bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
INFECTIONS AND FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA: IS THERE A LINK?
Authors: Zallio Francesco , Limberti Giulia , Ladetto Marco 
Published: May 2017

Several infectious agents appear to provide a proliferative signal -- “antigen-drive” – that could be implicated in the pathogenesis of various type of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL). A classical model of infection-driven lymphoprolipherative disorder is Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric MALT lymphoma, where antibiotic therapy allows eradication of both the infectious agent and the clonal B-cell expansion; following the footsteps of these example, several retrospective studies have found a correlation with other pathogens and B-cell Lymphomas, adding new important informations about pathogenesis and laying the groundwork for chemotherapy-free treatments.Although no clear association with infectious agents has yet been identified for Follicular Lymphoma (FL), a growing number of biological and clinical observations suggests that interaction with physiological and pathological microbial populations might play a role also in this subtype of lymphoma: in the last years epidemiological studies investigating the association of known risk factors and FL found a potential correlation with viral or bacterial infections; moreover recent findings about the stimulation of FL clones support the importance of microbial exposure to lymphomagenesis and disease progression.In the following review we make an attempt to find tangible evidences in favor of a role of either physiological and pathological exogenous microbial species in the pathogenesis of FL, and try to integrate the findings coming from epidemiological, biological and interventional studies to define future novel treatment and prevention strategies for FL.
Self-Managed Exercises, Fitness and Strength Training, and Multifidus Muscle Size in Elite Footballers
Authors: Hides Julie A. , Walsh Jazmin C. , Smith Melinda M. Franettovich , Mendis M. Dilani 
Published: May 2017

Context: Low back pain (LBP) and lower limb injuries are common among Australian Football League (AFL) players. Smaller size of 1 key trunk muscle, the lumbar multifidus (MF), has been associated with LBP and injuries in footballers. The size of the MF muscle has been shown to be modifiable with supervised motor-control training programs. Among AFL players, supervised motor-control training has also been shown to reduce the incidence of lower limb injuries and was associated with increased player availability for games. However, the effectiveness of a self-managed MF exercise program is unknown.Objective: To investigate the effect of self-managed exercises and fitness and strength training on MF muscle size in AFL players with or without current LBP.Design: Cross-sectional study.Setting: Professional AFL context.Patients or Other Participants: Complete data were available for 242 players from 6 elite AFL clubs.Intervention(s): Information related to the presence of LBP and history of injury was collected at the start of the preseason. At the end of the preseason, data were collected regarding performance of MF exercises as well as fitness and strength training. Ultrasound imaging of the MF muscle was conducted at the start and end of the preseason.Main Outcome Measure(s): Size of the MF muscles.Results: An interaction effect was found between performance of MF exercises and time (F = 13.89, P ≤ .001). Retention of MF muscle size was greatest in players who practiced the MF exercises during the preseason (F = 4.77, P = .03). Increased adherence to fitness and strength training was associated with retained MF muscle size over the preseason (F = 5.35, P = .02).Conclusions: Increased adherence to a self-administered MF exercise program and to fitness and strength training was effective in maintaining the size of the MF muscle in the preseason.
Urban Visions. Beyond the Ideal City | Report from the Habitat III Village, Pop-up Public Space
Authors: Bravo Luisa , Guaralda Mirko 
Published: May 2017

<p>‘Urban Visions. Beyond the Ideal City’ was an event held at Habitat III, the United Nations conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, in Ecuador, included in a series of meetings and events at the Pop-up Public Space, Habitat III Village, in Parque El Ejido in Quito. On 26<sup>th</sup> October 2016, we presented two research projects aiming at community engagement on issues related to the future of the urban environment:<br />- the "InstaBooth", a telephone booth-inspired portable structure developed at the Urban Informatics Lab of the Queensland University of Technology - <a href="http://www.urbaninformatics.net/projects/instabooth/">http://www.urbaninformatics.net/projects/instabooth/</a> - which uses tangible and hybrid interaction such as multi-touch screens and media façades to facilitate face-to-face and digitally mediated discussions;<br />- the cinematography competition "Urban Visions. Beyond the Ideal City", promoted by City Space Architecture - <a href="http://www.cityspacearchitecture.org/?p=urban-visions-beyond-the-ideal-city">http://www.cityspacearchitecture.org/?p=urban-visions-beyond-the-ideal-city</a> - which is the first film competition in the Italian context involving film-makers at a professional level on topics related to cities and urbanity.</p>
Active cluster replacement algorithm as a tool to assess bifurcation early-warning signs for von Karman equations
Authors: Gromov Vasilii A. , Voronin Igor M. , Gatylo Vladislav R. , Prokopalo Evgenii T. 
Published: May 2017

