bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
From Tapas to Modern Yoga: Sādhus’ Understanding of Embodied Practices
Authors: Bevilacqua Daniela
Published: May 2024

Extensively based on fieldwork material, From Tapas to Modern Yoga primarily analyses embodied practices of ascetics belonging to four religious orders historically associated with the practice of yoga and haṭha yoga. This focus on ascetics stems from the fact that yogic techniques probably developed in ascetic contexts, yet scholars have rarely focused their attention on non-international ascetic practitioners of yoga. Creating a confrontation between textual sources and ethnographic data, the book demonstrates how ‘embodied practices’ (austerities, yoga and haṭha yoga) over the centuries accumulated layers of meanings and practices that coexist in the literature as well as in the words of contemporary sādhus. Drawing from conversations with these interlocutors, the book demonstrates the importance of ethnographic fieldwork in shedding light on past historical developments, transmissions, contemporary reinterpretation and innovation. The strength of the work lies in its methodological approach and in the richness of its materials: by analysing present situations through comparisons and the support of past evidence, the book not only fills an academic gap but also stimulates further research on this highly complex topic.
A Systemic History of the Middle Way: Its Biological, Psycho-developmental, and Cultural Conditions
Authors: Ellis Robert M.
Published: May 2024

Systemic history is an approach to explaining the past, that tries to maximize our understanding of context. Unlike most history, it does not do this by just narrating a chain of causal relationships for a given group through time. Instead, it shows how simpler systems become more complex over time through the interaction of reinforcing and balancing feedback loops. Systemic history offers the best way of understanding the processes that shape the Middle Way, because the Middle Way involves improving responses to complexity, rather than falling back on shortcut simplifications (absolutizations). This book examines the history of the Middle Way in four inter-related ways: as the biological development of organisms in relation to reinforcing or balancing feedback loops, as the psychological development of individual humans during a lifetime, as a succession of reinforcing and balancing feedback tendencies in human culture through history, and as a successive development of integrative practice. This shows how the Middle Way is a path distinctive to the human response to complexity, but nevertheless one rooted in the wider processes of all life. In the process it provides a detailed exploration of the relationship between the Middle Way and systems theory, biology, developmental psychology, and world history.
Tak mi rozebrali cerkiew / Jakby mi rozebrali świat. Obrazy cerkwi w łemkowskiej poezji Władysława Grabana i Jerzego Harasymowicza
Authors: Mordel Karol
Published: May 2024

Niniejsza praca ma na celu przedstawienie i wyjaśnienie relacji pomiędzy tożsamościami Władysława Grabana i Jerzego Harasymowicza oraz historią i kulturą społeczności łemkowskiej a wybranymi aspektami ukazań cerkwi w ich poezji łemkowskiej. W celu udowodnienia, iż wykorzystanie obrazów cerkwi w poezji obu twórców stanowi główny środek budujący poetycki obraz Łemkowszczyzny czasów po roku 1947, oraz ukazania tychże relacji opisano znaczenie religii dla tożsamości analizowanych poetów oraz zanalizowano obrazy cerkwi w ich poezji. Badania zostały przeprowadzone w nurcie komparatystyki wewnętrznej, z uwzględnieniem kulturowych teorii literatury, historii czy religioznawstwa.
Uwagi Williama Davissona o XVII-wiecznej Rzeczypospolitej na podstawie Zielonych Dzieci Olgi Tokarczuk
Authors: Michta Ewelina
Published: May 2024

Olga Tokarczuk przykuwa uwagę czytelnika i uwrażliwia go na zjawiska skomplikowane, niejednoznaczne, często ukryte, a nawet metafizyczne. Pisarkę fascynuje szczególnie rzeczywistość wielorako pograniczna, zogniskowana na różnych manifestacjach dziwności, odmienności i nadzwyczajności. Należy przy tym zaznaczyć, iż polska kultura jest jednym z najistotniejszych problemów poruszanych przez tę wybitną pisarkę. Nic w tym dziwnego, gdyż tworzy ją człowiek, na którym z niezwykłą wnikliwością noblistka koncentruje swoją uwagę. Rozważania na temat szeroko rozumianej polskości w opowiadaniu Olgi Tokarczuk pod tytułem Zielone Dzieci to jedna z historii opisana przez autorkę w wydanym w 2018 roku zbiorze Opowiadania bizarne. W tym stylizowanym na pamiętnik autentycznej postaci historycznej dziele – szkocki lekarz, botanik i badacz osobliwości relacjonuje swoje obserwacje prowadzone na rubieżach Rzeczypospolitej. Czy ten peryferyjny kraj zdoła zainteresować go jakimś miejscowym fenomenem? Czy znajdzie kuszącą alternatywę dla targanych wojnami i klęskami społeczeństw ludzkich? Czy uda mu się powrócić z wyprawy do Francji? W artykule podjęta została próba charakterystyki XVII-wiecznej Polski, refleksja na temat tożsamości oraz granic, a także na temat miejsca człowieka w świecie natury.
„Bycie kobietą to krwawa harówka” – pseudofeministyczne kreacje bohaterek współczesnych retellingów na przykładzie Północy w Everwood M.A. Kuzniar
Authors: Matuszko Kinga
Published: May 2024

