bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Artificial Intelligence in FinTech
Authors: Rasiwala Farida S. , Kohli Bindya
Published: December 2020

The recent increase of robo-advisory services (RAs) in various financial domains has caused a threatening alarm to the traditional fund and wealth management industry. There has been a remarkable growth in RAs' assets under management (AUM) due to their ability to provide better expected return by being competitive on pricing, transparency, and services. The research paper is designed to explore the various experts in the financial industry (which includes VP and AVPs of investment bank, managers and senior executive at bank, IT professionals and executives, and FinTech entrepreneurs and CEOs) and perceive the digital disruption that is going to affect the traditional financial services industry. Secondly, it is to explore the various strategies that are being adopted by the financial service providers to withstand competition from the disruption caused by FinTech challengers. Moreover, the purpose of this research paper is also to understand the extent and effect of the disruption as well as the strategies adopted by financial industry players to face these disruptions from FinTech.
RETRACTED: A Data Analytics Study for Adverse Reactions of Blood Donors by Age, Gender, and Donation Type
Authors: Miah Muhammed , Miah Shah J.
Published: December 2020

The blood donation process is usually very safe, and blood donors are comfortable during the blood donation procedure; however, blood donors occasionally experience various types of adverse reactions during or at the end of blood donation. Some of these reactions are very minor while blood donors sometimes experience serious reactions as well. This study aims to analyze the various types of adverse reactions experienced by the blood donors. The study conducts detailed analysis on a significant amount of real data collected through a blood organization in the southern part of the United States and provides the results regarding the frequency and types of adverse reactions based on multiple attributes such as age, gender, and donation type.
Cyber Security Solutions for Businesses in Financial Services
Authors: Akhtar Shahzeb , Sheorey Pratima Amol , Bhattacharya Sonali , Ajith Kumar V. V.
Published: December 2020

This paper examines the challenges that small, medium, and large businesses in the financial services industry are facing concerning data security and providing relevant tools and strategies to protect the same. A qualitative research-based approach has been used where one-on-one interviews were conducted with 10 CIOs (chief information officers) and CISOs (chief information security officers). This data was compared with secondary data sources to validate the findings. This paper presents an in-depth analysis regarding security technologies and their efficacy to protect data assets and sensitive information. It will also opine about the technologies that each business type can use economically to cover the gamut of cyber-attacks. Existing research is restricted to either addressing small and medium businesses (SMBs) or large businesses. This paper attempts a comprehensive review for all sizes of businesses.
Experiential Retailing Leveraged by Data Analytics
Authors: Dastidar Urshita Ghosh , Ambekar Suhas Suresh , Hudnurkar Manoj , Lidbe Abhay D.
Published: December 2020

The purpose of the study is to establish how in retail industry consumer data can be leveraged and analysed to provide customers an enhance shopping experience. Popular machine learning algorithms related to text mining aids in parsing the natural language and helps to understand the brand image and what the brand currently is lacking. In the last decade, although ecommerce brought a revolution in retail industry, shopping trends show that consumers spend more in offline store than online. The rise of omni-channel retailing and data-driven decision-making are shifting retailer focus to providing enhanced in-store customer experiences. Retailers are trying to find ways to stand out in the highly competitive environment. The solution to this problem is providing retailtainment. This study helps to understand how the available customer data is to be analysed to create unique experiences and enable experience-based stores. The results of this study will help a retail company understand how omnichannel play an important role creating customer engagement strategies.
Vitamin D3–Induced Promotor Dissociation of PU.1 and YY1 Results in FcεRI Reduction on Dendritic Cells in Atopic Dermatitis
Authors: Herrmann Nadine , Nümm Tim J , Iwamoto Kazumasa , Leib Nicole , Koch Susanne , Majlesain Yasmin , Maintz Laura , Kirins Helene , Schnautz Sylvia , Bieber Thomas
Published: December 2020

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a severe inflammatory skin disease. Langerhans cells and inflammatory dendritic epidermal cells (IDEC) are located in the epidermis of AD patients and contribute to the inflammatory processes. Both express robustly the high-affinity receptor for IgE, FcεRI, and thereby sense allergens. A beneficial role of vitamin D3 in AD is discussed to be important especially in patients with allergic sensitization. We hypothesized that vitamin D3 impacts FcεRI expression and addressed this in human ex vivo skin, in vitro Langerhans cells, and IDEC models generated from primary human precursor cells. We show in this article that biologically active vitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2-D3] significantly downregulated FcεRI at the protein and mRNA levels of the receptor’s α-chain, analyzed by flow cytometry and quantitative RT-PCR. We also describe the expression of a functional vitamin D receptor in IDEC. 1,25(OH)2-D3–mediated FcεRI reduction was direct and resulted in impaired activation of IDEC upon FcεRI engagement as monitored by CD83 expression. FcεRI regulation by 1,25(OH)2-D3 was independent of maturation and expression levels of microRNA-155 and PU.1 (as upstream regulatory axis of FcεRI) and transcription factors Elf-1 and YY1. However, 1,25(OH)2-D3 induced dissociation of PU.1 and YY1 from the FCER1A promotor, evaluated by chromatin immunoprecipitation. We show that vitamin D3 directly reduces FcεRI expression on dendritic cells by inhibiting transcription factor binding to its promotor and subsequently impairs IgE-mediated signaling. Thus, vitamin D3 as an individualized therapeutic supplement for those AD patients with allergic sensitization interferes with IgE-mediated inflammatory processes in AD patients.
GSK3 Restrains Germinal Center B Cells to Form Plasma Cells
Authors: Lee Jeonghyun , Park Hyosung , Lim Jiwon , Jin Hyung-Seung , Park Yoon , Jung Yu-Jin , Ko Hyun-Jeong , Yoon Sung-Il , Lee Geun-Shik , Kim Pyeung-Hyeun , Choi Sun Shim , Xiao Changchun , Kang Seung Goo
Published: December 2020

