bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Rapid Spontaneous Total Fusion of Neuropathic Arthropathy of the Wrist After Limited Intercarpal Arthrodesis: A Case Report and Brief Literature Review
Authors: Xu Ke , Wu Guangzhi , Zhang Weizhong , Yu Wei , Cui Shusen , Zhang Zhan 
Published: June 2022

BackgroundPrevious reports on the treatment of neuropathic arthropathy of the wrist were generally conservative, with few case reports of treatment with osteoarticular surgery.Case PresentationA 25-year-old right-handed male complained of unpainful swelling of the dorsal aspect of his right wrist for 3 years. He was at that time diagnosed with synovitis and radiocarpal arthritis. The patient underwent a partial Four-Corner Arthrodesis and Synoviectomy to preserve motor function. Over the next 2 months, his right wrist also developed painful redness, with progressive swelling and stiffness. Rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculosis arthritis, and infectious diseases were ruled out in this case. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicated that he had Chiari II syringomyelia so the patient was eventually diagnosed with destructive neuropathic arthropathy (syringomyelia). After 2 months of conservative treatment, the patient’s right wrist spontaneously and completely fused and the pain disappeared.ConclusionNeuropathic arthropathy of the wrist is a rare but clinically significant disease due to its effect on the function of the active limb. Surgeons should rule out a diagnosis of it when treating patients with wrist swelling and osteoarticular abnormalities, otherwise, limited intercarpal arthrodesis should not be taken as a treatment option. Inappropriate partial surgery is likely to lead to rapid total fusion of neuropathic arthropathy of the wrist.
Comparative Efficacy of Three Minimally Invasive Procedures for Kümmell’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
Authors: Wang Yajian , Liu Bo , Sun Zhenwei , Zhang Yaning , Su Jiangping 
Published: June 2022

BackgroundPercutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP), percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP), and bone-filling mesh containers(BFC) are three viable minimally invasive techniques that have been used to treat Kümmell’s disease(KD). However, there is still debate as to which is safer and more effective. This study summarized the pros and cons of the three techniques in the treatment of KD through network meta-analysis(NMA).MethodsAll eligible published clinical control studies comparing PVP, PKP, and BFC for KD up to December 2021 were collected by online search of Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, CNKI, Wanfang Database, and Chinese biomedical literature database. Data were extracted after screening, and Stata 16.0 software was used to perform the network meta-analysis.ResultsFour randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and 16 retrospective case-control studies (CCTs) with a total of 1114 patients were included. The NMA results showed no statistical difference between the 3 procedures in terms of improving patients’ clinical symptoms. PKP was most likely to be the most effective in correcting kyphosis, while BFC was likely to be the most effective in managing the occurrence of cement leakage. No statistical differences were found in the incidence of new vertebral fractures in adjacent segments.ConclusionsRanking analysis showed that BFC has the highest likelihood of being the optimal procedure for the treatment of KD, based on a combined assessment of effectiveness in improving patients’ symptoms and safety in the occurrence of adverse events.
Management of Vulvovaginal Cellular Angiofibroma: A Single-Center Experience
Authors: Yuan Zhen , Wang Jinhui , Wang Yongxue , Feng Fengzhi , Pan Lingya , Xiang Yang , Shi Xiaohua 
Published: June 2022

