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El gobierno de Franco y la propaganda británica durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial: interferencia aliadófoba y benevolencia germanófila
Authors: García Cabrera Marta
Published: July 2023

La Segunda Guerra Mundial se extendió a través de múltiples frentes e instrumentos de actuación que dejaban sus huellas en territorios aparentemente neutrales, como España. La posición estratégica del país y la descarada posición del Gobierno de Franco en el conflicto favorecieron la conversión de España en el escenario de una importante batalla propagandística. Aunque esta fue principalmente protagonizada por potencias beligerantes como Gran Bretaña, Alemania y Estados Unidos, la lucha por la captación de la opinión pública española también contó con la implicación del régimen franquista. La tradicional división ideológica de las dos Españas, que fue directamente reforzada por la guerra civil española, incluyó la causa internacional como nuevo motivo de lucha, a través de un soterrado debate nacional en el que confluyeron las aspiraciones personales, las consignas franquistas y las campañas propagandísticas desplegadas por las potencias extranjeras –caracterizadas por el desequilibrio de las fuerzas enfrentadas, especialmente entre 1939 y 1943–. Además de impulsar una campaña propagandística germanófila y anti-democrática, el Gobierno de Franco favoreció la extensión de la propaganda nazi y obstaculizó premeditadamente las actividades aliadas. Las autoridades españolas limitaron especialmente la eficacia de las campañas británicas –la potencia aliada que desplegó mayores esfuerzos persuasivos en España–, en un lucha hispano-germana en la que también se perseguía a propagandistas, se rastreaba a sus colaboradores, se multaba y castigaba a las audiencias y se destruía el material propagandístico incautado. El principal objetivo de este artículo es analizar la posición adoptada por el Gobierno de Franco en la batalla propagandística que tuvo lugar en España entre 1939 y 1945. Además de presentar un análisis contextualizado de las campañas extranjeras, esta investigación incluye una descripción detallada de la interferencia del Gobierno español contra la propaganda aliada, que reforzaba así su descarada germanofilia en el marco de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
PROSEDUR PENGELASAN
Authors: Yudo Hartono , Jokosisworo Sarjito
Published: July 2023

Welding Procedure atau prosedur pengelasan merupakan hal yang sangat penting di dalam pengelasan. Sebelum pengelasan dilapangan dilaksanakan harus dirinci secara tertulis semua hal yang menjadi persyaratan pengelasan yaitu: pemilihan logam induk, logam las, jenis las, tipe sambungan, urutan pengelasan, tanda-tanda pengelasan, pengawasan sebelum pengelasan, selama pengelasan dan setelah pengelasan, serta spesifikasi semua bahan dan alat yang digunakan .Dengan adanya prosedur pengelasan ini dapat dihindari kesalahan dalam pelaksanaan pengelasan.
PERPADUAN ANTARA PROPELLER DAN DAUN KEMUDI GUNA MENGOPTIMALKAN PROLPULSI DAN MANUVER KAPAL SERTA EFFISIENSI BAHAN BAKAR
Authors: Ridwan Mohd
Published: July 2023

Operational of ship influences the running cost. A old ship, day by day cash cost are higher with ageing machinery requiring constant maintenance, a rusty hull requiring regular steel replacement and high fuel oil consumption. Fuel cost are 30-45 % all of running cost. with integrated between propeller and rudder to optimum ship propulsion and manoeuvering to reduce 4-9% vessel’s fuel oil consumption and energy efficiency
PRA PERANCANGAN WATERBUS DENGAN PENGGERAK MOTOR LISTRIK BERTENAGA SURYA DI BANJIR KANAL BARAT JAKARTA
Authors: Budiarto Untung
Published: July 2023

The problems of traffic jams and the issues of energy problems in Jakarta have been generated an innovation and an alternative solution in public transportation development which can reducing these problems that using the renewable energy Referring to the condition and these problems, the concept must be done within pre-design of waterbus which equipped with a solar panel system engine. The using of solar system as an energy resource on the pre design of the ship must be suitable on the water condition, the selection of the solar panel, 3 dimensional with sail routes and analysis calculation when the ship sailing The research is aimed to produce main dimensional of the ship which LOA = 12,00 m, LWL = 11,47 m, Bm = 4,34 m. This ship is using two outboard electrical motors which producing 2 KW of power, 15,954 watt of battery and 52,12 m2 of solar panel with monocrystaline type with 5,520 watt of power which defined from speed of the ship at 5,25 knot with 0,4 KN resistance
ANALISA FATIGUE KEKUATAN STERN RAMP DOOR AKIBAT BEBAN DINAMIS PADA KM. KIRANA I DENGAN METODE ELEMEN HINGGA DISKRIT ELEMEN SEGITIGA PLANE STRESS
Authors: Jokosisworo Sarjito , Sebastian Jajang
Published: July 2023

