bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Conclusion
Authors: Tomlinson Maria Kathryn 
Published: November 2024

AbstractCombining interviews with activists and focus groups with teenagers, this conclusion establishes the impact of the media and mediated activism on young people’s knowledge and perceptions of menstruation as well as related health and social issues. It concludes that menstrual stigma has decreased, awareness around related health and social issues has increased, and girls as well as other young people who menstruate are feeling an increased sense of connection and solidarity with each other. Menstruation is shifting from a very private experience to one of collective concern. It is evident that social media, and, to some extent, news media, have played a key role in disseminating the discourses and aims of menstrual activists that have been instrumental to this change. Nevertheless, as this conclusion illustrates, some aims of the menstrual movement have been realised to a greater extent than others. Furthermore, drawing on my findings from across this book, the conclusion provides recommendations as to how activists, organisations, and institutions, can better support young people and on which areas they should focus their attention.
Einleitung
Authors: Großmann Tobias Santosh 
Published: November 2024

ZusammenfassungNach einer thematischen Einführung wird der aktuelle Stand der Forschung skizziert. Anschließend erfolgt die Einordnung und Differenzierung des Forschungsgegenstands. Der folgende Abschnitt zum Forschungsdesign beschreibt das methodische Vorgehen zur Beantwortung der Forschungsfrage und erläutert die Quellenlage in den Archiven. Zudem wird eine Kontextualisierung der befragten Zeitzeuginnnen vorgenommen, mit denen Leitfadeninterviews geführt wurden. Der Abschnitt schließt mit einer Selbstverortung des Autors.
Teil A: Kontextualisierung
Authors: Großmann Tobias Santosh 
Published: November 2024

ZusammenfassungDie Kontextualisierung bietet eine historische Annäherung an die Ausgangssituation in Kerala und Südwestdeutschland der 1960er-Jahre, basierend auf Sekundärliteratur und Primärquellen. Durch die Betrachtung wirtschaftlicher, sozialer und politischer Aspekte, auch in geschlechtsspezifischem Kontext, wird die spätere Analyse in die historischen Transformationsprozesse eingeordnet. Besondere Beachtung finden die damaligen Migrationsbewegungen in Südwestdeutschland sowie neue Erkenntnisse zur Arbeitsmigration in den deutschen Pflegesektor. Zudem wird Pfarrer Hubert Debatin, der eine Schlüsselrolle in der Einleitung der Migration aus Kerala spielte, biografisch betrachtet.
Dynamic screening with liquidity constraints
Authors: Krähmer Daniel , Strausz Roland 
Published: November 2024

