bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Fussy Eating Rescue, a mobile-web app for responsive feeding practises among parents of toddlers: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled feasibility trial
Authors: Markides Brittany Reese , Hesketh Kylie D. , Maddison Ralph , Laws Rachel , Denney-Wilson Elizabeth , Campbell Karen J. 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Background
Fussy eating is most often a developmentally typical behaviour, generally presenting during toddlerhood. However, up to half of parents of young children are concerned about fussy eating, and this concern may mediate the use of nonresponsive feeding practises, such as coercive or unstructured feeding and using food to reward eating. Despite the high prevalence of parental concern for fussy eating and the negative impacts nonresponsive feeding practises have on children’s health and diets, no previous digital intervention to improve the feeding practises of parents of toddlers concerned about fussy eating has been evaluated.

Aim
This article describes the protocol of a randomised controlled feasibility pilot aiming to evaluate Fussy Eating Rescue, a purely web app based intervention for parents of toddlers. The primary aim is to investigate feasibility and acceptability; secondary aims are to explore indications of intervention effect on parents’ feeding practises or children’s eating behaviours.

Methods
Fussy Eating Rescue features include: (1) a Tracker, that allows parents to track repeated offers of food, (2) Topics, providing information on fussy eating, effective feeding strategies, and general nutrition, (3) Rescues, containing quick references to material supporting Topics contents, (4) Recipes, and (5) SMS notifications. Parents of toddlers (12–36 months old, n = 50) who have concerns about fussy eating will be recruited via Facebook. Parents will be randomised to an intervention group, which receives access to the app for 6 weeks, or to wait-listed control. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline and 6 weeks after app use, using online questionnaires and app usage statistics. Primary outcomes include participant retention rate, intervention engagement, app usability, perceived ease in using the app, perceived usefulness of the app, and user satisfaction. Secondary outcome measures include parents’ feeding practises and children’s eating behaviours.

Discussion
Results will inform whether Fussy Eating Rescue is a feasible way to engage parents concerned for their toddler’s fussy eating behaviours. If feasible and acceptable to users, a larger trial will further examine the efficacy of the Fussy Eating app in improving parents’ feeding practises and children’s eating behaviours.

Trial registration
Prospectively registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry on 15 July, 2021 (ACTRN12621000925842).
Using a picture (or a thousand words) for supporting spatial knowledge of a complex virtual environment
Authors: Jaeger Allison J. , Weisberg Steven M. , Nazareth Alina , Newcombe Nora S. 
Published: July 2023

AbstractExternal representations powerfully support and augment complex human behavior. When navigating, people often consult external representations to help them find the way to go, but do maps or verbal instructions improve spatial knowledge or support effective wayfinding? Here, we examine spatial knowledge with and without external representations in two studies where participants learn a complex virtual environment. In the first study, we asked participants to generate their own maps or verbal instructions, partway through learning. We found no evidence of improved spatial knowledge in a pointing task requiring participants to infer the direction between two targets, either on the same route or on different routes, and no differences between groups in accurately recreating a map of the target landmarks. However, as a methodological note, pointing was correlated with the accuracy of the maps that participants drew. In the second study, participants had access to an accurate map or set of verbal instructions that they could study while learning the layout of target landmarks. Again, we found no evidence of differentially improved spatial knowledge in the pointing task, although we did find that the map group could recreate a map of the target landmarks more accurately. However, overall improvement was high. There was evidence that the nature of improvement across all conditions was specific to initial navigation ability levels. Our findings add to a mixed literature on the role of external representations for navigation and suggest that more substantial intervention—more scaffolding, explicit training, enhanced visualization, perhaps with personalized sequencing—may be necessary to improve navigation ability.
Association of serum miR-375, miR-155 and miR-146b levels with distinguish of papillary thyroid cancer from benign thyroid masses among Iranian patients
Authors: Mobini Gholam-Reza , Yousefi Homayon , Shojaeian Ali , Mirhoseini Mahmood , Mahmoudian-Sani Mohammad-Reza 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Background and aim
Certain serum levels of microRNAs (miRNAs) throughout the body can be helpful for cancer diagnosis and prognosis. The miRNAs can be secreted from the papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) into the circulatory system. Accordingly, this study aimed to measure the serum levels of miR-146b, miR-155 and miR-375 to evaluate their diagnostic potentials in distinguish of benign from malignant lesions.

