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Design and Analysis of Network Virus Defense System Based on Multimodal Data Mining Technology
Authors: Hou Jinhuan , Ding Fuqiang
Published: January 2022

This study analyzes and designs a network security management system based on the K-means algorithm. Through the investigation of network security managers, this article uses structured modeling technology to derive the system’s logical business functions, which are data acquisition function, data analysis function, and post-processing function. This study uses a three-tier architecture to design the system, describes the system data business processing flow, and gives the key flow of the K-means algorithm application. In addition, the system database is designed to provide support for system data processing. This study proposes a dual-network text matching model based on local interactive components. This model composes two modalities of single-modal short text data: a positional structural modal for describing local interactions and a global semantic understanding modal for extracting global semantic information. Two heterogeneous networks are used to extract two modalities. The principle of complementarity of modalities is realized by constructing the differences of each modal. At the same time, through the attention mechanism, the position information of the position structure modal is transferred to the global semantic understanding modal to obtain consistent comprehensive information so as to realize the principle of modal consistency. On this basis, by designing low-order interaction functions and high-order interaction functions, and using long- and short-term memory networks, we have, respectively, improved the position structure modal and global semantic understanding modal. The theoretical analysis and simulation results of the model show that the propagation characteristics of the network worm are completely determined by the threshold R0 required for its existence. When R0 >1, the network worm will become popular even with a small initial infection number; conversely, even if the initial infection machine is large, the network worm will eventually become extinct. The research results of this article also show that the introduction of mobile devices has an important impact on the defense technology of network worms. To curb network worms that use both the network and mobile devices to spread, and to increase the proportion of machines that have never been infected with the virus, the most effective method is to control the number of mobile devices and reduce the possibility of cross-infection between mobile devices and machines. The simulation results show that, regardless of whether dynamic isolation and antivirus software are considered, the local area network-based choke method given in this study can effectively curb intelligent network worms that have slow scanning rates and clear scanning targets. In addition, the choke method presented in this article can determine the choke threshold without affecting the normal network scanning behavior of users in the local area network.
Mine Slope Stability Based on Fusion Technology of InSAR Monitoring and Numerical Simulation
Authors: Yuan Liwei , Li Chenyang , Li Sumin , Ma Xiangsong , Zhang Wei , Liu Darong , Wang Guangjin , Chen Feihong , Hou Xiaojian
Published: January 2022

In this paper, the slope of the open pit of Dahongshan iron ore mine in Yunnan is taken as the research object, the safety coefficient and settlement values of the slope under natural and rainfall conditions are derived by the finite element software Midas/GTS, and the surface settlement versus time is produced by fusing the InSAR monitoring results of the study area for a whole year to judge the stability of the open pit slope. The results show that the settlement and deformation areas shown by numerical simulation and InSAR monitoring results are consistent; the comparison between InSAR monitoring results and rainfall intensity shows that the cumulative value of slope settlement has a high correlation with heavy rainfall. The safety coefficients of the slopes of the open pit under natural conditions and rainfall conditions are 1.50 and 1.21, the cumulative value of settlement in InSAR monitoring data for one year is 18.4 mm, and no obvious large deformation area is found. The use of numerical simulation combined with InSAR monitoring can realize the analysis of the stability of the slope of the open pit mine.
Implementation of Multidimensional Environmental-Economic Collaborative Management in IoT Environment
Authors: Geng Biao , Yuan Guojun , Wu Daoning , Shi Enquan , Zhou Yang
Published: January 2022

The Internet of Things (IoT) has gotten a lot of attention as a next-generation Internet application, and its realization, which connects things, people, and things, is the focal point of a new round of high-tech competition around the world. Network technology has a significant impact on people’s lives today, thanks to the rapid development of the Internet, and the Internet of Things (IoT) is a technological innovation of the times that promotes the development of information technology. The Internet of Things has given the logistics industry a new lease on life, allowing it to grow more intelligently. The modern logistics industry is a modern service industry that includes transportation, warehousing, freight forwarding, information, and other industries, and it is very important. This paper examines the technical system of the Internet of Things and the logistics economic management mode, as well as the impact of the Internet of Things on logistics economic management. A multidimensional collaborative management model of environment and economy is proposed, based on the background of IoT. It has laid the groundwork for the IoT’s application and development in the logistics economy.
Analyzing the Influencing Factors of Economic Fluctuations in the Era of Big Data
Authors: Xiong Xiaoliang
Published: January 2022

In view of the problems of poor correlation and poor calculation accuracy of the existing factors affecting economic fluctuations, this paper designs a new method for analyzing the factors affecting economic fluctuations based on the characteristics of the era of big data. First, after determining the factors influencing the economic fluctuations in the era of big data, the calculation method of key impact indicators is clarified. Then, the entropy law method is used to assign a weight value to the index, and the set is formed after the index is gathered. Then, the EM algorithm is used to assign the expected value to the data in the set. Finally, the set of influencing factors of the economic fluctuations is taken as input information, and the correlation evaluation model of influencing factors of economic fluctuations is constructed by the Monte Carlo method to complete the analysis of the influencing factors. The experimental results show that the correlation coefficient of influencing factors of economic fluctuations in the era of big data analyzed in this paper is high and the calculation accuracy of influencing factors is high, which proves the feasibility of this method.
Cardiometabolic and Vascular Disease Factors and Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Authors: Lu Yanxia , Fülöp Tamas , Gwee Xinyi , Lee Tih Shih , Lim Wee Shiong , Chong Mei Sian , Yap Philip Lin Kiat , Yap Keng Bee , Pan Fang , Ng Tze-Pin
Published: January 2022

