bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Tratamiento cognitivo-conductual grupal en línea para jóvenes con abuso de drogas
Authors: Bravo-Alcocer Omar , Martínez-Martínez Kalina Isela , Oropeza-Tena Roberto , Colunga-Rodríguez Cecilia
Published: February 2024

El abuso de drogas es un problema de salud pública que ha tenido un importante aumento en México. Ante esto, ha sido necesario desarrollar tratamientos psicológicos basados en evidencia empírica. El enfoque cognitivo-conductual ha mostrado ser eficaz para el manejo del consumo de sustancias. Asimismo, el desarrollo de otras modalidades de dichos tratamientos ha generado más alternativas para los usuarios. Así, la modalidad grupal favorece el desarrollo de habilidades sociales y la formación de redes de apoyo, y la telepsicología facilita el acceso al servicio de atención psicológica. El objetivo de la presente investigación fue medir el efecto de un tratamiento cognitivo-conductual grupal llevado a cabo en la modalidad de comunicación a distancia. A este efecto, se efectuaron seis sesiones en videollamada y se formó un espacio de interacción asincrónica para los miembros del grupo. Los cambios medidos fueron el patrón de consumo diario a través de un autorregistro, así como los posibles síntomas de ansiedad y depresión. Se utilizó un diseño intrasujeto con tres participantes, siendo las drogas de impacto el alcohol, la marihuana y diversos sedantes. Se hicieron cinco mediciones: pre y postratamiento y tres seguimientos. Los resultados mostraron una reducción del consumo de efecto medio en dos casos y de efecto grande en uno. No fue posible alcanzar la abstinencia en ningún caso; sin embargo, se obtuvo un cambio clínicamente significativo al reducir la ocurrencia de síntomas en los indicadores del estado de ánimo.
 
Recibido: 28/01/2023
Aceptado: 19/09/2023
Factores psicosociales en personas egresadas de unidades de cuidados intensivos: una revisión narrativa de la literatura
Authors: Flores-Constantino Mariana , Juárez-García Francisco Lorenzo , Quintana-Sánchez Abigail , Galindo-Vázquez Óscar
Published: February 2024

Antecedentes: Las personas sobrevivientes de una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) experimentan con frecuencia deterioro cognitivo y alteraciones de la salud mental que pueden empeorar más allá del alta hospitalaria, por lo que es necesario identificar la evidencia que existe respecto a la presencia y prevalencia de dichas variables psicosociales en este grupo poblacional después de su alta, las que repercuten en su calidad de vida. Objetivo: Identificar los factores psicosociales más prevalentes en personas egresadas de una UCI. Método: Se realizó una búsqueda empleando los términos MeSh y text Word mediante los boleanos “AND” y “NOT” en las bases de datos PubMed y PsycINFO. Resultados: Se identificaron 770 artículos, de los cuales se utilizaron únicamente 21 para esta revisión. La mayoría de las personas estuvieron en la UCI más de siete días, varones de entre 40 y 65 años que habían ingresado a la UCI por enfermedades cardiovasculares, principalmente. Las variables psicosociales más reportadas fueron síntomas de trastorno de estrés postraumático, deterioro cognitivo, síntomas de ansiedad y depresión, todos ellos derivados de su estancia en la UCI. La ventilación mecánica, la nutrición enteral, la estancia prolongada y el ingreso en más de una ocasión a la UCI, así como presencia de comorbilidad, ser personas jóvenes y mujeres son factores de riesgo para la presencia de estas variables en tales pacientes. Discusión y conclusiones: Las recomendaciones abonan al desarrollo de intervenciones psicoterapéuticas preventivas al alta y mediante programas de psicología hospitalaria que mitiguen el impacto psicológico negativo de esta unidad de atención, tomando en cuenta el tipo de tratamiento recibido y sus recursos sociales y económicos.
 
Recibido: 31/07/2022
Aceptado: 19/09/2023
Revisión sistemática de instrumentos válidos y confiables que miden resiliencia en adultos hispanoparlantes
Authors: Fernández-García María Fernanda , Alvarán López Sandra Milena , Rueda Ramírez Sandra Milena , Londoño Pérez Constanza , Mendivelso Magda Evelyn
Published: February 2024

El concepto de resiliencia ha tenido un desarrollo importante a partir de la década de los noventa en el ámbito de las ciencias sociales, esos avances han impulsado la generación de instrumentos de medición para este constructo. Dada la importancia que tiene este concepto, y que se perfila como uno de los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible, se realiza esta investigación con el objetivo de identificar las escalas o cuestionarios existentes y sus adaptaciones a los diferentes contextos socioculturales, para avanzar en la medición de la resiliencia y sus futuros campos de intervención. Este estudio se centró en hacer una revisión sistemática en tres bases de datos, se identificaron 82 artículos que reportan estudios que analizan o utilizan instrumentos de evaluación de resiliencia en personas entre 15 y 94 años hispanohablantes. Este estudio presenta 15 instrumentos hallados y se hace una comparación acerca de los factores, edad de aplicación, fiabilidad y adaptaciones disponibles. Los resultados muestran que los instrumentos con mayor aplicabilidad en diferentes contextos, países y edades son CD-RISC en ambas versiones (abreviada y extensa) y la Escala de Resiliencia de Wagnild y Young en sus diferentes versiones. Las conclusiones del estudio ponen de manifiesto la necesidad de utilizar y realizar instrumentos que midan la realidad de los diferentes contextos, así como la falta de ellos para Latinoamérica.
 
