bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Polarimetric Radar and Surface-Based Precipitation-Type Observations of Ice Pellet to Freezing Rain Transitions
Authors: Tobin Dana M. , Kumjian Matthew R. 
Published: September 2017

Abstract
Recent studies document a polarimetric radar signature of refreezing. The signature is characterized by a low-level enhancement in differential reflectivity ZDR and a decrease in the copolar correlation coefficient ρhv within a region of decreasing radar reflectivity factor at horizontal polarization ZH toward the ground, called the refreezing layer (RFL). The evolution of the signature is examined during three winter storms in which the surface precipitation-type transitions from ice pellets to freezing rain. A modified quasi-vertical profile (QVP) technique is developed, which creates inverse-distance-weighted profiles using all available polarimetric data within a specified range from the radar location. Using this new technique reveals that the RFL descends in time prior to the transition from ice pellets to freezing rain and intersects the ground at the approximate transition time. Transition times are estimated using both crowdsourced and automated precipitation-type reports within a specified domain around the radar. These radar-estimated transition times are compared to a recently developed precipitation-classification algorithm based on Rapid Refresh (RAP) model wet-bulb temperature Tw profiles to explore potential benefits of analyzing QVPs during transition events. The descent of the RFL in the cases analyzed herein is related to low-level warm-air advection (WAA). A simple method for forecasting the transition time using QVPs is presented for cases of constant WAA. The repeatability of the refreezing signature’s descent in ice pellet to freezing rain transition events suggests the potential for its use in operational settings to create or modify short-term forecasts.
Cyanoacrylate adhesive embolization and sclerotherapy for primary varicose veins
Authors: Bellam Premnath Krishna Prasad , Joy Binu , Raghavendra Vijayakumar Akondi , Toms Ajith , Sleeba Teena 
Published: September 2017

Various treatment methods are available for the treatment of varicose veins, and there has been a recent surge in the usage of cyanoacrylate glue for treating varicose veins. Purpose To investigate the technical possibility, efficiency and safety of cyanoacrylate adhesive embolization and sclerotherapy using commonly available n-butyl cyanoacrylate glue for the treatment of primary varicose veins due to great saphenous vein reflux with or without incompetent perforators. Materials and Methods One hundred forty-five limbs of 124 patients with varicose veins due to great saphenous vein reflux were subjected to cyanoacrylate adhesive embolization and sclerotherapy – adhesive embolization of great saphenous vein in the thigh and perforators using cyanoacrylate followed by sclerotherapy of any residual varicose veins in the leg. Procedural success, venous closure rates and clinical improvement were assessed. Follow-up for 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months was obtained. Results Technical success rate was 100%. Saphenous vein closure rate was 96.5% at one year. There was no femoral venous extension of cyanoacrylate in any of the patients. Posterior tibial vein extension of cyanoacrylate was seen in three patients (2.6%) without untoward clinical effect.Significant improvement was found in venous clinical severity score (VCSS) from a baseline mean of 7.98 ± 4.42 to 4.74 ± 3, 1.36 ± 1.65 and 0.79 ± 1.19 at 1, 6 and 12 months’ follow-up. Ulcer healing rate was 100%. Conclusion Cyanoacrylate adhesive embolization and sclerotherapy for the treatment of primary varicose veins is efficacious and can be performed as an outpatient procedure, but has a guarded safety profile due to its propensity to cause deep venous occlusion if not handled carefully.
A description of the ‘smile sign’ and multi-pass technique for endovenous laser ablation of large diameter great saphenous veins
Authors: Dabbs Emma B , Mainsiouw Laurensius E , Holdstock Judith M , Price Barrie A , Whiteley Mark S 
Published: September 2017

Aims To report on great saphenous vein diameter distribution of patients undergoing endovenous laser ablation for lower limb varicose veins and the ablation technique for large diameter veins. Methods We collected retrospective data of 1929 (943 left leg and 986 right leg) clinically incompetent great saphenous vein diameters treated with endovenous laser ablation over five years and six months. The technical success of procedure, complications and occlusion rate at short-term follow-up are reported. Upon compression, larger diameter veins may constrict asymmetrically rather than concentrically around the laser fibre (the ‘smile sign’), requiring multiple passes of the laser into each dilated segment to achieve complete ablation. Results Of 1929 great saphenous veins, 334 (17.31%) had a diameter equal to or over 15 mm, which has been recommended as the upper limit for endovenous laser ablation by some clinicians. All were successfully treated and occluded upon short-term follow-up. Conclusion We suggest that incompetent great saphenous veins that need treatment can always be treated with endovenous laser ablation, and open surgery should never be recommended on vein diameter alone.
Reflections of a psychiatric mercenary: on being a locum
Authors: Perkins Chris 
Published: September 2017

