bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Heart failure in COVID-19 pandemic: Challenging management issues
Authors: S Patnaik , AN Patnaik
Published: January 2021

Over these 12 months of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the patients of heart failure (HF) showed higher risk of severe disease and increased mortality. Their evaluation and treatment when additionally affected with COVID-19 posed many new challenges, as one condition can potentiate the other and there is considerable overlap of their presenting features. The pandemic also impacted the existing health care systems with changed priorities. Known HF patients becoming worse after acquiring the COVID-19 infection or the new development of acute cardiac complications in persons without any prior heart disease- both are novel therapeutic issues which have no perfect answers for want of adequate data and randomised trials. Newer suggestions are emerging in the management of HF with concomitant COVID-19 from experience from various sources. We have to keep our minds open and learn every day. Keywords: heart failure; coronavirus; COVID-19; management; SARS-CoV-2
On the Nature of Some Features of Sensory and Perceptual Spheres in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Authors: Morozov S.A. , Morozova T.I.
Published: January 2021

The purpose of present article is the analysis of the existing views to features of the sensory and perceptual spheres in autism, and to nature and mechanisms of development of these spheres. Main existing hypotheses are considered (the Weakness of Central Coherence Phenomenon and the Phenomenon of Enhances Perceptual Functioning), unresolved aspects of a problem are marked out. Particular attention is paid to the variability of not only the thresholds of perception and discomfort, but also the differential sensitivity. The high level of differential sensitivity connected to the ability to distinguish unusually short time intervals which is considered as the core mechanism of the analyzed hypotheses, significantly influencing perception of time in autism and, in particular, mnemonic processes. The possible consequences for development of some kinds of stereotypies and other symptoms of autism, the possible directions and prospects of further investigations are discussed.
Construction of integral index for comprehensive assessment and analysis of risk factors for lower limb varicose veins during pregnancy
Authors: Shevlyukova T. P. , Chabanova N. B. , Ermakova A. A. , Ermakova P. A.
Published: January 2021

Objective. To develop a model of an integral index for complex assessment of varicose vein risk factors and estimate the influence of pregnancy on the occurrence of chronic vein diseases. Varicose veins (VV) and chronic venous insufficiency are one of the most widespread human diseases. This pathology in pregnancy has a clear picture, which is quite different from varicose veins in non-pregnant women.

Materials and methods. Analysis of 1974 individual medical cards of pregnant women and puerperas of Maternity Hospital № 2 for the period of 20162019 was carried out. Out of them, 456 cards had a diagnosis of varicose veins of the lower limbs. The method was based on statistical analysis and integral indices.

Results. The following risk diapasons were determined: low risk (favorable prognosis) 0.440.85; medium risk (favorable prognosis is possible) 0.861.28; high risk (unfavorable prognosis) 1.292.13. The quantity of pregnancies is not an unfavorable prognosis for women. Long statistical loads give unfavorable prognosis (1.341.43); family predisposition is an unfavorable prognosis (1.66); lifting loads depending on the quantity in grams (1000 favorable sign; 500010 000 unfavorable (1.211.870)); wearing tight clothes is not an unfavorable prognosis (0.88); hypodynamia medium risk (1.14); diet low and medium risk (0.750.95), obesity high risk (1.242.15).

Conclusions. The obtained results permitted to detect the most significant risk factors for varicose veins during pregnancy. Medium and high-risk indices are the following: long statistical loads, family predisposition, lifting loads, hypodynamia, diet and obesity. They influence the development of varicose veins. There is a possibility to present a prospective prognosis for pregnant women and develop a complex of measures to decrease risks for chronic vein diseases taking into account individual features of patients.
Species diversity and biological properties of dominant species of causative agents of poststernotomic infectious complications in cardiac surgery
Authors: Kasatov A. V. , Gorovits E. S.
Published: January 2021

Objective. To study the microbial and biological properties of the dominant species of causative agents of infectious and inflammatory complications after cardiac surgery. Infectious and inflammatory complications (IIC) developing after cardiac surgery with sternal approach such as thoracic and rib osteomyelitis, sterno-mediastinitis are severe life threatening states.

Materials and methods. Bacteriological study of the sternal wound discharge from 178 patients with different infectious and inflammatory complications after sternotomic open-heart surgeries was conducted. Biological properties of isolates were investigated.

Results. There were detected 242 strains of microorganisms referring to different taxons. Gram-positive bacteria, in particular, S. aureus and S. epidermidis prevailed. Out of gram-negative bacteria, prevailed P. aeruginosa and E. coli. All isolates S. aureus and P. aeruginosa possessed different factors of virulence and persistence including ability to biofilm formation. Carbapenems displayed the greatest bactericidal activity in relation to S. aureus and P. aeruginosa.

