bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Interventions supporting meaningful connections for people with serious mental illness: a concept-framed systematic narrative review
Authors: Patmisari Emi , Huang Yunong , Orr Mark , Govindasamy Sumathi , Hielscher Emily , McLaren Helen 
Published: January 2025

Abstract

Purpose
Meaningful connections, encompassing relationships providing emotional support, understanding, acceptance, and a sense of belonging, are vital for social inclusion and well-being of Individuals with serious mental illness (SMI). The mixed methods review critically explored multifaceted approaches supporting people with SMI to foster meaningful (non-intimate) social relationships or connections.

Methods
Searches of eight electronic databases returned 4882 records. Duplicate removal, title abstract, then full-text, screening and hand searching resulted in 23 records for inclusion. Studies were integrated using the CIVIC Framework emphasising the importance of Closeness, Identity, Valued relationships, Involvement, feeling Cared for and accepted.

Results
The review identified emotional and physical challenges, societal stigma, and other environmental factors to hinder making meaningful connections. Studies highlighted the necessity for interventions being adaptable, personalised, and encompassing of structured activities, peer and professional supports, and technology-assisted platforms.

Conclusion
The complexity of social interactions for those with SMI call for comprehensive, holistic strategies to nurture social relationships within their communities.
Life after loss: the causal effect of parental death on daughters’ fertility
Authors: Glaser Felix , Wiesinger Rene 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Using Austrian administrative data, this study examines the causal effect of parental death on daughters’ fertility through a difference-in-differences approach. The findings indicate that parental death leads to quantitatively insignificant changes in the number of children and the probability of childlessness. Complementary analyses show no substantial effects on labor market participation, residential mobility, or long-term mental health. The evidence suggests that fertility decisions remain largely unaffected by the logistical and emotional challenges of parental loss, highlighting the resilience of reproductive choices to external life shocks.
Educational and Resource Needs of Pelvic Health Physiotherapists: Context Matters
Authors: Brandt Corlia 
Published: January 2025

Abstract

Introduction and Hypothesis
Evidence on health system challenges mostly relate to high-income countries. Lack of context-specific knowledge, educational opportunities, and access to resources among pelvic health care providers could be barriers to effective implementation of pelvic health services in South Africa. The aim of this study was to determine the patient and therapist profile, and the educational and resource needs of pelvic health physiotherapists in South Africa.

Methods
Ninety-five pelvic health physiotherapists, recruited over 6 months, participated in a cross-sectional study during 2022–2023. Participants completed a REDCap survey covering the stipulated domains. Frequencies, percentages, and Chi-squared tests were used for data analysis.

Results
The majority were employed in the private sector (n = 72; 75.8%) and had undergraduate training in pelvic health (n = 86; 89.5%); mostly in pre- and postnatal care (n = 69; 72.6%). Urinary incontinence was the most frequently seen condition (n = 81; 85.3%). Conditions were seen very seldom (n = 46; 48.4%) and most participants treated < 5 patients per month (n = 75; 78.9%), did not have patient educational material available (n = 58; 61.1%), preferred hard-copy formats (63.8%, n = 60), whereas 94.7% (n = 90) felt that there is a lack of patient resources. Participants (n = 66; 69.5%) indicated a need for educational opportunities for clinicians.

Conclusions
This study highlights the contextualising of educational and resource needs in mid- to low-income countries, such as South Africa, which might be contrary to common beliefs and practices.
From Decay of Correlations to Locality and Stability of the Gibbs State
Authors: Capel Ángela , Moscolari Massimo , Teufel Stefan , Wessel Tom 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
We show that whenever the Gibbs state of a quantum spin system satisfies decay of correlations, then it is stable, in the sense that local perturbations affect the Gibbs state only locally, and it satisfies local indistinguishability, i.e. it exhibits local insensitivity to system size. These implications hold in any dimension, require only locality of the Hamiltonian, and are based on Lieb–Robinson bounds and on a detailed analysis of the locality properties of the quantum belief propagation for Gibbs states. To demonstrate the versatility of our approach, we explicitly apply our results to several physically relevant models in which the decay of correlations is either known to hold or is proved by us. These include Gibbs states of one-dimensional spin chains with polynomially decaying interactions at any temperature, and high-temperature Gibbs states of quantum spin systems with finite-range interactions in any dimension. We also prove exponential decay of correlations above a threshold temperature for Gibbs states of one-dimensional finite spin chains with translation-invariant and exponentially decaying interactions, and then apply our general results.
Estimation of PHA concentrations from cell density data in Cupriavidus necator
Authors: Kranert Lena , Kok Rudolph , Neumann Anna-Sophie , Kienle Achim , Duvigneau Stefanie 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
The production of biodegradable and biobased polymers is one way to overcome the present plastic pollution while using cheap and abundant feedstocks. Polyhydroxyalkanoates are a promising class of biopolymers that can be produced by various microorganisms. Within the production process, batch-to-batch variation occurs due to changing feedstock composition when using waste streams, slightly different starting conditions, or biological variance of the microorganisms. Therefore, reliable and online-capable measurement methods of the product concentration are required to monitor and eventually react to those fluctuations. In this work, we present a flexible approach to determine polyhydroxyalkanoate concentrations based on a simple mathematical model. The data-driven model correlates polyhydroxyalkanoate concentrations with optical densities measured at 600 nm, a widespread, fast, and cheap lab measurement. We found that with different cultivation conditions, the correlation needs to be updated for a reasonable PHA determination during the process. We test this approach for the production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) in Cupriavidus necator using fructose and propionic acid as carbon sources. This flexible approach allows a simple estimation of PHA concentrations and offers the possibility to further enhance biopolymer production when combined with advanced control strategies.

