bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Disenso y consenso epistemológico en la construcción del conocimiento: Implicaciones en una tesis doctoral desde la transcomplejidad
Authors: Balza Laya Antonio María
Published: May 2023

Reflexionar a profundidad para desplegar un conjunto de argumentos epistémicos en torno al disenso y consenso epistemológico de una transepistemología en construcción, como le hemos llamado a la transcomplejidad, sin lugar a dudas, constituye un carísimo encargo intelectual, puesto que un atrevimiento de esta envergadura, comporta confrontar los más custodiados feudos ontoepistemológicos de las racionalidades científicas establecidas. Teóricamente el artículo se fundamenta en los grandes aportes de Rogers Verneaux (1989) acerca de la Epistemología General o Crítica al Conocimiento como un acercamiento didáctico a la filosofía. El articulo permite concluir, que la construcción del conocimiento en el contexto de una investigación de nivel doctoral, pensada desde la transcomplejidad, pone al descubierto, por una parte la emergencia de un disenso epistemológico entendido como una desobediencia paradigmática y una necesaria critica al conocimiento, en tanto propósito por lograr la transformación y progreso de la ciencia, y por otra, la conveniencia de madurar ciertos consensos y/o acuerdos  en torno a algunas premisas epistémicas que deben ser compartidas por la comunidad académica, a los fines de construir en colectivo la identidad científica de la transcomplejidad, la cual asumimos como una transepistemología en construcción. Estas premisas las denomino el eidos ontológico de la transcomplejidad, conformado por: los principios del Enfoque Integrador Transcomplejo, las dimensiones filosóficas de la matriz epistémica de la transcomplejidad, algunos portales de la sabiduría humana para construir el discurso doctoral/posdoctoral desde la transcomplejidad y un translenguaje de naturaleza critica, transgresiva y transformadora.
Liderazgo y desarrollo organizacional: Una visión desde nuevos modelajes
Authors: Campos Medina María Auxiliadora
Published: May 2023

Desde una perspectiva teleológica las organizaciones requieren ejecutar transformaciones profundas que redunden en la optimización de las capacidades personales en función del desarrollo social. El nuevo liderazgo hace uso de estrategias que reflejen la transformación del ser a nivel cognitivo, conductual y emocional que fluyen desde su conciencia, valores y principios. La complejidad del entorno virtual orienta a nuevos modelos de liderazgo emergentes, abiertos a los desafíos de la cibersociedad, entre ellos el transformador y el resonante. Teóricamente este artículo se nutre de los fundamentos de ontológicos de Morin (2002), Chiavenato (2009), Goleman, Boyatzis  y McKee (2002), Duarte (2020). Tiene como intencionalidad generar una reflexión recursiva acerca de los nuevos modelos de liderazgo como herramientas de transformación en las organizaciones. Es producto de la hermenéusis documental con el apoyo de la episteme de la complejidad. Se concluye es el momento de propiciar la emergencia de un nuevo liderazgo de un modo multidimensional.
Environmental Response in Sunflower Hybrids: a Multivariate Approach
Authors: Duca Maria , Port Angela , Burcovschi Ion , Joița-Păcureanu Maria , Dan Mihaela
Published: May 2023

Seed yield stability, being strong influenced of environmental factors, remains the most important objective of sunflower breeding. In present research have been assessed 8 yield related traits at 25 sunflower hybrids, in two growing season (2019, 2020), under different weather conditions in Soroca district from the northeast of the Republic of Moldova. The principal component analysis, correlative and multicollinearity statistics highlighted their clustering according to different categories: commercial, experimental and in testing phase for hybrid performance, indicating the diverse nature of hybrids. The correlation profile of yield related traits at the commercial hybrids contrasts with that of the tested and experimental hybrids which in both evaluated years, is more heterogeneous in context of the strength and direction of correlation. The parameters achene weight per head and number of achene per head, followed by seed yield and head diameter have the highest degree of variation related to growing season. Most negative correlations are found for correlation pairs with variables 1000 seed weight and hectolitre mass of seeds, which are moderate and high for the tested and experimental hybrids, and predominantly low for the commercial ones. The commercial hybrids were more sensitive to the drought stress of the 2020 growing season, responding by a greater decrease of the majority of analyzed agronomic indices. At the same time the correlations between different traits indicated a pattern similar to previous year. Contrary, the experimental hybrids and those in the testing phase showed small changes in the values of agronomic traits that suggest a greater tolerance to drought conditions, as well as less correlations between different indices. The results have several implications for the future breeding, genotype evaluation and recommendation of sunflower hybrids for production in the local regions of growth.
Cross-border integration patterns in the context of domestic economic development : a case study of the Upper Rhine
Authors: Turner Clara , Chilla Tobias , Hippe Stefan
Published: May 2023

Cross-border integration is assumed to promote European cohesion. Yet the relationships between different forms of integration and the social and political outcomes they supposedly promote vary. In this paper, we investigate forms of cross-border integration in the Upper Rhine, comparing patterns of functional integration (socioeconomic indicators) with patterns of organizational integration (network ties between economic development organizations). Using network analysis techniques and qualitative interview data, we find that both forms of integration are driven by the presence of economic differentials between countries, but that spatial patterns of functional integration differ from those of organizational integration. We propose a typology of potential relationships between regions that explains these differing patterns of integration, and highlights how economic development actors respond to the effects of economic differentials on their regional economies. In addition, we highlight complex relationships between organizational and functional integration, institutional integration, and structural contexts.
Uncovering regional typologies in Europe in terms of interregional remittances flows
Authors: Manetos Panos , Kallioras Dimitris , Topaloglou Lefteris , Adamakou Maria
Published: May 2023

