bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Mental Health Quality of Life (MHQoL) questionnaire in a Chinese-speaking population with chronic musculoskeletal pain
Authors: Wang Jialin , Wang Ruirui , Zhao Peng , Han Tianran , Li Meng , He Yuwei , Liu Yan 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Background
The Mental Health Quality of Life (MHQoL) questionnaire is concise and suitable for rapid assessment of CMP (chronic musculoskeletal pain) patients in primary care. However, there is a lack of Chinese versions of the MHQoL.

Objective
To cross-culturally translate the MHQoL into Chinese and to assess its psychometric properties in Chinese-speaking patients with CMP.

Methods
The MHQoL was translated into Chinese according to the International Guidelines for the Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measures. 171 CMP patients were recruited to receive the Chinese versions of the MHQoL, SF-36, and HADS tests, and the MHQoL was retested seven days later.

Result
The Chinese version of MHQoL had good retest reliability (MHQoL-7D: ICC = 0.971; MHQoL-VAS: ICC = 0.988) and internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.829). It showed a moderate correlation with the SF-36 total score (r=-0.509); the MHQoL-VAS moderately correlated with the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (r=-0.548). The MHQoL-7D showed no correlations with the SF-36’s PF (r=-0.083) and BP (r=-0.170), weak correlations with RP (r=-0.284), RE (r=-0.298), and SF (r=-0.380), and moderate-to-strong correlations with GH (r=-0.638), VT (r=-0.480), and MH (r=-0.632).

Conclusion
The Chinese version of the MHQoL can be used in clinical practice and research in Chinese-speaking CMP patients.
A novel BRAF::PTPRN2 fusion in meningioma: a case report
Authors: Sadagopan Nishanth S. , Nandoliya Khizar R. , Youngblood Mark W. , Horbinski Craig M. , Ahrendsen Jared T. , Magill Stephen T. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractGene fusion events have been linked to oncogenesis in many cancers. However, gene fusions in meningioma are understudied compared to somatic mutations, chromosomal gains/losses, and epigenetic changes. Fusions involving B-raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase (BRAF) are subtypes of oncogenic BRAF genetic abnormalities that have been reported in certain cases of brain tumors, such as pilocytic astrocytomas. However, BRAF fusions have not been recognized in meningioma. We present the case of an adult female presenting with episodic partial seizures characterized by déjà vu, confusion, and cognitive changes. Brain imaging revealed a cavernous sinus and sphenoid wing mass and she underwent resection. Histopathology revealed a World Health Organization (WHO) grade 1 meningioma. Genetic profiling with next generation sequencing and microarray analysis revealed an in-frame BRAF::PTPRN2 fusion affecting the BRAF kinase domain as well as chromothripsis of chromosome 7q resulting in multiple segmental gains and losses including amplifications of cyclin dependent kinase 6 (CDK6), tyrosine protein-kinase Met (MET), and smoothened (SMO). Elevated pERK staining in tumor cells provided evidence of activated mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling. This report raises the possibility that gene fusion events may be involved in meningioma pathogenesis and warrant further investigation.
Pandemic-related challenges for team leadership in ECEC centres in Germany
Authors: Lattner Katrin , Strehmel Petra 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThis article investigates Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus is on ECEC leaders’ perceptions of team leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. The purpose of the study is to increase understanding of the team-related challenges ECEC leaders have been confronted with, how they have been experienced and mastered. Therefore, two qualitative studies were designed (Hamburg, Leipzig). A total of 55 ECEC leaders from different federal states were surveyed in guideline-based qualitative interviews (Leipzig study: n = 20 ECEC leaders; Hamburg study: n = 35 ECEC leaders) and analysed with a qualitative content analysis. The results show how teamwork changed under the pandemic conditions and what challenges the leaders faced, including a lack of staff (due to e. g. quarantine, disease), structural separation of teams, lack of communication, additional tasks (political regulations), and missing collaboration with parents. The results indicate that not only ECEC leaders are required to organise team development activities on a regular basis or to reflect on the experiences of the pandemic within heterogeneous teams but also setting providers and sectoral policies are called upon to support ECEC centres in crisis according to their needs.
DNA from non-viable bacteria biases diversity estimates in the corals Acropora loripes and Pocillopora acuta
Authors: Dungan Ashley M. , Geissler Laura , Williams Amanda S. , Gotze Cecilie Ravn , Flynn Emily C. , Blackall Linda L. , van Oppen Madeleine J. H. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractBackgroundNucleic acid-based analytical methods have greatly expanded our understanding of global prokaryotic diversity, yet standard metabarcoding methods provide no information on the most fundamental physiological state of bacteria, viability. Scleractinian corals harbour a complex microbiome in which bacterial symbionts play critical roles in maintaining health and functioning of the holobiont. However, the coral holobiont contains both dead and living bacteria. The former can be the result of corals feeding on bacteria, rapid swings from hyper- to hypoxic conditions in the coral tissue, the presence of antimicrobial compounds in coral mucus, and an abundance of lytic bacteriophages.ResultsBy combining propidium monoazide (PMA) treatment with high-throughput sequencing on six coral species (Acropora loripes,A. millepora,A. kenti,Platygyra daedalea,Pocillopora acuta, andPorites lutea) we were able to obtain information on bacterial communities with little noise from non-viable microbial DNA. Metabarcoding of the 16S rRNA gene showed significantly higher community evenness (85%) and species diversity (31%) in untreated compared with PMA-treated tissue forA. loripesonly. While PMA-treated coral did not differ significantly from untreated samples in terms of observed number of ASVs, > 30% of ASVs were identified in untreated samples only, suggesting that they originated from cell-free/non-viable DNA. Further, the bacterial community structure was significantly different between PMA-treated and untreated samples forA. loripesandP. acutaindicating that DNA from non-viable microbes can bias community composition data in coral species with low bacterial diversity.ConclusionsOur study is highly relevant to microbiome studies on coral and other host organisms as it delivers a solution to excluding non-viable DNA in a complex community. These results provide novel insights into the dynamic nature of host-associated microbiomes and underline the importance of applying versatile tools in the analysis of metabarcoding or next-generation sequencing data sets.
Generalized dystonia following resuscitation from a cardiac arrest: a case report and review of the literature
Authors: Mbodji Ahmadou Bamba , Fall Maouly , Gaye Ndiaga Matar , Ka Mamadou , Dione Jean Claude , Ndiaye Moustapha , Diop Amadou Gallo 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Background
A wide variety of movement disorders can be observed after cerebral hypoxia, including akineto-hypertonic syndrome and dystonia. Post-anoxic dystonia is a rare clinical syndrome that is not widely reported in the literatures. It is thought to be related to cerebral hypoxia leading to ischaemia of the basal ganglia.

