bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Draft Genome Sequence of Pediococcus pentosaceus Strain FBL2, a Probiotic Bacterium Isolated from Jogaejeot, a Salted Fermented Food, in the Republic of Korea
Authors: Kim Eiseul , Kim Jae-Hwan , Park Saet-Byul , Kim Mi-ju , Kim Hyun-Joong , Kim Chang-Gyeom , Choo Dong-Won , Kim Hae-Yeong 
Published: May 2017

ABSTRACT

Pediococcus pentosaceus
strain FBL2 is a lactic acid bacterium isolated in the Republic of Korea from jogaejeot, a salted fermented food made with shellfish.
P. pentosaceus
strain FBL2 comprised 54 contigs (≥1 kb) and had a total draft genome size of 1,934,229 bp with a G+C content of 37.2%.
Complete Genome Sequences of Porcine Deltacoronavirus Strains DH1/2016 and DH2/2016 Isolated in South Korea
Authors: Chung Hee-Chun , Nguyen Van Giap , Oh Woo-Taek , My Le Huynh Thi , Moon Hyung-Joon , Lee Jee-Hoon , Kim Hye-Kwon , Park Seong-Jun , Park Bong Kyun 
Published: May 2017

ABSTRACT
Two porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) strains, named DH1/2016 and DH2/2016, were isolated from feces of piglets which had severe watery diarrhea symptoms. A comparison of the complete genome sequences suggested that the DH1/2016 and DH2/2016 strains are highly homologous to each other and to PDCoVs isolated in early 2014 from the United States.
What is the best analgesic option for patients presenting with renal colic to the emergency department? Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Pathan Sameer A. , Mitra Biswadev , Romero Lorena , Cameron Peter A. 
Published: May 2017

IntroductionPatients with renal colic present to the emergency department in excruciating pain. There is variability in practice regarding the choice of initial analgesic to be used in renal colic. The aim of this article is to outline the protocol for review of the efficacy and safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), opioids and paracetamol use in renal colic pain management.Methods and analysisThis is the protocol for a systematic review, comparing efficacy of NSAIDs, opioids and paracetamol in renal colic studied under randomised controlled trial (RCT) design. This protocol reporting is based on the PRISMA-P recommendations (PRISMA-P-checklist). We will conduct a comprehensive literature search for both peer-reviewed and grey literature published until 18 December 2016. Using a predefined search strategy, MEDLINE, Embase and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials will be searched. Additional searches will include WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, abstract list of relevant major conferences and the reference lists of relevant publications. Two authors will independently screen and identify the studies to be included. The RCT comparing NSAIDs versus opioids or paracetamol will be included in the review, if the age of participants in the study was >16 years and they presented with moderate to severe renal colic. Any disagreement between the screening authors will be resolved through discussion and reaching consensus; if not, a third reviewer will arbitrate. Quantitative data from homogeneous studies will be pooled in the meta-analysis using RevMan V.5.3 software. The findings of this review will be presented according to the guidelines in the Cochrane Handbook of Systematic Reviews of Interventions and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis statement.Ethics and disseminationFormal ethics approval is not required, as primary data will not be collected. We plan to publish the result of this review in a peer-reviewed journal.
Examining the safety of menstrual cups among rural primary school girls in western Kenya: observational studies nested in a randomised controlled feasibility study
Authors: Juma Jane , Nyothach Elizabeth , Laserson Kayla F , Oduor Clifford , Arita Lilian , Ouma Caroline , Oruko Kelvin , Omoto Jackton , Mason Linda , Alexander Kelly T , Fields Barry , Onyango Clayton , Phillips-Howard Penelope A 
Published: May 2017

