bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Organizational Principles of Accounting and Analytical Support of Holding Structures in the Field of Dairy Production
Authors:   Kyiv National Trade and Economic University, Moshkovska Olena
Published: June 2022

Abstract. Introduction. The article considers the problems of accounting and analytical support of holding structures in the field of dairy production, given that the organizational structure of holding companies has features that require a special approach to information support of the management decision-making process. The urgency of the problem is related to the fact that in the management system of production activities in Ukraine there is a tendency to create large holding structures based on the association of related companies, which reduces management costs and increases production efficiency. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to study the organizational principles of accounting and analytical support of holding structures in the field of dairy production. Results. It is proved that the organization of management accounting in the holding requires the development of a system for obtaining various accounting data using a block-module approach. Also in this article several variants of the organization of reception of the information are allocated. A trial has been identified that allows to speed up the process of obtaining data, reduce the number of reporting forms and, accordingly, reduce the time and cost of resources for information processing. In the case of application of the proposed option of obtaining information, the accounting data are consolidated according to the rules approved in the accounting standards, which allows to obtain comparable, formed according to uniform standards reporting indicators. Conclusions. The organization of information flows in the holding on the basis of block-modular approach opens opportunities for systematization of information flows in the holding on the basis of block-modular approach, to create centers for collecting and summarizing the necessary information to develop management decisions in strategic planning. The advantage of this approach is its flexibility, ie the possibility of modification over time in terms of removing obsolete tasks, methods, indicators of management accounting and adding, if necessary, new areas of management accounting in accordance with changes in enterprise strategy.
Logistics Competence as a Component of Logistics Performance
Authors:   Vinnytsia Institute of Trade and Economics of KNUTE, Polishchuk Iryna
Published: June 2022

Abstract. Introduction. This work is a continuation of a series of articles highlighting the results of research on the functioning of the system of training highly qualified professionals that are able to ensure effective logistics activities of Ukrainian enterprises, substantiation of directions and development of practical mechanisms for its improvement. The research has been conducted by a group of lecturers of Vinnytsia Institute of Trade and Economic of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics, who train future specialists in logistics who are mastering higher education programs “Logistics” (bachelor’s degree), “Commodity and Commercial Logistics” (bachelor’s degree), “Marketing” (junior bachelor’s degree, bachelor’s, master’s degree) and “Management” (bachelor’s degree). Purpose. The purpose of the article is to highlight the main results of the study on the formation of logistics competence as a component of the efficiency of the country’s logistics. Results. Methodological and methodical approaches to the study as well as the results obtained have been discussed and positively assessed by the stakeholders in these educational programs and leading employers in Podillia region. The article studies the dynamics of changes in the rating positions of Ukraine in the global ranking of the logistics efficiency index and in its individual components. The essence and correlation of the concepts “logistics competence” and “logistic competences” are determined. Educational components in the general problems of development of the logistics sphere in Ukraine are specified. Vacancies for employment in the segment of transport and logistics in the labor market of Ukraine have been monitored. The requirements of employers for the competencies of specialists in the field of transport and logistics have been identified. Emphasis is made on the need to improve the training of logistics specialists in higher educational institutions of Ukraine, harmonize the standards of professional competencies of logistics specialists with European standards of logistics competencies and supply chain management. Conclusions. In order to maintain logistics competitive advantages and ensure high logistics competence of enterprises, employers increase the requirements for qualifications and personal characteristics of administrative and managerial staff in the field of logistics, which requires training of highly qualified logistics specialists who will have the competences to ensure the increase in the reliability and sustainability of supply chains, effective application of innovative technologies of logistics integration, making and adoption of optimal logistics management decisions under conditions of uncertainty of the market environment and increased risks.
Assessment of Anxiety and Factor Related among Main and Odayaa Campus, Dilla University Freshman Students, South, Ethiopia 2021
Authors: Berhanu Yetayale
Published: June 2022

Background: Anxiety can disturb a student's academic success and his future, including withdrawal from classes. The dropout rate was found to be twice as high as in the 1st grade compared to the 2nd or 3rd grade. It also causes people around the world to feel excessive anxiety, fear, lack of self-confidence, and embarrassment. One of the key reasons for the current study is the lack of data on the degree of mental illness, especially in higher education institutions. Objective: To assess the anxiety and factors of Main and Odaya campus students. Methods: From April 21th to May 21, 2020, an organization-based cross-sectional survey was conducted in the city of Main and Odayaa. The survey used a structured questionnaire and a self-administered questionnaire ASQ tool. The stratified sampling method included 300 individuals in the study. Pre-test questionnaires that are also used for data collection, in addition data analysis was done using SPSS version 20. Result: There are 314 freshmen, students of these, 300 attended during the investigation. There are 162 (54%) male respondents and 138 (46%) female respondents in the study. The average student age and (SE) age are 21.6 (± 0.13) years old. The prevalence of anxiety was found to be 26.7% among first-year students. Compared with males (16.7%), female freshmen (40.6%) have a statistically higher incidence of anxiety. [AOR 95%CI=3.36 (1.88, 6.01) Conclusion: This study showed that anxiety is a common mental problem among college students calling for public intervention to prevent more serious forms of anxiety. This finding indicates that women and older students have a high chance of suffering from anxiety.
Phallus in the Practice of Brahmacharya
Authors: Saha Sohini
Published: June 2022

