bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Structural Rehabilitation of API Steel Pipes Using GFRP Under Dynamic Condition
Authors:   School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia, Mohd Hashim Mohd Hisbany , Muda Mohd Fakri ,   Civil Engineering Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang Branch, Jengka Campus, Pahang, Malaysia, Norhan Nurhakim Hazman ,   School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia, Abdul Shahid Muhammad Daniel ,   School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia, Mohammad Fadzil Najwa ,   School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia, Mohd Sam Abdul Rahman ,   UTM Construction Research Centre, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia, Al-Fakih Amin ,   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia,   Interdisciplinary Research Center for Construction and Building Materials, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
Published: October 2024

Corrosion of steel pipes significantly challenges industries such as oil and gas, water transport, and chemicals, where pipeline integrity is paramount. Degradation due to corrosion leads to reduced efficiency, heightened risk of catastrophic failure, and substantial economic and safety concerns. This study investigates the effectiveness of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) wrap in restoring and enhancing the performance of corroded API 5L X42 steel pipes. Through controlled corrosion induction, application of GFRP wrapping, and cyclic loading tests, this study offers a comprehensive understanding of the initial response and performance under dynamic condition. For unrepaired pipes, maximum force applied ranged from 67.84 kN to 404.8 kN as stroke increased from 1mm to 12mm, with corresponding maximum deformation from 0.8mm to 9.01mm. In contrast, GFRP-rehabilitated pipes demonstrated applied force ranging from 28.98 kN to 452.87 kN, with maximum deformation from 0.65mm to 14.41mm. These findings underscore the efficacy of GFRP patches in mitigating corrosion effects, extending pipeline service life, and reducing failure risk. This study validates theoretical models and offers practical guidance for adopting resilient materials in engineering, enhancing pipeline integrity in critical industrial applications.
The resolution of the Expert Council ”Possibilities of risk modification in patients with oncological diseases of the head and neck organs”
Authors: Rozanov A. V. , Polyakov A. P. , Zaridze D. G. , Kropotov M. A. , Alymov Yu. V. , Kutukova S. I. , Gushanskaya E. V.
Published: October 2024

The presented materials of the Expert Council (Moscow, March 29, 2024) are devoted to modern approaches to modifying the risk of tobacco smoking in patients with oncological diseases of the head and neck organs, as well as choosing the optimal scientifically based strategy for quitting smoking or a way to minimize exposure to tobacco smoke for patients who are not motivated to give up from smoking.

Smoking cessation is the main focus of cancer prevention. Quitting smoking benefits even after a cancer diagnosis regardless of location and stage of the disease. Treatment plans should include smoking cessation recommendations combining motivational strategies and behavioral therapy, pharmacotherapy based on evidence-based medicine with follow-up and re-treatment as needed. The physician can inform patients not motivated to quit smoking at the moment about the strategy of risk modification by switching to alternative nicotine delivery sources (ANDS as the general name for category of smokeless products) that exclude burning tobacco. In the future, patients who quit smoking traditional cigarettes, but use only ANDS, should be maintained constant smoking cessation and encouraged to abandon alternative sources of nicotine delivery.

Given the proven effectiveness of introducing smoking cessation recommendations into practice, it is proposed to develop, on the basis of scientifically based methods and international experience, an algorithm for consulting on smoking cessation assistance and include it in clinical recommendations for the head and neck cancer in section “Prevention and dispensary monitoring, medical indications and contraindications to the use of prevention methods”.
Fundamentals of dual-energy computed tomography and its emerging applications in bladder cancer
Authors: Masino Federica , Eusebi Laura , Montatore Manuela , Muscatella Gianmichele , Gifuni Rossella , Ferrara Vincenzo , Marcellini Massimo , Guglielmi Giuseppe
Published: October 2024

Nowadays, computed tomography urography and multiparametric magnetic resonance are the most often used imaging techniques in patients with bladder cancer; however, dual-energy computed tomography is making its way into the oncological field. This narrative review article aimed to show the fundamentals of dual-energy computed tomography by outlining its physical principles, techniques, protocols, and postprocessing images to help those who used this cutting-edge technology as the first approach to fully understand its emerging applications in the evaluation of bladder cancer, a field yet to be explored. In particular, we discuss the usefulness of dual-energy computed tomography by focusing on the main images obtained, such as the iodine map, comparing them to the images obtained with conventional computed tomography scans.
Dual-energy computed tomography applications may be beneficial for bladder cancer diagnosis, staging, and treatment planning. Nevertheless, its application is limited to its availability in healthcare structures and the training of healthcare personnel who can perform and interpret the scans correctly.
Endometriosis-Associated Infertility: The Role of Biomarkers of Apoptosis and Proliferation in Early Noninvasive Diagnosis
Authors: Kiselev Mikhail A. , Repina Natalya B. , Nikiforov Alexander A. , Nikiforova Larisa V. , Dmitrieva Maria N. , Usachev Ilya A. , Kiselev Anton M.
Published: October 2024

