bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Lung tumour radiofrequency ablation: what are the success factors?
Authors: St Noble Victoria , Fotiadis Nicos 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an increasingly used minimally invasive treatment option for patients with pulmonary metastatic disease or inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer. We describe a case of RFA in a female patient who underwent multiple ablation sessions for pulmonary metastatic disease. The case highlights some of the issues regarding lesion suitability for RFA, technical considerations, and potential complications. In our experience RFA is an effective treatment option when applied to appropriately selected patients. Careful follow-up is critical for early detection of incomplete treatment or recurrence.
Parkinson Disease
Authors: Barton Brandon R. , Hall Deborah A. 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
Parkinson disease (PD) is a multisystemic neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive deterioration of motor, autonomic, and neuropsychiatric functions. The cardinal motor features of Parkinsonism include bradykinesia, rigidity, rest tremor, and postural instability. Patients commonly also have masked facial features, flexed posture, hypophonic speech, and slowed eye movements. Rest tremor and dyskinesia are particularly enhanced during difficult, distracting cognitive or motor tasks; therefore, it is important to include these in any protocol. Special precautions must be taken so that the patient does not fall. Other special considerations for videotaping PD patients are related to the stage of the disease and the predominant symptoms.
Dystonia
Authors: Barton Brandon R. , Hall Deborah A. 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
Dystonia is defined as a movement disorder characterized by sustained or intermittent muscle contractions causing abnormal, often repetitive, movements, postures, or both. Dystonia is often initiated or worsened by voluntary action and associated with overflow muscle activation in the primarily activated muscles as well as the surrounding muscles. The filming of the dystonia patient is challenging given the protean nature of the disease: dystonia may occur in any body part, either isolated or more diffusely as part of a more generalized syndrome. A general video protocol is suggested with further suggestions for specific, common dystonic syndromes. For dystonia in the neck (spasmodic torticollis or cervical dystonia), a particular focused protocol is used based on the TWSTRS (Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale).
Tics
Authors: Barton Brandon R. , Hall Deborah A. 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
Tics are repetitive, stereotyped sounds (vocal tics) or movements (motor tics). They may be simple or complex in nature, are often preceded by a premonitory urge, and are usually suppressible. The tic protocol is the shortest and least complicated of all video protocols. The videographer simply leaves the patient in the room alone, which frequently increases the presence of tics on the video as the patient no longer feels a need to suppress them in front of medical personel. Other movement disorders are rarely present, so observation alone is the highest-yield to capture the tics. Also included in this chapter are tips for taping small children, and discussing triggers of the tics.
Functional Movement Disorders
Authors: Barton Brandon R. , Hall Deborah A. 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
Many phenomenologies may be seen in patients with functional movement disorders, including shaking of the arms, parkinsonism, dystonia, and gait disorders. However the movements will be more variable and inconsistent with classic presentations of common movement disorders. A single phenomenology or multiple ones can be seen in one patient. The functional protocol is a variation of the general protocol with taping of movement in all areas of the body. Flexibility of the videographer is important because some patients may have triggers that bring out the movements, and the movements could occur only occasionally, at unexpected times, and sometimes home videos need to be requested. Efforts to distract the movements can show their variability.
Tax Farming Redux: Experimental Evidence on Performance Pay for Tax Collectors
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Authors: Khan Adnan Q. , Khwaja Asim I. , Olken Benjamin A. 
Published: November 2015

Abstract
Performance pay for tax collectors has the potential to raise revenues, but might come at a cost if it increases the bargaining power of tax collectors vis-à-vis taxpayers. We report the first large-scale field experiment on these issues, where we experimentally allocated 482 property tax units in Punjab, Pakistan, into one of three performance pay schemes or a control. After two years, incentivized units had 9.4 log points higher revenue than controls, which translates to a 46% higher growth rate. The scheme that rewarded purely on revenue did best, increasing revenue by 12.9 log points (64% higher growth rate), with little penalty for customer satisfaction and assessment accuracy compared to the two other schemes that explicitly also rewarded these dimensions. The revenue gains accrue from a small number of properties becoming taxed at their true value, which is substantially more than they had been taxed at previously. The majority of properties in incentivized areas in fact pay no more taxes, but instead report higher bribes. The results are consistent with a collusive setting in which performance pay increases collectors’ bargaining power over taxpayers, who have to either pay higher bribes to avoid being reassessed or pay substantially higher taxes if collusion breaks down.
Isolation, Identification, Storage, Pathogenicity Tests, Hosts, and Geographic Range of Fusarium solani f. sp. pisi Causing Fusarium Root Rot of Pea
Authors: Porter Lyndon D. , Pasche Julie S. , Chen Weidong , Harveson Robert M. 
Published: November 2015

