bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Left atrial strain in fetal echocardiography – could it be introduced to everyday clinical practice?
Authors: Medjedovic Edin , Begic Zijo , Stanojevic Milan , Aziri Buena , Begic Edin , Djukic Milan , Mladenovic Zorica , Kurjak Asim 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

Objectives
Prenatal cardiology is a part of preventive cardiology based on fetal echocardiography and fetal interventional cardiology, which facilitates treatment of congenital heart defects (CHD) in pediatric patients and consequently in adults. Timely prenatal detection of CHD plays a pivotal role in facilitating the appropriate referral of pregnant women to facilities equipped to provide thorough perinatal care within the framework of a well-structured healthcare system. The aim of this paper is to highlight the role of left atrial strain (LAS) in prenatal evaluation of fetal heart and prediction of structural and functional disorders.

Methods
We conducted a comprehensive literature review searching PubMed for articles published from inception up until August 2023, including the search terms “left atrial strain”, “fetal echocardiography”, and “prenatal cardiology” combined through Boolean operators. In addition, references lists of identified articles were further reviewed for inclusion.

Results
Our review underscores the significance of LAS parameters in fetal echocardiography as a screening tool during specific gestational windows (starting from 11 to 14 weeks of gestation, followed by better visualization between 18 and 22 weeks of gestation). The left atrial strain technique and its parameters serve as valuable indicators, not only for identifying cardiac complications but also for predicting and guiding therapeutic interventions in cases of both cardiac and noncardiac pregnancy complications in fetuses. Evidence suggests establishment of second-trimester reference strain and strain rate values by speckle-tracking echocardiography in the healthy fetal cohort is essential for the evaluation of myocardial pathologies during pregnancy.

Conclusions
Finding of LAS of fetal heart is feasible and probably can have potential for clinical and prognostic implications.
“Spoken and monologic”: modelling oratory, past and present, through the framework of systemic functional linguistics
Authors: Rossette-Crake Fiona 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This article focuses on instances of spoken communication which qualify commonly as “oratory” and which can be modelled within the socio-semiotic of “spoken and monologic”. This includes both “podium oratory”, as exemplified by political speeches delivered from a stage to an audience that is physically present, as well as forms of “digital oratory” which have developed via the digital interface, including videos posted to social media. The study proposes to model both types of oratory with respect to a range of multimodal and linguistic resources. The study notably explores spoken and monologic discourse in regard to grammatical intricacy and lexical density, the two types of information packaging which respectively inform prototypical speech and writing. Digital oratory reflects trends associated with the technologisation of discourse, and its underpinnings as socio-semiotic. The discussion also makes the case that systemic functional linguistics (SFL) theory, via its articulation between system and function, provides an ideal lens through which these activities can be modelled, as well as their social role and the symbolic power attached to them.
From screen to soft power: the rising appeal of Turkish TV series in Bangladesh
Authors: Sharma Shudipta 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

Purpose
This study examines the popularity of Turkish TV series in Bangladesh and their effectiveness as a soft power tool for Turkey. It also aims to understand why these series have been successful in shaping the attitudes and beliefs of Bangladeshi audiences towards Turkey and its leadership.

Method
This qualitative study employs the narrative analysis approach to examine the phenomenon. Social media posts and comments related to the Bengali dubbed version of the Turkish TV series The Magnificent Century on Facebook and YouTube from November 2015 to March 2022 were collected and analyzed using an inductive approach.

Findings
The study finds that the success of Turkish TV series in Bangladesh can be attributed to a combination of factors, including the absence of quality local content, the strong connection of Bangladeshi audiences with their Muslim identity, and the portrayal of Islamic historical context and similar Muslim culture. The positive image of Turkey and its history portrayed in these series has created a sense of cultural proximity between Turkey and Bangladesh, contributing to the popularity of Turkish TV series in the country.

Implications
The study suggests that Turkish TV series serve as a soft power tool for Turkey to increase its influence in Bangladesh. By promoting a positive image of Turkey and its history, these series have successfully shaped the attitudes and beliefs of Bangladeshi audiences towards Turkey and its leadership.

