bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Effects of teacher, automated, and combined feedback on syntactic complexity in EFL students’ writing
Authors: Thi Nang Kham , Nikolov Marianne 
Published: March 2023

AbstractAlthough studies on written feedback have confirmed the effectiveness of multiple sources of feedback in promoting learners’ accuracy, much remains to be discovered about its impact on other aspects of language development. Concerns were raised with regard to the possible unfavourable impact of feedback on the complexity of students’ writing which resulted from their attention to producing accurate texts. In response to this need for research, the study investigated the effects of teacher, automated, and combined feedback on students’ syntactic complexity over a 13-week semester. Our data collection included 270 students’ texts including their drafts and revised texts and pre-and post-test writing. Essays were analysed using the web-based interface of the L2 Syntactic Complexity Analyzer. Regardless of feedback from multiple sources, paired sample t-test results indicate no significant differences between initial and revised texts, resulting in minimal variance between comparison pairs. Moreover, no significant differences were found between the pre-and post-writing assessment in all complexity measures. These findings suggest that providing feedback on students’ writing does not lead them to write less structurally complex texts. The syntactic complexity of their revised essays varied among high-, mid-, and low-achieving students. These variations could be attributed to proficiency levels, writing prompts, genre differences, and feedback sources. A discussion of pedagogical implications is provided.
Numerical simulation and optimization on opening angles of aerodynamic braking plates sets for a maglev train
Authors: Wang Xiaofei , Hu Xiao , Wang Penghui , Zheng Jun , Li Haitao , Deng Zigang , Zhang Weihua 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe aerodynamic braking has become an attractive option with the continuous improvement of train speeds. The study aims to obtain the optimal opening angles of multiple sets of braking plates for the maglev train. Therefore, a multi-objective optimization method is adopted to decrease the series interference effect between multiple sets of plates. And the computational fluid dynamics method, based on the 3-D, RANS method and SST k-ω turbulence model, is employed to get the initial and iterative data. Firstly, the aerodynamic drag and lift are analysed, as well as the pressure and velocity distribution of the flow field with the braking plates open at 75°. Then, the aerodynamic forces of each braking plate pre and post optimization are compared. Finally, the correlation between each set of braking plates and the optimized objective is analysed. It is found from the results that the aerodynamic drag and lift of the train have significant differences with or without multiple sets of braking plates. Additionally, the design variable corresponding to the number of iterations of 89 is taken as the relative optimal solution, and its opening angles of braking plates (B2-B5) are 87.41°, 87.85°, 87.41°, and 89.88°, respectively. The results are expected to provide a reference for the opening angles design scheme for the future engineering application of high-speed maglev train braking technology.
Electroencephalographic changes in neurologically free patients with tetralogy of Fallot after surgical repair: a cross section study in Egyptian children
Authors: Ibrahim Lamiaa Abdelrahman , Gomaa Fatma Alzahraa Mostafa , Ismail Reem Ibrahim , Elfayoumy Neveen Mohamed , Ahmed Bahga Hosam Eldin , Fathi Iman 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Background
Surgical correction of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is still one of the most frequently performed intervention in pediatric cardiac surgery. The occurrence of seizures after repair or palliation of congenital heart disease (CHD) is a marker for a central nervous system (CNS) injury and has been associated with adverse neurodevelopmental sequelae. The prognostic value of electroencephalogram (EEG) for outcome prediction is glowing in children with CHD undergoing open-heart surgery who are at risk for subsequent neurodevelopmental deficits. To our knowledge, this is the first study to detect the EEG changes in neurologically free TOF patients after surgical repair

Results
Our study included 68 TOF cases and 32 sex- and age-matched control group; they were 66.0% males and 34.0% females. The mean age of the studied children was 11.41 ± 4.23 years. There was statistically significant difference between TOF patients and control group as regards alpha power and Delta% in left occipital region and Alpha% in right occipital region, with dominant alpha waves in patients’ right occipital region. None of our patients had epileptic waves. The duration after operation showed negative correlation with Delta% at left occipital region and positive correlation with Alpha% in right occipital region (p = 0.002, p = 0.044 respectively).

