bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
New developments in radiation oncology for head and neck cancers
Authors: Resl Christoph , Georg Petra , Döller Carmen 
Published: August 2023

SummaryTreatment of head and neck cancers is multidisciplinary involving surgery, radiotherapy and systemic treatment. The disease outcome depends on multiple factors involving tumour biology and behaviour as well patient’s clinical condition and comorbidities. Taking into account all these factors, the treatment decision should be tailored according to tumour characteristics and patient’s needs. Treatment could be de-intensified on the one hand, or intensified on the other hand, with the aim to achieve the best therapeutic outcome. New developments in radiation oncology shift the focus toward personalised patient treatment including clinical information, multimodality imaging and early assessments of treatment response to adapt the treatment.
Mapping consumers’ semi-conscious decisions with the use of ZMET in a retail market setup
Authors: Chatterjee Shuvam , Bryla Pawel 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe essence of marketing today for retail consumers is to produce a favorable sensory brand experience to gain competitive visibility. Experiential marketing is a phenomenon that is in the current trend of usage by marketing experts to ensure that consumers are more involved in the purchase decision-making process. Purchase decisions are the results of both conscious and semi-conscious consumer experiences. This paper explores the underlying consumer thoughts and emotions influenced by retail store attributes (fragrance, music, store layout, and temperature) which play a significant role in their purchase decision making affecting their mood and behavior. The study introduces Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET) as a qualitative tool to elicitate hidden understanding of a consumer’s decision-making process by stimulating human senses and interpreting the attributes that ultimately contribute to consumer decision-making. The researcher selects a well-known retail brand to understand and identify the hidden metaphors contributing to consumer satisfaction through retail atmospherics. The study brought out prominent network retail clusters and their supporting elements which ultimately contribute to consumer satisfaction during the purchasing process inside a retail store. The study would enable store managers to identify the relevant core elements hidden in the subconscious consumer minds which would facilitate enhanced customer satisfaction during designing their retail stores.
Assessment of reproductive toxicity of gold nanoparticles and its reversibility in male albino rats
Authors: Abdulhaq Nancy A. , Elnady Dina A. , Abo El-atta Hend M. , El-Morsi Doaa A. , Gad El-Hak Seham A. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractNanotechnology has become a trending area in science all over the world. Although gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been utilized widely in biomedical fields, potential toxicities may arise from their interactions with biological systems. The current study aimed at evaluating the toxic effects of AuNPs on the reproductive system of adult male albino rats and assessing the recovery probability. In this study, AuNPs (13 ± 4 nm in diameter) were synthesized, and the experimental work was conducted on 60 adult male albino rats divided into the following groups: control group (received deionized water daily intraperitoneally (IP) for 28 days), test group, and withdrawal groups I and II (received 570 μg/kg of 13 ± 4 nm AuNPs daily IP for 28 days). Withdrawal groups I and II were left for another 30 and 60 days without sacrification, respectively. The test group showed significant decreases in final body and absolute testicular weights, testosterone hormone level, sperm count and motility, and spermatogenesis score, as well as significant increase in the percentage of sperms of abnormal morphology compared to the control group, associated with significant light and electron microscopic histopathological changes. Partial improvement of all studied reproductive parameters was detected after one month of withdrawal in withdrawal group I, and significant improvement and reversibility of all these parameters were reported after two months of withdrawal in withdrawal group II. So, AuNPs induce male reproductive toxicity, which partially improves after one month of withdrawal and significantly improves and reverses after two months of withdrawal.
