bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Comparison of shock wave therapy and corticosteroid injection in the treatment of greater trochanteric pain syndrome: A single-blind, randomized study
Authors: Çağlar Yağcı Hanife , Yağcı İlker , Bağcıer Fatih 
Published: November 2023

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of the corticosteroid (CS) injection and shock wave therapy (SWT) in the treatment of greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS).
Patients and methods: Between 2020 September and 2021 October, a total of 60 patients with GTPS (12 males, 48 females; mean age: 50.8±8.5 years; range, 34 to 65 years) were included. The patients were randomly assigned to two groups as the SWT group (n=32) receiving one session of SWT per week for a total of three weeks and CS injection group (n=28) receiving CS and local anesthetic. Both groups were evaluated using the Short Form-36 (SF-36) at baseline and three months and using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) at baseline, three weeks, and three months.
Results: The mean VAS, greater trochanter tenderness, and WOMAC scores of both groups were similar at baseline, while the third-week and three-month scores were significantly lower in both groups compared to baseline (p<0.05). There was no significant difference in the treatment efficacy between the groups (p>0.05). There was a similar improvement in SF-36 physical function, physical role difficulty, and pain subscales in both groups (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Our study results show that both CS injection and SWT are effective modalities and none of the treatments is superior to each other.
Efficacy and Adverse Effects of Corticosteroid Pulse Therapy in Alopecia Areata
Authors: Rastaghi Fatemeh , Kaveh Roxana , Yazdanpanah Nazafarin , Sahaf Akram-Sadat , Ahramiyanpour Najmeh 
Published: November 2023

Introduction: Alopecia areata (AA) is a non-scarring, autoimmune hair loss disorder, varying in severity from small round hairless patches to the total loss of scalp or body hair. Steroid pulse therapy outcomes for AA vary.
Objective: This study aimed to review the related literature regarding the efficacy, relapse rates, side effects, and prognostic factors associated with the response to different pulse corticosteroid treatments.
Methods: The terms "pulse steroid therapy AND alopecia areata" and "pulse corticosteroid therapy AND alopecia areata" were searched on PubMed and Google Scholar.
Results: A total of 24 articles were assessed. There was no difference in outcomes and side effects between intravenous and oral pulse corticosteroid therapy. The relapse rate and efficacy depended on the time of AA onset, age, and type: improved outcomes and decreased relapse were linked with recent onset (<6 months), younger age (<10 years), and the multifocal type. Patients with a past medical history of atopy, nail pitting, or thyroid disease and those with severe forms of AA, like alopecia totalis and alopecia universalis, had the least improvement.
Conclusion: Pulse corticosteroids effectively induce hair regrowth in AA. Betamethasone seems to be the most effective agent (followed by intramuscular triamcinolone), especially in severe cases, but more side effects may accompany it. Combining this agent with other medications can reduce the dosage and side effects. Pulses of prednisolone and methylprednisolone are less effective but safer, as they have low relapse rates and adverse effects. A combination of them with other drugs can increase their efficacy.
Nuevos datos para la brioflora del centro de Cataluña
Authors: Montserrat Brugués , Elena Ruiz , Rosa María Cros 
Published: November 2023

Se aportan nuevas citas de briófitos procedentes de algunas comarcas del centro de Cataluña con pocos datos biológicos.
New bryophyte records from some areas of central Catalonia (NE Spain) poorly prospected are provided.
The bryophyte flora of Sierra Calderona (Valencia and Castellón provinces, eastern Spain)
Authors: Segarra-Moragues José Gabriel , Puche Felisa 
Published: November 2023

