bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
La fenología de Colicodendron scabridum, sapote, en un bosque seco del norte del Perú
Authors: Palacios-Ramos Sonia Cesarina , Montenegro Rolando , Appleton Robyn D. , Sánchez R. Isaí , Vallejos José , Vallejos D. Javier , Owen Megan A. , Van Horn Russell C.
Published: November 2022

Colicodendron scabridum, comúnmente llamado sapote, es una de las especies arbóreas más abundantes en los bosques neotropicales estacionalmente secos y un importante alimento para la fauna. Se investigó su fenología reproductiva y su relación con la temperatura y precipitación en siete sitios de Cerro Venado en Lambayeque, Perú, entre 257 y 353 m de altitud; se instalaron siete transectos de 2 m x 300 m, con quince individuos de la especie por transecto. La duración de la floración y fructificación es variable entre individuos, sitios y años. Fructifican entre 85 y 97 % de los árboles. En promedio, el período de fructificación es más corto que el de floración y está desplazado en tres meses. Se empleó la prueba de correlación cruzada para evaluar la relación entre la floración y fructificación con el promedio mensual de temperatura y precipitación. La floración tiene una fuerte correlación negativa con la temperatura media mensual. En contraste, la frecuencia de árboles con frutos mostró una relación positiva con la temperatura. La precipitación no se correlacionó con la floración ni con la fructificación. Los resultados sugieren que la temperatura podría determinar el período de producción de frutos de la especie, afectando la disponibilidad de alimento para la vida silvestre. Las variaciones fenológicas registradas son relevantes para las decisiones de conservación de la especie.
Análisis de la arquitectura de las plantas para las aves insectívoras en un bosque seco neotropical de Colombia
Authors: Loaiza Gómez Camilo , Montenegro Olga Lucía , Rudas Agustín
Published: November 2022

En un ecosistema degradado, que actualmente es objeto de restauración, analizar de manera detallada la estructura de la vegetación y describir su relación con especies de aves es muy relevante para su manejo. El análisis de la arquitectura de las plantas es un método visual para describir la estructura de la vegetación como resultado de su estrategia de crecimiento. Por medio de este método se analizó la oferta de hábitat de las aves insectívoras Myrmeciza longipes (hormiguero ventriblanco), Thamnophilus doliatus (batará rayado) y Synallaxis albescens (pijuí pechiblanco) como parte de un estudio poblacional y de calidad de hábitat en un remanente de bosque seco tropical de 11 079 hectáreas, en Huila, Colombia. Por medio de conteos y también con la información secundaria recopilada, se estableció cómo estas especies usan los diferentes estratos de la vegetación. Teniendo en cuenta que árboles con más perchas incrementan el forrajeo de aves insectívoras, que más perchas significan mayor refugio para las aves, y también que mayor cruce de perchas posibilitan la aparición de horquetas para el anclaje de nidos de estas especies, en 186 parcelas se determinó que la zona está dominada por siete modelos arquitectónicos, divididos en tres grupos según su oferta potencial de recursos del hábitat para las tres especies: 1) modelos arquitectónicos Roux, Petit y Prevost con una calidad alta; 2) modelos arquitectónicos Koriba y Nozerán con una calidad intermedia; y 3) modelos arquitectónicos McClure y Holttum con una calidad muy baja.
On the diversity of Neotropical Hymenoptera
Authors: Fernández Fernando
Published: November 2022

Hymenoptera is globally one of the most diverse groups of insects. There are no recent estimates nor sound data on the size of the fauna of this order in the Neotropical Region. Based on printed or digital catalogs, lists, as well as reviews of monographs, and other sources, the Neotropics comprises 26 superfamilies, 92 families, 3162 genera, and over 33 640 species of Hymenoptera. Hymenoptera diversity in the Neotropics is greater than in the Nearctic, Palearctic and Australian regions. The Neotropics is probably the richest region in the World in families, genera, and species of the order, with the majority of taxa endemic to this region.
Initial teacher training in engineering: a case study
Authors: Paz-Penagos Hernan , Pedraza-Vega Liliana , Pimienta-Giraldo Martha
Published: November 2022

The quality of teachers and their teaching is an important factor in accounting for the student's learning outcomes at the end of their engineering training. This article presents the results of a case study on the implementation of a tutoring plan for new teachers at Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito. The objective of this research was to design and execute a tutoring plan as a teacher training strategy for novice teachers, which would allow them to experience what it means to learn to teach and to develop relevant strategies and methodologies to achieve the expected learning results in the subjects they teach. The results obtained were a preliminary adjusted version of the tutoring plan with a set of recommendations for its implementation.
Sistema Computacional “CEINCI LAB” como una herramienta para la enseñanza de Ingeniería Sísmica-Estructural
Authors: Aguiar-Falconí Roberto Rodrigo , Cagua-Gómez Brian Jordano
Published: November 2022

