cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452845.v1
title: Effects of the transobturator tape procedure on overactive bladder symptoms and quality of life: a prospective study

description: ABSTRACT Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of transobturator tape (TOT) on overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms and quality of life. Materials and Methods: Patients with stress-predominant mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) who had undergone TOT procedures were considered candidates for this research. Preoperative assessment included anamnesis, pelvic examination, cough stress test (CST), and validated symptom severity and quality of life (QoL) questionnaires. The primary outcome, improvement and cure rates of OAB symptoms were determined based on the patient's baseline scores in symptom-related questions in OAB-V8. Secondary outcomes included the success rates of SUI, changes in the QoL score and patient satisfaction rates. Results: A total of 104 patients were included in the study. Sixty-two patients underwent TOT placement alone, and 42 patients underwent TOT placement along with prolapse surgery. The mean follow-up period of the patients was 30.47 months range: 13-52 months. At the first-year follow-up, 52 patients (50.0%) and 59 patients (56.7%) reported cure in preoperative urgency and urgency incontinence, respectively. The objective and subjective cure rates were 96.2% and 56.7%, respectively. A total of 80.7% of the cases had a 15-point improvement in QoL scores. Conclusions: MUS is not only a gold standard treatment in SUI but also presents as a promising treatment modality in stress-dominant MUI. Although the improvement rates of OAB symptoms significantly decrease over time, QoL and patient satisfaction rates remain higher than any other treatment in this patient group at the third-year follow-up.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452842.v1
title: Long-term outcome (5-10 years) after non absorbable mesh insertion compared to partially absorbable mesh insertion for anterior vaginal wall prolapse repair

description: ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate long-term (5-10 years) outcomes of Minimally Invasive Surgical (MIS) kit insertion with Prolift® (non-absorbable) mesh compared to the use of Prolift M® (partially absorbable), for anterior vaginal wall prolapse repair. Study design: In this retrospective study we compared women undergoing MIS kit Prolift® insertion (n=90) vs. Prolift M® insertion (n=79) for anterior vaginal wall prolapse repair between 2006 and 2012 at our Institution. A number of 169 women fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were included in the study. Results: During the study period 128 women (76%) completed full follow-up; of them 58 (73%) following MIS kit Prolift® insertion, and 70 (88%) following MIS kit ProliftM® insertion. There was no significant difference between the Prolift® and Prolift M® regarding parity (3.04 vs. 2.88, p=0.506), presence of hypertension (24.1% vs. 39.1%, p=0.088), diabetes mellitus (3.4% vs. 11.6%, p=0.109), or urinary stress incontinence (39.7% vs. 47.1%, p=0.475). All participants had been diagnosed with POP grade 3 or 4 before the procedure. No significant complications during the procedure or postoperative period were identified in the study groups. The follow-up period was at least five years in duration for both groups. Both groups were comparable according to questionnaires focused on function and satisfaction. Conclusion: Patients undergoing MIS kit Prolift® and Prolift M® insertion for anterior vaginal wall prolapse repair had comparable early and late postoperative outcomes. No differences in patient's function and satisfaction between the two groups were identified. According to our findings, there is no superiority to either of the two studied mesh devices.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452830
title: Large Displacement Static Analysis of Composite Elliptic Panels of Revolution having Variable Thickness and Resting on Winkler-Pasternak Elastic Foundation

