bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Laurence Sterne, Fame and Fashionable Disease
Authors: Lawlor Clark 
Published: November 2017

AbstractThis article argues that the ‘fashionable’ diseases of consumption and melancholy were both linked by eighteenth‐century medical theory about nervous diseases and sensibility, and that these diseases ‘worked’ for the novelist Laurence Sterne to promote his fiction and fame as a man of sensibility and sentiment. Through his own life and those of his literary and artistic characters Sterne exploited the long literary and medical tradition of melancholy and consumption as diseases of genius, but also used the newer rationales of the mid‐eighteenth century to link the two conditions in a contemporary way.
Consumption and the Stage: A Late‐Blooming Fashion
Authors: Barker Roberta 
Published: November 2017

AbstractConsumption reigned for much of the long eighteenth century as one of Europe's most modish ailments, but in English and French theatre things were quite different. Far from propagating the sentimental vogue for consumption, the eighteenth‐century stage often satirised it as a risible affectation. Only with the birth of French Romantic theatre and its subsequent rise to transatlantic popularity did drama begin to depict consumptive protagonists who embodied a new conception of bourgeois heroism for a revolutionary age. Through a comparative analysis of English and French performances this essay explores consumption's belated, but triumphant, emergence as a fashionable stage disease.
Fashionable Discourse of Disease at the Watering‐Places of Literature, 1770‐1820
Authors: O'Connell Anita 
Published: November 2017

AbstractAs centres for health as well as fashionable holiday destinations, spas and seaside resorts provided rich terrain for the intersection of fashion and illness. The combination of sociability and ill health gave rise to a fashionable discourse of disease as an increasingly intensive focus on medicalisation was perpetuated by fashionable conversation. Many complained that such talk led to imagining illnesses, thus spreading trends for certain diseases. This article examines satires of the fashionable conversation of disease at the watering‐places, arguing that they take issue with a perceived rising vein of hypochondria within these centres for illness and sociability.
The challenge of generalist care in remote Australia: Beyond aeromedical retrieval
Authors: Pancer Zachary , Moore Malcolm , Wenham John T. , Burridge Maelynn 
Published: November 2017

AbstractObjectiveTo examine clinical service activity amongst patients of the Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern Section in Far West New South Wales and to evaluate the management of chronic disease among frequent users of evacuation services.DesignA retrospective audit of the Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern Section patient database inclusive of patients within the geographical study area who accessed a clinical or remote consultation, or evacuation service at least once between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2013. Frequent users of evacuation services (≥3 evacuations per year) were investigated through RFDS patient files for determinants of chronic disease management.Main outcome measuresCategory of service accessed, clinical consultation amongst frequent evacuees, determinants of chronic disease management.ResultsTotal number of evacuees increased by 5.4%; number of remote and clinical consultation patients increased by 5.4%. Of the 47 frequent users of evacuation services, 19 (40%) were infrequent or non‐users of clinics (≤3 attendances per year) and 32 (70%) did not have a general practice management plan. Frequent evacuees averaged 2.7 chronic conditions per patient and had seen an average of 16.8 primary care physicians over the 5‐year evaluation.ConclusionMost frequent evacuees had several chronic conditions, multiple primary care providers, did not have a general practice management plan and had infrequent clinic reviews. This evidence highlights the challenge of remote primary care and the need to improve systems of chronic disease management. It underlines the importance of current local efforts to improve electronic records, follow‐up and team care and to explore further telehealth implementation.
To click or not to click: Effectiveness of rating classroom behaviors on academic achievement with tablets
Authors: Chen Weiyun , Gu Xiaoqing , Wong Lung‐Hsiang 
Published: November 2017

