bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Characteristics of behavioural addiction in Parkinson’s disease patients with self-reported impulse control disorder and controls matched for levodopa equivalent dose: a matched case–control study
Authors: Leplow Bernd , Renftle Daniela , Thomas Mareike , Michaelis Katja , Solbrig Susanne , Maetzler Walter , Berg Daniela , Liepelt-Scarfone Inga 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Impulse control disorders (ICD) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) frequently occur, not always as a direct consequence of dopaminergic medication. This study investigated premorbid personality traits and behavioural characteristics in non-demented PD patients with self-reported symptoms of ICD (PD-srICD). From a total of 200 non-demented PD patients who filled out questionnaires assessing symptoms and severity of ICD, those were classified as PD-srICD (n = 32) who reported current occurrence of at least one compulsive behaviour (gambling, sexual behaviour, buying behaviour, or eating). As a control group, 32 patients with no self-reported ICD symptoms were matched for levodopa equivalent daily dose. The demographic, clinical, and premorbid personality profiles were compared between both groups. Frequency of psychological characteristics indicating substance use disorder was evaluated in patients with PD-srICD. Patients with PD-srICD were more frequently male, younger at examination, had earlier PD onset, more depression, higher non-motor burden, less quality of life (p < 0.05, respectively), and more frequently reported premorbid sensation seeking/novelty orientation (p = 0.03) and joyful experience of stress (p = 0.04) than patients in the control group. Of patients with PD-srICD, 90.6% reported at least one behavioural characteristic of substance use disorder, most frequently positive expectations following ICD behaviour and illusional beliefs about its behavioural control. Signs of addiction were common among patients with PD-srICD. Therefore, the profile of psychological characteristics in patients with PD-srICD resembled that of patients with substance use disorder. It can be concluded that dopamine replacement therapy (DRT) alone does not account for PD-srICD and that thorough psychological diagnostics are recommended.
Impacts of wintertime meteorological variables on decomposition of Phragmites australis and Solidago canadensis in the Balaton System
Authors: Anda Angela , Simon Szabina , Simon-Gáspár Brigitta 
Published: January 2023

AbstractA field experiment was carried out in plant litter decomposition at three sites of the Balaton System (Balaton — Kis Balaton wetland — Zala Mouth) differing in their environment type during winter 2019/2020. The largest freshwater shallow lake in Central Europe (Carpathian Basin) is the Balaton, with a surface area of about 600 km2 and an average depth of 3.25 m. Right around the lake, a nutrient filtering system, the Kis-Balaton wetland, is functioning to avoid water deterioration and eutrophication. The aim of the study was to investigate crop-weather relations in two sample species, the widely distributed native P. australis and the allied S. canadensis incubated beneath the water using leaf-bag technique to characterise plant organ decomposition. Based on our results, the most consistent meteorological variable regarding decomposition process was global radiation (r =  − 0.62* to − 0.91**; r: correlation coefficient; * and ** mean that correlations are significant at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels), in each treatment. In modelling the decomposition process, out of eight meteorological variables, only the daily mean air temperatures and humidity were excluded from regression equations. On dominatingly windy days, with the increase in water temperature of the Zala Mouth, the sensitivity of the decomposition of S. canadensis litter tended to decrease as compared to P. australis. The remaining litter masses were in a Kis-Balaton > Balaton > Zala order, contrasting the water temperature gradient that decreased from the Zala to the Kis-Balaton wetland under wind-dominated conditions. Considering all sampling places in three aquatic ecosystems, there was a 2.2 and a 2.7% daily mean detritus mass loss in P. australis and S. canadensis, respectively. We concluded that the invasive S. canadensis litter decomposed more quickly than those of native P. australis, irrespective to sampling site. Increase in winter water temperature significantly promoted the litter decomposition of both plant species. The originality of the study is that it quantifies the litter decomposition for an Eastern European wetland, during wintertime.
The Perceived Job Performance of Child Welfare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Axelrad-Levy Tamar , Schwartz Tayri Talia Meital , Achdut Netta , Sarid Orly 
Published: January 2023

