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Beyond direct exposure to violence: effects of living in disordered and violent communities on psychological distress in young Mexican people

Abstract: The association between community violence and mental health has been studied by reports of individual experiences, particularly in adolescents and youths, but little is known about the effect of living in disordered and violent communities. This study aims to determine the possible relation between living in disordered and violent community environments and psychological distress in Mexican adolescents and youths regardless of their individual experience of victimization and to assess the potential modifying effect of sex and age on this association. Data come from a cross-sectional survey with a representative sample of adolescents and youths living in Mexican municipalities, including 39,639 participants aged from 12 to 29 years. Disordered and violent community environments were assessed using reports from a secondary sample of adults who lived in the same communities as participants. Using exploratory factor analysis, three contextual variables related to disordered and violent community environment were created: social disorder, vandalism, and criminality. Multilevel linear regression models with random intercept were estimated. Adolescents and youths who lived in environments with higher social disorder had more psychological distress. Men in environments with greater vandalism had a higher level of psychological distress. Unexpectedly, women from communities with higher levels of crime had fewer symptoms. It is necessary to address the violence that exists in these communities, creating strategies that reduce not only crime, but also the social disorder and vandalism that could contribute to developing negative effects on mental health.
Evaluating the Differential Risk of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy Among Diabetic and Non-diabetic Patients Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Background Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) significantly complicates percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), with a higher prevalence in diabetic patients. This study compares the incidence of CIN in diabetic and non-diabetic patients undergoing PCI. Material and methods Conducted at Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, PAK, from January to December 2023, this observational study involved 450 adult patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing PCI. The cohort was categorized based on diabetes status, excluding patients with chronic kidney disease and those on renal replacement therapy. Baseline characteristics documented included age, gender, blood pressure, creatinine levels, and the presence of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). CIN was defined as a ≥25% increase in serum creatinine from baseline within 48-72 hours post-PCI. Data analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, IBM Corp., Version 25.0, Armonk, NY), incorporating descriptive statistics, Chi-square tests, and independent t-tests, with a significance level of p<0.05. Results The median age of the study population was 55 years. The cohort comprised 52% male (n=234) and 48% female (n=216). Notably, 33% (n=149) had ACS. Diabetic patients exhibited a significantly higher incidence of CIN post-PCI compared to non-diabetics. The highest incidence of CIN (17%, n=77) occurred in the 70+ age group. The findings highlight the criticality of renal function monitoring and procedural adjustments for diabetic patients. Conclusion Diabetic patients demonstrate an increased risk of CIN following PCI. This necessitates the development of tailored prevention strategies for this high-risk subgroup.
Assessment of Nurses' Practices Toward Infection Control Standardized Precautions in Azady Teaching Hospital in the City of Kirkuk

Objective: The aim of the present study is to assess the practices of nurses towards standard precautions at AzadyTeaching Hospital in the City of Kirkuk.Methodology: A descriptive study, which uses the assessment approach and it was conducted on nurses from January18th, 2009 to September 30th, 2009, using non-probability sampling a purposive sample of (37) subject (male andfemale nurses) who worked at surgical wards in Azady Teaching Hospital in Kirkuk city was selected. Two studyinstruments were utilized for proper data collection [questionnaire and observational checklist]; a questionnaire wasdeveloped for the purpose of the study. It was comprised of two parts which included the nurses' demographiccharacteristics and Information related to the setting of the sample (surgical wards). A pilot study was carried out forthe period of January 18th, 2009, to February 2nd, 2009 to determine the observaƟonal checklist reliability throughthe use of (Inter–rater). A panel of (19) experts was involved in the determinaƟon of the observaƟonal checklistcontent validity. Data were analyzed through the application of descriptive statistical data analysis approach(frequency, percentage, mean of scores and standard deviation), and inferential data analysis approach (chi-square). Results: The study findings revealed that the majority (91.9%) of the nurses did not get training sessions regardinginfecƟon control and (83.4%) of them had not parƟcipated conƟnuous learning about infecƟon control. According tothe level of practices towards standard precautions, it has revealed that poor practices of standard precautions bysurgical wards nurses had shown in surgical wards.Recommendations: The study recommended that special education programs can be designed and presented to thesurgical ward nurses and to all the hospital staff in order to increase their awareness towards infection.
Temperature and precipitation regional climate series over the central Pyrenees during 1910–2013