Fusarium root rot caused by Fusarium solani f. sp. pisi is a major pea disease worldwide. This diagnostic guide characterizes disease symptoms on pea plants and signs of the pathogen produced on artificial media. Hosts, geographic distribution of the pathogen, and techniques effective in isolating, storing, and inoculating with the pathogen are described. Accepted for publication 8 September 2015. Published 15 September 2015.
Healthcare service quality: what really matters to the female patient?
Authors: Shafei Ingy , Walburg Jan Auke , Taher Ahmed F. 
Published: November 2015

Purpose– This paper aims to develop a model that encompasses the constructs and sub-constructs consumers use in evaluating healthcare service quality (HSQ) in Egypt.Design/methodology/approach– Factor analysis was performed on 40 variables to identify the constructs. Ordinal logistic regression was also used to identify the sub-constructs and examine the effect of each sub-construct on patients’ overall perception of service quality.Findings– Factor analysis confirmed an eight-construct framework: hospital premises and employees; doctor medical service; nursing medical service; diagnostic medical service; admission; discharge; rooms and housekeeping; and meals. Ordinal logistic regression established 17 sub-constructs – physician reliability; physician assurance; physician interaction; physician’s competence; nursing tangibles; nursing reliability; nursing assurance; nursing interaction; nursing responsiveness; diagnostic service competence; diagnostic service reliability; hospital premises and employees tangibles; admission responsiveness; admission knowledge and courtesy; meals tangibles; rooms tangibles and housekeeping courtesy; and discharge knowledge and courtesy – that have significant effect on HSQ. Some sub-constructs had a significantly greater impact on overall perception of service quality than others.Practical implications– Healthcare providers will be able to pinpoint areas of service quality shortfall and better satisfy their patients. This will ultimately lead to repeat patronage and positive recommendation behavior.Originality/value– The model is the first comprehensive model in the Middle East that takes into account all constructs and sub-constructs patients use for evaluation of HSQ.
What explains the change in a firm’s idiosyncratic volatility after a dividend initiation?
Authors: Desai Chintal A. , Nguyen Khoa H 
Published: November 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to identify three (maturity, agency, and information) effects that help explain the change in idiosyncratic volatility after a firm initiates a dividend.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper uses a cross-sectional analysis where the standard errors are adjusted for heteroskedasticity. As for robustness check, the authors perform two-stage analysis to control for potential self-selection bias. The authors also control for 2003 Dividend Tax Cut effect, matching-firm volatility, and confounding events.

Findings
– Using a sample of 688 dividend-initiating firms for a period of 1977 to 2010, the authors find evidence consistent with the hypotheses based on the maturity, agency, and information effects. The volatility changes upon the dividend initiation can be reliably explained by the changes in profit volatility and free cash flow per total assets, and whether the firm consummated a stock split prior to the dividend initiation. The information effect is also found to be economically significant.

Originality/value
– By studying a firm’s decision to initiate a dividend and its impact on the change in its volatility, the research helps contribute to the payout policy and volatility literatures.
Dual-class firms and governance: an acquisition perspective
Authors: Hossain Ashrafee Tanvir 
Published: November 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of governance quality on firms with multiple voting structures.

Design/methodology/approach
– The sample includes 487 acquisitions undertaken by dual-class firms from 1996 to 2009. The author used event studies (Patell, 1976) for short-term performance analysis around merger announcement dates; Berkovitch and Narayanan (1993) methods to identify the motive behind these transactions; and standard benchmark adjusted return on assets (and return on sales) (Barber and Lyon, 1996) and BHAR (Mitchell and Stafford, 2000) to analyze long-term post-acquisition performance.

Findings
– First, dual-class acquirers with better governance quality show stronger performance around takeovers which indicates that these firms make better acquisition decisions. These results hold even after controlling for different firm and deal characteristics. Second, transactions undertaken by acquirers with good governance show little or no sign of agency motive. This reinforces the findings in first. Third, the author reports that acquirers with above-median governance quality display stronger long-term post-acquisition operating as well as stock performances. These results are robust to different benchmarks used for this study.

