bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Writer identification using VLAD Encoding of the Histogram of Gradient Angle Distribution
Authors: Semma Abdelillah , Lazrak Said , Hannad Yaâcoub , El Youssfi El Kettani Mohamed
Published: May 2022

The use of computers and automatic systems has enabled scientific researchers to improve the classification rate in the field of writer identification. In our paper, we will propose an identification system based on the use of Histogram of Gradient Angle Distribution (HGAD) in square patches centered around Harris Keypoint locations. A global descriptor per image is calculated subsequently via the VLAD encoding of the local descriptors relating to the histograms of the square patches. The study carried out on two public datasets CVL and BFL made it possible to achieve very interesting identification rates with 99.4% in BFL and 99.7% in CVL.
Computer Assisted Instruction in Laparoscopic Surgery using Deep Learning
Authors: Jaafar Jaafari , Samira Douzi , Khadija Douzi , Badr Hssina
Published: May 2022

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is famous to cause less harm to the skin compared with regular operation, due to the tiny surgical instruments and the small incisions used. It provides many advantages to the patients like a shorter hospital stays, reduced pain and faster recovery. In addition, MIS offers the possibility of video record the surgery. These videos are used for teaching purposes, evaluating surgeons and also they are treated as evidence in case of lawsuits from patients. On the other hand, these types of surgeries are difficult to learn and teach. That’s why surgeons tend to check MIS videos for a possible technical error. Since MIS medias are commonly very long, this manual surgical quality assessment (SQA) process, without any support of video search, take so much time and effort. To surmount this issue, we present a neural network based solution, to identify surgical instruments and index these videos, using three fine-tuned Convolutional Neural Network VGG19, Inception v-4 and NASNet-A. Finally, we present the benefits of the proposed approach on the Cholec80 dataset.
Multiband PIFA antenna with Koch Fractal slot for GPS, LTE and WiMAX wireless communication systems
Authors: Youssouf Zemam , Nourreddine Boukli-Hacene , Yamina Belhadef
Published: May 2022

In this article, a five frequency band PIFA antenna for GPS (1.57 GHz), LTE (2.6 GHz) and WiMAX (3.17GHz, 4.1GHz, 4.83GHz) applications is presented. The proposed antenna consists of a PIFA antenna with a Koch fractal slot at the first iteration that was applied to all sides of a square located in the center of the radiating element. The radiating patch modification of the proposed antenna with the fractal slot made the antenna multiband and also contributed to miniaturize the proposed antenna compared to the initial form. The results presented in this work are carried out under the CST MWs software and compared to those obtained by the HFSS software where a good agreement was recorded. The proposed antenna has a gain ranging from 1.13dB to 6.01dB corresponding to the five frequency bands achieved.
Modeling and Analysis of Carbon-Nanotube Interconnections for Future Nanotechnology Interconnections between High Speed CMOS Integrated Circuits using FDTD Method
Authors: Youssef Nadir , Hassan Belahrach , Abdelilah Ghammaz , Aze-eddine Naamane , Mohammed Radouani
Published: May 2022

The size reduction of copper interconnects degrades their performances due to increased surface scattering, which significantly reduces the effective electron mean free path. Unlike Cu, CNTs support ballistic electron flow with a lower value of mean free, which highly induces researchers to change copper by carbon nanotubes. In this way, this paper presents an accurate method based on the finite difference method describing the behavior of carbon nanotube interconnects in the time domain. The proposed algorithm is implemented in the MATLAB tool. The crosstalk between the interconnects and the induced delays are studied as a function of their length and the technology node (45nm, 32nm, 22nm and 16nm). The values obtained by the suggested method are compared with those of the PSPICE simulation tool. A good agreement between these results is observed, which demonstrates that CNT interconnects are more efficient than copper ones in terms of crosstalk induced delays.
A New PIFA Antenna For Future Mobile and Wireless Communication
Authors: Anouar Mondir , Larbi Setti
Published: May 2022

In this work, a new antenna will be presented in the form of F-inverted working at 28Ghz frequency is proposed for 5G wireless com- munications. This antenna has been designed based on an FR-4. with shaped slots on the patch and interdigital slots in the ground for band- width enhancement. The PIFA antenna has an operating frequency of 28 GHz with S11,-39.0885 dB, while the peak gain is 7.85dBi. Therefore, it is suitable for applications of 5G wireless communications with good matching and return loss characteristics. The proposed design model and performance evaluation of the PIFA antenna has been executed by CST Microwave Studio and HFSS.
Design and characterization of a wideband metamaterial absorber for microwave applications
Authors: Chaynane Rachid , Jebbor Nawfal , El Abassi Ahmed , Bri Seddik
Published: May 2022

The metamaterial absorber’s new conception and simulation are presented in this paper. Two peaks of 97% and 99,8% are respectively shown by the absorption spectrum at the resonance frequencies 12,5 GHz and 14,5 GHz. Absorptivity is greater than 80% in the 6 GHz – 16 GHz frequency band and is sensitive to both polarization and incidence’s angles. Clearly this structure provides absorption more than 90% in the range frequency 11,9 GHz -15 GHz. The simulations’ results have revealed that the absorption characteristics can be controlled either by adding resistors to the metallic pattern or by changing its geometric or physical parameters. The proposed structure’s impedance is approximately equal to that of the free space at the resonance frequencies, which explains the perfect absorption’s obtention at these frequencies. A numerical comparison of our absorber with the four broadband perfect absorbers reported in the literature, leads to satisfactory Conclusion. This designed metamaterial absorber can be applied to antennas to improve their directivities.
Organizational Learning: A Necessity in the Hospital and environmental responsibility
Authors: Boudallaa Ikram , Elkachradi Rachid , Kadouri Abdillah
Published: May 2022

