bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Detection of Haqlaniyah cave within carbonate stratigraphic sequence rocks using 2D resistivity imaging technique, Haditha, western Iraq
Authors: Al-Jibouri Amer S. , Hamad Al-Halboosi Jassim M. , Abed Ali M. 
Published: September 2022

AbstractThe western desert of Iraq is characterized by a widespread karst phenomenon and caves. The study area is a site for the establishment of a primary school inAl- Haqlanighah village Haditha area, during leveling the land with a bulldozer, the ground collapsed, causing a hole with a diameter of up to two meters. Two-dimensional resistivity imaging has been applied to detect the depth and extent of the subsurface cave within carbonate rocks and along two cross-image lines in the array of Dipole-dipole and an electrode distance of 5 meters, each length of 105m. 2D Dipole-dipole imaging technique is obtained the inverse models which shows the resistivity variation between the anomalous of background resistivity of rocks and part of cavity is about 750:100 Ω.m. These models showed that the depth 11m at the cavity operator to the roof of cavity. While the actual depth at same location of this cavity measured of 11.35m approximately. The results of this study showed that the extension of the cave along the first track is 52 meters in a direction of west-east, 11 meters depth to the ceiling of the cave, 31-35 meters to the bottom of the cave. While the extension of this cave along the second track is 20 meters in a direction south-north, and the depth to the ceiling of the cave is 12 meters and 32-34 meters to the bottom of the cave. The stratigraphic succession of the study area, starting from bottom withAnah Formation, overlain by unconformity brecciated bed, ranging from 6 to 30m meters in thickness, followed by Euphrates Formation in the top. The unconformity layer is less cohesive than the rocks beneath and above it. So it was the best area for the caves to be formed as a result of dissolving its rocks by leaking rain water and groundwater. Therefore, it must be a pre-engineering preparation before starting any urban construction of the population in the study area or adjacent areas to avoid risks.
The use of stable isotopes (18O,2H) and hydrochemistry to determine the type and origin of water for Euphrates Aquifer in Alkhasfa Area –Western of Iraq
Authors: Al-Kubaisi Qusai Y. , Al-Sumaidai Sufyan K. 
Published: September 2022

AbstractAlkhasfa area is located in Al-Anbar Governorate - Western of Iraq. Isotopes and Hydrochemical analysis in groundwater were attempted the study area to learn more about water quality conditions and geochemical evolution. Groundwater in study area is dominated by (Ca+2and SO4−2) ions refers to the effect of gypsum that exists in the Fatha Formation and limestone in Euphrates Formation. The type of water according to Piper classification is alkaline water with an increase in alkalinity due to the prevailing of chloride and sulphate ions. Through the relationship between δ2H and δ18O, Three group may be distinguished, the first group include the well (W8), the water representing the mixing between groundwater and surface water (Haditha Lake), the second group includes the well (W1) the water representing the more enriched in δ18O, δ2H isotopic values indicate deep water impacts due to the location of the well above a Fault and the third group includes the remaining wells which have more depleted in heavy stable (δ18O, δ2H) values indicates that rainfall recharged to groundwater in these well. All groundwater samples are located right the Local meteoric line and global meteoric waterline. This means that water undergoes evaporates.
Associations of Immunogenicity and Reactogenicity After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 mRNA-1273 Vaccine in the COVE and TeenCOVE Trials
Authors: Siangphoe Uma , Baden Lindsey R , El Sahly Hana M , Essink Brandon , Ali Kashif , Berman Gary , Tomassini Joanne E , Deng Weiping , Pajon Rolando , McPhee Roderick , Dixit Avika , Das Rituparna , Miller Jacqueline M , Zhou Honghong ,   for the COVE and TeenCOVE Study Groups
Published: September 2022

Abstract

Background
The reactogenicity and immunogenicity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines are well studied. Little is known regarding the relationship between immunogenicity and reactogenicity of COVID-19 vaccines.