El Sistema de Computación “CEINCI LAB” lo componen programas y funciones orientadas a resolver problemas de Ingeniería Sísmica-Estructural. En el año 1993 se desarrollaron las funciones iniciales en Fortran, posteriormente se utilizó Visual Basic y en la actualidad se ejecutan mediante MatLab u Octave. Esta herramienta académica facilita el proceso de enseñanza y genera un aprendizaje significativo en los estudiantes. Por esta razón, se emplea como un complemento en clases, con el objetivo de realizar análisis matricial, diseño estructural, análisis lineal y no lineal, dinámica, peligrosidad sísmica, acoplamiento con OpenSees, entre otras aplicaciones en cursos de pregrado y posgrado de Ingeniería Civil. En este artículo, se presenta la evolución del Sistema de Computación “CEINCI LAB”, sus principales funciones y el impacto en los estudiantes. Por otra parte, se expone la experiencia docente sobre su implementación en clases y la utilización en consultorías orientadas a casos reales.
Handling of used lubricating oil in Tabasco, Mexico
Authors: Alvarez-Rivera José Abisenas , Castañón-Nájera Guillermo , Urrieta-Saltijeral Juan Manuel , Laínes-Canepa José Ramón , Hernández-Barajas José Roberto , Pampillón-González Liliana , Morales-Bautista Carlos Mario
Published: November 2022

The improper handling of used lubricating oil (ULO) in Tabasco, Mexico, and worldwide is a serious problem posing a high risk of soil and water pollution. Therefore, this study evaluated the handling of ULO in 10 municipalities in the state of Tabasco. Collection sites were chosen by simple random sampling. The ULO collected was assessed for solids, water, oil and density. The results show that small generators have the greatest potential to generate ULO in Tabasco. Huimanguillo, Comalcalco and Cardenas were the municipalities with the highest ULO generation. The ULO with the highest quality for its low water and solids content was collected in Jalpa de Mendez, Comalcalco and Car Dealerships. 1,287 automotive repair shops were tested in the 10 municipalities that were included
Propuesta para la integración de los riesgos en el ciclo de vida de los procesos de negocio y su relación con la minería de procesos
Authors: Navarro-Romero Elisa del Carmen , Mendoza-Moreno Juan Francisco , García-Corrales Natalia , Villarreal-López Luis
Published: November 2022

Por medio de un modelado de procesos de negocios, en general las organizaciones han logrado optimizar sus procesos a través de una arquitectura de procesos robusta y automatizada. De igual forma, a través de la gestión de riesgos las empresas buscan garantizar que se identifique, analice y responda adecuadamente a los riesgos que pueden afectar negativamente la realización de sus objetivos estratégicos. Con base en la evaluación de riesgos, una organización deberá elegir si acepta, mitiga o transfiere el riesgo a otro o al mismo proceso. Cuando se realiza de manera efectiva, la gestión de los riesgos en los procesos de negocio asegura que se prioricen los recursos limitados de la organización para abordar de la manera más eficiente los problemas que más les afectarán, y se logre de esa manera su continuidad y sostenibilidad. Este artículo explora preguntas asociadas a: ¿Cuáles son los riesgos que se asocian a los procesos de negocio? y ¿Cómo el uso del modelado BPM y la minería de procesos facilitan la gestión de los riesgos en todas las etapas del ciclo de vida de los procesos? Los aportes más importantes están relacionados con el mapeo de los riesgos del ciclo a un marco funcional y específico, y afectan el ciclo de vida en su totalidad, los cuales fueron analizados por medio de una minería de procesos.
Contribution of BIM in the projects compatibility of different specialties encompass by civil construction
Authors: Tedesco Jovanovichs Caroline , Chahdan Mounzer Elie
Published: November 2022

This article consists of an explanatory contribution of BIM (Building Information Modeling) methodology applied during the project’s compatibility in the modeling stages of the various specialties that may be included in a specific project. Therefore, bibliographical research was carried out describing the incompatibilities found by other authors and a case study developed in Revit software by the authors of this review. The main objective was to promote knowledge of the importance of spatial visualization provided by BIM software in reducing construction problems, while emphasizing the immediate need for the technology to be disseminated in the civil construction sector. Currently, the sector still adopts limited techniques that are prone to numerous errors. Accordingly, BIM is considered the recent technological innovation for the project of buildings. Thus, the existing interferences between the projects are easily identified for the adaptation of elements towards conformity.
Hábitos de compra y consumo de alimentos durante las cuarentenas por COVID-19 en Bogotá
Authors: Acevedo-Navas Christian , Osorio-Romero María Angelica
Published: November 2022

La pandemia por covid-19 ha generado implicaciones en diversos ámbitos, incluido el comportamiento de los consumidores. Uno de los primeros renglones de consumo afectados ha sido el de los alimentos, debido a su demanda como bien fundamental para la subsistencia. En este artículo se analizan los principales cambios en los hábitos de compra y consumo de alimentos durante las cuarentenas por covid-19 en Bogotá. Para esto, se planteó un diseño cuantitativo, no experimental de campo, en el que participaron 506 estudiantes universitarios. Los hallazgos muestran que durante las cuarentenas aumentaron las conductas de consumo relacionadas con la permanencia en casa, como las compras en línea, la cocción y consumo de alimentos en casa, y la importancia de la logística y las estrategias digitales. Se definieron tres tipologías de consumidores: i) quienes mostraron mayor cambio en sus hábitos durante las cuarentenas, ii) quienes mantuvieron hábitos relativamente semejantes que antes de la pandemia y iii) quienes siguieron hábitos fuera de casa a pesar de las cuarentenas. Finalmente, el presente estudio busca ofrecer una perspectiva que aporte a la comprensión del comportamiento del consumidor y sus cambios durante y a partir de la covid-19, más allá de la relación hábitos de consumo de alimentos-salud, que ha sido la perspectiva dominante en la literatura existente.
Customer Value Co-creation Behavior in Times of COVID-19: The Case of the Mexican Food Service Delivery Ecosystem
Authors: Figueroa Velázquez Juan Gabriel , Zamora Ramos Moisés Rubén , Zúñiga Espinosa Norma Arely , Hernández Aranda Irma
Published: November 2022