Quality controlled homogenized regional anomaly series of temperature and precipitation are obtained for the central Pyrenees for the period 1910–2013. A 0.1 °C decade−1 positive trend is found for minimum and maximum annual temperature exceeding the significance level of 0.05 for the whole studied period. A significant warming is found in all seasons except boreal spring in minimum temperature and winter in maximum temperature. The annual regional precipitation anomaly series shows a high inter‐annual variability and a slightly negative non‐significant trend of −0.6% decade−1. Non‐significant negative trends of precipitation are found in all seasons for the whole period examined. Considering the recent period 1970–2013, values of temperature trends are generally higher than those obtained for the whole period. For this latest period, all maximum temperature trends are significant while only the minimum temperature trend in winter is non‐significant. Spring is the season that presents the greatest warming, with 0.9 °C decade−1 for maximum temperature and 0.4 °C decade−1 for minimum temperature. Evaluating the same period for precipitation anomalies, trends in the annual, winter and summer series remain negative, while spring and autumn trends are positive although non‐significant. This series represents the longest homogenized climate data set available for the central Pyrenees region, including the newly recovered period 1910–1949, offering new possibilities for climate analysis and paleoclimate proxy calibration.
Biochemical Profiling of Urine Metabolome in Premature Infants Based on LC−MS Considering Maternal Influence

In this study, Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)-based metabolomics profiling was conducted to elucidate the urinary profiles of premature infants during early and late postnatal stages. As a result, we discovered significant excretion of maternal drugs in early−stage infants and identified crucial metabolites like hormones and amino acids. These findings shed light on the maternal impact on neonatal metabolism and underscore the beneficial effects of breastfeeding on the metabolism of essential amino acids in infants. This research not only enhances our understanding of maternal–infant nutritional interactions and their long−term implications for preterm infants but also offers critical insights into the biochemical characteristics and physiological mechanisms of preterm infants, laying a groundwork for future clinical studies focused on neonatal development and health.
Handwritten Hindi Character Recognition using Deep Learning Techniques

- In this paper we present a handwritten Hindi character recognition system based on different Deep learning technique. Handwritten character recognition plays an important role and is currently getting the attention of researchers because of possible applications in assisting technology for blind and visually impaired users, human–robot interaction, automatic data entry for business documents, etc. In this work, we propose a technique to recognize handwritten Hindi characters using deep learning approaches like Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) With Optimizer RMSprop (Root Mean Square Propagation) , Adaptive Moment (Adam) Estimation and Deep Feed Forward Neural Networks(DFFNN). The proposed system has been trained on samples of large set of database images and tested on samples images from user defines data set and from this experiment we achieved very high recognition results. Experimental results are compared with other neural network based algorithm.
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A Scalable Method for Solving High-Dimensional Continuous POMDPs Using Local Approximation

Partially-Observable Markov Decision Processes (POMDPs) are typically solved by finding an approximate global solution to a corresponding belief-MDP. In this paper, we offer a new planning algorithm for POMDPs with continuous state, action and observation spaces. Since such domains have an inherent notion of locality, we can find an approximate solution using local optimization methods. We parameterize the belief distribution as a Gaussian mixture, and use the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) to approximate the belief update. Since the EKF is a first-order filter, we can marginalize over the observations analytically. By using feedback control and state estimation during policy execution, we recover a behavior that is effectively conditioned on incoming observations despite the unconditioned planning. Local optimization provides no guarantees of global optimality, but it allows us to tackle domains that are at least an order of magnitude larger than the current state-of-the-art. We demonstrate the scalability of our algorithm by considering a simulated hand-eye coordination domain with 16 continuous state dimensions and 6 continuous action dimensions.
An Assessment of West Nile and Usutu Viruses’ Seroprevalence in Hospitalized Patients: A Preliminary Study on Flavivirus Exposure in Eastern Romania

WNV and USUV are closely related epornitic flaviviruses transmitted by Culex mosquitoes which can cause febrile and neurodegenerative disease in humans. The impact of both viruses on public health has increased in the recent decades. Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the seroprevalence of WNV and USUV in hospitalized patients from eastern Romania who did not show symptoms corresponding to the case definition. Methods: Human blood samples from the hospitalized patients were collected in 2015 and from April to September 2019 in Iasi County, Romania. The samples were screened by ELISA for anti-WNV IgG, IgM, and anti-USUV IgG antibodies. Results: A cumulative seroprevalence of 3.4% was recorded for anti-WNV IgG antibodies and 9.1% for anti-WNV IgM. No sample was positive for anti-USUV antibodies. Conclusion: The cumulative seroprevalence observed provides support for the consideration of WNV as being endemic in the east of Romania. The absence of anti-USUV antibodies may be related to cross-reactivity and cohort size, thus, USUV should be considered in clinical practice and become an objective for active surveillance in Romania.
WRF simulation and downscaling of local climate in Central Asia