AbstractDue to the time constraint and lack of concise contextualized classroom behavior indicators, current typical primary school classroom behavior management practices are ad‐hoc and lack historical data support. To circumvent these problems, we designed a tablet‐based classroom behavior management system (CBMS) for a primary school setting. The CBMS aids teachers in establishing concise and consistent behavioral expectations based on teaching experience and expertise, thus allowing them to conveniently provide timely feedback on pupils’ performance and log ratings on a daily basis. We conducted a 1.5 years field study in a primary school Chinese course in East China, in which 124 pupils in the first grade and four Chinese teachers participated. The analysis of recorded data indicates that teachers’ daily behavioral ratings are positively correlated with their pupils’ academic achievements. The behavior rating strategy and indicators in CBMS can act as a substitute in promoting pupil's academic achievements. Our proposed system shows the feasibility and potential of handheld computer‐based assessment strategy in implementing cost‐effective classroom organization practices for low grade‐level primary school pupils.
Impact of hypercortisolism on skeletal muscle mass and adipose tissue mass in patients with adrenal adenomas
Authors: Delivanis Danae A. , Iñiguez‐Ariza Nicole M. , Zeb Muhammad H. , Moynagh Michael R. , Takahashi Naoki , McKenzie Travis J. , Thomas Melinda A. , Gogos Charalambos , Young William F. , Bancos Irina , Kyriazopoulou Venetsana 
Published: November 2017

SummaryContextAbdominal visceral adiposity and central sarcopenia are markers of increased cardiovascular risk and mortality.ObjectiveTo assess whether central sarcopenia and adiposity can serve as a marker of disease severity in patients with adrenal adenomas and glucocorticoid secretory autonomy.DesignRetrospective cohort study.PatientsTwenty‐five patients with overt Cushing's syndrome (CS), 48 patients with mild autonomous cortisol excess (MACE) and 32 patients with a nonfunctioning adrenal tumour (NFAT) were included.MethodsMedical records were reviewed, and body composition measurements (visceral fat [VAT], subcutaneous fat [SAT], visceral/total fat [V/T], visceral/subcutaneous [V/S] and total abdominal muscle mass) were calculated based on abdominal computed tomography (CT).ResultsIn patients with overt CS, when compared to patients with NFAT, the V/T fat and the V/S ratio were increased by 0.08 (P < .001) and by 0.3 (P < .001); however, these measurements were decreased by 0.04 (P = .007) and 0.2 (P = .01), respectively, in patients with MACE. Total muscle mass was decreased by −10 cm2 (P = .02) in patients with overt CS compared to patients with NFAT. Correlation with morning serum cortisol concentrations after dexamethasone suppression testing revealed that for every 28 nmol/L cortisol increase there was a 0.008 increase in V/T (P < .001), 0.02 increase in the V/S fat ratio (P < .001) and a 1.2 cm2 decrease in mean total muscle mass (P = .002).ConclusionsThe severity of hypercortisolism was correlated with lower muscle mass and higher visceral adiposity. These CT‐based markers may allow for a more reliable and objective assessment of glucocorticoid‐related disease severity in patients with adrenal adenomas.
Intrapartum glycaemic control and neonatal hypoglycaemia in pregnancies complicated by diabetes: a systematic review
Authors: Yamamoto J. M. , Benham J. , Mohammad K. , Donovan L. E. , Wood S. 
Published: November 2017

AbstractAimsTo examine whether, in neonates of mothers with Type 1, Type 2 and gestational diabetes, in‐target intrapartum glycaemic control was associated with a lower risk of neonatal hypoglycaemia compared with out‐of‐target glycaemic control.MethodsWe searched PubMed and EMBASE for all available publications, regardless of year, based on a published protocol (PROSPERO CRD42016052439). Studies were excluded if they did not report original data or were animal studies. Data were extracted from published reports in duplicate using a prespecified data extraction form. The main outcome of interest was the association between in‐target intrapartum glycaemic control and neonatal hypoglycaemia.ResultsWe screened 2846 records for potential study inclusion; 23 studies, including approximately 2835 women with diabetes, were included in the systematic review. Only two of those studies specifically examined in‐target vs out‐of‐target intrapartum glycaemic control. Of the studies included, six showed a relationship between intrapartum glucose and neonatal hypoglycaemia, five others showed a relationship in at least one of the analyses performed and 12 did not find a significant relationship. Only one study was identified as having a low risk of bias.ConclusionsThere is a paucity of high‐quality data supporting the association of glucose during labour and delivery with neonatal hypoglycaemia in pregnancies complicated by diabetes. Further studies are required to examine the impact of tight glycaemic targets in labour.
Evaluation of a multifactorial approach to reduce the prevalence of pressure injuries in regional Australian acute inpatient care settings
Authors: Smith Sarah K , Ashby Samantha E , Thomas Lynette , Williams Felicity 
Published: November 2017

