cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/lu84ze
title: Online Gambling in British Columbia: a Descriptive Report on Gambling Participation on the PlayNow.com Platform

description: This Report describes online gambling participation on the British Columbia Lottery Corporation’s PlayNow.com platform, by BC residents in June 2015. Data were provided to the Centre for Gambling Research at UBC (PI: Dr Luke Clark) by BCLC, in a de-identified format and under a confidentiality agreement, in a project that was funded by the BC Ministry of Finance. In this Report, we describe data for five game categories: lottery, eCasino, sports betting, social games (including Keno), and bingo. We focus on behavioural variables reflecting gambling intensity (e.g. total number of bets, total monthly spend). Analyses include an examination of how participation rates vary across the five game categories, and the distribution in engagement across different game categories, including Pareto analyses that describe the proportion of overall gambling activity attributable to the top 20% most engaged gamblers.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/x9noou
title: Preventable adverse drug events causing hospitalization: Identifying root causes and developing a surveillance and learning system at an urban community hospital, a cross-sectional observational study

description: Background: To identify root causes of preventable adverse drug events contributing to hospital admission; to develop key messages which identify actions patients/families and healthcare providers can take to prevent common pADEs found; to develop a surveillance learning system for the community. Methods: Cross-sectional observational study; 120 patients and families, 61 associated healthcare providers were interviewed then root cause analysis was performed to develop key learning messages and an electronic reporting tool was designed. Most common pADE-related medical conditions and their root causes and most common pADE root causes of entire cohort are reported. Results: Most common pADE-related medical conditions: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)/asthma (13.5%) bleeding (12.5%), hypotension (12%), heart failure (10%), acute kidney injury (5%), pneumonia (5%). Most common root causes were: providers not confirming that patient/family: understands information given (29.2%), how a medication helps them/addressing concerns (16.7%), how to identify if a medication is working (14.1%) or causing a side effect (23.3%); can enact medication changes (7.5%), absence of a sick day management plan (12.5%), and other action plans to help patients respond to changes in their clinical status (10.8%); providers not assessing medication use and monitoring competency (19.2%). Ten key learning messages were developed and a pADE surveillance learning system was implemented. Interpretation: To prevent pADEs providers need to confirm that patients/families understand: information given, how a medication helps them, how to recognize and respond to side effects, how to enact medication changes and follow action plans; providers should assess patient’s/families’ medication use and monitoring competency.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/ydmtai
title: Data for: Rule compliance and desire lines in Barcelona’s cycling network

description: A major challenge in the development of new cycling infrastructure is the design of intersections that are safe, appropriately used, and inclusive. In this paper we study how cyclists interact with existing street design at intersections in Barcelona. We observed rule compliance (n = 5,063) and desire lines (n = 5,082) at six intersections over 12 weekdays. We find that 78.9% of cyclists comply with intersection rules, and that female cyclists are more likely to comply. Rule incompliance is associated with the gender of the cyclists, the directionality of the bike lanes that intersect, traffic signals, and performing a turn. Our analysis of desire lines through the intersections illustrate that incompliant behaviour is driven by a need for uninterrupted travel. We suggest ways to improve intersection design and safety: i) prioritise unidirectional bike lanes; ii) optimise traffic lights, and; iii) anticipate cyclists’ desired trajectories when designing new cycling infrastructure.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/tprwqn
title: Replication Data for: Current Surgical Treatment of Intermediate Risk Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review

description: Surgical treatment of thyroid cancer has become less aggressive but for many patients, the threshold for performing total thyroidectomy (TT), as opposed to thyroid lobectomy (TL), has remained unclear. Current American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines encourage more individualization of treatment options, which necessitates explicit review of the pros and cons of the different options with patients. This review focuses on the extent of surgery for treatment of intermediate-risk differentiated thyroid cancer, restricted to relevant literature available after publication of the 2015 ATA guidelines.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/mjoxp3
title: SpiCE: Speech in Cantonese and English

