bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Measurement properties of the Brain Balance® multidomain developmental survey: validated factor structure, internal reliability, and measurement invariance
Authors: Jackson Rebecca , Jordan Joshua T. 
Published: January 2023

AbstractThis study aimed to refine and validate a multidomain developmental survey (MDS) used by the Brain Balance® (BB) program. Data were analyzed on 47,571 participants (68.5% male; 4–18 years) whose parents completed the survey before/after 3 months of in-center BB participation. Exploratory Factor Analysis was applied to a training sample (n = 28,254), reducing the original item pool from 98 to 31 items and suggesting a six-factor solution. The six factors were labeled as negative emotionality, reading/writing difficulties, hyperactive-disruptive, academic disengagement, motor/coordination problems, and social communication problems. Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling was applied to two validation samples (n = 9394 and 9923), and the factor structure demonstrated strong goodness-of-fit. Test–retest reliability coefficients (per Pearson correlations) were high for each of the subscales. Finally, the survey’s factor structure appeared equivalent across four groups stratified by reported gender and adolescent status. Overall, the BB-MDS demonstrated strong measurement properties, including validated factor structure, internal reliability, test–retest reliability, and measurement invariance.
Clinical Relevance of Interferon Regulatory Family-4 (IRF4) Expression in Newly Diagnosed Patients with Multiple Myeloma
Authors: Abdelmonem May E. , Nooh Hend A. , El Ashry Mona S. 
Published: January 2023

AbstractMultiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant plasma cell neoplasm with complex biology and heterogenous course. Interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF4) transcription factor, important key developmental stages of hematopoiesis, represents an excellent potential therapeutic target. The present work aimed to investigate the expression status of IRF4 in the diagnostic bone marrow biopsy (BMB) cores of MM patients. This prospective study included 62 newly diagnosed MM patients. The expression of IRF4 was assessed in the BMB by immunohistochemistry (IHC). The data were correlated to the patients’ clinico-pathological features, response to treatment and survival rates. IRF4 expression was observed in 50% of MM patients (31/62). IRF-4 positive patients were more frequently male patients (P = 0.018), have immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) translocations (P = 0.05) and tended to present with a higher platelets count (P = 0.07). Multiple myeloma patients presenting with urine M-protein had worse overall survival (OS) than negative cases (P = 0.012). Normocellular BM aspirate (BMA) was associated with better OS than hypercellular and hypocellular BMA (P = 0.006). Patchy distribution of plasma cells in BMB was associated with better disease-free survival (DFS) while diffuse infiltration had the worst (P = 0.019). Of note, after treatment, MM patients had significantly lower percentage of BMA plasma cells, platelet count, β2 microglobulin and creatinine levels (P = 0.037, < 0.001, 0.022 and 0.026, respectively). Had higher albumin level (P = 0.007), compared to initial investigations. No significant association was found between IRF4 expression and the patients’clinical outcomes. Patterns of plasma cells distribution in BMB, BMA cellularity and urine M-protein are prognostically relevant in MM.
Heterosexual Script in Italian Young Adults: Measurement Across Genders
Authors: Scappini Agathe , Donati Maria Anna , Fioravanti Giulia 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Introduction
The Heterosexual script has not yet received extensive scientific attention in, one of the countries in which gender stereotypes are particularly prominent. The purpose of this study was to examine adherence to sexual scripts among Italian young adults by first evaluating the dimensionality, psychometric properties, and gender invariance of the Italian version of the Heterosexual Script Scale (HSS), a 22-item self-report questionnaire measuring endorsement of sexual scripts in the context of heterosexual relationships.

Method
A community sample of 2781 women and men (F = 50.5%) was recruited in 2021 (mean age = 22.32, SD = 3.53 years, age range: 18–35 years). Participants completed the Italian version of the HSS, measures of ambivalent sexism, and a socio-demographic questionnaire.

