bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Efecto del uso de abono orgánico con biocarbón sobre las características morfológicas de mazorca de Theobroma cacao cv CCN51
Authors: Barrezueta Unda Salomón , Rizzo Muñiz Jefferson , Añazco Loaiza Hugo 
Published: July 2022

La pérdida de fertilidad del suelo y los patógenos afectan de manera directa el rendimiento del cacao. Una alternativa para estos problemas es el uso de abonos orgánicos como el biocarbon (BC). El objetivo de la presente investigación fue medir los efectos de varias dosis de BC de cacao (BCC) y de banano (BCB) en mezcla con humus de lombriz sobre algunos parámetros en la morfología de la mazorca del cacao CCN51. Se delimito cuatro parcelas, en cada una se evaluaron 15 plantas por tratamiento que se conformaron por dosis de: 50 g (T1) y 75 g (T2) de BCC+humus, 50 g (T3) y 75 g (T4) de BCB+humus y dosis de 150 g de humus (T0-parcela control). Los promedios más altos de mazorcas sanas cosechadas (MS) correspondieron a T0 (13,45 MS), seguido de T3, T2 y T4, sin obtener diferencias significativas (p≤0,05) entre los tratamientos, pero si con la parcela control. En mazorcas enfermas (ME) el mayor valor fue de 3,23 (T0) y el promedio más bajo de 1,96. El porcentaje de mazorcas sanas cosechadas varió de 78.54% (T0) a 82.95 %(T4), sin obtener diferencias significativas. Tampoco se obtuvieron diferencias significativas en los parámetros de largo, diámetro y peso de mazorca. El rango de peso de 100 semillas secas fue 166,65 g (T0) a 185,56 g (T1) con diferencias significativas entre los tratamientos. Los tratamientos de BC+humus mostraron valores superiores de MS y menores de ME a los obtenidos en otras investigaciones.
The Effects of Administration of Exogenous Albumin Early after Non-cardiac Surgery on Postoperative AKI in Patients with Preoperative Hypoalbuminemia: A Prospective Propensity-score Matching Analysis
Authors: Yan Miao , Zhou Wei-Jie , Xie Min , Zhu Sai-Nan , Li Nan , Li Shuang-Ling 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Background: Evidence has shown that preoperative hypoalbuminemia is independently associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) after non-cardiac surgery. However, little study has investigated the effects of administration of exogenous albumin early after non-cardiac surgery on postoperative AKI in patients with preoperative hypoalbuminemia.Methods: This study was a secondary analysis of the database of a previously conducted prospective cohort study. Data of 661 adult patients who underwent non-cardiac surgery and were admitted to Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) after surgery from May 1, 2019, to November 30, 2020, were collected. 267 patients with preoperative hypoalbuminemia were screened, and divided into two groups according to whether they were administrated with exogenous albumin on the day of SICU admission. The demographic and perioperative data of the two groups were propensity-matched.Results：After propensity score matching, 64 pairs of patients were included in the final analysis. The patients of the albumin group showed a higher serum albumin level on postoperative day 1 than that in patients of the control group [31.3±3.4 vs. 29.7±3.8, P=0.008], however, no difference was observed in postoperative AKI incidence between the two groups (59.4% vs. 62.5%, P=0.717). Furthermore, there was no difference in other prognostic factors, such as the use and duration of mechanical ventilation, number of other postoperative complications, in-hospital mortality, length of SICU stay and postoperative hospital stay.Conclusions: The current study did not exhibit benefit of exogenous albumin administration early after non-cardiac surgery on the occurrence of postoperative AKI in patients with preoperative hypoalbuminemia, which needs to be confirmed by further large randomized controlled researches in the future.
The Magnitude of Exhumation in the Kidson Sub-basin, Western Australia, using Thermal and Compaction Techniques
Authors: Marfo George , Makuluni Patrick , Clark Stuart 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
The Kidson Sub-basin which forms the largest tectonic province of the Canning Basin has a high potential for Uranium, sediment-hosted base metals, conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons. The basin has undergone major tectonic events since its formation in the Early Ordovician involving several inversion episodes resulting in extensive exhumation in the basin. The magnitude, timing and distribution of exhumation associated with these inversion episodes are poorly studied due to sparse data in the area. In this study, we integrate recently acquired seismic data with existing well data, combining for the first time thermal and compaction techniques to constrain the magnitude and distribution of exhumation associated with these major inversion episodes. Our results indicate that 300 to 500 m of exhumation occurred during the middle Silurian to Early Devonian inversion episode or Prices Creek Compression, 500 to 750 m of exhumation occurred during the middle Carboniferous inversion episode or Meda Transpression and 800 to 1200 m of exhumation occurred during the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic inversion episode or Fitzroy Transpression. Data from apatite fission-track analysis put temporal constraints on the timing of this exhumation and indicate that cooling from maximum post-depositional temperatures within the Kidson Sub-basin occurred in the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic. This imply that a paleothermal maximum was reached within the Kidson Sub-basin during the Early Triassic extension episode, prior to the Fitzroy Transpression. During this period, we also detect that the sediments were affected by a slight increase in basal heat flow associated with the rifting event. Results illustrate that during each of these inversion events, higher amounts of exhumation affected the Kidson Sub-basin than previously thought. The results from this study also demonstrate two dominant factors controlling the spatial and temporal distribution of exhumation in the Kidson Sub-basin. We suggest that the spatial distribution of exhumation in the sub-basin during each inversion episode was dominantly controlled by variation in rheology (strength) of inherited basement units, whilst the temporal distribution of exhumation was dominantly controlled by variation in the magnitude of compressive stress.