description: This is the Speech in Cantonese and English (SpiCE) corpus. SpiCE is an audio corpus of conversational Cantonese-English bilingual speech recorded in Vancouver, Canada during 2018-2020. The corpus includes high-quality recordings of 34 early bilinguals in both English and Cantonese. Participants completed a sentence reading task, storyboard narration, and conversational interview in each language. These different speech tasks are available in a single audio file for each language for each talker. A Praat textgrid file accompanies each audio file. The textgrids provide hand-corrected orthographic transcription and phoneme-level forced-alignment in Cantonese and English. As an open-access language resource, SpiCE will promote bilingualism research for a typologically distinct pair of languages, of which Cantonese remains understudied despite there being millions of speakers around the world. The SpiCE corpus is especially well-suited for phonetic research on conversational speech, and enables researchers to study cross-language within-speaker phenomena for a diverse group of early Cantonese-English bilinguals. These are areas with few existing high-quality resources. Corpus documentation is available at: https://spice-corpus.readthedocs.io/.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/5kluxo
title: Forest management impacts on greenhouse gas fluxes from riparian soils along headwater streams

description: This data supports the 2021 publication "Forest management impacts on greenhouse gas fluxes from riparian soils along headwater streams" in Ecosystems. Abstract: Increasing concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs; CO2, CH4, N2O) causes climate change. Depending on the conditions, soils have the potential to store carbon or to be a source of GHGs to the atmosphere. Riparian soils in particular have high potential to store carbon, but also to be sources of CH4 and N2O. Headwater streams make up a large proportion of stream length in a drainage network, and their riparian zones have valuable ecosystem functions. In parallel, the riparian zones of headwater streams are particularly vulnerable to forest harvest. Studies of GHG fluxes from these unique ecosystems remain limited. Our objective was to quantify the effects of forestry practices and groundwater discharge (DIS) areas on GHG emissions from riparian forest soils in coastal British Columbia. We compared nine sites with three different forest management protocols: 1) harvesting with a riparian buffer, 2) no buffer, and 3) reference sites without harvesting. We measured gas fluxes, soil temperature, soil moisture and depth to the groundwater table alongside headwater streams monthly over one growing season. We found that CH4 uptake rates were 65% lower at the no buffer sites, and N2O emission rates were 52% lower at the no buffer sites, when compared to the reference sites. Additionally, CH4 uptake was 54% lower at DIS areas than in non-DIS areas. The results of our research help inform forest management by demonstrating that maintaining riparian buffers can be effective in protecting the ecosystem functions contributing to soil GHG fluxes.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/6mjnod
title: Replication Data for: Characterization of cognitive-motor function in women who have experienced intimate partner violence-related brain injury

description: Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects at least 1 in 3 women worldwide and up to 92% report symptoms consistent with brain injury (BI). Although a handful of studies have examined different aspects of brain structure and function in this population, none has characterized potential deficits in cognitive-motor function. This knowledge gap was addressed in the current study by having participants who had experienced IPV complete the bimanual Object Hit & Avoid (OHA) task on a Kinarm End-Point Lab. BI load, PTSD, anxiety, depression, substance use, and history of abuse were also assessed. A stepwise multiple regression was undertaken to explore the relationship between BI load and task performance while accounting for comorbid psychopathologies. Results demonstrated BI load accounted for a significant amount of variability in the number of targets hit and average hand speed. PTSD, anxiety, and depression also contributed significantly to the variability in these measures as well as to the number and proportion of distractor hits, and the object processing rate. Taken together, these findings suggest IPV-related BI, as well as comorbid PTSD, anxiety, and depression, disrupt the processing required to quickly and accurately hit targets while avoiding distractors. This pattern of results reflects the complex interaction between the physical injuries induced by the episodes of IPV and the resulting impacts these experiences have on mental health.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/zp4zr6
title: Replication Data for: Cango Lyec (Healing the Elephant): Chronic Hepatitis B Virus among post-conflict affected populations living in Mid-Northern Uganda

