bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Predicting Peritoneal Carcinomatosis in Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer: The Significance of Tumor Markers in the Peritoneal Washing
Authors: Pinheiro João Luís , Duarte Liliana , Santos Andreia J. , Tojal André , Canhoto Carolina , Ferreira Marta , Marques Conceição , Pereira Jorge 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Purpose
Gastric cancer is the fifth most common malignant tumor worldwide. Many attempts have been made over the years to investigate the relationship between tumor markers and the risk of recurrence. This study aims to explore the predictive value of tumor markers measured in peritoneal washing during staging laparoscopy, regarding peritoneal carcinomatosis and mortality within 1 year.

Methods
Patients with locally advanced gastric cancer, staged as at least usT2anyNM0 were submitted to staging laparoscopy in a Portuguese single center. CA 19.9, CEA, CA 125, and CA 72.4 were measured in the peritoneal washing after being harvested during staging laparoscopy.

Results
Thirty-eight patients were enrolled. After 1 year, 20 patients did not recur (52.5%), 11 (28.9%) developed carcinomatosis, and 7 (18.4%) had distant metastasis. Mortality reached 23.7% (n = 9). A statistically significant prediction of carcinomatosis was obtained for CA 125 (cutoff: 107.6 U/mL (p = 0.019)) and CEA (cutoff: 2.0 ng/mL (p = 0.020)) with 87.5% and 75% sensitivity, respectively. Prediction of mortality was significant for CA 125 (cutoff: 103.8 U/mL (p = 0.044)) and CA 125 + CEA (p = 0.030). CEA and CA 125 had NPVs of 87.9% and 93.1% regarding PC, respectively. NPVs of 88.9% and 89.2% were met concerning mortality, for the same tumor markers.

Conclusion
Performing the peritoneal liquid harvest during staging laparoscopy makes this analysis cost effective, reproducible, and does not add further morbidity. CA 125 and CEA, individually and in association, are good predictors of progression of disease and mortality within a year of staging laparoscopy in GC patients.
“I could not give him the funeral he deserved”: The role of alternative mourning rituals during the pandemic
Authors: Manquinho Susana , Albuquerque Sara , Delalibera Mayra , Coelho Alexandra , Salvador Ágata 
Published: November 2023

AbstractAmid the COVID-19 pandemic, measures were enforced that constrained people's ability to engage in conventional funeral and mourning rituals, which in general serve as vital mechanisms for coping with the experience of loss. This study aimed to investigate how these limitations affected early grief symptoms and the influence of alternative mourning rituals (paying tribute on social media, lighting candles in memory of the deceased, and using objects of the deceased) on moderating the relationship between individuals' perception of these limitations (such as being unable to perform the present body ceremony or fulfill the funeral wishes of the deceased) and the intensity of the grief symptoms. The study involved 227 participants, aged between 18 and 77 years, who had experienced the loss of a loved one during the pandemic. Results demonstrated that higher levels of perceived limitation in funeral ceremonies are associated with greater intensity of grief responses. Paying tribute on social media and lighting candles in memory of the deceased person moderated the relationship between the perception of limitation in fulfilling the deceased’s wishes in relation to the funeral ceremonies and the intensity of the grief responses. Using objects moderates the relationship between the perception of limitation in performing a present body ceremony and the intensity of the grief responses. Results underline the relevance of psychological flexibility, in particular concerning alternative morning rituals, that can be used as a way of buffering the impact of the perception of limitation in funeral ceremonies on the intensity of grief responses. This study offers a distinctive insight into bereavement during the pandemic, highlighting the role of flexibility in morning rituals in mitigating the deleterious effect of ritual restrictions on bereavement outcomes.
Experimental and modeling study of the fate and behavior of thiobencarb in clay and sandy clay loam soils
Authors: El-Aswad A. F. , Fouad M. R. , Aly M. I. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractPesticides cannot be stopped today, but at the same time, it is impossible to accept the use of them without understanding their fate and behavior in the environment to accomplish their purpose and avoid their risks. To determine the behavior of thiobencarb in two common Egyptian soil types, clay soil and sandy clay loam soil, the adsorption–desorption isotherms, leaching, and dissipation processes were tested. Also, the obtained experimental data were modeled to predict the different processes and to determine the characteristic parameters of each process. Thiobencarb residues were measured by GC–MS and UV–Vis Spectrophotometer. The results indicated that thiobencarb dissipation is consistent with the 1st-order kinetic model, and the half-life is 10.61 days in clay soil and 10.24 days in sandy clay loam soil. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Freundlich isotherm model fit the experimental adsorption and desorption data. Both thiobencarb adsorption and mobility were significantly correlated. Compared with sandy clay loam soil, thiobencarb adsorption was greater in clay soil, producing S-type isotherms, whereas desorption in clay soil was lower, producing C-type isotherms. The leaching of thiobencarb is moderate in clay soil and sandy clay loam soil. However, it was significantly more leachable in sandy clay loam soil than in clay soil. Hence, it is very important to manage and pay attention to the irrigation of rice crop in order to prevent the leaching potential of herbicide thiobencarb and the threat to groundwater resources, as well as to avoid reducing weed control efficiency.
Students’ Emotions in Socio-constructivist Approaches: Comparing Experiences at Different Italian School Levels
Authors: Crescenzo Pietro , Ritella Giuseppe , Sansone Nadia , Bulut Sefa , Annese Susanna , Ligorio Maria Beatrice 
Published: November 2023

