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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970227
title: The Association of TWEAK with Coronary Artery Calcification in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

description: Abstract Background The soluble tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis (sTWEAK) is a member of the TNF superfamily that plays a critical role in proliferation and inflammation in the arterial circulation. Objectives This prospective study aimed to show the relationship between the sTWEAK levels and coronary artery calcification (CAC) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Methods This prospective study included 139 consecutive patients undergoing computed coronary angiography for any reason except for acute coronary syndromes from August 2020 to February 2021. A total of 12 patients were excluded from the study due to exclusion criteria. Patients were divided into two groups with regard to having a CAC score of less than 400 (n=84) and 400 or more (n=43). Significance was assumed at a 2-sided p&lt;0.05. Results As the CAC score increased, sTWEAK levels presented a statistically significant decrease, and a strong relationship between sTWEAK levels and the CAC score (r: -0.779, p&lt;0.001) was observed. The ROC analysis revealed that the optimal cut-off level of sTWEAK for predicting the CAC score of 400 was 761 pg/mL with a sensitivity of 71% and a specificity of 73% (AUC: 0.78; 95% CI:0.70-0.85; p &lt; 0.001) Conclusions Even though the large-scale studies showed a positive correlation between eGFR and the sTWEAK levels, some studies found the increased sTWEAK levels to be associated with mortality and the severity of the coronary artery system in patients with CKD. Our results support our hypothesis that the sTWEAK level shows coronary calcification rather than other types of atherosclerotic plaques.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970227.v1
title: The Association of TWEAK with Coronary Artery Calcification in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

description: Abstract Background The soluble tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis (sTWEAK) is a member of the TNF superfamily that plays a critical role in proliferation and inflammation in the arterial circulation. Objectives This prospective study aimed to show the relationship between the sTWEAK levels and coronary artery calcification (CAC) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Methods This prospective study included 139 consecutive patients undergoing computed coronary angiography for any reason except for acute coronary syndromes from August 2020 to February 2021. A total of 12 patients were excluded from the study due to exclusion criteria. Patients were divided into two groups with regard to having a CAC score of less than 400 (n=84) and 400 or more (n=43). Significance was assumed at a 2-sided p&lt;0.05. Results As the CAC score increased, sTWEAK levels presented a statistically significant decrease, and a strong relationship between sTWEAK levels and the CAC score (r: -0.779, p&lt;0.001) was observed. The ROC analysis revealed that the optimal cut-off level of sTWEAK for predicting the CAC score of 400 was 761 pg/mL with a sensitivity of 71% and a specificity of 73% (AUC: 0.78; 95% CI:0.70-0.85; p &lt; 0.001) Conclusions Even though the large-scale studies showed a positive correlation between eGFR and the sTWEAK levels, some studies found the increased sTWEAK levels to be associated with mortality and the severity of the coronary artery system in patients with CKD. Our results support our hypothesis that the sTWEAK level shows coronary calcification rather than other types of atherosclerotic plaques.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970255
title: Tetralogy of Fallot Associated with Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery. Clinical Implications

description: Abstract Since the first description of Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) in 1671 by Niels Stensen and in 1888 by Étienne-Louis Arthur Fallot, numerous papers have reported on this anomaly, along with its variants and concomitant cardiovascular anomalies. Aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA) is the most common anomaly of the aortic arch. Different from the left aberrant subclavian artery, occurrence of ARSA in ToF-patients has only casuistically been reported so far. The present study reports on two ToF-patients with ARSA. It is important to note that knowledge of the coexistence of both anomalies has highly practical points during surgical or endovascular corrections of congenital heart defects (including ToF).
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970255.v1
title: Tetralogy of Fallot Associated with Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery. Clinical Implications

description: Abstract Since the first description of Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) in 1671 by Niels Stensen and in 1888 by Étienne-Louis Arthur Fallot, numerous papers have reported on this anomaly, along with its variants and concomitant cardiovascular anomalies. Aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA) is the most common anomaly of the aortic arch. Different from the left aberrant subclavian artery, occurrence of ARSA in ToF-patients has only casuistically been reported so far. The present study reports on two ToF-patients with ARSA. It is important to note that knowledge of the coexistence of both anomalies has highly practical points during surgical or endovascular corrections of congenital heart defects (including ToF).
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970257
title: Techniques and Outcomes of the No-Touch Vein Conduit as a Y-Composite Graft

