bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Introduction of a Protocol for Esophageal Screening in Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Studies: Exploring Clinical Impacts and Barriers
Authors: McCarthy Kellie , Finch Emma , Miles Anna 
Published: September 2023

Purpose:
Esophageal screening is a valuable inclusion in videofluoroscopic swallowing studies (VFSSs). However, routine standardized esophageal screening does not always occur in clinical practice. This study introduced and evaluated an esophageal screening protocol at one Australian hospital.

Method:
Radiology, gastroenterology, and speech-language pathology endorsed an esophageal screening protocol, which followed a timed 20-ml International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative Level 0 bolus from mouth to stomach in an upright anterior–posterior position. Measures exploring clinical impacts and barriers were recorded. Participants were compared with 100 consecutive VFSS patients prior to the introduction of the esophageal screening protocol.

Results:

During the esophageal screening protocol trial, 163 VFSSs were conducted with recruited patients. Aspiration risk (29%,
n
= 47/163) and positioning limitation (3%,
n
= 5/163) were barriers to esophageal screening. Rates of esophageal screening significantly increased with the esophageal screening protocol (χ
2
= 63.462,
p
< .001). There was no difference in radiation dose for patients who had esophageal screening and those who did not in the esophageal screening protocol group (
U
= 1689.000,
p
= .237). The VFSS team breached the esophageal screening protocol for some patients, when evaluating esophageal transit time (
n
= 28) and recommending gastroenterology referral (
n
= 6). There was no difference between groups for rates of gastroenterology consults (χ
2
= 1.805,
p
= .188) or dysphagia procedures (χ
2
= 1.951,
p
= .209).

Conclusions:
This study confirms that routine esophageal screening provides additional clinical information to assist holistic dysphagia management without adverse operational impacts. Further research with the multidisciplinary dysphagia team has commenced to continue to optimize and refine esophageal screening practice.
What Works in Collaboration? Identifying Key Ingredients to Improve Service Delivery in Schools
Authors: DeLuca Tim , Komesidou Rouzana , Pelletier Richard , Hogan Tiffany 
Published: September 2023

Purpose:
This survey study examined factors that may influence interprofessional collaboration in schools to support children with oral and written language impairments, namely, knowledge, collaborative beliefs and practices, and resources.

Method:
A survey was conducted across 319 school-based professionals, in a partnering public school district, to examine these constructs within the context of each individual participant's professional role.

Results:
Between-groups comparisons were made between special educators, general educators, paraprofessionals, and indirect educators (i.e., those whose roles do not explicitly include language-based instruction). Special educators had significantly higher levels of learning experiences and knowledge about language disorders compared to other groups. Those who engaged in the most independent learning (i.e., learning outside of pre- or in-service learning) exhibited the highest levels of knowledge. Collaborative beliefs among professionals were best predicted by access to resources and overall professional learning experiences. More positive collaborative beliefs, in turn, predicted higher rates of collaborative behaviors. Resources were predicted by a small negative relationship with years of experience and by working in specific school buildings within the district. Those with less experience in specific buildings reported more resources.

Conclusion:
Individuals with higher levels of individual learning and positive attitudes toward collaboration may enhance the interprofessional collaborative practices of teams supporting children with language disorders.

Supplemental Material:

https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.24059178
Diagnosis of subarray‐structured base station antennas in a compact setup based on solving linear equations
Authors: Li Mengting , Zhang Fengchun , Fan Wei 
Published: September 2023

AbstractSince the total number of the antenna elements can be up to hundreds in a massive multiple‐input multiple‐output (MIMO) system, subarray‐structured base station (BS) array configurations are widely adopted to achieve a good cell coverage and to reduce the required number of radio frequency chains at the same time. It is crucial for any BS product to ensure that the antenna elements perform correctly as expected. Therefore, the necessity of array diagnosis is evident, especially for large BS arrays. Furthermore, it is essential that the diagnosis can be achieved in a compact and cost‐effective setup with high measurement efficiency (i.e. only a few measurement samples are required). The principle of the diagnosis method presented in this article is to obtain the S‐parameters between the subarrays and the probe via solving linear equations. In the simulation, a BS array composed of 16 subarrays with each containing 3 elements is used to validate the diagnosis method at 3.5 GHz. An array composed of 4 subarrays with each containing 3 elements was used in the measurements to verify the diagnosis method with two different phase tuning matrices at 3 GHz. Successful diagnosis results have been achieved in both the simulations and the measurements.
Craniofacial Morphology in Unoperated Cleft Lip and Palate
Authors: Deshpande Sanjeev N. , Sharma L. K. 
Published: September 2023