Introduction: There is empirical evidence that cardiovascular risk factors and vascular pathology contribute to cognitive impairment and dementia. Methods: We profiled cardiometabolic and vascular disease (CMVD) and CMVD burden in community-living older adults in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study cohort and examined the association of CMVD risk markers with the prevalence and incidence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia from a median 3.8 years of follow-up. Results: Prevalent MCI and dementia, compared with normal cognition, was associated with higher proportions of persons with any CMVD, hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, atrial fibrillation, or stroke. Diabetes, stroke, and the number of CMVD risk markers remained significantly associated with dementia or MCI after adjusting for age, sex, formal education level, APOE-ε4 genotype, and level of physical, social, or productive activities, with odds ratios ranging from 1.3 to 5.7. Among cognitively normal participants who were followed up, any CMVD risk factor, dyslipidemia, diabetes, or heart failure at baseline predicted incident MCI or its progression to dementia after adjusting for potential confounders. Conclusion: Older adults with higher burden of CMVD, driven especially by diabetes, are likely to increase the risk of prevalent and incident MCI and dementia.
O uso publicitário do GIF animado marcário
Authors: Cintra Laura Batista , Souza Sandra Maria Ribeiro de
Published: January 2022

Este artigo apresenta o GIF animado como objeto de estudo, com ênfase nas capacidades técnicas e contribuições do formato para a comunicação publicitária na rede social Twitter. Fundamentado na abordagem semiótica de Charles Morris, o estudo propõe um método de análise nas dimensões sintática, semântica e pragmática e descreve publicações exemplares de três marcas selecionadas: Americanas.com, Coca-Cola e Salon Line. Com isto, objetiva-se situar distintas modalidades de uso marcário do GIF animado, bem como destacar suas potencialidades visuais e expressivas neste tipo de aplicação.
Da segunda mão à segunda chance: luxo e sustentabilidade em brechós de Paris e São Paulo
Authors: Soares Cecília Elisabeth Barbosa
Published: January 2022

A indústria têxtil tem-se conscientizado cada vez mais dos impactos ambientais ligados à produção de roupas, e há uma pressão constante para reduzir resíduos e revisar preferências e princípios dos consumidores. A compra de peças de segunda mão deixou de ser um lugar marginal, associado à suposta incapacidade da clientela de “comprar novo”, e negócios no setor passaram a ser vistos como estratégicos. Este artigo explora diferentes propósitos de brechós como negócio a partir de entrevistas em profundidade com três empresárias das cidades de Paris e São Paulo, focando em suas visões sobre mudanças, novas chances, sustentabilidade e propósitos modernos para negócios.
Signos do patriarcado: representações sociais sobre mulheres no mercado de trabalho gastronômico
Authors: Oliveira Roneide Gonzaga de , Santos Maria Salett Tauk dos
Published: January 2022

Este trabalho analisa as representações dos profissionais de cozinha sobre as mulheres profissionais da gastronomia. Foi realizado um estudo a partir de um panorama histórico da cozinha como lugar de fala feminino e do percurso de profissionalização da gastronomia, a fim de compreender as representações sociais no universo do mercado de trabalho gastronômico. A análise foi feita por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, realizadas com profissionais de estabelecimentos que possuem cardápios assinados na cidade de Recife. A partir delas, foi realizado um estudo das representações sociais nos aportes de Moscovici sobre a ocupação feminina nas cozinhas profissionais. Observamos que a cozinha profissional é um espaço majoritariamente masculino, em que as representações sociais se retroalimentam, criando obstáculos e dificuldades para a inserção e permanência das mulheres.
Abundance and spatial distribution analyses of Stemonoporus moonii Thwaites (Dipterocarpaceae) - a critically endangered species endemic to Sri Lanka
Authors: Atapattu K.A.M.R. Priyanwada , Perera H.D.D.C.K. , Kathriarachchi H.S. , Gunawardena Ajith
Published: January 2022

