bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Study of Anthropometric Measurements of the Anterior Ethmoidal Artery using Three-dimensional Scanning on 300 Patients
Authors: Bortoli Vinicius , Martins Rafael , Negri Krystal 
Published: February 2017

Introduction The anterior ethmoidal artery (AEA) is one of the main arteries that supply both the nasal mucosa and the ethmoid sinuses. The AEA shows variability regarding its distance from adjacent structures. Several studies have developed techniques to identify the AEA.
Objective This study aimed to compare the measurements from the AEA to the ethmoid bulla and to the frontal beak by using computed tomography of the face, while identifying their intraindividual and interindividual variations.
Methods We analyzed 300 CT scans of the face performed at the CT scan Center at Hospital. The average age of subjects was 36 ± 15.1 years (range 4–84).
Results We found that the average distance from the AEA to the ethmoid bulla was 17.2 ± 1.8 mm and the distance from the AEA to the frontal beak was 15.1 ± 2.2 mm. Regarding the average distance from the AEA to the frontal beak (AEA-frontal beak), there was a difference between the right and left sides, with the former being 0.4 mm higher on average than the latter. Among the age groups, there was a significant difference of distances between the AEA and the ethmoid bulla (AEA-ethmoid bulla), which were shorter in the ≤ 12 years group. There was a positive and significant correlation between both measurements analyzed, with low values (high) of AEA-ethmoid bulla distance corresponding to low values (high) of AEA-frontal beak distance.
Conclusion The measurements obtained adds anatomical knowledge that can serve as a parameter in frontal and ethmoid sinus surgery.
Clinical Features and Surgical Treatment of Schwannoma Affecting the Base of the Tongue: A Systematic Review
Authors: Sitenga Jenna , Aird Gregory , Nguyen Austin , Vaudreuil Adam , Huerter Christopher 
Published: February 2017

Introduction Schwannomas of the head and neck account for 25–40% of all cases, with presentation at the base of the tongue as the most frequent site for intraoral tumors.
Objectives Here, a systematic review was conducted to include 15 cases of patients with schwannoma of the base of the tongue.
Data Synthesis Most patients presented with a single, painless, well-encapsulated nodule at the base of the tongue. These nodules were slow-growing, with an average of 13.3 months from onset to presentation. Most cases were accompanied by airway obstruction, indicated by symptoms of dysphagia, dysarthria, snoring, and sleep apnea. Overall, the histological studies were consistent with a benign schwannoma with a palisading Antoni A and Antoni B pattern without malignant changes in cell morphology. These tumors were treated via complete surgical excision, and all cases achieved full remission by final follow-up.
Conclusion Surgical removal is the primary mode of treatment with excellent postoperative prognosis and rare instances of recurrence. Given the rarity of this tumor, this review of available case studies serves to comprehensively describe clinical presentation and surgical treatment approaches to tongue base schwannoma.
Evaluation of AGA and Fukuoka Guidelines for EUS and surgical resection of incidental pancreatic cysts
Authors: Lee Alexander , Kadiyala Vivek , Lee Linda 
Published: February 2017

