bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Systematic Evaluation of the Behavior Change Techniques and Quality of Commercially Available Cancer Self-Management Apps
Authors: McGrady Meghan E. , Schwartz Laura E. , Noser Amy E. , Klages Kimberly L. , Sweenie Rachel , Breen Gabriella , Ramsey Rachelle R. 
Published: November 2022

PURPOSE:Apps have the potential to aid in cancer self-management, but there is limited guidance available for selecting among currently available options. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the behavior change techniques (BCTs) and quality of publicly available cancer self-management apps.METHODS:Cancer self-management apps were identified from the Apple and Google Play stores in April 2022. Trained study team members coded the BCTs included in each app and rated its quality using the Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS). BCTs supported by previous literature were coded as cancer management BCTs.RESULTS:The 39 apps meeting inclusion criteria included an average of 5.85 BCTs (standard deviation [SD], 3.49; range, 0-15) and 3.54 cancer management BCTs (SD, 1.90; range, 0-8). The most commonly included BCTs were educational or informational strategies: provide information about behavior-health link, provide instruction, and provide information on consequences. The overall app quality ranged from 1.69 to 4.20 (M, 3.29; SD, 0.67).CONCLUSION:No cancer self-management apps were of excellent quality, and less than half included multiple cancer management BCTs beyond education. Clinical implications are discussed, and opportunities to improve the content and quality of apps to address the critical self-management needs of patients diagnosed with cancer are highlighted.
Uncanny Ecologies
Authors: Fernando Mayanthi 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIf secularity ushered in the notion of humans as buffered subjects immune to nonhuman agents, recent attempts to recognize the agency of nonhumans and to see humans as always in relation to nonhumans—the natureculture turn—may be understood as both a posthumanist and postsecularist project. Yet this scholarship has largely restricted nonhumans to entities previously classified as “natural” phenomena, leaving “supernatural” beings out of the conversation and leaving the distinction between nature and supernature intact. Fernando argues that fully undoing the nature/culture distinction means attending to this third domain—the more-than-natural—still banished from our ontological horizons. This is especially important for any consideration of the Anthropocene, since climate crisis affects communities that do not live only in secular worlds nor abide only by secular categories. The author therefore turns to South Asia to theorize what she calls uncanny ecologies—that is, interspecies webs of care and commitment among animals, humans, and deities. The author also asks why these nonsecular multispecies worlds have not been taken up as viable models of relationality and Anthropocene livability to the extent that Amerindian ontologies have, speculating that more-than-natural, more-than-human agency remains a problem for secular sensibilities.
Actin cytoskeleton in angiogenesis
Authors: Yadunandanan Nair Nidhi , Samuel Victor , Ramesh Lariza , Marib Areeba , David Deena T. , Sundararaman Ananthalakshmy 
Published: November 2022

ABSTRACTActin, one of the most abundant intracellular proteins in mammalian cells, is a critical regulator of cell shape and polarity, migration, cell division, and transcriptional response. Angiogenesis, or the formation of new blood vessels in the body is a well-coordinated multi-step process. Endothelial cells lining the blood vessels acquire several new properties such as front–rear polarity, invasiveness, rapid proliferation and motility during angiogenesis. This is achieved by changes in the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton. Actin remodelling underlies the switch between the quiescent and angiogenic state of the endothelium. Actin forms endothelium-specific structures that support uniquely endothelial functions. Actin regulators at endothelial cell–cell junctions maintain the integrity of the blood–tissue barrier while permitting trans-endothelial leukocyte migration. This review focuses on endothelial actin structures and less-recognised actin-mediated endothelial functions. Readers are referred to other recent reviews for the well-recognised roles of actin in endothelial motility, barrier functions and leukocyte transmigration. Actin generates forces that are transmitted to the extracellular matrix resulting in vascular matrix remodelling. In this Future Leader Review, we attempt to synthesize our current understanding of the roles of actin in vascular morphogenesis. We speculate on the vascular bed specific differences in endothelial actin regulation and its role in the vast heterogeneity in endothelial morphology and function across the various tissues of our body.
Impact of Language Barriers in Doctor – Patient Relationship: A Qualitative Study
Authors: Mustafa Remsha , Mahboob Usman , Khan Rehan Ahmad , Anjum Abeer 
Published: November 2022

