bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Exploring Nontraditional Students' Experiences With Federal Financial Aid Counseling and Their Influence on Students' Attitudes Toward Borrowing and Persistence
Authors:   , McDaniel Nicole , Levine Bruce A.
Published: March 2022

Obtaining a college degree creates a pathway for low-income students and their families toward advancement within American society. Earning a postsecondary credential positively impacts an individual's employment outcomes, income, job satisfaction, and overall health. In working toward this goal, older, financially independent working students-referred to in this study as nontraditional students-rely heavily on federal student loans to finance their educations. Yet, they are at a higher risk of leaving school without completing their degree program, making them more likely to struggle during repayment and potentially go into student loan default. These struggles have an overall deleterious effect on their family finances over their lifetime. Among other things, student loan debt impacts individuals' decisions to get married, have children, purchase homes, and save for retirement. Federal loan counseling is intended to assist students with making informed borrowing decisions and managing their student loans. The Annual Student Loan Acknowledgement tool (ASLA) is the federal government's latest attempt to meet these objectives. This mixed methods research project had a pragmatic approach. A survey was the instrument used to assess low-income, nontraditional students' knowledge and understanding of the federal student loan and aid programs and application process. One-on-one interviews were tools to learn the impact of federal counseling on nontraditional students' attitudes toward accruing debt and completing their degree programs. To assess the overall effectiveness of federal counseling for nontraditional students, the researcher sought to determine if there were significant differences between ASLA completers and noncompleters in their knowledge of federal loans and aid programs, overall satisfaction with counseling and their borrowing decisions, and attitudes toward borrowing and persisting toward a degree. This study found no significant differences in any of these areas between students who did and did not complete the ASLA. Therefore, financial aid offices and schools need to explore more solutions to help nontraditional students to understand federal loan and financial aid programs and make more informed borrowing and academic decisions.
Aplicación del algoritmo de K-NN en la asignación de órdenes de trabajo de mantenimiento correctivo para equipos biomédicos
Authors: Bermeo Varon Leonardo Antonio , Vargas Vásquez Jhon Edward , Erazo Benavidez Natalia
Published: March 2022

La gestión de mantenimiento de equipos biomédicos en una institución prestadora de servicios de salud es importante, ya que por medio de esta se puede determinar diferentes indicadores de gestión, entre ellos el tiempo de disponibilidad de la tecnología. Sin embargo, en muchas ocasiones esta disponibilidad de la tecnología no es la adecuada, debido principalmente al tiempo en el que esta fuera de servicio en el proceso de mantenimiento correctivo. Estos factores dependen exclusivamente del personal o empresas que realizan las intervenciones de los equipos. El aumento de la disponibilidad es fundamental para mejorar aspectos como: eficacia, eficiencia y productividad, entre menor sea el tiempo de intervención de los equipos, se garantiza la prestación de servicios de salud y de buena calidad. Es así, como procesos de optimización de este proceso es una tarea indispensable en la gestión tecnológica hospitalaria. Toda vez, que sea posible mejorar este indicador. En ese sentido, en este artículo se presenta la optimización por medio del algoritmo K-NN para determinar que personal o empresa es más eficiente el momento de realizar un mantenimiento correctivo específico, basado en el historial de fallas de la Fundación Hospital San Pedro (FHSP) de la cuidad de Pasto, buscando disminuir el tiempo de atención del equipo y la posibilidad de realizar actualizaciones en capacitaciones para personal de áreas específicas de mantenimiento. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que el algoritmo de K-NN es capaz de realizar una clasificación adecuada para determinar el personal idóneo para realizar labores de mantenimiento.
Public works in Hungary:
Authors: Molnár György , Bazsalya Balázs , Bódis Lajos , Kálmán Judit
Published: March 2022

This paper reviews the past 10 years of the Hungarian public works system in an international context. It describes changes in the system of public works over time, its various forms, its regional allocation mechanisms and the decision-making and planning process. In that respect, it explores the motivations of the key players, including the central planner, the employment service and the municipalities, as well as their interactions. The analysis is based on interviews conducted in the competent ministries, at national public works providers, the county and district offices of the public employment system and municipalities on one hand, and quantitative data analyses on the entire public works database for the period of 2011-2014, on the other hand.Originally intended to be a labour market policy tool, public works programmes assumed more significant social and municipality management functions, partly because of the extraordinary expansion of their volume. None of their functions performs adequately in the regulatory environment developed; however, they play a key role in mitigating social tensions in disadvantaged rural areas. The planning and regional allocation mechanisms of public works are in many ways similar to the planning procedure of state socialism and provide scope for the  of plan bargaining, based on information asymmetry. As a result, this mechanism creates impacts different from the stated objectives in somerespects. The most disadvantaged municipalities thus have proportionately fewer public works participants than would be expected based on the number of long-term unemployed. The system of public works has had a considerable impact on local power structures and transformed the functions of mayors. The responsibility for tackling labour market problems was transferred from the competent employment services to municipalities without expertise, which also had a negative impact on the Public Employment Service.
Researching Romanian urban ghettos
Authors: Messing Vera
Published: March 2022

