bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Rock and roll: The influence of bicycle lean on the mechanics of non-seated cycling.
Authors: Wilkinson Ross D. , Cresswell Andrew G. , Lichtwark Glen A.
Published: August 2020

When riding off the saddle during climbing and sprinting, cyclists appear to coordinate the rhythmic, vertical oscillations of their centre of mass (CoM) with the side-to-side lean of the bicycle. Is the coordination of these two motions merely a stability requirement, or could it also be a strategy to more effectively generate crank power? Here we combined a kinematic and kinetic approach to understand how different constraints on bicycle lean influence CoM movement and limb mechanics during non-seated cycling. Ten participants cycled in a non-seated posture at a power output of 5 W·kg-1 and a cadence of 70 rpm under three bicycle lean conditions: unconstrained on rollers (Unconstrained), under instruction to self-restrict bicycle lean on rollers (Self-Restricted) and constrained in a bicycle trainer (Trainer). Bicycle lean angle in the Unconstrained condition was greater than Self-Restricted and in the Trainer. Vertical CoM displacement, peak vertical crank force, and peak instantaneous crank power in the Unconstrained condition were greater than Self-Restricted but similar to in the Trainer. The amount and rate of energy lost and gained by the rider’s CoM in the Unconstrained condition was greater than Self-restricted but similar to in the Trainer. The differences in joint power contributions to total joint power (hip, knee, ankle, and upper body) between conditions were inconclusive. We interpret these results as evidence bicycle lean plays an important role in facilitating the production of high crank force and power output during non-seated cycling by allowing a greater non-muscular contribution to crank power.
A method for tracking centre of mass displacement during non-seated cycling using an inertial sensor
Authors: Wilkinson Ross D. , Lichtwark Glen A.
Published: August 2020

Abstract Instantaneous crank power does not equal total joint power if a rider's centre of mass (CoM) gains and loses mechanical energy. Thus, estimating CoM motion and the associated energy changes can provide valuable information about cycling performance. To date, an accurate and precise method for tracking CoM motion during outdoor cycling has not been validated. Purpose: To assess the suitability of an inertial measurement unit (IMU) for tracking CoM motion during non-seated cycling by comparing vertical displacement derived from an inertial sensor mounted to the lower back of the rider to an attached marker cluster and to a kinematic estimate of vertical CoM displacement from a full-body musculoskeletal model (Model). Methods: IMU and motion capture data were collected synchronously for 10 seconds while participants (n = 7) cycled on an ergometer in a non-seated posture at three power outputs and two cadences. A limits of agreement analysis, corrected for repeated measures, was performed on the range of vertical displacement between the IMU and the two other measures. A total of 303 crank cycles were analysed. Results: The IMU measured vertical displacement of the marker cluster with high accuracy (1.6 mm) and precision (3.5 mm) but substantially overestimated the kinematic estimate of rider CoM displacement. Conclusion: We interpret these findings as evidence that a single IMU placed on the lower back is unsuitable for tracking rider CoM displacement during non-seated cycling if the linearly increasing overestimation is unaccounted for.
INTEGRAÇÃO DE APLICATIVOS Estratégia, Arquitetura e Metodologia
Authors: PALETTA FRANCISCO CARLOS
Published: August 2020

Neste trabalho avaliamos as estratégias, arquiteturas e metodologia aplicadas na Integração de Aplicativos nos processos de gestão e organização da informação. A complexidade da integração de sistemas, tanto de plataformas tecnológicas quanto de aplicativos e processos, exige uma estratégia de gestão que ofereça uma perspectiva ampla e leve em conta as necessidades, os desafios e as metas dos processos de gestão e organização da informação. Para pôr essa estratégia emprática, é necessário um plano que permita organizar e coordenar as diversas iniciativas de integração que deverão ser confrontadas. É de fundamental importância a escolha de uma arquitetura de integração que estabeleça oslimites tecnológicos e facilite a implementação de novas soluções de integração. A Ciência da Informação pode contribuir de forma efetiva com estudos que auxiliem o desenvolvimento de metodologias permitindo o entendimento da complexidade da integração de aplicativos na era digital.
Holographic conformal screen duality and focusing. ver8
Authors: Kuyukov Vitaly
Published: August 2020

Holographic conformal screen duality and focusing.
Causality: Bridging the earth-life divide
Authors: Dolby Greer
Published: August 2020

