bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Measuring relatives’ perceptions of end-of-life communication with physicians in five countries: a psychometric analysis
Authors: Koniewski Maciej , Barańska Ilona , Kijowska Violetta , van der Steen Jenny T. , Wichmann Anne B. , Payne Sheila , Gambassi Giovanni , Van Den Noortgate Nele , Finne-Soveri Harriet , Smets Tinne , Van den Block Lieve , Szczerbińska Katarzyna ,   PACE project
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe Family Perceptions of Physician-Family Caregiver Communication scale (FPPFC) was developed to assess quality of physician-family end-of-life communication in nursing homes. However, its validity has been tested only in the USA and the Netherlands. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the FPPFC construct validity and its reliability, as well as the psychometric characteristics of the items comprising the scale. Data were collected in cross-sectional study in Belgium, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland. The factorial structure was tested in confirmatory factor analysis. Item parameters were obtained using an item response theory model. Participants were 737 relatives of nursing home residents who died up to 3 months prior to the study. In general, the FPPFC scale proved to be a unidimensional and reliable measure of the perceived quality of physician-family communication in nursing home settings in all five countries. Nevertheless, we found unsatisfactory fit to the data with a confirmatory model. An item that referred to advance care planning performed less well in Poland and Italy than in the Northern European countries. In the item analysis, we found that with no loss of reliability and with increased coherency of the item content across countries, the full 7-item version can be shortened to a 4-item version, which may be more appropriate for international studies. Therefore, we recommend use of the brief 4-item FPPFC version by nursing home managers and professionals as an evaluation tool, and by researchers for their studies as these four items confer the same meaning across countries.
Fate of iatrogenic atrial septal defects following mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair – a subanalysis of the MITHRAS trial
Authors: Blazek Stephan , Unterhuber Matthias , Rommel Karl-Philipp , Kresoja Karl-Patrik , Kister Tobias , Besler Christian , Fengler Karl , Rosch Sebastian , Daehnert Ingo , Thiele Holger , Lurz Philipp , von Roeder Maximilian 
Published: November 2022

AbstractPersisting iatrogenic atrial septal defects (iASD) after transcatheter mitral edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) are associated with impaired outcomes. We investigated the natural history of relevant iASDs with left-to-right shunting post-M-TEER, predictors of spontaneous closure of iASD between 1 and 6 months post-M-TEER, and outcomes (heart failure [HF] hospitalization) in patients with spontaneous closure versus those with persistent iASD 6 months post-M-TEER. Patients with a relevant iASD 1-month post-M-TEER, who were treated conservatively in the randomized controlled MITHRAS trial, underwent clinical follow-up including transesophageal echocardiography 6 months post-M-TEER. Overall, 36 patients (median 77 [interquartile range 65–81] years; 36% women) completed the 6-months follow-up. Six (17%) patients had a spontaneous closure of the iASD. The eccentricity index of the iASD 1-month after M-TEER was the strongest predictor for spontaneous closure (Odds ratio 3.78; 95% confidence interval 1.26–11.33, p = 0.01) and an eccentricity index of < 1.9 provided a sensitivity of 77% at a specificity of 83% for iASD persistence (Area under the curve 0.83, p < 0.001) within 6-months post M-TEER.At follow-up, a numerical difference in the endpoint of HF hospitalization between the spontaneous closure and the residual shunt group (0% vs. 20%, p = 0.25) was observed. The eccentricity of the iASD was the strongest predictor for spontaneous closure at 1-months and an eccentricity index of < 1.9 is associated with a high persistence rate for 6 month after M-TEER. Clinical Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03024268 Identifier: NCT03024268.
Graphical Abstract