Conclusions. The obtained data permit to optimize the preoperative preparation of cardiac surgery patients.
Regional factors of somatic pathologies in pregnant women and predelivery risk factors for retinopathy in premature infants of the Altai region
Authors: Lebedev Vladimir I.
Published: January 2021

Despite progress in medicine, the number of preterm births as a result of the use of new reproductive technologies is increasing. Preterm birth is a multifactorial process. The success of neonatal resuscitation in nursing children with extremely low birth weight leads to an increase in the number of surviving children with various ophthalmic pathologies. Retinopathy in premature infants remains one of the urgent problems of pediatric ophthalmology, being one of the leading causes of blindness and low vision in preterm neonates. Premature retinopathy is a multifactorial disease, the incidence and severity of which are due to the influence of many risk factors that adversely affect the immature retina of a premature infant and lead to a violation of its normal vasculogenesis.

Aim. To evaluate the state of health of pregnant women and the connection of this factor with the development of retinopathy among retinopathy prematurity in the Altai Region.

Material and methods. To achieve this aim, statistical compendiums of the Demographic Yearbook in the Altai Region over an 11-year period (from 2005 to 2016) were analyzed, as were the medical histories of infants hospitalized inThe Altai Regional Clinical Childrens Hospital during the same period.

Results. Statistically significant differences (p 0.05) in the incidence of hepatitis and diabetes were discovered. In addition, the most apparent variations, confirming the existence of prenatal risk factors leading to retinopathy in premature infants, were obtained on such indicators as anemia among pregnant women, fetoplacental deficiency, gestational toxicosis, pyelonephritis among pregnant women, and others.

Сonclusions. We detected a significant number of somatic pathologies in pregnant women in the Altai Region, which was considerably higher than the average rates in the Russian Federation. The most remarkable antenatal risk factors for the birth of premature babies developing retinopathy of the premature were highlighted, and these should be taken into account when organizing prophylactic screening measures for the early identification of retinopathy of prematurity in the Altai Region.
The investigation of ground beetles shape (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and its relationship to the species structure of vegetation in a mixed forest (by the example of the Pustynsky sanctuary, Nizhny Novgorod Region)
Authors: Chueva Anna Viktorovna , Isaykin Nikita Aleksandrovich , Zryanin Vladimir Aleksandrovich , Yakimov Vasiliy Nikolaevich
Published: January 2021

This paper is devoted to the investigation of the relationship between the body shape of the imago of ground beetles and the structure of vegetation layers in the mixed boreal forest located in the State Natural Biological Sanctuary Pustynsky, Nizhny Novgorod Region. The materials were collected in the July 2019. 23 sampling sites were established. Vegetation was described at each site and ground beetles were sampled. Representatives of 8 carabid genera were found (Amara, Calathus, Carabus, Cymindis, Harpalus, Notiophilus, Pterostichus, Synuchus). Ground beetles shape analysis was carried out with methods of geometric morphometry. As a result of the analysis, a morphospace was formed. The analysis of shape variability was carried out, which showed that interspecific variability prevailed over intraspecific variability. The relationship between ground beetles shape and species structure of vegetation layers was carried out with a multivariate redundancy analysis. We did not find statistically significant influence of the structure of tree and shrub layers on ground beetles shape, but found the impact of the herb layer. A more heterogeneous herbaceous layer is preferred by species with a body shape characteristic of zoophages, and simplification of the structure of herbaceous vegetation leads to the prevailing of mixophytophages shape.
The development of photography in Samara in the middle of the 19th – beginning of the 20th centuries
Authors: Androsova Anastasiya Andreevna
Published: January 2021

The paper deals with the development of photography in Samara and the Samara province during the period of the Samara province establishment to the beginning of the 20th century. The history of the photography as a technology is briefly presented. The paper also contains the data on the chronology of photo workshops appearance in Samara and the province as well as of the first photo business organizers. The author also describes methods of photography lovers organization in Samara at the turn of the 19th20th centuries. The main categories of photographs of the period under review are considered. Having appeared almost simultaneously with the establishment of the province, the photographic business in Samara became an integral part of cultural life at the beginning of the 20th century. Photography in pre-revolutionary Samara developed from individual wealthy citizens entertaining to the establishment of the Samara Photographic Society. By 1917 photographic establishments had spread throughout the Samara province and were accessible to most residents. The analysis of the photographic documents used allows us to say that the Samara photography of the period under review was dominated by photographic portraits and photographs, photographic postcards with views of the city. The paper is based primarily on documents and photographs of the Central State Archives of the Samara Region and the Samara Regional State Archives of Socio-Political History, most of which have not been included in scientific circulation.
Cultural and educational work in the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army during the front-line Civil War: early Soviet historiography (a brief review of the history of the problem)
Authors: Tribunsky Sergey Aleksandrovich
Published: January 2021

The author made an attempt to develop (in the format of a lapidary historiographical review) the problem of the history of cultural and educational work in the Workers and Peasants Red Army (Red Army) during the front-line Civil War (19181920). The problem under review is of increased interest because in 19181920 there was a unique process of the Soviet historical science birth. It was designed to comprehend, and in hot pursuit, the historical phenomenon of the party and political work in the armed forces of the young Soviet state, which had no analogues in the history of world civilizations. This is the historical phenomenon in which cultural and educational work in the Red Army was born and strengthened. At the same time, it should be emphasized that the unique process of the birth of Soviet historical science took place against the background of the escalation of the fratricidal Russian Civil War (in its front-line stage). At this time, interesting sources, primarily historical, as well as some historiographical sources were published on the problem that is considered in this paper. It is they that are subjected to a historiographical review. Naturally, the author does not claim to cover the topic that falls within the scope of his research interests, which, in fact, cannot be achieved in the format of a historiographic review, especially in the format of a lapidary one.
Heterogeneous electronic information and educational environment of the university – a problem or an opportunity?
Authors: Dobudko Tatiana Valerianovna , Malova Natalia Vladimirovna , Pugach Olga Isaakovna
Published: January 2021

