bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Prognostic factors for favorable outcomes after veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in critical care patients with COVID-19
Authors: Kieninger Bärbel , Kilger Magdalena , Foltan Maik , Gruber Michael , Lunz Dirk , Dienemann Thomas , Schmid Stephan , Graf Bernhard , Wiest Clemens , Lubnow Matthias , Müller Thomas , Salzberger Bernd , Schneider-Brachert Wulf , Kieninger Martin 
Published: January 2023

Background
Patients with COVID-19 and severe acute respiratory failure may require veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO). Yet, this procedure is resource-intensive and high mortality rates have been reported. Thus, predictors for identifying patients who will benefit from VV ECMO would be helpful.

Methods
This retrospective study included 129 patients with COVID-19 and severe acute respiratory failure, who had received VV ECMO at the University Medical Center Regensburg, Germany, between 1 March 2020 and 31 December 2021. Patient-specific factors and relevant intensive-care parameters at the time of the decision to start VV ECMO were investigated regarding their value as predictors of patient survival. In addition, the intensive-care course of the first 10 days of VV ECMO was compared between survivors and patients who had died in the intensive care unit.

Results
The most important parameters for predicting outcome were patient age and platelet count, which differed significantly between survivors and non-survivors (age: 52.6±8.1 vs. 57.4±10.1 years, p<0.001; platelet count before VV ECMO: 321.3±132.2 vs. 262.0±121.0 /nL, p = 0.006; average on day 10: 199.2±88.0 vs. 147.1±57.9 /nL, p = 0.002). A linear regression model derived from parameters collected before the start of VV ECMO only included age and platelet count. Patients were divided into two groups by using receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis: group 1: 78% of patients, mortality 26%; group 2: 22% of patients, mortality 75%. A second linear regression model included average blood pH, minimum paO2, and average pump flow on day 10 of VV ECMO in addition to age and platelet count. The ROC curve resulted in two cut-off values and thus in three groups: group 1: 25% of patients, mortality 93%; group 2: 45% of patients, mortality 31%; group 3: 30% of patients, mortality 0%.
Effect of a social media-based health education program on postnatal care (PNC) knowledge among pregnant women using smartphones in Dhulikhel hospital: A randomized controlled trial
Authors: Chaudhary Kalpana , Nepal Jyoti , Shrestha Kusum , Karmacharya Manita , Khadka Dipesh , Shrestha Abha , Shakya Prabin Raj , Rawal Shristi , Shrestha Archana 
Published: January 2023

Introduction
Postnatal care services helps in detecting and subsequently managing life threatening complications. With the ubiquitous use of the mobile phone in Nepal, social media based postpartum education has the potential to increase PNC knowledge among pregnant women. This study aimed to assess the effect of social media-based health education program on PNC knowledge among pregnant women attending Dhulikhel hospital, Nepal.

Materials and methods
We conducted a two-arm open-label randomized controlled trial among literate pregnant women visiting Dhulikhel hospital for ANC check-up from May to August, 2021. A computer-based program allocated 229 pregnant women owning smartphones with internet connectivity in a 1:1 ratio to either intervention (n = 109) or usual care (n = 120). We assessed PNC knowledge in the participants by interviewing in-person or via phone. The intervention group received a 16 minutes video on PNC and the participants were reminded to view the video every week via telephone for a month. Control group received usual care. The primary outcome of the study was change in PNC knowledge score. We utilized intent-to-treat analysis and measured the effect of the intervention on PNC knowledge score using simple linear regression analysis.

Results and discussion
The mean PNC knowledge score increased by additional 8.07 points among pregnant women in the intervention group compared to the control group (95% CI: 2.35: 13.80; p-value = 0.006). The maternal care attribute knowledge increased by 4.31 points (95% CI: 1.51–7.10, p-value = 0.03) and newborn care attribute knowledge increased by 3.39 points (95% CI: 0.41–6.37, p-value = 0.02) among pregnant women in the intervention compared to the control group.

Conclusion
A social media-based health education is effective in improving PNC knowledge score among pregnant women. Further research is needed to evaluate if this increased knowledge is translated into the increased utilization of PNC care.

Trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05132608.
Complications of biliary stenting versus T-tube insertion after common bile duct exploration: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Rudiman Reno , Hanafi Ricarhdo Valentino , Almawijaya  , Halim Freda 
Published: January 2023

Background
Complications following the insertion T-tube or stent after common bile duct exploration (CBDE) remain problematic in nowadays surgical era. Based on our knowledge, we did not find any meta-analysis intentionally evaluating the complications between both groups. At this moment, we aimed to analyze and compare both procedures’ complications, efficacy, efficiency, and feasibility.

Methods
We searched literature from four databases (EuroPMC, PubMed, Scopus, and ClinicalTrials.gov) up to June 2022 to compile the randomized controlled trials and pro-/retrospective cohort studies. Review Manager 5.4 was used to statistically analyze each outcome measured between biliary stenting and T-tube insertion.

Results
Sixteen studies with 1,080 patients (534 biliary stents and 546 T-tube) were included for qualitative and quantitative analysis. The pooled risk ratio (RR) of the overall postoperative complications rate was significantly lower in the biliary stent group compared to the T-tube group 0.43 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.23–0.80, p = 0.007]. In terms of the operation time, length of hospital stay, and readmission rate was also decreased in stenting as biliary drainage over T-tube placement 1.02 minutes [95% CI -1.53, -0.52, p < 0.0001], 1.96 days [95% CI -2.63, -1.29, p < 0.00001], and RR 0.39 [95% CI 0.15–0.97, p = 0.04], respectively.

Conclusions
Stenting as biliary drainage after CBDE was superior to T-tube insertion. A shorter operation time and hospital stay in biliary drainage resulted in a lower overall postoperative complication rate. Other influences, including the complexity and shorter learning curve, might also affect the superiority of biliary stenting.
Sea People: In Search of the Ancient Navigators of the Pacific, Christina Thompson ([2019] 2020)
Authors: MacLean Malcolm 
Published: January 2023

Review of: Sea People: In Search of the Ancient Navigators of the Pacific, Christina Thompson ([2019] 2020)
London: William Collins, 384 pp.,
ISBN 978 0 00833 905 0 (pbk), £9.99

Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific, Nicholas Thomas (2021)
New York: Basic Books, 224 pp.,
ISBN 978 1 54161 983 8 (hbk), US$25.00
Whāriki: The Growth of Māori Community Entrepreneurship, Merata Kawharu and Paul Tapsell (2019)
Authors: McClutchie Abigail 
Published: January 2023

Review of: Whāriki: The Growth of Māori Community Entrepreneurship, Merata Kawharu and Paul Tapsell (2019)
Auckland: Oratia Books, 198 pp.,
ISBN 978 0 94750 663 6 (pbk), NZ$39.99
Not in Narrow Seas: The Economic History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Brian Easton (2020)
Authors: Brett André 
Published: January 2023

Review of: Not in Narrow Seas: The Economic History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Brian Easton (2020)
Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington Press, 688 pp.,
ISBN 978 1 77656 304 3 (pbk), NZ$60.00
Australien, Ozeanien, Neuseeland, Hermann Mückler (2020)
Authors: Walda-Mandel Stephanie 
Published: January 2023

Review of: Australien, Ozeanien, Neuseeland, Hermann Mückler (2020)
Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag, 640 pp.,
ISBN 978 3 10010 845 6 (hbk), €78.00
Ocean Passages: Navigating Pacific Islander and Asian American Literatures, Erin Suzuki (2021)
Authors: Lansdown Richard 
Published: January 2023

Review of: Ocean Passages: Navigating Pacific Islander and Asian American Literatures, Erin Suzuki (2021)
Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 268 pp.,
ISBN 978 1 43992 094 7 (pbk), US$39.95
Making Waves: Traveling Musics in Hawai‘i, Asia, and the Pacific, Frederick Lau and Christine R. Yano (eds) (2018)
Authors: Lodge Martin 
Published: January 2023

Review of: Making Waves: Traveling Musics in Hawai‘i, Asia, and the Pacific, Frederick Lau and Christine R. Yano (eds) (2018)
Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai‘i Press, 228 pp.,
ISBN 978 0 82487 376 9 (hbk), US$80.00
Avaliação da consistência em ambientes informacionais digitais no contexto de ecologias informacionais complexas
Authors: Silva Oliveira Camila Adrianni , Vechiato Fernando Luiz 
Published: January 2023