The paper deals with a novel algorithm used to improve identification quality of clusters generated by predictive clustering algorithm as a tool to identify states preceding to bifurcations for a system governed by von Karman equations. To construct bifurcation precursors, solutions (of the equations) observed on bifurcation paths are clustered; centers of the clusters constitute a set of bifurcation precursors. To decrease identification error rate, quality of each precursor is assessed with the employment of an additional, validation set. The paper concerns with two approaches to this procedure; the first one employs a single number to assess identification value of a cluster in order to delete those with low identification values. The second approach uses proposed knowledge extraction procedure to ascertain rules of replacement of the precursors chosen by the algorithm (active) by more efficient one. A wide-ranging simulation reveals that the best variant (provided that the Wishart clustering algorithm is utilized) is the replacement of the active cluster in conjunction local normalization of data. The optimal parameters values for both algorithms, arriving at essentially decreased identification errors.
Des flambeaux et des silhouettes
Authors: Gagnon Alex 
Published: May 2017

Les débats sur la sécurité et l’insécurité liées à la peur du crime, qui marquent depuis les années 1990 nos sociétés contemporaines, ne sont pas, comme on le pense parfois, un phénomène propre à la fin du XXe siècle ; ils réactualisent en fait, à leur manière, des peurs déjà vieilles et des crises médiatiques qui, depuis le premier tiers du XIXe siècle, secouent périodiquement les grandes villes occidentales. Si le cas français est aujourd’hui assez bien étudié, les déclinaisons bas-canadiennes du phénomène, en revanche, demeurent largement moins connues. Elles ont pourtant existé, et ce dès les années 1820 et 1830, au moment même où l’insécurité urbaine devant le crime suscite, dans une ville comme Paris, les premières paniques collectives alimentées par une presse en plein essor. À partir d’une plongée dans les journaux de l’époque, cet article analyse les intermittences du sentiment d’insécurité qui s’empare, à l’époque où elle connaît une expansion démographique et économique sans précédent, de la ville de Québec, dont les nuits tranquilles, semble-t-il, deviennent parfois dangereuses.
Expliquer la « crise » entre l’ue et l’oaci sur la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre dans l’aviation internationale
Authors: Compagnon Daniel 
Published: May 2017

Les dispositions de la directive 2008 de l’Union européenne (ue) intégrant l’aviation internationale à son système de droits d’émission deco2ont suscité une large protestation à l’Organisation de l’aviation civile internationale (oaci). La vive tension entre l’ueet ses partenaires (notamment les pays émergents) a déstabilisé une organisation habituée au consensus. « Crise » toutefois relative : depuis lors, le débat sur les mesures de marché à l’oaciparaît plus constructif tandis que le travail parallèle sur les standards deco2pour les avions a été peu affecté. Le différend fut surmonté après l’isolement de l’ueà l’Assemblée de l’oacide 2013 et la suspension partielle de la directive. Basé sur des entretiens et des documents de première main1, cet article analyse les raisons de ce conflit, selon trois grilles théoriques, pour mettre en évidence la force du référentiel sectoriel de l’aérien.
Vitamin D Deficiency, Its Role in Health and Disease, and Current Supplementation Recommendations
Authors: Pfotenhauer Kim M. , Shubrook Jay H. 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Vitamin D deficiency has been identified as a common metabolic/endocrine abnormality. Despite known dietary sources of vitamin D and the role of sunlight in its production, much of the US population may have inadequate levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Deficiency of vitamin D can be caused by a variety of health conditions, but studies on the effects of vitamin D supplements have had mixed results. This evidence-based clinical review discusses what is currently known about vitamin D and what areas need further research to clarify its role in health and disease.
Expressing Gratitude in an EFL Context: The Case of Jordanian Learners
Authors: Al-Momani Husam , Jaradat Abdullah , Al-Khawaldeh Nisreen , Bani-Khair Baker 
Published: May 2017

This study contributes to the existing literature on interlanguage pragmatics by investigating intermediate Jordanian English Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ gratitude speech act realization compared to that of native American English speakers. The study considered both aspects of pragmatic competence including pragmalinguistic knowledge (i.e., the use of gratitude strategies) and sociopragmatic knowledge (i.e., the influence of contextual variables). A discourse completion task (DCT) was employed to elicit data from 60 participants divided into two groups: 30 native speakers of American English, and 30 Jordanian EFL learners. Findings revealed that while Jordanian EFL learners and American English native speakers have access to the same gratitude strategies, both groups differed in the order preference of the used strategies and their frequency of use. Furthermore, the two groups showed different patterns in responding to contextual variables (i.e., social power and size of imposition), an indication that different cultural values govern the speech norms of each group. The study concludes with some pedagogical implications that could be implemented in the EFL classroom.
A Study of Selected Works of Iranian Female Novelists Based on Elaine Showalter’s Gynocriticism
Authors: Eyvazi Mojgan , Momen Mohsen , Poorkaramali Homa 
Published: May 2017