W artykule zanalizowano pseudofeministyczne sposoby kreacji bohaterek współczesnych retellingów. Za przedmiot refleksji obrano powieść M.A. Kuzniar Północ w Everwood (2022), będącą reinterpretacją opowiadania Dziadek do orzechów i Król Myszy E.T.A. Hoffmanna. Wskazano, że autorki, reinterpretując klasyczne historie, chcą uczestniczyć we współczesnych dyskursach postulujących akceptację dla odmienności, a także równorzędność światopoglądów. W tym celu wprowadzają w swoje powieści różnorakie refrakcje, m.in. próbują odzyskać kobiece bohaterki i akcentują przy tym ich aktywną rolę w fabule. Starają się przy tym podkreślać ich cechy potocznie kojarzone z feminizmem, co niejednokrotnie wywołuje przeciwny efekt, a ich utwory można interpretować jako pseudofeministyczne. Jest to szczególnie widoczne w takich zabiegach, jak demonizowanie mężczyzn (np. brak pozytywnych postaci męskich, pokazywanie wszystkich jako złych lub słabych) oraz karykaturalnym akcentowaniu kobiecej siły i niezależności.
Wyobraźnia turystyczna a obraz miasta w Zbrodni i karze Fiodora Dostojewskiego na lekcji języka polskiego w szkole ponadpodstawowej
Authors: Wawer Karolina
Published: May 2024

Celem artykułu jest zestawienie nowoczesnego imaginarium podróżniczego z obrazem Petersburga z kart Zbrodni i kary. Wiedza o sposobach podróżowania i wyobrażania sobie atrakcji turystycznych, uwzględnienie współczesnych teorii dotyczących podróży w celu interpretacji świata powieści, pozwoli na żywy i pogłębiony kontakt z lekturą, zgodnie z zasadami nowoczesnej dydaktyki. W artykule zebrano propozycje dydaktyczne dotyczące omówienia powieści Fiodora Dostojewskiego, wnioski płynące z przeprowadzonej lekcji oraz fragmenty prac uczniowskich.
Essays on Optimal Income Taxation
Authors:   , Tayibov Khayyam
Published: May 2024

This thesis consists of three separate papers on optimal income taxation and redistribution. In the first paper, Tagging Birthplace for Optimal Tax Policy, Redistribution, and Welfare, I study the design of optimal tax policy based on individual's birthplace. Using Swedish population register data and numerical simulations, I examine the relationship between regional origin and optimal tax policy for income redistribution. By aggregating birthplaces into four regions based on population size, I find higher optimal marginal tax rates for individuals born in larger cities and areas relative to their less populous counterparts. Moreover, average tax rates are lower for those born in less populated areas, further underscoring interregional redistributive efforts. Importantly, I emphasize that tagging individuals based on their place of birth facilitates more targeted tax policies, leading to substantial welfare gains. The second paper, Optimal Redistribution and Long-Term Unemployment, extends the theory of optimal redistributive taxation to address the dynamics of long-term unemployment. We analyze the interplay of education policy, public employment initiatives, unemployment benefits, and income taxation to achieve redistributive goals while addressing the challenges of unemployment. Our findings highlight the need for overprovision of education and expansion of public employment programs, alongside targeted redistribution, to mitigate long- term unemployment. Policy simulations demonstrate the adaptability of this approach to different preferences and productivity differentials. We emphasize the importance of taking long-term unemployment into account when designing effective redistributive policies. The third paper, Taxation of Housing In A Mirrleesian Context When Urban Land Is Scarce, investigates the optimal taxation of housing in a Mirrleesian framework, taking into account heterogeneity among agents in labor productivity, land ownership, and location (urban or rural). We distinguish between land, which is scarce in urban areas, and structures, which require maintenance that can be done at home or purchased. Calibration to Swedish register data reveals significant welfare gains from housing taxes, especially when distinguishing between urban and rural areas and between structures and land. We justify housing taxes by capturing land rent, a source of inequality. We find that taxing structures is justified if one is constrained from taxing land rent, as scarcity spills over to structures via zoning constraints. In rural areas, property taxes should be low or negative, given regional redistribution concerns. Subsidizing professional maintenance services is advisable to optimize time allocation and mitigate income tax distortions. Our analysis shows indirect distributional effects of structure and maintenance taxes on urban land prices, which influence the direct effects of taxation.
Kelp Report Card 2022
Authors:   Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Bell Tom W. , Saccomanno Vienna R. ,   The Nature Conservancy
Published: May 2024

The Kelp Report Card is an annual, data-driven evaluation of kelp canopy dynamics in the Northeast Pacific relative to historical trends. This analysis spans the West Coast of the United States through Baja California, Mexico and mobilizes nearly 40 years of Landsat satellite-derived kelp canopy data to provide a summary of 2022 trends in kelp canopy to inform strategic conservation, restoration, management, and research of this important natural resource and ecosystem. The data underlying this report card are publicly available in interactive format on Kelpwatch.org.
TRANScidade: a caminhografia urbana no centro de Pelotas/RS
Authors: Rocha Eduardo
Published: May 2024

