bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The learning curve of laparoscopic, robot-assisted and transanal total mesorectal excisions: a systematic review
Authors: Burghgraef Thijs A. , Sikkenk Daan J. , Verheijen Paul M. , Moumni Mostafa El , Hompes Roel , Consten Esther C. J. 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
Background
The standard treatment of rectal carcinoma is surgical resection according to the total mesorectal excision principle, either by open, laparoscopic, robot-assisted or transanal technique. No clear consensus exists regarding the length of the learning curve for the minimal invasive techniques. This systematic review aims to provide an overview of the current literature regarding the learning curve of minimal invasive TME.

Methods
A systematic literature search was performed. PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library were searched for studies with the primary or secondary aim to assess the learning curve of either laparoscopic, robot-assisted or transanal TME for rectal cancer. The primary outcome was length of the learning curve per minimal invasive technique. Descriptive statistics were used to present results and the MINORS tool was used to assess risk of bias.

Results
45 studies, with 7562 patients, were included in this systematic review. Length of the learning curve based on intraoperative complications, postoperative complications, pathological outcomes, or a composite endpoint using a risk-adjusted CUSUM analysis was 50 procedures for the laparoscopic technique, 32–75 procedures for the robot-assisted technique and 36–54 procedures for the transanal technique. Due to the low quality of studies and a high level of heterogeneity a meta-analysis could not be performed. Heterogeneity was caused by patient-related factors, surgeon-related factors and differences in statistical methods.

Conclusion
Current high-quality literature regarding length of the learning curve of minimal invasive TME techniques is scarce. Available literature suggests equal lengths of the learning curves of laparoscopic, robot-assisted and transanal TME. Well-designed studies, using adequate statistical methods are required to properly assess the learning curve, while taking into account patient-related and surgeon-related factors.
Genetic assessment in primary hyperoxaluria: why it matters
Authors: Mandrile Giorgia , Beck Bodo , Acquaviva Cecile , Rumsby Gill , Deesker Lisa , Garrelfs Sander , Gupta Asheeta , Bacchetta Justine , Groothoff Jaap ,   on behalf of the OxalEurope Consortium/Erknet Guideline Workgroup On Hyperoxaluria
Published: June 2022

AbstractAccurate diagnosis of primary hyperoxaluria (PH) has important therapeutic consequences. Since biochemical assessment can be unreliable, genetic testing is a crucial diagnostic tool for patients with PH to define the disease type. Patients with PH type 1 (PH1) have a worse prognosis than those with other PH types, despite the same extent of oxalate excretion. The relation between genotype and clinical phenotype in PH1 is extremely heterogeneous with respect to age of first symptoms and development of kidney failure. Some mutations are significantly linked to pyridoxine-sensitivity in PH1, such as homozygosity for p.G170R and p.F152I combined with a common polymorphism. Although patients with these mutations display on average better outcomes, they may also present with CKD stage 5 in infancy. In vitro studies suggest pyridoxine-sensitivity for some other mutations, but confirmatory clinical data are lacking (p.G47R, p.G161R, p.I56N/major allele) or scarce (p.I244T). These studies also suggest that other vitamin B6 derivatives than pyridoxine may be more effective and should be a focus for clinical testing. PH patients displaying the same mutation, even within one family, may have completely different clinical outcomes. This discordance may be caused by environmental or genetic factors that are unrelated to the effect of the causative mutation(s). No relation between genotype and clinical or biochemical phenotypes have been found so far in PH types 2 and 3. This manuscript reviews the current knowledge on the genetic background of the three types of primary hyperoxaluria and its impact on clinical management, including prenatal diagnosis.
Spontaneous Breathing Rate Variations Linked to Social Exclusion and Emotion Self-assessment
Authors: Hidalgo-Muñoz Antonio R. , Cuadrado Esther , Castillo-Mayén Rosario , Luque Bárbara , Tabernero Carmen 
Published: June 2022

AbstractThe emotional reactions to social exclusion can be associated with physiological responses that could allow researchers to estimate the valence and intensity of the ongoing affective state. In this work, respiratory activity was analysed to verify whether breathing rate variations can be considered as predictive factors of subsequent positive and negative affect after inclusion and exclusion in young women. A standard Cyberball task was implemented and manipulated information was provided to the participants to create both conditions. The participants were socially excluded by limiting their participation to 6% of the total number of passes among three teammates and providing negative feedback about them. The results suggest that breathing rate can be a good option to infer subjective feelings during social interactions and a promising feature to incorporate into modern emotion monitoring systems as an alternative to other physiological measures. Furthermore, the interaction between metaemotion and physiology was studied by recording breathing rate while completing the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, evidencing a breathing rate increase during the emotion self-assessment only after exclusion.
Explaining the relationship between ethnicity and depressive symptoms: The roles of climate for inclusion, job self-efficacy, and job demands
Authors: Adamovic Mladen , Sojo Victor , Schachtman Rebecca , Vargas Adriana 
Published: June 2022