E-learning technologies in the context of full-time and distance education have long passed the stage of innovation and have become an integral part of modern professional education. However, a number of issues related to the implementation and maintenance of the educational process based on e-learning are still relevant. This paper analyzes the problem of unification of software products, cloud technologies and services that form the electronic information and educational environment (EIEE) of a university. The authors interpret homogeneity and heterogeneity concepts in the context of the EIEE and illustrate the industry specifics of requirements and expectations for homogeneity. It is clearly proved that the heterogeneous EIEE of the university acts as a useful object/model of study when training specialists for work in cultural institutions in the fields of computer science and computer engineering, applied computer science. In these cases the EIEE structure of the university through the provision of experience develops students readiness for subsequent formal and non-formal life-long training. The paper also presents tools for assessing the existing level of heterogeneity of the EIEE and a method of expert evaluation that allows to predict the optimal level of heterogeneity-homogeneity for the EIEE of a particular university.
The analysis of modern approaches to the development of students’ professional competencies at transport universities
Authors: Polovinkina Anna Yuryevna , Mikhelkevich Valentin Nikolaevich
Published: January 2021

The paper discusses the recent qualitative changes in the country system of training students of transport universities. Based on the opinions of scientists and considerable experience in higher education, the authors of the paper state the timeliness of reforming the current system of professional training of prospective railway engineers. Taking into account the requirements of employers and the new generation of professional standards being introduced, it is planned to improve the forms and training methods. At the same time, it is recommended to focus on professional competencies development among students of the transport university, which will undoubtedly contribute to their successful industrial activities in the future. The paper analyzes the experience of applying various approaches that allow to form necessary professional competencies in engineering activities (design, research, operational and technological, organizational and managerial) for students of transport universities as part of the development of the program 23.05.03 The Railway Rolling Stock. The authors have described in details the essence, value and practical expediency of using context-based, activity-based and personality-oriented approaches in the system of transport education for students professional competencies development in engineering activities.
AKRAN DÖNÜTÜ DESTEĞİ İLE TASARIMLANAN DİJİTAL ÖĞRETİM MATERYALLERİNİN PROBLEM ÇÖZMEYE VE BİLGİ-İLETİŞİM TEKNOLOJİLERİ YETERLİLİK ALGILARINA ETKİSİ
Authors: ERDOĞDU Funda , AYDIN ŞENGÜL Özge
Published: January 2021

Araştırmanın amacı, akran dönütü desteği ile kavram öğretimi için tasarlanan dijital öğretim materyallerinin öğretmen adaylarının problem çözme becerilerine ve bilgi-iletişim teknolojisi yeterlilik algılarına etkisinin belirlenmesidir. Ayrıca çalışmada dijital öğretim materyali hazırlamanın ve akran dönütünün sağladığı katkılara ilişkin öğretmen adaylarının görüşleri alınmıştır. Araştırmada karma yöntem ve yakınsayan paralel karma desen kullanılmıştır. Veri toplama araçları; Grup saklı şekiller testi, Problem çözme envanteri, Öğretmen adayları için bilgi ve iletişim teknolojileri yeterlilik algısı ölçeği ve yapılandırılmış görüşme formudur. Araştırmada deney ve kontrol grubunda 9 alan bağımlı ve 9 alan bağımsız 18’er toplamda 36 öğretmen adayı deneysel işlemlere dahil edilmiştir. Öğretmen adayları Web 2.0 araçlarını kullanarak kavram öğretimine ilişkin kavram karikatürü, kavram haritası, zihin haritası ve kavram ağı geliştirmişlerdir. Deney grubundaki öğretmen adayları dijital öğretim materyali tasarlama-geliştirme ve değerlendirme sürecinde akranı tarafından değerlendirilmiştir. Verilerin analizinde nicel boyutta betimsel istatistik, iki faktörlü ANOVA yöntemlerinden, nitel boyutta ise içerik analizi tekniğinden yararlanılmıştır. Çalışmada nicel verilerden elde edilen bulgular dijital öğretim materyallerinin tasarlanmasında akran dönüt desteğinin kullanılmasının öğretmen adaylarının bilgi-iletişim teknolojisi yeterlilik algılarını artırmada etkili olmadığını; problem çözme becerilerini artırmada etkili olduğunu göstermiştir. Nitel verilerden elde edilen bulgulara göre, öğretmen adaylarının kavram öğretimi amacıyla geliştirdikleri dijital öğretim materyallerinin; kavram yanılgılarının belirlenmesi, tartışma ortamı yaratılması, bilgilerin kalıcılığının sağlanması, görselleştirme, kavramlar arası ilişki kurulması, bilgilerin sistematik olarak sunulması, konunun günlük yaşamla ilişkilendirilmesi ve bütünleştirilmesi gibi katkılar sağladığı ifade edilmiştir. Akran dönütü alan öğretmen adayları konu seçimi, kavramlar arası ilişkiler, kavramlar ve alt kavramların belirlenmesi, problemlere çözüm bulma, kuralları belirme, hataları düzeltme, programın kullanılması, karikatürlerde diyalogların oluşturulması, renkler ve karikatürlerdeki karakterlerin seçimi, öğrenci seviyesine, konuya, kazanımlara ve görsel tasarım ilkelerine uygunluk gibi konularda destek aldıklarını ifade etmişlerdir.
DYNAMIC SIMULATION OF AN AIR-GAP MEMBRANE DISTILLATION (AGMD) PROCESS USING PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS SYSTEM AND FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
Authors: SANDİD Abdelfatah , NEHARİ Driss , ELMERİAH Abderrahmane , REMLAOUİ Ahmed
Published: January 2021