GHOSTly flute music: drumlins, moats and the bed of Thwaites Glacier
Authors: Alley Richard B. , Holschuh Nick , Parizek Byron , Zoet Lucas K. , Riverman Kiya , Muto Atsuhiro , Christianson Knut , Clyne Elisabeth , Anandakrishnan Sridhar , Stevens Nathan T. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractGlacier-bed characteristics that are poorly known and modeled are important in projected sea-level rise from ice-sheet changes under strong warming, especially in the Thwaites Glacier drainage of West Antarctica. Ocean warming may induce ice-shelf thinning or loss, or thinning of ice in estuarine zones, reducing backstress on grounded ice. Models indicate that, in response, more-nearly-plastic beds favor faster ice loss by causing larger flow acceleration, but more-nearly-viscous beds favor localized near-coastal thinning that could speed grounding-zone retreat into interior basins where marine-ice-sheet instability or cliff instability could develop and cause very rapid ice loss. Interpretation of available data indicates that the bed is spatially mosaicked, with both viscous and plastic regions. Flow against bedrock topography removes plastic lubricating tills, exposing bedrock that is eroded on up-glacier sides of obstacles to form moats with exposed bedrock tails extending downglacier adjacent to lee-side soft-till bedforms. Flow against topography also generates high-ice-pressure zones that prevent inflow of lubricating water over distances that scale with the obstacle size. Extending existing observations to sufficiently large regions, and developing models assimilating such data at the appropriate scale, present large, important research challenges that must be met to reliably project future forced sea-level rise.
International Criminal Law and Customary Law for Punishment of the Perpetrators of International Crimes in South Sudan
Authors: Jok Kuel 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe article examines how to address the report of the African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan, which accuses the Government of South Sudan and the rebels of committing “crimes against humanity” and violating “international humanitarian law” in the war of December 2013. The Commission recommends “an Africa-led, Africa-owned, Africa-resourced legal mechanism, under the aegis of the African Union and with support from the United Nations, to bring those with the greatest responsibility at the highest level to accountability” in a court. Second, the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan asked for establishing a hybrid court in South Sudan to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators of “genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes”. The Cabinet of South Sudan approved, in its resolution on 29 January 2021, the establishment of the court. On the other hand, the Government of South Sudan rejected accountability for the perpetrators of international crimes in its resolution at the Transition Justice Conference and recommended “amnesty” for those admitting the commission of international crimes in Juba, Malakal, Bor and Bentiu. The research findings show that amnesty threatens peace and security because customary law rejects amnesty. Its implementation generates systematic vengeance from the clan of those killed. The research recommends the establishment of a hybrid court that adopts the complementarity principle in compatibility with the African customary law of blood compensation. The authoritative national criminal courts in South Sudan omit capital punishment on the grounds that (a) killer(s) pay(s) blood compensation, apok or cot, to the survivors of (a) killed person(s) with 51 cattle. The payment changes the penalties of life imprisonment, which international criminal law imposes on the perpetrators of international crimes and the death penalty, which African criminal law imposes on the confirmed killer(s). Finally, the tribunal imposes 10-year terms of imprisonment on the confirmed perpetrators of international crimes.
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) in Children Attended-to in the Health UNIC System (HUS) With flu and Respiratory Symptoms in Three Brazilian Municipalities in an International Border Region
Authors: Gonçalves Sereno Arianne Peruzo Pires , de Sousa Dahiane Locatelli , Santos Gimenes Pollyanna , Czezaniak Wanylla Paula dos Santos , Moretto Lorena de Fátima , Rey Laísa Marina Rosa , Fazoli Kawany Gabrieli Zanetti , Santos Mariana Carvalho dos , Santos Isabela Carvalho dos , Gonçalves Daniela Dib 
Published: August 2023

