bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Low-Level Laser Therapy for Management of Hypersensitivity in Molar-Incisor Hypomineralization and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life: Case Report
Authors: da Silva Florense Gabriela , de Almeida Selita Barbosa , de Campos Priscila Hernández , Abrantes Rafaela Moraes , de Oliveira Alba Valeska Alves , Guaré Renata Oliveira , Diniz Michele Baffi
Published: May 2022

The aim was to report the use low-level laser therapy (LLLT) in the management of hypersensitivity in an adolescent with molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) and the impact of LLLT on his oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). Clinical examination revealed severe MIH with hypersensitivity, in all first permanent molars and incisors. The treatment proposed was desensitization with fluoride and esthetic rehabilitation of the affected teeth. Then, LLLT was applied perpendicularly in a continuous mode (wavelength of 808 nm, power of 100 mW, dose of 1 J, and fluence of 35 J/cm2). The visual analogue scale was applied each session of LLLT. The child perceptions questionnaire (CPQ11–14) was administered at the beginning and the end of the treatment. It was concluded that LLLT can be indicated in the management of hypersensitivity in an adolescent with severe MIH to control pain and to improve his OHRQoL.
Healthcare Educational Process in Higher Schools – the Challenge of Time
Authors: Rudenko Larysa
Published: May 2022

Reformie systemu edukacyjnego Ukrainy towarzyszy reorientacja celów i wyników edukacji na potrzeby jednostki. W kontekście pandemii COVID-19 wiodącym zadaniem szkolnictwa wyższego jest zapewnienie młodym ludziom prawa do studiowania zgodnie z ich indywidualnymi możliwościami w sprzyjającym środowisku edukacyjnym. Biorąc pod uwagę to, że badacze zajmujący się psychologią, pedagogiką i medycyną za jeden z czynników wysokiego ryzyka uznają środowisko placówki oświatowej, przyjęto je za jeden z warunków determinujących skuteczność procesu wychowawczego dla zapewnienia jego prozdrowotnego aspektu. Na podstawie analizy zagrożeń związanych z przestrzenią edukacyjną w artykule opisano zdrowe środowisko edukacyjne jako czynnik produktywnego rozwoju jednostki w procesie edukacyjnym, a także czynniki negatywnego wpływu na zdrowie psychiczne i fizyczne podmiotów edukacyjnych, główne cechy zdrowego środowiska edukacyjnego, szereg działań psychologicznych i pedagogicznych mających na celu ochronę wszystkich uczestników procesu edukacyjnego przed możliwymi zagrożeniami dla ich zdrowia psychicznego i fizycznego, w szczególności w warunkach „kryzysu koronowego”. Nacisk położono na psychologiczne wsparcie procesu edukacyjnego, które powinno być prowadzone w ścisłej współpracy ze specjalistami służby psychologicznej placówek oświatowych z nauczycielami.
Primary Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Kidney: A Case Report
Authors: Xue Rongbo , Wang Haifeng , Li Ning , Huang Yinglong , Zuo Yi-gang
Published: May 2022

The cases of primary small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (SCNEC) of the kidney are rarely known in the clinical setting, and our understanding on this cancer is limited. We recently found a case of primary SCNEC of the kidney in our clinic. The clinical manifestation from the process of diagnosis to the treatment of this case was described in this report, enabling further understanding of cancer.
Markers for Early Diagnosis and Post-operative Recurrence Monitoring of Bladder Cancer
Authors: Yang Zhao , Zhang Nan , Shen Zongyi , Bai Suhang , Shi Mengran , Yin Liqi , Li Jieqiao , Lei Xiaolin , Yu Changyuan , Li Chong
Published: May 2022

The diagnosis and management of bladder cancer (BC) are high complex due to cancer heterogeneity among patients. Thus, biomarkers play pivotal roles in the diagnosis, prognosis determination, and planning of therapeutic intervention of BC. With years of research and discovery, many candidate markers for BC have emerged. The alterations of nucleosides, proteins, post-translational modifications, and cells are the candidate markers for early diagnosis and post-operative recurrence monitoring of BC. This review mainly discusses the recent progresses in the proteins and nucleosides markers for diagnosis and recurrence monitoring of BC. In the detection of BC, some potential nucleoside-based markers have been reported, including telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) gene, microsatellite, and chromosome instability, whereas the protein markers include bladder tumor antigen, nuclear matrix protein family (Nuclear matrix protein 22), fibrin/fibrin degradation product, and aberrantly glycosylated integrin α3β1. Besides, the performance of diagnostic methods based on these markers are reviewed. The sensitivity and specificity of candidate markers and detection methods of BC are compared. In summary, this review provides invaluable information about the early diagnosis and recurrence of BC, which guides the development and improvement of novel markers for early diagnosis and post-operative recurrence monitoring of BC in future.
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Breast Cancer
Authors: T López Marco , Pesci Feltri Adriana , F Isabe Garcia , Guida Vincent , Fernandes Andreina , Blanch Ricardo
Published: May 2022

