bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Optimizing acute stroke outcome prediction models: Comparison of generalized regression neural networks and logistic regressions
Authors: Qu Sheng , Zhou Mingchao , Jiao Shengxiu , Zhang Zeyu , Xue Kaiwen , Long Jianjun , Zha Fubing , Chen Yuan , Li Jiehui , Yang Qingqing , Wang Yulong 
Published: May 2022

Background
Generalized regression neural network (GRNN) and logistic regression (LR) are extensively used in the medical field; however, the better model for predicting stroke outcome has not been established. The primary goal of this study was to compare the accuracies of GRNN and LR models to identify the most optimal model for the prediction of acute stroke outcome, as well as explore useful biomarkers for predicting the prognosis of acute stroke patients.

Method
In a single-center study, 216 (80% for the training set and 20% for the test set) acute stroke patients admitted to the Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital between December 2019 to June 2021 were retrospectively recruited. The functional outcomes of the patients were measured using Barthel Index (BI) on discharge. A training set was used to optimize the GRNN and LR models. The test set was utilized to validate and compare the performances of GRNN and LR in predicting acute stroke outcome based on the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC), accuracy, sensitivity, and the Kappa value.

Result
The LR analysis showed that age, the National Institute Health Stroke Scale score, BI index, hemoglobin, and albumin were independently associated with stroke outcome. After validating in test set using these variables, we found that the GRNN model showed a better performance based on AUROC (0.931 vs 0.702), sensitivity (0.933 vs 0.700), specificity (0.889 vs 0.722), accuracy (0.896 vs 0.729), and the Kappa value (0.775 vs 0.416) than the LR model.

Conclusion
Overall, the GRNN model demonstrated superior performance to the LR model in predicting the prognosis of acute stroke patients. In addition to its advantage in not affected by implicit interactions and complex relationship in the data. Thus, we suggested that GRNN could be served as the optimal statistical model for acute stroke outcome prediction. Simultaneously, prospective validation based on more variables of the GRNN model for the prediction is required in future studies.
Elevated aqueous endothelin-1 concentrations in advanced diabetic retinopathy
Authors: Kang Hae Min , Hasanuzzaman Md. , Kim So Won , Koh Hyoung Jun , Lee Sung Chul 
Published: May 2022

PurposeEndothelin-1 (ET-1) is a potent vasoconstrictor which seems to be involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy (DR). However, studies on intraocular ET-1 in DR have been limited. Thus, we investigated aqueous ET-1 levels in patients with DR.MethodsA total 85 subjects were included in this prospective study. Those were classified into three groups: advanced DR group included those with severe nonproliferative DR or proliferative DR, whereas early DR group included those with mild nonproliferative DR or moderative nonproliferative DR. Those who underwent cataract surgery and had no concomitant ocular disease were included in the control group. Aqueous humor levels of ET-1 were obtained before intravitreal bevacizumab injection (IVB) and after 1 month for the DR patients, and at the time of cataract surgery for the control group.ResultsAdvanced DR group included 40 eyes (47.1%), whereas early DR group did 19 eyes (22.4%), and control group (26 eyes, 30.5%). Mean aqueous ET-1 level was 10.1±4.1 pg/mL (6.0–21.0 pg/mL) in advanced DR group, 1.9±0.7 pg/mL (0.6–2.8 pg/mL) in early DR group, and 2.1±1.0 pg/mL (0.7–3.9 pg/mL) in control group (P < 0.001). Advanced DR group was further subdivided into severe nonproliferative DR (15 eyes, 12.8%) and proliferative DR (25 eyes, 34.3%). Mean aqueous ET-1 level was 10.1±4.3 pg/mL (6.0–20.1 pg/mL) in patients with severe nonproliferative DR, and 10.0±4.0 pg/mL (6.0–21.0 pg/mL) in those with proliferative DR (P = 0.928) at baseline. Mean ET-1 level at 1 month after intravitreal injection was 2.5±1.0 pg/mL (0.3–4.8 pg/mL) in patients with severe proliferative DR and 2.9±1.7 pg/mL (1.0–7.0 pg/mL) in those with proliferative DR (P = 0.443). Mean aqueous ET-1 level was significantly reduced in both groups (P < 0.001, respectively).ConclusionThe mean aqueous ET-1 level was significantly higher in the eyes with advanced DR than those with early DR and the control group. The mean aqueous ET-1 level was significantly reduced after intravitreal injections in the advanced DR group. Based on our results, future studies on the exact role of ET-1 in the pathogenesis of DR and future implication for intervention would be helpful for managing DR.
The Album of the World Emperor: Cross-Cultural Collecting and the Art of Album-Making in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul, Emine Fetvaci (2019)
Authors: Woodhead Christine 
Published: May 2022

