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A qualitative study of the Tongan cultural and masculine factors that support the minimisation and prevention of gambling harm in New Zealand
Authors: Fehoko Edmond , Bellringer Maria
Published: June 2022

BackgroundPacific peoples continue to be more at risk of gambling harm than the general population, despite increasing public health efforts and treatment service provisions introduced to address this social and health issue. In looking at why this is so, our first concern was to ask why the delivery of the prevailing gambling-focussed programmes was not influencing Pacific gambling behaviours. In seeking to answer this question, it was important to explore ethnic-Pacific-specific factors of gambling-harm prevention and minimisation.MethodsThe research design was interpretivist/constructivist and phenomenological, applied through the lens of a Tongan worldview. Participants comprised of Tongan male elders and youth. Recruitment of participants was through snowball sampling from churches and kava-drinking circles. A total of 28 elders and 18 youth participated through focus group talanoa and individual talanoa. This study employed the descriptive thematic analysis drawing on components of the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis approach.ResultsParticipants were not aware of any policy document or problem-gambling preventative programmes. Four key themes were raised, which include raising the awareness of existing gambling-harm treatment providers, the church influence in addressing gambling harm, community-based strategies, and cultural-based approaches. ConclusionsThis study proposes several recommendations and calls for further studies in addressing the prevention and minimisation of gambling harm amongst the Tongan community in New Zealand.
Optimal Resource Allocation For Efficient Task Scheduling leverged With Optimal Cluster Head Selection For Smart Argriculture
Authors: SALOTAGI SHREEKANT , MALLAPUR JAYASHREE D
Published: June 2022

Agriculture is dwindling all across the world, which has an impact on ecosystem production capacity. There is an urgent need to resolve the issue in the domain so that it may reclaim its vitality and resume its upward trajectory. A revolutionary two-tier approach is designed in this study endeavour to aid farmers in continual field monitoring. In this research work, a novel smart agriculture system has been developed with IoT-Cloud Computing for efficient monitoring of the agriculture farm. The proposed model is divided into two parts: (a) the land-subsystem and (b) the cloud user-subsystem. The agricultural area has been outfitted with several IoT sensor nodes for monitoring "soil PH level, water level, temperature, humidity, moisture, weeding, nutrition, variable spraying, salinity, and rainfall”. These sensors are grouped together, and the Cluster Head (CH) connects the clustered nodes to the Base Station (BS). The CH is chosen using the newly proposed Multi-Objective Modified Emperor Penguin Optimization (MEPO) approach, which takes into account many factors such as remaining energy, distance, latency, and QoS. The land-based data is continually stored in the cloud server through the gateway. The cloud sub-system, on the other hand, encompasses the farmers, Physical Machine (PM), and Virtual Machine (VM). The PM assigns a certain VM to process the required work based on the request received from the farmers. Furthermore, the Lionized Golden Eagle optimization (LGEO) based 6-fold goal model is projected for optimum task allocation onto the VM, with a focus on power consumption, migration cost, memory utilization, response time and server load and execution time. The proposed model, as a whole, becomes suited for end-to-end farm monitoring.
Complete genome analysis of multi drug resistant Klebsiella aerogenes for detection of antibiotic resistance genes in bacterial isolates prevalent in agricultural soils
Authors: Mann Avantika , Rana J. S. , Gaurav Sharma , Nehra Kiran
Published: June 2022

Due to the prolonged use of antibiotics in agriculture, antibiotic resistance has become a major concern. Hence, the present study involved evaluation of the presence of antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial isolates prevalent in agricultural soils of Haryana, India. Bacteria were isolated from agricultural soils collected from different districts of the state, and all the isolates were subjected to antibiotic resistance screening tests against four commonly used antibiotics viz. penicillin, tetracycline, streptomycin and erythromycin. On the basis of high resistance activity, six bacterial isolates were selected for molecular studies, and the isolate exhibiting maximum resistance was selected for whole genome sequencing (WGS). Based upon WGS analysis, resistance genes were identified in the selected isolate, out of which six genes were selected for wet lab analysis. These six genes when subjected to amplification studies in the other five identified bacteria, revealed their presence in some of these isolates as well. Apart from the 28 identified genes, “blaTEM” gene, was also identified using amplification studies in Klebsiella aerogenes. To the best of our knowledge blaTEM has not yet been reported in Klebsiella aerogenes. The presence of several multi-drug-resistance (MDR) genes has been confirmed in the bacterial microflora inhabiting the collected soils.
Validation of the Functional Vision Evaluation for Children (FVEC) Battery
Authors: Lopes Marcia Caires Bestileiro , Santos Marcela Aparecida , Nakanami Célia Regina , Costa Marcelo Fernandes
Published: June 2022

