bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Correlation between hyperuricemia and cardiac remodeling in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation
Authors: Chen Xinrui , Li Gang , Li Yufeng , Wei Linping
Published: December 2023

BACKGROUND
Studies have confirmed that patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular death, due to cardiac remodeling. Hyperuricemia (HUA) is also significantly associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular death. However, the correlation between HUA and cardiac remodeling in elderly patients with AF is still unclear; therefore, this study investigated the correlation between HUA and cardiac remodeling in elderly patients with AF.
METHODS
A total of 1153 hospitalized elderly patients with AF were retrospectively collected, and Serum uric acid (SUA) and echocardiography were measured to investigate the correlation between HUA and clinical indexes and cardiac remodeling in elderly patients with AF.
RESULTS
In elderly patients with AF, HUA was significantly associated with female sex, larger body mass index (BMI), lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and larger left ventricle (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION
In elderly patients with AF, HUA was significantly associated with female sex, larger BMI, lower eGFR, and larger left ventricle.
Efficient selective electrochemical oxidation of biomass platform compound furfural on Ni 0.48 Co 0.36 O 0.16 electrode
Authors: Zhang Yanru , Wang Xinyue , Wu Pengpeng , Zhang Xiliang , Zhou Qian , Xing Liang , Fan Yongming
Published: December 2023

The use of electrocatalytic technology to replace traditional harsh thermocatalysis in the process of biomass utilization has undoubtedly been an effective means to achieve green and sustainable development. The environmentally friendly way of furoic acid (FA) synthesis from biomass platform compound furfural (FF) by electrooxidation was investigated. The surface of Ni–Co oxide electrode with the Ni content 0.48 (Ni0.48Co0.36O0.16) obtained by a simple electrodeposition method was covered by a layer of flower-like porous structure, while NiO and Co3O4 were coexist. Moreover, Ni0.48Co0.36O0.16 electrode exhibited 95.4% FA faraday efficiency and 99.6% selectivity with substrate concentration of 20 mM at 1.0 V vs. Hg/HgO and 50oC. In addition, the mechanism for electrooxidation of FF into FA over Ni-Co oxide electrode was proposed.
IoTvulCode - AI-enabled vulnerability detection in software products designed for IoT applications
Authors: Bhandari Guru Prasad , Assres Gebremariam , Gavric Nikola , Shalaginov Andrii , Grønli Tor-Morten
Published: December 2023

The proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm has ushered in a new era of connectivity and convenience. Consequently, rapid IoT expansion has introduced unprecedented security challenges, among which source code vulnerabilities present a significant risk. Recently, machine learning (ML) has been increasingly used to detect source code vulnerabilities. However, there has been a lack of attention to IoT-specific frameworks, in terms of both tools and datasets. In this paper, we address potential source code vulnerabilities in some of the most commonly used IoT frameworks. Hence, we introduce IoTvulCode - a novel framework consisting of a dataset-generating tool, and ML-enabled methods for the detection of source code vulnerabilities and weaknesses as well as the initial release of an IoT vulnerability dataset. Our framework contributes to improving the existing coding practices, leading to a more secure IoT infrastructure. Additionally, IoTvulCode provides a solid basis for the IoT research community to further explore the topic.
Securing an Alternate Power Source for Dhaka City through Renewable Energy Generation
Authors: Emon Md Mehedi Hasan , Khan Tahsina
Published: December 2023

This research delves into the critical issue of renewable energy integration as an alternative power source in Dhaka city, a metropolis of over 21 million people grappling with a burgeoning energy demand. Through qualitative interviews involving 40 participants from various sectors, including policymakers, renewable energy experts, energy companies, and community representatives, this study assesses the feasibility, challenges, and potential solutions for transitioning to renewable energy. The research elucidates a varied understanding of renewable energy sources, with solar and wind being the most recognized. Notably, electricity and natural gas dominate as primary energy sources, reflecting the present energy landscape. Conspicuously, coal's absence underscores Bangladesh's energy context. Challenges such as elevated installation costs, infrastructural limitations, and awareness gaps are identified as barriers to widescale adoption. The study advances actionable strategies including regulatory frameworks, financial incentives, and public awareness campaigns. Participants emphasize the pivotal roles of government policy, private sector engagement, and civil society collaboration. Additionally, the study underscores the multi-faceted benefits of renewables, ranging from environmental advantages like reduced carbon emissions to socio-economic gains like job creation. As Dhaka seeks sustainable solutions to its energy conundrum, this research presents a roadmap for policymakers and stakeholders, charting a course towards a greener, more resilient, and energy-secure future.
Deconvolution via Integral Transform Inversion
Authors: Tadrous Paul J.
Published: December 2023

