bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Human source identification by using a human-associated Escherichia coli genetic marker in the Mae Klong River, Thailand
Authors: Nopprapun Pimchanok , Boontanon Suwanna Kitpati , Piyaviriyakul Pitchaya , Sweattatut Rawiwan , Fujii Shigeo , Harada Hidenori
Published: April 2022

Contamination caused by microbial fecal pollution in water bodies is a serious problem in many countries, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Therefore, fecal source tracking is an important method used to understand the source of fecal contamination and to decrease the hazard of waterborne diseases that occurs in the environment. In this study, a human-associated genetic marker for Escherichia coli (H8) was used to investigate the source of fecal contamination in the Mae Klong River, Thailand. Real-time PCR was performed with this marker for 500 E. coli isolates collected from 10 sampling sites along the river, including MK10 (upstream) to MK1 (downstream). The results showed that the proportions of H8-positive isolates were 46, 14, 10, 18, 14, 38, 12, 26, 32, and 14% at MK10–MK1, respectively. All positive proportions were significantly different between the locations (p < 0.001). The higher occurrence of E. coli with H8 marker detection indicated that domestic wastewater was largely discharged without proper treatment, which is attributable to the high population and the absence of proper sewage treatment in those areas.
Assessment of groundwater quality along cemeteries and associated potential health concerns in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Authors: Leonard Leopord Sibomana
Published: April 2022

Urbanization and population growth have resulted in the increase of construction of housing and drilling boreholes around cemeteries causing potential public health and environmental concerns. Although cemeteries provide ecosystem services including green space, micrometeorology control and storm water infiltration, they pose a unique threat to the quality of groundwater as pollutants migrate from graves to aquifers. Thus, this study aimed at assessing the quality of water from boreholes around cemeteries in Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania. The study involved groundwater sampling from 23 boreholes in five wards. DR/4000 Spectrophotometer was used to analyze nutrients in the laboratory, and data analysis involved univariate and multivariate analysis. Findings indicated that some boreholes located along cemeteries had elevated values of EC and nutrients. The value of EC ranged between (469.5 μS/cm–2,852.33 μS/cm), NH3-N (0.16 mg/L–6.9 mg/L) while NO3− ranged from 9.21 mg/L to 239.5 mg/L whereby, 91.3% of sampled boreholes had elevated concentration of NO3− above 50 mg/L permissible limit, NO2-N (0.01 mg/L–2.17 mg/L), which is also above the 0.5 mg/L TZS and WHO guidelines. These results are indicators that there is potential pollution from cemeteries that calls upon proper urban planning. This study recommends groundwater quality monitoring and alternative drinking water sources around cemeteries in the study area.
Regional agricultural drought risk assessment based on attribute interval identification: a study from Zhengzhou, China
Authors: Hao Huihui , Zhu Hanyu , Wang Fuqiang
Published: April 2022

Agricultural drought risk assessment is helpful in quantitatively understanding agricultural drought and scientifically guiding disaster prevention and mitigation. Therefore, according to the characteristics of attribute uncertainty and index weight subjectivity in agricultural drought risk assessment, an attribute interval identification model combined with grey relational analysis was established to evaluate agricultural drought risk. Firstly, the agricultural drought risk evaluation index system was established from four aspects: disaster, exposure, vulnerability and resistance. Then, the objective weights of the indicators were calculated using the grey relational method. Finally, the agricultural drought risk in Zhengzhou was evaluated by qualitative analysis and probabilistic analysis. Qualitative analysis results showed that the agricultural drought risk in Zhengzhou is at the level of moderate drought. The probability analysis showed that the probability of Zhengzhou City being in a moderate drought is 79.5%, and the probability of being in a severe drought is 20.5%. In addition, the superiority of the attribute interval identification model in agricultural drought risk assessment was further verified by comparative analysis. This research provides a new method for regional agricultural drought risk assessment. Furthermore, it can provide support for management departments to further understand the regional drought risk level and improve the efficiency of drought risk management.
Effect of reservoir size on water quality in coastal reservoirs during desalinization period using numerical model
Authors: Karimaei Tabarestani Mojtaba , Fouladfar Hesam
Published: April 2022

Coastal reservoirs are water storage structures constructed near the river estuary to supply water to coastal areas. One of the most important aspects related to performance of these structures is the effect of reservoir size on the flow and water quality. For this purpose, MIKE3, a 3D numerical software was used in the present work. The case study included proposed a coastal reservoir located on the coastlines of the Caspian Sea in the vicinity of Tajan River estuary. To conduct this research, four types of reservoirs with different sizes were considered. Input parameters to the model included 5-year flood of Tajan River, initial reservoir salinity and ambient temperature data. The results showed that construction of a shallower reservoir due to better surface and depth mixing could achieve higher water salinity during the desalinization period. Furthermore, the greatest water temperature change value was determined after passing hydrograph peak discharge, which shows the effect of inflow on reservoir water quality. Finally, the results of water density revealed that the decreasing trend of water density occurred mostly due to the decreasing water salinity in the reservoir.
Phthalates removal from wastewater by different methods – a review
Authors: Becky Miriyam I. , Anbalagan K. , Magesh Kumar M.
Published: April 2022

