bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Factors influencing the implementation of the CombiConsultation in Dutch clinical practice: a mixed-methods study
Authors: Meijvis Valérie A M , Heringa Mette , Kwint Henk-Frans , de Wit Niek J , Bouvy Marcel L 
Published: July 2024

Abstract

Objective
The CombiConsultation is an innovative concise clinical pharmacy service by the community pharmacist for patients with a chronic condition. We aimed to identify relevant factors influencing the implementation of the CombiConsultation in Dutch clinical practice.

Methods
A mixed-methods study involving interviews and a questionnaire. Content analysis topics within TDF domains were derived from the interview data and were related to the COM-B-model (capability–opportunity–motivation–Behaviour). The relevance of the resulting topics was explored using a questionnaire with 19 statements administered to all 27 pharmacists who performed CombiConsultations.

Key findings
Eighteen topics emerged from the interviews. The questionnaire was completed by 23 of the 27 pharmacists. In the domain ‘capability’, a small number of participants indicated that they need more expertise in pharmacotherapy (13%) and training in consultation skills (35%). In the domain ‘opportunity’, all participants indicated that an existing good collaboration with the general practitioner/practice nurse and access to all relevant medical data were necessary to implement the CombiConsultation. In terms of motivation, job satisfaction was most important to all participants, followed by adequate reimbursement (83%) and improving collaboration with other healthcare providers and the relationship with patients (78%).

Conclusions
Capability, opportunity, and motivation were all considered relevant for the implementation of the CombiConsultation. There were crucial factors on the level of the individual pharmacist, on the level of the local collaboration and organization, and on the health system level.
Investigating the impact of chlorine dioxide in shrimp-rearing water on the stomach microbiome, gill transcriptome, and infection-related mortality in shrimp
Authors: Imaizumi Kentaro , Nozaki Reiko , Konishi Kayo , Tagishi Hideaki , Miura Takanori , Kondo Hidehiro , Hirono Ikuo 
Published: July 2024

Abstract

Aims
This study aimed to assess the effects of chlorine dioxide (ClO2) in water on whiteleg shrimp Penaeus vannamei, evaluating its impact on the stomach microbiota, gill transcriptome, and pathogens.

Methods and results
ClO2 was added to the aquarium tanks containing the shrimp. The application of ClO2 to rearing water was lethal to shrimp at concentrations above 1.2 ppm. On the other hand, most of the shrimp survived at 1.0 ppm of ClO2. Microbiome analysis showed that ClO2 administration at 1.0 ppm significantly reduced the α-diversity of bacterial community composition in the shrimp stomach, and this condition persisted for at least 7 days. Transcriptome analysis of shrimp gill revealed that ClO2 treatment caused massive change of the gene expression profile, including stress response genes. However, after 7 days of the treatment, the gene expression profile was similar to that of shrimp in the untreated control group, suggesting a recovery to the normal state. This 1.0-ppm ClO2 significantly reduced shrimp mortality in artificial challenges with an acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease-causing Vibrio parahaemolyticus and white spot syndrome virus, which were added to rearing water.