Objective: To explore the problems faced by recent medical graduates in communication with their patients due to language barriers and the influence of these language barriers on the doctor-patient relationship.
Methods: A basic qualitative study was conducted at Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching Hospital Sialkot, Services Hospital Lahore and Mayo Hospital Lahore over eight months after receiving approval from the Ethical Review Board of the University of Lahore. Twelve recent medical graduates from different departments were selected via a purposive sampling technique. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews conducted over the phone with prior appointments. Manual qualitative thematic analysis was done by transcribing the interview and then codes, subthemes, and themes were generated.
Results: Six themes and thirteen subthemes were identified depicting the influence of language barriers on the doctor-patient relationship, namely: frustration (due to repetition, feeling of inadequacy & disappointment), lack of rapport (difficulty in communication, effective counseling & failure in establishment of comfort level), trust Issues (predilection towards the native speaker & difficulty in getting consent) patient dissatisfaction, compliance issues (difficulty in comprehending medication & nature of disease), and threat to patient safety (misdiagnosis & consequent treatment plan & misinterpretation of treatment).
Conclusion: This study establishes the detrimental effects of language barriers on the relationship between physician and patient which can help medical educationists and policymakers in devising a curriculum in such a way that it can minimize the impact of language barriers on the doctor-patient relationship.
doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.1.5805
How to cite this: Mustafa R, Mahboob U, Khan RA, Anjum A. Impact of Language Barriers in Doctor – Patient Relationship: A Qualitative Study. Pak J Med Sci. 2023;39(1):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.1.5805
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Robust Sourcing Under Multilevel Supply Risks: Analysis of Random Yield and Capacity
Authors: Zhao Ming , Freeman Nickolas , Pan Kai 
Published: November 2022

We consider the optimal sourcing problem when the available suppliers are subject to ambiguously correlated supply risks. This problem is motivated by the increasing severity of supply risks and difficulty evaluating common sources of vulnerability in upstream supply chains, which are problems reported by many surveys of goods-producing firms. We propose a distributionally robust model that accommodates (i) multiple levels of supply disruption, not just full delivery or no delivery, and (ii) can use data-driven estimates of the underlying correlation to develop sourcing strategies in situations where the true correlation structure is ambiguous. Using this framework, we provide analytical results regarding the form of a worst-case supply distribution and show that taking such a worst-case perspective is appealing due to severe consequences associated with supply chain risks. Moreover, we show how our distributionally robust model may be used to offer guidance to firms considering whether to exert additional effort in attempt to better understanding the prevailing correlation structure. Extensive computational experiments further demonstrate the performance of our distributionally robust approach and show how supplier characteristics and the type of supply uncertainty affect the optimal sourcing decision. History: Accepted by Pascal Van Hentenryck, Area Editor for Computational Modeling: Methods and Analysis. Funding: K. Pan was supported in part by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong [Grant 15501920] and in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant 72001185]. Supplemental Material: The software that supports the findings of this study is available within the paper and its Supplemental Information ( https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/suppl/10.1287/ijoc.2022.1254 ) or is available from the IJOC GitHub software repository ( https://github.com/INFORMSJoC ) at http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7129356 .
Analog stabilization of an electro-optic I/Q modulator with an auxiliary modulation tone
Authors: Wald Sebastian , Diorico Fritz , Hosten Onur 
Published: November 2022

Proper operation of electro-optic I/Q modulators relies on precise
adjustment and control of the relative phase biases between the
modulator’s internal interferometer arms. We present an all-analog
phase bias locking scheme where error signals are obtained from the
beat between the optical carrier and optical tones generated by an
auxiliary 2 MHz