B cells in the germinal center (GC) are programmed to form plasma cells (PCs) or memory B cells according to signals received by receptors that are translated to carry out appropriate activities of transcription factors. However, the precise mechanism underlying this process to complete the GC reaction is unclear. In this study, we show that both genetic ablation and pharmacological inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) in GC B cells of mice facilitate the cell fate decision toward PC formation, accompanied by acquisition of dark zone B cell properties. Mechanistically, under stimulation with CD40L and IL-21, GSK3 inactivation synergistically induced the transcription factors Foxo1 and c-Myc, leading to increased levels of key transcription factors required for PC differentiation, including IRF4. This GSK3-mediated alteration of transcriptional factors in turn facilitated the dark zone transition and consequent PC fate commitment. Our study thus reveals the upstream master regulator responsible for interpreting external cues in GC B cells to form PCs mediated by key transcription factors.
Assessment of Sars-Cov-2 Infection through Rapid Serology Testing in the Homeless Population in the City of Rome, Italy. Preliminary Results
Authors: Ralli Massimo , Cedola Chiara , Urbano Suleika , Latini Ottavio , Shkodina Natalia , Morrone Aldo , Arcangeli Andrea , Ercoli Lucia
Published: December 2020

Background

The development of COVID-19 pandemic has affected all segments of the population; however, it had a significant impact on vulnerable subjects, such as in people experiencing homelessness. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of COVID-19 spread in homeless persons in the city of Rome, Italy.

Design and methods

Patients included in the study underwent a clinical evaluation and rapid antibody analysis on capillary blood for the presence of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 virus. Symptomatic patients were not included in the screening and immediately referred to local hospitals for further evaluation.

Results

One-hundred seventy-three patients of both sexes were tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection through rapid serological test. Age range was 10-80 years; people came from 35 different countries of origin and 4 continents. Test results were negative for most patients (170-98.2%); two patients had positive IgM (1.2%) and one patient had positive IgG (0.6%).

Conclusions

Our study is the first to evaluate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in people experiencing homelessness in the city of Rome, Italy. Most patients were negative for COVID- 19, although several factors may have had an impact on this result, such as the exclusion of symptomatic patients, the limited sensitivity of rapid serological tests in the initial stage of infection and the prevention measures adopted in these populations. Larger studies on fragile populations are needed to prevent and intercept new clusters of infection in the upcoming months.
Homological algebra related to surfaces with boundary
Authors: Cieliebak Kai , Fukaya Kenji , Latschev Janko
Published: December 2020

In this article we describe an algebraic framework which can be used in three related but different contexts: string topology, symplectic field theory, and Lagrangian Floer theory of higher genus.
Feature Selection for Text and Image Data Using Differential Evolution with SVM and Naïve Bayes Classifiers
Authors: Dixit Abhishek , Mani Ashish , Bansal Rohit
Published: December 2020

Classification problems are increasing in various important applications such as text categorization, images, medical imaging diagnosis and bimolecular analysis etc. due to large amount of attribute set. Feature extraction methods in case of large dataset play an important role to reduce the irrelevant feature and thereby increases the performance of classifier algorithm. There exist various methods based on machine learning for text and image classification. These approaches are utilized for dimensionality reduction which aims to filter less informative and outlier data. Therefore, these approaches provide compact representation and computationally better tractable accuracy. At the same time, these methods can be challenging if the search space is doubled multiple time. To optimize such challenges, a hybrid approach is suggested in this paper. The proposed approach uses differential evolution (DE) for feature selection with naïve bayes (NB) and support vector machine (SVM) classifiers to enhance the performance of selected classifier. The results are verified using text and image data which reflects improved accuracy compared with other conventional techniques. A 25 benchmark datasets (UCI) from different domains are considered to test the proposed algorithms. A comparative study between proposed hybrid classification algorithms are presented in this work. Finally, the experimental result shows that the differential evolution with NB classifier outperforms and produces better estimation of probability terms. The proposed technique in terms of computational time is also feasible.
GIẢI PHƯƠNG TRÌNH ĐẠO HÀM RIÊNG SỬ DỤNG MẠNG NEURAL NHÂN TẠO
Authors: DAC QUAN HO , TRUNG HIEU HUYNH
Published: December 2020

