bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Validity of the Functional Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment (FLOTCA)
Authors: Schwartz Yifat , Averbuch Sara , Katz Noomi , Sagiv Aliza 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
The Functional Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment (FLOTCA) was developed to assess integrative higher cognitive abilities in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The FLOTCA measures performance on three tasks: navigating on a map, organizing a toolbox, and planning a daily schedule. This study assessed the psychometric properties of the FLOTCA with a sample of 25 participants with TBI ages 18–49 and 25 matched healthy participants. The FLOTCA showed high interrater reliability (intraclass correlation = .996) and internal consistency reliability for the total score (α = .82). Construct validity was supported for the total score, t (48) = −5.48, d = 1.52, and the separate tasks. Moderate ecological validity was obtained with the combined FIM™ and Functional Assessment Measure, r (19) = .44, p &lt; .05. The results indicate that the FLOTCA can be used to assess higher cognitive abilities in functioning and can serve as the basis for intervention planning.
Transplantation Failure Due to Inadvertent Reversal of Human Donor Corneas
Authors: Parekh Mohit , Ruzza Alessandro , Elbadawy Hossein , Ferrari Stefano , Salvalaio Gianni , Camposampiero Davide , Ponzin Diego 
Published: December 2015

Purpose To emphasize and create awareness of the possibility of inadvertently grafting an inverted corneal button and describe 4 cases that showed this phenomenon on human donor corneas during preservation and transportation from an eye bank. Methods Three out of 4 tissues showed inadvertent inversion during transportation and 1 was identified as inverted during preservation in the eye bank. Out of the 3 tissues that were shipped, 2 tissues were transplanted and 1 was identified as inverted prior to transplantation and shipped back to the eye bank. Results Four tissues showed inversion at different time points. The anatomy was clearly visible with a naked eye that showed the presence of trabecular meshwork on its outside along with some residual choroid. The endothelial cell count was in the range of transplantation without any mortality even after inversion. The inverted corneas showed a mountain-like shape with grooves as compared to the normal cornea. Conclusions Previous reports have identified tissue inversion post-transplantation. We describe inadvertent inversion of donor tissues during preservation and transportation from an eye bank. It is recommended to check the presence of corneo-scleral rim, trabecular meshwork, grooves, and residues of choroid if present inside or outside before transplantation to ensure accurate grafting and avoid transplantation failures.
Comparative Polymorphism of BAT-26 between Healthy Individuals and Cancer Patients and Its Cancer Risk Implication for Local Chinese
Authors: Zheng Yanying , Liu Li , Sun Yi , Chen Jie , Wang Jianrong , Zhu Changle , Lai Rensheng , Xie Ling 
Published: December 2015

Purpose BAT-26 is one of the representative markers for microsatellite instability evaluation and presents different polymorphisms in different ethnic populations. The current knowledge of its comparative polymorphism between healthy individuals and cancer patients in the Chinese population is insufficient. This study aims to analyze germline polymorphic variations of BAT-26 between healthy individuals and cancer patients in Chinese from Jiangsu province and the associated cancer risk implications. Methods The various BAT-26 alleles and their percentages in cervical cells from 500 healthy women were assessed by direct sequencing. Twenty of these samples were also analyzed by fragment analysis. BAT-26 of blood DNA from 24 healthy individuals and 247 cancer patients was analyzed by fragment analysis. Results Compared with the sequencing results, 122.6-122.9 bp, 123.4-123.8 bp and 124.1-124.8 bp corresponded to the A25, A26 and A27 alleles, respectively. The 524 healthy individuals showed 4.58%, 92.18% and 3.24% of A25, A26 and A27, respectively. The variant alleles A18, A24, A28, A29 and A32 were only found in cancer patients, accounting for 0.81%, 0.40%, 0.40%, 0.40% and 0.40%, respectively; the A25, A26 and A27 alleles in cancer patients accounted for 6.48%, 77.33% and 13.77%. Conclusions Healthy individuals had a stable BAT-26 profile within the quasimonomorphic variation range (QMVR), but cancer patients harbored variant alleles outside QMVR and showed a trend from quasimonomorph to polymonomorph, suggesting that variant alleles of BAT-26 in germline cells may be regarded as a potential marker of higher cancer risk in the Chinese population from Jiangsu province.
Risk Factors Associated with Arteriovenous Fistula Failure after First Radiologic Intervention
Authors: Romann Alexandra , Beaulieu Monica C. , Rhéaume Pascal , Clement Jason , Sidhu Ravindar , Kiaii Mercedeh 
Published: December 2015

