bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Single-operator cholangioscopy system for management of acute cholecystitis secondary to choledocholithiasis
Authors: Tao Liying , Wang Hongguang , Guo Qingmei 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThis study aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) + EyeMax (single-operator cholangioscopy system; SOC) (i.e., ERCP+SOC) for the treatment of choledocholithasis-associated acute cholecystitis. Twenty-five patients were evaluated between January 2022 and June 2023. The success rate (technical + clinical), procedure time, postoperative recovery, postoperative length of hospital stay, and complications rates were recorded. The procedure and clinical success rates were 92% (23/25) and 96% (24/25), respectively. The mean procedure time was 36.6±10 minutes (standard deviation [SD]). The average postoperative hospitalization was 2±0.8 days. No adverse events such as bleeding, perforation, or bile leakage occurred. Cholecystitis did not recur during the 2 to 18 months of follow-up. ERCP+SOC may be a feasible, safe, and effective alternative treatment for acute cholecystitis secondary to choledocholithiasis. ERCP+SOC was able to simultaneously resolve both biliary tract and gallbladder problems via natural orifice endoscopy. Its advantages included no skin wound, reduced postoperative pain, quick recovery, limited to no exposure to x-rays, and a short hospital stay.
Comparação entre procedimentos cirúrgicos no tratamento da infecção de prótese do quadril
Authors: Branco Ricardo Tomé , Rodrigues Eurico Bandeira 
Published: October 2023

Resumo
Objetivo Comparar a taxa de cura, o tempo de recuperação e a pontuação na escala funcional de Merle d'Aubigné-Postel (EFMA) entre a cirurgia em tempo único (C1T) e a cirurgia em dois tempos (C2T) no tratamento de infecções protéticas do quadril, considerando as características sociodemográficas e clínicas dos pacientes.
Materiais e Métodos Foi realizado um estudo retrospectivo num único centro, entre 2011 e 2014, com um total de 37 casos estudados, sendo 26 tratados com C1T e 11 com C2T. Foram comparadas a taxa de cura, o tempo de recuperação e a pontuação EFMA entre os dois grupos, bem como as características sociodemográficas e clínicas dos pacientes. Foram também consideradas as complicações cirúrgicas e o agente infeccioso mais comum.
Resultados O grupo C1T teve uma recuperação funcional mais rápida do que o grupo C2T, mas não houve diferenças significativas na taxa de cura, nas complicações cirúrgicas ou na pontuação EFMA. No entanto, o grupo C1T era significativamente mais jovem, o que pode ter influenciado os resultados. Staphylococcus spp. foi o agente infeccioso mais comum (62%).
Conclusão Embora a C2T pareça ser superior em termos de cura de infecção, a C1T pode ser preferível para uma recuperação funcional mais rápida. No entanto, as características individuais dos pacientes devem ser consideradas na escolha do tratamento. São necessárias mais pesquisas com um tamanho de amostra maior para confirmar estes resultados.
A ressonância magnética é um método confiável para medida do ângulo crítico do ombro e do índice acromial
Authors: Schiefer Márcio , Naliato Erika , Oliveira Roberto , Carmo Leonardo Tadeu do , Fontenelle César Rubens da Costa , Motta Filho Geraldo da Rocha 
Published: October 2023

Resumo
Objetivo Os objetivos deste estudo foram comparar os valores absolutos do índice acromial (IA) e do ângulo crítico do ombro (ACO) obtidos em radiografias e ressonâncias magnéticas (RM) do ombro e comparar a concordância interobservador e intraobservador dos valores de IA e ACO medidos nessas modalidades de imagem.
Métodos Pacientes com indicação médica de investigação de doenças dos ombros por meio de radiografias e RM foram incluídos no estudo. As imagens foram levadas para dois cirurgiões de ombro treinados que realizaram medidas de IA e ACO em radiografias e RM. Doze semanas após a primeira avaliação, uma segunda avaliação foi realizada. A confiabilidade inter e intraobservador foi apresentada como coeficiente de correlação intraclasse (CCI) e a concordância foi classificada segundo os critérios de Landis e Koch. As diferenças entre duas medidas foram avaliadas por meio de gráficos de Bland-Altman.
Resultados Cento e trinta e quatro ombros de 124 indivíduos foram incluídos no estudo. O CCI intraobservador médio para ACO em radiografias e RM foi 0,936 e 0,940, respectivamente; para IA, foi 0,908 e 0,022. O CCI interobservador médio para ACO foi 0,892 e 0,752 em radiografias e RM, respectivamente; para IA, os valores de CCI foram 0,849 e 0,685. Todas as análises individuais apresentaram poder estatístico (p < 0,001). A diferença média dos valores de IA em radiografias e RM foi 0,01 e 0,03 para os observadores 1 e 2, respectivamente. A diferença média dos valores de ACO em radiografias e RM foi 0,16 e 0,58 para os observadores 1 e 2, respectivamente.
Conclusão Tanto a RM quanto as radiografias tiveram alta concordância intra e interobservador para medida de IA e ACO. Os valores absolutos de IA e ACO foram altamente correlacionados em ambas as modalidades de imagem. Esses achados sugerem que a RM é um método adequado para determinação de IA e ACO.
Nível de Evidência II, Estudo Diagnóstico.
Towards a low-carbon society: spatial distribution, characteristics and implications of digital economy and carbon emissions decoupling
Authors: Wu Yanan , Al-Duais Zinb Abduljabbar Mohamed , Peng Biyu 
Published: October 2023

