bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The influence of personal characteristics on perioperative nurses' perceived competence: implications for workforce planning
Authors: Gillespie Brigid , Hamlin Lois , Polit Denise , Chaboyer Wendy 
Published: June 2024

Objective: To examine the influence of personal characteristics on perioperative nurses’ perceived competence.
Design: A cross-sectional survey design was used.
Setting: A census of 3,209 operating room nurses who were members of the Australian College of Operating Room Nurses across all Australian states and territories was invited to participate.
Primary Outcome Measure: The Perceived Perioperative Competence Scale-Revised, a 40-item survey consisting of six subscales measuring the dimensions of perioperative competence was used.
Results: A total of 1,044 usable surveys were analysed representing 32.5% of the accessible population. Across the six subscales, demographic predictors accounted for 5% to 33% of the variance in nurses’ perceived perioperative competence.
Conclusions: These results may inform workforce planning initiatives designed to address the needs of this diverse specialty group. Efforts to retain older nurses need to be centred on redesigning workplaces, increased remuneration and professional recognition, and integrating technology to promote efficiency and safety. Workforce planning should include strategies such as creating academic partnerships with universities, to provide perioperative nurses access to specialty education and advanced skills programs.
Access to healthcare services for people living with HIV experiencing homelessness – a literature review
Authors: Crock Elizabeth 
Published: June 2024

Objective: People living with HIV (PLHIV) who are homeless or at risk of homelessness experience significantly worse health outcomes than those in stable housing. They are more likely to be diagnosed late, use substances, engage in high–risk sexual activities and have difficulty adhering to treatments. This review identifies strategies described and evaluated in the international social science literature which can improve access to HIV–treatment and care for PLHIV who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, to inform policy and service development in Australia.
Setting: The principle research question addressed in this review is:

What strategies enhance the ability of PLHIV who are homeless to access health care services, in particular community nursing services?

A literature review of social science research relating to the research question in the international and Australiancontexts was conducted.
Primary argument: No literature was identified that addressed access to community nursing services for PLHIV experiencing homelessness in Australia, and very little internationally. Community–based nursing organisations are well–placed and experienced in engaging marginalised groups in health care. Specific interventions need not always be developed: rather, better use could be made of existing services that utilise assertive outreach models of care and co–location with other services.
Conclusion: HIV–specialist community nursing services could be better integrated with homelessness services to enhance access to care, link PLHIV into the health system and keep them engaged in care. The absence of research on engagement with HIV specialist community nursing services demands exploration.
Antipsychotic use for behaviours by persons with dementia in residential aged care: the relatives’ perspectives
Authors: De Bellis Anita , Bradley Sandra , Xiao Lily Dongxia , Belan Ingrid , Wallace Tim 
Published: June 2024

Objective: To explore relatives’ experience, knowledge and perceptions of challenging behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) and association with antipsychotic use for persons with dementia in residential aged care.
Design: A qualitative Interpretive Description design using semi-structured interviews was used for understanding the construct and context of perceptions and experiences using a six-step process to analyse themes.
Settings: South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.
Subjects: Six relatives of a person with dementia in residential aged care.
Main Outcome Measure: Themes describing relatives’ experiences, knowledge and perceptions of antipsychotic medication use for the person with dementia in residential aged care.
Results: Three themes were identified: 1) lack of education and information - relatives found it difficult to differentiate between behaviours influenced by disease or antipsychotic medication; 2) need to be included in decision-making - relatives’ believed challenging behaviours resulting from BPSD could be prevented with a more person-centred approach; and, 3) influence of aged care culture on attitudes towards use of antipsychotic medication - relatives’ identified this could be problematic depending on use of agency staff and time pressures.
Conclusion: Relatives of persons with dementia require support and education about the progression of dementia, BPSD and the risks and benefits that antipsychotic medication may have on BPSD. Most importantly, relatives need to be involved in decision-making regarding the use of antipsychotic medication. Nurses have a role to educate care staff on the use of person centred care in preference to medication for better care of the person with dementia.
Complexities of the Australian perioperative nurse entrepreneur
Authors: Hains Toni , Strand Haakan , Turner Catherine 
Published: June 2024

Objective: This paper articulates a need for the nurse entrepreneur working as a surgical assistant. Negatively impacting on the role are the complex factors of:

lack of professional support from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia;
lack of a process for remuneration through the Medical Benefits Schedule; and a
lack of guidance to navigate the bureaucratic system.