Recibido: 08/02/2023
Aceptado: 29/09/2023
Tratamiento informativo de los refugiados sirios en la prensa española 2017-2018

Authors: Moreno-Cabrerizo Juana , Contreras-Montero Bárbara
Published: February 2024

En la presente contribución se estudia la construcción de la imagen de los refugiados sirios la prensa española, tomando como referencia dos de los diarios principales del país: El diario El Mundo y el periódico El País. Para ello se ha realizado un análisis del contenido informativo de las noticias publicadas atendiendo, por un lado, al análisis de frecuencias, y por otro, al significado de las palabras desde un punto semántico. Durante un periodo de seis meses entre los años 2017 y 2018 se han recogido todas las noticias referentes a la crisis de los refugiados sirios, cuando se produce un boom informativo sobre este fenómeno. En términos generales se observa que ambos periódicos siguen un patrón similar en cuanto a la periodicidad, extensión, número de noticias publicadas, temas centrales, etc. Sin embargo, también se han encontrado diferencias que acaban influyendo en la opinión pública. El periódico El País suele ofrecer una visión más positiva de las personas refugiadas, El diario El Mundo se inclina de mayor medida en proyectar una imagen negativa muy vinculada al conflicto y a las situaciones de riesgo, y, aunque ambos periódicos presentan una visión tutelada que los sitúa como dependientes de la acción de otros organismos, en el caso El Mundo esta última tendencia es más significativa.
التحليل المورفومتري لحوض وادي القصر في قضاء الشرقاط
Authors: حميد الجبوري دلي خلف , عباس خضير ضاحي خضر
Published: February 2024

تهدف الدراسة إلى تحليل الخصائص المورفومترية لحوض وادي القصر، والمتمثلة بالخصائص المساحية والطولية والشكلية والتضاريسية، وخصائص شبكة المراتب النهرية التي تلتقي مع بعضها. اعتمدت الدراسة على نظم المعلومات الجغرافية والخرائط الطبوغرافية ونموذج الارتفاع الرقمي (DEM) لمنطقة الحوض لعام 2021 بدقة تميزية قدرها (12.5) متر،  كأداة لأعداد خريطة شبكة التصريف النهري والتي صنفت بحسب طريقة ستريلر 1958؛ إذ تعطي ترتيبا رقميا للروافد التي تشكل شبكة الصرف المائي، إذ تتوزع المجاري المائية في الحوض النهري بشكل رتب تقل عددا وتزداد سعة من رتبة إلى أخرى؛ إذ تبدأ بمجاري صغيرة وكثيرة تمثل لتكون المرتبة الثانية التي تكون أقل عدد وأكثر سعة من المرتبة الأولى وتلتقي مع بعضها لتكون المرتبة الثالثة كما تلتقي الأخيرة روافدهما لتكون المرتبة الرابعة، ومنها تكون المرتبة الخامسة وهكذا تزداد المجاري رتبة إذا التقت بمرتبة مماثلة حتى تصل إلى المجرى الرئيس الذي يمثل المرتبة العليا. أبرزت الدراسة وجود خمس مراتب نهرية للحوض، واقتراب شكل الحوض للشكل المستدير؛ إذ بلغت نسبة الاستطالة في حوض وداي القصر (0.64)، وهذا يدل على ابتعاد شكل الحوض عن الشكل المستطيل أي زيادة المساحة إلى الطول، مما يعني انتظام خطوط تقسيم المياه مع الأحواض المجاورة، وقصر أطوال مجاريها مع ارتفاع دلالة خطر الفيضانات فيها، وهذا ناتج عن تغير عرض الأحواض المائية من المنبع إلى المصب وبمعامل انعطاف (1.14) تعكس التأثير البنيوي والتضاريسي للمنطقة؛ إذ يتصف الحوض بدرجة تضرس عالية، اذ بلغت نسبة التضرس (13.5) م/كم٢، لوقوعه ضمن نطاق الطيات الواطئة.
THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF JUSTIFICATION OF THE ESSENCE OF THE CREDIT SERVICE AND THE SPECIFIC FEATURES OF ITS PROVISION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Authors:   Chernihiv Polytechnic National University, Rogovy Andriy , Yevtushenko Yuri ,   Chernihiv Polytechnic National University
Published: February 2024

The article is devoted to the conceptual and practical foundations of the study of the peculiarities of the provision of credit services by financial institutions. In the process of researching conceptual approaches to revealing the essence of the "service" and "credit" categories, a systematization of sepa-rate scientific approaches to their interpretation was carried out, which made it possible to specify the meaning of "credit service" as an economic category. Based on the generalization of existing ap-proaches, the author's interpretation of the "credit service" category is proposed as an intangible result of interaction between borrowers and financial institutions regarding the provision of financial re-sources for temporary use under certain conditions. The necessity of distinguishing the system of prin-ciples of providing credit services, including: payment, term,return, intended use and provision, has been proved. Meaningful features of credit services have been singled out, among which the following deserve special attention: availability of agreed payment terms; fee for use of funds; availability of the borrower's credit rating; trust, state control and regulation of the market, availability of collateral. On the basis of the study of the main concepts of their interpretation, the scientists proposed to consider the credit service as an intangible result of theinteraction between borrowers and financial institutions regarding the provision of financial resources for temporary use under certain conditions and taking into account the following principles of the implementation of such a service: payment, term, return, target use and security.Attention is focused on the importance of the functioning of intermediaries in the process of con-sumer lending, who carry out an initial check of the client's documents, fill out his loan application and send it to several banks at once and, subject to a positive decision of the bank, issue a loan. The existence of a leading role of financial institutions in ensuring expanded reproduction of the real sector of the economy, formation of the financial potential of the national economy is substantiated.
THE EFFECT OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY ON THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY OF UKRAINE: THE EUROPEAN VECTOR
Authors:   Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, Hryhorenko Anastasiia
Published: February 2024

