bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
MICROORGANISMS VARIANTS FOR HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS IN A SELECTED TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
Authors: KS SARALA , BS NANDAKUMAR , V NARENDRANATH
Published: March 2021

Objective: Microorganisms are minute and can be only in microscope and these are not visible to naked eyes. Various types of microbe include bacteria, virus, fungi, and protozoa. These microorganisms are subclassified and these are disease causing leading to mortality and morbidity. Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) arise from different variants of microbes and knowing the category of microbes for treating the diseases with specific antibiotics is important for better patient outcome.

Methods: Using secondary data, all the patients who had HAI for 3 years were taken into consideration by considering the different variants of microorganisms.

Results: Retrospective data collected for the period of 3 years the inpatients who got admitted for more than 48 h of duration, the data collected included the parameters for various microorganisms such as Bacilli, cocci, Klebsiella, Acinetobacter, and Aures, other micro-organisms such as Escherichia coli, Citrobacter, and Pseudomonas microorganisms. Bacilli group of microorganisms was more common for urinary tract infection, blood stream infection, and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Aures was more common among surgical site infection infections.

Conclusions: Most of the patients who had an HAI had two or more different kind of microorganisms which are responsible for spreading infection. There is a need to control microbial flora in the hospital set up as the rate of HAI increases with microbial flora.
DAPSONE HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME: A COMPLICATION OF DAPSONE THERAPY
Authors: GUNTURU LAKSHMI NARASIMHA , V SUNAINA , SANTHOSH C REDDY , KIRAN VN HARI
Published: March 2021

Dapsone is chemically sulfonamide with its leprostatic mechanism used in the treatment of Hansen’s disease. It is one of the safest drugs in leprosy patients. Apart from its safety, it is associated with various adverse effects such as hemolytic anemia, allergic dermatitis, agranulocytosis, methaemoglobinemia, and dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome (DHS). DHS typically presents with fever, skin eruptions, Jaundice, and hepatomegaly (organ involvement). We present a case of 35-year-old female attended to Government General Hospital with complaints of fever, skin rashes, and yellowish discoloration of the eyes. She had past medication history of dapsone taken for paucibacillary leprosy for 4 weeks. Her symptoms appeared after a month and become intolerable to dapsone. Laboratory investigations revealed hepatomegaly, anemic with jaundice. Based on dermatological examination, her diagnosis was confirmed as DHS. The drug was stopped and the patient was treated with drugs for the symptomatic cure. She was recovered from her condition and the multibacillary leprosy multidrug treatment regimen was continued without dapsone.
THE MEASUREMENT OF CONSUMER GREEN PURCHASE INTENTION DETERMINANTS TOWARD HYBRID CARS IN MALAYSIA
Authors: MEOR AHMAD SITI SALWANI , AZMAN ALI NOOR
Published: March 2021

Transportation is acknowledged as one of the major sources of greenhouse gasses and air pollution. Thus, promoting cars with high efficiency in fuel consumption and reduce emission is required to replace conventional cars. In that case, encouraging consumer to purchase green car by identifying factors that affect green car purchase intention among Malaysian is important. This study provides some preliminary evidence on determinants of hybrid cars purchase intentionin Malaysia and green product attachment as a mediator.Hence, the validity and reliability of instrument were examined via pretest and a pilot test. The data normality also waschecked by using SPSS version 21. The findings suggest that the Green Trust and Green Product Attachment are the most significant factors on the influence toward Green Purchase Intention of hybrid cars in terms of reliability score.
Identifying the unmet needs of individuals with Type 2 diabetes: an international web-based survey
Authors: Raposo Joao Filipe , Shestakova Marina V , Lu Juming , Court Emilie , Mayorov Alexander Y
Published: March 2021

Aim:
To identify and understand the main unmet needs of individuals with Type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Materials & methods:
An online survey was conducted in Brazil, China and Russia of individuals with recently diagnosed T2D.
Results:
The survey, involving 300 individuals with T2D, identified a need for more information regarding food/diet and for increased awareness of T2D symptoms. While most participants (94%) had experienced symptoms prior to their diagnosis, only 55% of symptomatic individuals sought medical attention.
Conclusion:
Novel strategies to increase awareness of diabetes should be developed and tested, and may enable earlier diagnosis and improve patients’ quality of life.
TRAFFICKING OF SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS AND NEW PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AS A GENERAL SECURITY RISK AND THE INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL SYSTEM
Authors: Vukonjanski Igor , Kostić Vladimir
Published: March 2021

The global drug control system, enshrined by the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of. 1971, and the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988. The UN body mandated to monitor the implementation of the Conventions, the International Narcotics Control Board, and the various control mechanisms prescribed by the Conventions provide a robust control system for the licit trade, production and manufacture of drugs. With the development of new psychoactive substances (NPS), in particular non-scheduled synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and its analogues, create new risks and dangers to the general public, as well as to the front-line officers most directly exposed to them in the drug supply chain. Author's of this paper wishes is to present to the general public the organization and operation of the International Narcotics Control Board and the various control mechanisms prescribed by the said conventions.Also, as mass drug use and drug offenses impair the security of each country, this problem is of global importance. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to present this problem in the right way, but also to show the unity of humanity in the fight against this problem. At the same time, this paper contains several recommendations that are current for every country in the world and for the Republic of Serbia.
ON A GENERALIZATION OF CATALAN'S POLYNOMIALS
Authors: Mouloud Goubi
Published: March 2021

