bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Correlations between sleep disturbance and brain cortical morphometry in healthy children
Authors: Na Xiaoxu , Li Ting , Larson-Prior Linda J. , Baldwin Caroline E. , Badger Thomas M. , Ou Xiawei
Published: November 2021

Background

While the importance of adequate sleep duration to normal brain development is well known, more studies are needed to characterize how undiagnosed sleep disturbance other than suboptimal sleep duration may impact brain development. In this study we aim to understand the relationships between sleep disturbance measures and cortical morphometry in typically-developing children without previous diagnoses of sleep pathology.

Methods

Healthy 8-year-old children (30 boys, 37 girls) without clinical diagnosis of sleep disorders were prospectively recruited for brain MRI and their parents completed the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ). Total sleep disturbance score, as well as 8 subscales including bedtime resistance, sleep onset delay, sleep duration, sleep anxiety, night waking, parasomnias, sleep disordered breathing, and daytime sleepiness were calculated, and their relationships with cortical morphometry features including cortical gray matter volume, cortical thickness, and surface area were investigated, controlled for total cortical volume and sex.

Results

The CSHQ total sleep disturbance score significantly correlated with cortical surface area in a cluster in the left middle temporal gyrus (P < 0.001, R = -0.54). In addition, the bedtime resistance subscale negatively correlated with cortical surface area in a cluster in the right fusiform gyrus (P < 0.001, R = -0.50). No other clusters showed significant relationships between CSHQ total score or subscales and cortical features for this cohort.

Conclusion

Significant relationships between sleep disturbance scores in typically-developing children without clinical diagnosis of sleep pathology and their brain cortical surface area in two temporal lobe regions were identified, suggesting that undiagnosed sleep disturbance may potentially impact brain development even in healthy children.
Cross-sectional assessment of cardiovascular risk factors in patients with knee osteoarthritis
Authors: Goel Sagar , Kamath Surendra Umesh , Annappa Rajendra , Krishnamurthy Sunil Lakshmipura , Jain Manesh , Thakkar Samarth , Damsas Lulu , Banerjee Sayak , Divakar Prajwal Madapura
Published: November 2021

Background:Osteoarthritis (OA) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are prevalent in India. However, there is dearth of literature among Indians studying the relationship between the two. This study was carried out to assess various cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in patients with knee OA with an objective to investigate their association, screening and management. 

Methods: In total, 225 patients were included in this cross-sectional study. Participants were diagnosed with knee OA on the basis of the Kellgren and Lawrence (K-L) classification of their radiograph. Participants were also assessed for CV risk factors (age, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, smoking) with the help of the Joint British Society QRisk3 calculator (JBS3) a comprehensive risk score calculator as well as a screening tool, which produces three more variables, namely 10-years risk of developing CVD, physiological heart age and life expectancy. Chi Square, Fishers exact test and one-way ANOVA tests were used to compare the categorical and quantitative variables, respectively. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to assess the relationship between CV risk factors and knee OA. Multiple regression analysis was done to adjust the multiple con-founders and determine their significance.

Results: Patients with severe knee OA had a statistically significantly higher prevalence of CV risk factors (p<0.05). Grade 4 knee OA patients were found to have a mean JBS3 risk of 38%, heart age of 82 years and life expectancy of 77 years as compared to grade 2 patients who had a mean JBS3 risk of 11%, heart age of 63 years and life expectancy of 82 years. 

Conclusions: Our study concluded that there is a strong positive correlation between knee OA and CVD, with CV risk score being directly proportional to the severity of OA.
Refining the content and design of an alcohol reduction app, Drink Less, to improve its usability and effectiveness: a mixed methods approach
Authors: Garnett Claire , Perski Olga , Michie Susan , West Robert , Field Matt , Kaner Eileen , Munafò Marcus R. , Greaves Felix , Hickman Matthew , Burton Robyn , Brown Jamie
Published: November 2021

Background: Digital interventions have the potential to reduce alcohol consumption, although evidence on the effectiveness of apps is lacking. Drink Less is a popular, evidence-informed app with good usability, putting it in a strong position to be improved upon prior to conducting a confirmatory evaluation. This paper describes the process of refining Drink Less to improve its usability and likely effectiveness.

Methods: The refinement consisted of three phases and involved qualitative and quantitative (mixed) methods: i) identifying changes to app content, based on findings from an initial evaluation of Drink Less, an updated review of digital alcohol interventions and a content analysis of user feedback; ii) designing new app modules with public input and a consultation with app developers and researchers; and iii) improving the app’s usability through user testing.

Results: As a result of the updated review of digital alcohol interventions and user feedback analysis in Phase 1, three new modules: ‘Behaviour Substitution’, ‘Information about Antecedents’ and ‘Insights’, were added to the app. One existing module – ‘Identity Change’ – was removed based on the initial evaluation of Drink Less. Phases 2 and 3 resulted in changes to existing features, such as improving the navigational structure and onboarding process, and clarifying how to edit drinks and goals.

