bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Cardiovascular Health Metrics Differ Between Individuals With and Without Cancer
Authors: Kobo Ofer , Abramov Dmitry , Fiuza Manuela , Chew Nicholas W. S. , Ng Cheng Han , Parwani Purvi , Menezes Miguel Nobre , Thavendiranathan Paaladinesh , Mamas Mamas A. 
Published: December 2023

Background
Although individuals with cancer experience high rates of cardiovascular morbidity, there are limited data on the potential differences in cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics between individuals with and without cancer.

Methods and Results

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 2015 and 2020 was queried to evaluate the prevalence of health metrics that comprise the American Heart Association Life's Essential 8 construct of cardiovascular health among adult individuals with and without cancer in the United States. Health metric scores were also evaluated according to important patient demographics including age, sex, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Among 4370 participants representing >180 million US adults, 9.4% had a history of cancer. Individuals with cancer had lower overall cardiovascular health scores (67.1 versus 69.1,
P
<0.001) compared with individuals without cancer. Among individual components of the cardiovascular health score, those with cancer had better health scores on key behaviors including physical activity, diet, and sleep compared with those without cancer, although variation was noted based on age. Higher scores on these modifiable health behaviors among those with cancer compared with those without cancer were noted in older individuals, in White individuals compared with other races and ethnicities, and in individuals with higher socioeconomic status.

Conclusions
We highlight important variations in simple cardiovascular health metrics among individuals with cancer compared with individuals without cancer and demonstrate differences among health metrics based on age, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. These findings may explain ongoing racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic status disparities in the cancer population and provide a framework for optimizing cardiovascular health among individuals with cancer.
The Latest in Resuscitation Research: Highlights From the 2022 American Heart Association’s Resuscitation Science Symposium
Authors: Stancati Jennifer A. , Owyang Clark G. , Araos Joaquin D. , Agarwal Sachin , Grossestreuer Anne V. , Counts Catherine R , Johnson Nicholas J. , Morgan Ryan W. , Moskowitz Ari , Perman Sarah M. , Sawyer Kelly N. , Yuriditsky Eugene , Horowitz James M. , Kaviyarasu Aarthi , Palasz Joanna , Abella Benjamin S. , Teran Felipe 
Published: December 2023

Background
Every year the American Heart Association's Resuscitation Science Symposium (ReSS) brings together a community of international resuscitation science researchers focused on advancing cardiac arrest care.

Methods and Results
The American Heart Association's ReSS was held in Chicago, Illinois from November 4th to 6th, 2022. This annual narrative review summarizes ReSS programming, including awards, special sessions and scientific content organized by theme and plenary session.

Conclusions
By exploring both the science of resuscitation and important related topics including survivorship, disparities, and community‐focused programs, this meeting provided important resuscitation updates.
Intermittent Theta-Burst Stimulation for Stroke: Primary Motor Cortex Versus Cerebellar Stimulation: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial
Authors: Liao Ling-Yi , Zhu Yang , Peng Qiu-Yi , Gao Qiang , Liu Lu , Wang Qing-Hua , Gao Shi-Hao , Tao Yong , Huang Hao , Xu Pei-Dong , Gao Chang-Yue 
Published: December 2023

BACKGROUND:
Stroke survivors with impaired balance and motor function tend to have relatively poor functional outcomes. The cerebellum and primary motor cortex (M1) have been suggested as targets for neuromodulation of balance and motor recovery after stroke. This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) to the cerebellum or M1 on balance and motor recovery in patients with stroke.

METHODS:
In this randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial, patients with subacute stroke were randomly divided into 3 groups: M1-, cerebellar-, and sham-iTBS (n=12 per group; 15 sessions, 3 weeks). All outcomes were evaluated before intervention (T0), after 1 week of intervention (T1), after 3 weeks of intervention (T2), and at follow-up (T3). The primary outcome was the Berg balance scale score at T2. Secondary outcomes include the Fugl-Meyer assessment scale for lower extremities, the trunk impairment scale, the Barthel index, the modified Rankin Scale, the functional ambulation categories, and cortical excitability.