Background
we validated the recently developed Functional Vision Evaluation for Children (FVEC) Battery, which quantitatively measures major eye and visual function for rehabilitation.
Methods
The protocol for this test comprises 12 items involving unique abilities of the functional vision evaluated for 3 subsequent periods. Validation procedure includes analysis of difficulty of the examiner performance, the reliability and symmetry evaluation of the battery items and the prediction of the children in low vision category on a 0-100 ranking scale of visual behaviors. Factor analysis evaluates the contribution of the items to functions of Ventral and Dorsal visual streams.
Results
consistency was similar between the 3 examiners and the reliability intra-subjects was also significantly high for examiner 1 (α = 0.86), examiner 2 (α = 0.85) and examiner 3 (α = 0.87). A Factor Analysis confirms that we arranged our data in two major factors expressing Ventral and Dorsal-related visual functions.
Conclusions
we validate the FVEC battery with high robustness, internal consistency and an outcome regarding the functional performances for the visual Ventral and Dorsal-related functions.
Securing Things: A Novel CRO Applicable in PUF and Recycled IC Detection
Authors: Ram Saswat Kumar , Sahoo Sauvagya Ranjan , Das Banee Bandana , Mahapatra Kamalakanta , Mohanty Saraju P
Published: June 2022

Ring Oscillator (RO) is widely used to address different hardware security issues. For example, using RO-based physical unclonable function (PUF) generates a secure and reliable key for the cryptographic application, RO-based aging sensor for efficient detection of recycled ICs. This paper uses a conventional CMOS inverter with two voltage control signals to design a configurable RO (CRO). With its control signal, the proposed CRO can perform both, i.e., accelerate or lower the impact of aging on the oscillation frequency. Due to this vital feature of the proposed CRO, it can be used in PUF and RO-based sensors. The performance of the proposed modified architecture, i.e., CRO PUF and CRO sensor, is evaluated in 90 nm CMOS technology. The aging tolerant feature of the proposed CRO enhances the reliability of CRO PUF. Similarly, the aging acceleration property of CRO improves the rate of detection of recycled ICs. Finally, the proposed architecture is also area and power-efficient compared to conventional architectures.
Comparing the anterior chamber depth of East Asian and non-East Asian eyes
Authors: Dasgupta Amrita , Ong Keith
Published: June 2022

Purpose
To compare the anterior chamber depth between East Asian and non-East Asian eyes.

Method
A retrospective cohort study was conducted on a sample of 4276 eyes. Data spanning 7 years was obtained from a private ophthalmology practice in Sydney. Patient files were stratified into three age groups (<40-years, 40-60 years, >60-years) and then further sub-divided by ethnicity (East-Asian and non-East-Asian). Statistical analysis was conducted using IBM SPSS Statistics-26.

Results
The results demonstrate that age, sex, and ethnicity all impact the ACD. The mean ACD in East-Asians (3.13±0.36mm) is significantly (p<0.001) lower than that of non-East-Asians (3.21±0.35mm). The mean ACD in females (3.10±0.36mm) is significantly (p<0.001) lower than that of males (3.21±0.34mm). Mean ACD also declines with age; the mean ACD for the <40-years, 40-60 years and >60 years are 3.49±0.29mm, 3.13±0.34mm and 3.08±0.35mm respectively. The trends in sex and age were also observed when the data was analysed by ethnicity.

Conclusion
Eyes of East-Asian ethnicity have shallower ACD in all age groups. The female gender also had shallower ACD in both East-Asian and non-East-Asian eyes.
The efficacy of transarterial chemoembolization in downgrading unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma to curative therapy: a predictive regression model
Authors: Lin Haomin , Luo Bin , Peng Fangyi , Fang Cheng , Gan Yu , Yang Xiaoli , Li Bo , Li Yaling , Su Song
Published: June 2022

Background/Objective: Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) outside Milan criteria (MC) may be candidates for curative therapy after successful downstaging. We aimed to identify the predictors of successful downstaging of unresectable HCC in patient by transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) outside MC.Methods: We performed a retrospective study on patients with unresectable HCC outside MC who received downstaging with TACE. Clinical and laboratory variables were recorded. We identified 101 patients with unresectable HCC who underwent initial TACE, who formed the derivation set of this study. Thirty patients who treated by TACE with the same selection criteria served as an external validation set. We performed univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses to identify variables associated with successful downstaging. Then we did the predictive model to predict the efficiency of TACE.Results: Of the 101 patients in the study, 26 patients (25.7%) were successfully downstaging and 75 patients (74.3%) failed downstaging. Multivariate analysis of factors to predict successful downstaging of HCC outside MC the number of tumor (P=0.01), portal vein tumor thrombosis (PVTT)(p＜0.01), the size of tumor (P=0.02), hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) (P=0.01), α-fetoprotein (AFP) (P=0.02) as significant predictors of successful downstaging. Then we constructed the predictive model. The area under the ROC curve (AUROC) of the predictive equation was 0.90 (95% confidence interval, 0.83-0.95).Conclusions: We found in our study that the number and size of tumors, PVTT, HBsAg, and AFP are good predictors of successful downstaging of unresectable HCC in patients by TACE outside the MC.
Microstructural properties of white matter in the corpus callosum in neonates and children born preterm and full-term: Quantitative meta-analyses
Authors: Buyanova Irina , Lysenko Elena , Grischuk Denis , Afanasieva Victoria , Arsalidou Marie
Published: June 2022