This article focuses on the place of phallus/penis in the practice of brahmacharya, the Hindu concept of celibacy. Contrary to the supposed irrelevance in the ascetic sphere, the article argues how brahmacharya seeks to embody the potent concept of the phallus. In following the ontological turn, this article seeks to move away from the notion of phallus as only a representation or a symbol; to rethink the concept in its relation to penis in order to argue for an embodied idea of phallus and the theoretical possibilities it garners in the sphere of asceticism. Engaging into an ethnographic study in the “ascetic” spaces of bayam samitis (traditional gyms) and akharas (place of wrestling), the article seeks to understand the phallus through the everyday bodily practices of brahmacharya in an attempt to argue how men’s efforts to embody the phallus is aspired for and constantly undermined in these austere everyday practices.
The Experiences of First Ejaculation among Taiwanese Men
Authors: Bih Herng-Dar
Published: June 2022

Spermarche (first penile ejaculation) is a physiological event that many boys experience as part of the onset of puberty. However, there is little qualitative research on how they themselves experience and interpret it. Based on interviews with 26 Taiwanese men, experiences of spermarche occurred due to: (1) sexual behavior; (2) nocturnal emission; (3) naïve self-exploration; and (4) masturbation were identified and examined. Findings reveal that ejaculation was experienced as a complex and dynamic process with diverse emotions which were entangled. In addition, it was understood not just as a biological phenomenon, but there are broader social, cultural and medical discourses that shape how these men feel and reflect on their first ejaculation experience. In the end, the contribution of this study to the research field of spermarche is suggested.
Editorial
Authors: Ponsavady Stéphanie
Published: June 2022

This new issue is an example of our journal’s ongoing commitment to interdisciplinary dialogue, cutting-edge approaches, and the rethinking of mobilities. It also features authors at various stages of the academic career, from promising graduate students pursuing new venues to senior international scholars. We are extremely proud of the range of topics covered and the energy that flows through the issue. It starts with a theoretical inquiry into a concept that is central and critical to our lives and to our field: immobility. Noel Salazar revisits some of his previous work and invites us to rethink the “relational and experiential qualities” of what he rightly labels an “ambiguous concept.” Salazar masterfully builds upon language and our concrete and practical experiences of immobility, from mundane life to the new normal of the global COVID-19 crisis, to call on us to pay attention and give intention to the concept of immobility. His article reads as an invigorating manifest for studying and researching immobility as a meaningful, dynamic, and processual spectrum rather than as residual or as an antithesis of mobility.
The Transformation of Urban Mobility Practices in Maastricht (1950–1980)
Authors: Dijk Marc , Hommels Anique , Stoffers Manuel
Published: June 2022

This article reconstructs the historical transformation of mobility in the city of Maastricht in the period 1950–1980, from cycling as the most popular mode of traveling in the 1950s to car driving by the end of the 1970s. Based on an analysis of written sources and oral history interviews with Maastricht travelers and other practitioners who experienced this shift themselves, this article sheds light on this historical transformation, its key actors, and its main drivers. Combining insights from studies of social practice-based perspectives on mobility, historical sociotechnical transitions, and the model of urban obduracy, this study seeks to contribute to understanding why and how cities may transform toward being unsustainable places. Furthermore, it aims to show how social practice approaches can give more context-sensitive insights into processes of transformation and transition compared to established MLP-based transition approaches, by giving more attention to local meanings.
Book Reviews
Authors: Kębłowski Wojciech , Vindrola-Padros Cecilia , Derya Mentes Fatma
Published: June 2022

Kafui Ablode Attoh, Rights in Transit: Public Transportation and the Right to the City in California’s East Bay (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2019), 155 pp., 7 illustrations. $28.95

Ruth Holliday, Meredith Jones, and David Bell, Beautyscapes: Mapping Cosmetic Surgery Tourism (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2019), 232 pp. £80 (hardback).

Gökçe Günel, Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2019), 272 pp., 31 illustrations. $26.95.
OPENING UP FORAGE FIELDS DURING THE SNOWY SEASON - AN EFFECTIVE WINTER BIOTECHNICAL TECHNIQUE FOR FEEDING WILD CLOVEN-HOOFED MAMMALS
Authors: Yermolik V. B.
Published: June 2022

Despite the technical diversity of techniques for winter feeding of wild ungulates, technologies for opening up forage fields during abnormal periods of the wintering cycle have serious biological potential. In winter, when high snow cover blocks access of ungulates to natural forage in form of fallen leaves and grass rags under snow, clearing biotechnical fields before vegetation becomes exposed is an efficient method of feeding the wintering fauna, especially for Siberian roe deer. By clearing snow from “winter pastures”, where biotech crops and grasses such as sunflowers, oats, peas, and alfalfa were sown, large roe deer groups can be provided with a good and balanced forage ration. Taken together, these biotechnical measures compensate for the lowering of the level of forage resources during winter anomalies and encourage the dynamics of roe deer population growth and the process of reproduction in this species.
IMPROVING POTATO PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY BY OPTIMISING THE USE OF ORGANOMINERAL GROWTH STIMULANTS IN THE FOREST-STEPPE ZONE OF WESTERN SIBERIA
Authors: Petrov A. F. , Shulga M. S. , Galeev R. R. , Gavrilets N. V. , Kolbina O. N.
Published: June 2022

