bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A glucocorticoid education group meeting: an effective strategy for improving self-management to prevent adrenal crisis
Authors: Repping-Wuts Han J W J , Stikkelbroeck Nike M M L , Noordzij Alida , Kerstens Mies , Hermus Ad R M M 
Published: May 2013

ObjectiveTo assess self-management in patients receiving glucocorticoid replacement therapy for primary or secondary adrenal failure before and 6 months after a glucocorticoid education group meeting.MethodsAll patients with primary or secondary adrenal insufficiency, treated at the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, were invited by their endocrinologist to participate in a 3-h glucocorticoid education group meeting, consisting of a lecture about the disease and glucocorticoid doses adjustments in case of stress, followed by an instruction on how to inject hydrocortisone i.m. Finally, all participants could practise the i.m. injection and discuss their experience with (imminent) adrenal crises with other patients and the health care providers. Two weeks before the meeting and 6 months after the meeting, patients were asked to fill out a questionnaire about how they would act in six different conditions (e.g. febrile illness or vomiting).ResultsOf the 405 patients who were invited, 246 patients (61%) participated. At baseline the response by the participants on the questionnaire was 100% (n=246) and at follow-up 74% (n=183). At follow-up, significantly more participants (P≤0.005) gave the correct answers to how to act in different situations (e.g. self-administration of a glucocorticoid injection and phone contact in case of vomiting/diarrhoea without fever). Moreover, the use of self-management tools, such as having a ‘medicine passport (travel document with information about disease and medication) (P=0.007) or SOS medallion (P=0.0007)’, increased.ConclusionA glucocorticoid education group meeting for patients with adrenal failure seems helpful to improve self-management and proper use of stress-related glucocorticoid dose adjustment.
Gestational diabetes mellitus among Norwegian women with polycystic ovary syndrome: prevalence and risk factors according to the WHO and the modified IADPSG criteria
Authors: Helseth R , Vanky E , Salvesen Ø , Carlsen S M 
Published: May 2013

ObjectiveThe consequences of the recently proposed International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group (IADPSG) criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are not known. We compared the prevalence rates and risk factors for GDM in PCOS women according to both the WHO and the modified IADPSG criteria.DesignPost hoc analyses from a randomized, multicenter study were used.MethodsFasting and 2-h plasma glucose levels were measured using a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test. GDM was diagnosed according to both the WHO and the modified IADPSG criteria.ResultsThe prevalence rates of GDM according to the WHO and the modified IADPSG criteria were 9.2 and 15.0% at week 12, 18.7 and 18.7% at week 19, and 25.6 and 24.2% at week 32. Shorter stature and increased insulin levels were correlated with WHO-GDM, but not with modified IADPSG-GDM at weeks 12 and 19. Less weight gain in pregnancy predicted GDM according to both sets of criteria. GDM diagnosis was correlated with less maternal weight loss the first year post-partum.ConclusionsNo difference was found in the prevalence of GDM between the two sets of criteria used. Less weight gain in pregnancy was associated with GDM, independent of the diagnostic criteria used. Reduced weight loss the first year post-partum in women with GDM raises the question of whether GDM diagnosis per se or the fact that these women lose less weight after pregnancy predicts later diabetes mellitus.
Statistical Methods for Analyzing Drosophila Germline Mutation Rates
Authors: Fu Yun-Xin 
Published: May 2013

Abstract
Most studies of mutation rates implicitly assume that they remain constant throughout development of the germline. However, researchers recently used a novel statistical framework to reveal that mutation rates differ dramatically during sperm development in Drosophila melanogaster. Here a general framework is described for the inference of germline mutation patterns, generated from either mutation screening experiments or DNA sequence polymorphism data, that enables analysis of more than two mutations per family. The inference is made more rigorous and flexible by providing a better approximation of the probabilities of patterns of mutations and an improved coalescent algorithm within a single host with realistic assumptions. The properties of the inference framework, both the estimation and the hypothesis testing, were investigated by simulation. The refined inference framework is shown to provide (1) nearly unbiased maximum-likelihood estimates of mutation rates and (2) robust hypothesis testing using the standard asymptotic distribution of the likelihood-ratio tests. It is readily applicable to data sets in which multiple mutations in the same family are common.
Role of Postoperative Vitamin D and/or Calcium Routine Supplementation in Preventing Hypocalcemia After Thyroidectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Alhefdhi Amal , Mazeh Haggi , Chen Herbert 
Published: May 2013

