bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Impact of booster vaccination on the control of COVID-19 Delta wave transmission in France
Authors: boss paul
Published: August 2022

Europe has experienced a large COVID-19 wave caused by the Delta variant in winter 2022. Using an epidemiological models applied to Metropolitan France, we find that boosters administered to various age groups may reduce the hospitalisation peak by with a delay of 5 months between second and third dose. A 10% reduction in transmission rates might further reduce it by 41%, indicating that even small increases in protective behaviours may be critical to mitigate the w
Felli, R. (2021). The Great Adaptation. Climate, Capitalism and Catastrophe.
Authors: García Maldonado Edgar
Published: August 2022

Londres: Verso. 192 pp. ISBN 13: 978-1-78873-414-1.
Valadez Vázquez, R., Castañeda de la Paz, M., Jiménez Badillo, D. (2021). Zempoala, Historia y paisaje de un corregimiento en el estado de Hidalgo.
Authors: Rivera Villanueva José Antonio
Published: August 2022

(Serie: De Conquistas, Luchas e Independencia). México: Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México/ Universidad Anáhuac Veracruz (Libro Sexto). 192 pp., ISBN 978-607-30-4920-7.
Vallejo, I. (2020). Manifiesto por la lectura.
Authors: Marcó del Pont Lalli Raúl
Published: August 2022

Caligrafías del cuidado. Madrid: Siruela. 61 pp., ISBN: 978-84-18708-95-4.
Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) in pediatric dentistry
Authors: Theys Stéphanie , Olszewski Raphael
Published: August 2022

Objective: The aims of this systematic review of the literature were to investigate the uses of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) in pediatric dentistry and, if possible, identify the indications.

Material and methods: A literature search was conducted using the PubMed and Scopus electronic databases and the keywords "CBCT and pediatric dentistry". This search provided us with 1518 references. The selected publications were all clinical articles written in French or English and referring to a pediatric population. After screening, 461 eligible full text articles remained.

Results: In total, there were 169 references that met the inclusion criteria. Different topics, mainly relating to orthodontics, anatomy, and cleft lips and palate, were discussed. There was large variability in the information concerning the

technical parameters. The radiographic protocols that we analyzed showed a large heterogeneity.

Conclusions: The level of evidence provided by our work is limited because only two randomized double-blind controlled studies are included. Two indications can be distinguished: for orthodontics and for the rehabilitation of cleft lips and palate. There are a multitude of radiographic protocols. More research is needed to identify other potential clinical indications as well as to determine a standard CBCT protocol for children and adolescents.
Predictors of Loss to Self-report Follow-up Data Collection in a Cancer Screening Intervention
Authors: Rakowski William , Stump Timothy , Monahan Patrick , Vachon Eric , Imperiale Thomas , Rawl Susan , Champion Victoria
Published: August 2022

Objective: Losing participants’ self-report data affects process and outcome analyses, and ultimately, conclusions about results. In this paper, we examine predictors of loss to self-report data collection and attempt to identify potential predictors that can be addressed prospectively. Methods: Data were from a study to increase colorectal and breast cancer screening in women 50-75 years of age (N = 1196). We collected self-report data at baseline (T1), 4 weeks (T2), and 6 months (T3) after consent. Analyses identified predictors of earliest loss (T1 vs T1,T2,T3), intermediate loss (T1 vs T1,T2), and later loss (T1,T2 vs T1,T2,T3). Results: Cancer knowledge and self-reported screening barriers were associated with loss to follow-up. More health problems were associated with less intermediate loss to follow-up, but higher loss to later follow-up. Two intervention groups (Web Only, and Web + Phone) showed greater loss compared to Usual Care. Being overdue for both screenings predicted early loss. Completing the T1 survey by phone was associated with greater loss to follow-up. Conclusions: Knowledge and barriers may have had an early effect, whereas health problems might have had a delayed impact. Intervention characteristics also need to be considered as a source of task demands on participants.
Environmental Constructs Associated with School Readiness to Implement Wellness Initiatives
Authors: Jones Emily , Weemer Megan , Lee Joseph , Eberline Andrew , Kybartas Tyler
Published: August 2022

Objective: In this study, we examined school and environmental factors associated with readiness to implement school-based wellness initiatives. Methods: We used an exploratory mixed methods design to assess facilitators and barriers to school wellness policy implementation. We conducted school site visits in 8 K-12 schools in one midwestern school district. We collected quantitative and qualitative data to measure school wellness environments and readiness for change. We used a one-way ANOVA to examine associations between readiness for change and school wellness environments. We analyzed qualitative data inductively; school- and district-level themes emerged. Results: One-way ANOVA results revealed schools in the high readiness (HR) group reported more active school wellness teams than those in the low readiness (LR) group (F(1,6) = 8.442, p = .03). Qualitative data indicated that establishing local school wellness committees was an area of growth needed for all schools. Areas of need in HR schools included enhancing school wellness policy communication, leadership, and staff wellness initiatives. Areas of need in LR schools focused on providing more physical activity and wellness opportunities for students. Conclusion: Readiness for change is a promising metric that could associate with more physical activity opportunities, better wellness team function, and perhaps, wellness policy implementation.
Educational Discrimination of Honor Culture Men and the Impact of Sports, Key Demographics, and Affiliations
Authors: Merkin Rebecca , Shipp Sigmund
Published: August 2022