Results
Exploratory factor analysis revealed that, after deletion of four items (items 4, 7, 16, 22), four factors should be extracted: Courtship Strategies, Women Depend on Men, Women’s Self-Sacrifice, and Sex Defines Masculinity; Women Set Sexual Limits. The confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the 18-item four-factor structure had a good fit (RMSEA [90% CI] = .06 [.06; .07]; CFI = .95; SRMR = .05). Good internal consistency (Cronbach’s alphas for the four factors ranged from .65 to .72), construct validity, and metric invariance across genders were demonstrated.

Conclusion
Overall, findings indicate that the HSS can be used to reliably assess the endorsement of gendered sexual scripts among young Italian women and men. Some specific cultural aspects emerged.

Policy Implications
Researchers and sexual health practitioners should consider context-specific sexual scripts when designing research and intervention protocols. Sex education curricula could be improved by integrating modules aimed at promoting egalitarian gender scripts.
Introducing isodynamic points for binary forms and their ratios
Authors: Hägg Christian , Shapiro Boris , Shapiro Michael 
Published: January 2023

AbstractThe isodynamic points of a plane triangle are known to be the only pair of its centers invariant under the action of the Möbius group$${\mathcal {M}}$$Mon the set of triangles, Kimberling (Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers,http://faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/encyclopedia). Generalizing this classical result, we introduce below theisodynamicmap associating to a univariate polynomial of degree$$d\ge 3$$d≥3with at most double roots a polynomial of degree (at most)$$2d-4$$2d-4such that this map commutes with the action of the Möbius group$${\mathcal {M}}$$Mon the zero loci of the initial polynomial and its image. The roots of the image polynomial will be called theisodynamic pointsof the preimage polynomial. Our construction naturally extends from univariate polynomials to binary forms and further to their ratios.
Homogeneity and Heterogeneity in How Institutional Investors Perceive Corporate and Securities Regulations
Authors: Tanaka Wataru , Iwasaki Masaki 
Published: January 2023

AbstractWe use an in-depth survey of institutional investors investing in Japan to reveal the homogeneity and heterogeneity of their views on corporate governance regulations. Their opinions exhibited high homogeneity in favoring legislative intervention in corporate management but nuanced heterogeneity with respect to the degree of intervention that they regarded as desirable. A certain cluster of investors, to which investment trusts and advisors were more likely to belong, tended to prefer stronger legal intervention; these investors favored strict tender-offer rules, and they more clearly supported intervention in the composition of boards and the pursuit of executive liability. These reactions may have been motivated by concern for the fact that a certain class of shareholders, particularly banks and insurance companies, was vulnerable to pressure by management, making it hard for corporations functioning autonomously to maximize shareholder values. The survey results suggest that shareholder composition may affect the necessity and effectiveness of legal interventions.
Continuous flow synthesis of phenyl glucosazone and its conversion to 2H-1,2,3-Triazole building blocks
Authors: Molnar Maria , Baumann Marcus 
Published: January 2023

AbstractA continuous flow approach for the generation of phenyl glucosazone from glucose and phenyl hydrazine is reported giving the pure target in 53% isolated yield. This thermal process generates the target product as an insoluble material that causes reactor fouling via adhering to the reactor walls. To overcome this issue a segmented flow approach was realised whereby streams of air and the reaction solution were combined in a T-piece and directed through the heated reactor coil. The resulting micro-mixing prevented reactor fouling and blocking and allowed for multi-hour reactions to generate the desired target in high yield. The value of the phenyl glucosazone product was demonstrated via its oxidative cyclisation into 2H-phenyl-1,2,3-triazoles which represent important heterocyclic scaffolds.
Pedagogical Language Knowledge im Sachunterricht – Professionalisierung der angehenden Lehrpersonen im Fokus
Authors: Krompák Edina 
Published: January 2023

