bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The optimization method of wing ice shape regulation based on quantitative assessment of flight risk
Authors: Li Zhe , Dou Pengfei , Huang Qiao
Published: September 2023

Ice accretion on airfoils deteriorates aerodynamic characteristics and threats flight safety. Seriously, airborne de-icing system is uncertain to remove ice on the aircraft completely, and ice tolerant flight still exists. Plasma ice shape regulation is an emerging de-icing technology. The continuous ice is cut into intermittent ice by the thermal effect of the plasma actuator. Different actuator arrangement schemes are selected, forming different intermittent ice. As ice tolerant flight exists, the internal relationship between arrangement of ice shape and flight risk is a key problem that needs to be solved in application of plasma ice shape regulation technology. A method to quantify flight risk under ice shape regulation conditions is proposed. Wind tunnel tests with simulation ice were carried out based on the swept wing scaled model, obtaining the aerodynamic parameters. The quantitative assessment of flight risk based on flight safety boundaries was conducted. The results show that the flight risk decreases from level 2 to level 4 when the ratio of the width of single regulation ice to the mean aerodynamic chord of the wing is 0.15. Meanwhile, the flight quality was evaluated and increased from level 2 to level 1 compared with full ice configuration. The evaluation method based on quantitative assessment of flight risk can provide technical references for optimizing schemes of ice shape regulation, applying to flight safety analysis under ice shape regulation conditions.
Load Balance-Aware Energy-Efficient Scheduling for Mobile Crowd Computing: A PSO-based Solution
Authors: Pramanik Pijush Kanti Dutta , Biswas Tarun , Choudhury Prasenjit
Published: September 2023

Due to their increasing computational power and energy-efficient hardware, today's smart mobile devices (SMDs) are replacing desktops and laptops as casual computing devices. Moreover, a cluster of such powerful SMDs can garner substantial high-performance computing (HPC). In mobile crowd computing (MCC), public-owned SMDs are utilised to attain such HPC. Here, a large computing-intensive task is divided and scheduled to the available SMDs for execution and the results are recollected. This provides an economical and sustainable HPC. However, battery-powered constrained energy is a great hindrance to achieving this. Therefore, in MCC, it is crucial to minimise the overall energy consumption to complete the task. This can be achieved to some extent by optimising the task scheduling to the appropriate SMDs. However, considering only energy efficiency might lead to a huge load imbalance among SMDs, i.e., the most energy-efficient SMDs would be overloaded most of the time. Considering this, in this paper, we present a PSO-based scheduling algorithm to minimise the overall energy consumption among a set of SMDs designated to execute a set of MCC tasks while maintaining a satisfactory load balance level. The proposed method is analysed and validated by extensive simulations with synthetic as well as collected datasets. The work is compared with popular heuristic (MCT, MinMin, MaxMin, and PPIA) and metaheuristic (GA) optimisation algorithms, displaying significant improvements over others in terms of the considered objectives. Furthermore, a statistical hypothesis test, ANOVA, is carried out to demonstrate the distinctiveness of the proposed algorithm.
Topological Crystal Structure Prediction
Authors: Tuckerman Mark , Galanakis Nikolaos
Published: September 2023

Organic molecular crystals constitute a class of materials of critical importance in numerous industries. Despite the ubiquity of these systems, our ability to predict molecular crystal structures starting only from a two-dimensional diagram of the constituent compound(s) remains a significant challenge. Most structure-prediction protocols require a customized interatomic interaction model on which the quality of the results can depend sensitively. To overcome this problem, we introduce a new topological approach to molecular crystal structure prediction. The approach posits that in a stable structure, molecules are oriented such that principal axes and normal ring plane vectors are aligned with specific crystallographic directions and that heavy atoms occupy positions that correspond to minima of a set of geometric order parameters. By minimizing a loss function that encodes these orientations and atomic positions, stable structures and polymorphs for a given crystal can be predicted entirely mathematically without reliance on an interaction model.
Actinic Conjunctivitis and its Relationship with Prurigo in an Indigenous Population from the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
Authors: Alamillo-Velazquez Jimena , Ortiz-Morales Gustavo , Gonzalez-Gonzalez Sergio E. , Lopez-Altamirano Daniel F. , Rodriguez-Garcia Alejandro
Published: September 2023

Purpose
Actinic conjunctivitis (AC), along with cheilitis (AChe), is part of the clinical spectrum of actinic prurigo (AP), a rare photo dermatosis affecting high-risk populations. We analysed the clinical manifestations and onset of actinic conjunctivitis (AC) and its relationship with prurigo (AP) in a susceptible population.
Methods
An observational and cross-sectional study was performed on the Indigenous populations from the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. A thorough dermatologic and ophthalmologic examination was performed on patients attending a primary health care centre. Clinical features, labour and environmental factors, onset timing, and clinical staging of AC and AP were analysed.
Results
Of 2913 patients studied, 54 patients (108 eyes) (1.8%) had AC and 14 patients (25.9%) AP. Mean age of diagnosis was 36.18 ± 18.52 years (range: 6-70 years). Mean residence altitude was 1884 ± 434.2 m above sea level. Mean self-reported sun exposure was 5.14 ± 3.1 hours a day (range: 0.5 - 12 h). 90.7% reported exposure to biomass fuels when cooking, and 50% to farm animals. AC was the sole manifestation in 70% of cases. All patients had nasal and temporal photo-exposed conjunctiva affected. 12.9% of eyes were classified as stage-1, 64.8% as stage-2, and 22.2% stage-3. 83.3% of the patients had a hyperpigmented lesion and 35.1% had an evaporative dry eye disease.
Conclusions
The prevalence of AC was 1.8%. AC may be the initial or sole manifestation of AP.
AC clinical manifestations included a symmetric papillo-follicular conjunctival reaction, evaporative dry eye disease, linear leucoma, hyperpigmented lesions, and pseudo-pterygia formation.
Landslide Modeling Using GIS and a Statistical Method Upstream of Port Tangier Med (TANGER, Morocco)
Authors: Maktite Abderrahim
Published: September 2023

