bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
L’envers de la République. Histoire et historiens à l’Académie française (1870-1940)
Authors: Lancereau Guillaume , Roger-Lacan Baptiste
Published: March 2022

L’Académie française demeura tout au long de la III e République une institution dominante du champ de production culturelle. Ses quarante membres incarnaient cependant, dans les termes d’Arno Mayer, une forme de « persistance de l’Ancien Régime », en tant que défenseurs de valeurs politiques et culturelles en rupture avec le modèle intellectuel, à la fois républicain et laïc, promu par le régime. Cette coexistence tout sauf pacifique peut être rapportée à une convergence particulière d’intérêts entre l’État et l’Académie, par laquelle le premier bénéficiait de la réputation nationale et internationale de la seconde ainsi que de sa contribution à l’édification de l’identité nationale, tandis que l’Académie retirait pour sa part un prestige social et une autorité morale considérable de ce patronage officiel. Bien que la mémoire sociale ait canonisé l’Académie française sous les traits d’une institution littéraire, nous faisons l’hypothèse que ces dynamiques prennent tout leur relief au travers du cas de l’histoire. Appuyé sur une prosopographie des historiens académiciens et une base de données des prix décernés chaque année aux ouvrages historiques, cet article met en lumière les traits caractéristiques de cette institution, contre-société ancrée dans le catholicisme, l’aristocratie, le nationalisme et le royalisme, aux avant-postes d’un véritable projet de contre-hégémonie intellectuelle. De la sorte, cette recherche éclaire non seulement une portion conséquente du champ culturel de la période, mais plus fondamentalement une institution politique négligée par la littérature historique en dépit de son rôle capital dans les « guerres culturelles » du temps.
Une citadelle pour retrouver la Concorde. Luttes de pouvoirs à Lyon pendant les guerres de Religion (1564-1585)
Authors: Guinand Julien , Roulet Aurélien
Published: March 2022

Tout au long du xvi e siècle, la ville de Lyon s’est affirmée comme un espace stratégique essentiel pour la monarchie afin de contrôler les frontières du royaume. Son statut de bonne ville octroie cependant à la municipalité des pouvoirs de police importants, et le gouvernement de la cité repose sur un équilibre, parfois précaire, entre le pouvoir royal et ses représentants, le consulat et l’Église de Lyon. Devenue un des centres de la Réforme en France, la ville est capturée par les troupes protestantes en avril 1562, qui désirent en faire une « deuxième Genève ». La phase de règlement de la paix coïncide pour la monarchie avec le Tour de France royal, visant à rappeler à tous, le lien existant entre le roi et son royaume. Punition pour les uns, mesure de sécurité pour les autres, une citadelle voit le jour afin d’assurer le maintien de Lyon sous l’autorité royale. Cependant, les problèmes financiers et le fonctionnement quotidien de ce nouvel élément du paysage lyonnais demandent une collaboration, et même une négociation constante entre les représentants de la monarchie tentant d’assurer la mainmise royale sur cet espace lointain et les élites locales, attachées à leurs libertés, notamment d’auto-organisation de leur sécurité. La présence de la forteresse cristallise les oppositions lyonnaises vis-à-vis de ce qui est vécu comme une ingérence de la part du pouvoir central. Sa destruction lors d’un coup de force planifié par le corps de ville et le gouverneur de la province marque l’échec provisoire, à la veille de la Ligue, de la monarchie à maintenir un contrôle efficace sur l’ensemble du royaume.
Cujus regio , ejus religio ? Le prince converti dans le Saint-Empire moderne
Authors: Duhamelle Christophe
Published: March 2022

La répartition des confessions dans le Saint-Empire à l’époque moderne est souvent résumée par la formule cujus regio, ejus religio  : tel prince imposerait sa religion à son territoire. Il est vrai que la géographie confessionnelle, au xvi e siècle, doit beaucoup aux décisions des princes dans l’Empire. Mais cette formule simplifie une situation bien plus disputée et complexe ; avec la paix de Westphalie en 1648, elle cesse même d’être pertinente. La clause de l’Année normative de référence (1624) fige en effet les frontières confessionnelles, même si les conflits restent nombreux quant à son interprétation. La conversion princière reste fréquente (elle concerne par exemple après 1648 la Saxe, le Wurtemberg, et par héritage le Palatinat, entre autres) mais se traduit dès lors par une dissociation entre la religion du prince et celle de son territoire, et joue en faveur d’une autonomisation des identités confessionnelles locales. L’article est une synthèse des éléments, en particulier juridiques, qui permettent d’inscrire cette évolution de la conversion princière dans le système politique et confessionnel singulier qu’est le Saint-Empire à l’époque moderne, et de montrer l’intrication entre les conflits locaux, les pouvoirs territoriaux, et les régulations impériales.
Industries culturelles et politiques publiques : un concept fédérateur, une ambiguïté féconde
Authors: Gourdin Jean-Baptiste
Published: March 2022

