bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The quest for reference stations at the National Observatory of Athens, Greece
Authors: Ktenidou Olga-Joan , Papageorgiou Antonia , Pikoulis Erion-Vasilis , Liakopoulos Spyros , Gkika Fevronia , Cekinmez Ziya , Savvaidis Panagiotis , Fragouli Kalliopi , Evangelidis Christos P.
Published: January 2024

Abstract. The assumption of reference station conditions is investigated for the first time across 60 rock stations belonging to the broadband and accelerometric networks of the National Observatory of Athens. We select the stations based on the established belief that they lie on rock, and provided their data are publicly available through EIDA/NOA and have been for long enough to yield a substantial number of recordings. No site effects studies have been conducted before for the ensemble of the stations under study. Furthermore, no ad hoc field campaigns have been performed to characterise them, save in 2 cases. The first step is to compile all existing information for these stations from all publicly available sources and past studies, including geology, topography, station installation, Vs30 estimates and any other known metadata. The second step is to compile ad-hoc information from maps combined with the operator’s first-hand experience of the sites, to better describe the geological unit and age, along with other characteristics such as station installation and morphology. The third and largest step is to compile the first Greek ground-motion dataset on rock and perform a detailed analysis of the recordings to estimate site-specific transfer functions and hence assess local site response characteristics for each station. A strong-motion dataset of 6840 recordings is developed and curated for this purpose, visually inspected and processed in the time and frequency domains. Single-station amplification functions (horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratios, HVSR) are estimated from the seismic data, and the site resonance characteristics are assessed, not only in the conventional way of combining components, but also assessing directional sensitivity. ‘True’ reference site behaviour implying low, flat amplification with no directional dependence, these elements these transfer function characteristics are combined with the compiled existing and new metadata, to evaluated the stations’ capacity as reference sites. The stations are grouped in terms of behaviour and the preferred ones are recommended, hoping to facilitate the better use of data in future hazard applications.
Plastic Bits
Authors: O Dwyer Killian
Published: January 2024

In Countersexual Manifesto, Paul Preciado claims that we are on the verge of a historic planetary mutation. ‘We will soon stop printing the book’, Preciado tells us, ‘and start printing the flesh, thus entering the new era of digital biowriting.’ The radical juncture of which Preciado speaks is the potential rewriting of sex alongside recent advances in 3D bioprinting, a process of combining cells, nutrients, proteins and biopolymer gels to fabricate biomedical parts which imitate natural tissues or organs of the human body. The commercialization of 3D bioprinting might liberate the productive forces of desire and equip countersexual revolutionaries with the tools to invent new bodies without persecution. Yet bioethical frameworks continue to exclude access to bioprinting technologies for the production of sex organs, citing moral concerns. This article returns to Preciado’s rallying call for access to 3D bioprinting, to examine the importance of sexual plasticity as it appears today and to consider whether sex is always already interfaced with plastic technologies in quotidian life, for better or worse.
Flotsam and Jetsam.
Authors: Schroeder Wiebke
Published: January 2024

The time-based piece “Flotsam and Jetsam” is a stop-motion video that refers to a beach walk and shows hundreds of collected Plastic pieces at different paces floating, appearing and disappearing on the screen. The title refers to 17th-century sailing terminology for materials or goods floating on the water after wreckage or released to lighten a sinking ship. These terms reflect on the found plastic objects and their appearance as floating and stranded goods, the aftermath of the streams of consumer goods discharged into our oceans, disappearing into an unknown future calling out SOS into the world of petrocaptialism. The viewer is invited to discover plastic garbage metamorphosing during the process of stop-motion animation into mysterious forms but also familiar objects passing by. Through different paces, the found objects appear as uncanny, artificial creatures, haunting us and our entanglement with plastic.

https://vimeo.com/826981036
FAKTOR RISIKO KEJADIAN LOW BACK PAIN (LBP) PADA PEKERJA LAUNDRY DI DESA GENTAN, BAKI, SUKOHARJO
Authors: Waluyo Sunaryo joko
Published: January 2024

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Low Back Pain (LBP) is a common health issue among workers, including those in the laundry industry. The occurrence of LBP can have negative impacts on productivity and worker well-being. Thus, this study aims to identify the risk factors associated with LBP among laundry workers in the village of Gentan, Baki, Sukoharjo.

Method: This study utilizes a quantitative approach with a descriptive research design. The sample consists of laundry workers employed in the village of Gentan, Baki, Sukoharjo. Data were collected through a questionnaire that assessed the risk factors related to LBP. Descriptive statistics were employed to analyze the data.

Results: The findings reveal that excessive workload and ergonomic risks are significant factors associated with LBP among laundry workers. Workers often face high job demands, including limited time to complete tasks and handling heavy items. Additionally, non-ergonomic work conditions contribute to the occurrence of LBP.