Kapal KM. Kirana I adalah kapal tipe Ro - Ro Passanger Ship yang beroperasi di Pulau Jawa dengan rute pelayaran Pelabuhan Semarang - Sampit yang mampu mengangkut penumpang dan kendaraan dalam jumlah yang relatif banyak. Untuk memudahkan akses keluar masuk kendaraan yang akan diangkut, maka kapal ini dilengkapi dengan sebuah ramp door sistem steel wire rope yang terletak di bagian buritan kapal (stern ramp door). Ramp door akan menerima beban dinamis secara berulang-ulang sehingga mengakibatkan kelelahan material (fatigue). Analisa fatigue konstruksi rampdoor dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode elemen hingga diskrit segitiga plane stress dengan tujuan untuk mendapatkan hasil analisa yang lebih akurat. Pemodelan dilakukan dengan menggunakan program bantu berbasis CAD, sedangkan untuk analisa fatigue menggunakan program berbasis elemen hingga. Analisa  yang digunakan adalah analisa beban dinamis dengan amplitudo berubah berdasarkan variasi 4 beban kendaran. Untuk mengetahui letak kondisi paling kritis rampdoor dibagi menjadi 3 bagian dengan mengambil lokasi pnode 180, 140, dan 100. Berdasarkan hasil analisa didapat umur ramp door selama 3186 siklus atau 2 tahun 9 bulan 4 hari dan mempunyai nilai intensitas tegangan patah sebenarnya sebesar 400,713 Mpa.
Intimidad y convivencia: repensar el valor del encuentro interhumano desde la intimidad
Authors: Martin-Fiorino Víctor
Published: July 2023

El escrito aborda la relación entre intimidad y convivencia, pensada desde el valor del encuentro intra e interhumano que nace de la dimensión espiritual de la persona. A partir del estudio de las consecuencias de la excesiva publicación de la vida y la extimidad, se analizan los fenómenos de despersonalización y los obstáculos para la realización de la existencia propia. Se revisan críticamente los enfoques sobre la funcionalidad de los individuos respecto a la sociedad, como deterioro de la estructura existencial dialógica del ser personal, que nace del reconocimiento del sí mismo íntimo y relacional. Con ello se establecen las bases de la convivencia como estatuto de la vida intra e interpersonal, en la que se construye, desde la realidad de las personas biográficas y su zona más íntima y espiritual, la unidad entre naturaleza humana, la condición histórica y la experiencia de la comunidad.
El concepto de intimidad en el pontificado de Pablo VI (1963-1978)
Authors: Ávila Arteaga Alix Dayanne , Eraso Marín Edwar Esteban , Sánchez Araque Karen Valentina , Ferrari Francesco
Published: July 2023

Pablo VI, canonizado el 14 de octubre de 2018 por el papa Francisco, desempeñó una importante labor como pontífice de la Iglesia católica, gracias a su experiencia pastoral, a su participación en los hechos históricos, como la culminación del Concilio Vaticano II, y a sus pronunciamientos en las revoluciones de los años sesenta. La figura de Montini ha sido estudiada desde diferentes perspectivas, pero, según la búsqueda bibliográfica, se observa una oportunidad de investigar sobre el concepto de intimidad en su pontificado. De este modo, el líder y algunos miembros del semillero de investigación Educación, mujer y familia, adscrito al Departamento de Humanidades de la Universidad Católica de Colombia, revisaron y analizaron los principales discursos y documentos papales de san Pablo VI, mediante el método crítico y hermenéutico. Con el presente estudio se intenta brindar un pequeño avance sobre las investigaciones en el campo de la historia contemporánea y de la historia del cristianismo. Para mencionar algunos de los hallazgos, se desarrollará el concepto de intimidad familiar, como el lugar donde la persona recibe la formación en valores humanos y religiosos; la intimidad personal, que permite un encuentro con la persona de Dios Padre, Hijo y Espíritu Santo, y la relación que hace el papa Montini entre intimidad y medios de comunicación, por su gran capacidad de entrar al hogar e impactar las conciencias de sus integrantes. Además, se profundizará en el término intimidad, como felicidad, amistad, apoyo y fuerza. (Tomado de la fuente)
Historia íntima de una comunidad religiosa misionera: las hijas del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús de Italia en Brasil (1930-1934)
Authors: Ferrari Francesco
Published: July 2023

El presente capítulo analiza la historia de los primeros cuatro años de la misión brasileña desarrollada por el instituto religioso femenino italiano conocido con el nombre de Hijas del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, fundada en Bérgamo en los años treinta del siglo XIX. Por medio del estudio de una documentación original constituida por los relatos de viajes escritos por las misioneras, las cartas enviadas a Italia desde las paradas de los buques que llevaban a las monjas a Brasil y los memoriales de la casa brasileña de la orden en Buricá, se describen varios aspectos de la vida diaria en esta misión y se reconstruye la compleja e interesante red de relaciones tejida por las religiosas entre sí y con el entorno social. Se analizan las principales características de los viajes transoceánicos entre Italia y Brasil realizados por las religiosas entre 1930 y 1934, en los cuales se unen sentimientos que van desde la nostalgia por la casa a la relación amistosa entre ellas, hasta la difidencia hacia los “anticlericales”. Se estudia también la actividad apostólica de las misioneras en la excolonia portuguesa, con particular atención en el acompañamiento de la comunidad de migrantes italianos y en la dirección del colegio de Buricá. Todo esto tiene el fin de profundizar las indagaciones sobre las misiones católicas en la década de 1930 y sobre los relatos íntimos y la construcción de la intimidad en las comunidades migrantes entre Europa y América Latina.
Investigating trade-offs made by American football linebackers using tracking data
Authors: Eager Eric , Seth Tej
Published: July 2023