The article examines the problem of the growth of the energy intensity of the Ukrainian economy through the analysis of the dynamics of changes in such macroeconomic indicator as the energy intensity of GDP. The dynamics of changes in real GDP, energy intensity of final consumption and total primary energy supply for the years 2010-2020, as well as changes in the energy intensity of the Ukrainian economy in the period 1990-2022 were analyzed. Based on the results of the analysis, it was concluded that the crisis phenomena of 2019 and 2022 had a significant negative impact on the energy intensity of the Ukrainian economy. The definition of energy intensity of GDP and energy efficiency is given. The difference and relationship between these two concepts are defined.The aspect of the impact of energy efficiency on the implementation of a successful energy policy of the state has been studied. Particular attention is paid to the experience of European countries in the implementation of energy-efficient practices, in particular through the provision of subsidies, credits, support to industries and households. The desire of the EU countries to decarbonization of the economy is summarized. On the example of such countries as Poland, Romania, France, Germany and Finland, the pan-European approach to increasing the level of energy efficiency is analyzed. The European ap-proach to investment activities is analyzed, several key programs that invest and finance energy-efficient projects at the EU level are characterized, and the state of Ukraine'sinvestment climate is determined.Seven directions of work of the Government of Ukraine to increase energy efficiency during the ongoing military aggression are proposed. The key obstacles to the implementation of energy-efficient practices in the processof Ukraine's recovery are identified, and tools for adapting European experience to Ukrainian realities are proposed in order to preserve the trend towards increasing energy efficiency and reducing the energy intensity of the economy
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPETITIVENESS OF TRADING COMPANIES IN THE E-COMMERCE SPHERE
Authors:   Chernihiv Polytechnic National University, Ivanova Nataliia , Bondarenko Andrii ,   Chernihiv Polytechnic National University
Published: February 2024

This article improves the academic understanding of the innovative approaches to the manage-ment of enterprise competitiveness in the sphere of electronic commerce. E-commerce competitiveness is an integral indicator that characterizes the effectiveness of the enterprise’s activities, the stage and possibility of its development, and changes aimed to increase the resilience of the enterprise to disrup-tions within the industry and socio-economic system. The authors proposed to identify the competitive-ness of the e-commerce enterprise as a complex characteristic that reflects the ability of the enterprise to resist competition in the short-term and long-term perspectives due to the set of competitive ad-vantages formed with the help of internal and external resources. The research helped to identify the direct link between competitiveness and innovativeness of e-commerce enterprises. Among the internal factors that influence the enterprise’s competitiveness, thereare resources available to the enterprise; marketing potential; financial opportunities; supply system; strategy and tactics; characteristics of goods and services; and innovativeness of the enterprise. At the same time, external factors that influ-ence the enterprise’s competitiveness include the influence of external agents (consumers, suppliers, etc.), competition level, and dissemination of innovative solutions within the industry. The authors formed stages of the process of managing the competitivenessof e-commerce enterprises. The authors propose to use process, systems, situations, and innovative approaches to managing the competitiveness of e-commerce enterprises and also examine their features and mechanisms of action in detail. It needs to be noted that innovations that an enterprise adopts should align with the general enterprise’s strategy and align with its resource potential. There is also the perspective of combining tangible and intangible resources to create a unique value proposition
Bankruptcy & Commercial Law
Authors: Henry Sally M.
Published: February 2024

This Article analyzes and discusses cases—arising from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Bankruptcy Courts in Texas, the Texas Supreme Court, and the Texas Courts of Appeals—that resolved some fascinating and important issues in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial law during this Survey period.
Oil, Gas & Mineral Law
Authors: Brister Austin W. , Jones Logan
Published: February 2024

This Article summarizes, sorts, and discusses the most impactful cases relating to oil, gas, and mineral law in Texas decided by the Texas Courts of Appeals and the Texas Supreme Court during the Survey period.
GORGIAS' RHETORICAL SUBJECT BETWEEN LOGOS, PHENOMENON, AND BEING
Authors:   The Russian Christian Academy for the Humanities (St. Petersburg), GALANIN RUSTAM , VOLKOVA NADEZHDA ,   Russian State University for Humanities (Moscow, Russia)
Published: February 2024

The article attempts to reconstruct Gorgias’ theory of logos. It is shown that the logos, hiding reality, produces infinite existential possibilities in the consciousness of the subject, connected not with truth, but with doxa. The article also suggests that Gorgias, unlike Parmenides, limited the use of the logos only to this world. In our world, the phenomena of consciousness, qualia, all perceptual acts are somehow linguistically encoded. When we approach the realm of the transcendent, the language falls silent, and any attempt to describe such an experience turn out to be profanation. Of the diverse discourses that exist in our world, according to Gorgias, only poetic creativity is authentic, which, being in no way connected with objective reality, creates an entirely fictional world of art, where only true empathy through catharsis, i.e. morality, is possible.
THE EMERGENCE OF INDIVIDUALITY. PART TWO
Authors:   Novosibirsk State University, DONSKIKH OLEG ,   Novosibirsk State Technical University (Russia)
Published: February 2024

