bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Improving Adherence to Secondary Stroke Prevention Strategies Through Motivational Interviewing
Authors: Barker-Collo Suzanne , Krishnamurthi Rita , Witt Emma , Feigin Valery , Jones Amy , McPherson Kathryn , Starkey Nicola , Parag Varsha , Jiang Yannan , Barber P. Alan , Rush Elaine , Bennett Derrick , Aroll Bruce 
Published: October 2015

Background and Purpose—
Stroke recurrence rates are high (20%–25%) and have not declined over past 3 decades. This study tested effectiveness of motivational interviewing (MI) for reducing stroke recurrence, measured by improving adherence to recommended medication and lifestyle changes compared with usual care.

Methods—
Single-blind, prospective phase III randomized controlled trial of 386 people with stroke assigned to either MI treatment (4 sessions at 28 days, 3, 6, and 9 months post stroke) or usual care; with outcomes assessed at 28 days, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months post stroke. Primary outcomes were change in systolic blood pressure and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels as indicators of adherence at 12 months. Secondary outcomes included self-reported adherence, new stroke, or coronary heart disease events (both fatal and nonfatal); quality of life (Short Form-36); and mood (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale).

Results—

MI did not significantly change measures of blood pressure (mean difference in change, −0.2.35 [95% confidence interval, −6.16 to 1.47]) or cholesterol (mean difference in change, −0.0.12 [95% confidence interval, −0.30 to 0.06]). However, it had positive effects on self-reported medication adherence at 6 months (1.979; 95% confidence interval, 0.98–3.98;
P
=0.0557) and 9 months (4.295; 95% confidence interval, 1.56–11.84;
P
=0.0049) post stroke. Improvement across other measures was also observed, but the differences between MI and usual care groups were not statistically significant.

Conclusions—
MI improved self-reported medication adherence. All other effects were nonsignificant, though in the direction of a treatment effect. Further study is required to determine whether MI leads to improvement in other important areas of functioning (eg, caregiver burden).

Clinical Trial Registration—

URL:
http://www.anzctr.org.au
. Unique identifier: ACTRN-12610000715077.
An Assessment of SBIRT Prescreening and Screening Outcomes by Medical Setting and Administration Methodology
Authors: Agley Jon , Crabb David W. , Harris Lisa E. , Gassman Ruth A. , Gerke Steven P. 
Published: October 2015

Background: Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) is an efficacious prevention practice. However, little research has assessed differences in prescreening outcomes between inpatient and outpatient primary care or among different prescreening administration methods. This study tested whether administration method (self-administered vs interview) and setting (inpatient versus outpatient) predicted prescreening outcomes in a large sample of primary care patients. Then, among patients who prescreened positive, it tested whether full screening scores differed by administration method and setting. Methods: Researchers used binomial logistic regression to assess predicted prescreening outcomes and analysis of variance to assess differences in SBIRT screening scores across a total of 14 447 unique patient visits in 10 outpatient sites and 1 centrally located hospital. Results: Controlling for gender, depression, and other substance use, both medical setting and method of prescreening, predicted prescreening results. Among patients who prescreened positive for alcohol, setting also was associated with mean screening scores. However, outcomes were not uniform by substance (eg, alcohol vs other drugs). Conclusion: The results support previous studies on this topic that had utilized cross-study comparison or that were not specific to SBIRT prescreening/screening mechanisms. At the same time, nuanced findings were observed that had not previously been reported and suggest the need for further research in this area.
The Traumas and Truths of the Body
Authors: Ghabrial Sarah 
Published: October 2015

Abstract
Between 1870 and 1930 the French colonial state in Algeria expanded its regulatory prerogatives in the governance of Muslim “personal status law” without abandoning its policy commitments to “respect local custom.” This article examines this fraught historical process with a focus on the impact of European medicine and redefinitions of evidence and expertise. Through case studies drawn from judicial archives and published jurisprudence, this study traces the paradoxical effects of colonial medicalization on Muslim women’s divorce based on forced or failed consummation of marriage. In divorces based on forced or premature consummation, colonial medical and legal discourses that infantilized Muslim women and criminalized Muslim men created new pathways for women to escape abusive marriages. Conversely, women’s divorce suits based on nonconsummation were weakened by French interventions that suppressed expert witnessing by local women birth attendants (qablas) and instead privileged the witness credibility of husbands as heads of households.
Delongia gen. nov., a new genus of Polytrichaceae (Bryophyta) with two disjunct species in East Africa and the Himalaya
Authors: Bell Neil E. , Kariyawasam Isuru U. , Hedderson Terry A. J. , Hyvönen Jaakko 
Published: October 2015