AbstractWhile the evidence on the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of frontline social workers is emerging, the research on the impact of the pandemic on their performance is scarce. The presented study explores how the relationship between work environment predictors and perceived stress explains the job performance of child welfare social workers during the pandemic using survey responses of 878 child welfare social workers. The findings revealed the mechanism through which environment predictors and perceived stress interacted in explaining job performance during a time of large-scale crisis. We found that C.W. social workers who experienced greater COVID-19-related service restrictions reported poorer job performance, that perceived stress disrupted workers’ supervision and autonomy, and that supervision and job autonomy protected C.W. social workers from the adverse effects of perceived stress and workload on their job performance. Conclusions included the importance of autonomy and supervision in mitigating job-related stressors and the need to adapt and enhance child welfare supervision during times of national crisis.
Artisanal gold mine spoil types within a common geological area and their variations in contaminant loads and human health risks
Authors: Mensah Martin Kofi , Drebenstedt Carsten , Hoth Nils , Ola Ibukun Momoriola , Okoroafor Precious Uchenna , Wiafe Edward Debrah 
Published: January 2023

AbstractThis study answered the question of whether mine spoils occurring in a common geological location had similarities in their contaminant load and associated health risks. Using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, the total contents of Cd, Pb, As, Hg, Zn, Fe, and Al were determined for 110 digested soil samples obtained from underground rock ore (URS), oxide ore (OXS), and alluvial ore (AVS) mine spoils. Independent sample Kruskal–Wallis test and pairwise comparisons of sources were used to ascertain the variation in elemental load between the mine spoil investigated. The results showed that mine spoil contaminations and their ecological and health risk significantly varied (p < 0.01) from each other and fell in the order OXS > URS > AVS > forest soils because of their geochemistry. Determined enrichment and geo-accumulation indices revealed that OXS and URS sites were severely–extremely polluted with Cd, Hg, and As, while AVS mine spoils were only moderately contaminated by Cd and As contents. Children had the highest tendency for developing noncarcinogenic health defects largely due to toxic contents of As, Cd, and Hg in soil materials near them than adult men and women would after obtaining a hazard index of 73.5 and 67.7 (unitless) at both OXS and URS sites. Mine spoils especially where hard rocks and oxide ores were processed are not fit for agricultural use or human habitation. The restriction of human access and sustainable remediation approaches are required to avert health defects. Even so, area-specific potentially toxic elements must be targeted during soil cleaning due to the significant variations in contaminant load between mined sites.
Incidence and long-term outcome of laser pointer maculopathy in children
Authors: Farassat Navid , Boehringer Daniel , Luebke Jan , Ness Thomas , Agostini Hansjuergen , Reinhard Thomas , Lagrèze Wolf Alexander , Reich Michael 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Purpose
Single center study to evaluate the incidence and long-term outcome of laser pointer maculopathy (LPM).

Methods
Medical records of 909,150 patients visiting our institution between 2007 and 2020 were screened in our electronic patient record system using the keywords "laserpointer," "laser pointer," and "solar."

Results
Eight patients (6/2 male/female, 11 eyes) with a history of LPM were identified by fundoscopy and optical coherence tomography (OCT), all of whom were children (6/2 male/female). Mean age at injury was 12.1 years (range 6–16). Five children (62.5%) were injured between 2019 and 2020, three (37.5%) between 2007 and 2018. Median best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of affected eyes at first presentation was 20/25 (range 20/50–20/16). Follow-up examination was performed in seven children (10 eyes) with a median follow-up period of 18 months (range 0.5–96). BCVA improved in 4 children (5 eyes; BCVA at follow-up 20/22.5, range 20/40–20/16). Three of these four children were treated with oral steroids. OCT revealed acute signs such as intraretinal fluid to resolve quickly, while outer retinal disruption persisted until the last follow-up in eight of eleven eyes. These lesions resembled lesions of patients with solar retinopathy of which seven cases (11 eyes) were identified between 2007 and 2020.

