bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The effect of injury type and location on the prognosis of the patients with open globe injuries
Authors: Dogan Cezmi , Mergen Burak , Seda Sert  , Tezcan Gulsah , Busenur Gonen  , Guleser Umit Yasar , Arslan Osman Sevki 
Published: February 2025

Objective: Investigation of the effect of the globe injury site and the globe injury type on the postoperative results in the patients with a relatively softer open globe injury (OGI) was aimed.
Methods: Medical records of the patients with OGI due to blunt or penetrating trauma were analyzed retrospectively. The patient cohort was divided into laceration and rupture groups. The location of injury was evaluated in zones (I-II-III). Presence and type of the complication (cataract, retinal detachment, etc.) were evaluated. Final best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was evaluated as the primary outcome measure.
Results: Seventy eyes of 70 patients with OGI were included in the study. While 58 eyes (82.9%) had lacerations, 12 eyes (17.1%) had ruptures. Among the 52 patients with lacerations for whom there was an available BCVA data, 13 (25%) patients showed no change, 32 (61.5%) showed an increase, and 7 (13.5%) showed a decrease in BCVA. Among the 11 patients with ruptures, 2 (18.2%) patients showed no change and 9 (81.8%) showed an increase in BCVA. A complication was observed in 23 (44.2%) patients with laceration and 4 (33.3%) patients with rupture (p: 0.474). No difference was detected in terms of the complication rate between the patients having a different zone of injury. However, final BCVA was lower in those with Zone III injury in comparison to those with Zone II injury (p: 0.028).
Conclusion: Although the injury type was thought to have an effect on the final BCVA of the patients with OGI, no difference was detected between the patients with laceration and rupture. Zone III injuries resulted in lower preoperative BCVA values. However, despite a significant difference between Zone II and III injuries, no significant difference was observed in terms of the final BCVA between the patients with Zone I and those with Zone III injuries.
Spatial working memory is critical for gesture processing: Evidence from gestures with varying semantic links to speech
Authors: Özer Demet , Özyürek Aslı , Göksun Tilbe 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
Gestures express redundant or complementary information to speech they accompany by depicting visual and spatial features of referents. In doing so, they recruit both spatial and verbal cognitive resources that underpin the processing of visual semantic information and its integration with speech. The relation between spatial and verbal skills and gesture comprehension, where gestures may serve different roles in relation to speech is yet to be explored. This study examined the role of spatial and verbal skills in processing gestures that expressed redundant or complementary information to speech during the comprehension of spatial relations between objects. Turkish-speaking adults (N=74) watched videos describing the spatial location of objects that involved perspective-taking (left-right) or not (on-under) with speech and gesture. Gestures either conveyed redundant information to speech (e.g., saying and gesturing “left”) or complemented the accompanying demonstrative in speech (e.g., saying “here,” gesturing “left”). We also measured participants’ spatial (the Corsi block span and the mental rotation tasks) and verbal skills (the digit span task). Our results revealed nuanced interactions between these skills and spatial language comprehension, depending on the modality in which the information was expressed. One insight emerged prominently. Spatial skills, particularly spatial working memory capacity, were related to enhanced comprehension of visual semantic information conveyed through gestures especially when this information was not present in the accompanying speech. This study highlights the critical role of spatial working memory in gesture processing and underscores the importance of examining the interplay among cognitive and contextual factors to understand the complex dynamics of multimodal language.
Spin-down of Solar-mass Protostars in Magnetospheric Accretion Paradigm
Authors: Takasao Shinsuke , Kunitomo Masanobu , Suzuki Takeru K. , Iwasaki Kazunari , Tomida Kengo 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
Stellar spin is one of the fundamental quantities that characterize a star itself and its planetary system. Nevertheless, stellar spin-down mechanisms in protostellar and pre-main-sequence stellar phases have been a long-standing problem in star formation theory. To realize the spin-down, previous axisymmetric models based on the conventional magnetospheric paradigm have had to assume massive stellar winds or produce highly time-variable magnetospheric ejections. However, this picture has been challenged by both numerical simulations and observations. With a particular focus on the propeller regime for solar-mass stars, we propose a new picture of stellar spin-down based on our recent 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulation and stellar evolution calculation. We show that failed magnetospheric winds, unique to 3D models, significantly reduce the spin-up accretion torque, which make it easier for the star to spin-down. Additionally, the amplitude of time variability associated with magnetospheric ejections is reduced by 3D effects. Our simulation demonstrates that the star spins down by generating a conical disk wind, driven by a rotating stellar magnetosphere. Our theoretical estimates, inspired by the numerical model, suggest that the conical disk wind is likely to play a crucial role in extracting stellar angular momentum during the protostellar phase. As magnetospheric accretion is expected to occur in other accreting objects such as protogiant planets, this study will also contribute to the understanding of the angular momentum of such objects.
The Unique Helium Nova V445 Puppis Ejected ≫0.001 M⊙ in the Year 2000 and Will Not Become a Type Ia Supernova
Authors: Schaefer Bradley E. 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
V445 Puppis (Nova Puppis 2000) is the only known example of a helium nova, where a layer of helium-rich gas accretes onto the surface of a white dwarf (WD) in a cataclysmic variable, with runaway helium burning making for the nova event. Speculatively, a helium nova can provide one path to produce a Type Ia supernova (SNIa), within the larger framework of single-degenerate models. Relatively little has been known about V445 Pup, with this work reporting the discovery of the orbital period near 1.87 days. The companion star is 2.65 ± 0.35 R
⊙ in radius as an evolved giant star stripped of its outer hydrogen envelope. The orbital period immediately before the 2000 eruption was

