bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Inequalities in alcohol consumption and cell phone use while driving motor vehicles
Authors: Soratto Jacks , Meller Fernanda de Oliveira , Miranda Vanessa Iribarrem Avena , Tomasi Cristiane Damiani , Temporão Jose Gomes , Schäfer Antônio Augusto
Published: August 2022

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate social inequalities of Brazilians in alcohol consumption and cell phone use while driving motor vehicles. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with people who drive (n=23,474) in 2019. The outcomes adopted were cell phone use and alcohol consumption while driving, associated with the variables gender, age group, skin color, education and macro-region of housing and analyzed using the slope index of inequality using logistic regression. Results: The inequalities related to alcohol consumption and driving were identified in adults with brown skin color (7.8) linked to the North region (6.8). As for cell phone use while driving, they were higher for the younger age group (19.4) and individuals with higher education (27.1). Conclusion: Cell phone use and alcohol consumption while driving motor vehicles have social inequalities regarding the age group and education, and skin color and macro-region respectively.
Percepção de familiares e profissionais de saúde sobre a violência institucional à criança hospitalizada
Authors: Santos Ana Carla Petersen de Oliveira , Camargo Climene Laura de , Vargas Mara Ambrosina de Oliveira , Conceição Marimeire Morais da , Whitaker Maria Carolina Ortiz , Maciel Rochelle Cíntia Militão , Baptista Simone Conceição Oliveira , Santo Marisa Reis do Espírito
Published: August 2022

RESUMO Objetivo: Compreender a percepção de familiares e profissionais de saúde sobre a Violência Institucional à criança hospitalizada. Método: Estudo qualitativo, exploratório-descritivo, de aproximações com o pensamento foucaultiano, realizado em unidade pediátrica de hospital de grande porte em Salvador/Bahia. Participaram 10 mães e 39 profissionais de saúde. A coleta de dados ocorreu entre novembro/2018 e outubro/2019 através de entrevista semiestruturada. Foi realizada análise de conteúdo dos dados, com auxílio do software NVIVO12. O estudo foi aprovado por um comitê de ética e respeitou a Resolução 466/2012. Resultados: A Violência Institucional foi compreendida pelos participantes como: práticas de cuidado abusivas; problemas nas relações entre profissionais, criança e família; precarização da estrutura hospitalar. Conclusão: A percepção de familiares e profissionais de saúde sobre a presença da Violência Institucional no cuidado hospitalar infantil demonstra a necessidade de estabelecer ações para o seu enfrentamento para assegurar a dignidade da criança durante a hospitalização.
Chronic pain, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in nursing students in pandemic times
Authors: Miotto Luiz Paulo , Souza Daniela Maria Xavier de , Gonçalves Angélica Martins de Souza , Zerbetto Sonia Regina , Hortense Priscilla
Published: August 2022

ABSTRACT Objectives To identify the manifestations of chronic pain (CP), anxiety, and depressive symptoms in nursing students at a federal public university in pandemic times, analyzing the association between these variables and to describe population characteristics. Method This was a quantitative, cross-sectional, observational, and analytical study carried out from July to November 2020 with a sample of 119 nursing students enrolled in the second half of 2020. Questionnaires were used to characterize sociodemographic and lifestyle habits, the body map of the Multidimensional Pain Evaluation Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Results Nursing students in the studied sample are mostly female, with a mean age of 23.4 years, and 37.8% live with CP. Students with CP had higher anxiety levels and more depressive symptoms. There was an association between PC, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in this sample. Conclusion During the pandemic period investigated, an association was found between PC, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in the population of nursing students at the studied university, indicating that those who live with PC experience higher anxiety levels and more depressive symptoms than students without PC.
Religião e império na vida de um peregrino do século XVI
Authors: Nunes João Augusto Guerra da Rocha
Published: August 2022

RESUMO Com este estudo pretende-se observar a existência e a mundividência de Francisco Barbosa, que nasceu em meados do século XVI no seio de uma família do campesinato. Oriundo do meio rural, de famílias do 3º Estado do norte de Portugal, conheceu vários continentes (de Portugal ao Brasil, passando por África e Flandres). Acabou por se dedicar, em determinada fase da vida, à peregrinação jacobeia. O seu percurso foi marcado por dois vetores fundamentais: religião e império. A pretexto de se estudar a vivência e pensamento de Barbosa, pretende-se conhecer aspectos ligados à mundividência dos estratos populares, de famílias camponesas, que por norma são secundarizados pela historiografia em detrimento das elites ou instituições.
A guerra fez-se de escritos assustadores: os folhetos na independência do Brasil (província Cisplatina, 1821-1824)
Authors: Winter Murillo Dias
Published: August 2022