Conclusion
TOF cases showed changes in EEG parameters chiefly dominant alpha power and Delta% in left occipital region and dominant Alpha% in right occipital region. Duration after surgery correlated negatively with Delta% at left occipital region, and positively with Alpha% in the right occipital region. Subsequent assessment is recommended to study long-term hazards of these varied dominance of EEG waves in our patients, e.g., evaluation of the cognitive functions.
Analytic transparency is key for reproducibility of agricultural research
Authors: Sileshi Gudeta W. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThere are growing concerns over the failure of attempts to confirm findings from past studies in various disciplines, and this problem is now known as the “reproducibility crisis” or “replication crisis”. In the agricultural sciences, this problem has remained unappreciated, underreported and there are deficiencies in efforts to tackle it. According to a recent analysis, it is difficult to reproduce on-farm experiments due to the lack of research transparency. Non-reproducible research does not only waste resources, but it can also slow down scientific progress and undermine public trust. In this commentary, my aim is to draw attention to the evolving concepts and terminology used in characterizing reproducibility and the common reasons for non-reproducibility of past research. I argue that analytic transparency is not only key for reproducibility of research but it can facilitate systematic reviews, meta-analyses and evidence mapping to guide formulation of evidence-based policies and practices.
Efficacy of psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents exposed to single versus multiple traumas: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Authors: Hoppen Thole H. , Meiser-Stedman Richard , Jensen Tine K. , Birkeland Marianne Skogbrott , Morina Nexhmedin 
Published: March 2023

BackgroundPrevious meta-analyses of psychotherapies for children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) did not investigate whether treatment efficacy is diminished when patients report multiple (versus single) traumas.AimsTo examine whether efficacy of psychological interventions for paediatric PTSD is diminished when patients report multiple (versus single) traumas.MethodWe systematically searched PsycInfo, MEDLINE, Web of Science and PTSDpubs on 21 April 2022 and included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) meeting the following criteria: (a) random allocation; (b) all participants presented with partial or full PTSD; (c) PTSD is the primary treatment focus; (d) sample mean age <19 years; (e) sample size n ≥ 20. Trauma frequency was analysed as a dichotomous (single versus ≥2 traumas) and continuous (mean number of exposures) potential moderator of efficacy.ResultsOf the 57 eligible RCTs (n = 4295), 51 RCTs were included in quantitative analyses. Relative to passive control conditions, interventions were found effective for single-trauma-related PTSD (Hedges’ g = 1.09; 95% CI 0.70–1.48; k = 8 trials) and multiple-trauma-related PTSD (g = 1.11; 95% CI 0.74–1.47; k = 12). Psychotherapies were also more effective than active control conditions in reducing multiple-trauma-related PTSD. Comparison with active control conditions regarding single-event PTSD was not possible owing to scarcity (k = 1) of available trials. Efficacy did not differ with trauma exposure frequency irrespective of its operationalisation and subgroup analyses (e.g. trauma-focused cognitive–behavioural therapy only).ConclusionsThe current evidence base suggests that psychological interventions for paediatric PTSD can effectively treat PTSD in populations reporting single and multiple traumas. Future trials for PTSD following single-event trauma need to involve active control conditions.
Multi-solitons in the spin-orbit-coupled spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensates
Authors: Qi Juan-Juan , Li Zai-Dong , Zhao Dun 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
We find a restrictive integrable reduction for the one-dimensional spin-orbit-coupled spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate system, which allows us to reduce the three-component Gross-Pitaevskii system into the two-component Manakov system or the single cubic Schrödinger equation. Based on the reduction, we obtain the multi-breathers, higher-order rouge waves and multi-dark soliton solutions for ferromagnetic and anti-ferromagnetic system, respectively. Furthermore, the impacts of the spin-orbit coupling to the multi-soliton dynamics, and the stability of these soliton solutions have also been discussed.
Circulating AFABP, FGF21, and PEDF Levels as Prognostic Biomarkers of Sight-threatening Diabetic Retinopathy
Authors: Lee Chi-Ho , Lui David Tak-Wai , Cheung Chloe Yu-Yan , Fong Carol Ho-Yi , Yuen Michele Mae-Ann , Woo Yu-Cho , Chow Wing-Sun , Wong Ian Yat-Hin , Xu Aimin , Lam Karen Siu-Ling 
Published: March 2023