AbstractThe aim of the study was to compare the changes in the prevalence of pressure injuries from 2008 to 2014 in relation to staff behaviour in acute/subacute inpatient care settings. In 2008, the large regional health district Hunter New England Local Health District implemented an initiative called the Crystal Model which resulted in changes in their policy and an e‐learning education program for all nursing staff. A retrospective cross sectional study compared data from the 2008, 2010 and 2014 point prevalence surveys of PI in acute services. These were collected as part of an annual pressure injury prevention and management quality audit for adult inpatients. The total number of participants included 1407 participants in 2008, 1331 participants in 2010 and 1199 participants in 2014. From 2008 to 2014 there was a 15.7% decrease in percentage of patients with hospital‐acquired pressure injuries and the percentages of each stage of pressure of injury 1–4 decreased. From 2008 to 2014 the completion and documentation of risk assessment, the documentation of repositioning and the implementation of pressure‐relieving equipment increased. A multifactorial model can reduce the prevalence of pressure injuries in acute inpatient settings. The theories of knowledge translation and the modified Theory of Planned Behaviour can be utilised to analyse changes in health professionals habituated pressure injury prevention practice
The genetics of obstructive sleep apnoea
Authors: Mukherjee Sutapa , Saxena Richa , Palmer Lyle J. 
Published: November 2017

ABSTRACTObstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common chronic disease and is associated with high social and economic costs. OSA is heritable, and there is evidence of both direct genetic contributions to OSA susceptibility and indirect contributions via ‘intermediate’ phenotypes such as obesity, craniofacial structure, neurological control of upper airway muscles and of sleep and circadian rhythm. Investigation of the genetics of OSA is an important research area and may lead to improved understanding of disease aetiology, pathogenesis, adverse health consequences and new preventive strategies and treatments. Genetic studies of OSA have lagged behind other chronic diseases; however recent gene discovery efforts have been successful in finding genetic loci contributing to OSA‐associated intermediate phenotypes. Nevertheless, many of the seminal questions relating to the genetic epidemiology of OSA and associated factors remain unanswered. This paper reviews the current state of knowledge of the genetics of OSA, with a focus on genomic approaches to understanding sleep apnoea.
Multilevel Hierarchical BayesianVersusState Space Approach in time Series Small Area Estimation: the Dutch Travel Survey
Authors: Bollineni-Balabay Oksana , Brakel Jan , Palm Franz , Boonstra Harm Jan 
Published: November 2017

SummaryThis study compares state space models (estimated with the Kalman filter with a frequentist approach to hyperparameter estimation) with multilevel time series models (based on the hierarchical Bayesian framework). The application chosen is the Dutch Travel Survey featuring small sample sizes and discontinuities caused by the survey redesigns. Both modelling approaches deliver similar point and variance estimates. Slight differences in model-based variance estimates appear mostly in small-scaled domains and are due to neglecting uncertainty around the hyperparameter estimates in the state space models, and to a lesser extent to skewness in the posterior distributions of the parameters of interest. The results suggest that the reduction in design-based standard errors with the hierarchical Bayesian approach is over 50% at the provincial level, and over 30% at the national level.
Busted amidst the Boom: The Creation of New Insecurities and Inequalities within Pennsylvania's Shale Gas Boomtowns
Authors: Schafft Kai A. , McHenry‐Sorber Erin , Hall Daniella , Burfoot‐Rochford Ian 
Published: November 2017

