bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Probabilistic modeling and numerical simulation of neural circuits for multisensory integration
Authors: Xu Liyu , Liu Xinsheng
Published: November 2023

People in real life receive stimulus information through various senses, and the process by which the brain integrates this information is called multisensory integration. Multisensory integration is an important branch of neuroscience, and the research on its neural mechanism holds significant application value to the development of artificial intelligence such as designing intelligent robots. Researches suggests that the brain likely employs Bayesian rules to integrate information and make judgments. In machine learning, neural networks based on Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) have shown promising results in multimodal emotion recognition. In this paper, we model a neural network based on STDP, try to explain spike events using a probabilistic model, and unify network output with Bayesian calculation. This paper uses numerical simulation to verify the performance of the proposed network in multisensory classification problems. The results show that multisensory integration can improve classification accuracy and is better than the popular supervised learning method.
Inter-symbol Anti-interference Algorithm for 5G Communication System Based on Deep Learning
Authors: Zhou Yangbin
Published: November 2023

As a matter of fact, the fifth generation (5G) wireless technology requires huge capacity to ensure normal use of communications, and a large amount of data will cause interference between wireless communication systems. With this in mind, to reduce inter-symbol interference in wireless systems, MIMO-OFDM is employed, the rapid growth of deep learning has the potential to significantly enhance wireless system performance. In reality, applying deep learning to estimate channels in MIMO-OFDM systems can reduce channel errors as well as improve channel quality, thereby greatly reducing inter-code interference between systems. On this basis, this paper introduces various DL-based channel estimation and demonstrates its improvement in the efficiency of the system. According to the analysis, the usage of deep learning in 5G wireless communication systems has great advantages. In addition, the limitations and defects are also discussed at the same time. Overall, these results shed light on guiding further exploration of 5G communication.
Pelatihan Aplikasi Keuangan Digital Pada Kube Sari Jaya Di Desa Sumerta Kauh
Authors: Kusumawati Ni Putu Ayu , Pramuki Ni Made Wisni Arie , Pratiwi Ni Putu Trisna Windika , Yuliantari Ni Putu Yeny , Suputra Gusti Alit
Published: November 2023

KUBE Sari Jaya merupakan usaha kecil yang terdiri dari lima orang anggota, dimana fokus produksi yang mereka jalani adalah pembuatan kue tradisional, seperti sumping, dadar, bantal dan lain-lain. Identifikasi masalah yang ada di Kube sari jaya ialah masih rendahnya pengetahuan mengenai penggunaan aplikasi keuangan digital dalam mencatat transaksi-transaksi usaha. Hal ini tentu akan berdampak kepada kurangnya kemampuan mitra dalam melakukan analisis usaha dan dalam pengambilan keputusan keuangan. Solusi yang dapat diberikan terhadap permasalahan mitra adalah dengan memberikan pelatihan aplikasi buku warung, dipilihnya aplikasi ini karena memiliki fitur-fitur ang lengkap dan aplikasi ini dapat digunakan secara offline. Tujuan dari kegiatan pengabdian ini adalah memberikan pengetahuan kepada mitra, betapa pentingnya digitalisasi untuk usaha agar mitra mampu menghasilkan laporan keuangan yang lebih akurat demi keberlanjutan usaha. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan pengabdian ini adalah memberikan penyuluhan mengenai aplikasi digital keuangan, memberikan pelatihan aplikasi buku warung. Kegiatan pengabdian ini diharapkan memberikan dampak positif bagi keberlanjutan kube sari jaya. Pengabdian lanjutan yang tim pengabdi lakukan sekarang adalah memberikan pelatihan pengelolaan keuangan dengan menggunakan aplikasi buku warung. Penggunaan aplikasi ini akan lebih mempermudah akses mitra dalam mengetahui posisi keuangan, dimana segala transaksi jual beli telah dicatat melalui aplikasi ini. Pencatatan transaksi pada aplikasi buku warung ini dapat membantu mitra untuk mengetahui dengan cermat total omzet usaha mitra.
Pengembangan Umkm Di Kota Pekalongan Melalui Pelatihan Kewirausahaan
Authors: Mahirun Mahirun , Santoso Sri Budi , Jannati Arih
Published: November 2023

Pelatihan kerja kewirausahaan merupakan salah satu upaya pengembangan usaha UMKM yang ada di Kota Pekalongan. Pemerintah Kota Pekalongan melalui Dinas Perindustrian dan Tenaga Kerja bekerja sama dengan Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Universitas Pekalongan melakukan kegitan pelatihan kerja  kewirausahaan dengan tujuan untuk mengembangkan usaha UMKM dan juga menciptakan UMKM-UMKM baru untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat melalui kegiatan usaha. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan ini adalah bimbingan terpadu melalui pelatihan kepada Masyarakat pelaku usaha UMKM di 27 Kelurahan di Kota Pekalongan. Langkah-langkah pelaksanaan kegiatan melalui identifikasi kebutuhan, persiapan pelatihan, pemaparan materi dan diskusi, pelaksanaan pelatihan dan praktik terbimbing, dan pemantauan dan evaluasi. Hasil kegiatan PKM adalah terlaksananya kegiatan di 27 kelurahan yang ada di Kota Pekalongan selama 3 bulan, dengan rincian kegiatan selama 3 hari setiap minggunya. Hari pertama di isi dengan pemaparan materi motivasi kewirausahaan dan pelatihan digital marketing, sedangkan hari kedua dan ketiga melalui praktek pembuatan produk seperti craft, tata boga, pembuatan roti dan kue, pembuatan hantaran menjahit, dan juga barista. Kegiatan pelatihan  kerja di akhiri dengan penilaian oleh tim penilai terhadap barang dan jasa yang dihasilkan oleh masyarakat dan UMKM yang terlibat dalam kegiatan.
HOLOCENE SHORELINES AND TECTONIC UPLIFT OF THE ISLAND OF LIPAN (AEOLIAN ARC, SOUTHERN ITALY)
Authors: BERNASCONI MARIA PIA , FERRINI GIANLUCA
Published: November 2023