A Arquitetura da Informação Pervasiva enfatiza o projeto e a avaliação de ecologias informacionais complexas. Uma de suas heurísticas é a Consistência que, quando aplicada, proporciona diálogo lógico entre os diferentes ambientes informacionais digitais pertencentes a uma ecologia informacional complexa, no que diz respeito à organização, à rotulagem, à representação, à navegação e à busca e recuperação da informação disponível. A partir dessas premissas, objetivou-se propor um checklist para avaliação da consistência de ecologias informacionais complexas, a partir de recomendações advindas da literatura científica, com utilização de pesquisa bibliográfica.
Facing the Unknown: Idiopathic Giant Cell Hepatitis
Authors: McGoldrick Meaghan , Castrodad-Rodríguez Carlos A. , Huang Yan , Tow Clara 
Published: January 2023

ABSTRACT
Giant cell hepatitis is a rare infiltrative disease associated with several viruses, drugs, malignancies, and autoimmune conditions. To date, treatment aims at controlling the underlying etiology, and there are limited data on the clinical course and treatment of idiopathic cases. We present a case of idiopathic giant cell hepatitis in an otherwise healthy adult man and review the literature regarding treatment and outcomes in this population.
Lât Bâ Dlo , the Other Side of the Water
Authors: White Joyce 
Published: January 2023

This essay argues that, through storytelling, The Farming of Bones textualizes the symbolic ideography and principles of the Kongo cosmogram and places Amabelle, the African subject, at the center of reconstructing the historical narrative of 1937. This novel not only “farms” the bones but reconstructs the form and structure of the narrative bodies omitted from a particularly brutal time in Hispaniola history. Employing water as conduit, the novel creates narrative passageways that allow characters to simultaneously exist in the physical and spiritual realms, as well as traverse beyond the boundaries of both sides of the water. Expanding the notion of twinning, doubling, and the marassa by doubling the double, Farming constructs a textual crossroads and reflects the four stages that lead, anyone at the crossroads, to the highest point being or to full consciousness.
Exploiting the Power of Equality-Generating Dependencies in Ontological Reasoning
Authors: Bellomarini Luigi , Benedetto Davide , Brandetti Matteo , Sallinger Emanuel 
Published: January 2023