Le concept d’industries culturelles, né de la théorie critique et initialement absent du décret fondateur du ministère des Affaires culturelles, a progressivement trouvé sa place dans l’organisation administrative et dans l’action publique, au point de devenir pour les entreprises qui s’en réclament, un étendard fédérateur, et pour les politiques culturelles, un fondement assumé. Mettant en lumière les caractéristiques communes que les acteurs de l’économie culturelle ont en partage, il est à la source d’un renouvellement tant intellectuel qu’opérationnel des politiques culturelles, qui cherchent à dépasser les silos traditionnels et à développer la transversalité. Il n’est toutefois dénué ni d’ambiguïtés, quant à son périmètre, ni de tensions, quant aux conséquences qu’il implique du point de vue de l’intervention publique.
The Foundation for Operational Excellence: Being Accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center
Authors: Graebe Jennifer , Cosme Sheri
Published: March 2022

What is accreditation? Why is accreditation important? Is accreditation the same thing as getting certified? We receive these common questions about accreditation at the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). This column will explore the concept of accreditation and ANCC Accreditation.

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J Contin Educ Nurs
. 2022;53(3):100–103.]
Simulation-Based Education for Nurses in Caring for the Psychological Well-being of Survivors of Disaster
Authors: Yun Sun-mi , Choi Yun-Jung
Published: March 2022

Background

Nurses require continuing education and training to maintain comprehensive and cooperative relationships with the survivors of disasters, understand their environment, and secure their safety.

Method

The aim of this study was to develop and test a psychological first aid nursing simulation that involved a standardized patient admitted to the emergency department after an earthquake. A nonrandomized feasibility trial was applied to test the effects of the program. The effects of the simulation were measured according to the participants' psychological first aid knowledge, performance competence, and self-efficacy. Data were analyzed using descriptive, difference, and correlation analyses.

Results

A total of 24 emergency nurses participated in this study. The results showed significant differences in psychological first aid knowledge, performance competence, and self-efficacy between the experimental group and the control group.

Conclusion

The psychological first aid training program used in this study was effective in improving nurses' psychological first aid knowledge, performance competence, and self-efficacy.

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J Contin Educ Nurs
. 2022;53(3):131–136.]
Differences in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Between Primary and Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty: Realistic Patient Expectations for Patients With Low Baseline Activity
Authors: Dubin Jeremy , Westrich Geoffrey
Published: March 2022

Primary total hip arthroplasty (pTHA) and revision total hip arthroplasty (rTHA) are not often compared in terms of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). However, surgeons and patients need to better understand the differences in PROMs between primary and revision surgery to set realistic patient expectations and recovery milestones. A matched cohort study of pTHA to rTHA was performed with our arthroplasty database of a single surgeon's experience from 2012 to 2018. There was a significant difference in both pre-operative assessment and change from preoperative to postoperative assessment of the PROMs. Patients undergoing pTHA had higher visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores (67.9 vs 57.9,
P
=.004). Those undergoing rTHA had higher Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) (57.1 vs 50.1,
P
=.008) and Veterans RAND 12 Item Health Survey (VR-12) (33.5 vs 33.1,
P
=.01) scores. However, a significant change was noted in the difference from preoperative to postoperative scores between the pTHA and rTHA groups: Harris Hip Score (HHS) total score (pTHA 30.7 vs rTHA 4.4,
P
<.001), WOMAC score (pTHA 29.3 vs rTHA 12.2,
P
<.001), and VAS pain score (pTHA -48.3 vs rTHA -26.5,
P
<.001) as well as groin pain (pTHA 1.4% vs rTHA 7.1%,
P
=.02). Further, PROMs after rTHA were inferior to those after pTHA with several outcome instruments, including HHS, WOMAC score, and VAS pain score. In addition, groin pain was significantly greater in the rTHA cohort compared with the pTHA cohort at the latest follow-up. This study allows surgeons and patients to better understand the differences in PROMs to set realistic patient expectations and recovery milestones. [
Orthopedics
. 2022;45(4):251–255.]
Digital Radiography During Total Hip Arthroplasty: Early Results With a Combined Anteversion Technique
Authors: Wojcik Jay J. , Lyons Steven T.
Published: March 2022

Ideal component positioning is critical to outcomes in total hip arthroplasty. We describe our early results using digital radiographs with a combined ante-version technique. We report the incidence of component adjustments made based on digital radiographs and show how this technology can be used during patient positioning to achieve appropriate starting pelvic alignment. We reviewed 176 cases of primary total hip arthroplasty performed by a single arthroplasty surgeon using a posterior approach. Mean follow-up was 1 year (range, 3 months to 2.7 years). Digital radiographs (Surgeon's Checklist Hip; Radlink) and a combined anteversion technique were used for component positioning. For a subset of 100 patients, we recorded the incidence of pelvic mal-positioning found on digital radiographs obtained during initial positioning of the patient. For this same subset we also detail the component changes made as a result of intraoperative radiographs during trialing. Among 176 cases we have had 2 (1.1%) postoperative dislocations. Both underwent closed reduction with no further dislocation. We have had no revisions and 1 intraoperative calcar fracture. For our 100-case subset, digital radiographs during patient positioning identified pelvic malpositioning greater than 5° (coronal or axial plane) among 17% of cases. During trialing, we made component adjustments 71% of the time because of findings on intraoperative imaging. Digital radiography can be a valuable tool for component positioning during total hip arthroplasty. We experienced favorable early outcomes and show the utility of digital radiographs for proper pelvic positioning and making intraoperative adjustments to achieve optimal component placement. [
Orthopedics
. 2022;45(4):221–226.]
Factors Considered in Ranking Pediatric Orthopedic Fellowship Applicants: A Survey of Program Directors
Authors: Johnson Kristina P. , Lins Laura A. B. , Simske Natasha M. , Noonan Kenneth J. , Cannada Lisa K. , Whiting Paul S.
Published: March 2022