Objective: We identified predictors of educational discrimination among all races with a particular focus on the understudied white male population that has a lower socioeconomic status (SES). Methods: Employment of Bourdieu’s cultural capital theoretical framework, HSLS data, and hierarchical regression modeling, underlie this study that explored predictors of educational discrimination. Results: Playing sports does not impact experiences with educational discrimination. The higher the SES, the less likely people are discriminated against overall (r = -.20; p < .001) and in honor cultures (r = -.30; p < .001), but not in non-honor cultures. One versus 2-parent homes, and the number of children a respondent has had no impact on perceived discrimination. Across all models, black, LatinX, and students of other races experience greater educational discrimination than their white peers. Members of all races in honor cultures experience educational discrimination. However, this relationship is also moderated by SES in that lower income white honor culture males experience greater educational discrimination than their higher income counterparts. Conclusions: Findings indicate that low SES is prominent in educational discrimination; consequently, inclusion programs to increase educational opportunities, as identified in Healthy People 2030, to help children and adolescents do well in school are warranted.
Adolescents’ Nicotine/Tobacco Dependency Symptoms Using 4 Waves of PATH Data
Authors: Boyd Carol , Esteban McCabe Sean , Evans-Polce Rebecca , Voepel-Lewis Terri , Shuman Clayton , Velix Philip
Published: August 2022

Objective: We aimed to characterize male and female adolescents’ use of e-cigarettes, cigarettes and dual use, and 7 symptoms of nicotine/tobacco dependence using 4 waves of national data from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study. Methods: The analytic sample included 2902 adolescents 12-17 years old, who indicated past 30-day e-cigarette or cigarette use at least once between 2013-2018. We used items from the Wisconsin Inventory of Smoking Dependence Motives (WISDM-68) to report dependence symptoms. Results: Compared to cigarette users, exclusive e-cigarette users reported fewer symptoms of nicotine dependency. There were no differences between males and females concerning the odds of any reported dependency symptom. Among cigarette only users, the odds of indicating that their tobacco use helps them think better (AOR = 2.38, 95% CI = 1.08, 5.23) and wanting tobacco after waking up (AOR = 5.50, 95% CI = 1.10, 27.5) was higher among females versus males. Conclusions: These results extend earlier findings regarding subgroup differences in nicotine/tobacco dependency symptoms participating in the PATH Study and highlights the importance of identifying nicotine/tobacco dependency symptoms when counseling adolescent males and females.
The Economic Impact of COVID-19 and Related Coping and Resilience Strategies: The Experience of Iranian Households
Authors: Zarei Leila , Rahimi Farimah , Taghi Heydari Seyed , Parcham Ebrahim , Bagheri Lankarania Kamran
Published: August 2022

Objective: The health or livelihood paradox has become a significant issue due to the adverse effects of COVID-19 disease on the lives of millions of people in the world. In this study, we aimed to investigate the economic impacts resulting from the pandemic on Iranian households and their coping strategies and resilience. Methods: We recruited Iranian people > 18 years of age to complete a cross-sectional online survey from May 1 to June 20, 2020 (670 participants). It dealt with socio-economic and demographic features, exposure and death due to COVID-19, businesses influenced by COVID-19, household economic status after the pandemic, and coping and resilience strategies. Results: The most applied financial coping strategies were receiving loans or credits, decreasing household consumption, and selling assets and livelihoods, respectively. Half of households had already lost their income due to COVID-19-related job losses or its direct costs. Normalization of the economic situation would take more than 2 years for 8% of these households. Conclusions: The current study showed that COVID-19 economic effects could be severe and irreversible for vulnerable households. The support of policymakers, financial services providers, and private sector companies is critical in building financial resilience through the crisis and beyond.
Classification of beneficiaries for the rehabilitation of uninhabitable houses using the K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm
Authors: Na’iema An-Naas Shahifatun , Mulyo Harminto , Widiastuti Nur Aeni
Published: August 2022

The registrars for rehabilitation programs for uninhabitable settlements are increasing every year. The large data processing of registrants may result in inaccuracies and need a long time to determine livable houses (RTLH) and unfit for habitation (non RTLH). This study aims to apply the K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm in classifying the eligibility of recipients of uninhabitable house rehabilitation assistance. The data used in this study were 1289 data with 13 attributes from the Jepara Regency Public Housing and Settlement Service. Data processing begins with attribute selection, categorization, outlier data cleaning, and data normalization and method application. The proposed system has the best classification at k of 5 with an accuracy of 97.93%, 96.88% precision, 99.53% recall, and an AUC value of 0.964.
Relationship of Innovation and Sustainability in Supply Chain Context
Authors: Naseem Aliya , Abbas Rameesha
Published: August 2022

