bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
First report of intestinal intussusception in Western European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus)
Authors: Jota Baptista Catarina , Gonzalo‐Orden José M. , Casero María , Oliveira Paula A. , Seixas Fernanda 
Published: September 2023

AbstractA debilitated adult female Western European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), rescued in Quarteira (South Portugal), died 2 days after its admission to Wildlife Rehabilitation and Research Centre (RIAS). At the postmortem examination, this animal had a dilated stomach with small punctiform ulcers on the mucosa, bloody faeces, a full urinary bladder and an 8 cm intussusception in the jejunal portion of the intestine. This is the first description of intestinal intussusception in E. europaeus, which contributes to a better knowledge and understanding of the lesions that affect this species and may interfere with its recovery in rescue centres.
Orange/red light emitting iridium(III) organometallic complexes containing 2,3‐di(pyridine‐2‐yl)quinoxaline as ancillary ligand and their anticancer properties
Authors: Pradhan Kahnu Charan , Jadab Madhusmita , Rout Smrutirekha , Dandela Rambabu , Mandal Deepa , Parija Tithi , Barik Sahadev , Kumar Jagadish , Pal Satyanarayan 
Published: September 2023

AbstractA π‐electron rich ligand, 2,3‐di(pyridine‐2‐yl)quinoxaline, was introduced in Ir(III) coordination sphere along with four different cyclometallating ligands to obtain four new complexes (Ir1–Ir4) of formula [Ir(C N)2(pyrquinox)]PF6 {where C N is monoanionic cyclometallating ligand; 2‐phenylpyridine (ppy), 2‐(2,4‐difluorophenyl)‐5‐(trifluoromethyl)pyridine (F2CF3ppy), 2,5‐diphenylbenzoxazole (phox), 2,3‐diphenylquinoxaline (phquinox) and pyrquinox=2,3‐di(pyridine‐2‐yl)quinoxaline}. Structure of Ir1 was determined from single crystal X‐ray structure analysis and found it to be a bis‐heteroleptic Ir(III) mononuclear octahedral complex of formula [Ir(ppy)2(pyrquinox)]PF6. A very same structural formulation of Ir2–Ir4 was supported by different spectroscopic and analytical data. Theoretical calculations were helpful in understanding the optical and electrochemical properties of Ir1–Ir4. The effect of rich π‐electrons ancillary ligand (pyrquinox) was observed on luminescence properties of the complexes, which on irradiation produced emissions in the orange and red spectral regions. The cytotoxic behaviours of Ir1–Ir4 were explored against MCF‐7 cell line through MTT assays. The obtained IC50 values were found in low micromolar region (5–8 μM) and displayed comparatively higher cytotoxicity behaviour to cis‐platin.
Singapore’s Endemic Approach to Education: Re-Envisioning Schools and Learning
Authors: Tan Oon Seng , Chua Jallene Jia En 
Published: September 2023

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact lives worldwide, long beyond its initial wave of infection and emergency responses. Alongside health concerns are impacts to education pertaining not just to learning loss but also to paradigm shifts and other social and psychological effects. These include long-term shifts to curriculum and pedagogy, disproportionate effects on vulnerable populations, and ripple effects on mental health and wellness. Policymakers are prompted to rethink perspectives in education to accommodate the aftermath of the pandemic. This chapter will address Singapore’s endemic approach to public health and education, a couple of years after the start of the pandemic. The nature of our chapter is to share the Singaporean experience, which represents an Asian perspective that is someone unique in its context. Singapore continues to draw from the principles of science and social responsibility, which were the bedrock of its effective response efforts in early pandemic times. This resulted in high vaccination rates and strong research and development efforts to cushion the impact of growing infection rates, allowing citizens to continue with their daily routines with as much normalcy as possible. In education, Singapore experienced two rounds of home-based learning for students in April 2020 (lasting 28 days) and May 2021 (lasting 9 days), in tandem with national lockdowns. In-person lessons resumed after each round of home-based learning, alongside growth in digital innovation in a ground-up manner, due to the autonomy afforded to schools by ministry leadership. This helped optimize learning in the increasingly digital environment where blended learning models became commonplace. On the other hand, prominent issues related to inequity and mental health became forefront concerns and areas of development. Our chapter will discuss how educational policy will benefit from shifting priorities moving forward. We propose that an ecological perspective will be advantageous for the education sector, helping us to understand education and learning beyond school walls. We conclude the chapter by discussing future challenges and insecurities that Singapore will have to overcome.
What Japan’s Education Has Lost and Gained After Almost Succeeding in Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 Infection and Guaranteeing Academic Achievement
Authors: Suzuki Kan Hiroshi 
Published: September 2023