This article discusses the question of how the personal element, which became the starting point of the movement toward individual thinking, manifested itself in the culture of ancient Israel and the culture of ancient India. The article attempts to describe the features of these cultures, which unlike the ancient Egyptian and Sumero-Akkadian, allowed to pass this way to the end. The process of formation of monotheism from the pre-state period to the great prophets is traced. It is noted that socio-political life, which determined with such force the status of man in a number of other Near Eastern cultures, in Israelite culture was subordinated to religious life, which otherwise determined the consciousness of man's status. In doing so, henotheism is gradually overcome. In the consciousness of the Israelite people the idea of complete dependence on God, who reveals himself through the prophets and establishes the requirement of a personal relationship to him, is established. At the same time, God, acting as a guarantor of justice, is revealed through the problem of theodicy, which can be posed only by a free personality. The movement of thought in ancient India turns out to be the opposite of what we see in ancient Israel: while the latter is affirmed through a long but persistent movement towards monotheism, Indian Brahmanism accepts the great diversity of divine reality and through the affirmation of its unity only multiplies the number of its components The decisive period for the emergence of individual consciousness was the period of the Upanishads. At this time, the deepened comprehension of the texts of the Vedas leads to the fact that a philosophical knowledge is built over religious knowledge. The specificity of Indian consciousness is determined by the long period of its oral existence, when the sounding speech in ritual or in the process of meditation acquires the key importance in the realization of the unity of the world. Individual consciousness is manifested in the process of concentration, directed towards understanding rather than mere reproduction of ritual mantras. The practice of asceticism played a role here. Just like in some other cultures in India real authorship emerges in the Axial period as an important sign of awareness of individual creativity.
ORPHICA II. THE HIERONYMAN THEOGONY
Authors:   Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Russia), AFONASIN EUGENE
Published: February 2024

The Orphic “theogony of Hieronymus and Hellanicus” is known thanks to Athenagoras (2nd century) and Damascius (6th century) and our informants approach the text of the theogony in very different ways. Athenagoras reads it literally, thus seeking to show all the immorality of Orphicism, whereas Damascus, in typical Neoplatonic fashion, understands it allegorically and uses it to illustrate his own theological position. We do not know who Hieronymus and Hellanicus are, but the theogony told in their name is remarkable, unique in many respects, and appears as a kind of transitional type between the early Orphic theogony and the later Rhapsodic theogony. This is achieved, above all, by expanding the number of entities involved in the story. Whereas the early theogonies usually began with the figures of Night and Oceanus with Tethys, they are now preceded by Chronos. In addition, in Hieronymus and Hellanicus (if Athenagoras uses only one source) and then in the Rhapsodies, Dionysus appears in the theogony, completing the genealogy of the gods: having copulated in the form of a serpent with Demeter, Zeus gives birth to Persephone, who, also in union with Zeus, becomes the mother of Dionysus. In this article we offer the reader an analytical reading of the extant fragments of this version of Orphic theogony, providing them with a detailed commentary.
STOICISM IN RUSSIAN PERIODICALS OF THE 19CENTURY: PECULIARITIES OF RECEPTION
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University (Russia), MOCHALOVA IRINA N. , POPOV DANIL S.
Published: February 2024

The scope of the study is the history of the reception of the Stoic legacy in Russian periodicals (journals, newspapers, collections of works) published during the 19th century. As to the character and content of publications written in the early 19th century and devoted to the Stoics, they continued the traditions of the 18th century. They retained edifying and entertaining character, demonstrating sometimes the lack of scholarship and originality. A landmark event that sparked an interest in the Stoics among educated Russian public was the broad discussion in a number of major journals and newspapers about the works of G. Boissier, C. Martha, and E. Renan translated into Russian or published in 1879–1881. In the last decades of the 19th century, periodicals in Russia contributed to the maintenance of interest in the philosophers of Portico as well. On the pages of journals and newspapers, moral strategies and religious views of the Stoics were extolled and overthrown; new translations of Stoic texts and critical works on the Stoics were actively discussed; certain aspects of Stoic ideas came into the focus of attention of publicists of various kinds – from revolutionaries to scholars and theologians. Due to the fact that periodicals had their own specificity, distinct from works written for scholars or students, they played an important role in shaping the reception of the Stoics in Russian society. They also contributed to the processes of forming a sound base for further Stoic (and more broadly, Ancient) studies in Russia in the early 20th century.
PROLEGOMENA BY ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM ON THE TITLE OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES IN THE ANCIENT ARMENIAN ISAGOGICAL COLLECTION "THE BOOK OF CAUSES"
Authors:   Institute of Ancient Manuscripts – Mashtots’ Matenadaran (Yerevan, Armenia), SHIRINIAN MANEA ERNA
Published: February 2024