ObjectiveThe study aimed to explore the clinical characteristics, treatment, and prognosis of cellular angiofibroma in females.MethodsWe performed a retrospective study in patients with vulvovaginal cellular angiofibroma treated at Peking Union Medical College Hospital between August 2012 and October 2021.ResultsEight patients were included in our study, with 7 cases of vulvar tumors and 1 case of vaginal stump tumors. The median age at diagnosis was 47.5 years (range, 38–83 years). The tumors were found incidentally in two patients (2/8, 25.00%) without specific history before diagnosis surgery. Of the other six patients, the median history from onset of the mass to diagnosis was 5.5 years (range, 3–14 years). Complete excision was performed in all 8 patients. According to histopathologic examination, the median tumor size was 3.4 cm (range, 1.7–11 cm). As the tumor size increased, both the operation time and postoperative length of stay increased. Gonadotrophin releasing hormone agonist was used in one case to minimize the size of the tumor, obtaining satisfactory results. Up to the last follow-up, no evidence of relapse was found in all 8 patients.ConclusionsFor vulvovaginal cellular angiofibroma, the mainstay of treatment remains surgical resection without residual tumor if possible; inadvertent urinary system injury and rectum injury should be avoided to the utmost; and enough attention should be paid to hemostasis to avoid hematoma after surgery. Before surgery, hormone receptor modulators may be considered to minimize the size of the tumor to reduce the surgery-associated risk.
Assessment of the Commitments and Performance of the European Food Industry to Improve Population Nutrition
Authors: Van Dam Iris , Guillon Emilie , Robinson Ella , Allais Olivier , Sacks Gary , Vandevijvere Stefanie 
Published: June 2022

Objectives: Food companies could play an important role in improving population diets, but often escape accountability through unspecific commitments. This study evaluated nutrition-related commitments and estimated performance of the largest packaged food and non-alcoholic beverage manufacturers, supermarkets and quick-service restaurants (QSR) in Europe.Methods: To quantitatively assess companies’ publicly available commitments in 2020, the “Business Impact Assessment on Obesity and Population Nutrition” was applied. The proportion of sales from ultra-processed and “unhealthy” food categories (product categories not-permitted to be marketed to children) and over time changes in the number of QSR transactions and QSR and supermarket outlets were calculated.Results: Company commitments fell short of best practice recommendations (median overall score of 21%, range: 1%–62%). Food and beverage companies generated 82% (15%–100%) and 58% (1%–100%) sales from ultra-processed and “unhealthy” products, respectively. The number of QSR outlets and transactions substantially increased in Europe since 2011, while QSR commitments to improve population nutrition remained limited.Conclusion: Whilst most companies made some nutrition-related commitments, they did not comply with best practice recommendations. A large proportion of sales was generated from ultra-processed/unhealthy products and QSR outlets increased. Government regulations are urgently needed.
Anxiety, Worry, Life Satisfaction and Coping During the Acute VS Prolonged Pandemic Stress: Evidence From a Repeated Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Shekriladze Ia , Javakhishvili Nino , Butsashvili Nino , Lortkipanidze Maka 
Published: June 2022

Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic remains a continuous stressor worldwide. Our study aimed at comparing the data of waves from two lockdowns in Georgia, one in the acute stress phase (May 2020) and the other in the prolonged stress phase (December 2020).Methods: In total, 750 and 716 individuals participated in the study with a repeated cross-sectional design. Sample equivalence was reached via controlling demographic variables. Anxiety, COVID-19 worry, and life satisfaction were measured along with coping behaviors and four coping styles—information-accessing/processing and action-planning (two problem-focused coping styles), and passive-submissive and avoidant (two emotion-focused coping styles).Results: As pandemic prolonged, mental health indicators worsened, the action-planning style and behavioral coping decreased, while the information-accessing/processing style increased. The link between the COVID-19 worry and the action-planning coping style was strong in the acute stage and dissapeared in the prolonged stage. The individual context, namely, a history of coronavirus in the household, accounted for lower protective behaviors and higher information seeking in the prolonged phase.Conclusion: The findings highlighted the importance of timing and general and individual contexts in coping with the pandemic.
Synchronverters with fast current loops
Authors: Kustanovich Zeev , Shivratri Shivprasad , YIN HANG , Reissner Florian , Weiss George 
Published: June 2022

