bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Trends in Incidence of Chronic Heart Failure in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Study Validating Different Heart Failure Definitions
Authors: Myasoedova Elena , Kurmann Reto D. , Achenbach Sara J. , Wright Kerry , Arment Courtney A. , Dunlay Shannon M. , Davis John M. , Crowson Cynthia S. 
Published: March 2023

ObjectiveTo assess trends in the incidence of heart failure (HF) in patients with incident rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from 1980 to 2009 and to compare different HF definitions in RA.MethodsThe study population comprised Olmsted County, Minnesota residents with incident RA (age ≥ 18 yrs, 1987 American College of Rheumatology criteria met in 1980-2009). All subjects were followed until death, migration, or April 30, 2019. Incident HF events were defined as follows: (1) meeting the Framingham criteria for HF, (2) diagnosis of HF (outpatient or inpatient) by a physician, or (3) International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision (ICD-9), or ICD, 10th revision (ICD-10), codes for HF. Patients with HF prior to the RA incidence/index date were excluded. Cox proportional hazards models were used to compare incident HF events by decade, adjusting for age, sex, and cardiovascular risk factors. HF definitions 2 and 3 were compared to the Framingham criteria.ResultsThe study included 905 patients with RA (mean age 55.9 years; 68.6% female; median follow-up 13.4 years). The 10-year cumulative incidence of HF events by any chart-reviewed method in the RA cohort in the 1980s was 11.66% (95% CI 7.86-17.29), in the 1990s it was 12.64% (95% CI 9.31-17.17), and in the 2000s it was 7.67% (95% CI 5.36-10.97). The incidence of HF did not change across the decades of RA incidence using any of the HF definitions. Physician diagnosis of HF and ICD-9/10 code-based definitions of HF performed well compared to the Framingham criteria, showing moderate to high sensitivity and specificity.ConclusionThe incidence of HF in patients with incident RA in the 2000s vs the 1980s was not statistically significantly different. Physician diagnosis of HF and ICD-9/10 codes for HF performed well against the Framingham criteria.
WINTER THERMAL COMFORT OF A TYPICAL COURTYARD GEOMETRY IN A SEMI-ARID CLIMATE
Authors: Sahnoune Sara , Benhassine Nassira 
Published: March 2023

ABSTRACTThe courtyard is an ancient outdoor design space surrounded by walls or buildings, acting as a microclimate modifier in hot-dry climates. This is related to its geometry, such as high proportions of height-to-width (H/W) and north-south (NS) orientation by providing shade and decreasing heat stress on hot summer days. However, its effect during winter still needs to be discussed, especially in hot summer and cold winter conditions (such as in semi-arid climates). This research studies the winter thermal comfort of a typical courtyard geometry suitable for hot summer conditions in a semi-arid climate. A literature review supports the identification of typical courtyard geometry addressed for hot summer conditions. Then, field measurements of the external surface temperature of courtyard interior orientations, microclimatic variables, and the Predicted Mean Votes (PMV) of occupants inside the courtyard were performed. The results indicate high correlations between PMV and courtyard interior orientations with the H/W ratio regarding cold stress. Thus, north-east and South-East orientations and H/W ratio less than (&lt; 0.8) are recommended for better winter environmental conditions in semi-arid climates.
La constitution de collections scientifiques dans l’enseignement supérieur rennais (1840-1914)
Authors: Lemaire Marion 
Published: March 2023

« Sans [les] collections, sans [les] laboratoires, [les facultés] ne sont plus, pour l’État, qu’une charge dont l’utilité devient contestable ». Ainsi s’exprime Simon Sirodot, doyen de la faculté des sciences de Rennes en 1872. Cette affirmation révèle l’importance attribuée aux collections dans les activités de la faculté du xixe siècle. En effet, dès les débuts de celle-ci en 1840, les collections ont été un des sujets de préoccupation récurrent des professeurs. Que faut-il acquérir ? Quels locaux et quels mobiliers faut-il pour les présenter et à qui ? Quelles allocations pour financer les achats ? Une analyse des archives universitaires rennaises au prisme des connaissances sur l’histoire de l’enseignement permet d’évoquer le contexte et les intentions qui ont prévalu à la constitution des collections de l’enseignement supérieur.
„Ich bringe nichts als ein Gedicht“
Authors: Götze Karl Heinz 
Published: March 2023

