bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Beyond The Tertiary Institutional Classroom: How I use mobile technology for field data gathering
Authors: Sinfield David
Published: November 2022

Originally focused on the scientific study and documenting of sea wave patterns and the phenomena of beach cusps off the coast of New Zealand, this poster presentation will focus on how I use digital mobile technology in the field and how it is documented. The focus of this paper lies with pedagogy going beyond the tertiary institutional classroom. As an educator and artist using mobile digital technology within the environment, this paper will explore the connection between research, field data gathering, mobile technology and how these ideas can be transferred back into the digital graphic design classroom. In doing so it will also show examples of the findings and how they are translated into digital artworks in the form of motion graphics and poetic artworks such as the poem film. Taken from the inspiration of the findings it will further explore what is real and what is virtual and how inspiration is taken from nature and explored in the digital environment. In the creative processing of this research, I employ the methodology of heuristic inquiry. This is referred to by Moustakas as, “internal search through which one discovers the nature and meaning of experience and develops methods and procedures for further investigation and analysis” (Moustakas, 1990). It will further investigate the poetic and artistic patterns created from these natural events seen through a poetic moving image piece. These creative visualizations and scientific study of water wave energy patterns and the formation of beach cusps has shaped an artistic observation of these energy patterns created from their movements. It will show examples of the creations of the artistic works and explore the digital environment of the poem film and how this is explored within pedagogy.
How teacher presence engages and supports online female postgraduate students at an Australian regional university
Authors: Shannon Claire , Clarke Deb
Published: November 2022

Teacher presence is of particular importance in the online learning environment, as the learning space lacks the inherent physical presence that a teacher in a physical classroom delivers. As a result, those who teach online, need to manufacture and foster teacher presence in the online learning environment. This requires caring online teachers who have refined online interpersonal skills and well-developed instructional design, who are driven to fully engage and support their online students (Martin et al., 2018). Without this strong teacher-student relationship that high quality teacher presence delivers, online students can feel isolated and disconnected from their teacher, resulting in student disengagement and dissatisfaction (Bolliger & Halupa, 2018; Sugden et al., 2021; Weidlich & Bastiaens, 2018). This study interviewed female postgraduate students studying online at an Australian regional university, a cohort with whom online education is highly prevalent (Latchem, 2018). The degrees students were studying, were designed before COVID-19 as full online offerings. Student interviews provided in-depth descriptions of which teacher presence strategies were most important to the participant sample, why these strategies were important and how participants engaged with the strategies. This study used the five elements of engagement from the Online Engagement Framework for Higher Education (Redmond et al., 2018), to inform the data analysis. Most online postgraduate students in the sample preferred synchronous teacher presence strategies that mirrored the on-campus university experience. These synchronous strategies had a lower level of transactional distance and used several of the five elements of engagement to engage and support students. However, some of the asynchronous teacher presence strategies did not produce enough elements of engagement to allow students to feel adequately engaged and supported. Subjects facilitated by purely asynchronous strategies had a higher level of transactional distance, creating a greater potential for students to feel markedly less supported without skilled teacher presence strategies applied in well-designed asynchronous subjects.
Implications for policy and practice

Online educators need to develop more frequent and well-designed synchronous teacher presence strategies for online subjects, such as regular interactive online meetings.
Asynchronous online teachers need to actively, directly and regularly engage their online students using a variety of specialist online teacher presence strategies and skills that target as many of the engagement elements as possible.
Online education institutions need to ensure online educators teaching in asynchronous subjects, have a high level of online teacher presence skills and a caring approach towards their online asynchronous students to ensure they are adequately engaged and supported.

Keywords: online learning, teacher presence, transactional distance, and student engagement.
Phytochemical analysis of leaves and stems of Physalis alkekengi L. (Solanaceae)
Authors: Popova Venelina , Ivanova Tanya , Stoyanova Magdalena , Mazova Nadezhda , Dimitrova-Dyulgerova Ivanka , Stoyanova Albena , Ercisli Sezai , Assouguem Amine , Kara Mohammed , Topcu Hayat , Farah Abdellah , Elossaily Gehan M. , Shahat Abdelaaty A. , Shazly Gamal A.
Published: November 2022