A new theoretical framework to solve the inverse problem of deconvolution is presented. By treating the signal space as an integral projection of splats existing in a higher dimensional space, a new constraint emerges which permits an integral transform inversion (to recover the splats) via a constrained iterative algorithm. This algorithm does not use cyclic convolutions or Fourier transforms, is general in regards to spatial variance of the point-spread-function (PSF) and shows stable convergence in practice. Given the recovered splats, the problem of finding the deconvolved signal reduces to a trivial operation of 1 division per splat. The algorithm allows for missing or uncertain data (which makes it robust to noise) and the lack of cyclic transforms make it robust to signal boundary discontinuities. The algorithm is demonstrated on recorded data of an optically blurred image as well as synthetically blurred images in both spatially variant and invariant PSF modes.
Application of thermal spraying technology in concrete surface coating
Authors: Shi Yan , Wang Yupu , Lv Xingdong , Jiang Wenguang , Wu Cai , Ai Li
Published: December 2023

Improving the durability and extending the service life of concrete is one of the most important means to improve the sustainable development of concrete. Surface coating is the main technical method to improve the durability of concrete. In this study, based on the plasma thermal spraying technology, a thermal-sprayed ceramic-based coating was prepared on a concrete surface and evaluated using the drawing method, X-ray diffraction scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy, X-ray computed tomography, and frictional wear. Subsequently, performance tests were conducted. The test results showed that mullite powder was a suitable ceramic-based coating material. The coating had good interfacial bonding ability with the concrete surface, the bonding site exhibited a chimeric state with an adhesion strength of 3.82 MPa, and the surface attained improved wear resistance. The internal structure of the coating exhibited porous characteristics, and thus it remains necessary to improve the structural compactness, refine the internal pore diameter, and enhance the spraying quality with craft parameter optimisation and material composite or powder refinement. The purpose of this study is to explore new materials and technologies for concrete surface coating protection, broaden the application range of thermal spraying, and extend the service life of concrete.
Lipidomic signatures of NAFLD/NASH progression to HCC in a murine model with conditional hepatocyte-specific Pten deletion
Authors: Zhou Qian , Mu Di , Hu Changfeng , Liao Yong
Published: December 2023

Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become a major public health disease in the world, some of these patients will progress to decompensated liver cirrhosis or even liver cancer. To explore the systemic and dynamic lipid metabolic alterations during the pathological progression from NAFLD to spontaneous hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in an AlbCrePtenflox/flox mouse model.
Methods A multi-dimensional mass spectrometry-based shotgun lipidomics (MDMS-SL) technology were used to quantify the main lipid classes in the liver and serum.
Results A total of 203 hepatic and 152 serum lipid species were detected. TAGs, PCs and phosphatidylinositol (PIs) contributed significantly to altered hepatic lipids from 10 weeks to 40 weeks in the Pten-null mutant mice. Enhanced levels of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) accompanied with reduced levels of polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFAs) were detected in the liver tissue of the Pten-null mice. Reductions of PUFAs glycerophospholipids were also observed. In addition, alterations of 7, 16, 35 and 14 serum lipid species were observed in the Pten-null mutants from 10 to 60 weeks, correspondently (P < 0.05). A unique lipid signature with 8 TAG species in the liver and 1 particular PC (18:0-18:1) in the serum was consistently observed in the Pten-null mice with NASH.
Conclusions Collectively, the prominent and unique lipidomic signatures of NASH procession to HCC were identified in the Pten-null mice, which warranted for further validation as potential biomarkers for monitoring disease progression in patients with NASH. Keywords Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Pten deficiency;Shotgun lipidomics
Municipal solid waste recycling effect on the environment quality in France: Evidence through the ARDL approach
Authors: Boujelbene Thouraya
Published: December 2023

Waste is a serious problem threatening citizens and causing a serious danger to living beings and climate change. Part of the circular economy, recycling emerges as the magical solution to the problem of waste and an instrument that aims to achieve sustainable growth and environmental protection. In this context, our study examined the effect of different factors such as municipal solid waste to the environment quality in extended STIRPAT model. Relying on the ARDL approach over the 1990–2018 period in France, our empirical analysis showed the existence of a short-term inverse and significant relationship between the quantity of municipal solid waste recycling per capita and CO2emissions. In other words, a 1% increase in municipal solid waste recycling helps reduce CO2emissions by 0.24. However, a long term significant positive relationship between the quantity of the recycled municipal solid waste per capita and CO2emissions has been proven. Our results also showed that population increase negatively influences the environment quality over the long term. Besides, energy efficiency and income per capita have a positive but non-significant long-term impact. This shows that energy consumption and economic growth degrade the environment. Over the short term, however, these two factors have a negative influence on energy efficiency and change sign for the income per capita. Such results allow us to draw some policy implications where renewable energy could be an alternative to reduce CO2emissions resulting even from the recycling process. Politicians have to be aware of the advantageous resources of the green economy.
Genetic Variability of Traffic Tolerance and Surface Playability of Bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) under Fall Simulated Traffic Stress
Authors: Singh Shehbaz , Yu Shuhao , Xiang Mingying , Fontanier Charles H. , Wu Yanqi , Martin Dennis L. , Kajla Anmol
Published: December 2023

