bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A cluster-randomized controlled trial of a nurse-led artificial intelligence assisted prevention and management for delirium (AI-AntiDelirium) on delirium in intensive care unit: Study protocol
Authors: Zhang Shan , Cui Wei , Ding Shu , Li Xiangyu , Zhang Xi-Wei , Wu Ying
Published: February 2024

Background

Delirium is a common complication among intensive care unit (ICU) patients that is linked to negative clinical outcomes. However, adherence to the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU (PADIS guidelines), which recommend the use of the ABCDEF bundle, is sub-optimal in routine clinical care. To address this issue, AI-AntiDelirium, a nurse-led artificial intelligence-assisted prevention and management tool for delirium, was developed by our research team. Our pilot study yielded positive findings regarding the use of AI-AntiDelirium in preventing patient ICU delirium and improving activities of daily living and increasing intervention adherence by health care staff.

Methods

The proposed large-scale pragmatic, open-label, parallel-group, cluster randomized controlled study will assess the impact of AI-AntiDelirium on the incidence of ICU delirium and delirium-related outcomes. Six ICUs in two tertiary hospitals in China will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to an AI-AntiDelirium or a PADIS guidelines group. A target sample size of 1,452 ICU patients aged 50 years and older treated in the ICU for at least 24 hours will be included. The primary outcome evaluated will be the incidence of ICU delirium and the secondary outcomes will be the duration of ICU delirium, length of ICU and hospital stay, ICU and in-hospital mortality rates, patient cognitive function, patient activities of daily living, and ICU nurse adherence to the ABCDEF bundle.

Discussion

If this large-scale trial provides evidence of the effectiveness of AI-AntiDelirium, an artificial intelligence-assisted system tool, in decreasing the incidence of ICU delirium, length of ICU and hospital stay, ICU and in-hospital mortality rates, patient cognitive function, and patient activities of daily living while increasing ICU nurse adherence to the ABCDEF bundle, it will have a profound impact on the management of ICU delirium in both research and clinical practice.

Clinical trial registration

ChiCTR1900023711 (Chinese Clinical Trial Registry).
The signaling role of feedback in the repeated public goods game: Experimental evidence from the laboratory
Authors: Liu Chi-Hsiang , Tsai Shih-Feng , Chen Ting-Cih , Cheng Hsiu-Wen
Published: February 2024

This paper empirically examines the signaling role of feedback in the repeated public goods game. To eliminate the potential impact of feedback’s informative function, we test whether the provision of detailed yet redundant feedback leads to increased contributions. Our findings demonstrate that redundant information significantly promotes contributions. Given the equal informative power in both treatments, the observed increase in contributions can be attributed to the signaling effect. Furthermore, an examination of cooperative disposition heterogeneity reveals that conditional cooperators primarily utilize feedback for its informative function, while free riders primarily exploit it for its signaling function. These results offer empirical evidence of the signaling function of feedback and offer valuable insights into the design of feedback provision in repeated public goods settings.
Deep learning segmentation and registration-driven lung parenchymal volume and movement CT analysis in prone positioning
Authors: Park Hyungin , Yoon Soon Ho
Published: February 2024

Purpose

To conduct a volumetric and movement analysis of lung parenchyma in prone positioning using deep neural networks (DNNs).

Method

We included patients with suspected interstitial lung abnormalities or disease who underwent full-inspiratory supine and prone chest CT at a single institution between June 2021 and March 2022. A thoracic radiologist visually assessed the fibrosis extent in the total lung (using units of 10%) on supine CT. After preprocessing the images into 192×192×192 resolution, a DNN automatically segmented the whole lung and pulmonary lobes in prone and supine CT images. Affine registration matched the patient’s center and location, and the DNN deformably registered prone and supine CT images to calculate the x-, y-, z-axis, and 3D pixel movements.

Results

In total, 108 CT pairs had successful registration. Prone positioning significantly increased the left lower (90.2±69.5 mL, P = 0.000) and right lower lobar volumes (52.5±74.2 mL, P = 0.000). During deformable registration, the average maximum whole-lung pixel movements between the two positions were 1.5, 1.9, 1.6, and 2.8 cm in each axis and 3D plane. Compared to patients with <30% fibrosis, those with ≥30% fibrosis had smaller volume changes (P<0.001) and smaller pixel movements in all axes between the positions (P = 0.000–0.007). Forced vital capacity (FVC) correlated with the left lower lobar volume increase (Spearman correlation coefficient, 0.238) and the maximum whole-lung pixel movements in all axes (coefficients, 0.311 to 0.357).

Conclusions

Prone positioning led to the preferential expansion of the lower lobes, correlated with FVC, and lung fibrosis limited lung expansion during prone positioning.
Distillation of essential oils: An innovative technological approach focused on productivity, quality and sustainability
Authors: Machado Carlos Alberto Tosta , Hodel Katharine Valéria Saraiva , Lepikson Herman Augusto , Machado Bruna Aparecida Souza
Published: February 2024

