bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Colorimetric sensor based on polymeric thin film for arsenic quantitation using colour response calibration
Authors: Toonchue Saowanee , Bhawawet Nakara , Imyim Apichat 
Published: October 2022

AbstractA simple, low‐cost and portable sensor for colorimetric determination of As(III) was developed. The sensing is carried out using a microcentrifuge tube as a mini‐reactor, where an Fe(III)‐1,10‐phenanthroline doped polyvinyl alcohol thin film is cast on the underside of the cap. Once Fe(III)‐1,10‐phenanthroline is reduced by arsine gas generated in situ from As(III), yielding the Fe(II)‐1,10‐phenanthroline complex, the red coloured product can be detected using colour analysis software. The As(III) content is then determined based upon the colour intensity of Fe(II)‐1,10‐phenanthroline on the film. Experimental conditions were optimised, and parameters affecting the complex formation and arsenic speciation were investigated. The method developed proved to be a selective colorimetric sensor for As(III). More significantly, the device could be directly used to detect As(III) in the field without any sample preparation requirements. The recovery for industrial wastewater and groundwater was found to be 97.5%‐104.0%. Hence, the thin film‐based test kit is easy to operate, portable and practical for the measurement of As(III) in the field.
Comparison of Brock University, Mayo Clinic and Herder models for pretest probability of cancer in solid pulmonary nodules
Authors: Susam Seher , Çinkooğlu Akın , Ceylan Kenan Can , Gürsoy Soner , Kömürcüoğlu Berna Eren , Mertoğlu Aydan , Çırak Ali Kadri , Gayaf Mine , Güldaval Filiz , Tuksavul Fevziye , Polat Gülru , Ataman Sena , Yıldırım Eylem , Koparal Hakan , Yücel Nur 
Published: October 2022

AbstractObjectiveRisk analysis models, which are used in the diagnostic algorithm of incidental pulmonary nodules, are based on patient data from developed countries. Mayo Clinic, Brock University and Herder are among the most known models. We aim to compare the reliability of these models in patients with indeterminate solid nodules and to investigate the contribution of the predictors used to the model.MethodsWe analysed 305 patients who performed transthoracic needle biopsy and positron emission tomography/computed tomography for solid nodules, retrospectively. For all three models, the malignancy risk probabilities of patients were calculated, and patients were classified as low (<5%), moderate (60%) and high (<60%) risk groups. Later, the malignancy rates of each model in three different risk groups were compared within each other and among the models.ResultsThe malignancy rate is 73% in 305 patients. In the Mayo Clinic and Herder models, the difference in the low‐, medium‐ and high‐risk groups is significant (p < 0.001). In the medium‐risk group, the rate of malignancy is 96.8% in the Brock model. In the high‐risk group, the rate of malignancy in Herder is 88.3% and the rate of malignancy in Mayo Clinic is 28.8%. The optimal cutoff values for the Mayo Clinic, Brock University, and Herder were 29.6, 13.4 and 70 (AUC, respectively; 0.71, 0.67 and 0.73). Age, smoking, gender, size, emphysema and spiculation increase the likelihood of malignancy.ConclusionClose results were obtained in all three models. In the high‐risk group, the Herder model has the highest reliability rate (odds ratio 3.3, confidence interval [1.1, 10.2]). Upper lobe predilection is not a reliable predictor.
Psychological interventions targeting mental health and the mother–child relationship in autism: Systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Kulasinghe Kavindri , Whittingham Koa , Mitchell Amy E. , Boyd Roslyn N. 
Published: October 2022