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a common disease that affects up to 15% of women in the reproductive period and leads to infertility in 25%–50% of cases. The diagnosis of endometriosis is delayed for years due to blurred and diverse clinical presentation, therefore, search for a noninvasive biomarker of endometriosis is an important problem of modern medicine.
AIM: To study the significance of changes in the profile of biomarkers: regulator of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway (axis inhibition protein 1; AXIN-1), soluble cytokeratin 19 fragment (cytokeratin fragment antigen 21-1; CYFRA-21-1), cancer antigen 125 (carbohydrate antigen 125; CA-125) in blood plasma of patients with endometriosis-associated infertility (before surgery and in the postoperative period).
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included two groups of female patients. The first group consisted of 20 patients of reproductive age with cystic ovarian endometriosis and infertility. All the patients underwent surgical intervention using a laparoscope and a video system, in all the patients the diagnosis of endometriosis was confirmed histologically. Three times in specified periods (before surgery, on the 10th day of the postoperative period, at 6 months), patients with cystic ovarian endometriosis and infertility were taken biomaterial (blood) with further determination of AXIN-1, CYFRA-21-1, CA-125 in blood plasma. The second group consisted of patients of reproductive age with no gynecological pathology. In the second group, biological material (blood) was taken once with further determination of AXIN-1, CYFRA-21-1, CA-125 in blood plasma.
RESULTS: Based on the analysis of the measurement data and comparison of their levels, it was found that the content of the studied AXIN-1, СA-125 biomarkers in patients with cystic ovarian endometriosis and infertility was higher than in patients without gynecological pathology (p 0.05). As for CYFRA-21-1 biomarker, initially lower values were noted compared to the control group (p 0.05), however, in the postoperative period, the content of CYFRA-21-1 increased and reached values close to those of healthy patients.
CONCLUSION: Determining the levels of AXIN-1, CYFRA-21-1 apoptosis biomarkers and CA-125 proliferation biomarker in blood of patients with endometriosis-associated infertility gives an insight into the pathophysiological processes in the endometrioid ovarian cysts and may be helpful in development of new noninvasive diagnostic methods and target treatment methods.
A Successful Case of Using a New Method of Surgical Treatment of Patients with Transsphincteric Pararectal Fistulas
Authors: Lisin Oleg E. , Yarovenko Galina V. , Katorkin Sergey E. , Shestakov Evgeny V. , Arustamyan Avetik V. , Kuper Vasilisa D.
Published: October 2024

INTRODUCTION: Surgical treatment of high transsphincteric and extrasphincteric pararectal fistulas (PFs) is one of the unsolved problems of modern coloproctological practice. Currently, there is no uniform approach in treatment of these kinds of PFs.
AIM: To present a clinical case of successful application of the developed method of treatment of high transsphincteric PFs using resorbable АПТОС® threads with notches and antibacterial coating.
The paper presents a case of application of the developed method for the treatment of high transsphincteric PFs using resorbable АПТОС® threads with notches and antibacterial coating in a patient admitted to a surgical department on a planned basis with complaints of the presence of a skin defect in the perianal area with permanent purulent discharge, periodic elevation of body temperature to 37.5°С–38.0°С accompanied by pain in the anus area. Detailed description of surgical intervention method is given. Within the first 3 days after the surgical intervention, low-grade body temperature persisted (37.3°С–37.5°С). The pain syndrome was most pronounced throughout the first postoperative day, in the following days analgesics were not required. On the 7th day, the patient was discharged in satisfactory condition under supervision of a surgeon at the local clinic. On the control examinations at 1 and 6 months, no data on recurrence, anal incontinence were obtained.
CONCLUSION: The presented clinical case demonstrates reasonability and effectiveness of the method developed by authors for surgical treatment of high transsphincteric PFs with use of resorbable АПТОС® threads with notches and antibacterial coating.
Balloon Angioplasty and Stenting of Superior Mesenteric Artery in Chronic Intestinal Ischemia Associated with Decompensated Chronic Heart Failure (Clinical Case Report)
Authors: Zaitsev Oleg V. , Kopeykin Alexander A. , Surov Dmitry E. , Surov Ivan Yu. , Yudin Vladimir A. , Koshkina Anna V. , Kochetkov Fyodor D.
Published: October 2024

INTRODUCTION: Chronic intestinal ischemic syndrome (CIIS) is a pathology associated with chronic circulatory insufficiency in the visceral branches of the abdominal aorta. Duplex ultrasound can be used as the first imaging method to identify mesenteric artery stenosis. In general clinical practice, the diagnosis of CIIS is relatively rare. Expansion of application of percutaneous endovascular angioplasty and stenting of mesenteric arteries in recent years has significantly increased the effectiveness of treating patients with atherosclerotic lesion of the visceral arteries and CIIS.
AIM: To demonstrate a clinical case of use of X-ray endovascular technologies in CIIS in a patient of cardiology profile.
A clinical case of a patient with CIIS and severe decompensated polymorbidity is presented. Due to severity of the condition and impossibility of full examination for this reason, the patient was not included in the waiting list for heart transplantation despite the existence of indications for it. He was admitted to hospital for urgent indications. Ultrasound data revealed stenosis of the superior mesenteric artery. Balloon angioplasty and stenting of the superior mesenteric artery were successful. After discharge, the patient’s condition was satisfactory.
CONCLUSION: The case demonstrates that effective treatment of even one of many comorbid diseases in a severe polymorbidity patient can improve his general condition, reduce load on the cardiovascular system and reverse edematous-ascitic syndrome.
Choice of Alternative Method of Surgical Intervention in Abdominal Rectus Diastasis with Concomitant Midline Hernias
Authors: Topchiev Andrey M. , Fedoseyev Andrey V. , Topchiyev Mikhail A. , Protasov Andrey V. , Parshin Dmitry S. , Nurmagomedov Akhmed G. , Mukhtarov Ildyrym A. , Sherkulov Rasul E.
Published: October 2024

