bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Unveiling the complexities of lung transplantation in situs inversus
Authors: Kurihara Chitaru , Kaiho Taisuke , Bharat Ankit 
Published: January 2024

Abstract
Background
Lung transplantation for situs inverse is considered technically challenging because of the reverse positioning of the organs. By providing a detailed description of the surgical procedure, perioperative care, and post-transplant follow-up, we aim to contribute valuable information to the existing knowledge base. We presented two cases of successful bilateral sequential lung transplantation in situs inverse patients.

Case presentation
Our first patient was a 28-year-old, non-smoking woman with Kartagener syndrome and advanced bronchiectasis that developed into pneumonia and required repeated hospital admissions. She underwent double lung transplantation. During the lung transplant procedure, venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) support was provided. The recipient’s morphologically right (anatomically left) lung was explanted. The right main bronchus was anastomosed, followed by the pulmonary artery and left atrial anastomoses. Afterward, we proceeded with the left side. Similar to the right side, left pneumonectomy and implantation were performed using the same methods. The duration of VA ECMO support was 147 min with a 328-min ischemic time. Because of the significant size mismatch, nonanatomic lung volume reduction over the right middle and left upper lobes was necessary. The patient had no complications postoperatively and was discharged on post-operative day (POD) 12. Our second patient was a 51-year- old man with scleroderma-associated interstitial lung disease with situs inversus. Bilateral sequential lung transplantation was performed. Similar to case 1, a clamshell incision was made at the fourth intercostal space entry. The patient then received VA ECMO support identical to that in case 1. The total VA ECMO support time was 155 min with 295 min of ischemic time. The patient recovered uneventfully and was discharged on POD 13.

Conclusions
Lung transplantation for situs inverse can be a viable treatment option without modifying established transplantation procedures.
Public awareness, attitude, and practice regarding food labeling, Alexandria, Egypt
Authors: Mehanna Azza , Ashour Ayat , Tawfik Mohamed Doaa 
Published: January 2024

Abstract
Background
Food labeling is an important public health tool allowing consumers to make informed and healthy choices. Considering how important it is for consumers to be aware of food labels while choosing healthy foods, this study aims at assessing public awareness, attitude, and practice regarding food labeling in Alexandria Governorate, Egypt.

Methods
A cross sectional study using a predesigned interview questionnaire to collect data from 719 adult consumers from both sexes (28.2% males: 71.8% females), recruited from different branches of one of the largest supermarkets in Alexandria.

Results
More than half of the participants (55.6%) reported reading food labels. The most frequently read information was production/ expiry date (76.8%), product name (68.3%), and ingredients (38.0%) while the least frequently read was nutritional facts (29.9%). More than half of the study sample (50.9%) had low awareness about the content of food labels, nevertheless, having higher scores on awareness about food labels predicted reading practice. Nearly three-quarters of the respondents had average to good food label reading practice. Most respondents (81.8%) had a favorable attitude about food labeling in its present form, however, higher attitude scores did not seem to influence their use of food labels. Being older (β = 0.045, CI; 0.014–0.076, p = 0.005), being female (β = 1.162, CI; 0.541–1.784, p = 0.000), having secondary education or equivalent (β = 1.042,CI; 0.050–2.034, p = 0.040), having university education or beyond (β = 3.090, CI; 2.132–4.048, p = 0.000), and having higher scores on awareness about food labels (β = 1.407, CI; 1.324–1.490, p = 0.000) were significant predictors of reading food labels.

Conclusions
Most of the studied consumers had a positive attitude towards food labeling, however, more than half of them had low awareness of food labeling content. Nutritional facts were the least frequently read by consumers. Reading food labels was significantly predicted by having higher education, being older, being a female, and having better awareness.
Volumes of Transindividuation
Authors: Bishop Ryan , Simone AbdouMaliq 
Published: January 2024