Conclusion
Readily available consumer laser pointers can damage the retina and the underlying retinal pigment epithelium, possibly leading to long-lasting visual impairments. The number of laser pointer injuries has increased over the last years. Therefore, access to laser pointers for children should be strictly controlled.
Intermuscular two-incision technique for implantation of the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator: a 3-year follow-up
Authors: Migliore Federico , Pittorru Raimondo , Giacomin Enrico , Dall’Aglio Pietro Bernardo , Falzone Pasquale Valerio , Bertaglia Emanuele , Iliceto Sabino , Gregori Dario , De Lazzari Manuel , Corrado Domenico 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Purpose
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the outcome of patients underwent subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD) implantation with the intermuscular (IM) two-incision technique during 3-year follow-up.

Methods
the study population consisted of 105 consecutive patients (79 male; median 50 [13–77] years) underwent S-ICD implantation with the IM two-incision technique. The composite primary end point of the study consisted of device-related complications and inappropriate shocks (IAS). Secondary end points included the individual components of the primary end point, death from any cause, appropriate therapy, major adverse cardiac events, hospitalization for heart failure, and heart transplantation.

Results
According to the PRAETORIAN score, the risk of conversion failure was classified as low in 99 patients (94.3%), intermediate in 6 (5.7%).Ventricular fibrillation was successfully converted at ≤65 J in 97.4% of patients. During a median follow-up of 39 (16–53) months, 10 patients (9.5%) experienced device-related complications, and 9 (8.5%) patients reported IAS. Lead-associated complications were the most common (5 patients, 4.7%), including 2 cases of lead failure (1.9%). Pocket complications were reported in 2 patients (1.9%). Extra-cardiac oversensing (3.8%) represented the leading cause of IAS. No T-wave oversensing episodes were recorded. Twelve patients (11.4%) experienced appropriate shocks. Eight patients (7.6%) died during follow-up. IAS or device-related complications did not impact on mortality.

Conclusions
The overall device-related complications and IAS rates over 3 years of follow-up were 9.5% and 8.5%, respectively. According to our findings, the IM two-incision technique allows for optimal positioning of the device achieving a low PRAETORIAN score with a high conversion rate. IM two-incision technique allows low incidence of pocket complications, shifting the type of complications towards lead-related complications, which represent the most common complications. The IM two-incision technique would not seem to impact the occurrence of IAS. Management of complications are safe without impact on the outcome.
Home Alone: Widows’ Well-Being and Time
Authors: Adena Maja , Hamermesh Daniel , Myck Michał , Oczkowska Monika 
Published: January 2023

AbstractUsing data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE, 2004–17) and time diaries from Poland (2013), the U.S. (2006–16), the U.K. (2014–15) and France (2009–10), we examine differences between widowed and partnered older women in well-being and its development in widowhood. Most importantly, our analysis accounts for time use, an aspect which has not been studied previously. We trace the evolution of well-being of women who become widowed by comparing them with their matched non-widowed ‘statistical twins’ and examine the role of an exceptionally broad set of potential moderators of widowhood’s impact on well-being. We confirm a dramatic decrease in mental health and life satisfaction after the loss of partner, followed by a slow partial recovery over a 5-year period. An extensive set of controls recorded prior to widowhood, including detailed family ties and social networks, provides little help in explaining the deterioration in well-being. Unique data from time-diaries kept by older women in several European countries and the U.S. tell us why: the key factor behind widows’ reduced well-being is increased time spent alone.
Renewable, Organic and Related Carbon Aerogel Monoliths from the Polycondensation of Tannin with 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural
Authors: Koopmann Ann-Kathrin , Bartschmid Theresa , Hüsing Nicola , Elsaesser Michael S. 
Published: January 2023