Hora Wel Stemonoporus moonii Thwaites, a plant species endemic to Sri Lanka, is the central focus of this study. Because of its strictly narrow distribution area of fewer than 100 km2 and declining habitat, coupled with a high risk of extinction, it is placed under the ‘Critically Endangered’ category in International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List category. A field survey was conducted during February–March 2020 in Walawwe-Watta Wathurana freshwater swamp forest to assess the population status of this species. Global positioning system (GPS) coordinates of individuals were documented. The root collar diameter of plants was measured to differentiate adults. Population size analysis was performed using GeoCAT online software, and a distribution map was prepared using Quantum GIS (QGIS 3). A total of 600 plants were recorded, with 50% each adult (root collar diameter more than 2.0 cm) and young individuals (root collar diameter equal to or less than 2.0 cm). The extent of occurrence (EOO) and area of occupancy (AOO) of S. moonii were calculated as 0.06 km2 and 4.000 km2, respectively. Two subpopulations of S. moonii can be seen within the Walawwe-Watta Wathurana Environmental Protection Area. The findings of the present study support the current IUCN Red List status of S. moonii as Critically Endangered. Even though the existing populations of this species located within a protected area and not presently exposed to major threats, the location is easily accessible and can potentially be affected by anthropogenic pressures and habitat loss. Therefore, this species and the habitat warrant suitable in situ conservation measures.
A floristic survey across three coniferous forests of Kashmir Himalaya, India – a checklist
Authors: Ashaq Ahmad Dar  , Akhtar Hussain Malik  , Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy
Published: January 2022

This study presents a checklist of the flora of three coniferous forests of the Himalayan biodiversity hotspot in Kashmir: low-level blue pine (BP), mixed coniferous (MC) and subalpine (SA) forests. The list includes altitudinal distribution and conservation status of 272 vascular plant species representing 196 genera and 64 families. Excluding neophytes (70 taxa, 62 genera, and 27 families), Magnoliophyta comprised 190 taxa, 139 genera, and 50 families; Pinophyta seven taxa, six genera, and three families; and Pteridophyta three taxa, three genera, and two families. Most speciose families from Magnoliophyta include Compositae, Apiaceae, and Rosaceae. Genera such as Artemisia, Potentilla, Viola, and Saussurea contributed the maximum number of species. In case of Pinophyta, the principal families are Pinaceae with four taxa followed by Cupressaceae (2 taxa), whereas genus Juniperus comprised two species. In Pteridophyta, Pteridaceae (2 taxa) formed the most speciose family. The herbs contributed 177 taxa, followed by tress (15 taxa), shrubs (8) and subshrubs (2). The maximum number of taxa belongs to SA (136 taxa) followed by MC (134 taxa) and BP (83 taxa) forests. The species distribution reveals 20, 30, and 46 taxa are exclusive to BP, MC, and SA forests. More than 16% of taxa are categorized in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, and 24 taxa are endemic to the Himalayan landscape. The checklist provides a roadmap for research, protection and conservation of plant diversity, especially the threatened taxa.
An inventory of new orchid (Orchidaceae) records from Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Authors: M. Sulaiman  , C. Murugan  , M.U. Sharief
Published: January 2022

Orchidaceae is one of the largest families in the plant kingdom. It has high diversity within the tropical and subtropical parts of the world, and is considered as a characteristic feature to measure forest richness. This study explores the orchid diversity in Kozhikode District, Kerala, India. A total of 57 species belonging to 28 genera were identified within the study region. Among the total, 42 were epiphytic species and 15 species were terrestrial. Additionally, 16 species were identified as endemic to India, of which, 10 species were exclusive to the Western Ghats, four species to the Western and Eastern Ghats, and two species to peninsular India. Previous studies conducted within this region, only recorded 10 species. The present study, however, adds new records of 47 species to the orchid diversity of Kozhikode.
Raptors observed (1983–2016) in National Chambal Gharial Sanctuary: semi-arid biogeographic region suggestions for parametric studies on ecological continuity in Khathiar-Gir Ecoregion, India
Authors: L.A.K. Singh  , R.K. Sharma  , Pawar Udayan Rao
Published: January 2022

The birds of prey or raptors in the National Chambal Sanctuary (NCS) assume importance as they are among the top predators of the region, predating on small crocodilians, turtles, and birds. Our checklist of 30 species of raptors is developed from observations made during winter surveys conducted between 1983 and 2016. The study area covered the course of river Chambal including its confluence with river Kuno that leads from Palpur-Kuno Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh. The raptors which use the steep and inaccessible mud cliffs of the Chambal landscape include Bonelli’s Eagle Aquila fasciata, Laggar Falcon Falco jugger, Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus, White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis, Spotted Owlet Athene brama, and the Indian Eagle-Owl or Rock Eagle Owl Bubo bengalensis. Most of the other raptors noted in NCS appear to visit from and around the adjoining wildlife areas of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. According to two methods of classification the study comes in the semi-arid biogeographic zone or Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forest ecoregion. The list of raptors from NCS-Kuno has been compared with previous reports and the list available for Sariska Tiger Reserve and Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan. The present work is the outcome of a long-term ecological monitoring that primarily focused on the Gharial Gavialis gangeticus and its ecological associates in water and the riverine shores. The birds of prey demanded time and attention for looking above and away from the water surface or the shorelines. Yet, our meticulous records maintained over 34 years have generated a basal profile that is expected to inspire focused studies on parameters that sustain ecological association of raptors of NCS adjoining forest habitats and wildlife sanctuaries in the ecoregion.
Distribution of Smooth-coated Otters Lutrogale perspicillata (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae): in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
Authors: Patil Swanand , Yardi Kranti
Published: January 2022

