bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Revisiting growth hormone nadir cut-offs for remission in patients with acromegaly
Authors: Kim Jiwon , Hwang Yoon-a , Park Yae Won , Moon Ju Hyung , Kim Eui Hyun , Hong Jae Won , Lee Eun Jig , Ku Cheol Ryong 
Published: April 2022

Objective
Over the past decade, the growth hormone (GH) nadir cut-off during the oral glucose tolerance test for remission in patients with acromegaly was changed from 0.4 to 1.0 μg/L due to the limited use of ultrasensitive detection kits to measure GH levels. However, the optimal cut-off level for GH nadir remains unclear. This retrospective study aimed to investigate the association between different GH nadir cut-offs and prognosis in patients with acromegaly.

Design and methods
A total of 285 patients with acromegaly with a glucose-suppressed GH nadir <1 μg/L at 3–6 months after trans-sphenoidal adenomectomy were divided into two groups according to the glucose-suppressed GH nadir levels at 3–6 months post-operatively (group A: <0.4 μg/L; group B: 0.4–1.0 μg/L). GH levels were measured using an ultrasensitive IRMA. The clinical, hormonal, metabolic, and neuroradiological data of the two groups were compared.

Results
Female sex, as well as confirmed macroadenomas, was significantly overrepresented in group B. The 5-year rate of patients who achieved nadir GH < 1.0 μg/L and age- and sex-matched normal IGF-1 was significantly higher in group A than that in group B. However, there was no significant difference between the two groups in metabolic parameters at 12 months post-operatively.

Conclusion
Different GH nadir cut-offs were associated with different 5-year rates of patients who achieved nadir GH <1.0 μg/L and age- and sex-matched normal IGF-1, suggesting that a strict GH nadir threshold of 0.4 μg/L correlates better with remission.
DAKWAH KULTURAL KGPH PUGER MENGATASI RADIKALISME KASUNANAN SURAKARTA HADININGRAT
Authors: Halim Abd 
Published: April 2022

Radicalism are mostly based in the region of Surakarta Sultanate is the effect of the configuration of a plural society that loses role models. The functionalism point of view is used to perform the reading of cultural dakwah being carried out by Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Haryo (KGPH) Puger in an effort to reduce radical teachings. The king and the palace as a symbol of center cultural power is responsible for returned as an ideal figure, which is acceptable to all groups and streams, which are able to bring unity in diversity. Cultural treasures, glory records as the history of the palace, the values of locality (local wisdoms) is the existing capital, and waiting to be applied. Cultural dakwah already displayed in their history to be a reference that Muslims in the Surakarta palace once lived in an era of splendor, without anarchism and without radicalism
The Syntactic Flexibility of 1 Corinthians 14:33b
Authors: Lavrinoviča Aļesja 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
This article discusses the syntactical position and function of 1 Cor 14:33b (“as in all the churches of the saints”) in its immediate context. Internal evidence reveals that verse 33b does not have a smooth syntactic connection to either the preceding (“God is a God of peace”) or the following clause (“women should be silent”). The purpose of this study is to illuminate the syntactical function of verse 33b and its place in 1 Cor 14. Verse 33b has been counted by some scholars, for example, Jan Willem Straatman and Johannes Weiss, as the work of a Pauline editor (along with vv. 34–35). I aim to determine whether the hypothesis of Straatman and Weiss can be justified concerning verse 33b. In the first part of the article, I survey the way the critical edition NA28, SBLGNT, and the tools for the syntactic analysis of the Greek New Testament present 1 Cor 14:33b. Next I outline several proposals in the scholarly literature concerning the position of verse 33b, which result in seven different exegetical readings. Finally, I discuss the syntax of verse 33b and compare it with similar phrases found in 1 Corinthians.
Convivialité des municipalités canadiennes à l’égard des aînés : portrait et facteurs associés
Authors: St-Pierre Catherine , Braverman Louis , Dubois Marie-France , Levasseur Mélanie 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
Objectives
This study aimed to (1) document, globally and by domain, Canadian municipalities’ level of age-friendliness, and (2) identify municipality characteristics most associated with age-friendliness.