a (red) is reflecting the mayor lengthwise dimension and b (blue) the mayor oblique dimension. The eccentricity index is calculated
by dividing a through b. (Open circle) is depicting an example for a round iASD and (Open rhombus) an example for an eccentric iASD 1 month after M-TEER.
Complete traceability multimedia fingerprinting codes resistant to averaging attack and adversarial noise with optimal rate
Authors: Vorobyev Ilya 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn this paper we consider complete traceability multimedia fingerprinting codes resistant to averaging attacks and adversarial noise. Recently it was shown that there are no such codes for the case of an arbitrary linear attack. However, for the case of averaging attacks complete traceability multimedia fingerprinting codes of exponential cardinality resistant to constant adversarial noise were constructed in Egorova et al. (Probl Inf Transm 56(4):388–398, 2020). We continue this work and provide an improved lower bound on the rate of these codes.
The species-specificity of energy landscapes for soaring birds, and its consequences for transferring suitability models across species
Authors: Scacco Martina , Arrondo Eneko , Donázar J. Antonio , Flack Andrea , Sánchez-Zapata J. Antonio , Duriez Olivier , Wikelski Martin , Safi Kamran 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Context
Soaring birds depend on atmospheric uplifts and are sensitive to wind energy development. Predictive modelling is instrumental to forecast conflicts between human infrastructures and single species of concern. However, as multiple species often coexist in the same area, we need to overcome the limitations of single species approaches.

Objectives
We investigate whether predictive models of flight behaviour can be transferred across species boundaries.

Methods
We analysed movement data from 57 white storks, Ciconia ciconia, and 27 griffon vultures, Gyps fulvus. We quantified the accuracy of topographic features, correlates of collision risk in soaring birds, in predicting their soaring behaviour, and tested the transferability of the resulting suitability models across species.

Results
59.9% of the total area was predicted to be suitable to vultures only, and 1.2% exclusively to storks. Only 20.5% of the study area was suitable to both species to soar, suggesting the existence of species-specific requirements in the use of the landscape for soaring. Topography alone could accurately predict 75% of the soaring opportunities available to storks across Europe, but was less efficient for vultures (63%). While storks relied on uplift occurrence, vultures relied on uplift quality, needing stronger uplifts to support their higher body mass and wing loading.

Conclusions
Energy landscapes are species-specific and more knowledge is required to accurately predict the behaviour of highly specialised soaring species, such as vultures. Our models provide a base to explore the effects of landscape changes on the flight behaviour of different soaring species. Our results suggest that there is no reliable and responsible way to shortcut risk assessment in areas where multiple species might be at risk by anthropogenic structures.
Using an inventory cluster approach for assessing bushfire preparedness and information needs in vulnerable communities
Authors: Ryan Barbara , King Rachel , Lokuge Weena , Karunasena Warna , Anderson Esther 
Published: November 2022

AbstractDisasters cost the world $US268bn in 2020 in economic, property and human losses. In Queensland, the most disaster-prone of Australian states, flood, cyclone and bushfire will cost $466bn over the next 40 years. Individual preparation for natural hazards has been shown to reduce this cost by reducing adverse experiences, physical health problems and post-traumatic stress, and improving the speed of disaster recovery. This study categorises preparation activity into clusters according to the activity's purpose in order to survey residents of a bushfire-vulnerable area in Queensland, Australia. This cluster approach enabled identification of specific areas of weakness in preparation plans, finding that evacuation planning activity, and safety planning activity were especially weak. These results show that emergency agency communicators and community engagement practitioners can use cluster-based research to better plan messaging within their bushfire preparation communication campaigns to target and motivate specific safety behaviours. Improved safety of people and property will mitigate the costs of bushfires in Queensland in future.
Beyond plans, governance structures, and organizational strategies: how emotional mechanisms can make a difference in emergency response processes
Authors: Ravazzi Stefania 
Published: November 2022