This report describes the distribution of Smooth-coated Otters in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, and investigates the utility of scat counts for quantifying otter occurrence. The study duration was from February to June 2020. Surveys were conducted along the Jog River in Anjarle and Aade River in Aadekond using camera traps. The results subjected to principal component analysis indicated that the occurrence of Smooth-coated Otters at Anjarle is 76% and at Aadekond 48%. We also mapped the distribution and threats associated with Smooth-coated Otters. This study serves as a baseline for efforts  to support long-term otter research and conservation.
Associations of butterflies across different forest types in Uttarakhand, western Himalaya, India: implications for conservation planning
Authors: Singh Arun Pratap
Published: January 2022

Champion & Seth classified Indian forests into different ‘forest types and sub-types’, based on similarity of dominant vegetation and structural arrangement of species in each. However, it is not known if the species composition and community structure of butterflies is also different in each forest sub-type. If this is the case then each forest sub-type harbouring unique species can be taken as units of conservation on a sub-regional scale. The present study assesses for the first time the species composition and community structure of butterflies across 20 different and prominent ‘forest sub-types’ found across the state of Uttarakhand, western Himalaya. Data collected over eight years (2006–2009; June 2012; 2017–2020) using random seasonal sampling covering 307 transects revealed 370 butterfly taxa. Hierarchical clustering of butterfly abundances revealed seven different butterfly communities spread over 19 forest subtypes. Of these four forest sub-types (3C/C2a moist Shiwalik sal forest; 12/C2c moist temperate deciduous forest; 12/C1a ban oak forest; & 3C/C2c moist Terai sal forest) were identified as most important as they hold most of the butterfly diversity of the state including 58 rare taxa identified according to ‘rarity’ out of the total. GIS based mapping of these 58 priority species over laid on the protected area network and forest cover distribution in the state revealed many forested sites outside the PA network supporting these rare taxa. These sites along a physio-geographical gradient with important forest sub-types and rare taxa can be recommended and listed as new sites for conservation in the state.
Community Engagement: Lessons Learned From the AAASPS and SDBA
Authors: Gorelick Philip B.
Published: January 2022

Community engagement is a means to help overcome challenges to the delivery of health care and preventative services. On the occasion of the 2021 International Stroke Conference Edgar J. Kenton III Lecture, I review community engagement strategies utilized in the AAASPS trial (African-American Antiplatelet Stroke Prevention Study) and SDBA (Studies of Dementia in the Black Aged) observational studies that I directed. The main community engagement strategies included use of home visits (bringing the study to the community), engagement of churches, community advisors, community physicians, other healthcare providers, major Black community organizations, and utilization of diversity training. Community engagement strategies were a major component of AAASPS and SDBA that helped to ensure successful recruitment and retention of an underrepresented community in clinical trial and observational studies. Lessons learned from these studies largely carried out in the 1980s and 1990s helped to dispel myths that Blacks could not be recruited into large-scale clinical trials, emphasized the importance of studying underrepresented groups with adequate statistical power to test primary study hypotheses, and provided foundational recruitment and retention methods for future consideration.
Adaptation and Anticipatory Action: Integrating Human Rights Duties into the Climate Change Regime
Authors: Nishimura Lauren
Published: January 2022

This article analyses international obligations related to adaptation in the UN climate change regime. It argues that the interpretation and application of these obligations can compel and shape anticipatory, proactive state measures on, and support for, adaptation. To accomplish this, the article begins from the premise that the regime’s climate treaties are a dynamic part of a system of international law that should strive for coherence. Accordingly, it takes an evolutive approach to interpreting obligations. The article applies the tools of treaty interpretation, and systemic integration in particular, to incorporate positive duties from human rights law into an understanding of adaptation obligations. It also applies the regime’s operative principles alongside integration. Taken together, they help to shape adaptation obligations, strengthening arguments for action in advance of foreseeable harm and for support based on differentiation. Such an approach can lead to adaptation that better avoids risks to people and their rights, to prioritize those most vulnerable and to ensure access to essential resources.
Phytohormone dynamics during embryogeny and embryo desiccation in the recalcitrant seeds of Vateria indica L.
Authors: Gayatri G.P. , Ajith Kumar K.G. , Nair Parvathy S. , Ajay Kumar G. , Baiju K.V.
Published: January 2022

Vateria indica L. is an endemic arborescent recalcitrant tree species, native to the South-Western-Ghats of India. The natural regeneration process of the species is hindered by many factors including seed recalcitrance. Recently the species has been categorised as vulnerable since the population is fragmented and rapidly declining. Seed development is a highly complicated process which involves the interaction between phytohormones which regulate the process at different stages of morphogenesis. The orthodox seed development is marked by three distinct stages such as histodifferentiation, reserve accumulation and drying but in recalcitrant seeds, drying phase is absent. Recalcitrant seeds show marked differences from orthodox seeds in development. The onset of different stages is marked by a definite peaking and lowering of phytohormones and the hormonal pattern varies in orthodox and recalcitrant seeds. The present study was conducted to understand the interplay of phytohormones during embryogeny and the following natural embryo desiccation in the recalcitrant seeds of Vateria indica L. The present study revealed that the embryogeny and embryo drying in the recalcitrant seeds of Vateria indica L. shows a striking dissimilarity with the characteristic pattern of hormonal flux in orthodox seeds.
Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera) VI: new descriptions of Ocellarnaca Gorochov, 2004
Authors: LU XIANGYI , ZHANG QIANWEN , BIAN XUN
Published: January 2022

