bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Prediction of Fissure Integrity by Quantitative Computed Tomography Analysis
Authors: Noro Antonio , Natale Giovanni , Messina Gaetana , Leonardi Beatrice , Rainone Anna , Santini Mario , Fiorelli Alfonso 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Background Incomplete interlobar fissure may increase the difficulty of thoracoscopic lobectomy. Herein, we compared the accuracy of visual versus quantitative analysis to predict fissure integrity in lung cancer patients undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy and evaluated the effects of fissure integrity on surgical outcome.
Methods This was a single-center retrospective study including consecutive patients undergoing VATS (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery) lobectomy for lung cancer. The target interlobar fissures were classified as complete or incomplete by visual and quantitative analysis. Using the intraoperative finding as the reference method, the diagnostic accuracy of the two methods to define fissure completeness (dependent variable) was calculated and statistically compared. Yet, we evaluated differences in postoperative outcomes between patients with complete and incomplete fissure integrity.
Results A total of 93 patients were included in the study; 33/93 (36%) presented complete fissure. Visual and quantitative analyses correctly identified complete fissure in 19/33 (57%) and 29/33 (88%) patients, respectively, and incomplete fissure in 56/60 (93%) and 58/60 (96%) patients, respectively. Quantitative analysis had better diagnostic accuracy than visual analysis (81 vs. 93%; p = 0.01). Patients with incomplete fissure compared with those with complete fissure had a higher conversion rate (6 vs. 13%; p = 0.43), higher persistent air leak rate (0/33 vs. 14/60; p = 0.03), and longer hospitalization (12.6 ± 3.8 vs. 7.1 ± 2.4 days; p = 0.01).
Conclusion Quantitative analysis accurately predicted the fissures' integrity; it may be useful for selecting suitable cases for thoracoscopic lobectomy especially for surgeons with limited minimally invasive experience.
Massive Embolism: Knife versus PCI
Authors: Tohme Scarlett , Newman Joshua S. , Gasparis Christopher , Manetta Frank 
Published: August 2022

AbstractPulmonary embolism is the third most common cardiovascular syndrome with an estimated up to 25% of patients presenting with sudden death. For those who survive, a mainstay of management for patients with hemodynamic stability is anticoagulation; however, recommendations and options are rapidly changing for patients with submassive or massive pulmonary embolism with hemodynamic instability. Catheter-based and surgical approaches offer efficacious management options for unstable patients or patients with contraindications to anticoagulation; however, both approaches have inherent benefits and risk. This article seeks to offer a brief review on the recommendations and options for management of pulmonary embolism from both surgical and catheter-based perspectives.
A feminist translation approach in twentieth-century China: Bing Xin’s 《园丁集》translation of The Gardener by Tagore
Authors: Ji Zhinan , Xiangchun Meng 
Published: August 2022

AbstractAmong modern Chinese female writers and translators, Bing Xin is considered an elite pioneer and leader of the May Fourth/New Culture Movement. Through a sentimental and feminist writing style, she showcases her own voice and distinctive features. With anti-patriarchal philosophy and creative literary rhetoric, Bing Xin’s translation of literature reflects femininity and globality. Her seminal translated work《园丁集》 (Yuan Ding Ji or Yuan Ding Collected Poems), the Chinese translation of the poetry collection The Gardener by Rabindranath Tagore, is a product of appreciation and appropriation, as well as rewriting and recreation. Using case study as a research methodology and the method of textual analysis and commentary of Bing Xin’s translated sources in comparison with primary sources from Tagore’s work, this project focuses on how Bing Xin applies typical feminist translation strategies in certain excerpts from The Gardener, serving as a reflection of her feminist consciousness as well as a correction of the potentially unintended patriarchal tendencies of Tagore. By commenting on her translation tactics and their effects and implications, this paper traces Bing Xin’s endeavour to fight the subordinated status of women and of the translation. It aims to contribute to both gender studies and critique on translation theory and practice.
A compact pulsed power driver with precisely shaped current waveforms for magnetically driven loading experiments
Authors: Chen Xuemiao , Luo Binqiang , Zhang Xuping , Wang Guiji , Tan Fuli , Shui Rongjie , Xu Chao , Wu Gang , Ma Xiao , Zhao Jianheng , Liu Cangli , Sun Chengwei , Zhang Linwen 
Published: August 2022

