bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Association Between Task Complexity and Cortical Language Mapping Accuracy
Authors: Semonche Alexa , Lee Anthony , Negussie Mikias B. , Ambati Vardhaan S. , Aabedi Alexander A. , Kaur Jasleen , Mehari Mulki , Berger Mitchel S. , Hervey-Jumper Shawn L. 
Published: May 2024

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
Direct cortical stimulation (DCS) mapping enables the identification of functional language regions within and around gliomas before tumor resection. Intraoperative mapping is required because glioma-infiltrated cortex engages in synchronous activity during task performance in a manner similar to normal-appearing cortex but has decreased ability to encode information for complex tasks. It is unknown whether task complexity influenced DCS mapping results. We aim to understand correlations between audiovisual picture naming (PN) task complexity and DCS error rate. We also asked what functional and oncological factors might be associated with higher rates of erroneous responses.

METHODS:
We retrospectively reviewed intraoperative PN and word reading (WR) task performance during awake DCS language mapping for resection of dominant hemisphere World Health Organization grade 2 to 4 gliomas. The complexity of word tested in PN/WR tasks, patient characteristics, and tumor characteristics were compared between correct and incorrect trials.

RESULTS:
Between 2017 and 2021, 74 patients met inclusion criteria. At median 18.6 months of follow-up, 73.0% were alive and 52.7% remained recurrence-free. A total of 2643 PN and 978 WR trials were analyzed. A greater number of syllables in PN was associated with a higher DCS error rate (P = .001). Multivariate logistic regression found that each additional syllable in PN tasks independently increased odds of error by 2.40 (P < .001). Older age was also an independent correlate of higher error rate (P < .043). World Health Organization grade did not correlate with error rate (P = .866). More severe language impairment before surgery correlated with worse performance on more complex intraoperative tasks (P < .001). A higher error rate on PN testing did not correlate with lower extent of glioma resection (P = .949).

CONCLUSION:
Word complexity, quantified by the number of syllables, is associated with higher error rates for intraoperative PN tasks but does not affect extent of resection.
Design for a virtual reality head-mounted display with holographic pancake optics
Authors: Yang Ching-Shun , Pan Jui-Wen 
Published: May 2024

A design for a head-mounted display using holographic optical elements (HOEs) and pancake optics is presented. The pancake optics assembly consists of a circular polarization, quarter-wave film, and a coated 50/50 (semi-transmissive and semi-reflective) aspherical lens. The HOE and pancake optics combination was employed to reduce the volume of the system. For this design, the effective focal length was 10.901 mm, the field of view was 30 deg, and the f-number was 3.633. In terms of image quality, the modulation transfer function (MTF) values for all fields exceeded 0.3 at 65 lp/mm. The MTF values for all fields under the tolerance error also exceeded 0.3 lp/mm. The maximum optical distortion was less than 2%. The impact of the efficiency of diffracted and non-diffracted light on the visibility was analyzed to select the appropriate reflectance for the coating of the 50/50 aspherical lens and the highest hologram diffraction efficiency to achieve the best visibility.
Depth-resolved water temperature measurements using Raman LiDAR
Authors: Spence D. J. , Kitzler O. , Taylor C. J. , Curtis S. A. , Neimann B. R. , Dawes J. M. , Downes J. E. , Pask H. M. 
Published: May 2024

We present the retrieval of depth-resolved temperature measurements in
water using Raman LiDAR. Using a 5 m pipe of laboratory water,
we recover non-homogeneous temperature profiles with a temperature
accuracy ranging between 0.35°C and 0.85°C, and a position resolution
of 28 cm.
Health-related quality of life among people with diabetes: A cross-sectional study in Hail region, Saudi Arabia ​
Authors: Alshammari Farhan , Ansari Mukhtar , Khan Kashif Ullah , Neupane Dinesh , Hussain Arshad , Anwar Sirajudheen , Alshammari Bushra , Alrasheeday Awatif , Jamshed Shazia , Sapkota Binaya , Rasheed Abdur 
Published: May 2024

Background
Diabetes Mellitus is a serious and expanding health problem, together with the issues of health- related quality of life (HRQoL). This further puts pressure on the government to allocate more funds for public healthcare.

