bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Do Foreign Investors Promote Stock Price Efficiency in Emerging Markets?
Authors: Vo Xuan Vinh 
Published: December 2017

AbstractThis paper examines the role of foreign investors in promoting stock price efficiency in emerging stock markets relying on the fact that stock prices in these markets are influenced by both local and global factors. We employ a data sample of Vietnamese‐listed firms on the Ho Chi Minh City stock exchange over the period from 2006 to 2015. We utilize the panel data estimation analysis. The results show that foreign investors accelerate the incorporation of available information into local stock prices. The finding reinforces the important role of foreign investors in domestic stock markets of emerging economies.
Improving quality function deployment analysis with the cloud MULTIMOORA method
Authors: Wu Song‐Man , You Xiao‐Yue , Liu Hu‐Chen , Wang Li‐En 
Published: December 2017

AbstractQuality function deployment (QFD) is a quality guarantee method extensively used in various industries, which can help enterprises shorten the product design period and enhance the manufacturing and managing work. The task of selecting important engineering characteristics (ECs) in QFD is crucial and often involves multiple customer requirements (CRs). In this paper, a modified multi‐objective optimization by ratio analysis plus the full multiplicative form (MULTIMOORA) method based on cloud model theory (called C‐MULTIMOORA) is developed to determine the ranking order of ECs in QFD. First, the linguistic assessments provided by decision makers are transformed into normal clouds and aggregated by the cloud weighted averaging operator. Then, the weights of CRs are determined based on a maximizing deviation method with incomplete weight information. Finally, the importance of ECs is obtained using the C‐MULTIMOORA method. An empirical case conducted in an electric vehicle manufacturing organization is provided together with a comparative analysis to validate the advantages of our proposed QFD model.
Dealing With Item Nonresponse in Large‐Scale Cognitive Assessments: The Impact of Missing Data Methods on Estimated Explanatory Relationships
Authors: Köhler Carmen , Pohl Steffi , Carstensen Claus H. 
Published: December 2017

AbstractCompetence data from low‐stakes educational large‐scale assessment studies allow for evaluating relationships between competencies and other variables. The impact of item‐level nonresponse has not been investigated with regard to statistics that determine the size of these relationships (e.g., correlations, regression coefficients). Classical approaches such as ignoring missing values or treating them as incorrect are currently applied in many large‐scale studies, while recent model‐based approaches that can account for nonignorable nonresponse have been developed. Estimates of item and person parameters have been demonstrated to be biased for classical approaches when missing data are missing not at random (MNAR). In our study, we focus on parameter estimates of the structural model (i.e., the true regression coefficient when regressing competence on an explanatory variable), simulating data according to various missing data mechanisms. We found that model‐based approaches and ignoring missing values performed well in retrieving regression coefficients even when we induced missing data that were MNAR. Treating missing values as incorrect responses can lead to substantial bias. We demonstrate the validity of our approach empirically and discuss the relevance of our results.
Navigating Ambivalence: Perceived Organizational Prestige–Support Discrepancy and Its Relation to Employee Cynicism and Silence
Authors: Mignonac Karim , Herrbach Olivier , Serrano Archimi Carolina , Manville Caroline 
Published: December 2017

AbstractDrawing on the social identity literature, this study offers theoretical arguments and empirical evidence to understand reactions to divergent perceptions of organizational external prestige (PEP) and organizational support (POS) – two crucial bases of employees’ social worth. Across three studies, using both experimental and field data, we find that PEP‐POS discrepancy contributes to employees’ perceptions of organizational cynicism and silence behaviour, especially when PEP is high and POS is low (rather than the reverse). Consistent with our social identity perspective, we find that ambivalent identification, that is, the simultaneous identification and disidentification of an individual with an organization, is a key mediating mechanism that transfers the interactive relationship of PEP and POS to cynicism and silence. These findings contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of individuals’ social worth at work.
The Story Engine: offering an online platform for making ‘unofficial’ creative writing work
Authors: Connolly Steve , Burn Andrew 
Published: December 2017