<p> Virtual synchronous machines (VSM) are inverters that behave towards the power grid like synchronous generators. Hence, they can be used as grid forming inverters and they can support the grid with inertia, droops, fault ride-through and more. Synchronverters are a much studied type of VSM. In this paper we present several improvements and innovations to the synchronverter control algorithm. We offer a complete design procedure for this algorithm. One change is meant to mitigate the fact that earlier designs are very sensitive to grid voltage measurement errors and processing delay, which may cause harmonic distortion and fluctuating amplitude of the grid-side currents. We propose to include a fast current controller as the internal control loop of the inverter. The design of this current controller involves delicate issues of compensating the delays and eliminating the DC components of the currents. The new design enables also a natural way for distortion-less current limitation. We present a smooth start?up procedure. Our simulations and experiments show that the current controller leads to a dramatic reduction of the sensitivity of the VSM to measurement errors, processing delay and grid voltage imbalance. </p>
Рядък случай на уртикария, асоциирана с вибрационна болест
Authors: Паскалев Петър , Дерменджиев Светлан 
Published: June 2022

Едно от съвременните определения за уртикария я дефинира като състояние, което се характеризира с възникването на уртики, ангиоедем или и двете. Класифицира се като остра (с продължителност под 6 седмици) и хронична (над 6 седмици), която от своя страна се подразделя на спонтанна и индуцирана уртикария.
Вибрационната уртикария / ангиоедем е сред най-редките форми на хронично индуцираната уртикария. Може да бъде наследствена или придобита, като последната се среща по-често и понякога може да бъде професионално обусловена. Преобладава становището, че патогенетичният механизъм е свързан с неимунологична реакция. Терапията от първа линия включва неседативни антихистамини в конвенционални или по-високи дози. Професионалната експозиция на локални и общи вибрации, която обуславя вибрационната болест, може, макар и рядко, да бъде отключващ екзацербациите на хроничната уртикария фактор. При липса на точно диагностициране и адекватно лечение, честите обостряния на тази рядко срещана форма могат да влошат качеството на живот на пациентите.
Описаният от нас клиничен случай на асоциация между уртикария и вибрационна болест ще допринесе за подобряване на комплексния диагностично-лечебен алгоритъм при уртикарията, с цел по-широко познаване на редките ѝ форми, и по-благоприятно протичане на заболяването. Оптималната колаборация между алерголози, дерматолози, специалисти по професионални болести и общопрактикуващи лекари е необходима в подобни случаи за повишаване на качеството на медицинското обслужване, което ще доведе до по-добри резултати от проведените диагностично-терапевтични мероприятия.
Same same, but different: A psychometric examination of three frequently used experimental tasks for cognitive bias assessment in a sample of healthy young adults
Authors: Machulska Alla , Kleinke Kristian , Klucken Tim 
Published: June 2022

AbstractCognitive bias research draws upon the notion that altered information processing is key for understanding psychological functioning and well-being. However, little attention has been paid to the question of whether the frequently used experimental paradigms hold adequate psychometric properties. The present study examined the psychometric properties of three widely used cognitive bias tasks: the Approach-Avoidance Task (AAT), the visual dot-probe-task, and the Implicit Association Test (IAT). Approach, attentional, and association biases towards valenced stimuli were repeatedly measured at five different time points in a sample of 79 healthy young adults. Two different devices were used for assessment: a personal computer (PC) and a touchscreen-based tablet. Reliability estimates included internal consistency and temporal stability. Validity was inferred from convergence across different behavioral tasks and correlations between bias scores and self-reported psychological traits. Reliability ranged widely amongst tasks, assessment devices, and measurement time points. While the dot-probe-task appeared to be completely unreliable, bias scores obtained from the PC-based version of the AAT and both (PC and touchscreen) versions of the IAT showed moderate reliability. Almost no associations were found across information processing tasks or between implicit and explicit measures. Cognitive bias research should adopt a standard practice to routinely estimate and report psychometric properties of experimental paradigms, investigate feasible ways to develop more reliable tools, and use tasks that are suitable to answer the precise research question asked.
Willingness to participate in in-the-moment surveys triggered by online behaviors
Authors: Ochoa Carlos , Revilla Melanie 
Published: June 2022