AbstractEmotions are becoming increasingly central in education research. The research shows a deep gap concerning emotions triggered by socio-constructivist approaches where learning occurs through social interaction, peer-work, group work, and learning activities based on building ideas or concrete objects. The specific emotions emerging in such contexts are still under-researched. To address this gap, this study first reviews how emotions are currently conceptualized and studied. We then present excerpts from several of our studies to analyze the specific emotional processes that emerge in relation to socio-constructivist educational activities. The main objective is to understand what emotions are elicited in students when participating in educational socio-constructivist activities. Several school levels are involved—middle school, high school, and university—to find common emotion. Five “socio-constructivist emotions” were singled out: emotion fluidity, discovering new parts of the self, pleasure of learning, value of the group, and crossing space–time boundaries. The paper discusses each of them with a qualitative analysis of excerpts extracted from the data available. The paper ends by discussing the theoretical and practical implications of this analysis.
Measuring employees’ perceptions of sustainability transitions at work: a novel survey with findings from Finland
Authors: Moilanen Fanni , Toikka Arho 
Published: November 2023

AbstractSustainability transitions have effects on working life, but there are no standardized measurement instruments for understanding employees’ views on their effects. This article presents a novel survey targeted at employees to gather information on employees’ perceptions of sustainability in their work. A survey was designed to gather information on all workers, regardless of the economic sector in which they work in, to broadly capture transition-relevant changes in working life. These include measuring the actions of both work organizations and employees to work in a more sustainable way. This paper presents the survey with findings from a nationally representative data collection taken in Finland. The topics include questions from work organizations’ sustainability actions to employees’ own sustainable actions. The results show the differences in organizations and individuals’ actions in working life. Large work organizations are most active, and there are differences between sectors. Individuals’ sustainable actions are more common among women and climate worried employees. The method provides evidence of employees’ views and actions in sustainability transitions and improves our holistic understanding of transitions in all sectors of the economy. In addition, the results provoke new questions for both policy and research on how to acknowledge differences between social groups in transitions and support them in delivering a just sustainability transition.
Deception as Mimicry
Authors: Artiga Marc , Paternotte Cédric 
Published: November 2023

