bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Effectiveness of a health literacy intervention targeting both chronic kidney disease patients and health care professionals in primary and secondary care: a quasi-experimental study
Authors: Boonstra Marco D. , do Amaral Matheus S. Gurgel , Navis Gerjan , Stegmann Mariken E. , Westerhuis Ralf , Almansa Josue , de Winter Andrea F. , Reijneveld Sijmen A. 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
Background
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with limited health literacy are at risk for faster disease progression. To counteract this problem, we developed ‘Grip on your Kidneys’ (GoYK), an intervention targeting patients and health care professionals. We assessed the effect on self-management, patient activation, clinical parameters, consultation quality, and the professionals’ use of health literacy strategies. We further evaluated the process.

Methods
A quasi-experimental study included 147 patients with CKD and 48 professionals from Dutch general practices and nephrology clinics. Patients and professionals in the intervention group (IG) received GoYK. Control patients received care-as-usual from the participating professionals. Data were collected with questionnaires and from patient records at baseline (T0), 4 months (T1) and 9 months (T2).

Results
No effects on self-management and patient activation were found. Conversely, at T2, the proportion of patients with hypertension decreased in the intervention group (odds ratio = 0.45, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) [0.20, 0.99]). In the intervention group, more lifestyle topics were discussed, at T1 (difference = 0.80, 95%CI [0.28, 1.31]) and T2 (difference = 0.69, 95%CI [0.14, 1.25]). Furthermore, several outcomes related to consultation quality improved. Professionals in the intervention group improved the use of health literacy strategies more, at T1 (difference = 0.64, 95%CI [0.33, 0.95]) and T2 (difference = 0.56, 95%CI [0.19, 0.93]). In general, patients and professionals considered GoYK to be useful.

Conclusions
GoYK is promising, and offers a blueprint to optimize care for patients with limited health literacy. Researchers should develop and test interventions like GoYK, focusing on patients at risk for CKD, and with very low health literacy.

Graphical abstract
Limitationen und methodisches Vorgehen bei Ableitung einer Risikoverdopplungsdosis aus publizierten kategoriellen Daten
Authors: Behrens Thomas , Kendzia Benjamin , Brüning Thomas 
Published: October 2024

Zusammenfassung

Hintergrund
Zur Anerkennung einer beruflich verursachten Lungenkrebserkrankung nach Exposition gegenüber hexavalentem Chrom wurde eine Risikoverdopplungsdosis von 500 µg/m3-Jahren als Orientierungsmaß vorgeschlagen. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist, verschiedene Ableitungsansätze zur Ermittlung von Risikoverdopplungsdosen aus publizierten Daten quantitativ zu untersuchen, um die damit assoziierten Unsicherheiten besser beurteilen zu können.

Methodik
Es wurden in einer industriebasierten Studie aus der deutschen Chromatindustrie, auf der die Ableitung des Orientierungsmaßes von 500 µg/m3-Jahren beruhte, und der internationalen populationsbasierten Fall-Kontroll-Studie SYNERGY ein lineares Modell, zwei log-lineare Modelle und in der SYNERGY-Studie zusätzlich eine Thin-Plate-Spline-Regression berechnet. Weitere Rahmenbedingungen (unterschiedliche Grenzen für die oberste Expositionskategorie, verschiedene Latenzperioden) und verschiedene Sensitivitätsanalysen wurden berücksichtigt.

Ergebnisse
In Abhängigkeit vom methodischen Vorgehen zeigte sich eine hohe Variabilität in den abgeleiteten Risikoverdopplungsdosen, wobei die Wahl der Klassenmitte für die obere Expositionskategorie einen entscheidenden Einfluss auf das Ergebnis hatte. Die Sensitivitätsanalysen führten ebenfalls zu deutlichen Schwankungen in der Schätzung der Risikoverdopplungsdosis. Das statistische Modell beeinflusste die Ergebnisse dagegen wenig. Die Auswertung der SYNERGY-Studie auf Basis der aggregierten Kategorien lieferte vergleichbare Ergebnisse wie in der Chromatindustrie. Eine direkte Auswertung der Originaldaten führte jedoch zu extrem hohen Risikoverdopplungsdosen, die in der Praxis niemals erreichbar wären.