Setting: Australian healthcare system.
Subjects: Clinicians who are a registered nurse or nurse practitioner surgical assistant in the Australian healthcare system private sector.

Primary Arguments: A need exists for the perioperative nurse entrepreneur working in the private sector for specialty surgical assisting skills; adding a dimension of cost saving; and enhancing patient safety.
The same mechanism for remuneration to medical practitioners, as surgical assistants, via the Medical Benefits Schedule is not available to nurse surgical assistants undertaking the same role. A contributor to this is the lack of support by the Nursing Midwifery Board of Australia.
Lack of remuneration through Medicare exposes the patient to out of pocket expenses.

Conclusion: Absence of recognition of nurses (including Nurse Practitioners) as surgical assistants by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia is not conducive to recognition of these roles by other government entities such as Medicare. Specialty advanced practice roles like that of the nurse surgical assistant enhance patient safety. While support for these specialty roles from the medical profession is applauded, it is an indictment on the peak Australian regulatory body for the nursing profession that support for the nurse surgical assistant including the nurse practitioner surgical assistant is not yet evident.
Development and validation of a prognostic immunoinflammatory index for patients with gastric cancer
Authors: Ba Zhi-Chang , Zhu Xi-Qing , Li Zhi-Guo , Li Yuan-Zhou 
Published: June 2024

BACKGROUND
Studies have demonstrated the influence of immunity and inflammation on the development of tumors. Although single biomarkers of immunity and inflammation have been shown to be clinically predictive, the use of biomarkers integrating both to predict prognosis in patients with gastric cancer remains to be investigated.
AIM
To investigate the prognostic and clinical significance of inflammatory biomarkers and lymphocytes in patients undergoing surgical treatment for gastric cancer.
METHODS
Univariate COX regression analysis was performed to identify potential prognostic factors for patients with gastric cancer undergoing surgical treatment. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator-COX (LASSO-COX) regression analysis was performed to integrate these factors and formulate a new prognostic immunoinflammatory index (PII). The correlation between PII and clinical characteristics was statistically analyzed. Nomograms incorporating the PII score were devised and validated based on the time-dependent area under the curve and decision curve analysis.
RESULTS
Patients exhibiting elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, and systemic immune inflammatory index displayed inferior progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Conversely, low levels of CD3(+), CD3(+) CD8(+), CD4(+)CD8(+), and CD3(+)CD16(+)CD56(+) T lymphocytes were associated with improved PFS and OS, while high CD19(+) T lymphocyte levels were linked to worse PFS and OS. The PII score demonstrated associations with tumor characteristics (primary tumor site and tumor size), establishing itself as an independent prognostic factor for both PFS and OS. Time-dependent area under the curve and decision curve analysis affirmed the effectiveness of the PII-based nomogram as a robust prognostic predictive model.
CONCLUSION
PII may be a reliable predictor of prognosis in patients with gastric cancer undergoing surgical treatment, and it offers insights into cancer-related immune-inflammatory responses, with potential significance in clinical practice.
Helicobacter pylori infection alters gastric microbiota structure and biological functions in patients with gastric ulcer or duodenal ulcer
Authors: Jin Ling-Xiao , Fang Yu-Peng , Xia Chen-Mei , Cai Teng-Wei , Li Qian-Qian , Wang Yu-Yin , Yan Hai-Fan , Chen Xia 
Published: June 2024