Information regarding remittances flows across European space is scarce, and available only at the national level. Such a scarcity limits the capacity to undertake the required analyses and to derive the corresponding conclusions on the interrelations among European regions. The paper uncovers regional typologies in Europe in terms of interregional (NUTS 2 level) remittances flows in year 2018, the year prior to the eruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, the paper compiles and utilizes O-D matrices for interregional remittances flows in Europe, compiles and utilizes tailor-made clustering indicators and employs the k-means clustering technique.
Geochemistry and mineralogy of prehistoric pottery shards found at Gua Kelew, Nenggiri Valley, Kelantan, Malaysia
Authors:   Laboratory of Archaeology and Archaeometry, Institute of the Malay World and Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Mohd Ali Muhamad Shafiq , Ramli Zuliskandar ,   Laboratory of Archaeology and Archaeometry, Institute of the Malay World and Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Azizan Nur Farriehah ,   Laboratory of Archaeology and Archaeometry, Institute of the Malay World and Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor
Published: May 2023

Gua Kelew is one of the newly discovered caves by archaeological researchers in Malaysia. This cave has the potential to become one of Malaysia’s prehistoric sites from the findings from site surveys and archaeological excavations. Among the artifacts that were found are stone tools, earthenware, ceramics, snail shells, cave paintings and animal bones. The discovered earthenwares were analyzed for their mineral content in order to determine whether they were made locally around the cave or brought from elsewhere. The outcome of this analysis is vital as the data would provide proof that the community living in the cave or the surrounding area had its own technology for manufacturing the earthenwares. However, if the earthenwares were brought from elsewhere, it is believed that trade or the exchange of goods between communities living inland and near the coast had occurred. Composition of the earthenware samples was obtained by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis for mineral content and also X-Ray Flouresence (XRF) analysis for major, minor and trace elements. Findings from the XRD analysis show that the mineral content in the earthenware samples are quartz, calcite and anorthoclase, while the XRF analysis shows a high content of silica and aluminium. The analysis also discovered that all of the earthenwares found in Gua Kelew used the same raw materials obtained from the same area. Based on the graph plot analysis, the data exhibits differences in the elements between the earthenware samples and the surrounding area’s clay samples. Hence, it is suggested that the earthenwares found in Gua Kelew were not produced in the Hulu Kelantan area. This also indicates that the earthenwares may have been brought from another location to the area through trade deal between the local and foreign communities.
« English is an Anishinaabe language too. » Évaluer le rôle de la traduction dans la résurgence des ordres juridiques autochtones au Canada
Authors: Lemieux René
Published: May 2023

Alors que l’État canadien reconnaît pleinement deux traditions juridiques distinctes (le droit civil d’origine française et la common law d’origine anglaise), une troisième tradition juridique gagne actuellement en importance et en reconnaissance dans la jurisprudence : les différents ordres juridiques des peuples autochtones du Canada. Une question peut être posée : dans quelles langues ces ordres juridiques peuvent-ils être exprimés? Le titre de cet article, qui propose une réponse à cette question, provient d’une phrase de Brenda Child citée par le juriste John Borrows : « After 400 years, English is now an Anishnaabe language too » (2016, p. 810). Cette manière de qualifier l’anglais tend à indiquer qu’un ordre juridique autochtone ne doit pas absolument être lié à une langue spécifique. L’article a ainsi pour objectif de questionner cette affirmation et de donner un aperçu des enjeux du multilinguisme dans la résurgence des ordres juridiques autochtones au Canada, et ce, par une analyse du rôle potentiel de la traduction, tant interlinguale qu’intralinguale. Les enjeux de ce multilinguisme, intrinsèque au droit autochtone, nous permettent d’envisager une autre manière de comprendre la traduction interculturelle, non plus entre deux différentes cultures, mais à l’intérieur d’une même culture, dans ce cas-ci un système juridique particulier.
Subversion in Visual and Verbal Paratexts. A Case Study of the Translation of a Contemporary Chinese Artist’s Biography
Authors: Wang Yandi
Published: May 2023

Translation has long been integral to the circulation of art between the East and West (Whyte and Heide, 2011, p. 47). Classical Chinese art was first introduced to the West when a history of classical Chinese painting was translated into English (ibid., pp. 46-47). As indicated by the plethora of books and articles published on the subject, there is now widespread interest in contemporary Chinese art, which has achieved international acclaim since the 1990s. This paper draws on existing scholarship in translation studies and political science to analyze four types of paratext (title, cover design, epigraphs, and translator’s preface) in a biography of contemporary Chinese artist Zhang Xiaogang. Based on a comparative visual and verbal paratextual analysis, the paper examines the re-construction of the original title and cover design for the English translation of Zhang’s biography. In this “paratranslation” (Pellatt, 2013a), the translator subverts what Valerie Pellatt calls an “Occidentalist approach” in two ways: first, by privileging the source culture—China’s soft power—over the Western target readership and, second, by explicitly but subtly using rhetorical and narrative devices to convey his own social-political stance. The translated paratexts thus perform multiple functions. They promote the state’s soft power by constructing an image of an underground artist whose work, by resisting autocracy, was once suppressed by the state but is now acclaimed both nationally and internationally. Simultaneously, the translation provides a space for the translator’s voice. This study reveals the importance of translation to scholarship on contemporary Chinese art, which here goes beyond translation itself by giving the translator a voice to advocate for social awareness.
Les enjeux du traduire : penser « l’entre » dans la distance à l’autre. Le cas de la traduction française du roman d’El Aswany
Authors: El Qasem Fayza
Published: May 2023

