bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Speak Up: How Hearing Loss and the Lack of Hearing Aids Affect Conversations in Quiet
Authors: Petersen Eline Borch , Parker Daniel 
Published: July 2024

Purpose:
The study examines the effect of hearing loss and hearing aid (HA) amplification on the conversational dynamics between hearing-impaired (HI) and normal-hearing (NH) interlocutors. Combining data from the current and a prior study, we explore how the speech levels of both interlocutors correlate and relate to HI interlocutors' degree of hearing loss.

Method:
Sixteen pairs of younger NH and elderly HI interlocutors conversed in quiet, with the HI interlocutor either unaided or wearing HAs. We analyzed the effect of hearing status and HA amplification on the conversational dynamics, including turn-taking times (floor-transfer offsets), utterance lengths, and speech levels. Furthermore, we conducted an in-depth analysis of the speech levels using combined data sets from the current and previously published data by Petersen, MacDonald, and Sørensen (2022).

Results:
Unaided HI interlocutors were slower and more variable at timing their turns, but wearing HAs reduced the differences between the HI and NH interlocutors. Conversations were less interactive, and pairs were slower at solving the conversational tasks when the HI interlocutor was unaided. Both interlocutors spoke louder when the HI interlocutor was unaided. The speech level of the NH interlocutors was related to that of the HI interlocutors, with the HI speech levels also correlating with their own degree of hearing loss.

Conclusions:
Despite typically being unchallenging for HI individuals, one-on-one conversations in quiet were impacted by the HI interlocutor not wearing HAs. Additionally, combining data sets revealed that NH interlocutors adjusted their speech level to match that of HI interlocutors.
BFT‐Net: A transformer‐based boundary feedback network for kidney tumour segmentation
Authors: Zheng Tianyu , Xu Chao , Li Zhengping , Nie Chao , Xu Rubin , Jiang Minpeng , Li Leilei 
Published: July 2024

AbstractKidney tumours are among the top ten most common tumours, the automatic segmentation of medical images can help locate tumour locations. However, the segmentation of kidney tumour images still faces several challenges: firstly, there is a lack of renal tumour endoscopic datasets and no segmentation techniques for renal tumour endoscopic images; secondly, the intra‐class inconsistency of tumours caused by variations in size, location, and shape of renal tumours; thirdly, difficulty in semantic fusion during decoding; and finally, the issue of boundary blurring in the localization of lesions. To address the aforementioned issues, a new dataset called Re‐TMRS is proposed, and for this dataset, the transformer‐based boundary feedback network for kidney tumour segmentation (BFT‐Net) is proposed. This network incorporates an adaptive context extract module (ACE) to emphasize local contextual information, reduces the semantic gap through the mixed feature capture module (MFC), and ultimately improves boundary extraction capability through end‐to‐end optimization learning in the boundary assist module (BA). Through numerous experiments, it is demonstrated that the proposed model exhibits excellent segmentation ability and generalization performance. The mDice and mIoU on the Re‐TMRS dataset reach 91.1% and 91.8%, respectively.
Prevalence and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in dairy cattle from the Western Region of Thailand
Authors: Wannapong Napasaporn , Lertwatcharasarakul Preeda , Rukkwamsuk Theera 
Published: July 2024

In total, 901 dairy cow sera and data were collected from 51 farms in Nakhon Pathom, Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi provinces (Western Region of Thailand). Serum samples were processed via the multispecies ELISA method to detect IgG antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii infection. The results demonstrated that the calculated true prevalence was 1.48% (95% CI, 0.64–2.75%) for the individual-level and 29.41% (95% CI, 18.71–43%) for the farm-level. The univariate risk factor analysis showed that the number of total owned cats, the presence of stray cats, and the frequency of cleaning per day were significant factors (p < 0.2). These three factors were subjected to logistic regression analysis, and the results revealed that the frequency of cleaning farms per day was a potential risk factor for T. gondii-seropositive farms (OR = 2.745, 95% CI, 1.15–8.69, p = 0.02). The frequency of cleaning might increase the T. gondii oocyst distribution within the barn area, thus increasing the possibility of infection. Our findings show that T. gondii continues to circulate in the dairy cow population in the western part of Thailand. The presence of cats on farms was not found to be associated with T. gondii infection, but the high frequency of cleaning the floor was, and contributed to the potential risk of infection.
Die Effektivität manueller Therapie beim Supinationstrauma
Authors: Etteldorf Mathias 
Published: July 2024