Two succeeding phases in the evolution of Lipari island have been identified and are discussed in the present paper. At first, eight orders of marine terraces were recognized on the ground of geomorphological, sedimentological and paleontological evidences. The U234/U238 datings of the fossil shells recovered from terraces Ill and V have allowed to set the age of these ancient shorelines. These datings implemented with those from the literature, make the basis for the construction of an uplift/sinking diagram. From this latter it stems that a sinking has occurred approximately during the Eutyrrhenian. The subsequent rise took place at a rate of 0.73-0.33 cm/year,
LE EVINOSPONGE: IPOTESI GENETICHE DI CEMENTI CALCITICI NELLA PIATTAFORMA LADINICA DELLE PREALPI LOMBARDE (ALPI MERIDIONALI)
Authors: JADOUL FLAVIO , FRISIA SILVIA
Published: November 2023

The "evinosponge" are globose structures, both isolated and in anastomotic groups, whose size ranges from a few centimeters up to 3 meters. Each structure consists of several isopachous concentric crusts composed of low-Mg calcite crystals arranged in pseudofibres. Individual calcite crystals show irregular intercrystalline boundaries, deformed twins and cleavages and strong undulose extinction. Located within the medium-upper part of the ladinian Esino Limestone, the "evinosponge" are distinctive of those facies, such as open subtidal, prograding margin and slope, which are characterised by a high primary porosity and are facing the deep basins of the W engen Formation. Although the "evinosponge" are not pervasive in all the Esino Limestone platform margins, they represent up to the 70% of the whole rock in some areas. Formerly interpreted as fossil organisms (Stoppani, 1858), the "evinosponge" are here considered typical reef cements whose morphology developed through processes of dissolution and reprecipitation during early to burial diagenetic stages. The dissolution and reprecipitation processes took place in a mixed marine-meteoric water environment characterised by continuous changes in the chemical composition of the pore fluids and consequent fluctuations in carbonate saturation state. Furthemore, organisms such as the Tubiphytes and the Spongiostromata contributed to the development of the "evinosponge" acting as cement catalysts. Through the effects of perspiration and decaying organisms were also responsible for changes in the pore fluid chemistry towards undersaturation with respect to the more unstable phase of CaCO3. The cavity filling fibrous cements of the "evinosponge" underwent late diagenetic homogeneisation and crystal deformation which conferred random optical characters to the calcite pseudofibres.
PESCI VOLANTI DEL GENERE THORACOPTERUS NEL NORICO LOMBARDO. NOTA PRELIMINARE
Authors: TINTORI ANDREA , SASSI DAVIDE
Published: November 2023

A biplane fossil flying fish, Thoracopterus magnificus sp. n. is described from the Norian of Lombardy. The main differences with the Carnian species Thoracopterus niederristi are the nakeness of the body and the remarkable shortness of the sopraorbital sensory canal in the frontal. Sometimes fusion on the skull roofing bones can take place. Large otholites are present and are here described and figured for the first time 111 this group. Dentition is powerful so that Thoracopterus magnificus sp. n. is regarded as a predator fish. The paired fins are very large and their proximal segments widely overlap ensure a good tightness even when the fins, during the flight, are completely open. The caudal fin is almost homocercal and the ventral lobe is more expanded than the dorsal one. Size ranges from 3—4 cm to 13.5 cm in standard length.
NEW STRATIGRAPHIC DATA AND EVIDENCE OF LOWER AND UPPER DEVONIAN BASED ON CONODONTS IN SARRABUS AREA (Southeastern Sardinia)
Authors: BARCA SEBASTIANO , GNOLI MAURIZIO , OLIVIERI RENATA , SERPAGLI ENRICO
Published: November 2023

Upper Silurian, Lower and Upper Devonian conodonts are discovered for the first time from rare calcareous beds of the Serra S'llixi Group in the Pala Manna area, in connection with the nucleus of the "Sarrabus syncline" (southeastern Sardinia) where the youngest rocks of the Palaeozoic sequence of the Genn'Argiolas Unit crop out.

Consequently, clastic rocks of the conformably overlying Pala Manna Formation, also affected by the main Hercynian folding fase, could be considered Famennian—Lower Carboniferous in age. It also seems reasonable that the same rocks could be compared with the more or less coeval "Culm—type" clastic sediments of the Villasalto Conglomerate, in the nearby Gerrei region.
L'ETÀ EOCENE MEDIO - OLIGOCENE INFERIORE DELLE MARNE Dl MONTE PIANO NELLA SINCLINALE Dl VIANO (PROV. REGGIO E., APPENNINO SETTENTRIONALE)
Authors: FREGNI PAOLA
Published: November 2023

The micropaleontological study (Foraminifera) of the upper part of the Monte Piano Marls up to the transition to the overlying Ranzano Sandstones has pointed out the presence of Middle Eocene and Lower Oligocene microfaunas.

Species attributable to Zone P 15 and/or to the earlier part of P 16 (Late Eocene) are usually reworked in sediments of the latest Eocene—Early Oligocene age.

The reworking of planktonic and benthonic faunas can be related to resedimentation phenomena, which are also evidentiated by sedimentological features and thanatocoenosis characters.

The composition of the benthonic foraminiferal faunas indicates a Iower bathyal—abyssal environment; displaced species from shallower depths are not present.