An Efficient Technique to Implement Encoder and Decoder in Communication System for Error Detection and Correction Golay CodeUsing Golay code
Authors: DHANAVATH RUPA KUMAR , S Gopiya Naik 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Channel noise, crosstalk, and other annoyances can occur. Detecting and fixing anomalies in received data is essential to retrieve the sender's data. The Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) is used extensively in data transfer. The Golay binary cyclic codes are the most well-known (an alphabet consisting of two letters). The Extended Bose, Ray–Chaudhuri, and Hocquenghem (EBCH) codes and the binary Golay code are important because they are 3-error-correcting codes. The RS/BCH encoder converts input symbols into an n-symbol code word. Demodulate the QAM with a code phrase. The QAM mode is required to translate data symbols into signal waveforms. Raymond fading sends this altered signal. Artificial sounds and other disturbances may cause data loss on this Rayleigh channel. A demodulator separates the data from the carrier signal prior to decoding. It is fed into the receiver's decoder so that the original information may be recovered. The encoder and decoder employ the Golay coding strategy with CRC methodology to improve security while reducing circuit complexity. In order to alter encoders and decoders, the GOLAY binary coding mechanism must be used. The proposed system is designed to save electricity, reduce delay time, and speed up the encoding and decoding processes.
Stroke prevention in an octogenarian with atrial fibrillation, cerebral amyloid angiopathy and intracerebral hemorrhage. Case report
Authors: Stöllberger Claudia , Finsterer Josef , Schneider Birke 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Introduction: In patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and atrial fibrillation (AF), both antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy for prevention of embolic stroke increases the risk of recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage. Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) has, therefore, been suggested as an alternative to antithrombotic therapy in patients with CAA.Case description: A man in his mid-80s suffered from ICH and CAA was diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. He had a history of arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, monoclonal gammopathy (IgG kappa), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Four months previously, edoxaban 60 mg/d had been prescribed because of permanent AF. Blood pressure at admission was 170/80 mm Hg. The NT-pro-BNP level was 1819 ng/L (reference value: < 486 ng/L). The electrocardiogram showed AF. Echocardiography showed an enlarged left atrium, left ventricular wall thickening, good systolic function and diastolic dysfunction. Edoxaban was stopped and the ICH resolved within 16 days. Interventional LAAC was considered but eventually not performed because of the following reasons: 1. Postinterventional antiplatelet therapy to prevent device-associated thrombus formation would expose him to the risk of recurrent ICH. 2. Aggravation of heart failure may occur due to the missing hemodynamic and endocrine properties of the left atrial appendage. Thus, optimization of antihypertensive therapy without any antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy was recommended. Thirteen months after ICH, no further hemorrhagic or ischemic events had occurred. Conclusion: In view of the lack of randomized clinical trials in patients with CAA, ICH and AF, neither LAAC nor anticoagulant nor antiplatelet therapy but a healthy lifestyle with a blood-pressure target of < 120/80 mmHg should be recommended to prevent recurrent ICH.
Efficacy and safety of Anlotinib plus PD-1 blockade for the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer：A Retrospective study
Authors: Pan Xiaoting , Dai Anwei 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Purpose: Both anlotinib and programmed cell death protein 1(PD-1) have been demonstrated anti-tumor efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in clinical. However, the number of prospective research of this combination therapy is limited in the literature. In this retrospective study, we aim to evaluate the efficacy and safety of anlotinib plus PD-1 blockade for the treatment of advanced NSCLC patients. Methods： 40 advanced NSCLC patients who received combination treatment at traditional Chinese medicine hospital of Kunshan were selected between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021 and 31 eligible patients were screened for further study. Progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were the primary end points. The safety of the combination treatment was assessed by the incidence of adverse events. Results ： The combined therapeutic regimen of anlotinib and PD-1 blockade in 31 advanced NSCLC patients gained a median PFS of 6.4 months (95% CI 5.4-7.4 months) and the median overall survival(mOS) was 15.4 months (95% CI 13.4-17.4 months). Of all the eligible patients, 4 patients achieved partial respone(PR) and none of these patients achieved complete response(CR). The overall response rate(ORR) and the disease control rate(DCR) were 12.9% and 54.8% respectively. The common adverse events were fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, hypertension and hand-foot syndrome during the treatment. Conclusion ： The combination of anlotinib and PD-1 blockade has promising efficacy for the advanced NSCLC patients and the toxicity is tolerable.