Essential oil (EO) distillation units, which are commonly installed on farms, have difficultly accessing knowledge centers. The apparent simplicity of the process hides unwanted losses and deviations that go undetected and, therefore, not corrected. This article proposes improvements to the process that are based on “4.0” technologies in order to detect and correct two important deficiencies, with an impact on the yield, quality and environmental performance. The first deficiency comprises the steam channels that are formed through green mass (channeling), are well known and are considered normal by EO producers. Without detection and correction, this negatively affects the extraction results. The second is the lack of technology that is able to automatically determine the extraction endpoint. Smart sensing, control, self-configuration and the dynamic determination of improved process parameters make up a set of actions undertaken by a smart extraction plant (50-liter capacity). Nineteen experiments using lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) exhibited remarkable 24% and 10% improvements in the yield and quality, respectively. Energy consumption and a more than 50% reduction in the processing complete the set of results achieved. In addition to manufacturing costs and the utilization of capacity, better sustainability indicators are positive consequences of this technological updating.
International and domestic university students’ mental health over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: Comparison between 2020, 2021, and 2022
Authors: Prado Aneliana da Silva , Baldofski Sabrina , Kohls Elisabeth , Rummel-Kluge Christine
Published: February 2024

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic affected university students’ mental health worldwide. International students were presenting high levels of stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms before the pandemic. This study aimed to investigate (i) differences between various timepoints of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, 2021, and 2022) in mental health outcomes and social and emotional aspects in domestic and international students, separately, (ii) differences between international and domestic students between the three timepoints on mental health outcomes and social and emotional aspects, and (iii) possible moderation effects of timepoints on mental health outcomes and social and emotional aspects of domestic and international students.

Material and methods

Data from three cross-sectional anonymous online surveys conducted in German universities were analyzed and compared. Data were collected in 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively, with a total N = 14,498. Depressive symptoms, hazardous alcohol use, social support, self-efficacy, resilience, perceived stress, and loneliness were assessed through standardized self-report instruments. Differences between domestic and international students in mental health outcomes, and social and emotional aspects across three timepoints were assessed with one-way and two-way ANCOVAs.

Results

Regardless of the timepoint, international students presented more depressive symptoms and perceived stress, lower perceived social support and resilience, but higher levels of self-efficacy and less alcohol consumption compared to domestic students. A significant interaction effect between timepoint and student status emerged only for loneliness.

Conclusions

International students generally presented poorer mental health outcomes than domestic students. Mental health care and prevention such as low-threshold, online counseling should address university students, especially international students.
En plein air: Light, space and fashion in Filippo de Pisis’s aesthetics
Authors: Vaccari Alessandra
Published: February 2024

This article addresses the concept of en plein air regarding men’s fashion in early twentieth-century Italy. The act of painting outdoors has been addressed at length in the field of art history as one of the most radical practices of nineteenth-century avantgardes. It focused on the changing appearance of light and weather conditions, as in the case of the renowned French Impressionist painters, who often represented women and their clothing in the natural environment. However, en plein air can also provide an opportunity to reframe men’s fashion in its relationship with the environment. The Italian painter and dandy Filippo de Pisis (1896–56) relied on en plein air to constitute his peculiar vision of ‘pictorial elegance’, connecting painting skills with the experience of wearing clothes in open spaces, for instance, during a stroll in the Mediterranean sunshine. This article analyses de Pisis’s artworks and writings on male elegance and its pictorial qualities, aiming to explore the under-investigated invisibility of men’s fashion in the early twentieth century. By doing so, it challenges the misogyny of the antifashion rhetoric of Modernist aesthetics. The case of de Pisis is particularly interesting in this regard because it provides an illuminating pictorial and textual affective interpretation of the interdependences between men’s bodies, the colours and fabrics of their clothes and the qualities of the open-air environment in which they were experienced. This contribution intends to shed light on the concept of ‘pictorial elegance’ that was for de Pisis a queer, destabilizing and poetic transfiguration of masculinity in the context of European Modernism.
Experimental Filmmaking and Punk: Feminist Audio Visual Culture in the 1970s and 1980s, Rachel Garfield (2022)
Authors: Buszek Maria Elena
Published: February 2024

Review of: Experimental Filmmaking and Punk: Feminist Audio Visual Culture in the 1970s and 1980s, Rachel Garfield (2022)

London: Bloomsbury Academic, 274 pp.,

ISBN 978-1-78831-399-5, h/bk, £75

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Expandir as ciências sociais, reinventar o cânone
Authors: Oliveira Amurabi
Published: February 2024

Resenha do livro
CASTRO, Celso (Org.). Além do Cânone:  para ampliar e diversificar as ciências sociais, Rio de Janeiro: FGV Editora, 2022.
Cultura de consumo e capitalismo
Authors: Farias Edson Silva , Gontyjo do Couto Bruno
Published: February 2024

Os objetivos deste exercício de análise de teoria se concentram em focalizar um conjunto de textos britânicos na sociologia da cultura que, entre as décadas de 1980 e 2000, esteve dirigido ao problema acerca da relação entre cultura de consumo e economia capitalista. Tratam-se de intervenções analíticas e interpretativas ocorridas no escopo de um debate mais abrangente, deflagrado em torno dos desdobramentos da modernidade entretidas no contexto “pós- -industrial”. No limite, importa refletir o quanto esse corpus, no movimento de nomear e qualificar fenômenos sócio-históricos, à época emergentes, enquadrou uma empiricidade. Com isso, consagrou-se parte do arquivo que, a um só tempo, se atualiza e confere consistência discursiva em posteriores investidas analíticas e interpretativas que focalizam o nexo simbolização e capitalismo.
humanismo pessimista de Schopenhauer
Authors: Silveira José Renato Ferraz da
Published: February 2024

