bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A Review of the Current State of Global Surgical Oncology and the Role of Surgeons Who Treat Cancer: Our Profession’s Imperative to Act Upon a Worldwide Crisis in Evolution
Authors: Saunders Aaron C. , Mutebi Miriam , Rao T. Subramanyeshwar 
Published: March 2023

AbstractWorldwide, the capacity of healthcare systems and physician workforce is woefully inadequate for the surgical treatment of cancer. With major projected increases in the global burden of neoplastic disease, this inadequacy is expected to worsen, and interventions to increase the workforce of surgeons who treat cancer and strengthen the necessary supporting infrastructure, equipment, staffing, financial and information systems are urgently called for to prevent this inadequacy from deepening. These efforts must also occur in the context of broader healthcare systems strengthening and cancer control plans, including prevention, screening, early detection, safe and effective treatment, surveillance, and palliation. The cost of these interventions should be considered a critical investment in healthcare systems strengthening that will contribute to improvement in the public and economic health of nations. Failure to act should be seen as a missed opportunity, at the cost of lives and delayed economic growth and development. Surgeons who treat cancer must engage with a diverse array of stakeholders in efforts to address this critical need and are indispensably positioned to participate in collaborative approaches to influence these efforts through research, advocacy, training, and initiatives for sustainable development and overall systems strengthening.
The relationship between epicardial adipose tissue thickness and arrhythmias in patients with hypertension: a 3.0T cardiac magnetic resonance study
Authors: Yang Zhaoxia , Tang Dazong , Luo Yi , Xiang Chunlin , Huang Lu , Xia Liming 
Published: March 2023

Objectives: To investigate the relationship between epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) and arrhythmias in hypertensive patients. Methods: Fifty-four hypertensive patients with arrhythmias (HTN [arrhythmias+]), 79 hypertensive patients without arrhythmias (HTN [arrhythmias-]), and 39 normal controls were retrospectively enrolled. EAT thickness was measured on cine images. Analysis of covariance with Bonferroni’s post hoc correction, Pearson or Spearman analysis, receiver operating characteristic curve, and intraclass correlation coefficient analysis were performed. Results: All hypertensive patients had impaired left ventricular (LV) and left atrial (LA) myocardial deformation, and HTN (arrhythmias+) patients displayed higher LV myocardial native T1, LA volume index, and increased EAT thickness than HTN (arrhythmias-) patients and normotensive controls. The presence of LV late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) was higher in hypertensive patients with arrhythmias than in those without arrhythmias. EAT thickness metrics significantly correlated with age, systolic blood pressure, body mass index, triglycerides and high-density lipoprotein levels, LV mass index and native T1 (all p < 0.05). EAT thickness parameters were able to differentiate hypertensive patients with arrhythmias from those without arrhythmias and normal controls, and the right ventricular free wall had the highest diagnostic performance. Conclusion: An accumulation of EAT thickness could further induce cardiac remodeling, promote myocardial fibrosis, and exaggerate function in hypertensive patients with arrhythmias. Advances in knowledge: CMR-derived EAT thickness metrics could be a useful imaging marker for differentiating hypertensive patients with arrhythmias, which might be a potential target for the prevention of cardiac remodeling and arrhythmias.
Zmiana klimatu jako wyzwanie edukacyjne
Authors: Bokwa Anita , Kicińska Bożena , Kurowski Łukasz , Wieczorek Luiza 
Published: March 2023