Diskussion
Aufgrund der hohen Variabilität der ermittelten Risikoverdopplungsdosen sollten abgeleitete Grenzwerte aus publizierten Daten nicht als strenges Abschneidekriterium verwendet werden, sondern die individuellen beruflichen Expositions- und Lebensumstände der Beschäftigten berücksichtigen. Die Auswertung der SYNERGY-Daten zeigt, dass die Ableitung von Beurteilungsmaßstäben aus aggregierten Daten zu deutlichen Fehlschlüssen führen kann. Eine verlässliche Modellierung von Dosis-Effekt-Beziehungen ist daher nur unter Auswertung der Originaldaten möglich.
Deep Learning for Traffic Prediction and Trend Deviation Identification: A Case Study in Hong Kong
Authors: Zou Xiexin , Chung Edward , Ye Hongbo , Zhang Haolin 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis paper introduces a robust methodology for predicting traffic volume and speed on major strategic routes in Hong Kong by leveraging data from data.gov.hk and utilizing deep learning models. The approach offers predictions from 6 min to 1 h, considering detector reliability. By extracting hidden deep features from historical detector data to establish detector profiles and grouping detectors into clusters based on profile similarities, the method employs a CNN-LSTM prediction model for each cluster. The study demonstrates the model’s resilience to detector failures, with tests conducted across failure rates from 1% to 20%, highlighting its ability to maintain accurate predictions despite random failures. In scenarios without failed detectors, the method achieves favorable performance metrics: MAE, RMSE, and MAPE for traffic volume prediction over the next 6 min stand at 5.17 vehicles/6 min, 7.64 vehicles/6 min, and 14.07%, respectively, while for traffic speed prediction, the values are 3.70 km/h, 6.32 km/h, and 6.33%. Considering a failure rate of approximately 6% in the Hong Kong dataset, in simulated scenarios with 6% failures, the model maintains its predictive accuracy, with average MAE, RMSE, and MAPE for traffic volume prediction at 5.24 vehicles/6 min, 7.81 vehicles/6 min, and 14.21%, and for traffic speed prediction at 3.87 km/h, 6.55 km/h, and 6.68%. However, the limitation of the proposed method is its potential to underperform when predicting rare or unseen scenarios, indicating the need for future research to incorporate additional data sources and methods to enhance predictive performance.
Evaluation of the Extract of Pseudopithomyces chartarum to be used as Biocontrol Agent Against Phytophthora cinnamomi in Lupinus luteus
Authors: García-Latorre C. , Rodrigo S. , Santamaria O. 
Published: October 2024

AbstractEndophytic fungi offer promising opportunities for a sustainable disease management in agricultural systems, often related to their secondary metabolites. In this study, the potential of the metabolites produced in vitro by Pseudopithomyces chartarum to protect the forage crop Lupinus luteus against the soil-borne pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi was evaluated in different in vitro and in planta tests. The fungal extracts containing the metabolites were applied by two different procedures: to seeds by immersion (mycopriming) and to seedlings by spraying (post-emergence). The antagonism between the endophyte fitrates/extracts and the pathogen was studied by dual culture assays and the minimal inhibitory concentration. Other filtrate/extract traits, such as its phytohormones production and nutrient mobilization, were also analyzed. The metabolites contained in the extract were tentatively identified by mass spectrometry. The endophyte’s filtrates and extracts exhibited significant inhibition on the P. cinnamomi growth in vitro. Additionally, seed mycopriming and post-emergence extract application positively influenced seed germination, reduced disease severity, and enhanced several growth parameters in treated seedlings. Auxins and gibberellins production, and phosphate solubilization activity were observed in the endophyte, traits potentially contributing to its biocontrol efficacy. The bioactive compounds ciclo(L-Phe-L-Pro), dihydroabikoviromycin, medelamine A, herniarin, and Piptamine, all with antimicrobial properties, were tentatively identified in the extracts, but further research is needed to confirm this identity and to evaluate the extract efficacy under field conditions. This study highlights the potential of certain endophytic fungi as sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives for a disease management in agriculture.
Internationalising higher education curricula for sustainable development: considerations for indigeneity and (inter)culturality
Authors: Mbah Marcellus Forh , Clifton Noah , Kushnir Iryna 
Published: October 2024