Abstract. In this work, we define and study the generalized class of Catalan’s polynomials.Thereafter we connect them to the class of Humbert’s polynomials and re-foundthe Humbert recurrence relation [5]. This idea helps us to define a new class of generalizedHumbert’s polynomials different of those given by H. W. Gould [4] and P. N.Shrivastava [9]. Finally we establish an explicit formula for a special class of generalizedCatalan’s polynomials and get two useful combinatorial identities.
SOME TYPES OF η-RICCI SOLITONS ON LORENTZIAN PARA-SASAKIAN MANIFOLDS
Authors: Singh Abhishek , Kishor Shyam
Published: March 2021

In this paper we study some types of  η-Ricci solitons on Lorentzianpara-Sasakian manifolds and we give an example of  η-Ricci solitons on 3-dimensional Lorentzian para-Sasakian manifold. We obtain the conditions of  η-Ricci soliton on ϕ-conformally flat, ϕ-conharmonically flat and ϕ-projectivelyflat Lorentzian para-Sasakian manifolds, the existence of η-Ricci solitons implies that (M,g) is  η-Einstein manifold. In these cases there is no Ricci solitonon M with the potential vector field
ON m-PROJECTIVE CURVATURE TENSOR OF GENERALIZED SASAKIAN-SPACE-FORMS
Authors: Pandey Shravan K. , Singh R.N.
Published: March 2021

\begin{abstract}The object of the present paper is to characterize generalized Sasakian-space-forms satisfying certain curvature conditions on m-projective curvature tensor. In this paper, we study m-projectively semisymmetric, m-projectively flat, $\xi$-m-projectively flat, m-projectively recurrent generalized Sasakian-space-forms. Also $W^*.S = 0$ and $W^*.R= 0$ on generalized Sasakian-space-forms are studied.\end{abstract}
A New Log-location Regression Model with Influence Diagnostics and Residual Analysis
Authors: Altun Emrah , Yousof Haitham M. , Hamedani GG
Published: March 2021

A new four-parameter lifetime model called OddLog-Logistic Burr XII distribution, is defined and investigated. Some of itsmathematical properties are derived. Some useful characterization resultsbased on \ the ratio of two truncated moments, based on the hazard functionas well as on the conditional expectation of certain functions of the randomvariable are presented. The maximum likelihood method is used to estimatethe model parameters by means of a graphical Monte Carlo simulation study.Moreover, we introduce a new log-location regression model based on theproposed distribution. The Jackknife estimation method as an alternativemethod is used to estimate the unknown parameters of new regression model. Thegeneralized cook distance and likelihood distance measures are used todetect the possible influential observations. The martingale and modifieddeviance residuals are defined to detect outliers and evaluate the modelassumptions. The potentiality of the new regression model is illustrated bymeans of a real data set.
Some Symmetric Properties of Kenmotsu Manifolds Admitting Semi-Symmetric Metric Connection
Authors: Venkatesh Venkatesha , Arasaiah Arasaiah , Vasudeva Vishnuvardhana Srivaishnava , Rahuthanahalli  Thimmegowda Naveen Kumar
Published: March 2021

The object of the present paper is to study some symmetric propertiesof Kenmotsu manifold endowed with a semi-symmetric metric connection. Here weconsider pseudo-symmetric, Ricci pseudo-symmetric, projective pseudo-symmetric and -projective semi-symmetric Kenmotsu manifold with respect to semi-symmetric metric connection. Finally, we provide an example of 3-dimensional Kenmotsu manifold admitting a semi-symmetric metric connection which verify our results.
TUBULAR SURFACES WITH DARBOUX FRAME IN GALILEAN 3-SPACE
Authors: Kızıltuğ Sezai , Dede Mustafa , Ekici Cumali
Published: March 2021

In this paper, we define tubular surface by using a Darboux frame instead of a Frenet frame. Subsequently, we compute the Gaussian curvature and the mean curvature of the tubular surface with a Darboux frame. Moreover, we obtain some characterizations for special curves on this tubular surface in a Galilean 3-space.
EXISTENCE AND STABILITY RESULTS FOR FRACTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH TWO CAPUTO FRACTIONAL DERIVATIVES
Authors: Houas Mohamed , Bezziou Mohamed
Published: March 2021

In this paper, we discuss the existence, uniqueness and stability of solutions for a nonlocal boundary value problem of nonlinear fractional diﬀerential equations with two Caputo fractional derivatives. By applying the contraction mapping and O’Regan ﬁxed point theorem, the existence results are obtained. We also derive the Ulam-Hyers stability of solutions. Finally, some examples are given to illustrate our results.
STOCHASTIC EVOLUUTION EQUATIONS WITH MONOTONE NONLINEARITY IN Lp SPACES
Authors: Amintorabi Majid , Jahanipur Ruhollah
Published: March 2021

In this paper, we study semilinear stochastic evolution equations with semimonotone nonlinearity and multiplicative noise in L p spaces for 2 ≤ p < ∞. We do not impose any coercivity or Lipschitz condition on the nonlinear part of equations. We prove the existence, uniqueness and measurability of the mild solutions.The proofs of the existence and uniqueness are based on a version of the Itˆ o type inequality which is stronger than analogues inequalities.
A CHARACTERIZATION OF U4(2) BY NSE
Authors: Hajati Farnoosh , Iranmanesh Ali , Tehranian Abolfazl
Published: March 2021

‎Let $G$ be a finite group and $\omega(G)$ be the set of element orders of $G$‎. ‎Let $k\in\omega(G)$ and $m_k$ be the number of elements of order $k$ in $G$‎. ‎Let $ nse(G)=\{m_k|k\in \omega(G)\}$‎. ‎The aim of this paper is to prove that‎, ‎if $G$ is a finite group such that nse($G$)=nse($U_4(2)$)‎, ‎then $G\cong U_4(2)$.
MORE ON INTUITIONISTIC FUZZY SUBLATTICES AND THEIR IDEALS
Authors: Amroune Abdelaziz , Ziane Brahim
Published: March 2021

