bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Introduction: Silencing
Authors: Amico Stephen 
Published: November 2023

AbstractHighlighting the silencing of same-sex desire that marked both the early days of the AIDS crisis and the Pulse nightclub massacre, this chapter presents an overview of the monograph’s main contention: that such silencing continues, in both overt and covert manners, within a disciplined, Western academic sphere. Taking the recent relationship between ethnomusicology and queerness as meriting not celebration but scrutiny, it is argued that both disciplinary sites are undergirded by a gendered ‘metaepisteme’ driven by a masculinity indissolubly linked to a monologic, Eurocentric, exploitive coloniality. Ultimately, it is the embracing of ‘negative’ emotions and an affectively motivated future—marked, in part, by a self-silencing—that offer the possibility of a truly dialogic, equitable, postdisciplinary future for explorations of sound, music, sex/uality, and other as-yet unknowable/unnamed sites of inquiry.
‘This Is to Enrage You’
Authors: Amico Stephen 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe fundamental utility of rage as a motivator for early AIDS activists is contrasted with the double silencing marking ethnomusicology’s relationship to same-sex desire: it is virtually non-existent in the discipline’s literature, and the erasure has generated no response, enraged or otherwise, within academia. Additionally, two themes animating ensuing discussions are presented. First, the field’s belated acceptance of ‘gender’ as a site of inquiry, overwhelmingly used as a shorthand for ‘studies of/by women’, is revealed as related to the creation of a veneer of ‘diversity’ that functions to keep men/masculinity immune from examination. And second, ethnomusicology’s self-construction as the ethical other to musicology is exposed as resting not on epistemological/methodological desiderata, but an intense homophobic drive to construct a masculine disciplinary identity in contradistinction to musicology’s assumed femininity.
We Don’t Need Another He(te)ro
Authors: Amico Stephen 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThis chapter explores in greater detail the motivations for and processes of the construction of masculinity within ethnomusicology. Understanding the centuries-long feminization of music in Western culture, anthropology and its methodology—fieldwork—are revealed as utilized in the creation of a specifically academic masculinity. However, while fieldwork is instrumental in the creation of one facet of masculinity (i.e., representation of a self marked by bravado, courage, intrepidness; the ‘anthropologist as hero’), it is argued that for the largely white, privileged male academic, recourse to such stereotypes alone is insufficient. As such, it is intellect and rationality, manifesting via the use and production of Theory (itself coded as masculine) that allow for the maintaining of power over the musical, the racialized Other, and the positivistic, feminized musicologist.
Non-fundamental Tones, or, the Pharmakon of Silence
Authors: Amico Stephen 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe dialogic—a perpetual process of non-hierarchical interaction—is contrasted with both ethnomusicology’s and queerness’s monologic relationship to non-Western sites and people, a colonialist-masculinist stance founded on oppressive language and an implicit positing of the West’s knowledge production as singular, universal, and superior. Understanding communication as more than semiotic/linguistic, and the role of the sonic in relationality, it is argued that attention to the conceptual/material possibilities of echoes and reverberations—contrasting the monologic echo chamber with the expanse of ‘wild’ epistemic possibility—offers a way of conceiving of and working toward postdisciplinary, undisciplined explorations of sound, music, sex/uality, and the social. Silence is revealed as double-sided, a pharmokon—the poison of the silencing monologic, willingly withdrawn, becoming the remedy of self-silencing, a condition of pluriversality.
Inconsistent repeatability of the Dejour classification of trochlear dysplasia due to the variability of imaging modalities: a systematic review
Authors: Pineda Tomas ,   ReSurg, Müller Jacobus Hendrik , Nover Luca , Saffarini Mo 
Published: November 2023