In the desalination field, the membrane distillation (MD) is a new process of producing distilled water that has been developed and tested in recent years. In this paper, the integrated single cassette air-gap membrane distillation (AGMD) module in the solar thermal desalination system is validated and numerically simulated with the TRNSYS program. This model is studied to be ideal for obtaining a distilled water flow rate of 5.5 kg/h at different times under changing climatic conditions throughout the year in Ain-Temouchent weather, Algeria. The auxiliary heater is added to ensure the thermal energy continuity in the cold climatic conditions, where the photovoltaic system is used to power electrically the auxiliary heater. Therefore, the energy needed is calculated for the auxiliary heater and is replaced by 10 photovoltaic panels, each one has an area of 1.6 m² using seven of the energy storage batteries (12V, 200Ah) with 1.5 KW via TRNSYS and PVGIS help programs. Simulated results showed excellent compatibility with experimental results in previous studies. Additionally, it was found that when the inlet temperature of AGMD reaches 85 °C, the distilled water flow from the distillation membrane reaches 5.5 kg /h and that remains stable on different days throughout the year by relying solely on solar energy.
Skill development of father and mother regarding skin care and oil massage of preterm neonates
Authors: Kalyan Geetanjli , Anamika  , Ram Jawana , Shakya Mayank , Mani Preethy , Seema
Published: January 2021

The skin of pretmature neonates require a special care as it is thin, the pH is low, and they lose more heat and water. Due to the increasing number of preterm births, the stable preterm babies get an early discharge early from the hospital. At home they require meticulous skin care for their survival and both father and mother are equally responsible for providing care to their preterm neonates. Henceforth it is essential to develop an evidence-based protocol and train both father and mother in the care of the preterm neonate

To develop a protocol and check its effectiveness in skill development of parents (father and mother) regarding skin care and oil massage of their preterm neonates admitted in Neonatal units, Nehru Hospital, PGIMER, Chandigarh

Neonatal Nursery (NNN), Maternity ward, Nehru Hospital, PGIMER, Chandigarh. A quantitative research approach and operational design were selected. 

 The study was conducted on 45 parents of 31 neonates selected using the total enumeration sampling technique. Protocol on the skin, eye, cord care and oil massage of preterm neonates was developed, validated, demonstration, and return demonstration were taken after the pretest. Observational checklists were used to assess the father and mother's skills in three-four consecutive observations.  

 Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Maximum 30(97%) mothers became skilled in the third observation; on the other hand, more fathers achieved skill by the fourth observation. Once all the father and mother achieved skill performance of 85-90%. The final return demonstration was taken on their preterm neonate. A significant improvement in skills scores of both fathers’ and mothers' was observed within and in between the subsequent observations.

The research shows that there was a significant increase in the skills of father and mother. This shows that the operational study to develop a protocol and check its effectiveness in skill development of parents (father and mother) regarding skin care and oil massage of their preterm neonates was a success.
Posets Dismantlable by Doubly Irreducibles
Authors: Bhavale A. N. , Waphare B. N.
Published: January 2021

In this paper, we introduce the concept of a poset dismantlable by doubly irreducibles. We also introduce the operations, `1-sum' and `2-sum' of posets. Using these operations, we obtain the structure theorem for posets dismantlable by doubly irreducibles, which generalizes the structure theorem for dismantlable lattices.
Value Distribution and Uniqueness of Certain Higher Order q-difference Polynomials
Authors: Dyavanal Renukadevi S. , Muttagi Jyoti B.
Published: January 2021

In this paper, by using Nevanlinna theory we investigate cer- tain types of higher order q-di erence polynomials and prove the results on value distribution and uniqueness.
2-Absorbing Primary Subsemimodules Over Partial Semirings
Authors: Ravi Babu N. , Pradeep Kumar T. V. , Srinivasa Rao P. V.
Published: January 2021

