bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The diagnosis of sepsis using POCT in the Emergency Department – Medical and legal implications
Authors:   Carol Davila Central Emergency Military Hospital, Bucharest, Teusdea Bogdan , Dogaru Sebastian ,   Carol Davila Central Emergency Military Hospital, Bucharest, Ioniță Radu Florentina ,   Carol Davila Central Emergency Military Hospital, Bucharest,   Titu Maiorescu University, Faculty of Medicine, Bucharest
Published: April 2022

Sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock are some of the most serious affections which threaten the lives of the patients who come to the Emergency Department and which require fast treatment because the more severe the sepsis was, the higher the mortality, up to 50% higher in severe sepsis. That is why, at present, the 2013 Guides of Surviving Sepsis Campaign recommend that the potential source of infection should be confirmed as soon as possible, in the first 6 hours since the patient arrived in the Emergency Unit if possible, moreover the large spectrum antibiotics therapy must be administered in one hour after the severe sepsis or the septic shock were identified. That is why the identification of these patients at risk is very important and this identification can only be made using POCT type devices. This type of devices has the capacity to make precise determinations, in a short time (15-17 minutes), using minimum quantities of integral blood, without using test tubes, sepsis biomarkers and other additional material. The possibility to fast diagnose sepsis, offers the doctors from the Emergency Department, the capacity to fast initiate an antibiotic treatment, to hospitalize the patient and at the same time, it gives them the certainty that they did not miss the sepsis diagnosis, thus avoiding the situation of malpractice. A preliminary study, regarding the sepsis biomarkers, which took place in the Emergency Unit of University Central Emergency Military Hospital, is also presented within this article. Keywords: sepsis, POCT, Emergency Department
Diagnostic difficulties in c-kit negative gastrointestinal stromal tumors: report of four cases
Authors:   Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Iorgescu Andreea C. , Herlea Vlad ,   Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania,   Titu Maiorescu University - Faculty of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania, Stoica Mustafa Elena ,   Fundeni Clinical Institute,  Bucharest, Romania, Pechianu Catalin ,   Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania   2. Titu Maiorescu University - Faculty of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania",   Titu Maiorescu University - Faculty of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania, Procop Alexandru ,   Fundeni Clinical Institute,  Bucharest, Romania, Sajin Maria ,   University Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Popescu Irinel ,   Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania,   Titu Maiorescu University - Faculty of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
Published: April 2022

Introduction: The gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are dominated by KIT and PDGFRA mutation. The immunohistochemical detection of CD117, a protein express by KIT gene, is essential for the diagnosis and those that are negative always represented a diagnostic challenge Case reports: In this article we present a series of 4 cases of CD117 negative GIST tumors, diagnosed and surgically resected in Fundeni Clinical Institute and an overview of the histogenesis, diagnostic problems and management of c-kit negative GIST. All patients were males and the tumors were located in the stomach and small bowel. Conclusion: It is important for the pathologists to beware of the fact that a CD117 negative in the context of a typical morphological appearance does not exclude a GIST tumor and also the oncologist must be aware not to exclude the therapy with imatinib based on the negativity of CD117.
Building a future: the Micromount collection-laboratory of the MCNB
Authors: Curto Milà Carles
Published: April 2022

Created in 1990, the Micromount collection of the Natural History Museum of Barcelona (MCNB) currently (May 2013) contains nearly 10.000 registered samples, including near 900 well identified mineral species and an interesting amount of well represented type localities. In 2014 the MCNB has integrated the Masoliver collection, with a little more than 7000 samples, an important content of species considered rare and very rare, a noticeable contribution on type localities and an excellent representation of Spanish and Catalan mineral localities. In the general background of the MCNB's mineralogical heritage, the collection is destined to grow as a major resource in Mineralogy, especially concerning aspects such as the correct identification of the species, well represented localities (with a special emphasis on type and Iberian localities), a complete description and images. The digital collection has been uploaded to the net in 2014.
Elements in The Ulster Museum, Stranmillis Road, Belfast
Authors: Parkes Matthew
Published: April 2022

This gallery was opened in March of 2014, and forms a hub entrance to the galleries on the third floor covering the Natural World. So, from it one enters galleries to the left covering meteorites and planetary geology, mineral treasures, evolution and the natural history of Northern Ireland, and to the right the geological story of Northern Ireland
Obituary: Roger Frank Vaughan (1948-2015)
Authors: Hutchinson Deborah
Published: April 2022

It is with deep sadness I have to report that Roger Vaughan has peacefully passed away at Gloucester Royal Hospital aged 66. He was until his retirement in August 2013, the Curator of Geology at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. Roger had a lifelong love of geology and was well respected within the geological community, especially in the west of England where he spent most of his geological career. He considered himself one of the lucky people who managed to turn his hobby into a job.
Reflectance Transformation Imaging - a possible alternative to ammonium chloride coating for specimen photography
Authors: Pickup C. , Harris S.
Published: April 2022