Methods
This study assessed the association between immunogenicity and reactogenicity after 2 mRNA-1273 (100 µg) injections in 1671 total adolescent and adult participants (≥12 years) from the primary immunogenicity sets of the blinded periods of the Coronavirus Efficacy (COVE) and TeenCOVE trials. Associations between immunogenicity through day 57 and solicited adverse reactions (ARs) after the first and second injections of mRNA-1273 were evaluated among participants with and without solicited ARs using linear mixed-effects models.

Results
mRNA-1273 reactogenicity in this combined analysis set was similar to that reported for these trials. The vaccine elicited high neutralizing antibody (nAb) geometric mean titers (GMTs) in evaluable participants. GMTs at day 57 were significantly higher in participants who experienced solicited systemic ARs after the second injection (1227.2 [1164.4–1293.5]) than those who did not (980.1 [886.8–1083.2], P = .001) and were associated with fever, chills, headache, fatigue, myalgia, and arthralgia. Significant associations with local ARs were not found.

Conclusions
These data show an association of systemic ARs with increased nAb titers following a second mRNA-1273 injection. While these data indicate systemic ARs are associated with increased antibody titers, high nAb titers were observed in participants after both injections, consistent with the immunogenicity and efficacy in these trials. These results add to the body of evidence regarding the relationship of immunogenicity and reactogenicity and can contribute toward the design of future mRNA vaccines.
Novel strategies in nephrology: what to expect from the future?
Authors: Copur Sidar , Tanriover Cem , Yavuz Furkan , Soler Maria J , Ortiz Alberto , Covic Adrian , Kanbay Mehmet 
Published: September 2022

ABSTRACT
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) will become the fifth global case of death by 2040. Its largest impact is on premature mortality but the number of persons with kidney failure requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) is also increasing dramatically. Current RRT is suboptimal due to the shortage of kidney donors and dismal outcomes associated with both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Kidney care needs a revolution. In this review, we provide an update on emerging knowledge and technologies that will allow an earlier diagnosis of CKD, addressing the current so-called blind spot (e.g. imaging and biomarkers), and improve renal replacement therapies (wearable artificial kidneys, xenotransplantation, stem cell-derived therapies, bioengineered and bio-artificial kidneys).
Energetic basis for bird ontogeny and egg-laying applied to the bobwhite quail
Authors: Marn Nina , Lika Konstadia , Augustine Starrlight , Goussen Benoit , Ebeling Markus , Heckmann David , Gergs Andre 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Birds build up their reproductive system and undergo major tissue remodeling for each reproductive season. Energetic specifics of this process are still not completely clear, despite the increasing interest. We focused on the bobwhite quail — one of the most intensely studied species due to commercial and conservation interest — to elucidate the energy fluxes associated with reproduction, including the fate of the extra assimilates ingested prior to and during reproduction. We used the standard Dynamic Energy Budget model, which is a mechanistic process-based model capable of fully specifying and predicting the life cycle of the bobwhite quail: its growth, maturation and reproduction. We expanded the standard model with an explicit egg-laying module and formulated and tested two hypotheses for energy allocation of extra assimilates associated with reproduction: Hypothesis 1, that the energy and nutrients are used directly for egg production; and Hypothesis 2, that the energy is mostly spent fueling the increased metabolic costs incurred by building up and maintaining the reproductive system and, subsequently, by egg-laying itself. Our results suggest that Hypothesis 2 is the more likely energy pathway. Model predictions capture well the whole ontogeny of a generalized northern bobwhite quail and are able to reproduce most of the data variability via variability in (i) egg size, (ii) egg-laying rate and (iii) inter-individual physiological variability modeled via the zoom factor, i.e. assimilation potential. Reliable models with a capacity to predict physiological responses of individuals are relevant not only for experimental setups studying effects of various natural and anthropogenic pressures on the quail as a bird model organism, but also for wild quail management and conservation. The model is, with minor modifications, applicable to other species of interest, making it a most valuable tool in the emerging field of conservation physiology.
Behavioral Comparison in Males of Two Praying Mantis Species of the Same Genus, Hierodula patellifera and H. chinensis (Mantodea: Mantidae: Hierodulinae) in Japan, in Response to the Conspecific or Allospecific Species of Calling Females and Females’ Headspace Crude Extract
Authors: Saji Seiya , Yamasaki Kazuhisa , Fujimoto Nanami , Naka Hideshi 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
For many years, only one species of praying mantis in the genus Hierodula, Hierodula patellifera Serville, had been recorded in Japan. In recent years, however, Hierodula chinensis Werner, a larger species than H. patellifera Serville, has been discovered in Japan, and observations and collections in Japan have increased rapidly. There are reports that in some areas, H. patellifera became locally extinct due to the invasion of H. chinensis. Since females of H. patellifera attract conspecific males by volatile with characteristic calling behavior, a sex pheromone-mediated reproductive interference may exist between the two species. Both males of H. patellifera and males of H. chinensis were strongly attracted to conspecific females and crude headspace extract from conspecific females, while they were not attracted to females of allospecific species or crude headspace extract from allospecific females. These results indicate that sex pheromone-mediated reproductive interference may not exist between H. patellifera and H. chinensis.
Women’s health in migrant populations: a qualitative study in France
Authors: Ouanhnon Lisa , Astruc Pauline , Freyens Anne , Mesthé Pierre , Pariente Karine , Rougé Daniel , Gimenez Laetitia , Rougé-Bugat Marie-Eve 
Published: September 2022