Objective: To determine the risk factors according to age group, gynecological history, personal and family background, and the potential breast cancer protective factors of breast cancer patients who visited the gynecological clinic of the University Hospital of Caracas from January 2013 to December 2015 were determined. Method: Retrospective, descriptive, observational and cross-sectional studies. Result: 110 patients were female; the average age was 53 years and 3 months. The age of menarche is 12 years and 5 months. 77% were menopausal, with an average age of 48 years and 1 month, and only 5% received hormone replacement therapy. 92% were multiple pregnancies, and the first delivery age was 21 years and 5 months. Only 8% were ineffective and 33% had a history of abortion. 24% had a family history of primary or secondary breast cancer. 40% of women use hormonal contraceptives for an average of 21 months, and 72% of women breastfeed. Conclusion: Age, gender, personal and family background are consistent with international publications. In contrast, the use of oral contraceptives is not considered a risk factor, and breastfeeding is not considered a protective factor.
Jejunal Adenocarcinoma as a Rare Gastrointestinal Tumor: A Case Report
Authors: Martínez Oswaldo Alejandro , Bissot Rolando Alfredo , Botello Karim Michelle
Published: May 2022

Small bowel cancers are rare and usually show nonspecific clinical manifestations. Most diagnoses of small bowel cancers are made in the late stage of the disease. We reported herein a case of 58-year-old man who experienced extensive weight loss after one month of abdominal pain and intermittent vomiting. The patient had clinical manifestations of intestinal obstruction and a sudden reduction in the diameter of the proximal jejunum according to the abdominal and pelvic computed tomography. During laparotomy, we found a jejunal obstruction in the patient. The segment was removed and anastomosed. The patient had a favorable recovery. Histopathological findings of differentiated jejunal adenocarcinoma T3N0M0 are presented in this report.
Intervention Strategies for the Prevention of Female Cervical Cancer
Authors: Quiala Idelvis Revé , Drangue Daily Juana Velázquez , Torriente Katia Rojas , Chacón Roberto Pineda , Cruz Noemí Ramírez De la
Published: May 2022

A competent intervention study was conducted to raise awareness of cervical cancer prevention among women who received Neck Pathology counseling at the Policlínico Universitario “Mártires de Jamaica”. The population consists of 326 cancer-free women. A simple random sample of 180 women was selected. The sociodemographic and knowledge variables that affect the increase of the disease were studied. The diagnosis was carried out and an education program was developed. It was found that the main age group was from 35 to 59 years old, affected by pre-university education, unprotected first sexual intercourse between the ages of 15–20, multiple births and unknown risk factors, especially human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. After the intervention, 100% of women knew the factors, causes and prevention methods of cervical cancer.
Transoral Robotic Surgery for Oropharyngeal Cancer
Authors: Madrid Arturo , Capdeville Felipe , Zanolli Luis Felipe , Orvieto Marcelo , Rojas Hugo , Panussis Felipe , Valdés Fabio
Published: May 2022

Oropharyngeal cancer is the main cause of morbidity and mortality of head and neck diseases. For a long time, this traditional treatment is mainly organ protection with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The undesired effects of medical and surgical treatments have forced people to develop new technologies to manage these diseases. Therefore, since 2006, robotic transoral surgery (TORS) technology has been developing all over the world. So far, the incidence and tumor results of this operation are encouraging, so it is becoming a treatment option that we must deal with. The first two national level cases of oropharyngeal cancer treated with traditional techniques and long-term recurrence in this institution are reported. Resection of the tumor through the trunk and the results of these processes are described.
Application of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat—Cas12a System in Cancer Research and its Structural Basis
Authors: Yang Zhao , Zhang Kun , Xing Tianying , Bai Suhang , Shen Zongyi , Wang Luyao , Wang Lingzhi , Zhang Zichen , Li Chong , Zhang Wei
Published: May 2022

The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat-Cas12a (CRISPR-Cas12a) system is a new type of CRISPR-Cas system. As a unitary effector protein in this system, Cas12a recognizes 5’-TTTN-3’ protospacer-adjacent motif and exhibits cleavage activity of double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), supplementing the toolbox of CRISPR system. Compared to CRISPR-Cas9 system, CRISPR-Cas12a system has the advantage of high specificity, which is a promising tool for genetic manipulation in the basic cancer research and clinical cancer therapy. To date, three Cas12a proteins including Acidaminococcus sp. Cas12a (AsCas12a), Francisella novicida Cas12a (FnCas12a), and Lachnospiraceae bacterium Cas12a (LpCas12a) have been applied in transcriptional regulation or genome editing through CRISPR RNAs complementary to target DNA or RNA in cancer cells or immune cells. This review summarizes the latest applications of CRISPR-Cas12a system in cancer research and its structural basis.
Synergising decision making and interventions across human health and environment: concepts for designing a model for infectious diseases
Authors: Stanhope Jessica , Mayfield Helen J. , Guillaume Joseph H. A. , Sahin Oz , Weinstein Philip , Lau Colleen
Published: May 2022