RESUMO Neste trabalho analiso a maneira com que os panfletos foram utilizados como ferramenta política na província Cisplatina durante o processo de independência do Brasil. Os estudos sobre a imprensa durante a emancipação brasileira têm espaço destacado e recebem cada vez mais contribuições, sejam em estudos regionais, sejam em discussões conceituais, em modelos ou formas de política e cidadania. Os panfletos, nesse sentido, recebem cada vez maior destaque, oferecendo acesso a um importante meio de mobilização e disputa política, com fontes que apontam para o caráter mais dinâmico e popular do desenvolvimento da esfera pública e do processo de politização da sociedade. A partir dessa perspectiva, este trabalho foi organizado em três partes. Na primeira, discuto as definições do que se trata um panfleto e as suas características básicas de forma e conteúdo. Já na segunda, os espaços públicos de Montevidéu são contemplados para demonstrar a importância de compreender onde essas folhas soltas eram impressas e discutidas, seu contexto linguístico. E, por último, analiso os debates sobre o futuro da província através desses impressos.
Religiosidade, espiritualidade e a vivência do câncer: um estudo fenomenológico
Authors: Araújo Lucivaldo da Silva , Gomes Larissa Rachel Costa Macedo , Melo Thays Cristina Palheta , Costa Fabiola da Silva
Published: August 2022

Resumo Diferentes estratégias são utilizadas por pessoas com câncer para lidar com os variados eventos advindos dessa condição; dentre elas, a espiritualidade/religiosidade tem se mostrado um aspecto importante a ser considerado. Neste artigo, apresentamos os resultados de uma pesquisa que objetivou compreender como pacientes com câncer e em cuidados paliativos vivenciam a espiritualidade/religiosidade no processo de tratamento e o modo como essa dimensão se manifesta no enfrentamento da doença. A pesquisa qualitativa de orientação fenomenológica foi realizada em um hospital na cidade de Belém-PA e envolveu seis pacientes com diagnóstico de câncer internados na Clínica de Cuidados Paliativos Oncológicos – CCPO. A obtenção das informações se deu por meio de entrevistas semidirigidas gravadas em áudio, posteriormente transcritas e analisadas de acordo com a hermenêutica de Ricoeur, por meio de unidades de significação. Os principais resultados apontam para a espiritualidade/religiosidade como estratégia de enfrentamento diante do estado de adoecimento e da hospitalização. Essa dimensão se mostra patente na rotina dos pacientes que mantêm o envolvimento em atividades religiosas individuais e coletivas durante o tratamento. A vivência religiosa no ambiente hospitalar se mostrou uma via para o enfrentamento do processo de adoecimento e um dispositivo por meio do qual se criam estratégias individualizadas para a minimização do sofrimento.
DOCÊNCIA, PROFISSÃO E FORMAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES PARA A EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA: REFLEXÕES E REFERENCIAIS TEÓRICOS
Authors: Schuchter Lúcia Helena , Lomba Maria Lúcia de Resende
Published: August 2022

Este artigo objetiva apresentar, numa perspectiva histórica e reflexiva, conceitos e referenciais teóricos sobre docência e formação de professores, por meio de uma pesquisa bibliográfica respaldada em Freire (2005) Gatti (2019, 2021), Nóvoa (2017, 2019), Tardif (2014), entre outros. Destaca os desafios, dimensões e perspectivas na busca por uma formação docente mais satisfatória e significativa. O estudo aponta a necessidade de engajamento e conscientização por parte dos professores em seus percursos formativos e no exercício de sua profissão, no que tange a pensar em estratégias e possibilidades para mazelas formacionais e para os novos desafios impostos à educação que perpassam a sociedade, a vida escolar e a formação profissional. Docentes e seus pares, coletivamente, podem grassar conquistas e rupturas com paradigmas e modelos educacionais ineficientes, promovendo condições mais favoráveis ao trabalho e ações para as mudanças necessárias na busca por uma educação de qualidade. Sugere-se que as políticas públicas de formação são um direito, uma necessidade e uma corresponsabilidade de professores e instituições educacionais. Espera-se que professores analisem, compreendam e intervenham consciente e criticamente em sua realidade, em sua profissão e em sua formação, visando à transformação social.
Usabilidade dos sistemas de custos no Setor Público Federal
Authors: Souza Enio Alves de , Rodrigues Evaldo Cesar Cavalcante
Published: August 2022

O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar qual a percepção de usabilidade dos sistemas de custos do Setor Público Federal por parte dos gestores e usuários das informações de custos. Para isto, realizou-se uma pesquisa junto a setoriais e seccionais de custos do Governo Federal, mediante aplicação de questionário que foi validado por brainstorming e por grupo focal. Os dados quantitativos da pesquisa foram obtidos a partir aplicação do modelo de análise Multicritério para Apoio à Decisão - Construtivista “Multicriteria Decision Aid - Constructivist” (MCDA-C). Os resultados, gerados no software MyMCDA-C, evidenciaram que nove critérios atingiram os pontos ótimos, alcançando nível excelente de usabilidade, os quais foram considerados como muito significativo para alcance dos objetivos de uso dos sistemas de custos. O maior esforço foi para “metodologia de custos” e o menor para “ferramentas tecnológicas”. Em termos práticos, ficou evidente que o esforço em buscar uma metodologia de custos pertinentes aos objetivos do órgão é maior que as ferramentas tecnológicas atualmente disponíveis. A pesquisa também visou contribuir com base bibliográfica para estudos futuros quanto a usabilidade na área de ciências contábeis e subsidiar as entidades do setor público ao elencar neste trabalho critérios para implantação de custos com foco em usabilidade.
Usability of Cost systems in the Federal Public Sector
Authors: Souza Enio Alves de , Rodrigues Evaldo Cesar Cavalcante
Published: August 2022