Objectives
This study was devised to evaluate the health-related quality of life of people living with diabetes in Hail region of Saudi Arabia.

Methods
This cross-sectional research was carried out at eight locations in the Hail region of Saudi Arabia between 21st March-20th May 2022 using the adapted version of the Euro QoL-5 dimension (EQ-5D-3L) questionnaire. A multistage random sample approach was used to choose the diabetes clinics, and data collectors approached the participants in the waiting areas to collect the information. The data were analyzed using logistic regression analysis, Mann-Whitney test, and Kruskal-Wallis tests in IBM SPSS statistics 21.0.

Results
The mean HRQoL score was 0.71±0.21 with a visual analog score of 68.4±16.2. Despite having much higher levels of quality of life in terms of self-care (85.8%), regular activity (73.8%) and anxiety (71.8%), nearly one half of the people reported moderate pain or discomfort, and more than one third reported having moderate mobility issues. In general, the quality of life for women was poorer than for men. Individuals with diabetes who were unmarried, young, educated, financially secure, and taking only oral medication had much improved HRQoL. The Euro QoL of people with diabetes patients were significantly influenced by gender, marital status, age, education, employment and treatment modality (p-values < 0.05), whereas only treatment modality had a significant impact on the patients’ visual analogue measures (p-values < 0.05).

Conclusions
The HRQoL of people with diabetes in Hail region was moderate in general, with pain and mobility issues being particularly prevalent. Gender, marital status, age, education, employment and type of medication therapy are significant predictors of HRQoL of patients with diabetes. Hence, planning and programs to enhance the HRQoL of people with diabetes, especially women is recommended.
Association between hyperuricemia and the risk of mortality in patients with osteoarthritis: A study based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey database
Authors: Hao Ye , Tang Xin , Xu Feng 
Published: May 2024

Background
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between hyperuricemia and the risks of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in patients with osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods
A retrospective cohort study was performed on 3,971 patients using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey database between 1999 and 2018. OA was diagnosed through specific questions and responses. The weighted COX regression models were used to explore the factors associated with all-cause mortality/CVD mortality in OA patients. Subgroup analyses were conducted based on age, gender, hypertension, dyslipidemia, CVD, and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were measured as the evaluation indexes.

Results
During the duration of follow-up time (116.38 ± 2.19 months), 33.69% (1,338 patients) experienced all-cause mortality, and 11.36% (451 patients) died from CVD. Hyperuricemia was associated with higher risks of all-cause mortality (HR: 1.22, 95% CI: 1.06–1.41, P = 0.008) and CVD mortality (HR: 1.32, 95% CI: 1.02–1.72, P = 0.036) in OA patients. Subgroup analyses showed that hyperuricemia was related to the risk of all-cause mortality in OA patients aged >65 years (HR: 1.17, 95% CI: 1.01–1.36, P = 0.042), in all male patients (HR: 1.41, 95% CI: 1.10–1.80, P = 0.006), those diagnosed with hypertension (HR: 1.17, 95% CI: 1.01–1.37, P = 0.049), dyslipidemia (HR: 1.18, 95% CI: 1.01–1.39, P = 0.041), CVD (HR: 1.30, 95% CI: 1.09–1.55, P = 0.004), and CKD (HR: 1.31, 95% CI: 1.01–1.70, P = 0.046). The association between hyperuricemia and a higher risk of CVD mortality was found in OA patients aged ≤ 65 years (HR: 1.90, 95% CI: 1.06–3.41, P = 0.032), who did not suffer from diabetes (HR: 1.36, 95% CI: 1.01–1.86, P = 0.048), who did not suffer from hypertension (HR: 2.56, 95% CI: 1.12–5.86, P = 0.026), and who did not suffer from dyslipidemia (HR: 2.39, 95% CI: 1.15–4.97, P = 0.020).