AbstractReducing carbon emissions and attaining sustainable economic, social, and environmental development are vital components of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Previous research has overlooked the influence of the digital economy on urban carbon decoupling. To bridge this gap, this study employs GIS software and econometric models for analyzing the spatial distribution and characteristics of the digital economy and carbon decoupling and also investigates the direct, heterogeneous, and spatial effects of the digital economy on carbon decoupling. This study reveals: (1) A lesser digital economy presence in the northeast and northwest, while more developed in the Southeast Coast and municipalities directly under the Central Government. Cities with weak carbon decoupling are concentrated in Northeast and North China. (2) The digital economy and the decoupling of urban carbon emissions have spatial correlation and agglomeration characteristics. (3) The digital economy can contribute to decoupling carbon emissions in cities. (4) Improved urban carbon decoupling by the digital economy in central, eastern, and non-resource-based cities. (5) Spatial spillover effect in urban carbon emissions decoupling, yet the digital economy worsens nearby cities’ carbon decoupling due to a siphon effect. That research indicates that the digital economy holds significant promise not only in advancing human progress, bridging the digital divide, and fostering social development but also in driving the decoupling of urban carbon emissions.
Snow white, the seven dwarfs and the photoelectric effect
Authors: Reyes Martín Héctor , García González Juan Manuel 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
The study of the photoelectric effect should be introduced at pre-university levels in several countries. Teaching quantum phenomena is neither easy nor intuitive and its difficulty is related to the way the brain learns and creates new patterns. This article proposes a first approach to the phenomenon, starting from a movie scene and the Socratic class, thus offering a didactic tool to apply to pre-university students. In this pre-post study it is shown that there is a remarcable improvement (p < 0.00) in the students comprehension of this effect.
10Be in the Cluster Shell Model
Authors: Caballero Omar Alejandro Díaz , Bijker Roelof 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
The Cluster Shell Model describes light nuclei in terms of clusters of k α-particles and x extra nucleons, in which the extra nucleons move in the deformed field generated by geometric configuration of α-particles. We present the first study for the case of x = 2 nucleons in an application to 10Be as a cluster of two α-particles and two neutrons.
Unprecedented mass gain over the Antarctic ice sheet between 2021 and 2022 caused by large precipitation anomalies
Authors: Wang Wei , Shen Yunzhong , Chen Qiujie , Wang Fengwei 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
The Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) is susceptible to global climate change, and its mass loss has been 92 ± 18 Gt yr −1 between 1992 and 2020. Given the current intensive global warming, we investigate the AIS mass changes from January 2003 to December 2022, using the newly released satellite gravimetry and atmospheric datasets. The results show that the continuous mass loss in the AIS between 2003 and 2020 was 141.8 ± 55.6 Gt yr−1 . However, the AIS showed a record-breaking mass gain of 129.7 ± 69.6 Gt yr −1 between 2021 and 2022. During this period, the mass gain over the East AIS and Antarctic Peninsula was unprecedented within the past two decades, and it outpaced the mass loss in the Amundsen sector of the West AIS from 2003 to 2022. Basin-scale analysis shows that the mass gain mainly occurred over Wilhelm II Land, Queen Mary Land, Wilkes Land, and the Antarctic Peninsula due to anomalously enhanced precipitation. Further investigation reveals that during 2021–2022, a pair of symmetrically distributed high-low pressure systems, located at approximately 120°W and 60°E in the Southern Ocean, drove the observed abnormal precipitation and mass accumulation.
Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography reveal the origin of cherries (Prunus subg. Cerasus, Rosaceae)
Authors: Song Yan-Feng , Zhang Cheng , Idrees Muhammad , Yi Xian-Gui , Wang Xian-Rong , Li Meng 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Cherries (subg. Cerasus) belong to Prunus s.l. (Rosaceae) and are widely distributed in temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Given its ornamental and edible functions, it is a hugely preferred germplasm resource for human societies. However, the interspecific phylogenetic relationships, divergence times, and routes of this subgenus remain unclear. To reveal its enigmatic and intricate evolutionary history, we newly sequenced 12 subg. Cerasus species, reconstructed the plastome phylogeny with 24 previously published subg. Cerasus species. This study supports that subg. Cerasus split into five clades, among which P. mahaleb is the basal group of subg. Cerasus; P. campanulata is genetically distantly related to P. cerasoides and is not recommended for treatment as a variety of the latter; P. subhirtella is involved in the speciation of P. yedoensis. Molecular dating and ancestral area reconstructions infer that subg. Cerasus originated in the Eastern Mediterranean–Central Asia before 11.57 Mya (95% HPD = 5.34–19.1 Mya) and subsequently spread into the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) and adjacent regions. The first dispersal event of modern subg. Cerasus was facilitated by ‘out-of-QTP’, colonizing North America across the Bering Land Bridge and re-dispersing into Europe from the Late Miocene to Pliocene and forming the initial distribution pattern of extant subg. Cerasus in the Pliocene; The end of the Quaternary glacial period witnessed a second dispersal event, and core subg. Cerasus population diversity flourished radially in its separate refugia during the Late Pleistocene.
Evolutionary clustering in Neotropical biocultural heritage: the Huastec Mayan useful plants
Authors: De-Nova José Arturo , Villegas-Ortega Daniela Sofía , Cupido Madeleyne , Cilia-López Virginia Gabriela 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Biodiversity in the Neotropics includes an extraordinary diversity of plant variation produced by evolution that is useful for human well-being. Traditional knowledge of the Tenek, a Huastec Mayan culture, represents an important biocultural heritage for this realm. Here, we used the information about their useful plants to explore evolutionary biocultural patterns occurring in Neotropics. Our goal was to analyse the phylogenetic distribution of usage guilds, their degree of evolutionary clustering, significant associations, and phylogenetic overlap between guilds to test the hypothesis that Tenek selection of plants is not random but phylogenetically clustered. We found significant phylogenetic clustering in all usage guilds except ceremonial and medicine. Tenek people use a variety of relatively deep plant lineages providing specific services that biocultural processes have promoted in the ecosystems they inhabit. The lineages Asterales, Caryophyllales, Fabales, Lamiales, Malpighiales, and Malvales in eudicots and Poales and Asparagales in monocots concentrated most of the Huastec Mayan useful plants. Multi-functional hot nodes, including Asterales, Fabales, Lamiales, Malvales, Poaceae Sapindales, and Solanales, with phylogenetic overlap between usage guilds, should be major priority targets in conservation planning.
Pathogen disgust is associated with interpersonal bias among healthcare professionals
Authors: Makhanova Anastasia , Lambert W Allen , Blanchard Ryan , Alcock Joe , Shattuck Eric C , Wilson Michael P 
Published: October 2023