The field of orthopedic surgery continues to grow rapidly in popularity. Ninety percent of orthopedic residents pursue fellowship training after residency, representing the highest rate of subspecialty training among surgical specialties. The goal of this study was to determine the factors considered most important by pediatric orthopedic fellowship program directors (PDs) in evaluating applicants and determining a rank list. A web-based survey was sent to all 42 US pediatric orthopedic fellowship programs. The PDs were contacted through publicly accessible email addresses found on program websites or the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America website. Respondents were asked to indicate the fellowship program size and the number of applicants interviewed and ranked each year. The PDs were then asked to rank a list of 12 factors to reflect the relative importance of these criteria in evaluating fellowship applicants. Three emails were sent: 1 at the initial survey release and 2 reminder emails at 2 and 4 weeks. Surveys were anonymous. The overall response rate was 69% (29 of 42). Of the responding PDs, 48% (14 of 29) indicated that the interview was the most important factor in ranking fellowship applicants, whereas 31% (9 of 29) considered the applicant's letters of recommendation most important. Personal connections to the applicant or letter writer and research experience were each considered most important by 10% of responding PDs. Nearly half (48%) of responding PDs considered in-person interviews the most important factor in ranking fellowship applicants. Our results provide useful information for medical students and orthopedic residents planning to pursue fellowship training in pediatric orthopedics. [
Orthopedics
. 2022;45(4):e207–210.]
Risk Factors for Implant Removal After Surgical Fixation of Midshaft Clavicle Fractures
Authors: Ostergaard Peter J. , Hall Matthew J. , Xiong Grace , Zhang Dafang , Earp Brandon E.
Published: March 2022

Midshaft clavicle fractures are common injuries that traditionally have been managed nonoperatively. However, recent literature has shown lower rates of nonunion and improved patient-reported outcomes with surgical management. The rate of implant removal after surgical fixation varies across the literature from 5% to 82%, depending on the method of fixation. We performed a retrospective review of all patients who underwent open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) with plate-and-screw constructs for midshaft fractures of the clavicle at 2 level I trauma centers to determine the rate of implant removal and identify variables associated with implant removal. We collected all patient-, injury-, and treatment-specific factors as well as information on reoperation for removal of implants. Bivariate analysis and multivariable logistic regression analysis were used to assess whether explanatory factors were associated with removal of implants after ORIF for midshaft clavicle fractures. Of the 146 patients who were treated with ORIF for midshaft clavicle fractures with plate-and-screw constructs, 41 (28%) underwent removal of the implant. The median follow-up was 836 days (interquartile range, 457–1567 days). Variables associated with increased risk of implant removal included anterior plate position (odds ratio, 5.32; 95% CI, 2.01–14.1) and number of holes in the plate (odds ratio, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.00–1.63). These results question whether anterior plating results in less implant prominence and less subsequent removal of implants. [
Orthopedics
. 2022;45(4):e201–e206.]
Extra-articular Olecranon Osteotomy for Reconstruction of Distal Humerus Fractures: Technique and Clinical Results
Authors: Giordano Vincenzo , Glória Renato Caravellos , dos Santos Talles Araújo , Koch Hilton A. , Giannoudis Peter V.
Published: March 2022

Articular fractures of the distal humerus in adults are challenging fractures requiring adequate surgical exposure for optimum reconstruction. Most commonly, an articular osteotomy of the olecranon is performed, but complications have been reported related to both creating and repairing the articular osteotomy. We describe the use of an extra-articular olecranon osteotomy for approaching articular fractures of the distal humerus. We highlight the surgical steps required to obtain adequate exposure facilitating anatomical reduction, stable fixation, and early range of motion of the elbow joint. This technique can be added to the surgeon's armamentarium for the management of these complex injuries. [
Orthopedics
. 2022;45(4):e220–e225.]
SAV Galerkin-Legendre spectral method for the nonlinear Schrödinger-Possion equations
Authors: Gong Chunye , She Mianfu , Yuan Wanqiu , Zhao Dan
Published: March 2022

In this paper, a fully discrete scheme is proposed to solve the nonlinear Schrödinger-Possion equations. The scheme is developed by the scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) approach, the Crank-Nicolson temproal discretization and the Galerkin-Legendre spectral spatial discretization. The fully discrete scheme is proved to be mass- and energy- conserved. Moreover, unconditional energy stability and convergence of the scheme are obtained by the use of the Gagliardo-Nirenberg and some Sobolev inequalities. Numerical results are presented to confirm our theoretical findings.
In-phase and anti-phase spikes synchronization within mixed Bursters of the pre-Bözinger complex
Authors: Liu Moutian , Duan Lixia
Published: March 2022