Value
This study highlights the effectiveness of Turkish TV series as a soft power tool. It provides insights into the factors contributing to the popularity of these series in Bangladesh and their potential to increase Turkey’s influence in the Muslim world.
On general extenders in literary translation and all that stuff
Authors: Vișan Nadina 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The present article focuses on strategies for translating general extenders (GEs) from English into Romanian. Starting from the generally accepted definition of GEs as structures that extend utterances that are otherwise grammatically complete and that are placed in phrase- or clause-final position, I analyze samples of literary text and their respective (multiple) versions and investigate patterns in which these structures are translated. Since, as pointed out in the literature, GEs can fulfill more than one function in the text, and since in literary texts they tend to be repeatedly and meaningfully employed, the article investigates to what extent a Romanian translator can render this type of pragmatic marker into the target language in a fluid manner. This question is intriguing for at least two reasons: (a) Romanian seems to employ GEs in a more restricted manner than English and (b) repetition seems to be a stumbling block in translation. In order to solve this problem, a translator resorts to lexical variety, compensation, and omission.
Tonic cuff pressure pain sensitivity in chronic pain patients and its relation to self-reported physical activity
Authors: Skogberg Olof , Karlsson Linn , Bäckryd Emmanuel , Lemming Dag 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

Objectives
Physical inactivity is a global health concern and a significant problem among chronic pain patients. They often experience pain flare-ups when they try to increase their physical activity level. Most research on the relationship between pain sensitivity and physical activity has been on healthy participants. Data on chronic pain patients are lacking. Using cuff pressure algometry, this study investigated tonic cuff pressure pain sensitivity and its associations to self-reported physical activity and other patient-reported outcomes in chronic pain patients.

Methods
Chronic pain patients (n=78) were compared to healthy controls (n=98). Multivariate data analysis was used to investigate the associations between tonic cuff pressure pain sensitivity, physical activity, and other patient-reported outcome measures.

Results
The three most important variables for group discrimination were perceived health status (EQVAS: p(corr)=−0.85, i.e., lower in patients), depression (HADS-D: p(corr)=0.81, i.e., higher in patients), and the tonic cuff pressure pain sensitivity variable maximum pain intensity (VAS-peak-arm: p(corr)=0.75, i.e., higher in patients). In patients, the most important predictors for high VAS-peak-arm were female sex (p(corr)=−0.75), higher number of painful regions (p(corr)=0.72), higher pain intensity (p(corr)=0.55), followed by lower level of self-reported physical activity (p(corr)=−0.39). VAS-peak-arm in patients correlated negatively with self-reported physical activity (rho=−0.28, p=0.018).

Conclusions
Physical activity may be the most important patient-changeable variable correlating to pain sensitivity. This study highlights the importance of more research to further understand how increased physical activity may decrease pain sensitivity in chronic pain patients.
Late Glacial lithic industry of the Xiaonanshan site: implications for the Neolithisation in the Amur River basin
Authors: Yue Jian-Ping , Li You-Qian , Yan Xia-Jun , Du Xue-Ya , Yang Shi-Xia 
Published: December 2023

AbstractXiaonanshan is an archaeological site dated to 16.5–13.5 cal kyr BP, situated beside the Ussuri River in China. The lithic assemblages feature microblade debitage, bifacial points and stone adzes, which provide important new materials for this project to explore Neolithisation in the Amur River basin of northeast Asia.
A low-carbohydrate diet in place of SGLT2i therapy in a patient with diabetic cardiomyopathy
Authors: Kleissl-Muir Sabine , Rasmussen Bodil , Owen Alice , Zinn Caryn , Driscoll Andrea 
Published: December 2023

