bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Characterize Firmness Changes of Nectarine and Peach Fruit Associated With Harvest Maturity and Storage Duration Using Parameters of Force–Displacement Curves
Authors: Luo Xuan , Zhao Yiran , Tian Shijie , Yu Yonghua , Rao Xiuqin , Xu Wendao , Ying Yibin , Xu Huirong 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACTFruit firmness is a critical attribute for evaluating the quality of peaches and nectarines. The precise measurement of fruit firmness plays a key role in maturity assessment, determining harvest periods, and predicting shelf‐life. Texture analyzers are increasingly employed for accurate fruit firmness measurement, offering advantages in reducing operator errors compared to the traditional Magness–Taylor test. However, the parameters defining firmness vary across the literatures. To optimize the parameter(s) for characterizing the firmness of peaches and nectarines, we evaluated 31 parameters derived from force–displacement curves using fruit with various maturity levels and storage durations. Our findings affirmed that the conventional Magness–Taylor measurement effectively delineated firmness changes associated with varying maturity levels, while its ability to capture firmness changes due to storage duration was constrained. On the contrary, parameters extracted from the steady phase (P2), which depict flesh properties after penetrating to a specified depth, exhibited strong performance across diverse maturity stages and storage durations. As effective firmness characterization parameters should differentiate various sample groups based on both maturity and storage duration criteria—pivotal factors influencing softening, the P2‐derived parameters are thus deemed more appropriate for firmness characterization. Given the stability of the steady phase (P2) within the force–displacement curve and the high correlation among the P2‐derived parameters, it is more recommended to use the end force value of P2, corresponding to the force value at 10 mm depth to represent the firmness of peaches and nectarines.
Orally administered prednisolone decreases plasma arginine vasopressin and serum copeptin concentrations in healthy dogs
Authors: Paulin Mathieu Victor , Mehrabanpour Dorsa , Unniappan Suraj , Snead Elisabeth C. R. 
Published: January 2025

AbstractBackgroundThe pathophysiology of polyuria and polydipsia secondary to exogenous glucocorticoid excess is incompletely understood.ObjectiveInvestigate plasma AVP (pAVP) and serum CoP (sCoP) concentrations in healthy dogs before, during, and after abrupt discontinuation of a long‐term course of orally administered prednisolone.AnimalsEight healthy neutered young adult research Beagles.MethodsIn our prospective longitudinal study, Beagles were treated with a placebo PO q24h for 15 days (baseline), followed by a 35‐day course of prednisolone (2.35‐2.75 mg/kg PO q24h) and then abrupt discontinuation of prednisolone. Serial pAVP and sCoP concentrations, urine specific gravity (USG) and calculated plasma osmolality (pOsmcalculated) were determined during placebo and prednisolone administration, and up to 4 weeks after prednisolone discontinuation. Paired plasma samples for pAVP measurement were obtained in EDTA tubes with (pAVPP800) and without (pAVPEDTA) a proprietary combination of protease, esterase, and dipeptidyl peptidase‐IV inhibitors (BD Biosciences P800).ResultsMean pAVPP800 and sCoP concentrations were significantly lower at the end of the prednisolone course (25.8 ± 8.1 pg/mL and 166 pg/mL, range, 131‐223) vs baseline (34.1 ± 5.4 pg/mL and 243 pg/mL, range, 157‐336; P = .02, P = .02, respectively). Correlations between pAVPP800 and sCoP (r = .77, P = .001) and pAVPP800 and USG (r = .61, P = .02) were positive, despite no correlation between pAVPP800 and pOsmcalculated, sCoP and pOsmcalculated, and sCoP and USG. On paired samples, mean pAVPEDTA was significantly lower (5.0 ± 2.5 pg/mL) than mean pAVPP800 (34.1 ± 5.4 pg/mL; P < .0001).Conclusions and Clinical ImportanceOrally administered prednisolone led to markedly decreased plasma AVP and serum CoP concentrations despite increased calculated plasma osmolality and stable systolic blood pressure.
Wearable, noninvasive, pulsed shortwave (radiofrequency) therapy for postoperative analgesia: A randomized, double‐masked, sham‐controlled pilot study
Authors: Ilfeld Brian M. , Finneran John J. , Said Engy T. , Ball Scott T. , Wallace Anne M. , Broderick Ryan C. , Sandler Bryan J. , Doucet Jay J. , Hu Sandy R. , Cha Brannon J. , Murthy Adhithi Narayana , Abdullah Baharin 
Published: January 2025