RESULTS:

A total of 167 inpatients were screened, 36 patients (age, 57.50±2.41 years; 10 women, 12 ischemic) were enrolled between December 2020 and January 2023. At T2, M1- or cerebellar-iTBS significantly improved Berg balance scale scores by 10.7 points ([95% CI, 2.7–18.6],
P
=0.009) and 14.2 points ([95% CI, 1.2–27.2],
P
=0.032) compared with the sham-iTBS group. Moreover, the cerebellar-iTBS group showed a significantly greater improvement in Fugl-Meyer assessment scale for lower extremities scores by 5.6 points than the M1-iTBS ([95% CI, 0.3–10.9],
P
=0.037) and by 7.8 points than the sham-iTBS ([95% CI, 1.1–14.5],
P
=0.021) groups at T2. The motor-evoked potential amplitudes of the M1- and cerebellar-iTBS groups were higher than those of the sham-iTBS group (
P
<0.001).

CONCLUSIONS:
Both M1- and cerebellar-iTBS could improve balance function. Moreover, cerebellar-iTBS, but not M1-iTBS, induced significant effects on motor recovery. Thus, cerebellar-iTBS may be a valuable new therapeutic option in stroke rehabilitation programs.

REGISTRATION:

URL:
https://www.chictr.org.cn/
; Unique identifier: ChiCTR2100047002.
Three Ritual Steps between India and Iran
Authors: Panaino Antonio 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The use of triadic patterns is a well-known modality occurring in some Indo-Iranian mythological contexts. This fact has been considered as a phenomenon too generic, and its presence just noted as an unimportant evidence. But, in reality, this procedure, despite its potentially perplexing background, produces some symbolic implications, whose frequent occurrence should be better observed. For instance, within the Vedic and Brāhmaṇic framework, Viṣṇu makes three steps in order to enlarge the universal space, and for this reason this god is also called Trivikrama-, “Having Three Steps”. The present sequence, with its space-time implications, finds a correspondence in the disposition of the Vedic altar of Fire, which needs three footsteps of ground. Even more fitting and pertinent are the inevitable speculations emerging from the ritual meaning of the pebbles or stones called svayamātr̻ṇṇā, “naturally perforated”, placed by the Adhvaryu in the first, third and fifth layer of the brick-altar of the Agnicayana. They have a patent cosmological identity (see, e.g., ŚB 8.7.3.9–10). Within the Iranian context, references to the number three are equally relevant and not just meaningless. Three are the main steps of the soul of the dead after their meeting with the daēnā-, explicitly corresponding to three different cosmic levels, while the vara- of Yima, and the baršnūmgāh, a place of ritual purification, are divided in three parts, and in any case everything connected with them follows a triadic basis with multiples or submultiples of “three”, or again with fractions with an expressed denominator “three”. The act of piling up the perforated stones on the three layers of the Vedic fire altar presents deep cosmological implications, strictly connected also with the holes through which an imaginary column arises. The act of piling up (cinute) resounds the action to be performed by the soul in the Mazdean choreography of the afterlife, when the bridge (pərətu-) allowing the crossing of the intermediate space (that links earth and heaven) is piled up (by one who is cinuuaṇt-, presumably the soul itself). But piling the bricks and tending the fire are ritual performative actions expressed with the same verb and with actions, which inevitably resonate, as in the image of the third prince appearing within the afterlife choreography presented as a vision to the Sasanian Great Priest Kerdir. These occurrences, already focused on in past studies, evoke direct correspondences in ritual procedures emphasizing a definitive transition into another status, so that any triplication or any trifold implement has a special force and completeness.
Written Torah and Oral Torah in the Study of Hasidism
Authors: Reiser Daniel 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The traditional academic approach to the study of the Hasidic movement in Judaism has tended to be based primarily on texts. Although book learning is important to Hasidim, the heart of the movement is living experience, in particular oral teaching of the Hasidic understanding and application of Torah by the Rebbe, most often in the Yiddish vernacular. Failure adequately to take account of this “oral Torah” (borrowing the term commonly applied to the Talmud) has led to inadequate, even erroneous conclusions about Hasidism and its tenets and history.
