bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Time‐related communication skills from the cancer patient perspective
Authors: Thorne Sally E. , Hislop T. Gregory , Stajduhar Kelli , Oglov Valerie 
Published: August 2008

AbstractObjective: Although it is well recognized that skilled communication is an essential element of effective cancer care, lack of time to communicate is often cited as an explanation for the ongoing cancer care communications problems patients report. In this study, we sought to answer the question: How do cancer patients describe and explain the effects of health care communication upon their experience of time?Methods: We conducted a qualitative secondary analysis, using interpretive description methodology, on a large data set that comprised transcribed interview data from two studies of cancer communication from the patient perspective. One primary study represented a cross‐sectional study of helpful and unhelpful communications (n=200) and the other a longitudinal study of changes in communication needs and preferences over the illness trajectory (n=60).Results: We found time a meaningful and symbolic construct for cancer patients. They describe clinician time‐related attitudes and behaviors as significant factors in shaping the impact of clinical encounters on their overall psychosocial cancer experiences. They report a number of ways in which clinician communications have been particularly effective in buffering and manipulating the impact of time pressures and describe a capacity within exceptionally skilled clinicians to manufacture a perception of available time even in the context of such pressures.Conclusions: We believe that the patient perspective on cancer care communication provides an important angle of vision from which to discern strategies that may assist clinicians to buffer the untoward effects of the time pressure under which most care systems currently operate. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Optimization of extraction and purification of active fractions from Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) and its osteoblastic proliferation stimulating activity
Authors: Caichompoo Wanida , Zhang Qiao‐Yan , Hou Ting‐Ting , Gao Hua‐Juan , Qin Lu‐Ping , Zhou Xiu‐Jia 
Published: August 2008

AbstractExtraction and purification conditions of lignans from the fruits and seeds of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) were investigated through an orthogonal design of L9(34) assay and macroporous resin technology. The extraction was optimized using 95% ethanol. For purification, the extract was dissolved in 30% ethanol, then adsorbed on a AB‐8 macroporous resin and eluted with 30% ethanol and 70% ethanol successively, the latter resulting in a residue containing 65.2% of lignans. By HPLC analysis schisandrin, deoxyschisandrin and γ‐schisandrin were quantitatively determined. UMR 106 cells were used to examine the stimulatory activity of the lignans on osteoblasts in vitro. The lignans stimulated the proliferation of and the activity of alkaline phosphatase in the osteoblasts indicating their potential activity against osteoporosis. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Group inspection of dependent binary processes
Authors: Weiß Christian H. 
Published: August 2008

AbstractWe consider serially dependent binary processes, how they occur in several fields of practice. If such a process cannot be monitored continuously, because of process speed for instance, then one can analyze connected segments instead, where two successive segments have a sufficiently large time‐lag. Nevertheless, the serial dependence has to be considered at least within the segments, i.e. the distribution of the segment sums is not binomial anymore. We propose the Markov binomial distribution to approximate the true distribution of the segment sums. Based on this distribution, we develop a Markov np chart and a Markov exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) chart. We show how average run lengths (ARLs) can be computed exactly for both types of chart. Based on such ARL computations, we derive recommendations for chart design and investigate the out‐of‐control performance. A real‐data example illustrates the application of these charts in practice. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Maternal cardiac function in normotensive and pre‐eclamptic intrauterine growth restriction
Authors: Bamfo J. E. A. K. , Kametas N. A. , Chambers J. B. , Nicolaides K. H. 
Published: August 2008

