bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Simple analytical model to use in CAD tools for designing FSS devices: plasmonic transmission through hole arrays in thin films
Authors: Ali Nouran M. , Ali Tamer A. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractModeling of nano-structured plasmonic surfaces in optical range has attracted great attention in recent research for its various optical properties such as filtering and enhanced transmission of light. In this paper, we present a simple nanocircuit model that can be integrated in CAD tools to design filters and perfect absorbers FSS devices that are based on plasmonic transmission through thin films structured by hole arrays. To illustrate the model potential, we applied it for both circular and square hole arrays on a silver thin film. The model is demonstrated for different structure parameters (hole size and film thickness) in optical frequencies. We show that the model results compare to the numerical calculations obtained from COMSOL Multiphysics software with acceptable deviation and that the model achieves good matching with previously reported experimental measurements.
Stokes, Gibbs, and Volume Computation of Semi-Algebraic Sets
Authors: Tacchi Matteo , Lasserre Jean Bernard , Henrion Didier 
Published: December 2022

AbstractWe consider the problem of computing the Lebesgue volume of compact basic semi-algebraic sets. In full generality, it can be approximated as closely as desired by a converging hierarchy of upper bounds obtained by applying the Moment-SOS (sums of squares) methodology to a certain infinite-dimensional linear program (LP). At each step one solves a semidefinite relaxation of the LP which involves pseudo-moments up to a certain degree. Its dual computes a polynomial of same degree which approximates from above the discontinuous indicator function of the set, hence with a typical Gibbs phenomenon which results in a slow convergence of the associated numerical scheme. Drastic improvements have been observed by introducing in the initial LP additional linear moment constraints obtained from a certain application of Stokes’ theorem for integration on the set. However and so far there was no rationale to explain this behavior. We provide a refined version of this extended LP formulation. When the set is the smooth super-level set of a single polynomial, we show that the dual of this refined LP has an optimal solution which is a continuous function. Therefore in this dual one now approximates a continuous function by a polynomial, hence with no Gibbs phenomenon, which explains and improves the already observed drastic acceleration of the convergence of the hierarchy. Interestingly, the technique of proof involves recent results on Poisson’s partial differential equation (PDE).
Systematic review of caregiver burden, unmet needs and quality-of-life among informal caregivers of patients with pancreatic cancer
Authors: Chong Eric , Crowe Lisa , Mentor Keno , Pandanaboyana Sanjay , Sharp Linda 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Purpose
Informal caregivers play an important supportive care role for patients with cancer. This may be especially true for pancreatic cancer which is often diagnosed late, has a poor prognosis and is associated with a significant symptom burden. We systematically reviewed the evidence on caregiver burden, unmet needs and quality-of-life of informal caregivers to patients with pancreatic cancer.

Method
PubMed, Medline, CINAHL and Embase databases were systematically searched on 31 August 2021. Qualitative and quantitative data on informal caregivers’ experiences were extracted and coded into themes of burden, unmet needs or quality-of-life with narrative synthesis of the data undertaken.

Results
Nine studies (five qualitative, four quantitative), including 6023 informal caregivers, were included in the review. We categorised data into three key themes: caregiver burden, unmet needs and quality-of-life. Data on caregiver burden was organised into a single subtheme relating to symptom management as a source of burden. Data on unmet needs was organised into three subthemes need for: better clinical communication; support and briefings for caregivers; and help with navigating the health care system. Data on quality-of-life indicate large proportions of informal caregivers experience clinical levels of anxiety (33%) or depression (12%-32%). All five qualitative studies were graded as good quality; three quantitative studies were poor quality, and one was fair quality.

Conclusion
High-quality pancreatic cancer care should consider the impacts of informal caregiving. Prospective longitudinal studies examining multiple dimensions of caregiver burden, needs, and quality-of-life would be valuable at informing supportive care cancer delivery to pancreatic cancer informal caregivers.
On generic convergence of successive approximations of mappings with convex and compact point images
Authors: Bargetz Christian , Medjic Emir , Pirk Katriin 
Published: December 2022

AbstractWe study the generic behavior of the method of successive approximations for set-valued mappings in separable Banach spaces. We consider the case of nonexpansive mappings with convex and compact point images and show that for the typical such mapping and typical points of its domain the sequence of successive approximations is unique and converges to a fixed point of the mapping.
On a three–dimensional model for the description of the passive characteristics of skeletal muscle tissue
Authors: Walter Fabian , Seydewitz Robert , Mitterbach Philipp , Siebert Tobias , Böl Markus 
Published: December 2022

AbstractIn this work, a three–dimensional model was developed to describe the passive mechanical behaviour of anisotropic skeletal muscle tissue. To validate the model, orientation–dependent axial ($$0^\circ$$