AbstractPrior research indicates that employees from ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to experience depression and other mental health problems than their ethnic majority counterparts. To understand what drives these negative outcomes, we integrate research on ethnic minorities at work with the job demands-resources (JDR) model. Based on the JDR model, we consider climate for inclusion as a key job resource for ethnic minority employees that mitigates the deleterious effects of ethnic minority status on job self-efficacy, perceived job demands, and depressive symptoms. We conducted a two-wave survey study (Time 1: N = 771; Time 2: N = 299, six months apart) with employees from five medium sized not-for-profit and local government organizations in Australia. Our empirical results indicate that ethnic minorities report a higher job-self-efficacy and fewer depressive symptoms when they perceive a high climate for inclusion.
Response of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) plant to bio-fertilizer and plant residues in sandy soil
Authors: El-sherbeny T. M. S. , Mousa Abeer M. , Zhran Mostafa A. 
Published: June 2022

AbstractNitrogen (N) fertilizer has been intensively used to improve peanut productivity. However, the high cost of N fertilizer, and the need for sustainable alternative fertilizer sources have increased the strategic importance of nitrogen fixation (NF). Thus, field experiments were conducted in an experimental farm with a drip irrigation system, at the Atomic Energy Authority, Inshas, Egypt, in order to measure the impact of efficiency symbiotic Bradyrhizobium sp. and asymbiotic Azotobacter sp. on NF, from air and soil, in the presence or absence of plant residues on the growth and yield of peanut plant. All treatments received nitrogen fertilizer at a rate of 72 kg N per hectare. Nitrogen dose was applied using ammonium sulphate 15N labeled of 10% atom excess from the peanut. Results indicated that the application of Bradyrhizobium sp. with plant residues significantly increased fresh and dry weight/m2, pod and seed weight/plant−1,100- seed weight, and biological yield kg ha−1, where the highest mean values of seed yield (4648 and 4529 kg ha−1), oil % (52.29 and 52.21%), seed protein percentage (16.09 and 15.89%), as well as nitrogen derived from air (63.14 and 66.20%) in the first and second seasons were recorded under the application of Bradyrhizobium sp, respectively. Bradyrhizobium sp. inoculation showed nearly close portions of Ndfa to those recorded with Azotobacter sp., in both the presence and absence of plant residue application through the two seasons. The investigated yield signs and their properties were significantly enhanced by bacterial inoculation with plant residue application. The present study shows that both possibility of NF of peanut, and nitrogen uptake in the soil are enhanced by field inoculation with effective Bradyrhizobium sp. with plant residue application. In practice, inoculation is a great strategy to improve soil fertility for subsequent planting, since it helps boost the import of nitrogen from plant biomass into the soil.
Mobile, hierarchical, normative, decadent and conflict prone: understanding academia through fictional conferences
Authors: Henderson Emily F. , Reynolds Pauline J. 
Published: June 2022

AbstractRepresentations of higher education in fiction-based sources contribute to forming public perceptions of academia, and so are a form of public pedagogy. Within popular culture representations, understandings of academics are constructed using particular tropes which build shared meanings of the profession. Conferences are one of these tropes and can thus be used as a focus to explore the construction of the academic profession in popular culture representations of higher education. This paper draws on a research project which explored representations of conferences in narrative fiction texts (novels, graphic novels, short stories). In this paper, we analyse references to conferences for what they teach us about the academic profession. The paper is based on analysis of 98 symbolic references to conferences from a sample of 23 fictional texts. Symbolic references are short references which serve as a shorthand to signal aspects of the academic profession, and in this paper, they have been analysed in terms of what they portray and where they position the reader. The paper argues that popular culture representations of academia are pedagogical, in that they show the profession to be desirable to others but encourage a disidentification with academics, reinforcing the exclusionary nature of the profession.
Resource preference of two stream detritivores in the laboratory largely differs from the supply of detritus below eucalypt plantations
Authors: Basaguren Ana , Larrañaga Aitor , Otermin Ainhoa , Molinero Jon , Larrañaga Santiago , Pozo Jesús 
Published: June 2022

