bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Clinical and angiographic outcomes of axial stent deformations in unrestricted real world patient population
Authors: Sabbah Mahmoud , Kadota Kazushige , Kubo Shunsuke , Hyodo Yusuke , Otsuru Suguru , Hasegawa Daiji , Tada Takeshi , Habara Seiji , Tanaka Hiroyuki , Fuku Yasushi , Goto Tsuyoshi 
Published: September 2017

BackgroundPrior reports have suggested that the design of the Promus Element stent is prone to longitudinal stent deformation (LSD). However, little is known about the clinical and angiographic outcomes of Promus Element stent axial deformations when implanted in unrestricted coronary lesions.Method and ResultsTwo independent reviewers retrospectively evaluated the procedure steps of 961 Promus Element stent (833 de novo lesions in 494 consecutive patients) implanted in unrestricted coronary lesions, between February 2012 and March 2013, and compared the prevalence, predictors, and the mid‐term clinical and angiographic outcomes between lesions with and without stent deformation. Fifteen stents (1.56%) with LSD were observed (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.78–2.34%). The proximal edge of the stent was deformed in 13 stents (86.6%). Ostial stenting (Adjusted Odds ratio [OR]: 9; 95%CI: 2.27–33.3; P = 0.002), and bifurcation lesions (Adjusted OR: 3; 95%CI: 1.03–8.8; P = 0.04) were independently associated with the occurrence of stent deformation. LSD led to unplanned stenting in (53%, 8 of 15) of the deformed stents, which consumed larger contrast volume and longer fluoroscopy time. At 8‐month follow‐up, there was no significant difference in binary restenosis rate and target lesions revascularization between both groups (P = 0.98, and P = 0.56, respectively), while death occurred in six patients of the non‐LSD group (1.36%, 6 of 440) and none in the LSD group. All patients of the LSD group had no major adverse clinical events at 8‐month follow‐up.ConclusionsAxial stent deformation in Promus Element platform is an infrequent event, occurs following manipulation of the interventional tools. Other than unplanned stenting, the LSD was not associated with any adverse clinical events at 8‐month follow‐up.
Sexual and Gender Minority Health Disparities as a Social Issue: How Stigma and Intergroup Relations Can Explain and Reduce Health Disparities
Authors: Williams Stacey L. , Mann Abbey K. 
Published: September 2017

AbstractSexual and gender minorities experience disparities in mental and physical health often attributed to structural discrimination through policies that do not promote equal rights and interpersonal–intrapersonal processes. Social issues research on stigma and intergroup relations can explicate the intervening processes that explain health. In this introduction to the special issue entitled Translating Stigma and Intergroup Relations Research to Explain and Reduce Sexual and Gender Minority Health Disparities, we call social issues researchers to focus their work on sexual and gender minority stigma and intergroup relations processes in order to understand and ultimately reduce health disparities.
Applying Intergroup Relations Research to Understanding LGB Health Disparities
Authors: Ryan William S. , Hunger Jeffrey M. , Major Brenda 
Published: September 2017

AbstractThis article describes how intergroup processes and stigma contribute to pervasive health disparities that exist between LGB and heterosexual individuals. In particular, we focus on how the hierarchical organization of groups and the intergroup dynamics that arise from this structure operate at structural, interpersonal, and intrapersonal levels to impact psychological and physiological processes that negatively influence health among LGB individuals. We focus on how these various manifestations of stigma act as additional stressors with which LGB individuals must contend and how this stress impacts health via stress‐related physiological reactivity, coping strategies, and health care interactions. Throughout we highlight how specific aspects of LGB identities (i.e., concealability and “nontribal” nature) present concerns that diverge from those documented in research on race and gender‐based stigmas. We end by discussing areas for future research and implications for social policy and interventions.
Minority Stress, Resilience, and Mental Health: A Study of Italian Transgender People
Authors: Scandurra Cristiano , Amodeo Anna Lisa , Valerio Paolo , Bochicchio Vincenzo , Frost David M. 
Published: September 2017