There is considerable interest in better understanding how earth processes shape the generation and distribution of life on earth. This question, at its heart, is one of causation. In this article I propose that at the species level, earth processes can be thought of as behaving somewhat deterministically and may have an organized effect on the diversification and distribution of species. But the study of landscape features is challenged by potentially pseudocongruent or collinear variables. I demonstrate that causal structures can be used to depict the cause-effect relationships between earth processes and biological patterns using examples about mountain ranges from the literature. This application shows that causal diagrams can be used to better decipher the details of causal relationships by motivating new hypotheses and studies. And, that the abstraction of this knowledge into structural equation meta-models can be used to formulate new theory about the operation of earth-life systems. Causal structures are a natural point of collaboration between biologists and earth scientists, and their use can mitigate against the risk of mis-assigning causality within studies. My goal is that by applying causal theory through application of causal structures, we can build a systems-level understanding of what landscape features or earth processes most shape the distribution and diversification of species, what types of organisms are most affected, and why. This would in turn reveal what part of these patterns are biologically mediated or result of unpredictable effects.
STX11 is differentially expressed in non-small cell lung adenocarcinomas.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: August 2020

Non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma (NSCLC) is a leading cause of death in the United States and worldwide (1, 2). We mined published microarray data (3, 4) to discover genes associated with NSCLC. We identified significant differential expression of syntaxin 11 (STX11) in tumors from patients with NSCLC. STX11 may be of relevance to the initiation, progression or maintenance of non-small cell lung cancers.
Analysis of Middle School/MTS Mathematics National Examination (UN) in 2017-2019 Based on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Perspective
Authors: Santoso Teguh
Published: August 2020

The National Examination is used as a standard from the government to test the feasibility of a student to be able to continue their education to a higher level and as equal distribution of education nationally. This refers to the ability of Indonesian students who are still ranked at the bottom if international level measurements are taken, namely in PISA and TIMSS. The purpose of this study was to analyze the elements of the 2017-2019 SMP / MTs National Mathematics Exam questions based on the HOTS perspective and compare the development of the number of questions that meet the HOTS perspective from 2017-2019. The method used in this research is descriptive method of document analysis. Data collection techniques in the form of documentation and interviews of several resource persons in the field of mathematics education. This analysis technique consists of three components: data reduction, data display, and data verification. The results of this study indicate that the UN questions that meet the HOTS perspective of the material covered that most often come out are geometry. The results of the analysis show that the National Examination in 2017 was 17.5%, the 2018 UN was 17.5% and the 2019 UN was (20%). These results indicate the number of HOTS questions on the SMP/MTs Mathematics UN questions has increased
Aging and financial exploitation risk
Authors: Spreng R. Nathan , Ebner Natalie C. , Levin Bonnie , Turner Gary R.
Published: August 2020

Financial exploitation among older adults is an increasing public health concern. Whether in-person or online, financial risks are becoming omnipresent in our increasingly connected and wired world. Understanding why some older adults are more vulnerable to financial exploitation than others, and the specific contexts in which this vulnerability is most likely to emerge, is necessary to design more target surveillance and intervention tools. In this review, we identify the cognitive, socioemotional, and brain changes in aging that increase financial exploitation risks in later life. Next, we build on this review to propose a new social cognitive neuroscience model of financial exploitation risk. In the final section we review emerging work to develop profiles for older adults, towards novel intervention techniques to reduce the burden of financial exploitation in later life.
Reliability Estimation for Highway Bridges
Authors: Kiani Nafiseh
Published: August 2020

Structural reliability analysis is necessary to predict the uncertainties which may endanger the safety of structures during their lifetime. Structural uncertainties are associated with design, construction and operation stages. In design of structures, different limit states or failure functions are suggested to be considered by design specifications. Load and resistance factors are two essential parameters which have significant impact on evaluating the uncertainties. These load and resistance factors are commonly determined using structural reliability methods. The purpose of this study is to determine the reliability index for a typical highway bridge by considering the maximum moment generated by vehicle live loads on the bridge as a random variable. The limit state function was formulated and reliability index was determined using the First Order Reliability Methods (FORM) method.
The cognitive science of fake news
Authors: Levy Neil L , Ross Robert M
Published: August 2020

In this chapter, we provide a necessarily brief and partial survey of recent work in the cognitive sciences directly on or closely related to the psychology of fake news, in particular fake news in the political domain. We focus on whether and why people believe fake news. While we argue that it is likely that a large proportion of people who purport to believe fake news really do, we provide evidence that this proportion might be significantly smaller than is usually thought (and smaller than is suggested by surveys). Assertion of belief is inflated, we suggest, by insincere report, whether to express support for one side of political debate or simply for fun. It is also inflated by the use of motivated inference of one sort or another, which lead respondents to report believing things about which they had no opinion prior to being probed. We then turn to rival accounts that aim to explain why people believe in fake news when they do. While partisan explanations, turning on motivated reasoning, are probably best known, we show they face serious challenges from accounts that explain belief by reference to analytic thinking.
Open Science at Liberal Arts Colleges
Authors: Lane Kristin A. , Le Benjamin , Woodzicka Julie A. , Detweiler-Bedell Jerusha , Detweiler-Bedell Brian
Published: August 2020