AbstractAlthough the family Polytrichaceae contains the largest and structurally most complex of all mosses, a number of distantly related lineages share a relatively reduced gametophytic morphology and have historically been conflated under polyphyletic genera, most notably Oligotrichum s.l. Based on new and newly identified collections, phylogenetic analysis of nucleotide data, scanning electron microscopy and relaxed‐clock divergence time estimation, we recognise O. glaciale and O. cavallii under the new genus Delongia, which is more closely related to Psilopilum, Atrichum and Steereobryon than to Oligotrichum. The two species are mutually highly distinct in both morphological and molecular characters, with D. glacialis occurring across the Himalaya from Pakistan to Yunnan and D. cavallii found in the East African Rift Mountains and on the island of Réunion. Divergence time estimation suggests that the lineages represented by the extant species diverged from each other around the Oligocene‐Miocene boundary (∼23 Ma), contemporaneous with the origins of the East African Rift system and ongoing uplift of the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau, while Delongia most likely shares a common ancestor in the Eocene (56–34 Ma) either with the arctic‐subarctic genus Psilopilum or with Atrichum and Steereobryon.
Lejalia sagenopteroides gen. nov. et comb. nov.: A new tropical member of Araceae from Late Cretaceous strata of northern Gondwana (Jebel Abyad, Sudan)
Authors: Coiffard Clément , Mohr Barbara A.R. 
Published: October 2015

AbstractFossil leaf material was collected during the 1980s in northern Sudan and described as Proteaephyllum sagenopteroides. The revision of the type material and other specimens from the same collection led to a new interpretation of this taxon. The morphology of these leaves, especially the venation pattern of several vein orders, has been compared with leaves of fossil and extant monocotyledonous angiosperms, especially Araceae, with the conclusion that the fossil's parallel‐pinnate venation as well as its higher‐order venation show most similarities to living Araceae, especially Aroideae. A new genus, Lejalia, is erected to accommodate these results. The ecology of fossil Lejalia sagenopteroides gen. nov. et comb. nov. as an inhabitant of mangrove swamps, most likely together with the mangrove palm Nypa, elucidates the old age and stability of the Nypa‐mangrove environment and its associated elements, including the occurrence of large‐leaved Aroids.
Abnormal Accruals in Newly Public Companies: Opportunistic Misreporting or Economic Activity?
Authors: Armstrong Christopher , Foster George , Taylor Daniel 
Published: October 2015

Newly public companies tend to exhibit abnormally high accruals in the year of their initial public offering (IPO). Although the prevailing view in the literature is that these accruals are caused by opportunistic misreporting, we show that these accruals do not appear to benefit managers and instead result from the normal economic activity of newly public companies. In particular, and in contrast to the notion that managers benefit from inflating accruals through an inflated issue price, inflated post-IPO equity values, and increased insider trading profits, we find no evidence of a relation between abnormal accruals and these outcomes. Instead, consistent with these accruals resulting from normal economic activity, we find that these accruals are attributable to the investment of IPO proceeds in working capital and that controlling for the amount of IPO proceeds invested in working capital produces a more powerful accrual-based measure of misreporting. This paper was accepted by Gérard Cachon, accounting.
Automated Design of Revenue-Maximizing Combinatorial Auctions
Authors: Sandholm Tuomas , Likhodedov Anton 
Published: October 2015

