bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Life-history characteristics of Theodore’s threadfin bream, Nemipterus theodorei (Ogilby, 1916), and the yellow-lip butterfly bream, Nemipterus aurifilum (Ogilby, 1910), from southern Queensland, Australia
Authors:   Queensland Museum, Joiner Jaimee , Campbell Matthew , Haddy James , Courtney Anthony 
Published: September 2023

Theodore’s threadfin bream (Nemipterus theodorei) and the yellow-lip butterfly bream (Nemipterus aurifilum) are two of the most common nemipterids in eastern Queensland. These two species are caught incidentally and at times retained for sale as ‘permitted’ species in Australia’s largest trawl fishery, the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery (QECOTF). Despite their prevalence, little biological information is available for these species. This paper reports key life-history characteristics of these nemipterids. Growth and length-at-maturity parameters were estimated from samples collected in southern Queensland. Growth parameters were estimated using back-calculation of fork length (FL) from otolith increment data and modelled within a Bayesian framework to overcome bias resulting from the small number of larger, older animals in the retained bycatch. The von Bertalanffy growth function (VBGF) was identified as the most appropriate growth model with significant differences in sex-specific growth rates evident for both species. Maximum ages were six and four years for N. theodorei and N. aurifilum respectively, with individuals maturing within their first year of life. The length-at-maturity for females was 91 mm FL and 77 mm FL for N. theodorei and N. aurifilum respectively. Increased reproductive activity was observed in the austral spring and summer months. The results from this study can be used to assess the ecological risk posed to these species by the QECOTF.
ARI VENOMUNA BAĞLI ANAFİLAKSİ: KLİNİK DENEYİMİMİZ
Authors: AKÇAM Nurullah Yekta , KIRMIZITAŞ AYDOĞDU Ayşe 
Published: September 2023

Amaç
Arı alerjileri en sık anafilaksi nedenlerindendir ve
şiddetli anafilaksi ile karakterizedir. Amacımız arı venomuna
bağlı anafilaksi geçiren erişkin olgularda reaksiyona
yol açan arı türleri ile gelişen anafilaksinin
şiddeti, in-vivo ve in-vitro test sonuçları ile olguların
demografik özelliklerini araştırmaktır.
Gereç ve Yöntem
Mart 2017- Haziran 2022 tarihleri arasında kliniğimizde
arı alerjisine bağlı sistemik reaksiyon nedeniyle
takipli ve Amerikan Ulusal Alerji ve Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları
Enstitüsü (National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious
Disease, NIAID) ile Besin Alerjileri ve Anafilaksi
Ağı (Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, FAAN)
tarafından 2006 yılında geliştirilen ölçütlere göre anafilaksi
kriterlerine uyan olgular alındı. Arı türü, bazal
triptaz, Total IgE ve venom spesifik IgE düzeyleri, deri
testi sonuçları kaydedildi. Anafilaksi şiddeti Mueller kriterlerine
göre skorlandı. Ataklarda adrenalin kullanımı,
adrenalin otoenjektörü bulundurma değerlendirildi.
Bulgular
Toplam 102 arı ilişkili anafilaksi olgusundan %53,9’unun
erkek olup ortalama yaşın 44.8 olduğu saptandı. Arı
türü açısından %69,6 olguda bal arısı (Apidae), %19,6
olguda yaban arısı (Vespidae), %10,8 olguda ise her
iki türle anafilaksi geliştiği belirlendi. Anafilaksi şiddeti
Mueller sınıflanmasına göre %10,7 olgu Grade I,
%58,8 Grade II, %27,45 Grade III, %2,91 ise Grade IV
ile uyumluydu. Atak sıklığı açısından 20 olgu tek atak,
37 olgu 2, 42 olgu ise 3 veya daha fazla anafilaksi
atağı geçirdiği belirlendi. Hastaların %44,11’inde atopi
saptandı. Yaş, cinsiyet, atopik durum, kronik hastalık
birlikteliği, ek ilaç kullanımı ve kanda eosinofil, total
IgE düzeyleri ile reaksiyon şiddeti arasında anlamlı bir
ilişki saptanmadı. Hastaların %80,4’üne adrenalin otoenjektör
reçetelenmesine rağmen tedavide adrenalin
kullanım oranı %31,4 saptandı.
Sonuç
Arı venom ilişkili anafilakside olguların çoğu birden
fazla atak geçirmesine rağmen tedavide adrenalin kullanım
oranları düşük seviyelerde kalmaktadır. En sık
anafilaksi bal arısı sokmasına bağlı olarak gelişirken
erkek cinsiyette riskin daha fazla olduğu saptandı
Kampüs yerleşimlerindeki odunsu peyzaj bitkilerinin sağladıkları ekosistem hizmetleri: AÇÜ Seyitler Yerleşkesi Örneği
Authors: SARI Derya , KARAŞAH Banu 
Published: September 2023