Abstract

Objective:
The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of the disease and research risk factors through sociodemographic data of children aged 0 to 15 years, with symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 in 3 Brazilian municipalities in an international border region.

Methods:
Epidemiological and RT-PCR test results were collected from the COVID-19 notification records in suspected children and adolescents from March 1 to August 31, 2020, in municipalities (Assis Chateaubriand, Tupãssi, and Formosa do Oeste) located in an international border region. The results obtained and the variables associated were subjected to statistical analysis using the Chi-Square Test (x2) or Fisher’s Exact Test, using the statistical program SPSS v. 21.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, New York, USA) at the 5% significance level.

Results:
Among the 147 children from the 3 municipalities, 20 (13.60%) were diagnosed as positive. The predominance of cases was in male children (60.00%) and in children living in urban areas (80%). The most frequent symptoms observed in children were fever (65.00% of the cases), followed by headache (60.00%), cough (55.00%), and nasal congestion, as well as sore throat, both found in 35.00% of the cases.

Conclusion:
All these data highlight the importance and the need for more epidemiological studies, especially in children and adolescents, as COVID-19 becomes part of the child health panorama worldwide, with serious direct and indirect impacts for humans, animals, and the environment.
Investigation and Decontamination of an Urban Monkeypox Occurrence
Authors: Hockaday Sarah L. , Schulte Joann , McCallum Erick , Schwartz Randall , Esparza Richard , Swienton Raymond , Fowler Ray 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Before the described monkeypox virus (MPXV) case in this article, limited cases of human MPXV had occurred within the United States. Lessons learned from prior outbreaks contributed to a successful approach to decontamination and containment of an adult case of MPXV in Dallas, Texas. This case report provides an overview of the characteristics of the monkeypox virus, its effects on the human body, and a primary focus on a successful protocol for household decontamination. Additional information is provided on methods related to public relations and information management that were utilized during this incident.
Emergency Department Admission Rates, Waiting Times, and Mortality: An Observational Study in the Tertiary Center Most Proximal to Gaza During a Military Conflict
Authors: Dreiher Jacob , Einav Sharon , Codish Shlomi , Frenkel Amit 
Published: August 2023

Abstract

Objectives:
Military conflicts may be ongoing and encompass multiple medical facilities. This study investigated the impact of a military conflict (“Protective Edge” PE) on emergency department (ED) function in a tertiary medical center.

Methods:
Visits to the ED during PE (July-August 2014) were compared with ED visits during July-August 2013 and 2015 with regard to admission rates, waiting times and 30-d mortality. Odds ratios (ORs) adjusted for confounders were used for the multivariable regression models.

Results:
There were 32,343 visits during PE and 74,279 visits during the comparison periods. A 13% decrease in the daily number of visits was noted. During PE, longer waiting times were found, on average 0.25 h longer, controlling for confounders. The difference in waiting times was greater in medicine and surgery. Admission rates were on average 10% higher during PE military conflict, controlling for confounders. This difference decreased to 7% controlling for the daily number of visits. Thirty-day mortality was significantly increased during PE (OR = 1.42; 95% CI: 1.18-1.70). ORs for mortality during PE were significantly higher in medicine (OR = 1.45; 95% CI: 1.15-1.81) and pediatrics (OR = 4.40; 95% CI: 1.33-14.5).

Conclusions:
During an ongoing military conflict, waiting times, admission rates, and mortality were statistically significantly increased.
On the values taken by slice torus invariants
Authors: FELLER PETER , LEWARK LUKAS , LOBB ANDREW 
Published: August 2023

AbstractWe study the space of slice torus invariants. In particular we characterise the set of values that slice torus invariants may take on a given knot in terms of the stable smooth slice genus. Our study reveals that the resolution of the local Thom conjecture implies the existence of slice torus invariants without having to appeal to any explicit construction from a knot homology theory.
The Open Debate on Open Communion in The Episcopal Church
Authors: Bogert-Winkler Hilary 
Published: August 2023

AbstractIn May 2022, the Diocese of Northern California submitted resolution C028 to the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church, in which they asked for a repeal of Canon 1.17.7, which limits reception of Holy Communion to the baptized. While the resolution did not make it out of committee, it touched oﬀ a church-wide debate about the practice of communion without baptism, generally referred to as ‘open communion’. This article examines the nature of the debate in the summer of 2022, and highlights some issues around discussions concerning baptism and Eucharist in The Episcopal Church. It is hoped that in doing so, this will aid further dialogues in the Church about the practice of open communion.
The Necessity of God: Modern Theology and the Church’s Witness
Authors: Platten Stephen 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
The philosophical positing of the necessity of God implies that there is a responsibility placed upon the Church to remind all humankind of our contingency and to speak of God’s presence especially in times of national and international crisis. Recent experience has exposed a certain silence from the Churches and notably from their leadership – notable examples would be the Covid-19 pandemic and the possible perils of continuing conflicts. How does theology prosper an appropriate sense of development and response to changes in culture – both through individuals and wider movements? How can it be made clear that theology is far from being an obsolete discipline in contemporary culture?
The Power of Everyday Networks in Nation-Building: The Case of Inter-Ethnic Friendships in Singapore
Authors: Chua Vincent , Tan Ern Ser , Mathews Mathew 
Published: August 2023