Summary
In patients with diabetes mellitus, the toxic milieu caused by abnormal glucose and free fatty acid handling can lead to heart failure (HF). Referred to as diabetic cardiomyopathy (DMCM), this syndrome often exists in the absence of conventional risk factors for HF such as history of myocardial infarction or hypertension. Low-carbohydrate diets (LCDs) have recently been endorsed as an efficacious therapeutic dietary approach to prevent and reverse cardiometabolic disease including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). LCDs improve systemic insulin resistance (IR), reverses cardiac remodelling in a rodent model and downregulates the expression of sodium–glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) receptors in the kidney. It is therefore conceivable that a lifestyle approach such as adopting an LCD can be offered to patients with DMCM. The reported case is that of a 45-year-old man with a 15-year history of non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy, T2DM and obesity. The patient volunteered to engage in a 16-week low-carbohydrate dietary intervention trial and then self-selected to remain on this diet for 1 year. The whole-food LCD was based on simple ‘traffic light’ style food lists and not designed to restrict calories, protein, fat or salt. After 1 year, the patient had lost 39 kg and his cardiometabolic markers had significantly improved. LCDs present a potentially beneficial approach for patients with DMCM and could be considered as a lifestyle intervention before SGLT2i therapy is commenced.

Learning points

Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DMCM) is a syndrome precipitated mainly by the detrimental effects of glucose metabolism disorders such as insulin resistance and diabetes.

Low-carbohydrate diets (LCD) mimic many effects of sodium–glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i).

LCDs are a dietary pattern which can have significant and beneficial effects on metabolic and anthropometric markers in patients with DMCM.

LCDs and SGLT2i therapy could be combined and may achieve better clinical outcomes for patients with DMCM.

Combination therapy may be carried out under close supervision as the real risk for diabetic ketoacidosis remains.
Thick and Thin Film Solar Cells: New Formulation
Authors: Velazquez-Perez J.E. , Titov O.Yu. , Gurevich Yuri G. 
Published: December 2023

Solar cells rely on photogeneration of charge carriers in p-n junctions and their transport and subsequent recombination in the quasineutral regions. Several basic issues concerning the physics of the operation of solar cells remain obscure. This paper discusses some of those unsolved basic problems. In conventional solar cells, recombination of photogenerated charge carriers plays a major limiting role in the cell efficiency. High quality thin-film solar cells may overcome this limit if the minority diffusion lengths become large as compared to the cell dimensions, but, strikingly, the conventional model fails to describe the cell electric behavior under these conditions. A new formulation of the basic equations describing charge carrier transport in the cell along with a set of boundary conditions is presented. An analytical closed-form solution is obtained under the linear approximation. It is shown that the calculation of the open-circuit voltage of the solar cell diode does not lead to unphysical results in the new given framework.
REFLEXÕES SOBRE O PROJETO POLÍTICO PEDAGÓGICO DA UFPR/SETOR LITORAL – BRASIL E SUAS INTERFACES INTERDISCIPLINARES NAS PRÁCTICAS PEDAGÓGICAS
Authors: Kashiwagi Helena Midori , Teixeira Salete Kozel 
Published: December 2023

En este artículo plantease algunas reflexiones sobre el Proyecto Político Pedagógico (PPP) desarollado en el Sector Litoral de la Universidad Federal del Paraná - UFPR y sus interfaces interdisciplinares en las prácticas pedagógicas. La estructura organizacional curricular de esta propuesta pedagógica fue dividida en tres fases: “conocer y comprender”, “comprender y proponer”, “proponer y actuar”. El escopo de este trabajo propone presentar algunas reflexiones desde la contribución de la Geografía Humanística en su vertiente fenomenológica hasta las prácticas pedagógicas desarolladas en la primera fase del curriculo. En esta investigación las interfaces interdisciplinares posibilitan el desarrollo de una percepción crítica del alumno de forma más amplia, bajo de las diversas miradas a partir de las diferencias de los puntos de vista.
Žemininkai Literary Movement in Vilnius: Relationship with the Space of a Multinational City
Authors: Kvietkauskas Mindaugas 
Published: December 2023

