bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A simple endoscopic scoring system to differentiate between duodenal adenoma and carcinoma
Authors: Kakushima Naomi , Yoshida Masao , Iwai Tomohiro , Kawata Noboru , Tanaka Masaki , Takizawa Kohei , Ito Sayo , Imai Kenichiro , Hotta Kinichi , Ishiwatari Hirotoshi , Matsubayashi Hiroyuki , Ono Hiroyuki , Sasaki Keiko 
Published: August 2017

Abstract
Background and study aims Diagnosis of nonampullary duodenal low grade adenoma (Vienna classification category 3, VCL 3) and high grade adenoma/carcinoma (VCL 4 or higher) is important for clinical management decisions. However, there are no criteria based on which endoscopic diagnosis can differentiate between VCL3 and VCL4 or higher. This study aimed to establish simple diagnostic criteria to differentiate between VCL3 and VCL4 or higher.
Patients and methods This retrospective study included patients with superficial nonampullary duodenal epithelial tumors (NADETs) who underwent tumor resection between June 2004 and November 2016 at a single cancer center hospital. Using patient demographics and endoscopic findings from 2004 to 2013, variables related to the final histology of VCL4 or higher were analyzed, and a predictive model was developed. Validation analysis was performed on patients treated between 2014 and 2016.
Results A total of 150 lesions in 134 patients were included. Lesion diameter, reddish color, depression, heterogeneous or no nodularity, and mixed or depressed macroscopic types were significantly predictive of VCL4 or higher. A predictive score model was developed and a score of 3 points was defined as an appropriate cutoff for predicting VCL4 or higher. In the validation analysis, the accuracy rate of VCL4 or higher diagnosis was 86 % when the score was ≥ 3 points. Scores between patients with VCL3 and VCL4 or higher were significantly different (P = 0.0004).
Conclusions A simple and useful endoscopic scoring system was developed to preoperatively differentiate between VCL3 and VCL4 or higher among superficial NADETs.
Development of a Housing Eligibility Assessment Scoring Method for low-income urgent repair programs
Authors: Ofori-Boadu Andrea Nana , Shofoluwe Musibau Adeola , Pyle Robert 
Published: August 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to develop a Housing Eligibility Assessment Scoring Method (HEASM) for low-income Urgent Repair Programs (URPs).

Design/methodology/approach
In order to develop a practical HEASM that incorporates the prevailing eligibility assessment criteria for low-income URPs, a case study research approach was adopted. Emergent themes and patterns in predominant eligibility assessment criteria and methods are derived from program documents utilized by a successful State Urgent Repair Program (SURP) and its 42 Community Partners operating in the Southeastern region of the USA. Coupled with interviews and the expert analysis of SURP staff, the quantitative analysis of 11,414 repaired homes and literature reviews were used to categorize predominant eligible housing repairs and costs.

Findings
The five key eligibility assessment criteria categories that emerged from the data analysis are: location, owner-occupancy, family needs, housing repair, and estimated repair costs. The framework of the proposed HEASM is guided by these five categories.

Originality/value
URP decision makers are provided with a simple, practical, and objective eligibility assessment method that can be easily modified to accommodate the unique eligibility criteria and local program conditions. This method should improve the eligibility assessment, prioritization, and the eventual selection of qualifying applicants. Consequently, the capacity of URPs to provide funding to their targeted populations with the most critical needs would be enhanced. Insights could drive the impetus to modify existing URP.
The influence of organizational culture on healthcare supply chain resilience: moderating role of technology orientation
Authors: Mandal Santanu 
Published: August 2017