Sustainability as a business phenomenon has occupied the attention of academicians, practitioners, and consumers for more than three decades. While some firms emphasize on their own internal sustainability initiatives, there is a growing trend to implement sustainability across the supply chain. This increasing interest makes implementation of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices very important for focal firm’s sustainability; however, the ability to create innovative products, processes, and ways of operating is crucial if an organization is to be sustainable. Although there have been studies that investigate innovation in the context of sustainability, their scopes are limited to a single perspective which often obscures the big picture of innovation, its creation, and its effects on firm performance. In this study, we will adopt a multi-level innovation perspective to explore the symbiotic relationships between innovation creation and the development of SSCM practices, and resulting sustainability performance. This research will contribute to supply chain management and innovation literature and practice by identifying the different innovation types that emerge when SSCM practices are being implemented and explaining the effects innovation patterns and SSCM practices have on sustainability performance.
Open Dialogues and Localized Approaches: Reflections on International Public History Perspectives and Practices
Authors: Sayer Faye
Published: August 2022

This brief review of non-English public history textbooks provides an overview of key themes, emerging trends and contextual differences in the theories and practice of public history in Brazil, China, Japan, and Germany. These books reflect both the international growth in public history and the global recognition of its transformative impact on societies. The books highlight how public history is situated within national epistemological and cultural frameworks. Critically it is these frameworks and the application of localized and socially engaged approaches that enables public history to impact diverse communities.
Dystopian Images of Law and Visual Performances of Identity in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games
Authors: Fiorato Sidia
Published: August 2022

Susanne Collins’ trilogy The Hunger Games presents a dystopian world grounded upon the power of images. The controlling government uses visual eloquence to determine and project an accepted conception of the real and of its subjects’ identity which forcibly engenders normative commitment. Its main instrument in this sense is represented by “The Hunger Games”, an annual event in which two tributes are selected in each of the 12 districts of Panem to compete in a brutal fight to death until one victor remains. This acts as a punishment and a memento for the huge uprising of the past which led to the retaliating destruction and elimination of District 13. Within this context, tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark engage in a visual and narrative counterposition against the government to reclaim the articulation of their identities and disrupting the created hyperreal dystopia of power.
Falling Man and the Aesthetics of Terrorism
Authors: Battisti Chiara
Published: August 2022

This paper analyses Don DeLillo’s novel Falling Man as an influential example of post-9/11 literature. This novel, in describing the shattering impact of the destruction of the symbolic reference points that determine our experience of reality, has undoubtedly contributed to defining a “before and after 9/11” cultural scenario, where the new era is abruptly marked by the presence of new meanings, new attitudes, new spaces and new categories. This complex reframing of reality has engendered a new approach to the role of art, and especially of literature, in the Western world. This paper demonstrates that Falling Man can be read a site of political (re)configuration, in which the return to the link between the creative process and the issue of terrorism – a theme that runs through much of DeLillo’s writing – leads to a move beyond established categories and concepts. Such a move responds to a public need for a reconceptualisation of paradigms of terror/horror. I argue that the novel’s narrativisation of terrorism has introduced important suggestions into the contemporary cultural panorama, which now allow us to identify both a new form of terrorism that is closely connected with the emergent metamodern sensibility, and new aesth-ethical concepts that are better suited to describing contemporary violence.
Fuzzy fractional hybrid differential equations
Authors: Harir A. , Melliani S. , Chadli L.S.
Published: August 2022

This article is related to present and solve the theory of fractional hybrid differential equations with fuzzy initial values involving the fuzzy Riemann-Liouville fractional differential operators of order $0 < q < 1$. For the concerned presentation, we study the existence and uniqueness of a fuzzy solution are brought in detail basing on the concept of generalized division of fuzzy numbers. We have developed and investigated a fuzzy solution of a fuzzy fractional hybrid differential equation. At the end we have given an example is provided to illustrate the theory.
On the derivations of cyclic Leibniz algebras
Authors: Semko M.M. , Skaskiv L.V. , Yarovaya O.A.
Published: August 2022

Let $L$ be an algebra over a field $F$. Then $L$ is called a left Leibniz algebra, if its multiplication operation $[-,-]$ additionally satisfies the so-called left Leibniz identity: $[[a,b],c]=[a,[b,c]]-[b,[a,c]]$ for all elements $a,b,c\in L$. A linear transformation $f$ of a Leibniz algebra $L$ is called a derivation of an algebra $L$, if $f([a,b])=[f(a),b]+[a,f(b)]$ for all elements $a,b\in L$. It is well known that the set of all derivations $\mathrm{Der}(L)$ of a Leibniz algebra $L$ is a subalgebra of the Lie algebra $\mathrm{End}_{F}(L)$ of all linear transformations of an algebra $L$. The algebras of derivations of Leibniz algebras play an important role in the study of structure of Leibniz algebras. Their role is similar to that played by groups of automorphisms in the study of group structure.