description: ABSTRACT Although the saphenous vein is a widely used conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting, revascularization using the saphenous vein as an aortocoronary bypass graft has shown disadvantages of lower long-term graft patency rates and subsequently worse clinical outcomes, compared with revascularization using the internal thoracic artery. Of the various efforts to overcome the limitations of vein conduit that are resulting from structural and functional differences from arterial conduit, recent technical improvement in no-touch vein composite graft construction and outcomes of revascularization using no-touch vein composite grafts based on the left internal thoracic artery will be discussed in this topic.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970257.v1
title: Techniques and Outcomes of the No-Touch Vein Conduit as a Y-Composite Graft

description: ABSTRACT Although the saphenous vein is a widely used conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting, revascularization using the saphenous vein as an aortocoronary bypass graft has shown disadvantages of lower long-term graft patency rates and subsequently worse clinical outcomes, compared with revascularization using the internal thoracic artery. Of the various efforts to overcome the limitations of vein conduit that are resulting from structural and functional differences from arterial conduit, recent technical improvement in no-touch vein composite graft construction and outcomes of revascularization using no-touch vein composite grafts based on the left internal thoracic artery will be discussed in this topic.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970276
title: How do young low-income university students deal with risk and time preferences in Brazil?,

description: ABSTRACT This article sought to understand the behavior of young low-income university students through an experiment based on prospect and hyperbolic discounting theory, with risk and time preferences, and their relationships with financial literacy with regard to choice probability distortions. There is a notable lack of studies that simultaneously address risk and time preferences in low-income urban groups, relating experiments based on prospect theory to capture probability distortions in choice processes. This study opens the doors for the question of the relationship between poverty and risk and time preferences to be better discussed in Brazil with the aim of providing evidence that supports national financial literacy plans. The study shows the importance of financial education as a means of reducing agents’ probability distortion. This is crucial, given that probability distortion is one of the pillars of prospect theory. This experiment was based on prospect and hyperbolic discounting theory and used value, weight, and quasi-hyperbolic discounting functions within a maximum likelihood methodology to estimate the risk and time parameters with sociodemographic variables, and with the Financial Literacy Index moderating variable, in a private HEI, with 54 students and 5,940 lotteries. It was observed that low-income urban populations in emerging economies have similar risk and loss aversion parameters to rural populations in developing countries. Low-income students have a greater preference for the present, with it being perceived that a small increase in income is associated with a higher level of patience, making decisions more rational. A better financial education could lead to a smaller probability distortion.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970276.v1
title: How do young low-income university students deal with risk and time preferences in Brazil?,

description: ABSTRACT This article sought to understand the behavior of young low-income university students through an experiment based on prospect and hyperbolic discounting theory, with risk and time preferences, and their relationships with financial literacy with regard to choice probability distortions. There is a notable lack of studies that simultaneously address risk and time preferences in low-income urban groups, relating experiments based on prospect theory to capture probability distortions in choice processes. This study opens the doors for the question of the relationship between poverty and risk and time preferences to be better discussed in Brazil with the aim of providing evidence that supports national financial literacy plans. The study shows the importance of financial education as a means of reducing agents’ probability distortion. This is crucial, given that probability distortion is one of the pillars of prospect theory. This experiment was based on prospect and hyperbolic discounting theory and used value, weight, and quasi-hyperbolic discounting functions within a maximum likelihood methodology to estimate the risk and time parameters with sociodemographic variables, and with the Financial Literacy Index moderating variable, in a private HEI, with 54 students and 5,940 lotteries. It was observed that low-income urban populations in emerging economies have similar risk and loss aversion parameters to rural populations in developing countries. Low-income students have a greater preference for the present, with it being perceived that a small increase in income is associated with a higher level of patience, making decisions more rational. A better financial education could lead to a smaller probability distortion.
DOI: 10.34740/kaggle/dsv/4167090
title: AutoXGB
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970291
title: A global player from the South: the Jardín Zoológico de Buenos Aires and the transnational network of zoos in the early twentieth century

description: Abstract Under the directorship of Clemente Onelli (1904-1924), the Jardín Zoológico de Buenos Aires became a major public attraction and gained an international reputation for its innovations in animal keeping and as a supplier of Latin American fauna. It was a hybrid institution that combined the tasks of public instruction, zoological research, and acclimatization of useful animals, and also served as a symbol of national pride. Despite its seemingly peripheral geographical location, the institution was firmly integrated in the global network of zoological gardens. This paper utilizes a transnational perspective to tease out the numerous, multidirectional exchanges of animals and knowledge between the Jardín Zoológico de Buenos Aires and Northern metropolises.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970291.v1
title: A global player from the South: the Jardín Zoológico de Buenos Aires and the transnational network of zoos in the early twentieth century

