bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The War on Terror and the Victory Trap
Authors: Hall Jonny 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Presidents Bush, Obama, and Trump have all used the language of “victory” and “defeat” in the War on Terror despite its ambiguous outcomes. This paper develops the concept of a “victory trap” to explain this phenomenon and its political consequences. On the one hand, the electoral consequences of “losing” wars lead presidents to make claims about “winning” and eventual “victory.” On the other hand, strategic realities and public reluctance to bear the costs of total victory result in policymakers facing criticism for being unable to produce results proportionate to their rhetoric. As such, whilst scholarship is clear on the effects of both “losing” and “winning” wars, this paper provides the first exploration of how these dual dynamics play out in practice. In arguing that policymakers are oftentimes politically “trapped,” this paper suggests the limits of a range of scholarship on effective (foreign) policy-related messaging that points toward ambiguity or accuracy.
Comparative Genomics and the Salivary Transcriptome of the Redbanded Stink Bug Shed Light on Its High Damage Potential to Soybean
Authors: Walt Hunter K , King Jonas G , Towles Tyler B , Ahn Seung-Joon , Hoffmann Federico G 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
The redbanded stink bug, Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is a significant soybean pest in the Americas, which inflicts more physical damage on soybean than other native stink bugs. Studies suggest that its heightened impact is attributed to the aggressive digestive properties of its saliva. Despite its agricultural importance, the factors driving its greater ability to degrade plant tissues have remained unexplored in a genomic evolutionary context. In this study, we hypothesized that lineage-specific gene family expansions have increased the copy number of digestive genes expressed in the salivary glands. To investigate this, we annotated a previously published genome assembly of the redbanded stink bug, performed a comparative genomic analysis on 11 hemipteran species, and reconstructed patterns of gene duplication, gain, and loss in the redbanded stink bug. We also performed RNA-seq on the redbanded stink bug's salivary tissues, along with the rest of the body without salivary glands. We identified hundreds of differentially expressed salivary genes, including a subset lost in other stink bug lineages, but retained and expressed in the redbanded stink bug's salivary glands. These genes were significantly enriched with protein families involved in proteolysis, potentially explaining the redbanded stink bug's heightened damage to soybeans. Contrary to our hypothesis, we found no support for an enrichment of duplicated digestive genes that are also differentially expressed in the salivary glands of the redbanded stink bug. Nonetheless, these results provide insight into the evolution of this important crop pest, establishing a link between its genomic history and its agriculturally important physiology.
An Environmental Scan of Tools That Help Individuals Living With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Neurocognitive Disorders Achieve Their Preferred Health or Well-Being
Authors: Grande Stuart W , Kotzbauer Greg , Hunt Shanda , Tan Karynn Yee-Huey , Yagnik Supriya , Ellenbogen Michael , Pederson Jane , Hager Andreas , Hoppe Heidi , Sutton Lisa , Villarejo-Galende Alberto , Epperly Mikele 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

Background and Objectives
Older adults experiencing neurocognitive disease (NCD) contend with complex care often characterized by high emotional strain. Mitigating complex care with decision support tools can clarify options. When used in conjunction with the practice of shared decision making (SDM), these tools can improve satisfaction and confidence in treatment. The use of these tools for cognitive health has increased, but more is needed to understand how these tools incorporate social needs into treatment plans.

Research Design and Methods
We conducted an environmental scan using a MEDLINE-informed search strategy and feedback from an expert steering committee to characterize current tools and approaches for engaging older adults experiencing NCD. We assessed their application and development, incorporation of social determinants, goals or preferences, and inclusion of caregivers in their design.

Results
We identified 11 articles, 7 of which show that SDM helps guide tool development and that most center on clinical decision making. Types of tools varied by clinical site and those differences reflected patient need. A collective value across tools was their use to forge meaningful conversations. Most tools appeared designed without the explicit goal to elicit patient social needs or incorporate nonclinical strategies into treatment plans.