These data suggest that, during the latest Eocene—Early Oligocene, the Monte Piano Marls basin was affected by differential uplifts with the formation of structural highs and their subsequent erosion.
DONNEES NOUVELLES SUR LA STRATIGRAPHIE DES CALCAIRES DE PLATE-FORME DU CRETACE INFERIEUR DU GARGANO (ITALIE MERIDIONALE)
Authors: LUPERTO SINNI ELENA , MASSE JEAN-PIERRE
Published: November 2023

Les formations carbonatées de plate—forme de la région occidentale du Massif du Gargano, identifiées à la formation des «Calcaires de San Giovanni Rotondo», appartiennent essentiellement au Crétacé inférieur (Berriasien supérieur p.p. — Aptien inférieur p.p.). Les analogies micropaléontologiques, lithostratigraphiques, biostratigraphiques et faciologiques avec les séries correspondantes des Murges sont remarquables. Comme la région des Murges, le Gargano appartient à la plate—forme apulienne. Ces données permettront d'envisager sous un jour nouveau le fonctionnement géodynamique de la marge garganique durant le Cretace.
STRATIGRAPHY OF THE TETHYS HIMALAYA IN ZANSKAR, LADAKH INITIAL REPORT
Authors: GAETANI MAURIZIO , CASNEDI RAFFAELE , FOIS ELISABETTA , GARZANTI EDUARDO , JADOUL FLAVIO , NICORA ALDA , TINTORI ANDREA
Published: November 2023

The preliminary results of the 1984 Italian Geological Expedition to Zanskar are given as a general account of the stratigraphy of the Tethys Himalaya succession. The sedimentary sequence has been subdivided in three parts, from Late Precambrian to Eocene.
STRUCTURES BIOGENIQUES ET PHYSIQUES DANS LES SABLES DE PAVIGLIANA REGGIO CALABRIA (ITALIE)
Authors: BARRIER P. , D'ALESSANDRO A.
Published: November 2023

The most representative biogenic sedimentar y structures in the basal sand of the Plio— Pleistocene sequence belonging to the Pavigliana (Reggio Calabria) tectono sedimentary unit, have been analyzed. The bioturbation structures are attributed to domichnia / fodinichnia of decapod crustaceans; the bioerosion structures are mostly represented by domichnia of numerous boring organisms. The entire assemblage forms an high diversity ichnocoenosis indicative of the infralittoral zone. The lithologic features, the body fossils, and the trace fossils allow to recognize a succession of paleocommunities likely related to changes in edaphic factors. The enigmatic invaginated structures found in the upper part of the examined beds, can be possibly interpreted as thixotropic figures indicating palaeoseismicity
<em)ELLIPSOPOLYMORPHINA FRAGILIS NUOVA SPECIE Dl FORAMINIFERO BENTONICO DEL PLEISTOCENE MEDITERRANEO
Authors: PARISI ELISABETTA
Published: November 2023

A new benthic foraminiferal species, Ellipsopolymorphina fragilis, observed in several deep—sea cores from the Eastern Mediterranean, is described for the first time. This species is typical and well represented in sediments deposited prior to or immediately after sapropels S—6 (185.000 a BP) and (225.000 a BP).
GASTROPODS AND BIVALVES OF THE MIDDLE ANISIAN FROM KOKAELI PENINSULA (TURKEY)
Authors: FANTINI SESTINI N.
Published: November 2023

Aim of this paper is the description of a faunule of gastropods and bivalves found associated with ammonites belonging to the Pelsonian from Kokaeli Peninsula (Turkey), a region named in the past Bithynia.
ARCHAEOLITHOTHAMNIUM AIROLDII NOMEN NOVUM EX LITHOTHAMNIUM STEFANINII AIROLDI
Authors: FRAVEGA PATRIZIA
Published: November 2023

New investigations carried out on the samples which allowed Airoldi, in 1932, to establish the species Lithothamnium stefaninii, showed morphological and structural characters pointing to the attribution of the taxon to the genus Archaeolithothamnium; since Archaeolithothamnium stefaninii was preoccupied 'by Raineri in 1929, for another species, it is necessary to change the specific name of the taxon under discussion to Archaeolithothamnium airoldii.
THE OLIGOCENE FORAMINIFERAL BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF PAKISTAN
Authors: KURESHY A. A.
Published: November 2023

The marine Oligocene deposits of Pakistan are exposed in the Baluchistan and Lower Indus Basins. The Baluchistan Basin deposits are referred to the Khojak Formation of Makran Group. They represent three planktic foraminiferal zones, the Globigerina ampliapertura Zone, G. ciperoensis Zone and Globorotalia kugleri Zone, corresponding to Early, Middle and Late Oligocene. The Lower Indus Basin deposits of Sind include the Kirthar and Nari Formations. On the basis of the larger Foraminifera these deposits are divided into Nummulites fichteli Zone (Early Oligocene), N. fichteli/Lepidocyclina (E.) dilatata Zone (Mid. Oligocene), and L. dilatata Zone (Late Oligocene). The Oligocene deposits are absent in the Upper Indus Basin due to the orogenic movement which took place at the end of the Eocene and continued in the Oligocene.
BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA AS POLLUTION INDICES IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT OF WEST COAST OF INDIA
Authors: PADMANABHA SETTY M. G. ANANTHA , NIGAM RAJIV
Published: November 2023

