bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Audiovisual incongruence differentially impacts left and right hemisphere sensorimotor oscillations: Potential applications to production
Authors: Jenson David
Published: October 2021

Speech production gives rise to distinct auditory and somatosensory feedback signals which are dynamically integrated to enable online monitoring and error correction, though it remains unclear how the sensorimotor system supports the integration of these multimodal signals. Capitalizing on the parity of sensorimotor processes supporting perception and production, the current study employed the McGurk paradigm to induce multimodal sensory congruence/incongruence. EEG data from a cohort of 39 typical speakers were decomposed with independent component analysis to identify bilateral mu rhythms; indices of sensorimotor activity. Subsequent time-frequency analyses revealed bilateral patterns of event related desynchronization (ERD) across alpha and beta frequency ranges over the time course of perceptual events. Right mu activity was characterized by reduced ERD during all cases of audiovisual incongruence, while left mu activity was attenuated and protracted in McGurk trials eliciting sensory fusion. Results were interpreted to suggest distinct hemispheric contributions, with right hemisphere mu activity supporting a coarse incongruence detection process and left hemisphere mu activity reflecting a more granular level of analysis including phonological identification and incongruence resolution. Findings are also considered in regard to incongruence detection and resolution processes during production.
Evaluation of the clinical performance of a magnetic force-assisted electrochemical immunoassay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 antigens
Authors: Jo Sung Jin , Shin Sang-hyun , Kim Jungrok , Lee Seungok , Lee Jehoon
Published: October 2021

Rapid antigen (Ag) tests for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) provide quick results, do not require specialized technical skills or infrastructure, and can be used as a point-of-care method to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The performance of a magnetic force-assisted electrochemical immunoassay-based test, namely the MARK-B COVID-19 Ag test (BBB, Sungnam, Republic of Korea), was evaluated using 170 nasopharyngeal swab specimens and compared to that of RT-PCR and commercial rapid Ag test (STANDARD Q COVID-19 Ag Test, SD Biosensor, Suwon-si, Republic of Korea). The overall sensitivity and specificity of the MARK-B test were 90.0% (95% CI 79.4%–96.2%) and 99.0% (95% CI 95.0%–99.9%), respectively, with a kappa coefficient of 0.908. The correlations between the electrical current values of MARK-B and the Ct values of RT-PCR were −0.898 (E gene, 95% CI −0.938 to −0.834) and −0.914 (RdRp gene, 95% CI −0.948 to −0.860), respectively. The limit of detection of the MARK-B was measured using the viral culture reference samples and found to be 1 x 102 pfu/mL. The magnetic force-assisted electrochemical immunoassay-based Ag test can be used to rapidly detect SARS-CoV-2 infections, and the corresponding fully automated portable device can provide easy readability and semi-quantitative results.
Establishing the Context and Scoring Validity of the Writing Tasks of Euroexam International’s English for Academic Purposes Test
Authors: Fűköh Borbála
Published: October 2021

A kutatás célja egy helyi fejlesztésű angol nyelvű tudományos szaknyelvi vizsga (English for Academic Purposes – EAP) írásfeladatai validitásának, azaz érvényességének megállapítása és bizonyítása. A kutatáson alapuló vizsgafejlesztés célja annak bizonyítása, hogy a konstruktum valóban tükrözi azokat a képességeket és (nyelvi) készségeket, amelyekre a vizsgázónak az angol nyelvű felsőoktatási tanulmányai során szüksége van, valamint az elért eredmények megbízható és független értékelés alapján születtek. A disszertáció az Euroexam International Vizsgaközpont English for Academic Purposes Test két írásfeladatának (tranzakciós e-mail és érvelő esszé) fejlesztési folyamatát mutatja be a következő egymásra épülő szakaszokon keresztül: (a) előkészítési szakasz; (b) a specifikáció és a teszt itemek létrehozása; és (c) a feladatok kipróbálása és pretesztelése. Mivel a nemzetközi felsőoktatási intézmények által elvárt egyik fő követelmény az értékelés objektivitása, a kutatás negyedik, empirikus szakasza az esszé feladat értékelésére fókuszál. Az értékelés standardizáltságának és megbízhatóságának növelésére érdekében ez a kutatási szakasz egy szint- és műfajspecifikus lista alapú értékelési eszköz fejlesztését és használatát mutatja be, amely kiválthatja a jelenleg akkreditált Euroexam értékelési skálát. A kevert módszerű kutatásra alapuló, a konstruktum validitásának megállapításához kapcsolódó vizsgálat módszertana az előkészítési szakaszban Bachman és Palmer (1996) jóságmutatóit használja; a fejlesztési szakaszban, a specifikáció elkészítéséhez, a teszt itemek létrehozásához és próbájához Weir (2005) szocio-kognitív keretét valamint Read (2015) gyakorlatát követi.
Discourses of Critical Literacy Practices
Authors: Galiere Mehdi
Published: October 2021