description: Abstract Nonlinear static response of laminated composite Elliptic Panels of Revolution Structure(s) (EPRS) having variable thickness resting on Winkler-Pasternak (W-P) Elastic Foundation is investigated in this article. Generalized Differential Quadrature (GDQ) method is utilized to obtain the numerical solution of EPRS. The first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) is employed to consider the transverse shear effects in static analyses. To determine the variable thickness, three types of thickness profiles namely cosine, sine and linear functions are used. Equilibrium equations are derived via virtual work principle using Green-Lagrange nonlinear strain-displacement relationships. The deepness terms are considered in Green-Lagrange strain-displacement relationships. The differential quadrature rule is employed to calculate the partial derivatives in equilibrium equations. Nonlinear static equilibrium equations are solved using Newton-Raphson method. Computer programs for EPRS are developed to implement the GDQ method in the solution of equilibrium equations. Accuracy of the proposed method is verified by comparing the results with Finite Element Method (FEM) solutions. After validation, several cases are carried out to examine the effect of elastic foundation parameters, thickness variation factor, thickness functions, boundary conditions and geometric characteristic parameter of EPRS on the geometrically nonlinear behavior of laminated composite EPRS.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452827
title: Diagnostic accuracy of retrospective application of the Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System: preliminary results

description: Abstract Objective: To evaluate the retrospective accuracy of the Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) in detecting muscle invasion in bladder cancer. Materials and Methods: We investigated patients who underwent pelvic magnetic resonance imaging and were submitted to transurethral resection of a bladder tumor between 2015 and 2018. Thirty cases were reviewed by radiologists blinded to the final clinical stage. The VI-RADS score was applied and compared with the histopathological findings in the surgical specimen. Results: Of the 30 patients with suspicious bladder lesions, 5 (16.6%) had benign histopathological findings, 17 (56.6%) had non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, and 8 (26.6%) had muscle-invasive bladder cancer. The optimal criterion to detect muscle-invasive bladder cancer was a final VI-RADS score &gt; 3, for which the sensitivity and specificity were 100% (95% CI: 56.0-100%) and 90.9% (95% CI: 69.3-98.4%), respectively. Conclusion: The VI-RADS appears to estimate correctly the degree of muscle invasion in suspicious bladder lesions. However, prospective studies evaluating larger samples are needed in order to validate the method.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452827.v1
title: Diagnostic accuracy of retrospective application of the Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System: preliminary results

description: Abstract Objective: To evaluate the retrospective accuracy of the Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) in detecting muscle invasion in bladder cancer. Materials and Methods: We investigated patients who underwent pelvic magnetic resonance imaging and were submitted to transurethral resection of a bladder tumor between 2015 and 2018. Thirty cases were reviewed by radiologists blinded to the final clinical stage. The VI-RADS score was applied and compared with the histopathological findings in the surgical specimen. Results: Of the 30 patients with suspicious bladder lesions, 5 (16.6%) had benign histopathological findings, 17 (56.6%) had non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, and 8 (26.6%) had muscle-invasive bladder cancer. The optimal criterion to detect muscle-invasive bladder cancer was a final VI-RADS score &gt; 3, for which the sensitivity and specificity were 100% (95% CI: 56.0-100%) and 90.9% (95% CI: 69.3-98.4%), respectively. Conclusion: The VI-RADS appears to estimate correctly the degree of muscle invasion in suspicious bladder lesions. However, prospective studies evaluating larger samples are needed in order to validate the method.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452830.v1
title: Large Displacement Static Analysis of Composite Elliptic Panels of Revolution having Variable Thickness and Resting on Winkler-Pasternak Elastic Foundation

description: Abstract Nonlinear static response of laminated composite Elliptic Panels of Revolution Structure(s) (EPRS) having variable thickness resting on Winkler-Pasternak (W-P) Elastic Foundation is investigated in this article. Generalized Differential Quadrature (GDQ) method is utilized to obtain the numerical solution of EPRS. The first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) is employed to consider the transverse shear effects in static analyses. To determine the variable thickness, three types of thickness profiles namely cosine, sine and linear functions are used. Equilibrium equations are derived via virtual work principle using Green-Lagrange nonlinear strain-displacement relationships. The deepness terms are considered in Green-Lagrange strain-displacement relationships. The differential quadrature rule is employed to calculate the partial derivatives in equilibrium equations. Nonlinear static equilibrium equations are solved using Newton-Raphson method. Computer programs for EPRS are developed to implement the GDQ method in the solution of equilibrium equations. Accuracy of the proposed method is verified by comparing the results with Finite Element Method (FEM) solutions. After validation, several cases are carried out to examine the effect of elastic foundation parameters, thickness variation factor, thickness functions, boundary conditions and geometric characteristic parameter of EPRS on the geometrically nonlinear behavior of laminated composite EPRS.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452812
title: Use of the LI-RADS classification in patients with cirrhosis due to infection with hepatitis B, C, or D, or infected with hepatitis B and D