Study on the desulfurization performance of calcium-based desulfurizer and NaHCO 3 desulfurizer
Authors: Lǖ Juan , Fu Yu , Wang Jianbo , Chen Haiyan 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
The commonly used Ca-desulfurizers have low desulfurization efficiency, NaHCO3-desulfurizers can meet the requirements of desulfurization efficiency, but the high price and the difficulty in handling desulfurization products, make dry flue desulfurization technology quite difficult to realize the large-scale application. Preliminary research found a new Ca-desulfurizer, to understand its performance, comparing investigation into desulfurization performance of different Ca-desulfurizer and NaHCO3-desulfurizer. The results showed that with the high-performance Ca-desulfurizer, conventional NaHCO3-desulfurizer, and ultrafine NaHCO3-desulfurizer, the operating time with 100% desulfurization efficiency is 420, 360, and 100 min, when the flue temperature of 100~300 ℃, the “break-through” temperature is 260, 200, and 200 ℃, expand the use range of desulfurizer flue gas temperature. Regarding the desulfurizer per unit mass, the production costs of ultrafine NaHCO3-desulfurizer are 5.36 times higher than Ca-desulfurizer. Compared with NaHCO3-desulfurizer, high-performance Ca-desulfurizer is characterized by several advantages, including high desulfurization efficiency, wider applicable temperatures, and low preparation cost, allowing for significant development potential in flue gas desulfurization.
Monitoring of Land Use and Land Cover Changes Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System
Authors: Gul Shehla , Bibi Tehmina , Rahim Sabit , Gul Yasmeen , Niaz Abrar , Mumtaz Samina , Shedayi Arshad Ali 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
The Land use Land cover (LULC) change due to rapidly growing population is a common feature of urban area. This research aims to detect the variations in LULC from 1991-2017 of Malakand Division in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The study relies on secondary dataset downloaded from United State Geological Survey (1991, 2001, 2011 & 2017 imageries) and UN OCHA website. Maximum Likelihood technique under supervised image classification was adopted to analyze the LULC changes in between 1991 and 2017. Total six land use classes were generated including agriculture built-up area, vegetation cover, water bodies, snow cover and barren land. The results from 1991 to 2017 show a substantial reduction in snow cover and barren land which is consequence of climate change. Whereas the areas underbuilt-up, vegetation cover, and water bodies were increased. The vegetation cover increased from 28.89% to 44.67% while barren land decreased from 45.68% to 40.29 of the total area. Furthermore, the built-up area increased from 1.02% to 6.2%, whereas water covers increased from 0.63% (1991) up to 0.86% (2017) of the total area. The study concludes that there is immense need of planning to preserve natural habitat for sustainable development in the area.
Experimental investigation of thermal efficiency and thermal performance improvement of compound parabolic concentrator collector utilizing SiO2/Ethylene glycol-Water nanofluid
Authors: Khaledi Omid , Saedodin Seyfolah , rostamian seyed hadi 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) collector has been used in present study due to its proper performance and lower operating costs per unit of heat increase compared to other tracker concentrators. This type of collector has been given more attention in industrial and domestic applications in the temperature range of 60°C to 300°C. Also, in order to increase the thermal efficiency (TE), nanofluid (NF) containing SiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) in ethylene glycol (EG)-Water hybrid base fluid (10-90 Vol.%) has been used in three different volumetric fractions. The innovations of the present study include the utilization of mentioned NFs for the first time in this collector, which has good stability and cost-effective compared to other NPs. In addition, the experimental measurement of thermal and hydraulic properties of NFs could be considered as one of the new aspects of the present study. The experiments have been performed using three volumetric fractions of 0.5%, 1% and 1.5% under extensive solar radiation. Thermal performance (TP) at various volumetric flow rates (VFRs) in steady-state conditions has been investigated according to ASHRAE standard 93-2010 (RA2014). According to the experimental data, the TE of the collector was improved by 5 to 11.6%, when the NF was utilized. The maximum enhancements of the average Nusselt number of the NF versus the base fluid at the VFR of 1 Lit/min and the volumetric fraction of 1.5% are equal to 7.3%. Besides, NF increased the pressure drop and consequently the pumping power raised by a maximum of 3.58%. Finally, to consider Simultaneous both the impacts of heat transfer and pressure drop, performance evaluation criteria (PEC) and overall efficiency for NF have been analyzed. The results represented that in all volumetric fractions, the values ​​of performance evaluation criteria and overall efficiency enhanced compared to the base fluid. This research provides researchers and engineers with useful information in order to better understand the thermal and hydraulic parameters of the parabolic compound concentrator in the presence of NF to improve its TP. The results also highlight the potential of using SiO2 NPs to improve the TE of solar collectors despite their low thermal conductivity compared to other conventional NPs.