Conclusions: A mixed methods approach was used to refine the content and design of Drink Less, providing insights into how to improve its usability and likely effectiveness. Drink Less is now ready for a confirmatory evaluation.
Design of a soft sensing technique for measuring pitch and yaw angular positions for a Twin Rotor MIMO System
Authors: Nayak Sneha , Vemulapalli Sravani , Venkata Santhosh Krishnan , Shankar Meghana
Published: November 2021

Background: This paper presents a soft sensor design technique for the estimation of pitch and yaw angular positions of a Twin Rotor MIMO System (TRMS). The objective of the proposed work was to calculate the value of pitch and yaw angular positions using a stochastic estimation technique. 

Methods: Measurements from optical sensors were used to measure fan blade rotations per minute (RPM).  The Kalman filter, which is a stochastic estimator, was used in the proposed system and its results were compared with those of the Luenberger observer and neural network. The Twin Rotor MIMO System is a nonlinear system with significant cross-coupling between its rotors. 

Results: The estimators were designed for the decoupled system and were applied in real life to the coupled TRMS. The convergence of estimation to the actual values was checked on a practical setup. The Kalman filter estimators were evaluated for various inputs and disturbances, and the results were corroborated in real-time. 

Conclusion:  From the proposed work it was seen that the Kalman filter had at least Integral Absolute Error (IAE), Integral Square Error (ISE), Integral Time Absolute Error (ITAE) as compared to the neural network and the Luenberger based observer.
Duelo anticipado en familiares de personas con enfermedad de Alzheimer: análisis del discurso
Authors: Juan Calabuig Karen , Lacomba-Trejo Laura , Pérez-Marín Marián
Published: November 2021

La enfermedad de Alzheimer (EA) es la demencia más frecuente, un proceso crónico e incurable. Los cuidadores de personas con EA pueden experimentar duelo anticipado, así que el objetivo fue observar el desarrollo de este proceso en familiares de personas con EA. Participaron 10 cuidadores familiares de personas con EA en estado moderado o avanzado (70 % mujeres), de entre 18 y 80 años. Respondieron una entrevista semiestructurada y se usó la técnica del análisis cualitativo del contenido, empleando la triangulación de dos investigadoras. Además, se realizó un análisis descriptivo con SPSS V.26. Los resultados sugieren que los familiares de personas con EA pasan por un proceso de duelo anticipado: muestran sorpresa, ira y miedo; la mayoría (90 %) reconocía que su familiar estaba al final de la vida; todos realizaron reestructuraciones familiares para adaptarse a la nueva situación; el 30 % tenía la esperanza de que la salud de su familiar mejorara, mientras que el 70 % facilitaría el proceso de muerte. Así mismo, la mayoría se acercó más a su familiar (80 %) y la mitad (50 %) cambió positivamente su actitud hacia la muerte. Se identificaron mayores dificultades en mujeres, cuidadores principales convivientes con EA y que tienen un nivel de estudios básicos. Conocer los factores de riesgo y protección en el duelo anticipado puede ayudar a detectar a las personas en riesgo y a intervenirlas psicológicamente, potenciando los factores de protección.
Weight management: insights from the science of human behaviour change
Authors: Furtado Tamzin
Published: November 2021

Helping animal owners to recognise and manage obesity in their animals is a particularly complex area of communications in veterinary medicine. Several studies have outlined the difficulty veterinary professionals face in such discussions, including frustration with the client, embarrassment (particularly if the owner is also overweight), and a sense of inevitable failure. However, obesity continues to be a serious and prevalent welfare problem in dogs, cats, and probably other companion animals as well — hence those discussions will only continue. This review considers veterinary surgeon–client interactions around obesity from the perspective of behaviour change psychology and motivational interviewing, in order to determine how veterinary surgeons and nurses can best assist owners. We consider how an approach based on a supportive and empathetic conversational style could be best suited to these discussions, leading to tailored weight management solutions. Nurses are ideally placed to work with owners in this way.
Veterinary management of feline osteoarthritis
Authors: Corral Cheryl
Published: November 2021

Osteoarthritis is a progressive, degenerative condition, which causes mobility issues and behavioural changes in affected cats as a result of chronic pain. Despite reports in the literature suggesting a vast prevalence of the condition among the domestic cat population, the condition appears to be underdiagnosed. This is likely due to a combination of subtle clinical signs, lack of owner awareness and poor correlation between radiographical changes and severity of clinical signs. Multimodal management of feline osteoarthritis is likely to be most successful in alleviating pain and improving quality of life. This may include some or all of the following: medical management, rehabilitation therapies, weight loss, environmental adaptations, joint supplements and surgery.
Use of broad-spectrum parasiticides in canine and feline parasitology
Authors: Colombo Mariasole , Traversa Donato
Published: November 2021