Physalis alkekengi L. (Solanaceae) is encountered in different regions of Bulgaria as a wild growing or ornamental plant. The objective of this work was to characterize the phytochemical composition (macro and micro components) of the leaves and stems of two local phenotypes (PA-SB and PA-NB), with the view of revealing their use potential. The dry leaves contained (DW) protein (16.25 and 19.27%), cellulose (25.16 and 25.31%), and ash (18.28 and 16.16%) and the stems contained protein (6.83 and 7.35%), cellulose (39.34 and 38.25%), and ash (15.01 and 7.48%) for PA-SB and PA-NB, respectively. The dominant amino acids (by HPLC) in the leaves of both phenotypes were arginine (21.3–22.3 mg/g) and aspartic acid (8.8–18.4 mg/g), and those in the stems were proline and aspartic acid for PA-SB (8.8, 7.7 mg/g); isoleucine and tyrosine for PA-NB (12.8, 6.6 mg/g). Mineral elements, determined by AAS (K, Ca, Mg, Na, Cu, Fe, Zn, Mn, Pb, Cr), also varied between phenotypes and plant parts. The leaves alone were further processed by extraction with n-hexane, for the identification of leaf volatiles (by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry). The analysis identified 28 components (97.99%) in the leaf extract of PA-SB and 32 components (97.50%) in that of PA-NB. The volatile profile of PA-SB leaves was dominated by diterpenes (49.96%) and oxygenated sesquiterpenes (35.61%), while that of PA-NB was dominated by oxygenated aliphatics (40.01%) and diterpenes (35.19%). To the best of our knowledge, the study provides the first data about the phytochemical composition of the leaves and stems of P. alkekengi from Bulgaria, in a direct comparison of phenotypes from two distinct wild populations, which could be of further scientific interest.
Evaluation of phytochemical and antioxidant potential of various extracts from traditionally used medicinal plants of Pakistan
Authors: Jafri Syed Anis Ali , Khalid Zafar Mahmood , Khan Muhammad Zakryya , Jogezai NaqeebUllah
Published: November 2022

The antioxidant potential of various extracts was evaluated using different antioxidant assays such as 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay, ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assay, and 2,2-azinobis-ethylbenzothiozoline-6-sulphonic acid (ABTS) using UV spectrophotometer. The highest absorbance was observed in ethanolic extracts (EEs) ofEuphrasia stricta71.92 ± 1.22%, 65.77 ± 1.38%, and 67.88 ± 0.74%, followed by methanolic extracts (MEs) 70.14 ± 0.82%, 64.84 ± 0.74%, and 65.48 ± 1.40% for DPPH assay (517 nm), FRAP assay (700 nm), and ABTS assay (734 nm), respectively. The EEs ofEuphorbia platyphyllosL. showed the antioxidant activity of 69.76 ± 1.48%, 64.42 ± 0.88%, and 65.54 ± 1.36% and MEs 68.00 ± 1.50%, 62.92 ± 0.64%, and 63.42 ± 0.94% for DPPH, FRAP, and ABTS assays, respectively. So, this research suggested that these medicinal plants possess a significant antioxidant potential and are important source of natural antioxidants and can be effectively used in treating oxidative stress disorders.
Phytochemical and pharmacological profiling ofTrewia nudifloraLinn. leaf extract deciphers therapeutic potentials against thrombosis, arthritis, helminths, and insects
Authors: Ripa Farhana Alam , Hossain Md. Jamal , Munira Mst Shirajum , Roy Arpita , Riya Fahmida Haque , Alam Fowzia , Feda Farjeen Binte , Taslim Umiya , Nesa Mst. Luthfun , Rashid Mohammad A. , Alghamdi Saad , Almehmadi Mazen , Abdulaziz Osama , Alsaidi Abrar , Khidir Elshiekh Babiker
Published: November 2022

The objective of the current study was to examine the phytochemical andin vitrothrombolytic, anti-arthritic, anthelmintic, and insecticidal effects ofTrewia nudiflora(TN) methanolic leaf extract with its methanol (MTN), chloroform (CTN), and ethyl acetate (ETN) fractions.Pheretima posthumaandTribolium castaneumwere employed for evaluating the antihelmintic and insecticidal properties, respectively. All the tested extracts showed the presence of copious potential constituents in phytochemical analysis. Among all extracts, MTN extract exhibited the utmost clot lysis (35.95 ± 4.81%) property compared to standard streptokinase (SK) (53.77 ± 7.52%). All samples displayed striking protein denaturation activity in a dose-dependent manner (100–500 µg/mL), where the highest inhibition was observed for MTN (67.26 ± 6.39% at 500 µg/mL). Each extract demonstrated considerable anthelmintic activity at 25–75 mg/mL dose ranges. ETN showed the strongest anthelmintic activity at the highest dose. Among all samples, the CTN extract displayed the utmost mortality rate (77.22%) in the insecticidal test. The results of the study suggest thatT. nudifloraleaf extracts may have potential against thrombosis, arthritis, helminths, and insects, which warrants the necessity of extensive isolation and identification of bioactive compounds to develop newer effective drugs upon preclinical and clinical investigations.
Thermal stability and optical properties of radiation-induced grafting of methyl methacrylate onto low-density polyethylene in a solvent system containing pyridine
Authors: Al-Gahtany Samera Ali
Published: November 2022

In this study, the grafting of methyl methacrylate (MMA) in a solvent system containing nitrogen of pyridine onto LDPE films was performed using the post-irradiation technique in nitrogen at different gamma doses. The DG% obtained in MMA grafting was 71.0% at 10 kGy of γ dose was increased to 90% in (MMA/Py) (80/20 v/v%) system, indicating the existence of Py enhancement in the grafting % of MMA. The addition of pyridine (Py) into MMA matrix increases the molecular weight of the matrix due to the plasticizing effect of Py on the system. Morphological and structural changes in optical properties and thermogravimetric analysis were performed for the films. According to Fourier transform infrared data, a reaction may be placed between Py and MMA molecules. Furthermore, the effect of Py molecules on the optical properties of LDPE films is studied. The optical transition upon the grafting process increased, indicating the movement of the electrons due to intramolecular hydrogen bonds between MMA and Py molecules. The Urbach energy and the optical band gab, E
g, were investigated and found to depend mainly on the grafting degree. The results obtained from E
g calculations recommended using an irradiation dose of 15 kGy to get LDPE-g-MMA/Py films with suitable optical properties.
The EU Taxonomy’s (Potential) Effects on the Banking Sector and Bank Lending to Firms
Authors: Kirschenmann Karolin
Published: November 2022