Discussion and Implications
Several challenges and opportunities exist that center on strategies to engage patients in the design and testing of tools that support conversations with clinicians about cognitive health. Future work should focus on building and testing adaptable tools that support patient and family social care needs beyond clinical care settings.
Allogenic Stem Cells in Anal Fistulas of Crohn’s Disease: From Promising Premises to Real Life Experience
Authors: Brochard Charlène , Siproudhis Laurent , Fathallah Nadia , Zerbib Philippe , Sabbagh Charles , Bouchard Dominique , Etienney Isabelle , Cotte Eddy 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

Background
Allogenic adipocyte stem cells represent an unprecedented opportunity for regenerative therapy to treat Crohn anal fistulas. Apart from the results of one 8-year-old trial, scientific evidence remains scarce.

Methods
Data from consecutive patients treated with darvadstrocel for Crohn anal fistulas were reviewed at 6 first tertiary reference centers. The judgment criteria combined asymptomatic status plus clinical occlusion of the fistula tract and MRI-confirmed healing of the tract (no inflammation and/or disappearance of the tract). Both clinical and MRI-confirmed healing of the tract defined a deep remission. Clinical remission was defined by an absence of complaint, occlusion of all external openings, and no fistula discharge.

Results
A total of 116 patients were extracted (median follow-up after cell stem injection: 11 [6-14] months). No severe adverse events were reported after surgery except for subsequent anal surgery in 29 (25%) patients. Fifty-one (44%) patients had clinical remission defined by the absence of complaints, the occlusion of all external openings, and the presence of no fistula discharge. Deep remission was observed in 23 (29%) patients. Patients with clinical remission more often received combined therapy (immunosuppressant antitumor necrosis factors) than those with no improvement (31 of 51 [61%] vs 23 of 65 [35%]; P = .007). Regression analysis showed that high fistulas (odds ratio, 3.8 [1.1-12.5]; P = .03) and younger age (&lt;38 years, odds ratio, 2.3 [1.0-58;4]; P = .02) were associated with a better outcome.

Conclusions
Allogeneic stem cell treatment of Crohn’s anal fistulas results in complete remission in less than half of patients, with a significant reintervention rate.
Integration of transcriptome and machine learning to identify the potential key genes and regulatory networks affecting drip loss in pork
Authors: Yang Wen , Hou Liming , Wang Binbin , Wu Jian , Zha Chengwan , Wu Wangjun 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Low level of drip loss (DL) is an important quality characteristic of meat with high economic value. However, the key genes and regulatory networks contributing to DL in pork remain largely unknown. To accurately identify the key genes affecting DL in muscles postmortem, 12 Duroc × (Landrace × Yorkshire) pigs with extremely high (n = 6, H group) and low (n = 6, L group) DL at both 24 and 48 h postmortem were selected for transcriptome sequencing. The analysis of differentially expressed genes and weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) were performed to find the overlapping genes using the transcriptome data, and functional enrichment and protein–protein interaction (PPI) network analysis were conducted using the overlapping genes. Moreover, we used machine learning to identify the key genes and regulatory networks related to DL based on the interactive genes of the PPI network. Finally, nine potential key genes (IRS1, ESR1, HSPA6, INSR, SPOP, MSTN, LGALS4, MYLK2, and FRMD4B) mainly associated with the MAPK signaling pathway, the insulin signaling pathway, and the calcium signaling pathway were identified, and a single-gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) was performed to further annotate the functions of these potential key genes. The GSEA results showed that these genes are mainly related to ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis and oxidative reactions. Taken together, our results indicate that the potential key genes influencing DL are mainly related to insulin signaling mediated differences in glycolysis and ubiquitin-mediated changes in muscle structure and improve the understanding of gene expression and regulation related to DL and contribute to future molecular breeding for improving pork quality.
Utilizing gas flux from automated head chamber systems to estimate dietary energy values for beef cattle fed a finishing diet
Authors: Proctor Jarret A , Smith Jason K , Long Nathan S , Gunter Stacey A , Gouvêa Vinícius N , Beck Matthew R 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Dietary net energy for maintenance (NEm) and gain (NEg) can be estimated using calculations based on live performance or adjusted-final body weight, which is calculated based on carcass characteristics. These values are commonly referred to as performance-adjusted (pa) NEm (paNEm) and NEg (paNEg). The NEm and NEg of a diet can also be estimated by adding recovered energy (RE) with heat production (HP) derived from an automated head chamber system (AHCS), which we will term gas-adjusted (ga) NEm (gaNEm) and NEg (gaNEg). Furthermore, HP from the Brouwer equation requires an estimate of urinary nitrogen (UN) excretion, which can be calculated based on N intake, blood urea N, UN concentration, and urine creatinine, or it could be zeroed. Alternatively, HP can be calculated using an alternative equation based on the respiratory quotient. Demonstrating agreement between pa and ga derived dietary energy values provides an opportunity to validate using the AHCS for energetic experiments and this comparison has not been conducted previously. Accordingly, the objective of this experiment was to assess the agreement between live and carcass paNEm and paNEg with gaNEm and gaNEg, where HP was calculated using 4 different approaches. Estimates of HP were not different (P = 0.99) between the 4 approaches employed, indicating that all options investigated are appropriate. Live paNEm and paNEg had a higher agreement (Lin’s concordance correlation coefficient [CCC] = 0.91) with gaNEm and gaNEg than carcass values (CCC ≤ 0.84). These results suggest that researchers can implement the AHCS to provide good estimates of dietary energy values in finishing beef cattle that are unrestrained.
Factors associated with work sustainability in patients with bone metastasis
Authors: Sawada Ryoko , Shinoda Yusuke , Ohki Takahiro , Ishibashi Yuki , Kobayashi Hiroshi , Tanaka Sakae , Haga Nobuhiko 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