Nearly 15 million infants are born preterm every year. Research shows that compared to their full-term peers, individuals born preterm are more likely to have lower academic scores and be less wealthy later in life. Some suggest that brain connectivity as measured by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) may underly these results. Critically, these differences have not been substantiated quantitatively. We performed quantitative meta-analyses to evaluate overarching patterns from articles that reported DTI metrics from the corpus callosum (CC), the largest white matter structure in the brain, in neonates and children/adolescents who were born pre-term and full-term. The DTI literature was reviewed using PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines. Two meta-analyses, considering publication bias and study heterogeneity, were performed onfractional anisotropy scores from the CC from eligible articles that scanned individuals at 39.9±1.1 weeks (i.e., neonates) and 14±4.13 years of age (i.e., children/adolescents). Meta-analyses for neonates and children/adolescents revealed no significant differences between those born preterm and full-term in the CC. Children/adolescents samples were characterized by significant publication bias and high interstudy heterogeneity, whereas the neonate samples were not. The findings challenge the current state of understanding of white matter microstructure in the CC related to preterm birth. Results highlight the need for further research to better understand the dynamics among factors that can influence neural development in preterm children.
Limited irrigation contribute to water saving capacity of different coloured corns in arid regions of Turkey according to growth attributes, photosynthetic properties, and bioactive compounds
Authors: ÖZDEMİR Elif , SADE Bayram
Published: June 2022

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Observation, radiotherapy, or radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer: Survival analysis in the United States
Authors: Jeong Chang Wook , Han Jang Hee , Herlemann Annika , Washington III Samuel , Lonergan Peter , Carroll Peter , Cooperberg Matthew
Published: June 2022

Background: Contemporary treatment strategies for localized prostate cancer (PCa) have been evolved over time. However, there is little data regarding survival outcomes based on initial treatment by risk group in this new era. This study aims to evaluate survival outcomes among men who underwent observation, radiotherapy, or radical prostatectomy for localized PCa using a population-based cohort.Methods: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) prostate with watchful waiting dataset (2010-2016) was used. We included men diagnosed with localized PCa and clinical stage T1c-2cN0M0. Other inclusion criteria were age 50-79 years, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) ≤50ng/mL, and initial treatment with observation (active surveillance/watchful waiting), radiotherapy, or radical prostatectomy. PCa risk was assessed using the D’Amico classification. The primary endpoint was overall survival. Secondary endpoints included prostate cancer-specific survival. Inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW)-adjusted Cox proportional hazard regression and competing risk analysis were performed to assess outcomes.Results: After IPTW-adjusting, pseudo-population comprised 521,656 men (observation: 170,428, radiotherapy: 175,628, radical prostatectomy: 175,600) at a median 36.5-mon follow-up. Observation demonstrated the lowest 5-year overall survival rate (91.6%) after IPTW-adjusting in comparison to radiotherapy (92.4%) and radical prostatectomy (96.1%, p<.001). Men who underwent radical prostatectomy had the lowest cumulative prostate cancer-specific and all-cause mortality (p<.001). Compared to observation, radiotherapy (sub-distribution hazard ratio1 0.89, 95% CI 0.81-0.97, p=.012) and radical prostatectomy (sHR 0.46, 95%CI 0.41-0.52, p<.001) had a lower risk of prostate cancer-specific mortality in competing risk analysis after adjustment for all other factors and other-cause death.Conclusions: Intermediate-term mortality risk in men with localized PCa were lower with active treatments compared to observation - especially for intermediate- and high-risk disease. However, observation represents a safe management strategy in men within the low-risk group.
A Noval Prognostic Signature of the N7-Methylguanosine (m7G)-Related miRNA in Lung Adenocarcinoma Running title: Prognostic Signature of m7G Related miRNA in Lung Adenocarcinoma
Authors: Duan Han-ping , Yan Jian-hui , Nie Lin , Wang Ye , Xie Hui
Published: June 2022

Background: Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is characterized by high morbidity and mortality rates and poor prognosis. N7-methylguanosine play an increasingly vital role in lung adenocarcinoma. However, the prognostic value of N7-methylguanosine related-miRNAs in lung adenocarcinoma remains unclear.Methods: In the study, the mRNA and miRNA expression profiles and corresponding clinical informations were downloaded from the public database. The prognostic signature was built using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator Cox analysis. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to compare survival outcomes between the high- and low-risk groups. Signatures for the development of lung adenocarcinoma were tested using univariate and multivariate Cox regression models. Single-sample gene set enrichment analysis was used to determine the immune cell infiltration score. First, we predicted METTL1 and WDR4 chemosensitivities based on a public pharmacogenomics database. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve showed that the performance of signature in 1-,3-, and 5-year survival predictions were 0.68, 0.65, and 0.683, respectively. Results: We established a novel prognostic signature consisting of 9 N7-Methylguanosine related miRNAs using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator Cox analysis. Patients in the high-risk group had shorter survival times than those in the low-risk group did. The calibration curves at 1, 3, and 5-year also illustrate the high predictive power of the structure. Signature was corrected using the Toumor stage. The expression levels of METTL1 and WDR4 significantly correlated with the sensitivity of cancer cells to antitumor drugs.Conclusions: A novel signature constructed using 9 N7-methylguanosine related-miRNAs can be used for prognostic prediction.
MCTP1 promotes SNAI1-driven neuroendocrine differentiation and epithelial-to- mesenchymal transition of prostate cancer enhancement by ZBTB46/FOXA2/HIF1A
Authors: Liu Yen-Nien , Chen Wei-Yu , Yeh Hsiu-Lien , Chen Wei-Hao , Jiang Kuo-Ching , Li Han-Ru , Tram Van Thi Ngoc , Dung Phan Vu Thuy , Chen Zi-Qing , Hsiao Michael , Huang Jiaoti , Wen Yu-Ching
Published: June 2022