Abstract

Background and objectives
Pathogen avoidance is a fundamental motive that shapes many aspects of human behavior including bias against groups stereotypically linked to disease (e.g. immigrants, outgroup members). This link has only been examined in convenience samples and it is unknown how pathogen avoidance processes operate in populations experiencing prolonged and heightened pathogen threat such as healthcare professionals. We examined whether healthcare professionals demonstrate the same link between pathogen disgust and intergroup bias as has been documented among the general population.

Methodology
Participants (N = 317; 210 healthcare professionals) were recruited using snowball sampling to take an online survey. Participants completed the Three Domain Disgust Scale to assess pathogen, sexual and moral disgust. Participants then rated their perceptions of a fictitious immigrant group (‘Krasneeans’) and the degree to which they endorsed group-binding moral values.

Results
Compared to control participants, healthcare professionals reported lower levels of pathogen disgust, but not sexual or moral disgust. However, regardless of profession, higher pathogen disgust was associated with viewing Krasneeans as less likeable and more unclean. Additionally, regardless of profession, higher pathogen disgust was associated with greater endorsement of group-binding moral values, although healthcare professionals reported greater overall endorsement of group-binding moral values than did control participants.

Conclusions and implications
Although healthcare professionals demonstrated lower levels of pathogen disgust, they nevertheless exhibited largely the same relationship between pathogen disgust and interpersonal biases as did control participants. One practical implication of this association is that pathogen avoidance motives may contribute to inequitable patient treatment in healthcare settings.
154 The Effect of a Novel Consensus Bacterial 6-Phytase Variant on Ileal Digestibility of Energy in Growing Pigs: Meta-Analysis of 4 Trials
Authors: Velayudhan Deepak E , Vinyeta-Punti Ester , Hardy Rachael , Marchal Leon , Nyachoti Charles Martin , Stein Hans H , Dersjant-Li Yueming 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
This meta-analysis evaluated the effect of a novel consensus bacterial 6-phytase variant (PhyG) on the apparent ileal digestibility (AID) of energy in growing pigs. It was hypothesized that increasing phytase doses improves energy digestibility. The database was constructed using 4 studies (PIC, L 800 × Camborough sows or TN Tempo × TN70 breeds; average body weight of 26.5 kg at sampling), contributing 220 data points. Pigs were fed corn or corn-wheat based diets with soybean meal, canola meal, rice bran, wheat middlings or DDGS. All studies had a negative control (NC) diet deficient in total Ca, dig P, standardized ileal digestible amino acids and without feed phosphates. The analyzed total Ca, total P, phytate P and calculated net energy ranged from 0.46 to 0.53%, 0.37 to 0.43%, 0.24 to 0.30%, and 2,441 to 2,472 kcal/kg, respectively. The NC was supplemented with PhyG at 250, 500, 1,000 or 2,000 FTU/kg. Digesta were collected using ileal T-cannulation (9-10 replicates/treatment, Latin square design). Data were analyzed using the Fit Model platform of JMP 14.0 with trial code as a random effect. Phytase dose response (using analyzed phytase activity) was analyzed with exponential curve fitting. The AID of gross energy and the ileal digestible energy (DE, kcal/kg) improved with 1,000 or 2,000 FTU/kg PhyG treatments vs. NC (P &lt; 0.05, Table 1). Increasing the PhyG dose exponentially increased (P &lt; 0.1) the AID of gross energy (%) and the ileal DE. Ileal DE improvement above NC increased exponentially (P &lt; 0.06) up to 120.8 and 132.6 kcal/kg at 1,000 and 2,000 FTU/kg, respectively. In conclusion, PhyG supplementation improved ileal DE in growing pigs in a dose-dependent manner.
305 Dietary Carbohydrase Mixture Supplementation and Fiber Levels on Ileal Digestibility of Nutrients in Diets for Gestating Sows
Authors: Shipman Garrin , Palencia Jorge Perez , Patterson Rob , Levesque Crystal L 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Supplementation of multi-carbohydrase enzyme cocktails can increase nutrient digestibility of fibrous diets in grower pigs, particularly acting on dietary non-starch polysaccharides (NSP). Although NSP degrading enzymes are extensively used in sow diets, there is little data characterizing the NSP enzyme effects. Our previous work demonstrated a 10% increase in nutrient digestibility in diets fed to gestating sows. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a carbohydrase mixture (CM) and dietary fiber level on standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of protein and amino acids (AA) and apparent ileal digestibility (AID) of NSP in gestation diets fed to pregnant sows. Ileal cannulas were placed in 12 gestating sows (Parity 0 to 2) who were allowed to recover for 1 week, then assigned to either a high (HF; 17.5% NDF) or low fiber (LF; 10% NDF) diet with one of 3 levels of CM supplementation (‘0’, ‘0.08’, and ‘0.10’%) or a nitrogen-free diet to determine ileal endogenous AA losses. Diets were corn-soybean meal based with soyhulls and corn DDGS as fiber sources and formulated to reflect industry-relevant diets. Thus, oil was included at 3% in HF to maintain similar formulated metabolizable energy content. Sows were