Günümüzde hızlı kentleşme ve iklim değişikliği sonucunda doğal ekosistemler olumsuz şekilde etkilenmektedir. Özellikle kentsel alanlarda artan yapılaşma yeşil alanların sürdürülebilirliğini tehdit etmektedir. Bu bağlamda yeşil altyapı sistemleri ve ekosistem hizmetleri tasarım ve planlama ölçeğinde doğal alanlar ve kentler arasındaki sürdürülebilir ilişkiyi kurmaya yardımcı olmaktadır. Literatürde kaynak sağlayan, destekleyen, düzenleyen ve kültürel ekosistem hizmetleri olmak üzere 4 ana kategoride sınıflandırılan ekosistem hizmetleri geniş bir yelpazede insanlara doğrudan veya dolaylı olarak fayda sağlamaktadır. Ancak kentsel yeşil alanlarda kullanılan bitkilerin sağladığı ekosistem hizmetleri üzerinde çalışmalar sınırlıdır.
Bu çalışmada kentsel yeşil alanların önemli bir bileşeni olan kampüslerin (yerleşkeler) sahip olduğu bitki materyalinin sağladığı ekosistem hizmetleri araştırılmıştır. Bu kapsamda Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi (AÇÜ) Seyitler yerleşkesinde kullanılan doğal ve egzotik toplam 147 odunsu peyzaj bitki taksonu ele alınmıştır. Bitki taksonlarının sağladıkları ekosistem hizmetleri kaynak sağlayan, düzenleyici, destekleyici ve kültürel hizmetler başlıkları altında yer alan toplam 17 parametreye göre değerlendirilmiştir.
Çalışma sonuçları yerleşkede kullanılan odunsu peyzaj bitkilerinin başta düzenleyici (hava kalitesi düzenleme, erozyon kontrolü, polenleme) ve destekleyici (besin ve su döngüsü, fotosentez) ekosistem hizmetleri olmak üzere aynı zamanda estetik değerler, rekreasyon ve eğitim değeri gibi kültürel ekosistem hizmetleri de sağladığını ortaya koymuştur. Odunsu peyzaj bitkileri sağladıkları birçok değerli ekosistem hizmetleri ile yerleşkeler ve kentsel alanlardaki yeşil altyapıları desteklemede ve bitkilendirme tasarımı stratejilerinde önemli roller üstlenmektedir.
Telehealth Use and Access to Neurology Outpatient Clinical Services for Children: An Observational Cohort Study
Authors: Nageswaran Savithri , Grefe Annette , Chen Shyh-Huei , Kirkendall Eric , Ip Edward H. 
Published: September 2023

Background Access to neurology services is important for children’s well-being. We sought to evaluate the effects of telehealth on pedi­atric neurology appointment outcomes for children. Methods Using electronic health record (EHR) data, information about children with pediatric neurology appointments in a tertiary care children’s hospital in North Carolina was collected. Appointment outcomes (completion, cancellation, and no-show rates) were calculated for children who had a neurology appointment scheduled both in the pre-pandemic (March 10, 2019, to March 9, 2020) and pandemic (March 10, 2020, to March 9, 2021) periods. “Telehealth user” was a child who had at least one telehealth appointment scheduled between March 10, 2020, and March 9, 2021. In bivariate and multivariate analyses, we compared appointment outcomes for telehealth users and non-users. Limitations EHR data were limited to a single institution and could have missed children’s clinical encounters elsewhere. Since this study used secondary data that were not collected for research purposes, it is possible that there were unmeasured confounders. Because of the observational nature of the study, the association between telehealth use and appointment outcomes does not indicate causation. Results A total of 2110 children had 11,194 pediatric neurology appointments scheduled. Telehealth users compared with non-users were more likely to be White, non-Hispanic, have private insurance, and live farther from the children’s hospital. There was a statistically sig­nificant decrease in completion (66% versus 57%) and increase in cancellation (27% versus 33%) and no-show (7% versus 10%) rates in the pandemic when compared to the pre-pandemic period. In the pre-pandemic period, telehealth user and non-user groups had similar cancellation and no-show rates. In the pandemic period, there was a statistically significant decrease in cancellation and no-show rates in the telehealth user group when compared to the non-user group. Conclusions Pediatric neurology outpatient clinic visits decreased substantially during the pandemic. Telehealth mitigated these problems. Children belonging to a minority race/ethnicity are less likely to use telehealth, increasing their risk of poor access to neurology services.
Numerical solution features of Maxwell equations by FDTD method in the homogeneous and nonhomogeneous formulations
Authors: Makarov P. , Ustyugov V. , Scheglov V. 
Published: September 2023

