bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Anxiety, depression, and concentration in cancer survivors: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey results
Authors: Fardell Joanna E. , Irwin Chase M. , Vardy Janette L. , Bell Melanie L. 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
Purpose
We report on prevalence of anxiety, depression, and concentration difficulties and their associations in survivors of cancer in a nationally representative sample up to 25 years after diagnosis.

Methods
Using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data from 2015 to 2018, participants between the ages of 18 and 79 self-reported on cancer history, symptoms of anxiety, depression, and difficulties with concentration.

Results
Of 10,337 participants, 691 (6.7%) reported a previous diagnosis of cancer; the median time since diagnosis was 8 years. Prevalence was similar between those with and without cancer for anxiety (45.8% versus 46.9%) and depression (19.7% versus 20.0%). Concentration difficulties were more common (11.3% versus 9.0%) for those with a history of cancer compared to those without (adjusted OR = 1.38, 95% CI: 1.00–1.90). Prevalence of mental health symptoms was not related to time since diagnosis. Anxiety and depression were highly correlated (r = 0.81, 95% CI: 0.74–0.86) and moderately correlated with difficulty with concentration (r = 0.52, 95%CI: 0.40–0.64 and r = 0.64, 95% CI: 0.53–0.74 respectively).

Conclusions
Difficulty with concentration was more commonly reported by participants with than without a cancer history. Report of anxiety and depression was no different between participants with and without a history of cancer. Anxiety, depression, and difficulties with concentration were strongly related. Further research is needed to explore if there is a causal association, and if so, the direction of these correlations, so that interventions may be appropriately targeted.
Effect of Pore Pressure on Strain Rate-Dependency of Coal
Authors: Su Linan , Siddiqui Mohammed Abdul Qadeer , Roshan Hamid 
Published: April 2023

AbstractViscoelastic strain rate-dependent behaviour of coal is critical in several subsurface engineering applications especially coal seams gas production. Such rate dependency is controlled by the interaction between coal bulk and gas sorption (a sorbing gas) or gas pressure (a non-sorbing gas). Despite the research conducted to date, the gas pressure effect (non-sorbing) on the viscous behaviour of sediments in particular coal remains unexplored. We, therefore, investigate the strain rate-dependent mechanical behaviour of coal under isotropic loading to specifically explore the effect of gas pressure (Helium) on its rate dependency eliminating the sorption effect. We perform a set of triaxial experiments on coal specimens at dry and pressurised gas (Helium) conditions under different strain rates under isotropic loading. The experimental results show that all coal specimens have viscoelastic strain rate dependency at a dry condition where viscous effect increases with strain rate. As a result, the bulk modulus of the specimens increases with the increase in strain rates. This strain rate dependency response, however, reduces with an increase in pore pressure and vanishes at a certain pore pressure under the same effective stress to that of dry specimens. We further employ X-ray micro-Computed Tomography (XRCT) to 3D scan a coal specimen saturated with Krypton gas undergoing different loading rates to shed light on the micro-mechanisms of gas pressure effect on specimens’ rate dependency. The XRCT results show that gas can be trapped in small-scale fractures and pores during the loading process leading to a localised undrained response that can stiffen the specimen and reduce its ability to show viscous rate dependency. The obtained results are significant in optimizing coal seam gas production and coal seam gas drainage applications.
Phylogeography and classification of Dusty Miller (Spyridium parvifolium; Rhamnaceae): a morphologically variable shrub from south-east Australia
Authors: Clowes Catherine , Fowler Rachael , Fahey Patrick , Kellermann Jürgen , Brown Gillian , Bayly Michael 
Published: April 2023

AbstractSpyridium parvifolium is a widespread and morphologically variable shrub from south-eastern Australia. Several varieties have been recognised, and there is disagreement on the accepted taxonomy between Australian states. This study investigated the phylogeography of the species and assessed genetic distinctiveness of its morphological variants. Nuclear ribosomal DNA and complete chloroplast genomes from seventy-two samples of S. parvifolium and seven samples from closely related species were sequenced and analysed using both Bayesian and maximum likelihood phylogenetic methods. The results showed incongruence in the placement of several associated taxa (S. cinereum, S. obcordatum and S. daltonii), plausibly due to long branch attraction, introgression or incomplete lineage sorting. Spyridium parvifolium was resolved as paraphyletic in both phylogenies, with accessions from west of the Murray Darling Depression divergent from those east of the Depression. We found evidence of isolation within S. parvifolium on the inland side of the Great Dividing Range and recent gene flow across Bass Strait. The variants of S. parvifolium were not supported as genetically distinct, and with the prevalence of several variants at single sites and morphological intergrades between variants, we conclude that the taxon is a single, morphologically variable species and that no infraspecific classification is warranted.
Environmental surveillance detects circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 that was undetected by acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in 2021 in Uganda
Authors: Tushabe Phionah , Bwogi Josephine , Eliku James Peter , Aine Francis , Birungi Molly , Gaizi Joseph , Nakabazzi Lucy , Kabaliisa Theopista , Turyahabwe Irene , Namuwulya Prossy , Nanteza Mary Bridget , Bukenya Henry , Kanyesigye Christopher , Katushabe Edson , Ampeire Immaculate , Kisakye Annet , Bakamutumaho Barnabas , Byabamazima Charles R. 
Published: April 2023