Objective: In this article I reflect on life as a locum psychiatrist in Australia and New Zealand, considering the context, qualities required in a locum and the benefits and challenges of the role. Conclusions: Australasian psychiatric locums work mostly in rural areas or small towns where it is difficult to recruit and retain consultants or to cover for leave. The qualities appreciated in locums are their presence, the ability to start work quickly, flexibility, therapeutic caution and advocacy. The personal benefits are income, adventure and learning. While there are difficulties and frustrations, being a locum is interesting and exciting for those inclined to step out of their comfort zone.
Divided we fall: clinicians and academic psychiatrists need to stand together
Authors: Allison Stephen , Bastiampillai Tarun , Battersby Malcolm 
Published: September 2017

Objective: Psychiatry faces urgent problems requiring united action. These problems affect academic psychiatrists in the universities, and clinicians in publicly funded mental health services. Academic units are isolated and endangered, finding it difficult to recruit. They could benefit from closer relationships with public mental health services, in terms of recruitment, shared teaching and clinical research. However, mental health services are preoccupied with their own problems, particularly in relation to acute clinical demand. How can we stand together to improve academic units and clinical psychiatry? Conclusions: Clinicians and academic psychiatrists can stand together on important matters, but it takes initiatives from local leaders to overcome the structural barriers between health services and the universities. An example is given of united action by clinicians and academic psychiatrists to address a crisis within a state mental health system. First, psychiatrists undertook independent health services research that compared the state system with those in other Australian and international jurisdictions. The comparative data was used to generate solutions, which were presented at every level from ministerial offices through to service managers. Finally, psychiatrists took up joint academic and clinical leadership roles in the university and the mental health system. This united research-led approach turned around the crisis in the state mental health system.
Endovascular Management of a Giant High-Flow Lower Limb Arteriovenous Malformation
Authors: Ramírez-Senent Belén , Abadal José M. , Vázquez Esther , Lago Isabel , Gálvez Esther , Araujo Miguel A. , de la Quintana Manuel I. 
Published: September 2017

Purpose: High-flow arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) may pose a challenge for endovascular treatment due to high-flow rates. Incomplete treatment, recurrence, or even worsening can occur if a proper management is not performed. We report a case successfully treated with endovascular therapy. Case Report: A 37-year-old male was referred to our hospital with a soft tumor in the left thigh, limb asymmetry and associated pain. Doppler ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging showed an extensive high-flow AVM with a venous aneurysm of 40 mm diameter. Diagnostic angiography identified multiple feeding vessels from the profunda femoris and superficial femoral arteries. Two endovascular interventions were performed within 1 month, combining afferent vessel embolization and percutaneous thrombin injection into the nidus, to exclude the AVM. Two-year imaging follow-up revealed thrombosis of the malformation. The patient remained asymptomatic with normal thigh diameter. No complications were documented in any of the sessions. Conclusion: Endovascular therapy could be a safe and effective option for AVM as long as it includes not only feeding vessels embolization but also complete occlusion of the nidus.
Topics in Inclusive Design for the Graduate Human Factors Engineering Curriculum
Authors: D’Souza Clive 
Published: September 2017

The confluence of demographic trends in aging and disability prevalence, increased expectations among workers and consumers with and without impairments, and greater reliance on complex yet pervasive technologies (e.g., automation, internet of things) has resulted in an increased emphasis on designing for human-system performance and accommodation across the full spectrum of human abilities. Inclusive design or universal design (UD) is one of the few user-centered design paradigms that advocate consideration for the full spectrum of human abilities, including individuals with and without disabilities. A graduate-level course was developed and implemented to introduce ergonomics and human factors students to the UD paradigm and to UD goals and principles using select academic and non-academic readings, and assignments related to multivariate statistics, field observations, and design of experiments. The course placed an emphasis on the fundamentals and research base in ergonomics in relation to UD research and practice, viz., topics related to variability in human functioning and performance associated with anthropometry, biomechanics, perception and cognition. Alongside the motivations for the course, this paper provides an overview of the course objectives, topics covered, and some early lessons learned.
Risk factors for admission to hospital with laboratory-confirmed influenza in young children: birth cohort study
Authors: Hardelid Pia , Verfuerden Maximiliane , McMenamin Jim , Gilbert Ruth 
Published: September 2017