Progresses in understanding climate variation and its ecosystem responses and feedback in Central Asia have been limited by availability of high resolution and quality climate data. To ease this limitation, the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is implemented in Central Asia in this study after repeated yearly sensitivity evaluations. The optimized WRF is used to downscale the ERA‐Interim reanalysis data, producing a new regional dataset of 20 × 20 km spatial resolution covering 1980–2015. The downscaled precipitation and daily maximum and minimum temperatures of seven years from 1980–1986, when the observational data are the most abundant, are compared in statistical measures to station observations and also contrasted with the comparison results between the ERA‐Interim data and the observations. Results of those comparisons show that the downscaled data have overall comparable accuracy in precipitation and daily extreme temperatures to the ERA‐Interim data. An outstanding improvement of the downscaled data is in their describing the variance in precipitation and temperatures at daily to annual timescales, while the downscaled extreme precipitation and temperature events also show more accurate comparisons to the observed at some sub‐regions in Central Asia. The validated WRF model, which can be used to further downscale past as well as future climate data for specific research needs, and the downscaled high resolution and quality data present both a tool and a useful dataset for ecological and detailed climate research in Central Asia.
Environmental Controls of Foliar Respiration in Arctic Tundra Plants

Environmental Controls of Foliar Respiration in Arctic Tundra Plants Mary A. Heskel The Arctic is warming at rapid, unprecedented rates, causing cascading ecological and environmental changes that threaten to destabilize the vast amounts of carbon stored in the vegetation and soils of the tundra. Foliar gas exchange, which is responsible for the initial fixation of carbon, is likely to respond to warming and associated environmental change in tundra plants, though the direction and degree of these responses are not well studied. This dissertation aims to quantify multiple cellular and leaf-level processes underlying carbon cycling in tundra plants, and to address the responses of these processes to abiotic and biotic effects of warming in the Arctic. To assess the impact of environmental change on foliar gas exchange physiology of tundra plants, a series of empirical studies were conducted on common and abundant plant species located near Toolik Lake, on the North Slope of Alaska. Long-term manipulated treatment plots that simulate the effects of climate change in this region, including elevated growth temperature and increased soil nutrient availability, served as the research setting for multiple experiments that addressed the response of variables such as foliar photosynthesis, respiration, photorespiration, mitochondria and chloroplast size and density, and physical leaf traits. Due to the extreme photoperiod experienced by arctic vegetation, respiration in the light (estimated using the Kok method) was quantified in addition to dark respiration for a more accurate depiction of plant carbon fluxes.
Basement-involved deformation overprinting thin-skinned deformation in the Pampean flat-slab segment of the southern Central Andes, Argentina

Abstract In the southern Central Andes, the Andean foreland was deformed due to Neogene shallowing of the Nazca slab beneath the South America plate. In this 27–33ºS Pampean flat-slab segment, the N-trending Argentine Precordillera transpressional fold-and-thrust belt and the Sierras Pampeanas broken foreland developed as a consequence of inward migration of the orogenic front. At 28ºS, a NNE-trending westward-dipping, thick Neogene synorogenic sequence is exposed in the Sierra de los Colorados, which shares deformation features of the Precordillera and the Sierras Pampeanas. Integration of new structural and kinematic data and available structural, kinematic, geophysical and palaeomagnetic information allows consideration of the Sierra de los Colorados area as part of the northern sector of the Precordillera during the middle Neogene. At c. 9 Ma, basement block exhumation started with the uplift of the Sierra de Umango-Espinal that was triggered by deformation along the NE-trending Tucumán oblique belt. This stage marked the beginning of compartmentalization of the incipiently deformed Vinchina foreland. Since c. 6.8–6.1 Ma, basement block uplift linked to the Miranda–Chepes and Valle Fértil NNW-trending sinistral transpressional belts, as well as kinking of the Neogene sequence by localized WNW-striking cross-strike structures, resulted in multiple segmentation that produced a complex mosaic of basement-block pieces. The overprint of these regional, basement-involved, oblique, brittle–ductile transpressional and cross-strike megazones could be related to high interplate coupling. Localized mechanical and rheological changes introduced by magmatism favoured this thick-skinned deformation overprint.
Intubation Time, Lung Mechanics and Outcome in COVID-19 Patients Suffering Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Single-Center Study

