bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
"Den vita rasens sista strid!"
Authors: Eriksson Anders , Haag Christian
Published: September 2023

Apokalyptiken är den stora berättelsen om kampen mellan ont och gott. För att förstå attraktionskraften i den Nordiska motståndsrörelsen analyserar artikeln NMR som en apokalyptisk rörelse med hjälp av fyra apokalyptiska topoi: Ondska, Plats, Tid och Auktoritet. Anhängarna ser Norden som invaderat av ”rasfrämlingar.” De ser som sin livsuppgift att forma ett nytt samhälle genom en samhällsomvandling som ska rädda ”oss” från det kaos som nu råder. De anser att världen går mot sin undergång, men NMR ser sig som en elitstyrka och förtrupp för den kommande nazistiska revolutionen.
Ações de atenção à população LGBT no atendimento de saúde pública
Authors: Canhoella Camila , Trombeli Iara Valle Dourado , Campos Tamíris Rodrigues Maia
Published: September 2023

0 presente trabalho aborda as agdes implantadas em um hospital público, visando ao respeito à individualidade do paciente e ao direito de ser identificado usando o nome de sua escolha. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo baseado em referéncias bibliograficas eno relato de experiéncia da implantação de uma ação no Hospital Regional de Jundiar, no Estado de São Paulo, de inserção do campo “nome social” no prontudrio eletronico e demais documentos relativos à internação e ao cuidado de pacientes transexuais e travestis. São citadas também acdes realizadas pela instituicao que visam à conscientizacao quanto ao respeito & população LGBT.
Ações voltadas para a transferência de conhecimento sobre o público LGBT
Authors: Goncalves de Pontes Josiane , Bernardino dos Santos Ronaldo
Published: September 2023

0 artigo descreve a experiéncia vivenciada pelo Ambulatério Médico de Especialidades de Itapeva, centro de saúde de alta resolutividade que oferece consultas médicas em diversas especialidades, atendendo a 15 municipios da regido do sudoeste paulista. É fato que temos uma diversidade de clientes atendida diariamente; diante disso, tornou-se necesséria uma ação do setor de Educação Permanente e Humanização e Inclusão, para o levantamento do conhecimento das equipes sobre o grupo LGBTQIA+ e a oportunidade de transferéncia dessas informagdes. A ação foi realizada com embasamento em pesquisa bibliografica recente, consultamos artigos, dissertações, relato de experiéncia e pesquisa exploratória para a organizagao da proposta da ação em nosso servico. Utilizamos a apresentação de audiovisuais em palestra com conteúdo em formato de slides; dinamica com uso de baldes, com questdes direcionadas e frases com citagdes para discussões, e finalizamos com a entrega de panfletos ilustrativos e outros materiais no servico. As discussdes possibilitaram a reflexão sobre os direitos LGBT, objetivando um atendimento que cumpra as legislacdes vigentes, focado na humanizagdo, empatia e respeito a esta população. A ação evidenciou falhas no atendimento e a possibilidade de melhorias, gerou discussdes conflitantes sobre as conquistas do grupo LGBT, revelou preconceitos e discriminagdes, gerando a necessidade de reorganizagdes no processo e no ambiente de trabalho e a inclusão do tema em ações de Educagao Permanente.
Transdisciplinaridade e participação social na construção de uma linha de cuidado singularizada
Authors: Gois Isis , Trindade Igor , Dias da Silva Magnus R. , Quinalha Renan Honório , Azevedo Renata , Tenore Rocha Natália , Leite Vieira Denise
Published: September 2023

0 trabalho transdisciplinar, a participação de movimentos sociais e o reconhecimento dos saberes de pessoas trans e travestis,especialmente quando sistematizados por atividades de extensão universitária, tem sido eixos potentes na construgao de linhas decuidado pautadas na integralidade em saúde. Neste relato de experiência, expor-se-á como a formulagdo, estruturação e conduçãode um servigo pensado com e para pessoas trans e travestis, atuando conjuntamente em diferentes frentes com os movimentossociais e académico-profissionais, necessitam do apoio e do diálogo constante com a comunidade, desde o planejamento & avaliação dos resultados. Esse diálogo formativo - e em constante construgdo - se constitui pela necessidade de compartilhamentode saberes vivenciados pelas pessoas trans e pela equipe multiprofissional frente ao alinhamento e delineamento de ações depromoção da satide com base na psicodespatologizagao das identidades trans e na autonomia do sujeito.
Diseño de modelo de exportación de energía con paneles solares para la minería de bitcoin
Authors: Zuluaga Quintero Juan , Arteaga Ordóñez Valentina , Niño Rodríguez David
Published: September 2023

La minería de las criptomonedas posee ciertas desventajas, una de ellas es el alto nivel de energía consumido por el hardware, ya que implica cierto nivel de contaminación. Por otro lado, está el alto costo que representa para las personas que ejercen esta actividad, sobre todo en países como Colombia donde el costo de la energía es muy alto. De ahí que, en el presente documento se llevará a cabo el diseño de un modelo de exportación de energía con paneles solares para la minería del bitcoin, el cual será realizado a través de tres fases. El diseño del modelo será basado en la modalidad de exportación de presencia comercial, por lo que en la primera fase se analizará los términos legales de importación de materias primas y de exportación del servicio; en la segunda fase se realizará una investigación de mercados internacionales y la última fase se diseñará el modelo de exportación apropiado para la energía con paneles solares para la minería de bitcoin.
Diseño de modelo de exportación de energía eólica de Colombia a mercados internacionales
Authors: García Cuervo Paula , Moreno Forero Liceth , Castillo Ortiz Janyer , Jiménez Ortega Dayyanne
Published: September 2023