Coating specimens with ammonium chloride for photography has become the de facto standard for publication in palaeontological journals. However, it has several drawbacks such as the risk of damage to the specimen, and it requires access to a laboratory and a certain level of skill to carry out proficiently. This paper presents Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) as a technique that can be carried out using digital photography equipment available to most researchers, museums or labs. The results of the process are compared with conventional photography, ammonium chloride coated photographs and 3D laser scans.
Alexander Murray Cockburn, Curator of the Museum of Geology at Edinburgh University.
Authors: Aspen P.
Published: April 2022

A short biographical account of Dr. Alexander Murray Cockburn (1902-59), first Curator of the Museum of Geology at Edinburgh University from 1933-59 is given here, together with a note on his main contributions to the geological sciences.
William Buckland's connections to the last surviving Pleistocene collections from Yealm Bridge Caverns, Devon
Authors: Freedman Jan
Published: April 2022

In 2012, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery received a large donation of subfossil bones excavated from several caves on the Kitley Estate, Yealmpton, Devon. Included in this collection of over 4000 specimens, was a small wooden box holding 184 bones and teeth from Yealm Bridge Cavern. The specimens present in the collection include wolf (Canis lupus), fox (Vulpes vulpes), bear (Ursus sp.), spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), horse (Equus caballus), woolly rhinoceros (Coleodonta antiquitatis), red deer (Cervus elaphus), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), bison (Bison priscus), sheep (Ovis aries), woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) and rat (Rattus rattus). An accompanying hand written note with the box suggested that these specimens were sent to William Buckland for identification. Supported by a generous grant from the Marc Fitch Fund, this paper outlines the research undertaken to discover when this collection was collected, who collected it and the links to William Buckland. The grant also allowed for the specimens to be re-packed into more appropriate storage to safeguard it for the future. Comparing the fauna to other sites with radiocarbon dates suggests the Yealm Bridge Cavern collection dates to around 40,000 - 35,000 years BP.
A game of two halves? Split specimens in different collections
Authors: Donovan S. K. , Schoor D. I. E.
Published: April 2022

Museum specimens consisting of more than one component, a part and counterpart(s), may be split up by our actions, intentionally or otherwise, and the knowledge that they have been divided either forgotten or lost. We present two contrasting examples. A syntype of an Upper Devonian crinoid from Devon, southwest England, Eumorphocrinus(?) porteri (Whidborne), is now divided between the Geological Survey Museum, Keyworth, and the Natural History Museum, London. One of the specimens has gained a label bearing erroneous locality data. In contrast, the 'other half' of a pluricolumnal recently described from Noil Simaam, Timor, and identified as Barycrinus? sp., is recorded. It was missed hitherto because of the division of accessions in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, into smaller, bagged aliquots. We recommend that curators and researchers remain vigilant of possible separations when dealing with their own collections and with those of other museums.
Partido Demócrata Popular: el «canto del cisne» de la democracia cristiana española (1982-1989)
Authors: Magaldi Fernández Adrián
Published: April 2022

El Partido Demócrata Popular (PDP), posteriormente rebautizado como Democracia Cristiana (DC), fue el último gran intento vertebrado en España por crear una formación netamente democristiana. Fundado en 1982 por Óscar Alzaga, apenas siete años después el partido anunció su disolución. Su propósito de impulsar una alternativa política basada en los valores del humanismo cristiano había fracasado. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las razones de su origen y desaparición, así como los problemas de identidad padecidos debido a su dificultad para encontrar el equilibrio entre su pasado centrista y su nueva ubicación en la derecha.
Makna ummatan wasathâ Penafsiran Q.S Al-Baqarah : 143
Authors: Ramadhan Ahmad , Tamam Nabil Ahmed , Suparman Yogi
Published: April 2022

Being a polemic in the midst of the ummah is how to be a person who can balance not only in the worldly aspect but also from the ukhrowi aspect, not exaggerating in doing something and not taking things lightly, so actually this polemic has been explained in Islam which is a ummah. the middle itself, then for those who embellish the Qur'an, he will find these concepts. The choice of the theme above is intended to clearly explain the concept of being a middle ummah in accordance with the correct understanding. Qs. Al-Baqarah [1]: 143, using a library research approach by analyzing the words of classical and contemporary commentators and refining the correct words (tarjîh), as will be found deviations in the meaning of wasatâ ummatan itself then to find the ultimate truth the above theme is very important to discuss, from this research, it will be known how the correct concept of being a middle class, which can be a guide for every Muslim to live his life. And so also make every human being who believes in worshiping the Qur'an Al-'Azhim.
Pengaruh Kadar Ferritin Serum Terhadap Kejadian Preeklampsia Pada Ibu Hamil Trimester
Authors: Kartiani Andi , Kasmiaty Kasmiaty , Yuniarsih Yuniarsih
Published: April 2022