The article deals with the title of the “Acts of the Apostles”, which has been a subject of discussion since early Christianity. St. John Chrysostom paid attention to this question as well. Except his commentary on the Acts of Apostles consisted of 55 chapters (In Acta apostolorum) there are also 4 sermons entitled as In principium Actorum, which concern the question of the title of the Acts of Apostles and this writing was called “Acts” and not “Signs” or “Miracles”. We tried to show that the latter opus should be regarded not as an interpretation, but as an isagogical chapter or prolegomenon. Such introductory chapters, necessary for teaching and training, were written in the early ages of Christianity by many authors before they compiled their interpretations of any work. Those not bulky writings were serving as sort of paratexts and did not always reach us. In the unpublished yet medieval Armenian collection on the Biblical Isagogics composed in the late 12th - early 13th centuries by the abbot of the Sanahin monastery Grigor, son of Abas there is a prolegomenon ascribed to John Chrysostom, which deals with this title in question, i.e. the Acts of Apostles. In fact, this isagogical chapter is an abridged version of 4 homilies, having at the same time some passages that differ from the work in question. Data preserved in this Armenian textbook is quite useful for elucidating many questions. It is concluded that John Chrysostom also used the isagogical scheme, which has so far been attributed only to neo-Platonic commentators and two or three Christian authors, such as Origen and Proclus.
DIALECTICAL APPROACHES OF TEMPERANCE IN THE PLATONIC DIALOGUE CHARMIDES (157C-158E)
Authors:   University of Patras, Greece, TEREZIS CHRISTOS , PETRIDOU LYDIA ,   Hellenic Open University, Greece
Published: February 2024

The purpose of this article is to investigate how the discussion in Plato’s Charmides is formed with respect to a) the ontological and epistemological approaches of the virtue of temperance and b) how the transition from a general definition of a virtue to its presence to a person is accomplished. We rely on Plato’s Charmides. After a concise presentation of those discussed in the passage 156d-157c, where we follow Plato’s views on the soul to that time, we focus on how dialectics between Socrates and Charmides develops in the passage 157c-158e. Our article includes, apart from an introduction and an epilogue, two chapters. The first one is mostly analytical and the second is mainly formed by synthetic judgements. They are both crucial mostly for methodological reasons, since through them we can follow how temperance turns gradually into a question to be investigated and how the Athenian philosopher attempts to set the foundations of a discussion based on rational reason with the main reference focusing on the criteria which someone can use to prove that he possesses temperance.
Langerhans cells and gamma delta Т-lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of psoriasis
Authors: Sorokina Ekaterina V. , Kalinichenko Eugene O. , Bisheva Irina V. , Stolpnikova Vera N.
Published: February 2024

Psoriasis is a frequently occurring inflammatory skin disease. Fundamental research into the pathogenesis of psoriasis has significantly expanded our understanding of skin immunology, which has enabled the introduction of innovative and highly effective therapies. Psoriasis is a largely T-lymphocyte-mediated disease in which activation of innate immune cells and pathogenic T cells leads to inflammation and hyperproliferation of keratinocytes. Langerhans cells like dendritic cells (DCs), which play an important role in the immune system, are mainly distributed in the epidermis. Since human and mouse skin DC subpopulations share common ontogenetic characteristics, we can further investigate the role of DCs in psoriatic inflammation in mice. γδT cells are an unconventional population of T-lymphocytes that play an indispensable role in host defense, immune surveillance, and immune system homeostasis. Although γδT cells constitute only a small fraction of the total T cell pool, emerging evidence suggests that aberrantly activated γδT cells may play a role in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. Dermal γδT cells are the major IL-17-producing cells in the skin that respond to IL-23 stimulation. In addition, γδT cells have characteristics of memory cells that mediate repeated episodes of psoriatic inflammation. This review discusses the mechanisms by which Langerhans cells and γδT cells participate in the pathogenesis of psoriasis.
Anticytokine therapy with interleukin-17 in patients with moderate and severe psoriasis
Authors: Kovaleva Julia S. , Kazantsev Igor V. , Aibazova Annetta A. , Ovchinnikova Ekaterina O. , Garina Anastasia A. , Shabaldina Anastasia P.
Published: February 2024

Clinical observations of three patients aged 26, 43 and 37 years with severe psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are presented. Clinical examples show the experience of effective treatment of patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis using anti-cytokine therapy with an interleukin-17 inhibitor, initiated when the disease progresses. The clinical picture of the presented observations was characterized by an aggressive course of the skin and articular process, torpidity to basic therapy, despite the young age of the patients. It has been shown that the early termination of the progression of the inflammatory process in psoriasis with the use of genetically engineered biological therapy with secukinumab leads to a decrease in symptoms, both on the part of the skin and manifestations of the disease on the part of the musculoskeletal system. The high efficacy and safety of the drug allow complete control of the disease and improve the quality of life in patients suffering from severe forms of dermatosis.
O processo comunicacional dos adoecidos pelo câncer de laringe
Authors: Martins Raisa Silva , Lima Fernando Conceição de , Correa Júnior Antonio Jorge Silva , Sonobe Helena Megumi , Santana Mary Elizabeth de
Published: February 2024