The Tangier Mediterranean port (Northern Morocco) is exposed to a significant danger of landslides upstream. On a test site of 193 km², 277 landslides were recorded, or about 11% of the total area. This study was conducted to examine the risk of landslide upstream of the Med II port (northern Rif) using the method of informative values. The results made it possible to identify five different risk classes, ranging from low to nil in unbuilt areas, to very high in developed areas on mountain slopes. The results also reveal that nearly 31% of the total surface is highly susceptible to mass movements, while 22% is very sensitive and 23.3% presents a low threat. These results were compared and critically validated using the construction of success rate curves and predictions.
New type of inequalities involving differentiable h-convexity and with applications
Authors: Almutairi Ohud Bulayhan
Published: September 2023

In this article, we explore the type of integral inequalities using H\"older inequality together with the class of h-convexity.Also, we present some trapezoid-type inequalities for the class of mappings whose second derivative in absolute value at certain power is h-convex. The applications to special means of some results obtained are equally discussed.In some selected cases, several previous results were generalized.
Hypoxia-mediated upregulation of xanthine oxidoreductase causes DNA damage of colonic epithelial cells in colitis
Authors: Li Hongling , Wang Yupeng , Han Weiyu , Li Haitao , Zhang Qi
Published: September 2023

Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) is the primary source of hydrogen peroxide and superoxide anions in the intestinal mucosa. However, its specific contribution to the colonic disease progression remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the role of XOR in ulcerative colitis (UC) and attempted to identify the underlying mechanisms. We used the dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced mouse model to mimic UC and found that the XOR inhibitors (allopurinol and diphenyleneiodonium sulfate (DPI) significantly alleviated UC in mice. Also, cobalt chloride (CoCl2) and 1% O2 treatment increases the expression of XOR and caused DNA oxidative damage in colonic epithelial cells. Furthermore, we found that XOR accumulated in the nucleus may directly cause DNA oxidative damage and regulates HIF1α protein levels. In addition, allopurinol effectively protected colon epithelial cells from CoCl2-induced DNA damage. Altogether, our data provide new evidence that XOR could induce DNA damage under hypoxic conditions indicating a significant role of XOR in the initiation and early development of colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CAC).
Acute effects of resistance-type and cycling-type high-intensity interval training on arterial stiffness, cardiac autonomic modulation and cardiac biomarkers
Authors: Wang Tianjiao , Mao Jun , Bo Shumin , Zhang Li , Li Qing
Published: September 2023

Background:High-intensity interval training (HIIT) has been shown to enhance cardiovascular health. However, there is a lack of research investigating the specific cardiovascular effects of different HIIT training modes. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the acute effects of cycling-type high intensity interval training (C-HIIT) and resistance-type high intensity interval training (R-HIIT) on arterial stiffness, cardiac autonomic modulationand cardiac biomarkers in healthy young men.Methods:Eleven healthy active young men (ages: 21.36±2.46 years) randomly took part in both C-HIIT and R-HIIT. Cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), heart rate variability (HRV), blood pressure (BP) was measured at before, immediately and 30 min after the exercise in C-HIIT and R-HIIT. Meanwhile, blood samples for cardiac troponin-T (cTnT) and amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)were assessed using ELISA at the same time points.Results:R-HIIT resulted a more significant reduction in ⊿CAVI compared to C-HIIT (P<0.05) at immediately after exercise. Both C-HIIT and R-HIIT lead to significantly higher SBP value than the baseline immediately after exercise (P<0.05). All HRV indices, including lnRMSSD and lnHF, decreased immediately (P<0.001) and 30 minutes (P<0.05) after exercise, while the LF/HF ratio increased immediately and returned to baseline after 30 minutes (P>0.05) of exercise. The cTnT and NT-proBNP levels were significantly higher than the baseline 5 minutes after exercise (P<0.05) and returned to the baseline at 35 minutes after exercise (P>0.05).Trial registration:The study was prospectively registered on 27 August 2021 at www.chictr.org.cn with identification number ChiCTR2200056897.Conclusion:Both R-HIIT and C-HIIT elicited similar acute responses in cardiac autonomic modulation and cardiac biomarkers. However, R-HIIT was found be more effective in reducing arterial stiffness in healthy young men. Furthermore, the increase in cardiac biomarkers induced by both C-HIIT and R-HIIT was reversible and did not result in pathological changes in the myocardium.
The Factors Affecting the Choice of Supervisor Type for Postoperative Exercises in Cancer Patients with Bone Tumor Resection -A Qualitative Study
Authors: Mete Emel , Kablan Nilüfer , Akan Mehmet , Özkan Korhan
Published: September 2023