In recent years, the game of football has made a shift towards being more quantitative. With the advent of charting and tracking data, player evaluation is able to be studied from several different angles. In this paper, we build and refine two novel metrics: Bite Distance Under Expected (BDUE) and Ground Covered Over Expected (GCOE) for the evaluation of linebackers in the National Football League (NFL). Here, we show that these metrics are heavily correlated with each other, which demonstrates the trade-off linebackers have to make between being aggressive against the run and being effective when the opposing offense is using play-action. We also show that these metrics are more stable than those in the public space. Finally, we show how these metrics measure deception by opposing offenses.
The Story of the Architectural Documentation of Hagia Sophia’s Hypogeum
Authors: Diker Hasan Fırat
Published: July 2023

Hagia Sophia’s hypogeum is a group of subterranean Roman tomb structures located in the area between the northeastern side of the structure and the imaret (“soup kitchen”) of Hagia Sophia. Consisting of three chambers connected by a passage, the hypogeum is dated to the fourth century and older than the current Hagia Sophia. The story of the architectural documentation of the hypogeum is also interesting. As a matter of fact, exposed findings during the museum research still contribute to the dating studies of the structure. The first digital architectural visualisation of the space was made in 2020 within the documentation of the subterranean structures of Hagia Sophia. After the partial cleaning of the inner space at the end of 2021, a relatively more favourable environment allowed for its visualisation. This study presents the most recent architectural documentation of the hypogeum carried out, the first reconstruction plan proposal, and a virtual superposition of the structure with its superstructure. Completely cleaning the interior and top will enable this space to be thoroughly documented and dated. By including the narrative of the documentation story to the present, this study is expected to be the last visualisation of the hypogeum until it is completely cleaned. The lack of architecturally similar structures in Istanbul requires special attention to this subterranean structure.
A Critical Plane-Based Multiaxial High-Cycle Fatigue Criterion Considering Mean Stress and Phase Shift Effects for Hard Metals
Authors: Wang Xiaowei , Hou Jun , Shen Qin , Li Fangjie , Liu Min , Sun Yujuan , Teng Bing
Published: July 2023

Based on the critical plane method, a high-cycle fatigue criterion considering the effects of the phase shift and mean stress on multiaxial fatigue strength is proposed for hard metals. When the materials obey the von Mises criterion and are subjected to proportional loading without the mean stress, the proposed criterion can be reduced to the von Mises criterion. The experimental data conducted under combined bending and torsion loading from some studies were employed to validate the applicability of the proposed criterion. The results demonstrate that the proposed criterion has good agreement with the experimental data under loading conditions with both the mean stress and phase shift effects.
EFFICACY OF VINEGAR, THYME WATER AND vB_EcoM-P34 PHAGE IN INHIBITING Escherichia coli O157:H7 IN LETTUCE
Authors: SAKİN ŞAHİN Tuba , EROL Rabia , YILDIRIM Zeliha
Published: July 2023

The antibacterial activity of thyme water, apple vinegar, grape vinegar, and vB_EcoM-P34 phage against Escherichia coli O157:H7 ATCC 35150 and their potential to be utilized for decontamination on lettuce were examined in this study. Lettuce samples were treated with thyme water, apple or grape vinegar solutions (10, 25, 50%), vB_EcoM-P34 phage (about 108 PFU/mL) or tap water for 30 min after inoculation of lettuce with E. coli O157:H7 at the level of 5.66 log. Depending on the concentration, vinegars and thyme water reduced the bacterial count in lettuce by between 0.78 and 2.69 logs. The most effective reduction was achieved by treatment with vB_EcoM-P34 at 3.23 log. Bacteriophage was the most suitable method for decontamination, followed by grape vinegar, apple vinegar, and thyme water at 50%. However, high concentrations of vinegars and thyme water caused a sharp odor and a slight lightening in the color of the lettuce.
Sustainable Development: Disaster Risk Reduction of Forest and Land Fire in Indonesia
Authors: Rozikin Mochammad , Wijaya Andy Fefta , Riyadi Bambang Slamet
Published: July 2023

This research aims to understand the collaborative governance and disaster risk reduction of forest and land fires at the ontological and sociological level that are very significant. The problem is very interesting to be analyzed by conducting a descriptive qualitative research based on theory of public policy, collaborative governance, and disaster risk reduction. Data were collected use in-depth interview, observation, and documentation related with forest and land fires cases in Indonesia. Data were analyzed use interactive models are data reduction, data display, data verification, and supported by triangulation. The results were based on ontological and sociological level for reducing risk disaster and improving a disaster management policy and regulation that are needed for providing information to stakeholders regarding regulations and sanctions and produce a clear input for public officials in making better regulations on disaster management.
Factors Affecting Investment and Approaches to Increase the Value of Community Products Business in Buriram Province after the Situation of COVID 19, Thailand
Authors: Panoram Preecha
Published: July 2023

The purposes of this research were to study the factors affecting investment, to compare the confirmatory factors affecting the investment of community product businesses in Buriram Province after the COVID-19 situation and approaches to add the value to community product businesses in Buriram Province. The tools used are survey questionnaire. The researcher divided the samples into 2 groups: group 1, entrepreneurs of 5 products, 150 persons and group 2, consumers of 150 products, totally it got 300 persons. Statistics used for this research were percentages, mean, standard deviation, T-values. Test F-Test Values and Confirmatory Factors Analysis (CFA). The results of this research were found that the best factors driving for occurring the development of community products business was the public policies as the policy of Policy for promoting the knowledge of integrated community production in all process to   entrepreneurs in Buriram Province. For entrepreneurs it has to support the strongness of business as they have to produce only the products according to the test or preferences of consumers.  Other factors were considered that it was the supporting to make the community product business become to a more utility product.
Evaluation of lipid disorders and hyperglycemia in an open population aged 30-69 years: results of a multicenter study
Authors: Mamedov M. N. , Sushkova L. T. , Isakov R. V. , Kutsenko V. A. , Drapkina O. M.
Published: July 2023

Aim. To identify lipid metabolism disorders and hyperglycemia in the open population aged 30-69 in 5 cities of the Vladimir region, taking into account sex characteristics.