The global pandemic caused by covid-19 forced many countries worldwide to establish severe restrictions on mobility and access to numerous services. Mexico was no exception, and especially food service underwent radical changes that forced businesses to move into or expand food service delivery. Not only organizations suffered this abrupt change, but customers also had to venture into this modality, which was unknown or barely explored for many. Faced with this scenario, organizations showed a lack of knowledge about the customer role that positively contributes to the joint achievement of the expected benefits during the value exchange. This research aims to verify if Customer Participation Behavior (cpb) and Customer Citizenship Behavior (ccb) are related to Customer Value Co-creation Behavior (cvcb) generation in the Mexican food service delivery ecosystem. Through a quantitative research, online surveys based on the cvcb scale of Yi and Gong (2013) were applied. Besides, a hierarchical component modeling is used as a statistical instrument. The results highlight that both cpb and ccb are positively and significantly related to cvcb, being responsible behavior and information sharing the variables most related to cpb. As for ccb, recommendation and helping other customers are the variables with the highest relationship. These findings encourage food establishment managers to reinforce specific actions in order to develop co-creation behavior among their customers, and therefore meet the challenges posed to this service modality.
Comercio electrónico y hábitos de los consumidores durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en México
Authors: Béjar-Tinoco Víctor , Valenzo-Jiménez Marco , Madrigal-Moreno Flor , Madrigal-Moreno Salvador , Montesinos-López Osval A.
Published: November 2022

En el 2020 el mundo entero tuvo que adaptarse abruptamente a una nueva realidad: la emergencia sanitaria generada por la covid-19. Las organizaciones tuvieron que reconfigurar sus estrategias de mercadotecnia a partir de los cambios que la covid-19 trajo consigo en el comportamiento del mercado y del consumidor. La covid -19 obligó al distanciamiento social lo que trajo consigo cambios en los hábitos de consumo en línea. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar un panorama general de la reconfiguración del comercio online durante la pandemia por covid-19 en México. La presente es una investigación documental, exploratoria, de enfoque cualitativo y transeccional. La recolección de datos secundarios se realizó con información recabada de la Encuesta Nacional sobre Disponibilidad y Uso de Tecnologías de la Información en Hogares (endutih), de la Asociación Mexicana de Internet, de la Asociación Mexicana de Ventas Online (amvo) y de la Encuesta Global de Perspectivas del Consumidor 2021 (PwC, 2021), entre otros. Los resultados permiten establecer que tanto consumidores como empresas tuvieron que aprender rápido, adaptarse y responder a los nuevos requerimientos del mercado. La irrupción de la covid-19, los cambios en los hábitos de consumo, la digitalización empresarial y la inclusión digital en México favorecieron el comercio electrónico.
La influencia de la venta ética en las variables relacionales del cliente industrial en tiempos de COVID-19
Authors: Martín-Castejón Pedro Juan , Gómez-Martínez Alberto
Published: November 2022

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo proporcionar una visión actualizada de la venta personal en un entorno business to business (b2b), a través del estudio de la venta ética y su relación con la satisfacción, confianza y lealtad del cliente con la compañía vendedora, en un entorno donde el contacto presencial se ha visto minimizado e incluso anulado, en muchas ocasiones, debido al nuevo escenario comercial producido por la covid-19. Está basada en un estudio empírico donde se ha manejado una muestra de conveniencia compuesta por los clientes (pymes) de seis distribuidores de suministros y venta industrial. Se eligieron de forma aleatoria 100 clientes por distribuidor, generando una muestra de 600 clientes industriales, de la que se recibieron 248 cuestionarios válidos en el mes de marzo del 2021. Posteriormente, fueron analizados a través de ecuaciones estructurales. Los resultados obtenidos ponen de manifiesto que la venta ética tiene un efecto positivo y directo en la satisfacción y confianza, e indirecto en la lealtad. En conjunto, los resultados del estudio revelan el papel fundamental de los vendedores en el mercado industrial y pretenden animar el interés académico y empresarial por la gestión eficiente de la fuerza de ventas desde una perspectiva ética.
Imagining Incarnation
Authors: McCredden Lyn
Published: November 2022

What role can the imagination and literary language play in understanding ‘the sacred’, specifically theologies of incarnation? Australian novelist Patrick White’s Voss is read, in this article, as a testing ground for the ways in which human imagination can nurture incarnational longings and beliefs; but also for registering the limits of human language confronting what can be experienced semper processus. That is, this article argues that knowledge of sacredness and the incarnational, diversely intuited in many different forms and practices—Indigenous, European, Romantic, and in the land—can be approached in literary works, but that grasping a key expression of the sacred, incarnation, will always be an agonistic, stumbling, partial human process. The figure of Voss, lonely, self-absorbed, foreign, driven by will, intends to map the country, but this novel unravels human arrogance, undoing all its characters as they reach in their own ways towards incarnational truths.
Anna Lutkajtis, The Dark Side of Dharma: Meditation, Madness and Other Maladies on the Contemplative Path
Authors: Crotty Robert
Published: November 2022