In this paper, a complete description of the algebra of derivations of nilpotent cyclic Leibniz algebra is obtained. In particular, it was proved that this algebra is metabelian and supersoluble Lie algebra, and its dimension is equal to the dimension of an algebra $L$.
Laser-assisted delivery of vitamin c or vitamin c plus growth factors in the treatment of chloasma in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Huang Hui , Liu Mingxia , Wan Hui , Wu Fang
Published: August 2022

The use of lasers can be an effective approach for treating chloasma in women via the delivery of vitamin C and growth factors. This meta-analysis aimed to assess laser-assisted drug delivery (LADD) vs. traditional techniques for women’s skin disorders such as chloasma. According to the “Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis” (PRISMA) guidelines, we searched the PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, Springer, and Wiley online digital libraries. Articles published between 2000 and August 5, 2021, were included in this meta-analysis. A random-effects model was used to determine the pooled risk ratio (RR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI). This meta-analysis included a total of 16 studies. No significant heterogeneity values were observed. A sub-group analysis showed that patients receiving vitamin C plus growth factors had decreased the average wrinkle depth (AD) rates that were more significant than for the patients who received vitamin C alone. Moreover, patients in the treatment group showed greater reductions in the “Melasma Area and Severity Index” (MASI) score than in the control group. This meta-analysis suggested that the laser-assisted delivery of vitamin C plus growth factors should be widely used for certain skin diseases. Future studies need to conduct more trials with large populations using cosmeceutical or other growth factors.
PD-L1 testing by immunohistochemistry in Immuno-Oncology
Authors: Vranic Semir , Gatalica Zoran
Published: August 2022

Immunotherapy, based on immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting the Programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) and/or Programmed Death Receptor 1 (PD-1), has substantially improved the outcomes of patients with various cancers. However, only ~30% of patients benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors. Tumor PD-L1 expression, assessed by immunohistochemistry, is the most widely validated and used predictive biomarker to guide the selection of patients for immune checkpoint inhibitors. PD-L1 assessment may be challenging due to the necessity for different companion diagnostic assays for required specific immune checkpoint inhibitors and a relatively high level of inter-assay variability in terms of performance and cutoff levels. In this review, we discuss the role of PD-L1 immunohistochemistry as a predictive test in immunotherapy (immuno-oncology), highlight the complexity of the PD-L1 testing landscape, discuss various preanalytical, analytical and clinical issues that are associated with PD-L1 assays, and provide some insights into optimization of PD-L1 as a predictive biomarker in immuno-oncology.
Prospective geo-modeling in cardiac surgery with extra-corporeal circulation-partial assessment at the Lille University Hospital
Authors: Anne Quesnel-Barbet , Julien Soula , Frédéric Albert , Arnaud Hansske , Gilles Maignant
Published: August 2022

Faced with the imminent opening of the new competing “Lens/Bois-Bernard” care unit in the Nord - Pas-de-Calais region (4 million inhabitants), a prospective modeling study was carried out in 1999 in response to a request from the Lille University Hospital (LUH), which sought to estimate the positive or negative impact on its recruitment catchment areas and consequently on its 1996 cardiac surgery activity (comprising 2 care units, i.e., 84 beds). In 1996, only 3 care units with the “Clinique du Bois” in Lille showed our regional undersupply of cardiac surgery compared to the national average of 5.96 [1,2].
Genetic algorithm-based Ku-band microstrip patch antennas optimization to avoid jamming attacks
Authors: Soares Anderson Silva , Ramirez Luis Alberto Rabanal , Matias Marcelo da Silva
Published: August 2022

This paper reflects on the design and optimization of patch antennas. Two different methods were conducted. First, optimization was carried out over the whole antenna extension. Second, half antenna was optimized, and the final design was obtaining by reflection. The optimization process was conducted using genetic algorithm, return loss was obtained with full wave finite-differences time-domain, and the initial configuration (design) was obtained with line transmission and cavite method. All methods implemented in-house software. The antennas were designed to operate in Ku band with the center frequency at 16 GHz. Antenna with return greater than 22 dB and bandwidth between 2-5 GHz were obtained. The effectiveness of the proposed designs was confirmed through proper simulation results. Such optimization would aim to make a communication system more robust to electronic warfare attacks.
Ear semantic segmentation in natural images with Tversky loss function supported DeepLabv3+ convolutional neural network
Authors: INAN Tolga , KACAR Umit
Published: August 2022

