bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Visual Imagery in Modern Mind-Body Practices: Biophotonic Information Transfer through Water-Mediated Neural Resonance
Authors: Babelyuk Valeriy , Popovych Igor , Smoleńska Olga , Michalska Anna , Muszkieta Radosław , Hagner-Derengowska Magdalena , Dobrovolsky Yuriy , Dubkova Galyna , Korolyshyn Tetyana , Zukow Walery 
Published: January 2025

Background. Recent research has demonstrated intriguing relationships between martial arts practice, particularly Kyokushin Karate Katas (KKK), biophotonic emissions, and changes in water properties. This emerging field connects traditional mind-body practices with modern biophysical measurements.
Purpose. To analyze and synthesize current evidence regarding the mechanisms of information transfer between practitioners of Kyokushin Karate and water, focusing on biophotonic emissions, neurophysiological changes, and subsequent effects on recipients of treated water.
Methods. We reviewed primary research focusing on: (1) biophotonic emissions during martial arts practice, (2) water structure modifications through mental practices, and (3) neurophysiological effects of treated water. Key papers from 2010-2024 were analyzed, with particular attention to the pioneering work of Babelyuk et al. (2024, 2025) and related studies in biophoton research.
Results. Evidence suggests that KKK practice induces measurable changes in practitioners' biophotonic emissions, particularly from brain regions and fingertips. These changes correlate with specific EEG patterns and entropy measures. Water exposed to practitioners during KKK shows altered properties, including modified light emission characteristics and structural changes. Recipients consuming treated water demonstrate neurophysiological changes, even under double-blind conditions.
Conclusions. The reviewed research suggests a potentially viable mechanism for information transfer from practitioner to water through biophotonic emissions, with subsequent biological effects on recipients. These findings bridge traditional Eastern practices with Western biophysical measurements, opening new avenues for understanding mind-body interactions.
Machine Data: Market and Analytics
Authors: Calzolari Giacomo , Cheysson Anatole , Rovatti Riccardo 
Published: January 2025

Machine data (MD), that is, data generated by machines, are increasingly gaining importance, potentially surpassing the value of the extensively discussed personal data. We present a theoretical analysis of the MD market, addressing challenges such as data fragmentation, ambiguous property rights, and the public-good nature of MD. We consider machine users producing data and data aggregators providing MD analytics services (e.g., with digital twins for real-time simulation and optimization). By analyzing machine learning algorithms, we identify critical properties for the value of MD analytics, Scale, Scope, and Synergy. We leverage these properties to explore market scenarios, including anonymous and secret contracting, competition among MD producers, and multiple competing aggregators. We identify significant inefficiencies and market failures, highlighting the need for nuanced policy interventions. This paper was accepted by Joshua Gans, business strategy. Supplemental Material: The online appendix and data files are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.00674 .
Choice Overload and the Long Tail: Consideration Sets and Purchases in Online Platforms
Authors: Aparicio Diego , Prelec Drazen , Zhu Weiming 
Published: January 2025

Problem definition: This paper examines frictions in the shopping funnel using empirical clickstream data from an online travel platform. We analyze (a) customers’ heterogeneous search and purchase behaviors and (b) their reactions to changes in assortment size. We then develop a consider-then-choose model to generalize our findings. Methodology/results: We characterize the online customer journey as a two-stage consider-then-choose framework. In the consider stage, we analyze the consideration set formation and show that heterogeneity—familiarity with the assortment—amplifies the number of options; in the purchase stage, it drives preferences for niche versus popular choices. A real-world high-stakes field experiment reveals that shrinking the menu produces mixed results: highlighting the market for the long-tail for some customers and reflecting choice overload for others. Finally, we build a psychologically rich consider-then-choose model with (a) heterogeneous preferences for product features and (b) heterogeneous search costs moderated by search fatigue, theoretically characterizing the impact on consideration sets and conversion rates. Managerial implications: Identifying frictions in the shopping funnel is critical for online platforms, especially when pain points hurt click-through or conversion rates. Which options matter to which users? What is the right assortment size? Although online platforms can offer virtually unlimited assortments, managers may assume frictionless environments—which is not always the case. Our findings offer insights into improving the customer journey by considering heterogeneous preferences and boundedly rational heuristics. Supplemental Material: The online appendices are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2021.0318 .
Super-Resolution Reconstruction of UAV Images for Maize Tassel Detection
Authors: Yu Lei , Zhu Deli , Xu Zhao , Fu Haibin 
Published: January 2025

