bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Postoperative Monitoring of Free DIEP Flap in Breast Reconstruction with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: Variables Affecting the Regional Oxygen Saturation
Authors: Salgarello Marzia , Pagliara Domenico , Rossi Marco , Visconti Giuseppe , Barone-Adesi Liliana 
Published: April 2018

Background The timing of surgical reexploration in microanastomotic thrombosis is directly related to the salvage rate of free flap. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a noninvasive technique, which allows a continuous bedside monitoring of flap oxygenation. The current literature is lacking in the assessment of variables able to modify the NIRS monitoring. The aim of this study is to identify patient and flap-related variables that can affect regional oxygen saturation (rSO2).
Methods We retrospectively analyzed the data obtained from 45 consecutive patients undergoing breast reconstruction with deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap. The monitoring device used is the Somanetics INVOS 5100C Cerebral/Somatic Oximeter (Covidien). Baseline measures of demographic–anthropometric variables (age, weight, height, body mass index [BMI]) and flap factors (flap size in grams, skin flap area in square centimeters, perforator number, and perforator size in millimeters) were collected from preoperative and intraoperative assessment. We investigated the linear correlation between mean rSO2 and BMI, flap size, skin flap area, perforator number, and perforator size.
Results A positive linear correlation between rSO2 values and skin flap area, perforator number, and perforator size was found. A negative linear correlation between rSO2 values and BMI and flap size was found. All correlations are statistically significant. Despite the overall negative linear correlation between rSO2 values and flap size, we observed a bimodal trend: a positive relation up to 800 g, which is inverted above 800 g.
Conclusion The NIRS is a reliable additional tool in free flap monitoring. A careful evaluation should be given to patients and surgery factors that can change the oximetry data.
Cartilage Imaging: Techniques and Developments
Authors: Oei Edwin , Wick Marius , Müller-Lutz Anja , Schleich Christoph , Miese Falk 
Published: April 2018

AbstractCartilage degeneration is one of the most common chronic age-related joint disorders leading to pain and reduced joint motion. The increasing prevalence of osteoarthritis requires accurate cartilage imaging, both clinically and in research. Detailed cartilage imaging is also necessary for traumatic cartilage lesions and for pre- and postoperative assessment of cartilage repair procedures. Although still widely used, conventional radiography bears significant limitations because it assesses cartilage indirectly by joint space width. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables direct visualization of cartilage damage along with other concomitantly affected joint tissues. Several semiquantitative grading systems and volumetric analysis methods exist to assess cartilage damage and cartilage repair on MRI. Quantification of hyaline and fibrocartilage biochemical composition is possible with novel MRI methods such as T2- and T1ρ-mapping, delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage, glycosaminoglycan chemical exchange saturation transfer, and sodium imaging, along with quantitative computed tomography arthrography. These techniques provide promising quantitative imaging biomarkers that can detect early cartilage changes before morphological alterations occur.
Novel Imaging Techniques in Rheumatic Diseases
Authors: Mascarenhas Vasco , Maas Mario , Hemke Robert 
Published: April 2018

AbstractSince the introduction of new MR imaging techniques within the past two decades, the imaging assessment of joints in rheumatic diseases has changed considerably. MRI enables to evaluate both the inflamed synovial membrane as well as early structural damage. In the last few years, several new functional/metabolic MR imaging techniques have applied in rheumatic diseases, making it possible to evaluate the pathophysiology of the disease in greater detail. Moreover, they permit a more quantitative approach for the evaluation of disease activity and damage. Several functional imaging techniques in rheumatic diseases have been proposed for the evaluation and monitoring of disease status.
Transient Cerebral Vasculopathy: A Rare Complication Associated with Cerebral Gnathostomiasis
Authors: Saengow Vitchayaporn , Wongfukiat Oragarn 
Published: April 2018

AbstractGnathostomiasis is a common parasitic infection in Southeast Asia, involving many organs in infected human hosts. Common neurological manifestations of Gnathostoma infection include radiculomyelitis, eosinophilic meningitis, and nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, leading to a high mortality and morbidity. This study first reported transient cerebral vasculopathy, an atypical neurological manifestation, in an 11-year-old Thai girl. The patient was diagnosed with intracerebral and intraventricular hemorrhage, and meningitis with atypical cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) profile. The imaging study of the brain revealed the abnormal white matter lesion and transient cerebral vasculopathy with the cerebral hemorrhage showing a track-like appearance (at the level of the corpus callosum). The serological testing in CSF and serum using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technique was positive for Gnathostoma spinigerum. The patient spontaneously recovered within 3 months without albendazole or corticosteroid treatments.
On the existence of thermodynamically stable rigid solids
Authors: Nath Parswa , Ganguly Saswati , Horbach Jürgen , Sollich Peter , Karmakar Smarajit , Sengupta Surajit 
Published: April 2018