Conclusion
These findings emphasize the importance of monitoring serum uric acid levels in OA patients for potentially reducing mortality associated with the disease.
Importance of small vessel disease as a possible cause of sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Authors: Yoon Chul Young , Lee Junhun , Kong Tae Hoon , Seo Young Joon 
Published: May 2024

Objective
Vascular disease like small-vessel disease (SVD) is the most likely cause among the potential causes of Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). Understanding the relationship between SVD and SSNHL is crucial for developing effective prevention and treatment strategies. To confirm the relationship between SVD and SSNHL, the effect of SVD is confirmed by focusing on the duration and recurrence of SSNHL.

Methods
This article reports a retrospective observational study that investigated the relationship between SVD and SSNHL using the South Korea Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) database from 2010 to 2020. This retrospective observational study included 319,569 SSNHL patients between 2010 and 2020.

Results
Participant demographics were controlled using Propensity Score Matching. The hazard ratios (HR) for the effect of SVD on the duration of SSNHL were 1.045 for the group with SVD before the onset of SSNHL and 1.234 for the group with SVD after the onset of SSNHL. SVD was statistically significant for the recurrence of SSNHL, with an odds ratio of 1.312 in the group with SVD compared to the group without SVD. The HR for the period until a recurrence in the group with SVD was 1.062.

Conclusions
The study identified SVD as a possible cause of SSNHL and found that the duration of SSNHL increased only in the presence of SVD. SVD also affected the recurrence of SSNHL, with the recurrence rate being 1.312 times higher in the group with SVD.
Efficacy and safety of onasemnogene abeparvovec for the treatment of patients with spinal muscular atrophy type 1: A systematic review with meta-analysis
Authors: Fernandes Brígida Dias , Krug Bárbara Corrêa , Rodrigues Fernanda D’Athayde , Cirilo Hérica Núbia Cardoso , Borges Stéfani Sousa , Schwartz Ida Vanessa D. , Probst Livia Fernandes , Zimmermann Ivan 
Published: May 2024

Background
Onasemnogene abeparvovec has been approved for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy 5q type 1 in several countries, which calls for an independent assessment of the evidence regarding efficacy and safety.

Objective
Conduct a meta-analysis to assess the efficacy and safety of onasemnogene abeparvovec in patients diagnosed with SMA type 1, based on the available evidence.

Methods
This article results from searches conducted on databases up to November 2022. Outcomes of interest were global survival and event-free survival, improvement in motor function and treatment-related adverse events. Risk of bias assessment and certainty of evidence were performed for each outcome. Proportional meta-analysis models were performed when applicable.

Results
Four reports of three open-label, non-comparative clinical trials covering 67 patients were included. Meta-analyses of data available in a 12-month follow-up estimate a global survival of 97.56% (95%CI: 92.55 to 99.86, I2 = 0%, n = 67), an event-free survival of 96.5% (95%CI: 90.76 to 99.54, I2 = 32%, n = 66) and a CHOP-INTEND score ≥ 40 points proportion of 87.28% (95%CI: 69.81 to 97.83, I2 = 69%, n = 67). Proportion of 52.64% (95%CI: 27.11 to 77.45, I2 = 78%, n = 67) of treatment-related adverse events was estimated.

Conclusion
The results indicate a potential change in the natural history of type 1 SMA, but the methodological limitations of the studies make the real extent of the technology’s long-term benefits uncertain.
Dietary adherence among persons with type 2 diabetes: A concurrent mixed methods study
Authors: Wilson Dorothy , Diji Abigail Kusi-Amponsah , Marfo Richard , Amoh Paulina , Duodu Precious Adade , Akyirem Samuel , Gyamfi Douglas , Asare Hayford , Armah Jerry , Enyan Nancy Innocentia Ebu , Kyei-Dompim Joana 
Published: May 2024

Background
Poor adherence to dietary recommendations among persons with type 2 diabetes (T2D) can lead to long-term complications with concomitant increases in healthcare costs and mortality rates. This study aimed to identify factors associated with dietary adherence and explore the barriers and facilitators to dietary adherence among persons with T2D.