Abstract

Context
Adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (AFABP), fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), and pigment epithelium–derived factor (PEDF) are 3 diabetes-related biomarkers whose circulating levels had been shown to associate with nephropathy progression in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes.

Objective
Here, we evaluated and compared their prospective associations with the development of sight-threatening DR (STDR), another important diabetic microvascular complication.

Methods
Baseline serum AFABP, PEDF, and FGF21 levels were measured in 4760 Chinese individuals with type 2 diabetes and without STDR at baseline. The associations of these biomarkers with incident STDR were analyzed using Cox regression analysis.

Results
Among these 4760 participants (mean diabetes duration of 11 years and ≥ 50% with nonproliferative DR at baseline), 172 participants developed STDR over a median follow-up of 8.8 years. Participants with incident STDR had comparable baseline serum FGF21 levels but significantly higher baseline serum AFABP and PEDF levels (both P &lt; .001) than those without. However, in multivariable Cox regression analysis, only serum AFABP remained independently associated with incident STDR (hazard ratio 1.28; 95% CI, 1.05-1.55; P = .013). The addition of serum AFABP to a clinical model of conventional STDR risk factors including diabetes duration, glycemic control, albuminuria, and baseline DR status significantly improved the c statistics (P &lt; .001), net reclassification index (P = .0027), and integrated discrimination index (P = .033) in predicting incident STDR among participants without DR or with mild DR at baseline.

Conclusion
Among the 3 diabetes-related biomarkers, serum AFABP level appeared to be a more clinically useful biomarker for predicting incident STDR in type 2 diabetes.
Racial/Ethnic Variability in Use of General Anesthesia for Pediatric Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Authors: Gan Ziyu , Rosenbloom Julia M. , De Souza Elizabeth , Anderson T. Anthony 
Published: March 2023

BACKGROUND:
Children increasingly undergo diagnostic imaging procedures, sometimes with general anesthesia (GA). It is unknown whether the use of GA differs by race/ethnicity among children undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.

METHODS:
This is a retrospective cohort study of GA use for pediatric patients from 0 to 21 years of age who underwent MRIs from January 1, 2004 to May 31, 2019. The study sample was stratified into 5 age groups: 0 to 1, 2 to 5, 6 to 11, 12 to 18, and 19 to 21. Analysis was performed separately for each age group.

RESULTS:
Among 457,314 MRI patients, 29,108 (6.4%) had GA. In the adjusted regression models, Asian patients aged 0 to 1 (adjusted relative risk [aRR] [95% confidence interval {CI}] of 1.11 [1.05–1.17], P < .001) and aged 2 to 5 (aRR [95% CI], 1.04 [1.00–1.09], P = .03), Black patients aged 2 to 5 (aRR [95% CI], 1.04 [1.01–1.08], P = .02) and aged 6 to 11 (aRR [95% CI], 1.13 [1.06–1.20], P < .001), and Hispanic patients aged 0 to 1 (aRR [95% CI], 1.07 [1.03–1.12], P < .001) were more likely to receive GA for MRIs than White patients.