ZusammenfassungDas Supinationstrauma ist eine der häufigsten Sportverletzungen weltweit. Die
Betroffenen klagen oft über persistierende Beschwerden mehrere Jahre nach dem
ersten Supinationstrauma. Bewegungsmangel sowie eine verminderte
gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität können die Folge sein. Manuelle Therapie ist
eine effektive Interventionsform bei muskuloskelettalen Erkrankungen und hat
möglicherweise eine positive Wirkung bei Patient*innen mit
Supinationstrauma.Eine systematische Literaturübersichtsarbeit und Meta-Analyse wurden
durchgeführt. Mittels einer systematischen Literatursuche auf PubMed, Embase,
OVID, PEDro sowie Google Scholar wurden 14 RCTs in die qualitative Auswertung
eingeschlossen und anhand der PEDro-Skala und des Risk-of-Bias-Tools der
Cochrane Collaboration (RoB 2.0) bewertet. Danach wurden die Ergebnisparameter
„Bewegungsausmaß der Dorsalextension“, „Schmerz“ und „Funktion“ extrahiert und
miteinander verglichen.Die 14 eingeschlossenen Studien verfügten über eine gute methodologische Qualität
und hatten ein geringes Bias-Risiko. Zwölf Studien wurden in die quantitative
Auswertung eingeschlossen. Für das Bewegungsausmaß der Dorsalextension ergab
sich ein gepoolter Effekt (g) von 1,08 (KI=0,20; 1,96), für den Schmerz ein
statistisch nicht-signifikanter Effekt (g) von 1,00 (KI=− 2,01; 0,01) und für
die Funktion ein statistisch nicht-signifikanter Effekt (g) von 0,36 (KI=− 0,32;
1,03).Manuelle Therapie hat eine positive Wirkung auf das Bewegungsausmaß der
Dorsalextension. Keine Aussage kann über deren Wirkung auf die Funktion und
Schmerzen bei Patient*innen mit Supinationstrauma getroffen werden. Es gibt
Hinweise dafür, dass manuelle Therapie eine langfristige Wirkung auf das
Bewegungsausmaß der Dorsalextension bei Patient*innen mit Supinationstrauma
haben könnte.
Digitale Gesundheitskompetenz bei chronischen, nicht-spezifischen
Rückenschmerzen
Authors: Palisi Anna 
Published: July 2024

ZusammenfassungDas Internet bietet zahlreiche Möglichkeiten, sich über Gesundheitsthemen zu
informieren. Nutzer*innen müssen einordnen, wie seriös die gefundenen
Informationen sind. Dies setzt eine digitale Gesundheitskompetenz (dGK) voraus,
die Fähigkeit, online wichtige Informationen zu finden, zu verstehen, zu
beurteilen und auf die eigene Situation anzuwenden. Die dGK der deutschen
Bevölkerung ist niedrig. Risikofaktoren für eine geringe dGK sind u. a. eine
niedrige Bildung, höheres Alter oder chronische Erkrankungen.In dieser Untersuchung wurde anhand eines Fragebogens erfasst, wie hoch die dGK
von Personen mit chronischen, nicht-spezifischen Rückenschmerzen ist und ob es
einen Zusammenhang mit dem konkreten Vorgehen bei Online-Recherchen gibt.
Außerdem wurde erfasst, ob Betroffene qualitativ hochwertige Webseiten nutzen,
Qualitätsindikatoren von Gesundheitsinformationen (GI) kennen und ob dies die
Einschätzung der eigenen dGK beeinflusst.Nach einer Online-Befragung konnten die Daten von 60 Personen ausgewertet werden.
Die mittlere dGK befindet sich auf einem problematischen Niveau. Es gab kein
konkretes Verhalten während der Online-Recherche, das signifikant mit einer
höheren bzw. niedrigeren dGK einherging. Auch die Nutzung hochwertiger Webseiten
war kein Unterscheidungskriterium, ebenso wenig wie die Kenntnis von
Qualitätsindikatoren von GI. Die Förderung der dGK von Personen mit chronischen,
nicht-spezifischen Rückenschmerzen ist dringend nötig.
Herpes Zoster bei entzündlich-rheumatischen Erkrankungen
Authors: Dartsch Ruth Charlotte , Al-Azem Nadine , Hasseli-Fräbel Rebecca 
Published: July 2024