A História da Filosofia Ocidental é marcada por um caleidoscópio de pensadores. Alguns permanecem e outros são esquecidos. Estrelas que cintilam e outras que se apagam. As ideias dos grandes autores atravessam milênios, séculos, décadas e anos. Entendemos que Schopenhauer figura entre os principais filósofos por (re) interpretar principalmente - Platão (Ideias) e Kant (Coisa-em-si) - e criar a sua própria obra – original, rica, provocadora e inquisitiva - a partir da união entre pessimismo e humanidade, vontade e representação, dor e sofrimento, resignação e ascetismo. Como diz Thomas Mann, o pessimismo de Schopenhauer é a sua humanidade. O presente ensaio – que se lhe impõe e isto o justifica - explora o humanismo pessimista de Schopenhauer.
Jewish Places: Die bundesweite Website zu jüdischer Lokalgeschichte
Authors: Studniberg David
Published: February 2024

Die Website www.jewish-places.de ermöglicht seit 2018 allen interessierten Nutzer:innen die aktive Teilnahme an der Zusammenführung des Wissens zu jüdischer Lokal- und Regionalgeschichte. Aufbau und Inhalt der interaktiven Karte, sowie die Fragegestellung, was ein jüdischer Ort ist, werden dabei näher erläutert. Ebenso wird der Citizen-Science-Ansatz vorgestellt, und auf dessen Vorteile eingegangen, die er für die Wissenschaft und die Zivilgesellschaft bereithält. Neben einer kurzen Einführung in die Nutzungsweise der kooperativen Plattform, werden einige Beispiele aus der Praxis näher beleuchtet. Am Ende des Beitrags werden Schlussfolgerungen zur Wirkungsweise durch die Arbeit mit Jewish Places präsentiert und ein Ausblick gegeben.
Dialog als Denkfigur
Authors: Weise Marten
Published: February 2024

Der Dialog ist für die einen das Versprechen gelingender Kommunikation, für die anderen ein überholtes Ideal. Marten Weise zeigt in einer interdisziplinär angelegten Studie, dass sich die Lücke zwischen Lobpreisungen und Abgesängen schließen lässt. Er setzt bei der Unmöglichkeit des Denkens »nach der Shoah« an und erkundet in exemplarischen Untersuchungen der europäischen Literatur-, Theater- und Theoriegeschichte die Spannungen und Widersprüche im Verhältnis zum »Anderen«, ohne die der Dialog nicht zu greifen ist. So macht er zwischenmenschliche, soziale und politische Vorgänge als prinzipiell unabschließbares Sprachgeschehen fassbar und eröffnet einen Spielraum für die Aushandlung und das Aushalten von Dissens und Differenz.
Bildung dekonstruieren
Authors: Wartmann Robert
Published: February 2024

Wie soll mit dem historischen Ballast der Bildungsphilosophie und ihren Wiederholungszwängen umgegangen werden? Robert Wartmann leistet eine Dekonstruktion kritischen Bildungsdenkens und bringt verschiedene Ansätze im Anschluss an den Poststrukturalismus miteinander in den Dialog. Mit Bezug auf Nationalismuskritik, Subjektdezentrierung und Repräsentationskrise nimmt er drei Irritationsmomente der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts als Ausgangspunkt, um bestehende bildungstheoretische Einsätze fortzuschreiben - und sorgt so für eine Verschiebung des kritischen Bildungsdenkens.
A TEMÁTICA DA DROGA NAS PRODUÇÕES CIENTÍFICAS DE UMA INSTITUIÇÃO DE ENSINO SUPERIOR EM ENFERMAGEM
Authors: Jesus Marília Emanuela Ferreira de , Oliveira Jeane Freitas de , Paiva Mirian Santos , Porcino Carle , Suto Cleuma Sueli Santos , Barros Dejeane de Oliveira Silva , Couto Pablo Luiz Santos , Rebouças Sara Cristina Lima , Morais Andréia Vanessa Carneiro de , Oliveira Michele Mandagará de , Batista Ana Carolaine de Souza
Published: February 2024

Objetivo: identificar como a temática da droga tem sido abordada em produções científicas de uma Instituição de Ensino Superior. Método: estudo documental, de abordagem qualitativa. Foram documentos de análise 27 produções científicas da graduação e pós-graduação. O corpus foi processado no software Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires e conformou a Classificação Hierárquica Descendente. Resultados: nas produções foram identificadas duas abordagens: privilégio das substâncias e processos patológicos decorrentes do consumo e o despreparo dos profissionais para lidar com as demandas da pessoa que faz uso problemático de droga. Conclusão: a influência do modelo biomédico na formação em saúde, ainda propõe foco nas substâncias e nas consequências do uso abusivo em detrimento da pessoa usuária. Para tanto, se sugere, o desenvolvimento de discussões referentes ao tema em cursos de graduação, e pós-graduação, bem como na capacitação profissional nos serviços de saúde.
Gobernabilidad local en el Caribe colombiano: logros y desafíos de la administración territorial
Authors: Tuirán Sarmiento Ángel Alberto , Olano Mendoza Egler Zoeys , Mercado Ramos Alberto Mario , Naranjo Cortés Ana María
Published: February 2024

