bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Hearing assessment after referral in universal newborn hearing screening
Authors: Galvão Marcela Bastos , Lewis Doris Ruthy
Published: January 2023

ABSTRACT Purpose To study the process of hearing assessment in infants who were referred by professionals responsible for Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS). Methods Analysis of the medical records of 51 infants referred by maternity hospitals where UNHS was performed and were referred to a Hearing Health Center, between January and June 2021. Infants who completed hearing assessment, who never attended the appointments, or were lost during the diagnostic process were identified. Attempts were made to contact infants' guardians in order to understand the reason for missing the appointments. Results The attendance to the diagnosis was 75%. Fifty percent of the infants completed hearing assessment as recommended, up to 3 months of life. The attempt to contact parents who missed the appointments was successful, and the most frequent reasons are: the infant was ill on the day of scheduled appointment, distance from home to the hearing health center, parents’ working hours. Conclusion For the diagnostic stage, the attendance rate and the age for completing hearing assessment were below the recommended. The active search for telephone contact and use of phone messaging application was important to reduce evasion by seventy-six percent. Tools that optimize the diagnostic process with less infants missing still must be studied.
Subcampos e espaços na Saúde Coletiva: fronteiras e integração
Authors: Vieira-da-Silva Ligia Maria
Published: January 2023

O presente ensaio discute alguns aspectos da integração entre subcampos da Saúde Coletiva, buscando identificar obstáculos e possibilidades a esse respeito. Faz uma breve análise sobre o surgimento e o desenvolvimento dos subcampos na Saúde Coletiva e reúne indicações sobre movimentos voltados para a integração entre as áreas, bem como as suas diversas disputas. Sumariza proposições teóricas e iniciativas práticas voltadas para a interdisciplinaridade, como também desenvolvimentos teórico-conceituais. Apoiado na sociologia de Bourdieu, formula uma hipótese segundo a qual, à semelhança dos demais campos sociais, os subcampos da Saúde Coletiva se constituíram como microcosmos autônomos em que as disputas de fronteiras dominam e têm suas raízes em processos históricos e sociais. Ademais, adicionam-se os obstáculos relacionados com a incorporação do conhecimento especializado e a aquisição de habitus dos subcampos. Este ensaio discute ainda as possibilidades da integração como produto de processos coletivos ao interior da Saúde Coletiva.
Antropología ontológica e interculturalidad de la salud en el pueblo shuar de Zamora- Chinchipe
Authors: Tym Christian
Published: January 2023

En este artículo se exponen aquellas conexiones entre la antropología anglosajona y la filosofía política de la interculturalidad, a las que se han prestado poca atención en América Latina. Específicamente, se detallan los aportes del llamado giro ontológico para desarrollar una teoría de la interculturalidad que abarque las diferencias entre pueblos indígenas y sociedades occidentales. Se argumenta que el concepto de “cultura” constituye un “equívoco”, y que a partir de dicho giro y sus críticas se logra un entendimiento más adecuado de la interculturalidad como propuesta positiva de la intelectualidad indígena. Los debates sobre la representación de la diferencia, que siguieron al giro ontológico, apuntan a la importancia de la diversidad intracultural; por tanto, es imprescindible matizar tales representaciones de las culturas indígenas y la occidental, al considerar los rasgos disímiles que distinguen a comunidades e individuos de un mismo grupo. Este argumento se desarrolla con base en la salud intercultural, a través del estudio de caso de las prácticas y preferencias sanitarias de la población shuar de la provincia ecuatoriana de Zamora-Chinchipe. Se concluye que se requiere una interculturalidad que no signifique la etnitización de las políticas públicas, sino su localización y adaptación a las preferencias de la gente en cada una de las zonas particulares de los territorios nacionales.
¿Hay un modelo urbanístico poscovid? La pandemia como catalizadora de transformaciones urbanas en Buenos Aires
Authors: Vázquez Diego Ezequiel , Berardo Martina Daniela
Published: January 2023

Desde los inicios de la pandemia por la covid-19, intelectuales y personal técnico urbanístico de todo el mundo elaboraron diagnósticos y profecías mediáticas sobre los cambios radicales que sufrirían las ciudades y, particularmente, sus espacios de uso público. En este texto se analizan las acciones urbanas que desempeñó el Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, durante la cuarta gestión del Partido Propuesta Republicana (2019-2022), como respuesta a los desafíos de la pandemia; asimismo se compara con las gestiones anteriores del mismo partido entre 2007 y 2019. El objetivo es rastrear las continuidades y rupturas en los programas implementados, en las retóricas elaboradas acerca del espacio público y en los paradigmas urbanísticos utilizados para diseñar y justificar la política urbana. Para ello, se desarrolló un diseño metodológico híbrido que combinó los análisis documental, espacial y cultural. La estrategia metodológica estuvo centrada en la producción empírica y en el análisis descriptivo e interpretativo de un corpus documental conformado por dos fuentes principales: publicaciones del gobierno local y de medios de comunicación masivos. Con los resultados se evidencia que, antes que la conformación de un nuevo paradigma urbanístico poscovid, la gestión urbana local durante la pandemia se caracterizó por la profundización de transformaciones y modelos urbanísticos preexistentes; así, la pandemia operó como catalizadora de cambios que venían gestándose con anterioridad.
Miradas sobre la costa del litoral argentino. La comunidad pesquera ante la planificación metropolitana
Authors: Roldán Diego , Arelovich Lisandro
Published: January 2023