AbstractHigher Education (HE) can play a fundamental role in the achievement of sustainable development, and particularly the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as captured in the Incheon declaration. However, what approach HE should take in this mission is a contested space. In this paper, we interrogate the idea of indigeneity. The pursuit to ascertain how an indigenised approach to internationalisation can support or enhance the contribution of HE curricula towards sustainable development is driven by the understanding that for sustainable development to be achieved at all, the process of knowledge creation must strive to make integral those epistemologies that exist beyond the “West”; an understanding that aligns, in particular, with Target 7 of the United Nations (UN) SDG 4 and seeks to empower victims of epistemic violence. In doing so, we employed a bibliographic research which captured a dual approach consisting of a bibliometric analysis of literature and a review of case studies. The findings from both methods suggest that internationalisation appears in different disciplinary contexts, but these are not always aligned with indigenisation. We maintain that the construct of (inter)culturality can address aspects within the framework of indigeneity to boost the internationalisation of HE curricula and outcomes for sustainable development. Central to this are four factors, namely: the need for effective human engagement with (inter)cultural competence, medium/place of curricula interaction, the initiative form and the reach of the development.
Multiple yield curve modeling and forecasting using deep learning
Authors: Richman Ronald , Scognamiglio Salvatore 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis manuscript introduces deep learning models that simultaneously describe the dynamics of several yield curves. We aim to learn the dependence structure among the different yield curves induced by the globalization of financial markets and exploit it to produce more accurate forecasts. By combining the self-attention mechanism and nonparametric quantile regression, our model generates both point and interval forecasts of future yields. The architecture is designed to avoid quantile crossing issues affecting multiple quantile regression models. Numerical experiments conducted on two different datasets confirm the effectiveness of our approach. Finally, we explore potential extensions and enhancements by incorporating deep ensemble methods and transfer learning mechanisms.
Evolution: the bridge between ‘biological’ and ‘social’ psychiatry
Authors: Swanepoel Annie , Abed Riadh , Brar Gurjot , St John-Smith Paul , O’Connell Henry 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
‘Biological’ and ‘social’ perspectives in psychiatry have exchanged dominance at different times in the history of our field and are sometimes erroneously viewed as being contrasting and mutually exclusive paradigms. We argue that the arbitrary ‘biological/social’ divide in psychiatry is misleading, unhelpful, and ultimately a false one. We propose that the evolutionary perspective provides a necessary framework and metatheory that can bridge this apparent schism in psychiatric thinking, providing novel and useful insights into how we can better assess, diagnose, and treat our patients.
Data Warfare and Creating a Global Legal and Regulatory Landscape: Challenges and Solutions
Authors: Mone Varda , Abdulajonovich Sadikov Maksudboy , Younas Ammar , Petikam Sailaja 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
The world is witnessing an increase in cross-border data transfers and breaches orchestrated by State and non-State actors. Cross-border data transfers may lead to friction among States to localize or globalize data and to provide regulatory frameworks. “Data warfare” or information-war operations are often not covered under conventional rules; however, they are categorized as acts of espionage and subject to domestic regulations. As such, the operations are used to achieve a variety of objectives, including stealing sensitive information, spreading propaganda, and causing economic damage. Notable instances of the theft of sensitive information include the recent Bangladesh government website breach, exposing 50 million records, and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) website hack.
Regulating the “data war” under the existing principles of international law may be unsuccessful in creating robust international legal frameworks to address the associated challenges. These developments further accentuate the global divide between data-rich regions in the Global North, with strong data protection mechanisms (such as the GDPR and the California Privacy Rights Act), and regions in the Global South, where there is a lack of comprehensive data protection laws and regulatory regimes. This disparity underscores the urgent need for global cooperation for substantial international regulatory mechanisms.
This article examines the complexities surrounding data warfare; it highlights the imperative need for establishing a robust global legal framework for data protection, delving into the concept of data war. It also acknowledges the growing influence of advanced technologies like data computing and mining and their ongoing threats to the fundamental rights of individuals associated with exposed personal data. The authors address the deficiencies in international legal provisions and advocate for a global regulatory approach to data protection as a critical means of safeguarding personal freedoms and countering the escalating threats in the digital age.
Differential efficacy of survey incentives across contexts: experimental evidence from Australia, India, and the United States
Authors: Conn Katharine , Mo Cecilia Hyunjung , Purohit Bhumi 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
Scholars often use monetary incentives to boost participation rates in online surveys. This technique follows existing literature from western countries, which suggests egoistic incentives effectively boost survey participation. Positing that incentives’ effectiveness vary by country context, we tested this proposition through an experiment in Australia, India, and the USA. We compared three types of monetary lotteries to narrative and altruistic appeals. We find that egoistic rewards are most effective in the USA and to some extent, in Australia. In India, respondents are just as responsive to altruistic incentives as to egoistic incentives. Results from an adapted dictator game corroborate these patterns. Our results caution scholars against exporting survey participation incentives to areas where they have not been tested.
A MORDELL–LANG-TYPE PROBLEM FOR
$\mathrm{GL}_{m}$
Authors: BELL JASON , GHIOCA DRAGOS , HUANG YIFENG 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
We prove a nonabelian variant of the classical Mordell–Lang conjecture in the context of finite- dimensional central simple algebras. We obtain the following result as a particular case of a more general statement. Let K be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, let

