bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Factors Associated With Type 2 Diabetes in Older Japanese With Similar Genetic Risk Scores: The Bunkyo Health Study
Authors: Bui Thu Hien , Kaga Hideyoshi , Kakehi Saori , Someya Yuki , Tabata Hiroki , Yoshizawa Yasuyo , Naito Hitoshi , Tajima Tsubasa , Ito Naoaki , Kadowaki Satoshi , Nishida Yuya , Kawamori Ryuzo , Watada Hirotaka , Tamura Yoshifumi 
Published: January 2025

Abstract

Context
Genome-wide association studies have identified numerous single-nucleotide variations (SNVs, formerly single-nucleotide polymorphisms) linked to type 2 diabetes (T2D), thus improving the accuracy of genetic risk scores (GRS) in predicting T2D.

Objective
This study aimed to investigate the association between the novel GRS and the prevalence of T2D and clarify the characteristics that differentiate individuals with and without T2D with similar genetic risk.

Methods
This cross-sectional study analyzed 1610 Japanese individuals aged 65 to 84 years. GRS were calculated using 110 SNVs associated with T2D in Japanese, and GRS classified individuals as having low, average, or high risk for T2D. The characteristics of participants with or without diabetes were compared by sex at each risk level.

Results
The prevalences of T2D were 7.8%, 14.7%, and 16.7% at low-, average-, and high-risk levels, respectively. The odds ratios at the high- and average-risk levels were significantly higher than those at the low-risk level, even after adjusting for confounding factors. The diabetes group had a higher visceral fat area (VFA) and Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) value, but a lower insulinogenic index, than the nondiabetes group across all risk levels. In the nondiabetes group, the II decreased significantly as GRS increased, but the HOMA-IR and Matsuda index values showed no association. In men with diabetes, VFA tended to decrease with higher GRS.

Conclusion
A higher GRS was significantly associated with increased T2D prevalence in older Japanese individuals. Our data demonstrated that the contribution of VFA to the development of diabetes varies with genetic risk.
Robotic Versus Open Placement of Hepatic Artery Infusion Pumps
Authors: Schleimer Lauren E. , Liu Annie , Kalvin Hannah L. , Barekzai Ahmad Bashir , Choubey Ankur P. , Jung Joslyn , Haque Rubiya , Jarnagin William R. , Balachandran Vinod P. , Geevarghese Ruben , Marinelli Brett , Gonen Mithat , Drebin Jeffrey , Allen Peter J. , D’Angelica Michael I. , Wei Alice C. , Zani Sabino , Kingham T. Peter , Lidsky Michael E. , Soares Kevin C. 
Published: January 2025

Abstract

Background
A growing number of centers offer hepatic artery infusion pump (HAIP) chemotherapy for advanced liver malignancies. While small series have demonstrated feasibility of robotic HAIP placement, comparison of outcomes with open placement is lacking. We compared outcomes after robotic versus open HAIP placement.

Methods
We retrospectively reviewed HAIP placement without concurrent hepatectomy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from 1 January 2011 to 15 September 2022, and Duke Health from 1 November 2018 to 18 May 2023. Patients with prior liver surgery or who required catheterization of a non-standard vessel were excluded. Propensity score matching weights (PSMW) were calculated using age, sex, race, body mass index, American Society of Anesthesiologists class, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, colorectal procedure, and institution. Survey-weighted generalized linear models assessed the relationship between approach and outcomes.

Results
Of 2002 consecutive HAIP placements, 819 (645 open/174 robotic) met the inclusion criteria. A higher proportion of open procedures involved combined colorectal procedures; other patient characteristics were similar. Overall, 15% of patients experienced an HAIP-specific complication and 12% required re-intervention; 2.7% had HAIP failure ≤ 90 days. After PSMW, the robotic approach had a longer operative time (β = 68 min, 95% confidence interval [CI] 55–81, p < 0.001) but shorter length of stay (β = − 1.8 days, 95% CI − 2.3 to 1.3, p < 0.001). The robotic approach was associated with increased HAIP-specific complications (odds ratio [OR] 1.72, p = 0.025) and re-intervention (OR 2.33, p < 0.001), with no difference in time to initiation of HAIP chemotherapy or HAIP failure.

