bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Sexual Dysfunctions in Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Childhood Sexual Abuse: Prevalence Rates According to DSM-5 and Clinical Correlates
Authors: Weiss Judith , Steil Regina , Priebe Kathlen , Lindauer Petra , Kleindienst Nikolaus , Fydrich Thomas , Müller-Engelmann Meike 
Published: July 2023

AbstractMany women with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after child sexual abuse (CSA) suffer from sexual problems. However, little is known about the frequency of female sexual dysfunctions (FSD) as defined by DSM-5 among women with PTSD due to CSA. Furthermore, factors related to FSD in this patient population are understudied. To assess prevalence rates and clinical correlates of FSD according to DSM-5 criteria in women with PTSD after CSA, a structured clinical interview for sexual dysfunctions according to DSM-5 criteria was administered in a sample of 137 women with PTSD after CSA. Participants also completed measures for PTSD, depression symptoms, and borderline personality disorder symptoms. The association between FSD, severity of abuse, PTSD-, depression-, borderline symptom severity, and age was examined. In a second step, the association between FSD and PTSD-clusters was assessed. Diagnostic criteria of female sexual interest/arousal disorder (FSIAD) were met by 2.6% of women in our sample. 5.2% met criteria of female orgasmic disorder (FOD), and 11.8% those of genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder (GPPPD). PTSD symptom severity predicted number of fulfilled criteria of FSIAD and FOD, the cluster “negative alterations in cognition and mood,” was associated with more fulfilled criteria in FSIAD and FOD. The majority of women reported sexual problems, but diagnostic criteria of FSD were met by only a small number of participants. PTSD symptoms, especially the cluster “negative alterations in cognition and mood,” seem to be related to female sexual functioning after CSA.
Motor Vehicle Registration Taxes (MVRT) across EU countries: MNEs’ profitability and the role of market concentration
Authors: Shehaj Pranvera , Zagler Martin 
Published: July 2023

AbstractThis paper discusses the effects of one-off Motor Vehicle Registration Taxes (MVRT) and market concentration level on the profitability of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the European Union motor vehicle industry. Our simple theoretical framework shows that firm profits depend on the demand function and therefore on taxes applied to prices. We overcome empirically the challenges of making informative theoretical predictions on the pass-through rate under imperfect competition. We find that MVRT,—both as ad valorem taxes and as specific taxes,—have a significant negative effect on MNEs’ profitability. Our findings show a statistically significant positive effect of market concentration on profitability. Finally, our results suggest that the degree of competitiveness in the motor vehicle market moderates the effect of MVRT on firm profitability only in EU countries where the MVRT is an ad valorem tax, with the negative effect of the ad valorem MVRT becoming higher as the motor vehicle market becomes less competitive.
The Old and the Young: Configurational Niches Amongst Dutch Climate Civil Society Organisations
Authors: Colli Francesca 
Published: July 2023

AbstractMedia reporting and academic research into young climate civil society organisations (CSOs) often focus on organisations using direct, confrontational and often controversial actions, but to what extent is this a true picture of young climate organisations? This paper examines the differences between young and old climate and environmental CSOs in the Netherlands. Drawing on niche theory, it uses set-theoretic typology building to examine the ways in which 39 young and old Dutch CSOs construct configurational organisational niches by narrowing down their membership and issue, using innovative strategies and developing stable financing sources. It finds that although there are significant differences between young and old CSOs in how they narrow down their membership and issues, their strategies are not significantly different: in other words, a focus on civil disobedience alone does not paint the whole picture of young climate groups.
Relationship between posttraumatic growth and help-seeking behavior in use of psychosocial support services among patients with cancer
Authors: Matsui Tomoko , Taku Kanako 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Purpose
Cancer survivors who used psychosocial support services often report posttraumatic growth (PTG). This refers to positive psychological changes that may occur as the five domains as a result of the challenges they face. Opposing relationship also might exist. This study aimed to examine the relationship between PTG and help-seeking behavior (HSB).