Der Beitrag verfolgt anhand exemplarischer Texte die Kulturgeschichte der deutschsprachigen Gebrauchslyrik aus Anlass von Geburtstagen. Die moderne Geschichte der Gattung setzt im Barock mit der Praxis von Geburtstagsfeiern überhaupt ein und erlebt gleich zu Beginn bei aller Abhängigkeit von der adeligen Festkultur eine Blütezeit. Mit der Empfindsamkeit und der Goethezeit erweitern sich die Ausdrucksmittel der Kasuallyrik. Im 19. Jahrhundert wird sie zu einer im privaten Kreis weit verbreiteten Praxis des Bildungsbürgertums, der Lobpreis häufig durch Humor ausbalanciert. Die literarische Moderne wendet ihr den Rücken zu. Die Geburtstagsgedichte, die im 20. Jahrhundert entstehen, geraten mit wenigen Ausnahmen in den Ruf des Trivialen. Mit der Verbreitung des Internet zeigt sich freilich, dass Gedichte aus Anlass von Geburtstagen, die aus der Hochliteratur weitgehend verschwunden sind, im Internet weit verbreitet sind und auf große Nachfrage stoßen.
Overall outcome of Modified Radical Mastoidectomy (MRM)
Authors: Ekanayake L. S. B. , Vasantharaj G. , Nishari V. G. D. , Dassanayake N. K. , Weerasinghe G. C. , Madushani K. A. R. N. 
Published: March 2023

Aims: To compare overall findings of our Modified Radical Mastoidectomy (MRM) practice with the available contemporary standards of international recognition.
Design and Methodology: The cohort included the patients who underwent Modified Radical Mastoidectomy from 2013 to 2018 by the author, who were subjected to a retrospective study. The details obtained from clinic reports were preoperative and postoperative hearing (documented to the end of the fourth post op year), and findings that were documented intraoperatively and post operatively in successive clinic visits. The parameters analysed were hearing improvement, disease extension, anatomical variations, immediate and late post-operative complications.
Result: There were no evidence of recurrence following the surgical intervention. Postoperative mean air-bone gap had reduced by 9.5dBHL, 5dBHL, 7.44dBHL, 4.9dBHL, 4.1dBHL, 3.75dBHL and 8.18dBHL at 0.125kHz, 0.250kHz, 0.5kHz, 1kHz, 2kHz, 4kHz and 8kHz respectively. Disease involvement was found in Attic, Antrum, Sinus tympani, facial recess, mesotympanum, oval window and posterior sinus, supra tubal recess, sinodural angle cells, sinus sub tympanum, external ear canal, in the descending order of occurrence. 36 audited patients achieved dry ears by the end of second year though some had at least one intermittent wet episode and 4 had continuous persistent wet ears. Intraoperative findings analysis showed 2.5% were observed with perilymph leak, 27.5% had erosion of malleus head by disease, 55% had erosion of incus, 90% intact suprastructure, 97.5% had intact stapes foot plate, 15% had significant dural overhang, 10% had exposed facial nerve, 10% had anterior sigmoid sinus and 2.5% had exposed dura. Immediate post intraoperative complications of 7.5% HB grade 1 facial nerve palsy, 42.5% taste alteration, 5% CSF leak, 25% complaining of disturbing head ache, 7.5% having exposed dura (iatrogenic), 7.5% had dressing removed due to risk of pressure necrosis of pinna or developing Facial nerve palsy and 2.5% (one) patient had the meatus migrating downward due to a connective tissue problem of skin. During post-operative period stitch abscess was noted among 5%, achieved self-cleaning dry ear in 15%, wax build up in the dry ear in 10%. However, over 50% patients had minimum of 1 episode of wet ear in this period. Meatal stenosis and keloid development was noted among 10% and, graft perforation among 20% and 2.5% (one) wound dehiscence. During post-operative period 7.5% developed BBPV and similar percentage had caloric effect during packing of the cavity while 22.5% developed caloric effect during suction of the cavity.
Conclusions: The improvements in hearing when adjunct with Tympanoplasty in this audit keep up with recent compared studies. Further its ability to safely achieve a disease free ear is endorsed and complemented by the low complication rates.
A Microphysiological Device to Model the Choriodecidual Interface Immune Status during Pregnancy
Authors: Richardson Lauren , Radnaa Enkhtuya , Lintao Ryan C V , Urrabaz-Garza Rheanna , Maredia Ruhi , Han Arum , Sun Jiaren , Menon Ramkumar 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
During human pregnancy the chorion (fetal) lines decidua (maternal) creating the feto–maternal interface. Despite their proximity, resident decidual immune cells remain quiescent during gestation and do not invade the chorion. Infection and infiltration of activated immune cells toward the chorion are often associated with preterm birth. However, the mechanisms that maintain choriodecidual immune homeostasis or compromise immune barrier functions remain unclear. To understand these processes, a two-chamber microphysiological system (MPS) was created to model the human choriodecidual immune interface under normal and infectious conditions in vitro. This MPS has outer (fetal chorion trophoblast cells) and inner chambers (maternal decidual + CD45+ cells [70:30 ratio]) connected by microchannels. Decidual cells were treated with LPS to mimic maternal infection, followed by immunostaining for HLA-DR and HLA-G, immune panel screening by imaging cytometry by time of flight, and immune regulatory factors IL-8 and IL-10, soluble HLA-G, and progesterone (ELISA). LPS induced a proinflammatory phenotype in the decidua characterized by a decrease in HLA-DR and an increase in IL-8 compared with controls. LPS treatment increased the influx of immune cells into the chorion, indicative of chorionitis. Cytometry by time of flight characterized immune cells in both chambers as active NK cells and neutrophils, with a decrease in the abundance of nonproinflammatory cytokine-producing NK cells and T cells. Conversely, chorion cells increased progesterone and soluble HLA-G production while maintaining HLA-G expression. These results highlight the utility of MPS to model choriodecidual immune cell infiltration and determine the complex maternal–fetal crosstalk to regulate immune balance during infection.
Uso de plataformas digitais como ferramenta de estudo durante a pandemia de covid-19
Authors: Ramos Cleonice De Oliveira , Silveira de Senna Mary Lúcia Gomes , Cavalcante Rivadavia Porto , Castilho Weimar Silva , Dias Rodrigo Carvalho 
Published: March 2023

