bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Engagement and factors associated with annual anal human papillomavirus screening among sexual and gender minority individuals
Authors: Nitkowski Jenna , Ridolfi Timothy J. , Lundeen Sarah J. , Giuliano Anna R. , Chiao Elizabeth , Fernandez Maria E. , Schick Vanessa , Smith Jennifer S. , Bruggink Paige , Brzezinski Bridgett , Nyitray Alan G. 
Published: April 2024

AbstractObjectivesAnnual screening with a provider has been recommended for groups at highest risk for anal cancer. Anal self-sampling could help address screening barriers, yet no studies have examined annual engagement with this method.MethodsThe Prevent Anal Cancer Self-Swab Study recruited sexual and gender minority individuals 25 years and over who have sex with men in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to participate in an anal cancer screening study. Participants were randomized to a home or clinic arm. Home-based participants were mailed an anal human papillomavirus self-sampling kit at baseline and 12 months, while clinic-based participants were asked to schedule and attend one of five participating clinics at baseline and 12 months. Using Poisson regression, we conducted an intention-to-treat analysis of 240 randomized participants who were invited to screen at both timepoints.Results58.8% of participants completed annual (median=370 days) anal screening. When stratified by HIV status, persons living with HIV had a higher proportion of home (71.1%) versus clinic (22.2%) annual screening (p<0.001). Non-Hispanic Black participants had a higher proportion of home-based annual anal screening engagement (73.1%) compared to annual clinic screening engagement (31.6%) (p=0.01). Overall, annual screening engagement was significantly higher among participants who had heard of anal cancer from an LGBTQ organization, reported “some” prior anal cancer knowledge, preferred an insertive anal sex position, and reported a prior cancer diagnosis. Annual screening engagement was significantly lower for participants reporting a medical condition.ConclusionsAnnual screening engagement among those at disproportionate anal cancer risk was higher in the home arm.
Motor Control of Distinct Layer 6 Corticothalamic Feedback Circuits
Authors: Martinetti Luis E. , Autio Dawn M. , Crandall Shane R. 
Published: April 2024

ABSTRACTLayer 6 corticothalamic (L6 CT) neurons provide massive input to the thalamus, and these feedback connections enable the cortex to influence its own sensory input by modulating thalamic excitability. However, the functional role(s) feedback serves during sensory processing is unclear. One hypothesis is that CT feedback is under the control of extra-sensory signals originating from higher-order cortical areas, yet we know nothing about the mechanisms of such control. It is also unclear whether such regulation is specific to CT neurons with distinct thalamic connectivity. Using mice (either sex) combined within vitroelectrophysiology techniques, optogenetics, and retrograde labeling, we describe studies of vibrissal primary motor cortex (vM1) influences on different CT neurons in the vibrissal primary somatosensory cortex (vS1) with distinct intrathalamic axonal projections. We found that vM1 inputs are highly selective, evoking stronger postsynaptic responses in Dual ventral posterior medial nucleus (VPm) and posterior medial nucleus (POm) projecting CT neurons located in lower L6a than VPm-only projecting CT cells in upper L6a. A targeted analysis of the specific cells and synapses involved revealed that the greater responsiveness of Dual CT neurons was due to their distinctive intrinsic membrane properties and synaptic mechanisms. These data demonstrate that vS1 has at least two discrete L6 CT subcircuits distinguished by their thalamic projection patterns, intrinsic physiology, and functional connectivity with vM1. Our results also provide insights into how a distinct CT subcircuit may serve specialized roles specific to contextual modulation of tactile-related sensory signals in the somatosensory thalamus during active vibrissa movements.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTLayer 6 corticothalamic (L6 CT) feedback circuits are ubiquitous across mammalian species and modalities, and their activities have a strong influence on thalamic excitability and information throughput to the neocortex. Despite clear evidence of CT effects on the thalamus, we know relatively little about how CT cells themselves are regulated. Our results show that input from the primary motor cortex strongly excites a subclass of CT neurons in the primary somatosensory cortex that innervate both core and higher-order somatosensory nuclei rather than those exclusively targeting core somatosensory thalamus. The cortico-cortico-thalamic pathway formed by these connections establishes a circuit-level substrate for supporting CT influence operating under the guidance of ongoing motor activities.
Mapping the environmental co-benefits of reducing low-value care: a scoping review and bibliometric analysis
Authors: Parker Gillian , Hunter Sarah , Born Karen , Miller Fiona A. 
Published: April 2024