Preeklampsia adalah penyakit multisistem dengan etiologi yang tidak diketahui, dengan manifestasi klinis yang beragam. Laporan terbaru dari WHO memperkirakan bahwa preeklampsia menyumbang 70.000 kematian ibu setiap tahunnya di dunia. Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (ISSHP) mendefinisikan preeklampsia sebagai hipertensi de-novo dengan tekanan darah sistolik lebih tinggi dari 140 mmHg atau tekanan darah diastolik lebih tinggi dari 90 mmHg pada dua kali pengukuran yang terpisah (antara 4-6 jam) yang terjadi setelah 20 minggu kehamilan. Pemeriksaan kadar ferritin serum untuk penapisan kejadian pre eklamasia pada awal kehamilan sangat diperlukan karena tingginya angka penderita preeklamsia di Indonesia serta dampak negatif preeklamsia yang ditimbulkan pada kehamilan. Diharapkan dengan adanya penapisan yang disertai penatalaksanaan deteksi sejak dini kadar ferritin serum dan status besi , dapat berkontribusi dalam mengurangi dampak preeklamsia pada wanita hamil maupun janinnya dapat menurun jumlahnya.
Aplikasi Sistem Pakar Deteksi Peringatan Awal Resiko Preeklamsia Pada Kehamilan Menggunakan Metode Forward Chaining
Authors: Lestari Dewi , Nawang Eki
Published: April 2022

Masa kehamilan akan terjadi perubahan tubuh baik secara fisiologis dan psikologis. Sistem tubuh akan saling berkoordinasi dalam mempertahankan kehamilan dan memberi sinyal pada tubuh yang berdampak pada ketidak nyamanan. Pembuatan program aplikasi sistem pakar ini ditujukan untuk mencoba rancanagan deteksi Peringatan awal resiko preeklampsia pada kehamilan. Metode yang digunkan forward chaining dalam penelitian terdiri dari pengumpulan data dan informasi, pengolahan data dan informasi, perancangan, implementasi, uji coba dan evaluasi. Hasil kesimpulan dari proses diagnosa sistem pakar. Dengan dibuat dan dirancang sistem pakar ini diharapkan dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan ibu hamil tentang Peringatan awal resiko preeklampsia pada kehamilan secara mandiri dengan cepat dan tepat.
Worshiping with the Anaheim Vineyard, The Emergence of Contemporary Worship - Rahel S. H. Daulay
Authors: Administrator Journal
Published: April 2022

ULASAN BUKU

Ibadah Kontemporer mulai marak diperbincangkan. Banyak kalangan bahkan gereja mulai melirik model ibadah seperti ini. Tidak hanya gereja yang beraliran pentakostal tetapi juga gereja tradisional walaupun mungkin hanya di kategori tertentu, seperti ibadah remaja dan pemuda. Penggunaan nyanyian dengan iringan musik popular merupakan daya tarik tersendiri yang ternyata mampu menjaring perhatian orang muda termasuk juga mereka yang belum pernah ke gereja sebelumnya. Jika kita penasaran dengan model ibadah kontemporer ini, dari mulai kemunculan dan perkembangannya di Amerika, buku ini akan menolong kita untuk mengetahuinya. Informasi dan penjelasan yang menarik di dalam buku ini, seolah mengajak kita masuk ke dalam masa tersebut.
Roh Kudus, Napas Sang Rentan dan Marginal
Authors: Verdino Timotius
Published: April 2022

Abstrak: Tulisan ini merupakan sebuah konstruksi teologi kontekstual mengenai orang miskin di Indonesia dalam situasi Pandemi Covid-19. Saya akan memulai tulisan ini dengan menampilkan situasi kemiskinan dan ketidakadilan yang dialami orang miskin di Indonesia selama Pandemi Covid-19. Kemudian, saya akan membahas tinjauan biblis mengenai kehendak Allah akan keadilan bagi orang miskin dan juga perspektif teologi pembebasan tentang kemiskinan oleh Aloysius Pieris. Setelah itu, saya akan mendialogkan pandangan biblis dan teologis tersebut dengan Yohanes 20:22. Pada akhirnya, tulisan ini akan ditutup dengan konstruksi teologi kontekstual tentang Roh Kudus, sebagai napas sang rentan dan marginal yang memperjuangkan keadilan dalam situasi pandemi Covid-19.

 

Abstract: This article is a contextual theology regarding the poor in Indonesia in the Covid-19 Pandemic situation. I will start this paper by presenting the poverty situation and poor people’s experience of injustice in Indonesia during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Then, I will discuss the biblical review of God's will for justice for the poor and discuss the perspective of liberation theology on poverty by Aloysius Pieris. After that, both discussions will be placed in the conversation with John 20:22. In the end, this paper will conclude a contextual theological construction of the Holy Spirit, as the breath of the vulnerable and the marginalized people who seek for justice in the Covid-19 Pandemic situation.
Penggunaan Metode DNA Jemaat Kevin Graham Ford dalam Analisis Identitas Jemaat GKJ Joglo
Authors: Hartati Marya Sri , Purwanto Lazarus
Published: April 2022

Abstrak: Tulisan ini hendak memaparkan proses pencarian DNA GKJ Joglo dengan menggunakan teori DNA jemaat Kevin Graham Ford. Penelitian ini didasarkan pada kesadaran bahwa penting bagi sebuah jemaat untuk menemukan DNA-nya, sebab DNA itulah yang menggerakkan seluruh kehidupan berjemaat, bahkan melebihi rumusan visinya. Dengan metode penelitian kualitatif, tulisan ini akan memulai pembahasan dari pemaparan tentang teori DNA jemaat, proses pencarian, dan hasil penelitian. Diharapkan melalui temuan DNA ini, jemaat dapat mencapai pemahaman yang utuh dan mendalam tentang dirinya di tengah konteks lokalnya yang konkret. Lalu dari sana ia dapat mentransformasi diri untuk semakin menjadi sebuah komunitas iman yang kehadiran dan pelayanannya bermakna dan berdampak bagi masyarakat luas.