AbstractBackgroundNonthermal, pulsed shortwave (radiofrequency) therapy (PSWT) is a nonpharmacologic, noninvasive modality that limited evidence suggests provides analgesia. Its potential favorable risk–benefit ratio stems from its lack of side effects and significant medical risks, applicability to any anatomic location, long treatment duration, and ease of application by simply affixing it with tape. Even with a relatively small treatment effect, PSWT might contribute to a multimodal analgesic regimen, similar to acetaminophen. However, widespread clinical use is hindered by a lack of systematic evidence. The current randomized, controlled pilot study was undertaken to determine the feasibility and optimize the protocol for a subsequent definitive investigation and estimate the treatment effect of PSWT on postoperative pain and opioid consumption.MethodsWithin the recovery room following primary knee and hip arthroplasty, cholecystectomy, hernia repair, and non‐mastectomy breast surgery, we applied 1–3 PSWT devices (Model 088, BioElectronics Corporation, Frederick, Maryland) over the surgical bandages. Participants were randomized to 28 days of either active or sham treatment in a double‐masked fashion. The outcomes of primary interest were the cumulative opioid consumption and the mean of the “average” and “worst” daily pain measured with the Numeric Rating Scale over the first 7 postoperative days.ResultsDuring the first 7 postoperative days, oxycodone consumption in participants given active treatment (n = 55) was a mean (SD) of 21 mg (24) versus 17 mg (26) in patients given sham (n = 57): difference 4 (95% CI, −5 to 13), p = 0.376. During this same period, the “average” daily pain intensity in patients given active treatment was 2.4 (1.6) versus 2.6 (1.7) in sham: difference −0.2 (95% CI −0.8 to 0.5), p = 0.597. Concurrently, the worst/maximum pain for the active group was 4.6 (2.0) versus 4.7 (2.1) in sham: difference −0.1 (95% CI −0.8 to 0.7), p = 0.888. No device‐related systemic side effects or serious adverse events were identified.ConclusionsPulsed shortwave (radiofrequency) therapy did not reduce pain scores and opioid requirements to a statistically significant or clinically relevant degree during the initial postoperative week in this pilot study. These results must be replicated with a subsequent study before being considered definitive. Data from this preliminary study may be used to help plan future trials.
Comparative efficacy of closed‐loop spinal cord stimulation and dorsal root ganglion stimulation through combination trialing for cancer pain – A retrospective case series
Authors: Chung Matthew , Abd‐Elsayed Alaa 
Published: January 2025

AbstractObjectiveTo compare the efficacy of closed‐loop spinal cord stimulation (CL‐SCS) and dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation in managing chronic cancer‐related pain.Material/MethodsA retrospective review was conducted with IRB exemption for four patients with cancer‐related pain who underwent combination stimulator trials. Patients were trialed with both CL‐SCS and DRG stimulation for 8–10 days, with assessments of pain relief, functional improvement, sleep improvement, pain medication changes, and overall satisfaction.ResultsAll four patients reported significant relief and functional improvement with both CL‐SCS and DRG stimulations. CL‐SCS provided a range of 12.9–19.6 million adjustments during the trial period. Neural dose was delivered at a median dose ratio of 1.35 and median dose accuracy of 4.9 μV. Patients 1–3 preferred CL‐SCS for paresthesia‐based stimulation, having the potential to expand pain coverage, full‐body MRI compatibility, and real‐time automated adjustment features. Patient 4 favored DRG for its ability to provide slightly greater relief, over one aspect of his pain area, despite having comparable coverage with CL‐SCS.ConclusionsThe consistent and adaptable delivery of CL‐SCS may bridge the gap in efficacy that DRG therapy has held over traditional dorsal column stimulation for historically complex and focal conditions that suggests further investigation.
A qualitative exploration of change processes relevant to compassion‐focused therapy that occurs when people view both soothing and non‐soothing images
Authors: Allan Stephanie , Morea Chris , MacLennan Keren , Schwannauer Matthias , McLaughlin Angela L. , Weinstein Netta , Chan Stella W. Y. 
Published: January 2025