Phthalate esters are commonly used as plasticizers to improve the durability and workability of polymeric materials, locating and identifying them in various contexts has become a major challenge. Because of their ubiquitous use in plastic packaging and personal care items, as well as their tendency to leach out of these materials, phthalates have been detected in a variety of aquatic situations, including surface water, groundwater, drinking water, and wastewater. Phthalate esters have been shown to affect reproductive health and physical growth by disrupting the endocrine system. As a result, developing energy-efficient and effective technologies to eliminate these harmful substances from the atmosphere has become more important and urgent. This paper examines the existing techniques for treating phthalates and degradation mechanisms, as well as knowledge gaps and future research directions. These technologies include adsorption, electrochemical, photocatalysis, membrane filtration and microbial degradation. Adsorption and photo catalysis are the most widely used techniques for phthalate removal, according to the literature survey papers.
Modelos de triple fondo como respuesta a la reactivación económica
Authors:   Corporacion Universitaria AMERICANA, Barragán Morales Camilo
Published: April 2022

El año 2021 ha significado nuevos escenarios de mercado y condiciones desafiantes para las industrias y la economía en general, en este sentido, es necesaria la implementación de modelos donde las instituciones de educación superior desde su labor formativa, los órganos gubernamentales representantes del estado y las organizaciones unan sus esfuerzos para orientar la economía hacia su dinamismo previo a la pandemia. Por ello, la creación de esta edición se propone con la intención de establecer pautas desde lo teórico, práctico y metodológico, que harán aportes sociales a la gestión y posterior solución de problemas organizacionales.
Proceso de Diseño para un modelo tecnológico de apoyo en las mediaciones comunicativas de un programa virtual en Colombia
Authors:   Universidad del Quindío, Álzate García Omar Aníbal , Collazos Fajardo Carlos ,   Universidad del Quindío
Published: April 2022

El presente artículo, producto de una investigación a nivel de maestría en la universidad EAN (2020) titulada: Diseño de modelo tecnológico como plan de implementación de una óptima comunicación digital para el programa virtual de CIDBA en la universidad del Quindío, Colombia; desarrollada por los autores, en la universidad antes mencionada en la vigencia 2019 y que se enfocó sobre: qué tipo de aplicación tecnológica era pertinente para mantener una comunicación fluida entre estudiantes y profesores, dado que este es un problema continuo entre los actores mencionados y factor de deserción estudiantil. Para la indagación y recolección de datos se apeló al enfoque cualitativo-cuantitativo de investigación, a través de la implementación de un instrumento de encuesta. Los resultados permitieron esbozar el diseño para una nueva herramienta virtual de comunicación, soportado bajo la plataforma Moodle, dado que esta es la que es utilizada para los procesos de enseñanza aprendizaje en el programa objeto del estudio.
Mercado femenino: El reto para los servicios mecánicos
Authors:   Universidad Autónoma Baja California, Izquierdo-De Dios Román , Verjan Quiñonez Ricardo ,   Universidad Autónoma Baja California, Ruiz Andrade José Gabriel ,   Universidad Autónoma Baja California
Published: April 2022

Este documento es una reflexión teórica sobre los cambios y actualizaciones a las que se enfrentan dos actores, por un lado, el taller mecánico y en el otro el mercado femenino, del que se hace un análisis documental con respecto a su comportamiento, mismo que se llevó a cabo a través de la revisión de los enfoques del comportamiento del consumidor y del marketing empresarial. Se plantea la postura del taller con un subrayado enfoque al mercado masculino, y la que toma la mujer para requerir y comprar los servicios mecánicos. Finalmente, se discuten y sugieren ideas para incidir en la competitividad de los talleres de prevención, mantenimiento y reparación vehicular en Tijuana, Baja California.
Hermenéutica contable: un estudio comparado de dos normas contables colombianas relacionadas con el Código de Ética del Contador Público
Authors:   Fundación Universitaria San Mateo, Castrillón Montoya Arlés , Cuadrado Hoyos John Alexander ,   Fundación Universitaria San Mateo, Carrillo Niño Kelly Johana ,   Fundación Universitaria San Mateo
Published: April 2022

Este documento de trabajo busca hacer un análisis comparativo entre dos normas colombianas: la Ley 1314 de 2009 y el Decreto Reglamentario 2649 de 1993, en la perspectiva de interpretación de la hermenéutica contable. Se utilizó la hermenéutica jurídica como método de investigación cualitativa para una mejor comprensión del mencionado estudio comparativo. La discusión de los resultados se hizo integrando niveles propedéuticos distintos y dos semilleros de investigación, uno sobre reflexiones epistemológicas sobre contabilidad, y otro en regulación contable. Se concluye que, en materia de regulación contable, la hermenéutica jurídica es fundamental para comprender y establecer una mayor coherencia entre normas, pronunciamientos y jurisprudencia de la regulación contable colombiana en sus relaciones con los estándares internacionales de contabilidad, especialmente para plantear alternativas de solución a una posible inconsistencia en materia del principio de responsabilidad del contador público.
Estrategias post venta para fidelizar clientes en el sector farmacéutico de Barranquilla
Authors:   Corporación Universitaria Americana, Villada Alzate José David , Rico Fontalvo Heidy Margarita ,   Corporación Universitaria Americana
Published: April 2022

