bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Optimized Job Scheduling approach based on Genetic algorithms in smart Grid environment
Authors: Albalas Firas A. , Mardini Wail , Bani-salameh Dua'a
Published: October 2022

The advances in communications and information technologies have been playing a major role in all aspects of our lives. One of those majors aspects that affect our daily lives is the power grids which lead to what we call Smart Grids. One of the major challenges in these grids is to optimize the consumption and resources. This paper presents an optimized job scheduling approach using genetic algorithm which provides a minimum cost for completing different tasks in a grid environment.  In grid environment different independent appliances are sharing the same resources depending on the availability of resources and the need of these appliances to run. There are different job scheduling approached starting from typical strategies, Ant Colony (AC) and Genetic Algorithm (GA). In this paper we present a cost optimized Genetic Algorithm approach for appliances job scheduling by considering different parameters like job duration time, the resources availability and the job priority to start. The proposed approach is tested using a simulator written in c++ programming language. The results show that the total saving in cost is better than the previous approaches.
UTILIZAÇÃO DE BARREIRAS VEGETAIS PARA A MITIGAÇÃO DE ODORES DE ESTAÇÃO DE TRATAMENTO DE ESGOTO: Um estudo de caso nos bairros adjacentes à Estação de Tratamento de Esgoto de Rondonópolis – MT.
Authors: Leandro Deleon da Silva , Angeoletto Fabio , Prestes Duarte Taise Ernestina , Richard Enrique , Bohrer João Fernando Copetti , Leite Leandro Bernardo , Loverde-Oliveira Simoni
Published: October 2022

Resumo: os odores provenientes da decomposição aeróbia são um dos principais impactos das ETEs sobre a população de seu entorno. Diante dos benefícios da vegetação na dispersão de odores, a introdução de barreiras vegetais nos limites da estação podem auxiliar na mitigação de odores provenientes da Estação de Tratamento de Esgoto de Rondonópolis, melhorando a qualidade de vida da população dos bairros Maria Teresa, Jardim Morumbi e Vila Mamed. O presente artigo teve como objetivo mostrar as vantagens da utilização de vegetação na mitigação de odores, analisar a percepção dos moradores dos bairros próximos sobre os impactos negativos da ETE para a qualidade de vida da população, verificar a condições atuais da estação de tratamento e propor um plano de interveção para a mitigação de odores com a implantação de barreiras vegetais.
EXPANSÃO URBANA E DESIGUALDADE SOCIOESPACIAL EM JUIZ DE FORA – MG: O CASO DA OCUPAÇÃO VILA BARROSO
Authors: Souza Lilian Aparecida de , Cassab Clarice
Published: October 2022

Este artigo tece algumas considerações sobre as desigualdades socioespaciais buscando construir sua compreensão enquanto processo inerente à produção capitalista do espaço. Para tanto, debate a produção desigual do espaço urbano de Juiz de Fora com suas especificidades de cidade média, apresentando algumas de suas dinâmicas atuais e passadas, situando Vila Barroso neste contexto. Esse estudo revelou que a desigualdade socioespacial é um processo que marca as cidades contemporâneas e que, mesmo com suas múltiplas facetas, seu entendimento permite visualizar a lógica do processo desigual de produção do espaço.
GÊNESE URBANA NA AMAZÔNIA SETENTRIONAL: CONSIDERAÇÕES A PARTIR DO MUNICÍPIO DE RORAINÓPOLIS - RR
Authors: Lacerda Elisângela Gonçalves , Diniz Alexandre Magno
Published: October 2022

A Amazônia brasileira apresenta-se como espaço fecundo para a re(produção) da urbanização de forma ampliada e fragmentada. O estudo tem por objetivo discutir o surgimento do urbano na fronteira amazônica, tendo como estudo de caso os núcleos urbanos do município de Rorainópolis-RR. Trata-se de um espaço afetado significativamente pelas políticas de colonização e Reforma Agrária, impetradas pelo Governo Federal desde a década de 1970. Neste espaço surgem pequenos núcleos, com uma incipiente infraestrutura urbana, que tendem a evoluir e se transformar em sedes municipais. O estudo contou com coletas de dados em campo, análise de cluster e análise de variância. Os resultados apontaram a existência de seis núcleos populacionais no município de Rorainópolis, sendo eles: a sede do município, e os núcleos protourbanos de Nova Colina, Equador, Jundiá, Martins Pereira e Boa Esperança. Observou-se a existência de uma hierarquia entre os núcleos. Esta se manifesta a partir da oferta diferenciada de bens e serviços, constatada a partir da presença de certos equipamentos considerados urbanos. O estudo traz contribuições relevantes para se compreender a dinâmica de gênese e evolução do urbano na fronteira amazônica.
BALANÇO HÍDRICO CLIMATOLÓGICO DE THORNTHWAITE E MATHER (1955-57) DA BACIA HIDROGRÁFICA DO RIO LONGÁ, PIAUÍ, BRASIL
Authors: Sabóia de Aquino Cláudia Maria , Dias Amanda Alves
Published: October 2022

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo realizar o balanço hídrico climatológico da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Longá, considerando o período de 1965 a 1985. Para a estimativa dos parâmetros do balanço hídrico utilizou-se a metodologia proposta por Thornthwaite e Mather (1955; 1957). A correção das falhas constantes na série histórica considerada baseou-se no método de ponderação regional de correção de falhas de Tucci (2001). Os dados relativos a este período foram obtidos em SUDENE (1990). Os resultados obtidos mostram que a área apresenta alta média pluviométrica (1800 mm); as temperaturas variam de 200C a 270C; a evapotranspiração potencial e real configura-se como elevada; os valores de índice de aridez permitem classificar a maior parte da área como subúmida e úmida; constata-se a ocorrência de uma média de 6 meses secos, evidenciando não haver uma disponibilidade hídrica regular anual em determinados municípios da área da bacia. O balanço hídrico climatológico realizado constitui-se em um importante instrumento que poderá orientar ações relativas ao planejamento agrícola, ambiental e climático da área.
Análise e identificação de veranicos na região sul do Brasil
Authors: Da Conceição Lucas Fernando Carvalho , Conrado Humberto , Mariano Glauber Lopes
Published: October 2022