Conclusions
The use of ClO2 at appropriate concentrations effectively eliminates a significant portion of the bacteria in the shrimp stomach and pathogens in the water. The results of this study provide fundamental knowledge on the disinfection of pathogens in water using ClO2 and the creation of semi germ-free shrimp, which has significantly decreased microbiome in the stomach.
Differing planes of nutrition alter serum and histotroph amino acid composition in nonpregnant, multiparous beef cows on day 3 of the estrous cycle
Authors: Swanson Rebecca M , Neville Tammi L , McCarthy Kacie L , Kassetas Cierrah J , Borowicz Pawel P , Crouse Matthew S , Reynolds Lawrence P , Dahlen Carl R , Caton Joel S 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
Endometrial-derived uterine histotroph is a critical component of nutrient supply to a growing conceptus throughout gestation; however, the effect of nutritional plane on histotroph nutrient composition remains unknown in multiparous cows. We hypothesized that differing planes of nutrition would alter histotroph and serum nutrient composition in beef cattle. Thus, we evaluated serum and histotroph amino acid and glucose composition, and serum non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) in cows individually fed to maintain body weight (BW; 0 kd/d, n = 9; CON) compared with those losing moderate BW (−0.7 kg/d, n = 9; NEG). After 49 d of differing nutritional planes, cows were subjected to the 7-d CoSynch + controlled internal drug release device estrus synchronization protocol and then slaughtered on day 62. Blood serum (days 0 and 62) and uterine histotroph [day 62; from uterine horns ipsilateral and contralateral to the corpus luteum (CL)] were collected and analyzed for concentrations of amino acids, glucose, and NEFA. Performance characteristics, body composition via ultrasound (days 0 and 62), and carcass characteristics were collected. Body condition score, change in BW, average daily gain, dry matter intake, and gain:feed were decreased (P ≤ 0.05) in NEG vs. CON cows. There were no differences in body composition or carcass characteristics, except an increase (P ≤ 0.05) in dressing percentage in NEG cows due to differences in gut fill, consistent with study design. Serum NEFA increased (P ≤ 0.05) in the NEG group, but there were no differences between NEG vs. CON in glucose or BUN. Serum histidine increased (P ≤ 0.05) and alanine, isoleucine, and tryptophan decreased (P ≤ 0.05) in NEG vs. CON cows. Compared with that of the uterine horn ipsilateral to the CL, histotroph from the uterine horn contralateral to the CL had increased (P ≤ 0.05) isoleucine, asparagine, and proline concentrations in NEG cows, and decreased (P ≤ 0.05) tryptophan as a proportion of essential and total amino acids. There were no differences in glucose concentrations of histotroph contralateral or ipsilateral to the CL. Cow nutritional plane does alter serum and histotroph amino acid composition, although the presence of an embryo may be necessary to fully elucidate these changes. Differences in serum and histotroph tryptophan should be given consideration in future studies due to its importance as an essential amino acid in protein synthesis and bioactive affects.
A retrospective audit with subsequent cost and environmental analysis of a denosumab self-injection program
Authors: Boylan Jack , Turton Jane , Hicks Zoe , Cottam Julia , Stone Michael 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
The Metabolic Bone Health Department, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, serves a local population of approximately 445 000 people. A retrospective audit of attendance data regarding the denosumab treatment clinic (the traditional treatment pathway) and the denosumab Self-Injection Program (SIP) was conducted to determine whether the SIP is both cost-effective and environmentally beneficial, compared to the traditional treatment pathway. Cost analysis was then conducted by the Finance Department. The audit was conducted over 3 years following the implementation of the service development; 233 patients had enrolled in the program at the time of the audit and 69 had completed 3 years of self-injected treatment. A control group of 497 patients were identified by the service. This group remained on the historical pathway and had consistent attendance activity over the 3-yr period from 2017 to 2019. Pre- and post-period activity of all patients on the program was compared, together with the activity for the independent control group. The SIP resulted in a reduction in clinical contacts, with financial analysis showing a total opportunity cost saving per patient of £420 per annum. There were obvious benefits to the patient of a reduced number of visits to a clinical site, which also resulted in an estimated carbon footprint reduction of 59 kg CO2 per patient per annum. The cost analysis is based on our organization’s 2022 charges. The SIP demonstrates that by focusing on care “closer to home”, it is possible to maximize resources, improve the patient experience through reduced travel, and reduce the environmental impact of healthcare.
Who Am I Here? Care Consumers’ Identity Processes and Family Caregiver Interventions in the Elderscape
Authors: Rötzmeier-Keuper Julia , Wünderlich Nancy V 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
With increasing longevity, the need for institutional elderly care has become commonplace. This study explores the experiences of elderly care consumers in institutional care settings, which we define as the “elderscape”—a heterotopic place shaped by the marketization of care. Drawing from 24 in-depth interviews with elderly care consumers, their family caregivers, and professional caregivers, we present a model of elderly care consumers' navigation patterns and identity processes in the elderscape. The transition to the elderscape often compels elderly consumers to strive to preserve their identities. Boundaries defined by market logic and professional care logic require elderly care consumers to navigate these constraints, sometimes adapting their identities. As a result, distinct navigation patterns emerge: rebuilding personal connections, revaluating possessions, reconsidering activities, and reclaiming space. Furthermore, the identity preservation efforts of elderly care consumers are complicated by the interventions of family caregivers. The findings highlight the dual nature of family caregivers' impact on elderly consumers' identity processes. Depending on their motivations—such as care, obligation, or nostalgia—family caregivers engage in patterned actions that either support or destabilize the elderly consumers' identity processes. This research provides valuable insights for care institutions, family caregivers, and care consumers alike.
Social networks, social determinants, and mortality: Western New York Exposures and Breast Cancer study
Authors: Gandhi Shipra , Nie Jing , Trevisan Maurizio , Attwood Kristopher , Freudenheim Jo L 
Published: July 2024