Two ecosystems affected by acidic pollutants (Thana Creek, Bombay and inshore area of Trivandrum, Kerala) and two other ecosystems affected by alkaline pollutants (Cola Bay, Goa and inshore area of Karwar, Karnataka) were studied for pollution effects monitoring through Foraminifera. In the Thana Creek area, Bombay, the magnitude of corrosive effect, lower—than—normal ornamentation, deepening of grooves and sutural thickenings, enlargement of pores, widening of apertures in Foraminifera were taken as indices of pollution effect. In the, Cola bay area, Goa, the environment becomes hypertrophic resulting in large—sized, robust, mostly megalospheric forms of Ammonia. Elphidium and Florilus scaphum are recorded at the proximal zone near the discharge point; miliolids in the transitional zone and dominantly smaller—sized Nonionella, Fursenkoina pontoni, Bulimina marginata at the distal zone quite far from thc discharge point where pollutants are diluted and dissipated. In the Karwär area, Karnataka, pollutant causes reduced diversity with a decrease in foraminiferal population. Moreover, there is a reduction in size followed by test wall thinning in Nonion and Ammonia, increase of agglutinated forms near shore, and dispersal and dilution of the pollutants resulting in foraminiferal abundance. In the Trivandrum area, Kerala, the effluent effect presents morphological anomalies (Operculina, Cibicides), erosion along peripheries, induced growth in last few chambers, inferred dissolution and consequent destruction of small, thin—walled forms suggested by their absence, thus leaving only the larger ones in the entire area. Living/dead ratio is negatively oriented at all sites.
THE MACROSEMIIDAE (PISCES, ACTINOPTERYGII) FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC OF LOMBARDY (N. ITALY)
Authors: TINTORI A. , RENESTO S.
Published: November 2023

A new species of Macrosemiid, Legnonotus obtusus sp. n. from Carnian aged rocks near Varese, Lombardy, Italy, is briefly described and a redescription given of the species Legnonotus krambergeri Bartram based on new material from the Upper Norian beds of the Prealps near Bergamo. It is concluded that Legnonotus is a primitive Macrosemiid.
STRATIGRAFIA DEL GIURASSICO DEI DINTORNI DI FOZA (ALTOPIANO DI ASIAGO)
Authors: BENIGNI CHIARA , CASATI POMPEO , PIRINI RADRIZZANI CAMILLA
Published: November 2023

The Middle and Upper Jurassic sequence near Foza (Asiago plateau; Venetian Alps) is characterized by important hiatuses. The relevant deposits are furthermore often found as sedimentary dikes, filling up fractures in the underlying carbonatic platform of the Calcari Grigi, Middle Liassic in age in the uppermost levels. The normal Middle and Upper Jurassic sequence includes, aver the Calcari Grigi the following formations: Lower Rosso Ammonitico Veronese and "Lumachella a Posidonia alpina", both Middle Ju­rassic in age; "Scisti ad Aptici", Upper Rosso Ammonitico Veronese and the basal part of the "Biancone", Upper Jurassic in age. In the Foza area the stratigraphic sequence changes quite rapidly in very short distances, with hiatuses involving one or more of the above mentioned formations. The presence of these hiatuses and of sedimentary dikes is in agreement with the location of the studied area near the edge of the "Trento plateau" during the Jurassic. A fossil assemblage was collected from a sedimentary dike near Lazzaretti of Foza. It consists of Brachiopods, Belemnites, Bivalves and Crinoid remains. Brachiopods are prevailing both in specimens and species number; among them 6 species, even if generally poorly preserved have been determined and described.
THE OLIGOCENE/MIOCENE BOUNDAR Y IN THE EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC DSDP SITE 354. RESULTS OF STUDIES ON PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA AND CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSILS
Authors: BlOLZI MILENA
Published: November 2023

A first order correlation between planktic foraminiferal and calcareous nannofossil events o( DSDP Site 354 in the Equatorial Atlantic is presented. Within the 323 m thick, discontinuously cored section, 30 sarnples have been studied. In the Oligocene-Miocene sedirnents 57 different species of planktic Foraminifera and 51 species of calcarcous nannofossils have been identified, and 6 foraminiferal zones and 7 nannofossil zones recognized. Besides the generally used biostratigraphic markers, some additional calcareous nannofossil events are considered for a further subdivision of the interval studied.
ZUR GATTUNG PSEUDOCUCURBITA BORZA & SAMUEL, 1978 (= PRO CUCURBITA JABLONSKY, 1973) UND BESCHREIBUNG VERGLEICHBARER PROBLEMATISCHER ORGANISMEN AUS DER OBER TRIAS DES ALPIN-MEDITERRANEN RAUMES
Authors: SENOWBARI-DARYAN BABA
Published: November 2023

Der Gattungsnamc Cucurbita Jablonsky, 1973 kann nicht als gueltig betrachtet werden, da dieser Name bereits 1882 durch Scudder (Nomenclator Zool. Suppi. Lise, 93) an eine Muschel­Gattung vergeben worden ist. Die Gattung Pseudocucurbita Borza & Samuel, 1978 wird mit der Gattung Cucurbita synonym erkliirt. Da der Name Cucurbita hinfaellig ist, wird der Name Cucurbita Jablonsky durch Pseudocucurbita Borza & Samuel (pro Cucurbita Jablonsky) ersetzt (Homonymie).
OLIGOCENE FAN-DELTA DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN ITALY: A SUMMARY
Authors: GNACCOLINI MARIO
Published: November 2023

Lungo le colline e le basse montagne al limite tra Piemonte e Liguria affiora un'unità oligocenica, prevalentemente conglomeratica, nota come Formazione di Molare o come Conglomerati di Savignone. Questa formazione si estende per più di 100 km, con direzione ENE-OSO, dai dintorni di Genova fin quasi a Cuneo. I conglo­merati che la costituiscono rappresentano, per la maggior parte, conoidi alluvionali oligoceniche depostesi al limite tra la terraferma ed un bacino marino (« fan-deltas »). Lo studio sedimentologico ha consentito l'individuazione di diciotto principali litofacies e la loro interpretazione.
Subclinical inflammation markers in Abortus Imminens and their relation with obstetric outcomes. A case-control study
Authors: KIRAN Yusuf , KAN Kaz , EN zzet
Published: November 2023

