bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Telemedicine for Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Publicly Funded Hospital System: Retrospective Study
Authors: Bruera Sebastian , Staggers Kristen Andrews , Suarez-Almazor Maria Eugenia , Agarwal Sandeep Krishna 
Published: May 2024

Background
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that requires frequent clinic and laboratory visits. However, patients with SLE, particularly those who are underresourced, have unacceptably high rates of no-shows.

Objective
This study aims to determine no-show rates associated with telemedicine visits during the COVID-19 pandemic in comparison to no-show rates associated with contemporaneous and historic in-person visits.

Methods
We performed a retrospective cohort study in a publicly funded county hospital system in Houston, Texas. We identified a cohort of established patients with SLE by the International Classification of Diseases codes that were independently confirmed as SLE by a review of medical records. We identified patients who were seen from March to December in 2018, 2019, and 2020 (to reflect the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and account for seasonal changes in disease activity). Our primary outcome was the percentage of no-shows for rheumatology clinic appointments. Our secondary outcome was laboratory use adherence, which was defined as lupus-specific blood and urine studies conducted within 30 days of the scheduled appointment. Covariates included age, sex, race, ethnicity, and SLE-related prescription drugs.

Results
We included 156 patients with SLE in our analysis. Most were female (n=141, 90.4%), were Hispanic (n=75, 49.3%), and had a median age of 43 (range 19-80) years. In 2020, the no-show rate for telemedicine was 5.5% (10/182) compared to a no-show rate of 16.2% (31/191) for in-person visits (P=.002). After multivariable adjustment for covariates, the odds of no-show were lower for telemedicine visits (odds ratio 0.39, 95% CI 0.20-0.77). There were no differences in adherence to laboratory testing.

Conclusions
Telemedicine visits had decreased odds of no-shows without difference in laboratory testing adherence after adjustment for covariates. More research is needed to determine the clinical impact of telemedicine on patients with SLE.
Research Trends and Evolution in Radiogenomics (2005-2023): Bibliometric Analysis
Authors: Wang Meng , Peng Yun , Wang Ya , Luo Dehong 
Published: May 2024

Background
Radiogenomics is an emerging technology that integrates genomics and medical image–based radiomics, which is considered a promising approach toward achieving precision medicine.

Objective
The aim of this study was to quantitatively analyze the research status, dynamic trends, and evolutionary trajectory in the radiogenomics field using bibliometric methods.

Methods
The relevant literature published up to 2023 was retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection. Excel was used to analyze the annual publication trend. VOSviewer was used for constructing the keywords co-occurrence network and the collaboration networks among countries and institutions. CiteSpace was used for citation keywords burst analysis and visualizing the references timeline.

Results
A total of 3237 papers were included and exported in plain-text format. The annual number of publications showed an increasing annual trend. China and the United States have published the most papers in this field, with the highest number of citations in the United States and the highest average number per item in the Netherlands. Keywords burst analysis revealed that several keywords, including “big data,” “magnetic resonance spectroscopy,” “renal cell carcinoma,” “stage,” and “temozolomide,” experienced a citation burst in recent years. The timeline views demonstrated that the references can be categorized into 8 clusters: lower-grade glioma, lung cancer histology, lung adenocarcinoma, breast cancer, radiation-induced lung injury, epidermal growth factor receptor mutation, late radiotherapy toxicity, and artificial intelligence.

Conclusions
The field of radiogenomics is attracting increasing attention from researchers worldwide, with the United States and the Netherlands being the most influential countries. Exploration of artificial intelligence methods based on big data to predict the response of tumors to various treatment methods represents a hot spot research topic in this field at present.
Unveiling the COVID-19 Recession: The Effect of Sectoral Exposure on the Economy and Labor Market
Authors: Handayani Fitri 
Published: May 2024

Introduction/Main Objectives: The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic and labor market conditions still need further research. This is because the pandemic had different and more extensive impacts than the 2008 global financial crisis. Background Problems: The lack of studies that explore the sectoral exposure of the economic and labor market to COVID-19 motivates this study to examine the problems and determine the impacts of the pandemic on the economy and labor market heterogeneity. Novelty: The sectoral exposure classification was based on sectoral risk and teleworkability indicators. Furthermore, input-output tables are used to analyze the interregional economic linkages based on economic activities in terms of sectoral exposure. To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first study to explore the topic in Indonesia. Research Methods: The data used are a cross-section of 34 provinces in 2020. This study uses input-output tables to examine the relationship between sectoral exposure and the economy. In addition, regression analysis is used to examine the effect on the labor market. Finding/Results: The industry categorized as having medium-high sectoral exposure is the key sector in Indonesia because the forward and backward linkage has a value of more than 1. It means medium-high sectoral exposure greatly affects other industries' input and output. According to the OLS result, sectoral exposure significantly impacts short-time workers and the unemployment rate. Conclusion: This study implies that sectoral exposure to COVID-19 was significant for Indonesia's economic and labor market.
The Risk of Technology Dominance in Using Digital Decision Aids in Assurance Engagements—Evidence from a Survey among Danish Auditors
Authors: van Liempd Dennis , Theis Jochen C. , Sutton Steve G. 
Published: May 2024