AbstractSurveys are a fundamental tool of empirical research, but they suffer from errors: in particular, respondents can have difficulties recalling information of interest to researchers. Recent technological developments offer new opportunities to collect data passively (i.e., without participant’s intervention), avoiding recall errors. One of these opportunities is registering online behaviors (e.g., visited URLs) through tracking software (“meter”) voluntarily installed by a sample of individuals on their browsing devices. Nevertheless, metered data are also affected by errors and only cover part of the objective information, while subjective information is not directly observable. Asking participants about such missing information by means of web surveys conducted in the moment an event of interest is detected by the meter has the potential to fill the gap. However, this method requires participants to be willing to participate. This paper explores the willingness to participate in in-the-moment web surveys triggered by online activities recorded by a participant-installed meter. A conjoint experiment implemented in an opt-in metered panel in Spain reveals overall high levels of willingness to participate among panelists already sharing metered data, ranging from 69% to 95%. The main aspects affecting this willingness are related to the incentive levels offered. Limited differences across participants are observed, except for household size and education. Answers to open questions also confirm that the incentive is the key driver of the decision to participate, whereas other potential problematic aspects such as the limited time to participate, privacy concerns, and discomfort caused by being interrupted play a limited role.
Electrostatic Lofting Conditions for Supercharged Dust
Authors: Nichols K. D. , Scheeres D. J. 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
Electrostatic dust lofting may be a common occurrence on small bodies in the solar system, whereby the upward electrostatic force on a grain is able to overcome the surface gravity and cohesion binding it to the surface. This electrostatic lofting may serve to redistribute and transport dust across the surface of these bodies to produce features such as dust ponds and lineations found on Eros, or even to rid bodies of small particles completely. Classical models, which distribute charge evenly across a dust grain, have historically predicted electric field strengths that are insufficient to loft dust. However, recent studies have developed grain-scale charging models that account for the buildup of charge in the microcavities of regolith and assume unequal distribution of charge on a dust grain. These models predict electric field strengths orders of magnitude larger than classical models, which may explain how electrostatic dust lofting occurs on small bodies. In this paper, we compare the grain-scale supercharging models developed by Zimmerman et al. and survey how the different parameters affect grain charging—namely, charge separation, grain size, and dielectric breakdown strength. Furthermore, we investigate how each of the charging models can be used to bound initial condition requirements such as charge and velocity for dust lofting to occur on these small bodies. Initial condition requirements are examined for a range of grain sizes, regolith cohesive strengths, and small body sizes.
The CO Emission in the Taffy Galaxies (UGC 12914/15) at 60 pc Resolution. I. The Battle for Star Formation in the Turbulent Taffy Bridge
Authors: Appleton P. N. , Emonts B. , Lisenfeld U. , Falgarone E. , Guillard P. , Boulanger F. , Braine J. , Ogle P. , Struck C. , Vollmer B. , Yeager T. 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observations at a spatial resolution of 0.″2 (60 pc) of CO emission from the Taffy galaxies (UGC 12914/5). The observations are compared with narrowband Paα, mid-IR, radio continuum and X-ray imaging, plus optical spectroscopy. The galaxies have undergone a recent head-on collision, creating a massive gaseous bridge that is known to be highly turbulent. The bridge contains a complex web of narrow molecular filaments and clumps. The majority of the filaments are devoid of star formation, and fall significantly below the Kennicutt–Schmidt relationship for normal galaxies, especially for the numerous regions undetected in Paα emission. Within the loosely connected filaments and clumps of gas we find regions of high velocity dispersion that appear gravitationally unbound for a wide range of likely values of X
