bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Investigating the factor structure and measurement invariance of the eating disorder examination questionnaire (EDE-Q) among cisgender gay men and lesbian women from the United States
Authors: Compte Emilio J. , McGuire F. Hunter , Brown Tiffany A. , Lavender Jason M. , Murray Stuart B. , Capriotti Matthew R. , Flentje Annesa , Lubensky Micah E. , Lunn Mitchell R. , Obedin-Maliver Juno , Nagata Jason M. 
Published: September 2023

AbstractBackgroundAlthough the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) is one of the most widely used self-report assessments of eating disorder symptoms, evidence indicates potential limitations with its original factor structure and associated psychometric properties in a variety of populations, including sexual minority populations. The aims of the current investigation were to explore several previously published EDE-Q factor structures and to examine internal consistency and measurement invariance of the best-fitting EDE-Q model in a large community sample of cisgender gay men and cisgender lesbian women.MethodsData were drawn from 1624 adults (1060 cisgender gay men, 564 cisgender lesbian women) who participated in The PRIDE Study, a large-scale longitudinal cohort study of sexual and gender minorities from the United States. A series of confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were conducted to explore the fit of eight proposed EDE-Q models; internal consistency (Cronbach’s alphas, Omega coefficients) and measurement invariance (multi-group CFA) were subsequently evaluated.ResultsA brief seven-item, three-factor (dietary restraint, shape/weight overvaluation, body dissatisfaction) model of the EDE-Q from Grilo et al. (Obes Surg. 23:657–662, 2013), consistently evidenced the best fit across cisgender gay men and lesbian women. The internal consistencies of the three subscales were adequate in both groups, and measurement invariance across the groups was supported.ConclusionsTaken together, these findings support the use of the seven-item, three-factor version of the EDE-Q for assessing eating disorder symptomatology in cisgender gay men and lesbian women. Future studies can confirm the current findings in focused examinations of the seven-item, three-factor EDE-Q in diverse sexual minority samples across race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age ranges.
Refractory esophageal anastomotic stricture after esophageal atresia surgery improved with retrograde balloon dilatation through gastrostomy followed by laparoscopic fundoplication: a case report
Authors: Nakagawa Yoichi , Uchida Hiroo , Hinoki Akinari , Shirota Chiyoe , Sumida Wataru , Makita Satoshi , Yokota Kazuki , Amano Hizuru , Yasui Akihiro , Kato Daiki , Gohda Yousuke , Maeda Takuya 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Background
An esophageal anastomotic stricture (EAS) after an esophageal atresia surgery occurs in approximately 4–60% of the cases, and its first-line therapy includes balloon dilatation. Oral balloon dilatation cannot be performed in some EAS cases; conversely, even if dilatation is possible, these strictures recur in some cases, necessitating a surgical procedure for repairing the stenosis. However, these procedures are invasive and have short- and long-term complications. If an EAS recurs repeatedly after multiple balloon dilations, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) may be the underlying cause. A fundoplication procedure may be effective for treating a refractory EAS, as in the present case.

Case presentation
A neonatal patient with type D esophageal atresia underwent thoracoscopic esophago-esophageal anastomosis at the age of 1 day, and her postoperative course was uneventful. Thereafter, the patient underwent gastrostomy for poor oral intake at the age of 3 months. After gastrostomy, the patient presented with a complete obstructive EAS. Balloon dilatation via the oral route was attempted; however, a guidewire could not be inserted into the EAS site. Hence, retrograde balloon dilatation via gastrostomy was performed successfully. However, the EAS recurred easily thereafter, and laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery was performed to prevent GERD. The anti-reflux surgery cured the otherwise refractory EAS and prevented its recurrence.

Conclusions
Retrograde balloon dilatation is another treatment option for an EAS. When an EAS recurs soon after dilatation, the patient must be evaluated for GERD; if severe GERD is observed, an appropriate anti-reflux surgery is required before dilating the EAS.
HIV and Early Treatment Outcomes Among Women With Cervical Cancer Treated With Concurrent Chemoradiation in Tanzania
Authors: Mrema Alita Steven , Ngoma Mamsau , Josiah Chacha , Lugina Emmanuel , Mvungi Nanzoke , Paul Magreth , Mkuchika Evelyne , Nundu Emmanuel , Iddy Salama Khamisi , Rugengamanzi Eulade , Vuhahula Yokobeth Mtambo , Kiwanga Faraja Christopher , Wood Charles , Mwaiselage Julius 
Published: September 2023