Bermudagrasses (Cynodon spp.) are the most preferred turfgrass species for athletic fields in the southern and transition zones of the United States. Developing and using bermudagrasses with superior traffic tolerance and surface playability under trafficked conditions benefits turfgrass managers, athletes, and sport organizations. A 2-year field study was conducted in Stillwater, OK, to quantify the genetic variability of traffic tolerance and surface playability from a population composed of two commercially available and 87 experimental interspecific hybrid bermudagrasses under fall simulated traffic stress. The experiment design was a randomized complete block design with three replications. Plots were subjected to 60 simulated cleat traffic events for 6 weeks in the fall of 2019 and 2020 using a Baldree traffic simulator. Bermudagrasses were evaluated for turfgrass quality (TQ), normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), fall percent green cover (FPGC), shear strength (SS), and surface hardness (SH) after 3 and 6 weeks of traffic. Spring green-up percent green cover (SGPGC) was evaluated in the spring of 2020 and 2021. Except for SH, significant entry effects were found for all parameters and reliability estimates were moderate to high (i2 = 0.49 to 0.68) under simulated trafficked conditions. Experimental entries 17-4200-19X13, 17-4200-19X9, 17-4200-36X19, 17-5200-4X11, 18-7-2, 18-7-6, 18-8-2, 18-8-3, 18-8-7, 18-9-2, OSU1101, and OSU1664, and TifTuf® had excellent traffic tolerance. Entries 18-8-7, OSU1101, OSU1675, TifTuf®, and Tahoma 31® demonstrated high SS. There was a large group of entries that had consistent early spring green-up across both years, including Tilin#5, 18-9-8, OKC1221, OSU1257, OSU1318, OSU1337, OSU1406, OSU1439, OSU1651, OSU1675, Tahoma 31®, and TifTuf®. OSU1101 was the entry ranking in the top statistical grouping most often throughout the study. Findings illustrated the possibility of improving traffic tolerance and SS through breeding and using phenotypic selection could reliably select bermudagrass genotypes with improved traffic tolerance and SS in the transition zone.
Codebase release 2.2 for Pyqcm
Authors: Dionne Théo N. , Foley Alexandre , Rousseau Moïse , Sénéchal David
Published: December 2023

Pyqcm is a Python/C++ library that implements a few quantum cluster methods with an exact diagonalization impurity solver. Quantum cluster methods are used in the study of strongly correlated electrons to provide an approximate solution to Hubbard-like models. The methods covered by this library are Cluster Perturbation Theory (CPT), the Variational Cluster Approach (VCA) and Cellular (or Cluster) Dynamical Mean Field Theory (CDMFT). The impurity solver (the technique used to compute the cluster’s interacting Green function) is exact diagonalization from sparse matrices, using the Lanczos algorithm and variants thereof. The core library is written in C++ for performance, but the interface is in Python, for ease of use and inter-operability with the numerical Python ecosystem. The library is distributed under the GPL license.
Addendum: Impolite Communication Practices as a Community-Building Tool in Sports News Comments
Authors: Article Editorial
Published: December 2023

The Editorial Office of SibScript would like to report about the addition of information in the published article: Shulginov V. A., Alyansky K. A. Impolite Communication Practices as a Community-Building Tool in Sports News Comments. SibScript, 2023, 25(4): 481–490. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21603/ sibscript-2023-25-4-481-490 The affiliation of the author Valery A. Shulginov supplemented with information about the second organization: Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, Russia, Moscow. The manuscript will be updated and the original will remain available on the article webpage.
Poems-catalogues in the poetry of H.M.Enzensberger
Authors:   Togliatti State University, Andreiushkina Tatiana N.
Published: December 2023

The article analyses the types of cataloguing and various sub-genres of the catalog in the poetry of the German poet, playwright and prose writer H.M.Enzensberger (1929–2022). The poet’s collections of 1957–2013 were anilysed. The article traces such methods of cataloguing lyrical material as a name indicating cataloguing, a series of baroque metaphors in Enzensberger’s catalogue poems, an arbitrary enumeration as an example of the illogicality of phenomena/actions, anaphoric repetitions of personal pronouns as a way of organizing a lyrical catalogue, dialogue as a method of lyrical cataloguing, a cumulative effect in catalogue poems. It is shown how stylistic devices (repetition, gradation, cumulation, climax, anaphora, etc.) determine the structure of the text. Such sub-genres of the catalogue as inventory, emblem mystery, dialogue, poems about the seasons and days, laudatory song, testament, poetological catalogue are considered. Enzensberger relies on the German and European tradition in the use of genres, which goes back both to the culture of the ancient world and to folk art (incantations, songs, laments, dialogues), where the descriptive and enumerative nature of the text is manifested, which determines its structure. The lyrical catalogue is also akin to religious poems, in which nominalization prevailed, that goes back both to the culture of the ancient world and to folk art, where the descriptive and enumerative nature of the text is manifested, which determines its structure.
The “musicality” of modern prose: Towards the genesis and typology of forms (part 1)
Authors:   Southern Federal University, Kotelevskaya Vera V.
Published: December 2023

