bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Multidimensional Analysis of Communication Skills in Geriatric Individuals
Authors: Aydoğan Zehra , Baş Banu , Babaoğlu Demiröz Gizem , Aksoy Songül 
Published: July 2023

Background:
The prevalence of hearing loss increases significantly with age. Untreated hearing loss causes additional problems such as communication disorders, depression, dementia, isolation from society, loneliness, and decreased quality of life. To investigate the effects of hearing impairment in geriatric population and communication barriers due to hearing impairment and its effects on perception, attention, memory, fine motor skills and quality of life.

Methods:
Ninety volunteered elderly, aged minimum 65 years with no dementia, participated. Demographic information of the participants was obtained and the Stroop Test, Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly form, quality of life-elderly form, Digit Span Test, and Timed Fine Motor Test were applied respectively. They were divided into 3 groups (no hearing impairment: n = 27; mild to moderate impairment: n = 33; and significant impairment: n = 30) according to the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly.

Results:
The mean age of the participants was 80.2 ± 7.14 years, and 70% of them had self-reported hearing loss. According to the results of the analysis, the statistically significant differences were found between the hearing impairment scale and memory (P < .05), perception and attention (P < .05), fine motor skills (P < .05), and quality of life (P < .05).

Conclusion:
In terms of the hearing impairment scale, if the hearing impairment was worse, the quality of life was also worse. The elderly with cognitive communication problems and hearing loss were more likely to experience problems such as perception and attention, memory, and fine motor skills. Developing multidisciplinary early screening protocols for identifying and intervening hearing loss/communication skills potentially reduces such possible risks.
Internal control implementation and quality of higher education institutions: a moderation effect testing
Authors: Sofyani Hafiez , Saleh Zakiah , Abu Hasan Haslida 
Published: July 2023

PurposeThis study aims to examine the moderating effect of internal control on the relationship between internal quality assurance implementation and higher education institution (HEI) quality.Design/methodology/approachThe study employed a survey method with hypothesis testing using partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) technique with a second-order analysis approach. The questionnaire survey was administered to 191 HEIs.FindingsThe results revealed that internal control and internal quality assurance implementations are positively associated with HEI quality. Additionally, internal control implementation strengthened the relationship between internal quality assurance and HEI quality.Originality/valueThis study adds to the body of knowledge on the moderating role of internal control in the HEI sector and its role in the non-economic aspect, namely, the HEI quality.
Quick-witted entrepreneurs versus systematic managers: a comparative analysis of decision-making competence
Authors: Tommasi Francesco , Sartori Riccardo , Bollarino Sara , Ceschi Andrea 
Published: July 2023

PurposeDecision-making competence (DMC) of entrepreneurs and managers is a longstanding topic in this increasingly globalized world. These figures operate in conditions not within their own control, and good levels of DMC are often considered to be desirable for the flourishing of business and society. This paper reports an empirical investigation on the DMC of entrepreneurs and managers, in an attempt to inform about their tendencies to incur in risky and costly choices.Design/methodology/approachThree cognitive biases associated with operational strategies and individual characteristics of entrepreneurs and managers, namely under/overconfidence (UOC, i.e. self-confidence in taking decisions), resistance to sunk costs (RSC, i.e. propensity to take cost investments) and consistency in risk perception (CRP, i.e. how well individuals understand probability rules) were considered . Cognitive biases measures were used in a cross-sectional study on a sample of n = 639 entrepreneurs and n = 512 managers. Data collected via online survey were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics to determine differences among entrepreneurs and managers DMC.FindingsAnalyses reveal that entrepreneurs exhibit higher levels of UOC compared to managers with a marked presence of UOC among entrepreneurs at younger ages. Conversely, performance regarding RSC improves with higher education levels while age and RSC are positively correlated only for managers, regardless of education. Lastly, entrepreneurs and managers resulted as not being affected by CRP. This study discusses these results to provide initial insights for further avenues of research and practice.Originality/valueThe study offers an innovative, evidence-based viewpoint on how entrepreneurs and managers deal with risky and costly decisions. It offers an initial understanding of the role of UOC, RSC and CRP, that is specific cognitive biases associated with operational strategies and individual characteristics, in the DMC of these working figures. The study forwards avenues of scrutiny of quick-witted entrepreneurs and systematic managers.
Knowledge sharing quality on an enterprise social network: social capital and the moderating effect of being a broker
Authors: Reus Bas , Moser Christine , Groenewegen Peter 
Published: July 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to show that an important antecedent of perceived knowledge quality is an employee’s position in the organizational network due to their participation in different interest groups. In particular, this study theorizes that brokers establish a network of groups, which increases perceived knowledge quality vis-a-vis the social capital that employees draw on.