Phương trình đạo hàm riêng đã được ứng dụng rộng rãi trong các lĩnh vực khác nhau của đời sống như vật lý, hóa học, kinh tế, xử lý ảnh vv. Trong bài báo này chúng tôi trình bày một phương pháp giải phương trình đạo hàm riêng (partial differential equation - PDE) thoả điều kiện biên Dirichlete sử dụng mạng neural truyền thẳng một lớp ẩn (single-hidden layer feedfordward neural networks - SLFN) gọi là phương pháp mạng neural (neural network method – NNM). Các tham số của mạng neural được xác định dựa trên thuật toán huấn luyện mạng lan truyền ngược (backpropagation - BP). Kết quả nghiệm PDE thu được bằng phương pháp NNM chính xác hơn so với nghiệm PDE giải bằng phương pháp sai phân hữu hạn.
Civil Identity of Youth in the Conditions of Regional Social and Political Tension
Authors: Siruikova Iana Alexeevna , Khramova Evgeniya Valer’evna
Published: December 2020

The article discusses the process of building the civil identity of young people in conditions of social and political tension, from a regional perspective. The formation of civic identity is a real problem of modern Russian society. The process is complicated by changes in the socio-political of the various regions. The media stimulates public discourse around the protest activity of young people. In the context of this scientific interest, the research presented in this article is carried out. Its empirical material is obtained during a grant study by the authors at the end of 2019. The research methodology is based on conflict resolution technology. As an empirical basis, materials from three focus group surveys, fifteen in-depth interviews and regional-minded internet resource content analysis on the topics of socio-political youth activity were interpreted. It is concluded that the republic of Tartaristan, as one of the regions of the Russian federation that has specifics in its economic, ethnic, and religious life, has become a platform for gathering empirical information.
Foreign policy factor in State-Church relations in the Soviet Union during World War II and early post-war
Authors: Ibragimov Ruslan Rustamovich , Fazliev Aivaz Minnegosmanovich , Samatova Chulpan Khamitovna , Alimov Boturzhon Khamidovich
Published: December 2020

The objective of the research was to study Russian State and Orthodox church relations in the context of world war II and the early post-war years. The line of this article is due to the important role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the history, modern political and cultural life of Russia. In this sense, the period of State-Church relations in the USSR during world war II, known in Russia as a great patriotic war, is of great scientific interest because it was the time when the government was forced to make adjustments to its religion policy. Methodologically based on a wide range of documentary sources, the authors of the article have identified the place and role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the foreign policy of the USSR during the approach. In this sense, it is felt that the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in building relations with the allies of the anti-Hitler coalition and its place in the expansion of the Soviet political system in Eastern Europe was of paramount importance as a foreign policy factor.
Criminal Liability of Medical Profecionals Negligience: Comparative Analysis
Authors: Danchenko Kateryna , Taran Olga
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this article is to study the criminal liability of
medical professionals in cases of suspension, in accordance with
jurisprudence in Ukraine, the European Union and the United
States of America (USA). He made the comparative method.
According to the investigation, the number of criminal proceedings
in Ukraine by the authority and misconduct of medical doctors is
about 2% per population, my figure that rises to 30% in Europe
and is the stable yes in the US and is 28%. 32%. The main objective of the
article is often area identify specializations in the medical office occurs
with the mayor based on Ukrainian jurisprudence (data from Ukraine’s
only state judicial decision register from 2016 to 2019). In addition, the
study analyses the impact of the main influences on the ability of medical
professionals for their professional functions. From counting the results
show that surgeons, gynecologists, paramedics, and anesthesiologists are
the most prone to deviation and medical error. Key proposed criteria have
been proposed as medical errors differ from medical writing.
Social and legal guarantees of the rights of convicts according to the legislation of the Russian Federation
Authors: Mustafina Lyaysan Renatovna , Khamitova Gulnara Mullanurovna , Nafikova Gulnara Ildarovna
Published: December 2020

The objective of the article is to examine the social and legal guarantees of the rights of convicts under the legislation of the Russian Federation. The socio-documentary method was used. The square of the subject lies in the development of a system of social protection of the population in prison institutions. After all, convicts, like other people, need social protection and social security from the state. Upon entering the prisons, they experience adaptation and have no idea of the existence of certain legal and legal social guarantees. Supporting a segment of the population as convicted requires social and legal guarantees, thus improving the conditions of their service in places of deprivation of liberty. Places of deprivation of liberty are counted, because social work aimed at supporting these categories of population, such as the elderly and mothers, adheres to places of deprivation of liberty, because social work is oriented precisely to these categories of population, where necessary, as well as to protect motherhood, fatherhood and children and , inmates, have much to contribute in these areas and social segments if they meet.
Some Questions of Parole in the Criminal Law of the Russian Federation
Authors: Tarhanov Ildar A , Gayfutdinov Ramil R. , Karimov Karimov M. , Muzafarov Ilnur A.
Published: December 2020