This article deals with the intermedial dialogue, a literary-musical transfer that has changed the idea of the novel and “prose” per se, the ideal of which in Western literature in the 18th and 19th centuries was referential transparency. Using the methods of intermedial and comparative studies, narratology and stylistics, the logic of the development of this dialogue is traced. Whereas the Bildungsroman, the career novel, and the novel of naturalism developed under the sign of “the individual’s rebellion against idealism” (Lukacs), the modernist novel seeks to return the individual to the intimate space of the self and abstract meditation. The character of modern novel tends to have a “terror of history” and seeks refuge from the rumble of technology and catastrophe, from the influence of the “ornament of the masses” (Kracauer) in myth, archetypes, and the codes of other arts. This utopian space for James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, André Gide, Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann, and Thomas Bernhard is music, which they implement under the influence of the Romantic idea of an “absolute”, “autonomous” art that expresses the invisible and (un)possible. Music performs the function of a meta-poetic code in this context, with the specific embodiments of the dialogue between the novel and music taking various forms, from the imitation of early music genres (fugue, passion) to modern styles (jazz, atonal music). The influence of music leads to the complication of the structure of the novel, to the creation of a hermetic style, which turns the process of reading into a procedure of deciphering score. The novelty of the research consists in clarifying the typology of musical-literary dialogue, and in the historical-literary aspect in identifying the semiotic, epistemological and poetological foundations of modernist quasi-musical prose, which developed its own equivalents of musical techniques and styles on the way to deconstructing the bourgeois novel.
“The Last Time” by Guillermo Martinez: Latin American boom and its assessment after 60 years
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Miroliubova Anastasiia Iu.
Published: December 2023

The article attempts to trace the general dynamics of the development of Latin American literature before and after the Latin American boom through the prism of Guillermo Martinez’s recently published novel “The Last Time” (2022). Well learned Latin-American literature of “boom” in some sense eclipses the following generations. The purpose of the article is to show the general picture of the development of Latin American literature before and after, to comprehend the processes taking place in Spanish American literature over the past 60 years and to summarize them. The recent novel by argentine writer Guillermo Martinez “The last time” represents some kind of farewell, an attempt of looking to the “golden generation” from long distance and appreciate it in the terms of postmodern poetic. From the Martinez’s point of view the writers of boom were conspirators, and there books were passwords. These conspirations and passwords could ne comprehended as confirmation of their specific reality described throw unique code, precisely mythopoetic. The article deals with the story of search for Latin-American identity and the way towards mythopoetic, witch is analyzed as connected with archaic mentality and archaic categories of myth and magic. The following generations of Latin-American writers gradually returned to plain reality of human world: magic realism turns into naked and dirty. Simultaneously the tradition of Borges and Cortazar brings the literature of continent into the configuration of western postmodern.
Truth and money: Writing and payment for it in the perception of Italian writers of the 18th–19th centuries
Authors:   Pushkin Leningrad State University, Yakushkina Tatiana V. ,   Cherepovets State University
Published: December 2023

The article, based on the Italian literature of the 18th–19th centuries, traces the relationship between the social status of the writer, his attitude to his work, on the one side, and the forms of remuneration for it, on the other. In contrast to the sociological approach, which considers the problem of “writer and money” mainly from the position of the reader, the author of the article, being a historian of literature, considers it from the position of the writer. The author shows that the attitude to literature as a way of earning money is a result of ideological shifts and changes in the writer’s social status. The development path of Italian writer in the period of 14th–19th centuries can be marked as follows: a scientist with knowledge inaccessible to the majority, mentor and defender of the truth at the beginning of the period and an artist expressing the moods and feelings of the majority, the ruler of the crowd and the hero of mass culture at its end. The evolution is vividly reflected in the transfer of semantic accents in the meaning of the word letterato and in the shift of words poets used to call themselves: letterato-poeta-scrittore-artista. The modifications also affected the organization of writer’s work: the solitude in silence, praised by Petrarch, in the romantic era was replaced by the demand for social activity, which during the 19th century takes more and more pronounced bourgeois forms. In Italy of the 18th century, they were stimulated by theater, in the 19th century by journalism.
The study of subjective and personal characteristics in line with the system-subject approach
Authors:   Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pavlova Nadezhda
Published: December 2023

