bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Facility and care provider emergency preparedness for neonatal resuscitation in Kano, Nigeria
Authors: Usman Fatima , Tsiga-Ahmed Fatimah I. , Abdulsalam Mohammed , Farouk Zubaida L. , Jibir Binta W. , Aliyu Muktar H. 
Published: January 2022

Introduction
The knowledge, attitude, and practice of emergency neonatal resuscitation are critical requirements in any facility that offers obstetric and neonatal services. This study aims to conduct a needs assessment survey and obtain individual and facility-level data on expertise and readiness for neonatal resuscitation. We hypothesize that neonatal emergency preparedness among healthcare providers in Kano, Nigeria is associated with the level of knowledge, attitudinal disposition, practice and equipment availability at the facility level.

Methods
A semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire was administered to a cross-section of health providers directly involved with neonatal care (n = 112) and attending a neonatal resuscitation workshop in Kano state. Information regarding knowledge, attitude, practice and facility preparedness for neonatal resuscitation was obtained. Bloom’s cut-off score and a validated basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care assessment tool were adopted to categorize outcomes. Multivariable logistic regression was employed to determine independent predictors of knowledge and practice.

Results
Almost half (48% and 42% respectively) of the respondents reported average level of self-assessed knowledge and comfort during resuscitation. Only 7% (95% CI:3.2–13.7) and 5% (95% CI:2.0–11.4) of health providers demonstrated good knowledge and practice scores respectively, with an overall facility preparedness of 46%. Respondents’ profession as a physician compared to nurses and midwives predicted good knowledge (aOR = 0.08, 95% CI: 0.01–0.69; p = 0.01), but not practice.

Conclusion
Healthcare provider’s knowledge and practice including facility preparedness for emergency neonatal resuscitation were suboptimal, despite the respondents’ relatively high self-assessed attitudinal perception. Physicians demonstrated higher knowledge compared to other health professionals. The low level of respondents’ awareness, practice, and facility readiness suggest the current weak state of secondary health systems in Kano.
News Values from an Audience Perspective, Martina Temmerman and Jelle Mast (eds) (2021)
Authors: Li Weiyi , Huan Changpeng 
Published: January 2022

Review of: News Values from an Audience Perspective, Martina Temmerman and Jelle Mast (eds) (2021)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 189 pp.,
ISBN 978-3-03045-045-8, h/bk, $119.99
Use of Ruxolitinib for the Simultaneous Treatment of Severe Refractory Ulcerative Colitis and Polycythemia Vera
Authors: Swei Eric C. , Fox Charlie M. , Bowles Daniel W. , Rizeq Mona N. , Onyiah Joseph C. 
Published: January 2022

ABSTRACT
Tofacitinib is the only medicine in the class of Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors that has been approved for use in moderate-to-severely active ulcerative colitis (UC). The potential of other JAK inhibitors to treat UC has not been fully explored. We present a case describing the successful use of the selective JAK inhibitor, ruxolitinib, to treat a patient with concomitant UC and polycythemia vera.
Giacomo Casanova et Cecille von Roggendorff
Authors: Grazioli Elena 
Published: January 2022