Zmiana klimatu jest zjawiskiem o charakterze globalnym i ma wpływ na życie każdego człowieka. Przeciwdziałanie zmianom klimatu powinno być nie tylko przedmiotem polityki klimatycznej. Wysiłki w tym celu powinny być podejmowane przez wszystkie grupy społeczne i podmioty gospodarcze. Zależy to jednak od wiedzy i świadomości przyczyn, konsekwencji i mechanizmów zmiany klimatycznej. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest diagnoza stanu edukacji klimatycznej w Polsce w perspektywie geograficznej oraz próba wyznaczenia efektywnych sposobów jej realizacji. Dokonano przeglądu inicjatyw z tego zakresu. Przedstawiono wyniki badań ankietowych przeprowadzonych w Polsce wśród uczniów i nauczycieli. Poziom wiedzy na temat klimatu w społeczeństwie polskim jest niski; duże luki deklarowane są częściej przez młodzież (18–24 lat) niż osoby starsze. Dla większości społeczeństwa głównym źródłem wiedzy o zmianie klimatu są mass media, co utrudnia kształtowanie wysokiej świadomości społecznej w tej dziedzinie, opartej na rzetelnej wiedzy. Konieczne jest dostosowanie podstawy programowej kształcenia ogólnego do każdego etapu edukacyjnego pod kątem uwzględnienia zagadnień klimatycznych oraz wzmocnienie współpracy między szkołami a uczelniami wyższymi w kontekście edukacji klimatycznej. Edukacja klimatyczna jest ważną częścią edukacji geograficznej, ale powinna być wprowadzana do kształcenia także w innych zakresach w celu kształtowania np. wśród ekonomistów, architektów, planistów postaw zbieżnych z ideą zrównoważonego rozwoju.
Validity and reliability test for problem areas in Diabetes-Five item short form (PAID-5) Indonesia version
Authors: Budi Tunjung Arini , Pramono Raden Bowo , Wicaksana Anggi 
Published: March 2023

Background and Objective: Emotional distress experienced by patients with diabetes (PWD) can affect glycemic control and quality of life. However, limited tools are available in Indonesia to detect emotional distress in PWD in clinical setting or research. This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Indonesia version of the Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID-5) scale.
Methods: After the cross-cultural adaptation method was conducted, psychometric tests were done from August to November 2019 at affiliated hospitals in Yogyakarta by involving 100 adult PWD. All PWD with no medical records of mental health problems or cognitive disorders were voluntarily included. Content and construct validity and internal consistency measurements were used to evaluate the psychometric properties.
Results: The mean age was 61.2 years of the men and women who equally participated in the study and mostly were non-working patients. The PAID-5 resulted in five question items to identify the emotional distress of PWD in the Indonesian language. Some minor modifications were done in items four and five after discussing them with the original authors and experts in Indonesia. The results showed item content validity index for item and scale were 0.6-0.8 and 0.72, respectively. The calculated r-values ranged from 0.751 to 0.888, which were higher than the r table (0.197). The Cronbach alpha of the Indonesia version of PAID-5 was 0.87 with inter-item and item-total correlations of 0.43-0.71 and 0.61-0.79, respectively.
Conclusion: The results of the study indicate that PAID-5 is considered valid and reliable to assess emotional distress among PWD and can be useful in clinical setting or for research purposes. Continued assessment of emotional distress is applicable and helps patients to better deal with their emotional distress.
doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.3.7088
How to cite this: Budi TA, Pramono RB, Wicaksana AL. Validity and reliability test for problem areas in aaDiabetesFive item short form (PAID-5) Indonesia version. Pak J Med Sci. 2023;39(3):737-741. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.3.7088
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Comparison of clinical outcomes between laparoscopic orchiopexy and open orchiopexy in the treatment of palpable undescended testes
Authors: Chen Zhuangzhuang , Chu Yansheng , Hu Yifeng 
Published: March 2023

Objective: To compare the clinical effects of laparoscopic orchiopexy (LO) and open orchiopexy (OO) in the treatment of palpable undescended testes.
Methods: Seventy-six children with palpable undescended testes treated in Zaozhuang Municipal Hospital from June 2019 to January 2021 were selected in this observational retrospective study. Patients were grouped according to their different surgical methods, 33 patients received OO (Open-group) and 43 patients received LO (Laparoscopic-group). The clinical outcomes of the two groups were compared, including surgical-related indicators, near and long-term surgical complications and postoperative testicular growth.
Results: Operation time, intraoperative bleeding, first ambulation time and hospitalization time in the Laparoscopic-group were lower than those in the Open-group (p<0.05). The short-term complication rate in the Laparoscopic-group was lower than that in the Open-group (2.27% vs 15.15%; p<0.05), but the long-term complication rate in the Laparoscopic-group was not significantly different from the Open-group (4.65% vs 3.03%; p>0.05). Follow-up was up to 18 months post-operation, with the rate of testicular growth (97.67% vs 96.97%; p>0.05) and testicular volume (0.59 ± 0.14ml vs 0.58 ± 0.12ml p>0.05) not significantly different between the Laparoscopic-group or Open-group respectively.
Conclusion: LO is as clinically effective as OO in the treatment of palpable undescended testes, however, shorter operation time, less intraoperative bleeding and rapid recovery time have been noted with LO.
doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.3.7371
How to cite this: Chen Z, Chu Y, Hu Y. Comparison of clinical outcomes between laparoscopic orchiopexy and open orchiopexy in the treatment of palpable undescended testes. Pak J Med Sci. 2023;39(3):785-789. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.3.7371
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Network Migration Problem: A Hybrid Logic-Based Benders Decomposition Approach
Authors: Daryalal Maryam , Pouya Hamed , DeSantis Marc Antoine 
Published: March 2023

