bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
High-frequency use of corrections, health, and social services, and association with mental illness and substance use
Authors: Somers Julian M. , Rezansoff Stefanie N. , Moniruzzaman Akm , Zabarauckas Carmen 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
Background
A subgroup of individuals becomes entrenched in a “revolving door” involving corrections, health, and social welfare services. Little research has investigated the numbers of people that are in frequent contact with multiple public agencies, the costs associated with these encounters, or the characteristics of the people concerned. The present study used linked administrative data to examine offenders who were also very frequent users of health and social services. We investigated the magnitude and distribution of costs attributable to different categories of service for those in the top 10 % of sentences to either community or custodial settings. We hypothesized that the members of these subgroups would be significantly more likely to have substance use and other mental disorders than other members of the offender population.

Methods
Data were linked across agencies responsible for services to the entire population of British Columbia spanning justice, health, and income assistance. Individuals were eligible for inclusion in the study if they were sentenced at least once in the Vancouver Provincial Court between 2003 and 2012. We examined the subset of participants who fell within the top 10 % of sentences and at least two of the following service categories: community physician services; hospital days; pharmaceutical costs; or income assistance between 2007 and 2012. We examined two groups of offenders separately (those in the top ten percent sentenced to community supervision or to custody) due to differences in time at risk and availability to receive community-based services.

Results
From more than 14,000 offenders sentenced in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, very High Frequency service users associated with community (n = 216) and custody (n = 107) sentences incurred average attributable public service costs of $168,000 and $247,000 respectively over a 5-year period of observation. Health-related costs for both groups were over $80,000 per person, primarily associated with hospital admissions. Across both groups, 99 % had been diagnosed with at least one mental disorder and over 80 % had co-occurring substance use and another mental disorder.

Conclusions
A subset of offenders with concurrent psychiatric disorders receives extremely high levels of service from health, social welfare, and justice sectors in close temporal succession. Members of this subpopulation require targeted supports in order to produce positive outcomes and prevent the perpetuation of a costly and ineffective revolving door.
Tibialis anterior analysis from functional and architectural perspective during isometric foot dorsiflexion: a cross‐sectional study of repeated measures
Authors: Ruiz Muñoz Maria , González‐Sánchez Manuel , Cuesta‐Vargas Antonio I. 
Published: December 2015

AbstractBackgroundThe purpose of the present study is to establish the relationship and degree of contribution between torque and sonomiography variables (pennation angle – muscle thickness), and electromyography variables (EMGAreaUnderCurve – EMGMaximalPeak) of the tibialis anterior muscle during (TA) maximal and relative isometric foot dorsiflexion (IFD). Secondary aim: To determine the measurement's reliability.MethodsCross‐sectional study. 31 participants (15 men; 16 women) performed IFD at different intensities (100, 75, 50, and 25 %) of the maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) (three times for each intensity). Outcome variables: To determine the torque, pennation angle, muscle thickness, EMGMaximalPeak, and EMGAreaUnderCurve. Statistical analysis: In order to test the measurement's reliability, Cronbach's alpha and standard error of the measurement were determined. An inferential analysis was carried out using Pearson correlations(r). For each contraction intensity, a multiple regression analysis was performed, where the dependent variable was torque and the independent variables were EMGAreaUnderCurve, EMGMaximalPeak, muscle thickness and pennation angle.ResultsAll outcome variables show excellent reliability. The highest correlation value was 0.955 (thickness 100 % – thickness 25 %). R2 values ranged from 0.713 (100 % MVC) to 0.588 (25 % MVC).ConclusionThe outcome variables demonstrated excellent reliability in terms of measuring IFD at different intensities. The correlations between all outcome variables were moderate‐to‐strong. TA functional and architectural variables have a significant impact on the torque variance during IFD at different intensities.
Regionally-derived cell populations and skeletal stem cells from human foetal femora exhibit specific osteochondral and multi-lineage differentiation capacity in vitro and ex vivo
Authors: Gothard David , Cheung Kelvin , Kanczler Janos M. , Wilson David I. , Oreffo Richard O. C. 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
Background
Adult skeletal stem cells (SSCs) often exhibit limited in vitro expansion with undesirable phenotypic changes and loss of differentiation capacity. Foetal tissues offer an alternative cell source, providing SSCs which exhibit desirable differentiation capacity over prolonged periods, ideal for extensive in vitro and ex vivo investigation of fundamental bone biology and skeletal development.