The objective of this study was to identify the perception of the usability of the Federal Public sector cost systems by the managers and cost information users. To this end, a survey was carried out with sector and sectionals of costs of the Federal Government, using a questionnaire that was validated by brainstorming and by focal group. The research quantitative data were obtained from the application of the multicriteria analysis model for decision support - Constructivist “Multicriteria Decision Aid - Constructivist” (MCDA-C). The results, generated in the MyMCDA-C software, showed that nine criteria reached the optimum points, reaching an excellent level of usability, which were considered to be very significant for achieving the objectives of using the cost systems. The greatest effort was for “cost methodology” and the lowest for “technology tools.” In practical terms, it was evident that the effort to seek a cost methodology relevant to the agency's objectives is greater than the technological tools currently available. The research also aimed to contribute based on literature to future studies on usability in the accounting sciences area and to subsidize public sector entities upon listing in this work criteria for implementing costs with a focus on usability.
estudo dos aspectos relacionados à presença de ruídos no processo de elaboração da informação contábil: haveria a influência de heurísticas comportamentais?
Authors: Araújo Rodrigo de Alencar Ferreira Araújo , Prazeres Rodrigo Vicente dos , Soeiro Tiago de Moura , Silva Valdemir da
Published: August 2022

Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo analisar as relações entre a habilidade comunicativa, o grau de conhecimento e a posição dentro do sistema sociocultural dos elaboradores com a presença de ruídos no processo de elaboração da informação contábil. Para tanto, foi aplicado um questionário com 233 profissionais atuantes no mercado de trabalho e as análises foram conduzidas por meio das técnicas de regressão logística e de testes de diferença entre grupos. Como resultados, foi possível verificar que a habilidade comunicativa e o grau de conhecimento influenciam na presença de ruídos no processo de elaboração, posta a observação de relações positiva e negativa, respectivamente, para as proxies formação acadêmica e experiência profissional. Estes resultados contribuem com evidências de que há uma maior propensão de incorrência em ruídos por parte de elaboradores com maior grau de formação acadêmica, ao passo que elaboradores com maior experiência profissional ou que atuam no campo da Contabilidade Financeira incorrem em um menor grau de ruído.
Ciudadanía multicultural. Una teoría liberal de los derechos de las minorías
Authors: Ponce Máximo
Published: August 2022

Partiendo de una caracterización del mundo actual como conformado por Estados que en su mayoría son multinacionales y/o multiétnicos, y de la insuficiencia de los derechos individuales (derechos humanos) y la ciudadanía igualitaria para abarcar y dar respuesta adecuada a los conflictos que en ellos se desatan, se llega al planteamiento de que hace falta completar la teoría liberal clásica con una teoría liberal renovada de los derechos de la minorías (derecho de grupo o colectivos) y la ciudadanía diferenciada.
Ciudad, espacio público y comunicación
Authors: Wollrad Dorte
Published: August 2022

En la medida en que el poder de decisión parece perderse en un complejo entorno internacional globalizador, la búsqueda de participación e identidad se concentra cada vez más en el ámbito de lo local
Indisciplina y deslealtad en el Congreso Ecuatoriano
Authors: Mejía Acosta Andrés
Published: August 2022

Se estima que en cada periodo legislativo cerca del 12% de los diputados se han cambiado de camiseta, sea para afiliarse a otra organización política o quedar como independientes.
Los contrastes de Amartya Sen
Authors: Saint-Upery Mark
Published: August 2022

La relación entre valor ético y razonamiento económico es central en el trabajo de Amartya Sen. Eso es justamente lo que le vuelve interesante, a pesar de las dificultades técnicas que plantea esa relación.
Más temprano que tarde
Authors: Quijano Anibal
Published: August 2022

El golpe militar encabezado por Pinochet el 11 de septiembre de 1973, no fue el primero de su carácter, ni el más duradero. Ya desde 1964 los militares brasileños impusieron una dictadura represiva durante 20 años. Ni el más bestial: en 1966, los militares de Indonesia comandados por el General Suharto asesinaron a más de medio millón de gentes apenas en los tres primeros meses de una larga y sangrienta dictadura que aún no termina. Y los militares argentinos, tras el golpe de 1976, practicaron contra su pueblo actos aún mas despiadados que sus pares chilenos.
Vuelve la crisis
Authors: Fierro Carrión Luis
Published: August 2022

En contraste con la crisis 1973-74 y 1980-82, la actual recesión se catacteriza por la deflación, es decir una reducción generalizada de precios como no se había observado en forma significativa desde la gran depresión de 1929-33.
FINANCIAL CAPACITY OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES IN CHERNIVTSI REGION
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, ZAPOTOTSKYI Sergii , TELESHMAN Viktor ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Published: August 2022

