bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Moving on with (social) cognition in idiopathic cervical dystonia
Authors: Coenen Maraike A. , Spikman Jacoba M. , Smit Marenka , Klooster Jesper , Tijssen Marina A.J. , Gerritsen Marleen J.J. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractObjective:Cervical dystonia (CD) is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions causing sustained twisting movements and abnormal postures of the neck and head. Assumed affected neuronal regions are the cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical circuits, which are also involved in cognitive functioning. Indeed, impairments in different cognitive domains have been found in CD patients. However, to date studies have only investigated a limited range of cognitive functions within the same sample. In particular, social cognition (SC) is often missing from study designs. Hence, we aimed to evaluate a broad range of cognitive functions including SC in CD patients.Method:In the present study 20 idiopathic CD patients and 40 age-, gender-, and IQ-matched healthy controls (HCs) were assessed with tests for non-SC (verbal memory, psychomotor speed, and executive functions) as well as for SC (emotion recognition, Theory of Mind (ToM), and empathy).Results:CD patients scored on average significantly lower than HC on tests for non-SC, but did not show impairments on any of the tests for SC.Conclusions:The current study showed impairments in non-SC in CD, but intact social cognitive functions. These results underline the importance of recognizing non-motor symptoms in idiopathic CD patients, but emphasize a focus on identifying strengths and weaknesses in cognitive functioning as these influence daily life activities.
Empirically derived dietary patterns in relation to periodontitis and number of teeth among Norwegian adults
Authors: Petrenya Natalia , Brustad Magritt , Hopstok Laila A , Holde Gro Eirin , Jönsson Birgitta 
Published: January 2024

AbstractObjectives:To explore dietary patterns in relation to periodontitis and number of teeth.Design:A cross-sectional study.Setting:We used data from the seventh survey of the Tromsø Study in Norway, 2015–2016. Three periodontitis groups were compared: (i) no periodontitis/slow bone loss; (ii) moderate bone loss; and (iii) rapid bone loss. Number of teeth was categorised as 25–28, 20–24 and ≤ 19. Dietary patterns were identified by principal component analysis. Multiple logistic regression was applied to examine associations between tertiles of dietary pattern scores and periodontitis, and between these same tertiles and number of teeth.Participants:1487 participants (55·5 % women) aged 40–79 years who were free of major chronic diseases, attended an oral health examination and completed a FFQ.Results:Four dietary patterns were identified, which explained 24 % of the total variability in food intake: fruit and vegetables, Westernised, meat/fish and potatoes, and refined grain and dessert. The fruit and vegetables pattern was inversely associated with periodontitis characterised by rapid bone loss when compared with no periodontitis/slow bone loss (OR tertile 3v.1 0·49, 95 % CI: 0·25, 0·98). Participants who were in the highest tertile of the refined grain and dessert pattern (tertile 3v.1) had 2·38- and 3·52-fold increased odds of having ≤ 19 than 20–24 and 25–28 teeth, respectively.Conclusion:Out of four identified dietary patterns, only the fruit and vegetables pattern was negatively associated with advanced periodontitis. A more apparent positive association was observed between the refined grain and dessert pattern and having fewer teeth (≤ nineteen teeth).
Food provision to support improved nutrition and well-being of people experiencing disadvantage – perspectives of service providers
Authors: Vaiciurgis Verena T , Clancy AK , Charlton KE , Stefoska-Needham A , Beck EJ 
Published: January 2024

Abstract

Objective:
Diet quality is significantly impacted by social and environmental factors. People experiencing socio-economic disadvantage face inequitable barriers to accessing nutritious foods and health services, resulting in significant health disparities. This study aimed to explore the barriers faced by organisations that provide food support to people experiencing disadvantage as well as to identify potential strategies to enhance this support for improved well-being of clients.

Design:
Semi-structured interviews using an exploratory approach and inductive thematic analysis.

Setting:
Australia.

Participants:
Individuals from organisations involved in the provision of food support for people experiencing disadvantage aged ≥16 years.