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tone to lock the phases of all three
involved interferometers for operation up to 10 GHz. With the
developed method, we demonstrate an I/Q modulator in
carrier-suppressed single-sideband mode, where the suppressed carrier
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We describe a simple analytical model for calculating the error
signals and detail the implementation of the electronic circuitry for
the implementation of the method.
Optimization method for low-loss single-mode bending negative curvature anti-resonant hollow-core fiber designed by mode modification
Authors: He Junyi , Jiang Ping , Caiyang Weinan , Qin Yan , Zhou Miaofang , Deng Jingxin , Yang Jing , Hu Lizhong , Yang Huajun 
Published: November 2022

A method of designing negative curvature anti-resonant hollow-core fibers (NC-AR-HCFs) with bending resistance is proposed, by which the fundamental mode (FM) and higher-order mode (HOM) can be adjusted. An asymmetric double-ring negative curvature hollow-core fiber (ADR-NC-HCF) is proposed to verify the method. The ADR-NC-HCF achieves the FM loss of 0.8 dB/km at 1550 nm under the bending radius of 20 mm. The coupling relation between the modes in ADR-NC-HCFs is analyzed revealing the physical principle of the design method. Based on the principle, the fiber can be directionally optimized to achieve a lower loss of the FM or higher-order mode extinction ratio.
Random forest model can predict the prognosis of hospital-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae infection as well as traditional logistic regression model
Authors: Fan Shuaihua , Lin Jinlan , Wu Sheng , Mu Xiangdong , Guo Jun 
Published: November 2022

Objective
To explore if random forest (RF) model can predict the prognosis of hospital-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae infection as well as traditional logistic regression(LR) model.

Methods
A total of 254 cases of hospital-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a tertiary hospital in Beijing from January 2016 to December 2020 were retrospectively collected. Appropriate influencing factors were selected by referring to relevant articles from the aspects of basic clinical information and contact history before infection, and divided into a training set and a test set. Both the RF and LR models were trained by the training set, and using testing set to compare these two models.

Results
The prediction accuracy of the LR model was 87.0%, the true positive rate of the LR model was 94.7%; the false negative rate of the LR model was 5.3%; the false positive rate of the LR model was 35%; the true negative rate of the LR model was 65%; the sensitivity of the LR model for the prognosis prediction of hospital-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae infection was 94.7%; and the specificity was 65%. The prediction accuracy of the RF model was 89.6%; the true positive rate of the RF model was 92.1%; the false negative rate of the RF model was 7.9%; the false positive rate of the RF model was 21.4%; the true negative rate of the RF model was 78.6%; the sensitivity of the RF model for the prognosis prediction of hospital-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae infection was 92.1%; and the specificity was 78.6%. ROC curve shows that the area under curve(AUC) of the LR model was 0.91, and that of the RF model was 0.95.

Conclusion
The RF model has higher specificity, sensitivity, and accuracy for the prognostic prediction of hospital-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae infection than the LR model and has greater clinical application prospects.
Factors associated with pre-loss grief and preparedness in relatives of people with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study
Authors: Schmidt Viktoria , Kaiser Julia , Treml Julia , Kersting Anette 
Published: November 2022

Objectives
Before the loss of a loved one to cancer, relatives have time to adapt to the impending death. However, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, adjustment to an imminent death may be more difficult. This study investigates factors related to pre-loss grief and preparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic and their relationship with COVID-19 related fears.

Methods
Data of 299 participants from a cross-sectional study was used. Participants were included if they were relatives of people with cancer, spoke German and were at least 18 years. Multivariate linear regression analyses were conducted to measure the relationship between predictors (dysfunctional coping, emotion-focused coping, problem-focused coping, attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, COVID-19 related fears, prognosis, perceived depth of the relationship, perceived conflict in the relationship, health status) and pre-loss grief, preparedness for caregiving and preparedness for death as the dependent variables.

