bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Estado de derecho e independencia judicial en la jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la UE: la consagración de la identidad constitucional europea
Authors: García-Valdecasas Dorrego María José
Published: October 2022

El Tribunal de Justicia ha ejercido estos últimos años un control último de la independencia de los jueces y tribunales europeos, mediante un examen casuístico de los problemas que en cada momento se le han ido planteando. Es necesario llevar a cabo un análisis de conjunto que permita extraer los criterios comunes a los distintos pronunciamientos y poder así testear la independencia judicial en los distintos sistemas jurisdiccionales de la Unión. Un estudio de esta naturaleza también permite tomar un poco de perspectiva y apreciar como el Tribunal de Justicia, con la jurisprudencia sobre la protección de la independencia judicial, ha sentado las bases que le han permitido no solo proclamar la existencia de una identidad “constitucional” europea, sino también establecer expresamente unos límites europeos a la identidad “constitucional” nacional. Para el desarrollo de estos límites ha dejado abierta una puerta al diálogo con los Tribunales Constitucionales, que dejan de ser “dueños” absolutos de su identidad nacional, en la medida en que el Tribunal en Luxemburgo se reserva la última palabra.
Effect of Prehabilitation in Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Authors:   Yuengnam Univ., Chang Min Cheol , Choo Yoo Jin , Kim Sohyun
Published: October 2022

Review question / Objective: Colorectal cancer increases with age, and elderly patients are associated with a poorer prognosis after colorectal surgery. Since comorbidity and frailty are associated with clinical outcomes, several strategies are introduced to improve clinical outcomes according to correct those.Despite efforts to improve the clinical outcome after surgery, patients with colorectal surgery still frequently experience complications. While Enhanced Recovery After Surgery has standardized principals, prehabilitation program varied among studies. The prehabilitation program according to the study showed differences in patient selection criteria, exercise, nutritional support, and methods of the outcome measurement. Therefore, various results have been reported regarding the effect of prehabilitation. The effectiveness of prehabilitation is still controversial. The aim of this study was to confirm the updated overall spectrum and measure the effect of prehabilitation in patients with colorectal cancer surgery.
Improving Invasive Breast Cancer Care Using Machine Learning Technology
Authors: Yedjou Clement G , S Tchounwou Solange , Grigsby Jameka , Johnson Keara , Tchounwou Paul B
Published: October 2022

Breast Cancer (BC) is the most common malignancy in women worldwide. In the United States, the lifetime risk of developing an invasive form of breast cancer is 12.5% among women. BC arises in the lining cells (epithelium) of the ducts or lobules in the glandular tissue of the breast. The goal of the present study was to use Machine Learning (ML) as a novel technology to assess and compare the invasive forms of BC including, infiltrating ductal carcinoma, infiltrating lobular carcinoma, and mucinous carcinoma. To achieve this goal, we used ML algorithms and collected a dataset of 334 BC patients available at https://www.kaggle.com/amandam1/breastcancerdataset and interpreted this dataset based on the form of BC, age, sex, tumor stages, surgery type, and survival rate. Among the 334 patients, 70% were diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carcinoma, 27% with infiltrating lobular carcinoma, and 3% with mucinous carcinoma. Overall, out of 334 BC patients: 64 (19.16%) were in stage I, 189 (56.59%) in stage II, and 81 (24.25%) in stage III. Sixty-six, 67, 96, and 105 patients underwent lumpectomy, simple mastectomy, modified radical mastectomy, and other types of surgery, respectively. The survival rates were 83.4% for stage I, 79.1% for stage II, and 77% for stage III. Findings from the present study demonstrated that ML provides an important tool to curate large amount of BC data, as well as a scientific means to improve BC outcomes.
Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Types and Their Treatment Regimens Using First-Line, Second-Line Injectable, Third-Line, Fluoroquinolones, Aminoglycosides, Cyclic Polypeptides, Novel and Repurposed Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs
Authors: Mumena David Kajoba , Kwenda Geoffrey , Ngugi Caroline Wangari , Nyerere Andrew Kimanga
Published: October 2022

Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) causes high mortality and morbidity rates globally. DR-TB and COVID-19 pandemic are posing a major risk to global public health and economic security, and are jeopardizing efforts in the control, prevention and elimination of TB globally. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) has continued to evolve resistance to anti-TB drugs. Different types of DR-TB have been defined and they include; mono drug-resistant TB, Multi Drug-Resistant TB (MDR-TB), poly drug-resistant TB, pre-Extensively Drug-Resistant TB (pre-XDR TB), Extensively Drug-Resistant TB (XDR-TB), Extremely Drug-Resistant TB (XXDR-TB), and Totally Drug-Resistant TB (TDR-TB). DR-TB is caused by several factors which include: non-adherence, poor compliance, low efficacy anti-TB drugs, delayed diagnosis, interrupted supply, stock-outs, inadequate infection control, HIV co-infection, spontaneous mutations, and chromosomal replication errors. Global TB targets have gone off-track and years of progress reversed due to DR-TB and the COVID-19 pandemic. Treatment failure, death and costs incurred are higher among patients suffering from DR-TB than among those with susceptible TB. For this reason, susceptible TB needs to be diagnosed quickly and treated effectively to prevent its progression to DR-TB. Treatment for susceptible TB requires the use of first-line anti-TB drugs; rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol. While DR-TB is treated using the second- and third-line anti-TB drugs. Effective treatment of TB is dependent on: prompt and accurate diagnosis of TB and recognition of drug-resistance; adherence to treatment; robust contact tracing and prophylactic treatment of TB contacts; and screening for TB infection in high-risk groups.
Hyperkyphotic posture among adolescents – still a public health problem
Authors:   Medical Center for Normal Hearing and Appearance, Bucharest, Romania, Dima Clara , Mitoiu Brindusa ,   “Prof. Dr. Agrippa Ionescu” Emergency Clinical Hospital, Clinic of Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Balneology, Balotesti, Ilfov, Romania,   “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Nartea Roxana ,   “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   National Institute of Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Balneology, Medical Rehabilitation Clinic (III), Bucharest, Romania, Dima Vlad ,   Filantropia Clinical Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bucharest, Romania, Mirea Andrada ,   “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   “Dr. Nicolae Robanescu” National Teaching Center for Children’s Neurorehabilitation, Bucharest, Romania
Published: October 2022

Posture, hyper-kyphosis or “the postural round back”, and balance are topics that have been extensively studied, although with some conflicting findings. Body position is representative of physical and mental health. Bad posture can lead to spinal complications (affects the muscular system, deforms the skeletal bone, and causes abnormal development) and the same can be said the other way around. As the standard of living increases, there is an increase in consumerism for technological devices, especially among teenagers. Identified as a public health problem, postural changes among children and adolescents have a high prevalence, emphasizing the need for prevention, diagnosis, and early initiation of treatment, especially from the growth and development phase of the body, because during this period teenagers are most vulnerable to live changes. Taking these elements into consideration, we conducted an extensive literature review of the subject, considering adolescence a key element for early diagnosticating and the institution of a complex rehabilitation program, with full functional restoration. Efforts to reduce the prevalence of bad posture will improve not only body posture but will also reduce the prevalence and the severity of spine deformities.
Selective head cooling or whole body cooling? That is the question
Authors:   Department of Neonatology, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Dima Vlad , Bohiltea Roxana-Elena ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Stanescu Raluca Mariana ,   “Alessandrescu-Rusescu” National Institute for Mother and Child Health, Bucharest, Romania, Toma Adrian ,   Medlife Memorial Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Varlas Valentin-Nicolae ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Davitoiu Ana-Maria ,   “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   “Victor Gomoiu” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Published: October 2022

Background. Studies to date support the beneficial effect that therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has on neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. TH can be delivered in two ways: selective head cooling (SHC) or therapeutic whole-body cooling (WBC). The purpose of this review is to examine the literature to expose the advantages and disadvantages of the two methods of performing TH in neonates diagnosed with moderate or severe HIE and to investigate whether one method is superior to the other. Methods. We started from the data from the Cochrane review published in 2013 [1] and we want to bring new information from recent clinical studies comparing the two TH methods (SHC vs WBC). Clinical studies were searched and analyzed by a single individual (through dedicated search engines such as Google Scholar, PubMed, and Scopus). We have included clinical studies from the last 7 years comparing the two ways of performing TH (SHC vs. WBC). We selected only the articles that compared the two methods and excluded the articles describing only one method. Results. After excluding the clinical trials that did not meet the eligibility criteria, 5 clinical trials remained (n = 256 neonates). Analysis of these studies supports the idea that both modalities of therapeutic hypothermia cool central nervous system (CNS) structures and have a similar neurodevelopmental prognosis among surviving neonates. Also, there are no significant differences in terms of short-term neurological prognosis, as well as the adverse effects that may occur in neonates with moderate or severe HIE (hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy) treated with SHC or WBC; although some studies note the presence of more severe, statistically significant lesions among patients treated with SHC compared to those treated with WBC. Conclusions. Prospective, randomized studies on a much larger scale are needed to track the adverse effects that the two HT methods may have on patients, as well as long-term neurological and cognitive prognosis. Until now, there is no clear evidence that one of these two methods is definitely safer or more reliable than the other.
Hyde and Seek: Searching for Solutions to The Hyde Amendment’s Financial Barriers to Abortion
Authors: Hutnik Lauren , Zimmermann Ashley , Naliboff Lauren , Brandi Kristyn
Published: October 2022