AbstractObjectivesTo compare maternal cardiac function between pregnancies complicated by normotensive and pre‐eclamptic intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR).MethodsTwo‐dimensional Doppler echocardiography and Doppler tissue imaging (DTI) were used to examine 19 pregnant women with IUGR and 17 with pre‐eclampsia complicated by IUGR at 20–38 weeks of gestation. Indices were converted into differences in SDs from the expected normal mean for gestation (Z‐scores) and compared.ResultsWith respect to normal pregnancy, in the normotensive IUGR compared with the pre‐eclamptic IUGR group, there were similar reductions in maternal cardiac output (Z‐score, − 1.71 vs. − 1.37, P = 0.26) and heart rate (Z‐score, − 3.67 vs. − 9.43, P = 0.1) and a similar increase in total vascular resistance (Z‐score, 2.91 vs. 3.93, P = 0.05). There was also a greater decrease in stroke volume (Z‐score, − 1.72 vs. − 0.69, P = 0.01), a smaller increase in mean arterial pressure (Z‐score, 0.73 vs. 2.94, P < 0.01) and a smaller decrease in DTI systolic velocity at the lateral mitral margin (Z‐score, − 0.4 vs. − 1.42, P = 0.02). In terms of diastolic function, there was a smaller transmitral late diastolic velocity (Z‐score, 0.04 vs. 0.93, P = 0.03) and a greater DTI early diastolic velocity at the lateral mitral margin (Z‐score, − 0.17 vs. − 1.6, P < 0.01).ConclusionsIn normotensive IUGR and pre‐eclamptic IUGR there is a similar alteration in maternal left ventricular systolic function, but there is greater impairment in maternal diastolic function in pre‐eclamptic IUGR. Copyright © 2008 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Macro‐ and Microemulsion Silicone Softeners on Polyester Fibers: Evaluation of Different Physical Properties
Authors: Parvinzadeh Mazeyar , Hajiraissi Roozbeh 
Published: August 2008

AbstractIn this research, polyester fabrics were treated with three concentrations (10, 20 and 30 g/L) of macro‐ and microemulsions of silicones in water at 30 °C by the padding method. The treated fabrics were then dried/cured at 130 °C for 40 s. Some of the physical and chemical properties of the samples are discussed. The drapeability of treated samples was lower and found to depend on the silicone particle size. Moisture absorbency of treated samples was also lower. Colorimetric properties of softener treated fabrics were evaluated with a reflectance spectrophotometer. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) examinations showed an aggregation of silicone particles on the fiber surface.
The assessment of empathy in adolescence: A contribution to the Italian validation of the “Basic Empathy Scale”
Authors: Albiero Paolo , Matricardi Giada , Speltri Daniela , Toso Diana 
Published: August 2008

ABSTRACTThe present study examined the validity of the Basic Empathy Scale (BES) [Jolliffe, D., & Farrington, D. P. (2006a). Development and validation of the Basic Empathy Scale. Journal of Adolescence, 29, 589–611; Jolliffe, D., & Farrington, D. P. (2006b). Examining the relationship between low empathy and bullying. Aggressive Behavior, 32(6), 540–550.] and found further evidence for the scale's good psychometric properties. The BES was administered to a sample of 655 Italian adolescents to examine the generalizability and reliability of its factor structure. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed a reasonable data fit with the two hypothesized BES domains of Cognitive Empathy and Affective Empathy. Scale reliability was also satisfactory, showing good internal consistency. Lastly, BES scores were significantly associated with other empathy questionnaire scores (the Interpersonal Reactivity Index and Balanced Emotional Empathy Scale) and with a scale measuring prosocial behavior. Research and practice implications are discussed.
Brief report: The Identity Style Inventory – Validation in Italian adolescents and college students
Authors: Crocetti Elisabetta , Rubini Monica , Berzonsky Michael D. , Meeus Wim 
Published: August 2008

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the factor structure and convergent validity of an Italian translation of the Identity Style Inventory (ISI). Confirmatory factor analyses revealed a clear three‐factor structure of identity style and a mono‐factor structure of commitment, not only in the overall sample, but also in gender and age subgroups. Convergent validity was demonstrated by theoretically consistent associations between the ISI dimensions and measures of identity processes, self‐esteem, and need for cognitive closure. The findings suggest that the Italian version of the ISI is a useful tool for assessing social‐cognitive processes relevant to identity formation in Italian adolescents and college students.
Social contexts of regular smoking in adolescence: Towards a multidimensional ecological model
Authors: Wen Ming , Van Duker Heather , Olson Lenora M. 
Published: August 2008