Material and methods. The study included 1350 people (men and women aged 30-69 years), while 1174 people completed the study; the response rate was 87%. There were 424 (36,1%) men and 750 (63,9%) women among those completed the study. All participants were interviewed according to a standard questionnaire, including questions on socio-demographic status, behavioral and biological risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, as well as the presence of somatic diseases and their treatment. The blood concentrations of total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and glucose were determined.

Results. The average indicators of TC in the adult population were 5,28±0,75 mmol/l, for men and women its level was comparable. Sex differences were revealed in the average blood level of HDL-C. In the male population, its level was 1±0,11 mmol/l, and among women it was 1,14±0,14 mmol/l (p<0,001). The blood concentration of triglycerides was significantly higher compared to women — 1,8 [1,5; 2,1] mmol/l in men vs 1,7 [1,3; 2,0] mmol/l in women (p<0,035). In the examined adult population, 56,7% had an elevated TC level, while the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia among men and women was comparable — 57,8 and 55,7%, respectively. Hyperglycemia was found in 22% of all examined, while among men it was detected in every fourth, and among women in every fifth. Sex differences were significant (p=0,045). The prevalence of prediabetes among men is significantly higher compared to women — 17,2 and 11,9% (p=0,013), while the prevalence of diabetes in men and women was comparable — 7,3 and 7,6%, respectively.

Conclusion. Every second participant among men and women of the Vladimir region population has hypercholesterolemia, while fasting hyperglycemia is detected in every fourth man and fifth woman. Among men, the incidence of prediabetes is 2,5 times, and among women 1,5 times higher than the prevalence of diabetes. Thus, deve­lopment of preventive interventions in a particular region of the Central Federal District should take into account the high prevalence of hyper­cholesterolemia and hyperglycemia, including early disorders of car­bohydrate metabolism.
Confecção de um modelo mecânico análogo para o estudo do Movimento Browniano e da Difusão Molecular
Authors: Arias Enrique , Morett Guilherme
Published: July 2023

Neste artigo é descrita a montagem de um sistema mecânico que simula o processo de propagação estocástica de uma partícula browniana em um fluido. O sistema consta de um oscilador mecânico que agita constantemente um recipiente onde pequenas partículas de um “fluido” são depositadas e se mantém em movimento. Dentro deste “fluido”, uma outra partícula browniana (maior) é inserida sobre a qual as pequenas partículas do fluido exercem forças estocásticas. O movimento em zigue-zague das partículas brownianas é analisado mediante a filmagem do movimento e pela utilização do software Tracker para o estudo das imagens. Os resultados denotam um excelente acordo entre as previsões da teoria do movimento browniano e o experimento proposto. A vantagem de induzir desta forma os conceitos do movimento browniano e da difusão molecular é que se pode observar ao olho nu este fenômeno acontecendo e sua visualização pode ajudar na melhor compreensão desses conceitos.
Paradoxos da Relatividade
Authors: Alencar G. , Macedo J. , Maranhão L. , Carneiro P.
Published: July 2023

Nesse artigo, apresentamos vários paradoxos aparentes da relatividade restrita e suas respectivas soluções. Esse paradoxos aparecem desde o advento da relatividade, em 1905, e de fato nunca são paradoxos. Do ponto de vista didático, os paradoxos são uma excelente ferramenta de aprendizado. Eles levam o estudante a confrontar, e abandonar, vários conceitos centrais da teoria Galileana, como a simultaneidade e a rigidez dos corpos extensos. Particularmente, revisaremos uma nova e simples solução para o paradoxo dos gêmeos, encontrada recentemente por um dos presentes autores [1]. Ela não necessita considerar referenciais acelerados ou sinais de luz, que são as soluções apresentadas na literatura.
A ciência no tempo das catástrofes: o caso da emergência da Ciência do Sistema Terra
Authors: Lowande Walter Francisco Figueiredo
Published: July 2023

Resumo O presente artigo propõe uma revisão da historiografia sobre a constituição da Ciência do Sistema Terra (CST) de modo a extrair desse procedimento indícios sobre as condições de produção específicas que levaram essa comunidade a incorporar em seus textos elementos narrativos de caráter prescritivo. Para tanto, considera-se a autonomia relativa da CST diante da reestruturação neoliberal das relações globais de produção que impactaram a pragmática científica em geral a partir da década de 1970, bem como a reação dessa comunidade aos negacionismos científicos. Ao final, o artigo apresenta uma reflexão sobre como essas discussões podem ser incorporadas na historiografia de modo mais abrangente.
De traidores a patriotas: um ensaio sobre discursos e comportamentos políticos no processo de independência (1789-1823)
Authors: Rodrigues André Figueiredo , Figueiredo Luciano
Published: July 2023

