bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Some fixed point theorems for generalized contractive mappings in complete metric spaces
Authors: Hussain Nawab , Parvaneh Vahid , Samet Bessem , Vetro Calogero 
Published: October 2015

AbstractWe introduce new concepts of generalized contractive and generalized α-Suzuki type contractive mappings. Then, we obtain sufficient conditions for the existence of a fixed point of these classes of mappings on complete metric spaces and b-complete b-metric spaces. Our results extend the theorems of Ćirić, Chatterjea, Kannan and Reich.
Accuracy of proactive case finding for mental disorders by
community informants in Nepal
Authors: Jordans Mark J. D. , Kohrt Brandon A. , Luitel Nagendra P. , Komproe Ivan H. , Lund Crick 
Published: October 2015

BackgroundAccurate detection of persons in need of mental healthcare is crucial to
reduce the treatment gap between psychiatric burden and service use in
low- and middle-income (LAMI) countries.AimsTo evaluate the accuracy of a community-based proactive case-finding
strategy (Community Informant Detection Tool, CIDT), involving pictorial
vignettes, designed to initiate pathways for mental health treatment in
primary care settings.MethodCommunity informants using the CIDT identified screen positive
(n = 110) and negative persons (n =
85). Participants were then administered the Composite International
Diagnostic Interview (CIDI).ResultsThe CIDT has a positive predictive value of 0.64 (0.68 for adults only)
and a negative predictive value of 0.93 (0.91 for adults only).ConclusionsThe CIDT has promising detection properties for psychiatric caseness.
Further research should investigate its potential to increase demand for,
and access to, mental health services.
Comparision of how old age psychiatry and general adult psychiatry services meet the needs of elderly people with functional mental illness: Cross-sectional survey
Authors: Abdul-Hamid Walid Khalid , Lewis-Cole Kelly , Holloway Frank , Silverman Ann Marisa 
Published: October 2015

BackgroundThere is little research evidence as to whether general adult psychiatry or old age psychiatry should look after old people with enduring mental illness.AimsTo compare the extent to which general adult and old age psychiatric services meet the needs of older people with enduring mental illness.MethodA total of 74 elderly patients with functional psychiatric disorders were identified by reviewing the notes of patients over the age of 60 living in a defined inner urban catchment area. Data were collected on the morbidity and needs of the sample. Needs were assessed using the Elderly Psychiatric Needs Schedule (EPNS).ResultsThe participants in contact with old age psychiatry had significantly fewer unmet needs compared with those in contact with general adult psychiatry (2.8v.5.6,t= 2.2,P<0.03). Total needs were not significantly different between those managed by old age and general adult services (8.0v.6.5 respectively,t= 1.2,P= 0.2).ConclusionsThis study found that old age psychiatry services were better placed to meet the needs of elderly people with mental illness. This finding supports the need for a separate old age psychiatry service.
Development of the REFOCUS intervention to increase mental health team support for personal recovery
Authors: Slade Mike , Bird Victoria , Boutillier Clair Le , Farkas Marianne , Grey Barbara , Larsen John , Leamy Mary , Oades Lindsay , Williams Julie 
Published: October 2015

BackgroundThere is an emerging evidence base about best practice in supporting recovery. This is usually framed in relation to general principles, and specific pro-recovery interventions are lacking.AimsTo develop a theoretically based and empirically defensible new pro-recovery manualised intervention – called the REFOCUS intervention.MethodSeven systematic and two narrative reviews were undertaken. Identified evidence gaps were addressed in three qualitative studies. The findings were synthesised to produce the REFOCUS intervention, manual and model.ResultsThe REFOCUS intervention comprises two components: recovery-promoting relationships and working practices. Approaches to supporting relationships comprise coaching skills training for staff, developing a shared team understanding of recovery, exploring staff values, a Partnership Project with people who use the service and raising patient expectations. Working practices comprise the following: understanding values and treatment preferences; assessing strengths; and supporting goal-striving. The REFOCUS model describes the causal pathway from the REFOCUS intervention to improved recovery.ConclusionsThe REFOCUS intervention is an empirically supported pro-recovery intervention for use in mental health services. It will be evaluated in a multisite cluster randomised controlled trial (ISRCTN02507940).
Incidence of antipsychotic use in relation to diagnosis of
Alzheimer's disease among community-dwelling persons
Authors: Koponen Marjaana , Tolppanen Anna-Maija , Taipale Heidi , Tanskanen Antti , Tiihonen Jari , Johnell Kristina , Fastbom Johan , Ahonen Riitta , Hartikainen Sirpa 
Published: October 2015

BackgroundBehavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia are frequently treated
with antipsychotics.AimsTo determine the incidence of antipsychotic use in relation to diagnosis
of Alzheimer's disease.MethodCohort of all community-dwellers in Finland diagnosed with Alzheimer's
disease in 2005 and matched controls. All antipsychotics dispensed
between 1995 and 2009 were extracted from the Finnish National
Prescription Register.ResultsAltogether 1996/6087 (32.8%) persons with Alzheimer's disease initiated
antipsychotic use. The incidence of antipsychotic use was fivefold among
persons with Alzheimer's disease compared with controls, started to
increase 2–3 years before diagnosis and was highest during the first 6
months after diagnosis.ConclusionsA distinct increase in antipsychotic initiations occurs in the same time
window as Alzheimer's disease diagnosis.
Thyroid Hormone Receptor α Plays an Essential Role in Male Skeletal Muscle Myoblast Proliferation, Differentiation, and Response to Injury
Authors: Milanesi Anna , Lee Jang-Won , Kim Nam-Ho , Liu Yan-Yun , Yang An , Sedrakyan Sargis , Kahng Andrew , Cervantes Vanessa , Tripuraneni Nikita , Cheng Sheue-yann , Perin Laura , Brent Gregory A. 
Published: October 2015

Abstract
Thyroid hormone plays an essential role in myogenesis, the process required for skeletal muscle development and repair, although the mechanisms have not been established. Skeletal muscle develops from the fusion of precursor myoblasts into myofibers. We have used the C2C12 skeletal muscle myoblast cell line, primary myoblasts, and mouse models of resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) α and β, to determine the role of thyroid hormone in the regulation of myoblast differentiation. T3, which activates thyroid hormone receptor (TR) α and β, increased myoblast differentiation whereas GC1, a selective TRβ agonist, was minimally effective. Genetic approaches confirmed that TRα plays an important role in normal myoblast proliferation and differentiation and acts through the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Myoblasts with TRα knockdown, or derived from RTH-TRα PV (a frame-shift mutation) mice, displayed reduced proliferation and myogenic differentiation. Moreover, skeletal muscle from the TRα1PV mutant mouse had impaired in vivo regeneration after injury. RTH-TRβ PV mutant mouse model skeletal muscle and derived primary myoblasts did not have altered proliferation, myogenic differentiation, or response to injury when compared with control. In conclusion, TRα plays an essential role in myoblast homeostasis and provides a potential therapeutic target to enhance skeletal muscle regeneration.
Publications in PubMed on Ebola and the 2014 outbreak
Authors: Ballabeni Andrea , Boggio Andrea 
Published: October 2015

In this research note we examine the biomedical publication output about Ebola in 2014. We show that the volume of publications has dramatically increased in the past year. In 2014 there have been over 888 publications with ‘ebola’ or ‘ebolavirus’ in the title, approximately 13 times the volume of publication of 2013. The rise reflects an impressive growth starting in the month of August, concomitant with or following the surge in infections, deaths and coverage in news and social media. Though non-research articles have been the major contributors to this growth, there has been a substantial increase in original research articles too, including many papers of basic science. The United States has been the country with the highest number of research articles, followed by Canada and the United Kingdom. We present a comprehensive set of charts and facts that, by describing the volumes and nature of publications in 2014, show how the scientific community has responded to the Ebola outbreak and how it might respond to future similar global threats and media events. This information will assist scholars and policymakers in their efforts to improve scientific research policies with the goal of maximizing both public health and knowledge advancement.
DREAMTools: a Python package for scoring collaborative challenges
Authors: Cokelaer Thomas , Bansal Mukesh , Bare Christopher , Bilal Erhan , Bot Brian M. , Chaibub Neto Elias , Eduati Federica , Gönen Mehmet , Hill Steven M. , Hoff Bruce , Karr Jonathan R. , Küffner Robert , Menden Michael P. , Meyer Pablo , Norel Raquel , Pratap Abhishek , Prill Robert J. , Weirauch Matthew T. , Costello James C. , Stolovitzky Gustavo , Saez-Rodriguez Julio 
Published: October 2015