SummaryCleft lip and palate patients have normal growth potential. Inadvertent surgery done in early childhood results in maxillary hypoplasia, which manifests in later life. Unoperated cleft lip and palate patients have normal craniofacial morphology when compared to controls of same age and sex, irrespective of the type of cleft. Lateral cephalometric analysis of craniofacial morphology in 22 cases of cleft lip and palate has been studied whose results are being presented.
Story, style, and structure
Authors: Moyna María Irene , Blumenthal Teresa 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
This study analyses variation and change in Uruguayan Spanish address between formal (usted) and
informal variants (tú, vos). It focusses on address representations in children’s literature written between 1918
and 1973 – foundational texts that helped consolidate national identity. Our study answers the following questions: (a) What were
the most frequent pronominal and verbal address forms employed in early Uruguayan children’s literature? (b) What were their pragmatic
and stylistic contexts of use? And (c) To what extent did those forms and uses differ from their contemporary counterparts? The
second-person pronouns and verbs from eleven children’s books were analysed quantitatively to establish frequencies. We found that
early children’s literature presented usted and tú as the urban norm. Vernacular
vos was practically absent until the 1940s, and afterwards it was found only in specific constrained
contexts. This differs markedly from contemporary literature for children, which favours voseo and reflects
orality quite accurately.
The history of second-person pronouns in European Portuguese
Authors: Lara Bermejo Víctor 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
European Portuguese is known for the complexity of its second-person pronouns system. Despite this fact, there are
not many works that deal with its evolution, since most analyses focus on case studies. In this article, I aim to pinpoint the
diachrony of the second-person pronominal system of European Portuguese through the analysis of a corpus consisting of letters
that cover the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The data will be compared to the available information regarding the previous
centuries as well as the present. The results show that the European variety has journeyed through three very specific periods in
its history, triggering both loss of inflection and person disagreements. Moreover, it has always maintained the spectrum of
distance or power as the unmarked form of politeness – in contrast to the fashions attested in other languages and elsewhere in
Europe.
The rise of what-general extenders in English
Authors: Brinton Laurel J. 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
General extenders (ges) are elements such as and so forth occurring at the right
periphery. On the referential level, they implicate a set, but they also serve a range of discourse-pragmatic functions, such as
hedging and interpersonal relations. Some sociolinguistic studies have seen the development of ges as synchronic
grammaticalization involving phonetic reduction, decategorialization, semantic bleaching and pragmatic enrichment, but other
studies have found no evidence of ongoing grammaticalization. Historical studies of ges are few. This paper sets out to
fill this gap by studying the rise of disjunctive, adjunctive and bare ges formed with what –
(or/and) what you will, or what, or/and what else, (or) whatever, (or/and) what not and (or/and) what
have you. Despite their apparent similarity, these are shown to have quite different sources and histories. Their
development conforms to some of the recognized parameters of grammaticalization but is more fruitfully understood from a
constructionist approach.
Performance evaluation of an Ultra-Fast IR Detector for Astronomy Transients
Authors: Drago A , Pace E , Bini S , Cestelli Guidi M , Cioeta F , Marcelli A , Bocci V 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
In this work, we present the design of an ultra-fast IR (InfraRed) detector for the search of astronomical transients. Time-domain astronomy is a field in continuous growth in the last years, with interest in detectors with nanosecond performance, in order to observe potential fast transients with the time scale of GRBs (Gamma Ray Bursts) and FRBs (Fast Radio Bursts). An ultra-fast temporal detector based on HgCdTe photoconductors is under development in Italy, at the Frascati National Laboratory of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics, by tests at SINBAD, the DAFNE infrared beamline. The detector will be used for mid-IR observations together with a ground-based reflecting telescope or launched on a scientific balloon.
High sensitivity fiber optic esophageal pressure sensor based on OFDR
Authors: Han Jingyi , Chen Mingsong , Wen Jialin , Yang Tianyu , Dong Yuming 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
In this paper, a distributed esophageal pressure measurement sensor is proposed. Optical frequency domain reflection (OFDR) technology is adopted to measure the axial strain change of the optical fiber. By designing a sensitizing structure, the sensing performance can be well improved. The analysis based on finite element simulation of the sensor is carried out and its feasibility is verified. Compared with the solid high-resolution esophageal manometry system widely used at this stage, the proposed sensor is low cost and simple in structure. The sensitivity of the sensor can reach 65.920μɛ/kPa.
A thread scheduling model for highly concurrent IoT platforms
Authors: Li Zhongwen , Xie Zelun , Tang Zhenhui 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