One of the key pillars of the European Green Deal is a renewed sustainable finance strategy to finance sustainable growth and to channel private investments towards projects that support the transition to a climate-neutral economy. The aim of this policy is to make the private sector take into account sustainability-related non-financial factors when making financing and investment decisions. Within this framework, the EU Taxonomy provides a uniform definition and classification system of environmentally sustainable economic activities. In addition, the EU Taxonomy itself provides the basis for further legislation and regulation. Banks as the main financiers of firms in Europe and therefore important players in directing capital flows towards sustainable projects are thus targeted with several requirements based on the Taxonomy. The question then is how banks’ lending to firms is affected by these regulatory changes and whether an impact on the greening of firms’ economic activities can be achieved. The existing literature provides evidence that firms’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, profiles and performance influence their loan conditions, but it is unclear whether better funding conditions lead to reduced carbon emissions or “greener” activities at the firm level.
Study on water regime assessment and prediction of stream flow based on an improved RVA
Authors: Guo Wei , Yao Liqiang , Xu Jijun , Shao Jun , OuYang Shuo , Cui FuNing , Yang Yanwei
Published: November 2022

Considering that many hydrological analysis methods compare and analyze the runoff before and after the construction of the reservoir, without restoring the measured data of the hydrological station, in this case, when the length of the measured data series is short, the evaluation results will be affected. In this article, based on the runoff reduction of stations affected by water conservancy projects, an improved range of variability approach (RVA) which can be applied to 1-year hydrological change analysis is proposed by coupling the hydrological variation index with the appropriate upper and lower limit theory of RVA. As Jialing river watershed is selected as the research area, the runoff depth of Beibei station is reduced, and then the improved RVA is employed to analyze the degree of change in river water regime. It is concluded that the change degree of overall hydrological index in Beibei station is high, and the prediction of variation of water regime of Beibei station can be made with the aid of simulating the operation of cascade reservoirs, with the inflow of Beibei station in flood season to reduce, and the inflow in dry season to increase. The example verifies the effectiveness of the improved RVA method, and the analysis results can provide a reference for the adjustment of the operation mode of upstream cascade reservoirs.
Analysis of changes in comfortable sunflower growing areas using the example of Ukraine
Authors: Vasylkovska Kateryna , Andriienko Olha , Malakhovska Valentyna , Moroz Olena
Published: November 2022

The article provides a comparative analysis of sunflower seed production in Ukraine, the EU and globally for the period from 2000 to 2021. The Ukraine’s share in the world sunflower production was found and analyzed. The analysis of the gross collection of sunflower seeds in the regions of Ukraine for two conditional periods (2000–2010 and 2011–2021) was carried out. Thus, during the researched period, the average yield increased from 1.04 t/ha in 2000 to 2.57 in 2021, i.e. by 2.5 times. It became possible due to the improvement and adaptation of cultivation technology and careful selection of sunflower hybrids that are better adapted to climatic changes. It was determined that the change in climatic conditions has affected the zones of comfortable sunflower cultivation in Ukraine. According to the yield index, during the first conditional period the central regions of Ukraine were in the lead (1.57 t/ha), and during the second period, the northwest regions of the country stepped up (2.83 t/ha). The above data suggest that the gradual change in sunflower cultivation technology and the search for new drought-resistant crop hybrids give hope that Ukraine will maintain its position in the world as a leader in the export of sunflower oil.
On L
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Authors: Ghosh Soumyadip , Lu Yingdong , Nowicki Tomasz
Published: November 2022

We establish

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Ideologie im Wörterbuch. Beispiele aus deutscher und romanischer Sicht
Authors: Schweickard Wolfgang
Published: November 2022

Dictionaries are only marginally involved in the formation of ideologies. However, they reflect the values that are typical of individual epochs, and help to consolidate and spread ideological concepts. The analysis of dictionaries therefore has considerable heuristic potential for illustrating different forms of ideologies in their linguistic expression. The present paper exemplarily sheds light on the relationship of ideology and lexicography from a German and Romance point of view. It starts with 17th-century academy dictionaries, which mirror the elitist social realities of the time, and goes on with reflections on taboo vocabulary, feminine job titles and the lexical influence of English on French.
Sprachtransgressionen
Authors: Bär Jochen A.
Published: November 2022