description: Abstract Objective: To evaluate liver lesions, in accordance with the LI-RADS classification, using contrast-enhanced multiphase dynamic computed tomography in patients with hepatitis B, coinfected or not with hepatitis D, or with chronic hepatitis C, as well as to determine the level of agreement between radiologists. Materials and Methods: We evaluated 38 patients with hepatitis B, coinfected or not with hepatitis D, or with chronic hepatitis C, all of whom underwent contrast-enhanced multiphase dynamic computed tomography. For each examination, two radiologists selected up to three hepatic lesions, categorizing them in accordance with the LI-RADS classification and evaluating signs of chronic liver disease and portal hypertension. To determine the level of agreement between radiologists, we calculated the kappa statistic (κ) . Results: Radiologist 1 and radiologist 2 selected 56 and 48 liver lesions, respectively. According to radiologist 1 and radiologist 2, respectively, 27 (71%) and 23 (61%) of the 38 patients had at least one liver lesion; 13 (34%) and 12 (32%) had a LI-RADS 5 lesion (κ = 0.821); 19 (50%) and 16 (42%) had a hypervascular lesion (κ = 0.668); and 30 (79%) and 24 (63%) had splenomegaly (κ = 0.503). Both radiologists identified chronic liver disease in 31 (82%) of the patients (κ = 1.00). Conclusion: Lesions categorized as LI-RADS 5 were detected in approximately 32% of the patients, with almost perfect agreement between the radiologists. The level of agreement was substantial or moderate for the other LI-RADS categories.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452812.v1
title: Use of the LI-RADS classification in patients with cirrhosis due to infection with hepatitis B, C, or D, or infected with hepatitis B and D

description: Abstract Objective: To evaluate liver lesions, in accordance with the LI-RADS classification, using contrast-enhanced multiphase dynamic computed tomography in patients with hepatitis B, coinfected or not with hepatitis D, or with chronic hepatitis C, as well as to determine the level of agreement between radiologists. Materials and Methods: We evaluated 38 patients with hepatitis B, coinfected or not with hepatitis D, or with chronic hepatitis C, all of whom underwent contrast-enhanced multiphase dynamic computed tomography. For each examination, two radiologists selected up to three hepatic lesions, categorizing them in accordance with the LI-RADS classification and evaluating signs of chronic liver disease and portal hypertension. To determine the level of agreement between radiologists, we calculated the kappa statistic (κ) . Results: Radiologist 1 and radiologist 2 selected 56 and 48 liver lesions, respectively. According to radiologist 1 and radiologist 2, respectively, 27 (71%) and 23 (61%) of the 38 patients had at least one liver lesion; 13 (34%) and 12 (32%) had a LI-RADS 5 lesion (κ = 0.821); 19 (50%) and 16 (42%) had a hypervascular lesion (κ = 0.668); and 30 (79%) and 24 (63%) had splenomegaly (κ = 0.503). Both radiologists identified chronic liver disease in 31 (82%) of the patients (κ = 1.00). Conclusion: Lesions categorized as LI-RADS 5 were detected in approximately 32% of the patients, with almost perfect agreement between the radiologists. The level of agreement was substantial or moderate for the other LI-RADS categories.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452806
title: Use of PET/CT to aid clinical decision-making in cases of solitary pulmonary nodule: a probabilistic approach