A Lycée Autogéré de Paris (LAP, Párizsi Önigazgató Középiskola) pedagógiai gyakorlatáról készült esettanulmányom célja annak feltárása, hogy egy középiskola, amely a kritikus és demokratikus pedagógiai gyakorlatok alkalmazását vallja, hogyan (és milyen mértékben) képes hegemóniaellenes oktatási diskurzusokat és társadalmi gyakorlatokat kialakítani. Először a hegemónikus diskurzus és egy lehetséges hegemóniaellenes diskurzus dialektikus kapcsolatát tekintem Antonio Gramsci és Michel Foucault hatalmi elméletein keresztül. A hatalmi elméleteknek az oktatás kontextusában való alkalmazásához megvizsgálom Basil Bernstein pedagógiai diskurzuselméletének jellemzőit a neoliberális kapitalizmus jellegzetes kontextusában. Elemzésemben a Fairclough (2003; 2010), Kreisberg (1992) és Krzyżanowski (2011) által kidolgozott módszertani kategóriákat használom, amelyek a (pedagógiai) diskurzus és az etnográfia kritikai megközelítése metszéspontjában állnak. Azt vizsgálom, hogy a pedagógiai diskurzus megkérdőjelezi-e (és ha igen, milyen mértékben) az állam hivatalos pedagógia diskurzusában domináns identitásokat. Az adatok triangulációján keresztül megmutatom, hogy piacorientált, elnyomó pedagógiai modellek domináns reprezentációi, gyakorlatai és identitásai gyengülnek az LAP-ban, és hogy a tudástermelés és a tanulás felszabadító gyakorlatának kollektív szempontjai érvényesülnek.
The Flora of Azulejos in Maranhão, Brazil
Authors: Menezes Leandro , Ewerton Alícia , Garcia Amanda , Dominici Susana , Fernandes Fabiane , Campos Lívia Flávia , Marinho Lucas
Published: October 2021

The azulejo (tile) styles from the Iberian Peninsula and other regions in the New World are strongly influenced by Muslim aesthetics. Many of the azulejos in Maranhão, Brazil, depict plants and plant parts, but little is known about their species identity. In this paper, we investigated the origin of 94 plants species illustrated on the azulejos in Maranhão based on their phytomorphic elements. Among them, twenty-five were from Asteraceae and eight were from Rosaceae. Most of the pieces are of Portuguese origin and the illustrations on the azulejos show a European lifestyle. For Brazilians, there was certainly no sense of belonging since the illustrations depict characteristics that are different from what is seen locally. Although the phytomorphic illustrations do not reflect local flora, azulejos have become the most characteristic symbol of Maranhão. Our research provides a preliminary data base upon which future works can be based to propose new prints of Maranhão plants and create digital guides that link historical information with botanical identifications.
Strategy for developing cycling tourism and ecotourism along the Rákos-stream, considering applied ecosystem services
Authors: Bajor Zoltán , Boros Kitti , Keller Krisztina , Kiss Veronika , Pataki György , Zsóka Ágnes , Gergely Károly , Hegedűs Sára , Kiss Kornélia , Liska Márton , Prihoda Gábor
Published: October 2021

The EcoVeloTour tourism project (Fostering enhanced ecotourism planning along the EuroVelo cycle route network in the Danube region, DTP-055-2.2) aims to develop cycle tourism and ecotourism in connection with the EuroVelo international cycle routes across the Danube Region. The objective of the project is to harness the synergies of the EuroVelo network, to develop – and provide communication opportunities for – ecotourism in the region, to promote cultural and natural values through cycle tourism, to preserve biodiversity and landscape elements, and to improve air quality within the framework of ecotourism development. While the characteristics of the project area are favourable for the development of cycle tourism and ecotourism, its potential has not yet – or only to a limited extent – been harnessed. In terms of the condition and service provision of cycle paths and related infrastructure, there are currently no cycling or ecotourism products to speak of along the Rákos Stream. At the time of drafting this strategy (2021), the section of the EuroVelo 14 route that stretches along the Rákos Stream is under planning, and, within the framework of the EcoVeloTour project, a number of improvements – e.g. the creation of a smart cycling rest area, a signposting plan, and a mobile app – are underway in the area, which, in addition to the great assets of the project area, could make it attractive to cycling tourists and ecotourists.
Ároptimalizálás – Ökonometriai modellezésen és az empirikus keresleti függvény meghatározásán alapuló árazási technikák
Authors: Lázár Ede
Published: October 2021

Egy termék vagy szolgáltatás optimális beárazásának fontossága magától értetődő, ennek ellenére szinte közhelyszerű megállapítás az idevágó szakirodalomban, hogy a vállalatok jó része nem fordít a téma fontosságának megfelelő figyelmet (Cram, 2006; Dolan – Simon, 2000; Monroe 1990). Az árképzési technikák egy csoportja a keresletalapú árképzés, amelyen belül a kinyilvánított vásárlási hajlandóság vizsgálatának két új lehetőségét mutatja be a tanulmány. A kidolgozott módszerek lényege a piackutatási adatgyűjtés során kinyilvánított vásárlási hajlandóság alapján meghatározott keresleti görbe és árrugalmassági együttható vizsgálata, amely elvezet az árbevétel maximalizálása melletti optimumárhoz. Ezt az optimum ár-meghatározási algoritmust alkalmazza a szerző egy többváltozós binomiális logisztikus regresszió modellre, és egy viszonylag egyszerű, a kinyilvánított keresleti függvény és az árrugalmassági együttható pontos meghatározásán alapuló módszerre.
Continuing Medical Education Questions: October 2021
Authors: Sultan Shahnaz
Published: October 2021

Article Title: ACG Clinical Guidelines Management of Benign Anorectal Disorders
Políticas locales de Economía Social y Solidaria: aportes para el análisis de las iniciativas desarrolladas por la Municipalidad de Santa Fe entre los años 2011-2019
Authors: Sotto Orlando
Published: October 2021

El presente artículo tiene por finalidad describir las políticas y programas locales de Economía Social y Solidaria (en adelante ESS) que la Municipalidad de Santa Fe implemento entre los años 2011-2019 e indagar si dichas acciones y actividades contribuyeron al fortalecimiento y sostenibilidad de las prácticas de ESS locales.