AbstractWhile scholars commonly see nation-building as a modernist project or a cultural assertion, we suggest that a “third way” is equally important. Analysing data from a representative survey of 2,001 Singaporean residents collected in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, we demonstrate that everyday social networks have been key to creating and maintaining Singaporean nationalism. We make the point that despite ambitious plans at transforming society, modernist projects must rely upon organic, routinised, and quotidian mechanisms such as friendship-making within and between ethnic groups for national cohesion to materialise.
The Quasi‐Linear Absolute Angular Momentum Slope of Tropical Cyclones Under Rapid Intensification
Authors: Tao Dandan , Nystrom Robert , Bell Michael 
Published: August 2023

AbstractTropical cyclone (TC) low‐level tangential wind structure is known to be an important input for risk assessment (e.g., storm surge). However, a realistic TC wind structure model with easy implementation is still needed for many applications. In this study, we obtain an inner‐core wind structure model purely from an empirical approach, which significantly reduces the complexity of TC wind profiles. From idealized simulations with different initial vortex structures, it is found that the absolute angular momentum (M) outside the radius of maximum wind (rm) is quasi‐linear. This quasi‐linear M slope in a normalized coordinate decreases with TC intensity. The consequent linear M slope wind model can largely capture the simulated TC inner‐core wind structure and has the potential for many practical applications.
Simultaneous Observation of Whistler‐Mode Chorus and Fast Magnetosonic Waves During the Magnetic Peak in the Inner Magnetosphere
Authors: Huang Zheng , Yuan Zhigang , Yu Xiongdong , Deng Dan , Xue Zuxiang 
Published: August 2023

AbstractSimultaneous observations of whistler‐mode chorus and magnetosonic (MS) waves are reported within a magnetic peak in the inner magnetosphere for the first time. During the magnetic peak, Van Allen Probe A observes flux enhancements of both ring current electrons and relativistic electrons, while medium‐energy proton fluxes are reduced but high‐energy proton fluxes are raised. Those flux variations of ring current particles are almost concentrated in the perpendicular direction of the background magnetic field, leading to enhancements of the electron temperature anisotropy and a positive gradient of proton velocity distributions. The calculated linear growth rates show that unstable electrons with temperature anisotropic instabilities and unstable protons with ring distribution during the magnetic peak structure can provide free energy for the excitation of whistler‐mode chorus and MS waves, respectively. Our findings suggest that injected particles encountering the magnetic peak structure may form more complex unstable electron and ion distributions driving multiple instabilities simultaneously.
Magnetic Properties of Lightning‐Induced Glass Produced From Five Mineral Phases
Authors: Woods T. W. , Feinberg J. M. , Genareau K. , Park C. , Won H. , Hong Y.‐K. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe physical properties of minerals are modified by the high temperatures of volcanic lightning during explosive eruptions. Alteration involves rapid heating and volatilization, melting, and fusion of ash grains within the discharge channel, followed by rapid quenching into new glassy textures. High current impulse experiments reveal that lightning alters not only the morphology and mineralogy of volcanic ash but also its magnetic properties. We investigate lightning‐induced magnetic changes in five igneous minerals (<32 μm powders of albite, labradorite, augite, hornblende, and magnetite) by comparing hysteresis parameters before and after impulse experiments conducted at peak currents of 25 and 40 kA. Both the paramagnetic and ferrimagnetic behaviors of the samples were altered, which we interpret as a superposition of two processes. (a) Rapid melting allows iron contained within inclusions of Fe‐oxides and Fe‐bearing silicates to diffuse into the newly formed melt, thereby increasing the paramagnetism of the resulting glass. (b) Nucleation and growth of magnetite from the newly formed melt increases the ferrimagnetic behavior of the post‐experimental samples. Nominally non‐Fe‐bearing silicates like albite and labradorite have significantly increased paramagnetism and ferrimagnetism. Fe‐bearing silicates like augite and hornblende contain higher concentrations of ferrimagnetic inclusions, from which Fe diffuses into the newly formed melt, thereby increasing paramagnetism while decreasing ferrimagnetism. Experiments conducted on magnetite produced new magnetite crystals with dendritic habits. Although specific to volcanic ash, these results provide important insights into the magnetism of other materials affected by lightning on Earth, the Moon, and throughout the solar system.
Mitochondrial heterogeneity in diseases
Authors: Chen Long , Zhou Mengnan , Li Hao , Liu Delin , Liao Peng , Zong Yao , Zhang Changqing , Zou Weiguo , Gao Junjie 
Published: August 2023