1736 samples from 64 localities included in an area of 400 km 2 from Sierra Calderona have been studied. The bryophyte flora of these mountains consists of 222 taxa of which 42 (18.9%) are liverworts and 180 (81.1%) are mosses. Our study reports 28 chorological novelties including Petalophyllum ralfsii, which is new to mainland Spain, the first confirmed Iberian report of Riccia canaliculata, two populations of Cephaloziella integerrima, until now only known from one locality in northern Spain, and Chenia ruigtevleia, until now considered endemic to South Africa and recently reported from this territory. The bryophyte diversity of the Calderona Mountain Range is outstanding when compared to the regional species list of the Valencian Community and to other coastal mountain ranges. The sampled area corresponding to only 1.72% of the Valencian Community territory includes 48.8% of the liverworts and 51.4% of the mosses reported for that territory. Sierra Calderona includes 73 (32.9%) bryophyte taxa not represented in the two other coastal mountain ranges being compared, and constitutes an important reservoir for rare and threatened species.
Se han estudiado 1736 muestras procedentes de 64 localidades en un área de 400 km2 en la sierra Calderona. La flora briofítica de estas montañas incluye 222 taxones de los cuales 42 (18.9%) son hepáticas y 180 (81.1%) son musgos. Nuestro estudio muestra 28 novedades corológicas incluyendo: Petalophyllum ralfsii, nuevo en el territorio peninsular español, la primera cita peninsular confirmada de Riccia canaliculata, dos poblaciones de Cephaloziella integerrima hasta ahora sólo conocida en dos localidades en España, así como Chenia ruigtevleia, hasta ahora endémica de Sudáfrica y recientemente citada en este territorio. La diversidad de los briófitos de la Sierra Calderona es notable en comparación con la lista regional de especies de la Comunidad Valenciana y otras cordilleras costeras. El área muestreada, que corresponde a sólo el 1.72% del territorio de la Comunidad Valenciana, incluye 48.8% y 51.4% de los musgos y hepáticas citadas para este territorio. Su flora presenta 73 (32.9%) taxones de briófitos no representados en los otros dos sistemas montañosos costeros comparados, y representa un importante reservorio de especies raras y amenazadas.
Continuability of solutions to fractional differential equations
Authors: Bartusek Miroslav 
Published: November 2023

This article concerns the Caputo fractional differential equation $$ {}^{c}\!D_a^\alpha x ^{[n-1]} (t) = f(t, x(t)) + e(t), \quad n\geq 2 $$ where \(x ^{[n-1]}\) is the quasiderivative of x of order (n-1) and \({}^{c}\!D_a^\alpha\) is the Caputo derivative of the order \(\alpha\in (0,1)\). We study the continuability and noncontinuability of solutions.
For more information see https://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2020/128/abstr.html
Una aproximación dialógica a la supervisión de la psicoterapia de personalidades disfuncionales
Authors: Mirapeix Carlos 
Published: November 2023

El modelo presentado está inspirado en una concepción del self dialógico que tiene la característica de estar compuesto por distintas posibilidades de manifestación. Basado en una concepción dialógica del self, entendido desde una dialéctica de la unicidad versus multiplicidad, tiene sus raíces en el análisis de secuencias dialógicas de la psicoterapia cognitivo analítica. Esta multiplicidad llámese posiciones del yo, estados del self, o sub-personalidades; todas ellas, vienen caracterizadas por tener su propia historia de desarrollo en el individuo y caracterizarse por tener una narrativa con una voz propia. En todo ello, resulta fundamental el papel de la metaobservación de los procesos intrapsíquicos e interpersonales. Entender la personalidad disfuncional desde esta perspectiva, es un modelo transteórico que puede ser utilizado en el trabajo clínico y en la supervisión de terapeutas que trabajen con diferentes modelos de psicoterapia. El trabajo de la supervisión está focalizado en contribuir a ir desentrañando la complejidad del discurso del paciente, del terapeuta y del supervisor y los distintos niveles de superposición entre dichos discursos y los diferentes personajes que habitan en cada uno de los participantes en el proceso de tratamiento y de supervisión clínica. Se ilustra con un caso clínico.
iente, del terapeuta y del supervisor.
Mechanism of LEF1-AS1 regulating HUVEC cells by targeting miR-489-3p/S100A11 axis
Authors: Zhang Haoran , Wang Wenqiu , Lin Junjie , Qiao Junbo , Wang Xinjun , Fang Bin , Chen Changkuan , Wang Yujiao , Zhu Gaozan , Liu Wenbo 
Published: November 2023

Background
The venous malformation is the most common congenital vascular malformation and exhibits the characteristics of local invasion and lifelong progressive development. Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) regulates endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells, macrophages, vascular inflammation, and metabolism and also affects the development of venous malformations. This study aimed to elucidate the role of the lncRNA LEF1-AS1 in the development of venous malformations and examine the interaction among LEF1-AS1, miR-489-3p, and S100A11 in HUVEC cells.