Esta investigación es no experimental, ya que se limita a la observación y análisis de situaciones existentes de producción de energía eólica. Es de tipo transaccional, debido a que establece el análisis de las variables definidas y su incidencia en un momento dado, conforme al diseño de un modelo de exportación para energía eólica. Para iniciar su desarrollo se analizará la situación actual del manejo de energía eólica en Colombia. Como segunda fase se identificarán los modos de exportación, en especial, de energía eólica. Por tanto, se investigará su viabilidad de exportación de Colombia a los mercados internacionales, seleccionando aquellos estratégicos a través del método de preselección de mercados internacionales y de esta forma incentivar la construcción de parques eólicos sustentables.
desafíos de la educación superior a distancia y virtual en Colombia
Authors: Cortés-Dussan Germán
Published: September 2023

Este documento de revisión muestra la evolución, los retos, alcances y oportunidades que presentan la educación a distancia y virtual en el contexto colombiano. A partir de una revisión documental se establecen diferentes categorías de análisis que sitúan aspectos sociales, económicos, administrativos y organizacionales en estos tipos de educación superior en Colombia. Lo anterior, teniendo en cuenta que estos procesos formativos benefician a gran parte de la población rural del país, en cumplimiento de lograr una sociedad más equitativa y participativa, en un intento por disminuir las grandes brechas de desigualdad.
Special Education Master’s Students’ Metaphorical Perceptions of Children Having High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder
Authors: KAYMAKCI Güliz , GÜNDOĞDU Çetin
Published: September 2023

In the current study, aimed to determine the metaphorical perceptions of students receiving graduate education in the field of special education about high-functioning autism spectrum disorder. The study employed the phenomenological design, one of the qualitative research techniques, as the research method. The study group consists of 75 students pursuing a master’s degree in the Department of Special Education in the Faculty of Education at five different state universities during the spring term of the 2022-2023 academic year. The participants of the study were selected by using the convenience sampling method. The participants’ perceptions regarding children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder were determined using a data collection tool that included the phrase “Children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder are like... to me; because...” and questions to elicit demographic information of the participants. The data collected from the participants were analyzed using the content analysis method. In this study, the participants, who were master’s students in the Special Education Department, generated 75 metaphors regarding children with a high-functioning autism spectrum disorder. The metaphors derived from the data obtained from the participants were grouped and categorized into 6 categories based on their common characteristics as a result of the review of experts. When the generated metaphors were examined, it was seen that the participating students mostly liken children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder to concepts such as flowers, rainbows, stars, boxes and computers. The study results indicate that the metaphors generated by the participants regarding children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder are generally expressed through positive and concrete concepts
Incidência de Chlamydia trachomatis em gestantes diagnosticadas com ruptura prematura de membranas ovulares na Maternidade Mariana Bulhões
Authors: Araujo Liege Vidal , Gomes Nilson
Published: September 2023

De acordo com a Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), a Chlamydia trachomatis infecta mais de 90% da população e devido a isso, infecções genitais não tratadas na gestação, principalmente as assintomáticas, podem acarretar complicações, tais como ruptura prematura de membranas ovulares, considerada uma das três maiores causas de morbidade e mortalidade perinatal associada à prematuridade. As infecções genitais não tratadas na gestação, principalmente as assintomáticas, podem acarretar complicações, tais como endometrite puerperal e a síndrome de Fitz-Hugh-Curtis. A pesquisa científica tem como objetivo identificar a associação da ruptura prematura de membranas ovulares com a C. trachomatis por meio de teste rápido, utilizando-se como caminho metodológico a pesquisa quantitativa, descritiva, bibliográfica e laboratorial. A C. trachomatis é uma das infecções sexualmente transmissíveis mais comuns no mundo. E por ser, na maioria das vezes, assintomática, o não uso de preservativos facilita a sua propagação, implicando maior incidência de complicações materno-fetais. Os resultados da pesquisa concluem que C. trachomatis tem grande incidência entre gestantes com ruptura prematura de membranas ovulares, representando 60% do total de gestantes atendidas, ou seja, 12 pacientes, das 20 testadas. A porcentagem pode ser explicada pela ausência de exames específicos para diagnóstico de C. trachomatis nas Unidades Básicas do Município, visto que nenhuma das pacientes havia sido rastreada anteriormente, nunca haviam sido tratadas para esta infecção sexualmente transmissível (IST), contribuindo para a disseminação da doença e as complicações materno-fetais. Há necessidade de incorporação no município de um programa de rastreamento de clamídia para as populações-alvo. Correlacionou-se também que as altas taxas de infecção por C. trachomatis podem estar associadas à falta de conhecimento sobre infecções sexualmente transmissíveis e suas formas de prevenção. Durante as consultas de pré-natal, os profissionais de saúde devem passar informações sobre medidas preventivas de infecções sexualmente transmissíveis e incentivar o uso de preservativo na gestação, porém de forma didática, certificando-se de que elas compreenderam. A fim de erradicar a C. trachomatis, deve-se realizar o diagnóstico e o tratamento corretos, divulgar medidas de prevenção de infecções sexualmente transmissíveis, além de atualizar os profissionais de saúde do município visando à melhoria na qualidade de pré-natal, com abordagem em prevenção e tratamento de infecções sexualmente transmissíveis. Com profissionais preparados nos postos de saúde pública, é possível melhorar a qualidade de vida das mulheres.
Mortalidade fetal estratificada por idade gestacional no Rio de Janeiro, de 2010 a 2020
Authors: Soares Wender Emiliano , Marchesi Lara Miranda , Barroso Rodrigo Roberto , Nascimento Maria Isabel do
Published: September 2023

