bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Optimal body mass index for protecting middle-aged and elderly patients with fatty liver from future fractures
Authors: Yeh Hsiao-Yun , Wu Hung-Ta Hondar , Shen Hsiao-Chin , Li Tzu-Hao , Yang Ying-Ying , Lee Kuei-Chuan , Lin Yi-Hsuan , Huang Chia-Chang , Hou Ming-Chih 
Published: May 2024

Objective
Previous studies have suggested that body mass index (BMI) should be considered when assessing the relationship between fatty liver (FL) and osteoporosis. The aim of this study was to investigate future fracture events in people with FL, focusing on the effect of BMI in both sexes.

Methods
This retrospective cohort study, spanning from 2011 to 2019, enrolled 941 people, including 441 women and 500 men, aged 50 years or older who underwent liver imaging (ultrasound, computed tomography, or magnetic resonance image) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (for bone mineral density measurements). The study examined predictors of osteoporosis in both sexes and the effect of different ranges of BMI (18.5–24, 24–27, and ≥27 kg/m2) on the risk of future fracture events in FL patients.

Results
The average follow-up period was 5.3 years for women and 4.2 years for men. Multivariate analysis identified age and BMI as independent risk factors of osteoporosis in both sexes. Each unit increase in BMI decreased the risk of osteoporosis by ≥10%. In both women and men with FL, a BMI of 24–27 kg/m2 offered protection against future fractures, compared to those without FL and with a BMI of 18.5–24 kg/m2.

Conclusion
The protective effect of a higher BMI against future fractures in middle-aged and elderly female and male patients with FL is not uniform and diminishes beyond certain BMI ranges.
An Evangelical Group’s Experience of Australian Secular Workplaces
Authors: Hussey Ian 
Published: May 2024

This study employed the Qualitative Description methodology to investigate how a sub-group of Australian evangelicals associated with the City Bible Forum navigate their secular workplaces utilizing an anonymous online survey, discussion groups, and interviews. Compared to broader Christian samples, participants demonstrated greater faith–work integration. They were more likely to perceive colleagues as bearing God’s image and to display greater work diligence than other Australian Christians. However, they placed less emphasis on workplace creativity and deriving personal worth from their work. Their theological outlook centred on serving the Lord, ethical conduct, caring for colleagues, and witnessing. Yet, references to the creational mandate and sensing God’s presence in work were infrequent. These evangelicals found their workplaces both strengthening and challenging due to LGBTQIA+ initiatives in their organizations. Although faith-based persecution or micro-aggressions were rare, the study affirmed Paul Bramadat’s (2000) bridging and fortressing strategies. Christian Smith’s (2002) and Michael Lindsay and Bradley Smith’s (2010) work further interpreted the qualitative description.
MondoA and AKI and AKI-to-CKD Transition
Authors: Maeda Shihomi , Sakai Shinsuke , Takabatake Yoshitsugu , Yamamoto Takeshi , Minami Satoshi , Nakamura Jun , Namba-Hamano Tomoko , Takahashi Atsushi , Matsuda Jun , Yonishi Hiroaki , Matsui Sho , Imai Atsuhiro , Edahiro Ryuya , Yamamoto-Imoto Hitomi , Matsui Isao , Takashima Seiji , Imamura Ryoichi , Nonomura Norio , Yanagita Motoko , Okada Yukinori , Ballabio Andrea , Nakamura Shuhei , Yoshimori Tamotsu , Isaka Yoshitaka 
Published: May 2024

Key Points

The expression of MondoA was decreased in the renal tubules of patients with CKD.Genetic ablation of MondoA in proximal tubules inhibited autophagy and increased vulnerability to AKI through increased expression of Rubicon.MondoA ablation during the recovery phase after ischemia-reperfusion aggravated kidney injury through downregulation of the transcription factor EB-peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α axis.

Background
Elderly individuals and patients with CKD are at a higher risk of AKI. The transcription factor MondoA is downregulated in the kidneys of aged individuals or patients with AKI; however, its roles in AKI development and the AKI-to-CKD transition remain unknown.