Objective
The aim of this study was to investigate the motivators and barriers affecting the choice of supervisor type for post-operative exercises and the effect of the experience with the preferred supervisor on future type of supervisor choice in patients with bone tumor resection.
Design:
This study used a qualitative approach with thematic analysis. Subjects participated in either supervised or non-supervised exercise program according to their choices. Semi-structured, in-depth manner interviews were done with participants both pre and post-exercises period. Two researchers determined codes and themes by analysing content using Atlas.ti.23.
Participants:
Subjects underwent bone tumor resection surgery were included.
Results
Participants preferred face to face supervisor because of desire feeling safe, ensuring that the exercises are done correctly, and adhering to the program in a disciplined manner. Time flexibility and home comfort encouraged the choice of online supervisor. Negative experiences, health system problems, and difficulty in transport made the participants away from the preference of face-to-face supervisor. Participants with self-discipline did not choose the presence of a supervisor while doing exercise. Technical inadequacies were found to be the only barrier to choosing the online supervisor type.
Conclusion
The factors determining the supervisor type were individual, environmental and related to health professional factors. Self-discipline, the need for a companion, transportation, the need to feel confident are the strongest factors that determine the type of supervisor.
Lunar Ground Segmentation Using a Modified U-Net Neural Network
Authors: Petrakis Georgios , Partsinevelos Panagiotis
Published: September 2023

Semantic segmentation plays a significant role in unstructured and planetary scene understanding, offering to a robotic system or a planetary rover valuable knowledge about its surroundings. Several studies investigate rover-based scene recognition planetary-like environments but there is a lack of a semantic segmentation architecture, focused on computing systems with low resources and tested on the lunar surface. In this study, a lightweight encoder-decoder neural network (NN) architecture is proposed for rover-based ground segmentation on the lunar surface. The proposed architecture is composed by a modified MobilenetV2 as encoder and a lightweight U-net decoder while the training and evaluation process were conducted using a publicly available synthetic dataset with lunar landscape images. The proposed model provides robust segmentation results, allowing the lunar scene understanding focused on rocks and boulders while it achieves similar accuracy, compared with original U-net and U-net-based architectures which are 110–140 times larger than the proposed architecture. This study, aims to contribute in lunar landscape segmentation utilizing deep learning techniques, while it proves a great potential in autonomous lunar navigation ensuring a more safe and smooth navigation on the moon. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study which propose a lightweight semantic segmentation architecture for the lunar surface, focused on rover navigation.
Chemical oxidation co-coagulation-flocculation for the flotation wastewater treatment of lead-zinc oxide ore from Lanping mine
Authors: Guo Xiulan , Gong Xiang , Li Suqi , Yuan Jiaqiao , Ding Zhan , Yu Anmei , Wen Shuming , Bai Shaojun
Published: September 2023

The flotation wastewater produced by "lead preferred flotation-zinc flotation" all-open process with aids of mixed depressants and cationic-anionic collectors has a high turbidity and multitude of reagent contaminants, and fails to meet the discharge standards. This study objective is to remove fine solid particles and flotation reagents in this wastewater by chemical oxidation co-coagulation-flocculation process. Results of chemical oxidation tests indicate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) exhibits superior performance on decreasing COD, and the COD remarkably decreases to 71.8 mg·L-1 with 100 mg·L-1 PMS addition after 120 min. Moreover, the combined oxidation of radicals (SO4•- and •OH) are responsible for degradation of flotation reagents (Na2S, DCCH, xanthates and amine) in the wastewater. Results of experimental factors confirm that the turbidity of wastewater decreases significantly from 124796 to 71.4 NTU, and the yield of water reaches above 90% with combined usage of lime (500 mg·L-1) and polyacrylamide (PAM, 50 mg·L-1). Besides, the contents of S, P, N, Zn Pb and Fe decrease, and meet the discharge standards. Results of zeta potential analysis suggest lime reduces the electrostatic repulsion between particles, and PAM plays a bridge link role between particles, accelerating the precipitation of suspended particle.
Urban Floristic Diversity in Bosnia and Herzegovina – the Reflection of Nature
Authors: Lubarda Biljana , Rat Milica , Petronić Sladjana , Sarajlić Nermina , Marić Nataša , Maksimović Tanja , Anačkov Goran
Published: September 2023

The floristic richness of Bosnia and Herzegovina has long been researched, but little attention has been paid to urban flora until recently, and no systematic surveys of urban ecosystems have been conducted. To address this problem, a study of the urban flora of seven cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina was conducted to determine the pattern of floristic diversity and correlation with anthropogenic factors: Size of the urban area, share of green areas in the total urban area, number of inhabitants and population density. The first finding of the study is that cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina are rich in plant species. Species richness reflects the geographical location, so that cities in the Mediterranean biogeographical region are richer in species, such as Mostar and Blagaj, but at the same time species richness also depends on the total area of the city, as is the case with Sarajevo and Banja Luka. The analyses carried out have shown that the floristic diversity of urban flora in Bosnia and Herzegovina largely reflects the natural vegetation of the urban environment compared to urban flora in other parts of Europe. Moreover, the proportion of alien species is lower and contributes to the heterogenisation of the flora. Among the factors of anthropogenisation, population density correlates most strongly with the richness of urban flora. From the results, we conclude that urban plant diversity correlates with both environmental and anthropogenic factors, but in a way that provides a sound basis for conservation systems in urban ecosystems.
Quantum-inspired meta-heuristic approaches for a constrained portfolio optimization problem
Authors: Gunjan Abhishek , Bhattacharyya Siddhartha
Published: September 2023