Abstract
Objectives Management of asymptomatic pancreatic cysts is challenging. Guidelines by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and International Association of Pancreatology (Fukuoka) seek to identify high-risk patients. We assessed performance of these guidelines in selecting patients for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and/or surgery.
Methods PART I – We retrospectively studied 143 asymptomatic cysts with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) followed by EUS. Appropriate selection for EUS was defined as: malignant cytology or surgical pathology, or development of concerning features on MRI as defined by the guidelines. PART II – We retrospectively studied 152 resected cysts to assess the performance of guidelines in selecting cysts for surgery using malignant histology as the outcome.
Results PART I – Of 143 EUS, 43 (30.1 %) were male with median age 65.0 years (interquartile range [IQR] 58.0 – 73.0). AGA guideline demonstrated lower sensitivity (17.6 % versus 35.3 %, P = 0.03), higher specificity (94.5 % versus 66.1 %, p < 0.001), and higher accuracy (76.2 % versus 58.7 %, P = 0.002) than Fukuoka. There was no difference in positive predictive value (50.0 % versus 24.5 %, P = 0.15) and negative predictive value (78.6 % versus 76.6 %, p=0.75). PART II – Of 152 resected cysts, 45 (29.8 %) were male with median age 59.0 years (IQR 47.3 – 66.7). There was no difference in performance characteristics of the guidelines in selecting cysts for surgery. AGA and Fukuoka guidelines missed 25.0 % and 18.8 % of malignant cysts, respectively (P = 1.00).
Conclusions For referral to EUS, the AGA guideline was highly specific compared to Fukuoka; both suffered from poor sensitivity, although the Fukuoka guideline was relatively more sensitive than AGA. For referral to surgery, both guidelines have modest sensitivity and specificity and miss a similar percentage of malignant lesions.
Assessing the safety of physician-directed nurse-administered propofol sedation in low-risk patients undergoing endoscopy and colonoscopy
Authors: Sathananthan Dharshan , Young Edward , Nind Garry , George Biju , Ashby Angelie , Drummond Sharon , Redel Kasia , Green Neville , Singh Rajvinder 
Published: February 2017

Abstract
Background and study aims Physician-directed nurse-administered balanced propofol sedation (PhD NAPS) in patients undergoing endoscopy and/or colonoscopy is being increasingly utilized worldwide. However, this method of sedation is not universally employed in Australian hospitals due to concerns surrounding its safety. The aim of this study was to assess the safety of PhD NAPS in low-risk patients undergoing endoscopy and/or colonoscopy.
Patients and methods This study was conducted at a single tertiary teaching hospital in Adelaide, Australia. It was a prospective study involving 1000 patients with an ASA score of 1 – 3 presenting with any indication for endoscopy, colonoscopy or both. A total of 981 patients (451 male) with a mean age of 53 years (range: 16 – 87) were recruited from January 2010 to October 2012. 440 endoscopies, 420 colonoscopies, and 121 combined procedures were performed. The intra-procedural adverse events (AEs) were recorded.
Results There were no major intra-procedural adverse events. Minor AEs occurred in 6.42 % of patients, and resolved spontaneously or with intravenous fluid boluses in all cases.
Conclusion PhD NAPS is safe when the proceduralist and nursing staff are adequately trained and strict patient selection criteria are used.
Pocket-creation method facilitates endoscopic submucosal dissection of colorectal laterally spreading tumors, non-granular type
Authors: Sakamoto Hirotsugu , Hayashi Yoshikazu , Miura Yoshimasa , Shinozaki Satoshi , Takahashi Haruo , Fukuda Hisashi , Okada Masahiro , Ino Yuji , Takezawa Takahito , Sunada Keijiro , Lefor Alan , Yamamoto Hironori 
Published: February 2017

Abstract
Background and study aims The pocket-creation method (PCM) is a novel strategy for endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). The aim of this study is to determine the efficacy of the PCM for colorectal laterally spreading tumors, non-granular type (LST-NG).
Patients and methods The records of 126 consecutive patients with colorectal LST-NG who underwent ESD between April 2012 and July 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were divided into PCM (n = 73) and conventional method (CM) (n = 53) groups.
Results The en bloc resection rate in the PCM group was significantly higher than in the CM group (100 % [73/73] vs. 92 % [49/53], P = 0.03). The en bloc resection rate with severe fibrosis was higher in the PCM group than in the CM group (100 % [3/3] vs. 60 % [3/5]). The R0 resection rate for the two groups was not statistically significantly different (93 % [68/73] vs. 91 % [48/53], P = 0.74). The perforation rate in the PCM group was lower than in the CM group although not statistically significantly less (0 % 0/73 vs. 4 % 2/53, P = 0.18). For lesions resected en bloc, dissection speed for the PCM group was significantly faster than for the CM group (median [IQR], 19 [13 –24] vs. 14 [10 – 22] mm2/min, P = 0.03).
Conclusion ESD using PCM achieves a reliable and safe resection of colorectal LST-NG.
Cyclists’ perceptions of motorist harassment pre‐ to post‐trial of the minimum passing distance road rule amendment in Queensland, Australia
Authors: Heesch Kristiann C. , Schramm Amy , Debnath Ashim Kumar , Haworth Narelle 
Published: February 2017