INTRODUCTION: To date, no consensus has been achieved on the most appropriate surgical method for the treatment of abdominal rectus diastasis concomitant with midline hernias.
AIM: Study of the results of three original methods of surgical treatment of patients with abdominal rectus diastasis concomitant with midline hernias.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The results of treatment of 74 patients have been analyzed. The patients were divided into three comparable groups: in the first group (n = 25), repair with local tissues with formation of aponeurotic duplication was performed, in the second group (n = 24), autodermal de-epithelialized graft was used, in the third group (n = 25) — mesh sub-lay implants. The following parameters were evaluated: duration of narcotic analgesia in the postoperative period, period of activation of patients, periods of inpatient treatment and results on Clavien-Dindo and EuraHSQoL scales. The follow-up period was from 1 to 10 years after surgery.
RESULTS: The period of postoperative use of narcotic analgesics was 1.08 ± 0.38 days in the first group, 0.98 ± 0.33 days in the second group, 2.13 ± 0.93 days in the third group. The period of activation was 3.00 ± 1.53 days in the first group, 0.89 ± 0.36 days in the second group, 1.5 ± 0.48 days in the third group; the duration of inpatient treatment was 9.24 ± 1.88 bed-days, 6.34 ± 3.04 bed-days and 8.36 ± 2.14 bed-days, respectively. Postoperative complications in the first group were CDI class 6, CDII class 3, in the second group CDI class 1, in the third group CDI class 6, CDII class 3. At 12 months after the operation, painful sensations and functional discomfort on EuraHSQoL scale were absent in the second group, in the first and third groups, limitations in physical activity were noted (р ≤ 0.05; differences between the first and third groups were statistically insignificant, p ≥ 0.05). There were no statistically significant differences in the cosmetic discomfort between the groups (p ≥ 0.05).
CONCLUSION: A safer and more effective method of repair of the anterior abdominal wall in patients with concomitant abdominal rectus diastasis and midline hernias is plastic surgery with application of de-epithelialized autodermal graft.
Evaluation of Inflammation and Platelet Apoptosis Parameters in Obese Patients in Various Types of Anticoagulant Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolic Complications in Context of COVID-19
Authors: Agapov Andrey B. , Kalinin Roman E. , Mzhavanadze Nina D. , Povarov Vladislav O. , Nikiforov Alexander A. , Maksaev Denis A. , Chobanyan Artyom A. , Suchkov Igor A.
Published: October 2024

INTRODUCTION: The physical inactivity, hypoventilation, as well as chronic inflammation in obese patients aggravates their condition in various diseases. These features have become important with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, in which inflammation and platelet-activated coagulopathy are closely linked.
AIM: To study laboratory parameters of inflammation and platelet apoptosis in obese patients using various types of anticoagulant prophylaxis of venous thromboembolic complications with the underlying COVID-19.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 370 patients with COVID-19. Depending on the presence or absence of obesity and the type of parenteral anticoagulant, patients in our study were divided into groups: group 1 — non-obese + low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) (n = 114), group 2 — non-obese + unfractionated heparin (UFH) (n = 58), group 3 — obesity + LMWH (n = 76), group 4 — obesity + UFH (n = 66). The incidence of venous thromboembolic complications (VTEC), bleeding, general markers of the acute phase of inflammation, and specific markers of platelet apoptosis (phosphatidylserine and calreticulin) have been analyzed.
RESULTS: At the end of hospital treatment, a decrease in ferritin levels was noted in patients both with and without obesity receiving LMWH. The concentration of calreticulin was higher in patients taking LMWH (groups 1 and 3). Phosphatidylserine levels were high in patients receiving LMWH only if they were obese. In patients taking UFH compared to LMWH, a high incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) without a source (13.6% of cases versus 2.6%, respectively, p = 0.029) and PE with a source in the lower extremities (9.1% of cases versus 0%, respectively, p = 0.018) was found. When using LMWH, a lower incidence of bleeding was observed compared to using UFH (5.3% of cases versus 16.7%, respectively, p = 0.056).
CONCLUSION: The levels of phosphatidylserine and calreticulin are higher in obese patients receiving LMWH. At the same time, patients in this group have a low incidence of VTEC and hemorrhagic complications compared to the group of patients taking UFH.
Choosing a starting professional trajectory: job-education mismatch effect
Authors: Melnik A. D. , Sudakova A. E. , Antonova N. L.
Published: October 2024