AbstractObjectiveUsing soothing imagery within psychotherapy may support people to undertake positive visualisation exercises. However, little is known about what processes happen when people view images they find to be soothing or non‐soothing.DesignExploratory qualitative methods were used.MethodResponses from 644 participants who had written about images they found to be soothing or non‐soothing were analysed using thematic analysis.ResultsTwo key themes were developed that related to the importance of the image content (such as it being a natural scene or artificial) and the internal cognitive and psychological processes that it triggered within participants as being key drivers for an image being perceived as soothing or non‐soothing. This included recall of positive autobiographical memories and liking the image content. Conversely, negative autobiographical memories and disliking image content were associated when people viewed images they considered to be non‐soothing.ConclusionsExperiences of feeling soothed when viewing an image appear to be maintained by imagining positive sensory experiences that were associated with the image or linking the image to positive experiences from the participant's autobiographical memory. This has implications for the delivery of therapy using pre‐existing image sets and suggests there is a need to find out what images are most suited for people accessing services.
The do‐able solution to the interface problem
Authors: Levy Yair 
Published: January 2025

AbstractPhilosophers and cognitive scientists increasingly recognize the need to appeal to motor representations over and above intentions in attempting to understand how action is planned and executed. But doing so gives rise to a puzzle, which has come to be known as “the Interface Problem”: How is it that intentions and motor representations manage to interface in producing action? The question has semed puzzling, because each state is thought to be formatted differently: Intention has propositional format, whereas the format of motor representation is motoric. My primary goal here is to defend a novel and attractive (dis)solution to the interface problem. I do so by connecting it with a rather different discussion about the format of intention, instigated by a minority of philosophers who reject the idea that intention should be construed as a propositional attitude. As I explain, the most compelling reason to accept the heterodox non‐propositional conception of intention actually holds the key also to explaining away the interface problem. In so doing, the heterodox conception itself gains further credibility.
Impact of water stress to plant epigenetic mechanisms in stress and adaptation
Authors: Aanniz Tarik , El Baaboua Aicha , Aboulaghras Sara , Bouyahya Abdelhakim , Benali Taoufiq , Balahbib Abdelaali , El Omari Nasreddine , Butnariu Monica , Muzammil Khursheed , Yadav Krishna Kumar , Al Abdulmonem Waleed , Lee Learn‐Han , Zengin Gokhan , Chamkhi Imane 
Published: January 2025

AbstractWater is the basic molecule in living beings, and it has a major impact on vital processes. Plants are sessile organisms with a sophisticated regulatory network that regulates how resources are distributed between developmental and adaptation processes. Drought‐stressed plants can change their survival strategies to adapt to this unfavorable situation. Indeed, plants modify, change, and modulate gene expression when grown in a low‐water environment. This adaptation occurs through several mechanisms that affect the expression of genes, allowing these plants to resist in dry regions. Epigenetic modulation has emerged as a major factor in the transcription regulation of drought stress‐related genes. Moreover, specific molecular and epigenetic modifications in the expression of certain genetic networks lead to adapted responses that aid a plant's acclimatization and survival during repeated stress. Indeed, understanding plant responses to severe environmental stresses, including drought, is critical for biotechnological applications.Here, we first focused on drought stress in plants and their general adaptation mechanisms to this stress. We also discussed plant epigenetic regulation when exposed to water stress and how this adaptation can be passed down through generations.
Rab Proteins as Potential Therapeutic Targets Applied to Crustacean Aquaculture: Rab7 Case Analysis
Authors: Fajardo Carlos , De Donato Marcos , Charoonnart Patai , Saksmerprome Vanvimon , Jackson Harry O. , Mancera Juan Miguel , Costas Benjamin 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACTRab proteins constitute an important subfamily of molecular effectors whose function is related to the modulation of several important cellular and metabolic processes, including controlling intracellular endocytic vesicle trafficking, phagosome formation, endosome maturation, and innate immunity. In crustaceans, the study and characterization of these proteins have garnered great interest, mainly due to their pivotal role in the innate immune response mechanisms against infections. Among the Rab family, the Rab7 stands out as a prominent example of the potential of these proteins as therapeutic targets for the development of genetic therapies to control viral pathogens in crustacean aquaculture. In this review, a compendium of the information currently available in relation to Rab proteins in crustaceans is made, taking the Rab7 protein as a model, emphasizing not only its general aspects of functioning at the molecular level, but also describing in‐depth both mechanisms of action and potential interactions, as well as its implications in relation to the immune system, particularly in shrimp.
“The more I think about it, the less I like it”: Effects of elaboration, narrative transportation, and freedom threat on the effectiveness of HPV vaccination advocacy messages
Authors: Gans Roger 
Published: January 2025