description: Abstract Objective: To determine the frequency with which 18F-FDG-PET/CT findings change the probability of malignancy classification of solitary pulmonary nodules. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of all 18F-FDG-PET/CT examinations performed for the investigation of a solitary pulmonary nodule between May 2016 and May 2017. We reviewed medical records and PET/CT images to collect the data necessary to calculate the pre-test probability of malignancy using the Swensen model and the Herder model. The probability of malignancy was classified as low if &lt; 5%, intermediate if 5-65%, and high if &gt; 65%. Cases classified as intermediate in the Swensen model were reclassified by the Herder model. Results: We reviewed the records for 33 patients, of whom 17 (51.5%) were male. The mean age was 68.63 ± 12.20 years. According to the Swensen model, the probability of malignancy was intermediate in 23 cases (69.7%). Among those, the application of the Herder model resulted in the probability of malignancy being reclassified as low in 6 (26.1%) and as high in 8 (34.8%). Conclusion: 18F-FDG-PET/CT was able to modify the probability of malignancy classification of a solitary pulmonary nodule in more than 50% of the cases evaluated.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452806.v1
title: Use of PET/CT to aid clinical decision-making in cases of solitary pulmonary nodule: a probabilistic approach

description: Abstract Objective: To determine the frequency with which 18F-FDG-PET/CT findings change the probability of malignancy classification of solitary pulmonary nodules. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of all 18F-FDG-PET/CT examinations performed for the investigation of a solitary pulmonary nodule between May 2016 and May 2017. We reviewed medical records and PET/CT images to collect the data necessary to calculate the pre-test probability of malignancy using the Swensen model and the Herder model. The probability of malignancy was classified as low if &lt; 5%, intermediate if 5-65%, and high if &gt; 65%. Cases classified as intermediate in the Swensen model were reclassified by the Herder model. Results: We reviewed the records for 33 patients, of whom 17 (51.5%) were male. The mean age was 68.63 ± 12.20 years. According to the Swensen model, the probability of malignancy was intermediate in 23 cases (69.7%). Among those, the application of the Herder model resulted in the probability of malignancy being reclassified as low in 6 (26.1%) and as high in 8 (34.8%). Conclusion: 18F-FDG-PET/CT was able to modify the probability of malignancy classification of a solitary pulmonary nodule in more than 50% of the cases evaluated.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452797
title: The magazine Ciência Hoje das Crianças and the route to scientific careers: an analysis of the chronotope of the section “I have read, I read”

description: Abstract: This study explores the section “I have read, I read” in Ciência Hoje das Crianças (Children’s Science Today) magazine through Bakhtin’s concepts of discursive genre and chronotope. It is a 30-year commemorative section that, throughout 2016, published 22 stories of current and former readers. We consider the discursive genre of science dissemination and its variant for children as references to identify the variants of the discourse genre of this section, in particular that which merges the “Reader’s Letter” format with the presentation of professional success or strong relation with science trajectories. The interdependence relationship of time-space, analyzed through the concept of chronotopy, showed the main marks of the trajectory of these readers, as well as the implicit axiological aspects of the magazine, and the stereotype of the scientist and the relationship with science.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452797.v1
title: The magazine Ciência Hoje das Crianças and the route to scientific careers: an analysis of the chronotope of the section “I have read, I read”

description: Abstract: This study explores the section “I have read, I read” in Ciência Hoje das Crianças (Children’s Science Today) magazine through Bakhtin’s concepts of discursive genre and chronotope. It is a 30-year commemorative section that, throughout 2016, published 22 stories of current and former readers. We consider the discursive genre of science dissemination and its variant for children as references to identify the variants of the discourse genre of this section, in particular that which merges the “Reader’s Letter” format with the presentation of professional success or strong relation with science trajectories. The interdependence relationship of time-space, analyzed through the concept of chronotopy, showed the main marks of the trajectory of these readers, as well as the implicit axiological aspects of the magazine, and the stereotype of the scientist and the relationship with science.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452800
title: Metastatic non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with cervical lymph node metastasis