Background
Prostate cancer (PCa) patients with bone metastases frequently exhibit abnormal calcium homeostasis. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying bone metastasis mediated by activated calcium transport signaling remain unclear. Our results showed that androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) of PCa upregulates a calcium sensor transmembrane protein, the multiple C2 domains transmembrane protein 1 (MCTP1), which is upregulated by hypoxia-induced ZBTB46/FOXA2/HIF1A signaling and is associated with SNAI1-driven neuroendocrine (NE) differentiation (NED) and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in PCa.
Methods
Hypoxia induced interactions between ZBTB46, HIF1A, and FOXA2 were confirmed by immunoprecipitation (IP)-Western Blot (WB). Correlation between MCTP1 and ZBTB46/FOXA2/HIF1A complexes was analyzed by immunohistochemical (IHC) staining in consecutive tissue sections of PCa tissue microarray (TMA) comprising primary PCa and small cell PCa (SCPC) samples. The regulatory network between MCTP1 and the hypoxia-induced ZBTB46/FOXA2/HIF1A axis was investigated by chromatin IP (ChIP)-Seq analysis, ChIP assay, and promoter reporter assays. The effect of MCTP1 on SNAI1 expression driving NED and EMT in PCa was identified in PCa cell lines using mimic hypoxia, ADT, or long-term androgen receptor (AR) antagonist culture systems. Activation of the MCTP1-mediated calcium-related pathway induces SNAI1-driven NED and aggressive progression of PCa under hypoxic conditions was examined by Fluo-8 AM staining combined with flow cytometry, migration, invasion, and xenograft model validation.
Results
MCTP1 is highly expressed in advanced PCa tissues and is associated with ZBTB46/FOXA2/HIF1A abundance. Upregulation of MCTP1 enhances SNAI1-mediated cell migration and EMT responses and is associated with hypoxia-driven NED in PCa after ADT. Mechanistically, hypoxia enhances the MCTP1-mediated calcium/AKT pathway to stabilize SNAI1 in PCa to promote EMT and NED by increasing the SNAI1-driven expression of EMT and NE markers. MCTP1 knockdown abrogated hypoxia-enhanced EMT and NED by reducing calcium/AKT pathway-driven SNAI1 expression.
Conclusions
Our study shows the molecular mechanism by which hypoxia-associated ZBTB46/FOXA2/HIF1A transcription factor interaction upregulates the calcium sensor transmembrane protein MCTP1 in ADT-resistant PCa, and explores how MCTP1 promotes NED and EMT in PCa by upregulating SNAI1-driven EMT and NE markers.
Original research article: An advanced bipolar device helps reduce the rate of postoperative pancreatic fistula in laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer patients: A propensity score-matched analysis
Authors: Shibao Kazunori , Honda Shinsaku , Adachi Yasuhiro , Kohi Shiro , Kudou Yuzan , Matayoshi Nobutaka , Sato Nagahiro , Hirata Keiji
Published: June 2022

Background: Advanced bipolar devices (ABD; e.g. LigaSureTM) have a lower blade temperature than ultrasonically activated devices (USAD; e.g. Harmonic® and SonicisionTM) during activation, potentially enabling accurate lymph node dissection with less risk of postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) due to pancreatic thermal injury in laparoscopic gastrectomy. Therefore, this study aimed to compared the efficacy and safety of ABD and USAD in laparosopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer patients.Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in patients who underwent laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LDG) between August 2008 and September 2020. A total of 371 patients were enrolled, and short-term surgical outcomes, including grade ≥II POPF, were compared between an ABD and a USAD. The risk factors for POPF in LDG were investigated by univariate and multivariate analyses.Results: A propensity score-matching algorithm was used to select 120 patients for each group. The POPF rate was significantly lower (0.8% vs. 9.2%, p < 0.001), the morbidity rate was lower (13.3% vs. 28.3%, p<0.001), the length of hospitalization was shorter (14 vs. 19 days, P < 0.001), and the lymph node retrieval rate was higher (34 vs. 26, P < 0.001) with an ABD than with a USAD. There were no mortalities in either group. A multivariate analysis showed that USAD was the only independent risk factor with a considerably high OR for the occurrence of POPF (USAD/ABD, OR 8.38, P = 0.0466).Conclusion: ABD may contribute to improving the safety of laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer patients.
Systematic description of COVID -19 pandemic using exact SIR solutions and
Gumbel distributions
Authors: Amaro Jose Enrique
Published: June 2022

An epidemiological study of deaths is carried out in a dozen countries by analyzing the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. These countries are among those most affected by the first wave, i.e. where daily-death data series may closely resemble a solution of the basic SIR equations. The SIR equations are solved parametrically using the proper time as parameter. Some general properties of the SIR solutions are studied such as time-scaling and asymmetry. Additionally, we use approximations to the SIR solutions through Gumbel functions, which present a very similar behavior. The parameters of the SIR model and the Gumbel function are extracted from the data and compared for the different countries. It is found that ten of the selected countries are very well described by the solutions of the SIR model, with a basic reproduction number between 3 and 8.
A proposal to reduce false alarms in anomaly detection systems with counterfactuals generated through multi-objective constrained optimization
Authors: Monteiro Wellington Rodrigo , Reynoso-Meza Gilberto
Published: June 2022

