bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Acute Digit Ischemia in the Setting of Heterozygous Factor V Leiden Mutation
Authors: Nikizad Hooman , Tsai David , Lookstein Robert , Hausman Michael 
Published: November 2022

Case:
We are reporting the successful treatment of a patient with a heterozygous factor V Leiden mutation who presented with spontaneous thrombotic ischemia of ring and small fingers. Microcatheter-directed administration of thrombolytics at the level of common and proper digital arteries resulted in the salvage of the ring finger to the level of the distal tuft and the entirety of the small finger.

Conclusion:
Heterozygous factor V Leiden mutation is an extremely unusual etiology for thrombotic digital ischemia. This case report emphasizes the importance of correct diagnosis, timely intervention, and thrombolytic therapy using microcatheters to optimize digital rescue.
BIOTIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CONULARIIDS AND EPIBIONTS FROM THE SILURIAN WAUKESHA BIOTA
Authors: MILLER APRIL ARLENE , HUNTLEY JOHN WARREN , ANDERSON EVAN PELZNER , JACQUET SARAH MONIQUE 
Published: November 2022

ABSTRACTHere we describe an epibiont association between conulariids and holdfast producers, with attachment scars resembling those of the tubular epibiont, Sphenothallus, from the Silurian (late Telychian Series) Brandon Bridge Formation, Wisconsin. The conulariid population represents the most abundant sessile organisms in the Waukesha Biota and consists of two species, Conularia niagarensisHall, 1852 and Metaconularia cf. manni (Roy, 1935). Attachment scars present on the conulariid test offer a unique glimpse into the paleoecology of this Silurian benthic assemblage. However, body fossils of the attached epibiont are scarce and have not been observed attached or near conulariid specimens. This study evaluates the identity and paleoecological relationship between the conulariids and their enigmatic epibionts. Statistical analyses of attachment trace size, frequency, and distribution on the conulariid test gives insight to the nature of their symbiotic relationship. Our results did not find any significant support for a parasitic relationship. However, commensalism cannot be ruled out and serves as an alternative explanation for the relationship between these two organisms.
K-Nearest Neighbor Method with Principal Component Analysis for Functional Nonparametric Regression
Authors: Ismaeel Shelan Saied , Omar Kurdistan M.Taher , Wang Bo 
Published: November 2022

This paper proposed a new method to study functional non-parametric regression data analysis with conditional expectation in the case that the covariates are functional and the Principal Component Analysis was utilized to de-correlate the multivariate response variables. It utilized the formula of the Nadaraya Watson estimator (K-Nearest Neighbour (KNN)) for prediction with different types of the semi-metrics, (which are based on Second Derivative and Functional Principal Component Analysis (FPCA)) for measureing the closeness between curves. Root Mean Square Errors is used for the implementation of this model which is then compared to the independent response method. R program is used for analysing data. Then, when the covariates are functional and the Principal Component Analysis was utilized to de-correlate the multivariate response variables model, results are more preferable than the independent response method. The models are demonstrated by both a simulation data and real data.
Influence of Optical Fiber Diameters on the Performance of Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor
Authors: Hammod Haider Y. , Mossa Tammara Jamal 
Published: November 2022