Methods
In total, 710 participants completed an online survey at Time1. Of those, 395 who reported not using any psychosocial support services at Time1 were asked to participate in the Time2 survey and completed a questionnaire. The participants provided demographic information, the experiences of using psychosocial support services, and the overall and five domains of PTG.

Results
Those who experienced HSB at Time1 reported a higher PTG, and two of the PTG domains, Appreciation of Life and New Possibilities, than those who did not used services. Mixed ANOVAs showed the main effects of the HSB on the overall PTG, Appreciation of Life, and New Possibilities. Hierarchical logistic regression analyses showed that Appreciation of Life at Time1 was significantly related to the engaging in HSB at Time2.

Conclusion
Those who received psychosocial support services reported a higher PTG. Participants may have also engaged in HSB because they had experienced PTG. People who are likely to seek help and experience PTG may share common characteristics.

Implications for Cancer Survivors
Support for those who do not fit the existing PTG and the use of psychosocial support services should also be considered.
Signs of Life and Death: The Semiotic Self-Destruction of the Biosphere
Authors: Hornborg Alf 
Published: July 2023

AbstractThis article applies some conceptual tools from semiotics to better understand the disastrous impacts of the world economy on global ecology. It traces the accelerating production of material disorder and waste to the logic of the money sign, as economic production processes simultaneously increase exchange-values and entropy. The exchange of indexical and iconic signs is essential to the dynamics of ecological systems and the proliferation of biological diversity. The human species has added a third kind of sign, the symbol, and more recently a fourth: all-purpose money. Money does not refer to any referent either through contiguity, similarity, or convention. It is an empty sign, capable of assuming any significance that its owner attributes to it. The article argues that the concept of symbolic reference should be restricted to cultural and linguistic phenomena. Money qualifies as a new species of sign based on its exceedingly open mode of reference. It does not refer to any object by social convention but owes its specific properties precisely to the absence of such conventions. The logic of money pivots on decontextualisation: it presupposes and encourages the detachment of exchange values, people, and concepts from the particular and the local. Selective advantage is no longer primarily about calibration within local contexts, but increasingly a matter of transcending or emancipating oneself from the specific. This drift toward decontextualisation reverses the evolution of complexity and diversity throughout the planetary biosphere.
Prediction of Cognitive Test Scores from Variable Length Multimodal Data in Alzheimer’s Disease
Authors: Morar Ulyana , Martin Harold , M. Robin P. , Izquierdo Walter , Zarafshan Elaheh , Forouzannezhad Parisa , Unger Elona , Cabrerizo Mercedes , Curiel Cid Rosie E. , Rosselli Monica , Barreto Armando , Rishe Naphtali , Vaillancourt David E. , DeKosky Steven T. , Loewenstein David , Duara Ranjan , Adjouadi Malek 
Published: July 2023

AbstractAlzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurogenerative condition characterized by sharp cognitive decline with no confirmed effective treatment or cure. This makes it critically important to identify the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages before significant cognitive deterioration has taken hold and even before any brain morphology and neuropathology are noticeable. In this study, five different multimodal deep neural networks (MDNN), with different architectures, in search of an optimal model for predicting the cognitive test scores for the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the modified Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS-CoG13) over a span of 60 months (5 years). The multimodal data utilized to train and test the proposed models were obtained from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative study and includes cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of tau and beta-amyloid, structural measures from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional and metabolic measures from positron emission tomography (PET), and cognitive scores from the neuropsychological tests (Cog). The models developed herein delve into two main issues: (1) application merits of single-task vs. multitask for predicting future cognitive scores and (2) whether time-varying input data are better suited than specific timepoints for optimizing prediction results. This model yields a high of 90.27% (SD = 1.36) prediction accuracy (correlation) at 6 months after the initial visit to a lower 79.91% (SD = 8.84) prediction accuracy at 60 months. The analysis provided is comprehensive as it determines the predictions at all other timepoints and all MDNN models include converters in the CN and MCI groups (CNc, MCIc) and all the unstable groups in the CN and MCI groups (CNun and MCIun) that reverted to CN from MCI and to MCI from AD, so as not to bias the results. The results show that the best performance is achieved by a multimodal combined single-task long short-term memory (LSTM) regressor with an input sequence length of 2 data points (2 visits, 6 months apart) augmented with a pretrained Neural Network Estimator to fill in for the missing values.
Evolving therapeutic landscape of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: challenges and aspirations
Authors: Chan Jason Yongsheng , Somasundaram Nagavalli , Grigoropoulos Nicholas , Lim Francesca , Poon Michelle Limei , Jeyasekharan Anand , Yeoh Kheng Wei , Tan Daryl , Lenz Georg , Ong Choon Kiat , Lim Soon Thye 
Published: July 2023

AbstractDiffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) represents the commonest subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and encompasses a group of diverse disease entities, each harboring unique molecular and clinico-pathological features. The understanding of the molecular landscape of DLBCL has improved significantly over the past decade, highlighting unique genomic subtypes with implications on targeted therapy. At the same time, several new treatment modalities have been recently approved both in the frontline and relapsed settings, ending a dearth of negative clinical trials that plagued the past decade. Despite that, in the real-world setting, issues like drug accessibility, reimbursement policies, physician and patient preference, as well as questions regarding optimal sequencing of treatment options present difficulties and challenges in day-to-day oncology practice. Here, we review the recent advances in the therapeutic armamentarium of DLBCL and discuss implications on the practice landscape, with a particular emphasis on the context of the healthcare system in Singapore.
Effetti cardiovascolari dei farmaci glucocorticoidi: conosciamo veramente la Sindrome di Cushing esogena?
Authors: Voltan Giacomo , Ceccato Filippo , Scaroni Carla 
Published: July 2023

SommarioCon il termine sindrome di Cushing (SC) si definisce l’insieme di alterazioni cliniche conseguenti all’eccesso di glucocorticoidi (GC). La SC esogena, molto frequente nella popolazione generale e secondaria all’utilizzo di terapia glucocorticoide, spesso viene accomunata alla SC endogena per quanto riguarda comorbilità e caratteristiche cliniche. Tuttavia, l’epidemiologia e la patogenesi della SC esogena sono assai meno conosciute.
Änderung des Steuertarifs durch das Inflationsausgleichsgesetz – Verpasste Chance zum Abbau des Mittelstandsbauchs!
Authors: Stöwhase Sven , Teuber Martin 
Published: July 2023

ZusammenfassungMit dem Inflationsausgleichsgesetz werden Steuerpflichtige in Deutschland auf der tariflichen Ebene ab dem Jahr 2024 um etwa 25 Mrd. € bei der Einkommensteuer entlastet. Gleichzeitig wird sowohl aus Politik als auch Wissenschaft immer wieder gefordert, den sogenannten Mittelstandsbauch im Einkommensteuertarif abzuschaffen, was ebenfalls mit erheblichen Steuerausfällen einhergehen würde. Dieser Beitrag zeigt, dass es möglich gewesen wäre, den Mittelstandsbauch bei gleichen Einnahmeausfällen, wie sie durch das Inflationsausgleichsgesetz entstehen, abzuschaffen und dabei zielgenauer für Effekte der kalten Progression zu kompensieren. Für die Bestimmung von aufkommensneutralen Tarifen nutzen wir dabei ein auf den Rechtsstand des Jahres 2024 fortgeschriebenes Mikrosimulationsmodell, welches auf den Daten der Faktisch Anonymisierten Lohn- und Einkommensteuerstatistik aufbaut. Mögliche Tarifalternativen, bei denen es zu einer Abschaffung des Mittelstandsbauchs in der Form kommt, dass der Tarif nur noch eine einzige Progressionszone umfasst, könnten dabei entweder durch die Anhebung des Eingangssteuersatzes, ein Vorziehen der Einkommensgrenze, ab dem der Spitzensteuersatz greift, oder eine Kombination mehrerer solcher Änderungen, einschließlich einer Anhebung des steuerlichen Grundfreibetrags, realisiert werden.
Conversations with Strangers
Authors: Labov William , Sankoff Gillian 
Published: July 2023