Significance
While common sense says that solids are rigid, careful arguments show that all solids under infinitesimal strain must eventually flow. Resolution of this paradoxical result lies at the core of our understanding of the behavior of solids under deformation. We provide a framework within which the paradox is reconciled and extract conditions wherein stable, rigid, crystalline solids are possible. Failure of ideal crystals is determined by a kinetic process similar to the decay of supercooled phases following quenches across a first-order phase boundary. This fresh conceptual viewpoint curiously allows us to study failure of perfect crystalline solids in quantitative detail without invoking specifics of many-body, defect–defect interactions, raising hope of a more unified description of materials in the future.
Some contrast effects in metonymy
Authors: Barnden John 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
This chapter analyses important, variegated ways in which contrast arises in metonymy. It explores, for instance, the negative evaluation of the target achieved in de-roling, where the source chosen is a target feature that is largely irrelevant to the target’s role in a described situation, therein contrasting with other target features that would have been more appropriate. This form of contrast, amongst others, can generate irony, so that the chapter elucidates some of the complex connections between metonymy and irony. It also explores the multiple roles of contrast in transferred epithets, especially as transferred epithets can be simultaneously metonymic and metaphorical. Finally, the chapter makes contrast-related suggestions regarding the metonymy database described by Barcelona and colleagues in other chapters.
Metonymy and the dynamics of conceptual operations in Spanish Sign Language
Authors: Rodríguez-Redondo Ana-Laura 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
This paper aims at presenting a first approach to the multilevel dynamics of metonymy in Spanish Sign Language (LSE) within Barcelona’s approach to cognitive metonymy (2000, 2002, 2005, 2011, 2015). At the same time, within this framework, we see the compatibility of the current approaches to metonymy and iconicity in signed languages (Taub 2001; Wilcox 2003, 2004). We propose a metonymic approach to the conceptualization of manual articulators and develop a three level analysis (Barcelona 2005) of three LSE examples. The examples are extracted from a corpus of cooking recipes recorded by Spanish native signers. The first results show the complex multilevel metonymic chained nature of signed meaning-form construals in LSE to be confirmed by further studies at each level.
miRNACancerMAP: an integrative web server inferring miRNA regulation network for cancer
Authors: Tong Yin , Ru Beibei , Zhang Jiangwen 
Published: April 2018

Abstract

Summary
MicroRNAs play critical roles in oncogenesis by targeting a few key regulators or a large cohort of genes impinging on downstream signaling pathways. Conversely, miRNA activity is also titrated by competitive endogenous RNA such as lncRNA with sponge effect. Web-based server, miRNACancerMap, aims to unravel lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA tripartite complexity to predict the function and clinical relevance of miRNA with network perspective. In conjunction with large-scale data and information integration, miRNACancerMap implements various algorithms and pipelines to construct dynamic miRNA-centered network with rigorous Systems Biology approaches and the state-of-the-art visualization tool. The capability of the server to generate testable hypotheses was exemplified with cases to identify hub miRNAs regulating most of the differentially-expressed genes involved in cancer stage transition, miRNA-TF pairs shared by pan-cancers and lncRNA sponges validated by multiple datasets. LncRNAs sharing the same miRNAs binding sites as mRNAs can sequester miRNAs and indirectly regulate the activity of the related mRNAs. We have re-annotated traditional microarray chips, and included these datasets in the server to enable validation of the predicted lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulations derived from TCGA RNA-seq data. Of note, our server enables identifying miRNAs associated with cancer signaling pathways, and related lncRNA sponges from pan-cancers with only a few mouse clicks.