Methods
We investigated the expression of MondoA in human kidney biopsy samples, ischemia-reperfusion–injured (IRI) mouse kidneys, and cultured proximal tubular epithelial cells under hypoxia/reoxygenation. The role of MondoA during the initial and recovery phases after IRI was evaluated using proximal tubule–specific MondoA knockout mice and MondoA-deficient proximal tubular epithelial cells. Furthermore, we explored the involvement of Rubicon and transcription factor EB (TFEB), both of which are downstream factors of MondoA.

Results
MONDOA expression was decreased in the renal tubules of patients with CKD. In mouse kidneys, MondoA expression was decreased under ischemia, whereas its expression was increased during reperfusion. Genetic ablation of MondoA in proximal tubular epithelial cells inhibited autophagy and increased vulnerability to AKI through increased expression of Rubicon. Ablation of Rubicon in MondoA-deficient IRI kidneys activated autophagy and protected mitochondrial function. MondoA ablation during the recovery phase after ischemia-reperfusion aggravated kidney injury through downregulation of the TFEB-peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α axis. Pharmacological upregulation of TFEB contributed to maintaining mitochondrial biogenesis and increased peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α transcription.

Conclusions
Our findings demonstrate that MondoA protected against vulnerability to AKI by maintaining autophagy and subsequently supporting mitochondrial function to prevent progression to CKD.
Bayesian Focal Mechanism Estimation from P-, S-Wave Amplitudes, and Polarities for a Microearthquake Sequence in Irpinia, Italy
Authors: Tarantino Stefania , Emolo Antonio , Maria Adinolfi Guido , Festa Gaetano , Zollo Aldo 
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT
The P-wave peak distribution in azimuth and takeoff angles, corrected for the distance through empirical attenuation laws, can reveal the radiation pattern amplitude of the source (Tarantino et al., 2019). This piece of information, jointly combined with the available polarities and S-wave peak amplitudes, can provide the full focal mechanism, constraining the solution also when only a few seismic station records are available, that is, in the case of microseismicity. We proposed a new technique, named P-, S-wave amplitude, and polarities (P-SAP), designed to compute the focal mechanism by jointly inverting the P-, S-wave amplitude ratios and P-wave polarities in a Bayesian framework and employing the octree strategy (Fang et al., 1996) to explore the space of possible solutions. The outputs are strike, dip, and rake angles of the most likely triplet (principal and auxiliary planes) with the related uncertainties, as well as other multiple solutions, if present. We tested the methodology to synthetic data, and we applied it to a microseismic sequence that occurred in Irpinia region, southern Italy. A background microseismicity occurs in a volume delimited by the faults activated during the 1980 M 6.9 Irpinia earthquake. This faults system is complex and composed of northwest–southeast-striking normal faults along the Apennines chain and an approximately east–west-oriented strike-slip fault, deep-seated in the Potenza area. A network of three-component accelerometers and velocimeters are currently deployed to monitor the area. The major topic of this work is validating the proposed P-SAP methodology for microseismicity studies. We also inferred the optimum stress tensor of the sequence, confirming that the microseismicity is controlled by the regional stress field and can reveal characteristics useful to highlight behaviors of larger-scale seismicity.
Home round: a strategy for improving community health
Authors: Dotimi Doris A. , Silas Joel Usen , Wamanyi Yohanna 
Published: May 2024

In community health practice, home rounds are essential. In Nigeria, a home round is a regular visit to outpatients/clients in their homes by a team of community health specialists to make decisions concerning patient/client’s care, review, and follow-up on the progress of their health condition. The team visits within the treatment period to make sure the patient is adhering to prescriptions, address any barriers to care, and make referrals if necessary. Home rounds start with examining patient records, putting together a team, assessing patients in their homes, and recording the findings and actions. A competent community health practitioner (CHP) should be compassionate, informed, and skillful at conducting house rounds, identifying family health problems, and taking the necessary action. In primary health care, home rounds can detect less common but serious individual and family conditions; and enhance community health. However, challenges like shortage of manpower, insecurity, lack of logistics, and unskillful health workers have made home rounds impossible in some primary healthcare facilities. To facilitate home rounds, it is recommended that governmental and nongovernmental organizations train healthcare community health practitioners in home rounding, provide logistics at primary healthcare facilities, and staff each health center with a sufficient number of community health practitioners by primary healthcare standards. Community health practitioners should be adaptable, sensitive, and skilled, and families and communities should work together to provide security.
Absence revisited. In search of climate-related human mobility across time and space: What’s missing?
Authors: Bevitori Cinzia , Johnson Jane 
Published: May 2024