Si la subversion est la remise en question d’un modèle ou une posture qui en questionne la pertinence, dans quelle mesure la traduction d’un roman subversif, cloué au pilori par les gardiens de l’ordre traditionnel, remplit-elle son rôle, en ouvrant les virtualités de l’oeuvre originale et en donnant à lire l’Autre dans sa singularité et son universalité? Un des chemins consiste à sortir du dualisme qui postule un principe de séparation/exclusion, d’homogénéisation d’une culture et de sa sur-identification. C’est donc au traducteur de choisir les moyens de négocier le décentrement qui s’opère entre la langue-culture source et la langue-culture cible, en fonction de sa représentation de son lecteur, qu’il peut voir comme ouvert à l’universel ou, au contraire, comme désireux de s’ouvrir vers des horizons lointains, mais d’une façon qui lui reste familière.

Dans quelle mesure la traduction française du roman de l’auteur égyptien El Aswany, J’ai couru vers le Nil (Actes Sud, 2018), réalisée par Gilles Gauthier, transmet-elle le style et le contenu subversifs de l’original? Plutôt que de montrer les insuffisances de l’oeuvre traduite, nous proposons de nous confronter aux enjeux représentationnels de la traduction et à leurs effets sur l’image de la culture cible. Nous présenterons les stratégies utilisées par Gauthier dans certains passages, à même d’éclairer sa posture et d’interroger son rapport à l’altérité.
When Deciding to Translate Means Risking Your Reputation: How an American Translator Became a “Spy,” and a Chinese Author, an “Enemy from America”
Authors: Tian Ye
Published: May 2023

While research on the role of translation in society largely focuses on the reception of translated texts, this article calls for a closer look at the decision to translate. It proposes that, on a micro-level, the decision to translate, in the context of an ideological and political conflict, has the potential to subvert the image of authors and translators as perceived by certain groups of people. It reveals how opinions regarding translators and authors are often a product of ideological stances rather than widespread reading of either the authored text or its translation. In this case, it is not a collective reading of the translation itself that sways the perception but, rather, a political “reading” of the translator’s and author’s respective images, which consequently influences their reputation within these groups. This article investigates the translation of a “diary” that recorded events during the Wuhan lockdown (January-April 2020) and garnered much attention on Weibo, China’s largest social media platform. Comments shared on Weibo about the author, Wang Fang, also known as Fang Fang, and the American translator, Michael Berry, were significantly different before and after the publication of Berry’s translation, intitled WuhanDiary. By examining a sample of Weibo users’ reactions, the article seeks to understand the rationale behind the changing perceptions of the author’s and the translator’s image. It argues that Berry, through his decision to translate, comes to be perceived by Weibo users as a “spy,” while Fang Fang, having given her consent for her “diary” to be translated, is then perceived as an “enemy from America.” Translation is thus seen to play a significant role in subverting both an author’s and a translator’s reputation at the micro-level.
Memory, History, Cognition: Using Systems-Theoretical Social Theory to Illuminate Patrick Modiano’s enquêtes policières
Authors: Gunderson Kristen
Published: May 2023

Winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in literature, Patrick Modiano is perhaps the most widely known contemporary French author uniting individual memory and collective historical narrative. His novels, detective-like investigations, focus on the German Occupation of France during World War II. This article argues that Modiano’s detective investigations may best be read as a mise-en-scene of processes of cognition, using the work of social scientist Niklas Luhmann, whose theory of how individual and collective systems “make sense” using memory, perception, and other cognitive phenomena addresses certain particularities present in Modiano’s work. The idea of witness plays a crucial role in both Modiano’s oeuvre and Luhmann’s model of cognition.
Hero Commemoration and State Legitimation in Post-Communist Vietnam —A case study
of martyr Võ Thị Sáu (1933-1952)—
Authors: Tran Thi Lam Dien
Published: May 2023

This essay examined the public veneration of the heroic figure Võ Thị Sáu
(1933–1952) and its relations to state legitimation in post-communist Vietnam.
Through the case study of Sáu, the essay illuminated some characteristics of
contemporary hero commemoration and the socio-political conditions that gave rise to
these transformations. The goal was to demonstrate how communist fighters were
reimagined into the embodiment of the revolutionary past and the moral high ground
of the communists. These heroes became a medium for conflating national identity
with state attachment, and for smoothing out post-communist ideological ruptures in
state identity, hence making them valuable assets for the state in overcoming
challenges against its leadership in the post-communist era.
Regulation of inflammation and protection against invasive pneumococcal infection by the long pentraxin PTX3
Authors: Porte Rémi , Silva-Gomes Rita , Theroude Charlotte , Parente Raffaella , Asgari Fatemeh , Sironi Marina , Pasqualini Fabio , Valentino Sonia , Asselta Rosanna , Recordati Camilla , Monari Marta Noemi , Doni Andrea , Inforzato Antonio , Rodriguez-Gallego Carlos , Obando Ignacio , Colino Elena , Bottazzi Barbara , Mantovani Alberto
Published: May 2023