AbstractAimTo investigate the efficacy of psychological interventions delivered to mothers of young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in improving maternal mental health and the parent–child relationship.MethodElectronic databases were searched from inception to December 2021. Studies were included if they were randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of psychological interventions that targeted maternal mental health (primary outcome) and/or the parent–child relationship (secondary outcome), delivered to mothers of children (mean age < 60 months) with ASD. Meta‐analyses of three parent mental health outcomes (stress, depressive symptomatology, and general mental health) and seven parent–child relationship outcomes (parent responsiveness, affect, directiveness, non‐directiveness, child initiation, infant positive affect, and infant attentiveness) were conducted using both mean and standardized mean differences.ResultsThirty‐two RCTs met the inclusion criteria (2336 participants). Six RCTs showed improved maternal mental health (Cohen's d = 0.41–1.15), with moderate certainty of evidence for improvement in parental stress. There was low and high certainty of evidence of treatment effect on parental depressive symptoms and general mental health respectively, which did not show significant treatment effects post‐intervention. Seventeen RCTs showed improved parent–child relationship (d = 0.33–2.28; low certainty of evidence).InterpretationResults demonstrated that parenting interventions promoting responsiveness had the largest positive effect on the parent–child relationship and a moderate effect on overall parenting stress; however, the studies were heterogeneous, making it difficult to identify the intervention components that were responsible for the positive treatment effects. There was no significant treatment effect for studies targeting depression or general mental health, likely due to the lack of an interventional component directly targeting mental health.
Cellular and humoral response to the fourth BNT162b2 mRNA COVID‐19 vaccine dose in patients with CLL
Authors: Benjamini Ohad , Gershon Rotem , Bar‐Haim Erez , Lustig Yaniv , Cohen Hila , Doolman Ram , Kedmi Meirav , Ribakovsky Elena , Kneller Abraham , Hod Tammy , Erez Noam , Levy Itzhak , Rahav Galia , Avigdor Abraham 
Published: October 2022

AbstractWe assessed the humoral and cellular response to the fourth BNT162b2 mRNA COVID‐19 vaccine dose in patients with CLL. A total of 67 patients with CLL and 85 age matched controls tested for serologic response and pseudo‐neutralization assay. We also tested the functional T‐cell response by interferon gamma (IFNγ) to spike protein in 26 patients. Two weeks after the fourth vaccine antibody serologic response was evident in 37 (55.2%) patients with CLL, 20 /22 (91%) of treatment naïve, and 9/32 (28%) patients with ongoing therapy, compared with 100% serologic response in age matched controls. The antibody titer increased by 10‐fold in patients with CLL, however, still 88‐folds lower than age matched controls. Predictors of better chances of post fourth vaccination serologic response were previous positive serologies after second, third, and pre‐fourth vaccination, neutralizing assay, and treatment naïve patients. T‐cell response improved from 42.3% before the fourth vaccine to 84.6% 2 weeks afterwards. During the time period of 3 months after the fourth vaccination, 14 patients (21%) developed COVID‐19 infection, all recovered uneventfully. Our data demonstrate that fourth SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination improves serologic response in patients with CLL to a lesser extent than healthy controls and induces functional T‐cell response.
Non‐driver gene mutation analysis in a large cohort of polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia
Authors: Morishita Soji , Hashimoto Yoshinori , Furuya Chiho , Edahiro Yoko , Ochiai Tomonori , Shirane Shuichi , Inano Tadaaki , Yasuda Hajime , Ando Miki , Araki Marito , Komatsu Norio 
Published: October 2022

AbstractObjectivesA proportion of patients with polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET) harbor non‐driver mutations associated with poor prognosis. In this study, we analyzed the frequency of non‐driver mutations in a large Japanese PV and ET cohort. Furthermore, we studied the relationship of these mutations and prognosis in Japanese patients.MethodsWe enrolled 843 Japanese patients with PV or ET. Non‐driver mutations were analyzed by target resequencing using next‐generation sequencing. The association of the mutations with the prognosis was estimated using multivariable logistic regression analysis and log‐rank test.ResultsNon‐driver mutations were detected in 31.1% and 24.5% patients with PV and ET, respectively. Among them, ASXL1 mutations were identified as a risk factor for leukemic/myelofibrotic transformation in PV and ET patients (hazard ratio: 4.68, p = .006). The higher‐risk groups of the mutation‐enhanced international prognostic system (MIPSS)‐PV and MIPSS‐ET incorporating non‐driver mutations exhibited significantly shorter overall survival compared with the low‐risk group (p < .001).ConclusionsThese results implicate the importance of studying non‐driver mutations for predicting the prognosis and survival of Japanese PV and ET patients.
Parental mindfulness and externalizing problems in Chinese adolescents: Parenting anxiety and negative parenting as mechanisms
Authors: Bi Shuang , Zhou Huiwei , Wang Juan , Zhou Hui , Keller Peggy S. 
Published: October 2022