Resumo O artigo explora a concepção de "TRANScidade" por meio da prática de caminhografia urbana no centro de Pelotas/RS, com o objetivo de proporcionar uma nova perspectiva do centro da cidade, redefinindo-o como um "corpocidade-TRANS" inovador. A abordagem é guiada pela teoria queer e suas micro resistências inerentes, que desafiam as normas preestabelecidas ao mapear a vida cotidiana urbana e desestabilizar certezas, abrindo espaço para novas nuances e engajamentos urbanos. Nesse sentido, filosofia da diferença atua como intermediária, orientando a transformação dos conceitos convencionais da experiência urbana. A investigação revela diversas facetas TRANS no centro da cidade, onde a dispersão revolucionária coexiste com o centro histórico tradicional, a troca extensiva se mescla ao comércio intensivo e a estruturação duradoura se entrelaça com o fluxo de passageiros. O artigo é embasado nas "escritas coletivas" e nos registros gerados durante as explorações à pé. A cartografia resultante desse percurso emana poder e intensidade, demonstrando um alto grau de TRANScidade. Isso TRANScende o conhecimento atual e o propósito exato das abordagens puramente físicas e funcionais aplicadas à gestão urbana, mas ecoa vividamente na pulsação da cidade, com uma intensidade que repercute nas vibrações da vida e da morte urbanas.
Acute kidney injury in nonagenarians: clinical characteristics and mortality
Authors: Dias Rafael Peixoto Lima , Duarte Daniella Bezerra , Barbosa Danilo de Castro Bulhões Mascarenhas , Campos Rodrigo Peixoto
Published: May 2024

Abstract Introduction: Nonagenarians constitute a rising percentage of inpatients, with acute kidney injury (AKI) being frequent in this population. Thus, it is important to analyze the clinical characteristics of this demographic and their impact on mortality. Methods: Retrospective study of nonagenarian patients with AKI at a tertiary hospital between 2013 and 2022. Only the latest hospital admission was considered, and patients with incomplete data were excluded. A logistic regression analysis was conducted to define risk factors for mortality. A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: A total of 150 patients were included, with a median age of 93.0 years (91.2–95.0), and males accounting for 42.7% of the sample. Sepsis was the most common cause of AKI (53.3%), followed by dehydration/hypovolemia (17.7%), and heart failure (17.7%). ICU admission occurred in 39.3% of patients, mechanical ventilation in 14.7%, vasopressors use in 22.7% and renal replacement therapy (RRT) in 6.7%. Death occurred in 56.7% of patients. Dehydration/hypovolemia as an etiology of AKI was associated with a lower risk of mortality (OR 0.18; 95% CI 0.04–0.77, p = 0.020). KDIGO stage 3 (OR 3.15; 95% CI 1.17–8.47, p = 0.023), ICU admission (OR 12.27; 95% CI 3.03–49.74, p < 0.001), and oliguria (OR 5.77; 95% CI 1.98–16.85, p = 0.001) were associated with mortality. Conclusion: AKI nonagenarians had a high mortality rate, with AKI KDIGO stage 3, oliguria, and ICU admission being associated with death.
Lobos, cavalos, cadelas e outros personagens da violência de gênero no trabalho de Carolina Bianchi
Authors: Dalgalarrondo Luisa
Published: May 2024

RESUMO Este texto analisa os trabalhos de Carolina Bianchi, principalmente LOBO (2018), O Tremor Magnífico (2020) e Trilogia Cadela Força – Capítulo I: A noiva e o Boa Noite Cinderela (2023). O artigo apre-senta a artista, seus trabalhos mais recentes e discute como Bianchi coloca em cena o debate da violência de gênero, através principalmente de três eixos temáticos: o papel das mulheres na história da arte, exploração de sexualidades não-normativas e presença de seres não humanos em suas obras, que convocam o debate sobre natureza versus cultura. Discute-se como a artista articula esses elementos em cena a partir de estratégias que buscam escancarar tensões e contradições, sem apresentar uma resolução, mas em uma investigação de lingua-gem que fomenta uma reflexão crítica e viva.
Wolves, horses, bitches and other characters of gender violence in the work of Carolina Bianchi
Authors: Dalgalarrondo Luisa
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT This text analyzes the works of Carolina Bianchi, mainly LOBO (2018), O Tremor Magnífico (2020) and Trilogia Cadela Força – Capítulo I: A noiva e o Boa Noite Cinderela (2023). The article presents the artist, her most recent works and discusses how Bianchi brings into play the debate on gender violence, mainly through three thematic axes: the role of women in the History of Art, exploration of non-normative sexualities and the presence of non-humans in her works, which call for the debate about nature versus culture. It is dis-cussed how the artist articulates these elements on stage using strategies that seek to reveal tensions and contra-dictions, without presenting a resolution, but present an investigation of language and encourage critical and lively reflection.
A Costura Queer como Modo de Vida: resistências aos neoconservadorismos de raça e gênero
Authors: Miranda Shirley Aparecida de , Silva Jaime Peixoto da
Published: May 2024

RESUMO Este artigo evidencia estratégias de enfrentamento aos neoconservadorismos de gênero e raça por meio do que aqui é nomeado costura queer. Com base nos retalhos narrativos produzidos em pesquisa de doutorado, discute-se a relação entre as roupas e a norma. Mobilizam-se os conceitos de ancestralidade e de interseccionalidade, para problematizar a remodelagem de si no confronto com a cis-heteronorma e a bran-quitude normativa. Percebeu-se que a costura queer pode ser vista como um modo estratégico de vida, ao evidenciar certo trabalho sobre si mesmo por parte do sujeito que diz de um modo ético de existir no mun-do, um processo no qual não só roupas foram produzidas, mas, principalmente, uma forma de existência
Questões de Gênero e Mais Além: a interseccionalidade na Arte Drag
Authors: Costa Filho Francisco Carlos , Lopes Elisabeth Silva
Published: May 2024