HighlightsHigh resolution images are found to play an important role in observing maize growth and detecting maize tassels.Our super-resolution model (IESRGAN) produces higher-quality images compared to other SR models.IESRGAN largely improves the detection accuracy of maize tassels, increasing by 8.77%~25.71% in different tests.Abstract. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology provides essential technical support for maize (Zea mays) cultivation in smart agriculture. To address the challenge of low resolution in UAV maize images due to factors such as flight altitude and instrument parameters, which impact the accurate monitoring and assessment of maize crop growth and further tassel detection tasks, this study proposes an improved enhanced super-resolution generative adversarial network for super-resolution reconstruction of UAV maize images. Firstly, Iterative Attention Feature Fusion is introduced in the generation network, effectively integrating the features of maize and restoring high-frequency details in maize images. Subsequently, the Iterative Attention Feature Fusion is optimized by removing batch normalization and replacing the ReLU activation function with the PReLU activation function, thereby enhancing the model's representation capability. Furthermore, to address the complex features and structures of tassels in maize images, the VGG discriminator network is replaced with a Unet network, thereby improving the model's ability to handle image details and textures. Finally, the model was validated and analyzed on different maize image datasets. Experimental results show that compared with other mainstream super-resolution models, the reconstructed images of our model proposed exhibit higher quality and clarity; for maize tassel detection, the average accuracy of tassel detection in the images reconstructed by our model compared with the low-resolution images was increased by 8.77%~25.71%. This provides a more accurate and clear UAV monitoring method for maize agricultural production and provides more reliable image data support for related decisions and applications. Keywords: Generative adversarial network, Maize image, Super-resolution, Tassel detection, UAV.
Postural instability and gait disturbance are associated with abnormal stereopsis in Parkinson’s disease
Authors: Lee Jungyeun , Kang Sung Hoon , Koh Seong-Beom 
Published: January 2025

Background
Visual dysfunction, including abnormal stereopsis, is a significant non-motor symptom in Parkinson’s disease (PD) that can reduce quality of life and appears early in the disease. Abnormal stereopsis is associated with worsening of bradykinesia and freezing of gait, though the exact pathways linking stereopsis to motor symptoms remain unclear. Furthermore, in PD patients, the pedunculopontine nucleus and laterodorsal tegmental complex play an active role in sensorimotor control, and these areas provide cholinergic projections. Cholinergic degeneration may be associated with symptoms such as abnormal stereopsis, postural instability, gait disturbances and cognitive impairment. Therefore, in this study, we hypothesized that a high postural instability and gait disturbance score would increase the risk of abnormal stereopsis in PD.

Methods
We designed a cross-sectional study and included 240 early PD patients without ophthalmologic problems other than abnormal stereopsis. To evaluate stereopsis, we used Titmus stereo test plates. Stereopsis testing was performed only once at the time of the patient’s initial PD diagnosis. We collected data from medical history taking, scales, cognitive function tests, gait analysis, and tilt table tests. To analyze the potential risk factors for abnormal stereopsis in PD, we conducted a binary logistic stepwise selection analysis.

Results
Among the total of 240 PD patients, 185 were in the normal stereopsis group and 55 were in the abnormal stereopsis group. In the analysis for risk factors related to abnormal stereopsis, the postural instability and gait difficulties (PIGD) subtype score was significantly associated with abnormal stereopsis. (95% confidence interval: 1.37–5.15).