A região sul do Brasil, por conta da sua localização geográfica, apresenta estações do ano bem definidas, porém, a interrupção desse padrão é comum principalmente na época sazonal fria. O objetivo deste estudo é aplicar uma nova metodologia de identificação de veranicos para toda região sul e analisar a incidência, sua relação com outros fenômenos meteorológicos e o ambiente sinótico associado. Baseado nos resultados pôde se perceber que o estado do Rio Grande do Sul foi o de maior representatividade quanto ao número de ocorrências.
REGIÃO METROPOLITANA DO VALE DO RIO CUIABÁ: A SUA EXISTÊNCIA DEPENDE, PRINCIPALMENTE, DOS CUIDADOS COM O RIO
Authors: Castilho Maria Auxiliadora Rodrigues Pinto , Vilarinho Neto Cornélio Silvano
Published: October 2022

O processo de metropolização é um assunto complexo e menos trabalhado cientificamente em relação à globalização, impondo características metropolitanas ao espaço, mudando as estruturas existentes anteriormente, independentemente desses espaços serem ou não metrópoles. A metropolização é o horizonte aberto para o consumo. Na década de 1970 o Plano Nacional de Desenvolvimento do Brasil previa grandes investimentos na região sudeste e sul, com a política industrial implementada pelo governo que acentuaria ainda mais os desequilíbrios regionais do país. O crescimento populacional, nas últimas três décadas do século XX, representa um dos elementos responsáveis pelo processo que transformou Cuiabá em uma metrópole regional. Há opiniões de que não há Região Metropolitana sem uma Metrópole. Conforme o Estatuto da Metrópole a Região Metropolitana é a aglomeração urbana que configure uma metrópole. A efetiva proteção do rio Cuiabá justificará a criação da Região Metropolitana do Vale do Rio Cuiabá, pois a sua destruição vem sendo acelerada pela urbanização.
Amazônia: o nascimento de uma região de planejamento
Authors: Oliveira Jr Antonio de
Published: October 2022

Amazônia é, indiscutivelmente, uma região estratégica não apenas para o Brasil e para a América Latina, mas para todo o mundo, pela diversidade de seus sistemas, por sua expansão geográfica, englobando vários países da região e por seu papel nos interesses ambientais do mundo atual. Este artigo tem como objetivo geral analisar e discutir a gênese dos processos de planejamento regional, a partir da criação da Amazônia enquanto região de planejamento. Apresenta o debate em torno dessa delimitação, necessária para por em prática as politicas de planejamento formuladas pela Superintendência do Plano de Valorização Econômica da Amazônia (SPVEA), primeira agência de desenvolvimento da região, criada nos anos cinquenta, com o objetivo de integrar a economia da Amazônia ao território nacional.
URBANIZAÇÃO E EXPOSIÇÃO AO PERIGO DE INUNDAÇÃO: UM ESTUDO NA BACIA HIDROGRÁFICA DO RIO HENRIQUE, ERECHIM, RS
Authors: Furlan André Ricardo , Trentin Romario
Published: October 2022

O recorte espacial de uma bacia hidrográfica torna-se a escala de análise apropriada para estudos ambientais, visto que em sua área pode ser constatado diferentes alterações, por conseguinte, seus reflexos e impactos. Com o processo de urbanização, visualizam-se interferências na superfície terrestre, em decorrência dessas perturbações, criam-se diferentes componentes que expõe a população ao perigo de inundação. O objetivo da pesquisa consiste em identificar domicílios com diferentes níveis de perigo na bacia hidrográfica do rio Henrique, na área urbana de Erechim, em função do processo de urbanização com planejamento inadequado, ao longo de 40 anos. Para viabilizar o trabalho, foi utilizado processo de fotogrametria para elaborar o modelo digital do terreno, assim elaborando mapa hipsométrico e declividade. Para analisar as transformações ao longo dos anos, foram processadas fotografias aéreas dos anos de 1975 e 1989, e imagens de satélite 2010 e 2015, assim obtendo uma análise temporal de 40 anos. Em direção de verificar o perigo, foram analisadas fontes de dados secundários e criados dados primários a partir da análise de campo, todas as informações tabuladas apresentaram três níveis de perigo para os domicílios afetados por inundação. Os resultados demonstram que foram realizadas construções de loteamentos sobre os canais e terraços fluviais, e ao longo de 40 anos os usos da bacia se alteraram de rural para urbano, e isso resulta na exposição de 68 domicílios ao perigo. Portanto, pode-se afirmar que urbanização sem planejamento adequado expõe a população ao perigo de inundação devido às interferências realizadas na bacia hidrográfica.
A IMPORTÂNCIA DA AULA DE CAMPO NA CONSTRUÇÃO DO SABER GEOGRÁFICO: ANÁLISE E PERSPECTIVA NO MUNICÍPIO DE ALTO ALEGRE-RR
Authors: GALDINO KEURY ALMEIDA , SILVA MARCELO , LUZ GILCIMAR , PAULA GEAN , SILVA ADRIANO
Published: October 2022