RESUMO Voltando-se para o tema da influência das experiências das revoltas que antecedem o processo de independência e os contrastes entre tais eventos, o artigo examina a trajetória singular de dois personagens entre o final do século XVIII e as primeiras décadas do século XIX. José Resende Costa Filho e o padre Manuel Rodrigues da Costa participaram da Inconfidência Mineira e, depois de cumprir a condenação com o degredo, retornam ao Brasil e atuam no processo de emancipação política a partir de 1822. Para isso faz-se um esforço de acompanhar o percurso da atuação de cada um deles, desde a conspiração em Minas Gerais, até suas reabilitações políticas. Isso ocorre com a participação nos debates sobre as exigências das cortes de Portugal ao Brasil e, após o rompimento, na preparação da Constituinte de 1823. Busca-se aproximar, dentro do que as fontes históricas disponíveis oferecem, as linguagens políticas adotadas nas diferentes circunstâncias em que estiveram envolvidos, sem deixar de inseri-las em seus contextos.
(official) Sample Collection in Herbarium Collections - Protocol#0 v1
Authors: M. Borges Ricardo
Published: July 2023

This document outlines the protocol for sample collection from Herbarium specimens. The Herbarium houses a vast collection of plant specimens, managed by a designated individual. This person is responsible for selecting specimens suitable for research or other purposes. When collecting plant material, it is crucial to maintain homogeneity by choosing parts that are similar in size and appearance. Furthermore, the amount of dry material collected should not exceed 50 milligrams. While this may seem small, it ensures that ample material remains accessible to other users. The primary objective is to utilize the Herbarium's resources responsibly and sustainably, ensuring its value as a critical resource for future generations.
Influence of alcohol intoxication on the survival period in patients with subdural hemorrhage
Authors: Averkin Nikita S. , Stolyarov Arkadiy P. , Kharitonov Evgeniy A. , Zhivankina Irina S.
Published: July 2023

BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury is an urgent problem in forensic medical examination, and subdural hematoma is considered the most fatal among them. In forensic medical practice, the outcomes of subdural hematoma should be understood depending on its volume to represent the pathohistological evolution of subdural hematoma and determine the essence of brain damage at the same time.
AIM: To evaluate the influence of alcohol intoxication on the survival period in patients with subdural hemorrhage.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted on 42 deaths from subdural hematoma, of which two groups were identified: those who died before medical care (n=20) and those who received medical care in a hospital (n=22). The injury circumstances, the blood volume spilled under the dura mater, the presence and degree of alcohol intoxication, and the level of consciousness on the Glasgow coma scale were recorded. Histological examination of a subdural hematoma was performed to determine its prescription.
RESULTS: Subdural hematoma is commonly caused by street injuries and traffic accidents. Hematomas are combined with skull fractures in 52.3% of cases, leptomeningeal hemorrhages in 73.8%, bruises in 81%, and cerebral edema in 88%. Unilateral subdural hematoma is more common than bilateral. The fact of alcoholic intoxication was recorded in most victims, whereas the ethyl alcohol concentration in the blood of persons who died before medical care was 2 times higher. Significant correlations were observed between the degree of impaired consciousness on the Glasgow coma scale and the concentration of ethyl alcohol in the blood (r=0.701, p 0.05) and between the volume of subdural hematoma (r=0.526, p 0.05) and hospitalization period (r=0.559, p 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Persons with subdural hemorrhage in a state of high degree of alcohol intoxication, as a rule, die before medical care is provided to them. Similarly, if help was provided, the outcome is most often unfavorable with a shorter survival period even in the presence of a small hematoma. Histological examination is currently the most optimal method in terms of determining the prescription of subdural hematoma.
Dysfunctions of the lower urinary tract in patients with multiple sclerosis. Pathogenesis, symptomatics, diagnosis
Authors: Kuzmin Igor V.
Published: July 2023

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune demyelinating disease, one of the most common symptoms of which are urinary disorders. The review article provides information on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, clinical course and diagnostic features of neurogenic dysfunctions of the lower urinary tract in patients with multiple sclerosis. Attention is drawn to the need for early diagnosis of urinary tract dysfunctions, which predetermines the timely initiation and effectiveness of treatment.
Artificial Intelligence-Based Approach on Cybersecurity Challenges and Opportunities in The Internet of Things & Edge Computing Devices
Authors: Farooq Dr Mansoor
Published: July 2023

The Internet of Things (IoT) presents a wide range of issues and challenges. Security is a major concern for IoT technologies, applications, and networks. IoT's research progress is discussed in this paper, which focuses on this primary feature of IoT and describes various security issues and concerns. The Internet of Things and the concept of edge computing have enabled many new IoT applications, including smart homes, intelligent transportation, pioneering health, smart grids, and smart energy. It also introduces a slew of unanticipated challenges to data security. Cybersecurity, edge computing, the Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence all present exciting new research and development prospects. There are many new threats and opportunities and this paper will focus on them.
Associations between cognitive impairment and chronic heart failure in people over the age of 65: data from the Russian multicenter study EUCALYPTUS
Authors: Izyumov A. D. , Vorobyova N. M. , Mkhitaryan H. A. , Eruslanova K. A. , Kotovskaya Yu. V. , Tkacheva O. N.
Published: July 2023