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∘

, $$45^\circ$$

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, $$90^\circ$$

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) and semi–confined compression experiments (mode I, II, III) were performed on soleus muscle tissue from rabbits. In the latter experiments, specimen deformation is prescribed in the loading direction and prevented in an additional spatial direction, fibre compression at $$0^\circ$$

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(mode I), fibre elongation at $$90^\circ$$

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(mode II) and a neutral state of the fibres at $$90^\circ$$

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where their length is kept constant (mode III). Overall, the model can adequately describe the mechanical behaviour with a relatively small number of model parameters. The stiffest tissue response during orientation–dependent axial compression ($$-\,7.7\,\pm \,1.3$$

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7.7

±

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kPa) occurs when the fibres are oriented perpendicular to the loading direction ($$90^\circ$$

90
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) and are thus stretched during loading. Semi–confined compression experiments yielded the stiffest tissue ($$-\,36.7\,\pm \,11.2$$

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36.7

±

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kPa) in mode II when the muscle fibres are stretched. The extensive data set collected in this study allows to study the different error measures depending on the deformation state or the combination of deformation states.
The Complementarity Investment in University-Industry Collaboration
Authors: Sun Jeffrey C. , Turner Heather A. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractUniversity-industry collaborations have been largely met with skepticism and resistance from faculty critics, who are concerned about the Academy adopting market-like behaviors and relying too heavily on industry. Yet, the pressures to engage in collaborations with industry, particularly to provide capital for universities, are likely to continue to increase. Guided by the capital-skill hypothesis, this study seeks to examine these realities through a case of a university-industry collaboration. We use an action research approach to analyze a collaboration between an academic college with a non-corporate centric focus at a public research university and a corporate entity within the healthcare field in which the college was contracted to develop a diversity, equity, and inclusion plan for the healthcare company. Findings illustrate how universities and industry can mutually benefit from collaborations when they adhere to what the authors refer to as the complementarity investment framework. Generated from the findings, this framework consists of four UIC design components: (a) the parties identify and clarify their roles, activities, and contributions to manage expectations; (b) the parties participate in learning exchanges, which are significantly valued as a component to this UIC; (c) the parties are open to experiences including unintended, yet positive, outcomes emerging from the UIC; and (d) the parties capitalize on the expert development by guiding and mentoring students as apprentices.
The Use of Religious Capital as a Coping Strategy in Self-care by Type 2 Diabetes Patients in a Ghanaian Hospital
Authors: Korsah Kwadwo Ameyaw 
Published: December 2022

AbstractGiven the importance Ghanaians attribute to spirituality and religiosity in terms of disease causation and management, this study explored the use of religious capital as a coping strategy by individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus in self-care at the Techiman Holy Family Hospital Diabetes Clinic in the Bono East Region of Ghana. An exploratory descriptive qualitative research design was employed for the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a convenience sample of twenty-seven (27) individuals recruited from the diabetes clinic. Content analysis was employed to find themes, which included: (1) Use of Prayer and Fasting for Courage from God, (2) Reliance on God as the Creator of Human Beings who Cures and Heals Diseases in the Body, (3) God as Source of life in times of Illness (Drawing life from God in times of illness), (4) Faith and Hope in God, and (5) Doctors and Nurses as Substitutes for God. The findings advocate the need to incorporate religiosity and spirituality into the provision of healthcare for individuals with diabetes to help them live productive lives.
Partitioning product footprint changes into yield and environmental improvement effects: toward life cycle assessment of agricultural system transitions
Authors: Hayashi Kiyotada 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Purpose
Recent agricultural policies require the complementary use of area-based and product-based environmental indicators to assess agricultural system transitions because both alleviating productivity-environment trade-offs and increasing food value chain sustainability are crucial in successful policy decisions. However, there is a dilemma due to the exclusiveness between representing trade-offs in the transition paths and connecting the calculated results to the assessment of downstream food products. Here, this paper proposes a procedure to resolve the dilemma.

Methods
The dilemma-resolving procedure is to partition product footprint changes into yield and environmental improvement effects in the same unit as the product footprint. After specifying a typology of transition toward agricultural sustainability, the partitioning procedure was developed on the basis of mapping from a two-dimensional space (area-based indicators) to a one-dimensional space (product-based indicators). To demonstrate the effectiveness and performance of the partitioning procedure, this paper applied it to the three categories of agricultural system transitions, including those to organic agriculture, integrated production, and production systems involving new agricultural inputs such as microbial inoculants and biostimulants, using the cases of the impact category of global warming (carbon footprint). The transition dataset (matched pairs) was constructed using a bibliographical survey.

