bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Urinary continence four weeks following Retzius-sparing robotic radical prostatectomy: The UK experience
Authors: Eden Christopher G , Moschonas Dimitrios , Soares Ricardo 
Published: April 2017

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate urinary continence four weeks following Retzius-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. Patients and methods: Forty patients with T2–T3 prostate cancer underwent Retzius-sparing-robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and their results were compared with those from the 40 patients having robot-assisted radical prostatectomy done by the same surgeon immediately prior to the adoption of Retzius-sparing-robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. Results: Patients in the two groups had similar age, body mass index, prostate specific antigen, biopsy Gleason sum, clinical stage, d’Amico risk profile, blood loss, prostate weight and post-operative hospital stay. Median operating time (200 (interquartile range=155–266) vs 223 (interquartile range=100–238) min; p=0.05) and catheterisation (8 (interquartile range=8–8) vs 14 (interquartile range=14–14) days; p<0.0001) were shorter in the Retzius-sparing group, many of whom had suprapubic catheters inserted. The overall complication rate was lower in Retzius-sparing patients (2.5% vs 8.0%; p=0.36). Positive surgical margin rates were similar for Retzius-sparing and non-Retzius-sparing patients and decreased with greater experience with the Retzius-sparing technique: 16.7% vs 7.7% for pT2 ( p=0.65) and 31.8% vs 14.3% for pT3 ( p=0.44). Initial prostate specific antigen was <0.1 ng/ml in 97.5% and 100%, respectively ( p=1.00). At four weeks post-operation 0, 1 and 2 pads/day were needed in the Retzius-sparing group in 90.0%, 7.5% and 2.5% of patients, compared to 37.5% ( p<0.0001), 32.5% ( p=0.01) and 30% ( p=0.002) of men having conventional surgery. Conclusion: Retzius-sparing-robot-assisted radical prostatectomy is faster than the anterior approach to the prostate, allows a shorter catheterisation time and produces dramatically better continence results at four weeks with 90% of patients being pad-free and 97.5% of patients needing 0–1 pads/day.
Perioperative surgical outcome of conventional and robot-assisted total laparoscopic hysterectomy
Authors: van Weelden W. J. , Gordon B. B. M. , Roovers E. A. , Kraayenbrink A. A. , Aalders C. I. M. , Hartog F. , Dijkhuizen F. P. H. L. J. 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
Background
To evaluate surgical outcome in a consecutive series of patients with conventional and robot assisted total laparoscopic hysterectomy.

Methods
A retrospective cohort study was performed among patients with benign and malignant indications for a laparoscopic hysterectomy. Main surgical outcomes were operation room time and skin to skin operating time, complications, conversions, rehospitalisation and reoperation, estimated blood loss and length of hospital stay.

Results
A total of 294 patients were evaluated: 123 in the conventional total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) group and 171 in the robot TLH group. After correction for differences in basic demographics with a multivariate linear regression analysis, the skin to skin operating time was a significant 18 minutes shorter in robot assisted TLH compared to conventional TLH (robot assisted TLH 92m, conventional TLH 110m, p0.001). The presence or absence of previous abdominal surgery had a significant influence on the skin to skin operating time as did the body mass index and the weight of the uterus.
Complications were not significantly different. The robot TLH group had significantly less blood loss and lower rehospitalisation and reoperation rates.

Conclusions
This study compares conventional TLH with robot assisted TLH and shows shorter operating times, less blood loss and lower rehospitalisation and reoperation rates in the robot TLH group.
Endometrial cancer in a woman undergoing hysteroscopy for recurrent IVF failure
Authors: Gambadauro Pietro , Gudmundsson Johannes 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
Background
Hysteroscopy, despite being the undisputed gold standard for the examination of the uterine cavity, is controversial as a routine procedure in infertile women. However, benign intrauterine conditions are common in women suffering repeated in vitro fertilization (IVF) failure, and growing evidence suggests a unique diagnostic and therapeutic role for hysteroscopy. Endometrial malignancy, on the contrary, is unreported by large published series of women with repeated IVF failures undergoing hysteroscopy, and its impact on fertility, for obvious reasons, has not been studied.

Results
An unsuspected endometrial cancer was diagnosed in an asymptomatic 38-year-old woman undergoing hysteroscopy because of several repeated failures of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer.

