bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Use of preferred contraceptive method among young adults in Texas and California: A comparison by state and insurance coverage
Authors: Hopkins Kristine , Yarger Jennifer , Rossetto Irene , Sanchez Audrey , Brown Elisa , Elmes Sarah , Mantaro Thaddeus , White Kari , Harper Cynthia C. 
Published: August 2023

Background
Young people’s ability to use their preferred contraceptive method is an indicator of reproductive autonomy and healthcare access. State policies can hinder or facilitate access to a preferred contraceptive method.

Objective
This study compared use of preferred contraceptive method in Texas and California, states with contrasting health policy contexts that impact health insurance coverage and access to subsidized family planning services.

Methods
We used baseline survey data from an ongoing cluster randomized controlled trial of sexually active students, assigned female at birth, ages 18–25, at 29 community colleges in Texas and California (N = 1,974). We described contraceptive preferences and use, as well as reasons for nonuse of a preferred method. We conducted multivariable-adjusted mixed-effects logistic regression analyses for clustered data, and then calculated the predicted probability of using a preferred contraceptive method in Texas and California by insurance status.

Results
More Texas participants were uninsured than Californians (30% vs. 8%, p<0.001). Thirty-six percent of Texas participants were using their preferred contraceptive method compared to 51% of Californians. After multivariable adjustments, Texas participants had lower odds of using their preferred method (adjusted odds ratio = 0.62, 95% confidence interval = 0.48–0.81) compared to those in California. Texas participants in all insurance categories had a lower predicted probability of preferred method use compared to California participants. In Texas, we found a 12.1 percentage-point difference in the predicted probability of preferred method use between the uninsured (27.5%) and insured (39.6%) (p<0.001). Texans reported financial barriers to using their preferred method more often than Californians (36.7% vs. 19.2%, p<0.001) as did the uninsured compared to the insured (50.9% vs. 18.7%, p<0.001).

Conclusion
These findings present new evidence that state of residence plays an important role in young people’s ability to realize their contraceptive preference. Young people in Texas, with lower insurance coverage and more limited access to safety net programs for contraceptive care than in California, have lower use of preferred contraception. It has become urgent in states with abortion bans to support young people’s access to their preferred methods.
Association between arthritis and hand grip strength indices combined with anthropometry in an older Korean population
Authors: Chi Jeong H. , Lee Bum J. 
Published: August 2023

Background
Hand grip strength (HGS) is related to arthritis and all-cause mortality. Many studies have examined the association between HGS and arthritis, but these studies did not consider relative HGS indices. The objectives of this study were to examine the association between arthritis and HGS indices in an older Korean population and to compare an absolute HGS index and a relative HGS indices.

Methods
In a large-scale cross-sectional study, a total of 16,860 subjects older than 50 years from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Survey from 2014 to 2019 were included for statistical analysis. A binary logistic regression model was used to examine the association between arthritis and HGS indices in crude and covariate-adjusted models.

Results
In the crude analysis, all anthropometric and HGS indices were associated with arthritis except for weight in men. In adjusted models 1 and 2, among the anthropometric indices, waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) were associated with arthritis in men but not in women. Absolute HGS and all relative HGS indices showed a negative association with arthritis among both men and women, and the magnitude of the association of arthritis with the absolute HGS index and the relative HGS indices was similar. However, the magnitude of the association between all HGS indices and arthritis was higher for men than for women except in the crude analysis.

Discussion
Absolute and relative HGS indices had negative associations with arthritis, and the magnitude of the association between the absolute HGS index and arthritis and between the relative HGS indices and arthritis was similar in all models. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an association between arthritis and relative HGS indices, which was not observed in previous studies.
Optical Properties of Heterostructured ZnO/NiO Nanocomposites Synthesized via Facile Precipitation Process
Authors: ANANDAN K , RAJESH K. , GAYATHRI K. , REXALIN DEVARAJ ANITHA , MOHANBABU M. , RAO P. PRABHAKAR 
Published: August 2023

The semiconductor zinc oxide/nickel oxide (ZnO/NiO) heterostructured nanocomposites have been successfully synthesized via facile and eco-friendly homogeneous precipitation process with ethanol and water as solvents. The prepared nanocomposites were studied by means of structural and optical characteristics by using X-ray diffraction, ultraviolet visible absorption and photoluminescence emission spectro-scopies. The peaks in the XRD pattern attributed to the hexagonal wurtzite structure of ZnO and face-centered cubic structure of NiO, as a result the XRD analysis further confirmed that the solvents play a powerful role in size of the crystallite of the synthesized nanocomposites. Strong UV absorption may be seen in UV-vis absorbance spectra and samples of ZnO/NiO nanocomposite materials had greater energy gap (Eg) values than those of pure NiO and ZnO materials. The synthesized materials have demonstrated high photoluminescence emission in UV-blue region in the range of 241-498 nm, it might be a valuable source for future display applications. According to the aforementioned finding, the ZnO/NiO nanocomposites showed significant promise and were a viable material for optoelectronic devices.
Within-weed bed architectural adaptation of branching pattern in Myriophyllum spicatum L.
Authors: Neuhold Barbara , D. Janauer Johanna , A. Janauer Georg 
Published: August 2023

