bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Barriers and facilitators to self-management in people living with a lower-grade glioma
Authors: Rimmer Ben , Balla Michelle , Dutton Lizzie , Williams Sophie , Araújo-Soares Vera , Gallagher Pamela , Finch Tracy , Lewis Joanne , Burns Richéal , Menger Fiona , Sharp Linda ,   on behalf of the Ways Ahead study team
Published: March 2024

Abstract
Purpose
Self-management can have clinical and quality-of-life benefits. However, people with lower-grade gliomas (LGG) may face chronic tumour- and/or treatment-related symptoms and impairments (e.g. cognitive deficits, seizures), which could influence their ability to self-manage. Our study aimed to identify and understand the barriers and facilitators to self-management in people with LGG.

Methods
We conducted semi-structured interviews with 28 people with LGG across the United Kingdom, who had completed primary treatment. Sixteen participants were male, mean age was 50.4 years, and mean time since diagnosis was 8.7 years. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed. Following inductive open coding, we deductively mapped codes to Schulman-Green et al.’s framework of factors influencing self-management, developed in chronic illness.

Results
Data suggested extensive support for all five framework categories (‘Personal/lifestyle characteristics’, ‘Health status’, ‘Resources’, ‘Environmental characteristics’, ‘Healthcare system’), encompassing all 18 factors influencing self-management. How people with LGG experience many of these factors appears somewhat distinct from other cancers; participants described multiple, often co-occurring, challenges, primarily with knowledge and acceptance of their incurable condition, the impact of seizures and cognitive deficits, transport difficulties, and access to (in)formal support. Several factors were on a continuum, for example, sufficient knowledge was a facilitator, whereas lack thereof, was a barrier to self-management.

Conclusions
People with LGG described distinctive experiences with wide-ranging factors influencing their ability to self-manage.

Implications for cancer survivors
These findings will improve awareness of the potential challenges faced by people with LGG around self-management and inform development of self-management interventions for this population.
Web-Based Initiatives to Prevent Sexual Offense Perpetration: A Systematic Review
Authors: Hillert Jana , Haubrock Lina Sophie , Dekker Arne , Briken Peer 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
Purpose of Review
Web-based programs to prevent sexual offense perpetration could provide an opportunity that avoids many of the barriers associated with in-person treatment. The aim of this systematic review is to give an overview of the literature on web-based initiatives aimed at sexual offense perpetration prevention published during the last 10 years (2013–2023) and to report data on the efficacy as well as issues of the discussed initiatives.

Recent Findings
We included 18 empirical studies discussing web-based perpetration prevention initiatives, of which six are randomized controlled trials. Among the articles, four cover programs focusing on prevention of sexual reoffending and 14 discuss programs aimed at preventing initial sexual offenses.

Summary
Evaluations and observations of web-based initiatives aimed at preventing sexual offense perpetration show overall promising results and are well-appreciated. However, evaluation studies are scarce and more randomized controlled trials replicating this effect are warranted.
Search for Operating Conditions in the Thermal Pistachio Splitting in Fountain Confined Conical Spouted Beds
Authors: Sukunza Xabier , Bolaños Maider , Tellabide Mikel , Estiati Idoia , Freire Fábio Bentes , Aguado Roberto , Olazar Martin 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe worldwide consumption of pistachio nuts has been increasing over the last decades due to their high nutritional value. Given that only split nuts are commercialised, the closed-shell nuts, which account for most of the harvested ones, must be split by mechanical or thermal processes. However, there is hardly any information about the splitting mechanism based on thermal treatments. Accordingly, the thermal splitting of pistachio nuts in conical spouted beds has been approached, and the effect of the air inlet temperature, the draft tube aperture ratio and the air inlet diameter on the splitting mechanism has been analysed. Batch drying tests have been carried out in the proposed technology at an air inlet temperature range of 40–120 $${}^{\circ }\text {C}$$

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using configurations with and without draft tube. The operating temperature and dryer configuration that allows attaining up to 60% of split pistachios and preserving their quality are 80 $${}^{\circ }\text {C}$$

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, an inlet diameter of 0.05 m and an open-sided draft tube with an aperture ratio of 80%.
Sharing the secret: The effects of sharing mothers’ breast cancer on Arab children’s emotional and behavioral status
Authors: Hen Meirav , Khalaily Nour , Mirochnik Izabella , Keren Miri 
Published: March 2024