Methods
A concurrent mixed methods study was conducted in two hospitals in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. One hundred and forty-two (142) persons with T2D were consecutively sampled for the survey. Dietary adherence and diabetes-related nutritional knowledge (DRNK) were assessed using the Perceived Dietary Adherence Questionnaire (PDAQ) and an adapted form of the General Nutritional Knowledge Questionnaire (GNKQ-R) respectively. A purposive sample of fourteen participants was selected for interviews to explore the factors that influence dietary adherence. Qualitative data were analysed using NVivo version 20 software and presented as themes. Furthermore, binary logistic regression was performed using IBM SPSS version 29.0 to identify the factors associated with dietary adherence.

Results
Nearly fifty-one percent (50.7%) of the participants in this study had good dietary adherence. In multivariable logistics regression, it was found that increase in DRNK (AOR = 1.099, 95% CI: 1.001–1.206, p = 0.041) score and living in an urban area (AOR = 3.041, 95% CI: 1.007–9.179, p = 0.047) were significantly associated with good dietary adherence. Inductive thematic analysis revealed four facilitators of dietary adherence (access to information on diet, individual food preferences and eating habits, perceived benefits of dietary adherence, and presence of social support) and four barriers (inability to afford recommended diets, barriers related to foods available in the environment, conflict between dietary recommendations and individual eating habits, and barriers related to the social environment).

Conclusion
The findings support the need for interventions including continuous dietary education tailored to individual preferences and dietary habits, expansion of poverty reduction social interventions and formulation of policies that will improve access to healthy foods in communities.
Efficacy of neuromobilization in the treatment of low back pain: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Chen Quanzheng , Wang Zhenshan , Chen Xian , Du Jinchao , Zhang Shuna 
Published: May 2024

Background
Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability. Neuromobilization (NM) as a physical therapy technique, offers some degree of symptom improvement. However, some studies have shown that NM can significantly reduce the symptoms of LBP, while others have failed to find similar positive effects.

Objective
This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of NM for LBP.

Data sources
A literature search was conducted across five databases (MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Library, PubMed, and Web of Science) from their inception to December 2023. Study main measures assessed pain, disability, and straight leg raise angle to determine the degree of improvement in patients.

Results
Seven randomized controlled trials were included in the analysis. The findings indicated that NM interventions in patients with LBP were more effective than control groups in improving Visual Analog Scale scores (mean difference = 0.62, 95% CI (0.03, 1.21)) and Oswestry Disability Index scores (mean difference = 7.54, 95% CI (4.98, 10.10)). There was no significant difference in straight leg raise results (mean difference = 0.18, 95% CI (-0.08, 0.44)).

Conclusions
NM demonstrated effectiveness in improving Visual Analog Scale and Oswestry Disability Index outcomes in patients with LBP, but straight leg raise outcomes are still uncertain and until more high-quality studies are included, the effectiveness of NM for SLR remains unknown.
Efecto de la contaminación por lípidos exógenos en la gasometría
Authors: Lippi Giuseppe , Pighi Laura , Salvagno Gian Luca , Tiziani Elena , Castellini Maria Elena , Ferraro Roberta , Henry Brandon M. 
Published: May 2024

Resumen

Objetivos
El objetivo del presente estudio es investigar los efectos de la contaminación de sangre venosa por una solución de lípidos sobre diferentes parámetros, determinados en un moderno analizador de gases en sangre.

Métodos
Se extrajo sangre venosa de 17 profesionales sanitarios (46±11 años; 53 % mujeres) y se introdujo en tres jeringas de gasometría, que contenían una solución de lípidos al 0 %, 5 % y 10 %. En los 15 minutos siguientes a la extracción de la muestra, se realizó la gasometría con un analizador GEM Premier 5000. Los triglicéridos e índices séricos se analizaron en el dispositivo COBAS C702 de Roche.

Resultados
La concentración de triglicéridos aumentó de 1.0±0.3 mmol/L en la jeringa de gasometría no contaminada a 39,4±7,8 y 65,3±14,4 mmol/L (ambas p<0.001) en las jeringas con contaminación por lípidos al 5 % y al 10 %. Como consecuencia, los valores de los índices lipémico y hemolítico aumentaron. Observamos una variación estadísticamente significativa en todos los analitos, excepto en el hematocrito y la COHb en la jeringa con lípidos al 5 %, siendo COHb el único analito que no varió en la jeringa con lípidos al 10 %. Los valores de pO2, SO2 y lactato aumentaron significativamente a partir del 5 % de contaminación por lípidos, mientras que se produjo un descenso de los valores de pH, pCO2, sodio, potasio, cloruro, calcio ionizado, glucosa, hematocrito (contaminación al 10 %), hemoglobina y MetHB. Todas estas variaciones, excepto en el caso del lactato y la CoHb, superaron sus especificaciones de calidad relativa.