AbstractWhat is the nature of deception? What does it take for an organism to deceive another one? In this article we address these questions by appealing to the concept of mimicry. More precisely, we argue that a fruitful perspective regards deception as an instance of mimicry rather than the reverse. Conceiving of deception as an instance of mimicry has a number of interesting consequences: It draws connections between different areas of research, vindicates a functional approach to deception by providing a satisfactory answer to some recent objections, and suggests some worries for game-theoretic approaches to deception.
Growth From Uncertainty: Understanding the Replication ‘Crisis’ in Infant Cognition
Authors: Lavelle Jane Suilin 
Published: November 2023

AbstractPsychology is a discipline that has a high number of failed replications, which has been characterized as a “crisis” on the assumption that failed replications are indicative of untrustworthy research. This article uses Chang’s concept of epistemic iteration to show how a research program can advance epistemic goals despite many failed replications. It illustrates this by analyzing an ongoing large-scale replication attempt of Southgate et al.’s work exploring infants’ understanding of false beliefs. It concludes that epistemic iteration offers a way of understanding the value of replications—both failed and successful—that contradicts the narrative centered around distrust.
Confidence in Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Authors: Zanetti Luca 
Published: November 2023

AbstractEpistemic uncertainties are included in probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) as second-order probabilities that represent the degrees of belief of the scientists that a model is correct. In this article, I propose an alternative approach that incorporates the scientist’s confidence in a probability set for a given quantity. First, I give some arguments against the use of precise probabilities to estimate scientific uncertainty in risk analysis. I then extend the “confidence approach” developed by Brian Hill and Richard Bradley to PRA. Finally, I claim that this approach represents model uncertainty better than the standard (Bayesian) model does.
The Constitutional Overhaul and the West Bank: Is Israel's Constitutional Moment Occupied?
Authors: Hostovsky Brandes Tamar 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe protests against the Israeli government's proposed constitutional changes, which started in January 2023, have escalated into overall social upheaval. Protestors, politicians and academics have claimed that the existing ‘social contract’ has been violated, that Israel needs a ‘new contract’, and that such ‘new contract’ should be enacted through a constitution. This article argues that while the calls for the enactment of a constitution are understandable, Israel's current form of control of the West Bank and its commitment to the settlement project hinders the political feasibility of the enactment of a constitution. Those calling for a constitution for Israel perceive it as a solution to the indeterminacy and ambiguity that plague the Israeli constitutional framework. However, Israel's current form of control of the West Bank depends on ambiguity, on the existence of legal grey areas, and on fragmentation of the normative framework. The resolution of these is thus inconsistent with the maintenance of this form of control.
Women's Emotion, Community, and Politics: Interpreting Tears in Luke 23.27–31
Authors: Reeder Caryn A. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe tears of the ‘daughters of Jerusalem’ in Luke 23.27–31 are often taken as a representation of pathos. However, women's public performance of lamentation serves several purposes in the biblical prophets and Greco-Roman historiography and rhetoric. Women are responsible for mourning rituals following a death to honour the deceased and their family. They express communal lament following defeat in war. Women use tears to protest political and legal situations, swaying public opinion and decisions. The rhetorical functions of women's mourning in antiquity offer valuable insight into the potential purposes of mourning in Luke 23.27–31. The women's initial display of tears honours Jesus. The disruption of the negative perception of Jesus at this point in the narrative suggests the women's tears may be political protest. The redirection of their tears to themselves and their children provides the audience with a model response to the destruction of Jerusalem. As in Jer 9.17–22, the mourning of Luke's ‘daughters of Jerusalem’ is prophetic.
Spermatic and Uterine Dimensions in Mark and Luke's Parable of the Sower
Authors: Pope Michael 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThis article examines the language of seed reception within the Parable of the Sower in Mark and Luke. The paper argues that Mark's diction introduces reproductive terms into the seed figure and that Luke edits Mark to include even more distinctively gynaecological and reproductive terminology. The result is a parable in Luke that turns the audience into uterine receptacles of the seed/logos.
Making Oneself Last in the Community: Mark 9.43–7 in its Context and Co-Text
Authors: Filannino Francesco 
Published: November 2023