AbstractThis article describes the outcomes of a research project conducted at the Ministry of Stories (a London‐based writing centre) which sought to develop an online, mentor‐assisted, writing platform. Across a 3‐month period, at four different sites across the UK, more than a hundred Year 7 pupils took part in the project, using the platform to write stories and get feedback from mentors who came from a variety of backgrounds. For reasons of space, pupil/mentor interactions are not discussed extensively in the article; however, these stories were collected and analysed alongside a range of other survey and interview data to establish how creative writing might be developed through online mentoring, the use of an online interface and the intersection of both these tools. The article seeks to answer some questions raised by the data collected in the project, and in turn, uses both the questions and the data to interrogate some of the discourses which surround the teaching of creative writing both in and outside the classroom, and in particular the tensions that occur between the teaching of writing skills, ‘official versions’ of writing in the classroom and children's use of their own cultural resources in creative writing.
The impact of obesity in cirrhotic patients with septic shock: A retrospective cohort study
Authors: Kok Beverley , Karvellas Constantine J. , Abraldes Juan G. , Jalan Rajiv , Sundaram Vinay , Gurka David , Keenan Sean , Kumar Aseem , Martinka Greg , Bookatz Brian , Wood Gordon , Kumar Anand ,   The Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Research Group
Published: December 2017

AbstractBackground & AimsThe prevalence of obesity in cirrhosis is rising. The impact of obesity in critically ill cirrhotic patients with sepsis/septic shock has not been evaluated. This study aimed to examine the relationship between obesity and mortality in cirrhotic patients admitted to the intensive care unit with septic shock.MethodsA retrospective cohort study of all cirrhotic patients with septic shock (n = 362) and a recorded body mass index (BMI) from an international, multicentre (CATSS) database (1996‐2015) was performed. Patients were classified by BMI as per WHO categories. Primary outcome was in‐hospital mortality. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were carried out to determine independent associations with outcome.ResultsIn this analysis, mean age was 56.4 years, and 62% were male. Median BMI was 26.3%, and 57.7% were overweight/obese. In‐hospital mortality was 71%. Obese patients were more likely to have comorbidities of cardiac disease, lung disease and diabetes. Compared to survivors (n = 105), non‐survivors (n = 257) had significantly higher MELD and APACHEII scores and higher requirements for renal replacement therapy and mechanical ventilation (P < .03 for all). Using multivariable logistic regression, increase in BMI (OR 1.07, P = .034), time delay to appropriate antimicrobials (OR 1.16 per hour, P = .003), APACHEII (OR 1.12 per unit, P = .008) and peak lactate (OR 1.15, P = .028) were independently associated with in‐hospital mortality.ConclusionsSeptic shock in cirrhosis carries a high mortality. Increased BMI is common in critically ill cirrhotic patients and independently associated with increased in‐hospital mortality.
Case of elderly‐onset multiple acyl‐CoA dehydrogenase deficiency with a novel ETFDH mutation shows progressive muscle weakness and rhabdomyolysis
Authors: Seino Yusuke , Nakamura Takumi , Kawarabayashi Takeshi , Wakasaya Yasuhito , Hayashi Yukiko K. , Okubo Mariko , Nishino Ichizo , Shoji Mikio 
Published: December 2017

AbstractA 59‐year‐old female, who had developed muscle stiffness and progressive muscle weakness 11 months earlier, was admitted to our hospital with acute rhabdomyolysis and muscle weakness of the neck and extremities. Markedly elevated levels of muscle enzymes, including creatine kinase, and severe metabolic acidosis were observed. A muscle biopsy revealed lipid storage myopathy. Genetic analysis detected a novel mutation in the electron‐transferring flavoprotein dehydrogenase (ETFDH) gene (c.547A > T (p.M183L)). The administration of high‐dose (120 mg/day) riboflavin rapidly improved the patient's symptoms and laboratory data, and she did not exhibit any symptoms at the 4‐year follow‐up. In this case of elderly‐onset multiple acyl‐CoA dehydrogenation deficiency, high‐dose riboflavin treatment produced a marked improvement in the patient's condition.
Association of Insulin‐like Growth Factor‐1, Bone Mass and Inflammation to Low‐energy Distal Radius Fractures and Fracture Healing in Elderly Women Attending Emergency Care
Authors: Chisalita Simona I , Chong Lee Ti , Wajda Maciej , Adolfsson Lars , Woisetschläger Mischa , Spångeus Anna 
Published: December 2017

