bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Surgical ablation of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: 1-year outcomes from the CArdioSurgEry Atrial Fibrillation (CASE-AF) registry
Authors: Grubitzsch Herko , Caliskan Etem , Ouarrak Taoufik , Senges Jochen , Doll Nicolas , Knaut Michael , Lewalter Thorsten , Eichinger Walter , Niemann Bernd , Friedrich Ivar , Hanke Torsten , Falk Volkmar ,   CASE-AF Investigators, Hanke Thorsten , Lewalter Thorsten , Senges Jochen , Grubitzsch Herko , Caliskan Etem , Ouarrak Taoufik , Knaut Michael , Eichinger Walter , Niemann Bernd , Friedrich Ivar , Falk Volkmar , Wehbe Mahmoud , Albert Marc , Vondran Maximilian , Ghazy Tamer , Warnecke Henning , Doss Mirko , Liebold Andreas , Eszlari Edgar , Rastan Ardawan , Mitrovic Ivana , Cvorak Adi , Fischlein Theodor , Sack Falk-Udo , Hindricks Gerd , Doll Nicolas 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The CArdioSurgEry Atrial Fibrillation (CASE-AF) registry is a prospective, multicentre study for collecting and analysing real-world data of surgical atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment. This study aimed to evaluate outcomes of surgery for long-standing persistent AF at 1 year.

METHODS
In total, 17 centres consecutively include all eligible patients with continuous AF lasting for ≥1 year. Exclusion criteria are missing informed consent or age &lt;18 years. For patient-reported outcomes measures, the European Heart Rhythm Association score was used. No presence of AF (based on ECG findings including Holter ECG and/or implanted devices), no re-ablation, no further cardioversion and no rehospitalization due to AF after a 3-month blanking period defined no AF recurrence at 1 year.

RESULTS
From January 2017 to January 2020, a total of 1115 patients were enrolled in CASE-AF. Of them, 202 patients (mean age 69.7 ± 7.8 years, 27.2% female) underwent surgical ablation of long-standing persistent AF (study cohort), mostly accompanied by left atrial appendage closure (n = 180 [89%], resection n = 75 [42%]) and predominantly performed as concomitant (n = 174 [86%]) and left atrial only procedure (n = 144 [71%]). Early mortality (30 days) was 2.0% and morbidity was low. At follow-up (median 14.4 months, interquartile range, 12.7–17.6 months, 100% complete), 106 patients (56%) had no AF recurrence and 93% of them were asymptomatic. AF recurrence was accompanied by AF-related rehospitalization (n = 12, P = 0.003), direct current shock cardioversion (n = 23, P &lt; 0.001), AF ablation (n = 7, P = 0.003) and stroke (n = 3, P = 0.059). Multivariable analysis identified cryoablation, predominantly performed endocardially including additional left atrial (74%) and biatrial (42%) lesions, as a significant factor for freedom from AF recurrence (odds ratio 2.7, 95% confidence interval 1.07–6.79, P = 0.035).

CONCLUSIONS
According to CASE-AF, surgical ablation of long-standing persistent AF is most effective when concomitantly performed using endocardial cryoablation. Ongoing follow-up allows further elucidation of efficacious treatment strategies.
Adaptation and Validation of a Questionnaire to Measure Satisfaction With Telephone Care Among Individuals Living With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Authors: Foncham Jermia Nehwa , Rohatinsky Noelle , Fowler Sharyle , Bhasin Sanchit , Boklaschuk Shannon , Guzowski Tom , Wicks Kendall , Wicks Mike , Peña-Sánchez Juan Nicolás 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

Background
Individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) require routine medical follow-up. The usage of telephone care (TC) appointments increased because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We aimed to adapt a questionnaire to evaluate satisfaction with TC use and validate it among IBD individuals.