ZusammenfassungDer Herpes Zoster ist eine häufige Viruserkrankung, die meist nach einer jahrzehntelangen Latenz durch eine Reaktivierung einer Varizella-Zoster-Primärinfektion auftritt. Besonders betroffen sind ältere Personen sowie solche mit geschwächtem Immunsystem. Während der akuten Phase zeigen sich dermatombezogene Schmerzen sowie ein papulovesikuläres Exanthem. Die am häufigsten auftretende Komplikation ist die sehr schmerzhafte Post-Zoster-Neuralgie, die über Monate bis zu Jahren anhalten kann. Zur Prävention steht ein Totimpfstoff zur Verfügung, der von der Ständigen Impfkommission (STIKO) als Indikationsimpfung für Personen mit einem entsprechenden Risikoprofil ab dem 50. Lebensjahr sowie als Standardimpfung ab dem 60. Lebensjahr empfohlen wird.
Technik der Koloninterposition zum Ösophagusersatz beim Ösophaguskarzinom
Authors: Hoeppner Jens 
Published: July 2024

ZusammenfassungHeutzutage wird nur verhältnismäßig selten und in ausgewählten Situationen anstelle des Magens ein Koloninterponat als Rekonstruktionsorgan für den Ersatz der Speiseröhre gewählt. Das Kolon ist ein bewährtes und zuverlässiges Organ für den tubulären Ersatz der Speiseröhre, wenn der Magen nicht für die Rekonstruktion der Speisepassage zur Verfügung steht. Die Koloninterposition ist eine insgesamt komplexe und komplikationsbehaftete Operation. Sie erfordert eine spezifische Indikationsstellung und eine gründliche präoperative Vorbereitung. Technisch stellt die Koloninterposition hohe Anforderungen insbesondere an die Auswahl und Präparation der vaskulären Versorgung des Rekonstruktionsorgans. Auch die Rekonstruktionsroute und Hochführung des Interponats zum Ösophagus und die Notwendigkeit der Anlage von 3 oder 4 gastrointestinalen Anastomosen stellen deutlich höhere Anforderungen als die Rekonstruktion mittels Magenschlauch. Insgesamt können trotz der deutlichen operationsbedingten Morbidität zumeist ein gutes funktionelles Ergebnis und eine gute Lebensqualität erreicht werden. Die in der eigenen Praxis erprobte Operationstechnik wird ausführlich beschrieben. Weiterhin wird auf Basis der vorhandenen Literatur eine Übersicht über die Ergebnisse insbesondere in Hinblick auf chirurgische Komplikationen und die Lebensqualität nach Koloninterposition gegeben.
Endoskopische Diagnostik und Therapie von malignen epithelialen Läsionen und ihren Vorläufern im Ösophagus
Authors: Wannhoff Andreas , Caca Karel 
Published: July 2024

ZusammenfassungDie Endoskopie ist der Goldstandard für die Diagnose bösartiger Tumore des Ösophagus und ihrer Vorläuferläsionen. Darüber hinaus ist die endoskopische Behandlung dieser Vorläuferläsionen und des frühen Ösophaguskarzinoms gut untersucht und fest etabliert. Dazu gehören dysplastische Läsionen im Zusammenhang mit dem Barrett-Ösophagus und frühe Adenokarzinome sowie frühe Plattenepithelkarzinome des Ösophagus. Die Rolle der Endoskopie bei der Diagnose und Behandlung dieser Läsionen wird zusammenfassend dargestellt.
Food-based domestic violence and anemia among women in sexual unions in Nigeria: the effect of urbanization
Authors: Ajoseh Seun Mauton , Sifat Ridwan Islam , Whesu John Tasheyon 
Published: July 2024

