bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A rare case report of neurolymphomatosis with NK-T-cell lymphoma
Authors: Savaj Ruta , Harke Uppin Megha , Dhamne Megha
Published: September 2023

Neurolymphomatosis (NL) is a rare entity. It is usually a manifestation of B-cell lymphoma. Here we describe a case of neurolymphomatosis in a 72 year old man who was in remission for Nasal T-cell lymphoma and presented to us with subacute onset painful mononeuritis like weakness involving all 4 limbs sequentially over a period of 4 months. he was initially treated as CIDP with steroids but later in view of progression he was evaluated further. His FDG PET-CT showed increased uptake in left brachial plexus which was confirmed by subsequent MRI neurography. He underwent biopsy of left brachial plexus and diagnosis of neurolymphomatosis was confirmed. He was treated with intravenous immunoglobulins (2 gm/kg) over 5 days with minimal improvement in his neurological symptoms, his shoulder pain improved and he could feed himself with right hand. He was offered palliative treatment in view of poor prognosis seen in neurolymphomatosis. He succumbed to the illness 3 months later.
Clinical Outcomes in COVID-19 patients with pre-existing myasthenia gravis:
Authors: Daif Ahmed , Gapchup Tejal , Paul Pritikanta
Published: September 2023

INTRODUCTION: Myasthenia gravis (MG) presents an additional challenge in managing COVID-19 as outcomes potentially depend on prior disease control and treatment. Yet the role of pre-existing MG in COVID-19 outcomes has not been established.

METHODS: We searched PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases for reports of MG patients with confirmed COVID-19 until March 2022. We analyzed data on patient demographics, chronicity, and MG control at baseline pre-COVID, treatment history and outcome following COVID infection.

RESULTS: Twenty-nine publications with 119 patients (females n=75, age range 20-93 years, AChR Ab positive n= 65, MuSK Ab positive n= 5, seronegative n=14, unknown n=35) were included. Eighty-three (70%) were hospitalized, more than half with MG exacerbation. There was no significant difference in disease duration or control of MG symptoms at baseline between hospitalized and non-hospitalized. Hospitalization was associated with higher dose of daily prednisone but a comparable proportion of patients were on steroid-sparing agents. Among hospitalized patients, 40% were intubated uncorrelated with MG baseline control. Unfavorable outcome was not always associated with MG exacerbation. Amongst those discharged,75% received intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) or Plasmapheresis (PLEX) for MG exacerbation as compared to 67% with a fatal outcome didn’t receive either.

CONCLUSION: Preexisting MG does not appear to be associated with severe COVID-19 outcomes. Higher dose of prednisone prior to COVID-19 infection is associated with increased risk of hospitalization but MG control at baseline did not determine worse outcome. IVIG/PLEX appears safe and potentially can reduce fatality in patients with COVID-19 experiencing MG exacerbation.
Flouting the rules
Authors: Campbell William
Published: September 2023

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A novel machine learning-derived four-gene signature predicts STEMI and post-STEMI heart failure
Authors: Yao Jialu , Zhou Yujia , Yao Zhichao , Meng Ye , Yu Wangjianfei , Yang Xinyu , Zhou Dayong , Yang Xiaoqin , Zhou Yafeng
Published: September 2023

High mortality and morbidity rates associated with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and post-STEMI heart failure (HF) necessitate proper risk stratification for coronary artery disease (CAD). A prediction model that combines specificity and convenience is highly required. This study aimed to design a monocyte-based gene assay for predicting STEMI and post-STEMI HF. A total of 1,956 monocyte expression profiles and corresponding clinical data were integrated from multiple sources. Meta-results were obtained through the weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) and differential analysis to identify characteristic genes for STEMI. Machine learning models based on the decision tree (DT), support vector machine (SVM), and random forest (RF) algorithms were trained and validated. Five genes overlapped and were subjected to the model proposal. The discriminative performance of the DT model outperformed the other two methods. The established four-gene panel (HLA-J, CFP, STX11, and NFYC) could discriminate STEMI and HF with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.86 or above. In the gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA), several cardiac pathogenesis pathways and cardiovascular disorder signatures showed statistically significant, concordant differences between subjects with high and low expression levels of the four-gene panel, affirming the validity of the established model. In conclusion, we have developed and validated a model that offers the hope for accurately predicting the risk of STEMI and HF, leading to optimal risk stratification and personalized management of CAD, thereby improving individual outcomes.
CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, OFFICE BLOOD PRESSURE, AND HOME BLOOD PRESSURE OF PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH HYPERTENSION IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Authors: POLAT Fuat , KAYA Zeynettin , ÖZBEK Mehmet Ali , ATEŞ İsmail
Published: September 2023

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of

patients presenting to the emergency department (ED)

with high blood pressure for the first time, comparing

their blood pressure measurements in the ED, office,

and home settings, and evaluating the diagnostic

value for hypertension.

Material and Method

A total of 109 patients with no previous history of

hypertension, presenting with various symptoms,

were included. Baseline characteristics and blood

pressure measurements in the ED, office, and home

were analyzed.

Results:

The study population (mean age: 48.5±12.9 years,

44% male) had a mean systolic blood pressure (SBP)

of 166.87 (±16.24) mmHg and mean diastolic blood

pressure (DBP) of 94.95 (±11.98) mmHg in the ED.