Methods
A committee of experts adapted the Telehealth Usability Questionnaire to the TC context and validated its use in individuals with IBD. This committee included three IBD gastroenterology care providers (GCPs), two IBD-patient partners, and two healthcare researchers. The committee evaluated the content validity of the adapted items to measure TC satisfaction. A pilot study assessed the readability and usability of the questionnaire. Individuals with IBD in Saskatchewan completed an online survey with the adapted questionnaire between December 2021 and April 2022. Data were analyzed using descriptive and correlational techniques. Psychometric analyses were conducted to examine the reliability and validity of the questionnaire.

Results
The committee of experts developed the Telephone Care Satisfaction Questionnaire (TCSQ patient), with 16 items and one overall item for TC satisfaction. After the pilot, 87 IBD individuals participated in the online survey. A strong correlation was observed between the 16-item standardized level of TC satisfaction and the overall item, r = 0.85 (95%CI 0.78–0.90, p &lt; 0.001). The TCSQ patient had optimal internal reliability (α = 0.96). Two dimensions were identified in the exploratory factor analysis (i.e., TC usefulness and convenience).

Conclusion
The TCSQ patient is a valid and reliable measure of TC satisfaction among individuals with IBD. This questionnaire demonstrated excellent psychometric properties and we recommend its use.
Class Conflict and Spatial Domination in the Neoliberal City
Authors: Castilhos Rodrigo B 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This article analyzes spatial domination in middle-classed spaces—the spaces that cater to the dispositions, status, and lifestyle ideals of middle-class groups—of the neoliberal city. Grounded in interdisciplinary scholarship on the neoliberal city, the article introduces a typology of middle-classed spaces, which maps out different combinations of cross-class hostility and cordiality in dynamics of spatial domination. Through an extended case study of a new upscale neighborhood bordering a slum area in a southern Brazilian city, the article unveils the socio-historic conditions that inform the localized cross-class relations and situate it in the spatial typology. With the support of a semiotic square, the article then identifies, relates, and analyzes the hostile (“takeover” and “repression”) and cordial (“makeover” and “concession”) spatial practices by which dominant agents produce one specific type of middle-classed space. Through these practices, dominant agents improve the status, experience, and market value of the neighborhood for target upper-middle-class consumers, while further disenfranchising the poor from its spaces—effectively reproducing deep-rooted historical patterns of social exclusion. This study extends research on status consumption and spatiality while also adding insights into the role of the state in consumption and market dynamics.
An efficient thermal error prediction model using neural networks and key temperature points for gantry machining centers
Authors: Chiu Hao-Sung , Chang Chin-Han , Huang Yu-Chen , Lai Yung-Chieh , Yang Cheng-Jyun , Chen Yu-Bin 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The gantry machining center is popular for various fabrications, such as milling and tapping. However, thermal errors introduced by the rotation of spindle, workpiece processing, and cooling significantly degrade fabrication precision. The objective of this study is to establish an appropriate and efficient thermal error prediction model for the spindle of gantry machining center. The model will then aid real-time compensation for the error. Firstly, this study presents a systematic strategy for selecting key temperature points on the gantry machining center, reducing the number of required sensors. Subsequently, a thermal error model is developed based on the selected key temperature points. The model will be capable of predicting thermal errors in the x- and z-direction. Finally, this work both validates the thermal error model and exhibits real-time compensation capabilities using a real machine.
Neuro-Behçet’s disease with atypical subcortical nodular lesions: A case report and treatment approach
Authors: Yoshimoto Kiyomi , Kobayashi Tadanao , Matsuoka Hidetoshi , Nishimura Nobushiro , Kawashima Hiromasa , Yoneima Ryo , Tsushima Emiko , Ono Shiro , Nishio Kenji 
Published: December 2023