Background
Working while receiving cancer treatment is challenging for patients, with considerable impact on their quality of life (QOL). However, there have been no reports on the factors that prevent employment in patients with bone metastases. This study aimed to investigate the employment status and factors impacting the continued employment of patients with bone metastases.

Methods
We analyzed clinical data from new patients consulting The University of Tokyo Hospital team for bone metastasis treatment between June 2015 and September 2017. Patients who were working at the time of cancer diagnosis (n = 124) completed four QOL questionnaires. Factors associated with work sustainability were identified via univariate analysis and a chi-squared test. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used for significant variables. Relationships between employment and QOL scales were investigated using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test, with P &lt; .05 considered as statistically significant.

Results
Among the 124 patients, only 45 (36.3%) were still working when the questionnaire was administered. Multivariate analysis revealed temporary employment, lytic or mixed bone metastases, and lower limb or acetabular metastasis, as significant factors hindering work sustainability. The QOL scores were high in the continued employment group. However, the relationship between employment status and pain remains unclear.

Conclusions
Lytic or mixed bone metastases and the lower limb and acetabular metastasis were significantly associated with employment resignation. Mobility difficulties may prevent patients with bone metastases from sustaining employment. Collaboration between rehabilitation professionals, oncologists, and workplaces is imperative to address this problem.
Assessing the importance of landscape, anthropogenic and spatial factors in predicting urban nesting sites: the Columbidae of the city of Rabat (Morocco) as a case study
Authors: Eddajjani Aicha , Hanane Saâd , Hamza Foued , Agharroud Kamal , El Kandry Ayoub , Qninba Abdeljebbar 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
To adequately control the urban bird populations, the determinants of nest habitat selection must be identified and its processes well understood. In this study, we investigated this issue with regard to Columba palumbus (WP) and Streptopelia decaocto (CD) in the city of Rabat, Morocco. We used data from landscape composition, anthropogenic presence, and spatial structure, to identify the best predictors that cause variation in the CD (84 nests) and WP (141) nest occurrence using generalized linear mixed models and variation partitioning analyses (VP). Our results show that WP nest occurrence was positively associated with urban park cover and long distances to agricultural areas and negatively with short distances to roads. Significant interactions between the average noise intensity and the number of passers-by/5 min and between maximum NDVI and density of roads also explain WP nest occurrence. In CD, the nest occurrence was positively associated with covers of built-up areas and parks, the density of roads, and average noise intensity, and negatively with short distances to roads and the number of passers-by/5 min. The VP revealed that the joint effect of landscape composition and space was the most robust in explaining the WP nests occurrence, whereas the pure fraction of space and the joint effect of human presence and space were the most robust in CD. As CD and WP nest in several Mediterranean cities, it would be worthwhile to test the generality of our results using the same analytical approach in other urban areas.
The MdHSC70–MdWRKY75 module mediates basal apple thermotolerance by regulating the expression of heat shock factor genes
Authors: Zhang Zhijun , Yang Chao , Xi Jing , Wang Yuting , Guo Jing , Liu Qianwei , Liu Yusong , Ma Yang , Zhang Jing , Ma Fengwang , Li Chao 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Heat stress severely restricts the growth and fruit development of apple (Malus domestica). Little is known about the involvement of WRKY proteins in the heat tolerance mechanism in apple. In this study, we found that the apple transcription factor (TF) MdWRKY75 responds to heat and positively regulates basal thermotolerance. Apple plants that overexpressed MdWRKY75 were more tolerant to heat stress while silencing MdWRKY75 caused the opposite phenotype. RNA-seq and reverse transcription quantitative