Semantic segmentation is a fundamental problem
for computer vision. On the other hand, for studies in the field
of biometrics, semantic segmentation is gaining more importance.
Many successful biometric recognition systems require a high-
performance semantic segmentation algorithm. In this study, we
present an effective ear segmentation technique in natural images.
A convolutional neural network is trained for pixel-based ear
segmentation. DeepLab v3+ network structure, with ResNet-18 as
the backbone and Tversky lost function layer as the last layer, has
been trained with natural and uncontrolled images. We perform
the proposed network training using only the 750 images in the
Annotated Web Ears (AWE) training set. The corresponding tests
are performed on the AWE Test Set, University of Ljubljana
Test Set, and the Collection A of In-The-Wild dataset. For the
Annotated Web Ears (AWE) dataset, intersection over union
(IoU) is measured as 86.3% for the AWE database. To the best of
our knowledge, this is the highest performance achieved among
the algorithms tested on the AWE test set.
Efficient Task Scheduling in Cloud Systems with Adaptive Discrete Chimp Algorithm
Authors: GÜNDÜZALP Emrullah , YILDIRIM Güngör , TATAR Yetkin
Published: August 2022

Successful task scheduling is one of the priority actions to increase energy efficiency, commercial earnings, and customer satisfaction in cloud computing. On the other hand, since task scheduling processes are NP-hard problems, it is difficult to talk about an absolute solution, especially in scenarios with large task numbers. For this reason, metaheuristic algorithms are frequently used in solving these problems. This study focuses on the metaheuristic-based solution of optimization of makespan, which is one of the important scheduling problems of cloud computing. The adapted Chimp Optimization Algorithm, with enhanced exploration and exploitation phases, is proposed for the first time to solve these problems. The solutions obtained from this adapted algorithm, which can use different mathematical functions, are discussed comparatively. The proposed solutions are also tested in the CloudSim simulator for different scenarios and they prove their performance in the cloud environment.
LncRNA FAM99A has Tumor-Suppressor Activity in Hepatocytes
Authors:   , Shahani Pritika H. , Navas-Martin Sonia
Published: August 2022

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) accounts for 90% of primary liver cancer, which is the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In its early stages, the majority of HCC patients present as asymptomatic. As a result, patients are often diagnosed in the advanced stages of the disease and are usually ineligible for most treatment options. Additionally, late-stage therapy is mostly ineffective. Therefore, a better understanding of the molecular mechanism of HCC could help improve treatment options and patient outcomes. Emerging evidence indicates that dysregulated expression of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play key roles in the development of several cancers, in which they typically serve as oncogenes or tumor suppressors. LncRNAs are characterized as RNA transcripts greater than 200 nucleotides that are not translated into functional proteins. Recently, numerous aberrantly expressed lncRNAs have been associated with HCC initiation and progression. Through bioinformatics analysis of lncRNAs dysregulated in HCC, lncRNA Family with Sequence Similarity 99 Member A (FAM99A) was identified as a lowly expressed liver-specific lncRNA. In previous studies, downregulation of FAM99A in HCC correlated with tumor recurrence, differentiation, encapsulation, and poor overall prognosis. However, the molecular mechanisms by which FAM99A contributes to HCC pathogenesis remains undetermined. To this end, we aimed to determine the effect of FAM99A overexpression on HCC cells. Using in vitro cell-based assays, we showed that FAM99A overexpression decreased cell viability, proliferation, and colony formation in HepG2 cells. Overall, our results suggest that loss of FAM99A expression contributes to hepatic tumorigenesis.
Investigation of Potential Nutritive Values of Some Tree Leaves and Its Extracts by Using In Vitro Gas Production
Authors: YAVUZ Sıraç , ÖZTÜRK Durmuş
Published: August 2022

This study was performed to assess the nutritional value of specific tree species (laurus nobilis, albizia julibrissin, glycyrrhiza glabra, salix alba, robinia pseudoacacia, liquidambar orientalis, juniperus communis, quercus coccifera, cedrus libani, arbutus andrachne) growing in different regions of Kahramanmaras, besides the gas production of the leaves and their extracts at various dose levels (0.6, 1.2 and 1.8 mL). The ADF and NDF contents were differed between 16.20% - 32.47% and 28%-49.66%, respectively. Liquidambar orientalis leaves had the highest values for both characteristics, whereas Salix alba leaves had the lowest values. The CP value, varied between 7.94% and 25.94%. Liquidambar orientalis leaves had the highest concentration of condensed tannins, 16.19%, and Albizia julibrissin leaves had the lowest concentration, 2.12%. ME and OMD values ranged from 6.72 to 10.24 MJ kg-1 and 43.68 to 65.72%, respectively. The GP content of the samples varied between 22.25-40.03 mL 200-1 mg(DM). According to the study's various dose, GP and CH4 production significantly increased when compared to the control group. The GP of leaf extracts for the control group was 44.89 mL, and doses at, 0.6, 1.2, and 1.8 mL were found; 51.05-105.96 mL, 52.71-106.26 mL, and 47.33-106.85 mL correspondingly. Methane production (%) concentration for the control group were 16.54%, and at 0.6, 1.2 and 1.8 mL doses were observed 16.64%-34.40%, 22.44%-34.80% and 18.41%-31.46% respectively. Significant relationships between CH4 production, ADF, and NDF have been found.
Prospective study for utilization review for multiple antibiotics prescribed in the specialty department in tertiary care teaching hospital
Authors: Das Sushanta K. , Ganta Varshini R. , A. Suvarna , Kakarlamudi Sushma P. , S. Pranav
Published: August 2022

Background: The aim of the work was a prospective study of utilization review for multiple antibiotics prescribed in the specialty department in a tertiary care teaching hospital.