The impact of environmental factors on human health outcomes is well established. It is therefore not surprising that interventions aimed at improving human health are often environmental-based, such as restoring riparian vegetation for flood mitigation, with a view to reducing associated infectious disease transmission. Yet the risks and benefits of these interventions on the environment itself are rarely measured, or weighed up against potential health gains. One of the challenges with such an evaluation is the requirement for cross-sectoral support from decision makers in both the health and environmental sectors. To facilitate this support, cross-sectoral models are required that simultaneously estimate the impact of proposed environmental interventions on both sectors. Despite their obvious value, a systematic search of the peer-reviewed literature did not identify any model that concurrently models the impact of environmental intervention on both environmental and human infectious disease related outcomes. In this paper, we conceptually explore potential approaches for designing such a model, using leptospirosis as a case study to highlight the various data sources, spatial scales, temporal scales and required system behaviour that would need to be integrated for a cross-sectoral model of this complexity. By comparing these system requirements against the strengths and limitations of individual modelling techniques, we demonstrate the potential benefits of a hybrid-ensemble approach that uses component models from different frameworks.  By combining the strengths of the different techniques to tackle this wicked problem, such a modelling approach supports the prioritisation of environmental interventions that optimise the overall benefit by considering impacts on both human health and the environment.
Understanding smallholder farmer decision making in forest land restoration using agent-based modeling
Authors: Ahimbisibwe Vianny , Groeneveld Jürgen , Lippe Melvin , Tumwebaze Susan Balaba , Auch Eckhard , Berger Uta
Published: May 2022

Success of forest restoration at farm level depends on the farmer´s decision-making and the constraints to farmers’ actions. There is a gap between the intentions and the actual behavior towards restoration in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Global South. To understand this discrepancy, our study uses empirical household survey data to design and parameterize an agent-based model. WEEM (Woodlot Establishment and Expansion Model) has been designed based on household socio-demographics and projects the temporal dynamics of woodlot numbers in Uganda. The study contributes to a mechanistic understanding of what determines the current gap between farmer’s intention and actual behavior. Results reveal that an increase in knowledge of the current forest policies laws and regulations (PLRs) from 18% to 50% and to 100% reduces the average number of woodlots by 18% and 79% respectively. Lack of labor reduces the number of woodlots by 80%. Increased labor requirement from 4 to 8 and to 12 man-days, reduces the number of woodlots by 26% and 61% respectively. WEEM indicates that absence of household labor and de facto misconception of PLRs “perceived tenure insecurity” constrains the actual behavior of farmers. We recommend forest PLRs to provide full rights of use and ownership of trees established on private farmland. Tree fund in the case of Uganda should be operationalized to address the transaction costs and  to achieve the long-term targets of forest land restoration.
A retrospective study of the prevalence and management of complications of proliferative diabetic retinopathy and its visual outcome in patients in a tertiary care hospital
Authors: Bokhari Syed Saifullah , Sujatha M A Rani , KC Ranjitha , Sinha Durgesh Kumar , Karanvi Shweta B , B J Sannidhi
Published: May 2022

To provide the prevalence of complications of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) in patients visiting the retina clinic in Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital and to evaluate their visual acuity (VA) status.

A retrospective study in which the chart review was done of the patients diagnosed with PDR, attending the retina clinic in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital. Patients with a diagnosis of type 1 or 2 diabetes with a clinical diagnosis of active PDR in any or both eyes, who had long term follow-up for up to at least 5 years were included. Evaluating the prevalence of the complications of PDR, presenting VA of people with PDR, short-term outcomes at 6 months and 5 years are the main outcomes of the study.

The most common complication of PDR was diabetic macular edema (DME). Eyes receiving treatment early in the disease course (i.e. baseline VA 6/18 or better) had significantly better VA outcomes at 5 years versus eyes treated at a later stage (i.e. baseline VA <6/18 - ≥3/60). The treatment of patients with VA <3/60 can also lead to significant improvement in visual outcome.

Our results suggest that early diagnosis and treatment of patients with PDR is of utmost importance in preventing severe vision loss due to advanced diabetic eye disease. People with diabetes in India need to be made aware of annual screening and treatment of their eyes to avoid vision impairment and blindness.
A clinical study on prevalence and management of eyelid tumours – A prospective observational study
Authors: Karthik Senthil Kumar Niranjan , R Malarvizhi , A Anuradha , KST Latha
Published: May 2022

To study the incidence of eyelid tumours pertaining to age, sex, lid, globe or orbital involvement and analyse the various aspects of treatment modalities and their functional and cosmetic outcome. 

A prospective study of 40 cases of eyelid tumours over a period of 1 year, both benign and malignant eyelid lesions were included and those with inflammatory lesions were excluded. Patients were evaluated and treated with appropriate modalities and the outcome was analysed.