Regarding architectural adaptations in aquatic plants caused by the velocity of water flow only scarce, older information is available. When studying different Myriophyllum spicatum L. specimen architecture in the same water body differences in individual main axes and branching pattern were detected at the upstream and at the downstream end of individual plant beds. Samples from the two locations showed significant differences in architectural composition. At the downstream parts of the water body individual plants were longer and the number of branches was higher, which is contributed to flow velocity.
Reverses in Gender Salary Gaps Among STEM Faculty: Evidence from Mean and Quantile Decompositions
Authors: Wilcox Virginia , Forhad Md. Abdur Rahman 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
This research examines the gender salary gap in STEM and nonSTEM disciplines at a public research university. We estimate earnings regressions for female and White male faculty members as a whole as well as for those working in STEM departments. Controlling for productive characteristics and field salary differentials, we perform mean and quantile decomposition analyses to identify potential salary inequities. We observe no gender salary gap for analyses of mean or median monthly salary. However, our salary quantile analyses for STEM departments indicate there are positive effects for women in top quantiles and negative effects for women in low quantiles compared to White male peers, other things equal. This implies that highly paid female academics working in STEM departments were better rewarded than their White male peers, but female academics at the lower end of the salary distribution were not paid on par with their White male peers.
A review of safety test methods for new car assessment program in Southeast Asian countries
Authors: Halimi Siti Nur Atiqah , Rasmana Susijanto Tri , Adiputra Dimas , Yahya Wira Jazair , Rahman Mohd Azizi Abdul , Ariff Mohd Hatta Mohammed , Husain Nurulakmar Abu , Kassim Khairil Anwar Abu 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Vehicles with advanced active safety technology can decrease the significant traffic accidents that can lead to death. This active safety frontier falls under primary safety in the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP) 2025 Roadmap, which has become one of the overall safety rating initiatives toward safer vehicles. Some frontier active safety technologies will be assessed, including autonomous emergency steering (AES) and autonomous emergency braking (AEB). However, the New Car Assessment Program in Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) only focuses on AEB technologies. Hence, this work discusses the existing papers on AES assessment, AES demand, AES control, AES system with Artificial intelligence, and AES testing methodology. Three articles from the industry discussing the AES function in passenger automobiles were found as a result of an article search using the Google search platform. Other terminologies like emergency steering control and emergency steering assist are used instead of AES. However, the principle remains the same. The three categories have been recognized from all of the document results: road adhesion condition, driver condition identification, and rear-end collision. However, only the rear-end collision situations are further investigated in this work to recognize the currently available approach used by previous studies. According to the review findings, just a few AEB intervention systems are now accessible, while AES technology is still in its early phases. That might explain the lack of exact evaluations and effective remedies. As a result, this research aims to offer evidence supporting the proposed methodology for assessing and evaluating AES in the ASEAN NCAP rating scheme. Besides that, this study can also help industries such as automakers and automotive vendors leverage the guidelines to fit the AES in their future models.
Design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and bio-computational modeling of imidazo, thieno, pyrimidopyrimidine, pyrimidodiazepene, and motifs as antimicrobial agents
Authors: El-Ahwany Maged F. , Assy Mohamed G. , Sherif Mohamed H. , Soliman Mohamed R. , Titi Abderrahim , Touzani Rachid , El-Gendey Marwa S. , Shehab Wesam S. , Abdellattif Magda H. 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
In the drug chemistry industry, synthesizing a talented exclusive series of aza-polyheterocyclic compounds was crucial. Aminopyrimidine nucleus reacted with two equivalents of benzaldehyde in the presence of KOH as a starting material to bring about imidazopyrimidine derivative, which experienced intermolecular cyclization using carbon disulfide, Br2/AcOH, and/or HNO2 to produce thiazole, thieno, and/or nitro pyrimidine derivative, respectively. Accordingly, the nucleus of Aminopyrimidine was prepared and used to develop the novel polyheterocyclic systems acylated with two moles of succinic anhydride to furnish the imidazolopyrimidine derivative. Benzylidene ethyl cyanoacetate and aminopyrimidine undergo (3 + 4) intermolecular cycloaddition 1,3 H shift followed by hydrolysis and after CO2 evolution provided diazepine derivative. The diazepine derivative was attained due to the cyclo-condensation of the starting material and acetylacetone. Moreover, the structure of the novel synthesized compound series was exploited and verified via spectroscopic approaches. The synthesized series were tested for antimicrobial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial strains and antifungal activity. The thienopyrimidine derivatives and diazepine exhibited unusual antimicrobial activity. Furthermore, the molecular docking studies confirmed the biological studies with Molecular Operating Environment and petro orisis molinspiration studies, which proved the activity of compounds 4, 5, 7, 10, 13, and 16.
The Effect of Social Capital on Perceived Stress: A Comparative Analysis of Employed and Non-Employed Women of Bangladesh
Authors: Masoom Muhammad Rehan 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
The current study examined how the level of perceived stress among women living in Dhaka varies by their degree of social capital and illustrated the relative significance of some of their sociodemographic statuses, such as employment status, marital status, education, and income level, with those variables of interest. In this cross-sectional study, data were collected from a total of 485 women, 243 formally employed (having a tax identification number), and 242 non-employed (50 students and 192 homemakers). Apart from the demographic information, the questionnaire includes statements from Cohen’s perceived stress scale (PSS) and the Internet Social Capital Scale (ISCS). Results indicate that social capital substantially reduces perceived stress, with the effect being particularly apparent among non-employed and unmarried women. While unmarried women experience higher levels of stress compared to married ones, it appears that women’s perceived stress levels do not differ by employment status, education, or income. In addition, there is no significant variation in social capital by marital status or income level; however, it is observed that working women possess higher social capital compared to unmarried women. The study concludes that women’s employment can contribute to their social well-being by enhancing their social capital, but their perceived stress levels may not differ substantially because of their formal employment.