Objetivo: Analisar lexicalmente as evidências científicas sobre o processo comunicacional dos adoecidos pelo câncer de laringe. Métodos: Revisão Integrativa de seis etapas, desenvolvida nas bases SCOPUS, CINAHL, LILACS, PubMed Central®, MEDLINE e BDENF no corte temporal de 10 anos. A amostragem contou com pesquisas primárias, organização a partir do web aplicativo de revisões Rayyan e coleta por dois revisores. A análise dos dados foi do tipo de conteúdo, em três etapas, auxiliada pelo software IraMuTeQ. Resultados: A amostra contou com 22 artigos, com nível de evidências majoritariamente VI, a partir de um universo inicial de 273 artigos. Os resultados agrupados por semelhança temática ampararam as categorias: “Tratamento e reabilitação no processo comunicacional dos adoecidos pelo câncer de laringe” e a “Qualidade de vida no processo comunicacional dos adoecidos pelo câncer de laringe”. Considerações Finais: O reestabelecimento de alternativas de comunicação está ligado a reabilitação social e aos melhores escores de qualidade de vida, para que isso ocorra a prática interprofissional precisa atuar na educação, pré-habilitação e reabilitação do paciente no perioperatório e no follow-up.
Restful API Security Using JSON Web Token (JWT) With HMAC-Sha512 Algorithm in Session Management
Authors: Dalimunthe Syabdan , Hasri Putra Emansa , Fadhly Ridha Muhammad Arif
Published: February 2024

Information systems are technologies that can help work systematically. However, the existing systems or applications are not yet integrated with one another, making many processes have the same function on different systems, for example the authentication process is built using the web service concept. Integration or interoperability of information system software involving various components, which may create gaps that can disrupt system security. In this study, security has been implemented in web services using JSON Web Token (JWT) with the HMAC-SHA512 algorithm which is stored in browser cookies. From the research results, this concept is very suitable to be applied to applications or information systems on different platforms that use the same service, JWT tokens are also successfully stored in browser cookies. In addition, a comparison was also made between the HMAC-SHA512 and HMACSHA-256 algorithms and in the final result it was found that the total time difference was 185 ms and the average time difference was 6.17 ms. It can be concluded that the HMAC-SHA512 algorithm is 0.9861% faster than the HMAC-SHA256 algorithm.
Interplay of Luminophores and Photoinitiators During Synthesis of Bulk and Patterned Luminescent Photopolymer Blends
Authors: Tunstall García Helen , Lawson Takashi , Benincasa Kathryn , Prentice Andrew , Saravanamuttu Kalaichelvi , Evans Rachel
Published: February 2024

Four-dimensional printing with embedded photoluminescence is emerging as an exciting area in additive manufacturing. Slim polymer films patterned with three-dimensional lattices of multimode, cylindrical waveguides (waveguide-encoded lattices, WELs) with enhanced fields of view can be fabricated by localizing light as self-trapped beams within a photopolymerizable formulation. Luminescent WELs have potential applications as solar cell coatings and smart, planar optical components. However, as luminophore-photoinitiator interactions are expected to change photopolymerization kinetics, the design of robust luminescent photopolymer sols is non-trivial. Here, we use model photopolymer systems based on methacrylate-siloxane and epoxide homopolymers, and their blends to investigate the influence of the luminophore Lumogen® Violet (LV) on the photolysis kinetics of the Omnirad™ 784 photoinitiator through UV/Vis absorbance spectroscopy. Initial rate analysis with different bulk polymers reveals differences in the first-order rate constants in the absence and presence of LV, with a notable increase (40%) in the photolysis rate for the 1:1 blend. Fluorescence quenching studies, coupled with density functional theory calculations, establish that these differences arise due to electron transfer from photoexcited LV to the ground state photoinitiator molecules. We also demonstrate an in-situ UV/Vis absorbance technique that enables real-time monitoring of both waveguide formation and photoinitiator consumption during the fabrication of WELs. The in-situ photolysis kinetics confirm that LV-photoinitiator interactions also influence the photopolymerization process during WEL formation. Our findings show that luminophores play a non-innocent role in photopolymerization and highlight the necessity for both careful consideration of the photopolymer formulation and a real-time monitoring approach to enable the fabrication of high-quality micropatterned luminescent polymeric films.
CONSUMER BEHAVIOR IN LIFE INSURANCE PLAN: A PHILIPPINE STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
Authors: M. Pronto Lou Anne , J. Ortega Pee-Jay , B. Catamio Ethelyn
Published: February 2024

Studying consumer behavior in purchasing life insurance plan is important to marketeers, consumers and also to society. The human life is the most valuable asset, and the most crucial sort of insurance is life insurance, which offers financial security to an individual and his family in the event of unforeseeable risks or harm. The advent of global pandemic led to an avenue where preparedness for life preservation is of great importance. Consumer behavior around life insurance products is evolving quickly. The descriptive-based study was chosen with the goal of examining the demographic profile of life insurance plan holders and identify the different factors that affect the consumer’s decision in purchasing life insurance plan. These include, but not limited to, social factors, values of the Filipino family, psychological factors, income impact and marketing initiative of insurance companies. In the paper, various insurance-related issues have been covered. The study was conducted in the Province of Laguna, with a sample size of 40 respondents through online distribution of questionnaires, employing snowball sampling. Furthermore, the study analyzed the relationship between the different factors that affect consumer’s behavior to purchase policies in relation to the purchaser’s demographic profile.
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF SELF-MEDICATION AMONG PEOPLE OF CENTRAL MONROVIA, LIBERIA
Authors: Ogwuche Patience Alice , Adepoju Adeyinka Olufemi , Bah Abdul Faiyah
Published: February 2024