Case description
We report a case of an 11-year-old girl who represented with generalized dystonia following resuscitation from a cardiac arrest after open heart surgery. Brain MRI showed basal ganglia hypersignals in T2-FLAIR (fluid attenuated inversion recovery) weighted sequence and in the diffusion sequence without restriction of ACD in favour of subacute ischemic lesions. Treated with oral baclofen, the evolution was favourable with regression of the dystonia.

Conclusion
It is often difficult to accurately predict the final neurological outcome of a patient who has survived cardiac arrest. Baclofen and anticholinergic can be used for the treatment for dystonia post-cerebral hypoxia.
Post-traumatic stress disorder in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional Tunisian study
Authors: Boudabous Jaweher , Kerkeni Ali , Kraiem Mayssa , Ayadi Hela , Moalla Yousr 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Objectives
Evaluate the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on Tunisian adolescents enrolled in secondary schools during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify associated factors.

Methods
We conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive, and analytic study on a sample of Tunisian adolescents. Participants were randomly selected from two schools in the region of Hamma (southern of Tunisia). This survey took place during the period extending from 5 March to 26 May 2021. Students were asked to complete a pre-established information sheet which contains questions about socio-demographic features, medical history, knowledge about the pandemic of COVID-19, and personal or family history of being infected with this virus. The Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS) was used to screen for PTSD among students.

Results
The sample was composed of 326 students (92 boys and 234 girls; mean age 16.65 years). The prevalence of PTSD was 37.4% according to the CPSS. Adolescents had more PTSD symptoms when they lived in a conflictual family atmosphere (AOR = 3.1 [1.4–6.9]). Moreover, adolescents who were infected by the virus, or whose relatives were contaminated or dead because of the COVID-19 infection, were more likely to develop PTSD symptoms. We stated that students who estimated that their knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic were insufficient had a significant higher risk for PTSD (AOR = 2.5 [1.4–4.6]).