Portfolio optimization has always been a challenging proposition and a highly studied problem in finance and management. Portfolio optimization facilitates the selection of the right assets and their distribution according to the set objectives. Often, it has been found that this nonlinear constraint problem cannot be efficiently solved using a traditional approach. In this paper, quantum-inspired incarnations of three evolutionary techniques, viz., (i) genetic algorithm (GA), (ii) differential evolution (DE), and (iii) particle swarm optimization (PSO) are used for the portfolio optimization problem. Experiments have been conducted with more than 10 years of stock price data from NASDAQ, BSE, and Dow Jones. Several enhancements of the evolutionary algorithms have been proposed in this article, viz., (i) enhanced crossover techniques for the portfolio optimization problem, (ii) regularization function to allocate funds efficiently, and (iii) dynamic parameter tuning using sensitivity analysis.
Characterisation of Drought-tolerance Genes in Nigerian Common Beans (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.) Using Mgenome-wide Association Studies
Authors: El-Sunais Yusha'u
Published: September 2023

The research aimed to identify and characterize genes associated with drought tolerance in Nigerian common beans using Genome-Wide Association Studies. A total of 200 common bean accessions and their phenotypic data were used for the study. The bean accessions were genotyped using the BARCBean6K_3 Infinium BeadChips and SNPs were called using Genome Studio V2011.1. A filtering process was applied to remove any SNPs that had a high missing data rate (> 10%), a high heterozygosity rate (> 10%), or a low minor allele frequency (< 5%). The remaining SNPs were 3385, which were used for data analysis using GLM, MLM, and FARM-CPU statistical models corrected with PCA and Kinship to detect significant SNPs. These SNPs were then identified using the Andean whole-genome reference sequence Pvulgaris442_v2.1 for candidate genes within 50 kilobases (50kb) on either side of the SNPs. The results of the study revealed that the SNP density within 1 Megabase (Mb) regions showed significant variation in Pv02, Pv03, Pv04, Pv07, Pv08, and Pv11, indicating that these regions likely contain genes associated with drought tolerance. A total of 7 significant SNPs (S2_48101058, S3_8020543, S7_613684, S7_4257528, S8_57314881, S4_18561541 and S4_40027357) were identified, which yielded 10 candidate genes for drought tolerance. Four genes (Phvul.001G032600, Phvul.001G064300, Phvul.001G063500 and Phvul.001G064000) were reported to be involved in drought-tolerance, response to osmotic stress and response to water stress. The remaining six genes (Phvul.001G031900, Phvul.001G031300, Phvul.001G037000, Phvul.001G037100, Phvul.001G037200 and Phvul.001G067300) were enzymes and proteins responsible for plant growth and development, as well as for their resistance to environmental stress. The findings of the research contribute to the understanding of the genetic basis of drought tolerance in common beans, which can be applied to other crop species and regions. It is recommended that further research should be carried out to determine the functional characterization of the identified genes to better understand the mechanisms of drought tolerance in common beans and to apply the knowledge in breeding programs.
Impact of Non-Performing Assets on Profitability: A Panel Regression Analysis of Commercial Banks in Nepal
Authors: Dahal Pramod
Published: September 2023

This study investigates the impact of non-performing assets (NPA) on the profitability of Nepalese commercial banks using a panel data approach. This study employs panel data from 21 currently functioning commercial banks from 2017/18 to 2021/22, which totals 105 years of observations, to examine the impact of non-performing assets (NPA) on the profitability of Nepalese commercial banks. To investigate the explanatory power of non-performing assets on banks' profitability, the commercial banks' Return on Equity (ROE) is used as the dependent variable, and non-performing assets (NPA), the Laon loss provision to loan and advances (LLP), loan and advances in relation to total deposits (LTDR), return on investment (ROI), and capital adequacy ratio (CAR) are used as the controlled variables. Results from panel regression, correlation analysis, data stationary, and descriptive statistics are also reported. As suggested by the Hausman test, the fixed effect (FE) regression model has been selected as the suitable model. The findings show a significant negative link between non-performing assets and bank profitability. Operational and policy considerations are significantly affected by this conclusion. In order to lessen the negative effects of an increase in non-performing loans and increases in the profitability of commercial banks in Nepal, it emphasises the use of thorough creditworthiness assessments, ongoing credit monitoring, and the establishment of appropriate loan policies in compliance with regulatory requirements.
Three-dimensional vortices generated by cluster explosion in ultrasound
Authors: Wang Hui
Published: September 2023