Results:
Two major themes were identified from thirteen interviews. ‘Dignity and respect for clients’ serves as a guiding principle for food-related services across all organisations, while ‘food’ was a point of connection and a potential gateway to additional support pathways. Five additional subthemes included ‘food as a platform to reduce social isolation, foster connection and promote participation’, challenges with ‘servicing clients with diverse experiences and needs’, ‘dependence on staff and volunteers with varying knowledge and skillsets’, ensuring ‘adequate access to services, resources and facilities’ and ‘necessity of community collaboration’.

Conclusions:
This study highlights the unique position of organisations involved in food support to identify client-specific needs and implement broader holistic health support. Future interventions should prioritise dignity, respect and social connection in design. Organisations require an adequately trained, sustainable workforce, with shared or enhanced services, resources and facilities, and greater community coordination with other services to maximise effectiveness.
Influence of carrier water pH and hardness on imazapic efficacy for sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia L.) control in peanut
Authors: Daramola Olumide S. , MacDonald Gregory E. , Kanissery Ramdas G. , Tillman Barry L. , Singh Hardeep , Devkota Pratap 
Published: January 2024

Abstract
Carrier water quality is an important consideration for herbicide efficacy. Field and greenhouse studies were conducted from 2021 to 2023 to evaluate the effect of carrier water pH and hardness on imazapic efficacy for sicklepod control in peanut crops. In separate field experiments imazapic was applied postemergence at 0.071 kg ai ha−1 with carrier water pH levels of 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9; and hardness levels of 0 (deionized water), 100, 200, 400, or 500 mg L−1 of CaCO3 equivalent. In greenhouse experiments, imazapic was applied to sicklepod that was either 10 cm, 15 cm, or 20 cm tall at similar carrier water pH levels and hardness levels of 0, 100, 200, 400, or 800 mg L−1 of CaCO3. In the field study, sicklepod control, density, and biomass reductions were lower with carrier water pH 5 or 9 compared with pH 7. In the greenhouse study, control was not different among carrier water pH levels when imazapic was applied to 10-cm-tall sicklepod; however, when applied to 15- or 20-cm-tall sicklepod, control was at least 25% greater with acidic (pH 5) compared to alkaline (pH 9) carrier water. Results from the field study showed that carrier water hardness ≤500 ppm did not reduce the efficacy of imazapic to control sicklepod. In the greenhouse study, regardless of sicklepod height, carrier water hardness of 800 mg L−1 reduced sicklepod control by 15% and biomass reduction by 17% compared with deionized water (pH 7). The effects of carrier water pH and hardness on imazapic efficacy did not compromise peanut yield in the field study. However, this study indicates that both acidic and alkaline carrier water pH and hardness (800 mg L−1 CaCO3 L−1) have the potential to reduce imazapic efficacy on sicklepod, and appropriate spray solution amendments maybe be needed to maintain optimum efficacy.
Anatomical characteristics and resprouting capacity of the underground organs of Bohemian knotweed (Polygonum ×bohemicum)
Authors: Jousson Antoine , Conedera Marco , Krebs Patrik , Maspoli Guido , Pezzatti Gianni Boris 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThe hybrid Bohemian knotweed [Polygonum ×bohemicum(J. Chrtek & Chrtková) Zika & Jacobson [cuspidatum × sachalinense]; syn.:Reynoutria ×bohemicaChrtek & Chrtková] is part of the worldwide problematic rhizomatous invasive plants that impact (semi-)natural and agricultural systems. In this context, precise knowledge about the morpho-anatomy and resprouting capacity of the underground organs is key information for developing efficient eradication measures. In the present study, we aimed at (1) clarifying existing differences in the morpho-anatomical characteristics of rhizomes and roots, (2) developing an easy-to-apply field identification method for the underground organs, and (3) identifying the main morpho-anatomical features enhancing the rhizomes’ resprouting ability. For this purpose, we collected the underground organs of two wild populations ofP. ×bohemicumin Canton Ticino (southern Switzerland) and analyzed the morpho-anatomical differences between rhizomes and roots, using high-resolution microscope images and microtome sections. Collected material was then used for a resprouting capacity test after assessing rhizome characteristics such as weight, total diameter, pith diameter, pith brightness, and pith color. In contrast to roots, rhizomes are characterized by pith tissue in the center and display nodes with peripheral dormant buds that enable them to resprout. Resprouting ability of rhizomes was high (87.1% on average) and depended on the ontogenetic developmental stage of the organs (peak values of 97% for young and clearer-colored organs, 50% for old and dark ones). In conclusion, the smooth pith tissue of rhizomes represents a key discriminating feature between rhizomes and roots, whereas relating existing nodes to the corresponding rhizome pith color allows assessment of the resprouting potential of a knotweed population.
Survey Design Moderates Negativity Bias but not Positivity Bias in	Self-Reported Job Stress
Authors: Pauli Roman , Lang Jessica 
Published: January 2024