AbstractApproximately 80 million US adults—one in four—are infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cancers of the cervix in women, cancers of the anus, penis, and throat in men, and genital warts in both sexes. Although HPV vaccinations are safe, effective, easily affordable, and readily available, a substantial percentage of parents resist recommendations to vaccinate their children against HPV. The current study tests the effects of different vaccination advocacy message strategies on attitudes toward HPV vaccination. Study participants (N = 963) were randomly assigned to one of four message conditions (a narrative story, an informational fact sheet, an appeal from an expert spokesperson, or an identical appeal from a nonexpert spokesperson) and assessed for change in attitude toward HPV vaccination along with levels of elaboration, narrative transportation, and freedom threat caused by the messages. Analyses showed that the messages’ effects on attitude change were mediated by transportation and moderated by freedom threat. With the informative, expert, and nonexpert messages, increased message engagement produced increased freedom threat. With the narrative message, increased message engagement produced reduced levels of freedom threat. For risk communicators and planners of health interventions, the results suggest benefits for using a nonexpert advocacy message when levels of message engagement are expected to be low and using a story‐based narrative advocacy message when levels of message engagement are expected to be high.
Social life impact for mother scale at first trimester predicts postpartum suicide risk: A prospective study
Authors: Doi Satomi K. , Isumi Aya , Sugawara Junichi , Maeda Kazuhisa , Satoh Shoji , Mitsuda Nobuaki , Fujiwara Takeo 
Published: January 2025

AbstractObjectiveTo examine whether the Social Life Impact for Mother (SLIM) scale in the first trimester predicts postpartum suicide risk.MethodsWe used part of the hospital‐based prospective study conducted in obstetric clinics and hospitals in four populous prefectures in Japan (N = 7,462). Participants completed the SLIM scale, including nine risk factors in the first trimester, and postpartum suicide risk was assessed as item‐10 in the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, self‐harm ideation, at one month after delivery (N = 5,697).ResultsThe weighted total score of the SLIM scale which was calculated using the results of odds ratio predicted postpartum suicide risk with moderate accuracy. Pregnant women with 6+ scores of the new SLIM score were 4.26 (95%CI = 3.12–5.01) times more likely to have postpartum suicide risk. The original SLIM score also predicted postpartum suicide risk. The new SLIM score showed higher accuracy than the original score.ConclusionThe SLIM scale at the first trimester of prenatal checkups may be useful for obstetricians to predict postpartum suicide risk and start to provide support for the expecting mothers. Both weighted total scores could be utilized according to the purpose of implementing the SLIM scale at obstetric institutions.
“Oooh it Feels Good to be Black”: Racial Justice Organizing, Black Spaces, and Backlash in Higher Education
Authors: Jashnani Gaurav 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACTBlack and other BIPOC students face substantial psychological and material harms from racism across predominantly white institutions of U.S. higher education. Drawing on interviews with Black organizers at the University of Missouri, this article asserts the centrality of space to the workings of student racial justice organizing. I examine some of the spaces that interviewees described—including official campus spaces as well protest spaces created by students—that contributed to their well‐being and organizing success, and argue that students produced valuable knowledge and spaces through collective struggle that helped to foster a psychological shift toward power, pride, and unapologetic Blackness. I use these examples to argue that the liberatory tools and practices of student racial justice organizers are being increasingly dismantled, punished, and criminalized in the United States, most visibly in the prohibition of programs, policies, and content intended to foster racial equity and inclusion and in efforts to crush the multiracial student movement against war and genocide in Palestine.
Epistemic versus objectively relevant possibilities
Authors: Gauker Christopher 
Published: January 2025

