bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Concomitant illnesses in pregnancy in Indonesia: A health systems analysis at a District level
Authors: Ryan Lareesa M. , Mahmood Mohammad Afzal , Mufiddah Ismi , Yulianti Martina , Laurence Caroline O.
Published: December 2022

Background

In LMICs, including Indonesia, there is a rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) with a prevailing burden of infectious diseases, including among pregnant women. The Indonesian health system faces significant challenges to provide effective care for infectious diseases, and even more so, NCDs. This is concerning due to the greater vulnerability of pregnant women to complications caused by concomitant illnesses (NCDs and infectious diseases), and the need for complex, integrated healthcare between maternal care and other health services.

Methods

The objective of this study was to understand supporting factors and challenges of the health system to providing care for concomitant illnesses in pregnancy and how it may be improved. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with sixteen key stakeholders, including health providers and health service managers, involved in maternal healthcare for concomitant illnesses at a District level in Indonesia. The study was conducted in Kutai Kartanegara District of East Kalimantan. Analysis was conducted using framework analysis to identify themes from transcripts.

Results

Supporting factors of the health system to provide care for concomitant illness in pregnancy included collaboration between health providers and health services, availability of screening and diagnostic tools, and access to universal healthcare coverage and financial subsidies. Common challenges included knowledge and awareness of concomitant illnesses among health providers, competency to diagnose and/or manage concomitant illnesses, and inappropriate referrals. Suggested improvements identified to address these gaps included increasing education and refresher training for healthcare providers and strengthening referrals between primary and hospital care.

Conclusions

The findings identified gaps in the health system to provide care for concomitant illnesses in pregnancy in Indonesia that need to be strengthened. More evidence-based research is needed to guide the implementation of policy and practice interventions for the health system to deal with a broader range of concomitant illnesses in pregnancy, particularly NCDs.
Introducing P2P service to a B2C sharing platform: A hybrid sharing mode
Authors: Tang Tingting
Published: December 2022

With the rapid development of global technology, many firms have entered the product-sharing market, where business-to-consumer (B2C), peer-to-peer (P2P), and hybrid rental services are the three most common business models. The difference between these models lies in the product provider. The product provider in B2C mode is enterprises, while in P2P mode, individuals provide the products, and both enterprises and individuals provide the products in hybrid mode. We employ a game model to analyze the influence of a B2C platform introducing P2P sharing service by comparing the profit of the platform and the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) under each of the three models. Our findings indicate that introducing P2P service always benefits the B2C platform but sometimes harms the OEM. Our findings also indicate that as the quality of the platform’s products improves, the profit improvement brought to the B2C platform by introducing P2P sharing decreases. We find that the impact of introducing P2P service also varies with consumer behaviors. For example, with increasing consumer usage level, the B2C platform’s profit improvement brought by introducing P2P sharing increases. Furthermore, we determine the optimal pricing strategies of the OEM and sharing platform in B2C mode and in hybrid mode.
Exploring reproductive trajectories of youths of Oromia, Ethiopia: A life course approach
Authors: Dejene Tariku , Gurmu Eshetu
Published: December 2022

In the context of continuous cultural, social, and economic changes happening around the globe, the predictable patterns of the life course of the past observed over successive birth cohorts will not remain stable across generations. In this study, three reproductive role indicators—first sexual encounter, first marriage, and first birth–for three synthetic birth cohorts were used to identify and characterize the reproductive trajectories of youths. In our analysis, for the sake of comparison with global literature, we considered youths to be between ages 15 and 24. The analysis was conducted using data extracted from the 2005, 2011, and 2016 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey for Oromia National Regional State. Three synthetic birth cohorts of youths of birth years between 1975 and 1989 were constructed for the analysis. A sequence analysis based on dynamic hamming distance with partition around medoids technique was employed to extract the typologies of reproductive trajectories of youths. In addition, discrepancy analysis and a sequence regression tree analysis were employed to characterize the identified typologies of trajectories. Data management was done using STATA 14 and all analyses were carried out using R software. The study identified four different typologies of reproductive trajectories among the youth. The sex of respondents was the primary discriminating factor of the typologies of reproductive trajectories. The findings support the notion of changing norms in reproductive behavior among the less educated youth irrespective of sex. The discriminating power of education was stronger for female youth in urban areas than rural females. It implies that the postponement of reproductive role assumption was stronger among educated female youths residing in urban than their rural counterparts. Normative reproductive practices such as early marriage and adolescent fertility are still common practices that require efforts of communities and local government bodies to ameliorate these practices. Results of the study indicate that less educated youth should be targeted in programs that aim at improving youth empowerment (i.e., training and employment opportunities) as well as their sexual and reproductive health.
Association between insulin administration method and six-month neurological outcome in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who underwent targeted temperature management
Authors: Lee Dong Hun , Lee Byung Kook , Cho Yong Soo , Jung Yong Hun , Lee Hyoung Youn , Jeung Kyung Woon , Youn Chun Song , Kim Soo Hyun ,   on behalf of Korean Hypothermia Network Investigators
Published: December 2022