In this paper, the transition from anti-phase spike synchronization to in-phase spike synchronization within mixed bursters is investigated in a two-coupled pre-Bözinger complex (pre-BötC) network. In this two-coupled neuronal network, the communication between two pre-BötC networks is based on electrical and synaptic coupling. The results show that the electrical coupling accelerates in-phase spike synchronization within mixed bursters, but synaptic coupling postpones this kind of synchronization. Synaptic coupling promotes anti-phase spike synchronization when electrical coupling is weak. At the same time, the in-phase spike synchronization within dendritic bursters occurs earlier than that within somatic bursters. Asymmetric periodic somatic bursters appear in the transition state from anti-phase spikes to in-phase spikes. We also use fast/slow decomposition and bifurcation analysis to clarify the dynamic mechanism for the two types of synchronization.
Temperature dependent developmental time for the larva stage of Aedes aegypti
Authors: Li Meili ,   College of Science, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China, Guo Rongrong , Ding Wei , Ma Junling ,   Mathematics and Science College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China,   Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada
Published: March 2022

We first verify that the time from the emergence of larva to the emergence of pupa (i.e., the duration of the larva stage) for Aedes aegypti is approximately gamma distributed, provided that the pupation process is successful. This is illustrated by fitting a multi-stage model to temperature-controlled pupation rate data of Aedes aegypti. We then determine the temperature dependent gamma distribution parameters, and found that both the shape and rate parameters and the survival probability are unimodal functions of temperature. We then use a Gaussian unimodal function to describe the dependence of these parameters on temperature, and fit the model to the pupation rate data. We found that the optimal pupation temperature is about 28℃, with a mean time from the emergence of larva to the emergence of pupa about 3.8 days, and standard deviation of 0.5 days. For very high and very low temperatures, the death rate is $ 1 $.
Protection de la ressource en eau du bassin de l’Auxerrois et transformation des pratiques agricoles
Authors: Calla Simon , Dassé Sébastien , Lécuyer Lou , Young Juliette
Published: March 2022

Avec des taux de nitrates dépassant les seuils définis par la Directive européenne « nitrates », puis la présence de résidus de pesticides utilisés par les activités agricoles du secteur, l’eau des bassins d’alimentation de captages de l’Auxerrois fait l’objet de préoccupations depuis une trentaine d’année. C’est ainsi qu’à la fin des années 1990, les représentants des pouvoirs publics ont choisi de mettre en place une démarche préventive passant par un travail de transformation des pratiques agricoles. Notre article analyse comment la prise en charge collective de cette situation participe à la configuration des relations entre représentants des pouvoirs publics, agriculteurs et défenseurs de l’environnement. Nous montrons que le lien avec les élus locaux et la création d’une association faisant la promotion de l’agriculture de conservation des sols ont, dans un premier temps, permis à certains exploitants de définir les solutions à adopter dans le cadre de cette démarche. L’étude fait également apparaître que l’observation de résidus de pesticides dans les eaux destinées à la consommation humaine à partir du milieu des années 2000 produit un nouveau cadrage de la situation. C’est alors qu’émerge une opposition entre les tenants de l’agriculture de conservation des sols et ceux de l’agriculture biologique.
Reactive Hybrid Model for Fault Mitigation in Real-Time Cloud Computing
Authors: Osuolale Festus Adeyinka
Published: March 2022

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is driven by cloud computing for increased productivity and efficiency. Despite the influence of cost-effectiveness, on-demand service and scalability, cloud computing is faced with many challenges such as security, performance, and fault tolerance. This research proposes a reactive mitigation model using checkpointing and replication techniques to overcome the challenges. The developed model has four layers: client/user, controller, fault tolerance (hybrid) and virtual machines layers. The functionalities of the developed model were compared to existing system using the same simulation conditions. The results showed a relative improvement over the existing system in terms of response time and computational cost and the developed system is able to react to faults by transferring requests to stable VMs and resume task execution at the last checkpoint. The developed model proved to work efficiently under various simulation conditions.
Tifinagh Handwriting Character Recognition Using a CNN Provided as a Web Service
Authors: Kadri Ouahab , Benyahia Abderrezak , Abdelhadi Adel
Published: March 2022

Many cloud providers offer very high precision services to exploit Optical Character Recognition (OCR). However, there is no provider offers Tifinagh Optical Character Recognition (OCR) as Web Services. Several works have been proposed to build powerful Tifinagh OCR. Unfortunately, there is no one developed as a Web Service. In this paper, we present a new architecture of Tifinagh Handwriting Recognition as a web service based on a deep learning model via Google Colab. For the implementation of our proposal, we used the new version of the TensorFlow library and a very large database of Tifinagh characters composed of 60,000 images from the Mohammed Vth University in Rabat. Experimental results show that the TensorFlow library based on a Tensor processing unit constitutes a very promising framework for developing fast and very precise Tifinagh OCR web services. The results show that our method based on convolutional neural network outperforms existing methods based on support vector machines and extreme learning machine.
A Survey on Multi-Objective Tasks and Workflow Scheduling Algorithms in Cloud Computing
Authors: Sissodia Rajeshwari , Rauthan Man Mohan Singh , Naithani Kanchan
Published: March 2022