O presente estudo científico foi fruto de uma atividade prática (aula de campo) de cunho interdisciplinar envolvendo as disciplinas: Geografia de Roraima e Geologia Geral, promovido pelo Curso de Licenciatura em Geografia, da Universidade Estadual de Roraima (UERR), onde o locus da aula desenvolveu-se no município de Alto Alegre, no estado de Roraima, distante, aproximadamente, 94 km da sua Capital. O trabalho teve como objetivo desenvolver o ensino-aprendizado aos acadêmicos, de forma interdisciplinar, pautados nos aspectos humanos e físico do território roraimense, bem como mostrar o planejamento, desenvolvimento e resultados de uma aula prática fundamentada para o ensino superior. A metodologia foi fundamentada por 03 (três) pilares, que são: i) pré-campo (organização e planejamento); ii) atividade em campo (execução) e iii) pós-campo (reflexões, discussões e avaliação). Por fim, o estudo busca incentivar mais propostas de aulas de campo, pois dessa forma os professores possam levar o melhoramento da motivação e apreensão dos conteúdos de Geografia ao Ensino Superior.
USO DA ENERGIA SOLAR PARA DESTILAÇÃO DE ÁGUAS SALINAS NO SEMIÁRIDO PARAIBANO
Authors: Lima Silva José Adailton , Antunes de Lima Vera Lucia , Loureiro Marinho Francisco José , Vieira de Azevedo Pedro , Souza Pereira Thais Mara
Published: October 2022

A escassez de água advinda das condições climáticas do semiárido paraibano tem forçado inúmeras famílias rurais a consumirem água de má qualidade, o que tem contribuído para o aumento de casos de doenças transmitidas pela água. Tendo em vista esta problemática, objetivou-se analisar como o uso de destiladores solares pode proporcionar a obtenção de água potável, e avaliar os benefícios socioeconômicos e ambientais advindos do uso desta tecnologia. Após os estudos, observou-se que os destiladores solares são uma tecnologia de baixo custo econômico, de fácil disseminação social, utilizam energia solar (limpa e renovável), e são capazes de fornecer água potável para atender as demandas hídricas de famílias que convivem com a escassez hídrica em regiões semiáridas.
SACRALIZAÇÃO DA NATUREZA E O USO RELIGIOSO DA AYAHUASCA: PERCEPÇÃO E ÉTICA AMBIENTAL DA FLORESTA AMAZÔNICA AOS CENTROS URBANOS
Authors: Thevenin Julien Marius Reis , Bezerra Thevenin Talita Benaion , Irigaray Carlos Teodoro José Hugueney
Published: October 2022

A relação que os grupos sociais estabelecem com a natureza está permeada pelos sistemas de representações e ideias, principalmente, os religiosos e filosóficos. Contudo, a trajetória percorrida pela sociedade urbano-industrial, baseada no lucro, tem conduzido a sérios problemas ambientais, dentre eles o desflorestamento da Amazônia. É na busca por relações que atribuam valores não econômicos à natureza que se inicia este artigo, que analisa a relação entre a percepção do sagrado na natureza e uma ética ambiental associada a comportamentos pró-ecológicos. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida a partir de levantamento bibliográfico-documental, observações diretas, anotações e entrevistas semiestruturadas dirigida aos integrantes de três centros Daimistas, de um centro da Barquinha, e de vinte sete sedes locais da União do Vegetal, religiões que fazem o uso ritual do chá da Ayahuasca no Estado de Rondônia/Brasil. Os resultados mostraram que, na medida em que o indivíduo, de forma espontânea, reconhece o sagrado na natureza, amplia paralelamente e gradualmente a sua consciência ambiental e a sua postura ética perante o meio ambiente. Contudo, nas religiões analisadas, essas atitudes não dependem unicamente dos adeptos que chegam, já que alguns desses não demonstram ter um comportamento ecológico, mas, principalmente, de diversos arranjos institucionais estabelecidos que direcionam as práticas dos mesmos na gestão sustentável de seus territórios.
HEMODİYALİZ HASTALARINDA OTOLOG VENLERİN PATENSİNİN YAŞAM KALİTESİ ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ
Authors: Özkara Taha , Limandal Hüsnü Kamil
Published: October 2022

AMAÇ: Hemodiyaliz hastalarındaki yaşam beklentisi ve hayat kalitesi vasküler erişim yolunun efektif olarak kullanılabilmesi ile doğru orantılıdır. Arteriyovenöz fistülde(AVF) oluşan komplikasyonlar morbidite ile ilişkilidir. Çalışmamızda, kronik böbrek yetmezliği hastalarında arteriyovenöz fistüllerin bölgelerine dikkat ederek akut ve kronik patensi oranlarını ve cerrahi tedavi sonuçlarını değerlendirmeyi amaçladık.GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: 2019 Ocak ve 2020 Ocak tarihleri arasında 121 hastada retrospektif olarak hemodiyaliz için dominant olmayan üst ekstremitelerinden açılan vasküler akses amacıyla kullanılan 152 adet AVF’i değerlendirdik.BULGULAR: Cimino-Brescia 68 (%44,7), brakiosefalik 62 (%40,7), brakiobazilik 22 (%14,4) AVF operasyonları uyguladık. Akut dönem komplikasyon 18 AVF’de (%11,8), geç dönem olgunlaşamama ve komplikasyon gelişmesi 11 AVF’de(%7,1) saptanmıştır. Distal fistül akut komplikasyonları %21, proksimal fistül akut komplikasyonları %12 saptanmış ve istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı olarak daha yüksek bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Geç dönemde, proksimalde açılan AVF’lerin ve distalde açılan AVF’lerin başarısız olma oranları arasında istatistiksel fark saptanmadı (p>0.05). Açılan AVF’lerin 29(%18,8)’inde komplikasyon geliştiği saptandı.SONUÇ: Ekstremitenin distalinde oluşturulan AVF‘lerin proksimal lokalizasyonlara açılanlara göre başarılı olma oranlarını daha az olarak saptadık; ancak brakial bölgenin ilerideki dönemlerde kullanılması suretiyle korumak amacıyla öncelikli olarak distal bölgelere açılan AVF uygulamaları ilk tercih olmalıdır.
SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM: CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF 17 CASES
Authors: Hekimoğlu Barış , Beyoglu Muhammet Ali
Published: October 2022