We investigated the association of insulin administration method with the achievement of mean glucose ≤ 180 mg/dL and neurological outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors who had hyperglycemia after the return of spontaneous circulation. From a multicenter prospective registry, we extracted the data of adult OHCA survivors who underwent targeted temperature management (TTM) between 2015 and 2018. Blood glucose levels every 4 h after initiating TTM were obtained for 72 h. We divided insulin administration methods into three categories: subcutaneous (SQI), intravenous bolus (IBI), and continuous intravenous (CII). We calculated the mean glucose and standard deviation (SD) of glucose. The primary outcome was the achievement of mean glucose ≤ 180 mg/dL. The secondary outcomes were the 6-month neurological outcome based on the Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) scale (good, CPC 1–2; poor, CPC 3–5), mean glucose, and SD of glucose. Of the 549 patients, 296 (53.9%) achieved mean glucose ≤ 180 mg/dL, and 438 (79.8%) had poor neurological outcomes, 134 (24.4%), 132 (24.0), and 283 (51.5%) were in the SQI, IBI, and CII groups, respectively. The SQI (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.848; 95% confidence intervals [CIs], 0.493–1.461) and IBI (aOR, 0.673; 95% CIs, 0.415–1.091) groups were not associated with mean glucose ≤ 180 mg/dL and the SQI (aOR, 0.660; 95% CIs, 0.335–1.301) and IBI (aOR, 1.757; 95% CIs, 0.867–3.560) groups were not associated with poor neurological outcomes compared to the CII group. The CII (168 mg/dL [147–202]) group had the lowest mean glucose than the SQI (181 mg/dL [156–218]) and IBI (184 mg/dL [162–216]) groups. The CII (45.0[33.9–63.5]) group had a lower SD of glucose than the IBI (50.8 [39.1–72.0]) group. The insulin administration method was not associated with achieving mean glucose ≤ 180 mg/dL and 6-month neurological outcomes.
Clinical features and outcomes of breakthrough vitreous hemorrhage secondary to polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
Authors: Li Meng-Syuan , Tsen Chui-Lien
Published: December 2022

Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) with hemorrhagic complications is at higher risk for breakthrough vitreous hemorrhage (VH). This study aimed to evaluate the clinical features and outcomes of breakthrough VH secondary to PCV. Data of patients receiving pars plana vitrectomy for breakthrough VH secondary to PCV (VH group) were evaluated retrospectively and compared statistically to data of age and sex-matched PCV patients without breakthrough VH (control group). Among PCV patients, 36 eyes with breakthrough VH and 62 eyes without VH were included. Compared with baseline, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was worse in the VH group (P < 0.001), and improved postoperatively (P < 0.001). Percentages of pigmented epithelial detachment (PED), hemorrhagic PED, massive subretinal hemorrhage, hemorrhagic retinal detachment (RD), and hemorrhagic choroidal detachment (CD) (P = 0.007) were higher in the VH group (P < 0.001). Incidence of choroidal vascular hyperpermeability (P < 0.001), massive subretinal hemorrhage (P = 0.001), hemorrhagic retinal detachment (P = 0.001) and hemorrhagic type PCV (P = 0.001) was higher in patients with pachychoroid PCV, while fibrovascular type had lower incidence (P < 0.001). Better initial BCVA (P < 0.001), higher frequency of anti-VEGF treatment (P = 0.009), and previous photodynamic therapy (P = 0.017) showed better visual outcomes. Breakthrough VH risk is higher in PCV patients with massive subretinal hemorrhage, hemorrhagic PED and hemorrhagic RD. BCVA and hemorrhagic complications improve significantly postoperatively. Higher frequency of anti-VEGF treatment and previous photodynamic therapy are associated with better visual prognosis in PCV patients with breakthrough VH.
Stakeholder perspectives on scaling up medical device reprocessing: A qualitative study
Authors: Hennein Rachel , Goddard Emily , Sherman Jodi D.
Published: December 2022

Background

The United States health care sector is one of the largest polluting industries, which has significant adverse effects on human health. Medical device reprocessing (MDR) is a sustainability solution that has the potential to decrease hospital waste, cut carbon emissions, reduce spending, and improve supply chain resiliency; however, only a small proportion of FDA-approved devices are actually reprocessed. Thus, we conducted a qualitative study to understand barriers and facilitators of scaling up MDR.