En este artículo se abordan las problemáticas derivadas de los efectos de la desarticulación entre los procesos productivos locales y el emplazamiento de un conjunto de ensamblajes, que buscan rearticular los territorios con economías de flujos extractivos. El objetivo es analizar las miradas que, sobre un mismo sitio: la costa argentina, tienen actores de diversas escalas, y cómo ello interviene en la reconversión y redefinición urbana, metropolitana y territorial de ese espacio. En la metodología se combinan una aproximación histórica, con base en materiales documentales y periodísticos, y un trabajo etnográfico con entrevistas en profundidad en una comunidad pesquera del Remanso Valerio. El trabajo está dividido en cuatro miradas, con las que se reconstruyen los siguientes aspectos: la historia de ocupación del barrio; la relación de la población con el territorio y las actividades pesqueras; los impactos de la Hidrovía Paraná-Paraguay y el puente Rosario-Victoria; y la relación de la planificación estratégica metropolitana con la comunidad. Se concluye que los conflictos entre las perspectivas de la comunidad pesquera y la de quienes llevan a cabo la planificación metropolitana dependen de las asimetrías entre los actores y las escalas que intervienen en la organización de las miradas sobre la costa.
Reading Proverbs 13:23 in Texts and Contexts of Poverty in Africa: A Theoretical Framework
Authors: Wabyanga Robert Kuloba
Published: January 2023

The Masoretic text of Prov 13:23 (רָב־ אֹ֭כֶל נִ֣יר רָא שִׁ֑ים וְ יֵ֥ש נִ֜סְפֶֶּ֗הבְלִ֣ א משְפָָּֽט) highlights the absence of mishpat (משְפָט) as the cause of the poverty of the poor. This article reads Prov 13:23 in conversation with the contemporary conceptualisation of economic poverty. The concept of mishpat (משְפָט) is theorised and hermeneutically applied to the issue of poverty in Africa. The key questions under investigation are: What is mishpat in the text and its context? How should mishpat be read in the African context? How does the biblical understanding of the poor and mishpat inform responses to Africa's poverty? In this study, the assumptions are that poverty in Africa is the result of both socio-economic and political injustices of the West and Africans themselves. Africans are agents of their own poverty. The study employs a hermeneutical and multidisciplinary approach, drawing examples from the social sciences.
Destructive Leadership in State and Religion: An Exegetical Study of Hosea 7:1-16
Authors: Pakpahan Gernaida Krisna R. , Pantan Frans
Published: January 2023

Leadership has always been an unresolved problem across time or space. Balancing destructive leadership practices is essential especially in the context of religion and the state. Changes in models occur to answer the need for effective and relevant leaders. Various models of leadership are attested including servant leadership, transactional leadership, supportive leadership, laissez-faire leadership, transformational leadership and other positive leadership. The importance of a positive model in bringing full awareness to leaders in carrying out the leadership mandate is emphasised in this essay. The study focuses on the definition of destructive leadership and destructive leadership models practised by Israelite leaders during the ministry of Prophet Hosea in the eighth century B.C.E based on the text of Hosea 7:1-16. A destructive leader is described as one who negatively influences his followers. The negative influence may lead to the destruction of the organisation he/she leads. The destructive leadership model found in Hosea 7:116 is not integrity-oriented but power-oriented and individual-oriented. Three factors characterise it-the leader, the followers and the environment.
Servants or Children? Meaning of נְעָרִים in Job 1:19
Authors: Jeong Daejun
Published: January 2023

In traditional interpretations, all of Job's children died in the fourth disaster (Job 1:19). However, the narrator does not depict the death of Job's children but rather the loss of his property in Job 1:19 because his servants (נְעָרִים ) are proclaimed dead in this incident. This study discusses the meaning of the word נַעַר, analyses the literary structure of Job 1:13-19 and compares the stories of Job and Abraham. The study reveals that the narrator of the book of Job demonstrates a shift in Job's family from a typical family that fears Yhwh to an ideal family desired by Yhwh.
Exploring the Top-Priority Innovation Types and Their Reasons
Authors:   Chungnam National University, Kim Jong-Seok , Kang Jinwon ,   Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning
Published: January 2023

This is a foresight study to explore the top priorities of innovation types and the reasons behind them with respect to artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and the Internet of Things (IoT). This study set up two research strategies. One of the research strategies is to make the research design and methods fit with this study’s intellectual queries. Another strategy is to use the triangulations of method, analysis, data source, and researcher. This study selected expert panels, the Delphi technique, and interviews. In the collection of the qualitative and quantitative data from 23 experts through the Delphi surveys, it organized respectively the qualitative and quantitative data analysis. This study conducted the two main data analyses–Delphi results and interview data. Service innovation of AI and process innovation of IoT are chosen as a top-priority-innovation type. Marketing innovation of big data, as non-technological innovation, is selected as a top-priority innovation type. Through the interviews with 17 experts, for each of the pairs, all the experts said that the three technologies can have greater technological capabilities going beyond the existing capacities of relevant technologies. AI as hyper-intelligence can help to provide more customized or sophisticated converging offerings, the regulation of various non-standardized services and service provisions through the interaction between AI and customers or employees. The technological capacity of big data and the need of customer preferences can lead marketing innovation. IoT can create the new or improved process of the manufacturing, production, and supply chain areas through hyper-connectivity in terms of quality, quantity, speed, and coverage of information.
The Dynamics of University-Industry Interactions in Peripheral Contexts: Evidence from Brazil
Authors:   Federal Institute of Minas Gerais, Aparecido-Tomaz Paulo , Fischer Bruno ,   University of Campinas,   National Research University Higher School of Economics, Meissner Dirk ,   National Research University Higher School of Economics, Rücker Schaeffer Paola ,   University of Campinas
Published: January 2023