Anna Lutkajtis, The Dark Side of Dharma: Meditation, Madness and Other Maladies on the Contemplative Path, London: Aeon Books, 2021, pp. 182, ISBN: 13-9781913504595 (pbk). £18.99.
Trish Griffin, Dancing on the Head of a Pin: Reflections on the Camino
Authors: Scott Jamie
Published: November 2022

Trish Griffin, Dancing on the Head of a Pin: Reflections on the Camino. Kiama, NSW: AIA Publishing, 2020, pp. 158. Colour photographs. ISBN: 9781922329059 (pbk). AU$29.70; US$28.43.
‘Dash me with Amorous Wet, I can Repay You’
Authors: Murray Caleb
Published: November 2022

Walt Whitman’s poetry is famously full of ‘self’ and self-contradicting: ‘Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.)’ The scholarly attention to paradox and contradiction often takes the form of an attention to various ‘binaries’ in Whitman’s prose and poetry; well-trod binaries include body-soul, sacred-profane, nature-culture, and woman-man. However, a queer attention to the poetic construction of such binaries reveals them to be fluid and ultimately nonbinary. Whitman and his speakers construct binaries that relate to religion, gender, and nature, but in poeticizing the construction of binary logic (e.g., man-woman), Whitman and his speakers reveal such purportedly self-contained and discrete domains to be open, fluid, and co-constituting. Recognizing the poetic performance of ‘binary’ logic will reshape reader’s understanding of ethical and political implications of Whitman’s queerly relational nature ethics.
Recent advances in heteroatom substitution Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5O6–δ oxide as a more promising electrode material for symmetrical solid-state electrochemical devices: A review
Authors:   Institute of High–Temperature Electrochemistry UB RAS, Porotnikova N.M. , Osinkin D.A. ,   Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin,   Institute of High–Temperature Electrochemistry UB RAS
Published: November 2022

In recent years, the interest in solid state electrochemical devices has significantly increased due to the various cases of their use in the energy field. The first case is the solid oxide fuel cells with both oxygen-ion and proton-conducting membranes. The second case is the electrolysis cells for hydrogen production. As a rule, in both cases, electrochemical cells consist of an ion-conducting membrane and two different electrodes. The present review is focused on structural, physicochemical, and electrochemical properties of a complex oxide based on strontium ferrite with partial replacement of iron by molybdenum. This complex oxide has a number of unique characteristics: in particular, it is able to function effectively as an electrode in oxidizing and strongly reducing atmospheres, which makes it a promising material for electrochemical devices based on solid electrolytes with symmetrical electrodes. Doping with elements in A-, B- and O-sublattices and surface modification increases electro-catalytic activity of Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5O6−δ porous oxide material, which increases competitiveness of the electrode material for application in solid oxide electrochemical devices. Mechanisms for improving electro-catalytic activity are outlined stepwise by doping of different sublattices of double perovskite, by level of doping, and by different types of dopants. In conclusion, the data on material conductivity, power densities of both symmetric and fuel cells are systematized, and the remaining problems and prospects for future developments and upgrades of Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5O6−δ oxide electrode material are described.
Ultrathin 2D nanosheets of transition metal (hydro)oxides as prospective materials for energy storage devices: A short review
Authors:   Ioffe Institute, Lobinsky A.A. , Popkov V.I. ,   Ioffe Institute
Published: November 2022

The ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) transition metal oxides and hydroxides (TMO and TMH) nanosheets are attractive for creating high-performance energy storage devices due to a set of unique physical and chemical properties. Flat 2D structure of such materials provides a sufficient number of active adsorption centers, and the ultra-small thickness, on the order of several nanometers, provides fast charge transfer, which significantly improves electronic conductivity. This brief review summarizes recent progress in the synthesis of materials based on ultrathin 2D nanosheets for energy storage applications, including pseudocapacitors, lithium-ion batteries, and other rechargeable devices. The review also presents examples of representative work on the synthesis of ultrathin 2D nanomaterials based on TMO and TMH for various power sources. In conclusion, the article discusses possible prospects and directions for further development of methods and routes for the synthesis of ultrathin two-dimensional transition metal oxides and hydroxides.
Maksim Grek’s Writings against the Jews in His Codices
Authors: Zhurova Liudmila
Published: November 2022