<p><span>O presente artigo aborda a temática do uso das plataformas digitais como ferramenta para estudo utilizada por estudantes do ensino médio de uma instituição federal de ensino no estado do Tocantins, durante a pandemia causada pela covid-19. A pesquisa se caracteriza como aplicada e, para atender aos objetivos do estudo, utilizou a abordagem exploratória e descritiva, enquanto para coletar os dados foi usada a técnica de questionários, com a análise qualitativa e quantitativa a partir da análise de conteúdo. Dessa forma, o estudo levantou o seguinte questionamento: “Quais são as principais plataformas digitais usadas pelos estudantes, suas possibilidades e as dificuldades que os estudantes relacionam quanto ao uso dessas plataformas para fins de estudo?”, com o objetivo analisar as funcionalidades e o auxílio dessas plataformas digitais no contexto do ensino remoto, discorrendo a respeito das possibilidades de uso delas, além da descrição de suas funcionalidades, limitações e plataformas mais usadas como ferramentas de estudo, sendo elas o Google<em> Meet,</em> o <em>YouTube</em>, o <em>Moodle </em>e o Google<em> Classroom.</em> Após a posse dos dados, realizou-se a análise quali-quantitativa de 27 respostas de 40 estudantes convidados a participar da pesquisa, as quais indicaram as possibilidades e os desafios apontados pelos estudantes no uso das plataformas digitais, entre eles a pouca possibilidade de interação no processo de ensino-aprendizagem e a dificuldade de concentração. Nesse sentido, o estudo evidenciou que as plataformas digitais podem auxiliar no processo de ensino-aprendizagem, porém ainda existem impasses a serem superados pelos estudantes e professores, como a falta de acesso à internet e a interação por meio desses recursos digitais. </span></p>
Formação profissional: um aplicativo para o Curso Técnico de Informática CEFET/RJ campus Nova Friburgo
Authors: Mello Júlia Cristina Eyer , Mendes Marta Ferreira Abdala 
Published: March 2023