ObjectiveElderly patients suffer fractures through low‐energy mechanisms. The distal radius is the most frequent fracture localization. Insulin‐like growth factor‐1 (IGF1) plays an important role in the maintenance of bone mass and its levels decline with advancing age and in states of malnutrition. Our aim was to investigate the association ofIGF1 levels, bone mass, nutritional status, and inflammation to low‐energy distal radius fractures and also study if fracture healing is influenced byIGF1, nutritional status, and inflammation.MethodsPostmenopausal women, 55 years or older, with low‐energy distal radius fractures occurring due to falling on slippery ground, indoors or outdoors, were recruited in the emergency department (ED) and followed 1 and 5 weeks after the initial trauma with biomarkers for nutritional status and inflammation. Fractures were diagnosed according to standard procedure by physical examination and X‐ray. All patients were conservatively treated with plaster casts in theED. Patients who needed interventions were excluded from our study. Fracture healing was evaluated from radiographs. Fracture healing assessment was made with a five‐point scale where the radiological assessment included callus formation, fracture line, and stage of union. Blood samples were taken within 24 h after fracture and analyzed in the routine laboratory. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured by dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DXA).ResultsThirty‐eight Caucasian women, aged 70.5 ± 8.9 years (mean ±SD) old, were recruited. Nutritional status, as evaluated by albumin (40.3 ± 3.1 g/L),IGF1 (125.3 ± 39.9 μg/L), body mass index (26.9 ± 3.6 kg/m2), arm diameter (28.9 ± 8.9 cm), and arm skinfold (2.5 ± 0.7 cm), was normal. A positive correlation was found betweenIGF1 at visit 1 and the lowestBMDfor hip, spine, or radius (r= 0.39,P= 0.04). High sensitive C‐reactive protein (hsCRP) and leukocytes were higher at the fracture event compared to 5 weeks later (P= 0.07 andP< 0.001, respectively). Fracture healing parameters (i.e. callus formation, fracture line, and stage of union) were positively correlated with the initial leukocyte count and to difference in thrombocyte count between visit 1 and 3.ConclusionsIn elderly women with low‐energy distal radius fractures, an association betweenIGF1 and lowest measures ofBMDwas found, indicating that lowIGF1 could be an indirect risk factor for fractures. Fracture healing was associated with initial leukocytosis and a lower thrombocyte count, suggesting that inflammation and thrombocytes are important components in fracture healing.
Initial experiences with NAM‐assisted primary repair of the BCLP deformity
Authors: Prasad Sabarinath , Ravindran Sreeja , Radhakrishnan Vasanth , Hazarey P V , Vanka Amit , Rajan Bhavya 
Published: December 2017

ABSTRACTBackgroundPrimary surgical repair of the bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP) deformity is challenging. Infant Orthopedic (IO) procedures are often used to assist surgical reconstruction of normal anatomy. Nasoalveolar molding (NAM) is a presurgical infant orthopedic procedure that attempts to reduce the cleft nasal deformity, in addition to the lip and alveolus, leading to an esthetic primary surgical repair.ObjectiveNAM provides the surgical team with a better foundation for an easier and more esthetic single stage repair at the level of nose in addition to the lip and alveolus.MethodInfant nasal cartilages are amenable to correction with NAM in the first few weeks of infancy when they retain their plasticity. NAM‐assisted surgical repair of a complete BCLP infant is discussed. Postoperatively nasal stents were used to retain results and minimize relapse.ResultsNAM helped correct premaxillary deviation and protrusion, reduce alveolar cleft width and improve the nasal morphology prior to surgery in the BCLP infant.ConclusionsNAM helped reduce the severity of the cleft deformity in the BCLP infant and facilitated an easier and esthetic single stage primary surgical repair.
True Cowmen and Commercial Farmers: Exploring Vets’ and Dairy Farmers’ Contrasting Views of ‘Good Farming’ in Relation to Biosecurity
Authors: Shortall Orla , Sutherland Lee‐Ann , Ruston Annmarie , Kaler Jasmeet 
Published: December 2017