ABSTRACT
Neuro-Behçet’s disease (NB) is a rare complication of Behçet’s disease (BD) characterised by central nervous system involvement. While NB typically presents with brainstem lesions, we report an unusual case of NB in a 27-year-old male with multiple subcortical nodular brain lesions but without brainstem, thalamic, or basal ganglia involvement, making this presentation exceptionally rare. The patient had a prior diagnosis of BD and was HLA-B51 positive. He presented with a sudden loss of consciousness, which was attributed to a seizure. Imaging studies showed low-density areas in the white matter of the bilateral temporal lobes and the right frontoparietal lobe on brain CT. Cerebrospinal fluid examination indicated elevated initial pressure and protein concentration, along with increased interleukin-6. Despite presenting with nodular brain lesions, distinguishing between NB and infectious diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) was challenging, and required brain biopsy revealing vasculitis. However, even with this biopsy result, TB could not be ruled out, so TB was treated at the same time. Treatment with anti-TB drugs and standard steroid therapy initially failed to improve the patient’s condition. However, increasing the steroid dosage considering the increased steroid degradation by rifampicin, including pulse therapy with 2 g of methylprednisolone, followed by 18 mg of betamethasone, led to remission of the nodular brain lesions and resolution of the nasopharyngeal ulcer. This case highlights the diagnostic challenge of differentiating between NB and TB based on imaging alone and the potential efficacy of high-dose steroid therapy in cases of steroid-resistant NB with subcortical nodular brain lesions.
A KDPG sensor RccR governsPseudomonas aeruginosacarbon metabolism and aminoglycoside antibiotic tolerance
Authors: Wang Yujue , Wang Zhipeng , Chen Weizhong , Ren Ze-Hui , Gao Hui , Dai Jiani , Luo Guan-Zheng , Wu Zhaowei , Ji Quanjiang 
Published: December 2023