The article examines the relationship between the generation of žemininkai (a literary movement; its name can be roughly translated as ‘representatives of land’) and the multi-ethnic Vilnius urban space since 1940, when the young representatives of this generation moved to the regained capital of Lithuania. Previous studies of their work stated that the experience of Vilnius had a significant impact on the cultural consciousness of this generation, but they never analysed the process of development of their ‘Vilnius identity’ and urban discourse, the meanings of the city that it emphasised, and the manifestations of the relationship with the multi-ethnic urban environment and the cultural ‘other’. The article presents socio-cultural analysis of the poetic and ego-documentary texts of four žemininkai authors who reflected on their Vilnius experience – Pranė Aukštikalnytė-Jokimaitienė, Kazys Bradūnas, Vytautas Mačernis, and Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas, as well as the autobiographical testimonies of the literary scholar Vanda Zaborskaitė. Their initial attitudes seem to be similar – ethnocentric and monological, whereas the urban imagination is dominated by the axis of the Lithuanian-European cultural meanings, and the spatial images are distilled from the signs of the local cultural ‘Other’. However, as early as during the war years, and especially in the post-war period, a shift in the individual attitudes of some of the žemininkai is evident. The initial nationalistic schemes are loosened or questioned, and signs of the ‘Other’ are integrated, which is first of all manifested in their poetry and poetic prose about Vilnius.
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease After 2 Decades of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Use
Authors: Yildirim Inci , Lapidot Rotem , Shaik-Dasthagirisaheb Yazdani Basha , Hinderstein Sarah , Lee Hanna , Klevens Monina , Grant Lindsay , Arguedas Mohs Adriano Gerardo , Cane Alejandro , Madoff Larry , Johnson Hillary , Ivanof Caryn , Burns Meagan , Pelton Stephen 
Published: December 2023

OBJECTIVES
We sought to describe the evolving epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) among children in Massachusetts, United States, over the last 2 decades during which sequential 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV7) and 13-valent PCVs (PCV13) were implemented.

METHODS
Cases of IPD in children aged &lt;18 years were detected between 2002 and 2021 through an enhanced population-based, statewide surveillance system. Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from normally sterile sites were serotyped and evaluated for antimicrobial susceptibility. IPD incidence rates and rate ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated.

RESULTS
We identified 1347 IPD cases. Incidence of IPD in children aged &lt;18 years declined 72% over 2 decades between 2002 and 2021 (incidence rate ratios 0.28, 95% CI 0.18–0.45). IPD rates continued to decline after replacement of PCV7 with PCV13 (incidence rate ratios 0.25, 95% CI 0.16–0.39, late PCV7 era [2010] versus late PCV13 era [2021]). During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic years, 2020 to 2021, the rate of IPD among children aged &lt;18 years reached 1.6 per 100 000, the lowest incidence observed over the 20 years. In PCV13 era, approximately one-third of the IPD cases in children aged &gt;5 years had at least 1 underlying condition (98, 30.3%). Serotypes 19A and 7F contributed 342 (48.9%) of all cases before implementation of PCV13 (2002–2010). Serotype 3 (31, 8.6%), and non-PCV13 serotypes 15B/C (39, 10.8%), 33F (29, 8.0%), 23B (21, 0.8%), and 35B (17, 4.7%) were responsible for 37.8% of cases in PCV13 era (2011–2021). Penicillin nonsusceptibility continued to decline (9.8% vs 5.3% in pre-/late PCV13 era, P = .003), however has become more common among non-PCV13 serotypes compared with vaccine serotypes (14.8% vs 1.4%, P &lt; .001).

CONCLUSIONS
Robust ongoing surveillance networks are critical for identifying emerging serotypes and development of next-generation vaccine formulations.
Distribución espacio-temporal de aves acuáticas de la familia Laridae en un humedal costero sudamericano
Authors: Minhuey Espinoza Yesenia Yojaira Anabella , Podestá Hernández Jorge Luis , Barona Narváez Freddy Daniel 
Published: December 2023