SBP and DBP measured in the ED were significantly

higher than office and home measurements

(p
INDUSTRIAL TYPES OF CARBONATE RAW MATERIAL DEPOSITS AND THEIR CUT OFF PARAMETERS FOR RESERVES ESTIMATION
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Mayboroda Ye. , Kurylo М. ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: September 2023

The article systematizes the main industrial types of carbonate rock deposits in Ukraine and analyzes the main directions of their use. Metallurgical production and the sugar industry are identified as the main areas of use that are in short supply. Most of these explored reserves of carbonate rocks are located within the Donetsk region and the territory of Crimea. The number of explored reserves in the rest of the territory does not provide a sufficient period of operation and work of industrial enterprises for more than 10-15 years. The most effective way to provide reserves is to review the objects that are being developed today in other areas of use (except metallurgical raw materials and the sugar industry) to allocate a part of the reserves that may be suitable for these scarce areas.
The analysis and systematization of the cut-off parameters for the reserves calculation of various types of carbonate rocks in accordance with their industrial types and the requirements of geological and economic evaluation were carried out. The basic parameters for the calculation of reserves are the quality indexes, which are put forward by the direction of use in the standards, the depth of the reserves calculation, the minimum thickness of the mineral from 2 m, the limitation of contours within the license area and the mining right-of-way, in the contour of the quarry at the end of the development. Parameters that take into account the risks of unconfirmed reserves associated with karst areas, high clayey rocks are almost not used, although they can be an important tool especially for operational conditions.
KUMRAL ADA MAVİ TUNA ROMANINDA YAPI VE İZLEK
Authors: SEVİM Oğuzhan , YILMAZ Duygu
Published: September 2023

Bu araştırmada Kumral Ada Mavi Tuna romanı dış ve iç yapı unsurları açısından ele alınmış, böylece romanın yapı ve izleksel özellikleri anlaşılmaya çalışılmıştır. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden biri olan doküman incelemesi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen veriler ise içerik analizi tekniği ile çözümlenmiştir. Beş yüz sayfadan oluşan ve Buket Uzuner tarafından yazılan Kumral Ada Mavi Tuna romanı postmodern tarzda yazılmıştır. Romanın dış yapı unsurları romanın kimliği ve isimden içeriğe başlıkları altında değerlendirilmiştir. Romanın iç yapı ve izlek incelemesi ise olay, bakış açısı ve anlatıcı, zaman, mekân, kişiler ve izleksel kurgu başlıkları altında yapılmıştır. Metinde anlatılan olaylar iki yönde ilerler. Biri Tuna’nın çocukluktan otuzlu yaşlara kadarki aşk hikâyesidir, diğeri ise yedi yıllık iç savaşta Tuna’nın asker olarak yaşadıklarıdır. Kitabın sonunda bu iki olay bir noktada kesişir ve olayların iç yüzü ortaya çıkar. Kumral Ada Mavi Tuna romanında çoğulcu bakış açısı kullanılmıştır ve hem kahraman bakış açısına hem de hâkim bakış açısına yer verilmiştir. Romanda betimleme, iç monolog, bilinç akışı, özetleme, montaj ve mektup gibi birçok anlatım tekniği kullanılmıştır. Romandaki olayların zamanı 1990’ların karışık toplumsal ve siyasal ortamıdır. Kumral Ada Mavi Tuna romanının mekânı Tuna’nın doğum yeri olan İstanbul Kuzguncuk’tur. Romanın başkarakteri Mavi Tuna’dır. Romandaki izleksek kurgu ise kişiler, mekân ve simge temelindeki zıtlıklarla açımlanmaya çalışmıştır.
A circular economy standard: the origins, method and business applications of the Cradle to Cradle Certified certification
Authors: Kriza Máté
Published: September 2023

The circular economy has gained considerable traction lately within the corporate and academic world as a new approach for addressing economic, business and environmental issues. This concept aims to reduce and eliminate waste or the wasting of resources, as well as to optimize and to minimize resource use during the production and consumption phases. For companies which intend to become circular it is crucial to apply internationally accepted standards which provide credible and comparable data on their circular performance. One of these circular standards is the Cradle to Cradle Certified (C2CC) certification, a global label for products that are safe for nature and people, circular and responsibly made. In my paper I discuss the origins, methodologies and the main features of this standard and I also showcase my primary empirical research I did with companies having one or more C2CC product certification(s).
Vivencias de mujeres prostituidas
Authors: Añón Loureiro Lorena , Lameiras Fernández María , Clemente Miguel
Published: September 2023

En este artículo se presentan parte de los resultados de una investigación más amplia sobre las narrativas y redes de apoyo social de mujeres supervivientes del sistema prostitucional, en concreto, la relativa a la situación vivida por ellas en estos contextos, en donde expresan sus opiniones, sus sentimientos, así como las comparativas que realizan para describir sus experiencias en prostitución. Se trata de un estudio feminista basado en la metodología cualitativa y el paradigma sociocrítico. El objetivo general, de la parte que se expone en este artículo, es analizar las vivencias de mujeres en los contextos de prostitución: sentimientos, opiniones y percepciones. Para dar respuesta a este objetivo se han realizado entrevistas narrativas a 9 mujeres prostituidas. Como principales resultados y conclusiones hay que destacar que las mujeres participantes perciben que en los contextos de prostitución opera un férreo control y que se producen violencias machistas. Todas las participantes comparten que lo vivido en prostitución afecta a la salud biopsicosocial, fundamentalmente, refieren daño psicológico.
Criar Humanidade pela Educação, Justiça e Direitos Humanos
Authors: Estêvão Carlos V.
Published: September 2023