AbstractResponsibility for biosecurity in UK farming is being devolved from government to industry, with a greater emphasis on the veterinarian (vet)‐farmer relationship. Although social science has shown that care for animals is part of ‘good farming’, the British dairy sector sees a need to improve biosecurity. This research uses the good farmer concept to compare how vets and dairy farmers define good farming for biosecurity based on qualitative interviews with 28 vets and 15 dairy farmers in England. The results revealed two conflicting ‘good farmer’ identities: the large, commercial farmer who has the economic capital to invest in biosecurity and veterinary services; and the self‐sufficient stock keeper whose cultural and social capital lead them to manage herd health independently. These identities reflect changing ‘rules of the game’, following Bourdieu's use of the term, and increasing penetration of vets’ cultural capital into the sector. They involve different constructions of risk which need to be recognised within debates about good biosecurity.
Zika virus dynamics in body fluids and risk of sexual transmission in a non‐endemic area
Authors: Sánchez‐Montalvá Adrián , Pou Diana , Sulleiro Elena , Salvador Fernando , Bocanegra Cristina , Treviño Begoña , Rando Ariadna , Serre Núria , Pumarola Tomàs , Almirante Benito , Molina Israel 
Published: December 2017

AbstractObjectiveTo understand Zika virus (ZIKV) dynamics in fluids of infected individuals and the risk of sexual transmission.MethodsProspective study at two centres in Spain. Patients with probable or confirmed diagnosis of ZIKV infection were clinically followed up, and fluid samples were collected from saliva, serum, urine and semen or vaginal secretion following the study protocol. Non‐traveller‐sexual partners were offered to participate.ResultsFrom January 2016 to December 2016, we included a total of 11 traveller patients and six sexual contacts. Six patients were male, with a median age of 38 years (IQR 30–45). We performed 61 RT‐PCR determinations, seven of which were positive. Positive results were retrieved from serum, urine, semen and vaginal tract. One of four women tested positive for ZIKV RNA in vaginal swabs collected during the first 45 days after symptoms onset. Clearance occurred between day 37 and day 69 after symptoms onset. One of five men tested positive for ZIKV RNA in semen collected during the first 45 days after symptoms onset. Clearance occurred between day 23 and 107 after symptoms onset. Six patients had sexual relations during the defined period. All tested patients were negative for ZIKV infection by serological testing.ConclusionZIKV shedding persistence in genital fluids occurs in a significant number of symptomatic patients after visiting an endemic area. We did not find any ZIKV seroconversion among the three male contacts who were investigated. Diagnostic algorithms may be updated to include genital tract fluid specimens in the diagnostic process.
CAUSATION, DISPOSITIONS, AND PHYSICAL OCCASIONALISM
Authors: Schultz Walter J. , D'Andrea‐Winslow Lisanne 
Published: December 2017

AbstractEven though theistic philosophers and scientists agree that God created, sustains, and providentially governs the physical universe and even though much has been published in general regarding divine action, what is needed is a fine‐grained, conceptually coherent account of divine action, causation, dispositions, and laws of nature consistent with divine aseity, satisfying the widely recognized adequacy conditions for any account of dispositions.1 Such an account would be a basic part of a more comprehensive theory of divine action in relation to the fundamental concepts of science and of mathematics. Our aim in this article is simply to present such a theory.
Síndrome de disfunción de la articulación sacroiliaca. Análisis clínico de los resultados a corto y mediano plazo de una serie de 115 pacientes tratados con bloqueo selectivo percutáneo
Authors: Abadía Laura , Acevedo González Juan Carlos 
Published: December 2017

<p><strong>Objetivo: </strong>el síndrome de disfunción de la articulación sacroiliaca es una de las principales causas de dolor lumbar. Este artículo muestra cómo se evaluó el curso clínico de personas sometidas a bloqueos selectivos percutáneos para el tratamiento del dolor sacroiliaco.<strong> Materiales y métodos: </strong>se trataron 115 pacientes que asistieron a consulta entre noviembre de 2006 y mayo de 2013. Fueron diagnosticados con síndrome de disfunción de la articulación sacroiliaca. Se realizaron 131 bloqueos de esta articulación, llevados a cabo por uno de los autores (JCA) con técnica percutánea bajo visión fluoroscópica. El análisis se realizó a partir de la información de la historia clínica con un seguimiento de hasta un año. <strong>Resultados: </strong>se evaluó la intensidad del dolor con la escala visual análoga y se encontró que el 67 % de los pacientes presentó mejoría superior al 50 % del dolor. El 35 % presentó mejoría superior al 75 % del dolor. <strong>Conclusiones: </strong>el tratamiento del dolor lumbar secundario a una alteración en la articulación sacroiliaca puede ser tratado con la realización percutánea de bloqueo selectivo con esteroides y anestésicos. <strong></strong></p>
Deterioro funcional hospitalario. Revisión y actualización con una perspectiva orientada a mejorar la calidad de atención del anciano
Authors: Lozano Rengifo Maria Juliana , Chavarro Carvajal Diego Andrés 
Published: December 2017