PCR showed that heat shock factor genes (MdHsfs) could be the potential targets of MdWRKY75. Electrophoretic mobility shift, yeast one-hybrid, β-glucuronidase, and dual-luciferase assays showed that MdWRKY75 can bind to the promoters of MdHsf4, MdHsfB2a, and MdHsfA1d and activate their expression. Apple plants that overexpressed MdHsf4, MdHsfB2a, and MdHsfA1d exhibited heat tolerance and rescued the heat-sensitive phenotype of MdWRKY75-Ri3. In addition, apple heat shock cognate 70 (MdHSC70) interacts with MdWRKY75, as shown by yeast two-hybrid, split luciferase, bimolecular fluorescence complementation, and pull-down assays. MdHSC70 acts as a negative regulator of the heat stress response. Apple plants that overexpressed MdHSC70 were sensitive to heat, while virus-induced gene silencing of MdHSC70 enhanced heat tolerance. Additional research showed that MdHSC70 exhibits heat sensitivity by interacting with MdWRKY75 and inhibiting MdHsfs expression. In summary, we proposed a mechanism for the response of apple to heat that is mediated by the “MdHSC70/MdWRKY75-MdHsfs” molecular module, which enhances our understanding of apple thermotolerance regulated by WRKY TFs.
Shoot hydraulic impairments induced by root waterlogging: Parallels and contrasts with drought
Authors: Haverroth Eduardo J , Da-Silva Cristiane J , Taggart Matthew , Oliveira Leonardo A , Cardoso Amanda A 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Soil waterlogging and drought correspond to contrasting water extremes resulting in plant dehydration. Dehydration in response to waterlogging occurs due to impairments to root water transport, but no previous study has addressed whether limitations to water transport occur beyond this organ or whether dehydration alone can explain shoot impairments. Using common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) as a model species, we report that waterlogging also impairs water transport in leaves and stems. During the very first hours of waterlogging, leaves transiently dehydrated to water potentials close to the turgor loss point, possibly driving rapid stomatal closure and partially explaining the decline in leaf hydraulic conductance. The initial decline in leaf hydraulic conductance (occurring within 24 h), however, surpassed the levels predicted to occur based solely on dehydration. Constraints to leaf water transport resulted in a hydraulic disconnection between leaves and stems, furthering leaf dehydration during waterlogging and after soil drainage. As leaves dehydrated later during waterlogging, leaf embolism initiated and extensive embolism levels amplified leaf damage. The hydraulic disconnection between leaves and stems prevented stem water potentials from declining below the threshold for critical embolism levels in response to waterlogging. This allowed plants to survive waterlogging and soil drainage. In summary, leaf and stem dehydration are central in defining plant impairments in response to waterlogging, thus creating similarities between waterlogging and drought. Yet, our findings point to the existence of additional players (likely chemicals) partially controlling the early declines in leaf hydraulic conductance and contributing to leaf damage during waterlogging.
Stories, Statistics, and Memory
Authors: Graeber Thomas , Roth Christopher , Zimmermann Florian 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
For many decisions, we encounter relevant information over the course of days, months, or years. We consume such information in various forms, including stories (qualitative content about individual instances) and statistics (quantitative data about collections of observations). This article proposes that information type—story versus statistic—shapes selective memory. In controlled experiments, we document a pronounced story-statistic gap in memory: the average impact of statistics on beliefs fades by 73% over the course of a day, but the impact of a story fades by only 32%. Guided by a model of selective memory, we disentangle different mechanisms and document that similarity relationships drive this gap. Recall of a story increases when its qualitative content is more similar to a memory prompt. Irrelevant information in memory that is similar to the prompt, on the other hand, competes for retrieval with relevant information, impeding successful recall.
The Power of Habits: BCG Vaccination and Building the Socialist State in Post-war Poland
Authors: Stasiak Marcin 
Published: June 2024