Conclusion: This study emphasizes the importance of identifying and managing the risk factors associated with LBP among laundry workers. Measures such as reducing excessive workload and improving non-ergonomic work conditions can help mitigate the risk of LBP. Long-term preventive efforts should be implemented to ensure the health and well-being of laundry workers. Consequently, this research provides valuable insights for stakeholders in enhancing the well-being of laundry workers and reducing the occurrence of LBP.

Keywords: Low Back Pain, Laundry workers, Risk factors.
PENGARUH ALOEVERA UNTUK MEREDAKAN ASAM LAMBUNG PADA PENDERITA GASTRITIS : LITERATUR REVIEW
Authors: Nurfauziah Esa , Rizkika Afrillianti Karina , Nur Aprilia Annisa , Nuryani Tiya , Sri Mulyani Ira , Ridwan Heri , Kelana Setiadi Diding
Published: January 2024

Pendahuluan. Gastritis, juga dikenal sebagai maag, adalah kondisi di mana lapisan lambung terluka atau pendarahan karena iritasi, infeksi, dan kebiasaan makan tanpa jadwal, seperti makan terlalu banyak atau terlalu lama, atau terlalu banyak makanan berbumbu dan pedas. Peningkatan asam lambung menyebabkan penyakit gastritis. Terapi yang diberikan pada penderita gastritis, baik secara farmakologi maupun non-farmakologi, dapat membantu mencegah komplikasi gastritis. Salah satu pengobatan farmakologi yang dapat diberikan pada penderita gastritis adalah penggunaan ramuan tanaman aloe vera.

Tujuan. Tujuan Literatur Review ini untuk mengetaui efektivitas aloe vera untuk meredakan asam lambung pada penderita gastritis.

Metode. Metode yang digunakan yaitu systematic literature review melalui pencarian database Google Sholar dengan menggunakan filter tahun “2018-2023”. Kata kunci yang digunakan “aloe vera”, “gastritis”, “GERD”, dan “asam lambung”.

Hasil. Hasil dari Literatur Review didapatkan hasil yang signifikan bahwa aloe vera dapat menurunkan peningkatan gastritis dan mengurangi rasa nyeri gastritis. Aloe vera memiliki beberapa kandungan yang membantu mempercepat penurunan sekresi asam lambung, yang berarti produksi HCI berkurang.

Kesimpulan. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diperoleh hasil yang signifikan bahwa lidah buaya dapat mengurangi peningkatan penyakit gastritis dan mengurangi nyeri gastritis. Selain itu, aloe vera mengandung saponin dan tenin untuk memperbaiki peradangan, mencegah gastritis menjadi lebih parah.
A robust and flexible AOCS architecture for OHB’s Standard Earth Observation Platform (EOS)
Authors:   OHB AG, Bremen, Germany, Rodriguez Julio
Published: January 2024

OHB System AG has developed a new flexible Standard Earth Observation Platform called ‘EOS’ with the objective to serve the new Sentinel missions of the Copernicus program. The Copernicus program is an Earth monitoring initiative led by the European Union (EU) and carried out in partnership with the EU Member States and the European Space Agency (ESA) to access accurate and timely information services to better manage the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change and ensure civil security.

OHB’s EOS platform is targeting both the Sentinel expansion satellites, which have been contracted 3 years ago as well as the Sentinel extension satellites which are in the study phase and also potentially Earth Explorer satellites and national missions not requiring very high agility. All of those have different orbits and payloads and therefore pointing requirements. The goal of EOS is to provide a generic platform design with suitable performances at low recurring prices to potential customers. As the satellite platform in most cases is composed of common and well-established technologies, it provides the opportunity of fast track and low risk platform adaptation to different mission needs.

The challenge of the AOCS architecture for EOS was to determine the kind of sensors, actuators and algorithms necessary to build a reliable and at the same time flexible architecture capable to cope with all kind of missions by varying the performance, technology or number of the sensors/actuators within the platform overall design. This means to satisfy all constraints (mechanical, thermal, electrical and programmatic) from other subsystems while reaching the necessary accuracy to complete the mission tasks demanded by the payload.

The AOCS architecture of the EOS platform is currently serving the Anthropogenic CO2 Monitoring Mission (CO2M) of the Copernicus program showing its flexibility and capacity to be adapted for a specific purpose while providing the required performances to complete a desired mission.
Aerocapture Guidance Design for the AERODEM Mission
Authors:   Ariane Group, Les Mureaux, France, Vernis Philippe , Ball Andrew
Published: January 2024

Since its first developments in the 80’s the aerocapture has always been a promising insertion technique

to place a spacecraft on a parking orbit after an interplanetary cruise. However it has never been in-flight

demonstrated, defining an aerocapture mission around Earth yielding numerous safety issues in addition

of requiring highly energetic conditions at entry interface. It is clearly less the case for an exploration

mission. In order to deplete the energy of the spacecraft along its atmospheric path new aerocapture

principles emerged in the recent years by replacing the classic lift modulation by a single or multiple-event

drag modulation. As for any aerocapture mission, propulsive corrections will have to be performed after

atmosphere’s exit in order to raise the periapsis and then to adjust the apoapsis to the targeted value

and, if really needed, to correct the inclination. But the main advantage of such new technique is to ease

the design of the spacecraft that does no more require a dedicated RCS to control the attitude of the

vehicle during its atmospheric path but only a mechanical deployment /jettisoning of a rigid or inflatable

heat shield, the spacecraft being thus passively stabilized at a low spinning rate.

