bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
THE IMPACT OF SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS ON QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN GREECE
Authors: Ikonomou Margarita , Skapinakis Petros , Balafa Olga , Eleftheroudi Marianna , Damigos Dimitrios , Siamopoulos Kostas C. 
Published: June 2015

SUMMARYBackgroundQuality of Life (QoL) is often poor in people undergoing dialysis and this sometimes contributes to the high rate of morbidity and mortality. The aim of our study is to assess the QoL of patients on haemodialysis in Greece and discuss the socio‐demographic factors that affect QoL in this period of financial crisis.Design/PatientsPatients with CKD not on dialysis, plus those undergoing Haemodialysis (HD) and Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) were invited to complete the SF‐36 questionnaire electronically, supervised by a trained nurse. Patients were asked about their marital status, education level and monthly household income. Additionally, patients were requested to comment on their subjective financial difficulties.ResultsA total of 172 patients were enrolled in the study, 39 of them were undergoing PD, 90 on HD and 43 had CKD. Among those with CKD, on HD and PD, 9.3%, 17.8% and 23.1%, respectively, had ‘some/a lot’ difficulties in copying with financial problems. The physical component summary score was significant lower in HD, while the summary score of the mental component showed no differences between the groups. In multiple linear regression analysis, age and dialysis had significantly negative correlations with physical functioning scores. Those who were divorced or widowed tended to perform worse in physical scores compared with those who were married. Mental scores were affected only by coping with financial difficulties.ConclusionsIn general terms, people with CKD patients present with a poor QoL. Apart from the burden of the renal disease per se, social and economic factors (divorce, financial difficulties) seem to aggravate their status, especially in this period of financial crisis.
The stigma of mental illness in Arab families: a concept analysis
Authors: Dardas L. A. , Simmons L. A. 
Published: June 2015

Accessible summary
The stigma of mental illness varies significantly from culture to culture and from person to person. To date, little is known about how mental illness stigma manifests within the Arab community.
This study aimed at bringing clarity to the concept of ‘mental illness stigma’ as it applies to Arab families.
Nursing's holistic and patient‐centered approach is integral to helping Arab patients and their families appropriately incorporate individual values, beliefs, and cultural perspectives into treatment plans.
This study establishes a scientific alert for professionals at all levels to avoid making false generalizations about a specific culture that are not based on specific research findings from that culture.
AbstractAccessing mental health services is a critical step towards reducing the burden of mental illness. The stigma of mental illness is one of the most common reasons for not seeking mental health care leading to negative health consequences and undue suffering for many individuals and their families. Stigma is embedded in its social context. What may be considered acceptable in one society may be considered unacceptable and open to stigmatization in other societies. Arabs have a shared set of values, beliefs, and traditions that are substantially different from those of Westerners. Further, in most Arab countries, formal mental health resources are scarce and people with mental illness experience the compounded disadvantages of poverty and illness stigma. To date, little is known about how mental illness stigma manifests within the Arab community making it difficult to design and test interventions that support Arab individuals with mental illness and their families in treatment seeking and adherence. Using Rodger's concept analysis method, we examined how ‘mental illness stigma’ operates within an Arab context as a first step towards elucidating culturally competent approaches to treatment. This analysis provides a foundation for future work in the areas of mental illness diagnosis, education, and treatment that reflect the unique characteristics of Arab culture.
The impact of assertive outreach teams on hospital admissions for psychosis: a time series analysis
Authors: Hamilton I. , Lloyd C. , Bland J. M. , Savage Grainge A. 
Published: June 2015

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Although the assertive outreach model was developed in the United States and imported to the United Kingdom to date, there is only limited evidence to support its wide‐scale implementation within the United Kingdom.
This is the first study to have combined a large dataset with this type of research method to explore the impact of assertive outreach teams on hospital admissions.
The introduction and expansion of assertive outreach teams was associated with reducing hospital admissions for people with psychosis.
This study found a consistent summer peak in hospital admissions which community and in‐patient mental health nurses should take account of and plan for.
AbstractEver since the Mental Health Policy Implementation Policy Guide paved the way for the introduction of the Assertive Outreach Treatment (AOT) model in England, the impact of this approach has been the subject of considerable debate but limited evaluation. To date, most of the evidence supporting this model has originated from outside the United Kingdom. A central aim of the AOT was to reduce the need for in‐patient treatment. We aimed to assess the impact of the AOT model on hospital admissions for people with psychosis in England. Interrupted time series analysis was used in this study to evaluate the impact of the policy change. Following the introduction of the AOT model, a statistically significant reduction in hospital admissions for psychosis was found. In addition, we observed a repeated, annual summer peak in admissions. This study adds to the international evidence which supports the effectiveness of the AOT model in reducing hospital admissions for people with severe mental health problems. We offer five suggested implications for mental health nurses and clients based on our findings.
Population genetic dynamics of an invasion reconstructed from the sediment egg bank
Authors: Möst Markus , Oexle Sarah , Marková Silvia , Aidukaite Dalia , Baumgartner Livia , Stich Hans‐Bernd , Wessels Martin , Martin‐Creuzburg Dominik , Spaak Piet 
Published: June 2015