Availability and implementation
http://cis.hku.hk/miRNACancerMAP

Supplementary information
Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
On Irreducible Components of Rapoport–Zink Spaces
Authors: Mieda Yoichi 
Published: April 2018

AbstractUnder a mild condition, we prove that the action of the group of self-quasi-isogenies on the set of irreducible components of a Rapoport–Zink space has finite orbits. Our method allows both ramified and nonbasic cases. As a consequence, we obtain some finiteness results on the representation obtained from the ℓ-adic cohomology of a Rapoport–Zink tower.
A telehealth system for automated diagnosis of asthma and chronical obstructive pulmonary disease
Authors: Gurbeta Lejla , Badnjevic Almir , Maksimovic Mirjana , Omanovic-Miklicanin Enisa , Sejdic Ervin 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
This paper presents the development and real-time testing of an automated expert diagnostic telehealth system for the diagnosis of 2 respiratory diseases, asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The system utilizes Android, Java, MATLAB, and PHP technologies and consists of a spirometer, mobile application, and expert diagnostic system. To evaluate the effectiveness of the system, a prospective study was carried out in 3 remote primary healthcare institutions, and one hospital in Bosnia and Herzegovina healthcare system. During 6 months, 780 patients were assessed and diagnosed with an accuracy of 97.32%. The presented approach is simple to use and offers specialized consultations for patients in remote, rural, and isolated communities, as well as old and less physically mobile patients. While improving the quality of care delivered to patients, it was also found to be very beneficial in terms of healthcare.
A predicted astrometric microlensing event by a nearby white dwarf
Authors: McGill Peter , Smith Leigh C , Evans N Wyn , Belokurov Vasily , Smart R L 
Published: April 2018

ABSTRACT
We used the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution catalogue, part of Gaia Data Release 1, to search for candidate astrometric microlensing events expected to occur within the remaining lifetime of the Gaia satellite. Our search yielded one promising candidate. We predict that the nearby DQ type white dwarf LAWD 37 (WD 1142-645) will lens a background star and will reach closest approach on 2019 November 11 (±4 d) with impact parameter 380 ± 10 mas. This will produce an apparent maximum deviation of the source position of 2.8 ± 0.1 mas. In the most propitious circumstance, Gaia will be able to determine the mass of LAWD 37 to ${\sim }3\hbox{ per cent}$. This mass determination will provide an independent check on atmospheric models of white dwarfs with helium rich atmospheres, as well as tests of white dwarf mass radius relationships and evolutionary theory.
Who will win the future of display technologies?
Authors: Jia Hepeng 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
In recent years, China and other countries have invested heavily in the research and manufacturing capacity of display technology. Meanwhile, different display technology scenarios, ranging from traditional LCD (liquid crystal display) to rapidly expanding OLED (organic light-emitting diode) and emerging QLED (quantum-dot light-emitting diode), are competing for market dominance. Amidst the trivium strife, OLED, backed by technology leader Apple's decision to use OLED for its iPhone X, seems to have a better position, yet QLED, despite still having technological obstacles to overcome, has displayed potential advantage in color quality, lower production costs and longer life.
Which technology will win the heated competition? How have Chinese manufacturers and research institutes been prepared for display technology development? What policies should be enacted to encourage China's innovation and promote its international competitiveness? At an online forum organized by National Science Review, its associate editor-in-chief, Dongyuan Zhao, asked four leading experts and scientists in China.
Introduction
Authors: Ince Onur Ulas 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
This chapter outlines the research question, the argument, and the interventions of the book. It presents the book’s objective of “rematerializing” the relationship between liberalism and empire by disclosing the mediation of that relationship by capitalism. It defines the book’s central theoretical problematic as the tension between the liberal conception of capitalism in metropolitan political economy and the coercive capitalist transformations and structures in the colonies. It clarifies the specific usages of key terms, such as “colonial capitalism,” “primal norms of liberalism,” and “disavowal,” and explains the reasons for focusing on John Locke and property in America, Edmund Burke and trade in India, and Edward Gibbon Wakefield and labor in Australasia. Following an overview of the structure of the book, the chapter concludes by summarizing the contribution of the framework of colonial capitalism to the study of liberal ideas.
Not a Partnership in Pepper, Coffee, Calico, or Tobacco
Authors: Ince Onur Ulas 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
This chapter examines Edmund Burke’s arguments on the Anglo-Indian trade and the British rule in Bengal. In contrast to the culturalist interpretations of Burke’s position on the British Empire, the chapter brings Burke’s political economic writings to bear on his efforts to maintain the empire in India while expunging its illiberal economic aspects. Behind Burke’s attempt to reform the Indian administration and impeach Warren Hastings, it is argued, was the East India Company’s systematic violation of the liberal economic principles that defined the British character as a commercial society. Burke openly castigated the illiberal extractive policies being used in India and sequestered them from the essentially liberal conception of British commercial society. His condemnation of Company policies in India can therefore be understood as an attempt to shore up the increasingly blurred distinctions between civilized commerce and unabashed pillage, between enlightened self-interest and unbridled rapacity, and between “imperial commerce” and “imperious commerce.”
The Tectonic Plates are Moving!
Authors: Livermore Roy 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
Written in a witty and informal style, this book explains modern plate tectonics in a non-technical manner, showing not only how it accounts for phenomena such as great earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions, but also how it controls conditions at the Earth’s surface, including global geography and climate, making it suitable for life. The book presents the advances that have been made since the establishment of plate tectonics in the 1960s, highlighting, on the fiftieth anniversary of the theory, the contributions of a small number of scientists who have never been widely recognized for their discoveries. Beginning with the publication of a short article in Nature by Vine and Matthews, the book traces the development of plate tectonics through two generations of the theory. First-generation plate tectonics covers the exciting scientific revolution of the 1960s, its heroes, and its villains. The second generation includes the rapid expansions in sonar, satellite, and seismic technologies during the 1980s and 1990s that provided a truly global view of the plates and their motions, and an appreciation of the role of their within the Earth system. Arriving at the cutting edge of the science, the latest results from studies using techniques such as seismic tomography and mineral physics to probe the deep interior are discussed and the prospects for finding plate tectonics on other planets assessed. Ultimately, the book leads to the startling conclusion that, without plate tectonics, the Earth would be as lifeless as Venus.
Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors
Authors: Vaez-Zadeh Sadegh 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
This is the first comprehensive, coherent, and up-to-date book devoted solely to the control of permanent magnet synchronous (PMS) motors, as the fastest growing AC motor. It covers a deep and detailed presentation of major PMS motor modeling and control methods. The readers can find rich materials on the fundamentals of PMS motor control in addition to new motor control methods, which have mainly been developed in the last two decades, including recent advancements in the field in a systematic manner. These include extensive modeling of PMS motors and a full range of vector control and direct torque control schemes, in addition to predictive control, deadbeat control, and combined control methods. All major sensorless control and parameter estimation methods are also studied. The book covers about 10 machine models in various reference frames and 70 control and estimation schemes with sufficient analytical and implementation details including about 200 original figures. A great emphasis is placed on energy-saving control schemes. PMS motor performances under different control systems are presented by providing simulation and experimental results. The past, present, and future of the PMS motor market are also discussed. Each chapter concludes with end-chapter problems and focussed bibliographies. It is an essential source for anyone working on PMS motors in academic and industry sectors. The book can be used as a textbook with the first four chapters for a primary graduate course and the final three chapters for an advanced course. It is also a crucial reading for researchers, design engineers, and experts in the field.
The Musical Setting of Ancient Greek Texts
Authors: D’Angour Armand 
Published: April 2018