AERODEM is an aerocapture demonstration mission at Mars studied for ESA that should rely on such

insertion technique. Within the frame of past ESA or EU-funded studies, different aerocapture guidance

schemes have been designed at ArianeGroup in order to reach an elliptic intermediate orbit using the lift

modulation technique. Among those ones and after some adaptation to manage only the drag a simple

and robust numerical predictor-corrector guidance scheme has been selected to perform such mission.

This paper aims at presenting the retained guidance design whose preliminary performance is illustrated

by Monte-Carlo simulations for two generic missions termed as standalone, for a 470 kg spacecraft, or

piggy-back, for a 155 kg spacecraft.
Low-level image processing for detecting faint asteroid in the Hera mission
Authors:   HE Space for European Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands, Markowski Dominik , Kowaltschek Steeve , Melone Enrico
Published: January 2024

State-of-the-art image sensors and processing techniques are key enabling technologies for future planetary exploration missions. Hera is a European Space Agency mission aiming a binary asteroid system – Didymos and Dimorphos. The mission requires an image sensor and processing technique capable to detect its target from a far distance. During the cruise, the main optical instrument – Asteroid Facing Camera (AFC) - will acquire several images with the faint target in the field of view. On ground, AFC images will be processed to detect the asteroid and to enhance prior knowledge of the asteroid ephemeris from ground astrometry. This paper presents an algorithm capable to enhance the AFC camera performances and detect faint targets with a magnitude of 8.5, where the limiting magnitude of state-of-the-art star trackers is between 5.5 and 6. High performance of the image processing is achieved through detail analysis of AFC end-of-life noise and its dedicated filtering techniques. Noise identification is performed on an artificially degraded AFC detector (FaintStar II). It includes a detailed analysis of fix-pattern noise (FPN), dark current non-uniformity (DCNU), random telegraph signal (RTS), saturated/dead pixels and baffle straylight background non-uniformity. The processing consists of FPN and DCNU compensation, RTS pixels identification and compensation, attitude estimation and stars removal. The performance of the algorithm is estimated based on artificially generated images and representative night-sky images acquired by the AFC engineering model.
A Passive Device for Postmortem Detumbling/Antitumbling of LEO Satellites, to Facilitate Active Removal
Authors:   Airbus Defence And Space, Toulouse, France, Senes Maxime , Lagadec Kristen , Brault Baptiste , Raffier Bertrand
Published: January 2024

To limit the risk of cascading collisions, we will need active debris removal missions to retrieve satellites that die before they can be deorbited. It is well understood that sudden fatal failures can cause a dead satellite to tumble uncontrollably, but it also happens that even properly decommissioned satellites are not immune to spontaneous self-tumbling due to momentum buildup from solar radiation pressure torque, making removal much more challenging. The availability of a detumbling/antitumbling device ensuring passive stabilization of dead satellites could greatly reduce the risk and cost of debris removal missions.

We present a totally passive magnetic damping device attached to a satellite's structure, where a rotor fitted with magnets is free to rotate inside a metallic housing. Even if the satellite is tumbling, the rotor stays aligned with the geomagnetic field: the differential angular rate between the rotor and the satellite will create eddy currents in the housing and thus dissipate rotational energy, eventually stopping the tumbling motion.

Detailed sizing and simulation activities have demonstrated that one such small (h < Phi < 5cm diameter) and lightweight (m < 100 grams) device was capable of detumbling a medium-to-large satellite (5000 kg.m² of inertia) with a detumbling time constant of a few weeks.

We present the current development status, including the results of vibration tests with two representative prototypes built around two competing technologies for the rotor bearing.

These steps pave the way for the final development stages of a universally available detumbling function that can be a game-changer for reducing the future burden of taking care of defunct LEO satellites.
Design of Identification and Compensation Methods for Space Rider GNC Algorithms
Authors:   Politecnico Di Torino, Torino, Italy, Garino Cristiano , Marco Giannini Ing. , Capello Elisa
Published: January 2024

The ESA Space Rider System is designed to provide Europe with the first reusable and independent end-to-end orbital platform, to deliver an uncrewed orbital laboratory able to de-orbit, re-enter, land and be relaunched after limited refurbishment. In this context, AVIO is the prime contractor of the support module that must guarantee the guidance, navigation and control functions during the orbital phase of the system.