Summary
The article discusses the BCG vaccination campaigns in post-war Poland. The issue of vaccination is examined as a space for the exercise of power by the socialist, authoritarian state. It is also studied as social situation—a realm where top-down and bottom-up agency meet. The BCG vaccinations are considered on the one hand as a fragment of a political project and, on the other as a practice blended into everyday life. The text is an attempt to identify factors that affect the degree of vaccination acceptance in Poland in the first two decades of the Polish People's Republic.
Drawing on Chandra Mukerji and Patrick Joyce works, I argue that in the making a habit of BCG vaccination, its incorporation was derived from the intersection of two types of agency: (i) top-down political will (strategic power) and (ii) locally situated control over materiality (logistic power).
Slovakia: Private foundations and trust-like institutes in Slovakia
Authors: Csach Kristián , Havel Bohumil 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Slovak private law significantly lags behind modern European trends. Family foundations and trusts or trust-like institutions are unknown to Slovak law. None of the recently proposed reforms has yet remedied this inappropriate state. The intergenerational transfer of family property remains very complicated. The use of foreign trust structures is also restricted by Slovak private international law and negative tax consequences. This article provides an overview of the development of Slovak legislation, its current state, efforts to change the regulation of foundations, and the practical ways of evading Slovak law by using foreign legal structures—private foundations and trusts.
Injecting postpartal gilts or sows with a supraphysiological dose of oxytocin: effects on sow and piglet performances
Authors: Farmer Chantal , Bolduc Sylvie-Anne , Guay Frédérick , Cormier Isabelle 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
The goal of this project was to determine the effects of a supraphysiological dose of oxytocin given to gilts or multiparous sows 8 to 12 h after the end of farrowing on the performance of their progeny. Sows from three parity groups (1 = parity 1; 2 = parities 2, 3, and 4; 3 = parities 5 to 14) received no injection (CTL, controls; n = 17, 27, and 23 for parity groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively) or one intramuscular injection of 75 IU of oxytocin (OXY, n = 17, 24, and 26 for parity groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively) 8 to 12 h after birth of the last piglet. Colostrum samples were obtained 8 h after oxytocin injection in 18 sows from parity group 2 (CTL, n = 10; OXY, n = 8). Standard milk composition was measured as well as the Na/K ratio, and IGF-1, IgG, and IgA concentrations. The same sows were used to obtain blood samples from four male piglets of average litter body weight (BW) 8 h post-treatment to measure concentrations of IGF-1, IgG, and IgA. Piglets and sows were weighed at farrowing and weaning (day 21) and sow feed intake and piglet mortality were recorded. There was no effect of OXY on sow or piglet BW at any measured times and percent preweaning piglet mortality was not affected by OXY or parity. First-parity sows had lower BW than multiparous sows at both times (P &lt; 0.001), and piglet average daily gain from birth to weaning was greater in parity group 2 compared with first-parity litters (P &lt; 0.05). Average daily sow feed intake over the first week of lactation tended to be greater in OXY vs CTL sows (P = 0.07), and multiparous sows consumed more feed than first-parity sows on all weeks of lactation (P &lt; 0.001). Eight hours after treatment, there was a tendency for colostral Na to be greater in OXY vs CTL sows (P = 0.06), and none of the measured variables in piglet blood were affected by treatment. In conclusion, injecting 75 IU of oxytocin 8 to 12 h after the birth of the last piglet did not prolong the period of colostrogenesis or improve the growth or survival of piglets and this was consistent across parities.