In this research, a sensor for chemical solutions was designed and formed using optical fiber-based on a surface Plasmon resonance technology. A single-mode optical fiber with three different diameters (25, 45 and 65) µm was used, respectively. The second layer of the low refractive fiber was replaced by gold, which was electrically deposited at 40 µm thickness. For each of the three types of optical fiber, different saline concentrations (different index of refraction) were used to evaluate the performance of the refractive index sensor (chemical sensor) by measuring its sensitivity and resolutions. The highest values we could get for these two parameters were 240mm/RIU, and 6*10-5 RIU respectively, when the diameter of an optical fiber was 25µm.
Treatment Costs for Patients with Streptococcus suis infection in Northern Thailand: A Hospital-based Observational Study of 14-year data
Authors: Rayanakorn Ajaree , Katip Wasan , Ademi Zanfina , Chan Kok-Gan 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Background
Streptococcus suis (S.suis) is a neglected zoonotic disease that imposes a significant economic burden on healthcare and society. To our knowledge, studies estimating the cost of illness associated with S.suis treatment are limited, and no study focuses on treatment costs and potential key drivers in Thailand. This study aimed to estimate the direct medical costs associated with S.suis treatment in Thailand and identify key drivers affecting high treatment costs from the provider’s perspective.
Methods
A retrospective analysis of the 14-year data from 2005-2018 of confirmed S.suis patients admitted at Chiang Mai University Hospital (CMUH) was conducted. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data of patients’ characteristics, healthcare utilization and costs. The multiple imputation with predictive mean matching strategy was employed to deal with missing Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) data. Generalized linear models (GLMs) were used to forecast costs model and identify determinants of costs associated with S.suistreatment. The modified Park test was adopted to determine the appropriate family. All costs were inflated applying the consumer price index for medical care and presented to year 2019.
Results
Among 130 S.suis patients, the average total direct medical cost was 12,4675 Thai baht (THB) (US$ 4,016), of which the majority of expenses were from the “others” category (room charges, staff services and medical devices). Infective endocarditis (IE), GCS, length of stay, and bicarbonate level were significant predictors associated with high total treatment costs. Overall, marginal increases in IE and length of stay were significantly associated with increases in the total costs (standard error) by 132,443 THB (39,638 THB) and 5,490 THB (1,715 THB), respectively. In contrast, increases in GCS and bicarbonate levels were associated with decreases in the total costs (standard error) by 13,118 THB (5,026 THB) and 7,497 THB (3,430 THB), respectively.
Conclusions
IE, GCS, length of stay, and bicarbonate level were significant cost drivers associated with direct medical costs. Patients’ clinical status during admission significantly impacts the outcomes and total treatment costs. Early diagnosis and timely treatment were paramount to alleviate long-term complications and high healthcare expenditures.
Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in collinear Antiferromagnetism
Authors: Guo Peng-Jie , Liu Zhengxin , Lu Zhong-Yi 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The two-dimensional Quantum Hall effect with no
external magnetic field is called the Quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect. So far, experimentally realized
QAH insulators all exhibit ferromagnetic order and the
QAH effect only occurs at very low temperatures. On
the other hand, up to now the QAH effect in collinear
antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials has never been
reported and the corresponding mechanism has never
been proposed. In this communication, we realize the
QAH effect by proposing a four-band lattice model with
static AFM order, which indicates that the QAH effect
can be found in AFM materials. Then, as a prototype,
we demonstrate that a monolayer CrO can be switched
from an AFM Weyl semimetal to an AFM QAH insulator
by applying strain, based on symmetry analysis and the
first-principles electronic structure calculations. Our
work not only proposes a new scenario to search for QAH
insulators in materials, but also reveals a way to considerably increase the critical temperature of the QAH phase.
Culture, Utility Function and Economic Growth: The Case of Mexican Indigenous People
Authors: Pérez-Velasco Juan Carlos 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Indigenous communities are the poorest sector in Mexico, and much of their precarious situation is due to their economic behavior. This article analyzes the part of their culture that affects their current economic behavior and that is derived from what happened in their history, beginning in the colonial era. However, unlike other studies, this study links cultural aspects with a formal model of economic growth. To this end, a way of incorporating various cultural factors into the utility function of the individuals composing that society is shown, and those factors are then integrated into a model of economic growth. In this way, conclusions are obtained that would have been difficult to reach otherwise. The cultural factors that are added to the utility function are preferences for working with household specialization and using a technology similar to that used by their ancestors. The emergence and formation of these preferences is shown throughout their history because the communities were acquiring them as part of their survival strategies against a very adverse environment. Likewise, empirical evidence of the relationship of the aforementioned cultural factors with economic growth is presented.
Classification code
O12, O32, Z13
Composition and diverse differences of salivary microbiota in gastritis correlated to Helicobacter pylori patients