ZusammenfassungPedagogical language knowledge (Galguera 2011; Bunch 2013) und dessen begrifflicher Apparat ist eng mit dem fachdidaktischen Wissen (pedagogical content knowledge) verbunden. Es umfasst die Auseinandersetzung mit der sprachlichen Komplexität des Lerngegenstandes. Im Sachunterricht werden fachliche und überfachliche Kompetenzen erworben, die ein fachspezifisches, (bildungs‑)sprachliches Register voraussetzen (Schmellentin et al. 2012). Insbesondere Sachtexte verfügen über ein solches fachspezifisches Register, das sich in der Verwendung von Fachwortschatz, in komplexer Satzstruktur und einer verdichteten Sprache äussert (Schroeter-Brauss et al. 2018). Diese sprachlichen Herausforderungen können das Verstehen der Inhalte und der Zusammenhänge erschweren. Aus diesem Grund nimmt Sprachkompetenz als Wissensdimension im Konzept von scientific literacy eine bedeutende Rolle ein (Gräber et al. 2002). Dies erfordert sowohl die Sensibilisierung der Lehrpersonen für eine chancengerechte sprachliche Bildung (Krompák 2015) als auch die Vermittlung von fachbezogenen sprachdidaktischen Kompetenzen. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die sprachliche Sensibilität von Studierenden einer Pädagogischen Hochschule im Umgang mit Sachtexten und der für sie spezifischen Sprache. Der Datensatz, bestehend aus Sachtexten, ihrer Analyse und den Fokusgruppeninterviews mit den Studierenden, wurde mit quantitativen und qualitativen Methoden ausgewertet. Die quantitativen Analysen zeigten, dass die Studierenden die sprachliche und inhaltliche Komplexität der Sachtexte ähnlich einschätzten. Bei der qualitativen Analyse der Texte ergab sich jedoch ein heterogenes Bild. Obwohl wichtige sprachliche Herausforderungen in den Sachtexten identifiziert wurden, mangelte es an einer differenzierten Beschreibung der sprachlichen Phänomene. Die vorliegenden Ergebnisse liefern wertvolle Erkenntnisse darüber, wie sich angehende Lehrpersonen mit den sprachlichen Aspekten des Sachunterrichts auseinandersetzen und wie linguistische und fachbezogene sprachdidaktische Kompetenzen in der Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerausbildung gezielt berücksichtigt werden sollen.
Development of a composite regional vulnerability index and its relationship with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Cao Mengqiu , Yao Qing , Chen Bingsheng , Ling Yantao , Hu Yuping , Xu Guangxi 
Published: January 2023

AbstractThe interactions between vulnerability and human activities have largely been regarded in terms of the level of risk they pose, both internally and externally, for certain groups of disadvantaged individuals and regions/areas. However, to date, very few studies have attempted to develop a comprehensive composite regional vulnerability index, in relation to travel, housing, and social deprivation, which can be used to measure vulnerability at an aggregated level in the social sciences. Therefore, this research aims to develop a composite regional vulnerability index with which to examine the combined issues of travel, housing and socio-economic vulnerability (THASV index). It also explores the index’s relationship with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, reflecting both social and spatial inequality, using Greater London as a case study, with data analysed at the level of Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOAs). The findings show that most of the areas with high levels of composite vulnerability are distributed in Outer London, particularly in suburban areas. In addition, it is also found that there is a spatial correlation between the THASV index and the risk of COVID-19 deaths, which further exacerbates the potential implications of social deprivation and spatial inequality. Moreover, the results of the multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR) show that the travel and socio-economic indicators in a neighbouring district and the related vulnerability indices are strongly associated with the risk of dying from COVID-19. In terms of policy implications, the findings can be used to inform sustainable city planning and urban development strategies designed to resolve urban socio-spatial inequalities and the potential related impacts of COVID-19, as well as guiding future policy evaluation of urban structural patterns in relation to vulnerable areas.
African Studies Keyword: The Bush
Authors: Lagace Martha 
Published: January 2023

AbstractWhen Ugandan singer Geoffrey Oryema died in France in 2018 after forty-one years in exile, his wish was to be cremated, repatriated to Uganda, and dispersed on the wind. His wish implied improper burial and ignited a controversy due to varied meanings of the bush. The bush is a keyword with a painful past. Oryema’s experience and Acholi concepts of the bush suggest the bush is partly a discourse, inherited from one generation to the next, about the shifting space between home and wild. For this analysis, Lagace draws on songs, social media, Ugandan and French press, archives, scholarship, and correspondence with Ugandans.
Restitution vs. Retention: Reassessing Discourses on the African Cultural Heritage
Authors: Eyssette Jérémie 
Published: January 2023