Methods
We have examined the derivation of distinct cell populations from human foetal femora. Regionally isolated populations including epiphyseal and diaphyseal cells were carefully dissected. Expression of the SSC marker Stro-1 was also found in human foetal femora over a range of developmental stages and subsequently utilised for immuno-selection.

Results
Regional populations exhibited chondrogenic (epiphyseal) and osteogenic (diaphyseal) phenotypes following in vitro and ex vivo characterisation and molecular analysis, indicative of native SSC maturation during skeletal development. However, each population exhibited potential for induced multi-lineage differentiation towards bone (bone nodule formation), cartilage (proteoglycan and mucopolysaccharide deposition) and fat (lipid deposition), suggesting the presence of a shared stem cell sub-population. This shared sub-population may be comprised of Stro-1+ cells, which were later identified and immuno-selected from whole foetal femora exhibiting multi-lineage differentiation capacity in vitro and ex vivo.

Conclusions
Distinct populations were isolated from human foetal femora expressing osteochondral differentiation capacity. Stro-1 immuno-selected SSCs were isolated from whole femora expressing desirable multi-lineage differentiation capacity over prolonged in vitro expansion, superior to their adult-derived counterparts, providing a valuable cell source with which to study bone biology and skeletal development.
The ELIXIR channel in F1000Research
Authors: Blomberg Niklas , Oliveira Arlindo , Mons Barend , Persson Bengt , Jonassen Inge 
Published: December 2015

ELIXIR, the European life science infrastructure for biological information, is a unique initiative to consolidate Europe’s national centres, services, and core bioinformatics resources into a single, coordinated infrastructure. ELIXIR brings together Europe’s major life-science data archives and connects these with national bioinformatics infrastructures - the ELIXIR Nodes. This editorial introduces the ELIXIR channel in F1000Research; the aim of the channel is to collect and present ELIXIR’s scientific and operational output, engage with the broad life science community and encourage discussion on proposed infrastructure solutions. Submissions will be assessed by the ELIXIR channel Editorial Board to ensure they are relevant to ELIXIR community, and subjected to F1000Research open peer review process.
Americanization of Russian Geometric Education and Descriptive Geometry
Authors: Сальков  , Sal'kov Nikolay 
Published: December 2015

70 years ago, the bloodiest of wars had ended. Literally,
the next day the USA started the ruthless Cold war against the
USSR. Goal – to destroy the USSR as political and military enemy.
Ironically, it was the Russian Empire (and the Soviet Union
– its successor) that first in the world recognized the USA as an
independent state. In 1991, the goal was achieved. Russia considered
the cold war over, and the USA a partner in all matters. In
vain. It is no secret the CIA felt home in Russian governmental
buildings. It is no secret that Department of State advisers sat in
every Russian Ministry. Unsurprisingly, imposed reforms have led
to destruction of industry, agriculture, and medicine. The country
was flooded with imports, and Russia has lost the basic security of
state.
Obviously, the same benefactors from the CIA forced the Ministry
of Education and Science to adopt the surrogate instead of the
Soviet system of education. Moreover, the well-wishers perfectly
knew that this surrogate was of very low quality. Introduction of
the American system of education instead of the Soviet one is the
manifestation of the cold war.
Artificial confrontation of computer graphics vs. descriptive
geometry arose. Enforced antagonism resulted in elimination of
teaching descriptive geometry in many areas. Known: computers
and computer graphics come from the USA. Note that geometry
experts do not oppose to the use of computer graphics. More obscure
is the position of some of our partners, when they advocate destruction
of science in favor of a drawing instrument. In this mortal
combat of geeks, the author sees a manifestation of the same cold
war that the United States maintains with Russia. Deduction: it is
so because computer graphics took all its geometric methods of
constructing from descriptive geometry.
Minimal program of overcoming this geometric crisis in higher
education is provided.
Responsible Sourcing in Supply Chains
Authors: Guo Ruixue , Lee Hau L. , Swinney Robert 
Published: December 2015