The paper re-examines the concept of absence by building on our longstanding research interest in the linguistic and discursive representations of human mobility in the context of anthropogenic climate change (AUTHORS, 2017, 2022). It draws on research into discursive absence as discussed by Partington (2014), Duguid and Partington (2018), Schröter and Taylor (2018), Taylor (2012), in order to provide some discussion about the methodological and interpretative challenges these absences may prompt within this particular context. While as early as 2011, the UK Foresight Report was highlighting vulnerabilities due to the impact of environmental change and the potential inability of “trapped” populations to move (2011: 9), our recent research suggests that there is little mention of the fact that some people do not, or cannot, move. Given the importance of this topic, one would expect it to be present in climate change and migration discourse in the media. While most studies have tended to focus on migration as an adaptation strategy, research into why some people do not move has also received scant attention (but see Zickgraf, 2019; Ayeb-Karlsson et al., 2018). It is our contention that the study of im/mobility may provide fertile ground to further explore the issue of absence/presence on different levels in spite of its complexity, not least because immobility is the lack (or absence) of mobility itself. In order to answer our research question, we adopt a two-branched approach to trace dominant and absent discourses by comparing two diachronic specialized corpora from two different genres: news articles and COP speeches.
From cross-linguistic to intersectional corpus-assisted discourse studies
Authors: Vessey Rachelle 
Published: May 2024

Ten years ago, I highlighted challenges arising from the application of CADS to
multilingual datasets in an approach called “cross-linguistic corpus-assisted discourse studies” (Vessey, 2013). In the intervening years, the notions of superdiversity and translanguaging have been largely transformative in the fields of applied and sociolinguistics; research applying these notions has raised important questions about boundaries between languages and the nature of diversity in contemporary social contexts (e.g., Blommaert and Rampton, 2011). Drawing and building on these theoretical advances, in this paper I propose to resituate cross-linguistic CADS within a broader intersectional CADS framework (Candelas de la Ossa, 2019; Jaworska and Hunt, 2017; Hunt and Jaworska, 2019; Kitis, Milani and Levon, 2018; Subtirelu, 2015). Specifically, I underscore the methodological contributions that CADS research can make to the study of intersectionality (Nash, 2008) and I suggest how intersectional theories can support and enrich CADS researchers’ arguments about “non-obvious” meaning (Partington, 2017).
Praca w „małej gastronomii” z perspektywy zatrudnionych w Warszawie i Wiedniu. Studium przypadku
Authors: Adamkiewicz Weronika Blanka , Zielińska Justyna 
Published: May 2024

Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie organizacji i warunków pracy w „małej gastronomii”, skupiając się na prekaryzacji pracy oraz jej cielesnym doświadczaniu przez pracownice/pracowników. Artykuł powstał na podstawie studium przypadku dwóch małych pod względem zatrudnionych osób, prywatnie zarządzanych lokali znajdujących się w Warszawie i Wiedniu. Jakościowe badania terenowe zostały przeprowadzone w 2022 i 2023 roku. Jak z nich wynika, praca w „małej gastronomii” cechuje się dużą elastycznością oraz prekaryzacją pracy, jednak oznaczają one co innego dla zatrudnionych w Warszawie niż w Wiedniu. Ponadto zarobkowanie w gastronomii okazuje się pracą spełniającą ważne potrzeby i wartości postfordystycznych pracownic/pracowników. W artykule przeanalizowano także wpływ pandemii koronawirusa na doświadczenia osób zatrudnionych w badanych lokalach.
The Impact of Information Technology Adoption on Efficiency and Transparency in Public Procurement Processes in Kenya
Authors: Mandala Nebert Ombajo , Ayoyi Isaac Renson , Too Samson Kipketer 
Published: May 2024