Vincze, E. Petrovici, N; Rat, C and Picker, G. (2019)Racialized Labour in RomaniaSpaces of Marginality at the Periphery of Global CapitalismPalgrave Macmillan, London
Work–life: balance?
Authors: Gregor Anikó , Kováts Eszter
Published: March 2022

Based on theories of the relations of labor and care, as well as previous research on the past 30 years of gender inequalities in Hungary, the paper aims to interpret these results and further develop the existing knowledge on the situation of women and gender relations in Hungarian society in the context of the social, economic, and political transformations of the past 30 years while considering the intersecting mechanisms ofemployment, family and care policies from a gender perspective. In 2017 we conducted six focus group interviews with lower-class women across the country and a representative survey on a sample of 1,000 respondents (both men and women), that will provide the empirical data for the paper. One of the core findings of the research is the striking tension that women experience on the labor market in relation to their care responsibilities incl. elderly care, especially in low-income and working-class groups. The counter-interest of the employers concerning care for dependent family members was a recurrent topic brought up by the participants of our interviews as well as the lack of expectations towards state support and towards men in the share of care work.
Száz év magány?
Authors: Horváth Sándor
Published: March 2022

A munkáskutatások időről-időre úgy jelentek meg a társadalomtudományos diskurzusokban, mint a társadalomtudomány „mostohagyerekei”, mintha mindig valamiféle partvonalról szerették volna láttatni vagy megérteni az ipari munkásságot. Vajon mennyiben volt ez így, mennyire volt periférikus a magyarországi munkáskutatás? Egyik előfeltevésem, hogy az iménti kijelentéssel éppen ellenkezőleg: a hazai munkáskutatások rendre a progresszív, nemzetközileg is értelmezhető kutatások közé tartoztak, annak ellenére (vagy talán éppen amiatt), hogy rendre politikai reflexióként is olvashatók voltak. Szinte minden munkáskutatás – a kutatók szándékai ellenére is – felhasználható volt politikai célokra is, ezért rendre kiemelt figyelmet kaptak. A tanulmányban áttekintem azokat a nézőpontokat, amelyeket közel száz év szélesebb visszhangot kiváltó munkáskutatásai alkalmaztak a századfordulós gyárfelügyelői jelentésektől kezdve az 1970-es évekig. Arra kerestem a választ, hogy milyen társadalompolitikai motivációi lehettek a magyar munkások kutatói által használt elbeszélői technikáknak, és hogyan kapcsolódott mindez a nemzetközi társadalomtudományos tendenciákhoz. A másik kérdés ennél összetettebb: miért történhetett az meg, hogy a munkáskutatások rendre politikai színezetet nyertek, illetve, hogy éppen ez, nem pedig újító módszertanuk emelte ki őket a társadalomkutatások köréből?
Menedék, mobilitási ösvény? A közfoglalkoztatás női mikrovilágai
Authors: Váradi Monika Mária
Published: March 2022

Tanulmányom egy egyházi karitatív szervezet és az általa alapított egyházi óvodában dolgozó közfoglalkoztatott nők perspektívájából vizsgálja a közfoglalkoztatás élettörténeti szerepét és jelentéseit. A szegények megsegítésének keresztény imperatívusza alapján működő szervezet és a helyi cigánymisszióból kinőtt intézmény olyan kutatási és elemzési keretet jelentenek, amelyben kirajzolódik a közfoglalkoztatottak bizonytalan és sérülékeny helyzete, valamint a közfoglalkoztatáshoz kötődő személyes kapcsolatok és elismerési viszonyok összefüggése. A két intézmény olyan viszonyok rendszerét teremti meg, amely a (relatív) biztonság, az otthonosság, a megbecsültség és az önbecsülés érzését nyújtja a közfoglalkoztatottak számára, ugyanakkor el is fedi e viszonyok aszimmetrikus jellegét. A közfoglalkoztatott nők történeteiben meghatározó a segítés, a jót tevés mint érték és gyakorlat, amely a szervezet küldetésével való azonosulásból fakad és/vagy a karitatív szervezet és az óvoda vezetőjétől kapott személyes támogatást jelenti. Saját életútjuk és aktuális helyzetük értelmezése az asszonyokat szimbolikus határmegvonásra készteti a különböző közfoglalkoztatási formák és a bizonytalan, sérülékeny pozíciók között, amelynek tétje viszonylag kedvezőbb pozíciójuk hangsúlyozása és önbecsülésük, méltóságuk, integritásuk megőrzése.
sistémica como herramienta de gestión en los equipos de trabajo. Análisis de su aplicación en el área de cartera de entidades pertenecientes al sector bancario
Authors: Castro-Galvis Miguel Ángel , Castillo-García Gustavo Adolfo , Florez-Florez Jennifer
Published: March 2022