ObjectiveExamine the safety of menstrual cups against sanitary pads and usual practice in Kenyan schoolgirls.DesignObservational studies nested in a cluster randomised controlled feasibility study.Setting30 primary schools in a health and demographic surveillance system in rural western Kenya.ParticipantsMenstruating primary schoolgirls aged 14–16 years participating in a menstrual feasibility study.InterventionsInsertable menstrual cup, monthly sanitary pads or ‘usual practice’ (controls).Outcome measuresStaphylococcus aureusvaginal colonization,Escherichia coligrowth on sampled used cups, toxic shock syndrome or other adverse health outcomes.ResultsAmong 604 eligible girls tested, no adverse event or TSS was detected over a median 10.9 months follow-up.S. aureusprevalence was 10.8%, with no significant difference over intervention time or between groups. Of 65 S.aureuspositives at first test, 49 girls were retested and 10 (20.4%) remained positive. Of these, two (20%) sample isolates tested positive for toxic shock syndrome toxin-1; both girls were provided pads and were clinically healthy. Seven per cent of cups required replacements for loss, damage, dropping in a latrine or a poor fit. Of 30 used cups processed forE. coligrowth, 13 (37.1%, 95% CI 21.1% to 53.1%) had growth.E. coligrowth was greatest in newer compared with established users (53%vs22.2%, p=0.12).ConclusionsAmong this feasibility sample, no evidence emerged to indicate menstrual cups are hazardous or cause health harms among rural Kenyan schoolgirls, but large-scale trials and post-marketing surveillance should continue to evaluate cup safety.
Satisfaction, burnout and intention to stay of emergency nurses in Shanghai
Authors: Jiang Hui , Ma Lily , Gao Caiping , Li Tengteng , Huang Lihua , Huang Weiqin 
Published: May 2017

BackgroundStability of the nursing workforce is considered a key factor for high-quality healthcare. Satisfaction and burnout are reported to be closely related to staff turnover. This study investigates satisfaction and burnout of ED nurses in Shanghai and association of these factors with intention to stay on the job.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional descriptive survey study conducted between October and December 2015. Our own questionnaire and the Maslach Burnout Inventory were used to construct the survey. The convenience sampling method was used. The survey targeted ED nurses in 30 Shanghai hospitals. Data were analysed using descriptive, non-paired t-tests, analysis of variance and multivariable logistic regression to decipher possible causes for burnout and identify reasons for continued interest in staying on the job by ED nurses.ResultsOf 1137 nurses who received surveys, 976 (87%) responded. Among the respondents, 75% reported being very satisfied or satisfied with their jobs, but there was a high level of burnout, and 22.5% of the nurses expressed their intention to leave the ED within the following year (p<0.05). Nurses’ satisfaction and burnout were associated with intention to leave. Salary, nurse–patient relationships, nurse staffing and work environment were areas where nurses were less satisfied, while group cohesion was associated with greater satisfaction.ConclusionED nurses in Shanghai report a high level of burnout, which is associated with an intention to leave their jobs. Interventions are needed to improve satisfaction and reduce burnout to maintain the stability of the nursing workforce.
Microstructure and properties of TiO2 sol-enhanced black nickel nanocomposite coating
Authors: Bo Hu , Hou Fengyan , Tay See Leng , Wang Yuxin , Gao Wei , Xiong Chao 
Published: May 2017

Black nickel coatings are widely used in industries due to their shiny black color and other unique properties. However these coatings are normally soft, which limits their applications. In order to increase the mechanical properties of black nickel coatings, sol-enhanced technology has been applied to the plating process. TiO2 sol-enhanced black nickel nanocomposite coatings were electroplated on nickel-coated brass. A systematic study on the microstructure and properties of the black coatings were conducted. The effects of TiO2 concentration (TiO2 sol concentration in 0–20 mL/L) on the surface morphology, nanohardness and wear resistance have been studied. The results indicated that the nanohardness of the sol-enhanced black nickel coating was increased by [Formula: see text]20%. The mechanisms of improvement and surface morphology variation were also discussed.
Role of Adipose Tissue Endothelial ADAM17 in Age-Related Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction
Authors: Dou Huijuan , Feher Attila , Davila Alec C. , Romero Maritza J. , Patel Vijay S. , Kamath Vinayak M. , Gooz Monika Beck , Rudic R. Daniel , Lucas Rudolf , Fulton David J. , Weintraub Neal L. , Bagi Zsolt 
Published: May 2017

Objective—
A disintegrin and metalloproteinase ADAM17 (tumor necrosis factor-α [TNF]–converting enzyme) regulates soluble TNF levels. We tested the hypothesis that aging-induced activation in adipose tissue (AT)-expressed ADAM17 contributes to the development of remote coronary microvascular dysfunction in obesity.