Los municipios son las entidades territoriales fundamentales para la construcción de legitimidad estatal. Sus múltiples funciones acercan las instituciones políticas al ciudadano, validan el orden social y político, y reconocen la autoridad de los mandatarios y las organizaciones públicas del país. En ese sentido, el Observatorio de Gobernabilidad Local se fijó como objetivo construir un indicador para dar cuenta de los niveles de gobernabilidad local. En este libro se presentan los resultados de la medición de las condiciones de gobernabilidad de los 196 municipios del Caribe colombiano, teniendo como referencia el periodo de gestión de las administraciones locales 2015-2019.
Editorial No. 40
Authors: Arias María Alejandra , Rosado Nayibe
Published: February 2024

Nos complace presentarles el número 40 de nuestra revista Zona Próxima, una edición que contiene un monográfico que destaca la importancia de la escritura académica y su papel fundamental en la formación de posgrado en Latinoamérica. Con la expansión de la educación superior y la investigación en la región, la escritura en investigación en posgrado ha empezado a ganar más espacio en la discusión de la formación académica. En un mundo académico en constante evolución, es esencial que los estudiantes de maestría y doctorado adquieran las habilidades necesarias para producir conocimiento de alta calidad y comunicarlo de manera efectiva. El monográfico, Escenarios latinoamericanos de escritura en investigación: acompañamiento en el posgrado, editado por Guadalupe Álvarez, Laura Colombo y Emilce Moreno, se enfoca en explorar estrategias de acompañamiento en la escritura de investigación en posgrado en el contexto latinoamericano, abordando diversas temáticas relacionadas con la revisión, la retroalimentación, los dispositivos de apoyo y la influencia de las tecnologías digitales en la escritura académica. A través de los artículos seleccionados, aspiramos a ofrecer una visión panorámica de las preguntas, perspectivas teóricas y desafíos de la investigación en este campo, contribuyendo así a la mejora de las prácticas de escritura en la investigación académica en la región.
Círculos de escritura y estrategias de regulación en tesistas de la Maestría en Educación de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia)
Authors: Bernal Ramirez Gloria Esperanza , Moreno Mosquera Emilce , Zarate Aranda Laura Liliana
Published: February 2024

La escritura académica presenta retos para los estudiantes de posgrado, al sumergirse en prácticas de producción y distribución del conocimiento propias de las disciplinas, de ahí la importancia de mediar el ingreso a estas culturas académicas. Precisamente, el círculo de escritura se constituye en el mecanismo para incorporar a los estudiantes de la maestría en educación en la dinámica de crítica y generación de conocimiento, al ser espacios de reflexión colaborativa centrados en la revisión conjunta de textos en el marco de su tesis. Este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar el desarrollo del círculo de escritura, explorar la formulación de comentarios sobre la redacción de tesis y la retroalimentación. Para ello, se desarrolló una metodología mixta, en la que se tuvieron en cuenta los resultados cuantitativos del inventario de escritura de Hilda Difabio (2012) para entender las estrategias que declaran usar los tesistas y confrontar estas con los comentarios y los avances de la tesis. Asimismo, se analiza la retroalimentación aportada en el círculo en algunos textos; este análisis se contrasta con el grupo de discusión final que da cuenta del impacto de la experiencia. Los hallazgos indican que al finalizar el círculo los estudiantes involucran una serie de estrategias autorregulatorias para asumir la escritura de la tesis y de ahí que se valore positivamente el trabajo colaborativo que incide en la calidad de los textos y en la confianza de los tesistas.
El desafío de la escritura académico-científica en estudiantes doctorales: estudio exploratorio de una evaluación diagnóstica
Authors: Gutiérrez Ríos Mirta Yolima , Moya Pardo Constanza
Published: February 2024

El presente artículo da a conocer los resultados de un estudio exploratorio enfocado a indagar las características de la evaluación diagnóstica de la escritura académico-científica en estudiantes de doctorado. Esta forma de caracterizar la escritura busca pensar con los profesionales que cursan carreras de posgrado en alternativas de participación en prácticas y comunidades de escritura que amplíen las oportunidades de interacción y potencien la identidad enunciativa. Sin duda, cultivar la cualidad de autor y exhibirla ante la comunidad científica supone esforzarse por dejar oír su voz en medio del concierto de voces que han legitimado su presencia con planteamientos y perspectivas canónicas. La muestra de estudio, elegida por conveniencia, estuvo conformada por 74 doctorandos en Educación y Sociedad de la Universidad de La Salle en Bogotá, Colombia, a partir de quienes respondieron una encuesta en línea y, posteriormente, 9 de ellos participaron voluntariamente en el análisis de los resultados mediante tres grupos focales.
El desarrollo de un enfoque crítico en la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera: creencias docentes
Authors: Atienza Cerezo Encarna , González Argüello M. Vicenta
Published: February 2024

Este artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación llevada a cabo en el contexto de la enseñanza de lenguas con el objetivo de aproximarse a las creencias que manejan los docentes sobre el concepto ‘crítico’, de dónde parten dichas creencias y cómo incorporan actividades que ayuden al desarrollo de dicho concepto en sus clases. Para alcanzar estos objetivos, se han recogido datos desde una perspectiva metodológica cualitativa, específicamente, se ha entrevistado a cuatro docentes en activo, con amplia formación y experiencia. Los resultados a los que se ha llegado indican la dificultad para definir el concepto objeto de estudio, así como la variedad de propuestas didácticas relacionadas con el intento de desarrollar el componente crítico en el aula de lenguas. Estos resultados están en consonancia con la diversidad de disciplinas teóricas que incorporan el concepto crítico, lo que dificulta una aproximación por parte de los docentes a dicho concepto con el fin de llevarlo coherentemente al aula en sus propuestas didácticas.
PERAMALAN HARGA BERAS PREMIUM BULANAN DI TINGKAT PENGGILINGAN MENGGUNAKAN FUZZY TIME SERIES MARKOV CHAIN
Authors: Sari Virgania , Hariyanto Sylvia Ayu
Published: February 2024