Issues addressedCyclists’ perceptions of harassment from motorists discourages cycling. This study examined changes in cyclists’ reporting of harassment pre‐ to post‐introduction of the Queensland trial of the minimum passing distance road rule amendment (MPD‐RRA).MethodsCross‐sectional online surveys of cyclists in Queensland, Australia were conducted in 2009 (pre‐trial; n = 1758) and 2015 (post‐trial commencement; n = 1997). Cyclists were asked about their experiences of harassment from motorists while cycling. Logistic regression modelling was used to examine differences in the reporting of harassment between these time periods, after adjustments for demographic characteristics and cycling behaviour.ResultsAt both time periods, the most reported types of harassment were deliberately driving too close (causing fear or anxiety), shouting abuse and making obscene gestures or engaging in sexual harassment. The percentage of cyclists who reported tailgating by motorists increased between 2009 and 2015 (15.1% to 19.5%; P < 0.001). The percentage of cyclists reporting other types of harassment did not change significantly.ConclusionsCyclists in Queensland continue to perceive harassment while cycling on the road. The amendment to the minimum passing distance rule in Queensland appears to be having a negative effect on one type of harassment but no significant effects on others.So what?Minimum passing distance rules may not be improving cyclists’ perceptions of motorists’ behaviours. Additional strategies are required to create a supportive environment for cycling.
Beyond sayingthanks
Authors: Mir Montserrat , Cots Josep M. 
Published: February 2017

AbstractThis study explores how American English and Peninsular Spanish speakers respond to a compliment. Participants completed an online discourse completion test with nine different complimenting scenarios. A total of 14 different strategies for responding to a compliment were found in the data. Based on verbal reports on language use, it was found that Peninsular Spanish speakers do not compliment as often as American English speakers do. The data analysis also revealed that both language groups clearly prefer to accept a compliment, but whereas American English speakers regard a simple ‘thank you’ as an appropriate compliment response, Peninsular Spanish speakers prefer to agree with the complimented assertion by making a semantically fitted comment. Other differences include the importance of returning a compliment in American English and the need to scale down the illocutionary force of the compliment among Peninsular Spanish speakers.
Preliminary quantification of the in situ performance of a novel hydrogen peroxide based explosive
Authors: Onederra Italo , Araos Miguel 
Published: February 2017

This paper reports the results of a preliminary monitoring program designed to quantify the in situ performance of newly developed hydrogen peroxide based explosives. Their advantage is that they do not produce NOx fumes upon detonation. Direct measurements of velocity of detonation, pressure, temperature and displacement were obtained. Detonation velocities ranged from 2607 to 5100 m s−1 with differences mainly attributed to density variations. The data showed consistent relative differences in pressure and temperature with measurements in the range of 0.6–2.6 GPa and 2036–3551 °C respectively. Multiple hole tests showed that there was no adverse impact on product behaviour such as dead pressing or desensitisation. Video analysis confirmed that displacement was prominent in single hole crater tests but limited in multiple hole tests. Observations confirmed that new fracturing and dilation of discontinuities was evident; with relative differences in fragmentation associated with changes in rock mass conditions.
Duplication events downstream ofIRX1cause North Carolina macular dystrophy at the MCDR3 locus
Authors: Cipriani Valentina , Silva Raquel S. , Arno Gavin , Pontikos Nikolas , Kalhoro Ambreen , Valeina Sandra , Inashkina Inna , Audere Mareta , Rutka Katrina , Puech Bernard , Michaelides Michel , van Heyningen Veronica , Lace Baiba , Webster Andrew R , Moore Anthony T 
Published: February 2017