AbstractUsing data from the Add Health, this study examined multilevel factors of adolescent smoking after controlling for the baseline smoking behavior and individual characteristics. Results showed that peer, family and school were all important life domains contextually influencing subsequent smoking behavior among adolescents. Time spent with peers, best friend smoking and household member smoking were associated with higher risk. Parent–child closeness, parental control, attending a private school and having a higher percentage of Hispanic students at school were protective factors. Significant interaction effects were found between parental control and household member smoking and between parent–child closeness and communication. None of the neighborhood‐ and state‐level factors were significant in the final full model but they were significant in reduced models. More proximate social contexts appear to play a more direct and immediate role in adolescent smoking than macro‐level factors. An ecological model incorporating multiple social systems seems more fruitful than single‐system models to reveal etiology of adolescent smoking.
SHIP2 associates with intersectin and recruits it to the plasma membrane in response to EGF
Authors: Xie Jingwei , Vandenbroere Isabelle , Pirson Isabelle 
Published: August 2008

MINT‐6673604:

ITSN‐1S (uniprotkb:Q15811‐2) and SHIP2 (uniprotkb:O15357) colocalize (MI:0403) by fluorescence microscopy (MI:0416)
MINT‐6673646, MINT‐6694843:

SHIP2 (uniprotkb:Q6P549) physically interacts (MI:0218) with ITSN‐1S (uniprotkb:Q9Z0R4‐2) by anti bait coimmunoprecipitation (MI:0006)
MINT‐6673386:

SHIP2 (uniprotkb:O15357) physically interacts (MI:0218) with ITSN‐1S (uniprotkb:Q15811‐2) by two hybrid (MI:0018)
MINT‐6673429, MINT‐6673447, MINT‐6673475:

ITSN‐1S (uniprotkb:Q15811‐2) physically interacts (MI:0218) with SHIP2 (uniprotkb:O15357) by anti tag coimmunoprecipitation (MI:0007)
MINT‐6673513, MINT‐6673542, MINT‐6673557, MINT‐6673572:

ITSN‐1S (uniprotkb:Q15811‐2) physically interacts (MI:0218) with SHIP2 (uniprotkb:O15357) by pull down (MI:0096)
MINT‐6673462:

ITSN‐1L (uniprotkb:Q15811‐1) physically interacts (MI:0218) with SHIP2 (uniprotkb:O15357) by anti tag coimmunoprecipitation (MI:0007)
Gender, Caring and Employment in Britain
Authors: McKIE LINDA , BOWLBY SOPHIA , GREGORY SUSAN 
Published: August 2008

Employment and social policies continue to be based upon a gender template
that assumes women, especially mothers, are or should be natural
carers. Invariably, policies that seek to promote women's entry to paid
work do so by facilitating their management and conduct of caring work,
thus reinforcing the gender template. In addition, contemporary debates
around concepts of citizenship emphasise the obligation to paid employment
but fail to tackle the gendered division of caring activities and
organisation of care. Enhanced access to childcare merely recreates the
gender template by promoting low paid jobs for women as paid carers
who are predominantly providing care services for other women. The
provision of unpaid paternity leave is unlikely to challenge the strong
association between femininity, mothering and care work.In this article we explore notions of caring, home and employment. It is
argued that ambivalence exists amongst policy makers, employers, and
society more generally, towards the gendered nature of caring and the
implications of this for women, and men who wish to care, who are in
paid employment. These are old issues and the authors consider why
change in social and public policies is so slow. The authors argue that a
consideration of gender and equality principles, currently largely absent
from welfare and employment policies, and debates on notions of citizenship,
should form the basis for the development of future strategies to support
parents and children.
Russian Buddhists in Tibet, from the end of the nineteenth century – 1930
Authors: Andreyev Alexander 
Published: August 2008