PURPOSE Cervical cancer (CC) is the leading malignancy in Tanzania. Low-income countries are faced with double epidemics of HIV and CC. This study aimed to investigate how HIV and cancer stage at diagnosis affect early treatment outcomes among women with CC treated with concurrent chemoradiation in Tanzania in the highly active antiretroviral therapy era. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a prospective cohort study of patients newly diagnosed with CC at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute from November 2019 to January 2020. The tumor response was assessed using RECIST 3 months post-treatment. The tumor response was categorized as a complete or partial response according to the ultrasound and pelvic examination findings. The univariate and multivariate logistic regression explained the relationship between several covariates (age, stage, HIV status, equivalent dose in 2 Gy fractions, chemotherapy cycles, and treatment time) and treatment response. RESULTS A total of 102 patients with CC were included in this study at baseline. After adjusting for other covariates, only completion of treatment within 56 days (odds ratio [OR], 9.23; 95% CI, 1.53 to 55.85; P = .016) and receiving at least three cycles of cisplatin (OR, 5.6; 95% CI, 1.47 to 21.34; P = .012) were significantly associated with complete tumor response. HIV status was not significantly associated with complete tumor response (OR, 1.534; 95% CI, 0.424 to 5.545; P = .5144). CONCLUSION Early treatment response was independent of HIV status. With wide coverage of anitretroviral therapy, patients with HIV can receive radical treatment and have the same early outcomes as their HIV-negative counterparts.
Characterisation of TbSmee1 suggests endocytosis allows surface-bound cargo to enter the trypanosome flagellar pocket
Authors: Schichler Daja , Konle Antonia , Spath Eva-Maria , Riegler Sina , Klein Alexandra , Seleznev Anna , Jung Sisco , Wuppermann Timothy , Wetterich Noah , Borges Alyssa , Meyer-Natus Elisabeth , Havlicek Katharina , Pérez Cabrera Sonia , Niedermüller Korbinian , Sajko Sara , Dohn Maximilian , Malzer Xenia , Riemer Emily , Tumurbaatar Tuguldur , Djinovic-Carugo Kristina , Dong Gang , Janzen Christian J. , Morriswood Brooke 
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT
All endocytosis and exocytosis in the African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei occurs at a single subdomain of the plasma membrane. This subdomain, the flagellar pocket, is a small vase-shaped invagination containing the root of the single flagellum of the cell. Several cytoskeleton-associated multiprotein complexes are coiled around the neck of the flagellar pocket on its cytoplasmic face. One of these, the hook complex, was proposed to affect macromolecule entry into the flagellar pocket lumen. In previous work, knockdown of T. brucei (Tb)MORN1, a hook complex component, resulted in larger cargo being unable to enter the flagellar pocket. In this study, the hook complex component TbSmee1 was characterised in bloodstream form T. brucei and found to be essential for cell viability. TbSmee1 knockdown resulted in flagellar pocket enlargement and impaired access to the flagellar pocket membrane by surface-bound cargo, similar to depletion of TbMORN1. Unexpectedly, inhibition of endocytosis by knockdown of clathrin phenocopied TbSmee1 knockdown, suggesting that endocytic activity itself is a prerequisite for the entry of surface-bound cargo into the flagellar pocket.
Beyond ‘equitable partnerships’: the imperative of transformative research collaborations with Africa
Authors: Aboderin Isabella , Fuh Divine , Balcha Gebremariam Eyob , Segalo Puleng 
Published: September 2023

Debate on the need for more fairness in academic research collaborations between actors in Africa (or the ‘Global South’, broadly) and counterparts in the Global North has intensified in recent years, while practice-oriented frameworks and efforts to foster more equitable partnerships have proliferated. Important approaches to recognise and undo asymmetries in concrete collaboration arrangements – division of labour, decision making, access to rewards, capacity building – have been identified.
In this provocation we draw on African and other postcolonial, decolonial and feminist scholarship, as well as systems thinking and global science data to argue that such ‘equitable partnerships’ efforts at best sidestep the urgent need for a much more profound rebalancing of the positioning of Africa and ‘Global North’ in the worldwide science and research ecosystem as a whole. We consider why such wider rebalancing is an imperative for both Africa and the global community, propose that research collaborations must be understood as a key entry point for advancing such a systemic shift, and suggest a necessary transformative collaboration mode to this end. We conclude by positing an urgent need to think and act beyond ‘equitable’ partnerships and highlight where responsibilities for action must lie.
Using femtosecond laser pulses to explore the nonlinear optical properties of a CR-39 polymer after being exposed to alpha particles
Authors: Ali Mona , Eissa M. F. , Mohamed Tarek 
Published: September 2023