The Hyde Amendment (Hyde) hinders abortion access to people who can become pregnant (we will refer to this cohort henceforth as “women” and recognize that not all people who can become pregnant identify as such) whose health insurance is funded by the federal government. In the forty-five years since its inception, the Hyde Amendment has disproportionately affected marginalized women. The conservative movement has augmented disparities in healthcare by passing incremental laws to restrict abortion access, including but not limited to, gestational age and specific procedure limitations, waiting periods, parental consent, and Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws. With Roe V. Wade overturned with the Dobbs V. Jackson ruling (Dobbs), access to abortion is more restricted than it has been in the past 50 years. Eight states have completely banned abortion and many other states offer very limited exceptions to the ban. Now, more than ever, it is essential that funding is not a barrier to care in the states that continue to protect abortion rights. Our first recommendation calls for states to be held accountable to the minimal federal requirements set forth by Hyde and create a confidential forum for women to report informal barriers to care. Furthermore, we endorse the passing of the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act (EACH Act), which would permanently end the renewal of Hyde. Our final recommendation calls on the government to create legislation that permanently institutes national mandatory guidelines for emergency obstetric care. These steps could counteract the increasingly restrictive encroachment on abortion rights.
The Influence Of Environmental Performance And Good Corporate Governance On Company Value
Authors: LESTARI Ni Luh Putu Ratna Wahyu , NARINDRA Anak Agung Ngurah Mayun
Published: October 2022

The value of the company is an indicator of the company in terms of fulfilling its obligations to investors, the value of the company also reflects the sustainability of the company in the future. However, there are many cases of environmental pollution in Indonesia, such as the case of PT. Lapindo Brantas Inc. who made negligence in drilling oil and gas in Sidoarjo had a negative impact on society, the environment and resulted in the decline in the share price of PT. Energi Mega Persada, Tbk. (major shareholder of PT. Lapindo Brantas Inc). In addition, there is also a case of PT. Freeport is currently the concern of various parties related to the change in the status of the contract of work owned by PT. Freeport became a Special Mining Business License (IUPK). This study aims to determine the effect of environmental performance and good corporate governance on firm value on IDX LQ45 index companies for the 2017-2021 period. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling technique so as to obtain 45 sample companies. The data analysis technique used in this study is multiple linear regression. This test shows that environmental performance and good corporate governance have a positive and significant effect on firm value on the Indonesia Stock Exchange.
GC-MS analysis of Sapindus marginatus seed extract in petroleum ether
Authors: Dinesh Kumar  , Ramesh Kumar  , AKIL KHAN
Published: October 2022

The seeds of Sapindus marginatus are commonly called as Ritha (Soapnuts) and belong to Sapindaceae family. Soapnuts are being considered and used major commercial ingredient in cosmetics, detergents as well as in many other products. Further, the various parts of S. marginatus are well known for their medicinal properties. Therefore, we sought to analyse chemical constituents present in the seeds of S. marginatus by GC-MS. The seeds were processed for oil extraction by Soxhlet extraction technique using the solvent as petroleum ether at 60 ͦC -80 ͦC, around twenty two percent oil was recovered from seeds sample. In findings more than 40 compounds were found. Among which six main monounsaturated compounds have been discussed according to their retention time (RT), %age of peak area, molecular formula and molecular weight. Moreover, GC-MS study revealed the presence of cis-Vaccenic acid (C18:1), cis-13-Octadecenoic acid (C18:1), trans-13-Octadecenoic acid (C18:1) at RT 22.18 and its peak area 40.48 %. These compounds were present in high amounts whereas cis-13-Eicosenoic acid (C20:1), cis-11-Eicosenoic acid (C20:1) and cis-10-Nonadecenoic acid (C19:1) at RT 23.56 and peak area 7.74 were present in low amounts in seed oil. These are prominent components present in the seed oil. Further, these compounds have various biological activities such as anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, anti-hypercholesterolemic activity etc. Therefore, we conclude that the seeds of S. marginatus can be used for medicinal purposes.
AN APPROACH TO SOLVE MOTORAIL TRANSPORTATION LOADING LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM: THE CHINA CASE
Authors: Huang Wencheng , Shuai Bin
Published: October 2022

In this paper, we formulate a cost and safety oriented approach to optimize the motorail transport car loading layout optimization problem. The model has 2 objective functions, one maximizes the wagon loading weight utilization rate, and another minimizes the gravitational center height after loading the cars on the wagons. The calculation results show that: the heaviest cars should be loaded in the middle of the decks, the cars weight loaded on both sides should be gradually reduced; the total weight of cars loaded on lower deck should be larger than the total weight of cars loaded on the upper deck.
Multispacecraft Analysis of the Properties of Magnetohydrodynamic Fluctuations in Sub-Alfvénic Solar Wind Turbulence at 1 au
Authors: Zhao S. Q. , Yan Huirong , Liu Terry Z. , Liu Mingzhe , Wang Huizi
Published: October 2022

We present observations of three-dimensional magnetic power spectra in wavevector space to investigate the anisotropy and scalings of sub-Alfvénic solar wind turbulence at magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) scale using the Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft. The magnetic power distributions are organized in a new coordinate determined by wavevectors (

κ
ˆ

) and background magnetic field (

b

^

0

) in Fourier space. This study utilizes two approaches to determine wavevectors: the singular value decomposition method and multispacecraft timing analysis. The combination of the two methods allows an examination of the properties of magnetic field fluctuations in terms of mode compositions without any spatiotemporal hypothesis. Observations show that fluctuations (δ
B
⊥1) in the direction perpendicular to