To accept and process the requests many IoT devices give, the server on the IoT platform must open many threads. Enhancing server speed while working with constrained processors, memory, and other resources is extremely difficult. In this paper, we propose a thread scheduling model that abstracts server resources, combines queues to handle resource contention, avoids the issue of frequent switching of the server’s underlying processor context in traditional thread scheduling, and combines with a specific thread weighting mechanism to enable the server to handle more requests from IoT devices with the same overhead. Finally, we carry out tests to show that our model is valid.
Limited driving of elevated CO2 on vegetation greening over global drylands
Authors: Jian Dongnan , Niu Guo-Yue , Ma Zhuguo , Liu Hongyan , Guan Dabo , Zhou Xin , Zhou Juan 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Drylands are the world’s largest biome and dominate the trends and interannual variability of global carbon sinks. Although a ‘greening’ trend of global drylands has been widely reported, large uncertainties remain in attributing its drivers. It is increasingly emphasized that elevated CO2 has greatly contributed to the vegetation greening over global drylands. Here we quantified the contributions of climate change, elevated CO2, and land use and land cover change (LULCC) on leaf area index (LAI) over drylands, using a process-based land surface model Noah-MP to investigate the drivers of vegetation change. The state-of-the-art model shows better performance in simulating the interannual variability of satellite-observed LAI over global drylands compared with that of the multi-model ensemble mean LAI from the TRENDY results. The area that LAI changes dominated by climate change (44.03%) is three times greater than that by CO2 (13.89%), and climate change also contributes most to the global drylands greening trend (55.07%). LULCC shows regional dominance over 13.35% of the global drylands, which is associated with afforestation, woody plant encroachment, and agricultural intensification. Our results imply that the vegetation greening area driven by elevated CO2 is much limited relative to the overwhelming climatic driving, which should be considered in predictions of trends and interannual variations of global carbon sinks.
Internationalization and multinational corporations’ environmental performance: the role of corporate governance
Authors: Peng Xuhui , Li Jingduan , Zhang Huan , Nakandala Dilupa 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Owing to critical climate change issues, the environmental responsibility of multinational corporations (MNCs) has recently attracted considerable attention from academia. However, few studies have examined how corporate governance (CG) affects MNCs’ environmental strategies during internationalization. Therefore, informed by the Institutional and stakeholder theories, this study focuses on Fortune Global 500 MNCs and theoretically discusses and empirically tests the relationship between internationalization and MNCs’ environmental performance and the moderating effects of CG on this relationship. The results indicate that there is a positive impact of internationalization on MNCs’ environmental performance and a positive moderating effect of board independence. Moreover, additional analyses show the joint moderating effects of CG on this relationship. Our results emphasize the importance of MNCs’ environmental responsibility that focuses on global stakeholders’ demands, how board independence strengthens board attention to stakeholders’ concerns, and why the joint effects of CG enhance environmental performance. Finally, suggestions for promoting MNCs’ environmental responsibility by strengthening CG regulations targeting policymakers and MNCs are provided.
Evaluation of the physical properties and filtration efficiency of PVDF/PAN nanofiber membranes by using dry milk protein
Authors: Mustfa Wissam Mohammed , Habeeb Salih Abbas 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
In engineering applications, especially ultrafiltration (UF) applications, it is very important to use polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) nanofiber membranes. In this study, membrane nanofibers made of pure PAN, PVDF: PAN blends, and pure PVDF (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, and M6), were produced by the electrospinning technique with different contents of PVDF in each blend. The prepared membranes were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), contact angle measurements, x-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrophotometry, and differential scanning calorimetry-thermogravimetric analysis (DSC-TGA). In terms of the physical properties, the viscosity of the membranes increased with an increase in the content of PVDF in the blends compared with the viscosity of the pure polymer solutions. This led to increases in nanofiber diameter, pore size, and porosity by 261.664%, 875.107%, and 114.41%, respectively, when the content of PVDF increased from 20% (M2) to 80% (M5); this was also accompanied by an increase in the surface wettability of the membrane depending on its contact angle. In addition, the thermal properties and crystallinity of PAN improved after increasing the PVDF content from 20% (M2) to 60% (M4). Moreover, the filtration efficiency of the membranes was measured to determine the per cent reduction in pure water flux, reduction in mean depth (RMD) before and after using dry milk protein, the flux recovery ratio and porosity, giving values of 15.68%, 82.51%, 84.32%, and 67.79%, respectively, for the M4 membrane.
Reducing cost in DNA-based data storage by sequence analysis-aided soft information decoding of variable-length reads
Authors: Park Seong-Joon , Kim Sunghwan , Jeong Jaeho , No Albert , No Jong-Seon , Park Hosung 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Motivation
DNA-based data storage is one of the most attractive research areas for future archival storage. However, it faces the problems of high writing and reading costs for practical use. There have been many efforts to resolve this problem, but existing schemes are not fully suitable for DNA-based data storage, and more cost reduction is needed.