Purpose Improving arteriovenous fistula (AVF) patency is an integral part of the care of hemodialysis patients, often requiring procedures such as percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA). However, these interventions may fail to reduce AVF dysfunction and failure. The purpose of this study was to determine predictive factors for subsequent AVF failure post-PTA. Methods Data from 155 consecutive AVFs in 155 patients at a single institution who had undergone a first PTA and had at least 1 year of follow-up data were analyzed. Using survival analysis, we assessed primary and secondary patency, and identified predictive factors taking into account competing risks. Results Of the 155 patients, 52% required multiple subsequent PTAs; 32% of the AVFs were not in use prior to the first PTA. At first PTA, 83% had outflow vein stenosis (OVS), 26% had multiple stenoses and 43% of stenoses were longer than 2 cm. During follow-up, 1-, 2-, 3-year postintervention primary patency was 41%, 32%, 32% and secondary patency was 80%, 71% and 68%. AVFs with stenoses greater than 2 cm or OVS were at higher risk of requiring multiple PTAs (p = 0.04, 0.006). Factors associated with requiring a second PTA included stenosis greater than 2 cm (hazard ratio (HR) = 1.8, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.2-2.9), OVS (HR = 2.5, 95% CI = 1.1-5.4) and primary renal diagnosis of diabetes or renal vascular diseases (HR = 1.8, 95% CI = 1.1-2.9); after adjustments for competing risks, OVS and stenosis length remained associated with requiring subsequent PTAs. Conclusions The location and size of the AVF stenosis at first PTA appear to be consistent factors associated with worse postintervention primary patency.
Simultaneous Right Ventricular to Pulmonary Artery Pressure Gradient Measurement Using a Single Venous Access Technique
Authors: Castellanos Jorge , Quevedo Henry C. 
Published: December 2015

Purpose The pullback gradient technique is commonly used to evaluate pulmonic stenosis; however, it only represents a one-time measurement of valvular stenosis. Instead, simultaneous peak-to-peak gradients account for the data variability being best suited to discern the severity of the stenosis, but requires two different venous accesses. Here, we demonstrate the feasibility and high fidelity hemodynamic tracings of a new technique for evaluation of pulmonary valve stenosis by using a single venous access. Methods We present a patient scenario suggesting pulmonic stenosis. Given the possible therapeutic intervention, we decided to use a single large bore (8-French) venous access. Results Simultaneous peak-to-peak gradients were obtained from high fidelity hemodynamic tracings measured using two small-size catheters located in the right ventricle (RV) and pulmonary artery (PA), respectively. The procedure had no complications. Conclusions We present a technique using single venous access for simultaneous RV and PA pressure measurement that is easy to perform and, importantly, it may be safer than exposing the patient to multiple venous accesses.
The Pipeline Technique: A Simple Endovascular Technique for Creation of a Jump Graft Bypass
Authors: Chen Matt Chiung-Yu , Weng Mei-Jui 
Published: December 2015

Purpose The purpose of this study is to describe a technique by which a bypass was created percutaneously with two overlapping covered stents for salvage of a thrombotic right brachial-axillary arteriovenous graft without recanalizable outflow. Methods and results With the pipeline technique, a 16 cm bypass tract covered with two overlapping Viabahn stents between the hemodialysis graft and the right subclavian vein was created as an alternative access outflow. The hemodialysis graft was successfully salvaged without complications and functioned well for more than 6 months except for one thrombosis which occurred 147 days after its salvage. Conclusions We describe an endovascular bypass technique using a sheath-dilator set and two angiographic catheters to salvage a thrombotic hemodialysis graft.
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Systemic Intraoperative Anticoagulation during Arteriovenous Access Formation for Dialysis
Authors: Smith George E. , Souroullos Panos , Cayton Thomas , Harwood Amy , Carradice Daniel , Chetter Ian C. 
Published: December 2015