The handwritten heritage of Maksim Grek contains three epistles contending the Jewish teaching. They do not constitute a series and occupy different positions in the codices of the author’s intra vitam writings. Based on them, Russian scholars have long developed a concept of the active participation of Maksim Grek in fighting the heresy of the Judaizers, which is disproved by the modern studies of the publicist’s works. The study aims to determine the role of the anti-Jewish writings of the Wise Man from the Mount of Athos in forming the author’s codices. Two works occupy the position of concluding chapters of the codices. The polemic Writings Contending Samuel the Jew have signs of a text closely related to another one. There is neither an introduction nor a conclusion, the statements are brief, and the system of an internal organisation into rubrics is unclear. The text is to be perceived in the context of the source, i. e. The Epistle of Rabbi Samuel of Morocco. A similar text architectonics is observed in the Epistle to a Certain Man who became interested in Lucidarius. Words against Samuel Israeli was written in the late 1540s in Tver Otroch Monastery as a reaction to the request of a certain Georgy to comment on The Epistle of Rabbi Samuel of Morocco. The essay was attached, maybe by one of the scholars, as chapter 73 to the Khludov Сollection, written in the early 1550s in St Trinity Monastery. The Advice to the Orthodox Congress on Isak the Jew, a Magician, Sorcerer, and Cheat proved intriguing. Its title does not match the content, nor is it possible to determine which congress is meant and who Isak the Jew was. We cannot agree with the assumption that Isak Sobaka was the main character. The author emphasises the intertext ties between The Advice to the Orthodox Congress and the 1554 message of Ivan IV to Maksim Grek. The main idea of The Advice to the Orthodox Congress to execute heretics could not have been authored by Maksim Grek. The Advice occupies the place of one of the last chapters (Chapter 45) of the Joasaphus Collection and may be inauthentic. The Word on the Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, also against the Jews (Chapter 5 of the Joasaphus Collection) is an example of a solemn speech by an Orthodox preacher written in the late 1530s – early 1540s and should be regarded as a programmatic work by Maksim Grek contending the Jewish teaching. The main goal of the ecclesiastical publicist is to prove the divine nature of Christ and to accuse the Jews of His death. The dispersion of the three compositions in the systematised codices indicates different times of their creation, varying intentions, and diverse implementations of the author’s concepts.
A Letter from Sigismund II Augustus to King Charles IX of France: Trade Struggle in the Baltic under Ivan the Terrible
Authors: Ryabov Sergey
Published: November 2022

The message of the Polish king and Lithuanian grand duke Sigismund II Augustus to the French king Charles IX of France from July 28, 1568, highlights the problem of Polish-French trade controversies, which arose due to the policy of Jagiellon against Russian-French commerce in Narva in the 1560s. Believing that French traders were enriching themselves by supplying weapons and ammunition to Russia, the Polish monarch, in the crisis in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, took measures to cut off trade in Narva and blockade it completely. As a result, French merchant ships sailing to or from Narva were seized by the Polish privateers. It aroused the indignation of Charles IX who, with the help of Charles de Danzay, his ambassador in Denmark, defended the freedom of trade and navigation on the Baltic Sea. The text of the letter appeals to the feelings of the French monarch within the framework of Christian morality, while at the same time trying to show the power and the importance of the Polish king and his state to the Respublica Christiana, and the legitimacy of the tough stance he took on the “Narva navigation”. All this makes the letter from Sigismund II Augustus to Charles IX a valuable historical source whose importance is revealed in through diplomatic correspondence in the Baltic wars of the 1560s. Published for the first time, it comes from the collection of P. P. Dubrovsky (62, № 61), Russian National Library (St Petersburg). The article publishes the text of the letter in Latin as well as a translation into Russian.
The Tale of the Cards: An Old Believer Work on the False Prophet Napoleon
Authors: Pochinskaia Irina
Published: November 2022

From the beginning of their history, the Old Believers had not doubted that the Antichrist either reigned in the world or would appear shortly. In this regard, they continued the tradition of “factual proof” and chronological calculations, which had developed even before the schism, to define the exact time of the Antichrist’s accession and define the image in which he would appear. Along with the Russian tsars, Napoleon Bonaparte also appears as the embodiment of the Antichrist in Old Believer literature. Among the original eschatological writings which brought together the stories about the Russian emperors who incarnated Antichrist and about Napoleon, there is The Tale of the Cards. In this essay, the French emperor acts as a false prophet, the forerunner of the final coming of the Antichrist. This “fact” is confirmed by his introduction of new banknotes, or “cards”, in Russia, which helped prepare the conditions for the emergence of an enemy of mankind. This article analyses three copies of the literary artifact. Based on this analysis, it is established that it was created between November 1824 and the end of December 1825. Most probably, its provenance is connected with the Old Believer Cossacks of the southeastern part of Russia, the Volga Region, Orenburg or Uralsk, which is most closely connected with Irgiz, the most influential centre of the Beglopopovtsy denomination of the Old Believers. The author assumes that Ya. M. Tarasov, an Old Believer dogmatist and foreteller from Uralsk, could have been the author of The Tale of the Cards. In the Appendix to the article, the author publishes the text of The Tale following three copies from the 1820s–1870s: from the Russian State Library (Moscow), Ural Federal University (Yekaterinburg), and the Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk).
Monsieur L’Abbé: A Citizen of the Russian Empire
Authors: Markasova Elena , Kliushin Pavel
Published: November 2022