OBJECTIVE: Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) is a rare disease caused by the accumulation of air in the mediastinum through the tracheobronchial tree neighborhood due to alveolar rupture, which occurs spontaneously or with the effect of precipitating factors. The aim of this study is to report our experience in the diagnosis and treatment of SPM.MATERIAL AND METHODS: Seventeen patients treated with the diagnosis of SPM in a 3.5 year period were included in the study retrospectively. Age, gender, smoking, co-morbid disease status, clinical presentations, radiological imaging, treatment processes, and recurrence status were analyzed. Secondary pneumomediastinum cases were not included in the study.RESULTS: Fourteen of the patients were male, and three were female. The mean age was 19.2 ±2.8, and the mean Body Mass Index (BMI) was 18.5 ±6.3 kg/m2. The precipitating factor for SPM was found in 13 (76.5%) cases. There was a diagnosis of asthma in 4 (23.5%) cases. 9 (52.9%) cases were smokers. The most common symptom was chest pain, with 14 cases (82.4%). Subcutaneous emphysema was present in 5 (29.4%) and Hamman's sign in 2 (11.8%) cases, and the Macklin effect was detected in 3 (17.6%) cases in thorax tomography. The mean hospital stay of the cases was 4.5 ±2 days. No interventional procedures were performed, such as fiberoptic bronchoscopy, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, pretracheal fasciotomy, or mediastinal drainage catheterization. When the antibiotic therapy rates were examined, it was seen that 13 (76.5%) cases were not given antibiotics, and no advanced complications such as mediastinitis developed in any case.CONCLUSIONS: SPM is a benign condition presenting with chest pain and dyspnea. Computed tomography is the gold standard in diagnosis, and SPM is usually treated conservatively. Although recurrence is rare, it is vital to determine the presence of an underlying secondary cause at the time of initial diagnosis.
BİPOLAR BOZUKLUK TANILI HASTALARDA AYRILIK KAYGISI İLE YAŞAM KALİTESİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ
Authors: Gözel Şahin Gülnur , Durat Gülgün , Şahin Soykan
Published: October 2022

AMAÇ: Ruhsal bozukluklarda komorbidite varlığı, psikososyal işlevselliğin yitimine, yaşam kalitesinde azalmaya, hastalığın seyrinin ve tedavisinin olumsuz yönde etkilenmesine neden olmaktadır. Çalışmamız, bipolar bozukluk hastalarında ayrılık kaygısı belirtilerinin yaşam kalitesiyle ilişkisini incelemek amacıyla yapılmıştır.GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: Araştırmaya Kasım 2016 - Mayıs 2017 tarihleri arasında, Derince Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Psikiyatri Polikliniği’ne ayaktan başvuran bipolar bozukluk tanısı alıp en az iki ay atak geçirmemiş remisyon evresinde olan 18 - 65 yaş arası 104 hasta dâhil edilmiştir. Veriler, araştırmacı tarafından hazırlanan Görüşme Formu ile Ayrılık Kaygısı Belirti Envanteri (AKBE), Yetişkin Ayrılık Kaygısı Ölçeği (YAKÖ) ve Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği Kısa Form 36 (SF-36) kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Veriler bağımsız t testi, Kruskal Wallis, Mann Whitney U, ANOVA ve Pearson korelasyon testleri ile değerlendirilmişlerdir.BULGULAR: AKBE toplam puanı ile SF-36’nin fiziksel sağlık bileşenleri ve ruhsal sağlık (r=-0,30 p=0,001) alt boyut puanları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı negatif yönde zayıf ilişki saptanmıştır. YAKÖ ile SF-36’nın fiziksel fonksiyon (r=-0,44 p<0,001) ve ağrı (r=-0,45 p<0,001) alt boyutları arasında ise negatif yönde orta düzeyde ilişki saptanmıştır. YAKÖ ile AKBE toplam puanı (r=0,79 p<0,001) arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı pozitif yönde iyi düzeyde ilişki saptanmıştır.SONUÇ: Bipolar bozukluk hastalarında hem çocukluk döneminde hem yetişkinlik döneminde yaşanan kaygı belirtileri yaşam kalitesini olumsuz etkilemektedir. Literatürde bipolar bozukluk ile ayrılık kaygısı bozukluğunu birlikte ele alan çalışma sayısı oldukça az olduğu için bu alanda daha fazla araştırmaya ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır.
69 OLGU İLE ERİŞKİNLERDE GLUTEN SENSİTİF ENTEROPATİ
Authors: Yavaşoğlu Filiz , Özakyol Ayşegül
Published: October 2022