High versatility and reliability are thus requested for the AVUM Orbital Module since the Space Rider mission foresees various in-orbit experiments, ranging from payload for commercial and institutional applications to In Orbit Verification/Demonstration missions, microgravity experiments, and Earth/Space observation. From this perspective, it becomes of paramount importance to manage all the operative conditions for which the GNC must guarantee the best performance in terms of accuracy and operative duration.

Attitude sensors must guarantee high data reliability despite being subjected to stresses during launch, a harsh operating environment and not least any assembly errors during integration. Constant in-orbit calibration is, therefore, necessary to meet requirements. Actuators, on the other hand, must be able to compensate for system and external uncertainties and manage any non-nominal condition. In particular, the malfunctioning or degraded behaviours of actuators are to be taken into account.

The objective of this thesis is to investigate the counteract action that the Space Rider’s GNC must implement to identify and compensate for all the effects that could degrade the mission performance. Specifically, both sensor and actuator issues are addressed. To achieve this, sliding mode techniques are used for both identification and compensation phases, combined with closed-loop analysis of sensors and actuators. The performance and robustness of these algorithms are then demonstrated using simulations of real operating conditions that Space Rider will face in future missions.
Development of Redundant Integrated Navigation System (RINS) for launch vehicle
Authors:   Jaxa, Tsukuba, Japan, Ichikawa Tomonori , Matsumoto Shuichi , Sakai Tomohiko , Komiyama Mizuki , Kakinuma Masahiko , Eda Tomoaki , Kasahara Masaru , Ushijima Masataka
Published: January 2024

For the cost reduction of avionics equipment for launch vehicles, we did cost analyses of avionics equipment for H-IIA rocket and found that more than a half of the total cost of avionics equipment is occupied by the cost of specially qualified space electronic parts. This is due to the special requirements for rocket avionics equipment, high vibration, wide temperature range, and severe space radiation environment. Since we can make use of recent automotive electronic parts which are less expensive and have environmental resistance for high vibration and wide temperature range, only space radiation environment is a major issue.

Thus JAXA has been studying the radiation mitigation techniques using special electronic circuit technology for non-space electronic parts which are less expensive and do not have radiation tolerant capability. The radiation mitigation techniques include redundant electronic circuits, redundant modules, current monitoring and so on.

Using these radiation mitigation techniques, we developed a low cost and accurate navigation system for launch vehicles named “Redundant Integrated Navigation System” (RINS). RINS uses automotive CPUs, commercial GNSS modules with special firmware for space applications, and commercial MEMS IMUs and applies above-mentioned radiation mitigation techniques for them.

To evaluate RINS’s functions and performances on severe launch vehicle environments, we developed RINS engineering model (EM) and did qualification tests of RINS for launch vehicle and RINS passed all items of the qualification tests. We also did the flight test of RINS EM during launch phase by Epsilon rocket F6 launched on October 12, 2022. The RINS installed on the second stage of Epsilon rocket F6 worked normally and performed IMU-GNSS integrated navigation within the required accuracy during the launch. Another RINS flight test is the fight test on H3 rocket first flight, H3TF#1, which will be launched in February 2023. After these flight tests, RINS will be used as flight trajectory monitoring system on Japanese flagship rockets, H3 rocket and Epsilon S rocket.

This paper shows the system design and manufacture of RINS which uses the radiation mitigation techniques using special electronic circuit technology for non-space electronic parts. This paper also presents the flight test results during launch phase by Epsilon rocket F6. The flight test results on H3TF#1 might be shown in the final paper.
Path to First Flight of Adaptive Augmenting Control on NASA’s Space Launch System for Artemis I
Authors:   NASA Engineering and Safety Center, Kennedy Space Center, United States, VanZwieten Tannen , Wall John , Orr Jeb
Published: January 2024

This paper describes the development and implementation of the Adaptive Augmenting Control (AAC) system for NASA’s Space Launch System, leading to its groundbreaking flight demonstration during the Artemis I launch on November 16, 2022. Particular attention is given to principles that may be useful to flight controls practitioners of future space transportation systems, with an emphasis on the studies, perspectives, and principles that shaped the early concepts and algorithm design refinements. Principles that drove the design architecture included ensuring the adaptive system was structured such that it would improve the baseline flight control system robustness, yet not unacceptably increase risk when the vehicle was operated within its nominal design envelope. Other key principles included maintaining a classical design architecture and relying on the adaptive system only to augment the control commands, an ability to both increase performance (error regulation) and decrease performance to avoid exciting parasitic dynamics such as vehicle flexibility and slosh, and a prescribed bound on the adaptive gains that correlated to classical stability margins. As the design matured, the designers sought the simplest adaptive control law architecture that met the design objectives, multiple stability analysis approaches were investigated, and the architecture was rigorously reviewed and evaluated using both high-fidelity simulations and a surrogate aircraft flight test campaign.