Self-sufficient territorial community is the main expected result of local self-government reform in Ukraine. The financial resources of the community, in turn, characterize the current state and reflect the areas of improvement of its development strategy. The article presents the results of a study of the financial capacity of territorial communities of Ukraine on the example of Chernivtsi region. The main tasks were to identify key indicators that characterize the financial development of communities, their analysis and, accordingly, assessment of the level of financial capacity of territorial communities of Chernivtsi region; to monitor the territorial differences in financial development and grouping of territorial communities in accordance with the value of the obtained financial integrated indicator. The research was based on the adapted methodical recommendations of the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine, which were used on the basis of data analysis of the Community Capacity Portal. The results of research revealed significant intra-regional disparities in the financial capacity of local communities. The regularity of much better financial development and opportunities of urban territorial communities in comparison with rural ones has been determined. Based on the analysis of the main financial indicators and the calculation of the integrated indicator, the territorial communities of optimal, satisfactory, moderate, low and critical levels of financial development were identified. Characteristic features that indicate a significant financial depression of the region were revealed: the index of tax capacity of communities of Chernivtsi region and their general fund income per capita is more than twice lower than the average Ukrainian values, and the level of budget subsidies is almost three times higher; capital expenditures per capita are five times lower than the average per capita in Ukraine. The pessimistic average values of the indicators of the territorial communities of the region indicate, among other things, the particularly acute problems of the communities included in the groups of low and critical financial development. At the same time, only three territorial communities have optimal and satisfactory level of financial development − Chernivtsi, Novodnistrovsk and Khotyn urban communities.
Structural Performance Assessment of Electrical Transmission Networks for Hurricane Resilience Enhancement
Authors: Du Xinlong , Hajjar Jerome F.
Published: August 2022

Hurricanes are one of the main causes for blackouts and related infrastructure damage in the United States. Electrical transmission towers, which are key parts of the electrical transmission networks, are vulnerable to high wind speeds during storms. Collapse of transmission towers may lead to a loss of functionality of transmission lines. This research focuses on regional analysis of electrical transmission networks under hurricane hazards through developing beam elements for analyzing transmission towers, selection of hurricane wind records that incorporate uncertainty quantification, generating collapse fragility curves for transmission towers, and regional damage assessment of transmission networks.
Takotsubo сardiomyopathy: case report
Authors: Hosseini Seyed Kianoosh , Shirani Shahin , Mohagheghi Somayeh , Zandi Nadia , Mohagheghi Abbas , Mostafavi Atoosa
Published: August 2022

Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, also known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM), is a type of reversible left ventricular dysfunction that occurs after emotional or physical stress and manifests as chest pain, electrocardiographic changes mimicking myocardial ischemia, cardiac enzyme elevation, transient left ventricular dysfunction involving mid and apical segments and normal or near-normal coronary angiography. This syndrome could happen after iatrogenic stressors like anesthesia or surgery. We hereby present two cases of TCM after anesthesia and surgery. In both cases, clinical, electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and angiographic findings are employed to confirm this diagnosis.
Remote monitoring of patients with chronic consciousness impairment: from needs to capabilities. Cohort study
Authors: Borisov Ilya V. , Bondar Valeria A. , Kanarsky Mikhail M. , Nekrasova Yulia Yu. , Pradhan Pranil , Sorokina Viktoriya S. , Stern Marina V. , Shpichko Nadezhda P.
Published: August 2022

The problem of providing rehabilitation assistance to the population has been repeatedly discussed in the global community. One of the important events in recent years was the meeting of participants in Rehabilitation 2030: Call to Action, where the problem of increasing dissatisfaction in rehabilitation services worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries, was discussed. The upward trend in the need for rehabilitation activities will increase in line with global trends in demographic change associated with the aging population and an increase in the number of people living with sequellae of diseases and injuries. The prevalence of health conditions associated with severe functional limitations, of which many are caused by non-communicable diseases, increased by 9.9% and affected almost 14 million people from 2006 to 2016 in the World Health Organization European Region. Devices for monitoring vital signs can become one of the potentially important components of effective rehabilitation with an increased number of technical means of rehabilitation. The constant transfer of these parameters to the cloud storage, followed by machine learning algorithm processing, will determine the prescribed drug therapy efficiency and determine the need for timely hospitalization for a medical organization. This study aimed to assess the needs of patients with a chronic consciousness impairment, and relatives caring for them, using the possibilities of remote monitoring. The study showed that the use of hospital-replacing outpatient equipment that records the vital signs of patients opens up new opportunities for consolidating the information into a big data archive to assess the treatment efficiency and the characteristics of patient rehabilitation with the implementation of the most optimal measures to influence the rehabilitation process approach.
Osteointegration assessment by the resonant frequency analysis method in patients with different bone mineral density (clinical and biomechanical aspects): prospective study
Authors: Aghazada Afat R. , Aghazada Rustam R. , Amkhadova Malkan А. , Ivanova Elena V.
Published: August 2022

