bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Clinical findings, treatment, and outcome in 11 dairy heifers with breakdown injury due to interosseous medius muscle rupture
Authors: Nuss Karl , Boppart Jasmin , Geyer Hans 
Published: February 2017

AbstractObjectiveTo describe the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of fetlock breakdown due to interosseus medius muscle rupture in cattle.Study DesignRetrospective clinical study.AnimalsDairy heifers with unilateral or bilateral interosseus medius muscle rupture (n = 11).MethodsBreakdown injury due to rupture of the interosseus medius muscle was documented clinically, radiographically, and ultrasonographically. Breakdown was bilateral in 4 heifers (3 in forelimbs, 1 in hind limbs) and unilateral in 7 (all hind limbs). One heifer with severe bilateral hind limb breakdown was slaughtered and the remaining 10 were treated by transfixation pin cast (1 heifer), box rest (n = 2), and/or a cast and splint (7).ResultsHyperextension of the fetlock and hyperflexion of the proximal interphalangeal joints during weight bearing were characteristic for interosseus muscle breakdown. Ultrasonographically, the origin and body of the interosseus muscle and the branches to the sesamoid bones were primarily affected by the rupture. Conservative treatment was successful (used for their intended purpose) in 8 of 9 heifers with a median lifespan of 32 months after discharge from the clinic (range 6‐83).ConclusionRupture of the interosseus medius muscle in young cattle may be more common than previously suggested in the literature. Imaging with ultrasound allowed more detailed localization of lesions of the musculo‐tendinous structure. Interosseus medius muscle rupture had a favorable prognosis when treated conservatively in these heifers.
Service Quality and Customers’ Trust, Moderating Role of Personality Traits
Authors: Ur Rehman Muhammad Ahmad , Md Rasli Amran 
Published: February 2017

Customers’ trust is an inevitable asset for organizations. The long-term relationship of customer-organization depends upon the presence of customers’ trust on the organization. It’s a delicate sense of feeling derived from quality and commitment of the organizations to meet customers’ expectations. The significance of this phenomenon in services industry becomes even more critical where organizations have to know individual as well as contextual factors that influence on customers’ trust. This study tested the impact of different dimensions of perceived service quality on customers’ trust and how this perception varies depending upon the personality disposition in life insurance sector of Pakistan. Using cross sectional research design, the study taped customers’ responses regarding service quality, customers’ trust, and their personality disposition. The sample was obtained from insurance sector in different cities of Pakistan, where 242 customers were participated in the survey Explanatory factor analysis, single mean T-test, correlation and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used to test proposed hypotheses. The results indicate positive relationship between different dimensions of service quality and customers’ trust. The finding of moderation analysis shows that customer’s personality traits have varied effects on the relationships between dimensions of service quality and customers’ trust. Finally, based on quantitative findings, proposed framework was revised. This study recommends several implications for managers of services industry so that they should develop an effective service design to build long-term customers’ trust in accordance with different personality traits.
Haematological and electrophoretic characterisation of β-thalassaemia in Yunnan province of Southwestern China
Authors: Zhang Jie , He Jing , Mao Xiaoqin , Zeng Xiaohong , Chen Hong , Su Jie , Zhu Baosheng 
Published: February 2017