Introdução: No mundo, ocorreram mais de 2 milhões de natimortos em 2019, resultando em uma taxa de óbito fetal (OF) de 13,9 por 1.000 nascimentos. A maioria desses óbitos poderia ser prevenida com a oferta de cuidados pré-natais adequados. Objetivo: Estimar as taxas de mortalidade fetal específicas por idade gestacional no estado do Rio de Janeiro de 2010 a 2020. Métodos: Estudo descritivo com base em dados secundários fornecidos pelo DATASUS. Foram calculadas as taxas de mortalidade fetal estratificadas por idade gestacional. O número de óbitos fetais foi obtido no sistema de informação de mortalidade, e o número de nascidos vivos foi obtido no sistema de informação de nascidos vivos. As taxas foram apresentadas por 1.000 nascimentos. Resultados: No período, ocorreram um total de 25.773 óbitos fetais no Rio de Janeiro, distribuídos da seguinte forma por região de saúde: Baía da Ilha Grande (1,33%), Baixada Litorânea (5,10%), Centro-Sul (2,11%), Médio Paraíba (4,50%), Metropolitana I (63,89%), Metropolita II (10,62%), Noroeste (1,73%), Norte (5,46%) e Serrana (5,21%). Em relação ao momento do parto, 92,67% dos óbitos ocorreram antes do parto. A distribuição dos óbitos por idade gestacional foi de 24,8% (22–27 semanas), 22,0% (28–31 semanas), 30,4% (32–36 semanas), 22,4% (37–41 semanas) e 0,4% (≥42 semanas). A taxa média global foi de 10,71 por 1.000 nascimentos. As taxas específicas por idade gestacional indicam maior frequência em idades gestacionais mais precoces: 334,2/1.000 (22–27 semanas), 176,9/1.000 (28–31 semanas), 34,8/1.000 (32–36 semanas), 2,8/1.000 (37–41 semanas) e 3,7/1.000 (≥42 semanas). Conclusão: Apesar de a taxa média global estar abaixo dos níveis aceitáveis pela Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS): 12/1.000, a estratificação por idade gestacional mostra que o problema é grave no estado do Rio de Janeiro, afetando principalmente gestações muito precoces, mas também fetos de alta viabilidade. Esse quadro demanda investigações minuciosas, bem como políticas públicas de atenção que visem a redução desse importante problema de saúde pública.
Óbito por sífilis congênita em município de Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro em 2023: relato de caso
Authors: Colombo Adriana Camara , Oliveira Claudia Cristina de , Santos Cecília Turque dos , Passos Carolina Varella Leal , Passos Paula Varella Leal , Bittar Christina Thereza Machado , Passos Mauro Romero Leal
Published: September 2023

Introdução: A sífilis congênita (SC) continua sendo um problema frequente no Brasil, e o estado do Rio de Janeiro apresenta o maior número de óbitos relacionados à SC em comparação com outros estados, registrando 188 óbitos em 2021. Relato de caso: Uma primigesta com idade entre 25 e 29 anos iniciou o pré-natal em agosto de 2022, e o teste rápido (TR) inicial para sífilis foi não reagente. No entanto, em janeiro de 2023, um novo TR foi realizado e apresentou resultado reagente. O tratamento foi administrado somente no dia seguinte, com uma única dose de 2,4 milhões de penicilina benzatina (PB). O exame VDRL foi coletado apenas em fevereiro de 2023, dias após o tratamento com a dose única de PB, e o resultado foi de 1:512. Em março de 2023, a gestante foi admitida em uma maternidade da Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro após ter sido recusada em dois hospitais de outros municípios, com diagnóstico de óbito fetal. Foi iniciada a vigilância epidemiológica durante a internação, e a paciente negou ter apresentado manifestações clínicas de lesões recentes de sífilis em si mesma ou em seus parceiros sexuais. Quando questionada sobre o que pensava sobre o quadro que estava vivenciando, a gestante respondeu imediatamente: "me sinto culpada". Dez dias após a internação, foi realizada uma visita à unidade de saúde onde o pré-natal foi realizado, a fim de conversar com o profissional responsável pelo atendimento da gestante. O profissional relatou que "classificou como sífilis primária, pois era a primeira vez que a mulher apresentava teste positivo", justificando assim a administração de apenas uma dose de PB para o tratamento. Além disso, na unidade de saúde não há médico para acompanhar o pré-natal, e os exames são solicitados, agendados e coletados em dias diferentes, o que resulta em frequentes atrasos na obtenção dos resultados, como demonstrado na caderneta de pré-natal. O tratamento não é realizado no dia do diagnóstico, pois somente após a notificação do caso para a secretaria de saúde, mesmo no caso de gestantes, o posto recebe o antibiótico. Após a chegada da medicação, a gestante é convocada para receber a administração da penicilina. Fragmentos da placenta foram encaminhados para análise histopatológica, que revelou vilite crônica associada a alterações vasculares fetais, compatíveis com SC. Comentários: A SC e o óbito decorrente da SC refletem, na maioria dos casos, a inadequação do pré-natal, seja na forma como a gestante é atendida, seja na gestão dos fluxos de atendimento na rede básica de saúde. O caso descrito é mais um exemplo infeliz dessa situação.
Análise do impacto do COVID-19 no setor de patologia do trato genital inferior de um hospital universitário
Authors: Zanine Rita Maira , Espinola Mariana D’Avila Ogg , Bittencourt Dulcimary Dias
Published: September 2023