Conclusions
Robotic HAIP placement was associated with increased postoperative complications and significantly shorter length of stay, with similar time to initiation of HAIP therapy. There was no difference in the rate of early HAIP failure versus the open approach. These results suggest robotic HAIP placement is feasible and effective.
GEOGRAFIA E RISCOS: O CASO DAS BARRAGENS DE REJEITOS DA MINERAÇÃO
Authors: Silva Alexandra Fernanda 
Published: January 2025

Os iminentes riscos aos quais barragens de rejeitos da mineração expõem as sociedades e o ambiente, cada vez mais vêm chamando atenção da comunidade científica. Dentre as ciências com escopo para analise, compreensão e mitigação destes riscos, encontra-se a ciência geográfica, que desde sempre, ocupou-se da preocupação com a relação homem-meio. Este artigo tem como objetivo abordar a forma como a geografia, pode e tem contribuído na previsão, prevenção e mitigação de riscos relacionados às barragens de rejeitos da mineração.
CattleReview
Authors: Barrett David C 
Published: January 2025

Introduction: In this CattleReview, two review papers are discussed: one examining udder cleft dermatitis and the other exploring the impact of undiagnosed bovine tuberculosis (bTB)-infected cattle on disease control. A third paper, briefly summarised here, presents findings from a study evaluating the use of acute phase proteins in diagnosing bovine respiratory disease.
On the design of efficient fiber-wireless architectures to enable multigigabit visible light communication
Authors: Loureiro Pedro A. , Brandão Bruno T. , Yahyaoui Salma , Guiomar Fernando P. , Monteiro Paulo P. 
Published: January 2025

The surge in demand for wireless communication has placed significant strain on existing radio networks, which are struggling to accommodate the rapidly increasing number of mobile and fixed wireless devices. In response to this challenge, industry and academia have collaborated to explore alternative radio access technologies capable of supporting this continuous growth. Visible light communication (VLC) has emerged as a promising alternative due to the hundreds of terahertz of unlicensed bandwidth available for wireless communication. Despite its undisputable potential for ultrahigh-speed communication, the interface between the VLC wireless access and the fiber distribution network is still largely unexplored. Notably, this issue becomes more challenging when dealing with multicolored VLC systems, such as those employing RGB multiplexing. Following this research gap, in this work, we focus our attention on the design of efficient optical/electrical interfaces that can synergistically merge the fiber and VLC sections of an integrated fiber-wireless network. To that end, two fundamental architectural options are proposed and experimentally assessed, resorting to either optical or electrical multiplexing of the VLC constituent colors. From our experimental analysis, similar RGB-VLC data rates of 13–15 Gbit/s could be achieved using both fiber-wireless interface architectures. The choice of the most adequate solution is then fundamentally dependent on a number of network design options and requirements. While electrical multiplexing is deemed to enable more spectrally efficient utilization of the fiber transport network, optical multiplexing provides a simpler infrared-to-visible interface using cost-efficient commercial off-the-shelf equipment.
Propuesta de diseño de una mezcla de concreto PET para utilizarlo en la elaboración de mobiliario urbano
Authors: Morales-Guzmán Carlos César , Ceballos-Vargas Jesus 
Published: January 2025