AbstractA diagnosis of breast cancer implies an emotional burden on the patient’s personal and family functioning, especially in traditional societies. Along with the physical and emotional difficulties that are inherent to cancer, there is also a tendency in Arab society to keep the disease a secret. The present study examined the impact of sharing information about the mother’s illness on the emotional and educational scholastic functioning of children of Arab Israeli women with breast cancer. The sample included 39 Arab women with breast cancer, their school aged children and their children’s teachers, who answered self-report questionnaires. Findings indicated that mothers and children who shared information related to the illness reported more perceived social support, children’s higher academic achievements, fewer emotional and behavioral problems, and higher pro-social behaviors than children and mothers who did not share information regarding the illness. This study underscores the role of sharing information about breast-cancer illness among Arab mothers, on the emotional and scholastic functioning of their children. Further research is needed to provide a way to facilitate the information-sharing process in the community, and to prevent the negative ‘ripple effect’ of concealing the mother’s illness in Arab society.
Sportverbände als Meta-Organisationen
Authors: Thieme Lutz 
Published: March 2024

Zusammenfassung
Sportverbände fanden bislang in der Organisationssoziologie und in der Sportwissenschaft weniger Aufmerksamkeit als Sportvereine. Bisherige Beiträge liefern lediglich ein Desiderat zur Erklärung organisationalen Handelns von Sportverbänden. Das Konzept der Meta-Organisation weist auf grundlegende Differenzen im organisationalen Handeln zwischen Organisation hin, die keine Personen, sondern Organisationen als Mitglieder haben. Diese betreffen in erster Linie die Ressourcenausstattung, die Ressourcenverfügbarkeit, die Dynamik organisationalen Handelns, die Entscheidungsfindung und den Umgang mit Konflikten. Daher wird das Konzept der Meta-Organisationen zur Beschreibung von Sportverbänden genutzt und ein Modell entwickelt, welches Personen‑, Struktur- und Finanzdynamiken modelliert und dabei die Differenzen zwischen mittleren Meta-Organisationen und Sportverbänden, wie z. B. deren Monopolstellung, einbindet. Die empirische Bewährung des vorgelegten Modells steht noch aus.
From Nutritional Capability to Food Capability: Measurement of Multidimensional Food Poverty in Japan
Authors: Ueda Haruka 
Published: March 2024

AbstractAmartya Sen’s work has contributed to shifting our focus from food availability to food access and utilisation, together called ‘nutritional capability’. Existing food insecurity instruments have been informed partially by the capability approach, but remain focused on material deprivation and its economic sub-dimensions. This narrow focus has become problematic, particularly in high-income countries, where material deprivation is largely overcome and food poverty manifests itself differently from that in low-income countries. Food poverty in high-income countries should thus be approached from a ‘food capability’ perspective that fully recognises the multidimensionality of eating lives and the multiple factors that affect their dietary standards. To demonstrate the usefulness of this perspective, the Alkire-Foster method for multidimensional food poverty was utilised to analyse food poverty in Japan. The Alkire-Foster measure has a dual cut-off approach and its adapted method can produce a multidimensional food poverty index by setting reasonable food deprivation and poverty thresholds. The national data used for empirical demonstration was obtained from a web-based questionnaire conducted in Japan, to which 973 participants (aged 20–60 years) responded. The measurement identified a 20.6% food-poor population and inequalities in food capabilities among subgroups. Although economic deprivation was tightly linked to food poverty, the results suggested that gender- and age-based inequalities were larger than socioeconomic status-based ones, which reflected much wider societal problems in Japan than growing economic poverty, such as gender inequality and population ageing. The proposed measurement is effective for monitoring food policy impacts and complementing existing food insecurity assessment tools. The results will be useful for promoting social debate about what the minimal dietary standard should be in high-income societies.
Signatures of convection in the atmospheres of cool evolved stars
Authors: Chiavassa Andrea , Kravchenko Kateryna , Goldberg Jared A. 
Published: March 2024

AbstractEvolved cool stars of various masses are major cosmic engines, delivering substantial mechanical and radiative feedback to the interstellar medium through strong stellar winds and supernova ejecta. These stars play a pivotal role in enriching the interstellar medium with vital chemical elements that constitute the essential building blocks for the formation of subsequent generations of stars, planets, and potentially even life. Within the complex tapestry of processes occurring in the atmospheres of these cool and luminous stars, convection takes center stage. Convection is a non-local, complex phenomenon marked by non-linear interactions across diverse length scales within a multi-dimensional framework. For these particular stars, characterized by their considerable luminosities and extensive scale heights, convection transitions to a global scale. This transition is facilitated by the transmission of radiative energy through the non-uniform outer layers of their atmospheres. To have a full understanding of this phenomenon, the application of global comprehensive 3D radiation-hydrodynamics simulations of stellar convection is of paramount importance. We present two state-of-the-art numerical codes: CO5BOLD and Athena++. Furthermore, we provide a view on their applications as: pivotal roles in enabling a comprehensive investigation into the dynamic processes linked to convection; and critical tools for accurately modeling the emissions produced during shock breakouts in Type II-P supernovae.
Effect of the Flow Passage Area Ratio on a Double Slit-Type Pintle Injector
Authors: Lee Ingyu , Shim Daewoong , Kim Inho , Yoon Youngbin 
Published: March 2024