 

Abstract: This article is about to display the DNA search process of GKJ Joglo by using DNA theory of Kevin Graham Ford congregation. This research is based on the realization that it is important for a church to find its DNA, which is why DNA is moving the whole life of the congregation, even exceeding the formulation of its vision. With qualitative research methods, this paper will start a discussion: the Church's DNA theory, search process, and research results. Hopefully through the findings of this DNA, the congregation can achieve a complete and profound understanding of itself in the midst of a concrete local context. Then from there he can transform himself to become a community of faith whose presence and service is meaningful and impactful to the wider community.
Fenomena Christian Prince dan Ustaz Charis Bangun Samudra
Authors: Wilar Abraham Silo
Published: April 2022

Abstract

The  phenomenon of  Christian Prince  and Ustaz Charis Bangun Samudra has generated a  specific image of the profiles  as the defenders of the faith as the constructed image of the two that is popularly and publicly known.  This article investigates the image with a multidisciplinary methodology to show the multiple images that are communicated by the phenomenon. This article addresses revivalism of religious apologetic of both communities, religious phobia, Christianophobia, and  Islamophobia in the communities to argue that the image cannot be justified theologically since it contradicts the religious ethics of the theological approach employed in this article.

 

Keywords:  Construction,  Image,  Multi-discipline,  Apologetics, and  Religious Phobia

Abstrak

Fenomena Christian  Prince  dan Ustaz Charis  Bangun  Samudra membentuk suatu  konstruksi  citra  yang  sangat  spesifik  bagi  masing-masing  tokoh  tersebut. Konstruksi  citra tersebut adalah  Pembela  Kebenaran Iman  (PKI). Tulisan  ini menginvestigasi citra  tersebut dengan  menggunakan  suatu  pendekatan  multidisiplin. Dengan  menggunakan  pendekatan  tersebut,  tulisan  ini berargumen bahwa citra Pembela  Kebenaran Iman  (PKI) tersebut bukan satu-satunya hal yang  dikomunikasikan  oleh fenomena tersebut.  Masih  banyak  citra  lain  yang muncul  dari fenomena tersebut.  Dengan  argumen  tersebut,  lebih  lanjut,  saya mengajukan  tesis  bahwa  citra  Pembela Kebenaran Iman tersebut tidak  dapat  dibenarkan  secara  teologis karena bertentangan dengan prinsip religious ethics yang ada di dalam pendekatan teologi yang  digunakan  oleh artikel  ini. Artikel ini mendeskripsikan  revivalisme apologetika relijius di komunitas Kristen dan Islam, dan religious phobia, yaitu,  Islamophobia dan Christianophobia, sebagai konten utama dari fenomena tersebut dan yang memperlihatkan persoalan teologis dari citra tersebut.

Kata-kata  Kunci:  konstruksi, citra, multi-disiplin, apologetika, dan  religious phobia.
The Kingdom of God as a Foundation for the Relationship between the Church and the World according to the Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg
Authors: Haward Ambrosius Setiadvento
Published: April 2022

Wolfhart Pannenberg understood the eschatological dimension as an essential element in the discourse of the Kingdom of God. Unfortunately, this critical element is often missing in theological discourses in general that limit the theme of the Kingdom of God in the context of the end of time and disconnect it from everyday human life. This work aims to explain Pannenberg’s thoughts about the Kingdom of God, which is an eschatological realityand closely related to Christian participation in the world. The author argues that Pannenberg understood the Kingdom of God as a foundation for the church and that the hope for the realization of God’s Kingdom urged the church to embody the values of God’s Kingdom by engaging actively with the world today.
Defizite bei der Briefwahl in Deutschland – und fünf Vorschläge zur Abhilfe
Authors: Nyhuis Dominic
Published: April 2022

In light of the growing interest in voting by mail, political science research has increasingly focused on this important aspect of democratic participation . Studies in this field have scrutinized the practical implementation of the mail ballot . A systematic review of the lit- erature on the practice of voting by mail shows possible reforms . Five approaches are dis- cussed, (1) a more generous deadline for submitting postal votes, (2) simplifying the mail- in ballots, (3) translating them, (4) personal notifications in case of rejected mail ballots, and (5) incorporating data about rejected mail ballots into the official election results . In this way, the number of erroneous votes can be reduced and more transparency about the voting process can be secured . It is also required as a measure of citizen-oriented public administration
Substantialität, Individualität, Präexistenz und Fortdauer der Menschenseele
Authors: Hernández Maturana Cristián
Published: April 2022

This book addresses the question of the nature and the immortality of the human soul in the context of Immanuel Hermann Fichte's philosophical anthropology. Particularly, it undertakes a systematic and immanent reconstruction of Fichte's argument for the substantiality, the individuality, the preexistence and the perdurance of the human soul. The book considers itself not so much a conclusive as rather a foundational and inciting work. This monographic investigation on an unjustly neglected philosopher of late idealism fills a research gap which is long overdue and offers not only impulses for the contouring of a new field of research and a constellation research on late idealism, but also and above all important insights and principles for a philosophy of the human spirit appropriate to the present times.
Smart Polymer Hydrogels as Matrices for the Controlled Release Applications in Agriculture Sector
Authors: Venkatachalam Dhanapal , Pushparaju Subhapriya
Published: April 2022