RESUMO Este artigo entrela-ça a análise de estudos contemporâneos e um breve repertório de artistas queer com as questões identitárias e suas relações de interseccionalidade. A partir da noção de corpo como território de ação política, analisa-se como abordam em suas criações as questões de identidade, gênero e sexualidade, raça, etnia e classe, que se consideram urgentes para dar visibilidade e provocar as transformações políticas implicadas nos processos artísticos e pedagógicos contra-hegemônicos. Sendo um dos autores um artista praticante de drag queen, interessa a experiência do corpo como pesquisa. Atualmente, a categoria recente da drag queer e os subgêne-ros dela derivados possibilitam dialogar com o conceito de pós-drag, levantado por Luc Schicharin.
Gender Issues and Beyond: intersectionality in DragArt
Authors: Costa Filho Francisco Carlos , Lopes Elisabeth Silva
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT This article weaves together the analysis of contemporary studies and a brief repertoire of queer artists with identity issues and their intersectional relations. Through the notion of the body as a territory of political action, we examine how they have addressed, in creation, issues concerning identity, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and class, which we consider to be urgent in terms of raising awareness and inciting political transformations inherent in antihegemonic artistic and pedagogical processes. Since one of the authors is a practitioner of drag queen, the body’s role in research matters. Nowadays, the recent category of drag queer and their associated subgenres enables us to engage in a dialogue with the concept of post-drag, as proposed by Luc Schicharin.
Ensambles Maquínicos en Fuga: feminismos y performatividad en dos agrupaciones de música andina de Argentina
Authors: Podhajcer Adil , Vega Alejandra
Published: May 2024

RESUMEN En este artículo describimos y analizamos comparativamente las performances de dos ensambles de música andina comunitaria que representan a dos regiones de Argentina con características contrastantes y que constituyen los dos referentes más importantes de grupos de mujeres y disidencias de la Argentina En esta oportunidad, nos centraremos en las prácticas performativas de la Banda Femenina Nuestra Señora de Fátima de Tilcara, Jujuy, y la Comunidad Mama Quilla, del Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires. El objetivo es comprender la relación entre la experiencia en-el-mundo entendida como proyección orientada hacia una cosmogonía de raíz andina y las cualidades estéticopolíticas que reinstalan la pregunta por los alcances del feminismo disidente para producir otros modos de acción y conciencia política.
Corpo (Auto)Biografado em Facial Hair Transplant (1972) e Rape Scene (1973): configurações de sentidos para uma pedagogia performativa feminista
Authors: Nascimento Cláudia Simone Oliveira do , Pereira Marcelo de Andrade
Published: May 2024

RESUMO Este artigo apresenta uma discussão sobre gênero a partir das noções de performance e performatividade, buscando tecer relações desses termos com a arte e o campo educacional. Persegue a ideia de uma pedagogia feminista performativa, desempenhada pelo corpo (auto)biografado, em performances artísticas desenvolvidas por mulheres, envolvendo a questão de gênero, mais especificamente as performances Facial Hair Transplante (1972) e Rape Scene (1973), da artista cubana Ana Mendieta. Apoiado por pesquisadores de múltiplas áreas, este estudo pretende contribuir criticamente com a área da educação, redefinindo a prática educativa desde um princípio estético e de gênero, oferecendo reflexões sobre a produção da diferença.
Gender pathologization and criminalization: The prison experience of transvestites
Authors: Vidal Júlia Silva , Castilho Ela Wiecko Volkmer de
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT The experience of being a transvestite is traversed by multiple regulations in the fields of law and medicine. Both fields of knowledge articulate and reaffirm a specific normative conception of gender that leads to the criminalization and pathologization of this experience. This situation reaches alarming levels, especially in the case of imprisoned transvestites. To illustrate the articulation between pathologization and criminalization, we use bibliographic research and the field report constructed by one of the authors of this essay. We aimed to show how this articulation occurs from the concrete case of a female transvestite subjected to medicalization within the prison system and how this procedure led to her (re)criminalization. That way, pathologization, and criminalization build an epistemological framework that sets the limits within which gender and sexuality become visible and bypass an understanding of the right to health.
Patologização e criminalização de gênero: a experiência de travestis no cárcere
Authors: Vidal Júlia Silva , Castilho Ela Wiecko Volkmer de
Published: May 2024

RESUMO A experiência de ser travesti é atravessada por múltiplas regulações no campo do direito e da medicina. Ambos os conhecimentos se articulam e reafirmam uma determinada concepção normativa de gênero que produz a criminalização e a patologização dessa experiência. Especialmente no caso de travestis presas, tal situação alcança patamares alarmantes. Para ilustrar a articulação entre patologiza-ção e criminalização, utilizam-se levantamento bibliográfico e relato de campo construído por uma das autoras deste ensaio. O objetivo foi demonstrar como essa articulação se dá, a partir do caso concreto de uma travesti submetida à medicalização dentro do cárcere, e como esse procedimento ensejou a sua (re) criminalização. Dessa forma, a patologização e a criminalização constroem um marco epistemológico que traça os limites dentro dos quais gênero e sexualidade se tornam visíveis e passam ao largo de uma compreensão do direito à saúde.
Nanobiocatalysis: Approach and Applications in Drug Development and Sensing
Authors: Gupta Sarika , Kumari Meenu , Panja Koyel , Bajaj Priyanka , Nagpal Kalpana
Published: May 2024