AbstractAutosomal dominant North Carolina macular dystrophy (NCMD) is believed to represent a failure of macular development. The disorder has been assigned by linkage to two loci, MCDR1 on chromosome 6q16 and MCDR3 on chromosome 5p15-p13. Recently, noncoding variants upstream ofPRDM13and a large duplication includingIRX1have been identified. However, the underlying disease-causing mechanism remains uncertain. Through a combination of sequencing studies, we report two novel overlapping duplications at the MCDR3 locus, in a gene desert downstream ofIRX1and upstream ofADAMTS16.One duplication of 43 kb was identified in nine NCMD families (with evidence for a shared ancestral haplotype), and another one of 45 kb was found in a single family. The MCDR3 locus is thus refined to a shared region of 39 kb that contains DNAse hypersensitive sites active at a restricted time window during retinal development. Publicly available data confirmed expression ofIRX1andADAMTS16in human fetal retina, withIRX1preferentially expressed in fetal macula. These findings represent a major advance in our understanding of the molecular genetics of NCMD at the MCDR3 locus and provide insights into the genetic pathways involved in human macular development.Abbreviations listaCGHarray comparative genomic hybridizationCNVCopy number variantIBDIdentical-by-descentiPSCInduced pluripotent stem cellDHSDNase hypersensitive siteHHHomozygosity HaplotypeMCDRMacular dystrophy regionNCMDNorth Carolina macular dystrophyPCRPolymerase chain reactionRCHHRegion with a Conserved Homozygosity HaplotypeSNPSingle-nucleotide polymorphismSNVSingle nucleotide variantSVStructural variantWGSWhole-genome sequencing
Response to nitrogen addition reveals metabolic and ecological strategies of soil bacteria
Authors: Samad Md Sainur , Johns Charlotte , Richards Karl G. , Lanigan Gary J. , de Klein Cecile A. M. , Clough Timothy J. , Morales Sergio E. 
Published: February 2017

AbstractThe nitrogen (N) cycle represents one of the most well studied systems yet the taxonomic diversity of the organisms that contribute to it is mostly unknown, or linked to poorly characterized microbial groups. While progress has allowed functional groups to be refined, they still rely ona prioriknowledge of enzymes involved, and the assumption of functional conservation, with little connection to the role the transformation plays for specific organisms. Here, we use soil microcosms to test the impact of N deposition on prokaryotic communities. By combining chemical, genomic and transcriptomic analysis we are able to identify and link changes in community structure to specific organisms catalyzing given chemical reactions. Urea deposition led to a decrease in prokaryotic richness, and a shift in community composition. This was driven by replacement of stable native populations, which utilize energy from N-linked redox reactions for physiological maintenance, with fast responding populations that use this energy for growth. This model can be used to predict response to N disturbances and allows us to identify putative life strategies of different functional, and taxonomic, groups thus providing insights into how they persist in ecosystems by niche differentiation.
Multi-criteria optimization for a cost-effective design of an RFID-based meat supply chain
Authors: Mohammed Ahmed , Wang Qian 
Published: February 2017

Purpose
In this paper, the authors investigated a proposed radio-frequency identification (RFID)-based meat supply chain to monitor quality and safety of meat products we purchase from supermarkets. The supply chain consists of farms, abattoirs and retailers. The purpose of this paper is to determine a cost-effective trade-off decision obtained from a developed multi-criteria optimization model based on three objectives. These objectives include customer satisfaction in percentage of product quantity as requested by customers, product quality in numbers of meat products and the total implementation cost. Furthermore, this work was aimed at determining the number and locations of farms and abattoirs that should be established and quantities of products that need to be transported between entities of the proposed supply chain.

Design/methodology/approach
To this aim, a tri-criteria optimization model was developed. The considered criteria were used for minimizing the total implementation cost and maximizing customer satisfaction and product quality. In order to obtain Pareto solutions based on the developed model, four solution approaches were employed. Subsequently, a new decision-making algorithm was developed to select the superior solution approach in terms of values of the three criteria.