Magnetically driven loading techniques based on high current pulsed power drivers are very important tools for researching material dynamic behaviors and high-pressure physics. Based on the technologies of a Marx generator energy storage and low impedance coaxial cable energy transmission, a compact high current pulsed power driver CQ-7 was developed and established at the Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, which can generate precisely shaped current waveforms for magnetically driven loading experiments. CQ-7 is composed of 256 two-stage Marx generators in parallel with low impedance, high voltage coaxial cables for current output. The 256 Marx generators are divided into 16 groups, and each separate group can be individually triggered to discharge and shape currents in sequence by a low jitter, high voltage pulse trigger with 16 output signals. The electrical parameters of CQ-7 are a capacitance of 20.48 µF, an inductance of 4.12 nH, and a resistance of 3.35 mΩ in a short circuit. When working at the charging voltage of ±40–±60 kV, CQ-7 can deliver a peak current from 5 to 7 MA to the short-circuit loads with a rising time of 400–700 ns at different discharging time sequences. Two different experiments were conducted to test the performance of CQ-7: magnetically driven high velocity flyer plates and solid liner implosion. The results show that CQ-7 can accelerate the aluminum flyer plate with a size of 12 × 8 × 1 mm3 to more than 7.5 km/s and uniformly drive the aluminum liner with an inner diameter of 6.2 mm and a thickness of 0.4 mm to more than 9.5 km/s. Furthermore, these experiments indicate that CQ-7 is a robust platform for material dynamics and high-pressure physics.
Calibration and performance characterization of a Mach 5 Ludwieg tube
Authors: Bearden Kyle P. , Padilla Victor E. , Taubert Lutz , Craig Stuart A. 
Published: August 2022

Calibration, commissioning, and design features of a new Mach 5 Ludwieg Tube wind tunnel at the University of Arizona are discussed. Mach number uniformity and free-stream noise levels are measured using a Pitot rake at a range of unit Reynolds numbers and at multiple spanwise and streamwise positions. The wind tunnel is shown to have a free-stream Mach number of 4.82 with maximum variance less than 0.8% (and less than 0.5% at most streamwise positions). The average free-stream acoustic noise level in the core (based on Pitot pressure) is shown to be less than 1.2% at an intermediate Reynolds number with some regions dropping locally below 1.0%. The core flow region is measured to be 282.4 mm (11.1 in.) in diameter at the nozzle exit.
Relative calibration of the LIGO and Virgo detectors using astrophysical events from their third observing run
Authors: Alléné C , Andres N , Assiduo M , Aubin F , Buskulic D , Chierici R , Estevez D , Faedi F , Guidi G M , Juste V , Marion F , Mours B , Nitoglia E , Sordini V , Syx A 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
We explore a method to assess the relative scale of the strain measured in the different detectors of the gravitational-wave (GW) network, using binary black hole (BBH) events detected during the third observing run (O3). The number of such signals is becoming sufficiently large to adopt a statistical approach based on the ratio of the signal-to-noise ratio of the events between the detectors and the number of observed events in each detector. We demonstrate the principle of the method on simulations of BBH signals and we present its application to published O3 events reported by the multi-band template analysis pipeline. Constraints on the relative calibration of the GW network for O3 are obtained at the level of