AMAÇ: Gluten sensitif enteropati, genetik duyarlılığı olan kişilerde glutenli tahıllar olan buğday, çavdar ve arpanın neden olduğu intestinal ve ekstraintestinal sistem belirtileri olan otoimmün özellikler taşıyan sistemik bir hastalıktır.GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: Bu çalışmada 2000-2012 yılları arasında Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Gastroenteroloji Bilim Dalında tanı konulan ve takipte olan 69 hasta retrospektif olarak incelendi. Hastaların başvuru şikayetleri, fizik muayene bulguları, laboratuar bulguları, kemik mineral dansitometre incelemeleri, diyet uyumları, diyet uyumunu etkileyen faktörler değerlendirildi.BULGULAR: Hastalarımızın 48 tanesi kadın, 21 tanesi erkek idi. Hastaların yaş ortalaması 35,6±11,4 (yaş aralığı 19-81) ve hastaların ortalama tanı yaşı 29,6±13,1 olarak saptandı. Major semptom diyare olup (%49,3), karın ağrısı (%18,8), kaşıntı (%4,3) diğer başvuru semptomları olarak göze çarpmaktaydı. Hastalık farklı laboratuar bulgularına yol açmakta olup en sık görülenler demir eksikliği anemisi (%63,8), folik asit eksikliği (%39,1), ALT yüksekliği (%11,6), hipokalsemi (%11,6) ve vitamin B12 eksikliği (%10,1) idi. Bu çalışmada gluten sensitif enteropatiye otoimmün hastalık eşlik etme sıklığı %24,6 olarak bulundu. En sık otoimmün hastalıklar Tip 1 Diyabetes Mellitus (%5,7) ve otoimmün tiroid hastalığı (%7,2) idi. Demir eksikliği anemisi (%60,9) ve osteoporoz (%37,5) en yaygın komorbid durumlardı. Hastaların 24 tanesinin (%34,8) diyet uyumu iyi iken, 38 tanesinin (%55) kısmi diyet uyumu olduğu saptandı.SONUÇ: Gluten sensitif enteropati semptom ve bulgu spektrumunun geniş olması, atipik bulgularla seyredebilmesi, herhangi bir yaşta tanı konabilmesi nedeniyle tüm hekimleri ilgilendiren bir hastalıktır. Tanı gecikmesi hastalığın prognozunu olumsuz etkilemekte olup, uygun semptomlarda doktorlar gluten sensitif enteropatiyi akla getirmelidir.
ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON DEPRESSION AMONG HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN PRE-HOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Authors: Guner Necip Gökhan , Durmuş Cengiz , Yurumez Yusuf , Yamaç Erkan , Güneysu Fatih , Durmuş Ensar
Published: October 2022

OBJECTIVE: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is thought to have affected the mental health of all humanity, especially health workers. It is important to evaluate prehospital healthcare workers fighting COVID-19 at the forefront in terms of depression, which is one of the most common psychiatric diseases, and to determine the factors that affect it. In this study, we aimed to analyze the COVID-19-related depression and associated factors among healthcare professionals working in pre-hospital emergency medical services (PEMS).MATERIAL AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted using a survey method on 552 healthcare professionals working in PEMS. The perceived risk and fear of being infected, trust in information sources, and depression levels as measured by Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) were evaluated in relation to COVID-19.RESULTS: Women had higher BDI scores than men (p = 0.009). BDI scores were higher in widowed or divorced compared to married or single individuals. Those with greater perceived risk and fear of being infected with COVID-19 had also increased BDI scores. BDI scores were higher in those with low trust in information sources and a low level of knowledge about the disease.CONCLUSIONS: Women, divorced or widowed, those with greater perceived risk and fear of being infected, those with low trust in information sources, and those with a low level of knowledge about the disease are more prone to depression associated with COVID-19 and hence should be supported.
SEROPOSITIVITY OF HEPATITIS A IN PEDIATRIC AGE GROUPS IN KONYA
Authors: Gündem Nadire Seval , Çetin Feyza , Ataş Erkan
Published: October 2022

OBJECTIVE: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is common especially in developing countries worldwide. Prevalence of HAV varies according to public hygiene and sanitation conditions. In this study, it was aimed to determine seropositivity of HAV in pediatric patients in Konya province, investigate its distribution according to age groups, gender and seasons and compare findings with those reported in previous studies.MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this study, records of 760 pediatric patients admitted to our hospital with various complaints and tested for anti-HAV immunoglobulin G(IgG)/ immunoglobulin M(IgM) between January 2019-April 2020 were evaluated retrospectively. Anti-HAV IgG/IgM in serum samples were analyzed by chemiluminescent microparticle enzyme immunassay method. Statistical analysis was performed by using chi-square Monte Carlo exact test.RESULTS: Anti-HAV IgG seropositivity was found to be 52.2% while anti-HAV IgM positivity was 0.5% for all patients. Seropositivity rate of anti-HAV IgG/IgM was detected as 5.3%. It was observed that anti-HAV IgG/IgM seropositivity rate significantly decreased in age groups of 9-14 (32.5%) and 15-18 (15%) compared to 3-8 (52.5%) age group (p<0.05). Males had significantly higher seropositivity rates of anti-HAV IgG (64.8%) compared with females (p<0.05). Seropositivity rate of anti-HAV IgG/IgM (42.5%) demonstrated a statistically significant increase in winter (p<0.05).CONCLUSIONS: HAV vaccine has been included into routine vaccination program in our country, in 2012. It was thought that anti-HAV IgG seropositivity might be related to maternal antibodies in patients under two years of age and its higher rate in 3-8 age group compared to other age groups has been the result of routine vaccination. Seropositivity rate of anti-HAV IgG/IgM together significantly increased in winter. This can be explained by insufficiency of sewerage and infrastructure systems with increasing rainfall in this season. Frequency of HAV infection can be reduced by strict follow-up of vaccine administration and attention to hygiene and sanitation conditions.
COVİD-19 PANDEMİSİNİN SAĞLIK ÇALIŞANLARININ SİGARA İÇME ALIŞKANLIĞI ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ: 3. BASAMAK BİR HASTANEYE KESİTSEL BİR BAKIŞ
Authors: Sarı Alper , Bozkurt Erhan , Dizen Kazan Elif , Aysal Sevnur
Published: October 2022