Equality-generating dependencies (EGDs) allow to fully exploit the power of existential quantification in ontological reasoning settings modeled via Tuple-Generating Dependencies (TGDs), by enabling value-assignment or forcing the equivalence of fresh symbols. These capabilities are at the core of many common reasoning tasks, including graph traversals, clustering, data matching and data fusion, and many more related real-world scenarios.However, the interplay of TGDs and EGDs is known to lead to undecidability or intractability of query answering in tractable Datalog+/- fragments, like Warded Datalog+/-, for which, in the sole presence of TGDs, query answering is PTIME in data complexity. Restrictions of equality constraints, like separable EGDs, have been studied, but all achieve decidability at the cost of limited expressive power, which makes them unsuitable for the mentioned tasks.This paper introduces the class of "harmless" EGDs, that subsume separable EGDs and allow to model a very broad class of tasks. We contribute a sufficient syntactic condition for testing harmlessness, an undecidable task in general. We argue that in Warded Datalog+/- with harmless EGDs, ontological reasoning is decidable and PTIME. From such theoretical underpinnings, we develop novel chase-based techniques for reasoning with harmless EGDs and present an implementation within the Vadalog system, a state-of-the-art Datalog-based reasoner. We provide full-scale experimental evaluation and comparative analysis.
An interactional approach to speech acts for applied linguistics
Authors: House Juliane , Kádár Dániel Z. 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
In this paper, we present an approach for applied linguists to undertake research on speech acts in an interactionally anchored way. We first critically revisit studies on speech acts, with a special focus on L2 pragmatics, arguing that there is a clear need to further interconnect speech acts and interaction by relying on a finite, replicable and interactional typology of speech acts. We then suggest a methodological procedure through which such a typology can be employed in applied linguistic inquiries. Finally, we describe a case study featuring irritations faced by Chinese learners of English when it comes to extracting oneself from an interaction while the other keeps on talking. Such irritations are analysed through the lens of the approach proposed in this study.
Estimation of the time fluctuation of polysynaptic responses evoked by constant spinal cord stimulation
Authors: Luna Jose L. , Pataraia Anna , Crevenna Richard , Mayr Winfried , Dimitrijevic Milan 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Polysynaptic activity is necessary to engage the neural circuitry that controls the motor behaviour and is crucial to the recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI) [1]. Polysynaptic responses can be elicited with spinal cord stimulation, and there are few reports on these types of responses in human electrophysiology, most of them describing them as constant to fixed stimuli. However, we have observed that the responses fluctuate in amplitude and time. Amplitude variations can be analysed with statistical methods. However, time fluctuations are more complex due to the multiple parameters involved. This work describes a methodology to analyse the time fluctuation in the responses of each pulse. It is based on the calculation of the signal temporal centroid, representing the whole activity, weighted by its latency, in a single time value. This value is then used to model the temporal fluctuation with linear regression. The methodology was verified with an electromyography dataset from a discomplete spinal cord injured patient with spinal cord stimulation. The parameter is able to follow small changes in the responses' distribution. Examples of how the temporal centroid and linear model identify the fluctuations are presented. Once fitted in a linear model, the fluctuation coefficient describes time fluctuations in the interneuron processing and, together with amplitude metrics, can characterise changes in polysynaptic responses during the application of fixed stimulation parameters.
The effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on skin temperature in individuals with spinal cord injury: A prospective noncontrolled intervention study
Authors: Tancredo Janaina , Tambascia Rafael , Pithon Karla , Junior Alberto Cliquet 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
The research on the effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) protocol on skin temperature (Tsk) in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) is a prospective non-controlled intervention study. 47 individuals with SCI were recruited from the outpatient clinic. NMES was applied to the tibial anterior (TA) muscles. Four assessments were performed: baseline, shortly after the end of NMES session (t0), 10 min after the end of NMES (t10) and 20 min after the end of NMES (t20). The intensity used was 1.5 mA RMS (root mean square) depending on the individuals. The variables were Tsk at forehead, dermatome C2 and L5 bilaterally. The dermatome C2 and forehead were measured only at baseline and t20. The measurement device was a noncontact infrared thermometer. Results of this study demonstrated that after NMES the stimulated dermatome (L5), showed an increase in local Tsk. In addition, the t20 showed that the Tsk did not drop to the baseline, being still significant in the analyzed group. The implications for rehabilitation practice and the positive effects of NMES are fundamental to improvement of the blood microcirculation and local metabolism.
Effect of FES controlled cycling training on cardiovascular and pulmonary systems in a spinal cord injured patient
Authors: Fodor Amelita , Naszlady Márton Bese , Mravcsik Mariann , Klauber Andras , Cserháti Peter , Laczko Jozsef , Horváth Mónika 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Introduction: The results of two spiroergometric measurements are presented that were taken from a spinal cord injured patient who participated in FES cycling training sessions for 11 months. Methods: The two measurements were taken 4 and 11 months after starting the training program. We investigated the respiratory exchange ratio (RER) and ventilation (VE/VO2, VE’/VCO2) ratios and the cycling cadence in the two investigated training sessions. Results: In the first assessment, the RER was below 1, which is the anaerobic training limit. Seven months later, in the second assessment, the RER value exceeded the anaerobic limit a few times and remained above it at the end of the session. The VE /VO2 and VE/VCO2 curves did not intersect during the first assessment. In the second one, the VE/VO2 and VE/VCO2 curves intersected several times and the oxygen quotient curve exceeded the carbon dioxide quotient curve. The patient achieved a low but similar cycling speed during the two assessments. Conclusion: Through the activation of paralyzed muscles with FES cycling we are able to train the paraplegic patient in aerobic and anaerobic training zones. This is shown by the value of RER, which reached the anaerobic training limit during the second assessment and remained in the anaerobic range for longer time.
“How can I keep quiet?” Motivations to participate in vaccination communication on Facebook
Authors: Rodin Pavel 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Risk and crisis communication (RCC) is a complex constellation of multiple actors, platforms, and voices. It involves institutional actors but also laypeople. Participation by social media users can both facilitate and obstruct effective RCC. The present study draws on in-depth interviews with Swedish Facebook users, and explores motivational factors for lay participation in RCC in the context of vaccination utilizing Peter Dahlgren’s (2011) model. The contributions of this study are threefold. First, it identifies three dominant clusters of participation motivations: personal interest, information brokerage, and persuasion. Second, the results show that Facebook sociality is characterized by asynchronous communication, loops, and widespread hostility. Third, degrees of content visibility set up “zones of peace” (backstage, safe communication spaces) and “zones of fight” (frontstage, open sub-arenas where various views on vaccination are debated). Moreover, the study finds that these forms of sociality and levels of visibility can both strengthen and undermine user motivations.
In the Shadow of Babyn Yar: Anatoly Kuznetsov’s Eyewitness Account of the Betrayal and Rescue of Jews during the Holocaust in Kyiv
Authors: Khiterer Victoria 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
The article explores the motivation for betrayal and rescue of Jews during the Nazi occupation of Kyiv. Unfortunately, significantly more gentiles betrayed Jews during the occupation of the city than rescued them. The motivations for betrayal varied: traditional anti-Semitism reinforced by Nazi propaganda, some gentiles desired to enrich themselves on the account of Jewish property, to occupy Jewish apartments and to demonstrate their loyalty to the Nazis. Betrayal of Jews was encouraged and rewarded by the Nazis, while rescue of Jews put under mortal risk the gentiles who helped them. Only a few hundred Jews survived in Kyiv during the occupation. Some of them lived under bogus identities, which listed their nationality as Russians or Ukrainians. Others were hidden by their friends, neighbors and gentile spouses. In several cases Jewish children were adopted by gentile families. The article is based on scholarly and memoir literature, and archival materials. Anatoly Kuznetsov provided the most complete eyewitness account of the Nazi occupation of Kyiv and the Babyn Yar massacre in his book Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel, which is one of the main sources for the article.
Factor structures of speed and breakdown fluency in EFL learners’ story retelling performances
Authors: Bao Gui 
Published: January 2023