AbstractWe consider a dynamic screening model with serially independent types where the agent is short-term liquidity constrained. We model a liquidity constraint as a hard constraint that forces the agent to renege whenever he would suffer a loss from fulfilling the contract terms in a given period. In particular, the violation of a liquidity constraint is a verifiable event that future contract terms can condition on. This verifiability leads to less stringent truth-telling constraints than those considered in the existing literature. We show that the weaker constraints do not affect optimal contracting, however. Moreover, we develop a novel method to study private values settings with continuous types and show that a regularity condition that has analogues in the literature on multi-dimensional screening ensures that the optimal contract is deterministic.
Design of optimal concentrations for in vitro cytotoxicity experiments
Authors: Schürmeyer Leonie , Peng Chen , Albrecht Wiebke , Brecklinghaus Tim , Baur Pauline , Hengstler Jan G. , Schorning Kirsten 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Concentration-dependent cytotoxicity experiments are frequently used in toxicology. Although it has been reported that an adequate choice of concentrations improves the quality of the statistical inference substantially, a recent literature review of three major toxicological journals has shown that the corresponding methods are rarely used in toxicological practice. In this study the performance of different sets of concentrations, also called designs, are analyzed, while the overall goal is to promote the advantages of optimal design procedures and to present a user-friendly guideline for planning new cytotoxicity concentration-response experiments. We compare the frequently used log-equidistant design to a Bayesian design, which is constructed by methods of optimum design theory. Using both a dense data set of concentration-cytotoxicity data of valproic acid (VPA) and regular assay data of 104 substances, the performance of the different designs is analyzed in two scenarios, where detailed previous knowledge on VPA is available or not. The results show that it is critical to apply a specific design strategy to determine optimal concentrations for cytotoxicity testing. In particular, the Bayesian design technique with and without incorporating pre-existing knowledge of a specific test substance resulted in a more precise statistical inference than the other used designs. Finally, we present a guideline for upcoming experiments and an accessible user-friendly Shiny app (see http://shiny.statistik.tu-dortmund.de:8080/app/occe).
Enhanced industrial wastewater monitoring: method development for non-target screening of highly polar substances using ZIC-HILIC-HRMS
Authors: Armin Reyhaneh , Wachendorf Jan , Weber Markus , Schmidt Torsten C. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractNon-target screening (NTS) plays a major role in the monitoring and management of water bodies. While the NTS of moderate to non-polar substances is well-established, the screening of highly polar chemicals remains challenging. In this study, a robust separation method for highly polar substances using zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry (ZIC-HILIC-HRMS) was developed. This method was specifically designed for the NTS of industrial wastewater, with the objective of capturing a wide range of polar contaminants in each acquisition run. Method validation included assessing key parameters such as repeatability, reproducibility, linearity, and limit of detection (LOD). For repeatability and reproducibility, the average %RSD of intensity and retention time across all substances in different matrices—solvent, influent, and effluent—remained below 6% and 1%, respectively (n = 10). The method demonstrated good linearity (R2 > 0.99) for 75% of the substances, while LODs varied between 0.1 and 40 µg/L depending on the compound tested. The method was then applied for NTS analysis of untreated wastewater at various locations within a chemical industrial park. Additionally, the overall influent and effluent of an industrial wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) were monitored over a 10-day period. Principal component analysis (PCA) was performed to interpret the data, identifying irregularities in the wastewater content. Moreover, the method demonstrated the WWTP’s ability to achieve an average removal efficiency of approximately 90% for this category of substances in this period, while also detecting their degradation products in the effluent. Finally, the method was successfully integrated into the daily monitoring routine of the WWTP, ensuring continuous surveillance and improved management of wastewater treatment processes.
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Impact of the time interval between biopsy and radical prostatectomy on functional outcomes
Authors: Brown Rosannis , Beyer Burkhard , Knipper Sophie , Mehring Gisa , Budäus Lars , Tennstedt Pierre , Graefen Markus , Pose Randi M. 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Purpose
The aim of our study was to investigate the impact of the time interval between prostate biopsy and radical prostatectomy (RP) on postoperative urinary continence (UC)/erectile function (EF). From a clinical point of view, an interval of several weeks seems to facilitate surgical preparation.

Materials and methods
We retrospectively analyzed patients who underwent RP for localized prostate cancer (PCa) in a tertiary care center between 2011 and 2020. We evaluated the influence of the following variables on UC and EF 1 year after RP: time from biopsy to RP, age, BMI, pathological T-stage, EF and intraoperative nerve sparing (unilateral vs. bilateral). For this purpose, we performed linear regression analyses as well as manual grouping and cluster analyses to identify possible temporal cutoff ranges. The EPIC-26 and the IIEF questionnaires were used for the assessment of UC and EF.

Results
We identified 6202 consecutive patients who underwent RP. Neither manual grouping nor cluster analyses showed a significant difference in continence or potency after RP. According to linear regression models, only age was an independent predictor of incontinence (95%-CI 0.006–0.01), and EF before RP (95%-CI 0.22–0.26), age (95%-CI – 0.68 to – 0.5), BMI (95%-CI – 0.66 to – 0.29) and bilateral NS (95%-CI 5.5–2.1) had significant impacts on postoperative EF (all p < 0.001).

Conclusion
In the selected patient population, the time interval between prostate biopsy and RP did not seem to have an effect on postoperative functional outcomes (UC and EF).
Re-do hypospadias surgery following failed previous repair: lessons learned over two decades of experience
Authors: Fihman May , Chertin Leon , Kocherov Stanislav , Jaber Jawdat , Chertin Boris , Dothan David 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Purpose
To evaluate our experience with different surgical techniques and to find clinical factors that affect the outcome of treatment in cases of redo-hypospadias.