AbstractTransgender people often experience oppression because of gender nonconformity. They represent an extremely stigmatized population at high risk of developing mental health problems. The minority stress model is a theoretical model used to understand social stigma as a potential cause of mental health disparities faced by the transgender population. In Italy, studies applying this model to the transgender population are limited. The current study applied the minority stress model to a sample of Italian transgender people (n = 149), analyzing effects of prejudice events, expectations of rejection, and internalized transphobia, and their interaction with protective factors (resilience and social support), on mental health. The results suggest that exposure to everyday discrimination and internalized transphobia are associated with increased mental health problems, while perceived social support from family and resilience significantly reduced the strength of association between everyday discrimination and mental health. Findings have important implications for both social issues and policies.
What Reduces Sexual Minority Stress? A Review of the Intervention “Toolkit”
Authors: Chaudoir Stephenie R. , Wang Katie , Pachankis John E. 
Published: September 2017

AbstractSexual orientation health disparities are rooted in sexual minorities’ exposure to stress and challenges to effective coping. This article reviews the “toolkit” of psychosocial interventions available to reduce sexual minority stress effects. A systematic search uncovered 44 interventions that both seek to reduce sexual minority stress at its source in unjust and discriminatory social structures as well as bolster sexual minorities’ stigma‐coping abilities. These interventions were implemented in a variety of contexts (e.g., education, health care delivery) and utilized heterogeneous modalities to create change (e.g., policy implementation, role‐playing activities). They were designed to affect change across structural, interpersonal, and individual levels. The interventions reviewed here, while in early stages of efficacy testing, possess potential for meeting the needs and resources of mental and medical health care providers, policy makers, and other stakeholders who aim to lessen the burden of sexual minority stress and the health disparities it generates.
Social Issues and Personal Life: Considering the Environment
Authors: Clayton Susan 
Published: September 2017

AbstractAs an organization that promotes socially relevant research, SPSSI encourages psychologists to engage in individual behaviors—their research activities—that are connected to issues of social interest. Thus, it can be argued that one of SPSSI's goals is to strengthen the connection between social issues and personal life, broadly defined. Some of the most urgent and salient social issues currently revolve around the natural environment, climate change in particular. This is an issue which many people do not connect to their personal lives. In this article, after briefly explaining why environmental issues should be considered social issues, I discuss the way in which environmental issues relate to personal life, and use environmental issues to explore the connection between social issues and personal life. I argue that the ability to make this connection involves cognitive processes such as systems thinking, and encourage more research in this area.
Clinical implications of controlled attenuation parameter in a health check‐up cohort
Authors: Kwak Min‐Sun , Chung Goh Eun , Yang Jong In , Yim Jeong Yoon , Chung Su Jin , Jung Se Young , Kim Joo Sung 
Published: September 2017

AbstractBackground & AimsEvaluation of the controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) is a promising noninvasive method for assessing hepatic steatosis. Despite the increasing reliability of the CAP for assessing steatosis in subjects with chronic liver disease, few studies have evaluated the CAP in asymptomatic subjects without overt liver disease. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the usefulness of the CAP for a health check‐up population.MethodsWe enrolled subjects who underwent abdominal ultrasonography (US), FibroScan (Echosens, France) and blood sampling during medical health check‐ups. The CAP was measured using FibroScan, and increased CAP was defined as CAP ≥ 222 dB/m.ResultsA total of 1133 subjects were included; 589 subjects (52.0%) had fatty liver based on US, and 604 subjects (53.3%) had increased CAP. Increased CAP was significantly associated with metabolic abnormalities, including higher body mass index (BMI)[odds ratio (OR) = 1.33;95% confidence interval (CI),1.24‐1.43; P < .001], higher alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (OR = 1.02; 95% CI, 1.01‐1.04; P = .003), higher insulin (OR = 1.04; 95% CI, 1.00‐1.08; P = .037), higher triglyceride (OR = 1.00; 95% CI, 1.00‐1.01; P = 0.042) and older age (OR = 1.02; 95% CI, 1.00‐1.03; P = .05). Furthermore, a comparison of clinical parameters among three groups (normal vs no fatty liver by US but increased CAP vs fatty liver based on US) revealed that metabolic parameters, including blood pressure, BMI, waist circumference, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), ALT, triglycerides, fasting glucose, uric acid, insulin, homeostasis model assessment‐estimated insulin resistance and liver stiffness measurements, gradually increased across the three groups (all P < .001).ConclusionsIn conclusion, increased CAP could be an early indicator of fatty liver disease with metabolic abnormalities that manifests even before a sonographic fatty change appears.
The Torradovirus‐specific RNA2‐ORF1 protein is necessary for plant systemic infection
Authors: Ferriol INMACULADA , Vallino MARTA , Ciuffo MARINA , Nigg JARED C. , Zamora‐Macorra ERIKA J. , Falk BRYCE W. , Turina Massimo 
Published: September 2017