El sector bancario en su calidad de agente financiador del crecimiento económico del país realiza operaciones crediticias dirigidas a distintos segmentos poblacionales; Las cuales son elaboradas por equipos humanos interdisciplinarios que abordan las distintas etapas del proceso. Por medio de un análisis descriptivo de tipo cuantitativo se pretende determinar el impacto que la sistémica a través de la aplicación del Coaching sistémico tiene en la productividad de estos equipos. Los hallazgos de este proceso investigativo permiten determinar la situación actual de los integrantes del equipo en cuanto al grado de apropiación que tienen sobre sus labores, determinando variables críticas para la obtención de los objetivos; Observando la evolución propiciada por la aplicación de un proceso de Coaching sistémico en pos de mejorar la efectividad  en el área de cartera, potencializando el recurso humano y técnico de las entidades en aras de un beneficio recíproco para estas y sus clientes.
Observancia del gasto y costos fiscales por los beneficios tributarios dados en Colombia
Authors: Vergara-De La Ossa Rocío , Londoño-Vega Claudia
Published: March 2022

Contribuir al financiamiento de los gastos e inversiones del Estado dentro de conceptos de justicia y equidad es una de las obligaciones que tienen todos los colombianos, tal obligación se emana de lo rezado en la Constitución Política en el artículo 95 numeral 9, en donde se establece que es deber de todo ciudadano “Contribuir al financiamiento de los gastos e inversiones del Estado dentro de los conceptos de justicia y equidad.  La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo observar el cumplimiento de estos principios constitucionales en las diferentes exenciones y beneficios tributarios existentes en Colombia. En consecuencia con lo anterior se identificó el gasto fiscal que representaron éstos en las últimas reformas tributarias en Colombia, y se  realizó una caracterización de las reformas tributarias de la década 2010 – 2019.  El proyecto es de tipo mixto con enfoque descriptivo, con una fuente secundaria de información.
Epistemología contable: una aproximación a la influencia de la corriente tradicional
Authors: Mejía-Soto Eutimio , Sánchez-Cabrera Samuel Alberto
Published: March 2022

La contabilidad ha sido objeto de estudio desde los marcos de la epistemología tradicional, actividad desarrollada fundamentalmente desde la década de los setenta, cuando diferentes escuelas y autores iniciaron meta estudios a la luz de las teorías del racionalismo crítico, el historicismo, el realismo científico, el racionalismo dialéctico y el anarquismo epistemológico, entre otros. Los trabajos de epistemología tradicional de la contabilidad se caracterizan por transpolar los conceptos que en principio sirvieron para explicar la física, la química y la biología, en tal sentido, se utilizan en el saber contable los términos paradigmas, programas de investigación, falsación, monismo y pluralismo metodológico, comunidades científicas, tradiciones de investigación, entre muchos más. Otras corrientes pensamiento consideran que las ciencias sociales entre las cuales se encuentra la contabilidad deben contar con un instrumental epistemológico y metodológico propio, que difiera de los criterios utilizados en las ciencias naturales. El documento presenta los criterios fuentes e ideas básicas que exponen los más reconocidos epistemólogos de la corriente tradicional, con algunas ejemplificaciones de su aplicación en la contabilidad; los elementos presentados contribuyen a enriquecer el debate con respecto al rigor con que los contables han utilizado los referentes epistemológicos clásicos, la pertinencia estos enfoques e incluso la necesidad de construir nuevas rutas de reflexión frente al conocimiento contable.
Prospectiva de una auditoría interna basada en riesgos
Authors: Montes-Salazar Carlos Alberto , Sanchez-Mayorga Ximena , Vallejo-Bonilla Cristian Andrey , Vélez-Ramírez Rubén Antonio
Published: March 2022

La auditoría interna realiza un control a los controles establecidos por la organización, los cuales deben ser en esencia preventivos, lo que implica que se tengan claramente identificados los riesgos que pueden afectar el cumplimiento de los objetivos. Para la realización de su trabajo el auditor interno debe conocer ampliamente la entidad que audita, para poder prever los riesgos que se puedan presentar, determinar si los controles si contrarrestan dichos riesgos, para realizar su evaluación, es decir, debe mirar prospectivamente a la empresa, planear su trabajo, aplicar el marco internacional para la práctica de la auditoría interna y realizar un trabajo de alta calidad.
Mobility Trends during the COVID-19 Virus Pandemic
Authors: Cvitković Ivan , Čišić Dragan , Vilke Siniša , Grgurević Davor
Published: March 2022

The Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) has a significant impact on countries around the world and many states have introduced restrictions to transport. This includes keeping essential transport moving, for example to transport medical supplies and other essential goods. Many countries have closed their borders and imposed curfews in sharp reductions in transport demand also on regional and continental level. Public transport but also shared mobility services are vectors for distribution of the virus, on the other hand, they are severely impacted by travel bans and individual concerns in order to avoid public gatherings leading to reduced travel and transport demand. Different countries have dealt with these challenging circumstances in different ways - and, in some cases, the directives vary from city to
city. Cities in developing countries and emerging economies face bigger challenges than ever before.
At the beginning of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) google maps started to collect detailed statistics on the movement of people using location data from mobile devices. The paper analyzes the data obtained and shows the results for various areas of movement such as shops, recreation areas, parks, public transport and other. A comparison was made of the collected data in the Republic of Croatia, which had a solid measures, Italian Republic which had many affected during the pandemic and Kingdom of Sweden which had very mild measures during a pandemic. Therefore, a study was made on how measures affected the mobility of people in individual countries with different measures.
Environment Pollution in Croatia as a Consequence of Nautical Ports Development
Authors: Kovačić Mirjana , Horvat Matea
Published: March 2022