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major pathogen in children, elderly subjects, and immunodeficient patients. Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is a fluid-phase pattern recognition molecule (PRM) involved in resistance to selected microbial agents and in regulation of inflammation. The present study was designed to assess the role of PTX3 in invasive pneumococcal infection. In a murine model of invasive pneumococcal infection, PTX3 was strongly induced in non-hematopoietic (particularly, endothelial) cells. The IL-1β/MyD88 axis played a major role in regulation of the Ptx3 gene expression. Ptx3−/− mice presented more severe invasive pneumococcal infection. Although high concentrations of PTX3 had opsonic activity in vitro, no evidence of PTX3-enhanced phagocytosis was obtained in vivo. In contrast, Ptx3-deficient mice showed enhanced recruitment of neutrophils and inflammation. Using P-selectin-deficient mice, we found that protection against pneumococcus was dependent upon PTX3-mediated regulation of neutrophil inflammation. In humans, PTX3 gene polymorphisms were associated with invasive pneumococcal infections. Thus, this fluid-phase PRM plays an important role in tuning inflammation and resistance against invasive pneumococcal infection.
The impact of local genomic properties on the evolutionary fate of genes
Authors: Hara Yuichiro , Kuraku Shigehiro
Published: May 2023

Functionally indispensable genes are likely to be retained and otherwise to be lost during evolution. This evolutionary fate of a gene can also be affected by factors independent of gene dispensability, including the mutability of genomic positions, but such features have not been examined well. To uncover the genomic features associated with gene loss, we investigated the characteristics of genomic regions where genes have been independently lost in multiple lineages. With a comprehensive scan of gene phylogenies of vertebrates with a careful inspection of evolutionary gene losses, we identified 813 human genes whose orthologs were lost in multiple mammalian lineages: designated ‘elusive genes.’ These elusive genes were located in genomic regions with rapid nucleotide substitution, high GC content, and high gene density. A comparison of the orthologous regions of such elusive genes across vertebrates revealed that these features had been established before the radiation of the extant vertebrates approximately 500 million years ago. The association of human elusive genes with transcriptomic and epigenomic characteristics illuminated that the genomic regions containing such genes were subject to repressive transcriptional regulation. Thus, the heterogeneous genomic features driving gene fates toward loss have been in place and may sometimes have relaxed the functional indispensability of such genes. This study sheds light on the complex interplay between gene function and local genomic properties in shaping gene evolution that has persisted since the vertebrate ancestor.
Gene editing and scalable functional genomic screening in Leishmania species using the CRISPR/Cas9 cytosine base editor toolbox LeishBASEedit
Authors: Engstler Markus , Beneke Tom
Published: May 2023

CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing has revolutionised loss-of-function experiments in Leishmania, the causative agent of leishmaniasis. As Leishmania lack a functional non-homologous DNA end joining pathway however, obtaining null mutants typically requires additional donor DNA, selection of drug resistance-associated edits or time-consuming isolation of clones. Genome-wide loss-of-function screens across different conditions and across multiple Leishmania species are therefore unfeasible at present. Here, we report a CRISPR/Cas9 cytosine base editor (CBE) toolbox that overcomes these limitations. We employed CBEs in Leishmania to introduce STOP codons by converting cytosine into thymine and created http://www.leishbaseedit.net/ for CBE primer design in kinetoplastids. Through reporter assays and by targeting single- and multi-copy genes in L. mexicana, L. major, L. donovani, and L. infantum, we demonstrate how this tool can efficiently generate functional null mutants by expressing just one single-guide RNA, reaching up to 100% editing rate in non-clonal populations. We then generated a Leishmania-optimised CBE and successfully targeted an essential gene in a plasmid library delivered loss-of-function screen in L. mexicana. Since our method does not require DNA double-strand breaks, homologous recombination, donor DNA, or isolation of clones, we believe that this enables for the first time functional genetic screens in Leishmania via delivery of plasmid libraries.
Postures anomaly tracking and prediction learning model over crowd data analytics
Authors: Aljuaid Hanan , Akhter Israr , Alsufyani Nawal , Shorfuzzaman Mohammad , Alarfaj Mohammed , Alnowaiser Khaled , Jalal Ahmad , Park Jeongmin
Published: May 2023

Innovative technology and improvements in intelligent machinery, transportation facilities, emergency systems, and educational services define the modern era. It is difficult to comprehend the scenario, do crowd analysis, and observe persons. For e-learning-based multiobject tracking and predication framework for crowd data via multilayer perceptron, this article recommends an organized method that takes e-learning crowd-based type data as input, based on usual and abnormal actions and activities. After that, super pixel and fuzzy c mean, for features extraction, we used fused dense optical flow and gradient patches, and for multiobject tracking, we applied a compressive tracking algorithm and Taylor series predictive tracking approach. The next step is to find the mean, variance, speed, and frame occupancy utilized for trajectory extraction. To reduce data complexity and optimization, we applied T-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t-SNE). For predicting normal and abnormal action in e-learning-based crowd data, we used multilayer perceptron (MLP) to classify numerous classes. We used the three-crowd activity University of California San Diego, Department of Pediatrics (USCD-Ped), Shanghai tech, and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) corridor datasets for experimental estimation based on human and nonhuman-based videos. We achieve a mean accuracy of 87.00%, USCD-Ped, Shanghai tech for 85.75%, and IITB corridor of 88.00% datasets.
A novel artificial intelligence-based predictive analytics technique to detect skin cancer
Authors: Balaji Prasanalakshmi , Hung Bui Thanh , Chakrabarti Prasun , Chakrabarti Tulika , Elngar Ahmed A. , Aluvalu Rajanikanth
Published: May 2023