Abstract: Self-report measures are both frequently used and criticized in studies of job-related stress. The question remains whether affective dispositions lead to biased assessments. In this study, we examine the extent to which survey characteristics are susceptible to bias by the characteristics of the person making the assessment. Participants ( N = 1,509) in an online split ballot experiment were randomly assigned to report their job stressors using a 2 (task vs. person-related items) × 2 (frequency vs. agreement response format) factorial design. Participants high in neuroticism or negative affectivity, but not positive affectivity, reported more job stressors when responding to person-related items compared to task-related items. Individuals high in neuroticism reported more job stressors when assessed with agreement compared to frequency response format. However, the response format did not alter the relationship between self-reported job stressors and positive or negative affectivity. Findings indicate how survey design can reinforce affectivity bias in the assessments of job stressors. If an assessment is intended to evaluate objective circumstances rather than subjective experiences at work (e.g., the presence of general risk factors within psychosocial risk assessment), it is recommended to employ condition-related questionnaires with task-related item wordings and frequency response formats.
More Than Marine Heatwaves: A New Regime of Heat, Acidity, and Low Oxygen Compound Extreme Events in the Gulf of Alaska
Authors: Hauri Claudine , Pagès Rémi , Hedstrom Katherine , Doney Scott C. , Dupont Sam , Ferriss Bridget , Stuecker Malte F. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractRecent marine heatwaves in the Gulf of Alaska have had devastating impacts on species from various trophic levels. Due to climate change, total heat exposure in the upper ocean has become longer, more intense, more frequent, and more likely to happen at the same time as other environmental extremes. The combination of multiple environmental extremes can exacerbate the response of sensitive marine organisms. Our hindcast simulation provides the first indication that more than 20% of the bottom water of the Gulf of Alaska continental shelf was exposed to quadruple heat, positive hydrogen ion concentration [H+], negative aragonite saturation state (Ωarag), and negative oxygen concentration [O2] compound extreme events during the 2018–2020 marine heat wave. Natural intrusion of deep and acidified water combined with the marine heat wave triggered the first occurrence of these events in 2019. During the 2013–2016 marine heat wave, surface waters were already exposed to widespread marine heat and positive [H+] compound extreme events due to the temperature effect on the [H+]. We introduce a new Gulf of Alaska Downwelling Index (GOADI) with short‐term predictive skill, which can serve as indicator of past and near‐future positive [H+], negative Ωarag, and negative [O2] compound extreme events near the shelf seafloor. Our results suggest that the marine heat waves may have not been the sole environmental stressor that led to the observed ecosystem impacts and warrant a closer look at existing in situ inorganic carbon and other environmental data in combination with biological observations and model output.
A Circum‐Antarctic Plankton Isoscape: Carbon Export Potential Across the Summertime Southern Ocean