AbstractPurposeThe purpose of this systematic review was to critically assess the quality of papers that report on the intra‐ and inter‐observer repeatability of the Dejour classification for trochlear dysplasia, and to identify the possible causes for poor repeatability.MethodsTwo authors independently conducted an electronic search (four databases) on 8 February 2023 for studies (English or French) that assessed trochlear dysplasia classifications on imaging of skeletally mature participants. Exclusion criteria were reviews of clinical studies, conference proceedings, or editorials. After title, abstract, and full‐text screening, characteristics of eligible studies were tabulated (author, year, journal, study design, cohort characteristics, and intra‐ and/or inter‐observer agreement coefficients). The methodological quality of studies was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) checklist for analytical cross‐sectional studies. Authors analysed three components of the included studies: (1) classifications based on true lateral radiographs and slice imaging; (2) dysplasia graded into Type A vs B vs C vs D and 3) coefficients of intra‐ and/or inter‐observer agreement.ResultsThe electronic search returned 3,178 references, and after removal of duplicates and irrelevant studies, ten were eligible for data extraction. A second search (31 July 2023) yielded one additional study. Eight studies did not include lateral radiographs, two studies did not explicitly state if radiographs were true lateral views, and one used true lateral radiographs in isolation. Classification of trochlear dysplasia into A vs B vs C vs D using different imaging modalities resulted in moderate to near‐perfect intra‐observer agreement, and slight to near‐perfect inter‐observer agreement. Studies distinguished between moderate and severe dysplasia using a variety of combinations: A vs B/C/D, A/B vs C/D and A/C vs B/D.ConclusionThis systematic review revealed that the Dejour classification remains the most widely used to assess trochlear dysplasia and that the majority of studies that assessed the reliability of the Dejour classification, reported moderate to near‐perfect inter‐observer agreement; however, pooling of results for comparison among the included studies was inappropriate due to substantial variation in imaging protocols and non‐standardised criteria to distinguish severe from moderate dysplasia.Level of evidenceLevel IV.Trial registryThe PROSPERO registration number is CRD42023386731.
CD45 inhibition in myeloid leukaemia cells sensitizes cellular responsiveness to chemotherapy
Authors: Al Barashdi Maryam Ahmed S. , Ali Ahlam , McMullin Mary Frances , Mills Ken 
Published: November 2023

AbstractMyeloid malignancies are a group of blood disorders characterized by the proliferation of one or more haematopoietic myeloid cell lineages, predominantly in the bone marrow, and are often caused by aberrant protein tyrosine kinase activity. The protein tyrosine phosphatase CD45 is a trans-membrane molecule expressed on all haemopoietic blood cells except that of platelets and red cells. CD45 regulates various cellular physiological processes including proliferation, apoptosis, and lymphocyte activation. However, its role in chemotherapy response is still unknown; therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the role of CD45 in myeloid malignancies in terms of cellular growth, apoptosis, and response to chemotherapy. The expression of CD45 on myeloid leukaemia primary cells and cell lines was heterogeneous with HEL and OCI-AML3 cells showing the highest level. Inhibition of CD45 resulted in increased cellular sensitivity to cytarabine and ruxolitinib, the two main therapies for AML and MPN. Bioinformatics analysis identified genes whose expression was correlated with CD45 expression such as JAK2, ACTR2, THAP3 Serglycin, and PBX-1 genes, as well as licensed drugs (alendronate, allopurinol, and balsalazide), which could be repurposed as CD45 inhibitors which effectively increases sensitivity to cytarabine and ruxolitinib at low doses. Therefore, CD45 inhibition could be explored as a potential therapeutic partner for treatment of myeloid malignancies in combination with chemotherapy such as cytarabine especially for elderly patients and those showing chemotherapy resistance.
Multi-decadal shoreline changes in Eastern Ghana—natural dynamics versus human interventions
Authors: Mann T. , Serwa A. , Rovere A. , Casella E. , Appeaning-Addo K. , Jayson-Quashigah P.-N. , Mensah-Senoo T. , Trstenjak K. , Lassalle B. , Flitner M. , Westphal H. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractHuman infrastructures, such as dams, seawalls, and ports, can affect both the sedimentary budget and nearshore hydrodynamics, enhancing and accelerating the loss or gain of coastal sediments. Understanding the processes and factors controlling beach morphodynamics is essential for implementing adequate adaptation strategies in coastal areas, particularly in those regions where coastal protection measures are scarce. This study analyzes shoreline changes in the Keta Municipal District, located in southeastern Ghana (West Africa). This area is characterized by the sedimentary input of the Volta River, forming a river delta situated to the west, i.e., updrift, of our study site. Following the construction of two dams (Akosombo and Kpong) on the Volta River in 1965 and 1982, groins and revetments have been built along the coast between 2005 and 2015 to reduce the high rates of coastal erosion in this area. Here, we explore the influence of these dams and the hard protection constructions on beach morphodynamics using historical maps and satellite images complemented by a shoreline survey undertaken with a differential GNSS in 2015. The multi-decadal evolution between 1913 and 2015 reconstructed for 90 km of shoreline suggests that local erosion rates in the region predate the construction of the two dams on the Volta River, indicating that these structures might not be the primary driver of coastal erosion in this area, as previously suggested. We emphasize that delta dynamics under conditions of high-energy longshore drift, modified by anthropogenic drivers such as sand mining, play a key role in the long-term evolution of this coast. Our results also show that the infrastructures built to halt coastal erosion result in localized erosion and accretion down-current along the coastline towards the border with Togo, highlighting the need for a transnational perspective in addressing the problems caused by coastal erosion.
Clinical and functional characteristics, possible causes, and impact of chronic cough in patients with cerebellar ataxia, neuropathy, and bilateral vestibular areflexia syndrome (CANVAS)
Authors: Palones Esther , Curto Elena , Plaza Vicente , Gonzalez-Quereda Lidia , Segarra-Casas Alba , Querol Luis , Bertoletti Federico , Rodriguez María José , Gallano Pía , Crespo-Lessmann Astrid 
Published: November 2023