BACKGROUND: Dental implant stability depends on the mechanical bone properties in the area of the planned surgical intervention and the correctness of the implant embedded in the bone tissue. A significantly decreased bone tissue mineral density of the jaws was found in patients with osteoporosis, which complicates or even prevents the restoration of the integrity of the dentition by the dental implantation method.
AIM: This study aimed to conduct a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of the treatment of dentition defects by dental implantation in patients with a normal state of bone tissue, osteopenia, and osteoporosis, to assess the stability of the installed implants using the resonance frequency analysis.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: All patients underwent a densitometric study using double X-ray photon absorptiometry, in addition to the basic examination, in dental implantation operation preparation, which made it possible to identify systemic and regional changes in bone mineral density. Dental implant stability and osseointegration were controlled by the resonant frequency analysis method.
RESULTS: The parameters of resonance frequency analysis in patients with normal bone mass, osteopenia, and osteoporosis vary depending on the area where the implants are installed when studying the implant stability in patients with different bone mineral densities. The overall index of resonance frequency analysis values differed from those of the group with osteopenia and osteoporosis, regardless of the area of implants installed in patients with normal bone tissue, and was respectively higher by 7.1% (p 0.001) and 10.1% (p 0.001), respectively. The overall index in the group with osteopenia was higher and differed from that in the group with osteoporosis by 5.7% (p 0.001).
CONCLUSION: The resonance frequency analysis results provide significant information about the state of the implant-bone interface at different treatment stages and during follow-up examinations of patients. The measurement technique makes it possible to observe the dynamics of the osseointegration process, and, if necessary, make timely adjustments to the functional load. Resonance frequency analysis is an important method for documenting the clinical outcome of implantation. This is of particular importance from a medical-legal point of view.
A clinical case of type II bipolar affective disorder
Authors: Osipova Natalya N. , Aleschkina Galina A. , Beglyankin Nikolay I.
Published: August 2022

This study presents a clinical case of bipolar affective disorder type II. Difficulties in differential diagnosis at the early disease stages are discussed. The considered clinical case reflects real psychiatric practice when the onset of the disease is identified in adolescence and associated with the impact of a traumatic situation. Disease manifestations are characterized by polymorphism and atypical affective symptoms, which require careful differential diagnosis, considering disorders of other nosological categories and pathological pubertal crisis. Early recognition of type II bipolar affective disorder is associated with difficulties in hypomanic episode identification that are not regarded by patients as painful in most cases and are not a reason for seeking psychiatric advice and care.
Personalized approach to early diagnosis of acute schizophrenia: an observational comparative study
Authors: Pugacheva Margarita E. , Aleshkina Galina A. , Bardenshteyn Leonid M. , Beglyankin Nicolay I.
Published: August 2022

BACKGROUND: An acute schizophrenic episode often meets the diagnostic criteria for the ICD-10 category acute and transient psychotic disorders (ATPD, F23), which includes clinically similar conditions of diverse etiologies. The presence of schizophrenic negative symptoms in ATPD signifies their nosological affiliation and determines the therapeutic tactics. Early recognition of the schizophrenic etiology in the first episode of psychosis may contribute to the development of a personalized approach for the management of patients with acute psychotic disorders.
AIM: To evaluate the relationship between the developmental characteristics of psychosis and identify the negative symptoms after its reduction in patients with ATPD with the symptoms of schizophrenia.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This observational single-center selective comparative study was conducted during 20182020. The clinical-psychopathological method was applied to examine patients hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital with ATPD presenting with the symptoms of schizophrenia (F23.1). In order to objectify the results of the study, the positive and negative syndrome scale was used.
RESULTS: The study involved 60 patients (50 men, 10 women) aged 1846 years (mean age: 21.46.0 years). Depending on the presence of negative symptoms after the psychosis reduction at 4 weeks of therapy, the study sample was divided into two groups: 1) the group with negative symptoms (NS+; n=41); 2) the group without any negative symptoms (NS; n=19). Individuals presenting with negative symptoms were distinguished from those without it based on the more frequent presence of prodromal disorders, subpsychotic, and, particularly, mild negative disorders at the prodromal stage, prolonged development, and long-drawn course of psychosis. The likelihood of negative symptoms detection after the reduction of psychosis was associated with a family history of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders, low premorbid social adjustment, prodromal symptoms, and impaired functioning, as well as with a longer duration of psychotic symptoms and its slow development.
CONCLUSION: The likelihood of negative symptoms after the reduction of ATPD with symptoms of schizophrenia was associated with hereditary and premorbid characteristics of patients, prodromal psychopathological and functional abnormalities, as well as the clinical and dynamic characteristics of psychosis. The data obtained from this study may contribute to the early recognition of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and to the development of a personalized approach for the management of patients with ATPD.
Formation and development of the Voronezh scientific and pedagogical school of hygienisits
Authors: Chernykh Natalya Yu. , Fertikova Tatiana E. , Skrebneva Anna V. , Melikhova Ekaterina P. , Libina Irina I.
Published: August 2022