Conclusions
In PD, particularly in PIGD subtype patients, abnormal stereopsis can lead to a decrease in the quality of sensory information, potentially interfering with feedback and adaptation processes. This, in turn, can negatively affect posture and gait, creating a vicious cycle.
C’era una volta in America: Storia del cinema italiano negli Stati Uniti, 1946–2000, Damiano Garofalo (2023)
Authors: Carolan Mary Ann McDonald 
Published: January 2025

Review of: C’era una volta in America: Storia del cinema italiano negli Stati Uniti, 1946–2000, Damiano Garofalo (2023)
Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino Editore, 246 pp.,
ISBN 978-8-84987-732-8, p/bk, €17.31
Analisando as desigualdades a partir do acesso à água: o caso de Campos Elíseos-RJ
Authors: Medeiros Sabrina Lourenço , Bastos Valéria Pereira 
Published: January 2025

Este artigo retrata parte dos resultados da pesquisa realizada no período de desenvolvimento do mestrado acadêmico, que teve como proposta estudar as implicações da efetivação da política pública de saneamento básico, na Baixada Fluminense no Rio de Janeiro, com recorte para o município de Duque de Caxias, e enfoque para o bairro de Campos Elíseos, considerando que nesse território, está instalado um relevante complexo industrial no ramo de petróleo e petroquímica, e com isso verifica-se que os benefícios, no que diz respeito, sobretudo ao acesso a água, se apresenta em abundância para as empresas e escassez para os moradores. Por isso, buscou-se compreender a partir das desigualdades identificadas, quais os entraves existentes para prestação e acesso igualitário aos serviços de saneamento básico, considerando ser a política pública de saneamento de grande relevância para a vida saudável de todos, sem distinção entre o potencial empresarial e a população, principalmente a mais empobrecida.
Descolonizando a escrita acadêmica
Authors: Borges Suety Líbia Alves 
Published: January 2025

Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir as práticas de letramentos acadêmicos na relação com as práticas que foram construídas pela participante interlocutora do estudo, uma estudante indígena, ao longo de sua trajetória como mestranda em um programa de pós-graduação da área de estudos linguísticos, na região Centro-Oeste do Brasil. Para tanto, apresenta parte das concepções de letramento (Kleiman, 1995; Tfouni et al., 2013) que fundamentam essa área de estudo, ampliando a discussão ao incorporar uma concepção negrindígena de letramento (Brupahi Xerente, 2018, 2019; Correa Xakriabá, 2018; Evaristo, 2007; Hampaté Bâ, 2010; Santos, 2018, entre outros). Em outras palavras, coloca, inicialmente, as concepções de letramento em diálogo para, em uma crescente conceitual, trazer as perspectivas contracoloniais acerca das diferentes práticas de letramentos vivenciadas pela participante. Com esse propósito, a etnografia se configurou como a abordagem metodológica mais alinhada à proposta, haja vista as aproximações epistemológicas estabelecidas com a percepção de letramento apresentada aqui. Na pesquisa etnográfica, importa não somente a linguagem, mas também as diversas questões que a envolvem, como as dimensões sociais, culturais, políticas e econômicas. Além disso, assim como nos Estudos do Letramento, o foco da etnografia é o contexto. Dito de outra forma, as questões que apareceram no campo compuseram este estudo, o qual, por sua vez, emergiu do próprio contexto em que foi realizado. Sendo assim, os resultados apontam, pois, para uma convocação às universidades para a efetivação da “confluência entre os saberes” (Santos, 2018), a fim de romper com a supremacia das bases eurocentradas, em direção a uma relação mais simétrica com bases pluriétnicas de fazeres científicos. Isso implica a necessidade de uma mudança de postura bem como a criação de espaços de escuta para que a academia possa não apenas ouvir-ler pensadoras/es e escritoras/es indígenas, negras/os e negras/os quilombolas, mas também se envolver e engajar com suas vozes.
Genetic diversity leads to differential inflammatory responses to cigarette smoke in mice
Authors: Faizan Md Imam , Kaur Gagandeep , Shaikh Sadiya Bi , Effah Felix , Unwalla Hoshang , Rahman Irfan 
Published: January 2025