AbstractIn order to reappraise discourses on the restitution vs. retention of Africa’s cultural heritage, Eyssette examines the Musée du Quai Branly (France), the AfricaMuseum (Belgium), the British Museum (UK), and the Humboldt Forum (Germany) as one representative spectrum for analysis showing the mutual imbrications of their changing strategies and practices. After detecting biases in retentionist arguments on security, accessibility, law, and ethics, Eyssette stresses symmetrical shortcomings in restitutionist discourses on provenance research and the instrumentalization of heritage for economic gains or post-colonial rebranding. The conclusion determines whether these four institutions are retentionists, rhetorical restitutionists, or truly reformed restitutionists.
Courting Victims: Exploring the Legal Framing of Exploitation in Human Trafficking Cases
Authors: Sibley Marcus A. , van der Meulen Emily 
Published: January 2023

AbstractThis article examines how exploitation informs judicial interpretations of human trafficking in Canadian criminal cases. While socio-legal and popular notions of trafficking often suggest that forced movement into a decidedly exploitative labour context is required, our analysis of key appellate cases and constitutional challenges reveals that actual exploitation is not a necessary element of the offence. Instead, the trafficking in persons provision criminalizes the intent to exploit, while requiring the court to adopt an “objective” assessment of whether a reasonable person in the complainant’s circumstances could potentially fear for their safety in the context of providing (sexual) labour. We argue that this objective standard contributes to a gendered hierarchy of legal knowledge and ultimately privileges the perceived masculinized rationality of the courts and legal actors while rendering the subjective experiences of complainants as less central to the prosecution of human trafficking.
La gouvernance plurinormative des manifestants : reconfigurations pénales, exceptionnalité et dégradation des droits pendant le G20 à Toronto
Authors: Velloso Joao 
Published: January 2023

RésuméCet article analyse la création, l’adaptation et l’utilisation des dispositifs juridiques employés dans le contrôle des manifestants pendant le G20 à Toronto (2010), notamment le recours à un régime spécial basé sur la Loi sur la protection des ouvrages publics (LPOP). Le recours à une loi obscure de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et le peu de transparence gouvernementale sur les lois applicables aux manifestants ont créé des conditions favorables à la plus intense arrestation de masse de l’histoire canadienne (1 118 personnes en deux jours). Nous suggérons que nous assistons à un développement soutenu de nouvelles formes de gouvernance punitive qui opèrent au-delà du droit pénal, à la limite de l’état de droit (« trous juridiques ») et des garanties juridiques traditionnellement associées au procès criminel. Nous concluons que l’utilisation de ces raccourcis punitifs est juridiquement dangereuse et a pour effet systémique de concentrer beaucoup de pouvoir dans les institutions policières.
Almost proximal extensions of minimal flows
Authors: CAO YANG , SHAO SONG 
Published: January 2023

AbstractIn this paper, we study almost proximal extensions of minimal flows. Let
$\pi : (X,T)\rightarrow (Y,T)$
be an extension of minimal flows. Then
$\pi $
is called an almost proximal extension if there is some
$N\in {\mathbb N}$
such that the cardinality of any almost periodic subset in each fiber is not greater than N. When
$N=1$
,
$\pi $
is proximal. We will give the structure of
$\pi $
and give a dichotomy theorem: any almost proximal extension of minimal flows is either almost finite to one, or almost all fibers contain an uncountable strongly scrambled subset. Using the category method, Glasner and Weiss showed the existence of proximal but not almost one-to-one extensions [On the construction of minimal skew products. Israel J. Math.34 (1979), 321–336]. In this paper, we will give explicit such examples, and also examples of almost proximal but not almost finite to one extensions.
Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreaks in nursing homes involving residents who had completed a primary coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine series—13 US jurisdictions, July–November 2021
Authors: Wilson W. Wyatt , Keaton Amelia A. , Ochoa Lucas G. , Hatfield Kelly M. , Gable Paige , Walblay Kelly A. , Teran Richard A. , Shea Meghan , Khan Urooj , Stringer Ginger , Colletti Joanne G. , Grogan Erin M. , Calabrese Carly , Hennenfent Andrew , Perlmutter Rebecca , Janiszewski Katherine A. , Kamal-Ahmed Ishrat , Strand Kyle , Berns Emily , MacFarquhar Jennifer , Linder Meghan , Tran Dat J. , Kopp Patricia , Walker Rebecca M. , Ess Rebekah , Read Jennifer S. , Yingst Chelsey , Baggs James , Jernigan John A. , Kallen Alex , Hunter Jennifer C. ,   the MOVIN Surveillance Team
Published: January 2023