Methods and findings

We conducted in-depth interviews with 17 stakeholders (exceeding thematic saturation) at a large academic health system in New England and national MDR organizations. We also collected observations through site visits at the health system. We recruited participants from June 2021 to April 2022 through purposive sampling. Using an analytic approach guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, we applied inductive and deductive codes related to key implementation constructs. We then conducted a thematic analysis and identified five overarching themes related to barriers and facilitators of MDR. First, respondents explained that regulatory bodies and original equipment manufacturers determine which devices can be reprocessed. For example, some respondents described that original equipment manufacturers use tactics of forced obsolescence that prevent their devices from being reprocessed. Second, respondents explained that MDR has variable compatibility with hospital priorities; for example, the potential cost savings of MDR is compatible with their priorities, while the perception of decreased functionality of reprocessed medical devices is incompatible. Third, respondents described that physician preferences influence which reprocessed devices get ordered. Fourth, respondents explained that variable staff knowledge and beliefs about MDR influence their motivations to select and collect reprocessable devices. Lastly, respondents emphasized that there was a lack of infrastructure for evaluating and maintaining MDR programs within their health system.

Conclusions

Based on our findings, we have outlined a number of recommendations that target these barriers and facilitators so that the environmental and financial benefits of MDR can be realized at this health system and nationally. For example, implementing federal policies that prevent original equipment manufacturers from using tactics of forced obsolescence can facilitate the scale-up of MDR nationally. Additionally, providing life cycle assessments that compare the environmental effects of single-use disposable, reprocessable disposable, and reusable devices could facilitate health systems’ purchasing decisions. Creating and disseminating audit and feedback reports to hospital staff might also facilitate their continued engagement in the program. Lastly, hiring a full-time program manager that leads MDR programs within health systems could improve program sustainability.
IMAGE-IN: Interactive web-based multidimensional 3D visualizer for multi-modal microscopy images
Authors: Gupta Yubraj , Costa Carlos , Pinho Eduardo , A. Bastião Silva Luís , Heintzmann Rainer
Published: December 2022

Advances in microscopy hardware and storage capabilities lead to increasingly larger multidimensional datasets. The multiple dimensions are commonly associated with space, time, and color channels. Since “seeing is believing”, it is important to have easy access to user-friendly visualization software. Here we present IMAGE-IN, an interactive web-based multidimensional (N-D) viewer designed specifically for confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) data, with the goal of assisting biologists in their visualization and analysis tasks and promoting digital workflows. This new visualization platform includes intuitive multidimensional opacity fine-tuning, shading on/off, multiple blending modes for volume viewers, and the ability to handle multichannel volumetric data in volume and surface views. The software accepts a sequence of image files or stacked 3D images as input and offers a variety of viewing options ranging from 3D volume/surface rendering to multiplanar reconstruction approaches. We evaluate the performance by comparing the loading and rendering timings of a heterogeneous dataset of multichannel CLSM and FIB-SEM images on two devices with installed graphic cards, as well as comparing rendered image quality between ClearVolume (the ImageJ open-source desktop viewer), Napari (the Python desktop viewer), Imaris (the closed-source desktop viewer), and our proposed IMAGE-IN web viewer.
Evaluation of the pediatric antiretroviral therapy service in Gondar city public health facilities—A case study design with mixed methods
Authors: Azanaw Abrham , Alemu Melaku Birhanu , Yitayal Mezgebu , Aschalew Andualem Yalew
Published: December 2022

Background

The pediatric antiretroviral therapy (ART) service is introduced to save lives, restore mental and physical functions, and improve the quality of life of children living with HIV/AIDS. This evaluation aimed to assess the implementation status of the pediatric ART service provision in Gondar city administration health facilities to promote evidence-based decision-making for program improvement.

Methods

An institutional-based single case-study design with concurrent mixed methods were applied. The service was evaluated by the availability of essential resources, compliance of health providers with the standard guideline, and caregivers’ satisfaction dimensions. Document review, key informant interviews, observations, and interviewer-administered exit-interview were conducted. The quantitative data were analyzed in descriptive and analytical, while the qualitative data were transcribed, translated, and thematically analyzed. A logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with caregivers’ satisfaction.

Results

The overall implementation of pediatric ART service was 75.32%. The availability, compliance, and satisfaction were 68.96%, 74.44%, and 84.64%, respectively. Trained healthcare professionals, essential ART drugs, registers, and basic laboratory diagnostic equipment were reasonably available. However, the lack of opportunistic infection medications and adequate rooms were significant gaps in service provision. Respondents noted a shortage of drugs and rooms for consultation and service provision. Short travel distance (AOR = 2.87), low viral load (AOR = 3.15), and sex of caregivers (AOR = 4.98) were significantly associated with good satisfaction.