Objective. The aim of the study was to study the prevalence of cognitive impairment (CI) and chronic heart failure (CHF) in people aged ≥ 65 years, as well as to analyze the relationship between them.Design and methods. In the subanalysis of the multicenter EUCALYPTUS study, 3537 patients aged 65 to 107 years (average age 78,7 ± 8,4 years) were selected who had information about the presence/absence of CHF and who underwent a Mini- Cog test. All patients were stratified into 2 groups: with the presence (n = 2111) and absence (n = 1426) of CHF.Results. The prevalence of CHF in this sample was 59,7 %, CI — 60,8 %. With increasing age, the prevalence of both CHF and CI increased significantly. Patients with CHF were on average 4 years older than patients without CHF, but did not differ by gender. In general, the frequency of probable CI (≤ 3 points in the Mini-Cog test) in patients with CHF was significantly higher than without CHF (64,5 % против 55,4 %; p < 0,001). One-factor regression analysis demonstrated that an increase in the sum of points in the Mini-Cog test for every 1 point reduces the chances of having CHF by 14 %, and the presence of probable CI is associated with an increase in the chances of having CHF by 46 %. Univariate regression analysis showed that compared with the absence of CI (reference category; odds ratio = 1,0), patients with CI had a 72 % higher chance of having CHF, whereas the presence of a moderate risk of CI was not associated with an increased chance of having CHF. However, when adjusting for age and gender in the model, all of the above associations lost their significance due to the fact that age is significantly associated with both CHF and CI.Conclusions. Thus, the results of a multicenter study of EUCALYPTUS demonstrate a high prevalence of both probable CI and CHF among the elderly and senile in the Russian population and their relationship.
Peculiarities of geriatric status in patients with chronic heart failure over the age of 65: data from the EUCALYPTUS study
Authors: Fedin M. A. , Vorobyeva N. M. , Izyumov A. D. , Eruslanova K. A. , Kotovskaya Yu. V. , Tkacheva O. N.
Published: July 2023

Objective. In persons aged ≥ 65 years, to estimate the prevalence of chronic heart failure (CHF), assess geriatric status and analyze associations of CHF with geriatric syndromes (GS).Design and methods. The study included 4308 people (30 % men) aged 65 to 107 years (mean age 78 ± 8 years) living in 11 regions of the Russian Federation, who were divided into 3 age subgroups (65–74 years, 75–84 years and ≥ 85 years). All participants underwent a comprehensive geriatric assessment, which consisted of two stages: 1) questioning according to a specially designed questionnaire; 2) objective examination. The presence of 15 GS was assessed. The presence of CHF was judged on the basis of the submitted medical documentation.Results. The frequency of CHF in all subjects was 57,8 %, including 44,2 % in persons aged 65–74 years, 60,2 % in 75–84 years, 72,6 % in ≥ 85 years (p for a trend < 0,001). In patients with CHF, the frequency of 13 out of 15 GS was higher (except for orthostatic hypotension and malnutrition). One-way regression analysis showed that the presence of CHF is associated with an increase in the chances of having these GS by 1,3–1,9 times. Multivariate regression analysis adjusted for age and sex found that age was independently associated with the presence of CHF (odds ratio (OR) 1,06 for every 1 year; 95 % confidence interval (CI) 1,05–1,07; p < 0,001), basic dependence in everyday life (OR 1,22; 95 % CI 1,04–1,42; p = 0,015), probable depression (OR 1,35; 95 % CI 1,16–1,56; p < 0,001), fecal incontinence (OR 1,80; 95 % CI 1,21–2,69; p = 0,004) and chronic pain syndrome (OR 1,97; 95 % CI 1,58–2,45; p < 0,001).Conclusions. In the EUCALYPTUS study, for the first time, national data on the prevalence of CHF in people aged ≥ 65 years were obtained and associations between CHF and 15 GS were studied.
Relationship between folate cycle genes polymorphisms and development of chronic heart failure in patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus
Authors: Sveklina T. S. , Kolyubaeva S. N. , Shustov S. B. , Kuchmin A. N. , Kozlov V. A. , Yaroslavtsev M. Y. , Konyaev V. V. , Oktysyuk P. D.
Published: July 2023

Limited studies have been performed on the association of distorted folates metabolism genetic markers with progression of clinically manifesting chronic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (CHF-pEF) in patients with arterial hypertension (HTN) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2).Objective. To identify folate cycle genes polymorphisms in patients with HTN, DM2 and CHF-pEF.Design and methods. We have identified the occurrence frequency of several MTHFR genes polymorphisms: 677 C > T (rs1801133), MTHFR: 1298 A > C (rs1801131), MTR: 2756 A > G (rs1805087), MTRR: 66 A > G (rs1801394) in patients with CHF-pEF and DM2 (n = 52), chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (CHF-rEF) and DM2 (n = 49) and control patients without CHF or DM2 (n = 66). Mean aged was 69,9 ± 10,1 years old.Results. In comparison to the controls, the CHF-pEF group showed higher frequencies of rs1801133: CHF-pEF group — 61,54 % vs. 28,57 % (odds ratio (OR) — 4,0, confidence interval (CI) — 1,788–8,948, p < 0,002); rs1805087–75,0 % vs. 25,0 % (OR — 9,0, CI — 3,573–22,673, p < 0,001), rs1801394–90,38 % vs. 69,39 % (OR — 4,2, CI — 1,375–12,510, p < 0,017). Compared to the CHF-rFV group, the following frequencies were found: CHF-rFV — rs1805087–75,0 % against 36,96 % (OR — 5,2, CI — 2,110–12,414, p < 0,001), rs1801394–90,38 % vs. 68,75 % (OR — 4,3, CI — 1,414–12,909, p < 0,011). The polymorphism frequencies in CHF-rFV were generally comparable with such of the controls. Conclusions. Higher frequencies of rs1801133, rs1805087 and rs1801394 polymorphisms were detected in patients with HTN, DM2 and those with CHF-pEF, as compared to either helthy patients and those with reduced ejection fraction. There is also high rate of rs1801394 polymorphism in patients with HTN, DM2, regardless of the ejection fraction.
“Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company:” the American Performance of Shakespeare and the White-Washing of Political Geography
Authors: Meyer John M.
Published: July 2023