Approach and Results—

Coronary arterioles (CAs, ≈90 µm) from right atrial appendages and mediastinal AT were examined in patients (aged: 69±11 years, BMI: 30.2±5.6 kg/m
2
) who underwent open heart surgery. CA and AT were also studied in 6-month and 24-month lean and obese mice fed a normal or high-fat diet. We found that obesity elicited impaired endothelium-dependent CA dilations only in older patients and in aged high-fat diet mice. Transplantation of AT from aged obese, but not from young or aged, mice increased serum cytokine levels, including TNF, and impaired CA dilation in the young recipient mice. In patients and mice, obesity was accompanied by age-related activation of ADAM17, which was attributed to vascular endothelium–expressed ADAM17. Excess, ADAM17-shed TNF from AT arteries in older obese patients was sufficient to impair CA dilation in a bioassay in which the AT artery was serially connected to a CA. Moreover, we found that the increased activity of endothelial ADAM17 is mediated by a diminished inhibitory interaction with caveolin-1, owing to age-related decline in caveolin-1 expression in obese patients and mice or to genetic deletion of caveolin-1.

Conclusions—
The present study indicates that aging and obesity cooperatively reduce caveolin-1 expression and increase vascular endothelial ADAM17 activity and soluble TNF release in AT, which may contribute to the development of remote coronary microvascular dysfunction in older obese patients.
The gut microbiota, bile acids and their correlation in primary sclerosing cholangitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease
Authors: Torres J , Palmela C , Brito H , Bao X , Ruiqi H , Moura-Santos P , Pereira da Silva J , Oliveira A , Vieira C , Perez K , Itzkowitz SH , Colombel JF , Humbert L , Rainteau D , Cravo M , Rodrigues CM , Hu J 
Published: May 2017

BackgroundPatients with primary sclerosing cholangitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease (PSC-IBD) have a very high risk of developing colorectal neoplasia. Alterations in the gut microbiota and/or gut bile acids could account for the increase in this risk. However, no studies have yet investigated the net result of cholestasis and a potentially altered bile acid pool interacting with a dysbiotic gut flora in the inflamed colon of PSC-IBD.AimThe aim of this study was to compare the gut microbiota and stool bile acid profiles, as well as and their correlation in patients with PSC-IBD and inflammatory bowel disease alone.MethodsThirty patients with extensive colitis (15 with concomitant primary sclerosing cholangitis) were prospectively recruited and fresh stool samples were collected. The microbiota composition in stool was profiled using bacterial 16S rRNA sequencing. Stool bile acids were assessed by high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.ResultsThe total stool bile acid pool was significantly reduced in PSC-IBD. Although no major differences were observed in the individual bile acid species in stool, their overall combination allowed a good separation between PSC-IBD and inflammatory bowel disease. Compared with inflammatory bowel disease alone, PSC-IBD patients demonstrated a different gut microbiota composition with enrichment in Ruminococcus and Fusobacterium genus compared with inflammatory bowel disease. At the operational taxonomic unit level major shifts were observed within the Firmicutes (73%) and Bacteroidetes phyla (17%). Specific microbiota-bile acid correlations were observed in PSC-IBD, where 12% of the operational taxonomic units strongly correlated with stool bile acids, compared with only 0.4% in non-PSC-IBD.ConclusionsPatients with PSC-IBD had distinct microbiota and microbiota-stool bile acid correlations as compared with inflammatory bowel disease. Whether these changes are associated with, or may predispose to, an increased risk of colorectal neoplasia needs to be further clarified.
Molecular Biomarkers for Weight Control in Obese Individuals Subjected to a Multiphase Dietary Intervention
Authors: Bolton Jennifer , Montastier Emilie , Carayol Jérôme , Bonnel Sophie , Mir Lucile , Marques Marie-Adeline , Astrup Arne , Saris Wim , Iacovoni Jason , Villa-Vialaneix Nathalie , Valsesia Armand , Langin Dominique , Viguerie Nathalie 
Published: May 2017