The IV International Congress on Pedagogy explored Education, Justice, and Human Rights in a changing world. Amidst challenges and the need for creativity, gratitude is expressed for participants’ contributions. The reflection highlights the decline of romanticism and the rise of pragmatism in these fields. It calls for a critical and political approach to cultivating humanity and reevaluating convenience-driven ideologies. Amidst societal turbulence, small acts of attention, hospitality, and care are emphasized as realistic forms of activism. Education, justice, and human rights are seen as essential processes for human dignity. The congress is officially closed, inviting attendees to the next gathering in two years.
Educar para una ciudadanía democrática y cosmopolita desde la razón cordial
Authors: Cortina Adela
Published: September 2023

This article explores the crucial role of education in shaping a cosmopolitan society amidst the rise of technological advancements. It delves into the contrasting approaches of prioritizing economic competition and preparing students for democratic citizenship. By examining historical perspectives from Immanuel Kant and current insights on integrating artificial intelligence in education, the article raises critical questions about the future of education. It emphasizes the need to balance personal autonomy, solidarity, and the cultivation of democratic values to ensure a shared future of peace and justice in an interconnected world.
Entre a Lógica do Direito e o Sentido do Humano: A Cultura dos Direitos Humanos como Forma de Vida
Authors: Vila-Chã João J.
Published: September 2023

On December 10, 1948, in Paris, under the aegis of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed. This is one of the most significant documents of the juridical framework destined to govern the human family worldwide. The proclamation made 75 years ago constitutes a legal act of enormous importance and, for this very reason, it is urgent that we continue to remember and to study it. But we also need to discern some of the unjustified and dangerous deviations that, even in the name of a notion such as Human Rights, can be made, and so often have been done, of the Rule of Law and the prescriptions of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights since 1948. The present contribution tries to elucidate the following three main points of interrogation: I. What is meant by Human Rights? II. Is there an archaeology, or a culture, of Human Rights? III. How can we justify the mission of human rights education? The problematization we propose of the discourse on Human Rights essentially involves recognizing the historical as well as ontological danger associated with the dissociation, rhetorical and otherwise, between Law and Responsibility within the predominant legal cultures of our time.
Pedro Arrupe, SJ e a Promoção da Justiça: Das Narrativas e dos Factos
Authors: Lopes José Manuel Martins
Published: September 2023

Appealing to justice is something that, we might say, is part of human nature. Being a person implies a commitment to justice. For a Christian, this commitment can never be separated from truth, charity and faith. There is no faith without struggle for justice, i.e., without action. This is what the Gospel teaches us and what Pedro Arrupe reinforces. And if the strength of justice is in the search for truth, it is also evident that truth without charity, without faith, can lead to something dehumanizing, i.e., to eliminate people instead of uniting them and building community. In the name of the truth one cannot destroy nor kill anyone. How to combine these concepts without falling into radicalism or absenteeism or immobility? Justice requires education so that courage, self-criticism, action, at a personal level and in social structures, can change, with quality and prudence, the world in which we live. Pedro Arrupe alerts us to this. Only those who are educated can be critically available to fight for the dignity of every human being.
A Pluralização das Sociedades e a Integração dos Imigrantes de acordo com o Modelo KSAK: o Caso dos Descendentes de Lituanos na Argentina, Brasil e Uruguai
Authors: Bartochevis Vladas
Published: September 2023

Human mobility is more than just a phenomenon that can have rigid definitions and be studied within its limits, it is more exactly a feature of our history, since its causative factors: socio-economic, political, demographic, climatic, come from the human being itself. Therefore, the pluralization process is an inevitable and intensifying process. In this way, the great challenge that is imposed for societies is the search for the means that allow social cohesion. The KSAK model argues that the appropriate way to make harmony possible in a plural society, and the proper use of the potential of plurality, is the search for consensus, which is supported by four guidelines: 1. The understanding that the pluralization of a society is inevitable is an irreversible and natural process of the evolution of societies; 2. The search for an adequate integration of people of different origins, assuming a critical view of tolerance, considering it as one of the most important steps in the integration process, but by no means the final objective; 3. Identify the contribution of pluralization to the welfare of the receiving society and the connection between the growth rate of this process and the development of society; 4. Develop an active approach to interaction, highlighting the importance of this process for mutual enrichment. Based on the first two guidelines of the KSAK Model, this article will reflect on plurality as an indispensable part of the evolution of societies and an analysis of the consequences of the immigrant integration policies employed by Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, with the help of analysis from testimonies of Lithuanian descendants who played a important role in the pluralization of these societies. This last analysis will demonstrate the need for an active position by the state in relation to the integration of people of different origins, which must go beyond tolerance, but also must prevent assimilation.
The Virtues in Reading Poetry
Authors: Franco Pedro
Published: September 2023