AbstractThis paper compares two approaches to the semantics of modal expressions such as ‘might’. Both approaches define the conditions under which sentences of a language (not only modals) are acceptable relative to sets of possible worlds. Both approaches say that the sentence ‘Vivian might be in Vienna’ is acceptable relative to such a set if and only if ‘Vivian is in Vienna’ is true in some world in the set. One of these approaches treats the pertinent sets of worlds as information states of speakers. The other treats these sets as models of the statements that are objectively relevant in a conversation. This paper argues that the second of these approaches can better explain how statements made by means of modal sentences can be informative. It also suggests alterations to some common assumptions about the taxonomy of modals.
Determination of reference intervals of venous blood gas and acid–base parameters in clinically healthy awake cats
Authors: Preteseille Ingrid , Epstein Steven E. , Hopper Kate 
Published: January 2025

AbstractBackgroundVenous blood gas and acid–base analysis is often performed in cats and requires appropriate reference intervals (RIs) for interpretation. The currently available RIs were created from small numbers of cats, while current guidelines suggest that a minimum number of 40 samples is required for the creation of an accurate/appropriate RI.Key FindingsIn 41 healthy awake cats, pH, PvCO2, PvO2, sodium, potassium, ionized calcium, chloride, glucose, and plasma lactate concentrations were measured, while bicarbonate, standardized base excess, and anion gap were calculated. These data were used to calculate RIs, using a statistical approach that conforms to the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology guidelines.SignificanceRIs for venous blood gas and traditional acid–base analysis from a relatively large population of healthy cats are now available for clinical use and standardized for future research studies.
An exploratory study on the effect of rescuer team size on basic and advanced life support technical skills in a high‐fidelity simulation of canine cardiopulmonary arrest
Authors: Hoehne Sabrina N. , Cary Julie A. , Bailey Lindsay N. , Davidow Elizabeth B. , Martin Linda G. , DeJong Trey L. 
Published: January 2025

AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of rescuer team size on objective skill measures of basic life support (BLS) and advanced life support (ALS) using high‐fidelity canine CPR simulation.DesignProspective, experimental study.SettingVeterinary clinical simulation center.SubjectsForty‐eight Reassessment Campaign on Veterinary Resuscitation CPR‐certified veterinary students.Measurements and Main ResultsFive groups of participants each conducted 3 CPR simulations in configurations of 4, 6, and 8 rescuers. Simulations represented a shock patient declining into asystole, followed by ventricular fibrillation and return of spontaneous circulation. Resuscitation efforts were video‐recorded to evaluate BLS and ALS tasks. Mean (±SD) was derived and data were compared among team sizes using ANOVA and Tukey's post hoc analysis. Significance was set at P < 0.05. Among teams of 4, 6, and 8 rescuers, time to first chest compression (13 s [±6], 9 s [±2], 8 s [±4]; P = 0.24) and positive‐pressure breath (101 s [±37], 56 s [±15], 67 s [±24]; P = 0.05) were not significantly different. Chest compression (100/min [±5], 108/min [±6], 107/min [±6]; P = 0.12) and ventilatory rates (9/min [±1], respectively, P = 0.52) were not significantly different. Time without chest compressions/total length of CPR was not significantly different (72 s [±16], 61 s [±16], 54 s [±8]; P = 0.15). Capnography and ECG monitoring were used by all teams. Time to first vasopressor administration was significantly different among team sizes (268 s [±70], 164 s [±65], 174 s [±34]; P = 0.04), with vasopressors being most quickly administered by teams of 6 rescuers. Time to electrical defibrillation was not significantly different (486 s [±45], 424 s [±22], 488 s [±181]; P = 0.57). Incorrect ALS interventions occurred in 60%, 0%, and 40% of CPR events in 4, 6, and 8 rescuer teams, respectively.ConclusionsAlthough the achievement of BLS tasks was comparable in teams of 4 rescuers, teams of 6 rescuers may be preferable based on differences in the rate of guideline‐incompliant treatments and ALS task efficiency. Teams of 8 rescuers were neither more efficient nor more accurate at conducting BLS and ALS tasks.