In the article experience of application of various organomineral growth stimulants on potatoes in the conditions of forest-steppe of Western Siberia is stated. In the course of work, the authors used new perspective preparations whose application has an essential influence on growth, development, the structure of a crop, and potato productivity. As a result of work, it has been established, that organomineral growth stimulants slightly influence the duration of the vegetation period of potatoes (1-3 days). The authors found that the infestation and spread of diseases in potato crops depended to a greater extent on the conditions of the year and the preparations used, and to a lesser extent on the variety. On average, the overall degree of plant infestation on the treated background was 2-8 % lower compared to the control. The use of organomineral growth regulators has a positive effect on potato yields. The Epin-Extra preparation was the most effective, application of which provided up to 8.3 t/ha yield increase at tubers treatment, and up to 7.2 t/ha at vegetative plants treatment. The use of organomineral growth regulators does not have a significant impact on quality indicators of potatoes, as the difference between the variants was not more than 1 %.
SOME METABOLIC PARAMETERS IN IN DAIRY COWS DURING THE PERIOD CLOSE TO CALVING UNDER ACETONEMIA
Authors: Trebukhov A. V.
Published: June 2022

The active development and intensification of animal husbandry, with technological errors (abnormal operation, unbalanced diets, keeping conditions, and others), increases the risk of the occurrence of a variety of metabolic diseases (ketosis, osteodystrophy, hepatosis). The study aimed to investigate the metabolic changes in dairy cows during the “close to calving” period of acetonemia. The authors researched cows of black-motley breed based on the joint-stock company of educational and experimental farm “Prigorodnoye”, Barnaul. The research was carried out four times: 2 and 1 month before calving, and 10 days and 1 month after calving. During the study, clinical and biochemical examination of the selected animals was carried out. The authors found that in ketosis cows have increased respiratory rate and heart rate. The authors also noted signs of osteodystrophy and rumen hypotonia. In cows with ketosis, the level of total calcium was below the physiological limits during the whole study. The authors observed an increase in total calcium concentration one month and ten days after calving, after which this concentration decreased. Inorganic phosphorus concentrations decreased one month before calving and increased sharply after calving. Hypoglycemia and acidosis were also noted by the authors. Acetone bodies decreased by calving and increased after calving. Triglyceride levels increased before calving and exceeded physiological values one month before calving. After calving, triglyceride concentration decreased sharply. The concentration of cholesterol in the blood of cows rose during the whole period of the study and its level was within the physiological norm.
THE NEW INTEGRATED INVESTMENT CYCLE “GREATER SIBERIA” IN RUSSIA: PROBLEMS, REALITY, PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Plotnikov I. N.
Published: June 2022

The article provides a theoretical analysis of the launch of a prospective investment cycle “Greater Siberia” in the Russian Federation. The study is based primarily on the growing debate in addressing the issue of creating new scientific, industrial, and economic centers in Siberia, which should serve new cities with a population of 300 thousand to one million inhabitants. In other words, these are distinctive clusters with developed infrastructure, research centers, and breakthrough technologies, not only in the extractive industries but primarily in the processing industries.
A MODERN APPROACH TO MANAGING THE EFFICIENCY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BASED ON DIGITALISATION, AS EXEMPLIFIED BY SOKOLOVO LTD
Authors: Stepanov A. A. , Kvasov V. S. , Eshtokin D. G. , Zankovich V. A. , Stepanov A. I. , Poddubnaya E. N.
Published: June 2022

The article presents an approach to the organization and management of the crop production process based on digitalization in an operating enterprise. The authors have given the basic components of the system of eight components, which are sufficient to fully organize and control the enterprises with an area of 10-15 thousand hectares. The authors also considered the structure of interaction of the eight components by process participants during the season and among themselves. The main achievements from the introduction of such a product, which exceeds the average indicators for this area by 2-10 times for certain criteria and allows increasing the efficiency of production by 1.5-2 times, are considered.  A special feature of efficient production is the unique combination of technical means, the system of data accumulation, processing, and use, the high speed of decision-making on their basis, and the original author’s methods of forecasting pests and crop varieties. A single control center allows maximizing the potential of each resource (reduce component rates, increase the coefficient of soil moisture use, etc.), annually achieving the planned gross crop yield estimates at a given cost. The authors found that synergies between economics and technology must start with planning. The authors also presented a graphical representation of the process of working out the information to achieve the targets.
Distribution expansion of the Panamanian night monkey (Aotus zonalis) in Central America
Authors: Ortega Josue , Mitre-Ramos Carolina , Berguido Guido , Bermúdez Sergio
Published: June 2022