Companion dogs and cats are exposed daily to several internal and external parasites, and to pathogens transmitted by arthropods. Efficacious prophylactic and therapeutic measures are of paramount importance to controlling the occurrence and diffusion of parasitosis and arthropod-borne diseases, as well as protecting both human and animal health. Several broad-spectrum parasiticides are available on the market and represent a crucial tool for the treatment and/or prevention of several canine and feline endo- and ecto-parasites.
Clinical presentation and management of liver lobe torsions in domestic rabbits
Authors: Edis Abigail
Published: November 2021

Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) are common household pets, and make endearing companions for both the young and old. Rabbit medicine has advanced greatly in recent years, and we are now able to recognise, diagnose and treat many conditions and presentations that may have previously been poorly understood. One of the conditions that is increasingly recognised is liver lobe torsion, which can prove difficult to recognise in clinical practice, especially if the team has not encountered the condition before. The purpose of this article is to highlight liver lobe torsions in rabbits, their presentation and treatment options and nursing care, and describe a successful case seen at the clinic.
Compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction and burnout during a pandemic
Authors: Beetham L , Cameron KE , Harvey LC
Published: November 2021

Background:

Work-related mental health issues in New Zealand are increasing yearly and impact on how employees are able to cope with day-to-day pressures and work productivity. Work-related mental health issues are especially prevalent during times of great stress such as the coronavirus pandemic.

Aim:

In this study, the prevalence of compassion fatigue, burnout and compassion satisfaction were assessed using the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) scale and a range of demographic and descriptive questions.

Methods:

The ProQOL is a Likert-style survey for those in human- or animal care roles, such as veterinary nurses. It measures compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction, rating the scores as low, moderate, or high risk. The survey was hosted via an online survey website for 6 weeks.

Results:

The survey received 166 usable responses. The average scores indicated moderate risk for most respondents for compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction.

Conclusion:

This research indicates that New Zealand's veterinary nurses show similar levels of compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction to international results in veterinary nurses assessed prior to the coronavirus pandemic, indicating that New Zealand veterinary nurses coped remarkably well during the global catastrophe.
What would be another word for it?
Authors: Burrows Jonathan
Published: November 2021

This is the score for a performed talk called ‘What would be another word for it?’, which is about practice, but also about the difficulty of describing the experience of practicing. It was written for a Stockholm series curated by Chrysa Parkinson, and was kind of a conversation with a video on practice she’d made some years before. At the time of writing I’d also started playing English folk music with a concertina player called Will Duke, who was making me re-think what music and dance practice might be. Both of these people are mentioned in the text. The second time I gave the talk I thought it should be more physical, so I memorized the words until the rhythm was in my body. This is also a practice that Chrysa Parkinson uses in her talks. Throughout the memorized performance I started and stopped a slow-motion projection of the dancer Katye Coe, altered by the filmmaker Hugo Glendinning so that Katye seemed to hover always on the edge of stopping, and the faces of the people watching were frozen in slow reaction. And between segments of speaking, I played a small button accordion and a harmonica, both instruments I practice every day. The button accordion is not an instrument usually associated with improvised contemporary dance, and I enjoyed how the connection between the film and my music was in the practice and not in the style. You will see that the score has marks indicating when I should start and stop the film, and when I should start and stop the music. Many dancers describe the way they vocalize while moving, making something like a low grunting sound, too quiet to be heard. If this text is choreographic, then it’s something to do with that kind of grunting, which is a feeling connected to rhythm and emphasis, and also to a sense of reaching out, from here to there.
On dance dramaturgy
Authors: Cools Guy
Published: November 2021

In 1994, Marianne Van Kerkhoven, the Flemish godmother of dance dramaturgy wrote a short, seminal article on the subject – ‘Looking without pencil in the hand’ – of which the title alone is already a manifesto. This contribution builds further on Van Kerkhoven’s insights: how the dramaturge has to stay necessarily invisible in the creative process (s)he is supporting; how in order to capture this invisible role, a lot of metaphors have been created. It continues with looking at the different roles of the authors’ own practice: that of somatic witness, dialogue partner and editor. It concludes reasserting the practice of the (dance) dramaturge as a creative practice in which the whole body is involved and in which somatic proximity to the creative process is as important as critical distance.
The principles of feminist dramaturgical thinking in dance and performance
Authors: Dubljević Ana
Published: November 2021

This text is offering an overview of principles of feminist dramaturgical thinking, that have been identified and used in research on feminist dramaturgy through theoretical and practical work on the performance Still to Come, a Feminist Pornscape. Some of the principles are: the principle of bell hooks, the principle of relationality, the principle of significant otherness, the principle of negative capability, the principle of critters, and they can be related to a variety of aspects of politics and ethics in artistic practice. The text is an ending chapter of The Feminist Pornscapes, on Feminist Dramaturgical Thinking in Dance and Performance Practice book and is intentionally only sketching the current reach of the proposed principles with the wish to welcome the reader into a conversation, to pave the way for more thorough elaborations that are still to come.
Counter-voicing in the avant-garde and experimental music: Selected cases
Authors: Zagoričnik Luka T.
Published: November 2021