The main argument of this article is that the study of literature and reading poetry more specifically can promote the exercise of certain virtues, contributing to the formation of a more tolerant, altruistic and hospitable human character. The argument is built on a virtue ethics approach, in which the enlargement of moral imagination and empathy take a preponderant place, as well as the virtue of attention, following the line of arguments of the philosopher Iris Murdoch (1992). We will begin by debating proposals such as Wayne Booth’s (1988), who inaugurated this explicit relationship between literary studies and ethics; Martha Nussbaum’s (1990) and Alasdair MacIntyre’s (1982; 2016), renowned philosophers of virtue ethics who have highlighted the importance of literature in learning moral philosophy; as well as Charles Altieri’s (1998) critique of these proposals. We will try to substantiate that empathy and the exercise of attention take place through the understanding of the different speech genres present in the literary text, as defended by Mikhail Bakhtin (1986), giving special emphasis to different practices of reading poetry and highlighting the parallel with the exercise of attention and empathy in social relationships. To open the discussion and for greater clarity of argument, we will also present a case study: that of the philosopher Richard Rorty, a defender of human rights and an avid reader of great literary works, namely poetry, as his published work attests. We will read his analysis of a poem by Philip Larkin, at the opening of his book Contingency, Irony and Solidarity (1989) to assess his ability to free himself from philosophical prejudice to meet the other, and to question whether these abilities can be linked with more virtuous human relationships.
The Taking Shape of Human Educability through Art and Aesthetic Experience
Authors: Musaio Marisa
Published: September 2023

The contribution deals with the relationship between art, aesthetic experience, and education as dimensions of person educability. A reflection on these implications starts from a person perspective as a set of educable potentialities, called to take shape also through aesthetic experience. This experience is to be addressed in its actual conditions of possibility, to be promoted for educational purposes, and to overcome several difficulties of the current framework: narcissistic drifts, indifference, distance from the other, anthropological challenges to reactivate a sensitivity and closeness between the human beings. Pedagogical reflection is engaged to restore attention on the sensitive, aesthetic, and creative dimensions to facilitate the recognition of the unique and creative traits of each person. At the same time, it aims to find possible paths and practices to reaffirm the meaning education as a human activity for recomposing the harmony between different instances: external and internal, sensitive, perceptive and reflective, between the person and the other, to promote spaces for reflection and action based on experiences of sensitivity, immersion and resonance as dimensions to recompose the unity of the person.
Papéis da Prisão, de José Luandino Vieira: O "Dever de Memória" e a História
Authors: Rocha Ana Maria Teixeira da
Published: September 2023

This article aims to present the conclusions of the study carried out by the author on several examples of testimonial literature, problematizing the question of its literary genre, which will be called “documentary narrative essay”. The various styles of testimonial narrative that were composed, all over the world, during the moments of violence, catastrophes, and totalitarianism of the twentieth century, will be presented and understood in their particular characteristics, the result of the unique and brutal contexts in which they were produced. For a better clarification of the analysis, the 2015 book by the Angolan writer José Luandino Vieira, who witnesses his experience in the prisons of Luanda and also in the concentration camp of Chão Bom, in Tarrafal de Santiago, Cape Verde, during the years 1961 to 1972, will serve as a representative literary example of the various aspects that will be listed and explained as specific features of the documentary narrative essay. We will conclude, giving particular emphasis to the relationship of these narratives with the “duty of memory” (Primo Levi), which these authors consciously fulfilled through their testimonies, as a way of not allowing the forgetting of the names of the victims and as a means of preventing the repetition of the crimes committed against humanity.
La complejidad del Tecnoestrés y Asertividad en profesionales de Perú 2023
Authors: Romero Reyna Jacqueline Roxana , Flores Marín Guido , Espinoza Polo Francisco Alejandro
Published: September 2023

La presente investigación busco determinar la relación entre la complejidad del Tecnoestrés y asertividad en profesionales de Perú -2023, y de ese modo entender cómo el trabajo con uso de la tecnología genera tecnoestrés y ésta puede afectar en la comunicación asertiva de los empleados provocando dificultades interpersonales, laborales y familiares. Se evaluó de forma voluntaria y anónima; se tomó una muestra de 92 profesionales de diferentes carreras que oscilan entre las edades de 25 a 60 años, pertenecientes a la región la Libertad y a Huancavelica. Se utilizó el test de asertividad y un cuestionario para recabar información sobre el tecnoestrés. El diseño de esta investigación es cuantitativo correlacional. De acuerdo a los resultados se establece que existe relación negativa moderada; por ende, se rechaza la hipótesis nula aceptando hipótesis alterna. Se concluye que existe relación entre el tecnoestrés y la asertividad con un valor de valor de “rho” =-0,437 (p=0,000<0.05).