Materials and methods
The serum levels of miRNAs were measured by real-time quantitative RT-PCR among100 patients with benign thyroid nodules and 30 patients with PTC.

Results
The mean miR-375 and miR-155 expression levels in the PTC group were greater when compared with the benign group. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) was estimated at 0.81 for the miR-375 with 0.76% sensitivity and 0.80% specificity to distinguish between benign and PTC lesions. The AUC was calculated to be 0.75 for the miR-155 with 0.69% sensitivity and 0.90% specificity.

Conclusion
According to the results of this study, the serum levels of miR-155 and miR-375 were increased in the patients with PTC, which may be useful as alternative seromarkers for the PTC.
Large right ventricular hydatid cyst in a child: a case report
Authors: Vahidshahi Kourosh , Tahouri Tahmineh , Farahmandi Farzaneh , Hekmat Manouchehr 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Background
Cystic Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection with a worldwide distribution. It is caused by the larval stages of a species of tapeworms known as Echinococcus granulosus. Even in endemic areas; Cardiac involvement by hydatidiosis is very rare and has atypical presentations as well as localization which make it undiagnosed in about 10% of cases. The left ventricle is the most Common chamber involved by the hydatid cyst and isolated involvement of the right ventricle is very rare, especially in children. The aim of the present study was to describe hydatid cardiac cyst of the right ventricle of a child.

Case presentation
We present a rare case of an 8 year-old boy, living in a rural area, who was diagnosed with a cardiac hydatid cyst in the right ventricle. He also had multiple pulmonary hydatid cysts and presented with dyspnea, cough and atypical chest pain. The patient underwent surgery for the resection of pulmonary cysts and, subsequently, cardiac hydatid cyst. The outcome was favorable seven weeks after surgery and there was no clinical and echocardiographic recurrence.

Conclusion
Cardiac Echinococcosis must be suspected in endemic areas, diagnosed with appropriate imaging techniques, and treated appropriately.
Ross procedure versus pulmonary homograft versus mechanical valve versus bioprosthetic valve versus Ozaki procedure for surgical aortic valve replacement: a frequentist network meta-analysis
Authors: Awad Ahmed K. , Mathew Dave M. , Fusco Peter J. , Varghese Kathryn S. , Abdel-Nasser Omar , Awad Ayman K. , Giannaris Peter , Mathew Serena M. , Ahmed Adham 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Background
There has been a resurgence in interest regarding the Ross procedure due to recent publications detailing positive long-term outcomes. Conversely, surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) with a pulmonary homograft (PH), mechanical (MV), bioprosthetic (BV), or the Ozaki procedure each has its own technical advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, we performed a network meta-analysis (NMA) comparing other alternatives to Ross procedure.

Methods
Medical databases were comprehensively searched for studies comparing the Ross procedure with AVR using a PH, MV, BV, or the Ozaki procedure. Outcomes were pooled as risk ratios (RR) with their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).