Methods
We have retrospectively evaluated demographic and clinical data of children who underwent redo or cripple-hypospadias repair.

Results
Between 2004 and 2021, 76 patients met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The median age of the first cripple-hypospadias surgery was 64.8 ± 62.9 months. Upon primary surgery 5(6.6%) patients presented with distal-hypospadias, 13(17.1%) midshaft-hypospadias, 37(48.7%) proximal-hypospadias and 21(27.6%)with an unknown initial meatal status. To correct cripple-hypospadias 3(3.9%) patients underwent meatal-advancement and meatoplasty 32(42.1%) different tubularization techniques, 25(32.9%) required flap/graft, 13(17.1%) staged procedure and in 3(3.9%) surgical technique was undefined. Fifty-four (71%) children presented with post-surgery complications: 25(32.9%) meatal retraction, 19(25.3%) meatal stenosis and 17(22.3%) developed urethro-cutaneous fistula. Thirty-six (47.4%) patients underwent additional surgeries. There was no association between surgical technique or age and the need for additional surgeries (P = 0.831, P = 0.425 respectively). There was no association between surgical technique or age and surgical complications (P = 0.514, P = 0.425 respectively). All surgical techniques except meatal-advancement might lead to urethral stricture on long term follow-up (P = 0.028).

Conclusions
Our data show that treatment of cripple-hypospadias is challenging for both surgeon and patients alike. There is a need to tailor a surgical technique to each patient and there is no one technique which is appropriate for all patients.
Decomposition of Zero-Dimensional Persistence Modules via Rooted Subsets
Authors: Alonso Ángel Javier , Kerber Michael 
Published: November 2024

AbstractWe study the decomposition of zero-dimensional persistence modules, viewed as functors valued in the category of vector spaces factorizing through sets. Instead of working directly at the level of vector spaces, we take a step back and first study the decomposition problem at the level of sets. This approach allows us to define the combinatorial notion of rooted subsets. In the case of a filtered metric space M, rooted subsets relate the clustering behavior of the points of M with the decomposition of the associated persistence module. In particular, we can identify intervals in such a decomposition quickly. In addition, rooted subsets can be understood as a generalization of the elder rule, and are also related to the notion of constant conqueror of Cai, Kim, Mémoli and Wang. As an application, we give a lower bound on the number of intervals that we can expect in the decomposition of zero-dimensional persistence modules of a density-Rips filtration in Euclidean space: in the limit, and under very general circumstances, we can expect that at least 25% of the indecomposable summands are interval modules.
Haemolytic uremic syndrome as a cause of chronic kidney disease stage 5 in children is in retreat: results from the Polish Registry of Kidney Replacement Therapy in children (2000–2023)
Authors: Zagożdżon Ilona , Szczepańska Maria , Rubik Jacek , Zachwieja Katarzyna , Musielak Anna , Bratkowska Monika , Makulska Irena , Niwińska Katarzyna , Leszczyńska Beata , Bieniaś Beata , Taranta-Janusz Katarzyna , Adamczyk-Kipigroch Hanna , Żurowska Aleksandra 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Background
Haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a life-threatening disease with a historically poor prognosis in children receiving maintenance kidney replacement therapy (KRT). This study aimed to analyse the incidence and outcome of chronic kidney disease stage 5 (CKD5) due to Escherichia coli-HUS (STEC-HUS) and complement-mediated HUS (CM-HUS) in children, compared with controls with non-HUS CKD5 over the last 24 years.

Methods
The study included 1488 children undergoing KRT in Poland between 2000 and 2023. Thirty-nine patients with CM-HUS and 18 with STEC-HUS were identified and analysed for incidence, KRT modality and survival.

Results
The incidence rate of CKD5 was 0.09 cases/million age-related population (marp) for STEC-HUS and 0.23/marp for CM-HUS, while no new cases have been observed in recent years. CKD5 due to CM-HUS developed significantly earlier from initial HUS manifestation than in STEC-HUS (median 0.2 vs. 9.8 years). CM-HUS was associated with younger age at initiation of KRT compared to STEC-HUS and non-HUS controls (median 6.0 years vs. 10.9 and 10.9 years), with higher risk of death (Hazard Ratio 1.92, 95% confidence interval 0.9–4.13) and worse 5-year kidney graft survival at 77%, 93% and 90%, respectively (p < 0.001).