Anomaly detection systems are a field of study responsible for implementing techniques capable of detecting abnormal changes in time series. These abnormal changes have a particular usage in industrial applications such as water monitoring and manufacturing. One of the challenges in these systems is to reduce the number of false-positives: it is not desired to trigger false alarms to the users frequently. In order to solve this challenge, we propose a strategy using a counterfactual generation algorithm to be applied as a post-processing method on a previously trained, standard anomaly detection anomaly. This counterfactual generation algorithm is modeled as a multi-objective optimization constrained problem. These counterfactuals are then evaluated by a classifier trained to find members of false-positives. Results show that this proposal can successfully reduce the number of false-positives.
Evaluation of Therapy in Traumatic Elderly Falls to Return Autonomy and Functional Status
Authors: Foote MD Christopher W , Vanier Cheryl , Chen  , Palacio
Published: June 2022

Background: Traumatic falls among the elderly (≥65 years old) as the leading cause of injury, morbidity and mortality are increasing with rising medical costs.Methods: Retrospective chart review of elderly mechanical fall patients (288 patients) admitted to an American College of Surgeons level II trauma center from January 2016-January 2021. Demographics, comorbidities, and analysis of physical/occupational therapies of admissions to assess predictive variables for subsequent fall readmissions.Results: Out of 288 patients, 243 received therapy with 45 readmissions for subsequent falls. Age (p= 0.016), BMI (p= 0.035), previous falls (p= 0.003), walker/cane use (p= 0.039), and dementia (p= 0.038) were predictive of readmission. Therapy was shown to benefit patients but deferred therapy sessions were shown to be associated with prolonged hospitalization.Conclusions: Directed therapy may improve functionality and return autonomy to elderly mechanical fall patients admitted to trauma services.
Respiratory depression following cesarean section with single-shot spinal with 100 μg morphine: a prospective observational study
Authors: Ida Mitsuru , Onodera Hiroki , Naito Yusuke , Kinomoto Akane , Kawaguchi Masahiko
Published: June 2022

Background
Little evidence is available regarding bradypnea measured using continuous monitoring following cesarean section. We aimed to evaluate the rate of cumulative bradypnea time (total bradypnea time/total monitoring time) and its related factors in these parturients.
Methods
This prospective observational study included women undergoing cesarean section under single-shot spinal including 0.1 mg morphine. The Berlin Questionnaire was used to screen for sleep apnea syndrome preoperatively. Respiratory rate and oxygen saturation (SpO2) were monitored continuously using an adhesive acoustic respiration sensor and pulse oximeter, respectively, at least 6 hours after cesarean section. Bradypnea was defined as a respiratory rate < 8 bpm lasting at least 25 s (sustained bradypnea) and at least 15 s (immediate bradypnea), respectively. Hypoxemia was defined as SpO2 < 92% lasting at least 25 s (sustained hypoxemia) and at least 15 s (immediate hypoxemia) multiple regression analysis was applied to assess related factors to the rate of cumulative sustained bradypnea.
Results
Of 159 patients, the Berlin Questionnaire was positive in 16.3%, and 77 (48.4%) experienced sustained bradypnea. The median rate of cumulative sustained bradypnea time was 0.70% (interquartile range 0.35 to 1.45) without any related factors. The incidence of immediate bradypnea and sustained and immediate hypoxemia were 58.5%, 24.5%, and 37.7%, respectively. However, none of the factors were statistically significant.
Conclusion
After cesarean section performed with intrathecal morphine 0.1 mg, respiratory depression events were commonly observed. However, the rate of cumulative bradypnea time was very low and there were no related factors.
Trends in Inequality in Maternal and Child Health and Health Care in Uganda: analysis of the Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys
Authors: Kakama Alex Ayebazibwe , Basaza Robert
Published: June 2022

Background: Uganda has made great strides in improving maternal and child health. However, little is known about how this improvement has been distributed across different socioeconomic categories, and how the health inequalities have changed over time. This study analyses data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in 2006, 2011, and 2016 in Uganda, to assess trends in inequality for a variety of mother and child health and health care indicators. Methods: The indicators studied are acknowledged as critical for monitoring and evaluating maternal and child health status. These include infant and child mortality, underweight status, stunting, and prevalence of diarrhea. Antenatal care, skilled birth attendance, delivery in health facilities, contraception prevalence, full immunization coverage, and medical treatment for child diarrhea and Acute Respiratory tract infections (ARI) are all health care indicators. Two metrics of inequity were used: the quintile ratio, which evaluates discrepancies between the wealthiest and poorest quintiles, and the concentration index, which utilizes data from all five quintiles. Results: The study found extraordinary, universal improvement in population averages in most of the indices, ranging from the poorest to the wealthiest groups, between rural and urban areas. However, significant socioeconomic and rural-urban disparities persist. Under-five mortality, malnutrition in children (Stunting and Underweight), the prevalence of anaemia, mothers with low Body Mass Index (BMI), and the prevalence of ARI were found to have worsening inequities.Healthcare utilization measures such as skilled birth attendants, facility delivery, contraceptive prevalence rate, child immunization, and Insecticide Treated Mosquito Net (ITN) usage were found to be significantly lowering disparity levels towards a perfect equity stance. Three healthcare utilization indicators, namely medical treatment for diarrhea, medical treatment for ARI, and medical treatment for fever, demonstrated a perfect equitable situation.Conclusion: Increased use of health services among the poor and rural populations leads to improved health status and, as a result, the elimination of disparities between the poor and the wealthy, rural and urban people.Recommendation: Intervention initiatives should prioritize the impoverished and rural communities while also considering the wealthier and urban groups.
Rendement net de la chose louée et réévaluation des fonds propres
Authors: Bieri Laurent
Published: June 2022