In an increasingly complex environment, it is essential for hospital organizations to evolve and improve. The world of hospitals is constantly changing through reforms. In addition, knowledge and techniques are continually evolving, and specialties are multiplying rapidly. In this sense, it is necessary to develop a strategy to manage knowledge and create new practices. From this perspective, this article tries to study knowledge as the most crucial strategic asset of the organization and the hospital, which is marked by very high heterogeneity and variability that makes its knowledge extremely complex, therefore needs a management system that will improve the utilization of its human potential and development through establishing a culture of continuous learning and progress. Effective organizational learning is a prerequisite for the hospital’s survival and, above all, transforms it into a genuinely avant-garde and learning organization for the benefit of users and professionals alike. This organizational change within the hospital has a powerful impact on the environmental culture of all the actors concerned.
Ionizing radiation metrology at the service of health: quality control of radiopharmaceutical dose calibrators in nuclear medicine unit -accurarcy, reproducibility and linearity tests-
Authors: Belhaj Omaima Essaad , Belhaj Siham , Elkhoukhi Tahar , Rabie Mohamed , Elmahjoub Chakir , Bentaleb Naoual , Bellahsaouia Meryem , Boukhal Hamid
Published: May 2022

Ensuring the effective use of a dose calibrator used for the practice of nuclear medicine, and the injection of the correct dose to the patient is the subject of a long traceable calibration chain, which serves to establish the relationship between the values of the activity indicated by the dose calibrator and the activity corresponding to ISO 2919 certified sealed sources whose activity is known with an uncertainty of less than 1 %.

Our calibration program consists in carrying out various quality control on the CRC 55TR activimeter, namely the daily control which is carried out in the absence of any radioactive source, then the fidelity control carried out by a source of 37Cs and a source of 60Co, then the reproducibility check performed with a 137Cs source, and finally the linearity check performed with a 99mTc source.

In our case the results obtained from the specific tests used to verify the proper functioning of the Capintec CRC 55tR activimeter in a nuclear medicine service in Morocco, shows an agreement with international standards so that the measurement of activities is done with significant results, in addition, to guarantee the metrological quality of the measurements delivered, Our laboratory registers in an accreditation process according to ISO 17025.
Les mini-cerveaux vous observent-ils ?
Authors: Orieux Gaël , Goureau Olivier
Published: May 2022

Les organoïdes cérébraux, comme les organoïdes rétiniens dérivés de cellules souches de type iPS, sont des modèles en trois dimensions (3D) biologiquement pertinents. Une étude récente du laboratoire de Jay Gopalakrishnan (université de Düsseldorf), en collaboration avec un groupe de l’université de Bonn et notre équipe de l’Institut de la vision à Paris, a montré la capacité des cellules iPS humaines à développer spontanément des organoïdes cérébraux incluant des structures oculaires rudimentaires bilatérales et symétriques. Cette innovation aboutissant à la formation d’organoïdes toujours plus complexes et proches des organes modélisés constitue une étape majeure pour comprendre comment l’œil humain se développe de concert avec le cerveau pour créer un système visuel fonctionnel.
Rôle des intégrines dans la fibrose cardiaque
Authors: Delacroix Clément , Hulot Jean-Sébastien
Published: May 2022

Ces vingt dernières années, l’intérêt pour les intégrines n’a cessé de grandir et les découvertes ont ouvert de nouvelles perspectives thérapeutiques, notamment dans le cadre de la fibrose, particulièrement pour les intégrines de la famille aV. Après les revers de la thérapie anti-angiogénique utilisée contre le cancer, de nouvelles molécules inhibitrices de ces intégrines se sont révélées intéressantes pour le traitement de la fibrose tissulaire de différents organes, notamment le cœur. La fibrose cardiaque conduit à terme à l’insuffisance cardiaque, une des premières causes de mortalité dans le monde. La compréhension des déterminants de la fibrose cardiaque et l’implication des intégrines dans son développement représentent un enjeu majeur de santé publique. Dans cette revue, nous présentons les différents types de fibrose cardiaque et leurs étiologies. Nous évoquons ensuite les premières applications de stratégies anti-fibrosantes reposant sur l’inhibition d’intégrines spécifiques, comme traitement futur contre le développement de la fibrose cardiaque.
Sexe, genre et stature
Authors: Nicaise Ghislain , Malaval Luc
Published: May 2022