Enzymes play a pivotal role in the human body, but their potential is not limited to just that. Scientists have successfully modified these enzymes as nanobiocatalysts or nanozymes for industrial or commercial use, either in the food, medicine, biotech or even textile industries. These nanobiocatalysts and nanozymes offer several advantages over enzymes, like better stability, improved shelf-life, increased percentage yield, and reuse potential, which is very difficult with normal enzymes. The various techniques of NBC synthesis using immobilization techniques like adsorption, covalent binding, affinity immobilization, and entrapment methods are briefly discussed. The enzymes are either entrapped or adsorbed on the nanocarrier matrices, which can be nanofibers, nanoporous carriers, or nanocontainers as nanobiocatalysts. We also highlight the challenges the nanobiocatalyst overcomes in the industrial production of some drugs like sitagliptin, montelukast, pregabalin, and atorvastatin. Also, the inactivation of an organophosphate or opioid poisoning treating agent, SSOPOX nanohybrid, is discussed in this paper. Nanozymes are intrinsic enzyme-like compounds, and they also show wide application in themselves. Their GQD/AGNP nanohybrid shows antibacterial potential; they can also be utilized in optical sensing to detect small molecules, ions, nucleic acids, proteins, and cancer cells. In this paper, various applications of these NBCs have been discussed, and their potential applications with examples are also mentioned. Nanoenzymes can address targeted drug delivery via the controlled release of drugs to increase the efficacy of anticancer drugs that minimize damage to healthy tissue or cells.
A ‘big DP’ analysis of Russian copular constructions with èto
Authors: Burukina Irina , Borise Lena , den Dikken Marcel
Published: May 2024

This paper develops a novel analysis of èto copular constructions in Russian. First, we address ‘NOMpre èto NOMpost’ constructions, where NOM is a nominative noun phrase. We propose that there are two predication relations established in such clauses: one on the clausal level, with NOMpost being the subject of predication, and another one within the constituent headed by èto. The latter, we argue, constitutes a ‘big DP’: it contains NOMpre in the specifier position and pro in the complement position of D0; a predication relation is established between the two with the help of the predicativizer èto. The analysis is extended to account for ‘èto NOMpost’ constructions. The proposal goes against treating èto in ‘(NOMpre) èto NOMpost’ constructions as the subject of predication or as a dedicated functional head on the clausal spine; it also explicitly rejects treating NOMpre in all ‘(NOMpre) èto NOMpost’ constructions as a hanging topic. The proposed analysis captures all the relevant properties of èto constructions and makes important predictions about their distribution, the agreement pattern, and the properties of NOMpost. The ‘big DP’ approach also allows us to establish a link between èto copular constructions and specificational pseudo-clefts.
Basic biochemical and hematological parameters in COVID-19 deceased: Analysis of potential mortality predictors
Authors: Marušić Jasmina , Edhem Hasković  , Mujezinović Adnan , Adilović Harun , Đido Vedran
Published: May 2024

Introduction: As a result of research conducted globally, experts continue to extensively study the long-term consequences that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections can have on patients, as well as the factors contributing to severe outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the values of basic biochemical and hematological parameters in patients with fatal outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection, as well as to determine the combination of hematological and biochemical parameters that contribute to the progression of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The examined parameters were correlated with the age and gender distribution of patients with fatal outcomes from the SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Methods: The study represents a retrospective study of patients hospitalized at the Cantonal Hospital Zenica from February to April 2021, focusing on the biochemical and hematological parameters of subjects with confirmed presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction methods who were hospitalized at the Cantonal Hospital Zenica.
Results: Of the 250 deceased subjects in the sample, females comprised the relative majority at 53.6%. Among the examined parameters, hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), and MCH were significantly lower in females compared to males, while males had significantly higher values of urea, creatinine, and troponin. The average age of the patients was 74 years, and with aging, the values of erythrocytes, hemoglobin, and troponin increased. Troponin showed a statistically significant positive correlation with age, as well as with urea and creatinine.
Conclusion: We can conclude that hemoglobin, urea, creatinine, and troponin are parameters that can be considered to contribute to the progression of SARS-CoV-2 infection. These parameters can be useful for assessing disease severity and prognosis in patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
“Esta imagen me hizo sentir, pero también pensar”: Literacidad visual crítica e interculturalidad en el aula de español
Authors:   Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Holguín Vaca Denise Paola , Castaño Arques Ana ,   University of Oxford
Published: May 2024

