bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Reinventing Romanitas
Authors: Plantzos Dimitris , Balaskas Vasileios 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Based on fresh archival research this article examines the exchange of Romanizing statuary between Italy and Spain during the ventennio fascista. Between 1933 and 1943, Italy and Spain exchanged copies of Roman statues as symbolic gestures, to substantiate their claims to a shared classical heritage of ‘imperial greatness’. Using press reports and documentary film excerpts the article reconstructs public events that took place in Merida, Tarragona, Palma, and Zaragoza and assesses their impact. Behind these exchanges, and public ceremonies staged on their occasion, lay the Fascist concept of romanità: an archaeologically and aesthetically charged discourse placing Late-Republican and Early-Imperial Roman heritage in the epicentre of Fascist identity politics. Through improvised public performances of romanità, classical materialities, monumental as well as spatial, were imbued with Fascist dynamics, as the past turned into the present and projected into the future. Through individual and collective performance these ceremonies embodied a primeval Fascist ideal that appeared at once spectacular and modern.
The Antelope and the Lioness
Authors: Michelakis Pantelis 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The aim of this article is to show that readings of Riefenstahl as an artistic genius with full control over all aspects of her work have closed off more complex readings of the prologue of her film Olympia (1938). The author argues that we cannot begin to appreciate the density of this section of the film and its complex attitude toward ancient Greece without taking a closer look at the troubled collaboration between Leni Riefenstahl and Willy Zielke as two filmmakers with different visions, preoccupations, methods of work, and degrees of involvement in the making of the prologue. Attention is drawn to the hermeneutic difficulty of policing the boundaries between different types of aesthetics and different types of politics as they are played out in this section of Olympia. The article also teases out some of the difficulties around the question of how to situate the different themes and practices of the prologue within broader cinematic and extra cinematic histories of fascist aesthetics as they intersect with issues of classicism and modern subjectivity.
The Living Archive
Authors: Di Martino Giovanna 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This article discusses the practices of documentation and archiving related to classical performance in the Italian Fascist regime, and their implications for the study of fascist art and culture more widely. The first part discusses a number of institutions as the sites of Italian Fascism’s archiving of classical performance. The second part, drawing on the work of Eric Ketelaar and Amalia G. Sabiescu, considers how Italian Fascism made use of the historically connoted ‘cultural tools’ of ancient Greek theatre as ‘living archives’. It discusses the aesthetic means that came to characterize all classical performances as living archives and considers the use of ancient Greek and Roman sites all over the peninsula and in colonized Libya as the archival sites of the classical performances. In the conclusion, it argues that the combination of performance and archives empowered these cultural tools to become the means for the reconstruction and transmission of Fascism’s newly crafted social memory and identity of the Italian nation.
Paramilitarism in Fascism and the Radical Right
Authors: Jackson Paul 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The sixth annual convention of the International Association for Comparative Fascist Studies (COMFAS) took place from 6 to 8 October 2023 and this year was hosted by Central European University in Vienna. The event, organised by Antonio Costa Pinto alongside COMFAS Presidents Aristotle Kallis and Constantin Iordachi, fostered an important, constructive space to discuss research, both in formal panels and keynote sessions, as well as informally across the three days. The theme year was ‘Paramilitarism in Fascism and the Radical Right’, a field that allowed for a wide range of time periods and approaches to the topic to be explored.
Editorial Introduction
Authors: Ioannidou Eleftheria 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This special issue examines the use of classical antiquity within artistic, cultural, and political events under fascist regimes in the interwar period. Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany promoted the production of ancient drama, alongside forms of theater modelled on Greek antiquity, organized grand-scale classical spectacles, and deployed ancient themes and classical-looking symbols and insignia at political gatherings and displays. The analyses presented in this special issue bring into dialogue the scholarship on theater and culture under fascist regimes with the growing literature on the reception of the classics to foreground the significance of performative practices in reconfiguring the classicizing mythologies of fascism. It is the hope of the guest editors that the findings presented here will contribute to the study of performances that strove to re-enact historical pasts beyond the scope of classical reception.
Performative Mo(nu)ments
Authors: Ioannidou Eleftheria 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The forms of popular and mass theater developed in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany reached back to classical antiquity to reinvent theater as a secular rite. At first glance, the use of the theatrical medium is at odds with the classicizing monumentality that characterized the cultural expression of fascist regimes. Theatrical performances are by their very nature ephemeral events; unlike monuments, they do not leave their mark on civic space, and can barely provide a testament to generations to come. Drawing on performance theory and cultural history, the author argues that these antiquity-inspired performances provided powerful sites of re-enacting the myth of national rebirth. Fascist regimes used open-air theaters and forms modelled on Greek theater, whilst also tapping into the notions of performance that had been developed within the traditions of the theatrical vanguard to offer the experience of a reborn past. These performances brought forth grandiose visions of classical antiquity through living bodies and helped to embed the imagined past into a mythicized present. The intertwining between the theatrical medium and classical reception allow us to demonstrate the significance of embodied practices in shaping fascism’s political radicalism.
Textual Endings as Persuasive Educational Beginnings: An Inquiry into the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity
Authors: Günther Sebastian 
Published: December 2023