This research aims at addressing the factors that constrain the flow of knowledge between universities and industry when these players are embedded in peripheral contexts. A multiple-case study was carried out in order to describe and understand the limitations of universities as agents of innovation in peripheral ecosystems. Twenty-two semi-structured interviews were conducted with the coordinators of five Technological Innovation Centers (entities equivalent to TTO) of all Federal Institutes (five) located in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The findings show that there are constraining elements associated with the socioeconomic environment (the lack of economic dynamism and low absorptive capacity at firms), with universities (a lack of infrastructure, resources, and available researchers) and intermediary agents (the lack of staff and institutional legitimacy). The observed conditions lead to challenges in fostering dense knowledge flows, thus perpetuating regional economic asymmetries and hindering the institutional evolution of academic institutions toward the notion of entrepreneurial universities. Our research contributes to literature by addressing in detail the limitations of universities in spurring dense innovation networks in laggard ecosystems. Instead, more complex co-evolutionary processes seem to be at play – and “silver bullet” policies are likely to offer disappointing results.
New Approaches to the Improvement of Coordination Mechanisms
Authors:   CEMI RAS, Parinov Sergey
Published: January 2023

The intensity and scale of communication between people, which have grown significantly over the past three decades, have not yet led to comparable improvements in the coordination of the activities of socioeconomic agents. One of the reasons is the lack of a full-fledged digital transformation of coordination mechanisms. Therefore, an urgent scientific task is to determine methodological approaches for the full digitalization of coordination processes. Cognitive sciences offer a fundamental description of the processes of socioeconomic coordination in the form of a shared mental model of participants in joint activities. Based on this, the concept of coordinating the activity of agents, which is the basis of all coordination processes, is defined. This approach made it possible to identify and analyze the main elements of the fundamental process of coordinating activities, as well as to determine the opportunities for its digitalization. This paper discusses the opportunity to create a unified coordination mechanism based on computer technologies, which, on the one hand, could replace the traditional market and hierarchical mechanisms, and on the other hand, could be used to coordinate all types of joint activities, including non-economic ones.
P14 PROCEDIMIENTO DE RECLAMACIONES v1
Authors: not provided cgarcia
Published: January 2023

Las reclamaciones y sugerencias serán presentadas por los doctorandos, directores y/o tutores o agentes externos que tengan relación con la EIDUCAM en la Secretaría Técnica de la EIDUCAM (eiducam@ucam.edu). Para realizar una reclamación/sugerencia existe un formulario que se encuentra a disposición de los grupos de interés en el Portal del Doctorando http://investigacion.ucam.edu/doctorado/portal-del-doctorando/sugerencias .
Wisecaver Lab DNAzol-based extraction of high molecular weight DNA from photosynthetic sea slugs v1
Authors: H Wisecaver Jennifer
Published: January 2023

Protocol for DNAzol-based extraction of high molecular weight DNA from photosynthetic sea slugs. This streamlined protocol takes less time compared to the lab's prior CTAB-based protocol while still yielding high quality of DNA for Illumina and Oxford Nanopore sequencing.
UPDATE OF REGULATORY AND LEGAL ACTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE LAW OF UKRAINE «ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE»
Authors:   Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Shkolyk Andriy
Published: January 2023

The purpose of the article is to establish optimal ways of amending the existing normativelegal acts of Ukraine (mainly legislative, but also by-laws) containing separate administrativeprocedural norms, due to the recent adoption of the general Law of Ukraine «On AdministrativeProcedure», which should enter into force at the end of 2023.The methodology used in the article involves the use of scientific methods of documentary analysis,comparative jurisprudence, modeling, as well as the system method.As a result of the conducted research, general conclusions and recommendations were formulated for the subjects of norm-designing and norm-making activities regarding the significant update ofexisting legal acts with different scope of administrative procedural norms in connection with theadoption of the General Law of Ukraine «On Administrative Procedure».First of all, in the above-mentioned activity, the reduction of the number and, in general, theminimization of normative legal acts, which to a greater or lesser extent regulate the administrativeprocedure in Ukraine, are desirable. Such minimization will objectively reduce the existing risks ofconflicts of legal norms and potential legal uncertainty for numerous subjects of law enforcement,both for functionally belonging to the public administration at the central and local levels, and forprivate (natural and legal) persons – participants in administrative proceedings.Secondly, the preservation of special legal regulation in certain spheres of activity of the nationalpublic administration should not be motivated by the mere existence of legislative acts or, moreover,by established traditions of their enforcement, which in practice borders on conservatism. Theonly reason for leaving certain acts of special legislation with the content of administrativeproceduralnorms in force should be a real justification of the feasibility of enshrining certainfeatures, different from the rules of general administrative procedure.Thirdly, in justified cases of preservation of special regulatory legal acts, their provisions shouldbe coordinated not only with the principles of administrative procedure defined by the newGeneral Law, but also with its new terminology and approaches to key administrative proceduralinstitutions.
Military prose by Vasily Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko
Authors: Vititnev S.F. , Shmeleva A.V.
Published: January 2023