The paper examines the spatial overlap between the disenfranchisement of African Americans and the performance of William Shakespeare’s plays in the United States. In America, William Shakespeare seems to function as a prelapsarian poet, one who wrote before the institutionalization of colonial slavery, and he is therefore a poet able to symbolically function as a ‘public good’ that trumps America’s past associations with slavery. Instead, the modern American performance of Shakespeare emphasizes an idealized strain of human nature: especially when Americans perform Shakespeare outdoors, we tend to imagine ourselves in a primeval woodland, a setting without a history. Therefore, his plays are often performed without controversy—and (bizarrely) on or near sites specifically tied to the enslavement or disenfranchisement of people with African ancestry. New York City’s popular outdoor Shakespeare theater, the Delacorte, is situated just south of the site of Seneca Village, an African American community displaced for the construction of Central Park; Alabama Shakespeare Festival takes place on a former plantation; the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia makes frequent use of a hotel dedicated to a Confederate general; the University of Texas’ Shakespeare at Winedale festival is performed in a barn built with supports carved by slave labor; the Oregon Shakespeare Festival takes place within a state unique for its founding laws dedicated to white supremacy. A historiographical examination of the Texas site reveals how the process of erasure can occur within a ‘progressive’ context, while a survey of Shakespearean performance sites in New York, Alabama, Virginia, and Oregon shows the strength of the unexpected connection between the performance of Shakespeare in America and the subjugation of Black persons, and it raises questions about the unique and utopian assumptions of Shakespearean performance in the United States.
Dziedzictwo kolonialne w społeczeństwach wieloetnicznych: utajony rasizm w Peru w XXI wieku
Authors: Escobedo Luis
Published: July 2023

Od początku XVI w. społeczeństwo Peru zostało poddane intensywnemu wymieszaniu pod względem etnicznym i kulturowym. Proces ten obejmował łączenie i godzenie różnorodności, jednakże odsłonił także liczne antagonizmy i konflikty, szczególnie widoczne pomiędzy regionami na Wybrzeżu (zwłaszcza w Limie) a Andami. Znacząca pozycja Limy jako ośrodka politycznego i ekonomicznego w okresie kolonialnym spowodowała faworyzowanie ludzi z Wybrzeża, kosztem mieszkańców Andów, głównie autochtonów. Ta dysproporcja utrzymywała się w czasach po odzyskaniu niepodległości, pomimo że w obliczu nieobecności Hiszpanów, Kreole stali się klasą rządząca. Od początku XX w. ludność z Andów upatrywała szansę poprawy warunków życia dzięki migracji do miast lub na wybrzeże. Mimo że ludność napływowa z Andów oraz ich potomkowie zaczęli z czasem partycypować w sprawowaniu władzy, zyskując przy tym równy innym obywatelom status społeczny, nadal byli przedmiotem dyskryminacji rasowej. Razem z Peruwiańczykami o innym pochodzeniu, którzy byli w historii podobnie uznawani za obywateli niższej kategorii, jak np. afro-Peruwiańczycy, postrzegano i naznaczano ich jako przynależnych do nieoficjalnej kategorii nie-białych. I chociaż odbywało się to w skomplikowanej i ukrytej formie, społeczeństwo Peru przyznawało tej grupie niższą ocenę, a biali Peruwiańczycy byli oceniani wyżej. Czerpiąc z naukowych badań społecznych nad rasizmem, przeprowadzanych od lat 80. XX w., artykuł stanowi wyjaśnienie, jak rasizm funkcjonuje obecnie wśród Peruwiańczyków jako utajona forma dyskryminacji, oraz dlaczego i w jaki sposób ludzie o wyraźnie europejskich cechach są idealizowani, podczas gdy ci o mniej europejskich cechach są dyskredytowani.
An Overview of Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and their mitigation strategies
Authors: Bibi Farhana , Rahman Azizur
Published: July 2023

In recent days, the adverse effect of climate change on soil properties in the agriculture sector is a dreadful reality worldwide. Climate change-induced abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought and temperature fluctuations are devastating the crops’ physiological responses, productivity and overall yield which is ultimately posing a serious threat to global food security and agroecosystems. The applications of chemical fertilizers and pesticides contribute towards further deterioration and rapid change in climate. Therefore, more careful, eco-friendly and sustainable strategies are required to mitigate the impact of climate-induced damage on agriculture sector. This paper reviews the recently reported damaging impacts of abiotic stresses on various crops along with two emerging mitigation strategies; biochar and biostimulants, in light of recent studies for combating the worsening impact of deteriorated environment and climate change on crops physiological responses, yields, soil properties, and environment. Here we highlighted the impact of climate change on agriculture and soil properties along with recently emerging mitigation strategies applying biochar and biostimulants, towards protecting the soil, agriculture and environment.
PELAKSANAAN PERJANJIAN JUAL BELI PRODUK PETROKIMIA ANTARA PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO) DENGAN DISTRIBUTOR
Authors: Sanjaya Garin Purna
Published: July 2023

