bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
DO PREOPERATIVE IL-1BETA, IL-6 AND TNF-ALPHA LEVELS OF PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY SURGERY AFFECT THE POSTOPERATIVE FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL RESULTS?
Authors: ERDEN Arzu , CANLI Kübra , EMİRZEOĞLU Murat , ÖZER  YAMAN Serap , PEKŞEN İbrahim , AYNACI Osman , CANER KARAHAN Süleyman , PARMAKSIZ Ayhan 
Published: December 2022

Purpose: Serum cytokines were associated with symptoms and progression of osteoarthritis. It is unknown whether these cytokines have a predictive role on the severity of symptoms after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or not. This study was performed to investigate the effect of preoperative Serum Cytokine Levels (SCL) on length of stay in hospital (LOS), postoperative pain intensity, functional status, joint position sense, and change in X-ray.
Methods: Twenty-nine patients with Grade 4 osteoarthritis degeneration level were included in the study. SCL (IL-6, TNF-alpha, IL-1beta) were assessed before surgery. Pain intensity at rest/activity and lower limb alignment were evaluated preoperative, postoperative 72nd hour and 6th week. Functional status and joint position sense were assessed before surgery and 6 weeks after surgery. Length of stay in hospital was also recorded.
Results: The mean age of the participants was 67.55±6.55 years. The length of stay in the hospital mean was 6.48±3.06 day (min:3, max:16 days). Preoperative IL-6 and TNF-alpha level negatively correlated with functional status in the 6th week after surgery (r=0.46; p=0.01, r=0.39; p=0.03). Also, there was a positive correlation between preoperative TNF-alpha and the lower limb alignment at the 6th week after surgery (r=0.39; p=0.04).
Conclusion: Patients with osteoarthritis who had lower preoperative IL-6 and TNF-alpha levels had better functional status and better lower limb alignment in the postoperative period. So in order to decide TKA surgery timing, primarily decreasing SCL might be caused better biomechanical development after surgery. Preoperative SCL was not directly related to the length of stay in the hospital.
Uncertainty analysis of water quality in water distribution system
Authors: Xiong Xiaolu , Wang Yumin 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Water quality simulation is affected by uncertain parameters such as pipe roughness coefficients, chlorine bulk decay coefficients, and chlorine wall decay coefficients, which are usually considered to be fuzzy variables. The minimum and maximum nodal chlorine concentrations and water ages at each α-cut level were obtained by the genetic algorithm (GA) based on EPANET hydraulic and water quality simulation toolkit. The fuzziness of nodal chlorine concentrations and water ages were measured using the fuzziness measure (FM) proposed in this paper. The method was applied to four networks to analyze the fuzziness of nodal chlorine concentrations and water ages. The results indicated that the distribution of nodal chlorine concentrations does not follow typical trapezoid distribution, while the distribution of nodal water ages follows typical trapezoid distribution. In addition, the chlorine concentration and water ages of nodes farther from the source are affected by uncertain parameters to a greater extent. The greater demands of nodes lead to less effects of uncertain parameters on chlorine concentration, and greater effects of uncertain parameters on water ages. This study would help in analyzing the fuzziness of hydraulic and water quality simulation results in WDS under uncertain conditions.
Bayesian geoadditive water pipe failure forecasting model by optimizingthe updating period
Authors: Balekelayi Ngandu , Tesfamariam Solomon 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Municipal water managers rely on pipe deterioration models to plan maintenance, repair, and replacement. Although efforts have been made to increase their accuracy, these models are subject to uncertainties in the predictions. In this paper, an optimization procedure of the Bayesian updating period of the parameters of an existing deterioration model is proposed to sequentially reduce the uncertainty in the prediction of the water pipe breakage rate variable. This latter is modeled using a structured geoadditive regression technique where covariates are allowed to have linear (e.g., categorical) and nonlinear (e.g., continuous) relationships with the response variable. Unknown and unobserved covariates are included in the model through a geospatial component that captures spatial auto-correlations and local heterogeneities. The optimization procedure searches through the time series data to identify the optimal updating period horizon that corresponds to the minimum error between the predicted coefficient of determination between predictions and observations using the unupdated and updated models. The process is repeated until the entire time series data is covered. The application of this approach to failure data of large Canadian urban water systems shows a significant reduction in the uncertainty of the parameters and increases the accuracy in the prediction of the output response variable.