Si bien en estos años la ESS ha adquirido mayor visibilidad social y política en diversos países y regiones del mundo, por lo general, su institucionalización en el ámbito del Estado local ha sido débil o inexistente.

Se destaca que la Municipalidad de Santa Fe desarrollo una diversidad de acciones que de una u otra manera estaban relacionados a la ESS, tratando de incluir un conjunto heterogéneo de actores dentro de las mismas (cooperativas de trabajo, emprendedores sociales, recicladores, jóvenes desempleados, entre otros) que estaban excluidos o que tenían dificultades para insertarse en el mercado laboral y económico. En este sentido, si bien hubo un proceso de institucionalización de la ESS por parte del gobierno local, los destinatarios de las políticas de ESS continúan con dificultades para lograr la sostenibilidad integral de sus emprendimientos y trayectorias socio productivas.
Agricultores familiares en la Economía Social y Solidaria: agentes catalizadores de la Soberanía Alimentaria
Authors: Castro Ramiro Luis
Published: October 2021

El artículo explora la cuestión del desarrollo productivo en zonas rurales a partir de un abordaje a la situación del periurbano de la ciudad de Paraná, Entre Ríos. Se focaliza en las pequeñas explotaciones agrícolas, revisando la asociatividad como principal componente de los entramados de productores. A partir de esto plantea que es posible establecer Sistemas Productivos Locales que vinculen, a través de la Economía Social y Solidaria, a los pequeños productores y otros actores de los entramados agroalimentarios. Propone a los agricultores familiares como actores clave del sistema, incorpora la puja entre el modelo agroecológico y el extractivista, y expone la tensión que se genera alrededor de la Soberanía Alimentaria al presentarla como un objetivo político en sintonía con el Desarrollo Territorial.
La opción cooperativa para el trabajo de cuidado. Potencialidades y límites para la inserción sociolaboral de mujeres de sectores populares en Argentina
Authors: Hopp Malena Victoria , Kasparian Denise
Published: October 2021

El artículo se propone analizar la opción cooperativa para el trabajo de cuidados como estrategia de inserción sociolaboral de mujeres de sectores populares en Argentina. Para ello, utilizamos una metodología cualitativa en base a un estudio de caso. El enfoque analítico propone abordar las tensiones y desafíos de la sostenibilidad de la opción cooperativa respecto de otras estrategias: la promoción del trabajo individual mediado por plataformas digitales y la promoción estatal de cooperativas asistidas. La investigación muestra que la cooperativa mejora las condiciones laborales, brinda seguridad y estabilidad, y favorece el sostenimiento y ampliación de las fuentes de trabajo. No obstante, existen limitaciones, por un lado, debido al carácter acotado de las formas disponibles de protección y seguridad social del trabajo autogestionado; por el otro, debido a la ausencia de un mercado para los cuidados cooperativos enmarcado en un sistema integral. El contexto de pandemia del COVID-19 pone al descubierto e intensifica ambas limitaciones.
En torno a la imaginación en Martha Nussbaum y Kant
Authors: Herszenbaun Miguel
Published: October 2021

En Justicia poética, Martha Nussbaum pone a la imaginación del lector de novelas en un lugar destacado, convirtiéndola en un elemento central de la decisión judicial. En el presente trabajo, me propongo defender la tesis de que la propuesta de Nussbaum es en parte de raigambre kantiana. Sin embargo, en el análisis pormenorizado de la función de la imaginación en Kant y Nussbaum, se advertirán los matices que trazan la separación entre lo que comparten y lo que los diferencia. En dicho análisis, defenderé que el problema general que viene a resolver la imaginación concebida por Nussbaum es la articulación entre lo singular y lo universal a través de una facultad capaz de desarrollarse y vincularse con lo emocional (aunque no reducida simplemente a la emoción).
Derecho y vida: un contrapunto entre Michel Foucault y Giorgio Agamben
Authors: Castro Edgardo
Published: October 2021

Desde la perspectiva de la crítica al antijuridicismo foucaultiano expuesta por Giorgio Agamben en Homo sacer, en el presente trabajo abordamos la cuestión del derecho y su relación con la vida en la genealogía de la racionalidad política moderna, desarrollada en los cursos de Michel Foucault en el Collège de France de los años 1978-1979. Nuestro objetivo es mostrar las modalidades que adopta esta relación a través de los conceptos de integración marginalista y de utilitarismo político, de golpe de Estado permanente y de heterogeneidad de las formas jurídicas. A partir de estas nociones, nos proponemos, además, una confrontación con la lectura realizada por Agamben.
Changes in matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in the tears and blood serum of patients with herpetic keratoconjunctivitis under the influence of antiherpetic antibodies and nimesulide
Authors: Pantielieiev P. H. , Haidash I. S.
Published: October 2021