Authors: Wang Yuman , Huang Chongxin , Liu Xiaoyu , Liu Zhihua , Du Yanru 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Objective: To explore the composition and diversity of oral microbiota in patients with Helicobacter pylori associated gastritis (HpAG), and to determine the differences of microbiota between patients with thin white moss and patients with yellow oily moss.
Methods: Between September 2021and June 2022, we flew into our study, saliva samples were collected from HC group (healthy control subjects) Hp group (hp-positive thin white moss patients, hp-positive yellow greasy moss patients).The V3-V4 region of 16S rRNA was amplified by PCR. After high-throughput sequencing, the sequencing data were processed for ASV annotation, community structure and diversity analysis.
Results: No differences in α diversity were found among the three groups.There were significant differences in the structure of the three groups in β-diversity.ANOSIM test (P = 0.001) showed significant differences between groups.At the phylum level, the relative abundance of Actinobacteriota in HT group was significantly increased, which may be a unique biomarker of Actinobacteriota.At the genus level, the biomarkers of HC group may be Clostridium_sensu_stricto_1 and Escherichia-Shigella.Biomarkers of BT group may be Mycoplasma, Muribaculaceae and Johnsonella.The biomarkers of HT group may be Actinomyces, Atopobium, Lachnoanaerobaculum, Stomatobaculum and Veillonella.
Conclusion: There were significant differences in the richness and diversity of salivary microbiota among the three groups.Different bacterial taxa can be used as biomarkers to increase our understanding of the relationship between salivary microbiota and H. pylori associated gastritis.
A Novel Multi-Geomagnetic Vehicle Sensors Data Feature Alignment Path Search Method of DTW
Authors: nana He , xuueyan Zheng 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The recognition of vehicle information based on vehicle geomagnetic information has great advantages in ITS. Traditionally, when using a single geomagnetic sensor to detect vehicle information, less vehicle information will be obtained, and will produce large classification errors when classifying the vehicle types. After pre-processing, vehicle geomagnetic data extraction, data fusion, feature extraction and vehicle type classification, real-time vehicle information can be obtained by using multiple geomagnetic sensors for detection. In this paper, the feature points in the vehicle geomagnetic data collected by multiple sensors are aligned based on the DTW method, and the method of path search which is most suitable for the alignment of feature points of vehicle geomagnetic data is found out from many method of path search of DTW. Experiments show that compared with other methods of path search, this method has the advantages of better preservation of original data, better alignment of feature points and less computation.
Sexual habits in childhood affect penis size in later adulthood: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Oshakbayev Kuat , Kuttymuratov Gani , Ardak Ainakulov , Nabiyev Altay , Zhankalova Zulfiya , Gazaliyeva Meruyert , Tordai Attila 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Background Behavioral habits and parental rearing during physical and sexual growth of men can influence to their penis size.
Aim To assess the erect penis size in adult Kazakh males and study the influence of their physiological events and behavioral habits during their body growth on their penis size.
Methods A cross-sectional survey pilot study with the intention-to-treat. The study included 282 adult Kazakh fertility males aged 23-35 years. Interventions: paper-based survey administration; erect penis length and girth measurement. Two-tailed Student’s t-test, Pearson correlation, and multivariate tests of the MANOVA/MANCOVA were used. The Ethics Committee of the National Research oncology center approved the study.
Outcomes In Kazakh men a mean age 29.6±4.4 years; body height 171.56±6.64 cm; BMI 24.53±3.40 kg/m2; erect penis length 13.41±1.04 cm and girth 11.62±0.91 cm.
Results
There was a significant correlation between erect penis length and girth (P<0.0001). The frequency of erection in 54.7% males was 5-6 times a day. The frequency of masturbation or coitus with ejaculation in 42.2% males was two times per month. 40.9% males abstained to masturbation or coitus in one of two cases. The frequency of nocturnal sperm emission was in 39.1% males one time per month.
Frequencies of erection, masturbation/coitus, abstinence to masturbation/coitus, and nocturnal emission have a statistically significant effect (P<0.01) on both erect penis length and girth in Kazakh males in their body growth.
Conclusions Sexual abstinence to coitus and masturbation during childhood has a positive increasing affect on the penis size in adulthood. The more males in childhood abstains from ejaculation, the larger their penis size in adulthood. A long-lasting extended erection during body growth has a positive effect on penis enlargement.
Differential neural networks prediction using slow and fast hybrid learning: application to prognosis of infections and deaths of covid-19 dynamics
Authors: Chairez Isaac , Poznyak Alenxander , Aniutin Alexander 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This essay discusses a potential method for predicting the behavior of various physical processes and uses the COVID-19 outbreak to demonstrate its applicability. This study assumes that the current data set reflects the output of a dynamic system that is governed by a nonlinear ordinary differential equation. This dynamic system may be described by a Differential Neural Network (DNN) with time-varying weights matrix parameters. A new hybrid learning scheme based on the decomposition of the signal to be predicted. The decomposition considers the slow and fast components of the signal which is more natural to signals such as the ones corresponding to the number of infected and deceased patients who suffered of COVID 2019 sickness. The paper results demonstrate the recommended method offers competitive performance (70 days of COVID prediction) in comparison to similar studies.
VNE through Generalized Network Temperature
Authors: Wang Shaofeng , Wang Changda 
Published: November 2022