Background: In recent years, studies reveal that subclinical inflammatory markers can be used as an indicator of the inflammatory process in many diseases. Few studies have evaluated indicators of inflammation and postpartum outcomes in abortion immune patients.
Objectives: The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship of subclinical inflammatory factors (Platelet crit (PCT), Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio(NLR), Monocyte-lymphocyte ratio(MLR), Platelet-lymphocyte ratio(PLR)) obtained from complete blood count(CBC) with Abortion Immunes(AI) and obstetric results..
Material method: The study was conducted between January 2020 and January 2021. A total of 429 pregnant women, 203 of whom were pregnant with AI and 226 were healthy, were included in the study.
Results: PCT, NLR, and MLR values were significantly higher and PLR values were low in the AI group (p<0.05). PCT > 0.22, NLR > 2.29, and MLR > 0.20 were significantly associated with increased risk of AI (P<0.05). PLR value above 135.5 was associated with the normal group. There was a significant difference between the group whose pregnancy was terminated by abortion and the group who gave birth in terms of PCT, NLR, MLR, and PLR values. PCT, NLR, and MLR values were high in the abortion group, and PLR values were low (p<0.05). Premature birth was developed in 11.3% (n=15) of AI patients. There was a significant difference between the preterm and term pregnancy in terms of PCT, NLR, MLR, and PLR levels (p<0.005). PCT, NLR, and MLR values were high and PLR levels were low in pregnant women who gave birth prematurely.
Conclusion: We think that close follow-up of abortion imminence patients with high levels of these inflammatory factors is appropriate.
Thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy results before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: From a single centre perspective
Authors: Babayeva Afruz , Coskun Meric , Yalcin Mehmet , Uzun Arzu , nan Mehmet , Altinova Alev , Akturk Mujde , Karakoc Mehmet , Toruner Fusun , Yetkin lhan
Published: November 2023

Aim: One of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the healthcare system has been the postponement of elective procedures. We aimed to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) results.
Method: The distribution of cytology results during the 16.5 months of the pandemic was compared with the pre-pandemic period by The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC) diagnostic categories.
Results: The number of FNABs performed during the pandemic period decreased by 27.3% compared to the pre-pandemic period in our center, in line with the recommendations (1197 to 327 diagnostic FNABs). Benign biopsy results decreased during the pandemic period compared to the pre-pandemic period (77.3% to 49.5%, p<0.001), and indeterminate biopsy results (AUS/FLUS, FN/SFN, and SUS) increased from 19.5% to 45.9 %, p<0.001. Malign biopsy rates did not differ between pre-pandemic and pandemic periods (3.3% to 4.6%, p=0.25).
Conclusion: Although the number of FNAB decreased due to pandemic measures, we found a decrease in benign cytology and an increase in indeterminate for malignancy. The pandemic period allowed us to be more selective when deciding on a biopsy for FNABs. We recommend that the risk assessment of nodules be done carefully when making the biopsy decision in the next period. Although it is recommended not to delay FNAB for nodules at risk for malignancy, it should not be forgotten that the surgical decision should not be hasty in indeterminate results, and follow-up can be continued, or biopsy can be performed again under appropriate conditions.
Morphological examination is more effective than cell viability assays in the characterization of myotube atrophy
Authors: Akpulat Ugur
Published: November 2023

Skeletal muscle atrophy is a significant health problem associated particularly with aging, cancer, and metabolic diseases, leading to a decline in quality of life and responses to treatment. During skeletal muscle atrophy, the balance between protein synthesis and degradation in the tissue is disrupted in favor of protein degradation. This condition results in a reduction in muscle mass and loss of strength and function in the muscles. In order to elucidate the molecular mechanisms causing skeletal muscle atrophy, prevent the processes leading to atrophy, and test the effectiveness of emerging therapeutics, in vitro models that mimic atrophic conditions are commonly used. In these models, typically utilizing primary myoblasts obtained from tissues or myoblast cell lines, either cell viability assays or myotube morphology analyses are employed to determine the degree of atrophy occurring during differentiation. Here, the commonly used MTT cell viability assay and myotube diameter analysis were mutually evaluated to determine which one better characterizes myotube atrophy. While myotube diameter measurement can grade the extent of atrophy in myotubes, the MTT assay, although unable to directly assess the degree of myotube atrophy, demonstrated that the decrease in cell viability indicates the cause of myoblast atrophy.
Evaluation Of International Society On Thrombosis and Haemostasis-Bleeding Assessment Tool (ISTH-BAT) Scores In Hemophilia Patients: Single Center Experience
Authors: m Murat , n Selim , mert Melda , r G , afak Esra , lmaz Y , ur Bilge , Ayl Meltem
Published: November 2023

Objective: We aimed to examine the relationship between the clinical bleeding severity classification based on the factor levels and the ISTH-BAT score (calculated numerically over +/- or 10), to evaluate the usability of the ISTH-BAT score in Hemophilia A and B.
Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, the data of Hemophilia A and B patients who were administered a face-to-face ISTH-BAT survey upon admission to the outpatient clinic were evaluated. In addition to the positivity rate of the ISTH BAT score of patients with hemophilia, the relationship between this score and the patient's age, hemophilia type and factor level was also evaluated.
Results: The study included 158 male patients(n:125 hemophilia A, n:33 hemophilia B). ISTH-BAT positivity was detected in 45.6% of hemophilia A patients and 57.6% of hemophilia B patients. There were no significant differences between hemophilia A and hemophilia B patients in terms of ISTH-BAT scores (p=0.43). Scores were higher in severe hemophilics, as expected, but there was no statistically significant correlation between factor levels and ISTH-BAT scores in hemophilia A (p=0.56), or hemophilia B (p=0.54).
Conclusion: The ISTH-BAT can help recognize individuals with a bleeding history without a diagnosis. However, it does not correlate with factor level in patients with hemophilia and is not effective in determining bleeding susceptibility. Plasma factor levels are the most predictive data for bleeding frequency and severity.
Investigating the Protective Potential of Dinoprost in a Rat Model of Ischemia-Reperfusion
Authors: Karaku Sava , zkaraca Mustafa
Published: November 2023