Telecommunication networks frequently face technological advancements and need to upgrade their infrastructure. Adapting legacy networks to the latest technology requires synchronized technicians responsible for migrating the equipment. The goal of the network migration problem is to find an optimal plan for this process. This is a defining step in the customer acquisition of telecommunications service suppliers, and its outcome directly impacts the network owners’ purchasing behavior. We propose the first exact method for the network migration problem, a logic-based Benders decomposition approach that benefits from a hybrid constraint programming–based column generation in its master problem and a constraint programming model in its subproblem. This integrated solution technique is applicable to any integer programming problem with similar structure, most notably the vehicle routing problem with node synchronization constraints. Comprehensive evaluation of our method over instances based on six real networks demonstrates the computational efficiency of the algorithm in obtaining quality solutions. We also show the merit of each incorporated optimization paradigm in achieving this performance. History: Accepted by David Alderson, Area Editor for Network Optimization: Algorithms & Applications. Funding: This work was supported by Mitacs. SciNet is funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Government of Ontario, Ontario Research Fund–Research Excellence, and the University of Toronto. Supplemental Material: The e-companion is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.2023.1280 .
Product Quality and Information Sharing in the Presence of Reviews
Authors: Shin Dongwook , Zeevi Assaf 
Published: March 2023

This paper investigates the problem of information sharing between a retail platform and a manufacturer in a supply chain. We develop a stylized model salient to which is that the product’s quality is a priori unknown to customers, who can infer it from customer-generated reviews. The platform, in turn, has access to private information concerning the relationship between quality and demand, and the manufacturer can choose to acquire said information to help determine the quality of its product accordingly. Our analysis yields three main insights. First, information sharing in and of itself induces the manufacturer to improve quality. Second, under a wholesale price contract, information sharing and product reviews together have a negative effect on product quality: When each firm is able to adjust its price in response to the quality signal, it benefits the manufacturer and hinders the platform. Consequently, the presence of reviews discourages the platform from sharing information, and the manufacturer tends to produce a lower-quality product. Finally, the negative effect of product reviews on the supply chain can be mitigated when the platform can share less accurate information or when the platform and manufacturer make a commission contract, rather than a wholesale price contract. This paper was accepted by Jayashankar Swaminathan, operations management. Funding: D. Shin received financial support from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology [grant IGN17BM09]. Supplemental Material: The online appendix and data are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4746 .
Managing Customer Search: Assortment Planning for a Subscription Box Service
Authors: Bernstein Fernando , Guo Yuan 
Published: March 2023

Problem definition: This paper focuses on subscription box services in which a provider selects the assortment of products to include in the box by taking into account the customer’s preferences. Customers interested in purchasing a product choose between engaging in active search (i.e., visit physical stores) or subscribing to a box delivery service. We study the subscription box company’s problem of selecting the optimal contents of the box to maximize expected revenue (by driving demand from customers). Methodology/results: Because a product may be both available at a store and included in the box, the assortment in a box affects the set of stores that a customer would visit under active search and, therefore, the customer’s subscription decision. We model such interaction by applying a cross-nested logit framework that correlates the contents in the box with the products available at the stores. We find that the box should include a collection of popular subsets of the store products for customers that experience a relatively low or relatively high search cost. If a preview of the box is available, we find that, for customers with intermediate values of the search cost, it may be optimal to include a so-called utility loss leader, that is, a product with relatively low valuation, to entice customers to subscribe to the box delivery service and therefore increase the likelihood of a sale. We use rational expectations to model a setting in which a preview of the box is not available. In such cases, it is never optimal to include a utility loss leader in the box. Managerial implications: Our model captures the impact of product overlap across different shopping channels on customer choice and the subscription box company assortment decision. We derive insights on how the subscription service provider should determine the contents of the box in anticipation of the customer’s search behavior. We also examine the decision of offering exclusive products in addition to branded items. Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2023.1204 .
Relationship Between Physical Workload, Work Fatigue, and Drinking Water Consumption to Work Productivity of Brickmakers
Authors: Ariestaniaji Devi Falya , Setyaningsih Yuliani , Widjasena Baju 
Published: March 2023