AbstractAs a result of the global demand for sustainable products, a suitable alternative to the resorcinol-formaldehyde aerogels, which are frequently used as precursors for carbon aerogels, is searched for. In this study, the replacement of petroleum-derived formaldehyde with a natural, biobased crosslinker, namely 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-HMF) is shown, and the synthesis of renewable, monolithic tannin aerogels is demonstrated. Compared to well-known tannin-formaldehyde aerogels, this green alternative shows lower reactivity of the crosslinker associated with lower gelation times as well as lower specific surface areas at the organic stage. Nonetheless, the morphologies and synthesis-structure relationships follow similar trends for both tannin-based aerogels, e.g., the pore size is influenced by the initial pH in the same manner. The turnover to carbon aerogels by a carbothermal treatment results in enhanced high-specific surface areas of the tannin-5-HMF-based carbon aerogels, which are similar and even slightly outperform those obtained from tannin-formaldehyde aerogels. This suggests that they are a convenient alternative for carbon aerogel applications.
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Circumpolar sampling reveals high genetic connectivity of Antarctic toothfish across their spatial distribution
Authors: Maschette D. , Wotherspoon S. , Polanowski A. , Deagle B. , Welsford D. , Ziegler P. 
Published: January 2023

AbstractAntarctic Toothfish are a circumpolar species which are targeted in multiple fisheries around Antarctica covering nine statistical areas within the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. Despite this, it is still unclear whether the species forms a single stock across its circumpolar distribution, shows a pattern of isolation by distance, or exhibits discrete stock structure between different regions. Recent genetics studies of Antarctic toothfish have shown connectivity between two areas (Ross Sea and Antarctic Peninsula), but earlier studies with smaller number of markers produced inconsistent results with regards to genetic connectivity between other geographic locations. Here we present a range-wide population genetic study of Antarctic toothfish using > 11,000 nuclear single nucleotide polymorphisms from 715 fish collected. Our results indicate that genetic diversity of the Antarctic toothfish is very low, with only 0.1% of genetic variability associated with geographic location. Multiple clustering methods, both supervised and unsupervised, indicated no distinct breeding populations. These results are consistent with current theories of egg and larval dispersal by the predominant Antarctic currents.
Perceptions of Pay Satisfaction and Pay Justice: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Authors: Valet Peter 
Published: January 2023

AbstractIndividual perceptions of pay satisfaction and pay justice are closely related social indicators. Notwithstanding their apparent resemblance, there are essential theoretical differences between those two concepts. Yet, we know little if people merely consider pay satisfaction and pay justice as two sides of the same coin. This paper theorizes two situations in which people’s perceptions of pay satisfaction and pay justice should differ in meaningful ways. First, their pay level should affect people’s self-interest and thus have a stronger effect on their pay satisfaction than on pay justice. Second, pay inequality in the workplace should affect people morally and thus should have a stronger effect on their pay justice perception than on pay satisfaction. These hypotheses were tested with linked employer-employee data collected in Germany (N = 2.695). Results of regression analyses with multiple dependent variables show that people’s pay satisfaction and pay justice perceptions increased with the level of their individual pay and decreased with the degree of workplace inequality. The pay effect was significantly stronger on pay satisfaction than on pay justice while the workplace inequality effects did not differ significantly. These results suggest that people under specific circumstances differentiate between pay satisfaction and pay justice. Consequently, researchers should consider that their results and conclusions might differ if they analyze pay satisfaction instead of pay justice and vice versa.
Implementing post-normal science with or for EU policy actors: using quantitative story-telling
Authors: Blackstock Kirsty L. , Waylen K. A. , Matthews K. B. , Juarez-Bourke A. , Miller D. G. , Hague A. , Wardell-Johnson D. H. , Giampietro M. 
Published: January 2023