Aim. The aim of the study was to study changes in matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors in the tears and blood serum of patients with herpetic keratoconjunctivitis under the influence of antiherpetic antibodies and nimesulide.
Materials and methods.65 adult patients with herpetic keratoconjunctivitis (HKC) caused by the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) were examined. The etiological diagnosis of HKC was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction.
The control group consisted of 32 patients who received basic treatment with acyclovir and interferon in the affected eye. The main group consisted of 33 patients who received antiherpetic immunoglobulin and nimesulide in addition to basic therapy. Immunoglobulin was administered intramuscularly and instilled into the affected eye, and nimesulide was administered orally. The control group consisted of 38 practically healthy adults.
Matrix metalloproteinases MMP-1, MMP-8, and MMP-9 and their tissue inhibitors TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 were determined by solid-phase enzyme immunoassay in the tear fluid and blood serum of patients. The results of the study were processed according to the Student's criterion.
Results. With HKC in the affected eye, in the acute phase of the disease, there are: an increase in the concentrations of MMP-1, MMP-8, MMP-9, both in the tear fluid and in the blood serum of patients; a decrease in the concentrations of TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 in the tear fluid, with unchanged levels of these compounds in the blood serum; violation of the balance in the corresponding MMP/TIMP systems to the advantage of MMP. In the convalescence phase, these shifts in the concentrations of MMPs, TIMPs and the balance between them significantly decrease, but their complete normalization does not occur, which is most significant for tear fluid than for the blood serum of convalescents.
The combination of antiherpetic immunoglobulin and nimesulide helps to inhibit the exces production of MMP-1, MMP-8, MMP-9 in the lacrimal fluid of the causal eye and in the blood serum of patients, optimizes the level of TIMP-1, TIMP-2 and balance in the corresponding MMPs/TIMPs systems.
Conclusion. In the acute phase of SCC, MMPs activity prevails, in the convalescence phase, TIMPs activity prevails. The combination of antiherpetic immunoglobulin and nimesulide has a positive effect on the state of MMPs and TIMPs in the lacrimal fluid of the causal eye and in the blood serum of patients.
Determining the probable role of ferroptosis in the course of inflammatory bacterial diseases of the respiratory organs in young children accompanied by the development of anemia of inflammation
Authors: Lezhenko H. O. , Abaturov O. Ye. , Pogribna A. O.
Published: October 2021

Aim. To determine the probable role of ferroptosis in the course of inflammatory bacterial diseases of the respiratory system in young children, accompanied by the development of anemia of inflammation.
Materials and methods. The study included 62 children (mean age 1.4 ± 0.4 years). The main group included 42 children with acute inflammatory bacterial diseases of the respiratory system, accompanied by anemia of inflammation: 29 children were diagnosed with bacterial bronchitis, 13 children – pneumonia. Determination of the severity of inflammatory diseases was determined by Acute Bronchitis Severity Score and Pediatric Respiratory Severity Score. At the time of participation in the study, all patients under observation had no signs of impaired iron metabolism, including iron deficiency anemia, in the anamnesis. The control group included 20 relatively healthy children. The content of caspase-7, caspase-9, ferritin, nitrotyrosine, phospholipase A2 was determined by ELISA using commercial kits.
Results. We hypothesized the ineffectiveness of apoptosis in the course of bacterial inflammatory processes of the respiratory organs in young children, accompanied by the development of anemia of inflammation, and studied the probability of ferroptosis in these conditions. The obtained data indicated the presence of active oxidative stress in the main group patients. The strong direct correlation between the severity of inflammatory disease and the intensity of oxidative stress was revealed (r = 0.7, P < 0.001). A statistically significant increase in ferritin content in the main group compared with the control group was observed. There was a strong direct correlation between ferritin levels and the severity of bronchitis (r = 0.82, P < 0.01) and the severity of pneumonia (r = 0.87, P < 0.01). It was found that the upper quartile of serum ferritin levels (73.2 ± 4.6 ng/ml) was associated with severe disease. We assumed that restriction of access to iron for bacterial pathogens due to its sequestration in cells is a pathological process under certain conditions.
Conclusions. In the pathogenesis of bacterial inflammatory diseases of the respiratory organs in young children, accompanied by the development of anemia of inflammation, the processes of apoptosis did not dominate, but, obviously, necrotic phenomena did, including ferroptosis as one of the manifestations of necrosis. The protective mechanism aimed at limiting the access of bacterial pathogens to iron due to its sequestration in cells becomes pathological under certain conditions.
Peculiarities of ultrasound diagnostics of paraurethral glands in women of fertile age
Authors: Grygorenko V. M. , Romashchenko O. V. , Biloholovska V. V. , Kosiukhno M. O. , Melnykov S. M. , Klius A. L.
Published: October 2021