Objectivesβ-Thalassaemia is widely found in Southwestern China. Characterisation of β-thalassaemia can improve screening and prenatal diagnosis for at-risk populations.DesignA retrospective study.MethodsIn this study, the levels of haemoglobin alpha 2 (HbA2) and haemoglobin alpha (HbA) were analysed by gender for a total of 15 067 subjects screened by capillary electrophoresis. The cut-off value with the highest accuracy was established to identify β-thalassaemia in 723 patients suspected to have this disease. Haematological and electrophoretic characterisation of eight common types of β-thalassaemia were analysed in 486 β-thalassaemia subjects.ResultsHbA levels were significantly higher in men than in women, but there was no significant difference on HbA2levels. A new cut-off value for the diagnosis of β-thalassaemia (HbA2≥4.0%) with the highest accuracy was proposed for the studied populations. Haemoglobin (Hb) was significantly higher in men compared with women (p<0.05), whereas no statistically significant differences were found for mean cell volume (MCV), mean cell haemoglobin (MCH), HbA and HbA2. The haemoglobin E (HbE) group showed comparatively higher values for haematological indices (Hb, MCV and MCH) than the other genotypes in heterozygous β-thalassaemia groups (p<0.05), and −28 (A>G) (HBB (β-globin):c.−78A>C) had signiﬁcantly higher HbA2values compared with other β-thalassaemia.ConclusionsEthnic groups have diversified β-globin gene mutations and considerable haematological variations. Our study will lay the foundation for screening programmes and clinical management of thalassaemia in Southwestern China.
A multicenter study of the safety and effectiveness of mechanical thrombectomy for patients with acute ischemic stroke not meeting top-tier evidence criteria
Authors: Goyal Nitin , Tsivgoulis Georgios , Frei Donald , Turk Aquilla , Baxter Blaise , Froehler Michael T , Mocco J , Vachhani Jay , Hoit Daniel , Elijovich Lucas , Loy David , Turner Raymond D , Mascitelli Justin , Espaillat Kiersten , Alexandrov Andrei V , Alexandrov Anne W , Arthur Adam S 
Published: February 2017

BackgroundWhile mechanical thrombectomy (MT) has become the standard of care for patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with emergent large-vessel occlusions (ELVO), recently published guidelines appropriately award top-tier evidence to the same selective criteria that were employed in completed clinical trials. We sought to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of MT in patients with AIS with ELVO who do not meet top-tier evidence criteria (TTEC).MethodsWe conducted an observational study on consecutive patients with AIS with ELVO who underwent MT at six high-volume endovascular centers. Standard safety outcomes (3-month mortality, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage) and effectiveness outcomes (3-month functional independence: modified Rankin Scale scores of 0–2) were compared between patients meeting and failing TTEC.ResultsThe sample consisted of 349 (60%) controls fulfilling TTEC and 234 (40%) non-TTEC patients. Control patients meeting TTEC for MT tended to have higher functional independence rates at 3 months (47% vs 39%; p=0.055), while the rates of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) were similar (9%) in both groups (p=0.983). In multivariable logistic regression models, adherence to TTEC for MT was not independently related to any safety outcome (sICH: OR 0.71, 95% CI 0.30 to 1.68, p=0.434; 3-month mortality: OR 1.27, 95% CI 0.69 to 2.33, p=0.448) or effectiveness outcome (3-month functional independence: OR 0.81, 95% CI 0.48 to 1.37, p=0.434; 3-month functional improvement: OR 0.73, 95% CI 0.48 to 1.11, p=0.138) after adjusting for potential confounders.ConclusionsApproximately 40% of patients with AIS with ELVO offered MT do not fulfill TTEC for MT. Patients who did not meet TTEC had high rates of good clinical outcome and low complication rates.
SWARM: A 32 GHz Correlator and VLBI Beamformer for the Submillimeter Array
Authors: Primiani Rurik A. , Young Kenneth H. , Young André , Patel Nimesh , Wilson Robert W. , Vertatschitsch Laura , Chitwood Billie B. , Srinivasan Ranjani , MacMahon David , Weintroub Jonathan 
Published: February 2017

A 32[Formula: see text]GHz bandwidth VLBI capable correlator and phased array has been designed and deployed a at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Submillimeter Array (SMA). The SMA Wideband Astronomical ROACH2 Machine (SWARM) integrates two instruments: a correlator with 140[Formula: see text]kHz spectral resolution across its full 32[Formula: see text]GHz band, used for connected interferometric observations, and a phased array summer used when the SMA participates as a station in the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) array. For each SWARM quadrant, Reconfigurable Open Architecture Computing Hardware (ROACH2) units shared under open-source from the Collaboration for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research (CASPER) are equipped with a pair of ultra-fast analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) processor, and eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports. A VLBI data recorder interface designated the SWARM digital back end, or SDBE, is implemented with a ninth ROACH2 per quadrant, feeding four Mark6 VLBI recorders with an aggregate recording rate of 64 Gbps. This paper describes the design and implementation of SWARM, as well as its deployment at SMA with reference to verification and science data.
Clustering Techniques for Software Engineering
Authors: Barman Shohag , Gope Hira Lal , Manjurul Islam M M , Hasan Md Mehedi , Salma Umme 
Published: February 2017