AbstractThe article offers a survey of religious contacts maintained between Tibet and Russian Buddhists, the ethnic Buryats and Kalmyks, from the late 19th C. to the 1930s. Chronologically, the story falls into two parts, the dividing point being the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. The focus in the first portion is on the Russian Buddhist colony in Lhasa centred around the Gomang Datsang (school) of the Drepung monastery, its emergence and growth in the early 20th C., in the wake of Russo-Tibetan rapprochement brought about by a Buryat scholar-monk and adviser of the 13th Dalai Lama, Agvan Dorjiev. The tsarist government tried to use their Buddhist connection with Lhasa to political ends – in January 1904, shortly after the beginning of the British military invasion of Tibet, they sent a secret Kalmyk reconnaissance mission to Lhasa under a Cossack subaltern, Naran Ulanov, assisted by a cleric (bakshi) Dambo Ulianov. The latter part of the article concentrates on the dramatic post-revolutionary period. It begins with the story of the Kalmyk refugees in Turkey and their abortive attempt to emigrate to Tibet. There's also a detailed discussion of the endeavours by Soviet leaders to win the Dalai Lama over, by employing the loyal Buryats and Kalmyks for their secret missions to the Potala. The key figures behind this scheme were the Soviet foreign minister, G. V. Chicherin, and the same Agvan Dorjiev, posing as the Dalai Lama's representative in the USSR. As a result of the Bolshevik propaganda, many of the Buryat and Kalmyk residents in Lhasa began to return to their homeland in the 1920s. The crackdown on Buddhism in Soviet Russia put an end to the Moscow–Lhasa political dialogue. Hence all connections between the Buryat and Kalmyk Buddhists and their religious “Mecca” were deliberately cut by the Soviet authorities by 1930.
“Ingrams Peace”, Ḥaḍramawt, 1937–40. Some Contemporary Documents
Authors: Smith G. Rex 
Published: August 2008

AbstractIn February 1937, a peace between the Hadramawt sultanates, the Qu[ain]aytī and Kathīrī and their tribes, totally unprecedented in the history of that region, was brought about essentially by the efforts of two men: Sayyid Sir Abū Bakr al-Kāf and Harold Ingrams, the first political officer in Hadramawt. This peace was known universally thereafter as “Ingrams Peace”, although the word “truce” is much in evidence in the contemporary documents studied below.The prime object of this article is to examine in some detail some of the contemporary British documents directly or indirectly relevant to the phenomenon (for such it undoubtedly was!) of the late 1930s–early 1940s called “Ingrams Peace”. It is quite unashamedly a view of events through British eyes, through the eyes of the key players in the drama. They are allowed as far as is possible to speak for themselves. Let us first introduce the characters involved and set the scene.
The Dvaravati “Buddha on a Monster” Stelae: A Possible Interpretation
Authors: Tiffin Sarah , Stuart-Fox Martin 
Published: August 2008

AbstractProviding convincing explanations for objects that are unique to Dvaravati is particularly challenging given that our knowledge of the polity is sketchy to say the least. One particularly fascinating group of such objects comprises a number of stelae depicting the Buddha apparently standing on the head of some beast or “monster”. The central Buddha figure is usually flanked by two gods, probably Indra and Brahma, or two bodhisattvas, or just two attendants. The “monster” has been interpreted as some combination of the vehicles of Visnu (Garuda), Siva (bull) and/or Brahma (hamsa or goose), or as Garuda, or Surya, the Sun God. There are no Indian prototypes for these objects, which are found only in the Dvaravati sculptural style.
Additive prognostic value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in elderly patients with heart failure
Authors: Scardovi Angela B. , De Maria Renata , Celestini Andrea , Perna Silvia , Coletta Claudio , Feola Mauro , Aspromonte Nadia , Rosso Gian Luca , Carunchio Alessandro , Ferraironi Alessandro , Pimpinella Alessandro , Ricci Roberto 
Published: August 2008