Conclusions

The overall implementation of pediatric ART service is well based on the pre-determined judgment criteria. The health facilities and policymakers are advised to focus on availing medications to treat opportunistic infections and expanding the health facility to have enough space for consultation and service provision. Furthermore, particular emphasis should be given to caregivers who come from long distances and patients with a high viral load to increase caregivers’ satisfaction.
Developing an operational definition of housing instability and homelessness in Veterans Health Administration’s medical records
Authors: Tsai Jack , Szymkowiak Dorota , Jutkowitz Eric
Published: December 2022

The main objective of this study was to examine how homelessness and housing instability is captured across data sources in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Data from 2021 were extracted from three data repositories, including the Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW), the Homeless Operations Management System (HOMES), and the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). Using these three data sources, we identified the number of homeless and unstably housed veterans across a variety of indicators. The results showed that the use of diagnostic codes and clinic stop codes identified a large number of homeless and unstably housed veterans, but the use of HOMES and HMIS data identified additional homeless and unstably housed veterans to provide a complete count. A total of 290,431 unique veterans were identified as experiencing homelessness or housing instability in 2021 and there was regional variability in how homelessness and housing stability were captured across data sources, supporting the need for more uniform ways to operationalize these conditions. Together, these findings highlight the and encourage use of all available indicators and data sources to identify homelessness and housing instability in VHA. These methodologies applied to the largest healthcare system in the U.S. demonstrate their utility and possibilities for other healthcare systems. Transparent practices about data sources and indicators used to capture homelessness and housing instability should be shared to increase uniform use.
Iris Clert’s Modern Matronage
Authors: Wester Jennifer Watson
Published: December 2022

The legacy of Iris Clert (1918–86), whose eponymous gallery was central to the emergence of the avant-garde in Paris in the 1950s and 1960s, has often been framed as a story of vanity, spectacle and self-promotion. Considering Clert’s unconventional approach to running her gallery in the context of postwar expectations of women’s behaviour, the article recasts Clert as a model of modern matronage and situates Clert within a history of women who have used arts leadership to assert individuality and influence culture. In Clert’s case, this meant applying traditionally ‘feminine’ domestic skills to her public work, in order to upend gallery conventions and reshape the culture of the avant-garde.
Focalization and Embodied Viewing Experience in Exhibition Narrative: Asia > Amsterdam at the Rijksmuseum
Authors: Yang Pao-Yi
Published: December 2022

This article shows the importance of focalization in understanding potential ideological undertones and subjective interpretations of museum exhibitions. Focalization is conceived here as both a narrative device that denotes the perspectival filtration of a museum presentation and an analytical tool that can explicate the potential ideologies behind an exhibition. To illustrate facets of focalization often manifested in the interplay between exhibition designs and viewing experiences, I provide a close reading of the arrangement in Asia >
Amsterdam (2015), a temporary exhibition on cultural contact hosted by Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. Drawing on cultural theorist Mieke Bal’s conception of focalization, I call attention to an instance of internal focalization in a gallery that juxtaposed Chinese porcelain of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) with seventeenth-century Dutch still lifes. This juxtaposition, along with the specific visual order of the showpieces, promoted an embodied spectatorship that is filtered by the subjective sensory impressions of the Dutch artists: a viewing experience that drew audiences into seeing the visual and material qualities of Ming porcelain as if through the eyes of Golden Age Dutch artists. In this way, the lens of focalization also offered a framework for examining the exhibition’s subtext regarding the Dutch domestication of Asian goods.
Decolonizing German and European History at the Museum, Katrin Sieg
Authors: O’Donnell Brendan
Published: December 2022

Review of: Decolonizing German and European History at the Museum, Katrin Sieg

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (2021), 316 pp., p/bk,

ISBN: 978-0-47205-510-4, US $34.95
Performing maternities: During and after COVID-19: Part 2
Authors: Aughterson Kate , Moriarty Jessica
Published: December 2022

This editorial argues that performance in maternity traverses a public/private binary which enables women artists, writers and creatives to occupy a liminal space of both performance and identity that can give voice to critical notions of what it is to mother during and after COVID-19 across the world. It shows how the articles included in the edition critically and creatively locate the writers within those public and private discourses, negotiating feminist conceptions of ethos as co-collaboration of knowledge through praxis. Art – visual, written and performed – acts as both salve and enquiry, comfort and cry – and the editorial shows how the contributors’ work embraced and challenged these contexts and constraints during COVID-19.
Palpation
Authors: Grace Nicola
Published: December 2022

This article explores, touches, prods and pokes the theme of ‘palpation’. Prized as a skill by midwives and obstetricians, this method of discernment may be in demise as the interpretive art of palpating the size, shape and position of the baby within the womb is replaced by numerical methods such as the tape measure and the ultrasound scan. Does this matter? I discuss how touch can be warm, relational, fascinating and practically useful, and/or how it can be harsh, cold, painful, harmful. Inspired by Jess Moriarty and Mike Hayler, I attempt to ‘shine a light forward’ on the embodied experience of being palpated and of palpation.
Cascade feedforward neural network and deep neural network controller on photovoltaic system with cascaded multilevel inverters: Comparison on standalone and grid integrated system
Authors: Rupesh Mailugundla , Tegampure Vishwanath Shivalingappa
Published: December 2022