AbstractEmergency policies are among the most challenging policies that policy makers have to deal with, because of their extreme seriousness, the lack of time, and the high uncertainties that are involved. Policy analyses have demonstrated that good structural and organizational strategies are important, but not sufficient, to systematically guarantee a high level of resiliency in response processes. Some scholars have therefore suggested the need to verify whether individual cognitive and relational mechanisms can contribute to explaining the different levels of resiliency that emerge in emergency response processes. From such a perspective, this article presents the findings of a research that was aimed at testing whether emotional mechanisms matter. The affect infusion model was used to provide the analytical framework that was considered to identify the evidence necessary for the empirical research, and the ‘most similar system design’ was applied to select and compare two couples of emergency response processes with similar contextual, structural and organizational features, but different levels of resiliency. The empirical research was conducted from April 2020 to February 2021, through periods of job shadowing and semi-structured interviews with personnel from the public and private organizations involved in the response processes. The research has substantially corroborated the hypothesis and has highlighted that, despite very similar contextual, structural and organizational conditions, a negative emotional mechanism, triggered by fear and anxiety, was pervasive among managers involved in the two lower-resiliency emergency response processes, while a positive emotional mechanism, triggered by pride, was dominant among managers involved in the two lower-resiliency processes.
Response willingness in consecutive travel surveys: an investigation based on the National Household Travel Survey using a sample selection model
Authors: Wang Xinyi , Shaw F. Atiyya , Mokhtarian Patricia L. , Watkins Kari E. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractDeclining survey response rates have increased the costs of travel survey recruitment. Recruiting respondents based on their expressed willingness to participate in future surveys, obtained from a preceding survey, is a potential solution but may exacerbate sample biases. In this study, we analyze the self-selection biases of survey respondents recruited from the 2017 U.S. National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), who had agreed to be contacted again for follow-up surveys. We apply a probit with sample selection (PSS) model to analyze (1) respondents’ willingness to participate in a follow-up survey (the selection model) and (2) their actual response behavior once contacted (the outcome model). Results verify the existence of self-selection biases, which are related to survey burden, sociodemographic characteristics, travel behavior, and item non-response to sensitive variables. We find that age, homeownership, and medical conditions have opposing effects on respondents’ willingness to participate and their actual survey participation. The PSS model is then validated using a hold-out sample and applied to the NHTS samples from various geographic regions to predict follow-up survey participation. Effect size indicators for differences between predicted and actual (population) distributions of select sociodemographic and travel-related variables suggest that the resulting samples may be most biased along age and education dimensions. Further, we summarized six model performance measures based on the PSS model structure. Overall, this study provides insight into self-selection biases in respondents recruited from preceding travel surveys. Model results can help researchers better understand and address such biases, while the nuanced application of various model measures lays a foundation for appropriate comparison across sample selection models.
A Review of Ultrasonic Reflectometry for the Physical Characterization of Lubricated Tribological Contacts: History, Methods, Devices, and Technological Trends
Authors: Schirru M. , Varga M. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractAlthough “film thickness” and “viscosity” represent two of the most important physical parameters in lubricated tribological contacts, their in situ measurement in tribosystems is still difficult. Sensors based on ultrasonic reflectance are a class of sensing devices that allow the direct measurement of these properties. For tribologists especially, the condition changes of tribosystems are of interest, as they determine the smooth operation, proper lubrication condition or the tribosystems’ change to impending failures. Here, ultrasonic reflectance sensors can provide valuable transient information, as they are capable of measuring the evolution of film thickness and viscosity directly, non-invasive, and in situ, thereby bringing a large benefit over classic commercial condition monitoring sensors such as vibration sensors. This paper reviews the methods of operation of ultrasonic reflectance devices, their historical evolution, limitations, potentials, and outline trends of application for the challenges faced by the tribological community and society.
