bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Laparoscopic endoscopic cooperative surgery for gastric subepithelial lesion during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for severe obesity
Authors: Miwa Takumi , Ishibashi Yuji , Hatao Fumihiko , Shimoji Kohei , Imamura Kazuhiro , Morita Yasuhiro 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Background
The frequency of pathologies detected incidentally before, during, and after a bariatric surgery, such as subepithelial lesion (SEL) of the stomach, is likely to rise as bariatric surgery becomes more common.

Case presentation
A 49-year-old female patient presented with severe obesity, for which laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) was planned. During a preoperative examination, endoscopy revealed a 10 mm SEL in the posterior wall of the upper body of the stomach. Excision of the SEL was performed simultaneously with the LSG. Endoscopy demonstrated that the SEL was situated on the remnant side of the stomach. Endoscopic resection using laparoscopic endoscopic cooperative surgery was performed for the SEL, and the thinned gastric wall was closed by hand-sewing. Thereafter, LSG was performed. Pathological analysis of the SEL led to a diagnosis of leiomyoma. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 6.

Conclusion
Surgeons should be prepared to manage incidentally detected pathologies before, during, and after bariatric surgery and to choose the surgical method most suitable to the individual patient.
Regulation of intestinal epithelial homeostasis by mesenchymal cells
Authors: Kayama Hisako , Takeda Kiyoshi 
Published: September 2024

AbstractThe gastrointestinal tract harbors diverse microorganisms in the lumen. Epithelial cells segregate the luminal microorganisms from immune cells in the lamina propria by constructing chemical and physical barriers through the production of various factors to prevent excessive immune responses against microbes. Therefore, perturbations of epithelial integrity are linked to the development of gastrointestinal disorders. Several mesenchymal stromal cell populations, including fibroblasts, myofibroblasts, pericytes, and myocytes, contribute to the establishment and maintenance of epithelial homeostasis in the gut through regulation of the self-renewal, proliferation, and differentiation of intestinal stem cells. Recent studies have revealed alterations in the composition of intestinal mesenchymal stromal cells in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer. A better understanding of the interplay between mesenchymal stromal cells and epithelial cells associated with intestinal health and diseases will facilitate identification of novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets for gastrointestinal disorders. This review summarizes the key findings obtained to date on the mechanisms by which functionally distinct mesenchymal stromal cells regulate epithelial integrity in intestinal health and diseases at different developmental stages.
Comparison of patient-reported outcomes between alternative care provider-led and physician-led care for severe sleep disordered breathing: secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial
Authors: J. Santana Maria , Jaja Oyindamola , Duan Qiuli , D. Penz Erika , L. Fraser Kristin , J. Hanly Patrick , R. Pendharkar Sachin 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Background
Previous research has suggested that alternative (respiratory) care providers (ACP) may provide affordable, accessible care for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) that decreases wait-times and improves clinical outcomes. The objective of this study was to compare ACP-led and sleep physician-led care for SDB on patient reported outcome and experiences, with a focus on general and health-related quality of life, sleepiness, and patient satisfaction.

Methods
We conducted a secondary analysis of a randomized trial in which participants with severe SDB were assigned to either ACP-led or physician-led management. We created longitudinal linear mixed models to assess the impacts of treatment arm and timepoint on total and domain-level scores of multiple patient-reported outcome measures and patient-reported experience measures.

Results
Patients in both treatment arms (ACP-led n = 81; sleep-physician = 75) reported improved outcomes on the Sleep Apnea Quality of Life Index, Health Utilities Index, and Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Patients in each group had similar and clinically meaningful improvements on domains assessing cognition, emotion, and social functioning. The linear mixed models suggested no significant difference between treatment arms on the patient-reported outcomes. However, scores significantly improved over time.

Conclusions
Management of SDB using ACPs was comparable to physician-led care, as measured bypatient-reported outcome and experience measures. While loss to follow-up limits our findings, these results provide some support for the use of this novel health service delivery model to improve access to high quality SDB care.