Projection of extreme precipitation in the Minjiang River Basin, Southeast China
Authors: Li Xinxin , Chen Xiaochen , Yang Ting , Tang Zhenfei , Wen Zhenzhi , Meng Bingxiang 
Published: December 2022

AbstractExtreme precipitation events, which have intensified with global warming, will have a serious influence on society. Based on the latest generation of CMIP6 climate models and high-resolution grid observation data, the quantile mapping method and Taylor diagrams were used to correct and evaluate the simulation values. Six extreme precipitation indices for the near (2021–2040), middle (2051–2070), and far (2081–2100) periods of the 21st century were analyzed under shared socioeconomic pathway scenarios (SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5). The results show that most of the extreme precipitation indices will increase over the Minjiang River Basin in the future, and both extreme precipitation and persistent drought will increase at the same time, which is more likely to cause extreme drought and flood disasters. For seasonal variation, the total amount and intensity of extreme precipitation will increase fastest in autumn, while the frequency of extreme precipitation will increase most in summer. Multimodel median changes show a decrease in the return period of RX1day (the maximum 1-day precipitation). By the end of the 21st century, under SSP5-8.5, the extreme events expected once every 100 years under the current climate are expected to occur approximately every 18.6 years.
Spatial and temporal evolution characteristics of meteorological drought in the Northwest of Yellow River Basin and its response to large-scale climatic factors
Authors: Fu Yinghao , Shen Xiaojing , Li Wangcheng , Wu Xu , Zhang Qingqing 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
The Northwest of Yellow River Basin (YRB) is an arid and semi-arid region. This study employs wavelet analysis, dry area coverage, drought frequency, and Mann–Kendall test trend to investigates the evolution characteristics of drought in the Northwest of YRB and the impact of macro climatic conditions on drought. The scale of season and year Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) was mostly represented as alternating dry and wet weather in this region. SPEI decreased significantly in each season, indicating increased drought. The drought situation changed abruptly in 1968, and the change was more obvious around 2000. Drought trend in autumn is more noticeable than in the other three seasons. The average annual dry area covers 34%. The drought frequency in each station at the annual scale was between 30.78% and 46.15%, its high values are mainly concentrated in the western region. The main cycles of annual SPEI changes are 37 and 5 years; spring is 45 and 10 years; summer is 20 and 5 years; autumn is 36, 10, and 5 years; winter is 45, 22, and 5 years. Furthermore, drought occurrence and changes are closely related to large-scale climatic factors, with El Niño-Southern Oscillation having the greatest impact on drought.
Insights into enhanced removal of Cd2+ from aqueous solutions by attapulgite supported sulfide-modified nanoscale zero-valent iron
Authors: Ren Jun , Ma Gui , Zhao Weifan , Tao Ling , Zhou Yue , Liao Caiyun , Tian Xia , Wang Huan , Meng Kai , He Yongjie , Dai Liang 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
The sulfidation of nanoscale zerovalent iron (nZVI) has received increasing attention for reducing the oxidizability of nZVI and improving its reactivity toward heavy metal ions. Here, a sulfide (S)-modified attapulgite (ATP)-supported nanoscale nZVI composite (S-nZVI@ATP) was rapidly synthesized under acidic conditions and used to alleviate Cd2+ toxicity from an aqueous solution. The degree of oxidation of S-nZVI@ATP was less than that of nZVI@ATP, indicating that the sulfide modification significantly reduced the oxidation of nZVI. The optimal loading ratio was at an S-to-Fe molar ratio of 0.75, and the adsorption performance of S-nZVI@ATP for Cd2+ was significantly improved compared with that of nZVI@ATP. The removal of Cd2+ by S-nZVI@ATP was 100% when the adsorbent addition was 1 g/L, the solution was 30 mL, and the adsorption was performed at 25 °C for 24 h with an initial Cd2+ concentration of 100 mg/L. Kinetics studies showed that the adsorption process of Cd followed the pseudo-second-order model, indicating that chemisorption was the dominant adsorption mechanism. The adsorption of Cd2+ by S-nZVI @ATP is dominated by the complexation between the iron oxide or iron hydroxide shell of S-nZVI and Cd2+ and the formation of Cd(OH)2 and CdS precipitates.
