bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Association between caffeine intake and liver biomarkers in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Authors: UÇAR Kübra , KAHRAMANOĞLU Evrim , GÖKTAŞ Zeynep 
Published: March 2023

Purpose: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of elevated liver enzymes in developed countries. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of caffeine intake on some parameters of liver metabolism in individuals with NAFLD.
Materials and Methods: A total of 20 female and 20 male subjects between the ages of 19 to 64, who were diagnosed with NAFLD, were included in the study. To determine caffeine intake, a specially developed caffeine-food frequency questionnaire was administered by a trained dietitian. Individuals were categorized into 3 groups according to their caffeine intake; Group 1: ≤150 mg/day, Group 2: 150-250 mg/day, and Group 3: ≥250 mg/day. Anthropometric measurements and biochemical parameters were recorded. Protein quantities in serum samples were determined by ELISA method.
Results: The body fat composition of group 1 was higher than group 2. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels of group 3 were higher than group 1 and group 2, respectively. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level of group 3 was lower than group 1 and group 2. There was a positive correlation between total caffeine intake and ALT level. There was no significant difference between the caffeine intake groups in terms of serum protein levels. In addition, there was not found significant correlation between serum protein levels and total caffeine intake.
Conclusion: Caffeine intake of ≥250 mg/day may increase ALT and AST levels and decrease HDL-C level in individuals with NAFLD.
Delta values as a prognostic marker in methanol poisoning: a retrospective cohort study
Authors: DUYAN Murat , SARIDAŞ Ali , VURAL Nafis 
Published: March 2023

Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate the mortality prediction performances of delta bicarbonate, delta anion gap, and delta ratio in methanol poisoning (MP) cases.
Materials and Methods: This clinical study, which followed a cross-sectional study design, involved patients with MP who were still alive when they initially arrived at the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital. Patients were divided into two groups mortality and non-mortality. Patients who died during treatment and follow-up were assigned to the mortality group, while others were assigned to the non-mortality group. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to determine the cut-off in the diagnostic value measurements of biomarkers predicting mortality.
Results: Nine (20%) of the 45 patients in the study died during their follow-up. The two groups showed a significant difference in the averages of pH, bicarbonate (HCO3-), lactate, anion gap, delta anion gap, delta HCO3-, and delta ratio, but not in the averages of partial carbon dioxide pressure (pCO2). In predicting mortality, pH, anion gap, and delta anion gap were found to have outstanding diagnostic power (AUC>0.9), while HCO3-, delta HCO3-, delta ratio were found to have acceptable diagnostic power (AUC: 0.7-0.8).
Conclusion: Delta anion gap, delta bicarbonate, and delta ratio can be used as prognostic factors in predicting mortality in MP cases.
Cerebral lateralization in adolescent girls with premenstrual syndrome
Authors: ÇOBANOĞLU OSMANLI Cansu , ŞAHİN Berkan , KARABEKİROĞLU Koray 
Published: March 2023

Purpose: In this study, it was aimed to compare differences and similarities the cerebral lateralization of adolescent girls with Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) with the control group. We also aimed to investigate whether there was a relationship between PMS severity and cerebral lateralization.
Materials and Methods: A total of 79 female adolescents aged 14-18 years who met the study inclusion criteria completed the study. A second interview was held with all participants who filled out the Premenstrual Assessment Form (PAF) during the luteal periods of menstrual cycles (1-7 days before menstruation). All participants completed the Harris lateralization test.
Results: The mean age was 192.85 ± 14.54 (range 167 - 216) months. The median PMS score was found to be 2.26 (1.00 - 5.10). While PMS was not detected in 35 (44.30%) participants, mild PMS was detected in 20 (25.32%) participants, moderate in 14 (17.72%), and severe in 10 (12.66%) participants. Sixty-seven (84.81%) participants had right hand dominance and three (3.80%) left hand dominance, nine (11.39%) participants had hand uncertainty. While the hand and eye dominance were on the same side in 41 (51.90%) participants, cross-lateralization (all right hand, left eye) was detected in 11 (13.92%) participants. Indeterminate lateralization (Harris lateralization score of 1 or 2) for the hand and eye was significantly higher in the PMS group.
Conclusion: The findings raise the question of whether lateralization (hand-eye) is less common in individuals with PMS and whether there will be a common etiology for lateralization problem and PMS. Further studies are needed considering the factors that may contribute to this etiology and some of the limitations we have presented in our study.
Evaluation of pancreas elastography in pediatric patients diagnosed with Celiac disease
Authors: GÜLCÜ TAŞKIN Didem , DILEK Okan 
Published: March 2023