The paper will document the evolution of the architecture, discuss analysis techniques employed, and provide an overview of the path that led to a successful transition of the technology from concept to flight. The original design that was tested and developed using a reduced order simulations is shown to evolve systematically to the final architecture that was flown on Space Launch System, the launch vehicle for the Artemis I mission. Analysis techniques employed throughout the AAC design, development, and verification phases will be discussed; these include standard Monte Carlo analyses (comparisons with and without AAC), expanded Monte Carlo analyses that included worst-on-worst dispersions, stressing cases, frequency-domain stability analysis accounting for the effects of AAC, time-domain stability margin assessments, and generalized gain margins based on the circle criterion. Key components of the AAC Technology Readiness Level (TRL) advancement will be described, including Software-in-the-Loop testing in the Marshall Space Flight Center’s System Integration Laboratory (SIL) and a suite of carefully designed flight tests on an F/A-18. In its final test during the uncrewed first flight of SLS, AAC performed as intended throughout the launch phase and its response reflected a flight trajectory within the pre-flight expectations.
ENTRETENIMENTO E AUDIÊNCIA: A INFORMAÇÃO COMO MERCADORIA PARA OS INFLUENCIADORES NO BRASIL
Authors: Dugnani Patricio
Published: January 2024

It is intended to observe the growth of influencers in Brazil, and the use of information, not as a form of clarification, but as a commodity. Information is often used by influencers as a form of entertainment to increase audience and generate profit. Therefore, based on the criticisms of the Frankfurt School, as well as the analysis of the transformation of the subject into media and merchandise, we seek to understand this phenomenon, as well as to criticize this process of transforming information into a product, considering consideration media mediation and social transformations in Late Modernity.
Stretching the potential of the lumbar ESP block: Case report of an effective perioperative analgesia for a major tibia endoprosthetic surgery
Authors:   Department of Anaesthesia, National University Hospital, Singapore, Lim Jonathan
Published: January 2024

The Erector Spinae Plane (ESP) block has been shown to provide good perioperative analgesia for thoracic, chest wall, abdominal, spinal and hip surgeries. A recent case report had demonstrated its efficacy in post-operative analgesia for an above-knee amputation surgery
Angina bullosa hemorrhagica
Authors:   Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical, Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, GS Dharanya
Published: January 2024

50 year old male presented with complaints of sudden onset rapidly progressive swelling from the oral cavity causing airway obstruction but ruptured spontaneously causing an ulcer in the palate following intake of hot liquid. Patient gave history of previous similar swelling which spontaneously ruptured
Potential consequences of child abuse: Case report and mini-review
Authors:   Peoples Friendship University of Russia, 117198 Moscow, Russia., V Jargin Sergei
Published: January 2024

The hypothesis defended here is that child abuse can change trajectories of certain conditions e.g. ADHD and histrionic personality disorder and negatively influence healthy individuals. Children regularly punished for impulsivity, hyperactivity, hysterical fits or supposed misbehavior would modify their conduct to prevent repeated trauma
Schistosoma Mansoni infection and hepatocellular carcinoma: A co-morbidity study
Authors:   Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, El Hadara, Alexandria, Egypt, Allam Amal Farahat
Published: January 2024

The implication of human Schistosoma mansoni (S. mansoni) infection in concomitance with other risk factors such as Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) in the development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is still under controversy.
A review of carotid endarterectomy in a patient with severe carotid artery stenosis and a review of related literature
Authors:   Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Peoples Hospital Emergency Cerebrovascular Department, Hohhot, China, X Wang , RL Wu ,   Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Peoples Hospital Emergency Cerebrovascular Department, Hohhot, China
Published: January 2024

At present, cerebral infarction has become a serious disease that endangers human health, and one of the important reasons for cerebral infarction is carotid artery stenosis. Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA)is a surgical procedure to treat carotid artery stenosis
Proteomic and transcriptomic biomarkers for oral squamous cell carcinoma detection: Insights from saliva analysis
Authors:   Department of Biotechnology, Era University, Lucknow 226025, India, Rizvi Saliha
Published: January 2024

Proteomic and transcriptomic biomarkers have become valuable tools for the early detection and diagnosis of OSCC. The human saliva proteome, which was previously thought to contain a limited number of proteins, has now been found to consist of over 2000 proteins
Prolonged hyponatremia due to syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone in a preterm infant
Authors:   University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390-9063, USA, Brion Luc P
Published: January 2024

Hyponatremia, defined as a serum sodium concentration < 135 mmol/L, is associated with significant morbidity and mortality Hyponatremia occurs in one third of preterm infants in the first week of life. The patient was a preterm infant born to a G2P0A1 mother at 25 weeks of gestation
Self-limiting pernio-like ‘Covid-Toe’ reaction following oxford-astrazeneca vaccination in a renal transplant patient
Authors:   Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, England, Spencer Sebastian
Published: January 2024