Introdução: A pandemia de COVID-19 impactou os serviços de saúde em todo o mundo, o que trouxe repercussões para vários programas de rastreamento, como é o caso do câncer de colo de útero. Objetivo: Este trabalho visa determinar o impacto da pandemia nos Serviços de Trato Genital Inferior e Colposcopia de um hospital universitário no Paraná entre 2018 e 2021, a partir da base de dados do setor. Métodos: O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa sob nº 2018026301. As citologias foram agrupadas de acordo com a classificação Bethesda em ASCUS (células escamosas atípicas de significado incerto), ASC-H (células escamosas atípicas, onde não se pode descartar lesão de alto grau), LSIL (lesão intraepitelial escamosa de baixo grau), HSIL (lesão intraepitelial escamosa de alto grau), alterados (para citologias alteradas não-especificadas), carcinoma, glandulares (AGC — células glandulares atípicas/AGUS — células glandulares atípicas de significado indeterminado) e negativo. Já as indicações cirúrgicas foram denominadas HSIL, vulva malignos, vulva benignos e carcinomas, enquanto as categorias de procedimentos cirúrgicos foram CAF (cirurgia de alta frequência), conização e exérese/outros. Os números de atendimentos, cancelamentos e faltas nos ambulatórios do setor foram fornecidos pela Unidade de Monitoramento e Avaliação (UMA) do hospital. Todos os dados foram compilados em planilhas Excel e tratados estatisticamente por meio dos testes do qui-quadrado, do qui-quadrado para aderência, exato de Fisher e exato binomial, com nível de significância de 5%. Resultados: Verificou-se uma redução de 66% nos exames citológicos e 62% nas lesões HSIL entre 2019 e 2020 (p<0,001). Ainda, houve uma redução de aproximadamente 57% tanto nas indicações cirúrgicas quanto nos procedimentos entre 2019 e 2020. As lesões HSIL apresentaram uma redução de 53% (p<0,001), enquanto os procedimentos CAF e conização reduziram-se em 56% (p<0,001) e 63% (p=0,002), respectivamente. Também foram evidenciadas quedas de 49% nos atendimentos, e aumentos de 70% nos cancelamentos e 20% nas faltas nos ambulatórios entre 2018/2019 e 2020/2021 (p<0,001). Conclusão: Esses dados demonstram que a pandemia de COVID-19 impactou significativamente nos serviços do setor, principalmente em relação às lesões de alto grau. Com isso, mulheres que não receberam atendimento poderão ser afetadas e apresentar o diagnóstico de câncer de colo de útero mais tardiamente.
O impacto dos produtos de higiene íntima sobre a saúde vulvovaginal
Authors: Medronho Ludmila Frutuozo Silveira , Menezes Larissa Veras , Bazzanella Fernanda Rossi , Oliveira Victor Faria de , Farias Yanka Costa
Published: September 2023

Objetivo: O objetivo do presente documento consiste em realizar críticas científicas acerca da presença de potenciais alérgenos nos produtos de higiene feminina mais utilizados e se a utilização e composição desses itens agregam e otimizam a saúde do trato genital feminino. Fonte de dados: Os dados foram coletados das plataformas Google Acadêmico e National Library of Medicine (PubMed), utilizando os indexadores "higiene vulvar e sabonetes íntimos" e "vulvar hygiene". Foi utilizado como filtro os trabalhos publicados nos últimos 5 anos. Seleção de estudos: Foram avaliados 20 estudos prévios sobre o tema, realizando, por fim, a seleção de 5 destes para uma melhor compreensão dos resultados obtidos. Os critérios abrangeram o grau de relevância científica do estudo, a preferência por estudos nacionais e a metodologia empregada. Coleta de dados: Os artigos avaliados utilizaram métodos de pesquisa baseados na submissão de mulheres em idade reprodutiva a exames ginecológicos, laboratoriais e preenchimento de um questionário sobre higiene íntima. Além disso, realizaram análise das marcas mais vendidas de lenços umedecidos para a higiene íntima, bem como avaliaram mulheres saudáveis por 30 dias em uso diário de sabonetes íntimos na pele vulvar, comparando dois produtos específicos para a higiene íntima. Resultados: Os estudos analisados demonstram que o potencial de hidrogênio (pH) tem grande impacto na microbiota vulvovaginal e que a interação química desses produtos com a barreira cutânea não queratinizada da região genital feminina está fortemente associada ao desenvolvimento de dermatite de contato, haja vista a demonstração de estudos com lenços umedecidos rotulados como "natural", "fragrance-free", "soothing" e "organic" causando hipersensibilidade tipo IV, assim como todos os outros produtos testados. Foram apontados como os principais componentes sensibilizantes as fragrâncias e o tocoferol. Além disso, cerca de 70% das mulheres avaliadas utilizam produtos adstringentes para a rotina de higiene vulvar, coincidindo com o mesmo percentual de mulheres que já apresentaram queixas ginecológicas como infecção e dermatite. Conclusão: Entende-se, finalmente, que o impacto na microbiota e no pH vulvovaginal são norteadores na escolha da mercadoria de higiene ideal. É importante ressaltar que os produtos de higiene íntima usados por mulheres em idade reprodutiva, apresentados nos trabalhos aferidos, em sua maioria, apresentaram complicações como dermatite de contato e infecções, confirmando, assim, a complexidade na definição de itens da higiene feminina seguros a serem recomendados visando benefícios à saúde vulvovaginal.
FACTORS AFFECTING E-COMMERCE TRANSACTION VOLUME BASED ON A MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL (CASE OF TURKEY)
Authors: MERDAN Kurtuluş
Published: September 2023