Introduction. The research problem pertains to the entire system of vocational education; however, it is illustrated through the example of higher education. The job-education mismatch effect refers to the phenomenon where university graduates, regardless of whether they hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree, choose jobs that do not align with their level of education. Aim. The present article aimed to provide a theoretical conceptualisation and empirical analysis of the job-education mismatch effect at various stages of the transition from university to the labour market (six months, one year, and 7–10 years). During these stages, university graduates can evaluate how their university experiences have influenced their career choices. Methodology and research methods. The empirical sample comprised monitoring surveys of university graduates from a large Russian university conducted between 2017 and 2022, six months after graduation (n = 7,706). Additionally, semi-structured interviews were carried out with respondents in 2021 (n = 10). This information was further supplemented by semi-structured interviews with middle-aged workers conducted 7 to 10 years after graduation (n = 10) and by monitoring the effectiveness of Russian universities based on the number of enterprises serving as practical training bases under agreements established with universities from 2020 to 2022. Results. The results of the study reveal differences in the selection of initial professional trajectories among university graduates with varying educational backgrounds. The typology of these choices categorises graduates into four groups: achievers, indifferentists, rationalists, and self-realisers. The findings, derived from a quantitative assessment of the university-business partnership network, raise concerns about how this network is managed by universities, especially within federal universities and those adhering to the industrial leadership track outlined in the programme Priority-2030. Scientific novelty. The research materials contribute to the development of scientific insights into the behaviour patterns of young people as they make professional choices in the context of labour market variability. Practical significance. The reduction of the job-education mismatch can be enhanced through project-based learning, which fosters direct interaction between industry partners and students. This engagement increases interest in the cultivation and early recruitment of proactive students for the development of high-tech industries and intellectual services.
De Cervantes a Santander: La vía del desarrollo urbano en Manizales
Authors: Salazar-Marulanda Carolina , Llanos-Chaparro Isabel
Published: October 2024

This article seeks to contribute to the construction of urban stories from the introduction of infrastructures and equipment that represented the ideal of progress and modernization during the twentieth century. The case of the city of Manizales is representative, as it presents a model of growth along a structuring road axis, conditioned not only by the geography of the mountain, but by the inclusion of technical advances that favoured economic and social development. The urban expansion aimed at establishing habits related to hygiene, civism and comfort, led to an accelerated urbanization in the east of the city characterized by its high landscape qualities; an architecture framed in typologies of modernization; and the social expectation of achieving a new lifestyle. The socio-economic conditions linked to the passage of the avenue, have kept it as the main artery of the city from its appearance to the present day.
Expectativas y realidades de la vivienda para la clase media: el caso del barrio Las Terrazas de Bucaramanga, 1961-1970
Authors: Cuadros-Sánchez Miguel Darío , Sánchez-Calderón Fabio Vladimir
Published: October 2024

En este artículo, de carácter exploratorio, se indagó por las relaciones entre las políticas nacionales destinadas a garantizar el acceso a la vivienda para clases medias, el crecimiento urbano y el cambio económico, con las condiciones locales que influyeron en la participación de empresas privadas y de los habitantes, a mediados del siglo XX en Bucaramanga (Colombia). Esta experiencia analizada se enmarcó en una tendencia latinoamericana, pues el intenso crecimiento urbano en la región y el marco de la polarización política, derivada de la Guerra Fría, llevaron a que el tema de la vivienda fuese central en las políticas públicas de la época. El trabajo se basó en la revisión de información de prensa, informes oficiales y cartografía de la época. Los resultados de la indagación realizada confirman las dificultades y contradicciones que el caso del barrio Las Terrazas representó como modelo de barrio de clase media.
Lymphatic and Blood Vessels in Normal Rhesus Monkey Organs by Immunohistochemical Staining with Frozen Sections: Structure and Function Relationship
Authors: Tomita Tatsuo , Mah Kunie
Published: October 2024

Practically every organ is supplied by lymphatic and blood vessels, but the presence of these vessels remains elusive at histological level, even using immunohistochemical staining. Currently available immunohistochemical information on lymphatic and blood vessels had derived from data using the routinely formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue sections. We have performed immunochemical staining for lymphatic and blood vessels using frozen sections aiming to compare our data with previously reported results and to explore new information which has not been reported before. We used LYVE-1 for lymphatic vessels and von Willebrand factor for blood vessels. We studied more than one dozen normal tissues of non-human primate, rhesus monkey, including spleen, lymph node, heart, lungs, intestines, diaphragm, liver, pancreas, thyroid, ovary, prostate, kidney, and urinary bladder. Splenic sinusoids were lymphoreticular and blood vessels in structure and function. Lymphatic sinusoids were immunostained for LYVE-1 only and hepatic sinusoids were positive for LYVE-1 only. In the lungs, lymphatic vessels were diffusely distributed while von Willebrand factor immunostained onto the peripheral alveolar epithelia. In the normal colon, some lymphatic vessels were immunostained in the lamina propria. In the liver, sinusoids were diffusely immunostained for LYVE-1 in the frozen sections. In the kidney, glomerular epithelia were diffusely immunostained for von Willebrand factor. We found lymphatic and blood vessels were superiorly immunostained using frozen sections than using paraffin-embedded sections. Thus, frozen section immunohistochemical staining will superiorly depict lymphatic and blood vessels in normal organ tissues which had not been detected using the formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded sections before. More immunohistochemical information will forthcomimg using frozen sections. From our results, we conclude the significance of lymphatic and blood vascular system is unique for each organ in structure and function.
Uzaktan algılama teknikleri ve parçalılık analizi kullanılarak Çınarcık Baraj Gölü yukarı havzasında arazi kullanımı/arazi örtüsü değişiminin belirlenmesi
Authors: Kaptanoğlu Hamdi , Erdoğan Yüksel Esin
Published: October 2024