DREAM challenges are community competitions designed to advance computational methods and address fundamental questions in system biology and translational medicine. Each challenge asks participants to develop and apply computational methods to either predict unobserved outcomes or to identify unknown model parameters given a set of training data. Computational methods are evaluated using an automated scoring metric, scores are posted to a public leaderboard, and methods are published to facilitate community discussions on how to build improved methods. By engaging participants from a wide range of science and engineering backgrounds, DREAM challenges can comparatively evaluate a wide range of statistical, machine learning, and biophysical methods. Here, we describe DREAMTools, a Python package for evaluating DREAM challenge scoring metrics. DREAMTools provides a command line interface that enables researchers to test new methods on past challenges, as well as a framework for scoring new challenges. As of September 2015, DREAMTools includes more than 80% of completed DREAM challenges. DREAMTools complements the data, metadata, and software tools available at the DREAM website http://dreamchallenges.org and on the Synapse platform https://www.synapse.org.Availability: DREAMTools is a Python package. Releases and documentation are available at http://pypi.python.org/pypi/dreamtools. The source code is available at http://github.com/dreamtools.
OPTIMIZATION OF POSTAL ROUTES BY GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING THE MULTIPLE TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM
Authors: Macík Martin , Štefunko Jozef 
Published: October 2015

High level of competition on postal market increases demands on reliability of postal services and lowering of transport costs. This can be achieved by optimizing the routing of postal vehicles. The article discusses the possibilities of such optimization by using graph theory. It describes basic methods of finding optimal routes using a graph. The approach, used in this article, assesses the possibility of applying meta-heuristic solution to the traveling salesman problem in the postal sector. Simulation of methods described has been applied on a regional postal network. Results showed that the software used proves to be sufficiently functional for the field of postal transport networks.
RESEARCH OF PLUM DRYING PROCESS
Authors: Kurmanov Nurlan , Shingissov Azret , Kantureyeva Gulzhan , Nurseitova Zeinep , Tolysbaev Baurzhan , Shingisova Gulzhanat 
Published: October 2015

In this study, the drying kinetics of a domestic plum cultivar were examined in a laboratory scale hot-air dryer, SHS-80, at an air velocity of 0.65m s-1 and within the air temperature range of 45 – 75 0С. It was found that the whole fruit dried the best. Also, the study assessed the influence of the drying method on the quality of the domestic plum cultivar. Dried fruits were assessed for sensory parameters and ascorbic acid content. Studies have shown thatthe proposed method of drying, yields a higher absorbic acid content for the dried product than the conventional approach.
Does voice amplification increase intelligibility in people with Parkinson's disease?
Authors: Iddon Hannah , Read Jennifer , Miller Nick 
Published: October 2015

Background/Aims: Patients with speech intelligibility difficulties associated with a quiet voice are often prescribed a voice amplifier. This study examined whether artificial voice amplification improved intelligibility in people with Parkinson's disease and whether there was an optimum increase that brought about best improvement. Methods: Twelve people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (mild=4, moderate intelligibility difficulties=8) and five age-matched controls read low predictability sentences in their habitual voice. Audio recordings were digitally manipulated to create samples at +2.3 dB, +5 dB and +10 dB amplification. Listeners transcribed the recorded sentences. The percentage of words correctly identified was compared across levels of amplification and groups. Results: Participants with moderate Parkinson's disease were significantly less intelligible than controls in all conditions. Moderately, but not mildly affected participants with Parkinson's disease showed higher intelligibility in the amplified conditions, though statistically significantly only at +2.3 dB. No other significant effects of intensity or interactions with groups were found. At an individual level, some participants showed clear advantages of amplification. Conclusion: Based on results from the current participants, potential benefits of amplification cannot be promised to all people with Parkinson's disease. Nevertheless, several provisos regarding methods employed suggest the question can gainfully be pursued using broader measures to assess effects of amplification with more varied groups of people with Parkinson's disease and with other aetiologies where voice production can be an issue.
Efficacy of posterior tibial nerve stimulation in the treatment of children with primary mono-symptomatic nocturnal enuresis
Authors: Elshafey Mohamed Ali , Mahgoub Mohamed Serag El-dein , Salem Mohamed Naguib 
Published: October 2015