SYNOPSIS
Accounting firms continue to develop digital decision aids (DDAs) that reinforce consistent use of firms’ audit methodology and provide assurance for meeting regulator expectations. Firms actively promote use and reliance on DDAs, but relying on such systems risks over-reliance, impacting decision quality and heightening technology dominance. Surveying 725 Danish auditors, we sought to determine the level of reliance practicing auditors have on DDAs and understand how auditors experience these potentially deleterious effects in the field. Results show auditors rely more on DDAs when auditors are inexperienced, task complexity is high, there is familiarity with the DDA, and/or there is cognitive congruence. Junior auditors rely significantly more on DDAs than senior auditors, whereas auditors indicating low usage rely significantly less on DDAs. Overall, senior auditors and auditors not heavily using DDAs have deskilling concerns and are less positive on junior auditors’ as well as the profession’s skill development when using DDAs.
JEL Classifications: M15; M41; M42.
Fixed and Variable Tax Expense and the Cost of Equity Capital
Authors: Fan Qintao , Guenther David A. , Wu Kaishu 
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT
Prior studies provide mixed evidence on the relation between tax avoidance and cost of equity capital. To understand how this relation varies across firms, we model income tax as containing both a fixed component (like a tax credit or deduction) and a variable component (a tax rate) and investigate how each type of tax expense affects the cost of equity capital. Unlike other fixed costs, the fixed tax component may be negative (a tax benefit). A lower fixed tax component always reduces cost of capital. The effect of a lower tax rate depends on the sign of the fixed tax component. With a negative fixed tax component, a lower tax rate increases cost of capital. Results of empirical tests are generally consistent with our predictions. Our results suggest the relation between cost of equity capital and tax avoidance is ambiguous when tax avoidance is accomplished through a lower tax rate.
JEL Classifications: G12.
A Teaching Case: Applying Benford’s Law to Detect Credit Card Fraud Using Microsoft Excel
Authors: Shen Wei-Cheng , He Hao , Lee Chih-Chen 
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT
Benford’s Law has been frequently used for fraud detection and is introduced in various accounting, auditing, and analytics courses. Instead of using specialized computer-aided auditing tools, this teaching case purports to apply Microsoft Excel to demonstrate the process, applicability, and benefits of Benford’s Law by analyzing publicly available datasets on confirmed COVID-19 and credit card fraud cases. This hands-on exercise also enhances students’ Excel skills to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data and use various data visualizations (e.g., pie/100 percent stacked/combo charts) to display proportional information. This case provides an engaging learning experience that matches student skill levels, stimulates critical thinking, and fosters interest in forensic accounting.
Data Availability: Data are available from the authors upon request.
JEL Classifications: M42; M41; I20.
The adoption of foreign case law by the Greek courts and the emergence of the Existenzminimum doctrine by numbers - Between constitutional interpretation and legitimacy
Authors: Christoforidou Styliani Stella 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
The study is divided in two major parts. First, a presentation of the history of the Greek legal order and the organization of the judicial system with a focus on the judicial system of control of constitutionality highlights the legal culture regarding the use of foreign precedents in constitutional cases, describes the complexities regarding the exercise of control of constitutionality, and justifies the reasons that the constitutional case law of the Council of State (CoS) is selected for quantitative measurement. Second, the study analyses from a quantitative and qualitative perspective the results of the measurement of the number of explicit citations in foreign precedents in the constitutional cases of the CoS. It is worth noting that the majority of the citations in German case law refer to the case law of the Existenzminimum, a finding that is being approached from a qualitative perspective too.
A multicultural environment – A major development and integration factor
Authors: Barka Panajot 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
Historical evidence highlights that regions characterized by the convergence and cohabitation of diverse cultures serve as primary drivers of development. Nowadays, the southern region of Albania stands as a vivid and enduring example of this phenomenon throughout history. Arguments that speak of integrative and at the same time differentiating processes in terms of cultural and ethnic identity include mythology and historical milestones such as Dodona, Pyrrhus of Epirus and Alexander the Great, to figures like Ali Pasha Tepelena and cultural hub of Voskopoja. Historically analysing, the establishment of the peace institutions and good understanding such as Bektashism, the ideology of national renaissance movement, are examples of differentiating analogy of the multicultural reality. The communist regime in Albania, the geographical isolation, the physical and cultural infliction resulting in the loss of contacts and communication with the world, the climate of ethnocentrism and the consequences in the way of judging and assessing oneself in relation to others and the opening of the country and mass emigration are other historical aspects. In this sense, main objective of this manuscript is the analysis of the positive and negative consequences with assimilative influence and the opposite:- juxtaposition to strengthen ethnocentrism.
