bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Cellular cross talk between epicardial fat and cardiovascular risk
Authors: Patel Vishwa , Patel Jimik 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
A variety of fat compartments have several local and systemic effect and play a crucial role in the maintenance of health and development of disease. For the past few years, special attention has been paid to epicardial fat. It is the visceral fat compartment of the heart and has several local and systemic effects. It can perform a role in the development of cardiometabolic risk. The epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is a unique and multifunctional fat compartment of the heart. It is located between the myocardium and the visceral pericardium. During normal physiological conditions, the EAT has metabolic, thermogenic, and mechanical (cardioprotective) characteristics. The EAT can produce several adipocytokines and chemokines depending on microenvironments. It can influence through paracrine and vasocrine mechanism and participate in the development and progression of cardiovascular (CVS) diseases. In addition, metabolic disease leads to changes in both thickness and volume of the EAT, and it can modify the structure and the function of heart. It has been associated with various CVS diseases such as, cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, and coronary artery disease. Therefore, EAT is a potential therapeutic target for CVS risk.
Conservation and enhancement of naturally aged paper using bi-functionalized polyamidoamine (SiPAAOH)
Authors: Liao Yunfei , Fan Huiming , Zhang Yongli , Mou Hongyan , Li Fengyu , Zhou Ziyin , Liu Jianan 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
PAAs can be further functionalized (hydroxylation and alkoxylation) by side chain substitution. In this study, we synthesized a SiPAAOH containing hydroxyl and siloxane groups based on the Aza-Michael addition reaction and applied it for reinforcement of aged paper. The results showed that the optimum conditions of SiPAAOH synthesis were as follows: the monomer molar ratio of APTES to EtA was 0.7:0.3, the solvent system for SiPAAOH reinforced aged paper was ethanol/water = 1:5 (v/v). The alkaline SiPAAOH could increase the pH of paper to 7.68, and to improve the amount of alkaline reserve to 200 mmol/kg. The whiteness and color difference of the treated paper were not significantly different from those of the untreated paper, and the mechanical properties of the paper were obviously improved. The results of contact angle and thermogravimetry showed that the SiPAAOH-treated paper was hydrophobicity and high temperature resistance.
Dewatering properties of pulps made from different parts of a Norway spruce (Picea abies)
Authors: Sjöstrand Björn , Deshpande Raghu , Thyrel Mikael , Henriksson Gunnar 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
A single Norway spruce tree (Picea abies) was manually fractionated into heartwood, sapwood, juvenile wood and branches. These fractions were chemically pulped, individually, in laboratory scale. The pulps were characterized and investigated in relation to dewatering behavior and sheet strength properties. An unbleached and unbeaten commercial kraft pulp from softwood fibers was used as a reference, and the fractionated pulps were within the same range in all tested properties. The fractionated pulps were then compared with each other, and fiber characteristics were used to explain differences in dewatering and strength. Heartwood pulp results in stronger and stiffer papers that are harder to dewater. Sapwood pulp gives more open network structures resulting in easy dewatering and high air permeance, although with lower strength properties compared to heartwood. Pulp from Juvenile wood gives s quite strong but brittle sheets, with efficient dewatering. Pulp from branches gives paper sheets with efficient dewatering, air permeance and relatively high elongation of break but lower strength. The results show that there is definitely potential for utilizing more parts of the trees for pulp and paper making, especially when tailoring the raw material origins after preferred paper properties.
Could tear be an alternative specimen for SARS-CoV-2 detection?
Authors: Cetinkaya Yasemin Fatma , Hosbul Tugrul , Artuk Cumhur , Karacaylı Ceren , Bakir Fatih 
Published: October 2022

Abstract

Objectives
For a definitive diagnosis of COVID-19, respiratory tract samples are evaluated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In our study, PCR using a tear sample was used to diagnose COVID-19, and it was questioned whether it was a screening method. Unlike the general practice, Schirmer strips were used instead of a swab for tear sample collection in this study. In addition, the diagnostic values of serum procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), and Neutrophil (NEU) count in predicting COVID-19 disease from tears were also questioned.