We present a case of self-limiting pernio-like Covid-Toe reaction in a 40-year-old female with a history of kidney/pancreas transplant who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 mRNA vaccine. The patient experienced bilateral digital skin inflammation
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm in left ventricular aneurysm
Authors:   Critical Care Department, Clinica Las Condes. Estoril 450, Las Condes, Santiago Chile, Giglio Andres
Published: January 2024

A 79-year-old female patient with a complex medical history including coronary heart disease, old anterior descending artery infarction, left ventricular aneurysm, and atrial fibrillation
13 rights and 60 actions to promote global health from a civic perspective: The civic charter of global health
Authors:   Director, Active Citizenship Network, c/o Cittadinanzattiva APS, Via Imera, 2 - 00183 Rome, Votta Mariano
Published: January 2024

From a citizens perspective, global health is an integrated approach of research and development of global actions that aims to give full meaning and implementation to a vision of health as a state of bio-psycho-social well-being and as a fundamental human right
Rothia mucilaginosa pneumonia developing after COVID-19
Authors:   Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Chest Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey, Bilici Deniz
Published: January 2024

Rothia Mucilaginosa (RM) is a bacteria found in the flora of the upper respiratory tract that can cause lower respiratory tract infections in immunocompromised individuals or the presence of significant comorbidities. The number of cases reported as a cause of pneumonia in the literature
Osteitis fibrosa cystica in primary hyperparathyroidism
Authors:   Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India, Sondur Suhas
Published: January 2024

A 29-year-old woman with no known medical history presented with a one-year-old pathological fracture of her left femur following a trivial fall at her residence. Initially treated with an intramedullary nail, she complained of difficulty in walking and multiple bony aches.
Convolutional Neural Network Approach for Early Skin Cancer Detection
Authors: Roshani Raut Et al.
Published: January 2024

The field of medical image processing is rapidly adopting artificial intelligence. Its use is required for many applications in the healthcare industry. A machine can learn from experience without explicit programming thanks to computer education. It is an area within AI. Deep learning, a kind of machine learning, infers critical features for image processing via multiple layer processing and mathematical operations based on artificial neural networks. In the field of healthcare, which encompasses medicine and dentistry, artificial intelligence has several applications.Early melanoma skin cancer identification is necessary for effective therapy. Melanoma, among the various types of skin cancer, has recently gained international recognition as the most deadly one since it is much more likely to spread to other body regions if detected and treated quickly. Clinical diagnosis of various ailments is increasingly using non-invasive medical computer vision or medical image processing. These methods offer an automatic image processing tool that makes it possible to examine the lesion quickly and precisely. The procedures used in this study included building a database of dermoscopy images, preprocessing, segmenting using thresholding, extracting statistical features using asymmetry, border, colour, diameter, etc., and choosing features based on the total dermoscopy score, principal component analysis (PCA), and convocation neural network classification (CNN). According to the findings, a classification accuracy of 90.1% was attained.
A DC TO AC CONVERTER WITH A HIGH FREQUENCY LEVEL
Authors: Hayrapetyan A.S. , Baghdasaryan M.K. , Alaverdyan S.S. , Vardanyan L.A. , Davtyan D.V.
Published: January 2024

Two block diagrams of DC-AC converters with a voltage curve of a given frequency close to the sinusoidal shape without a high-frequency section and with a high-frequency section are considered. In the converter circuit without a high-frequency link, an autonomous voltage inverter (AVI) is used, and in the converter circuit with a high-frequency link, a high-frequency AVI (AVI HF) and a direct frequency converter with quasi-single-band modulation (DFC QF) are used.
In both of these converter circuits, for electromagnetic isolation between the DC voltage source and the load, a power transformer is envisaged, to match the input and output voltages. To improve, ensure and obtain on the load the output voltage curve close to the sinusoidal shape, filters are used, which is the simplest way of improvement without a selective elimination of distorting harmonics of non-sinusoidal periodic voltage with multiple switching of valves, without pulse-width modulation, and so on with the complication of voltage inverter and DFC control systems. At the same time, in the first converter circuit, one filter is used: connected between the output of the inverter and the input of the output transformer, and in the second converter circuit, two filters are used, one of which is connected between the output of the AVI HF and the high-frequency transformer, and the other - between the output of the DFC with the QF load.
Since the output voltages of AVI and DFC are non-sinusoidal periodic functions, using the methods of harmonic analysis and switching functions, mathematical descriptions of the output voltages of AVI and DFC are obtained in the form of a trigonometric Fourier series.
A numerical assessment of the weight and size parameters of transformers and filters in relative units is carried out.
It is shown that the use of a converter with a high-frequency link based on AVI HF and DFC with QF allows to significantly reduce the mass and dimensions of power electromagnetic elements.
Retirees Paying it Forward: a retiree/faculty mentorship program
Authors: Kaas-Mason Sanne , Waddell Janice , Spalding Karen , Freeman Wendy , Wheeler Mary
Published: January 2024