El crecimiento y permanencia de las compañías depende del buen o mal servicio al cliente, por lo que es considerado un aspecto importante para el éxito de toda organización. El principal objetivo de este proyecto fue conocer la forma en la que actualmente se ofrece el servicio post venta al cliente dentro de las empresas del sector farmacéutico de la ciudad de Barranquilla para proponer estrategias de potencialización de ese servicio. A través de una investigación de tipo descriptiva se logró recolectar los datos por medio de 200 encuestas realizadas a clientes de empresas farmacéuticas de Barranquilla con la finalidad de identificar la percepción que tienen respecto al servicio que están recibiendo. Los resultados de las encuestas permitieron demostrar la importancia que tiene brindar un buen servicio, no solo en el momento de la venta, si no posterior a ella
La creación de valor: un enfoque actual de la gestión empresarial
Authors:   Universidad Libre seccional Barranquilla, Hernández Jaime , Castillo Ana ,   Universidad Libre seccional Barranquilla
Published: April 2022

Las empresas existen para crear valor. Este es un concepto que parece estar fuera de discusión en la literatura especializada. Cómo y para quiénes se crea valor son preguntas que modelos recientes de gestión empresarial procuran profundizar y responder cada vez con mayor precisión. En este artículo se ha procurado una revisión de los aportes más relevantes en la literatura correspondiente a las últimas dos décadas en torno a la Creación de Valor (CV), sus bases teórico-conceptuales y sus tendencias visibles de investigación. Al respecto, se identificaron los enfoques generales que fundamentan la investigación en este campo, asimismo se evidenció una concentración de interés por el concepto de cocreación de valor que lo proyecta como tendencia emergente en esta área de investigación, y la vinculación de la CV con temas tecnológicos a nivel de empresa, así como el estudio de su uso estratégico para introducir mejoras en el desempeño comercial de las empresas.
La innovación en clase de Matemáticas: ejemplos y contraejemplos de eficacia de la iniciativa docente en tiempos de pandemia
Authors: Valbuena Duarte Sonia , Rodríguez González Dariana Del Carmen , Tavera Gamarra Andrea Viviana
Published: April 2022

Introduction: the technological culture of this century makes it necessary to analyze the technological skills developed by teachers, since currently Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are present throughout the environment, including education, where they play the role of mediators to improve teaching and learning, so teacher innovation in the classroom and teacher effectiveness in times of pandemic are important. Objective: to examine the pedagogical use that mathematics teachers give to ICT in their professional practice and their effectiveness in remote teaching. Methodology: it was developed in phases, information was collected through interviews, non-participant observation, focus group and didactic analysis, with a sample of 17 basic and secondary mathematics teachers from different schools in the department of Atlántico. Results: Efficacy is evident in some teachers in remote classes, but the same does not happen in face-to-face classes, where it was found that ICT skills were underdeveloped. Conclusions: teachers make partial pedagogical and didactic use of ICT in their professional practice.
La promoción de estilos de vida saludable en la educación superior. Sus diferentes visiones
Authors: Hernandez Rivero Ania Caridad , Infante Miló Aracelys , Lazo Fernández Yurien
Published: April 2022

Introduction: Lifestyles are related to the usual behaviors that characterize the way of life of a person, the adoption of behaviors that endanger both present and future health, are the cause of a third of diseases in the adult population, making it in essential concern for the university community, especially in the University of Pinar del Río "Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca" (UPR) for its social responsibility, expressed in its corporate purpose. Results and Conclusions: To this end, the training program for health promoters and healthy lifestyles that is developed at the University includes the development of different educational actions: information about drugs, promotion of healthy habits and lifestyles, promotion of emotional self-control, training to successfully face the problems of daily life and resistance to social pressures towards tobaccoand alcohol consumption, as well as the development of safe sexual practices
Los textos de geometría: una mirada diferente para nuestros tiempos
Authors: Rocha Fontalvo Yolima , Tovar Ortega Teremy
Published: April 2022

Introduction: The function of textbooks as a didactic resource and the impact they have on mathematics education, particularly geometry, makes it pertinent to carry out hermeneutic and critical analyzes of the characteristics and adaptations to reality. current Colombian. Objective: This research seeks to study mathematics school textbooks, in which we find the subject of geometry immersed, through the observation of the structure they use, in such a way as to verify if they contribute to the generation of significant learning. in the student body, and not simply become a continuation of classes. Method and/or methodology: A content analysis design was used as a technique for the objective, systematic and qualitative description of the manifest content of the communications, in order to interpret it. The most relevant results show the need for school textbooks to point to digital texts where the resolution of the deficiencies presented in current texts is focused. Conclusion: through the digitization of geometry texts, it is possible to contribute to the improvement of visualization through interactive and dynamic environments of more assertive content in the area.
Las competencias digitales en los profesores universitarios de las ciencias económico administrativas
Authors: Torres-Flórez Dagoberto , Pachón-Pérez Yeison
Published: April 2022

