bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A new technique of percutaneous minimally invasive surgery assisted by magnetic resonance neurography
Authors: Gao Jiakai , Chai Na , Wang Taoran , Han Zhiwei , Chen Jingdi , Lin Gang , Wu Yaoping , Bi Long 
Published: September 2024

AimsIn order to release the contracture band completely without damaging normal tissues (such as the sciatic nerve) in the surgical treatment of gluteal muscle contracture (GMC), we tried to display the relationship between normal tissue and contracture bands by magnetic resonance neurography (MRN) images, and to predesign a minimally invasive surgery based on the MRN images in advance.MethodsA total of 30 patients (60 hips) were included in this study. MRN scans of the pelvis were performed before surgery. The contracture band shape and external rotation angle (ERA) of the proximal femur were also analyzed. Then, the minimally invasive GMC releasing surgery was performed based on the images and measurements, and during the operation, incision lengths, surgery duration, intraoperative bleeding, and complications were recorded; the time of the first postoperative off-bed activity was also recorded. Furthermore, the patients’ clinical functions were evaluated by means of Hip Outcome Score (HOS) and Ye et al’s objective assessments, respectively.ResultsThe contracture bands exhibited three typical types of shape – feather-like, striped, and mixed shapes – in MR images. Guided by MRN images, we designed minimally invasive approaches directed to each hip. These approaches resulted in a shortened incision length in each hip (0.3 cm (SD 0.1)), shorter surgery duration (25.3 minutes (SD 5.8)), less intraoperative bleeding (8.0 ml (SD 3.6)), and shorter time between the end of the operation and the patient’s first off-bed activity (17.2 hours (SD 2.0)) in each patient. Meanwhile, no serious postoperative complications occurred in all patients. The mean HOS-Sports subscale of patients increased from 71.0 (SD 5.3) to 94.83 (SD 4.24) at six months postoperatively (p < 0.001). The follow-up outcomes from all patients were “good” and “excellent”, based on objective assessments.ConclusionPreoperative MRN analysis can be used to facilitate the determination of the relationship between contracture band and normal tissues. The minimally invasive surgical design via MRN can avoid nerve damage and improve the release effect.Cite this article: Bone Jt Open 2024;5(9):776–784.
Exploring the dynamics of sports records evolution through the gembris prediction model and network relevance analysis
Authors: Tang Lu , Yang Mingliang 
Published: September 2024

Background
Sports records hold valuable insights into human physiological limits. However, presently, there is a lack of integration and evolutionary patterns in the recorded information across various sports.

Methods
We selected sports records from 1992 to 2018, covering 24 events in men’s track, field, and swimming. The Gembris prediction model calculated performance randomness, and Pearson correlation analysis assessed network relevance between projects. Quantitative study of model parameters revealed the impact of various world records’ change range, predicted value, and network correlation on evolutionary patterns.

Results
1) The evolution range indicates that swimming events generally have a larger annual world record variation than track and field events; 2) Gembris’s predictions show that sprint, marathon, and swimming records outperform their predicted values annually; 3) Network relevance analysis reveals highly significant correlations between all swimming events and sprints, as well as significant correlations between marathon and all swimming events.

Conclusion
Sports record evolution is closely linked not only to specific sports technology but also to energy expenditure. Strengthening basic physical training is recommended to enhance sports performance.
Changes in strength performance of highly trained athletes after COVID-19
Authors: Cao Jie , Yang Shengtao , Wang Jinhao , Zhang Peng 
Published: September 2024

Introduction
This study aimed to explore the impact of COVID-19 on strength performance in highly trained athletes.

Method
A force plate was employed to measure squat jump height (SJH), counter-movement jump height (CMJH), and drop jump reactive strength index (DJRSI) in 27 highly trained athletes before infection, and at one week, two weeks, and four weeks post-recovery. Additionally, an Isometric Mid-thigh Pull (IMTP) test was conducted to record maximum isometric strength (MIS) and the rate of force development of the initial phase (RFD 0–50; RFD 0–100). Repeated measures analysis of variance was utilized to compare variations in these indicators across different time points.