Conclusions
Endometrial cancer can be found at hysteroscopy in young women with repeated IVF failures. The possibility of repeatedly unsuccessful fertility treatments should be taken into account when counseling infertile women about conservative treatment of endometrial cancer.
The impact and efficacy of surveillance in patients with sarcoma of the extremities
Authors: Cool P. , Cribb G. 
Published: April 2017

ObjectivesIn this cross sectional study, the impact and the efficacy of a surveillance programme for sarcomas of the extremities was analysed.MethodsAll patients who had treatment with curative intent for a high-grade sarcoma and were diagnosed before 2014 were included and followed for a minimum of two years.ResultsOf the 909 patients who had a review appointment in 2014, 131 were under review for a high-grade sarcoma of the extremities following treatment with curative intent. Of these patients, three patients died of disease, two patients died of other causes, 12 are alive, with disease, and 114 have no evidence of disease. The surveillance programme accounts for 14% of all review appointments. Four of five patients (80%) who developed local recurrence identified the recurrence themselves. Chest radiographs are adequate in identifying metastatic disease and 11 (73%) of metastases were diagnosed during a routine follow up visit. However, the chance of cure is small and only two patients were referred for a metastatectomy. Of these only one survived for more than two years. The mean time for developing metastatic disease and local recurrence was 2.0 and 3.9 years respectively. Once identified, the mean time to death was 2.1 years for patients with metastatic disease.ConclusionsSurveillance of sarcoma patients makes up a substantial amount of the workload of a sarcoma unit. The chance of cure following identification of local recurrence or metastatic disease, however, is small. Alternative methods of surveillance that allow better evaluation of the patient’s needs are recommended. Cite this article: P. Cool, G. Cribb. The impact and efficacy of surveillance in patients with sarcoma of the extremities. Bone Joint Res 2017;6:224–230. DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.64.BJR-2016-0253.R1.
Embracing complexity in Food, Design and Food Design
Authors: Biderman Jonathan Leroy 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
Food Design depends on development of a comprehensive, shared understanding of both Design and Food. This article argues that this emerging, multidisciplinary field must wrestle with several contentious and nuanced issues on the way to establishing itself as a field of inquiry and a community of practice. First, before we can talk about Food Design, we must understand what we mean by ‘design’ and by ‘food’, the latter being a particularly broad, complex and context-variable landscape. Second, the many fields that come to the design table have different sets of values, vocabulary and premises that present a challenge to interdisciplinary collaboration. And third, the universality, diversity and importance of food require that Food Design takes the broadest possible perspective on the food system and be deliberate about seeking out and including every voice and stakeholder in the conversation. There are all sorts of ways that design decisions may affect food and eating behaviour no matter how far removed from food the decisions may seem, and it is the responsibility of a discipline calling itself Food Design to be explicit in its awareness of that. This article concludes with several illustrative examples of the complexity of Food Design.
On a product of universal hyperalgebras
Authors: Chaisansuk Nitima , Šlapal Josef 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
We introduce and study a new operation of product of universal hyperalgebras which lies, with respect to set inclusion, between the cartesian product of the hyperalgebras and the cartesian product of their idempotent hulls. We give sufficient conditions for the validity of the first exponential law and a weak form of the second exponential law for the direct power of universal hyperalgebras with respect to the product introduced.
A multi-dimensional FBSDE with quadratic generator and its applications
Authors: Rotenstein Eduard 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
We consider, in the Markovian framework, a multi-dimensional forward - back - ward stochastic differential equation with quadratic growth for the generator function of the backward system. We prove an existence result of the solution and we use this result for pricing and hedging of contingent claims that depend on non-tradeable indexes by portfolios consisting in correlated risky assets.
An Investigation Concerning the Impact of Climate Changes on the Water Equilibrium in the Egyptian Nile Delta
Authors: Ashour Mohamed A. , Aly Tawab E. , Eldegwee Yousra A. 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
In such problematic water situation in Egypt, control and saving of the available limited quantity takes great importance from both technical and national points of view. In addition to all the well-known traditional reasons of the problem such as pollution, over usage, and bad traditions of dealing with water, a new very important reason is added nowadays, called “Climate Changes” which has a direct impact on sea water rising, that causes a serious attack of the salt water to the fresh water especially in River Deltas., Not only the surface water, but also the ground water. Since that process proved some acceleration, several investigations have recently considered the worst impacts of climate change and sea water level rise on sea water intrusion. Most of them have revealed the severity of such problem, and the significance of the land movement of the dispersion zone under the sea water level rise situation. In this paper, we try to introduce a technical review and study for the most popular studies concerning our topic, and its most important conclusions, as an approach for preparing the Ph.D. thesis about the Nile Delta water equilibrium in the light of the expected Mediterranean Sea water level rise. Nile Delta, which located between Damietta Branch on the East, and Rosetta Branch on the west, occupies about 20000 square kilometers of the most rich, productive land in Egypt. About 50% of Egyptian population live in that area, agriculture is the main human activities on them, so water is the prime factor in their life, and their agriculture investments. The great amount of this investment depends on the ground water, which faces a serious challenge due to, two reasons, first, is the overuse, and over pumping, while the second is the attack of the salt water due to the Mediterranean Seawater level rise, because of the climate changes. These two reasons must be overcome, if the first reason can be controlled by law, and technical roles, the second reason needs intensive studies and investigations concerning the interaction between seawater and fresh ground water.
A Landsat 8 OLI Satellite Data-Based Assessment of Spatio-Temporal Variations of Lake Sevan Phytoplankton Biomass
Authors: Tepanosayn Garegin , Muradyan Vahagn , Hovsepyan Azatuhi , Minasyan Lilit , Asmaryan Shushanik 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
The Sevan is one of the world’s largest highland lakes and the largest drinking water reservoir to the South Caucasus. An intensive drop in the level of the lake that occurred over the last decades of the 20th century has brought to eutrophication. The 2000s were marked by an increase in the level of the lake and development of fish farming. To assess possible effect of these processes on water quality, creating a state-ofthe- art water quality monitoring system is required. Traditional approaches to monitoring aquatic systems are often time-consuming, expensive and non-continuous. Thus, remote sensing technologies are crucial in quantitatively monitoring the status of water quality due to the rapidity, cyclicity, large-scale and low-cost. The aim of this work was to evaluate potential applications of the Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) to study the spatio-temporal phytoplankton biomass changes. In this study phytoplankton biomasses are used as a water quality indicator, because phytoplankton communities are sensitive to changes in their environment and directly correlated with eutrophication. We used Landsat 8 OLI (30 m spatial resolution, May, Aug, Sep 2016) images converted to the bottom of atmosphere (BOA) reflectance by performing standard preprocessing steps (radiometric and atmospheric correction, sun glint removal etc.). The nonlinear regression model was developed using Landsat 8 (May 2016) coastal blue, blue, green, red, NIR bands, their ratios (blue/red, red/green, red/blue etc.) and in situ measurements (R2=0.7, p<0.05) performed by the Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology of NAS RA in May 2016. Model was applied to the OLI images received for August and September 2016. The data obtained through the model shows that in May the quantity of phytoplankton mostly varies from 0.2 to 0.6g/m3. In August vs. May a sharp increase in the quantity of phytoplankton around 1-5 g/m3 is observable. In September, very high contents of phytoplankton are observed for almost entire surface of the lake. Preliminary collation between data generated with help of the model and in-situ measurements allows to conclude that the RS model for phytoplankton biomass estimation showed reasonable results, but further validation is necessary.
Estimating Trends of Mean Monthly Ozone Emission in Urbanised Areas of Malaysia
Authors: Olaniyia Akeem Olawale , Abdullaha Ahmad Makmom , Ramlia Mohammad Firuz , Mandea Hosea Kato , Babarinsab Deborah 
Published: April 2017