Results
A total of 7816 patients were pooled for our NMA from 24 studies. Compared to Ross procedure, both BV and MV were associated with significantly higher rates of 30-day mortality of RR (2.37, 95% CI 1.20–4.67) and (1.88 95% CI 1.04–3.40), respectively, with no significant difference regarding PH or Ozaki. However, only MV was associated with a higher risk of 30-day stroke (RR 8.42, 95% CI 1.57–45.23) with no significant difference in the other alternatives, as well as 30-day MI which showed no significant differences between any of the aortic conduits compared to the Ross procedure. Regarding 30-day major bleeding, MV was associated with a higher when compared to the Ross procedure RR (4.58, 95% CI 1.94–10.85), PH was associated with a lower risk of major bleeding with RR (0.35, 95% CI 0.17–0.71), and BV showed no significant difference. With a mean follow-up duration of 8.5 years compared to the Ross procedure, BV, PH, and MV were associated with a higher risk of long-term mortality with RR (1.89, 95% CI 1.38–2.58), (1.38, 95% CI 1.0–1.87), and (1.94, 95% CI 1.52–2.47), respectively, with the Ozaki procedure showed no significant difference. Regarding long-term stroke—with a mean of 6.3-year follow-up duration—there were no significant differences between any of the aortic conduits compared to the Ross procedure. Nevertheless, long-term need for reintervention—with a mean follow-up duration of 17.5 years—was significant of higher risk with both BV and PH with RR (3.28, 95% CI 1.21–8.84) and (2.42, 95% CI 1.05–5.58), respectively, compared to Ross procedure with MV and Ozaki having no significant difference.

Conclusions
The Ross procedure is a viable treatment option for patients undergoing SAVR, showing promising outcomes at short- and long-term follow-ups.
Ultrafast laser-induced self-organized nanostructuring in transparent dielectrics: fundamentals and applications
Authors: Zhang Bo , Wang Zhuo , Tan Dezhi , Qiu Jiangrong 
Published: July 2023

AbstractInscribing functional micro-nano-structures in transparent dielectrics enables constructing all-inorganic photonic devices with excellent integration, robustness, and durability, but remains a great challenge for conventional fabrication techniques. Recently, ultrafast laser-induced self-organization engineering has emerged as a promising rapid prototyping platform that opens up facile and universal approaches for constructing various advanced nanophotonic elements and attracted tremendous attention all over the world. This paper summarizes the history and important milestones in the development of ultrafast laser-induced self-organized nanostructuring (ULSN) in transparent dielectrics and reviews recent research progresses by introducing newly reported physical phenomena, theoretical mechanisms/models, regulation techniques, and engineering applications, where representative works related to next-generation light manipulation, data storage, optical detecting are discussed in detail. This paper also presents an outlook on the challenges and future trends of ULSN, and important issues merit further exploration.
Sex Differences in Pancreatic β-Cell Physiology and Glucose Homeostasis in C57BL/6J Mice
Authors: Jo Seokwon , Beetch Megan , Gustafson Eric , Wong Alicia , Oribamise Eunice , Chung Grace , Vadrevu Suryakiran , Satin Leslie S , Bernal-Mizrachi Ernesto , Alejandro Emilyn U 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
The importance of sexual dimorphism has been highlighted in recent years since the National Institutes of Health's mandate on considering sex as a biological variable. Although recent studies have taken strides to study both sexes side by side, investigations into the normal physiological differences between males and females are limited. In this study, we aimed to characterized sex-dependent differences in glucose metabolism and pancreatic β-cell physiology in normal conditions using C57BL/6J mice, the most common mouse strain used in metabolic studies. Here, we report that female mice have improved glucose and insulin tolerance associated with lower nonfasted blood glucose and insulin levels compared with male mice at 3 and 6 months of age. Both male and female animals show β-cell mass expansion from embryonic day 17.5 to adulthood, and no sex differences were observed at embryonic day 17.5, newborn, 1 month, or 3 months of age. However, 6-month-old males displayed increased β-cell mass in response to insulin resistance compared with littermate females. Molecularly, we uncovered sexual dimorphic alterations in the protein levels of nutrient sensing proteins O-GlcNAc transferase and mTOR, as well as differences in glucose-stimulus coupling mechanisms that may underlie the differences in sexually dimorphic β-cell physiology observed in C57BL/6J mice.
Developing and using ontologies in behavioural science: addressing issues raised
Authors: Michie Susan , Hastings Janna , Johnston Marie , Hankonen Nelli , Wright Alison J. , West Robert 
Published: July 2023