BACKGROUND
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is closely associated with gastrointestinal diseases. Our preliminary studies have indicated that H. pylori infection had a significant impact on the mucosal microbiome structure in patients with gastric ulcer (GU) or duodenal ulcer (DU).
AIM
To investigate the contributions of H . pylori infection and the mucosal microbiome to the pathogenesis and progression of ulcerative diseases.
METHODS
Patients with H . pylori infection and either GU or DU, and healthy individuals without H . pylori infection were included. Gastric or duodenal mucosal samples was obtained and subjected to metagenomic sequencing. The compositions of the microbial communities and their metabolic functions in the mucosal tissues were analyzed.
RESULTS
Compared with that in the healthy individuals, the gastric mucosal microbiota in the H . pylori -positive patients with GU was dominated by H . pylori , with significantly reduced biodiversity. The intergroup differential functions, which were enriched in the H . pylori -positive GU patients, were all derived from H . pylori , particularly those concerning transfer RNA queuosine-modification and the synthesis of demethylmenaquinones or menaquinones. A significant enrichment of the uibE gene was detected in the synthesis pathway. There was no significant difference in microbial diversity between the H. pylori -positive DU patients and healthy controls.
CONCLUSION
H . pylori infection significantly alters the gastric microbiota structure, diversity, and biological functions, which may be important contributing factors for GU.
EMOKINE: A software package and computational framework for scaling up the creation of highly controlled emotional full-body movement datasets
Authors: Christensen Julia F. , Fernández Andrés , Smith Rebecca A. , Michalareas Georgios , Yazdi Sina H. N. , Farahi Fahima , Schmidt Eva-Madeleine , Bahmanian Nasimeh , Roig Gemma 
Published: June 2024