P

pre

= 1.871843 ± 0.000014 days, with a steady period change of (−0.17 ± 0.06) × 10−8 from 1896 to 1995. The period immediately after the nova eruption was P
post = 1.873593 ± 0.000034 days, with a

P

̇

of (−4.7 ± 0.5) × 10−8. The fractional orbital period change (ΔP/P) is +935 ± 27 ppm. This restricts the mass of the gases ejected in the nova eruption to be ≫0.001 M
⊙, and much greater than the mass accreted to trigger the nova. So the WD is losing mass over each eruption cycle, and will not become a SNIa. Further, for V445 Pup and helium novae in general, I collect observations from 136 normal SNIa for which any giant or subgiant companion star would have been detected, yet zero companions are found. This is an independent proof that V445 Pup and helium novae are not SNIa progenitors.
Discovering Large-scale Structure at 2 < z < 5 in the C3VO Survey
Authors: Hung Denise , Lemaux Brian C. , Cucciati Olga , Forrest Ben , Shah Ekta A. , Gal Roy R. , Giddings Finn , Sikorski Derek , Golden-Marx Emmet , Lubin Lori M. , Hathi Nimish , Zamorani Giovanni , Shen Lu , Bardelli Sandro , Cassarà Letizia P. , De Lucia Gabriella , Fontanot Fabio , Garilli Bianca , Guaita Lucia , Hirschmann Michaela Monika , Lee Kyoung-Soo , Newman Andrew B. , Ramakrishnan Vandana , Vergani Daniela , Xie Lizhi , Zucca Elena 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
The Charting Cluster Construction with VUDS and ORELSE (C3VO) survey is an ongoing imaging and spectroscopic campaign aiming to map out the growth of structure up to z ∼ 5 and was born from the combination of the Visible Multi-Object Spectrograph Ultra Deep Survey and the Observations of Redshift Evolution in Large-Scale Environments (ORELSE) survey. As we previously accomplished with the ORELSE survey, we apply our technique known as Voronoi tessellation Monte Carlo (VMC) mapping to search for serendipitous galaxy overdensities at 2 < z < 5 in the three C3VO fields. We also apply the same technique to mock observations of simulated galaxies with properties derived from the GAlaxy Evolution and Assembly semianalytic model in order to judge the effectiveness of our search algorithm as a function of redshift, total mass, and fraction of spectroscopic redshifts. We find completeness and purity values of the order of 30%–50% for

log
(

M

z
=
0

/

M

⊙

)
>
14

and 2 < z < 4, with a strong dependence on mass and redshift, with values as high as ∼80% and ∼70%, respectively, in the best-case scenario for