L’approche suivie par le Tribunal fédéral pour réévaluer les fonds propres a pour conséquence qu’un rendement net raisonnable risque d’être jugé excessif, et qu’un rendement net excessif risque d’être jugé raisonnable. Afin de régler ce problème, il faudrait déterminer la valeur des fonds propres en se fondant sur la valeur actuelle réelle de l’immeuble lorsque l’approche du Tribunal fédéral conduit à un résultat manifestement erroné. Ce changement de jurisprudence permettrait aussi de choisir un rendement admissible qui serait raisonnable pour tous les immeubles, alors qu’avec la jurisprudence en vigueur, un même rendement admissible peut être excessif pour certains immeubles et insuffisant pour d’autres. Avec le changement de jurisprudence proposé, le critère du rendement net devrait toujours l’emporter sur le critère des loyers usuels, que l’immeuble soit ancien ou non.
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Die Praxis des Bundesgerichts zur Neubewertung des Eigenkapitals hat zur Folge, dass eine angemessene Nettorendite möglicherweise als übersetzt angesehen wird und eine übersetzte Nettorendite möglicherweise als angemessen gilt. Um dieses Problem zu lösen, sollte der Wert des Eigenkapitals auf der Grundlage des aktuellen Realwerts der Liegenschaft bestimmt werden, sofern die bundesgerichtliche Praxis zu einem offensichtlich falschen Ergebnis führt. Eine solche Praxisänderung würde auch die Wahl einer zulässigen Rendite ermöglichen, die für alle Liegenschaften angemessen wäre, während nach der geltenden Rechtsprechung dieselbe zu- lässige Rendite für einige Liegenschaften übersetzt und für andere unzureichend sein kann. Mit der vorgeschlagenen Praxisänderung sollte das Kriterium der Nettorendite immer Vorrang vor dem Kriterium der Vergleichsmieten haben, unabhängig davon, ob die Liegenschaft alt ist oder nicht.
Trinta anos de produção científica e gestão: análise cienciométrica da pesquisa realizada na Área de Proteção Ambiental Barra de Mamanguape
Authors: Valencia Carlos Alberto Isaza , Chaves Gislaine da Nóbrega , Miranda George Emmanuel Cavalcanti de
Published: June 2022

A pesquisa cientifica é uma atividade realizada constantemente na Área de Proteção Ambiental Barra do Rio Mamanguape, constituindo um compilado de publicações em diversas áreas e diferentes meios de publicação. Considerando que a análise e tratamento cienciométrico destas publicações, pode favorecer posteriores pesquisas e construção de políticas públicas, este artigo tem como objetivo analisar as produções científicas e acadêmicas com objeto de estudo na APA Barra de Mamanguape através da análise cienciométrica. Para tal fim, o termo 'Barra de Mamanguape' foi pesquisado nos motores de busca (Periódicos Capes, Scielo e Google Acadêmico). Posteriormente as pesquisas foram organizadas em uma tabela de Excel, estudando a evolução da produção científica, as instituições interessadas, a classificação por áreas do conhecimento e as revistas publicadas. Foi evidenciado um aumento tanto na atividade como na qualidade dos meios de publicação dos trabalhos, indicando uma evolução positiva do trabalho cientifico realizado. Foi descoberto que Ecologia e Ciências Socias Aplicadas são os temas de pesquisa mais explorados, sendo evidenciadas lacunas em áreas como Biologia e Humanas. As conclusões, sugerema articulação institucional para facilitar a publicação de pesquisas realizadas neste território e o aprimoramento da produção de literatura cinza, visando a sua publicação em revistas revisadas por pares.
Value relevance dos relatórios de responsabilidade social corporativa nas empresas da B3
Authors: Silva Lívia Janaína , Pereira Jakeline Oliveira , Carmo Carlos Henrique Silva do
Published: June 2022

Este estudo buscou verificar a relevância dos relatórios de responsabilidade social corporativa na formação do preço da ação nas empresas brasileiras da B3 no período de 2015 a 2018. A amostra constituiu-se de 214 empresas e para uma maior robustez ao estudo foram utilizadas duas amostras, uma com preço de ações cotadas em 30 de abril do ano subsequente ao da publicação das demonstrações contábeis, totalizando 746 observações e outra com preço de ações cotadas em 30 de junho com 769 observações. A análise foi feita por meio de regressões lineares múltiplas com dados em painel desbalanceado. Os resultados demonstraram que o lucro e o patrimônio líquido são value relevants e que a responsabilidade social corporativa apresenta relação positiva e significativa com o preço das ações. Quanto ao relato integrado, não existem evidências estatísticas suficientes para aceitá-lo e o nível de evidenciação não foi rejeitado. Os achados deste estudo evidenciaram que empresas que investem em ações sustentáveis e divulgam relatórios de responsabilidade social corporativa melhoram a qualidade da informação, diminuem a assimetria informacional e consequentemente, tornam-se mais valorizadas no mercado.
Stripes in the extended $t-t^\prime$ Hubbard model: A Variational Monte Carlo analysis
Authors: Marino Vito , Becca Federico , Tocchio Luca Fausto
Published: June 2022