We determined risk factors for influenza hospital admission in children aged <2 years to guide the design of paediatric vaccination programmes.We linked all singleton live births in Scotland from 2007 to 2015 to hospital administrative data and influenza laboratory reports. Cox proportional hazard models were used to identify birth and family risk factors for influenza admissions.There were 1115 influenza admissions among 424 048 children. 85.1% of admitted children were born at term and were not in a high-risk group. Presence of an older sibling was strongly associated with increased risk of influenza admission, particularly for children aged <6 months: hazard ratio for second-versusfirst-born child was 2.02 (95% CI 1.52–2.69). Maternal age <30 years and birth during autumn (age <6 months) or spring (age 6–23 months) were also associated with admission risk.Targeting vaccination programmes to high-risk children will not prevent the vast majority of influenza admissions. Parents of children aged <2 years should be advised that vaccination of older siblings will protect younger children against influenza infection. As evidence of the impact of the universal influenza vaccine programme emerges, there may be a need to reconsider universal influenza vaccination in children aged 6 months to 2 years in the UK.
Outcomes ofMycobacterium aviumcomplex lung disease based on clinical phenotype
Authors: Koh Won-Jung , Moon Seong Mi , Kim Su-Young , Woo Min-Ah , Kim Seonwoo , Jhun Byung Woo , Park Hye Yun , Jeon Kyeongman , Huh Hee Jae , Ki Chang-Seok , Lee Nam Yong , Chung Myung Jin , Lee Kyung Soo , Shin Sung Jae , Daley Charles L. , Kim Hojoong , Kwon O Jung 
Published: September 2017

The effect of the clinical phenotype ofMycobacterium aviumcomplex (MAC) lung disease on treatment outcome and redevelopment of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease after treatment completion has not been studied systematically.We evaluated 481 treatment-naïve patients with MAC lung disease who underwent antibiotic treatment for ≥12 months between January 2002 and December 2013.Out of 481 patients, 278 (58%) had noncavitary nodular bronchiectatic (NB) disease, 80 (17%) had cavitary NB disease and 123 (25%) had fibrocavitary disease. Favourable outcome was higher in patients with noncavitary disease (88%) than in patients with cavitary disease (76% for fibrocavitary and 78% for cavitary NB disease; p<0.05). Cavitary disease was independently associated with unfavourable outcomes (p<0.05). Out of 402 patients with favourable outcomes, 118 (29%) experienced redevelopment of NTM lung disease, with the same MAC species recurring in 65 (55%) patients. The NB form was an independent risk factor for redevelopment of NTM lung disease (p<0.05). In patients with recurrent MAC lung disease due to the same species, bacterial genotyping revealed that 74% of cases were attributable to reinfection and 26% to relapse.Treatment outcomes and redevelopment of NTM lung disease after treatment completion differed by clinical phenotype of MAC lung disease.
Undertaking research on people who lack decision-making capacity
Authors: Griffith Richard 
Published: September 2017

The Declaration of Helsinki requires that health care research takes place with the informed consent of those who participate in the study. This approach upholds the autonomy of the participants, but restricts research to subjects who have decision-making capacity. The Mental Capacity Act 2005 introduced safeguards that enable researchers to investigate the care and treatment of people with incapacity, while protecting this vulnerable patient group. These safeguards allow people who lack decision-making capacity to benefit from research findings. In this article, Richard Griffith outlines the requirements that must be met when district nurses conduct research on subjects who lack decision-making capacity.
ARTE PÚBLICO Y CIUDAD: Vinculaciones teórico-prácticas sobre cuerpo, performance e intervención urbana (Performati(ci)dades, Río de Janeiro, 2014)
Authors: González Malala 
Published: September 2017