Malignant tumours were common in the age group between 60-85 years and benign tumours were common in the age group of 30-45 years. Benign tumours were more common among males and malignant tumours more common among females. Out of the 40 cases, 28 (70 %) eyelid lesions were benign and 12 (30%) cases were malignant. Benign tumours were found more commonly in the upper lid and malignant tumours in lower lid. Squamous papilloma was found to be the most common benign tumour, followed by pyogenic granuloma. Meibomian carcinomais the most common malignant tumour. Most common presentation of malignant eyelid tumour was ulcerative growth pattern. Meibomian carcinoma presented in the form of nodule and ulcerative growth pattern. The treatment for most of the benign tumour was simple excision and malignant tumour was wide local excision with 4-5 mm margin clearance. Glabellar rotation flap was performed in one case of meibomian carcinoma involving the medial aspect of lower lid after excision. Hughes tarso-conjunctival flap was performed in two cases of squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma, after tumour excision as the defect involved more than 75% of the lower lid without involvement of canthus. Two cases one each of sebaceous carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma involving the lateral aspect of lower lid was reconstructed after excision, with Tenzel flap. In one case of sebaceous gland carcinoma with diffuse involvement of the upper lid the was excised and reconstructed with Cutler-Beard technique.

Histopathologic examination of all excised lesion must be done as an innocuous looking lesion might be malignant. Early clinical suspicion of malignancy and confirmation by incisional biopsy will aid in planning wide excision and appropriate method of lid reconstruction depending on the amount of lid loss. After wide excision of malignant tumour appropriate lid reconstruction technique is done as a primary procedure in all our patients and we could obtain good outcomes with no recurrences. Advanced tumours with orbital involvement and recurrent tumour need adjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
Información y datos abiertos en tiempos de desigualdades en salud
Authors: Aguilar-Jiménez Jhacy Rocío , Moreno López Sergio Mauricio , Zapata Vélez Lina
Published: May 2022

El conocimiento, la ciencia y la información tienen una relación de interdependencia. Como su convergencia no cesa de producir cambios sustanciales en la historia de la humanidad, es de esperarse que la manera de concebirlos nunca haya sido estática. Por su parte, estas concepciones, que son fenómenos vivos, dinámicos e intangibles, erigen nuevas formas de ver y habitar el mundo. La información es un concepto revolucionario porque: primero, encierra los conceptos de masa y energía; segundo, tiene la capacidad para controlar diversas facetas de la humanidad, tales como: las elecciones, las decisiones de los consumidores, la balanza del mercado, etc. En la actualidad, el mundo está invadido por un enorme volumen de datos, que no deja de aumentar de manera exponencial todos los días y, por esto, es menesteroso que los usuarios desarrollen un pensamiento crítico en lo tocante con su tratamiento, su uso y el grado de representatividad que puede llegar a tener en distintos ámbitos.
A View on Grammar Teaching and Practice for Communicative Activities in Romanian as Foreign Language Acquisition in Online Classroom
Authors: Pruneanu Magdalena Danuta , Lemnaru Ana Cristina , Dina Aurora Tatiana
Published: May 2022

Throughout the years, the literature showed that the L2 teachers have struggled to establish whether it is not better for students to acquire the grammar rules intuitively, through communicative activities, rather than to learn them with the help of traditional exercises. Our research focuses on the importance of teaching Romanian language as a foreign language to achieve proper communicative skills. The questionnaire methodology applied led to a brief analysis on teachers’ adaptability to the most effective, interesting and interactive methods of teaching grammar, which gave us suggestions on how the practice of grammar for communicative activities can motivate and involve students to interact and to participate in online classroom activities in a friendly virtual learning environment. Our target group involved the Romanian language teachers whose role is to become the key factor in delivering the grammar rules instruction, in choosing the methods and interactive communicative activities, which will allow students to manifest interest and to perform each task accordingly.
The study shows that communicative activities give students the possibility to practice their knowledge, to use creativity and to improve their general knowledge and communicative skills better than using traditional methods. In conclusion, such a learning experience becomes challenging in the virtual environment. Moving to the online classes and changing the interaction paradigm, as well as the necessity to adapt the teaching methods/activities, recommends the teachers to engage themselves to ensure that the learning environment is made efficient and that teaching still offers the students the means for limitless linguistic creativity.
Developing Competences in Future Primary School Teachers under the Conditions of Teacher Education Standardization: A Theoretical Review
Authors: Zaporozhchenko Tetiana , Dutko Olena , Opachko Mahdalyna , Skrypnyk Nadiia , Depchynska Ivetta , Turchyn Tamara
Published: May 2022