Introduction. Teachers today must appropriate digital skills that contribute to their teaching work based on the evaluation of 4 dimensions (information; communication and collaboration; use of digital devices and tools; and content creation) Objective. With the purpose of analyzing relationships between variables that contribute to the design of educational digital literacy plans. Methodology. For this, the Test to Diagnose the Teaching Competences in Digital Knowledge of Professors in Higher Education was applied to the professors of the faculties of economic sciences of the Institutions of Higher Education IES of Villavicencio Results. Finding that the information dimension is in a medium-high degree of appropriation, while the other dimensions are in an intermediate degree. On the other hand, it is established that said literacy plans must be designed differently with respect to the age range and degree of training of the teachers. Conclution. The variables are directly related to the degree of appropriation of digital skills.
Discapacidad compartida: una apuesta de comunicación inclusiva sordo-oyente desde la tecnología asistiva
Authors: Castellanos García Gloria Esperanza , Montes Mora John Fredy , Arenas Andrea del Pilar , Aldana Porras Juan Manuel
Published: April 2022

Introduction: The approach to disability has moved from an individualistic model to a social model whose understanding focuses on the subject-environment interaction; For this reason, the article presented gives an account of a research process that had as its. Objective: to describe the incidence of a translation application of signifiers into Colombian Sign Languagein the deaf-hearing relationship as an inclusive communication strategy in Ibagué (Colombia). Method and/or methodology: it was approached from a mixed descriptive approach and had the participation of ten (10) subjects with hearing disabilities and ten (10) listeners: relatives, teachers and educational peers. Results: From the applied instruments that made reference to the structured interview and the survey, it was found in the latter (on which the results of this document deal), that the application in question has contributed to reducing the communication gaps and the existing social distancing due to the different linguistic codes that each population group uses, revealing a shared disability insofar as deaf and hearing are contextually excluded from the communicative plot due to their interactional differences. Conclusions: the translator of signifiers contributes to the mitigation of traditional communication barriers that for years have marked the deaf and have relegated them to exclusion, where the limitation is not in the language as such but in the primacy of communicative forms. of some (hearing) over others (deaf).
A Harki History Lesson: Dalila Kerchouche’s Filiation Narrative Mon père, ce harki
Authors: Raitses Rebecca
Published: April 2022

This article reads Dalila Kerchouche’s Mon père, ce harki (My Father, this Harki) as a postcolonial filiation narrative, which blends memoir and biography, the personal and collective, the past and present. Lack of knowledge and a desire to see for herself the camps her parents and older siblings experienced prompts Kerchouche to adopt an investigative posture characterized by in situ exploration in conjunction with interviews and the consultation of archives. This allows the author to achieve a polyphonic account of the past. At the same time, her family serves as the prism through which she confronts the stigma attached to Harkis (Algerian soldiers hired by the French Army) and examines their unjust treatment in France.
Kurt Flasch: Katholische Wegbereiter des Nationalsozialismus
Authors: Palme David
Published: April 2022

Rezension von Flasch, Kurt: Katholische Wegbereiter des Nationalsozialismus. Michael Schmaus, Joseph Lortz, Josef Pieper. Essay. Frankfurt: Vittorio Klostermann 2021.
Junior doctor workforce: A review
Authors: Hutchison Adam Glenn
Published: April 2022

A growing junior medical workforce is experiencing high rates of distress. The underlying factors of stress, bullying, and harassment, burnout, and uncertainty have been identified within the medical literature. This review evaluates these stressors in Australian and international cohorts, and attempts to address avenues of opportunities for the future.
Integration of Augmented Reality and Brain-Computer Interface Technologies for Health Care Applications: Exploratory and Prototyping Study
Authors: Andrews Anya
Published: April 2022

Background

Augmented reality (AR) and brain-computer interface (BCI) are promising technologies that have a tremendous potential to revolutionize health care. While there has been a growing interest in these technologies for medical applications in the recent years, the combined use of AR and BCI remains a fairly unexplored area that offers significant opportunities for improving health care professional education and clinical practice. This paper describes a recent study to explore the integration of AR and BCI technologies for health care applications.

Objective

The described effort aims to advance an understanding of how AR and BCI technologies can effectively work together to transform modern health care practice by providing new mechanisms to improve patient and provider learning, communication, and shared decision-making.

Methods

The study methods included an environmental scan of AR and BCI technologies currently used in health care, a use case analysis for a combined AR-BCI capability, and development of an integrated AR-BCI prototype solution for health care applications.

Results

The study resulted in a novel interface technology solution that enables interoperability between consumer-grade wearable AR and BCI devices and provides the users with an ability to control digital objects in augmented reality using neural commands. The article discusses this novel solution within the context of practical digital health use cases developed during the course of the study where the combined AR and BCI technologies are anticipated to produce the most impact.

Conclusions

As one of the pioneering efforts in the area of AR and BCI integration, the study presents a practical implementation pathway for AR-BCI integration and provides directions for future research and innovation in this area.
Integration vs Collaborative Redesign Strategies of Health Systems’ Supply Chains in the Post-COVID-19 New Normal: Cross-sectional Survey Across the United States
Authors: Khuntia Jiban , Mejia Frances J , Ning Xue , Helton Jeff , Stacey Rulon
Published: April 2022

Background

Given the widespread disruptions to supply chains in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, questions such as how health systems are shaping strategies to restore the supply chain disruptions are essential to have confidence in health systems’ supply chain model strategies. Plausibly, health systems have an opportunity for redesign, growth, and innovation by utilizing collaborative strategies now, compared to the usual strategies of integrating their existing supply chains to reduce inefficiencies.