description: ABSTRACT Bladder cancer is a common cancer that may present as superficial, invasive, or metastatic disease. Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) represents the majority of bladder cancer diagnoses, but represents a spectrum of disease with a variable clinical course, notably for significant risk of recurrence and potential for progression. NMIBC metastasis to distant organs without local invasion or regional metastasis is a very rare occurrence, so there are limited case reports about early metastasis in the literature.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452800.v1
title: Metastatic non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with cervical lymph node metastasis

description: ABSTRACT Bladder cancer is a common cancer that may present as superficial, invasive, or metastatic disease. Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) represents the majority of bladder cancer diagnoses, but represents a spectrum of disease with a variable clinical course, notably for significant risk of recurrence and potential for progression. NMIBC metastasis to distant organs without local invasion or regional metastasis is a very rare occurrence, so there are limited case reports about early metastasis in the literature.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452791
title: ANALYSIS OF INFOGRAPHICS OF THE ADVERTISING SPHERE: MULTIMODALITY AND COMPOSITIONAL METAFUNCTION

description: ABSTRACT Multimodality, which is characteristic of texts that gather two or more semiotic codes (KRESS; van LEEUWEN, 2006), requires an approach that emphasizes the verbal-visuality (BRAIT, 2013) of these compositions. The aim of this study is to analyze categories of the compositional metafunction (KRESS; van LEEUWEN, 2006) from the perspective of multimodality in infographics of the advertising sphere, with the purpose of understanding how the selected messages, configured in infographics, are organized. In order to do so, it is necessary to: (i) characterize the selected infographics based on categories of the compositional metafunction; (ii) understand how the multimodal and functional aspects relate to each other in these texts; (iii) investigate how the multimodal aspects act in the production of meaning. The sample consisted of five infographics from the advertising area selected from the Pinterest website. The multimodal analysis of the texts is carried out from categories of the compositional metafunction, from the Grammar of Visual Design (KRESS; van LEEUWEN, 2006). The analysis shows that there is not only a visual focus but also a variable number of multimodal elements that, with their different sizes, colors, and communicative functions, contribute to the creation of various degrees of salience. Reading is done from the signifiers that stand out the most in the ad pieces, thus producing meanings.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452785
title: The austral-most record of the genus Haemagogus Williston (Diptera: Culicidae)

description: Abstract INTRODUCTION: The genus Haemagogus Williston is restricted to Central America and North and middle of South America and it includes numerous species of yellow fever virus vectors. METHODS: Adult female and larvae mosquitoes were collected using hand aspirators and dipper and pipette, respectively. RESULTS: The first record of a species of Haemagogus and particularly of Haemagogus spegazzinii was from La Pampa, Argentina. With this registry, the number of species found in La Pampa province rises to 18. CONCLUSIONS: New information on breeding sites for the species and implications of this new record suggest a possible extension of distribution in the near future.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11452791.v1
title: ANALYSIS OF INFOGRAPHICS OF THE ADVERTISING SPHERE: MULTIMODALITY AND COMPOSITIONAL METAFUNCTION

description: ABSTRACT Multimodality, which is characteristic of texts that gather two or more semiotic codes (KRESS; van LEEUWEN, 2006), requires an approach that emphasizes the verbal-visuality (BRAIT, 2013) of these compositions. The aim of this study is to analyze categories of the compositional metafunction (KRESS; van LEEUWEN, 2006) from the perspective of multimodality in infographics of the advertising sphere, with the purpose of understanding how the selected messages, configured in infographics, are organized. In order to do so, it is necessary to: (i) characterize the selected infographics based on categories of the compositional metafunction; (ii) understand how the multimodal and functional aspects relate to each other in these texts; (iii) investigate how the multimodal aspects act in the production of meaning. The sample consisted of five infographics from the advertising area selected from the Pinterest website. The multimodal analysis of the texts is carried out from categories of the compositional metafunction, from the Grammar of Visual Design (KRESS; van LEEUWEN, 2006). The analysis shows that there is not only a visual focus but also a variable number of multimodal elements that, with their different sizes, colors, and communicative functions, contribute to the creation of various degrees of salience. Reading is done from the signifiers that stand out the most in the ad pieces, thus producing meanings.