Rice is one of the crucial food commodities in Indonesia whose price fluctuates every year. Forecasting is the science of predicting an event in the future and predicting future conditions using historical data. One of the forecasting methods is the Fuzzy Time Series which is used to predict time series data that can be widely used on any real time data. This research used forecasting with the Fuzzy Time Series Markov Chain method because this method provides a good accuracy value. The historical data used is monthly data on the average price of premium rice at the Indonesian mill level for the period January 2014-July 2022 then divided into training data and testing data. The error rate used is MAPE and the results of calculations with Fuzzy Time Series Markov Chain on data testing the period November 2020-July 2022 obtained a very good MAPE value of 0.81%. Forecasting results for the period August 2022 obtained the results of Rp. 9.627,99
METODE TRIPLE EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING HOLT-WINTER’S MULTIPLICATIVE DAN DEKOMPOSISI KLASIK MULTIPLIKATIF UNTUK PERAMALAN RATA-RATA KENAIKAN KONSENTRASI KARBON DIOKSIDA (CO2) GLOBAL
Authors: Ersita Vika , Wilandari Yuciana , Sugito Sugito
Published: February 2024

Global warming occurs due the high concentration of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) in the atmosphere, which is called the greenhouse effect. The highest greenhouse gas that causes global warming that is being piled up in the atmosphere due human activity is carbon dioxide. Data on the average increase in global carbon dioxide (C02) concentrations are assumed contain elements of trend and seasonality. Holt-Winter's Multiplicative Triple Exponential Smoothing Method and Multiplicative Classical Decomposition the best choices in predicting data that contains trend and seasonality elements. Forecasting data on the global average increase CO2 has the objective of predicting data for the next 12 periods. The data used is data on the global average increase  for the period January 2013 to December 2022. The prediction error measure used is MAPE (Mean Absolute Percentage Error). The results of the analysis on the Triple Exponential Smoothing Holt-Winter's Multiplicative method obtained a MAPE value of 0.09395%, indicating very good prediction category, while the results of the analysis of the Multiplicative Classical Decomposition method had a MAPE value of 0.07021%, which means that it has very good category in do forecasting. Based on the MAPE value obtained, the best method is the Multiplicative Classical Decomposition method.
PERBANDINGAN ANALISIS SURVIVAL MENGGUNAKAN REGRESI COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARD DAN REGRESI WEIBULL PADA PASIEN COVID-19 DI RSUD TAMAN HUSADA BONTANG
Authors: Damayanti Sindi , Wuryandari Triastuti , Sudarno Sudarno
Published: February 2024

COVID-19 is brought on by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and transmitted to humans through animal. SARS-CoV-2 infection affects patient's metabolism and causes hyperinflammatory. This condition affects individuals with risk factors such as age, gender, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), obesity, and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). One approach to figuring out the association between the time of an occurrence and the independent factors is the Cox Proportional Hazard Regression. The Cox PH regression is a semiparametric model because it doesn’t require a specific distribution test. There is a parametric model used in modeling and analyzing failure time data, namely Weibull regression. The case study is patients with COVID-19 at Taman Husada Bontang Regional Public Hospital who underwent hospitalization from August 2021 to September 2021 data. Based on the Cox PH Regression and Weibull Regression models, variables that affect the survival time of COVID-19 patients are heart disease and ARDS. The AIC value obtained using the Cox Proportional Hazard regression is 635.6149, this value is smaller than the Weibull regression which is 745.5509 so the use of survival analysis with the Cox Proportional Hazard regression is better than the Weibull regression in this case.
The impact of selenium yeast and vitamin E in blood profile and egg production of laying hens at the end of egg production period
Authors: Ismoyowati I. , Rosidi R. , Hidayat N. , Yakubu M. A.
Published: February 2024

This study investigated the effects of selenium yeast and vitamin E supplementation on hematological parameters, egg production, and quality in laying hens aged beyond 94 weeks. The experiment adhered to ethical regulations and employed a Completely Randomized Design Dietary treatments included a basal diet (T0), or a basal diet supplemented with 0.450 mg selenium yeast and 100 mg vitamin E (T1), 0.675 mg selenium yeast and 100 mg vitamin E (T2), 0.450 mg selenium yeast and 200 mg vitamin E (T3), 0.675 mg selenium yeast and 200 mg vitamin E per kg diet (T4). There were 125 hens divided in five treatments and five replicates that contained five hens per replicate. Hematological parameters, egg production, and egg quality were determined. The T4 treatment reduced red blood cell counts (P<0.05), potentially impacting erythropoiesis. The T3 treatment increased lymphocyte content and decreased heterophil/lymphocyte ratio (P<0.05), which concurs with an increase in egg weight, egg mass, and Haugh Unit, and decreased feed conversion ratio (P<0.05). Thus, this study demonstrated that incorporating these supplements with the specified dosage (0.450 mg selenium yeast and 200 mg vitamin E per kg diet) in aged laying hens can enhance productivity and egg quality at the end of the production cycle.
Zamyšlení nad judikaturou dovozenými kritérii skryté daňové kontroly
Authors: Čepelák Václav
Published: February 2024