Abstract

Background
In 2019, there are 6.5 million migrants living in France. Numerous quantitative studies show inequalities in access and quality of care, in particular in women’s health. This study aimed to explore migrant women’s experience of gynaecological care.

Methods
We conducted 17 semi-structured in-depth interviews with migrant women in Toulouse (France). We used a Grounded Theory approach to perform the analysis.

Results
Although migrant women were generally satisfied with the gynaecological care received, they also reported dysfunctions. Positive elements were the French health insurance system, the human qualities of the healthcare providers and the performance of the health system. Although reassuring, the structured framework was perceived to have little flexibility. This was sometimes felt as oppressive, paternalistic or discriminatory. These obstacles, amplified by the women’s lifestyle instability and precariousness, the language barrier and the difficulty to understand a totally new healthcare system, made women’s health care and, especially, preventive care, a difficult-to-achieve and low-priority objective for the women.

Conclusions
Migrant women’s overall satisfaction with the healthcare system contrasted with the known health inequalities in these populations. This is a good example of the concept of acculturation. Healthcare professionals need to make an introspective effort to prevent the emergence of stereotypes and of discriminatory and paternalistic behaviours. A better understanding and respect of the other person’s culture is an indispensable condition for intercultural medicine, and thus for reducing the health inequalities that migrant women experience.
Rigidity of the Stochastic Airy Operator
Authors: Gaudreau Lamarre Pierre Yves , Ghosal Promit , Li Wenxuan , Liao Yuchen 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
We prove that the spectrum of the stochastic Airy operator is rigid in the sense of Ghosh and Peres [22] for Dirichlet and Robin boundary conditions. This proves the rigidity of the Airy-$\beta $ point process and the soft-edge limit of rank-$1$ perturbations of Gaussian $\beta $-Ensembles for any $\beta&gt;0$ and solves an open problem mentioned in [9]. Our proof uses a combination of the semigroup theory of the stochastic Airy operator and the techniques for studying insertion and deletion tolerance of point processes developed in [24].
Borderline Global Regularity for Nonuniformly Elliptic Systems
Authors: De Filippis Cristiana , Piccinini Mirco 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
We establish sharp global regularity results for solutions to nonhomogeneous, nonuniformly elliptic systems with zero boundary conditions imposed only on some part of the boundary of convex domains. In particular, we obtain everywhere Lipschitz continuity under borderline Lorentz assumptions on the forcing term, thus positively settling the optimality issue raised in [11].
Recognising the potential of neglected tropical disease programmes as a platform for pandemic preparedness: the Ascend experience
Authors: Hill Becks , Dauda Nurudeen , Dabo Shehu , Woods Geordie 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Living in an increasingly interconnected world, epidemics and pandemics are increasingly likely to be a vista for the future. This, coupled with the likely devastating effects of climate change, means that humanitarian crises are likely to increase. Now, more than ever before, is the time to scale up investment in prevention and preparedness strategies, and to review our current approaches to delivering health services, including those that address neglected tropical diseases. The Ascend West and Central Africa programme has illustrated the importance of innovation, multisector partnerships, resilience and the opportunity for change.
Dharmaśāstra in Aurangzeb’s India: A Persian Translation of the Yājñavalkya Smṛti and Mitākṣarā
Authors: Gandhi Supriya 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
This article explores the use of dharmaśāstra in Mughal India through the case of a little-known seventeenth-century Persian translation of a dharmaśāstra text entitled Aḥkām-i awāmir wa nawāhī-yi mazhab-i hunūd (Legal rulings on commanding [right] and forbidding [wrong] of the legal school of the Hindus). The work, apparently completed in 1658 by a Kāyastha named Lāl Bihārī Bhojpurī, is a translation of the Yājñavalkya Smṛti together with the Mitākṣarā and includes lavish praise of Aurangzeb ʿĀlamgīr (d. 1707). I investigate the broader context in which the Aḥkām was produced and argue that this work represents an effort to delineate the boundaries of a separate legal space for Hindus from the standpoint of a munshī committed to Persianate culture and the ethos of Mughal imperial service. Persian dharmaśāstra translations later came to play a role in British colonial efforts to codify Hindu law for use in the administration of justice. The prior engagements with dharmaśāstra in the Persian language are suggestive of a more complex background to such colonial enterprises than modern scholarship has hitherto identified.
Under the Radar—The Return of Member States in EU Investment Policy
Authors: Bungenberg Marc , Böhme Bianca 
Published: September 2022