The widespread use of the internet in the 21st century, thanks to the developments in information technologies, has affected not only daily life but also economic activities. With the spread of the internet, business owners have turned to internet marketing system instead of traditional marketing. Additionally, purchase and sale transactions have been moved from the real world to the virtual world, and the increase in the number of users in the electronic environment has made the sales process popular for businesses and the purchasing process for consumers. This study discusses the development process of e-commerce and the factors affecting e-commerce with a time series analysis. In this context, first, the historical development of e-commerce and then the situation of e-commerce in Turkey and in the world are presented using numerical data. Lastly, the factors affecting e-commerce are discussed. The scientific dimension of the study was created by bringing together the findings obtained from domestic and foreign literature. In this study, factors such as Per Capita Gross Domestic Product (PCGDP), the number of internet users, social media prevalence, inflation, and the Covid-19 pandemic, which may affect the e-commerce transaction volume in Turkey, were put forward for the years 2010-2021. By creating a multiple linear regression model in which these factors are independent variables, the degree of effectiveness of the factors affecting the e-commerce volume has been presented and interpreted. This study aims to fill the gap in the literature and guide future research on similar issues.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT INTEGRITY : WHAT ARE THINGS THAT INFLUENCE IT?
Authors: Safitri Anisa Zelvia , Andriani Wiwik , Herman Lisa Amelia
Published: September 2023

This study aims to determine the effect of company size, institutional ownership, profitability and audit quality on the integrity of mining companies' financial statements on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2017-2021 period. The approach used in this study is quantitative. The population is the mining sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for 2017-2021. The sampling technique used was the purposive sampling method, and the data analysis in this study used multiple linear regression analysis. The findings of this study indicate that the variables of firm size, institutional ownership, and audit quality empirically have a positive effect on the integrity of the financial statements of mining sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2017-2021 period, while profitability does not have a significant effect on the integrity of the financial statements of mining companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2017-2021.
EARLY OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATED APPENDICITIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED SURGICAL OUTCOMES IN ADULTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Authors: Hekmatyar Mohamad
Published: September 2023

Introduction: Appendectomy is one of the most common surgeries in the US, with over 300,000 performed annually. In addition, 20% of adults may have complex appendicitis with extensive peritonitis, perforation, abscess, or phlegmon. In severe appendicitis patients, there is no unanimity on whether to operate or when. Statistics contradict each other. Non-operative care and radiologically guided percutaneous drainage have become prominent treatments.
 
The aim: This article demonstrated an association between early surgical management of complicated appendicitis and enhanced surgical outcomes in adults.
 
Methods: By comparing itself to the standards set by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) 2020, this study was able to show that it met all of the requirements. So, the experts were able to make sure that the study was as up-to-date as it was possible to be. For this search approach, publications that came out between 2013 and 2023 were taken into account. Several different online reference sources, like Pubmed and SagePub, were used to do this. It was decided not to take into account review pieces, works that had already been published, or works that were only half done.
 
Result: In the PubMed database, the results of our search brought up 68 articles, whereas the results of our search on SagePub brought up 51 articles. The results of the search conducted for the last year of 2013 yielded a total 19 articles for PubMed and 13 articles for SagePub. In the end, we compiled a total of 11 papers, 7 of which came from PubMed and 4 of which came from SagePub. We included three study that met the criteria.
 