In this paper we investigate the features of the numerical
FDTD solution of Maxwell’s equations formulated as Cauchy
problems for the corresponding homogeneous and inhomogeneous
systems of equations. It is shown that for the case
of time-limited field sources the Cauchy problem for an inhomogeneous
system is equivalent to the corresponding Cauchy
problem for a homogeneous system. The criterion for evaluating
the correctness of the obtained solution is defined. The
features of the numerical solution of homogeneous and nonhomogeneous
Cauchy problems for different forms of initial
configurations of electromagnetic fields and setting pulses
are analyzed. Necessary and sufficient conditions of correctness
of the obtained solutions are formulated.
Factores relacionados con la adherencia al tratamiento de rehabilitación de los pacientes con Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2 con amputación de miembro inferior
Authors: Villegas Flores Lourdes 
Published: September 2023

Objetivo: Determinar los factores clínicos y sociodemográficos relacionados con la adherencia al tratamiento de rehabilitación de los pacientes con Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2 con amputación de miembro inferior. Material y métodos: Estudio observacional, retrospectivo, comparativo y relacional; se incluyeron 113 pacientes con DM tipo 2 del Departamento de Investigación, Docencia y Rehabilitación Integral en Amputados, quemados y Trastornos Posturales del Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación “Dra. Adriana Rebaza Flores” AMISTAD PERÚ – JAPÓN, que ingresaron en el periodo 2016 al 2019. Se recolectaron variables sociodemográficas y clínicas; y para la adherencia al tratamiento de rehabilitación se consideró la asistencia de los pacientes a 5 áreas de atención en salud, y el alta de prótesis de los pacientes. Resultados: El 75,52 % de pacientes fueron del sexo masculino, con edad media de 66,6 ± 12,1; y la media del tiempo de alta de prótesis fue 11,4 ± 6,75 meses. Se encontró diferencia significativa entre adherencia y no adherencia en la edad, nivel socioeconómico, estado civil y cobertura de atención (p < 0,05) Conclusiones: La mayoría de los pacientes amputados con DM tipo 2 fueron del sexo masculino cuyo cumplimiento o adherencia a la rehabilitación se relacionó con factores sociodemográficos como la edad, estado civil, nivel socioeconómico y cobertura de salud.
MATERNAL DEATH DETERMINANT AND HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY DURING COVID-19: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
Authors: Ainul Yaqin Moch Jazil , Prasiska Danik Iga , Fatah Nur Aini 
Published: September 2023

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a new challenge for the delivery of health system in Indonesia. Maternal health services were no exception, as the reduction in antenatal unscheduled home visits were the main issues found in maternal health service disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last few decades, Indonesia has adopted a range of health strategies to reduce maternal mortality rates. Nganjuk is one of the regencies that enforce the reduction of maternal mortality, which successfully reducing maternal mortality rates from 212 per 100.000 live births in 2010 to 57 per 100.000 live births in 2018. With the emergence of COVID-19, the health system’s capacity and access are once again being shaken. Purpose: This research aimed to analyze the determinants of maternal death before the COVID-19 pandemic situation and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: This type of research is non-reactive research using secondary data from maternal mortality reports, Nganjuk Regional Health Office. Analysis was carried out with a chi-Square test using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.0. Results: A significant increase in maternal deaths (85.29%) was observed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Determinants of maternal death, such as the age of the mother (p<0.00), number of pregnancies (p<0.00), period of death (p=0.02), healthcare referral (p=0.01), and cause of death (p<0.00) showed a significant increase during COVID-19. Conclusion: COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the increase in maternal deaths in Nganjuk Regency. This study has implications for the priority setting in policy development and implementation at reducing maternal mortality.
CASE STUDY OF HOST AND ENVIRONMENT FACTORS ON DHF INCIDENCE IN LIMA PULUH DISTRICT
Authors: Ginting Tarianna , Pane Putri Yunita , Pakpahan Eka Lolita Eliyanti , Gultom Dameria , Indriyani Sari 
Published: September 2023