Purpose Surgical arteriovenous fistula (AVF) or graft (AVG) is preferred to a central venous catheter for dialysis access. Surgical access may suffer thrombosis early after placement and systemic anticoagulation during surgical access formation may increase patency rates but would be expected to increase bleeding-related complications. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials was conducted to examine the impact of systemic anticoagulation on access surgery perioperative bleeding and patency rates. Methods We included randomised controlled trials testing systemic anticoagulation during access formation versus a control group without systemic anticoagulation reporting bleeding complications and access patency. Medline, Embase, CENTRAL and CINAHL were searched up to March 2015. Risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool and the Jadad score. Meta-analysis was performed using Cochrane Revman® software. Results Searches identified 445 reports of which four randomised studies involving 411 participants were included. Three studies pertained to AVF only and one included both AVF and AVG. Systemic anticoagulation led to increased bleeding events in all access [four trials; risk ratio (RR) 7.18; confidence interval (CI), 2.41 to 21.38; p<0.001]. Patency was not improved for all access (four trials; RR, 0.64; CI, 0.37 to 1.09; p = 0.10) but was improved when AVF analysed alone (three trials; RR, 0.57; CI, 0.33 to 0.97; p = 0.04). Conclusions The use of intraoperative systemic anticoagulation during access formation is associated with a highly significant increased risk of bleeding-related complications. A significant improvement in AVF patency was seen, though not when AVF and AVG were analysed together.
Should Patients be on Antithrombotic Medication for their First Arteriovenous Fistulae?
Authors: Murley Alexander , Wijewardane Anika , Wilmink Teun , Baharani Jyoti 
Published: December 2015

Purpose Evidence on the effect of antithrombotic medication on reducing early and late fistula failure is inconclusive. Antithrombotic use carries risks in patients with end-stage renal failure and could increase the risk of needling complications as a result of bleeding. The objectives of this study are to determine the effect of antithrombotic agents on early and late fistula failure and on the risk of interrupted start of cannulation of the fistula. Methods Retrospective analysis of two prospectively maintained databases of access operations and dialysis sessions of 671 patients who had their first fistula between 2004 and 2011. Early failure was defined as failure to reach six consecutive dialysis sessions at any time with two needles on the index form of access. Fistula survival was defined as the time from when the fistula was first used to fistula abandonment. Results Primary failure was similar between patients on antiplatelet (18.8%), anticoagulants (18.4%) or no antithrombotic medication (18.8%; p = 0.998). Antithrombotic medication did not have an effect on AVF survival (p = 0.86). Antithrombotic medication did not increase complicated cannulation rates, defined as the percentage of patients failing to achieve six uninterrupted dialysis sessions from the start (p = 0.929). Conclusions Antithrombotic medication had no significant effect on primary failure rate, long-term fistula survival or initial complicated cannulation rates in our study. This suggests that patients already on antithrombotic medication can continue taking them without increasing the risk of interrupted dialysis.
Leydig Cell Tumour and Giant Adrenal Myelolipoma Associated with Adrenogenital Syndrome: A Case Report with a Review of the Literature
Authors: Altieri Vincenzo M. , Altieri Barbara , Castellucci Roberto , Alba Stefano , Bottone Francesco , Fragalà Eugenia , Mirone Vincenzo , Greco Francesco 
Published: December 2015