We analyze the sourcing decision of a buyer choosing between two supplier types: responsible suppliers are costly but adhere to strict social and environmental responsibility standards, whereas risky suppliers are less expensive but may experience responsibility violations. A segment of the consumer population, called socially conscious, is willing to pay a higher price for a product sourced from a responsible supplier and may not purchase in the event of a responsibility violation from a risky supplier. We identify four possible sourcing strategies that a buyer might employ: low cost sourcing (sourcing from the risky supplier), dual sourcing, responsible niche sourcing (sourcing from a responsible supplier and selling only to socially conscious consumers), and responsible mass market sourcing (sourcing responsibly and selling to all consumers). We determine when each strategy is optimal and show that efforts to improve supply chain responsibility that focus on consumers (by increasing their willingness to pay for responsibility or increasing the number of consumers that are socially conscious) or increasing supply chain transparency may lead to unintended consequences, such as an increase in risky sourcing. Efforts that focus on enforcement and penalizing the buyer, however, never backfire and always lead to more responsible sourcing and less risky sourcing. This paper was accepted by Yossi Aviv, operations management.
Between positive representation and camp performance: Three films from the Swedish lesbian and gay liberation movement
Authors: Ryberg Ingrid 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
This article discusses three unique films emanating from the lesbian and gay liberation movement in Sweden in the 1970s: Bögjävlar/Damned Queers, directed by a group of gay men who lived communally in Stockholm; Kvinnan i ditt liv är du/‘The Woman in Your Life Is You’, directed by Lesbisk Front/Lesbian Front, also based in Stockholm; and Eva & Maria, directed by three women in Göteborg. Based on archival research and interviews, I discuss how the three films’ different production and reception histories offer insight into the relationship between Swedish politics around sexuality and LGBTQ issues. These largely unknown films are crucial examples of self-presentation. They offer salient critiques of the ways that homosexuality was viewed and represented in 1970s Sweden. Formally, they range from parody to realism. By shedding light on these films, the article problematizes the standardized narrative of Swedish sexual freedom and progressiveness.
Female desire, Puzzy Power and women-directed Scandinavian sex films
Authors: Shriver-Rice Meryl 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
Sweden and Denmark have a history of explicit cinema. In the later 1990s Lars von Trier’s Zentropa became the first mainstream film company to produce female audience-centred explicit movies under the ‘Puzzy Power Manifesto’. Following Puzzy Power, Scandinavian women directors continue to avoid male-centred perspectives while probing the boundaries of explicit imagery that remains empowering for women.
Begho: Life and Times
Authors: Posnansky Merrick 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
Begho was the largest town in the interior of what became the Gold Coast when the Portuguese arrived in 1471. Excavations were conducted from 1970 to 1979. Radiocarbon dates, tobacco pipe and ceramic sequencing, and imports provide its chronology. The town consisted of at least six quarters of which two were associated with the local Brong. There were two Kramo quarters, occupied by Mande-speaking Muslims. Iron was obtained locally and smelted some four kilometers from the town at Dapaa. Brass-working was undertaken at the Dwinfuor (artisans’ quarter). Ethnoarchaeological research conducted between 1970 and 1998 provided historical interpretations for the archaeological material. Cloth production was substantiated from numerous spindle whorls and dye pits; the ritual nature of the Brong chieftaincy was suggested from decorated ivory trumpets and the discovery of a shrine room with inverted offering cups. The presence of weights of stone, terracotta, and beads attested to the importance of the gold trade.
Initial experience with imaging of the lower extremity arteries in an open 1.0 Tesla MRI system using the triggered angiography non-contrast-enhanced sequence (TRANCE) compared to digital subtraction angiography (DSA)
Authors: Suttmeyer Britta , Teichgräber Ulf , Rathke Hendrik , Albrecht Liane , Güttler Felix , Schnackenburg Bernhard , Hamm Bernd , de Bucourt Maximilian 
Published: December 2015

Abstract

Purpose:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and validity of arterial lower limb imaging with triggered angiography non-contrast enhanced (TRANCE) in an open MRI at 1.0 Tesla (T) compared to digital subtraction angiography (DSA).