Mathematical competence plays an essential role among subject-specific competences of primary school teachers. One should be able to think mathematically, understand mathematical proofs, communicate in “the language of mathematics” and use appropriate codification resources, which makes the concept of mathematical competence rather vital. The concept of primary school teachers’ mathematical competence can be specified through its structure. In this regard, this article analyzes scientific approaches to determining the components of this phenomenon. The structure of future primary school teachers’ mathematical competence is viewed as a system of the following components: motivational-axiological, cognitive, activity-related, communicative, reflexive-creative. It must be noted that the process of developing the structure of this competence and its components, especially content- and activity-related ones, required the authors of the article to analyze regulatory documents and syllabi of the mathematics course of six higher education institutions (HEIs) in Ukraine. All the analyzed syllabi indicate which knowledge, skills and abilities future graduates should possess. The chosen HEIs distribute academic workload differently; at the same time, the content of educational material to be studied is almost identical. The elements of future primary school teachers’ mathematical competence are as follows: arithmetic, algebraic, geometric, that of identical transformations of mathematical expressions, logical
Formation of the Subjectivity of the Future Teacher in the Educational Realities of Ukraine
Authors: Zhurat Yulya , Honcharuk Vitalii , Zubal Maya , Savchenko Nataliia , Dubinka Mykola , Yazlovetska Oksana
Published: May 2022

The article formulates the basic principles of forming the subjectivity of the future teacher in the Ukrainian educational field, which is in a transitional stage between modernist and postmodernist paradigms. Based on the analysis of secondary data (world neuro pedagogical and Ukrainian methodological experience) the directions of optimization of the educational space of Ukraine with the aim of deepening its subjective orientation are formulated. The international significance of the article lies in the possibility of using the achievements in reforming the educational policy and educational process of developing countries and having strong residual traditions of postcolonial consciousness. Subjectivity has been shown to have a natural biosocial basis as one of the main goals of education. The main stages of formation of the subjectivity of the future teacher in the conditions of reforming of higher education are outlined. It is argued that in the process of conscious and motivated educational activity of a student in the higher educational institutions of Ukraine there is ontogenetic environment, the main manifestations of which are social and professional subjectivity. This is the result of the actual formation and development of its subjectivity in the following areas: the subject of educational activity; the subject of educational quasi-professional activity; the subject of his own mental activity; the subject of pedagogical activity in primary school.
Formation of Communicative Competence of Foreign Students in Conditions of Distance Learning
Authors: Gurevych Roman , Sira Larisa , Kanyuk Oleksandra , Sidun Larysa , Syno Viktoriya , Chernovol Olha
Published: May 2022

The article addresses to the issue of communicative competence formation of foreign students in the conditions of distance learning. The number of foreign students has been determined, which currently are studying in Ukrainian universities. The introduction of distance learning is emphasized to be one of the ways to modernize higher education. The concepts of “distance learning” and “competence” has been clarified. The problems which arose at the beginning of the widespread implementation of distance learning are noted. One of the adaptation advantages of distance learning is holding frequent large-scale online meetings. Articles of domestic and foreign scientists on distance education and communicative competence formation to foreign students are covered. It was found that the main factors influencing the communicative competence formation to students are professional orientation, humanistic style of communication and focus on the cultural aspect. The requirements for teacher’s of higher educational institutions have been defined in order to form communicative competence in foreign students. The relevance of distance learning implementation in the educational process has been emphasizes. The scientist, who first started the research on distance learning, found out the differences between online and traditional learning. Emphasis is placed on synchronous and asynchronous modes of distance learning. The essence of complex learning has been also revealed. The advantages and disadvantages of distance learning are investigated. The process of organizing educational activities online is presented – which is a foreign language learning. Educational platforms for the distance learning organization are presented. The advantages of working on the platform “Moodle” and “Coursera” are revealed. Conclusions are made regarding the raised issue.
Adolescents and Drug Use in Current Society. From Curiosity to Consumer Behavior
Authors: Cormoș Viorica-Cristina
Published: May 2022

Adolescents in the current society have temptations of all kinds, including drug use. An even minimal drug use, considered social consumption, can have serious consequences at physical, psychic and social level. Because adolescence is a period of fluctuations, it is important to have a permanent problem in the educational environment, the media, etc. of this social consumption and associated risks. Adolescents need to be properly informed about the consequences of the drug use and guided to specialist services where appropriate. The purpose of this article is to analyze the problem of drug use in adolescents. In this respect, a research was conducted in Suceava County in three high schools. The analyzed aspects are: the level of adolescents for drugs; the existence of a consumer entourage; perception of illegal drug use among adolescents; the causes of drug use among adolescents; perception of adolescents on the effects of drug use.
Requirements and Procedures Regarding the Evaluation in Transport Psychology
Authors: Bere Constantin
Published: May 2022

In Transport Psychology, the requirement imposed by strong empirical evidence reflects portrays a reality in which safety/security in transport is the norm. This forces the practitioner to periodically adapt the activity to be compatible with current data. Evaluations in transport psychology must be based on scientific evidence, consolidated with empirical evidence. This approach will ensure optimal results in profesionnal activity, avoiding confusion and uncertainty. It also ensures to the greatest extent the alignment with the European regulations in force, as well as with the European professional practice. The objective of these specifications is to guide the practitioners, to provide recommendations and strategies for organising the evaluation process in Transport Psychology. They will minimise the risk of errors which can compromise the evaluation process and consequently the quality of diagnosis.
The Feminist Movement: Major Contributions, Perspectives, Communication Landmarks
Authors: Durac Livia
Published: May 2022

The sensitization of the human being regarding the correction of some accumulated injustices ontologically towards femininity is a desideratum that urges reflection, the feminist movement being, for more than a century, the way to reach this desideratum.