Este trabajo proporciona una distribución actualizada de Aotus zonalis en Panamá, incluyendo una compilación de nuevas localidades, registros históricos, revisión literaria y reportes de ciencia ciudadana. Una nueva localidad en la provincia de Los Santos y quince en la provincia de Veraguas, representan una expansión occidental de aproximadamente 100 km de la distribución continental de A. zonalis en Centroamérica, al igual que confirmamos la presencia actual de la especie en el Archipiélago de Bocas del Toro. Proponemos mayores investigaciones al extremo occidental de Panamá para conocer mejor la distribución y estado de conservación de A. zonalis en la región.
Razvoj ekološke poljoprivrede u Republici Hrvatskoj tijekom razdoblja 2013.-2020.
Authors: Bilandžija Darija
Published: June 2022

Ekološka poljoprivreda predstavlja cjelokupni sustav upravljanja poljoprivrednim gospodarstvima i proizvodnjom hrane koji objedinjuje najbolje prakse gospodarenja u biljnoj i animalnoj proizvodnji, a koje osiguravaju očuvanje prirodnih resursa, okoliša, klime, održavanje visoke biološke raznolikosti, visoke standarde za dobrobit životinja i proizvodnih standarda. Republika Hrvatska raspolaže vrlo povoljnim agroekološkim uvjetima za poljoprivrednu proizvodnju koji osiguravaju veliki potencijal za razvojem ekološke poljoprivrede. Cilj rada je utvrditi kako se ekološka poljoprivreda razvijala u Republici Hrvatskoj (RH) tijekom razdoblja 2013. - 2020. Tijekom osmogodišnjeg istraživanog razdoblja, broj ekoloških proizvođača i prerađivača ekoloških proizvoda se povećao. Također, ukupno ekološki korišteno poljoprivredno zemljište se povećalo za 4,5 puta. Od ukupno ekološki korištenog poljoprivrednog zemljišta najzastupljenije su površine pod oranicama i vrtovima, slijede ih površine pod trajnim travnjacima, a zatim površine pod trajnim nasadima. U kategoriji trajnih nasada, najviše se površina nalazi pod voćnjacima, na drugome mjestu se nalaze maslinici, a na trećem mjestu se nalaze površine pod vinogradima. Od ekološke animalne proizvodnje, najzastupljeniji je bio uzgoj ovaca, goveda i peradi, a najmanje je bio zastupljen uzgoj svinja, pčelinjih zajednica i kopitara.
Utjecaj duge maceracije na kakvoću vina sorte 'Graševina' u vinogorju Kutjevo
Authors: Obradović Valentina , Mesić Josip , Škrabal Svjetlana , Ergović Ravančić Maja , Svitlica Brankica , Marčetić Helena
Published: June 2022

Iako klasična proizvodnja bijelih vina podrazumijeva fermentaciju mošta, suvremeni trendovi podrazumijevaju proizvodnju bijelih vina uz maceraciju, odnosno fermentaciju masulja. Cilj ovog rada bio je utvrditi utjecaj duge maceracije grožđa na kakvoću vina 'Graševina'. Istraživanje je provedeno tijekom 2021. godine u vinogradima i vinskom podrumu Veleučilišta u Požegi u vinogorju Kutjevo. Nakon berbe, kontrolni uzorak vina proizveden je klasičnim postupkom proizvodnje bijelih vina, te su provedena dva tretmana duge maceracije u periodu od 3 mjeseca - jedan uz sulfitiranje tijekom primarne prerade a drugi bez sulfita. U vinima su analizirani osnovni parametri kakvoće, koncentracija jabučne i mliječne kiseline, optička gustoća pri 280 nm, ukupni fenoli i antioksidativna aktivnost DPPH metodom. Statistički značajna razlika zabilježena je kod ukupnih fenola, kao i antioksidativnoj aktivnosti, s najvećim vrijednostima u maceriranom uzorku uz primjenu SO2. Organoleptičko ocjenjivanje uzoraka proveli su certificirani ocjenjivači, metodom 100 bodova. Najveću prosječnu ocjenu od 87 bodova dobilo je vino proizvedeno dugom mareracijom grožđa uz redovito sulfitiranje. Kontrolni tretman slabije je ocijenjen, sa 72 boda. Vino proizvedeno dugom maceracijom bez korištenja sulfita ocjenjeno je sa 66 boda uz napomenu pojedinih ocjenjivača o izraženoj oksidaciji.
Application of biostimulants in nettle cultivation
Authors: Radman Sanja , Fabek Uher Sanja , Šic Žlabur Jana , Jurčić Bruno , Benko Božidar , Žutić Ivanka , Opačić Nevena
Published: June 2022