ABSTRACTBackgroundReducing low-value care (LVC) and improving healthcare’s climate readiness are critical factors to improve the sustainability of health systems across the globe. Care practices that have been deemed low or no value, in effect, generate carbon emissions, waste and pollution without improving patient or population health. There is nascent, but growing, research and evaluation to inform practice change focused on the environmental co-benefits of reducing LVC. The objective of this study was to develop foundational knowledge of this field through a scoping review and bibliometric analysis.MethodsWe searched four databases, Medline, Embase, Scopus and CINAHL, each from inception to July 2023. We followed established scoping review and bibliometric analysis methodology to collect and analyze the data. Publication characteristics, healthcare and environmental sustainability focus (scoping review); authors, institutions, institution countries, and collaborations (bibliometric analysis) data were collected.Findings145 publications met inclusion criteria and were published between 2013 – July 2023; with over 80% published since 2020. Empirical studies represented 21% while commentary, editorials or opinions represented 51% of publications. The majority focused on healthcare generally (27%), followed by laboratory testing (14%), and medications (14%). Empirical publications covered a broad range of environmental issues with general and practice-specific ‘Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions’, ‘waste management’ and ‘resource use’ as most common topics. Reducing practice-specific ‘GHG emissions’ was the most common reported environmental outcome. The bibliometric analysis revealed numerous international collaboration networks of prolific authors producing work across healthcare practices and settings, studying numerous environmental sustainability issues.ConclusionsThis study reveals that research and evaluation to inform practice change on the environmental co-benefits of reducing LVC is growing internationally, across multiple healthcare and environmental areas. Results demonstrate a need and opportunity for the emerging community to clarify approaches and strengthen the evidence-base through further empirical work in the field.
Magnetic property changes of NdGa upon hydrogen absorption
Authors: Cedervall Johan , Shtender Vitalii , Manuel Pascal , Pomjakushin Vladimir , Mathieu Roland , Häussermann Ulrich , Andersson Mikael S. 
Published: April 2024

Rare earth monogallide (REGa) Zintl phases are attractive for their properties in hydrogen storage and magnetic cooling. However, the magnetic effects upon hydrogen additions in REGa are not well understood. This study aims to explore the magnetic effects in REGaHx using SQUID magnetometry and neutron powder diffraction. To avoid challenges due to absorption and high incoherent scattering in the neutron diffraction experiments, the compound NdGaDx (x = 0, 0.9, or 1.6) was chosen for examination. It was found that NdGa exhibits two ferromagnetic structures below the Curie temperature of 42 K. Just below 42 K the magnetic moments are oriented along the crystallographic c axis, and at 20 K a spin reorientation occurs where the moments turn ∼30∘ toward the a axis. Upon partial deuteration (x = 0.9), the magnetization decreases and two magnetic phases are observed, one intermediate incommensurate phase, and one canted ferromagnetic phase with the net magnetization aligning along the b axis. For the full deuteride (x = 1.6) only one incommensurate magnetic phase is observed at low temperatures. Magnetometry also reveals that there are no isotope effects when absorbing H or D. The absorption of H or D changes the Nd-Nd distances as well as the electronic structure, which results in a drastic change in the magnetic properties as compared to NdGa.