AbstractBiological invasions are a global issue with far‐reaching consequences for single species, communities and whole ecosystems. Our understanding of modes and mechanisms of biological invasions requires knowledge of the genetic processes associated with successful invasions. In many instances, this information is particularly difficult to obtain as the initial phases of the invasion process often pass unnoticed and we rely on inferences from contemporary population genetic data. Here, we combined historic information with the genetic analysis of resting eggs to reconstruct the invasion of Daphnia pulicaria into Lower Lake Constance (LLC) in the 1970s from the resting egg bank in the sediments. We identified the invader as ‘European D. pulicaria’ originating from meso‐ and eutrophic lowland lakes and ponds in Central Europe. The founding population was characterized by extremely low genetic variation in the resting egg bank that increased considerably over time. Furthermore, strong evidence for selfing and/or biparental inbreeding was found during the initial phase of the invasion, followed by a drop of selfing rate to low levels in subsequent decades. Moreover, the increase in genetic variation was most pronounced during early stages of the invasion, suggesting additional introductions during this period. Our study highlights that genetic data covering the entire invasion process from its beginning can be crucial to accurately reconstruct the invasion history of a species. We show that propagule banks can preserve such information enabling the study of population genetic dynamics and sources of genetic variation in successful invasive populations.
Disability and Resurrection Identity
Authors: Ehrman Terrence 
Published: June 2015

AbstractChristian hope of resurrection requires that the one raised be the same person who died. Philosophers and theologians alike seek to understand the coherence of bodily resurrection and what accounts for numerical identity between the earthly and risen person. I address this question from the perspective of disability. Is a person with a disability raised in the age to come with that disability? Many theologians argue that disability is essential to one's identity such that it could not be eliminated in the resurrection. What anthropology undergirds these claims is not often explicated. I argue that Thomistic hylemorphic anthropology provides the best context to understand the human person such that disability is not essential to identity. In the resurrection, we shall become truly ourselves. The marks of disability may remain, but Thomistic anthropology expresses the coherence of bodily resurrection in which one may hope for healing which eliminates the disability but not numerical identity.
Quality of life in old age – a concept analysis
Authors: Boggatz Thomas 
Published: June 2015

AimTo identify existing definitions of quality of life in old age and to determine the most suitable for evaluating outcomes of nursing care for older adults.BackgroundPromoting quality of life is a central concern of nursing care for older persons. There is, however, a lack of clarity about the meaning of this concept. Attributes of quality of life are often confused with those factors influencing them.DesignConcept analysis according to Walker and Avant.MethodA search was carried out in the databases MEDLINE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PsycINFO® and Gerolit for the years 1992–2013. Excerpts dealing with definitions, antecedents, consequences and empirical referents of the concept were compiled.ResultsThree basic concepts for quality of life were identified: satisfying life conditions, subjective general well‐being and subjective fulfilment of dimensions of human life.DiscussionSatisfying life conditions are antecedent to the other concepts. It is not suitable to view such conditions as an outcome of nursing care for older adults because an outcome has to be a consequence. General well‐being is likely to remain stable over time and changing conditions due to adaptation taking place. Fulfilment of dimensions of human life as a multidimensional inner state may be more sensitive to changing conditions.ConclusionFulfilment of dimensions of human life is the most suitable definition of quality of life in old age as an outcome of nursing care. Studies are needed to decide whether it is responsive to changing circumstances.Implications for practiceFulfilment of dimensions of human life should be assessed to provide care that meets the needs of clients.
Identification of QTL controlling high levels of partial resistance to Fusarium solani f. sp. pisi in pea
Authors: Coyne Clarice J. , Pilet‐Nayel Marie‐Laure , McGee Rebecca J. , Porter Lyndon D. , Smýkal Petr , Grünwald Niklaus J. 
Published: June 2015