The paper deals with the category formation of "subject" in Russian psychology in line with the subject-activity approach of S.L. Rubinshtein. Then the idea of the subject was developed in the works of A.V. Brushlinsky, as well as in the systemic-subjective approach of E.A. Sergienko. It is shown that S.L. Rubinshtein formulated the position about the subject as an active doer, the creator of his life and history. This position was further significantly enriched by A.V. Brushlinsky due to his continuum-genetic theory and resulted in a new direction – the subject psychology as an integrative study of human psychology. The system-subject approach of E.A. Sergienko is a development of the subject psychology and combines systemic and subject-activity approaches. It substantiates the level understanding of the criteria of subjectivity. It is proposed to consider the categories of subject and personality in the unity of individuality, but at the same time having their own specifics. The personality is a nuclear, content aspect (generation of meanings, values, orientation). While the subject is an individual opportunity for choices, goals, and the implementation of tasks, taking into account both situations, as well as individual orientation and interactions’ meanings. The specific functions of the subject and personality are described. The development concept of subject and personality at the entire ontogenesis stage is presented. A processual understanding of psychological maturity is proposed. Studies clarifying and verifying the system-subject approach are summarized: the subject and the personality characteristics of people of different professions in relation to the time perspective; mental resources for regulating behavior at the late ontogenesis stage. It is concluded that the development principle and the subject psychology can become the basis for a holistic study of human psychology and the unification of various schools and paradigms, theory and practice.
The structure of basic life orientations: Ethno-cultural aspect (using the example of the Chinese version of the Subject-Object Orientations Questionnaire)
Authors:   Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Korjova Elena , Qin Pengfei ,   Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Veselova Elena ,   Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Dvoretskaya Marianna ,   Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
Published: December 2023

Basic life orientations characterize the general objective of personality and depend on culture, traditions and mentality. Adequate psychological techniques are essential for cross-cultural studies. The aim of this study was to adapt the Russian-language Questionnaire of Subject- Object Orientations in Chinese. The following tasks were solved: equivalent translation of the questionnaire into Chinese; analysis of the discriminativity of items and the questionnaire as a whole; identification of the Chinese version factor structure; determination of its validity and reliability. The questionnaire was adapted among 1,471 Chinese students of the University of Guizhou Province (China). The survey of respondents was carried out according to six Chi- nese versions, in different samples. The adapted Chinese version of the questionnaire consists of 11 items included in three factors: 1) the courage to challenge difficulties; 2) the desire for inner harmony; 3) clarity of purpose in life. This structure of basic life orientations differs significantly from the four-factor structure inherent in Russians (three factors characterizing different aspects of the creative personal orientation in life situations, and the transsituational locus of control). According to the results of psychometric analysis, the Chinese version of the questionnaire provides assessments of statements on a 5-point Likert scale, unlike the Rus- sian version with an alternative choice of answers. The Chinese version of the questionnaire has high reliability and validity and can be used to study the life orientations of the Chinese. The use of this version will contribute to the development of scientific and cultural exchange between Russia and China.
Features of subjective well-being and coping strategies in women during periods of soft and hard social transitivity
Authors:   Russian State University for the Humanities, Orestova Vasilisa , Zolotareva Svetlana ,   Russian State University for the Humanities
Published: December 2023

The relevance of the study is determined by large-scale, overlapping, multidirectional changes throughout the world over the past few years, which create a situation of social transitivity with heterogeneous periods. The concept of social transitivity is analyzed, in which heterogeneous periods are distinguished. The aim of the work is an empirical study of the specifics of subjective well-being, psychological defenses and coping strategies in women in situations of hard and soft social transitivity. The study involved 318 women (N=318), living in different cities of Russia aged from 26 to 55 years. The study was conducted in 2022 in two stages — during periods of soft and hard transitivity. The results obtained prove the importance for subjective well-being, psychological defenses and the choice of coping strategies for experiencing a person’s current situation as a crisis. The specificity of the links between subjective well-being and psychological defenses and coping strategies has been revealed both for groups with different experiences of the current situation and for different periods of transitivity. It is shown that rigid transitivity erases almost all differences between those who assess the current situation of social transitivity as a crisis and those who for whom it is not. It has been established that the greatest contribution to the maintenance of subjective well-being is made by the psychological defense “denial”, and these connections have their own specifics in two groups for different periods of transitivity. Few links were found between coping strategies and subjective well-being, among them positive links between the coping strategy “positive reformulation and personal growth” and subjective well-being in a group of women who assess the situation as a crisis, and the number of these links decreases in a situation of rigid transitivity. The results obtained contribute to the development of the problem of the psychological well-being of an individual in a situation of social and personal transitivity.
Perceptions of childhood experiences and characteristics of shame in adults
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Levintsova Maria , Pleshkova Natalya ,   St. Petersburg State University
Published: December 2023