Design/methodology/approach
To test this study’s hypotheses on the influence of the structural position of knowledge brokers on the positive effects of social capital on perceived knowledge quality, this study combines data from an online survey with longitudinal archival data from a youth-care organization who used an enterprise social network (ESN) for knowledge sharing.

Findings
This study found a mitigating effect of being a broker on the relationship between trust and perceived knowledge quality, and also between inter-team interaction and perceived knowledge quality for lower levels of both trust and inter-team interaction on perceived knowledge quality.

Research limitations/implications
Although the hypotheses are supported, in light of prior research, the authors would have expected stronger and positive effects.

Practical implications
This research is particularly interesting because it emphasizes the important role of social capital. For organizations that deal with trust issues, it might help to stimulate employees to broaden their activity on ESNs by becoming active in multiple groups.

Originality/value
While knowledge sharing on ESNs is generally conducive for creating organizational value, there is a lack of understanding of what drives employees’ perception of the quality of shared knowledge, and how this perception may depend on their position in the social network. To investigate this question, the authors turn to social capital theory.
Steeply dipping structural target oriented viscoacoustic prismatic reverse time migration in frequency domain and its application
Authors: Li Jinli , Ma Bo , Qu Yingming , Zhu Jianggui , Liu Chang 
Published: July 2023

AbstractSteeply dipping structural imaging is a great challenge due to its poor illumination. Conventional migration methods are unable to produce an accurate image of complex steeply dipping structures. The prismatic wave can improve the illumination of steeply dipping structures and is often used to improve the imaging results of such structures. Traditional elastic wave theory assumes that seismic waves do not attenuate when propagating through subsurface media. However, during seismic wave propagation, the wave energy decays exponentially due to the absorption and attenuation of the ground layer. Subsurface attenuation leads to amplitude loss and phase distortion of seismic waves, resulting in blurring of migration amplitudes when this attenuation is not taken into account during imaging. To address this issue, a frequency‐domain Q‐compensated prismatic reverse time migration method is proposed, which derives Q‐compensated prismatic wavefield propagation operators. In the proposed frequency‐domain Q‐compensated prismatic reverse time migration, Q attenuation is fully compensated along three propagation paths and two propagation types of prismatic waves. The optimized four‐order mixed 25‐point difference format and LU decomposition method are used to solve the Q‐compensated prismatic wavefield propagation equations with high computational efficiency. Numerical and field data examples demonstrate that the proposed frequency‐domain Q‐compensated prismatic reverse time migration method can compensate for deep attenuation energy and improve the imaging resolution of steeply dipping structures.
Policy learning and the COVID‐19 crisis: A systematic review of scholarship and key lessons for research and practice
Authors: Zaki Bishoy L. , Wayenberg Ellen 
Published: July 2023