Learning ObjectivesDiscuss the role of routine early postoperative oral calcium and/or vitamin D supplementation in preventing symptomatic post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia. Describe the effect of treatment with a combination of oral calcium and vitamin D supplements on the risk of hypocalcemia in post-thyroidectomy patients and its potential to facilitate early discharge.
Work Stress, Sense of Coherence, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in a Prospective Study of Middle-Aged Swedish Men and Women
Authors: Eriksson Anna-Karin , van den Donk Maureen , Hilding Agneta , Östenson Claes-Göran 
Published: May 2013

OBJECTIVE
To investigate the prospective influence of work stress on type 2 diabetes (T2D).

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
This population-based cohort included 3,205 women and 2,227 men, aged 35–56 years, with baseline normal glucose tolerance measured with oral glucose tolerance test. At follow-up 8–10 years later, T2D was diagnosed in 60 women and 111 men. Work stress factors evaluated by questionnaire (i.e., demands, decision latitude, job strain, shift work, overtime work, and also sense of coherence) were studied in association with T2D. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs adjusted for age, education, BMI, physical activity, smoking, family history of diabetes, and psychological distress were calculated.

RESULTS
In women, low decision latitude was associated with T2D on its own (OR 2.4 [95% CI 1.1–5.2]) and combined with high demands: job strain (OR 4.2 [2.0–8.7]), adjusted for all available potential confounders. Also, shift work increased the risk of T2D in women (OR 2.2 [1.0–4.7]) when adjusted for age, education, and psychological distress, although this risk was diluted after multifactor adjustment (OR 1.9 [0.8–4.4]). In men, high work demands and high strain decreased the risk of T2D (OR 0.5 [0.3–0.9]) for both measures, as did an active job (high demands and high decision latitude, OR 0.4 [0.2–0.9]).

CONCLUSIONS
Work stress and shift work may contribute to the development of T2D in women. In men, the risk was decreased by high work demands, high strain, and an active job.
Awareness, Treatment, and Control of LDL Cholesterol Are Lower Among U.S. Adults With Undiagnosed Diabetes Versus Diagnosed Diabetes
Authors: Brown Todd M. , Tanner Rikki M. , Carson April P. , Yun Huifeng , Rosenson Robert S. , Farkouh Michael E. , Woolley J. Michael , Thacker Evan L. , Glasser Stephen P. , Safford Monika M. , Muntner Paul 
Published: May 2013

OBJECTIVE
Diabetes is often undiagnosed, resulting in incorrect risk stratification for lipid-lowering therapy. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005–2010 to determine the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of elevated LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) among U.S. adults with undiagnosed diabetes.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
Fasting NHANES participants 20 years of age or older who had 10-year Framingham coronary heart disease (CHD) risk scores &lt;20% and were free of CHD or other CHD risk equivalents (n = 5,528) were categorized as having normal glucose, impaired fasting glucose, undiagnosed diabetes, or diagnosed diabetes. High LDL-C was defined by the 2004 Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) III guidelines.