Results
One week post-recovery, SJH (-7.71%, P = 0.005), CMJH (-9.08%, P < 0.001), DJRSI (-28.88%, P < 0.001), MIS (-18.95%, P < 0.001), RFD 0–50 (-64.98%, P < 0.001), and RFD 0–100 (-53.65%, P < 0.001) were significantly lower than pre-infection levels. Four weeks post-recovery, SJH (-2.08%, P = 0.236), CMJH (-3.28%, P = 0.277), and MIS (-3.32%, P = 0.174) did not differ significantly from pre-infection levels. However, DJRSI (-11.24%, P = 0.013), RFD 0–50 (-31.37%, P = 0.002), and RFD 0–100 (-18.99%, P = 0.001) remained significantly lower than pre-infection levels.

Conclusion
After COVID-19, highly trained athletes exhibited a significant reduction in maximum strength, explosive strength, reactive strength, and initial phase force generation capability. By four weeks post-recovery, their maximum and explosive strength had returned to near pre-infection levels, yet their reactive strength and initial phase force generation capability remained significantly impaired.
Unravelling the genetic landscape of cervical insufficiency: Insights into connective tissue dysfunction and hormonal pathways
Authors: Voložonoka Ludmila , Bārdiņa Līvija , Kornete Anna , Krūmiņa Zita , Rots Dmitrijs , Minkauskienė Meilė , Rota Adele , Strelcoviene Zita , Vilne Baiba , Kempa Inga , Miskova Anna , Gailīte Linda , Rezeberga Dace 
Published: September 2024

Background
The intricate molecular pathways and genetic factors that underlie the pathophysiology of cervical insufficiency (CI) remain largely unknown and understudied.

Methods
We sequenced exomes from 114 patients in Latvia and Lithuania, diagnosed with a short cervix, CI, or a history of CI in previous pregnancies. To probe the well-known link between CI and connective tissue dysfunction, we introduced a connective tissue dysfunction assessment questionnaire, incorporating Beighton and Brighton scores. The phenotypic data obtained from the questionnaire was correlated with the number of rare damaging variants identified in genes associated with connective tissue disorders (in silico NGS panel). SKAT, SKAT-O, and burden tests were performed to identify genes associated with CI without a priori hypotheses. Pathway enrichment analysis was conducted using both targeted and genome-wide approaches.

Results
No patient could be assigned monogenic connective tissue disorder neither genetically, neither clinically upon clinical geneticist evaluation. Expanding our exploration to a genome-wide perspective, pathway enrichment analysis replicated the significance of extracellular matrix-related pathways as important contributors to CI’s development. A genome-wide burden analysis unveiled a statistically significant prevalence of rare damaging variants in genes and pathways associated with steroids (p-adj = 5.37E-06). Rare damaging variants, absent in controls (internal database, n = 588), in the progesterone receptor (PGR) (six patients) and glucocorticoid receptor (NR3C1) (two patients) genes were identified within key functional domains, potentially disrupting the receptors’ affinity for DNA or ligands.

Conclusion
Cervical insufficiency in non-syndromic patients is not attributed to a single connective tissue gene variant in a Mendelian fashion but rather to the cumulative effect of multiple inherited gene variants highlighting the significance of the connective tissue pathway in the multifactorial nature of CI. PGR or NR3C1 variants may contribute to the pathophysiology of CI and/or preterm birth through the impaired progesterone action pathways, opening new perspectives for targeted interventions and enhanced clinical management strategies of this condition.
Reductive stress in mitochondria isolated from the carotid body of type 1 diabetic male Wistar rats
Authors: Tejeda‐Chavez Hector R. , Montero Sergio , Saavedra‐Molina Alfredo , Lemus Monica , Tejeda‐Luna Julio B. , Roces de Alvarez‐Buylla Elena 
Published: September 2024