ABSTRACT
While the investment agreements concluded by the EU have not entered into force, its Member States’ bilateral treaties have become a new vehicle to implement EU investment policy in a decentralized fashion. To that end, the EU is planning to use model clauses and interpretative guidelines to be followed by its Member States in their investment agreements. This article argues that this approach has significant benefits but also considerable costs of fragmentation. On the one hand, a decentralized EU investment policy enhances the exportation of EU values, contributes to level the playing field among the Member States, and leads to further integration in that area. On the other hand, the decentralized approach has important downsides: it requires multiple costly treaty (re-)negotiations and the abandonment of the EU’s competence-based allocation of international responsibilities. A plurilateral (re-)negotiation is the better approach, with the same benefits but no costs of fragmentation.
First Report of Mutations Associated With Pyrethroid (L1014F) and Organophosphate (G119S) Resistance in Belgian Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquitoes
Authors: Wang Lanjiao , Soto Alina , Remue Laure , Rosales Rosas Ana Lucia , De Coninck Lander , Verwimp Sam , Bouckaert Johanna , Vanwinkel Mathias , Matthijnssens Jelle , Delang Leen 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
The emergence of West Nile virus and Usutu virus in Europe poses a significant risk to public health. In the absence of efficient antiviral therapy or vaccine candidates, the only strategy to control these arboviruses is to target the Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquito vector. However, the selection pressure caused by exposure to insecticides for vector control or agricultural pest control can lead to insecticide resistance, thereby reducing the efficacy of insecticide-based vector control interventions. In Culex mosquitoes, two of the most common amino acid substitutions associated with insecticide resistance are the kdr L1014F in voltage gated sodium channels and G119S in acetylcholinesterase. In this study, Culex pipiens biotype pipiens, Culex torrentium, and Culex modestus were sampled from 2019 to 2021 in three distinct environmental habitats (urban, peri-urban, and agricultural) in and around the city of Leuven, Belgium. Individual mosquitoes were screened for two mutations resulting in L1014F and G119S amino acid substitutions. Both mutations were observed in Cx. pipiens and Cx. modestus but not in Cx. torrentium mosquitoes across the four collection sites. Furthermore, multi-resistance or cross-resistance in Cx. pipiens could be a threat in these areas, as both mutations were observed at low frequencies. These results provide the first report of kdr L1014F and ace-1 G119S resistance mutations in Cx. pipiens and Cx. modestus mosquitoes from Belgium, highlighting the importance of mosquito surveillance to design effective arbovirus outbreak control strategies.
Effects of Hibernation Site, Temperature, and Humidity on the Abundance and Survival of Overwintering Culex pipiens pipiens and Anopheles messeae (Diptera: Culicidae)