This Element documents the evolution of a research program that began in the early 1960s with the author's first investigation of language change on Martha's Vineyard. It traces the development of what has become the basic framework for studying language variation and change. Interviews with strangers are the backbone of this research: the ten American English speakers appearing here were all strangers to the interviewer at the time. They were selected as among the most memorable, from thousands of interviews across six decades. The speakers express their ideas and concerns in the language of everyday life, dealing with their way of earning a living, getting along with neighbors, raising a family – all matters in which their language serves them well. These people speak for themselves. And you will hear their voices. What they have to say is a monument to the richness and variety of the American vernacular, offering a tour of the studies that have built the field of sociolinguistics.
Continuum of allosteric actions for non-amenable surface groups
Authors: JOSEPH MATTHIEU 
Published: July 2023

AbstractLet
$\Sigma $
be a closed surface other than the sphere, the torus, the projective plane or the Klein bottle. We construct a continuum of probability measure preserving ergodic minimal profinite actions for the fundamental group of
$\Sigma $
that are topologically free but not essentially free, a property that we call allostery. Moreover, the invariant random subgroups we obtain are pairwise distincts.
Mixed-methods evaluation of a group psychosocial intervention for refugee, migrant and host community women in Ecuador and Panamá: Results from theEntre Nosotrascluster randomized feasibility trial
Authors: Greene M. Claire , Bonz Annie G. , Cristobal Maria , Angulo Alejandra , Armijos Andrea , Guevara María E. , Vega Carolina , Benavides Lucia , Corrales Christine , de la Cruz Alejandra , Lopez Maria J. , Moyano Arianna , Murcia Andrea , Noboa Maria J. , Rodriguez Abhimeleck , Solis Jenifer , Vergara Daniela , Bollman E. Brennan , Andersen Lena S. , Wainberg Milton , Tol Wietse A. 
Published: July 2023

AbstractCommunity-based psychosocial interventions are key elements of mental health and psychosocial support; yet evidence regarding their effectiveness and implementation in humanitarian settings is limited. This study aimed to assess the appropriateness, acceptability, feasibility and safety of conducting a cluster randomized trial evaluating two versions of a group psychosocial intervention. Nine community clusters in Ecuador and Panamá were randomized to receive the standard version of theEntre Nosotrasintervention, a community-based group psychosocial intervention co-designed with community members, or an enhanced version ofEntre Nosotrasthat integrated a stress management component. In a sample of 225 refugees, migrants and host community women, we found that both versions were safe, acceptable and appropriate. Training lay facilitators to deliver the intervention was feasible. Challenges included slow recruitment related to delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, high attrition due to population mobility and other competing priorities, and mixed psychometric performance of psychosocial outcome measures. Although the intervention appeared promising, a definitive cluster randomized comparative effectiveness trial requires further adaptations to the research protocol. Within this pilot study we identified strategies to overcome these challenges that may inform adaptations. This comparative effectiveness design may be a model for identifying effective components of psychosocial interventions.
Pantry clients and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education practitioners’ perspectives on factors influencing healthy eating policy, system and environmental interventions in food pantries
Authors: Yamoah Owusua , Schulte Jillian , Osborn Lindsay , Ogland-Hand Callie , Zubieta Ana Claudia , Freedman Darcy A. 
Published: July 2023