Background/Aims: Primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis is the most frequent (85%) type of enuresis in children. However, there is limited research on the effect of posterior tibial nerve stimulation on monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis in children. This study investigated the effect of posterior tibial nerve stimulation on primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis in children. Methods: This controlled exposure study was conducted using a pretest–posttest design between March and December 2014. Participants (n=80) were randomly distributed to two study groups (control and intervention) using block randomisation. Participants in the control group were given and instructed on how to use a bedwetting alarm in addition to medical treatment for 12 weeks, whereas participants in the intervention group received posterior tibial nerve stimulation in addition to medical treatment for 12 weeks. The frequency of nocturnal enuresis, maximum voided volume and quality of life were evaluated before and after treatment. Results: Comparative analysis between pre- and post-treatment data revealed significant differences in both groups across all measured variables (p<0.05), with significant improvements in all three outcome measures found in the intervention group. Post-treatment, the intervention group demonstrated decreased frequency of nocturnal enuresis and improved maximum voided volume and quality of life. Conclusions: Posterior tibial nerve stimulation is an effective and safe approach for the treatment of primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis and control of bedwetting in children.
Patients’ decision making in total knee arthroplasty
Authors: Barlow T. , Griffin D. , Barlow D. , Realpe A. 
Published: October 2015

Objectives A patient-centred approach, usually achieved through shared decision making, has the potential to help improve decision making around knee arthroplasty surgery. However, such an approach requires an understanding of the factors involved in patient decision making. This review’s objective is to systematically examine the qualitative literature surrounding patients’ decision making in knee arthroplasty. Methods A systematic literature review using Medline and Embase was conducted to identify qualitative studies that examined patients’ decision making around knee arthroplasty. An aggregated account of what is known about patients’ decision making in knee arthroplasties is provided. Results Seven studies with 234 participants in interviews or focus groups are included. Ten themes are replicated across studies, namely: expectations of surgery; coping mechanisms; relationship with clinician; fear; pain; function; psychological implications; social network; previous experience of surgery; and conflict in opinions. Conclusions This review is helpful in not only directing future research to areas that are not understood, or require confirmation, but also in highlighting areas that future interventions could address. These include those aimed at delivering information, which are likely to affect the satisfaction rate, demand, and use of knee arthroplasties. Cite this article: Bone Joint Res 2015;4;163–169.
Sexual and cinematic commodities: Bigas Luna’s Chambermaid ‘and’ the Titanic
Authors: D’lugo Marvin 
Published: October 2015

Abstract
Bigas Luna’s career as graphic designer and film-maker embodies Andy Warhol’s credo of the interchangeability of art and commerce, most famously depicted in his comic masterpiece Jamón, jamón (1992). Less frequently noted by commentators are the strategies he uses to critique the way consumerist culture has fetishized art as a mere commodity. This theme achieves a new narrative centrality in La Femme de Chambre du Titanic/La camarera del Titanic/The Chambermaid of the Titanic (1997). His version of the story of the ill-fated ocean liner, embodied in a postcardsized photograph, becomes the object of multiple commercial and erotic exchanges between the characters and their audience. Bigas’s interest here is twofold: to underscore the erotic impulse in his audiences; to combine that impulse with a parody of Hollywood’s obsession with a cinema of spectacle. In the film’s design, the commodification of desire embodied in the ship mirrors the commodification of the audience’s desire in cinema.
Beyond controversy: Rethinking the films of Bigas Luna
Authors: Fouz-Hernández Santiago 
Published: October 2015