AbstractPseudomonas aeruginosa harbors sophisticated transcription factor (TF) networks to coordinately regulate cellular metabolic states for rapidly adapting to changing environments. The extraordinary capacity in fine-tuning the metabolic states enables its success in tolerance to antibiotics and evading host immune defenses. However, the linkage among transcriptional regulation, metabolic states and antibiotic tolerance in P. aeruginosa remains largely unclear. By screening the P. aeruginosa TF mutant library constructed by CRISPR/Cas12k-guided transposase, we identify that rccR (PA5438) is a major genetic determinant in aminoglycoside antibiotic tolerance, the deletion of which substantially enhances bacterial tolerance. We further reveal the inhibitory roles of RccR in pyruvate metabolism (aceE/F) and glyoxylate shunt pathway (aceA and glcB), and overexpression of aceA or glcB enhances bacterial tolerance. Moreover, we identify that 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate (KDPG) is a signal molecule that directly binds to RccR. Structural analysis of the RccR/KDPG complex reveals the detailed interactions. Substitution of the key residue R152, K270 or R277 with alanine abolishes KDPG sensing by RccR and impairs bacterial growth with glycerol or glucose as the sole carbon source. Collectively, our study unveils the connection between aminoglycoside antibiotic tolerance and RccR-mediated central carbon metabolism regulation in P. aeruginosa, and elucidates the KDPG-sensing mechanism by RccR.
Masters of the Continental Worlds
Authors: Miller Bryan K. 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This chapter investigates the transformations in political culture and landscapes of empire that emerged during the latter era of the Xiongnu. It illustrates how the steppe rulers, who were enmeshed with sweeping geopolitics of Eurasia, increasingly engaged long-distance continental trade as a form of imperial revenue and as the focus of political prestige for a cosmopolitan imperial culture. At the same time, detailed archaeological analyses further demonstrate that while Xiongnu rulers fostered a dependence of local communities on the far-reaching networks of exchange which they controlled, they also compelled local elites throughout their realms to embrace more uniform practices of empire. Archaeological data across Inner Asia are then employed in a nested multiscalar examination of the matrix of empire—from royal tombs to local elites at the frontier—to elucidate the significant structural effects of imperial participation and integration that occurred within peripheral regions just as they did in individual valleys of the empire.
Putting on Her Face
Authors: Vesey Alyxandra 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Chapter 4 extends the previous chapter’s discussion of branded fashion by considering how female and femme-identified musicians use cosmetics to negotiate the beauty industry’s conventions and practices. In particular, it analyzes how Rihanna has mobilized her Afro-Caribbean heritage, transnational following, and relationships with Roc Nation and luxury conglomerate Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessey to reinvent herself as a beauty mogul in the 2010s by reframing branded cosmetics as technologies of inclusivity and resilience. These strategies culminated in the 2017 launch of Fenty Beauty, a cosmetics line heralded for diversity-oriented products like the brand’s Pro Filt’r foundation, which accommodates a wide range of skin tones and boasts distribution in over 150 countries. First, this chapter investigates how Rihanna accumulated the industrial clout to build a cosmetics empire throughout her recording career as a CoverGirl spokesmodel, as a partner with Parlux Fragrances, and as a MAC Cosmetics brand ambassador. It also examines how Rihanna used social media, particularly Instagram, to construct intimate proximities with fans through stories, tutorials, and announcements related to various Fenty Beauty products. Finally, Rihanna’s social media presence facilitates the mediation of fans’ engagement with her products, which she and her team seize upon by recruiting them to serve as spokesmodels for the brand.
Playing Her Guitar
Authors: Vesey Alyxandra 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
While previous chapters focus on female musicians’ use of feminine-branded consumer goods to elongate their careers, Chapter 6 investigates their opposition to gear’s implied masculine address by making instruments accessible to a wider range of players while showcasing women’s instrumental virtuosity. This chapter examines Annie Clark’s partnership with Ernie Ball Music Man Guitars under her alias, St. Vincent. In 2016, Clark became the first woman to develop a signature collection for the company. Clark used the partnership to problematize the electric guitar’s gendered address by designing a “gender-neutral” guitar that was meant to be accessible to feminine and gender-nonconforming players. It first contextualizes the industrial efforts to make the electric guitar more accessible to girls during Clark’s adolescence and their limitations. It then analyzes Clark’s promotional strategies for the collection. Most branding opportunities available to female music industry professionals interested in extending their commercial shelf life affirm conventionally feminine modes of creative self-expression, like fashion and cosmetics. Clark’s guitar challenges such gender essentialism by highlighting her own virtuosity as a queer musician, songwriter, and producer while giving players a different set of tools with which to create new sounds.
Introduction
Authors: Zori Davide 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The story of the Vikings is one of voyages. In the Viking Age, Scandinavian voyagers from today’s Denmark, Norway, and Sweden encountered new people and novel landscapes with an unprecedented intensity. The movement of people brought transfers of ideas, sharing of technologies, trade in material goods, intermarriage, and warfare. The Viking Age (c. 790–1100) is primarily represented in popular culture as a violent age, and it was. It was also much more. Vikings were farmers, raiders, traders, and settlers. Viking Age Scandinavians were opportunists looking for ways to better their own situation in life, and that of their family and offspring. The overwhelming majority of people were farmers, but at an unprecedented scale, leaving the farm for other economic activities became possible and lucrative. This book too is about voyages, not just those of the Vikings, but voyages through historical sources, archaeological evidence, and new scientific approaches to the Vikings. Recent advances in excavation methods and archaeological science, coupled with a re-evaluation of oral traditions and written sources, inspire the telling of new stories that further our understanding of the Viking Age. This book proposes that we directly address “the three Cs”—confirmation, contradiction, and complementarity—that emerge when we juxtapose the independent data sets of archaeology, written sources, and scientific analysis.