Ontologies are ways of representing aspects of the world in terms of uniquely defined classes of ‘entities’ and relationships between them. They are widely used in biological science, data science and commerce because they provide clarity, consistency, and the ability to link information and data from different sources. Ontologies offer great promise as representational systems in behavioural science and could revolutionise descriptions of studies and findings, and the expression of models and theories. This paper discusses issues that have been raised about using ontologies in behavioural science and how these can be addressed. The issues arise partly from the way that ontologies represent information, which can be perceived as reductionist or simplistic, and partly from issues to do with their implementation. However, despite the simplicity of their structure, ontologies can represent complex entities that change over time, as well as their inter-relationships and highly nuanced information about them. Nevertheless, ontologies are only one of many ways of representing information and it is important to recognise when other forms are more efficient. With regard to implementation, it is important to build ontologies with involvement from the communities who will be using them. Far from constraining intellectual creativity, ontologies that are broadly-based can facilitate expression of nuance, comparison of findings and integration of different approaches and theories. Maintaining and updating ontologies remain significant challenges but can be achieved through establishing and coordinating communities of practice.
Influence of ketogenic diet on athletes’ performance and other aspects of body function – review of literature
Authors: Siekierko Nikola , Lewandowski Mateusz , Żołnierek Maja , Kotusiewicz Wiktoria , Gacoń Ewa , Zembala Julita , Kucharski Jakub , Zapała Brygida , Ząber Aldona , Świętochowski Jakub 
Published: July 2023

Introduction and aim. The ketogenic diet (KD) is a high-fat, moderate-protein, and low-carbohydrate dietary regimen that induces a state of ketosis, shifting the body’s fuel source from glucose to ketone bodies produced from fatty acids. The aim of this paper is to analyze the influence of the KD on athletes’ performance, body composition and other aspects of body function.
Materials and methods. A comprehensive literature search has been conducted through PubMed database using keywords such as “ketogenic diet sport” and “ketogenic diet athletes”, “ketogenic diet body”.
Analysis of literature. Some studies suggest that a KD can be a viable method for reducing body fat without negatively affecting strength, power, or muscle mass in athletes. It has been found that KD can increase fat oxidation. However, KD may not be optimal for improving performance in high-intensity endurance events or activities that require quick bursts of energy fueled by carbohydrates. Additionally, KD may not have a significant effect on factors such as VO2max, HRmax, time to exhaustion, and perceived exertion in some athletes.
Conclusion. More research is required to understand the effects of the ketogenic diet on athletes’ performance. It may aid in weight loss and fat oxidation, but questions remain regarding adaptation time, sport-specific benefits, and impact on various body parameters.
Software for Data-Based Stochastic Programming Using Bootstrap Estimation
Authors: Chen Xiaotie , Woodruff David L. 
Published: July 2023

We describe software for stochastic programming that uses only sampled data to obtain both a consistent sample-average solution and a consistent estimate of confidence intervals for the optimality gap using bootstrap and bagging. The underlying distribution whence the samples come is not required.History: Accepted by Ted Ralphs, Area Editor for Software Tools.Supplemental Material: The software that supports the findings of this study is available within the paper and its Supplemental Information ( https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/suppl/10.1287/ijoc.2022.0253 ) as well as from the IJOC GitHub software repository ( https://github.com/INFORMSJoC/2022.0253 ). The complete IJOC Software and Data Repository is available at https://informsjoc.github.io/ .
Pyriform sinus injury in thyroidectomy: the unknown complicating the known
Authors: Sharma V , Panda NK , Parsana M , Khanda K 
Published: July 2023