Iranian literature, like other literary works throughout the world, follows the social issues in society and attempt to depict them. One of such issues is portraying women position in the society. The present study focuses on three different novels by Iranian female writers to show three stages of female writing development in them based on Elain Showalter’s theory of gynocriticism: Feminine stage which is represented through concepts like home, immovability, consumption, reading, house chores, dependence and past, feminist stage dealing with concepts like mobility, production, independence and future, and female stage that presents a new awareness of women consciousness. The chosen works are: Hangover Dawn (1995) by Fataneh Haj Sejed Javadi that portrays the tragic life of a woman who insisted on marrying a person who is not a suitable match for her. The author has shown the pains that this woman has to suffer because of her wrong choice in patriarchal society. The next novel is titled Don’t Worry (2008) by Mahsa Moheb Ali which deals with the life of an addicted girl named Shadi. She is the main character whose life is corrupted by family issues. Shadi wanders throughout the streets to find drug and ironically herself. My Bird (2002) by Fariba Vafi shows the life of an anonymous married woman who is stuck in her matrimonial life. The woman is neglected and cheated by her own husband. However, gradually she can come to a realization of her own self as a woman and redefines her own role. Having analyzed these three stories, it can be said that these three chosen novels match Showalter’s model of female writing development. It can be concluded that Hangover Dawn follows the first stage – feminine stage - Don’t Worry follows the second stage – feminist stage – and My Bird follows the third stage – female stage – that Showalter has proposed.
Students’ and Teachers’ Perceptions and Preferences for Oral Corrective Feedback: Do They Match?
Authors: Saeb Fateme 
Published: May 2017

Perceptions and perspectives about corrective feedback (CF) have recently attracted some attention in the CF literature. Few studies, however, have delved into students’ and teachers’ CF perceptions and preferences and compared them. This study is an attempt to explore Iranian EFL teachers’ and students’ perceptions and preferences for different amounts and types of oral corrective feedback. Two parallel questionnaires were used to gather quantitative and qualitative data from twenty eight teachers and eighty six of their students. Results revealed significant differences between teachers’ and students’ perceptions about the amounts and types of CF and also about different types of errors to be corrected. Contrary to their teachers, students in this study were found to be seeking large amounts of explicit corrective feedback provided by the teacher. As for the pedagogical implications, ‘meta-correction’ is suggested as a solution to the problem of conflicting CF perceptions of students and teachers and to improve and enhance error correction practices within Iranian EFL context.
An Introduction to the Ambiguity Tolerance: As a Source of Variation in English-Persian Translation
Authors: Khoshsima Hooshang , Hashemi Toroujeni Seyyed Morteza 
Published: May 2017

Different individuals provide different translations of different qualities of the same text. This may be due to one’s dominant cognitive style and individuals’ particular personal characteristics (Khoshsima & Hashemi Toroujeni, 2017) in general or ambiguity tolerance in particular. A certain degree of ambiguity tolerance (henceforth AI) has been found to facilitate language learning (Chapelle, 1983; Ehrman, 1999; Ely, 1995). However, this influential factor has been largely overlooked in translation studies. The purpose of this study was to find the relationship between AT and translation quality by identifying the expected positive correlation between the level of AT and the numbers of translation errors. Out of the 56 undergraduates of English-Persian Translation at Chabahar Maritime University (CMU), a sample of 34 top students was selected based on their scores on the reading comprehension which enjoys a special focus in many contexts (Khoshsima & Rezaeian Tiyar, 2014) and structure subtests of the TOEFL. The participants responded to the SLTAS questionnaire for AT developed by Ely (1995). The questionnaire had a high alpha internal consistency reliability of .84 and standardized item alpha of .84. In the next stage of the research, the participants translated a short passage of contemporary English into Persian, which was assessed using the SICAL III scale for TQA developed and used by Canadian Government’s Translation Bureau as its official TQA model (Williams, 1989). Then, to find the relationship between the level of ambiguity tolerance in undergraduates of English-Persian translation at Chabahar Maritime University and their translation quality, analysis of the collected data revealed a significant positive correlation (r=440, p<.05) between the participants’ degree of AT and the numbers of errors in their translations. Controlling for SL proficiency, the correlation was still significantly positive (r=.397, p<.05). Accordingly, it was concluded that the more intolerant of ambiguity a person is, the more errors s/he is likely to make while translating; conversely, the more tolerant of ambiguity a person is, the higher the quality of his/her translation will be. Therefore as expected, analysis of the data revealed a positive correlation throughout the sample between ambiguity intolerance and translation quality.
Impact of a mental health clinical pharmacist on a primary care mental health integration team
Authors: Harms Michelle , Haas Matthew , Larew Janel , DeJongh Beth 
Published: May 2017

Abstract

Introduction:
Primary care mental health integration (PCMHI) teams function to improve access and quality of integrative physical and mental health (MH) care through a stepped care treatment approach. The project's primary objective was to evaluate the impact a PCMHI clinical pharmacist made on treatment outcomes and interventions. The secondary objective was to assess medication adherence rates.