Methods
A total of 94 patients who were positive for COVID-19 by PCR test were included in this study. Tear samples were obtained from patients with Schirmer strips, commonly used in eye examination, and studied with the PCR technique. CRP, PCT value, and NEU count were also compared between the positive and negative groups of the PCR. The obtained data were analyzed using the R Studio software, and the results were considered statistically significant for p<0.05.

Results
Of these patients, 61 (64.9%) tear PCR was negative, and 33 (35.1%) tear PCR was positive. The mean age was 61.72 ± 17.62 years. The patients were divided into two groups: tear PCR positive and negative. There was no significant age difference between these groups. As a result of ROC Analysis; When serum PCT, CRP, and NEU % values were examined in predicting COVID-19 disease from tears, it was seen that CRP (p=0.027) and especially PCT (p=0.003) values of patients with PCR-positive were significantly higher.

Conclusions
PCR study on tears collected with Schirmer strips is a different and non-invasive method, but it was concluded that the proposed method could not be used as a screening test. In addition, significantly higher serum PCT values were found in patients with COVID-19 positivity in tears (p<0.05).
Interpretando los escraches: la prensa española en el proceso de opinión pública
Authors: Albizu Landa Xabier 
Published: October 2022

El artículo presenta una investigación que tiene como objeto
estudiar el tratamiento periodístico al fenómeno de los
'escraches' protagonizados por el movimiento contra los
desahucios en 2013 en el Estado Español. Con tal finalidad, se ha
construido un modelo analítico que permite comprender la
forma en que medios de comunicación de masas, élite social,
movimientos sociales, y esfera pública virtual interactúan en el
proceso de opinión pública. A partir del modelo propuesto, y
apoyándonos en la teoría de frames, se analiza la cobertura
otorgada a los 'escraches' por parte de los diarios El País y La
Vanguardia, enfrentándola a las principales manifestaciones de
los y las portavoces del movimiento y la élite. Los resultados
confirman la hipótesis de que son los intereses de la élite social
los que fijan el frame general predominante en el tratamiento
periodístico del fenómeno. El caso de los 'escraches', sin
embargo, constituye una excepción en la medida que los
marcos argumentativos que pone en juego el movimiento
adquieren un mayor grado de 'legitimidad' que aquellos
propuestos por la élite.
La crisis del sueño americano en el cine independiente del nuevo siglo: "Indiewood" y la recuperación del ciudadano corriente (2002-2015)
Authors: Sánchez-Escalonilla Antonio 
Published: October 2022

En la primera década del siglo XXI surgió en Hollywood una
generación de realizadores independientes interesados en
recuperar las historias sobre ciudadanos corrientes, dentro de la
turbulencia social ocasionada por el 11-S, la guerra de Irak, los
desastres naturales y la crisis económica. Directores como
Alexander Payne, Jason Reitman, Tom McCarthy, los actoresdirectores
George Clooney y Robert Redford, o la pareja Jonathan
Dayton y Valerie Faris muestran en su cine un interés común en
abordar verdaderos conflictos humanos en una sociedad que,
según los estudios recientes de Hanson y White, se replantea las
claves y posibilidades de alcanzar el American Dream. En el
presente trabajo se exponen los rasgos creativos que cohesionan
como grupo a la mencionada generación de directores, difusora de
un cine independiente de preocupación social a través de los
circuitos comerciales de Hollywood –una fórmula híbrida de
producción también denominada Indiewood–. La determinación de
estos rasgos procede del análisis de contenidos narrativos
presentes en las filmografías de este grupo de directores, en
relación con las tendencias sociales señaladas por Hanson y White,
entre otros. Entre estos rasgos se encuentra la proyección de los
problemas domésticos de los personajes sobre un escenario
nacional en crisis; un optimismo esperanzador en la resolución de
los conflictos; el uso de imaginarios narrativos del sueño
americano tales como el viaje, la frontera y la refundación
doméstica; la representación épica de ciudadanos corrientes; la
inspiración en arquetipos cinematográficos surgidos durante el
New Deal; la denuncia o referencia a derechos civiles amenazados;
y, por último, la importancia de la conciencia generacional ante el
pasado y el futuro.
Victimación de la información antes, durante y después de la guerra del Golfo Pérsico
Authors: Orive Pedro 
Published: October 2022

Tan pronto estalla la guerra del Golfo Pérsico nuestra cátedra constituyó un grupo de investigación científica integrado por los profesores Concepción Alonso Garrán (Titular de Estructura), Antonio Sánchez Serrano (Coronel de Infantería) y Fernando Ripoll Molines (Coronel de Ingenieros), ambos de Estado Mayor.