The article examined fundamental issues of parole in the criminal law of the Russian Federation and, at the same time, aspects of the negative deloscope impact on the identity of the inso, from various points of view on the "social elevators" programme. All these social problems cause a low level of voluntary softening of the damage caused to the victim. During the analysis, we found that the legislature did not formulate well the model that it behaves encouraging to compensate for the damage caused, as set out in the standard text. An indication of the possibility of using incentives in the event of damages the possibility of an ambiguous interpretation of the standard text, leading to difficulties in law enforcement. In the conclusions, we express our position on the need for legal regulation other than this issue. Particular attention was paid to the victim's role in determining the amount of damage. The input of the article focused on discussing various approaches to this issue and establishing the need to clarify the criminal legal status of the victim at the level of the plenary session of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
Constituent elements of prohibited vertical agreements in the competition law of Iran and the European Union
Authors: Nezhad Hedayatollah Soltani , Hazeri Javad
Published: December 2020

The objective of the investigation is to analyze the constituent elements of vertical agreements prohibited by Iran's competition law, in accordance with Chapter IX of the Law on the Implementation of General Policies and in accordance with Article 44 of the Constitution and, as set out in European Union competition law, Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. By vertical agreements it can be said that one of the types of agreements is wanted in the competition law. Any reference between natural or legal persons in the longitudinal direction (whether top to bottom or bottom up) that is not close to the consumer's interest is agreed. These agreements may include free clauses that are not compatible with the objectives of competition law. Methodologically, this is a documentary research close to comparative and legal hermeneutics. It is concluded that, to prohibit vertical agreements, they need to have the anti-competitive object or effect and also have a tangible impact on the closure of competition on the market.
Virtual Mediation in the Field of Intellectual Property
Authors: Blashchuk Tetiana , Shmyndruk Olha , Buha Volodymyr , Pysmenna Olena , Popova Natalia
Published: December 2020

The work aims to analyze the theoretical aspects of the use of information technologies in the mediation process, as well as the aspects of its implementation. The purpose of the investigation is online mediation as a form of resolution of intellectual property disputes. In addition, the topic of study is the social relationships that arise when using information technologies and mediation to resolve civil conflicts in the field of intellectual property. The research methods used in this case are the dialectical method, the generalization method, the comparison method, the analysis method, the synthesis method, the method in administration and the deduction method, the modeling method, and the abstraction method. As a result of the study, conclusions are drawn on the state of online mediation in the real world, the benefits and potential problems of introducing virtual mediation for disputed parties, the need for support for special applications, along with the need for the introduction of online mediation at the state level to a state policy.
Foreign experience in professional development of private detectives
Authors: Denysiuk Stanislav , Motyl Ivan , Vartyletska Inna , Symonenko Nataliia , Korotaiev Volodymyr
Published: December 2020

The objective of the article is to analyze international experience in the professional development of private detectives, in order to implement some positive aspects in Ukrainian law. The methodological basis of the research was articulated in a set of general and special scientific methods of scientific knowledge, a saber: historical comparative method and legal method, dialectic, induction method, comparative and legal method, formal and legal method. Based on the analysis of international experience, the education problems of private detectives, as well as those that recycling and advanced training features, whose study is necessary for the full development of the institution of the activity of private detectives in Ukraine, reveals the revelation of modern services for the training of private detectives in Ukraine. In the conclusions, the authors pay special attention to specialists in the activity of private detectives in several countries, where private detectives have a wide range of opportunities and their activity is actually compared to the activity of law enforcement. Finally, the requirements are proposed for candidates for the position of private detective, as well as for the program of their training.
Digital Objects: The Legal Peculiarities, the Role and Prospects of Use
Authors: Okriashvili Timur Giorgievich , Valer'evich Voronin Maksim , Pavlyuk Albert Valentinovich , Kirillova Elena Anatolyevna
Published: December 2020

Digital assets are increasingly used in civil invoicing, which requires the development and unification of legal standards in the field of the creation and use of digital assets. The main objective of this study is to define digital assets as a legal category and precisely characteristics for the digital objects of other civil objects according to identifications. Methods of analysis of legal standards, collection and study of individual facts, statistical methods, scientific abstraction methods and methods of representation of the archives were used. The study that digital objects are an independent legal category, which is an intangible digital asset that can only be created with the help of modern technologies, my that ownership of digital objects arises from the moment of verification with a verification with a code and the realization of a digital input. in a special transaction log. For the right of inheritance of digital objects, it is necessary to implement a verification of holder verification and identification of digital objects during their creation and disposal.
Connecting Spanish Heritage Language Students with the Community through Service-Learning
Authors: MacGregor-Mendoza Patricia , Moreno Gabriela
Published: December 2020

