bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Non-invasive regional cerebral blood flow quantification in the 123I-IMP autoradiography using artificial neural network
Authors: Kaga Tetsuro , Kato Hiroki , Imai Toyohiro , Ando Tomohiro , Noda Yoshifumi , Miura Takayuki , Enomoto Yukiko , Hyodo Fuminori , Iwama Toru , Matsuo Masayuki 
Published: March 2023

Purpose
Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) quantification using 123I-N-isopropyl-p-iodoamphetamine (123I-IMP) requires an invasive, one-time-only arterial blood sampling for measuring the 123I-IMP arterial blood radioactivity concentration (Ca10). The purpose of this study was to estimate Ca10 by machine learning (ML) using artificial neural network (ANN) regression analysis and consequently calculating rCBF and cerebral vascular reactivity (CVR) in the dual-table autoradiography (DTARG) method.

Materials and methods
This retrospective study included 294 patients who underwent rCBF measurements through the 123I-IMP DTARG. In the ML, the objective variable was defined by the measured Ca10, whereas the explanatory variables included 28 numeric parameters, such as patient characteristic values, total injection 123I-IMP radiation dose, cross-calibration factor, and the distribution of 123I-IMP count in the first scan. ML was performed with training (n = 235) and testing (n = 59) sets. Ca10 was estimated in testing set by our proposing model. Alternatively, the estimated Ca10 was also calculated via the conventional method. Subsequently, rCBF and CVR were calculated using estimated Ca10. Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r-value) for the goodness of fit and the Bland–Altman analysis for assessing the potential agreement and bias were performed between the measured and estimated values.

Results
The r-value of Ca10 estimated by our proposed model was higher compared with the conventional method (0.81 and 0.66, respectively). In the Bland–Altman analysis, mean differences of 4.7 (95% limits of agreement (LoA): −18–27) and 4.1 (95% LoA: −35–43) were observed using proposed model and the conventional method, respectively. The r-values of rCBF at rest, rCBF after the acetazolamide challenge, and CVR calculated using the Ca10 estimated by our proposed model were 0.83, 0.80 and 0.95, respectively.

Conclusion
Our proposed ANN-based model could accurately estimate the Ca10, rCBF, and CVR in DTARG. These results would enable non-invasive rCBF quantification in DTARG.
Prevention, Cessation, or harm reduction: Heterogeneous effects of an intimate partner violence prevention program in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Authors: Gurbuz Cuneo Alev , Vaillant Julia , Koussoubé Estelle , Pierotti Rachael S. , Falb Kathryn , Kabeya Rocky 
Published: March 2023

Introduction
The Engaging Men through Accountable Practice (EMAP) program is a series of facilitated group discussions for men in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that sought to reduce intimate-partner violence and transform gender relations. While a previous analysis found null impacts on women’s experience of past-year intimate-partner violence (IPV), these average results obscure important heterogeneity. The study objective is to analyze the effects of EMAP on subgroups of couples based on their initial levels of IPV.

Methods
We use two rounds of data (baseline and endline) collected from adult men (n = 1387) and their female partners (n = 1220) as part of a two-armed, matched-pair, cluster randomized controlled trial conducted between 2016 and 2018 in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Loss to follow up was low as 97% of male and 96% of female baseline respondents were retained at endline. We define subgroups of couples based on their baseline reports of physical and sexual IPV using two different methods: i) subgroups determined by binary indicators of violence at baseline, and ii) Latent Class Analysis (LCA).

Results
We find that the EMAP program led to a statistically significant decrease both in the probability and severity of physical IPV among women who experienced high physical and moderate sexual violence at baseline. We also find a decrease in the severity of physical IPV (significant at the 10% level) among women who experienced both high physical and high sexual IPV at baseline. Findings indicate that the EMAP program was more effective at reducing IPV perpetration among men who were the most physically violent at baseline.

Conclusion
These results suggest that men who perpetrate violence against their female partners with greater severity than average may be inspired to reduce their use of violence through participatory discussion with less violent men. In contexts of endemic violence, programs like EMAP can lead to a meaningful short-term reduction in harm to women, perhaps even without transforming prevailing norms about male superiority or the acceptability of IPV.