One of the leading causes of death among people around the world is skin cancer. It is critical to identify and classify skin cancer early to assist patients in taking the right course of action. Additionally, melanoma, one of the main skin cancer illnesses, is curable when detected and treated at an early stage. More than 75% of fatalities worldwide are related to skin cancer. A novel Artificial Golden Eagle-based Random Forest (AGEbRF) is created in this study to predict skin cancer cells at an early stage. Dermoscopic images are used in this instance as the dataset for the system’s training. Additionally, the dermoscopic image information is processed using the established AGEbRF function to identify and segment the skin cancer-affected area. Additionally, this approach is simulated using a Python program, and the current research’s parameters are assessed against those of earlier studies. The results demonstrate that, compared to other models, the new research model produces better accuracy for predicting skin cancer by segmentation.
minSNPs: an R package for the derivation of resolution-optimised SNP sets from microbial genomic data
Authors: Hoon Kian Soon , Holt Deborah C. , Auburn Sarah , Shaw Peter , Giffard Philip M.
Published: May 2023

Here, we present the R package, minSNPs. This is a re-development of a previously described Java application named Minimum SNPs. MinSNPs assembles resolution-optimised sets of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from sequence alignments such as genome-wide orthologous SNP matrices. MinSNPs can derive sets of SNPs optimised for discriminating any user-defined combination of sequences from all others. Alternatively, SNP sets may be optimised to determine all sequences from all other sequences, i.e., to maximise diversity. MinSNPs encompasses functions that facilitate rapid and flexible SNP mining, and clear and comprehensive presentation of the results. The minSNPs’ running time scales in a linear fashion with input data volume and the numbers of SNPs and SNPs sets specified in the output. MinSNPs was tested using a previously reported orthologous SNP matrix of Staphylococcus aureus and an orthologous SNP matrix of 3,279 genomes with 164,335 SNPs assembled from four S. aureus short read genomic data sets. MinSNPs was shown to be effective for deriving discriminatory SNP sets for potential surveillance targets and in identifying SNP sets optimised to discriminate isolates from different clonal complexes. MinSNPs was also tested with a large Plasmodium vivax orthologous SNP matrix. A set of five SNPs was derived that reliably indicated the country of origin within three south-east Asian countries. In summary, we report the capacity to assemble comprehensive SNP matrices that effectively capture microbial genomic diversity, and to rapidly and flexibly mine these entities for optimised marker sets.
Effect of Batak Onions (Allium chinense G. Don.) on Quality Parameters of Lamb Rendang
Authors: Asmaq Nur , Wibowo Fachrina , Rinaldi Muhammad
Published: May 2023

Aims: The aim of this research is to highlight Lamb Rendang Nutrition with The Addition of Batak Onions (Allium chinense G. Don.).

Study Design: A qualitative description.

Place and Duration of Study: LKPP Universitas Pembangunan Panca Budi, Medan.

Methodology: This study used an experimental method with a non-factorial completely randomized design with 3 treatments and 3 replications. The parameters tested were water content and pH value.

Results: The results showed that there was no significant effect (P>0.05) on the pH value and it was very significantly different (P<0.01) on the water content.

Conclusion: Batak onions can increase the nutritional value of lamb rendang seen from the water content and pH values.
A Study on Gender Participation and Types of Bamboo Products Prepared by Artisans in Northern Karnataka
Authors: Pawar Suprita , Chitagubbi Geeta , Desai Rajeshwari
Published: May 2023

Aim: To study the gender participation in bamboo making products and to know the products prepared by the bamboo artisans.

Study Design: Exploratory design was used.

Place and Duration of Study: Study was conducted in Northern Karnataka districts of Dharwad, Belgavi and Uttar Kannada in the year 2019-2020.

Methodology: Random sampling method was applied to select a sample size of 120 bamboo artisans’ family (Forty respondents from each district). The respondents were interviewed personally to elicit the primary information by using self structured interview schedule.

Results: Bamboo enterprise activities were mainly dominated by women (66.66%). In Dharwad district, majority of the respondents prepared bamboo articles like rotti basket (87.50%), chibla (75.00%) and hand fan (60.00%) and as far as Belagavi district is concerned, all most all the respondent’s prepared religious basket (yellaman butti) followed by yellaman jaga (religious basket) (90.00%), further in Uttar Kannada district, all the respondents prepared mara followed by sieve (57.50%).