AbstractCerebellar ataxia with neuropathy and bilateral vestibular areflexia syndrome (CANVAS) is an hereditary autosomal recessive disease. Recent studies propose including chronic cough (CC) as a symptom of CANVAS. For 10 patients with CANVAS as genetically confirmed by biallelic expansion of the AAGG repeat motif (AAGGGexp) in intron 2 of replication factor C subunit 1 (RFC1), our aim was, as a multidisciplinary team, to describe clinical and functional characteristics and possible causes of CC following European Respiratory Society (ERS) recommendations, and to evaluate CC impact on quality of life (QoL) using self-administered questionnaires (Cough Severity Diary, Leicester Cough Questionnaire, Discrete Emotions Questionnaire, and EQ-5D-5L). In all 10 patients, the CC was a dry cough that developed several years prior to the neurological symptoms (mean 14.2 years); 7 patients had symptoms compatible with gastroesophageal reflux (GER), 5 with pathological GER diagnosed by 24-h esophageal pH testing, and 6 patients had impaired esophageal motility diagnosed by high-resolution esophageal manometry, most frequently ineffective peristalsis. Although further studies are required for confirmation, we conclude that CC may be a characteristic prodrome of CANVAS and may be related to GER and esophageal disorders. Furthermore, CC affects patients’ QoL, especially in the psychosocial sphere.
10-year mortality, causes of death and cardiovascular comorbidities in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus
Authors: Eklund Sanna A. , Israelsson Hanna , Brunström Mattias , Forsberg Karin , Malm Jan 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Objective
The objective was to investigate 10-year mortality, causes of death and cardiovascular comorbidity in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) and to evaluate their mutual associations.

Methods
This prospective cohort study included 176 CSF-shunted iNPH patients, and 368 age- and sex-matched controls. At inclusion, participants were medically examined, had blood analyzed and answered a questionnaire. The vascular comorbidities investigated were smoking, diabetes, body mass index, blood pressure (BP), hyperlipidemia, kidney function, atrial fibrillation and, cerebro- and cardiovascular disease.

Results
Survival was observed for a mean period of 10.3 ± 0.84 years. Shunted iNPH patients had an increased risk of death compared to controls (hazard ratio (HR) = 2.5, 95% CI 1.86–3.36; p < 0.001). After 10 years, 50% (n = 88) of iNPH patients and 24% (n = 88) of the controls were dead (p < 0.001). The risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, falls and neurological diseases were higher in iNPH (p < 0.05). The most common cause of death in iNPH was cardiovascular diseases (14% vs 7% for controls). Seven out of nine iNPH dying from falls had subdural hematomas. Systolic BP (HR = 0.985 95% CI 0.972–0.997, p = 0.018), atrial fibrillation (HR = 2.652, 95% CI 1.506–4.872, p < 0.001) and creatinine (HR = 1.018, 95% CI 1.010–1.027, p < 0.001) were independently associated with mortality for iNPH.