Synthetic polymer hydrogels and modified natural polymer hydrogels are widely and increasingly used in agriculture, health care textiles, effluent treatment, drug delivery, tissue engineering, civil concrete structure, etc. Among them, the use of hydrogels in agricultural and horticultural sectors as matrices for the controlled release of water, various primary and secondary nutrients has drawn significant attraction from researchers, scientists, and industry persons due to their smartness with reference to controlled release characteristics based on plant requirement. Since the use of these hydrogels for controlled release application ensures the minimum utilization of water and plant nutrients in fields. Besides, this will bring down the overloading of fertilizer, soil contamination, and water pollution such as eutrophication, nitrate pollution, and micronutrient imbalance. This chapter is focused on the class of hydrogels that are used for the controlled release application in the agricultural and horticultural sectors as matrices, the possible methods of fine-tuning their structures for improving their fertilizer uptake and release behavior, safety aspects, and environmental issues.
Efficacy of Radiations against Bacterial Biofilms
Authors: Kloula Ben Ghorbal Salma , Werhani Rim , Chatti Abdelwaheb
Published: April 2022

A biofilm has been defined as a community of bacteria living in organized structures at a liquid interface. Biofilms can colonize a wide range of domains, including essentially industrial sectors, different natural environments, and also biomedical environments. Bacteria in biofilms are generally well protected against environmental stresses and, as a consequence, are extremely difficult to eradicate. The current study was to investigate the efficacy of different radiations against bacterial biofilms on different surfaces. It was established that the majority of available treatments have proven less effective against pathogenic biofilms, compared to planktonic bacteria. Therefore, new biofilm treatment strategies are needed, including physical treatments such as radiations. UV LEDs offer new solutions to prevent biofilm formation on inaccessible surfaces, such as medical and food equipment and, potentially, sanitary facilities, to limit nosocomial infections, compared to continuous UV irradiation treatment. Moreover, the antimicrobial effectiveness of gamma irradiation is therefore guaranteed in the treatment of bacteria associated with a biofilm, compared to planktonic bacteria. However, limited studies have been conducted to evaluate the inactivation effect of low-energy X-rays on more resistant biofilm pathogens on food-contact surfaces.
Methods of Conditionally Optimal Forecasting for Stochastic Synergetic CALS Technologies
Authors: N. Sinitsyn Igor , S. Shalamov Anatoly
Published: April 2022

Problems of optimal, sub- and conditionally optimal filtering and forecasting in product and staff subsystems at the background noise in synergistical organization-technical-economical systems (SOTES) are considered. Nowadays for highly available systems the problems of creation of basic systems engineering principles, approaches and information technologies (IT) for SOTES from modern spontaneous markets at the background inertially going world economics crisis, weakening global market relations at conditions of competition and counteraction reinforcement is very important. Big enterprises need IT due to essential local and systematic economic loss. It is necessary to form general approaches for stochastic processes and parameters estimation in SOTES at the background noises. The following notations are introduced: special observation SOTES (SOTES-O) with own organization-product resources and internal noise as information from special SOTES being enact noise (SOTES-N). Conception for SOTES structure for systems of technical, staff and financial support is developed. Linear, linear with parametric noises and nonlinear stochastic (discrete and hybrid) equations describing organization-production block (OPB) for three types of SOTES with their planning-economical estimating divisions are worked out. SOTES-O is described by two interconnected subsystems: state SOTES sensor and OPB supporting sensor with necessary resources. After short survey of modern modeling, sub- and conditionally optimal filtering and forecasting basic algorithms and IT for typical SOTES are given. Influence of OTES-N noise on rules and functional indexes of subsystems accompanying life cycle production, its filtration and forecasting is considered. Experimental software tools for modeling and forecasting of cost and technical readiness for parks of aircraft are developed.
Available Technologies for Wastewater Treatment
Authors: Michael Smarte Anekwe Ifeanyi , Adedeji Jeremiah , Okiemute Akpasi Stephen , Lewis Kiambi Sammy
Published: April 2022

During the last three decades, environmental challenges related to the chemical and biological pollution of water have become significant as a subject of major concern for society, public agencies, and the industrial sector. Most home and industrial operations generate wastewater that contains harmful and undesirable pollutants. In this context, it is necessary to make continuous efforts to protect water supplies to ensure the availability of potable water. To eliminate insoluble particles and soluble pollutants from wastewaters, treatment technologies can be employed including physical, chemical, biological (bioremediation and anaerobic digestion), and membrane technologies. This chapter focuses on current and emerging technologies that demonstrate outstanding efficacy in removing contaminants from wastewater. The challenges of strengthening treatment procedures for effective wastewater treatment are identified, and future perspectives are presented.
Mode Interpretation of Aerodynamic Characteristics of Tall Buildings Subject to Twisted Winds
Authors: Zhou Lei , Tim Tse Kam
Published: April 2022