Methods:
An electronic medical record was used to identify PCMHI patient referrals for medication management during an 8-month period. Patients were included if they were at least 18 years old and referred for medication management of depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, or alcohol use disorder. The scores for the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GAD-7), and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-C) were recorded at baseline and weeks 4, 8, and 12 during treatment.

Results:
The analysis included 50 patients, which resulted in a total of 156 contacts between July 2014 and March 2015. The mean change in PHQ-9, GAD-7, and PCL-C scores at week 12 as compared to baseline were a decrease of 10 (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.2-13.8, P &lt; .001), 8 (95% CI, 3.1-12.9, P = .006), and 14.5 (95% CI, –17.3-46.3, P = .109), respectively. A total of 336 treatment interventions were made, and the overall medication adherence rate was 82.9%.

Discussion:
Medication management, provided by a clinical pharmacist, was associated with a statistically and clinically significant improvement on several MH disorder rating scale scores.
Mental health pharmacists as interim prescribers
Authors: Gibu Matthew , Clark Jeffrey , Gold Jeffrey 
Published: May 2017

Abstract

Introduction:
Turnover leading to fluctuations in prescriber availability presents many challenges, most notably in access to and continuity of care. In 2015, the Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System (VA ECHCS) experienced a period of significant mental health prescriber turnover leading to patient utilization of psychiatric emergency services (PES) for nonemergent medication management. The resulting increase in volume placed excessive stress on PES prescribers. Mental health pharmacists have opportunities to provide interim medication management while patients are between prescribers.

Methods:
This study was a retrospective, cohort study of patients unassigned to an outpatient mental health prescriber due to prescriber turnover, receiving care at VA ECHCS between October 1, 2015, and February 28, 2016. The primary outcome was the number of pharmacist interventions performed. Secondary outcomes characterize the interventions performed and describe the change in the mean monthly volume of patients presenting to PES.

Results:
In this veteran population, 152 interventions were performed in 81 unique patients. The most common intervention was prescription renewals (80%). Interventions most commonly involved antidepressants (28%), antipsychotics (10%), and mood stabilizers (10%). Before initiation of the clinic, Denver VA PES experienced a mean of 300 monthly visits. After clinic implementation, PES visits decreased significantly to a mean of 237 visits per month (P = .041).

Discussion:
The pharmacist interim prescriber clinic was associated with a significant decrease in mean number of patients seen per month in PES. The success of the clinic also contributed to interest by the mental health service to expand clinical pharmacy services.
Comparison of readmission data between different categories of antipsychotic drugs at a state psychiatric hospital in Oregon
Authors: Baker Joni , Aebi Cydreese 
Published: May 2017

Abstract

Introduction:
This chart review utilizes readmission rates and mean time to readmission as markers of drug efficacy to compare different categories of long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIAs), antipsychotic polypharmacy, and clozapine to oral antipsychotic monotherapy (OM) at a state psychiatric hospital in Oregon (Oregon State Hospital).

Methods:
Charts were reviewed for patients discharged between October 20, 2011, and September 23, 2015, with a diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum or mood disorder. Admission dates, discharge dates, and discharge antipsychotics were reviewed for each patient dating back to 1991. Discharge antipsychotics were categorized into groupings of LAIAs, antipsychotic polypharmacy, and clozapine and compared with OM to assess readmission data within 1, 3, and 5 years of discharge. The primary end point was readmission rate, measured as a percentage, and the secondary end point was mean time to readmission (MTR), measured in days.

Results:
Of 1088 patients reviewed, there were 2031 patient discharges associated with antipsychotic agents and 1258 readmissions. Patients discharged on LAIA monotherapy or clozapine generally had a lower readmission rate, and patients discharged on antipsychotic polypharmacy generally had a higher readmission rate. Statistical significance for these findings varied over time frames and subgroup analyses. The most notable finding for the secondary end point was a significantly shorter MTR for patients discharged on clozapine for all diagnoses and the subgroup analysis of schizoaffective disorder.

Discussion:
These results are only a reflection of the patient population at this hospital, and additional reviews at other facilities with different patient characteristics could clarify applicability to other patient populations.