In this paper, we report one new species, viz. Ocellarnaca longilobulata sp. nov. (Chinese name: 长叶眼斑蟋螽), and provide the descriptions of tegminal veins and morphological illustrations of Ocellarnaca fuscotessellata (Karny, 1926) (Chinese name: 锈褐眼斑螽) and Ocellarnaca furcifera (Karny, 1926) (Chinese name: 叉眼斑蟋螽). All the specimens are deposited in Guangxi Normal University.
Diffusion coefficient for diffusion of time-varying surface concentration by the film-roll method
Authors: Park Geon Yong
Published: January 2022

This research on the sublimation diffusion of disperse dye in print paste to polyethylene terephthalate film was performed at 170–190°C for various times using a film-roll method. It was found that the second layer surface concentrations obtained from the concentration–distance curves were proportional to the square root of time. To determine the diffusion coefficient for the diffusion of the time-varying surface concentrations, the solution of the diffusion equation for the boundary condition of the surface concentration varying with the square root of time was deduced by applying the Laplace transform. Assuming that the time taken for a dye in paste to pass through the first layer is the delay time and the second layer surface is the starting point for diffusion, the diffusion coefficient and the delay time were determined by the proportional constant obtained from the plot of the second layer surface concentrations against the square root of the total time and by the total amount which is the amount that has passed through the second layer surface and is a primary function of time. The diffusion coefficients for the total time were similar to those for the diffusion time excluding the delay time, and their reliability was identified by Arrhenius plots. The activation energy for the diffusion coefficients obtained from the equation deduced by the complementary error function in this study was similar to that for the diffusion coefficients obtained by the complementary error function in three recent studies by about 27 kcal · mol−1.
Clinical and genetic features of infancy-onset congenital myopathies from a Chinese paediatric centre
Authors: Zhang Yu , Yan Hui , Liu Jieyu , Yan Huifang , Ma Yinan , Wei Cuijie , Wang Zhaoxia , Xiong Hui , Chang Xingzhi
Published: January 2022

Background

Congenital myopathies are a group of rare neuromuscular diseases characterized by specific histopathological features. The relationship between the pathologies and the genetic causes is complex, and the prevalence of myopathy-causing genes varies among patients from different ethnic groups. The aim of the present study was to characterize congenital myopathies with infancy onset among patients registered at our institution.

Method

This retrospective study enrolled 56 patients based on the pathological and/or genetic diagnosis. Clinical, histopathological and genetic features of the patients were analysed with long-term follow-up.

Results

Twenty-six out of 43 patients who received next-generation sequencing had genetic confirmation, and RYR1 variations (12/26) were the most prevalent. Eighteen novel variations were identified in 6 disease-causing genes, including RYR1, NEB, TTN, TNNT1, DNM2 and ACTA1. Nemaline myopathy (17/55) was the most common histopathology. The onset ages ranged from birth to 1 year. Thirty-one patients were followed for 3.83 ± 3.05 years (ranging from 3 months to 11 years). No patient died before 1 year. Two patients died at 5 years and 8 years respectively. The motor abilities were stable or improved in 23 patients and deteriorated in 6 patients. Ten (10/31) patients developed respiratory involvement, and 9 patients (9/31) had mildly abnormal electrocardiograms and/or echocardiograms.

Conclusion

The severity of congenital myopathies in the neonatal/infantile period may vary in patients from different ethnic groups. More concern should be given to cardiac monitoring in patients with congenital myopathies even in those with static courses.
Parenting practices and oral health behaviors of children in rural Egypt: gender differences in a household survey
Authors: El Tantawi Maha , Aly Nourhan M. , Atteya Sara , Abdellatif Enas , Yassin Randa
Published: January 2022

Background

Parenting practices influence children’s health and development. The current study aimed at assessing gender differences in children’s perception of the parenting practices of both parents, and in the association between children’s oral health behaviors and parenting practices.

Methods

A cross-sectional household survey of 6–12 year old children was conducted in a rural area in Northwestern Egypt in 2019. Clinical examination assessed caries and gingivitis. The Alabama Parenting Questionnaire assessed parenting practices in five domains (positive parenting, involvement, inconsistent disciplining, poor monitoring and corporal punishment) and the World Health Organization questionnaire assessed oral health behaviors including sugar consumption and daily toothbrushing. Sugar consumption was the dependent variable in linear regression and daily toothbrushing was the dependent variable in logistic regression. Parenting practices were the explanatory variables adjusting for confounders. Effect modification by child gender was assessed.