To date, the role of CPET (cardiopulmonary exercise testing) for risk stratification in elderly patients with HF (heart failure) with depressed or preserved ventricular function has not been evaluated. In the present study, we analysed whether CPET is useful in predicting outcome in this population. A total of 220 NYHA (New York Heart Association) class I–III patients with HF ≥70 years of age [median age, 75 years; 23% had NYHA class III; and 59% had preserved ventricular systolic function (left ventricular ejection fraction ≥40%)] performed maximal CPET (peak expiratory exchange ratio &gt;1.00). Median peak oxygen uptake was 11.9 ml·kg−1 of body weight·min−1, median V̇E/V̇CO2 slope (slope of the minute ventilation/carbon dioxide production ratio) was 33.2 and 45% had an EVR (enhanced ventilatory response) to exercise (V̇E/V̇CO2 slope ≥34). During 19 months of follow-up, 94 patients (43%) met the combined end point of death and hospital admission for worsening HF, arrhythmias or acute coronary syndromes. By Cox multivariable analysis, a creatinine clearance of &lt;50 ml/min {HR (hazard ratio), 1.657 [95% CI (confidence interval), 1.055–2.602]} and EVR [HR, 1.965 (95% CI, 1.195–3.231)] were the best predictors of outcome, while ventricular function had no influence on prognosis. In conclusion, in elderly patients with HF, a steeper V̇E/V̇CO2 slope provides additional information for risk stratification across the spectrum of ventricular function and identifies a high-risk population, commonly not considered in exercise testing guidelines.
Does single embryo transfer improve the obstetric and neonatal outcome of singleton pregnancy?
Authors: POIKKEUS PIIA , TIITINEN AILA 
Published: August 2008

AbstractSingleton pregnancies following in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) are associated with increased risks of abnormal placentation, pre‐eclampsia and preterm birth. These risks might partly be a consequence of the number of transferred embryos. In this commentary we summarize the results of three observational studies and one randomized study with 1052 pregnancies following single embryo transfer (SET).An increased age‐ and parity‐adjusted risk of gestational hypertension and placenta previa in the SET pregnancies as compared to the spontaneously conceiving controls was reported in one of the studies. Preterm births occurred in 6–12% of SET pregnancies and 4–6% of the newborns were of low birth weight (LBW). The frequency of preterm birth and LBW after SET were considered either lower than or similar to those after double embryo transfer (DET) but higher than after spontaneous conception.Comparison of SET and DET pregnancies thus shows heterogeneous results. Still, it seems that not even a transfer of one good‐quality embryo at a time diminishes all the previously identified increased risks of certain obstetric complications and preterm births in singleton pregnancies following IVF or ICSI.
Clinicopathological significance of circadian rhythm‐related gene expression levels in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer
Authors: TOKUNAGA HIDEKI , TAKEBAYASHI YUJI , UTSUNOMIYA HIROKI , AKAHIRA JUN‐ICHI , HIGASHIMOTO MASASHI , MASHIKO MIYUKI , ITO KIYOSHI , NIIKURA HITOSHI , TAKENOSHITA SEI‐ICHI , YAEGASHI NOBUO 
Published: August 2008

AbstractObjective. Recent studies implicate circadian genes in the regulation of cell cycle, apoptosis, and cell proliferation at a molecular level. These genesey affect cancer incidence, prognosis, and chemosensitivity. In this study, we measured the expression levels of clock genes and correlated their expression levels with clinicopathological parameters in epithelial ovarian cancer. Methods. The expression levels of core clock genes, per1, per2, per3, cry1, cry2, Bmal1, clock, and CKIɛ were quantified by real‐time quantitative Reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction in 83 ovarian cancer tissues and 11 normal ovarian tissues. Results. The expression levels of per1, per2, cry2, clock, CKIɛ in ovarian cancers were significantly lower than those in normal ovaries. In contrast, cry1 expression was highest among the eight examined clock genes, followed by per3 and Bmal1. Cry1 expression was much higher in cancer than that in normal ovaries. Localized circadian gene expression was determined in cancer cells by in situ hybridization analysis. Cry1 expression was significantly reduced in mucinous and grade 3 tumors. Bmal1 expression was also significantly reduced in mucinous adenocarcinomas as compared to other histologies. In a multivariate analysis, the combination of low cry1 expression and low Bmal1 expression was an independent prognostic factor, as well as stage and histological subtype. Conclusions. The antiphase expression of cry1 and Bmal1 may be preserved in ovarian cancers. The combination of cry1 and Bmal1 expression might become a possible prognostic marker in epithelial ovarian cancer.