Methods: A prospective study was conducted for 6 months in specialty department in a tertiary care teaching hospital.

Results: In the 6 months duration of the study, a total number of 96 prescriptions were analyzed. The 77 prescriptions were prescribed with Beta-lactam antibiotics. and remaining prescriptions were prescribed with 2, 3 and 4-5 different classes of antibiotics.

Conclusions: The result obtained from our study is for judgment use of antibiotics will reduce the burden of multi-drug resistance and thereby enable better patient management and limit patient morbidity and mortality.
Proportion of psoriasis among the patients with psoriasiform disorders
Authors: Ahasan M. Akram , Amanullah Masuma , Rahman M. Mozibur , Hossain M. Mosharraf , Akram M. Saiful
Published: August 2022

Background: Psoriasis is a prevalent chronic inflammatory skin disease with several clinical symptoms. Psoriasis has clinical forms that resemble a variety of dermatological disorders and may necessitate histological confirmation of the diagnosis. The aim of the study was to assess the proportion of psoriasis among patients with psoriasiform disorders.

Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was carried out at the department of dermatology and venereology, Shahid Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College, Kishoreganj during the period from January 2021 to December 2021 on 200 patients with psoriasiform disorders was enrolled in this study. Detailed history along with relevant family history and drug history was obtained. All the patients underwent skin biopsy followed by a histopathological examination to reveal the actual pathology of dermal lesions. Statistical analyses of the results were obtained by using window-based computer software devised with statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS-25).

Results: The proportion of psoriasis among the patients with psoriasiform disorders was found at 53.5%. The majority of patients (72.0%) had extensor surfaces and a well-demarcated border was found in 166 (83.0%) patients. Subungual hyperkeratosis was found in 30 (28.0%) and 16 (17.3%) in psoriasis and non-psoriasis groups respectively. Regular epidermal hyperplasia was 2 (1.9%) in psoriasis but not found in non-psoriasis. Spongiosis was 45 (42.1%) in psoriasis and 30 (32.3%) in non-psoriasis. The vertical orientation of the collagen bundle was 2 (1.9%) and 2 (2.2%) in psoriasis and non-psoriasis respectively. Perivascular lymphocyte infiltration was 75 (70.1%) in psoriasis and 63 (67.7%) in non-psoriasis. The difference was not statistically significant (p>0.05) between the two groups.

Conclusions: All clinical features were significantly associated with psoriasis in patients who presented with psoriasiform disorders except subungual hyperkeratosis. In histopathology, all features were significantly associated with psoriasis excluding regular epidermal hyperplasia, spongiosis, vertical orientation of collagen bundle, and perivascular lymphocyte infiltration.
History of the Orenburg Region
Authors: Yablokov Boris , Lyubichankovskiy Sergey
Published: August 2022

Данное учебно-методическое пособие содержит программу курса «История Оренбургского края», разработанного в рамках федерального научно-образовательного проекта «История России через историю регионов» в целях реализации вариативного компонента исторического образования как на уровне средней школы, так и в рамках общеуниверситетского курса истории России. В пособии представлен аннотированный тематический план 18 лекций, каждая из которых сопровождается вопросами для актуализации знаний по истории края в общероссийском контексте, списком ключевых дат, примерами заданий для работы с источниками.
(λ,μ)-Multi Anti Fuzzy subgroup of a group
Authors: Balasubramanian Kr. , Revathy R.
Published: August 2022

Purpose of the study:  To develop (λ, μ) - anti fuzzy subgroup of a group.

Methodology:  The fundamental idea of (λ, μ) - anti fuzzy subgroup to create a    (λ, μ)- multi anti fuzzy subgroup.

Main Findings:  (λ, μ) – multi anti fuzzy cosets of a group.

Applications of this study:  The advancement of the theory of a group's multiple fuzzy subgroups.