AbstractIn Japan, the first wave of the Covid19 pandemic began in the spring of 2020 and almost all schools were closed. Thereafter, vaccinations and infection prevention efforts progressed, and most schools did not close entirely after the second wave. Many schools shortened their summer vacations significantly and held classes, the MEXT distributed one information terminal to each elementary and junior high school student, and the MEXT opened the “Children’s Learning Support Website”. As a result, learning delays were almost recovered. On the other hand, the repeated waves of COVID-19, the prolonged wearing of masks, and the lack of normalization of relationships with friends had a significant negative impact on the mental health of junior and senior high school students. The silver lining of COVID-19 was the progress made in ICT in education, which had not been well spread.
Protected and uniformly transcendental
Authors: Bianchi Marco S. 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
We show that the two-point function of protected bi-scalar operators in $$ \mathcal{N} $$
N
= 4 SYM evaluated in dimensional regularization exhibits a uniform transcendental weight up to three-loop order. We conjecture that this property holds for the whole perturbative series and leverage the explicit results to postulate a prediction for the leading, order ϵ, correction to all loop orders. We also consider the soft limit of three-point functions of such operators in momentum space and point out a simple and surprising perturbative relation to two-point functions, which we also extrapolate to all loop orders.
Discrete analogue of the Weil-Petersson volume in double scaled SYK
Authors: Okuyama Kazumi 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
We show that the connected correlators of partition functions in double scaled SYK model can be decomposed into “trumpet” and the discrete analogue of the Weil-Petersson volume, which was defined by Norbury and Scott. We explicitly compute this discrete volume for the first few orders in the genus expansion and confirm that the discrete volume reduces to the Weil-Petersson volume in a certain semi-classical limit.
Effective gravitational couplings of Kaluza-Klein gauge theories
Authors: Ashok Sujay K. , John Renjan Rajan , Layon T. J. , Mahato Sujoy , Raman Madhusudhan 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
We study the effective gravitational couplings of four-dimensional gauge theories with eight supercharges. The class of theories we analyse are arrived at via Kaluza-Klein compactification of five-dimensional gauge theories. We consider both pure SU(N) Yang-Mills theories with Chern-Simons couplings and the conformal gauge theories with 2N fundamental flavours. The resolvent of the gauge theory plays a crucial role in the calculation of these gravitational couplings. The results obtained from the Seiberg-Witten geometry are matched against independent computations using localisation.
Dialog-Anpassung an den Charakter des Benutzers – Anwendung der Methoden des Charakter Computing
Authors: Hundertmark Sophie , Hafner Nils , Portmann Edy 
Published: September 2023

ZusammenfassungAutomatisierung mithilfe von Conversational AIs ist in der Finanzwelt keine Seltenheit mehr. Banken und Versicherungen stehen vor der großen Herausforderung, trotz Automatisierung ein möglichst individuelles Kundenerlebnis zu bieten. Character Computing ist eine Methode, die aufzeigt wie Conversational AIs zur Steigerung der Customer Experience jedes einzelnen Nutzers, gestaltet werden sollten. Mithilfe von Character Computing sollen sich Conversational AIs individuell auf die Wünsche des einzelnen Kunden anpassen können. Doch Character Computing allein reicht nicht aus, wie die Ergebnisse dieses Experiments zeigen. Das Paper zeigt, wie mithilfe von Experimenten Regeln für die Anwendung von Character Computing erstellt werden können. Es wird aber auch gezeigt, wie andere Methoden, wie beispielsweise die Conversational Theory oder mehrdimensionale Fuzzy Classifications, integriert werden müssten.
Diagnostik und Therapie der Minimal Change Glomerulopathie beim Erwachsenen – 2023
Authors: Gauckler Philipp , Regele Heinz , Eller Kathrin , Säemann Marcus D. , Lhotta Karl , Zitt Emanuel , Neumann Irmgard , Rudnicki Michael , Odler Balazs , Kronbichler Andreas , Windpessl Martin 
Published: September 2023