Distribution of the northern pampas cat, Leopardus garleppi, in northern South America, confirmation of its presence in Colombia and genetic analysis of a controversial record from the country
Authors: Astorquiza J. Milena , Noguera-Urbano Elkin A. , Cabrera-Ojeda Christian , Cepeda-Quilindo Belisario , González-Maya José F. , Eizirik Eduardo , Bonilla-Sánchez Alejandra , Buitrago Diana Lucía , Pulido-Santacruz Paola , Ramírez-Chaves Héctor E. 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
The common name of pampas cat includes a complex of small Neotropical felid species found in various habitats of South America. Recently several species of this complex were proposed, but there are few records in the northernmost distribution of the continent, and reports of the pampas cat’s presence in Colombia have been ambiguous. Current northern limits of Leopardus garleppi are limited to the Andes of Ecuador. Here we present the northernmost record of the species, validating its presence in Colombia and review previous controversial records from the country. The new record is based on a road-killed specimen in a dry tropical forest ecosystem in the municipality of Mercaderes, Department of Cauca. Our morphological and genetic comparisons also shown that a previous record from Colombia supported by a single skin recently used to described a new species named Leopardus narinensis belong to Leopardus tigrinus. With the information compiled from new localities in Colombia and Ecuador, the known distribution range for L. garleppi is increased towards the northern part of South America into areas of Tropical Dry Forest. The distribution now includes 14 ecoregions from Colombia to Bolivia, and four in Colombia (Eastern Cordillera real montane forests, Northwestern Andean montane forests, Northern Andean paramo, and the Patía Valley dry forests), which correspond to similar ecosystems inhabited by the species in other Andean landscapes. The potential distribution hypothesis showed that the species has high suitability in large areas of southwestern Colombia (Nariño). With the recording of L. garleppi in Colombia, the number of extant felid species in the country has increased to seven.
Calycosin protects against chronic prostatitis in rats via inhibition of the p38MAPK/NF-κB pathway
Authors: Wang Heng , He Lei , Liu Zhaofei , Xu Xiangjun , Zhang Haitao , Mao Pengfei , Li Ming 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Currently, the effect and molecular mechanism of calycosin, the main active ingredient of Qinshi Simiao San, which can alleviate chronic prostatitis (CP), on CP remain unclear. This study aimed to elucidate the potential mechanism of action of calycosin in CP in a rat CP model. The prostate tissue morphology was evaluated based on hematoxylin–eosin staining. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was conducted to evaluate inflammatory cytokine and immune factor levels (secretory immunoglobulin A [SIgA]; immunoglobulin G [IgG]) in prostate tissues and serum. Additionally, representative biomarkers of oxidative stress, including malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase, and catalase were detected using detection kits, and reactive oxygen species release was evaluated using immunofluorescence staining. Furthermore, the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK)/NF-kappaB (NF-κB) signaling pathway was analyzed by western blotting. The results showed that calycosin substantially ameliorated the pathological damage to prostate tissues of the CP rats. Moreover, calycosin significantly downregulated interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, IgG, and SIgA levels. Furthermore, we found that calycosin considerably suppressed oxidative stress and inhibited the activation of the p38MAPK/NF-κB signaling pathway in rats with CP. In summary, our findings revealed that calycosin protects against CP in rats by inhibiting the p38MAPK/NF-κB pathway.
Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on early growth, root colonization, and chlorophyll content of North Maluku nutmeg cultivars
Authors: Sulistiono Wawan , Aji Himawan Bayu , Handoko Sigid , Lase Jonathan Anugrah , Suryanti Suryanti , Apriyana Yayan , Rizal Molide 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the agronomic traits of nutmeg transplanting by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation. The low-fertility soil of Sofifi North Maluku was subjected to a slow early growth stage of nutmeg cultivars. A completely randomized design was used in the experiment. The first factor was three different AMF doses: 0, 4, and 8 g seedlings−1. The second factor consisted of three cultivars: “Ternate 1,” “Tobelo 1,” and “Makian.” Root colonization and agronomic traits were measured 28 weeks after inoculation and transplantation. Results showed that AMF inoculation increased the AM colonization by 2.5–39.0%, significantly increased the leaf area (LA) (p < 0.01) in all cultivars, and interacted with cultivars to increase chlorophyll a (Chl a) (p < 0.05), chlorophyll b (Chl b) (p < 0.01), and total Chl (p < 0.01). Cultivars “Makian” showed the highest Chl (188.4%) at 8 g seedling−1 doses of AMF that were significantly (p < 0.01) different from the cultivar “Tobelo 1” at the same dose. The largest mycorrhizal response was found in the cultivar “Ternate 1” (biomass increase of 30–37.0%). The cultivar “Ternate 1” produced the largest LA (36.7–106.9%) and shoot dry weight (27.8–45.8%) that were significantly (p < 0.01) different from the other cultivars. The percentage of AM colonization was strongly determined (R
2 = 0.88) by Chl a, Chl b, and K content in leaves. This technology is a breakthrough to increase LA and plant biomass in the early growth stage of nutmeg cultivation.
What's the Deal with Sophists? Critical Thought and Humor in Ancient Philosophy and Contemporary Comedy
Authors: Fogel Jeremy 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
While committed to the argumentative and reasoned discourse recognizable in the work of contemporary professional philosophers, the actual practice that both Socrates and Diogenes routinely engaged in was in many ways more similar to stand-up and other forms of contemporary performative comedy. This paper analyzes the commonalities between Socrates’s and Diogenes's public philosophizing in Ancient Greece and performative comedy in the contemporary world, and emphasizes the subversive rhetorical efficiency and skeptical significance of public irony for their audiences. The paper begins by exploring the ways in which ancient philosophers relied on irony and humor to promote skepticism and critical thinking, analyzes contemporary comic performances that seem similar, and concludes with reflections on the varieties of philosophical activity and experience.
Coordination versus separation: difference of gapping between Chinese and English and its prosodic attribution
Authors: Ma Baopeng , Zhang Di 
Published: August 2023