Originality/value
– This paper expands the literature on dual-class firms by showing the impact of governance quality on acquisition activities undertaken by these firms. This is the first study to show that despite agency issues inherent in the dual-class structure, improving governance quality would have a positive impact, at least in the case of corporate takeovers.
Behavioral finance: insights from experiments II: biases, moods and emotions
Authors: Duxbury Darren 
Published: November 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this second of two companion papers is to further review the insights provided by experimental studies examining financial decisions and market behavior.Design/methodology/approach– Focus is directed on those studies examining explicitly, or with direct implications for, the most robustly identified phenomena or stylized facts observed in behavioral finance. The themes for this second paper are biases, moods and emotions.Findings– Experiments complement the findings from empirical studies in behavioral finance by avoiding some of the limitations or assumptions implicit in such studies.Originality/value– The author synthesizes the valuable contribution made by experimental studies in extending the knowledge of how biases, moods and emotions influence the financial behavior of individuals, highlighting the role of experimental studies in policy design and intervention.
Saccharomyces eubayanus and Saccharomyces arboricola reside in North Island native New Zealand forests
Authors: Gayevskiy Velimir , Goddard Matthew R. 
Published: November 2015

SummarySaccharomyces is one of the best‐studied microbial genera, but our understanding of the global distributions and evolutionary histories of its members is relatively poor. Recent studies have altered our view of Saccharomyces’ origin, but a lack of sampling from the vast majority of the world precludes a holistic perspective. We evaluate alternate Gondwanan and Far East Asian hypotheses concerning the origin of these yeasts. Being part of Gondwana, and only colonized by humans in the last ∼1000 years, New Zealand represents a unique environment for testing these ideas. Genotyping and ribosomal sequencing of samples from North Island native forest parks identified a widespread population of Saccharomyces. Whole genome sequencing identified the presence of S. arboricola and S. eubayanus in New Zealand, which is the first report of S. arboricola outside Far East Asia, and also expands S. eubayanus’ known distribution to include the Oceanic region. Phylogenomic approaches place the S. arboricola population as significantly diverged from the only other sequenced Chinese isolate but indicate that S. eubayanus might be a recent migrant from South America. These data tend to support the Far East Asian origin of the Saccharomyces, but the history of this group is still far from clear.
George Weekes: Rogue Missionary to New England Indians, 1731–1755
Authors: Eden Jason 
Published: November 2015

AbstractDuring the mid‐1700s, an uneducated layman named George Weekes began preaching to Native Americans in the town of Harwich, Massachusetts. Weekes’ missionary activity triggered a passionate response from Nathaniel Stone, the local minister, and inaugurated a debate regarding ministerial qualifications within the community. Scholars who study English missionary activity in colonial New England tend to focus upon the careers of trained clergy, such as John Eliot or Josiah Cotton. Other individuals, who possessed questionable moral character and little education, also preached to New England Indians, however. In this instance, the career of George Weekes, a rogue missionary, reveals that contact with Native Americans could shape ecclesiastical life in colonial Massachusetts. It also suggests that Native Americans encountered popular, as well as elite, English religious culture when they interacted with English missionaries in early New England.
Impacts of Milk Fraud on Food Safety and Nutrition with Special Emphasis on Developing Countries
Authors: Handford Caroline E. , Campbell Katrina , Elliott Christopher T. 
Published: November 2015

AbstractMilk in its natural form has a high food value, since it is comprised of a wide variety of nutrients which are essential for proper growth and maintenance of the human body. In recent decades, there has been an upsurge in milk consumption worldwide, especially in developing countries, and it is now forming a significant part of the diet for a high proportion of the global population. As a result of the increased demand, in addition to the growth in competition in the dairy market and the increasing complexity of the supply chain, some unscrupulous producers are indulging in milk fraud. This malpractice has become a common problem in the developing countries, which lack strict vigilance by food safety authorities. Milk is often subjected to fraud (by means of adulteration) for financial gain, but it can also be adulterated due to ill‐informed attempts to improve hygiene conditions. Water is the most common adulterant used, which decreases the nutritional value of milk. If the water is contaminated, for example, with chemicals or pathogens, this poses a serious health risk for consumers. To the diluted milk, inferior cheaper materials may be added such as reconstituted milk powder, urea, and cane sugar, even more hazardous chemicals including melamine, formalin, caustic soda, and detergents. These additions have the potential to cause serious health‐related problems. This review aims to investigate the impacts of milk fraud on nutrition and food safety, and it points out the potential adverse human health effects associated with the consumption of adulterated milk.
Pulmonary Cement Embolism After Kyphoplasty
Authors: Focardi Martina , Bonelli Aurelio , Pinchi Vilma , De Luca Federica , Norelli Gian‐Aristide 
Published: November 2015

AbstractPulmonary polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement embolism after kyphoplasty (KP) surgery is a quite frequent event as well as the pulmonary embolization of central venous catheter fragment. This report shows the case of a subject who, after KP, developed pulmonary embolism and who underwent thoracic surgery. After hospital discharge, the subject advanced a claim for damages toward the hospital where he was operated, complaining sensation of tenderness at the chest surgical scar and esthetic damage. To understand the nature of the embolism (either central venous catheter fragment or cement), chemical investigations were then ordered. Spectrometry identified the PMMA cement used for KP. When doubts rise about the origin of the embolized material, chemical investigations may reveal important data not only for clinical but also for forensic purposes.
Determination of Fracture Patterns in Glass and Glassy Polymers,
Authors: Baca Allison C. , Thornton John I. , Tulleners Frederic A. 
Published: November 2015