Adopting and sustaining open science practices is accompanied by particular opportunities and challenges for faculty at small liberal arts colleges (SLACs). Their predominantly undergraduate student body, small size, limited resources, substantial teaching responsibilities, and focus on intensive faculty-student interactions make it difficult to normalize open science at SLACs. However, given the unique synergy between teaching and research at SLACs, many of these practices are well-suited for work with undergraduate psychology students. In addition, the opportunities for collaboration afforded by the open science community may be especially attractive for those doing research at SLACs. In this paper, we offer suggestions for how open science can further grow and flourish among faculty who work closely with undergraduates, both in classrooms and in labs. We also discuss how to encourage professional development and transform institutional culture around open science practices. Most importantly, this paper serves as an invitation to SLAC psychology faculty to participate in the open science community.
Diving into the deep end: A personal reflection on the MyConnectome Study
Authors: Poldrack Russell
Published: August 2020

In this reflection I discuss the factors that led me to undertake the MyConnectome study, in which I was scanned using MRI more than 100 times over the course of eighteen months. I describe the study from a personal standpoint, outline the major findings from the study, and discuss its implications for neuroimaging research.
Students’ entrepreneurial competence formation approaches in the human health background Studying
Authors: Kabatska O.
Published: August 2020

The article presents the students‘ entrepreneurial competence formation approaches of higher education. The importance of students acquiring health-preserving competence in the process of education at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Educational and professional programs –―Secondary education (Biology and human health)‖ and ―Secondary education (Human health)‖ were analyzed in order to identify the specifics of the formation of health competence.

The value of the foundations of the students‘ entrepreneurial competence formation who master the knowledge, skills and abilities in the basics of health for their implementation in professional activities, taking into account the requirements of Ukraine as a European state.

According to the results of the study of scientific research, it has been revealed that the students‘ entrepreneurial competence formation is paid attention only in the process of education of future specialists in international economic relations, business, etc. It has been established that the study of the basics of entrepreneurial activity of students is aimed at the formation of their competencies for work in positions of managers, employees in government agencies and institutions, and so on.

It was also investigated that the students‘ entrepreneurial competence formation who study the basics of health is possible if they study interdisciplinary disciplines on relevant topics, due to their own choice in this area and even in a distance format. It has been noted that the Center for e-learning of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University provides distance education for students and anyone wishing to gain knowledge in various fields. It was also revealed that teachers under the guidance of employees of this center create distance e-courses in the Moodle system, pass the appropriate certification of their intellectual work and manage the student education via the Internet in a comfortable environment for all participants in the educational process.

As a result, it is noted that the preparation of highly qualified specialists, possessing the health and entrepreneurial competencies will ensure the preservation and strengthening the health of the population of Ukraine, promote the best realization of acquired knowledge, skills and abilities of students even in difficult conditions of future professional self-realization.
Classification of Diseases Using a Hybrid Binary Bat Algorithm with Mutual Information Technique
Authors: Yonis Firas Ahmed , Yonis Firas Ahmed , Qasim Omar Saber
Published: August 2020

Many features change the results of calculations and change this may be a negative impact on the accuracy
of the results, especially if the data used is large. Evolutionary algorithms are used to find the fastest and
best way to perform these calculations, such as the bat algorithm (BA) by reducing the dimensions of the
search area after changing it from continuous to discrete. In this paper, we will propose a method of linking
and conclude the selection of the best and most influential features on the results by neglecting the negative
impact features through three stages: the first will be the arrangement of the features columns according to
their importance Starting of the most important using mutual information technology and the second stage
the process of cutting these features into A certain limit and content with the most important and the
calculations using the workbook NAVI_BAIS and then the final stage using the bat algorithm (BBA). The
proposed algorithm describes speed, efficiency, and accuracy so that it produces high-precision results based
on fewer features
REFRACTORY FUNGAL VAGINITIS TREATED BY TOPICAL AMPHOTERICIN B. Review
Authors: Falah Hasan Obayes AL-Khikani
Published: August 2020

Vaginitis is a common problem for women regarding a worldwide health challenge with many side effects. Vaginitis is among the most visiting to gynecology clinics. About 75% of all reproductive women had at least one fungal vaginitis infection in their life, and more than 40% will have two or more than two.  Candida spp is the most prevalent in fungal vaginitis, while reports for unusual fungi were observed as mucor spp.

Amphotericin B (AmB) belongs to the polyene group has a wide spectrum in vitro and in vivo antifungal activity. All of the known available formulas of AmB are administrated via intravenous injection to treat severe systemic fungal infections, while the development of the topical formula of AmB is still under preliminary development including topical vaginal AmB.

