bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Can pre-operative ultrasound elastography predict aggressive features of solitary papillary thyroid carcinoma?
Authors: Liu Long , Jia Chao , Li Gang , Shi Qiusheng , Du Lianfang , Wu Rong 
Published: May 2023

Objective:
To investigate whether pre-operative ultrasound elastography (USE) can be used to predict aggressive features of solitary papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs).

Methods:
Clinical and USE indices were retrospectively analyzed in 487 patients with surgically confirmed solitary PTCs. The patients were grouped per aggressive features on pathologic testing. Univariate and binary logistic regression analyses were performed to explore independent risk factors of aggressive features.

Results:
Univariate analysis revealed standard deviation (SD) values of the tumor shear-wave velocity (SWV) were associated with capsular invasion (p &lt; 0.05). Further, shear-wave elasticity and SWV ratios correlated with extrathyroidal extension (all p &lt; 0.05). The tumor shear-wave elasticity and SWV SD values were associated with cervical lymph node metastasis (CLNM) (all p &lt; 0.05). Binary logistic regression analysis identified location and capsule contact as independent predictive risk factors for capsular invasion (all p &lt; 0.05); size for extrathyroidal extension (all p &lt; 0.05); and sex, age, margin, and suspected CLNM for CLNM (all p &lt; 0.05). However, pre-operational USE indexes were not independent predictors of aggressive features (all p &gt; 0.05).

Conclusion:
Pre-operative USE indices were not independent risk factors of aggressive features of solitary PTCs. Thus, USE may have a limited value for predicting the aggressive features of PTC.

Advances in knowledge:
Pre-operative USE indices may have a limited value for predicting the aggressive features of PTC.
Project Soothe: A pilot study evaluating the mood effects of soothing images collected using a citizen science approach
Authors: MacLennan Keren , Schwannauer Matthias , McLaughlin Angela L. , Allan Stephanie , Blackwell Simon E. , Ashworth Fiona , Chan Stella W. Y. 
Published: May 2023

Background: Mentally-generated soothing imagery is a therapeutic technique to support mental wellbeing, but some individuals may require support using externally presented stimuli. Project Soothe was launched to collect soothing images using a citizen science approach. This online pilot study evaluated the first 575 soothing images collected, examining: 1) if the images were perceived to be soothing; 2) if viewing the images had a positive impact on mood; and 3) if mood effects were influenced by individual differences in age, gender and depressive symptoms. Methods: We recruited 1152 participants (13 – 79 years, M = 35.62, SD = 14.60; 77% female). Participants were randomly allocated to one of 23 sets, each containing 25 images (n = 50 per set) and asked to rate their emotional response (soothed, excited, and anxious) to each image. Participants also reported their mood states pre- and post-viewing the images (using the International Positive and Negative Affect Schedule – Short Form). Results: Project Soothe images were rated to be significantly more soothing than anxiety- or excitement-inducing. Further, viewing 25 images was significantly associated with an increase in positive affect and decrease in negative affect. These effects were associated with age and depressive symptoms, with older individuals and those with lower depressive symptoms being associated with more positive changes in mood. Conclusions: This pilot study provides preliminary evidence that these soothing images can promote positive mood changes. Further work can now replicate these findings in larger-scale studies with comparison groups and extended outcome variables. The images and associated data have been made available in a data repository (OSF) as a free resource for researchers and practitioners. It is hoped that these images can be developed into useful therapeutic resources.
The most common dermatological manifestations of inflammatory bowel diseases
Authors: Hop Izabela , Kołodziejczyk Kacper , Branewska Justyna , Ostrowska Barbara , Olszanicka Anna , Niemiec Rafał , Galas Adam , Matysek Mikołaj , Maciąg Anna , Imioło Jan 
Published: May 2023