Abstract
The role of transindividuation is one of many key elements in Stiegler's thought. It concerns how expectations of a future (protentions) are generated and how collective protentions coalesce in a horizon. Transindividuation, as an individual and collective process of becoming, provides the means by which the local begins to enter into the mix of the global rendered as planet and biosphere. Therein resides a number of processes accelerating and perpetuating the various crises bundled together under the rubric of the Anthropocene: a rubric teeming with metonymic shorthands for the various crises facing humanity and its existence on the earth in the first quarter of the twenty-first century. In this article, the authors ask what becomes of the urban in light of the acceleration of extant technologies for visualization and calculation—the very organization of locality, its scales and volumes? In raising this question, we argue that spaciousness becomes not only an ontological concern but also an epistemological and biotechnological one straddling material and noetic localities.
Crowd Control and Mobilization with Nature in the China–Hong Kong Context
Authors: Lo Kwai-Cheung 
Published: January 2024

Abstract
This essay examines how crowd empowerment and its control inscribe the agency of nonhuman nature in the social movement and the governmental strategy within the context of China–Hong Kong connections. Concerning the 2019 Hong Kong protest movement, it examines how the agency is dispersed among the interactions of human crowds and nonhuman forces in particular environments. Humans look to nature as a source of inspiration for their conduct, even if nature is never one thing. As the notions of nature are mediated by culturally specific prejudices, people only talk about their society's ideas about nature when they talk about “nature” and any appeals to nature are highly ideological. In the first part, the essay discusses the excessive use of tear gas to weaponize the atmosphere functions as a medium and message that articulates a communicative politics connecting the protesters and the larger community for interaffective attunement. The atmospheric change unravels an attunement to possibilities opening to some people who throw themselves to be affected and push a situation into an event. In the second part, the essay analyzes how the collective climbing of Lion Rock, a mountain symbolizing the ethos and values of the Hong Kong community, during the protest movement transcends the physical limitation of the protesters’ perception to an expanded view and a higher status beyond human to confront a changing and incommensurable world below.
Seeding the Forest
Authors: Guha Pujita 
Published: January 2024

AbstractIn 1968 the American military launched Operation Igloo White (OIW), seeding the mountainous forests of the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos and Vietnam with a network of seismic, olfactory, and auditory sensors that picked up and relayed signals to data bunkers in Thailand where enemy locations were mapped in real time. The author argues that operating in such a continually evolving, mosaiclike environment required the American military to develop a fine-graine attunement to the forested trail in which they could track an elusive enemy. Attunement, or this intimate spatial knowledge, was both a media habit developed and enforced through sensors and their monitoring of environments, as well as a form of a priori knowledge required to develop and operationalize sensors in a forested space (in the first place). The operation, and thus this essay, writes a history of media habits and practices like militarized attunement—in which the capture of textured environmental data (of the forest) becomes tethered to the capture of the enemy. The author narrativizes this militarized attunement to the forest via deployment (the attunement to forest and its biogeographical considerations that shape sensor-embedding practices), detection (the registering and interpretation of the sensory data of the forest and the enemies in it), and deception (the use of camouflage and the tactical deception to the sensors the North Vietnamese respond with)—the three sensory practices that roughly map onto the biography of OIW itself.
A Roundtable on Collectivism
Authors: Braxton Charlie R. , Henderson Ash-Lee Woodard , Maher Geo , Marino Angela , Struch Rebecca , Ugueto-Ponce Meyby 
Published: January 2024

Abstract
This article presents a discussion among activists, artists, and scholars to center communalism as a political process and methodology in and across geographical and cultural political “Souths.” One of the central questions that this article raises is how to create diverse and heterogeneous strategies for the sustainability and creation of the collective spirit during the conjunctural and structural crises of the Global South and the exhaustion that it produces among those living there. Among themes in the discussion are art, culture, and spirituality as decolonial practices with a historical and ethnic perspective of Black communalism of the South in the context of the United States and Venezuela based on collective life existing before and beyond the European legacies of the commune.
Una mesa redonda sobre colectivismo
Authors: Braxton Charlie R. , Henderson Ash-Lee Woodard , Maher Geo , Marino Angela , Struch Rebecca , Ugueto-Ponce Meyby 
Published: January 2024