Review of: The Album of the World Emperor: Cross-Cultural Collecting and the Art of Album-Making in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul, Emine Fetvaci (2019)
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 296 pp., 126 colour illus.,
ISBN: 9780691189154, $65 (hardback)
What Is ‘Islamic’ Art? Between Religion and Perception, Wendy M. K. Shaw (2019)
Authors: Lenssen Anneka 
Published: May 2022

Review of: What Is ‘Islamic’ Art? Between Religion and Perception, Wendy M. K. Shaw (2019)
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 366 pp., 52 colour illus.,
ISBN: 9781108622967, $39.99 (hardback)
The thing most important
Authors: Bradley Scott P. 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
The Zhuangzi is a book that opens to a virtual wilderness of interpretive possibilities begging for exploration by scholars and laypersons alike. What follows here is an adventuresome foray by one of the latter. As such, it is essentially an exercise in creative writing. Since it is our interpretive conclusion that this was precisely what Zhuangzi himself was about, we believe he would smile broadly upon this endeavor however far-afield its proclamations might be. This point is central within this essay. However we engage with Zhuangzi, whether as a dilettante or an academic, it is the engagement that matters most. Conclusions are secondary at best. This having been said, conclusions will be found herein. Ambiguity is the signature characteristic of Zhuangzi’s writing. Awareness of ambiguity as a defining characteristic of the human experience invites us to consider the importance of not-knowing, the thing-left-out, the usefulness of the useless, the prioritization of Yin over Yang, and, most importantly, the experience of inherent emptiness. For Zhuangzi, such an awareness invites a radical paradigm shift away from the cognitive to the visceral. It invites an embrace of emptiness that renders one free of all dependence on being a self in need of itself.
An overview of translation semiotics in China
Authors: Du Yueqing 
Published: May 2022