The present article is a reworking of a lecture that was performed live and with visual and sound examples at the CoFestival. In selected examples, the author tries to articulate various vocal practices through contemporary and experimental music, performative practices and sound poetry, in which the voice escapes gender, meaning, turns into noise, and emerges through the utterances of silence.
O isolamento social efetivamente impacta a qualidade do ar? o caso de Campinas – SP
Authors: Macorin Rafael Possari , Nogarotto Danilo Covaes , Pozza Simone Andréa
Published: November 2021

A poluição do ar é considerada um dos maiores problemas ambientais e de saúde do mundo. Ao longo dos anos ocorreram diversos eventos que foram responsáveis por causar alterações na qualidade do ar. Com o surto da doença COVID-19 e o rápido aumento do número de casos positivos que se espalhou pelo mundo, tornando a doença uma preocupação em escala internacional, diversos países adotaram medidas de restrição para diminuir a propagação do vírus. No Brasil, após declarado estado de emergência à saúde pública no país, foi adotado o distanciamento social, em março de 2020. Neste estudo foi analisado o impacto das medidas de distanciamento social na qualidade do ar e a variação nas concentrações de material particulado (MP10 e MP2,5), em três estações de monitoramento na cidade de Campinas (SP). Foram comparados dados do período de quarentena, do ano de 2020 e os valores obtidos no mesmo período de 2019, antes da pandemia. Os níveis de material particulado foram reduzidos no começo da quarentena e depois apresentaram um aumento, devido a redução da taxa de isolamento social na cidade. O estudo mostrou, por meio do modelo de regressão linear, que existe relação significativa entre a concentração de material particulado e a taxa de isolamento social, porém foi uma fraca correlação.
The relational navigator: a pedagogical reframing of widening educational participation for care-experienced young people
Authors: Burke Penny Jane , Cameron Claire , Fuller Emily , Hollingworth Katie
Published: November 2021

Young people in state care not only lose support, usually at 18 years of age, but also experience unequal participation in post-secondary education. This has raised concern about the importance of widening participation (WP) for care-experienced young people (CEYP). However, CEYP are often institutionally stigmatised and this could be worsened by WP interventions that are framed by deficit discourses. Weaving together social pedagogies and social justice theories, the article aims to reframe WP away from deficit discourses through recognition of the systemic, structural and cultural inequalities that most CEYP must navigate to access formal education. We introduce the concept of therelational navigator, in which a pedagogical relationship enables the navigator to ‘pilot’ through complex systems and transitional processes in collaboration with, and through ‘walking alongside’, the CEYP with respect to their lived contexts and experiences. This article draws from the reflections of WP navigators situated in two small-scale WP projects, one in an English museum and the other in an Australian university. Our analysis of the reflections of the WP project navigators is offered as a preliminary exploration of the potential therelational navigatoras a way to shift deficit discourses and work towards a reframing of WP through a social pedagogical perspective.
Avoiding Covid-19 Using a 3D Digital Mock Up and Augmented Reality with Cobot in Digital Factory
Authors: Kengpol Athakorn , Elfvengren Kalle
Published: November 2021

The Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0 is extremely relevant and important in manufacturing for several reasons. Failing to adopt the technology of the Fourth Industrial Revolution can cause organizations to fall behind, as their operations are not digitized enough in benchmarking competitors. A major industry as bicycle manufacturing needs to be transformed into a digital factory in order to keep up with the evolving technology. The objectives of this research are in designing a 3D digital mock up and Augmented Reality (AR) for bicycle frame production in the form of digital factory for increasing production capability by decreasing the break-even point whilst avoiding Covid-19 contraction using Tecnomatix Plant Simulation and Unity 3D programs. This research constructed three alternative digital factory layouts that are designed by using a 3D simulation program. The risk of Covid-19 contraction points and the three layouts of cost per unit are analyzed. The results show that the break-even point of the first to the third layouts with Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) are 26,580, 26,322 and 25,354 units respectively. The result of the risk about Covid-19 contraction points from the first to the third layout with AGV are 21,272, 2,872 and 0 points respectively. This means the most appropriate layout for bicycle frame production is the third layout due to the best break-even point that can significantly avoid Covid-19 contraction. The benefit of this research is to integrate a 3D digital mock up, AR and Cobot including AGV to assist the resilience of operations with a dynamic industrial environment.
Seroprevalence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 Immunoglobulin M and Immunoglobulin G Antibodies among the Population of Koya University
Authors: Blbas Safia S. I. , Ahmad Hiwa A. , Hawezy Dawan J. , Shawgery Hemn , Bahadin Hersh N.
Published: November 2021