Authors: Stirnimann Luca , Bornman Thomas G. , Forrer Heather J. , Mirkin Joshua , Ryan‐Keogh Thomas J. , Flynn Raquel F. , Dorrington Rosemary A. , Verheye Hans M. , Fawcett Sarah E. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThe Southern Ocean accounts for ∼30% of the ocean's CO2 sink, partly due to its biological pump that transfers surface‐produced organic carbon to deeper waters. To estimate large‐scale Southern Ocean carbon export potential and characterize its drivers, we measured the carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of surface suspended particulate matter (δ13CSPM, δ15NSPM) for samples collected in summer 2016/2017 during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (364 stations). Concurrent measurements of phytoplankton community composition revealed the dominance of large diatoms in the Antarctic and nano‐phytoplankton (mainly haptophytes) in open Subantarctic waters. As expected, δ13CSPM was strongly dependent on pCO2, with local deviations in this relationship explained by phytoplankton community dynamics. δ15NSPM reflected the nitrogen sources consumed by phytoplankton, with higher inferred nitrate (versus recycled ammonium) dependence generally coinciding with higher micro‐phytoplankton abundances. Using δ15NSPM and a two‐endmember isotope mixing model, we quantified the extent of nitrate‐ versus ammonium‐supported growth, which yields a measure of carbon export potential. We estimate that across the Southern Ocean, 41 ± 29% of the surface‐produced organic carbon was potentially exported below the seasonal mixed layer during the growth season, with maximum export potential (50%–99%) occurring in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current's southern Boundary Zone and near the (Sub)Antarctic islands, reaching a minimum in the Subtropical Zone (<33%). Alongside iron, phytoplankton community composition emerged as an important driver of the Southern Ocean's biological pump, with large diatoms dominating regions characterized by high nitrate dependence and elevated carbon export potential and smaller, mainly non‐diatom taxa proliferating in waters where recycled ammonium supported most productivity.
Pollen in Polar Ice Implies Eastern Canadian Forest Dynamics Diverged From Climate After European Settlement
Authors: Brugger Sandra O. , Chellman Nathan J. , Plach Andreas , Henne Paul D. , Stohl Andreas , McConnell Joseph R. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractRapid warming and human exploitation threaten boreal forests. Understanding links among vegetation, climate, and people in this vast biome requires highly resolved long‐term records that integrate regional inputs. We developed an 850‐year pollen‐based record of supraregional vegetation change using a southern Greenland ice core and atmospheric modeling that identified the boreal and mixed‐conifer forests of eastern Canada as the dominant pollen source regions. Conifer pollen increased ∼1400 CE at the onset of the cooler and drier Little Ice Age. A subsequent decline began ∼1650 CE and a statistically significant pollen change after 1760 CE suggests ecological consequences of the Little Ice Age cooling and initial human exploitation that persisted until recent decades. These supraregional changes are broadly consistent with local records and demonstrate intensification of human impacts on northern forests, suggesting a shift from a climate‐modulated to an increasingly human‐controlled system during recent centuries.
Fault Kinematic Modeling Along a Widely Deformed Plate Boundary in Southern Italy
Authors: Cuffaro Marco , Petricca Patrizio , Conti Alessia , Palano Mimmo , Billi Andrea , Bigi Sabina 
Published: January 2024