Vortices are a type of fluid movement characterized by a distinct spiral pattern. This pattern is observed in a variety of environments, from weather patterns to astronomical bodies. The precise geometry of the spiral pattern is essential to our understanding of vortices as it provides valuable insights into their formation and behavior. Logarithmic spirals have been proposed to identify spirals in vortices1-12. However, the full geometry of the spiral pattern remains unknown1-30. Here we present a quantitative analysis of the geometry of two-dimensional and three-dimensional vortices in water, which were created by exposing micro clusters to ultrasound. Some clusters unexpectedly exploded, creating a previously unknown three-dimensional gyroscope-shaped vortex that ejects a sequence of nodes along the vortex’s central axis. Surprisingly, nodes are spaced with their reciprocal distances arranged in arithmetic progression. Other clusters formed two-dimensional vortices that conformed perfectly to the spiral equation rφ=1. The unique yet interrelated geometries of these three- and two-dimensional vortices suggest that the more commonly seen two-dimensional vortex may only represent a subset of the complete representation of three-dimensional vortices. Our research provides an initial framework for understanding the emergence and dynamics of vortices across diverse scientific disciplines.
Effect of Solute Carrier Family 30 A8 Zinc Transporter (SLC30A8) Gene Polymorphism on Serum Zinc Transporter 8 and Zinc Transporter 8 Autoantibodies Levels in Iraqi Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Authors: Alrikabi Rihab , Hussain Da’ad A.
Published: September 2023

The authors have requested that this preprint be removed from Research Square.
A previously undescribed scene-selective site is the key to encoding ego-motion in natural environments
Authors: Kennedy Bryan , Malladi Sarala N. , Tootell Roger BH , Nasr Shahin
Published: September 2023

Current models of scene processing in human brain include three scene-selective areas: the Parahippocampal Place Area (or the temporal place areas; PPA/TPA), the restrosplenial cortex (or the medial place area; RSC/MPA) and the transverse occipital sulcus (or the occipital place area; TOS/OPA). Here, we challenged this simplistic model by showing that another scene-selective site can also be detected within the posterior intraparietal gyrus. Despite the smaller size of this site compared to the other scene-selective areas, the posterior intraparietal gyrus scene-selective (PIGS) site was detected consistently in a large pool of subjects (n = 59; 33 females). The reproducibility of this finding was tested based on multiple criteria, including comparing the results across sessions, utilizing different scanners (3T and 7T) and stimulus sets. Furthermore, we found that this site (but not the other three scene-selective areas) is significantly sensitive to ego-motion in scenes, thus distinguishing the role of PIGS in scene perception relative to other scene-selective areas. These results highlight the importance of including finer scale scene-selective sites in models of scene processing – a crucial step toward a more comprehensive understanding of how scenes are encoded under dynamic conditions.
Die Evaluation der Instruktionssensitivität von Testitems unter Berücksichtigung individueller Lernvoraussetzungen von Schülerinnen und Schülern : eine exemplarische Analyse am Beispiel der Qualität der Lernmotivation
Authors:   , Leininger Stephanie
Published: September 2023

Die vorliegende Dissertation hat die Evaluation der Instruktionssensitivität von Testitems unter Berücksichtigung individueller Lernvoraussetzungen von Schülerinnen und Schülern zum Thema. Die Instruktionssensitivität von Items bzw. Testaufgaben erfasst, ob diese in der Lage sind, Effekte von Unterricht auf die Leistungen der Schülerinnen und Schüler abzubilden. Der Begriff der individuellen Lernvoraussetzungen wird im Rahmen dieser Arbeit sehr breit gefasst und subsumiert unter anderem kognitive, metakognitive, motivationale und volitionale Merkmale (Brühwiler, 2014; Brühwiler et al., 2017). Ausgehend von den Lernvoraussetzungen, welche im Zusammenhang von Angebots-Nutzungs-Modellen (u.a. Brühwiler, 2014; Fend, 1981) konzeptionell aufgegriffen werden, wird in den daran anschließenden quantitativen Analysen ein besonderer Fokus auf die Qualität der Lernmotivation (Ryan & Deci, 2000) gelegt. Das empirische Ziel der Arbeit besteht in der exemplarischen Überprüfung, inwiefern Indikatoren der Instruktionssensitivität von Testitems durch die Qualität der Lernmotivation der Schülerinnen und Schüler beeinflusst werden. Vor dem Hintergrund dieses Erkenntnisinteresses werden Parameterschätzungen aus längsschnittlichen Mehrebenen-Item-Response-Modellen mit unterschiedlichen Modellspezifikationen gegenübergestellt. Analysiert werden Daten von 832 Fünftklässlerinnen und Fünftklässlern aus dem Schweizer Kanton St. Gallen, die wiederholt an Schulleistungstests im Fach Mathematik teilgenommen haben. Unterscheiden sich die Parameterschätzungen zwischen den Spezifikationen, spricht dies dafür, dass die Qualität der Lernmotivation einen Einfluss auf die Schätzung der Instruktionssensitivität der Mathematikitems nimmt. Als Indikatoren der Instruktionssensitivität werden die differenzielle (Naumann et al., 2016) und die spezifische Sensitivität herangezogen. Angenommen wird, dass die Einbeziehung der Qualität der Lernmotivation als Kovariate die Schätzung dieser beiden Indikatoren beeinflusst. Das Ergebnis der Analysen ist eindeutig: Keine der aufgestellten Hypothesen kann angenommen werden. Die Resultate sprechen dafür, dass die Parameterschätzungen zur Evaluation der Instruktionssensitivität von der Qualität der Lernmotivation nicht wesentlich beeinflusst werden. Diese Befundlage überrascht, da zahlreiche Studien darauf hindeuten, dass motivationale Merkmale von Schülerinnen und Schülern einen Einfluss auf deren schulische Leistungen nehmen (u.a. Kriegbaum et al., 2015; Taylor et al., 2014) und für die Schätzung der Indikatoren der Instruktionssensitivität auf Daten von Schulleistungstests zurückgegriffen wurde. Die Ergebnisse werden aus inhaltlicher und methodischer Perspektive diskutiert.
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE 3 STATES OF THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC WITH THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST PIB PER CAPITA
Authors:   Research Scholar, Department Accounting and Finance, Instituto TecnolÃ³gico de Sonora, MÃ©xico., Corral Herrera J.S. , Ruiz-Perez R. ,   Research Scholar, Department Accounting and Finance, Instituto TecnolÃ³gico de Sonora, MÃ©xico., Valenzuela-Reynaga R. ,   Research Scholar, Department Accounting and Finance, Instituto TecnolÃ³gico de Sonora, MÃ©xico.
Published: September 2023