The paper research the impact of nautical tourism on environmental pollution focusing on nautical
ports. Based on data on the number of nautical ports in Croatia and previous research, various case
studies and laws have been passed. Although the development of nautical tourism cannot be stopped
despite a series of harmful effects, the reduction of environmental pollution can be influenced by
emphasizing legal regulations, establishing a quality system as well as defining marine protected areas
(MPA). The aim of this paper is to raise awareness of the importance of a clean and healthy ecosystem
in the long run, not only in the seasonal parts of the year in order to preserve the environment and
ultimately the future of humanity.
Compensation for Damages Caused by Death, Personal Injury or Health Impairment of Seamen in Croatian Law
Authors: Vio Igor
Published: March 2022

The paper deals with the Croatian legal framework regulating civil liability for damages caused by personal injury, health impairment and loss of life of seafarers. Although the basic rules concerning the basis of liability, circle of liable persons and applicable law are provided by the Maritime Code of the Republic of Croatia, when it comes to regulations on various types and amount of compensation for damages suffered by crew members, the relevant provisions are contained in the Civil Obligations Act. The first part commences with the overview of the types of compensation, which are natural restitution, monetary compensation and satisfaction, it continues with analysis of legal solutions for cases of compensation for property damages caused by death, personal injury or health impairment of crew members, as well as rules relevant for compensation for non-property damages, which are manifested as physical pain, mental anguish or suffered fear. In the final part, paper focuses on the issues on amount of compensation and its limitations, elaborating concepts of contributory liability, deductions of advance payments and insurance indemnity, payment of interest and statute of limitations.
Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems
Authors: Pritchard-Kelly Ruth , Costa John
Published: March 2022

Satellites have been around for many decades, yet the low Earth orbit (LEO) was avoided as the cost exceeded the demand until recently. This paper is based on a live presentation to the Australian Telecommunications Association (TelSoc) by Ruth Pritchard-Kelly, Senior Advisor on Regulatory Affairs for OneWeb, and was chaired by TelSoc Broadband Futures Group member, John Costa. This paper describes the new generation of LEO satellites, how they substantially differ from earlier satellites, and the factors now making them not only viable but increasingly indispensable as part of a global communication ecosystem. The paper then introduces OneWeb’s specific LEO plans, including details about deployment in Australia.
Broadband Futures Forum: The Australian Broadband Advisory Council Agri-Tech Expert Working Group Report
Authors: Waters Peter , Koch Andrea
Published: March 2022

On 21 October 2021, TelSoc hosted the tenth Broadband Futures Forum, held online, to discuss a report by the Australian Broadband Advisory Council (ABAC) on the future of Agricultural Technology (Agri-Tech). After an introduction by the chair of ABAC, the two co-convenors of the ABAC Expert Working Group that produced the report outlined its content. Discussion following the speeches focussed particularly on the usefulness and efficiency of local solutions to extending wireless coverage, and the role of government and private investment in regional areas.
Leveraging Tiled Display for Big Data Visualization Using D3.js
Authors: Acharya Ujjwal
Published: March 2022

Data visualization has proven effective at detecting patterns and drawing inferences from raw data by transforming it into visual representations. As data grows large, visualizing it faces two major challenges: 1) limited resolution i.e. a screen is limited to a few million pixels but the data can have a billion data points, and 2) computational load i.e. processing of this data becomes computationally challenging for a single node system. This work addresses both of these issues for efficient big data visualization. In the developed system, a High Pixel Density and Large Format display was used enabling the display of fine details on the screen when visualizing data. Apache Spark and Hadoop used in the system allow the computation to be done on a cluster.

The system is demonstrated using a global wind flow simulation. The Global Surface Summary of the Day dataset is processed and visualized using web browsers with Data-Driven Documents (D3).js code. We conducted both a performance evaluation and a user study to measure the performance and effectiveness of the system. It was seen that the system was most efficient when visualizing data using streamed bitmap images rather than streamed raw data. The system only rendered images at 6-10 Frames Per Second (FPS) and did not meet our target of rendering images at 30 FPS. The results of the user study concluded that the system is effective and easy to use for data visualization. The outcome of our experiment suggests that the current state of Google Chrome may not be as powerful as required to perform heavy 2D data visualization on the web and still needs more development for visualizing data of large magnitude.
Fostering the Retrieval of Suitable Web Resources in Response to Children's Educational Search Tasks
Authors: Anuyah Oghenemaro Deborah
Published: March 2022