<p>Software industries face a common problem which is the maintenance cost of industrial software systems. There are lots of reasons behind this problem. One of the possible reasons is the high maintenance cost due to lack of knowledge about understanding the software systems that are too large, and complex. Software clustering is an efficient technique to deal with such kind of problems that arise from the sheer size and complexity of large software systems. Day by day the size and complexity of industrial software systems are rapidly increasing. So, it will be a challenging task for managing software systems. Software clustering can be very helpful to understand the larger software system, decompose them into smaller and easy to maintenance. In this paper, we want to give research direction in the area of software clustering in order to develop efficient clustering techniques for software engineering. Besides, we want to describe the most recent clustering techniques and their strength as well as weakness. In addition, we propose genetic algorithm based software modularization clustering method. The result section demonstrated that proposed method can effectively produce good module structure and it outperforms the state of the art methods. </p>
Meta-analysis of gap balancingversusmeasured resection techniques in total knee arthroplasty
Authors: Huang T. , Long Y. , George D. , Wang W. 
Published: February 2017

AimsThere are two techniques widely used to determine the rotational alignment of the components in total knee arthroplasty (TKA); gap balancing (GB) and measured resection (MR). Which technique is the best remains controversial. We aimed to investigate this in a systematic review and meta-analysis.Materials and MethodsIn accordance with the methods of Cochrane, databases were searched for all randomised controlled trials in the literature between January 1986 and June 2015 comparing radiographic and clinical outcomes between the use of these two tecniques. Meta-analysis involved the use of the Revman5.3 software provided by Cochrane collaboration.ResultsA total of 1464 papers were initially identified, and after the application of rigourous inclusion and exclusion critera, eight were included in the study. In total they inolved 980 TKAs. The meta-analysis showed that GB techniques resulted in statistically significant improvements in the restoration of mechanical and rotational alignment and mean Knee Society Scores and Knee Society Function scores two years post-operatively, but resulted in greater elevation of the position of the joint line. There is no significant difference in the other radiographic data.ConclusionThis study suggests that GB may provide better radiographic and clinical outcomes than MR when used to determine mechanical rotation in TKAs. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2017;99-B:151–8.
Long-term outcomes of transtrochanteric rotational osteotomy for non-traumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head
Authors: Morita D. , Hasegawa Y. , Okura T. , Osawa Y. , Ishiguro N. 
Published: February 2017

AimsTranstrochanteric rotational osteotomy (TRO) is performed for young patients with non-traumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) to preserve the hip. We aimed to investigate the long-term outcomes and the risk factors for failure 15 years after this procedure.Patients and MethodsThis study included 95 patients (111 hips) with a mean age of 40 years (21 to 64) who underwent TRO for ONFH. The mean follow-up was 18.2 years (3 to 26). Kaplan–Meier survivorship analyses were performed with conversion to total hip arthroplasty (THA) and radiological failure due to secondary collapse of the femoral head or osteoarthritic changes as the endpoint. Multivariate analyses were performed to assess risk factors for each outcome.ResultsSurvival rates at 15 years with conversion to THA and radiological failure as the endpoint were 59% (95% confidence interval (CI) 49 to 67) and 30% (95% CI 22 to 39), respectively. Necrotic type C2 ONFH (lesions extending laterally to the acetabular edge) (hazards ratio (HR) 3.9) and age > 40 years (HR 2.5) were risk factors for conversion to THA. Stage > 3a ONFH (HR 2.0) and age > 40 years (HR 1.9) were risk factors for radiological failure.ConclusionThe 15 year outcomes after TRO for ONFH are unfavorable because osteoarthritic changes occur after five years post-operatively. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2017;99-B:175–83.
Discriminación genotípica de serovariedades del serogrupo Icterohaemorrhagiae pertenecientes a Leptospira interrogans (Spirochaetales: Leptospiraceae) y el análisis de distancias génicas mediante coordenadas principales
Authors: GRUNE LOFFLER Sylvia , MARTINEZ Mara L , ROMERO Graciela , BRIHUEGA Bibiana F. 
Published: February 2017