Ce texte cherche à analyser l’échange épistolaire entre Giacomo Casanova et Cecille von Roggendorff, à partir du 6 février 1797 jusqu’à la mort de Casanova, le 4 juin 1798. Cette correspondance encadre non seulement un rapport précepteur-écolière, mais, peu à peu, le vieux libertin agît comme un père inquiet pour sa fille. Nous essayerons de suivre les étapes de cette connaissance réciproque à travers les vicissitudes quotidiennes, les maladies de Casanova et les états mélancoliques de Cecille, la tentative de ce dernier de la placer comme dame d’honneur chez les filles du duc Pierre de Curlande. Le compte rendu lettre par lettre met l’accent sur les interlocuteurs et permet une mise à jour de la narration que l’auteur de l’Histoire de ma vie a consciemment décidé d’arrêter avant ses dernières années passées à Dux.
This essay attempts to analyze the exchange between Giacomo Casanova and Cecilia von Roggendorff, during the two years before Casanova’s death in Dux, Bohemia (4 June 1798). Such correspondence represents the step-by-step evolution of a teacher-pupil relationship into a father-daughter one, with the old libertine getting increasingly worried about her. Our analysis follows such mutual exchange through everyday matters such as Casanova’s illness and Cecilia’s melancholy, the former’s attempt to place her into the court as the duke Pierre de Curlande’s maid of honor. By means of a letter-by-letter account, some light is shed on the interlocutors and Casanova’s narration in his Histoire de ma vie, which omits his last years spent in Dux.
“A Free-Range Chicken that Can Run Wherever the Majority Wants It To”: Budget Reconciliation and the Contemporary U.S. Senate
Authors: Reynolds Molly E. 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
Since its early uses in the early 1980s, the budget reconciliation process has played an important role in how the U.S. Congress legislates. Because the procedures protect certain legislation from a filibuster in the Senate, the reconciliation rules both shape, and are shaped by, the upper chamber in significant ways. After providing a brief overview of the process, I discuss first how partisanship in the Senate has affected the use of the reconciliation procedures. Next, I describe two sets of consequences of the contemporary reconciliation process, on negotiation and on policy design. I conclude with some observations about the relationship of reconciliation to the prospects for broader procedural change in the Senate.
Modern gold standard of cardiac output measurement – A simplified bedside measurement of individual oxygen uptake in the cath lab
Authors: Schmücker Georg , Burgdorf Christof , Blohm Jan-Henrik , Bugno Mathias , Meyer Kathrin , Remppis Bjoern Andrew 
Published: January 2022

Abstract

Objectives
Cardiac output (CO) measurements employing the direct Fick principle represent the gold standard in right-sided heart catheterization (RHC). The current widespread approach in hemodynamic workup however uses the indirect Fick principle with assumed values for oxygen uptake (VO2) leading to incorrect CO values in up to 25% of patients. We have tested a contemporary breath-by-breath gas analyzer that allows precise real-time measurements of VO2 with appropriate time and effort to serve the direct Fick principle.

Methods
By means of a small and mobile metabolic cart assembled with widely used components of a standard spiroergometer, we performed bedside measurements of individual VO2. In 33 unselected, consecutive patients with various indications for RHC we compared CO values derived from indirect vs. direct Fick calculations.

Results
In 28 of the 33 patients, VO2 measurements were completed with a plausible dataset within a median of 3.2 (interquartile range 2.8–6.2) min. In nine of the 28 patients, CO values based on measured VO2 values differed by more than 20% from CO calculations based on assumed VO2 values with value deviations scattering over a broad range in both directions (maximally +52% to minimally −46%).