Retirees often have a desire to offer meaningful contributions to their academic community after retiring from their academic roles. This article presents findings from a pilot study of a multi-component career development mentorship program conducted in a Canadian post-secondary institution. In the study, retiree faculty served as mentors to faculty members from across the academic career continuum. A Merriam-informed case study approach was used to delineate the study of the multi-component mentorship program, and analysis of the data was informed by established processes for reflexive thematic analysis (TA), a method for systematic analytic engagement with qualitative data to produce themes.
Determining the Relationship Between Perceptions of the Nursing Profession and Attitudes towards Career Future of Nursing Senior Students: An Observational Study
Authors: KORAŞ SÖZEN Kezban , Aydemir Tugba
Published: January 2024

This study was conducted to examine the relationship between nursing senior students' perceptions of the nursing profession and their attitudes toward their career future and to determine the factors affecting their career plans. The universe of the descriptive and relation-seeking study consisted of 143 senior students studying at the nursing department of a university. The study was completed with 105 students who met the inclusion criteria and agreed to participate. It was determined that CFI scores differed significantly according to the gender of the students, their readiness for the profession and the post-graduate employment statute. It was determined that there was a significant positive correlation between the CFI scale total score, career adaptability, career optimism sub-dimensions and the total score of PNPS. Also, it was determined that the sub-dimensions of age, gender, post-graduation work plan and PNPS were the variables explaining the students' career plans at 56%. It was determined that students' perceptions of the statute and the quality of the nursing profession were factors affecting their career plans. For this reason, it should be aimed to develop a positive professional perception by providing students with professional values ​​for the profession throughout nursing education.
Career Development of Working Mothers: Helping and Hindering Factors in Doing Well in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Rossen Larissa , Oh Esther , Mathew Deepak
Published: January 2024

Women’s career development amid the COVID-19 pandemic suggests that we may be facing a ‘female recession’, where women are at significantly increased risk for dropping out of the workforce with the gender gap in the workplace likely to grow. However, the pandemic may have presented opportunities for working mothers to engage creatively in personal career decisions due to increased opportunities to work flexibly and pivot in a very quickly changing labour market. This qualitative study used the enhanced critical incident technique to explore the intersection of working mothers and career development considering the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants for this study were a sample of 18 working mothers in North America and Australia. Key factors that were identified as helping women do well in their career development during COVID-19 included: Supportive workplaces, social support, personal protective factors, job market factors, and resources (predominantly financial). Hindering factors to working mothers’ career development included: workplace challenges, family challenges, personal stressors, job market factors, COVID-19 mandates and restrictions, and childcare. The findings from this study help elucidate factors that contribute to a meaningful and productive career so that clinicians and other professionals can support, advocate, and encourage women who remain working during motherhood.
"Terörizmin Finansmanının Bir Aracı Olarak Kripto Paralar"
Authors: Baytemir Kontacı Burcu
Published: January 2024

The phenomenon of crypto money stands before us as a new type of asset that has emerged in parallel with the development of technology in recent years. The asset type in question covers all forms of currency that exist digitally or virtually and uses cryptography to secure transactions. It is possible to list the features of cryptocurrencies as decentralization, anonymity, protection with the blockchain system, fast transaction ability, irreversibility of the transaction, and difficulty in analyzing the code chain of the transactions among others. Since cryptocurrency is a digital asset designed to be used as a means of exchange and especially due to its features such as real-world identities being concealed and value transfer being possible through different methods, it is a tool that has various advantages and disadvantages for those who commit complex crimes such as money laundering and financing of terrorism. There are various difficulties arising from the nature of cryptocurrencies in detecting and revealing crimes in which cryptocurrencies are used, identifying the perpetrators of these crimes, and then ensuring that these perpetrators are convicted with legally obtained evidence. Issues such as decentralization, anonymity, and difficulty in cracking the code are the main reasons for these difficulties. In addition, the inadequacy of national legislation regarding the search and seizure of cryptocurrencies and the knowledge and technical deficiencies of police forces, prosecutors and judges also disrupts the investigation and prosecution processes. However, it is known that through investigations and trials carried out in states such as the United States of America, various European states and Israel, cases in which cryptocurrency was used have been revealed and trials are ongoing. In the context of all these developments, this study will focus on the problem of using cryptocurrencies as a terrorist financing tool. The use of cryptocurrencies for terrorist purposes, and especially to finance terrorist organizations, their members, or actions, is an issue that is increasingly encountered on an international scale and is being tried to be solved. In this context, the study will draw attention to the processes and methods related to the financing of terrorism, the settlement of cryptocurrencies, the acquisition, transfer, and conversion of cryptocurrencies into fiat money, and the issues related to their investigation and prosecution. In the study, the question of how ISIS, HAMAS and Al Haqiqa, organizations included in the terror lists of many countries and judicially recognized as such, use cryptocurrencies in financing terrorism will be discussed, and the current situation in Turkey, possible risks and solution suggestions will be discussed in the light of data available within the scope of research. In addition, the regulations regarding the financing of terrorism and cryptocurrencies in Turkish law will be evaluated all together and an evaluation will be made in the light of international and comparative examples.
Environmental Risks Due to Heavy Metal Pollution of Water Resulted from Coal Mining Wastes in Korba Chhattisgarh, India
Authors: Pandey Shraddha , Dhuria S.S. , Devi Gayatri
Published: January 2024