La leptospirosis es una zoonosis de amplia distribución mundial y de importancia en salud pública y veterinaria. El serogrupo Icterohaemorrhagiae toma importancia, ya que ha sido aislado con frecuencia en roedores y en casos clínicos de humanos, caninos, bovinos y porcinos; y se ha logrado aislar a partir de agua del rio Reconquista, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. El objetivo de este estudio fue discriminar molecularmente entre las serovariedades Copenhageni e Icterohaemorrhagiae del serogrupo Icterohaemorrhagiae de importancia en Argentina, utilizando la técnica del análisis de repeticiones en tándem en múltiples locus (MLVA) y analizar las distancias génicas entre los genotipos determinados a partir de cepas aisladas de animales. Para ello, geno-tipificamos las 4 cepas referenciales del serogrupo Icterohaemorrhagiae de la especie Leptospira interrogans serovariedad Copenhageni cepa M20 y cepa Ictero I y de la serovariedad Copenhageni cepa RGA y cepa Fiocruz L1-130. Para este estudio se incluyeron 24 cepas aisladas de animales domésticos como silvestres. Logramos mediante esta técnica determinar un código numérico para cada serovariedad y así pudimos discriminar entre las serovariedades de este serogrupo. El análisis de coordenadas principales (PCoA) demostró la variabilidad génica existente entre las 4 cepas referenciales pertenecientes al serogrupo Icterohaemorrhagiae, el genotipo con mayor representación fue el serovar Copenhageni cepa Fiocruz L1-130 con un total de 13 cepas aisladas con ese perfil genético. Discriminar las serovariedades de este importante serogrupo nos permitirá en un futuro investigar si existen diferencias entre la sintomatología clínica y/o respuesta al tratamiento en los casos clínicos producidos por las distintas serovariedades del serogrupo Icterohaemorrhagiae discriminadas en este trabajo.
Solving the problem of two viscous
incompressible fluid media in the case of constant
phase saturations
Authors: Baishemirov Zharasbek , Tang Jian-Gang , Imomnazarov Kholmatzhon , Mamatqulov Musajon 
Published: February 2017

Abstract
The solution to equations of two viscous homogeneous
incompressible fluid media with the pressure
phase equilibrium in the case of a constant phase is obtained.
The influence of the physical phase densities, saturation,
volume and viscosity of substances constituting a
two-phase continuum in the flow velocity and pressure is
shown. Also, the solution admitting a limiting transition
to the known solution of the problem of a flow of a viscous
incompressible single-phase medium is constructed.
Uncertainty assessment based on scenarios derived from static connectivity metrics
Authors: Jakab Noémi 
Published: February 2017

AbstractThe approach presented in this paper characterises the uncertainty related to the outputs of a sequential Gaussian simulation. The input data set was a random subset of a complete CT slice. To outline possible, characteristically different groups of realisations within the outputs, we performed a distance-based classification of the realisations based on their derived connectivity features. Global metrics of connectivity also called geo-body or geoobject connectivity is derivative properties related to the overall structure of the simulated field. Based on these attributes stochastic images, which show the same characteristics from a statistical point of view become distinguishable. The scenarios generated this way are able to bridge the gap of information content between the individual stochastic images and the entirety of the pooled realisations. Scenarios are also capable of highlighting the groups of most probable outcomes from the realisations while screening the effect of ergodic fluctuations of the individual stochastic images. They yield a more realistic representation of the smaller scale heterogeneities than the individual stochastic images. In this sense, our approach is able to resolve the question of how many realisations to choose for the assessment of uncertainty. Besides, it eliminates subjectivity and supports reproducible decision-making when the task is to select stochastic images for dynamic simulation.
Melting Features and Viscosity of TiO2-Containing Primary Slag in a Blast Furnace
Authors: Jiao Kexin , Zhang Jianliang , Wang Zhiyu , Liu Yanxiang , Xu RenZe 
Published: February 2017