AbstractIn the middle of the first decade of this century new technological innovations enabled the extraction of natural gas through the use of hydraulic fracturing within gas‐bearing shale and other unconventional energy reserves. As a consequence, many places, often in economically lagging rural areas, saw dramatic change as they were socially and economically transformed through rapid natural resource development. Although scholarship on so‐called boomtown development has long explored social disruption associated with the sudden influx of workers and rapid economic development, this literature has tended to overlook the ways in which such development can create new poverty in the very midst of economic expansion. This article, through an examination of key informant interviews with low‐income residents and human service providers within Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale region, discusses the contradictory processes by which new insecurity and social exclusions may be created precisely as a consequence of economic expansion associated with rapid natural resource development.
Lehrwerke aus Deutschland: Eine Alternative für Anfängerkurse an US‐Universitäten?
Authors: Sippel Lieselotte , Nimmrichter Susanne 
Published: November 2017

Die Umstellung von einem traditionellen amerikanischen Lehrwerk auf ein in den deutschsprachigen Ländern publiziertes und auf dem Gemeinsamen europäischen Referenzrahmen basierendes Lehrwerk (GeR‐Lehrwerk) kann für Deutschabteilungen in den USA eine riskante Entscheidung sein, denn GeR‐Lehrwerke verzichten auf englische Erklärungen oder Übersetzungen. Es wäre deshalb nachvollziehbar, wenn Lehrende an amerikanischen Universitäten befürchteten, dass derartige Lehrwerke ihre Studierenden – insbesondere Anfänger – überfordern. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Reaktion von Studierenden auf GeR‐Lehrwerke und amerikanische Lehrwerke.Die Studie wurde in zehn Erstsemester‐Deutschkursen mit 171 Studierenden an vier amerikanischen Universitäten durchgeführt, wobei in fünf Kursen GeR‐Lehrwerke verwendet wurden. Am Semesterende füllten die Studierenden einen Fragebogen zu ihrem Lehrwerk aus, der auf den Gebrauch bzw. Nicht‐Gebrauch der englischen Sprache sowie anderweitige Stärken und Schwächen der Lehrwerke abzielte. Die Ergebnisse zeigten, dass die Mehrheit der Studierenden positiv auf ihr jeweiliges Lehrwerk reagierte und kein wesentlich größerer Anteil der Studierenden mit GeR‐Lehrwerken Frustration über ihr Lehrwerk empfand als der entsprechende Anteil der Lernenden mit amerikanischen Lehrwerken. Die Einsprachigkeit der GeR‐Lehrwerke beurteilten viele Studierende nicht als Nachteil, sondern als Herausforderung, die einen positiven Effekt auf ihren Lernprozess hatte. Die Ergebnisse dieser Studie unterstützen deshalb den Einsatz von GeR‐Lehrwerken an amerikanischen Universitäten.
Editor's Introduction and Review: Coordination and Context in Cognitive Science
Authors: Kello Christopher T. 
Published: November 2017

AbstractThe role of coordination in cognitive science has been on the rise in recent years, in terms of coordination among neurons, coordination among sensory and motor systems, and coordination among individuals. Research has shown that coordination patterns corresponding to cognitive activities depend on the various contexts in which the underlying interactions are situated. The present issue ofTopics in Cognitive Sciencecenters on studies of coordination that address the role of context in shaping or interpreting dynamical patterns of human behavior. This introductory article reviews some of the prior literature leading up to current and future research on coordination and context in cognitive science.
Tire Art: Environmental Education through Science, Visual and Language Arts
Authors: Song Young Imm Kang , Creegan-Quinquis Maureen , Min DongSun , Kang HuiKyeong 
Published: November 2017