Este artículo aborda la necesidad de adoptar una perspectiva intercultural en el aprendizaje y la enseñanza de lenguas, destacando la importancia de desarrollar una actitud crítica. Si bien esta actitud está comúnmente asociada con la interpretación de textos escritos u orales, en nuestra sociedad, altamente mediatizada, es esencial aprender a interpretar críticamente las imágenes. El artículo propone un enfoque epistemológico y didáctico para comprender e incorporar la literacidad visual crítica como una herramienta para cultivar la interculturalidad en el aula de lenguas. A partir de una revisión de literatura, se propone un modelo multidimensional, con prácticas críticas, que permite abordar la literacidad visual crítica en el aula de clase. Mediante una metodología de investigación basada en diseño, se presenta un diseño didáctico con fundamento en la instrucción explícita de la literacidad visual crítica, a través de actividades críticas sobre material visual. Los resultados muestran que la realización de estas prácticas fomenta el desarrollo intercultural, al promover el análisis y la reflexión introspectiva, así como la conexión y el cuestionamiento de los discursos visuales en el contexto sociocultural donde se producen e interpretan las imágenes, lo que permite explorar la representación de realidades e identidades culturales. El artículo ofrece una serie de implicaciones pedagógicas para la incorporación de la literacidad visual crítica en el desarrollo de la interculturalidad en el aula de español como lengua adicional.
Biomass gasification process in a downdraft fixed bed gasifier: a real time diagnosis model based on gas composition analysis
Authors: Melgar Andrés , Pérez Juan , Horrillo Alfonso
Published: May 2024

This article is focused on the diagnostic technique used in the Thermal Engines Laboratory of the University of Valladolid (Spain), to perform real time calculation, monitoring and recording of gasification physical variables, only from gas composition analysis and some other measurements such as local temperatures and gas flow rate. By assuming some simplifying hypothesis it is possible to calculate the main gasification parameters such as biomass consumption, air/fuel ratio, thermal efficiency, and generated thermal power. The aim of this work is to explain the technique implemented and to give an idea of the wide range of applications that it can have, underlining its simplicity, its reliability and the low costs of the equipment needed.
Study of diesel sprays using computational fluid dynamics
Authors: Agudelo John , Agudelo Andrés , Benjumea Pedro
Published: May 2024

En este trabajo se desarrolló un modelo numérico para simular los principales subprocesos que ocurren en un chorro diesel usando un código CDF de libre acceso. El modelo se validó comparando valores predichos de la penetración de la punta del chorro para el dimetil éter (DME) con datos experimentales reportados en la literatura y resultados obtenidos a partir de correlaciones empíricas. Una vez validado, el modelo se usó para evaluar el efecto del tipo de combustible, la presión de inyección y la presión del gas ambiente en la penetración de la punta del chorro, el diámetro medio de Sauter (SMD) y la masa de combustible evaporada. Las propiedades del fluido afectaron significativamente los procesos de atomización y vaporización y en menor medida la penetración del chorro. Independientemente de las presiones de inyección y del gas ambiente, el SMD incrementó con la viscosidad y la tensión superficial mientras la tasa de evaporación incrementó con la volatilidad del combustible. A bajas presiones del gas ambiente el proceso de vaporización fue altamente favorecido así como la penetración del chorro. Para ambos combustibles, a medida que la presión de inyección se incrementó el SMD disminuyó y la tasa de evaporación aumentó.
Professional Position of an Educational Psychologist in Designing an Inclusive Educational Environment
Authors: Alekhina S.V.
Published: May 2024

The article discusses the problem of professional involvement of a teacher-psychologist in the inclusive educational process of a school and his role in creating an inclusive educational environment (IEE). The results of federal monitoring of the state of the inclusive educational environment in schools of the Russian Federation and indicators related to psychological and pedagogical support for students with special educational needs in educational organizations (EO) are considered, namely: 85% of OOs provide socio-psychological support to children who find themselves in difficult life situations situations, consultations with a teacher-psychologist account for 84%, and 78% of educational institutions conduct individual correctional classes, which indicates a high level of support. 76% of public organizations have Regulations on psychological services, 85.2% of public organizations have Regulations on psychological and pedagogical council; Offices of educational psychologists are provided in 71% of schools. Based on a discussion of the data, conclusions are drawn about the need for professional development of educational psychologists and the formation of their inclusive competencies and role in building an inclusive educational environment.
Formal Legal Approach to Defining the Concept of “Social Security”
Authors: Zhavoronkov R. N.
Published: May 2024

Currently, in the science of social security law, a generally accepted definition of the concept of “social security” has not been developed. Analysis of existing definitions makes it possible to distinguish several semantic elements: 1) social security is an activity to provide material goods in cash or in kind; 2) these material goods are provided only to individuals; 3) material goods are provided in the event of circumstances recognized as socially respectful.These semantic elements are present in all definitions. At the same time, not all definitions clearly reflect who provides material goods through which sources. Two points of view can be distinguished on this issue: (1) Social security is provided by the State from the State budget and extrabudgetary funds; 2) social security is carried out not only by the state, but also by private individuals at the expense of private funds.The article justifies that the first point of view is correct. Social security is the provision on the basis of the law of material goods by the state at the expense of the budget and extrabudgetary funds. This activity is subject to social security law.Material security provided by an individual at the expense of his own funds on the basis of a contract is a charitable activity that is regulated by civil law. The material security that the employer, on the basis of a collective agreement, provides at its own expense to the employee and his family members is a relationship closely related to labor relations and is regulated by labor law.
On the Issue of the Concept of Social Obligation
Authors: Dolotina R. R.
Published: May 2024