Objective

This study focuses on teasing out the nuance of supply chain integration versus collaborative redesign strategies for health systems in the post-COVID-19 new normal. We focus on 2 research questions. First, we explore the impact of perceived supply chain challenges and disruptions on health systems’ supply chain integration (SC-INTEGRATION) and collaborative redesign (SC-REDESIGN) strategies. Second, we examine the outcomes of integration and collaborative redesign strategic choices on growth and service outcomes.

Methods

We used data for this study collected through a consultant from a robust group of health system chief executive officers (CEOs) across the United States from February to March 2021. Among the 625 health system CEOs contacted, 135 (21.6%) responded to our survey. We considered supply chain–relevant strategy and outcome variables from the literature and ratified them via expert consensus. We collected secondary data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Compendium of the US Health Systems, leading to a matched data set from the 124 health systems. Next, we used ordered logit model estimation to examine CEO preferences for partnership strategies to address current supply disruptions and the outcomes of strategy choices.

Results

Health systems with higher disruptions would choose integration (positive, P<.001) over redesign, indicating that they still trust the existing partners. Integration strategy is perceived to result in better service outcomes (P<.01), while collaborations are perceived to lead to greater growth opportunities (P<.05); however, the role of integration in growth is not entirely ruled out (combined model, P<.001). Plausibly, some health systems would choose integration and collaborative redesign models, which have a significant relationship with both services (combined model, P<.01) and growth, establishing the importance of mixed strategies for health systems.

Conclusions

The cost of health care continues to rise, and supply-related costs constitute a large portion of a hospital’s expenditure. Understanding supply chain strategic choices are essential for a health system’s success. Although collaboration is an option, focusing on and improving existing integration dynamics is helpful to foster both growth and services for health systems.
Modeling Data Journeys to Inform the Digital Transformation of Kidney Transplant Services: Observational Study (Preprint)
Authors: Sharma Videha , Eleftheriou Iliada , van der Veer Sabine N , Brass Andrew , Augustine Titus , Ainsworth John
Published: April 2022

BACKGROUND

Data journey modeling is a methodology used to establish a high-level overview of information technology (IT) infrastructure in health care systems. It allows a better understanding of sociotechnical barriers and thus informs meaningful digital transformation. Kidney transplantation is a complex clinical service involving multiple specialists and providers. The referral pathway for a transplant requires the centralization of patient data across multiple IT solutions and health care organizations. At present, there is a poor understanding of the role of IT in this process, specifically regarding the management of patient data, clinical communication, and workflow support.

OBJECTIVE

To apply data journey modeling to better understand interoperability, data access, and workflow requirements of a regional multicenter kidney transplant service.

METHODS

An incremental methodology was used to develop the data journey model. This included review of service documents, domain expert interviews, and iterative modeling sessions. Results were analyzed based on the LOAD (landscape, organizations, actors, and data) framework to provide a meaningful assessment of current data management challenges and inform ways for IT to overcome these challenges.

RESULTS

Results were presented as a diagram of the organizations (n=4), IT systems (n>9), actors (n>4), and data journeys (n=0) involved in the transplant referral pathway. The diagram revealed that all movement of data was dependent on actor interaction with IT systems and manual transcription of data into Microsoft Word (Microsoft, Inc) documents. Each actor had between 2 and 5 interactions with IT systems to capture all relevant data, a process that was reported to be time consuming and error prone. There was no interoperability within or across organizations, which led to delays as clinical teams manually transferred data, such as medical history and test results, via post or email.

CONCLUSIONS

Overall, data journey modeling demonstrated that human actors, rather than IT systems, formed the central focus of data movement. The IT landscape did not complement this workflow and exerted a significant administrative burden on clinical teams. Based on this study, future solutions must consider regional interoperability and specialty-specific views of data to support multi-organizational clinical services such as transplantation.
Exploring the parameter of machine learning for expanding the terminology of radiology medical (Preprint)
Authors: Zhang Hongjian , Tsuji Shintaro , Ogasawara Katsuhiko
Published: April 2022

BACKGROUND

Dictionary based named-entity recognition (NER) with standardized terminology in radiology reports has the advantage of expressing the association relationships between extracted compounds. However, it is not as accurate as the methods that implement machine learning.

OBJECTIVE

To improve the accuracy of terminology extraction in NER, we attempt to expand the terminology dictionary using Ontology RadLex, which is a representative standardized terminology in the field of radiology. While grasping the trend of the words appearing in radiology reports, terminologies that could not be recognized by RadLex were added to the dictionary of analysis tools, and further study was conducted on the accuracies of these terms.

METHODS

In this study, 163,201 items of findings and impressions in MIMIC-III were used to extract words for extending dictionaries using Word2Vec. The parameters of Word2Vec for lexicon expansion to obtain the most appropriate similar words are discussed in this paper.

RESULTS

The best synonym is obtained when the epoch number is 7 in the hierarchical softmax based skip-gram algorithm.