Havza yönetimi çalışmalarında doğal kaynakların etkin ve sürdürülebilir planlanabilmesi için arazi kullanımı/arazi örtüsü zamansal değişiminin özellikle konumsal yapı ve alansal dağılım itibariyle belirlenebilmesi oldukça önemlidir. Bu çalışmada Orhaneli Çayı üzerinde kurulu ve Bursa ili için potansiyeli yüksek su kaynaklarından biri olan Çınarcık Baraj Gölü yukarı havza bölümü araştırma alanı olarak seçilmiştir. Arazi kullanımı/arazi örtüsü değişiminin belirlenmesinde 1997, 2011 ve 2020 yıllarına ait hava fotoğrafları ile 2005 ve 2017 yıllarına ait meşcere haritaları veri kaynağı olarak kullanılmıştır. Hava fotoğrafları üzerinde kontrollü sınıflandırma işlemi gerçekleştirilmiş, 2005 ve 2017 yıllarındaki orman amenajman planlarına ait veriler incelenmiştir. Yapılan sınıflandırma sonucunda arazi kullanımı ile ilgili alansal değişimler, meşcere haritaları aracılığıyla da arazi örtüsü değişiminin farklı yıllara ait sonuçları karşılaştırmalı olarak ortaya konmuştur. Bunun yanı sıra 12 yıllık değişim parçalılık analizi indisleri kullanılarak detaylandırılmıştır. Sonuç olarak kontrollü sınıflandırmanın iyi düzeyde (1997 yılı için %78.33, 2011 yılı için %81.33, 2020 yılı için %90.67 doğruluk oranı) uyum gösterdiği, hava fotoğraflarının incelendiği 23 yıl süresince 5304.8 ha orman alanının 5694.7 ha’a, 617 ha açıklık alanın 1052.1 ha’a yükseldiği; 2452.7 ha ziraat alanının 1924.2 ha’a, 243.4 ha iskân alanının 53.9 ha’a düştüğü tespit edilmiştir. Su alanları ise 9 yıllık süreçte 334.4 ha’dan 368.6 ha’a çıkmıştır. Meşcere tipi haritalarının irdelenmesi sonucu elde edilen arazi örtüsü sınıflarına göre ise 2005 ve 2017 yılları arasında maden sahalarına bozuk orman alanlarından 34 ha, verimli orman alanlarından ise 142.8 ha geçiş olmuştur. Genel olarak tüm alan analiz edildiğinde; verimli orman alanları 142.2 ha, su ile kaplı alanlar 101.4 ha ve ziraat alanları 199 ha azalmıştır. Maden alanlarında 167.5 ha, açıklık alanlarda 229.2 ha, iskân alanlarında 11.5 ha ve bozuk orman alanlarında ise 34.4 ha artış meydana gelmiştir. Verimli ormanlık alandaki miktar azalışına rağmen parça sayısı (NP) 62’den 85’e çıkmış, ortalama parça büyüklüğü (MPS) 27.48 ha azalmıştır. Arazi ölçeğinde NP değeri 365’ten 608’e yükselerek tüm alanda artmış ve buna bağlı olarak MPS 9.96 ha azalmıştır.
A Study on Factors Influencing Participation in On and Offline Extracurricular Activities at K University: Focusing on Awareness of Extracurricular Activities and Benefits and Perception of Course Diversity
Authors:   The Korea Association of Yeolin Education, Hong Juyoung , Seo Ilbo
Published: October 2024

This research investigates the determinants of university students' engagement in both on-offline extracurricular activities. It specifically examines the impact of students' awareness of extracurricular activities and benefits and their perceptions of the diversity of extracurricular courses. The research targeted all undergraduate students of K university, who had participating experience in on-offline extracurricular activities. The analytic data were the 273 students’ responses, who voluntarily participated in the survey. The research instrument included 8 items, subjected to face validity verification by three education experts. Three items were dedicated to gathering demographic data. The five items (2 on participation in on-offline extracurricular activities, a perception of the diversity of extracurricular activities, an awareness of the extracurricular curriculum, and an awareness of the student benefits) were designed to solicit binary responses. The study utilized odds ratios and risk ratios as analytic tools. The findings indicate that awareness of the extracurricular curriculum and the recognition of benefits offered by the university significantly enhance student participation, particularly in offline activities. While the variety of extracurricular courses was influential in augmenting offline engagement, it had no impact on online participation. Based on the results of this study, the study's implications were presented.
A clinical study on therapeutic effect of nasya karma in the management of avabhahuka (frozen shoulder) with vishnu taila: Case report
Authors: Suttakoti Dayananda S.
Published: October 2024