Purpose: The goal of this study was to evaluate the pancreatic parenchyma in celiac patients with transabdominal ultrasonography (US) and ultrasound elastography (UE). The aim of this study is to identify the difference of pancreatic elastography values and pancreatic dimension between the different four pediatric coeliac patient groups with respect to their development curve standart deviation (SD) scores.
Materials and Methods: This study is single-center, prospective study. We included 5–18 years old patients diagnosed with Celiac Disease (CD). Pancreatic dimension and parenchymal elastography measurements of 106 patients eligible for the study were performed by a single radiologist. Height, weight, body mass index (BMI), fecal elastase values, age at diagnosis, duration of illness and medical history of the patients were evaluated. The patients were divided into four groups with respect to their development curve SD scores.
Results: Our study group included 106 CD patients, 72 female and 34 male children were included in our study. The age at diagnosis of the patients was 100.4±97.5 months, and the disease duration was 4.1±2.5 years. The patients were examined in 4 groups. There was no difference in pancreatic elastography values between four groups. There was no difference in the dimensions of the pancreatic head between these groups. It was observed that the anteroposterior diameters of the body and tail increased as SD values increased. There was no difference between fecal elastase values.
Conclusion: Pancreas dimensions were higher in celiac patients with a higher kilogram SD score. However, no significant difference in pancreatic elastography values was observed when the kilogram SD score was used.
Could the local anesthetics levobupivacaine and ropivacaine be used to treat colon cancer?
Authors: BİTGEN Nazmiye , ÖNDER Gözde Özge , ÖZ GERGİN Özlem , BARAN Münevver , GÖKAHMETOĞLU Günhan , YAY Arzu 
Published: March 2023

Purpose: Colon cancer is among the most common causes of death among cancers, and in the treatment of colon cancer, adjuvant chemotherapy is applied mainly after curative surgery, to prevent recurrence and metastases after resection. In recent years, local anesthetics have received increasing attention in cancer research. This study aimed to investigate the proliferative and apoptotic effects of local anesthetics levobupivacaine and ropivacaine on SW480 colon cancer cells.
Materials and Methods: In the study, different concentrations and durations of levobupivacaine and ropivacaine were applied to the SW480 colon cancer cell line and their effect on proliferation was determined by MTT analysis. The TUNEL method was used to determine its apoptotic activity. The results were evaluated statistically.
Results: It was determined that levobupivacaine and ropivacaine decreased cell proliferation in SW480 colon cancer cells depending on dose and time. It was also observed to promote apoptosis in colon cancer cells.
Conclusion: According to the study data, it was determined that levobupivacaine and ropivacaine acted cytotoxic by activating apoptosis in SW480 colon cancer cells. It is thought that these data will lead to multidisciplinary studies to elucidate the antitumor effect mechanism of local anesthetics.
Dynamic deformations of shallow sediments in the Valley of Mexico, Part I: Three-dimensional strains and rotations recorded on a seismic array
Authors: Bodin P. , Gomberg J. , Singh S. K. , Santoyo M. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractWe study the spatial variation in earthquake ground motions, or equivalently the dynamic displacement gradient field, using a novel analysis procedure borrowed from geodesy. Seismic data recorded in the Valley of Mexico by a microarray of three three-component surface accelerographs and two three-component accelerographs at depths of 30 m and 102 m constrain our estimates of the dynamic displacement gradient field (from which strains and rotations derive) for four moderate earthquakes at distances of 250 to 300 km. Our study focuses on the effects of low-velocity surface materials on the deformation. At the surface, the gradients corresponding to deformation across vertical planes dominate, and vertical-axis rotations are of similar magnitudes as strains. The greatest peak surface gradient we observed was 206 μstrain for the 14 September 1995 MW 7.5 earthquake at a distance of ∼300 km. However, much larger gradients occur across horizontal planes (∂u/∂z, where u is a horizontal displacement and z is depth) at some depth between 0 and 30 m. These values are about a factor 10 greater than the corresponding gradient components at the surface. ∂u/∂z for the 14 September earthquake equaled or exceeded 665 μstrain at depth. The dynamic deformations experienced in Mexico City undoubtedly have occurred before and will occur again in other densely populated areas. However, in many other regions, the sediment response will not remain linear and elastic, resulting instead in liquefaction and ground failure.
An integrated geophysical investigation of recent seismicity in the Al-Hoceima region of north Morocco
Authors: Calvert Alexander , Gomez Francisco , Seber Dogan , Barazangi Muawia , Jabour Nacer , Ibenbrahim Aomar , Demnati Ahmed 
Published: March 2023