Clinical trial registration
This is analysis of data from the study registered Clinicaltrials.gov (NCT02191085).
Spectral period doubling and encoding of dissipative optical solitons via gain control
Authors: Yang Kangwen , Zhou Yi , Ling Yuqing , Tsia Kevin K. , Zeng Heping , Wong Kenneth K. Y. 
Published: September 2024

AbstractPeriod-doubling bifurcation, as an intermediate state between order and chaos, is ubiquitous in all disciplines of nonlinear science. However, previous experimental observations of period doubling in ultrafast fiber lasers are mainly restricted to self-sustained steady state, controllable manipulation and dynamic switching between period doubling and other intriguing dynamical states are still largely unexplored. Here, we propose to expand the vision of dissipative soliton periodic doubling, which we illustrate experimentally by reporting original spontaneous, collisional, and controllable spectral period doubling in a polarization-maintaining ultrafast fiber laser. Specifically, the spontaneous period doubling can be observed in both single- and double-pulses. The mechanism of the switchable state and periodic doubling was revealed by numerical simulation. Moreover, state transformation of individual solitons can be resolved during the collision of triple solitons involving stationary, oscillating, and period doubling. Further, controllable deterministic switching between period doubling and other dynamical states, as well as exemplifying the application of period-doubling-based digital encoding, is achieved under programmable pump modulation. Our results open a new window for unveiling complex Hopf bifurcation in dissipative systems and bring useful insights into nonlinear science and applications.
The effects of commercialisation on urban heritage in Tianjin: a study of citizens’ livelihood in the Five Avenues (Wudadao) historical district
Authors: Liu Xiaochen 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
This article examines the intersection of commercialisation and sustainable development within the context of urban heritage conservation and the related effects on citizens’ livelihoods, with a specific focus on the Five Avenues (hereafter referred to as Wudadao) historical district in Tianjin, China. The Wudadao district, which is known for its complex heritage architecture, historical significance, and multilayered socioeconomic context, offers significant insights through which the challenges and opportunities of urban heritage conservation and urban prosperity can be analysed.
Through mixed-method research—primarily relying on qualitative interviews with local stakeholders concerning the patterns of local conservation challenges and transformations in citizens’ livelihoods, quantitative data collection on tourist motivations and frequency, and a review of conservation policy—this article aims to determine not only how to balance commercialisation with conservation efforts but also how to cocreate social value with citizens to ensure both economic vitalities and to protect historical authenticity and integrity.
The findings indicate that while commercialisation brings essential funds and revitalisation to the area, overcommercialisation raises the risk of gentrification and threatens historical authenticity. This research identifies practices that strike a balance between fostering an economically vibrant district and ensuring that heritage conservation remains at the forefront of development efforts. These findings can act as a blueprint for comparable heritage locations both in China and worldwide.
Unlocking the potential of NMR spectroscopy for precise and efficient quantification of microplastics
Authors: Schmidt Julia , Haave Marte , Underhaug Jarl , Wang Wei 
Published: September 2024

AbstractPrecise, fast, and reliable identification and quantification of microplastic contamination are essential for determining their environmental concentrations for risk assessments. This study investigates the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to quantify microplastics by analysing dilution series of polystyrene (PS), polyisoprene-cis (PI), polybutadiene-cis (PB), polylactic acid (PLA), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polyurethane (PU). Each polymer type was dissolved in a suitable solvent and an internal standard was utilized for quantification. Detection and quantification limits for each polymer type were established in two ways: (1) by using an equation based on proton signals and an internal standard with known concentration and (2) by using the LOQ based on the signal-to-noise ratio. Both data sets were compared and showed that using the internal standard (method 1) results in more accurate and lower concentration limits in the range of 0.2–8 µg mL−1 for all six polymer types, while the LOQ based on the SNR (method 2) gives consistently higher concentration limits (1–10 µg mL−1). The research shows the accuracy, efficacy, and reliability of quantitative NMR spectroscopy for polymer analysis in these concentration ranges compared to established quantifying methods, such as, PyGC/MS, FTIR, or Raman spectroscopy.
Detection of SEZ6, a Therapeutic Target, in Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
Authors: Xu Bin , Baine Marina K , Jungbluth Achim , Alabkaa Anas , Serrette Rene , Roy Dibisha , Rudin Charles M , Ho Alan L , Sherman Eric , Dogan Snjezana , Ganly Ian , Rekhtman Natasha , Ghossein Ronald 
Published: September 2024

