bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Evidence of honest signalling in a suboscine bird: Southwestern willow flycatcher song frequency is positively related to apparent reproductive success
Authors: Mahoney S.M. , Davis P. , Dodge C. , Edwards C. , Holmes J.A. , Jennings Q. , Johnson M.J. , Lundgren E.J. , McLeod M.A. , Moore D. , Motyka P.J. , Pellegrini A. , Rakestraw D.N. , Smith A.N.B. , Winton R.R. , Woodhouse E. 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
Acoustic signalling mediates key animal behaviours, but the factors driving inter- and intra-specific variation remain elusive, especially in non-learning suboscine birds. Acoustic traits may evolve to signal an individual’s quality through a process termed honest signalling. Most studies on bird song evolution via honest signalling focus on oscine bird species (song learners) while fewer evaluate honest signalling in suboscines. We tested whether song was an honest signal of male quality in southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus), a suboscine, by monitoring nest success and recording male advertisement songs. Based on song characteristics known to vary among individuals, we found higher minimum song frequency, but not temporal components, was positively correlated with the number of fledglings and nest success, after accounting for first egg date, the number of eggs, and clutch number. Our study therefore offers evidence that suboscine song may have evolved as an honest signal of reproductive success.
Matteo Ripa (1682–1746) and the Sino-European Cultural Contacts during the Kangxi Reign
Authors: Han Qi 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
Drawing upon Chinese and European sources, this paper intends to analyze the Italian missionary Matteo Ripa’s activities in China from three perspectives. First, it will employ new documents to explore the context of Ripa’s copper engravings of thirty-six views at Jehol. Second, it will elaborate on his dialogue with an imperial Muslim physician at the court, where he shared insights into Islamic culture. Third, it will examine Ripa’s departure for Europe and the farewell gifts he received, as documented in an archival record.
Some Insights into the Medical Situation on Board of Galleons Traveling across the Pacific Ocean in the Eighteenth Century
Authors: Schottenhammer Angela 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
Crossing the early modern Pacific Ocean presented many challenges. This chapter seeks to provide some insights into the food provisions, diseases, and medical supplies found on board galleons. I will also discuss some aspects of transcultural medical knowledge transfer and introduce some results of our ongoing ERC AdG project transpacific.
Effects of a school-based substance use prevention education on psychoactive substance knowledge, attitudes and behaviours among young people
Authors: Onuorah Samuel Ifeanyichukwu , Agbaje Olaoluwa Samson , Ene Osmond Chukwuemeka , Ugwueze Fabian Chibunine 
Published: August 2024

Objective: Psychoactive substance use is prevalent among young people in Nigeria. However, the dearth of accessible and good-quality treatment for substance use disorders in Nigeria creates a treatment gap. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a substance use prevention education programme (SUPEP) for young people in Nigeria. Design: A quasi-experimental study using a pre–post-test was conducted. The experimental group ( n = 100) and comparison group ( n = 100) comprised students in four senior secondary schools. Data were collected using a validated self-report questionnaire and the WHO Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) version 3.0. Paired sample t-tests, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and generalised and linear mixed models (GLMM) were used for data analysis. Setting: Two hundred young people aged 14–20 years prone to substance use participated in SUPEP in four secondary schools in Enugu State, Southeast, Nigeria. Results: Students’ psychoactive substance knowledge and substance use attitudes in the experimental group ( p < .001) improved significantly post-intervention. ANCOVA results showed that the mean psychoactive substance knowledge score increased significantly between the time points, F(1, 123) = 8.89, p = .003. In contrast, mean psychoactive substance use attitudes reduced significantly between the same time points, F(1, 123) = 12.390, p = .001. However, no significant difference between the groups was observed in the mean psychoactive substance use behaviour post-intervention. Conclusion: The school-based SUPEP increases psychoactive substance knowledge and improves attitudes. However, the intervention did not reduce substance use among adolescents.
Exploring the New Addiction: An Internet Abstinence Assignment for Addictions Education
Authors: Wehe Hillary 
Published: August 2024

Background Addiction is an essential topic included in several psychology courses. This topic has practical implications for students but may be intimidating due to its integrative nature. Objective This study presents an experiential learning activity focused on student internet use. The assignment was intended to increase student motivation for the topic, while providing an experiential opportunity to deepen understanding of the material. Method A mixed method was used. Students abstained from their most frequent area of internet use. They completed a written reflection and participated in class discussion. Metrics of motivation, value, and understanding were collected. Results Students’ intrinsic motivation for the content increased after completing the project. They reported perceiving the assignment as helpful to their learning and gaining personal insight into the ramifications of addictive behaviors. Conclusion The internet abstinence assignment was an effective, engaging project. Students actively engaged with the material in discussion and gained relevant insight. Teaching Implication The internet abstinence assignment appeared enjoyable to students. Students were able to apply course content, feel an increase in learning, and demonstrate improved retention for related content. An open educational resource lesson plan and assignment are included, as well as recommendations for potential modifications.
Factors associated with the place of death of persons with advanced dementia: A systematic review of international literature with meta-analysis
Authors: Tay RiYin , Tan Joyce YS , Lim BinYan , Hum Allyn YM , Simpson Jane , Preston Nancy 
Published: August 2024