The issue of discrimination against women allows for the most varied approaches, due to the diversity of plans and forms under which this phenomenon makes its presence felt, day after day, in any corner of the world. Perceptual abnormality, of patriarchal origin, which perpetually fuels the subordination of women to the opposite sex, blocking in patterns of thinking and behaviour with oppressive accents intensifies and justifies the continuation of feminist activism under its various forms of manifestation.

Feminism does not have the connotation of a simple action to claim rights but is a very complex combination of actions and attitudes, through which the socio-political assertion of women transcends the classical doctrines of rights and freedoms, which remain what has been proven: to be simple theorizations.

Starting from some philosophical considerations, the article brings to the fore the main contributions that have substantiated and structured, ennobling through their value the feminist movement, the succession of reference stages, particularities of feminism, depending on the sphere of influence, ending with a perspective on the confluence of feminism and communication.
Personal and Psychosocial Predictors in the Use of Prohibited Substances in Sport
Authors: Nechifor Constantin , Sandovici Anișoara , Alexe Dan-Iulian
Published: May 2022

There is a large number of scientific evidence on individual demographic and psychosocial predictors,correlated with drug use in performance sport.Using the method of metaanalysis, in this study we propose to determine: a)the size of the psychological effect (attitudes) and socio-cultura factors (social norms), as well as demographic factors (age,sex) that may explain the presence of consumption of prohibited substances among performance athletes; b)the delimitation of variables which may explain the size of these effects; c)correlation of the theory of planned behavior with the use of prohibited substances in performance sport. The results of the study revealed that the presence of a positive attitude towards the drug positively correlates with the intention to use the drug.The perceived self-efficiency in procuring these substances also correlates negatively with the intention of consumption.
Psycho-Social Adaptation Of Educational Actors: Visions Of School Psychologists
Authors: Paladi Oxana
Published: May 2022

The article describes briefly the notions of psychosocial adaptation and school adaptation highlighted in the conceptions of several authors. At the same time, there are presented the results of a study carried out in order to identify the opinions of school psychologists regarding various problems identified in their activity, emphasizing the problem of psychosocial, school adaptation of students. In this context, the problems faced by educational actors during the COVID-19 epidemic from the perspective of psychosocial adaptation are also listed.
Re-Experimentation as a Process of Orientation and Support in Pre-Adolescence. The Contribution Brought about by the Permits of Transitional Analysis
Authors: Roca Mihăiță
Published: May 2022

In front of the rapid transformations of late childhood, the pre-adolescents need orientation and support to be able to reach the goals of development and to learn how to use, integrate and reorganize what they have already acquired. While the necessities of every period of development are being energized again, they have the possibility to review and satisfy, through the process of re-experimentation, some important psychological topics that were not complete yet. Practically, they are involved with a new process of learning. They do not relive the various phases of the first and second childhood, but they relive only certain aspects of it, to resolve unsettled problems. It is exactly in this period marked by transition that the contribution of the permits helps the adolescents to live re-experimenting the process of identification and separation characterized by the phase of attachment, exploration, separation and socialization.
Screening of Plant Growth Promoting Fungi (PGPF) for Sustainable Cultivation of Tulaipanji, an Endemic Aromatic Rice Variety of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal, India
Authors: Sarkar Monalisha , Tiru Zerald , Pal Ayon , Mandal Parimal
Published: May 2022

Background: Rice is one of the major staple crops of human population. Worldwide escalating human populace exerts pressure to increase rice production. To fulfill the demand, the injudicious application of chemical fertilizers is posing grave threat to the environment together with the entire living population. A suitable replacement of these harmful fertilizers is needed in modern agriculture to keep the biodiversity undisturbed. The main objective of the study is to screen and explore indigenous plant growth promoting fungi which can replace the conventional fertilizers. Methods: Rhizospheric soil of different rice cultivating fields were collected in the year 2018. Different in vitro assays of the fungal isolates obtained from the soil were performed to check their plant growth promotion capabilities. Result: 20 different indigenous fungal isolates were studied to evaluate their ability as PGPF for organic cultivation of Tulaipanji, an endemic aromatic rice variety cultivated in Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal, India. Trichoderma harzianum TaK12 and Trichoderma aureoviride TaN16 were found to enhance maximum shoot and root length of rice plant. These two isolates also showed efficacy in phosphate solubilization. Trichoderma aureoviride TaN16 together with Penicillium citrinum PcK10 and Aspergillus niger AnK1 produced high amount of IAA. The results obtained from the study clearly indicate that these plant growth promoting fungi (PGPF) possess the ability to boost up plant growth.
Effect of Different Natural Substrates on Periphyton Production under Earthen Lined Seawater Pond for Periphyton based Aquaculture
Authors: Santhiya A. Anix Vivek , Athithan S.
Published: May 2022