Pronto captan que los investigadores sociales, atraídos por la magnitud de sus consecuencias, dedican máxima atención al
estudio de sus antecedentes, desarrollo y desenlace. Son razones que nos impulsan a analizar cuidadosamente el copioso
caudal de información bélica, centrando sobre todo la atención en las reacciones emocionales que suscita la emisión (u
omisión) de múltiples imágenes a través de la televisión.

Luego constatan la falta de documentación y, salvo excepciones, de conocimientos técnicos de carácter militar de los periodistas que cubren la información, dando lugar a no pocas deficiencias en la valoración de determinadas noticias. Y, otra, de no menor importancia, la referida a la incidencia de la línea editorial de cada medio.

La magnitud del carácter internacional de la contienda y la operatividad de los monopolios electrónicos sitúa a la información en el brete de colosales barreras, acaso no conocidas hasta el momento, determinantes de nuestra hipótesis de una naciente victimación informativa, que situamos, más allá de la libertad de expresión, en el ámbito de las ciencias del comportamiento, en cuanto la evaluación de sus efectos deterioran la personalidad humana en la mayor de las escalas posibles.
La necrópolis de San Pelayo (Alegría-Dulantzi, Álava) y la cuestión de la fecha de inicio de las necrópolis de tipo merovingio en Álava
Authors: Iriarte Kortázar Aitor 
Published: October 2022

En este artículo se discute, fundamentalmente, la fecha de establecimiento de las dos necrópolis de tipo merovingio descubiertas, por el momento, en Álava.
De las evidencias publicadas hasta ahora por su excavador, A. Azkarate, parece desprenderse para Aldaieta (Nanclares de Gamboa) un inicio durante la primera mitad del siglo VI de J.C. Ligeramente más antigua parece la de San Pelayo (Alegría), fechada por la presencia de TSHT en sus ajuares a comienzos del mismo siglo.
De esa manera, resulta factible conectar el origen de un área dependiente del reino franco en la zona occidental al sur de los Pirineos con el hundimiento del reino visigodo de Tolosa tras la batalla de Vouillé.
Review of international practice of health care provider network planning
Authors: Omelyanovskiy V. V. , Lukyantseva D. V. , Sisigina N. N. 
Published: October 2022

Objevtive: to identify and systematize the main approaches to planning health care provider network used in foreign countries.Material and methods. Preliminary search for countries who had an experience of systematical planning of health care provider network and tools that they used for planning was conducted in regular health system reviews made by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. Identified tools became a subject of general Internet search for the official publications about goals, mechanisms and results of their usage. The findings were analysed to reveal the similarities and differences between national health care provider network planning policies as well as the objective preconditions for the formation of such policies.Results. Three main approaches to health care provider network planning were identified in the analysis: (1) through establishing state-owned health care providers, (2) through granting the right to deliver guaranteed health care or (3) through granting the right to deliver health care of all categories. A close relationship between the choice of prevailing approach to planning and specific planning tools and the national health care model and structure of health services supply was shown. The typical policy of countries most similar to Russia on these parameters (“young” insurance systems, operating under conditions of predominant state supply of medical services) is the protection of key providers on the basis of minimum activity or income guarantees with the gradual development of a competitive health care market based on the rest of the Compulsory Health Insurance program.Conclusion. Current Russian health care provider network planning regulation based on the direct control over the state-owned health care providers does not correspond to the changed health care model and does not allow taking full advantages of the social health insurance. The results of the review can be used to develop new tools for planning health care provider network spanning on non-state providers.
Continuous monitoring of ground-motion parameters
Authors: Kanamori Hiroo , Maechling Philip , Hauksson Egill 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
We applied a time-domain method to continuously monitor groundmotion parameters to facilitate rapid determination of the geographical distribution of ground motion and earthquake parameters. This approach minimizes the impact of the sudden increase in the worload on data acquisition facilities and streamlines the operation of a seismic network, especially during a complex earthquakes sequence. The incoming continuous time series is processed with the use of various time-domain recursive filters to compute ground-motion velocity, acceleration, energy, Wood-Anderson seismograms, and narrow-band responses at 0.3, 1.0, and 3.0 sec, which are used for computation of response spectral amplitudes. The method is implemented in the Southern California Digital Seismic Network. The method can be implemented at every field station, which would make it possible to process the time series locally and continuously telemeter desired amplitude parameters with sufficient accuracy from a field station to multiple users through a relatively low data-rate communication line (e.g., regular telephone line or limited bandwidth satellite link).
Dzieci nędzy – from a narrative poem to a novel. A preliminary study towards a reconstruction of Stanisław Przybyszewski’s creative process
Authors: Badowska Katarzyna 
Published: October 2022