AbstractThis chapter discusses the relationship between melody and language in Homer, the musical fragment of Euripides’ Orestes, and the ‘Seikilos Song’. Readings of Homeric passages draw on statistical analysis of the pitch-structures of the hexameter to show how melody may have been used to mark significant junctures, bridge syntactically conjoined verses, and demarcate the narrative. The musical scores of the two later texts demonstrate the interaction of semantic meaning with melodic and rhythmical patterns, and contextualizes these interactions against the backdrop of wider developments in Greek performance culture. The (probably) Euripidean melody on the Vienna papyrus should be seen in relation to the techniques of the ‘New Musicians’, and viewed as a move towards a more emotionally ‘programmatic’ melodization. The chapter also argues for an overall continuity of techniques for creating musical effects from ancient Greek to later traditions of Western music.
Aristotle on Music for Leisure
Authors: Destrée Pierre 
Published: April 2018

AbstractThis chapter deals with what Aristotle calls music ‘for pursuit in leisure’ (or in ‘cultivated leisure’) which he considers the most valuable ‘kind’ of music. In particular, it argues that the song or tune that corresponds to that music is what the musicologists of his time calls the ethical songs or tunes—except that when enjoying them in leisure, one is supposed to appreciate them without any ethical consequences, for their own sake alone. We can infer that the way music for pursuit in leisure must be enjoyed consists in the intellectual enjoyment of its order, symmetry, and definiteness.
Association Between Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Severe Maternal Morbidity
Authors: Lisonkova Sarka , Muraca Giulia M. , Potts Jayson , Liauw Jessica , Chan Wee-Shian , Skoll Amanda , Lim Kenneth I. 
Published: April 2018

(Abstracted from JAMA 2017;318(18):1777–1786)
Several studies have shown that overweight and obesity are associated with adverse neonatal outcomes including preterm birth, severe congenital anomalies, and infant death. While some studies show an association between maternal obesity and pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia, thromboembolism, and cesarean delivery, less is known about the association between body mass index (BMI) and life-threatening maternal morbidity.