Results
Perceived depth (β = .365, p < .001), COVID-19 related fears (β = .141, p = .002), prognosis for death (β = .241, p < .001), dysfunctional coping strategies (β = .281, p < .001) and emotion-focused coping strategies (β = -.320, p < .001) significantly predicted pre-loss grief. Prognosis for death (β = .347, p < .001), dysfunctional coping strategies (β = -.229, p < .001), emotion-focused coping strategies (β = .242, p < .001), COVID-19 related fears (β = -.112, p = .037) and health status (β = .123, p = .025) significantly predicted preparedness for death. Dysfunctional coping (β = -.147, p = .009), problem-focused coping (β = .162, p = .009), emotion-focused coping (β = .148, p = .017), COVID-19 related fears (β = -.151, p = .006), attachment anxiety (β = -.169, p = .003), perceived conflict in the relationship with the patient with cancer (β = -.164, p = .004), perceived depth in the relationship (β = .116, p = .048) and health status (β = .157, p = .003) significantly predicted preparedness for caregiving.

Conclusions
This study shows COVID-19 pandemic impacts on the grieving process of relatives of patients with cancer. Consequently, screening for pre-loss grief, preparedness and their associated factors may help provide early support for relatives of people with cancer at need. However, further research is needed to help understand the stability of pre-loss grief and preparedness.
Impact Of Donor Agencies On Poverty Reduction In Birnin Kebbi Local Government, Kebbi State
Authors: Tsav Rosemary  Mngohol 
Published: November 2022

ABSTRACT
Poverty, either as a plague or cause of other specific under development ailments, afflicts Nigeria as it does other Nations of the World. The high level of prevalence in the country, which has attained an endemic nature is becoming worrisome. Poverty has made Nigeria to attain an unenviable status such that no Government (no matter the level), Organisation, Community, Clan or Family can survive effectively without introducing one kind of poverty reduction effort or the other. This problem is essentially not that of programme introduction but effectiveness of such programme and strategies so adapted in poverty reduction efforts. Nigeria has not been known to lack in such efforts. This study therefore is based on the impact of Donor Agencies effort on poverty reduction in Birnin Kebbi especially in relation to the policy and strategy formulation, implementation, coordination, monitoring, control and review, sourcing and utilisation of resources both human and material and complementarity of programmes. The study also focused on the impact of the past and strategies and programmes on the target poor. In the course of the study, related literature on poverty and poverty reduction efforts strategies and programmes were intensively and extensively reviewed and relevant information and ideas obtained for the research. The study also utilised the survey approach and assumptions to collect, collate, analyse and present data respectively in its findings which include: poverty is multi-dimensional in nature and must be treated in order to be effective; Most Donor Agencies and Government activities are poverty reduction-based; poverty reduction programmes have not been effective; and reasons for non-effectiveness were adduced. Based on the above findings and conclusions, recommendations, were made towards poverty reduction efforts in Birnin Kebbi as well as Nigeria as a whole, Government, Donor Agencies and other stakeholders should develop a multidimensional approach towards poverty reduction efforts or strategies and implement along that line, efforts should be made to effectively target the poor in all considerations and at all levels of articulation, implementation, and review; the government anti-poverty reduction efforts should be stepped up and seriously up-held in dealing with matters concerning poverty reduction efforts so as to achieve the SDGs 2030.
Ancient Athens and Modern Ideology: Value, Theory and Evidence in Historical Sciences
Authors: Nafissi Mohammad 
Published: November 2022