This article contains a previously unpublished biography of Gabriel (Gavriil/Gavrila) L’Abbé Deslondes (1773–1830), a well-known teacher of French and Latin who served in various educational institutions of St Petersburg. The information found in the Russian State Historical Archive and the Central State Historical Archive makes it possible to clarify the facts of life and the motives behind the actions of a French teacher. L’Abbé Deslondes lived in the Russian Empire of the early nineteenth century; the material helps discover some details of professional competition in this field, mechanisms of promotion, and vicissitudes of relations within the professional community of teachers and French expatriates. These reasons make the published documents a valuable historical source that helps put forward the hypothesis that Gabriel L’Abbé Deslondes, whose life was intertwined with the lives of many St Petersburg aristocrats, was Pushkin’s inspiration for Monsieur l’Abbé, “француз убогой” (a starving Gaul (Spalding), a threadbare Frenchman (Mitchell), a poor wretch of a Frenchman (Nabokov)) that has traditionally been considered a purely fictional character of Eugene Onegin. An account of L’Abbé Deslondes’s life gives reasons to disprove the school’s interpretation of the Russian epithet “убогий” interpreted as “заурядный” (mediocre).
Effectiveness of Conventional Physiotherapy and Visual Training on Visuomotor Integration in Children with Visual Impairment in Neurodevelopmental Disorders-A Randomized Trial
Authors: Shah Lakshita , Parmar Sanjay , Patil Shankar Gouda H. , Joshi Sayali , Parmar Disha
Published: November 2022

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of visual training and conventional physiotherapy in children aged 2-5 years with neurodevelopmental disorders. Group A (n = 12) received conventional gross- and fine-motor physiotherapy using various objects. Group B received conventional physiotherapy combined with visual training in a controlled-light environment for 40-45 minutes per session over 20 sessions. The outcome measure used was the visuomotor integration (VMI) from the Peabody Developmental Motor Scale-2 (PDMS-2). Group A improved from 41.25 ± 26.59 to 42.83 ± 26.89 (p = 0.01), a 1.11% change, whereas Group B improved from 38.00 ± 31.06 to 39.54 ± 30.83 (p = 0.12), a 1.07% change. There was no statistically significant difference between groups. Comparison of Groups A (p = 0.79) and B (p = 0.78) was not significant. The effect size was 0.11 for both. Group A, receiving conventional treatment, demonstrated statistically significant improvement. Visual training did not result in added benefits.
Factors Influencing Health-Related Quality of Life, Return to Work, and Optimal Utilization of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Adults with Cardiac Disorders-A Literature Review
Authors: Murkudkar Payal , Agarwal Bela M. , Mullerpatan Rajani
Published: November 2022

Cardiovascular disease contributes to the largest burden of noncommunicable diseases leading to death and disability globally. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is recognized as a secondary prevention program for patients with cardiovascular disease. Its benefits include mortality reduction, symptom relief, reduction in smoking, improved exercise tolerance, risk factors modification, psychosocial well-being, and early return to work (RTW). Although these benefits are well known, intrinsic and extrinsic factors influencing CR utilization and optimization have not been studied. Thus, the present review aimed to explore factors that influence health-related quality of life (HRQoL), RTW, and optimal utilization of cardiac rehabilitation in adults with primary cardiac disorders. A review of the literature was performed using Cochrane Library, PubMed, CINAHL, and Google Scholar databases. Fifty-eight studies published in English during 2012-2022, conducted on adult patients were included in the review. Higher education, physician support, family support, and health insurance were facilitators of a better quality of life. A socially vulnerable group, depression-anxiety, cognitive impairments, and older age negatively influence HRQoL. RTW improves HRQoL. Comprehensive CR, social support, and health-care benefits lead to early occupational reintegration. Therefore, improving referral, enrollment, adherence, and completion are deemed necessary for optimal CR utilization.
IMPROVING THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF A CONCENTRIC-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER SYSTEM UTILIZING A NOVEL HYBRID MAGNETIC NANOFLUID
Authors: Babat Rand Ahmed Adeeb , Sözen Adnan , Yılmaz Zeynep Aytaç
Published: November 2022

Hybrid magnetic nanofluid is the phase involved in a suspension of a mixture of nanometer-sized particles in traditional fluids. The most conspicuous attributes of this fluid comprise improved heat characteristics, for instance, convective heat transfer coefficient, compared to the conventional fluid. Hybrid magnetic nanofluid of iron oxide and ferric oxide with a mixture proportion of 50:50 was added to distilled water (DW). The impact of forced convective heat transfer coefficient in turbulent flow was estimated by employing parallel- and counter-flow concentric-tube heat exchanger systems. The forced convective heat transfer coefficient of the hybrid magnetic nanofluids was calculated applying empirical equations corresponding to the experimental results. Furthermore, the system's performance with (Fe3O4@Fe2O3/DW) 0.5 wt.% hybrid magnetic nanofluid with (Fe3O4/DW), (Fe2O3/DW) 0.3 wt.% regular magnetic nanofluids, and distilled water was compromised. The determinations reveal notable improvement in the convective heat transfer coefficient in both parallel- and counter-flow regimes in the case of hybrid magnetic nanofluid compared to the regular ones and base fluid, the highest enhancement in the overall convective heat transfer coefficient was up to 49.8% compared to distilled water at 31,689 Reynolds number and 18.46% and 20.5% compared to Fe3O4/DW and Fe2O3/DW regular magnetic nanofluids at 36,215 Reynolds number in the parallel-flow regime. Moreover, the Nu number was improved in the case of the hybrid magnetic nanofluid reaching maximum values up to 38.1%, 13.2%, and 14.8% corresponding to distilled water and regular magnetic nanofluids, respectively. The augmentation in the heat transfer utilizing hybrid magnetic nanofluids was caused by 22.47% thermal conductivity improvement compared to base fluid.
The Role of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
Authors: Jia Ting , Xu Tong , Smeets Bart , Buhl Eva Miriam , Moeller Marcus Johannes , Floege Jürgen , Klinkhammer Barbara Mara , Boor Peter
Published: November 2022