AbstractDue to the structural characteristics of the pintle injector, a recirculation zone is generated under the pintle, so the pintle tip is directly exposed to a high-temperature environment. Therefore, the cooling technique and protective coating on the pintle tip are essential for improving the reusability and durability of the pintle injector. Although various cooling methods are known, this study applied a forced flow passage cooling method by adding internal structures called inserts to the pintle injector. The characteristics of the insert were analyzed experimentally and numerically based on change of its area ratio. When the internal flow changes, the spray angle, droplet size, and cooling performance also change in accordance with an increase in the insert’s central area. When the insert structure is installed in the pintle post, upward flow may occur, which can worsen the spray angle and droplet distribution characteristics. Nevertheless, owing to the insert structure, the surface temperature of the pintle post is reduced dramatically as intended. Thus, an optimal design technique for cooling by changing the area ratio of the first- and second-row slits of the pintle post can be suggested to overcome the limitations of the insert structure. The results of this study will be helpful in understanding the spray characteristics of the insert structure and optimize the design of cooling channels for reusable pintle injectors in the future.
Revealing the specific regulations of nitric oxide on the postharvest ripening and senescence of bitter melon fruit
Authors: Wang Hongwei , Li Ling , Ma Lili , Fernie Alisdair R. , Fu Anzhen , Bai Chunmei , Sang Zhaoze , Guo Susu , Zhang Fan , Wang Qing , Zheng Yanyan , Zuo Jinhua 
Published: March 2024

AbstractBitter melon fruit is susceptible to yellowing, softening, and rotting under room-temperature storage conditions, resulting in reduced commercial value. Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule and plays a crucial role in regulating the fruit postharvest quality. In this study, we investigated the effects of NO treatment on changes in sensory and firmness of bitter melon fruit during postharvest storage. Moreover, transcriptomic, metabolomic, and proteomic analyses were performed to elucidate the regulatory mechanisms through which NO treatment delays the ripening and senescence of bitter melon fruit. Our results show that differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were involved in fruit texture (CSLE, β-Gal, and PME), plant hormone signal transduction (ACS, JAR4, and AUX28), and fruit flavor and aroma (SUS2, LOX, and GDH2). In addition, proteins differentially abundant were associated with fruit texture (PLY, PME, and PGA) and plant hormone signal transduction (PBL15, JAR1, and PYL9). Moreover, NO significantly increased the abundance of key enzymes involved in the phenylpropanoid biosynthetic pathway, thus enhancing the disease resistance and alleviating softening of bitter melon fruit. Finally, differential metabolites mainly included phenolic acids, terpenoids, and flavonoids. These results provide a theoretical basis for further studies on the physiological changes associated with postharvest ripening and senescence of bitter melon fruit.
To Learn but Not Live Together? The Early History of the University of British Columbia’s International House
Authors: McCartney Dale M. , Metcalfe Amy Scott , Blanco Gerardo L. , Kumari Roshni 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe University of British Columbia (UBC) opened Canada’s first International House (I-House) in 1959 after a decade of activism from students and faculty. Students had demanded an I-House to help them find housing, and to ensure that “brotherhood may prevail,” as the I-House motto promised. The I-House campaign received support from community groups that raised the funds to build the UBC I-House. UBC’s administration wanted I-House as a social center that could coordinate fledgling international student services and resisted the residential I-House model. Ultimately, UBC’s administrators won out and the residential component was never built. This paper examines the conflict about building a residence to house international and domestic students together, chronicling the competing visions of international student policy and services that were circulating at one of Canada’s largest universities in the early days of the Cold War.
Androcentrism in Biological Typing
Authors: Watkins Aja 
Published: March 2024

AbstractBiological types, including holotypes and reference genomes, are particular biological entities that represent an entire class of biological entities. This paper presents a feminist analysis of biological typing by asking whether we have reason to criticize the practices of selecting holotypes and reference genomes for being androcentric. I offer three distinct reasons why androcentrism can be objectionable: androcentric practices may inadequately account for traits or experiences of women/females, reinforce male/female dichotomies, or overgeneralize from particulars. I then evaluate whether the practices of selecting holotypes and genomes are objectionably androcentric in these three ways. These typing practices, especially as applied to the case of humans, are objectionably androcentric in some ways but not others. Whether a typing practice problematically ignores the traits or experiences of women depends on whether the typing practice involves non-accidentally taking the traits or experiences of male humans as typical, which, I argue, is true both in the case of holotypes and genomes. Neither holotypes nor genomes reinforce male/female dichotomies, although some features of these practices may appear to do so. Finally, both holotypes and genomes are criticizable for overgeneralizing from particulars, although this criticism does not depend on these practices being androcentric.
Childhood adversities characterize the heterogeneity in the brain pattern of individuals during neurodevelopment
Authors: Kashyap Rajan , Holla Bharath , Bhattacharjee Sagarika , Sharma Eesha , Mehta Urvakhsh Meherwan , Vaidya Nilakshi , Bharath Rose Dawn , Murthy Pratima , Basu Debashish , Nanjayya Subodh Bhagyalakshmi , Singh Rajkumar Lenin , Lourembam Roshan , Chakrabarti Amit , Kartik Kamakshi , Kalyanram Kartik , Kumaran Kalyanaraman , Krishnaveni Ghattu , Krishna Murali , Kuriyan Rebecca , Kurpad Sunita Simon , Desrivieres Sylvane , Purushottam Meera , Barker Gareth , Orfanos Dimitri Papadopoulos , Hickman Matthew , Heron Jon , Toledano Mireille , Schumann Gunter , Benegal Vivek ,   for the Consortium on Vulnerability to Externalizing Disorders and Addictions (cVEDA)
Published: March 2024