∼
3.5
%

between the two LIGO detectors and at the level of

∼
10
%

between the LIGO Livingston detector and the Virgo detector.
Enhancement of frequency scanning interferometry signal for non-cooperative target based on generative adversarial network
Authors: Tian Kai , Liu Zhigang , Zhang Huakun , Wang Zian , Guo Junkang 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
In non-cooperative target frequency scanning interferometry, the return optical power is low, the quality of the interferometric signal is poor, and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is low. Moreover, the power change accompanying the use of the frequency scanning laser modulates the interferometric signal’s amplitude and shifts the amplitude centre. Traditional signal enhancement techniques, such as filtering, can only solve some of the problems affecting the measurement accuracy, and the full-factor processing of such signals is difficult. This paper proposes a non-cooperative target frequency scanning interferometry signal enhancement method based on a generative adversarial network. By learning the sample dataset, the SNR of the signal can be improved within a certain range, and the signal waveform can be corrected simultaneously. The simulation results reveal that the SNR of the non-cooperative target signal is improved and the signal waveform is satisfactorily corrected. Finally, the effectiveness of the enhancement method was experimentally confirmed.
Noise analysis of MoTe2-based dual-cavity MOSFET as a pH sensor
Authors: De Arpan , Kanrar Sharmistha Shee , Sarkar Subir Kumar 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Field-effect transistor (FET) pH sensors have been studied for a long time because of their low cost, sound sensitivity, and high operational speed. Recently, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) materials such as MoTe2, MoS2, among others, have emerged as promising channel materials for developing energy-efficient electronic devices. TMD-based sensors have shown excellent results because of the high surface area–volume ratio and better bio-specific interaction. This paper proposes and analyzes a MoTe2 channel–based dual-cavity (DC) accumulation metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) as a pH sensor. For a comprehensive study, a pH-FET noise model has been considered to investigate the amount of noise associated with the proposed FET under various ionic concentrations and device dimensions. The electrolytic semiconductor has been modeled based on ion dynamics for the simulation study. A site-binding model has been incorporated to capture the surface charge density fluctuations at the interface of electrolyte and gate oxide for different pH values. The effect of gate length scaling on the device performance is studied to comprehend its scalability. With this MoTe2-based DC accumulation MOSFET sensor, a peak threshold sensitivity of 77 mV pH−1 has been achieved. To provide a comparative performance analysis of the proposed work, a benchmarking figure is included and a detailed fabrication methodology is also presented in this paper. All simulations are performed with an experimentally calibrated setup in SILVACO Technology Computer Aided Design (TCAD).
Induced gravitational waves from multi-sound speed resonances during cosmological inflation
Authors: Addazi Andrea , Capozziello Salvatore , Gan Qingyu 
Published: August 2022

AbstractWe explore the possibility of multi-parametric resonances from time varying sound speed during cosmological inflation. In particular, we fix our set-up to the simpler case beyond a single oscillation model already explored in literature: two sinusoidal harmonics around a constant sound speed equal to one. We find that, within the perturbative regime, except for some certain extreme corners of the parameter space, the primordial density spectrum is characterized by two groups of amplified peaks centered around two critical oscillatory frequencies of the sound speed. As a general result, we show that the energy spectrum of the secondary induced GWs from the inflationary era has a single major broad peak, whereas the one from the radiation dominated phase consists of one/two principle peak-like configuration(s) for relatively small/large ratio of two oscillatory frequencies. The GW relic stochastic backgrounds carry a gravitational memory of the parametric resonances during inflation. GW signals from double sound speed resonances can be tested in complementary channels from Pulsar-timing radio-astronomy, space and terrestrial GW interferometers.
Artificial referred sensation in upper and lower limb prosthesis users: a systematic review
Authors: Gonzalez Michael , Bismuth Alex , Lee Christina , Chestek Cynthia A , Gates Deanna H 
Published: August 2022