Novelty/Originality of this study:  The concept of (λ, μ) - multi anti fuzzy cosets of a group has been defined, and various associated theorems have been demonstrated using examples.
The in silico interaction analysis of CARMIL1 protein-containing leucine-rich repeat (LRR) regions with interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 1 (IRAK1) protein and LLR peptide
Authors: BEŞLİ Nail , YENMİŞ Güven
Published: August 2022

Objectives: Capping protein Arp2/3 and myosin-I linker protein 1 (CARMIL1) encoded by the CARMIL, is a major, multidomain, membrane-linked protein regulating actin assembly; however, its function in inflammatory signaling is not fully elucidated. The leucine-rich repeat (LRR) region of CARMIL1 has been associated with interleukin (IL)-1 receptor-associated kinase (IRAK) in fibroblasts by many methods including tandem mass tag mass spectrometry, immunoprecipitation, and CRISPR-Cas9. This study, therefore, set out to assess the interaction of CARMIL1 with each IRAK1 protein and a novel LRR peptide.
Methods: The molecular docking techniques were employed to compare the binding modes and affinities of the 3D structure of CARMIL1 each of LRR peptides and IRAK1 protein. 3D structure model of CARMIL1 protein and LRR peptide was predicted through Robetta tool considering the structures and function of these proteins.
Results: As an overall conclusion of docking, the LRR peptide was observed to contact the residues in the LRR 1-2 of the human CARMIL1, whereas the IRAK1 protein was to interact with the residues in the LRR 1, 2, and 10 regions of the human CARMIL1.
Conclusions: Our computational results suggest that LRRs in CARMIL1 are involved in the formation of protein-peptide binding interfaces with its structural conformation.
Comparison of pulmonary veins in patients with and without atrial fibrillation using multidedector computed tomographic angiography
Authors: AKDUR Pınar , TÜRKVATAN Aysel
Published: August 2022

Objectives: Atrial fibrilation (AF) develops from an arrhythmogenic ectopic focus, which triggers the vicious circle that creates arrhythmias. Arrhythmogenic foci are often located in the transition areas between the pulmonary veins and the left atrial endothelium. This study aims to compare the pulmonary vein anatomy of patients with and without AF using multidetector computed tomographic (MDCT) angiography and to evaluate the relationship between the presence of pulmonary vein variations and the development of AF.
Methods: Seventy cases (38 males, 32 females) aged between 23 and 75 (mean age: 49.9 ± 13.3 years) were included in this study. This study consisted of 20 patients undergoing endovascular radiofrequency catheter ablation with AF and 50 participants (control) without AF. MDCT angiography examination was performed for the evaluation of pulmonary vein anatomy and variations.
Results: Normal pulmonary vein anatomy was observed in 30% (n = 6) of the study group, 60% (n = 30) of the control group, and 51.4% (n = 36) of the total of both groups. Variation in pulmonary vein anatomy (accessory pulmonary vein or common ostium) was detected in 48.6% (n = 34/70) of the cases. The most common variation was the presence of accessory pulmonary vein (35.7%). Common ostium was found to be the second most common variation (12.8%). All common ostia were localized on the left side. Early branching of pulmonary veins was detected in 41 (58.5%) of 70 cases.
Conclusions: Accesory pulmonary vein, common ostium and early branching are more frequently present in patients with AF.
Application and development prospects for spacecraft-to-spacecraft wireless transmission of electrical energy
Authors: Evdokimov R.A. , Tugaenko V.Yu. , Scherbenko N.V.
Published: August 2022

The purpose of the study was to examine the state and possible fields of short-and-long term application of technology for spacecraft-to-spacecraft wireless transmission of electrical energy. The paper focuses on a space experiment on the transmission of electrical energy from the Russian Segment of the International Space Station to the Progress transport cargo ship in the laser channel and introduces an experiment scheme that provides the required duration of sessions, a given distance of energy transmission, as well as the fulfillment of the safety requirements for the station crew. The paper describes the scientific equipment “Pelican”, developed for the space experiment, specifies its features, gives its main characteristics and layout of blocks, and shows the ways to improve the equipment’s performance to ensure wireless transmission of energy in space.
Solution to the problem of thermal conductivity in a two-dimensional formulation on a graphics processing unit using parallel computing
Authors: Sechenov Pavel A.
Published: August 2022

Subject: technology and algorithms of parallel programming.
Objective: to compare the execution speed of a sequential algorithm on a central processor with a parallel algorithm on a graphics processor when solving a two-dimensional thermal conductivity problem.
Methods: the Crank Nicholson method modified by the author for solving the problem of two-dimensional thermal conductivity on a graphics processor.
Research results: 1. The solution of the two-dimensional thermal conductivity problem according to the Crank Nicholson scheme is not absolutely parallel and the maximum possible acceleration is not achieved 2. With a matrix dimension of 16 by 16 and single precision, the execution time on the GPU turned out to be 1.32 1.72 times faster than on the CPU. With a 32 by 32 matrix dimension, the execution time on the GPU turned out to be 3.66 6.07 times faster than on the CPU. 3. When calculating with double precision, the greatest acceleration is observed at 71.89 with 10 iterations of calculation, if there are more than 104 iterations, then the acceleration in calculations on a GPU with double precision approaches calculations with single precision.
Mechatronic control system for high-temperature synthesis of materials based on intelligent measuring modules
Authors: Dolmatov Alexey V.
Published: August 2022

The subject of researcs: The article is devoted to the measuring complex for the experimental study of the SHS phenomenon.