Shame tends to motivate social approach to restore the threatened self. If this seems impos- sible, however, shame activates social withdrawal. Though it is unclear why one can under- estimate the possibility of repairing their threatened self, research suggests the role of ad- verse childhood experiences. People with such experiences report shame memories that have traumatic memory characteristics such as intrusions, avoidance and hyperarousal, which are associated with feelings of helplessness and alienation in the face of danger. Therefore, social withdrawal following shame could be associated with higher posttraumatic stress in response to shame experiences. The aim of the study was to examine the link between perceptions of childhood experiences and proneness to shame in adults. The sample included 73 participants (60 females, 13 males), M=23. Perceptions of childhood experiences were measured using the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire. The Impact of Event Scale, the Guilt and Shame Prone- ness Scale and a modified procedure for assessing shame-induced behavior (de Hooge et al.) were used to measure characteristics of shame. We used comparative, factorial and multiple regression analyses. The childhood experiences of emotional bullying, physical assault, and sexual abuse related to neglect are associated with higher posttraumatic stress in response to shame experiences in adults. The participants with higher posttraumatic stress report a greater tendency to avoid social interactions when feeling shame. Childhood adversity can contribute to higher posttraumatic stress in response to shame experiences. As a result, one has lower expectations of social support and tends to avoid social interactions when feeling shame.
Assessment of health impacts of quality water provisioning from groundwater sources: a micro-level study in India
Authors: Kanyagui Martin Kofi , Sharma Jyoti , Mishra Nandita , Viswanathan P. K.
Published: December 2023

Many nations have implemented policies to improve drinking water quality, but challenges arise from overexploited or contaminated groundwater-based sources. This paper aims at examining the aspects of water scarcity, security, and sustainability within an Indian village context. We attempt to compare two rural water supply sources in Nagla Chandi village in Uttar Pradesh, India: (a) untreated groundwater sourced from bore wells and (b) treated water from a reverse osmosis (RO) plant. We observed that subterranean minerals are the primary pollutants of unprocessed water drawn from borewells, which form the main source of drinking water. Even though water from the RO plant meets all the quality parameters of potability, frequent breakdowns of the plant due to improper management force the villagers to drink untreated water from the dug wells fitted with hand pumps, affecting their health. We also found a high incidence of water-borne diseases. The case analysis suggests enhancing village water treatment projects by training local artisans in system repair and increasing Panchayat staff to include trained engineers for technical advice and maintenance. The paper proposes reducing water testing cost in rural areas to make it possible Q4 for local organizations to regularly assess water quality and implement corrective actions.
Ecological environmental flow estimation for rivers with complicated hydraulic conditions
Authors: Liu Xiaolong , Song Hanlin , Ren Yufeng , Yu Meixiu , Liu Yixuan , Wang Dewei , Xia Fei , Tang Chunsheng , Tian Li , Dong Wuxin , He Jiayi , Fu Ting
Published: December 2023

Estimating ecological environmental flow in tidal rivers is one of the major challenges for sustainable water resource management in estuaries and river basins. This paper presents an ecological environmental flow framework that was developed to accommodate highly dynamic medium tidal estuaries found along the Yellow Sea coast of China. The framework not only proposes a method of water quality-based ecological flow for tidal gate-controlled rivers but also proposes a method of water demand for scouring and silting to protect ports in coastal viscous sediment environments. The framework integrates the instream water requirements of water quality, sediment and basic ecological flow, and considers the temporal and spatial variation differences for the environmental flow requirements of tidal rivers. This study emphasizes the significance and necessity of continuous monitoring of ecological data in determining the environmental flow of tidal rivers. The output of this study could provide vital references for decision-making and management of the water resource allocation and ecological protection in tidal rivers.
Pharmacological Agents and Potential New Therapies in Pulmonary
Arterial Hypertension
Authors: Santos Renata Trabach , de Sá Freire Onofre Maria Eduarda , de Assis Fernandes Caldeira Dayene , Klein Adriane Bello , Macedo Rocco Patricia Rieken , Cruz Fernanda Ferreira , Silva Pedro Leme
Published: December 2023

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disease characterized by an imbalance
between vasoactive mediators, which causes vascular remodeling, increased pulmonary vascular
resistance, and right ventricular overload, ultimately leading to heart failure and death. A metabolic
theory has been suggested to explain the pathophysiology of PAH whereby abnormalities in
mitochondrial biogenesis can trigger a hyperproliferative and apoptosis-resistant phenotype in cardiopulmonary
and malignant cells, leading to mitochondrial dysfunction, which in turn causes the
Warburg effect. This can culminate in the mitophagy of pulmonary vessels and cardiomyocytes. The
present narrative review focuses on the pathophysiology of PAH, the pharmacological agents currently
available for its treatment, and promising and challenging areas of therapeutic investigation.
Enhancing the Antiviral Potential and Anti-inflammatory Properties ofAstragalus membranaceus:A Comprehensive Review
Authors: Ghabeshi Soad , Mousavizadeh Leila , Ghasemi Sorayya
Published: December 2023

The role of herbal medicines in the treatment of viruses and the identification of potential antiviral drugs has been the focus of researchers for decades. The control and treatment of viral diseases are very important due to the evolution of viruses and the emergence of new viruses compared to other pathogens such as fungi and bacteria. Astragalus membranaceus (AM) is a significant medicinal plant. The potential use of this plant and its chemical components in the treatment of inflammatory illnesses and viral diseases has been vigorously researched recently. Astragalus polysaccharides (APS) make up the majority of AM's ingredients. The main mechanisms of the antiviral effect of APS have been investigated in some studies. The results of these studies show that APS can exert its antiviral effect by enhancing type I IFN signaling, inhibiting the expression of Bax and Caspase-3 proteins in the apoptosis pathway, and other antiviral mechanisms such as anti-inflammatory activities. The most wellknown inflammatory products of APS's antiviral effects are B-cell proliferation, antibody products, nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB), and IL(s).