Results
We propose whole encoding and decoding procedures for DNA storage. The encoding procedure consists of a carefully designed single low-density parity-check code as an inter-oligo code, which corrects errors and dropouts efficiently. We apply new clustering and alignment methods that operate on variable-length reads to aid the decoding performance. We use edit distance and quality scores during the sequence analysis-aided decoding procedure, which can discard abnormal reads and utilize high-quality soft information. We store 548.83 KB of an image file in DNA oligos and achieve a writing cost reduction of 7.46% and a significant reading cost reduction of 26.57% and 19.41% compared with the two previous works.

Availability and implementation
Data and codes for all the algorithms proposed in this study are available at: https://github.com/sjpark0905/DNA-LDPC-codes.
FunTaxIS-lite: a simple and light solution to investigate protein functions in all living organisms
Authors: Bianca Federico , Ispano Emilio , Gazzola Ermanno , Lavezzo Enrico , Fontana Paolo , Toppo Stefano 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Motivation
Defining the full domain of protein functions belonging to an organism is a complex challenge that is due to the huge heterogeneity of the taxonomy, where single or small groups of species can bear unique functional characteristics. FunTaxIS-lite provides a solution to this challenge by determining taxon-based constraints on Gene Ontology (GO) terms, which specify the functions that an organism can or cannot perform. The tool employs a set of rules to generate and spread the constraints across both the taxon hierarchy and the GO graph.

Results
The taxon-based constraints produced by FunTaxIS-lite extend those provided by the Gene Ontology Consortium by an average of 300%. The implementation of these rules significantly reduces errors in function predictions made by automatic algorithms and can assist in correcting inconsistent protein annotations in databases.

Availability and implementation
FunTaxIS-lite is available on https://www.medcomp.medicina.unipd.it/funtaxis-lite and from https://github.com/MedCompUnipd/FunTaxIS-lite.
Placental galectins: a subfamily of galectins lose the ability to bind β-galactosides with new structural features
Authors: Pei Xuejing , Zhu Jiahui , Wang Yuchen , Zhang Fali , He Yufeng , Li Yuchun , Si Yunlong 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Galectins are a phylogenetically conserved family of soluble β-galactoside binding proteins. There are 16 different of galectins, each with a specific function determined by its distinct distribution and spatial structure. Galectin-13, galectin-14, and galectin-16 are distinct from other galectin members in that they are primarily found in placental tissue. These galectins, also referred to as placental galectins, play critical roles in regulating pregnancy-associated processes, such as placenta formation and maternal immune tolerance to the embedded embryo. The unique structural characteristics and the inability to bind lactose of placental galectins have recently received significant attention. This review primarily examines the novel structural features of placental galectins, which distinguish them from the classic galectins. Furthermore, it explores the correlation between these structural features and the loss of β-galactoside binding ability. In addition, the newly discovered functions of placental galectins in recent years are also summarized in our review. A detailed understanding of the roles of placental galectins may contribute to the discovery of new mechanisms causing numerous pregnancy diseases and enable the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for the treatment of these diseases, ultimately benefiting the health of mothers and offspring.
Preferential attachment with reciprocity: properties and estimation
Authors: Cirkovic Daniel , Wang Tiandong , Resnick Sidney I 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Reciprocity in social networks is a measure of information exchange between two individuals, and indicates interaction patterns between pairs of users. A recent study finds that the reciprocity coefficient of a classical directed preferential attachment (PA) model does not match empirical evidence. Towards remedying this deficiency, we extend the classical three-scenario directed PA model by adding a parameter that controls the probability of creating a reciprocal edge. This proposed model also allows edge creation between two existing nodes, making it a realistic candidate for fitting to datasets. We provide and compare two estimation procedures for fitting the new reciprocity model and demonstrate the methods on simulated and real datasets. One estimation method requires careful analysis of the heavy tail properties of the model. The fitted models provide a good match with the empirical tail distributions of both in- and out-degrees but other mismatched diagnostics suggest that further generalization of the model is warranted.