$B_1,\dots ,B_r\in \mathrm {GL}_m(K)$

be matrices with multiplicatively independent eigenvalues and let V be a closed subvariety of

$\mathrm {GL}_m(K)$

not passing through zero. Then there exist only finitely many elements of

$\mathrm {GL}_m(K)$

of the form

$B_1^{n_1}\cdots B_r^{n_r}$

(as we vary

$n_1,\dots ,n_r$

in

$\mathbb {Z}$

) lying on the subvariety V.
The Paradox of Black Incomes in Puerto Rico in the Early Decades of U.S. Colonialism
Authors: Ayala César J. , Herrera Joel S. 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis paper examines racial income inequality in early twentieth-century Puerto Rico. It finds, surprisingly, that Black men had an income advantage relative to White and Mulatto men in 1910–1920. The effect of race on income in Puerto Rico was smaller than that of other covariates such as urban status, sex, and literacy. A comparison with the state of Louisiana and with the United States as a whole in the same Census years shows that Puerto Rico was exceptional by U.S. standards, displaying much lower levels of racial inequality. Most of the income advantage Black men had can be attributed to the fact that they were more urban than Mulatto or White men, but part of this surprising advantage can be attributed to the existence in the countryside of a layer of skilled Black workers. Overall, Black men had equal or slightly higher occupational scores than Whites. The coexistence of slavery with other forms of coerced labor affecting individuals of all races in the nineteenth century, as well as the emergence of a stratum of Black skilled workers which survived into the twentieth century and thrived economically when the sugar industry experienced an explosive boom after 1898, is at the root of Black income equalization in the Puerto Rican countryside and in the island as a whole during the early twentieth century.
The Decay-Life of Things
Authors: Franz Marisa Karyl 
Published: October 2024

AbstractExamining the graveside tributes left at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, this article considers the meaning-making work of decay. Green-Wood is a polysemous place, existing as a historical and active cemetery, an arboretum, an arts and performance space, a space of mourning, and a place of leisurely strolling and birdwatching. Through a site-specific analysis of the cemetery, I approach decay as an active and durational phase of material life and explore different decay-temporalities through the tributes left graveside. I argue that orienting ourselves to the decay-life of things necessarily entangles us in a larger ecological ethic and relational ontology of self, land, weather, animals (human and non-human), and time. While advocating for material attention to decay-life, I consider how the aesthetics and taboos of decay shape the cemetery’s relationship to visible and invisible rot and ruin. The cemetery staff, wildlife, visitors, ecology, climate, and the dead create a complex network of active actors experiencing and altering the material decay-life of the left-behind natural and artificial material tributes. Together, this active and entangled decay-life of the site forms a network of temporalities of decay that co-construct the affective and environmental space of the cemetery.
Understanding variability: the role of meta-analysis of variance
Authors: Howes Oliver D. , Chapman George E. 
Published: October 2024