Palabras clave: Tecnoestrés, asertividad, TIC, profesionales
Calidad de atención y estrés laboral en Centro Materno Infantil “Wichanzao”- La Esperanza
Authors: Gasco Tarrillo Gabriela del Rocío , Cervera Delgado Wandy Coral , Effio Sing Jhade Alexandra , Mendoza Lazaro Fiorela , Sáenz Poemape Tatiana Solansh , Vilca Paredes Evelyn Cyndi , Guillén Sánchez Jhoseline Stayce
Published: September 2023

Esta investigación tiene por objetivo determinar la calidad de la atención percibida por los pacientes y el nivel de estrés laboral en el personal de salud en el Centro de Salud Materno Infantil “Wichanzao” – La Esperanza. Según la metodología cualitativa, para la recolección de datos se emplearon dos test, bajo la técnica de encuesta: el Test de Hamilton y la Encuesta de Satisfacción de Usuario del Sistema de Salud, aplicados a 80 trabajadores de salud y a 360 pacientes, respectivamente. Se encontró que el 78,8% del personal de salud presenta momentos de mal humor y el 56,3% de ellos, mala calidad de sueño. Ello implica que un importante porcentaje de pacientes (45%) perciba la calidad de la atención en dicho establecimiento como “regular”. Finalmente, se concluyó que a mayores niveles de estrés experimentado en los trabajadores del sector salud, menores niveles de satisfacción, y por ende, menor calidad percibida por los pacientes respecto a la atención recibida.

Palabras clave: Personal médico, paciente, Centro Materno Infantil “Wichanzao”, estrés laboral
Adición del gel de aloe vera como reemplazo del superplastificante en el concreto autocompactado f’c = 280 kg/cm2
Authors: Peñaranda Tavera Filiberto Freddy , Reynoso Oscanoa Javier
Published: September 2023

El objetivo principal del presente trabajo de investigación se enfoca en determinar el efecto de la adición del gel aloevera como reemplazo del superplastificante en el concreto autocompactado f’c = 280 kg/cm2. El presente trabajo deinvestigación se considera según el tipo de datos es de enfoque cuantitativo y diseño de cuasi experimental con métodocientífico, hipotético-inductivo, y de nivel correlacional. Para la investigación se realizaron 3 diseños de concreto autocompactado entre ella la muestra patrón con aditivo superplastificante y las adiciones de reemplazo de gel de aloe vera, donde se efectuaron los ensayos de características físicas en estado fresco, fluidez y capacidad de paso. También se realizó la evaluación a la propiedad mecánica al estado endurecido, resistencia a la compresión. Además, se halló la incidencia significativa (Sig. <0,001) de la dirección por valores en la implementación del proceso mediante el ANOVA con el programa SPSS. Se concluye que la adición del gel de aloe vera no tiene mayor incidencia respecto al aditivo superplastificante en el concreto autocompactado en consideración al flujo de expansión, viscosidad y capacidad de paso, en cuanto a la resistencia a la compresión las adiciones de gel de aloe vera superan la resistencia a la compresión especifica, pero no logran superar la resistencia patron. De los porcentaje de adiciones se tuvo mayor desempeño fue el de 3% con 448 kg/cm2.

Palabras clave: Concreto autocompactante, fluidez, viscosidad y compresión.
Teaching and Talent Training Reform of Virtual Reality Course
Authors: Yuan Guowu , Zong Jiliang , Wu Hao , Qian Wenhua , Pu Yuanyuan , Xu Dan
Published: September 2023

With the rapid development of virtual reality technology, many industries have used the technology widely, and the demand for talent is multiplying. However, talent in virtual reality technology is scarce, and there are some problems in the current talent training. Because of the widespread problems in the present teaching, this paper first analyzes the three characteristics of virtual reality courses. It gives the teaching objectives of the design, application and algorithm of virtual reality talent training. Then, this paper puts forward the overall idea of training virtual reality talents in computer specialty and the teaching content planning of the course and gives the detailed prerequisite courses and follow-up courses. Finally, this paper provides the theoretical overview, knowledge points and experiments of the virtual reality courses at three levels of content organization. After years of practice, we have achieved good results in our teaching reform. Virtual reality teaching has promoted the cultivation of application-oriented talents in computer science.
Study on the Coherent Course Project for Robot Engineering Major
Authors: Ke Wende , Ma Yongsheng , Rong Yiming , Lu Dong , Hu Chengzhi , Huang Yexu
Published: September 2023

Robot engineering is a newly approved engineering major in China in recent years, and its talent training focuses on whether students have the ability to analyze problems, be innovative and solve real problems in the robot. This paper describes the necessity of using coherent course project to test what students have learned, how to design the coherent course project and analyze its implementation. Three courses – Robot Modeling and Control, Embedded System and Robot, and Robot Operating System were taken as examples to illustrate in more detail. At the same time, we also discuss the difficulties when dealing with course projects. The efforts we tried in it proved that the coherent course project really help students to learn and use certain technologies positively. In fact, we believe that the designs of coherent course projects we have carried out and what we have experienced can truly be taken as useful references for those related majors in universities.
Quantitative Research on Readability Formula of Texts for Chinese Heritage Language
Authors: Lin Ruo , Xu Juan
Published: September 2023