The objective of this research is to know which indicators, factors or causes are the ones that cause the difference in human development between the 3 richest states and the 3 poorest states of Mexico and to establish their current situation based on economic and social development.
LEGAL PROTECTION OF JOINT SECTION MANAGER OF RAJAWALI TOWER EDELWEISS CONDOMINIUM FLATS (PPRSH-KRME)
Authors:   Office of Notary & PPAT AgungHartanto, SH, M.Kn, Purbalingga., Thamrin Suryani
Published: September 2023

There is a case in the decision of the Central Jakarta District Court Number 546/Pdt.G/2014/PN-Jkt.Pst, then the level of appeal is with the decision of the Jakarta High Court Number 514/PDT/2016/PT.DKI, then the level of cassation is with the decision of the Supreme Court Number 2711K/Pdt/2017, then the final attempt at the Review level with the Supreme Court decision Number 299PK/Pdt/2019 regarding the hallway which is a joint part of the flats in the Rajawali Menara Edelweiss condominium residence is certified by PT. Jaya Nur Sukses as the developer on behalf of PT. Jaya Nur Success. Residents Association of Rajawali Menara Edelweiss Residential Flats (PPRSH-KRME) as the manager of the flat filed a lawsuit against PT. Jaya Nur Success, because he was evicted from the location which has been occupied by PPRSH-KRME as the management office. Here there is negligence and intention of PT. Jaya Nur Sukses as the developer in the certificate has elements of unlawful acts. But PT. Jaya Nur Sukses as the defendant still insists on continuing the case to the last stage in a civil case, namely review. The method used is the Legislative Approach and the Case Approach. The research results obtained are that the part that is certified is included in the joint part of the flat, which is jointly owned and is under the management of PPRSH-KRME. Evidenced by the master plan and descriptions as well as witnesses who know that the place was previously used as a management office before it was used for public facilities.
Violência doméstica contra a mulher: Percepção e concepções a partir da história oral de vítimas
Authors: Macêdo Callou Regiane Clarice , De Almeida Gouveia Roana Bárbara , De Castro Magalhães Beatriz , Alencar Albuquerque Grayce
Published: September 2023

Objetivo: Desvelar as expressões e concepções da violência doméstica deflagrada a mulheres que romperam o ciclo da violência. Método: Pesquisa qualitativa fundamentada no método de História Oral realizada por meio de entrevistas com sete mulheres dos dois maiores municípios de uma região metropolitana no interior do Ceará, Brasil, e sistematizadas por intermédio da Análise Temática. Resultados: Fizeram parte da pesquisa sete mulheres com idades entre 34 e 65 anos, heterossexuais, a maioria solteira ou divorciada, pretas e pardas, com renda média de um salário mínimo. A violência doméstica manifestou-me mediante agressões físicas, psicológicas e sexuais. As expressões de violência evidenciadas resultam em consequências de ordem física e psicológica, sendo estas últimas mais impactantes e acompanham as mulheres ao longo de toda a sua vida. A saída de uma relação abusiva é complexa e dificultada pelo medo, vergonha e isolamento social decorrentes de uma rotina de abusos. Considerações Finais: O estudo desponta para uma concepção de violência complexa, para além de agressões físicas e evidenciando expressões de violência psicológica e sexual, revelando como as mulheres percebem as violências sofridas.
Associação entre o sexo e o estado nutricional de crianças em idade escolar com a aceitação de alimentos
Authors: De Oliveira Mayra Lopes , Castagnoli Juliana de Lara , Machado Kerulyn Maria Chanivski , Soares Jaqueline Machado , Teixeira Flávia , Novello Daiana
Published: September 2023