Background: Periphyton-based aquaculture improves water quality, provides a natural food supplement, limits harmful bacteria, provides a safe haven for shrimp to escape, and adds living space. The impacts of diverse natural substrates on periphyton formation were examined under earthen lined pond seawater systems as a first step in analysing the sustainability of periphyton-based shrimp production. Methods: Natural substrates such as coconut coir, coconut shell and split bamboo pole were placed inside the earthen lined pond filled with seawater for duration of 45 days. Periphyton samples were obtained from each type of substrate on the 15th, 30th and 45th days of the experiment. For all substrates, periphyton biomass and chlorophyll ‘a’ pigment in the periphyton were measured at depths of 0 to 40 cm, 40 to 80 cm and 80 to 120 cm. Physico-chemical parameters of experiment pond water were recorded during periphyton samplings. Result: During the experiment, coconut coir showed higher periphyton biomass in terms of dry matter (DM) (3.4995 0.31201 mg/cm2) and chlorophyll ‘a’ pigment (3.2949 0. 27076 mg/cm2). Duncan’s Multiple Range Test and One Way ANOVA of diverse data reveal a significant difference (P 0.05) between the substrates in periphyton biomass and chlorophyll ‘a’ pigment. In all three substrates, a Student’s ‘t’ test analysis shows that the upper 0 to 40 cm depth yields more periphyton biomass and chlorophyll ‘a’ content than the other levels. Coconut coir was the best natural substrate for periphyton growth among the three.
Robots at the Gates? Robotic Process Automation, Skills and Institutions in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services
Authors: Kornelakis Andreas , Benassi Chiara , Grimshaw Damian , Miozzo Marcela
Published: May 2022

Against the backdrop of the fourth industrial revolution, this paper examines the emergence of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) as one of the new technologies that are shaping the future of work and reconfiguring sectoral business and innovation systems and models. It discusses how the institutional context can potentially mediate the digital transformation of services, how RPA affects workers’ employment and skills, and how it alters inter-organisational relationships and capabilities. Bringing together different strands of academic literature on employment studies, innovation, and technology studies, it deploys a comparative institutional perspective to explore the potential effects of RPA and illustrates their plausibility through mini case studies from knowledge-intensive business services
Bayesian Inference of Phenomenologycal EoS of Neutron Stars with Recent Observations
Authors: Chimanski Emanuel , Lobato Ronaldo , Goncalves Andre , Bertulani Carlos
Published: May 2022

The description of stellar interiors remains as a big challenge for the nuclear astrophysics community. The consolidated knowledge is restricted to density regions around the saturation of hadronic matter $\rho _{0} = 2.8\times 10^{14} {\rm\ g\ cm^{-3}}$, regimes where our nuclear models are successfully applied. As one moves towards higher densities and extreme conditions up to five to twenty times $\rho_{0}$, little can be said about the microphysics of such obejects. Here, we employ an MCMC strategy in order to access the variability of polytropic three-pircewised models for neutron star equation of states. With a fixed description of the hadronic matter we explore a variety of models for the high density regimes leading to stellar masses up to 2.5 $M_{\odot}$. In addition, we also discuss the use of a Bayesian power regression model with heteroscedastic error. The set of EoS from LIGO was used as inputs and treated as data set for testing case.
Performance Improvement of PCDTBT: PC70BM Polymer Solar Cells with 1,8-diiodooctane Solvent Additive
Authors: Yu Wenjuan , Yang Jiale , Wang Bingting , Fu Xiang , Zhou Changhai , Zhou Haijun , Xie Guoxiong , Dong Kexiu , Jin Gan
Published: May 2022

The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of polymer solar cells (PSCs) are strongly depended on the bulk-heterojunction active layer. Here, the 1,8-diiodooctane (DIO) additives have been added into the PCDTBT: PC70BM blend PSCs. Based on the higher boiling point than host solvent ODB and better solubility of PC71BM, the device photovoltaic properties with DIO additive were changed obviously. The investigations of EQE indicate that the DIO can influence the charge recombination and transportation process, and absorption studies demonstrate that the charge carriers generation process can also be affected by DIO. The overall impact reflected on the decreased equivalent resistant. With 3% v/v DIO, the Jsc, Voc and FF are both increased. Correspondingly, a highest PCE is achieved of 6.15%, while the reference device without DIO only has a PCE of 5.23%. Hence, adding DIO solvent additive is a effective method for the photovoltaic properties improving of PCDTBT: PC70BM blend PSCs.
Influence of Foam Morphology on Flow and Heat Transport in a Random Packed Bed With Metallic Foam Pellets
Authors: George Ginu R. , Bockelmann Marina , Schmalhorst Leonhard , Beton Didier , Gerstle Alexandra , Lindermeir Andreas , Wehinger Gregor D.
Published: May 2022