A Corpus-Based Study of Alignment in Literary Gorani (Based on the Manuscript 11092 of Dīwān-i Mawlawī)
Authors: Karami Saeed , Gholami Saloumeh 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This paper examines alignment in Literary Gorani by analysing an unknown Gorani manuscript titled ‘Dīwān-i Mawlawī’ (Manuscript 11092), which is housed at the Āstān-e Qods-e Raḍavī library. The paper has two main objectives. Following Haig (2017) regarding the extent of the micro-variation of ergativity within Iranian languages, the paper explores strategies of interrelated subsystems such as case, indexation, verbal suffixes, and pronominal clitic systems to discover whether Gorani manifests an accusative or an ergative pattern. This helps us to answer the second more general question in this study: is it even possible to consider Literary Gorani as a written form of Hawrami?
A Prologue to Armenian Toponymy
Authors: Asatrian Garnik S. , Hakobian Gohar G. 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The study of Armenian toponyms constitutes a relatively underexplored and insufficiently addressed domain within the field of Armenian Studies. Unfortunately, the seminal works by Joseph Marquart (1901) and, especially, Heinrich Hübschmann (1904), supplemented later with insightful publications by Kapancyan (1940; 1956), hitherto remain the sole substantial contributions to the realm of Armenian toponymy. Subsequent to that period and up to the present day, only sporadic researches have been done on this subject. The present paper aims at providing a brief overview of the general outlines of the Armenian toponymic system.
‘Big’ and ‘Small’ in the Toponymy of the Swāt Valley
Authors: De Chiara Matteo 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
In this article I focus on thirty toponyms from the Swāt Valley, Pakistan, that incorporate the concepts of ‘big’ and ‘small’. In this context, ‘big’ is represented by three different adjectives, loy, luth, and mahā, while for ‘small’ we find two different suffixes, -ṛay and -g/k/xay, as well as the adjectives woṛ and waṛukay. Among other things, I also propose a new analysis of one of the toponyms already studied in my 2020 work on the Toponymy of the Swāt Valley, Altangurai.
America’s Turkish Lobby against Armenian Genocide Recognition
Authors: Currie Erin , Aslan Emil S. 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
While much ink has been spilled on the Armenian-American Lobby’s efforts to achieve the formal recognition of the tragic events in Anatolia of 1915–1918 as a Genocide, little is known about how the Turkish Lobby sought to prevent such recognition. This article is the first in the literature to offer a systematic account of how the Turkish Lobby advocated in the United States to prevent the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
Gender Transformations and Religion in an Integration Comedy: Der Hodscha und die Piepenkötter
Authors: Kehya Rahime Özgün 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This study focuses on a post-migrant German-Turkish film, Der Hodscha und die Piepenkötter (Buket Alakuş, 2016), regarding gender and religious representations. Approximately twenty-five per cent of the population in Germany has a migration background, and the largest minority religion is Islam, as the number of Muslims increased with Turkish-German labour migration. Gender equality, wearing headscarves, and building sacred places (mosques) are featured in German films from time to time. Some films offer perspectives built on prejudices and stereotypes at the intersection of religion, migration, and gender, while others do not or do so to a lesser extent. In this article, we review the relevant film studies literature to see if there has been a transformation and then explore portrayals in a selected film through discourse analysis. The findings reveal that in Der Hodscha und die Piepenkötter, women contribute significantly to realising certain religious rights, and devout Muslims are portrayed as culturally heterogeneous.
The three-dimensional distribution of bordered pits across growth rings of stem segment in Platycladus orientalis (Cupressaceae) seedlings
Authors: Li Shan , Lu Sen , Yuan Chuhuan , Wang Jing , Guo Junkang 
Published: December 2023