CO. Like the “Firecracker” region in the Antennae system, they would require extremely high external dynamical or thermal pressure to stop them dissipating rapidly on short crossing timescales of 2–5 Myr. We suggest that the clouds may be transient structures within a highly turbulent multiphase medium that is strongly suppressing star formation. Despite the overall turbulence in the system, stars seem to have formed in compact hotspots within a kiloparsec-sized extragalactic H ii region, where the molecular gas has a lower velocity dispersion than elsewhere, and shows evidence for a collision with an ionized gas cloud. Like the shocked gas in the Stephan’s Quintet group, the conditions in the Taffy bridge shows how difficult it is to form stars within a turbulent, multiphase, gas.
The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. XXXIII. Stellar Population Gradients in the Virgo Cluster Core Globular Cluster System
Authors: Ko Youkyung , Peng Eric W. , Côté Patrick , Ferrarese Laura , Liu Chengze , Longobardi Alessia , Lançon Ariane , Muñoz Roberto P. , Puzia Thomas H. , Alamo-Martínez Karla A. , Sales Laura V. , Ramos-Almendares Felipe , Abadi Mario G. , Lee Myung Gyoon , Hwang Ho Seong , Caldwell Nelson , Blakeslee John P. , Boselli Alessandro , Cuillandre Jean-Charles , Duc Pierre-Alain , Eyheramendy Susana , Guhathakurta Puragra , Gwyn Stephen , Jordán Andrés , Lim Sungsoon , Sánchez-Janssen Rubén , Toloba Elisa 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
We present a study of the stellar populations of globular clusters (GCs) in the Virgo Cluster core with a homogeneous spectroscopic catalog of 692 GCs within a major-axis distance R
maj = 840 kpc from M87. We investigate radial and azimuthal variations in the mean age, total metallicity, [Fe/H], and α-element abundance of blue (metal-poor) and red (metal-rich) GCs using their co-added spectra. We find that the blue GCs have a steep radial gradient in [Z/H] within R
maj = 165 kpc, with roughly equal contributions from [Fe/H] and [α/Fe], and flat gradients beyond. By contrast, the red GCs show a much shallower gradient in [Z/H], which is entirely driven by [Fe/H]. We use GC-tagged Illustris simulations to demonstrate an accretion scenario where more massive satellites (with more metal- and α-rich GCs) sink further into the central galaxy than less massive ones, and where the gradient flattening occurs because of the low GC occupation fraction of low-mass dwarfs disrupted at larger distances. The dense environment around M87 may also cause the steep [α/Fe] gradient of the blue GCs, mirroring what is seen in the dwarf galaxy population. The progenitors of red GCs have a narrower mass range than those of blue GCs, which makes their gradients shallower. We also explore spatial inhomogeneity in GC abundances, finding that the red GCs to the northwest of M87 are slightly more metal-rich. Future observations of GC stellar population gradients will be useful diagnostics of halo merger histories.
Multiple Measurements of Gravitational Waves Acting as Standard Probes: Model-independent Constraints on the Cosmic Curvature with DECIGO
Authors: Zhang Yilong , Cao Shuo , Liu Xiaolin , Liu Tonghua , Liu Yuting , Zheng Chenfa 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
Although the spatial curvature has been precisely determined via observations of the cosmic microwave background by the Planck satellite, it still suffers from the well-known cosmic curvature tension. As a standard siren, gravitational waves (GWs) from binary neutron star mergers provide a direct way to measure the luminosity distance. In addition, the accelerating expansion of the universe may cause an additional phase shift in the gravitational waveform, which will allow us to measure the acceleration parameter. This measurement provides an important opportunity to determine the curvature parameter Ω
k
in the GW domain based on the combination of two different observables for the same objects at high redshifts. In this study, we investigate how such an idea could be implemented with the future generation of the space-based Decihertz Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (DECIGO) in the framework of two model-independent methods. Our results show that DECIGO could provide a reliable and stringent constraint on the cosmic curvature at a precision of ΔΩ
k
= 0.12, which is comparable to existing results based on different electromagnetic data. Our constraints are more stringent than the traditional electromagnetic method from the Pantheon sample of Type Ia supernovae, which shows no evidence for a deviation from a flat universe at z ∼ 2.3. More importantly, with our model-independent method, such a second-generation space-based GW detector would also be able to explore the possible evolution of Ω
k
with redshift, through direct measurements of cosmic curvature at different redshifts (z ∼ 5). Such a model-independent Ω
k
reconstruction to the distant past could become a milestone in gravitational-wave cosmology.