RESULTS
The prevalence of diagnosed and of undiagnosed diabetes was 8 and 4%, respectively. Mean LDL-C was 102 ± 2 mg/dL among those with diagnosed diabetes and 117 ± 3 mg/dL for those with undiagnosed diabetes (P &lt; 0.001). The prevalence of high LDL-C was similar among individuals with undiagnosed (81%) and diagnosed (77%) diabetes. Among individuals with undiagnosed diabetes and high LDL-C, 38% were aware, 27% were treated, and 16% met the ATP III LDL-C goal for diabetes. In contrast, among individuals with diagnosed diabetes and high LDL-C, 70% were aware, 61% were treated, and 36% met the ATP III goal. Subjects with undiagnosed diabetes remained less likely to have controlled LDL-C after multivariable adjustment (prevalence ratio, 0.42; 95% CI, 0.23–0.80).

CONCLUSIONS
Improved screening for diabetes and reducing the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes may identify individuals requiring more intensive LDL-C reduction.
Diabetes Prevention and Treatment Strategies
Authors: Backholer Kathryn , Peeters Anna , Herman William H. , Shaw Jonathan E. , Liew Danny , Ademi Zanfina , Magliano Dianna J. 
Published: May 2013

OBJECTIVE
Effective interventions to prevent, delay, or remit diabetes are currently available. However, their impact on the prevalence of diabetes at the population level is unknown. This study aimed to estimate the impact of a range of diabetes interventions on the population prevalence of diabetes for Australian adults between 2010 and 2025.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
We used the Australian Diabetes Projection Model to estimate the impact of a population-wide strategy, high-risk prevention, surgical diabetes treatment, and a combination strategy on the future population prevalence of diabetes and to estimate the number of diabetes cases that could be potentially prevented in the year 2025.

RESULTS
We estimate that a population-wide strategy would reduce the number of diabetes cases by 60,000–85,000 in 2025 from an estimated 2 million cases under the status quo scenario. A high-risk prevention strategy would result in 106,000 to 150,000 fewer cases of diabetes in 2025, and surgically induced weight loss would result in 3,000–6,000 fewer cases. No single intervention, or combination of interventions, reversed the increasing trend in diabetes prevalence over the next 15 years.

CONCLUSIONS
To reverse upward trends in diabetes prevalence in future years, it is essential that current approaches to diabetes prevention and treatment are optimized and implemented and that alternative approaches to reduce the prevalence of diabetes at a population level are developed.
Romanian Bard: A Case Study of Shakespeare’s Adaptations in Contemporary Romania
Authors: Percec Dana , Şerban Andreea 
Published: May 2013

Abstract
In Romania, Shakespeare played an important role in the construction of Romania’s cultural identity and in the reshaping of political awareness during the communist dictatorship. In recent years, the Bard’s work has been translated into a contemporary, accessible Romanian language, with theatrical or musical adaptations targeted at a public whose tastes are shaped by popular culture. The authors discuss, from this perspective, two recent adaptations: The Taming of the Shrew (2005), acclimatized to contemporary Romanian realities (names, locations and folk music), and Romeo and Juliet (2009) that relocates the tragedy in the musical genre. The choice of two musical genres popular with the most widely spread segments of the public - the conservative, but less educated middle-aged group of non-theatre-goers and the youth - indicates an attempt, still new for the Romanian cultural market, to accommodate Shakespeare to the interests of two different communities of consumers, so far absent from this country’s high culture circuit.
Primary Rock Temperature Fields in Czech and Polish Part of the Upper of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin / Pole temperatury pierwotnej skał w czeskiej i polskiej części górnośląskiego okręgu węglowego
Authors: Doležal Libor , Knechtel Józef , Taufer Antonín , Trávníček Ludvík 
Published: May 2013