Der Beitrag befasst sich mit der bekannten, aber bislang zu wenig reflektierten Tatsache, dass Diskurse in unterschiedlichen Sprachen nicht nur parallel geführt werden, sondern sich vielfach überlagern und beeinflussen. Derartige Überlagerungen und Beeinflussungen, die zudem auch noch zwischen unterschiedlichen Zeichenmodalitäten – z.B. Wort und Bild – zu beobachten sind, stellen Interpretabilien eigener Qualität dar, für die spezielle semantische Beschreibungsansätze zu entwickeln sind. Am Beispiel eines konzeptographischen Forschungsprojekts zum literatur- und kunsttheoretischen Diskurs des späteren 18. und früheren 19. Jahrhunderts werden diese Ansätze erörtert.
Das

Wörterbuch der elsässischen Mundarten (1899/1907): Zur Rezeption eines philologischen und kulturpolitischen „Denkmals“
Authors: Balnat Vincent
Published: November 2022

In diesem Beitrag geht es um die zeitgenössische Rezeption des Wörterbuch[s] der elsässischen Mundarten (Martin/Lienhart 1899/1907) auf der Grundlage von Besprechungen, die im Zeitraum von 1897 bis 1910 in Zeitungen, wissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften und Büchern erschienen sind. Diese Besprechungen werden zunächst in ihrem historischen und soziokulturellen Kontext dargestellt, bevor näher auf ihren Inhalt eingegangen wird; hier werden insbesondere die Äußerungen zu den Vorzügen und Schwächen des Wörterbuchs sowie die ideologische und politische Dimension des Werkes in den Blick genommen.
Experimental and simulation research on the difference in motion technology levels based on nonlinear characteristics
Authors: Liang Guiping , Fu Haiming , Ganapathy Sekar , Bhola Jyoti , Doddawad Vidya G. , Athawale Shashikant V. , Bhatia Komal Kumar
Published: November 2022

Wearable and movable lodged health monitoring gadgets, micro-sensors, human system locating gadgets, and other gadgets started to appear as low-power communication mechanisms and microelectronics mechanisms grew in popularity. More people are interested in energy capture technology, which turns the energy created by motion technology into electric energy. To understand the difference in motor skill levels, a nonlinear feature-oriented method was proposed. A bi-stable magnetic-coupled piezoelectric cantilever was designed to detect the horizontal difference of motion technology. The horizontal difference was increased by the acceleration generated by the oscillation of the leg and the impression betwixt the leg and the ground during the movement. Based on the Hamiltonian principle and motion technique signal, a nonlinear dynamic model for energy capture in motion technique is established. According to the shaking features of human leg motion, a moveable nonlinear shaking energy-gaining system was the layout, which realized the dynamic characteristics of straight, nonlinear, mono-stable, and bi-stable. The experimental outcome shows that nonlinearity can effectively detect the difference of motion techniques. The experimental results of different human movement states confirm the benefits of the uncertain bi-stable human power capture mechanism and the effectiveness of the electromechanical combining design established. The nonlinear mono-stable beam moves in the same way as the straight mono-stable beam in the assessment, but owing to its higher stiffness, its frequency concentration range (13.85 Hz) is moved to the right compared to the linear mono-stable beam, and the displacement of the cantilever beam is reduced. If the velocity is 8 km/h, the mean energy of the bi-stable method extends to the utmost value of 23.2 μW. It is proved that the nonlinear method can understand the difference in the level of motion technique effectively.
An optimal result on localization in random displacements models
Authors: Chulaevsky Victor
Published: November 2022

We study random displacements models with a long-range particle-media interaction potential

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A comparative study of multi-modal metaphors in food advertisements
Authors: Kou Guirong , Liang Yuan
Published: November 2022

Multi-modal metaphor is a new perspective in metaphor research developed in modern times. Beyond the metaphor research of language, it combines text, image, sound, and other modes and provides new insights and perspectives for metaphor research. Food advertisements often combine sound, images, and other forms to promote the products and increase consumers’ desire to buy, and they often contain metaphors of multiple modes. However, under the perspective of cross-cultural research, when the same food brand is advertised in different countries, the multi-modal metaphors are varied to appeal to different audiences. This article compares food advertisements in China and in the U.S. from the perspective of multi-modal metaphors, and analyzes the varied applications arising from different cultural influences. The research may act as a reference for advertising strategies on cross-cultural occasions.
Verbal Irony in Translation: LXX Amos 4:4–5, Isaiah 47:12–13, Ezekiel 28:3–5
Authors: Pawlak Matthew
Published: November 2022

This study explores the use of verbal irony in three case studies across the Septuagint Prophets: Amos 4:4–5, Isa 47:12–13, and Ezek 28:3–5. In the MT, all three of these passages make use of verbal irony to express criticism. The prophets’ critiques remain in the LXX versions, but do not contain verbal irony in some cases. This paper aims to discern how each translator has approached rendering the verbal irony of the Hebrew parent text by describing the observable results of the translation process on linguistic and rhetorical levels.
לֹא כִי and Mishnaic Hebrew Interference to Biblical Hebrew
Authors: Kim Dong-Hyuk
Published: November 2022