Abstract

A virtual network embedding (VNE) method maps various virtual networks (VNs) onto the shared network infrastructure. The known VNE methods are mostly heuristic. The incomplete node importance evaluation taken by the known VNE methods lead to a low acceptance rate and inefficient network resource utilization. In addition, such methods focus on maximizing the possibility of the virtual network(VN) being accepted, which ignores the cooperation between different VNs and then intensifies resource fragmentation in substrate network (SN). To deal with these issues, we propose a new heuristic VNE method named VNE-GNT based on the generalized network temperature (GNT), which prevents the critical resources of a SN from being overused through optimizing the deployment location of VN request. Furthermore, the distance impact factor is applied to improve the collaboration between the node mapping stage and the link mapping stage. The simulation results show that the proposed VNE-GNT algorithm outperforms other known VNE algorithms in the terms of the acceptance rate and resources utilization.
A Female portraiture in the structure of the Seleukid Royal Iconography
Authors: СМИРНОВ С.В. 
Published: November 2022

В работе приводится обзор ключевых проблем царского женского портрета у Селевкидов. Несмотря на то, что женщины царских династий играли важную политическую роль в системе международных отношений эллинистических государств, их изображения немногочисленны. Исключение составляет династия Птолемеев, где женский портрет был устойчивой практикой, зародившейся еще в начале III в. до н.э. Напротив, у Селевкидов женские портреты появляются гораздо позже. Вопреки устоявшемуся в историографии мнению, самым ранним женским царским портретом у Селевкидов стоит считать изображение царицы Лаодики, жены царя Антиоха III, известное по оттиску печати из Селевкии на Тигре. Анализ иконографического материала показывает, что птолемеевский женский портрет представляет собой скорее особый случай, связанный с устойчивой догреческой иконографической традицией. В системе царской идеологии Селевкидов женский портрет как элемент парного портрета царя и царицы выступал инструментом легитимации власти нового правителя. В середине II в. до н.э., ввиду усиления политического влияния Египта, в державе Селевкидов появляется новый вариант царского женского портрета, выстроенного по египетским иконографическим канонам.
The survey provides an overview of the main problems of the royal Seleukid female portraiture. Despite the fact that the women of the Hellenistic royal dynasties played an important political role in the system of international relations of the Hellenistic kingdoms, their images are rare. The exception is the Ptolemaic dynasty, where the female portrait was a long-live practice that originated at the beginning of the III century BC. On the other hand, Seleukid female portraits appear much later. Contrary to the well-established opinion in historiography, the earliest Seleukid female royal portrait should be considered the image of queen Laodice, the wife of king Antiochus III, known from the seal impression from Seleucia on the Tigris. The analysis of the iconography shows that the Ptolemaic female portrait is rather an extraordinary case associated with a stable pre-Greek iconographic tradition. In the system of the Seleukid royal ideology, a female portrait as an element of a jugate portrait of a king and a queen used as an instrument of legitimizing the power of the new ruler. In the middle of the II BC, while political influence of Egypt increases, a new version of the royal female portrait, based on Egyptian iconographic canons, appears in the Seleukid empire.
THE TRIALS OF MAIESTATIS CRIMEN IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE OF THE IV CENTURY
Authors: ЕРМОЛОВА И.Е. 
Published: November 2022