Phenolic profiles, phytochemical composition and vitamin C content of selected horticultural produce from Central Queensland
Authors: Johnson Joel B. , Mani Janice S. , Hoyos Beatriz E. , Naiker Mani 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe Central Queensland region of Australia is a large producer of horticultural produce; however, there are limited studies on the phytochemical composition of the produce from this region. Additionally, some crops or cultivars are poorly known in domestic markets; hence are currently only grown for niche markets. There is opportunity to expand production of these crops if they contain higher levels of health-benefiting compounds compared to existing cultivars. Hence this work aimed to elucidate the phytochemical composition of such under-marketed and/or under-utilised crops, including their phenolic acid and flavonoid profiles. The samples included nine cucurbits, two citrus fruits, dragonfruit and Brazilian cherry. The vitamin C (ascorbic acid) content was quantified using high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection, while the phenolic profiles were gathered using targeted liquid chromatograph tandem mass spectrometry analysis. Antioxidant activity was quantified using the FRAP and CUPRAC assays, while total phenolic content was measured using the Folin-Ciocalteu assay. The results revealed extensive variation in the levels of health-benefiting compounds between the samples. The phenolic profiles of several species/cultivars are reported for the first time. The highest ascorbic acid content was found in blood orange skin (817 mg/100 g DW), while the highest total phenolic content was found in blood orange skin (1988 mg GAE/100 g). Samples showing high antioxidant capacity included blood orange skin, Brazilian cherry and spaghetti squash. These results may support the prospect of marketing several of the crops/cultivars as functional food crops in domestic or export markets.
Design of an isolated renewable hybrid energy system: a case study
Authors: Nassar Yasser F. , Alsadi Samer Y. , El-Khozondar Hala J. , Ismail Mohamoud S. , Al-Maghalseh Maher , Khatib Tamer , Sa’ed Jaser A. , Mushtaha Mohammed H. , Djerafi Tarek 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn addition to the fact that most renewable energies such as solar and wind energy have become more competitive in the global energy market, thanks to the great development in conversion technologies, it believes that renewable energy can play a crucial role in global environmental issues. However, in Palestine, the situation is different from anywhere else; renewable energy is not only an economic option, but an absolute necessity to get out of the energy crisis that Palestinian cities suffer from long years ago and continue nowadays.The cornerstone of the present research is focusing on the availability of renewable energy resources in Jenin Governorate (JG)—West Bank (WB)—Palestine. Two-year time-series of hourly solar, wind, biomass, and 1-year hourly electrical load data are used in the analysis in this paper. The energy potentials were estimated using System Advisor Model software (SAM), and the optimum combination and sizing of the hybrid renewable energy system were determined using Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER). The proposed Hybrid Renewable Energy System (HRES) consists of an 80 MW PV solar field, 66 MW wind farm, and 50 MW biomass system with an initial investment of $323 M. The proposed HRES generates 389 GWh/yr and is enough to meet 100% of the electrical demand of JG (372 GWh/yr) with excess in electricity generation of about 4.57% and the unmeet electric load is about 109.6 MWh/yr which is equivalent to less than 2 h off in a year. The estimated Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) was found as 0.313 $/kWh.
Clarifying the driving forces behind our ecological crisis: a general model
Authors: Takács-Sánta András 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn order to solve our ecological crisis, it is crucial to have a fair understanding of its background. In this article I integrate the most important driving forces of human transformation of the biosphere into a general model. First, I show that it is the economic subsystem of society that produces nearly all human transformation of the biosphere. Then I differentiate between direct driving forces, which are the number of people/households, the economic output per capita/per household, the environmental impact of technologies, the structure of the economy and the geographical pattern of the economy; and indirect ones, which are the mind of people, social institutions, biological factors and physical geographical features. The behavior of individuals, groups of people and organizations mediates between indirect and direct driving forces. The model also shows us the basic strategies of environmental sustainability. Cultural changes are needed to attenuate the direct driving forces. In turn, these changes will happen only if those desiring them will have enough power to reshape social institutions and the mind of people.
Gain-switched watt-level thulium-doped fiber laser and amplifier operating at 1.7 μm
Authors: Xiao Yang , Xiao Xusheng , Liu Lutao , Guo Haitao 
Published: November 2022