A partial semiring is a structure possessing an infinitary partial addition and a binary multiplication, subject to a set of axioms. The partial functions under disjoint-domain sums and functional compo- sition is a partial semiring. In this paper we obtain the characteristics of 2-absorbing primary subsemimodules and weakly 2-absorbing primary subsemimodules in partial semirings.
On Conformal Kropina Transformation of m-TH Root Metrics
Authors: Kumar Manoj , Mishra C. K.
Published: January 2021

In this paper, we consider conformal Kropina transformation of m-th root metric and for this find Fundamental metric tensors and Spray coefficients. Moreover, condition for locally projectively flat on conformal Kropina transformation of m-th root metric has been found.
Governance of heritage. Challenges of a community strengthen by its heritage.
Authors: Juca Freire Natalia Alexandra
Published: January 2021

It is crucial to review cases where heritage works as a means of empowering sustainable communities through participative governance and learn from these mechanisms. This paper aims to explore the lessons of participative governance in Agua Blanca, a small village located on the Ecuadorian coast, where heritage -archeological remains and dry tropical forests- constitutes the primary resource. The approach is qualitative, and the methods were archive analysis, observation, and open interviews. The villagers lead participative management that is based on equality of the access and distribution of resources. Through this vision, collective economic benefits from their heritage are achieved. Besides, the dwellers reinforce their identity through their cultural and natural heritage, which contributes to its preservation. Nevertheless, Agua Blanca faces challenges as the indifference of younger generations, territorial segregation, and the lack of relationships with government organisms. To confront these obstacles, it is recognized that the community is not a stable and permanent system but rather a set of difficulties that are overcome through inclusive governance mechanisms that evolve in the face of new necessities.
Espacios en tránsito. Revitalización del paisaje cultural de la Vega de Granada
Authors: Arredondo Garrido David
Published: January 2021

La Vega de Granada (España) es un territorio histórico de enorme valor, tanto desde el punto de vista productivo agrícola como cultural. Durante las últimas seis décadas, los cambios en la economía global, unidos a una actitud permisiva por parte de las administraciones con el crecimiento urbano sobre el entorno rural, han modificado profundamente este territorio. Los espacios de contacto, aquellos que materializan la transición rural-urbana, se presentan como posibilidades para revitalizar este paisaje en el siglo XXI. El presente artículo propone realizar un breve recorrido por los principales cultivos utilizados, sus producciones arquitectónicas e infraestructuras, que durante siglos caracterizaron el paisaje cultural de la Vega de Granada, para posteriormente analizar la situación actual de este territorio y presentar diversas iniciativas que están aprovechando la indefinición de los espacios de transición para recuperar usos propios de la Vega y revalorizarlos. Se refleja así cómo estos espacios en tránsito, activados por iniciativas ciudadanas, son los lugares con mayores posibilidades para la recuperación de un paisaje cultural que actualmente se presenta sin un futuro claro.
De la inutilidad a la justificación de una “Forma del dedo” en Platón (De la República al Sofista)
Authors:   Université de Rennes 1, France, Cordero Néstor-Luis
Published: January 2021

While in Republic (523a) Plato considers there is no need of the existence of a Finger’s Form, since a no-finger can be imagined, in Book X he affirms the existence of a Bed’s Form, a substantial object such as the finger. This Platonic inaccuracy related to the Form of substances is confirmed in the Parmenides, when Socrates confesses his doubts about them. But in the Sophist, a later dialogue, we find a coherent response because The Form of the Other justifies that there be an opposite to the finger, a “no-finger”, which is simply something different from the finger.
La peste del tirano Edipo: política, medicina y desmesura
Authors:   Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, García Pérez David
Published: January 2021

This paper exposes the thematic relationship between politics and medicine which can be inferred from the Oedipus Tyranus by Sophocles. We can find the concept of excess (ὕβρις) as a common thread between both arts (τέχναι) as it is the cause of the wrecking plague in 430 BC Attica, just as it is formulated in the Tragic version of Oedipus̓ myth. We resort to the History of Thucydides to help us approaching Sophocles̓ tragedy from historiography and, thus, configurating Oedipus as a tyrant, conception linked to the theme of the aforementioned plague.
Récentes épidémies de dermatose nodulaire contagieuse bovine observées au Soudan
Authors: Khalafalla Abdelmelik Ibrahim , Gaffar Elamin M.A. , Abbas Zakia
Published: January 2021

Des épidémies de dermatose nodulaire contagieuse bovine observées chez des vaches de races Frisonne et locale dans l'Etat de Karthoum durant la période 1989-1991 sont décrites ici. La maladie a été diagnostiquée grâce à l'examen clinique, à l'isolement et l'identification du virus, au microscope électronique. Les signes cliniques étaient les suivants : fièvre, écoulement nasal, apparition de multiples nodules cutanés de diverses tailles, oedème des membres inférieurs et de la poitrine, avortements. La maladie était sévère chez les bovins de pure race Frisonne, avec un taux de morbidité de 37,9 % et un taux de mortalité de 4,2 % tandis qu'elle était assez modérée chez les bovins de race locale.
Comparaison de la trypanosomose expérimentale chez certaines races de petits ruminants au Burkina Faso
Authors: Bengaly Zakaria , Clausen Peter-Henning , Boly Hamidou , Kanwé Augustin , Duvallet Gérard
Published: January 2021