AbstractObjectiveThe current study aims to examine parenting anxiety and negative parenting practices as intervening variables in the relation between parental dispositional mindfulness and Chinese adolescents' externalizing problems.BackgroundParental dispositional mindfulness is negatively associated with their adolescents' adjustment difficulties through both positive and negative parenting practices in Western samples. However, research does not support these same pathways of effects among Eastern samples. Therefore, there is a need to explore alternative mediators of the link between parental mindfulness and lower adolescent adjustment problems in Eastern cultures. The present study addresses this need by examining parenting anxiety as a mechanism linking parental dispositional mindfulness, negative parenting practices, and Chinese adolescents' externalizing problems.MethodsParticipants were 624 adolescents (aged from 9 to 18 years, M = 12.69 years, SD = 2.30) and their parents from urban areas in Southeast China. Parents completed questionnaires on their dispositional mindful awareness, parenting anxiety, and negative parenting practices, and adolescents reported on their externalizing problems.ResultsStructural equation modeling revealed that the indirect relation between parental dispositional mindful awareness and adolescents' externalizing problems was significant, with parenting anxiety and negative parenting practices as the first and second intervening variables.ConclusionThe results highlighted the importance of parenting anxiety in the relation between parental mindful awareness and parenting.ImplicationsIt suggested that mindfulness‐based parenting interventions may help alleviate parenting anxiety, which may further improve parenting behaviors and indirectly decrease adolescents' externalizing problems.
Hustling in the creative industries: Narratives and work practices of female filmmakers and fashion designers
Authors: Steedman Robin , Brydges Taylor 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThis paper examines practices and narratives of hustling in the creative industries. We draw on two illustrative cases: independent female filmmakers in Nairobi, Kenya, and independent female fashion designers in Toronto, Canada, with a combined 69 interviews. Taking a comparative, intersectional approach, we explore both the practices and narratives that entrepreneurial creative workers construct. In doing so, we contribute to ongoing conceptual debates regarding the contemporary nature of work in creative industries. We define hustling in the creative industries as entrepreneurially navigating precarity to build and sustain creative businesses. We argue that hustling is not merely a “stage” of work and life to be moved past or overcome, but instead an ongoing, entrepreneurial creative practice. This fact has implications for how we think about success and creative work: hustling is not a deviation from the good life, but a way of making a good life in precarious circumstances.
Tourist accommodation, consumption and platforms
Authors: Guaita Martínez José Manuel , Martín Martín José María , Salinas Fernández José Antonio , Ribeiro Soriano Domingo Enrique 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThe expansion of mediated accommodation on peer to peer (P2P) platforms, such as Airbnb, has generated extensive economic impact and structural changes in all the destinations involved. This study proposes an innovative analysis which estimates the economic impact associated with the expenditure of tourists staying in traditional hotel establishments in comparison to the impact of those staying in tourist housing mediated through P2P platforms. This research analyses fieldwork based on 1343 surveys carried out in the city of Granada, one of the main tourist destinations in Spain. Through the application of the input–output methodology we found that tourists staying in tourist housing mediated through P2P platforms generate a greater impact as a consequence of longer average stays and more heterogeneously distributed consumption. Their average expenditure is similar to that of tourists in hotels, but the indirect impact generated is greater. Consequently, we can better comprehend the economic impact associated with these platforms and their real effect. Public planners have to consider this information as part of the regulation and restriction of this activity.
Does use of animal therapy during dental care help to reduce anxiety in children and adolescents? A systematic review
Authors: Ribeiro Caroline Diniz Pagani Vieira , Alves Júlia Barros , Kominami Paula Akemi , Takeshita Eliana Mitsue , Bezerra Ana Cristina Barreto , Massignan Carla 
Published: October 2022