Due to the revealing of antimicrobial-resistant fungi in recent years, this study explains the role of topical AmB in treating refractory fungi vaginitis that may not a response to other drugs reported in many cases that may help researchers to develop new effective formula of AmB regarding fungal vaginitis.
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF COMBAT INJURIES OF THE HEART AND GREAT VESSELS. Review
Authors: Bezrodnyi B.G. , Dykuha S.O. , Kolosovich I.V.
Published: August 2020

Relevance. According to the modern realities of hostilities in the East of Ukraine, the medical community has grown a request for information about the nature of the most dangerous defeats of the participants of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) in Donbass.
Objective: analysis and generalization of the nature of heart injuries received during the hostilities in the East of Ukraine, the stages of medical support of such wounded.
Materials and methods. Analysis of scientific publications in scientific journals of Ukraine by keywords for the period 2014-2018.
Results. The nature of injuries among participants in the JFO has been analyzed. The first place is occupied by injuries of blood vessels with bleeding (60%), 2 - pneumothorax (34%), and 3 - airway obstruction (6%). All this can be combined and supplemented by damage to the nervous system and other organs. In the conditions of the modern war in Donbass, shrapnel injuries (50.5%), bullet wounds (25.3%), and closed injury (20.3%) are considered frequent types of injuries. The classification of heart injuries, clinical symptoms, the levels of support for such a wounded are described: first aid at the prehospital stage ("golden minutes") on the battlefield, qualified medical assistance ("golden hour"), specialized medical care in a hospital. Post-traumatic stress disorders have been described that last from one to 6 months and require complex treatment.
Conclusion. According to NATO's new military medical doctrine, "an effective and reliable medical support system contributes to maintaining the trust of the military and the general public in the army and its political leadership".
CHANGES OF COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION WITH CONCOMITANT DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2
Authors: Netiazhenko V.Z. , Malchevska T.I. , Plenova O.N. , Potaskalova V.S. , Taranchuk V.V.
Published: August 2020

Relevance. Till now there is no clear clinical trial understanding of the relationship between hypertension (AH) and the patient's cognitive function.

Objective: the investigation of changes in cognitive function in patients with hypertension with concomitant type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2).

Materials and methods. 215 people were examined: Group I (n = 131) – stage II hypertensive disease (HD); Group II (n = 46) – HD, combined with diabetes mellitus2; Group III, control (n = 38) – without a diagnosis of HD and diabetes mellitus2. All examined blood pressure (BP), echocardiogram. Clinical complaints, anamnestic data, and neuropsychiatric testing data were used to diagnose moderate cognitive impairment (MCI). Used modified diagnostic criteria J. Touchon, R. Petersen. To assess cognitive function used: Short scale of assessment of mental state (Mini-Mental State Examination - MMSE); Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB); clock drawing test; test for literal and categorical associations; Schulte tables; the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) and the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR).

Result. In patients with HD, the most significant risk factors for moderate cognitive impairment are hypercholesterolemia and overweight (with OR 1.8), obesity (OR 1.6), the presence of concomitant diabetes mellitus2, which, especially in overweight, significantly impairs cognitive function ( OR 2.56). Deterioration of cognitive function correlates with the duration of HD, cholesterol levels. Concomitant diabetes mellitus2 in patients with HD creates a statistically significant additional negative effect on the results of cognitive function. In patients with HD with a distorted daily blood pressure profile, the neurodynamic component of cognitive function is first of all affected - conceptualization, repetition, the reaction of choice. The relationship between cognitive function and daily monitoring of blood pressure often have a U-shaped relationship, where the maximum indicators of cognitive function are at the level of the optimal recommended blood pressure figures (130-139 mm Hg for SBP, and 75-85 mm Hg for DBP, and the daily index within 10%).

Conclusions. There is a dependence on changes in cognitive function on the presence of risk factors and signs of subclinical damage to target organs. The nonlinear U-shaped character of the relationship between the average daily, average night, and average daily blood pressure and the results of screening tests and scales for assessing cognitive function are shown.
EARLY COMPLEX REHABILITATION TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH FRACTURE OF DISTAL METAEPIPHYSIS OF THE RADIUS
Authors: Rushai A.K. , Bogdanova L.V. , Klymovytskyy F.V. , Lisunov S.V.
Published: August 2020

Relevance. Fractures of the distal metaepiphysis of the radial bone among all fractures range from 11% to 30%. Unsatisfactory results of treatment in patients over 70 years old are found in 44% of cases. Timely and adequate rehabilitation treatment is important for obtaining good results in the treatment of such patients.

Objective: to improve the results of the treatment of patients with fractures of the distal metaepiphysis of the radial bone based on early comprehensive individual rehabilitation treatment.

Materials and methods. 97 patients with displaced fractures of the distal metaepiphysis of the radius were observed. Among them, 67 are women (69.1%), over 50 years old – 64 (66%). Used conservative treatment with a sparing technique of one-stage reduction. Upon completion of the correction, according to the indications, measures were prescribed for the prevention of neurodystrophic syndrome, depending on the likelihood of its development (according to the temperature gradient of the fingers of the extremities) in the form of drug therapy. Massage, kinesiotherapy, and physiotherapy began on the second day. The pain intensity was determined using a visual analog scale. The nature of pain was determined by the DN4 questionnaire (questionnaire for the diagnosis of neuropathic pain). For subjective unified assessment of hand function in the long term after a hand injury, I used a specific questionnaire DASH (Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Outcome Measure) – a questionnaire of outcomes and disability of the hand and hand.