Knowledge of the temperature of rock mass is no doubt of substantial meaning, both for the solution of economicaly demanding protection of mine workers in difficult microclimatic environment and for perspective usage of geothermal energy from the depth of the earth. International cooperation of our and Polish specialists is in this sense more than welcome, also because the exploitation of coal seams takes place in the same Upper Silesia rock coal basin.
This profesional article is concentrated on complex analysis of temperature fields of the Ostrava- Karviná district, mainly from results of thermologging measurements in geological survey boreholes both on surface and underground, and also from the actual temperature measurements in the coal mines. One chapter of this article describes the original approach to the survey of temperature field and its prognosis in the Polish part of the Upper Silesia coal basin by a researcher from GIG Katowice.
The most suitable method of analysis of primary temperature field seemed the preparation of isocurves of temperature(isothermal lines) for the existing mine working areas, even if the method of obtaining them was different. The Czech method is based on determination of the quantitative dependence of temperature on the rock mass depth from the abovementioned measurement results, calculation of geothermal gradients and the following recalculation of real temperature values for various depth levels. Then isothermal lines for these depth levels are created together with colour distingushing of their value limits. The Polish method is sufficiently described in a dedicated chapter. The conclusion of the article underlines the decisive role of the structuraly tectonic composition of the rock mass on the temperature field in the long term thermic evolution of the Earth.
Evaluation of Wheel Loaders in Open Pit Marble Quarrying by Using the AHP and Topsis Approaches / Ocena pracy ładowarki na podwoziu kołowym w odkrywkowej kopalni marmuru w oparciu o metody AHP i topsis
Authors: Kun Mete , Topaloğlu Şeyda , Malli Tahir 
Published: May 2013

The marble mining in Turkey has been rising since the early 80’s. In relation to that, the marble income has become noticeably bigger than those of other mining sectors. In recent years, marble and natural stone export composes half of the total mine export with a value of two billion dollars. This rapid development observed in marble operation has increased the importance of mining economics, income-expenditure balance and cost analysis. The most important cost elements observed in marble quarrying are machinery and equipment, labor costs and geological structures of the field.
The aim of this study is to is to propose a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approach to evaluate the wheel loader alternatives and select the best loader under multiple criteria. A two-step methodology based on two MCDM methods, which are namely the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), are used in the evaluation procedure. More precisely, AHP is applied to determine the relative weights of evaluation criteria and TOPSIS is applied to rank the wheel loader alternatives. The proposed approach also provides a relatively simple and very well suited decision making tool for this type of decision making problems.
Method for Determination of the Range of Failure Zone Around Macrocracks Surface in Rock Medium / Metoda badania zasięgu strefy zniszczenia wokół powierzchni makropęknięć w ośrodku skalnym
Authors: Wadas Mariusz 
Published: May 2013

In this work a method, developed by the author, of microscopic investigations of deformation structures occurring in rock medium is presented. This method is based on adoption of multi-stage complex procedure encompassing numerous diverse examinations and measurements. As a result of following this method, information about geometrical features of microfractures and microfissures distribution (coordinates, length, occurrence frequency and directions of propagation) is obtained, which in turn allow to determine the range and intensity of destruction zones around macroscopic fissures in investigated samples. Testing was performed on selected three samples of the Tumlin Sandstone (three microscopic sections), representing the following states of stress-strain:
sample no. 1 (σ3 = 200 MPa confining pressure and ε1 = 5% longitudinal strain)
sample no. 2 (σ3 = 300 MPa confining pressure and ε1 = 10% longitudinal strain)
sample no. 3 (σ3 = 300 MPa confining pressure and ε1 = 15% longitudinal strain)
On the basis of conducted research it has been stated that increasing confining pressure σ3 = σ2 results in the increase of number and range of microfissures occurrence. At confining pressure σ3 = σ2 200 MPa and longitudinal strain ε1 = 5% a zone of intensive fracturing is noticeable, reaching about 6mm from the surface of macroscopic fracture. However, at higher confining pressure and higher longitudinal strains (σ3 = σ2 300 MPa and ε1 = 10% as well as σ3 = σ2 300 MPa and ε1 = 15%) microcracks and microfissures cover almost whole volume of the sample.
Mathematical description of rheological properties of asphalt-aggregate mixes
Authors: Zbiciak A. 
Published: May 2013