В статье анализируется проблема потока обвинений в покушении на верховную власть в Римской империи в период правления императора Констанция II (337–361). Одним из самых важных источников по данной теме является историческое сочинение Аммиана Марцеллина. Текст его «Деяний» свидетельствует о том, что в высшем римском обществе козни и злоумышления были обыденным делом. Злонамеренное поведение мужчин из окружения императора зачастую проявляется не в форме прямой агрессии, а хитрыми, иногда усыпляющими внимание того, на кого они направлены, действиями исподтишка, что более свойственно женщинам. Историк иногда удивляется такому коварству, видя в нем отражение свойств характера обвинителей невинных людей, но в тексте его произведения есть материал, на основе которого можно предположить, каковы были предпосылки необоснованных наветов. Причиной козней могло быть желание устранить соперника по службе, уничтожить политического противника или того, кто стал слишком успешен, а то и просто обогатиться за счет имущества невинно осужденных. Гораздо большая инициативность мужчин в подобных действиях, вероятно, объясняется тем, что у женщин в IV в. было значительно меньше возможностей для участия в общественной жизни. Немногочисленные эпизоды «Деяний», описывающие злонамеренные действия женщин, показывают, что они могли быть не менее коварны и жестоки, чем мужчины. И гендерные различия в данном случае, видимо, минимальны.
In this article the problem of accusations of maiestatis crimen in the period of government of Constantius II (337–361) is analysed. The most important source for this subject is the Ammian Marcellinus' historical work. The text of his “Res gestae” shows, that intrigues were ordinary one in the higher Roman society. The wicked behavior of men from the emperor's environment has displayed not by means of direct aggression, but by means of intrigues, that more characteristic of women. Sometimes the historian sees in such deeds manifestation of bad character of denunciators, but in his work there is material, which allows to propose the motives of intrigues: personal hostility, envy, wish to appropriate other people's money. Men have made intrigues more often, than women, only because that women had not enough possibilities to take part in the public life in the IV century.
MEROVINGIAN QUEENS AND GERMAN POLITICAL CULTURE: GENDER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FRANKS IN THE 6TH CENTURY
Authors: САЗОНОВА А.А. 
Published: November 2022

В статье исследуется граница между допустимой свободой в личных и политических действиях меровингских королев и неординарными поступками Хродехильды и Радегунды, которые привели их на мучительный путь христианского поиска утешения и прощения. Политическая культура франков допускала в VI веке активную позицию для меровингских королев в качестве супруг франкских правителей и матерей королевских наследников. Личный политический выбор Хродехильды и ее стремление к регентской власти при внуках стали причиной трагической гибели ее близких. Глубоко переживая череду драматических событий в своей жизни, Радегунда избрала монашескую стезю и крайние формы аскезы. На примерах этих королев в неоднозначных оценках трех авторов аутентичных источников (Григория Турского, Венанция Фортуната и монахини Баудонивии) были сформулированы гендерные парадоксы для проявлений крайней жестокости, насилия и самоистязания.
The article explores the boundary between the permissible freedom in the personal and political activity of the Merovingian queens and the extraordinary actions of Clothild and Radegund, which brought them on the painful path of the Christian search for consolation and absolution. The political culture of the Franks in the sixth century allowed an active position for the Merovingian queens as spouses of Frankish kings and mothers of royal heirs. The personal political choice of Queen Clothild and her desire for regency with her grandchildren led to the tragic death of relatives. Deeply experiencing the dramatic events in her life, Queen Radegund chose the monastic path and extreme forms of ascetic practices. Based on the contrasting descriptions of these queens, in the ambiguous assessments of three authors of contemporary sources (Gregory of Tours, Venantius Fortunatus and the nun Baudonivia), gender paradoxes were formulated for manifestations of extreme cruelty and violent self-aggression.