The introduction of a micro-grid-based power generation network will help to meet the demands of consumers while reducing environmental impact. Several industrialized and emerging countries allocate considerable resources to renewable energy-based power generation and invest significant sums of money in this area. This study examines the challenges involved with electricity generation through photovoltaic (PV) systems and the integration of the same with the grid to mitigate power quality issues and improve the power factor for various loading conditions. An innovative multilayer inverter for grid-connected PV systems has been developed to enhance the voltage profile and resulted in a drop in total harmonic distortion (THD). A cascade multilevel inverter (associated with a grid-integrated PV system and managed using multiple innovative artificial intelligence controllers) was developed in this research project. Various advanced intelligent controllers, such as cascade feedforward neural networks (CFFNN) and deep neural networks (DNN), have been analyzed under various operating situations and observed that the THD of voltage, current at the grid, and the load is less than 3 % as per the IEEE 519 standards along with this power factor is maintained nearly unity for the grid-connected system. The quality of power in terms of voltage, frequency, total harmonics distortion, and power factor are improved by using a novel deep neural network algorithm in a cascaded multilevel inverter and verified according to IEEE 1547 and IEEE 519 standards to determine the efficacy of the proposed system.
Carbonate rocks in northern of West Jiwo Hills Bayat: The indication of thrust belt development in southern Central Java
Authors: Farisan Ardhan , Rachman Muhammad Gazali
Published: December 2022

Bayat, Klaten, Central Java, is one of three locations in Java with complete types of rocks exposed at the earth’s surface. All those rocks are scattered over a short distance in Bayat, revealing past processes of rock deformation (folding, fracturing, and faulting) and present-day processes of rock weathering and erosion. In this study, we present how clastic carbonate rock of the Oyo Formation at northern Jiwo Hills could be separated about ±15 km northern from its platforms as an indication of thrust fault growth. This study uses aerial photography for photogrammetry (drones) combined with structural geology and microfossil analyses (to know the exact formation) from the outcrop observation. Recent studies have certified that drones are one reliable observation tool in various aspects with better resolution, especially in structural geology studies. Aerial photogrammetry is very well done to see the exact condition of a wide area combined with high resolution on an outcrop scale. The result shows that the carbonate rocks are from Oyo Formation (N9–N11) with the Middle Neritic bathymetric zone. The structural geology phenomenon kinematically indicates the impact of the transpressional movement called flower structure. Based on subsurface interpretation, the authors hypothesize this area was the product of an imbrication thrust stack uplifted basement as the result of the thrust fault rather than horst or paleo-basement high.
Alternative management of intractable chylous ascites following robot-assisted pancreaticoduodenectomy of Viscum album sclerotherapy: a case report
Authors: Kim Beom Soo , Seo Youngbin , Kang Chang Moo
Published: December 2022

A patient showed signs of fever and Hemovac insertion site discharge 8 days after surgery and was admitted. Abdominal paracentesis found milky ascites with triglyceride levels of the peritoneal fluid as high as 1,603 g/mL. Diagnosed as chylous ascites, symptomatic therapy such as empirical antibodies and diuretics was administered with paracentesis before being discharged. The ascites volume increased again, and the patient was re-admitted. The patient was treated with orlistat, octreotide, total parenteral nutrition administration, ascites drainage, and diuretics. Ascites levels increased further and intraperitoneal Viscum was administered. Clear ascites was observed, and the patient was discharged. We reported a case where conventional treatment for chylous ascites that occurred after pancreaticoduodenectomy was shown to be ineffective while Viscum extracted from mistletoe was able to manage chylous ascites.
Appendiceal mucocele masquerading as an epithelial borderline ovarian tumor: a case report and literature review
Authors: Kim Young Joo , Yun Jong Hyuk , Hong Sung Hoon , Song GeumJong , Lee Jong Eun , Son Myong Won , Han Sun Wook , Kim Sung Yong , Lee Moon-Soo
Published: December 2022

Appendiceal mucocele is a rare mucin-producing neoplasm of appendiceal origin. Due to its location and imaging findings, appendiceal mucocele is easily confused with tumors of the right adnexa. We present a rare case of a patient initially misdiagnosed with an ovarian tumor intraoperatively diagnosed as an appendiceal mucocele and successfully treated. A 66-year-old postmenopausal woman was admitted to the gynecology department for an asymptomatic pelvic mass. Preoperative pelvic imaging showed an 8-cm cystic mass. Exploratory laparoscopy for the suspected epithelial borderline tumor from the right ovary revealed a cystic mass in the right pelvic area and normal uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries. Intraoperative consultation with the general surgery department confirmed the appendiceal origin. Laparoscopic appendectomy was performed. Histopathological examination confirmed a low-grade mucinous neoplasm of appendiceal origin. The patient was discharged on a postoperative day 5 without complications. The outpatient follow-up performed 1 month later showed no evidence of disease progression. Despite the use of advanced diagnostic tools, appendiceal mucocele may be confused for ovarian malignancies. Because the clinical features of appendiceal mucocele are nonspecific, clinicians and radiologists know the specific imaging findings. A multidisciplinary approach including general surgery, gynecology, and radiology is required for preoperative diagnosis and treatment.
Correlation of the Composition of Metal and Patina in Bronze Rivets of a Leather Vessel from Kichigino-I
Authors:   South Urals Federal Research Center of Mineralogy and Geoecology UB RAS, I. Blinov , A. Tairov ,   South Ural State University
Published: December 2022