Children regularly turn to search engines (SEs) to locate school-related materials. Unfortunately, research has shown
that when utilizing SEs, children do not always access resources that specifically target them. To support children,
popular and child-oriented SEs make available a safe search filter, which is meant to eliminate inappropriate resources.
Safe search is, however, not always the perfect deterrent as pornographic and hate-based resources may slip through the
filter, while resources relevant to an educational search context may be misconstrued and filtered out. Moreover, filtering
inappropriate resources in response to children searches is just one perspective to consider in offering them the right
resources, as aspects that are key for this audience are overlooked, including reading level, resource subjectivity, or
the context of the search (i.e., educational setting). To verify impediments of existing SEs in response to children
searches conducted at school, we conduct an empirical study on well known SEs: Google, Bing, their safe search counterparts,
Kidrex and Kidzsearch. Based on our findings, we present KiSuRF, a novel filtering and
ranking strategy that not only eliminates inappropriate resources while retaining education-relevant ones, but also simultaneously
examines multiple qualitative aspects of online resources in order to offer suitable ones. Empirical studies conducted using
diverse datasets, including one comprised of children search sessions in the school setting, showcase (i) the usefulness of
simultaneously integrating evidences from multiple perspectives in order to inform resource suitability detection, and (ii)
the correctness and effectiveness of KiSuRF in prioritizing child-suitable resources.
The Regulation of Notch Signaling by Src Kinase and Polyphenolic Compounds
Authors: LaFoya Bryce David
Published: March 2022

Cellular signaling pathways provide cells with the means to sense their environment and communicate with other cells. The Notch signaling pathway is comprised of a set of protein machines which work in unison to coordinate cellular processes in response to stimuli coming from neighboring cells and changing microenvironmental conditions. Notch signaling is an important mode of cellular communication which is crucial to many processes involved in development and disease. During Notch activation, information about the extracellular environment is fed into the cell and relayed to the nucleus through a number of biochemical processes. The information-rich messages carried by Notch signaling is used to make genetic decisions through alteration of gene expression which ultimately controls cellular physiology. Critical to Notch function, are a series of regulatory steps which serve as points of integration where other sources of information are fed into the Notch pathway. In this dissertation, I describe five years of work, where I sought to discover new ways in which Notch signaling is regulated. Through this work, I have come to regard Notch signaling as a highly tunable mode of cellular signal transduction, which harmonizes extracellular cues in order to orchestrate cellular behavior. Here, I described a series of experiments, performed by myself and my collaborators, which have served to uncover novel regulatory mechanisms by which Notch signaling is controlled. Through bettering our understanding of this critical mode of cellular communication, we prime science with the knowledge which may one day fuel the development of new therapeutic strategies to combat Notch-related diseases.
Features of the course of cardiovascular diseases against the background of COVID-19
Authors: Betuganova A.T. , Notov A.A. , Ahkubekova Z.A. , Aramisova R.M. , Kambachokova Z.A. , Shereuzhev T.Kh. , Aramisov K.E. , Kambachokova A.A.
Published: March 2022

Based on the analysis of 308 electronic medical records of patients with a confirmed diagnosis of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19, the features of the course of cardiovascular diseases at the regional level were studied. It was found that in patients with cardiovascular diseases, the severity of the course and mortality are higher than in patients without cardiac pathology.
Functional state of the students’ cardiovascular system under the conditions of mountain hypoxia
Authors: Anzorov V.A. , Moryakina S.V.
Published: March 2022

The article presents the functional state of the cardiovascular system of students under conditions of high-altitude hypoxia. From the analysis of the results of our research, it can be argued that due to the fact that students live under conditions of a reduced oxygen content in the atmospheric air, there is a significant increase in the systolic output of their hearts. Thus, the systolic blood volume of students under the conditions of mountain hypoxia increases, reaching the maximum values of 63.4 ml (P <0.05) in males and 64.4 in females in the middle-level mountains. The range of pulse pressure between the groups of males is 1.5%, and females 1.7. The level of average dynamic blood pressure in males in the middle mountains is 3.5% lower, and in females of the same age is 3.9% lower, respectively, compared to the plains. The drop in the minute blood volume at an altitude of 1600 m among female students was 2.1%, and among peers - 2.2, compared to the 170 m level. The decrease in total peripheral vascular resistance (TPVR) at the maximum altitude was 1.5% in females, and 2.7% in males, compared to the plain-related data. The value of blood circulation efficiency coefficient (CEC) and endurance factor (EF) in the middle-level mountains among female students decreased by 6.2 and 2.7%, among peers - by 4.2 and 5.4%, compared to the plain. Thus, the depth of the changes caused is directly proportional to the level of the acting hypoxia.
Photometric recorder of the carotid artery pulse wave with a system for stabilizing the clamping force
Authors: Berdnikov A.V. , Matrosov G.V.
Published: March 2022

Preventive monitoring, which increases the possibility of diagnosing and curing a disease at an early stage, is interesting and relevant in medical diagnostics. Recently, both minimally invasive and non-invasive diagnostic techniques have become widespread. They include the areas of cardiographic, encephalographic and myographic analyzers designed to study the state of the heart, the brain and striated muscles. The study of the functioning of the smooth muscles of the gastrointestinal tract is carried out using gastro-enterography methods. To obtain an integral assessment of the effectiveness of the circulatory system, the plethysmography method can be successfully applied, which allows modeling vascular tone and blood flow using models of hydrodynamics and the theory of elasticity. The present article analyzes the range of static (or dynamic) informative hemo-parameters that allow diagnosing at the initial stage arterial hypertension, aortic insufficiency or stenosis, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus and some other diseases. The photometric reflex absorption in the infrared range, followed by an assessment of blood flow in the aortas and arteries with recording of the shape of pulse waves were used as methods in our research work. The result of the work is a method and a system of computer control of the rod current acting on biological tissues (using the Bluetooth protocol, LabView environment, virtual digital filters and biomedical data archives) that allows non-invasively recording of the parameters of the carotid artery pulse wave.
Predictors of residual coronary artery disease after PPCI in diabetic patients with STEMI
Authors: Zarif B.
Published: March 2022