V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko is considered to be one of the first professional military correspondents in Russia. He was called «the Russian Dumas» and «the king of war correspondents». He took part as a war correspondent in the military operations in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, and the First Balkan War of 1912-1913. Numerous works of fiction, essay prose, memoirs and war correspondence belong to his pen. The authors focus on the journalistic activity of V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko during Russia’s war against Turkey, the result of which is the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman yoke, a reflection of the dramatic and sometimes tragic realities of the fighting. The article reveals how V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko, by his example, created the image of an objective and faithful writer to the ideals of the Fatherland and laid the foundations and methodology of military journalism.
Dante Alighieri and Risorgimento: Religious Aspect of Historical Connection
Authors: Kanel I.V.
Published: January 2023

Religious viewpoints occupied a special place in the revolutionary-democratic theory of Giuseppe Mazzini, a well-known political and social activist considered to be among the chief ideologues of Risorgimento. La Giovine Italia («Young Italy»), the organization established by Mazzini, had as its slogan «Dio e Libertà!» — «God and Liberty!». To demonstrate how important it is to study the religious aspect of the Italian unification concept in this article, the author made a brief excursion into the history and etymology of the word that named the era in question, with the following corollary: Risorgimento is synonymous with Rinascimento, it is a vague allusion to Jesus Christ’s Resurrection. Additionally, the historical personage of 13th-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri had a profound influence on the formation of national thought about a free and unified state: Dante’s so-called cult has been evolved. His philosophical treatises «The Convivio» and «De Monarchia» are used when analyzing Dante’s views on the idea of Italy’s unification. Such concepts — both Mazzini’s and Alighieri’s — are concluded to be seen in a utopian context.
5G Technology in Smart Healthcare and Smart City Development Integration with Deep Learning Architectures
Authors: Rismawaty Arunglabi Apriana Toding,Charnia Iradat Rapa, , Askar Taliang Muhammad Resha,
Published: January 2023

As more and more medical devices, including as mobile phones, sensors, and remote monitoring equipment, require Internet access, wireless networks have gained considerable traction in the healthcare sector. High-performance technologies, such as the forthcoming fifth generation/sixth generation (5G/6G), are needed for data transit to and from medical equipment in order to give patients with state-of-the-art medical treatments. Furthermore, much better optimization techniques must be used when creating its primary components. Intelligent system design affects how all medical equipment operates, which presents a challenging issue in medical applications. Using information from many sources, electronic health records are built and stored there. These data are compiled in several formats and techniques. There are various big data strategies that could be utilised to reconcile the conflicting data. Artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning methods can be used to forecast diseases or other problems using the knowledge gathered from big data analytics. With the advent of 5G, augmented reality, virtual reality and spatial computing are all enhanced, which has a profound effect on healthcare informatics by allowing for real-time remote monitoring. With the advent of 5G technologies, healthcare services can be provided over vast distances via a vast network of interconnected devices and high-performance computation. Disease detection and treatment using dynamic data can be accomplished with the help of deep learning techniques such as Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNN). Deep convolutional neural networks that incorporate images of sick regions are frequently employed for classification tasks.
Energy Aware Channel Allocation with Spectrum Sensing in Pilot Contamination Analysis for Cognitive Radio Networks
Authors: Joshi Dr. Rutvij , Pandey Dr. Arvind Kumar , Aarju Ms , Singh Arjun , Singh Mr. Pooran , R Chandramma
Published: January 2023

Cognitive radio (CR) is an innovative and contemporary technology that has been making an effort to overcome the problems of bandwidth reduction by rising the usage of mobile cellular bandwidth connections. The reallocation and distribution of channels is a fundamental characteristic of cellular mobile networks (CMN) to exploit the consumption of CMS. Meanwhile, throughput maximization might lead to higher power utilization, the spectrum sensing system must tackle the energy throughput tradeoff. The spectrum sensing time should be defined by the residual battery energy of secondary user (SU). In that context, energy effective algorithm for spectrum sensing should be developed for meeting the energy constraint of CRN. This study designs a new quantum particle swarm optimization-based energy aware spectrum sensing scheme (QPSO-EASSS) for CRNs. Here, the presented QPSO-EASSS technique dynamically estimates the sensing time depending upon the battery energy level of SUs and the transmission power can be computed based on the battery energy level and PU signal of the SUs. In addition, in this work, the QPSO-EASSS technique applies the QPSO algorithm for throughput maximization with energy constraints in the CRN. The detailed set of experimentations take place and reported the improvements of the QPSO-EASSS technique compared to existing models.
TRAINING OF YOLOV5 NEURAL NETWORK FOR CLASSIFICATION OF PLANT SPECIES AND DISEASES BY PHOTOGRAPHS OF PLANT LEAVES
Authors: Dmitrijeva Ērika , Belova Arina Amālija , Kodors Sergejs
Published: January 2023