AbstractTranslation semiotics is a new discipline which emerged in recent years from the two fields of translation and semiotics. Scholars in China, such as Hongwei Jia, have carried out related studies on this new discipline, defining it, positioning its research range, and providing its theoretical frame. Jia innovatively proposed the construction of three retranslation domains applicable to translation semiotics – intrasemiospheric translation, intersemiospheric translation, and suprasemiospheric translation – to broaden the theoretical perspective of translation semiotics. In this paper I present an overview of a comprehensive survey of the literature on translation semiotics in China to reflect the current situation of Chinese academic research in this field. The paper provides an analysis of the survey results revealing the progress of research, summarizes the existing shortcomings and problems, and discusses future development trends in this field in order to provide some ideas and references for further research.
From “Chinese bound feet” to “Chinese lover(s)” – excerpts from Marguerite Duras: La chambre noire de l’écriture
Authors: Huang Hong 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
This paper draws on a translated and adapted excerpt from the author’s book, Marguerite Duras: La chambre noire de l’écriture (2021) (original title: 玛格丽特·杜拉斯:写作的暗房). Starting with Marguerite Duras’s unpublished essay, “Les petits pieds de la Chine,” written around 1950, this paper aims to reveal how childhood memories are generated and transformed into Duras’s typical mode of writing about the self over time, which holds good for understanding and analyzing the five versions of lover(s) that Duras created from the 1940s to the early 1990s. The theme and destination of Duras’s creation is not so much love as writing, which never stops generating “another possibility of returning to the original book.”
A Sontagian interpretation of Love for Life
Authors: Ke Ying 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
Susan Sontag’s discussion and depiction of illness, especially AIDS, in her writings can help us better understand the metaphoric mechanism of illness in the Chinese film Love for Life. As one of the leading metaphors attached to AIDS, plague brings discrimination and prejudice against AIDS patients, whether they are to blame or not. Moreover, due to demonization, AIDS patients suffer from social death even when they are still alive. Love for Life challenges the taboo subject in China and makes an appeal that the body should not be treated as the vehicle of metaphors and that we need to break the illness–health dichotomy so as to shake off the metaphors of illness.
On an iterative fractional Tikhonov–Landweber method for ill-posed problems
Authors: Xiong Xiangtuan , Li Zhenping , Li Jun 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
Recently, fractional Landweber and iterative fractional Tikhonov method are well investigated for solving ill-posed problems.
In this paper, based on a special discretization scheme of the gradient flow equation, a general iterative scheme is obtained.
We call it iterative fractional Tikhonov–Landweber method.
Error analysis is conducted for this method.
A preliminary numerical test shows that the proposed method has its advantage.
Joint formation mechanism of different laser transmission welding paths
Authors: Wang Hao , Li Pin , Wang Xiao , Xu Wei , Liu HuiXia 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
In this study, the rectilinear, sine, and spiral paths of polymer transmission welding were used to perform welding comparative experiments, and the influence of various parameters in the polymer transmission welding of different laser paths on the joint performance and the formation of molten pool was discussed. The spiral path exhibited the highest joint strength, that increased by more than 50% compared with conventional rectilinear welding. The molten pool formed by spiral welding had a high depth-to-width ratio. Microscope observations revealed that the glass fiber flow signs in the molten pool were obvious, the glass fiber in the molten pool was abundant, and the bubble generation rate in the molten pool was lower. In this paper, Fortran language was used to construct Gaussian body heat source movement model with different paths. Results show that the spiral welding had higher welding stability than traditional rectilinear welding, welding defects caused by the lack of heat in the previous period can be properly compensated by selecting the appropriate welding period, Therefore, good joint performance can be achieved. In addition, amplitude and period are two important process parameters of spiral welding, and their sizes have important effects on joint strength and molten pool formation
Factors influencing the prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in the United Arab Emirates
Authors: Dalibalta Sarah , Abukhaled Yara , Samara Fatin 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
Statistics indicate that at least 20–25% of women suffer from PCOS in the Gulf region. Despite its prevalence and negative implications on reproductive, metabolic, and physiological heath the exact cause of PCOS is unknown, in part due to the diversity of symptoms manifested by this disorder. In this review, we investigate causes of PCOS globally and draw on these studies, to determine the potential contributing factors for PCOS pathogenesis in the UAE population. The most frequently identified factors promoting PCOS pathogenesis that may be pertinent to this population include physiological factors such as insulin resistance, vitamin D deficiency, genetic factors, obesity, and anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) levels in the body as well as environmental factors such as air pollution, endocrine disrupting chemicals, and pesticide use. This evidence will help inform healthcare workers and government agencies to set up optimal guidelines for control and awareness of PCOS in the UAE.
Making a meta-surface soliton-ready
Authors: Sharma Neeraj , Jana Soumendu 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
Metamaterials attracted significant attention due to their unprecedented properties in the electromagnetic domain. However, they are facing challenges while putting for applications due to the strong dispersion associated with the resonant responses and high losses. In this communication, we present a path to overcome these problems by turning the propagating electromagnetic wave into a soliton wave that can sustain dispersion and loss. For theoretical demonstration, we considered a hybrid 2D metamaterial that consists of arrays of split-ring resonators on a graphene layer. We identified the parametric region that ensures dispersion and loss less propagation of electromagnetic wave in form of a dissipative soliton. This approach can be applied to a large variety of metamaterials and metasurfaces for which a set of coupled rate equation is available.
Software-gestützte Planung der Smart-Service-Transformation
Authors: Reinhold Jannik , Siewert Michael , Scholtysik Michél , Rasor Anja , Koldewey Christian , Dumitrescu Roman 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
Smart Services eröffnen vielfältige Geschäftsmöglichkeiten für produzierende Unternehmen und erfordern zugleich einschneidende Anpassungen ihrer häufig historisch gewachsenen Wertschöpfung. Dieser Beitrag zeigt eine Web-Applikation, die es produzierenden Unternehmen erlaubt, die erforderliche Smart-Service-Transformation zu planen. Dafür werden umfassendes Lösungswissen bereitgestellt und eine individuelle Gestaltungsempfehlungen für die zukünftige Wertschöpfung als Smart-Service-Anbieter gegeben.
Entwicklung eines Überwachungs- und Servicemanagementsystems für Sterilisations- und Schredderanlagen
Authors: Reuter Thomas , Taraschuk Igor , Liebl Stefan , Luft Conrad , Modaleck Toni 
Published: May 2022