AbstractPolicy learning plays an important role during crises, where it can empower effective crisis responses or derail policy . Accordingly, a crisis like the COVID‐19 pandemic has created a surge in research on policy learning. In this article, and more than 3 years from the crisis’ onset, we systematically review what COVID‐19 policy learning research has hitherto offered. We take stock of 45 scientific articles to provide an account of where policy learning has been researched, what methods, policy domains, and conceptual approaches were most used, and what new theoretical and conceptual advances have emerged from this growing body of research. Furthermore, we distil the key insights it offers to both scholars and practitioners. In doing so, we point to the theoretical and empirical gaps that future scholarship can address, as well as how can practitioners leverage research insights towards improving policy learning practices during similar crises in the future.Points for practitioners
In creeping crises such as COVID‐19, policy‐makers need to consider the multidimensionality and societal embeddedness of policy issues while designing policy learning processes, particularly in identifying relevant expertise.
Creeping crises evolve over time. Hence, policy‐makers need to continuously re‐align the policy learning processes to match evolving crisis definitions, manifestations, and societal perceptions. This requires continuous context scanning.
In creeping crises, policy learning has considerable time and space interactions. Thus, when designing policy learning processes, policy‐makers need to proactively consider the heterogeneity of policy learning processes across various levels of the governance architecture over time. As such, holistic ‘governance’ of policy learning processes becomes essential.
Policy‐makers should strive towards minimising perceived political interventions and influences on the policy learning processes, particularly during crises to maintain transparency and public trust.
Responsiveness of the Patient‐Reported Outcome Measure‐Haemorrhoidal Impact and Satisfaction Score in patients with haemorrhoidal disease
Authors: Kuiper Sara Z. , Dirksen Carmen D. , Mitalas Litza , Clermonts Stefan H. E. M. , Van Dam Kayleigh A. M. , De Witte Evelien , Melenhorst Jarno , Van Kuijk Sander M. J. , Breukink Stephanie O. , Kimman Merel L. 
Published: July 2023

AbstractAimIn this study we aimed to assess the responsiveness of the symptom score of the recently developed Patient‐Reported Outcome Measure‐Haemorrhoidal Impact and Satisfaction Score (PROM‐HISS). Furthermore, the minimally relevant difference (MRD) was determined.MethodThe responsiveness of PROM‐HISS was tested using a criterion‐based (i.e. anchor) and construct‐based (i.e. hypotheses testing) approach. Patients with haemorrhoidal disease (HD) completed the PROM‐HISS before and 1 week after treatment in hospital. A global self‐assessment of change question (SCQ) was administered 1‐week after treatment and functioned as the criterion. The following analyses were performed: (1) correlation between the PROM‐HISS symptom score and the criterion (SCQ) and (2) hypotheses testing. The MRD was determined as change in symptoms of the subgroup reporting ‘somewhat fewer complaints’ on the SCQ.ResultsBetween February and August 2022, 94 patients with grade II–IV HD from three hospitals were included. The correlation between the SCQ and a change on the PROM‐HISS symptom score was 0.595 indicating that an improvement on the SCQ corresponds to an improvement on the PROM‐HISS symptom score. As hypothesized, the mean change in PROM‐HISS scores was significantly different between subgroups of patients based on their SCQ responses. Patients reporting a small change in HD symptoms on the SCQ corresponded to a mean change of 0.3 on the PROM‐HISS symptom score.ConclusionThe PROM‐HISS symptom score is a responsive instrument as it identifies change in HD symptoms because of treatment. The estimated MRD of 0.3 can be used to inform clinical research and practice.
Notorious: Animal passions in the desert: Lions, camels and a human, oh my!
Authors: Weil Kari 
Published: July 2023

Abstract“You believe animals to be wholly deprived of passions” asks the narrator of Balzac's 1836 story, “A Passion in the Desert,” and he adds, “you should know that we can give them all the vices driven by our state of civilization.” It is in the context of Balzac's questioning of animal passion that I would like to consider the striking and passionate expressions shared among the lion, dromedary and human figures in Jules Verreaux' “Lion Attacking a Dromedary.” The denial of animal passion can be understood as a Cartesian legacy that influenced both taxidermy and the illustrations of early natural histories, but would eventually be questioned during the 18th and 19th centuries. Thus, Buffon accepted that an animal might be excited or moved by passions, but also wrote that any depiction of that agitation could only distort the representation of a species' essence. During the 19th century, by contrast, both scientific and artistic representations of animals show an increasing interest in animal emotions, even as these would underscore a greater affinity between human and non‐human animals, as evidenced by Darwin's 1872 publication of The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. Balzac's story and Verreaux's taxidermy question to what extent passions humanize animals or bestialize humans, a question with potential relevance, I will argue, for understanding how the vices of civilization might relate to the figure of the human Courier in the exchange of passions.
Donor‐derived stem cell infusion for sustained pancytopenia after CD19 CAR‐T therapy for relapsed patients post allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Authors: Li Yingying , Li Yixue , Zhang Mingming , Zhao Houli , Zhu Miaoyong , Huang He , Hu Yongxian 
Published: July 2023