Dans l’espèce humaine, l’origine du dimorphisme sexuel de stature est l’objet de controverses. Sa composante héréditaire pourrait dépendre principalement du déterminisme endocrinien de l’arrêt de croissance à la puberté. C’est l’explication la plus simple, une explication qui apparaît également valable pour la plupart des mammifères. L’ossification des cartilages de conjugaison, qui signe l’arrêt de croissance des os longs, se produit d’abord chez les femelles (les jeunes femmes) puis chez les mâles. Dans les deux sexes, elle reste contrôlée par l’augmentation du taux d’œstrogènes. L’avantage reproductif conféré par les œstrogènes permettrait d’expliquer la relativement petite taille des femmes, en dépit des difficultés obstétriques associées à cette petite taille.
Du microbiote humain à l’antibiotique de demain
Authors: Herrou Camille , Mom Jeremy , Nasri Ihsane , Turrini Elsa , Aussel Laurent
Published: May 2022

Dans le cadre de l’unité d’enseignement « Rédiger en sciences » proposée par Aix-Marseille Université, les étudiants du Master 2 Microbiologie Intégrative et Fondamentale (MIF) - en partenariat avec l’Institut de Microbiologie, Bioénergies et Biotechnologie (IM2B) - ont été confrontés aux exigences de l’écriture scientifique. Trois thématiques leur ont été proposées en relation étroite avec les laboratoires de recherche du tissu local : les bactériophages, la biologie des mycobactéries et les bactériocines. Les étudiants ont ainsi rédigé une nouvelle soulignant les résultats majeurs et l’originalité des articles étudiés. Complétée par un entretien avec leurs auteurs, l’ensemble offre un éclairage original sur la compréhension du vivant dans le domaine de la microbiologie et de la santé.
La cohabitation de modèles distincts au sein du régime de soins de santé au Québec (Canada)
Authors: Prémont Marie-Claude
Published: May 2022

Deux modèles différents structurent au Québec la couverture de soins de santé qui appartient normalement à un système à vocation universelle : un régime universel pour les soins hospitaliers et les soins médicaux, et un modèle général pour les médicaments que se procure le patient en pharmacie communautaire. Dans cet article, nous décrivons les grands traits de chacun des modèles qu’il importe de bien distinguer, et démontrons les assises opposées qui les caractérisent.
Usefulness of Curcuma longa in the Cases of Functional Dyspepsia—A Parallel Arm-Controlled Study
Authors: Rajvanshy Tanuj , Sharma Humani
Published: May 2022

Background Functional dyspepsia is one of the common gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. This prospective experimental, randomised, single-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted at SKHMC, Jaipur, for a period of 1 year (March 2018–March 2019) with a 3 -month intervention and follow-up period, aiming to ascertain the usefulness of Curcuma longa in the cases of functional dyspepsia.

Materials and Methods In this study, after screening of 220 patients using ROME III diagnostic criteria, 88 cases of functional dyspepsia fulfilling the eligibility criteria were included and enrolled in the study in a ratio of 1:1. Assuming 10% drop-outs to obtain 80 evaluable cases, that is, 40 cases were randomly allocated to experimental group (Curcuma longa), while another 40 cases were allocated to controlled group (Placebo). Both the arms followed dietary and lifestyle modifications. Usefulness of homoeopathic medicine and placebo in cases with functional dyspepsia on day 35 was compared with baseline. Potency used was 30 CH. Assessment and reassessment were done using gastrointestinal symptom (GIS) score.

Results Eighty cases completed the study, in (50%) subjects marked improvement was seen in 12 (30%) cases in Curcuma longa group and 00(0%) cases in placebo group, moderate improvement was seen in 8 (20%) cases in Curcuma longa and 01 (2.5%) in placebo group, mild improvement was seen in 6 (15%) cases in Curcuma longa and 2 (5%) cases in placebo group, no relief was seen in 14 (35%) cases in Curcuma longa and 37 (92.5%) cases in placebo group. Functional dyspepsia is found in middle-aged persons of 36 to 45 years, with predominance in females. To analyse the change in the GIS scores of symptoms of functional dysplasia, paired t-test was applied for both treatment group and control group. It was observed from the paired t-test result that there is a one-point increase in the pre- and post-average GIS score (from 28.65 to 29.65) in the control group and it is not statistically significant (t = −0.760 and p = .452). Whereas there is 13.3-point decrease (from 29.55 to 16.25) in the treatment group and it is statistically significant (t = 9.347 and p = 0.000).

Conclusion It indicates medicine is effective in lowering down the GIS score, which was statistically significant to conclude that homoeopathic medicine Curcuma longa was effective in the cases of functional dyspepsia.
A Great Pain to Break the Shell: A Case of Carbo animallis
Authors: Madsen Ruy
Published: May 2022

This is the case of a woman with depression, endometriosis and infertility. The remedy was selected according to the approaches of the contemporary authors of Classical Homeopathy. The result was a physical and mental improvement.
Homoeopathic Treatment of Fibrocystic Breast Diseases: A Case Series
Authors: Shukla Purnima , Misra Purak , Jain Risabh Kumar , Misra Rajiv Kumar
Published: May 2022