Avabhauka is a disease that usually affects the Amsa sandhi (shoulder joint). Acharya Sushruta and others have considered Avabhahuka as vatajavikara. Amsa shosha (wasting of the shoulder) can be considered as preliminary stage of the disease, where loss or dryness of sleshaka kapha from amsa sandhi. Avabhahuka was first explained by Acharya Sushruta in 500 BC where Stiffness and pain in the shoulder joint which leads to severely restricted movement of hand. It is correlated with frozen shoulder in modern it is also known as adhesive capsulitis which carries similar symptoms of avabhahuka. It is 3 most common cause for musculoskeletal consultation in primary care.Ayurveda has explicitly mentioned that caused by Vata dosha and Soshana of sleshmaka Kapha, so vatanashana and sleshmaka kapha poshana should be the aim of samprapti vighatana towards the cure of the disease. As the disease is purely caused by affliction of vayu and the symptoms come due to the aggravation of Vata so vatanasaka thearpy is advocated as remedy of the same. There are several vatanasaka drug and vatanasaka thearpy but in present study Vishnu taila is selectedhas a trial drug in the form of Nasya (Marsha nasya). The present study is an effort towards elimination of avabhahuka disease (frozen shoulder) with safe and effective method and measure.
Two Nations, Both Alike
Authors: Dhar Amrita , Sen Amrita
Published: October 2024

This Introduction to the special issue on “Shakespeare in Bengal” offers a grounded, granular, multi-lay-ered snapshot of the history and currency of Shakespeare in Bengal as registered in the first quarter of the twenty-first century. As the Introduction to four critical essays and three interviews that follow, it sets the ground for the analyses and conversations to come. This Introduction thus offers, first, brief overviews of Bengal’s histories, encounters, partitions, and attendant on-the-ground realities. Second, this essay delineates the main through-lines of Shakespeare education, adaptation, and performance in Bengal and in Bengali. The accounts of histories and cultural formations of course intermesh con-stantly; there can be no neat partition between the two. This essay then ends with a few notes about the critical works and interviews that come after.The Introduction also makes clear the position of this special issue against the very grain of the colonial and the divisive and the exploitative by taking as its subject the matter of Shakespeare engagements in Bengal, all of Bengal, undivided Bengal. This project’s main ethics and aesthetics remain in the antico-lonial, the relational, the coalitional, and the reparative. Through its focus on undivided Bengal, this project presents a radical and consequential decolonization in Shakespeare studies and English early modern studies, both within the academy at large and outside academia.
Miranda and Kapalkundala in Bengali Comparative Studies: Feminine Innocence across the Colonial Divide
Authors: Sarkar Abhishek
Published: October 2024

This article examines five Bengali essays published in periodicals in the long 19th century, which compare Miranda intensively with the eponymous heroine of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s 1866 novel Kapalkundala. The five essays in question (Shrish Chandra Majumder, 1880; anonymous, 1889; Sudhindranath Tagore, 1891; anonymous, 1909; Kshirode Bihari Chattopadhyay, 1918) discuss how Shakespeare’s and Bankim’s texts address the condition of a woman brought up outside human society. They are especially concerned with what they mark as the inherent feminine kindness and the pristine form of sexual innocence featured in the heroines of these texts. These essays ignore invariably the possibility of reading The Tempest as an allegory of the colonial project. The elision of the political con-text enables these essays to create a universalist space where Shakespeare and Bankim may be treated as coequal artists, without undue deference to Shakespeare’s colonially propagated canonicity. These essays thus refuse to be defined by a colonial relationship of cultural subordination. However, the paradigm of universality evoked by them is posited on the fetishization of feminine innocence. These essays, my article argues, naturalize and replicate a patriarchal vision that they attribute to The Tempestand Kapalkundala.
The Changing Shakespearescape in Bangladesh
Authors: Mortuza Shamsad
Published: October 2024

The article examines the reception of Shakespeare in Bangladesh. It scans the theater scene and the academic presence of the bard to understand the now ambiguous presence of the author who inargu-ably enjoyed unquestioned canonicity for centuries. The cerebral exercise to recalibrate Shakespeare’s relevance to a contemporary audience through current theories is confined only to academia. However, in the last two decades, the official promotion of communicative language teaching that holds the Elizabethan author’s language falls short of being “authentic material” for local culture has marginal-ized Shakespeare in the syllabi of the English departments. The somewhat muted celebrations of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare in 2016 are indicative of such a change. There is an emerging trend in Theater departments, which receive occasional funding and patronage from different agencies, to indigenize Shakespeare. This article investigates the availability and mutability of Shakespeare in Ban-gladesh through translation, adaptation, performance, and digitization in the last fifty years to explore the changing attitudes towards the author. It will examine the acceptance and rejection of Shakespeare and its impact on our cultural imagination primarily through the critical discourse produced in Ban-gladesh.
L’emploi des toponymes dans les dénominations des tissus en français aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles
Authors: Dankova Klara
Published: October 2024

L’article analyse les noms de tissus en français utilisés aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, notamment ceux contenant des toponymes. La recherche s’inscrit dans le cadre théorique des études de terminologie diachronique développées ces dernières années en Italie (Zanola 2014, Grimaldi 2017, Zanola 2021) dans le but d’étudier la relation entre l’évolution terminologique et le développement technique, scientifique et culturel.
Plus précisément, un échantillon des noms de tissus extraits manuellement à partir d’un corpus documentaire de la période envisagée sont analysés pour ce qui est du procédé de la création néologique et en tenant compte du rôle des toponymes dans l’identification du référent. Le classement proposé est suivi par un exposé qui cherche à identifier les motivations principales de leur emploi, tout en mettant en évidence le développement technologique du domaine et les pratiques commerciales de l’époque.
L’analyse a montré qu’il y a plusieurs raisons expliquant la motivation des toponymes dans les noms de tissus. Certains toponymes font référence au lieu où les premiers tissus ont été produits ou à celui qui est devenu plus tard le centre de leur production. Dans d’autres cas, l’emploi de noms de lieux n’a rien à voir avec la provenance géographique des tissus : les toponymes sont employés pour désigner un procédé de fabrication spécifique ou, très souvent, à des fins de marketing. Une autre motivation réside dans la similitude avec un autre tissu.
Dans la terminologie des tissus en français aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, les toponymes ont joué un rôle fondamental, allant de l’identification du référent à l’emploi uniquement pour les besoins de la commercialisation, exploitant, principalement, les connaissances du public et le prestige des produits textiles provenant de certaines zones géographiques.
Le corps en contexte néo-testamentaires à travers ses deux variantes dénominatives ἡ σάρξ (sarks) et τὸ σῶμα (soma)
Authors: Żłobińska-Nowak Aleksandra
Published: October 2024