PurposeThis paper aims to explore the influence of dimensions of organizational culture, namely, development culture, group culture, rational culture and hierarchical culture, on healthcare supply chain resilience (HCRES). Further, the study explored the moderating role of technology orientation on organizational culture dimensions and healthcare resilience linkages.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted a multi-unit study of different hospital supply chains (SCs). Consequently, perceptual data were gathered from seven dominant entities in a typical medical/hospital SC: hospitals, hotels, chemistry and pharmaceutical, marketing/public relations/promotion, medical equipment manufacturers and surgical suppliers, food and beverage providers (i.e. restaurants) and insurance providers. The responses were gathered using online survey and were analyzed using structural equation modeling.FindingsBased on 276 completed responses, positive influences were found for development, group and rational cultures on HCRES. As expected, a negative influence of hierarchical culture was found on HCRES. Further, technological orientation was found to enhance the positive effects of development, group and rational cultures on HCRES. However, no prominent moderation was noted for hierarchical culture’s influence on HCRES. The findings suggested managers to focus more on developing competing values framework (CVF)-based dimensions of organizational culture dimensions for effective risk mitigation so as to provide healthcare services in a timely manner to patients.Originality/valueThe study is the first to investigate the effects of organizational culture’s dimensions on resilience. The study has empirically established the association between CVF view and dynamic capabilities. The study underlined the importance of resilience in healthcare SCs. Resilience is an important dynamic capability in healthcare SCs to provide uninterrupted treatments and services to patients. Any failure in such a service can be fatal. Further, the study developed the measures of development, group, rational and hierarchical culture for further investigation in healthcare. This study is also the first to develop a measure for resilience in the healthcare sector.
Study of environmental indicators in a thermal power plant in Lahore, Pakistan
Authors: Rashid Farah , Fazal Nosheen 
Published: August 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to study the environmental indicators of an ISO 14001:2004 certified thermal power plant located at Raiwind road Lahore.

Design/methodology/approach
The research study included employee interviews, noise monitoring, effluent and ground water sampling, stack emission testing, and assessment of the solid waste management system.

Findings
Semi-structured interviews randomly conducted with employees showed a 57 percent environmental awareness response. The stack emission results showed that the nitrogen oxide (NOx) from engine no. 5 and 7 was 2,447 and 2,624 mg/Nm3, respectively, higher than the World Bank limit of 2,300 mg/Nm3 as well as exceeding the 600 mg/Nm3 set by the National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS) with no emission control technology in place. The ground water and effluent samples were found unfit for irrigation purposes. Electrical conductivity exceeded the permissible level of Directorate of Land Reclamation (DLR) irrigation water quality criteria of 1.5 dS/m. Similarly, the sodium absorption ratio (SAR) exceeded 10 mmolc/l. Residual sodium carbonate was more than the DLR permissible level of 2.5 me/l. The noise level in the engine hall was 103 dB(A) which is beyond the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s permissible exposure limit of 90 dB(A) and the NEQS for industrial area at day time, i.e. 75 dB(A).

Research limitations/implications
The research analysis shows that environmental survey may serve as an example for other power plants to review their environmental policy and be more vigilant as an environmentally conscious organization.

Originality/value
This paper underscores an easy understanding and evaluation of environmental indicators that are minor but neglected in a thermal power plant. The sampling, testing, and employee awareness are crucial to gauge the level of an organization’s conformity with the international quality, occupational health, and environmental standards.
Restoration of native mangrove wetlands can reverse diet shifts of benthic macrofauna caused by invasive cordgrass
Authors: Feng Jianxiang , Huang Qian , Chen Hui , Guo Jiemin , Lin Guanghui 
Published: August 2017

Abstract

Ecological replacement using native mangrove species combined with physical treatments has become an effective method in controlling the spread of invasive cordgrass Spartina alterniflora. To re‐establish ecosystem functions, trophic interactions between macrofauna and their potential food resources must be considered during the restoration process.

Here, we examined the changes in the diets of macrofauna in three restored mangrove ecosystems with different invasion histories following the removal of S. alterniflora in southern China. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios for dominant macrofauna, as well as their potential food sources, were analysed. The relative contributions of the different carbon sources to the diets of benthic macrofauna and isotopic niche width, including convex hull areas and standard ellipse areas of the macrofaunal community, were then calculated and compared among sampling sites in each region.