In this paper, we study the concept of intuitionistic fuzzy sublattices and intuitionistic fuzzy ideals with respect to an intuitionistic fuzzy t-norm on an adequate lattice. Some characterizations and properties of these intuitionistic fuzzy sublattices and ideals with respect to intuitionistic fuzzy t-norm are established.
THE INFLUENCE OF TEXT PREPROCESSING METHODS AND TOOLS ON CALCULATING TEXT SIMILARITY
Authors: Petrović Đorđe , Stanković Milena
Published: March 2021

Text mining to a great extent depends on the various text preprocessing techniques. The preprocessing methods and tools which are used to prepare texts for further mining can be divided into those which are and those which are not language-dependent. The subject matter of this research was the analysis of the inﬂuence of these methods and tools on further text mining. We ﬁrst focused on the analysis of the inﬂuence on the reduction of the vector space model for the multidimensional represen-tation of text documents. We then analyzed the inﬂuence on calculating text similarity, which is the focus of this research. The conclusion we reached is that the implemen-tation of various text preprocessing methods in the Serbian language, which are used for the reduction of the vector space model for the multidimensional representation of text document, achieves the required results. But, the implementation of various text preprocessing methods speciﬁc to the Serbian language for the purpose of calculating text similarity can lead to great diﬀerences in the results.
ON NON-INVARIANT HYPERSURFACES OF AN ε-PARA SASAKIAN MANIFOLD
Authors: Kishor Shyam , Kanaujia Prerna
Published: March 2021

In the present paper non-invariant hypersurfaces of an ε- para Sasakian manifold of an induced structure (f,g,u,v,λ) are studied. Some properties followed by this structure are obtained. A necessary and sufficient condition for totally umbilical non-invariant hypersurfaces equipped with (f,g,u,v,λ)- structure of ε-para Sasakian manifold to be totally geodesic has also been explored.
SOME CLASSES OF CONVEX FUNCTIONS ON TIME SCALES
Authors: Bosede Fagbemigun Opeyemi , Mogbademu Adesanmi A.
Published: March 2021

We have introduced diamond $\phi_{h-s, \mathbb{T}}$ derivative and diamond $\phi_{h-s,\mathbb{T}}$ integral on an arbitrary time scale. Moreover, various interconnections with the notion of classes of convex functions about these new concepts are also discussed.
CONFORMAL AND PARACONTACTLY GEODESIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF ALMOST PARACONTACT METRIC STRUCTURES
Authors: Blaga Adara-Monica
Published: March 2021

We give the expressions of the virtual and the structure tensor fields of an almost paracontact metric structure. We also introducethe notion of paracontactly geodesic transformation and prove thatthe structure tensor field is invariant under conformal andparacontactly geodesic transformations. For the particular case of para-Kenmotsu structure, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for a conformal transformation to map it to an $\alpha$-para-Kenmotsu structure and show that a para-Kenmotsu manifold admits no nontrivial paracontactly geodesic transformation of the metric. In the conformal case, the virtual tensor field is invariant.
THE MOSTAR INDEX OF FULLERENES IN TERMS OF AUTOMORPHISM GROUP
Authors: Ghorbani Modjtaba , Rahmani Shaghayegh
Published: March 2021

Let $G$ be a connected graph. For an edge $e=uv\in E(G)$, suppose $n(u)$ and $n(v)$ are respectively, the number of vertices of $G$ lying closer to vertex $u$ than to vertex $v$ and the number of vertices of $G$ lying closer to vertex $v$ than to vertex $u$. The Mostar index is a topological index which is defined as $Mo(G)=\sum_{e\in E(G)}f(e)$, where $f(e) = |n(u)-n(v)|$. In this paper, we will compute the Mostar index of a family of fullerene graphs in terms of the automorphism group.
CERTAIN GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF A NORMALIZED HYPER-BESSEL FUNCTION
Authors: Aktaş Ibrahim
Published: March 2021

In the present paper, by making use of previous results on analytic functions, certain geometric properties including starlikeness of order α and convexity of order α of a normalized hyper-Bessel function have been investigated. In addition, some conditions of the mentioned function which belongs to the Hardy space have been given. Moreover, speciﬁc examples of the results which refer to special values of the parameters have also been presented.
ON THE BASIC STRUCTURES OF DUAL SPACE
Authors: Aktaş Buşra , Durmaz Olgun , Gündoğan Halit
Published: March 2021

Topology studies the properties of spaces that are invariant under any con-tinuous deformation. Topology is needed to examine the properties of the space. Funda-mentally, the most basic structure required to do math in the space is topology. There exists little information on the expression of the basis and topology on dual space. The main point of the research is to explain how to deﬁne the basis and topology on dual space Dⁿ. Then, we will study the geometric constructions corresponding to the open balls in D and D², respectively.
NEW UPPER BOUND ON THE LARGEST LAPLACIAN EIGENVALUE OF GRAPHS
Authors: Taheri Hassan , Fath-Tabar Gholam Hossein
Published: March 2021

Let G = (V;E) be a simple, undirected graph with maximum and minimum degree ∆ and respectively, and let A be the adjacency matrix and Q be the Laplacianmatrix of G. In the past decades, the Laplacian spectrum has received much more and more attention, since it has been applied to several elds, such as randomized algorithms, combinatorial optimization problems and machine learning. In this paper, we compute lower and upper bounds for the largest Laplacian eigenvalue which is related with a given maximum and minimum degree and a given number of vertices and edges. We also compare our results in this paper with some known results.
WEIGHTED STATISTICAL CONVERGENCE OF REAL VALUED SEQUENCES
Authors: Adem Abdu Awel , Altınok Maya
Published: March 2021