AbstractBackgroundAnimal‐assisted therapy (AAT) is considered a useful technique to reduce anxiety in children and adolescents in medical settings.AimTo investigate whether the use of AAT helps to reduce anxiety during dental care in children and adolescents.DesignSystematic review that included randomized and nonrandomized clinical trials with children up to 18‐years of age undergoing dental appointments. The databases Embase, Cochrane, Pubmed/Medline, LILACS, PsycInfo, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched including gray literature. Random‐effects meta‐analyses using mean difference (MD) and narrative synthesis (vote counting) were implemented. Risk of bias was assessed using RoB2 for randomized clinical trials. The certainty of the evidence was performed using GRADE.ResultsA total of 1103 references were identified, and after a two‐phase selection, three studies were included. Anxiety, behavior, and pain were the outcomes. A meta‐analysis with 146 participants was performed for anxiety at three time points: before treatment (MD −0.40, CI: −1.06 to 0.26; I2 = 0%; p = .24), during treatment (MD −3.64, CI: −11.18 to 3.91; I2 = 94%; p = .34), and after treatment (MD −5.97, CI: −17.08 to 5.14; I2 = 98% p = .29). There was no difference during dental treatment with or without ATT (dogs), as well as for narrative analysis for any outcome. The risk of bias was high mainly because of the randomization and outcome measurement.ConclusionThere is no evidence to support or refute that the presence of AAT during dental care can help reduce anxiety in children (5–11 years). Studies with larger samples are suggested. Protocol registration (CRD42021293593).
Complications of hidradenitis suppurativa after surgical management: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Tang Bangli , Huang Zhongkui , Yi Qingling , Zheng Xuhai 
Published: October 2022

AbstractHidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the apocrine glands in the axillary, groin, and breast regions, with apparent physiological and psychosocial sequelae. As many studies have reported, surgical management is one of the treatment options. A comprehensive systematic review of surgical treatment for HS is provided in this study. Literature retrieval was conducted on MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and clinical registries from their inception to 1 May 2022. The principles of the PRISMA were adhered to in the process of literature search and the reference lists of the articles retrieved were also checked for further reference. Heterogeneity was assessed in meta‐analysis by means of the Q‐test and I2 index. A total of 13 studies were finally included which involved 535 participants in total. The average estimated complication rate was 11.1% (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.4%–16.9%). The meta‐analysis was conducted on pooled complication sample studies and pooled recurrence sample studies. The recurrence was 16.2% (95% CI, 9.1%–24.9%). Subgroup analysis revealed significant differences in HS complications among different closure types. Among different locations, the highest rate of 16.0% (95% CI, 6.8%–28.2%) was multiple locations. Besides, differences were also observed in diverse excision methods and the highest was deroofing 13.9% (95% CI, 2.2%–33.2%). Extensive resection, using skin flaps or skin grafts as a closure method, was associated with a higher incidence of complications. Providers should consider carefully the use of extensive resection or using skin flaps or skin grafts as a closure method so as to minimise the risk of adverse events.
Coprecipitation synthesis of Ca14Al10Zn6O35:Mn4+ deep‐red phosphor and silica‐modified waterproofing ability
Authors: Nakagawa Ayu , Nakabayashi Hirotoshi , Nishiwaki Yoshinori , Ogo Shuhei , Ueda Tadaharu , Hasegawa Takuya 
Published: October 2022

AbstractCa14Al10Zn6O35:Mn4+ (CAZ:Mn) phosphor material, which shows deep‐red luminescence, was synthesized by the coprecipitation (COP) method using a Na2CO3/NaOH solution as the precipitant. COP–CAZ:Mn phosphor exhibited a 2.1 times higher luminescence intensity than the corresponding phosphor prepared using the conventional solid‐state reaction (SSR) method. This substantial increase in luminescence was mainly ascribed to the existence of a greater proportion of tetravalent manganese in COP–CAZ:Mn phosphor. Furthermore, COP–CAZ:Mn phosphor was modified with SiO2 via hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) to waterproof the compound because it is easily decomposed through hydrolysis under humid conditions. The SiO2‐modified CAZ:Mn phosphor maintained its crystal structure and high photoluminescence intensity after the water‐resistance test. Therefore, waterproof CAZ:Mn phosphor with a high luminescence intensity was successfully discovered by utilizing the coprecipitation method and SiO2 modification.
Electrospun Ca3Co4−xO9+δ nanofibers and nanoribbons: Microstructure and thermoelectric properties
Authors: Kruppa Katharina , Maor Itzhak I. , Steinbach Frank , Beilin Vadim , Mann‐Lahav Meirav , Wolf Mario , Grader Gideon S. , Feldhoff Armin 
Published: October 2022