Hills alter wind properties not only by accelerating the wind flow but also by changing the flow direction. Therefore, the wind profile near mountainous terrain continuously exhibits both wind speed and wind direction variation along with the vertical height, and is generally referred to as a twisted wind profile (TWP). The aerodynamic properties of the tall building exposed to TWP are significantly different from those exposed to a conventional wind profile (CWP) and thus generate the twisted-wind effect. The spatial–temporal aerodynamic feature of a tall building under unsteady wind is highly complicated, and the associated flow field is a random and obscure high-dimensional dynamic system. To elucidate the fundamental mechanism involved in TWP, principal orthogonal analysis (POD) is employed to identify the pressure and flow patterns. Moreover, the extracted modal features can be used to physically interpret the coherent structure and dynamical patterns hidden in the surface pressure field or the turbulent flow field. This mode interpretation of aerodynamic characteristics of tall building provides a better understanding of the underlying mechanism of the twisted-wind effect.
Modeling of Solar-Powered Desalination
Authors: Abbas Zafar , Hayat Nasir , Khan Anwar , Irfan Muhammad
Published: April 2022

The scarcity, global, and local demand of pure water for SDGs become prominent issue. The global emissions of CO2 and GHGs have put pressure to develop the solar-powered desalination plants. This article discussed the selection of site for the solar thermal desalination in Pakistan keeping the eye on sustainability and modeling and cost analysis of single solar stills technology at Lyari River in Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan is among the water-deficit countries having 35% of population having lack of pure drinkable water. The plenty of solar irradiance and saline water in Pakistan make it very favorable for solar-powered desalination. The solar stills technology is one of the best technologies to meet the local demand of pure water. The modeling is composed of governing equations based on the law of conservation of mass and law of conservation of energy. The solar irradiance at Lyari River is taken from MERRA–2. The result depicted that the hourly production of distill water is 1 kg/m3 and 8 kg/m3 with and without the FRL lens. The cost of distill water produced from the solar stills having FRL lens is 33% less as compared with solar stills without FRL lens.
Advanced Methods for Solving Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems of Generalized Phase Optimization
Authors: Andriychuk Mykhaylo
Published: April 2022

In the process of solving the problems of generalized phase optimization the necessity to apply an eigenvalue approach often appears. The practical statement of the optimization problems consists of using the amplitude characteristics of functions that are sought. The usual way of optimization is deriving the Euler equation of the functional, which is used as criterion of optimization. As a rule, such equation is an integral one. It is worth pointing out that the integral equations of the generalized phase optimization are nonlinear ones. The characteristic property of such equations is non-uniqueness of solutions and their branching or bifurcation. The determination of branching solutions leads to the investigation of the corresponding homogeneous equations and the respective eigenvalue problem. This problem is nonlinear because of specificity of the statement of the optimization problem. The study of the above problem allows us to determine a set of points, in which the respective eigenvalues are equal to unity that determines the branching points of solutions. The data of calculations testify to the ability of the approach proposed to determine the solutions of nonlinear equations numerically with not large computations.
Applications of Neural Organoids in Neurodevelopment and Regenerative Medicine
Authors: Gong Jing , Kang Jiahui , Li Minghui , Liu Xiao , Yang Jun , Xu Haiwei
Published: April 2022

Recent advances in stem cell technologies have enabled the application of three-dimensional neural organoids for exploring the mechanisms of neurodevelopment and regenerative medicine. Over the past decade, series of studies have been carried out to investigate the cellular and molecular events of human neurogenesis using animal models, while the species differences between animal models and human being prevent a full understanding of human neurogenesis. Human neural organoids provide a new model system for gaining a more complete understanding of human neural development and their applications in regenerative medicine. In this chapter, the recent advances of the neural organoids of the brain and retina as well as their applications in neurodevelopment and regenerative medicine are reviewed.
Magnesium Borates: The Relationship between the Characteristics, Properties, and Novel Technologies
Authors: Tugce Senberber Dumanli Fatma
Published: April 2022

Magnesium borates are compounds including mainly magnesium (Mg), boron (B) oxygen (O), and hydrogen (H). Magnesium borates are traditionally famous for their strong thermoluminescence, mechanical and thermal features due to their high elasticity coefficient, corrosion, and heat resistance. Because of being beneficial, especially in the applications such as thermoluminescence and X-ray screening, and ease of synthesis, magnesium borates are produced by using different experimental procedures exhibiting different characteristics. Main traditional synthesis techniques can be classified as liquid state and solid-state synthesis methods. With the help of novelties in synthesis technology, new techniques are beginning to emerge in magnesium borate syntheses such as hybrid synthesis, ultrasound, microwave, and capping agent addition. The strengthened characteristics of the compounds would lead to new applications such as stomach cancer chemotherapy and wastewater treatment. In this chapter, it is aimed to make a comparison between the characteristics of synthesized magnesium borates and their properties. In addition, new types of magnesium borates obtained by various synthetic techniques are expected to be useful for industrial applications such as space technology, radiation dosimetry, X-ray screening, ion batteries, and hydrocarbon reaction catalysis. Such classification of properties and the synthesis techniques will enlighten the relationship between the characteristics and novel applications of magnesium borates.
Erector Spinae Plane Block Versus PECS Block Type II for Breast Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Bakeer Ahmed , Abdallah Nasr Mahmoud
Published: April 2022