Background: Many individuals with advanced dementia die in hospital, despite preferring home death. Existing evidence of factors affecting their place of death is inconsistent. To inform policies/practices for meeting needs/preferences, systematically establishing the evidence is pertinent, particularly given the exponential rise in advanced dementia prevalence. Aim: To identify factors influencing where people with advanced dementia die. Design and data sources: This systematic review with meta-analysis was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42022366722). Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO, SocINDEX and a grey literature database, Overton, were searched on 21/12/2022, supplemented by hand-searching/citation tracking. Papers reporting quantitative data on factors associated with place of death in advanced dementia were included and appraised using QualSyst. Data were analysed using random effects with the certainty of evidence determined using the GRADE criteria. Results: Thirty-three papers involving >5 million individuals (mean age = 89.2 years) were included. Long-term care setting deaths were relatively common but hospice deaths were rarer. Marriage’s association with home death underscores social networks’ importance, while younger age’s and male gender’s associations with hospital death demonstrate patients’ and families’ interdependency. Pneumonia/COPD’s opposing effects on hospital deaths with cancer/functional impairment highlight the challenges of advanced dementia care. Unlike hospital/nursing home bed availability’s lack of effect, capitated funding (fixed-amount-per-patient-per-period) decreased hospital death likelihood. Conclusion: This comprehensive review of place of death determinants highlight the profound challenges of advanced dementia end-of-life care. Given that bed capacity did not affect place of death, a capitation-based, integrated palliative care model would appear more likely to meet patients’ needs in a resource-constrained environment.
Perceived Penalties for Sharing Patient Beliefs with Health Care Providers
Authors: Marsh Jessecae K. , Asan Onur , Kleinberg Samantha 
Published: August 2024

Background Health care interactions may require patients to share with a physician information they believe but is incorrect. While a key piece of physicians’ work is educating their patients, people’s concerns of being seen as uninformed or incompetent by physicians may lead them to think that sharing incorrect health beliefs comes with a penalty. We tested people’s perceptions of patients who share incorrect information and how these perceptions vary by the reasonableness of the belief and its centrality to the patient’s disease. Design We recruited 399 United States Prolific.co workers (357 retained after exclusions), 200 Prolific.co workers who reported having diabetes (139 after exclusions), and 244 primary care physicians (207 after exclusions). Participants read vignettes describing patients with type 2 diabetes sharing health beliefs that were central or peripheral to the management of diabetes. Beliefs included true and incorrect statements that were reasonable or unreasonable to believe. Participants rated how a doctor would perceive the patient, the patient’s ability to manage their disease, and the patient’s trust in doctors. Results Participants rated patients who shared more unreasonable beliefs more negatively. There was an extra penalty for incorrect statements central to the patient’s diabetes management (sample 1). These results replicated for participants with type 2 diabetes (sample 2) and physician participants (sample 3). Conclusions Participants believed that patients who share incorrect information with their physicians will be penalized for their honesty. Physicians need to be educated on patients’ concerns so they can help patients disclose what may be most important for education. Highlights Understanding how people think they will be perceived in a health care setting can help us understand what they may be wary to share with their physicians. People think that patients who share incorrect beliefs will be viewed negatively. Helping patients share incorrect beliefs can improve care.
Patient screening and assessment for home dialysis therapies: A scoping review
Authors: Ting Ryan , Borkum Megan , Ni Lian Ting , Levin Adeera 
Published: August 2024