This article is devoted to the history of the Voronezh hygienic school formation. The most important milestones defining the main component in the development of this hygienic scientific and educational direction are presented. The history of the school of hygienists formation is inextricably linked with the establishment of the Voronezh Medical University and the Department of General Hygiene. Across the years, the department was headed by Shepilevsky E.A., Shapshev K.N., Shtutser M.I., Protodyakonov M.M., Stepanov-Grigoriev I.I., Tkachev T.Ya., De-George L.V., Menin L.G., Pokrovsky V.A., and Faustov A.S. All of them made a significant contribution to the development of practical activities on the prevention and promotion of public health. For a long time, Professors Pokrovsky V.A., Faustov A.S., and Popov V.I. headed the Scientific Society of Hygienists and Sanitary Doctors. The Department of General Hygiene under the leadership of the corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor V.I. Popov regularly held scientific and practical conferences for hygienists and sanitary doctors, accredited by the Ministry of Health of Russia, as well as actively participated in the publication of the intercluster scientific and medical journal Russian Bulletin of Hygiene. From the educational perspective, much attention needs to be paid for the development of a hygienic way of thinking among students and doctors.
The established scientific and pedagogical school of hygienists has created prerequisites for the opening of a preventive medicine faculty at the Voronezh Medical University, whose graduates are in demand both in the practical healthcare and education fields. The main task of trained specialists is to ensure the primary prevention of various diseases by minimizing the risk factors for human health.
Presently, the Department of General Hygiene continues to contribute to the established scientific traditions as well as to the development of the Voronezh Scientific and Pedagogical School of Hygienists through its active work in the fields of education, science, and establishment of relevant national and international organizations.
Comparative study of the clinical outcomes of immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery and delayed sequential bilateral cataract surgery
Authors: Medvedev Igor B. , Pokrovsky Dmitry F.
Published: August 2022

BACKGROUND: In the last decade, the number of randomized controlled trials indicating the safety and efficacy of immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) comparable to the results of delayed sequential bilateral cataract surgery (DSBCS) has been increasing. However, these studies are practically absent in the practice of domestic ophthalmology.
AIM: To comparatively assess the clinical results of ISBCS and DSBCS.
METHODS: Our observation revealed that 1000 patients (2000 eyes) with binocular cataracts aged 3768 years (mean age: 56.91.3 years), including 82% of males and 18% of females. Patients were divided into two groups: the main group (500 patients, 1000 eyes), who underwent ISBCS according to the developed modified algorithm (ma ISBCS), and the control group (500 patients, 1000 eyes), who underwent DSBCS technology with a break after the first surgical intervention 710 days. The study was conducted from January 2017 to September 2021. All patients were operated on by one surgeon. The following monofocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) were implanted to correct aphakia: Acrysof Natural IQ (Alcon, USA), Akreos AO (Bausch Lomb, USA), and Biflex (Medicontur, Hungary). Biometrics and IOL calculation were performed using an optical biometer IOL Master (Zeiss, Germany). The following clinical efficacy criteria were assessed (before and 3 months postoperatively): the presence of intra- and postoperative complications, measurement of the maximum correctable distance visual acuity (BCVA), and deviation from the target (0.5 D) refraction.
RESULTS: maISBCS provides almost identical (with DSBCS) clinical results of surgical intervention, which is confirmed by the minimum (0.1%0.6%, n=1000) level of postoperative complications (in the absence of endophthalmitis), the average values of BCVA (0.940.02; 0.950.02, p=0.724) and target refraction (0.300.05; 0.280.04, p=0.723), achieving BCVA of 1.0 rel unit (87%88% of cases), and emmetropic refraction (28%29% of cases).
CONCLUSION: maISBCS is a promising direction in cataract surgery, especially considering the established (compared to DSBCS) advantages associated with higher efficiency in terms of anisometropia development and the priority of performing in a difficult epidemiological environment, as well as a significant reduction in the financial costs of surgery.
Interleukin-18 and cardiovascular diseases: a literature review
Authors: Alieva Amina Magomedovna , Teplova Natalia V. , Lyalina Vera V. , Shnakhova Lidia M. , Arakelyan Rose A. , Skripnichenko Elina A. , Valiev Ramiz K. , Rakhaev Alik M. , Shavaeva Madina Ya. , Nikitin Igor G.
Published: August 2022