SummaryTomato apex necrosis virus (ToANV, species Tomato marchitez virus, genus Torradovirus, family Secoviridae) causes a severe tomato disease in Mexico. One distinctive feature of torradoviruses compared with other members of the family Secoviridae is the presence of an additional open reading frame (ORF) in genomic RNA2 (denominated RNA2‐ORF1), located upstream of ORF2. RNA2‐ORF2 encodes a polyprotein that is processed into a putative movement protein and three capsid proteins (CPs). The RNA2‐ORF1 protein has homologues only amongst other torradoviruses and, so far, no function has been associated with it. We used recombinant and mutant ToANV clones to investigate the role of the RNA2‐ORF1 protein in various aspects of the virus infection cycle. The lack of a functional RNA2‐ORF1 resulted in an inability to systemically infect Nicotiana benthamiana and tomato plants, but both positive‐ and negative‐strand RNA1 and RNA2 accumulated locally in agroinfiltrated areas in N. benthamiana plants, indicating that the RNA2‐ORF1 mutants were replication competent. Furthermore, a mutant with a deletion in RNA2‐ORF1 was competent for virion formation and cell‐to‐cell movement in the cells immediately surrounding the initial infection site. However, immunological detection of the ToANV CPs in the agroinfiltrated areas showed that this mutant was not detected in the sieve elements even if the surrounding parenchymatic cells were ToANV positive, suggesting a role for the RNA2‐ORF1 protein in processes occurring prior to phloem uploading, including efficient spread in inoculated leaves.
The meaning of patient–nurse interaction for older women in healthcare settings: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
Authors: Mize Darcy 
Published: September 2017

Aims and objectivesThe purpose of this study was to explore the meaning of patient–nurse interaction for older women receiving care in healthcare settings.BackgroundOlder women are often overlooked or misunderstood by the nurses caring for them. Some research exists on nurses’ perception of their interaction with patients, yet few studies have described the meaning of such interaction from the patients’ perspective.MethodsThis was a pilot study using qualitative description as a methodology. Data were filtered through a lens of critical feminist theory to interpret interactions taking place in healthcare settings that are often characterised by paternalism. Seven women between the ages of 66 and 81 were interviewed using a semi‐structured guide.ResultsParticipants had a distinctive perspective on the experience of caring. Their expressions include stories of being cared for themselves by nurses as well as historical recalls of being the one‐caring for family members. In these combined stories, the contrast between the nurses who held caring in primacy and those who were distinctly uncaring sheds light on the importance of cultivating a moral ideal of caring and respect for personhood.ConclusionA population of older women who potentially face disabling conditions must rely on direct, meaningful, interaction with nurses to successfully navigate the healthcare system. The findings suggest that these women did not have consistent access to such interaction.Implications for practiceThe gathering and interpretation of new narratives about patient–nurse interaction for older women could lead to a deeper understanding of power and civility as it impacts a caring relationship. Further research using a theoretical lens of critical feminism has implications for improving healthcare delivery for older women worldwide.
Left phrenic nerve injury during electrical isolation of left‐sided pulmonary veins with the second‐generation cryoballoon
Authors: Okishige Kaoru , Aoyagi Hideshi , Nishimura Takurou , Shigeta Takatoshi , Keida Takehiko , Yamauchi Yasuteru , Sasano Tetsuo , Hirao Kenzo 
Published: September 2017