L’article se veut une analyse des dénominations grecques du corps — ἡ σάρξ et τὸ σῶμα adoptées dans le Nouveau Testament. L’autrice étudie ses subtilités de sens en mettant l’accent sur leurs extensions sémantiques par rapport à leur signification prototypique à travers tous leurs emplois néo-testamentaires. L’analyse se focalise aussi sur un examen des traductions bibliques françaises et de leur compréhension en passant par la motivation de l’emploi des dénominations étudiées, leurs spécificités et les traits sémantiques qui s’ajoutent à leur interprétation globale.
Increasing Students’ Interest by Encouraging them to Create Original Lab Projects
Authors: Ogrutan Petre Lucian
Published: October 2024

Sometimes traditional lab projects based on standard kits and modules fail to stimulate students’ interest and creativity. This paper presents a novel laboratory concept which allows students to develop their own lab projects using open-source resources. The lab experiment includes competition aspects allowing every student to come up with ideas of which the best are selected. The lab projects include both hard and software components using Arduino-compatible systems and interfaces. Before starting the practical activities as well as after the completion of the lab session, the students were asked to fill in an anonymous questionnaire.
Subject-Spotting Experimental Method for Gen Z
Authors: Opriș Ioana , Cenușă Victor-Eduard
Published: October 2024

The technological changes along with the psychological and structural changes of the young generation (Gen Z) require adjustment of the educational methods. In this regard, the paper presents a way of explaining uncertainty of measurements by the use of experimental subject-spotting. The method consists in splitting – subject-spotting – a complex subject into small parts that require lower sustained attention and are easier to be understood and memorized. Each subject-spot uses the link between theory and practice, allowing multi-tasking behaviours. The focus is on obtaining quick results.
The practical application of experimental subject-spotting of uncertainty is based on the measurement of the water flow through a pipe by the method of time volume collection. The flow rate measurement represents the grounding for developing several experimental subject-spots that explain the uncertainty of analogue and digital readings, of repeated measurements, the level of confidence, expanded uncertainty and the propagation of uncertainty. The mathematical model and program, some final considerations and further reading suggestions open other directions of studying uncertainty, eventually covered by other subject-spots.
A Web-based Peer Assessment System for Assigning Student Scores in Cooperative Learning
Authors: Sukstrienwong Anon
Published: October 2024

Working in groups has become increasingly important in order to develop students' skills. However, it can be more successful when peers cooperate and are involved in the assigned tasks. However, several educators firmly show disadvantages when all peers received the same reward, regardless of individual contribution. Some teachers also considering peer assessment to be time and effort consuming because preparation and monitoring are needed. In order to overcome these problems, we have developed a web-based peer assessment referred to as the ‘Scoring by Peer Assessment System’ (SPAS) that allows teachers to set up the process of peer assessment, in order to assign scores that reflect the contribution of each student. Moreover, a web-based application allows students to evaluate their peers regarding their individual contribution where cooperative learning and peer assessment are used. The paper describes the system design and the implementation of our peer assessment application.
Learning Content of Educational Tasks in Computer Programming Training for 10-11 Year Old Children
Authors: Garov Kosta Andreev , Tabakova-Komsalova Veneta Veselinova
Published: October 2024

The lack of any programming training experience for small students provoked a number of pedagogical experiments in this area. The general conclusion is that training for 10-11 year olds should be based on solving learning tasks. Their proper selection, structuring and matching is an extremely important activity that contributes to a more effective and qualitative implementation of the objectives of computer programming training. This article is devoted to the tasks of computer programming training. It discusses different classifications of tasks adapted to the specifics of computer programming curricula for 10-11 year olds. Particular attention is paid to the classification of the tasks, according to the curriculum content of the study of a specific learning topic "Constructing consecutive actions". Specific tasks are described to assist teachers in teaching the curriculum.
USO DO TEMPO E TRANSTORNO MENTAL COMUM EM PROFISSIONAIS DE ENFERMAGEM DE UM HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO
Authors: Mendes dos Santos Daniela , Maia Barcelos Joyce Lorena , Cantore Ferro Maria Laura , Caetano Martins Silva e Dutra Fabiana
Published: October 2024