Our results indicated that Spartina‐derived detritus contributed to >80% of the organic carbon sources of dominant macrofauna in the S. alterniflora communities in all three regions. Spartina alterniflora communities had lower convex hull areas and standard ellipse areas than natural mangrove forests, indicating significant resource competition among different consumer populations. Replacing S. alterniflora with the native mangrove species Kandelia obovata could reverse the diets of these macrofaunal species, resulting in a shift from homogeneous Spartina‐dominated diets to more heterogeneous algae‐based diets. It could take several decades to restore food web interactions to a pre‐impacted state. Even the diets of macrofauna in mature mangrove (>40 years) remained affected by the Spartina‐derived organic matter.

Synthesis and applications. Our study reveals that the ecological replacement of invasive Spartina alterniflora using native mangrove species could restore food web function gradually. However, this removal and replacement approach is a long process and requires significant manpower and resources. Furthermore, the native ecosystem will continue to be influenced by the cordgrass as long as large areas of wetland nearby are occupied by S. alterniflora. Consequently, preventing the colonization of S. alterniflora should be a priority for coastal ecosystem management in southern China.
Topsoil removal through scarification improves natural regeneration in high‐graded Nothofagus old‐growth forests
Authors: Soto Daniel P. , Puettmann Klaus J. 
Published: August 2017

Abstract

High grading by removing the majority of trees with superior timber quality has led to loss of productivity and biodiversity in forests. Typically, after high grading, little attention is given to tree regeneration. Thus, undesirable understorey vegetation often dominates for a long time, leading to stagnation in forest recovery and so‐called arrested succession. In such settings, managing understorey vegetation using topsoil removal through scarification has been proposed as a restoration tool to encourage tree regeneration.

We investigated the effectiveness of topsoil removal as a restoration technique in high‐graded Nothofagus old‐growth forests in the Chilean Andes. In these forests, high grading often leads to understories being dominated by dense thickets of native bamboo, Chusquea culeou. These understorey conditions typically delay succession by preventing tree regeneration.

T‐tests were used to compare vegetation development in areas with topsoil removal against those without. Nonparametric multiplicative regression was used to investigate which environmental variables were mainly related to regeneration of different plant groups (short‐ and long‐lived, early‐ and late‐seral tree species) and C. culeou abundance in areas with and without topsoil removal.

Topsoil removal improved the regeneration of early‐seral tree species and constrained C. culeou. In areas without topsoil scarification, higher abundances of C. culeou were reflected in a higher transmitted radiation and litter cover. In these areas, the presence of early‐seral tree species was related to higher soil water content and transmitted radiation. However, topsoil removal altered these response patterns for early‐seral trees. For instance, the interaction between higher soil water content and more exposed mineral soil was reflected in a higher likelihood of finding early‐seral tree seedlings.

Synthesis and applications. Topsoil removal was a successful restoration tool for overcoming arrested succession in Nothofagus old‐growth forests in the Chilean Andes by encouraging the regeneration of early‐seral trees in high‐graded forests. Contrasting environmental conditions of pre‐ and post‐topsoil removal allowed insights into the processes and mechanisms responsible for forests with arrested succession and for succession progression. This understanding provides guidance regarding the range of conditions under which topsoil removal can be used as a successful restoration practice.
Breaking the taboo: a history of monetary financing in Canada, 1930–1975
Authors: Ryan‐Collins Josh 
Published: August 2017