AbstractData produced by the Moroccan national seismological network and marine seismic reflection profiles are used to investigate the most seismically active region in Morocco, located on the Mediterranean coast at the intersection of the Rif mountain belt and the submarine Alboran Ridge. This region, in the vicinity of the city of Al-Hoceima, marks an east-west transition in the marine and land deformation styles of the distributed plate boundary between Africa and Iberia, and was the site of an Mw = 6.0 earthquake on 26 May 1994.The epicenter of the Al-Hoceima earthquake is relocated onshore, refining the initial submarine location close to the Alboran Ridge. The spatial distribution of foreshocks and aftershocks shows a NE-SW trend that continues partly offshore and is subparallel to the earlier, yet still prominent, Miocene geologic structural trend. The predominantly strike-slip focal mechanism for the Al-Hoceima event is characteristic of earthquakes in the region. Marine seismic reflection profiles that intersect the offshore region of seismicity image active high-angle faults with possible strike-slip components. The seismicity trend is not directly related to the submarine Alboran Ridge or the geomorphologically prominent Nekor fault. Deformation appears to be occurring on a number of subsidiary strike-slip faults that together compose a NE-SW zone of distributed shear.The distributed strike-slip and documented normal faulting taking place in the eastern Rif mountains, although characteristic of the Rif region, are in contrast to the thrusting style of deformation that occurs farther to the east in the Algerian Tell Atlas. This may be related to the reported lateral variations and evolution of the convergent plate boundary in these regions during the Neogene and Quaternary times.
Test of a simple empirical Green's function method on moderate-sized earthquakes
Authors: Bour M. , Cara M. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractIn regions of low to moderate seismicity, accelerometric data may be scarce or nonexistant. This makes it difficult to use empirical or semi-empirical methods for estimating the strong ground motion of a potentially damaging earthquake. When a few small events are nevertheless well recorded locally, we propose to use a simple empirical Green's function method to obtain rough strong-motion estimates for a hypothetical magnitude 5 to 7 earthquake. The method is equivalent to applying a source-dependent linear filter to the small-event records. At low frequencies, tests with synthetics computed for a circular fault model show that the method may be valid at distances of a few fault lengths from the source, but it fails at predicting the near-field terms at shorter distances. Spatial aliasing problems, due to the sampling of the large-event fault surface with a finite series of subfaults, put another limit at high frequencies. Applying the method to an earthquake sequence in central California, we also show that uncertainties in the small-event source parameters may cause important errors in the strong-motion prediction. Despite these quite severe limitations, we consider that rough estimations of strong ground motion are possible by making a series of hypotheses on the source process. We show, for example, using a small earthquake recorded at the surface and in a 500-m-deep borehole, how the SH strong-motion acceleration spectra could be estimated at depth, next to a mine, and at the surface, for a hypothetical M 6.5 earthquake in the sediment-filled valley of the upper Rhine Grabben.
Hubungan Persepsi dan Dukungan Istri Terhadap Penggunaan Metode Keluarga Berencana Pria
Authors: Siswansyah Prasetya Mukti Aliffatur , Wardani Hartati Eko , Hapsari Anindya , Gayatri Rara Warih 
Published: March 2023

