bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A hearer-based analysis of Turkish–Azerbaijani receptive multilingual communication
Authors: Şimşek Çiğdem Sağın , Ünlü Elena Antonova 
Published: April 2017

Aims and Objectives/Purpose/Research Questions: Receptive multilingualism (RM), a mode of multilingual communication in which speakers of different languages use their own native language to communicate and still understand each other, is considered to be a relatively under-investigated area in multilingual research. This paper examines features of Turkish–Azerbaijani RM and, focusing on a hearer-based analysis, looks into strategies applied for achieving understanding in the receptive multilingual communication (RMC). Design/Methodology/Approach: The study is carried out within the conceptual framework of RM. Data and Analysis: Authentic data obtained from oral communication between an Azerbaijani and a Turkish native speaker are analyzed and a post-interview was conducted with the participants in order to investigate to what extent they were able to understand each other in the RMC and what strategies they applied to achieve understanding. Findings/Conclusions: The study reveals that the Turkish and Azerbaijani participants could communicate with each other in RM mode without much difficulty thanks to the typological proximity of their languages. In a few instances in which lack of understanding occurred, the participants were found to apply strategies such as asking questions for clarification, conveying confirmation, repeating, rephrasing, resorting to their lexical and world knowledge as well as utilizing the let-it-pass strategy. Originality and Significance/Implications: The significance of the study is twofold: first, it demonstrates that RMC between Turkish and Azerbaijani can be utilized as an alternative to lingua franca communication; and second, the study expands the taxonomy of hearer-based strategies in RMC.
“What I wish my doctor knew about my life”: Using photovoice with immigrant Latino adolescents to explore barriers to healthcare
Authors: Lightfoot Alexandra F , Thatcher Kari , Simán Florence M , Eng Eugenia , Merino Yesenia , Thomas Tainayah , Coyne-Beasley Tamera , Chapman Mimi V 
Published: April 2017

Background Latinos in the USA have reported more frequent discriminatory treatment in healthcare settings when compared to their White counterparts. In particular, foreign-born Latinos report discrimination more than Latinos born in the USA. Such patient-reported racial/ethnic discrimination appears to contribute to specific health consequences, including treatment seeking delays, interruptions in care, and medical mistrust. Immigrant Latino adolescents in the USA experience a variety of health disparities, yet little is known about their views of the healthcare experience, their perceptions of discriminatory treatment, or ways in which they would like their relationships with healthcare providers to be different. Methods This work, based in a larger interdisciplinary social work-led initiative, used photovoice with two groups of immigrant Latino adolescents to explore the topic “what I wish the doctor knew about my life.” The findings were used to engage healthcare stakeholders as part of a pilot intervention aimed at decreasing provider bias toward immigrant Latino youth. Results/Discussion Findings illuminated ways that the immigrant experience affects the lives and health of Latino adolescents in North Carolina. To improve their health, it is critical to understand, from their perspectives, the ways their lives can be complicated by experiences of migration, stereotypes, and cross-cultural communication challenges and how their interactions with authority figures in one sector, such as education, influence interactions in health care. Understanding the healthcare barriers faced by immigrant Latino youth is critical to any effort to improve the system of care for immigrant Latino populations.
Atypical regulators of Wnt/β-catenin signaling as potential therapeutic targets in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Authors: Chen Jianxiang , Rajasekaran Muthukumar , Hui Kam M 
Published: April 2017

Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common causes of cancer-related death worldwide. Hepatocellular carcinoma development depends on the inhibition and activation of multiple vital pathways, including the Wnt signaling pathway. The Wnt/β-catenin pathway lies at the center of various signaling pathways that regulate embryonic development, tissue homeostasis and cancers. Activation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway has been observed frequently in hepatocellular carcinoma. However, activating mutations in β-catenin, Axin and Adenomatous Polyposis Coli only contribute to a portion of the Wnt signaling hyper-activation observed in hepatocellular carcinoma. Therefore, besides mutations in the canonical Wnt components, there must be additional atypical regulation or regulators during Wnt signaling activation that promote liver carcinogenesis. In this mini-review, we have tried to summarize some of these well-established factors and to highlight some recently identified novel factors in the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma. Impact statement Early recurrence of human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a frequent cause of poor survival after potentially curative liver resection. Among the deregulated signaling cascades in HCC, evidence indicates that alterations in the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway play key roles in hepatocarcinogenesis. In this review, we summarize the potential molecular mechanisms how the microtubule-associated Protein regulator of cytokinesis 1 (PRC1), a direct Wnt signaling target previously identified in our laboratory to be up-regulated in HCC, in promoting cancer proliferation, stemness, metastasis and tumorigenesis through a complex regulatory circuitry of Wnt3a activities.
Determinant factors of quality of life in adult patients with eosinophilic esophagitis
Authors: Lucendo Alfredo J , Arias-González Laura , Molina-Infante Javier , Arias Ángel 
Published: April 2017