Thyroidectomy is a common procedural skill in the armamentarium of an otolaryngologist but has its own set of complications. The more common complications are hypocalcaemia, recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy, injury to the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve, postoperative bleeding, wound infection and, rarely, thyroid storm. High pyriform sinus injury during hemithyroidectomy is extremely rare, with this report being only the second reported case in the literature. A 61-year-old man presented with complaints of right-sided neck swelling. The patient had a 10cm × 8cm sized swelling in the anterior neck on examination. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan revealed a heterogeneously enhancing mass lesion involving the right lobe of the thyroid and isthmus with multiple nodules. The patient underwent right hemithyroidectomy with no intraoperative complications. The histopathology report describes a papillary thyroid carcinoma (cT3 N0 M0) with the presence of angioinvasion. On the fifth postoperative day, the patient complained of neck pain, suture site swelling and a change of voice. A volume of 50ml of whitish purulent fluid was evacuated. A laryngeal exam revealed restriction in mobility of the right vocal cord. The oesophagogram revealed the iatrogenic injury to the hypopharynx. The oesophageal leak gradually resolved after 6 weeks, as evidenced by multiple contrast oesophagogram, without any need for surgical intervention. We theorise that, while operating on long-standing monster thyroids, extra care should be given while dissecting in the tracheoesophageal groove as the stretched mucosa, an extracapsular extension of disease and lymphovascular invasion can all jeopardise the underlying structures.
Silicon-based compact eight-channel wavelength and mode division (de)multiplexer for on-chip optical interconnects
Authors: Nath Jyoti Prasad , Saxena Geetika Jain , Sharma Enakshi K. 
Published: July 2023

A compact wavelength and mode division (de)multiplexer is proposed for multiplexing a total of eight guided TE modes of a 220 nm thick silicon-on-insulator waveguide with input channels at two wavelengths of 1.55 and 2 µm for wavelength division multiplexing. The (de)multiplexer is composed of four sequentially arranged sections with bus waveguides of increasing widths. The first section uses an asymmetric directional coupler to couple one TE mode at 1.55 µm, while each of the next three sections consists of two collocated directional couplers to simultaneously couple two TE modes of the bus waveguide, one at each wavelength of 1.55 and 2 µm. Three linear adiabatic tapers are designed to connect the consecutive bus waveguides. The fundamental TE mode of the bus waveguide at 1.55 or 2 µm is coupled by using another adiabatic taper from a single-mode input waveguide. The simulation results show that over a broad bandwidth of >100nm the insertion loss and crosstalk for both wavelength bands is <1.15dB and <−27dB, respectively. In addition, a compact device footprint with a total coupling length of ∼61µm is achieved due to the use of collocated directional couplers in three sections.
GST plasmonic gap structure investigation as a switch and sensor
Authors: Zareizadeh Arya , Nozhat Najmeh 
Published: July 2023

In this paper, a plasmonic perfect absorber that consists of a gold rectangular bar with three gaps is investigated as a switch and sensor in the near-infrared region. Phase change material germanium–antimony–tellurium (GST) is utilized in two gaps to perform the switching capability with a high extinction ratio of 18.49 dB. In addition, the sensing performance of the structure for detection of a solution of glucose in water and diagnosis of different cancer cells is studied. The best sensitivity of 1504 nm/RIU is obtained for detection of the PC12 cancer cell, and the figure of merit of the structure is around 17RIU−1.
Extra-special Leibniz superalgebras
Authors: Eghbali Kalhor Gelareh , Edalatzadeh Behrouz , Salemkar Ali Reza 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
A two-step nilpotent Leibniz superalgebra L is called extra-special if the center and the derived subalgebra of L are equal and both are of dimension one. In this paper, the structure, the capability and the second homology of extra-special Leibniz superalgebras are determined.
Study of coupling optics of cylindrical microlens fabricated on tips of graded index fibers having different profile exponents
Authors: Chattopadhyay Anindita , Majumdar Angshuman , Gangopadhyay Sankar 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
With the help of ABCD matrix concept, we examine the coupling efficiency of a single mode circular core graded index fiber (GIF) excited by laser diode via cylindrical micro lens on the fiber tip. We investigate the efficiencies for refractive index distribution of some specific profile exponents such as g = 4.0, 8.0, 10.0 and 20.0. The refractive index distribution for GIFs had been studied earlier. The efficiency is calculated along the vertical plane as the efficiency is very poor along the horizontal plane. For two very common wavelengths 1.3 μm and 1.5 μm the efficiencies have been calculated and for 1.3 μm wavelength the refractive index distribution of profile exponent (g) having the value g = 4 is found to be most efficient in this context. The results are very much important in the design of optical optimization.