κ
ˆ

and

b

^

0

prominently cascade perpendicular to

b

^

0

, and such anisotropy increases with wavenumbers. The reduced power spectra of δ
B
⊥1 follow Goldreich–Sridhar scalings:

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(

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⊥

)
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−
5

/

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and

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∥

)
∝

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∥

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. In contrast, fluctuations within the

k

ˆ

b

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0

plane show isotropic behaviors: perpendicular power distributions are approximately the same as parallel distributions. The reduced power spectra of fluctuations within the

k

ˆ

b

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plane follow the scalings

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and

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. Comparing frequency–wavevector spectra with theoretical dispersion relations of MHD modes, we find that δ
B
⊥1 are probably associated with Alfvén modes. On the other hand, magnetic field fluctuations within the

k

ˆ

b

ˆ

0

plane more likely originate from fast modes based on their isotropic behaviors. The observations of anisotropy and scalings of different magnetic field components are consistent with the predictions of current compressible MHD theory. Moreover, for the Alfvénic component, the ratio of cascading time to the wave period is found to be a factor of a few, consistent with critical balance in the strong turbulence regime. These results are valuable for further studies of energy compositions of plasma turbulence and their effects on energetic particle transport.
Establishing Dust Rings and Forming Planets within Them
Authors: Lee Eve J. , Fuentes J. R. , Hopkins Philip F.
Published: October 2022

Radio images of protoplanetary disks demonstrate that dust grains tend to organize themselves into rings. These rings may be a consequence of dust trapping within gas pressure maxima, wherein the local high dust-to-gas ratio is expected to trigger the formation of planetesimals and eventually planets. We revisit the behavior of dust near gas pressure perturbations enforced by a planet in two-dimensional, shearing-box simulations. While dust grains collect into generally long-lived rings, particles with a small Stokes parameter τ

s
< 0.1 tend to advect out of the ring within a few drift timescales. Scaled to the properties of ALMA disks, we find that rings composed of larger particles (τ

s
≥ 0.1) can nucleate a dust clump massive enough to trigger pebble accretion, which proceeds to ingest the entire dust ring well within ∼1 Myr. To ensure the survival of the dust rings, we favor a nonplanetary origin and typical grain size τ

s
≲ 0.05–0.1. Planet-driven rings may still be possible but if so we would expect the orbital distance of the dust rings to be larger for older systems.
Predictive Model for Acute Heart Failure in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Based on Energy and Adipokine Metabolism Indicators
Authors: Коteliukh Mariia
Published: October 2022

BACKGROUND: Acute heart failure (AHF) is one of the early complications of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in diabetic patients. Evaluation of biomarkers of energy and adipokine metabolism can help in the early identification of diabetic patients at risk of AHF.

AIM: The present study is aimed to predict the development of AHF in diabetic patients with AMI based on energy and adipokine metabolism parameters.

METHODS: A total of 74 diabetic patients with AMI were examined between September 1, 2018, and December 31, 2020. Serum adropin, irisin, and C1q/TNF-related protein 3 (CTRP3) levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. To predict AHF development in AMI patients, generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) was applied.

RESULTS: The serum concentrations of adropin, irisin, and CTRP3 have been found to be reduced in diabetic patients with AMI and AHF. The accuracy of predicting AHF Killip Class 1 was 96.7%, and the accuracy of prediction for AHF Killip Class 2 was 57.1%, that is, the model was poorly sensitive to this level of complications. The prediction accuracy for AHF Killip Class 3 was 80%, that is, the model was highly sensitive to complications of this level, and for AHF Killip Class 4 – 100% being the maximum level of the model sensitivity.

CONCLUSIONS: Low serum concentrations of adropin, irisin, and CTRP3 indicate an imbalance in energy and adipokine homeostasis. The constructed model predicts the probability of AHF development with high accuracy of 91.9% in diabetic patients with AMI.
Correlation of Biomarkers in Severe COVID-19 Patients Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Abd Alsalam Aqeel Salman , Esmaeel Nawras A.
Published: October 2022

BACKGROUND: In patients with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), serious biomarkers (liver function tests and renal functions tests) (urea, creatinine, GOT, GPT, and LDH) are determined immediate to assess in prognosis of the severity of disease.

AIM: The aim of the study was to determine correlation between biomarkers (liver function tests and renal functions tests) (urea, creatinine, GOT, GPT, and LDH) among COVID-19 patients.

METHODS: A cross-sectional study, a total of 90 COVID-19 patients who attending in the Al-Hussein Medical City in Karbala, Iraq, participated in the present study within a month’s time in late December 2021 to early January of 2022. All COVID-19 patients with positive SARS-COV-2 real-time RT-PCR results were reviewed. The patients were classifying according SPO2 into three groups (mild, moderate, and severe groups). The demographic data (sex, age, and SPO2) were collected while the biomarkers (liver function tests and renal functions tests) for all patients were done by bio-base instrument (ACCENT-200 ALAT KIT).