The five cases of לֹא כִי in the Hebrew Bible (1Kgs 3:22–23 [3 times]; 2Kgs 20:10; Isa 30:16), which are contrasted with the more usual cases of לֹא כִּי, should not posit an additional meaning for כִי (i. e., »so« or »thus«) but be considered to have resulted from Mishnaic Hebrew interference to Biblical Hebrew. Two factors are discussed: that interference occurred between Biblical Hebrew and Mishnaic Hebrew and that לֹא כִי in Mishnaic Hebrew means »Not so«.
Paolo Veneziano’s arbor crucis in Dubrovnik and the Rhetoric of the Frame in the Mid-Trecento
Authors: Marušić Matko
Published: November 2022

The paper analyzes the wooden frame of Paolo Veneziano’s monumental Crucifixion, the largest trecento composition in the Adriatic to survive, on the triumphal arch of the church of St. Dominic in Dubrovnik. By including the scrolls’ foliage, the Old Testament prophets, and censing angels, this frame transforms a stylistically inventive yet typologically conventional “croce dipinta” into one aligned with the iconography of the arbor vitae by way of an unprecedented shift of attention to its margins. The full power of the Crucifixion is vested both in the body of the crucified Christ and its frame. At the same time, its overarching theme of the genealogy of Christ and his Passion can be subject to different readings, i.e. “doctrinal,” “liturgical,” or, as the paper tentatively proposes, “Dominican.”
Boschini, Tintoretto, der ›malerische Akt‹ (atto pittoresco) und die ›Erfindung‹ des ästhetischen Genusses in Venedig
Authors: von Rosen Valeska
Published: November 2022

The ‘painterly act’, which becomes quasi-visible and relivable in the impasto brushstrokes of Tintoretto and his contemporaries, is reflected in a terminologically concise and theoretically ambitious way only about a hundred years after their works were created – i.e., in the Carta del navegar pitoresco of 1660. Its author, Marco Boschini, not only coined the term ‘atto pittoresco’ but also programmatically embedded it in his dialogical speech about art, in which the importance of rhetorical categories recedes in favor of aesthetic maxims. ‘Pleasure’ and ‘joy’ of the beauty of painting and the act of painting incorporated in it are enhanced by the perception of the beauty of the lagoon city, which offers the viewer multiple views (viste) of the water with light reflections against a blue sky, shapes their good taste (buon gusto) and even promises recreation (recreazione).
A Zn‐dependent structural transition of SOD1 modulates its ability to undergo phase separation
Authors: Das Bidisha , Roychowdhury Sumangal , Mohanty Priyesh , Rizuan Azamat , Chakraborty Joy , Mittal Jeetain , Chattopadhyay Krishnananda
Published: November 2022

The misfolding and mutation of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) is commonly associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). SOD1 can accumulate within stress granules (SGs), a type of membraneless organelle, which is believed to form via liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS). Using wild‐type, metal‐deficient, and different ALS disease mutants of SOD1 and computer simulations, we report here that the absence of Zn leads to structural disorder within two loop regions of SOD1, triggering SOD1 LLPS and amyloid formation. The addition of exogenous Zn to either metal‐free SOD1 or to the severe ALS mutation I113T leads to the stabilization of the loops and impairs SOD1 LLPS and aggregation. Moreover, partial Zn‐mediated inhibition of LLPS was observed for another severe ALS mutant, G85R, which shows perturbed Zn‐binding. By contrast, the ALS mutant G37R, which shows reduced Cu‐binding, does not undergo LLPS. In addition, SOD1 condensates induced by Zn‐depletion exhibit greater cellular toxicity than aggregates formed by prolonged incubation under aggregating conditions. Overall, our work establishes a role for Zn‐dependent modulation of SOD1 conformation and LLPS properties that may contribute to amyloid formation.
NONO enhances mRNA processing of super‐enhancer‐associated GATA2 and HAND2 genes in neuroblastoma
Authors: Zhang Song , Cooper Jack AL , Chong Yee Seng , Naveed Alina , Mayoh Chelsea , Jayatilleke Nisitha , Liu Tao , Amos Sebastian , Kobelke Simon , Marshall Andrew C , Meers Oliver , Choi Yu Suk , Bond Charles S , Fox Archa H
Published: November 2022

High‐risk neuroblastoma patients have poor survival rates and require better therapeutic options. High expression of a multifunctional DNA and RNA‐binding protein, NONO, in neuroblastoma is associated with poor patient outcome; however, there is little understanding of the mechanism of NONO‐dependent oncogenic gene regulatory activity in neuroblastoma. Here, we used cell imaging, biochemical and genome‐wide molecular analysis to reveal complex NONO‐dependent regulation of gene expression. NONO forms RNA‐ and DNA‐tethered condensates throughout the nucleus and undergoes phase separation in vitro, modulated by nucleic acid binding. CLIP analyses show that NONO mainly binds to the 5′ end of pre‐mRNAs and modulates pre‐mRNA processing, dependent on its RNA‐binding activity. NONO regulates super‐enhancer‐associated genes, including HAND2 and GATA2. Abrogating NONO RNA binding, or phase separation activity, results in decreased expression of HAND2 and GATA2. Thus, future development of agents that target RNA‐binding activity of NONO may have therapeutic potential in this cancer context.
Use of compressive sutures in the control of obstetric hemorrhage as a conservative measure of the uterus, in naval medical center, from june 2017 to December 2020
Authors: Erika Valencia Mejia , Cèsar Rodríguez Villán , Garduño Jose Eduardo Serratos , González Fernando Martínez , Aldama Yanet Fermín , Méndez Bianka Duoaney Barajas
Published: November 2022