The study addresses a critical gap in existing knowledge by delving into the nuanced impacts of technological advancements on the intricate dynamics of public procurement in Kenya. The investigation meticulously examined the influence of technology adoption on efficiency and transparency, exploring a spectrum of experiences, challenges, successes, and overall implications within the procurement landscape. The study was anchored on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Technology, Organization, and Environment (TOE) theory. The study adopted both quantitative and document analysis approaches. Data was collected using questionnaires and various literature reviews were carried out. The findings showed that IT usage and IT reliance collectively explain 26.5% of the variance in Efficiency and Transparency in public procurement, as indicated by the R Square value of .265. The regression coefficient results lead to the rejection of both null hypotheses, indicating that both IT usage and IT reliance have significant effects on Efficiency and Transparency in public procurement. With p-values of 0.027 and 0.000, respectively, for IT usage and IT reliance, both are found to be statistically significant at the 0.05 level. This study concludes that IT plays a crucial role in enhancing the efficiency and transparency of public procurement processes, highlighting the importance of continued investment and integration of IT solutions in procurement practices to promote good governance and accountability. This study recommended that the government should Invest in IT Infrastructure, Enhance IT Training and Capacity Building, Ensure Data Security and Privacy, Monitor and Evaluate IT Performance and Promote Stakeholder Engagement in order to achieve efficiency and transparency in public procurement processes. By embracing the recommendations derived from this study, Kenya has the opportunity to navigate challenges and harness the potential of technology for a future marked by efficiency, transparency, and resilience in public procurement. The study aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and its outcomes contribute to the broader discourse on leveraging technology for positive transformations in public procurement practices.
Cherté De Main-D’œuvre Agricole Et Stratégies D’Adaptation Des Paysans Dans La Commune De Zè
Authors: Gnimadi Clément Codjo , Sewade Grégoire Sokegbe , Houndji Pamphile , Aïcheou Alfred D. 
Published: May 2024

L’agriculture contribue au processus de développement économique et social de la commune de Zè. Aujourd’hui, la production agricole est confrontée à la problématique de la main-d’œuvre dans cette localité. La présente recherche vise à étudier la pénurie de la main-d’œuvre et les stratégies d’adaptation dans la commune de Zè. La méthodologie adoptée dans le cadre de cette recherche s’articule autour de la collecte des données, du traitement des données et de l’analyse des résultats. La recherche documentaire et les enquêtes de terrain ont été les techniques de collecte des données. Les outils utilisés pour cela sont un questionnaire, un guide d’entretien et une grille d’observation. 160 personnes ont été enquêtées. Les résultats révèlent que dans la commune de Zè, les producteurs utilisent plusieurs types de main-d’œuvre. La main-d’œuvre familiale représente 70 %. Les producteurs ont recours aussi à la main-d’œuvre extérieure sous différentes formes pour les travaux agricoles. Ce type de main-d’œuvre représente de 30 %. Deux formes de recours à la main-d’œuvre extérieure se distinguent : l’entraide avec 5 % et le salariat avec 25 %. Dans la commune, selon 70 % des producteurs enquêtés, il y a l’insuffisance de la main-d’œuvre familiale, la rareté de la main-d’œuvre salariée surtout en période des travaux agricoles. Cette situation entraine le retard dans l’exécution des différentes opérations culturales (défrichage, labour, semis, sarclage, récolte). Les producteurs agricoles développent plusieurs stratégies d’adaptation à cette pénurie de main-d’œuvre.

Agriculture contributes to the economic and social development of the commune of Zè. Today, agricultural production is confronted with the problem of labor in this locality. The aim of this research is to study the labor shortage and coping strategies in the commune of Zè. The methodology adopted for this research revolves around data collection, data processing and results analysis. Documentary research and field surveys were the techniques used to collect data. The tools used were a questionnaire, an interview guide and an observation grid. 160 people were surveyed. The results show that in the commune of Zè, growers use several types of labor. Family labor accounts for 70%. Producers also use outside labor in various forms for farm work. This type of labor accounts for 30%. Two types of outside labor stand out: mutual aid (5%) and salaried work (25%). In the commune, according to 70% of producers surveyed, there is a shortage of family labor and a scarcity of hired labor, especially during the farming season. This situation leads to delays in the execution of various cultivation operations (clearing, ploughing, sowing, weeding, harvesting). Farmers have developed several strategies to adapt to this labor shortage.
BAY‘AH: IDEOLOGI PEMERSATU DAN NEGOSIASI MASYARAKAT DI RUANG PUBLIK
Authors: Sumardi Dedi 
Published: May 2024