Conclusion
Students seemed to have high frequency of PTSD symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. The identification of risk and protective factors are interesting to guide screening and prevention actions.

Key points
• Adolescents were vulnerable to psychological distress during COVID-19 pandemic, they were more exposed to develop post-traumatic stress disorder.
• A total of 37.4% was the prevalence of PTSD among Tunisian adolescents. Sufficient information about the pandemic was protective. Conflictual family atmosphere constitutes a risk factor.
• Family and social efforts should be directed toward supporting teenagers to cope with the pandemics’ mental health burden.
Pascal without Apology
Authors: Braider Christopher 
Published: December 2023

AbstractWe’ve always had two Pascals, one apologetic, the other startlingly unapologetic. The unapologetic Pascal is the merciless, proto-ethnographic observer of human psychology and human social arrangements whose sardonic picture of what he calls the wretchedness of life without God is summed up in the strikingly Hobbesian chiasmus “Lacking the might to compel obedience to right, we’ve made it right to compel obedience to might.” However, Pascal turns demoralizing insights like this to apologetic purposes by showing how they’re the natural effect of a lack of specifically Christian belief. The question this essay poses against the background of the conflicted history of Pascalian exegesis is, how should we read the Pensées? The answer proposed is that we should do so in the dialectical terms that Pascal’s characteristic resort to chiasmoi like this one suggest. The result takes the form of a three-cornered conversation that links Pascalian thinking not only to the Hobbes of Leviathan but to the Hegel of the Phenomenology of Spirit and the Elements of Right and to the Wittgenstein of the late, sadly fruitless notebook On Certainty.
Signless Laplacian spectrum of the cozero-divisor graph of the commutative ring ℤ𝑛
Authors: Rashid Mohd , Mozumder Muzibur Rahman , Anwar Mohd 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Let 𝑅 be a commutative ring with identity

1
≠
0

1\neq 0

and let

Z
⁢

(
R
)

′

Z(R)^{\prime}

be the set of all non-zero and non-unit elements of ring 𝑅.
Further,

Γ
′

⁢

(
R
)

\Gamma^{\prime}(R)

denotes the cozero-divisor graph of 𝑅, is an undirected graph with vertex set

Z
⁢

(
R
)

′

Z(R)^{\prime}

, and

w
∉

z
⁢
R

w\notin zR

and

z
∉

w
⁢
R

z\notin wR

if and only if two distinct vertices 𝑤 and 𝑧 are adjacent, where

q
⁢
R

qR

is the ideal generated by the element 𝑞 in 𝑅.
In this paper, we find the signless Laplacian eigenvalues of the graphs

Γ
′

⁢

(

Z
n

)

\Gamma^{\prime}(\mathbb{Z}_{n})

for

n
=

p
1
N

⁢

p
2

⁢

p
3

n=p_{1}^{N}p_{2}p_{3}

and

p
1
N

⁢

p
2
M

⁢

p
3

p_{1}^{N}p_{2}^{M}p_{3}

, where

p
1

,

p
2

,

p
3

p_{1},p_{2},p_{3}

are distinct primes and

N
,
M

N,M

are positive integers.
We also show that the cozero-divisor graph

Γ
′

⁢

(

Z

p
1

⁢

p
2

)

\Gamma^{\prime}(\mathbb{Z}_{p_{1}p_{2}})

is a signless Laplacian integral.
Armed Conflicts and Household Socioeconomic Status in the Lake Chad Basin: A Random Coefficient Model Approach
Authors: Olarinde Muftau Olaiya , Osabohien Romanuns , Osabuohien Evans 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This study extends the existing literature on the relationship between armed conflicts and the socioeconomic status of households in Lake Chad Basin (LCB) countries by adopting a random coefficient model to analyse micro-panel data covering the 1997–2020 periods. The random coefficient approach allows for country-specific effects in explaining variations in both the nature and degree of the effects of conflict due to differing country characteristics. The result evidenced a significant negative effect of the average impact of armed conflict on poverty, while the coefficient of educational outcome is insignificant. The country-specific results point to significant inter-country variations in the impact of armed conflicts on poverty and education outcomes. The descriptive statistics result shows that the inter-country variations could be attributed to differing quality of institutions. Finally, environmental degradation and macroeconomic uncertainties do not appear to bear a systematic relationship with householdsʼ level of socioeconomic status in the Lake Chad Basin. These findings indicate that a uniform and blanket adoption of public policies by government in Lake Chad Basin countries will not yield a significant positive result. Therefore, governments, practitioners and academicians should contextualise policies/recommendations meant to improve socioeconomic status of households in conflict, while strengthening the quality of institutions to ameliorate the impact of conflict on socioeconomic status (SES) of households.
Descoberta de insights na análise de licitações no estado de Goiás
Authors: Silva Matheus Adão De Souza e , Vieira Sibelius Lellis 
Published: December 2023