Fibrocystic changes are the most frequently occurring benign conditions of breast disease. Women of 20 to 50 years of age who frequently encounter various forms of stressors have the highest incidence of fibrocystic breast disease (FBD). In cases, where any palpable mass is detected after clinical examination, mammograms and ultrasonography (USG) are the most common investigative tools for the next level of assessment. Five patients with FBD were treated with homoeopathic medicines in our hospital within a period of 3 years under the project: ‘Homoeopathic management of benign neoplastic lesions of breast: an evidence-based study’. The diagnosis was based on clinical examination and USG. We followed standard homoeopathic guidelines for the final selection of medicines. Individualised homoeopathic medicines were used to treat these cases. The clinical assessment was done every month and objective assessment was done after serial USG reports at every 6-month interval. All the patients had notable improvements during treatment as inferred clinically as well as from the USG reports. Few associated symptoms improved too. Assessment of the causal attribution of the outcomes of the treated cases to the homoeopathic intervention was done using Modified Naranjo Criteria. ‘Definite’ association was found in four out of five cases and one case showed a ‘probable’ association. Therefore, we may conclude that homoeopathic treatment can be useful in treating FBD. Good-quality clinical trials are needed before making any firm recommendation.
Exploring the Molecular Mechanism of Homoeopathic Medicines against Cancer: A Pragmatic Approach with Narrative Review of Cell Line Studies
Authors: Dixit Ashish Kumar , Mukherjee Sukhes , Javed Danish , Giri Nibha
Published: May 2022

Background Cancer (CA) is the second leading cause of death, accounting for one out of every six deaths worldwide. Chemotherapy and radiation treatments have unwanted effects and due to financial constraints are not available to a large portion of the population. Many CA patients turn to homoeopathy to improve their quality of life and to relieve pain caused by illness/conventional treatments.

Objective The review aims to appraise and summarise the findings of various in vitro CA cell line studies on homoeopathic medicines (HMs) and the detailed molecular mechanism behind the anti-CA effects of HMs.

Methods A systematic search was conducted on the major electronic biomedical database PubMed/MEDLINE for articles on homoeopathy and the CA cell line published between 25 June 2011 and 24 June 2021.

Result The searches identified 18 relevant articles. HMs showed cytotoxicity, increase in reactive oxygen species and decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential against CA cells while preserving normal cells. It interacts with deoxyribonucleic acid and up- and down-regulation of pro- and anti-apoptotic signalling proteins (p53, caspase-3 and Bax:B-cell lymphoma 2 [Bcl-2]), which all are involved in apoptosis. Increasing the treatment time of CA cells resulted in a higher percentage of cells in the G0/G1 phase (cell cycle arrest) and also showed inhibition of cell migration. HMs also had a complex effect on gene expression profiles.

Conclusion This review highlights preliminary laboratory evidence that HMs have therapeutic potential for combating the menace of carcinogenesis. More data are needed to show anti-tumour potential in the current setting and therapeutic value in battling CA.
Outcome of Homoeopathic Intervention in Psychiatric Inpatients Treated in Rural Homoeopathic Hospital, Palghar, Maharashtra, India, 2014–2018: A Retrospective Analysis
Authors: Nikumbh Sunita , Kukde Abhishek , Patel Manoj , Parekh Bhavik , Nigwekar Anoop , Mittal Renu , Dhawale Kumar
Published: May 2022

Background Rural homoeopathic hospital has been serving the community in and around Palghar for the past 20 years. Through a Central Government Scheme of Centre of Excellence, it received funds for setting up an inpatient psychiatric unit in 2012 whereby it could serve the wider community by admitting the patients with mental illness in a secure ward. This is the second of two papers on the experience of homoeopathic treatment of psychiatric inpatients and details of the outcome of homoeopathic treatment to patients admitted between 2014 and 2018.

Objective Efforts have been made to explore the outcomes of homoeopathic intervention, singly or as adjuvant treatment, for a variety of clinical conditions and to determine the commonly indicated remedies that were found useful.

Methodology A standard operating procedure enabled symptom analysis and evaluation; it also enabled to erect the homoeopathic totality and institute treatment along with conducting the follow-up. Retrospective analysis using Outcome Related to Impact on Daily Living scale helped to establish the results of homoeopathic intervention.

Results An excellent response to homoeopathic intervention was obtained for several clinical conditions like alcohol withdrawal (76.3%), conversion disorder (82.17%), suicide attempt (85.13%), anxiety disorders (84.19%), depressive disorders (75%) and somatoform (85.17%). The rate of improvement in schizophrenia (60%) and epilepsy (22.6%) was lower. The commonly indicated homoeopathic remedies for each clinical condition were identified. This information would help practitioners to acquire knowledge of a pool of remedies from which they could readily determine the similimum.

Conclusion Homoeopathic treatment, either alone or as an adjuvant, is useful in the management of psychiatric inpatients for several clinical conditions. Remedies found useful in different clinical conditions need to be studied in greater depth to identify their leading indications.
COVID-19-Associated Portal Vein Thrombosis Post-Cholecystitis
Authors: Guevara Sara , Miyara Santiago J. , Aronsohn Judith , Homsi Joseph T. , McCann-Molmenti Alexia , Mumford James M. , Keber Barbara , Shore-Lesserson Linda , Morales Luis , Metz Christine N. , Cho Young Min , Molmenti Christine L. Sardo , Loto Rodrigo , Pesce Martin M. , Zafeiropoulos Stefanos , Giannis Dimitrios , Pipolo Derek O. , Jacque Francky , Montorfano Lisandro , Shinozaki Koichiro , Shoaib Muhammad , Choudhary Rishabh C. , Nishikimi Mitsuaki , Takegawa Ryosuke , Endo Yusuke , Hayashida Kei , Fontan Fermin M. , Becker Lance B. , Molmenti Ernesto P.
Published: May 2022