CONCLUSIONS:
Asian, Black, and Hispanic children of some ages were more likely to receive GA during MRI scans than White children in the same age group. Future research is warranted to delineate whether this phenomenon signifies disparate care for children based on their race/ethnicity.
“Abolish the Monopolizing of the Earth”
Authors: Quinn Adam 
Published: March 2023

AbstractAt the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, an industrial capitalist order stretched its grasp across the globe, placing control of farms, mines, and forests in the hands of wealthy industrialists. Living through this period of rapid and unequal economic and environmental change, anarchists denounced what they called the monopolizing of the earth and its products. Anarchists were deeply critical of the privatization of the environment and saw restricting access to nature as a core component of inequality and poverty. This article considers the environmental politics of transnational anarchism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. With anarchism’s geographically and ideologically diverse participants in mind, it incorporates the natural science-informed utopian visions of Peter Kropotkin and Elisée Reclus, the revolutionary and anti-colonial food and land politics of Ricardo Flores Magón, and the nature-informed radical sex politics of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. It finds that “anarchism” did not just mean the destruction of the state and capitalism to its advocates, but the construction of a new political-economic-natural system that saw the liberation of people and the defense of nature as inextricably connected. The article concludes with a call to both include anarchism as a part of the genealogy of environmentalism and consider anarchism’s environmental politics in ongoing conversations about the relationships between environmental crises and human inequalities.
“The Very Valley of the Shadow of Death”
Authors: Høgsbjerg Christian 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis essay explores the Black Trinidadian revolutionary historian C. L. R. James’s little-theorized engagement with questions of the environment and natural world from the 1930s to the 1980s, situating this within his wider oeuvre as a Marxist who not only experienced colonial domination in the Caribbean but also witnessed other catastrophes endemic to twentieth-century capitalism, from the Great War to the Great Depression, the rise of fascism and the Holocaust, the Second World War, and then the use of atomic weapons at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The essay first examines how James might be seen to have helped inspire contemporary theorizing around the “plantationocene” in his classic history of the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins (1938). As early as 1951, James (and his fellow thinkers) noted: “It is not the world of nature that confronts man as an alien power to be overcome. It is the alien power that he has himself created.” The choice ahead, for James, was one of socialism or barbarism, rebellion or extinction. In 1958, evoking biblical language and imagery, he noted that we are already entering “the very valley of the shadow of death.”
“In Difesa della Natura”
Authors: Martone Francesco , Jijón Rosa 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis contribution, inspired by critical debates on the Anthropocene and by the ideas of key Latin American thinkers and academics such as Maristella Svampa, aims at offering an overview of selected works of artists who operate in Latin America. Their work highlights some of the key contradictions and emerging arguments in the debate around the Anthropocene, notably its colonial and patriarchal character. Some of them represent the current systemic crisis induced by extractive capitalism, and underline the relevance of Indigenous peoples’ worldview and traditional knowledge or the connection between the exploitation of feminine bodies and extractivism. Their direct engagement and collaboration with Indigenous communities that resist extractivism visibilizes their agency and active contribution to radical transformation and ecological change, while contributing to challenge the power structures in which these operate.
Goji berry (Lycium barbarum) inhibits the proliferation, adhesion, and migration of oral cancer cells by inhibiting the ERK, AKT, and CyclinD cell signaling pathways: an in-vitro study
Authors: Sanghavi Amee , Srivatsa Ananth , Adiga Divya , Chopra Aditi , Lobo Richard , Kabekkodu Shama Prasada , Gadag Shivaprasada , Nayak Usha , Sivaraman Karthik , Shah Ashmeet 
Published: March 2023

Background: Lycium barbarum (L. barbarum), popularly referred to as Goji berry, is a promising herb known for its powerful anti-antioxidant, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties. It is used in traditional Chinese medicine for treating inflammatory and infectious diseases. It has also shown good anti-cancer properties and has been tested against liver, colon, prostate, breast, and cervical cancers. However, no study has yet evaluated the role of goji berries against oral cancer. Hence, the present paper aims to evaluate the anticancer properties of L. barbarum against oral squamous cell carcinoma. Method: Ethanolic extract of L. barbarum (EELB) was tested for its anticancer properties by performing the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, colony formation, cell proliferation, and scratch wound test. The impact of EELB on the signaling transduction pathways of Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2), protein kinase (AKT1), cyclin D1 and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) was also assessed by western blot. Results: The results showed that EELB can impede CAL-27 cell growth, proliferation and migration in-vitro. It even reduced the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and AKT1 with concomitant downregulation of cyclin D1 (CCND1), cadherin 2 (CDH2), and vimentin (VIM) and upregulation of cadherin 1 (CDH1) expression suggesting its anti-proliferative and anti-EMT effects in oral cancer. Conclusion: Goji berry has good antiproliferative and anti-invasive properties. It affects potential EMT markers and signaling transduction pathways involved in oral cancers. Hence goji berry can be tried as a potential anticancer agent to manage oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Oncoplastic breast volume replacement with the use of lateral intercostal artery perforator flap
Authors: Maulanisa Sinta Chaira , Wibisana I Gusti Ngurah Gunawan 
Published: March 2023