AbstractAfter reviewing and offering a critical evaluation of the main interpretations of the sayings in Mark 9.43–7, the paper proposes a new reading that considers them in the Jewish context and in their co-text (Mark 9.33–50). The context is the marginal condition in which physically impaired people lived in Jewish society and communities. In view of this context, it is possible to point out the consistency of Jesus’ logia on self-maiming in order to enter the kingdom of God (Mark 9.43–7) with their co-text. The disciples are urged not only not to scandalise the little ones of the community (Mark 9.42), but also to share their minority state, thus avoiding stumbling in their own discipleship because of claims of greatness and superiority.
Socrates’ Triple Accusation in Plato's Apol. 24b–c as a Source of Jesus’ Triple Accusation in Luke 23.2
Authors: Kozlowski Jan M. , Chodyko Maria 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe article presents evidence for a direct, both formal and contentual, dependence of Jesus’ triple accusation in Luke 23.2 upon Socrates’ triple accusation in Plato's Apol. 24b–c.
Hong Kong Anti-colonial Nationalism during the Chinese Language Campaign
Authors: Ho Justin Chun-ting 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe study of Hong Kong identity has traditionally been positioned in a local–national dichotomy, where Hong Kong identity is viewed primarily as a local identity while the label of national identity is reserved for identification with the Chinese nation. Hong Kong nationalism, on the other hand, is generally considered a new phenomenon, the study of which has focused predominantly on the political activities in the post-handover period. Drawing on Partha Chatterjee's theory of anti-colonial nationalism, this paper seeks to broaden the understanding of Hong Kong nationalism by examining the nationalistic sentiments manifested during the Chinese language campaign (1964–1971). This paper draws on archival materials to shed light on the presence of anti-colonial nationalism in colonial Hong Kong, an aspect often overlooked or considered a mere extension of Chinese nationalism from mainland China. This paper also discusses the distinctions between anti-colonial nationalism in Hong Kong and Chinese nationalism, highlighting the intricate nature of the concept of Chineseness.
Patients’ perspective on the use of mobile applications for the provision of supportive care in radiotherapy
Authors: Sammut Maria Stella , Mercieca Susan 
Published: November 2023

Abstract

Introduction:
This study aimed to investigate the patient’s perception of the usefulness and limitations of a mobile application as part of the supportive care provided to patients undergoing radiotherapy.

Methods:
Patients undergoing radiotherapy between February 2023 and March 2023 at a local oncology hospital (n = 150) were invited to complete a questionnaire that assessed the patient’s smartphone knowledge, willingness to use an app during radiotherapy, perceptions of the usefulness of specific app features, and barriers to using such applications. For quantitative analysis, frequencies were obtained for all areas of interest, and the results were correlated with the patient’s demographics.

Results:
Of the 39 participants who completed the questionnaire, 82·1% had a smartphone device, 59% could use their smartphones with minimal to no help and 41% had not used their smartphones for medical purposes before. However, 79·5% of patients showed a strong interest in using a mobile app during radiotherapy. Age, gender and level of education had no significant impact on the acceptability of using the mobile application for radiotherapy purposes.