O objetivo da pesquisa foi avaliar a associação do sexo e do estado nutricional de crianças em fase escolar com a aceitação de alimentos. Participaram 626 escolares, com idade entre 7 e 10 anos, de Guarapuava, PR. A avaliação nutricional foi realizada a partir do Índice de Massa Corporal para a idade e sexo. Apesar de a maioria das crianças apresentar um estado nutricional de eutrofia (58,31%), um número elevado de alunos apresentou peso acima do ideal (40,73%). As meninas tiveram maior associação com os grupos dos cereais, frutas, hortaliças e laticínios. Já os meninos associam-se mais aos alimentos pertencentes aos grupos das carnes e ovos e dos óleos e gorduras, similarmente ao verificado para as crianças eutróficas. As crianças com sobrepeso apresentaram menor associação com esses grupos alimentares. Conclui-se que o sexo e o estado nutricional de crianças em idade escolar são fatores que estão associados com a aceitação de alimentos. Os grupos alimentares com associações mais importantes para esse público são os das carnes e ovos, óleos e gorduras, cereais, frutas e hortaliças e laticínios.
Impacto do aleitamento materno no desenvolvimento de crianças prematuras
Authors: Vieira Maria Eduarda , Garcia Júlia , Trubian Fernanda , Dill Winck Aline , Saccani Raquel
Published: September 2023

Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o desenvolvimento motor de crianças prematuras e analisar a relação entre o aleitamento materno e as aquisições motoras no primeiro ano de vida. Participaram 62 bebês prematuros de um Ambulatório de Alto Risco, divididos em 2 grupos: GA – crianças que receberam aleitamento materno; GSA – crianças que não receberam aleitamento materno. Foi utilizada a Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) para avaliar o desenvolvimento. Foi utilizada estatística descritiva, Teste t independente, Teste U Mann Whitney, Teste Qui-quadrado de Pearson e Teste de Correlação de Spearman. As crianças que receberam aleitamento materno demonstraram melhor desempenho motor considerando o percentil (0,006) e a categorização de desempenho (0,03). Quanto maior o tempo de aleitamento exclusivo, maior o percentil de desempenho motor das crianças (rho = 0,38; p = 0,002). O aleitamento materno impacta no desenvolvimento motor de crianças prematuras e, quanto maior o tempo de aleitamento materno exclusivo, melhor o desempenho motor das crianças.
Consumo e fatores associados ao uso de medicamentos durante a pandemia da Covid-19 por universitários
Authors: Rocha Lima Evely , Da Silveira Lemos Gisele , Batista Matos Talita , Da Mota Santana Jerusa , Milagres Maria Patricia
Published: September 2023

Objetivo: Avaliar o consumo de medicamentos durante a pandemia da COVID-19 por estudantes universitários e os fatores associados. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal, descritivo, analítico, realizado em quatro Instituições de Ensino Superior do estado da Bahia, região Nordeste do Brasil, no período de abril a maio de 2020. A população foi composta por 912 estudantes universitários. A coleta foi realizada por meio de formulário on-line, utilizando a plataforma forms do Google. As perguntas abordavam aspectos socioeconômicos, demográficos e de estilo de vida, informações sobre o uso de medicamentos antes e durante a pandemia da COVID-19, bem como a motivação do seu uso. O teste qui-quadrado de Pearson foi realizado e para avaliar a associação entre as variáveis categóricas, além de análise univariada empregando o modelo de regressão logística binária por meio da odds ratio (OR) considerando o intervalo de confiança de 95% (IC) e um nível de significância de 0,05. Resultados: 19,7% da amostra relatou ter iniciado o uso de algum medicamento ou suplemento durante a pandemia, entre eles, 68,2% justificaram o uso devido a noticiários ou indicações ou por conta própria. O consumo de vitaminas foi o mais prevalente (34,8%). Observou-se que, ser estudante de até 30 anos, do sexo feminino e estar na graduação apresentaram mais chances de iniciar o uso de medicamentos na pandemia. Conclusão: Foi possível observar uma frequência considerável do consumo de medicamentos sem orientação profissional pelos estudantes universitários, as classes de medicamentos mais utilizadas pelos participantes foram as vitaminas e os fitoterápicos.
Compound Odontoma in Canine Region and its Radiological Evidence: Case Reports
Authors: Yordanova-Kostova Greta Roussanova , Gurgurova Gergana Diyanova
Published: September 2023

Background:

Compound odontoma (CpOD) develops tooth germ-like structures but often lacks complete differentiation. Some authors recognize the compound odontoma as supernumerary teeth.

Objective:

This study aimed to present the analysis of orthodontic problems and radiological findings in three clinical cases of patients with complex odontoma.

Case Presentation:

The present three clinical cases of patients (two females and a male), aged from 14 to 25 years, had compound odontoma, which was confirmed through their radiological findings. Patients did not report symptoms associated with pain and discomfort in the area or genetic predisposition in the family. Orthodontists examined each clinical case with its individual problems and solutions. The findings were localized in the canine region, in 2 of the cases in the upper jaw and one in the lower. Only one patient with localization of the problem in the lower jaw had no disturbance in the eruption of the teeth in the affected dental arch, while in two patients with localization of the problem in the upper jaw, retention of permanent canines was found. In all three cases of the odontoma, there was one tooth with the reverse direction of the crown root. In one case, a supernumerary tooth near the odontoma was also observed. In all of the presented cases involving compound odontoma, there was one main well-formed and developed tooth, around which the other tooth-like structures were located, usually with a conical shape.