This case study describes a 45-year-old Caucasian male with a past medical history of obesity, hypertension, and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, who in the setting of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia, developed portal vein thrombosis (PVT) presenting as an acute abdomen after hospital discharge from a cholecystitis episode. PVT is a very infrequent thromboembolic condition, classically occurring in patients with systemic conditions such as cirrhosis, malignancy, pancreatitis, diverticulitis, autoimmunity, and thrombophilia. PVT can cause serious complications, such as intestinal infarction, or even death, if not promptly treated. Due to the limited number of reports in the literature describing PVT in the COVID-19 setting, its prevalence, natural history, mechanism, and precise clinical features remain unknown. Therefore, clinical suspicion should be high for PVT, in any COVID-19 patient who presents with abdominal pain or associated signs and symptoms. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of COVID-19-associated PVT causing extensive thrombosis in the portal vein and its right branch, occurring in the setting of early-stage cirrhosis after a preceding episode of cholecystitis.
Preparation and Standardisation of Mother Tincture from Strychnos potatorum: A New Drug Source in Homoeopathy
Authors: Chattopadhyay Rajat , Gupta Sharmistha , Chakraborty Suman , Saha Sangita , Bhar Kaushik
Published: May 2022

Strychnos potatorum L.f. is a deciduous tree of 12 metre height, belongs to Loganiaceae family under genus Strychnos and is commonly distributed throughout India. Its flowering time is from February to May and fruiting time from October to March. This plant contains diaboline as active compound and besides it, terpenoid, cardiac glycoside and phenolic compounds as other phytochemical constituents. Recent study has revealed that the plant's seed has antidiabetic, nephroprotective, hepatoprotective, antipyretic, antineoplastic, antimicrobial and contraceptive properties. Hence different systems of medicine like Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha have included this plant in their pharmacopoeial preparation and use it according to their own principles. Ayurvedic system uses the seed against skin disease, gonorrhoea, fever and inflammation of the eyes. Unani system uses it for treatment of urinary complaints whereas Siddha system uses it for treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Genus Strychnos is a well-known genus to homoeopathy system. Drugs like Ignatia and Nux vomica belong to this genus, but no data till today regarding the above-stated plant are available in the homoeopathic pharmacopoeia of India. So, the objective of this physiochemical study is to search the scope of inclusion of this plant as new medicinal source in homoeopathic system of medicine for the purpose of drug proving. Keeping this objective in our mind, chemical analysis of the ethanolic extract of the seed was done by thin layer chromatography and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry, which was followed by preparation and standardisation of mother tincture.
Autism Spectrum Disorder Managed with Individualised Homoeopathic Medicine—Analysis of 20 Cases
Authors: Gilla Deepthi , Sreeja K.R. , Resmy R.
Published: May 2022

Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is an umbrella term used to describe a constellation of early-appearing social communication deficits and repetitive sensory-motor behaviours. There is a dramatic increase in prevalence of ASD in the past few decades. Autism is a potentially lifelong impairing disorder usually managed with complementary therapies, symptomatic behavioural, sensory integration therapies and medical treatments. As there are currently no specific medicines that can address core disabilities of ASD, there is a desperate need to explore new interventions in ASD.

Objectives The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of homoeopathic medicines in the usual care setting, i.e. regular OPD, for the management of ASD using Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC).

Materials and Methods The present study is a case series analysis of 20 cases diagnosed as ASD and evaluated with ATEC in the outpatient unit of Department of Psychiatry, National Homoeopathy Research Institute in Mental Health. Individualised homoeopathic medicines were prescribed based on classical homoeopathic principles. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare ATEC scores at baseline to end of 12 months.

Results The median baseline ATEC score of 110.0 (116.0–94.5) reduced to 33.5 (61.75–25.0) at p < 0.001, with an effect size of 0.88. There was statistically significant difference in all domains of speech language communication, sociability, sensory/cognitive awareness and health/physical/behaviour when compared from baseline to end of 12 months. Calcarea carbonica, Calcarea phosphorica, Carcinosinum, Mercurius solubilis, Natrum muriaticum, Silicea, Theridion, Tuberculinum, Zincum metallicum etc. were commonly indicated homoeopathic medicines.

Conclusion Individualised Homoeopathic medicines are effective in the management of ASD. Well planned, methodically rigorous research is warranted to corroborate the evidence.
Combining hot-carrier and multijunction solar cells increases efficiency, lowers cost
Authors: Piccone Ashley
Published: May 2022

Hot-carrier, multijunction solar cell design overcomes limitations of each individual technology
Supersolid induced by dislocations with superfluid cores (Review Article)
Authors: Fil D. V. , Shevchenko S. I.
Published: May 2022

The dislocation model of the supersolid state of 4He was proposed in 1987 by one of the authors of the review. The model obtained strong support by numerous experimental and theoretical investigations from 2007 to date. In these investigations, the validity of the idea put forward in 1987 was confirmed, and new conceptions of the superclimb of dislocations and of the giant isochoric compressibility or the syringe effect were proposed. In this paper, we review the main achievements of theoretical and experimental studies of a dislocation-induced supersolid and present current understanding of this phenomenon.
Research on short-term wind power forecasting method based on incomplete data
Authors: Zhou Feng , Zhao Lunhui , Zhu Jie , Hu Heng , Jiang Peng
Published: May 2022