This international project examined the use of an arts-integrated approach to teaching and learning 8th grade science and language art. It involved two arts faculty collaborating with classroom teachers in the US and South Korea. In the context of the "Tire Art project”, students and teachers were guided through several 2D and 3D creative interactions emphasizing innovative uses for recycled car tires and bicycle wheels. In this paper, authors discuss the learning that happened through the arts, and the learning that happened (by teachers) of arts integration methods. It is to be noted that integration is not only about the arts. In fact, if teachers take advantage of this approach, they will discover more connections and bridges between various non-art subjects. When teachers are as affected by innovative approaches as the students, they often feel more confident and empowered in their professional competencies.
FDA-CDC Antimicrobial Resistance Isolate Bank: a Publicly Available Resource To Support Research, Development, and Regulatory Requirements
Authors: Lutgring Joseph D. , Machado María-José , Benahmed Faiza H. , Conville Patricia , Shawar Ribhi M. , Patel Jean , Brown Allison C. 
Published: November 2017

ABSTRACT
The FDA-CDC Antimicrobial Resistance Isolate Bank was created in July 2015 as a publicly available resource to combat antimicrobial resistance. It is a curated repository of bacterial isolates with an assortment of clinically important resistance mechanisms that have been phenotypically and genotypically characterized. In the first 2 years of operation, the bank offered 14 panels comprising 496 unique isolates and had filled 486 orders from 394 institutions throughout the United States. New panels are being added.
The Complexities of Nocardia Taxonomy and Identification
Authors: Conville Patricia S. , Brown-Elliott Barbara A. , Smith Terry , Zelazny Adrian M. 
Published: November 2017

ABSTRACTNocardiaspecies are a complex group of organisms considered to belong to the aerobic actinomycetes. Of the validly described species, many have been implicated as the cause of serious human infections, especially in immunocompromised patients. The genus has a complicated taxonomic history; this is especially true forNocardia asteroides, the type species of the genus and previously the most frequently reported nocardial taxon from human specimens. We provide background on the current taxonomy ofNocardia, with a focus on clinically relevant species, and discuss the currently available methods used to accurately identify isolates to the species, complex, or group level.
mecC
-Harboring Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Hiding in Plain Sight
Authors: Ford Bradley A. 
Published: November 2017

ABSTRACT

Previously there was scant data on the performance of laboratory testing to detect
mecC
-mediated beta-lactam resistance in
Staphylococcus aureus
. Kriegeskorte and colleagues (J Clin Microbiol 56:e00826-17, 2018,
https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00826-17
) report the performance of various clinical tests for the detection of
mecC
-harboring methicillin-resistant
S. aureus
(MRSA), which failed to identify from 0 to 41% of tested
mecC
-harboring MRSA isolates. Changes in practice and new test development are necessary to address the challenge of
mecC
-harboring MRSA.
Clinical characteristics of children evaluated for suspected pulmonary embolism with D-dimer testing
Authors: Kanis Jessica , Pike Jonathan , Hall Cassandra L , Kline Jeffrey A 
Published: November 2017

BackgroundWe sought to determine clinical variables in children tested for suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) that predict PE+ outcome for the development of paediatric PE prediction rule.MethodsData were collected by query of a laboratory database for D-dimer from January 2004 to December 2014 for a large multicentre hospital system and the radiology database for pulmonary vascular imaging in children aged 5–17. Using explicit, predefined methods, trained abstractors, determined if D-dimer was sent in the evaluation of PE and then recorded predictor data which was tested for association with PE+ outcome using univariate techniques.ResultsD-dimer was ordered in 526 children for clinical suspicion of PE. Thirty-four of 526 were PE+ (6.4%, 95% CI 4.3% to 8.7%). The radiology database identified 17 additional patients with PE (n=51 PE+ total). Children evaluated for PE were primarily in the ED setting (80%), teenagers (88%) and 2:1 female:male. Children with PE had higher mean heart and higher respiratory rate and a lower pulse oximetry and haemoglobin concentration. On univariate analysis, five conditions were more frequent in PE+ compared with no PE: surgery, central line, limb immobility, prior PE or deep vein thrombosis and cancer.ConclusionsThe rate of PE diagnosis in children with D-dimer was 6.4%, similar to that seen in adults; most children with PE are over 13 years and had clinical predictors known to increase probability of PE in symptomatic adults. Future studies should use these criteria to develop a clinical decision rule for PE in children.