In addition to enhancing language skills of their students, instructors of Spanish as a Heritage Language (SHL) learners seek to address the social and emotional needs of their students yet are challenged to do so only in a classroom setting. Service-learning (SL) offers the authentic opportunities in which learners can employ their language skills and evaluate how these abilities are valued outside of the classroom setting. In addition to encouraging deep grounding of the course material, SL promotes learners’ general abilities in critical thinking, self-awareness, knowledge, tolerance, and compassion (Eyler & Giles, 1999). We add to the emerging literature of SL with SHL populations (e.g., Trujillo, 2009; Martínez, 2010; Leeman, Rabin & Román-Mendoza, 2011; Petrov, 2013) and find that SL is a powerful tool to not only connect SHL learners to their identity, the Spanish language, and the community, but also to validate the high level of cultural and linguistic skills that SHL students already possess and to spur the development of more skills. Moreover, integrating SL in SHL courses aids learners in developing their knowledge of the Spanish language and of course material far and beyond what could be accomplished in the classroom alone and allows the community to provide students with valuable knowledge, skills and insights as well.
Computer Mediated Communication: Tools for Instructing Russian Heritage Language Learners
Authors: Meskill Carla , Anthony Natasha
Published: December 2020

The unique needs, goals, and constraints of heritage language learners in U.S. higher education and the multiple ways that they differ from those of second and foreign language (L2) learners have been well documented (Brisk, 2000; Chevalier, 2004; Grosjean, 1982; Kagan & Dillon, 2003). Each population uses its two languages in diverse ways, for differing purposes and with vastly dissimilar levels of proficiency. Shaping these distinctions are the contexts and purposes in which and for which learners are and/or become fluent. In the mother tongue, these contexts and purposes are most often interpersonal and involve home and family. By contrast, the contexts and purposes in which and for which a ‘school educated’ learner tends to master the foreign language are public and academic. This study examines Russian heritage learners in a U.S. university Russian language course and how computer mediated communication (CMC) was used to support their acquisition of academic literacy in the mother tongue. The CMC approaches reported can serve as models for accommodating heritage learners in post-secondary foreign language classes in ways that benefit all learners.
Sentencing People-Smuggling Offenders in Indonesia
Authors: Missbach Antje
Published: December 2020

Against a backdrop of massive global displacement, facilitators of irregular movements (‘people smugglers’) have become a centre of attention in public discourse, which often wrongly deems them to be solely responsible for the hardship asylum seekers experience during their journeys in search for effective protection. Australia and Indonesia are at the forefront of combatting people smuggling in the Asia-Pacific region, often at the price of undermining humanitarian protection and increasing harm for asylum seekers and refugees. This Policy Paper examines the sanctions applicable to people smuggling after it was defined for the first time as a criminal offence in Indonesia, in May 2011. Based on a sample of Indonesian court decisions in 99 people smuggling cases between May 2011 and October 2015, it analyses the socio-economic profiles of offenders, including their age, gender, citizenship, origin and religion, previous employment, and their roles in people-smuggling operations. The data also provides information about charges laid against accused people smugglers and the severity of sanctions handed down by the courts. Using this data, the policy paper provides a picture of recurring patterns within people-smuggling operations in Indonesia.
Siempre hablo de un marxismo situacional / I always speak of a situational Marxism
Authors: Patriglia Juan Pablo
Published: December 2020

Entrevista: Siempre hablo de un marxismo situacional. Entrevista a Álvaro García Linera.
DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF FNAC VERSUS OPEN BIOPSY IN DIAGNOSING CARCINOMA BREAST IN PALPABLE ADULT FEMALE BREAST LESIONS IN POPULATION OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN
Authors: Khan Mir Attaullah , Shah Hamidullah , Javed Khalid
Published: December 2020

Background: FNAC is usually considered as a reliable, easily performed and inexpensive test for diagnosing palpable lesions of breasts with a high degree of accuracy. The objective of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) versus open biopsy in carcinoma breast in adult palpable female breast lesions in population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Department of Pathology, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2019. Sixty (60) FNAC reports of palpable breast lesions in definitive categories {(C2 (benign) and C5 (malignant)} with respective open biopsy reports were included in the study. Nine (9) FNAC reports of inconclusive categories (C1, C3 & C4) were excluded. Age in years was a single demographic variable. The data for “presence of carcinoma breast” for both the open biopsy and FNAC were placed in two-by-two table. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and diagnostic accuracy of FNAC were determined as percentages with confidence intervals at 95% confidence level. Results: The mean age of the sample was 37 ± 17 (17-70, range 53) years. Out of 60 cases on open biopsy, 14 (23.33%) were confirmed as having and 46 (76.67%) as not having carcinoma breast and on FNAC, 12 (20%) were positive and 48 (80%) were negative for carcinoma breast. Two-by-two table showed 12 true positive (TP), 46 true negative (TN), two false negative (FN) and zero false positive (FP) cases. The sensitivity of FNAC was 85.71%, specificity 100%, PPV 100%, NPV 95.83% and accuracy was 96.67%. Conclusion: FNAC is a reliable method in diagnosing carcinoma breast in adult palpable female breast lesions in population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
EXPRESSION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-9 IN ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA AND ORAL PSEUDOEPITHELIOMATOUS HYPERPLASIA
Authors: Awan Ayesha Mukhtar , Naz Iram , Mahmood Muhammad Khurram , Uddin Hafeez
Published: December 2020