The Brethren of Purity, a circle of high-ranking 9th and 10th-century scholars from the Iraqi port city of Basra, is renowned for having produced an immense literary corpus of encyclopedic erudition: the Rasāʾīl Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ. The wide range of religious and non-religious subjects of these Epistles, the questions as to the identity of their authors and intended addressees, as well as the specifics of the language and literary devices characterizing these treatises, have fascinated readers and researchers from medieval times to the present. Surprisingly, however, the Epistles have not yet been adequately studied from the perspective of their role in Islamic educational thought.
This article takes a step in that direction by looking into the pedagogical dimension of remarks the Brethren offer to conclude some of their treatises. It focuses primarily on the endings of their perhaps most programmatic texts, i.e., Epistle 7 (“On the Scientific Arts”), Epistle 8 (“On the Practical Crafts”) and Epistle 22 (“Animals versus Man”). The endings of a few individual chapters in these three works are also examined. Guiding this approach are questions such as: What differentiates each ending from the body of its respective text? What functions do they have beyond merely summarizing content? And are there indications that preceding literary and scientific traditions, Islamic or non-Islamic, may have influenced the form, language and style of these finales? Thus we hope to advance some insights into the Epistles’ role in the general development of classical Arabic writing, and their educational significance more specifically.
Differential clinical impact of letermovir prophylaxis according to graft sources: a KSGCT multicenter retrospective analysis
Authors: Toya Takashi , Mizuno Kota , Sakurai Masatoshi , Kato Jun , Mori Takehiko , Doki Noriko , Masuda Shinichi , Aotsuka Nobuyuki , Tsukamoto Shokichi , Sakaida Emiko , Nakajima Yuki , Fujisawa Shin , Machida Shinichiro , Aoyama Yasuyuki , Yokoyama Hiroki , Shono Katsuhiro , Hatta Yoshihiro , Usuki Kensuke , Kataoka Keisuke , Kanda Yoshinobu 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Clinically significant cytomegalovirus infection (csCMVi) is frequently observed after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and prophylaxis with letermovir is commonly adopted. However, the clinical benefit of letermovir prophylaxis according to graft sources has not been sufficiently elucidated. We retrospectively analyzed 2194 recipients of HSCT who were CMV-seropositive (236 with letermovir prophylaxis and 1958 without prophylaxis against CMV). csCMVi was significantly less frequent in patients with letermovir prophylaxis than in those without (23.7% vs 58.7% at 100 days after HSCT, P &lt; .001) and the same trend was seen when recipients of bone marrow (BM), peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC), or cord blood (CB) transplantation were separately analyzed. In recipients of BM, nonrelapse mortality (NRM) was significantly lower in the letermovir group at 6 months after HSCT (5.0% vs 14.9%, P = .018), and the same trend was observed in recipients of PBSCs (14.7% vs 24.8%, P = .062); however, there was no statistical significance at 1 year (BM, 21.1% vs 30.4%, P = .67; PBSCs, 21.2% vs 30.4%, P = .096). In contrast, NRM was comparable between recipients of CB with and without letermovir prophylaxis throughout the clinical course (6 months, 23.6% vs 24.3%, P =.92; 1 year, 29.3% vs 31.0%, P = .77), which was confirmed by multivariate analyses. In conclusion, the impact of letermovir prophylaxis on NRM and csCMVi should be separately considered according to graft sources.
A novel and innovative cancer classification framework through a consecutive utilization of hybrid feature selection
Authors: Mahto Rajul , Ahmed Saboor Uddin , Rahman Rizwan ur , Aziz Rabia Musheer , Roy Priyanka , Mallik Saurav , Li Aimin , Shah Mohd Asif 
Published: December 2023