Conclusion:
Overall, the findings indicate that most patients have access to mobile technology and are willing to use the mobile app as an additional supportive care tool.
Occurrence of Postmidnight Bottom‐Type Scattering Layer Over Low Latitude
Authors: Meng Xing , Niu Jun , Weng Libin , Wang Sicheng 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe bottom‐type scattering layer (BSL) that occurs at postsunset or presunset has been reported in previous studies. In this work, two cases of postmidnight BSL occurring on geomagnetic quiet days (12 and 29 April 2015) were investigated by using the observational data obtained by beam 4 and 5 of Sanya VHF radar. These BSLs initiate at 00:06–00:18 LT within an altitude range of 220–240 km. Their thickness are relatively uniform, about 10 km. The altitude and Doppler velocities of the BSLs oscillate with time and the oscillation period of Doppler velocities is about 1 hr. During the presence of postmidnight BSL, spread echoes and satellite traces (STs) appeared in the ionograms recorded by Sanya ionosonde. The oscillation of Doppler velocities and the presence of STs suggest that the postmidnight BSL may be related to the F region bottomside large‐scale wave structure. Amplitude scintillations (S4) larger than 0.2 were also recorded by Sanya GPS scintillation receiver. These observations could imply an important role of gravity waves in the generation of the postmidnight BSL.
Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Can Reduce Risks to Antarctic Ice Loss Depending on Injection Location and Amount
Authors: Goddard P. B. , Kravitz B. , MacMartin D. G. , Visioni D. , Bednarz E. M. , Lee W. R. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractOwing to increasing greenhouse gas emissions, the Antarctic Ice Sheet is vulnerable to rapid ice loss in the upcoming decades and centuries. This study examines the effectiveness of using stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) that minimizes global mean temperature (GMT) change to slow projected 21st century Antarctic ice loss. We simulate 11 different SAI cases which vary by the latitudinal location(s) and the amount(s) of the injection(s) to examine the climatic response near Antarctica in each case as compared to the reference climate at the turn of the last century. We demonstrate that injecting at a single latitude in the northern hemisphere or at the Equator increases Antarctic shelf ocean temperatures pertinent to ice shelf basal melt, while injecting only in the southern hemisphere minimizes this temperature change. We use these results to analyze the results of more complex multi‐latitude injection strategies that maintain GMT at or below 1.5°C above the pre‐industrial. All these multi‐latitude cases will slow Antarctic ice loss relative to the mid‐to‐late 21st century SSP2‐4.5 emissions pathway. Yet, to avoid a GMT threshold estimated by previous studies pertaining to rapid West Antarctic ice loss (1.5°C above the pre‐industrial GMT, though large uncertainty), our study suggests SAI would need to cool about 1.0°C below this threshold and predominately inject at low southern hemisphere latitudes (∼15°S ‐ 30°S). These results highlight the complexity of factors impacting the Antarctic response to SAI and the critical role of the injection strategy in preventing future ice loss.
Aquatic Carbon Export and Dynamics in Mountain Headwater Streams of the Western U.S.
Authors: Clow D. W. , Akie G. A. , Striegl R. G. , Penn C. A. , Sexstone G. A. , Keith G. L. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractMountain headwater streams actively cycle carbon, receiving it from terrestrial landscapes and exporting it through downstream transport and gas exchange with the atmosphere. Although their importance is now widely recognized, aquatic carbon fluxes in headwater streams remain poorly characterized. In this study, aquatic carbon fluxes were measured in 15 mountain headwater streams and were used in a geostatistical analysis to determine how landscape characteristics influence aquatic carbon fluxes. In‐stream sensors were used to measure fluorescent dissolved organic matter (fDOM) (a surrogate for dissolved organic carbon (DOC)) at a subset of sites to characterize dynamic responses to hydroclimatic events. Wetlands have a positive influence on aquatic carbon fluxes, whereas perennial snow/ice has the opposite effect, reflecting differences in soil organic matter content in these landscapes. Mean annual temperature (MAT) has a complex influence on DOC, with peak DOC exports in basins with MAT of 0–2°C. Precipitation has a strong positive influence on aquatic carbon fluxes, and declining snowpacks in the western United States may reduce future aquatic carbon exports. fDOM (and by implication DOC) and showed strong dynamic responses to snowmelt and rain events, with fDOM increasing and decreasing during events. Combining results from this study with those from a companion study on CO2 exchange yielded total aquatic carbon fluxes of 7.2–15.7 g C m−2 yr−1 (median = 12.22), similar to those from forests and peatlands. Given net ecosystem production (NEP) of similar magnitude, NEP calculations that do not account for losses via the aquatic pathway can substantially overestimate terrestrial carbon sequestration.