To describe the patients’ characteristics and risk factors of diabetic and non-diabetic patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in relation to residual SYNTAX score after PPCI (primary PCI). Material and Method: Prospective observational study using data from all comers in NHI with STEMI and underwent PPCI over one month. Results: The present study consisted of 290 patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction over one month period. About 50% of the patients with diabetes were more often female, with a greater prevalence of hypertension and dyslipidemia. In the diabetic group, the eGFR <60 ml/kg/min was associated with more residual CAD after PPCI and a higher residual SYNTAX score. Conclusion: eGFR is correlated with the presence of MVD in diabetic patients and with a higher residual syntax, which reflects the severity of disease in diabetic patients with nephropathy. That observation was not existing in a diabetic with normal eGFR or in non-diabetics with normal or reduced eGFR.
Prevalence of anxiety and depression disorders among medical students one year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Kаrdаngushevа А.M. , Dzakhmysheva D.A. , Kardanova M.A. , Chanaeva A.Y. , Makoeva M.A. , Khagabanova I.S.
Published: March 2022

The aim is to study the incidence rate of anxiety and depressive disorders and their relationship with the everyday activity at the H.M. Berbekov Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU) medical faculty students a year after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. As a part of a cross-sectional observational study, a survey of 425 students at the Faculty of Medicine was conducted. The average age of the surveyed students was 20.9±2.1 years. The Spielberger-Khanin questionnaire, the HADS anxiety and depression scale, as well as a questionnaire specially developed by the authors to clarify some indicators of students’ activity were used. Results. The prevalence of high levels of situational anxiety (SA) was 1.4%, personal anxiety (PA) 30.8%, anxiety 29%, depression 21.6%. High levels of SA were statistically significantly more common among students with higher education (p = 0.0417), living in rented apartments (p = 0.0136), countryside residents (p = 0.0005), with debts (p = 0.0122 ); high levels of PA were identified among students who assessed their living conditions as satisfactory (p=0.0001). Clinically pronounced depression was statistically significantly more common among students with higher education (p=0.0258), who assess their living conditions as good (p=0.028), have debts (p=0.0001), employed (p=0.0001) and practiced low physical activity (p=0.0001). Associative relationships were detected between the levels of SA, PA, anxiety, depression and students’ activity parameters included in the study. Conclusion. The results obtained can be used to improve the academic process and preserve the mental health of the KBSU medical faculty students.
Impact of 3D transesophageal echocardiography assessment of mitral valve on short-term outcome of Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty using additional quantitative parameters
Authors: Elsawah I.A. , Amin A.М. , Abdo A.-M.M. , Taha M.O. , Khalil E.A.
Published: March 2022

The goals of this prospective observational study were to identify quantitative morphological factors that might aid in the prediction of PBMV outcome, as well as to define the function of 3D TEE in mitral valve evaluation. Material and Methods: The trial comprised seventy individuals who had isolated severe rheumatic Mitral Stenosis (MS) who were scheduled for PBMV between October 2017 and March 2021. Trans-thoracic echocardiography (TTE) was used for pre-procedural evaluation. Posterior to Anterior Leaflet Length Ratio (P/ALLR), Commissural Area Ratio (CAR), Doming Height (DH), and Calcification Score (Ca score) were also assessed using 2D and 3D-Trans-esophageal Echocardiography (TEE). Following that, all patients were monitored for three months. Results: We have had 50(71.5%) successful procedures and 20(28.5%) unsuccessful procedures. The additional parameters showed highly significant difference between successful and un-successful groups (P-value <0.001). The cut-off points that predict successful procedures were; P/A LLR >0.6 and >0.55 by 2-D and 3-D TEE respectively, CAR ≤ 1.28 and ≤ 1.25 by 2-D and 3-D TEE respectively, DH > 1.2 cm by 2-D TEE, and Ca Score ≤ 2. Conclusion: In our research, we discovered that these characteristics may predict the result of PBMV and contribute value to the semi-quantitative methodologies we adopted to use.
COVID-19 and paradigm shift in prosthodontic practice
Authors: Singh Saumyendra V , Solanki Neeti , Kapoor Saumya , Arya Deeksha , Chand Pooran
Published: March 2022

Since COVID 19 has been declared as a pandemic, regulatory bodies are unsure about its effect on prosthodontic services. Response has varied from complete stoppage of service to rendering only emergency care. This has been majorly due to severity of disease across the globe and lack of preparedness on account of the aggressive nature. But not rendering prosthodontic/dental care is increasing the suffering of patients, burden on emergency department which aren’t able to deliver quality/standard treatment. With new variants continuously emerging, the only option is to re-start prosthodontics practice, albeit with strengthening and modification of preventive measures. Suggestions for preparation of standard guidelines for patient, operator and operatory management during and after the COVID-19 pandemic are detailed in this article.
Virtual yet veritable – Digital dentures
Authors: Parameswari B. Devi , Ranjith R , H Annapoorni , Sekar Vigneswaran , S Dhevishri
Published: March 2022