Aim. Evaluation of ultrasound diagnostics of paraurethral glands considering their types of location in women of fertile age.
Materials and methods. A gynaecological, sexological and ultrasound study of 94 women in the age from 24 to 42 (average age 31.01 ± 6.60) was carried out.
Determination of paraurethral glands during ultrasound study was conducted in the format of grey scale (B-mode) using the Doppler colour flow mapping and evaluation of Doppler indices of paraurethral glands both before and after sexual stimu­lation. To optimize the paraurethral glands visual view at the beginning of examination urinary bladder was catheterized and a balloon, filled with gel, was inserted into vagina.
Results. The front type of paraurethral glands location was found in the accumulation of glandular tissues in regard to the distal part of urethra in 67 (71.2 %) of the examined, back type – in the area of back urethra in 19 (20.2 %), diffuse type – along urethra in 7 (7.5 %) and absence – in 1 (1.1 %). Paraurethral glands were visualized in the form of clear isoechogenic oval formation with the following dimensions: length – 2.20 ± 0.60 cm, width – 1.52 ± 0.40 cm, thickness – 1.30 ± 0.30 cm, and volume – 4.75 ± 0.50 cm3.
The diameter of vessels in the paraurethral glands area was between 0.17 cm and 0.21 cm in calm state and 0.39–0.41 cm – during stimulation. Maximum systolic speed of blood flow (Vps) in calm was 8.9–11.1 cm/sec, while in sexual stimulation it was 13.9–14.1 cm/sec, resistance index (IR) – 0.60–0.62 and 0.63–0.68, respectively, pulsation index (IP) – 1.22–1.44 and 1.61–1.72, respectively.
Conclusions. The ultrasound study of vessels of paraurethral glands, when Doppler method is used according to the suggested methodology, gives the opportunity not only to identify its anatomical structure, but also to determine its types. In CDC the increase of diameter of vessels and the optimization of vessels image in the area of paraurethral glands in case of sexual stimulation were marked.
Medical errors in providing emergency care to patients with ECG symptoms of acute coronary syndrome on the background of decompensation of diabetes mellitus with hyperkalemia
Authors: Toronchenko O. M. , Miakinkova L. О. , Baklytskyi D. D.
Published: October 2021

The article describes a rare clinical case of hyperkalemia backgrounded by type 1 diabetes mellitus with signs of acute cardiovascular insufficiency, arrhythmia and QRST disturbances which was primarily diagnosed as acute coronary syndrome with ST elevation. Coronary angiography excluded pathology of the coronary arteries. Hyperkalemia, as the cause of ECG changes, was suspected in the hospital treatment. Stabilization of the patient’s condition, renewal of heart rhythm and conduction was obtained against the background of infusion support and insulin therapy. The pathogenesis of arrhythmia and QRST complex had a secondary genesis in relation to fluid and electrolyte metabolism disorders, so the restoration of sinus rhythm occurred without usage of antiarrhythmics. The usage of antiarrhythmic drugs according to the guideline of management of patients with ACS can deepen electrolyte shifts and lead to fatal arrhythmias in conditions of insulin deficiency and hyperkalemia.
This example illustrates the urgent need to diagnose life-threatening electrolyte changes, namely hyperkalemia, under the guise of acute coronary syndrome, as well as signs of ACS, along with ECG, to pay special attention to the assessment of medical history and clinical data for the correct choice of emergency care and further treatment tactics.
Relationships between morphological indicators of the tibia and soft tissues lesions and some biochemical blood indicators in patients with traumatic osteomyelitis
Authors: Hryhorovskyi V. V. , Mahomedov S. , Hrytsai M. P. , Tsokalo V. P. , Kuzub T. A. , Polishchuk L. V. , Hryhorovska A. V.
Published: October 2021

Aim. Research aim was to find statistical differences of biochemical indicators of blood and morphometric indicators of crural tissue lesion and relationships between them in patients with traumatic osteomyelitis of the tibia with trophic disturbances in extremity.
Material and methods. The work material includes data from 28 patients with traumatic osteomyelitis which was combined with trophic tissue disturbances of different manifestation degree. The levels of procalcitonin, lactate dehydrogenase and acetylcholinesterase of blood serum were estimated. In crural tissues quantitative biochemical, gradual morphometric indicators, frequencies of occurrence of different manifestation degree cases and relationships “clinic – biochemistry – pathomorphology” were defined histologically.
Results. Average values of procalcitonin, lactate dehydrogenase and acetylcholinesterase in patients with traumatic osteomyelitis of the tibia, combined with trophic disturbances in crural tissues, are significantly higher, than average values of these indicators in intact donors. In the majority of the patients with chronic traumatic osteomyelitis in crural tissues pathological changes were found out, which by clinical estimations are considered as trophic disturbances. They represent a combination of discirculatory, ischemic-necro­tic, exsudative, productive-inflammatory, and also reparative processes which in total create a composite picture of complex lesion and can persist for many years. As closest relations, according to values of association coefficient, concerning certain biochemical indicators, can be noted such clinical indicators: “degree of bone fragments non-consolidation” and “severity of trophic disturbances in bone tissue (by clinical estimation)”, concerning defined morphometric indicators – such biochemical indicators: “level of procalcitonin” and “level of lactate dehydrogenase” in blood serum. Among morphometric lesion indicators the closest relations concerning biochemical indicators were revealed: in bones – “the form of the pathological focus of traumatic osteomyelitis” and “presence of sequesters”, in soft tissues – “exsudative inflammation in internal membrane of a focus capsule”.
Conclusions. In chronic traumatic osteomyelitis combined with trophic disturbances of crural tissues, there are relationships between some clinical, biochemical and morphological indicators of the extremity tissues condition. A deviation of metabolism indicators from norm can serve as biochemical markers in definition of severity degree and efficiency of treatment in patients.
Antiradical activity of novel 4-amino-5-(thiophen-2-ylmethyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol derivatives
Authors: Safonov A. A. , Nosulenko I. S.
Published: October 2021