Este trabalho tem o objetivo de relacionar possíveis indícios de irregularidades em processos licitatórios, propiciando uma avaliação de sua viabilidade em processos de fiscalização. Para melhor entendimento desse estudo foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica a fim de conhecer os fatos e fenômenos relacionado a licitações públicas. Foram explorados os conceitos de inteligência analítica, abordando business Intelligence, data science e técnicas de mineração de dados. Em seguida a seleção dos dados foi iniciada, sendo possível encontrar dados adequados disponibilizados no portal da transparência da Controladoria Geral do Estado. Os dataframes relacionados às licitações do órgão foram estruturados em dados associados aos períodos de janeiro de 2016 a dezembro de 2019. Através da análise descritiva, utilizando o Microsoft Power BI, foi possível empreender uma maior compreensão das variáveis presentes e identificação de indícios de padrões nos dados. A análise preditiva que se seguiu proporcionou gerar regras associando duas ou mais empresas com participações e vitórias conjuntas, podendo apresentar o indício de possíveis irregularidades. Os itens apresentados formam um potencial para o desenvolvimento de sistemas de apoio à decisão e definição de estratégias para fiscalizar o processo licitatório, pois geram informações que permitem maior assertividade em indicar possíveis irregularidades, permitindo assim uma melhor eficiência no uso dos recursos públicos.
Development of flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of medico-legal importance on pig carcass in the Cerrado of Brazil
Authors: Silva José Orlando de Almeida , Brasil Leandro Schlemmer , Silva Eduardo Almeida , Neves Liliane Torres , Carvalho-Filho Fernando da Silva 
Published: December 2023

With the aim of contributing data on flies to assist in forensic processes in the medical-legal area, this study investigated species of flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) that develop in pig carcass and at what stages of decomposition they exit the carcass to pupate in the Cerrado of the Northeast region of Brazil. Larvae and pupae were collected daily using sawdust trays placed beneath cages containing pig carcass. The material collected was allowed to complete development to adults in the laboratory under natural conditions. Adult male specimens were subsequently identified. The experiments were conducted in July and August 2010, in the dry season. A total of 140 adult specimens representing five species were obtained. The most abundant species were Peckia (Squamatodes) trivittata (Curran, 1927) (n = 109) and Peckia (Squamatodes) ingens (Walker, 1849) (n = 28), which left the carcasses to pupate during the dark putrefaction and fermentation stages. Helicobia neuzalmeidae Silva, Brasil, De-Souza & Carvalho-Filho, 2022, and Oxysarcodexia timida (Aldrich, 1916) left carcasses at the dark putrefaction stage as well. Peckia (Euboettchaerea) collusor (Curran & Walley, 1934) was obtained during the dry stage only. For the first time, Oxysarcodexia timida was observed developing in a pig carcass. The species P. (S.) trivittata and P. (S.) ingens can aid in determining the time of death of corpses discovered in Brazil's Northeastern Cerrado.
The impact of transferred air bubble position on clinical pregnancy rate in FET cycles
Authors: He Lixia , He Junyong , Ma Qianhong , Jin Song , Lu Yuechao , Zhang Dongmei , Liao Xu 
Published: December 2023

We aimed to investigate the effects of the position of the transferred air bubble with the clinical pregnancy rate (PR) in frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles. A prospective clinical study was carried out at Reproductive Medicine Center of West China Second University Hospital between June 2020 and May 2021. A total of 1159 women who underwent FET were included in this study. Transabdominal ultrasonographic guidance was used during the transfer procedure. The distance from the air bubble to endometrial cavity fundus (DAF) was measured in the freeze-frame ultrasound immediately after ET. In DAF ≤3 mm, 3–15 mm, and ≥15 mm group, the clinical PR in women transferred with cleavage embryos was 33.3% (7/21), 55.0% (153/280), and 31.3% (5/16), respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Among women transferred with blastocysts, the clinical PR was 63.0% (34/54), 68.5% (485/708), and 55.0% (44/80), respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). In multivariate logistic regression model for clinical PR, the clinical PR was associated with age, embryo quality, number of embryo transferred, and endometrial thickness. DAF was an independent risk factor influencing clinical PR in blastocyst FET cycles rather than in cleavage embryo FET cycles. In conclusion, our results suggested that DAF was associated with the clinical PR and DAF between 3 mm and 15 mm is the optimal position in blastocyst FET cycles.