RESULTS: The white blood cell “WBC” and neutrophil in moderate and severe groups had substantially greater counts (p = 0.005) when compared with mild group while lymphocytes were considerably decreased in the severe and moderate groups (p = 0.005). In the moderate group, there was positive significant correlation among neutrophils and serum LDH (r = 0.451*, p = 0.014). There was no significant correlation between neutrophils and liver function tests. Furthermore, in the moderate patient group, a strong positively correlating notably among lymphocytes and serum LDH. Moreover, the concentration of serum GOT, GPT, and LDH (p = 0.05, p = 0.08, and p = 0.5) was higher levels in severe group when compared to moderate and mild groups, on the other hand, the renal function tests (urea and creatinine) were high serum levels in severe group than mild and moderate groups.

CONCLUSION: The serum concentration of urea, creatinine, GOPT, GPT, and LDH was high in severe COVID-19 patients group, although there was no statistically significant in ALP, GPT, and urea among COVID-19 patient’s groups (mild, moderate, and severe group). The present study found no significant correlation between biomarkers (liver function tests and renal function test).
Evaluation the Impact of Changing Patient Thickness on Treatment Dose Amount Given to Injured Area
Authors: AL-Suhbani Musherah , Serag Saif , Baghous Nor El Houda , El Mahjoub Chakir
Published: October 2022

Radiation therapy provides an appropriate radiation dose to tumors. The proportion of this dose varies according to the injured part and its location. Targeting the part affected by the tumor with an appropriate radiation dose requires high accuracy in measuring from the radiation source to the patient and the amount of dose. This treatment was applied using digital linear accelerators and computers to treat the tumor with radiation. In most cases, it is used chemotherapy, one of the standard cancer treatments. However, those doses affect the patient as it leads to loss of appetite, which negatively affects the patient's weight. The patient loses weight during treatment, and the affected area's thickness changes during a Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the body for treatment planning. This led to changes in dose distribution to the target area and adjacent organs (organs at risk). This study examines the impact of changes in the patient's treatment area thickness on both dose and Source Surface Distance (SSD). In this study, we apply five different parts of cancer (lung, prostate, uterus, rectum, and vulva) that were treated by the traditional method using a linear accelerator and using a one-dimensional beam. Furthermore, CT takes images of the affected area to locate the tumor and plan treatment. Also, XIO device is used to track the patient's thickness during treatment and take a three-dimensional (3D) image of the patient during daily treatment sessions. The obtained results showed that the changing in treatment area thickness between 0.5 - 2.3cm, led to a change in the distance from the source to the patient's body, where the percentage of change was from 0.43 to 2.67%. Furthermore, the results showed that the dose increase of the planning target volume (PTV) by 1.54%, prostate 0.13%, rectum 0.38%, and bladder 0.83%, when the treatment area decreased thickness to 1.47 cm for prostate cancer. Moreover, the clinical target volume (CTV) dose by 0.40%, PTV 3.65%, rectum 3.84%, and bladder 3.19% decrease when the treatment area thickness increase by 3.16 cm in cervical cancer. Thus, the dose changed for the affected organ significantly more than the reference dose.
Left Ventricular Aneurysm with Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia
Authors: Chelikikj Ana , Vavlukis Marija , Risteski Dejan , Zimbakov Zhan , Pocesta Bekim , Srbinovska Elizabeta , Poposka Lidija
Published: October 2022

BACKGROUND: Ventricular tachyarrhythmias as complication of LV aneurysm are not unusual complication and can lead to sudden cardiac death. The accepted consensus for treatment of LV aneurism is medical therapy unless other indication for surgery exists, or existing treatment cannot control the symptoms.
CASE REPORT: A 29-year-old man with no prior cardiac history was admitted to the hospital, after an episode of chest pain accompanied with fatigue and dizziness, for the last 2 h. His electrocardiogram on admission showed ventricular tachycardia with heart rate 260/min. Selective coronarography was performed and no significant stenosis of coronary artery was found. On transthoracic echocardiography, the left ventricle was mildly dilated (ejection fraction 50%), but whole apex was akinetic with giant aneurism.
CONCLUSION: Aneurysms of the LV, sometimes associated with malignant ventricular arrhythmias, are very late complication of myocardial infarction. Resection of the aneurysm, although has no high-class recommendation (2), can cure the ventricular arrhythmias, as in presented case.
Effects of Zanthoxylum acanthopodium on MMP-9 and GLUT-1 expression and histology changes in rats with cervical carcinoma
Authors: Simanullang Rostime Hermayerni , Situmorang Putri Cahaya , Siahaan Jekson Martiar , Widjaja Sry Suryani , Mutiara Mutiara
Published: October 2022

Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers in Indonesia. It can be treated with molecular therapies targeting Matrix metallopeptidase 9 (MMP-9) and Glucose transporter (GLUT-1), which are enzymes that are involved in tumour cell invasion, metastasis and angiogenesis. Zanthoxylum acanthopodium (andaliman) is an Indonesian herb with anti-cancer properties. This study aimed to investigate the histological changes andaliman treatment caused in MMP-9 and GLUT-1 expression. This study used five groups of rats: control (C-), cancer model (C+), cancer-bearing rats with a 100-mg dose of Zanthoxylum acanthopodium methanol extract (ZAM)/BW (ZAM100), cancer-bearing rats with a 200-mg dose of ZAM /BW (ZAM200) and cancer-bearing rats with a 400-mg dose of ZAM/BW (ZAM400). Immunohistochemical methods were used to stain cervical tissue with MMP-9 and GLUT-1 antibodies, and a TUNEL assay was performed to investigate cell apoptosis. Zanthoxylum acanthopodium methanol extract administration did not affect rat body weight but had a significant effect on cervical cancer growth. There was an increase in MDA levels associated with SOD deficiency in tumour tissue. SOD activity increased due to ZAM administration, allowing cells to be protected from oxidant disruption and oxidative stress. ZAM ameliorated cervical carcinoma tissue damage and reduced the expression of MMP-9, GLUT-1 and apoptosis in serum and tissue (p < 0.01) In short, the higher the ZAM dose, the lower the expression of MMP-9, GLUT-1 and apoptosis, indicating that ZAM is effective to treat cervical cancer.
A survey of the genus Himalaphantes Tanasevitch, 1992 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) with description of three new species from Yunnan, China
Authors: Zhang Meng-ting , Liu Ping , Irfan Muhammad , Peng Xian-jin
Published: October 2022

Three new species of Himalaphantes Tanasevitch, 1992 from Yunnan province, China, are described: H. arcuatussp. nov. (♀), H. lingulatussp. nov. (♂♀), and H. uncatussp. nov. (♂♀). The diagnosis of the genus is clarified, and extended detailed descriptions, photographs of somatic features and copulatory organs, and a distribution map are provided.
Et si mon « Je suis OK, tu es OK » n’est pas le même que le tien ? Et si l’optimisme inhérent à l’analyse transactionnelle était une forme de validisme obligatoire ?
Authors: Oates Steff , Blondel Agnès
Published: October 2022

L’autrice se demande si la condition humaine telle qu’elle est parfois enseignée en analyse transactionnelle n’est pas une simplification abusive. En s’appuyant sur l’idée de Steiner de l’autonomisation égalitaire accessible à tous et en s’inspirant de la Crip Theory de Robert McCruer, elle invite les lecteurs à réfléchir : l’optimisme inhérent à l’analyse transactionnelle serait-il une forme de validisme obligatoire ? Elle propose des vignettes d’expériences rapportées ou directement vécues au cours de sa formation et de sa pratique psychothérapeutique en analyse transactionnelle, expériences où des clients ou des étudiants se sont sentis mis à l’écart parce que porteurs de handicap. Pour reprendre le titre de l’ouvrage de Joyce McDougall, l’autrice porte son propre « plaidoyer pour une forme d’anormalité » et interroge l’application de certains modèles théoriques (comme celui de la symbiose) qui semblent placer du côté de la pathologie ceux qui ont un besoin vital des autres afin d’offrir une fonction complémentaire.
Regards croisés sur les trajectoires de soins psychiques des personnes trans’
Authors: Forno Niloufar , Mansouri Malika
Published: October 2022

Cet article traite de l’empêchement d’accès aux soins psychiques des populations trans’, malgré la constatation d’une importante détresse psychique. Il s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une recherche doctorale en psychologie clinique et vise à favoriser la parole subjective des personnes concernées afin de comprendre leurs trajectoires de soins psychiques. Cette recherche inductive, exploratoire et complémentariste s’appuie sur la méthode de l’analyse par théorisation ancrée. Une collaboration avec le milieu médical, psychiatrique et associatif, favorise le recueil d’un matériel diversifié. Nous présentons, ici, nos premières pistes de théorisation, issues de nos premiers résultats et d’observations cliniques et de recherche auprès de 10 sujets.
A simulation-based optimisation for the stochastic green capacitated p-median problem
Authors: Imran Arif , Utomo Eko Wahyu , Ramadhan Fadillah , Desrianty Arie , Helianty Yanti , Mustofa Fifi Herni
Published: October 2022

Purpose: This paper aims to propose a new model called the stochastic green capacitated p-median problem with a simulation-based optimisation approach. An integer linear programming mathematical model is built considering the total emission produced by vehicles and the uncertain parameters including the travel cost for a vehicle to travel from a particular facility to a customer and the amount of CO2 emissions produced. We also develop a simulation-based optimisation algorithm for solving the problem.Design/methodology/approach: The authors proposed new algorithms to solve the problem. The proposed algorithm is a hybridisation of Monte Carlo simulation and a Variable Neighbourhood Search matheuristic. The proposed model and method are evaluated using instances that are available in the literature.Findings: Based on the results produced by the computational experiments, the developed approach can obtain interesting results. The obtained results display that the proposed method can solve the problems within a short computational time and the solutions produced have good quality (small deviations).Originality/value: To the best of our knowledge, there is no paper in the previous literature investigating the simulation-based optimisation for the stochastic green capacitated p-median problem. There are two main contributions in this paper. First, to build a new model for the capacitated p-median problem taking into account the environmental impact. Second, to design a simulation-based optimisation approach to solve the stochastic green capacitated p-median problem incorporating VNS-based matheuristic and Monte Carlo simulation.
Systematic Literature Review on Open Educational Resources Recommender Systems
Authors: Sandoussi Rima , Hnida Meriem , Daoudi Najima , Ajhoun Rachida
Published: October 2022