Background: Oral pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia (PEH) appears histologically similar to oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) in small oral biopsies, thus posing diagnostic dilemma. The objective of this study was to compare the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in differential diagnosis of OSSC and oral PEH.
Materials & Methods: This comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Histopathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Rawalpindi, Pakistan from January 2013 to March 2016. It included sixty archival cases, 30 each of OSCC and PEH. Paraffin embedded blocks were prepared, hematoxylin and eosin stained sections taken and immunostained with MMP-9. The expression of MMP-9 was evaluated in OSCC and PEH.
Results: The OSCC group included 16 (53.33%) men and 14 (46.67%) women, whereas PEH group included 18 (60%) men and 12 (40%) women. The mean age of OSCC group was 60.1±17.3 and that of PEH group was 52.7±16.6. In OSCC group, site of lesion was buccal mucosa in 12 (40%), gingiva 10 (33.33%), tongue 7 (23.33%) and floor of mouth 1 (3.34%) case. In PEH group, site of lesion was buccal mucosa in 12 (40%), tongue 11 (36.66%), gingiva 6 (20%) and palate 1 (3.34%) case. The expression of MMP-9 was positive in all the 30 cases of OSCC and negative in all 30 cases of PEH.
Conclusion: Compared to pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia (PEH), MMP-9 revealed a higher expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). This finding has become mainstream strategy in distinguishing OSCC from PEH in oral mucosal biopsies in cases difficult to diagnose.
Citologic characteristics of hemolytic anemia in dogs and cats – review
Authors: Souza Aline Moreira de
Published: December 2020

Precise diagnosis and treatment of hemolytic anemia is a challenge to veterinarians. Toxins, infectious, and autoimmune diseases can cause hemolytic anemia in dogs and cats. Blood smears provide information that can assist in the diagnosis and help to identify the possible etiology of the condition. In many veterinary clinics, the introduction of automated blood cell count has led to abandoning the routine of evaluating blood smears. This article reviews the citologic characteristics of different types of hemolytic anemias in dogs and cats.
Legitimacy Claims of Shīʿa and Falsification of Sirah
Authors: KÖSE Mustafa
Published: December 2020

The first divisions and conflicts in the Islāmic world were experienced in the political field. Political debates around the concepts of imāmate/caliphate determined the direction of the divergences in Islāmic thought. As a basic feature of eastern societies where the politics are intertwined with the religious, the debates brought a religious separation. Shiʿism, which is at the center of these debates that lead to the transformation of ʿAlī into a superhuman figure, can be regarded as a typical example of the charismatic leadership mentality. Shiʿism put forward some rational and transmissible evidence in order to impose the authority of the people it named as imāms in determining the religious/political. A typical example of the use of religion in line with legitimacy claims was experienced around the proof of the imāmate of ʿAlī. It can be said that the meanings of verses and hadiths have been distorted, taken out of context and reconstructed within the framework of current problems. Shīʿah preferred to accept ʿAlī as an imām since the first years of Islām in order to defend its claims. In this article, the way of evaluating some historical events that can be considered as an example of this approach of Shiʿism within the framework of allegations of imāmate is discussed. These allegations have been tried to be criticized based on the first history and hadith sources. In here, historical obstacles to the political re-design of the past have been put forward. In this sense, the opinions of neither Shīʿah nor Sunnī authorities were taken into the center.
A interação dos argumentos nos processos argumentativos de uma reportagem sobre bullying nas escolas
Authors: Peixoto de Lima Edmar , Franca Marcia Pereira da Silva , Da Silva Araújo Maria José Fernandes
Published: December 2020

Este artigo objetiva analisar a interação dos argumentos com vistas a compreender a força da argumentação presente na construção de uma reportagem sobre bullying nas escolas. O trabalho se fundamenta nos estudos de Perelman & Olbrechts-Tyteca (2005), Cunha (2005), Bakhtin (2016), Amossy (2018), entre outros estudiosos. Os resultados apontam que a força dos argumentos está relacionada às teses principais e às escolhas dos argumentos de sustentação que, por sua vez, variam de acordo com o auditório a quem o orador se direciona e com o gênero textual utilizado na enunciação. Sendo assim, o objeto de estudos desta investigação se configura em uma temática importante para a argumentação, tendo em vista que não basta apenas identificar as teses defendidas, mas também cabe ao pesquisador analisar de que forma os argumentos e as teses interagem no texto para exercer a função de influenciar ou orientar o outro na conversação.
As descrições sobre o negro escravizado nos jornais Correio Paulistano e A Redempção
Authors: Brandão Mendes Mírian Lúcia
Published: December 2020