fed once daily at 2.2 kg/d. Ileal digesta samples were collected for 12 h on 2 successive days following a 7-day adaptation period. At the end of digesta collection, sows were assigned a different diet in a new adaptation/digesta collection period. There were 5 collection periods for a total of 8 observations/diet. Digesta was analyzed for crude protein, amino acids, NSP, and titanium as the indigestible marker to determine AID and SID. There was no interaction between diet fiber level and CM supplementation. Carbohydrase mixture supplementation to gestating sow diets did not impact SID of crude protein and AA regardless of dietary fiber level. The SID of His, Ile, Lys, Phe, Thr, Trp, and Val were 3 to 6% lower (P &lt; 0.09) in HF than LF independent of CM. There was no impact of fiber level on the average SID of amino acids in gestating sow diets which was 83.5%. Supplementation of CM did not impact AID of NSP components, but sows fed HF had greater AID of arabinose (LF: 26.5% vs HF: 40.6%), xylose (LF: 3.5% vs HF: 40.9%), and total NSP (LF: 25.9% vs HF: 40.0%) compared with sows fed LF (P &lt; 0.05). Inclusion of CM in high fibrous gestating sow diets did not increase the SID of AA or AID of NSP, but a high fiber gestation diet reduced SID of AA. As such, differences in SID of AA should be considered when formulating high fibrous diets for gestating sows.
Myxoglobulosis of the appendix presenting as acute appendicitis
Authors: Abuaagla Khalid , Faridoon Shehla , Hassan Atef , Bafadni Mudather , Rabih Mohammed A , Alsaadi Abdelhakim 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Myxoglobulosis is a rare form of appendiceal mucocele characterized by mucoid material inside the appendix that resembles fish eggs. It is usually asymptomatic and diagnosed incidentally, but it can also present as a surgical abdomen, which can create a diagnostic dilemma. This case report presents a 37-year-old male patient with features suggestive of acute appendicitis. A computed tomography scan of the abdomen showed features of appendiceal mucocele. The patient underwent appendicectomy through a lower midline incision. The macroscopic finding was myxoglobulosis, and the patient had an uneventful postoperative course. The histopathology report of the appendix confirmed the diagnosis.
Assessment of increase in the abundance of two hummingbird species in the last decade in Mexico City
Authors: Márquez-Luna Ubaldo , Arizmendi María del Coro 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Hummingbirds are nectarivorous birds with a very fast metabolism, which requires constant access to resources. In cities, resources have distinct abundances and availability from natural environments, which leads to the exclusion of some species. However, other species may increase in abundance within cities, causing a process of biotic homogenization. In this work we evaluated whether the abundance of five resident hummingbird species has increased in Mexico City over the last decade. Additionally, we evaluated whether these hummingbirds used feeders throughout the year. Finally, we determined the reproductive season of hummingbirds and evaluated whether it is longer in Mexico City than in non-urban locations. Our results indicate that during the last decade, the abundance of Berylline Hummingbird and Broad-billed Hummingbird has increased in Mexico City. Both species take advantage of the feeders throughout the year. This constant availability of resources has allowed both species to extend their breeding season, leading to constantly increasing abundance. One way to avoid biotic homogenization in cities is to implement conservation strategies that include variations in the availability and abundance of native floral resources such as pollinator gardens, rather than constantly available artificial resources like feeders.
Multiparameter study for a new ground-based telescope in Egypt
Authors: Darwish Mohamed S , Badreldin Hazem , Ahmed Nasser M , Morsy Mostafa , Kohil E E , Hassan Hany M , Helmy I , Shokry Ahmed , Hassan M A , Saad S M , Hamed G M , Ghatass Z F , Ata S A 
Published: October 2023

ABSTRACT
A multiparameter analysis was conducted to evaluate the impact of meteorological parameters, night sky brightness and seismic hazards on proposed sites for the new optical/infrared Egyptian astronomical telescope. The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Reanalysis v5 (ERA5) data set is used to obtain the following meteorological parameters: total cloud coverage fraction, precipitable water vapour, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, and air temperature. To estimate the aerosol optical depth, we used the Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications version 2 (MERRA-2). Light pollution over the candidate sites was measured using the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) day/night band. In order to assess the seismic hazards for the candidate sites, the seismic input in terms of maximum acceleration and response spectra was computed using a physics-based ground motion approach to assess the seismic hazards and, consequently, the designation of a seismic-resistant structure for the proposed sites. Of the seven nominated sites, two sites are found to have the best measurements and might be considered as future sites for the new Egyptian astronomical telescope. The first site is located in the south of the Sinai peninsula, while the second site is located in the Red Sea mountains region.