Aim: This study investigates the protective effects of Dinoprost against Ischemia/Reperfusion (I/R) damage in the rat ovary, focusing on the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), Interleukin-1β (IL1β), and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α (TNF-α). Additionally, the impact of Dinoprost on reducing hemorrhage in the ovarian tissue is evaluated.
Materials and Methods: A total of 24 rats were randomly divided into four groups: Control, Ischemia (Isch), I/R, and Dino+I/R. Ischemia was induced by clamping the ovarian blood supply, followed by reperfusion. Dinoprost was administered before reperfusion in the Dino+I/R group. COX-2, IL1β, and TNF-α expression levels were assessed through histochemical and immunochemical analyses. Hemorrhage in the ovarian tissue was also examined.
Results: The Dino+I/R group exhibited a significant decrease in COX-2 expression compared to the Isch and I/R groups (P<0.05). However, there were no significant changes in the expression levels of IL1β and TNF-α among the groups. Notably, the Dino+I/R group showed significantly reduced hemorrhage compared to the Isch and I/R groups (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Dinoprost demonstrated a protective effect against I/R damage in the rat ovary, primarily by attenuating COX-2 expression and reducing hemorrhage. These findings suggest the potential therapeutic utility of Dinoprost in mitigating ovarian I/R injury, emphasizing its role in preserving ovarian function and fertility.
Chrysin protects against kidney tissue damage caused by pemetrexed used in cancer treatment
Authors: TANBEK Kevser , KOSE Evren
Published: November 2023

Pemetrexed (PMTX) is a multi-targeted, anticancer, antifolate agent that exerts its effect by disrupting the folate-dependent metabolic processes underlying cell proliferation. Kidney toxicity is a common side effect of anticancer agents. Chrysin (Chr) is a powerful antioxidant compound abundant in plant extracts, honey, and bee propolis. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the combined use of chrysin, a natural flavonoid, against the possible harmful effects of PMTX on kidney tissue.
50 male Wistar albino rats were divided into five groups: Control, Sham, PMTX, Chr, PMTX+Chr. Sham (1ml corn oil/day), CH (50mg/kg/day) by oral gavage, PMTX (1mg/kg/week) by i.p., PMTX+CH (PMTX;1mg/kg/week, CH;50mg/kg/day) were given at the same time every day. At the end of 4 weeks at the end of the study, blood and kidney tissues were collected. The malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities, and total antioxidant (TAS), total oxidant status (TOS), OSI also were measured. Blood-urea-nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine (Cr) analyzed by ELISA.
Indicators of oxidative stress, MDA was elevated and antioxidant activity was reduced in the PMTX group compared to control and Sham (p <0,05). In the PMTX+Chr group, MDA, BUN, Cr and TOS were decreased, SOD and TAS was increased compared to PMTX group (p <0,05). We found that Chr exhibited ameliorative effects on PMTX induced nephrotoxicity increasing antioxidant activity and reducing oxidative damage.
Central Bank Digital Currencies: Evolution and Implications to the Monetary System
Authors: Kurian Arul
Published: November 2023

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are the newest entrants to the financial landscape. Widely backed by Central Banks around the globe, CBDCs offer unique characteristics and novel solutions to the existing gaps in the monetary system. Nevertheless, potential dangers like infringement on personal liberties cannot be overlooked while adopting a new system with broad implications. Introduction of CBDCs exposes the government's necessity to retain the 'trust' in its institutions amidst emerging financial innovations in the private space. An honest scrutiny of the positives and negatives of the proposed system would contribute to designing a better monetary policy tool while mitigating risks.
Although individuals stand to reap some benefits, governments would gain excessively from a mass CBDC adoption, if implemented. Therefore, civil society must play an active role in designing the technical specifications of the proposed CBDCs. A CBDC should be designed to maximise the policy goals without parting with individual privacy and personal liberties.
Grimm Masallarından “Şişenin İçindeki Cin” Adlı Eserin Türkçe Çevirisine Yönelik Eleştiri
Authors: SEKER Esad Ömer , SEYMEN Aylin
Published: November 2023

Bu araştırmanın amacı; modern Alman kültürünü ölümsüzleştirmek amacıyla Alman halk masallarını bir kitap altında toplayan Grimm kardeşlerin “Şişenin İçindeki Cin” isimli Masalının Türkçe çevirisini eleştirmektir. Bu eleştiride kullanılan eser Millî Eğitim Bakanlığının 100 klasik eserinde kullanılan masal çevirisiyle sınırlandırılmıştır. Metinler analizi boyutunda, yöntem olarak kullanışlılığıyla bilinen Doküman analizi tercih edilmiştir. Eleştiri kriterleri olarak Avrupa Ortak Başvuru Metni’nin (AOBM) son güncellemesi (2020) içinde yer alan “Aracılık” kavramı kapsamında bulunan yazılı metin çeviri basamakları kullanılmıştır. Bu kıstaslara göre: Erek dil de yapılmış olan çeviride deyimler, atasözleri ve Alman kültürüne özgü yapılar gibi kültürlerarası boyutta aracılık yapılmış olan ifadeler analiz edilmiştir. Hedef metinde tespit edilen kültürel yapılar arasında aracılık kriterlerini karşılamayan 9 örnek tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca bu örneklerde; ana metindeki kültürel ifadelere hatalı aracılık yapılması dışında, hatalı duygu, düşünce ve anlam aktarımı gibi sorunlar da saptanmıştır. Araştırmanın sonuçlarına göre, AOBM içerisinde bulunan aracılık kriterlerinin ihlal edildiği dolayısıyla kültürlerarası aracılık faaliyetinin başarısız olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
Yaratıcı Endüstri Olarak Edebiyat Turizmi
Authors: CAN GABERLİ Yağmur
Published: November 2023