description: Background: The legacy of war in Northern Uganda continues to impact people’s health and wellbeing in the Acholi region. Despite increasing attention to Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) in Uganda and globally, concerns remain that unique drivers of infection, and barriers to screening, and treatment, persist among those affected by conflict. Methods: Cango Lyec (Healing the Elephant) cohort survey involved conflict-affected adults aged 13-49 in three mid-Northern Uganda districts (Gulu, Amuru and Nwoya). Baseline (2011-2012) samples were tested for HBV surface antigen (HBsAg), HBV e-antigen (HBeAg), antibodies to HBV surface antigen (HBsAb), antibodies to HBV e-antigen (HBeAb), and antibodies to HBV core antigen (HBcAb). All HBsAg positive samples were tested for IgM antibodies to HBV B core antigen (HBc-IgM) and where available, &gt;6-month follow-up samples were tested for HBeAg and HBV DNA. Data were analyzed using STATA 15 software. Logistic regression accounted for variance due to complex two-stage sampling that included stratification, unequal selection probabilities and community clustering. Odds ratios measured effect potential risk factors associated with chronic HBV infection. Results: Among 2,421 participants, 45.7% were still susceptible to HBV infection. HBsAg seropositivity was 11.9% (10.9-13.0), chronic HBV was 11.6% (10.4-12.8), acquired immunity resulting from vaccination was 10.9%, and prior natural infection was 31.5%. Older age (OR:0.570; 95%CI:0.368-0.883) and higher education (OR:0.598; 95%CI:0.412-0.868) were associated with reduced odds of chronic HBV infection. Being male (OR:1.639; 95%CI:1.007-2.669) and having been abducted (OR:1.461; 95%CI:1.055-2.023) were associated with increased odds of infection. Among women, having 1 or 2 pregnancies (compared to none or &gt;2) was associated with increased odds of infection (OR:1.764; 95%CI:1.009-3.084). Conclusion: Chronic HBV is endemic in Gulu, Amuru and Nwoya districts. Recommended strategies to reduce post-conflict prevalence include establishment of Northern Uganda Liver Wellness Centres, integration of screening and treatment into antenatal care, and roll out of birth-dose vaccination.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/oyhv1s
title: Replication Data for: Sweeping Effects Modify Taylor’s Frozen Turbulence Hypothesis for Scalars in the Roughness Sublayer

description: The data included here are useful in the application of the Ellipse Approximation method, which allows for the estimation of sweeping and advection velocities. This dataset is a collection of case studies selected from two weeks of data collected during a field campaign investigating turbulent exchange within and above a sloped vineyard in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia. These case studies were selected because the predominate wind direction at all five measurement heights was aligned in the upslope direction (parallel to the vineyard rows; towards the east), and all of the deployed instruments were working properly.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/nteuhf
title: Revisiting the Role of Mountains in the Northern Hemisphere Winter Atmospheric Circulation

description: Supporting data for Revisiting the Role of Mountains in the Northern Hemisphere Winter Atmospheric Circulation published in the Journal of Atmospheric Sciences. Data includes December-February (DJF) and June-August (JJA) climatological averages of four WACCM (Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model) simulations with altered topography. See the publication for full details of the experiments. Data are converted from model levels to pressure levels using NCL vinth2p function. A jupyter notebook using this data to produce many of the figures in the publication can be found here: https://github.com/rhwhite/SupportingInformation/blob/main/JASStatationaryWaves2021.ipynb. For daily output data please contact the author.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/kmvvxm
title: Replication Data for: Superiority of Non-opioid Postoperative Pain Management After Thyroid and Parathyroid Operations: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