For over a century the foundations of Athenian political economy have been debated by scholarly camps broadly described as primitivist/substantivist, modernist and Marxist and involving political economists, sociologists and anthropologists as well as historians and classicists. Ancient Athens and modern ideology demonstrates the dialectic of intellectual and substantive history and offers a consensual resolution to the debate by examining the interplay of values, theories and evidence in the contributions of Max Weber (1864-1920), Karl Polanyi (1886-1964) and Moses Finley (1912-86), widely recognised as successive champions of the primitivist cause. Pursuing Finley’s own ‘official’ account of his intellectual roots and hegemonic perspective, the book starts with Weber and Polanyi and ends by finding the actual views of all three far more complex than generally assumed by their followers and critics. Through systematic scrutiny and contextualisation of tensions in their work arising from the resistance of facts ancient and modern to theories and the varied dissonance of both with ideological priorities the case for a radical reconsideration of the debate and its protagonists is argued. The book concludes with an account of Athenian developments and institutions which draws on recent scholarship associated with modernism and Marxism as well as primitivism. The work’s interdisciplinary approach and multidisciplinary scope will be of major interest to all concerned with the historical sciences in the broad sense of the term.
Puerto Rico erizando mi piel. Intertextos/intercuerpos lordeanos en la narrativa de Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro
Authors: Trávez Diego Falconí 
Published: November 2022

Resumen
Interesa analizar en este artículo cómo la subjetividad afrodescendiente, lesbiana y poscolonial de la escritora puertorriqueña Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, además de sintomatizar la interseccionalidad de etnia, clase y deseo en varios de sus relatos, posibilita entender la compleja relación poscolonial existente entre Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico. Desde una focalización sexo-genérica en la que el erotismo se convierte en una suerte de nuevo pacto social, escarbar en las novelas Violeta (2013) y Caparazones (2010); los libros de cuentos las Negras (2012) y Lesbianas en clave caribeña (2012); y el diario personal/bitácora La Macacoa (2011) posibilitan dar una lectura que se cimienta en el múltiple poder de significación del cuerpo.
Para realizar este análisis se ha invitado como compañera de travesía a Audre Lorde, en su faceta de autora; no sólo por haber sido pionera en la propuesta identitaria de interseccionalidad, por su lucha poético-política en pos de las mujeres afro, lesbianas y trabajadoras, sino porque, también, su escritura arraigada en el poder de lo erótico permite entender algunos alcances contemporáneos y boricuas realizados hoy por parte de Arroyo Pizarro al momento de entender cómo vivir con Puerto Rico bajo la piel.
Archivos potenciales: domiciliación y colindancias en Viriditas de Cristina Rivera Garza
Authors: Arzabal Roberto Cruz 
Published: November 2022

Resumen
Tomando como punto de partida el concepto de archivo según fue problematizado por Jacques Derrida en su muy conocido Mal d’archive, propongo leer las prácticas de archivo dentro de la obra de Cristina Rivera Garza no sólo como elementos referenciales dentro de los textos, sino como procedimientos artísticos en relación con la acumulación y en la domiciliación que delimitan el interior y el exterior de la textualidad. En especial, propongo la lectura del libro Viriditas que, aunque poco atendido por la crítica, resulta un objeto ejemplar para entender el movimiento entre domiciliación y trazo arqueológico en la obra de Rivera Garza. Además, utilizo el concepto de escrituras colindantes, propuesto por la propia autora, para relacionar las formas intermediales del libro con los movimientos del archivo que las producen.
Laurencia Then and Now: A Transhistorical Reading of Lope de Vega’s Fuenteovejuna
Authors: Fernández Esther 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Among the many recent adaptations of Lope de Vega’s Fuenteovejuna that feature a modern sociopolitical reading of the play, Eugenia Cano Puga’s Laurencia stands out for the way in which it manages to distil the essence of Lope’s collective protagonist and transfer it to a single female leading character. By staging the basic story of Lope’s Early Modern drama to the Ciudad Juárez of the femicides, the article argues, Cano gives new relevance to Lope’s drama of a people who stand united against an unjust political system. Additionally, Laurencia masterfully reflects the complicity of local and global forces in failing to address the magnitude of violence against women. This article examines the dramatic and performative processes deployed by the playwright/director as she maintains the moral relevance of Fuenteovejuna while contemporizing its characters and its plot and highlighting the global responsibility for addressing the pervasive victimization of women.