AbstractA 1.7 μm gain-switched thulium-doped all-fiber laser with a master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) configuration, utilizing a bandpass fiber filter and a 1550 nm erbium/ytterbium-codoped fiber MOPA, is demonstrated. The influences of pump pulse parameters (repetition rate and pulse duration) and laser cavity structures (ring and linear) on the laser performances were experimentally investigated. To the best of our knowledge, the power quenching and drop were observed in the 1.7 μm gain-switched thulium-doped fiber lasers for the first time, resulting from the mode-locked-resembling operation and nonlinear effects. Moreover, the fiber ring-cavity laser was more stable than the linear-cavity laser in the time domain and power. Finally, a laser with a maximum average power of 1.687 W, a slope efficiency of 19.7%, a single-pulse energy of 16.87 μJ, a pulse width of 425 ns, a repetition rate of 100 kHz and a peak power of 39.69 W was obtained.
Timing of shear deformation in the Singhbhum Shear Zone, India: implications for shear zone-hosted polymetallic mineralization
Authors: Pal Dipak C , Selby David , Sarangi Akshay Kumar 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe Singhbhum Shear Zone in eastern India hosts several Fe oxide–Cu–Au (IOCG)-type polymetallic deposits, mined primarily for U, Cu and apatite, with elevated concentrations of rare earth elements, Ni, Co, Mo, Te and Au in association with low-Ti magnetite. Although the main stages of hydrothermal U, Cu and rare earth element mineralization are known to be Palaeoproterozoic in age, the age of shear deformation in the host shear zone has hitherto not been constrained. Here, we report Re–Os ages of syn-shearing massive molybdenite occurring along shear surfaces transecting the uranium ores in the Jaduguda uranium deposit. Integrating the obtained Re–Os age of c. 1.64–1.59 Ga of molybdenite, the known ages of mineralization and the known tectonothermal events in the adjoining Proterozoic Mobile Belt, we propose that the main stages of polymetallic hydrothermal mineralization pre-dated the pervasive shear deformation event in the Singhbhum Shear Zone. We further suggest that the shear zone was not the principal foci of the hydrothermal mineralization of the main stages. Instead, the shear zone was localized during the Palaeoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic transition (c. 1.64–1.59 Ga) along pre-existing crustal-scale extensional faults which had earlier been the foci of hydrothermal alteration and mineralization in Palaeoproterozoic time (c. 1.9–1.8 Ga). Shear deformation and metamorphism have reconstituted/redistributed existing mineral/metal inventories with/without neo-mineralization.
Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers following an identified nosocomial COVID-19 exposure during waves 1–3 of the pandemic in Ireland
Authors: McGrath J. , McAloon C. G. , More S. J. , Garrett S. , Reidy C. , Geary U. , Noonan N. , Bergin C. 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Healthcare workers (HCWs) have increased exposure and subsequent risk of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). This case-control study was conducted to investigate the contemporaneous risks associated with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst HCWs following in-work exposure to a confirmed coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) case. We assessed the influence of demographic (age, sex, nationality, high risk co-morbidities and vaccination status) and work-related factors (job role, exposure location, contact type, personal protective equipment (PPE) use) on infection risk following nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 exposure. All contact tracing records within the hospital site during waves 1–3 of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland were screened to identify exposure events, cases and controls. In total, 285 cases and 1526 controls were enrolled, as a result of 1811 in-work exposure events with 745 index cases. We demonstrate that male sex, Eastern European nationality, exposure location, PPE use and vaccination status all impact the likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 infection following nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 exposure. The findings draw attention to the need for continuing emphasis on PPE use and its persisting benefit in the era of COVID-19 vaccinations. We suggest that non-work-related factors may influence infection risk seen in certain ethnic groups and that infection risk in high-risk HCW roles (e.g. nursing) may be the result of repeated exposures rather than risks inherent to a single event.