The challenge in cloud services is scheduling and allocating resources due to the exponential growth in demand and diversity of cloud resources. Scheduling is to allocate tasks across cloud resources so that scheduling algorithms reduce power consumption and offer cloud providers maximum return by reducing execution time. Various QoS parameters (such as makespan, load balancing, costs, etc.) are considered for efficient scheduling to reduce workload and enhance performance. Through this framework, multi-objective scheduling is a decision-making problem with multiple attributes considering the trade-off between the conflicting and competing parameters mentioned in the SLA between users and providers. This paper summarizes various multi-objective scheduling algorithms that consider contradictory and competing parameters or constraints to be optimized simultaneously. These algorithms are finally tabulated, presenting their advantages and disadvantages with cloud simulation tools and other QoS related parameters.
Capability-Based Access Control With Trust for Effective Healthcare Systems
Authors: Kaushik Shweta , Gandhi Charu , Gandhi Charu
Published: March 2022

Because of the expanding fame of distributed storage, numerous medicinal services associations have begun moving electronic wellbeing records or EHR to cloud-based capacity frameworks. This change can diminish the expenses related with the administration of information sharing, correspondence overhead, and improve the Quality of Service. In this paper, we have projected an entrance regulator prototype which depends on the dependability of the mentioned client. This Access Control based Trust Model for Healthcare System structure made out of the trust component, trust model with access control approaches which upgrades exactness and effectiveness of the framework. This entrance control system will guarantee the main trusted and approved client can get to the information and assets. The detail structure and introduction of the working prototype show that the exactness and effectiveness of the social insurance framework identified with cloud are more when contrasted with other trust models.
Passive-Awake Energy Conscious Power Consumption in Smart Electric Vehicles Using Cluster Type Cloud Communication
Authors: Vijayakumar Pandi , Rajkumar S. C. , Jegatha Deborah L.
Published: March 2022

Nowadays, electric vehicles (e-vehicles) have a significant impact on the current intelligent transportation system, with the goal of establishing a smart environment in the near future. Furthermore, when an intelligent system is integrated with IoT technologies, it produces more efficient results to the society. This research work examines the impact of energy degradation on the wireless transmission to optimize power consumption using a passive-awake cloud-cluster communication system, thereby extending the lifetime of an energy-constrained electric vehicle. Wireless communication means that electromagnetic waves draining a steady amount of energy from the condenser, even if the device is not connected to the internet, which constitutes the main constraint for a long-distance electric vehicle. In this paper, a passive-awake assistant is proposed, which significantly reduces power consumption.
Fate of AI for Smart City Services in India
Authors: Kuberkar Sachin , Singhal Tarun Kumar , Singh Shikha
Published: March 2022

With the rollout of the smart city initiative in India, this study explores potential risks and opportunities in adopting artificial intelligence (AI) for citizen services. The study deploys expert interview technique and the data collected from various sources are analyzed using qualitative analysis. It was found that AI implementation needs a critical examination of various socio-technological factors to avoid any undesirable impacts on citizens. Fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics (FATE) play an important role during the design and execution of AI-based systems. This study provides vital insights into AI implications to smart city managers, citizen groups, and policymakers while delivering promised smart city experience. The study has social implications in terms of ensuring that proper guidelines are developed for using AI technology for citizen services, thereby bridging the ever-critical trust gap between citizens and city administration.
Improving Software Design by Mitigating Code Smells
Authors: Singh Randeep , Bindal Amit Kumar , Kumar Ashok
Published: March 2022

Improving design is a key research challenge during software maintenance. It aims at identifying and mitigating structural characteristics that may cause future problems (code smells). The existing approaches lack in considering the developer’s expertise and penalty consideration during inheritance usage. Therefore, this paper targets identifying three key code smells viz refused bequest, shotgun surgery, and duplicated code. The refused bequest detection approach is based on probabilistic penalized inheritance usage and domain closeness among methods. The shotgun surgery is detected using combined use of co-change and usage pattern based functional relations. Finally, the duplicated code is based on the abstract tree representation and identification of longest common subsequence between the inorder/ postorder traversals. The experimental results uphold the feasibility of the proposed approach.
A Survey on Characterizing the Empirical Analysis, Proposed Approaches, and Research Trends for Architectural Decay
Authors: Baabad Ahmed , Zulzalil Hazura Binti , Hassan Saadah , Baharom Salmi Binti
Published: March 2022

This decay does not happen overnight, but rather it's cumulative impacts over time. Even though the prior works covered various aspects concerning maintaining architecture from erosion, however, the common factor in the existing studies does not provide full detail about the empirical analysis, perceptions of the proposed approaches, and trendy track of the architectural decay research. There are existing review studies on analysis techniques and approaches of various architectural decay, but to the best of our knowledge, insufficient focus was considered on precisely the description of the empirical analysis, techniques, approaches, and trends for studies that have been evaluated concerning architectural decay. This study provides a comprehensive survey and detailed investigation on the empirical analysis regarding research design and its method, existing approaches analysis to identify used strategies, and trendy research to clarify trendy track for researchers and what evolves from a meaningful essential idea concerns the researchers within the architectural degradation field.
Accurate and Language Agnostic Code Clone Detection by Measuring Edit Distance of ANTLR Parse Tree
Authors: Ankali Sanjay B. , Parthiban Latha
Published: March 2022

