bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Percutaneous sclerotherapy using bleomycin for the treatment of vascular malformations
Authors: Lee Hyun‐Joo , Kim Tae‐Wook , Kim Jeong‐Min , Kim Gun‐Wook , Ko Hyun‐Chang , Kim Byung‐Soo , Kim Moon‐Bum , Kim Hoon‐Soo 
Published: September 2017

AbstractBackgroundSome vascular malformations are difficult to manage with surgical treatment. Thus, percutaneous sclerotherapy has been utilized with several advantages over surgical treatment. Bleomycin is one of several sclerosing agents used for the treatment of vascular malformations.ObjectivesTo evaluate therapeutic efficacy and safety of percutaneous sclerotherapy using bleomycin for the treatment of vascular malformations.MethodsThirty patients diagnosed with vascular malformations, including four with capillary malformations with nodular change, nine with lymphatic malformations, and 17 with venous malformations, were involved in the study. Patients received magnetic resonance imaging and pulmonary surveillance prior to the treatment. Clinical assessments for the degree of vascularity disappearance and adverse effects were performed by the investigator.ResultsPercutaneous sclerotherapy using bleomycin was performed in 3.2 sessions (mean) over 3 months (mean). Significant improvement was observed in 90.0% of all lesions. All lesions of capillary malformation with nodular change and lymphatic malformation demonstrated significant improvement, and 82.4% of lesions of venous malformation improved significantly. Seven patients (23.3%) complained of side effects including pain and headache. All occurred within 24 hours and were tolerable.ConclusionsPercutaneous sclerotherapy using bleomycin is effective and tolerable in the treatment of vascular malformation through a percutaneous approach. Therefore, it could be applied usefully for vascular malformations by dermatologists.
Growth differentiation factor 15 as a predictor of adverse renal outcomes in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy
Authors: Na Ki R. , Kim Yoo H. , Chung Hyo K. , Yeo Min‐Kyung , Ham Young R. , Jeong Jin Y. , Kim Koon S. , Lee Kang W. , Choi Dae E. 
Published: September 2017

AbstractBackgroundGrowth differentiation factor 15 (GDF 15) has recently been reported as a useful prognostic marker in patients with chronic inflammatory disease and heart disease.AimTo evaluate the role of GDF 15 as a potential prognostic predictor of renal outcome in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN).MethodsIn total, 212 patients in the Chungnam National Hospital glomerulonephritis cohort, who were diagnosed as biopsy‐proven IgAN between March 2010 and June 2014, were included. GDF Fifteen was analysed by the enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay. Cut‐off values of the GDF 15 and the hazard ratio of it resulting in haemodialysis within 2 years were analysed.ResultsThe level of serum GDF 15 was negatively correlated with the initial eGFR. A serum GDF 15 level of more than 496.32 pg/mL showed 90% sensitivity and 72.9% specificity to predict the possibility of it resulting in haemodialysis within 2 years. In addition, a GDF 15 level higher than 490.4 pg/mL showed 63.64% sensitivity and 65% specificity to predict a decline in eGFR > 30 mL/min within 1 year of follow up. Moreover, initial serum GDF 15 level was associated with the development of interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy.ConclusionsInitial serum GDF 15 level showed an inverse correlation with serum eGFR and was associated with worse renal outcome. Our results suggested that GDF 15 may play a role as a potential prognosticator in IgAN.
The role of increased glucose on neurovascular dysfunction in patients with the metabolic syndrome
Authors: Rodrigues Sara , Cepeda Felipe X. , Toschi‐Dias Edgar , Dutra‐Marques Akothirene C. B. , Carvalho Jefferson C. , Costa‐Hong Valéria , Alves Maria Janieire N. N. , Rondon Maria Urbana P. B. , Bortolotto Luiz A. , Trombetta Ivani C. 
Published: September 2017