Esta investigación presenta una alternativa tecnológica para el reúso de un material, actualmente en condición de desecho en la ciudad, que representa un contaminante obstructivo y visual. El porcentaje de aprovechamiento del reciclado de tereftalato de polietileno (PET, por sus iniciales en inglés) es bajo o nulo, por lo que en este trabajo se plantea el aprovechamiento de dicho material en condición de desuso. Se ha identificado una nueva cadena de valor con el diseño de una mezcla de concreto en la que se emplee el reciclado de PET como agregado. En este estudio se hizo un trabajo de recolección, limpieza, triturado y tamizado de PET, con el fin de utilizar el producto reciclado en el diseño de la mezcla para la fabricación de mobiliario urbano. En consecuencia, los resultados indican la probable factibilidad del uso del PET como agregado en una concentración del 5 % con potencialidad de hasta el 10 % con una resistencia compresiva entre 167-132 kg/cm2.
Durability of a thermally decomposed iridium(IV) oxide–tantalum(V) oxide coated titanium anode in aqueous ammonium citrate
Authors: Xue Jianchao , Feng Qing , Tang Changbin , Hao Xiaojun , Chai Zuoqiang , Xue Juanqin , Jia Bo 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Ti/IrO2–Ta2O5 coated anodes were widely used in the production process of aluminum foil that is vital raw material for high-performance electronic components, exhibits excellent service durability in sulfuric acid medium, but its lifespan is significantly reduced when used in ammonium citrate neutral electrolyte. The evolution of constant current accelerated lifetime process of Ti/IrO2–Ta2O5 anodes in 100 g/L ammonium citrate aqueous solution was systematically studied. The corrosion mechanism was revealed by physical characterization and electrochemical measurements. During electrolysis, IrO2 was gradually dissolved due to the interaction of IrO2 coating and the electrolyte. Consequently, the corrosion mechanism of the compact IrO2–Ta2O5 coating is the effect of substantial dissolution of the active components.
Pixel and region-oriented classification of Sentinel-2 imagery to assess LULC dynamics and their climate impact in Nowshera, Pakistan
Authors: Farnaz  , Nuthammachot Narissara , Shabbir Rabia , Iqbal Benazeer 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Land use and land cover (LULC) changes are important for gaining a perspective on environmental dynamics and the impact on climate, urbanization, and resources. To ensure that it is safe to monitor the changes over time and to adopt the right forceful changes in our area, remote sensing is one of the ways to monitor the local and regional level land use, land cover patterns, and landscape changes. This study investigates the temporal LULC changes in the Nowshera region of Pakistan for the years 2016–2023 using pixel and region-oriented classification methods. As a first step, freely available high-resolution multispectral data of Sentinel-2 satellite are acquired, which serves as input dataset for both pixel and region-oriented classifiers. The accuracy assessment scores confirm that for the classified data of the year 2016, the region-oriented technique demonstrated higher overall classification accuracy (89.6%) over pixel-based classification (80.77%). Moreover, for the dataset of the year, the region-oriented method achieved a higher overall Kappa hat score (0.88) as compared to the pixel-based method (0.71). Similarly, for the classified data of the year 2023, the region-oriented method achieved higher scores for both the overall accuracy and Kappa hat (93.6 and 0.92%) over the pixel-based method (77.18 and 0.66%). The study states that for the assessment of LULC changes in Nowshera, the region-oriented image analysis provides a higher level of classification accuracy than the pixel-based approach. These results illustrate that this tool is particularly effective in monitoring detailed land cover transformations, thereby enhancing the quality of environmental management. Furthermore, the regression analysis reveals a substantial correlation between LULC changes and alterations in temperature and precipitation, and this result suggests the necessity of the development of specific climate adaptation programs.
Impact of a clinician-directed educational program on communicating with patients regarding gun violence at two community urban healthcare centers
Authors: Langenau Erik , Kaminsky Alexa M. , Roberts Michael B. 
Published: January 2025

Abstract

Context
Gun violence negatively impacts not only victims but also their families and surrounding communities. Resources and counseling services may be available to support families affected by gun violence, but the families and their clinicians may not know about these resources or how to access them.

Objectives
The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of a clinician-directed educational program on patient reports of their discussions with their physician regarding gun violence, prevention, and available resources for support and treatment.

Methods
This quasi-experimental, cross-sectional, survey-based, quality-improvement study included pre-, mid-, and posttraining surveys administered to patients and clinicians participating in an educational program at two urban healthcare centers in Philadelphia. The educational program included office enhancements (handouts and posters) and lunchtime presentations for clinicians regarding gun violence prevalence, prevention strategies, local support resources, and impacts on mental health for patients and their families. The anonymous patient survey was offered to all patients seen at two urban healthcare centers in Philadelphia during three nonconsecutive weeks over 3 months.