Background Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) affects health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Data on determinant factors and the influence of dietary interventions are scarce. Objective The objective of this article is to evaluate factors influencing HRQoL in adult EoE patients. Methods We conducted a multicenter observational, cross-sectional study. A validated Spanish version of the self-administered Adult Eosinophilic Esophagitis Quality of Life (EoE-QoL-A) questionnaire and specific surveys were used. Multiple linear regression was used to identify and quantify determinant factors of HRQoL. Results Responses provided by 170 patients were assessed (73.5% male; mean age 33.5 ± 11.4 years). Overall mean score for the EoE-QoL-A index was 1.4 ± 0.8, with no differences between patients on dietary or pharmacological therapy (1.82 ± 0.8 vs. 1.62 ± 0.8; p = 0.132). Disease anxiety showed the highest mean score (2.13 ± 0.9 points), followed by choking anxiety (1.97 ± 1.1); social impact (1.77 ± 1.1), and diet/eating impact (1.68 ± 0.9). Emotional impact had the lowest rating (1.15 ± 0.9), and only with a significantly worse score in patients under dietary restrictions. Recurrent food impaction, a higher educational level, dietary interventions and symptom duration were all independent determinant factors significantly impairing HRQoL. Female gender and empiric elimination diets negatively influenced on diet/eating impact. Conclusion Recurrent food impaction, dietary interventions and symptom duration are the most important factors influencing the perception of HRQoL in adults with EoE.
The Effect of the Number of Carries Among College Running Backs on Future Injury Risk and Performance in the National Football League
Authors: Kraeutler Matthew J. , Belk John W. , McCarty Eric C. 
Published: April 2017

Background: There has been speculation that running backs with an excessive number of carries in college are less likely to be successful in the National Football League (NFL). Purpose: To determine whether there is a correlation between number of carries by college running backs and future performance and injury risk in the NFL. Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3. Methods: Using the ESPN archives of National Collegiate Athletic Association and NFL running backs, the following inclusion criteria were used: running backs who played their last college season from 1999 through 2012 and who were drafted in the first 4 rounds of the NFL draft following their college career. Players were grouped by number of carries during their final college season (group A, 100-200 carries; group B, 250+ carries). Performance and injury risk were compared between groups during the first 3 eligible seasons in the NFL. Groups were compared based on total number of carries, mean yards per carry, number of games missed due to injury, and the specific injuries resulting in missed playing time. Results: During the seasons studied, a total of 103 running backs were included (group A, n = 42; group B, n = 61). There was a trend toward a significantly greater mean total number of carries through 3 NFL seasons in group B (group A, n = 276 carries; group B, n = 376 carries; P = .058). Mean yards per carry did not differ between groups (group A, n = 3.9 yards/carry; group B, n = 4.0 yards/carry; P = .67). Groups A and B missed a mean 5.8 and 5.7 games, respectively, due to injury during their first 3 NFL seasons ( P = .98). A significantly greater proportion of players in group A suffered a concussion compared with group B ( P = .014). Conclusion: There is no correlation between the number of carries by college running backs and future injury risk or performance during their early NFL career.
A field study of nuclear magnetic resonance logging to quantify petroleum contamination in subsurface sediments
Authors: Fay Emily L. , Knight Rosemary J. , Grunewald Elliot D. 
Published: April 2017

In a field study conducted in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logging measurements were used to investigate an area of hydrocarbon contamination from leaking underground storage tanks. The NMR logging measurements are directly sensitive to hydrogen-bearing fluids in the sediments surrounding a well and can be used to estimate in situ fluid volumes. The relaxation time [Formula: see text] and diffusion coefficient [Formula: see text] of the fluids may be used to differentiate between signal from water and signal from contaminant, enabling the estimation of the hydrocarbon volume. In this study, NMR measurements were collected in two PVC-cased monitoring wells, with [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] measurements used together to detect a contaminant smear zone at both the wells. Although the contrast in [Formula: see text] between the fluids was found to be inadequate for fluid typing, the [Formula: see text] contrast between the contaminant and water in silt enabled the estimation of contaminant volumes. Using this technique, the vertical extent of the smear zone was found to be more than 3 m with up to 5 vol% contaminant in the sediments at one well and up to 9.5 vol% at the other well. Our work reveals that NMR logging can, under certain circumstances, be used to detect and quantify in situ contamination, but it also highlights the significant limitation that sediment and contaminant properties at many sites may result in insufficient contrast in [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text].
Subject Experience as Phenomenological Category
Authors: Зайцева  , Zaytseva O. , Карих  , Karikh V. 
Published: April 2017