Abstract
José Juan Bigas Luna (1946–2013) was one of Spain’s most influential film directors of the last five decades, enjoying considerable national and international success. His films are often associated with controversy due to his penchant for taboo subjects, including rape, sadomasochism, incest or bestiality. While these scandals brought much publicity to the films, they also often eclipsed their critical reception at home and abroad. This special issue of Studies in Spanish and Latin American Cinemas brings together specialists from around the world in order to revisit some of his most critically acclaimed works (the English-language horror film Anguish, the ‘Iberian Portraits Trilogy’), but also to draw attention to the more recent and perhaps less known work of the last two decades: what Carolina Sanabria has described as the ‘historical diptych’; and the unfinished trilogy about women and success.
Reviews
Authors: Aguilar Gonzalo , Castellucio Andrea , Evans Jo , Martín Annabel , Paz Mariano , Wright Sarah 
Published: October 2015

Abstract
Masculinities in Contemporary Argentine Popular Cinema, Carolina Rocha (2012) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 228 pp., ISBN: 9780230338180, h/bk and e-book, $100.00
Culture of Class. Radio and Cinema in the Making of a Divided Argentina, 1920–1946, Matthew B. Karush (2012) Durham and London: Duke University Press, 275 pp., ISBN: 9780822352648, p/bk, $23.95
White Gypsies: Race and Stardom in Spanish Musicals, Eva Woods-Peiró (2012) London and Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, ix–xii, 1–337 pp., ISBN: 9780816645855, h/bk, $75; p/bk, $25
Hispanic and Lusophone Women Film-makers: Theory, Practice, and Difference, Parvati Nair and Julián Daniel Gutiérrez-albilla (eds) (2013) Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press and Palgrave, 288 pp., ISBN: 9780719083570, p/bk, £65
The Transnational Fantasies of Guillermo Del Toro, Ann Davies, Deborah Shaw and Dolores Tierney (eds) (2014) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 210 pp., ISBN: 9781137407832, h/bk, £62.50
A Companion to Pedro Almodóvar, Marvin D’lugo and Kathleen Vernon (eds) (2013) Chichester, UK: Wiley Blackwell, xvi+568 pp., ISBN: 9781405195829, h/bk, £125
Cinema. O conforto de viajar sem sair do sítio, através do presente, do desejo e da memória
Authors: Morato Diogo Carrola 
Published: October 2015

ResumoEste texto-viagem baseia-se na reciprocidade entre cidade e cinema, e a consequente operatividade disciplinar. Percorrendo o discurso reinventado e recentrado sobre a cidade - de Le Corbusier a Aldo Rossi, e a prática cinematográfica seja na criação de cidades que não existem seja na crítica à cidade moderna - de Jean-Luc Godard a Pedro Costa, esta viagem deixa em aberto a multiplicidade de leituras da cidade e das suas formas que o cinema desenha, testando a força ideológica das imagens que arquivamos na memória, e recupera o carácter fragmentário ou de continuidade da Montagem, como auxiliar operativo na síntese entre Cidade do Desejo e Cidade da Memória, para um possível desenho urbano em jeito Collage, afirmando o seu carácter de potencial transformador e refundador de parte da própria cidade.AbstractThis text-journey is based on the reciprocity between city and cinema, and its consequent disciplinary engagment. Drawing on the reinvented and recentered discourse of the city - from Le Corbusier to Aldo Rossi, and on the cinematographic practice whether in the creation of cities that do not exist or in the criticism of the modern city – from Jean-Luc Godard to Pedro Costa, this journey - drawn by cinema - leaves the multiplicity of readings of the city and its forms open. As an operative support in the synthesis between City of Desire and City of Memory, and towards a possible urban design in a Collage Way, this journey, by stressing part of the city´s transforming and refounding potential character, also tests the ideological strengh of images that we keep in memory and retrieves the fragmentary or continuity nature of Montage.