Methods
A cross-sectional survey was sent to all Canadian municipalities (N=3406) with an online survey of 56 items from 9 domains providing age-friendliness scores. These scores were then crossed with the following municipality characteristics: percentage of adults aged 65 and older, population density, material deprivation, social deprivation, degree of metropolitan influence, implementation step of an age-friendly municipality initiative and geographic area.

Results
Nine hundred twenty-one municipalities completed the survey. Overall, municipalities’ age-friendliness total score is good (58.4%). Four domains have high scores: Security (80.0%), Respect and social inclusion (65.0%), Outdoor spaces and building (62.2%), and Social participation (62.2%). Higher age-friendliness is associated with metropolitan municipalities, regions other than Prairies and Atlantic, higher residential density, greater proportion of older adults, greater social deprivation, lower material deprivation, and the last step of an age-friendly initiative.

Conclusion
This portrait of Canadian municipalities’ age-friendliness can be used to strengthen actions promoting active aging.
Medical Tourism: Implications for India
Authors: Chandiramani N. M. 
Published: April 2022

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), an outcome of Bretton Woods Conference, was a trade pact to pursue the objective of free trade in goods. The 8th Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations launched in Punta Del Este in 1986 went well beyond trade in goods and extended to trade in areas like intellectual property, investment and services, resulting in agreements such as TRIPS, TRIMS and GATS. GATS, The General Agreement on Trade in Services, internationalized trade in services and gave a momentum to international trade in services, including healthcare services. The Agreement specifies the four modes of supply of services, one of these being consumption abroad. In this mode a consumer who needs services moves to the country offering the service as in the case of a student going overseas for higher education or a person seeking medical treatment in a foreign country. The GATS gave a boost to medical tourism in some Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and India.This Paper after distinguishing medical tourism from health/wellness tourism, traces the growth of medical tourism in Asian countries and points out the factors contributing to this growth. It then specifically highlights the reasons why India has become the preferred destination for medical tourism. What follows is a critical analysis of the opportunities and challenges posed by medical tourism for India. It concludes by opining that internationalization of healthcare services in India should not be at the cost of health injustice to the Indians, especially for those who need health justice the most!
The Right to Defense and Reform of the Criminal Procedure Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Authors: Zhamiyeva R. M. , Zhakupov B. A. 
Published: April 2022

The article provides an analysis of the norms on legal aid and advocacy in relation with criminal procedure regulation. The positive aspects of clarifying the legal status of a witness who has the right to defense, expanding the powers of a lawyer in criminal proceedings, including the possibility of conducting an independent interview, as well as the right of the defense party to get acquainted with a large volume of documents, are noted. Revealed significant contradictions. inconsistency of the norms of law with some principles of the criminal procedure, as well as conflicts of certain prescriptions. The research results are as follows. It is required to eliminate the excessive semantic load of some norms regarding the witness who has the right to defense. Excessive detailing limits the range of implementation of the lawyer’s powers The results of the survey play the role of a preliminary conversation due to the unclear procedural nature of the survey as a means of proof, the unstable evidentiary value of the means of fixation. This makes it possible to equate the results of a survey conducted by a lawyer, drawn up in the form of a survey report, to other documents.We consider it possible for a lawyer to interview a clergyman and attach its results to a criminal case, because the respondent has a different procedural status — a person who presumably possesses information related to a criminal case, but not a witness. Also, this action is not an interrogation in its full sense.The rights of the accused are significantly infringed if he is absolutely deprived of the opportunity to familiarize himself with the list of witnesses for the prosecution, together with the indictment, before the start of the trial. The provisions of the law do not exclude such a situation, but, with a high degree of probability, allow it.
The role of nutritional support in the physical and functional recovery of critically ill patients: a narrative review
Authors: Bear Danielle E. , Wandrag Liesl , Merriweather Judith L. , Connolly Bronwen , Hart Nicholas , Grocott Michael P. W. 
Published: April 2022