The paper investigates bronze rivets of a leather vessel from the burial ground of Kichigino-I. These products of a small size are intensively corroded, which makes it impossible to strip them down to metal. The study of the patinated surface was carried out by X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) of patina and relic metal by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results of the analysis showed that the rivets were made of arsenic-tin bronzes with an admixture of lead. The patina qualitatively corresponds to the composition of the original metal, but has differences determined by the ratio of its components. Differences in quantitative ratios do not exceed 100% relative, the nature of the changes cannot be predicted. They can change both in the direction of increasing and decreasing the content of each of the minor components (arsenic, tin) in the patina. Comparison of the results of XRD and SEM showed that XRD reflects the composition of the parent metal with a certain accuracy, with a systematic overestimation of the contents of lead, tin, and arsenic.
Th e Problem of the Emergence of Nomadic Cattle Breeding in the Works of M.P. Gryaznov
Authors:   Altai State University, O. Styazhkina
Published: December 2022

Mikhail Petrovich Gryaznov is one of the scientists whose range of scientific interests has never been limited to one topic. His work in the early 1930s as part of the History of nomadic pastoralism group to a large extent determined the direction of his activities in the future. It is important that by the beginning of the 1930s M.P. Gryaznov accumulated significant and diverse experience in field and office research, which allowed him to outline a solution to the problem of the emergence and development of nomadic pastoralism based on a synthesis of archaeological and written sources and to propose one of the first programs in Soviet archaeology to study the history of early nomads. This article is devoted to the contribution of M.P. Gryaznov in the study of the problem of the emergence and development of nomadic pastoralism. The work also used information from unpublished or poorly studied sources.
apoio institucional como estratégia para promoção de trabalhos em grupo em uma unidade de saúde da família da região metropolitana de Salvador/BA
Authors: Dos Santos Silva Deisiane , Daniele	Machado Pereira Rocha Daniele
Published: December 2022

Atenção Básica constitui-se como um conjunto de ações de saúde individuais, familiares e coletivas. Uma das atividades desenvolvidas na Atenção Básica é a promoção de trabalhos em grupo, que se constitui em uma ferramenta importante de gestão, cuidado e promoção à saúde dos usuários assistidos pela Equipe de Saúde da Família. O Apoiador Institucional, nesse processo, tem importante papel no desenvolvimento da educação em saúde, assim como na compreensão e intervenção do processo de saúde-doença-cuidado, pensando nessa prática para além do corpo, levando em consideração também suas especificidades sociais. Assim o objetivo deste trabalho é demonstrar a vivência de uma sanitarista na função de Apoiadora Institucional em uma Unidade de Saúde da Família do município de Camaçari no Estado da Bahia. Experiência ocorreu no período de 13 de setembro de 2021 a 3 de dezembro do mesmo ano, em um município da região metropolitana de Salvador/Bahia, durante o segundo ano de residência. Percebendo a lacuna do primeiro ano de residência em relação às práticas de atividades coletivas e levando-se em consideração os números de usuários com doenças cardiovasculares e com questões de saúde mental, sobretudo casos de ansiedade patológica, pensou-se em um planejamento para o retorno da oferta do Grupo Motivação como ferramenta de cuidado para além dos atendimentos individualizados. As técnicas e práticas de meditação e ioga vêm sendo aplicadas há muitos anos no campo da saúde, evidenciando resultados positivos e precauções que devem ser considerados para o tratamento, acompanhamento e prevenção de doenças e na promoção da saúde. Com isso, reflete-se a importância considerar a sutileza da promoção do cuidado em saúde, pois prevenção e promoção são áreas conectadas entre si e é aí que os traços preventivos se manifestam com normas voltadas para a mudança de hábitos de vida.
Structural Shifts in the Fuel and Energy Sectors of the Far East: A Spatial Analysis
Authors:   Economic Research Institute FEB RAS, Dzhurka Natalya ,   Institute of Economics RAS, Dyomina Olga ,   Economic Research Institute FEB RAS
Published: December 2022