Results. Rehabilitation treatment at admission and at the early outpatient stage was complex, individual, taking into account the periods of illness. The debris correction was painless, low-traumatic, rational fixing bandages were used. The volume of drug therapy was determined by the value of the temperature gradient of the fingers.

Conclusion. The proposed method for the rehabilitation of patients with fractures of the distal metaepiphysis of the radius is highly effective: good and satisfactory (according to the DASH scale) results were obtained in 97.8% of cases, unsatisfactory – in 2.2%.
FORENSIC MEDICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL CARE IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
Authors: Pletenetska A.O.
Published: August 2020

Relevance. Sometimes statistics on medical errors are hushed up, and information about individual incidents becomes known thanks to the media.

Objective: to identify the most common obstetric-gynecological profile defects and their causes by analyzing the data of the State Statistics Service on maternal and infant mortality during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period and compare it with the forensic analysis of obstetric-gynecological profile medical care.

Materials and methods. 625 cases were analyzed according to the State Statistics Service on maternal and infant mortality during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period, court sentences in criminal cases under Articles 139 and 140 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, according to the Unified State Register of Court Decisions of Ukraine since 2009 in 2019, as well as data from forensic medical examination commissions on “medicinal matters” for 2013-2019 performed by the State Institution “Main Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine”, including cases of previous departmental audits by the commissions of the Health Administration. The data obtained were subjected to statistical processing by standard methods of descriptive statistics.

Results. In these 255 examinations, defects in the provision of medical care were found by expert commissions in 186 cases, which amounted to 72.9%. Moreover, of these "defective cases", 62.9% (117 cases) were in a direct causal relationship with an unfavorable outcome; 35.5% (6 cases) - in some deficiencies that did not have a causal relationship with the onset of fetal death. In 3 cases of examinations in gynecology, there were contradictions in the entries in the medical documentation, they did not allow assessing the quality of medical care and the relationship with the consequences. At the pre-hospital stage (in the clinic), defects were allowed in 65.5%, and at the hospital - in 72.8%. In the presence of departmental inspections in 23%, there was a complete coincidence of the results of the conclusions of the commissions of the bureau of forensic medical examination and medical examination, and only in cases of significant defects in direct causal connection with the consequences. At the same time, when analyzing 53 court sentences according to the register of court decisions, it turned out that 13 of them related to the obstetric and gynecological profile, and 12 of them were indictment. In all cases, the source of evidence in cases was exclusively the “Expert Conclusions”.

Conclusions. It was found that forensic medical examinations for the provision of obstetric and gynecological medical care occupy a leading place in the overall structure of commission examinations in “medical matters”, in the vast majority of examinations, defects in the provision of medical care were found that were in direct causal connection with an unfavorable outcome.
DIAGNOSIS OF ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IN VICTIMS OF EMERGENCIES
Authors: Babkina О.P. , Matyukhin D.О. , Ushko I.А.
Published: August 2020

Relevance. In the case of death from injury, the question of whether the victim was intoxicated and to what extent, as the presence of alcohol intoxication could have affected the thanatogenesis of death is important. A reliable method of determining the concentration of ethanol in the body is its study in the blood, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid. But in extreme conditions, in large-scale disasters, during military conflicts, there may be difficulties in the selection, storage, transportation, and research of biological fluids. Therefore, the search for reliable non-invasive rapid methods is relevant.

The objective is the development of a set of criteria for improving the accuracy of detecting the presence of ethanol and determining its amount in deaths due to trauma in emergencies by non-invasive rapid methods.

Materials and methods. Review of scientific publications in international electronic scientometric databases PubMed, Embase, and Scopus by keywords. Search depth - 10 years (2008-2018). Comparison of literature data with the results of own research on the possibility of diagnosing alcohol intoxication to detect the presence and determination of ethanol in biological fluids (saliva, blood, urine) of persons who died and died in emergencies by indicative and evidentiary methods.

Results. The possibility of using the non-invasive express method (indicator test strips) as a guide to detecting the presence and quantification of ethanol in the saliva of deaths and deaths from injuries in emergencies, conflicts, in the absence of the necessary conditions for blood storage and urine (lack of power supply, the impossibility of freezing objects, storage, destruction of objects during transportation, etc.) was described. It is proved that the average result of the quantitative content of ethanol in blood and urine, found in the evidence-based method of research (gas-liquid chromatography), coincides and confirms the result obtained by us in conducting a non-invasive rapid method using indicator test strips. In the course of the conducted researches, the conformity concerning objectivity and correctness of detection of the presence and quantitative content of ethyl alcohol with the use of indicator test strips which is confirmed by researches of blood, urine by evidential methods (gas-liquid chromatography) is proved.