In accordance with the topographic features and other relevant factors, data affecting wind power generation in engineering practice may be difficult to obtain, and three short-term wind power forecasting methods are proposed based on incomplete data. Most wind power forecasting studies are based on wind speed data, but wind power forecasting needs more influential factors in addition to wind speed data, and it is difficult to obtain these data in actual production and life. Therefore, this paper proposes the wind power forecasting under the condition of incomplete data. First, this paper makes theoretical analysis on multi-state space Markov chain wind power forecasting, backpropagation (BP) neural network wind power forecasting, and genetic algorithm (GA)-BP neural network wind power forecasting, and the corresponding wind power forecasting models are constructed. Second, with the actually measured data of a wind farm in the Heilongjiang province as the research object, the historical data are preprocessed first and then imported into three wind power forecasting models for simulation, and the curves of relative error and absolute error of total wind power forecasting in this area are obtained. Finally, the simulation results of three methods based on incomplete data are analyzed and evaluated. The results show that under the condition of incomplete data, the maximum error of the GA-BP neural network wind power forecasting model improved by the genetic algorithm is reduced from 6.8% to 1.6%, and the forecasting accuracy is greatly improved.
Forming Fe nanocrystals by reduction of ferritin nanocores for metal nanocrystal memory
Authors: Matsumura Takashi , Miura Atsushi , Hikono Takio , Uraoka Yukiharu
Published: May 2022

To fabricate metal nanocrystal (NC) memories based on iron ferritin proteins, we propose a method for embedding ferritin cores in SiO2 and performing a reduction process by rapid thermal annealing (RTA) in a hydrogen atmosphere. An iron oxide core biochemically synthesized by ferritin was used to fabricate a high-density memory node array of 7.7 × 1011 dots/cm2. Reduction intermediates and metallic iron NCs were obtained in a short time by using a hydrogen atmosphere RTA with the iron oxide core embedded in SiO2. Metal-oxide-semiconductor memory structures were fabricated, capacitance–voltage (C–V) measurements were performed, and hysteresis (memory window) suggesting charging and discharging of NCs was observed. Furthermore, the memory window and the charge injection threshold tended to vary depending on the reduction temperature. Since these values are proportional to the magnitude of the dot work function (or electron affinity), it is assumed that the formation of reduced intermediates NCs with varying work functions depending on the treatment temperature affects the electrical properties. The results suggest that the work function of the charge retention node can be controlled by reducing the metal oxide, enabling a new approach to memory design that actively employs the reduction process.
W-boson mass hints at physics beyond the standard model
Authors: Hill Heather M.
Published: May 2022

Nearly a decade of collisions and a decade of analysis yield the fundamental particle’s mass with the highest precision to date.
The UV prolate spectrum matches the zeros of zeta
Authors: Connes Alain , Moscovici Henri
Published: May 2022

Significance

We show that the eigenvalues of the self-adjoint extension (introduced by A.C. in 1998) of the prolate spheroidal operator reproduce the UV behavior of the squares of zeros of the Riemann zeta function, and we construct an isospectral family of Dirac operators whose spectra have the same UV behavior as those zeros.
Experimental observations of marginal criticality in granular materials
Authors: Wang Yinqiao , Shang Jin , Jin Yuliang , Zhang Jie
Published: May 2022

Significance

Amorphous materials, such as grains, foams, colloids, and glasses, are ubiquitous in nature and our daily life. They can undergo glass transitions or jamming transitions to obtain rigidity either by fast quench or compression, but show subtle changes in the structures compared to the liquid states or liquid-like states. Recent progress on the first-principle replica theory unifies the glass transition and the jamming transition and points out the marginal phase with fractal free-energy landscape within the stable glass phase. Independently, marginal stability analysis predicts the relations between the exponents of the marginal phase. Here, we perform experiments with photoelastic disks and provide direct evidence of these theories in real-world amorphous materials.
Translating the sacred
Authors: Al-Sharafi Abdul Gabbar , Ahmad Rizwan
Published: May 2022

One of the contentious issues in religious translation since the legendary St. Jerome is the degree of the
translator’s agency. The point of contention has been whether the translator can exercise agency and freedom in translating sacred
texts or they should strictly adhere to the form and attend to what St. Jerome called the “mysterious syntax” of the sacred text.
Using a stylistic approach (Abdul-Raof 2001 and 2006; Abdel Haleem 1992), we address the issue of the translator’s agency
in religious translation by examining the translations of a unique rhetorical feature, namely the verb-noun alternation, by seven
key translators in Verses 59, 64, 69 and 72 of Chapter 56, Al-Wāqi‘ah. Despite the general assumption that
religious translation is highly constrained and that the translators of this type of text have little freedom, the findings of
this paper show that religious translators, in fact, do exercise agency in their translation, whether in the form of adapting the
source text to the target text readers or in the form of reproducing the grammatical patterning of the source text for cultural or
ideological reasons.
Polyphonic workflows
Authors: Garcia-Masson Grecia , Espinoza-Alarcón Francisco , Villanueva-Jordán Iván
Published: May 2022