The origins of Dzieci nędzy (1913) and the story of its writing offer interesting insights into the creative work of Stanisław Przybyszewski, the most prominent writer of the Young Poland period. The study has revealed, e.g., his aversion (or inability rather) to introduce radical modifications to already finished texts and that his literary efficiency increased the further he was from big cities. A collation of the novel and a reading of private documents have enabled me to ascertain that the final shape of Dzieci nędzy was to a large extent influenced by Przybyszewski’s personal complications and trying circumstances, which severely determined (or rather undermined) his writing process, as well as the interventions by his editor who demanded additions to the work, with which the writer always agreed and added several chapters. Those diligently developed corrections proved how important the editorial remarks of the need to improve the text were to the writer.
However, the most important discovery resulting from the textual study is that of the author’s decision to abandon his initial intention to author an epic poem in prose and shift to the novelistic form. That resolution, a kind of a surrender in the struggle with matter, proves Przybyszewski’s innovative approach to the novel and as a result of it Dzieci nędzy are an artistically interesting modern record of psychological states. In terms of structural and narrative solutions, it is clearly one of the most interesting novels by Przybyszewski.
Análisis de eventos extremos de precipitación en la provincia de Alicante (1981–2020)
Authors: Sánchez-Almodóvar Esther 
Published: October 2022