Conclusion. A non-invasive rapid method (indicator test strips) can be used as a guide to detect the presence of ethyl alcohol and determine its quantitative content in the saliva of the dead and deceased, with subsequent confirmation by evidence-based methods of research (gas-liquid chromatography) of blood, urine.
INDOMETHACIN & SARS-COV-2: PROSPECTS FOR CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE INFLAMMATORY STATE. Review
Authors: Kodidala S.R. , Sorout J. , Jayachandra S. , Narapogu V.
Published: August 2020

Actuality. Severe acute respiratory syndrome- (SARS) is a pandemic (called as SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19), severely affected by transmission and fatal disease caused by unknown coronavirus family of RNA virus (SARS-COV). The phenotype can range from asymptomatic to fulminate cytokine storm which leads to multiorgan failure resulting in death. Still, the world is eagerly waiting for antiviral drugs to stop the coronavirus infection. Previous studies found that indomethacin had the ability to inhibit the RNA and DNA virus replication. Objectives. Discuss the possibility of clinical treatment of inflammation caused by SARS-COV-2 with indomethacin. Materials and methods. Analysis of scientific publications in the international electronic scientometric database PubMed by keywords for the period 1991-2020. Comparison with clinical cases. Results. Interleukins, Interferons, and metabolites formed by the enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX 1/COX 2) are active against some RNA viruses. Experts have divided the SARS infection into three phases (phase-1, 2, 3) based on the severity of the infection. In phase-3 there was “cytokine storm” due to exuberant inflammation observed which can damage organs and even fatal. We investigated the effect of indomethacin on the COX inhibitor on coronavirus replication and cytokine storm in reducing the hyperinflammatory state.  Indomethacin is a potent inhibitor of SARS CoV-2. Conclusion. Indomethacin can be considered safe and effective for the prevention and treatment of coronavirus infection also antiviral activity.
SETTING THE PRIORITIES RIGHT IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Authors: Rodriguez Carlos
Published: August 2020

When reading the literature (science and media alike) on Covid-19 one get the feeling that people have given up on a medical treatment for the disease. We refer to the virus as something we should avoid at any rate, lest we get infected and die from it. Hence all the clatter about new outbreaks, social distancing, quarantenes and lockdowns. At times, it seems as if we were already counting on a world shutdown until the (hopefully soon) arrival of the much awaited vaccine.

In this paper, I describe a totally opposing view. In my opinion, we are just forgetting that treating this virus should not be such a huge problem, provided that we set the right priorities. If there is a take home message that I want to convey, this is the following: We should aim at preventing death, not infection. With this priority in mind, we will see that the solution follows naturally. This solution is a prophylactic treatment designed only for the people at risk of dying from Covid-19 (elderly and people with comorbidities). The treatment is both antiviral and antiinflammatory, is applied directly where the fire ignites (in the lungs), in the form of an inhaler, and should begin as soon as the first flu-like symptoms show up, not days or weeks later.

My view is that of a world that has an immediate answer to the pandemic. One that provides a treatment to the disease and ensures that people won't need to go though ICUs and assited ventilation to safe their lives. One that will not rely on the success or failure in the development of a vaccine for Covid-19.
ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI PENGUNGKAPAN TANGGUNG JAWAB SOSIAL
Authors: Hasanah Neneng -
Published: August 2020

The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of leverage, company size, and profitability on the disclosure of corporate social responsibility of public firms of textiles and garment that listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange over 2016 until 2018. The independent variables of this study are leverage, company size, and profitability while the dependent variable is the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) disclosure. This study conducts logistic regression analysis on 45 public firms of textiles and garment that taken by purposive sampling method. The results of this study show that: (1) leverage significantly effect on corporate social responsibility disclosure; (2) company size insignificant on corporate social responsibility disclosure; and (3) profitability significantly effect on corporate social responsibility disclosure.
Palette of Luciferases: Natural Biotools for New Applications in Biomedicine
Authors: Kotlobay A. A. , Kaskova Z. M. , Yampolsky I. V.
Published: August 2020

Optoanalytical methods based on using genetically encoded bioluminescent enzymes,luciferases, allow one to obtain highly sensitive signals, are non-invasive, and require no external irradiation. Bioluminescence is based on the chemical reaction of oxidation of a low-molecular-weight substrate (luciferin) by atmospheric oxygen, which is catalyzed by an enzyme (luciferase). Relaxation of the luciferin oxidation product from its excited state is accompanied by a release of a quantum of light, which can be detected as an analytical signal.The ability to express luciferase genes in various heterological systems and high quantum yields of luminescence reactions have made these tools rather popular in biology and medicine. Amongseveral naturally available luciferases, a few have been found to be useful for practicalapplication. Luciferase size, the wavelength of its luminescence maximum, enzyme thermostability, optimal pH of the reaction, and the need for cofactors areparameters that may differ for luciferases from different groups of organisms, and this fact directly affects the choice of the application area for each enzyme. It is quite important to overview the whole range of currently available luciferases based ontheir biochemical properties before choosing one bioluminescent probe suitable for a specific application.
Detecting Coastal Atmosphere Weathering Process on Andesite Rock Using Magnetic Susceptibility and Fe3O4/Fe2O3 Ratio
Authors: Zulaikah Siti , Pujiastuti Rini , Afrillah Ghyfanny An
Published: August 2020