Methods
Venous malformation tissues, corresponding normal venous tissues, and HUVEC cells were used. Agilent human lncRNA microarray gene chip was used to screen differential genes, RNA expression was detected using quantitative reverse transcription PCR, and protein expression was detected using Western blotting. The proliferation, migration, and angiogenesis of HUVEC cells were assessed using CCK8, transwell, and in vitro angiogenesis tests.

Results
A total of 1,651 lncRNAs were screened using gene chip analysis, of which 1015 were upregulated and 636 were downregulated. The lncRNA LEF1-AS1 was upregulated with an obvious difference multiple, and the fold-change value was 11.03273. The results of the analysis performed using the StarBase bioinformatics prediction website showed that LEF1-AS1 and miR-489-3p possessed complementary binding sites and that miR-489-3p and S100A11 also had complementary binding sites. The findings of tissue experiments revealed that the expressions of LEF1-AS1 and S100A11 were higher in tissues with venous malformations than in normal tissues, whereas the expression of miR-489-3p was lower in venous malformations than in normal tissues. Cell culture experiments indicated that LEF1-AS1 promoted the proliferation, migration, and angiogenesis of HUVEC cells. In these cells, LEF1-AS1 targeted miR-489-3p, which in turn targeted S100A11. LEF1-AS1 acted as a competitive endogenous RNA and promoted the expression of S100A11 by competitively binding to miR-489-3p and enhancing the proliferation, migration, and angiogenesis of HUVEC cells. Thus, LEF1-AS1 participated in the occurrence and development of venous malformation.

Conclusions
The expression of LEF1-AS1 was upregulated in venous malformations, and the expression of S100A11 was increased by the adsorption of miR-489-3p to venous endothelial cells, thus enhancing the proliferation, migration, and angiogenesis of HUVEC cells. In conclusion, LEF1-AS1 is involved in the occurrence and development of venous malformations by regulating the miR-489-3p/S100A11 axis, which provides valuable insights into the pathogenesis of this disease and opens new avenues for its treatment.
Educational Attainment and Lifetime Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Authors: Magnani Jared W. , Ning Hongyan , Wilkins John T. , Lloyd-Jones Donald M. , Allen Norrina B. 
Published: November 2023

ImportanceEducation is a social determinant of health. Quantifying its association with lifetime cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk has public health importance.ObjectiveTo calculate lifetime risk estimates of incident CVD and CVD subtypes and estimate years lived with and without CVD by education.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsIncluded community-based cohort studies with adjudicated cardiovascular events used pooled individual-level data from 1985 to 2015 of 6 prospective cohort studies. The study team assessed the association between education and lifetime CVD risk with modified Kaplan-Meier and Cox models accounting for competing risk of noncardiovascular death. The study team estimated years lived with and without CVD by education with the Irwin restricted mean and the utility of adding educational attainment to CVD risk assessment. Participants (baseline 40 to 59 years old and 60 to 79 years old) were without CVD at baseline and had complete education, cardiovascular risk factors, and prospective CVD outcomes data. Data were analyzed from January 2022 to September 2022.ExposuresEducational attainment (less than high school, high school completion, some college, or college graduate).Main outcome and measuresCardiovascular events (fatal and nonfatal coronary heart disease, heart failure, and stroke; CVD-related deaths; and total CVD encompassing any of these events).ResultsThere were 40 998 participants (23 305 female [56.2%]) with a mean (SD) age of 58.1 (9.7) years for males and 58.3 (9.9) years for females. Compared with college graduates, those with less than high school or high school completion had higher lifetime CVD risks. Among middle-aged men, the competing hazard ratios (HRs) for a CVD event were 1.58 (95% CI, 1.38-1.80), 1.30 (95% CI, 1.10-1.46), and 1.16 (95% CI, 1.00-1.34) in those with less than high school, high school, and some college, respectively, compared with those with college completion. Among women, these competing HRs were 1.70 (95% CI, 1.49-1.95), 1.19 (95% CI, 1.05-1.35), and 0.98 (95% CI, 0.83-1.15). Individuals with higher education had longer duration of life prior to incident CVD. Education provided limited contribution toward enhancing CVD risk prediction.Conclusions and relevanceLower education was associated with lifetime CVD risk across adulthood; higher education translated to healthy longevity. Educational policy initiatives may associate with long-term health benefits.
Relationships of Work Productivity and Activity Impairment With Patient‐Reported Outcomes in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Results From Two Trials
Authors: Magrey Marina , Wei James Cheng‐Chung , Yndestad Arne , Bushmakin Andrew G. , Cappelleri Joseph C. , Dina Oluwaseyi , Deodhar Atul 
Published: November 2023