Cryptocurrencies and Money Laundering
Authors: Subashi Roland 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
Financial transactions involving cryptocurrencies have seen significant growth in recent years. Individuals and companies are using cryptocurrencies as a medium of exchange. This unstoppable process has brought opportunities for the cost-effective performance of financial transactions, but at the same time challenges for law enforcement institutions. A significant portion of cryptocurrency transactions are conducted outside the conventional banking financial system. Such transactions are difficult for law enforcement authorities to trace. There is a high possibility that cryptocurrencies will be used by money launderers to hide their identity and launder their proceeds of crime. Offshore Financial Centers, which apply a high degree of anonymity, are widely using cryptocurrencies. Countries and international institutions should take coordinated action to tackle money laundering in the field of virtual currencies as it is very difficult for one country, alone, to fight the phenomenon of money laundering in the world of cryptocurrencies. The study focuses on the difficulties faced by financial institutions and law enforcement authorities in tracking cryptocurrency transactions in the context of prevention of money laundering, seen from the Albanian perspective.
Change of dosing paradigm in oncology
Authors: Papakatsika Sophia , Orfanidou Myrsini , Rentzeperi Elpiniki , Emmanouilides Christos 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
Drug dosing based on the body surface area (BSA) has been the mainstay of oncological treatment over the last decades. Although this seems to be an adequate measure of an individual’s appropriate dose for traditional chemotherapeutic drugs according to their somatometric data, it is currently being questioned due to the delivery of novel treatments such as monoclonal antibodies. Most modern regimes require either a flat (fixed)-dosing model, independent of body weight, or a weight-based administration pattern, mainly depending on specific pharmacokinetic data. However, even in this case, some controversy exists about whether this model is sufficient. Given the recent findings from pharmacokinetic studies, perhaps we should reconsider the solid hypothesis that drug efficacy correlates with dose, as many molecules seem to be efficient even in the lowest doses administered, with minimum toxicity.
Graphical Interface for Electrical Dimensioning of an On-Grid Photovoltaic System
Authors: Alexa M. , Ţăranu N. , Hudişteanu S.V. , Cherecheş N.C. , Ţurcanu Fl.E. , Ancaş Diana , Verdeş Marina , Popovici C.G. , Ciocan V. , Hudişteanu Iuliana 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
Energy is an essential element in the development of mankind and is the engine that has made possible all the discoveries and innovations of recent decades. It is found behind the comfort we have in everyday life, whether at home, at the office, or when traveling: an optimal temperature in the room, light at anytime, appliances to ease us and make our lives more beautiful. An energy system based on renewable energy has the ability to provide electricity in an economical, sustainable, long-term, non-polluting way and can serve the increasing population. One such example is represented by photovoltaic (PV) panels, which produces electricity from captured solar energy and is one of the solutions considered for reducing energy. The dimensioning of a photovoltaic system, from a technical and economic efficiency point of view, involves the analysis of input data, output data and hence the characteristics of an efficient system. The analysis can be done analytically, but also with the help of dedicated software, the result being, in the end, a safe system in terms of preventive operation and maintenance. In the article was made the dimensioning of a system, analytical and automatic – using software application – to determine if the result obtained – the photovoltaic system – is the same regardless of the method used.
Coupled Thermo Mechanical of Wasteglass Powder Reinforced Concrete Beam Subjected to Fire Loads
Authors: Boulifa Dj. , Ghouilem K. , Merakeb S. 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
Waste Glass Powder (WGP) could be used as a cement replacement additive to manufacture concrete and solving the problem of environmental pollution. This article presents a numerical modeling of the thermo-mechanical behavior of a reinforced concrete beam based on an addition of 20% of the powder glass as a substitute for cement powder with modeling of concrete-steel contact using ANSYS software. To do this, a reinforced concrete beam based on glass powder is modeling in three dimensions by the finite element method (FEM) and it is subject to thermal loading during 2 hours in order to simulate the thermo thermo-mechanical response of the beam element. ANSYS provides a three-dimensional element (SOLID65) with the nonlinear model of brittle materials similar to the concrete materials. The element features a smeared crack analogy for cracking in tension zones and a plasticity algorithm to take into account the concrete crushing in compression zones.