Abstract

Objective. Electrical stimulation can induce sensation in the phantom limb of individuals with amputation. It is difficult to generalize existing findings as there are many approaches to delivering stimulation and to assessing the characteristics and benefits of sensation. Therefore, the goal of this systematic review was to explore the stimulation parameters that effectively elicited referred sensation, the qualities of elicited sensation, and how the utility of referred sensation was assessed. Approach. We searched PubMed, Web of Science, and Engineering Village through January of 2022 to identify relevant papers. We included papers which electrically induced referred sensation in individuals with limb loss and excluded papers that did not contain stimulation parameters or outcome measures pertaining to stimulation. We extracted information on participant demographics, stimulation approaches, and participant outcomes. Main results. After applying exclusion criteria, 49 papers were included covering nine stimulation methods. Amplitude was the most commonly adjusted parameter (n = 25), followed by frequency (n = 22), and pulse width (n = 15). Of the 63 reports of sensation quality, most reported feelings of pressure (n = 52), paresthesia (n = 48), or vibration (n = 40) while less than half (n = 29) reported a sense of position or movement. Most papers evaluated the functional benefits of sensation (n = 33) using force matching or object identification tasks, while fewer papers quantified subjective measures (n = 16) such as pain or embodiment. Only 15 studies (36%) observed percept intensity, quality, or location over multiple sessions. Significance. Most studies that measured functional performance demonstrated some benefit to providing participants with sensory feedback. However, few studies could experimentally manipulate sensation location or quality. Direct comparisons between studies were limited by variability in methodologies and outcome measures. As such, we offer recommendations to aid in more standardized reporting for future research.
Magnetic system for controlling the spin of polarized neutrons
Authors: Berikov D. , Ahmadov G. , Kopatch Yu. , Novitsky V. 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
A spin control magnetic system was developed and assembled
at the JINR Laboratory of Neutron Physics (Dubna, Russia) and was
tested with a beam of polarized neutrons at the POLI instrument of
the FRM II reactor in Garching (Germany). This paper presents the
principle of operation and a method for compensating the influence
of external magnetic fields on polarization using this device.