AbstractThe use of genetically diverse mouse models offers a more accurate reflection of human genetic variability, improving the translatability of findings to heterogeneous human populations. This approach is particularly valuable in understanding diverse immune responses to disease by environmental exposures. This study investigates the inflammatory responses to acute exposures to mainstream cigarette smoke (CS) and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in two genetically diverse mouse strains, CC002/UncJ (UNC) & Diversity Outbred (J:DO). The UM‐HET3 (HET3) mouse strain, typically used in aging intervention studies, has also been used to evaluate the translatability of this model for age‐associated pathologies. The study involves a comprehensive approach, including BALF cytokine analysis, evaluation of lung tissue architecture, assessment of macrophages and its associated proteins (MMP9 & MMP12) abundance. Several cytokines/chemokines were found to be upregulated across three strains. Notably, the UNC strain exclusively showed upregulation of TNF‐α, IL‐17A, and IL‐13, whereas the J:DO showed an upregulation in KC. The number of alveolar macrophages in the lungs of UNC mice was very low at baseline compared to other strains studied in this study, which is indicative of some inherent shift in the pulmonary immune profiles of these inbred mice. In contrast, the J:DO strain, characterized by genetic outbreeding, showed a much more robust lung macrophage response comparable to C57BL/6J. The findings provide valuable insight into how genetic diversity affects immune responses in response to acute CS/ETS exposure, with implications for understanding diverse human responses to environmental stressors in studying lung pathophysiology.
Deterministic generation and nanophotonic integration of 2D quantum emitters for advanced quantum photonic functionalities
Authors: So Jae-Pil 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Quantum emitters (QEs) are essential building blocks for quantum applications, such as quantum communication, quantum computing and metrology. Two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), are promising platforms for scalable QE generation due to their unique properties, including their compatibility with external photonic structures. Advances in defect engineering and strain manipulation enable precise localization of emission sites within these materials, while integration with nanophotonic structures, including cavities and waveguides, enhances photon emission through the Purcell effect. This integration supports quantum functionalities like single-photon routing and spin-photon interactions. Challenges include achieving precise QE placement and emission control, as environmental factors can affect QE purity and indistinguishability. Nonetheless, electrically driven QEs, strain-tunable emission, and the integration of van der Waals magnets present opportunities for compact, scalable quantum devices with on-demand single-photon sources and spin-based quantum memory, positioning 2D QEs as foundational for next-generation quantum devices.
Nature’s way-our way: A journey through the co-creation and sharing of an Indigenous physical literacy enriched early years initiative
Authors: Froehlich Chow Amanda , Wahpepah Kathy , Humbert Louise , Houser Natalie , Brussoni Mariana , Erlandson Marta , Gannon Amanda , Larmour Ashley , Stevenson Erica , Riley Kathryn , Ali Fatima 
Published: January 2025

Early years are a critical time in the healthy development of young children. It is essential for children to develop healthy bonds with family members to increase well-being. Colonialism has resulted in the loss of many Indigenous activities, intergenerational teachings and relationship-building strategies that encourage wholistic health-promoting behaviours. Research focused on physical activity behaviours among early years children has had limited success. To address these challenges, the Western concept of physical literacy that applies a wholistic approach to physical activity by focusing on physical, social, emotional, and spiritual wellness can align with many Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Being and Doing.
Purpose: Our multi-cultural team embarks on a journey to co-create, and expand a physical literacy enriched and culturally rooted initiative designed to promote wholistic wellness.
Methodology: Etuaptmumk (Two-eyed Seeing) guides the team through braiding Indigenous Ways of Knowing,Being and Doing in early childhood wellness and land- and nature-based games alongside Western knowledge of developing physical literacy and promoting risky/ adventurous play. We apply a pre-mid-post design for the meaningful evaluation of the Nature’s Way-Our Way initiative.
Impact: Partnering with communities, we aim to produce 40-45 activity cards to promote physical literacy and wholistic health in Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.
Late-Onset Sepsis Among Extremely Preterm Infants During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Mukhopadhyay Sagori , Kaufman David A. , Saha Shampa , Puopolo Karen M. , Flannery Dustin D. , Weimer Kristin E. D. , Greenberg Rachel G. , Sanchez Pablo J. , Eichenwald Eric C. , Cotten Charles M. , Stoll Barbara J. , Laptook Abbot 
Published: January 2025