The effect of alpha particle radiation on nonlinear optical properties of poly(allyl diglycol carbonate) (CR-39) polymer has been investigated using the Z-scan technique. CR-39 polymers were exposed to alpha particles at different doses: 23.7 and 47.5 Gy. Alpha particles cause significant optical and chemical changes in the polymer CR-39. Data from UV-visible spectrometers revealed that when alpha particle doses increased, the absorption edge of polymer redshifted and the energy band gap decreased. Fourier transform infrared absorption spectra of alpha irradiation samples show a change in intensity and bond breakage in the chemical groups constituting the CR-39 polymer compared to the pristine one. With 100 fs laser pulses and 80 MHz repetition rate, the nonlinear absorption coefficient and nonlinear refractive index are measured for a pristine and irradiated polymer with different alpha doses at different excitation wavelengths and laser peak power. The samples displayed a negative nonlinear refractive index and reverse saturable absorption behavior with three photons absorption. The results reveal that the nonlinear optical properties of CR-39 were enhanced by alpha particle radiation.
Kauzalitáson innen és túl
Authors: Turcsik Bíborka 
Published: September 2023

A nem természetes narratívák tudatfolyam-ábrázolásainak keretes
szövegként, sőt narratívaként való értelmezhetősége Emmott (1999)
szövegtipológiája alapján megkérdőjelezhető. Tanulmányomban Faulkner "A
hang és a téboly" című regényéből (1956) Benjy monológját elemzem és arra a
következtetésre jutok, hogy a személyközi, tér- és időviszonyok
ábrázolásában nem épül ki az a kontextuális keret, amely a regény
narratívaként való felfogását lehetővé tenné. Ez az észrevétel szorosan
összefügg a szövegbeli kauzalitás – mint keretépítő tényező – alapvető
hiányával és az érzelmi motiváció – mint az asszociatív jelenetváltásokat
implikáló jelenség – előtérbe kerülésével (vö. Velleman 2003).
Jelen tanulmányban a nem természetes narratív sémák feltárásának
céljából egy egyszerre szövegtani és stilisztikai kiindulópontú
(Gibbons–Whiteley 2018; Stockwell 2009), poétikai (Stockwell 2002; Turcsik
2019, 2020) valamint egy mind style-vizsgálaton (Fowler 1977) alapuló
elemzéssel azt mutatom be, hogy hogyan bomlik meg és értelmeződik újra a
Benjy-monológbeli kauzalitás.
Poor Subjective Sleep Quality Predicts Symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Using the Experience Sampling Method
Authors: Topan Rabia , Vork Lisa , Fitzke Heather , Pandya Shraya , Keszthelyi Daniel , Cornelis Jan , Ellis Jason , Van Oudenhove Lukas , Van Den Houte Maaike , Aziz Qasim 
Published: September 2023

INTRODUCTION:
Sleep quality may affect symptom experience in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Our aim was to investigate the relationship between sleep quality and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms using actigraphy and the experience sampling method.

METHODS:
Patients with IBS were recruited from a tertiary Neurogastroenterology clinic and the community. GI symptoms and mood were recorded on a smartphone application, 10 times per day, over 7 consecutive days. Subjective sleep quality was recorded every morning to reflect the night before. Objective measures of sleep quality were estimated from wrist-worn actigraphy. Cross-lagged structural equation models were built to assess the directionality of sleep-symptom relationships over time.

RESULTS:
Eighty patients with IBS completed the study (mean age: 37 years [range 20–68], 89% female, 78% community). Approximately 66% had a Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score ≥ 8, indicating a clinically significant sleep disturbance. Approximately 82% (95% CI: 72–90) screened positive for a sleep disorder, most commonly insomnia. In cross-lagged analysis, poor subjective sleep quality predicted next-day abdominal pain (0.036 < P < 0.040) and lower GI symptoms (0.030 < P < 0.032), but not vice versa. No significant relationship with GI symptoms was found for any objective sleep measure using actigraphy.