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Development of a simple mathematical model to estimate polyhydroxyalkanoate concentrations.

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Optical density measurement is used to determine polyhydroxyalkanoate concentration.

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The approach is tested for the production of PHB and PHBV with C. necator.
Performance of MR fusion biopsy, systematic biopsy and combined biopsy on prostate cancer detection rate in 1229 patients stratified by PI-RADSv2 score on 3T multi-parametric MRI
Authors: Riskin-Jones Hannah H. , Raman Alex G. , Kulkarni Rushikesh , Arnold Corey W. , Sisk Anthony , Felker Ely , Lu David S. , Marks Leonard S. , Raman Steven S. 
Published: January 2025

Abstract

Purpose
We analyzed the additional value of systematic biopsy (SB) to MR-Ultrasound fusion biopsy (MRgFbx) for detection of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa), as increased sampling may cause increased morbidity.

Materials and methods
This retrospective study cohort was comprised of 1229 biopsy sessions between July 2016 and May 2020 in men who had a Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System (PI-RADSv2) category ≥ 3 lesion on 3 Tesla multiparametric MRI (3TmpMRI) and subsequent combined biopsy (CB; MRgFbx and SB) for suspected prostate cancer (PCa). Cancer detection rates (CDR) were calculated for CB, MRgFbx and SB in the study cohort and sub-cohorts stratified by biopsy history and PI-RADSv2 category. For 927 men with unilateral MR-visible lesions, SB CDR was additionally calculated for contralateral (SBc) and ipsilateral (SBi) subcohorts.

Results
On CB, the CDR for csPCa was 54.8% (673/1229). CDR for csPCa was significantly higher for MRgFbx (50.0%, CI 47.1–52.8%) compared to SB (35.3%, CI 32.6–38.1%) for all PI-RADSv2 ≥ 3 categories (p < .05). The MRgFbx CDR for PI-RADSv2 categories 3, 4, and 5 were 81.5%, 88.5%, and 95.6% respectively. For unilateral lesion cases, significantly more csPCa was detected in the SBi compared to the SBc subcohort (30.1% (279/927) vs. 10.4%, (96/927), p < 0.001). The combination of MRgFbx and SBi detected csPCa in 97.0% (480) of the 495 csPCa detected by CB.

Conclusion
MRgFbx had a higher CDR for csPCa than SB. While CB detected more csPCa than either method alone, in patients with a PI-RADSv2 category of 5, MRgFbx approximated the performance of CB. In unilateral lesion cases, SBc provided minimal added benefit.
Correlation analysis of global sagittal alignment of the spine in cases of low-grade degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis
Authors: Khasawneh Ramada , Almahasneh Fatima , Abu-El-Rub Ejlal , Alzoubi Ayman , Mustafa Ayman 
Published: January 2025

Abstract

Purpose
Disruptions in global sagittal spinal alignment can lead to changes in global sagittal spinal alignment, often manifesting as sagittal malalignment, where the trunk shifts forward. We proposed that these alignment changes are linked to degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DS). The objective was to assess global spinal alignment in low-grade DS using sagittal vertical axis (SVA) classification.

Methods
The patients with DS were categorized into three groups based on the adult spinal deformity classification: type I, defined by a SVA of less than 40 mm; type II, with an SVA ranging from 40 mm to 95 mm; and type III, where the SVA is 95 mm or greater. The study compared age and various sagittal parameters among these groups, including thoracic kyphosis (TK), lumbar lordosis (LL), sacral slope (SS), pelvic tilt (PT), and pelvic incidence (PI).

Results
Notable differences were observed between type I and type II, as well as between type I and type III, whereas no substantial variation was detected between type II and type III. Additionally, PI increased with advancing type classification, with a distinct contrast observed between type I and type III.