Context Male patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) may develop bilateral testicular adrenal rest tumours (TARTs). These tumours, in most cases, regress with glucocorticoid therapy and their histological differentiation from Leydig-cell tumors is quite difficult. Objective The aim of this study was to differentiate the histological and clinical features of the TARTs from those of the Leydig-cell tumours. Methods The authors report a case of bilateral Leydig-cell tumour associated with giant bilateral adrenal myelolipoma in a male with adrenogenital syndrome who was submitted to a bilateral orchiectomy. Results Testicular neoplasia continue to grow despite adequate hormonal treatment and a bilateral orchiectomy was performed. The histopathological examination of the specimen ultimately confirmed the diagnosis of bilateral Leydig-cell tumour. Conclusions This case shows the importance of all the relevant examinations, blood chemistry analysis, and instrumental tests in the differential diagnosis of TARTs and other testicular tumours.
Islands as the Origin/End of the World: Ethnographic Imaginations from the Penghu (Taiwan) and Yaeyama (Okinawa) Islands
Authors: Chu Huei-chu 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
This paper conducts a contrapuntal reading of literary texts by Lu Ze-zhi (Penghu) and Sakiyama Tami (Yaeyama), and explores how ethnographic representations of folk beliefs, rituals, and customs are appropriated to expose the barren realities of the remote islands. Analyzing these literary productions as social criticism and social practice, I explore how the literary experiments of the authors function to challenge both the orientalist gaze of modernized societies and the self-orientalizing inclinations in local cultural movements. Defining the two works as counter-narratives of the linear progressive discourse of modernity, I discuss how modernist/postmodernist representations of auto/anti-ethnographic imagination from the islands can help us to interrogate the humanist fantasies of disembodiment and autonomy by exposing the wretched bodies of the islanders.
“Frappons L'usurpateur!”: The Rehearsal of Shakespearean Revolution in Victor Hugo's Cromwell
Authors: Heffernan Julián Jiménez 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
This article examines the way in which Julius Caesar and other related plays by Shakespeare helped to closely shape both the themes and ideological structure in Victor Hugo's Cromwell. Traditional approaches to the Shakespeare-Hugo conjunction have limited their analysis to the two critical texts by Hugo, the Preface to Cromwell and his book William Shakespeare. These approaches tend to be vague and ingenuous, as they commonly take at face value whatever Hugo had to say about his plays, without verifying whether Shakespeare is actually or not a determinant influence in his dramatic oeuvre. By exploring textual parallelisms between Shakespeare's plays and Cromwell, this article aims to lay down a firmer textual basis for this important comparative site. The analysis is moreover conducted within a speculative frame that accords to the category of revolution a decisive role in Hugo's poetics. A logic of resurrectionary iteration and uncanny causality is held to govern the process of literary appropriation by means of which a prominent exponent of Romantic freedom reactivates Shakespearean transgression in order to deploy an English historical drama of usurpation, revolution and tyrannicide. Recent work on Julius Caesar by Richard Wilson and other critics lends support to my claims.
Images of Narcissus: Figuring Identity in José Lezama Lima and Pier Paolo Pasolini
Authors: Benvegnù Damiano 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
The figure of Narcissus has always exerted an uncanny power of attraction. The story of the beautiful boy, who falls in love with his own reflected imago and then dies in the moment of recognition, seems in fact to concern every subject in his own process of identification. Many writers have thus reused Narcissus as a metaphor for the artistic subject, where the mirror image and the death of the boy display the intrinsic tragic duplicity of every work of literature. This article explores differences and similarities between the works of two poets—José Lezama Lima (1910–1976) and Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975)—who have explicitly used Narcissus in their poems. Particularly, it focuses on Lezama Lima's earliest published production, the poem Muerte de Narciso (1937) (Death of Narcissus), and on Pasolini's overarching double collection of poetry in Friulian, La meglio gioventù (1954) (The Best Youth) and La nuova gioventù (The New Youth) (1975). The comparison demonstrates how both Pasolini and Lezama, albeit the differences between Italian and Cuban approach to modernity and modernism, have used the figure of Narcissus as an image of the poetic subject in order to define a double dialectics of identity and dissemination.
Delegated Legislation in Nigeria: The Challenges of Control
Authors: Benson Jemina 
Published: December 2015

Delegated Legislation in Nigeria: The Challenges of Control
In considering how society generally is regulated, most times focus is always on Acts of parliament that are passed by the legislative arm of government. However, delegated legislation is another aspect of law making that is of immense importance for the regulation of any given society. This form of lawmaking being a deviation from the norm has some challenges in terms of control. This article seeks to examine some of these challenges emphasising that adequate parliamentary scrutiny will prevent the harbouring of bad-quality legislation.
Brazilian Civil Procedure in the ‘Age of Austerity’?
Authors: Gidi Antonio , Zaneti Hermes 
Published: December 2015

Brazilian Civil Procedure in the ‘Age of Austerity’?
The current debate in Brazilian Civil Procedure revolves around efficiency, legal certainty, and access to justice, not austerity. As a matter of fact, the debate over austerity is nonexistent in Brazil so far. By expanding the access to justice to a broader portion of the society, the legal system increased the number of cases and the costs associated with the judicial system. But the excess litigation and expense associated with the expansion of access to justice has contradictorily curtailed access to justice. This new situation demands new efforts to increase efficiency and legal certainty, while still increasing access to justice.
Ouderen in veilige handen
Authors: Pattiwael J. , Brons I. 
Published: December 2015