AbstractIn 2019, 1.74 billion people worldwide had anemia. In Nigeria, women of reproductive age are the most affected. Domestic violence affects the anemia prevalence, but few studies have examined the influence of urbanization on women in heterosexual unions (currently married, and cohabiting between). Using the social determinants of health framework, we argue that food-based violence and anemia vary among women residing in rural and urban areas. We used the Chi-square test and logistic regression to analyze the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey records (n = 10,499). The study showed that anemia occurs more among women in rural (66%) than in urban (34%) areas. In rural areas, anemia was 29% higher among women who approved food-based domestic violence (OR: 1.29, CI 1.15–1.57) than those who did not. In urban areas, food-based domestic violence was not significantly associated with anemia. This study emphasizes the urgent need for culturally sensitive maternal health interventions aimed at re-orienting individuals and families on violence in rural areas.
Same-sex marriage, gay marriage, or equal marriage?
Authors: Paterson Laura L. , McGlashan Mark 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
Changes to marriage legislation across the globe have received
much academic and public attention. However, the labels used to categorise
different marital configurations are somewhat under researched. In this paper we
analyse the premodification of marriage in a corpus of UK
newspaper articles (2000–2018) to establish which labels are most commonly used
in reference to same-sex marriage. These are gay marriage, same-sex
marriage, homosexual marriage, and equal marriage.
Drawing on the notion of category construction, we emphasise the fact that these
labels are not neutral synonyms, as each encodes a particular understanding
of same-sex marriage. Some labels even linguistically exclude certain groups,
such as those who are bisexual or transgender. We use the tools of corpus-based
discourse analysis to consider the nuanced differences between the category
labels and consider whether the limitations of the labels are ever directly
challenged.
High-throughput phase field simulation and machine learning for predicting the breakdown performance of all-organic composites
Authors: Liu Dong-Duan , Li Qiao , Zhu Yu-Jie , Jiang Bingxu , Zeng Tan , Yang Hongxiao , He Jin-Liang , Li Qi , Yuan Chao 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
All-organic dielectric polymers are materials of choice for modern power electronics and high-density energy storage, and their performance can be significantly improved by doping trace amounts of organic molecular semiconductors with strong electron-affinity energy to suppress charge conduction losses. Insight into the breakdown mechanism of polymers/organic molecular semiconductor composites is essential for the design of high-performance dielectric polymers. This study investigates the impact of the doping concentration of organic molecular semiconductors, dielectric constants, and trap depths on the breakdown performance of dielectric polymers under high temperature and electric fields. A modified phase-field model, incorporating deep traps and carriers’ coulomb capture radius, has been developed to facilitate high-throughput simulations of electrical breakdown in polymer/organic molecular semiconductor composites. This work accurately predicted the breakdown strength of all-organic composites using high-throughput phase-field simulation data as input for machine learning, which provides crucial theoretical support for designing all-organic composite dielectric polymers for energy storage capacitors under extreme conditions.
Magnetic interaction in Sr0.7La0.3Fe11.75Co0.25O19–CoFe2O4 composite system: observation, evidence, and influence
Authors: Rout Sushree Nibedita , Das Tupan , Shukla Anant , Kar Manoranjan 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
(100-x) Sr0.7La0.3Fe11.75Co0.25O19–(x) CoFe2O4 composites were synthesized by the one pot sol–gel auto-combustion method. The individual phase purity, morphology, and magnetic hysteresis loop of the composite magnet were analyzed by x-ray powder diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy and vibrating sample magnetometer, respectively. The apparent observation of the room temperature hysteresis loop indicates the existence of interfacial exchange interactions. Nevertheless, saturation magnetization (Ms
) follows the trend of Vegard’s law. The nature of magnetic interaction and its dependency on the amount of each phase were analyzed by employing the Thamm–Hesse plot. The critical size of the soft phase particle did not corroborate with the results of