ZusammenfassungDie Minimal Change Glomerulopathie ist eine glomeruläre Erkrankung, die sich klinisch typischerweise als akut auftretendes nephrotisches Syndrom manifestiert. Die Diagnose wird bei fehlenden lichtmikroskopischen Veränderungen, jedoch typischem elektronenmikroskopischem Befund eines meist vollständigen Verlustes der podozytären Fußfortsätze mittels Nierenbiopsie gestellt. Das zumeist gute Ansprechen auf immunsuppressive Maßnahmen, insbesondere Glukokortikoide, lassen eine autoimmune Krankheitsgenese annehmen. Trotz allgemein guter Prognose können steroid-abhängige, steroid-resistente und häufig relapsierende Verläufe den Krankheitsverlauf komplizieren und den Einsatz alternativer Immunsuppressiva erforderlich machen. Die Österreichische Gesellschaft für Nephrologie (ÖGN) stellt hier einen gemeinsamen Konsens darüber vor, wie erwachsene PatientInnen mit Minimal Change Glomerulopathie am besten diagnostiziert und behandelt werden können.
Association between adverse childhood experiences and perinatal depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional analysis of 16,831 women in Iceland
Authors: Bränn Emma , Vaina Alexandra , Daníelsdóttir Hilda Björk , Thordardottir Edda Bjork , Yang Qian , Jakobsdóttir Jóhanna , Aspelund Thor , Hauksdóttir Arna , Valdimarsdóttir Unnur A. , Lu Donghao 
Published: September 2023

AbstractEmerging data suggest that certain adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with perinatal depression (PND). However, few studies have comprehensively assessed the cumulative number and types of ACEs and their association to PND. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis among 16,831 female participants from the Stress-And-Gene-Analysis (SAGA) cohort in Iceland, 2018. ACEs were surveyed with the World Health Organization ACE—International questionnaire, while PND symptoms were assessed using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (lifetime version). We, while adjusting for confounding factors, estimated the prevalence ratio (PR) of PND in relation to total number of ACEs using the Poisson quasi-likelihood model and further performed analyses for type-specific ACEs. At a mean age of 44 years (SD ± 11.1), 6,201 (36.8%) participants had experienced probable PND. Total number of ACEs was positively associated with PND (PR 1.11 per ACE, 95% CI: 1.10–1.11), also among women without any psychiatric comorbidities (PR 1.13, 95% CI: 1.11–1.14). PRs increased in a dose–response manner with the number of ACEs (P for trend < 0.001); women that endorsed 5 or more ACEs were twice as likely to have experienced PND (PR 2.24, 95% CI: 2.09–2.41). All ACE types (n = 13) were associated with PND, with most pronounced association for emotional neglect by a guardian (PR 1.53, 95% CI: 1.47–1.59). Our findings suggest a positive association between number of ACEs and PND symptoms. If our results are confirmed with prospective data, healthcare providers need to be alert of the risk of PND among expecting mothers with history of ACEs.
Sex differences in schizophrenia-spectrum diagnoses: results from a 30-year health record registry
Authors: Ferrara Maria , Curtarello Eleonora Maria Alfonsina , Gentili Elisabetta , Domenicano Ilaria , Vecchioni Ludovica , Zese Riccardo , Alberti Marco , Franchini Giorgia , Sorio Cristina , Benini Lorenzo , Little Julian , Carozza Paola , Dazzan Paola , Grassi Luigi 
Published: September 2023