Coronavirus is a pandemic disease. In most cases, the exact infection rate cannot be determined as not everybody can be tested for the virus, even though some of them carry the virus silently. Therefore, detection of antibodies of this virus is more practical to give us a better clue about the rate of infection because the asymptomatic people can be tested too. The serological detection of anti-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) antibodies among asymptomatic and moderate symptomatic individuals gives us the vital point to understanding the prevalence rate of COVID-19 among the population. Total of (436) volunteers were participated, (96) from teaching staff, (172) employee, and (168) students. Anti-SARS-COV-2 immunoglobulin G (IgG) and Immunoglobulin M (IgM) were detected in the serum by ELISA technique, and complete blood count was performed for all participants. The number of seropositive of anti-SARS-COV-2/IgG was (159), whereas IgM was (66). The highest prevalence rate of IgG detected among participants with family member infected with coronavirus (42.7%). Total WBCs count significantly increased among IgM positive participants. Many asymptomatic people were infected with coronavirus, which lead to more spreading of the virus among the population. Therefore, mass screening of the population for specific antibody against coronavirus is important to reduce the infection rate.
Versification and Authorship Attribution
Authors: Plecháč Petr
Published: November 2021

The technique known as contemporary stylometry uses different methods, including machine learning, to discover a poem’s author based on features like the frequencies of words and character n-grams. However, there is one potential textual fingerprint stylometry tends to ignore: versification, or the very making of language into verse. Using poetic texts in three different languages (Czech, German, and Spanish), Petr Plecháč asks whether versification features like rhythm patterns and types of rhyme can help determine authorship. He then tests its findings on two unsolved literary mysteries. In the first, Plecháč distinguishes the parts of the Elizabethan verse play The Two Noble Kinsmen written by William Shakespeare from those written by his coauthor, John Fletcher. In the second, he seeks to solve a case of suspected forgery: how authentic was a group of poems first published as the work of the nineteenth-century Russian author Gavriil Stepanovich Batenkov? This book of poetic investigation should appeal to literary sleuths the world over.
State security and individual security as exemplified by operational surveillance used by the Polish counter-intelligence service
Authors: Rosicki Remigiusz
Published: November 2021

The material scope of the research problem presented in the text encompasses the issues concerned with operational surveillance that the Polish civilian counter-intelligence service, i.e. the Internal Security Agency (in Polish abbreviated as ABW – Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego), is authorised to. The main purpose of the analysis is to assess the changes introduced as a result of the passing of the so-called Surveillance Act in 2016. The Act was supposed to introduce new regulations with regard to the powers concerning operational surveillance and obtaining of ICT data, granted to particular secret and police services. The said changes were enforced by the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal, which in 2014 found numerous violations of the provisions of the Constitutions of the Republic of Poland caused by the existing regulations authorising the services to engage in particular operational and investigative actions.

In order to elaborate the material scope of the research problem, and to present the conclusions, the following research questions have been presented in the text: Do the legal regulations concerning the powers vested in the Polish civilian counter-intelligence service within operational surveillance infringe individual rights and freedoms (e.g. the right to privacy, protection of personal information, privacy of correspondence), and if so, then to what extent?

Functional and pro-constitutional interpretations have been applied to assess the provisions regulating the powers of the Internal Security Agency with regard to operational surveillance and obtaining of ICT data. The functional interpretation focuses on the function of selected legal solutions, whereas the pro-constitutional interpretation focuses on the assessment of legal solutions in the context of the principles of a democratic state ruled by law, as well as human rights and freedoms. As regards the pro-constitutional interpretation, the tool used for assessment is the test of proportionality, i.e. the rule used for interpreting legal norms according to the degree and legitimacy of the interference in individual rights and freedoms.
Activities of the Social-Cultural Society of Germans in Opole Silesia in the aspect of ethnic policy of the Polish state
Authors: Szczepański Andrzej
Published: November 2021

Some of the most important principles of state ethnic policy are to ensure national and ethnic minorities possibility of continuing their national distinction and to enable them participation in public life, including political. The German minority residing in Poland, the most numerous among national minorities, participates actively in realization of the above-mentioned principles. The German minority is most numerous in Upper Silesia area where since 1990 the biggest minority organization in Poland, the Social-Cultural Society of Germans in Opole Silesia (TSKN), has been operating.

The basic aim of this article was to make an attempt to describe TSKN activities in the aspect of Polish state ethnic policy assumptions. Research tools and methods used were: historical, comparative, statistical, source study and literature review. Essential research was also study of Internet sources, first and foremost Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration websites as well as TSKN websites. Research hypothesis had been formulated, according to which the Third Republic of Poland ethnic policy not only enable keeping national identity for the German minority living in the region of Opole Silesia, but also creates for the minority appropriate conditions to participate in public life of the region. As a result of research process above-mentioned hypothesis was verified positively.
The historical and sociological determinants of Polish-Ukrainian political dialogue
Authors: Trosiak Cezary
Published: November 2021

The presence of over a million Ukrainian immigrants in Poland has inspired various analyses and studies. They seek to answer the question of how this largest group of immigrants, living in Poland mainly for economic and educational purposes,will influence the course of discussions on the social, political, cultural and, finally, economic consequences of migration.