Objective: To describe the results obtained in the use of compression sutures in the control of obstetric hemorrhage as an alternative measure that conserves the uterus. Materials and methods: Observational, cross-sectional, descriptive, and retrospective, carried out at the Naval Medical Center in Mexico City, from June 2017 to December 2020. Patients with a diagnosis of postpartum obstetric hemorrhage were included. In which advanced surgical techniques were applied, such as compression sutures with the Hayman and B-Lynch technique. The variables of 1) Amount of bleeding before and after applying the compression suture, 2) Procedure time, 3) Hemoglobin concentration on admission to the care unit, 1 hour after the bleeding and 24 hours after the procedure were analyzed. surgical intervention, 4) outcome of the techniques, 5) complications. SPSS version 22 was used for data analysis. Results: 72 patients were registered: 46 patients with application of the Hayman technique and 26 patients with the B Lynch technique. Blood loss after the application of the techniques was lower (p<0.001). The surgical time in the application of compression sutures was 85.8±17.6 minutes. The concentration at hospital admission and 1 hour after bleeding was significantly lower (p<0.01) versus 24 hours later (p<0.05). Among the causes of obstetric hemorrhage, we found uterine atony with 59 patients (81.94%), bleeding at the placental insertion site 8 (11.11%) and placenta previa 5 (6.94%). No maternal deaths associated with suturing techniques were reported. Conclusion: Uterine suture techniques represent a useful, fast and uncomplicated procedure for the control of obstetric hemorrhage and a uterine- conserving measure.
Weight Status of Children Participating in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry
Authors: Polfuss Michele , Liu Tiebin , Smith Kathryn , Murphy Pamela S. , Ward Elisabeth , Thibadeau Judy , Dosa Nienke P. , Wang Yinding , Sawin Kathleen J.
Published: November 2022

Objectives

Describe the distribution of weight status categories and determine factors associated with overweight and obesity (OW/OB) in children and adolescents with spina bifida (SB) using the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry.

Methods

Demographic, anthropometric, and clinical data collected from 2009 through 2018 was used to describe the prevalence of OW/OB. The generalized estimating equation model (GEE) identified factors associated with OW/OB among individuals with SB.

Results

Participants (n = 7215) were aged 2 to 19 years (mean = 11.1; standard error, 0.06) and 51.4% female. The majority were non-Hispanic white (57.2%) followed by Hispanic or Latino (25.1%) and non-Hispanic Black (7.5%). The myelomeningocele (MMC) subgroup accounted for 76.3%. Most (60.2%) were community ambulators. The overall percentage of OW/OB was 45.2%, with 49.2% of MMC and 32.0% of nonmyelomeningocele OW/OB. Following the Centers for Disease Control Obesity Severity Classification System, 19.7% of MMC were in class 1, 6.6% in class 2, and 3.5% in class 3. Univariate analysis of MMC participants demonstrated demographic (age, sex, race/ethnicity, and clinic region) and clinical variables (functional level of lesion, ambulation, and number of shunt surgeries) were associated with OW/OB. The GEE model showed that OW/OB was independently, and significantly, associated with age, sex, race/ethnicity, lesion levels, and geographic location of the clinics.

Conclusions

The demographic and clinical factors associated with OW/OB in children and adolescents with SB further our understanding of factors contributing to the higher prevalence of OW/OB in this population and may inform OW/OB prevention and treatment strategies.
Elevated C-Reactive Protein With Normal Leukocytes Count Among Children With Fever
Authors: Zuabi Tarek , Scheuerman Oded , Dizitzer Yotam , Amarilyo Gil , Abu Mor , Goldberg Lotem , Goldberg Bar , Shirman Nina , Vardi Yoav , Levinsky Yoel
Published: November 2022

Approximately 40% of patients with highly elevated C-reactive protein had a normal white blood cell count. The majority of them had a bacterial infection.
emigração para o Brasil na perspectiva de uma comunidade de origem
Authors: Pires Manuel Duarte João
Published: November 2022

Os movimentos emigratórios são parte integrante da história contemporânea das comunidades do Nordeste Trasmontano português. Os seus impactos moldaram profundamente a demografia e o tecido socioeconômico e cultural da sua gente. Este estudo pretende compreender o contexto em que ocorreram as últimas ondas de emigração para o Brasil, em meados do século XX, e a forma como as comunidades de origem vivenciavam e interpretavam essa realidade. A metodologia consiste em uma análise qualitativa através de entrevistas realizadas no distrito de Bragança com pessoas que experienciaram, de diferentes formas, o último período de emigração para o Brasil (ocorrido nas décadas de 50 e 60 do século anterior). Defendendo a importância de preservar a memória e promover a história oral, as principais conclusões incidem nas várias particularidades, dificuldades e consequências da emigração para o Brasil em uma comunidade de origem.
Internacionalização da educação superior
Authors: Zago Paula Salete , Bittencourt Zoraia Aguiar
Published: November 2022