The compilation of Chinese heritage textbooks has always adopted the standards of teaching Chinese as mother language or as second language. The difficulty level of the texts is mostly measured separately from the aspects of Chinese characters, vocabulary, and grammar. There is no comprehensive quantitative evaluation standard. Readability formula is one of the methods to comprehensively measure the difficulty of text. The present study made use of Chinese heritage textbooks as the source of data and constructed readability formula by the method of multiple regression analysis. The formula includes four language features, i.e., proportion of difficult words, number of different characters, average sentence length, and proportion of function words, which could explain 72.9% of the variation of text difficulty level. Limitations and future works of the formula are discussed.
Research on Chinese Teachers and College Students' TOEFL/IELTS English-Speaking Practice in the Post-Pandemic Era
Authors: Zhou Tianyu , Luan Zhiqiang , Shi Shengpeng
Published: September 2023

In the post-pandemic era, the training of spoken English is transforming from traditional offline lectures to the blending of online and offline teaching. This study aims to guide Chinese students’ TOEFL/IELTS speaking performances by investigating the relevant factors around in-class teaching and apps using that influence students’ learning efficacy. The findings of this research indicate that teachers’ digital literacy and native English-speaking abilities are highly needed to support the blending of online and offline teaching modes in the post-pandemic era. Apps are expected to maintain and improve basic functions like memorizing vocabulary and use short and simple forms to save users’ time. Apps can also offer strategies to instruct users’ schedules, so students would avoid their loss of self in face of various functions and have a better immersive experience of practicing speaking English on apps. These results can be considered to improve teaching methods and app functions and support further research on improving Chinese students’ language scores in the post-pandemic era.
Study on the Campus Power Distribution System Assisted Teaching of Power Supply Technology
Authors: Tong Xiangqian , Ni Feng , Wang Haiyan , Pan Zhongmei , Wang Qian , Duan Jiandong
Published: September 2023

Campus facilities serve for talent cultivation and are the stakeholders of teaching activities, which can play a unique auxiliary role in the teaching of related courses, especially during the COVID-19 epidemic. Taking the teaching of power supply technology as an example, this paper illustrates the position, role, and utilization mode of campus power distribution system in the teaching of power supply technology. By visiting the campus central substation, taking the campus power distribution system as a case study, and using the campus substation as a real-type experiment laboratory, theoretical teaching has been effectively supplemented, and the effect of engineering education has been greatly improved.
Self-Efficacy towards Inclusive Education among Foreign Exchange Teachers in North Dakota
Authors: Caseldo Dante L.
Published: September 2023

This descriptive-correlational study investigated the self-efficacy among foreign exchange teachers in handling students with disabilities in an inclusive classroom and it also identified the variables that had significant influence on their self-efficacy. The study consisted of 32 Filipino exchange teachers in special education and general education from a public school district in North Dakota, USA for school year 2021–2022. Data were collected electronically using a standardized tool that measured the self-efficacy to teach in inclusive classrooms and participants voluntarily accomplished the tool. The results revealed that the teachers had the highest level of efficacy in teaching students with disabilities in relation to collaboration, while their lowest level of efficacy is in managing the inappropriate behavior of the students with disabilities. The multiple linear regression analysis indicated that their teaching assignment whether they are special education teachers or general education teachers had a significant influence on their self-efficacy. Meanwhile, the variables like the grade level they belong to, the number of years of teaching in the U.S., and having experience in handling students with special needs did not have significant effect on their self-efficacy. Overall, the teachers’ high score was indicative of their positive teaching efficacy towards inclusion. This showed that the teachers believe in their ability in carrying out necessary activities that promote inclusive education. The results also implied that having specialized training and educational background in special education can influence their ability in implementing inclusive practices. It is recommended that the exchange teachers are given professional development programs that will enhance their effectiveness in handling students with special needs.
Antibacterial efficacy of amla leaves
Authors: Sharma Vikas , Heer Arti , Kour Navneet , Sharma Shivangi
Published: September 2023

The present study was carried out to evaluate antibacterial potential of methanolic extract from amla leaves via agar-well diffusion method against two gram positive ( subtilis MTCC2389, MTCC7443) and three gram negative (MTCC4821, MTCC2127, MTCC7162) strains. Susceptibility of plant extract was tested by serial microdilution method (MIC) and agar well diffusion method was determined. The extract showed maximum zone of inhibition against (17.6 mm) followed by (16.5 mm) and (16.2 mm). However, activity was also reported against (15.5 mm) and (15 mm). The different concentrations of extract (10μl and 20μl) were used and the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ranging from 62.5 to 2000 μg/ml was compared with the standard drug Chloramphenicol (5μg). The MIC of methanolic extract was found 550 μg/ml against and The results of present study revealed that leaves of amla possesses antibacterial potential and source of new antibiotics. Therefore, medicinal plants are finding their way into pharmaceuticals, neutralceuticals and food Supplements that could be useful in chemotherapy to control infectious diseases.
1-Acetyl D-erythritol from the leaves of Cestrum nocturnum
Authors: Singh Manorama
Published: September 2023

Chemical Investigation of leaves of Cestrum nocturnum (Solanaceae) led to the isolation of a compound which was characterized as 1-acetylbutane 1,2(S), 3(S)-4-tetraol or 1-acetyl D-erythritol (I) based on spectroscopic studies.
Tech Report: Blockchain
Authors: Pardo Alejandro , Latorre Lucia , Allende Marcos , Leal Batista Antonio , Gutierrez Mariana , Puerto Fernando
Published: September 2023