The dubbing process is usually depicted as a linear model in which its participants occupy fixed roles determined by their specializations. However, Torre A, a Peruvian dubbing firm, applies alternative procedures in an emerging context of the dubbing industry. This first case study of dubbing in Peru seeks to examine the dubbing process employed by the agency Torre A based on two projects taking place during its emerging stage as a company. Participants from both projects were interviewed to reconstruct each project workflow. The workflows were then analyzed to contrast the monological, linear theoretical model found in the literature with the dialogical model arising from the participants’ voices. The results show the looping nature of the dubbing process, which is comprised of tasks performed simultaneously or repeatedly by versatile agents whose roles depend on available human and temporal resources as well as intrinsic motivation. This multiplicity of roles also influences the quality criteria used by the agents, who formulate criteria based on their professional perspectives, experiences, and general knowledge of the dubbing process. Thus, a variety of dubbing project circumstances determine how dubbing takes place. This represents a departure from the traditional, or standardized, model of dubbing.
Metaphorical experience
Authors: Gibbs Jr. Raymond W.
Published: May 2022

This article examines whether metaphorical experiences are better characterized in terms of contiguity or cross-domain mappings. My claim is that many facets of concrete experience are infused with metaphoricity as part of our ordinary understanding of these events. Many source domains in conceptual metaphors may also be interpreted via different metaphorical ideas. If both source and target domains in metaphorical concepts may be characterized in metaphorical terms, then the relationship between them may be related via contiguity or metonymy rather than cross-domain mappings. For this reason, metaphorical concepts and language may originate in the contiguous, and at times almost isomorphic, relationships between concrete actions and larger metaphorical ideas.
The size of shame and pride
Authors: Soriano Cristina , Valenzuela Javier
Published: May 2022

We investigate the figurative size (big or small) that more naturally fits the conceptual representation of the moral emotion concepts pride and shame. We hypothesize the pairings pride-big and shame-small to be more natural than their counterparts, because of the emotions’ expressive profile: pride’s expanded body posture makes us look big, while shame’s shrunk body posture makes us look small. These effects are part of the folk model of pride and shame observed in language and the mapping can be best described as metonymic. An Implicit Association Test is used to investigate the existence of these conceptual pairings in Spanish. Faster reaction times and fewer errors were observed for metonymy-congruent compared to incongruent pairs. These results provide the first empirical evidence of a cognitive association coherent with our hypothesized metonymic link and constitute an empirical psycholinguistic contribution to the study of conceptual metonymy.
Rosie the Riveter of the COVID time
Authors: Brdar Mario , Brdar-Szabó Rita , Gradečak Tanja
Published: May 2022

Cyclic repetition can be observed in the use of figurative elements in the conceptualization of the coronavirus
crisis, involving visual intertextuality or intervisuality. An example is provided by Rosie the Riveter, an
iconic image from WW2, which has become extremely popular in recent times. The image in question has undergone a number of changes
over time. Initially it was used as a personification thereby becoming a feminist symbol (essentially a stereotype). Then, it
continued as a paragon. More recently it has acquired new meanings and functions by dispensing with almost all paragon and
stereotype elements. These changes have been driven or supported by metonymies. Some of these metonymies have had an intrinsic or
constitutive role, while other have had an extrinsic or recontextualizing role. The effects of the latter can be appreciated in
the light of exemplification theory, which we take here to be a special form of discourse framing that heavily relies on metonymy.
The metonymic figurativity analyzed in this article is not purely referential. There is added attitudinal value that primarily
arises from establishing social rapport, creating empathy, and mobilizing citizens for action, while criticizing certain
behaviors.
The UPRmt preserves mitochondrial import to extend lifespan
Authors: Xin Nan , Durieux Jenni , Yang Chunxia , Wolff Suzanne , Kim Hyun-Eui , Dillin Andrew
Published: May 2022

The mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt) is dedicated to promoting mitochondrial proteostasis and is linked to extreme longevity. The key regulator of this process is the transcription factor ATFS-1, which, upon UPRmt activation, is excluded from the mitochondria and enters the nucleus to regulate UPRmt genes. However, the repair proteins synthesized as a direct result of UPRmt activation must be transported into damaged mitochondria that had previously excluded ATFS-1 owing to reduced import efficiency. To address this conundrum, we analyzed the role of the import machinery when the UPRmt was induced. Using in vitro and in vivo analysis of mitochondrial proteins, we surprisingly find that mitochondrial import increases when the UPRmt is activated in an ATFS-1–dependent manner, despite reduced mitochondrial membrane potential. The import machinery is upregulated, and an intact import machinery is essential for UPRmt-mediated lifespan extension. ATFS-1 has a weak mitochondrial targeting sequence (MTS), allowing for dynamic subcellular localization during the initial stages of UPRmt activation.
Effects of preparation parameters on growth and properties of β-Ga2O3 film
Authors: Chen Zi-Hao , Wang Yong-Sheng , Zhang Ning , Zhou Bin , Gao Jie , Wu Yan-Xia , Ma Yong , Hei Hong-Jun , Shen Yan-Yan , He Zhi-Yong , Yu Sheng-Wang
Published: May 2022