Conclusions
In recent years, both CM-HUS and STEC-HUS have become increasingly rare causes of CKD5 in children. CKD5 due to CM-HUS in the eculizumab era and due to STEC-HUS after improving supportive treatment is exceptional. Children on KRT due to STEC-HUS had a significantly better survival, shorter waiting time for kidney transplantation and better kidney graft survival compared to the CM-HUS group.

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Causes of chronic pain unrelated to surgical trauma after groin hernia repair: a prospective cohort study
Authors: Kroon Lovisa , Ticehurst Kristina , Ahonen Jukka , Norrby Jonny , Ruiz-Jasbon Fernando 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Background
Chronic inguinal pain (CIP) can be caused by musculoskeletal or neurological pathologies and by surgical trauma after inguinal hernia repair among other. The aim of this prospective cohort observational study was to find the incidence and causes of CIP unrelated to surgical trauma 12 months after inguinal hernia repair.

Methods
During sixteen months patients consulting a hernia center for groin-related symptoms were included in the study. Patients were evaluated by surgeons and filled out preoperatively the Inguinal Pain Questionnaires and a Numerical Rating Scale pain-questionnaire. For patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair, postoperative questionnaires similar to the pre-operative ones were sent out at 12 months. Patients scoring pain on pain questionnaires were evaluated by phone and physical examination.

Results
289 patients (78.1%) of 370 repaired patients filled in the postoperative questionnaires. 62 (21.4%) patients scored pain, of these patients 5 (1.7%, 5/289) answered incorrectly in the pain questionnaires and 14 (4.8%, 14/289) had non-surgical trauma causes of pain: 5 musculoskeletal, 4 neurological and 3 other medical pathologies.

Conclusions
This cohort study found CIP unrelated to surgical trauma in 4.8% of patients undergoing a groin hernia repair. Most causes of pain unrelated to surgical trauma were musculoskeletal and neurological pathologies. Nearly a third of patients scoring inguinal pain on pain-questionnaires did not have chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP), therefore incidence of CPSP should not be based solely on pain questionnaires. Clinical assessment of patients with pain is necessary to excluded CIP unrelated to the surgical trauma.
Redescription mining-based business process deviance analysis
Authors: Ahmeti Engjëll , Käppel Martin , Jablonski Stefan 
Published: November 2024

AbstractBusiness processes often deviate from their expected or desired behavior. Such deviations can be either positive or negative, depending on whether or not they lead to better process performance. Deviance mining addresses the problem of identifying such deviations and explaining why a process deviates. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to identify and explain the causes of deviant process executions based on the technique of redescription mining, which extracts knowledge in the form of logical rules. By analyzing, comparing, and filtering these rules, the reasons for the deviant behaviors of a business process are identified both in general and for particular process instances. Afterward, the results of this analysis are transformed into a concise and well-readable natural language text that can be used by business analysts and process owners to optimize processes in a reasoned manner. We evaluate our approach from different angles using four process models and provide some advice for further optimization.
Crystallization of antimony sulfide films on stainless steel substrates obtained by sequential chemical bath deposition
Authors: Márquez I. G. , Romano-Trujillo R. , Gracia-Jiménez J. M. , Galeazzi R. , Coyopol A. , Silva-González N. R. , Capistrán-Martínez J. , García G. , Nieto-Caballero F. G. , Morales C. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractAntimony sulfide (Sb2S3) films have been typically deposited on glass substrates, however, there are a few reports about its deposition on stainless steel substrates. In this work, Sb2S3 was successfully deposited on stainless steel substrates for the first time using sequential chemical bath deposition (CBD) at 2 °C and thermally treated at 300 °C by 5 min in air. XRD and Raman spectroscopy analysis revealed that the as deposited Sb2S3 films exhibits an amorphous phase while the thermally treated has a polycrystalline nature with an orthorhombic structure. An increase in (002) crystalline plane was favored with the increases in deposition layers and was not observed an increase in the oxide phases. The optical band gap was calculated directly on stainless steel substrates by diffuse reflectance and Kubelka-Munk function, and was found a band gap of 2.36, 1.78, 1.71 and 1.75 eV for amorphous, 1 layer, 2 layers, and 3 layers, respectively. The SEM analysis revealed that the sequential deposition improves the surfaces of the Sb2S3 films on stainless steel substrates, and the atomic ratio measured by EDS is near to 1, however the properties of Sb2S3 films were not strongly affected. Our results suggest that the properties of Sb2S3 films on stainless steel substrates can be used for the development of flexible solar cells.
Noneconomic public value creation by private ventures: scale development and empirical validation in the academic entrepreneurship context
Authors: Greven Andrea , Beule Thorsten , Fischer-Kreer Denise , Brettel Malte 
Published: November 2024