Discussion
This long-term and population-matched cohort study indicates that in spite of CSF-shunt treatment, iNPH has shorter life expectancy. It may be important to treat iNPH in supplementary ways to reduce mortality. Both cardiovascular comorbidities and lethal falls are contributing to the excess mortality in iNPH and reducing these preventable risks should be an established part of the treatment plan.
Quantale-valued quasi-neighborhood systems: fundamentals and application to L-quasi-topologies, L-quasi-uniformities, and rough approximation operators
Authors: El-Saady Kamal , Temraz Ayat A. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractIn accordance with Rodabaugh’s approach to L-quasi-topology, the aim of this paper is to use the concept of semi-quantales as a theoretical basis to construct and study the notion of quantale-valued quasi-neighborhood systems as a generalized form of the resent Höhle–S̆ostak’s L-neighborhood systems. Some properties of such notion and relationships with L-quasi-topologies, L-quasi-fuzzy topologies, L-quasi-uniform structures and L-fuzzy rough approximation operators are established.
The impact of classic Hodgkin lymphoma on informal caregivers: results from the CONNECT cross-sectional survey
Authors: Flora Darcy R. , Evens Andrew M. , Liu Nicholas , Yu Kristina S. , Byrd Rachel , Fanale Michelle A. , Holmes Katherine , Flores Carlos , Surinach Andy , Parsons Susan K. 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Purpose
As part of the CONNECT study, we evaluated the caregiver role in treatment decision-making when caring for patients with classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) in the USA.

Methods
The CONNECT caregiver survey was administered online December 2020–March 2021 to self-identified adult caregivers of cHL patients recruited from patient referrals and online panels. The caregiver’s role in treatment decision-making, health-related quality of life (HRQoL, PROMIS-Global), and work impacts (WPAI:CG) were assessed.

Results
We surveyed 209 caregivers (58% women; median age 47 years; 54% employed; 53% spouse/partner); 69% of patients cared for were diagnosed with cHL in the past 1–2 years, with 48% having stage III/IV cHL and 29% in remission. More spouse/partner than other caregivers were involved in caregiving at symptom onset (61% vs 27%), whereas more other than spouse/partner caregivers began after first treatment (34% vs 5%). Cure, caregivers’ top treatment goal (49%), was rated higher by spouse/partner than other caregivers (56% vs 42%). More spouse/partner than other caregivers were involved in treatment option discussions with physicians (52% vs 28%), were involved in patients’ treatment decisions (54% vs 23%), and were aligned with patients’ treatment goals (93% vs 79%). While caregivers reported HRQoL similar to that of the general population, nearly 30% of employed caregivers reported work impairment.

Conclusion
Cure was caregivers’ top treatment goal. Spouse/partner vs other caregivers were more involved, were involved earlier, and reported greater alignment with patient treatment goals and decision-making. Caregivers reported good HRQoL; however, caregiving impacted work productivity regardless of patient relationship.
Regularity theory and Green’s function for elliptic equations with lower order terms in unbounded domains
Authors: Mourgoglou Mihalis 
Published: November 2023

AbstractWe consider elliptic operators in divergence form with lower order terms of the form $$Lu = -{{\textrm{div}}}(A \cdot \nabla u + b u ) - c \cdot \nabla u - du$$

L
u
=
-
div
(
A
·
∇
u
+
b
u
)
-
c
·
∇
u
-
d
u

, in an open set $$\Omega \subset \mathbb {R}^n$$

Ω
⊂

R

n

, $$n \ge 3$$

n
≥
3

, with possibly infinite Lebesgue measure. We assume that the $$n \times n$$

n
×
n

matrix A is uniformly elliptic with real, merely bounded and possibly non-symmetric coefficients, and either $$b, c \in L^{n,\infty }_{\text {loc}}({\Omega })$$

b
,
c
∈

L
loc

n
,
∞

(
Ω
)

and $$d \in L_{\text {loc}}^{\frac{n}{2}, \infty }(\Omega )$$

d
∈

L

loc

n
2

,
∞

(
Ω
)

, or $$|b|^2, |c|^2, |d| \in \mathcal {K}_{\text {loc}}(\Omega )$$

|
b
|

2

,
|
c
|

2

,

|
d
|

∈

K
loc

(
Ω
)

, where $$\mathcal {K}_{\text {loc}}(\Omega )$$

K
loc

(
Ω
)

stands for the local Stummel–Kato class. Let $${\mathcal {K}_{\text {Dini}}}(\Omega )$$

K
Dini

(
Ω
)

be a variant of $$\mathcal {K}(\Omega )$$

K
(
Ω
)

satisfying a Carleson-Dini-type condition. We develop a De Giorgi/Nash/Moser theory for solutions of $$Lu = f - {{\textrm{div}}}g$$

L
u
=
f
-
div
g

, where f and $$|g|^2 \in {\mathcal {K}_{\text {Dini}}}(\Omega )$$

|
g
|

2

∈

K
Dini

(
Ω
)

if, for $$q \in [n, \infty )$$

q
∈
[
n
,
∞
)