AbstractThis study investigated sociodemographic and clinical differences between the sexes in individuals affected by schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSD) who accessed outpatient mental health services. Within a retrospective cohort of 45,361 outpatients receiving care in Ferrara (Italy) from 1991 to 2021, those with a SSD diagnosis were compared between the sexes for sociodemographic and clinical characteristics before and after the index date (when the ICD-9: 295.*diagnosis was first recorded) to assess early trajectory, age and type of diagnosis, and severity of illness indicated by medication use, hospitalization, and duration of psychiatric care. Predictors of discharge were also investigated. Among 2439 patients, 1191 were women (48.8%). Compared to men, women were significantly older at first visit (43.7 vs. 36.8 years) and at index date (47.8 vs. 40.6) with peak frequency at age 48 (vs. 30). The most frequent last diagnosis recorded before the index date was delusional disorder (27.7%) or personality disorder (24.3%) in men and depression (24%) and delusional disorder (30.1%) in women. After the index date, long-acting antipsychotics and clozapine were more frequently prescribed to men (46.5% vs. 36.3%; 13.2% vs. 9.4%, p < 0.05) and mood stabilizers and antidepressants to women (24.3% vs. 21.1%; 50.1% vs. 35.5%; p < 0.05). Women had fewer involuntary admissions (10.1% vs. 13.6%) and were more likely to be discharged as the time under care increased (p = 0.009). After adjusting for covariates, sex was not a significant predictor of discharge. Our study confirmed that sex differences exist in clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of outpatients with SSD and that gender considerations might influence the rapidity of diagnosis and medications prescribed. These findings highlight the need to implement a women-tailored approach in specialist care programs for psychoses.
Parkinson-ALS with a novel MAPT variant
Authors: Ferrari Camilla , Ingannato Assunta , Matà Sabrina , Ramat Silvia , Caremani Luca , Bagnoli Silvia , Bessi Valentina , Sorbi Sandro , Nacmias Benedetta 
Published: September 2023

AbstractThe mutations on microtubule associated protein tau (MAPT) gene manifest clinically with behavioural frontotemporal dementia (FTD), parkinsonism, such as progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration, and rarely with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). FTD-parkinsonism and FTD-ALS are clinical overlaps included in the spectrum of MAPT mutation’s phenotypes. The mutations on MAPT gene cause the dysfunction of tau protein determining its accumulation in neurofibrillary tangles. Recent data describe frequently the co-occurrence of the aggregation of tau protein and α-synuclein in patients with parkinsonism and Parkinson disease (PD), suggesting an interaction of the two proteins in determining neurodegenerative process. The sporadic description of PD-ALS clinical complex, known as Brait–Fahn–Schwarz disease, supports the hypothesis of common neuropathological pathways between different disorders. Here we report the case of a 54-year-old Italian woman with idiopathic PD later complicated by ALS carrying a novel MAPT variant (Pro494Leu). The variant is characterized by an amino acid substitution and is classified as damaging for MAPT functions. The case supports the hypothesis of tau dysfunction as the basis of multiple neurodegenerative disorders.
Die Kormoranverordnungen der Länder insbesondere im Lichte des EU-Rechts – Eine (Neu-)Bewertung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Rechtsprechung des EuGH
Authors: Gerhold Sönke Florian , Mittag Vincent 
Published: September 2023

ZusammenfassungDass der Kormoran derzeit in den meisten Flächenstaaten Deutschlands nach den Vorgaben sogenannter
Kormoranverordnungen jagdbar in einem weiten Sinne ist, obwohl er dem Tötungsverbot der Vogelschutzrichtlinie
(RL 2009/147/EG) unterfällt, wurde nebst den tatsächlichen und rechtlichen Hintergründen
dieser Praxis bereits in dem Beitrag ,,Die tatsächlichen und rechtlichen Hintergründe der Kormoranverordnungen
der Länder‘‘ (NuR 2023, 527) dargestellt. In dem hieran anschließenden vorliegenden Beitrag wird
nun die Vereinbarkeit der die Tötungen rechtfertigenden Kormoranverordnungen mit höherrangigem
Recht untersucht. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die Frage, ob die Verordnungen den Maßstäben genügen,
die der EuGH für den Ausnahmetatbestand des Art. 9 V-RL entwickelt hat. Ebenso nimmt der Beitrag
die Vereinbarkeit der Kormoranverordnungen mit dem BNatSchG in den Blick und geht abschließend noch
kurz auf das Straf- und Bußgeldverfahren ein.
EOR Displacement Characteristics from Cluster Analysis and Fractional Pore Occupation
Authors: Borji Mostafa , Kharrat Ahmad , Ott Holger 
Published: September 2023