AbstractFusarium root rot is a common biotic restraint on pea yields, and genetic resistance is the most feasible method for improving pea production. This study was conducted to discover quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling genetic partial resistance to Fusarium root rot caused by Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc. f.sp. pisi (F.R. Jones) W.C. Snyder & H.N. Hans (Fsp). A RIL population was screened in a Fusarium root rot field disease nursery for 3 years. Composite interval mapping was employed for QTL detection using the means of disease severity from three growing seasons. Five QTL were identified, including one QTL identified in all three years. The multiyear QTL Fsp‐Ps2.1 contributed to a significant portion of the phenotypic variance (22.1–72.2%), while a second QTL, Fsp‐Ps6.1, contributed 17.3% of the phenotypic variance. The other single growing season QTL are of additional interest as they colocate with previously reported pea–Fusarium root rot resistance QTL. QTL Fsp‐Ps2.1, Fsp‐Ps3.1, Fsp‐4.1 and Fsp‐Ps7.1 are flanked by codominant SSRs and may be useful in marker‐assisted breeding of pea for high levels of partial resistance to Fsp.
Infantile Bullous Pemphigoid Treated Using Intravenous Immunoglobulin: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Authors: Tekin Burak , Yücelten Ayşe Deniz 
Published: June 2015

AbstractWe report a 5‐month‐old girl diagnosed with bullous pemphigoid who initially did not respond to systemic corticosteroids and dapsone but rapidly improved after the addition of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) infusions. A literature search revealed anecdotal cases of infantile bullous pemphigoid treated with IVIG, although variable treatment regimens were used, and some resistant cases required additional medications such as rituximab for clinical remission.
A central approach to splenorenal shunt in pediatric living donor liver transplantation
Authors: Uchida Hajime , Fukuda Akinari , Masatoshi Matsunami , Sasaki Kengo , Shigeta Takanobu , Kanazawa Hiroyuki , Nakazawa Atsuko , Miyazaki Osamu , Nosaka Shunsuke , Sakamoto Seisuke , Kasahara Mureo 
Published: June 2015

AbstractThe management of LSRS is a crucial problem to ensure a sufficient PV flow during pediatric LT. Although several techniques have been indicated to solve this problem, a more appropriate approach to LSRS is still needed in pediatric LT. We herein present a modified surgical approach to the ligation of LSRS via the left side of the IVC for a nine‐month‐old boy with severe portal hypertension and a history of Kasai portoenterostomy. LSRS was identified and exposed through the left side of the IVC and the dorsal surface of the pancreas from the superior side of the body of the pancreas. The post‐operative course was uneventful with an excellent PV flow. The central approach for the ligation of LSRS is worth considering as an alternative procedure for a patient with collateral vessels and a history of multiple laparotomies.
Does EBV alter the pathogenesis of malaria?
Authors: Matar C. G. , Jacobs N. T. , Speck S. H. , Lamb T. J. , Moormann A. M. 
Published: June 2015

SummaryPlasmodium falciparum infections have been implicated in immune deficiencies resulting in ineffective control of Epstein–Barr virus, thereby increasing the risk of endemic Burkitt lymphoma in children. However, the impact of Epstein–Barr virus infections on the development of immunity to P. falciparum has not been studied in depth. In this review, we examine novel findings from animal co‐infection models and human immuno‐epidemiologic studies to speculate on the impact of acute gammaherpesvirus co‐infection on malarial disease severity. Children are often concurrently or sequentially infected with multiple pathogens, and this has implications for understanding the development of protective immunity as well as in the evaluation of vaccine efficacy.
Uncovering category specificity of genital sexual arousal in women: The critical role of analytic technique
Authors: Pulverman Carey S. , Hixon J. Gregory , Meston Cindy M. 
Published: June 2015

AbstractBased on analytic techniques that collapse data into a single average value, it has been reported that women lack category specificity and show genital sexual arousal to a large range of sexual stimuli including those that both match and do not match their self‐reported sexual interests. These findings may be a methodological artifact of the way in which data are analyzed. This study examined whether using an analytic technique that models data over time would yield different results. Across two studies, heterosexual (N = 19) and lesbian (N = 14) women viewed erotic films featuring heterosexual, lesbian, and gay male couples, respectively, as their physiological sexual arousal was assessed with vaginal photoplethysmography. Data analysis with traditional methods comparing average genital arousal between films failed to detect specificity of genital arousal for either group. When data were analyzed with smoothing regression splines and a within‐subjects approach, both heterosexual and lesbian women demonstrated different patterns of genital sexual arousal to the different types of erotic films, suggesting that sophisticated statistical techniques may be necessary to more fully understand women's genital sexual arousal response. Heterosexual women showed category‐specific genital sexual arousal. Lesbian women showed higher arousal to the heterosexual film than the other films. However, within subjects, lesbian women showed significantly different arousal responses suggesting that lesbian women's genital arousal discriminates between different categories of stimuli at the individual level. Implications for the future use of vaginal photoplethysmography as a diagnostic tool of sexual preferences in clinical and forensic settings are discussed.
Survey Instruments and the Reports of Consumption Expenditures: Evidence From the Consumer Expenditure Surveys
Authors: Battistin Erich , Padula Mario 
Published: June 2015