Functions defined in the form ``$g:\mathbb{N}\to[0,\infty)$ such that $\lim_{n\to\infty}g(n)=\infty$ and $\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{n}{g(n)}=0$'' are called weight functions. Using the weight function, the concept of weighted density, which is a generalization of natural density, was defined by Balcerzak, Das, Filipczak and Swaczyna in the paper ``Generalized kinsd of density and the associated ideals'', Acta Mathematica Hungarica 147(1) (2015), 97-115.In this study, the definitions of $g$-statistical convergence and $g$-statisticalCauchy sequence for any weight function $g$ are given and it is proved that these two concepts are equivalent. Also some inclusions of the sets of all weight $g_1$-statistical convergent and weight $g_2$-statistical convergent sequences for $g_1,g_2$ which have the initial conditions are given.
ANTI-INVARIANT RIEMANNIAN SUBMERSIONS FROM LOCALLY CONFORMAL KAEHLER MANIFOLDS
Authors: Choudhary Majid Ali , Alqahtani Lamia Saeed
Published: March 2021

Recently, Sahin [10] studied the anti-invariant Riemannian submersions from almost Hermitian manifolds onto Riemannian manifolds. In present work, these notions of anti-invariant and Lagrangian Riemannian submersions have been extended to locally conformal Kaehler manifolds. Certain decomposition results and the geometry of foliation have also been investigated.
COMPARISON OF VARIOUS FRACTIONAL BASIS FUNCTIONS FOR SOLVING FRACTIONAL-ORDER LOGISTIC POPULATION MODEL
Authors: Izadi Mohammad
Published: March 2021

Three types of orthogonal polynomials (Chebyshev, Chelyshkov, and Legendre) are employed as basis functions in a collocation scheme to solve a nonlinear cubic initial value problem arising in population growth models. The method reduces the given problem to a set of algebraic equations consist of polynomial coefficients. Our main goal is to present a comparative study of these polynomials and to asses their performances and accuracies applied to the logistic population equation. Numerical applications are given to demonstrate the validity and applicability of the method. Comparisons are also made between the present method based on different basis functions and other existing approximation algorithms.
A NEW STUDY ON ABSOLUTE CESÀRO SUMMABILITY FACTORS
Authors: Bor Huseyin
Published: March 2021

In this paper, we have generalized a known theorem dealing with $\varphi-{\mid{C},\alpha,\mid}_k$ summability factors of infinite series to the $\varphi-{\mid{C},\alpha,\beta\mid}_k$ summability method under weaker conditions. Also, some new and known results are obtained.
NEW INEQUALITIES OF OSTROWSKI TYPE FOR CO-ORDINATED CONVEX FUNCTIONS VIA GENERALIZED FRACTIONAL INTEGRALS
Authors: Ali Muhammad Aamir , Budak Hüseyin , Zhang Zhiyue
Published: March 2021

In this paper, we establish new inequalities of Ostrowski type for co-ordinated convex function by using generalized fractional integral. We also discuss some special cases of our established results.
CHARACTERIZATION OF SOME BIDERIVATIONS ON TRIANGULAR BANACH ALGEBRAS
Authors: Barootkoob Sedigheh
Published: March 2021

Let $A$ and $B$ be unital Banach algebras‎, ‎$X$ be an unital $A-B-$module and $T$ be the triangular Banach algebra associated to $A‎, ‎B$ and $X$‎. The structure of some derivations on triangular Banach algebras was studied by some authors. ‏‎Note that despite the apparent similarity between derivations and biderivations and also inner derivations and inner biderivations‎, ‎there are fundamental differences between them‎. Although there are some studying of biderivations on triangular Banach algebras, any of them do not completely determine the structure of biderivations on triangular Banach algebras. In this paper, we ‎completely characterize biderivations and inner biderivations from $T\times T$ to $T^*$‎ and we show that the first bicohomology group $BH^1(T, T^*)$ is equal to $BH^1(A, A^*)\oplus BH^1(B, B^*)$‎‏.
SOME FIXED POINT RESULTS FOR CONVEX CONTRACTION MAPPINGS ON F-METRIC SPACES
Authors: Faraji Hamid , Radenovic Stojan
Published: March 2021

In this paper, we establish some fixed point theorems for convex contraction mappings in F-metric spaces. Also, we introduce the concept of (\alpha,\beta)-convex contraction mapping in F-metric spaces and give some fixed point results for such contractions. Moreover, some examples are given to support our theoretical results.
ON CONFORMALLY BERWALD M-TH ROOT (α, β)-METRICS
Authors: Tayebi Akbar , Amini Marzeiya , Najafi Behzad
Published: March 2021

In this paper, we study the class of $m$-th root (α, β)-metrics which is a significant class mixed of two classes of metrics: $m$-th root metrics and (α, β)-metrics. First, we find the necessary and sufficient condition under which the quartic (α, β)-metrics are conformally Berwald. Then, we find the necessary and sufficient condition under which the cubic (α, β)-metrics are conformally Berwald. Finally, we construct some conformal Finslerian invariants.
ON THE FIXED-CIRCLE PROBLEM
Authors: Çelik Ufuk , Özgur Nihal
Published: March 2021

In this paper, we focus on the geometric properties of fixed-points of a self-mapping and obtain new solutions to a recent problem called "fixed-circle problem" in the setting of an S-metric space. For this purpose, we develop various techniques by defining new contractive conditions and using some auxiliary functions. Furthermore, we present new examples to support our theoretical results.
APPLICATIONS OF MATRIX TRANSFORMATIONS TO ABSOLUTE SUMMABILITY
Authors: Sarigol Mehmet Ali
Published: March 2021