By using variational quantum Monte Carlo techniques, we investigate
the instauration of stripes (i.e., charge and spin inhomogeneities) in
the Hubbard model on the square lattice at hole doping
\delta=1/8δ=1/8,
with both nearest- (tt)
and next-nearest-neighbor hopping (t^\primet′).
Stripes with different wavelengths \lambdaλ
(denoting the periodicity of the charge inhomogeneity) and character
(bond- or site-centered) are stabilized for sufficiently large values of
the electron-electron interaction U/tU/t.
The general trend is that \lambdaλ
increases going from negative to positive values of
t^\prime/tt′/t
and decreases by increasing U/tU/t.
In particular, the \lambda=8λ=8
stripe obtained for t^\prime=0t′=0
and U/t=8U/t=8
[L.F. Tocchio, A. Montorsi, and F. Becca, SciPost Phys. 21 (2019)]
shrinks to \lambda=6λ=6
for U/t\gtrsim 10U/t≳10.
For
t^\prime/t<0t′/t<0,
the stripe with \lambda=5λ=5
is found to be remarkably stable, while for
t^\prime/t>0t′/t>0,
stripes with wavelength \lambda=12λ=12
and \lambda=16λ=16
are also obtained. In all these cases, pair-pair correlations are highly
suppressed with respect to the uniform state (obtained for large values
of |t^\prime/t||t′/t|),
suggesting that striped states are not superconducting at
\delta=1/8δ=1/8.
Reflection of The Phonetic Features of The Shapsugh Dialect in L.Y. Lyulie's Russian-Circassian Dictionary
Authors: ABREGOVA NEMLİOĞLU Saida
Published: June 2022

Рассматриваются фонетические особенности шапсугского диалекта, получившие свое отражение в словаре Л.Я. Люлье. Выявляются характерные черты шапсугского диалекта и определяется их место в системе адыгейских диалектов. В тексте словаря последовательно передаются неаффрикатизованные заднеязычные гь, кь, кӀь, заднеязычные фарингальные согласные къӀ, къӀу. Прослеживается отсутствие наращения сонорных согласных р и н в шапсугском диалекте. Словарные данные позволяют определить относительную хронологию такого фонетического явления, как метатеза.

Лексикографический труд Л.Я. Люлье дает возможность наблюдать за состоянием фонетики шапсугского диалекта первой половины XӀX века, имеет важное значение для исторической фонетики адыгейского языка.
Pragmatism of the Ideological State: Main Aspects of Armenian Policy of İran [İdeolojik Devletin Pragmatizmi: İran’ın Ermenistan Politikasının Ana Hatları]
Authors: KELBİZADEH Elnur
Published: June 2022

The South Caucasus region has become one of the important directions of Iran's foreign policy since 1991. Iran is closely interested in the processes taking place in the region. Because Iran is connected with the countries of the region by historical ties, neighborly relations and many common security interests. In the first years after the countries of the region regained their independence, analysts predicted that Iran would be able to establish closer ties with Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus. Such predictions were based on the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a Muslim state and prefers an ideological approach to foreign policy. However, it soon became clear that Iran's foreign policy is undergoing a transformation. There are elements of the transition from idealism to pragmatism in the country's foreign policy. Contrary to expectations, Iran's relations with Christian Armenia began to develop better than Muslim Azerbaijan.
The article examines the place of pragmatism in the foreign policy of Iran in the context relations with Armenia. At the same time, an analysis was made of the effectiveness of the idealist approach in the foreign policy of Armenia, as a secular state. The article proposes that, although the conceptual foundations of Iran's foreign policy are defined by the principles of idealism, they are pragmatic in their relations with Armenia.
Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky: An Imperialistic East Asian Journey [Aleksandr Bekoviç-Çerkasski: Emperyalist Bir Doğu Asya Yolculuğu]
Authors: ROGERS Samantha
Published: June 2022

This article attempts to identify the true reasons, outcomes, and outstanding legacy of Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky. From his time as a Circassian Muslim, to his untimely death, the importance of his journey from Russia to Khiva will underline the substantial effect Russian imperialism had on east Asia. One of the first expeditions enforced by a Russian ruler, Peter the Great, Bekovich-Cherkassky’s story sheds a wealth of information of the Circassian-Russian relations at the time in the amanat program, as well as how this journey impacted future exploration by Russia and other inspired explorers. The extremely limited information surrounding both Bekovich and the journey are compiled into evidence here that his expedition held more weight than history has been able to testify.
Relationships among Occupational Stress, Social Relationships at the Workplace, and Psychological Wellbeing of Nurses and Midwives in the Catholic Health Service of the Western Region of Ghana
Authors: Elliason Eric Kwasi
Published: June 2022