The Ga2O3 films are deposited on the Si and quartz substrates by magnetron sputtering, and annealing. The effects of preparation parameters (such as argon–oxygen flow ratio, sputtering power, sputtering time and annealing temperature) on the growth and properties (e.g., surface morphology, crystal structure, optical and electrical properties of the films) are studied by x-ray diffractometer (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer (UV-Vis). The results show that the thickness, crystallization quality and surface roughness of the β-Ga2O3 film are influenced by those parameters. All β-Ga2O3films show good optical properties. Moreover, the value of bandgap increases with the enlarge of the percentage of oxygen increasing, and decreases with the increase of sputtering power and annealing temperature, indicating that the bandgap is related to the quality of the film and affected by the number of oxygen vacancy defects. The I–V curves show that the Ohmic behavior between metal and β-Ga2O3 films is obtained at 900 °C. Those results will be helpful for the further research of β-Ga2O3 photoelectric semiconductor.
Recombination-induced voltage-dependent photocurrent collection loss in CdTe thin film solar cell
Authors: Wu Ling-Ling , Wang Guang-Wei , Tian Juan , Wang Dong-Ming , Wang De-Liang
Published: May 2022

Recently, the efficiency of CdTe thin film solar cell has been improved by using new type of window layer Mg
x
Zn1−x
O (MZO). However, it is hard to achieve such a high efficiency as expected. In this report a comparative study is carried out between the MZO/CdTe and CdS/CdTe solar cells to investigate the factors affecting the device performance of MZO/CdTe solar cells. The efficiency loss quantified by voltage-dependent photocurrent collection efficiency (η
C(V′)) is 3.89% for MZO/CdTe and 1.53% for CdS/CdTe solar cells. The higher efficiency loss for the MZO/CdTe solar cell is induced by more severe carrier recombination at the MZO/CdTe p–n junction interface and in CdTe bulk region than that for the CdS/CdTe solar cell. Activation energy (E
a) of the reverse saturation current of the MZO/CdTe and CdS/CdTe solar cells are found to be 1.08 eV and 1.36 eV, respectively. These values indicate that for the CdS/CdTe solar cell the carrier recombination is dominated by bulk Shockley–Read–Hall (SRH) recombination and for the MZO/CdTe solar cell the carrier recombination is dominated by the p–n junction interface recombination. It is found that the tunneling-enhanced interface recombination is also involved in carrier recombination in the MZO/CdTe solar cell. This work demonstrates the poor device performance of the MZO/CdTe solar cell is induced by more severe interface and bulk recombination than that of the CdS/CdTe solar cell.
Influences of nanoparticles and chain length on thermodynamic and electrical behavior of fluorine liquid crystals
Authors: Amor Ines Ben , Saadaoui Lotfi , Alharbi Abdulaziz N. , Althagafi Talal M. , Soltani Taoufik
Published: May 2022

Hydrogen-bonded polar nematic liquid crystal series with the general formula nOBAF (n = 7–12) is studied. The mesomorphic characterization is demonstrated through differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized optical microscopy (POM). The complexes with short alkyl chains (n = 7, 8) present a wide nematic range and monotropic smectic F mesophase, whereas the longer alkyl chain (n = 10–12) analogues show high melting and low clearing mesomorphic liquid crystals. The thermal range of the mesophase and the birefringence increase with chain length decreasing. Furthermore, the effect of the nanoparticles (LiNbO3) on the thermal and the electrical behavior of 8OBAF are investigated. The presence of LiNbO3 nanoparticles increases the conductivity and reduces the resistivity of the complex.
Quantum correlation and entropic uncertainty in a quantum-dot system
Authors: Yang Ying-Yue , Li Li-Juan , Ye Liu , Wang Dong
Published: May 2022

We explore the dynamical behaviors of the measurement uncertainty and quantum correlation for a vertical quantum-dot system in the presence of magnetic field, including electron-electron interaction and Coulomb-blocked systems. Stemming from the quantum-memory-assisted entropic uncertainty relation, the uncertainty of interest is associated with temperature and parameters related to the magnetic field. Interestingly, the temperature has two kinds of influences on the variation of measurement uncertainty with respect to the magnetic-field-related parameters. We also discuss the relation between the lower bound of Berta et al. and the quantum discord. It is found that there is a natural competition between the quantum discord and the entropy

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An incommensurate fractional discrete macroeconomic system: Bifurcation, chaos, and complexity
Authors: Abbes Abderrahmane , Ouannas Adel , Shawagfeh Nabil
Published: May 2022

This study proposes a novel fractional discrete-time macroeconomic system with incommensurate order. The dynamical behavior of the proposed macroeconomic model is investigated analytically and numerically. In particular, the zero equilibrium point stability is investigated to demonstrate that the discrete macroeconomic system exhibits chaotic behavior. Through using bifurcation diagrams, phase attractors, the maximum Lyapunov exponent and the 0–1 test, we verified that chaos exists in the new model with incommensurate fractional orders. Additionally, a complexity analysis is carried out utilizing the approximation entropy (ApEn) and C
0 complexity to prove that chaos exists. Finally, the main findings of this study are presented using numerical simulations.