Rhoades and Sava¸s [6],[11] established necessary for inclusions of the absolute matrix summabilities under additional conditions. In this paper we determine necessary or su¢ cient conditions for some classes of in…nite matrices, and using this get necessary or su¢ cient conditions for more general absolute summabilities applied to all matrices.
AN IDENTITY-BASED ENCRYPTION SCHEME USING ISOGENY OF ELLIPTIC CURVES
Authors: Bahramian Mojtaba , Hajirezaei Elham
Published: March 2021

Identity-Based Encryption is a public key cryptosystem that uses the receiver identifier information such as email address, IP address, name and etc, to compute a public and a private key in a cryptosystem and encrypt a message. A message receiver can obtain the secret key corresponding with his privacy information from Private Key Generator and he can decrypt the ciphertext. In this paper, we review Boneh-Franklin’s scheme and use bilinear map and Weil pairing’s properties to propose an identity-based cryptography scheme based on isogeny of elliptic curves.
Protocol for micropropagation of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) cv. ‘Sweet Charlie’ and ‘Winter Dawn’
Authors: Dhukate Madanmohan R. , Kher Mafatlal M. , Vadawale A.V. , Giri Priyanka
Published: March 2021

The objective of this study was to develop a protocol for large-scale propagation of strawberry cv. ‘Sweet Charlie’ and ‘Winter Dawn’ using the micropropagation technique. Shoot cultures were obtained from shoot tips on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium with 4% table sugar, 0.75% agar, 5 mg L−1 6-benzyladenine and 0.01 mg L−1 kinetin. These shoots were multiplied and maintained on MS medium with 1 mg L–1 6-benzyladenine and 0.1 mg L–1 kinetin. Rooting of in vitro raised shoots was successfully conducted by pulse treatment with 500 mg L–1 indole-3-butyric acid for 30 s and subsequent culturing in MS medium with 1 mg L–1 indole-3-butyric acid, 0.1 g L–1 activated charcoal and 6% table sugar. Plants were successfully acclimatized and survived in field conditions.
Religious delusions: Definition, diagnosis and clinical implications
Authors: Sofou Natasa , Giannakopoulos Orestis , Arampatzi Εva , Konstantakopoulos George
Published: March 2021

The prevalence of the biopsychosocial model in psychiatry highlights the importance of investigating the clinical significance of religiosity in patients with psychotic disorders. Due to the spiritual and supernatural nature of religious beliefs, distinguishing them from religious delusions is a challenging endeavour. The self-referential nature of the beliefs, the presence of concomitant psychiatric symptomatology and the effect on functionality seem to play a key role in differential diagnosis. Religious psychotic symptoms are common in clinical practice. The study of these symptoms often becomes difficult due to varying definitions, the fluctuation they present over time and space and the strong influences of the social and cultural environment on them. There seems to be a positive correlation between religiosity and the occurrence of religious delusions in psychotic patients, but it is not clear that this indicates a causal relationship. The content of religious delusions seems to be significantly influenced by the immediate social environment rather than cultural background of the individual, as well as by the beliefs and attitudes of the patient's family environment. Religious delusions are characterized by increased conviction and pervasiveness, permeating to a greater extent the individual's whole experience. Their presence is associated with more severe symptoms, higher medication dosage, and poorer prognosis. The increased severity of psychosis with religious content symptomatology seems to be associated with genetic factors and greater genetic load. In addition, the increased duration of untreated psychosis is a determinant of prognosis. This may reflect a reduced alertness of the immediate environment of patients who develop psychotic symptoms with religious content for the first time. Other important prognostic factors are patients' lack of adherence to treatment, their greater resistance to psychiatric approach of the disorder and their exclusion from religious communities, as well as the special characteristics of religious delusions, which seem more corrosive to the patients' psyche than other delusions. Religion and spirituality are prominent in the lives of the majority of patients with psychosis, but they are often underestimated in clinical practice. Raising the awareness of mental health professionals on issues of a religious and spiritual nature can be beneficial in both preventing and treating psychotic disorders.
A Validated high Performance Liquid Chromatographic Method for the Quantification of Favipiravir by PDA Detector
Authors: Nadendla Ramarao , Abhinandana
Published: March 2021

Favipiravir is an antiviral agent showing activity for the treatment of various life threatening viruses such as Ebola virus, Lassa virus and also recent virus for COVID-19. It is a pyrazine carboxamide derivative with activity against RNA viruses which targets RNA-dependent RNA polymerase enzymes which are necessary for the transcription and replication of viral genomes. The lack of research work and no compendial methods available for the estimation of this drug influenced the current research investigation to give a simple, sensitive, rapid, precise, accurate and robust isocratic high performance liquid chromatographic and UV Spectroscopic method for the determination and quantification of Favipiravir. The elution was done by using SHIMADZU Prominence-i, LC-2030 C system equipped with Shim-Pack GIST C18 (250X 4.6 mm, 5μm) column with a mobile phase mixture of 10 mM potassium dihydrogen ortho phosphate buffer (pH 4.0) and acetonitrile in the ratio of 90:10 v/v at a flow rate of 1.0 ml/min. The ultraviolet detection was done at the wavelength of 315 nm by maintaining column temperature at 30°. The total run time was 8.0 min. Calibration plot showed best regression over the concentration range of 10-60 μg/ml of Favipiravir standard solutions. The LOD and LOQ was found to be 0.18 μg/ml and 0.53 μg/ml, respectively. The accuracy of the proposed method was determined by performing recovery studies and was found to be between 99.47-100.80%. The repeatability testing for both sample and standard solutions was found as %RSD<2.0% which is within the acceptable limits showing that the method is precise as well. The proposed method was successfully applied for the marketed formulations of Favipiravir tablets. In addition the main features of the proposed method are economic and eco-friendly with less retention time around 4.622 min.
A PSICANÁLISE DE "UNS BRAÇOS"
Authors: Nunes Marcos Machado
Published: March 2021