log
(

M

z
=
0

/

M

⊙

)
>
14.5

. In the C3VO fields, we were able to recover many of the previously known structures in the literature as well as find hundreds of new overdensity candidates, once again demonstrating the powerful capabilities of VMC mapping when applied to wide-field optical and infrared galaxy evolution surveys at ever higher redshifts.
What Drives the H i Content of Central Galaxies—A Comparison between Hydrodynamic Simulations and Observations Using Random Forest
Authors: Li Xiao , Li Cheng , Mo H. J. 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
We investigate the driving mechanisms for the H i gas content in star-forming central galaxies at low redshift, by examining the H i-to-stellar mass ratio (M
H i
/M
*) in both the state-of-the-art hydrodynamic simulations, IllustrisTNG (TNG) and EAGLE, and the xGASS sample. We quantify the correlations of M
H i
/M
* with a variety of galaxy properties using the Random Forest regression technique, and we make comparisons between the two simulations, as well as between the simulations and xGASS. Gas-phase metallicity is found to be most important in both simulations, but is ranked mildly for xGASS, suggesting that metals and gas driven by feedback effects in real galaxies is not as tightly coupled as in the simulations. Beyond that, the accretion rate of supermassive black holes is the most important feature in TNG, while specific star formation rate is the top ranked in EAGLE. This result can be understood from the fact that the H i gas is regulated mainly by thermal-mode AGN feedback in TNG and by stellar feedback in EAGLE. Although neither simulation can fully reproduce the feature importance obtained for real galaxies in the xGASS, EAGLE performs better than TNG in the sense that the observationally top-ranked property, u − r, is also highly ranked in EAGLE. This result implies that stellar feedback plays a more dominant role than AGN feedback in driving the H i gas content of low-redshift galaxies.
A Multiwavelength Light-curve Analysis of the Classical Nova KT Eri: Optical Contribution from a Large Irradiated Accretion Disk
Authors: Hachisu Izumi , Kato Mariko , Walter Frederick M. 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
KT Eri is a classical nova that went into outburst in 2009. Recent photometric analysis in quiescence indicates a relatively longer orbital period of 2.6 days, so that KT Eri could host a very bright accretion disk during the outburst like in the recurrent nova U Sco, the orbital period of which is 1.23 days. We reproduced the optical V light curve as well as the supersoft X-ray light curve of KT Eri in outburst, assuming a large irradiated disk during a nova wind phase of the outburst while a normal size disk after the nova winds stop. This result is consistent with the temporal variation of wide-band V brightness that varies almost with the intermediate-band Strömgren y brightness, because the V flux is dominated by continuum radiation, the origin of which is a photospheric emission from the very bright disk. We determined the white dwarf mass to be M
WD = 1.3 ± 0.02 M
⊙, the hydrogen-burning turnoff epoch to be ∼240 days after the outburst, the distance modulus in the V band to be (m − M)
V
= 13.4 ± 0.2, and the distance to KT Eri to be d = 4.2 ± 0.4 kpc for the reddening of E(B − V) = 0.08. The peak absolute V brightness is about

M

V
,
max

=
−
8.0

and the corresponding recurrence time is ∼3000 yr from its ignition mass together with the mean mass-accretion rate of

M

̇

acc

∼
1
×
1

0

−
9

M

⊙

yr−1 in quiescence. Thus, we suggest that KT Eri is not a recurrent nova.
Using Image-based AI for insect monitoring and conservation - InsectAI COST Action
Authors: August Tom , Balzan Mario , Bodesheim Paul , Brehm Gunnar , Cantú-Salazar Lisette , Castro Sílvia , Chipperfield Joseph , Ghisbain Guillaume , Gomez-Segura Alba , Goulnik Jérémie , Groom Quentin , Hogeweg Laurens , Huijbers Chantal , Kamilaris Andreas , Kazlauskis Karolis , Koch Wouter , Korsch Dimitri , Loureiro João , Martin Youri , Martinou Angeliki , McFarland Kent , Mestdagh Xavier , Michez Denis , Outhwaite Charlie , Pegoraro Luca , Pernat Nadja , Pettersson Lars , Pipek Pavel , Preda Cristina , Rolnick David , Roth Tobias , Roy David , Roy Helen , Runnel Veljo , Sasic Martina , Schigel Dmitry , Sheard Julie , Svenningsen Cecilie , Teixeira Heliana , Titeux Nicolas , Tscheulin Thomas , Tzirkalli Elli , van der Velde Marijn , van Klink Roel , Vereecken Nicolas , Vray Sarah , Høye Toke Thomas 
Published: February 2025