In spite of significant research done in the past 3 decades introducing more than 250 clone detection tools/ techniques for finding the same language clones, there exists no single framework to detect and classify all 4 basic types of clones with great accuracy (precision and recall). In this paper, we propose an accurate and language agnostic technique to classify 4 types of clones. The method first generates an ANTLR parse tree for the input program file using freely available ANTLR grammar files then finds the edit distance between the two parse trees using the Levenshtein distance algorithm and converts the edit distance into similarity using. We obtained 100% precision and recall in detecting type 1 & 2 clone types and achieve 98.50 and 98.12 respectively for type 3 and 4 clone types for our datasets containing microprograms of C, CPP, and Java. This paper provides evidence that the Levenshtein distance on ANTLR parse tree is the good choice to build a complete and accurate software clone detector and act as proper validation tools to detect code plagiarism.
Multi-Platform Application to Explore Avalanche Information for Bahang Region
Authors: Kushe Neha Ajit , Magar Ganesh M.
Published: March 2022

Avalanche is a common disaster occurring in the hilly regions. It is unsafe for the people residing and the adventure enthusiast that are present in such regions. Avalanche forecasting helps people to take any precautionary measures against high risk. It is extremely important to receive such vital information to communal in emergency condition. Present work proposes technological solution by providing software-based service and development of tool that would provide the avalanche occurrence information to the common man with the help of an android and windows application. This application predicts the probability of the avalanche occurrence condition at that instant to the users. It will also provide information about the past avalanche occurrences in the region. This research paper presents the outcome of research study on the data set for the Bahang region of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Software Quality Prediction Using Machine Learning
Authors: Desai Bhoushika , Sungkur Roopesh Kevin
Published: March 2022

With the emergence of Machine Learning, many companies are increasingly embracing this revolutionary approach, both in terms of growth and maintenance, to reduce software costs. This research aimed at building two models which is Software Defect Prediction Model (SDPM) which will be used to predict defects in software and Software Maintainability Prediction Model (SMPM) which will be used for Software Maintainability. Different classifiers, namely Random Forest, Decision Tree, Naïve Bayes and Artificial Neural Networks have been considered and then evaluated using different metrics such as Accuracy, Precision, Recall and Area Under the Curve (AUC). The two models have successfully been evaluated and Decision Tree has been chosen as compared to other classifiers which tends to perform much better. Finally a framework based on a set of guidelines that can be used to improve software quality has been devised.
Al-Doped SnO2 as Transparent Heater: Influence of Deposition Time
Authors: Roza Liszulfah , Abd Rahman Mohd Yusri , Yumni Zahid , Putro Permono Adi
Published: March 2022

The research on transparent heater (Thf) films rapidly increases due to their unique photoelectric properties, leading to new generation of optoelectronic device. Here, we report a simple method to fabricate transparent heater based on Al-doped SnO2 (ASO) thin films. ASO films with 5 wt% Al as dopant were synthesized with various deposition times, namely, 5, 10 and 15 minutes using ultrasonic spray pyrolysis method. The correlation of deposition time on their structural characteristic, optical, electrical and thermal properties has been investigated. X-ray diffraction studies found that all samples exhibit tetragonal structure with preferred orientation along (110) plane. Meanwhile, the UV-Vis transmittance indicated that the sample having good optical transparency in visible light spectrum with the average transmittance up to 89.7%. The sheet resistance of ASO thin films was found to decrease as the deposition time increases to 10 minutes. Furthermore, Al-doped SnO2 based transparent heater prepared with 10 minutes deposition time presents the excellent thermal temperature up to 76.3 °C at the applied voltage of 20 volt. The above findings reveal that Al-doped SnO2 can be used as an alternative compound to substitute higher cost indium tin oxide as transparent heater. Keywords: aluminium, composite, spray pyrolysis, SnO2, transparent heater
The Effect of Temperature and Incubation Period on the Size and Polydispersity Index of the Nano-Emulsion Containing Essential Oil from Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Authors: Masdor Noor Azlina , Padrilah S.N. , Rani R.M. , Karim M.S. Abd , Bakar M.Z. Abu , Ismail A.S.
Published: March 2022