Randomized controlled trials addressing the role of nutrition during long-term recovery from critical illness, including other outcomes, have not shown clear benefits, leading to significant controversy on the topic. Although methodological caveats with failure to adequately appreciate biological mechanisms may explain these disappointing results, it must be acknowledged that nutritional support during early critical illness, when considered alone, may have limited long-term functional impact.
This narrative review focuses on recent clinical trials, evaluating the impact of nutrition on long-term physical and functional recovery from critical illness, with specific emphasis on the details of trial design and methodological limitations. Such limitations include delivery of caloric and protein targets, patient heterogeneity, short duration of intervention, inappropriate clinical outcomes, and disregard for baseline nutritional status and intake in the post-ICU period. With survival at the forefront of critical care research, it is imperative that nutrition studies carefully consider biological mechanisms and trial design, which strongly influence long-term physical and functional outcomes among others. Failure to do so may lead to inconclusive clinical trials and consequent rejection of the potential benefits of nutrition interventions during critical illness.
This article is the legal Russian-language translation from the original publication of Bear D.E. et al. The role of nutritional support in the physical and functional recovery of critically ill patients: a narrative review in Critical Care [2017;21(1):226. doi: 10.1186/s13054-017-1810-2] with the permission of the copyright holders.
An Unknown Letter of Charles F. Richter about Magnitude Scales and His Relationship to Beno Gutenberg
Authors: Schweitzer Johannes 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
I document here an unknown letter from Charles F. Richter to Arthur Gutenberg addressing the development of the magnitude scales and Richter’s relationship to Beno Gutenberg. Added to the letter are a description of its background, how it became known, and explanations about its historical contents.
Reconstruction of large ameloblastoma crossing midline with free fibula flap- A case report
Authors: Lade Asmita Y , Harish Saluja  , Sachdeva Shivani , Shah Seemit 
Published: April 2022

Ameloblastoma is the second most common odontogenic tumor of the oral cavity with the primary site being the mandible. It affects more the mandible than the maxilla. The most common complaint is a painless swelling over the mandibular area. Despite its benign nature, ameloblastoma has a high local recurrence rate, with the most recurrences seen within 5 years after operation. Biopsy and radiological evaluation is mandatory. Although this tumor is benign, because of its behavior it is locally aggressive and requires the most often surgical resection. In our case, a male 36-year old reported with ameloblastoma crossing the mid- line. Ameloblastoma was confirmed on radiographic and biopsy report. The lesions crossing the mid-line made the reconstruction more challenging. As taking into consideration the advantages of free fibula flap, our reconstruction was planned using the same flap.
Thai Romantic Romance Movie Female Narrative Way ——Take Love on the Light Rail, and The Little Things of First Love, for Example
Authors: Yang Mei , Zhang Jie , Liu Youguo 
Published: April 2022

In the 21st century in the narrative perspective and the transformation of female image, contrary to previous Thai films
with martial arts, monsters and terrorist elements, Thai film through the exploration of real-life, opened a kind of perspective of
gender differentiation, especially with women as the narrative body began to appear in the field of mass culture.
Ekphrasis in “The Disquieting Muses” : A Dialogue Between Poetry and Painting
Authors: Luo Yupan 
Published: April 2022

The American Confessional poet Sylvia Plath(1932-1963) has created a series of poems based on well-known western
paintings at the early ages of her writing. “The Disquieting Muses” is one of these ekphrastic poems, which depicts the noncommunicative relationship between her and her natural mother. If we approach this poem from the perspective of inter-arts
poetics, that is to say, to analyze the poem side by side with its painting copy, we can discover different approaches of dialogue
between the poem and the painting. This paper is meant to explore unique charm and beauty in ekphrastic literature as well as to
add new perspectives to the study of Plath’s poems.
From the Inside to the Outside:Study on Exhibition Design and Communication of University Art Museum
Authors: Sun Dan , Wang Xiaoyan 
Published: April 2022