AbstractThe carotid body (CB) senses changes in arterial O2 partial pressure (pO2) and glucose levels; therefore, it is key for the detection of hypoxia and hypoglycemia. The CB has been suggested to detect pO2 through an increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the mitochondria. However, the mechanism protecting the chemoreceptor cells and their mitochondria from ROS and hyperglycemia is poorly understood. Here we measured glutathione levels in CB mitochondria of control and in streptozotocin (STZ)‐induced type 1 diabetic male Wistar rats. We found a dramatic reduction in total glutathione from 11.45 ± 1.30 μmol/mg protein in control rats to 1.45 ± 0.31 μmol/mg protein in diabetic rats. However, the ratio of reduced to oxidized glutathione, a measure of the redox index, was increased in diabetic rats compared to controls. We conclude that the mitochondria of CB chemoreceptor cells in type 1 diabetic male Wistar rats were likely under glutathione‐reducing stress.
Embodied Meaning in Comprehending Abstract Chinese Counterfactuals
Authors: Li Xueyan , Zhao Yahui , Wang Huili , Zhang Xue 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Embodied cognition theories propose that language comprehension triggers a sensorimotor system in the brain. However, most previous research has paid much attention to concrete and factual sentences, and little emphasis has been put on the research of abstract and counterfactual sentences. The primary challenges for embodied theories lie in elucidating the meanings of abstract and counterfactual sentences. The most prevalent explanation is that abstract and counterfactual sentences are grounded in the activation of a sensorimotor system, in exactly the same way as concrete and factual ones. The present research employed a dual-task experimental paradigm to investigate whether the embodied meaning is activated in comprehending action-related abstract Chinese counterfactual sentences through the presence or absence of action-sentence compatibility effect (ACE). Participants were instructed to read and listen to the action-related abstract Chinese factual or counterfactual sentences describing an abstract transfer word towards or away from them, and then move their fingers towards or away from them to press the buttons in the same direction as the motion cue of the transfer verb. The action-sentence compatibility effect was observed in both abstract factual and counterfactual sentences, in line with the embodied cognition theories, which indicated that the embodied meanings were activated in both action-related abstract factuals and counterfactuals.
Lecturers’ Efforts in Building Rapport in the English-Medium Instruction (EMI) Context: Focus on the Use of Communication Strategies
Authors: Yu Shiyan , Kaur Jagdish 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Past studies reveal the prevalence of anxiety, coupled with low motivation and disengagement among students in English-medium instruction (EMI) programs. Given the detrimental impact these negative emotions can have on learning outcomes, it is imperative that teachers establish positive emotional rapport with their students. This study explores how experienced and highly rated EMI lecturers at a Chinese university’s overseas campus use communication strategies to build rapport with their students during interactive academic activities. It identifies the strategies used by these lecturers and examines how the strategies facilitate the teaching-learning process. The data, consisting of 10 hours of tutorials and 10 hours of supervisor-student supervision meetings, is analyzed using an adapted Conversation Analysis (CA) approach. The analysis reveals three types of communication strategies (CSs) frequently used by lecturers: back-channeling, code-switching, and co-creation of messages. By employing these strategies, the lecturers established a strong rapport with the students, which created an encouraging and supportive learning environment. Consequently, this positive atmosphere facilitated students’ learning of content knowledge through English. The findings of this study have implications for the training of lecturers who encounter difficulties in establishing rapport with multilingual students in the EMI setting.
Quantitative characterization of granite failure intensity under dynamic disturbance from energy standpoint
Authors: Bai Yun , Gao Feng , Luo Ning , Zhang Zhizhen , Xing Yan , Su Shanjie , Hou Peng 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Quantitative evaluation of rock dynamic disaster intensity is a challenging and difficult task in the field of earth science. In this article, the dynamic compression tests of granite under different impact velocities are carried out, and the energy evolution characteristics of the dynamic failure process of granite are analyzed. The dynamic fracture characteristics of granite were studied by using computed tomography and section scanning equipment. The results show that the energy dissipation and energy accumulation mechanism of granite under dynamic loading are fundamentally changed with the increase of impact disturbance strength, which leads to the transformation of the failure mode from the tension-type sheet crack under low-speed impact to the complex network crack coupled by tension and shear under high-speed impact. At the same time, the greater the impact velocity, the larger the macroscopic crack density, the more uneven the particle distribution on the fracture section, the greater the roughness, and the higher the rock mass fracture degree. In accordance with the results, the energy distribution ratio is proposed to quantitatively characterize the coupling effect of energy dissipation and energy accumulation in the dynamic failure process of granite and to reflect its dynamic failure intensity. The higher the energy distribution ratio, the stronger the energy coupling effect and the more intense the dynamic failure of the rock mass.
Alterations in optical coherence tomography and optical coherence tomography angiography findings in children with partial biotinidase deficiency
Authors: Karataş Gamze , Çakır Akın , Çakar Nafiye Emel , Çepni Çakır Derya , Karataş Mehmet Egemen , Akpunar Ozan , Kırmacı Kabakcı Aslı , Yıldız Dilan 
Published: September 2024