Inflammatory bowel diseases are increasingly common problem in clinical practice. This condition is caused by both the growing morbidity and more accurate and widely available diagnostic methods, affecting the rising recognition.
It is worth remembering, that clinical presentation of inflammatory bowel disease is not limited to gastrointestinal tract.
Dermatological symptoms are an important part in the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel diseases, because they can occur as the first manifestation of the beginning of the disease process, as well as be a prognostic factor for the occurrence of exacerbations of the disease. This is an invaluable source of information on the patient's clinical condition, affecting the effectiveness of his treatment in the early stages of the disease, and allowing more efficient control of its course.
This has an enormous impact on the prognosis and comfort of patients' lives. In the following article, available medical studies on extraintestinal skin manifestations, clinical presentation and treatment options have been reviewed.
Knee pain in children as a symptom of hip disease: a case study
Authors: Toś Katarzyna , Winiarz Aleksandra , Szlendak Paula , Wokurka Wojciech , Turek Michał , Wojtala Kacper , Grosman Sylwia , Węgrzyniak Agata , Drobek Dominik , Wąsala Katarzyna 
Published: May 2023

Introduction
Knee pain in the pediatric population is a very common health issue in family doctor practice and its cause is not always obvious and easy to determine. It is important to remember that knee pain can also occur as a projection of the obturator nerve conducting signals from the hip joint. During physical examination the hip joint should be also carefully examined. Diagnostic imaging such as radiographs are helpful in evaluating bone parts, whereas ultrasonography and MRI can reveal pathology in periarticular soft tissue. Laboratory tests can help to rule out a septic process and reveal other associated conditions.
The aim
The aim of this work was to analyze the patient’s case of transient synovitis of the hip manifested by knee pain and discuss other hip joint causes of knee pain in the pediatric population.
Case report
An individual case report of the five-year-old male patient suffered from non-traumatic knee pain and inability to walk with analysis of undertaken diagnostic and treatment management.
Results
The patient was correctly diagnosed with transient synovitis of the hip joint and successfully treated due to a thorough physical examination and right diagnostic tests carried out by the emergency physician.
Conclusions
In every case of non-traumatic knee pain, hip pathology should be always ruled out. Carefully performed physical examination, basic laboratory tests and imagining allow practitioners to make the right diagnosis.
Pricing Climate Change Exposure
Authors: Sautner Zacharias , van Lent Laurence , Vilkov Grigory , Zhang Ruishen 
Published: May 2023

We estimate the risk premium for firm-level climate change exposure among S&P 500 stocks and its time-series evolution between 2005 to 2020. Exposure reflects the attention paid by market participants in earnings calls to a firm’s climate-related risks and opportunities. When extracted from realized returns, the unconditional risk premium is insignificant but exhibits a period with a positive risk premium before the financial crisis and a steady increase thereafter. Forward-looking expected return proxies deliver an unconditionally positive risk premium with maximum values of 0.5%–1% p.a., depending on the proxy, between 2011 and 2014. The risk premium has been lower since 2015, especially when the expected return proxy explicitly accounts for the higher opportunities and lower crash risks that characterize high-exposure stocks. This finding arises as the priced part of the risk premium primarily originates from uncertainty about climate-related upside opportunities. In the time series, the risk premium is negatively associated with green innovation; Big Three holdings; and environmental, social, and governance fund flows and positively associated with climate change adaptation programs. This paper was accepted by Colin Mayer, Special Section of Management Science on Business and Climate Change. Funding: Funding is provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [Grant 403041268 – TRR 266] (L. van Lent and R. Zhang), the Institute for New Economic Thinking (L. van Lent), the 111 Project [Grant B18033] (R. Zhang), the Shanghai Pujiang Program (R. Zhang), and the Ministry of Education Project of Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Science (R. Zhang). Supplemental Material: The online appendix and data are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4686 .
A CIRCULAÇÃO DE AXÉ ATRAVÉS DO MOVIMENTO DA COMIDA: UMA ETNOGRAFIA EM UM TERREIRO DE CANDOMBLÉ DA BAHIA
Authors: Santos Rafael Camaratta 
Published: May 2023