With the continuous improvement of living standards,peoples aesthetic awareness and aesthetic level of continuous
improvement,a large part of art education in the way of exhibition to us. However, China's art industry is not fully mature, and art
exhibitions mainly focus on art education, lacking a strong sense of substitution,so the design requirements for exhibitions have
become higher.
Legislation Research on Personal Information Protection in Internet Credit Investigation
Authors: Zhang Xinru 
Published: April 2022

With the continuous development of the Internet, the Internet credit investigation system has been developed rapidly,
mainly manifested as, the coverage is also expanding, and the number of credit investigation is also increasing.However, due to the
lack of relevant institutional guarantee, there are many shortcomings in the Internet credit investigation.Based on this, gradually
improving the legislation of personal information protection in Internet credit investigation will help to solve the problems existing
in Internet credit investigation, and will help to promote the development of Internet credit investigation.
Exploration on the Teaching Reform of Applied Translation Major Under the Background of First-class Undergraduate Curriculum Construction
Authors: Yang Chengying 
Published: April 2022

In recent years, with the deepening of economic globalization, there are more and more foreign economic exchange
activities in China, so the demand of English professional application translation talents is increasing.In this reality, the society
has put forward higher requirements for the quality of English majors in universities.At the present stage, colleges and universities
suffer relatively many interference factors in the English professional application of translation teaching, which leads to the many
difficulties in the development of teaching activities and affects the effectiveness of teaching.Based on this, the teaching reform
of application-translation major under the background of first-class undergraduate curriculum construction is studied for reference
only.
On the Visual Symbols of Dian Bronze Animal Decoration
Authors: Zhang Yan , Hu Xinyu 
Published: April 2022

Among the animal patterns on the bronzes of the Dian Kingdom, the cow and the snake are the most common and
representative visual symbols. They have strong visual tension, expressiveness and artistic appeal, showing the unique artistic
aesthetics and ideas of the ancients of Dian Kingdom, and They all have specific meanings and contexts. This article mainly
explores the decorative symbols of animal decorations in Yunnan bronzes, and uses “ox” and “snakes” as the main objects to
analyze semantics and context.Methods:This article first elaborates on the types and decorations of ancient Dian bronzes, and then
elaborates on the characteristics and symbolic meanings of cow and snake patterns by listing some representative Dian bronzes;
finally, it is in-depth with the semantics and context of visual symbols. Analysis. Result:The types of animal images on the bronze
ware of Yunnan culture are rich and diverse, and each animal has different shapes and forms, and has its own symbolic meaning and
function. This also reveals the relationship between man and nature from the side, reflecting the ancient people of Yunnan’s sacrifices
and sacrifices. The social and economic conditions such as hunting and breeding record the trivial life of the ancients. The animal
decoration art of the Dian Kingdom has a very strong ethnic customs and regional characteristics. It depicts the intense scenes of
animal daily life and fighting in detail. The animal’s shape, demeanor and own characteristics are all vividly shaped, with a strong
artistic atmosphere and visual tension. To a large extent reflects the aesthetic concept and ideological pursuit of the ancients of Dian
Kingdom. Conclusion:The two visual symbols of the cow pattern and the snake pattern are the records of the people of the ancient
Dian kingdom on nature and life, and they also carry the ancient people’s feelings for nature. They reflect the religious beliefs and
ideas of the ancient Dian civilization and have local characteristics and customs. , It is the spiritual sustenance of the ancient Dian
people to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
Practice of Cultivating Modern Apprentice Talents in Geology Major in Higher Vocational Colleges
Authors: Zhang Yanqi , Deng Zhongmin , Yang Chao 
Published: April 2022