Abstract

Background
There are few studies of social support and other social determinants of health after breast cancer diagnosis and their associations with mortality; results have been inconclusive. Further, it is not known if observed associations are specific to women with breast cancer diagnosis or if associations would be similar among healthy women.

Methods
Women with incident, pathologically confirmed invasive breast cancer, stage I-IV (n = 1012), and healthy frequency age-matched participants (n = 2036) answered a social support questionnaire in prospective follow-up of a population-based case-control study, the Western New York Exposures and Breast Cancer Study. At interview, all participants were aged 35-79 years and resident of 2 counties in Western New York State. Mortality status was ascertained from the National Death Index. Participants were queried regarding the number of their close friends, frequency of seeing them, household size, household income, and marital status. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for breast cancer–specific mortality (breast cancer women only) and all-cause mortality were estimated.

Results
Lower household income was associated with higher all-cause mortality among women diagnosed with breast cancer (HR = 2.48, 95% CI = 1.24 to 4.97) and similarly among the healthy women (HR = 2.63, 95% CI = 1.25 to 5.53). Number and frequency of seeing friends, marital status, and household size were not associated with mortality, either among breast cancer patients or among healthy women.

Conclusion
Among those diagnosed with breast cancer and healthy women, lower income was associated with more than twice the mortality. Marital status, household size, and number or frequency of meeting friends were not associated with survival.
Cross-sectional study of pharmacists’ knowledge and beliefs about human papillomavirus, its vaccines, and barriers related to vaccine administration
Authors: Alyahya Linda , Al-Ameri Mariam , Abu Farha Rana , Mukattash Tareq L , Mohamed Noor Dzul Azri 
Published: July 2024

Abstract

Background
The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is not currently included in the national immunization program in Jordan. The rising prevalence of cervical cancer in Jordan highlights the necessity for a novel approach to boost HPV vaccination rates. Thus, the main objective of this study was to assess the knowledge, beliefs, and potential barriers concerning HPV and HPV vaccine administration in community pharmacies.

Methods
This cross-sectional study, conducted in Jordan between July and September 2023, involved community pharmacists. Using a convenience sampling approach, one author visited various community pharmacies to distribute and collect questionnaires. A total knowledge score, out of a possible 10 points, and a belief score out of 40 were calculated for each pharmacists. Additionally, the study examined factors that may influence participants’ knowledge and belief levels.

Results
A total of 302 community pharmacists took part in the survey, with approximately two-thirds of the participants being female (n = 230, 76.2%). The average knowledge score about HPV was 2.7 out of 10 (standard deviation [SD] = 1.8), and linear regression analysis indicated no significant relationship between pharmacists’ knowledge about HPV and the factors studied, such as age, gender, area of pharmacy, and the acquired degree. In terms of beliefs, findings revealed that 63.2% supported an expanded role for community pharmacists in HPV vaccination. Three main barriers were identified: lack of parental knowledge (n = 218, 72.2%), insufficient educational materials for parents (n = 206, 68.2%), and inadequate provider knowledge (n = 201, 66.6%).