AbstractDie Menge an toxischen Abfällen, die in Krankenhäusern und medizinischen Einrichtungen anfällt, steigt stetig an. Zwar stehen zentrale Entsorgungs- bzw. Betreiberlösungen zur Beseitigung von toxischen Abfällen in hochentwickelten Industrieländern zur Verfügung – dies gilt jedoch nicht für Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländer. Mögliche Gründe hierfür sind der nicht zu unterschätzende logistische Aufwand, der einer zentralen Entsorgungsstraße entgegensteht, sowie die fehlende Qualifikation benötigter Fachkräfte zur Wartung und Reparatur derartiger Anlagen. Um dieser Problematik künftig zu begegnen, wurde ein intelligentes Überwachungs- und Servicemanagementsystem für kompakte Sterilisations- und Schredderanlagen konzipiert. Unter Anwendung der entwickelten Methodik kann das Instandhaltungslevel von einem klassisch reaktiv geführten Service hin zu einem prädiktiven Service durch Fehlerklassifizierungen aus Expertenwissen sowie Vorhersagemodellen aus Maschinen- und Sensordaten gesteigert werden.
The Combined Effect of Static Stretching and Foam Rolling With or Without Vibration on the Range of Motion, Muscle Performance, and Tissue Hardness of the Knee Extensor
Authors: Nakamura Masatoshi , Konrad Andreas , Kasahara Kazuki , Yoshida Riku , Murakami Yuta , Sato Shigeru , Aizawa Kodai , Koizumi Ryoma , Wilke Jan 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
Nakamura, M, Konrad, A, Kasahara, K, Yoshida, R, Murakami, Y, Sato, S, Aizawa, K, Koizumi, R, and Wilke, J. The combined effect of static stretching and foam rolling with or without vibration on the range of motion, muscle performance, and tissue hardness of the knee extensor. J Strength Cond Res 37(2): 322–327, 2023—Although the combination of static stretching (SS) and foam rolling (FR) is frequently used for warm-up in sports, the effect of the intervention order is unclear. This study compared mechanical tissue properties, pain sensitivity, and motor function after SS and FR (with and without vibration) performed in different orders. Our randomized, controlled, crossover experiment included 15 healthy male subjects (22.5 ± 3.3 years) who visited the laboratory 5 times (inactive control condition, FR + SS, FRvibration + SS, SS + FR, and SS + FRvibration) with an interval of ≥48 hours. In each session, subjects completed three 60-second bouts of FR and SS, targeting the anterior thigh. Pressure pain threshold, tissue hardness, knee flexion range of motion (ROM), maximal voluntary isometric (MVC-ISO), and concentric (MVC-CON) torque, as well as countermovement jump height, were determined before and after the intervention. All interventions significantly (p < 0.01) increased knee flexion ROM (d = 0.78, d = 0.87, d = 1.39, and d = 0.87, respectively) while decreasing tissue hardness (d = −1.25, d = −1.09, d = −1.18, and d = −1.24, respectively). However, MVC-ISO torque was significantly reduced only after FR + SS (p = 0.05, d = −0.59). Our results suggest that SS should be followed by FR when aiming to increase ROM and reduce tissue hardness without concomitant stretch-induced force deficits (MVC-ISO, MVC-CON, and countermovement jump height). Additionally, adding vibration to FR does not seem to affect the magnitude of changes observed in the examined outcomes.
Introducing a Method to Quantify the Specificity of Training for Races in Speed Skating
Authors: Roete Annemiek J. , Stoter Inge K. , Lamberts Robert P. , Elferink-Gemser Marije T. , Otter Ruby T.A. 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
Roete, AJ, Stoter, IK, Lamberts, RP, Elferink-Gemser, MT, and Otter, RTA. Introducing a method to quantify the specificity of training for races in speed skating. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000–000, 2022—The specificity of training for races is believed to be important for performance development. However, measuring specificity is challenging. This study aimed to develop a method to quantify the specificity of speed skating training for sprint races (i.e., 500 and 1,000 m), and explore the amount of training specificity with a pilot study. On-ice training and races of 10 subelite-to-elite speed skaters were analyzed during 1 season (i.e., 26 weeks). Intensity was mapped using 5 equal zones, between 4 m·s−1 to peak velocity and 50% to peak heart rate. Training specificity was defined as skating in the intensity zone most representative for the race for a similar period as during the race. During the season, eight 500 m races, seven 1,000 m races, and 509 training sessions were analyzed, of which 414 contained heart rate and 375 sessions