O artigo tem como objetivo contribuir com os debates de antropologia da alimentação e nos estudos antropológicos das religiões de matriz africana no Brasil, destacando a importância da comida e da comensalidade nessa religião. Dialoga, portanto, com os estudos do candomblé, em que a comida ocupa a questão central, não somente durante as festas, mas também em uma série de rituais privados do cotidiano da comunidade religiosa. A comida deve ser vista aqui como uma chave para pensar as relações entre humanos e orixás no universo do candomblé, pois é através do preparo dos alimentos que os humanos demonstram cuidado, dedicação e afeto para com as divindades. Igualmente, a comida é a substância que mantém o mundo funcionando, tanto dos orixás, quanto dos humanos. Essa discussão se baseia em etnografia realizada no terreiro Ilê Axé Opô Afonjá, situado em Salvador, Bahia.
A FUZZY ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS FOR EVALUATION OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS IN RESEARCH CENTERS
Authors: Nahavandi Bijan , Homayounfar Mahdi , Daneshvar Amir 
Published: May 2023

Measuring knowledge management (KM) effectiveness is a very important issue in organizations today. This study aims to develop a method to evaluate the effectiveness of KM under uncertainty in research centers (RCs) in Iran. To develop an evaluation, the relevant literature was reviewed to identify KM effectiveness criteria. Next, the judgments of the experts, specialists, scholars, and professionals in IT and KM systems and senior managers of Iran’s RCs were determined using a pairwise comparison questionnaire. Because linguistic terms are an integral part of human judgments that will influence the results of the research, a fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) called the Extent Analysis (EA) method was used for data analysis and weight determination. Accordingly, 34 subcriteria extracted from the literature that are important in the evaluation of KM effectiveness were categorized into six main criteria as follows: human resources, leadership and center structure, knowledge creation and acquisition, knowledge storage and security, knowledge sharing, and knowledge utilization and updating. The findings indicate that human resources is the most important criterion based on both the AHP and fuzzy AHP methods. The other five criteria in descending order of importance are knowledge sharing, leadership and center structure, knowledge utilization and updating, knowledge creation and acquisition and knowledge storage and security. Finally, to test the validity and reliability of the proposed framework, we evaluated the effectiveness of KM system in nine of Iran’s RCs.
Feasibility of using fish visceral trash in a polyculture system for enhancing the growth performances of giant gourami (Osphronemus gouramy) and redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus)
Authors: Putra AS Agus , Junita Afrah , Jamil Muhammad 
Published: May 2023

Giant gourami and redclaw crayfish are among popular freshwater organisms with significant potential for aquaculture due to their ease of cultivation, resistance to diseases, and high economic value. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using fish visceral trash (FVT) in artificial diets to enhance the growth performances of giant gourami (Osphronemus gouramy) and redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) in a polyculture system. Giant gourami juveniles (3.62±0.86 cm and 3.74±1.15 g) and redclaw crayfish (3.05±0.35 cm and 6.41±0.29 g) were divided into four groups and cultured in 100 L aquarium. Each group was fed twice daily with diets containing 0%, 10%, 20%, and 30% FVT/kg diet. Furthermore, growth performances were assessed in all samples at 14 days intervals over a period of eight weeks. The results showed that diets prepared with 30% FVT significantly affected the growth rate of giant gourami juveniles, while those comprising 20% enhanced the growth of redclaw crayfish. Total length, body weight, specific growth rate, and weight gain significantly increased in samples fed with the experimental compounded diets. Based on the observations, it is suggested that using FVT compounded diets tends to improve growth performances in a polyculture system.Keywords:Giant gouramiGrowth performanceRedclaw crayfishPolycultureTrash fish
Environmental regulation and high-quality agricultural development
Authors: Leng Yutong , Liu Xinmin , Wang Xinjiang 
Published: May 2023