AbstractThe success of the global polio eradication initiative is threatened by the genetic instability of the oral polio vaccine, which can result in the emergence of pathogenic vaccine-derived polioviruses following prolonged replication in the guts of individuals with primary immune deficiencies or in communities with low vaccination coverage. Through environmental surveillance, circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 was detected in Uganda in the absence of detection by acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance. This underscores the sensitivity of environmental surveillance and emphasizes its usefulness in supplementing AFP surveillance for poliovirus infections in the race towards global polio eradication.
Structural studies on synthetic A2−x[M2(TeO3)3]·nH2O phases (A = Na, K, Rb, Cs; M = Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) with zemannite-type structures
Authors: Eder Felix , Marsollier Alexandre , Weil Matthias 
Published: April 2023

AbstractDuring a systematic study on formation conditions of new compounds with zemannite-type structures, crystals of ten new oxidotellurate(IV) phases were grown under hydrothermal conditions, partially by employing a drastic reduction of the water content. The crystal structures of the obtained phases were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Na2[Ni2(TeO3)3]·2.5H2O, K2[Ni2(TeO3)3]·H2O, K2[Zn2(TeO3)3]·2H2O, Rb1.25[Co2(TeO3)3]·1.5H2O and Rb1.24[Mn2(TeO3)3]·2H2O exhibit a unit-cell with hexagonal symmetry (Z = 2, a ≈ 9.3 Å, c ≈ 7.7 Å), in which most of the other compounds with a zemannite-type structure are known to crystallize. Relative to this unit-cell, K2[Cu2(TeO3)3]·2H2O exhibits a twofold superstructure, K2[Co2(TeO3)3]·2.5H2O a twofold superstructure with an additional incommensurate modulation, Na2[Cu2(TeO3)3]·1.5H2O a threefold superstructure, and Rb1.5[Mn2(TeO3)3]·1.25H2O and Cs[Mn2(TeO3)3]·H2O a fourfold superstructure. Disorder of the alkali metal cations and crystal water molecules in the channels as well as variable water contents complicate modelling and structure refinement.
My smart home: an auto-ethnography of learning to live with smart technologies
Authors: Aagaard Line Kryger , Christensen Toke Haunstrup , Gram-Hanssen Kirsten 
Published: April 2023

AbstractSmart home technology is expected to be widespread in the future and to accommodate a green transition to reduce and time-shift energy consumption. However, smart technologies also have social consequences, which are important to understand. At a basic level, we need to know more about learning to live with these technologies and how they influence our everyday practices and routines. Providing in-depth longitudinal insights into these processes, this paper presents an auto-ethnography of living with smart home technology: a 20-month diary kept by one of the authors. The paper uses theories of practice to investigate details of learning processes when interacting with three selected technologies: smart alarm and lighting management, smart control of heating, and a smart electric vehicle (EV). Theories of learning have a well-established tradition within theories of practice, and the concept of “knowing how to go on” and the concept of practical intelligibility are central in this work. This paper investigates the adoption of new smart technologies and how they interact with learning processes in different material and social contexts. Such an approach can lay the groundwork for further empirical research with a broader set of materials. It can also provide knowledge to assist in the design of better technologies and in developing policies and regulations to promote this.
Wheat sprouts (Triticum aestivum Linn.) cultured by a smart farm system ameliorate NAFLD through the AMPK-mediated SREBP signaling pathway
Authors: Chang BoYoon , Bae JinHye , Yun SeungBeom , Kim YongDuk , Park SeongJin , Kim SungYeon 
Published: April 2023