Lay summary
Embryo transfer is the last step in the IVF process. The position of the transferred embryo in the uterine cavity may affect the clinical pregnancy rate. The relationship between the position of the embryo in the uterine cavity at the time of transfer and the clinical pregnancy rate is disputed. In this study, the distance from the air bubble to endometrial cavity fundus measured using the freeze-frame ultrasound immediately after embryo transfer was used to indicate the position of the embryo in the uterine cavity. This study demonstrates that the position of the transferred air bubble in the uterine cavity is an independent factor on clinical pregnancy rate in blastocysts (embryos on the fifth day of fertilization) frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles but not in cleavage embryos (embryos on the third day of fertilization) frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles. The distance from the air bubble to endometrial cavity fundus between 3 mm and 15 mm is the optimal position in blastocyst frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles.
Breastfeeding and Once-Daily Small-Volume Formula Supplementation to Prevent Infant Growth Impairment
Authors: Flaherman Valerie J. , Murungi Joan , Bale Carlito , Dickinson Stephanie , Chen Xiwei , Namiiro Flavia , Nankunda Jolly , Pollack Lance M. , Laleau Victoria , Kim Mi-Ok , Allison David B. , Ginsburg Amy Sarah , Braima de Sa Augusto , Nankabirwa Victoria 
Published: December 2023

BACKGROUND
Randomized controlled trials in Guinea-Bissau and Uganda have revealed that the intensive promotion of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) impairs growth in early infancy. When newborn growth is impaired, small amounts of formula may be combined with breastfeeding to promote growth.

METHODS
To determine if breastfeeding combined with once-daily formula supplementation improves growth among at-risk newborns, we conducted a pilot randomized controlled trial in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau and Kampala, Uganda. We randomly assigned 324 healthy breastfeeding newborns who weighed 2000 g to 2499 g at birth or &lt;2600 g at 4 days old to once-daily formula feeding through 30 days as a supplement to frequent breastfeeding followed by EBF from 31 days through 6 months, or to EBF through 6 months. The primary outcome was weight-for-age z score (WAZ) at 30 days. Other outcomes included weight-for-length z score (WLZ), length-for-age z score (LAZ), breastfeeding cessation, adverse events, and serious adverse events through 180 days.

RESULTS
Daily formula consumption in the intervention group was 31.9 ± 11.8 mL. The random assignment did not impact WAZ, WLZ, LAZ, breastfeeding cessation, adverse events, or serious adverse events through 180 days. In the intervention and control groups, 19 (12%) and 35 (21%) infants, respectively, reported nonformula supplementation in the first 30 days (P = .02).

CONCLUSIONS
Once-daily formula supplementation for 30 days was well-tolerated, but the small volume consumed did not alter growth through 180 days of age. Further research would be required to determine if larger formula volumes, longer duration of treatment, or more frequent feeding are effective at increasing growth for this at-risk population.
Kanoniczne konsekwencje nieodbierania przesyłek poleconych przez proboszcza na przykładzie kazusu
Authors: Kroczek Piotr , Lipińska Weronika 
Published: December 2023

Artykuł dotyczy kanonicznych konsekwencji związanych z nieodbieraniem przez proboszcza przesyłek poleconych adresowanych do parafii. Celem artykułu jest ocena z punktu widzenia prawa kanonicznego takiego zaniechania tego organu i reprezentanta parafii. Autorzy wskazują na delikty dyscyplinarne (niewypełnianie wiernie obowiązków, niereprezentowanie parafii, brak współpracy z Kościelnym Inspektorem Ochrony Danych) oraz karne (przestępstwo nadużycia albo zaniedbania urzędu), które można przypisać proboszczowi. Wniosek jest następujący: nieodbieranie poczty przez proboszcza może skutkować dla niego negatywnymi konsekwencjami.