Results
Among 542 patients seen over the 3 weeks of survey collection, 428 completed the survey (response rate of 79 %). Sixty-four percent acknowledged being impacted by gun violence including the death of a loved one, witnessing a shooting, or being shot themselves. Over the course of the educational program, patients reported significant increases in (1) awareness of materials related to gun violence in the waiting areas, by 17.2 %, (2) discussions of gun violence with their clinician, by 12.1 %, and (3) discussions of methods to prevent gun injury, by 9.7 %. At the end of the study, 19.3 % of patients reported having discussions with their clinician about gun violence, and 14.3 % discussed strategies to prevent gun injury. Participating clinicians reported high levels of satisfaction and increased confidence when talking to patients about gun violence at the end of the program.

Conclusions
Providing clinician-directed education and printed materials increased the frequency with which clinicians discussed gun violence, prevention, and available resources with their patients. Increases were modest, with opportunities for improvement. A holistic and multifaceted approach is required to support families affected by gun violence, including education for clinicians and dissemination of information for families.
The Subtraction Argument in an Infinite World
Authors: Garbacz Pawel 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Metaphysical nihilism can be defined as the view that there might be no con-crete objects. One may argue for this view defining a finite procedure of sub-traction on a set of concrete, contingent objects juxtaposed across possible worlds, which procedure will eventually terminate in an empty possible world. Obviously, this subtraction argument is not applicable if all non-empty possible worlds contain an infinite number of objects. In this paper, I will discuss in detail the limitations of this argument and then investigate whether and how they can be relaxed.
Niobium in electrochemical technologies: advancing sensing and battery applications
Authors: Khorsheed Kardos Musheer , Tahir Tara Fuad , Qader Aryan Fathulla , Omer Rebaz Anwar , Rashid Rzgar Faruq 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Niobium, a versatile transition metal, plays a vital role in expanding electrochemical technologies due to its unique combination of physical and chemical properties, such as high stability, conductivity, and compatibility with varied materials. This review delves deeply into the applications of niobium in electrochemical sensing and energy storage systems, focusing on its transformational potential. It begins by explaining the fundamental features of niobium that make it an excellent material for these applications. The principles of electrochemical sensors are elaborated, with a focus on their significance in areas such as healthcare diagnostics, environmental monitoring, and industrial processes. The review highlights the fabrication techniques for niobium-based sensors, detailing advancements in sensitivity and specificity achieved through niobium compounds. In the domain of energy storage, the review examines niobium’s integration into lithium-ion, sodium-ion, and lithium-sulfur batteries. It discusses how niobium compounds enhance battery performance, including improvements in energy density, cycling stability, and charge-discharge efficiency. Comparative analyses with conventional materials are presented to underscore the superior functionality of niobium-based systems. By synthesizing current research, the review identifies critical knowledge gaps and potential areas for future investigation, ultimately underscoring niobium’s pivotal role in driving innovation in electrochemical technologies.
Legal Regulation of Hybrid Work Models and Their Impact on Work-Life Balance: A Case Study of Ukraine
Authors: Hryn Dmytro V. , Yaroshenko Oleg M. , Tykhonovych Oleksii Y. , Hryhorenko Dmytro A. , Pavlichenko Volodymir 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
The pandemic and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine have resulted in adjustments to the organisation of working hours in various areas of society, and not only in Ukraine. Employees look for remote work opportunities, while employers strive to control employees’ work by increasingly offering hybrid work models in addition to traditional work formats. Such hybrid work models comprise a combination of remote work and work at the employer’s premises. However, the authors argue that the legal regulation of this work format should be reconsidered in terms of its impact on work-life balance. Hybrid work formats should still provide an employee with the ability to separate work and personal life in order to avoid burnout and to genuinely be more effective. The purpose of this article is to analyse the legal regulation of “non-traditional” forms of labour organisation and develop recommendations for further improvement.
Intestinal Obstruction and Neurotoxicity Associated With Water Bead Ingestion
Authors: Haugen Ashley , Friedman Elizabeth , Duff Irina 
Published: January 2025