Este artigo tem como proposta discutir a construção descritiva do racismo no século XIX. O objetivo principal é verificar os mecanismos da descrição como estratégias discursivas utilizadas nos enunciados dos anúncios de escravizados do jornal Correio Paulistano e nos textos opinativos em A Redempção. A análise metodológica do corpus é fundamentada a partir da Teoria Semiolinguística de Charaudeau (2008), com foco na verificação do funcionamento dos procedimentos discursivos da construção descritiva. De um modo geral, as análises sinalizaram que, nos textos analisados, as categorias do qualificar surgem em maior número revelando os primeiros traços do racismo sobre o negro no Brasil. Essa percepção pode ser confirmada não só nas análises dos anúncios de escravizados do Correio Paulistano como também nas propostas abolicionistas de A Redempção.
“O que é ser homem para você?”:
Authors: Waskow Radünz Mariana , Carvalho Lebkuchen Jessé , Graça Ernst Aracy
Published: December 2020

Resumo: Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar como se constroem as representações do eu e do outro nos enunciados produzidos no romance O Beijo da Mulher Aranha (1976), de Manuel Puig. Para tanto, utiliza como embasamento teórico, sobretudo, a Teoria da Enunciação, de Émile Benveniste, pois leva em consideração o homem e sua subjetividade na sua articulação com a linguagem e a produção do discurso, além de Judith Butler, nas discussões de gênero e sexualidade. Percebe-se que os personagens constituem suas subjetividades a partir de uma constante interação discursiva, na qual questões relativas principalmente ao gênero e à sexualidade são discutidas, fazendo com que representações distintas de si e do outro sejam delineadas. Isso possibilita pensar que o enunciar os forma como sujeitos sociais, sendo assim um processo contínuo por meio do qual suas identidades são expostas e construídas em conjunto.
Narrativas de vida e reflexões do professor como agente de letramento na escrita do Gênero diário
Authors: Barbosa lins aroucha Cecilia , Santos Lúcia de Fátima
Published: December 2020

Neste artigo, temos como objetivo analisar como uma professora, assumindo o lugar de agente de letramento, reflete sobre as orientações adotadas ao propor atividades de produção de textos para alunos de uma turma do Curso Técnico de Computação do Instituto Federal de Pernambuco (IFPE). Os dados analisados são diários escritos pela referida professora, após cada experiência de ensino vivenciada, entendidas como narrativas de vida. Trata-se de uma pesquisa em andamento, desenvolvida num contexto de autorreflexão sobre a prática docente, que adota como fundamentação os estudos do Letramento correlacionados com a concepção dialógica de linguagem do Círculo de Bakhtin. Os dados indicam que a escrita do gênero diário contribuiu para que a professora atuasse de modo responsivo sobre o trabalho realizado e ampliasse sua formação e atuação como agente de letramento.
Science + Education = ( ≠ ) Education + Science
Authors: Abramova Mariya
Published: December 2020

Based on a comparative analysis of the Prussian and Anglo-Saxon models, as well as the implementation of the concepts of didactic encyclopedism and utilitarianism in the education system, the author demonstrates the changes taking place in social institutions – education and science. It is shown that in countries that have long developed under the influence of the public administration system that implemented the model of compulsory education for all, science as a sphere of strategic development of the country determined the content and level of training of graduates. The attempt to include research institutions in universities in the context of the formation of a new Russian system of administration in the field of science and education, as a stage of transition to the implementation of the Anglo-Saxon model, not only violates the logic of the established system of training, but also is a way to substitute real research activity for compliance with the formal criteria of international ratings.
Prodicus of Keos. Fragments and Testimonia
Authors: Suvorkina Tatiana , Afonasin Evgeny
Published: December 2020

Prodicus of Ceos was rightfully considered one of the most famous sophists of his time. His interest in language learning, which resulted in a method of comparing synonymous words to determine their exact meaning and identify differences, may have been due to the skepticism of his contemporaries about what can be considered real as well as a form of moral relativism, arising from such views. One may say that Prodicus had a profound influence on Socrates, and his insistence on identifying differences between words of almost identical meaning prompted Socrates to adopt his own approach to philosophy, centered on precise definitions of various moral issues. The present publication contains a collection of scant doxographic evidence about Prodicus’ life and writings.
Formation of life support systems for rural ethno-local communities in the context of modernization
Authors: Zazulina Mariia
Published: December 2020

Based on the materials of field research of ethnolocal communities of Tatars living compactly in rural areas of the Novosibirsk region the features of their economic adaptation to the processes of social modernization are considered. The characteristics of the main elements of the modern life support system are given, and the regularities of its transformation are revealed. It is concluded that the basic principle of formation of life support systems in rural ethno-local communities of Tatars at the present stage is the diversification of economic practices. It manifests itself as a combination of the maximum number of available modern and traditional practices, which allows the community to adapt to regularly changing conditions. At the same time, the entire structure of economic practices is in the process of continuous transformation.
GNET of small bowell
Authors: Málková Šárka , Papík Zdeněk , Navrátilová Blanka
Published: December 2020