AbstractMeta-analyses traditionally compare the difference in means between groups for one or more outcomes of interest. However, they do not compare the spread of data (variability), which could mean that important effects and/or subgroups are missed. To address this, methods to compare variability meta-analytically have recently been developed, making it timely to review them and consider their strengths, weaknesses, and implementation. Using published data from trials in major depression, we demonstrate how the spread of data can impact both overall effect size and the frequency of extreme observations within studies, with potentially important implications for conclusions of meta-analyses, such as the clinical significance of findings. We then describe two methods for assessing group differences in variability meta-analytically: the variance ratio (VR) and coefficient of variation ratio (CVR). We consider the reporting and interpretation of these measures and how they differ from the assessment of heterogeneity between studies. We propose general benchmarks as a guideline for interpreting VR and CVR effects as small, medium, or large. Finally, we discuss some important limitations and practical considerations of VR and CVR and consider the value of integrating variability measures into meta-analyses.
Bacteriological characteristics and changes of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 35B after vaccine implementation in Japan
Authors: Miyazaki Haruko , Chang Bin , Ogawa Michinaga , Shibuya Rie , Takata Misako , Nakamura Shigeki , Ubukata Kimiko , Miyazaki Yoshitsugu , Matsumoto Tetsuya , Akeda Yukihiro 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 35B, a non-vaccine type, is a major contributor to the increase in pneumococcal infection post-vaccination. We aimed to understand the mechanism of its spread by characterizing 35B. The serotype, type 1 pilus (T1P) positivity, and antimicrobial susceptibility of 319 isolates in 2018–2022 were analysed and compared with those of isolates in 2014–2017 to find the changes. 35B accounted for 40 (12.5%) isolates. T1P positivity was notably higher in 35B (87.5%) than in the other serotypes. To confirm the role of T1P, an adhesion factor, we compared adherence to A549 cells between T1P-positive 35B isolates and their T1P-deficient mutants, showing contribution of T1P to adherence. Penicillin-non-susceptible rate of 35B was 87.5%, and meropenem-resistant 35B rate was 35.0%, which increased from 14.5% of 2014–2017 (p = 0.009). Multilocus sequence typing was performed in 35B strains. Prevalence of clonal complex 558, harbouring T1P and exhibiting multidrug non-susceptibility, suggested the advantages of 35B in attachment and survival in the host. The emergence of ST156 isolates, T1P-positive and non-susceptible to β-lactams, has raised concern about expansion in Japan. The increase of serotype 35B in pneumococcal diseases might have occurred due to its predominant colonizing ability after the elimination of the vaccine-serotypes.
An outbreak associated with Escherichia albertii in a junior high school, China
Authors: Huang Shiwang , Liu Qian , Fang Yezhen , Yu Hua , Yang Xi , Hu Jinfeng , Wang Yiyi , Tian Rui , Gao Yixiao , Ni Zhimin , Xiong Yanwen 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
Escherichia albertii is an emerging foodborne enteropathogen associated with infectious diarrhoea in humans. In February 2023, an outbreak of acute gastroenteric cases was reported in a junior high school located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Twenty-two investigated patients presented diarrhoea (22/22, 100%), abdominal pain (21/22, 95.5%), nausea (6/22, 27.3%), and vomiting (3/22, 13.6%). E. albertii strains were successfully isolated from anal swabs collected from six patients. Each isolate was classified as sequence type ST2686, harboured eae-β gene, and carried both cdtB-I and cdtB-II subtypes, being serotyped as EAOg32:EAHg4 serotype. A comprehensive whole-genome phylogenetic analysis revealed that the six isolates formed a distinct cluster, separate from other strains. These isolates exhibited minimal genetic variation, differing from one another by 0 to 1 single nucleotide polymorphism, suggesting a common origin from a single clone. To the best of our knowledge, this represented the first reported outbreak of gastroenteritis attributed to E. albertii outside of Japan on a global scale.