Background: In the last fifty years, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) has increased 30 times in 100 endemic countries. As a tropical country, Indonesia is one of the endemic countries for DHF cases, which often cause "extraordinary events". Purpose: This research aims to analyze the factors contributing to DHF, including individual and environmental factors. Methods: In November 2022, the unmatched case-control research method was retrospectively used. All DHF cases in Lima Puluh District between January and August 2022, totalling 26 cases, made up the population of this study. The sample in this study was taken based on the total sampling method. The sample consisted of 26 respondents in the case group (those affected by DHF) and 52 respondents in the control group with inclusion criteria (not affected by DHF, distance from house ± 50 meters, age criteria, sex according to the case group) and exclusion criteria (not willing to be a respondent, not in place). The total sample size is 78 respondents, consisting of 26 respondents in the case group and 52 respondents in the control group, with a ratio of 1:2. Results: Based on the results of the chi-square analysis conducted. There was no significant relationship between gender (p = 0.09) and the habit of hanging clothes (p = 0.06) with the occurrence of DHF in Lima Puluh District in 2022. The results of the logistic regression test stated that all host and environmental factors did not have the most dominant variable in the incidence of DHF in Lima Puluh District in 2022. Conclusion: The variable of the existence of breeding places is a dominant factor in the occurrence of DHF in Lima Puluh District in 2022.
Long-Term Health Outcomes of Limb Salvage Compared with Amputation for Combat-Related Trauma
Authors: Tropf Jordan G. , Hoyt Benjamin W. , Walsh Sarah A. , Gibson Jeffery A. , Polfer Elizabeth M. , Souza Jason M. , Potter Benjamin K. 
Published: September 2023

Background:
There are little long-term health data, particularly in terms of body composition and development of metabolic syndromes, to help surgeons to guide the decision between limb salvage and amputation in patients with limb-threatening trauma. The purpose of this study was to compare long-term health outcomes after high-energy lower-extremity trauma between patients who underwent attempted flap-based limb salvage or amputation.

Methods:
We performed a retrospective review of servicemembers with a minimum 10-year follow-up who underwent flap-based limb salvage followed by unilateral amputation or continued limb salvage after combat-related, lower-extremity trauma between 2005 and 2011. Patient demographic characteristics, injury characteristics, and health outcomes including body mass index (BMI) and development of metabolic disease (e.g., hyperlipidemia, hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes) were compared between treatment cohorts. Adjusted BMIs were calculated for the amputation cohort to account for lost surface area. We performed multivariable and propensity score analysis to determine the likelihood of developing obesity or metabolic disease.

Results:
In this study, 110 patients had available long-term follow-up (mean, 12.2 years) from the time of the injury. Fifty-six patients underwent limb salvage and 54 patients underwent unilateral amputation. There was no difference in preinjury BMI (p = 0.30). After adjusting for limb loss, the amputation cohort had a trend toward higher BMIs at ≥1 years after the injury, a higher rate of obesity, and a greater increase in BMI from baseline after the injury. The development of metabolic comorbidities was common after both amputation (23 [43%] of 54) and limb salvage (27 [48%] of 56). With the numbers available, we were unable to demonstrate a difference in risk for the development of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, heart disease, or any comorbidity other than obesity (p > 0.05).

Conclusions:
Amputations may be medically necessary and may decrease pain, improve mobility, and/or expedite return to activity compared with limb salvage after similar injuries. However, limb loss may negatively impact metabolic regulation and may contribute to a higher risk of obesity despite beneficial effects on mobility.

Level of Evidence:
Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
A Comparison of the Periprosthetic Fracture Rate of Unicompartmental and Total Knee Replacements
Authors: Mohammad Hasan R. , Barker Karen , Judge Andrew , Murray David W. 
Published: September 2023

Background:
Periprosthetic fractures are rare but devastating complications of knee replacement, often requiring complex surgery with substantial morbidity and mortality. It is not known how the fracture rates after total knee replacement (TKR) and unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR) compare. We performed the first matched study comparing TKR and UKR periprosthetic fracture rates.

Methods:
This study involved 54,215 UKRs and 54,215 TKRs, identified in the National Joint Registry and Hospital Episodes Statistics database, which were propensity score-matched on patient and surgical factors. The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, (ICD-10) code M96.6 was used to identify periprosthetic fractures at ≤3 and >3 months postoperatively, as well as estimate rates at up to 10 years. Subgroup analyses were performed in different age groups (<55, 55 to 64, 65 to 74, and ≥75 years), body mass index (BMI) categories (normal, 18.5 to <25 kg/m2; overweight, 25 to <30 kg/m2; obese, 30 to <40 kg/m2; and morbidly obese, ≥40 kg/m2), and sexes.