ObjectiveWe examined the relationships of work productivity and activity impairment with key patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) assessing pain, disease activity, and health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).MethodsThis post hoc analysis pooled available data from baseline to end of the double‐blind phase of phase 2 and 3 placebo‐controlled tofacitinib trials in patients with active AS. A repeated‐measures longitudinal model assessed the relationships (linear or nonlinear) between Work Productivity and Activity Impairment questionnaire in Spondyloarthritis (WPAI:SpA) domains (absenteeism, activity impairment, presenteeism, and productivity loss) as outcomes and key PROs (total back pain, nocturnal spinal pain, Patient Global Assessment of Disease Activity, AS Quality of Life, EuroQol 5‐Dimension 3‐Level [EQ‐5D‐3L], and EQ‐5D Visual Analog Scale [EQ‐5D‐VAS]) as predictors.ResultsData from 330 to 475 patients were available, depending on the analysis. Relationships between WPAI:SpA domains and PROs were approximately linear. The worst PRO scores were associated with a decline in patients’ work capacity (measured by activity impairment, presenteeism, and productivity loss [>65%]); the best scores were associated with improvements in WPAI:SpA domains (8%–23%). Incremental PRO improvements were associated with improvement of activity impairment, presenteeism, and productivity loss. Relationships between absenteeism and PROs were the weakest, owing to absenteeism being low in the study population.ConclusionEvidence of linear relationships between work productivity and activity impairment with patient‐reported pain, disease activity, and HRQoL was observed. Interventions to control pain and disease activity and improve HRQoL are therefore likely to improve work productivity and reduce activity impairment in patients with AS.
The Home as an Infinite Screen
Authors: Tahan Lucia 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe continuing digital tsunami is offering enhanced spatial opportunities for architects. The interaction of real space and virtual space can be choreographed along a spectrum that ranges from our mobile phone screens to full bodily immersion in digital reality. Architect Lucia Tahan exploits these possibilities in her design work using various methods of spatial computing. Here she takes us through some of her recent experiments and thoughts.
Touching, Licking, Tasting: Performing Multisensory Spatial Perception Through Extended‐Reality Models
Authors: Strunden Paula 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThere has been much written speculation about leaving the body on entering fully virtual space. However, it is clear that the only reason we can experience virtual reality is precisely because we are embodied. Transdisciplinary researcher and architectural artist Paula Strunden works at the intersection of the real and the virtual, exploiting our body's important conduits for complete sensory and visceral experience of augmented space.
Conjunctions Or, Space as Oxymoron
Authors: Pala Giacomo 
Published: November 2023