AbstractThere is increasing recognition of the wicked nature of the intertwined climate, biodiversity and economic crises, and the need for adaptive, multi-scale approaches to understanding the complexity of both the problems and potential responses. Most science underpinning policy responses to sustainability issues, however, remains overtly apolitical and focussed on technical innovation; at odds with a critical body of literatures insisting on the recognition of systemic problem framing when supporting policy processes. This paper documents the experience of implementing a mixed method approach called quantitative story-telling (QST) to policy analysis that explicitly recognises this normative dimension, as the methodology is part of a post-normal science (PNS) toolkit. The authors reflect on what was learnt when considering how QST fared as a tool for science–policy interaction, working with European Union (EU) level policy actors interested in sustainable agriculture and sustainable development goal 2. These goals—also known as UN Agenda 2030—are the latest institutionalisation of the pursuit of sustainable development and the EU has positioned itself as taking a lead in its implementation. Thus, the paper illustrates our experience of using PNS as an approach to science policy interfaces in a strategic policy context; and illustrates how the challenges identified in the science–policy literature are amplified when working across multiple policy domains and taking a complex systems approach. Our discussion on lessons learnt may be of interest to researchers seeking to work with policy-makers on complex sustainability issues.
Radiolarian cherts and associated siliceous rocks of the Rhenish Massif and Harz Mountains, lower Carboniferous (Mississippian), Germany
Authors: Gursky Hans-Jürgen 
Published: January 2023

AbstractSiliceous sedimentary rocks are major constituents of the rock succession in the Central European part of the Kulm Basin (Mississippian) and crop out in the eastern Rhenish Massif and the western Harz Mountains. These rocks occur in five lithostratigraphical units: Oberrödinghausen Formation, subdivided into Kahlenberg Subformation (“Untere Alaunschiefer”) and Hardt Subformation (“Schwarze Kulm-Kieselschiefer/-Lydite”), Laisa Formation (“Helle Kulm-Kieselschiefer”) and coeval Hillershausen Formation (“Kulm-Kieselkalke”), as well as Bromberg Formation (“Kieselige Übergangssschichten”); upper Hastarian to Asbian. Biostratigraphically, the formations can be dated by means of radiolarians and, in the upper part of the Kulm succession, also by ammonoids. Various siliciclastic, calcareous and, locally, mafic volcanic and pyroclastic rocks are associated with these strata. Four palaeogeographical facies zones have been identified. Radiolarian chert, spiculitic chert, homogenous chert, and silicified tuff are the main siliceous rock types. These mostly form current-laminated grey, black, greenish or reddish beds rhythmically alternating with layers of siliceous mudstone and are, in places, variably intercalated with grey and black mudstones and siltstones, phosphorites, metabentonites, turbiditic limestones, greywackes and quartz arenites. The depositional area of the Kulm Basin was situated at the northwestern margin of the elongate, relatively narrow tropical Palaeotethys Ocean, a shallow-bathyal sea strait between Gondwana and Laurussia that was successively closed during the Variscan Orogeny. Westbound nutrient-rich currents favoured high fertility of siliceous plankton (radiolarians). The latter gave rise to the formation of relatively pure biosiliceous oozes and muds under temporarily anoxic conditions at the seafloor, when, contemporaneously, terrigenous detrital input and sedimentation rates became low (approx. 2 mm/1000 a) due to relatively high sea level and dry climate. Biosiliceous sedimentation terminated, when, due to the Gondwana–Laurussia collision, terrigenous detrital input multiplied, the basin narrowed and oceanic circulation was restricted resulting in lowering of radiolarian productivity.
Pragmatic GeoAI: Geographic Information as Externalized Practice
Authors: Scheider Simon , Richter Kai-Florian 
Published: January 2023

AbstractCurrent artificial intelligence (AI) approaches to handle geographic information (GI) reveal a fatal blindness for the information practices of exactly those sciences whose methodological agendas are taken over with earth-shattering speed. At the same time, there is an apparent inability to remove the human from the loop, despite repeated efforts. Even though there is no question that deep learning has a large potential, for example, for automating classification methods in remote sensing or geocoding of text, current approaches to GeoAI frequently fail to deal with the pragmatic basis of spatial information, including the various practices of data generation, conceptualization and use according to some purpose. We argue that this failure is a direct consequence of a predominance of structuralist ideas about information. Structuralism is inherently blind for purposes of any spatial representation, and therefore fails to account for the intelligence required to deal with geographic information. A pragmatic turn in GeoAI is required to overcome this problem.