Results

The response rate was 94.1% (n = 433), mean age = 9.9 years, 44.1% boys, 17.8% with daily toothbrushing and mean sugar consumption score = 3.4/8. Girls perceived more mothers’ positive parenting than boys (mean = 14.15 and 13.46) and boys perceived more poor monitoring and corporal punishment. Boys and girls differed in the association between sugar consumption and fathers’ inconsistent disciplining, poor monitoring (P = 0.004 and 0.02) and mothers’ corporal punishment (P = 0.02), and also daily toothbrushing and mothers’ involvement, positive parenting (P = 0.05 and 0.02), fathers’ positive parenting (P = 0.02), mothers’ inconsistent discipling and poor monitoring (P = 0.01 and 0.04).

Conclusions

There were differences between boys and girls in perceiving mothers’ and fathers’ parenting practices and in the association between these parenting practices and toothbrushing and sugar consumption.
Efficiency and management factors: finding the balance in Thalassaemia care centres
Authors: Shafie Asrul Akmal , Mohammed Noor Syahireen , See Kok Fong , Ibrahim Hishamshah Mohd , Wong Jacqueline Hui Yi , Chhabra Irwinder Kaur
Published: January 2022

Background

Optimizing efficiency has become increasingly critical with the growing demand for finite healthcare resources driven by population growth and an ageing society. Hence, policymakers are urgently finding more efficient ways to deliver health services. Thalassemia is a complex inherited blood disorder with significant prevalence in Malaysia. The high number of patients put substantial strain on the healthcare system. This study aims to evaluate the technical efficiency of thalassaemia care centres throughout Malaysia and the determinants that affect the efficiency.

Method

Data from 30 public hospitals with thalassaemia care centres were collected. A double bootstrap data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach is used with the assumption of input-oriented and variable-to-scale DEA models to generate technical efficiency scores. Bootstrap truncated regression was later conducted to identify the factors affecting the efficiency scores.

Results

The mean bias-corrected technical efficiency score has improved to 0.75 in 2017 from 0.71 in 2016. In both years, more than 50% of thalassaemia care centres showed good efficiency scores (0.8-1.0). Management factors that affect the efficiency scores include separation of patient management (β = 0.0653) and budget (β = 0.0843), where they are found to positively affect the efficiency scores. In contrast, having longer operating hours is found to inversely influence the performance levels (β = − 0.4023).

Conclusions

The study provides a pioneering framework to evaluate the technical efficiency of thalassaemia treatment centres in public healthcare settings and could provide a useful guide for policymaker and thalassaemia care centre managers to improve efficiency in service delivery to thalassaemia patients and their caregivers without compromising quality of care.
Robust host source tracking building on the divergent and non-stochastic assembly of gut microbiomes in wild and farmed large yellow croaker
Authors: Zhu Jun , Li Hao , Jing Ze Zhou , Zheng Wei , Luo Yuan Rong , Chen Shi Xi , Guo Feng
Published: January 2022

Background

Given the lack of genetic background, the source tracking unknown individuals of fish species with both farmed and wild populations often cannot be robustly achieved. The gut microbiome, which is shaped by both deterministic and stochastic processes, can serve as a molecular marker of fish host source tracking, particularly as an alternative to the yet-to-be-established host genetic marker. A candidate for testing the feasibility is the large yellow croaker, Larimichthys crocea, which is carnivorous and ranks the top mariculture fish in China. Wild resource of this fish was depleted decades ago and might have potential problematic estimation because of escaping of farmed individuals.

Results

The rectums of wild (n = 212) and farmed (n = 79) croakers from multiple batches were collected for the profiling of their gut bacterial communities. The farmed individuals had a higher alpha diversity and lower bacterial load than the wild individuals. The gut microbiota of the two sources exhibited divergence and high inter-batch variation, as featured by the dominance of Psychrobacter spp. in the wild group. Predicted functional capacity of the gut microbiome and representative isolates showed differences in terms of host source. This difference can be linked to the potential diet divergence between farmed and wild fishes. The non-stochastic distribution pattern of the core gut microbiota of the wild and farmed individuals supports the feasibility of microbiota-based host source tracking via the machine learning algorithm. A random forest classifier based on the divergence and non-stochastic assembly of the gut microbiome was robust in terms of host source tracking the individuals from all batches of croaker, including a newly introduced batch.

Conclusions

Our study revealed the divergence of gut microbiota and related functional profiles between wild and farmed croakers. For the first time, with representative datasets and non-stochastic patterns, we have verified that gut microbiota can be robustly applied to the tracking of host source even in carnivorous fish.
A case–control study of BRCA1 founder mutations 185delAG and 5382insC in a cohort of Egyptian ovarian cancer patients using pyrosequencing technique
Authors: Rizk Mohamed M. , El-etreby Nour M. , El-Attar Lama M. , Elzyat Eman A. , Saied Marwa H.
Published: January 2022

Background

Ovarian cancer (OC) is considered a leading cause of death among women with gynecological malignancies. OC, like breast cancer, shows a familial predisposition to germline mutations in genes BRCA1 or BRCA2, which have proved to play important roles in the incidence and progression of cancers. In Arab countries there are limited data concerning BRCA1 or BRCA2 founder mutations associated with familial ovarian cancer (FOC). Therefore, the aim of this pilot study was to assess two common founder mutations of BRCA1 (185delAG and 5382insC) in a cohort of Egyptian patients with FOC. The study included fifty female patients with FOC and twenty healthy controls. Clinical, laboratory, and pathological findings were assessed as well as response to therapy. Genetic testing for BRCA1 (185delAG and 5382insC) mutations was performed on peripheral blood samples using a short-fragment sequencer (pyrosequencer).