AbstractWheat is cultivated worldwide and is the most widely distributed food crop. Wheat is a staple crop in many countries. However, the effects of various cultivation methods on the efficacy of wheat sprouts have not been determined. This study investigated wheat sprouts obtained using a standardized smart farm system (WS-S) to improve the effects of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and molecular mechanism. Wheat sprouts significantly attenuated the accumulation of lipid droplets in FFA-induced HepG2 cells through AMPK pathway activity. In vivo experiments showed that WS-S significantly lowered body weight gain and decreased adipose tissue, lipid, aspartate transaminase, and alanine aminotransferase levels in HFD/F-treated mice. Furthermore, WS-S stimulated the phosphorylation of ACC and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha via the AMPK pathway and inhibited SREBP-1/FAS signaling to inhibit de novo adipogenesis and increase fatty acid oxidation. These results suggest that WS-S ameliorates NAFLD by regulating fatty acid metabolism via the AMPK pathway.
Fair division of graphs and of tangled cakes
Authors: Igarashi Ayumi , Zwicker William S. 
Published: April 2023

AbstractFair division has been studied in both continuous and discrete contexts. One strand of the continuous literature seeks to award each agent with a single connected piece—a subinterval. The analogue for the discrete case corresponds to the fair division of a graph, where allocations must be contiguous so that each bundle of vertices is required to induce a connected subgraph. With envy-freeness up to one item (EF1) as the fairness criterion, however, positive results for three or more agents have mostly been limited to traceable graphs. We introduce tangles as a new context for fair division. A tangle is a more complicated cake—a connected topological space constructed by gluing together several copies of the unit interval [0, 1]—and each single tangle $$\mathcal {T}$$
T
corresponds in a natural way to an infinite topological class $$\mathcal {G}(\mathcal {T})$$

G
(
T
)

of graphs, linking envy-free fair division of tangles to EFk fair division of graphs. In addition to the unit interval itself, we show that only five other stringable tangles guarantee the existence of envy-free and connected allocations for arbitrarily many agents, with the corresponding topological classes containing only traceable graphs. Any other tangle $$\mathcal {T}$$
T
has a bound r on the number of agents for which such allocations necessarily exist, and our Negative Transfer Principle then applies to the graphs in $$\mathcal {T}$$
T
’s class; for any integer $$k \ge 1$$

k
≥
1

, almost all graphs in this class are non-traceable and fail to guarantee EFk contiguous allocations for $$r + 1$$

r
+
1

or more agents, even when very strict requirements are placed on the valuation functions for the agents. With bounds on the number of agents, however, we obtain positive results for some non-stringable classes. An elaboration of Stromquist’s moving knife procedure shows that the non-stringable lips tangle $$\mathcal {L}$$
L
guarantees envy-free allocations of connected shares for three agents. We then modify the discrete version of Stromquist’s procedure in Bilò et al. (Games Econ Behav 131:197–221, 2022) to show that all graphs in the topological class $$\mathcal {G}(\mathcal {L})$$

G
(
L
)

(most of which are non-traceable) guarantee EF1 allocations for three agents.
Diverse collections in matroids and graphs
Authors: Fomin Fedor V. , Golovach Petr A. , Panolan Fahad , Philip Geevarghese , Saurabh Saket 
Published: April 2023

AbstractWe investigate the parameterized complexity of finding diverse sets of solutions to three fundamental combinatorial problems. The input to the Weighted Diverse Bases problem consists of a matroid $$M$$
M
, a weight function $$\omega :E(M)\rightarrow \mathbb {N} $$

ω
:
E
(
M
)
→
N

, and integers $$k\ge 1, d\ge 1$$

k
≥
1
,
d
≥
1

. The task is to decide if there is a collection of $$k$$
k
bases$$B_{1}, \dotsc , B_{k}$$

B
1

,
⋯
,

B
k

of $$M$$
M
such that the weight of the symmetric difference of any pair of these bases is at least $$d$$
d
. The input to the Weighted Diverse Common Independent Sets problem consists of two matroids $$M_{1},M_{2}$$

M
1

,

M
2

defined on the same ground set $$E$$
E
, a weight function $$\omega :E\rightarrow \mathbb {N} $$

ω
:
E
→
N

, and integers $$k\ge 1, d\ge 1$$

k
≥
1
,
d
≥
1

. The task is to decide if there is a collection of $$k$$
k
common independent sets$$I_{1}, \dotsc , I_{k}$$