background: In recent years, recommender systems (RS) have grown in popularity among learning and education stakeholders, while open educational resources (OER) have begun to be deployed to improve the education field. The selection of OERs should not be haphazard; rather, it should be based on the learning objectives and (RS) commonly utilized to overcome the abundance of OER. Objective: The aim of this paper is to examine the current advances in OER recommenders and the different commonly used recommendation approaches and technical features, to position our future research alongside the existing. Method: A systematic literature review with a deductive approach using the grounded theory technique, combining quantitative and qualitative analysis by adopting open coding (inductive and deductive) for content analysis. Databases: we employed Google Scholar as a search engine to crawl data. Results: The findings are presented according to the (Bernard, H. Russell .2000) process. We present the results of the analysis using quotes from interviews that illuminate the theory (exemplars). Conclusion: The review reveals an emerging interest in the area; nevertheless, hybrid interactive systems; chatbot-based, dedicated to course creators are lacking. Further and future research is needed
Generalizing Trends in Upstream American Eel Movements at Four East Coast Hydropower Projects
Authors: Mack Kevin , Cheatwood Twyla
Published: October 2022

Dams impede the upstream migration of juvenile American Eel Anguilla rostrata, limiting their access to freshwater habitat and potentially contributing to population declines across their range. The implementation of fishways at large hydropower dams help restore access to upstream habitat and represents a long-term dataset of American Eel captures. We analyzed the relationships between eel captures and select environmental variables (river discharge, water temperature, and lunar illumination) at four hydropower projects on east coast rivers with a comparable decade of data and sampling techniques: Roanoke Rapids Dam on the Roanoke River in North Carolina, Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River in Maryland, Holyoke Dam on the Connecticut River in Massachusetts, and the Moses-Saunders Dam on St. Lawrence River in New York and Canada. The number of eels captured varied among projects, from year to year, and seasonally. American Eel are opportunistic in their upstream movements, with peak movement events associated with high flows, increased water temperature, and low lunar illumination. Our results suggest that systems altered by hydropower dams offer unique challenges to American Eel migrants and that a multitude of factors play a role in the timing of upstream movements.
Law and the LGBTQAI+ Community
Authors: Dayitha T. K.  , Therasa C.
Published: October 2022

This chapter on the law and the LGBTQAI+ community will examine perspectives and insights on legal protection and rights granted to this population, as well as a multitude of dimensions and instances where these rights and privileges are not upheld in reality. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, and intersex (LGBTQAI+) people's human rights are becoming more recognized all over the world, with the introduction of new legislative safeguards in India and in other countries. The Navtej Singh case and NALSA case, though it was a revolting point for the community's way to liberalization, only brought to light how the community faces discrimination and violence in every area of life and every stage of life. The main mission of this chapter is the educate and enlighten the readers on the current legislative safeguards available to the community and deliberate on the way forward from the point of view of both the judiciary and the community.
Deep Learning and Intelligent Robots in Government
Authors: Brahmi Hajer , Ammar Boudour
Published: October 2022

Deep learning algorithms have witnessed considerable advances in different sectors. Consequently, these techniques have been commonly deployed for government, mainly to support robotic and autonomous systems. They make intelligent robots, which can replace humans in danger zones or production processes and look and react like humans. The purpose of this chapter is to review the deep learning concept and particularly its applications in governments' working systems. In addition, the authors introduce the robotic field with its importance for governments. Finally, they illustrate this work by two simulated examples of robotic motions based on deep learning algorithms.
Analytics of Public Reactions to the COVID-19 Vaccine on Twitter Using Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modelling
Authors: Abadah Mazin Salih Kadhim , Keikhosrokiani Pantea , Zhao Xian
Published: October 2022

The number of new COVID-19 infections and deaths is still increasing worldwide, which led governments to take a series of mandatory actions. The COVID-19 vaccine announcement kindled the various rays of emotions among the social media users. Thus, this chapter aims to discover public reaction regarding the COVID-19 vaccine posts on a social media platform, specifically Twitter, to extract the most discussed topics during the period April 25, 2021 to May 2, 2021. The extraction was based on a dataset of English tweets pertinent to the COVID-19 vaccine. The Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) was adopted for topics extraction whereas VADER lexicon-based approach was applied for sentiment analysis. Based on the results, most tweets expressed neutral and positive opinions about the COVID-19 vaccine. Regarding the latent themes discovered about the vaccine, most of topics have exposed the public trust towards the COVID-19 vaccine compared with the mistrust ones. This study can assist governments and policy makers to track public opinions for better decision-making during pandemics.
Activism in the Digital Age
Authors: Holgado-Ruiz Laura , Saura José Ramón , Rodríguez Herráez Beatriz
Published: October 2022