CONCLUSIONS

Using these parameters, we can construct a model, input modifiers of compound words, and append compound words to the dictionary according to the order of output cosine values.
Modeling the Potential Impact of Missing Race and Ethnicity Data in Infectious Disease Surveillance Systems on Disparity Measures: Findings from Reported Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Diagnoses in the United States (Preprint)
Authors: Ansari Bahareh , Hart-Malloy Rachel , Rosenberg Eli S. , Trigg Monica , Martin Erika G.
Published: April 2022

BACKGROUND

Monitoring progress towards population health equity goals requires developing robust disparity indicators. However, surveillance data gaps that result in undercounting racial/ethnic minority groups might influence observed disparity measures.

OBJECTIVE

To assess the impact of missing race and ethnicity data in surveillance systems on disparity measures.

METHODS

We explored variation in missing race/ethnicity information in reported annual chlamydia and gonorrhea diagnoses in the United States from 2007 through 2018 by state, year, sex at birth, and infection. For diagnoses with incomplete demographic information in 2018, we estimated disparity measures (relative rate ratio [RR] and risk difference [RD]) with five imputation scenarios, compared to the base case (no adjustments). The five scenarios used the racial/ethnic distribution of 1) chlamydia or gonorrhea diagnoses in the same state, 2) chlamydia or gonorrhea diagnoses in neighboring states, 3) chlamydia or gonorrhea diagnoses within the geographic region, 4) HIV diagnoses, and 5) syphilis diagnoses.

RESULTS

Nationally, in 2018, 31.9% of chlamydia and 22.1% of gonorrhea diagnoses had missing race/ethnicity information. Missingness differed by infection type but not by sex at birth. Missing race/ethnicity information varied widely across states and time (range across state-years: from 0.0% to 96.2%). The RR remained similar in the imputation scenarios, although the RD differed nationally and in some states.

CONCLUSIONS

We found that missing race/ethnicity information impacts measured disparities, which is important to consider when interpreting disparity metrics. Addressing missing information in surveillance systems requires systems-level solutions such as collecting more complete lab data, improved linkage of data systems, and designing more efficient data collection procedures. As a short-term solution, local public health agencies can adapt these imputation scenarios to their aggregate data to adjust surveillance data for use in population indicators of health equity.
Effectiveness of the Lilly Connected Care Program in Improving Glycemic Management Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in China: Retrospective Real-world Study (Preprint)
Authors: Su Benli , Chen Yu , Shen Xingping , Guo Jianchao , Ding Yuchen , Ma Xiao , Yang Yuxin , Liu Dongfang
Published: April 2022

BACKGROUND

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a worldwide public health concern. Mobile health management platforms could be a potential way to achieve effective glycemic control.

OBJECTIVE

This study aimed to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of the Lilly Connected Care Program (LCCP) platform in glycemic control among patients with T2DM in China.

METHODS

This retrospective study included Chinese patients with T2DM (aged ≥18 years) from April 1, 2017, to January 31, 2020, for the LCCP group and from January 1, 2015, to January 31, 2020, for the non-LCCP group. Propensity score matching was used to match the LCCP and non-LCCP groups to reduce confounding, with covariates including age, sex, the duration of diabetes, baseline hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and the number of oral antidiabetic medication classes. HbA1c reduction over 4 months, the proportions of patients achieving an HbA1c reduction of ≥0.5% or ≥1%, and the proportions of patients reaching to target HbA1c level of ≤6.5% or <7% were compared between the LCCP and non-LCCP groups. Multivariate linear regression was used to assess factors associated with HbA1c reduction.

RESULTS

A total of 923 patients were included, among whom 303 pairs of patients were well matched after propensity score matching. HbA1c reduction during the 4-month follow-up was significantly larger in the LCCP group than the non-LCCP group (mean 2.21%, SD 2.37% vs mean 1.65%, SD 2.29%; P=.003). The LCCP group had a higher proportion of patients with an HbA1c reduction of ≥1% (209/303, 69% vs 174/303, 57.4%; P=.003) and ≥0.5% (229/303, 75.6% vs 206/303, 68%; P=.04). The proportions of patients reaching the target HbA1c level of ≤6.5% were significantly different between the LCCP and non-LCCP groups (88/303, 29% vs 61/303, 20.1%; P=.01), whereas the difference in the proportions of patients reaching the target HbA1c level of <7% was not statistically significant (LCCP vs non-LCCP: 128/303, 42.2% vs 109/303, 36%; P=.11). LCCP participation and higher baseline HbA1c were associated with a larger HbA1c reduction, whereas older age, longer diabetes duration, and higher baseline dose of premixed insulin analogue were associated with a smaller HbA1c reduction.