Objetivo: Comparar o envolvimento em ocupações de enfermeiros e técnicos de enfermagem com e sem Transtorno Mental Comum (TMC). Método: Estudo transversal com 172 enfermeiros e técnicos de enfermagem de um hospital universitário de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Aplicou-se análise descritiva e testes Qui-quadrado e t-Student para comparações. Resultados: Houve prevalência de TMC em 9,88% dos profissionais, com prevalência significativamente maior entre os mais jovens, com menos tempo de formação; menos tempo de trabalho no hospital e no setor; maior número de doenças diagnosticadas e autorrelatadas e pior percepção de saúde; tabagistas e com menor envolvimento em atividades de estudo, autocuidado e prática de atividade física. Conclusão: Os profissionais com TMC dedicam menor uso do tempo no envolvimento com ocupações significativas, principalmente em atividades de autocuidado e exercício físico. Preconiza-se investimentos na promoção de saúde e de envolvimento nestas atividades para potencial prevenção de danos à saúde mental.
Palavras-chave: Enfermagem. Transtorno Mental. Atividades Cotidianas.
Conceptualizing intra-household gender roles and power dynamics within the cassava food value chains: Lessons from qualitative evidence among Tanzanian smallholder farmers
Authors:   Africa Institute of South Africa, Masamha B , Uzokwe VNE ,   International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Thebe V ,   University of Pretoria
Published: October 2024

Most subsistence crops that fall in low-value chains, such as cassava, are controlled mainly by women; hence, intra-household gender roles and power dynamics are complex and depend on socio-economic and cultural contexts. Cassava food value chains contribute to the immediate food and income household needs of marginalized and vulnerable rural communities where agriculture is a significant livelihood. However, few studies have explicitly documented how perceived low-value agricultural commodity value chains transform intra-household social relations and resource ownership, benefit sharing, and how, in turn, these value chains are affected by these micro-level processes. The primary objective in designing this framework was to highlight the importance of gendered interactions at the microscale through an analysis of the changing roles, responsibilities, and bargaining power of women and men within the cassava value chains at the household level. A cross-sectional survey involving focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and an ethnographic approach was undertaken using repeated household visits during data collection. Qualitative data analysis used content analysis to identify key themes from focus group discussions about intra-household gender power dynamics. The framework was derived from analyzing the empirical findings from Tanzania’s smallholder farming sector underpinned by the Colfer and Minarchek framework. The findings refute the assumption of unitary household preferences along the gender axis, given the intricate relationships in the multi-sectoral smallholder farming space. By emphasizing intra-household gender power dynamics, the framework helps to identify gender inequalities emanating from skewed resource ownership, limited women participation, unequal benefit sharing, and power relations within the cassava food value chain. The study recommends policy shifts for women to own productive resources such as land, reduced export taxes, access to finance, and rewarding markets for cassava value chain actors. This study resonates with global and regional policy initiatives such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Agenda 2063: Africa We Want in enhancing gender equality, reducing poverty, and ensuring food and nutrition security. The framework will facilitate the development of gender-sensitive intervention programs for upgrading and strengthening women's participation in cassava food value chains. Key words: Cassava value chain, women, household, conceptual framework, gender
Consumer acceptability and physicochemical properties of Kenyan cactus fruit wine
Authors:   University of Nairobi, Mwenda DM , Abong’ GO ,   University of Nairobi, Kaindi DWM ,   University of Nairobi, Omayio DG ,   University of Nairobi
Published: October 2024

Cactus pear fruits are rich in phytochemical compounds. They are dominant in the Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid [ASAL] areas due to their adaptation to prolonged drought. However, processing technologies to utilize these fruits in making consumer acceptable, therapeutic and quality products are almost non-existent in Kenya. This study sought to process the cactus fruits from Laikipia and Baringo to a high quality and acceptable red wine using Saccharomyces cerevisiae [Wine yeast BV818 and Baker's yeast] as fermentation factors. It incorporated a completely randomized study design to assess the wines' physicochemical parameters and a 7-point hedonic scale for sensory evaluation. Total soluble solids and pH were monitored over 24 days after which the wines were evaluated for sensory acceptability, color and phytochemical compositions. There were significant [p<0.05] differences in sensory parameters between the fruit wines, with Laikipia-made wines more accepted [5.28-5.46] and with higher scores in color [6.06-6.21], mouthfeel [5.39-5.42] and astringency [5.13-5.31] compared to Baringo-made wines that ranged between 5.33-6.04 for color, 4.64-5.29 for mouthfeel and 4.56-5.23 for astringency. Laikipia-made wines had a higher redness value [7.00-8.83] than Baringo ones [5.50-7.33]. Wine yeast [BV818], produced a higher alcohol content that ranged 14.08-14.17 % though not significantly [p>0.05] different to ones fermented by bakers' yeast [13.67-13.92. The pH, titratable acidity [T.A] and Total soluble solids [TSS] levels for the wines ranged at 4.1 -4.4, 0.8-1.4 g 100-1 L and 6.8-7.30 brix respectively. Vitamin C levels ranged [519.16-1078.91 mg 100-1 g], free phenolics [180.79-285.10 mg GAE 100-1 g] and flavonoids levels [179.26 – 242.46 mg CE 100-1 g]. The findings on high phytochemical compounds, average overall acceptability [5.17], and alcohol percentage within still table wines [6.5-16.5%] range maps cactus fruits as an alternative fruit for red wines in the local markets and indicate their potential in commercial utilization in the food industry. Key words: Cactus, fermentation, phytochemicals, wine, alcohol levels, Laikipia, Baringo, acceptability