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) causes autonomic alteration and vascular dysfunction. The authors investigated whether impaired fasting glucose (IFG) is the main cause of vascular dysfunction via elevated sympathetic tone in nondiabetic patients with MetS. Pulse wave velocity, muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA), and forearm vascular resistance was measured in patients with MetS divided according to fasting glucose levels: (1) MetS+IFG (blood glucose ≥100 mg/dL) and (2) MetS‐IFG (<100 mg/dL) compared with healthy controls. Patients with MetS+IFG had higher pulse wave velocity than patients with MetS‐IFG and controls (median 8.0 [interquartile range, 7.2–8.6], 7.3 [interquartile range, 6.9–7.9], and 6.9 [interquartile range, 6.6–7.2] m/s, P=.001). Patients with MetS+IFG had higher MSNA than patients with MetS‐IFG and controls, and patients with MetS‐IFG had higher MSNA than controls (31±1, 26±1, and 19±1 bursts per minute; P<.001). Patients with MetS+IFG were similar to patients with MetS‐IFG but had higher forearm vascular resistance than controls (P=.008). IFG was the only predictor variable of MSNA. MSNA was associated with pulse wave velocity (R=.39, P=.002) and forearm vascular resistance (R=.30, P=.034). In patients with MetS, increased plasma glucose levels leads to an adrenergic burden that can explain vascular dysfunction.
Clinical performance of self‐assembling peptide P11‐4 in the treatment of initial proximal carious lesions: A practice‐based case series
Authors: Schlee Markus , Schad Till , Koch Jan H. , Cattin Philippe C. , Rathe Florian 
Published: September 2017

AbstractAimThe aim of the present study was to investigate the clinical performance of self‐assembling peptide P11‐4 on non‐cavitated initial proximal carious lesions 12 months after treatment.MethodsTwenty‐six patients, aged between 18 and 65 years, with 35 carious lesions were included in this practice‐based, uncontrolled, prospective case series. The opacity and size of the proximal lesions were evaluated visually at baseline and at day 360 using standardized single‐tooth or bite‐wing and digital‐subtraction radiography. Pairwise evaluation of images was carried out in a randomized and blinded manner with respect to the time point.ResultsTwelve months after treatment of the proximal carious lesions, the visual evaluation showed a predominant shift toward regression of the initial lesions. Radiographic assessment yielded regression of the caries in 17 of 28 cases; four of 28 were regarded as unchanged, and seven of 28 lesions showed progression of the carious lesion. Combined assessment of clinical radiographs and digital subtraction radiographs confirmed the radiographic assessment, with 20 of 28 lesions showing total or partial regression, four unchanged, and four progressing.ConclusionRadiographic and digital subtraction analyses suggest that initial proximal carious lesions can regress after treatment with P11‐4, but additional factors might influence the overall treatment outcome.
Family Subsystems Predicting Adolescents’ Perceptions of Sibling Relationship Quality Over Time
Authors: Ruff Saralyn C. , Durtschi Jared A. , Day Randal D. 
Published: September 2017

This study examined associations between parents’ relationship conflict and parent–adolescent triangulation, and changes in adolescents’ perceptions of sibling affection and hostility. The goal was to learn whether conflict in parents’ relationships spills over to siblings’ relationships, or whether siblings compensate by becoming less hostile and more affectionate. Using a subsample (N = 400) from the Flourishing Families Project (FFP), we found a trend for mother–adolescent triangulation predicting an increase in sibling hostility across 2 years. Fathers’ reports of relationship conflict were related to increased levels of initial sibling hostility, but predicted a marginal decrease in hostility over time. Findings support increased understanding of parenting dynamics associated with changes in sibling relationship quality, and have the potential to inform clinical practice.
Neoliberalism and the revival of agricultural cooperatives: The case of the coffee sector in Uganda
Authors: Wedig Karin , Wiegratz Jörg 
Published: September 2017

AbstractAgricultural cooperatives have seen a comeback in sub‐Saharan Africa. After the collapse of many weakly performing monopolist organizations during the 1980s and 1990s, strengthened cooperatives have emerged since the 2000s. Scholarly knowledge about the state–cooperative relations in which this “revival” takes place remains poor. Based on new evidence from Uganda's coffee sector, this paper discusses the political economy of Africa's cooperative revival. The authors argue that donors' and African governments' renewed support is framed in largely apolitical terms, which obscures the contested political and economic nature of the revival. In the context of neoliberal restructuring processes, state and non‐state institutional support to democratic economic organizations with substantial redistributional agendas remains insufficient. The political–economic context in Uganda—and potentially elsewhere in Africa—contributes to poor terms of trade for agricultural cooperatives while maintaining significant state control over some cooperative activities to protect the status quo interests of big capital and state elites. These conditions are unlikely to produce a conflict‐free, substantial, and sustained revival of cooperatives, which the new promoters of cooperatives suggest is under way.
Long‐term outcomes for large for gestational age infants born at term
Authors: Khambalia Amina Z , Algert Charles S , Bowen Jennifer R , Collie Rebecca J , Roberts Christine L 
Published: September 2017