O texto procura demonstrar o modo como o conto "Uns braços", de Machado de Assis, representa o "romance familiar" da psicanálise dando ênfase ao papel da linguagem e do desejo na construção da subjetividade. Tal ênfase permite ao Autor esboçar um paralelo entre a narrativa machadiana e a teoria psicanalítica de Lacan. Corpo e erotismo são, pela mediação da linguagem, inseridos na dinâmica da reprodução das estruturas familiares e dos papeis sociais. Paro a realização de tal leitura, são tomadas como fundamentação teórica as observações de João Alexandre Barbosa quanto a natureza da relação entre o discurso literário e outros discursos.
Edição e arquivo
Authors: Guimarães Júlio Castañon
Published: March 2021

O artigo aborda a edição crítica como etapa de trabalho com os textos, na medida em que resulta de uma abordagem de documentação o textual e fornece elementos para o desenvolvimento de outros trabalhos. A relação entre edição e arquivo não se faz apenas no sentido de que a primeira se vale do segundo, mas também no sentido de que a própria edição se constitui como arquivo.
La culture en transit: locomotion, médiamotion, artmotion
Authors: Moser Walter
Published: March 2021

Comment analyser la grande mobilité et instabilité de la culture contemporaine? Ce texte présente une activité de recherche, à l'état de projet, qui propose d'apporter des réponses à cette question. Afin de donner un accès analytique aux dynamiques culturelles dans lesquelles nous vivons, il est proposé de distinguer trois types de mouvements: la loco-motion (le deplacement physique des êtres humains), la média-motion (l'experience d'un monde en mouvement que nous procurent les médias) et l'art-motion (l'experience esthétique en mouvement que nous procurent certaines œuvres d'art, surtout des installations). Dans un premier temps, il s'agit de conceptualiser et d'examiner ces mouvements séparément, quitte à, ensuite, en etudier les convergences dans des situations réelles.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cultura em trânsito: locomoção, mídiamoção, artemoçãoComo analisar a grande mobilidade e instabilidade da cultura contemporânea? Este texto apresenta, em estado de projeto, uma pesquisa que visa a apresentar respostas a essa questão. A fim de garantir acesso analítico ao dinamismo cultural em que vivemos, propõe-se a distinção de três tipos de movimento: a loco-moção (o deslocamento físico dos seres humanos), a mídia-moção (a experiência de um mundo em movimento proporcionada pela mídia) e a arte-moção (a experiência estética em movimento proporcionada por certas obras de arte, sobretudo as instalações). Primeiramente, trata-se de conceitualizar e de examinar esses movimentos em separado, para, em seguida, estudar suas convergências em situações concretas.
Diálogos da resistência: imaginação, escritura e subjetividade em Sartre
Authors: Pereira Deise Quintiliano
Published: March 2021

Da consciência imaginativa à consciência engajada do escritor Jean-Paul Sartre inscreve-se uma continuidade que pode ser apreendida por intermédio de uma leitura que traga à luz as relações dialógicas entre subjetividade e alteridade, o indivíduo e a coletividade. Tais relações, que se emaranham nas teias do processo de escritura sartriano, implicam uma forma de resistência e de denúncia dos mecanismos silenciosos que definem o conceito de "má-fé".
Os recursos anisocrônicos e seus efeitos de sentido em "Último capítulo"
Authors: Cardoso Patrícia Alves
Published: March 2021

No presente trabalho procuramos observar como os procedimentos temporais atuam na produção de sentidos no discurso machadiano. Para a realização do estudo, analisamos o conto "Último capítulo", do livro História sem data, de Machado de Assis. Definido o texto, estabelecemos um percurso teórico com fontes distintas na expectativa de observarmos os componentes temporais em termos de investimentos retóricos que implicam em efeitos de sentidos na organização textual. O principal objetivo, da pesquisa, foi o de verificar como os elementos temporais são explorados retoricamente em função de ganhos poéticos e na produção de uma maior ambigüidade no plano de significação.
Uma casa chamada exílio
Authors: Schmidt Simone Pereira
Published: March 2021

O artigo discute a experiência do exílio representada na literatura moçambicana atuaI, abordando especialmente a questão das identidades. A partir da leitura de dois romances de Mia Couto, Terra sonâmbula (1992) e Um rio chamado tempo, uma casa chamada terra (2002), procura examinar como é vivenciado o exílio dentro do próprio país, enfocando a experiência dramática da guerra civil e a difícil reconstrução da nação no período posterior à guerra.
A língua como questão nos primórdios da história da colonização africana: a “Crônica da Guiné”, de G. E. de Zurara
Authors: Mariani Bethania
Published: March 2021

Objetiva-se, com esse artigo, compreender os momentos iniciais do processo português de colonização lingüística de determinadas regiões do continente africano. Para tanto, realizou-se uma análise da Chronica do descobrimento e a conquista da Guiné, escrita por Gomes Eannes Azurara, em 1453. Esse texto de Azurara, base para a depreensão das idéias lingüísticas que marcaram os primeiros contatos entre as línguas faladas por portugueses e pelos habitantes da costa africana, foi colocado em confronto com outros monumentos textuais, tais como ordens reais e bulas papais também escritas nesse mesmo período.
Para uma sociolinguística do texto literário traduzido: um olhar sobre ‘The Color Purple’ e sua tradução
Authors: Sarian Maristela Cury
Published: March 2021