Weathering is a geological phenomenon that is often an important considered because of its destructive properties, mainly in subsurface. Many parameters are used to measure the presence of weathering indications. This study focuses on testing of magnetic susceptibility (c), compound oxide content and Fe3O4/Fe2O3 ratio that have been selected as an indicators of weathering process. This study explains in detail the quantitative analysis of weathering based on these parameters in basaltic andesite rocks found in coastal atmospheric areas. The results obtained for weathered rocks, magnetic susceptibility, compound oxide content such as CaO and the Fe3O4/Fe2O3 ratio has decreased significantly. In the coastal atmosphere, the weathering of basaltic andesite rocks also marked by the distribution of magnetic minerals which tend to be in the domain of pseudo single domain (PSD) or single domain (SD). Thus it can be concluded that both of low frequency magnetic susceptibility (clf), CaO and Fe2O3 content and also the Fe3O4/Fe2O3 ratio can be used as weathering level indicators.
Políticas e industrias audiovisuales en México: apuntes y diagnóstico
Authors: Gómez García Rodrigo
Published: August 2020

Este artículo expone la pertinencia de estudiar a las industrias audiovisuales y a sus políticas públicas de forma integral. En primer lugar, se establece el procedimiento de construcción y el marco jurídico de las políticas públicas audiovisuales impulsadas en México durante los últimos veinte años. En segundo lugar, se presenta el estado actual de la industria audiovisual mexicana. En tercera instancia, se aportan indicadores industriales proporcionados por el Sistema de Clasificación Industrial de América del Norte (SCIAN) para observar la concentración audiovisual. Finalmente, se sugieren algunas líneas de trabajo para reformar las políticas audiovisuales con el propósito de impulsar y garantizar la diversidad cultural, la pluralidad política y la competencia económica.
Observación de la ficción televisiva en ocho países iberoamericanos
Authors: Orozco Gómez Guillermo , Vassallo de Lopes María Immacolata
Published: August 2020

En este texto se reportan comparativa e históricamente los resultados de la observación de la programación televisiva de ficción en ocho países iberoamericanos durante 2008. Se aprecian cambios significativos en la producción, en la transmisión y en la recepción de los diversificados formatos que presenta este género televisivo. La telenovela sigue siendo el formato más popular entre las audiencias, el que llena el prime timenacional y sirve, a la vez, de escaparate a una creciente naturalización de la publicidad y la política.
La amplificación social del riesgo: evidencias del accidente en la mina Pasta de Conchos
Authors: Tejeda García Nina Yolanda , Pérez–Floriano Lorena
Published: August 2020

La importancia que tiene para las organizaciones estar preparadas para una crisis y responder de forma expedita y competente fue puesta de manifiesto en el accidente industrial de la mina Pasta de Conchos, Coahuila, ocurrido en 2006. El accidente es analizado en este artículo a través de la teoría de amplificación de riesgos.
De la irrupción del sonido a la explosión de las imágenes. Una mirada al desarrollo histórico de la radio y la televisión en Jalisco: 1920-1960
Authors: Aceves González Francisco
Published: August 2020

En este artículo el autor describe las vicisitudes que enfrentó el desarrollo de la industria de la radio y la televisión en Jalisco. En la primera parte da cuenta del tránsito de la radio tapatía, en un período que abarca de 1924 a 1955, desde sus balbuceos como expresión de la cultura regional, hasta su confrontación a la dinámica de avasallamiento regional impulsada por las grandes corporaciones de la capital del país. En la segunda parte registra los antecedentes y el desarrollo de la industria televisiva.
Comunicación de riesgo y espirales del miedo
Authors: Farré Coma Jordi
Published: August 2020

La Comunicación de Riesgo es un campo emergente que surge de la necesidad de investigar qué tipo de información requiere la opinión pública en circunstancias de peligro, crisis o catástrofe. La formación de procesos de espirales del miedo constituye un frente inexplorado de lucha social por la emancipación tanto para las instituciones y organizaciones como para los públicos que conforman sus vidas cotidianas rodeados de riesgo percibido.
América Latina-um tema fora da pauta. Uma análise sobre o papel da mídia impressa brasileira no processo de integração latino-americana
Authors: Sant’Anna Francisco
Published: August 2020