The article deals with the effort to identify and define the judicial criteria for the extensive search activity of the tax administrator (known in jurisprudence as “hidden tax audit”). The author analyses the available jurisprudence of administrative courts and comes to the conclusion that the jurisprudence sufficiently described the solved cases, but they were usually very excessive in their factual basis, and therefore the assessment of less extreme cases may be problematic in the future. Even the partial criteria introduced by jurisprudence cannot be successfully applied in general for these cases, as a comprehensive assessment is always required and the weight of individual criteria has not always been assessed equally by the court. The author takes a closer look at the criterion of “evaluation of evidence”, or “evaluation of the documents”, where he points to contradictory conclusions of jurisprudence and ambiguities in relation to practical application. Despite this, he sees a certain potential in this criterion, but not in the form in which it has been grasped by the courts so far.
Anna Świrszczyńska – poetka terapeutyczna?
Authors: Krall Anna
Published: February 2024

Artykuł przedstawia nowe spojrzenie na twórczość Anny Świrszczyńskiej. Proponuje reinterpretację liryków poetki za pomocą kategorii traumy i pamięci, obecnych w nowej humanistyce. Udowadnia, że poezja Świrszczyńskiej ma wymiar terapeutyczny, jest jednocześnie autoterapią oraz próbą przepracowania kobiecych, pokoleniowych i tożsamościowych traum.
Optimization of magnetic properties of MnFe2O4 by modulating molarity of NaOH as precipitating agent
Authors: Gulati Sudha , Gokhale Shubha , Luthra Vandna
Published: February 2024

MnFe2O4 nanoparticles were synthesized using the co-precipitation method with a wide range of molar concentrations of sodium hydroxide 0.76 M−3.0 M. X-ray diffraction, field effect scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and vibrating sample magne-tometry were employed to characterise the structural, morphological, and magnetic characteristics of nanoparticles. Field effect scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy images show that the particles were spherical in shape for all the samples except for sample prepared at a molar concentration of 1.3 M. Particle shape was found to depend on the molar concentration of NaOH. The hysteresis loops of the samples possessed a very small area and low coercivity. The crystallite size (cs), saturation magnetisation, coercivity, retentivity, squareness ratio and anisotropy constant were found to be dependent on the molar concentration on NaOH. M
S was noted to be at a maximum of 64.4 emu g−1 at a molar concentration of 1.3 M. The ratio t/cs (where t is the thickness of the dead layer) was calculated to account for the variation in M
S. H
C was found to be maximum of ∼52 Oe at molar concentrations between 1.0 M and 2.0 M. M
r and M
r/M
S were found to be a maximum of 8.95 emu g−1 and 0.15, respectively, for the molar concentration of 2.0 M.
Platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase is associated with cardiac valvular calcification in dialysis patients
Authors: Bolat Serkan , Fidancı Vildan , Elçik Deniz , Kavraz Tomar Özdem , Murat Sani Namık , Duranay Murat , Yücel Doğan
Published: February 2024

Objectives

The cardiovascular mortality risk is greatly increased in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially in dialysis patients, due to atherosclerosis. Platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) is an enzyme that hydrolyzes platelet activating factor (PAF). Valvular calcifications and PAF-AH are associated with atherosclerosis. However, little is known about the status of PAF-AH activity and valvular calcification in dialysis patients. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the status of these parameters in CKD patients.

Methods

This study included 92 chronic renal failure (CRF) (dialysis group), and 86 CKD patients (non-dialysis group). Echocardiography was performed to assess valvular calcification.

Results

There was no significant difference between the dialysis and CKD groups in terms of PAF-AH activities. However, when comparisons were stratified according to the presence of valve calcification, higher PAF-AH activity and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels were evident in patients with calcification compared to those without. Additionally, the CRF group also exhibited elevated PAF-AH and NT-proBNP levels. While elevated NT-proBNP persisted in the CKD group, in contrast, changes in PAF-AH were not significant.

Conclusions

The results of this study suggest that high PAF-AH and NT-proBNP levels are associated with valvular calcification in dialysis patients. Both biomarkers may be used as a risk factor for calcification. Furthermore, inhibition of PAF-AH activity may be a treatment target to reduce calcification.
Small Specimen Test Techniques: 5th Volume
Authors: Sokolov Mikhail A.
Published: February 2024

Description

Sixteen peer-reviewed papers provide a global review of the latest research in small volume specimen testing. These papers cover:

• Specimen Size Limitations in J-R Curve Testing

• Fracture Toughness Evaluation

• Application of Subsize Specimens for Re-Irradiation Embrittlement Monitoring of First Generation VVER-440 RPV Steels

• Use of KLST-type Miniature Charpy Specimens

• Small Punch Test

• And much more!
UTILIZAÇÃO DA IMPRESSORA 3D PARA CRIAÇÃO DE PROTÓTIPOS DE TESTES EM ENGENHARIA
Authors: Bentes Flavio Maldonado , Santana Cardoso Walter Henrique , Lopes Junior Willians Sodré
Published: February 2024