AbstractPublic value as such and contributions to public value by entrepreneurial universities have been of increasing interest to scholars over the past two decades. However, due to the lack of an adequate measurement scale, scholars have yet to link these research streams properly. While public value research acknowledges the multidimensionality of the construct, academic entrepreneurship research has rather approximated it using different unidimensional economic proxies. As a consequence, there is limited scholarly consensus about public value creation through spin-offs and other academic start-ups. To mitigate this issue and complement existing proxies, our study develops and validates a measure of noneconomic public value creation in the academic entrepreneurship context, capturing the subdimensions of social value creation, customer value creation, and efficient value creation. We employ a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. The initial item pool incorporates relevant prior literature and insights from multiple pretests. Using two comprehensive surveys of academic entrepreneurs from Germany and Austria, we quantitatively confirm the reliability and validity of the final three-dimensional 11-item scale and its applicability to the intended context. Furthermore, we pave the way for future research by examining how the university entrepreneurial climate relates to public value creation.
Morin Ameliorates Lipopolysaccharides-Induced Sepsis-Associated Encephalopathy and Cognitive Impairment in Albino Mice
Authors: Mohamed Asmaa R. , Fares Nagui H. , Mahmoud Yomna I. 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Sepsis-associated encephalopathy is a common neurological complication of sepsis that is characterized by neuroinflammation, oxidative stress and apoptosis, which results in cognitive impairments in septic survivors. Despite numerous treatment options for this condition, none of them are definite. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the impact of morin, a flavone known for its neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects, against lipopolysaccharides-induced sepsis-associated encephalopathy in albino mice for 7 days. Mice were divided into 4 groups: Negative control, morin, septic, and septic morin-treated mice. Sepsis was induced by a single injection of lipopolysaccharides (5 mg/kg, intraperitoneally), morin (50 mg/kg b. wt.) was given orally, starting from 5 h after sepsis induction, then daily for 4 other days. Morin ameliorated septic structural and functional alternations as manifested by improving the survival rate, the behavioral functions, in addition to preserving and protecting the brain tissue. This was accompanied with the augmentation of the total antioxidant capacity, as well as the suppression of tissue levels of the lipid peroxidation marker malondialdehyde, apoptosis (cleaved-caspase-3), glial fibrillary acidic protein, and the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor. In conclusion, morin has a promising ameliorative effect to counteract the sepsis-associated encephalopathy via its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects and to prevent the associated cognitive impairments.
Migration-connected networks of Lotka–Volterra and quasi-polynomial systems: modeling and decentralized control
Authors: Márton Lőrinc , Hangos Katalin M. , Magyar Attila 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThis paper introduces a modeling and a control approach for Lotka-Volterra systems that are interconnected through population size-dependent migration flows. First, a control-oriented model is proposed for networks of Lotka-Volterra systems. Based on this model, a decentralized control method is introduced which assures that the states of each Lotka-Volterra system in the network can be driven into a prescribed setpoint regardless of migration. The results have been generalized to quasi-polynomial systems, and networks of Lotka-Volterra systems having interconnections with distributed delay. Simulation experiments are also presented in the paper to show the implementability of the theoretical results.