Significance Statement

We investigated the role of the profibrotic PDGF in the development and progression of FSGS in a murine model resembling human FSGS. Injured podocytes expressed PDGF-B, inducing parietal epithelial cell activation, proliferation, and a profibrotic switch–driving FSGS. Therapeutic inhibition of PDGF-B significantly reduced proteinuria and FSGS, suggesting that inhibition of the PDGF signaling pathway might be a potential novel treatment for patients with FSGS.

Background

FSGS is the final common pathway to nephron loss in most forms of severe or progressive glomerular injury. Although podocyte injury initiates FSGS, parietal epithelial cells (PECs) are the main effectors. Because PDGF takes part in fibrotic processes, we hypothesized that the ligand PDGF-B and its receptor PDGFR-β participate in the origin and progression of FSGS.

Methods

We challenged Thy1.1 transgenic mice, which express Thy1.1 in the podocytes, with anti-Thy1.1 antibody to study the progression of FSGS. We investigated the role of PDGF in FSGS using challenged Thy1.1 mice, 5/6 nephrectomized mice, Col4−/−
(Alport) mice, patient kidney biopsies, and primary murine PECs, and challenged Thy1.1 mice treated with neutralizing anti–PDGF-B antibody therapy.

Results

The unchallenged Thy1.1 mice developed only mild spontaneous FSGS, whereas challenged mice developed progressive FSGS accompanied by a decline in kidney function. PEC activation, proliferation, and profibrotic phenotypic switch drove the FSGS. During disease, PDGF-B was upregulated in podocytes, whereas PDGFR-β was upregulated in PECs from both mice and patients with FSGS. Short- and long-term treatment with PDGF-B neutralizing antibody improved kidney function and reduced FSGS, PEC proliferation, and profibrotic activation. In vitro, stimulation of primary murine PECs with PDGF-B recapitulated in vivo findings with PEC activation and proliferation, which was inhibited by PDGF-B antibody or imatinib.

Conclusion

PDGF-B–PDGFR-β molecular crosstalk between podocytes and PECs drives glomerulosclerosis and the progression of FSGS.
Examining Students’ Behavior in a Digital Simulation Game for Nurse Training
Authors: Novoseltseva Daria , Pons Catherine , Jessel Nadine
Published: November 2022

Digital educational games have evolved in recent years due to the need to support education and training focused on non-technical skills. Data gathered through interaction with the graphical user interface are explored and exploited to analyze the players' experience. Many researchers have pointed the importance of analysis of players’ in-game behavior, which can help to enhance the learning process, identify learners' strategies, and improve the effectiveness of the serious game. This study is devoted to the analysis of students' behavior in a simulation game called CLONE, which targets work scheduling, situation awareness, and decision-making. The students’ performance and their behavioral strategies are examined based on sequences analysis of players' in-game actions. Moreover, outlier detection is proposed as an instrument for obtaining information that might help better understand students’ behavior. The findings of the study show that such indicators as time spent on planning schedule, time spent on inspecting additional information, and intensity of delegation activity are significantly higher for successful games than for lost ones. The sequences analysis and clustering reveal students' prevailing in-game strategies, which mostly consist of inspection, reading medical records, delegation, and scheduling. Eventually, outlier detection discloses the game sessions with uncertain strategies and unstructured scheduling.
SOCIAL IDEAS OF RUSSIAN RELIGIOUS THINKERS
Authors:   Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, Galiev G.T. , Gimaev I.Z. ,   Institute for Strategic Studies of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Grishina T.V. ,   Academy of Labor and Social Relations, Gimaev T.R. ,   Russian Technological University
Published: November 2022

The relevance of this study lies in the scientific understanding and generalization of the features of Christian social teaching in the work of Russian thinkers, the influence of social ideas on the spiritual, religious life and worldview in Russia. The features of the influence of the system of Christian moral values on the national culture, art and literature are considered. The basis of the paradigm of social ideas of religious social thought, embedded in the works of the classics of Russian literature, is the spiritual side of human life, the spiritual principle of all things. The article emphasizes the connection of social concepts and ideas with the peculiarities of the Russian civilization based on Orthodoxy. Features of Russian religious social thought are presented through understanding the problems of property, inheritance rights, protection of property rights and personal freedom, morality, the right to existence and human dignity. The value of the article lies in the fact that the social concepts of Russian religious thinkers of the late XIX – early XX centuries are considered through the prism of Christian social teaching. Being mostly secular scientists and writers, they were deeply religious people, firmly standing on the positions of the Christian worldview. The topics of social problems raised by them basically coincide with the problems of Christian social teaching as a whole: the role of spirituality in social development, labor, the relationship of the individual with society, the relationship between labor and capital, etc. The social views of Russian religious thinkers in terms of depth of analysis and breadth of coverage of social problems in some cases surpass the social doctrine of the Catholic Church. It is no coincidence that many Russian scientists in this area have received international recognition. The article deals with the works of Vl. Solovieva, N.A. Berdyaeva, S.N. Bulgakov, V.F. Erna, F.M. Dostoevsky, P.I. Novgorodtsev. The article is a continuation of a series of articles devoted to the study of Russian religious thought, Christian social doctrine and interfaith relations in Russia, published earlier in the journal Vestnik UGNTU.
En Bloc Excisions of Chronic Abscesses in Bull: A Case Report
Authors:   Jimma University, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, P. O. Box 307, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia, Mulatu Zerihun , Gebremichael Bashahun ,   Jimma University, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, P. O. Box 307, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia, Kefyalew Dese ,   Jimma University, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, P. O. Box 307, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia, Abdisa Sagni ,   Jimma University, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, P. O. Box 307, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia, Telila Cheru ,   Addis Ababa University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, P. O. Box 34, Bishoftu, Oromia, Ethiopia, Dugasa Jiregna ,   Department of Clinical Studies, Addis Ababa University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, P. O. Box 34, Bishoftu, Oromia, Ethiopia
Published: November 2022