This paper assesses the effects of the investment shock to the fuel and energy sectors of the Far East within the framework of the Eastern vector of Russia’s energy policy. We systemize the basic investment projects implemented in these sectors in order to increase export supplies of fuel and energy resources to the Asia-Pacific countries and assess the shifts in the structure of fuel and energy resources production in the region over the period from 2012 to 2019. In calculations, we use the classical and spatial versions of the method of structural decomposition of the growth rates of the sectoral indicators (shift-share analysis). On the basis of structural decomposition of the changes on the average annual number of employees and the GVA of the fuel and energy complex of the Far East at different spatial levels (national, macroregional (interregional) and regional) we draw the following conclusions: a strong impulse for development in the framework of the Eastern vector of Russia’s energy policy was given to extractive industries, their competitive effects were positive and overrode the negative shocks, which were destabilizing the national economy; an important factor in the economic dynamics of the extractive industries of the fuel and energy complex were gains/losses in inter-regional competition, but not spatial externalities; in the oil and gas industry, unlike in the coal industry, there is potential for formation of spatial externalities; developing faster than others, extractive industries remain enclaves in regional economies
New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor China – ASEAN
Authors:   Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the RAS, Babaev Kirill , Sazonov Sergey ,   Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the RAS
Published: December 2022

In order to develop foreign trade relations with the ASEAN countries in recent years, China has begun the construction of a new international land-sea trade corridor as part of the implementation of the China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on strategic interconnectedness. The transit of goods from the central and western provinces of China to the ASEAN countries, relying on the central logistics center of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle, will pass through the Pan-Asian Railway and Highway Network, that will be built with the help of Chinese companies. As well as by sea transportation of goods from the ports of Beibu Bay and Yangpu Port in Hainan Province. The development and ratification of the Comprehensive Regional Economic Partnership Agreement, which has become a generator of growth in the volume of foreign trade between China and the ASEAN countries, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, required adequate measures to ensure regional cargo transit. In this regard, a large national logistics operator has been founded in China, and there are plans to build a financial center in Chongqing by 2025, which will become an important platform for further development of cross-border payments in yuan and deepening financial cooperation with ASEAN countries. The new corridor allows to significantly reduce the time and cost of cargo transportation from the western provinces of China to the ASEAN countries. In the future, with the connection of the Eurasian land-sea route and the Kashgar-Gwadar Port railway (as part of the development of the Chinese-Pakistani economic corridor) through the Economic Circle of Chengdu-Chongqing, it also allows to ensure the access of the central and western region to the markets of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South and Central Asia. China is striving to reformulate the Belt and Road route into a global closed logistics route, from the possibility of joining which and using its synergetic and multiplicative effects, all participants in regional and global transit traffic will be able to receive significant and significant benefits
The comparison of forwarding conditions in countries with a civil law system
Authors: Salamakhina Ekaterina , Poliak Miloš
Published: December 2022

The issue of creating international legislation capable of regulating the sphere of forwarding has been considered for quite a long time. The actively expanding volume of services provided by freight forwarders and the increasing blurring of its role and area of responsibility create problems in the mutual understanding of the participants in the client– forwarder – third party chain. The main obstacle to the implementation of an international legislative act is the difference in the laws and customs of individual countries. To identify these differences, the authors analyzed such factors as the range of services provided by the forwarder, the conditions of access to the forwarding market, the type of representation used by forwarders in the contract and the definition of the boundaries of the forwarder's responsibility to the client. The analysis was carried out by studying national legal acts regulating the field of forwarding, as well as the general conditions of forwarding applied by members of national associations of forwarding and logistics in countries with a civil law system. The greatest difference was revealed in the field of conditions of access to the forwarding market, while the functionality of the forwarder, the types of representation used and the limits of responsibility of forwarders from different countries did not indicate any big differences. The result of the work is the conclusion that there are no critical differences in the work of freight forwarders of countries with a civil law system that can hinder the unification of forwarding conditions.
The effect of leisure benefits on happiness
Authors: Yalçınkaya Nehir , Soyer Fikret , Ayhan Cihan
Published: December 2022

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effect of leisure benefits on happiness.
Method: In the study, the “Leisure Benefit Scale” developed by Ho (2008) and adapted in Turkish by Akgül, Karakucuk and Ertüzün (2018) was used to measure the recreational benefit perceptions of the participants. In addition, the “Oxford Happiness Scale”, developed by Hills and Argyle (2002) and adapted into Turkish by Doğan and Akıncı Çötok (2011). Convenience sampling in the selection of the sample and face-to-face survey method was preferred in the collection of data. The analysis of the data was performed through the SPSS program, and descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation, and Regression analyzes were used.
Findings: The research group consisted of 1342 university students, 739 males (55.1%) and 603 females (44.9%), between the ages of 18-25 (21.07±2.24) studying in sports sciences faculties across Turkey. When the results of the analysis were examined, a positive relationship was determined between the leisure benefit perceptions of the participants and their happiness levels. Besides, it was observed that the perception of leisure benefits had a positive effect on happiness.
Conclusions: Accordingly, a positive change was detected in happiness levels as the level of benefit perceived by the participants from recreational activities increased.
Health Information System Krama Bali Sejahtera Public Services Innovation Improves Denpasar Community's Trust For Healthy Behavior Through Adaptation Of New Habits
Authors: Suandari Putu Vierda Lya , Prianthara I Made Dhita
Published: December 2022