Designing optimal—that is, revenue-maximizing—combinatorial auctions (CAs) is an important elusive problem. It is unsolved even for two bidders and two items for sale. Rather than pursuing the manual approach of attempting to characterize the optimal CA, we introduce a family of CAs and then seek a high-revenue auction within that family. The family is based on bidder weighting and allocation boosting; we coin such CAs virtual valuations combinatorial auctions (VVCAs). VVCAs are the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) mechanism executed on virtual valuations that are affine transformations of the bidders’ valuations. The auction family is parameterized by the coefficients in the transformations. The problem of designing a CA is thereby reduced to search in the parameter space of VVCA—or the more general space of affine maximizer auctions. We first construct VVCAs with logarithmic approximation guarantees in canonical special settings: (1) limited supply with additive valuations and (2) unlimited supply. In the main part of the paper, we develop algorithms that design high-revenue CAs for general valuations using samples from the prior distribution over bidders’ valuations. (Priors turn out to be necessary for achieving high revenue.) We prove properties of the problem that guide our design of algorithms. We then introduce a series of algorithms that use economic insights to guide the search and thus reduce the computational complexity. Experiments show that our algorithms create mechanisms that yield significantly higher revenue than the VCG and scale dramatically better than prior automated mechanism design algorithms. The algorithms yielded deterministic mechanisms with the highest known revenues for the settings tested, including the canonical setting with two bidders, two items, and uniform additive valuations. 1
Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate an Abuse Prevention Curriculum for Women and Men With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Authors: Hickson Linda , Khemka Ishita , Golden Harriet , Chatzistyli Aikaterini 
Published: October 2015

AbstractThis study was designed (a) to assess the impact of the ESCAPE-DD curriculum on the decision-making skills of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in hypothetical situations of abuse, (b) to examine the role of problem awareness, and (c) to identify factors associated with posttest decision-making performance. Fifty-eight women and men with IDD were randomly assigned to an intervention group or a wait-list control group. Participants who experienced ESCAPE-DD made significantly greater gains on measures of overall effective decision making and safe-now effective decision-making relative to participants in the control group. Problem awareness was related to decision making, but it did not improve as a result of the intervention. Implications of the findings for future curriculum-development efforts are discussed.
Reasoning About Trust Among Individuals With Williams Syndrome
Authors: Ng Rowena , Fillet Patricia , DeWitt Michelle , Heyman Gail D. , Bellugi Ursula 
Published: October 2015

AbstractThe present study examines whether individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) might indiscriminately trust in others, as is suggested by their strong tendency to approach and interact with strangers. To assess this possibility, adults with WS (N = 22) and typical development (N = 25) were asked to reason about the trustworthiness of people who lie to avoid getting in trouble versus to avoid hurting others' feelings. Findings indicated that participants with WS distrusted both types of liars and made little distinction between them. These results suggest that the high level of social approach behavior in individuals with WS cannot be explained in terms of indiscriminate trust.
Shapes Of Energy-Active Segments Of Steel Buildings
Authors: Kowal Z. , Siedlecka M. , Piotrowski R. , Brzezińska K. , Otwinowska K. , Szychowski A. 
Published: October 2015

AbstractThe study presents the summary of the knowledge of energy-active segments of steel buildings adapted to obtain electrical energy (EE) and thermal energy (TE) from solar radiation, and to transport and store TE. The study shows a general concept of the design of energy-active segments, which are separated from conventional segments in the way that allows the equipment installation and replacement. Exemplary solutions for the design of energy-active segments, optimised with respect to the principle of minimum thermal strain and maximum structural capacity and reliability were given [34]. The following options of the building covers were considered: 1) regular structure, 2) reduced structure, 3) basket structure, 4) structure with a tie, high-pitched to allow snow sliding down the roof to enhance TE and EE obtainment. The essential task described in the study is the optimal adaptation of energy-active segments in large-volume buildings for extraction, transportation and storage of energy from solar radiation.
On some dicardinal functions
in ditopological texture spaces
Authors: Polat Kadirhan , Ugur Tamer 
Published: October 2015

Abstract
In the paper we show that net weight and conet weight equal each other in any complemented ditopological
space, and investigate under which conditions pseudo character and copseudo character equal each other. We give
some important results “bounding" the set Q of all q-sets in (a particular subclass of) the class of all ditopological
texture spaces.
Laser vibrometry for combustion diagnostics in thermoacoustic research
Authors: Peterleithner Johannes , Woisetschläger Jakob 
Published: October 2015