Parametric Analysis for a Low-Volume Concrete Road with Reinforced Subgrade Subjected to Swelling Pressure
Authors: Chavan Ashwini , Bhosale S. 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
This paper presents the parametric analysis of a combined system of a low-volume concrete pavement, base layer and reinforced expansive soil, subjected to the stresses due to wheel loading and swelling of the soil. A soil-structure Interaction model is considered for the analysis, in which the pavement and the reinforcement are idealized as a finite beam, with plane-strain conditions, whereas a base layer and the expansive soil are modelled as Winkler Springs of different stiffnesses. During the analysis, it was taken into account that the geosynthetic reinforcement, which could be in the form of a geogrid, geocell, or a combination of both, possesses bending stiffness and is placed at the interface between the base layer and the expansive subgrade. The reinforcement layer is subjected to stresses due to wheel load, self-weight of pavement slab and surcharge load of the base layer at the top and the swelling pressure from the subgrade at its bottom. The governing differential equations for the flexural response of the model are derived and a closed-form solution is presented in a non-dimensional form. The outcomes of the parametric analysis highlight that the flexural response of the pavement is predominantly affected by the relative stiffness of the base layer and the expansive subgrade. In contrast, the relative flexural rigidity of the upper and lower beams has a comparatively minor impact on the model’s response. Additionally, parameters like the depth of placement of the lower beam, unit weight of the upper soil layer, and the self-weight of the upper beam also contribute to influencing the response of the pavement model. The study suggests that, while designing for the concrete pavement, opting for an increase in the modulus of subgrade of expansive soil may be a preferable choice over reinforcing the foundation of the pavement.
Numerical Simulation of Improving the Efficienty of Photovoltaic Thermal Panels
Authors: Popovici C.-G. , Filipescu G. , Cherecheș N.-C. , Hudișteanu S.-V. , Țurcanu E.-F. , Ancas Ana Diana , Verdeș Marina , Roșu P. V. 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
The need to optimize the operation of photovoltaic modules inevitably arises with the development of green energy production technology. In order to achieve a good technological yield, durability and efficiency in production, continuous studies and innovations are required. This study focuses on simulating the operation of water-cooled and uncooled PV modules in order to understand the temperature-dependent PV operation. This cooling module consists, in the first phase, of a copper coil through which water circulates, and in the second phase, of a coolant distributor/collector system. The module is attached to the lower surface of the photovoltaic panel, respectively to the teller foil layer. For this simulation we used the Ansys software package (Discovery, Fluent and Space Claim).
Modern Theoretical and Practical Protection Methods of Metallic Structures Against the Effects of Corrosion
Authors: Ionescu Gh.C. , Ionescu G.L. , Marin Liana 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
The problems of corrosion and anti-corrosion protection are currently an important area for preventing economic losses and combating environmental pollution. Corrosion-related problems are present in all economic fields, including machine construction, shipbuilding and port construction, chemistry and petrochemicals, metallurgy, water and gas supply systems, energy production systems, transports, etc. Corrosion is a complex process that depends on many factors, related to the variety of technical metal materials and technological environments. This paper can be considered a mini-review that contains some general theoretical aspects related to the corrosion of metals and some case studies from the specialized literature of the last five years, in the field of various technical and industrial constructions based on metal structures.
An Experimental Study on Portland Pozzolana Cement Mixed with Natural Hydrocolloids
Authors: Naresh Kumar B. , Anbalagan C. 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
To make a structure sturdier, the construction materials must be of higher quality. To enhance the structural qualities of fresh concrete, or improve the properties of hardened concrete, additives are added to concrete during the mixing process. To offset the high cost of chemically improving concrete, cost-effective substitutes are needed. Three hydrocolloids found in nature, namely Gum Arabic, Gum guar, and Tamarind kernel powder, have been investigated as potential concrete additives, within a range of 0.25 percent to 1.25 percent in increments, depending on the amount of cement used. The findings of the compressive strength test reveal a progressive improvement following the addition of natural hydrocolloids. Concrete strength reaches its peak at 0.75% of Gum Arabic, 0.50% of Gum guar, and 1% of Tamarind kernel powder. It is found that these hydrocolloids, when combined with concrete, improve its strength. Therefore, they may be used in the percentages specified in this study to control this effect. As an additional benefit, utilizing these hydrocolloids to improve concrete strength eliminates the need for biowaste disposal.