AimLarge for gestational age (LGA) babies have increased risks for short‐term outcomes such as shoulder dystocia, neonatal hypoglycaemia and longer hospital stay. Little is known of long‐term health, development and educational outcomes of LGA babies. The aim of this study was to determine the long‐term health, mortality, development and educational outcomes for infants born LGA at term.MethodsA population‐based record linkage study of live singletons born at term (37–41 weeks of gestation) in New South Wales, Australia, from 2001 to 2006.ResultsThis study compared 49 439 LGA (>90th percentile for birthweight, gestational age and sex) and 400 418 appropriate size for gestational age (AGA; 10th–90th percentile) infants. LGA infants had increased risk of birth and neonatal outcomes and hospitalisations, for brachial plexus injury after the neonatal period, and for all causes from 1 to 5 years of age. There were no differences in mortality up to 5 years of age or hospitalisations for type 1 diabetes in childhood. LGA infants had lower rates of developmental vulnerability (in kindergarten) and showed a significant trend (χ2 for trend <0.0001) to fewer low scores and more high scores in reading and numeracy (in Year 3) compared with AGA. After adjusting for potential confounders, only the relative risk for higher reading scores was statistically significant.ConclusionsLGA infants show positive long‐term health, development and educational outcomes. Concerns for LGA infants still remain in the perinatal period as a result of birth trauma; however, these complications usually do not persist in postnatal and early childhood.
Characterization of emerging populations of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans causing cabbage wilt in China
Authors: Liu Xing , Ling Jian , Xiao Zhiliang , Xie Bingyan , Fang Zhiyuan , Yang Limei , Zhang Yangyong , Lv Honghao , Yang Yuhong 
Published: September 2017

AbstractFusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans (FOC) causes Fusarium wilt, a disease of cabbage that has brought about significant economic loss throughout northern China since it was first detected in 2001. To characterize the Chinese FOC isolates, we compared the cultural characteristics, pathogenicity and races between the Chinese isolates and the type strains (race 1: 52,557 and race 2: 58,385). The Chinese FGL‐03‐6 isolate had cultural characteristics similar to those of strain 52,557, including colony growth rate, colony and spore characteristics and responses to temperature changes, while the strain 58,385 grew faster, produced more pigment and spores and was more adaptable to temperature fluctuations. The lethal temperature for all strains was 60°C, and the optimal temperatures for pathogen growth on potato dextrose agar and pathogenicity on plants were 25°C and 25 to 30°C, respectively. Tests for race and pathogenicity indicated that different cabbage cultivars had similar resistance reactions to FGL‐03‐6 and 52,557. However, the pathogenicity of FGL‐03‐6 was similar to that of 58,385, which infected quickly and caused more severe disease symptoms. This study further provides information regarding characterizing different strains of F. oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans.
Gonioscopy in the dog: inter‐examiner variability and the search for a grading scheme
Authors: Oliver J. A. C. , Cottrell B. C. , Newton J. R. , Mellersh C. S. 
Published: September 2017