O avanço da tecnologia vem trazendo diversas mudanças importantes para a sociedade seja para o uso doméstico ou para o ambiente de trabalho, mudanças essas que estão sendo significativas no cotidiano da população. Dito isso, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar a importância de um processo de teste através da utilização de softwares de modelagem e da impressora 3D, onde podemos criar protótipos de testes antes das peças entrarem na linha de produção. Podemos observar que no decorrer dos avanços da tecnologia, esse processo de prototipagem com a impressora 3D, tem mudado na indústria, através dos benefícios que esse processo de fabricação disponibiliza, tais como a agilidade e precisão na produção de peças de testes antes de entrar na linha de produção em larga escala, fazendo que tenha menos erros e mais acertos na fabricação, com isso permitindo a fabricação de diversas peças que atualmente ainda são feitas tradicionalmente.
Dopamine Receptor-Expressing Neurons Are Differently Distributed throughout Layers of the Motor Cortex to Control Dexterity
Authors: Cieslak Przemyslaw E. , Drabik Sylwia , Gugula Anna , Trenk Aleksandra , Gorkowska Martyna , Przybylska Kinga , Szumiec Lukasz , Kreiner Grzegorz , Rodriguez Parkitna Jan , Blasiak Anna
Published: February 2024

The motor cortex comprises the primary descending circuits for flexible control of voluntary movements and is critically involved in motor skill learning. Motor skill learning is impaired in patients with Parkinson's disease, but the precise mechanisms of motor control and skill learning are still not well understood. Here we have used transgenic mice, electrophysiology, in situ hybridization, and neural tract-tracing methods to target genetically defined cell types expressing D1 and D2 dopamine receptors in the motor cortex. We observed that putative D1 and D2 dopamine receptor-expressing neurons (D1+ and D2+, respectively) are organized in highly segregated, nonoverlapping populations. Moreover, based on ex vivo patch-clamp recordings, we showed that D1+ and D2+ cells have distinct morphological and electrophysiological properties. Finally, we observed that chemogenetic inhibition of D2+, but not D1+, neurons disrupts skilled forelimb reaching in adult mice. Overall, these results demonstrate that dopamine receptor-expressing cells in the motor cortex are highly segregated and play a specialized role in manual dexterity.
Strategies and Tips Toward Motivating Anatomy and Physiology Students
Authors: Jefferies Tanner , Mraz-Craig Jennifer , Darrington Kohlton , Forshee Lance
Published: February 2024

Many students find human anatomy and physiology courses difficult and there are specific ways instructors can help motivate students. Largely, how instructors phrase their words in class can have a huge impact. We present strategies and tips on how instructors can help motivate students in their courses by encouraging ownership of learning, study efficiency, and structuring their course for success.
Techniques for the treatment and reversion of tendon injuries in the ankle complex literature review
Authors: de Freitas Robson Emiliano José , de Freitas Jaqueline Gleice Aparecida , Vieira Carolina Pereira , Endres Daniela Cristina , Santos Gomes Esther de Oliveira , Azevedo Nora Fernanda Grazielle da Silva
Published: February 2024

Drop foot is a clinical condition resulting from the blockage of nerve impulses, causing the inability to dorsiflex the ankle, causing a reduction in functional capacity. There are techniques such as the transfer of the posterior tibial tendon via interosseous transmembrane. Objective: To evaluate the best technique for foot drop therapy and relate it to clinical practice. Methodology: literature review by searching the Virtual Health Library databases and the Google Scholar browser, consulting published and indexed journals using the descriptors: “posterior tibial tendon” and “traumatic lesions” and “drop foot” and “tendon transfer” and “tendon transfer techniques”. Results: selected 13 articles published in the period between 2012 and 2021, 6 retrospective studies, 1 cross-sectional, 1 prospective, 2 review and update articles, 2 systematic reviews and a case study. Conclusion: The clinical evidence favors the use of posterior tibial tendon transfer techniques, or another suitable tendon, via the interosseous membrane, and studies with better quality methodological designs are required. In Brazil, a group of researchers chose their own evaluation material, which reinforces the need for standardization for the practice of the national clinic. There was little production and publication of studies on the subject. It is essential to develop more research, when limitations of more up-to-date studies are seen.
AAP Pediatric Coding Newsletter
™ March 2024 Quiz (Online Exclusive)
Authors:   American Academy of Pediatrics
Published: February 2024

Quiz for AAPC Continuing Education Units
(Nie)ludzki pan. Obraz psa ofiary w mediach
Authors: Taras Bożena
Published: February 2024

Przedmiotem rozważań uczyniono negatywnie wartościowane agresywne zachowania człowieka wobec psa. Analizie poddano wyekscerpowane z mediów masowych opisy aktów ludzkiej agresji dokonanych na czworonogach oraz niewerbalne obrazy psów ofiar. Na podstawie interakcyjno-komunikacyjnej analizy aktów agresji ludzkiej wobec zwierząt określono jej elementy – podstawowe komponenty znaczeniowe obrazowania, takie jak: nadawca agresor, odbiorca ofiara, miejsce, czas, przyczyna, intencja (cel), działanie/zachowanie, skutek. Przyjęta w badaniach metoda pragmatyki komunikacyjnej pozwala ująć zjawisko agresji w kategoriach społecznych i podmiotowo potraktować psa – uczestnika aktu komunikacji.
Co nas szokuje, co nas pobudza? Shockvertising w reklamie komercyjnej oraz reklamie społecznej: podejście multimodalne
Authors: Grząśko Agnieszka
Published: February 2024