Abstract
The performance of the primary slag in the cohesive zone of blast furnace is critical for smooth operation of blast furnace ironmaking process. In the present work, the CaO–SiO2–MgO–TiO2–Al2O3–FeO slag system was studied to identify the influence of the FeO and the TiO2 on the melting features and viscosity. The temperatures of melting features are found to decrease with increasing FeO from 5 wt% to 20 wt% and increase with increasing TiO2 from 5 wt% to 15 wt%. The viscosities of the slag change with TiO2 can be divided into four periods, which are slow period, rapid period, slow down period and dramatically rise period. The introduction of TiO2 into silicate network performs as network modifier at high temperature and network former at a relative low temperature. FeO can decrease the effect of Ti2O6
4– chain units and decrease the precipitation temperature of the solid phase.
Russian Nationalists Fight Ukrainian War
Authors: Yudina Natalia 
Published: February 2017

AbstractIn this article, I am going to focus on how the radical nationalist movement in Russia fares in the current situation, given the political consolidation of the current regime, and the war in Ukraine1and the government’s reaction to it. The article describes the situation as it stood at the end of 2014, which makes it predictably incomprehensive because new updates on the conflict still arrive every day, and there has also been more news about Russian ultra-right forces over the past few months.
Asylum Seekers Crisis in Europe 2015: Debating Spaces of Fear and Security in Latvia
Authors: Lulle Aija , Ungure Elza 
Published: February 2017

Abstract
In this paper we analyse emerging discourses of fear on the one hand and safety and security on the other. In the context of rupture - sudden, unprecedented asylum flows as well as the historical context of the fear and experience of losing the state’s freedom, we pose the following research question: Where do insecurities and fear come from and how are spaces of security and safety carved out through public discourses? We argue that, instead of singling out political discourses in Eastern European as filled with hatred towards other ethnicities and races or an inability to show solidarity with human suffering, we have to open up a far more deep reaching debate on the interplay of fear and the willingness to create safer, more secure futures. We illustrate this with examples from media debates in Latvia, in late 2015.
Russian Information Operations Against the Ukrainian State and Defence Forces: April-December 2014 in Online News
Authors: Müür Kristiina , Mölder Holger , Sazonov Vladimir , Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt Pille 
Published: February 2017

Abstract
The aim of the current article is to provide analysis of information operations of the Russian Federation performed against the Ukrainian state and defence forces from 1 April until 31 December 2014. Russia uses ideological, historical, political symbols and narratives for justifying and supporting their military, economic and political campaigns not only in Donbass but in the whole of Ukraine. The article concentrates on the various means of meaning-making carried out by Russian information operations regarding the Ukrainian state and military structures.
Risk assessment in transportation systems
Authors: Młyńczak Marek 
Published: February 2017

Abstract
The paper presents problems of hazard identification in transportation systems, where not only field of action is large but also cause-consequences relations between failure causes and losses are distant in time and space. It is observed in transportation systems of goods and passengers, systems of water, gas, oil distribution and electro-energetic nets. Proposed systemic approach based on system elements classification on active (casual) and passive ones (affected). There are described concepts of vulnerability (damageability), resilience (ability of recovering and risk controlling by introducing safety measures to undesired event chain.
State Policies toward Islam in Twenty Countries in Western Europe: The Accommodation of Islam Index
Authors: Kaya Serdar 
Published: February 2017

AbstractThis study creates an index that reveals the extent to which Western European countries accommodate Islamic traditions and practices. The index covers six realms in which Muslim communities seek accommodation: (1) education, (2) chaplaincy services, (3) mosques, (4) cemeteries, (5) Islamic attire, and (6) halal food. The study examines and quantifies the state policies in twenty Western European countries on both national and municipal levels with a particular focus on actual implementation. Results indicate that Western European countries vary widely in terms of their accommodation of Islam. There are also notable within-country differences, due in part to regional governments, as they also make and/or implement policy decisions. Both between- and within-country variations in the accommodation of Islam reveal a variety of nuances, and blur dual categories, such as ethnic-civic and assimilationist-integrationist.
The Television Industry as a Market of Attention
Authors: Nilssen Tore 
Published: February 2017

Abstract
In this article, I present an economist’s perspective on the TV industry and view it as a so-called two-sided market, with advertisers on the one side benefiting from the presence of TV viewers and TV viewers on the other side having a dislike for advertising on TV. I use this framework to discuss the likely future development of pay TV, in particular how a future increase in competition in the TV industry will affect the prevalence of pay TV over advertising-financed TV.