AbstractA 21 year (1992 – 2012) daily ozone emission data of a highly urbanised district in Malaysia was analysed with the aim of estimating the trend of ozone emission and relating this trend to the socio – economic and climatic characteristics of the area. Daily ozone emission dataset used in this study were obtained from the World Ozone and Ultraviolet Data Centre (WOUDC). The data were aggregated to obtain the mean monthly emission data. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were conducted to describe the datasets. Trend of the ozone emission was estimated with the use of MANN - KENDALL test. The magnitude of the trend was derived by the use of ordinary least-square fitting and the significance of trend was also tested with the use of MANN-KENDALL tool. The results of the statistical analysis indicated that the highest ozone emission occurred during the south western monsoon (May to August) period and these mean monthly ozone emission differed significantly over the study period. The trend analysis indicated a yearly decrease of between 0.069 ppt to 9.45 ppt for all the months except for the month of June when the predicted ozone concentration increased between 0.403 ppt and 0.414 ppt over 2020 to 2100. Furthermore, the results indicated that the ozone emission datasets yielded good estimates (predictive power of over 90%) with polynomial regression model. It could be concluded that the results of this study provided useful evidence for the importance of the climatic factors such as ambient air temperature, relative humidity on ozone formation. More so, this study could be useful in developing baseline information for assessing the health impact of ozone emission and for urban airshed modelling.
Rainfall Variability and Trend Analysis of Multiannual Rainfall in Romanian Plain
Authors: Nouaceur Zeineddine , Murărescu Ovidiu , Murătoreanu George 
Published: April 2017