Głównym celem artykułu jest zbadanie związku między multimodalnością a perswazją na przykładzie dwóch kampanii reklamowych: reklamy komercyjnej marki Cropp Town z 2008 roku oraz reklamy społecznej Koalicji Wrocławskiej Ochrony Klimatu z 2022 roku. Obie kampanie są przykładem reklamy szokującej, czyli nastawionej na zaskoczenie odbiorcy. Analizie zostaną poddane dwa modusy, mianowicie obraz (fotografie) oraz tekst (slogany).
Polski papież o Ukrainie europejskiej
Authors: Przebinda Grzegorz
Published: February 2024

The author analyzes the issue of the “European message” that the Polish Pope John Paul II sent to Ukraine in June 2001 during his memorable apostolic visit to Kiev and Lviv. It was the first-ever pilgrimage of a Roman pope to Ukraine, and so far the last. The author also emphasizes the merits of Professor Ryszard Łuzhny for promoting this papal, ecumenical and humanistic vision of Europe, of which Ukraine should also be an integral part. The messages of John Paul II today may seem utopian and irrevocably belonging to the past, but the author expresses his deep conviction that soon they will gain even more power, appropriate to the huge challenges that Ukraine, Europe and the whole world will face the day after this terrible Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Polska a Ukraina w 2022 roku
Authors: Korenowska Lesława
Published: February 2024

The article deals with the issues of Polish-Ukrainian relations. The author relies on the historical aspects of difficult neighborly relations, as well as religious, social, political and cultural ones. Particular emphasis has been placed on the shift in relations between Poles and Ukrainians following Russia’s attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022. From the very beginning of the war, the hostile stereotype of the Pole and the Ukrainian was transformed. The fate of refugees, help of various kinds, new projects brought both peoples together, emphasizing their Christian roots, about which John Paul II spoke and prayed so much.
Ukraińskie laboratorium ekumenizmu
Authors: Surówka Wojciech
Published: February 2024

Despite the ongoing since 2014 war in Ukraine, we can speak of the positive effects of obtaining autocephaly by the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. They are already visible on at least three different levels. Firstly, despite the opposition of the Moscow Patriarchate, a large group of Ukrainians, who had been a part of a non-canonical structure before, were included in the family of world Orthodoxy. Secondly, it resulted in significant self-identity enhancement of Ukrainians, who wanted to separate from Russia on all levels of national and social life. And finally, this decision opened the possibility of transition to the next level of ecclesiological reflection on the tradition of Kyivan Christianity. A special role in this process plays the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, that for many years has been promoting the idea of “dual koinonia”, i.e. maintaining simultaneous unity with the Roman Church and the Church of Constantinople. In the late 1990s, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church began to develop its Ecumenical Concept. The leader of the group of specialists was Lubomyr Huzar, the auxiliary bishop of the head of the UGCC at the time. The Ecumenical Concept was approved at the synod held from August 31 to September 6, 2015, and was subsequently implemented on February 23, 2016. The document contains the most important objectives regarding dual koinonia, especially in relation to the Church of Constantinople. The authors of the document express the hope that all the Eastern Churches of Ukraine will unite in the form of a single patriarchate in koinonia with both the Roman Church and the sister Churches of the Christian East. Pope John Paul II called Ukraine a “laboratory of ecumenism”. Today we can see, how the ideas that can move ecumenism from a dead point are put into practice there.
Fenomen sacrum w muzyce polskiej czasów zimnej wojny jako wyraz aspiracji do wolności. Inspiracje Janem Pawłem II
Authors: Malecka Teresa
Published: February 2024

The starting point for the article is a historical event — the Polish October of 1956, which was not only an important political event, but also an important moment in the history of Polish culture. At that time, the process of weakening the official doctrine of socialist realism, binding in the countries of the Eastern Bloc, began in Poland. General theoretical remarks on the sacred in the humanities and music serve to describe in detail how it can be captured in the musical works of a selected period. The author emphasizes that in the entirety of the sacred issues in Polish music of the time of change, the significant effect of the historical event — the election of a Pole as the head of the Catholic Church — emerges as a significant effect on the composers. The text outlines that the impact of the Pope’s personality, teaching and writing on Polish history, culture and music were significant.
Modlitwa do Matki Pięknej Miłości Michała Malca
Authors: Szymańska-Stułka Katarzyn
Published: February 2024

The aim of my paper is to present Michał Malec’s Prayer to Our Lady of Love as one of the contemporary musical works related to the person and output of John Paul II. Michał Malec represents the environment of Warsaw composers of the young generation. The analyzed piece reveals connections to the motet style, which was created during the Renaissance period and introduced in the music of the 20th and 21st centuries in the modern variety. The analysis of the piece is performed in the context of a contemporary motet style and inspired by visual space and its reflection in musical structure.
ESTRATEGIAS PARA DISMINUIR LA DESERCIÓN ESTUDIANTIL UNIVERSITARIA APLICANDO TEORÍA DE RESTRICCIONES
Authors: Noreña Zuluaga Santiago Alonso
Published: February 2024

En el siguiente artículo se abordará el fenómeno de la deserción estudiantil universitaria, sus causas y sus consecuencias; con el fin de establecer estrategias basadas en la teoría de restricciones que permitan disminuir la problemática estudiada. La metodología que se utilizó para la presente investigación fue mixta ya que fue necesario recurrir tanto a las herramientas cuantitativas como cualitativas del método científico para poder tener una mejor aprehensión del fenómeno estudiado.