AbstractCancer prediction in the early stage is a topic of major interest in medicine since it allows accurate and efficient actions for successful medical treatments of cancer. Mostly cancer datasets contain various gene expression levels as features with less samples, so firstly there is a need to eliminate similar features to permit faster convergence rate of classification algorithms. These features (genes) enable us to identify cancer disease, choose the best prescription to prevent cancer and discover deviations amid different techniques. To resolve this problem, we proposed a hybrid novel technique CSSMO-based gene selection for cancer classification. First, we made alteration of the fitness of spider monkey optimization (SMO) with cuckoo search algorithm (CSA) algorithm viz., CSSMO for feature selection, which helps to combine the benefit of both metaheuristic algorithms to discover a subset of genes which helps to predict a cancer disease in early stage. Further, to enhance the accuracy of the CSSMO algorithm, we choose a cleaning process, minimum redundancy maximum relevance (mRMR) to lessen the gene expression of cancer datasets. Next, these subsets of genes are classified using deep learning (DL) to identify different groups or classes related to a particular cancer disease. Eight different benchmark microarray gene expression datasets of cancer have been utilized to analyze the performance of the proposed approach with different evaluation matrix such as recall, precision, F1-score, and confusion matrix. The proposed gene selection method with DL achieves much better classification accuracy than other existing DL and machine learning classification models with all large gene expression dataset of cancer.
Plastome phylogenomics and morphological traits analyses provide new insights into the phylogenetic position, species delimitation and speciation of Triplostegia (Caprifoliaceae)
Authors: Fu Qing-Li , Mo Zhi-Qiong , Xiang Xiao-Guo , Milne Richard I. , Jacquemyn Hans , Burgess Kevin S. , Sun Ya-Nan , Yan Hua , Qiu Li , Yang Bo-Yun , Tan Shao-Lin 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Background
The genus Triplostegia contains two recognized species, T. glandulifera and T. grandiflora, but its phylogenetic position and species delimitation remain controversial. In this study, we assembled plastid genomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) cistrons sampled from 22 wild Triplostegia individuals, each from a separate population, and examined these with 11 recently published Triplostegia plastomes. Morphological traits were measured from herbarium specimens and wild material, and ecological niche models were constructed.

Results
Triplostegia is a monophyletic genus within the subfamily Dipsacoideae comprising three monophyletic species, T. glandulifera, T. grandiflora, and an unrecognized species Triplostegia sp. A, which occupies much higher altitude than the other two. The new species had previously been misidentified as T. glandulifera, but differs in taproot, leaf, and other characters. Triplotegia is an old genus, with stem age 39.96 Ma, and within it T. glandulifera diverged 7.94 Ma. Triplostegia grandiflora and sp. A diverged 1.05 Ma, perhaps in response to Quaternary climate fluctuations. Niche overlap between Triplostegia species was positively correlated with their phylogenetic relatedness.