The InsectAI COST action will support insect monitoring and conservation at the national and continental scale in order to understand and counteract widespread insect declines. The Action will bring together a critical mass of researchers and stakeholders in image-based insect AI technologies to direct and drive the research agenda, build research capacity across Europe and support innovation and application.
There is mounting evidence that populations of insects around the world are in sharp decline. Understanding trends in species and their drivers is key to knowing the size of the challenge, its causes and how to address it. To identify solutions that lead to sustainable biodiversity alongside economic prosperity, insect monitoring should be efficient and provide standardised and frequently updated status indicators to guide conservation actions.
The EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 identifies the critical challenge of delivering standardised information about the state of nature and image-based insect AI can contribute to this. Specifically, the EU Nature Restoration Law will likely set binding targets for the high resolution data that cameras can provide. Thus, outputs of the Action will contribute directly to EU policies implementation, where biodiversity monitoring is considered a key component.
The InsectAI COST Action will organise workshops, conferences, short-term scientific missions, hackathons, design-sprints and much more, across four Working Groups. These groups will address how image-based insect AI technologies can best address Societal Needs, support innovation in Image Collection hardware, create standardised approaches for Image Processing and develop novel Data Analysis and Integration methods for turning data into actionable insights.
Enseigner la transition écologique à l'université, à partir de la fresque du climat, pour un développement soutenable
Authors: Maleval Véronique 
Published: February 2025

Dans son rapport de juin 2023, le Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche donne l'obligation aux formations post-bac, à partir de 2025 au plus tard, de "former à la transition écologique pour un développement soutenable". Cet article présente la progression thématique de la maquette de géographie environnementale de l'Université de Limoges. Le point de départ est la Fresque du climat qui est approfondie pour montrer l'importance des enjeux de la transition pour les sociétés. Ainsi, de la L1 à la L3, les thématiques enseignées concernent les sociétés face à leur milieu, leur démographie et leur économie ; les sociétés face aux changements climatiques, aux risques et leur vulnérabilité. Cette progression qui permet de préciser les processus, les interactions et les implications de la crise écologique sur les populations, révèle l'urgence de mesures et actions concrètes. Celles-ci passent inévitablement par l'engagement des étudiants et des enseignants par le biais d'ateliers permettant d'imaginer de nouveaux futurs et d'une chaire d'excellence pour mettre en place, à l'échelle locale, une dynamique bas-carbone. Le rôle de l'Université est ainsi crucial pour guider la société vers un nouveau monde.
Des peuples aux royaumes ? Nommer les territoires scandinaves dans les textes occidentaux (viie-xie siècle)
Authors: Malbos Lucie 
Published: February 2025

Cet article cherche à comprendre quand, comment et pourquoi on passe, dans les textes évoquant le monde scandinave, de noms de peuples à des noms de territoires. Le processus qui mène en Scandinavie des « chefferies aux royaumes » – pour faire simple – est encore mal connu et fait l’objet de nombreux débats : que peut nous apprendre le lexique en la matière ? Le sujet est délicat, en raison des sources, hétérogènes, lacunaires et tardives, mais aussi parce que tout ce qui touche au lexique, aux questions de langage, soulève de nombreux problèmes loin d’être spécifiques à la période médiévale. En tentant d’éviter une approche trop déterministe et téléologique, l’étude des sociétés danoise et norvégienne, très morcelées jusqu’au xe siècle, permet de montrer que les mots employés véhiculent toujours un point de vue sur le monde, tout en s’interrogeant sur les possibles liens entre l’évolution du lexique dans les sources et un éventuel processus de territorialisation.
Practice of bio-medical research amongst doctors in Owo
Authors: Omolase Charles O. , Egberongbe A.A. , Komolafe O.O. , Olasinde A.A. , Adeosun O.A. 
Published: February 2025