AbstractBackgroundPhrenic nerve (PN) palsy (PNP) is the most frequent complication of cryoballoon ablation (CBA) of atrial fibrillation (AF). The major complication of this technique seems to be right‐sided PN injury (PNI) following ablation of the right pulmonary veins (PVs). We sought to assess the incidence and prognosis of left‐sided PNI during CBA.MethodsCBA was performed in 448 patients with AF. During the ablation of the left‐sided PVs, the PN was paced from the left subclavian vein with a pacing output just exceeding the threshold by 10 ∼ 20%. The right and left arm 12‐lead electrocardiogram electrodes were positioned 5 cm above the xiphoid process and 16 cm along the left costal margin. The amplitude of the compound motor action potentials was recorded during the CBA.ResultsTwo thousand one hundred seventy‐eight CBA applications were delivered in 1,094 left‐sided PVs. PNI occurred in 29 patients (6.5%); the PN could be captured by an increasing pacing output in 21 patients (4.7%), and premature termination of the freezing was required to avoid PNP in eight patients (1.8%). The PN function recovered before discharge; however, it took 7 months for one patient to completely recovery from the PNP.ConclusionsLeft‐sided PNP could be provoked during a left‐sided CBA procedure. Assessment of the left PN during the CBA was necessary to prevent left‐sided PNP.
Cardiac CT assessment of tissue thickness at the ostium of the left atrial appendage predicts acute success of radiofrequency ablation
Authors: Whitaker John , Panikker Sandeep , Fastl Thomas , Corrado Cesare , Virmani Renu , Kutys Robert , Lim Eric , O'Neill Mark , Nicol Ed , Niederer Steven , Wong Tom 
Published: September 2017

AbstractBackgroundTissue thickness at the site of ablation is a determinant of lesion transmurality. We reported the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation ablation, incorporating deliberate left atrial appendage (LAA) isolation and occlusion, and identified systematic differences in ostial LAA tissue thickness in a matched cohort of cadaveric specimens.MethodsPreprocedural cardiac computed tomography (CCT) scans were acquired from 22 patients undergoing LAA isolation and subsequent occlusion. Using a novel CCT wall thickness algorithm, LAA ostial wall thickness was assessed in vivo, compared with measurements from the cadaveric specimens, and analyzed for differences between regions that demonstrated acute electrical reconnection and those that did not.ResultsMean tissue thickness calculated for each LAA ostial quadrant was 2.1 (±0.6) mm (anterior quadrant), 1.9 (±0.4) mm (superior quadrant), 1.5 (±0.4) mm (posterior quadrant), and 1.8 (±0.7) mm (inferior quadrant). Tissue was significantly thicker in the anterior (P = 0.004) and superior quadrants (P = 0.014) than the posterior quadrant. Higher thickness measurements were recorded from quadrants demonstrated to be thicker from histology. Tissue was significantly thicker in regions that demonstrated acute electrical reconnection (1.9 (±0.6) mm) when compared with those that did not (1.6 (±0.5) mm) (P = 0.008).ConclusionsCCT imaging may be used to detect differences in wall thickness at different atrial locations and success of LAA ablation may be affected by local tissue thickness. Atrial wall thickness may need to be considered as a metric to guide titration of radiofrequency energy for safe and successful ablation.
Health‐related quality of life in children with cutaneous adverse drug reactions
Authors: Del Pozzo‐Magaña Blanca R. , Lazo‐Langner Alejandro , Rieder Michael J. 
Published: September 2017

AbstractAdverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a common problem in children. Health‐related quality of life in patients with such conditions has not been well studied. In this study we found that health‐related quality of life is adversely affected in children who developed ADRs with cutaneous manifestations.
Extensive orf infection in a toddler with associated id reaction
Authors: Haddock Ellen S. , Cheng Carol E. , Bradley John S. , Hsu Christopher H. , Zhao Hui , Davidson Whitni B. , Barrio Victoria R. 
Published: September 2017

AbstractOrf is a zoonotic parapoxvirus typically transmitted to humans by a bite from goats or sheep. We present an unusual case of multiple orf lesions on the fingers of a 13‐month‐old child who was bitten by a goat and subsequently developed progressive swelling, blistering, and necrotic papulonodules of the hand followed by an additional diffuse, pruritic, papular rash. A primary diagnosis of orf infection was confirmed using real‐time polymerase chain reaction, and the diffuse eruption was clinically consistent with an id reaction. Extensive necrosis and papular id reaction associated with orf rarely have been described.
Warming up to the idea of wet wraps
Authors: Cooper Chelsea A. , DeKlotz Cynthia M. C. 
Published: September 2017