AbstractMonetary financing – the funding of state expenditure via the creation of new money rather than through taxation or borrowing – has become a taboo policy instrument in advanced economies. It is generally associated with dangerously high inflation and/or war. Relatedly, a key institutional feature of modern independent central banks is that they are not obligated to support government expenditure via money creation. Since the financial crisis of 2007–2008, however, unorthodox monetary policies, in particular quantitative easing, coupled with stagnant growth and high levels of public and private debt have led to questions over the monetary financing taboo. Debates on the topic have so far been mainly theoretical with little attention to the social and political dynamics of historical instances of monetary financing. This paper analyses one of the most significant twentieth‐century cases: Canada from the period after the Great Depression up until the monetarist revolution of the 1970s. The period was a successful one for the Canadian economy, with high growth and employment and manageable inflation. It offers some interesting insights into the relationship between states and central banks and present‐day discussions around the governance of money creation.
The Madoffization of Irish society: from Ponzi finance to sociological critique
Authors: Monaghan Lee F. , O'Flynn Micheal 
Published: August 2017

AbstractFinancialization and neoliberal policy created the Celtic Tiger. This economic ‘miracle’ furthered creditors’ and property developers’ speculative interests, leading to an unstable financial pyramid that eventually imploded in 2008 with catastrophic consequences for Irish society. Using the sociological imagination as social critique, this paper offers a lens on fictitious capital and Ponzi finance in the context of Ireland's boom and bust. Critique is advanced using the Madoffization of society thesis, a sociological heuristic that draws formal comparisons between Bernie Madoff's US$65 billion Ponzi scheme, which collapsed in 2008, and financialized capitalism. The Madoff case exhibits five main elements or forms which, it has been argued, underlie the varying content of life on a much broader scale: accumulation by debt expansion, mass deception, efforts to maintain secrecy and silence, obfuscation, and scapegoating. In conclusion, a crucial difference between the Madoff case and the Madoffization of Irish society is underscored. Discussion also moves from critique to hope amidst calls to renew sociology and transform financialized capitalism.
Comparison of trauma care systems in Asian countries: A systematic literature review
Authors: Choi Se Jin , Oh Moon Young , Kim Na Rae , Jung Yoo Joong , Ro Young Sun , Shin Sang Do 
Published: August 2017

AbstractObjectiveThe study aims to compare the trauma care systems in Asian countries.MethodsAsian countries were categorised into three groups; ‘lower middle‐income country’, ‘upper middle‐income country’ and ‘high‐income country’. The Medline/PubMed database was searched for articles published from January 2005 to December 2014 using relevant key words. Articles were excluded if they examined a specific injury mechanism, referred to a specific age group, and/or did not have full text available. We extracted information and variables on pre‐hospital and hospital care factors, and regionalised system factors and compared them across countries.ResultsA total of 46 articles were identified from 13 countries, including Pakistan, India, Vietnam and Indonesia from lower middle‐income countries; the Islamic Republic of Iran, Thailand, China, Malaysia from upper middle‐income countries; and Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore from high‐income countries. Trauma patients were transported via various methods. In six of the 13 countries, less than 20% of trauma patients were transported by ambulance. Pre‐hospital trauma teams primarily comprised emergency medical technicians and paramedics, except in Thailand and China, where they included mainly physicians. In Iran, Pakistan and Vietnam, the proportion of patients who died before reaching hospital exceeded 50%. In only three of the 13 countries was it reported that trauma surgeons were available. In only five of the 13 countries was there a nationwide trauma registry.ConclusionTrauma care systems were poorly developed and unorganised in most of the selected 13 Asian countries, with the exception of a few highly developed countries.
Mortality rates for Finnish anaesthesiologists and paediatricians are lower than those for the general population
Authors: Ohtonen P. , Alahuhta S. 
Published: August 2017