AbstractUtterance fluency is widely acknowledged to be three-dimensional (i.e., speed, breakdown and repair), but little direct evidence has been offered in support of its dimensionality. This study examines the factor structures of speed and breakdown fluency and their relationships with EFL proficiency by evaluating 162 EFL learners’ retelling performances with respect to commonly used speed measures as well as pause length and frequency measures. Findings from structural equation modeling show that speed fluency was represented by articulation rate and mean length of utterance, and breakdown fluency by mid-clause pause length and frequency as well as end-of-clause pause length. Although speed and breakdown fluency were strongly related, EFL proficiency had a direct effect on speed fluency but not on breakdown fluency. When articulation rate was replaced with speech rate as the sole measure of speed fluency, the factor structure of breakdown fluency was changed and EFL proficiency contributed a little more to speed fluency. These findings help to better understand how EFL learners make pauses and how measures of speed and breakdown fluency differ from but simultaneously relate to each other.
Newborn screening for inborn errors of metabolism in a northern Chinese population
Authors: Liu Genxian , Liu Xingying , Lin Yiming 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Objectives
Newborn screening (NBS) for inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) has been successfully implemented in China. However, the data on the IEM profiles in many regions are lacking. This study aimed to report the incidence, disease spectrum, and genetic profile of IEMs in northern China.

Methods
A total of 36,590 newborns were screened using tandem mass spectrometry between January 2016 and April 2022. Newborns with positive results were referred for confirmatory testing.

Results
Ten patients were confirmed to have IEMs, with an overall incidence of 1:3,539 in the Rizhao region. Five types of IEMs were detected, including four patients with propionic acidemia (PA), three patients with methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), one of each with citrin deficiency, primary carnitine deficiency, and isobutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency. PA was the most common IEM, with an unexpectedly high incidence of 1:8,848, followed by MMA, with an incidence rate of 1:11,797. All patients had abnormal screening markers and harbored biallelic variants in their respective causative genes. Two novel PCCB variants (c.505G>A and c.1123_1124insG) were identified in patients with PA. In silico analyses predicted that these two variants were potentially pathogenic.

Conclusions
This study preliminarily clarified the incidence, disease spectrum, and genetic profile of IEMs in the Rizhao region. PA is the most common IEM and MMA is the second most common in our region. The two novel identified PCCB variants further expand the variant spectrum of PA. More attention should be paid to NBS, early diagnosis, and management of PA and MA.