The process of studying free radicals began in the middle of the last century (the free radical theory of aging in 1956). Multiple studies have revealed the effect of free radicals on the cells of the body and the development of various diseases, such as diabetes, autoimmune diseases, diseases of the nervous system, and others. As a result, the term antioxidant has emerged, compounds that reduce and prevent the effects of free radicals. Most of the newly synthesized substances are studied for their antiradical properties. 1,2,4-Triazole derivatives are no exception, which has already proven themselves as biologically active compounds.
The aim of this work was the investigation antiradical activity among 4-amino-5-(thiophen-2-ylmethyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol derivatives.
Materials and methods. Previously synthesized 4-amino-5-(thiophen-2-ylmethyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol derivatives were used as test compounds. The research of antiradical activity was based on the interaction between 4-amino-5-(thiophen-2-ylmethyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol derivatives and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) in vitro. DPPH is a stable free radical. The color of its alcoholic solutions were intense purple (λmax = 517 nm). When DPPH interacted with compounds that were capable of scavenging free radicals, it produced products. These products are yellow in color and do not absorb light of the aforementioned wavelength. The study was carried out according to the method.
Results. The antiradical activity of 10 new 4-amino-5-(thiophen-2-ylmethyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol derivatives was studied. Most of the test compounds show antiradical activity against DPPH. Compound 1 was the most active at a concentration of 1 × 10-3 M and the antiradical effect was close to ascorbic acid.
Conclusions. The most active compound is 4-amino-5-(thiophen-2-ylmethyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol, which in a concentration of 1 × 10-3 M has an antiradical effect in 88.89 %. When reducing the concentration to 1 × 10-4 M, also reduces the antiradical activity to 53.78 %. Some conclusions are drawn regarding the “structure – effect” dependence between 4-amino-5-(thiophen-2-ylmethyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol derivatives:
– the introduction of 4-fluorobenzylidene radical (compound 2) into the 4-amino-5-(thiophen-2-ylmethyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol molecule results in a slight decrease in activity;
– the introduction of 2-hydroxybenzylidene radical (compound 3) into initial molecule results a high antiradical effect, which hardly changes with decreasing concentration;
– transformation to 2-((5-(thiophen-2-ylmethyl)-4-((R)amino)-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)thio)acetic acid has almost no effect on antiradical activity, except for compound 9 (the antiradical effect is reduse).
Learning from Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Ghana and Zambia: lessons for integrated landscape approaches
Authors: Adeyanju S. , O'Connor A. , Addoah T. , Bayala E. , Djoudi H. , Moombe K. , Reed J. , Ros-Tonen M. , Siangulube F. , Sikanwe A. , Sunderland T.
Published: October 2021

Land use in much of sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by legislative frameworks based on a strong colonial legacy, focusing strongly on state control and minimal devolution of management responsibilities to local communities. However, attempts to reconcile conservation and socio-economic
development by increasing stakeholder engagement in community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) have been undertaken since the late 1980s. Based on a review of published literature on historical land-use trajectories, the evolution of CBNRM, and key respondent interviews with NRM experts
in Ghana and Zambia, this paper asks: What lessons can be learned from CBNRM to inform integrated landscape approaches for more equitable social and ecological outcomes? The paper discusses the positive characteristics and persistent challenges arising from CBNRM initiatives in both countries.
The former being, improved rights and resource access, an established institutional structure at the local level, and a conservation approach tailored to the local context. The latter include the absence of multi-scale collaboration, inadequate inclusive and equitable local participation,
and limited sustainability of CBNRM initiatives beyond short-term project funding timelines. The paper argues that integrated landscape approaches can address these challenges and improve natural resource management in Ghana and Zambia. We urge landscape practitioners to consider how the lessons
learned from CBNRM are being addressed in practice, as they represent both challenges and opportunities for landscape approaches to improve natural resource management.
The politics of forest governance failure in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): lessons from 35 years of political rivalries
Authors: Majambu E. , Demaze M. Tsayem , Ongolo S.
Published: October 2021

The promotion of good governance in the forestry sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was one of the major components of the policy reforms initiated by international organisations in the mid-1980s. This paper analyses concepts of 'good governance' in the forestry sector
in the DRC between the mid-1980s and 2020 and highlights the recent history of forest policy reforms. From an empirical perspective, our analysis builds both on an extensive review of policy documents and field observations, as well as interviews with actors who have been involved with forest
policy reforms or seen how they were implemented. The paper also describes the key actors involved in those reforms and investigates the coalitions formed between some of them to influence the forestland governance in the country. The paper demonstrates that international organisations have
often played a decisive and intrusive role in the promotion of 'good governance' in the DRC forestry sector. Their strong involvement is sometimes seen as interference and has aggravated rather than alleviated the governance crisis. In some cases, politicians, military and administrative officers
have used political and security unrest as a scapegoat to benefit from forest governance failure and the related business-as-usual in the DRC.
Re-evaluating Pleistocene–Holocene occupation of cave sites in north-west Thailand: new radiocarbon and luminescence dating
Authors: Conrad Cyler , Shoocongdej Rasmi , Marwick Ben , White Joyce C. , Thongcharoenchaikit Cholawit , Higham Charles , Feathers James K. , Tumpeesuwan Sakboworn , Castillo Cristina C. , Fuller Dorian Q. , Jones Emily Lena
Published: October 2021

Established chronologies indicate a long-term ‘Hoabinhian’ hunter-gatherer occupation of Mainland Southeast Asia during the Terminal Pleistocene to Mid-Holocene (45 000–3000 years ago). Here, the authors re-examine the ‘Hoabinhian’ sequence from north-west Thailand using new radiocarbon and luminescence data from Spirit Cave, Steep Cliff Cave and Banyan Valley Cave. The results indicate that hunter-gatherers exploited this ecologically diverse region throughout the Terminal Pleistocene and the Pleistocene–Holocene transition, and into the period during which agricultural lifeways emerged in the Holocene. Hunter-gatherers did not abandon this highland region of Thailand during periods of environmental and socioeconomic change.
Obstetric Risk and Outcomes of Teenage Pregnancy in a University Teaching Hospital, North-Central, Nigeria
Authors: Utoo Bernard Terkimbi , Ubah Unazi Elias , Eka Peter Onche
Published: October 2021