The IDB Group has embraced and promoted the adoption of blockchain technology in the region. In order to develop the blockchain ecosystem in Latin America and the Caribbean, IDB Lab and IDBs Technology department founded LACChain in 2019, a global alliance between stakeholders from the public and private sectors to create an enterprise and government grade blockchain infrastructure suitable for real life solutions.
Energy Drink Consumption among Physically Active Persons in Lebanon: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Hatem Georges , Eid Elie , Zaraket Ibrahim , Mechref Sandra , Awada Sanaa , Al-Hajje Amal , Rachidi Samar
Published: September 2023

Energy drinks (EDs) are caffeinated drinks marketed as energy and performance boosters and commonly used by athletes worldwide. They are widely used among youth and university students, with limited research about their consumption among physically active persons. Objectives: This study aims to assess ED consumption among physically active persons in Lebanon, the association between ED use and the participants’ general characteristics, and to explore the predictors of ED use among them. Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was conducted over three months, targeting 384 physically active persons from 8 gyms across Lebanon. Results: The prevalence of ED consumption was 49.2%, namely to boost energy (68.2%) and stimulate awakeness (19.3%). Around 20% used EDs during workouts, and 15.8% used them before it. Females had 59% lower odds of ED consumption than males (OR 0.41, 95% CI 0.19-0.89), while older participants had 4.74 times higher odds of ED use (OR 4.74, 95% CI 1.16-19.3). Waterpipe smokers and alcohol consumption had 3.68 and 2.28 times higher odds of ED use than non-users. Among other sports, those doing weightlifting had significantly higher odds of ED consumption than others (OR 2.61, 95% CI 1.30-5.25). Conclusion: The predictors of ED consumption should be considered for better-informed decisions and effective awareness campaigns.
Press Up Exercises as an Alternative to Conventional Therapy of Radicular Symptoms in Patients with Low Back Pain
Authors: Vagner Jan , Palascákova Springrova Ingrid , Baranova Eva , Tomková Šárka , Bendikova Elena
Published: September 2023

The study examines whether clinical and objective improvement can be achieved in patients with LBP (low back pain) with radicular symptoms using a 6-week exercise program based on press up exercises created from ADL (activities of daily living) movement patterns. This original study involved 10 men with acute L5 / S1 disc hernia. Before starting the exercise program, patients determined the intensity of pain VAS (Visual Analogue Scale), the intensity of paraesthesias (NSIP: numerical scale of paraesthesia intensity) and the location of paraesthesias. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to objectify the extent of the disc hernia, spinal cord compression, and pressure acting on the dural sac. Patients completed -week exercise program consisting only of press up ADL movement patterns in a closed kinematic chain. At the end of the exercise program, patients determined the outcome values of clinical symptoms and underwent control MRI within 2 weeks at the latest. At the end of the study all patients showed a statistically significant reduction in pain intensity (p = 0.005), paraesthesia (p = 0.006). The pressure on the dural sac was reduced in all patients. One of the patients had a partial reduction of intervertebral disc hernia by 35.7 %. None of the patients had a change in spinal root compression. Conventional therapy should focus on influencing clinical symptoms that appear to correlate with dural sac compression. We dare to argue that reduction of hernia disc is not a sign of primary recovery in LBP patients with acute phase radicular symptoms.
Immediate Effects of Kinesio-taping and Joint Mobilisation on Shoulder in Over-head Athletes with Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit
Authors: Singh Amrinder , Makhijani Yogini , Sharma Monika , Shenoy Shweta , Sandhu Jaspal
Published: September 2023

The purpose of this study was to compare efficacy of kinesio taping (K-taping) and joint mobilization as immediate interventions for treating athletes with glenohumeral internal rotation deficit (GIRD). Thirty-two asymptomatic players were recruited from basketball, volleyball and handball who had a loss of shoulder internal rotation range of motion (IR ROM) of 10 degrees or more on their dominant compared to non-dominant side. They were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups: K-taping (n  =  16) or joint mobilization (n  =  16). Participants in taping group were treated with K-tape for inhibition of external rotators of shoulder and participants in joint mobilization group were treated with grade four Maitland’s mobilization technique for increasing glenohumeral internal rotation. Shoulder internal and external ROM were measured before and after the intervention with a universal goniometer. Both the methods produced significant improvement in IR ROM. The unpaired t-test showed significant change in IR ROM within both the groups (p = 0.003). No significant change was found on comparing both the groups (p = 0.373). There were no significant differences between results of the three sports (p = 0.592). K-taping and joint mobilization both are equally effective in improving the IR ROM in over-head players with GIRD.
Використання іммобілізації мікроорганізмів в біотехнології очищення стічних вод
Authors: Саблій Л.А. , Жукова В.С.
Published: September 2023

Розглянуто можливості іммобілізації мікроорганізмів в біотехнології очищення стічних вод.
Ризик-контрольований пiдхiд при оцiнцi клiнiчних даних медичних виробiв у формi супозиторiїв для ректального застосування
Authors: Дмитренко О.В. , Луценко Т.М. , Галкін О.Ю.
Published: September 2023