Conclusions
Our results provide new insights into the species delimitation of Triplostegia, and indicate that a taxonomic revision of Triplostegia is needed. We also identified that either rpoB-trnC or ycf1 could serve as a DNA barcode for Triplostegia.
New measure of functional tooth loss for successful Oral ageing: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Cheng Yiting , Cheng Li , Zhu Fangzhi , Xiang Yong , Duan Shaoying , Luo Jingjing , Lei Lei , Cai He , Hu Tao 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Background
This cross-sectional study evaluated the impacts of functional tooth loss on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among elderly people compared with the impacts of several common indicators of oral health. Additionally, the cut-off of functional tooth loss needed for a better OHRQoL was investigated to establish a new measure for successful oral ageing.

Methods
Data from people aged 65–74 were extracted from the Fourth National Oral Health Survey in Sichuan, China. Functional tooth loss was defined as both natural tooth loss and nonfunctional teeth, such as third molars, residual roots, and removable dentures. The cut-offs of tooth loss were first identified as 12, based on the previous definition of functional dentition (≥20 natural teeth except the third molars), and 14, 16, or 18 for further investigation. OHRQoL was evaluated by the standardized Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (sGOHAI) score. Logistic regression was performed to estimate the impacts on OHRQoL. Additionally, subgroup analyses were conducted using the stratified chi-square test to explore the effect of functional tooth loss at each position.

Results
The mean GOHAI score of the 744 participants was 48.25 ± 7.62. Elderly people who had lost ≤12 functional teeth had greater odds of reporting a higher sGOHAI score than those who had lost more functional teeth (odds ratio (OR) 1.49, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.05–2.11). No significant difference in the sGOHAI score was detected between people who had lost 13–16 functional teeth and those who had lost ≤12 functional teeth (0.61, 0.35–1.07). The loss of second premolars and first and second molars had great impacts on the sGOHAI score when ≤12 or ≤ 16 functional teeth had been lost.

Conclusions
Compared with natural tooth loss, functional dentition and occluding pairs, functional tooth loss can be a better indicator of OHRQoL in the elderly population. Sixteen remaining functional teeth seem to be sufficient to maintain good OHRQoL and successful oral ageing despite that number being previously acknowledged as ≥20 teeth.
CT target scanning in the diagnosis of solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas
Authors: Wang Hai-tao , Wang Yu-tao , Yu Zhi-hai , Tu Can , Lu Bin , Yu Liang , Feng Di , Wang Tie-gong 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Objective
To discuss the value of computed tomography (CT) iterative reconstruction technique combined with target scanning in the diagnosis of solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas (SPTP).

Methods
The clinical information and CT examination data of 27 patients with SPTP were retrospectively analyzed, and the general condition and CT performance of the patients were observed. The CT image reconstruction algorithm of all patients used iterative reconstruction technique combined with the application of target scanning technique.

Results
A total of 27 patients were included in this study, including 6 males and 21 females, aged 14–72 years with a mean age of 39.6 ± 13.6 years. SPTP was more common in young and middle-aged females, with a low level of tumor markers, dominated by cystic-solid tumors. The combination of CT iterative reconstruction technology and targeted scanning revealed the following: the capsule of SPTP was clear and complete, where calcifications were visible, solid components were progressively enhanced, and rare pancreatic and bile duct dilation was seen. Tumors were cystic-solid in 18 of 27 patients with SPTP, of which the solid components showed isodensity or slightly low-density, with calcifications. The solid components and cyst walls were mildly enhanced during the arterial phase, and were progressively enhanced during the parenchymal phase, portal vein phase, and delayed phase, with their enhancement degree lower than that of normal pancreatic parenchyma, and pancreatic and bile duct dilation was rare. There were no statistical differences in tumor location, morphology, growth pattern, integrity of capsule, cystic or solid, calcifications, and enhancement features between the male group and the female group (P > 0.05).