The mining waste facilities in the Dipka coal mining region of Korba are a result of coal extraction and coal washeries. Acid mine drainage (AMD), which poses a risk to the environment, particularly water resources, is a possibility when metal sulphide minerals from mining waste facilities are present. Some of the region’s mining waste deposits include is close to residential neighbourhoods, agricultural regions, and surface water, and is situated close to the town of Dipka. The short migration. An enhanced environmental risk is being brought on by the pathway between the sources and the sensitive receptors. Metalloids and heavy metals like Pb, Zn, Cd, Cu, and Ni, are the principal pollutants present in the area. In the water samples taken from the area, their quantities were found to be over acceptable levels of contamination. In addition, substantial levels of heavy metals were detected in the groundwater coming from the settlements located downstream of the facilities for handling mining waste. Drinking water for people and pets as well as other agricultural uses (such as irrigation) are both done with the help of this water. The aim of the paper is to identify and analyse the most polluted water supply sources in the area and to draw conclusions about the environmental risk due to mining waste facilities. The results show high concentrations of heavy metals downstream of the waste facilities, leading to an increased environmental risk.
Idealism as an Asymmetrical Relationship: A Reconsideration of Plato’s Doctrine of Ideas
Authors:   Dipartimento di Filosofia e Scienze dell’Educazione Università di Torino (Italia), Chiurazzi Gaetano
Published: January 2024

Through an analysis of Parmenides’ objections to the doctrine of ideas, and in light of recent reconsiderations of this problem by Verity Harte and Franco Ferrari, I will argue that the true meaning of the concept of idea for Plato is to represent an asymmetrical relationship within reality: the idea is incommensurable compared to the things that partake in it. This asymmetrical relationship is the essence of idealism, which affirms the irreducibility and non-immanence of the idea to reality, that is to nature, since nature is characterized by principles of symmetry or conservation. The idea is indeed related to the principle of passage to the other (dynamis) and, more specifically, is understood as that which enables the passage from the first to the second nature.
Iliados komentaras kaip priešprieša karui. Simone Weil ir graikai
Authors:   Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, Mitalaitė Kristina
Published: January 2024

The article focuses on some of Simone Weil’s philosophical writings against war, which she published in the context of the Second World War. Her translations and commentaries on Greek myths, philosophy, and poetry were at the core of her political thought and action. One of the main purposes of this article is to study Weil’s idea of the Trojan war as paradigmatic in human history. The philosopher’s interest in ancient authors was determined by her philosophical, pedagogical, as well as social activities. Weil’s translations and commentaries on Homer’s Iliad were deeply influenced by her reflexions on the origins of Hitlerism. Weil’s philosophical gloss on the Iliad was based on a radical cultural and political confrontation between Greek philosophy, which she associated with spirituality, and ideology of violence, which she attributed to Roman imperialism. Within the broader context of Weil’s philosophy, the article focuses on the key concepts that the philosopher introduced in her commentaries on the Iliad, such as hero, misfortune, thing, and force. Weil’s philosophy seems to be very timely in wartime because it underscores the demand for a pure inner and courageous view of war by philosophers – just like Homer’s view of the Trojan war.
Analitički egzistencijalizam
Authors: Biondić Marin
Published: January 2024

Cilj ovog rada je pokazati na koji se način metodama analitičke filozofije opovrgavaju i opravdavaju tvrdnje egzistencijalističkih filozofa te kako su određene ideje egzistencijalizma utjecale na suvremenu angloameričku filozofiju analitičke tradicije. U prvom dijelu rada opovrgava se tvrdnja misterioznosti smrti i tvrdi se da je fenomen smrti podložan razumskoj analizi kao i bilo koji drugi fenomen. U drugom dijelu opravdava se egzistencijalistička tvrdnja konstitutivnosti smrti za ljudska bića na način da se pokaže da je ideja transhumanizma, učitavanja osoba na računala, metafizički neodrživa. U trećem dijelu rada pokazuje se da su određene egzistencijalističke ideje, kao što je koncept narativnog jastva, inkorporirane u suvremenu analitičku filozofiju. Sva tri dijela imaju funkciju dokazivanja da analitička filozofija i egzistencijalizam, iako fundamentalno različiti u svojem pristupu, terminologiji i stilu pisanja, ipak jesu sumjerljive filozofijske tradicije. Drugim riječima, pokazuje se na koji način funkcionira analitički egzistencijalizam.