AbstractDetritivores are pivotal in forest streams as they process detritus and promote secondary production. Many studies have addressed the preference of freshwater detritivores towards materials of differing quality. Nevertheless, few studies compare the resource preferences in the laboratory with the availability in the field. In the present study, feeding preferences of two stream detritivores (the caddisflySericostoma pyrenaicumand the amphipodEchinogammarus tarragonensis),over three native leaf species (alder, chestnut and oak) and an exotic species (eucalypt) were quantified in the laboratory. Preference for eucalypt leaves conditioned for 1, 2 and 3 weeks was also described. We then contrasted the preference patterns in the laboratory feeding experiments with a 15-month-long benthic standing stock time series of a stream below a native deciduous forest and another below a eucalypt plantation. Both detritivores preferred consuming alder leaves and more conditioned eucalypt leaves, although the amphipod was more selective than the caddisfly. The consumption preference in the laboratory was unmatched by the availability in the field, especially under eucalypt plantations and for the amphipod. Our results show that the strength of the preference for high-quality resources can differ among different taxa, which can modulate their response to land use changes.
Intra-abdominal hypertension in cardiac surgery patients: a multicenter observational sub-study of the Accuryn registry
Authors: Khanna Ashish K. , Minear Steven , Kurz Andrea , Moll Vanessa , Stanton Kelly , Essakalli Leina , Prabhakar Amit ,   Predict AKI Group, Harris Lynnette C. , Sweatt Nia , Flores Kelsey , Reeves Brandon , Cusson Bruce , Nosow Lillian , Fanelli Jessica , Sands Lauren , Fowler Jacob , Howard Easton , Robinson Samuel , Wachnik Anthony , Fram Madeline , Fernando Rohesh , Garner Chandrika , Marchant Bryan , Morris Benjamin , Saha Amit , Egan Katherine , Blackwell Bev Ann 
Published: June 2022

AbstractIntra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) is frequently present in the critically ill and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Conventionally, intermittent ‘spot-check’ manual measurements of bladder pressure in those perceived as high risk are used as surrogates for intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). True patterns of IAH remain unknown. We explored the incidence of IAH in cardiac surgery patients and describe the intra-and postoperative course of IAP using a novel, high frequency, automated bladder pressure measurement system. Sub-analysis of a prospective, multicenter, observational study (NCT04669548) conducted in three large academic medical centers. Continuous urinary output (CUO) and IAP measurements were observed using the Accuryn Monitoring System (Potrero Medical, Hayward, CA). Data collected included demographics, hemodynamic support, and high-frequency IAP and CUO. One Hundred Thirty-Seven cardiac surgery patients were analyzed intraoperatively and followed 48 h postoperatively in the intensive care unit. Median age was 66.4 [58.3, 72.0] years, and 61% were men. Median Foley catheter dwell time was 56.0 [46.8, 77.5] hours, and median baseline IAP was 6.3 [4.0, 8.1] mmHg. 93% (128/137) of patients were in IAH grade I, 82% (113/137) in grade II, 39% (53/137) in grade III, and 5% (7/137) in grade IV for at least 12 cumulative hours. For maximum consecutive duration of IAH, 84% (115/137) of patients spent at least 12 h in grade I, 62% (85/137) in grade II, 18% (25/137) in grade III, and 2% (3/137) in grade IV IAH. During the first 48 h after cardiac surgery, IAH is common and persistent. Improved and automated monitoring of IAP will increase the detection of IAH—which normally would remain undetected using traditional intermittent monitoring methods.
A Culture of Health and Alcohol-Permitted Events at a U.S. University
Authors: Nieri Tanya , Webb Megan , Goodwin Deja , Yoo Min 
Published: June 2022

AbstractWe examined event organizers’ understandings and management of alcohol-related risk and accommodation of people in recovery from substance use disorders and other non-drinkers, when organizing alcohol-permitted events that primarily involved faculty, staff, and graduate students. We interviewed 31 event organizers at a large, public university in California. Organizers were most concerned about avoiding legal liabilities, were less concerned about promoting responsible drinking among drinkers, and often failed to consider the needs of non-drinkers. Their actions were informed by problematic beliefs about alcohol (e.g., people need alcohol to relax and socialize), drinkers (e.g., only undergraduate students engage in risky alcohol consumption), and people in recovery (e.g., they lack self-control). Organizers over-relied on informal control to shape attendees’ behavior, failing to acknowledge contextual factors. They need education on how they can shape the event context to better promote healthy behaviors, avoid exclusively focusing on informal control and prevention of unhealthy behaviors, and promote better inclusion of people who do not drink alcohol. There is fertile ground for infusing a culture of health into events in higher education.
Quantifying the link between employee engagement, and customer satisfaction and retention in the car rental industry
Authors: Khwaja Ahmed , Yang Nathan 
Published: June 2022

AbstractIn the retail service industry, employee engagement may play an important role in customer satisfaction and retention, as employees often interact directly with customers. This paper investigates the empirical link between employee engagement and customer satisfaction and retention by analyzing a unique data set from a large car rental company. Our analysis makes use of retirement-induced employee turnover as an exclusion restriction that is plausibly induced by employee age, thereby allowing for variation in employee engagement that is partially exogenous to common underlying factors that also impact customer satisfaction and retention. We show that there is a positive effect of employee engagement on customer satisfaction and retention. Further analysis of moderating effects highlight potential limits to employee engagement, as service disruptions in the form of car downgrades can dampen the positive effects of employee engagement. However, despite the dampened impact of employee engagement its overall effect remains positive indicating that employee engagement can be a key factor in building resilience to unforeseen service disruptions.
Altruism, social norms, and incentive contract design
Authors: Abernethy Margaret A. , Bouwens Jan , Hofmann Christian , van Lent Laurence 
Published: June 2022