Background Home dialysis therapies have limited uptake in most regions despite recognized benefits such as increasing patients’ independence, and several domains of quality of life with cost savings in some systems. Objective To perform a scoping review of published literature to identify tools and guides used in systematically screening and assessing patient suitability for home dialysis. A secondary objective was to explore barriers and enablers associated with the home dialysis assessment process. It is important to identify gaps in current research to pose pertinent questions for future work in the field. Design Online databases Embase, Medline (Ovid), and CINAHL were used to identify articles published between January 2007 to May 2023. A total of 23 peer-reviewed primary and secondary studies that investigated screening or selection for patients > 18 years old with kidney failure for home dialysis met the study inclusion criteria. Results The studies consisted of secondary studies (n = 10), observational studies (n = 8), and survey-based studies (n = 5). The major themes identified that influence patient screening and assessment for home dialysis candidacy included: screening tools and guidelines (n = 8), relative contraindications (n = 4), patient or program education (n = 9), and socioeconomic factors (n = 2). Limitations Consistent with the scoping review methodology, the methodological quality of included studies was not assessed. The possible omission of evidence in languages other than English is a limitation. Conclusion This scoping review identified tools and factors that potentially guide the assessment process for home dialysis candidacy. Patient screening and assessment for home dialysis requires a comprehensive evaluation of clinical, psychosocial, and logistical factors. Further research is required to validate and refine existing tools to establish standardized patient screening criteria and evaluation processes. Up-to-date training and education for healthcare providers and patients are needed to improve the utilization of home dialysis and ensure optimal outcomes.
Effect of ultrasonic field on pool boiling heat transfer to Al2O3 nanofluid on ribbed surfaces
Authors: Liu Ping , Sang Shiming , Hu Lianghong , Liu Guangfeng , Wang Weihua 
Published: August 2024

Nanofluid was frequent technique which solved microscale heat and mass transport problems to intensify pool boiling heat transfer. This paper had investigated the effect of nanofluid, ultrasonic field and ribs surfaces on cooperative heat transfer enhancement in pool boiling. A two-step method was applied to prepare Al2O3 nanofluids of different kinds of concentrations and diameters. Group experiments were examined the influences of nanofluid concentration and diameter, ultrasonic power and distance and rib surface type on heat transfer characteristics, respectively. The heat flux and convection heat transfer coefficient were used the performance parameters. The results showed that the concentration and diameter of the Al2O3 nanofluid effected the heat transfer performance on the pool boiling. The Al2O3 nanofluid with an average diameter of 80 nm had the most significant enhancement effect on the pool boiling heat transfer performance, but the Al2O3 with a diameter of 30 nm had the weakest enhancement effect, when the concentration of Al2O3 nanofluid was 0.01 wt%. Meanwhile, the generated acoustic streaming effect and cavitation effect by ultrasonic field can promote the energy accumulation, rupture and regeneration of the bubbles at low superheat stage on nanofluid pool boiling. The heat transfer coefficient (HTC) gradually enhances as the ultrasonic field changes. At an ultrasonic power of 528 W and a distance of 50 mm, the nanofluid pool boiling increased by 44.34% compared to no ultrasonic field HTC. Compared with No rib, the boiling point of the Al2O3 nanofluidic pool boiling of Rib II was reduced by 2°C under the ultrasonic field. The nanofluid pool boiling with ultrasonic field of p = 528 W and Rib II had the best heat transfer effect, and HTC improved more than 50%. This is due to the addition of more nucleation points for bubbles on the heated surface of the Rib II.
What Stifles Lean Management (LM) Adoption? An Exploration and Evaluation of Factors Using the Combined Shannon Entropy-ISM Method
Authors: Singh Rohit Kumar , Ganguly Boudhayan , Nag Tirthankar 
Published: August 2024

This study examines the roadblocks in deploying lean management (LM) in the Indian automobile industry, prioritizes these roadblocks based on industry inputs, and uses the Shannon Entropy measure for assigning weights to these roadblocks. This research also identifies the relationship among variables for roadblocks in LM implementation. In combination with the existing literature and further industrial experts’ opinions, 14 roadblocks were identified that play a prominent role in LM implementation. The variables identified for the research were assigned weights using Shannon entropy. Subsequently, the interpretative structural model (ISM) was applied to identify interrelationships among specific roadblocks. The article develops an argument to prioritize the roadblocks to implementing LM in the Indian automobile industry. ISM results indicate that ‘lack of knowledge about LM’ and ‘uncertainty of vendor response’ are the main roadblocks in lean implementation. The identification, prioritization and significance of various roadblocks in the Indian automobile industry and documentation of the interrelationships and dynamics among specific roadblocks will enable managers to reduce waste along with a focus on areas for improvement.
Pattern of Cleft Lip and Palate Clefts at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia
Authors: Alkhathami Ali M. , Alturki Ahmed T. , Ulhaq Muhammad M. , Al-Meshal Obaid 
Published: August 2024