Conclusion
The iterative reconstruction combined with target scanning clearly displayed the CT features of tumors, helping the diagnosis and clinical treatment of the disease.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth - ‘screening and management of food insecurity in pregnancy’
Authors: Agho Kingsley Emwinyore , van der Pligt Paige 
Published: December 2023

AbstractAddressing food insecurity during pregnancy is a major public health problem that demands guided interventions and translational research in public health. In this Editorial, we provide the context and invite contributions for our BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Collection on Screening and management of food insecurity in pregnancy.
Clinical features and prognosis of cardiac metastatic tumors
Authors: Lin Zhongqiao , Xiao Huazhen , Liu Jun , Chen Ling , Zhang Huishan , Huang Yufang , Chen Yu , Lin Jing 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Background
This study aimed to explore the clinical features and prognosis of cardiac metastatic tumors. In addition, whether continuing antitumor therapy after the development of cardiac metastases can benefit patients and the response of cardiac metastases were investigated.

Methods
A retrospective analysis was conducted on patients with malignancies who were admitted to Fujian Cancer Hospital and Fujian Provincial Hospital from January 2007 to September 2022, and the follow-up period ended in March 2023. Clinical data were gathered, treatment efficacy was evaluated, and survival analysis was performed.

Results
After the patients developed cardiac metastasis, the overall 30-day, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month survival rates were 85.00%, 59.00%, 51.00% and 38.00%, respectively. With continued treatment, the average survival time was 27.33 months (95% confidence interval [CI]: 16.88–37.79), which exceeded the 6.6 months (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.03–13.69) observed for patients who withdrew from treatment (P < 0.001). The responses of cardiac metastases corresponded to the responses of the primary tumors. Patients with a cardiac response had a median survival time of 55.60 months, which exceeded the 13.40 months observed for those without a cardiac response. However, there was no significant difference (P = 0.375).

Conclusions
In conclusion, continuing antitumor therapy after the development of cardiac metastases can significantly prolong patient survival. Cardiac metastases and primary tumors respond consistently to antitumor treatment. The risk of death due to heart failure in cancer patients with cardiac metastases needs to be further investigated.
Factors associated with smoking intensity among adult smokers: findings from the longitudinal cohort of the Tehran lipid and glucose study
Authors: Abbasi-Dokht-Rafsanjani Marjan , Hosseinzadeh Samaneh , Bakhshi Enayatollah , Azizi Fereidoun , Khalili Davood 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Background
Smoking is a significant public health problem, and there is a scarcity of documents regarding its severity, particularly in developing countries. This study aimed to determine factors related to the number of cigarettes consumed daily by adult smokers in Tehran.

Methods
This study was conducted within the framework of the longitudinal study of Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS). The study included 786 adult smokers living during four consecutive follow-ups from 2005 to 2016. The intensity of smoking was measured by the number of cigarettes consumed daily by adult smokers. Data analysis was done longitudinally and based on the mixed effects zero-inflated discrete Weibull (ZIDW) regression model.

Results
The mean age of the individuals was 40.35 ± 12.68 years, and 643 (81.8%) of them were men. Also, 52.7% of individuals were daily smokers, 15.6% were occasional smokers, and 31.7% were non-smokers who became smokers during the study. Variables of age 1.005 (95%CI: 1.001–1.008), gender of male 1.196 (95%CI: 1.051–1.39), and marital status (divorced/widowed vs. single) 1.168 (95%CI: 1.015–1.39) were positively associated with smoking intensity. Education level (master and higher vs. illiterate) 0.675 (95%CI: 0.492–0.926)), employment status (student vs. unemployed) 0.683 (95%CI: 0.522–0.917), (housewife vs. unemployed) 0.742 (95%CI: 0.606–0.895), (Unemployed with income vs. unemployed) 0.804 (95%CI: 0.697, 0.923), implementation of smoking prohibition regulations (yes vs. no) 0.88 (95%CI: 0.843–0.932), and history of cardiovascular disease in male relatives (yes vs. no) 0.85 (95%CI: 0.771–0.951) were associated with lower smoking intensity.

Conclusion
We showed that demographic factors are associated with the intensity of smoking among adults and should be considered in policymakers’ intervention programs to reduce smoking and quit smoking.