contained velocity measures. Within-subject analyses were performed. During races, most time was spent in the highest intensity zone (Vz5 and HRz5). In training, the highest velocity zone Vz5 was reached 107 ± 28 times, with 9 ± 3 efforts (0.3 ± 0.1% training) long enough to be considered 500 m specific, 6 ± 5 efforts (0.3 ± 0.3% training) were considered 1,000 m specific. For heart rate, HRz5 was reached 151 ± 89 times in training, 43 ± 33 efforts (1.3 ± 0.9% training) were considered 500 m specific, and 36 ± 23 efforts (3.2 ± 1.7% training) were considered 1,000 m specific. This newly developed method enables the examination of training specificity so that coaches can control whether their intended specificity was reached. It also opens doors to further explore the impact of training specificity on performance development.
Comparing the Effects of Long-Term vs. Periodic Inclusion of Isometric Strength Training on Strength and Dynamic Performances
Authors: Lum Danny , Joseph Ranald , Ong Keng Y. , Tang Jei M. , Suchomel Timothy J. 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
Lum, D, Joseph, R, Ong, KY, Tang, JM, and Suchomel, TJ. Comparing the effects of long-term vs. periodic inclusion of isometric strength training on strength and dynamic performances. J Strength Cond Res 37(2): 305–314, 2023—This study compared the effects of including isometric strength training (IST) for consecutive 24 weeks (CIST) against a periodic inclusion (PIST) of this mode of training on strength and dynamic performances. Twenty-four floorball athletes (age: 23 ± 2.7 years, stature: 1.74 ± 2.08 m, and body mass: 72.7 ± 14.4 kg) were randomly assigned to the control (CON), CIST, or PIST group. Athletes completed 20-m sprint, countermovement jump (CMJ), and isometric midthigh pull (IMTP) during pre-test and were tested on weeks 6, 12, 18, and 24. All groups performed a similar strength training program twice per week. However, 2 sets of squats were replaced with isometric squat in CIST for all 24 weeks but only on weeks 1–6 and 13–18 for PIST. A significant main effect for time was observed for 5-, 10-, and 20-m sprint time, CMJ height, peak force, peak power, time to take-off, modified reactive strength index, IMTP peak force, relative peak force, and force at 200 milliseconds (p = <0.001–0.037). Isometric strength training for 24 consecutive weeks resulted in greater improvement in 5-m sprint time than CON at week 24 (p = 0.024, g = 1.17). Both CIST and PIST resulted in greater improvements in 10-m sprint time than CON at various time points (p = 0.007–0.038 and 0.038, g = 1.07–1.44 and 1.18, respectively). Isometric strength training for 24 consecutive weeks and PIST resulted in greater improvements in 20-m sprint time than CON at week 6 (p = 0.007 and 0.025, g = 1.65 and 1.40, respectively). The results showed that the inclusion of IST resulted in greater improvements in sprint performance than CON but no significant difference in all measured variables with PIST.
Intelligent Smart Community Public Service Supply Optimization Algorithm under Big Data Background for Smart City
Authors: Zuo Chenzhuo , Chen Qiang 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
Nowadays, the organizational structure of public service facilities is loose, which is not conducive to the development and progress of public services. Therefore, it is very important to find an optimization algorithm for the supply of public services in intelligent communities. Aiming at the resource waste problem of high repetition rate and low utilization rate in the current method, an optimization algorithm for providing public services in intelligent communities under the background of big data is proposed. According to the attributes of planning factors, the planning scheme of the spatial layout is divided into multiple subsystems and the goodness value of the factors in the scheme is calculated by using the single factor modular root method. Taking each subsystem as a factor, the comprehensive goodness value of each decision scheme is obtained respectively, so as to complete the creation of the spatial layout model of public service facilities. Based on this model, the fractal dimension, shape, and discrete index of a land patch are calculated for the public service facilities of the intelligent community, and the calculated results are used to optimize the public service supply in intelligent communities. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can optimize the public service supply of intelligent communities and give them the advantages of low repetition rate and high utilization rate.