Conclusions
In summary, this study provides valuable insights into the knowledge, beliefs, and challenges surrounding HPV and HPV vaccination among community pharmacists in Jordan. To enhance the involvement of community pharmacists in promoting HPV vaccination and aiding in the prevention of HPV-related illnesses, it is crucial to address the identified knowledge gaps and obstacles.
Oil exporters and the challenges ahead: the role of NOCs in energy transitions
Authors: Alreshaid Nasser , Sempertegui Leonardo 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
While constructing pathways to achieving energy transitions is challenging to all global community members, this challenge is even greater for oil-exporting countries. Oil-exporting countries and their national oil companies (NOCs) are key players in the energy transitions. These actors’ existing capacities (financial, technical, human) must be leveraged to accelerate decarbonization processes that are scaled and globally deployed. Energy transition roadmaps must embrace all relevant actors, including oil companies, as stakeholders that can significantly contribute to the acceleration of energy transitions across the globe. This situation must be reflected in outlooks and assessments of energy transitions. This article studies the regulatory conditions and interventions that have made the evolution of several NOCs possible as relevant actors in the 21st-century landscape, considering their activities in traditional energy sources, decarbonization solutions, and new energy sources. These NOCs vary with some having greater flexibility in shaping policies while others needing to comply with regulatory standards. All NOCs in this study, ADNOC, ARAMCO, and the NNPCL were entrusted with a degree of autonomy in addressing climate change, yet the larger margin of discretion ADNOC and ARAMCO corporations enjoyed has allowed them to excel in shaping and implementing these policies. The focus of this paper is on the role of soft law in this change, particularly ESG standards, as leading energy transition governance tools, which introduce accountability and environmental principles that guide the activity of these corporate actors beyond bear minimum requirements in laws and regulations.
Calling in The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf on Indigeneity
Authors: Kahf Mohja 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
With the way it incorporates citation of the Little House on the Prairie (1932-43) books via diction taken by default from colonial-settler lexicons, by contributing to stereotypes of the Vanishing Indian and the Noble Savage, and through inexcusable omissions, Mohja Kahf’s 2006 novel, The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, adds to Indigenous erasure. As the author of this novel, I argue that even multi-axial postcolonial feminist critiques of systemic racism, gender oppression, anti-Blackness, Zionism, and imperialism, if they do not take Indigenous feminisms into account and do not critique settler colonialism, can buttress colonial-settler narratives and contribute to erasure of Indigenous peoples. Using the Indigenous studies scholarship of Jodi Byrd, Eve Tuck, Sean Teuton, Steven Salaita, Dana M. Olwan, and others, and drawing on Loretta J. Ross’s idea of “calling in,” I analytically call in my own novel on key issues of Indigenous sovereignty. I consider my 1995 poem “Fayetteville as in Fate” on the same issues, putting my writing into context with other Arab American writings and within postcolonial studies. Finally, as a start toward amends, I offer a new poem.
Gravitational lensing of gravitational waves: prospects for probing intermediate-mass black holes in galaxy lenses with global minima image
Authors: Meena Ashish Kumar 
Published: July 2024