Bu çalışmada edebiyat turizmi yaratıcı endüstri bağlamında değerlendirilmiştir. Yaratıcı öznenin, bireysel yetenek ve becerinin emek girdisi olarak kullanıldığı yaratıcı endüstriler ve edebiyat turizminin ortak noktaları tespit edilmiştir. Edebiyat turizmine konu olan edebi eserlerin ve bunların sembolik anlamlar taşıdığı ziyaret alanlarının sahip oldukları özellikler bakımından yaratıcı endüstriler kapsamında değerlendirilebileceği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Edebiyat turizminin hem ait olduğu ulusların kültürel ve tarihi değerlerini korumaya teşvik etmesi hem de turizmde sürdürülebilirliği sağlaması açısından desteklenmesi gerektiği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Bu bağlamda ülkelerin var olan edebiyat turizmi kaynaklarını koruması, kullanılması yönünde teşvik edilmesi ve uluslararası turizm piyasasında pazarlanabilmesi adına gerekli reklam ve tanıtım faaliyetlerinin yapılması gerekmektedir.
Enfermedad hepática metabólica: revisión bibliográfica
Authors: Ma Duarte Echin Leimei , Hugo Merino Gabriel Aníbal
Published: November 2023

Introducción: la enfermedad hepática esteatósica asociada a disfunción metabólica (MASLD) ha emergido como un desafío principal en salud pública, vinculándose con trastornos metabólicos y enfermedades cardiovasculares. Esta patología, que implica la acumulación de grasa en el hígado, tiene potencial de progresar a condiciones más severas, como cirrosis o carcinoma hepatocelular.

Objetivo: el principal objetivo es investigar la prevalencia y los factores de riesgo asociados con la MASLD a nivel global, así como explorar su conexión con otras comorbilidades. Además, se busca identificar las áreas menos conocidas y establecer un fundamento para futuros tratamientos e intervenciones.

Metodología: se llevó a cabo una revisión bibliográfica de la literatura científica sobre MASLD publicada en los últimos cinco años. Se priorizaron revisiones sistemáticas, metaanálisis y revistas de alto impacto. La búsqueda se realizó en bases de datos reconocidas como PubMed, Scopus y Web of Science.

Resultados: el cambio de terminología de NAFLD a MAFLD destaca un enfoque más centrado en la etiología metabólica. La prevalencia global es del 25%, con asociaciones significativas con enfermedades cardiovasculares y diabetes tipo 2. Existen procesos complejos y multifactoriales que intervienen en la patogénesis de la enfermedad. También se subraya la necesidad de tratamientos personalizados, particularmente para aquellos pacientes no representados en los ensayos clínicos.

Conclusión: MASLD es una patología de creciente prevalencia que demanda atención en la investigación y el tratamiento. Es esencial un enfoque multidisciplinario y personalizado, considerando tanto los aspectos clínicos como los socioeconómicos. A pesar de la evolución en la comprensión de la enfermedad, aún hay áreas que requieren una investigación más profunda y detallada.
Fintech perception of cooperation or competition with banking
Authors: Salgado Flávio , Oliveira Helena Costa
Published: November 2023

Over the past few years, significant industries have modified their operation mode in the markets due to the substantial emergence of information technologies. The changes occur in the interaction with customers, production processes, or implementing strategies. The banking sector is not an exception, and this study focuses on the digital transformations of banks. This paper aims to understand how financial organizations in Portugal are changing to remain competitive while implementing information technologies. The purpose is to study a fintech, that emerged due to the digital transformation of the bank sector, and to understand its relationship with traditional banks, whether it is of cooperation or competition. This case study follows a qualitative methodology based on a semi-structured interview with the CEO of the fintech company nBanks. The fintech companies and banks can collaborate and work together to develop the financial market in Portugal. The relationship between them can be of cooperation instead of competitiveness.
Exploring the Relationships between EFL Learners’ Foreign Language Classroom Boredom, Foreign Language Classroom Learning Engagement and Learning Achievement
Authors: Xu Kexin , Wang Jing
Published: November 2023

The impact of emotions on the learning process and learning achievements has gained increasing attention in recent years, with particular emphasis on the significance of boredom. Boredom detrimentally influences learners’ cognitive resources, hampers their level of engagement, and consequently restricts academic achievement. The current study explores the relationships between these factors using self-reported scales. The results indicate a significant negative correlation between boredom and engagement and a significant moderate negative correlation between boredom and English learning achievement. A significantly high positive correlation was found between engagement and English learning achievement. And these two factors were demonstrated to be significant predictors of English learning achievement. The findings broadened the nomological network of boredom, engagement, and learning achievement in the EFL context and provided insights to mitigate learners’ boredom and enhance their engagement and learning achievement.
Contribution of Pluralistic Agriculture Extension Service Provision to Smallholder Farmer Resilience
Authors: Odongo Hannington Jawoko , Opio Alfonse , Mwesigye Adrian , Bariyo Rogers
Published: November 2023

The paper examined the relationship between pluralistic agriculture extension systems and the socioeconomic resilience of smallholder farmers in northern Uganda. A categorical regression analysis was conducted on quantitative data that were randomly collected from 308 respondents. The pluralistic agriculture extension service accounted for a 40% and 32% change in social and economic resilience respectively. The main factors that had positive and significant effects on socioeconomic resilience were the management style of extension agents and participatory monitoring and evaluation of smallholder farmer extension activities that caused less than half a unit fold of increment in socioeconomic resilience. Although small, they form the ground for farmers’ capacity to buffer, adapt to changes, and cope with stresses and disturbances. The F-values in the regression models are important in the prioritization of the significant factors during the design and implementation of extension models. The paper contributes to the ongoing discussion on the role the pluralistic agriculture extension system plays in enhancing farmer resilience and the use of quantitative methodological procedures in identifying the strength of the relationship between the factors.
La soldadura fil a fil. Revisió bibliogràfica en l’evolució de la metodologia
Authors:   , Nuncio Gil Chitra
Published: November 2023