Yet another question, which the author of this article is attempting to answer, concerns how historical events such as the “Volhynia slaughter” and the forced displacement of Polish and Ukrainian people from 1939 to 1952 will affect the content and intensity of Polish-Ukrainian political dialogue and the content of political history. The author formulates the thesis that both Poles and Ukrainians can use these events to achieve short-term political goals.

Overcoming historical burdens is a process that will take many years and last for generations. Politics, however, is more short-term and its vectors frequently change. This observation should encourage taking up the challenges related to Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation, which is a necessary condition for good neighbourly relations between the Republic of Poland and Ukraine, and more broadly, between Poles and Ukrainians, both in Poland and in Ukraine.
Gender equality policy in Georgia and challenges
Authors: Letodiani Tamar
Published: November 2021

Scientific research confirms that equal opportunities for girls and boys is one of the most important determinants of development, which has a positive impact on the country’s progress in all vital areas, the country’s economy, politics and social life.

The paper “Gender equality policy in Georgia and challenges” combines a mixed study to explore important aspects of gender equality principles in Georgia a variety of areas, including women’s political involvement, quotas and mechanisms during elections, domestic violence and violence against women. Prevention, premature marriage as a form of violence.

Public or non-governmental institutions working on these issues, research of state programs, which programs help citizens in involvement and development, empowerment of women and rural women, and economic prosperity. Georgian legislation, as well as gender budgeting and programs were studied.

The data obtained from the studies give us a basis to draw the following conclusions:

Despite the positive general legal framework, Georgia fails to meet its international commitments in practice to uphold the principles of equal rights for women and gender equality.

Quotas system and mechanisms have been improved in Georgia again.

Georgia still lacks shelters and services for victims of violence.

There are no solid coordination mechanisms between the state agency and local self-governments.

Public servants need to acquire additional knowledge and experience on gender sensitivity, budgeting and program planning.
Aesculapius et hygia als Dii Maiores?
Authors: Hainzmann Manfred
Published: November 2021

In an article published 1997 Géza Alföldy explained his ideas about the generic terms of dii Maiores and dii Magni. For the former term there are still no testimonies with theonymic referents known. This is not the case for the so called „Great Gods”. Exploring all epigraphic evidence including the epithets dominus et domina and other votive formulars, we come to the following conclusions: the dii Maiores rather do not refer to the main roman gods and goddesses but to the classical healers Aesculapius et Hygia. Like other Greek and Roman divinities they were together also invoked as dii Magni. It seems very likely, that the votive incriptions from Gorsium (dii Magni), which G. Alföldy was talking about, can also be linked with this famous couple of healing gods.
Cilicia and the Roman Empire: reflections on Provincia Cilicia and its romanisation
Authors: Borgia Emanuela
Published: November 2021

This paper aims at the study of the Roman province of Cilicia, whose formation process was quite long (from the 1st century BC to 72 AD) and complicated by various events. Firstly, it will focus on a more precise determination of the geographic limits of the region, which are not clear and quite ambiguous in the ancient sources. Secondly, the author will thoroughly analyze the formation of the province itself and its progressive Romanization. Finally, political organization of Cilicia within the Roman empire in its different forms throughout time will be taken into account.
The integration process of the Lower Moesian areas
Authors: Duch Michał
Published: November 2021

The objective of this article is to provide a short presentation of the integration process of the areas that formed Lower Moesia. The author aims to present select methods implemented by the Romans in order to place the discussed territories under their complete control. The main differences between the individual parts of Lower Moesia have also been indicated in the article, as well as the ways in which they mutually supplemented each other, ultimately composing a cohesive whole.
Wurde Tyras in das Römische Reich inkorporiert? Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Römischen Anwesenheit an der Nördlichen Schwarzmeerküste
Authors: Królczyk Krzysztof
Published: November 2021

The following text has been devoted to the problem of incorporation of the Greek colony of Tyras, located not far away from the mouth of the river Tyras (Dniester) into the Pontus Euxinus (Black Sea), to the Roman Empire. Some scholars – among them Theodor Mommsen – were convinced that it happened in the middle of the 1. century AD or little later. There are, however, some historians who think that Tyras remained independent until its end in the late antiquity. Upon the analysis of the extant epigraphic sources, the author of the following article puts a hypothesis that Tyras was actually incorporated to the Roman province by the end of the 2. century AD. In his opinion it was the emperor Septimius Severus (ruled 193-211) who decided to enlarge the territory of the Empire in this part of the ancient oikumene. The incorporation of Tyras into the Roman Empire can bee seen as a part of the policy of the propagatio Imperii (the enlargement of the Empire) which was consistently carried out by Septimius Severus from the very beginning of his reign.
Meine Erinnerungen an Géza Alföldy
Authors: Borhy László
Published: November 2021