AbstractObjectivesTo investigate the effectiveness of donor‐derived chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR‐T) cells in the treatment of relapsed cases after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo‐HSCT), and whether donor‐derived peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) have a therapeutic effect on pancytopenia after CAR‐T cell therapy.MethodsWe analyzed data from five adults with B‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who had relapse after allo‐HSCT and received donor‐derived CAR‐T cell therapy and donor‐derived PBSCs to promote hematopoietic recovery.ResultsAll patients had negative minimal residual disease after CAR‐T therapy, grade 1–2 cytokine release syndrome, and developed grade 4 hematologic toxicity. During the pancytopenia stage after CAR‐T cell therapy, donor‐derived PBSCs were transfused without graft‐versus‐host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis. Four patients had grade I–II acute GVHD (aGVHD). After corticosteroid treatment, aGVHD resolved and hematopoiesis was restored. Although steroids in combination with etanercept and ruxolitinib relieved symptoms in one patient with grade IV aGVHD, complete hematopoietic recovery was not achieved, and the patient died due to severe infection.ConclusionsDonor‐derived CAR‐T cell therapy is safe and effective in patients with relapsed/refractory ALL after allo‐HSCT. Donor‐derived PBSCs infusion could achieve hematopoietic recovery with controllable aGVHD in patients with persistent pancytopenia.
Characterizing blood pressure trajectories in people living with HIV following antiretroviral therapy: A systematic review
Authors: Drago Fabrizio , Soshnik‐Schierling Luke , Cabling Mark L. , Pattarabanjird Tanyaporn , Desderius Bernard , Nyanza Elias , Raymond Henry , McNamara Coleen A. , Peck Robert N. , Shiau Stephanie 
Published: July 2023

AbstractObjectivesThe advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has reduced AIDS‐related morbidity and mortality among people living with HIV (PLWH). Due to increased survival, PLWH have now been found to be at risk of chronic conditions related to ageing, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD). Hypertension is common in PLWH and is a major risk factor for the development of CVD. We conducted a systematic literature review to evaluate the research evidence on longitudinal blood pressure (BP) trajectories following ART initiation in PLWH.MethodsWe searched the following databases: PubMed, CINHAL, Scopus, and Web of Science (up to 15 March 2021) for peer‐reviewed published studies that reported BP trajectories following ART initiation in PLWH. Three reviewers independently screened all studies by title and abstract. We included articles in English, published up to March 2021, that report office BP trajectories in PLWH initiating ART. A total of 10 publications met our inclusion criteria. Eight studies were prospective cohorts and two were retrospective.ResultsNine out of 10 studies in the literature reported an increase in systolic BP (4.7–10.0 mmHg in studies with a follow‐up range of 6 months to 8 years, and 3.0–4.7 mmHg/year in time‐averaged studies). In addition, four out of 10 studies reported increases in diastolic BP (2.3–8.0 mmHg for a 6 month to 6.8‐year follow‐up range and 2.3 mmHg/year).ConclusionSystolic BP consistently increases while diastolic BP changes are more heterogeneous following ART initiation in PLWH. However, the studies were highly variable with respect to population demographics, ART regimen and duration, and follow‐up time. Nevertheless, given the risks of CVD complications, such as stroke, heart failure and myocardial infarction, associated with elevated BP, results highlight the importance of future research in this area. It will be important to better characterize BP trajectories over time, identify the most critical times for interventions to reduce BP, determine the long‐term CVD consequences in PLWH with elevated BP, and understand how different ART regimens may or may not influence BP and CVD disease.
Concept and risk factors of alcohol relapse in liver transplant recipients with alcohol‐related aetiologies: A scoping review
Authors: Kim Sue Hyon , Jang Yeonsoo , Kim Hyunji 
Published: July 2023