Material and methods:
ECG-gated, non-contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) was performed in a 1.0-T high-field open magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system which generates a vertical magnetic field. Three acquisition levels were defined (abdominal and pelvic level, arterial segments above the knee and segments below the knee) and a total of 1782 vessel diameter measurements were taken on a total of 11 patients with suspected peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) (8 men, 3 women; average age 66 years). In each patient, 162 vessel segments (81 each with TRANCE and DSA) were defined and measured. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated.

Results:
At the abdominal/pelvic level, all mean values measured with DSA exceeded the mean values obtained with TRANCE. Above the knee, mean vessel diameters were measured smaller in DSA in six, equal in three, and larger in two vessel segments. Below the knee, all measured averages, except for the tibiofibular tract (TFT) measurements, were larger in TRANCE. In total, two small (≤0.3), two moderate (>0.3), 11 good (>0.5), 10 high (>0.7) and 13 very high (>0.8) correlations were obtained.

Conclusions:
Non-contrast-enhanced imaging of the lower limb arteries using a TRANCE-sequence in a 1.0 T open MRI system is feasible with the protocol presented; however, TRANCE tends to underestimate larger vessels and overestimate smaller vessels compared to DSA.
Adhesion and proliferation of cells and bacteria on microchip with different surfaces microstructures
Authors: Zhou Yi , Xiao Yu , Qiu Yulei , Yuan Huipin , van Blitterswijk Clemens A. , Zhou Xuedong , Xu Xiaoming , Bao Chongyun 
Published: December 2015

AbstractSurface microstructure of implant materials is an essential factor for soft tissue healing around the implant. The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of different microchip surface microstructures on the adhesion and proliferation of cells and bacteria. Hydroxyapatite (HA) microchips with different microstructures (linear, decussate, circular and triangular) and their polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) replica chips were prepared. Myoblast cells (C2C12),
Comparison of Freelite™ and N Latex serum free light chain assays in subjects with end stage kidney disease on haemodialysis
Authors: Kennard Alice , Hawley Carmel , Tate Jill , Klingberg Sandra , Pretorius Carel , Hutchison Colin , Mollee Peter 
Published: December 2015

AbstractQuantification of serum free light chains (FLC) is important in the diagnosis of plasma cell diseases where an abnormal kappa:lambda ratio infers a population of monoclonal plasma cells. The Freelite™ and N Latex assays have been validated in populations without kidney disease but there is a paucity of data relating to the use of these assays in end stage kidney disease (ESKD). The aim of the study was to compare FLC assay performance in ESKD patients on haemodialysis.Cross-sectional multi-centre study comparing the performance of the two assays on 112 haemodialysis patients without known paraproteinaemia. We quantified FLC pre- and post-dialysis using both the N Latex and the Freelite assays.FLC levels were elevated by both assays. Lambda FLC levels were considerably higher by the N Latex assay. Using the proposed renal reference range for Freelite (0.37–3.1) all but one patient had normal kappa:lambda FLC ratios. In contrast, there were no abnormal FLC ratios pre-dialysis using the N Latex assay. This was due to lambda FLC reading significantly higher by the N Latex assay. Kappa and lambda FLC levels decreased with dialysis but remained elevated above the normal range. The excess of lambda FLC by N Latex persisted post-dialysis but was somewhat attenuated. Dialysis adequacy and dialysis modality predicted clearance of kappa and lambda FLC by both assays.The N Latex assay reported significantly higher pre-dialysis lambda FLC concentrations compared with the Freelite assays. Clinicians should be aware of the need for a separate renal reference range for interpreting FLC ratio using the Freelite assay but not for the N Latex assay in ESKD patients.
Effect of intravaginal dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on the female sexual function in postmenopausal women: ERC-230 open-label study
Authors: Bouchard Céline , Labrie Fernand , Derogatis Leonard , Girard Ginette , Ayotte Normand , Gallagher John , Cusan Leonello , Archer David F. , Portman David , Lavoie Lyne , Beauregard Adam , Côté Isabelle , Martel Céline , Vaillancourt Mario , Balser John , Moyneur Erick , other participating Members of the VVA Prasterone Group  
Published: December 2015

Abstract

Objective: Intravaginal DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone, prasterone), the exclusive precursor of androgens and estrogens in postmenopausal women, has previously been shown to improve all the domains of sexual function by a strictly local action in the vagina. The well recognized female sexual function index (FSFI) questionnaire was used in the present study.