Conclusions
The bedside measurement of VO2 for gold standard CO determination is technically feasible within a few min and can thus be easily included in any RHC protocol. As modern therapy for numerus indications demand a precise upfront measurement of hemodynamics, our method might help to correctly identify patients for costly therapies.
Analyzing optical TDMA to mitigate interference in downlink LiFi optical attocell networks
Authors: Surampudi Atchutananda 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
Co-channel interference in the downlink of LiFi attocell networks significantly decreases the network performance in terms of rate. Analysis of multiple access schemes is essential to mitigate interference and improve rate. The light-emitting diodes (LEDs) being centrally monitored, the time division multiple access (TDMA) scheme over the LEDs will be suitable to analyze. This work considers the interference characterization in Ref. (Surampudi A, Ganti RK. Interference characterization in downlink Li-Fi optical attocell networks. J Lightwave Technol 2018;36:3211–28) over M-PAM modulated signals to derive an exact expression for the goodput G of the time scheduled attocell network, which is arranged as a deterministic square lattice in two dimensions. Given this TDMA over the LEDs, numerical simulations show that the LEDs can be optimally time scheduled to maximize the goodput, which implies that the TDMA mitigates interference in an attocell network compared to the case when the LEDs are unscheduled.
Alternative method of implementation of all-optical NOR and NAND gates using quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers in non-interferometer structure
Authors: Dutta Siddhartha , Roy Subhasis , Mukherjee Kousik 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
Present communication deals with the design and analysis of all-optical NOR and NAND gates using Quantum dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (QDSOA). The design uses no interferometer structure but cross gain modulation is utilized for operation. The structures are simple and simulations at a rate of 1 Tb/s are processed. For unsaturated gain 30 dB, the logic gates show high values of ER (29.82 dB, 16.93 dB), CR (29.6 dB, 21.33 dB), and Q (25.4 dB, 13.2 dB). This ensures practical feasibility and high quality of the proposed gates.
Multivariate Hyper-Rotated GARCH-BEKK
Authors: Asai Manabu , McAleer Michael 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
For large multivariate models of generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH), it is important to reduce the number of parameters to cope with the ‘curse of dimensionality’. Recently, Laurent, Rombouts and Violante (2014 “Multivariate Rotated ARCH Models” Journal of Econometrics
179: 16–30) developed the rotated multivariate GARCH model, which focuses on the parameters for standardized variables. This paper extends the rotated multivariate GARCH model by considering a hyper-rotation, which uses a more flexible structure for the rotation matrix. The paper shows an alternative representation based on a random coefficient vector autoregressive and moving-average (VARMA) process, and provides the regularity conditions for the consistency and asymptotic normality of the quasi-maximum likelihood (QML) estimator for VARMA with hyper-rotated multivariate GARCH. The paper investigates the finite sample properties of the QML estimator for the new model. Empirical results for four exchange rate returns show the new specifications works satisfactory for reducing the number of parameters.
Global optimization and applications to a variational inequality problem
Authors: Hussain Azhar , Adeel Muhammad , Aydi Hassen , Baleanu Dumitru 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
In the present paper, we study the existence and convergence of the best proximity point for cyclic

Θ

\Theta

-contractions. As consequences, we extract several fixed point results for such cyclic mappings. As an application, we present some solvability theorems in the topic of variational inequalities.
Gene signature to predict prognostic survival of hepatocellular carcinoma
Authors: Li Li , Cao Yundi , Fan YingRui , Li Rong 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has a high incidence and poor prognosis and is the second most fatal cancer, and certain HCC patients also show high heterogeneity. This study developed a prognostic model for predicting clinical outcomes of HCC. RNA and microRNA (miRNA) sequencing data of HCC were obtained from the cancer genome atlas. RNA dysregulation between HCC tumors and adjacent normal liver tissues was examined by DESeq algorithms. Survival analysis was conducted to determine the basic prognostic indicators. We identified competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) containing 15,364 pairs of mRNA–long noncoding RNA (lncRNA). An imbalanced ceRNA network comprising 8 miRNAs, 434 mRNAs, and 81 lncRNAs was developed using hypergeometric test. Functional analysis showed that these RNAs were closely associated with biosynthesis. Notably, 53 mRNAs showed a significant prognostic correlation. The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator’s feature selection detected four characteristic genes (SAPCD2, DKC1, CHRNA5, and UROD), based on which a four-gene independent prognostic signature for HCC was constructed using Cox regression analysis. The four-gene signature could stratify samples in the training, test, and external validation sets (p <0.01). Five-year survival area under ROC curve (AUC) in the training and validation sets was greater than 0.74. The current prognostic gene model exhibited a high stability and accuracy in predicting the overall survival (OS) of HCC patients.
Design of experiments for the methylene blue adsorption study onto biocomposite material based on Algerian earth chestnut and cellulose derivatives
Authors: Boubekri Fatima Zohra , Benkhaled Amal , Elbahri Zineb 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
Novel bio-composite films based on Algerian earth chestnut i.e. Bunium incrassatum roots (Talghouda, TG) and cellulose derivatives (ethylcellulose; EC and cellulose acetate; AC) are prepared and tested for methylene blue (MB) adsorption from aqueous solutions. The biomaterial films are elaborated by dissolution solvent evaporation technique and are characterized by infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, SEM and optical microscopy. The pHpzc is also determined. For the adsorption tests, design of experiments based on 23 factorial design is built and followed. So, the effects of TG:EC:AC ratio, pH and MB initial concentration are discussed on the basis of mathematical modelling using Minitab software. Mathematical relations between equilibrium adsorption percentages and capacities versus selected variables were obtained and illustrated by surface plots. The interactive effects between variables have been also identified. The results showed that the MB adsorption percentage exceeded 83% and is mostly affected by pH value. Nevertheless the adsorption capacity is affected by MB initial concentration.
Remembering Haludovo: The Penthouse Years and What Came Later
Authors: Šentevska Irena , Mrduljaš Maroje 
Published: January 2022