Conclusion:

CBCT contributes to establishing an accurate and detailed morphological characterization of the fundamental structures (teeth) in the odontoma.
The Importance of the Frailty Effect In Survival Models: For Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Data
Authors: Mbona Sizwe Vincent , Mwambi Henry , Ramroop Shaun
Published: September 2023

Background:

Frailty models have been proposed to analyse survival data, considering unobserved covariates (frailty effects). In a shared frailty model, frailties are common (or shared) amongst groups of individuals and are randomly distributed across groups.

Objective:

In this paper, the authors compared the semi-parametric model to shared frailty models by studying the time-to-death of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

Methods:

Secondary data from 1 542 multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients were used in this study. STATA software was used to analyse frailty models via the streg command.

Results:

Of 1 542 patients diagnosed with MDR-TB, 245 (15.9%) died during the study period; 77 (5.0%) had treatment failure; 334 (21.7%) defaulted; 213 (13.8%) completed treatment; 651 (42.2%) were cured of MRD-TB; and 22 (1.4%) were transferred out. The results showed that 797 (51.7%) were females, and the majority were aged 18 – 30 and 31 – 40 years (35.5% and 35.7% respectively). Most of the patients (71.3%) were HIV-positive. The results also showed that most patients (95.7%) had no previous MDR-TB episodes, and 792 (51.4%) had no co-morbidities. The estimate of the variance for the frailty term in the Weibull gamma shared frailty model was 2.83, which is relatively large and therefore suggests the existence of heterogeneity.

Conclusion:

The Laplace transform of the frailty distribution plays a central role in relating the hazards, conditional on the frailty, to the hazards and survival functions observed in a population.
Indigenism in Ecuador and its influence on artistic manifestations
Authors: Abril-Ayora Estefanía Katherine , Carbone-Paz Gianluca Emilio , Bermeo-Ochoa Luis David , Fajardo-Pinos Leonardo Sebastian
Published: September 2023

Indigenous is undoubtedly one of the artistic and social movements of great importance in Ecuador, being a process that continues to have ramifications to this day. The objective of this article is to publicize the influence of indigenism through its artists and how they have influenced the social evolution of the perception and treatment of the indigenous ethnic group. For the development of this research, the descriptive bibliographic review method has been used since it allows the presentation of concepts or ideas in relation to a topic. The development of this theme evidences the importance and influence of this movement starting from the 20th century, analyzing various points of relevance during the social - cultural current and how it has been framed today.
Translation criticism meets multimodality: evaluating the translation of a picturebook – an experiment
Authors: Pieper Katrin
Published: September 2023

The German picturebook Eins Zwei Drei Tier(one, two, three, animal) (1999), written and illustrated by Nadia Budde for children aged three years and over, contains a total of 98 words, 64 humorous illustrations of people and animals, 18 pages and 17 rhymes. At first sight, it seems untranslatable, yet it has been published in many languages, one of which is Portuguese. A picturebook is usually read to and by children, which means that its message is transmitted through the auditory and visual channels, and sometimes also through the tactile one too. Given these multimodal characteristics, how can the translation be evaluated?Translation criticism theories from the 1990s have usually focused on the text-level, and Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast’s translation criticism model (1994, 1997, 1998) is no exception. This paper conducts the experiment to apply her model to a picturebook.
It’s no fault of yours if your life songs are bigger than a continent: Self-Translation, Creativity, and the Specter of Self-Betrayal
Authors: Duffy Emily
Published: September 2023

The present paper aims to engage with contemporary conversations on self-translation by writers and translators who grapple with questions of identity, resistance, and their place in the global system of literature as intercultural subjects for whom linguistic hybridity is a fact of their literary production. Through analysis of essays compiled and edited by Wiam El-Tamamin in the special section on self-translation of ArabLit Quarterly, it will consider the experiential aspects of self-translation as well as what is at stake when authors self-translate work that reflects their own linguistic hybridity in its form and content. The self-translated text is hybrid, and it always points to an original-in-flux. Whether that source text is published, written in a private journal, or exists orally or in the writer’s imagination or body–it is a necessary and corresponding part of a bricolage whole.
On the Road towards Grand Inclusivity: The Development of Japan’s Treatment towards Its Disability Community’s Security
Authors:   Universitas Padjajaran, Manullang Abel Josafat , Sudrajat Jasson Aditya ,   Universitas Katholik Parahyangan, Stephen Excel ,   Universitas Gadjah Mada
Published: September 2023

Apart from their advanced technological innovation and development, Japan is also known for its support towards its disability community. However, Japan has a long and interesting history behind it as it initially, and to some degree in the present, did not appear that way. Filled with discrimination and even ostracization, Japan has gone a long distance to its present supportive treatment. By using the qualitative research method based on secondary data, the article aims to shed light to 4 issues. First, the article begins by laying out Japan’s background regarding their treatment towards the disability community. Here, it can be seen how in the past they were subjected to confinement and discrimination. Moving on, a discussion over the changes of treatment towards them by the government is provided. The changes can be attributed to the government’s rational move to uphold human security, strive towards a more inclusive society, and preparation towards huge events like the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. The way the government made such changes is through the securitization or speech act. Eventually, the changes materialised into many forms, from the supportive bills/laws all the way to infrastructure adjustments that would ease access for people with disabilities on the field. Finally, for the implications brought about by the changes, it can be seen in how the environment are more accessible for people with disability and how it can work as a public diplomacy attempt as apparent in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.