AbstractWe study theoretically and empirically the relation between altruism and incentive contract design. Theoretically, we extend Fischer and Huddart (2008) to investigate how social norms reinforce managers’ altruistic preferences, thus affecting the optimal contract design related to incentive strength and performance measurement. Empirically, we draw on the notion of an organization’s work climate to capture managers’ altruistic preferences. Using data collected from a sample of 557 managers, we find that in a work climate where managers are mostly out for themselves, firms have lower pay-for-performance sensitivity and place a greater weight on aggregate performance measures. In addition, respondents report that they engage more in undesirable actions that are unproductive and costly to firm owners. In contrast, in a work climate where managers care about others (including peers in their organizational unit), firms place lower weights on aggregate performance measures. At the same time, respondents report that they supply more effort and engage less in undesirable actions.
Graduates of venture creation programs – where do they apply their entrepreneurial competencies?
Authors: Alsos Gry , Hägg Gustav , Lundqvist Mats , Politis Diamanto , Stockhaus Martin , Williams-Middleton Karen , Djupdal Kari 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
The assessment of entrepreneurship education outcomes should move beyond a focus on firm creation and associated economic impact to consider a more nuanced view that pays attention to graduates and their entrepreneurial competencies. There is currently limited understanding to what extent entrepreneurial competencies developed through entrepreneurship education are applied in graduates’ subsequent careers across various occupational roles, either as employees or as self-employed. Our analysis is based on a survey administered to 556 graduates from three Nordic master-level entrepreneurship education programs (1997–2018), all identified as venture creation programs. We find that, to a large extent, entrepreneurial competencies developed through venture creation programs are applied in subsequent careers across multiple occupational roles encompassing self-employment, hybrid entrepreneurship, and intrapreneurship. Entrepreneurship education is relevant not only to new firm creation but also to entrepreneurial positions in established organizations when it comes to graduates’ application of entrepreneurial competencies in subsequent careers.
Does foreign ownership promote environmental protection? Evidence from firm-level data
Authors: Balaguer Jacint , Cuadros Ana , García-Quevedo Jose 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
This paper examines the role played by foreign ownership as a determinant of the environmental behaviour of Spanish manufacturing firms. Unlike previous studies, our analysis distinguishes between current expenditure on and investment in environmental protection as a way of examining potential differences in the firms’ short- and long-term strategies. The results show how foreign capital boosts expenditure and especially investment. We also highlight the relevance of accounting for heterogeneity at the firm level by focusing on certain structural characteristics that are key in the manufacturing sector, namely, the size of the firm and the sector of activity where it operates. Our results show that size has a positive effect on firms’ decisions about environmental protection. The empirical results also reveal that the beneficial impact of foreign investment is mainly channelled through small firms and it is most evident in industries which are subject to less environmental regulation. Our findings may have pertinent implications regarding the determinants of firms’ environmental behaviour and about the effectiveness of foreign participation as a mechanism for overcoming potential barriers in the adoption of environmental protection measures by small firms.
Feminine Gender Role Discrepancy Strain and Women’s Self-Esteem in Daily and Weekly Life: A Person x Context Perspective
Authors: Harrington Auguste G. , Overall Nickola C. , Maxwell Jessica A. 
Published: June 2022

AbstractSocial pressures to adhere to traditional feminine roles may place some women at risk of experiencing gender role discrepancy strain, when they behave, think, or feel in ways discrepant from feminine gender role expectations. The current research examines how person-level propensity to experience feminine gender-role discrepancy strain—feminine gender role stress (FGRS)—and contextual experiences of discrepancy strain—feeling less feminine in daily or weekly life—combine to undermine women’s self-esteem. After completing measures of FGRS, undergraduate women reported their feelings of femininity and self-esteem each day for 10 days (Study 1, N = 207, 1,881 daily records) or each week for 7 weeks (Study 2, N = 165, 1,127 weekly records). This repeated assessments design provided the first tests of whether within-person decreases in felt-femininity were associated with lower self-esteem, particularly for women who were higher in FGRS. Both higher FGRS and within-person decreases in daily/weekly felt-femininity were associated with lower self-esteem, but higher FGRS combined with daily/weekly decreases in felt-femininity predicted the lowest self-esteem (a person x context interaction). These results illustrate the importance of considering how person-level predispositions and contextual experiences of gender-role discrepancy strain combine to influence self-relevant outcomes for women.