Results

The BRCA1 185delAG mutation was not observed in either the FOC patients or the controls. However, the carrier frequency of heterozygous BRCA1 5382insC mutation was 8%. All the FOC patients with a BRCA1 5382insC mutation had a positive family history of cancer (p = 0.009). All carriers of the BRCA1 5382insC mutation showed a preliminary good response to chemotherapy. The majority of carrier patients were diagnosed at an advanced stage of the disease with high-grade tumors and distant metastasis (75% of cases).

Conclusion

The frequency of the BRCA1 5382insC mutation in FOC patients was 8%. The strong association between the mutation and the positive family history suggests that a wider screening for BRCA1 founder mutations would be valuable in predicting high-risk individuals.
Periodical Utopianism: Charles Fourier, Playboy, and Erotic Serialization
Authors: Dango Michael
Published: January 2022

This article argues that the nineteenth-century utopian writings of Charles Fourier and twentieth-century United States pornography franchises including Playboy participate in the same generic form of serialized eroticism. Although Fredric Jameson argued for a formalist study of utopianism, his writings on Fourier engage only with his “content.” It argues instead that Fourier's project is best understood in the serialized form of his writing, which, as in Playboy, coordinates two different temporal scales: a larger scale on which the drama of world transformation plays out, and a smaller one on which the hope for this transformation is nourished in daily, increasingly erotic labor. What their doubled temporality of promised but deferred pleasure makes possible—when formalized in periodical writing as a comforting, albeit ambivalent, state of suspension—is a kind of utopianism that locates itself in the activity of planning to build the world today, rather than living in the built world tomorrow.
THE AUTOMATION OF THE PROCESS OF AUDITORIUM BOOKING
Authors: Rabovskaya Maria Ya. , Kozlov Vladislav R.
Published: January 2022

The article considers automation for university auditorium booking process on the example of the Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education «Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin». The purpose of the article is to observe an automated solution for auditoriums’ booking within a given university wich leads to a reduced time spent on approval and booking. The main research method is the analysis of the existing process and its automation using modern information technologies and multi-agent approach usage for scheduling classes with real-time conflict checking, considering various types of restrictions. This method was used to implement the algorithm for searching free auditoriums. The result of the research is a working service for online booking of multimedia auditoriums and others in real time. The article is recommended for specialists whose work is associated with educational process maintenance and development.
THE RESEARCH OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION
Authors: Lvovich Yakov Ye. , Preobrazhenskiy Andrey P. , Preobrazhenskiy Yuriy P.
Published: January 2022

The paper deals with the problem associated with the study of the characteristics of the transport system in the region. Possibilities of using an integrated approach that takes into account spatio-temporal information.
„Mother and M.” — the analysis of the case of a dyad impacted by trauma experience
Authors: Granops Beata
Published: January 2022

Niniejsza analiza jest efektem przygotowań do uzyskania dyplomu psychoterapeuty diady rodzic–dziecko w nurcie psychoanalitycznym w School of Infant Mental Health w Londynie. Psychoterapia diady rodzic–dziecko (dotyczy małych dzieci, do 5 roku życia) zaczyna raczkować w Polsce. Pierwsze lata po narodzinach dziecka stanowią okres krytyczny dla rodzica — nierozwiązane wcześniej konflikty wewnętrzne, traumatyczne wydarzenia lub relacje przypominają o sobie w postaci, tzw. „duchów z przeszłości”. Do gabinetu psychoterapeutycznego często sprowadza rodzica problem u dziecka, m.in. napady złości, nieukojony płacz, trudności w nawiązywaniu kontaktu. W pracy przedstawiony zostanie roczny proces psychoanalitycznej terapii diady (mama i dziecko), która doświadczyła przemocy ze strony ojca dziecka, jednak to napady złości u dziecka i jego „nieposłuszeństwo” były przyczyną zgłoszenia. Opisuje, jak wczesne traumatyczne doświadczenia zakłócają normatywny rozwój dziecka, a co ważniejsze — więź z głównym opiekunem. Przedstawia metody pracy psychoterapii diady i wskazuje na psychoanalityczne sposoby rozumienia trudności doświadczanych przez dziecko. Opis stanowi przykład międzypokoleniowego przekazywania w rodzinie wzorców relacji opartych na przemocy.
Pomiędzy praktykami niematerialnego dziedzictwa kulturowego a działaniami na jego rzecz. Krytyczna perspektywa prakseologiczna
Authors: Dziadowiec-Greganić Joanna
Published: January 2022