AMAÇ: COVİD-19 hastalığı; güçlü bulaşıcılığa ve ağır patojeniteye sahip bir hastalıktır. COVİD-19 hastalığı için pek çok risk faktörü tanımlanmıştır. Sigara içiciliği bu risk faktörlerinden bir tanesidir. Bu çalışma COVİD-19 pandemisi boyunca enfekte hastalar ile yakın temas halinde olan sağlık çalışanlarının sigara içme alışkanlığının nasıl değiştiğini ve bu değişikliklere neden olan faktörlerin neler olduğunu ortaya koymak için yapılmıştır.GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: Çalışma 3. basamak olarak hizmet veren bir pandemi hastanesinin sigara kullanan 242 sağlık personeline 15 - 30 Mart 2021 tarihleri arasında çevrimiçi bir anket uygulanarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Anket yaş, cinsiyet, meslek gibi sorular ile başlamakta; COVİD-19 geçirip geçirmeme, COVİD-19 döneminde sigara içme alışkanlığının nasıl değiştiğine yönelik sorular ile devam etmekte ve Fagenstrom Nikotin Bağımlılık anketi ile sonlanmaktadır. İstatiksel analiz SPSS 26.0 paket programı ile yapılmış ve gruplar arasında kategorik değişken karşılaştırmasında ki-kare testi kullanılmıştır.BULGULAR: Katılımcıların 131’i erkek (%54.1), 111’i kadın (%45.9)dı. 90 kişi (%37.2) doktor,152 (%62.8) kişi yardımcı sağlık personeli idi. Katılımcılar içerisinden 58 kişi (%24) COVİD-19 geçirmişken, 184 kişi (%76) COVİD-19 geçirmemiş idi. COVİD-19 pandemisi seyri boyunca katılımcılar içerisinden 55 (%22.7) kişini sigarayı bıraktığı öğrenildi. Bu dönemde sigarayı bırakan 55 kişinin Fagerström nikotin bağımlılık testine göre 53 tanesinin çok az bağımlı-az bağımlı olduğu görülürken, 2 tanesinin yüksek ya da çok yüksek bağımlı olduğu görüldü.SONUÇ: COVİD-19 pandemisi sağlık çalışanlarının sigara içme alışkanlığı üzerinde istatiksel olarak anlamlı bir farklılık oluşturmamıştır. Sağlık çalışanlarının bu dönemde sigara içme alışkanlığında nikotin bağımlılıkları doğrudan bir rol oynamıştır.
A study of duplex ultrasound examination in peripheral vascular malformations
Authors: Dodia Dhrupal B , Chudasama Nirmala C , Moradiya Ankit D , Santoki Samir H
Published: October 2022

Vascular malformations belong to wide spectrum of disease involving all vascular segments- arteries, veins as well as lymphatics. Being Ultrasound as the primary diagnostic modality, all peripheral vascular malformation diagnosis can be made by clinical examination and duplex ultrasound examination.

A study of 50 patients was carried over a period of 1 year from 1 May 2021 to 1 May 2022 on the patient who came with complain of slow growing, superficial swelling which is painless in nature. The machine used is Affinity Philips 70 G.

With help of duplex ultrasound, various types of vascular malformations were diagnosed with incidence such as Slow Flow Venous malformation (60%- 30 patients), High flow Arterio-venous malformations (16%- 8 patients), Capillary malformations (12%- 6 patients) and Lymphatic malformations (12%- 6 patients).

Vascular malformations have been classified into venous, arterial, capillary, combined and lymphatic malformations types. Besides age presentations, detailed history and clinical examination, ultra-sound imaging plays an important role in correct diagnosis and classification of vascular malformations. It assesses exact flow dynamics in order to differentiate between Slow flow v/s High flow vascular malformations. MRI is most valuable diagnostic tool for comprehensive assessment of vascular malformations

Ultrasound are first imaging modality in peripheral vascular malformations. It has plays crucial role in proper treatment planning of the lesion as it describes the extent, type, flow pattern within the lesion.
A Deep Learning Approach for Biometric Security in Video Surveillance System Using Gait
Authors: Rajasab Naseer , Rafi Mohamed
Published: October 2022

Video surveillance systems and biometrics inclusion play a significant part in various applications like a criminal investigation, medical rehabilitation, virtual reality, etc. Human Gait is a popular biometric where the individual is differentiated by unique limb actions and special ground reaction force. The unique movement of limb actions is called gait, and a record of 2-D aggregate floor response force through one walking cycle is called Cumulative Foot Pressure Images (CFPI). Both gait and cumulative foot pressure images can be acquired simultaneously of the same person during walking under a surveillance system for human identification. Accurate gait recognition is highly impactful for most applications and a major challenge for researchers due to various external factors like different shoes, mood, clothes, injuries etc., affects the individual gait. The novel system addresses the accuracy issue and proposes two models using the Deep Convolution Neural Network (DCNN) architecture on a large standard database, CASIA-D, containing gait pose and CFPI images of the same person. First, the model of the DCNN is trained using unique Gait Energy Image (GEI) features which reduce the computational time compared to other types of feature sets. The second model is prepared using the CFPI features. Experimentation has been carried out to evaluate the performance of these models with different optimization methods and activation functions and has proven that the DCNN model is far superior in building an accurate gait recognition system on large standard datasets.
Realization of situational cognitive models in English educational discourse
Authors: Yakovleva E. V.
Published: October 2022