Resumen: El siguiente trabajo tiene por objeto abordar problemáticas teórico-prácticas en torno al arte público, la ciudad, el cuerpo y la performance de diferentes intervenciones urbanas. Para ello se toma como ejemplo el Coloquio Performatic(ci)dades realizado en la ciudad de Río de Janeiro en septiembre de 2014. Partiendo de esta experiencia académica de reunión e intercambio con diferentes artistas y pensadores, se desplegarán diferentes tópicos allí abordados, bajo el objetivo de registrar lo acontecido. De algún modo, el trabajo se propone documentar lo realizado los tres días de Coloquio para seguir abriendo preguntas sobre la cuestión urbano-artística contemporánea. PALABRAS CLAVE: Arte- ciudad-performance -Coloquio- Río de Janeiro
Gender may have an influence on the relationship between Functional Movement Screen scores and gait parameters in elite junior athletes – A pilot study
Authors: Magyari N , Szakács V , Bartha C , Szilágyi B , Galamb K , Magyar MO , Hortobágyi T , Kiss RM , Tihanyi J , Négyesi J 
Published: September 2017

Aims
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of gender on the relationship between Functional Movement Screen (FMS) and treadmill-based gait parameters.

Methods
Twenty elite junior athletes (10 women and 10 men) performed the FMS tests and gait analysis at a fixed speed. Between-gender differences were calculated for the relationship between FMS test scores and gait parameters, such as foot rotation, step length, and length of gait line.

Results
Gender did not affect the relationship between FMS and treadmill-based gait parameters. The nature of correlations between FMS test scores and gait parameters was different in women and men. Furthermore, different FMS test scores predicted different gait parameters in female and male athletes. FMS asymmetry and movement asymmetries measured by treadmill-based gait parameters did not correlate in either gender.

Conclusion
There were no interactions between FMS, gait parameters, and gender; however, correlation analyses support the idea that strength and conditioning coaches need to pay attention not only to how to score but also how to correctly use FMS.
Characterization of snakehead fish protein that’s potential as antihyperglikemik
Authors: Prastari Cindytia , Yasni Sedarnawati , Nurilmala Mala 
Published: September 2017

Snakehead fish has been sources that have high protein content and can be used as antioxidant and anti-diabetes. To increase the level of protein content and amino acid in snakehead fish, the treatment of hydrolysis and fermentation were chosen in this study. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of snakehead fish protein and its potential as antihyperglycemic. Three samples were used in this study, i.e., hydrolysate, fermented and non-fermented isolates. The experimental design used was completely randomized design. Data were analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA) and continued by Duncan multiple range test (DMRT) (α = 5%). The current study reported that the hydrolysate had higher<br />protein content 90.43%, as compared to the fermented and non-fermented isolates were 84.43% and 78.69%, respectively. At a concentration of 10.000 ppm, hydrolysate showed highest inhibition activity (74%), as compared to fermented isolate inhibited 59% and none-fermentation isolate inhibited 56%. Hydrolysate also had higher amino acid content than fermented and non-fermented isolates of 51.15, 44.34, and 32.00 %w/w, respectively. Hydrolysate had the lowest molecular weight (&lt;10 kDa), while fermented and non-fermented isolates were &lt;10 kDa. This probably due to the hydrolysis process using an enzyme was capable to break the peptide fractions of snakehead fish protein. Hence, it increased the levels of protein, amino acids, there by protein hydrolysate had high inhibitory potential than fermented and non-fermented isolates.
TiNi Fixed Dentures with a Ceramic Coating
Authors: Starosvetsky S.I. , Zvigintsev M.A. , Vasilieva A.P. , Yefremov V.A. , Khabas T.A. , Klimova V.V. , Gunther V.E. 
Published: September 2017