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plot. However, this synthesis method is found to be successful in obtaining single-step magnetization reversal in hard–soft composite magnets. The deviation from ideal non-interacting Stoner–Wohlfarth particles puts the single hard phase into the limelight. The (BH)max in the range of 1.07–0.98 MGOe has been obtained for the synthesized composite magnet.
Importance of growth method and substrate-induced crystalline quality in Al/Gd0.2Ca0.8MnO3/Au memristor devices
Authors: Angervo I , Antola A , Vaimala T , Malmi A , Schulman A , Huhtinen H , Paturi P 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
We report on the impact of the growth method and substrate-induced crystalline quality on the performance of planar Al/Gd0.2Ca0.8MnO3/Au memristor devices. Structural, magnetic, and resistive properties were thoroughly examined for fundamental characterizations, with a particular emphasis on their correlation with the memristive properties of fabricated devices. Our findings suggest that memristor structures grown on single crystal SrTiO3 substrates using pulsed laser deposition (PLD) consistently exhibit superior crystalline quality compared to those fabricated using chemical solution deposition and on silicon-based substrates. Despite variations in growth method and substrate, all memristor structures display typical resistive switching (RS) behaviour, distinguishing between high-resistance and low-resistance states. However, endurance and retention measurements demonstrate that memristor structures produced via PLD on single crystalline SrTiO3 demonstrate the most favourable RS properties. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying the differences in RS behavior across substrates and deposition methods, we extensively discuss these issues in the context of structural distortion and conduction mechanisms.
Spin-momentum properties of the spin–orbit interactions of light at optical interfaces
Authors: Chen Jie , Tan Yawei , Wang Rong , Zhou Qiang , Cao Yong , Ling Xiaohui 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
The spin–orbit interaction (SOI) of light manifests as the generation of spin-dependent vortex beams when a spin-polarized beam strikes an optical interface normally. However, the spin-momentum nature of this SOI process remains elusive, which impedes further manipulation. Here, we systematically investigate the spin-momentum properties of the transmitted beam in this SOI process using a full-wave theory. The transmitted beam has three components, a spin-maintained normal mode, a spin-reversed abnormal mode, and a longitudinal component. By decomposing the total spin angular momentum (SAM) into the transverse SAM (T-SAM) and the helicity dependent longitudinal SAM (L-SAM), we demonstrate that the L-SAM dominates the total SAM of the normal mode, while the T-SAM dictates that of the abnormal mode. The underlying physics is that the normal mode exhibits a much larger weight than the longitudinal field, while the abnormal mode has a weight comparable to the longitudinal field. This study enriches the understanding of the spin-momentum nature of light’s SOI and offers new opportunities for manipulating light’s angular momentum.
Design of phononic crystals using superposition of defect and gradient-index for enhanced wave focusing
Authors: Shen N , Cong Y , Gu S T , Zhang G Y , Feng Z-Q 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
This paper introduces a novel design strategy for phononic crystals (PnCs) that significantly enhances their wave amplification and focusing capabilities, making them highly suitable for energy harvesting applications. The superposition strategy is based on the combination of two distinct wave tuning techniques: defect PnCs implementation and gradient-index (GRIN) structure designs. The two techniques are based on different mechanisms and are commonly considered independently for wave manipulation applications. In particular, defect PnCs incorporate structural or material irregularities within periodic PnCs, enabling waves of certain frequencies, typically blocked by the bandgap, to pass through and emerge with amplified amplitude at the defect location. In contrast, the GRIN technique utilizes gradient structures that induce refractive effect to the wave propagation, focusing the wave at a pre-determined location. The PnC design strategy that we propose combines the wave amplifying effect of defect PnCs in conjunction with the wave focusing effect of the GRIN mechanism. This combination leads to substantial performance improvement, with enhancement factors of 2.6 and 4.1, in comparison with individually implemented defect or gradient models, respectively. These results open up new possibilities for the development of PnCs with the goal of tuning wave propagation for optimized vibration energy harvesters.
Direct observation of shock-induced phase transformation in polycrystalline iron via in situ x-ray diffraction
Authors: Zhang 张 Fan 帆 , Dong 董 Jia-Qin 佳钦 , Xie 谢 Zhi-Yong 志勇 , He 贺 Zhi-Yu 芝宇 , Shu 舒 Hua 桦 , Wang 王 Rui-Rong 瑞荣 , Xiong 熊 Jun 俊 , Jia 贾 Guo 果 , Fang 方 Zhi-Heng 智恒 , Wang 王 Wei 伟 , Xiao 肖 Da-Wu 大武 , Lei 雷 An-Le 安乐 , Chen 陈 Jie 洁 , Huang 黄 Xiu-Guang 秀光 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
Phase transition of polycrystalline iron compressed along the Hugoniot is studied by combining laser-driven shock with in situ x-ray diffraction technique. It is suggested that polycrystalline iron changes from an initial body-centered cubic structure to a hexagonal close-packed structure with increasing pressure (i.e., a phase transition from α to ε). The relationship between density and pressure for polycrystalline iron obtained from the present experiments is found to be in good agreement with the gas-gun Hugoniot data. Our results show that experiments with samples at lower temperatures under static loading, such as in a diamond anvil cell, lead to higher densities measured than those found under dynamic loading. This means that extrapolating results of static experiments may not predict the dynamic responses of materials accurately. In addition, neither the face-centered cubic structure seen in previous molecular-dynamics simulations or two-phase coexistence are found within our experimental pressure range.
Electronic structure engineering of transition metal dichalcogenides for boosting hydrogen energy conversion electrocatalysts
Authors: Hao 郝 Bing 兵 , Guo 郭 Jingjing 晶晶 , Liu 刘 Peizhi 培植 , Guo 郭 Junjie 俊杰 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
Electrocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production is an appealing strategy to reduce carbon emissions and generate renewable fuels. This promising process, however, is limited by its sluggish reaction kinetics and high-cost catalysts. The two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have presented great potential as electrocatalytic materials due to their tunable bandgaps, abundant defective active sites, and good chemical stability. Consequently, phase engineering, defect engineering and interface engineering have been adopted to manipulate the electronic structure of TMDCs for boosting their exceptional catalytic performance. Particularly, it is essential to clarify the local structure of catalytically active sites of TMDCs and their structural evolution in catalytic reactions using atomic resolution electron microscopy and the booming in situ technologies, which is beneficial for exploring the underlying reaction mechanism. In this review, the growth regulation, characterization, particularly atomic configurations of active sites in TMDCs are summarized. The significant role of electron microscopy in the understanding of the growth mechanism, the controlled synthesis and functional optimization of 2D TMDCs are discussed. This review will shed light on the design and synthesis of novel electrocatalysts with high performance, as well as prompt the application of advanced electron microscopy in the research of materials science.