Self-medication practices is slowly becoming a world problem, where in people just take anything, they consider as medicine without knowing the health implications it has, as long as it’s been suggested to solve their problem. Despite individual’s educational background and occupation, the individual’s one way or the other practice self-mediation. The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of self-medication among citizens of three selected communities in central Monrovia namely Broad Street, Waterside and Benson Street. The study was cross sectional, with 200 people in central Monrovia been interviewed by random sampling. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire. A statistical data analysis was done using Microsoft excel 2016. Out of the 200 people sampled a total of 143 (71.5%) practice self-medication, while 57 (28.5%) do not practice self-medication. From the 143 persons that practice self-medication, 75 (52.5%) were male while 68 (47.5) were female. From the study findings the most common reason for people self-medicating is there feel there is no need to visit the doctor for minor illness that they can treat themselves and the most self-medicated drugs category is analgesic (47.41%) and antimalarial (32.31%), the illness most self-medicated for is headache (30.8). The prevalence of self-medication in Liberia is high, respondent knowledge on self-medication is good, but the attitude and practice towards it is wrong.
EXERCISE BEHAVIOR AND PHYSICAL FITNESS OF WORKING GRADUATE STUDENTS: EVIDENCE FROM THE PHILIPPINES
Authors: G. Santiago Ricardo
Published: February 2024

Most working students have to balance their time for their family, work, and studies. The aim of this paper is to determine the exercise behavior and physical fitness of working graduate students. The objective is to be able to relate their exercise behavior with their physical fitness. Forty (40) students of a college in Metro Manila were purposely selected for this study. Students belong to two (2) MBA classes. All were working students at the time of the tests. Exercise behavior was limited to frequency, duration and intensity of the exercises. Medical physical fitness tests and standards from the Department of Education (DepEd) were used to gauge the fitness of the students. Medical fitness tests identified by DepEd are: body mass index (BMI), Flexibility Tests: Zipper and Sit-and-Reach, Cardio vascular 3-minutes step test, and strength test, push-up and curl-up tests. Quantitative descriptive research was used. Mean was used to determine the percentage of the exercise behaviors and the physical fitness of the students. Chi-square was used to test the relationship between the exercise behavior and results of the physical fitness tests of the students. Under behavior, results show that majority of the students (75%) exercise once to 3 times a week from 75 to 300 minutes. The intensity of their exercises is moderate. Physical fitness tests show that 42.5% of the students have normal body mass index. Majority passed their flexibility, cardiovascular and strength tests, Chi-square results show that: There is significant relationship between exercise duration and the physical fitness curl-up test. There is significant relationship between the intensity of the exercises and the physical fitness curl-up test. All other physical fitness tests show no significant relationship to frequency, duration and intensity of the exercises. School Management are encouraged to conduct physical fitness tests every year to track students’ physical fitness. Results will help in initiating plans to improve students’ exercise behaviors.
MIDWIVES POPULATION AND ANTENATAL CARE (ANC) SERVICE PROVISION IN CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA: A QUANTITATIVE-QUALITATIVE APPROACH
Authors: bem Ayam , Boniface Favour
Published: February 2024

The main thrust of this study was to assess midwives’ population and service provision at Primary Health Care level in Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve this objective, two research questions and one hypothesis was postulated to guide the study. The adopted design for this study is a concurrent triangulation mixed method design, which utilizes both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The sample comprised of 70 mid-wives for the quantitative approach and 8 mid-wives for the qualitative approach through the use of census and purposive sampling techniques respectively. A questionnaire developed by the researcher on the type of services provided by mid-wives was used to collect data for the qualitative approach, while a focused group discussion was used to collect data for the qualitative approach. The data gathered were analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics as well as qualitatively. Results indicated that only forty-four (44) PHCs have midwives while one hundred and fifty-eight PHCs have no midwife at all. The result also indicated that the one PHC that has above 3 midwives render high quality care services to client than the 43 PHC that have below 3 midwives population has the calculated t-value of 17.225 is greater than the critical t-value of 1.980 at 0.05 level of significance and 68 degrees of freedom. This implies that there is a significant relationship between midwives’ population and ANCs service provision in PHCs in Cross River /State, Nigeria. Based on this finding, it was recommended that the presence of midwives in State Primary Health Care Development Agency should be strengthened. Nursing and midwifery council should review the policy to establish community midwifery in Cross River State were more midwives will be trained and automatically employed to PHC level in the State.
Trabajabilidad del concreto con la adición de azúcar en la elaboración de mezcla
Authors: Reymundo Gamarra Richard Hugo
Published: February 2024

La productividad en la construcción tiene como unos de sus materiales importantes al aditivo para concreto. Debido a los problemas complejos del proyecto y aspectos climatológicos, el uso del azúcar puede resultar una alternativa frente a los aditivos comerciales que representan ciertas dificultades en su adquisición por grandes lotes. El estudio ha usado cuatro dosis de azúcar blanca con la finalidad de evaluar la trabajabilidad del concreto sin que se afecte su resistencia a la compresión. Se realizó ensayos de consistencia y tiempo de fraguado del concreto para determinar su trabajabilidad. Los resultados revelaron que, frente a un asentamiento de 4 ½” de la muestra patrón, al añadir dosis de azúcar, el asentamiento se incrementó a 7” con 0.01%, a 7” con 0.07%, a 7 ¾” con 0.14% y a 9 ¼” con 0.20% de azúcar. Con respecto al tiempo de fragua inicial y final, la muestra patrón alcanzó de 83 y 238 minutos, respectivamente, mientras que al añadirle azúcar, estos valores incrementaron a 129 y 291 minutos con 0.01%, a 161 y 351 minutos con 0.07%, a 188 y 400 minutos con 0.14% y finalmente a 210 y 471 minutos con 0.20% de azúcar. Por otro lado, la resistencia del concreto a la compresión a los 28 días, también experimentó incrementos siempre que la dosis de azúcar no era superior al 0.14% del peso del concreto. Se concluye que el azúcar como aditivo en la preparación de mezclas de concreto, mejora su trabajabilidad sin que su resistencia sea afectada.
Métricas digitales escalables, para el estudio historiográfico de una edilicia educativa patrimonial y su entorno urbano
Authors: Porras Rojas Javier Eduardo
Published: February 2024