Trial registration
Trial registration number: NCT02765139.
Maternity care clinician inclusion in Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations
Authors: Cooper Michael I. , Attanasio Laura B. , Geissler Kimberley H. 
Published: March 2023

BackgroundMedicaid Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) are increasingly common, but the network breadth for maternity care is not well described. The inclusion of maternity care clinicians in Medicaid ACOs has significant implications for access to care for pregnant people, who are disproportionately insured by Medicaid.PurposeTo address this, we evaluate obstetrician-gynecologists (OB/GYN), maternal-fetal medicine specialists (MFM), certified nurse midwives (CNM), and acute care hospital inclusion in Massachusetts Medicaid ACOs.Methodology/ApproachUsing publicly available provider directories for Massachusetts Medicaid ACOs (n = 16) from December 2020 –January 2021, we quantify obstetrician-gynecologists, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, CNMs, and acute care hospital with obstetric department inclusion in each Medicaid ACO. We compare maternity care provider and acute care hospital inclusion across and within ACO type. For Accountable Care Partnership Plans, we compare maternity care clinician and acute care hospital inclusion to ACO enrollment.ResultsPrimary Care ACO plans include 1185 OB/GYNs, 51 MFMs, and 100% of Massachusetts acute care hospitals, but CNMs were not easily identifiable in the directories. Across Accountable Care Partnership Plans, a mean of 305 OB/GYNs (median: 97; range: 15–812), 15 MFMs (Median: 8; range: 0–50), 85 CNMs (median: 29; range: 0–197), and half of Massachusetts acute care hospitals (median: 23.81%; range: 10%-100%) were included.Conclusion and practice implicationsSubstantial differences exist in maternity care clinician inclusion across and within ACO types. Characterizing the quality of included maternity care clinicians and hospitals across ACOs is an important target of future research. Highlighting maternal healthcare as a key area of focus for Medicaid ACOs–including equitable access to high-quality obstetric providers–will be important to improving maternal health outcomes.
Assyrians in Modern Iraq: Negotiating Political and Cultural Space, Alda Benjamin (2022)
Authors: Khoury Dina Rizk 
Published: March 2023

Review of: Assyrians in Modern Iraq: Negotiating Political and Cultural Space, Alda Benjamin (2022)
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 258 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-10883-879-5, h/bk, $99.99
Temporospatial characteristics of wild boar rooting damage in maize
fields
Authors: Tari Tamás , Horváth Attila 
Published: March 2023

Damage caused by wildlife species in agricultural areas has
increased in recent decades in Hungary. This trend is causing significant
problems between wildlife managers and farmers. Big game species (wild
boar, red deer and fallow deer) damage agricultural crops through their
feeding and movement. In maize fields, rooting damage by wild boar after
sowing is a major concern. Several factors can influence the occurrence of
damage, and we wanted to evaluate these in our study. The study was carried
out in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, north-western Hungary, on a 6000 ha
hunting area for two years. The forest cover is approximately 20%, and the
wild boar harvesting averaged 118 individuals in the two years of the
study.. The maize fields were visited periodically after sowing. We
measured the maximum distance of the rooting damage from the field edges in
every 20 m, and we measured the length of the damaged edges as well. We
also surveyed the crop in adjacent fields. We recorded the position of the
hunting stands and the number of hunting occasions and hours spent hunting.
These were used to determine the spatial and temporal patterns of rooting
damage, as well as the effects of hunting pressure and the impact of
adjacent areas.
The effect of toxic elements on the microanatomy of the leaves of the
Salix alba L.
Authors: Tóth Csilla , Vincze György , Irinyiné Oláh Katalin , Uri Zsuzsanna , Vigh Szabolcs , Simon László 
Published: March 2023

The effects of a heavy metal containing wastewater sediment on two
cultivars of white willow were investigated in a pot experiment. Our aim
was to examine the effect of toxic elements on the microanatomical
parameters of the leaves of the tested plant. We examined the following
parameters: stomatic density, stoma width and length, lamina thickness,
adaxial and abaxial epidermis thickness, mesophyll thickness, palisad and
spongy parenchyma thickness, main vein width and length. The experiment had
the following results: with the presence of toxic elements, the thickness
of the lamina increased, within this, there was a significant growth in the
thickness of the spongy parenchyma. The width and the length of the main
vein decreased, so did the extent of the xylem cavities. The extent of the
collenchymal stock of the leaf venation increased. The number of stomas
increased, but the size of the stomas decreased. As a result of toxic
element contamination, the number of Ca-oxalate crystals increased within
the leaf mesophyll.
Considerações acerca de Cardiopatias de Doenças Reumáticas
Authors: Andrade Pedro Ikaro Rodrigues de , Gomes Brenna Amaro , Santana Cicero Diego Landim , Souza Ythalo José Rodovalho , Callou Pedro Henrique Cardoso , Tavares Juliana Miranda 
Published: March 2023