Resumen
Este artículo presenta una discusión entre activistas, artistas y académicos para centrar el comunalismo como un proceso político y una metodología en y a través de los “Sures” políticos geográficos y culturales. Una de las preguntas centrales que plantea este artículo es, cómo crear diversas y heterogéneas estrategias para la sustentabilidad y creación del espíritu colectivo, durante las crisis coyunturales y estructurales del Sur Global, así como también para enfrentar el agotamiento que produce entre quienes lo vivencian. Entre los temas de discusión se encuentran el arte, la cultura y la espiritualidad como prácticas descoloniales con una perspectiva histórica y étnica del comunalismo negro del sur, en el contexto de los Estados Unidos y Venezuela, a partir de la vida colectiva existente antes y más allá de los legados europeos de la comuna.
Elli Lemonidou, Ο Α΄ Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος (1914-1918): Ιστορία μιας οικουμενικής καταστροφής
Authors: Theodosiou Christina 
Published: January 2024

Review of Elli Lemonidou, Ο Α΄ Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος (1914-1918): Ιστορία μιας οικουμενικής καταστροφής [The First World War (1914–1918): History of a universal catastrophe]. Athens: Estia, 2020. 216 pp.
Odette Varon-Vassard, Des Sépharades aux Juifs grecs: Histoire, mémoire et identité
Authors: Tseti Angeliki 
Published: January 2024

Review of Odette Varon-Vassard, Des Sépharades aux Juifs grecs: Histoire, mémoire et identité. Paris: Le Manuscrit, 2019 (2nd rev. ed., 2021). 291 pp.
Where was 1821?
Authors: Sotiropoulos Michalis , Hadjikyriacou Antonis , Dialla Ada 
Published: January 2024

The aim of this special issue of Historein is to offer a new and fresh perspective on the 1821 Greek Revolution by drawing on the insights that the spatial turn has brought to the study of the Age of Revolutions. Our point of departure was that although the revolution took place in time and space, it is questions of temporality and of situating the revolution in a temporal context that have mainly preoccupied historians. This can hardly be said about space. In fact, as we argue, the spatial categories that historians have used have had a “natural” and self-evident character that required little or no probing. We wanted to interrogate this character, and what we consider as a lacuna in our understanding of the revolution. Thus, the aim of the introduction is threefold. The first part briefly discusses the historiography on space, and the ways in which this has been used in the study of Age of Revolutions. It also explains why the revolution provides a rich setting to think through space and pose questions about spatiality. The second part introduces the articles that comprise the issue. In this part, we also attempt to bring the contributions together by showing that they can be seen as falling into three very broad categories depending on the type of space they feature (space as place, space as territory, and space as an imagined category). The last part considers other possibilities, other vistas of research, where a “spatial” perspective can take us, if we want to better understand the 1821 Revolution.
Vitamin D supplementation in patients with Hashimoto’s disease
Authors: Kasprzak Amelia , Mańkowska Aleksandra , Truchta Monika , Kolano Agata , Jabłońska Wiktoria , Wardęszkiewicz Marta , Markowiak Szymon , Świercz Maciej , Pejas Anna 
Published: January 2024

Introduction : Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is the most common autoimmune disease and the leading cause of hypothyroidism in the world. The condition results in damage to the thyroid gland, brought about by the infiltration of lymphocytes. For the majority of individuals with Hashimoto's thyroiditis, a lifelong requirement for levothyroxine substitution is required. The potential contribution of diet and supplements to the management of HT is frequently overlooked. Low vitamin D levels are said to play a significant role in occurrence and severity of autoimmune thyroiditis. Currently, there is a continuing discussion regarding the optimal plasma concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D necessary for preventing or treating autoimmune diseases.

Aim of the study : The purpose of this literature review is to evaluate the influence of vitamin D supplementation on the course of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in the light of most up to date research.

Materials and methods. This article is a review of publications obtained from the PubMed database, published between 2017-2023, based on the keywords "Hashimoto thyroiditis" "vitamin D" and "autoimmune thyroid disease".