El estudio buscó establecer herramientas digitales, escalables a un entorno de macrodatos (big data) para aplicarlo a un estudio historiográfico urbano-arquitectónico integrado, sobre una edilicia patrimonial educativa y su contexto urbano, la edilicia pertenece a la Zona Monumental de Huancayo (ZM), la misma que permite mostrar un corte analítico de detalle de sus múltiples variables no relacionales del objeto de estudio. Se utilizó programas php My Admin, para el procesamiento tipológico arquitectónico, Harris Matrix Composer para su prospección arqueológica de la cota de suelo, Pantone para las calas estratigráficas de las fábricas de mampostería, image modeler para su fotogrametría arquitectónica de aplicación multi-criterio. Los datos fueron obtenidos mediante registro aéreo (dron). La información histórica obtenida de la lectura paleográfica sobre el solar en cuestión, desarrollados desde acervos documentarios inéditos que apuntan en cada caso a un mejor esclarecimiento y comprensión de la evolución tipológica de la finca patrimonial dentro de un área urbana de configuración lineal (strip comercial).
Panel solar inteligente para optimizar la producción de energía fotovoltaica en zonas rurales Junín
Authors: Gamarra Moreno Arturo Huber , Taipe Castro José Antonio , Arellano Vilchez Mario Alfonso , Lozano Paulino Yovany Damisela
Published: February 2024

Se buscó optimizar la producción de energía fotovoltaica mediante paneles con seguidor solar; para ello se diseñó un experimento con bloque de control mediante el uso de dos paneles solares, uno con seguidor solar y el otro con un sistema fijo. Los resultados mostraron diferencias significativas (t, p < .05) en la potencia media generada por el panel con seguidor solar (0.675W) con respecto al panel solar fijo (0.631W). Estos resultados sugieren que el prototipo diseñado, incrementa la producción de energía fotovoltaica en aproximadamente el 7% con respecto a paneles solares fijos o convencionales.
Prácticas sociales en el espacio público: casos San Jerónimo, Hualhuas y San Agustín de Cajas
Authors: Meza Santivañez Oswaldo Alejandro
Published: February 2024

Se buscó describir las prácticas sociales y urbanas en los espacio públicos de los distritos de San Jerónimo de Tunán, San Agustín de Cajas y Hualhuas en el Valle del Mantaro. Se encuestaron a ciudadanos que transitaban las plazas y espacios públicos mediante un cuestionario en escala tipo Likert de tres puntos, las preguntas versaron sobre los usos y prácticas cotidianas que se desarrollaban en tales espacios. Los resultados revelaron que el uso de los espacios a través de prácticas regulares, se traducían en relaciones y vínculos entre el sujeto su espacio urbano, los cuales paulatinamente se modificaban. Los espacios públicos son portadores de actividades que fomentan y conservan las tradiciones culturales. Se identificaron cinco tipos básicos de prácticas asociadas al espacio urbano, estas se encontraban vinculadas al concepto de: (a) tránsito, (b) actividades, (c) inclusión social, (d) trabajo y (c) medio ambiente. Todas estas prácticas se condensaban en la forma y uso que el sujeto le daba a estos espacios públicos, los cuales usualmente presentan incongruencia con el destino para el cuál fueron concebidos en sus diseños arquitectónicos, bien por cuestiones estéticas o de normas de uso.
Influencia del tipo de activación en la superficie específica del carbón activado de residuo de café arábica de Chanchamayo
Authors: Calderón Flores Vilma Rosario , Jauregui Castro Jhonatan Farith , Mallaupoma Misari Hilda Edith
Published: February 2024

Es presente que en la actualidad el desarrollo del carbón activado tiene gran importancia por sus numerosas aplicaciones en las distintas industrias debido a su capacidad de adsorción, el cual depende del método de su obtención, teniendo en cuenta que para el desarrollo de la superficie específica se encontró incidencia en el control de las variables temperatura y el tiempo de calcinación, así también el tipo de biomasa con alto contenido de carbón siendo en nuestro caso los residuos como el que se obtiene después de la preparación de la bebida los que han ido en incremento considerablemente por la demanda de la bebida. Esta investigación busca identificar la metodología que proporciona mejores resultados para el incremento de la superficie específica (generación de poros superficie adsorbente), teniendo en cuenta una activación química del sustrato para lo cual se hizo uso de dos soluciones químicas una alcalina como es el caso del hidróxido de sodio y otra ácida siendo está el ácido fosfórico. Los resultados confirman que es posible la producción de carbón activado con características aceptables, a partir del residuo del café mediante la activación química en una sola etapa de calentamiento, proceso que permite ahorrar en tiempos de operación y costos generales, obteniéndose mejores resultados en el desarrollo de superficie específica con activación ácida y a mayor temperatura de activación.