This study investigated the relationship among occupational stress, social relationships at the workplace, and psychological well-being among nurses and midwives in the Catholic Health Service of the Western Region of Ghana. A descriptive cross-sectional design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted in four purposely selected Catholic Hospitals in the Western Region of Ghana. A sample of 300 nurses and midwives was used for the analysis. For gathering information from participants, a questionnaire based on the Nurses’ Occupational Stress Scale was adopted to measure the level of occupational stress; Ryff’s Psychological Wellbeing Scale (PWB 18 items) to measure the level of psychological well-being, and the Worker Relationship Scale was developed by Biggs, Swailes, and Baker to measure the level of social relationships at the workplace among nurses and midwives. For statistical analysis, a one-sample t-test and Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficients were employed. The findings revealed a high level of occupational stress among nurses and midwives in the Catholic Health Service of the Western Region of Ghana, a positive social relationship among them, and positive psychological well-being among the nurses and midwives. The study’s findings also revealed occupational stress was moderately and weakly associated with psychological well-being and workplace social relationships. Social relationships at the workplace were positively correlated with psychological well-being. It was recommended that Counselling Psychologists should be employed in all health facilities to take care of the counselling needs of nurses and midwives.
PEDRO DE ALCANTARA LISBOA, QUÍMICO BRASILEIRO DO SÉCULO XIX
Authors: Filgueiras Carlos
Published: June 2022

PEDRO DE ALCANTARA LISBOA, BRAZILIAN CHEMIST OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. The subject of the present article is a Brazilian chemist who lived and worked in the nineteenth century and who is hardly known today. He was the first person in Brazil, still in the first half of the nineteenth century, to write chemical equations in the description of actual reactions, and also the first to use equations in order to perform stoichiometric calculations. Although commonplace and trivial today, these were quite innovative in the 1840’s. He had a diploma from the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures of Paris, from which he graduated in 1845 as a “chemical civil engineer”. Back in Brazil he continued his career, pioneering different aspects of chemistry in the country, and publishing continuously for a number of years on several chemical topics, as well as in other technical subjects. After what seemed to be a meteoric career, he became disillusioned with many setbacks, mostly political, and took up a different career, as a mathematician.
Improving the psychological well-being of nurses through Islamic positive psychology training
Authors: Yuliatun Ismiyati , Karyani Usmi
Published: June 2022

Nurses have a heavy workload, which has become heavier during the COVID-19 pandemic, putting them at risk of psychological stress and affecting their psychological well-being, which impacts their mental health, work productivity, and self-development. In addition, their worship activities also decrease. However, there has been little research on Islamic-based interventions to improve the psychological well-being of nurses. This study seeks to determine the effectiveness of Islamic-based positive psychology training on improving such well-being by comparing the pre-test and post-test results of the control and experimental groups employed. The Ryff Psychological Well-being Scale and training were given to 38 respondents using consecutive sampling. The data were analyzed using SPSS 25.0, observation, independent assignments, and open questionnaires. The Mann-Whitney test results (Z = -2.416; p ˂ .05) and those of Wilcoxon (Z-experiment = -2.774; p ˂ .05 and Z-control = -0.081; p .05) show that Islamic-based positive psychology training is effective in improving the psychological well-being of nurses. This research contributes to providing alternative interventions that can be used to foster positive activities and emotions that can improve such well-being.
Marketing Strategy for Eun-Haeng Market Aimed at the Young People: Focus on Hardware, Software, Humanware
Authors:   Korea Information Technology, & Marketing Association, Kang Myeong Seok , Baek Un Bae
Published: June 2022

Long term economic depression due to Sewol ferry and MERS, directly hit the traditional market. Thus, this study presents traditional market activation plans through modernizing management, changing merchants' perception and store environment. Especially, various marketing strategies to increase the influx of young adult market customers. This study suggests improvements of store environment and VMD in hardware side, customer service, strategy to attract regular customer, joint coupon system and customer event activation in software side and merchants' kind service in humanware side.
Censers in the Incense Culture of Japan: From Mainland Borrowing to Creating a Unique Tradition
Authors:   Novosibirsk State University, Voytishek Elena E. , Smolkina Elisaveta B. ,   Novosibirsk State University
Published: June 2022

Incense culture has long played an important symbolic and sociocultural role in countries of East Asia, reflecting general trends in the development of culture throughout different historical periods. At this time, traditional incense culture in Japan can be observed in three key areas: religious, sanitary and hygienic, and artistic. All these spheres represent a certain projection of historical and cultural processes in the region. Since the introduction of Buddhism in Japan in the 6th century, mainland traditions were assimilated through religious, everyday life, and artistic practices. At the same time, new principles at the level of concepts, forms, and symbolism of products were being developed to make the most of the rich arsenal of incense culture. The article briefly presents the evolution of censers as the main element of the incense culture toolkit and identifies the key trends of their manufacture in Japan. Through the analysis of the specific characteristics of Japanese censers, a brief overview of the existing incense culture and production centers is given and their continuity with mainland traditions is emphasized. Simultaneously, specific characteristics have been identified that make it possible to consider the Japanese tradition of making censers from ceramics, porcelain and bronze as a unique national achievement.