Conclusions. The correlation of vitamin D supplementation and Hashimoto’s disease still remains unclear due to conflicting results from numerous studies. Further research is necessary to accurately determine the effect of vitamin D supplementation on Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.
Exploring the Efficacy of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation in Dry Eye Disease: A Comprehensive Review
Authors: Martyka Anna , Kubicka-Figiel Martyna , Taborska Nina 
Published: January 2024

Introduction
Dry eye syndrome, as defined by TFOS, is a multifactorial ocular surface disease with tear film instability, hyperosmolarity, inflammation, and neuro-sensory abnormalities. With a prevalence between 6.5% and 52.4%, it poses a substantial public health challenge, significantly affecting patients' quality of life. Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation is often suggested by clinicians as an adjunctive treatment, offering potential benefits across various levels.

Aim of the study
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of oral supplementation of omega-3 fatty acids on the treatment of dry eye syndrome.
Materials and methods
Literature selections of PubMed and Google Scholar databases from the last seven years (2016-2023) were performed. Articles were searched in English using the following keywords: dry eye disease; omega-3; fatty acid.
Results
Omega-3 fatty acids may have benefits in the treatment of dry eye syndrome, as argued by a number of potential mechanisms of action. However, the literature does not agree on the efficacy of their use in the treatment of dry eye syndrome, and thus there is insufficient evidence to bring omega-3 acids into the standard of treatment for dry eye syndrome.
Conclusion
Studies on the effect of oral supplementation of omega-3 fatty acids on the treatment of dry eye syndrome are at an early stage and need to be continued to improve knowledge. There is a need for further long-term studies to standardize conclusions about the efficacy of these acids in reducing dry eye symptoms.
TENDÊNCIAS CONTEMPORÂNEAS: A PROSA DE PEDRO PEREIRA LOPES
Authors: Pires Tigre Maiane , Jona Laisse Sara 
Published: January 2024

Este estudo tem como objetivo central investigar, nas obras do escritor Pedro Pereira Lopes, um dos representantes da nova geração de escritores moçambicanos, os embates que apresenta em relação à tradição literária do país, reconhecendo-se as marcas de transição e ruptura presentes no conjunto da sua prosa contemporânea. O segundo objetivo consiste em examinar as características fundamentais de suas produções literárias destinadas ao público adulto, quais sejam, o romance policial Mundo grave[1] (2018) e a antologia de contos A invenção do cemitério (2019). Partindo deste escopo, de caráter bibliográfico, com dados qualitativos, a investigação deriva, principalmente, do seguinte quadro teórico-crítico: Laisse, 2020; Cabrita, 2018; Connor, 1996; Chaves, 2005; Leite, 1998 e Lauriti, 2012. Em levantamento preliminar, verificamos que tal escrita constitui uma proposta estética alinhada à manutenção de alguns aspectos da tradição, além de expressar a própria fragmentação e ruptura, ao demonstrar as novas configurações estilísticas, composicionais e temáticas, implementadas na cena literária atual. Vale salientar que o respectivo autor tem contribuído, de modo significativo, para a internacionalização da literatura e da cultura de Moçambique, reverberando a sua presença no mundo.

[1] O escritor inova ao adotar o uso regular de letras minúsculas no início das frases, nomes próprios, inclusive, no título da obra, e após o ponto de continuação, visando garantir maior dinamismo e fluidez à narrativa.
Preterm birth and neonatal mortality in selected slums in and around Dhaka City of Bangladesh: A cohort study
Authors: Razzaque Abdur , Rahman Anisur , Chowdhury Razib , Mustafa A. H. M. Golam , Naima Shakera , Begum Farzana , Shafique Sohana , Sarker Bidhan Krishna , Islam Mohammad Zahirul , Kim Minjoon , Jahangir Margub Aref , Matin Ziaul , Ferdous Jannatul , Vandenent Maya , Reidpath Daniel D. 
Published: January 2024

Background
Although under-five mortality has declined appreciably in Bangladesh over the last few decades, neonatal mortality still remains high. The objective of the study is to assess the level and determinants of preterm birth and the contribution of preterm birth to neonatal mortality.