description: The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the body of evidence investigating the post-operative use of non-opioid analgesic drugs and techniques for parathyroid and thyroid surgeries. Non-opioid analgesia was found to be superior to the control group for pain control with no significant difference in complications.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/22ix3r
title: Replication Data for: Subcutaneous Transplantation of Human Thyroid Tissue into a Pre-Vascularized Cell Pouch™ Device in a Murine Model: Evidence of Viability and Function for Thyroid Transplantation

description: This preclinical study aimed to investigate the survival and potential efficacy of human thyroid tissue transplantation into a retrievable subcutaneous vascularized Sernova Corp Cell Pouch™ (CP) device.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/xp3jbe
title: Replication Data for:Standing behavior and sole horn lesions: a prospective observational longitudinal study

description: Data from a prospective observational longitudinal study examining the relationship between sole hemorrhages or sole ulcers in peak to mid-lactation and time standing during the weeks around calving. A convenience sample of 8 dairy cattle herds were visited every other week, and animals without previous severe horn lesions and deemed sound at 4 to 8 wk before calving were enrolled. Standing behavior was measured with data loggers attached to a rear leg, and standing time and duration of the longest standing bout were determined for each cow. Standing behavior was summarized into 3 periods: before (d -14 to -2), around (d -1 to 1), and after (d 2 to 14) calving. Average daily standing time and average daily longest standing bout were determined for each cow and period.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/nfefz4
title: Digital Forests Literature Scoping Review

description: Output from scoping review (literature database search results) on digital and smart technologies in forest ecosystem management (Web of Science, Scopus, Geobase). Articles were screened based on established criteria. Years include 2010 to mid-2020. Spreadsheet includes: (1) List of articles and metadata (title, authors, journal title, country, citation count, etc.) from 3 databases; (2) Basic keyword and journal summary statistics.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/fmlcoe
title: Replication Data for: The freestall reimagined: Effects on stall hygiene and space usage in dairy cattle

description: Lying stalls for dairy cattle are designed to maintain cow hygiene, reduce labor associated with bedding maintenance, and provide cows with a comfortable place to lie down. These considera-tions can conflict: stall features that, e.g., reduce manure contamination of bedding can make the stall less comfortable, explaining why cows prefer lying in more open spaces. We developed an “alternative” lying area in which traditional freestalls (i.e., in which cattle are not confined to stalls but can move “freely” about the pen) were modified to create larger areas, and flexible stall partitions were included to help maintain cleanliness. We assessed cattle lying behaviour, in-cluding lying postures, in this alternative pen compared to both traditional freestalls and an open pack. Not surprisingly, cleanliness was higher in freestalls, but the alternative pen offered sub-stantial improvement in cleanliness over the open pack. There was little difference in postures as-sociated with lying positions (such as lying with limbs outstretched) between the open pack and alternative pen, and both offered greater limb extension compared to freestalls. We conclude that this type of alternative pen can provide producers with the opportunity to improve comfort com-pared to freestall housing and improve cleanliness compared to housing in an open pack.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/oaxhhz
title: Data from: Phenotypic plasticity of natural Populus trichocarpa populations in response to temporally environmental change in a common garden

description: Natural selection on fitness-related traits can be temporally heterogeneous among populations. As climate changes, understanding population-level responses is of scientific and practical importance. We examined 18 phenotypic traits associated with phenology, biomass, and ecophysiology in 403 individuals of natural Populus trichocarpa populations, growing in a common garden. Compared with tree origin settings, propagules likely underwent drought exposures in the common garden due to significantly low rainfall during the years of measurement. All study traits showed population differentiation reflecting adaptive responses due to local genetic adaptation. Phenology and biomass traits were strongly under selection and showed plastic responses between years, co-varying with latitude. While phenological events (e.g., bud set and growth period) and biomass were under positive directional selection, post-bud set period, particularly from final bud set to the onset of leaf drop, was selected against. With one exception to water-use efficiency, ecophysiology traits were under negative directional selection. Moreover, extended phenological events jointly evolved with source niches under increased temperature and decreased rainfall exposures. High biomass coevolved with climatic niches of high temperature; low rainfall promoted high photosynthetic rates evolution. This work underpins that P. trichocarpa is likely to experience increased fitness (height gain) by evolving toward extended bud set and growth period, abbreviated post-bud set period, and increased drought resistance, potentially constituting a powerful mechanism for long-lived tree species in surviving unpredictably environmental extremes (e.g., drought).
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/2v5hjz
title: Input data for Improved Regional Scale Dynamic Evapotranspiration Estimation Under Changing Vegetation and Climate