ABSTRACT
This work studies microlensing effects in strongly lensed gravitational wave (GW) signals corresponding to global minima images in galaxy-scale lenses. We find that stellar microlenses alone are unable to introduce noticeable wave effects in the global minima GW signals at strong lensing magnification $( {\mu})\lt 50$ with match value between unlensed and lensed GW signals being above ${\sim }99.5~{{\ \rm per \, cent}}$ in ${\sim }90~{{\ \rm per \, cent}}$ of systems implying that GW signals corresponding to global minima can be treated as reference signal to determine the amount of microlensing in other strongly lensed counterparts. Since the stellar microlenses introduce negligible wave effects in global minima, they can be used to probe the intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) lenses in the galaxy lens. We show that the presence of an IMBH lens with mass in the range $[50,10^3]~{\rm M_\odot }$ such that the global minima lies within five Einstein radius of it, the microlensing effects at $f\lt 10^2$ Hz are mainly determined by the IMBH lens for ${\mu} \lt 50$. Assuming that a typical strong lensing magnification of 3.8 and high enough signal-to-noise ratio (in the range ${\simeq }[10, 30]$) to detect the microlensing effect in GW signals corresponding to global minima, with non-detection of IMBH-led microlensing effects in ${\simeq }15~({\simeq }150)$ lensed GW signals, we can rule out dark matter fraction $\gt 10~{{\ \rm per \, cent}}~(\gt 1~{{\ \rm per \, cent}})$ made of IMBH population inside galaxy lenses with mass values $\gt 150~{\rm M_\odot }$ with ${\sim }$90 per cent confidence. Although we have specifically used IMBHs as an example, the same analysis applies to any subhalo (or compact objects) with lensing masses (i.e. the total mass inside Einstein radius) satisfying the above criterion.
What does sociological research tell us about ethnic inequalities in European labour markets?
Authors: van Tubergen Frank 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
This commentary provides an overview of the sociological literature on ethnic inequalities in European labour markets. It gives an outline of various theories that can explain ethnic inequalities in the labour market and reviews the empirical evidence drawing on studies in Europe. Subsequently, I show how scholars have used these theoretical and empirical insights to account for the heterogeneity in ethnic inequality by country of origin and immigrant generation. I end with a discussion of policy measures to mitigate ethnic inequality.
Persistent inequality: contemporary inequality in a historical context
Authors: Breen Richard 
Published: July 2024

AbstractMy goal in this commentary is to complement the findings in the article on Education Inequalities by Christine Farquharson, Sandra McNally and Imran Tahir with some general remarks which will provide a context and framework for understanding educational inequalities in Britain. I make five main points, summarized at the start of each section of the commentary.
Unjust inequalities. Is maximin the answer?
Authors: Van Parijs Philippe 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
A maximin criterion of distributive justice provides an attractive way of articulating a concern for equality and a concern for efficiency. It recommends that one should equalize income, expected advantages, opportunities or whatever else matters for the sake of distributive justice up to the point from which further equalization would make the worse off even worse off once its consequences are taken into account. But is the maximin criterion egalitarian enough? Does it pay enough attention to the impact of inequalities on political power, to the equal dignity of all citizens or to the value of fraternity? Is the maximin criterion not instead too egalitarian? Does it pay enough attention to a priority legitimately claimed by one’s own community, to democratically expressed preferences or to the value of reciprocity? This contribution clarifies the maximin concept, discusses these various objections and concludes that a maximin approach remains essential to identify, if not just inequalities, at least justifiable ones.
Race and ethnic inequalities
Authors: Mirza Heidi Safia , Warwick Ross 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
This article considers inequalities across racial and ethnic groups in the UK and finds that there is no single story of advantage or disadvantage. Racial and ethnic inequalities are complex and characterized simultaneously by continuity rooted in historical origins and conditions and rapid change fuelled by new and changing populations and opportunities. Continuity and change are also reflected in very different patterns of inequality across (and within) minority groups, generations and outcomes. Some groups are characterized by high levels of average qualifications, income and wealth, while others are persistently disadvantaged, faced with elevated levels of poverty and unemployment. Alongside different levels in outcomes are varied trajectories, both within and across generations. Within groups, there are less-explored, intersectional contours of difference, along the lines of gender, geography and class. Research and policy must acknowledge this diversity and complexity to inform effective policy prescriptions going forwards.
Measuring and understanding contemporary English educational inequalities
Authors: Reay Diane 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
This commentary argues that educational inequality is not one thing but an intricate and complicated amalgam of many different factors. The dominant political view regarding education is one that accepts the efficacy of the market, and does not question the consequences of the preoccupation with performativity and outcomes for learning processes and pedagogy. Furthermore, there has been a general endorsement rather than challenge of social mobility as the main mechanism of social justice in education, an acceptance of private schools, and an influential movement within the discipline that promotes the notion of knowledge as power rather than any strong concern with analysing and understanding the workings of power within education. I will focus on all these trends and their consequences for educational inequalities, taking a multi-disciplinary approach that brings together insights from sociology and psychology as well as education. However, first I will examine the issue of measurement in relation to educational inequalities.