Summary
The dimensions and distribution pattern of bordered pits are critical to the xylem water transport function of trees. However, studies on the three-dimensional distribution pattern of pits across xylem growth rings are still limited. Here, Micro-Computed Tomography (Micro-CT) was used to acquire xylem images of two-year-old Platycladus orientalis seedlings. We analyzed the tracheid lumen diameter of 665 tracheids, pit volume, and pit diameter of 11 810 inter-tracheid pits from three radial profiles. The volume ratio of inter-tracheid pits was about 0.90–0.96%. The average pit diameter was 6.8 μm and the average pit volume was 58.9 μm3, and more than 80% of the pits had a diameter of 5–8 μm and a volume of 20–90 μm3. Both the pit diameter and the pit volume increased gradually in the radial direction from the second-year growth ring to the current-year growth ring, and the pit diameter and volume were significantly higher in earlywood than in latewood. The distribution pattern of the tracheid diameter was similar to that of the pit diameter, and the wider the tracheids, the larger the pits. The distribution of bordered pits in P. orientalis may be a critical trait explaining the xylem embolism spread pattern in this species.
Symmetry Invariant Solutions in Atmospheric Boundary Layers
Authors: Yano Jun-Ichi , Wacławczyk Marta 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The symmetries of the governing equations of atmospheric flows constrain the solutions. The present study applies those symmetries identified from the governing equations to the atmospheric boundary layers under relatively weak stratifications (stable and unstable). More specifically, the invariant solutions are analyzed, which conserve their forms under possible symmetry transformations of a governing equation system. The key question is whether those invariant solutions can rederive the known vertical profiles of both vertical fluxes and the means for the horizontal wind and the potential temperature. The mean profiles for the wind and the potential temperature in the surface layer predicted from the Monin–Obukhov theory can be recovered as invariant solutions. However, the consistent vertical fluxes both for the momentum and heat no longer remain constant with height, as assumed in the Monin–Obukhov theory, but linearly and parabolically change with height over the dynamic sublayer and the above, respectively, in stable conditions. The present study suggests that a deviation from the constancy, though observationally known to be weak, is a crucial part of the surface-layer dynamics to maintain its symmetry consistency.

Significance Statement
The atmospheric flows are governed by a differential equation system, which is often difficult to solve in any satisfactory manner, either analytically or numerically. However, without solving them explicitly, many insights can be obtained by examining the “symmetries” of the governing equations. The study suggests that basic vertical profiles of the mean state of the atmospheric boundary layer is more strongly constrained by the symmetry consistency than suggested by standard similarity theories.
Electromyographic Evaluation of Masticatory Muscle Activity in Individuals with and without Cleft Lip/Palate: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Authors: Shafaee Hooman , Jahanbin Arezoo , Ghorbani Mahsa , Samadi Asma , Bardideh Erfan 
Published: December 2023

Objective This study aims to systematically review and meta-analyze the electromyographic activity of masticatory muscles in cleft palate and non-cleft patients, and identify influencing factors. Design Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Patients and Exposures Patients with cleft lip/ palate Comparison Patients without CL/P. Main Outcome Measures Electrical activity of masseter and temporalis muscles at rest and during peak activation Results After a comprehensive search in MEDLINE, Web of Science, EMBASE, Scopus, and Cochrane's CENTRAL up to December 2022, without language or date restrictions. Eligible trials were selected based on the PECO question and assessed for bias using Cochrane's ROBINS-E tool. Eight clinical trials with 474 participants were included in the review. Then relevant data was extracted from included studies using customized forms. A random-effects meta-analysis was performed to combine the results of the studies, meta-analyses showed that CL/P patients have elevated electrical activity in the masseter ( P = .01) and temporalis ( P = <.01) muscles at rest compared to non-cleft control patients. During maximum bite force, cleft patients exhibited a statistically significant decrease in electrical activity in both the masseter ( P = .03) and temporalis ( P = <.01) muscles. Conclusions According to our meta-analysis, cleft patients exhibited increased resting muscle activity but decreased activity during maximum bite force, indicating reduced efficiency of masticatory muscles compared to non-cleft patients. These differences can be attributed to anatomical variations, compensatory mechanisms, and previous treatments.
Correlation and Agreement Between the CO2 Gap Obtained From Peripheral Venous Blood and From Mixed Venous Blood in Mechanically Ventilated Septic Patients
Authors: Orso Daniele , Molinari Chiara , Bacchetti Giacomo , Zanini Victor , Montanar Valentina , Copetti Roberto , Guglielmo Nicola , Bove Tiziana 
Published: December 2023