AbstractBackgroundSeveral factors shape the neurodevelopmental trajectory. A key area of focus in neurodevelopmental research is to estimate the factors that have maximal influence on the brain and can tip the balance from typical to atypical development.MethodsUtilizing a dissimilarity maximization algorithm on the dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) of the resting state functional MRI data, we classified subjects from the cVEDA neurodevelopmental cohort (n = 987, aged 6–23 years) into homogeneously patterned DMD (representing typical development in 809 subjects) and heterogeneously patterned DMD (indicative of atypical development in 178 subjects).ResultsSignificant DMD differences were primarily identified in the default mode network (DMN) regions across these groups (p < 0.05, Bonferroni corrected). While the groups were comparable in cognitive performance, the atypical group had more frequent exposure to adversities and faced higher abuses (p < 0.05, Bonferroni corrected). Upon evaluating brain-behavior correlations, we found that correlation patterns between adversity and DMN dynamic modes exhibited age-dependent variations for atypical subjects, hinting at differential utilization of the DMN due to chronic adversities.ConclusionAdversities (particularly abuse) maximally influence the DMN during neurodevelopment and lead to the failure in the development of a coherent DMN system. While DMN's integrity is preserved in typical development, the age-dependent variability in atypically developing individuals is contrasting. The flexibility of DMN might be a compensatory mechanism to protect an individual in an abusive environment. However, such adaptability might deprive the neural system of the faculties of normal functioning and may incur long-term effects on the psyche.
Sense-aware connective-based indices of cohesion and their relationship to cohesion ratings of English language learners’ written production
Authors: Lu Xiaofei , Hu Renfen 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe use of connectives has been considered important for assessing the cohesion of written texts (Crossley et al., 2019). However, existing connective-based indices have not systematically addressed two issues of ambiguity, namely, that between discourse and non-discourse use of polysemous word forms and that in terms of the specific discourse relations marked by polysemous discourse connectives (Pitler & Nenkova, 2009). This study proposes 34 sense-aware connective-based indices of cohesion that account for these issues and assesses their predictive power for cohesion ratings in comparison to 25 existing indices. Results from the analysis of 3,911 argumentative essays from the English Language Learner Insight, Proficiency and Skills Evaluation Corpus show that 23 sense-aware indices but only three existing indices correlated significantly and meaningfully with cohesion ratings. The sense-aware indices also exhibited greater predictive power for cohesion ratings than existing indices. The implications of our findings for future cohesion research are discussed.
“In the Name of the God of All Names: Yahweh, Obatalá, Olorum”: The 1981 Quilombos Mass as an Ecumenical Pilgrimage in Brazil
Authors: Knoll Travis 
Published: March 2024

AbstractOn November 22, 1981, thousands of laypeople, along with bishops, priests, and theologians, gathered in Recife to celebrate the Eucharist. Offered during a military dictatorship in a period of popular insurgency, the Quilombos Mass mourned the death of millions in the African slave trade, sought pardon for the Church's past sins, and celebrated the resistance of Blacks in Brazil and beyond its borders. The acclaimed Black Brazilian pop star and activist Milton de Nascimento collaborated with an activist poet and three bishops to produce a multimedia performance; in the spirit of liberation theology, it was marked by striking visuals, dance, music, and the invocation of the sacred. This article draws on reportage, speeches and correspondence, military court and intelligence records, published interviews, and the author's interview with one of its composers. It offers a close textual analysis, with attention to Catholic theological debates, as well as an analysis of the performance itself, drawn from video recordings and bringing attention to aspects neglected by most commentators, who refer only to the album, as it was finally produced. Initially stifled by the Vatican, Milton's masterpiece, issued as an album on vinyl and performed in paid concerts, became a powerful cultural reference for activists, serving as a touchstone for a strategic alliance between Black activists and the liberationist Church.