Meine Erinnerungen an Géza Alföldy
Statio publici portorii in Novae (Niedermoesien) und eine neue Statuenbasis aus dem Stabsgebäude der 1. Italischen Legion
Authors: Sarnowski Tadeusz
Published: November 2021

The present paper is a publication of a new portorium inscription found in one of the late Roman loess pits in the courtyard of the principia (headquarters building) of the legio I Italica and testifying to the existence of the station of the great Illyrian customs district at Novae. The stone bears a dedication to Numen Augusti and Genius portorii and was set up by two servi vilici from the station staff on behalf of G. Iulius Eutyches, the conductor of the Illyrian customs district. The author of the paper dates the stone to AD 169-175 and tries to localise the station near the eastern gate of the legionary fortress. The critical context of the publication includes the findspot of the inscription, topography of the area situated directly to the east of the fortress, location of the Roman landing place and finally also the scene XXXV of the Trajan’s column representing a fortress on the Danube bank which can be identified with Novae.
PRÓBA OCENY EFEKTYWNOŚCI POLITYKI ZAGRANICZNEJ I BEZPIECZEŃSTWA UNII EUROPEJSKIEJ
Authors: Plata Krzysztof
Published: November 2021

This paper aims to demonstrate the ineptitude of the European Union in implementing action to ensure security of the member states and, in consequence, pursuing effective foreign policy towards states which are indirectly involved in the relationships within the European region. The author argues the proposition through confrontation and interpretation of knowledge conveyed in expert sources.
REKONSTRUKCJONISTYCZNA DESAKRALIZACJA TORY I JEJ WPŁYW NA WSPÓŁCZESNĄ KULTURĘ ŻYDOWSKĄ
Authors: Szczerbiński Waldemar
Published: November 2021

The text is going to recognize the fact that in the world today it is culture which exerts a tremendous influence on how the Bible is understood by Jews themselves. This approach is exemplified in Jewish reconstructionism, which effected a veritable revolution in that respect. As it appears, the attitude has ultimately led to the desacralization of the Torah.
KULTURA A GLOBALIZACJA: PROBLEMY ZASADNICZE
Authors: Krasiwski Orest
Published: November 2021

The article analyzes the influence of globalization on the cultural processes of society, exploring the significance of global culture for self-identification and selfdetermination, as well as its impact on local national culture. The author investigation the reasons behind glocalisation, also showing the consequences of the spread of mass culture, the transition of the western way of life, values and ideals of the consumption society.
MAQUIAVELO, EL PRÍNCIPE FRUSTRADO
Authors: Esparza Leibar Andoni
Published: November 2021

This article advances a hypothesis which differs from those usually formulated about “The Prince”. Here, Machiavelli is not simply a scholar versed in politicalphilosophy. The theories that he expounds on in this particular piece of work would, in part, be the result of long-term efforts he undertook to gain power for himself and become a sovereign. In order to support this assertion, it is necessary to turn to his biography. His interventions as a high official (particularly during the latter years of the Florentine Republic) have been compared to the reflections he compiled in The Prince . This information points to the fact that Machiavelli followed a meticulous plan in order to carry out a coup d´état, taking shelter behind Soderini – agonfalonier for life – for whom he acted as main counsellor. Some of his contemporaries (and his political enemies in particular) already expressed their suspicions in that regard. The corresponding references have been included in the article.
JOAQUÍN COSTA I REGENERACJA HISZPANII
Authors: Gołaszewska-Rusinowska Dominika
Published: November 2021

This case study focuses on the life and work of Joaquín Costa. He was a Spanish intellectual who in late 19th century and early 20th century started the intellectual and political movement called Regenerationism. This movement emerged in response against the political system of Spanish Restoration.
O PORÓWNANIACH W JĘZYKU JÓZEFA KORZENIOWSKIEGO (NA PRZYKŁADZIE PORÓWNAŃ Z ŁĄCZNIKIEM JAK W POWIEŚCI „SPEKULANT”)
Authors: Żurawska-Chaszczewska Jowita
Published: November 2021

The article is a contribution to the series of studies which investigate the idiostyle of Józef Korzeniowski, including the analysis of similes in 14 works by the writer. The author examines comparative constructions with conjunctions as/like in Korzeniowski’s first novel and distinguishes grading and non-grading comparative statements, as well as textual and associative ones; comparandum and comparatum are also discussed.
„NAJWIĘKSZA TAKA KATASTROFA…” O NIEWIDOCZNYCH REPREZENTACJACH KATASTROFY ELEKTROWNI JĄDROWEJ W CZARNOBYLU
Authors: Brylska Aleksandra
Published: November 2021

The paper asks how the actually invisible event of the Chernobyl disaster is remembered and represented. The author therefore examines the discourse concerning the events of April 26th, 1986: how it developed, changed over the transformation period, and subsequently functioned until the present day.
Problemy starożytnej administracji, czyli w jaki sposób rzymscy urzędnicy troszczyli się o swoją stolicę; rec. książki: Renata Kamińska, W trosce o Miasto. ,,Cura Urbis” w Rzymie okresu republiki i pryncypatu
Authors: Spychała Dariusz
Published: November 2021