El contenido editorial brasileño se construye básicamente a partir de la producción de las grandes agencias transnacionales de noticias. Estas reportan un hecho periodístico orientado hacia lectores norteamericanos y europeos. El advenimiento de internet, que en teoría permite la consulta de fuentes diversificadas de información en incluso el acceso a sitios latinoamericanos, no cambió las rutinas profesionales ni presentó un perfil de informaciones diferenciado a los lectores brasileños. Se escribe poco de los países de la región y lo poco que se dice siempre está cargado de un contexto sensacionalista, grotesco, que privilegia lo negativo.
Construcción de la identidad femenina en programas de belleza radiofónicos
Authors: Córdova Abundis Patricia
Published: August 2020

Se analiza el concepto de identidad y cómo se construye una identidad femenina en programas radiofónicos de corte frívolo. Lejos de constituir una diversión intrascendente, los programas radiofónicos frívolos contienen una serie de estrategias sociosemióticas que se difunden como constitutivas del grupo femenino. Las estrategias sociosemióticas identificadas son: la actuación, la diversión y la ignorancia. Las hablantes utilizan el discurso directo para “actuar”, las bromas para ser “divertidas” y construcciones discursivas propias de alguien lo suficientemente “ignorante” para parecer lo suficientemente femenina.
Photography magazines and cross-cultural encounters in postwar Japan, 1945-1955
Authors: Cole Emily
Published: August 2020

This article examines cross-cultural encounters between Japanese and western (European and American) photographers in the immediate postwar period (1945-1955), asking how these encounters influenced Japanese photographic trends. In addition, this article considers what photographic representations of western cultures reveal about postwar constructions of Japanese cultural identity. Building upon recent research framed by conceptions of photography as sites of cross-cultural encounter (see Melissa Miles & Kate Warren), this article argues that photography magazines provided space for consistent exchange between western and Japanese photographers through multiple platforms: interviews and round table discussions of photographic trends; articles on and photo series by western photographers; and images by both western and Japanese photographers depicting western cultural material and landscapes, such as photographs of western-style fashions, domestic space, and daily life in European and American cities. Such encounters directly influenced photographic trends in Japan. Features on European nude photographers popularised nude photography as an art form among Japanese photographers, and works contributed by the likes of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, and Robert Doisneau contributed to a rising interest in photographic humanism. Further, these encounters provided a conduit through which photographers and readers encountered western cultural material at a time when Japan underwent a cultural identity crisis brought on by the devastation of defeat and foreign Occupation. In this way, photography magazines simultaneously functioned as spaces that negotiated what exactly “Japanese culture” meant in Japan’s new postwar world.
Editorial – Mutually holding on in critical times
Authors: Pellitteri Marco
Published: August 2020

Dear readers, students, fellow scholars,welcome to this eighth instalment of Mutual Images.
A friendly greeting to readers and fellow scholars
I have been slowly putting this Editorial together, one small piece at a time, between March and June 2020, while being, like you all, focussed on rather bigger matters. Not only I, as the composer of this Editorial, but all the members of our journal’s Boards want to express our sincere appreciation and affectionate friendship to our academic community, regardless of field and discipline. Since January 2020, we have been living in a weird and dramatic moment, and the social sciences and the humanities as a whole, although technically much more fortunate than many other professional categories, are scholarly, collectively, and privately touched by the current pandemic at several levels. We cannot travel to join conferences or workshops as we would like, and in many cases we cannot visit our loved ones if they happen to live in another country; we cannot easily (or we cannot at all) move around if we had planned some fieldwork; we cannot even take a normal walk in our neighbourhood or go to the grocery store without the fear of being infected, or of infecting someone else if we are unaware carriers of this insidious virus—to this end, the use of the sanitary mask is saving millions of lives, even though there are egotistic brain-dead individuals everywhere who challenge this elementary precaution. But as researchers, as academics, our productivity does not necessarily depend on being out there, and in this sense we are hugely privileged. We can still write, investigate, study, read, communicate, teach, help our students to learn and grow, and somehow cheer them up, because they also have been stuck at home at an age in which the physical co-presence of peers is of paramount psychological relevance.
It is therefore [...]
Research materials from qualitative fieldwork in Japan, 2013 – Vol. 2
Authors: Pellitteri Marco
Published: August 2020

Among the possible innovative ways to publish research data and materials—alongside the more established formats of the research paper, the academic article, and the critical review—we inaugurate here the format of the “Research Files”, batches of qualitative data which have been assessed as useful materials for other scholars. A certain amount of data which academics collect often remains underused. But such data, if contextualised within one’s own past research activity, can be kept “alive” and perhaps be reborn and virtuously transmitted to other researchers who may want to make some use of them, citing the original source and therefore generating a proficuous circle of knowledge. We decided to distribute a few of these materials over different issues of Mutual Images, grouping them by type. In this first instalment (presenting some early interviews from one of my own past projects), we are also suggesting a way to interpret the notion of “research files” for other scholars who in the future may want to experiment with it. The format of presentation we have thought of as appropriate—or, at least, admissible and functional—is that of recounting the general features of the original research project within which the data here published were produced, so to favour the circulation of ideas.