Análise epidemiológica do câncer de esôfago nas regiões do Brasil nos últimos 5 anos
Authors: Rezende Medeiros Leite Amanda , Corrêa da Silva Junior Sidnei , Rodrigues Ferraz Adriana , Teixeira Freitas Felipe 
Published: December 2022

O câncer de esôfago apresenta altas taxas de mortalidade, podendo ser dividido em epidermoide ou escamoso e em adenocarcinoma. O diagnóstico geralmente é tardio e seus principais sintomas são disfagia e perda de peso. Predomina no sexo masculino e tem tanto influência hereditária quanto ambiental. O objetivo do presente estudo foi analisar o panorama do câncer de esôfago nas regiões do Brasil nos últimos cinco anos, correlacionando dados importantes envolvendo número de internações, faixa etária, sexo, número de óbitos, taxa de mortalidade, gasto total e média de permanência hospitalar, além de avaliar características culturais de determinadas regiões e outros fatores de risco a fim de concluir se a doença se encaminha para um melhor controle na atualidade. Para isso foi realizada uma coleta de dados no DATASUS. Confirmando os dados já existentes a região Sul mostrou-se a mais afetada pela doença, com o maior número de internações considerando a proporção populacional, porém, obteve a menor taxa de mortalidade, sendo as maiores do norte e centro-oeste. O sexo mais acometido foi o sexo masculino e a faixa etária de maior incidência foi a de 50 a 79 anos. Por esse motivo, o rastreamento da doença precisa ser melhorado, sobretudo na faixa etária mais acometida a fim de possibilitar um diagnóstico precoce, assim como é necessário que o estímulo seja dado para que, com a modificação dos hábitos de vida, sua incidência diminua.

Palavras-chave: epidemiologia; neoplasias esofágicas; neoplasias; neoplasias gastrointestinais
Therapies for Type 1 Diabetes: Is a Cure Possible?
Authors: Chuzho Neihenuo , Mishra Neetu , Tandon Nikhil , Kumar Neeraj 
Published: December 2022

Abstract:
The current standard method for type 1 diabetes (T1D) management majorly focuses on
controlling blood glucose levels with exogeneous insulin administration. Recent developments
have focused on finding ways to predict and prevent the development of T1D, as well as finding a
curative therapy for T1D. Such developments include β-cell replacement therapy by islet transplantation,
non-insulin adjunct therapy, gene and stem cell-based therapies, immunotherapy, and automated
treatment with an artificial pancreas. In recent years, non-traditional alternative therapy has
also become a popular treatment option for T1D. This review discusses the various therapeutic options
for T1D currently under various stages of development, the challenges associated with the
present strategies, and their potential to eventually change the way T1D is treated.
El gobierno de la violencia sexual. Feminismos y políticas neoliberales en la Ciudad de México
Authors:   CIEG-UNAM, Núñez Rebolledo Lucía , Salgado Méndez Rosa Elvira , Barreiro Mauricio José , Viveros González Thania Patricia 
Published: December 2022

En el contexto económico, político y social de consolidación neoliberal de finales de la década de 1980 e inicios de 1990, emergieron en México un importante número de instituciones de gobierno con el objetivo de prevenir, atender y sancionar la violencia sexual perpetrada, sobre todo, por hombres contra mujeres y niñas. En este ensayo, las autoras problematizan la emergencia de dichas instituciones y destacan la coincidencia de que se hayan concretado, en ese contexto, diversas reformas punitivas al tiempo de que se crearon las primeras agencias especializadas en delitos sexuales. A través de la consulta de fuentes primarias y secundarias, así como de entrevistas a feministas, se narra brevemente la dinámica de los feminismos en la Ciudad de México y el proceso de gubernamentalización de la atención a las mujeres violadas, el cual se consolidó con la creación de agencias especializadas ubicadas en el ámbito de procuración de justicia.