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Although it has a known effectiveness, there are some limitations to this substance's use as medicine. The use of nanotechnology is removing these limitations and its ability to be used as an anti-virus agent. The purpose of this review is to emphasize the role of AM, especially APS, in controlling inflammatory pathways in the treatment of viral infections. With the emergence of these herbal medications, a new path has been opened in the control and treatment of viral infections.
Analysis of Ionic Conductivity of PVA/PSSA by Using Percolation Theory
Authors: Raturi Poonam , Panwar Varij
Published: December 2023

Background:

Development of ionic membranes by using generic polymers polyvinyl
alcohol (PVA) and Polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSSA), which have been implemented as sensing
devices. Our health is directly influenced by wearable sensors therefore, we need to enhance its
quality. Wearable sensors depend on the sensitivity of the material as well as the phase transition
of ions.

Method:

The phase transition of ion/charge is analyzed through percolation theory, which is based
on the probability model. Percolation displays what are referred to as crucial phenomena.

Result:

This typically indicates that the model contains a natural parameter at which the system's
behaviour substantially alters. The PVA/PSSA(S2) membrane of 25% composition reveals the
minimum percolation threshold of 0.20. Sample S1(10%), S2(25%), and S3(45%) possess phase
transitions of 0.525,0.225, and 0.0343, respectively. The robustness of the phase transitions and
the sensitivity were examined using the percolation theory. Out of five samples, the three samples
have more feasible coordinates for building wearable sensors, which are sample S1(10%),
S2(25%), and S3(45%).

Conclusion:

The analysis of the pure PSSA polymer research is expected to be done in the upcoming
months in order for a patent.
Natural Products as Inhibitors of Coronavirus: An Update
Authors: Kalia Ritu , Dey Akash , Jachak Sanjay M.
Published: December 2023

In the past couple of decades, several corona virus infections have alarmed the world
claiming deaths of huge population over the globe. Effective anti-viral agents have been researched
for treatment of COVID-19 infection. Vaccination has come up as an ultimate prevention against
SARS-CoV-2virus as many vaccines have been recommended by WHO to be used for prevention
from COVID-19. Alternative treatment strategies to combat infection include drug repurposing as
well as supportive therapies. Traditional medicines being used from ancient times for different disease
conditions provide a wealth of chemical diversity. Different classes of natural products are being
utilized to study their antiviral properties and contributed in past for different viral diseases. The
aim of current review is to enumerate different secondary metabolites and their pharmacophoric features
against corona viruses that can be further optimized to develop more potent inhibitors specific
to SARS-CoV-2. This review systematically evaluates natural products and their synthetic/ semisynthetic
analogs belonging to terpenoids, polyphenols, saponins, and alkaloids having antiviral activity
against coronaviruses. The information obtained from scope of Indian medicinal plants is also
discussed which may be evaluated in future against SARS-CoV-2. Thus, it is proposed that the natural
products may be used to develop potential inhibitors using the knowledge gained from similar
studies to prevent morbidity and mortalities due to SARS-CoV-2.
Adverse Environmental Impact of Pharmaceutical Waste and its Computational Assessment
Authors: Siddiqui Tuba , Arif Saima , Raza Saman , Khan Tahmeena
Published: December 2023

Pharmaceuticals are necessary products that have indubitable benefits for people's health and way of life. Following their use, there is a corresponding increase in the production of pharmaceutical waste. We need to figure out how to lessen the production of pharmaceutical waste and prevent its release into the environment, which could eventually pose major health risks to the rest of the living world. If handled incorrectly, pharmaceutical waste increases the danger, which is inversely correlated with the active concentration of chemical components in various environmental compartments. As a result, when drugs and their unaltered metabolites are dispersed into the environment through several sources and channels, they may influence both animals and humans. Finding the sources and points of entry of pharmaceutical waste into the ecosystem is the first step in understanding pharmaceutical ecotoxicity. Several techniques, like the Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR) and Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) models, help assess and manage environmental risks caused by pharmaceutical waste. The persistency, mobility, and toxicity (PMT) of pharmaceutical compounds have been predicted computationally using QSAR models from OPERA QSAR, VEGA QSAR, the EPI Suite, the ECOSAR, and the QSAR toolbox. In silico predictions have been made for molecular weight, STP total removal, sewage treatment plant, Octanol-water partition coefficient (KOW), ready biodegradability, soil organic adsorption coefficient, short- and long-term ecological assessments, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, estrogen receptor binding, and Cramer decision tree. The adverse effects of medications on the living world, as well as risk assessment and management, have been covered in this chapter. Several computational methods that are employed to counteract the negative consequences of pharmaceutical waste have also been addressed. The goal is to better understand how to minimize the concentration of pharmaceutical waste in our environment.
Mulheres, Política e Humor Gráfico na Imprensa do Início do Século XX: Um Breve Olhar Sobre o Caso Brasileiro
Authors: Moreira Thaís Batista Rosa
Published: December 2023