description: Abstract Under the directorship of Clemente Onelli (1904-1924), the Jardín Zoológico de Buenos Aires became a major public attraction and gained an international reputation for its innovations in animal keeping and as a supplier of Latin American fauna. It was a hybrid institution that combined the tasks of public instruction, zoological research, and acclimatization of useful animals, and also served as a symbol of national pride. Despite its seemingly peripheral geographical location, the institution was firmly integrated in the global network of zoological gardens. This paper utilizes a transnational perspective to tease out the numerous, multidirectional exchanges of animals and knowledge between the Jardín Zoológico de Buenos Aires and Northern metropolises.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970303
title: Changing the narratives: humanitarian, legal and political accompaniment for women in transit through Mexico

description: Abstract: This paper, based on a research about practices of humanitarian, juridical and legal accompaniment of persons in different situations of migration in Mexico, aims to problematize the absence of female voices. Taking this issue as a starting point, it analyzes the strategies of three Mexican organizations by which they articulate the enhancement of visibility of migrant women as a group with specific needs, with accompaniment practices that try to enhance their autonomy in front of government agencies, but also their families and partners. I hope that these empirically based reflections contribute, on the one hand, to increasingly precise analytical descriptions regarding the "specifically feminist" of certain accompaniment practices and promotion of the human right to safe migration. On the other hand, that they contribute to clarify what are basic material and symbolic conditions for women in situation of displacement to participate in the collective definition of their needs and demands.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970303.v1
title: Changing the narratives: humanitarian, legal and political accompaniment for women in transit through Mexico

description: Abstract: This paper, based on a research about practices of humanitarian, juridical and legal accompaniment of persons in different situations of migration in Mexico, aims to problematize the absence of female voices. Taking this issue as a starting point, it analyzes the strategies of three Mexican organizations by which they articulate the enhancement of visibility of migrant women as a group with specific needs, with accompaniment practices that try to enhance their autonomy in front of government agencies, but also their families and partners. I hope that these empirically based reflections contribute, on the one hand, to increasingly precise analytical descriptions regarding the "specifically feminist" of certain accompaniment practices and promotion of the human right to safe migration. On the other hand, that they contribute to clarify what are basic material and symbolic conditions for women in situation of displacement to participate in the collective definition of their needs and demands.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970318
title: The rates of visual field progression in glaucoma and its clinical importance

description: ABSTRACT The rate of visual field progression is an essential factor in determining risk of visual disability or blindness in glaucoma patients. Knowledge of the rate of progression of a particular patient, in combination with an estimation of their longevity and other clinical factors, allows clinicians to optimize management by providing appropriately aggressive treatment. Despite decades of research on the treatment of glaucoma, the natural history of glaucomatous visual field progression in untreated and treated patients remains unclear. The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive summary of the literature surrounding the rate of visual field progression in glaucoma. Most of the available data pertains to primary open angle glaucoma, but we will also review progression rates in other subtypes of open angle glaucoma, such as pseudoexfoliative glaucoma and normal tension glaucoma, as well as in primary angle closure glaucoma. Specifically, we will cover methods to identify rates of progression, rates of progression in treated versus untreated patients, factors that may influence progression, and lastly, suggest some parameters that might help clinicians in determining acceptable rates of visual field deterioration in patients with glaucoma.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970318.v1
title: The rates of visual field progression in glaucoma and its clinical importance

description: ABSTRACT The rate of visual field progression is an essential factor in determining risk of visual disability or blindness in glaucoma patients. Knowledge of the rate of progression of a particular patient, in combination with an estimation of their longevity and other clinical factors, allows clinicians to optimize management by providing appropriately aggressive treatment. Despite decades of research on the treatment of glaucoma, the natural history of glaucomatous visual field progression in untreated and treated patients remains unclear. The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive summary of the literature surrounding the rate of visual field progression in glaucoma. Most of the available data pertains to primary open angle glaucoma, but we will also review progression rates in other subtypes of open angle glaucoma, such as pseudoexfoliative glaucoma and normal tension glaucoma, as well as in primary angle closure glaucoma. Specifically, we will cover methods to identify rates of progression, rates of progression in treated versus untreated patients, factors that may influence progression, and lastly, suggest some parameters that might help clinicians in determining acceptable rates of visual field deterioration in patients with glaucoma.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970323
title: Angiographic Patency of Coronary Artery Bypass Conduits: An Updated Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