Várias doenças reumáticas autoimunes (DRA) são responsáveis pelo aumento do risco de comorbidades cardiovasculares, seja por aterosclerose, formação de trombos, vasculite ou inflamação miocárdica. O aprimoramento de práticas terapêuticas e o aumento da expectativa de vida dos pacientes trouxe um novo olhar para as complicações cardiovasculares decorrentes de desordens reumatológicas. O presente artigo tece considerações acerca de cardiopatias nas Doenças Reumáticas. Os resultados demonstraram ser a atividade física uma das intervenções comportamentais mais importantes, como um impacto benéfico na probabilidade de se desenvolver, sofrer sintomaticamente ou morrer de DCV. Dessa forma, manter um estilo de vida saudável reduz os fatores de risco para DCV, incluindo a obesidade, dislipidemia, hipertensão, diabetes mellitus e possivelmente até inflamação. Também mostrou eficácia na prevenção de síndromes coronarianas agudas. O exercício parece ajudar no manejo das DCV estabelecidas, seja ele exercício aeróbico ou o treinamento resistido. Melhoram a contratilidade miocárdica e a qualidade de vida em pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca crônica.
Direktive Sprechakte in frühneuzeitlichen Fremdsprachenlehrwerken
Authors: Ackermann Tanja 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Early Modern foreign language textbooks and especially the model dialogues that are typical of such manuals are particularly valuable sources for historical pragmatics due to the imitation of oral communication. However, the potential of this source has hardly been exploited, especially for historical speech act analysis. This study will now, first, empirically investigate the realization patterns for directive speech acts in selected model dialogues from the 16th to 18th century. Second, on the basis of the results, a data-based evaluation of the authenticity and thus the potential of language learning dialogues as a source for historical linguistics will be made.
Literarischer Transfer auf Umwegen: Ironisches Sprechen im ›Löwenritter‹ Chrétiens de Troyes und im Kreuzlied Hartmanns von Aue, ›Ich var mit iuweren hulden‹ (MF 218,5)
Authors: Abel Stefan 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Chrétien de Troyes’s Old French Arthurian romances have mostly found expression in corresponding German romances such as Hartmann von Aue’s ›Iwein‹. Generally, Chrétien’s romances have not influenced the German poets’ lyrical works, so far as known, with one single exception: an ironic passage from Chrétien’s ›Chevalier au lion‹ could have served as a model for the ironic speech in Hartmann’s crusade song ›Ich var mit iuweren hulden‹ (MF 218,5). In Chrétien, Calogrenant, Yvain’s cousin, informs the Arthurian court of his defeat by Esclados, and Yvain is eager to take revenge for his cousin. By using proverbial expressions which allude, inter alia, to the crusades against Noradin or Saladin, Keu, however, ironically reproaches Yvain for not following his words with action whereas at table, he is talking about heroic deeds he would achieve the following day. The discrepancy between word and deed is also a theme in Hartmann’s crusade song. A much discussed passage in the song’s second stanza first declares true love for God and then for one’s lady as being willing to embark on a crusade. Then, however, a logical break occurs, when the singer, obviously on the point of departing, declares: ›yet if Saladin were alive and all his army, they would never take me a foot out of Franconia‹ (MF 218,19f.). Hartmann undoubtedly knew the ironic Noradin passage from Chrétien. Therefore, the question arises if the Saladin passage in Hartmann’s crusade song should also be read ironically.
CVEM-BEM Coupling for the Simulation of Time-Domain Wave Fields Scattered by Obstacles with Complex Geometries
Authors: Desiderio Luca , Falletta Silvia , Ferrari Matteo , Scuderi Letizia 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
In this paper, we present a numerical method based on the coupling between a Curved Virtual Element Method (CVEM) and a Boundary Element Method (BEM) for the simulation of wave fields scattered by obstacles immersed in homogeneous infinite media.
In particular, we consider the 2D time-domain damped wave equation, endowed with a Dirichlet condition on the boundary (sound-soft scattering).
To reduce the infinite domain to a finite computational one, we introduce an artificial boundary on which we impose a Boundary Integral Non-Reflecting Boundary Condition (BI-NRBC).
We apply a CVEM combined with the Crank–Nicolson time integrator in the interior domain, and we discretize the BI-NRBC by a convolution quadrature formula in time and a collocation method in space.
We present some numerical results to test the performance of the proposed approach and to highlight its effectiveness, especially when obstacles with complex geometries are considered.
Coupling of Finite and Boundary Elements for Singularly Nonlinear Transmission and Contact Problems
Authors: Gimperlein Heiko , Stephan Ernst P. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
This article discusses the well-posedness and error analysis of the coupling of finite and boundary elements for interface problems in nonlinear elasticity.
It concerns 𝑝-Laplacian-type Hencky materials with an unbounded stress-strain relation, as they arise in the modelling of ice sheets, non-Newtonian fluids or porous media.
We propose a functional analytic framework for the numerical analysis and obtain a priori and a posteriori error estimates for Galerkin approximations to the resulting boundary/domain variational inequality.
Tones and paradigms: a study of grammatical tones in Mande verbal inflection