Nanotechnology permits broad advances in agricultural research, such as disease prevention and treatment in plants using various approaches including nano-fungicide. Nano-fungicide has been able to draw much attention due to its higher efficacy even at very low doses because nano-sized particles could be more chemically reactive and bioactive than larger particles. Nano-fungicide is defined as a nanomaterial containing an active ingredient (essential oil etc.) with fungicide action and is incorporated into nano-emulsion. Nano-emulsion is obtained when the size of an emulsion droplet reaches approximately 20-500 nm. The physicochemical properties of nano-emulsions are interesting for practical applications especially in agriculture because of their small droplet size and long-term stability. Previously, a nano-fungicide formulation was developed using the nano-emulsion composition of the detergent Span 80 and Tween 80 and the essential oil extracted from the plant leaves of Cinnamomum zeylanicum (cinnamon) was successful to control the growth of Aspergillus flavus in storage grain corn. In this study, we investigated the effect of temperature at 4°C, 30°C and 60°C on the size and polydispersity index (PDI) of the nano-emulsion droplet at day 1, 30 and 60 of storage. The results of the nano-emulsion droplet size were significantly increased at 60°C after 30 and 60 days of storage and stable from 4 to 30°C even at 60 days of storage. This study provides a strategy to evaluates the effect of environmental factors on the quality of the formulated product, which is utilized for the prediction of its shelf life and determine proper storage conditions. Therefore, the optimized nano-emulsion formulation was characterized by droplet size and PDI for 2 months.
The Determinants Factors for Solar Photovoltaic Implementation in Existing Building
Authors: Abidin Nur IzieAdiana , Aminudin Eeydzah , Ahmad Faridahanim , Obaid Saeed Salem Binsuwaidan Alsuwaidi
Published: March 2022

Renewable energy contributes to the building sector's current global transition towards a sustainable energy system. Several renewable energy sources and solar photovoltaic have sparked great interest in reducing the dependency on fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating global warming by harnessing the sun to power the energy. However, the exploitation of solar photovoltaic in an existing building requires various considerations with high uncertainty from the building owner. Thus, this study focuses on investigating determinant factors and their influence on the decision of solar photovoltaic implementation to ensure its success and efficiency. For this purpose, an extensive literature review conducted for the establishment of criteria. Then, a questionnaire survey was designed; and with the help of various stakeholders, consists of green building certified professionals to support the process in choosing the determinant factors. The outcome of the analysis from Exploratory Analysis of Principal Component Analysis with Varimax Rotation reveals that solar photovoltaic implementation is affected by economic, management, environmental, and technical factors. Optimizing the factors discussed in this paper provides insight into adopting renewable sources effectively. This paper also contributed to building knowledge to facilitate more research on factors in implementing solar photovoltaic projects in the future.
The Hydrophilization and Subsequent Hydrophobic Recovery Mechanism of Cold Plasma (CP) Treated Bambara Groundnuts
Authors: Ahmed Naeem , Siow Kim S. , Wee Mohd Farhanulhakim  Mohd Razip , Ho Wai Kuan , Patra Anuttam
Published: March 2022

Plasma hydrophilization and subsequent hydrophobic recovery in Bambara groundnuts are studied for the first time. Bambara groundnut seeds were treated with cold plasma (CP) for 10 seconds at 10 watts using water as a monomer. The contact angle, as well as physical and chemical changes, were used to determine the kinetics of hydrophobic recovery. The hydrophilic state of Bambara groundnut seeds had decreased after 60 days, but not to original hydrophobicity, and also the recovery rate is slower than those observed on synthetic polymer. However, this slower hydrophobic recovery makes CP treatment as an effective method for long-term seed storage.
Authors’ response to the Letter to the Editor regarding: Post severe COVID-19 infection lung damages study. The experience of early three months multidisciplinary follow-up
Authors: De Michele Lucrezia , Pierucci Paola , Giovannetti Guido , Scardapane Arnaldo , D'agostino Carlo , Carpagnano Giovanna Elisiana
Published: March 2022

To the Editor,
we thank Dr Ruggeri et al. for their interest in our previously published manuscript focused on lung damages after severe respiratory COVID-19 infection...
A recurrent homozygous missense mutation in CCDC103 causes asthenoteratozoospermia due to disorganized dynein arms
Authors: Zubair Muhammad , Khan Ranjha , Ma Ao , Hameed Uzma , Khan Mazhar , Abbas Tanveer , Ahmad Riaz , Zhou Jian-Teng , Shah Wasim , Hussain Ansar , Ahmed Nisar , Khan Ihsan , Khan Khalid , Zhang Yuan-Wei , Zhang Huan , Wu Li-Min , Shi Qing-Hua
Published: March 2022

Asthenoteratozoospermia is one of the most severe types of qualitative sperm defects. Most cases are due to mutations in genes encoding the components of sperm flagella, which have an ultrastructure similar to that of motile cilia. Coiled-coil domain containing 103 (CCDC103) is an outer dynein arm assembly factor, and pathogenic variants of CCDC103 cause primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD). However, whether CCDC103 pathogenic variants cause severe asthenoteratozoospermia has yet to be determined. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) was performed for two individuals with nonsyndromic asthenoteratozoospermia in a consanguineous family. A homozygous CCDC103 variant segregating recessively with an infertility phenotype was identified (ENST00000035776.2, c.461A>C, p.His154Pro). CCDC103 p.His154Pro was previously reported as a high prevalence mutation causing PCD, though the reproductive phenotype of these PCD individuals is unknown. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of affected individuals’ spermatozoa showed that the mid-piece was severely damaged with disorganized dynein arms, similar to the abnormal ultrastructure of respiratory ciliary of PCD individuals with the same mutation. Thus, our findings expand the phenotype spectrum of CCDC103 p.His154Pro as a novel pathogenic gene for nonsyndromic asthenospermia.
Terminalia muelleri extract supplementation alleviates doxorubicin-induced neurotoxicity in rats
Authors: Ahmed Samya Mahmoud , Masoud Marwa A.
Published: March 2022

Background

Doxorubicin (DOX) is widely used to treat many human cancers, but significant brain damage limits its clinical application.