ObjectivesTo investigate inter‐examiner variability in gonioscopic evaluation of pectinate ligament abnormality in dogs and to assess level of inter‐examiner agreement for four different gonioscopy grading schemes.Materials and MethodsTwo examiners performed gonioscopy in 98 eyes of 49 Welsh springer spaniel dogs and estimated the percentage circumference of iridocorneal angle affected by pectinate ligament abnormality to the nearest 5%. Percentage scores assigned to each eye by the two examiners were compared. Inter‐examiner agreement was assessed following assignment of the percentage scores to each of four grading schemes by Cohen's kappa statistic.ResultsThere was a strong positive correlation between the results of the two examiners (R=0·91). In general, Examiner 1 scored individual eyes higher than Examiner 2, especially for eyes in which both examiners diagnosed pectinate ligament abnormality. A “good” level of agreement could only be achieved with a gonioscopy grading scheme of no more than three categories and with a relatively large intermediate bandwidth (κ=0·68).Clinical SignificanceA three‐tiered grading scheme might represent an improvement on hereditary eye disease schemes which simply classify dogs to be either “affected” or “unaffected” for pectinate ligament abnormality. However, the large intermediate bandwidth of this scheme would only allow for the additional detection of those dogs with marked progression of pectinate ligament abnormality which would be considered most at risk of primary closed‐angle glaucoma.
Environmental drivers of vascular and non‐vascular epiphyte abundance in tropical pre‐montane cloud forests in Northern Peru
Authors: Toivonen Johanna M. , Suominen Lassi , Gonzales‐Inca Carlos A. , Trujillo Paucar Gabriel , Jones Mirkka M. 
Published: September 2017

AbstractQuestionsWhat is the role of microclimate relative to easily obtainable measures of forest structure in explaining epiphyte abundance? Do these roles differ between epiphytic plant groups?LocationTropical pre‐montane cloud forests, Alto Mayo watershed, northern Peru.MethodsWe recorded vascular epiphyte abundance, epiphytic bryophyte cover and forest structural features in 36 plots (20 m × 20 m), and measured air temperature and humidity in a subset of 17 plots. We modelled bryophyte cover, total vascular epiphyte abundance and the abundances of the main vascular epiphyte groups separately (bromeliads, aroids, ferns), as a function of forest structure and microclimate using spatial autoregressive models. Three forest structural variables (basal area, tree height and canopy openness) and two microclimatic variables (minimum humidity and maximum temperature) were considered. We constructed all possible combinations of maximum two‐variable models from the five explanatory variables and carried out AIC‐based model selection and variable importance tests with these as input models.ResultsCanopy openness was the most important variable explaining the abundance of the main epiphytic plant groups. It was also strongly correlated with stand microclimate. Therefore, predictions of epiphyte abundance did not improve with the inclusion of microclimatic data in the models. There were some differences among the epiphytic plant groups in their response to microclimate and forest structural features.ConclusionsForest stand microclimate, reflected through canopy openness in particular, was a main determinant of the distributions of all epiphytic plant groups. This implies that easily measurable forest structural variables alone can be used as good predictors of epiphyte abundance. Taxon‐specific differences in responses to microclimate imply that these taxa may also differ in their sensitivity to predicted future changes in temperature and rainfall.
Reading and company: embodiment and social space in silent reading practices
Authors: Kuzmičová Anežka , Dias Patrícia , Vogrinčič Čepič Ana , Albrechtslund Anne‐Mette Bech , Casado André , Kotrla Topić Marina , Mínguez López Xavier , Nilsson Skans Kersti , Teixeira‐Botelho Inês 
Published: September 2017

AbstractReading, even when silent and individual, is a social phenomenon and has often been studied as such. Complementary to this view, research has begun to explore how reading is embodied beyond simply being ‘wired’ in the brain. This article brings the social and embodied perspectives together in a very literal sense. Reporting a qualitative study of reading practices across student focus groups from six European countries, it identifies an underexplored factor in reading behaviour and experience. This factor is the sheer physical presence, and concurrent activity, of other people in the environment where one engages in individual silent reading. The primary goal of the study was to explore the role and possible associations of a number of variables (text type, purpose, device) in selecting generic (e.g. indoors vs outdoors) as well as specific (e.g. home vs library) reading environments. Across all six samples included in the study, participants spontaneously attested to varied, and partly surprising, forms of sensitivity to company and social space in their daily efforts to align body with mind for reading. The article reports these emergent trends and discusses their potential implications for research and practice.
Assessment of wound healing of tagged gray (Eschrichtius robustus) and blue (Balaenoptera musculus) whales in the eastern North Pacific using long‐term series of photographs
Authors: Norman Stephanie A. , Flynn Kiirsten R. , Zerbini Alexandre N. , Gulland Frances M. D. , Moore Michael J. , Raverty Stephen , Rotstein David S. , Mate Bruce R. , Hayslip Craig , Gendron Diane , Sears Richard , Douglas Annie B. , Calambokidis John 
Published: September 2017