Findings
A case study was applied to examine the applicability of the developed model and the performance of the proposed solution approaches. The computational results proved the applicability of the developed model in obtaining a trade-off among the considered criteria and solving the RFID-based meat supply chain design problem.

Practical implications
The developed tri-criteria optimization model can be used by decision makers as an aid to design and optimize food supply chains.

Originality/value
This paper presents a development of first, a cost-effective optimization approach for a proposed RFID-based meat supply chain seeking a trade-off among three conflicting criteria; and second, a new decision-making algorithm which can be used for any multi-criteria problem to select the best Pareto solution.
Comparing UK food retailers corporate social responsibility strategies
Authors: Souza-Monteiro Diogo , Hooker Neal 
Published: February 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine how socio-economic and institutional factors impact UK food retailers’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies as revealed in corporate communications and product marketing. Building on institutional theory, the authors empirically examine whether discourse in CSR reports aligns with commercial strategies.

Design/methodology/approach
Employing a mixed method approach the authors quantify quotes related to key CSR themes in annual reports and claims on new private label products launched in nine key product categories using information from Mintel’s Global New Products Database. These measures are grouped into eight distinct CSR themes across seven retailers and seven years (2006-2012).

Findings
Health and safety and environment are the leading themes in both data sets. Animal welfare, community and biotechnology and novel foods take the middle ground with differing use across reports and products. Fair trade, labor and human resources and procurement and purchasing are the least commonly described themes in reports and on products. Retailers focus on different CSR themes in reports and new products, which may be evidence of competitive rather than pre-competitive strategies.

Research limitations/implications
This research shows that UK food retailers CSR strategies between 2006 and 2012 were more competitive than pre-competitive, which is in line with theory that suggests economic pressures decrease incentives to cooperate. However, this research is limited to innovation data and analysis of CSR reports. A more complete analysis would need to consider sales or consumption data, wider sources of corporate communications and independent measures of social, environmental and economic impact. The authors’ findings caution policy makers to be wary of retailers commitments to voluntary agreement pledges, particularly when the competitive environment and economic conditions are more challenging.

Practical implications
Firms are increasingly pressured to contribute to social and environmental domestic and international commitments. Business should enhance coordination between CSR offices and commercial divisions to develop more consistent and effective social responsibility programs.

Originality/value
This is the first attempt to compare the evolution of CSR discourse and marketing strategy over time and across businesses in a key retail market.
The influence of time of day on decision fatigue in online food choice experiments
Authors: Olsen Søren Bøye , Meyerhoff Jürgen , Mørkbak Morten Raun , Bonnichsen Ole 
Published: February 2017

Purpose
Fatigue effects related to answering a sequence of choice tasks have received much scrutiny in the stated choice experiments (SCE) literature. However, decision fatigue related to the time of day when respondents answer questionnaires has been largely overlooked in this literature even though time of day related fatigue effects are well known in the psychology literature. The purpose of this paper is to hypothesize that variations in the time of day when respondents answer an online food choice experiment will translate into observable fatigue effects in the food choices.

Design/methodology/approach
An empirical SCE concerning food choices is conducted using a web-based questionnaire for interviews in a pre-recruited online panel of consumers. Timestamps collected during the online interviews provide knowledge about the time of day at which each respondent has answered the survey. This information is linked with knowledge from a food sociology survey on typical meal times as well as biophysical research linking food intake to blood sugar and mental energy in order to generate a proxy variable for each respondent’s level of mental energy when answering the food choice tasks in the questionnaire.

Findings
Results show evidence of a time of day effect on error variance in the stated food choices as well as the subsequently estimated market share predictions. Specifically, respondents provide less consistent answers during the afternoon than at other times of the day.

Originality/value
The results indicate that time of day can affect responses to an online survey through increased fatigue and correspondingly less choice consistency. Thus, especially online surveys might account for this in data analysis or even restrict accessibility to the online survey for certain times of day.