Cardiovascular disease is a serious problem of modern healthcare, which is one of the leading causes of general mortality, reduction and loss of ability to work, as well as disability. The search and the study of new cardiovascular biological markers can allow the optimization of the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases, development of laboratory tools for assessing the effectiveness of a treatment, and improving the prediction of possible adverse clinical outcomes. The purpose of this review was to promote the consideration of interleukin-18 (IL-18) as a diagnostic and prognostic marker in cardiovascular pathology. For the first time, K. Nakamura et al. in 1989, described IL-18 and interferon-gamma (IFN--inducing factor, IFN--inducing factor, IGIF) as a new, previously unknown factor that induces the production of IFN-. Data obtained from rodent models and clinical studies have demonstrated that IL-18 is involved in the pathogenesis of several diseases, immune-inflammatory rheumatic conditions, systemic vasculitis, cardiovascular diseases, malignancy, central nervous system pathologies, inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, and diseases of the kidneys and lungs. In animal models of acute myocardial infarction, pressure overload, and left ventricular dysfunction, IL-18 has been demonstrated to increase cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, induce cardiac contractile dysfunction, and extracellular matrix remodeling. It is therefore expected that further scientific and clinical studies can demonstrate the possibility of using IL-18 as an additional laboratory tool for the diagnosis, risk stratification, and prediction of cardiovascular events in patients with a cardiac profile. The effect of blockade of this cytokine on reducing morbidity and mortality in patients with cardiovascular diseases remains to be assessed for more detail, while considering reasonable economic costs and the side effects of drugs.
Seismic Interferometry Applied to Wind Farm and Other Anthropogenic Noise Sources
Authors: Spangler Mitchell A. , Nowack Robert L.
Published: August 2022

Seismic noise from anthropogenic sources is investigated using data from the Autocorr Seismic Array located in the midwestern United States. The array has a linear component that extends about 29 km from north to south and a spiral subarray component to the south with a diameter of about 10 km. A motivation of the study is to identify the dominant sources of the anthropogenic noise in the area. The northernmost seismic stations of the array are located within the southern end of a large wind farm. To the south of the array, there are regularly occurring east–west running trains. However, even during times when trains are present, the frequency signatures of the wind turbines are dominant over much of the array. Because the spectral signatures do not vary for stations with differing basement depths, they are inferred to be from source effects. The interferometric results show clear south-propagating waves traveling at the Rayleigh speed inferred to be from the wind farm to the north of the array for moderate-to-large wind speeds. For lower wind speeds, less coherent signals are observed in the one-hour noise correlations, and some north-propagating waves are also present. Both north- and south-propagating waves are observed in the interferometric results for seismic stations within the wind farm. For seismic stations to the south of the wind farm, mostly south-propagating waves are observed, which are inferred to be coming from the wind farm. Using the spiral subarray, beamforming results show dominant energy from the north of the array in the direction of the wind farm for moderate-to-high wind speeds. For lower wind speeds, seismic energy from the north is no longer dominant, and seismic energy from the south and east of the array also occur.
The San Salvador earthquake of 10 October 1986 and its historical context
Authors: Harlow David H. , White Randall A. , Rymer Michael J. , Alvarez G. Salvador
Published: August 2022

The San Salvador earthquake of 10 October 1986 resulted in 1500 deaths, 10,000 injuries, and 100,000 people left homeless. The earthquake has a surface-wave magnitude (MS) of 5.4, and using strong-motion data, we estimate a moment magnitude (M6−) of 5.7. Focal mechanisms and aftershock distributions from locally recorded seismic data indicate that the earthquake was caused by near-surface, left-lateral slip on a N25°E-trending fault located directly beneath the city of San Salvador. Although strong ground motion lasted for only 3 to 5 sec, horizontal ground accelerations of up to 0.72 g were recorded. Seismic amplification by a surficial layer of low-velocity ash may have increased ground accelerations and thereby contributed to damage of adobe as well as engineered structures that seems excessive for such an earthquake magnitude. Since 1700 the city has been severely damaged at least nine times by similar moderate magnitude shallow-focus earthquakes. Such earthquakes are common along the heavily populated Central American volcanic chain and pose a major seismic hazard to numerous cities and towns that share a geologic setting similar to that of San Salvador.
Routine fault plane solutions for local networks: A test with synthetic data
Authors: Rögnvaldsson Sigurdur Th. , Slunga Ragnar
Published: August 2022

For local networks aimed at analysis of microseismicity, the classic method for focal mechanism determination by use of first motion directions can be of limited value because often very few clear first motions are observed. A number of alternative methods making use of amplitudes have been proposed.

The radiated far field, low-frequency spectral amplitudes of body waves depend on the seismic moment and orientation of the earthquake source. This can be used to obtain fault plane solutions from amplitude observations. The observed spectral amplitudes are corrected for the free surface effect, attenuation, instrument response and geometrical spreading. Searching over the entire parameter space for strike, dip and rake, the source orientations that satisfy the polarity observations and give “sufficiently” small least squares misfits between observed and predicted amplitudes are accepted as possible focal mechanisms for the earthquake.