Conclusiones
La hiperlipidemia artefactual causada por la contaminación por lípidos exógenos podría tener un impacto clínicamente significativo en los resultados de la gasometría. Se debe instar a los fabricantes de analizadores de gases en sangre a que desarrollen nuevos instrumentos que incluyan la determinación de índices séricos.
Ideologies of teachers and students towards meso-level English-medium instruction policy and translanguaging in the STEM classroom at a Malaysian university
Authors: Rahman Mohammad Mosiur , Islam Md. Shaiful , Karim Abdul , Singh Manjet Kaur Mehar , Hu Guangwei 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
English medium instruction (EMI) as a language policy in higher education is based on monolingual conceptions and limits the use of the full linguistic repertoire of bilinguals/multilinguals in the university classroom. Informed by the constructs of language ideology (Spolsky, Bernard. 2009. Language management. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press), translanguaging (Li, Wei. 2018. Translanguaging as a practical theory of language. Applied Linguistics 39(1). 9–30) and pedagogical translanguaging (Creese, Angela & Adrian Blackledge. 2010. Translanguaging in the bilingual classroom: A pedagogy for learning and teaching? The Modern Language Journal 94(1). 103–115), this case study aimed to examine the ideologies held by micro-level stakeholders (i.e., teachers and students) towards institutional English-only EMI policy, translanguaging, and the significance and scope of pedagogical translanguaging in EMI classrooms. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six teachers and 10 students at a public research university in Malaysia. Also collected were a variety of publicly accessible institutional documents, including the focal university’s programme brochures, promotional materials and policy statements on its website. Analyses of the interviews and documents revealed that although EMI was officially adopted in the programmes, both teachers and students advocated for translanguaging and underscored its important role in the transmission of new information, effective communication, and scientific meaning-making. In light of these findings, the study concludes that an inclusive language policy is required that allows teachers and students to access all their linguistic resources.
Characteristics of the X ie imperative expression: three criteria for the classification of imperatives
Authors: Mori Hideki 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to reveal the characteristics of the X ie imperative expression (abbreviated to X ie) with reference to other related expressions, such as conditional imperatives and past imperatives, in Japanese and other languages. Three criteria are proposed for a description of imperatives in terms of the realization of the propositional content: (i) possibility of realization, (ii) attitude toward realization, and (iii) preparedness for realization. X ie is an imperative of a reproof, characterized by the unique combination of (i) possible, (ii) negative, and (iii) unprepared. This paper further focuses on a discourse-pragmatic relation of the expression with its preceding and following utterances, a topic not fully discussed in the literature. The analysis in this paper shows that X ie is a marked imperative form of a verb of speech that expresses the speaker’s instantaneous reaction to newly obtained information, i.e., the addressee’s violation of the maxim of quality. This characterization suggests that the Japanese language is sufficiently sensitive to the violation to lexicalize it and that X ie can be considered in terms of mirativity. Finally, this paper systematically compares X ie and non-directive imperatives from other languages.
An experimental investigation of the Deep Double-o Constraint in Japanese causative constructions
Authors: List Abbey , Chen Yunchuan 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
The Double-o Constraint (DoC) was proposed to explain the ungrammaticality of having two or more noun phrases (NPs) marked by the accusative case marker -o in a single Japanese clause. It has been argued that there are two types of DoCs: the Surface Double-o Constraint (SDoC) and the Deep Double-o Constraint (DDoC). The DDoC prohibits two accusative arguments in a single argument structure and is not affected by the number of accusative case markers on the surface. The evidence is from Japanese causatives. Our study conducted an experiment to test the DDoC and found that it may only apply to some native Japanese speakers.