Introducción: El humedal costero Poza de La Arenilla (HCPA), Callao, Perú, es un hábitat importante para el descanso y reposo de aves acuáticas, entre ellas la familia Laridae. Sin embargo, el humedal está sufriendo una degradación crítica debido al desarrollo de actividades antropogénicas.
Objetivo: Evaluar la distribución espacio-temporal de las aves acuáticas de la familia Laridae reportadas en HCPA según la temporada del año entre 2013 y 2018.
Métodos: Se realizaron muestreos quincenales en 11 zonas delimitadas de HCPA de enero 2013 a diciembre 2018, durante la mañana y la tarde, mediante el método de recuento total.
Resultados: Se registraron 12 especies de la familia Laridae. Leucophaeus pipixcan fue la especie de mayor dominancia en la mayoría de las zonas estudiadas y su presencia se destaca en verano y primavera. Las especies con mayor distribución en el humedal son L. pipixcan, Larus dominicanus y Larus belcheri, que se registraron en todas las zonas estudiadas. La mayor abundancia total promedio de especies se registró en verano y la menor en invierno. Se observó un aumento gradual de la abundancia promedio de aves, siendo estos aumentos notables entre primavera y verano de un año a otro. Además, se observó una disminución de la riqueza global de los láridos durante el periodo evaluado. Se observó un patrón de variación estacional del índice de diversidad de Shannon-Weaver (H’) similar de un año a otro, debido a que los láridos son aves migratorias, y una tendencia a la disminución del índice con el paso del tiempo.
Conclusiones: El HCPA desempeña un papel fundamental para la avifauna acuática de la región. Se ha registrado la presencia de cinco especies migratorias y siete residentes de esta familia, las cuales muestran preferencias espaciales en diferentes zonas del humedal. A pesar de que se observa una disminución en la riqueza global de las especies en el tiempo, la abundancia promedio de aves aumenta.
Blood parasites (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) infecting birds in the Brazilian Amazon
Authors: Corrêa Lincoln 
Published: December 2023

Introdução: Os tripanossomas são hemoparasitos que podem ser observados circulando no sangue periférico de aves. Estudos parasitológicos em aves no ambiente natural são negligenciados, mas são importantes para pesquisas relacionadas à transmissão, manutenção do ciclo biológico, abundância, entre outros aspectos parasitológicos.
Objetivo: O presente estudo descreve infecções por Trypanosoma sp. em aves da Amazônia brasileira, trazendo novas informações sobre a prevalência e características morfológicas e morfométricas desse hemoparasita. Os dados foram obtidos na Floresta Nacional do Tapajós, na região oeste do estado do Pará, na Amazônia brasileira.
Methods: The present study was carried out in the Tapajós National Forest (or FLONA), a sustainable use Conservation Unit in the eastern Amazon, in the west of the state of Pará. Blood samples were obtained by puncturing the ulnar vein (wing) using a microhematocrit capillary tube, after which blood smears were made in duplicate and stained using the Romanowsky principle with Giemsa dye to evaluate the morphotypes of Trypanosomatidae. Light microscopy was used for the investigation of hemoparasites. The Zen Blue Edition 2 software package was used to determine the morphometric characteristics of Trypanosomatidae.
Resultado: A presença de hemoparasitos na forma tripomastigota foi observada em espécimes de Thamnophilidae, Dendrocolaptidae e Conopophagidae, com baixa prevalência e alta intensidade média. A análise morfométrica também foi realizada, e apenas um morfotipo de Trypanosoma spp. foi detectado.
Conclusão: No entanto, estudos que combinem as ferramentas morfológicas aqui descritas, biologia molecular e análise ecológica, são recomendados para esclarecer aspectos relacionados aos possíveis hospedeiros e vetores desses parasitos, e aprimorar as técnicas taxonômicas que descrevem a diversidade de Trypanosoma em aves em Amazônia brasileira.

Palavras-chave : Hemoparasitas, morfologia, táxon negligenciado, Trypanosoma e Brasil.
La gastronomía "popular" en la era del gusto "global"
Authors: Cáceres Nevot Juanjo 
Published: December 2023

Culinary practices encompass an endless number of dishes and procedures that have evolved over time. The industrial era transformed culinary practices so profoundly that it generated an unprecedented break in the ways of eating among the generations born throughout the 20th century. Hence, the last two decades of the same were already strongly marked by the processes of valorisation and claim of products and dishes, called traditional.
With the entry into the new millennium, the appreciation of traditional cuisines has faced new challenges. The urban gastronomic geography that populates the main cities is today full of a comparable offer linked to different origins, be it Japanese, Italian, Indian, etc. For its part, haute cuisine has been resorting to traditional products and dishes, separating them from their original gastronomic function or radically transforming them. In this context, where other factors also have an impact, such as novel trends disseminated and popularized on social networks, new unknowns arise about the future of what has been called traditional gastronomy and its ability to occupy a real and recognizable place among the gastronomic offer.