Results and discussion
The results indicate that the partitioning procedure is effective and has good performance: (1) it was able to apply to all the cases in the dataset and to classify all the cases into six specified transition types; (2) it was differentiable between the three transition categories; and (3) it was able to explain the features of each transition category. These results imply that the perspective on agricultural system transitions can be integrated with the perspective on food value chains. Therefore, productivity-environment trade-offs during the research and development phase of agricultural technologies can be linked to environmental mitigation practices along the food value chains.

Conclusions
The results imply that, by applying the partitioning procedure, the recent agricultural policy framework contained two exclusive perspectives can be explained consistently. Every stakeholder related to agricultural policy making should be explicit about product-environment trade-offs during agricultural system transitions, as well as about food value chain sustainability. The partitioning procedure facilitates such stakeholder practices.
Transgene Expression and Transposition Efficiency of Two-Component Sleeping Beauty Transposon Vector Systems Utilizing Plasmid or mRNA Encoding the Transposase
Authors: Tschorn Natalie , van Heuvel Yasemin , Stitz Jörn 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThe use of two-component transposon plasmid vector systems, namely, a transposase construct and a donor vector carrying the gene of interest (GOI) can accelerate the development of recombinant cell lines. However, the undesired stable transfection of the transposase construct and the sustained expression of the enzyme can cause genetic instability due to the re-mobilization of the previously transposed donor vectors. Using a Sleeping Beauty-derived vector system, we established three recombinant cell pools and demonstrate stable integration of the transposase construct and sustained expression of the transposase over a period of 48 days. To provide an alternative approach, transcripts of the transposase gene were generated in vitro and co-transfected with donor vector plasmid at different ratios and mediating high GOI copy number integrations and expression levels. We anticipate that the use of transposase mRNA will foster further improvements in future cell line development processes.
Increased ATP Release and Higher Impact of Adenosine A2A Receptors on Corticostriatal Plasticity in a Rat Model of Presymptomatic Parkinson’s Disease
Authors: Gonçalves Francisco Q. , Matheus Filipe C. , Silva Henrique B. , Real Joana I. , Rial Daniel , Rodrigues Ricardo J. , Oses Jean-Pierre , Silva António C. , Gonçalves Nélio , Prediger Rui D. , Tomé Ângelo R. , Cunha Rodrigo A. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractExtracellular ATP can be a danger signal, but its role in striatal circuits afflicted in Parkinson’s disease (PD) is unclear and was now investigated. ATP was particularly released at high stimulation intensities from purified striatal nerve terminals of mice, which were endowed with different ATP-P2 receptors (P2R), although P2R antagonists did not alter corticostriatal transmission or plasticity. Instead, ATP was extracellularly catabolized into adenosine through CD73 to activate adenosine A2A receptors (A2AR) modulating corticostriatal long-term potentiation (LTP) in mice. In the presymptomatic phase of a 6-hydroxydopamine rat model of PD, ATP release from striatal nerve terminals was increased and was responsible for a greater impact of CD73 and A2AR on corticostriatal LTP. These observations identify increased ATP release and ATP-derived formation of extracellular adenosine bolstering A2AR activation as a key pathway responsible for abnormal synaptic plasticity in circuits involved in the onset of PD motor symptoms. The translation of these findings to humans prompts extending the use of A2AR antagonists from only co-adjuvants of motor control in Parkinsonian patients to neuroprotective drugs delaying the onset of motor symptoms.
The Impact of a Short Body–Focused Meditation on Body Ownership and Interoceptive Abilities
Authors: Schroter Franziska Anna , Siebertz Markus , Jansen Petra 
Published: December 2022

Abstract

Objectives
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of a brief body-focused meditation on body ownership, while considering interoceptive abilities, dissociative experiences, mood, trait mindfulness, and meditation experience.

Method
The sample consisted of 111 healthy students who participated in a randomized controlled trial and either listened to a 20-min meditation or audio-book reading. Before and after the intervention, the rubber hand illusion and a heartbeat detection task were completed. The rubber hand illusion consisted of a synchronous and an asynchronous condition and the illusion intensity was measured using a questionnaire and by assessing the proprioceptive drift. In the heartbeat detection task, participants were instructed to count their heartbeats, so interoceptive accuracy of their counting, confidence in their own abilities (interoceptive sensibility), and the correspondence between both measures (interoceptive awareness) could be determined.