Background: Regional anesthetic techniques are the primary analgesic techniques in breast cancer surgery. Novel techniques include the pectoralis (PECS) block and the erector spinae plane (ESP) block. Objectives: This study compared the analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided ESP and PECS-II blocks in patients undergoing unilateral modified radical mastectomy (MRM). Methods: The current prospective randomized controlled trial investigated 60 females scheduled for unilateral MRM under general anesthesia. The participants were randomized into two groups, namely a single-shot ESP block (n = 30) and a PECS-II block (n = 30). The ESP block was conducted at the level T4 using an in-plane approach. A volume of 20 ml of bupivacaine 0.25% was administered in both blocks. The outcome measures were total morphine consumption, analgesia duration, postoperative pain intensity, and nausea and vomiting. Results: More ESP participants required rescue morphine analgesia than those in the PECS group (P = 0.028). The ESP group showed significantly higher total morphine consumption (P = 0.005) and a shorter time to request analgesia (P = 0.003). Pain intensity was higher in the ESP group 1, 2, and 6 hours after the surgery. Conclusions: The PECS-II block is more effective in postoperative pain control after breast cancer surgery than the ESP block. It also prolongs the duration of analgesia and reduces the need for morphine 24 hours after the surgery.
Microcalcification Detection in Mammograms Using Deep Learning
Authors: Shiri Kahnouei Mahmoud , Giti Masoumeh , Akhaee Mohammad Ali , Ameri Ali
Published: April 2022

Background: Mammography is the most reliable and popular method in the clinical diagnosis of breast cancer. Calcifications are subtle lesions in mammograms that can be cancerous and difficult to detect for radiologists. Computer-aided detection (CAD) can help radiologists identify malignant lesions. Objectives: This study aimed to propose a deep learning based CAD system for detecting calcifications in mammograms. Patients and Methods: A total of 815 in-house mammograms were collected from 204 women undergoing screening mammography. Calcifications in the mammograms were annotated by specialists. Each mammogram was divided into patches of fixed size, and then, patches containing calcifications were extracted, along with the same number of normal patches. A ResNet-50 Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) was trained for classification of patches into normal and calcification groups using training data and then the performance of the trained CNN was tested with new test data. Results: The proposed patch learning approach (PLA) showed a classification accuracy of 96.7% in the binary classification of patches. Therefore, it could detect calcification regions in a given mammogram. The PLA achieved sensitivity and specificity of 96.7% and 96.7%, respectively, with an area under the curve of 98.8%. Conclusion: The present results highlighted the efficacy of the proposed PLA, especially for limited training data. Direct comparison with previous studies is not possible due to differences in datasets. Nevertheless, the PLA accuracy in detecting calcifications was higher than that of deep learning based CAD systems in previous studies. The effective performance of PLA may be attributed to the manual removal of uninformative patches, as they were not used in the training set.
Améliorer les estimations de gains de biodiversité apportés par les mesures compensatoires : un retour d’expérience des actions de restauration menées sur l’île de Kembs
Authors: BEZOMBES Lucie , BARILLIER Agnès , GOURAUD Véronique , SPIEGELBERGER Thomas
Published: April 2022

Afin d’atteindre son objectif d’absence de perte nette de biodiversité, la séquence « Éviter, Réduire, Compenser » (ERC) doit permettre d’apporter des gains au moins équivalents aux pertes liées aux projets d’aménagement. Cela peut être réalisé grâce à des actions de restauration écologique qui visent à accélérer le rétablissement des écosystèmes. Le dimensionnement de la compensation passe par une estimation des gains en amont de la réalisation des projets, étape cruciale mais qui reste très incertaine, en raison notamment du manque de retour d’expérience du succès des actions de restauration écologique. Dans cet article, nous proposons des pistes d’amélioration de cette estimation. Pour cela, nous comparons des estimations de gains apportés par des mesures de restauration sur l’île de Kembs (Alsace), en utilisant une méthode d’évaluation de l’équivalence (ECOVAL) et des données de suivis récoltées juste après la mise en place de ces mesures. Plusieurs analyses sont réalisées et concernent (i) la justesse des estimations et le lien avec le degré d’incertitude attribué à l’estimation des gains (faible, moyen ou fort) et (ii) les sources des écarts observés entre les valeurs estimées et issues des suivis. Globalement, la moitié des estimations sont justes à court terme, mais une majorité est soumise à un délai trop court pour observer une évolution des indicateurs. Les bonnes estimations se retrouvent pour tous les degrés d’incertitude et quasi tous les taxons et milieux évalués. Les erreurs d’estimations proviennent principalement d’aléas pendant les travaux et d’une évolution naturelle des milieux non prévue. De plus, plus l’incertitude est importante et plus les écarts entre valeur estimée et issue des suivis est grande. Nos résultats soulignent l’importance de la mise en place de suivis réguliers sur plusieurs années (et notamment à long terme) pour vérifier que la biodiversité évolue bien comme estimé et pour rectifier les mesures compensatoires au besoin avec de la gestion adaptative. Le principal levier d’amélioration des estimations réside dans la capitalisation de retours d’expérience en portant une attention particulière à l’homogénéisation entre les données de suivis et celles de l’état initial.
Prediktori profesionalnog razvoja nastavnika u inkluzivnoj školi
Authors: Tančić Nataša
Published: April 2022