Dvodomna kopriva (Urtica dioica L.) je u novije vrijeme nepravedno zapostavljena biljna vrsta, posebice kao prehrambena namirnica. Zbog dokazanih nutritivnih i ljekovitih svojstva, svrstava se u kategoriju funkcionalnih namirnica. U fazi intenzivnog porasta ima velike potrebe za dušičnim gnojivima što može umanjiti kvalitetu finalnog proizvoda, pa se istražuju preprati dozvoljeni i u ekološkom uzgoju. Biostimulatori su proizvodi prirodnog porijekla koji imaju efikasnu primjenu kod biljaka u stresnim uvjetima ublažavajući nepovoljne čimbenike tijekom uzgoja. U ovome radu istražene su potencijalne koristi od primjene biostimulatora na morfološke pokazatelje i osnovni kemijski sastav koprive. Monofaktorijalni poljski pokus postavljen je na dvogodišnjem usjevu koprive po metodi slučajnog bloknog rasporeda u tri repeticije. Nasad je tretiran s četiri različita biostimulatora (Humistar, Phylgreen, Aminovital, Delphan Plus) u usporedbi s kontrolnom varijantom. Biostimulatori nisu imali opravdani utjecaj na morfološke pokazatelje niti na ukupni prinos, no imali su različit utjecaj na razinu minerala i specijaliziranih metabolita u biljci, pri čemu se mogu se izdvojiti proizvodi na bazi aminokiselina (Delphan Plus) i huminskih kiselina (Humistar).
Sea Change at the FASB: From a Universal to a Stakeholder-Oriented Approach
Authors: Dirgantari Adella
Published: June 2022

This paper studies the impact the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) recent initiative to simplify accounting standards to reduce the cost of preparing financial reports by filers. Accounting standards have generally been uniform, particularly for profit-oriented companies and without consideration to the firm’s size. These standards applied equally to both private and public companies, primarily to enhance comparability in analyzing a firm’s performance. Various committees in the early part of the new millennium culminated in the establishment of the Private Company Council (PCC), an advisory unit to the FASB in supporting simplified accounting standards. The slogan of “one size fits all” has now shifted to “different strokes for different folks”. This study examines 179 accounting standards issued by the FASB from 2009-2019. The empirical results indicated that the FASB has promulgated many standards permitting simplified accounting procedures that have benefited both private and public companies since the establishment of the PCC. The last two years of our data demonstrates that the overwhelming number of accounting standards was focused on simplifying rules in an attempt to achieve cost savings for both private and publicly listed companies.
Student Perceptions of the Learning Effectiveness of Printed Versus Digital Textbooks in College Accounting Classes
Authors: Baker Pamela Elaine
Published: June 2022

Previous studies queried the use of e-texts with regard to creating stress and understanding. This study adds to the literature as it investigates college student perceptions of the usefulness of e-texts versus printed texts in learning accounting. Undergraduate and graduate accounting students in online, hybrid, and face-to-face courses with access to e-texts, in-print text purchases, and in-print text rentals at two postsecondary institutions in North Texas answered questions about whether using e-texts or printed texts better aided them in learning accounting.  Results indicate that a vast majority of those surveyed report better learning with the use of a purchased, printed text.
Application of modified Gaussian plume algorithm in hazard assessment of toxic chemicals in nuclear power plants
Authors: Huang Xiaodong , Wang Xuan , Wang Bo , Huang Chengpeng , Lu Chunhua , Yang Fan , Du Fenglei , Bao Wenjie
Published: June 2022

The leakage or explosion of hazardous chemicals will seriously affect the operation safety of nuclear power plants. Therefore, in the nuclear safety review, it has been clearly proposed that the environmental risks of off-site toxic chemicals should be evaluated. When calculating the toxic chemical leakage accident, as HABIT model calculation result is based on the 2 min concentration limit condition assumed in RG1.78, and the longest duration is only 7.5 min, so it cannot be applied to the safety assessment of offsite toxic hazards. This paper presents a detail analysis of the impact on toxic chemical release using modified Gaussian plume algorithm model in ALOHA. The Gaussian plume algorithm is mainly used to calculate the plume diffusion emitted by continuous point sources, assuming that its concentration distribution obeys the empirical model of normal distribution. The plume is transported downwind at an average wind speed, ignoring turbulent diffusion downwind, with vertical and horizontal lateral diffusion described by diffusion parameters. The Gaussian plume algorithm has many advantages such as high computational efficiency and simple calculation method. Therefore, it has a wide application in the field of atmospheric diffusion. Calculation shows for the chlorine and ammonia leakage accident, chlorine’s influence area is much larger than ammonia. For ammonia, safe distance is about 3.5 km, but for chlorine, hydrogen fluoride and hydrazine, with the increase of storage capacity, their safety distance change slower at 8 km, which is consistent with HAD101/04. The storage amount of liquid ammonia shows an exponential increase, indicating that for liquid ammonia, the chemical safety control distance will not exceed 3.5 km. Conclusion of this paper has a long last meaning to NPP environmental assessment and safety evaluation, and full filled area of toxic chemicals quantitative analysis.
Health diagnosis of NC machine tool from user’s perspective
Authors: Guan Wei , Liu Changjie
Published: June 2022

NC machines’ health monitoring is important for manufacturing enterprises. In this paper, we propose a scheme to do the monitoring and diagnosis mainly via collecting the internal data generated by the inside sensors of NC machine tool. Then these data are analyzed by Principal Component Analysis (PCA) method to determine the health status. The experimental results show that this method has certain applicability and effectiveness for the health diagnosis of NC machine tools, and is of good value for large manufacturing enterprises, of which core competitiveness resides on the sufficient operation of these machines.
Modified WASPAS method based on the pythagorean fuzzy frank interaction aggregation operators and its application in cloud computing product selection
Authors: Wang Haolun , Zhang Faming
Published: June 2022