Authors: Sauer F G , Timmermann E , Lange U , Lühken R , Kiel E 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Knowledge of the hibernation site preferences and the factors which influence winter survival in these hibernation sites may enhance understanding of mosquito population dynamics after winter and how arboviruses persist in temperate regions. Our study quantified the number of adult overwintering mosquitoes in cellars and aboveground constructions and analyzed survival rates in relation to the environmental conditions in these sites. During the winters 2016/2017 and 2018/2019, 149 different constructions in Northwest Germany were sampled for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes were detected in 44% of the cellars and in 33% of the aboveground constructions. Culex p. pipiens Linnaeus was the most abundant species in cellars, whereas high numbers of Anopheles messeae Falleroni were collected from a single barn. Subsequently, an enclosure study was conducted during 2019/2020. Overwintering field-collected Cx. p. pipiens and An. messeae were divided into groups with or without fructose availability, and placed in cages with different man-made hibernations sites, where temperature and relative humidity were recorded hourly. For both species, increasing mean temperatures (5–16°C) but not mean relative humidity (58–94%) were correlated with winter mortality rates of the mosquitoes. The lipid measurements were greater and mortality rates were lower when both species were provided fructose. Larger specimens (determined by wing length) stored more lipids, and in Cx. p pipiens, but not in An. messeae, survival probability of large specimens was significantly greater than for small females. Mosquitoes showed a distinct pattern in the selection of overwintering sites, while temperature was an important driver for survival.
May the robotic approach expand the indications for redo surgery in recurrent pNETs in Multiple Neuroendocrine Neoplasia type 1?
Authors: Baz Carolina , Dreifuss Nicolas H , Cubisino Antonio , Schlottmann Francisco , Mangano Alberto , Aguiluz Gabriela , Vanetta Carolina , Masrur Mario A , Giulianotti Pier Cristoforo 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) represent the leading cause of disease-specific mortality in patients with Multiple Neuroendocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1). Although surgery is the recommended treatment for non-functional pNETs &gt;2 cm, the management of recurrent lesions between 1 and 2 cm is controversial. Robotic surgery was used on a 29-year-old female with MEN1 and previous distal splenopancreatectomy that presented with a 1 cm recurrent pNET. The advantages offered by this approach facilitating a precise resection of the tumor and minimizing the postoperative morbidity may favor the decision towards redo surgery for local recurrences &lt;2 cm, expanding current indications.
Portomesenteric venous thrombosis post gastric sleeve
Authors: Palomares Jaime Ponce-de-León , Barajas Iván González , León Valeria Jaime , Estrada Isaac Esparza , Guzmán Barba José A , Orozco Álvarez-Malo José O 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
The gastric sleeve is the most performed bariatric surgery, and several studies have shown a good safety profile. Among its main postoperative complications are bleeding, leak, stenosis, reflux and to a lesser extent, portomesenteric venous thrombosis (1%). More than 80% of this entity occur after discharge. Diagnosis is difficult because it does not have characteristic symptoms or laboratory abnormalities. A 30-year-old male with a body mass index of 40.2 kg/m2, submitted to gastric sleeve, developing tachycardia, abdominal pain and oral intolerance on the eighth postoperative day. Contrast-enhanced abdominopelvic tomography revealed thrombosis of the portal, mesenteric and splenic veins. Portomesenteric venous thrombosis managed with resection, laparoscopic entero–entero anastomosis and anticoagulation. Although the risk of presenting portomesenteric venous thrombosis is relatively low, its complications are serious and life-threatening, in addition to an increased prevalence in bariatric surgeries.