Pour comparer leurs degrés respectifs de sensibilité à l'égard de la trypanosomose, 24 moutons et chèvres de race naine Djallonké, et 16 moutons et chèvres Peul du Sahel, ont été inoculés avec des souches de Trypanosoma vivax et de Trypanosoma congolense. Un animal de chaque race a servi de témoin. Une anémie est observée chez tous les animaux inoculés. Pour l'infection à T. vivax, 1 chèvre Djallonké sur 6, 3 chèvres sur 4 et 2 moutons sur 4 de race Peul du Sahel sont morts en 16 semaines d'expérimentation. Une seule mortalité sur 4 est enregistrée dans le lot des moutons Peul du Sahel, pour l'infection à T. congolense. Les chutes de poids et de concentration leucocytaire observées ne diffèrent pas significativement entre Djallonké et Peul du Sahel durant 8 semaines. Cette étude montre une bonne résistance des moutons et chèvres Djallonké à l'infection à T. vivax. Par contre, il n'y a pas de différence significative entre les deux races de moutons et de chèvres infectés à T.congolense.
Utilisation du tourteau de coton dans l'alimentation des volailles. I. Etude zootechnique chez les reproducteurs de l'espèce Gallus domesticus
Authors: Dongmo T. , Pouillès Duplaix M. , Ngou Ngoupayou J.D. , Blesbois E. , De Reviers M.
Published: January 2021

Trois expériences mesurent les effets du tourteau de coton sur les performances des coqs et poules reproducteurs : fertilité, intensité de ponte, poids de l'oeuf, croissance des jeunes. Les effets négatifs du tourteau de coton s'expriment plus nettement sur les capacités de reproduction des poules que sur celles des coqs, mais l'action propre du gossypol mérite des analyses complémentaires pour pouvoir être dissociée des effets multiples causés par d'autres facteurs limitant la consommation ou la digestibilité du tourteau de coton entier.
La crise des sociétés pastorales. Un regard pluridisciplinaire
Authors: Digard J.P. , Landais Etienne , Lhoste Philippe
Published: January 2021

Cette recherche fruit d'un échange entre un anthropologue spécialiste des sociétés pastorales et de deux zootechniciens autour du thème de l'avenir des peuples pasteurs, a pour ambition de fournir un cadre de référence pour l'analyse des manifestations locales de la crise généralisée des sociétés pastorales à travers le monde. Après avoir défini le "fait pastoral" et rappelé les fondements de la classification des différentes formes de pastoralisme, les auteurs réfutent quelques idées reçues : le pastoralisme nomade n'est pas la survivance d'une activité archaïque, mais une forme d'adaptation qui conserve sa pertinence technique; les formations végétales des parcours exploités sont la plupart du temps anthropiques, et le maintien du pastoralisme est la condition de leur reproduction; les sociétés pastorales, loin d'être autarciques, reposent au contraire sur une économie ouverte. Ils dressent ensuite un rapide panorama des caractères communs et des spécificités des sociétés pastorales, avant de décrire deux processus majeurs dans la crise actuelle : la marginalisation politique, économique, socio-culturelle et foncière des pasteurs; la dégradation écologique des zones pastorales.
Problems of checking graduation qualification works for the amount of borrowed text
Authors:   Bauman Moscow State Technological University, Kutsiy O.Ya. , Tsibizova T.Yu. ,   Mytishchi branch of Bauman Moscow State Technological University
Published: January 2021

Presented is analysis of issues of checking the final qualifying works for the amount of borrowed text and problems of controlling circumvention of this checking. Examined are some widely used ways methods to circumvent controlling in documents MS Word. Examined ways of circumvention were used for testing of fairly well-known plagiarism detection systems, such as Antiplagiat, TEXT.RU and RUKONTEXT.
Moral and ethical standards of upbringing in traditional Japanese society
Authors:   Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management (NSUEM), Novikova O.S. , Rodicheva I.S.
Published: January 2021

Presented is the analysis of moral and ethical standards, that determine the relationship between members of the community, that are primarily attributable to the Confucian doctrine of deification of ancestors, filial piety, unquestioning obedience to elders, detailed regulation of behavior of any member of society. Considering various categories of “duty” in the work, the authors reveal the main distinctive characteristics of interpersonal relations and perception of the world between Japanese and Western cultures, focusing on traditions of human upbringing and laws of communities. The concept of self-identification, that is suppressed against the background of the social in traditional Japan, is considered by the authors not from the point of view of moral and ethical considerations of a European person, but through the prism of group consciousness, which is a widespread phenomenon in Japanese society, since the feeling of being part of a group is one of the basic states of the individual in Japan. The signs of group unity are also reflected in the features of verbal communication that is due to a single lifestyle, a holistic model of education and the desire to satisfy the needs of the interlocutor, i.e. group unity. Drawing an analogy between models and concepts of European culture, the authors note the originality of the Japanese worldview, that is characterized by the desire to conform to the model presented by elders and is the basic infrastructure of education in a hier-archical Japanese society, and non-verbal ways of transmitting behavior models, and formation of group interaction skills are passed from generation to generation.
Canticos Christaõs, ou os Hymnos mais Celebres do Officio Ecclesiastico, traduzidos em portuguez: uma chave para a compreensão das continuidades no uso da língua portuguesa na música religiosa católica
Authors: Duarte Fernando Lacerda Simões
Published: January 2021