AbstractConvergent plate boundaries are often characterized by widely deformed zones, where coexisting tectonic processes and variable fault kinematics can occur. Here, we quantify this variability along the Africa‐Eurasia deformed boundary in southern Italy, based on the evaluation of geodetic strain rate by recent space geodesy observations and plate motions, which are integrated by main geometric properties of detected faults in the area. We propose a compilation of 160 known faults. We use numerical methods to predict fault kinematics and net slip rate, due to the geodetic deformation field with the inclusion of fault strain accommodation. The obtained tectonic setting is compared with the observable, showing a fault rake agreement of the 73%, which allows us to consider this approach potentially favorable to improve the knowledge of fault kinematics along diffuse plate boundaries, when fault properties are not directly available.
Post metabolic bariatric surgery weight regain: the importance of GLP-1 levels
Authors: Çalık Başaran Nursel , Dotan Idit , Dicker Dror 
Published: January 2024

AbstractWeight regain and insufficient weight loss are essential problems after metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS) in people living with obesity. Changes in the level of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) secreted from the gut after bariatric surgery are one of the underlying mechanisms for successful initial weight loss. Studies and meta-analyses have revealed that postprandial GLP-1 levels increase after the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy, but fasting GLP-1 levels do not increase significantly. Some observational studies have shown the relationship between higher postprandial GLP-1 levels and successful weight loss after bariatric surgery. There is growing evidence that GLP-1-receptor agonist (GLP-1-RA) use in patients who regained weight after bariatric surgery has resulted in significant weight loss. In this review, we aimed to summarize the changes in endogenous GLP-1 levels and their association with weight loss after MBS, describe the effects of GLP-1-RA use on weight loss after MBS, and emphasize metabolic adaptations in light of the recent literature. We hypothesized that maintaining higher basal-bolus GLP-1-RA levels may be a promising treatment choice in people with obesity who failed to lose weight after bariatric surgery.
Force-induced Caspase-1-dependent pyroptosis regulates orthodontic tooth movement
Authors: Chen Liyuan , Yu Huajie , Li Zixin , Wang Yu , Jin Shanshan , Yu Min , Zhu Lisha , Ding Chengye , Wu Xiaolan , Wu Tianhao , Xun Chunlei , Zhou Yanheng , He Danqing , Liu Yan 
Published: January 2024

AbstractPyroptosis, an inflammatory caspase-dependent programmed cell death, plays a vital role in maintaining tissue homeostasis and activating inflammatory responses. Orthodontic tooth movement (OTM) is an aseptic force-induced inflammatory bone remodeling process mediated by the activation of periodontal ligament (PDL) progenitor cells. However, whether and how force induces PDL progenitor cell pyroptosis, thereby influencing OTM and alveolar bone remodeling remains unknown. In this study, we found that mechanical force induced the expression of pyroptosis-related markers in rat OTM and alveolar bone remodeling process. Blocking or enhancing pyroptosis level could suppress or promote OTM and alveolar bone remodeling respectively. Using Caspase-1−/− mice, we further demonstrated that the functional role of the force-induced pyroptosis in PDL progenitor cells depended on Caspase-1. Moreover, mechanical force could also induce pyroptosis in human ex-vivo force-treated PDL progenitor cells and in compressive force-loaded PDL progenitor cells in vitro, which influenced osteoclastogenesis. Mechanistically, transient receptor potential subfamily V member 4 signaling was involved in force-induced Caspase-1-dependent pyroptosis in PDL progenitor cells. Overall, this study suggested a novel mechanism contributing to the modulation of osteoclastogenesis and alveolar bone remodeling under mechanical stimuli, indicating a promising approach to accelerate OTM by targeting Caspase-1.
Emerging roles of exosomes in oral diseases progression
Authors: Wang Jiayi , Jing Junjun , Zhou Chenchen , Fan Yi 
Published: January 2024

AbstractOral diseases, such as periodontitis, salivary gland diseases, and oral cancers, significantly challenge health conditions due to their detrimental effects on patient’s digestive functions, pronunciation, and esthetic demands. Delayed diagnosis and non-targeted treatment profoundly influence patients’ prognosis and quality of life. The exploration of innovative approaches for early detection and precise treatment represents a promising frontier in oral medicine. Exosomes, which are characterized as nanometer-sized extracellular vesicles, are secreted by virtually all types of cells. As the research continues, the complex roles of these intracellular-derived extracellular vesicles in biological processes have gradually unfolded. Exosomes have attracted attention as valuable diagnostic and therapeutic tools for their ability to transfer abundant biological cargos and their intricate involvement in multiple cellular functions. In this review, we provide an overview of the recent applications of exosomes within the field of oral diseases, focusing on inflammation-related bone diseases and oral squamous cell carcinomas. We characterize the exosome alterations and demonstrate their potential applications as biomarkers for early diagnosis, highlighting their roles as indicators in multiple oral diseases. We also summarize the promising applications of exosomes in targeted therapy and proposed future directions for the use of exosomes in clinical treatment.