BackgroundPrevious studies on mortality among anaesthesiologists in the Nordic countries have reported inconsistent results. In an effort to examine mortality patterns among Finnish anaesthesiologists, we compared anaesthesiologists and paediatricians with the general population.MethodsThe year of birth and mortality data for anaesthesiologists and paediatricians deceased during the period 1996–2014 were assembled from the membership files maintained by the Finnish Medical Association. Data for the general population and causes of death were obtained from the database of Statistics Finland. Standardized mortality ratios (SMR) for anaesthesiologists and paediatricians were calculated using the general population as a reference.ResultsDuring the follow‐up period, there were 62 deaths among anaesthesiologists and and 95 among peadiatricians. Anaesthesiologists had a lower mean age at death (66.9 years) than did peadiatricians (76.2 years). Standardized mortality ratios for both the groups were well below 1.0. The rate of suicides for anaesthesiologists was more than three times higher than that for paediatricians and more than five times higher for that of the general population.DiscussionWe found no evidence of increased mortality for anaesthesiologists or paediatricians. The number of suicides among anaesthesiologists was higher than among paediatricians and the general population.
Sclerosing peritonitis post liver transplantation: a rare condition where surgery is an important treatment option
Authors: Kong Yvonne X. , Strasser Simone I. , McCaughan Geoffrey W. , Crawford Michael , Verran Deborah J. 
Published: August 2017

BackgroundSclerosing peritonitis (SP) is a rare but potentially fatal complication following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The definitive surgical management is via a laparotomy peritonectomy and enterolysis procedure, but this carries risks particularly in the immunosuppressed transplant patient population. The natural history of SP is known from a handful of case reports and series, which mostly report de novo cases arising early on following OLT. The aim of this study was to identify all cases of de novo SP following OLT and the outcomes of management.MethodsCases of SP post OLT were identified from the Australian National Liver Transplantation Unit (New South Wales) database of all 1393 adult patients.ResultsThree cases of SP were diagnosed between 2 and over 9 years post‐transplantation. Two patients proceeded to laparotomy and a peritonectomy and enterolysis procedure of the cocooned bowel. The third was managed conservatively due to a relatively indolent course and their medical co‐morbidities.ConclusionSP should be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients post OLT presenting with symptoms of bowel obstruction, even years following transplantation. Surgery may be required in order to achieve a satisfactory outcome in some cases.
Systematic review with meta‐analysis: diagnostic performance of the combination of pepsinogen, gastrin‐17 and anti‐Helicobacter pylori antibodies serum assays for the diagnosis of atrophic gastritis
Authors: Zagari R. M. , Rabitti S. , Greenwood D. C. , Eusebi L. H. , Vestito A. , Bazzoli F. 
Published: August 2017

AbstractBackgroundThe combination of pepsinogen, gastrin‐17 and anti‐H. pylori antibodies serological assays (panel test) is a non‐invasive tool for the diagnosis of atrophic gastritis. However, the diagnostic reliability of this test is still uncertain.AimTo assess the diagnostic performance of the serum panel test for the diagnosis of atrophic gastritis.MethodsMedline via PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Library databases and abstracts of international conferences proceedings were searched from January 1995 to December 2016 using the primary keywords “pepsinogens,” “gastrin,” “atrophic gastritis,” “gastric precancerous lesions.” Studies were included if they assessed the accuracy of the serum panel test for the diagnosis of atrophic gastritis using histology according to the updated Sydney System as reference standard.ResultsTwenty studies with a total of 4241 subjects assessed the performance of serum panel test for the diagnosis of atrophic gastritis regardless of the site in the stomach. The summary sensitivity was 74.7% (95% confidence interval (CI), 62.0‐84.3) and the specificity was 95.6% (95%CI, 92.6‐97.4). With a prevalence of atrophic gastritis of 27% (median prevalence across the studies), the negative predictive value was 91%. Few studies with small sample size assessed the performance of the test in detecting the site of atrophic gastritis.ConclusionsThe combination of pepsinogen, gastrin‐17 and anti‐H. pylori antibodies serological assays appears to be a reliable tool for the diagnosis of atrophic gastritis. This test may be used for screening subjects or populations at high risk of gastric cancer for atrophic gastritis; however, a cost‐effectiveness analysis is needed.