Abstract

The purposes of this article are to determine the implementation of petrochemical product sale and purchase agreement between PT Pertamina (Persero) with the distributors, and to determine the obstacles and solutions regarding of petrochemical product sale and purchase agreement. This research uses descriptive empirical legal research methods. The results of this research shows the agreement had based on the Pedoman Pemasaran Produk Petrochemical Trading Nomor A-002/F00000/2016-S9 and had been implemented well with parties. The obstacles caused by government policies, the complexity of customs duty, and unstable of international oil prices. The solutions to resolve these obstacles with expanding international agreements in the economic sector, optimalize of Pertukaran Data Elektronik (PDE) system at custom duty, and selecting distributor then determining competitive prices.

Keywords: Petrochemical Sale and Purchase Agreement; Implementation; The Obstacles; Solutions.

Abstrak

Artikel ini mengkaji bagaimana pelaksanaan perjanjian jual beli produk petrokimia antara PT Pertamina (Persero) dengan distributor, serta mengetahui hambatan dan solusi dalam pelaksanaan perjanjian jual beli produk petrokimia. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian hukum empiris bersifat deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perjanjian telah didasarkan pada Pedoman Pemasaran Produk Petrochemical Trading Nomor A-002/F00000/2016-S9 dan telah dilaksanakan dengan baik oleh para pihak. Hambatan perjanjian disebabkan oleh kebijakan pemerintah, pengurusan izin kepabeanan, dan harga minyak dunia yang tidak stabil, Solusi untuk terhadap hambatan dengan memperluas perjanjian internasional bidang ekonomi, mengoptimalkan penggunaan sistem Pertukaran Data Elektronik (PDE) dalam pengurusan kepabeanan dan memilih distributor secara selektif serta penentuan harga yang kompetitif.

Kata kunci: Perjanjian Jual Beli Petrokimia; Pelaksanaan; Hambatan; Solusi.
What’s Important: Care of the Migrant Trauma Patient
Authors: Yong Taylor M. , Rajani Rajiv
Published: July 2023

Update

This article was updated on December 20, 2023, because of a previous error, which was discovered after the preliminary version of the article was posted online. On page 1993, the text that had read “Once apprehended by U.S. CBP, migrant trauma patients are often taken to local hospitals in the U.S. health-care systems along the U.S.-Mexico border that are tasked with providing care to this particularly vulnerable patient population” now reads “Once apprehended by U.S. CBP, migrant trauma patients are often brought to local hospitals in the U.S. These hospitals, located along the U.S.-Mexico border, are tasked with providing care to this particularly vulnerable population.”
Intermediate Outcomes of Shoulder Synovial Chondromatosis in an Adolescent Boy
Authors: Orner Caitlin A. , Shayan Katayoon , Manhard Claire E. , Edmonds Eric W.
Published: July 2023

Case:

Synovial chondromatosis is a rare condition affecting synovial joints. It occurs uncommonly in the shoulder and is rare in the pediatric population. We present a case of a 13-year-old male patient with shoulder pain who was diagnosed with synovial chondromatosis and a posterior labral tear. He was treated with arthroscopic loose body removal, synovectomy, and posterior labral repair and recovered well from the surgery. Four years after the surgery, he developed pain in the same shoulder, but the cause of the pain was not investigated per the patient's decision.

Conclusion:

Synovial chondromatosis should be considered in pediatric patients presenting with shoulder pain and loss of function with potential for recurrence.
Population genetic analysis and scans for adaptation and contemporary selection footprints provide genomic insight into aus, indica and japonica rice cultivars diversification
Authors: Vahedi Seyed Milad , Momen Moslem , Mousavi Seyedeh Fatemeh , Banabazi Mohammad Hossein , Hasanvandi Mohammad Saeed , Bhatta Madhav , Roudbar Mahmoud Amiri , Ardestani Siavash Salek
Published: July 2023

Following domestication, rice cultivars have been spread worldwide to different climates and have experienced selection pressures to improve desirable traits. This has resulted in diverse cultivars that display variation in phenotypic traits, such as stress tolerance, grain size, and yield. To better understand the genomic composition arising from cultivars development and local adaptation, high-density genotypes [containing 286,183 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) after the quality control] of 1,284 rice cultivars of aus, indica, and temperate and tropical japonica were scanned for diversifying signatures applying a pairwise comparison of fixation index (Fst) test. Each cultivar’s population was investigated for contemporary selection using the integrated haplotype score (iHS) test. Signatures of diversifying selection among the pairwise comparisons were found in genomic regions mainly involved in response to stress (pathogens, drought, heat, cold) and development and morphology of various structures, such as root, pollen, spikelet, and grain. The most significant diversification signal between indica and japonica cultivars was detected at the location of ROX2 gene. Aus with indica comparison detected the most divergent signal at important candidate genes of OsEXPA8 and OsEXPA9, whereas temperate with tropical japonica comparison resulted in two well-known candidate genes OsHCT4 and OsGpx4. Recent selection analysis detected different patterns of contemporary selection in genomic regions related to rice breeding standard criteria such as stress tolerance, seed germination, starch content, and flowering time. Our findings highlight the underlying molecular basis of adaptive divergence and propose that modern rice breeding may provide additional diversification among rice cultivars.