Abstract: In 2019, female Family Planning method users reached 98.3 percent. Meanwhile, male family planning method users are only 2.2 percent. Several factors were identified to influence this, including the wife's perception and support. The aim is to find out whether the perception and support of the wife and the use of family planning in men are related. This research is quantitative correlation and cross sectional. The population is the residents of Kampung KB Mergayu, Bandung, Tulungagung Regency with a total sample of 102 people and using purposive sampling technique. The results were tested by Spearman and there was a relationship between the wife's perception of the male family planning status and the relationship between the wife's support for the male family planning status p value 0.000 for both. The conclusion of the study is that there is a relationship between the perception and support of the wife on the use of family planning in men.
Abstrak: Tahun 2019 pengguna metode Keluarga Berencana wanita mencapai 98,3 persen. Sedangkan pengguna metode Keluarga Berencana pria hanya sebesar 2,2 persen. Beberapa faktor yang teridentifikasi mempengaruhi hal ini antara lain persepsi dan dukungan istri. Tujuannya untuk mengetahui apakah persepsi dan dukungan istri serta penggunaan KB pada pria berhubungan. Penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif korelasi dan cross sectional. Populasinya adalah adalah warga Kampung KB Desa Mergayu Kecamatan Bandung Kabupaten Tulungagung dengan jumlah sampel sebesar 102 orang dan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Hasilnya diuji dengan Spearman dan terdapat hubungan antara persepsi istri dengan status KB pria serta adanya hubungan antara dukungan istri terhadap status KB pria p value 0,000 untuk keduanya. Kesimpulan penelitian adalah terdapat hubungan antara persepsi dan dukungan istri terhadap penggunaan KB pada pria.
Utopia of the Other
Authors: Rozalski Maciej 
Published: March 2023

The text deals with ideas and projects in culture and arts, especially visual arts and performingarts in Brazil aimed at the construction of identity through post-colonial resistance mixed with the modernist utopias of the 20th century. South America, freeing itself from the oppression of the colonial era, had to redefine its national and cultural identity. The utopianbeliefof meeting the Other, the representative of traditional cultures as the bearer of renewal characterizes the search of many artists and thinkers of the 20th century. The experiences of Brazilian modernism, tropicalism, andBrazilian performance bring their version of this perspective, thefigure of the American Indians in various ways. Brazilian art of the 20th century using the concept of symbolic anthropophagy wants to devour Europe. But as contemporary decolonial studies show, Brazilian modernism, transforming the Indian into a rhetorical and aesthetic figure, ends up in this way devouring its own indigenous people. The decolonial concepts and finally the contemporary Amerindian perspective bring their own answer, deconstructing and exposing hidden prejudices of Brazilian culture
«Muerte al Estado» y la lucha en el territorio de los cuerpos
Authors: Meo Laos Verónica Gabriela 
Published: March 2023

Este texto toma como eje de análisis una manifestación realizada en Ciudad de México el 8 de marzo de 2020, cuando 80 000 mujeres se concentraron para conmemorar el Día Internacional de la Mujer. Antes de la marcha que partió del Monumento a la Revolución, colectivos feministas se reunieron en la plancha del Zócalo capitalino, a las 10 de la mañana, para pintar con letras blancas los nombres de las víctimas de feminicidio desde 2016. Tres días después, el contexto sanitario global cambió por completo, porque se inició la cuarentena que prohibió la circulación en el espacio público y confinó a la población mundial a la esfera privada. Previamente a eso, en medio de la multitudinaria convocatoria, la periodista mexicana Amaranta Atxín Marentes fotografió a una mujer morena de cabellos negros, vestida solo con un pantalón rojo hecho jirones, un saco verde y con su torso pintado de rojo, posando delante de una pintada callejera que, al lado de un símbolo de anarquía, decía «Muerte al Estado». Partiendo de la fotografía tomada por Marentes, se propone analizar el contexto de producción y de recepción desde la semiótica y la interseccionalidad con vistas a reflexionar acerca de las relaciones entre el Estado, la identidad, la participación política de las mujeres «del tercer mundo» y, al mismo tiempo, como una forma de conjurar el olvido.
Asimetrías pendientes de resolver
Authors: López García Irene María 
Published: March 2023