The presented article is devoted to the study of the features of representation of situational models on the example of small-format English-language texts. The purpose of this article is to identify situational models and analyze the features of language means of their representation of situational models. During the study, the following methods were used: description, contextual analysis, content analysis, discourse analysis. The article examined situational models using the S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G model proposed by D. Hymes, in which such situation components as Act Sequence, Instrumentalities, Participants, Key were identified. In the process of representing the cognitive model of the situation, Act Sequence comes to the fore, which is explained by the author's desire to show the dynamics of the development of the event. In small format texts, with the help of linguistic means, components such as Instrumentalities and Participants are distinguished, which are of particular importance for creating an emotional background for the situation. During the analysis, the following participants in the episodes were identified: family, parents, kids, landlady. The study showed that the identified cognitive models of situations, represented in the English-language educational discourse, arouse great interest among students, which, in turn, arouses interest in the language means of their representation and, as a result, interest in the language and culture of English-speaking countries.
Causes and consequences of truck production predominance in the Soviet automotive industry in the first half of the XX century
Authors: Prokofeva E. Yu.
Published: October 2022

A significant predominance of the number of produced trucks over the number of passenger cars was a feature of domestic automotive industry development until the 70-ies of the XX century. This fact did not correspond to the global vector of automotive industry development. The paper analyses the causes and consequences of this phenomenon by involving mainly a corpus of statistical sources of Russian and foreign origin. The socialist foundation of the political structure of the state and the focus on the development of heavy industry in the economy are identified as the fundamental factors that determined the specifics of Russian automotive industry strategy. By comparing the volumes of freight turnover of railway, river and road transport, the length of communication routes of various types both within the USSR and with the corresponding indicators of foreign countries, the author picks out the features of the Russian transport system that determined the containment of the USSR automotive industry development as a whole and the passenger car industry in particular. The paper denotes poverty and low level of education going with it to be among the social phenomena that prevented the mass distribution of passenger cars in the USSR and did not allow to form consumers of passenger car industry products in the country. Based on domestic and foreign data sources, the article concludes about the stability, regularity and validity of the predominance of produced trucks over passenger cars in the economic development of the country in comparison with the pan-European ones. It is noted that among others the result of this sectoral strategy is the contribution of truck production to the industrial breakthrough of the USSR in the 30-ies and the victory over Nazi Germany and Japan in 19411945 as well as a complex of diverse phenomena that exhibited in various sectors of social and economic life of the Soviet Union. The author claims that the change in the ratio of manufactured trucks and passenger cars in favour of the latter occurred in the 70-ies of the XX century as a result of the victory in the inter-party struggle of the concept of peaceful coexistence. The use of new data allowed the author to identify the influence of politics in the Soviet socialist state on the development strategy of the automotive industry as one of the key sectors of the economy
“Somethings About Me”: Slanted Conventions in Children’s Letters to Beloved Authors
Authors: Kuecker Elliott
Published: October 2022

This article is a study of letters written by American children to authors of juvenile fiction. It emphasizes the rhetorical and material choices children made in bridging the distance between themselves as writers and the authors who were to receive the letters. Focused on notions of convention, the study uses the theoretical concept of the slant to analyze the way the child writers conformed to conventions of writing and communication while also rendering those expectations askew. Ultimately, the stylistic techniques and content choices reveal methods children used to cocreate a world with the authors to whom they wrote.
In the Eye of the Tornado: Encounters with Clay—A Relational Materialist Orientation Toward Cultivating Curriculum
Authors: Malki Erin , Gutierrez Roselyn , Skuggedal Colleen
Published: October 2022

This paper follows three student-educators’ journey with clay. Embedded in the contextual space of the studio, the paper considers the complexities and processes involved in cultivating curriculum and thinking with the idea of art as a language. Inspired by the relational materialist approach, Erin, Roselyn, and Colleen enter into a dialogue with clay—embodying one another, entangling with each other, intra-actively doing unto one another, and reaffirming that knowing things is embedded deeply in relational connectivity with the world around us—onto-epistemology. The authors journey together with clay through spinning, twirling, tornadoes, storms, music, chaos, and destruction.
Influence of age, gender characteristics, chronotype on the expression of core clock genes Per1, Clock, Bmal1 and Cry1 in buccal epithelium
Authors: Vasko Maryna , Marchenko Iryna , Shundryk Maryna , Shlykova Oksana , Tkachenko Iryna , Kaidashev Igor
Published: October 2022

The purpose of the study is to determine the expression of the core clock genes in buccal epithelial cells of healthy people with different chronotypes. Materials and methods. Fourteen healthy volunteers with a healthy periodontium and oral mucosa (7 women and 7 men) were selected for participation in the trial. The buccal epithelium sampling was performed at 07:00 am and 07:00 pm in one day by cytological brush. The surveyed patients were examined chronotypically using the Horn-Ostberg test. The determination of the mRNA expression of the Per1, Clock, Bmal1, Cry1 genes was performed by quantitative real-time PCR. Statistical analysis was performed using two-way analysis of variance followed by Bonferroni post hoc tests. Results. Per1 expression was higher in the morning, regardless of chronotype, age, and gender. The expression of the Clock demonstrated the prevalence of the evening in both chronotypes, in both men and women. Bmal1 was better expressed in the evening, regardless of age, gender, and chronotype. The expression of Cry1 did not show statistically significant differences between the indicators. Conclusions. The evening expression of Clock was higher in people with the evening chronotype than in people with the morning chronotype. The chronotype did not show any effect on the expression of Per1, Bmal1, and Cry1. Age and sex did not show any effect on the expression of the core clock genes.
Determination of physical properties and viability in different colors of Pueraria seeds
Authors: Araújo Ádamo De Souza , Pinheiro Romário de Mesquita , Da Silva Elson Junior Souza , Gadotti Gizele Ingrid , Monteiro Rita de Cassia Mota , Bernardy Ruan
Published: October 2022