AbstractThis paper contributes to a growing area within memory studies which explores individual and collective memories as communicated in the contemporary media. The “nexus of memory” in this case is the tourism complex Haludovo on the Croatian island of Krk. What made Haludovo exceptional in the context of the growing tourism industry in socialist Yugoslavia was its short-lived partnership with the adult magazinePenthouse. This paper looks at the history and subsequent fate of Haludovo in the postsocialist period, focusing on the episode dedicated to Haludovo in the Croatian documentary TV seriesSlumbering Concrete(2016). A collaboration between a media scholar and an architectural historian, who was also one of the scriptwriters and hosts of the series, the study makes use of these multiple perspectives to situate the Haludovo case in a wider framework—the mediated communication of history and memories of the Yugoslav Adriatic coast in television and cinema.
North Macedonia: Politics versus Policy of EU Integration
Authors: Mojsovska Silvana 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
The accession of North Macedonia to the European Union (EU) has been at an impasse for 27 years due to the political dispute with Greece. In 2018, its resolution fuelled hopes that North Macedonia would finally start negotiations with the EU. Unfortunately, there was a new obstacle, as Bulgaria vetoed the talks in December 2020. Implicit to the latest political backlog, the efforts for further EU integration should be focused on the available policy instruments. The Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) is a legally binding document which has already enabled trade liberalisation between the parties, stipulates the national treatment of business entities on the basis of reciprocity, aims for full liberalisation of capital and financial flows, and also provides other opportunities for integration. Placing the SAA in the spotlight of the mutual relations between the parties, based on proactivity from North Macedonia, could provide the impetus for more substantial EU integration of the country, despite the political stagnation of the process.
Verlust und Trauer unter den Bedingungen der Corona-Pandemie – Was empfinden trauernde Angehörige/Zugehörige in Bezug auf ihren Bedarf an seelsorglicher bzw. psychologischer Unterstützung?
Authors: Baumann Klaus , Büssing Arndt 
Published: January 2022

Zusammenfassung
Hintergrund: Aufgrund der COVID-19 Pandemie wurden Kontaktbeschränkungen verhängt, die auch das Abschiednehmen von sterbenden Familienangehörigen betraf. Wie gehen Angehörige unter diesen Bedingungen mit ihrer Trauer um, wie fühlten sie sich durch das Behandlungs-/Betreuungsteam im Krankenhaus, Pflegeheimen oder Hospizen unterstützt, und wie stand es um einen Bedarf an eigener seelsorglicher bzw. psychologischer Unterstützung?
Methoden: Um diesen Fragen nachzugehen, wurde eine Studie im mixed-methods-Design gestartet, aus der im Folgenden Querschnitts-Daten von 85 Teilnehmenden berichtet werden.
Ergebnisse: Eine gute emotionale Betreuung/Begleitung durch das Behandlungs-/Betreuungsteam wurde von 37 % derjenigen beschrieben, deren Angehörige nicht im häuslichen Umfeld verstarben; 38 % empfanden dies nicht und 26 % waren diesbezüglich indifferent. In den Gesprächen wurden seelsorgliche oder religiöse Fragen nur bei wenigen thematisiert; nur bei wenigen wurden Hinweise auf seelsorgliche Angebote/Trauerbegleitung gegeben (16 %). Jedoch hatten 68 % einen Wunsch nach seelsorglicher und 55 % nach psychologischer Begleitung. Diejenigen mit hoher Trauerbelastung (SAVE-Scores) hatten fast alle den Wunsch nach seelsorglicher Begleitung.
Schlussfolgerungen: Diese ersten Ergebnisse zeigen ausgeprägte Bedürfnisse nach Seelsorge und Begleitung im Trauerprozess, zumal unter den zusätzlich belastenden Bedingungen der Corona-Pandemie. Sie weisen auch auf das Fehlen von verfügbaren Seelsorgepersonen, von psychologischer Begleitung und von niederschwelligen Hinweisen seitens des betreuenden Personals der Einrichtungen im Sinne von Spiritual Care hin.
Spelling variation and text alignment
Authors: Voeste Anja 
Published: January 2022