En España, el papel de la mujer dentro de los sindicatos es poco conocido. El presente artículo tiene por finalidad describir la posición asimétrica de muchas mujeres con respecto a la de los hombres en distintas facetas de la trayectoria vital, es decir, en el quehacer reproductivo, productivo y sindical. Particularmente analiza las expresiones de estas desigualdades en mujeres que optaron por profesiones del ámbito del bienestar social y por el sindicalismo, en las áreas específicas de la sanidad, la educación y los servicios sociales, espacios y profesiones tradicionalmente feminizados, en los que no se muestra su equivalencia en la afiliación y en los liderazgos de las organizaciones sindicales.
Con la intención de comprender estas manifestaciones se emplea, bajo el enfoque cualitativo, la historia de vida, técnica que permite trascender las narrativas individuales a una experiencia colectiva. Durante el análisis, en el que se recorren sus biografías transitando desde lugares domésticos a profesionales, se observa cómo en el ejercicio de su acción sindical confluyen aquellas dinámicas que han ido legitimando, a lo largo del tiempo, esta diferenciación de género. Estas se reiteran tanto en sus fórmulas de organización sindical interna como en sus estrategias de participación sobre el empleo y el mercado laboral.
Single-Stage Total Knee Arthroplasty and Open-Wedge Distal Femoral Osteotomy for Osteoarthritis with Femoral Shortening and Extra-Articular Varus Deformity
Authors: Koiwa Sora , Tsunoda Toshiharu , Madachi Atsushi , Murashima Ryutaro 
Published: March 2023

Case:
A 76-year-old female patient with a history of pyogenic arthritis of the right knee in childhood presented with severe osteoarthritis of the right knee with 24-mm femoral shortening and severe extra-articular femoral varus deformity. She received single-stage total knee arthroplasty (TKA) combined with a medial open-wedge distal femoral osteotomy and achieved good postoperative clinical and radiological results.

Conclusion:
This case illustrated that extra-articular open-wedge distal femoral osteotomy and TKA performed simultaneously may be efficacious for severe extra-articular deformities with femoral shortening.
Iliac Crest Allograft with Plate Osteosynthesis for a Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Anterior Cruciate Ligament Donor-Site Fracture
Authors: Medina-Echeverria Juan , Feroe Aliya G. , Hidden Krystin A. 
Published: March 2023

Case:
A 20-year-old man sustained a comminuted bone-patellar tendon-bone donor-site fracture 17 days after a contralateral anterior cruciate ligament revision reconstruction. Successful fixation was achieved by using a tricortical iliac crest allograft bone plug with mesh plate osteosynthesis. At 6 months of follow-up, the patient had full range of motion without pain.

Conclusion:
Patellar fractures after bone-patellar tendon-bone harvest may be treated successfully with mesh plate osteosynthesis and a tricortical iliac crest allograft bone plug. This unique fixation option addresses bone loss and restores the extensor mechanism while avoiding autograft donor site morbidity.
Análisis terminológico de los laudos arbitrales
Authors: Castro Secilla Ana , Cobos López Ingrid 
Published: March 2023

El auge del comercio internacional ha supuesto un crecimiento de los conflictos internacionales, para los cuáles la vía judicial no siempre es la mejor opción. Por tanto, el arbitraje internacional surge como una solución a todos estos conflictos de entidades públicas y privadas. El resultado del arbitraje es el laudo arbitral, documento jurídico objeto de estudio de este trabajo. A partir de un corpus bilingüe, se pretende crear una herramienta útil para poder establecer las diferencias del par de idiomas inglés-español de este género textual.
The growth of international trade has led to an increase of international conflicts, for which jurisdiction is not always the best option. Therefore, international arbitration emerges as a solution to all of these conflicts for public and private entities. The result of the arbitration is the arbitration award, legal document object of study in this paper. From a bilingual corpus, it is intended to reach a useful tool to establish the differences of a pair of languages ​​of this textual genre.