Abstract: This article aims to analyse the rise of bay‘a. It is often perceived ofthe seed of early civilised society after passing through a series of negotiationinvolving primordial and territorial interests. Theoretically, ba‘ya is a form ofrelationship between religion and the state that integrate citizens regardlesstheir race, ethnicity and colour in a public space. This article argues that Islamappears to be the pioneer of the concept of unity in public space, which wasalways in a state of competition leading to tensions and conflicts on the groundof primordial identities. The bay‘a was exactly a response to such tensionon public space. It promotes “awareness of plurality” to combat horizontalconflict between race and ethics. In the global context, this awareness is partof the argument of legal pluralism to analyse several primordial interests,and also to prevent social conflict. So, plural identities can be unified by Islamthrough bay‘a as a concept whose realization is able to unify plural society inpublic domains.
Abstrak: Artikel ini bertujuan menganalisis munculnya konsep bay‘ahsebagai cikal bakal terbentuknya masyarakat berperadaban setelah melaluiproses negosiasi yang sarat dengan berbagai kepentingan primordial danteritorial.Secara empiris, bay‘ah adalah bentuk lain dari hubungan agamadan pemerintahan-untuk tidak menyamakan- dengan istilah negara modernmemberi insiprasi untuk menangkap sekat-sekat yang terpisah oleh hubunganemosional didasarkan oleh ras, suku maupun warna kulit. Tulisan iniberpendapat bahwa Islam tampil sebagai pencetus konsep pemersatu di ruangpublik khususnya kepada masyarakat yang senantiasa mengusung identitassektoral dan primordial. Konsep bay‘ah tidak terlepas dari adanya ”kesadaranterhadap keberagaman” dalam mengakhiri konflik horizontal antar sesama suku dan etnis. Dalam konteks global ”kesadaran keberagaman” adalah bagiandari argumen pluralisme hukum dalam menganalisis berbagai kepentinganprimordial untuk menghindari terjadinya konflik sosial, sehingga keragamanidentitas berhasil disatukan oleh Islam dalam satu ideologi pemersatumasyarakat di ruang publik yang diterima semua komunitas.
PENERAPAN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE TERHADAP PELAKU TINDAK PIDANA YANG DILAKUKAN OLEH ANAK DI BAWAH UMUR DALAM SISTEM HUKUM PIDANA INDONESIA DAN HUKUM ISLAM
Authors: A Alfitra 
Published: May 2024

Children are legally defined different from adults because they areentitled to different rights and obligations according to law. Law 11/2012 onthe Criminal Justice System considers children as gift from God Almightywho has dignity as human beings. To protect such dignity and status, childrenare entitled to a special protection in the judicial system. The protectionof children is part of the National Development. Protecting children is toprotect human beings. Regarding criminal law enforcement, the restorativejustice is an approach to solving criminal matters involving victims, offenders,and community elements for the creation of a justice. The criminal justicesystem specifically for children must have a specific purpose for the benefitof the future of children and the community that it contains the principles ofrestorative justice. Although the definition of restorative justice is not unified,because it has a lot of variety of models and forms, it is useful to use to resolvelegal problems concerning children.

Anak dengan segala pengertian dan definisinya memiliki perbedaankarakteristik dengan orang dewasa, ini merupakan titik tolak dalammemandang hak dan kewajiban bagi seorang anak yang akan mempengaruhipula kedudukannya di hadapan hukum. Undang-undang Nomor 11 Tahun2012 tentang Sistem Peradilan Pidana Anak juga menyebutkan bahwa anakmerupakan amanah dan karunia Tuhan Yang Maha Esa yang memilikiharkat dan martabat sebagai manusia seutuhnya. Untuk menjaga harkatdan martabatnya, anak berhak mendapatkan pelindungan khusus, terutamapelindungan hukum dalam sistem peradilan. dalam perlindungan anakmerupakan bagian dari Pembangunan Nasional. Melindungi anak adalahmelindungi manusia. Hubungan dengan penegakan hukum pidana, makarestorative justice merupakan suatu pendekatan dalam memecahkan masalahpidana yang melibatkan korban, pelaku, serta elemen-elemen masyarakatdemi terciptanya suatu keadilan. Definisi restorative justice itu sendiri tidakseragam, sebab banyak variasi model dan bentuk yang berkembang dalampenerapannya. Restorative justice dapat diterapkan untuk mengatasi masalahmasalahyang melibatkan anak-anak.