Conclusion
A high PI is a key risk factor for worsening SVA in DS, and it may contribute to the initiation and progression of the condition.
Return smoothing in pooled annuity products
Authors: Kabuche Doreen , Sherris Michael , Villegas Andrés M. , Ziveyi Jonathan 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
While trends in human longevity and volatile capital markets have verified the need for guaranteed income in retirement, existing literature on guaranteed contracts shows that such product designs can be costly. Pooled annuity products, where participants share mortality and investment risks and returns, offer a promising alternative to standard guaranteed products. However, challenges remain for pooled schemes, including highly volatile incomes, especially with significant equity investments. We introduce a pooled annuity product to provide pensioners with a lifetime income characterized by smooth investment returns. Our proposed design builds on the advantages of sharing mortality risk while incorporating equity investments with return smoothing mechanisms. Based on Australian data, we establish transparent and costless minimum guarantees on market returns using a zero-cost collar option which sets upper and lower bounds on market returns and constrains the fund value at any moment. The pension savings are divided into group-self annuitization (GSA) and smoothing accounts. The GSA account provides life-long retirement benefits, while the smoothing account adjusts the GSA benefits within specified bounds. Our method uses the smoothing account as part of the pooled savings, not backed up by the insurer, which helps to minimize guarantee costs through a zero-cost collar option. Results show that retirees face a trade-off regarding their annuity payouts: while smoothing can lead to more stable payments and reduced equity risk, it also means giving up upside gains to buy downside protection.
The Role of Social Deficits in the Link Between Social Gambling Motives and Problem Gambling
Authors: Floyd Christopher G. , Connolly Alexander J. , Tahk Regina K. , Stall Lindsay M. , Kraus Shane W. , Grubbs Joshua B. 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
In comparison to other motives for gambling, social motives (e.g., gambling for social interaction) are often suggested to be the least problematic and, in some cases, even a protective factor for problem gambling. This view is consistent with historical distinctions between ‘social’ versus ‘problem’ gambling. As a result, little research has attempted to identify the circumstances in which social motives are more likely to be associated with risk of problems. Consistent with self-determination theory, the present study examined whether the relationship between social motives and problem gambling varies based on social deficits, such as loneliness and a lack of social connectedness, in a weighted, census matched sample of adults in the U.S. (N = 2,835). Findings demonstrate support for the moderating influence of social deficits (i.e., loneliness and relatedness frustration) on the relationship between social gambling motives and problem gambling and provide unique insights into the circumstances in which social motives are more likely associated with gambling problems.
Assessment of Four Artificial Methods for Aging Plastic Mulch Films According to Efficiency, Rate, and Similarity to Natural Field-Aged Plastics
Authors: Graf Martine , Reay Michaela K. , Dimitriou Athanasios , Chadwick David R. , Jones Davey L. 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Artificial degradation is often used to recreate and accelerate the natural aging of plastic for small-scaled simulation experiments assessing their environmental impact. However, current artificial aging methods are rarely compared against reference materials or validated using field-aged samples, creating uncertainties when extrapolating results to naturally aged plastics, making it difficult to place findings in an environmentally applicable context. Therefore, here we compared four accessible, cost-effective, and easily replicable methods (heat, UVA, and UVC irradiance at two intensities) to produce artificially degraded materials. The artificial aging methods were assessed over a duration of 5 months against degradation rate, efficiency, and similarity to field-aged samples of conventional and biodegradable plastic mulch film over a 6-month field exposure period. We utilised attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to calculate the carbonyl index and measure chemical changes of the mulch film surface, as well as differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis. Physical changes were assessed by thickness and surface roughness measurements. We found that UVA was the most suitable and realistic artificial degradation method at a medium rate, whilst UVC is recommended for rapid degradation without the need to simulate realistic changes, and heat for processing large volumes of samples without a requirement for realistic degradation over a prolonged time period. However, the methods compared in this study yielded differential results depending on polymer type and parameter of interest. We therefore recommend establishing the degradation aim, identifying the spectral region of interest, and accounting for different polymer types to select the most appropriate method.
DNA methylation clocks struggle to distinguish inflammaging from healthy aging, but feature rectification improves coherence and enhances detection of inflammaging
Authors: Skinner Colin M. , Conboy Michael J. , Conboy Irina M. 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Biological age estimation from DNA methylation and determination of relevant biomarkers is an active research problem which has predominantly been tackled with black-box penalized regression. Machine learning is used to select a small subset of features from hundreds of thousands of CpG probes and to increase generalizability typically lacking with ordinary least-squares regression. Here, we show that such feature selection lacks biological interpretability and relevance in the clocks of the first and next generations and clarify the logic by which these clocks systematically exclude biomarkers of aging and age-related disease. Moreover, in contrast to the assumption that regularized linear regression is needed to prevent overfitting, we demonstrate that hypothesis-driven selection of biologically relevant features in conjunction with ordinary least squares regression yields accurate, well-calibrated, generalizable clocks with high interpretability. We further demonstrate that the interplay of inflammaging-related shifts of predictor values and their corresponding weights, which we term feature shifts, contributes to the lack of resolution between health and inflammaging in conventional linear models. Lastly, we introduce a method of feature rectification, which aligns these shifts to improve the distinction of age predictions for healthy people vs. patients with various chronic inflammation diseases.
Food safety certification in urban food markets: the willingness to pay for safer meat in Peru
Authors: Ebata Ayako , Espinoza Mauricio , Ton Giel 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
This paper estimates consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for meat certified to be safe for human consumption in Peru. Citizens in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are increasingly concerned about the safety of food they consume. Across LMICs, urban markets remain the most important source of fresh and nutritious produce and therefore policymakers need to ensure food safety in urban markets. Much focus has been put on providing producers and supply chain actors with economic incentives to improve food safety. However, such effort has had limited effect without addressing the overall market and food safety governance. In this paper, based on an innovative policy experience from Peru, we explore if and how much consumers are willing to pay for meat sold at market stalls that are certified to provide safe meat. Peru has employed a series of economic packages to incentivise market vendors to improve their practices, and in turn increase their revenue. Our analysis based on a consumer survey across three cities in Peru reveal that consumers are willing to pay 7.1%, 5.8% and 5.3% of the average retail prices of chicken, pork and beef, respectively. This amounts to an average of about 216USD/month of extra revenue for vendors.
Aqueous Alteration as an Origin of Martian Magnetization
Authors: Bultel B. , Wieczorek M. , Mittelholz Anna , Johnson Catherine L. , Gattacceca Jérôme , Fortier Valentin , Langlais Benoit 
Published: January 2025