Обговорено ризики при введенні в обіг медичного виробу (МВ) та розробці технічної документації при розробці МВ. Розглянуті шляхи для проведення клінічної оцінки медичних виробів у формі супозиторіїв для ректального застосування та формування доказової бази по відношенню рівнів клінічної результативності та безпеки МВ. Зроблено висновок, що ризик-контрольований підхід допомагає провести оцінку клінічних даних для можливості розробки та подальшого виробництва досліджуваного продукту.
Воднi екстракти букоцвiтих — потенцiйнi iндуктори оксидаз дереворуйнiвних базидiомiцетiв
Authors: Зубик П.Р.
Published: September 2023

Метою нашої роботи було визначити кiлькiсть фенолiв у гiдролiзатах букоцвiтих для визначення можливостi їх використання у поживних середовищах.
Перспективи розвитку галузі фармацевтики та біотехнології
Authors: Кібенко Н.Ю.
Published: September 2023

Розглянуто перспективи розвитку галузі фармацевтики та біотехнологій.
Бiомонiторинг оточуючого середовища та оцiнка якостi продуктiв бджiльництва
Authors: Локутова О.А.
Published: September 2023

Розглянуто бiомонiторинг оточуючого середовища та оцiнка якостi продуктiв бджiльництва.
Особливості культивування in vitro представників роду Carlina L.
Authors: Колiсник Х.М. , Прокоп’як М.З. , Грицак Л.Р. , Дробик Н.М.
Published: September 2023

Підібрано умови для мікроклонального розмноження і вкорінення рослин Carlina аcaulis L., Carlina cirsioides Klokov й Carlina onopordifolia Besser ex Szafer, Kulcz. et Pawl in vitro. Встановлено, що замочування живців у розчині індоліл-3-масляної кислоти концентрацією 1000 мг/л упродовж 1 хв. підвищувало відсоток вкорінення мікроклонів C. сirsioides і C. оnoрordifolia до 100 %, C. аcaulis – до 80 %. Одержано здатні до швидкого росту калюсні культури з кореневих і стеблових експлантів рослин досліджених видів.
Вплив вiтамiнiв на фiзичну та психiчну працездатнiсть в екстремальних умовах
Authors: Копил В.О. , Решетняк Л.Р.
Published: September 2023

Проведено огляд впливу вiтамiнiв на фiзичну та психiчну працездатнiсть в екстремальних умовах.
Формування екологiчних ризикiв в органiчних агроценозах за впливу агроклiматичних чинникiв
Authors: Лiщук А.М. , Парфенюк А.І. , Городиська І.М.
Published: September 2023

Розглянуто формування екологiчних ризикiв в органiчних агроценозах за впливу агроклiматичних чинникiв.
Агробактеріум-опосередкована трансформація кормових культур еспарцету Onobrychis Mill., фацелії Phacelia  Juss. та буркуну Melilotus (L.). Mill. геном коліцину
Authors: Льошина Л.Г. , Булко О.В.
Published: September 2023

Завдання роботи - отримання рекомбінантних рослин, що експресують коліцин, з метою їх використання в якості корму для крупної рогатої худоби, що призведе до профілактики бактеріальних інфекцій викликаних E. coli, та альтернативи лікуванню антибіотиками.
Вплив умов обробки в роторно-пульсаційному апараті на видалення геміцелюлоз із пшеничної соломи
Authors: Ободович О.М. , Сидоренко В.В.
Published: September 2023

Видалення лігніну та геміцелюлози перед ферментативним гідролізом лігноцелюлозної біомаси вкрай необхідно, оскільки це підвищує доступність целюлози дії ферментів. Основними параметрами, що визначають ефективність попередньої підготовки лігноцелюлозної сировини до гідролізу, є температура, концентрація лугу, час обробки. Крім цих параметрів, на інтенсивність фізико-хімічних процесів істотно впливає інтенсивність перемішування сировини. Метою роботи було визначити ступінь видалення геміцелюлози із пшеничної соломи під час лужної попередньої обробки в роторно-пульсаційному апараті.
Адсорбцiйнi властивостi сухих функцiональних продуктiв швидкого приготування
Authors: Петрова Ж.О. , Самойленко К.М. , Новікова Ю.П. , Граков Д.П.
Published: September 2023

Досліджено адсорбцiйнi властивостi сухих функцiональних продуктiв швидкого приготування.
Отримання бiоводню за ферментацiї органiчних вiдходiв як основа альтернативної енергетики в Українi
Authors: Таширєв О.Б. , Говоруха В.М. , Гаврилюк О.А. , Ястремська Л.С.
Published: September 2023

На основi термодинамiчного прогнозу розроблено та експериментально пiдтверджено бiотехнологiчний пiдхiд для швидкої та ефективної утилiзацiї багатокомпонентних органiчних вiдходiв з отриманням екологiчно чистого енергоносiя Н2 та ряду цiнних продуктiв.
Рiзноманiтнiсть бактерiй, якi розкладають лiгнiн
Authors: Христюк Х.С.
Published: September 2023

Метою даної роботи є огляд бiорiзноманiття бактерiй, що розкладають лiгнiн, який є складовою лiгнiнвмiсних вiдходiв.
Flirting Through Summer Jobs
Authors: Bundschuh Jessica
Published: September 2023

“Flirting through Summer Jobs,” traces the experiences of an American High School student seeking seasonal employment in Arizona and Alaska.