Background: Work productivity is the ability of the workforce to produce several goods per unit of time. Several factors, such as physical workload, work fatigue, and drinking water consumption, can cause high or low levels of work productivity. Method: This research was conducted in a brick-making business in Kaligayam Village, Tegal Regency, in August 2022 using an analytic observational research method and a cross-sectional approach. The sample in the study consisted of 42 workers and was analyzed using the Chi-Square Test with a confidence level of 95%. The instruments in this study were questionnaires to determine drinking water consumption and work productivity, as well as a physical workload measurement tool, namely the oximeter, and a work fatigue measurement tool, namely the reaction timer. Results: The physical workload (OR= 0.133; CI= 0.032-0.563; p<0.05), work fatigue (OR = 0.195; CI = 0.042-0.914; p<0.05), drinking water consumption (OR = 11.250; CI = 2.100-60.267; p<0.05) had a relationship to work productivity. Conclusion: There is a relationship between the variables of physical workload, work fatigue, and drinking water consumption on the work productivity of brickmakers. Elderly workers should do work with a light workload, workers can rest for 30 minutes every 4 hours of work, make the most of their rest time, and there is a need for workers' self-awareness to consume fluids according to NIOSH rules with a total of ≥6 liters per day.
Comparison of buccal midazolam and rectal diazepam for seizures in children
Authors: McKie Katrina , Raby Peter 
Published: March 2023

Background: buccal midazolam and rectal diazepam are used as first-line drugs to control seizures in children. Immediate treatment and management of a continuing seizure is vital to ensure its safe, effective and prompt termination. Aim: To allow practitioners to evaluate the safety and efficacy of buccal midazolam versus rectal diazepam when treating seizures in children. Methods: A systematic review process was used to identify sources from CINAHL, MEDLINE, Embase, Google Scholar and the Cochrane Library, published in English between February 1999 and June 2010 Findings: five studies, totalling 676 patients, received buccal midazolam or rectal diazepam for seizures were identified. Treatment response occurred within 293 (76%) of 386 episodes treated with buccal midazolam and 248 (65%) of 383 episodes where rectal diazepam was used. There was no significant difference between groups regarding incidence of respiratory depression. Conclusion: the reviewed articles suggest that buccal midazolam is as effective as rectal diazepam for the termination of seizures.
Impact of acute TTE-evidenced cardiac dysfunction on in-hospital and outpatient mortality: A multicenter NYC COVID-19 registry study
Authors: Homan Edwin A. , Devereux Richard B. , Tak Katherine A. , Mitlak Hannah W. , Volodarskiy Alexander , Ramasubbu Kumudha , Zhang David T. , Kushman Arielle , Pollie Meridith P. , Agoglia Hannah K. , Tafreshi Romina , Goyal Parag , Shaw Leslee , Ndhlovu Lishomwa , RoyChoudhury Arindam , Horn Evelyn , Narula Nupoor , Safford Monika M. , Weinsaft Jonathan W. , Kim Jiwon 
Published: March 2023

Background
COVID-19 is associated with cardiac dysfunction. This study tested the relative prognostic role of left (LV), right and bi- (BiV) ventricular dysfunction on mortality in a large multicenter cohort of patients during and after acute COVID-19 hospitalization.