Conclusion: The benefits of immediate surgery for patients with complicated appendicitis include a reduction in hospitalization time, subsequent infections, and short-term mortality, according to research.
A STUDY ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF LARGE-SIZED HANDICRAFT STREETS: THE CASES FROM CHINA
Authors: Zhang Lin
Published: September 2023

China's rich tradition in crafts has given rise to city blocks known for the production, display, and trade of handicrafts. This study focuses on large-sized handicraft streets, particularly those showcasing stone and wood carvings, which stand out in the urban landscape. The research utilizes multiple case studies, combining satellite maps, urban traffic data, and architectural analysis, to explore common and distinctive patterns in the morphology of these craft streets. The findings reveal that these streets are primarily located on the outskirts of cities but have good accessibility for cars, offering large-scale spaces. Additionally, they exhibit variations in streetscape, urban block pattern, and architectural spatial form, allowing for categorization. Understanding the morphology of large-sized craft streets can contribute to preserving and promoting cultural heritage and creative industries.
Persistently Present, Yet Invisible? Exploring the Experiences of High-Achieving Black Students in the Greater Toronto Area
Authors: George Rhonda C.
Published: September 2023

Through employing critical race theory, seen-invisibility, and circuits of dispossession as theoretical frames, this article complicates discourses around equity and Black student achievement by examining the underexplored experiences of high-achieving Black Canadian students in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Drawing on focus group data with four adolescent participants, the study finds that they experienced violent forms of racialization in their educational environments through a lack of physical, social, and intellectual space to exist as both Black and high-achieving. This rendered them persistently present due to their race, yet invisible in the perceptions of their intellect.
Central to this article is an articulation, unpacking, and thus granular analysis of the particular ways that racialization can operate within education systems to still marginalize Black students and erect complex barriers––even when they demonstrate strong academic performance. These emerging insights inform a need for a broader and more holistic understanding of Black Canadian student experiences and a rethinking of intervention and resistance strategies.
Myoclonus associated with megestrol acetate
Authors: Park Su Min , Lee Jung-Ju
Published: September 2023

Myoclonus is a clinical sign characterized by brief, involuntary, jerky contraction or lapse of contraction of a muscle or a group of muscles, which can be associated with cerebral disorders, epileptic disorders, and drugs. Megestrol acetate (MGA) is a synthetic derivative of progestin, which has been widely used in clinical practice for increasing appetite in patients with severe anorexia associated with malignancies. We experienced a 68-year-old female patient who experienced myoclonus after administration of MGA and herein report the case. Our case indicated that MGA may be a cause of reversible myoclonus. Cryptogenic myoclonus can be encountered in patients with wasting syndromes associated with malignancies. It may be a cause of unexplained myoclonus in such patients.
Best Practice in Open Source Scientific Designs Pre-Covid-19
Authors: Keogh, Colin
Published: September 2023

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, open source hardware development grew steadily. However, the pandemic rapidly accelerated the global acceptance of open source hardware solutions. While open source software has long been vital in the ICT sector, this concept now extends to physical hardware production. Notably, the medical and energy fields have prominently embraced this shift, utilizing 3D printing to actualize open source designs. This study explores pre-pandemic Open Source Scientific practices, aiming to extract insights for a stronger future open source framework. Through an in-depth case study, we illuminate best practices, exemplary applications, and propose a framework for upcoming open source hardware projects. Additionally, this paper categorizes key areas of open source hardware innovation, outlining key sections and areas, thus offering a comprehensive view of the open source hardware landscape.
Low-Intensity Electrical Stimulation Improved the Mineralization of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Authors: Caetano Guilherme Ferreira
Published: September 2023

Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) derived from adipose tissue have been increasingly studied due their lessinvasive extraction surgery, self-renew and differentiation potential. The literature has not been reported the comparison of different sources of MSCs derived from distinct adipose tissues and the use of electrical stimulation (ES) for tooth and bone tissue regeneration. The present study evaluated in vitro cell viability by MTT, cell proliferation by CCK-8 and the osteogenic differentiation by alizarin red-S staining of MSCs from Wistar rats adipose tissue, abdominal (ABD) and inguinal (ING), submitted to ES therapy. ES was applied during 60s, 150s and 300s at 10µA-intensity 3x/week. The ES therapy was not cytotoxic at any time of the experimentation. MSCs from ING presented higher percentage of cell viability at 60s of ES than MSCs from ABD stimulated for 150s and 300s. Moreover, MSCs from ING presented higher proliferation rate than ABD at all three ES time-application. The use of ES therapy during the osteogenic differentiation contributed positively to improve the mineralization process. MSCs from ING presented 30% greater mineralization at 150s, and 50% at 300s, while ABD showed 50% greater at 60s of ES. In conclusion, MSCs from ING and ABD are able to increase cell proliferation and improve osteogenic mineralization, but with different responses depending on the ES stimuli at the same experimental condition, which reinforce the needing for further investigation on the use of MSCs derived from fat tissue and ES to optimize their use for cell proliferation and mineralization in regenerative medicine.
Corpus III
Authors: Nancy Jean-Luc
Published: September 2023

This book presents a number of texts that continue Jean-Luc Nancy’s reflections on the body published in two previous collections (Corpus and Corpus II: Writings on Sexuality). The centerpiece is Cruor, Nancy’s last published book. The title is the Latin word for blood that is spilled, and this is the starting point for a series of meditations on the pulse of the heart as bodily rhythm and drive, the question of the “it” or id that drives and is driven (and thus on Freud, as well as Nietzsche), the self as constituted by this drive, and on the cruelty of a modern world that reduces all phenomena to mere objects. Cruor is followed by three essays and an original poem by Nancy. “Longing for the Father” explores Freud’s theories on mass psychology and group formation. “Lesson” is a brief reflection on the “exorbitant conjunction of separation and connection” manifested by the human being. The poem, Stoma, sings a hymn to the complex openness of the mouth and is followed by an “Afterword” that situates the poem in Nancy’s work. “Scandalous Death” returns to the origins of philosophy in the anticipation and evasion of death’s inevitability.
People Get Ready
Authors: Reynolds Susan Bigelow
Published: September 2023