Abstract
A novel technique for
time- and space-resolved
measurement of density fluctuation is presented. It is
nonintrusive and based on laser Doppler vibrometry. The
density fluctuations reveal information on dynamic heat release and fluid
velocity. The significance of this technique is proven
by recording thermo-acoustic oscillations in a model
combustor.
High Speed optische
Kohärenztomografie als
vielversprechendes Bildgebungsverfahren bei der
Untersuchung des Blasensiedens
Authors: Kirsten Lars , Domaschke Thomas , Walther Julia , Meissner Sven , Schneider Clemens , Hampel Rainer , Koch Edmund 
Published: October 2015

Zusammenfassung
Es wird die High Speed optische Kohärenztomografie (OCT) als
alternatives und komplementäres Messverfahren für die
Bildgebung des Blasensiedens an beheizten Oberflächen
vorgestellt. Mit High Speed OCT können Dampfblasen räumlich
und zeitlich hochaufgelöst visualisiert werden, wobei sich die
Blasengeometrie mit einem Segmentierungs- und Trackingalgorithmus
automatisiert quantifizieren lässt. Darüber hinaus
ermöglicht die Doppler-OCT die simultane Messung der axialen
Geschwindigkeitskomponente des Fluids.
The Unfolded Protein Response and Cholesterol Biosynthesis Link Luman/CREB3 to Regenerative Axon Growth in Sensory Neurons
Authors: Ying Zhengxin , Zhai Ruiling , McLean Nikki A. , Johnston Jayne M. , Misra Vikram , Verge Valerie M. K. 
Published: October 2015

We recently revealed that the axon endoplasmic reticulum resident transcription factor Luman/CREB3 (herein called Luman) serves as a unique retrograde injury signal in regulation of the intrinsic elongating form of sensory axon regeneration. Here, evidence supports that Luman contributes to axonal regeneration through regulation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) and cholesterol biosynthesis in adult rat sensory neurons. One day sciatic nerve crush injury triggered a robust increase in UPR-associated mRNA and protein expression in both neuronal cell bodies and the injured axons. Knockdown of Luman expression in 1 d injury-conditioned neurons by siRNA attenuated axonal outgrowth to 48% of control injured neurons and was concomitant with reduced UPR- and cholesterol biosynthesis-associated gene expression. UPR PCR-array analysis coupled with qRT-PCR identified and confirmed that four transcripts involved in cholesterol regulation were downregulated >2-fold by the Luman siRNA treatment of the injury-conditioned neurons. Further, the Luman siRNA-attenuated outgrowth could be significantly rescued by either cholesterol supplementation or 2 ng/ml of the UPR inducer tunicamycin, an amount determined to elevate the depressed UPR gene expression to a level equivalent of that observed with crush injury. Using these approaches, outgrowth increased significantly to 74% or 69% that of injury-conditioned controls, respectively. The identification of Luman as a regulator of the injury-induced UPR and cholesterol at levels that benefit the intrinsic ability of axotomized adult rat sensory neurons to undergo axonal regeneration reveals new therapeutic targets to bolster nerve repair.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTThe endoplasmic reticulum (ER) plays a vital role in the sensing and responding to cellular perturbations through alterations in protein and cholesterol biosynthesis, with quality control being ensured through the unfolded protein response (UPR). But the UPR's role in sensory axon regeneration is largely unknown. In sensory axons, the ER generates an important retrograde injury signal through the synthesis and cleavage/activation of the ER transmembrane transcription factor, Luman/cAMP response element binding protein 3, that is retrogradely transported to the nucleus where it regulates the intrinsic of ability of these neurons to regenerate an axon. We now show that Luman does so by regulating the UPR and cholesterol biosynthesis at levels that are beneficial to axon regeneration.
Alternative Splicing in CaV2.2 Regulates Neuronal Trafficking via Adaptor Protein Complex-1 Adaptor Protein Motifs
Authors: Macabuag Natsuko , Dolphin Annette C. 
Published: October 2015