Digitally produced complete dentures has become a popular option due to their added advantages in fabrication of higher quality of dentures and ease. Additive and subtractive technologies of digital systems are one of the upcoming techniques in dentistry. However, both these technologies have similar steps and time frames for their processes, additive technique holds an upper hand in conservation of milling block materials. The production of maxillary and mandibular complete denture prothesis also involves similar steps and techniques. The aim of this case report is to throw light on the upcoming technology in reducing the time constraints while fabricating complete dentures in geriatric patients.
Prosthetic management of flabby ridge using customized prefabricated metal mesh custom tray impression technique: A case report
Authors: Sikri Arpit , Sikri Jyotsana
Published: March 2022

Flabby ridge is defined as an excessive mobile soft or fibrous tissue on the superficial aspect of the residual alveolar ridge. It is usually a common clinical finding affecting the maxillary and mandibular edentulous ridges; in particular, the maxillary anterior region. It can be attributed to a number of reasons i.e. long-term denture wearers, natural teeth opposing an edentulous ridge etc. The treatment options or management of flabby ridges generally include a surgical and a non-surgical approach. The non-surgical approach involves the implant-retained prostheses and fabrication of conventional removable dentures using various modified impression techniques. Prosthetic management of the patients with flabby ridge is a testing situation for the prosthodontist. Although, retention, support, and stability are the important principles defining the success of the complete denture, the same can be affected in unconventional situations like flabby ridge. The incorporation of the conventional impression techniques may lead to an unstable and an unsatisfactory denture. Henceforth, various impression techniques have been proposed in literature to overcome such issues and recording the entire denture bearing area in function along with flabby tissue in an undisplaced form. This case report portrays an innovative and practical yet simple modified impression technique using the incorporation of a customized prefabricated metal mesh into the custom tray i.e. single step impression technique along with the polyvinyl siloxane impression material for managing and minimizing the displacement of a flabby ridge in the maxillary arch and ultimately ensuring a well-fitting prosthesis.
Efficacy of concentrated growth factors (CGF) vs normal saline dressing in chronic non healing ulcers
Authors: Singh Chanjiv , Kumar Amit , Mehta Gursehaj Singh
Published: March 2022

A Chronic non-healing wound is one which has fails to progress through a timely sequence of repair or one that proceeds through the wound healing process without restoring anatomic and functional results. A wide variety of factors is thought to contribute to this problem. Concentrated Growth Factors (CGF) (first developed by Sacco (2006)) is a relatively new technology within the area of regenerative medicine. CGF is an advanced second generation platelet concentrate, obtained with differential continuous centrifugal technology. Use of CGF in management of chronic skin wounds has led to high rates of recovery but further works are required in order to improve the effectiveness of treatment protocols and the comfort and safety of patients. Its application is progressively spreading in the clinical field.
Effect of systemic administration of recombinant growth hormone on rotator cuff repair a rat model study
Authors: Lee Sangh Hoon , Makkar Dheeraj
Published: March 2022

Shoulder rotator cuff injuries are prevalent among the elderly. Rotator cuff tears, like osteoarthritis, are an inevitable aspect of aging. The only difference is that soft tissue rather than cartilage is involved in the degenerative process.

We hypothesized that exogenous systemic administration of recombinant growth hormone would increase the concentration of various growth factors involved in rotator cuff healing,

Forty-eight Sprague-Dawley rats (Charles River, male, 400-450 g) were subjected to unilateral detachment repair of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendons at Konkuk University per Institutional Animal Care Committee recommendations.

The rats were divided in two groups one were injected with recombinant GH and controls. Initially an artificial rotator cuff tear was created and later repaired with vicryl 4-0. The animals were sacrificed at 1, 3, 6, and 12 weeks. The rotator cuff was removed enmasse. Both groups were compared histologically and immunologically for collagen 1 and 3. Statistical analysis between both the groups was done using SPSS software.

The recombinant GH helped in early healing of rotator cuff tears if injected systemically. More clinical trials need to be done before the exact dose can be determined for humans.
Cutaneous plexiform schwannoma of the digit- A case report
Authors: Ahmad Zubair , Audichya Abhay , Shah Nimish J
Published: March 2022

Schwannoma is a most common type of benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor in adults. Plexiform schwannoma [PS] are relatively rare with reported incidence of only 5%. Skin and soft tissues are primarily involved structure. It is rare to find them on the digits. We report a case of expansile swelling on the digit. The definitive diagnosis was revealed only after exision biopsy. Schwannoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of any swelling arising from the digits.
Deep Learning-Based Segmentation and Classification of COVID-19 Infection Severity Levels from CT Scans
Authors: Quadri Rana , Deshpande Anupama
Published: March 2022