AbstractThe study of fractures of glass, glassy‐type materials, and plastic has long been of interest to the forensic community. The focus of this interest has been the use of glass and polymer fractures to associate items of evidence under the assumption that each fracture is different. Generally, it is well‐accepted that deviations exist; however, the emphasis has been on classifying and predicting fracture rather than determining that each fracture is different. This study documented the controlled fracture patterns of 60 glass panes, 60 glass bottles, and 60 plastic tail light lens covers using both dynamic impact and static pressure methods under closely controlled conditions. Each pattern was intercompared, and based on the limited specimens tested in this study, the results illustrate that the fracture patterns are different. Further repetitive studies, under controlled conditions, will be needed to provide more statistical significance to the theory that each fracture forms a nonreproducible fracture pattern.
Who are the Unclaimed Dead?
Authors: Quinet Kenna , Nunn Samuel , Ballew Alfarena 
Published: November 2015

AbstractUnclaimed dead are deceased persons with no known next of kin (NoK) or NoK was located but did not claim the deceased. Unclaimed dead in Marion County, Indiana, 2004–2011, are examined. Comparisons are provided of the unclaimed to the claimed dead population and county death patterns. Race, gender, marital status, age, location, manner and cause of death, NoK, and days to disposition are analyzed. The unclaimed dead were disproportionately male, slightly more likely to be Black, younger at death, died from natural causes, had unknown marital status, were equally likely as not to have NoK, did not die in a hospital, and were subject to autopsy. Nearly half the unclaimed had NoK who did not claim the body; the other half had no identifiable NoK. Unclaimed were more likely to have an autopsy and to die from external causes. Most unclaimed were identified by means outside fingerprints or DNA.
Stable isotope analysis of diet confirms niche separation of two sympatric species of Namib Desert lizard
Authors: MURRAY Ian W. , LEASE Hilary M. , HETEM Robyn S. , MITCHELL Duncan , FULLER Andrea , WOODBORNE Stephan 
Published: November 2015

AbstractWe used stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen to study the trophic niche of two species of insectivorous lizards, the Husab sand lizardPedioplanis husabensisand Bradfield's Namib day gecko living sympatrically in the Namib Desert. We measured theδ13C andδ15N ratios in lizard blood tissues with different turnover times (whole blood, red blood cells and plasma) to investigate lizard diet in different seasons. We also measured theδ13C andδ15N ratios in available arthropod prey and plant tissues on the site, to identify the avenues of nutrient movement between lizards and their prey. Through the use of stable isotope mixing models, we found that the two lizard species relied on a largely non‐overlapping but seasonally variable array of arthropods:P. husabensisprimarily fed on termites, beetles and wasps, whileR. bradfieldifed mainly on ants, wasps and hemipterans. Nutrients originating from C3plants were proportionally higher forR. bradfieldithan forP. husabensisduring autumn and late autumn/early winter, although not summer. Contrary to the few available data estimating the trophic transfer of nutrients in ectotherms in mixed C3and C4/crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plant landscapes, we found that our lizard species primarily acquired nutrients that originated from C4/CAM plants. This work adds an important dimension to the general lack of studies using stable isotope analyses to estimate lizard niche partitioning and resource use.
Visual landmark‐directed scatter‐hoarding of Siberian chipmunks Tamias sibiricus
Authors: ZHANG Dongyuan , LI Jia , WANG Zhenyu , YI Xianfeng 
Published: November 2015

AbstractSpatial memory of cached food items plays an important role in cache recovery by scatter‐hoarding animals. However, whether scatter‐hoarding animals intentionally select cache sites with respect to visual landmarks in the environment and then rely on them to recover their cached seeds for later use has not been extensively explored. Furthermore, there is a lack of evidence on whether there are sex differences in visual landmark‐based food‐hoarding behaviors in small rodents even though male and female animals exhibit different spatial abilities. In the present study, we used a scatter‐hoarding animal, the Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus to explore these questions in semi‐natural enclosures. Our results showed that T. sibiricus preferred to establish caches in the shallow pits labeled with visual landmarks (branches of Pinus sylvestris, leaves of Athyrium brevifrons and PVC tubes). In addition, visual landmarks of P. sylvestris facilitated cache recovery by T. sibiricus. We also found significant sex differences in visual landmark‐based food‐hoarding strategies in Siberian chipmunks. Males, rather than females, chipmunks tended to establish their caches with respect to the visual landmarks. Our studies show that T. sibiricus rely on visual landmarks to establish and recover their caches, and that sex differences exist in visual landmark‐based food hoarding in Siberian chipmunks.