AbstractThe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education identified food pantries as a targeted setting for policy, system, and environmental (PSE) interventions to promote healthy eating among households who rely on pantries to supplement their food needs. The present study sought to identify factors influencing capacity and readiness to implement healthy eating PSE interventions in food pantries. Qualitative interviews were conducted via zoom with twenty-six community residents with experience receiving SNAP benefits and twelve SNAP-Ed staff in rural and urban counties in Ohio to identify themes and indicators related to community/organisational capacity and readiness to implement healthy eating PSE interventions in food pantries. Themes and related indicators generated based on inductive and deductive coding of interview transcripts were prioritised and weighted by eleven community nutrition experts during a virtual consensus conference. Five themes emerged; expert-derived weights (scaled low, 0 to high, 1) reflect the perceived importance of each to implementation of healthy eating PSE interventions in food pantries: food pantry capacity and logistics [0⋅252], networks and relationships [0⋅228], community nutrition practitioner capacity [0⋅212], food pantry user characteristics [0⋅156], and stigma and stereotypes [0⋅1⋅52]. Overall, seventeen indicators were identified reflecting these themes. Successful and sustained PSE interventions at food pantries will require a tailored approach that considers food pantries’ capacity, needs and opportunities within the community, and capacity of community nutrition practitioners. The themes and indicators identified provide guidance for responsive PSE approaches in food pantries that meet communities where they are.
Nutrient intakes from complementary foods are associated with cardiometabolic biomarkers among undernourished Peruvian children
Authors: Lee Gwenyth O. , Caulfield Laura E. , Paredes-Olortegui Maribel , Penataro-Yori Pablo , Salas Mery Sigas , Kosek Margaret N. 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Relatively little is known about how the diet of chronically undernourished children may impact cardiometabolic biomarkers. The objective of this exploratory study was to characterise relationships between dietary patterns and the cardiometabolic profile of 153 3–5-year-old Peruvian children with a high prevalence of chronic undernutrition. We collected monthly dietary recalls from children when they were 9–24 months old. At 3–5 years, additional dietary recalls were collected, and blood pressure, height, weight, subscapular skinfolds and fasting plasma glucose, insulin and lipid profiles were assessed. Nutrient intakes were expressed as average density per 100 kcals (i) from 9 to 24 months and (ii) at follow-up. The treelet transform and sparse reduced rank regress'ion (RRR) were used to summarize nutrient intake data. Linear regression models were then used to compare these factors to cardiometabolic outcomes and anthropometry. Linear regression models adjusting for subscapular skinfold-for-age Z-scores (SSFZ) were then used to test whether observed relationships were mediated by body composition. 26 % of children were stunted at 3–5 years old. Both treelet transform and sparse RRR-derived child dietary factors are related to protein intake and associated with total cholesterol and SSFZ. Associations between dietary factors and insulin were attenuated after adjusting for SSFZ, suggesting that body composition mediated these relationships. Dietary factors in early childhood, influenced by protein intake, are associated with cholesterol profiles, fasting glucose and body fat in a chronically undernourished population.
Identification of two Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa toxin-binding aminopeptidase N from Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Authors: Wang Shaozhen , Guo Yajie , Sun Yunzhu , Weng Mingqing , Liao Qiliao , Qiu Ru , Zou Shuangquan , Wu Songqing 
Published: July 2023

AbstractRhynchophorus ferrugineus is a quarantine pest that mainly damages plants in tropical regions, which are essential economic resources. Cry3Aa has been used to control coleopteran pests and is known to be toxic to R. ferrugineus. The binding of the Cry toxin to specific receptors on the target insect plays a crucial role in the toxicological mechanism of Cry toxins. However, in the case of R. ferrugineus, the nature and identity of the receptor proteins involved remain unknown. In the present study, pull-down assays and mass spectrometry were used to identify two proteins of aminopeptidase N proteins (RfAPN2a and RfAPN2b) in the larval midguts of R. ferrugineus. Cry3Aa was able to bind to RfAPN2a (Kd = 108.5 nM) and RfAPN2b (Kd = 68.2 nM), as well as midgut brush border membrane vesicles (Kd = 482.5 nM). In silico analysis of both RfAPN proteins included the signal peptide and anchored sites for glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol. In addition, RfAPN2a and RfAPN2b were expressed in the human embryonic kidney 293T cell line, and cytotoxicity assays showed that the transgenic cells were not susceptible to activated Cry3Aa. Our results show that RfAPN2a and RfAPN2b are Cry3Aa-binding proteins involved in the Cry3Aa toxicity of R. ferrugineus. This study deepens our understanding of the action mechanism of Cry3Aa in R. ferrugineus larvae.