Results
The intervention type had no effect on mood and interoceptive abilities. Independent of intervention type, valence increased, arousal decreased, and interoceptive accuracy and interoceptive sensibility improved over time. Additionally, trait mindfulness and interoceptive accuracy were negatively related to the subjective rubber hand illusion intensity. There was not a mere effect of the intervention on the rubber hand illusion, but an interaction of synchrony, time, group, and interoceptive awareness was found for both measures, showing that only participants with high interoceptive awareness experienced a weaker illusion following the meditation.

Conclusions
We concluded that meta-awareness of interoceptive abilities may help protecting oneself against manipulations of the body boundaries.

Preregistration
Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/6dvh5).
Toeplitz operators on the space of all holomorphic functions on finitely connected domains
Authors: Jasiczak M. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractWe define and study Toeplitz operators on the Fréchet space of all holomorphic functions on finitely connected domains in the Riemann sphere. We completely characterize Fredholm, semi-Fredholm and invertible operators belonging to this class. As a result, we obtain a characterization of these classes of operators in the unit disk case. As a motivation we formulate and analyze the Riemann–Hilbert problem in the space of all holomorphic functions on the domains which we consider.
Statistical structures arising in null submanifolds
Authors: Meli Calvin B. , Ngakeu Ferdinand , Olea Benjamín 
Published: December 2022

AbstractWe show a link between affine differential geometry and null submanifolds in a semi-Riemannian manifold via statistical structures. Once a rigging for a null submanifold is fixed, we can construct a semi-Riemannian metric on it. This metric and the induced connection constitute a statistical structure on the null submanifold in some cases. We study the statistical structures arising in this way. We also construct statistical structures on a null hypersurface in the Lorentz–Minkowski space using the null second fundamental form. This extends the classical construction to the null case.
Vulnerability Assessment Method for Immovable Cultural Relics Based on Artificial Neural Networks—An Example of a Heavy Rainfall Event in Henan Province
Authors: Xu Can , Gong Adu , Liang Long , Song Xiaoke , Wang Yi 
Published: December 2022

AbstractCultural relic conservation capability is an important issue in cultural relic conservation research, and it is critical to decrease the vulnerability of immovable cultural relics to rainfall hazards. Commonly used vulnerability assessment methods are subjective, are mostly applied to regional conditions, and cannot accurately assess the vulnerability of cultural relics. In addition, it is impossible to predict the future vulnerability of cultural relics. Therefore, this study proposed a machine learning-based vulnerability assessment method that not only can assess cultural relics individually but also predict the vulnerability of cultural relics under different rainfall hazard intensities. An extreme rainfall event in Henan Province in 2021 was selected as an example, with a survey report on the damage to cultural relics as a database. The results imply that the back propagation (BP) neural network-based method of assessing the vulnerability of immovable cultural relics is reliable, with an accuracy rate higher than 92%. Based on this model to predict the vulnerability of Zhengzhou City’s cultural relics, the vulnerability levels of cultural relics under different recurrence periods of heavy rainfall were obtained. Among them, the vulnerability of ancient sites is higher than those of other cultural relic types. The assessment model used in this study is suitable for predicting the vulnerability of immovable cultural relics to heavy rainfall hazards and can provide a technical means for cultural relic conservation studies.
Value of ultrasound assessment for traumatic nerve injury of the upper limb
Authors: Elshewi Islam Elhefnawi , Fatouh Mona Mohammed , Mohamed Rahma Nour Eldin Saad , Basheer Mye Ali , El Liethy Nevien Ezzat , Abbas Hoda Magdy 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Aim of work
The type of traumatic peripheral nerve injury is a key factor for determining optimal treatment. Proper assessment of peripheral nerve injury facilitates appropriate treatment, significantly affects prognosis, and reduces disabilities. This study evaluated ultrasonography (US) to assess upper limb traumatic nerve injuries and compared the US with electrodiagnostic studies as the gold standard.

Materials and Methods
Participants were 69 adults (57 [83%] men, 12 [17%] women; mean age 36.3 ± 13.5 years) with a total of 96 peripheral nerve injuries (duration of 1 month–3 years). High-frequency US examinations and electro-physiologic studies confirmed upper limb peripheral nerve injury.

Results
Nerve discontinuation was diagnosed in 15 (15.6%) nerves; the cross-sectional area was increased in 33 (34.4%) nerves. Of 96 injuries, 54 (56.3%) were median, 24 (25%) were ulnar, and 18 (18.8%) were radial nerves. No statistically significant difference was found between US and electro-physiologic studies for nerve injury diagnosis (p = 0.054).

Conclusion
No significant differences were found between US and electro-physiologic studies for diagnosis of nerve injuries; however, US was valuable to assess surrounding tissue and supplied muscles. The capabilities to detect nerve injury and associated distal muscular, vascular, and other regional structures position the US as a complementary diagnostic tool.