Abstract

Objectives
The aim of the study was to investigate whether retinal neurovascular structural impairment in children with partial biotinidase deficiency (BD) could be detected early via optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography (OCTA).

Methods
Eighty patients with partial BD and 80 control cases without any known systemic or ocular diseases were enrolled in this prospective study. Retinal neurovascular structures in the macular and optic disc regions were examined in using OCT and OCTA. Data from subjects with partial BD were compared with data from healthy controls.

Results
A statistically significant decrease in the vessel density (VD) was observed in both superior and inferior parts of the superficial capillary plexus (SCP) and the deep capillary plexus (DCP) in the partial BD patient group compared with the control group (p<0.05). A significant decrease in the VD was also observed in the superior and inferior peripapillary SCP-DCP regions of the optic disc area in the patients with partial BD (p<0.05). Both the superficial and deep foveal avascular zone (FAZ) areas were significantly enlarged in the partial BD group with respect to the control group (p=0.026, p=0.021 respectively).

Conclusions
In the partial BD patients, the vascular density in the macula and optic disc region is decreased in childhood, when compared to the control group. In patients with partial BD, it would be very useful to detect the early neurovascular changes that may occur during the course of the disease by means of a noninvasive technique such as OCTA.
Development of A Combination of Red Ginger, Cinnamon, and Honey as Antioxidant Functional Drinks
Authors: Wijaya Audrey Salsa 
Published: September 2024

Background: Analyzing antioxidant activity to determine its ability as an anti-radical and test panelists' preference for taste, aroma, and color parameters. Methods: This type of research is an experimental design with a completely randomized design (RAL) with 3 factorial formulations with comparisons of red ginger and cinnamon F1 (25: 25), F2 (25: 50), and F3 (50: 25). Antioxidant activity test by DPPH method and panelists preference by hedonic test. Statistical analysis of hedonic using SPSS with Kruskal Wallis test (α≤0.05) and Mann Whitney follow-up test. Results: Antioxidant activity of F1(73,41%), F2(74,26%) and F3(60,42%). The panelists' best preference was on the F1(25:25) formulation for the taste parameter 3.17; 3.37 fragrance and 3.1 color in the like category. There was a significant difference in the hedonic assessment of the taste and aroma parameters (p= 0.000 < 0.05), but there was no significant difference in the color parameter (p = 0.869 > 0.05). Conclusion: The overall antioxidant activity of the formulation was said to be active as antiradical (% inhibition 50%).
The Relationship Between Diet and Healthy, Clean-Living Behavior with The Nutritional Status of Scavengers
Authors: Haryati Angelina , Mutiara Erli , Emilia Elisi , Purba Rasita , Rukmana Erni 
Published: September 2024