, any of the following assumptions holds: (i) $$|b|^2, |d| \in {\mathcal {K}_{\text {Dini}}}(\Omega )$$

|
b
|

2

,

|
d
|

∈

K
Dini

(
Ω
)

and either $$c \in L^{n,q}_{\text {loc}}(\Omega )$$

c
∈

L
loc

n
,
q

(
Ω
)

or $$|c|^2 \in \mathcal {K}_{\text {loc}}(\Omega )$$

|
c
|

2

∈

K
loc

(
Ω
)

; (ii) $${{\textrm{div}}}b +d \le 0$$

div
b
+
d
≤
0

and either $$b+c \in L^{n,q}_{\text {loc}}(\Omega )$$

b
+
c
∈

L
loc

n
,
q

(
Ω
)

or $$|b+c|^2 \in \mathcal {K}_{\text {loc}}(\Omega )$$

|
b
+
c
|

2

∈

K
loc

(
Ω
)

; (iii) $$-{{\textrm{div}}}c + d \le 0$$

-
div
c
+
d
≤
0

and $$|b+c|^2 \in {\mathcal {K}_{\text {Dini}}}(\Omega )$$

|
b
+
c
|

2

∈

K
Dini

(
Ω
)

. We also prove a Wiener-type criterion for boundary regularity. Assuming global conditions on the coefficients, we show that the variational Dirichlet problem is well-posed and, assuming $$-{{\textrm{div}}}c +d \le 0$$

-
div
c
+
d
≤
0

, we construct the Green’s function associated with L satisfying quantitative estimates. Under the additional hypothesis $$|b+c|^2 \in \mathcal {K}'(\Omega )$$

|
b
+
c
|

2

∈

K

′

(
Ω
)

, we show that it satisfies global pointwise bounds and also construct the Green’s function associated with the formal adjoint operator of L. An important feature of our results is that all the estimates are scale invariant and independent of $$\Omega $$
Ω
, while we do not assume smallness of the norms of the coefficients or coercivity of the associated bilinear form.
A variant prescribed curvature flow on closed surfaces with negative Euler characteristic
Authors: Borer Franziska , Elbau Peter , Weth Tobias 
Published: November 2023

AbstractOn a closed Riemannian surface $$(M,{\bar{g}})$$

(
M
,

g

¯

)

with negative Euler characteristic, we study the problem of finding conformal metrics with prescribed volume $$A>0$$

A
>
0

and the property that their Gauss curvatures $$f_\lambda = f + \lambda $$

f
λ

=
f
+
λ

are given as the sum of a prescribed function $$f \in C^\infty (M)$$

f
∈

C
∞

(
M
)

and an additive constant $$\lambda $$
λ
. Our main tool in this study is a new variant of the prescribed Gauss curvature flow, for which we establish local well-posedness and global compactness results. In contrast to previous work, our approach does not require any sign conditions on f. Moreover, we exhibit conditions under which the function $$f_\lambda $$

f
λ

is sign changing and the standard prescribed Gauss curvature flow is not applicable.
An objective procedure for rainy season onset and withdrawal dates over the Mexico Valley Basin
Authors: Muñoz-Sanchez Rodrigo , Ordoñez Paulina , Gallego David , Ochoa-Moya Carlos A. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThis work aims to define a procedure to declare rainy season onset and withdrawal dates for the Mexico Valley Basin, located in central Mexico. The onset/withdrawal is obtained using only precipitation for the study period 1981–2020. The onset is defined as the first day, between May 1st and July 15th, of the first 20 consecutive days having a 20-day average precipitation over the Basin of at least 2.5 mm/day. The withdrawal is defined as the last day, between September 1st and November 15th, of the last 20 consecutive days having a 20-day average precipitation of at least 1.7 mm/day. The mean onset is June 6th, with a standard deviation of 14.3 days; the mean withdrawal date is October 15th, with a standard deviation of 16.1 days; and the average length of the rainy season is 131 days, with a standard deviation of 22.7 days. These criteria maximize the precipitation change slope during onset/withdrawal. We categorized pre- and post-onset/withdrawal periods to investigate mean circulation characteristic changes. Besides a stark increase (decrease) in rainfall over the Basin during onset (withdrawal), we found that vertically integrated moisture transport over the Caribbean Low-Level Jet core region increases (decreases). The onset/withdrawal dates derived show interannual trends, while a late (early) withdrawal is associated with a positive (negative) ENSO Index, and a strong (weak) Caribbean Low Level Jet (CLLJ) is associated with a late (early) onset.