Background We examined the effect of intubation time and the lung mechanics on clinical outcomes in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. Methods Based on the patient’s hospital admission, intubation time was defined as early (≤ 2 days) or late (> 2 days). Patients were further divided into three groups; early (≤ 3 days), late (4 - 6 days), and very late (> 6 days) intubated. Results A total of 194 patients were included; 66.5% male, median age 65 years. Fifty-eight patients (29.9%) were intubated early and 136 (70.1%) late. Early intubated patients revealed lower mortality (44.8% vs. 72%, P < 0.001), were younger (60 vs. 67, P = 0.002), had lower sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) scores (6 vs. 8, P = 0.002) and higher lung compliance on admission days 1, 6 and 12 (42 vs. 36, P = 0.006; 40 vs. 33, P < 0.001; and 37.5 vs. 32, P < 0.001, respectively). Older age (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.15, P < 0.001), intubation time (aOR = 1.15, P = 0.004), high SOFA scores (aOR = 1.81, P < 0.001), low partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2)/fractional inspired oxygen tension (FiO2) ratio (aOR = 0.96, P = 0.001), and low lung compliance on admission days 1 and 12 (aOR = 1.12, P = 0.012 and aOR = 1.14, P < 0.001, respectively) were associated with higher mortality. Very late and late intubated patients had higher mortality rates than patients intubated early (78.4% vs. 63.4% vs. 44.6%, respectively, P < 0.001). Conclusions Among COVID-19 intubated patients, age, late intubation, high SOFA scores, low PaO2/FiO2 ratio, and low lung compliance are associated with higher intensive care unit (ICU) mortality.
Load sharing ratio of pile-raft system in loose sand: an experimental investigation

This technical note presents the results of a series of tests carried out on instrumented model pile-raft foundation to investigate the load sharing ratios between the foundation’s components where a loose sand layer is encountered near the ground surface. Four different pile-raft models with two different pile numbers and lengths were considered. In each model, the settlement of the raft and the load of each pile were monitored during the load application process. The experiments showed the effectiveness of pile length on reducing the overall settlement of the pile-raft system. The results showed also that the proportion of load transferred to any pile in a closely spaced pile group increases with its distance from the centre of the group. Unlike some previous studies that classified soil profiles containing loose sands near the surface as unfavourable situations for piled rafts, the experimental results herein represent an evidence of the efficiency of piled rafts even in soil profiles with loose sands immediately beneath the raft. Indeed, ignoring the contribution of the raft would lead to unnecessary over-conservatism in the design of piled rafts.
Clinical Profile of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Hospital-Based Study

Introduction Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a new concept and an important area of investigation. In Western country's literature, different studies reported on TNBC and all indicated the poor prognostic aspect of this molecular subtype over other types of breast cancer. However, there is a scarcity of comprehensive data from India. Hence, the present study was carried out to look at the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of TNBC in the Indian population. Methods The present study was performed between January 2020 and June 2021 at a tertiary care hospital in Eastern India. A total of 150 patients with TNBC were enrolled in the study. The epidemiological and clinical features of enrolled patients were collected and reviewed. Results The median age of patients at TNBC presentation was 45.53 years (24 to 74 years). The median tumor size was reported to be 5.32 cm. Of 150 patients, 94(62.67%) showed enlarged lymph nodes and 56 (37.33%) patients had no lymph node enlargement. In the present study, 85 (56.67%) patients were in the pre/perimenopausal stage at presentation, whereas 65 (43.33%) patients were in the postmenopausal stage. Upon evaluating the spread of TNBC, it was observed that a maximum of patients 60 (40%) were at the T4 stage and 56 (37.33%) at the N0 condition. The clinical staging of TNBC reported a maximum of 74 (49.33%) patients at the IIA, and IIB stages followed by 53 (35.33%) patients at the IIIA, IIIB, and IIIC stages and a minimum of 11 (7.33%) patients at stage IV. Only five (3.33%) patients were reported with a family history of breast cancer. Of all patients, 126 (84%) had detected early breast cancer thereby applicable for surgery at the time of presentation, whereas 71 (47.33%) patients were eligible for radiation therapy and 138 (92%) patients received chemotherapy. A total of 112 (74.67%) patients were found alive after 24 months of follow-up, 22 (4.67%) patients were observed with remission, and 11 (7.33%) patients died due to TNBC progression. During the course of follow-up, five (3.33%) patients were lost in the study. Conclusion TNBC is an aggressive malignancy that has a high risk of systemic relapses in the first two years after diagnosis. For more mature evidence on TNBC, longer follow-up of patients is necessary.
Theropod trampled bedding plane with laboring trackways from the Upper Cretaceous Abdrant Nuru fossil site, Mongolia

Ishigaki, S. , 2010. Theropod trampled bedding plane with laboring trackways from the Upper Cretaceous Abdrant Nuru fos- sil site, Mongolia. Hayashibara Mus. Nat. Sci. Res. Bull. 3: 133-141. Abstract. The Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences-Mongolian Paleontological Center Joint Pale- ontological Expedition team has excavated a bedding plane trampled by theropod dinosaurs from Abdrant Nuru fossil site, Gobi desert, Mongolia. 14 trackways consisting of 84 footprints have been discovered on a single exposure of the bedding plane. The depth of the trackways varies from extremely deep to shallow, proving sequential imprinting during the drying and hardening process of the substrate. Deep footprints and elongated footprints are not useful for ichnotaxonomy, but they are useful for studying the laborious locomotion of the trackmakers on soft substrate.