Open-cell metallic foams used as catalyst supports exhibit excellent transport properties. In this work, a unique application of metallic foam, as pelletized catalyst in a packed bed reactor, is examined. By using a wall-segment Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) setup, parametric analyses are carried out to investigate the influence of foam morphologies (cell size ϕ=0.45-3 mm and porosity ε=0.55-0.95) and intrinsic conductivity on flow and heat transport characteristics in a slender packed bed (N=Ddp=6.78) made of cylindrical metallic foam pellets. The transport processes have been modeled using an extended version of conventional particle-resolved CFD, i.e., flow and energy in inter-particle spaces are fully resolved, whereas porous-media model is used for the effective transport processes inside highly-porous foam pellets. Simulation inputs include the processing parameters relevant to Steam Methane Reforming (SMR), analyzed for low (Rep~100) and high (Rep~5000) flow regimes. The effect of foam morphologies on packed beds has shown that the desired requirements contradict each other, i.e., increase in cell size and porosity favor the reduction in pressure drop, however lowering the heat transfer efficiency. A design study is also conducted to find the optimum foam morphology of a cylindrical foam pellet at higher Rep~5000, which yields ϕ = 0.45, ε = 0.8. Suitable correlations to predict the friction factor and the overall heat transfer coefficient in a foam packed bed have been presented, which considers the effect of different foam morphologies over a range of particle Reynolds number, 100≤Rep≤5000.
Emotional Reaction to the First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine: Post Vaccination Decline in Anxiety and Stress Among Anxious Individuals and Increase Among Individuals with Normal Anxiety Levels Pre Vaccination
Authors: Al-Amer Rasmieh , Malak Malakeh Zuhdi , Burqan Hala Mohammad Ramadan , Stănculescu Elena , Nalubega Sylivia , Alkhamees Abdulmajeed A. , Hendawy Amin Omar , Ali Amira Mohammed
Published: May 2022

Although vaccinating the world is adopted by the WHO to limit COVID-19 transmission, people’s worries about vaccines may suppress their desire for vaccination despite vaccine availability. This study aimed to evaluate the levels of stress and anxiety among 250 Jordanians who received their first vaccine dose at a local community health center. The respondents completed the stress and anxiety subscales of the Depression Anxiety and Stress scale 21 (DASS-21) pre- and post-vaccination. The respondents expressed more moderate-severe levels of stress pre than post vaccination (20.8% and 13.2%, respectively). Meanwhile, 37.2% and 45.2% of the respondents expressed moderate-severe anxiety pre and post vaccination, respectively. Wilcoxon signed-rank test revealed that the drop in the level of stress from pre (median (IQR) = 5 (1-8)) to post vaccination (median (IQR) = 3 (1-7)) was statistically significant (z = -3.81, p = 0.001, r = 0.17) while the increase in anxiety was not. Anxiety median significantly dropped among individuals experiencing mild to severe anxiety pre vaccination. Similarly, stress and anxiety significantly increased among individuals expressing normal anxiety pre vaccination (z = -3.57 and -8.24, p values = 0.001, r = 0.16 and 0.37, respectively). Age positively correlated with post vaccination anxiety among respondents with mild pre vaccination anxiety, and it negatively correlated with pre vaccination level of stress in the normal anxiety group. Gender, marital status, respondents’ level of education, and history of COVID-19 infection had no significant correlation with anxiety or stress at either point of measurement. Overcoming their hesitancy to receive COVID-19 vaccine, individuals with normal levels of anxiety experienced a rise in their distress symptoms following immunization. On the contrary, vaccination seemed to desensitize anxious individuals. Policymakers need to formulate a population-specific plan to increase vaccine preparedness and promote psychological well-being over all during the pandemic.
Calorimetric Testing of Solar Thermal Absorbers for High Vacuum Flat Panels
Authors: D’Alessandro Carmine , Maio Davide De , Caldarelli Antonio , Musto Marilena , Giamberardino Francesco Di , Monti Matteo , Mundo Teresa , Gennaro Emiliano Di , Russo Roberto , Palmieri Vittorio G.
Published: May 2022

Among solar thermal collectors, the evacuated flat panel is emerging as a reference technology for operation at higher temperatures of up to 200 °C with an increased annual energy production owing to both direct and diffuse light capture. Accurate measurements of the optical properties of the selective absorbers used in such devices are key for a reliable estimation of the overall performance. These optical properties must be measured under high vacuum at high temperatures, conditions under which the panels are meant to operate. In this study, we accurately measured these properties using a calorimetric technique. The measurement procedure is based on a power balance equation for a flat sample suspended in a high-vacuum chamber with minimal thermal losses and is well adapted for this class of devices. Calorimetric measurements obtained under Sun and LED light revealed excellent reproducibility and good agreement with those obtained using traditional optical analysis at low temperatures in air. When extended up to the absorber stagnation temperature, which often exceeds 300 °C, the calorimetric measurements started to deviate from the optical measurements, indicating the importance of measuring under the operating conditions.