Teachers' professional development is a complex and multi-faceted phenomenon that in recent decades, in many countries around the world, has been at the center of educational policy and become one of the central topics of scientific research aimed at improving the quality of educational work of modern - inclusive - school. The paper examines the professional development of teachers through the discourse of educational inclusion and current educational policies which intensively promote the right to quality education that best suits the child. The predictors of teachers' professional development in the model of an inclusive school are the topic of our research. The aim of the research was to determine the connection between a set of different factors - socio-demographic, personal, and contextual - with teachers' professional development and identify the determining factors among them. The research was conducted on a sample of 265 primary school teachers. Quantitative model, correlation design, and survey technique were used. The research results show that researching a wider range of factors was purposeful and indicate a different level of connection of the examined predictors with teachers' professional development. It has been determined that the predictors in the group of personal factors are central for the engagement and participation of teachers in professional development programs. In general, the research findings, with numerous new insights into the factors and limitations of teachers' professional development, contribute to building a more complete picture of the current practice of the professional development of teachers in inclusive school and are not only informative, but also useful to all actors in school practice, creators of educational policies in modeling and introducing changes in this area.
Perspektiva primene elektronske knjige iz ugla studenata učiteljskih i pedagoških fakulteta Zapadnog Balkana
Authors: Kostić Ljiljana , Purić Daliborka
Published: April 2022

The development of electronic media and changes of the social context in the situation of the global health crisis in the field of education have resulted in an increased interest in digital resources, especially in the application of e-books in teaching. Resorting to this book format raises the question of the perspective of its application in the future changed social circumstances. The authors examine (a) the experiences of students of teacher education and pedagogical faculties (N = 394) from four countries of the Western Balkans regarding the use of digital libraries; (b) the anticipated purpose of using e-books upon the completion of their studies; (c) students' views on the universal values of books, regardless of the format in which they are published. The attitudes of these students regarding the future application of e-books is determined by their open-mindedness relative to the application of modern technologies for educational purposes, experience in using e-books, their views on the purpose of the future application of this type of books, and values regarding different book formats and books in general. The research findings show that future preschool and primary school teachers are characterized by the values that qualify them for an adequate approach to the outcomes of future changes in the development of books and modern education.
O professor e o mágico são o artista (The teacher and the magician are the artist)
Authors:   UFRGS, Rocha Michel Zózimo da
Published: April 2022

Este artigo busca traçar relações poéticas entre figuras pertencentes aos campos das artes visuais, da educação e da pesquisa científica, estabelecendo diálogos abertos entre tais elementos através do texto “O artista, o cientista e o mágico”, de Luiz Camnitzer.
Modos de ser professor-artista
Authors:   UC, Forte Marcelo
Published: April 2022

O presente artigo pretende apontar posicionamentos acerca da docênciaartística a partir do conceito de desterritorialização, tomando algumas experiências no campo da docência em Artes Visuais, de atividades acadêmicas e de investigação como aportes para a discussão em torno do tema. Há relatos do investigador que partem de sua licenciatura em Artes Visuais, passando pelas experiências docentes até chegar no momento atual em que realiza seu doutoramento, com o foco neste tema tratado. Vê-se neste texto, a docência e a arte enquanto territorialidades em um processo de abertura para desterritorializarem-se e reterritorializarem-se juntas em um novo espaço. Esse novo espaço é tomado como uma multiterritorialidade, pois além de abarcar docência e arte, encontra-se aberto para outras contaminações, para se deixar afetar pelas outras territorialidades que encontram-se conectadas em rede.
A Study of Lifelong Education for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities at the University Level
Authors: Maebara Kazuaki , Fujii Yoshihiro , Tanimura Kazunori , Suzuki Toru , Takeda Atsushi
Published: April 2022

Background: In recent years, there has been growing interest in developing lifelong education for persons with disabilities at universities and other institutions of higher learning. However, there is still a lack of practical research on people with intellectual disabilities who participate in lifelong education.

Objective: This study analyzes the experiences of participants with intellectual disabilities obtained from the practice of the Lifelong Education Program for Persons with Disabilities (AULEPP). It discusses perspectives for the future development of lifelong education.

Methods: Eleven persons with intellectual disabilities who participated in the AULEPP from October 2021 to February 2022 were included in the study. Three surveys were administered to these participants before and after the AULEPP and for each lecture.

Results: The average number of participants in each lecture was 5.2, and four participants attended more than eight lectures. Qualitative analysis of the survey results revealed that participants acquired new knowledge, expressed the need for continuous learning, and proposed new questions. The lectures helped them recognize changes in their perspectives on daily life and society. Most of the lectures were conducted online, but there were no negative comments about this modality.

Conclusions: The study revealed the need to create opportunities for participants to find meaning in lectures, the effectiveness of online media, and the role of lifelong college education in the community. It is necessary to investigate the transferability of these results to urban areas and explore outcome measures and program content to build an evidence-based lifelong learning program.