AbstractTags have been used to examine migration routes and habitat use of large whales for >40 yr, however, evaluation of tag wound healing has largely been short‐term, anecdotal or generalized. This study developed methods for systematic photographic assessment of long‐term external consequences of tag placement, to determine potential differences in wound healing between species and tag types and thus advise future tagging efforts to possibly minimize undesirable side effects. Tag site appearance and healing characteristics were evaluated by two reviewers and a time series evaluated by five veterinarians from photographs during 995 postdeployment encounters with 34 gray and 63 blue whales tagged in the North Pacific. Blue whale resightings were less frequent, but spanned a longer time period due to earlier tag deployments than the more frequent gray whale follow‐up observations. Swelling occurred in 74% of reencountered gray whales, with the highest frequency 6 mo postdeployment. Swellings were common in blue whales with early tag designs but rare with current models. Depressions occurred in 82% of gray and 71% of blue whales. This study demonstrates the value of follow‐up studies of tagged animals and systematic scoring of photographs to quantitatively compare tag response.
Kneeling in the Street: Recontextualizing Balthasar
Authors: Brown Derek 
Published: September 2017

AbstractThis paper supports the burgeoning movement that looks to find affinities between Hans urs von Balthasar's theology and various liberation theologies. It does so by offering a “recontextualization” of Balthasar's thought. Specifically, it provocatively looks to recontextualize Balthasar as a theologian of the street. The argument proceeds in three stages: First, the meaning of “context,” and so the possibility of recontextualization, is discussed. While the term has become commonplace in contemporary “contextual theologies,”, the most rigorous analysis of context is found not in theology, but in literary theory. Second, the particular locale of this particular recontextualization is discussed: the street. As sign, the street is ideologically and metonymically overdetermined. Here, Derrida, Goizueta, and Maeseneer are given as examples of thinkers who think with or from the street, who are contextualized by the street. Finally, the paper turns to specific instances in Balthasar's text that demonstrate his street contextualization: namely, his criticism of Rahner's martyrless Christianity and his discussion of the saints, particularly Joan of Arc. This section rejects those claims, epitomized by Murphy, that Balthasar's name signs a totally conservative context, and so completes my project of freeing space for the aforementioned liberatory movement to continue blossoming.
Epstein–Barr virus infection in children with renal transplantation: A single‐centre experience
Authors: You Jihye , Kim Mijin , Lee Jina , Han Duck Jong , Park Young Seo , Lee Joo Hoon 
Published: September 2017

ABSTRACTAimThis study aimed to investigate the incidence, timing, manifestations, managements, and outcomes of Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection in paediatric renal transplant recipients in Korea.MethodsWe retrospectively evaluated 70 patients aged <18 years who had undergone renal transplantation between January 1990 and November 2014 at a single centre in Korea. EBV infection was diagnosed via serological test or real‐time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The diagnosis of post‐transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) was based on biopsy findings.ResultsIn total, 21 patients (30.0% of renal transplant recipients) had EBV infection. EBV infection occurred at an average age of 12.6 ± 4.5 (median, 12.0; range, 7.0–24.0 years, with a mean period of 28.3 ± 27.2 (median, 14.0; range, 2.0–75.0) months for developing EBV infection after transplantation. EBV infection developed 12 times more frequently in pre‐transplant EBV‐seronegative recipients. Eight patients (38% of EBV‐infected patients) had EBV disease, and six patients (75% of patients with EBV disease) had PTLD. The maximum EBV PCR titer was greater in patients with EBV disease than in the asymptomatic EBV infection group. The main treatment for EBV infection was the reduction in immunosuppressants. Asymptomatic EBV infection resolved in approximately 80% of the patients. One patient (17% of the patients with PTLD) expired. The glomerular filtration rate did not deteriorate during the treatment of EBV infection.ConclusionRegular EBV monitoring in renal transplant recipients is mandatory for early diagnosis and treatment of EBV infections and prevention of PTLD, especially in pre‐transplant EBV IgG‐negative patients.