N-type voltage-gated calcium (CaV2.2) channels are expressed in neurons and targeted to the plasma membrane of presynaptic terminals, facilitating neurotransmitter release. Here, we find that the adaptor protein complex-1 (AP-1) mediates trafficking of CaV2.2 from the trans-Golgi network to the cell surface. Examination of splice variants of CaV2.2, containing either exon 37a (selectively expressed in nociceptors) or 37b in the proximal C terminus, reveal that canonical AP-1 binding motifs, YxxΦ and [DE]xxxL[LI], present only in exon 37a, enhance intracellular trafficking of exon 37a-containing CaV2.2 to the axons and plasma membrane of rat DRG neurons. Finally, we identify differential effects of dopamine-2 receptor (D2R) and its agonist-induced activation on trafficking of CaV2.2 isoforms. D2R slowed the endocytosis of CaV2.2 containing exon 37b, but not exon 37a, and activation by the agonist quinpirole reversed the effect of the D2R. Our work thus reveals key mechanisms involved in the trafficking of N-type calcium channels.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTCaV2.2 channels are important for neurotransmitter release, but how they are trafficked is still poorly understood. Here, we describe a novel mechanism for trafficking of CaV2.2 from the trans-Golgi network to the cell surface which is mediated by the adaptor protein AP-1. Alternative splicing of exon 37 produces CaV2.2-exon 37a, selectively expressed in nociceptors, or CaV2.2-exon 37b, which is the major splice isoform. Our study reveals that canonical AP-1 binding motifs (YxxΦ and [DE]xxxL[LI]), present in exon 37a, but not 37b, enhance intracellular trafficking of exon 37a-containing CaV2.2 to axons and plasma membrane of DRG neurons. Interaction of APs with CaV2.2 channels may also be key underlying mechanisms for differential effects of the dopamine D2receptor on trafficking of CaV2.2 splice variants.
Co-design: A central approach to the inclusion of people with disabilities
Authors: Sarmiento Pelayo Martha Patricia 
Published: October 2015

<p>This essay seeks to position the experiences of people who live with disabilities in their interactions with the built environment that surrounds them. It argues, in part, that a hands-on approach such as co-design<em>, </em>which relates the personal experiences of individuals with the processes of design, can promote the inclusion of people living with disabilities. This paper also recognizes the existence and possibility of alterations to the built environment initiated by people with disabilities who, despite their disabilities, transform their surroundings to better their conditions. For these types of processes, the term <em>user-initiated design –</em>UID- can be defined, becoming a tool of empowerment for these individuals. These writings briefly develop the concept of user participation in design processes, analyze the use of empathic participation methods utilized in design processes with disabled individuals, and conclude that design directed towards this population cohort requires a participation that involves knowledge based on these individuals, and which should be deemed irreplaceable. </p>
¿Cómo la comprensión de lectura en estudiantes sordos se ve facilitada por el uso de tecnologías de la comunicación e información?
Authors: Rincón Martha Lucia , Aguirre Bravo Ángela , Carmona Saida Melisa , Contreras Ruiz Paula , Figueredo Higera Laura , Guevara Urrego Constanza , Sosa Sabogal Sandra Liliana , Urán Loaiza Ana Jasmin 
Published: October 2015

<p>El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo identificar, analizar y reflexionar la utilidad del empleo de las Tecnologías de la Comunicación e Información en los procesos de comprensión lectora en sordos, caracterizada por ser una competencia bilingüe de alta complejidad. A partir de una investigación-acción, se identificó como el empleo de las TIC impacto en el desempeño de 5 estudiantes sordos, en el dominio de una lengua lecto-escrita ( comprensión lectora )-L2-. Se encontró que el empleo de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación –TIC-, dinamizan el proceso lector aportando herramientas que incorporan e integran la utilización de todo recurso sensorial que facilita e integra la información gráfica del texto, con códigos de procesamiento viso-espacial y viso-construccional propios de los mecanismos del procesamiento de la información en sordos, facilitando la flexibilidad y modificabilidad cognitiva e incrementando las estrategias metacognitivas en la solución de problemas.</p>