Este trabalho tem por objetivo estabelecer uma relação entre a tradução e a sociolinguística, a partir da análise da tradução do romance epistolar The Color Purple, da afro-americana Alice Walker, A cor púrpura, realizada por Peg Bodelson, Betúlia Machado e Maria José Silveira, a fim de investigar como a heterogeneidade linguística da obra original, associada, sobretudo, à maior ou menor frequência de uso de inglês padrão e de Black English Vernacular pelas personagens, foi construída na tradução. Nessa análise, verifico quais foram os recursos utilizados na caracterização da linguagem das personagens e como estes podem ser associados aos diferentes graus de escolaridade e de letramento de Celie e Nettie, valendo-me, como instrumental para essa análise, de descrições da variação sociolinguística, das teorias do letramento e dos processos de aquisição de língua escrita.
A tradução de textos técnicos e jornalísticos na direção inglês -> português
Authors: Camargo Diva Cardoso de
Published: March 2021

Um processo de descrição e análise do fenômeno tradutório em textos técnicos e jornalísticos, comparados de maneira sistemática e com bases científicas, pode fornecer subsídios para obter-se um padrão básico de quais modalidades tradutórias ocorreriam com mais frequência nessas duas tipologias textuais na direção inglês -> português. Por essa perspectiva, conforme indiquem maior ou menor semelhança ou distanciamento nesse par de línguas, as incidências poderiam evidenciar algumas tendências existentes nas traduções técnicas e jornalísticas. A fim de compararmos os doze textos de partida e os respectivos textos de chegada, aplicamos o modelo AUBERT (1984, 1997). Diante da regularidade constatada no levantamento de dados, mostra-se viável a existência de uma ordem predominante para as modalidades de maior frequência: tradução literal, transposição e modulação. Com base nos resultados, parece destacar-se, na tradução de textos técnicos e jornalísticos, uma maior propensão para a literalidade do que para reelaborações semântico-estilísticas, indicando, assim, uma menor individualidade do tradutor diante desses dois tipos de texto. Todavia, uma atuação mais restrita do tradutor não implica um menor grau de dificuldade, posto que, muitas vezes, pode ser bastante intrincada a tentativa de encontrar a correspondência adequada para determinados termos quer da tecnologia de ponta quer da tradução de textos jornalísticos em virtude da diversidade do universo temático e do estilo condensado, particularmente das manchetes.
Machado de Assis e os estudos de tradução
Authors: Ferreira Eliane Fernanda Cunha
Published: March 2021

O papel da tradução stricto e lato sensu na carreira literária de Machado de Assis e na formação da identidade cultural da nação brasileira, ambos contribuindo para a historiografia literária, para os estudos comparativistas e para as Estudos de Tradução.
THE SODOMITIC REPUTATION OF WEIMAR BERLIN
Authors: Woods Gregory
Published: March 2021

Weimar Berlin became the European city of erotic dreams and moral nightmares. Berlin became the symbol both of the wonderful things that could be achieved if one fought for them and of the terrible things that might happen if one did not fight against them. The openness and proliferation of Berlin's homosexual life was both a promise and a threat. Weimar's legacy was not so much the vengeful righteousness of Nazism as the efficient fervour with which queer Berlin re-established itself and thrived after the war, even at the hostile epicentre of the Cold War.------------------------------------------------------------------------------A reputação sodomita de Weimar BerlinA Berlim da República de Weimar tornou-se a cidade européia, por excelência, dos sonhos eróticos e dos pesadelos morais. Berlim tornou-se o símbolo tanto das coisas maravilhosas que poderiam ser alcançadas se se lutasse por elas, quanto das coisas terríveis que poderiam acontecer se não se lutasse contra elas. A proliferação e a visibilidade da vida homossexual berlinense era tanto uma promessa quanto uma ameaça. O legado de Weimar não foi tanto o moralismo vingativo do Nazismo, quanto o fervor eficaz com o qual a Berlim queer conseguiu se reestabelecer e prosperar depois da guerra, apesar de estar no hostil epicentro da Guerra Fria.---Artigo em inglês
AUTORIA, LEITURA E BIBLIOTECAS NO MUNDO DIGITAL
Authors: Jobim José Luís
Published: March 2021

Este artigo trata do status da autoria e da leitura no mundo digital, analisando a impacto não somente das novas tecnologias, mas também dos novos quadros de referência legais para escritores e leitores. Novas tecnologias trazem consigo novas questões legais, que, por sua vez, geram novas respostas tecnológicas. O surgimento dos Sistemas de Proteção e Gestão de Direitos Autorais (Copyright Protection and Management Systems) é uma resposta às necessidades dos detentores de direitos autorais, mas está se tornando um problema para o usuário em geral, que quer ter acesso a softwares, bancos de dados, textos etc. Procuraremos mostrar que o arcabouço legal para esta situação e basicamente norte-americano, em função de o governo dos Estados Unidos ter tido amplo sucesso em impor seu ponto de vista na Organização Mundial de Propriedade Intelectual.
Diaspora in Caryl Phillip's "Crossing the river" (1993) and "A Distant shore" (2003)
Authors: Bonnici Thomas
Published: March 2021