AbstractContextAlthough calorie restriction has proven beneficial for weight loss, long-term weight control is variable between individuals.ObjectiveTo identify biomarkers of successful weight control during a dietary intervention (DI).Design, Setting, and ParticipantsAdipose tissue (AT) transcriptomes were compared between 21 obese individuals who either maintained weight loss or regained weight during the DI. Results were validated on 310 individuals from the same study using quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and protein levels of potential circulating biomarkers measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.InterventionIndividuals underwent 8 weeks of low-calorie diet, then 6 months of ad libitum diet.Outcome MeasureWeight changes at the end of the DI.ResultsWe evaluated six genes that had altered expression during DI, encode secreted proteins, and have not previously been implicated in weight control (EGFL6, FSTL3, CRYAB, TNMD, SPARC, IGFBP3), as well as genes for which baseline expression differed between those with good and poor weight control (ASPN, USP53). Changes in plasma concentrations of EGFL6, FSTL3, and CRYAB mirrored AT messenger RNA expression; all decreased during DI in individuals with good weight control. ASPN and USP53 had higher baseline expression in individuals who went on to have good weight control. Expression quantitative trait loci analysis found polymorphisms associated with expression levels of USP53 in AT. A regulatory network was identified in which transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) was responsible for downregulation of certain genes during DI in good controllers. Interestingly, ASPN is a TGF-β1 inhibitor.ConclusionsWe found circulating biomarkers associated with weight control that could influence weight management strategies and genes that may be prognostic for successful weight control.
The effect of negative pressure wound therapy with antibacterial dressings or antiseptics on an in vitro wound model
Authors: Matiasek J. , Domig K.J. , Djedovic G. , Babeluk R. , Assadian O. 
Published: May 2017