AbstractAs key organelles involved in cellular metabolism, mitochondria frequently undergo adaptive changes in morphology, components and functions in response to various environmental stresses and cellular demands. Previous studies of mitochondria research have gradually evolved, from focusing on morphological change analysis to systematic multiomics, thereby revealing the mitochondrial variation between cells or within the mitochondrial population within a single cell. The phenomenon of mitochondrial variation features is defined as mitochondrial heterogeneity. Moreover, mitochondrial heterogeneity has been reported to influence a variety of physiological processes, including tissue homeostasis, tissue repair, immunoregulation, and tumor progression. Here, we comprehensively review the mitochondrial heterogeneity in different tissues under pathological states, involving variant features of mitochondrial DNA, RNA, protein and lipid components. Then, the mechanisms that contribute to mitochondrial heterogeneity are also summarized, such as the mutation of the mitochondrial genome and the import of mitochondrial proteins that result in the heterogeneity of mitochondrial DNA and protein components. Additionally, multiple perspectives are investigated to better comprehend the mysteries of mitochondrial heterogeneity between cells. Finally, we summarize the prospective mitochondrial heterogeneity-targeting therapies in terms of alleviating mitochondrial oxidative damage, reducing mitochondrial carbon stress and enhancing mitochondrial biogenesis to relieve various pathological conditions. The possibility of recent technological advances in targeted mitochondrial gene editing is also discussed.
An open-access dataset of naturalistic viewing using simultaneous EEG-fMRI
Authors: Telesford Qawi K. , Gonzalez-Moreira Eduardo , Xu Ting , Tian Yiwen , Colcombe Stanley J. , Cloud Jessica , Russ Brian E. , Falchier Arnaud , Nentwich Maximilian , Madsen Jens , Parra Lucas C. , Schroeder Charles E. , Milham Michael P. , Franco Alexandre R. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractIn this work, we present a dataset that combines functional magnetic imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG) to use as a resource for understanding human brain function in these two imaging modalities. The dataset can also be used for optimizing preprocessing methods for simultaneously collected imaging data. The dataset includes simultaneously collected recordings from 22 individuals (ages: 23–51) across various visual and naturalistic stimuli. In addition, physiological, eye tracking, electrocardiography, and cognitive and behavioral data were collected along with this neuroimaging data. Visual tasks include a flickering checkerboard collected outside and inside the MRI scanner (EEG-only) and simultaneous EEG-fMRI recordings. Simultaneous recordings include rest, the visual paradigm Inscapes, and several short video movies representing naturalistic stimuli. Raw and preprocessed data are openly available to download. We present this dataset as part of an effort to provide open-access data to increase the opportunity for discoveries and understanding of the human brain and evaluate the correlation between electrical brain activity and blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signals.