40% percent of crops are lost every year due to plant diseases. It is physically difficult for people to detect plant diseases in large-scale fields, especially at an early stage. The paper deals with the YoloV5 neural network training using different technologies. The neural network is trained to classify plant species and their diseases using photographs. The open access dataset PlantDoc was used for training. PlantDoc provides 2,569 images of 13 plant species and 27 classes for image classification and object detection. For the purity of the experiment, training was performed 10 times without changing the parameters. As a result of each training, we had obtained testing data on which we could draw conclusions.
ALUMINUM AND STEEL WELDING WITH 500 W FIBRE LASER
Authors: Dudenkovs Raitis , Lazov Lyubomir
Published: January 2023

The study of the process of laser welding of various aluminum-steel joints is necessary to promote the possibility of realization of new products and designs in instrumentation and mechanical engineering. Laser welding, due to its many advantages, is considered a very promising process of joining different materials, although its application in industry is still limited. Welding aluminum with steel using laser sources is a challenging task mainly due to the formation of brittle intermetallic joints (IMC) at the joint interface. This paper aims to give a brief overview of some new research on laser welding of aluminum to steel, as well as to point out some of our initial laboratory research in this direction.[1]
MACHINE LEARNING FOR HUMAN RECOGNITION
Authors: Surikovs Deņiss , Mežārs Andrejs , Bleive Ritvars , Kodors Sergejs
Published: January 2023

The aim of this work is to develop a neural network that will be able to recognize human presence. To achieve this goal, authors applied neural network architecture YOLOv5 and the open dataset COCO. The experiment was repeated three times. The study yielded a good result - the neural network was able to detect humans in images with a good precision.
BLASTING MACHINE
Authors: Tutins Gatis , Rēvalds Ritvars
Published: January 2023

Skrotēšanas iekārtas atrodas katrā lielā metālapstrādes uzņēmumā, tās nepieciešamas, lai efektīvi varētu attīrīt tērauda detaļas, un pēc attīrīšanas kvalitatīvi veikt krāsošanas darbus. Skrotēšanas iekārta ievērojami uzlabo detaļu apstrādi un to kvalitāti. Tomēr reti kurš aizdomājas par to, kā optimizēt noskrotēto detaļu kvalitātes uzraudzību, īpaši ziemā kad kļūst vēsāks un ir nepieciešams uzraudzīt skrotēšanas telpas temperatūru, mitrumu un rasaspunktu. Tāpēc šī izpēte ir vērsta uz to, lai noskaidrotu cik liela skrotēšanas ietekme ir uz materiālu, kādi ir skrotēšanas veidi un tehnoloģijas, un kādu ietekmi uz noskrotēto materiālu atstāj temperatūras svārstības skrotēšanas iekārtas telpā. Tiks aprakstīts kādus uzlabojumus varētu veikt skrotēšanas iekārtai, kādēļ šie uzlabojumi ir nepieciešami un ar kādām komponentēm uzlabojumi tiktu panākti.
LASER HARDENING PROCESS ON Ck 45 DEPENDING ON THE LASER PARAMETERS - a small review
Authors: Vorkalis Arturs , Lazov Luybomir
Published: January 2023

This study displays the effect of laser surface hardening parameters on the Ck 45 steel. The method is mostly based on experimental tests, with micro-hardness data being used to obtain the hardness profile Ck 45.The beauty of the surface laser hardening technique is that, it hardens a specific area without changing the surface qualities of the surrounding area. Due to its versatility and capacity to manufacture parts with complex geometry, laser heat treatment is regarded one of the best-performing manufacturing technologies currently in use.
The intensity of oxidative stress and systemic inflammation in patients with a combination of bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Authors: Faletrova Svetlana V. , Uryasev Oleg M. , Belskikh Eduard S. , Berstneva Svetlana V. , Korshunova Ludmila V.
Published: January 2023

Background. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma, when combined in one patient, are characterized by a low level of control. Excess weight aggravates the course of obstructive diseases. The study of the features of this syntropy will improve the effectiveness of therapeutic measures.
Aim. The study of the level of cytokines and carbonylated proteins in patients with a combination of bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with overweight and normal weight during an exacerbation.
Material and methods. The study included 136 people: the first group a combination of bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (n=30), the second bronchial asthma (n=36), the third chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (n=29), the fourth volunteers without respiratory diseases (n=41). Each group was divided into two subgroups depending on the body mass index (less than 25 kg/m2 or 25 kg/m2 and more). The concentrations of interleukins-6 and -8, tumor necrosis factor in blood plasma were determined by enzyme immunoassay. The level of carbonylated plasma proteins was assessed spectrophotometrically. Statistical processing was performed in the Statistica 10.0 program using nonparametric criteria. The correlation of the studied parameters was assessed using the Spearman coefficient.
Results. In patients with a combination of bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, statistically significant positive correlations between the levels of interleukins-6 and -8, tumor necrosis factor and carbonylated proteins were found 0.51, 0.59 and 0.55, respectively (p 0.05). Patients of the first group with overweight differed by 37.5% in higher levels of interleukin-6 compared with patients with body mass index 25 kg/m2.
Conclusion. The intensity of systemic inflammation in patients with a combination of bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during exacerbation correlates with the intensity of oxidative damage.
Assessment of the risks of cardiovascular system functional disorders developing in young people aged 18–25 years
Authors: Aminova Olga S. , Tyatenkova Natalia N. , Melentev Andrey V.
Published: January 2023