I
1

,
⋯
,

I
k

of $$M_{1}$$

M
1

and $$M_{2}$$

M
2

such that the weight of the symmetric difference of any pair of these sets is at least $$d$$
d
. The input to the Diverse Perfect Matchings problem consists of a graph $$G$$
G
and integers $$k\ge 1, d\ge 1$$

k
≥
1
,
d
≥
1

. The task is to decide if $$G$$
G
contains $$k$$
k
perfect matchings$$M_{1},\dotsc ,M_{k}$$

M
1

,
⋯
,

M
k

such that the symmetric difference of any two of these matchings is at least $$d$$
d
. We show that none of these problems can be solved in polynomial time unless $${{\,\mathrm{\textsf{P}}\,}} ={{\,\mathrm{\textsf{NP}}\,}} $$

P

=

NP

. We derive fixed-parameter tractable ($${{\,\mathrm{\textsf{FPT}}\,}}$$

FPT

) algorithms for all three problems with $$(k,d)$$

(
k
,
d
)

as the parameter, and present a $$poly(k,d)$$

p
o
l
y
(
k
,
d
)

-sized kernel for Weighted Diverse Bases.
Uniform integrability in periodic homogenization of fully nonlinear elliptic equations
Authors: Kim Sunghan 
Published: April 2023

AbstractThis paper is devoted to the study of uniform $$W^{1,\frac{np}{n-p}}$$

W

1
,

np

n
-
p

- and $$W^{2,p}$$

W

2
,
p

-estimates for periodic homogenization problems of fully nonlinear elliptic equations. We establish sharp, global, large-scale estimates under the Dirichlet boundary conditions. The main novelty of this paper can be found in the characterization of the size of the “effective” Hessian and gradient of viscosity solutions to homogenization problems. Moreover, the large-scale estimates work in a large class of non-convex problems. It should be stressed that our global estimates are new even for the standard problems without homogenization.
Attraction of Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to the semiochemical volatiles of stored rice materials
Authors: Cao Yu , Hu Qiqi , Huang Lujie , Athanassiou Christos G. , Maggi Filippo , D’Isita Ilaria , Liu Yangyang , Pistillo Onofrio Marco , Miao Mingzhi , Germinara Giacinto Salvatore , Li Can 
Published: April 2023

AbstractIn order to explore the influence of stored cereal volatiles on the behavior of Sitophilus oryzae, the olfactory responses of adult rice weevils to the volatiles of different rice cultivars [Red brown rice (RBR), Daohuaxiangmi (DHXM), Baishuigongmi (BSGM), Yashuixinmi (YSXM), and white glutinous rice (WGR)] were studied using electroantennography (EAG) and behavioural bioassays in different types of olfactometers. S. oryzae showed significantly different preferences for these rice cultivars, in the order RBR > DHXM = YSXM ≥ BSGM > WGR. Furthermore, 26 components were identified in the volatile profile of RBR. Nonanal (29.37%), hexanal (16.08%), and 1-octen-3-ol (8.83%) were the most abundant compounds. EAG recordings showed that the antennae of S. oryzae were able to perceive these three compounds in a dose-dependent manner. The compounds elicited significant EAG responses at various concentrations, with the strongest responses at 100 μg μL−1. S. oryzae had a significant positive behavioural response to nonanal, hexanal, and 1-octen-3-ol at various concentrations, with the most attractive being 50, 100, and 100 µg µL−1, respectively. The olfactory preferences of S. oryzae, based on a comparison of these compounds at their optimal concentrations, were nonanal > 1-octen-3-ol = hexanal. These results indicated that the volatiles of the preferred rice cultivar (RBR) were perceived by the peripheral olfactory system of S. oryzae adults and individually elicited positive chemotaxis. These findings offer new insights into the mechanism of host preferences of stored-grain pests. Nonanal showed the greatest potential for use as a novel monitoring and control tool against this storage-beetle pest.
Embryonic exposure to native and alien predator cues tunes tadpole defensive behaviour
Authors: Gazzola Andrea , Balestrieri Alessandro , Pellitteri-Rosa Daniele 
Published: April 2023