Aim: This study aimed at appraising the practice of bio-medical research amongst doctors working at Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria. Barriers to health research were also identified.Methods: This study was conducted over a period of six months between June and November 2012 among different cadres of medical practitioners working at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria. One hundred respondents selected by simple random sampling technique were interviewed with the aid of a semi-structured questionnaire. Informed consent was obtained from each of the respondents. The information obtained included their bio-data, previous research training experience, and publication. Views of respondents on bio-medical research and barriers to health research were also sought. The data obtained with the aid of the questionnaire were collated and analysed with SPSS 15.0.1 statistical software version.Results: A total of 85 out of the 100 medical practitioners that collected the questionnaire returned their filled questionnaire. The age range of the respondents is 25–59 years with a mean age of 36.55 years ± 8.4 years. The median age was 34 years, and the mode was 34 years. There were 71 males and 14 females. Most respondents (61; 71.8%) had training in research while the remaining 24 (28.2%) did not. Most respondents (66; 77.6%) had participated in research and few, 19 (22.4%), had not participated in research. Less than half of the respondents (41; 48.8%) had had previous research published, and more than half (43; 51.2%) had not had research published. Most respondents (79; 92.9%) believed that research helped in promoting medical practice. Lack of research funding was a major barrier to research (75; 88.2%).Conclusion: Most respondents had participated in research. The majority of the study participants had training in bio-medical research prior to this study. There is a need for regular training of doctors in bio-medical research, and adequate funding should be provided for research.
Risk factors for Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infections: A case-control study
Authors: Mbele Sibongakonke , Vasaikar Sandeep D. 
Published: February 2025

Background: Over years, concerning Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) have advanced globally, posing a major threat to global health. Prior studies highlight previous antibiotic use and prolonged hospital stays as paramount risk factors for CRE infections. However, there are limited reports available with a focus on identifying risk factors for CRE infections by comparing CRE cases with controls. The aim is to evaluate factors associated with CRE infections among individuals admitted to hospitals in Mthatha.Methods: A retrospective case-control study among patients who attended Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital (NMAH) and Mthatha Regional Hospital (MRH), Eastern Cape, South Africa. Demographic, medical history and current hospitalisation factors were captured on clinical research forms. GraphPad Prism version 8 software was used for statistical analysis.Results: Out of the 226 participants with CRE infection, CRE cases were more likely than controls to be adults (51.9%, odds ratio [OR]: 1.34, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.72–2.55) and of male sex (54.9%, OR: 1.48, 95% CI: 0,87–2,45). Significant risk factors for CRE infections included underlying illnesses (OR: 2.55, 95% CI: 1.41–4.60, p = 0.002), urine catheterisation (OR: 5.40, 95% CI: 1.45–18.33, p = 0.01), intravascular devices (OR: 2.48, 95% CI: 1.06–6.03, p = 0.05) and prolonged hospital stay (OR: 1.87, 95% CI: 1.01–3.39, p = 0.048). CRE cases compared to controls were almost twice as likely to demise or have an extended hospital stay of more than one month. Klebsiella pneumoniae (62.6%) and Enterobacter cloacae (60.6%) were prevalent Enterobacterales associated with CRE.Conclusion: Significant risk factors for CRE infections are underlying illnesses, urine catheterisation, intravascular devices and prolonged hospitalisation.Contribution: The complicated nature of CRE infections highlights the importance of targeted interventions to mitigate their spread and impact on public health.
Rationalising blood tests in a resource-limited emergency unit: A quality improvement project
Authors: Esterhuizen Renette , Tribelhorn Lilani I. , Thomas Danielle M.J. , Elliott Eugenne , Habib Talat , Nair Arun 
Published: February 2025

Background: In resource-limited emergency settings, blood testing is crucial for diagnostics but can lead to financial strain and diagnostic challenges if used indiscriminately. This quality improvement project (QIP) aimed to identify commonly requested blood tests in an emergency department (ED), assess their appropriateness, and establish evidence-based guidelines for judicious use. This project was conducted during the family medicine rotation of interns at a tertiary hospital in a semi-urban area.Methods: The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) method was employed. Pre- and post-intervention data were collected. An educational intervention, featuring informative visual aids was implemented to help guide the medical practitioners in the unit on appropriate blood test ordering.Results: The intervention led to a significant 48.7% reduction in total daily blood tests ordered, with a notable decrease in full-panel requests and an increase in individual test ordering.Conclusion: Educational interventions, aimed at guiding blood test requests, can significantly reduce unnecessary testing. Long-term data collection is necessary to confirm sustained changes in practice.Contribution: Our findings indicate that clear, evidence-based guidelines for the judicious use of blood tests can positively impact test ordering, particularly in resource-limited settings, and suggest opportunities for further long-term studies.