AbstractThe IPCC climate models predict, for the Central Europe, are for climate changes, being seen variability of temperature, with a growing trend of 1-2,5° C (with 1° C for alpine zone – Carpathians and 2-2,5° C for plains). Current observations in the Romanian plain are not consistent, with an existence of a multiannual variability of temperature and precipitations depending on cyclonal and anti-ciclonal activity. The research is based on calculation of reduced centered index, also the graphical chronological method in information processing (MGCTI) of „Bertin Matrix” type, to show current trends of the spatio-temporal variability of precipitation in the context of global climate change. These are in line with the movement of air masses in Europe in general, and implicitly in Romania, with particular regard to the southern region of the country where the Romanian Plain. The variability of short-term global climate is generally associated with coupling phases of oceanic and atmospheric phenomena including El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). While El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) affects climate variability in the world, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is the climate model dominant in the North Atlantic region. The latter cyclic oscillation whose role is still under debate could explain the variability of rainfall in much of the, central Europe area, and support the hypothesis of a return of the rains marking the end of years of drought in Romanian plain. Faced with such great changes that today affect the central Europe region and given the complexity of spatial and temporal dimensions of the climatic signal, a more thorough research of causes and retroactions would allow for a better understanding of the mechanisms behind this new trend.
An effective medium ratio obeying meta-atom for multiband applications
Authors: Hossain M. J. , Faruque M. R. I. , Islam M. T. , Islam S. S. 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
In this paper, an effective medium ratio obeying, negative refractive index, compact meta-atom was designed, manufactured and tested for operation in a multiband microwave regime. The proposed meta-atom structure obeyed better effective medium ratio. The results of the measurement were verified by the commercially available Computer Simulation Technology (CST) Studio Suite 2014 simulator. The effective medium ratio obeying meta-atom displayed multiband response, in conjunction with negative refractive index property over a certain frequency band in the microwave frequency span. Furthermore, a few parametric analyses were completed with the meta-atom, and the effective medium parameters were investigated. The sizes and complex scattering constitutive parameters of the proposed negative refractive index, compact meta-atom are applicable for multiband applications in microwave regime.
Tribological behavior, mechanical properties and microstructure of Al-12Si-ZrC composite prepared by powder metallurgy
Authors: John C. F. , Paul R. C. , Singh S. C. E. , Ramkumar T. 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
High-energy mechanical alloying method was used to prepare Al-12Si-xZrC (x = 0, 5, 10, 15 wt. %) nanocomposites. Cylindrical preforms were prepared with an initial preform density of 89% by using a suitable die and punch assembly. The preforms were sintered in a muffle furnace with an inert gas atmosphere at a temperature of 550°C, followed by cooling until room temperature has been attained. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques were used to characterize the composites. Pin-on-disc wear testing machine was used to determine the tribological properties of the prepared composites. The results show that the wear loss reduced with increasing the reinforcement content and coefficient of friction increases gradually.
MHD stagnation point flow of micro nanofluid towards a shrinking sheet with convective and zero mass flux conditions
Authors: Rauf A. , Shehzad S. A. , Hayat T. , Meraj M. A. , Alsaedi A. 
Published: April 2017

AbstractIn this article the stagnation point flow of electrically conducting micro nanofluid towards a shrinking sheet, considering a chemical reaction of first order is investigated. Involvement of magnetic field occurs in the momentum equation, whereas the energy and concentrations equations incorporated the influence of thermophoresis and Brownian motion. Convective boundary condition on temperature and zero mass flux condition on concentration are implemented. Partial differential equations are converted into the ordinary ones using suitable variables. The numerical technique is utilized to discuss the results for velocity, microrotation, temperature, and concentration fields.
Induction machine behavioral modeling for prediction of EMI propagation
Authors: Turzyński M. 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
This paper presents the results of wideband behavioral modeling of an induction machine (IM). The proposed solution enables modeling the IM differential- and common-mode impedance for a frequency range from 1 kHz to 10 MHz. Methods of parameter extraction are derived from the measured IM impedances. The developed models of 1.5 kW and 7.5 kW induction machines are designed using the Saber Sketch scheme editor and simulated in the SABER simulator. Modeling validation is based on prediction of electromagnetic interference (EMI) emissions of common-mode and differential-mode current spectra of experimental inverter-fed IM drives.
Biology, learning, and evolution of vocality: Biosemiotics of birdsong
Authors: Anastasi Alessandra 
Published: April 2017

AbstractBirdsongs are acoustic signs that evince parallels to the symbols of verbal language. Learning is the semiotic feature that makes a birdsong more similar to typical symbolic signs than a birdcall. In contrast to calls, most birdsongs have to be learned. The aim of this paper is to emphasize that the similarities between birdsong and verbal language can be addressed by following a biological standpoint, given the shared mechanisms underlying vocal learning in birds and humans, to take a comparative perspective on the biology and evolution of these species. The reason for language’s appearance in the evolutionary scene could be explained as the chance to remain grounded in communication skills that existed in other animals. Even if the referential power of animal vocalizations is far from that of our words, both objectively and mentally, the comparative data mentioned here allows us to support the idea that the vocal production of some bird species and others animals can be considered a natural precursor of language.