Authors: Konoshenko Maria 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
This paper explores how grammatical tones (GTs) are organized into inflectional paradigms in a sample of 20 Mande languages (Niger-Congo), where tonal morphology plays a central role in the expression of TAMP meanings. Adopting the Canonical Typology approach, I assess the degree of canonicity in Mande GTs based on their formal and semantic properties. I show that verbal grammatical tones are mainly realized as replacive in Mande; they are independent from segmental morphemes and may be strongly influenced by surface phonology. Verbal GTs tend to be used in idiosyncratic sets of TAMP constructions and form phonologically determined inflectional classes in Mande, as in many other African languages. I argue that GTs attested in Perfective and Irrealis constructions in modern Mande languages are likely to be an old phenomenon already present in Proto Mande. The consistency of morphological tone assignment in Mande verbs suggests that GTs may be genetically quite stable morphological markers.
Genetic polymorphisms of MRPS30-DT and NINJ2 may influence lung cancer risk
Authors: Yan Shouchun , Wu Shouzhen , Wu Jia , Zhang Qinlu , He Yongjun , Jiang Chao , Jin Tianbo 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Lung cancer is one of the malignant tumors, and genetic background is a risk factor in lung cancer that cannot be neglected. In this study, we aimed to find out the effect of MRPS30-DT and NINJ2 variants on lung cancer risk. In this study, the seven selected single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of MRPS30-DT and NINJ2 were genotyped in 509 lung cancer patients and 501 healthy controls based on the Agena MassARRAY platform. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated by logistic regression analysis to evaluate association between gene polymorphisms and lung cancer risk. False-positive report probability was also used to assess false-positive results. Furthermore, the interaction between SNPs was analyzed by multifactor dimensionality reduction to predict lung cancer risk. We identified the genotype TA of rs16901963 (T < A) in MRPS30-DT as a protective factor against lung cancer, while rs16901963-TT was significantly associated with an increased risk of lung cancer. We also revealed that the effect of MRPS30-DT and NINJ2 variants on the risk of lung cancer was dependent on age, gender, smoking, and drinking status. In conclusion, this study first proved that MRPS30-DT and NINJ2 variants played important roles in affecting the susceptibility to lung cancer.
Controlled compression, amplification and frequency up-conversion of optical pulses by media with time-dependent refractive index
Authors: Löhr Alexander Gabriel , Ivanov Misha Yu , Khokhlova Margarita A. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Control over the time dependence of the refractive index of a material allows one to modify and manipulate the properties of light propagating through it. While metamaterials provide a promising avenue in this context, another route has been extensively explored by the ultrafast community — the so-called molecular modulators. Indeed, impulsively-aligned diatomic molecules provide a unique medium, where periodic rotational revivals induced by a pump pulse persist for tens of picoseconds, offering an excellent opportunity for the controlled modification of the refractive index and, therefore, of femtosecond laser pulses propagating through these media. Here we present an analytical theory which describes this process and stumble across a novel mechanism revealing exponential transformations of the probe pulse — its compression, amplification and frequency up-conversion. In particular, our analytical results predict the generation of amplified ultrashort (about 20 fs) ultraviolet pulses centered around 550 nm, starting with near infrared input pulses centered on 1 μm of about 30 fs duration, under very realistic experimental conditions.
The calcium oxidotellurates Ca2(TeIVTeVIO7), Ca2(TeIVO3)Cl2 and Ca5(TeIVO3)4Cl2 obtained from salt melts
Authors: Wolflehner Tobias , Stöger Berthold , Weil Matthias 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
The mixed-valent calcium oxidotellurate(IV,VI) Ca2(Te2O7) (= Ca2(TeIVTeVIO7)) and the two calcium oxidotellurate(IV) dichlorides Ca2(TeIVO3)Cl2 and Ca5(TeIVO3)4Cl2 were obtained from metal chloride salt melts. Structure determination from single crystal X-ray data revealed a unique crystal structure in each case. A common motif in the three crystal structures is the formation of a framework perforated by channels into which the stereochemically active 5s
2 electron lone pairs E of the TeIV atoms are directed. Ca2(Te2O7) belongs to category I of the Robin-Day classification of mixed-valent compounds. Its crystal structure features a double chain of condensed trigonal-pyramidal [TeIVO3] and octahedral [TeVIO6] units embedded within a framework of [CaO
x
] polyhedra (x = 7–8). The Cl atoms in the crystal structures of Ca2(TeIVO3)Cl2 and Ca5(TeIVO3)4Cl2 act as spacers between isolated trigonal-pyramidal [TeO3] units and exhibit weak interactions with the 5s
2 electron lone pairs E, with Cl⋯E distances <3.6 Å.
The palladium-rich silicides RE
3Pd20Si6 (RE = Sc, Y and Lu)
Authors: Schubert Lea , Kösters Jutta , Bönnighausen Judith , Pöttgen Rainer 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
The silicides RE
3Pd20Si6 (RE = Sc, Y and Lu) were synthesized from the elements by arc-melting. The structures of Y3Pd20Si6 and Lu3Pd20Si6 were refined from single crystal X-ray diffractometer data: Mg3Ni20B6 type,