The case report presents a rare malignant tumor of the duodenojejunal junction with generalization in an elderly polymorbid woman, which showed symptoms of high ileus. The tumor infiltrated almost the entire with of the wall with the exception of the mucosa layer and metastatically affected the lymph nodes and the wall and visceral peritoneum. The diagnosis was determined after surgical resection based on histological and immunohistochemical examinations which proved the positivity of S100 protein and synaptophysin.
Fusión de neuroimágenes de PET/CT utilizando un esquema basado en Wavelet y la transformada discreta de Haar
Authors: Orellana A. , Rodríguez R. , Yanes D. , Valdés-Sosa P.
Published: December 2020

En neurociencias se utilizan técnicas imagenológicas para el diagnóstico de enfermedades y la asistencia en intervenciones quirúrgicas para determinar la ubicación y dimensión exactas de un tumor. Investigaciones a nivel internacional han utilizado diferentes técnicas para la fusión de la Tomografía por Emisión de Positrones y la Tomografía Computarizada debido a que permite observar las funciones metabólicas en correlación con las estructuras anatómicas. A partir del estudio de estas técnicas y algoritmos se desarrolló un software que realiza la fusión de neuroimágenes, utilizando el esquema de fusión basado en Wavelet. Para el corregistro de las imágenes se utilizó la interpolación Bicúbica. Como transformada discreta de Wavelet se utilizó la de Haar. Se realizó una evaluación de la calidad de las imágenes resultantes, obteniendo imágenes de resolución 512 × 512 × 24 bits y una relación señal-ruido con valores superiores a 18. Se comprobó mediante histogramas que la imagen fusionada contiene más información que las imágenes de entrada independientes.
Modelado y control con compensación de fricción de un sistema pendubot
Authors: Soto I. , Campa R. , Sánchez-Mazuca S.
Published: December 2020

El pendubot es un sistema mecánico subactuado de dos grados de libertad que comúnmente se utiliza como plataforma educacional y de investigación en las áreas de robótica y control. Se le considera como un sistema subactuado debido a que sólo cuenta con una entrada de control. Aunque se han aplicado distintas leyes de control para estabilizar el pendubot, la mayoría de ellas desprecian los efectos de fricción. En este artículo el análisis es diferente, ya que se considera un sistema pendubot en el que la articulación actuada tiene una cantidad de fricción significativa, que no se puede despreciar. En primer lugar, se revisan algunos modelos de fricción existentes en la literatura, incluyendo uno que fue propuesto por los autores recientemente. Después, se describe la implementación de algunos controladores de estabilización que compensan los efectos de la fricción. Por ultimo, se hace una comparación exhaustiva de los compensadores de fricción presentados para mejorar el desempeno de un sistema pendubot real.
Modelado y control de la producción de microalgas en fotobiorreactores industriales
Authors: Guzmán J. L. , Acién F. G. , Berenguel M.
Published: December 2020

Este artículo presenta una visión general sobre el proceso de producción de microalgas desde un punto de vista de modelado y control de procesos. En primer lugar se exponen las ventajas y el potencial de este tipo de microorganismos, así como los distintos tipos de reactores que se suelen utilizar para su producción. Posteriormente, se analiza el comportamiento dinámico de este tipo de procesos, el cual es muy complejo y cambiante debido a variaciones en las condiciones ambientales tanto diarias como anuales, y se presentan los distintos balances que permiten describir la evolución de las principales variables del sistema. Se exponen distintos tipos de modelos a nivel biológico y a nivel estructural que han sido validados a escala industrial. Tras analizar su comportamiento dinámico, se motivan los distintos problemas de control existentes en este tipo de sistemas y se resume una amplia batería de estrategias de control que han sido evaluadas con éxito en fotobiorreactores industriales. Finalmente, se concluye el trabajo con un balance de los aspectos más importantes expuestos a lo largo del mismo.
Hydrometeorological factors determining the development of water table cave patterns in high alpine zones. The Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park, NE Spain
Authors:   Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, González-Ramón Antonio , Jódar Jorge ,   Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, Samsó José ,   Consulting Geologist, Martos-Rosillo Sergio ,   Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, Heredia Javier ,   Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, Zabaleta Ane ,   University of the Basque Country, Antigüedad Iñaki ,   University of the Basque Country, Custodio Emilio ,   Technical University of Catalonia, Lambán Luis ,   Geological and Mining Institute of Spain
Published: December 2020

This study is focussed on the geomorphological characterization and the processes driving the evolution of the highest karst system in Western Europe, which is located in the Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park (PNOMP), in the central-southern Pyrenees. The karst system does not seem to have a well-developed epikarst. The studied area shows a karst network of polygenic branchwork type in the vadose zone. Additionally, the explored karst conduits in the epiphreatic zone show a water table cave pattern that is different to the looping one, which is the expected cave pattern development for a karst located in a mountain zone where a high irregular recharge is expected. We have designed a conceptual recharge model through a multidisciplinary approach, which has included the making of a new detailed geological and hydrogeological map of the study area, morphometric analysis of cavities, tests with fluorescent dye tracers and hydrometeorological monitoring of the karst system associated with the Garcés Spring. This spring, together with the Font Blanca Spring, constitutes the main water discharge point of the hydrogeological system. The conceptual recharge model explains how the observed unexpected cave pattern has developed in this karst.