Problemy starożytnej administracji, czyli w jaki sposób rzymscy urzędnicy troszczyli się o swoją stolicę; rec. książki: Renata Kamińska, W trosce o Miasto. ,,Cura Urbis” w Rzymie okresu republiki i pryncypatu
NOWOCZESNOŚĆ W LUSTRZE HISTORII: JACOB BURCKHARDT I FRYDERYK NIETZSCHE WOBEC KULTURY DAWNEJ I WSPÓŁCZESNEJ
Authors: Kruszelnicki Michał
Published: November 2021

The text explores the connections between the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche and Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt regarding past and contemporary culture. The focus here is on both thinkers’ highly negative assessment of modernity as an era which does not match the great past times of European culture, especially the noble civilizations of ancient Greece and the Italian Renaissance. The lamentable state of modernity is seen and analyzed in confrontation with those sublime past epochs, with their ethos of individuality, immorality, violent passions and common ambition for greatness. The article ends with a conclusion that although both thinkers were disappointed with times they lived in, it was Nietzsche who pushed his critique of modernity to the extreme, calling for a radical and imminent breach with the failed history and founding a new one, one which would create place only for an elite group of outstanding individuals, while Burckhardt was much more reserved. Although a pessimist too, he kept a desperate faith in the autotelic value of European culture’s spiritual continuum and did not negate its heritage.
Hepatotoxicidad colestásica asociada a tratamiento con enoxaparina
Authors: Velasco de Cos Guillermo , Sánchez-Molina Acosta Isabel , Iturralde Ros Marta , Maiztegi Azpitarte Ainhoa , Moyano Martinez Ana
Published: November 2021

Objectivos

El uso de heparina de bajo peso molecular está muy extendido en la práctica clínica. En muy raras ocasiones, algunos pacientes desarrollan hepatitis pocos días después de haber iniciado el tratamiento, y la inmediata suspensión del mismo resulta determinante a la hora de evitar que esta se cronifique.

Caso clínico

Estos episodios suelen producirse solo en presencia de niveles elevados de transaminasas. Presentamos el caso de un paciente que presentó hepatotoxicidad con patrón colestásico, que es muy poco frecuente en este tipo de fármaco.

Conclusiones

La hepatitis asociada al uso de heparinas es una entidad infradiagnosticada. Dado que esta patología no se suele manifestar con un claro perfil clínico, el laboratorio juega un papel fundamental en su diagnóstico.
Existence of multiple nontrivial solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger-Korteweg-de Vries type system
Authors: Geng Qiuping , Wang Jun , Yang Jing
Published: November 2021

In this paper we are concerned with the existence, nonexistence and bifurcation of nontrivial solution of the nonlinear Schrödinger-Korteweg-de Vries type system(NLS-NLS-KdV). First, we find some conditions to guarantee the existence and nonexistence of positive solution of the system. Second, we study the asymptotic behavior of the positive ground state solution. Finally, we use the classical Crandall-Rabinowitz local bifurcation theory to get the nontrivial positive solution. To get these results we encounter some new challenges. By combining the Nehari manifolds constraint method and the delicate energy estimates, we overcome the difficulties and find the two bifurcation branches from one semitrivial solution. This is an new interesting phenomenon but which have not previously been found.
Development and implementation of an online platform for curriculum mapping in medical education
Authors: Majerník Jaroslav , Kacmarikova Andrea , Komenda Martin , Kononowicz Andrzej A. , Kocurek Anna , Stalmach-Przygoda Agata , Balcerzak Łukasz , Hege Inga , Ciureanu Adrian
Published: November 2021

Objectives

Nowadays universities face ever-increasing demands on quality of education, which is crucial from perspective of future graduates. In face of the need of constant quality improvements of medical curricula, it is important to seek strategies for their efficient management. The general trend is to develop electronic support tools to streamline the curricular design, analysis and harmonization.

Methods

Based on the requirements we have identified by the needs analysis among curriculum designers, teachers and managers at five universities involved in the Building Curriculum Infrastructure in Medical Education (BCIME) project, and evidence published in literature on curriculum development, we have developed methodological guidelines on curriculum innovations and a software-based tools that help manage, map and analyse curricula in the medical and healthcare study fields.

Results

In this paper, we share our experiences with building and implementation of EDUportfolio, an online platform developed within our consortium and intended to facilitate harmonisation and optimisation of medical outcome-based curricula. Its functionalities and outputs were verified by pilot mapping of Anatomy curricula as taught at partner universities in five European countries.

Conclusions

The visualisation and the analysis of described curriculum data using natural language processing techniques revealed both the hidden relations between curriculum building blocks and a set of overlaps and gaps in curricula. In addition, we demonstrate both the usability of the platform in the context of the involved academic environments and the capability to map and compare curricula across different institutions and different countries.