Factors Associated with Treatment Escalation for Psoriasis: an Electronic Health Record Platform for Retrospective and Prospective Real-world Studies
Authors: Rhoads Jamie L. W. , Malatestinic William N. , Burge Russel , Ganz Michael L. , Duffin Kristina C. 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Background
Electronic health records (EHRs) offer the possibility of using data entry templates to simultaneously perform routine documentation during clinical care and to capture disease-specific measures as discrete data elements that can be used for health services research (HSR). The objective of this study was to determine factors associated with meaningful treatment escalation of psoriasis as a pilot study for future real-world retrospective and prospective comparative effectiveness studies, including pragmatic clinical trials.
Methods
We conducted a retrospective, observational cohort study of patients with psoriasis by using data collected in the course of routine clinical care from an EHR using EpiCare® SmartForms customized for psoriasis. The Psoriasis SmartForm records body surface area (BSA) affected, plaque and overall Physician Global Assessments (pPGA and oPGA), and a patient-reported severity rating scale as well as descriptive findings (e.g., lesion locations, symptoms such as itch or pain) to generate visit notes. These clinical data were extracted and analyzed to identify factors associated with meaningful treatment escalation (MTE), defined as changing or adding phototherapy or systemic oral or biologic therapy.
Results
We identified 473 patients with psoriasis who had at least three consecutive visits between October 2015 and October 2018; 239 patients underwent MTE between their first (Visit 1) and third (Visit 3) observed visits, while 234 patients did not. Patients who experienced MTE had more severe disease at Visit 1 as assessed by BSA, pPGA, oPGA, and the patient-reported measure than patients who did not experience MTE. Other factors associated with MTE included use of topical medications only or no active treatment at Visit 1, palmoplantar disease phenotype and involvement of other difficult-to-treat body areas. After adjusting for potential confounding factors, we found that patients who underwent MTE experienced larger improvements in disease severity than those who did not.
Conclusions
This study highlights how data collected during routine clinical practice can be readily used for real-world retrospective HSR studies when disease measures are captured discretely. This approach could provide a cost-effective platform to conduct retrospective and prospective real-world studies, pragmatic trials, and comparative effectiveness research.
Short- and long-term prognosis of primary PCI in nonacute stent thrombosis STEMI
Authors: Wang Tianjie , Dong Junle , Yang Zhuoxuan , Jin Chen , Guan Changdong , Yuan Jiansong , Qiao Shubin , Xu Bo , Yang Yuejin , Yang Weixian 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Objectives: To compare short and long-term prognosis of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) caused by de novo lesions or nonacute stent thrombosis treated by primary PCI.Background: The incidence of acute stent thrombosis has decreased significantly, however, with the extension of postoperative time, patients still have a possibility of developing nonacute stent thrombosis.Methods: A total of 8069 STEMI patients who undergoing primary PCI from the China Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry (CAMI) were enrolled and divided into a nonacute stent thrombosis group and a de novo lesion group according to angiographic thrombosis findings. Propensity score matching (1∶2) according to baseline risk factors was performed between the two groups. The primary outcome was the incidence of all-cause mortality in the hospital and at the 1-year and 2-year follow-ups. The secondary outcome was the incidence of all major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in the hospital and at follow-ups.Results: A total of 121 STEMI patients(96 males) with nonacute stent thrombosis and 7948 STEMI patients(6473 males) with de novo lesions were enrolled. After propensity score matching, 121 patients were enrolled in the nonacute stent thrombosis group and 242 patients in the de novo lesion group. The incidences of recurrent MI (4.7% vs. 0.9%, P=0.039) and MACEs (14.8% vs. 7.4% at the 1-year follow-up, P=0.034; 18.0% vs. 9.1% at the 2-year follow-up, P=0.020) was higher in the nonacute stent thrombosis group. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that advanced age, female sex, history of diabetes, chronic renal insufficiency and low preoperative EF were independent risk factors for all-cause death at 2 years. Stent thrombosis was an independent risk factor for MACEs at the 1- and 2-year follow-ups but not for all-cause death.Conclusions: The nonacute stent thrombosis group had a higher incidence of recurrent MI and MACEs at follow-up than the de novo lesion group. Nonacute stent thrombosis was an independent risk factor for all MACEs, but not mortality, at the 1-year and 2-year follow-ups.Trial registration: CAMI, NCT01874691, Registered 11/06/2013, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01874691?term=01874691&draw=2&rank=1