Background. In recent years, the proportion of young people with functional disorders and diseases of the cardiovascular system has increased, in the formation of which behavioral risk factors play an important role.
Aim. To assess the risk of functional disorders developing in young people aged 1825 depending on social status and lifestyle.
Material and methods. An observational one-stage uncontrolled study, the object of which was young people aged 1825 years (1978 people), was conducted. The study sample was divided into four groups: working (n=200) and studying (n=313) males, working (n=526) and studying (n=939) females. To assess the relative cardiovascular risk, the groups were divided according to social status, to assess the impairment of adaptive capabilities according to the presence of a behavioral risk factor. Comparison of independent groups was performed using the MannWhitney test. Testing null hypotheses about the absence of differences between the shares was carried out using the 2 test and calculating the odds ratio.
Results. Relative cardiovascular risk was found in 21.8% of young people. The chances of risk occurrence were higher in males than in females (p 0.001), in working youth compared to students (p 0.001). The chances of reducing the adaptive capacity of the cardiovascular system were 2.1 times higher in smoking males (p 0.001) and 2.6 times higher in smoking females (p 0.001) compared to non-smoking respondents. In males with excessive alcohol consumption, in females with irregular meals and low physical activity, cases of tension in the mechanisms of adaptation of the cardiovascular system were more often noted (by 1.8; 1.4 and 1.7 times, respectively) compared with control groups.
Conclusion. The risk of functional disorders developing was more common in young males than in females, in workers in comparison with students; cigarette smoking in both sexes, alcohol consumption in males, irregular meals and low physical activity in females contributed to a decrease in the reserve capacity of the circulatory system.
Conocimiento de estudiantes de salud sobre alimentación saludable y factores asociados al entorno universitario
Authors: Sousa Isabelle Cerqueira , Catrib Ana Maria Fontenelle , Medeiros Natasha Teixeira , Pereira da Silva Godinho Carla Christina , Carioca Antonio-Augusto Ferreira , Marinho Holanda Gabriela Pessoa , Bezerra Ilana Nogueira , Abdon Ana Paula Vasconcellos
Published: January 2023

Objetivo. Evaluar los conocimientos sobre alimentación saludable (AS) de los estudiantes del área de la salud y los factores asociados al entorno universitario. Materiales y métodos. Se trata de un estudio transversal con 512 estudiantes universitarios (≥ 18 años) matriculados en nueve carreras de grado en salud. Se llevó a cabo de abril a noviembre de 2017. Se aplicaron el Instrumento Evaluativo de la promoción de la salud en la universidad y el Cuestionario Internacional de Actividad Física. Además, se midió el peso, talla y perímetro abdominal. Se realizaron análisis bivariados y multivariados utilizando SPSS versión 23.0. Resultados. Se encontró que la mayoría de los estudiantes universitarios de las nueve carreras de salud tenían conocimientos insuficientes sobre alimentación saludable (71,9%; n=368). Sin embargo, la mayor proporción de estudiantes con conocimientos suficientes se encontraron en el área de nutrición (15,3%; n=22), seguidos de aquellos del área de educación física (12,5%; n=18). El menor porcentaje de estudiantes con conocimientos suficientes se encontró en la carrera de medicina (8,3%; n=12). En el análisis multivariado se evidenció que el conocimiento suficiente sobre alimentación saludable estaba relacionado con la participación en actividades de alimentación saludable (p=0,012; RP=1,94), participación en actividades que aborden la autoestima y el autoconocimiento (p=0,046; RP=0,59) y con tener exceso de peso (p=0,036; RP=1,53). Conclusión. Se evidenció un bajo porcentaje de estudiantes de salud con conocimientos suficientes sobre alimentación saludable. Sin embargo, la participación en actividades de alimentación saludable, autoestima y autoconocimiento en la universidad logró mejorar el nivel de conocimiento. Se recomienda el desarrollo de proyectos universitarios que abarquen la tríada psicológica, alimentaria y corporal, involucrando así todas las carreras de salud, con el objetivo de mejorar la salud y la calidad de vida de los universitarios.
Malaria en la región eco-epidemiológica del Caribe Colombiano, 1960-2019.
Authors: Acuña-Cantillo Luis , Olivera Mario J. , Padilla-Rodriguez Julio Cesar
Published: January 2023

La malaria en Colombia tiene un comportamiento heterogéneo y variable, entre las regiones. Para establecer su comportamiento epidemiológico en la región del Caribe colombiano entre 1960 y 2019 se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo y retrospectivo a partir de registros del Ministerio de Salud y otras fuentes secundarias. Se definieron variables epidemiológicas y se elaboraron medidas de frecuencia y tendencia central. Se registraron 155 096 casos. Las décadas con mayor número de casos fueron 1990-1999 (20,5%) y 1980-1989 (18,9%). El promedio de casos por década fue de 25 849,3. Los índices parasitariosmás elevados se registraron en 1970 (3,3 por 1000 habitantes) y 1981 (3,9 por 1000 habitantes). La especie Plasmodium vivax fue la más frecuente y la mayoría de la carga por grupos de edad se registró en menores de 29 años, entre 2010-2019. La malaria presentó un patrón endemo-epidémico de baja y muy baja intensidad de transmisión, con una tendencia al descenso.
Factores asociados con el tiempo de progresión de la discapacidad en pacientes con esclerosis múltiple
Authors: Arteaga-Noriega Anibal , Castro-Álvarez John Fredy , Benjumea-Bedoya Dione , Gutiérrez-Vargas Johanna , Segura-Cardona Angela , González-Gómez Difariney , Zapata-Berruecos José
Published: January 2023