Dutch policies against elder abuse
This survey covers the Dutch Health Department’s policy against elder abuse, which is described in the program Actieplan ‘Ouderen in veilige handen’. Elder abuse can involve physical and/or psychological violence, but also negligence and financial abuse. To combat elder abuse it is crucial to create a climate in which the problem can be discussed openly. Also various actors on the regional and local level in society should be involved to prevent and tackle the problem. Homecare services and other social workers have been trained to signal elder abuse and provide help when the burden for informal caregivers becomes too heavy.
Een kwestie van integraal slim slaan?
Authors: Cremers L.M. , de Kluijs E.J.H. 
Published: December 2015

The prosecution of financial abuse of the elderly
In this article the authors discuss the opportunities and challenges they experience from the criminal investigation of financial exploitation of the elderly. By sharing knowledge and experience, they stress that the all party approach in this distressing problem, from the viewpoint of criminal investigations, will achieve the best results. This article could thus be seen as a first step, and invitation, to discuss future interventions and policymaking on fighting the exploitation of the elderly to prevent, detect and investigate these crimes.
De enquêteprocedure als verzoekschriftprocedure en het kort geding als dagvaardingsprocedure, de verschillen en onderlinge verhouding
Authors: Kemp B. 
Published: December 2015

De enquêteprocedure als verzoekschriftprocedure en het kort geding als dagvaardingsprocedure, de verschillen en onderlinge verhouding
Deze bijdrage gaat over de verschillen tussen de enquêteprocedure als verzoekschriftprocedure en het kort geding als dagvaardingsprocedure. In beide procedures kunnen voorlopige ordemaatregelen worden verkregen, maar er bestaan belangrijke verschillen. Gedacht kan worden aan bijvoorbeeld het belang dat in de procedure centraal staat alsmede de rol die belanghebbenden spelen.
Het Hof van Justitie van Schumacker tot Kieback: indirecte discriminatie van buitenlandse werknemers in de inkomstenbelasting
Authors: van den Broek J.J. 
Published: December 2015

Het Nederlandse en internationale belastingrecht onderscheidt voor de heffing van inkomstenbelasting ingezeten van niet-ingezeten belastingplichtigen. Niet-ingezeten werknemers hebben in de werkstaat meestal geen recht op fiscale tegemoetkomingen in verband met hun persoonlijke of gezinssituatie, zoals hypotheekrenteaftrek. Hoewel dit op zich gerechtvaardigd is, vormt het volgens het Hof van Justitie onder omstandigheden indirecte discriminatie op grond van nationaliteit. Deze bijdrage bespreekt de hoofdlijnen in de jurisprudentie van het Hof van Justitie op dit terrein, inclusief het Kieback-arrest van 18 juni 2015. De Hoge Raad vraagt in laatstgenoemde zaak of Nederland verplicht is om aan een ingezetene van Duitsland die tijdelijk in Nederland gewerkt heeft en vervolgens naar de Verenigde Staten emigreerde, hypotheekrenteaftrek te verlenen in verband met zijn in Duitsland gelegen woning. De verrassende uitkomst van deze procedure illustreert hoe complex Europees rechtersrecht kan zijn.HvJ 18 juni 2015, zaak C-9/14, Staatssecretaris van Financiën/D.G. Kieback, ECLI:EU:C:2015:406
Apollinaire, la rime et le rire. « Ça a l’air de rimer »
Authors: Wahl Philippe 
Published: December 2015

Guillaume Apollinaire apparaît comme un passeur entre deux siècles, mais aussi entre deux âges de la poésie. Son lyrisme offre un versant ludique à registres multiples (humour, ironie, comique), qui interroge la relation entre poésie et rire dans le contexte moderniste du jeune xxe siècle, entre tradition de l’esprit fumiste et essor du surréalisme. On propose quelques repères dans son parcours sous l’angle des formes poétiques, et plus particulièrement de la rime, lieu d’élection de l’équivoque. Ses textes manifestent des tensions entre héritage et subversion à travers diverses figures littéraires : la réception contrastée des Parnassiens Banville et Coppée, mais aussi la veine ironique d’Allais et Jarry, qu’Apollinaire oriente vers l’autodérision dans le conte « Le poète assassiné ». Sa création poétique oscille entre « l’Ordre » et « l’Aventure », du souvenir de la rime équivoque au déploiement du calembour comme principe dynamique du vers libre. Le choix des trois pièces poétiques mineures retenues par Breton dans son Anthologie de l’humour noir apporte un éclairage sur l’ambivalence de la postérité d’Apollinaire.