Objectives

To investigate the neuroprotective activity of Terminalia muelleri extract (TME) against DOX-induced neurotoxicity in rats.

Materials and methods

The first group served as a normal control; the second group served as a positive control which was treated with DOX (2.5 mg/kg; dissolved in saline; intraperitoneal three times/week for 2 weeks,); the third group was treated with TME at a dose of 100 mg/kg; the fourth group was pretreated with TME for 2 weeks and then coadministrated with DOX for other 2 weeks; the fifth and sixth groups were treated with DOX for 2 weeks and then posttreated with two doses of TME (100, 200 mg/kg), respectively, for another 2 weeks. The experiment lasted for 4 weeks; brain tissue samples were harvested for the measurement of toxicity such as oxidative stress, inflammation, apoptosis, neurodegeneration, and histopathological examinations.

Results and conclusion

DOX-treated animals showed a reduction in glutathione and superoxide dismutase along with a raise in malondialdehyde, nitric oxide, and myeloperoxidase. Also, it caused an increase in caspase-3, indicating an increased propensity for cell death, acetylcholinesterase, extracellular signal-regulated kinase, mammalian target of rapamycin with concomitant decrease in brain-derived neurotrophic factor. However, administration of TME significantly improved oxidative stress alterations, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and apoptosis. Histological assessments of brain tissues supported the obtained biochemical finding. In conclusion, our findings disclose a potent protective role of TME by activating antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and neurogenesis effects, which may contribute to the safe use of DOX in cancer treatment.
Systematic Review on the Genetic Factors Associated with Skeletal Class II Malocclusion
Authors: George Ashwin M. , Felicita A. Sumathi , Tania S. D. Milling , Priyadharsini J. Vijayashree
Published: March 2022

Aim:

The aim of this study is to review studies evaluating the role of genetics in skeletal class II malocclusion.

Objective:

To assess the scientific evidence associating the role of genes in skeletal class II malocclusion. Materials and Methods: A complete search across the electronic database through PubMed, Cochrane, LILACS, BMC and manual hand search of orthodontic journals were done till May 2019. The keywords for the search included: “Genetics”, “class II malocclusion”, “maxillary prognathism”, “mandibular retrognathism”.

Data Collection and Analysis:

Studies were selected based on PRISMA guidelines.

Results:

Articles were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. A total of 11 cross-sectional studies satisfied the inclusion criteria and were analyzed for the role of genes in skeletal class II malocclusion. Almost all the studies except for one revealed a positive correlation of genes with skeletal class II malocclusion.

Conclusions:

Out of the 11 studies included, a positive correlation of the genes with the skeletal II malocclusion was found in 10 studies. Genes FGFR2, MSX1, MATN1, MYOH1, ACTN3, GHR, KAT6B, HDAC4, AJUBA were found to be positively linked to skeletal class II malocclusion.
Knowledge, attitude, and anxiety of Nigerian nurses toward coronavirus
Authors: Abazie Ogechi Helen , Mobolaji-Olajide Oluwafunmilola Mary , Odikpo Linda Chihurunanya , Duke Emon Umeh , Gbahabo Dooshima Dorothy , Musa-Malikki U. Ayishetu
Published: March 2022

Background:

Health care workers have been affected the most by coronavirus all over the world. Their knowledge and attitude toward caring for people with coronavirus have neither reduced their anxiety nor number of casualties from the pandemic. The aim of this study is on knowledge, attitude, and anxiety of Nigerian nurses toward coronavirus.

Methods:

A cross sectional, online quantitative survey of the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria was done using multistage sampling technique. Data were collected using Google Forms from 209 nurses, and the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 20 software was used for data analysis. Level of anxiety was determined using Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment. Descriptive data of participants were presented in tables, charts, percentages, means, and standard deviation, while the inferential data were tested with Chi square at a significance level of P = 0.05.

Results:

Mean age of the respondents was 41.01 ± 8.21 years, with 13.1 ± 8.44 years as mean for years of experience. Only 57% had good knowledge with mean of 10.67 ± 1.197, while 70.8% had positive attitude toward nursing care during coronavirus pandemic. Anxiety level increased from 1.88 ± 0.82 before to 2.33 ± 0.96 during the pandemic. Association of knowledge and anxiety before and during was P = 0.79 and P = 0.27, respectively. Gender and age were significant with anxiety during the pandemic with P = 0.01 and P = 0.02, respectively.

Conclusion:

Adequate knowledge with positive attitude may not be enough to reduce the anxiety level of nurses, hence the need for adequate psychosocial support and provision of personal protective equipment for the nurses in other to keep them safe for optimum health workforce.