Published by the American Physical Society
2024
Higher technology education and industry interface: how the theory of planned behavior applies in student work-integrated learning and job search intention link
Authors: Chukwuedo Samson Onyeluka , Okorafor Anthony Osinachi , Odogwu Ikechukwu Chidiebere , Nnajiofor Francisca Nebechi 
Published: April 2024

Purpose Within the umbrella of technology and vocational education (TVET), technology or technical education in higher institutions of learning is obligated to produce the required manpower needed in the industry. Thus, it is pertinent to explore the interaction between the industry and higher education students. Drawing on the tenets of theory of planned behavior (TPB), this study offers valuable insights into the nomological networks of work-integrated learning (WIL), perceived behavioral control (PBC), subjective norm (SBN), personal attitude (PAT) and job search intention (JSI).Design/methodology/approach The study applied a structurally hypothesized model that was drawn from the TPB to collect data for the constructs. Using a cross-sectional survey after the WIL experiences of the students, we collected data from technology education undergraduates (N = 214) in their final academic year from universities in Nigeria.Findings With structural equation modeling, the study found that WIL is directly associated with JSI, PBC, SBN and PAT. In line with the tenets of the TPB, simple mediation models were supported about the influence of WIL on JSI via PBC and PAT discretely but not via SBN. Further, the results support two paths of serial mediation models, indicating sequential indirect links between WIL and JSI via SBN and PBC, as well as via SBN and PAT.Research limitations/implications Our findings have implications for higher education practitioners, industry experts and employers of labor.Originality/value Although extant literature has relatively shown that WIL impacts employability skills, this study has remarkably shown the WIL-JSI nexuses within the variables of TPB.
Enhancing wearability: designing wearable suit platforms for industrial workers
Authors: Chung Jiwon , Won Hyunbin , Lee Hannah , Park Soah , Ahn Hyewon , Pyeon Suhyun , Yoon Jeong Eun , Koo Sumin 
Published: April 2024

PurposeThe objective of this study was to develop wearable suit platforms with various anchoring structure designs with the intention of improving wearability and enhancing user satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachThis study selected fabrics and materials for the suit platform through material performance tests. Two anchoring structure designs, 11-type and X-type are compared with regular clothing under control conditions. To evaluate the comfort level of the wearable suit platform, a satisfaction survey and electroencephalogram (EEG) measurements are conducted to triangulate the findings.FindingsThe 11-type exhibited higher values in comfort indicators such as α, θ, α/High-β and lower values in concentration or stress indicators such as β, ϒ, sensorimotor rhythm (SMR)+Mid-β/θ, and a spectral edge frequency of 95% compared to the X-type while walking. The 11-type offers greater comfort and satisfaction compared to the X-type when lifting based on the EEG measurements and the participants survey.Originality/valueIt is recommended to implement the 11-type when designing wearable suit platforms. These findings offer essential data on wearability, which can guide the development of soft wearable robots.
Advantages and disadvantages of video conferencing and direct interaction: a conceptual framework for evaluating hybrid work models
Authors: Thejls Ziegler Marianne , Lütge Christoph 
Published: April 2024

Purpose
This study aims to analyse the differences between professional interaction mediated by video conferencing and direct professional interaction. The research identifies diverging interests of office workers for the purpose of addressing work ethical and business ethical issues of professional collaboration, competition, and power in future hybrid work models.

Design/methodology/approach
Based on 28 qualitative interviews conducted between November 2020 and June 2021, and through the theoretical lens of phenomenology, the study develops explanatory hypotheses conceptualising four basic intentions of professional interaction and their corresponding preferences for video conferences and working on site.

Findings
The four intentions developed on the basis of the interviews are: the need for physical proximity; the challenge of collective creativity; the will to influence; and control of communication. This conceptual framework qualifies a moral ambivalence of professional interaction. The authors identify a connectivity paradox of professional interaction where the personal dimension remains unarticulated for the purpose of maintaining professionality. This tacit human connectivity is intertwined with latent power relations. This plasticity of both connectivity and power in direct interaction can be diminished by transferring the interaction to video conferencing.