AbstractEMOKINE is a software package and dataset creation suite for emotional full-body movement research in experimental psychology, affective neuroscience, and computer vision. A computational framework, comprehensive instructions, a pilot dataset, observer ratings, and kinematic feature extraction code are provided to facilitate future dataset creations at scale. In addition, the EMOKINE framework outlines how complex sequences of movements may advance emotion research. Traditionally, often emotional-‘action’-based stimuli are used in such research, like hand-waving or walking motions. Here instead, a pilot dataset is provided with short dance choreographies, repeated several times by a dancer who expressed different emotional intentions at each repetition: anger, contentment, fear, joy, neutrality, and sadness. The dataset was simultaneously filmed professionally, and recorded using XSENS® motion capture technology (17 sensors, 240 frames/second). Thirty-two statistics from 12 kinematic features were extracted offline, for the first time in one single dataset: speed, acceleration, angular speed, angular acceleration, limb contraction, distance to center of mass, quantity of motion, dimensionless jerk (integral), head angle (with regards to vertical axis and to back), and space (convex hull 2D and 3D). Average, median absolute deviation (MAD), and maximum value were computed as applicable. The EMOKINE software is appliable to other motion-capture systems and is openly available on the Zenodo Repository. Releases on GitHub include: (i) the code to extract the 32 statistics, (ii) a rigging plugin for Python for MVNX file-conversion to Blender format (MVNX=output file XSENS® system), and (iii) a Python-script-powered custom software to assist with blurring faces; latter two under GPLv3 licenses.
Stellar Population near NGC 2021: Procession of Star Formation in the South Rim of Supergiant Shell LMC 4
Authors: Ou 歐 Po-Sheng 柏昇 , Chao 趙 Rui-Ching 瑞青 , Chu 朱 You-Hua 有花 , Hsu 許 Chin-Yi 晉翊 , Li 李 Chuan-Jui 傳睿 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Supergiant shells (SGSs) are the largest interstellar structures where heated and enriched gas flows into the host galaxy’s halo. The SGSs in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) are so close that their stars can be resolved with ground-based telescopes to allow studies of star-formation history. Aiming to study the star formation history and energy budget of LMC 4, we have conducted a pilot study of the cluster NGC 2021 and the OB associations in its vicinity near the south rim of LMC 4. We use the Magellanic Cloud Photometric Survey data of the LMC to establish a methodology to examine the stellar population and assess the massive star formation history. We find a radial procession of massive star formation from the northwest part of the OB association LH79 through NGC 2021 to the OB association LH78 in the south. Using the stellar content of NGC 2021 and the assumption of Salpeter’s initial mass function, we estimate that ∼4 supernovae have occurred in NGC 2021, injecting at least 4 × 1051 erg of kinetic energy into the interior of LMC 4.
Migration and Evolution of giant ExoPlanets (MEEP). I. Nine Newly Confirmed Hot Jupiters from the TESS Mission
Authors: Schulte Jack , Rodriguez Joseph E. , Bieryla Allyson , Quinn Samuel N. , Collins Karen A. , Yee Samuel W. , Nine Andrew C. , Soares-Furtado Melinda , Latham David W. , Eastman Jason D. , Barkaoui Khalid , Ciardi David R. , Dragomir Diana , Everett Mark E. , Giacalone Steven , Mireles Ismael , Murgas Felipe , Narita Norio , Shporer Avi , Strakhov Ivan A. , Striegel Stephanie , Vaňko Martin , Vowell Noah , Wang Gavin , Ziegler Carl , Bellaver Michael , Benni Paul , Bergeron Serge , Boffin Henri M. J. , Briceño César , Clark Catherine A. , Collins Kevin I. , de Leon Jerome P. , Dressing Courtney D. , Evans Phil , Esparza-Borges Emma , Fedewa Jeremy , Fukui Akihiko , Gan Tianjun , Gerasimov Ivan S. , Hartman Joel D. , Gill Holden , Gillon Michaël , Horne Keith , Horta Ferran Grau , Howell Steve B. , Isogai Keisuke , Jehin Emmanuël , Jenkins Jon M. , Karjalainen Raine , Kielkopf John F. , Lester Kathryn V. , Littlefield Colin , Lund Michael B. , Mann Andrew W. , McCormack Mason , Michaels Edward J. , Painter Shane , Palle Enric , Parviainen Hannu , Peterson David-Michael , Pozuelos Francisco J. , Raup Zachary , Reed Phillip , Relles Howard M. , Ricker George R. , Savel Arjun B. , Schwarz Richard P. , Seager S. , Sefako Ramotholo , Srdoc Gregor , Stockdale Chris , Sullivan Hannah , Timmermans Mathilde , Winn Joshua N. 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Hot Jupiters were many of the first exoplanets discovered in the 1990s, but in the decades since their discovery the mysteries surrounding their origins have remained. Here we present nine new hot Jupiters (TOI-1855 b, TOI-2107 b, TOI-2368 b, TOI-3321 b, TOI-3894 b, TOI-3919 b, TOI-4153 b, TOI-5232 b, and TOI-5301 b) discovered by NASA’s TESS mission and confirmed using ground-based imaging and spectroscopy. These discoveries are the first in a series of papers named the Migration and Evolution of giant ExoPlanets survey and are part of an ongoing effort to build a complete sample of hot Jupiters orbiting FGK stars, with a limiting Gaia G-band magnitude of 12.5. This effort aims to use homogeneous detection and analysis techniques to generate a set of precisely measured stellar and planetary properties that is ripe for statistical analysis. The nine planets presented in this work occupy a range of masses (0.55M
J < MP
< 3.88M
J) and sizes (0.967R
J < RP
< 1.438R
J) and orbit stars that have an effective temperature in the range of 5360 K < T
eff < 6860 K with Gaia G-band magnitudes ranging from 11.1 to 12.7. Two of the planets in our sample have detectable orbital eccentricity: TOI-3919 b (