Abstract

Context
Seizure-related 6 homolog (SEZ6) is a cDNA that is strongly associated with neuroendocrine differentiation. Recently, SEZ6 expression was found in a subset of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). Furthermore, ABBV-011, a novel antibody-drug conjugate targeting SEZ6 has been developed and is currently in a clinical trial for the treatment of SCLC and neuroendocrine neoplasms, including medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC).

Objective
We herein present the first evidence that SEZ6 is highly expressed in MTC.

Methods
SEZ6 immuno-expression was studied in 78 MTCs and correlated with clinicopathologic characteristics, outcome, and molecular profile.

Results
SEZ6 was highly expressed in primary tumors, regional recurrence, and distant metastasis. Using 2 different SEZ6 antibody clones, SC17.14 and 14E5, SEZ6 immunopositivity was seen in 91% to 93% of primary MTCs, 100% of regional recurrence, and 75% to 83% of distant metastasis. High level of SEZ6 immuno-expression determined using H score was associated with male sex, advanced stage, and extrathyroidal thyroidal extension. There was no correlation between SEZ6 expression and outcome or RET/RAS mutation status in MTC. The frequency of SEZ6 positivity in MTC without RET/RAS mutations was 83%.

Conclusion
SEZ6 may serve as a novel biomarker for MTCs. Although SEZ6 lacks any prognostic values in MTC, its positivity in 91% to 93% of MTCs, including MTCs without RET and RAS mutations, renders SEZ6-targeted antibody-drug conjugate therapy a promising targeted therapy for MTCs.
“They Would Plant the Rose Garden Themselves”
Authors: Drift Mijke van der , Raha Nat 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
This article theorizes how femme sociality and world-making provide a counterpoint to a politics that aims for neutrality or innocence, arguing that neutrality or innocence are hallmarks of different forms of patriarchy. Instead, the authors offer embracing complicity as a concept that structures practical ethics centered in abolitionism and nondisposability. Complicity is formulated as a mode of self-understanding that guides action, evading the social hierarchies demanded by a claim to innocence, uprooting (neo)liberal attitudes that look to evade friction by doling out punishment and exclusion. The proposal to embrace complicity is followed by a proposal for solidarity based on openness. Rather than being “right” or “solving problems,” a turn to the sensuous provides a form of world-making that can hold difference—without reducing life to the single organizational forms characteristic of liberalism. As a key part of this form of solidarity, the authors show how trans femmeness emphasizes possibilities for social and sensorial transformation. Practices of care and solidarity allow one to entangle with different forms of life. Instead of reforming the structures of oppression, femme practices encourage us to unlearn and uproot institutional forms that reproduce social and material oppressions, and to take agency in (re)constructing and nourishing one's own worlds—to collectively plant the rose garden of struggle for liberation.
Volatility Ambiguity, Portfolio Decisions, and Equilibrium Asset Pricing
Authors: Liu Yu , Wang Hao , Wang Tan , Zhang Lihong 
Published: September 2024