The article defines the concept of social obligation on the basis of a doctrinal analysis of the general theoretical foundations for the definition of obligations, taking into account the interdisciplinary nature of social obligations. The formulation of the definition of social obligation is given through the relationship between obligations and responsibilities. It is noted that social obligation (in the broad sense of the word) should be understood as a type of socially regulated social relations, within the framework of which an individually determined party is necessarily required to carry out normatively proper behavior to satisfy a wide range of socially significant interests. Social obligations in the narrow (social security) sense are the need for compensation established by law on the part of a public authority or non-state entity that arises among citizens as a result of the onset of a social risk of adverse consequences.
The monoreactive multibody floating-frequency oscillator
Authors: Popov Igor P.
Published: May 2024

BACKGROUND: The study is related to the machine science field and to oscillating mechanical systems in particular. The study relevance is explained with the fact that oscillations of inertial masses can be found all-around.
AIM: Development of the mathematical model of the monoreactive multibody floating-frequency oscillator.
METHODS: It is proved that points x1, x2, …., xn, which are coordinates of the end of the random vector R in the coordinate system 0xz1, 0xz2, …., 0xzn, are vertexes of a regular polygon. Shape and size of the polygon are not related to coordinates of the vector R, so they are constant. The center of the regular polygon always coincides with the middle of the vector R. In the considered (idealized) case, the polygon with the oscillating bodies with the mass m located at vertexes belongs to the plane Z. In technical applications, bodies should not impede motion of each other, so each body should have an own plane, and all planes should be in parallel (alike the multipiston mechanism).
RESULTS: The condition of occurrence of natural harmonic oscillations is equal-zero full energy of the system, which is exclusively kinematic in the considered case and which ensures monoreactive behavior of the oscillator. In the considered multidimensional planar monoreactive oscillator, free harmonic oscillations of bodies can occur.
CONCLUSIONS: Only kinetic energy takes part in energy exchange. There is no necessity in spring elements. The oscillator does not have fixed value of natural oscillation frequency. The frequency depends on initial velocities and location of bodies. The regular polygon x1, x2, …., xn executes double rotation: around the point 0 and around the point r. Meanwhile, bodies execute linear harmonic oscillations with the amplitude of R. Use of either a slider-crank mechanism or a rod-crank mechanism helps to make bodies move in parallel. The obtained results can be used in development and study of mechanisms executing reciprocating motion in piston engines, in mechatronics and robotic systems, in hydraulic machines, vacuum and compressor machinery, in hydraulic and pneumatic systems, in on-ground transport and technological means and facilities.
Forensic medical characterization of sudden death in young people with connective tissue dysplasia according to the data of the Bureau of Medical Examinations of Moscow City
Authors: Barinov Evgeny Kh. , Shigeev Sergey V. , Kislov Maksim A. , Globa Irina V. , Velenko Pavel S. , Romanova Olga L. , Bychkov Alexey A. , Gritsenko Elizaveta A. , Gruhovskiy Sergey V. , Novikov Egor M.
Published: May 2024

BACKGROUND: Sudden death is an urgent problem of modern public healthcare, with prevalence in the Russian Federation. The wide range of causes and data scarcity led to the complexity of diagnosis and interpretation of pathologic changes at autopsy. This study presents an epidemiologic analysis of the causes of sudden death in a young population.
AIM: To provide a forensic medical description of cases of sudden death of young people with connective tissue dysplasia using data from forensic autopsies conducted at the Bureau of Medical Examinations of the Moscow City Health Department.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A sample study of 48 corpses of young people aged 18–44 years who died suddenly, was performed based on data from the Forensic Medical Examination Bureau of the Moscow Department of Health. The protocols for examining the corpse at the scene of the incident, medical records were analyzed comprehensively. An extended description of the external and internal examinations of corpses was performed, and materials for histological, histochemical, and immunohistochemical studies were collected.
RESULTS: Cardiovascular pathologies were the main cause of sudden death in young people. In some cases, an asthenic type was established with the following signs: high stature, elongated chest with an acute epigastric angle, poorly defined subcutaneous fatty tissue, weight less than the age norm, and narrow shoulders. Pathological changes were identified in the sternum, spine, limbs, dental status, and internal organs, which corresponded to connective tissue dysplasia. A correlation was noted between sudden death in young people and asthenic skeletopathy with exposure to extreme factors such as physical stress, psychoemotional stress, and previous infectious diseases. In most cases of sudden death, pathological changes in blood vessels were diagnosed in young people.
CONCLUSION: The development of a modern comprehensive scientific and methodological approach is necessary to assess pathomorphological changes in young people who died suddenly.
Exome-wide association study for replication of rare variants affecting the severity of COVID-19 in the Russian population
Authors: Apalko Svetlana V. , Nostaeva Arina V. , Shimansky Valentin S. , Sushentseva Natalya N. , Popov Oleg S. , Anisenkova Anna Yu. , Mosenko Sergey V. , Glotov Oleg S. , Sarana Andrey M. , Shcherbak Sergey G.
Published: May 2024