CONCLUSIONS

The LCCP mobile platform was effective in glycemic control among patients with T2DM in China in the real world.
The Nigerian Petroleum Industry Act, Frontier Basins Exploration and the Global Energy Transition
Authors: Obaje Nuhu George , Adamu Abu Kasim , Bomai Abdullahi , Zanna Mukhtar , Adeoye James , Yusuf Ishaq , Dauda Richard , Musa Faisal , Adamu Suleiman , Adamu Lukman Musa
Published: April 2022

The Nigerian Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) passed into Law in 2021 has the major goal to reform the Nigerian petroleum sector operations into policy, regulations and business (commercial). In the line of this, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was transformed to NNPC Ltd to operate entirely commercially with a supervising Board and registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission. Such a commercial mandate will entail the need to explore and produce more oil and gas for export and domestic utilization. Oil is becoming less attractive as an energy source but gas is gaining momentum as a clean energy source in the global energy transition road-map. The global energy transition road-map is drawn around clean, alternative and renewable energies. The Nigerian frontier basins have recently come on board as new business opportunities with huge petroleum gas resources. These frontier basins comprise the Anambra, Benue, Bida, Chad (Nigerian sector), Dahomey, and Sokoto Basins as well as the Deep and Ultra-deep offshore. Maturing these basins through data generation and production of the gas resources therein will promote the nation’s gas utilization and gas expansion programmes meant to promote industrialization and huge employment generation, grow the economy and engender positive social transformation. The clause in the PIA that promotes frontier exploration is well-thought out. Available and required geological data needed to mature the frontier basins to producing basins are presented in this paper. The success made in Kolmani River-2 well discovery is a case study.
Review of on “Metaphoric Criticism” in “Rhetorical Criticism: Exploration and Practice” by Sonja K. Fo
Authors: Chen Shuaiqi
Published: April 2022

This review critically presents the “Metaphoric Criticism” in “Rhetorical Criticism: Exploration and Practice” and tries to discuss the purposes of metaphor which is persuasive in people’s lives. In a conclusion, Conceptual metaphor is a powerful cognitive tool, as well as “Metaphoric Criticism” is not just a book for research, but a learning guide.
NUŽNOST ODSUDNE KONTRAOBAVEŠTAJNE ZAŠTITE VITALNIH DRŽAVNIH VREDNOSTI
Authors: Azdejkovic Milos
Published: April 2022

Nepoverenje između država, između ostalog, odražava neprekidnu sukobljenost tajne (nevidljive) obaveštajne (saznati tuđe tajne) i kontraobaveštajne (zaštititi sopstvene tajne) delatnosti između mnogih država. Ukoliko određena država ne uspeva da zaštiti vlastite tajne, rizikuje raznovrsno ugrožavanje sopstvenih vitalnih vrednosti, svog opstanka i održivog razvoja. Stoga, svaka država nastoji da beskompromisno štiti i zaštiti sopstvene tajne od spoljašnih i unutrašnjih nosilaca obaveštajne delatnosti. Ostvarivanje tog složenog i veoma značajnog nacionalnog cilja, skromno je istraženo, opisano, objašnjeno i prikazano u ovom radu.
KONTRAOBAVEŠTAJNA DELATNOST U FUNKCIJI SUZBIJANJA ORGANIZOVANOG KRIMINALA
Authors: Lakicevic Milos
Published: April 2022

Svaka država preduzima raznovrsne ofanzivno-odbrambene mere i aktivnosti radi suzbijanja oružanih i neoružanih ugrožavajućih delatnosti usmerenih protiv njenih nacionalnih vrednosti. Njena uspešnost u tom planu u velikoj meri zavisi od kvalitetne procene ciljeva nosilaca ugrožavajućih delatnosti i mogućnosti da ih ostvare, a pod tim se podrazumeva moguće prouzrokovanje štete nacionalnim vrednostima. Svrha kontraobaveštajne delatnosti je da optimalno doprinese adekvatnom procenjivanju ciljeva i mogućnosti nosilaca ugrožavajućih delatnosti. Efikasnost kontraobaveštajne delatnosti države je posebno značajna u pogledu suzbijanja najopasnijih vrsta ugrožavajućih delatnosti, a organizovani kriminal spada u tu grupu. U radu su razmotreni osnovni aspekti kontraobaveštajne delatnosti u suzbijanju organizovanog kriminala. Zapravo, opisana je i objašnjena njena svojevrsna „prvoešelonska“ uloga u prepoznavanju i dešifrovanju organizovane kriminalne pretnje državi, kao važan preduslov njenog efikasnog otklanjanja.
Violencia política en razón de género: experiencias regionales en México
Authors: Ponce Quitzamán Julio César ,   FES Aragón, López Hernández Georgina Yemara , Quiñonez León Efraín , Sánchez Pérez Maricarmen , Osorno Xochipa Juana
Published: April 2022

Este libro permite estudiar la violencia política contra las mujeres en razón de género, desde una perspectiva interseccional, con énfasis en el análisis de la dimensión local (estatal y subnacional). Asimismo, reflexiona sobre formas específicas de violencia, sus implicaciones y la manera en que esta se materializa para el caso mexicano. Una de las propuestas centrales es la elaboración -sistemática y actualizada- de diagnósticos regionales o locales que orienten la construcción de canales políticos encaminados a las transformaciones de la cultura política, logrando con ello que las mujeres logren vivir una vida libre de violencia e igualdad sustantiva.
El artista demiúrgico. Creación de vida autónoma: de las estatuas animadas a los autómatas, homúnculos y replicantes
Authors: Ferrer Ventosa Roger
Published: April 2022