<p>Este artigo traz um recorte da dissertação “Estudos de egressos para formação Profissional: subsídios para o Curso Técnico em Informática Integrado ao Ensino Médio do CEFET/Nova Friburgo,” desenvolvida durante a pesquisa de Mestrado Profissional em Educação Profissional e Tecnológica (PROFEPT), que teve como objetivo principal apresentar o desenvolvimento de um aplicativo educacional informativo-interativo para os alunos formandos sobre planejamento de carreira e necessidades atuais de um Técnico de Informática. Neste recorte, apresentaremos o aplicativo Plano de Carreira na Mão que exibe informações sobre a definição de um plano de carreira dentro do enfoque de um profissional crítico/reflexivo, estimulando o questionamento, e a reflexão na ação, de forma a provocar reflexões sobre sua inserção no mundo e na sociedade. O aplicativo pode ser disponibilizado em dispositivos eletrônicos, como telefone celular, <em>smartphone</em> e <em>tablet</em>, e foi avaliado por uma comissão composta por servidores do CEFET/RJ campus Nova Friburgo, de acordo com os aspectos comunicacionais/formato e pedagógicos/conteúdo, definidos a partir das características do material educativo proposto. Pela análise das avaliações, constatamos que a comissão considerou que o aplicativo criado é uma opção de apoio aos formandos na construção de um plano de carreira dentro do enfoque de um profissional com uma visão mais ampla sobre o mundo do trabalho.</p>
Artificial Intelligence and Malignant Melanoma : A Review
Authors: Ramezanpour Peyman , Sasani Shahram , Golshahi Rad Shiva 
Published: March 2023

Malignant Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer and one of the most quickly expanding cancers in the world. Some of melanocytic nevi have a higher risk of developing malignant melanoma. Early diagnosis of melanoma is critical due to increasing survival rates, decreasing surgical removal and following disfigurement, and reducing the overall care costs. Although the golden standard is histopathologic examination of the excised suspicious lesion, there are a number of tools which allow a more detailed examination of the skin lesion. Artificial intelligence (AI) with its subfields (deep learning and machine learning) and imaging technologies have been incorporated in science and medicine. In dermatology, the rising incidence of melanoma, the benefits of early diagnosis, and the limited access to dermatologic services in some countries, have conduced developing of image-based, automated diagnostic systems and the usage of either clinical or dermoscopic images. This article tries to overlook the studies in this field and give a general view of it.
A Method For Network Intrusion Detection Using Deep Learning
Authors: Mudigonda Nihar 
Published: March 2023

In an increasingly digitally reliant world, organizations are facing the ever more challenging problem of how to best defend their digital information and infrastructure. Current non-machine learning methods for detecting network intrusion, like signature-based and anomaly-based algorithms, are slow and unreliable. Signature based detection holds signatures, or known information and warning signs, about a known attack and compares them to the current flow of data. If a signature matches with the network activity, users and network administrators are notified. Anomaly based detection is where the system monitors current network traffic and compares it to a set baseline traffic. Again, if any unusual traffic occurs, members of the network are notified. In this research, new advancements in deep learning algorithms are used to bolster the defenses of digital networks. Neural networks are used to create a multi-class classifier, which will determine whether the network activity is a certain type of malicious attack or benign. We will use the CICIDS2017 dataset (Canadian Institute of Cybersecurity), which is a state-of-the-art network intrusion dataset composed of computer network activity, including multiple types of attacks such as DDoS, SQL Injection, and Brute Force. This research proposes a more precise network intrusion detection system (NIDS) to accurately detect malicious network activity. Better NIDSs will also prevent cybercrime and create a safer internet for all users.
Statistical Analysis of The Effect of Participation in the Interdistrict Tinsley Voluntary Transfer Program On Student Academic Achievement
Authors: Chen Sheryl 
Published: March 2023

