkers of atrial fibrillation using a bioinformatics approach
Authors: Li Yingyuan , Tan Wulin , Ye Fang , Xue Faling , Gao Shaowei , Huang Wenqi , Wang Zhongxing 
Published: June 2019

Objective We aimed to explore potential microRNAs (miRNAs) and target genes related to atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods Data for microarrays GSE70887 and GSE68475, both of which include AF and control groups, were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. Differentially expressed miRNAs between AF and control groups were identified within each microarray, and the intersection of these two sets was obtained. These miRNAs were mapped to target genes in the miRNet database. Functional annotation and enrichment analysis of these target genes was performed in the DAVID database. The protein-protein interaction (PPI) network from the STRING database and the miRNA-target-gene network were merged into a PPI-miRNA network using Cytoscape software. Modules of this network containing miRNAs were detected and further analyzed. Results Ten differentially expressed miRNAs and 1520 target genes were identified. Three PPI-miRNA modules were constructed, which contained miR-424, miR-15a, miR-542-3p, and miR-421 as well as their target genes, CDK1, CDK6, and CCND3. Conclusion The identified miRNAs and genes may be related to the pathogenesis of AF. Thus, they may be potential biomarkers for diagnosis and targets for treatment of AF.
Surgical Outcomes of Endoscopic Versus Open Resection for Primary Sinonasal Malignancy: A Meta-analysis
Authors: Lu Victor M. , Ravindran Krishnan , Phan Kevin , Van Gompel Jamie J. , Smith Timothy R. , Donaldson Angela M. , Quinones-Hinojosa Alfredo , Mekary Rania A. , Chaichana Kaisorn L. 
Published: June 2019

Background Endoscopic resection (ER) for uncommon sinonasal malignancies (SNMs) has been reported to confer superior surgical outcomes compared to open resection (OR) based on indirect comparisons of limited evidence. Objective The aim of this study was to pool all direct comparative studies in the literature to validate this potential superior association. Methods Systematic searches of 7 electronic databases from their inception to April 2019 were conducted following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. There were 1001 articles identified for screening. Outcomes of interest were pooled as risk ratios (RRs) and mean difference (MD) and analyzed using a random-effects model. Results There were 10 studies included in this meta-analysis, with 900 SNM patients in total where ER and OR were utilized in 399 (44%) and 501 (56%) cases, respectively. Compared to OR, random-effects (RE) modeling indicated ER resulted in statistically comparable complications (RR = 0.68; P-effect = .12) and recurrence (RR = 0.84; P-effect = .35). ER was associated with significantly shorter length of stay (LOS) compared to OR (MD = −2.9 days; P-effect <.01). Conclusions The use of ER to manage SNM was associated with significantly favorable reduction in LOS compared to OR. However, with respect to other surgical outcomes and recurrence, the current literature does not indicate either ER or OR as statistically superior. Therefore, until greater validation of these associations can be proven, expectations that ER for SNMs confers superior surgical outcomes compared to OR should be tempered.
Mineralogical and crystal-chemical characterization of the talc ore deposit of Minzanzala, Gabon
Authors: Poirier Mathilde , Boulingui Jean-Eudes , Martin François , Mbina Mounguengui Michel , Nkoumbou Charles , Thomas Fabien , Cathelineau Michel , Yvon Jacques 
Published: June 2019

AbstractThis research aims to characterize the mineralogical and crystal-chemical purity of two samples of natural talc (BTT6, BTT7) from the occurrence ‘Ecole1’ in the deposit of Minzanzala, southwest Gabon. X-ray diffraction and modal-composition calculations demonstrated the presence of quartz and Al–Fe-bearing phases (kaolinite and/or chlorite and/or Al–Fe oxyhydroxides) as accessory minerals in both ores. In contrast, the chemical and spectroscopic characterization of the talc component revealed remarkable chemical purity expressed by very low Fe contents. According to these results, the talc of Minzanzala might be used as a filler in a wide range of industrial applications, such as in cosmetics, paints, polymers or ceramics.
External validation and comparison of multiple prognostic scores in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Authors: Shouval Roni , Fein Joshua A. , Shouval Aniela , Danylesko Ivetta , Shem-Tov Noga , Zlotnik Maya , Yerushalmi Ronit , Shimoni Avichai , Nagler Arnon 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
Clinical decisions in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) are supported by the use of prognostic scores for outcome prediction. Scores vary in their features and in the composition of development cohorts. We sought to externally validate and compare the performance of 8 commonly applied scoring systems on a cohort of allo-HSCT recipients. Among 528 patients studied, acute myeloid leukemia was the leading transplant indication (44%) and 46% of patients had a matched sibling donor. Most models successfully grouped patients into higher and lower risk strata, supporting their use for risk classification. However, discrimination varied (2-year overall survival area under the receiver operating characteristic curve [AUC]: revised Pretransplantation Assessment of Mortality [rPAM], 0.64; PAM, 0.63; revised Disease Risk Index [rDRI], 0.62; Endothelial Activation and Stress Index [EASIx], 0.60; combined European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation [EBMT]/Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation-specific Comorbidity Index [HCT-CI], 0.58; EBMT, 0.58; Comorbidity-Age, 0.58; HCT-CI, 0.55); AUC ranges from 0.5 (random) to 1.0 (perfect prediction). rPAM and PAM, which had the greatest predictive capacity across all outcomes, are comprehensive models including patient, disease, and transplantation information. Interestingly, EASIx, a biomarker-driven model, had comparable performance for nonrelapse mortality (NRM; 2-year AUC, 0.65) but no predictive value for relapse (2-year AUC, 0.53). Overall, allo-HSCT prognostic systems may be useful for risk stratification, but individual prediction remains a challenge, as reflected by the scores’ limited discriminative capacity.