AbstractStrong magnetic fields have been measured from orbit around Mars over parts of the ancient southern highlands crust and on the surface at the InSight landing site. The geological processes that are responsible for generating strong magnetization within the crust remain poorly understood. One possibility is that intense aqueous alteration of crustal materials, through the process of serpentinization, could have produced magnetite that was magnetized in the presence of a global core‐generated magnetic field. Here, we test this idea with geophysical and geochemical models. We first determine the magnetizations required to account for the observed magnetic field strengths and then estimate the amount of magnetite necessary to account for these magnetizations. For the strongest orbital magnetic field strengths, about 7 wt% magnetite is required if the magnetic layer is 10 km thick. For the surface field strength observed at the InSight landing site, 0.4–1.1 wt% magnetite is required if the magnetic layer corresponds to one or more of the three crustal layers observed in the InSight seismic data (with thicknesses from 8 to 39 km). We then investigate the minerals that are produced by aqueous alteration for various possible crustal compositions and water‐to‐rock ratios using a thermodynamic model. Magnetite abundances up to 6 wt% can be generated for dunitic compositions that could account for the strongest magnetic anomalies. For more representative basaltic starting compositions, however, more than 0.4 wt% can only be generated when using high water‐to‐rock ratios, which could account for the weaker magnetizations beneath the InSight landing site.
Enhanced Influence of Late‐Winter Arctic Oscillation on Early Spring Temperature in North and Northeast Asia
Authors: Zhou Xin , Han Tingting , Wang Huijun , Zhou Botao , He Shengping 
Published: January 2025

AbstractNumerous studies have highlighted the simultaneous relationship between the Arctic Oscillation (AO) and weather/climate in Asia. However, the stability of the precursor signals in AO for Asian surface air temperature (SAT), which is important for short‐term climate prediction, has received little attention. In this study, a strengthened relationship is identified between the late‐winter AO and the early spring SAT over North and Northeast Asia (NNA) around the 1990s. During 1990–2022, a positive (negative) phase of AO during late winter is generally followed by significant warming (cooling) anomalies in the NNA during early spring, whereas this relationship is insignificant during 1961–1987. Further result shows a good persistence of the late‐winter AO to early spring after the 1990s. Accordingly, the AO exerts a strengthened impact on Mongolian anticyclone and Asian westerly anomalies through modulation of a Rossby wave train that propagates from the Arctic to the NNA in early spring, leading to significant SAT anomalies at NNA. Additionally, the AO‐related temperature anomalies intensified in the stratosphere after the 1990s, linking AO and stratospheric polar vortex (SPV). The intensified (weakened) SPV following positive (negative) AO facilitates warming (cooling) anomalies at NNA via downward‐propagating Eliassen‐Palm fluxes at wave number 1 and circumpolar westerlies in middle and lower troposphere. The seasonal persistence of AO and the strengthened relationship between AO and SPV synergistically enhance the influence of late‐winter AO on early spring SAT in the NNA, which might be attributed to the interdecadal changes in background circulation over the Arctic.