DISCUSSION:
Poor subjective sleep quality was associated with higher next-day lower GI symptom levels, but not vice versa. Objective sleep measures did not predict next-day abdominal symptoms, potentially supporting the conclusion that it is the perception of sleep quality that is most influential. This study may be used to guide future research into the effect of sleep interventions on GI symptoms.
“We Are Just as Confused and Lost as She Is”
Authors: Kersten-Parrish Sara 
Published: September 2023

Cece Bell’s El Deafo (Amulet, New York, 2014) is a graphic novel memoir (a blended form called an autography) that explores the author’s experiences of losing her hearing and growing up with a severe hearing loss. As a graphic novel, the story combines image and text to allow all readers to step inside the narrative and deeply consider Bell’s experiences. After an analysis of the primacy of these narrative graphic novel elements in telling a story about a disability, this article shares the reading experiences of university students in exploring this story, during which students used both the image and text to help them confront misconceptions they had about deafness, broadening their understandings and experiences around disability.
The Analog of Self-Authenticity Within The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion
Authors: Hurley Gavin F. 
Published: September 2023

This chapter explores the rhetorics of experience, representation, and simulation within Luciano Ercoli’s 1970 film Forbidden Photos of a Lady above Suspicion. It acknowledges the playfulness of the film—and of gialli in general—by showing how its rhetorical reflexivity adheres audiences to the narrative. The chapter specifically analyzes the film’s unique plot and characters—and then more closely traces nuanced ingredients of Forbidden Photos, such as setting, props, and cinematography. Via the analysis, the chapter argues that Forbidden Photos acts as a form of metacommentary. The film steers audiences into pondering the giallo genre and the viewing experience itself.
De la représentation à la littéralité
Authors: Sevastyanov Aleksey 
Published: September 2023

Analysant avec profondeur les discours légitimant l’architecture numérique, d’une part, et l’architecture collaborative, de l’autre, l’auteur montre à quels retours de flamme dialectiques on s’expose lorsque, suivant l’ambition de Manfredo Tafuri, on prétend « dépasser » la figure de l’architecte apparue à la Renaissance, tout à la fois intellectuel, artiste et « maître-penseur » au service des classes dominantes. À peine croit-on s’être débarrassé de l’architecte classique, et avec lui des mirages et des ravages de la Raison, de l’esthétique et de l’avant-garde, que ces dernières, ainsi que le fait apparaître l’auteur, reviennent sous une forme plus pernicieuse encore. Troquant la « représentation » contre la « littéralité », on n’obtient en définitive qu’une représentation – rationnelle, artistique ou politique – de la « littéralité ».
Aleksey Sevastyanov est architecte, diplômé par l’ENSA de Paris La Villette (2012), où il a également accompli un post master en Architecture et Philosophie (2013). Il a soutenu une thèse de doctorat en philosophie à l’Université de Lille, sous la direction de Holger Schmid. Elle a pour titre : « Architecture et irreprésentable. Pour une critique du sublime » (2018) et a obtenu une mention au Prix de la recherche et de Thèse de Doctorat en Architecture de l’Académie d'architecture (2019). Il publie des articles dans les Cahiers thématiques (« Sur le statut de l'architecture discursive : (im)matérialité de l'œuvre architecturale postmoderne ») et dans Médiation et Information (« Cette image qui parle. Sur quelques contradictions de l’image de synthèse en architecture »).
De l’idéal à l’objet déchet
Authors: Melo Saint-Cyr Viviana 
Published: September 2023

Viviana Saint-Cyr reprend ses interrogations quant aux rapports entre l'architecture et la sublimation, dont nous avions publié quelques états en 2008 (voir : Architecture, corps et sublimation) et poursuit ses hypothèses quant à l'avance de l'art sur le discours analytique.