AbstractIn this paper, we have analyzed a whole set of data of gapping in Mandarin Chinese from a novel point of view and fleshed out a bi-sentential derivation analysis for the formation of this construction. While taking the canonical gapping in English as a reference, we have explored some idiomatic properties of the relevant structures in Chinese and summarized core differences: the gapping constructions in English follow a strict rule of sentence grammar while those of Chinese have demonstrated kind of inter-sentential effect. We propose that such differences can be attributed to the prosodic factors: The Constraint on Sentential Intonation in Chinese (CSIC for short), firstly proposed in Feng (Feng, Shengli. 2017. Hanyu jufa zhongyin yudiao xianghu zuoyong de yufa xiaoying. ‘On grammatical effects of interactions between intonation, stress and syntax’.Yuyan Jiaoxue yu Yanjiu[Language Teaching and Linguistic Study] (1). 1–15), bans the occurrence of the coordinate [VP & VP] structures, and thus two parallel but separate sentences are used in the contexts where a sentence with VP coordination in English is used. Then, the verb in the second sentence is deleted at PF under the identity condition. Consequently, the gapping structures thus formed demonstrate their own unique properties and are different from the canonical gapping in English. The result of our discussion indicates that prosody can play a role in accounting for language specificities as well as cross-linguistic variations.