The government in providing public services to the community is required to be effective and efficient, therefore it is continuously expected to be able to innovate services in a better direction to improve quality. Service quality is an important thing that determines public trust in public services to be able to realize community participation by increasing knowledge, trust and developing community habits regarding the concept of healthy behavior in adopting new habits and closer government relations with the community. This study aims to determine the description of public service innovations in Denpasar City in increasing public confidence to behave healthily in adapting to new habits, especially in the community in Denpasar City. Data analysis in this study used Partial Least Square (PLS) with a sample of 200 respondents who accessed the measured SIK-KBS. The results of the SIK-KBS public service innovation assessment show that the Bali Provincial Government has a positive assessment with a score of 75.3 and is in the BB (innovative) public service innovation qualification level. Based on this value, it is known that the SIK-KBS public service innovation that has been carried out in Denpasar City in improving information access services has been innovative and able to increase public confidence in healthy behavior which has a significant positive effect as seen from the t-statistic value > 1.96.
Assessing agricultural commercialization and rural infrastructure development in rural Southwestern Nigeria: evidence from smallholder cassava farmers
Authors: OTEKUNRIN Olutosin Ademola
Published: December 2022

This study assessed agricultural commercialization and rural infrastructure development of smallholder cassava farmers in rural Southwestern Nigeria. The study was conducted in Nigeria with cross-sectional data collected from 352 smallholder cassava farmers. Crop commercialization index (CCI) was used to compute each farmer’s CCI and categorized into four levels while ordered logit model was employed to analyze the determinants of agricultural commercialization of cassava farmers in the study areas. Availability of some important rural infrastructures were assessed across cassava farmers’ commercialization levels. The results revealed that 13.1 % of cassava farmers did not participate in the sale of cassava roots while 86.9 % of them participated actively in the output market. The mean and maximum CCI in the study areas was 59.1 and 95.5 respectively. The results also showed that less than 40 % and 20 % of cassava farmers in all commercialization levels had access to electricity and piped water respectively. The ordered logit regression analysis indicated that age, transport cost, cassava marketing experience, and distance to market were among the determinants of agricultural commercialization. Therefore, stakeholders should expedite policy actions capable of promoting rural infrastructure development that will enhance agricultural production, marketing and improve the quality of life of rural farming communities.
Smart Groups: A system to orchestrate collaboration in hybrid learning environments. A simulation study
Authors: Carrruana Martín Adrián , Alario-Hoyos Carlos , Delgado Kloos Carlos
Published: December 2022

COVID-19 has brought new hybrid learning environments with some students in the classroom and some others online, synchronously, due to the needs of social distancing. These new hybrid learning environments pose new challenges, for example for group collaboration. This paper presents Smart Groups, a system aimed at helping teachers to orchestrate collaboration in hybrid learning environments and assesses its usability and usefulness through a simulation study. Smart Groups identifies the students that are in the classroom and online, automates the creation of groups (recommending collaborative learning flow patterns to teachers and considering the previous work done by students), supports the communication among students and the use of additional tools and resources for collaboration, and helps maintain the safety distance among the students who are in the classroom. The usability of Smart Groups has been assessed through a mock-up by 60 users (41 students and 19 teachers) with the system usability scale (SUS) obtaining good results (mean = 75.47, standard deviation = 14.95, median = 76.25). A subgroup (10 teachers out of 19) carried out follow-up interviews using the technology acceptance model (TAM) and highlighted the usefulness of Smart Groups to orchestrate collaboration in hybrid learning environments.
Implications for practice or policy:

Smart Groups supports teachers in the orchestration of groups in hybrid learning environments.
Smart Groups facilitates group coordination and communication among students.
Smart Groups helps maintain the safety distance.
Ekonomiczne i społeczne konsekwencje wojny serbsko-tureckiej 1876–1878 dla Królestwa Serbii
Authors: Dymarski Miroslaw
Published: December 2022

Artykuł podejmuje analizę kosztów ekonomicznych i skutków społecznych wojny serbsko-tureckiej z lat 1876–1878, zarówno po zakończeniu konfliktu, jak i ich wpływu na sytuację w Królestwie Serbii w dłuższej perspektywie. Ocena obejmuje bezpośrednie skutki finansowe wojny z Turcją, ale również odszkodowania wojenne, rekwizycje, utrzymanie uchodźców, którzy schronili się w Serbii, kompensaty dla właścicieli muzułmanów za utracone ziemie i nieruchomości w wyniku inkorporacji ziem sandżaku Niš i część sandżaku Pirot. Koszty tej wojny był przykładem niemal całkowitego podporządkowania polityki finansowej państwa jednemu celowi: ekspansji terytorialnej na ziem historycznie związane z Serbią w procesie budowy państwa narodowego.