O emprego da língua vernácula em cânticos católicos não ocorreu somente a partir do Concílio Vaticano II (1962-1965), conforme faz crer o senso comum. Ao contrário, no Brasil, sabe-se ter sido prática ao menos desde a década de 1860, com a produção de hinários pelos religiosos lazaristas. Neste trabalho, busca-se analisar uma fonte impressa em Portugal em 1800, sem notação musical, que sistematiza diversos cantos em vernáculo. Embora impressa em Portugal, há notícias de sua circulação em território brasileiro na primeira metade do século XIX. A fim de constatar eventuais continuidades dos textos, procede-se à comparação entre Canticos Christaõs e cinco coletâneas posteriores, sobretudo as de circulação no Brasil. Para fins de análise, recorre-se a referenciais acerca das memórias e identidades coletivas. Os resultados apontam para um extenso processo de continuidade no uso dos cantos em vernáculo na liturgia católica, ainda que fora do Ordo Missae.
Effectiveness and Determinant Factors of Successfull Scalp Cooling in Preventing Chemotherapy Induced Alopecia in Breast Cancer Patients : Literature Review
Authors: Cahyono Hendra Dwi , Irawaty Dewi
Published: January 2021

Background: Chemotherapy induced Alopecia (CIA) is one of the most complained and cause the highest distress in breast cancer patients with chemotherapy. Cryotherapy or Scalp Cooling is an alternative intervention to reduce metabolism of cytotoxic agents against hair follicle by lowering the temperature of the scalp. Literature that discusses the effectiveness of Cryotherapy in breast cancer patients is still limited.Objective: Summarize and investigate the effect of Cryotherapy on preventing Chemotherapy induced Alopecia in breast cancer patients and its determinant factors of successfull Cryotherapy . Design: Literature ReviewData Sources: A search was performed by using Ebscohost, Scopus, Science Direct, and ProQuest database from 2009 to 2019 for research article.Review methods: A systematic process was used to analyze and extract data include studies using CASP.Result: From 278 articles that have been observed using CASP, only 10 articles match the inclusion criteria. Total respondents in 10 articles were 1201 breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. All articles used in this study showed positive results about the effect of Cryotherapy on decreasing the severity of Chemotherapy Induced Alopecia (CIA) measured by hair preservation, hair loss, hair regrowth, and decreasing use a wig or head covering. The importance of continuously monitoring the patient's condition to manage the side effects caused by Cryotherapy such as headaches, cold, and nausea.Conclusion:Cryotherapy significantly reduce the severity of CIA by inhibit the process of mitosis and vasoconstriction. There are several factors that must be considered when giving Cryotherapy, such as type of chemotherapy, dosages, device, duration of administration, and temperature. For further research, it is important to considered some factors that can affect the successfull of Cryotherapy and the patient response
A Comprehensive Evolutionary Theory Deduced from Thermodynamics
Authors: Chen Ji-Ming
Published: January 2021

Studies on evolution have made significant progress in multiple disciplines, but evolutionary theories remain incomplete, controversial and inadequate in explaining origin of life and macroevolution. Here we create the concept of carbon-based entities (CBEs) which include methane, amino acids, proteins, bacteria, animals, plants, and other entities containing carbon atoms. From thermodynamics, we deduce the driving force, the progressive mechanisms, and the major steps of CBE evolution, and hence establish a comprehensive evolutionary theory termed the CBE evolutionary theory (CBEET). CBEET highlights that evolution is driven hierarchy-wise by thermodynamics and favors fitness and diversity. It provides novel explanations for origin of life (abiogenesis), macroevolution, natural selection, sympatric speciation, and animal group evolution in a comprehensive and comprehensible way. It elucidates that collaboration, altruism, obeying rules with properly increased freedom are important throughout the CBE evolution. It refutes thoroughly the notion that negative entropy (negentropy) leads to biological order which is distinct from thermodynamic order. It integrates with research advances in multiple disciplines and bridges laws of physics, evolution in biology, and harmonious development of human society.
Interpreting and Comparing Convolutional Neural Networks: A Quantitative Approach
Authors: Islam Mohammad Mohaiminul , Tushar Zahid Hassan
Published: January 2021