Summary
The paper uses data from the consumer expenditure surveys to demonstrate that the mode of collection is important for the analysis of consumption data. We first show that population figures obtained with diaries markedly differ from figures obtained by using recall questions. We then exploit multiple measurements of food expenditure to identify the effects of the mode of collection on the distribution of reported consumption. Finally, we show how to combine information from multiple reports to obtain a single measure of total expenditure in consumer expenditure surveys. The paper concludes by offering guidelines for empirical analyses based on these data, and by providing an application of the methods proposed to the measurement of inequality and wellbeing.
Estimating Controlled Direct Effects of Restrictive Feeding Practices in the ‘Early Dieting in Girls’ Study
Authors: Zhu Yeying , Ghosh Debashis , Coffman Donna L. , Savage Jennifer S. 
Published: June 2015

SummaryWe examine the causal effect of parental restrictive feeding practices on children's weight status. An important mediator is children's self-regulation status. Recent approaches interpret mediation effects on the basis of the potential outcomes framework. Inverse probability weighting based on propensity scores are used to adjust for confounding and to reduce the dimensionality of confounders simultaneously. We show that combining machine learning algorithms and logistic regression to estimate the propensity scores can be more accurate and efficient in estimating the controlled direct effects than using logistic regression alone. A data application shows that the causal effect of mother's restrictive feeding differs according to whether the daughter eats in the absence of hunger.
Use of the Modified Emotional Stroop Task to Detect Suicidality in College Population
Authors: Chung Yeunjoo , Jeglic Elizabeth L. 
Published: June 2015

This cross‐sectional study investigated the usefulness of the emotional Stroop task (EST) as a behavioral marker for suicidal behaviors in a college population. Eight hundred twenty college students were asked to perform on the EST and to respond to suicide‐related self‐report measures. The results indicated that past suicide attempters were slower in responding to the word “suicide” as compared to nonattempters, and female past attempters showed more delayed response when their most recent attempt was made in the past 12 months. We did not find evidence that the EST could outperform the traditional self‐report measures.
Suicide Disclosure in Suicide Attempt Survivors: Does Family Reaction Moderate or Mediate Disclosure's Effect on Depression?
Authors: Frey Laura M. , Hans Jason D. , Cerel Julie 
Published: June 2015

Existing literature has found a link between disclosure of a stigmatized identity and improved mental health; however, research on the impact of suicide disclosure to family members is scarce. Suicide attempt survivors (n = 74) in the United States were examined to assess whether family reaction moderates or mediates the relationship between suicide disclosure and subsequent depression symptoms. Family reaction did not moderate but did mediate the relationship between disclosure and depression symptoms while controlling for time since most recent attempt. Higher rates of disclosure predicted more positive family reactions, which in turn predicted less severe depression symptoms. Findings indicate that family members can play an essential role in the recovery process after an attempt occurs, which has important implications for both researchers and clinicians who seek to decrease stigma for attempt survivors while simultaneously decreasing the likelihood of future attempts.
Exploring the potential of sequential simulation
Authors: Powell Polly , Sorefan Zinah , Hamilton Sara , Kneebone Roger , Bello Fernando 
Published: June 2015

SummaryContextSeveral recent papers have highlighted the need for better integrated care to improve health care for children and families. Our team spent a year exploring the potential of ‘Sequential Simulation’ (SqS) as a teaching tool to address this need with young people and multidisciplinary teams. SqS allows the simulation of a series of key events or ‘crunch points’ that come together to represent the patient journey, and highlights the impact of individuals on this journey. The pilot SqS was based on an adolescent with asthma – a common condition that requires excellent multidisciplinary care with the patient at the centre.InnovationThe SqS was designed using transportable sets and audio‐visual equipment to create realism. Actors were employed to play the roles of the young person and mother and health professionals played themselves. The SqS was run at different events with varied audiences, including young people, health professionals and teachers. It was used to explore the difficulties that can arise during a patient journey, the importance of communication throughout, and to highlight the significance of each individual in the patient experience.ResultsThe SqS was met with enthusiasm and felt to be an innovative and effective way of promoting better teamwork and communication. It was well received at a school asthma education event for pupils and community teams, demonstrating its varied potential. The year was the first step in the introduction of this exciting new concept that has the potential to help promote better integrated care for paediatric patients and their families.Our team spent a year exploring the potential of ‘Sequential Simulation’ as a teaching tool [to provide better integrated care]