OBJECTIVES
To compare incidence of late-onset sepsis (LOS) among extremely preterm infants before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

METHODS
Multicenter cohort study of infants with birthweight 401 to 1000 g or gestational age 22 to 28 weeks. LOS was defined as a bacterial or fungal pathogen isolated from blood or cerebrospinal fluid culture obtained after 72 hours of age. Primary outcome was LOS incidence calculated as incidence proportion (LOS cases among all admissions) and incidence rate (LOS events/1000 patient days). A multivariable Poisson regression model was used to compare the adjusted risk of LOS incidence proportion before (1/1/18–3/31/20) and during the pandemic (4/1/20–12/31/21). An interrupted time series analysis using a generalized linear mixed model with center as a random effect was used to compare LOS incidence rates during the 2 periods.

RESULTS
Among 6509 eligible infants, LOS incidence proportion was not different before (18.2%) and during the pandemic (16.9%; P = .18). The adjusted relative risk (95% CI) for LOS was 0.93 (0.82–1.05) and for LOS or mortality was 0.98 (0.88–1.08) during the pandemic compared to the period before the pandemic. In the interrupted time series analysis, there was no significant change in LOS incidence rates at the start of the pandemic (0.219, 95% CI, −0.453 to 0.891) or microbiology of LOS, and change in trends of LOS incidence rates before and during the pandemic was not significant (−0.005, 95% CI, −0.025 to 0.015).

CONCLUSIONS
In a large multicenter study of extremely preterm infants, rates of LOS remained unchanged during the pandemic.
Use of plasmapheresis and intravenous immunoglobulins in pregnant women with antiphospholipid syndrome
Authors: Orlova E. S. , Chepanov S. V. , Zainulina M. S. , Selkov S. A. 
Published: January 2025

Our objective was to demonstrate the efficiency of therapy for antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) in pregnant women using plasmapheresis and intravenous immunoglobulins.92 women with diagnosed APS and 47 APS-free women with physiological pregnancy were under study. APS was diagnosed in accordance with Sydney Consensus Workshop (2006). Patients with APS were divided into groups depending on the method of treatment used: conventional therapy, plasmapheresis in addition to standard therapy, intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) in addition to standard therapy, and complex treatment, i.e., plasmapheresis and IVIG added to standard therapy. The levels of antiphospholipid antibodies, hemostasis parameters, P-selectin were measured in blood serum and plasma before and after treatment.Higher frequency of favorable pregnancy outcomes was shown in the group of patients with APS who were treated with combined therapy, i.e. in 96.3% of cases (term birth). Frequency of prematurity and fetal hypotrophy was significantly lower in the group of patients with APS treated with combined therapy. The most significant decrease in the level of antiphospholipid antibodies was observed in the group treated by plasmapheresis, IVIG and conventional therapy. Expression of P-selectin in the women with normal pregnancy without antiphospholipid antibodies, was significantly lower compared to pregnant women with APS.Usage of integrated approach using plasmapheresis, intravenous immunoglobulins and standard therapy is the most effective treatment for APS-related miscarriage. Implication of this strategy has reduced the incidence of obstetric complications and improved pregnancy outcomes due to increased frequency of term births, as well as lowest indices of pathology in the newborns. Analysis of P-selectin levels before and after treatment enables determination of the platelet activation levels, efficiency of therapeutic approaches, as well as medical drug correction of infavorable platelet hemostasis during therapy.