The system consists of three precession coils in a magnetic
screen. The first coil allows, by changing the current in it, to
ensure the rotation of the neutron spin by an arbitrary angle
relative to the magnetic field inside the coil. The remaining two
coils are designed to compensate for the effect of scattered
magnetic fields on the beam polarization, and to preserve the
polarization vector direction.
Vascularized pancreas-on-a-chip device produced using a printable simulated extracellular matrix
Authors: Hospodiuk-Karwowski Monika , Chi Kai , Pritchard Justin , Catchmark Jeffrey M 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
The extracellular matrix (ECM) influences cellular behavior, function, and fate. The ECM surrounding Langerhans islets has not been investigated in detail to explain its role in the development and maturation of pancreatic β-cells. Herein, a complex combination of the simulated ECM (sECM) has been examined with a comprehensive analysis of cell response and a variety of controls. The most promising results were obtained from group containing fibrin, collagen type I, Matrigel®, hyaluronic acid, methylcellulose, and two compounds of functionalized, ionically crosslinking bacterial cellulose (sECMbc). Even though the cell viability was not significantly impacted, the performance of group of sECMbc showed 2 to 4× higher sprouting number and length, 2 to 4× higher insulin secretion in static conditions, and 2 to 10× higher gene expression of VEGF-A, Endothelin-1, and NOS3 than the control group of fibrin matrix (sECMf). Each material was tested in a hydrogel-based, perfusable, pancreas-on-a-chip device and the best group—sECMbc has been tested with the drug Sunitinib to show the extended possibilities of the device for both diabetes-like screening as well as PDAC chemotherapeutics screening for potential personal medicine approach. It proved its functionality in seven days dynamic culture and is suitable as a physiological tissue model. Moreover, the device with the pancreatic-like spheroids was 3D bioprintable and perfusable.
Aptamer-functionalized quercetin thermosensitive liposomes for targeting drug delivery and antitumor therapy
Authors: Li Jian , Gao Yanting , Liu Shihe , Cai Jiahui , Zhang Qing , Li Kun , Liu Zhiwei , Shi Ming , Wang Jidong , Cui Hongxia 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Chemo-thermotherapy, as a promising cancer combination therapy strategy, has attracted widespread attention. In this study, a novel aptamer functionalized thermosensitive liposome encapsulating hydrophobic drug quercetin was fabricated as an efficient drug delivery system. This aptamer-functionalized quercetin thermosensitive liposomes (AQTSL) combined the merits of high-loading yield, sustained drug release, long-term circulation in the body of PEGylated liposomes, passive targeting provided by 100–200 nm nanoparticles, active targeting and improved internalization effects offered by AS1411 aptamer, and temperature-responsive of quercetin release. In addition, AQTSL tail vein injection combined with 42 °C water bath heating on tumor site (AQTSL + 42 °C)treatment inhibited the tumor growth significantly compared with the normal saline administration (p < 0.01), and the inhibition rate reached 75%. Furthermore, AQTSL + 42 °C treatment also slowed down the tumor growth significantly compared with QTSL combined with 42 °C administration (p < 0.05), confirming that AS1411 decoration on QTSL increased the active targeting and internalization effects of the drug delivery system, and AS1411 aptamer itself might also contribute to the tumor inhibition. These data indicate that AQTSL is a potential carrier candidate for different hydrophobic drugs and tumor targeting delivery, and this kind of targeted drug delivery system combined with temperature responsive drug release mode is expected to achieve an ideal tumor therapy effect.
Untangling the impacts of socioeconomic and climatic changes on vegetation greenness and productivity in Kazakhstan
Authors: Venkatesh Kolluru , John Ranjeet , Chen Jiquan , Jarchow Meghann , Amirkhiz Reza Goljani , Giannico Vincenzo , Saraf Sakshi , Jain Khushboo , Kussainova Maira , Yuan Jing 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Studies examining the joint interactions and impacts of social-environmental system (SES) drivers on vegetation dynamics in Central Asia are scarce. We investigated seasonal trends and anomalies in drivers and their impacts on ecosystem structure and function (ESF). We explored the response of net primary production, evapotranspiration and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) to various SES drivers—climate, human influence, heat stress, water storage, and water content—and their latent relationships in Kazakhstan. We employed 13 predictor drivers from 2000 to 2016 to identify the interactions and impacts on ESF variables that reflect vegetation growth and productivity. We developed 12 models with different predictor–response variable combinations and separated them into two approaches. First, we considered the winter percent snow cover (SNOWc) and spring rainfall (P_MAM) as drivers and then as moderators in a structural equation model (SEM). SNOWc variability (SNOWcSD) as an SEM moderator exhibited superior model accuracy and explained the interactions between various predictor–response combinations. Winter SNOWcSD did not have a strong direct positive influence on summer vegetation growth and productivity; however, it was an important moderator between human influence and the ESF variables. Spring rainfall had a stronger impact on ESF variability than summer rainfall. We also found strong positive feedback between soil moisture (SM) and NDVI, as well as a strong positive influence of vegetation optical depth (VOD) and terrestrial water storage (TWS) on ESF. Livestock density (LSKD) exhibited a strong negative influence on ESF. Our results also showed a strong positive influence of socioeconomic drivers, including crop yield per hectare (CROPh), gross domestic product per capita (GDPca), and population density (POPD) on vegetation productivity. Finally, we found that vegetation dynamics were more sensitive to SM, VOD, LSKD and POPD than climatic drivers, suggesting that water content and human influence drivers were more critical in Kazakhstan.
Gender History, Global History, and Atlantic Slavery
Authors: Paton Diana 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Bringing into connection the scholarship on social reproduction and racial capitalism shows that the global history of Atlantic slavery is a gendered story; and the gendered history of Atlantic slavery is a global story. Attending in particular to reproductive labor in all its forms, and to the centrality of gender relations to the transmission of property and status, enables greater understanding of Atlantic slavery as a critically important aspect of modern global history. Indeed, without attention to gender and specifically to reproductive work, the global history of Atlantic slavery will inevitably be partial and incomplete. The reproductive work of women in Africa, as well as in the Americas, should be understood as an integral part of the development of Atlantic slavery, and thus of racial capitalism.
As If I Wasn’t There
Authors: Hodes Martha 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Reflecting on the dilemmas faced by a historian writing a deeply researched memoir of a childhood event, this essay grapples with the difficulties of writing from childhood memory and addresses the ambivalence surrounding writing about oneself. Confronting the imperative to write about emotion—of both the child in the past and the historian in the present—the essay looks to the work of other scholars and writers for creative and effective models that combine history and memoir.