Introduction: This study aims to determine the relationship between dietary patterns and healthy, clean-living behavior with scavenger’s nutritional status in Batam City. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional design. The location was conducted at Garbage’s Final Disposal Site (TPA) Telaga Punggur in Batam City in December-February 2023. A sample size of 79 Scavengers was obtained using simple random sampling—data collection using anthropometric measurements and questionnaires. Bivariate analysis was performed with the Spearman rank test, and multivariate analysis was performed with multiple linear regression tests. Results: The study's results showed poor dietary patterns (83,5%). Clean and healthy living behavior was in the poor category (82,3%)—the nutritional status of Scavengers was in the skinny nutritional status category (32,9%). The Spearman rank test shows a significant relationship between dietary patterns and nutritional status and a significant relationship between healthy, clean-living behavior and nutritional status (p=0,002, 0,021). Conclusion: Multiple linear regression test shows there is a significant relationship between the dietary pattern and healthy, clean-living behavior with nutritional status of Scavengers Y = 14,358 + 0,137X1 + 0,074X2 (p=0,003), that meaning there is a relationship between the dietary pattern and healthy clean-living behavior with the nutritional status of Scavengers in Batam City.
UNDERSTANDING THE CRYOLOGICAL TERMINOLOGY - THE STAGE OF CREATING A HOLISTIC IMAGE OF THE EARTH’S CRYOSPHERE
Authors: МЕЛЬНИКОВ В.П. , ФЁДОРОВ Р.Ю. 
Published: September 2024

В первые десятилетия XXI в. для развития криологии все более очевидной стала назревающая необходимость смены ее парадигмы. Ее суть можно свести к двум основным положениям. Первое из них связано с переходом от рассмотрения криосферы как угрозы для человека к ее осмыслению в качестве одного из ключевых средообразующих и жизнеобеспечивающих ресурсов. Второе положение обусловлено необходимостью построения холистического образа криосферы Земли. Рассмотрение криосферы Земли в качестве сложной системы, состоящей из холодных, льдосодержащих слоев атмосферы, гидросферы и криолитосферы, подводит нас к необходимости анализа прежних терминов, идентифицирующих предметные области, изучающие мир холода. Представления о криосфере и криологии были сформулированы в 1974 г., а современное толкование объекта и предмета исследований явилось результатом многочисленных и многолетних разночтений и споров. В настоящее время термин “геокриология” продолжает широко употребляться в качестве синонима мерзлотоведения. Однако в процессе построения холистического образа криосферы Земли необходимо отталкиваться от свойств и состояния всего объекта в целом и создания терминов и понятий, способных отразить новые контексты изучения криогенных процессов, их онтологическую иерархию, системные связи и т. д. В этой ситуации философия науки призвана стать своеобразным источником создания новых образов, понятий и смыслов.
In the first decades of the 21st century, the need of changing the paradigm of cryology became obvious. This changing is based on two main approaches. One of them is related to transition from considering the cryosphere as a threat for people to its interpretation as one of the key resources for environmental basis and subsistence. The second approach is based on the need to build a holistic image of the Earth’s cryosphere. Considering the Earth’s cryosphere as a complex system, consisting of cold layers of atmosphere, glaciosphere and subterranean permafrost, brings us to the need for analysis of previous terms identifying object areas that study the world of cold. Ideas about the cryosphere and cryology were formulated in 1974. Modern interpretation of the object and the subject of research was the result of many long-term disputes. Currently, the term “geocryology” remains to be used as a synonym for science of permafrost. However, while building a holistic image of the Earth’s cryosphere, it is necessary to take into account the properties and state of the entire object as a whole and create new terms and concepts that can reflect the expanding contexts of studying cryogenic processes, their ontological hierarchy, system connections, etc. In this situation, the philosophy of science is designed to become a kind of source of generation of new images, concepts, and meanings.
ON THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF PROFESSOR VLADIMIR ROMANOVICH ALEKSEEV
Authors: ШЕПЕЛЁВ В.В. , ЖЕЛЕЗНЯК М.Н. , КУТЬ А.А. 
Published: September 2024

Отражены основные этапы научной и научно-популяризаторской деятельности одного из выдающихся исследователей природы Сибири, заслуженного деятеля науки Российской Федерации, доктора географических наук, профессора, почетного члена Русского географического общества, главного научного сотрудника ИМЗ СО РАН Владимира Романовича Алексеева.
This paper describes the milestones in the scientific career and outreach activities of Vladimir Romanovich Alekseev, an outstanding researcher of Siberian nature. V.R. Alekseev, Professor, Doctor of Geography, Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation, is a principal researcher at the Melnikov Permafrost Institute and an honorary member of the Russian Geographical Society.