Formation of the identity of the preschool child as show
the researches of domestic and foreign scientists is caused by acquisition
and accumulation of subject experience. The most favorable
period of active entry of the child into the social world – the
period of the preschool childhood. It is the period of formation of
outlook, awakening of esthetic and moral senses, development of
art thinking, formation of a subject position of children of preschool
age. Experience is not only included into structure of the personality,
but also makes complete education as actually got experience
is lived by the personality, is realized by her and missed through
itself. Thanks to development and assignment of the experience
developed by mankind there is a development of the child.
The Potential of Humanitarian Technologies in Formation of the Moral Subject in Terms of a New Social Reality
Authors: Довыденко  , Dovydenko L. 
Published: April 2017

The article describes the potential of humanitarian technologies
in formation of the moral subject in terms of a new social
reality. The experience of using methods of case study and stakeholder
analysis as a unique ethical-educational technologies aimed
at forming professional and ethical competences is analyzed, which
are expressed in learned and used the skills of social responsibility
and trust, ethical expertise and ethical counseling, and the ability
to make socio-management decisions high degree of ethics.
Training System of Social and Personal Development for Preschool Children
Authors: Серебрякова  , Serebryakova T. 
Published: April 2017

This article presents the results of longstanding experimental
work on the problem of social and personal development
of preschool children. Despite the steady and very long interest of
scientists in this subject, it has not lost its relevance today, because
the environmental factor is fundamental for the full development
of the individual and the success of its socialization. Based on the
theoretical analysis method, as structural components of social and
personal development of children of preschool age, we highlight
the emotional, volitional, and communicative. The integration of
the developmental and educational and educational influences in
the framework of development of these social and personal components,
in our view, will ensure the success of social and personal
formation of each child. Using a system of diagnostic techniques
aimed at a comprehensive study of the selected contact the three
components of the social and personal development of preschool
children (emotional, volitional and communicative components),
leads to the conclusion of non-conformity in most children the
level of social and personal development of their age opportunities.
This finding was the basis for the development and implementation
of targeted work with the children of the system of psycho-pedagogical
activities aimed at optimizing the process of their social
and personal development.
Didactic Features of Studying the Real Numbers in the School Course of Mathematics
Authors: Алексеенко  , Alekseenko A. , Лихачева  , Likhacheva M. 
Published: April 2017

The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of
real numbers in the discipline &#34;Algebra and analysis&#34; in the secondary
school. The theme of &#34;Real numbers&#34; is not easy to understand
and often causes difficulties for students. However, the study of this
topic is now being given enough attention and time. The consequence
is a lack of understanding of students and school-leavers, what
constitutes the real numbers, irrational numbers. At the same time
the notion of a real number is required for further successful study
of mathematics. To improve the efficiency of studying the topic
and form a clear idea about the different numbers offered to add
significantly to the material of modern textbooks, increase the
number of hours in the study of real numbers, as well as to include
in the school course of algebra topics &#34;Complex numbers&#34; and
&#34;Algebraic structures&#34;.
Russian View of American Architecture in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries (Part 3)
Authors: Брумфилд  , Brumfield W.C. 
Published: April 2017

In the third part of this article continue to be considered
the technology of American urban development at the turn of
19–20 centuries. Urban infrastructure development required a
different approach to city development. All this prompted the
Russian architects to study the information on technical innovations
in Western Europe and the United States. The article deals with
the study of the «American style» in architecture Russian architects
of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Course «Math Around Us»: Development of Independent Behavior of Younger Schoolchild by Means of School Subject
Authors: Рыдзе  , Rydze Oxana 
Published: April 2017

The article discusses the problem of development of independent behavior of younger schoolchild as the condition and result of learning activity and the factor of improvement of the effectiveness of math knowledge deepening, increasing of the interest to the intellectual work. The possibilities and features of the use of content and means of school subject “Math” in the process of formation of independent behavior of pupil of primary
school.
Measuring Preventable Outcomes: Global Cardiovascular Risk (GCVR)
Authors: Hamlin Ben 
Published: April 2017