The purpose of the development was to simultaneously observe microheterogeneous processes and macrokinetics of high-temperature synthesis.

Methods and objects of research: Embedded computing platforms with support for artificial intelligence tools are used to organize high-speed multi-zone registration of thermal imaging and spectral data.

Results of research: Within the framework of the complex, a group of intelligent modules with autonomous data analysis in real time has been developed. The pyrometric module of the complex reveals structural phase transitions in the process of high-temperature synthesis of materials and measures characteristic temperatures. The thermal imaging module determines the position of the SHS wave front and plots the material and temperature phase distributions on the sample surface. The mechatronic module predicts the location of a new observation area, based on the measured parameters of the SHS process, and moves the optical control means there when the combustion wave leaves the current registration area. The interaction of intelligent modules of the mechatronic system is implemented through messages in a wireless network, and their synchronization via the NTP protocol has an error of about 40 s.
Unified method of modeling and optimization of guarding activities
Authors: Pyankov Oleg V. , Smyshnikov Dmitry O.
Published: August 2022

The preservation of material values carried out by security organizations requires scientific research and justification of the decisions taken. From the analysis of scientific research, it is concluded that currently approaches to modeling and optimizing individual processes of security activities are diverse and use different sets of indicators to assess their effectiveness. The subject of the research covered in the article is the method of modeling guarding activities. The purpose of the work is to develop a unified modeling method, the fundamental result of which is to ensure the functioning of the security organization as a whole. The research uses methods of studying, comparing and analyzing existing approaches to modeling security activities, generalizing and formalizing the results of previous studies. In the work, the decomposition of security activities into processes is carried out, the stages of providing security services are highlighted, their content and meaning are shown. It is proposed to introduce a target function of security activities that takes into account the risks of individual processes. Examples of the formalization of the objective function for the processes of monitoring and responding to signal information are given, allowing the formulation of optimization tasks. Conclusions are drawn about the universality and necessity of applying the proposed modeling method and criteria for optimizing the functioning of security organizations. The results of the study are a unified method of modeling security activities and formalization of the tasks of optimizing the risk of individual processes of security activities.
The concept of creating cross-industry benchmarking platforms
Authors: Pluchevskaya Emilia V. , Shereshovets Elena V. , Aladko Olesya I.
Published: August 2022

The subject of research: The article is devoted to the actual problem of benchmarking in the housing and communal services sector.

The purpose of the article is to present the results of the implementation of the concept of an intersectoral benchmarking site with a single coordinating center based on the resource-providing enterprise ME "Vodokanal" of the city of Khanty-Mansiysk.

The methodological basis for the development of the concept is the analysis of the principles of scientific management proposed by U.F. Taylor, the principles of socialist exchange of experience, the research of Bernardo de Souza, the practices of the Toyota company, the best practices of Russian enterprises in the housing and communal services sector, presented at the sites of the Federal Competence Center.

Results of research: The authors have developed a format for a benchmarking site, substantiate the results of such a site, the economic effects of the exchange of experience in the proposed format. As a result of the activities of such sites, it is possible to achieve a synergistic effect that significantly accelerates the pace of development of the housing and communal services industry.
Features of the development of the mining industrial complex of the oil and gas producing region (on the example of the Khanty-Masiysky Autonomous Region – Yugra)
Authors: Slobodyan Malika L.
Published: August 2022

The subject of the research is the development of the mining complex of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra.

The purpose of research: This study involves the definition of the economic state, the features of the functioning of organizations of the mining complex, as well as the scientific justification for the need to develop the mining complex as a driver of the spatial development of the region.

Methods and objects of research: The study was conducted using the methods of cognition used in the humanities (economic) sciences. Inductive, deductive, system-structural methods and content analysis were used in the study of the content of the mining complex, its features in the oil and gas region and its role in the spatial development of the region. The dialectical method was used in studying the trends in the economic development of the mining complex. When analyzing the economic and financial condition of the leading organizations of the mining complex of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Yugra, the method of comparison, logical and system-structural methods were used.

Results. The economic state of the mining complex of the region is analyzed, the features of the development of the mining complex of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra are determined.
Criminal legal impact: experience of theoretical understanding
Authors: Korneev Sergey A.
Published: August 2022

The subject of this study is the category of "criminal legal impact" developed by the doctrine of criminal law.
The purpose of the study is to determine the essence of the declared legal phenomenon, as well as to systematize the measures of state coercion included in its scope.
Methodology. The methodological basis is represented by the dialectical method of scientific cognition. In the course of the research, private scientific methods of cognition used in the humanities were also used. Thus, when presenting empirical material, formulating conclusions and research results, methods of formal logic were used. When determining the essence of the criminal legal impact, as well as criteria for systematization of state coercion measures included in its scope, inductive, deductive, and content analysis methods were used.
Results. Based on the analysis of criminal legislation, theoretical studies of the legal field under consideration, the concept of criminal legal impact is formulated, its essence and forms of implementation are determined.