AbstractAmong nursing home outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with ≥3 breakthrough infections when the predominant severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant circulating was the SARS-CoV-2 δ (delta) variant, fully vaccinated residents were 28% less likely to be infected than were unvaccinated residents. Once infected, they had approximately half the risk for all-cause hospitalization and all-cause death compared with unvaccinated infected residents.
Plum supplementation and lipid profile: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Authors: Askarpour Moein , Ghalandari Hamid , Setayesh Leila , Ghaedi Ehsan 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Plums are abundant in bioactive compounds which have been associated with numerous health benefits. In the present study, we aimed at examining the impact of plum supplementation on lipid profile of individuals. Electronic bibliographical databases were searched for relevant randomised clinical trials. Articles meeting our eligibility criteria were included for data extraction and final analysis. Weighted mean difference (WMD) was estimated using a random-effect model. Of the total articles retrieved in the initial search, nine articles were found to be eligible to be included in the analysis. Our results show that plum supplementation significantly improves total cholesterols levels in the unhealthy individuals. Moreover, plum supplementation reduces the LDL-c levels in the pooled sample (WMD = −11⋅52 mg/dl; 95 % CI −21⋅93, −1⋅11, P = 0⋅03, I2 = 98⋅7 %) and also in some of the subgroups of individuals (dried plum, unhealthy subjects, duration more than 8 weeks). Moreover, it had a significant reducing effect on TC levels just in unhealthy subjects. Although plum supplementation did not have any significant impact on serum levels of TG nor HDL-c. Our results show that supplementation with plums is potentially effective in reducing serum total cholesterol and LDL-c.
Apathy associated with antidepressant drugs: a systematic review
Authors: Masdrakis Vasilios G. , Markianos Manolis , Baldwin David S. 
Published: January 2023

AbstractObjectives:Administration of antidepressant drugs – principally selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) – may induce clinically significant ‘apathy’ which can affect treatment outcomes adversely. We aimed to review all relevant previous reports.Methods:We performed a PUBMED search of English-language studies, combining terms concerning psychopathology (e.g. apathy) and classes of antidepressants (e.g. SSRI).Results:According to certain inclusion (e.g. use of DSM/ICD diagnostic criteria) and exclusion (e.g. presence of a clinical condition that may induce apathy) criteria, 50 articles were eligible for review. Together, they suggest that administration of antidepressants – usually SSRIs – can induce an apathy syndrome or emotional blunting, i.e. a decrease in emotional responsiveness, to circumstances which would have triggered intense mood reactions prior to pharmacotherapy. The reported prevalence of antidepressant-induced apathy ranges between 5.8 and 50%, and for SSRIs ranges between 20 and 92%. Antidepressant-induced apathy emerges independently of diagnosis, age, and treatment outcome and appears dose-dependent and reversible. The main treatment strategy is dose reduction, though some data suggest the usefulness of treatment with olanzapine, bupropion, agomelatine or amisulpride, or the methylphenidate–modafinil–olanzapine combination.Conclusion:Antidepressant-induced apathy needs careful clinical attention. Further systematic research is needed to investigate the prevalence, course, aetiology, and treatment of this important clinical condition.