Objectives: Teenage pregnancy has generated much interest in Obstetrics practice due to increasing risk to the baby and the mother. In this regard, this study was done to ascertain its incidence, obstetric risk, and outcomes. Materials and Methods: This study reviewed the obstetric data sheets of all teenage pregnancies managed between January 2013 and December 2017 at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi, North -Central, Nigeria. Results: Teenage deliveries included 43 cases constituting 2.06% of the total 2084 deliveries within the period. The mean age (SD) was 17.88 (±1.77) years. The commonest antenatal complications were malaria (39.5%), anaemia (37.2%), and hypertension in pregnancy (20.9%). The augmentation of labour was done for 16 parturient mothers (37.2%) and 16.3% had the induction of labour. The caesarean section rate was 16.3% and it was mostly related to obstructed labour (47.1%). In addition, episiotomy was done in 11.6% of parturient mothers and 46.5% had perineal tear. There were 37 live births out of which, 6 cases were neonatal admissions and 6 other cases were perinatal deaths. Finally, the perinatal mortality rate among the teenage deliveries was 139.5 per 1000. Conclusions: The incidence of teenage births was 2.06% with associated obstetric risks and adverse pregnancy outcomes necessitating improved obstetric care during pregnancy and delivery.
Lymph Node Involvement and Related Risk Factors in Patients With Breast Cancer Referred for Radiotherapy: A 20-Year Study on 15000 Women
Authors: Rousta Fariborz , Dadashzadeh Maryam , Mahdavi Farshad , Nasseri Ali Reza
Published: October 2021

Objectives: Tumor size and axillary lymph node (LN) involvement are used as prognostic markers and a guide for choosing adjuvant therapy. This study aimed to evaluate LN involvement and related risk factors in patients with breast cancer (BC) referred for radiotherapy. Materials and Methods: Using the census sampling method, 15,000 women with BC referring for radiotherapy were enrolled in this retrospective descriptive study performed at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences during 2000-2020. LN involvement and related risk factors were recorded and analyzed using the t test and ANOVA test at a significance level of P<0.05. Results: The prevalence of LN involvement in this study was 25%. The estrogen receptor status and LN involvement were associated with metastasis. The odds ratio of metastasis in patients with a negative estrogen receptor was about twice that of women with estrogen receptor positivity. Finally, the risk of metastasis in patients presenting with LN involvement was eight times higher than that of patients without LN involvement. Conclusion: In general, estrogen receptor status and LN involvement were associated with metastasis in patients with BC. Thus, these factors can be regarded as a guide to start necessary interventions earlier in at-risk patients.
33 actions for an anti-ableist Montréal
Authors: Parent Laurence
Published: October 2021

This article steams from my doctoral thesis entitled “Rouler/Wheeling Montréal: Moving through, Resisting and Belonging in an Ableist City” (Parent, 2018). My thesis examined fifteen disabled Montrealers’ everyday mobilities and two different dimensions of participants’ sense of belonging: their belonging in Montréal disability communities and their belonging in the city. Participants’ stories show that their right to the city and their capacity to move through it are severely compromised because ableism is embedded in Montréal’s built environment and culture. This article explores three issues and 33 actions for an an anti-ableist Montréal. The first issue is presented as a question: How can we build an anti-ableist city? The second issue concerns disabled Montrealers’ mobilities in the face of climate change and the third explores the representations of disabled Montrealers in the media and civic and political life.
Visual Retrospection: Rhyming Art with Access
Authors: Rader Matt
Published: October 2021

This work of creative nonfiction memoir reflects on the philosophical, ethical, and creative perspectives that informed the author’s book-length lyric essay, Visual Inspection. The essay connects the practices of art-making and access-making as concomitant ethical activities.
La pratique du dessin de Mélissa Desjardins
Authors: Desjardins Mélissa
Published: October 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr5y9pUZZb4
Contributing to VIBE, and Crip Arts Before and Since
Authors: Quest Seeley
Published: October 2021

cross-genre writing, performance art, transgender, non-apparent disabilities, erotics, activism, immigration
Financial Innovation and Technology after COVID-19: a few Directions for Policy Makers and Regulators in the View of Old and New Disruptors
Authors: Pompella Maurizio , Costantino Lorenzo
Published: October 2021

Innovation and technology have led to the redefinition of business models and development of new ones in many bricks and mortar sectors.  Similarly, blockchain and fintech have impacted the finance and banking industries and are expected to further affect them in the future, leading some media to coin the expression “Uberization of banking”.  The authors extrapolate from sharing economy models to conclude that while blockchain and fintech are poised to advance finance and banking, there are no disruptive features that corroborate the term.  By analogy and successive approximations, this article identifies the limitations of the arguments for disruption in finance and banking.  Besides, hinging upon stylized facts, the article establishes similarities with sharing economy models to identify potential threats stemming from financial innovations such as Tokenomics, tagged as “no-ABSs”.  Eventually, the authors identify entry points and ways forward arising from the COVID-19 pandemic for policy makers and regulators to regain their pivotal role in policing the market and ensuring transparency while driving innovation.
Anijoninių ir katijoninių teršalų šalinimas geriamojo vandens ruošimo atliekomis
Authors:   , Sodaitienė Edita
Published: October 2021