Frank operations are more robust and flexible than other algebraic operations, and interaction operational laws consider interrelationship between membership functions in Pythagorean fuzzy number. Combining the strengths of both, we define some Frank interaction operational laws of Pythagorean fuzzy numbers for the first time in this article. Based on this, the Pythagorean fuzzy Frank interaction weighted averaging and geometric operators are developed. Meanwhile, we discuss their basic properties and related special cases. Furthermore, a novel multiple attribute decision-making framework is established based on the modified WASPAS method in Pythagorean fuzzy environment. The proposed method is implemented in a real-case study of cloud computing product selection to test the proposed methodology’s plausibility. A sensitivity analysis is conducted to verify our method’s reliability, and the effectiveness and superiority are illustrated by comparative study.
Fuzzy multi-attribute decision making method based on new similarity measure under interval-valued neutrosophic sets
Authors: Yang Jing , Su Wei
Published: June 2022

Interval-valued neutrosophic set (IVNS) plays an important role in dealing with imprecise judgment information. For a multi-attribute decision making problem, the information of alternatives under different attributes is given in the form of interval valued neutrosophic number(IVNN). The objective of the presented paper is to develop a multiple-attribute decision making (MADM) method under interval-valued neutrosophic sets(IVNSs) using the new similarity measurement. The similarity measurement of IVNSs has always been a research hotspot. A new similarity measurement of IVNSs is first proposed in this paper based on Chebyshev distance. The proposed method enriches the existing similarity measurement methods. It can be applied to not only IVNSs, but also single-valued neutrosophic sets(SVNSs). The influence of each attribute on the decision-making result can be described by the weight. How to formulate the weight scientifically is vital as well. In this paper, the objective weight is calculated by normalizing the grey correlation coefficient obtained by a score function which can be applied to IVNSs. The objective weight is then combined with the subjective one by considering an adjustment factor with the weighted summation method. The adjustment factor is determined by the importance of subjective weight. Finally, an example is used to illustrate the comparison results of the proposed algorithm and other three ones. The comparison shows that the proposed algorithm is effective and can identify the optimal scheme quickly.
Interoperability and Governance; Important Preconditions for Establishing Large-Scale Healthcare Infrastructures Like the Akson program in Norway
Authors: Severinsen Gro-Hilde , Silsand Line , Malm-Nicolaisen Kristian , Pedersen Rune
Published: June 2022

In Norway there is an overall goal to establish a national digitalization platform for primary healthcare named Akson to improve information exchange. We participated in the work with Akson and through qualitative research including interviews, we found that the project could benefit from other similar infrastructuring processes. First, a national process of defining clinical standards and establishing a governance organization to handle them. Second, improving data exchange between an EHR system and a national quality registry. The aim of the paper is to outline some lessons learned from these previous processes, for Akson and similar large-scale projects focusing on how to govern the digitalization platform at different healthcare levels and how to reuse healthcare information within and across healthcare institutions. Hence, we ask the following research question: Which experiences from previous large-scale infrastructuring processes should be considered when establishing a national digitalization platform for sharing data?
How to Optimize Connection Between PACS and Clinical Data Warehouse: A Web Service Approach Based on Full Metadata Integration
Authors: Lemordant Pierre , Bouzille Guillaume , Mathieu Romain , Thenault Ronan , Gibaud Bernard , Garde Cyril , Campillo-Gimenez Boris , Goudet Didier , Delarche Sébastien , Roland Yann , Cuggia Marc
Published: June 2022

Clinical image data analysis is an active area of research. Integrating such data in a Clinical Data Warehouse (CDW) implies to unlock the PACS and RIS and to address interoperability and semantics issues. Based on specific functional and technical requirements, our goal was to propose a web service (I4DW) that allows users to query and access pixel data from a CDW by fully integrating and indexing imaging metadata. Here, we present the technical implementation of this workflow as well as the evaluation we carried out using a prostate cancer cohort use case. The query mechanism relies on a Dicom metadata hierarchy dynamically generated during the ETL Process. We evaluated the Dicom data transfer performance of I4DW, and found mean retrieval times of 5.94 seconds and 0.9 seconds to retrieve a complete DICOM series from the PACS and all metadata of a series. We could retrieve all patients and imaging tests of the prostate cancer cohort with a precision of 0.95 and a recall of 1. By leveraging the CMOVE method, our approach based on the Dicom protocol is scalable and domain-neutral. Future improvement will focus on performance optimization and de identification.
Data Sharing Between Jail and Community Health Systems: Missing Links and Lessons for Re-Entry Success
Authors: Glowalla Geoffrey , Subbian Vignesh
Published: June 2022

Data sharing and interoperability between jail systems and community health providers are critical for successful re-entry of incarcerated individuals into the mainstream community. Using a case study approach, we present an account of interoperability efforts between jail and community health systems in the County of Orange (California, USA), including the overall infrastructure comprising of the jail management system, jail health system, and the community health system. We also describe outcomes and lessons from the Jail to Community Re-entry Program implemented in the County of Orange, along with recommendations and common data elements required for effective care transitions from custody to community
Sequential Mapping – A Novel Approach to Map from ICD-10-CM to ICD-11
Authors: Xu Julia , Fung Kin Wah , Bodenreider Olivier
Published: June 2022