AbstractOxide‐based ceramics offer promising thermoelectric (TE) materials for recycling high‐temperature waste heat, generated extensively from industrial sources. To further improve the functional performance of TE materials, their power factor should be increased. This can be achieved by nanostructuring and texturing the oxide‐based ceramics creating multiple interphases and nanopores, which simultaneously increase the electrical conductivity and the Seebeck coefficient. The aim of this work is to achieve this goal by compacting electrospun nanofibers of calcium cobaltite Ca3Co4−xO9+δ, known to be a promising p‐type TE material with good functional properties and thermal stability up to 1200 K in air. For this purpose, polycrystalline Ca3Co4−xO9+δ nanofibers and nanoribbons were fabricated by sol–gel electrospinning and calcination at intermediate temperatures to obtain small primary particle sizes. Bulk ceramics were formed by sintering pressed compacts of calcined nanofibers during TE measurements. The bulk nanofiber sample pre‐calcined at 973 K exhibited an improved Seebeck coefficient of 176.5 S cm−1 and a power factor of 2.47 μW cm−1 K−2 similar to an electrospun nanofiber‐derived ceramic compacted by spark plasma sintering.
Within‐population variation in body size plasticity in response to combined nutritional and thermal stress is partially independent from variation in development time
Authors: Chakraborty Avishikta , Walter Greg M. , Monro Keyne , Alves André N. , Mirth Christen K. , Sgrò Carla M. 
Published: October 2022

AbstractOngoing climate change has forced animals to face changing thermal and nutritional environments. Animals can adjust to such combinations of stressors via plasticity. Body size is a key trait influencing organismal fitness, and plasticity in this trait in response to nutritional and thermal conditions varies among genetically diverse, locally adapted populations. The standing genetic variation within a population can also influence the extent of body size plasticity. We generated near‐isogenic lines from a newly collected population of Drosophila melanogaster at the mid‐point of east coast Australia and assayed body size for all lines in combinations of thermal and nutritional stress. We found that isogenic lines showed distinct underlying patterns of body size plasticity in response to temperature and nutrition that were often different from the overall population response. We then tested whether plasticity in development time could explain, and therefore regulate, variation in body size to these combinations of environmental conditions. We selected five genotypes that showed the greatest variation in response to combined thermal and nutritional stress and assessed the correlation between response of developmental time and body size. While we found significant genetic variation in development time plasticity, it was a poor predictor of body size among genotypes. Our results therefore suggest that multiple developmental pathways could generate genetic variation in body size plasticity. Our study emphasizes the need to better understand genetic variation in plasticity within a population, which will help determine the potential for populations to adapt to ongoing environmental change.
A priority nursery area for the conservation of the scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini in Mexico
Authors: Rodriguez‐Arana Favela Juan P. , Hernández Sebastián , González‐Armas Rogelio , Galván‐Magaña Felipe , Tripp‐Valdez Arturo , Hoyos‐Padilla Mauricio , Ketchum James T. 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThis study describes the genetic diversity and level of genetic differentiation of the scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini from eight putative nursery areas in the Mexican Pacific Ocean, using the mtDNA control region. Genetic analyses revealed a particular spatial divergence between La Reforma and all the remaining sites, with five exclusive haplotypes and the highest genetic diversity. This pattern may be interpreted as the signature of regional female philopatry, relatively to a particular female‐mediated gene flow for La Reforma, which shows a strong subdivision in the Gulf of California.