Results:
The 3-month fracture rate was 0.09% (n = 50) in the UKR group and 0.05% (n = 25) in the TKR group, with this difference being significant (odds ratio [OR], 2.0; p = 0.004). The rate of fractures occurring at >3 months was 0.32% (n = 171) in the UKR group and 0.61% (n = 329) in the TKR group (OR, 0.51; p < 0.001). At 10 years, the cumulative incidence of fractures was 0.6% after UKR versus 1% after TKR (OR, 0.68; p < 0.001). Fracture rates increased with increasing age, decreasing BMI, and female sex for both UKRs and TKRs.

Conclusions:
The fracture risk was small after both UKR and TKR, with small absolute differences between implant types. During the first 3 postoperative months, the fracture rate after UKR was 0.1% and was about twice as high as that after TKR. However, over the first 10 years, the cumulative fracture rate after TKR was 1% and was almost twice as high as that after UKR. Fracture rates after both UKR and TKR were higher in women, patients ≥75 years of age, and patients with normal weight.

Level of Evidence:
Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Robotic-Assisted Conversion of a Failed Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty to Total Knee Arthroplasty
Authors: Pasqualini Ignacio , Deren Matthew E. , Rullán Pedro J. , Higuera Carlos A. , Molloy Robert M. , Piuzzi Nicolas S. 
Published: September 2023

Case:
An 81-year-old man with a history of left medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (mUKA) 8 years prior presented to the outpatient clinic with gradually increasing medial left knee pain of 6 years of duration. He underwent left conversion robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (RA TKA). At 1-year follow-up, the patient reported satisfactory clinical outcomes and excellent component alignment on x-rays.

Conclusion:
This case highlights using RA TKA for failed mUKA as a viable and promising conversion arthroplasty alternative technique that may improve surgical outcomes by enhancing implant alignment and positioning, protecting the soft tissues, and preserving bone stock.
Hip Abductor Reconstruction with the Use of Mesh and Distal Cerclage Cable Fixation
Authors: Piuzzi Nicolas S. , Deren Matthew E. , Green Adam , Emara Ahmed K. , Pasqualini Ignacio , Surace Peter , McLaughlin John P. , Murray Trevor G. , Bloomfield Michael R. , Krebs Viktor E. , Molloy Robert M. 
Published: September 2023

Case:
This is a case of a 71-year-old female patient with recurrent instability and complex hip abductor deficiency after total hip arthroplasty (THA) who was treated successfully with an abductor reconstruction with gluteal transfer with mesh reconstruction. The patient returned to nonassisted ambulation with no further THA dislocations at the 1-year follow-up.

Conclusion:
Abductor deficiencies after THA are complex and have a high potential for long-term disability if not properly diagnosed and treated. A modified gluteal transfer with mesh reconstruction and distal fixation with cerclage cable allowed for sustained restoration of functional hip abduction and stability after revision THA.
Sarcopenia emerges as a risk factor for cardiac diastolic dysfunction: a new era to focus
Authors: Erdoğan Onur , Erdoğan Tuğba , Cebeci Cemre Tekin , Ataç Hediye , Karan Mehmet , Bahat Gulistan 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Objectives Cardiac diastolic dysfunction (left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, LVDD) is a well-known predictor of heart failure. We hypothesized that sarcopenia is independently associated with diastolic dysfunction. We aimed to investigate the association of the most recent consensus, definition of sarcopenia with LVDD.Methods We included 121 older participants that admitted to cardiology outpatient clinic. We followed the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2) definition of confirmed sarcopenia (presence of low muscle mass + low muscle strength). We estimated skeletal muscle mass with bio-impedance analysis, muscle strength by handgrip strength via Jamar hydraulic hand dynamometer. Skeletal muscle mass was adjusted by body mass index. LVDD was determined by echocardiographic parameters measured per American Society of Echocardiography recommendations. We ran multivariate logistic regression analyses adjusted for well known risk factors of diastolic dysfunction (i.e., age, sex, obesity, smoking, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and ischemic heart disease) to detect if sarcopenia was independently associated with diastolic dysfunction. We gave results in odds ratio(OR) and 95% confidence interval(CI).Results Mean age was 69.9 + 5.8 years; 38.8% was male. Confirmed sarcopenia was detected in 34.7%, diastolic dysfunction in 19.8%. In univariate analyses, S was associated with diastolic dysfunction (OR = 6.7 95%CI:2.4–18.9). Regression analyses showed that two parameters, i.e. sarcopenia (OR = 7.4 95%CI:2.1–26.6, p = 0.002) and obesity (OR:5.0, 95%CI:1.03–24.6, p:0.046) were associated with diastolic dysfunction.Conclusion This study revealed sarcopenia as a new risk factor for the presence of diastolic dysfunction, adding on to its known risk factors. Future longitudinal studies are needed to clarify the factors underlying their co-presence.