Methods
Data for this study came from selected slums in and around Dhaka city, where; since 2015, icddr,b has been maintaining the Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS). The HDSS data were collected by female Field Workers by visiting each household every three months; however, during the visit, data on the Last Menstrual Period (LMP) were also collected by asking each eligible woman to ascertain the date of conception. Gestational age was estimated in complete weeks by subtracting LMP from the date of the pregnancy outcome. In this study, 6,989 livebirths were recorded by HDSS during 2016–2018, and these births were followed for neonatal survival; both bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed.

Results
Out of total births, 21.7% were born preterm (before 37 weeks of gestation), and sub-categories were: 2.19% for very preterm (28 to 31 weeks), 3.81% for moderate preterm (32 to 33 weeks), and 15.71% for late preterm (34 to 36 weeks). The study revealed that preterm babies contributed to 39.6% of neonatal deaths; however, the probability of death was very high on the 1st day of birth (0.124 for very preterm, 0.048 for moderate preterm, 0.024 for late preterm, and 0.013 for term birth), and continued until the 3rd day. In the regression analysis, compared to the term neonates, the odds of neonatal mortality were 8.66 (CI: 5.63, 13.32, p<0.01), 4.13 (CI: 2.69, 6.34, p<0.01) and 1.48 (CI: 1.05, 2.08, p<0.05) respectively for very, moderate, and late preterm birth categories. The population attributable fraction for neonatal mortality was 23%, and sub-categories were 14% for very preterm, 10% for moderate preterm, and 6% for late preterm.

Conclusions
Although urban slums are in proximity to many health facilities, a substantial proportion of preterm births contribute to neonatal deaths. So, pregnant women should be targeted, to ensure timely care during pregnancy, delivery, and post-partum periods to improve the survival of new-borns in general and preterm birth in particular.
Pleural effusion portends a poor prognosis in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Authors: Zhang Fengping , Xiang Ting , Feng Xiaoran , Zhang Guilin , Liu Yu , Li Luohua 
Published: January 2024

Aims
Pleural effusion is not an infrequent complication in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. However, there is not adequate data to evaluate pleural effusion and prognosis in clinical practice. In this study, we validated this potential association by a multicenter cohort.

Methods
We screened 1,162 patients who met the inclusion criteria with PD. According to the existence of pleural effusion on stable dialysis (4–8 weeks after dialysis initiation), the participants were divided into pleural effusion and non-pleural effusion groups. The hazard ratios (HRs) of all-cause and cause-specific death were estimated with adjustment for demographic characteristics and multiple potential clinical confounders. Subgroup analysis and propensity score matching (PSM) were used to further verify the robustness of the correlation between hydrothorax and prognosis.

Results
Pleural effusion was found in 8.9% (104/1162) of PD individuals. After adjusting for the confounding factors, patients with pleural effusion had significantly increased HRs for all-cause death was 3.06 (2.36–3.96) and cardiovascular death was 3.78 (2.67–5.35) compared to those without pleural effusion. However, it was not associated with infectious and other causes of death. After PSM, the HR of all-cause mortality was 3.56 (2.28–5.56). The association trends were consistent in the subgroup sensitivity analysis.

Conclusion
Pleural effusion is not rare in PD, and is significantly associated with overall and cardiovascular mortality, which is independent of underlying diseases and clinically relevant indicators.
Development and Airworthiness Certification of the Ti6Al4V Inlet Casing Inner Forging
Authors: P Vignesh , KV Praveen , S Krishna kumar , CM Bhuvaneswari , Kale Shirish , T Ram Prabhu 
Published: January 2024

The inlet casing inner has manufactured using Ti-6Al-4V alloy through a closed die-forging route. It undergoes cyclic loads in addition to operating in extreme conditions in high-temperature environments. The demanding mission requirement of these engines necessitates the inlet casing inner to be flawless throughout its life cycle while retaining its structural integrity. It makes the qualification for airworthiness of the casing, a daunting task. In addition, the qualification tests also help to evaluate the design and manufacturing processes (closed die forging) of the inlet casing inner. The tests also provide data for further improvement of the inlet casing inner in terms of strength and fatigue life. It helps to ensure that the inlet casing inner will be able to perform as expected throughout its operational life. All the batch and consolidated test results comply with the relevant ASTM, MIL standards, and test schedule requirements.