Introduction An abscess is the most common swelling observed on the skin surface of the animal body with a collection of pus due to microbial invasion of the dermis and its supporting structures. Case Description In the present case, nine-years-old male Zebu cattle were presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) with a history of swelling on the cheek. Clinical findings of the mass revealed that there was well-circumscribed, firm, movable cold, and not painful superficial skin swelling on the body of the mandible and check. Culturing on blood agar and gram staining was conducted and then, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis was isolated from the sample. Following clinical and laboratory finding the case was diagnosed as caseous lymphadenitis and En bloc excision of the case was performed under local infiltration of anesthesia. Conclusion The suture was removed after 15-days post-intervention and the bull was successfully recovered without any other complications. Therefore, management of well-circumscribed, firm, and movable superficial skin abscess in cattle through en bloc excision along with antibacterial therapy and allowing the skin wound to heal by the first intention should be effective.
Study on the Availability and Rational Use of Veterinary Drugs in Veterinary Clinics of Haramaya and Dire Dawa Districts, Eastern Ethiopia
Authors:   Wolaita Sodo University, School of Veterinary Medicine, RQH2+J9G, 9, Sodo, Ethiopia, Alebign Samuel , Hundesa Nato ,   Wolaita Sodo University, School of Veterinary Medicine, RQH2+J9G, 9, Sodo, Ethiopia
Published: November 2022

Aim The study was conducted between December 2021-June 2022 with an objective to assess the current status of veterinary drugs used in veterinary clinics of Dire Dawa and Haramaya districts using a questionnaire, personal interviews, and observations of public veterinary clinics. Method A total number of 40 public veterinary clinics were selected, purposively selected, and included in the study, and veterinary professionals working in each veterinary clinic were conveniently selected by using a non-probability method. The assessment methods such as descriptive drug use indicators, prescribing practices and other drug information sources and drugs of choice at health facilities were included. Results The results obtained were as; a majority of the clinicians (57.5%) were Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) and above. Nearly half (42.5%) of clinicians used only a verbal prescription for prescribing drugs. Oxytetracycline was available in all clinics and 32(80%) responded as it is their first drug of choice for treatment. Only 50% of the clinicians responded as they administer drugs and treat animals presented to their clinic for a definitive (laboratory investigation) diagnosis. The majority (80%) of respondents use antibacterials for prophylaxis. Major factors considered in drug selection by 92.5% of professionals amongst alternative drugs were its availability. About 98% of respondents use promotion materials or leaflets of different drugs as a source of information. Conclusion The study showed that the trend of using prescription papers for prescribing drugs was not enough and prescription papers did not include the relevant information that should be incorporated in drug ordering and dispensing drug prescriptions by and large based on tentative diagnosis and inappropriate drug selection were found to be bottlenecks for the successful drug treatment that leads to drug resistance. Therefore, awareness and training should be provided regularly for prescribers and end users about the proper way of drug use.
Was hat sich in der MAK- und BAT- Werte-Liste 2022 geändert? (Interview)
Authors:   Institut und der Poliklinik für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Drexler Hans
Published: November 2022

Im Juli 2022 wurde, wie jedes Jahr, die 58. MAK (Maximale Arbeitsplatz-Konzentration)- und BAT (Biologische Arbeitsstoff-Toleranzwert)-Werte-Liste der Ständigen Senatskommission zur Prüfung gesundheitsschädlicher Arbeitsstoffe der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) dem Bundesarbeitsminister übergeben. Insgesamt enthält sie gegenüber der 2021-Liste 68 Änderungen und Neuaufnahmen. Die digitale Fassung der MAK- und BAT-Werte-Liste steht in deutscher, englischer und spanischer Sprache im Open Access zur Verfügung, wobei die aktuelle spanische Übersetzung noch in Bearbeitung ist (s. auch „Weitere Infos“). Die Liste dient als wesentliche Grundlage für notwendige Änderungen und Anpassungen gesetzlicher Regelungen im Arbeitsschutz. In den Begründungen zu den erarbeiteten Vorschlägen für Grenzwerte wird die wissenschaftliche Grundlage für die Grenzwertableitung ausführlich beschrieben.