Las siguientes páginas proponen reflexionar sobre una de las condiciones del artista más valoradas por corrientes filosóficas como la neoplatónica y la hermética: su potencia demiúrgica para crear vida artificial en la obra. Por ello, se profundiza en esa idea de artista como émulo del demiurgo platónico-hermético, un ser capaz de alumbrar universos. El artista hermético, con su mente divina y potencia creativa, goza del poder de creación universal; no obstante, esa capacidad evidencia fallos, el talento genera un monstruo de Frankenstein que personifica la gloria y la miseria humana. La criatura de la novela ocupará un lugar importante en la explicación (lo trágico inherente a ese empeño), igual que los autómatas (plasmación de la vida artificial entendida como conjunto de mecanismos), el gólem, el homúnculo alquímico en su matraz, los replicantes (personificación del ser en la era de la tecnocracia) y otros seres artificiales parecidos.
La neuroestética. Investigaciones de la neurociencia cognitiva sobre la percepción de las artes visuales
Authors: Quiroga Perla Carrillo
Published: April 2022

La neuroestética, también llamada estética experimental, propone el estudio de los mecanismos neurales que subyacen a la percepción estética de las artes, desde la perspectiva de la neurociencia cognitiva. La neurobiología de la experiencia estética es un campo de estudio en crecimiento. Este artículo hace una revisión de las principales aportaciones que conforman el campo de la neuroestética, el concepto de estética que fundamenta esta área de estudio, así como los modelos teóricos prominentes, como el enfoque de la estética evolutiva, y repasa posibles aportaciones al estudio del arte contemporáneo. Se propone la conceptualización de la experiencia estética como una habilidad primordial humana, no exclusiva a las artes; un proceso perceptual corporizado, intersubjetivo y con significado cultural, basado en mecanismos afectivos y hedónicos neurobiológicos, arraigados en la conexión cerebro-cuerpo.
Una descripción iconográfica inédita del siglo XVIII, a propósito del retablo mayor del monasterio de San Jerónimo de Granada
Authors: Cruz Cabrera José Policarpo
Published: April 2022

El presente trabajo se centra en el estudio y edición de una anónima descripción de finales del siglo XVIII, sobre la estructura e imágenes del retablo mayor del monasterio de San Jerónimo de Granada, una de las obras emblemáticas de la escultura andaluza en el paso del Renacimiento al barroco. El documento mencionado se relaciona con la publicación en 1800 del Diccionario de artistas de Ceán Bermúdez, ya que se utilizó como fuente de información al respecto, a solicitud del pintor granadino Fernando Marín Chaves, director de la Escuela de las Nobles Artes de Granada y miembro de la Real Academia de San Fernando. También se comentan unas breves notas inéditas del mismo autor anónimo, fraile de aquel monasterio, sobre los autores del retablo.
A Research Paper on Fast Toll System
Authors: Roy Soumyajit , Savant Dr. Preeti
Published: April 2022

Abstract: FAST TOLL is a project that will make traveling through toll gates a lot faster and more secure. This system is more secure as compared to the current system, that is, the Fastag. The Fastag uses an RFID tag to pay at the tollgate. But there is a chance that the RFID tag may get stolen or get damaged and also anyone can use another’s RFID tag to pay at the tollgate. So to overcome this I have proposed the idea of FAST TOLL. The FAST TOLL system will use image recognition to extract the vehicle’s number and check whether the vehicle is registered in their database, if it is registered then the user will get a payment link on the website when they login to their account. Through that link, the user can pay the fee of using the toll gate at any time. This system will also send the details for the payment that is for which tollgate the user is paying the fee. This will help the user if their car gets stolen. Because the user will get to know through which tollgate their stolen vehicle has passed and it will help the police to narrow down their search. Keywords: FastToll, FastTag, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification).
Computer Vision based Surveillance System
Authors: Farhat Mrs. Naziya , Nasiruddin Mohammad
Published: April 2022

Abstract: Automated surveillance systems are surveillance systems that employ cameras to monitor the area. The observed setting is analyzed using motion detection, crowd behavior, individual behavior, and interactions between people, crowds, and their surroundings. These automated systems are capable of a wide range of tasks, including detection, interpretation, understanding, recording, and alert creation based on the results of the study. Researchers have been able to increase monitoring performance while limiting human errors by changing various features of these systems. This research looks into video surveillance systems and the components that go with them in depth. The designs that were used, as well as the most important studies in these systems, are presented. Existing surveillance systems were compared in terms of to provide a wider picture and a more holistic understanding of the system.
Design and Fabrication of PET Filament Making Machine
Authors: Dhopte Prof. Vikrant , Khapre Pranay , Bhagat Onkar , Warhokar Himanshu
Published: April 2022

Abstract: 3D printing is a form of additive manufacturing technology where a 3D object is created by laying down successive layers of material. It is mechanized method whereby 3D objects are quickly made on a reasonably sized machine connected to a computer containing blueprints for the object. As 3D printing is growing fast and giving a boost to product development, the factories doing 3D printing need to continuously meet the printing requirements and maintain an adequate amount of inventory of the filament. As the manufactures have to buy these filaments from various vendors, the cost of 3D printing increases. To overcome the problem faced by the manufacturers, small workshop owners, the need of 3D filament making machine arises. This project focuses on designing and fabricating a portable fused deposition 3D printer filament making machine with cheap and easily available components to draw 2 mm diameter ABS filament. Keywords: 3D printing, filament, recycling, PET bottles, machine