Academic outcomes are a centerpiece of desegregation literature, as desegregation is often viewed as a means to rectify systemic racial inequality in the education system. However, because a vast majority of desegregation programs in the United States happen within district, and not between districts, where there are the most racial divisions, existing research may not portray the full extent of what racial integration. Investigations into interdistrict desegregation may offer greater insights into the effects of racial integration and better school resources on individual minority students.
This paper zooms into the Tinsley Voluntary Transfer, an interdistrict desegregation program allowing students in the minority Ravenswood City School District to transfer into neighboring Mid-Peninsula schools. In an effort to contextualize the existing literature on minority academic outcomes of desegregation to interdistrict transfer in specific, the research question posed is as follows: Is there a statistically significant difference in the academic performance of Tinsley transfer students and students who stayed within the Ravenswood district?
To assess the relationship between these two groups, quantitative statistical analysis was performed on data sets of the standardized test scores from 3rd-8th grade of both Tinsley transfer students in the Menlo Park City School District and Ravenswood students who did not transfer out of the district. The result was that there is a statistically significant difference between groups, though excluding for 7th and 8th grade Math. The paper hypothesizes that this may be partially accounted for by the beginning of tracking in math courses at the Menlo Park district.
Resource Curse in WAIFEM Member Countries: An Application of Seemingly Unrelated Regression
Authors: Inuwa Nasiru , Bello Maryam , Sani Mohammed Bello 
Published: March 2023

Even though empirical evidence has shown that naturally endowed countries growth slower than their less naturally endowed counterparts, the scenario tagged as “resource curse hypothesis”, but it seems there are exceptions. Therefore, this study examines the confirmation or disputation of resource curse hypothesis among the West African Institutes for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) member countries during the period 1986-2016. The study applied seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) and unraveled the strengthened effect of natural resources on output growth in Gambia, Ghana, and Sierra Leone. But, the study revealed a negative and statistically significant effect on economic growth in Liberia and Nigeria, thereby upholding the presence of resource curse hypothesis only in Liberia and Nigeria. Therefore, an overall “umbrella” policy recommendation inappropriate, but individually designed strategy that would help in managing the resources rents effectively in order to boost economic growth particularly in Liberia and Nigeria where their resource endowment serve as a curse rather than a blessing is recommended.

Received: 27 October 2022 | Revised: 8 March 2023 | Accepted: 13 March 2023

Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to this work.

Data Availability Statement
Data available on request from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Production and accumulation of reef framework by calcifying corals and macroalgae on a remote Indian Ocean cay
Authors: McLaughlin M. James , Bessey Cindy , Kendrick Gary A. , Keesing John , Olsen Ylva S. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract. Coral reefs face increasing pressures in response to unprecedented rates of environmental change at present. The coral reef physical framework is
formed through the production of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and maintained by marine organisms, primarily hermatypic corals, and calcifying algae. The northern part of Western Australia, known as the Kimberley, has largely escaped land-based anthropogenic impacts and this study provides important metabolic data on reef-building organisms from an undisturbed set of marine habitats. From the reef platform of Browse Island, located on the mid-shelf just inside the 200 m isobath off the Kimberley coast, specimens of the dominant coral (six species) and algal (five species) taxa were collected and incubated ex situ in light and dark shipboard experimental mesocosms for 4 h to measure rates of calcification and production patterns of oxygen. During experimental light and dark incubations, all algae were net autotrophic producing 6 to 111 mmolO2m-2d-1. In contrast, most corals were net consumers of O2 with average net fluxes ranging from −42 to 47 mmolO2m-2d-1. The net change in pH was generally negative for corals and calcifying algae (−0.01 to
−0.08 h−1). Resulting net calcification rates (1.9 to 9.9 gCaCO3m-2d-1) for corals and calcifying algae
(Halimeda and Galaxura) were all positive and were strongly correlated with net O2 production. In intertidal habitats around Browse Island, estimated relative contributions of coral and Halimeda to the reef production of CaCO3 were similar at around 600 to 840 gm-2yr-1. The low reef platform had very low coral cover of < 3 % which made a smaller contribution to calcification of ∼ 240 gCaCO3m-2yr-1. Calcification on the subtidal reef slope was predominantly from corals, producing
∼ 1540 gCaCO3m-2yr-1, twice that of Halimeda. These data provide the first measures of community metabolism from the offshore reef systems of the Kimberley. The relative contributions of the main reef builders, in these undisturbed areas, to net community metabolism and CaCO3 production is important to understand exclusively climate-driven negative effects on tropical reefs.