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the bacterial bioburden in experimental in vitro wounds during the application of conventional negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), with and without antimicrobial dressings (polyhexanide, silver), against NPWT instillation of octenidine. Method: Experimental wounds produced in an in vitro porcine wound model were homogenously contaminated with bacterial suspension and treated with NPWT and different options. Group A: non-antimicrobial polyurethane foam dressing; group B: antimicrobial polyurethane foam dressing containing silver; group C: antimicrobial gauze dressing containing polyhexanide; group D: non-antimicrobial polyurethane foam dressing intermittently irrigated with octenidine; group E: negative control (non-antimicrobial polyurethane foam dressing without NPWT). Standard biopsies were harvested after 24 and 28 hours. Results: This study demonstrated that the use of NPWT with intermitted instillation of octenidine (group D) or application of silver-based polyurethane foam dressings (group B) is significantly superior against Staphylococcus aureus colonisation in experimental wounds compared with non-antimicrobial polyurethane foam dressing (group A) after 48 hours. Surprisingly, the polyhexanide-based dressing (group C) used in this model showed no statistical significant effect compared with the control group (group E) after 24 or 48 hours of treatment. Conclusion: Both intermitted instillation of octenidine and silver-based dressings in standard NPWT were significantly superior compared with non-antimicrobial polyurethane foam dressings or PHMB coated gauze dressing after 48 hours.
Book Reviews
Authors: Tomaselli Keyan , Tchouaffe Jean-Olivier 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
HARRY ALAN TOWERS: THE TRANSNATIONAL CAREER OF A CINEMATIC CONTRARIAN, DAVE MANN (ED.) (2014) Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co., 251pp., ISBN: 9780786479825, p/bk, $38.94
Directory of World Cinema: Africa, Blandine Stefanson and Sheila Petty (eds) (2015) Intellect and University of Chicago Press, Bristol, UK and Chicago, IL ISBN: 9781783203918, Paperback, 420pp., $36
A new method for QRS detection in ECG signals using QRS-preserving filtering techniques
Authors: Sharma Tanushree , Sharma Kamalesh K. 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Detection of QRS complexes in ECG signals is required for various purposes such as determination of heart rate, feature extraction and classification. The problem of automatic QRS detection in ECG signals is complicated by the presence of noise spectrally overlapping with the QRS frequency range. As a solution to this problem, we propose the use of least-squares-optimisation-based smoothing techniques that suppress the noise peaks in the ECG while preserving the QRS complexes. We also propose a novel nonlinear transformation technique that is applied after the smoothing operations, which equalises the QRS amplitudes without boosting the supressed noise peaks. After these preprocessing operations, the R-peaks can finally be detected with high accuracy. The proposed technique has a low computational load and, therefore, it can be used for real-time QRS detection in a wearable device such as a Holter monitor or for fast offline QRS detection. The offline and real-time versions of the proposed technique have been evaluated on the standard MIT-BIH database. The offline implementation is found to perform better than state-of-the-art techniques based on wavelet transforms, empirical mode decomposition, etc. and the real-time implementation also shows improved performance over existing real-time QRS detection techniques.
Mobility and Insurgent Celebrityhood: The Case of Arundhati Roy
Authors: Nayar Pramod K. 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Indian novelist and Booker winner Arundhati Roy is a celebrity author, but her celebrityhood is a cross-genre and cross-domain one. This essay argues that a certain insurgent celebrityhood emerges in the case of Roy through her mobility into and across many public domains. In this process of mobility, Roy also mobilises in her rhetoric and her polemics, the precariat public sphere by her participation in it. There is, first her generic mobility (across genres). Then, Roy moves from the cosmopolitan domain to the vernacular when she employs her cosmopolitan cultural capital of the English language, but also political ideas of citizenship, in order to alter her vernacularisation. Third, Roy’s activism enables her mobilisation of “insurgents,” those with political views opposed to the state’s and involved with social justice struggles.
On the geometric nature of the twin paradox in curved spacetimes
Authors: Sokołowski Leszek M. 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
The famous „twin paradox” of special relativity is of purely geometric nature and formulated in curved spacetimes of general relativity motivates investigations of the timelike geodesic structure of these manifolds. Except for the maximally symmetric spacetimes the search for the longest timelike curves is hard, complicated and requires both advanced methods of global Lorentzian geometry and solving the intricate geodesic deviation equation. This article is a theoretical introduction to the problem. First we describe the procedure of determining the locally longest curves; it is algorithmic in the sense of consisting of a small number of definite steps and is effective if the geodesic deviation equation may be solved. Then we discuss the problem of globally maximal timelike curves; due to its nonlocal nature there is no prescription of how to solve it in finite number of steps. In the case of sufficiently high symmetry of the manifold also the globally longest curves may be found. Finally we briefly present some results recently found.
The algebras of bounded and essentially bounded Lebesgue measurable functions
Authors: Mortini Raymond , Rupp Rudolf 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Let X be a set in ℝn with positive Lebesgue measure. It is well known that the spectrum of the algebra L∞(X) of (equivalence classes) of essentially bounded, complex-valued, measurable functions on X is an extremely disconnected compact Hausdorff space.We show, by elementary methods, that the spectrum M of the algebra ℒb(X, ℂ) of all bounded measurable functions on X is not extremely disconnected, though totally disconnected. Let ∆ = { δx : x ∈ X} be the set of point evaluations and let g be the Gelfand topology on M. Then (∆, g) is homeomorphic to (X, Τdis),where Tdis is the discrete topology. Moreover, ∆ is a dense subset of the spectrum M of ℒb(X, ℂ). Finally, the hull h(I), (which is homeomorphic to M(L∞(X))), of the ideal of all functions in ℒb(X, ℂ) vanishing almost everywhere on X is a nowhere dense and extremely disconnected subset of the Corona M \ ∆ of ℒb(X, ℂ).
La mediación oculta: los agentes literarios en la producción de literatura “latinoamericana” en Europa
Authors: Locane Jorge J. 
Published: May 2017

ResumenEl presente artículo propone un acercamiento a la función mediadora de los agentes literarios en la producción actual de literatura latinoamericana en Europa. Aunque su influencia se ha acrecentado sensiblemente desde que en los años 60 Carmen Balcells fundara un modelo y marcara el curso de acción, hasta el momento no existen estudios en profundidad al respecto. Estas páginas exponen una serie de hipótesis para comenzar a ahondar en tal dirección. Se argumenta: 1. que, de acuerdo con el modelo fundacional Balcells, la literatura latinoamericana de circulación internacional se sigue produciendo, fundamentalmente, en Barcelona por mediación de agencias; 2. que estas agencias otorgan un valor agregado indispensable en el mercado internacional y 3. que su mediación, finalmente, lejos de ser pasiva, condiciona la producción de literatura, en su sentido más estricto.