Background Venous-arterial CO2 difference (Pv-aCO2) is a valuable marker that can identify a subset of patients in shock with inadequate cardiac output to meet tissue metabolic requirements. Some authors have found that Pv-aCO2 levels calculated from mixed vs central venous blood demonstrate a linear relationship. The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a linear relationship between Pv-aCO2 obtained with peripheral venous blood (Pv-aCO2p) and with mixed venous blood, and the agreement between the 2 measures. Methods This was a prospective, single-center, observational clinical study enrolling mechanically ventilated patients in septic shock during the first 24 hours following admission to the intensive care unit. Results The Bravais–Pearson r-coefficient between Pv-aCO2 and Pv-aCO2p was .70 in 38 determinations (95%CI .48-.83; P-value = 1.25 x 10^-6). The Bland–Altman bias was 4.11 mmHg (95%CI 2.82–5.39), and the repeatability coefficient was 11.05. Using the Taffe approach, the differential and proportional biases were 2.81 (95%CI .52–5.11) and 1.29 (95%CI .86–1.72), respectively. Conclusion There was linear correlation between Pv-aCO2p and Pv-aCO2 in mechanically ventilated patients with septic shock. The bias showed a gradual increase in high Pv-aCO2 values in an upward trend.
Association of Hearing Loss and Eating Habits in the Older Population
Authors: Gonçalves Laura Faustino , Paiva Karina Mary de , Machado Marcos José , Fontanelli Raquel Caroline FerreiraLopes , Cigana Luciana Berwanger , Haas Patrícia 
Published: December 2023

Background: Age-related hearing loss, also known as hearing loss, is an important and increasingly prevalent public health problem worldwide, as it induces disability and social isolation. Objective: To verify the association between eating habits and hearing loss in the older population. Methods: A cross-sectional study with data analysis of older patients treated in an Outpatient Hearing Health Service accredited to the Unified Health System. Older people aged 60 years and over who attended the Health Service to begin adaptation in the study. The audiological evaluation was performed through Tonal and Vocal Audiometry exams, the auditory rehabilitation process was done using the Individual Sound Amplification Device, and eating habits based on the Dietary Guide for the Brazilian Population. Results: The sample included (n = 654) participants, aged between 60 and 97 years. The type of hearing loss revealed a higher prevalence of sensorineural of moderate degree. Individuals with higher consumption of tea, non-fatty meats, rice, fish, and fruits presented better hearing compared to participants with lower consumption of these types of foods. Conclusion: A higher consumption of foods high in anti-inflammatories and antioxidants may decrease the risk of age-related hearing loss. A higher consumption of foods high in anti-inflammatories and antioxidants may decrease 50% of the risk of age-related hearing loss. The findings also indicate the hypothesis that a pro-inflammatory diet could increase the risk of hearing loss. Antioxidants are believed to counteract the deleterious effects of reactive oxygen species and may be effective in treating diseases related to oxidative stress, including hearing loss.
Comparison of artificial intelligence-assisted informed consent obtained before coronary angiography with the conventional method: Medical competence and ethical assessment
Authors: Aydin Fatih , Yildirim Özge Turgay , Aydin Ayse Huseyinoglu , Murat Bektas , Basaran Cem Hakan 
Published: December 2023

Objective At the time of informed consent (IC) for coronary angiography (CAG), patients’ knowledge of the process is inadequate. Time constraints and a lack of personalization of consent are the primary causes of inadequate information. This procedure can be enhanced by obtaining IC using a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Methods In the study, patients who will undergo CAG for the first time were randomly divided into two groups, and IC was given to one group using the conventional method and the other group using an AI-supported chatbot, chatGPT3. They were then evaluated with two distinct questionnaires measuring their satisfaction and capacity to understand CAG risks. Results While the satisfaction questionnaire was equal between the two groups ( p = 0.581), the correct understanding of CAG risk questionnaire was found to be significantly higher in the AI group (<0.001). Conclusions AI can be trained to support clinicians in giving IC before CAG. In this way, the workload of healthcare professionals can be reduced while providing a better IC.