Background: ICD-11 will be used to report mortality statistics by WHO member countries starting in 2022. In the US, ICD-10-CM will likely continue to be used for morbidity coding for a long period of time. A map between ICD-10-CM and ICD-11 will therefore be useful for interoperability purpose between datasets coded with ICD-10-CM and ICD-11. Objectives: The objective of this study is to explore novel approaches to automatically derive a map between ICD-10-CM and ICD-11 through the sequential use of existing maps. Methods and results: Sequential mapping through ICD-10 yielded better coverage and accuracy compared to mapping through SNOMED CT. Conclusions: Sequential mapping is useful in automatically creating a draft map from ICD-10-CM to ICD-11 and would reduce manual curation efforts in creating the final map. The various approaches offer different trade-offs among coverage, recall and precision.
Mapping Korean National Health Insurance Reimbursement Claim Codes for Therapeutic and Surgical Procedures to SNOMED-CT to Facilitate Data Reuse
Authors: Kang Hannah , Park Hyeoun-Ae
Published: June 2022

South Korea has a public and single-payer system for healthcare services based on fee-for-service payments. The National Health Insurance (NHI) reimbursement claim codes are used by all healthcare providers for reimbursement. This study mapped NHI reimbursement claim codes for therapeutic and surgical procedures to the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT) to facilitate semantic interoperability and data reuse for research. The Source codes for mapping were 2,500 reimbursement claim codes for therapeutic and surgical procedures such as surgery, endoscopic procedures, and interventional radiology. The target terminology for mapping was the ‘Procedure’ hierarchy of the international edition of SNOMED-CT released in July 2019. We translated Korean terms into English, clarified their meaning, extracted characteristics of the source codes, and mapped them to pre-coordinated concepts. If a source concept was not mapped to a pre-coordinated concept, we mapped it to a post-coordinated expression. The mapping results were validated internally using dual independent mapping and group discussion by trained terminologists, and by two physicians with experience of SNOMED-CT mapping. Out of 2,500 source codes, 1,298 (51.9%) codes were mapped to pre-coordinated concepts, and 1,202 (48.1%) codes were mapped to post-coordinated expressions. The mapping of the NHI reimbursement claim codes for therapeutic and surgical procedures to SNOMED-CT is expected to support clinical research by facilitating the utilization of health insurance claim data.
Knowledge-Driven Drug-Use NamedEntity Recognition with Distant Supervision
Authors: Bajaj Goonmeet , Kursuncu Ugur , Gaur Manas , Lokala Usha , Hyder Ayaz , Parthasarathy Srinivasan , Sheth Amit
Published: June 2022

As Named Entity Recognition (NER) has been essential in identifying critical elements of unstructured content, generic NER tools remain limited in recognizing entities specific to a domain, such as drug use and public health. For such high-impact areas, accurately capturing relevant entities at a more granular level is critical, as this information influences real-world processes. On the other hand, training NER models for a specific domain without handcrafted features requires an extensive amount of labeled data, which is expensive in human effort and time. In this study, we employ distant supervision utilizing a domain-specific ontology to reduce the need for human labor and train models incorporating domain-specific (e.g., drug use) external knowledge to recognize domain specific entities. We capture entities related the drug use and their trends in government epidemiology reports, with an improvement of 8% in F1-score.
Towards an Adaptive Clinical Transcription System for In-Situ Transcribing of Patient Encounter Information
Authors: Van Woensel William , Taylor Brett , Abidi Syed Sibte Raza
Published: June 2022

Electronic patient charts are essential for follow-up and multi-disciplinary care, but either take up an exorbitant amount of time during the patient encounter using a key-stroke entry system, or suffer from poor recall when made long after the encounter. Transcribing in-situ, natural dictations by the clinician, recorded during the encounter, with minimal workflow impact, is a promising solution. However, human transcription requires significant manual resources, whereas automated transcription currently lacks the accuracy for specialized clinical language. Our ultimate goal is to automate clinical transcription, particularly for Emergency Departments, with as an end-result a structured SOAP report. Towards this goal, we present the Adaptive Clinical Transcription System (ACTS). We compare the accuracy and processing times of state-of-the-art speech recognition tools, studying the feasibility of streaming-style dynamic transcription and opportunities of incremental learning.
Comparison of MetaMap, cTAKES, SIFR, and ECMT to Annotate Breast Cancer Patient Summaries
Authors: Redjdal Akram , Bouaud Jacques , Gligorov Joseph , Séroussi Brigitte
Published: June 2022