AbstractWhen exposed to predation risk, some amphibian species show innate responses, while others recognize their predators by learning. To explore the role played by each mechanism in the assessment of predation risk, we investigated the effects of embryonic and larval exposure to predator chemical cues on tadpole defensive responses, including behavioural, morphological and life history traits. In the first experiment, agile frog (Rana dalmatina) embryos were exposed to the odour of either native (Aeshna cyanealarvae) or alien (Procambarus clarkii) predators each day from egg collection to hatchling (14 days). Body measures (mass, developmental stage, body length, tail length and tail depth) were recorded at hatching and a behavioural test was conducted to explore tadpole responses to predator cues and the potential interaction with their previous embryonic experience. In general, embryonic conditioning did not affect life history traits, except for a slight reduction in tail depth:length ratio for tadpoles exposed to odonate odours. Controls (embryos treated with water) after hatchling reduced their activity when exposed to gammarid-fed odonate cues, suggesting that responses were at least partially innate. Tadpoles exposed to odonate cues as embryos showed a strong defensive response when exposed to dragonfly kairomones. Tadpoles exposed to gammarid-fed crayfish as embryos showed clear behavioural responses towards the same cue (irrespectively of predator diet). Overall, our results suggest that embryonic exposure may tune the defensive responses of the larval stage and early exposure to naïve stimuli may promote their cautionary associations with predation risk.
Pathological angiogenesis: mechanisms and therapeutic strategies
Authors: Dudley Andrew C. , Griffioen Arjan W. 
Published: April 2023

AbstractIn multicellular organisms, angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from pre-existing ones, is an essential process for growth and development. Different mechanisms such as vasculogenesis, sprouting, intussusceptive, and coalescent angiogenesis, as well as vessel co-option, vasculogenic mimicry and lymphangiogenesis, underlie the formation of new vasculature. In many pathological conditions, such as cancer, atherosclerosis, arthritis, psoriasis, endometriosis, obesity and SARS-CoV-2(COVID-19), developmental angiogenic processes are recapitulated, but are often done so without the normal feedback mechanisms that regulate the ordinary spatial and temporal patterns of blood vessel formation. Thus, pathological angiogenesis presents new challenges yet new opportunities for the design of vascular-directed therapies. Here, we provide an overview of recent insights into blood vessel development and highlight novel therapeutic strategies that promote or inhibit the process of angiogenesis to stabilize, reverse, or even halt disease progression. In our review, we will also explore several additional aspects (the angiogenic switch, hypoxia, angiocrine signals, endothelial plasticity, vessel normalization, and endothelial cell anergy) that operate in parallel to canonical angiogenesis mechanisms and speculate how these processes may also be targeted with anti-angiogenic or vascular-directed therapies.
Mergeable weighted majority games and characterizations of some power indices
Authors: Armijos-Toro Livino M. , Alonso-Meijide José M. , Mosquera Manuel A. 
Published: April 2023

AbstractIn this paper, we introduce a notion of mergeable weighted majority games with the aim of providing the first characterization of the Colomer–Martínez power index (Colomer and Martínez in J Theor Polit 7(1):41–63, 1995). Furthermore, we define and characterize a new power index for the family of weighted majority games that combines ideas of the Public Good (Holler in Polit Stud 30(2):262–271, 1982) and Colomer–Martínez power indices. Finally, we analyze the National Assembly of Ecuador using these and some other well-known power indices.
Coconut rhinoceros beetle in Solomon Islands: a tale of two invasions
Authors: Marshall Sean D. G. , Paudel Sulav , Mansfield Sarah , Richards Nicola K. , Tsatsia Francis , Fanai Crispus , Suda Gideon , Jackson Trevor A. 
Published: April 2023

AbstractCoconut rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros; CRB) was discovered in 2015 in a small outbreak in Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. This was the first record of CRB from Solomon Islands and a response plan was prepared. An awareness programme was launched and where CRB sightings were confirmed, delimitation surveys were carried out. Following the launch of the awareness programme, later in 2015, CRB was also reported from the Shortland Islands in the Western Province. Other islands were surveyed from 2015 to 2020. If CRB presence was confirmed, beetles were collected and analysed for haplotype and presence of the classical biological control agent, Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus (OrNV). A distribution map and timeline of invasion were developed. The initial populations belonged to two distinct haplotypes: CRB-G (clade IA) in Honiara and CRB-S (clade II) in Shortland Islands. Despite control measures, by 2020 CRB-G had spread to islands in eight provinces and CRB-S had spread to islands in seven provinces. CRB-S and CRB-G co-occur in Guadalcanal and Malaita provinces. In 2019, OrNV was detected from field collected CRB from Guadalcanal and has since spread to Malaita Island. In both cases the virus was detected where CRB-G and CRB-S co-occur. Other outbreak areas in Solomon Islands remain OrNV-free. The two haplotypes appear to have spread following patterns of air and sea movement between the point of origin (CRB-G from Honiara and CRB-S from the Shortland Islands) to other islands/provinces.