The tear consolidation in canvas painting using the thread-by-thread tear mending is a method which follows the minimal intervention criteria. The technique has been investigated and refined over time. The Greenwich conference in 1975 was a turning point due to the revision of the invasive and systematic interventions which had been carried out. In addition, some alternatives to lining were coming up. Through a chronologically arranged bibliographic compilation, the documents that have been compiled are presented with the aim of offering a global vision of the documents published from 1945 to the present days.
La conservación de negativos fotográficos en soporte de plástico a través del almacenamiento en temperaturas bajo cero. Origen, identificación, deterioro, conservación preventiva
Authors:   , Pavón Valentina
Published: November 2023

This Final Master’s Project seeks to emphasize the importance of the photographic negatives, more specifically those on plastic support. It tries to explain how the plastic photographic support is born, what types of plastic supports exist, how to identify them and detect their most characteristics forms of deterioration. Based on studies and publications of numerous professionals, it has been stablished that the only effective solution to stop the deterioration at a fast pace and to preserve the original negatives is by storing them using temperatures below zero. This project will name the benefits of this method, the requirements it demands, and specially why it is efficient for the long-term conservation of photographic negatives. Finally, after presenting different versions of using this method, it explains how to build a proper package suitable for storing photographic negatives on plastic support using a domestic freezer.
MAMLAKATIMIZDA “YASHIL” IQTISODIYOT ASOSIDA BARQAROR RIVOJLANISHNI TA’MINLASHNING O‘ZIGA XOS JIHATLARI
Authors: Mustafaqulov Yangiboy Bo‘riqulovich , Todjimamatova Mashhura Erkinovna , Berdieva Aziza G‘anisher qizi , Nurmatova Hilola A’zamovna , Egamberdieva Oydin Abror qizi
Published: November 2023

Barqaror rivojlanishning ijtimoiy tarkibi insonga qaratilgan bo‘lib, ijtimoiy va madaniy tizimlarning barqarorligini ta’minlashga yo‘naltirilgandir. Barqaror rivojlanish Konsepsiyasi inson tanlovini kengaytirish asosiy g‘oya ekanligigatayangan holda insonning o‘z hayot faoliyatini shakllantirish, qarorlar qabul qilish, ularni amalga oshirish va bajarilishininazorat qilish jarayonida to‘laqonli qatnashishi lozimligini nazarda tutadi. Bu “Yashil” iqtisodiyot asosida amalga oshirilishimuhim omil hisoblanadi.
Penerapan Metode Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Dalam Peningkatan Efisiensi Mesin Batching Plant (Studi Kasus : PT. Lutvindo Wijaya Perkasa)
Authors: Hadi Ariyah
Published: November 2023

PT. Lutvindo Wijaya Perkasa merupakan salah satu perusahaan yang bergerak dalam bidang industri manufacture. Adapun jenis produk yang diproduksi oleh PT. Lutvindo Wijaya Perkasa di antaranya beton dan aspal. Permasalahan yang terjadi pada perusahaan ini ialah kurangnya perawatan mesin yang menyebabkan banyaknya waktu delay sehiingga mesin tidak bekerja secara optimal. Metode penelitian yang digunakan ialah Metode Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) adalah nilai dari besarnya efektivitas yang dimiliki oleh sebuah peralatan atau mesin. OEE dapat dihitung dengan mengukur availabilitas dari mesin/peralatan, efisiensi proses kinerja dari proses dan rate dari mutu suatu produk. Berdasarkan penelitian yang telah dilakukan, maka dapat di simpulkan bahwa nilai OEE yang di dapatkan pada mesin Batching Plant yaitu 80,45%, sedangkan untuk standar OEE internasional yaitu 85% sehingga perlu adanya perbaikan. Faktor yang menjadi prioritas perbaikan yaitu performance atau kinerja mesin dalam memproduksi beton, karena nilai performance merupakan nilai terendah dari tiga faktor yang mempengaruhi nilai OEE.
 
Kata Kunci: Efektivitas, Mesin, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
Primary photosynthetic processes of Thalassiosira weissflogii
under the effect of ciprofloxacin
Authors: Todorenko D.A. , Sidochenko N.D. , Baizhumanov A.A. , Bratkovskaya L.B. , Matorin D.N.
Published: November 2023

Fluoroquinolone antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin have been actively used in medical practice,
including the COVID-19 pandemic, to suppress adverse bacterial infections. Widespread
application and improper disposal have resulted in the ubiquity of antibiotics in the
environment, which can affect aquatic life, including phytoplankton. The effect of
fluoroquinolone antibiotics on the photosynthetic processes of marine diatoms, which are the
main producers in marine ecosystems, has been little studied. In this work the effect of the
antibiotic ciprofloxacin on the primary photosynthetic processes in the marine diatom
Thalassiosira weissflogii was studied. It has been shown that ciprofloxacin affects the functioning
of PSII, preventing the transfer of absorbed energy from the excited antenna chlorophyll
molecules to the PSII RC (φDo). Under the influence of ciprofloxacin, a decrease in the
efficiency of electron donation to P680+ (FV / FO), inhibition of the quantum yield of PSII
(FV / FM), a decrease in the proportion of active RCs (ABS / RC), and an increase in the
dissipation of absorbed energy in RCs (DIo / RC) were revealed. It has been shown that the mechanism of action of ciprofloxacin is associated with damage of PSII RC. Ciprofloxacin
enhances the photosensitivity of microalgae and causes an increase in lipid peroxidation
products. It is proposed to apply the parameters of chlorophyll fluorescence analyzing the effect
of antibiotics on microalgae.