Water beads are superabsorbent polymer balls. They were originally marketed for agricultural and decorative applications and are now sold as sensory toys. They can be harmful to children in 2 ways. Upon ingestion, water beads absorb liquid and, because they can increase in volume by more than a hundredfold, intestinal obstruction can result. In addition, they are made of polymerized acrylamide monomer. Acrylamide monomer can be toxic at high levels. Here, we present a case of intestinal obstruction in the setting of water bead ingestion temporarily associated with signs of neurotoxicity. The patient presented to the emergency department at 13 months of age with vomiting, lethargy, weight loss over several weeks, insomnia, and facial dermatitis. Due to worsening clinical signs and imaging findings suggestive of intestinal obstruction, she underwent an exploratory laparotomy. A mass consisting of water beads was removed from the distal small intestine. After removal of the mass, the patient’s facial dermatitis resolved; however, the patient’s speech, gross and fine motor, sensory, and neurological functions continued to worsen. After reevaluation, a second surgical procedure led to removal of multiple fragments of water bead material from the patient’s large intestine. This case highlights the potential dangers of acrylamide in consumer products that may be accessible to children.
Воїн, маг та герой в архетиповому образі Одіна та міфологемах нацистської ідеології (на матеріалах есе К.-Г. Юнга «Вотан»)
Authors: Третяк Олексій 
Published: January 2025

Актуальність проблеми. Виявлено, що архетипи та символи в різних ідеологічних доктринах та рухах займають вагоме місце, оскільки міфологія в колективному безсвідомому є підгрунтям ідеології. Не є виключенням і нацизм в Німеччині, який має архетипово-символьну складову, орієнтовану на скандинавський епос як усний простір вираження цінностей міфології війни. Встановлено, що одним із активних архетипових образів скандинавського епосу та міфології в період виникнення нацистського руху став Одін (Вотан), який досліджується в концепції Юнга як один з визначальних щодо формування національного характеру німців і особливостей ідеології німецького націонал-соціалізму.
Мета. Метою статті є реконструкція символьно-архетипової складової вотанізму як складової націонал-соціалістичної ідеології в есе К.-Г. Юнга «Вотан» та низці супутніх праць, які інтелектуально легітимізують ренесанс цінностей та символів (нео)язичництва в міфологемах та доктрині націонал-соціалізму.
Результати. Відзначено, що архетип Одіна як першообраз расово-язичницької міфології за виразом Юнга, переходить із сплячої фази в активну в період війни та насильства, коли в німецькому християнстві з’являється духовно-ціннісна криза. Ця криза виявляється в активації архетипової тіні і «виринанні» Одіна як частини культурної тіні німців як нації. Констатовано, що вотанізм як культ Одіна кореспондує, в логіці Юнга, з німецьким типом вождизму та прихованим в культурній тіні німців «нордичним» розумінням християнства. Це дає підставі авторові розглядати архетипово-символічні складники вотанізму в контексті (нео)язичницького ренесансу та одержимості язичництвом як спільнотної відповіді на виклики часу.
Висновки. Встановлено, що архетип Одіна як першообраз расово-язичницької міфології за виразом Юнга, переходить із сплячої фази в активну в період війни та насильства, коли в німецькому християнстві з’являється духовно-ціннісна криза. Ця криза як предмет дослідження в соціології культури та соціології мистецтва, в соціальній філософії, виявляється в активації архетипової тіні і «виринанні» Одіна як частини культурної тіні німців як нації в геополітичному та геокультурному просторі. Визначено і констатовано, що вотанізм як культ Одіна кореспондує, в логіці Юнга, з німецьким типом вождизму та прихованим в культурній тіні німців «нордичним» розумінням християнства. Це дає підставі авторові розглядати архетипово-символічні складники вотанізму в контексті (нео)язичницького ренесансу та одержимості язичництвом як спільнотної німецької відповіді на соціально-історичні виклики часу.