This paper develops a new approach to volatility ambiguity and studies its implications for equilibrium consumption, portfolio choice, and asset prices. Our approach does not require equivalence between priors. The measure of ambiguity is based on the statistical confidence in the reference model that can be assessed with sample statistics. The approach is analytically tractable and amenable to empirical/calibration analysis. A stochastic discount pricing formula is given. At sensible levels of volatility ambiguity, the empirical regularity of equity premium and consumption growth in U.S. data can be the equilibrium outcome of our model featuring a relative risk aversion (RRA) coefficient within a reasonable range. This paper was accepted by Will Cong, finance. Funding: H. Wang received financial support from the Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program [2023THZWJC20]. L. Zhang received financial support from the Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program [2021THZWJC28] and The National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant 72473079]. Supplemental Material: The data files are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.02902 .
Sharenting and Child’s Privacy in the Digital World. On the Need to Supplement Regulations Regarding to Legal Protection of Child’s Personal Rights
Authors: Ciućkowska Katarzyna 
Published: September 2024

Cel pracyCelem artykułu jest zwrócenie uwagi na niedostateczną ochronę prywatności dziecka w przypadku udostępniania przez rodziców informacji, zdjęć czy filmów z jego udziałem w Internecie.Materiał i metodyPracę oparto na analizie literatury z zakresu socjologii oraz prawa dotyczącej zjawiska sharentingu, w tym jego przyczyn i zagrożeń, jakie ze sobą niesie. W pracy przeanalizowano regulacje prawne dotyczące zakresu ingerencji rodziców w osobiste prawa podmiotowe dzieckaWynikiPrzeprowadzone rozważania prowadzą do wniosku, że dotychczasowe regulacje prawne niedostatecznie chronią dziecko przed naruszeniem dóbr osobistych pochodzącym ze strony rodziców, w szczególności w kontekście udostępniania przez rodziców zdjęć czy filmów w sieciach społecznościowych z udziałem dziecka.WnioskiZaproponowano uzupełnienie regulacji kodeksu rodzinnego i opiekuńczego o wyraźne w nim wskazanie, że obowiązkiem rodzica lub opiekuna w ramach realizacji władzy rodzicielskiej jest także ochrona prywatności i wizerunku dziecka.
Global environmental threats as a challenge for the Polish economic development
Authors: Prandecki Konrad , Kotyński Juliusz 
Published: September 2024

Cel pracyCelem artykułu jest wskazanie zakresu i roli najważniejszych czynników środowiskowych we współczesnym rozwoju społeczno-gospodarczym.Materiał i metodyDo osiągnięcia celu wykorzystano analizę krytyczną literatury, a wnioski sformułowano w oparciu o metodę indukcji.WynikiRyzyko wystąpienia globalnego kryzysu wywołanego degradacją środowiska przyrodniczego jest coraz większe. Istnieją rozwiązania polityczne, które umożliwiają wejście na ścieżkę rozwoju pozwalającą na redukcję ryzyka destrukcji środowiska przyrodniczego, jednak ich zastosowanie napotyka opór społeczny.WnioskiDostosowanie się społeczeństw do wymogów przyrody wymaga zmiany przyzwyczajeń oraz jest kosztowne. To powoduje, że skłonność do podjęcia wysiłku jest niewielka. Jednocześnie nowe podejście do gospodarki, uwzględniające potrzeby społeczno-gospodarcze i środowiskowe, może być silnym bodźcem rozwojowym dla państw, które w odpowiednim momencie wejdą na tę ścieżkę. Dotyczy to również Polski.
Law (and its interpretation) and civil society - evolution and attempt to assessment of the relationship
in the light of reflections on the recent parliamentary elections
Authors: Siemińska Anna Diana 
Published: September 2024