The key trend for future agricultural growth is efficient, green and sustainable high-quality development, and it is crucial to sort out the factors influencing high-quality agricultural development.
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to dissect whether environmental regulation has a catalytic effect on quality rural development, through which paths it is driven and whether there is a threshold effect to be further clarified.
Method: In this study, the panel data of 34 provinces in China from 2012 to 2018 are used, and 17 variables are used to construct an evaluation index system, covering four dimensions: agricultural endowment, agricultural output level, agricultural green degree and social sustainability. The high-quality development of agriculture is measured by entropy method. And further, using a baseline regression model and a mediating effects model, we empirically investigated the impact of environmental regulation on high-quality agricultural development and its mechanism of action, and empirically assessed the nonlinear effects of environmental regulation using a threshold regression model.
Results: Environmental control, as noted in the study, considerably assists in the establishment of high-quality agriculture; at the same time, large-scale land management plays a role in mitigating the influence of both. There is a single income threshold impact on rural households between high-quality agricultural growth and environmental regulation, and once that threshold is reached, the influence of high-quality agricultural growth grows.
Contribution: According to the research findings, recommendations are made for the design of scientific environmental regulation policies, the establishment of a sound service system for large-scale rural land management, and the establishment of a stable mechanism for rural residents to sustain their income, in order to strengthen the effect of environmental regulation and realize high-quality agricultural growth in China. The marginal contribution of this paper is to enrich the study of the relationship between environmental regulation and high-quality agricultural development, which has theoretical and practical implications for promoting sustainable agricultural development.
Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by women with breast cancer or gynecological cancer
Authors: Stöcker Anja , Mehnert-Theuerkauf Anja , Hinz Andreas , Ernst Jochen 
Published: May 2023

BackgroundComplementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has become increasingly popular among cancer patients. The prevalence of CAM use differs worldwide and depends on different sociodemographic and medical characteristics. Findings on predictors for CAM use and its benefits for quality of Life (QoL) have been inconclusive in recent studies.ObjectiveThe aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and methods of CAM use in breast cancer (BC) and gynecological cancer (GC) patients, to compare CAM users vs. non-CAM users regarding their sociodemographic and medical characteristics, and to investigate the relationship between CAM use and QoL.MethodsIn a sub-analysis from a multicenter, cross-sectional study in Germany, we examined 1,214 female cancer patients (897 with BC and 317 with GC). We obtained data from self-reports via standardized questionnaires and measured QoL with the EORTC QLQ-C30.ResultsIn total, 565 of the 1,214 patients (46.5%) used some form of CAM. Its use was higher in BC than in GC patients (48.6% vs. 40.7%). In both cancer groups, the users evaluated CAM as being helpful (BC: 60.8%, GC: 59.6%) The most frequently used CAM methods were vitamins/minerals/micronutrients, homeopathy, and mistletoe therapy. CAM users are younger, more highly educated, and financially better off than non-CAM users. They are also characterized by having been diagnosed with cancer a longer time ago, being at more advanced stages of the disease, and experiencing higher distress levels. CAM use is significantly associated with a lower global health status/ QoL in GC patients. Predictors for CAM use are: high level of vocational education, middle or high monthly income, time span since diagnosis of more than 12 months, the status of currently ongoing chemotherapy or hormone therapy treatment, and distress.ConclusionOur data support the findings of previous studies and highlight the need to develop a consistent CAM definition with respect to comparability and evaluation of CAM services. More longitudinal studies are desirable to establish viable associations between CAM use and relevant outcomes such as QoL or disease management.
Homelessness and housing assistance among persons with HIV, and associations with HIV care and viral suppression, New York City 2018
Authors: Wiewel Ellen Weiss , Zhong Yaoyu , Xia Qiang , Beattie Christopher M. , Brown Paul A. , Farquhar Pam X. , Rojas John F. 
Published: May 2023

Objectives
To measure housing assistance and homelessness among persons living with HIV (PLWH) and their association with health.

Methods
Exposure categories were: experiencing homelessness (per emergency shelter use or self-report), receiving housing assistance (per housing subsidy) without homelessness, or neither homelessness nor receiving housing assistance. Outcomes were: engagement (≥1 visit) and retention (≥2 visits ≥90 days apart) in HIV-related medical care and one-time (latest viral load) and durable (≥1 viral load test, all suppressed) HIV viral suppression (<200 copies/mL). Among PLWH in New York City (NYC), we calculated and conducted modified Poisson regressions of the four outcomes according to exposure category.

Results
During 2018, 45% of NYC’s 84,053 PLWH received housing assistance, and 8% experienced homelessness. Relative to homelessness, receipt of assistance without homelessness was associated with 3–7% higher adjusted relative risk (ARR) of engagement and retention in care and 31–64% higher ARR of one-time and durable viral suppression. Relative to not receiving assistance, receipt of assistance without homelessness was associated with 6–18% higher ARR of care and 2–5% lower ARR of viral suppression.