O artigo visa refletir sobre a representação e a presença de mulheres no humor gráfico da imprensa brasileira no início do século XX. Tomaremos como fontes principais da análise três exemplos distintos: as caricaturas de mulheres feitas pela artista Nair de Teffé (com o pseudônimo Rian) na década de 1910, as ilustrações que a Federação Brasileira pelo Progresso Feminino utilizou nas publicações da seção “Feminismo” do jornal O Paiz no final da década de 1920 e, por fim, as tirinhas cômicas “Malakabeça, Fanika e Kabelluda” de Patrícia Galvão (popularmente conhecida como Pagu), publicadas no periódico O Homem do Povo em 1931. Além de analisar as obras dessas mulheres, o artigo propõe uma comparação com os quadrinhos publicados pela revista O Malho, um periódico humorístico massivo do início do século XX. As ilustrações destacadas, de autoria dos caricaturistas J. Carlos e Leônidas, são representativas da produção hegemônica da época, que evocava concepções sexistas das relações de gênero. Nosso objetivo é discutir as particularidades e as similaridades das obras idealizadas pelas mulheres, em que predominaram o olhar crítico e subversivo dessas figuras diante da sociedade de seu tempo. A abordagem histórica e comparativa possibilitará recuperar essas narrativas gráficas pouco conhecidas, bem como lançar luz às relações de gênero e de poder que constituem o universo da imprensa e das publicações humorísticas do período.
The Irruption of Real Violence: The Open Dramaturgy of Theatrical Mock Trials and Milo Rau’s The Moscow Trials
Authors: Lapid-Mashall Kfir
Published: December 2023

This article introduces a pathway for considering the political in theatrical performances which simulate an open and undetermined judicial proceeding directed at an audience, here termed Theatrical Mock Trials. The article presents a definition of the mock trial as an educational practice, decodes its theatricality, and discusses its pedagogical benefits in developing political insight and critical thinking. Employing the logic of the mock trial, the article proposes conceptualizing Theatrical Mock Trials through their postdramatic open dramaturgy. This dramaturgy, it is argued, devises a space within such theatrical trials for the emergence of the real, and by that provokes critical spectatorship. The article then analyses Milo Rau’s The Moscow Trials (2013) as a Theatrical Mock Trial and demonstrates how its open dramaturgy resulted in the irruption of real violence. Such dramaturgy of Theatrical Mock Trials, it is argued, engaged the audience in a political and critical surveying of the authoritative judicial mechanism. 
(P(Re))Forming Justice: Milo Rau’s Trials and Tribunals
Authors: Climenhaga Lily
Published: December 2023

Since the founding of the International Institute of Political Murder in 2008, Swiss German theater-maker Milo Rau has gained international attention for his political theater projects. ‘(P(Re))Forming Justice: Milo Rau’s Trials and Tribunals’ looks specifically at Rau’s trial and tribunal projects: The Moscow Trials (2013), The ZurichTrials (2013), and The Congo Tribunal (2015). It engages with the intersection of the political and the affective in Rau’s re-temporalization of necessary but ultimately non-existent institutions to create utopian, affective institutions that serve as demonstrative alternatives to those of the present. In uncovering the connection between the aesthetic references of affect and politic, this article connects three performance elements within Rau’s projects: (1) the political impulses of these constructed, temporary institutions, (2) their affective power, and (3) the concept and question of justice. Bringing the anarchist concept of prefiguration, Frans-Willem Korsten’s apathy, Olivia Landry’s Theater of Anger, and Robert Walter-Jochum’s Theater of Outrage into contact with affect, this article uncovers how Rau’s tribunal theatre, in its creation of a jurisdiction located in the future – a prefiguration for what these spaces should look like – serves as a call to justice that breaks with the apathy of the present.
Creating Spaces in Law as a Practice of Theatrical Jurisprudence
Authors: Leiboff Marett
Published: December 2023

Theatrical Jurisprudence tends to be thought of as a practice of law in its most visible setting – law displayed in the courtroom and rendered live and lively. Theatrical Jurisprudence, however, operates in a different register, a practice that animates the practice of law as something more than bare interpretation, making live and lively the unconscious interventions deployed by lawyers or judges to animate the bare and abstract forms of legal method found in legal doctrine, principle, or rule. Yet most lawyers and judges would vehemently deny that they do anything other than assess, analyse, or apply the law using those rigid reasoning techniques. In this essay, I suggest that law has to theatricalize in order to open up new spaces for justice and uncover some examples of the subtleties of that theatricalization – both good and bad. 