Diaspora em Crossing the river (1993) e A distant shore (2003) de Caryl PhillipsInvestigam-se no contexto da literatura caribenha os dois tipos de diáspora, ou seja, a antiga que compreende os escravos e os trabalhadores asiáticos contratados, e a moderna que abrange os refugiados, o tráfico de mulheres e imigrantes procurando trabalho. Os romances Crossing the River e A Distant Shore, de Caryl Phillips, publicados respectivamente em 1993 e 2003, tratam dos dois tipos de diáspora. Enquanto a primeira analisa as diferentes trajetórias de um ex-escravo estadunidense repatriado a Libéria e de uma mulher negra em sua viagem ao oeste dos Estados Unidos, rumo à liberdade, a segunda discursa sobre os problemas diaspóricos de um Africano contemporâneo que foge de seu país para afastar-se da guerra civil e para achar emprego num país democrático. Os resultados da pesquisa mostram que numa economia transnacional as pessoas da antiga diáspora tendem a encontrar a liberdade e a subjetividade mais do que aquelas envolvidas na diáspora moderna. Nesse último caso a frustração e a solidão são factíveis.---Artigo em inglês
Mistura, pororoca y fantología: una lectura de Paulo Leminski
Authors: Cámara Mario
Published: March 2021

Mistura, pororoca e espectrologia: uma leitura de Paulo LeminskiSob a invocação de uma espectrologia que com sua irrupção consiga traduzir o tempo, este trabalho procura fazer uma leitura das origens e uma leitura das leituras das origens de Paulo Leminski. Em diálogo e confronto com os escritos que fizeram Caetano Veloso e Haroldo de Campos na ocasião da publicação da primeira coletânea de poemas de Leminski, Caprichos & Relaxos, realizada por uma editora comercial em 1983, ensaia-se outro escrito, narra-se outra origem que inclui como dado fundamental a edição de Catatau, texto de Leminski publicado em 1975 que foi relegado naquelas apresentações. Numa análise textual das apresentações acima mencionadas, podem ser constatadas certas omissões e decisões que constroem apenas uma das imagens possíveis do Leminski escritor e de seu projeto literário. No entanto, partindo dessas apresentações, pode se produzir uma leitura diferente. A proposta é, pois, pensar uma outra origem e construir, desse modo, outra imagem de escritor e outro projeto literário a partir de uma leitura de Catatau que inscreva e devolva a produção literária de Leminski a um lugar "outro" que se situe entre duas dificuldades: a de pertencer a uma vanguarda e a de transcendê-la. Traçar as linhas dessa colocação, sempre paradoxal, e analisar a obra produzida nessa articulação e o objetivo deste ensaio.---Artigo em espanhol.
Memória espacial e deslocamento em "O caminho de San Giovanni", de Ítalo Calvino
Authors: Maciel Sheila Dias
Published: March 2021

O conto "O caminho de San Giovanni", de Ítalo Calvino, foi publicado em obra homônima, composta por cinco textos apresentados como exercícios de memória. Apesar da classificação, o conto não se dissocia de outras obras calvinianas consideradas como não-confessionais em que a espacialidade também aparece como estratégia memorialista. O espaço do conto, labirinticamente construído, e percorrido por um sujeito narrativo que se desloca entre o retorno impossível e o trilhamento do passado; a reconstrução do caminho até San Giovanni e a divergência espacial com o pai.
Editorial: Beyond the traditional borders of the governance and regulation worldwide
Authors: Lucchese Manuela
Published: March 2021

The Editorial team is proud to introduce the first issue of the Journal of Governance and Regulation of 2021. Issue 1 of Volume 10, 2021, hosts contributions focused on several interesting topics that represent some of the most current issues in the field of governance and regulation, including blockchain, internal governance, intellectual property protection, demographic characteristics of the CEO/public enterprise principals, board of directors, auditors liability, Industry 4.0, compensation policies, intellectual capital, sustainability issues, as well as tax buoyancy during the COVID period. Issue 1 has an international connotation both because it involves authors from different parts of the world and illustrates many different countries’ evidence.
CanVaS: Documenting the genetic variation spectrum of Greek cancer patients
Authors: Kalfakakou Despoina , Fostira Florentia , Papathanasiou Athanasios , Apostolou Paraskevi , Dellatola Vasiliki , Gavra Ioanna , Vlachos Ioannis , Scouras Zacharias , Drosopoulou Eleni , Yannoukakos Drakoulis , Konstantopoulou Irene
Published: March 2021

National genetic variation registries vastly increase the level of
detail for the relevant population, while directly affecting patient
management. Herein, we report CanVaS, a Cancer Variation reSource aiming
to document the genetic variation of cancer patients in Greece. CanVaS
comprises germline genetic data from 7,363 Greek individuals with a
personal and/or family history of malignancy. The dataset incorporates
~24,000 functionally annotated rare variants in 97
established or suspected cancer susceptibility genes. For each variant,
allele frequency for the Greek population, interpretation for clinical
significance, anonymized family and segregation information, as well as
phenotypic traits of the carriers, are included. Moreover, information
on the geographic distribution of the variants across the country are
provided, enabling the study of Greek population isolates. Direct
comparisons between Greek (sub)populations with relevant genetic
resources is supported, allowing fine-grain localized adjustment of
guidelines and clinical decision-making. Most importantly, anonymized
data are available for download, while the Leiden Open Variation
Database schema is adopted, enabling integration/interconnection with
central resources. CanVaS could become a stepping-stone for a
countrywide effort to characterize the cancer genetic variation
landscape, concurrently supporting national and international cancer
research. The database can be accessed at:
https://ithaka.rrp.demokritos.gr/CanVaS
Impella insertion for residual aortic dissection
Authors: Yoshida Hisashi , ICHIHARA YUKI , Hoki Ryogo , Niinami Hiroshi
Published: March 2021

Acute aortic dissection with coronary malperfusion is a life-threatening
disease, resulting in demanding postoperative management. We report a
successful insertion of percutaneous heart pump Impella through the
intact true lumen in a patient with residual aortic dissection after the
graft replacement and its recovery from the post-cardiotomy cardiogenic
shock.
Proposal: BlueTransience
Authors: Zöbelein Carolin
Published: March 2021

A Bluetooth based, short memory, social media mobile network app.