AbstractIn the 15th century, at a time when codification via dictionaries and grammars had not yet taken effect, printers, editors, and compositors were already producing pamphlets and books that had to meet the new requirements of the letterpress, especially as regards the arrangement of white space and uniform line justification (even-margined on the left and right). The following analysis investigates five German editions of theMirabilia Romae(Marvels of the City of Rome), a well-known pilgrim guide, all printed in 1500 for the contemporaneous Jubilee year and thus for short-term sale. The results show that compositors used different means for text alignment: In addition to deviations in line counts and the repositioning of lines, they chose extended or contracted spelling variants, predominantly on the second half of the page. The most frequent variants are abbreviations in the form of tildes. However, just a few spelling patterns with tildes were used. With respect to explanatory processes in a historical perspective, the results call for a closer consideration of page format, text layout (mise-en-page) and line justification when evaluating spelling variation in early book printing.
An Investigation on Bacterial Air-Entrained Concrete Permeability using Statistical Modeling
Authors: Parastegari Niloofar , Mostofinejad Davood , Poursina Davood 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
In recent decades, bacterial self-healing concrete has gradually reached its deserved popularity because of its ecofriendly ability to heal cracks spontaneously. This study investigates the simultaneous effects of several factors such as air voids, bacterially impregnated mix water, curing environment, and surface treatment on the permeability of concrete. For this study, experiments were conducted using water absorption, water permeability, and carbonation depth as the response variables. The experiments were performed within the framework of a fractional factorial split-plot design, which led to a decrease in the number of experiments without loss of precision. For this purpose, 126 cubic specimens of different dimensions were cast. The statistical random effect model was run to study the significant relationships between the factors and the response variables. Results revealed that the use of bacteria in the mixed water led to significantly reduced water absorption (about 19 %) and carbonation depth under acidic conditions (about 32 %). Furthermore, water absorption decreased with increasing air voids in the bacteria-laden air-entrained concrete specimens up to 31 % and 50 % for the specimens with 5 and 8 % air voids, respectively, suggesting that air voids probably protected the bacteria from exposure to the deadly alkaline and dry conditions inside the concrete.
Modeling and Optimizing the Penetration in the Submerged Arc Welding Process in the Presence of ZrO2 Nanoparticles
Authors: Kheradmandan Hasan , Aghakhani Masood , Kheradmandan Tahereh , Kheradmandan Sepideh , Mahdipour Jalilian Maziar , Ghiasvand A. , Abbas Hosseini Seyed 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
Penetration is one of the most vital parameters because of its influences on weld strength and weld quality. Choosing the input parameters in submerged arc welding (SAW) has significant effects on input heat into the weld pool, which affects the quality of weldment. The amazing advancement of nanotechnology in various industrial areas persuaded researchers to use nanoparticles in new research. Zirconium dioxide (ZrO2) nanoparticles were selected in order to identify their effects in the weld pool in combination with other welding input parameters. The five-level, five-parameter central composite rotatable design, response surface methodology, the slime mold algorithm, and Harris hawks optimization were utilized to design and develop the research and finally to predict and optimize the weld penetration affected by the arc voltage, welding current, nozzle-to-plate distance, welding speed, and the thickness of ZrO2 nanoparticles coated on ST-37 steel. The main and interaction effects of input parameters on weld penetration were drawn. The results demonstrated that weld penetration decreased initially by increasing the thickness of ZrO2 nanoparticles up to 0.25 mm, which was due to reversing Marangoni convection mode. Furthermore, weld penetration increased with increase in ZrO2 nanoparticles above thicknesses of 0.75 mm. The reason for increase in weld penetration was because of the fact the ZrO2 nanoparticles have low thermal conductivity, which leads to less heat transfer. The results confirmed that the accuracy of model obtained by slime mold algorithm was 5.2 % more than response surface methodology.