From Subsistence Economy to Political Order
Authors: Zori Davide 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This chapter shows explores the connection between Viking economics and the formation of political groups by looking closely at the practice of Viking feasting. The image of the hard-drinking convivial Viking raising his horn at a raucous feast has become a cliché in popular culture. As this chapter shows, however, there is substantial historical truth to the image. But Viking Age feasts were not at all simple. This chapter argues that feasting was the main way that surplus food production could be used to make statements of political power. The ideal Viking feast is first sought in the Old Norse poems and myths. A close examination of these texts will show a preoccupation with the essential products of the feast—alcohol and meat—and stress the importance of the socially constructed arena of feasting within the feasting hall. Looking closely at the sagas, the chapter unravels the dynamics of feasting first among kings in Scandinavia and then among chieftains and farmers in Iceland. Archaeological evidence of feasting is then explored by specifically focusing on traces of feasting found inscribed on stones, left in graves, and preserved in halls. Finally, by combining our datasets, the chapter examines the challenges and potentials of maintaining Scandinavian feasting customs on the margins of the Viking world, in Iceland, and takes up a case study that shows the importance of a chieftain family’s feasting potential for their changing political fortunes.
Overview of Current Evidence and Practice
Authors: Eisenberg Daniel , Raghavan Ramesh 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This chapter discusses the overall state of evidence for interventions to promote children’s mental health and then compares this evidence to current practice. The chapter begins with a discussion of why relying upon evidence is important, and it then examines the main characteristics of useful evidence. Randomized control trials (RCTs) typically yield evidence with high internal validity, but other aspects of evidence are also important, such as external validity and feasibility of implementation and sustainability. The chapter then moves to identifying reputable sources of evidence, such as “what works” repositories or clearinghouses maintained by independent groups that evaluate various programs and communicate their methods and results in a transparent manner. The chapter then summarizes data suggesting that current practice does not generally align with evidence on what works for children’s mental health and concludes with an overview of factors that are likely responsible for that gap.
A Path toward Better Investments
Authors: Eisenberg Daniel , Raghavan Ramesh 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The final chapter provides a series of recommendations based on the findings in this book. These recommendations are organized by audience: decision makers (e.g., policymakers, administrators, and other community and organization leaders); frontline providers (e.g., educators, therapists, counselors, and social workers); researchers and funders of research; and families, concerned citizens, and young people themselves. The recommendations offer tangible ideas for how each of these groups can help communities apply effective intervention strategies more often and more completely to promote children’s mental health. Efforts to improve the mental health of children can only succeed if they are collective. Each of us has a key role to play.
Justificanda
Authors: Hudson Jessica , Mitchell Charles 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This chapter examines ‘the express trust’ and ‘trusts law’ as objects for justification, and asks what, exactly, is being justified by the body of theoretical literature seeking to justify ‘the trust’ and ‘trusts law’. Too little attention has been paid to this question and a closer investigation of it makes it possible to form a clearer understanding of the work that different justifications can and cannot do. This chapter argues that ‘the trust’ is a set of legal propositions that are designed to interact with one another as a system to produce an overall effect, which is to allow the parties to redefine the trustee’s authority as the titleholder of trust property. ‘The trust’ thus presents multiple objects for justification, being the individual legal propositions that constitute it, their overall system-level effect, and the parties’ powers to create ‘the trust’. The chapter then goes on to explain how the one body of ‘trusts law’ comprises different types of legal rules that provide for the creation and operation of ‘the trust’. This is followed by a discussion on how attention to these matters can help us form a clearer and more finely textured understanding of how some justifications for ‘the trust’ and ‘trusts law’ can work, such as the autonomy rationale.
Trusts, Estates, and Personhood
Authors: Douglas Simon 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Most theories of the trust seek to explain the institution through an account of the legal relations between the relevant parties, namely, the ‘beneficiary-trustee’ relation and the ‘beneficiary-third party’ relation. This chapter argues that such ‘relational’ accounts cannot offer a complete explanation of the trust, as it is commonplace for express trusts to have no extant beneficiaries. The challenge is to articulate a principle which explains how a trust can exist as something other than a web of legal relations. It is suggested that such a principle can be located in the concept of an ‘estate’, which is a legally distinct pool of assets and liabilities. While estates are normally an incident of legal personhood, this chapter shows that they can exist independently of a person, the prime example being the estate of a deceased person. It is argued that the trust can be understood in similar terms, that is, as an estate without legal personality. This has several consequences for the law of trusts, including the role of the trustee (who ought to be viewed as a representative of the trust’s estate) and equitable compensation (which depends upon showing a loss to the trust’s estate).