The reflectivity method was used to generate synthetic seismograms for earthquake sources within a local network in Iceland. The amplitude inversion algorithm was applied to the synthetic seismograms. Inverting noise free amplitudes at eight stations, the solutions obtained deviate less than 10° from the correct mechanism in all source angles for all mechanisms tested. Adding noise and scaling the synthetic data to simulate events of varying magnitude indicates that the method gives fault plane solutions for local events down to magnitude ML = 0.5 correct to within ± 15° in all three source angles.
Designing Graphene-Based Antenna for Terahertz Wave Ablation (TWA) System
Authors: GEYİKOĞLU Miraç Dilruba , KOÇ Hilal , ÇAVUŞOĞLU Bülent , ERTUGRUL Mehmet , ABBASİAN Karim
Published: August 2022

Cancer is one of the most feared health problems today. Studies on cancer diagnosis and treatment are carried out intensively. In this study, a graphene-based antenna is proposed for cancer diagnosis and treatment with THz radiation therapy, which is a relatively new radiation technique. A graphene-based two-layer monopole antenna is designed for 1.65THz operation frequency. To change the bandwidth and radiation pattern without changing the operating frequency, a graphene ring is placed on the SiO2 substrate (2nd layer).Antenna performance is analyzed for reflection coefficient, realized gain, E-Field. The proposed antenna is obtained approximately %4 bandwidth. A peak gain of 8.52 dB is achieved at 1.65THz within the bandwidth. Antenna design is done in Computer Simulation Technology Studio Suite. It is expected that the results of the THz antenna will make a significant contribution to healthcare applications. The cancer treatment with THz is cheap, easy, and can be used without causing discomfort in patients.
A Multiplicative Dual Nil Q-Clean Rings
Authors: ÖZDİN Tufan
Published: August 2022

In this paper our goal to thoroughly determine the rings in which each non-unit element is a product of a nilpotent and a quasi-idempotent.
Characterizations of The Ruled Surfaces due to Modified Frame
Authors: KUSAK SAMANCI Hatice , SEVİNÇ Mustafa
Published: August 2022

At the beginning of this study, a new ruled surface was created using a modified frame. Then, the distribution parameter of this surface, the striction line, the normal vector field of the surface were calculated and differential geometric properties were examined. In the last part of the study, examples related to this new ruled surface are given.
The Relationship Between Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Electrodiagnostic Studies in Patients with Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow
Authors: Kang Min Soo , Seo Yu Jin , Ko Eun Jae , Kim Dae Yul , Lee Jung Eun , Lee Min Hee
Published: August 2022

Objective: This study investigated the correlations between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nerve conduction studies (NCS) in patients with ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE).Methods:In total, 46 patients who underwent elbow MRI and NCS at a single center from 2014 to 2018 were included. Motor studies, including segmental and inching tests, and sensory NCS were performed. The 5-point severity score was evaluated based on the signal change and swelling in the fat-suppressed T2 weighted sequence. The findings of MRI and NCS were grouped into 3 categories. The Spearman rank test was used to evaluate correlations between the severity score on MRI and electrodiagnostic parameters.Results:The locations of the lesions on MRI and NCS were correlated in 20 of the 46 patients with UNE, while the other 20 patients had no correlations. Six patients who could not be categorized according to the location showed various findings. The severity score based on MRI showed significant negative correlations with amplitude on the segmental study (r = -0.423, p = 0.002) and the inching study (r = -0.456, p = 0.002), and with conduction velocity in the segmental study (r = -0.526, p < 0.001) and the inching study (r = -0.548, p < 0.001).Conclusion Electrodiagnostic outcomes had negative correlations with the severity score, reflecting the structural changes seen on MRI. Combining electrodiagnostic studies and MRI could make the diagnosis and localization more precise.
Acute Transverse Myelitis after Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
Authors: Yoo Je Hyun , Kim Hwi Jung , Park Ki Deok , Lee Ju Kang , Lim Oh Kyung
Published: August 2022

Herpes zoster is caused by reactivated varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and characterized by a painful skin rash with vesicles that affects the adjacent dermatomes. Transverse myelitis is a rare complication of VZV infection that may even occur in immunocompetent patients. Here, we report a 60-year-old male patient admitted with right lower-extremity weakness and hypesthesia. Spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed transverse myelitis at the C3–C4 and T6 levels. A month prior to admission, the patient was diagnosed with herpes zoster involving the right T2-T4 dermatome. Considering his history of VZV infection, he was treated with intravenous steroids and acyclovir. Eleven days after hospitalization, paraplegia developed to Medical Research Council grade 0/5 despite performing plasmapheresis. MRI confirmed the aggravation of the cord lesion between T4 and T7. Acute transverse myelitis after VZV infection is a rare disease that can cause serious sequelae in immunocompetent patients. Therefore, clinicians should be cautious of this situation.
Neoplastic Lumbosacral Plexopathy in Untreated Cervical Cancer: A Case Report
Authors: Kang Min Seok , Kim Nackhwan , Kim Ki Hoon , Kim Dong Hwee
Published: August 2022

In this report, we present the case of a patient with cervical adenocarcinoma with progressive right lower-extremity pain and weakness. Electromyography of the lower extremities and subsequent ultrasonographic imaging complementarily demonstrated findings considered suspicious for the perineural spread of malignancy to the lumbosacral plexus and sciatic nerve. This possibility was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) scanning. This case report suggests that in addition to MRI and FDG PET/CT scans, electromyography and ultrasonographic imaging are valuable modalities for the diagnosis of perineural malignancy.