Conclusions
Programs promoting housing stability may support HIV care and viral suppression, particularly if preventing homelessness. These may help improve HIV care and suppression rates.
Mustn1 ablation in skeletal muscle results in increased glucose tolerance concomitant with upregulated GLUT expression in male mice
Authors: Kim Charles J. , Singh Chanpreet , Lee Christine , DiMagno Kevin , O'Donnell Madison , Kaczmarek Marina , Ahmed Arhum , Salvo‐Schaich Jessica , Perez Alexis , Letsou William , Sepulveda Maria‐Alicia Carrillo , Ramos Raddy L. , Hadjiargyrou Michael 
Published: May 2023

AbstractGlucose homeostasis is closely regulated to maintain energy requirements of vital organs and skeletal muscle plays a crucial role in this process. Mustn1 is expressed during embryonic and postnatal skeletal muscle development and its function has been implicated in myogenic differentiation and myofusion. Whether Mustn1 plays a role in glucose homeostasis in anyway remains largely unknown. As such, we deleted Mustn1 in skeletal muscle using a conditional knockout (KO) mouse approach. KO mice did not reveal any specific gross phenotypic alterations in skeletal muscle. However, intraperitoneal glucose tolerance testing (IPGTT) revealed that 2‐month‐old male KO mice had significantly lower glycemia than their littermate wild type (WT) controls. These findings coincided with mRNA changes in genes known to be involved in glucose metabolism, tolerance, and insulin sensitivity; 2‐month‐old male KO mice had significantly higher expression of GLUT1 and GLUT10 transporters, MUP‐1 while OSTN expression was lower. These differences in glycemia and gene expression were statistically insignificant after 4 months. Identical experiments in female KO and WT control mice did not indicate any differences at any age. Our results suggest a link between Mustn1 expression and glucose homeostasis during a restricted period of skeletal muscle development/maturation. While this is an observational study, Mustn1's relationship to glucose homeostasis appears to be more complex with a possible connection to other key proteins such as GLUTs, MUP‐1, and OSTN. Additionally, our data indicate temporal and sex differences. Lastly, our findings strengthen the notion that Mustn1 plays a role in the metabolic capacity of skeletal muscle.
Effect of surface machining on the environmentally-assisted cracking of Alloy 182 and 316L stainless steel in light water reactor environments: results of the collaborative project MEACTOS
Authors: Zimina Mariia , Ritter Stefan , Zajec Bojan , Vankeerberghen Marc , Volpe Liberato , Hojná Anna , Bosch Rik-Wouter , Scenini Fabio , Que Zaiqing , Sáez-Maderuelo Alberto , Meadows P. Jill , Grimm Michael , Herbst Matthias , Legat Andraz , Maurotto Agostino , Novotny Radek , Seifert Hans-Peter 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
The main objective of the EU-funded project mitigating environmentally-assisted cracking through optimisation of surface condition (MEACTOS) was to gain knowledge on the ability of different surface machining procedures to mitigate environmentally-assisted cracking (EAC) in typical light water reactor structural materials and environments. Surfaces of cold-worked (CW) type 316L austenitic stainless steel and nickel-based weld metal Alloy 182 flat tapered tensile specimens were machined using different processes. EAC initiation susceptibility of these specimens was evaluated using constant extension rate tensile (CERT) tests under simulated boiling water reactor (BWR) and pressurized water reactor (PWR) conditions and assessed using constant load experiments. More than a hundred tests were performed covering about 10 years of autoclave testing time. Only minor or no measurable improvements in EAC initiation susceptibility as a function of surface treatments (grinding or advanced machining) compared to the standard industrial face milling were demonstrated. In most cases, the stress thresholds for EAC initiation determined in constant load tests confirmed the trend obtained from CERT tests. This paper summarises the most important results and conclusions concerning the EAC initiation behaviour for the CW 316L and Alloy 182 under reducing PWR and oxidizing BWR conditions.