O presente artigo apresenta um breve panorama sobre a internacionalização da educação superior no Brasil, especificamente quanto à mobilidade acadêmica proporcionada pelo Programa Ciência sem Fronteiras (CsF). Para tal, traz, inicialmente, uma revisão de literatura sobre o processo histórico, os principais conceitos e debates que envolvem a temática em questão. O estudo apresenta, ainda, uma pesquisa de estado de conhecimento de modo a identificar perspectivas e enfoques de teses e dissertações publicadas nos programas de pós-graduação do país sobre o CsF. Nessas publicações, o foco foi identificar dificuldades e potencialidades em experiências de mobilidade acadêmica internacional via CsF. Nesse aspecto, foi possível constatar que as principais dificuldades encontradas pelos estudantes brasileiros durante a mobilidade estiveram direcionadas para a proficiência linguística, dificuldades de adaptação, o retorno ao Brasil, preconceito/discriminação, conteúdo curricular, convalidação das disciplinas cursadas na instituição receptora, atrasos nas bolsas, falta de comunicação com as instituições gestoras do programa, e falta de aulas expositivas. Já as potencialidades resumiram-se ao desenvolvimento pessoal, à ampliação de uma visão crítica, ao aperfeiçoamento linguístico, ao enriquecimento do currículo, às redes de contato/network, e às trocas de experiências e conhecimentos. Ao mesmo tempo, esses estudos apontam que, em meados de 2016/2017, houve significativos retrocessos nos investimentos dessa política de internacionalização da educação superior, os quais estão associados ao enxugamento de contas e a não continuidade dos investimentos em educação.
Does the gender of the head of the household affect the labour market outcomes for females? An empirical analysis for Pakistan based on Labour Force Survey (LFS 2017-2018)
Authors: Andlib Zubaria , Sarfaz Mudassira , Kamran Muhammad
Published: November 2022

Higher women’s labour force participation (LFP), is a significant contributing factor in achieving economic growth, poverty reduction, and female empowerment. Although women’s LFP increased from 14% in 2001-02, to 20% in 2017-18, Pakistan is still lagging behind in women’s labour market participation compared to countries on a similar development ladder. The presented study explored the contributing factors of low female LFP in Pakistan for male and female-headed households separately, using the micro data set from Pakistan Labour Force Survey 2017-18. The empirical evidence for the contributing factors of female LFP suggests that urban women are less likely to be engaged in work activities. Women with higher education, from extended families and those who received vocational training, will engage more in labour market activities. Regarding the heads of households, the results reveal that women from female-headed households supply their labour services more than those from male-headed households. The authors infer from their analysis that due to gender norms and patriarchy at the household level, most women from male-headed households are not part of the labour force.
Forecasting the instability of Polish banks
Authors: Łupiński Marcin
Published: November 2022

The paper presents a formalised procedure of the identification of financial stability EWI (Early Warning Indicators) for the Polish banking sector, in which a two-step procedure was applied. First, the author used a logit model to estimate of the biggest Polish banks’ probabilities of default (PDs). Next, the calculated individual banks’ PDs were used to prepare aggregated domestic banking system stability. In the last step, employing a set of multivariate Markov-switching models with distributed lags (MMSM-DL), the author applied this measure to identify EWI from the candidate macro, private and public debt, banking sector, financial markets and property prices indicators. The best performing EWI were selected with application of area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) metrics and compared with an output of a popular logistic regression (LR) model. To the best author’s knowledge, this article presents for the first time a fully formalised analytical framework based on the MMSM-DL approach that combines microprudential and macroprudential data for the Polish banks financial stability EWI identification. Moreover, the survey supports the hypothesis that the Polish banking sector is stable with use of a formalised econometric procedure.
Editorial: Church, virtual and physical
Authors: Toth Lina
Published: November 2022

From the Editorial:"As we continue to inhabit this not-quite-post-pandemic world, and grapple with the fact that, at least in some contexts and some forms, online participation is here to stay, questions around the relationship between the physical and the virtual in the life of the Church will need some sustained theological conversation. We hope that this issue of Theology in Scotland will contribute to a start of such conversation."
Poem: Churches Will Open for Private Prayer
Authors: Shamel-Wood Sorrel
Published: November 2022

When COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were eased in the UK in June 2020, one of the first measures to be introduced was to allow places of worship to open for private individual prayer. This poem reflects on the experience of visiting a church building for the first time following this re-opening, albeit with social distancing and other safety measures in place.
Interactive pedagogy elevating learners as producers of knowledge in the isiZulu classroom
Authors: Ntshangase Sicelo Ziphozonke
Published: November 2022