Penambahan multienzim dalam ransum yang mengandung bungkil inti sawit terhadap performa pertumbuhan dan morfometrik usus halus broiler
Authors: Berliana Berliana , Aziz Abdul , Sestilawarti Sestilawarti , Yusrizal Yusrizal , Noferdiman Noferdiman 
Published: December 2022

Penggunaan bungkil inti sawit (BIS) dalam ransum unggas masih sangatterbatas karena tingginya kadar serat kasar antara lain hemiselulosa (mannan dan galaktomanan) serta rendahnya kadar dan kecernaan asam amino. Untuk itu perlu penambahan enzim baik secara sendiri atau digabung denganenzim lain dapat digunakanuntuk meningkatkan kecernaan gizi bahan ransum yangmengandung serat tinggi.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penambahan multienzim dalam ransum yang mengandung bungkil inti sawitterhadap performa pertumbuhan dan morfometrik usus halus pada broiler.Penelitian menggunakan 112 ekor DOC broiler, multienzim komersil Solagri-3 yangmerupakan kombinasi beberapa enzim unggulan, yaitu enzim amylase, cellulase, glukanase,pectinase, phytase, protease dan xilanase.Ransum disusun dengan kandungan bungkil inti sawit sebanyak 30% dan disuplementasi dengan 3 (tiga) level multienzim Solagri-3 yaitu 0.03%, 0.06% dan 0.09%. Rancangan yang digunakan adalah Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) dengan 4 perlakuan dan 4 ulangan, tiap ulangan terdiri dari 7 ekor ayam. Perlakuan yang diujikan terdiri dari; P0= Ransum basal (kontrol), P1= P0 + 0.03%Solagri-3,P2= P0+ 0.06%Solagri-3 dan P3= P0+ 0.09% Solagri-3. Peubah yang diamati adalah konsumsi ransum, pertambahan bobot badan, konversi ransum, karkasrelatif, persentase hati,pancreas, gizard, bobot dan panjangusus halus sertabagian-bagiannya. Data dianalisis sesuai rancangan dan jika terdapat pengaruh yang nyata akan dilanjutkan dengan Uji Duncan (Steel dan Torrie, 1993).
Hasil analisis ragam menunjukkan bahwa penambahan multienzim berpengaruh tidak nyata (P>0.05) terhadap konsumsi, pertambahan bobot badan, konversi ransum, persentase hati, pancreas dan gizzard. Penambahan multienzim berpengaruh nyata (P<0.05) terhadap bobot karkas, persentase bobot dan panjang usus halus. Uji Duncan menunjukkan bahwa penambahan multienzim Berpengaruh nyata (P<0.05) dapat meningkatkan bobot relatif karkas, persentase bobot dan panjang usus halus. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah penambahan multienzim solagri-3 dalam ransum yang mengandung BIS 30% sebanyak 0.06% dalam ransum dapat meningkatkan bobot karkas dan usus halus pada broiler.
Kata Kunci: Broiler, BIS, performa produksi, morfometrik usus.
Another Participant in the Discussion: Who and Why
Authors: Culp John 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Adding additional positions to the discussion between process and evangelical theologians may stimulate developments within each tradition. Postmodern philosophy relates to both evangelicals and process thinkers while differing with each of them. Comparing the thought of a representative from each group brings recognition of the agreement that absolute knowledge is not available to humans but significant differences arise about what is known about God. Comparison also shows a common identification of newness or novelty with God. However, disagreement arises about the nature of divine agency. Process theologians are challenged to draw upon the resources of process theology to show more clearly how God’s influence, as pervasive and continuing, supports hope. Evangelical theologians are challenged to relate divine and human action more consistently. Both evangelical and process theologians are encouraged to recognize the limitation of their own conceptual structures.
Leadership as Relational Process
Authors: Wood Martin , Dibben Mark 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Various scholars defend the idea that leadership is something accomplished between the leader and the led, rather than something that coincides with the role of an individual manager. Even so, we argue that shared leadership implies a relational ontology grasping leadership as an ever-changing series of events that is thoroughly processual in nature. Supplementing existing analyses and expanding the possibilities for relational leadership research, we propose a view from the perspective of process philosophy, in which relations determine individual leaders and followers, and not the reverse. The process perspective invites us to see and to feel leadership subjectively within ourselves, instead of simply looking at it objectively from the outside. Understanding leadership in this way, as an internally related complex occasion of experience, has implications for expanding the possibilities for what is known in management as relational leadership research.
The Return of Radical Theology: A Critical Examination of Peterson and Zbaraschuk, eds., Resurrecting the Death of God
Authors: Shields George 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
This review article critically examines the anthology Resurrecting the Death of God: The Origins, Influence, and Return of Radical Theology, edited by Daniel Peterson and G. Michael Zbaraschuk (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2014). After making brief but largely appreciative summary comments on a number of essays, the article focuses attention on contributions by John Cobb on the theology of Altizer, John Roth on Levinas, and J. W. Robbins on the politics of de Tocqueville’s concept of God. Suggestions are provided for inclusion of a wider swath of theologies that might be considered "radical," and the argument is made for more dialectical exchange, including a revisitation of the basic rationale behind Tillich’s notion of the power of being and the provision of outlines of a cumulative or "global" abductive argument for the existence of cosmic mind that is informed by recent arguments of Thomas Nagel as well as historical forms of process natural theology, especially as propounded by Hartshorne.