e
=

0.259

−
0.036

+
0.033

) and TOI-5301 b (

e
=

0.33

−
0.10

+
0.11

). These eccentric planets join a growing sample of eccentric hot Jupiters that are consistent with high-eccentricity tidal migration, one of the three most prominent theories explaining hot Jupiter formation and evolution.
Dark-matter-free Dwarf Galaxy Formation at the Tips of the Tentacles of Jellyfish Galaxies
Authors: Lora V. , Smith R. , Fritz J. , Pasquali A. , Raga A. C. 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
When falling into a galaxy cluster, galaxies experience a loss of gas due to ram pressure stripping. In particular, disk galaxies lose gas from their disks, and very large tentacles of gas can be formed. Because of the morphology of these stripped galaxies, they have been referred to as jellyfish galaxies. It has been found that star formation is triggered not only in the disk, but also in the tentacles of such jellyfish galaxies. The observed star-forming regions located in the tentacles of those galaxies have been found to be as massive as 3 × 107
M
⊙ and with sizes >100 pc. Interestingly, these parameters in mass and size agree with those of dwarf galaxies. In this work, we make use of the state-of-the-art magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) cosmological simulation IllustrisTNG-50 to study massive jellyfish galaxies with long tentacles. We find that, in the tentacles of TNG-50 jellyfish galaxies, the star formation regions (gas+stars) formed could be as massive as ∼2 × 108
M
⊙. A particular star-forming region was analyzed. This region has a star formation rate of 0.04 M
⊙ yr−1, it is metal-rich, has an average age of 0.46 Gyr, and has a half-mass radius of ∼1 kpc, typical of standard dwarf galaxies. Most importantly, this region is gravitationally self-bound. Overall, we identify a new type of dwarf galaxy being born from the gas tentacles of jellyfish galaxies that, by construction, lacks a dark matter halo.
Artificial Greenhouse Gases as Exoplanet Technosignatures
Authors: Schwieterman Edward W. , Fauchez Thomas J. , Haqq-Misra Jacob , Kopparapu Ravi K. , Angerhausen Daniel , Pidhorodetska Daria , Leung Michaela , Sneed Evan L. , Ducrot Elsa 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Atmospheric pollutants such as chlorofluorocarbons and NO2 have been proposed as potential remotely detectable atmospheric technosignature gases. Here we investigate the potential for artificial greenhouse gases including CF4, C2F6, C3F8, SF6, and NF3 to generate detectable atmospheric signatures. In contrast to passive incidental by-products of industrial processes, artificial greenhouse gases would represent an intentional effort to change the climate of a planet with long-lived, low-toxicity gases and would possess low false positive potential. An extraterrestrial civilization may be motivated to undertake such an effort to arrest a predicted snowball state on their home world or to terraform an otherwise uninhabitable terrestrial planet within their system. Because artificial greenhouse gases strongly absorb in the thermal mid-infrared window of temperate atmospheres, a terraformed planet will logically possess strong absorption features from these gases at mid-infrared wavelengths (∼8–12 μm), possibly accompanied by diagnostic features in the near-infrared. As a proof of concept, we calculate the needed observation time to detect 1 [10](100) ppm of C2F6/C3F8/SF6 on TRAPPIST-1 f with JWST MIRI’s Low Resolution Spectrometer (LRS) and NIRSpec. We find that a combination of 1[10](100) ppm each of C2F6, C3F8, and SF6 can be detected with a signal-to-noise ratio ≧ 5 in as few as 25[10](5) transits with MIRI/LRS. We further explore mid-infrared direct-imaging scenarios with the Large Interferometer for Exoplanets mission concept and find these gases are more detectable than standard biosignatures at these concentrations. Consequently, artificial greenhouse gases can be readily detected (or excluded) during normal planetary characterization observations with no additional overhead.
Family Caregivers' Needs in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Descriptive Qualitative Study
Authors: Iwasaki Yumiko , Fukahori Hiroki , Okumura-Hiroshige Akemi , Sakai Ikuko , Inoue Shuichi , Sugiyama Tomoko , Nasu Katsumi , Ogawara Hirofumi 
Published: June 2024

Purpose:
To explore the needs of family caregivers (FCs) and how these are addressed in long-term care facilities (LTCFs).

Method:
A descriptive qualitative study was performed, using semi-structured interviews with 23 FCs from seven LTCFs in Japan.

Results:

Inductive content analysis revealed three main themes:
Coexistent Needs Related to Residents' and FCs' Own Well-Being
,
Means by Which FCs Promote Residents' and Their Own Well-Being
, and
Managing Conflicting Needs by Prioritizing and Compromising
. FCs recognized that their needs relate to the well-being of residents and themselves, and both needs coexist. To address these multifaceted needs, FCs engaged in various activities while seeking support. However, limited availability of means often made it challenging to meet multiple needs simultaneously, leading FCs to manage these conflicting needs by prioritizing or compromising.

Conclusion:

The current study underscores the significance of comprehensive support that simultaneously addresses FCs' conflicting needs, rather than approaching each need separately. [
Research in Gerontological Nursing, 17
(4), 177–187.]