AbstractAtopic dermatitis (AD) is a prevalent condition in the pediatric population that can have a significant effect on a child's quality of life. Management is multifactorial, involving topical pharmacotherapy, emollients, and a bathing regimen in conjunction with close supervision from the caregiver and physician. In the case of moderate to severe or refractory AD, wet wraps can be used. As part of our wet wrap regimen, we propose warming damp cotton pajamas in the dryer before application. This makes the wet wraps more comfortable for children, increasing adherence to the prescribed regimen.
Demodicosis in two patients with a previous history of Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Authors: Álvarez‐Salafranca Marcial , Vicente Asunción , Prat Torres Carolina , Combalia Andrea , Monsonís Manuel , Celis‐Passini Veronica Paola , González‐Enseñat María Antonia 
Published: September 2017

AbstractDemodex mites are commensal organisms rarely found in healthy children. Human demodicosis can be classified as a primary or a secondary form. The secondary form in children usually affects severely immunodepressed children. To our knowledge, this is the first report of human demodicosis associated with Langerhans cell histiocytosis. These cases show that this skin disorder can occur months after completing chemotherapy, without recurrence of the systemic disease.
Hearts transplanted after circulatory death in children: Analysis of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation registry
Authors: Kleinmahon Jake A. , Patel Sonali S. , Auerbach Scott R. , Rossano Joseph , Everitt Melanie D. 
Published: September 2017

AbstractWe aimed to describe worldwide DCD HT experience in children using the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Registry. The Registry was queried for primary HT performed in children (2005‐2014). Kaplan‐Meier analysis was used to assess survival for recipients grouped by DCD or DBD hearts. Recipient characteristics were compared between DCD and DBD and between survivors and non‐survivors of DCD HT. Among 3877 pediatric HT performed, 21 (0.5%) were DCD. DCD 1‐year survival was 61% vs 91% DBD, P < .01. DCD recipients were more often supported by ECMO pre‐HT (24% vs 6%, P < .001) and more often receiving inhaled nitric oxide (10% vs 0.6%, P < .001) compared to DBD. Older DCD recipients had significantly lower 1‐year survival of 57% vs 93% for DBD, P < .01. Survival for infant DCD recipients was not statistically different to DBD recipients (survival 62% at 1 year and 62% at 5 years for DCD vs 85% at 1 year and 77% at 5 years for DBD, P = .15). Recipients of DCD HT who died were more often supported by ECMO pre‐HT (56% non‐survivors vs 0% survivors, P = .004) and receiving mechanical ventilation (44% vs 0%, P = .012). DCD HT is uncommon in children. DCD‐independent factors in recipients may have contributed to worse survival as DCD recipients who died were more often supported by ECMO and mechanical ventilation. More research is needed to identify donor factors and recipient factors that contribute to mortality after DCD HT.
Monitoring a progressive collapse test of a spherical lattice shell using high‐speed videogrammetry
Authors: Tong Xiaohua , Gao Sa , Liu Shijie , Ye Zhen , Chen Peng , Yan Shen , Zhao Xianzhong , Du Li , Liu Xiangfeng , Luan Kuifeng 
Published: September 2017

AbstractThe monitoring of a progressive collapse test of a structure model has always been a technical issue in civil engineering. This paper proposes a novel videogrammetric approach to monitor a single‐layer lattice shell, which consists of three main parts:

A videogrammetry system with six high‐speed cameras is established to measure the morphological changes of the lattice shell.
A specific artificial target is designed and experimentally tested to obtain the location of every node centre on the lattice shell.
The 3D displacements of the node centres can be calculated by surface fitting and local coordinate transformation.
The proposed approach can achieve sub‐millimetre discrepancies in the position of the artificial targets compared with high‐accuracy total station results, and the locational discrepancy of the node centres can reach about one millimetre. The credibility of the measured displacement results is further verified by comparison with a numerical simulation of the model collapse.