Breast cancer is very common, and there has been a lot of progress in terms of diagnosing and treating it. Surgical intervention, which is tailored to the patient's particular needs and numerous clinical concerns, is one of the management methods used. Some indicators that can be used are, for instance, the size and the stage. Smaller and earlier stage malignancies can be treated with a wide excision. However, getting a proper excision margin around the tumor and not removing too much tissue is problematic. Several studies have shown that when 20% of the breast volume is removed, there is a significant risk of deformity. Currently, oncoplastic surgery is the gold standard for breast reconstruction to minimize such a risk, and one of the techniques is volume replacement, which includes reconstruction of the breast with the transposition of tissue from elsewhere. Numerous volume replacement procedures were performed in the reported patients. The thoracodorsal artery perforator (TDAP) and lateral intercostal artery perforator (LICAP) flaps showed good outcomes in terms of cosmetic and oncological aspects, yet LICAP was found to be an excellent choice for the lateral breast defect and the aesthetic result was satisfactory. We present the case of a 19-year-old woman who had a borderline phyllodes tumor and 49-year-old woman with invasive breast cancer ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) that was treated with a wide excision and volume replacement with a LICAP. Following the success of the LICAP treatment, the defect appears symmetrical with the contralateral breast a few weeks following surgery. In conclusion, LICAP and TDAP flaps oncoplastic surgery offer advantages that should be considered to increase satisfactory of the patients after breast construction surgery in Indonesia.
Percepción de los estudiantes ante el consumo de drogas psicoactivas en su universidad
Authors: De San Jorge-Cardenas Xochitl , Ortiz-León Cristina , Pavón-León Patricia , Salas-García Betzaida , Gogeascoechea Trejo María del Carmen , Blázquez Morales María Sobeida Leticia , Beverido Sustaeta Paulina , Cruz Juárez Alma 
Published: March 2023

Introducción. Entre los jóvenes universitarios se ha observado una tolerancia creciente hacia el consumo de drogas debido a una reducción en la percepción de riesgo, que se considera como aquellos juicios o intuiciones que se tienen sobre la peligrosidad de una situación que puede contribuir a la normalización del consumo. El objetivo fue analizar la percepción de los estudiantes sobre: consumo, venta y gravedad del consumo de drogas en su facultad; conductas de docentes y estudiantes que facilitan el consumo de alcohol y la postura de las autoridades universitarias ante estudiantes consumidores. Material y Método. Se analizó la base de datos derivada del proyecto Consumo de drogas en estudiantes universitarios, en el que participaron 19,815 estudiantes de una universidad pública mexicana; se realizaron comparaciones según sexo y área académica utilizando pruebas de chi-cuadrada y el análisis post hoc de Bonferroni. Resultados. Las mujeres reportaron una menor percepción que los hombres sobre las variables analizadas. Las áreas académicas que se distinguieron por mostrar diferencias con respecto a las otras fueron: Económico-Administrativa en el consumo de drogas ilegales dentro de las facultades y la venta de drogas legales cerca de sus facultades y Biológico-Agropecuaria en la venta cercana de drogas ilegales cerca de sus facultades y en la percepción de la gravedad del consumo de drogas legales. Conclusión. El conocimiento de la percepción de los jóvenes universitarios acerca de las variables estudiadas de acuerdo al sexo y el área académica marca la pauta para implementar estrategias específicas de intervención