The work presents the study of a ceramic material that would provide a satisfactory bond of the commercially available ceramics to Titanid alloy. Polished sections of Titanid alloy and ceramics supplied by various manufacturers were examined. The desired intermediate opaquer layer was fabricated from the following raw ingredients: potassium feldspar originating from Krasnoyarsk deposit and chemically pure barium oxide BaO, sodium carbonate Na2CO3, zinc oxide ZnO, hydroxyapatite Ca5(PO4)3(OH), and titanium oxide TiO2. The adhesion strength of Triceram dental ceramic to Titanid alloy with the use of the transitional ceramic opaquer appeared to be fairly high and ranged from 35 to 45 MPa.
Reconstruction of Postoperative Calvarial and Skull Base byTiNi-based Implants in Cancer Patients
Authors: Novikov V.A. , Sirkashev V.A. , Gunther V.E. , Ryabova A.I. , Choinzonov E.Ts. , Shtin V.I. , Gribova O.G. , Surkova P.V. , Yasenchuk Yu.F. , Vasilev R.V. 
Published: September 2017

At the Cancer Research Institute together with the Research Institute of Medical Materials and Tomsk State University, various types of implants from titanium nickelid (TiNi) were developed for the reconstruction of skull bone defects. Between 2000 and 2015, a total of 43 patients with malignant and benign calvarial and skull base tumors were treated. All patients underwent surgery alone or in combination with other treatment modalities. Fifty surgeries with primary reconstruction of calvarial and skull base defects using individually fabricated TiNi implants were performed. Our techniques for the reconstruction of postoperative skull bone defects appeared to be highly effective: restoration of supporting structures was achieved in 100% of cases, stability in 96% of patients, integrity and barrier function in 90% of cases. The TiNi implants have high mechanical strength and biocompatibility. No cases of fragmentation and rejection of the implants were registered.
Sorption Removal of Fluorine Ions, Incoming with the Recycling Zinc-Bearing Materials
Authors: S.V. Mamyachenkov , V.V. Egorov , A.M. Starkov 
Published: September 2017

<p>The possibility of using inorganic sorbent, iron oxyhydrate (IOH) to remove F<sup>-</sup> ions from technological solutions of zinc production is considered in this article. The principal possibility of the use of ion-exchange resins as carriers modified by IOH is considered. The formation of the active substance on cation-exchange resins was studied. It was shown that the most durable composite sorbents were obtained using strong-acid cation-exchange resins with SO<sup>3-</sup>- groups. A method for introducing IOH into the structure of carrier materials and obtaining composite sorbents is described. The strong acid cation exchanger KU-2×8 is recommended as the basis of the composite. </p>
Efektivitas Cacing Tanah (Lumbricus rubellus Hoff.) dalam Degradasi Karbon Organik Sampah Sayur Pasar Tanjung Jember
Authors: Fadilah Umi , Waluyo Joko , Subchan Wahju 
Published: September 2017

Sampah oraganik merupakan bahan organik buangan dari kegiatan rumah tangga, pasar, perkantoran, rumah penginapan, hotel, rumah makan, industri atau aktivitas manusia lainnya. Sampah daun kubis merupakan salah satu contoh sampah organik yang berasal dari aktivitas pasar. Pada pasar Tanjung Jember volume terbesar sampah sayur adalah sampah daun kubis. Upaya untuk mengatasi pencemaran karbon oleh sampah daun kubis adalah dengan memanfaatkan organisme detritivor cacing tanah Lumbricus rubellus Hoff. Jenis penelitian terdiri dari dua macam yaitu penelitian pertama adalah penelitian lapang yang dilakukan selama 28 hari. Penelitian kedua adalah penelitian laboratorium dilakukan selama satu minggu menggunakan teknik gravimetri dengan hasil akhir berupa nilai karbon organik pada tiap-tiap parameter. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui besar efektivitas degradasi karbon organik yang dilakukan cacing tanah L. rubellus terhadap sampah sayur kubis. Penelitian dilaksanakan dengan menggunakan Rancanagan Acak Lengkap (RAL) yang terdiri dari 2 taraf perlakuan pemberian sampah sayur kubis yaitu 140 g/minggu dan 280 g/minggu. Setiap perlakuan terdiri dari 20 gram cacing tanah dan 3 kali pengulangan. Pakan cacing tanah diperoleh dari hasil fermentasi sampah sayur kubis selama 7 hari. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa efektivitas degradasi karbon organik sampah buah dengan pemberian biomassa sampah 140 g/minggu sebesar 14,74% dan pemberian biomassa sampah 280 g/minggu sebesar 17,19%.
Kata Kunci: Degradasi, Sampah Organik, Karbon Organik, dan Lumbricus rubellus Hoff.