BACKGROUND: Human genotype is a factor that determines the severity of COVID-19. Previously, a large-scale whole-genome association study of the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative (2021) investigated the association of genetic variants at multiple loci with COVID-19 severity. The genetic variants that have the greatest effect on COVID-19 severity are expected to have a low frequency in the population. Therefore, the study of rare variants may provide additional insights into the disease pathogenesis and thus help in the development of prevention and treatment options.
AIM: To search for genes enriched for rare genetic variants associated with COVID-19 severity in the Russian population by replication analysis.
METHODS: The clinical exome of a Russian cohort of patients was sequenced based on the St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “City Hospital No. 40” and St Petersburg University. The study used biomaterial from patients hospitalized at City Hospital No. 40 diagnosed with COVID-19 and healthy individuals (population control group). The severity of the course of COVID-19 was determined according to the results of lung computed tomography. The list of genes for subsequent replication was generated by a literature review. Burden test methods were used for the replication analysis of genes associated with COVID-19 severity.
RESULTS: In total, 701 clinical exomes were sequenced from 263 individuals with severe COVID-19 and 438 healthy individuals. In the literature review, 18 genes associated with severe COVID-19 were included in the replication analysis. The replication analysis did not identify any genes whose association with severe COVID-19 was confirmed in the study cohort.
CONCLUSION: The replication analysis did not identify any genes that showed a significant association between the functional variant enrichment and COVID-19 severity. However, the direction of the correlation was consistent with the findings of previous studies. Expanding the study cohort would increase the power of the tests and allow us to detect additional rare variants that influence the severity of COVID-19 progression.
Felaket Kurbanlarının Kimliklendirilmesi Üzerine Yayınlanan Makalelerin Bibliyometrik Analizi
Authors: İğde Emre Nuri , Alemdar Muhammed Zeyit , Akçan Ramazan
Published: May 2024

Amaç: Bu çalışmada, uluslararası literatürde yer alan felaket kurbanlarının kimliklendirilmesi alanındaki makalelerin bibliyometrik analizi yapılarak, güncel çalışma konularının ve alanda değişen dinamiklerin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Yöntem: Web of Science veri tabanında “disaster victim identification”, “DVI” ve “mass disaster” kelimeleri yayınların başlık ve anahtar kelimelerinde aranarak literatürde yer alan makaleler değerlendirildi. SCI-E, SSCI ve ESCI indekslerinde yer alan, çalışma alanı “medicine legal”, belge türü “article” ve yayın dili İngilizce kriterlerine sahip toplam 190 makale çalışmaya dahil edildi. Ağ analizi ve görselleştirme yapılabilmesi için VOSviewer 1.6.19 programı kullanıldı.
Bulgular: İlk makalenin 1971 yılında yayınlandığı, en fazla yayının 2011 yılında olduğu görülmüştür. Avustralya’nın 42 yayın ile bu alandaki en üretken ülke olduğu saptanmıştır. Makalelere yıllar içerisinde toplam 2664 atıfta bulunulduğu, en fazla atıfın ise 2021 yılında gerçekleştiği tespit edilmiştir. Makalelerin 15 dergide yayınlandığı, 55 makale ile alanda en çok yayın çıkartan derginin Forensic Science International olduğu saptanmıştır. En yoğun atıf alan 10 makale incelendiğinde, çalışmaların genetik, antropoloji, radyoloji ve odontoloji gibi farklı alanlarda olduğu görülmüştür.
Sonuç: Bu çalışma, felaket kurbanlarının kimliklendirilmesi üzerine yayınlanan makalelerin bibliyometrik analizini gerçekleştiren ilk araştırma niteliği taşımaktadır. Yayınların genel özellikleri, ülkeler arası iş birliği, yayınların ortak atıf (Co-citation) analizi değerlendirilerek güncel çalışma trendi ortaya konulmuştur. Bu nedenle çalışmamızın, adli tıp ve adli bilimler alanında çalışan konuyla ilgili araştırmacılara katkı sağlayacağı kanaatindeyiz.
Task Scheduling Optimization in Cloud-Fog-MCS Environment Using Genetic Algorithm and Game Theory
Authors:   Computer Science Department, Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq, Kadhim Ahmed R.
Published: May 2024

Fog-cloud computing is a promising platform for processing Mobile Crowdsensing (MCS) tasks that come with different requirements. A fog environment is more suitable for processing time-sensitive tasks due to its proximity to the MCS layer. On the other hand. the cloud environment provides powerful resources to handle large tasks. However, due to the heterogeneity of the computing nodes, scheduling MCS tasks in a fog-cloud environment is a challenging issue. This paper presents a non-cooperative game theoretical model for the task scheduling problem of MCS tasks in the fog-cloud environment. Then, the paper presents an improved genetic algorithm to efficiently solve the problem of task scheduling game model with main enhancements including a new strategy to generate a diverse initial population, incorporating the utility function of the game theoretical model with system fitness function, and finally, the paper introduces a new strategy for population sorting and grouping with applying adaptive crossover operator to meet the specific needs of each group. This improves the exploration of the unseen regions of the search space, as well as exploiting the already-found promising solutions, ultimately leading to a faster convergence toward the optimal solution. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach has better performance in terms of reducing the makespan by 26%, decreasing the energy consumption by 32.4%, decreasing total system cost by 28%, and decreasing the degree of imbalance by 21.53% as compared with other scheduling approaches such as Discrete Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (DNSGA-II), Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm (GOA), Grey Wolf Optimization (GWO, Time-Cost Aware Scheduling (TCaS), Moth Flame Optimization (MFO), and Bees Life Algorithm (BLA).