description: ABSTRACT Introduction: The second best conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting is uncertain. The objective of this study is to determine the second best conduit according to graft patency results from randomized controlled trials using a network meta-analysis. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted for randomized controlled trials comparing the angiographic patency rate of the no-touch saphenous vein (NT-SV), the radial artery (RA), the right internal thoracic artery (RITA), and the gastroepiploic artery (GEA) in reference to the conventionally harvested saphenous vein (CON-SV). The primary outcome was graft occlusion, and the secondary outcome was all-cause mortality. Results: A total of 859 studies were retrieved, of which 18 were included. A total of 6,543 patients and 8,272 grafts were analyzed. The weighted mean angiographic follow-up time was 3.5 years. Compared with CON-SV, RA (incidence rate ratio [IRR] 0.56; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.43-0.74) and NT-SV (IRR 0.56; 95% CI, 0.44-0.70) demonstrated lower graft occlusion. NT-SV and RA were ranked as the best conduits (rank score for NT-SV 0.88 vs. 0.87 for RA, 0.29 for GEA, 0.27 for CON-SV, and 0.20 for RITA). There was no significant difference in late mortality between different conduit types. Conclusion: RA and NT-SV are associated with significantly lower graft occlusion rates and are comparably ranked as the best conduit for patency.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970323.v1
title: Angiographic Patency of Coronary Artery Bypass Conduits: An Updated Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

description: ABSTRACT Introduction: The second best conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting is uncertain. The objective of this study is to determine the second best conduit according to graft patency results from randomized controlled trials using a network meta-analysis. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted for randomized controlled trials comparing the angiographic patency rate of the no-touch saphenous vein (NT-SV), the radial artery (RA), the right internal thoracic artery (RITA), and the gastroepiploic artery (GEA) in reference to the conventionally harvested saphenous vein (CON-SV). The primary outcome was graft occlusion, and the secondary outcome was all-cause mortality. Results: A total of 859 studies were retrieved, of which 18 were included. A total of 6,543 patients and 8,272 grafts were analyzed. The weighted mean angiographic follow-up time was 3.5 years. Compared with CON-SV, RA (incidence rate ratio [IRR] 0.56; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.43-0.74) and NT-SV (IRR 0.56; 95% CI, 0.44-0.70) demonstrated lower graft occlusion. NT-SV and RA were ranked as the best conduits (rank score for NT-SV 0.88 vs. 0.87 for RA, 0.29 for GEA, 0.27 for CON-SV, and 0.20 for RITA). There was no significant difference in late mortality between different conduit types. Conclusion: RA and NT-SV are associated with significantly lower graft occlusion rates and are comparably ranked as the best conduit for patency.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970347
title: Can the traditional class be replaced by the Worked Example in the teaching of Radiology?

description: Abstract: Introduction: During the last decade, the traditional model of medical education was widely debated, and recently, the Covid-19 pandemic added new challenges in teaching and learning in medical education. The Worked Example is an instructional tool in which an expert shows a detailed problem solution for a learner. Objective: This study aimed to compare, in an experimental study with medical students, lectures in online format with Worked Example for teaching chest tomography. Method: Experimental study through an educational intervention with medical students in the initial and final stages of clinical practice. Result: Analysis of variance of repeated measures (ANOVA) was used in the statistical analysis. There was a significant difference between the grades before and after training (F1; 74 = 46.008; p &lt; 0.001) and between the course phases studied (F2; 148 = 19.452; p &lt; 0.001). There was no statistically significant difference between the groups (F2; 74 = 1.401; p = 0.240). There was no significant difference in mental effort reported in the comparison between groups (F1; 69 = 0.092; p = 0.762), but students in the 2th year had a significantly higher effort score. Conclusion: Worked Example, which is a good technique for students and suitable for digital formats, was equally effective as lecture, a well-known instructional method for teaching radiology.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20970347.v1
title: Can the traditional class be replaced by the Worked Example in the teaching of Radiology?

description: Abstract: Introduction: During the last decade, the traditional model of medical education was widely debated, and recently, the Covid-19 pandemic added new challenges in teaching and learning in medical education. The Worked Example is an instructional tool in which an expert shows a detailed problem solution for a learner. Objective: This study aimed to compare, in an experimental study with medical students, lectures in online format with Worked Example for teaching chest tomography. Method: Experimental study through an educational intervention with medical students in the initial and final stages of clinical practice. Result: Analysis of variance of repeated measures (ANOVA) was used in the statistical analysis. There was a significant difference between the grades before and after training (F1; 74 = 46.008; p &lt; 0.001) and between the course phases studied (F2; 148 = 19.452; p &lt; 0.001). There was no statistically significant difference between the groups (F2; 74 = 1.401; p = 0.240). There was no significant difference in mental effort reported in the comparison between groups (F1; 69 = 0.092; p = 0.762), but students in the 2th year had a significantly higher effort score. Conclusion: Worked Example, which is a good technique for students and suitable for digital formats, was equally effective as lecture, a well-known instructional method for teaching radiology.