description: Vegetation change can significantly alter evapotranspiration (ET), an important component of the terrestrial water balance, and consequently influences other hydrological processes. With no direct measurement techniques available at large spatial scales, the accurate estimation of ET under changing forest landscapes and climate is challenging. In this study, we used an improved method based on Fuh’s equation (a functional form of the Budyko framework) to investigate ET responses to cumulative forest disturbance and climate in the snow-dominated interior of British Columbia, Canada. First, we divided the study region into three distinct climate groups, and then related the watershed parameter m in Fuh’s equation to vegetation change and watershed properties, with independent calibration and validation watersheds. The validated relationships were used to examine regional ET variations (~380,000 km2). These datasets include the input calibration and validation data by watershed and by 10km x 10km gridcell used to carry out the regional trend analysis. Input data includes: watershed name, calibration/validation indicator, climate group (wet, moderate, or dry), number of years averaged, average year in group, forest disturbance indicator - cumulative clearcut area (CECA), annual precipitation (mm), potential evapotranspiration (mm), mean annual streamflow (mm), and watershed property parameter from Fuh’s equation m. Results from this analysis are published in the article "Improved Regional Scale Dynamic Evapotranspiration Estimation Under Changing Vegetation and Climate" in Water Resources Research.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/hge71b
title: Data for the article "The lack of avoidance of total dissolved gas supersaturation in juvenile rainbow trout"

description: We investigated whether individual rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss; 9–53 g) avoid a potentially lethal level of total dissolved gas (TDG) supersaturation using lateral movements during an acute exposure. As there is no mechanism by which fish can detect and avoid TDG supersaturation in shallow water, we hypothesize that rainbow trout do not directly detect TDG supersaturation. Most previous studies have tested TDG avoidance in groups of fish, which may confound responses because many fishes, such as juvenile rainbow trout, display territorial behavior. We placed rainbow trout individually into a flume and allowed them to swim freely between two channels for 6 min: one channel contained water at 145% TDG and the other contained air-equilibrated water. We then switched treatments between channels and tested fish in the same way for an additional 6 min. We quantified the duration spent by fish in each channel during the last 2 min of each 6 min exposure. Fish spent a mean duration of 11s longer in 145% TDG water compared to air-equilibrated water, and inclusion of TDG treatment as a factor improved the model of the duration spent by fish in a channel. These results indicate that fish did not avoid a potentially lethal level of TDG. This suggests that some fishes in shallow water may be unable to avoid harmful TGD supersaturation generated by events such as spilling from hydroelectric dams.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/s6qte8
title: Data for A Simple Chamber Design for Calibrating Weiss Saturometers and Recommendations for Measuring and Reporting Total Dissolved Gases

description: Total dissolved gas (TDG) supersaturation downstream of features such as hydroelectric dams can cause harmful bubbles to grow in the tissues of aquatic animals. TDG supersaturation is often measured using Weiss saturometers, but information on the calibration and use of these instruments is scarce in the literature. Regular calibration, accurate measurement procedures, and standardized TDG reporting are important for generating reliable measurements that are easily interpreted. We provide a description of low-cost calibration equipment that practitioners can build themselves and recommend a specific two-point calibration protocol. We also recommend methods for the more accurate measurement and reporting of TDG.