Conclusion: Bamboo products making is lead by women in Northern Karnataka districts. Each district has its own dominating product i.e., Rotti basket, Chibla and Religious basket in Dharwad, Belgavi and Uttar Kannada districts respectively.
Advancements in Genetic Diversity and Genome Characteristics of Durians (Durio spp.)
Authors: Huy Tran Gia , Hoan Nguyen Kim , Thi Nguyen Pham Anh , Khang Do Tan
Published: May 2023

Durian is one of the important fruit crops in Southeast Asia with its unique flavor and important economic benefits. Breeding programs have produced hundreds of different cultivars of durian. These cultivars are classified mainly by fruit and flower characteristics, which cannot be observed at the vegetative stage. Therefore, molecular biology is a powerful tool to approach and explore the genetic characteristics of durians. Many studies based on barcoded DNA and molecular markers have been conducted and valuable data have been exploited. Thanks to the advancement of sequencing technology, the plastid genome and the whole genome were sequenced in some durian cultivars. The data revealed reliable data on the structure and function of several genes. This review aims to update recent studies on the durian genome attributes and potential applications in the conservation of germplasm, authentication, and exploration of the gene structure and function of this specialty plant.
Analysis of Morphometric Traits and Ecological Threats in Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Authors: Umana Umana S. , Ituen Uwem J. , Ukpong Imoh E. , Koffi Unwana S.
Published: May 2023

This study was conducted in Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve, (SCFR) Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The aim was to analyse the morphometric traits of this area, using some relevant terrain attributes (elevation, slope and aspect) in ascertaining areas threatened by significant ecological problems such as flood, erosion and others. In terms of method of study, a digital elevation model (DEM) was purchased as a raster with longitude and latitude; geo-referenced, but re-projected to WGS, UTM zone 32 N in order to enhance data integration into the GIS interfaces. The surface operation tool of ArcGIS 9.3 spatial analyst extension was used to extract the different layers being elevation, slope and aspect. These were subjected to reclassification function in the same software to harmonise the units of measurement for integration into the same analysis environment. After reclassification, the layers were taken to map algebra environment to model erosion, flood hazards and possibility of siltation of streams, tributaries and wetlands in this area. Consequently, slope, elevation and aspect were the surface layers utilized for the single output map algebra.  The result confirmed the elevation of this area to be low-lying altitude above the mean sea level with Open Water, Sea Level Terrain, Beach Ridge Complex, Alluvial Plain Sands with Mangroves and Gently Undulating Coastal Plain Sands as the five significant terrain classes in SCFR. The result further revealed that areas without adequate vegetation cover recorded series of ecological hitches than areas with adequate vegetation cover. Specifically, the identified problems included water pollution, coastal erosion, land degradation, soil contamination, flood, habitat fragmentation, distortion of wetlands and siltation of streams, rills and tributaries which restriction of anthropogenic activities and adequate restoration measures in SCFR are strongly recommended for its sustainability.
Trends in Use of Robotic Surgery for Privately Insured Patients and Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries
Authors: Bonner Sidra N. , Thumma Jyothi R. , Dimick Justin B. , Sheetz Kyle H.
Published: May 2023

This cohort study evaluates trends in the adoption of robotic surgery among Medicare beneficiaries and privately insured patients for common general surgical procedures.
Analysis of Postdischarge Interventions for Children Treated for Moderate or Severe Wasting, Growth Faltering or Failure, or Edema
Authors: Bliznashka Lilia , Rattigan Susan M. , Sudfeld Christopher R. , Isanaka Sheila
Published: May 2023

Importance

Children treated for acute malnutrition remain at increased risk of relapse, infection, and mortality after programmatic recovery. Global guidelines for the management of acute malnutrition currently provide no recommendations to sustain recovery following treatment discharge.

Objective

To inform guideline development by evaluating the evidence on postdischarge interventions to improve outcomes within 6 months after discharge.

Evidence Review

In this systematic review, 8 databases were searched from inception through December 2021 and included randomized and quasi-experimental studies investigating interventions delivered after discharge from nutritional treatment for children aged 0 to 59 months. Outcomes were relapse, deterioration to severe wasting, readmission, sustained recovery, anthropometry, all-cause mortality, and morbidity within 6 months after discharge. The risk of bias was assessed using Cochrane tools, and the certainty of the evidence was evaluated with the GRADE approach.

Findings

Of 7124 records identified, 8 studies, conducted in 7 countries between 2003 and 2019 with 5965 participants, were included. The study interventions included antibiotic prophylaxis (n = 1), zinc supplementation (n = 1), food supplementation (n = 2), psychosocial stimulation (n = 3), unconditional cash transfers (n = 1), and an integrated biomedical, food supplementation, and malaria prevention package (n = 1). Risk of bias was moderate or high for half the studies. Only unconditional cash transfers were associated with reduced relapse, while the integrated package was associated with improved sustained recovery. Zinc supplementation, food supplementation, psychosocial stimulation, and unconditional cash transfers were associated with improvements in postdischarge anthropometry, while zinc supplementation was associated with reductions in multiple postdischarge morbidities.