The differences observed in the physical properties of the seeds may indicate types of equipment for harvesting and processing, in addition to variability between plants. It was studied the characterization of the dimensions of the seeds, linear and geometric and the viability defined in categories. The results showed that the studied seeds did not reach a spherical shape, and their mass underwent variation resulting from the sorption and desorption process. The morphological characteristics suggested slight differences in the shape of the seeds. A high coefficient of variation was observed for fresh seed mass (18.34%), volume index (18.07%), seed volume (18.07%), and seed surface area (12.47%). Seed colorations showed differences in germination. The analysis concluded that all categories of seeds are viable. These descriptive data indicate that the combination of seed characteristics and the germination process help in methodologies for planting, harvesting, processing, and storage of seeds.
Fragmentation patterns of forest and cerrado vegetation in northeastern Mato Grosso
Authors: Maia Aveiro Cessa Raphael , Do Amaral Uirá , Gimenes Rodrigues Silva Felipe , Cometti Nilton Nélio
Published: October 2022

This study sought to evaluate the fragmentation patterns of the forest and cerrado vegetation in the northeast of the state of Mato Grosso. The investigation used landscape metrics after extracting those fragments from the shapefile of soil use and occupation of the state of Mato Grosso and their application on the file of a negative buffer of 50.00. Forest and cerrado fragments were grouped into size classes in hectares. The quantified and specialized landscape metrics were area (mean perimeter/area ratio, core areas index, edge density), shape (mean shape indicator) and proximity (distance from the nearest neighbor in meters and the proximity index). The northeast of the state of Mato Grosso is occupied by 34.81% and 27.22% of the forest and cerrado fragments, respectively. The sum of the areas of the larger area size classes (classes >10,000 to 30,000 ha and >30,000 ha) is higher for forest fragments, which is indicative of the more expressive presence of the Amazon biome in that region and evidence of a more significant anthropic pressure on the fragmentation of the cerrado. In the northeast of the state of Mato Grosso, larger areas of forest and cerrado fragments are more protected than the smaller areas, as they have a smaller internal/external area ratio, higher percentage of central area, and less participatory border in relation to the total area.
Evaluation of land use and occupation considering the spatialization of precipitation in the northeastern Mato Grosso sub-basins
Authors: Cessa Raphael Maia Aveiro , Medeiros Lustosa Junior Ilvan , Do Amaral Uirá , Magno Moreira de Oliveira Carlos Magno , Cometti Nilton Nélio , Gimenes Rodrigues Silva Felipe
Published: October 2022

This study aimed to analyze the use and land occupation considering the spatialization of precipitation in the hydrographic sub-basins (HS) in the northeast of the state of Mato Grosso. The data used to spatialize the mean accumulated rainfall in northeastern Mato Grosso considered the rainy season between October 1st and April 30th from 2016 to 2020. The isohyet map was obtained and stratified into three classes for discussion and data comparison. The delimitation of the HSs was carried out from a mosaic of images, generating a digital elevation model. To discuss the results, the mean accumulated rainfall isohyet map was superimposed on the HS map. Higher values of accumulated rainfall in the rainy season in northeastern Mato Grosso occur in its eastern portion in relatively lower altitudes, possibly related to the preference of the meteorological systems, which produces maximum (minimum) rainfall on the windward (leeward) of the mountains. In areas with a mean accumulated rainfall above 1,200, the occupations with forestry and grassland vegetation and managed pastures and agriculture add up to 49% and 23% of the total area, respectively. The study revealed that, in the northeast region of the state of Mato Grosso, the area occupied by the delimitation of the mean accumulated precipitation above 1,200 mm has 49% of its extension occupied with natural vegetation areas and 23% of its extension occupied with agricultural or livestock activities.
Socialization level of schoolchildren of the 7th–11th grades in digitalized educational environment
Authors:   Psychological Institute Russian Academy of Education, Sunnatova Rano I.
Published: October 2022

The article presents the results of a study on characteristic features of the socialization level of adolescents studying at school. The relevance of studying the socialization level of teenagers in the epoch of digitalization of education is important both for understanding a number of scientific aspects and for completing the tasks of psychological support for students in the context of those changes that take place in modern school educational environment. The objective of the research is to study the correlation between non-normative forms of schoolchildren’s behavior (excessive use of digital devices, a tendency to violate norms and rules, suicidal mood) and the adolescents’ feeling of satisfaction with the attitude of significant people to them (parents, teachers and classmates). These factors are considered as conditions that determine peculiarities of the socialization level of schoolchildren. Presumably, non-normative forms of behavior of schoolchildren: 1) may be connected with their dissatisfaction with the attitude of significant people towards them; 2) indicate problems with socialization. The condu cted research was based on the positions of the eco-psychological approach to the psyche development study. It was carried out in a comprehensive school. 698 students of the 7th–11th grades took part in the study. The author’s methodology “Personal Resource of Schoolchildren” (R. I. Sunnatova) was applied. The results of descriptive statistics of the methodology allowed the author to solve the research tasks. The research results confirm the hypothesis about the significant correlation between dissatisfaction with the attitude of important people and excessive use of digital devices (teachers, 458; parents, 431), a tendency to violate norms (teachers, 422; parents, 417) and a tendency to suicidal mood (teachers, 434; parents, 692 and classmates, 452) at a significance level of p <0.001 (Spearman). It has been revealed that satisfaction with the attitude of significant relatives can be considered as one of the conditions that predetermines the socialization level of schoolchildren. The presented approach can contribute to reducing or leveling the occurrence of non-normative forms of behavior of schoolchildren, and the created methodology may be of interest to the psychological service of schools.