The modern era demands a radical pedagogical shift and a complete overhaul of traditional teaching methods that flaunt teachers as the sole producers of knowledge and learners as impetuous consumers of knowledge. In this article I propose interactive teaching methods and strategies as the pedagogical approach to be advocated by 21st-century isiZulu teachers so that learners are empowered on all cognitive levels as producers of knowledge. This pedagogical shift in the isiZulu classroom has the power to revoke the historical debt of the marginalisation of indigenous African languages, which native speakers of these languages inherited from the apartheid education system of South Africa. Used as the guiding theoretical framework, the transformative learning theory is set to challenge the status quo and disrupt the current instructional classroom practice that is regressive to change demanded by the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The participatory action research methodology, reflecting the encounters with student teachers at a teacher education institution in South Africa, provides a critical analysis of how interactive teaching methods and strategies can be used in an authentic classroom environment.
(Fern flora of Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil: Dennstaedtiaceae, Lindsaeaceae and Saccolomataceae
Authors: Pena Nelson Túlio Lage , Schwartsburd Pedro Bond
Published: November 2022

As part of an ongoing project treating the ferns and lycophytes from the region of Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, we here present the taxonomic treatment of the early divergent lineages of the leptosporangiate ferns: the families Dennstaedtiaceae, Lindsaeaceae and Saccolomataceae. We have been sampling the remnant forest patches since 2012; we also fully reviewed the collection of herbarium VIC and other online collections: F, IAN, NY, PH, RB, U, UC, UPCB, US, and WTU. In the region of Viçosa, six taxa belonging to those families occur Dennstaedtia cicutaria and Pteridium esculentum subsp. arachnoideum (Dennstaedtiaceae); Lindsaea lancea var. lancea, L. quadrangularis subsp. quadrangularis, and L. stricta var. stricta (Lindsaeaceae); and Saccoloma elegans (Saccolomataceae). Among these taxa, only L. quadrangularis subsp. quadrangularis and S. elegans are endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest; the remaining are widespread in the Neotropics. We present keys, descriptions, illustrations, examined specimens, and comments.
FILTRATION EQUATIONS FOR PORE AND CAPILLARY SYSTEM TAKING INTO ACCOUNT PRESSURE DIFFUSION
Authors: Knyazeva Anna G.
Published: November 2022

Biological media are characterized by a complex system of pores and capillaries, the interaction between which leads to features in the transport of biological fluids. At low flow velocities, the mutual influence of convection and diffusion becomes important, as well as the influence of pressure gradient on diffusion. To take into account the complex structure of porous space, models of fractured porous media, models of media with double and triple porosity, are known in the literature. In this paper, we propose a model of a medium with double porosity in which, in addition to diffusion and filtration, barodiffusion is taken into account. Definitive relations follow from thermodynamics of irreversible processes. We consider particular versions of the equations: for a medium with predominant convection in both pore systems; for media with predominantly diffusion transport mechanism, typical for nanoporous materials; and for a medium in which convection prevails in one pore system and diffusion in the second.
Silicon nitride ceramics with sintering oxide additives obtained from organoyttriumoxanealumoxane
Authors: Kirillov A. V. , Bogachev E. A.
Published: November 2022

Sintered blanks for spherical bodies of rolling from silicon nitride ceramics were obtained using the addition of an yttrium-containing organoalumoxane ― element organic oligomer, soluble in traditional organic solvents and rolling in pyrolysis into an oxide aluminum-sintering additive in a given mass ratio Al2O3/Y2O3 = 3/1. Studies conducted using thermogravimetry, X-ray phase analysis, optical and electron scanning microscopy showed that the feature of the use of elementoxane instead of the sintering additives of aluminum and yttrium oxides powder is a uniform distribution of aluminum and yttrium oxides in Si3N4- ceramics and the chemical activity of pyrolysis products of organoyttriumoxanealumoxane (OYA), Including amorphous nanoscale oxides on the surface of the Si3N4 powder. Density, porosity, microstructure and the degree of purity of the polished surface of the obtained ceramics indicate its prospects for use as a blank of high-quality rolling bodies. Ill. 6. Ref. 16. Tab. 1.
In memory of Yu. M. Mosin
Authors: Editorial Article
Published: November 2022

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Influence of composition and morphology of magnesia powders on sintering of compacts
Authors: Babashov V. G. , Maksimov V. G. , Butakov V. V.
Published: November 2022

The composition and morphology of a ceramic material based on magnesium oxide and their influence on its thermophysical and physico-mechanical properties are studied. It is established that when using different initial precursors, the matrix component has the same morphological features and is a cubic magnesium oxide. The dependences of physical and mechanical properties on the type of material and the method of molding were studied on experimental samples. Ill. 3. Ref. 23.
Effects of technological parameters during impregnation on the properties of modified quartz ceramics
Authors: Mironova E. V. , Kharitonov D. V. , Anashkina A. A. , Rusin M. Yu. , Korendovich E. B.
Published: November 2022

The main methods of moisture protection of products made of quartz ceramics are described, the advantage of quartz ceramics modified by bulk impregnation with MFSS-8 solution is shown. Experimental data on the properties of modified quartz ceramics obtained with different types of impregnation are presented. Ill. 4. Ref. 5. Tab. 1.
First record of Myiophanes tipulina from Taiwan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae)
Authors: Wang Ting-Wen , Rédei Dávid
Published: November 2022

The genus Myiophanes Reuter, 1881 and the species Myiophanes tipulina Reuter, 1881 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae: Emesini) are recorded for the first time from Taiwan.