Methods/Results
All hospitalized COVID-19 patients who underwent clinically indicated transthoracic echocardiography within 30 days of admission at four NYC hospitals between March 2020 and January 2021 were studied. Images were re-analyzed by a central core lab blinded to clinical data. Nine hundred patients were studied (28% Hispanic, 16% African-American), and LV, RV and BiV dysfunction were observed in 50%, 38% and 17%, respectively. Within the overall cohort, 194 patients had TTEs prior to COVID-19 diagnosis, among whom LV, RV, BiV dysfunction prevalence increased following acute infection (p<0.001). Cardiac dysfunction was linked to biomarker-evidenced myocardial injury, with higher prevalence of troponin elevation in patients with LV (14%), RV (16%) and BiV (21%) dysfunction compared to those with normal BiV function (8%, all p<0.05). During in- and out-patient follow-up, 290 patients died (32%), among whom 230 died in the hospital and 60 post-discharge. Unadjusted mortality risk was greatest among patients with BiV (41%), followed by RV (39%) and LV dysfunction (37%), compared to patients without dysfunction (27%, all p<0.01). In multivariable analysis, any RV dysfunction, but not LV dysfunction, was independently associated with increased mortality risk (p<0.01).

Conclusions
LV, RV and BiV function declines during acute COVID-19 infection with each contributing to increased in- and out-patient mortality risk. RV dysfunction independently increases mortality risk.
Mit Sphaera und Astrolab: ‚Die Entdeckung der Natur‘ in südostdeutschen Klöstern im Hohen Mittelalter - Supplementary Material
Authors: Schonhardt Michael 
Published: March 2023

<p>Dieses Buch untersucht die Wissenslandschaft des deutschsprachigen Südostens im Hohen Mittelalter. Auf Grundlage überlieferter Handschriften und mittelalterlicher Bibliothekskataloge wird die sogenannte ‚Entdeckung der Natur‘ quantifiziert und aus der Perspektive einer Klosterlandschaft analysiert, in der die Ankunft des Astrolab im 11. Jahrhundert einen bedeutenden Wendepunkt markierte. Durch die Einführung neuer Methoden und Fragen in den tradierten Wissenskosmos des frühen Mittelalters spielten die monastischen Gelehrten dieses Raumes eine entscheidende, wenngleich vernachlässigte Rolle für die Entwicklung der mittelalterlichen Astronomie.</p>
<p>Das Buch rekonstruiert die Studien des Mönchs Wilhelm von Hirsau, der sich mit einigen der drängendsten Problemen der Astronomie seiner Zeit befasste: der Neudatierung der Sonnenwendepunkte sowie der Suche nach dem eigenen Breitengrad. Vor allem wird seine Sphaera in den Blick genommen, ein Instrument, das bislang vor allem als Lehrgerät gedeutet wurde. Im Gegensatz dazu vertritt die vorliegende Studie die These, dass es sich bei diesem Instrument nicht nur um Wilhelms verlorene astronomische Uhr handelt, sondern um das erste überlieferte Beispiel eines stationären Observatoriums im mittelalterlichen Europa und damit um einen wichtigen Meilenstein in der Geschichte der empirischen Astronomie.</p>
<p>Supplementary Material to: Michael Schonhardt, ‘Mit Sphaera und Astrolab. ‚Die Entdeckung der Natur‘ in südostdeutschen Klöstern im Hohen Mittelalter’, Knowledge, Scholarship, and Science in the Middle Ages, 3 (Turnhout: Brepols, 2022)</p>
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Perspectives on Narrative Time in Chinese Cinema
Authors: Wang Haizhou , Ding Ming 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
The unique view of time rooted in traditional Chinese culture is distinct from that of Western countries. In the Eastern perspective, eternity and evanescence are unified in the axiom: “The passage of time is like flowing water.” This concept also creates a different perspective on narrative time in Chinese films, compared with Western films. In the Chinese perspective, firstly, traditional laws of time are fully respected, and the four seasons, solar terms, and festivals are often seen as time nodes; secondly, a nationally imagined unity of time and space is followed, and expressions of time are likely to be integrated into artistic images such as objects, weather phenomena, and natural landscapes; thirdly, the cognitive laws of nature are respected whereby the linear or circumferential track is adopted and therefore a sense of leisure comes up in resonance; finally, the time scale is based on perception, and Chinese aesthetic style is thus construed while fulfilling the needs of narrative.