Most clinical texts including breast cancer patient summaries (BCPSs) are elaborated as narrative documents difficult to process by decision support systems. Annotators have been developed to extract the relevant content of such documents, e.g., MetaMap and cTAKES, that work with the English language and perform concept mapping using UMLS, SIFR and ECMT, that work for the French language and provide concepts using various terminologies. We compared the four annotators on a sample of 25 French BCPSs, pre-processed to manage acronyms and translated in English. We observed that MetaMap extracted the largest number of UMLS concepts (15,458), followed by SIFR (3,784), ECMT (1,962), and cTAKES (1,769). Each annotator extracted specific valuable information, not proposed by the other annotators. Considered as complementary, all annotators should be used in sequence to optimize the results.
Data-Sharing Gateway System Design for Large-Scale Medical Information Collection with Distributed EMR Storage
Authors: Tanaka Katsuya , Mukai Masami , Yamamoto Ryuichi , Mihara Naoki
Published: June 2022

The collection and use of large-scale medical information for developing artificial intelligence engines are actively ongoing. In Japan, collection systems have been built to collect data for medical image analysis and disease repositories. In the experimental project for the next generation medical infrastructure law, a centrally integrated basic system was developed, and standardized electronic medical record (EMR) storage data distributed to each hospital were transferred into one data center and imported to a database for secondary use. The law requires a mechanism for maintaining a list of notified or opted-out patients. To operate these systems, safe and efficient secondary use of collected information is essential not just for the law but also for large-scale data collection projects, such as multifacility clinical research. This paper considers whole-somely, requirements for providing medical care information to data collection projects and proposes additional requirements for a gateway system under development.
A System for Structuring, Storage and Georeferenciation of Dengue Vector Surveillance Data
Authors: Conrado Daniel B.F. , Dos Santos Vitor Ribeiro , Faria-Campos Alessandra C. , Serufo José Carlos , Campos Sérgio V.A.
Published: June 2022

Dengue is a main public health issue around the world and is an epidemic in Brazil. As part of the Brazilian national program to fight the disease, every municipality has a Zoonosis Control Center responsible for health and case surveillance, among other actions. The fieldwork includes routine visiting of houses and strategic sites (e.g. industries and vacant lands), water sampling, container elimination, and larvicide administration. However, the field data are gathered and summarized by hand. In this work, our goal is to ease the collection and visualization of field data to support decision-making. We have developed a mobile system to collect and georeference field data which could then be used to build geospatial and geo-temporal visualizations of indices such as House, Container, and Breteau1 indices. This solution could enhance entomological surveillance and leverage action planning and evaluation.
Tana, a Healthcare Chatbot to Help Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic at a University Hospital in Argentina
Authors: Rizzato Lede Daniel A. , Inda Delfina , Rosa Juan M. , Zin Yael , Tentoni Nicolás , Médici Mariano M. , Castaño José M. , Gambarte Maria L. , López Gastón E. , Merli Mariana , Otero Carlos M. , Luna Daniel R.
Published: June 2022

A Chatbot or Conversational Agent is a computer application that simulates the conversation with a human person (by text or voice), giving automated responses to people’s needs. In the healthcare domain, chatbots can be beneficial to help patients, as a complement to care by health personnel, especially in times of high demand or constrained resources such as the COVID-19 Pandemic. In this paper we share the design and implementation of a healthcare chatbot called Tana at the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. Considering best practices and being aware of possible unintended consequences, we must take advantage of information and communication technologies, such as chatbots, to analyze and promote useful conversations for the health of all people.
A Knowledge Graph of Mechanistic Associations Between COVID-19, Diabetes Mellitus, and Chronic Kidney Disease
Authors: Barrett Michael , Abidi Syed Sibte Raza , Daowd Ali , Abidi Samina
Published: June 2022

We present an automated knowledge synthesis and discovery framework to analyze published literature to identify and represent underlying mechanistic associations that aggravate chronic conditions due to COVID-19. Our literature-based discovery approach integrates text mining, knowledge graphs and medical ontologies to discover hidden and previously unknown pathophysiologic relations, dispersed across multiple public literature databases, between COVID-19 and chronic disease mechanisms. We applied our approach to discover mechanistic associations between COVID-19 and chronic conditions—i.e. diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease—to understand the long-term impact of COVID-19 on patients with chronic diseases. We found several gene-disease associations that could help identify mechanisms driving poor outcomes for COVID-19 patients with underlying conditions.
Decision-Making Support in Stroke Diagnosis Process: An Approach Based on the PROMETHEE Method and Decision Model Notation
Authors: Boareto Pedro , Mantovani Leticia K. , Safanelli Juliana , Liberato Rafaela B. , Moro Carla H.C. , Moro Claudia , Loures Eduardo F.R. , Santos Eduardo A.P.
Published: June 2022

Decision-making in the field of healthcare is a very complex activity. Several tools have been developed to support the decision-making process. DMN, a modeling technique focused on decisions, is among these and has been gaining prominence in both, literature and business, as has the multi-criteria method PROMETHEE II that helps decision-makers with multi-criteria in analyses. Thus, this research targets combining these two techniques and analyzing the decision support that these two tools afford together. The diagnostic stage of stroke patients was used to perform this work. The research demonstrated that this proposal can drive major gains in efficiency and assertiveness in decision-making in time-sensitive hospital processes. After all, there is a noticeable dearth of hospitals with specialized teams as well as a shortfall of adequate infrastructure for this treatment.