AbstractAlcohol relapse in those who received liver transplantation (LT) for alcohol‐related liver disease can lead to poor graft function, low medication adherence rates and decreased chances of survival. Numerous studies have evaluated on this topic; however, discrepancies in the meaning and measurement of ‘alcohol relapse’ lead to heterogeneous results. This scoping review aimed to explore the conceptual and operational definitions of alcohol relapse in LT recipients with alcohol‐related aetiologies and to examine newly reported risk factors of alcohol relapse. Following the Arksey and O'Malley scoping review method and PRISMA guidelines, structured searches for articles published from 2012 to 2022 were conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, Cochrane and PsycINFO. Twenty‐eight studies were included in the final review. Alcohol relapse was either defined as ‘any alcohol consumption’ or ‘a certain degree of alcohol drinking’ after transplantation. Discrepancies in the incidence rates persisted even within studies that shared the same conceptual definition. Commonly reported risk factors for alcohol relapse were younger age, social isolation and shorter abstinence periods before LT. Self‐efficacy and post‐transplant complications were newly identified risk factors in recent studies; whereas environmental factors such as external stressors were rarely included. The variance in the definition of alcohol relapse and inconsistent identification methods make it difficult to organize a structured interventional study. A standardized stratification of post‐LT alcohol relapse behaviour is needed to prior to implementing interventions that employ a harm minimization approach. Cost‐effective interventions promoting self‐efficacy could enable the prevention and management of alcohol relapse after LT.
Osteochondritis dissecans of the vertebral endplate of C5 with concomitant C4‐C5 disc protrusion in a French Bulldog
Authors: Thibault A. , Hamon M. , Jossier R. , Wyrzykowski B. , Haudiquet P. 
Published: July 2023

A 4‐year‐old French bulldog was presented with neck pain and left forelimb lameness. CT scan revealed a bony defect in the craniodorsal rim of the endplate of C5 with a concomitant disc protrusion leading to ventral spinal cord compression. Ventral slot at C4‐C5 was performed to remove the protruding material and the fragment. Based on CT and histological findings, this bone defect was consistent with osteochondritis dissecans. Neck pain was absent immediately after the operation and the dog recovered without complication. Only a slight proprioceptive deficit of the left forelimb persisted during the 6‐month of follow‐up. Based on our search of the veterinary literature, this is the first published report of an osteochondritis dissecans of cervical endplate treated surgically.
Melanoma in infants, caused by a gene fusion involving the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)
Authors: Perkins Ifeoma U. , Tan Serena Y. , McCalmont Timothy H. , Chou Pauline M. , Mully Thaddeus W. , Gerami Pedram , Pomerantz Jason H. , Reyes‐Múgica Miguel , Balkin Daniel M. , Kruse Lacey L. , Huang Benjamin , Reichek Jennifer L. , Gangopadhyay Noopur , Chiosea Simon , Green Jared R. , Chamlin Sarah L. , Frieden Ilona J. , Bastian Boris C. , Yeh Iwei 
Published: July 2023

AbstractWe describe the first cases of pediatric melanoma with ALK fusion gene arising within giant congenital melanocytic nevi. Two newborn boys presented with large pigmented nodular plaques and numerous smaller satellite nevi. Additional expansile nodules developed within both nevi and invasive melanomas were diagnosed before 10 months of age in both boys. Oncogenic driver mutations in NRAS and BRAF were absent in both cases. Instead, oncogenic ZEB2::ALK fusion genes were identified in both the nevus and melanoma developing within the nevus. In both cases, tumors were noted by ultrasound in utero, demonstrated significant nodularity at birth, and progressed to melanoma in the first year of life suggesting that congenital nevi with ALK fusion genes may behave more aggressively than those with other mutations. As ALK kinase inhibitors are effective against a range of tumors with similar ALK fusion kinases, identifying ALK fusion genes in congenital melanocytic nevi may provide an opportunity for targeted therapy.