Design: The long-term effect of 52-week treatment with daily intravaginal 0.50% (6.5 mg) DHEA was evaluated on the various domains of female sexual function using the FSFI questionnaire at baseline, Week 26 and Week 52.

Subjects: One hundred and fifty-four postmenopausal women with at least one mild to severe symptom of vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA) and who have completed the FSFI questionnaire at baseline and at least one post-baseline timepoint were included in the analysis.

Results: The FSFI domains desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and pain were increased by 28%, 49%, 115%, 51%, 41% and 108%, respectively (p<0.0001 for all parameters) at 52 weeks vs. baseline, while the total score was increased from 13.4±0.62 at baseline to 21.5±0.82 (+60%, p<0.0001) at 52 weeks.

Conclusion: As the serum levels of DHEA and all its metabolites, including estradiol and testosterone, show no meaningful change, the present clinical data indicate a stimulatory effect of intravaginal DHEA through a strictly local action in agreement with the preclinical data showing that the androgens made locally from DHEA in the vagina induce an increase in local nerve density.
Use of hydroxyprogesterone caproate to prevent preterm labour in uterine didelphys: a case report
Authors: Ng Keat Sim , Ng Beng Kwang , Lim Pei Shan , Shafiee Mohd Nasir , Abdul Karim Abdul Kadir , Omar Mohd Hashim 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
Congenital uterine anomalies have been associated with poor reproductive outcome, which include recurrent miscarriage, abruptio placenta, intra-uterine growth restriction and preterm delivery. Here, we report a case: 36 years old, G3P2, known case of uterine didelphys, with history of preterm birth, who successfully carried her pregnancy till term with weekly intramuscular injection of 250 mg hydroxyprogesterone caproate (®Proluton Depot, Zuellig Pharma).
Trees Outside Forest In Poland
Authors: Zajączkowski Jacek , Zajączkowski Kazimierz 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
Increasing environmental threats to agricultural production and the stability of ecosystems have been observed on the Polish lowlands since the 1970s. Several hundred million trees and shrubs have been planted on farmland, mostly along roads and with the involvement of public agencies, with a view to timber being produced, and soil erosion and the water deficit mitigated. On the basis of over 50 years of practical observations and scientific experiments, recommendations have been drawn up as regards the structural and spatial features of new tree planting outside forests that maximize environmental, production-related and social benefits. This paper gives a brief description of the history of the active establishment of woody vegetation across agricultural landscapes in Poland, along with best practices elaborated for this at several scientific centres.
The Role Of Management Of The Field-Forest Boundary In Poland’s Process Of Agricultural Restructuring
Authors: Woch Franciszek , Borek Robert 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
The aim of the work described here has been to point to the relationships between the field-forest boundary and crop productivity as regards the present agrarian land-use structure in Poland, and to provide new opportunities for arranging the agrarian process and the spatial planning of the rural landscape in the context of the sustainable shaping of the field-forest boundary. Impacts of forests and woodlands on crop productivity have been assessed using available data from relevant Polish literature. An assessment of the plot-distribution pattern characterising farms in Poland was made on the basis of reference data from the Agency for the Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture. Finally, the possibility of afforestation of agricultural land has been evaluated within the existing legal framework, and on the basis of available data, with attention paid to the need to include organization of the field-forest boundary within the comprehensive management and planning of rural areas, and to preserve woody elements in patchy landscapes. This all creates an opportunity to test innovative approaches to integrated land use which combines the creation of public goods and local products based on participatory learning processes that bring in local stakeholders and decision-makers.