Due to the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) around the globe, the detection and treatment of COVID-19 patients is an extremely essential process in healthcare systems. Among many imaging technologies, Computed Tomography (CT) analyses with deep learning frameworks offer better efficiency than the other imaging modalities. To segment the infected COVID-19 Region-Of-Interests (ROIs), an Enriched 2.5D U-Net (E2.5D U-Net)-based deep learner has been used. In contrast, it requires categorization of infection severity to identify the patients in the prior stage. Hence, in this article, feature extraction with a classification framework is proposed to learn deep features related to the infection disease severity. In this framework, each segment from the E2.5D U-Net is fed to a deep learner such as DenseNet201 to extract the deep features. These features are learned independently by different machine learning classifiers to categorize the infection severity levels. It aids physicians in diagnosing COVID-19 patients in advance. But it needs other infection-related features to enhance the efficiency. Therefore, a multi-modeling classification framework is proposed. This framework extracts the handcrafted features from CT scans and concatenates them with the deep features to get the unified feature vector. Moreover, these feature vectors are trained by using the multi-modeling classifier for predicting the infection severity levels with higher accuracy. At last, the testing outcomes exhibit that the multi-modal classifier establishes a higher efficiency than the standard classifier frameworks.
Brain Tumor Classification Based on Enhanced CNN Model
Authors: Mukkapati Naveen , Anbarasi M.S.
Published: March 2022

Brain tumor classification is important process for doctors to plan the treatment for patients based on the stages. Various CNN based architecture is applied for the brain tumor classification to improve the classification performance. Existing methods in brain tumor segmentation have the limitations of overfitting and lower efficiency in handling large dataset. In this research, for brain tumor segmentation purpose the enhanced CNN architecture based on U-Net, for pattern analysis purpose RefineNet and for classifying brain tumor purpose SegNet architecture is proposed. The brain tumor benchmark dataset was used to analysis the efficiency of the enhanced CNN model. The U-Net provides good segmentation based on the local and context information of MRI image. The SegNet selects the important features for classification and also reduces the trainable parameters. When compared with the existing methods of brain tumor classification, the enhanced CNN method has the higher performance. The enhanced CNN model has the accuracy of 96.85% and existing CNN with transfer learning has 94.82% accuracy.
Remote Sensing Image Classification Using CNN-LSTM Model
Authors: Raju Manthena Narasimha , Natarajan Kumaran , Vasamsetty Chandra Sekhar
Published: March 2022

The image classification of remote sensing (RS) plays a significant role in earth observation technology using RS data, extensively used in the military and civic sectors. However, the RS image classification confronts substantial scientific and practical difficulties because of RS data features, such as high dimensionality and relatively limited quantities of labeled examples accessible. In recent years, as new methods of deep learning (DL) have emerged, RS image classification approaches using DL have made significant advances, providing new possibilities for RS image classification research and development. Most of the researchers are using CNN to classify remote sensing images, but CNN alone problem with sequence data processing. But to get some sense out of the classification of remote sensing images. To avoid this in this paper, we use the CNN-LSTM model. The model performed ineffective classification of remote sensing images; the experimental results show that the proposed model is effective in classifying remote sensing images.
Wiara jako dobro prawne wymagające ochrony
Authors: Zadykowicz Tadeusz
Published: March 2022

Pojęcie dobra prawnego wskazuje na wartość, która powinna być chroniona przez prawo karne. Papież Benedykt XVI uznał za takie dobro wiarę, wskazując zarazem na pozytywne skutki jej prawnokanonicznej ochrony. Jednym z tych skutków jest skuteczniejsza walka z pedofilią. Powstaje jednak pytanie o status wiary jako dobra prawnego w świeckim prawie karnym. Czy tam również, podobnie jak w prawie kościelnym, mogłaby ona być uznana za takie dobro, a w konsekwencji chroniona sankcjami? Jakie byłyby skutki takiej ochrony? Artykuł jest próbą odpowiedzi na te pytania na podstawie analizę tekstu Benedykta XVI „Kościół a skandal wykorzystywania seksualnego” oraz samego pojęcia dobra prawnego, a także współczesnego kontekstu tego problemu. Analizy te dowodzą, że uznanie wiary za dobro prawne byłoby czymś pozytywnym zarówno dla pojedynczych osób, jak i dla całego społeczeństwa. W obecnej jednak sytuacji jest to raczej niemożliwe.
Развитие логического мышления в процессе подготовки специалистов ИТ-сферы
Authors: Бужинская Н.В. , Береснева Д.Т.
Published: March 2022

В современных условиях изменяются требования к подготовке ИТ-специалистов. Они должны уметь мыслить точно и последовательно, рассуждать и выдвигать новые идеи, находить правильное решение поставленной задачи. Таким образом, ИТ-специалист должен иметь развитые навыки логического мышления. Посредством логических операций, человек формулирует понятия и устанавливает между ними связь, строит умозаключения, выражает суждения и доказывает их истинность. В статье представлены методы развития логического мышления будущих ИТ-специалистов в процессе изучения ими логического программирования. Данная методика будет интересна преподавателям ВУЗов и колледжей, который работают в данной области.
Применение дистанционных технологий при обучении китайскому языку
Authors: Варуха И.В. , Давлетбаева А.Ф.
Published: March 2022

В статье описывается применение дистанционных образовательных технологий для обучения китайскому языку. Дается подробное описание методики, которая применяется при создании онлайн курса. Рассматривается потенциал образовательной платформы Moodle, который можно применить при создании образовательного ресурса для обучения такому своеобразному иностранному языку, как китайский.