AbstractThe in situ saponification of crude oil lowers the interfacial tensions of oil–water systems in chemical-enhanced oil recovery (cEOR). When the interfacial tension is sufficiently low, emulsion phases occur, and the fluid phase distribution in the pore space changes, affecting oil displacement efficiency. This change in capillarity allows the injection water to penetrate different classes of pores, which must be reflected in the distribution of fluids in the pore space. This issue still needs to be adequately researched and is not reflected in the classic analyses of oil cluster size. We have performed μCT-based coreflood experiments to study the displacement efficiency of crude oil by alkaline solutions acting as cEOR agents for in situ saponification. The measured fluid distributions were analyzed using oil-cluster size statistics. In addition, the pore classes from which the oil was preferentially displaced and the degree of displacement as a function of alkali concentration were determined. Despite ultralow interfacial tension and emulsion formation, a clear separation of the oil and aqueous phases was observed over a wide range of alkali concentrations, allowing a two-phase analysis of the microscopic fluid distribution. It was found that (a) a Lorentz analysis of the cluster volume distribution is useful to characterize the cEOR displacement efficiency. It shows the tendency of oil clusters toward a more uniform size distribution toward optimal alkali concentration. (b) the additional oil recovery toward optimal displacement conditions comes from the fraction of smaller pores; at optimal conditions, all pore classes are flooded almost equally and to a high degree, equivalent to miscible displacement, i.e., extremely low interfacial tension.
From payday to payoff: Exploring the money laundering strategies of cybercriminals
Authors: Nazzari Mirko 
Published: September 2023

AbstractCybercriminals are commonly assumed to engage in cybercrime for monetary rewards. Like traditional offenders, they must launder their illicit proceeds to obscure the permanent trails in online environments. The mainstream narrative argues that these offenders engage in complex money laundering schemes because of the use of new technologies. However, empirical research on the money laundering activities associated with cybercrime has been scarce. To address this knowledge gap, the present study analyzes money laundering transactions from 182 Bitcoin addresses belonging to 56 members of the Conti ransomware group using blockchain analysis. The results show that offenders are quite unsophisticated when laundering their illicit proceeds. Most of the addresses transact directly with an entity (52%) and concentrate 80% or more of the illicit proceeds in one singular service (69%). In terms of destinations, exchanges and dark web services are the preferred choices, being involved in 71% and 30% of the transactions respectively. Conversely, the use of mixers is more limited (8%). There are significant differences in money laundering strategies used by offenders based on the amounts of illicit proceeds to launder. Implications for research and policy are discussed.
A nonlocal type problem involving a mixed local and nonlocal operator
Authors: Biroud Kheireddine 
Published: September 2023

AbstractIn this paper, we consider the nonlocal elliptic problem involving a mixed local and nonlocal operator, $$\begin{aligned} (P)\left\{ \begin{array}{rcll} \left( \displaystyle \int \limits _\Omega f(x,u)dx\right) ^{\beta }\mathfrak {L_{p,s}}(u)&{}= &{} f^\alpha (x,u) &{} \text { in }\Omega , \\ u &{}> &{} 0 &{} \text {in }\Omega , \\ u &{} = &{} 0 &{} \text {in }{\mathbb {R}}^N \setminus \Omega , \end{array} \right. \end{aligned}$$

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Construction and application of urban mobility diagnosis model
Authors: Ye Zhongnan 
Published: September 2023

AbstractThe scientific diagnosis of urban mobility is beneficial to urban planning to solve urban problems appropriately, especially traffic problems. The existing models for urban accessibility or mobility are confined by data sources and operation conditions. They stay on the level of the static and local analysis but lack of quantitative description of the overall mobility of the city. A standard model of urban mobility covering the node-to-node accessibility relation among all nodes in a city is proposed based on the Internet data and algorithm programs. On this basis, a reference system model is established which is based on the city center, the nearest commercial center, the nearest park and the nodes of the external traffic facilities. In the end, the downtown area of Shanghai is taken as an example and the overall mobility and spatial layout of the city are analyzed and diagnosed by using the reference system model and the network map data. The structural characteristics of the overall accessibility of the downtown area of Shanghai are revealed, such as high inside and low outside, the east–west differences, the finger radiation and other structural features. Besides, the main nodes that require to be improved for the liquidity are indicated.