Originality/value
The application of phenomenology to a collection of qualitative interviews has enabled the identification of underlying intention structures and the system in which they affect each other. This research identifies conflicts of interests between workers relative to their different self-perceived abilities to persevere in competitive professional interaction. It is therefore able to address consequences of future hybrid work models at an existential and societal level.
A study on the cross-platform influence mechanism of physicians’ live streaming behavior on performance
Authors: Chen Chen , Wu Hong 
Published: April 2024

PurposeThe advent of online live streaming platforms (OLSPs) and online health communities (OHCs) has expedited the integration of traditional medical services with Internet new media technology. Since the practice of physicians conducting live streaming is a relatively new phenomenon, the potential cross-platform effects of such physicians’ live streaming have not received adequate attention.Design/methodology/approachThis study collected data from 616 physicians specializing in cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology and neurology between April and November 2022 on Live.Baidu.com and WeDoctor.com. It constructed a panel data set comprising a total of 4,928 observations over an 8-month period and validated the model using empirical analysis with the fixed-effects method.FindingsWe find evidence of cross-platform influence in online healthcare. Physicians’ live streaming behavior (whether live or not and the heat of their streams) on OLSPs positively impacts both their consultation and reputation on OHCs. Additionally, physicians’ ability positively moderates the relationships between live streaming heat and their performance (in terms of consultation volume and reputation) on OHCs. However, ability does not moderate the relationship between physicians’ live streaming status (live or not) and their performance (in terms of consultation and reputation) on OHCs. Furthermore, the attractive appearance of the physicians also significantly moderates the impact in a positive way.Originality/valueThis is one of the pioneering studies on physicians’ live streaming. The study offers vital guidance for physicians and patients utilizing dual platforms and holds significant reference value for platform operators (such as OLSPs and OHCs) aiming to optimize platform operations and for the government in policy formulation and industry regulation.
The evolution of sustainability accounting and reporting in the United States: applications of the ecological anthropology and industrial ecology frameworks
Authors: Sisaye Seleshi , Birnberg Jacob G. 
Published: April 2024

PurposeThe primary objective of this research is to chronicle how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other United States Federal Government Agencies (USFGA) agencies have played a role in shaping the trajectory of financial reporting for sustainability, with a particular emphasis on triple bottom line (TBL). This exploration extends to other indexes reporting sustainability data encompassed within financial, social and environmental reporting.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopts an illustrative methodology, utilizing data sourced from governmental, business and international organizational documents.FindingsSustainability accounting predominantly finds its place within the framework of TBL. However, it is crucial to note that sustainability reporting remains voluntary rather than mandatory. Nevertheless, accounting firms and professional accounting societies have embraced it as a supplementary facet of financial accounting reporting.Originality/valueThe research highlights the historical evolution of sustainability within the USFGA and corporate entities. Corporations’ interest in accounting for sustainability performances has significantly contributed to the emergence of voluntary sustainability accounting rules, as embodied by the TBL.
Is tax avoidance one of the purposes of financial data manipulation? The case of Romania
Authors: Lucut Capras Isabella , Achim Monica Violeta , Mara Eugenia Ramona 
Published: April 2024

PurposeCompanies avoid taxes in a variety of ways and use different methods to do that, one of the most common being earnings management. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether companies manipulate their financial data in order to reduce taxes paid.Design/methodology/approachWe considered a sample of 63 listed Romanian companies for the period 2016–2021. The Beneish model was used for estimating earnings management, and the effective tax rate was used to measure tax avoidance. The analysis was carried out using regression analysis in Stata13 software.FindingsThe findings of the research indicate a negative and statistically significant association between effective tax rate and earnings management, implying that one of the main reasons why companies manipulate their earnings to reduce tax burden and avoid taxes. Moreover, our results show that return on assets (ROA) has a statistically significant negative influence on the effective tax rate. Furthermore, our analysis reveals that firm size, growth, and Big4 audit have no effect on effective tax rate.Research limitations/implicationsBecause it analyzes concrete cases using financial data and provides some recommendations for addressing the issue of tax avoidance, this work is useful in advancing both quantitative and qualitative research on this topic. This research is relevant for businesses, governments, regulators, audit professionals and investors.Originality/valueThe study, by analyzing concrete cases using reported financial data, contributes in filling the gap within the literature that results from a lack of scientific research on the relationship between tax avoidance and earnings management, and then it clarifies the nature of the causal connection between them. Moreover, it considers a combination of firm related variables including performance, size and also audit quality.
Design and analysis of solid ankle foot orthosis by employing mechanical characterization and a low-cost scanning approach for additive manufacturing
Authors: Abas Muhammad , Habib Tufail , Noor Sahar 
Published: April 2024