Social movements have been transformed in the last decade by social networks, where the dynamics of the social protests have evolved and have been structured and viralized through social media. They are no longer just conversations between activists that stay on social platforms. The cyberactivism that takes place on Twitter or Instagram can also play a significant role in general society by influencing government decision making or shaping the relationships between citizens. In this chapter, the authors explore the main activist movements that took place in social media in the last decade: Occupy, BlackLivesMatter, and MeToo. The proposed approach used in this study facilitates the comparison of each movement while focusing on the user-generated content in social media. This study suggests the presence of four major categories to frame the content generated by the activists. The chapter concludes with the identification of three different approaches to the research of a future research agenda that should be considered for the study of the social movements from the UGC theory framework.
Social Media and Social Movements
Authors: Brown Sheldondra J. , Babcock Grace M. , Radu Monica Bixby
Published: October 2022

Because of the increasing importance of the link between social media and social movements, recent research attempts to bridge the gap between media studies and sociological research on social movements. Yet, questions remain unanswered. For example, does social media help facilitate activism that leads to social change? What are the strengths and limitations of social media in creating and maintaining a social movement? This chapter explores these questions and others, paying attention to the #Blacklivesmatter hashtag and social movement, which scholars argue is a power force demanding social change in America. This chapter introduces the concepts of social media and social movements and reviews recent literature examining how social media plays an active role in creating and encouraging social movements. This chapter also considers how sociological theory can provide a better understanding of what social media means for modern social change and concludes with suggestions for future research.
Friending and Funding Through Facebook
Authors: Sihi Debika
Published: October 2022

Social media may be leveraged as a cost-effective way for nonprofit organizations (1) to share information and (2) as a platform for fundraising. This is especially true for regional nonprofit organizations which may have less dedicated resources for marketing and fundraising. This chapter has two main objectives. First, the impacts of regional nonprofit organizations' leadership and strategic emphasis on the use of social media for information transmission is examined. Insights are gained from leadership at 121 nonprofits and through analysis of 377 days of Facebook data for seven nonprofit organizations. The second objective of this work is to examine regional nonprofit organizations' use of social media for crowdfunding or raising donations through a network of social media followers. The Facebook pages of 647 regional nonprofits are examined, and insights are gained from key staff members at 10 organizations.
Multidimensional Mappings of Political Accounts for Malicious Political Socialbot Identification
Authors: Hai-Jew Shalin
Published: October 2022

Malicious political socialbots used to sway public opinion regarding the U.S. government and its functions have been identified as part of a larger information warfare effort by the Russian government. This work asks what is knowable from a web-based sleuthing approach regarding the following four factors: 1) the ability to identify malicious political socialbot accounts based on their ego neighborhoods at 1, 1.5, and 2 degrees; 2) the ability to identify malicious political socialbot accounts based on the claimed and linked geographical locations of their accounts, their ego neighborhoods, and their #hashtag networks; 3) the ability to identify malicious political socialbot accounts based on their strategic messaging (content, sentiment, and language structures) on respective social media platforms; and 4) the ability to identify and describe “maliciousness” in malicious political socialbot accounts based on observable behaviors on that account on three social media platform types: (a) microblogging, (b) social networking, and (c) crowd-sourced encyclopedia content sharing.
Writings on the City Wall
Authors: Steinfeld Nili , Lev-On Azi
Published: October 2022

Municipality Facebook pages are significant social media arenas for maintaining contact between representatives and their constituencies. The authors use digital tools to collect and analyze some 24,000 posts from the Facebook pages of all Israeli municipalities in a six-month period. Following a purely automatic linguistic analysis of the texts of all posts published on the pages, this study moved to a manual coding of a sample of the most popular posts in the data in order to gain insight into the character of the discourse in these arenas; the actors; the format, type, and emotionality of the contents that attract the highest levels of engagement.
Social Media Strategies of Political Power
Authors: Yüksel Hakan
Published: October 2022

This chapter analyzes the social media strategies of political power focusing on Turkey. By using inner-circle and outer-circle conceptualizations, it shows that the ruling party in Turkey simultaneously prevents and embraces social media in order to consolidate its power. The inner-circle strategies consist of practices facilitating an efficient use of social media whereas the outer-circle strategies are composed of judicial and technical measures to obstruct the democratic use of social media. By stressing that political power can also use social media efficiently, the chapter contributes to the literature in which social media is generally associated with emancipatory initiatives and the strategies of power are mostly explored in terms of restrictive measures. The chapter also describes the strategic role of social media in the increasingly violent power struggle in Turkey and the difficulties of using it in advocacy campaigns.
The Use and Management of Public Information in Social Media
Authors: Sánchez-Labella Martín Inmaculada
Published: October 2022

The increase of political disaffection in Spain, as is occurring in many western democracies across the world, coincides with a growing vindication of democracy on the part of the citizenry, which translates to a demand for more governmental transparency and access to information. With this in mind, this chapter explores the availability of information in local public administrations on social media. The study analyses the presence of town and city councils throughout Andalusia on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, examining how these media are managed and their effects, by studying the content and resources provided to the citizens for interacting with the institutions. The results revealed that although the selected councils tried to adopt these new information channels, they are still far from taking full advantage of the possibilities the new technologies could provide.