Modern apprenticeship enterprise curriculum is a new curriculum form that promotes school-enterprise cooperation
and integration of production and education. Before there are relatively mature strategies in all aspects of enterprise curriculum
construction, it is very necessary to actively strengthen the system construction and promote development through system. On this
basis, this paper summarizes and analyzes the significance and practice of cultivating modern apprenticeship in geology major of
higher vocational colleges, so as to better promote the all-round development of talents.
Self-deconstruction and Alienation―An Existential Reading of The Anatomy Lesson
Authors: Tang Yanjuan 
Published: April 2022

The Anatomy Lesson is the third book of the “Zuckerman Trilogy” of Philip Roth. The protagonist Nathan Zuckerman,
tortured by the untraceable pain, tries to give up the identity of being a writer and illusioned to be a doctor. Basic on careful reading,
with Satre’s Existentialism and Foucault’s theory of madness, this paper tries to analyze Zuckerman’s living state, living conditions
and free choices. Zuckerman’s self-deconstruction and alienation reveals modern people’s loneliness and pain and the influence of
Existentialism on Philip Roth.
A Brief Analysis on Non-Arctic Nations Participating in Arctic Governance
Authors: Pan Bohuang 
Published: April 2022

Non-Arctic States are appealed to those changes of Arctic regions in recent years, while opportunities that these countries
can participate in Arctic governance are provided due to the “expansion” of the Arctic Council.There are many commonplaces in
the affairs of the participation of non-Arctic countries, including strengthening Arctic scientific research, intensifying diplomatic
relations with Arctic nations, and broadening channels for Arctic participation, etc. Presently, as it is regarded as significant contents
of China’s participation of global governance, China has played an important role in Arctic governance. While keeping a watchful
on Arctic trends of other non-arctic states, China should acquire experience from them, learn from their strength, continuously
improve participation strategy, and deepen the participation process, in order to make contributions to realizing good governance
at the North Pole and benefit all mankind.
Receptive Skills
Authors: Pan Xiaoxuan 
Published: April 2022

The training of reading and listening ability is very important in a comprehension lesson of English as a second language
teaching. it refers to some factors, for example, inherent in the reading and listening material (its linguistic difficulties, contents,
length and types), some are presented on the students (their motivation and level). The receptive skills of listening and reading is
different in many ways, the essay provides a basic model and specific activities for teaching and organizing them.
Research on Higher Vocational College Public English Blending Teaching Based on “Internet Plus”
Authors: Wang Xiaocai 
Published: April 2022

“Internet era”not only brings more opportunities for higher vocational public English teaching, but also lets it face with
new challenges. The traditional teaching mode has been unable to meet the requirements of English teaching, and it is urgent to
promote and apply the blending teaching mode. This paper firstly introduces the connotation and the significance of the blending
teaching mode, and then analyzes present situation, the problems and reasons, and finally proposes the strategies to improve the
blending teaching of public English in higher vocational colleges.
Intercultural Communication and Foreign Language Teaching
Authors: Liu Zhen 
Published: April 2022

In the process of globalization, cross-cultural communication has become an integral part of education, learning
and business. This paper analyzes the development of cross-cultural communication and the improvement of international
communication ability, mainly depends on the level of foreign language. In the past, cultural anthropology and ethnology were
mainly concerned with the study of issues, but recently it has attracted the attention of the public, inspiring people to think deeply
about foreign language education from the perspective of cross-cultural education.
Music Education Should be on Guard Against the Negative Effects of the Education Concept of Neoliberalism - Based on the Value of Music Education Body of Papers
Authors: Huang Chenxi , Chen Xiwei 
Published: April 2022

The education concept of neoliberalism is the conceptual product of neoliberalism in the field of education. Since 1970s, under
the influence of the worldwide popularity of the education concept of neoliberalism, music education has gradually shown a tendency of “deaestheticization” and “utilitarianism”.This paper, re-interprets the value of music education through the critical reflection on the education
concept of neoliberalism, hoping that people will acquire a clearer understanding.