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the fabrication of solid ankle foot orthoses (SAFOs) using fused deposition modeling (FDM) printing technology. It emphasizes cost-effective 3D scanning with the Kinect sensor and conducts a comparative analysis of SAFO durability with varying thicknesses and materials, including polylactic acid (PLA) and carbon fiber-reinforced (PLA-C), to address research gaps from prior studies.

Design/methodology/approach
In this study, the methodology comprises key components: data capture using a cost-effective Microsoft Kinect® Xbox 360 scanner to obtain precise leg dimensions for SAFOs. SAFOs are designed using CAD tools with varying thicknesses (3, 4, and 5 mm) while maintaining consistent geometry, allowing controlled thickness impact investigation. Fabrication uses PLA and PLA-C materials via FDM 3D printing, providing insights into material suitability. Mechanical analysis uses dual finite element analysis to assess force–displacement curves and fracture behavior, which were validated through experimental testing.

Findings
The results indicate that the precision of the scanned leg dimensions, compared to actual anthropometric data, exhibits a deviation of less than 5%, confirming the accuracy of the cost-effective scanning approach. Additionally, the research identifies optimal thicknesses for SAFOs, recommending a 4 and 5 mm thickness for PLA-C-based SAFOs and an only 5 mm thickness for PLA-based SAFOs. This optimization enhances the overall performance and effectiveness of these orthotic solutions.

Originality/value
This study’s innovation lies in its holistic approach, combining low-cost 3D scanning, 3D printing and computational simulations to optimize SAFO materials and thickness. These findings advance the creation of cost-effective and efficient orthotic solutions.
Sex differences in neural response to an acute stressor in individuals with an alcohol use disorder
Authors: Grodin Erica N. , Kirsch Dylan , Belnap Malia , Ray Lara A. 
Published: April 2024

AbstractBackgroundAlcohol use disorder (AUD) and stress influence overlapping neural circuits in the brain. The literature is mixed regarding the presence of sex differences in the neural response to acute stressors, and this issue has not been examined in individuals with AUD. We validated a stress functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) paradigm in individuals with AUD and tested for sex differences.MethodsTwenty‐five treatment‐seeking individuals with AUD (15M/10F) were recruited to participate in the neuroimaging study linked to a clinical trial of ibudilast (NCT03594435). To assess social‐evaluative stress, participants completed the Montreal Imaging Stress Task (MIST). Whole brain and amygdala region‐of‐interest analyses were conducted. Subjective ratings of anxiety and distress were collected. Repeated measures ANCOVAs were performed to evaluate the effect of stress on anxiety and distress and to evaluate sex differences.ResultsThere were trend‐level effects of stress on anxiety ratings and amygdala activation (p's = 0.06). There was a significant effect of stress in the bilateral thalamus, ventral tegmental area, and paracingulate (Z's > 4.09, p's < 0.03). There was a trend‐level effect of sex on subjective ratings of stress (p's = 0.07). Females had higher amygdala activation in response to stress (p = 0.02). Females also had greater activation than males in the precuneus, posterior cingulate cortex, and right inferior frontal gyrus during acute stress (Z's > 3.56, p's < 0.03).ConclusionsThis study provides an initial validation of the MIST in a sample of individuals with AUD. It also provides preliminary evidence of sex differences in the response to social‐evaluative stress, which is important, given the relevance of stress and negative emotionality as motivators for alcohol use in females.