Grafting Metaphysics: How Transpersonal Agroecology Bears Fruit with Process Metaphysics as its Root
Authors: Cox Travis 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Transpersonal agroecology (TPAE) is a theory, derived from the collective leanings of various important thinkers and practitioners in the field of alternative agriculture over the last century, which sees the mindset of the farmer to be just as important as his or her agricultural practices. However, these accumulated intuitions do not provide a coherent metaphysics within which to practice TPAE. Process metaphysics provides such a coherent framework for TPAE and for sustainable agriculture.
Architectonic and Artisanal: A. N. Whitehead and John Milbank on God and Creativity
Authors: Mir Amene 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
John Milbank’s theology argues for a return to the participatory ontology of the pre-moderns in which actuality is understood as rooted in intimate relation to the divine. He rejects modernity’s notion that finite reality can be understood as occupying its own space independent of God. In this context he develops the notion of finite "making" as coincident with the finite realization of the divine. This paper develops how the notion of "coincidence" can be applied to Whitehead’s thought, allowing for an identification of God with creativity and finite "making," seeking to provide a more theologically satisfying account of God’s relation to creativity.
Inclusive Ends, Dominant Ends, and Politics: Was St. Ignatius Irrational?
Authors: Dombrowski Daniel 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
I have argued elsewhere that the overall method that is required in liberal political philosophy is that of reflective equilibrium and that this method can be best understood in processual terms. In the present article I try to show how neoclassical (and other) theists can bring their convictions to bear in a politically liberal society, within the confines of this method, in a rational (rather than irrational or mad) manner.
Peace Talk: Or, The Unspeakable Conviviality of Becoming
Authors: Keller Catherine 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
This essay unfolds within the wider theological project of an apophatic relationalism. The moral intention of political theology, in its progressive hope, takes refuge here in the apophatic folds of a Cusan cosmological mysticism that, in turn, lends depth to a polyvocal Whiteheadian theology. In this paper hope finds itself tangled in the question of religio-political peace, vis-à-vis a specific thousand-year loop of Western history. In the knotty present, this cosmopolitics—with an eye to each new wave of Islamophobia—lives with uncertainty as to the realism of its pluralistically complicated peace-talk. Partners in the pilgrimage of this paper include (with Whitehead) certain political theorists who read him, especially William Connolly and Paulina Ochoa, along with William Cavanaugh, Enrique Dussel, and Eduourd Glissant, who do not. The aim will be to convert—at the level of symbolic resonance at least—what I call the crusader peace complex into the complex conviviality of peace. The pulses of this transdisciplinary exercise (an effort in self education rather than specialization) will proceed through eight theopolitical vignettes.
Is Personal Identity Something That Does Not Matter?: An Inquiry into Derek Parfit and Alfred N. Whitehead
Authors: Mingarelli Eleonora 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
The purpose of the present article is to disentangle both Parfit’s and Whitehead’s views on personal identity. Issues regarding what it means to be a singular individual, how a person can remain the same over time, and what makes an individual an original being with specific characteristics will be examined.
Physics and Philosophy in Whitehead
Authors: Athearn Daniel 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
An essay first published in 1917 presents key insights and ideas that shaped Whitehead’s physics and metaphysics. It also displays his apparently lifelong view that science cut off from philosophy (which for him meant, or at some point led to, metaphysics) will fall short in its vital mission of explaining facts and phenomena—a view dissenting sharply from reigning doctrines of the modern era. His largely implicit criticism of the modern assumption that science as such can do without philosophy merits clarification and evaluation.
Animals, Ethics, and Process Thought: Hierarchy without Anthroparchy (A Response to Combs, Donaldson, and Sinclair)
Authors: Henning Brian G. 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
In the present article the other articles in this Special Focus section on Process Thought and Animals are criticized. Both the strengths and weaknesses of the articles by Combs, Donaldson, and Sinclair are detailed. Whitehead’s non-invidious hierarchy is defended.