En el litoral mediterráneo español el análisis de los extremos de precipitación es importante no solo por contribuir a uno de los principales riesgos naturales, las inundaciones, sino también para conocer los posibles efectos del cambio climático en la variable pluviométrica de la región. En esta investigación se analizan los eventos extremos de precipitación (≥ 100 mm/día) registrados en 26 observatorios de la provincia de Alicante entre los años 1981–2020. Para ello se han seleccionado los observatorios del Banco Nacional de Datos Climatológicos (BNDC) de la Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET), que para dicho periodo contienen menos de un 5 % de datos faltantes. Previo al análisis, se ha llevado a cabo un control de calidad de la base de datos mediante el cálculo del Real Precision Index (RPI). El análisis de los extremos de precipitación se realizó utilizando el software Rstudio. Los resultados muestran la variabilidad y distribución espacial de los eventos, así como su evolución en la escala temporal, pero no se puede afirmar que exista una tendencia clara al incremento de estos, debido a que la evolución no presenta significancia estadística.
Culture of NCI-H441 Cells in Advanced RMPI
Authors: Vitucci Eva CM , McCullough Shaun D. 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
This protocol describes the thawing, culturing, and cryopreservation of the human alveolar-like epithelial cell line NCI-H441. NCI-H441 cells should be used in place of the adenocarcinoma cell line, A549, when studying the human alveolar epithelium as, in contrast to A549 cells, H441 cells reflect the in vivo alveolar epithelium barrier and transporter protein function (Ren et al., 2016; Hermanns et al., 2004). Disclaimer: The contents of this article have been reviewed by the US Environmental Protection Agency and approved for publication and do not necessarily represent Agency policy. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendations for use.NOTE: There is a consolidated PDF version of this protocol in the supplementary files section below.
Culture of IMR90 Cells in Advanced RPMI
Authors: Vitucci Eva CM , McCullough Shaun D. 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
This protocol describes the thawing, culturing, and cryopreservation of the human lung fibroblast cell line, IMR90, in Advanced RPMI. Disclaimer: The contents of this article have been reviewed by the US Environmental Protection Agency and approved for publication and do not necessarily represent Agency policy. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendations for use. NOTE: There is a consolidated PDF version of this protocol in the supplementary files section below.
Parental behavior scale in pediatric dentistry: a randomized observational study
Authors: Vanhee Tania , Dadoun Farah , Abbeele Astrid Vanden , Bottenberg Peter , Jacquet Wolfgang , Loeb Isabelle 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Background: The objective of this study is to create and validate a hetero-rating scale of parental behavior and verify the correlation between the behavior of children and that of parents during a pediatric dentistry session as well as the ability to perform the required clinical procedure.
Methods: This prospective randomized observational study was conducted at the pediatric dentistry consultation. All sessions were filmed. In 60 children from 3 age groups, 2 raters collected data using the modified Venham scale for children and a new hetero-rating scale for parents. These experts analyzed the 60 videos twice and attributed scores at time points of entering the dental office, being seated in the dental chair and during treatment.
Results: There is a significant positive correlation between parental behavior at entrance and that of children in the dental office at the treatment stage over all age groups for both raters (Kendall Tau: 0.20 – 0.30). Furthermore, a panel of 20 observers, dental practitioners with different backgrounds, scored a randomized selection of recordings of 5 children per age group. The agreement between both experts was higher than that between the 20 clinicians.
Conclusions: A Venham type of scale with categories involving multiple aspects can be used in research but the application in the dental practice needs further development. The link between parental anxiety and anxiety of the child is confirmed but further research is required to incorporate aspects of treatment and detailed parent behavior.
Trial registration: The protocol is registered in ClinicalTrials.gov site with the ID NCT05026515 (23/08/2021). The data described in this article are available in https://zenodo.org/record/5813285.
Ultrasound guided percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for arteriovenous fistula and graft stenosis -----A 6-years clinical observation
Authors: Li Xiaoying , Chen Song , Liu Chang , Wu Xin , Tian Yafei , Deng Chao , Fan Fengyi , Wang Xiaomei , Gui Tianyang , Guo Lili , Pan Yanyun 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Background: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty(PTA) is the preferred treatment of vascular stenosis in arteriovenous fistula(AVF) and arteriovenous graft(AVG) in maintenance hemodialysis(MHD) patients. We observed the efficacy and influencing factors of PTA guided by Ultrasound in the treatment of AVF and AVG in our center.
Methods: The data of PTA patients under the guidance of Ultrasound in our center from September 2015 to September 2021 were collected. 284 AVF patients and 83 AVG patients met the inclusion criteria, clinical indicators, postoperative use time and patency rate of the two groups were compared, and multiple linear regression analysis was used to compare the factors affecting the postoperative use time of the two groups.
Results: The use time before (17.0(3.0, 64.6) vs 10.0(1.0, 27.9)) and after (9.0(2.0, 37.8) vs 6.0(1.0, 24.0)) PTA and high density lipoprotein concentration(1.36±0.36 vs 1.06±0.32) in AVF group were significantly higher than those in AVG group(P<0.05), and fibrinogen(4.03(2.78,6.22) vs 4.7(3.4,6.6)), blood phosphorus(1.33±0.48 vs 1.58±0.39), iPTH(408.15(22.13,1084.91) vs 509.7(83.03,1228.8)), total cholesterol(5.24±1.39 vs 5.64±1.42) and very low density lipoprotein concentration(0.51±0.27 vs 0.69±0.17) in AVF group were significantly lower than those in AVG group. The patency rates at 3, 6, 12, 24 months of AVF patients were 94.7%, 77.1%, 28.5%, 8.5%, and the patency rates at 3, 6, 12, 24 months of AVG patients were 88.0%, 54.2%, 18.1%, 3.6% respectively. Kaplan-meier analysis showed that the postoperative patency rate of AVF was significantly higher than that of AVG(P<0.05). In AVF group, the postoperative use time of PTA was related to primary disease, gender and platelet distribution width(P<0.05), while the postoperative use time of PTA was related to gender and eosinophil in AVG group(P<0.05).
Conclusion: PTA guided by Ultrasound can effectively treat AVF/AVG stenosis, which causes minimum surgical trauma and can save precious vascular resources for MHD patients, this procedure is worthy of further promotion in clinical practice.