F
m

3
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m

$Fm\overline{3}m$

, a = 1216.04(8) pm, wR = 0.0328, 219 F
2 values, 14 variables for Y3Pd20Si6 and a = 1211.69(10) pm, wR = 0.0374, 217 F
2 values, 14 variables for Lu3Pd20Si6. The isotypy of Sc3Pd20Si6 was confirmed on the basis of a Guinier powder pattern (a = 1202.8(3) pm). The RE
3Pd20Si6 structures contain two crystallographically independent RE sites with relatively large coordination numbers, i.e. RE1@Pd16 and RE2@Pd12Si6. These polyhedra are arranged in a CaF2 related pattern with RE2@Pd12Si6 forming the fcc substructure and the RE1@Pd16 polyhedra filling the tetrahedral voids. The silicon atoms have slightly distorted square antiprismatic palladium coordination (4 × 239 pm Si–Pd1 and 4 × 245 pm Si–Pd2). Temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements of the Lu3Pd20Si6 sample indicate Pauli paramagnetism.
On the synthesis and crystal structure of praseodymium(III) metaborate molybdate(VI) – PrBO2MoO4
Authors: Teichtmeister Tobias A. , Huppertz Hubert 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
The praseodymium metaborate molybdate(VI) PrBO2MoO4 was synthesized by solid-state reaction methods at 850 °C under an argon atmosphere and identified by its powder X-ray diffraction pattern. The polycrystalline sample was placed in a Walker-type multianvil press, where pressure-induced crystal growth at 1 GPa and 850 °C was successful, yielding single crystals suitable for structure determination. PrBO2MoO4 crystallizes monoclinically in the space group P21/c (no. 14) with the unit cell parameters a = 10.1735(2), b = 4.1479(1), c = 11.9090(3) Å, β = 116.52(1)°, and four formula units per cell.