What does it mean to be a community of difference? Drawing on six years of ethnographic research at St. Mary of the Angels, a tiny, racially and ethnically diverse, physically underground Catholic parish in the Egleston Square neighborhood of Roxbury, Boston, this book examines embodied ritual as a site of radical solidarity in the local church. In turn, it argues for a retrieval of Vatican II’s notion of ecclesial solidarity as a basis for conceiving of the mission of the parish in an age of migration and change. At St. Mary’s, more than a century of local, national, and international migrations shaped and reshaped the neighborhood, transforming cross streets into borderlines and St. Mary’s into a waystation amid them. Weaving together archived letters, photographs, newspapers, newly examined archdiocesan documents, ethnographic storytelling, and oral histories, Reynolds traces how the people of St. Mary’s constructed rituals of solidarity as a practical foundation for building bridges across difference. She looks beyond liturgy to unexpected places and practices, from Mass announcements to parish council meetings, from the Good Friday Via Crucis through the streets of Egleston Square to the protest rituals staged in and around the parish in the wake of the 2004 Boston parish shutdowns. It is through the work of ritual, the story of St. Mary’s reveals, that we learn to cross the borders in our midst—to cultivate friendships, exercise power, build peace, and, in a real way, to survive.
Secret Sharers
Authors: Spitzer Jennifer
Published: September 2023

Secret Sharers traces a genealogy of secret sharing between literary modernism and psychoanalysis, focusing on the productive entanglements and intense competitive rivalries that helped shape Anglo-American modernism as a field. Such rivalries played out in explicit criticism, inventive misreadings, and revisions of Freudian forms—from D.H. Lawrence’s redescriptions of the Freudian unconscious to Vladimir Nabokov’s parodies of the Freudian case study. While some modernists engaged directly with Freud and Freudian psychoanalysis with unmistakable rivalry and critique, others wrestled in more complex ways with Freud’s legacy. The key protagonists of this study—D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, W.H. Auden, and Vladimir Nabokov—are noteworthy for the way they engaged with, popularized, and revised the terms of psychoanalysis, while also struggling with it as an encroaching discourse. Modernists read psychoanalysis, misread psychoanalysis, and sometimes refused to read it altogether, while expressing anxiety about being read by psychoanalysts. As analysts, such as Freud, Ernest Jones, and Alfred Kuttner turned to literature and art to illustrate psychoanalytic theories, modernists expressed ambivalence about the probing, symptomatic style of psychoanalytic interpretation and responded with a redoubling of arguments on behalf of aesthetic autonomy, formal self-consciousness, and amateurism. Secret Sharers reveals how modernists transformed the hermeneutic and diagnostic priorities of psychoanalysis into novel aesthetic strategies and distinctive modes of critical engagement. This book also suggests that modernist responses to psychoanalytic criticism anticipate more recent critical discussions of the value of “symptomatic” reading and the “hermeneutics of suspicion.”
The Genocide Paradox
Authors: O'Byrne Anne
Published: September 2023

We regard genocidal violence as the worse sort of violence but what does this say about how we value the genos, the generational group? This book takes this on as a question for democracies. We value the sense of being anchored in the past and future. If the genos is a group created in generational time, the demos was invented in a revolutionary moment as the anti-genos. When the demos persists, it gets trapped in the genos-time of the nation state. Democracies are caught in a bind, disavowing genos-thinking while cherishing the temporal forms of genos-life; they abhor genocidal violence but also perpetuate it. This is the genocide paradox. The book traces the deep roots of the problem from our commitment to Aristotle’s existential categories, the life taxonomies of Linnaeus and Darwin, through anthropologies of kinship, the shortfalls of ethical theory, and the history of radical democratic theory, to the defensive tactics used by real existing democracies in negotiations around the UN Convention on Genocide of 1948. Although models of democracy all make room for contestation, they fail to grasp the generational content of our lives. They cultivate ignorance of the contingency of the relations that create and sustain us. The danger of doing so is immense. It leaves us unprepared for confronting democracy’s deficits, including the relation between demos and violence and the ability of good enough citizens to tolerate the slow-burning destruction of marginalized peoples. What will it take to envision an antigenocidal democracy?
Against the Carceral Archive
Authors: Sojoyner Damien M.
Published: September 2023

Against the Carceral Archive focuses on the multifaceted nature of the fight against the carceral state as told through archives housed at one of the most important cultural and political institutions dedicated to Black liberatory practice—the Southern California Library. Advancing theoretical interventions such as the pejorative blackness and the carceral archival project, the book delves into the multifaceted ways in which activists organizations in Los Angeles, California, developed strategies and techniques, and importantly, placed a heavy emphasis on study as a means to counter the logics of the carceral state.
How to improve the integrity and sustainability of historic architectural complexes and their environments in modern urban planning--an example from the "Wenming Street" historic district renovation project in Kunming
Authors: Chen Yutu
Published: September 2023