Abstract
The procedure of the formulation of constitutive equations for asphalt-aggregate mixes is based very often on rheological schemes composed of classical elastic, plastic and viscous elements. The parameters of these schemes can be obtained based on laboratory experiments. In order to obtain better curve fitting results one can use non-classical viscoelastic elements described by fractional derivatives. In this paper we present the characteristics of the fractional viscoelastic Huet-Sayegh model as well as the characteristics of an original simplified fractional model. The results have been obtained using algorithms of numerical calculation of inverse Laplace transforms. Then the proposal of an original rheological model including plasticity has been given. The non-linear differential constitutive relationships of such a model are presented in the paper. The results of computer simulations are also visualized. Finally, 3D viscoelasticplastic models of asphalt aggregatemixes are proposed. The models are based on a generalized macroscopic theory taking into account the effect of pressure-dependency on yielding
Monitoring of active destructive processes as a diagnostic tool for the structure technical state evaluation
Authors: Goszczyńska B. , Świt G. , Trąmpczyński W. 
Published: May 2013

Abstract
In this paper, a global monitoring system based on the measurement of acoustic emission (AE) due to active deterioration processes is presented. This allows us to examine the entire volume of an element and to locate and identify the type and the dynamics of the deterioration processes under service conditions. The resulting data are used to determine and locate the damage processes that are dangerous in construction made of pre-stress concrete, steel and fiber glass and to assess the general condition of the structure
Defining of the structural robustness
Authors: Woliński S. 
Published: May 2013

Abstract
Different methods of quantitative assessment of structural robustness has been proposed and widely discussed in recent years. This paper starts out with an outline of the requirements and discussion of the conventional and risk based methods and measures of structural robustness. The probability and consequence analysis related to the assessment of robustness usually contains the statistical, fuzzy and fuzzy-statistical information on the basic variables and parameters. The new fuzzy-probabilistic index of robustness is presented in order to consider all types of available information about different hazards and consequences which influence robustness of a structure. The proposed framework for imprecise risk assessment by means of the frequency-consequences acceptance diagram and quantification of the robustness is illustrated through a numerical example
A new CUDA-based GPU implementation of the two-dimensional Athena code
Authors: Wasiljew A. , Murawski K. 
Published: May 2013

Abstract
We present a new version of the Athena code, which solves magnetohydrodynamic equations in two-dimensional space. This new implementation, which we have named Athena-GPU, uses CUDA architecture to allow the code execution on Graphical Processor Unit (GPU). The Athena-GPU code is an unofficial, modified version of the Athena code which was originally designed for Central Processor Unit (CPU) architecture.
We perform numerical tests based on the original Athena-CPU code and its GPU counterpart to make a performance analysis, which includes execution time, precision differences and accuracy. We narrowed our tests and analysis only to double precision floating point operations and two-dimensional test cases. Our comparison shows that results are similar for both two versions of the code, which confirms correctness of our CUDA-based implementation. Our tests reveal that the Athena-GPU code can be 2 to 15-times faster than the Athena-CPU code, depending on test cases, the size of a problem and hardware configuration.
Local controllability of nonlinear discrete-time fractional order systems
Authors: Mozyrska D. , Pawłuszewicz E. 
Published: May 2013

Abstract
The Riemann-Liouville, Caputo and Gr¨unwald-Letnikov fractional order difference operators are discussed and used to state and solve the controllability problem of a nonlinear fractional order discrete-time system. It is shown that independently of the type of fractional order difference, such a system is locally controllable in q steps if its linear approximation is globally controllable in q steps
Generalizations and error analysis of the iterative operator splitting method
Authors: Ladics Tamás , Faragó István 
Published: May 2013

AbstractThe properties of iterative splitting with two bounded linear operators have been analyzed by Faragó et al. For more than two operators, iterative splitting can be defined in many different ways. A large class of the possible extensions to this case is presented in this paper and the order of accuracy of these methods are examined. A separate section is devoted to the discussion of two of these methods to illustrate how this class of possible methods can be classified with respect to the order of accuracy.