Cel pracyCelem artykułu jest przedstawienie ewolucji relacji pojęć prawa i społeczeństwa od czasów powojennych po współczesne oraz jej praktyczne konsekwencje dla współczesnej kultury polityczno- prawnej, z uwzględnieniem okresu przedwyborczego, ukazującego wpływ ideologii, polityki i współczesnej metody (tworzenia i) wykładni prawa na osłabienie demokracji.Materiał i metodyMetodologię oparto na badaniach historyczno- opisowych i empirycznych teorii prawa, uzupełnionych niezbędnymi rozważaniami nauk politycznych i społecznych. Ich uwzględnienie pozwala wyjaśnić, jak przyjmowane założenia polityczne zdeterminowały teoretycznoprawne ujęcie prawa (i jego wykładnię), społeczeństwa.WynikiPrzedstawione rozważania wyjaśniają kształtowanie relacji prawa i społeczeństwa w powojennej historii Polski. Stawiane za punkt wyjścia twierdzenie, iż koncepcja prawa jest zawsze związana z koncepcją społeczeństwa i na nią w praktyce silnie oddziałuje, znajduje odzwierciedlenie w doświadczeniach historyczno- politycznych, w wyniku których w Polsce występuje współcześnie polityczne tworzenie prawa, mające negatywne konsekwencje dla rozwoju społeczno- gospodarczego.WnioskiPowojenne „upartyjnienie” prawa przyczyniło się do ujmowania społeczeństwa, jako pojęcia wyrażającego interesy polityczne partii, a po okresie transformacji ustrojowej- do utworzenia społeczeństwa obywatelskiego, jako opozycji przeciw totalitarnemu państwu socjalistycznemu, zbudowanej na tożsamości politycznej i ideologicznej. W ten sposób współczesne społeczeństwo stało się instrumentem walki ideologicznej, wykorzystywanym do realizacji celów politycznych i podporządkowania im prawa i społeczeństwa. Znajduje to dobitny wyraz w okresie okołowyborczym, gdy polaryzacja polityczna zastępuje racjonalne myślenie wyborczymi emocjami, celem wygranej w wyborach.
Turbulence compensation based on pix2pixGAN for the free-space optical communication of orbital angular momentum multiplexing
Authors: Zhang Zhi , Jia Shuaiwei , Shao Wen , Gao Duorui , Wang Wei , Si Jinhai , Xie Xiaoping 
Published: September 2024

Free space-optical communication utilizing
orbital angular momentum (OAM)
multiplexing offers an extremely high transmission capacity and speed.
However, atmospheric turbulence causes mode crosstalk and power loss
during the OAM decoding. Although conventional adaptive optics (AO)
compensates the distortions, it introduces significant complexity and
cost due to the need for a wavefront sensor. This paper proposes what
we believe to be a novel sensor-less AO framework based on the
image-to-image translation capability of pix-to-pix generative
adversarial networks (pix2pixGAN). This approach directly recovers the
compensation information by recognizing the distorted image.
Laboratory experiments revealed that the proposed AO method
effectively compensates the distortions of vortex beams in the 80
Gbit/s communication system combining four wavelengths and two OAMs.
Even in severe turbulence (D/r0=8), the power sensitivity was minimally
enhanced 3.7 dBm under the bit error rate of 1∗10−3.
Multi-spectral radiation thermometry of space point targets based on spectral image pixel binning
Authors: Dong Pengkai , Zhou Liang , Liu Zhaohui , Cui Kai 
Published: September 2024

The temperature characteristics of space point targets are essential indicators of their operational status and performance. To address the issue of significant temperature measurement errors in space point targets caused by low temperatures and a low imaging signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), we propose a mathematical model for multi-spectral radiation thermometry, derived from the principles of dual-band radiation thermometry. Furthermore, a multi-spectral image pixel binning method is introduced to enhance the SNR and minimize measurement errors. The experimental results indicate that the proposed multi-spectral radiation thermometry outperforms dual-band radiation thermometry. After merging 2 to 20 pixels, multi-spectral radiation thermometry in the 3.75–4.1 and 4.3–4.62 µm bands demonstrates an enhanced SNR and reduced temperature measurement errors. For a 378.15 K blackbody, the relative errors decrease from 1.52% and 2.19% to 0.26% and 0.74%, respectively, after merging six and eight pixels in the two different bands, compared to unmerged images. This method provides a valuable reference for developing techniques to enhance the SNR and improve temperature measurement accuracy for space point targets.