"J’ai l’idée que ce film (...) traite deux thèses lacaniennes sur l’architecture. D’un côté, la thèse (...) sur l’architecture comme la présentification de la douleur, ce qui est montré non seulement par la belle manière de filmer l’architecture mais surtout par l’angoissante succession de plans fixes. Et de l’autre, la thèse sur l’architecture « qui peut être définie comme quelque chose d’organisé autour d’un vide » et rapportée à la sublimation qui « élève un objet à la dignité de la Chose »".
Différence sexuelle et genre vernaculaire
Authors: Richir Luc 
Published: September 2023

"Différence sexuelle et genre vernaculaire - La maison contre les terrains vagues du marché " qui fait partie du vaste ouvrage de Luc Richir : "Donner, recevoir, rendre - L'erreur de Cook - Anthropologie du délire occidental". Vaste ouvrage, à entendre littéralement, parce qu'il entreprend une reprise - par le fond et jusqu'au comble - des appareils théologique, philosophique, anthropologique, psychanalytique qui visent l'être parlant et que l'occident nourrit au plus fin de ses consciences. Le noyau de l'ouvrage consiste en la prise au plus grand sérieux de l'échange symbolique que Marcel Mauss avait introduit en son temps sur la scène sociologique. Au plus grand sérieux, cela veut dire : comme une structure anthropique dont les conjonctures ne peuvent se départir, sinon à s'exposer à de funestes retours.

"Contrairement au signifiant — définit comme élément discret, unité différentielle par rapport à d’autres signifiants —, le symbole comporte en soi sa propre déchirure. Il est fragmentaire, dirait Blanchot. Ce qu’il emporte dans sa fêlure, c’est la part de l’Autre qui lui manque pour être complet. Il fait appel à ce qui pourrait le compléter — mais cette part viendrait-elle s’adjoindre à sa moitié qu’il perdait sa vertu de symbole. Car ce que le symbole symbolise, c’est ce qui lui fait défaut pour être complet. Cette part existerait-elle que le lien n’aurait aucune nécessité, pas plus que la parole qui scelle un pacte. Le symbole est la négation de l’autosuffisance. Sans être ni l’un ni l’autre (donateur ou donataire), il incarne leur altérité en tant que rien ne peut la réduire à un être, à un état, pouvoir ou propriété. Il représente l’Autre, " autrement qu’être ". Le symbole c’est la page qu’on déchire, le bout de bois qu’on brise. Son essence, c’est le profil de la coupure, et non l’adaptation de deux moitiés de manière à former une complétude originelle. C’est parce que le symbole abrite cette cassure qu’il possède la vertu, non d’en appeler au complément censé le réparer, le clore dans la sphère de l’être, mais à l’Autre blessure. Le symbole appelle, non la réparation, mais la cassure qui l’a constitué en part manquante d’une moitié qu’il appelle — qu’il désire — pour se déclarer en part avide de l’Autre susceptible de s’adjoindre à lui."
Au seuil de l’architecture ; le sacré
Authors: Chanvillard Cécile 
Published: September 2023

Cécile Chanvillard poursuit son questionnement quant aux conditions de l'habitable à partir de faits architecturaux matriciels : le socle et l'enclos. Leurs multiples modalités de déploiement, d'articulation et de combinaison sont saisies et analysées. Ce faisant, le développement des configurations qui sont logiquement déduites rencontre la singularité des architectures concrètes qui ont été ou qui sont produites par les divers moments culturels. L'inhabitable comme condition de l'habitable forme le centre de gravité des développements proposés.

Cet article fait suite à un travail précédent : 'Dans le souci d'une anthropotopie de la trace'.

"Le vide comme 'lieu où ne se trouve aucun être humain' et autour duquel s’organise l’architecture primitive peut être de l’ordre du sacré. Ce qui est inhabitable c’est le sacré ; le vide entouré par la matière de l’architecture et placé sous la loi du langage. Cet inhabitable institue le lieu."
Optimum design of a composite drone component using slime mold algorithm
Authors: Kopar Mehmet , Yıldız Ali Rıza , Yıldız Betül Sultan 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Composite materials have a wide range of applications in many industries due to their manufacturability, high strength values, and light filling. The sector where composite materials are mostly used is the aviation industry. Today, as a result of the development of aviation systems, drones have started to be actively used, and many studies have started to be carried out to mitigate them. In this study, the subcarrier part, which is part of the drone, was designed using glass and carbon fiber–reinforced composite materials. Using the data obtained at the end of the analysis, the stacking angle with the optimal displacement and stress value was determined by using the genetic algorithm (GA), gray wolf algorithm (GWO), and slime mold optimization (SMO) techniques in order to develop a carrier with a minimum displacement and stress value of more than 60 MPa. As a result of the optimization, it was determined that artificial intelligence algorithms could be used effectively in determining the stacking angle of composite materials, and the optimum values were determined in the slime mold algorithm.