A convolutional neural network (CNN) is sometimes understood as a black box in the sense that while it can approximate any function, studying its structure will not give us any insights into the nature of the function being approximated. In other terms, the discriminative ability does not reveal much about the latent representation of a network. This research aims to establish a framework for interpreting the CNNs by profiling them in terms of interpretable visual concepts and verifying them by means of Integrated Gradient. We also ask the question, "Do different input classes have a relationship or are they unrelated?" For instance, could there be an overlapping set of highly active neurons to identify different classes? Could there be a set of neurons that are useful for one input class whereas misleading for a different one? Intuition answers these questions positively, implying the existence of a structured set of neurons inclined to a particular class. Knowing this structure has significant values; it provides a principled way for identifying redundancies across the classes. Here the interpretability profiling has been done by evaluating the correspondence between individual hidden neurons and a set of human-understandable visual semantic concepts. We also propose an integrated gradient-based class-specific relevance mapping approach that takes the spatial position of the region of interest in the input image. Our relevance score verifies the interpretability scores in terms of neurons tuned to a particular concept/class. Further, we perform network ablation and measure the performance of the network based on our approach.
Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis and ovarian teratomas: is there any association?
Authors:   Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, Podzolkova N.M. ,   S.P.Botkin City Clinical Hospital, Moscow Healthcare Department, Moscow, Russian Federation, Korennaya V.V. ,   Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, Levin O.S. ,   Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, Vasenina E.E. ,   Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, Ivanova O.A. ,   S.P.Botkin City Clinical Hospital, Moscow Healthcare Department, Moscow, Russian Federation, Kondratyeva E.A. ,   Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, Sozaeva L.G. ,   Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, Ignatchenko O.Yu. ,   S.P.Botkin City Clinical Hospital, Moscow Healthcare Department, Moscow, Russian Federation, Romanovskaya O.A. ,   S.P.Botkin City Clinical Hospital, Moscow Healthcare Department, Moscow, Russian Federation, Moskalenko R.V. ,   S.P.Botkin City Clinical Hospital, Moscow Healthcare Department, Moscow, Russian Federation, Gorozhanina A.A. ,   Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Moscow, Russian Federation
Published: January 2021

This article aims to explore the problem of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis and also describes our own experience in treating anti-NMDAR encephalitis in patients with ovarian teratomas. This pathological condition is a rare complication of cancer. Practicing gynecologists are often unfamiliar with it, although its consequences can be life-threatening. Early diagnosis and causal treatment, particularly teratoma removal, are critical for the outcome and can prevent death or the development of neurological deficits in patients. Key words: anti-NMDAR, autoimmune encephalitis, ovarian cysts, complications, ovarian teratoma, encephalitis, encephalitis in women
Rare forms of vaginal diseases in women after panhysterectomy
Authors:   Moscow Regional Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Moscow, Russian Federation, Zarochentseva N.V. , Krasnopolskiy V.I. ,   Moscow Regional Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Moscow, Russian Federation, Misyukevich О.А. ,   Territorial Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund of the Moscow Region, Moscow, Russian Federation, Barinova I.V. ,   Moscow Regional Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Moscow, Russian Federation, Mgeliashvili М.V. ,   Moscow Regional Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Moscow, Russian Federation, Rovinskaya О.V. ,   Moscow Regional Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Moscow, Russian Federation
Published: January 2021

The article presents clinical observations of the development of precancerous conditions of the vaginal vault, and also squamous cell cancer in women after panhysterectomy. The examination included: comprehensive vaginoscopy, cytological examination of vaginal wall smears, human papillomavirus test, histological examination of bioplates. Conclusion. Panhysterectomy does not guarantee the absence of precancerous lesions of the vagina or vaginal cancer. Therefore, routine screening (cytology, testing for high-risk human papillomavirus, vaginoscopy) should be continued in women after panhysterectomy with a history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasias for at least 20 years, even in women older than 65 years. Key words: vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia, human papillomavirus, panhysterectomy, papillomavirus infection, cervical cancer, photodynamic therapy
The Effectiveness of Android Based Digital Arithmetic Learning Media with Discovery-Based Learning Model to the Learning Achievement of Computer System Subject of Grade X of Multimedia Class at Vocational High School in Surakarta
Authors: Mufidah Rofifah Nur , Efendi Agus , Budiyanto Cucuk W
Published: January 2021

The purpose of this research is to determine (1) the effectiveness of the use of learning media based on android Arithmetic Digital with discovery-based learning model to learning achievement of computer system grade X of multimedia class at vocational high school 6 Surakarta, (2) the differences in students’ achievement between the control class and experimental class were given the action of using Android learning media with discovery-based learning model. The population of this research is students of grade X of Multimedia class at Vocational high school 6 Surakarta. This study uses an experimental quasi-approach. The techniques of data collection in this study using the test method to determine the results of pretest and post-test. The observation method is to know the difference of student activity of control class and experiment class. Data analysis used was non-parametric test by using Mann Whitney test and Wilcoxon rank test.

Based on the research, it can be concluded that the Android-based learning media with discovery-based learning model more effective in improving learning achievement compared with the conventional model. This is evidenced by the Wilcoxon sign rank test which gives a result of the significance of 0.000 < 0.005, which means there is a difference in mean values between the two classes. The experimental class got a higher average score that is 84.14 and the control class is 67.59. The result of this research is also reinforced by student gain index analysis, with gain of experimental class that is 0,70 which mean inclination category of high learning achievement while the gain’s improvement of control class is equal to 0,40 which means inclusive category of improvement in learning achievement, this matter because in the model of discovery-based learning able to improve student activeness in learning as well as to develop student's way of learning by finding their own, and self-investigate. And combined with the right learning media such as Android, will increasingly foster student interest in learning.