The article analyzes the concept of intangible cultural heritage popularized by UNESCO and the related patrimonialization processes of cultural practices from two complementary perspectives: the interdisciplinary critical heritage studies with related heterodox theory of heritage and the practice theory. The tension between the practices of intangible cultural heritage and the activities for its benefit highlighted in the title is demonstrated on the examples of selected projects that the author has co-created or continues to co-create in various ways while maintaining the attitude of an assisting broker. The analysis of the intangible heritage and the so-called good practices for its safeguarding from a wider critical praxeological perspective (know- -how to do in action) going beyond the so-called thinking in terms of national or UNESCO’s world lists and registers is part of an approach that understands heritage more as a verb than a noun. The safeguarding of the heritage becomes a means and not an end in itself and is based, in this case, not so much on declarative attitudes focused mainly on values, but on broadly conceived action: active experience, practical skills, and transmission (cultivation). On the other hand, it is also a sociocultural activity that largely aims at institutionalization. Both activities are part of the patrimonialization processes, enabling the discovery of the pro-development potential of intangible heritage. Moreover, the critical praxeological perspective, which provides a new view of the concept of intangible heritage, changes the emphasis when it comes to the experts-depositaries dichotomy. As a result, the latter become co-researchers, co-organizers, co-decision makers as equal active players who have a real impact on the co-creation and development of the national and global system of intangible heritage safeguarding.
„Czy wszyscy Żydzi mają rogi?”. Obraz „obcego” na stadionach piłkarskich na przykładzie Krakowa
Authors: Stypuła Łukasz
Published: January 2022

Where does the strangeness begin? As it may seem, the answer to this question is connected with the scale and measure of “normality” which we accept. Do we place it in our reality, or it will be rather rooted in the world of others, strangers? In the first case, behaviour of others appears as an anomaly, deviation from the normal, accepted by my group as customary. In the second case, my behaviour may appear as an anomaly. In Kraków, quite a peculiar transformation took place – concerning the structure of “the image of the Jew” and “the image of the stranger”, which led to unique incongruousness of these images. Is reality of one’s own world threatened by derealisation in the case of “the pressure of strangeness”? Or maybe quite the contrary, as Zbigniew Benedyktowicz writes in his “Primer of the Identity” that due to the meeting with others, strangers, we can recognise ourselves, our own identity? What is the role of the stereotype and image in the reflection on symbolic culture? What gives us larger cognitive freedom in the attempt of finding the stranger in culture? Search for such a person means also observing and recognising of signs in a city sphere, phenomena, which trigger some kind of communication, and I will try trace just this intricacy on the example of the Kraków world of football fans.
Nie tylko „krakowskie”. Szopkarstwo na Pomorzu
Authors: Soćko-Mucha Alicja
Published: January 2022

In her paper “Not Only in Kraków. Making Nativity Scenes in Pomerania,” Alicja Soćko-Mucha describes the problems of making nativity scenes in Pomerania and Kashubia and contrasts them with those created in Kraków. The author concentrates on the collection in the Museum of Hel (Muzeum Helu), which had been submitted for the Pomeranian nativity scene competition in 2016. Majority of those nativity scenes are sculpted in wood. The author analyzes Pomeranian and Kashubian motives, such as boats, fishermen, fish, seagulls, seals, Kashubians in folk costumes, the seven Kashubian colors, ambers. During 2019 Christmas season, the Museum of Hel organized the “Borrow Your Nativity Scene” action in which local restaurants, shops and other institutions could borrow and present a selected nativity scene. A similar initiative (“All Around the Nativity Scenes”) has been organized by the Museum of Kraków (Muzeum Krakowa) for a number of years.
Antiquities in the Collection of the Radziwiłł Family in the Wettin Era
Authors: Paliušytė Aistė
Published: January 2022

The article examines the collections of antiques of one of the most influential families of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania – the Radziwiłł family, preserved in the residences of Nesvizh and Biała Podlaska in the first half and the middle of the 18th century. Different categories of artefacts are analysed and evaluated on the basis of the most unexplored inventories of the Radziwiłł family property, the correspondence of nobles and officials. The collection of the Radziwiłł family antiques continued the tradition of early modern collections of the Central European aristocrats. Their antique collections were among the largest in the Duchy, distinguished by a variety of artefacts. At the Radziwiłł family court, antiques were treated as curiosities, sources of history and instruments of cultural memory. They helped establish the identity of the family and create images of its power.
Master and Disciple: Bertel Thorvaldsen’s Private Collection and Its Impact on Neoclassicism
Authors: Suba Zoltán
Published: January 2022

At the birth of archeology as a new science, Neoclassicism appeared on the stage of decorative and visual arts as well as that of architecture. The fascination with the rediscovered artifacts of antiquity led artists not to just collect them, but also to utilize them to rethink the legacy of Classical art and create something new out of it. One of the most admired masters of Neoclassicism, the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, had his own collection of antiquities which is now preserved in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen. In the following I will attempt to capture the impact that these artifacts and plaster casts had on his work, and also point out how important his role was in the education of apprentices during his Roman period. To demonstrate its significance, I will turn to his Hungarian apprentice, István Ferenczy, and drawings, statues, and letters to connect both the master and the disciple to the ancient past.