Objetivos. Determinar los factores sociodemográficos, clínicos y radiológicos asociados al tiempo de progresión de discapacidad en pacientes con esclerosis múltiple (EM). Materiales y métodos. Estudio transversal analítico, basado en registros de la historia clínica de pacientes del Instituto Neurológico de Colombia, entre el 2013 y 2021. La progresión a discapacidad de los pacientes con EM se definió como el tiempo hasta un aumento de por lo menos 0,5 puntos en el valor de la EDSS (del inglés Expanded Disability Status Scale), sostenido por al menos seis meses. Se usó un modelo de regresión de Cox para estimar la función de supervivencia y los hazard ratios (HR) con sus intervalos de confianza de 95% (IC 95%). Resultados. Se incluyeron 216 pacientes, de los cuales el 25% progresó a discapacidad, la mediana de supervivencia fue de 78 meses (RIC 95%: 70−83), las lesiones activas (HR = 1,94; IC 95%: 1,10−3,44), el sexo masculino (HR = 2,5; IC 95%: 1,32−4,73), y las enfermedades neurológicas (HR = 2,18; IC95%: 1,03−4,61) se asociaron en el modelo multivariado. Conclusiones. La mediana de tiempo de progresión hacia la discapacidad fue de 72 meses. Las lesiones activas captadas en resonancia magnética y el sexo masculino se asociaron con mayor progresión de la discapacidad, con resultados estadísticamente significativos en el modelo multivariado.
Idas y venidas del diseño de la política de alimentación saludable en el Perú: análisis comparativo de sus documentos regulatorios
Authors: Alvarez-Cano Juan , Cavero Victoria , Diez-Canseco Francisco
Published: January 2023

La venta de productos ultraprocesados y el sobrepeso y la obesidad han aumentado en América Latina en los últimos años. En el Perú, se aprobó la Ley N° 30021 en busca de reducir el sobrepeso y la obesidad en niños y adolescentes, sin embargo, el desarrollo de esta Ley se caracterizó por tener continuas modificaciones en los diversos documentos elaborados. El propósito de este artículo es identificar cambios esenciales en los documentos elaborados por el Gobierno y el Congreso en el marco de la Ley N° 30021,específicamente en los temas de regulación de la publicidad de alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas, advertencias publicitarias y parámetros técnicos de nutrientes críticos. Los cambios identificados en los diferentes documentos muestran el dinamismo en el desarrollo de esta política donde la falta de evidencia científica oportuna, la oposición de la industria alimentaria y la falta de consenso político fueron los principales motivos.
Síndrome metabólico postrasplante hepático en pacientes del Centro Especializado San Vicente Fundación, Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia, 2013-2017
Authors: Salazar-Flórez Jorge Emilio , Arango-Flórez Eliana María , Morales-Toro Melissa , Rojas-Copete Ana del Mar , Leal-Castillo Daniela Alejandra , Toro-Rendón Luis Guillermo
Published: January 2023

Se revisaron las historias clínicas de todos los pacientes con trasplante hepático atendidos en el Centro Especializado San Vicente Fundación entre enero de 2013 y junio de 2017, para determinar la frecuencia de síndrome metabólico (SM) postrasplante. En instrumento validado se registraron datos sociodemográficos, antecedentes patológicos, antecedentes toxicológicos, complicaciones y criterios ATP III. Se utilizó OpenEpi 3,01 para análisis estadístico; se consideró significancia estadística con p<0,05. De 102 historias clínicas revisadas, se analizaron 73 que cumplieron criterios de inclusión (sin diagnóstico de SM pretrasplante y con información completa para el instrumento). La mayoría de los pacientes eran hombres (59%), adultos mayores (64%) y casados (62%). La frecuencia de SM postrasplante fue 66%; hubo asociación significativa entre SM y antecedentes de hipertensión arterial y diabetes. Se confirma que el SM es una complicación frecuente de los trasplantados hepáticos y los antecedentes de hipertensión y diabetes son los factores asociados más frecuentes.
Hidatidosis esplénica gigante primaria en una gestante: reporte de caso
Authors: Segura-Gago Gino P. , Estela-Reynel Rosita , Calisaya-Sánchez Mónica , Flores-Rodriguez Marlene
Published: January 2023

La hidatidosis es considerada en la actualidad como un problema de salud pública en el Perú. Es una infección parasitaria trasmitida por la ingesta de huevos de Echinococcus granulosus y los órganos más comprometidos son el hígado y los pulmones, siendo rara la afectación del bazo. Presentamos el caso de una gestante joven con dolor abdominal y sensación de masa en hipocondrio izquierdo. El estudio ecográfico reveló imagen quística multitabicada en hemiabdomen izquierdo, con feto viable. Se le realizó cesárea, seguido de laparotomía exploratoria y se halló una tumoración gigante de bazo que, según el estudio anatomopatológico corresponde a una hidatidosis esplénica multiquística. Asimismo, como complicación fetal ocurrió restricción del crecimiento intrauterino. La paciente evolucionó favorablemente sin recurrencia de focos hidatídicos, mientras que el neonato mostró un patrón de crecimiento adecuado.
BOOSTING BIOMASS GAIN AND MEAT QUALITY OF RAINBOW TROUT Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) - AN APPROACH FOR FOSTERING ROMANIAN AQUACULTURE
Authors: NENCIU Magda , NITA Victor , NICOLAE Carmen , AKBULUT Bilal
Published: January 2023

Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) is one of the most widely cultured fish species, with a high market value. Although in the Black Sea there is a well-established tradition of cage farming in Turkish waters, in Romania rainbow trout farming has been limited to inland mountain areas. Whereas there is an increasing interest of Romanian economic operators to engage in sea cage farming, this research aimed at testing the adaptation of rainbow trout to the Romanian Black Sea marine environment, determining its growth rate, establishing the optimal size for transfer to saltwater, and increasing meat quality. The research was performed for 7 months, during the cold season, and comprised two batches of O. mykiss individuals transferred to marine water from a mountain trout farm (with initial mean biomasses of approximately 300 g and 180 g, respectively). Upon completion of the experiment, growth parameters showed values much higher compared to freshwater culture, and the biomass gain was remarkable in both batches (reaching final biomasses of approximately 1,700 g and 1,600 g, respectively), the results indicating smaller fish as best fitted for transfer to marine water. The carotenoid-enriched feed provided to the fish resulted in a highly nutritious meat, with the much-appreciated pink colorization
MODEL FOR DESCRIBING THE VARIATION OF SOME AGROCHEMICAL INDICES OF THE SOIL
Authors: BERTICI Radu , DICU Daniel , HERBEI Mihai , SALA Florin
Published: January 2023

The study evaluated the interdependence relationship between certain agrochemical indices of soil fertility. Soil reaction (pH), organic matter (H), nitrogen index (NI), base saturation degree (V), phosphorus (P) and potassium content (K) were analyzed. The variation of NI in relation to H was described by a polynomial equation of degree 2, inconditions of R2 = 0.876, p = 0.0151. Mobile phosphorus soil content (P) in relation to soil pH was described by a polynomial equation of degree 2, and from the derivation of the equation was obtained the value of pH = 6.77 at which P had high mobility in soil, and high accessibility for plants. The P variation was analyzed by regression analysis in relation to pH and V, under conditions of R<sup<2</sup< = 0.817. The distribution in 3D form and in the form of isoquants of the P values in relation to soil pH and V was obtained. The variation of K was analyzed by regression analysis in relation to pH and P (R<sup<2</sup< = 0.776), and in relation to pH and NI (R<sup<2</sup< = 0.949) respectively. The graphical distribution in 3D and isoquants form of the K values in relation to pH and P, respectively in relation to pH and NI was obtained.
IMPACT OF LOW-INPUT MANAGEMENT AND MICROBIAL BIOSTIMULANTS ON YIELDS OF TRADITIONAL PEPPER VARIETIES
Authors: SANCHEZ-SANCHEZ Alicia , HERNANDEZ Virginia , HELLIN Pilar , JIMENEZ-PEREZ Marisa , RODRIGUEZ-BURRUEZO Adrian , FENOLL Jose , FLORES Pilar
Published: January 2023

Traditional varieties are good candidates to be grown under sustainable conditions. In this research we evaluated the effect of reducing fertilization and irrigation dose, and the use of microbial biostimulants (N-fixing + K and P solubilizing bacteria+ mycorrhizal endomycorrhizae fungi) on yield parameters of two traditional pepper varieties (BGV13004, BGV5126) and one commercial variety (Cabañeros). The treatments consisted of two fertilisation levels (100% F and 50% F) combined with two irrigation levels (100% I and 75% I). Furthermore, the effect of microbial biostimulants (B) was studied at the lowest fertilisation rate using the commercial products Bactogreen® and Agromic®. Reduced fertilisation decreased total yield in varieties BGV13004 and Cabañeros, as a consequence of reduced fruit set. On the contrary, in variety BGV5126, the decrease in the concentration of the nutrient solution (100% F vs. 50% F) led to an increase in yield, probably due to a greater sensitivity of this variety to salinity. The effect of B was highly dependent on the variety studied, with both an increase (BGV13004) and a decrease (BGV5126) or no impact (Cabañeros) on total production.
IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND FOOD SECURITY UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONS
Authors: VICENTE Oscar
Published: January 2023

Climate change represents a major challenge for food security in the coming years, as it is causing a significant reduction of crop yields worldwide, primarily due to the increase in the intensity and frequency of drought periods andthe progressive salinisation of irrigated farmland. The best strategy to improve agricultural production appears to bethe development of drought and salt-tolerant crop cultivars. Intensive research and promising results in recent years show that this objective will be reached soon, applying classical breeding (supported by modern molecular tools) and plant genetic transformation. In addition, domestication and commercial cultivation of stress-tolerant wild species will also help increase food production. In the meantime, other strategies will contribute, even if more modestly, to enhance stress tolerance and improve crop yields in the frame of sustainable agriculture. They could include using 'new generation' controlled-release fertilisers to optimise plant nutrition or applying a collection of unrelated substances and beneficial microorganisms with activity as 'biostimulants'. In this paper, some examples of these approaches will be discussed, with reference to recent reviews for further reading.