Historic buildings are the bearers of human civilization. Kunming, a famous historical and cultural city in China, has numerous historical and cultural heritages and a diverse and prosperous historical and cultural background. This study takes the renovation project of the historic district of Wenming Street in Kunming as the research object and proposes a holistic, multi-dimensional, and multi-factor planning and renovation method that should focus on the district in the conservation and renovation of historic buildings through the hierarchical analysis method. Through expert scoring and weighting analysis, questionnaires, and index scores, it is found that there is a lack of "spirit of place" and insufficient expression of non-material elements in the renovation of the historic district. This study aims to realize the integration of the historic environment with the needs of modern life using a monistic logic and to provide theoretical reference and practical guidance for the conservation, renovation, and sustainable development of historic buildings and the historic environment.
Local planning for autonomous navigation based on forward prediction and motion primitives pruning
Authors: Fu Xingzhi
Published: September 2023

This paper discusses the problem of local path planning for autonomous vehicles. This article introduces pruning strategies and their related map construction and data processing. Next, a forward path planning strategy was introduced, and a universally applicable path selection method was provided. The value of forward prediction strategy for autonomous driving technology was demonstrated by comparing it with ordinary mobile robot path planning algorithms. Then, the optimization of the forward paths through a pruning strategy reduced the time required for updating data by the algorithm introduced in the article. This article refers to the data provided in two literatures, compares and analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of two path planning schemes, and attempts to combine some of their advantages. At the end of this article, the calculation results based on MATLAB mathematical modeling are provided, and the rationality analysis of this path planning strategy is provided as well. Based on these analyses, this article provides suggestions for optimizing path planning algorithms.
Aerodynamics-based forward-swept wing structure optimization
Authors: Li Jinxian
Published: September 2023

This paper reviews and evaluates the most recent studies on forward-swept wing technology. A number of experimental plans and applications for forward-swept wing aircraft have been produced as a result of the study of forward-swept wings, the investigation of aerodynamic circumstances, and the creation of related designs. The related theories and exposed problems of the forward-swept wing aircraft, such as the problem of aeroelastic divergence, structural strength, and the descent of transonic flight state, are gradually solved. It will be demonstrated that forward-swept wing aircraft have outstanding aerodynamic performance in subsonic flight. In comparison to current aircraft, it may gain more controllability advantages, enhance low-speed controllability, increase aerodynamic efficiency in a variety of flying scenarios, decrease stall speed, making the aircraft less likely to enter the spiral state, and increase safety and dependability. The research in the field of forward swept wing will increase the possibility of successful development and practical use of forward swept wing aircraft.
Improved artificial potential field method for local minima
Authors: Miao Fuyang
Published: September 2023

With the development of autonomous driving technology, its applications permeate many aspects of work and life, providing convenience while reducing labor costs. Path planning has always been important for autonomous driving, where APF is widely used thanks to its simplicity of calculation and effectiveness. However, therere still problems existing such as local minima, influenced by initial positions and parameters, and so on. In this study, a better approach to solving the local minimum issue is suggested. Firstly, the odometry method is used for the determination of falling into local minima by saving and computing the relationships between adjacent steps. Subsequently, a variable step length method is designed for escaping local minimum points and bypassing obstacles in front. The feasibility and robustness of the method were verified by simulations, and this method proved capable of solving the local minima and planning a reasonable trajectory.
Maximum gain optimization of thulium-doped fiber amplifier based on genetic algorithm for peak gain spectrum at 1800- 2000nm
Authors: Bao Jiazhen , Cao Yifeng , Huang Qian
Published: September 2023

The optical fiber amplifier doped with rare earth elements has the characteristics of high gain, high doping concentration and short length. Compared with other fiber optic systems, the fiber used is shorter, also known as lumped fiber amplifier. At present, Er, Pr, Tm, Nd and Yb doped fiber amplifiers and lasers are mainly studied more. To further extend the transmission distance, improve the transmission quality and increase the transmission capacity, it is very important for the research of fiber amplifier. In this research, using a two-level structure, we investigate the maximum of the peak gain of the gain spectrum of a thulium-doped broadband fiber amplifier in the 1800-2000 nm wavelength range. Signal gain is inversely proportional to fiber length, doping concentration, and pump power in both the absorption spectrum and the emission spectrum, as shown by the relationship diagram of signal gain with these variables. And through the genetic algorithm data optimization, we get that when the fiber length is 2.2 m, the maximum gain is 42.7 dB.
Modelling and numerical simulation optimization of output spectra of PbSe doped quantum dot fiber light source based on genetic algorithm
Authors: Fan Luwei , Lin Jiayang
Published: September 2023

Optical fiber amplifiers mainly use rare earth elements as dopants. In the past 20 years, with the research on plastic optical fiber amplifiers doped with different natural elements (such as erbium and thulium), the performance of optical fiber amplifiers has been significantly improved. However, the application potential of natural elements has reached its limit. To improve optical communication, researchers are working on a fiber amplifier with a better flat gain and more intense light. In this paper, the quantum dot fiber amplifier is treated as a three-level structure, and a genetic algorithm is used to optimize the quantum dot fiber amplifier to maximize the total output power. In this study, by solving and analyzing the rate and power propagation equations of the numerical model, the gain spectrum of the amplifier at a wavelength of 1200~1700nm is obtained as a function of fiber length and doping concentration. Draw three-dimensional images based on fiber length, doping concentration, and ASE power axis to find the maximum power at the highest point of the image. Then, combined with the optimization results of the genetic algorithm, the maximum value of the total power is obtained.