Background Clefts of the lip and palate (CL/P) and cleft palate (CP) are the most common craniofacial congenital anomalies. Clefts are classified as syndromic and nonsyndromic. Nonsyndromic clefts have no known genetic causes. Objectives This study combines prospective and retrospective studies to review the patterns of CL/P and CP and associated syndromes and conditions in patients registered for CL/P surgery at a tertiary care pediatric center in our tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia. Methods It included patient data from May 2015 through April 2023. Patient record forms and SPSS (IBM version 20.0) were used to collect and analyze data. A significance level of 5% was used, with p ≤ 0.05 considered statistically significant. Results Of the 319 patients who met our inclusion criteria, 175 were male. Of the total, 99 had a left unilateral isolated cleft lip, 61 had a right unilateral isolated cleft lip, 69 had a bilateral cleft lip, and 90 had an isolated CP. Of the total, 140 had CL/P. Around 242 were nonsyndromic. The Chi-square test revealed a significant association between the prevalence of isolated CP and CLP and gender. The prevalence of left unilateral isolated cleft lip and bilateral and isolated CP was significantly associated with syndromic and nonsyndromic cases. Conclusion Males are more likely to be affected by orofacial clefts, which is consistent with the global trend. Isolated CP was the most common orofacial cleft. Within the sample, syndromes’ association with orofacial clefts was significantly weaker than that of isolated and bilateral clefts.
Commit on Effort or Sales? Value of Commitment in Live-streaming E-commerce
Authors: Xiao Yongbo , Yu Jing , Zhou Sean X 
Published: August 2024

With rapid development of live-streaming e-commerce, an increasing number of firms are collaborating with live-streamers (e.g., online influencers and celebrities) to host online live-shows for selling their products. To reduce the firm’s risk and motivate it to stock more, live-streamers can commit a minimum sales volume and/or the effort devoted to attracting fans and promoting the upcoming live-show. In this article, we study the roles of such sales and effort commitments on the performance of a “supply chain” in which a seller sells its product via a live-streamer. Product demand at the live-show is random while depending on the live-streamer’s pre-show effort and the seller needs to decide the amount of inventory for sale at the live-show. We consider three scenarios, in which the live-streamer makes sales-only, effort-only, and hybrid commitments, and compare the decisions and profits of both parties. We show that the commitment on sales volume or effort is mutually beneficial to the seller and the live-streamer. Moreover, the hybrid commitment can motivate the seller to stock more inventory and induce more effort from the live-streamer compared to sales-only or effort-only commitment. The live-streamer always prefers the hybrid commitment whereas the seller may prefer the sales-only commitment, for example, when the penalty is at a medium level.
A stepwise implementation of the Slovenian National Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program – evaluation of the first 4.5 years
Authors: Šulak Marko , Jevnikar Kristina , Drnovšek Fran , Vrhovec Levin , Urbančič Mojca , Potrč Maja , Thaler Angela , Čokl Neža , Zaletel Jelka , Petrovič Mojca Globočnik 
Published: August 2024

Background This retrospective cohort study aimed to assess the characteristics of patients enrolled in the national diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening program and evaluate the selected program's quality elements in the first five years after implementation. Methods Patients who underwent DR screening between February 2018 and June 2022 at the University Medical Centre Ljubljana were included. General patient characteristics (age, sex, type and therapy of diabetes mellitus (DM), duration of DM, blood HbA1c levels), best corrected visual acuity, stage of DR, presence of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy (STDR), and selected quality indicators (quality of photographs, re-screening interval, time to treatment) were recorded and evaluated. Results A total of 34 654 screening examinations were performed on 13 513 patients with diabetes. The majority (77.3%) had Type 2 diabetes, with a mean DM duration of 9.74 ± 9.87 years. In 55.9% of patients, DM duration was less than ten years, and the mean HbA1c was 7.33% ± 1.49. DR signs were noted in 29.1% of patients and 0.89% of patients exhibited STDR. After establishing the diagnosis of STDR, treatment was initiated in 3.43 ± 1.98 months. Conclusion Implementing the DR screening program provides valuable insights into managing diabetic retinopathy nationwide. It allows for the early detection of sight-threatening DR and facilitates timely and effective treatment, which could help prevent severe visual impairment.
Accurate and fast damage thickness estimation in concrete using handheld GPR and spectral pattern matching
Authors: Mizutani Tsukasa , Iwai Shunsuke 
Published: August 2024

Handheld Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is utilized for detecting rebar, but detecting damage is difficult due to its low reflectance. This study introduces an algorithm to quantitatively estimate damage thickness from GPR-received waveforms. Simple methods to separate peaks from time waveforms at the top and bottom of the crack prove challenging due to destructive interference and side lobes. In previous studies, it has been confirmed that minor variations in damage thickness affect the frequency property. We propose an algorithm to estimate damage thickness using pattern matching with a theoretical amplitude spectrum that accounts for multiple reflections. Initially, the damage thickness is roughly determined by combining low-frequency spectrum centroids with spectrum amplitude. After roughly estimating the damage thickness, subsequent spectral pattern matching is performed within predefined gating and bandwidth ranges. This approach enables quantitative estimation of damage thickness from 2 mm to 180 mm with a millimeter order accuracy, demonstrating its practical application potential.