AbstractTraditional architectural thought and practice decrees that buildings should be spatially homogeneous, revealing themselves to their viewers and users as episodic and carefully orchestrated wholes. Giacomo Pala argues that the world is more complex than this, and that the digital has further enhanced its heterogeneous festival of formal, semiotic and spatial jump‐cutting to establish conjunctions from which we can be architecturally inspired.
High‐Performance Infrared Photodetectors Driven by Interlayer Exciton in a Van Der Waals Epitaxy Grown HfS2/MoS2 Vertical Heterojunction
Authors: Son Minkyun , Jang Hanbyeol , Seo Dong‐Bum , Lee Ju Hyeok , Kim Jin , Kim Minsu , Kang Saewon , Yim Soonmin , Song Wooseok , Yoo Jung‐Woo , Kim Hyun You , Lee Sun Sook , An Ki‐Seok 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe van der Waals (vdW) heterojunctions of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) provide an advanced platform for interlayer exciton generation to detect the exceeding cutoff wavelengths of individual TMDCs. Herein, the first demonstration of high‐performance infrared (IR) photodetectors driven by interlayer excitons and based on HfS2/MoS2 vdW heterojunctions grown by chemical vapor deposition is presented. HfS2 exhibits selective growth only on MoS2, establishing a vertical heterojunction that effectively generates interlayer excitons. The synthesized HfS2/MoS2 vertical heterojunction with type‐II band alignment exhibits a low interlayer bandgap and a significantly large interface area, enabling highly efficient IR detection. Moreover, the built‐in potential in HfS2/MoS2 plays a pivotal role in the outstanding photoresponse by suppressing the dark current and providing gradient band bending for the interlayer exciton‐induced photocarriers to drift toward each electrode. The HfS2/MoS2 photodetector exhibits remarkable performance, achieving a detectivity (D*) of ≈7 × 1013 Jones at 1550 nm, D* of ≈2 × 1014 Jones at 980 nm, and fast response time of 60 µs, surpassing previously reported 2D photodetectors. Overall, the successful demonstration of a photodetector based on vdW epitaxial HfS2/MoS2 paves the way for the advancement of large‐scale high‐performance IR sensors.
Phase‐Bridged Hierarchical Catalysts for Efficient and Stable Water Electrolysis
Authors: Zhang Yihan , Lee Sangjin , Jeong Seulgi , Son Eunbin , Baik Jeong Min , Han Young‐Kyu , Park Hyesung 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe design and synthesis of low‐cost electrocatalysts with high catalytic activity and long‐term stability is a challenging task. This study utilizes a combination of electronic tuning and surface reconstruction to synthesize a ternary layered double hydroxide (LDH)/phosphide (P−NiCuFe−LDH) hierarchical‐structure catalyst that improves the kinetics of the hydrogen/oxygen evolution reactions in water electrolysis by facilitating the thermodynamically limited reaction pathways. Spectroscopic analyses indicate synergistic electronic interactions among the metal atoms in the LDH and phosphide layers via the P‐bridge effect. This cross‐layer interaction optimizes the electron transport pathways and reaction kinetics, enabling the proposed hierarchical electrocatalyst to exhibit high intrinsic activity. Theoretical calculations confirm the configuration of the cross‐phase bridges and elucidate the origin of the enhanced electrocatalytic effect of P−NiCuFe−LDH. For overall water splitting, the P−NiCuFe0.06−LDH || P−NiCuFe0.06−LDH system requires only 1.517 V to attain a current density of 10 mA cm−2. The P−O‐containing surface (generated in situ during water electrolysis) prevents metal‐ion leaching and endows P−NiCuFe−LDH with excellent operational stability; as demonstrated by the continuous long‐term stability test over 1000 h with negligible performance degradation. This study provides important insights into the design of rational hierarchical structures for a wide range of applications beyond water splitting.
High‐Sulfur Loading and Single Ion‐Selective Membranes for High‐Energy and Durable Decoupled Aqueous Batteries
Authors: Zhang Xinyuan , Zhang Bao , Yang Jin‐Lin , Wu Jiawen , Jiang Heng , Du Fei , Fan Hong Jin 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe decoupled battery design is promising for breaking the energy density limit of traditional aqueous batteries. However, the complex battery configuration and low‐selective separator membranes restrict their energy output and service time. Herein, a zinc–sulfur decoupled aqueous battery is achieved by designing a high‐mass loading sulfur electrode and single ion‐selective membrane (ISM). A vertically assembled nanosheet network constructed with the assistance of a magnetic field enables facile electron and ion conduction in thick sulfur electrodes, which is conducive to boosting the cell‐level energy output. For the tailored ISM, the Na ions anchored on its skeleton effectively prevent the crossover of OH− or Cu2+, facilitating the transport of Na+ and ensuring structural and mechanical stability. Consequently, the Zn–S aqueous battery achieves a reversible energy density of 3988 Wh kgs−1 (by sulfur mass), stable operation over 300 cycles, and an energy density of 53.2 mWh cm−2. The sulfur‐based decoupled system may be of immediate benefit toward safe, reliable, and affordable static energy storage.