<p><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p>El deterioro funcional hospitalario se caracteriza por la pérdida de, al menos, una de las actividades básicas de la vida diaria con respecto a la funcionalidad previa al inicio de la enfermedad aguda. Tiene factores de riesgo asociados que son modificables durante la hospitalización y de ahí la importancia de la identificación temprana y la intervención oportuna. Por eso se debe conocer esta entidad clínica, debido a las complicaciones asociadas que se pueden presentar tanto a corto como a largo plazo, entre las cuales están aumento de la estancia hospitalaria, presencia de complicaciones médicas, mayor riesgo de institucionalización, mayores costos para el sistema de salud y aumento de la mortalidad. El objetivo de esta revisión es conocer la forma de presentación, los factores de riesgo, la identificación temprana y los programas de intervención para mejorar la calidad de atención en los pacientes ancianos hospitalizados por enfermedad médica. </p>
Actividad física en residentes de medicina familiar de Bogotá y su recomendación a los pacientes
Authors: Barrios Martínez Maria Camila , Gil Maldonado Fabio Andrés , García Manriquez Juan Gabriel 
Published: December 2017

<p class="Standard"><strong>Resumen </strong></p><p class="Standard"><strong>Objetivo</strong>: Identificar los hábitos de actividad física (AF) en residentes de medicina familiar de Bogotá y las recomendaciones que dan sobre esta a los pacientes. <strong>Metodología</strong>: Estudio de corte transversal con aplicación de parte de la encuesta de <em>Healthy Doctor = Healthy Patient </em>y<em> </em>preguntas sobre las “Características del médico y de la práctica clínica” de la iniciativa Exercise is Medicine®<em> </em>en los profesionales en formación en medicina familiar de 5 universidades de Bogotá. <strong>Resultados</strong>: El total de participantes fue de 97 residentes, quienes reportaron AF vigorosa, moderada y leve. <strong>Conclusiones</strong>: Los resultados evidenciados y comparados con la literatura internacional disponible (Reino Unido, Estados Unidos, Nueva Zelanda y Canadá) muestran que hay convergencia en la necesidad de capacitar médicos de atención primaria en la forma correcta de interrogar y recomendar la AF, de forma escrita, teniendo el formato incluido en la historia clínica esto respaldado por iniciativas internacionales. </p>
Closed Genome Sequence of Chryseobacterium piperi Strain CTM
T
/ATCC BAA-1782, a Gram-Negative Bacterium with Clostridial Neurotoxin-Like Coding Sequences
Authors: Wentz Travis G. , Muruvanda Tim , Lomonaco Sara , Thirunavukkarasu Nagarajan , Hoffmann Maria , Allard Marc W. , Hodge David R. , Pillai Segaran P. , Hammack Thomas S. , Brown Eric W. , Sharma Shashi K. 
Published: December 2017

ABSTRACT

Clostridial neurotoxins, including botulinum and tetanus neurotoxins, are among the deadliest known bacterial toxins. Until recently, the horizontal mobility of this toxin gene family appeared to be limited to the genus
Clostridium
. We report here the closed genome sequence of
Chryseobacterium piperi
, a Gram-negative bacterium containing coding sequences with homology to clostridial neurotoxin family proteins.
High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of
Curtobacterium
sp. Strain Ferrero
Authors: Osdaghi Ebrahim , Forero Serna Natalia , Bolot Stephanie , Fischer-Le Saux Marion , Jacques Marie-Agnès , Portier Perrine , Carrère Sébastien , Koebnik Ralf 
Published: December 2017

ABSTRACT

Here, we present the high-quality draft genome sequence of
Curtobacterium
sp. strain Ferrero, an actinobacterium belonging to a novel species isolated as an environmental contaminant in a bacterial cell culture. The assembled genome of 3,694,888 bp in 49 contigs has a G+C content of 71.6% and contains 3,516 predicted genes.