Removal of anionic and cationic pollutants by groundwater treatment waste
Individualia tulžies latakų akmenligės rizika pagrįstas priešoperacinis ištyrimas ir tulžies latakų akmenligės gydymas prieš planuojamą laparoskopinę cholecistektomiją
Authors:   , Aleknaitė Aušra
Published: October 2021

The Preoperative Prediction and Management of Choledocholithiasis before Planned Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy based on Individual Risk of Choledocholithiasis
Influence of k-casein genotype on heat stability and cheese making properties of milk powder
Authors:   All-Russian Dairy Research Institute, Laboratory of Dairy Preserved Foods, 35, Lyusinovskaya Str., blok 7, Moscow, Russia, 115093 mail, Gennadyevich Kruchinin Alexandr
Published: October 2021

In this study the effect of k-casein gene polymorphism on the technological characteristics of milk powder obtained by spray (AA1:BB1) and freeze drying (AA2:BB2) was investigated. Standardized and generally accepted methods were used in the field of physical and chemical control of dairy products, as well as methods for assessing the heat stability and cheese making properties of milk. The most heat-resistant were the samples with a predominance of milk obtained from cows with the AA CSN3 genotype, in the pH range from 6.4 to 7.0 (36-91 minutes for AA1:BB1 and 37-101 minutes for AA2:BB2). In systems with a fraction of 25% to 100% of milk from cows with the AA CSN3 genotype obtained by freeze drying, higher (by 3-10%) stabilization qualities of protein were revealed when heated in the pH range from 6.4 to 7.0 compared to spray drying. The analysis of the results regarding the cheese making properties showed that with an increase in the proportion of milk from cows with the BB CSN3 genotype from 0% to 100% in model systems, the rennet coagulation time decreases for all samples, regardless of the drying method. It was also found that when using freeze drying, coagulum of all samples were assigned to the highest class of milk quality in terms of cheese making properties, while during spray drying only the samples consisting of min. 75% or completely of milk obtained from cows with genotype BB CSN3 corresponded to this category.
RECURSIVE JOIN PROCESSING IN BIG DATA ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Phan Anh-Cang , Trieu Thanh-Ngoan , Phan Thuong-Cang
Published: October 2021

In the era of information explosion, Big data is receiving increased attention as having important implications for growth, profitability, and survival of modern organizations. However, it also offers many challenges in the way data is processed and queried over time. A join operation is one of the most common operations appearing in many data queries. Specially, a recursive join is a join type used to query hierarchical data but it is more extremely complex and costly. The evaluation of the recursive join in MapReduce includes some iterations of two tasks of a join task and an incremental computation task. Those tasks are significantly expensive and reduce the performance of queries in large datasets because they generate plenty of intermediate data transmitting over the network. In this study, we thus propose a simple but efficient approach for Big recursive joins based on reducing by half the number of the required iterations in the Spark environment. This improvement leads to significantly reducing the number of the required tasks as well as the amount of the intermediate data generated and transferred over the network. Our experimental results show that an improved recursive join is more efficient and faster than a traditional one on large-scale datasets.
ONE-MINIUM-ONLY BASIC-SET TRELLIS MIN-MAX DECODER ARCHITECTURE FOR NONBINARY LDPC CODE
Authors: Dinh The Cuong , Pham Thi Huyen , Dao Tuan Hung , Pham Xuan Nghia
Published: October 2021

Nonbinary low-density-parity-check (NB-LDPC) code outperforms their binary counterpart in terms of error-correcting performance and error-floor property when the code length is moderate. However, the drawback of NB-LDPC decoders is high complexity and the complexity increases considerably when increasing the Galois-field order. In this paper, an One-Minimum-Only basic-set trellis min-max (OMO-BS-TMM) algorithm and the corresponding decoder architecture are proposed for NBLDPC codes to greatly reduce the complexity of the check node unit (CNU) as well as the whole decoder. In the proposed OMO-BS-TMM algorithm, only the first minimum values are used for generating the check node messages instead of using both the first and second minimum values, and the number of messages exchanged between the check node and the variable node is reduced in comparison with the previous works. Layered decoder architectures based on the proposed algorithm were implemented for the (837, 726) NB-LDPC code over GF(32) using 90-nm CMOS technology. The implementation results showed that the OMO-BS-TMM algorithm achieves the almost similar error-correcting performance, and a reduction of the complexity by 31.8% and 20.5% for the whole decoder, compared to previous works. Moreover, the proposed decoder achieves a higher throughput at 1.4 Gbps, compared with the other state-of-the-art NBLDPC decoders.
THE ROLE OF ANNOTATED LOGICS IN AI: A REVIEW PAPER
Authors: Abe Jair , Nakamatsu Kazumi , Aharari Ari , Filho Joao
Published: October 2021

Annotated Logics are a category of non-classical logics that have recently appeared from a historical point of view. They are a type of paraconsistent, paracomplete and non-alethic logic. With the rapid development of AI and Automation and Robotics, more and more theory and techniques were coined to support the various issues that the themes were presenting. This expository work explores how to deal directly with conflicts (contradictions) and paracompleteness directly, without extra-logical devices. Support is given by the paraconsistent annotated evidential logic Et. Some applications are discussed.