Conclusions and Relevance

In this systematic review of postdischarge interventions to reduce relapse and improve other postdischarge outcomes among children treated for acute malnutrition, evidence was limited. Biomedical, cash, and integrated interventions showed promise in improving certain postdischarge outcomes for children treated for moderate or severe acute malnutrition in single studies. Further evidence on the efficacy, effectiveness, and operational feasibility of postdischarge interventions in other contexts is needed to inform global guidance development.
The Organ Shortage Continues to Be a Crisis for Patients With End-stage Kidney Disease
Authors: Matas Arthur J. , Montgomery Robert A. , Schold Jesse D.
Published: May 2023

This Viewpoint describes the organ shortage for patients with end-stage kidney disease despite increases in kidney donations between 2000 and 2021.
A different pattern of clinical, muscle pathology and brain MRI findings in MELAS with mt‐ND variants
Authors: Wang Wei , Zhao Yuying , Xu Xuebi , Ma Xiaotian , Sun Yuan , Lin Yan , Zhao Ying , Xu Zhihong , Wang Jiayin , Ren Hong , Wang Bin , Zhao Dandan , Wang Dongdong , Liu Fuchen , Li Wei , Yan Chuanzhu , Ji Kunqian
Published: May 2023

Objective

To explore the clinical characteristics of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke‐like episodes (MELAS) caused by mitochondrial DNA‐encoded complex I subunit (mt‐ND) variants.

Methods

In this retrospective study, the clinical, myopathological and brain MRI features of patients with MELAS caused by mt‐ND variants (MELAS‐mtND) were collected and compared with those of MELAS patients carrying the m.3243A > G variant (MELAS‐A3243G).

Result

A total of 18 MELAS‐mtND patients (female: 7; median age: 24.5 years) represented 15.9% (n = 113) of all patients with MELAS caused by mtDNA variants in our neuromuscular center from January 2012 to June 2022. In this MELAS‐mtND cohort, the two most common variants were m.10191 T > C (4/18, 22.2%) and m.13513 G > A (3/18, 16.7%). The most frequent symptoms were seizures (14/18, 77.8%) and muscle weakness (11/18, 61.1%). Compared with 87 MELAS‐A3243G patients, MELAS‐mtND patients were significantly more likely to have a variant that was absent in blood cells (40% vs. 1.4%). Furthermore, MELAS‐mtND patients had a significantly lower MDC score (7.8 ± 2.7 vs. 9.8 ± 1.9); less hearing loss (27.8% vs. 54.0%), diabetes (11.1% vs. 37.9%), and migraine (33.3% vs. 62.1%); less short stature (males ≤ 165 cm; females ≤ 155 cm; 23.1% vs. 60.8%) and higher body mass index (20.4 ± 2.5 vs. 17.8 ± 2.7). MELAS‐mtND patients had significantly more normal muscle pathology (31.3% vs. 4.1%) and fewer RRFs/RBFs (62.5% vs. 91.9%), COX‐deficient fibers/blue fibers (25.0% vs. 85.1%) and SSVs (50.0% vs. 81.1%). Moreover, brain MRI evaluated at the first stroke‐like episode showed significantly more small cortical lesions in MELAS‐mtND patients (66.7% vs. 12.2%).

Interpretation

Our results suggested that MELAS‐mtND patients have distinct clinical, myopathological and brain MRI features compared with MELAS‐A3243G patients.
H∞‐FIR filtering of disturbed systems using LMI under measurement and initial errors
Authors: López‐Solórzano Juan J. , Shmaliy Yuriy S.
Published: May 2023

Finite impulse response (FIR) filtering is known to be more robust than Kalman filtering. In this article, we derive a discrete convolution‐based ‐FIR observer for disturbed systems under measurement and initial errors. The gain for the ‐FIR observer is obtained numerically by solving a linear matrix inequality (LMI). Since the LMI has a term that is quadratic with respect to the filter gain, we modify and constrain LMI by introducing an additional variable and proving a theorem. It is shown numerically and experimentally that for disturbed systems operating under measurement and initial errors, the developed ‐FIR observer surpasses the optimal FIR and Kalman filters in accuracy and has almost the same robustness as a robust unbiased FIR filter.
Emerging Design Strategies Toward Developing Next‐Generation Implantable Batteries and Supercapacitors
Authors: Yu Meimei , Peng Yuanyou , Wang Xiangya , Ran Fen
Published: May 2023

In recent years, the development of implantable bioelectronics has garnered significant attention. With the continuous advancement of IoT and information technology, implantable bioelectronics can be utilized more effectively for health monitoring to enhance treatment outcomes, reduce healthcare costs, and improve quality of life. Implantable energy storage devices have been widely studied as critical components for energy supply. Conventional power sources are bulky, inflexible, and potentially contain materials that are dangerous to the body. Meanwhile, human tissues are soft, flexible, dynamic, and closed, which puts new requirements on energy storage devices to improve the safety, stability, and matching of implantable batteries or supercapacitors. Herein, recent advances in state‐of‐the‐art nonconventional power options for implantable electronics, specifically biocompatible, miniaturized, stretchable/deformable, biodegradable/bioresorbable, edible, and injectable energy storage devices, are reviewed in this paper. The material strategy and architectural design of the next‐generation implantable energy storage device are discussed, including the selection principle of electrolytes, the all‐in‐one structure design strategy, and the way to realize self‐charging. Finally, the challenges and prospects of emerging design strategies toward developing next‐generation implantable batteries and supercapacitors for the future are put forward.
Scalable Fabrication of Cu2S@NiS@Ni/NiMo Hybrid Cathode for High‐Performance Seawater Electrolysis
Authors: Xu Wenwen , Ma Tengfei , Chen Haocheng , Pan Dianhui , Wang Zhongfeng , Zhang Sixie , Zhang Ping , Bao Shanjun , Yang Qihao , Zhou Lihui , Tian Ziqi , Dai Sheng , Lu Zhiyi
Published: May 2023

Electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) with cost‐effectiveness, high performance, and repeatable scale‐up production hold promises for large‐scale green hydrogen generation technology. Herein, a convenient method for scaling up Cu2S@NiS@Ni/NiMo electrocatalysts on Cu foam with high geometric area over 100 cm2 is presented. The hybrid electrode exhibits high hydrogen evolution activity with 190 and 250 mV overpotential at 1000 mA cm−2 and superior stability with negligible overpotential loss after over 2000 h at 500 mA cm−2 under steady‐state conditions in both artificial seawater and real seawater. Detailed characterizations and simulations demonstrate that high intrinsic activity resulting from the unique boundary interface, enhance mass transport resulting from superaerophobic nanoarray architecture, and corrosion resistance resulting from polyanion‐rich passivating layers together lead to the outstanding performance. The practicability is also demonstrated in an alkaline seawater electrolyzer coupling with the hybrid electrode and stable commercial anode.
Nanoheterojunction Engineering Enables NIR‐II‐Triggered Photonic Hyperthermia and Pyroelectric Catalysis for Tumor‐Synergistic Therapy
Authors: Zhang Shan , Wu Lina , Shi Wenqiang , Qin Junchang , Feng Wei , Chen Yu , Zhang Ruifang
Published: May 2023

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) as a non‐invasive strategy shows high promise in cancer treatment. However, owing to the hypoxic tumor microenvironment and light irradiation‐mediated rapid electron–hole pair recombination, the therapeutic efficacy of PDT is dramatically discounted by limited reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Herein, a multifunctional theranostic nanoheterojunction is rationally developed, in which 2D niobium carbide (Nb2C) MXene is in situ grown with barium titanate (BTO) to generate a robust photo‐pyroelectric catalyst, termed as BTO@Nb2C nanosheets, for enhanced ROS production, originating from the effective electron–hole pair separation induced by the pyroelectric effect. Under the second near‐infrared (NIR‐II) laser irradiation, Nb2C MXene core‐mediated photonic hyperthermia regulates temperature variation around BTO shells facilitating the electron–hole spatial separation, which reacts with the surrounding O2 and H2O molecules to yield toxic ROS, achieving a synergetic effect by means of combinaterial photothermal therapy with pyrocatalytic therapy. Correspondingly, the engineered BTO@Nb2C composite nanosheets feature benign biocompatibility and high antitumor efficiency with the tumor‐inhibition rate of 94.9% in vivo, which can be applied as an imaging‐guided real‐time non‐invasive synergetic dual‐mode therapeutic nanomedicine for efficient tumor nanotherapy.
Functional Nanomaterials for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives
Authors: Abdullah Saqer Al , Najm Lubna , Ladouceur Liane , Ebrahimi Farbod , Shakeri Amid , Al‐Jabouri Nadine , Didar Tohid F. , Dellinger Kristen
Published: May 2023

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the main causes of dementia worldwide, whereby neuronal death or malfunction leads to cognitive impairment in the elderly population. AD is highly prevalent, with increased projections over the next few decades. Yet current diagnostic methods for AD occur only after the presentation of clinical symptoms. Evidence in the literature points to potential mechanisms of AD induction beginning before clinical symptoms start to present, such as the formation of amyloid beta (Aβ) extracellular plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). Biomarkers of AD, including Aβ40, Aβ42, and tau protein, amongst others, show promise for early AD diagnosis. Additional progress is made in the application of biosensing modalities to measure and detect significant changes in these AD biomarkers within patient samples, such as cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) and blood, serum, or plasma. Herein, a comprehensive review of the emerging nano‐biomaterial approaches to develop biosensors for AD biomarkers’ detection is provided. Advances, challenges, and potential of electrochemical, optical, and colorimetric biosensors, focusing on nanoparticle‐based (metallic, magnetic, quantum dots) and nanostructure‐based biomaterials are discussed. Finally, the criteria for incorporating these emerging nano‐biomaterials in clinical settings are presented and assessed, as they hold great potential for enhancing early‐onset AD diagnostics.
Multi‐Site Intermolecular Interaction for In Situ Formation of Vertically Orientated 2D Passivation Layer in Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells
Authors: Liu Le , Tang Jin , Li Saisai , Yu Zhibin , Du Jiajia , Bai Ling , Li Xiaofang , Yuan Mingjian , Jiu Tonggang
Published: May 2023

Surface passivation via 2D perovskite is critical for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) to achieve remarkable performances, in which the applied spacer cations play an important role on structural templating. However, the random orientation of 2D perovskite always hinder the carrier transport. Herein, multiple nitrogen sites containing organic spacer molecule (1H‐Pyrazole‐1‐carboxamidine hydrochloride, PAH) is introduced to form 2D passivation layer on the surface of formamidinium based (FAPbI3) perovskite. Deriving from the interactions between PAH and PbI2, the defects of FAPbI3 perovskite are effectively passivated. Interestingly, due to the multiple‐site interactions, the 2D nanosheets are found to grow perpendicularly to the substrate for promotion of charge transfer. Therefore, an impressive power conversion efficiency of 24.6% and outstanding long‐term stability are achieved for the 2D/3D perovskite devices. The findings further provide a perspective in structure design of novel organic halide salts for the fabrication of efficient and stable PSCs.