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) piloted a new approach to
quality measurement meant to reduce avoidable cardiac events and improve overall
population health. In this pilot, we investigated whether a standardized technical
specification could sufficiently define a process to reliably generate predicted outcome
scores from heterogeneous electronic clinical data systems (ECDS). Patient data was
electronically extracted from four different healthcare organizations and processed by
the Archimedes, Inc. Global Outcomes calculator generating scores indicating future
cardiovascular event probability for each provider’s patient population. These Global
Cardiovascular Risk (GCVR) scores represent the gap between current level of care
achieved and optimal care for each clinician’s patients with a greater score indicating
better performance. As GCVR requires more patient data than traditional quality
measures, we sought to address feasibility and data completeness questions in order to
understand the prospects of a wholly new quality concept. This pilot successfully
produced GCVR scores for 2,251 clinicians, representing approximately 60 percent of the
total patient population under study. To our knowledge, this is the first time
predictive models have been proposed for quality measurement and our pilot successfully
demonstrated that a predicted outcome measure is feasible using electronic patient data,
however new specification standards are required before this approach is fully scalable
to a national quality reporting program.
Concordium 2016: Data and Knowledge Transforming Health
Authors: Devine Beth 
Published: April 2017

Introduction and Context: Concordium 2016 celebrated the potential for data and
knowledge to transform health. Through a series of plenaries, presentations, workshops
and demonstrations, the conference highlighted projects among four themes: effectiveness
and outcomes research, health care analytics and operations, public and population
health, and quality improvement.Papers in the Special Issue: The eight papers that
comprise this special issue of eGEMs provide exemplars of solutions to the Big Data
problems faced in today’s healthcare environment.Cross-Cutting Elements and Overlapping
Themes: Several of the papers contain elements of multiple overlapping themes. We
integrate these into five overlapping themes: telehealth, user-centered
design/usability, clinic workflow, patient-centered care, and population health
management through prediction modeling and risk adjustment.Conclusion and Future
Directions: The effort to leverage all types of Big Data to improve health and
healthcare is a monumental effort that will require the work of numerous stakeholders,
and one that will unfold incrementally over time. This collection of eight papers
reflects the current state of the art. Concordium 2017 will take a different form,
inviting a small set of leaders in the field to focus on the next round of exciting and
provocative research currently underway to improve the nation’s health.
Biological Variation Estimates Obtained from 91 Healthy Study Participants for 9 Enzymes in Serum
Authors: Carobene Anna , Røraas Thomas , Sølvik Una Ørvim , Sylte Marit Sverresdotter , Sandberg Sverre , Guerra Elena , Marino Irene , Jonker Niels , Barla Gerhard , Bartlett William A , Fernandez-Calle Pilar , Díaz-Garzón Jorge , Tosato Francesca , Plebani Mario , Coşkun Abdurrahman , Serteser Mustafa , Unsal Ibrahim , Ceriotti Ferruccio 
Published: April 2017

Abstract

BACKGROUND
We sought to develop estimates of biological variation (BV) for 9 enzymes in blood serum as part of the European Biological Variation Study.

METHODS
Ninety-one healthy study participants (38 male and 53 female, 21–69 years old) were phlebotomized in each of 10 consecutive weeks at 6 European laboratories. The same preanalytical sample-handling protocol was followed at each center before transport to San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy, for analysis. Sera were stored at −80 °C before analysis in duplicate within a single run on an ADVIA 2400 Clinical Chemistry System (Siemens Healthcare) following a protocol designed to minimize analytical imprecision. Assay traceability was established using frozen sera with target values assigned by reference methods. The results were subjected to outlier analysis before CV-ANOVA to deliver valid BV estimates. Results for 9 enzymes were subsequently partitioned for graphical display allowing visual assessment of the effects of country of origin, sex, and age on BV estimates.

RESULTS
We found no effect of country upon the observed variation, but overall sex-related differences were evident for alanine amino transferase (ALT), γ-glutamyl transferase (GGT), and creatine kinase (CK). The following estimates for within-subject BV (CVI) and between-subject BV (CVG), respectively, were obtained: ALT: 9.3%, 28.2%; aspartate aminotransferase: 9.5%, 20.3%; GGT: 8.9%, 41.7%; alkaline phosphatase : 5.3%, 24.9%; lactate dehydrogenase: 5.2%, 12.6%; CK: 14.5%, 31.5%; amylase: 6.8%, 30.4%; pancreatic α-amylase: 6.3%, 24.9%; and lipase (LIP): 7.7%, 23.8%.

CONCLUSIONS
All CVI and some CVG estimates were lower than those reported in the online BV 2014 updated database. Analytical performance specifications derived from BV can be applied internationally.