bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
FAIR Principles and TDWG Standards: The case of morphological description of taxa and specimens
Authors: Vignes Lebbe Régine
Published: August 2023

Sharing data is crucial in biodiversity research as well as in all scientific domains. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) validates and makes available a set of standards to facilitate the sharing of biodiversity data. Of the 23 standards listed in alphabetical order, each has a status, a category, and a short description. But these standards are designed for very different purposes, which we will discuss by linking them to the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) .

The FAIR principles (Wilkinson et al. 2016) focus on the ability of machines to automatically find and use the digital data. It is therefore crucial that software for editing, acquiring and using data, shares defined standards that are made available to all. TDWG has been working in this direction for over 30 years. Pioneers in biodiversity informatics, such as Richard Pankhust (Pankhurst 1970), Mike Dallwitz (Dallwitz 1974, Dallwitz 1980) and Jacques Lebbe (Lebbe et al. 1987) worked specifically on taxon identification with computers and how to represent morphological descriptions of taxa and specimens.

Some TDWG standards, such as ABCD (Access to Biological Collection Data; Access to Biological Collections Data Task Group 2005), TCS (Taxonomic Concept Transfer Schema; Taxonomic Names Subgroup 2006) or SDD (Structured Descriptive Data; Structure of Descriptive Data (SDD) Subgroup 2006) are expressed by an XML schema covering a formal data model. Other standards, as Floristic Regions of the World (Takhtajan 1986), or Vocabulary Maintenance Standard (VMS; Vocabulary Maintenance Specification Task Group 2017) concern vocabularies or a collection of standardized terms. The Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme (POSS; World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1995) provides both, a list of accepted terms, and a data model (list of fields). In case of morpho-anatomical data describing taxa or specimens, TDWG offers two standards: DELTA (DEscription Language for TAxonomy, Dallwitz 2006) and SDD (Structured Descriptive Data, Hagedorn 2007).

In order to further the discussion on morphological description data sharing, we would like to clarify what is meant by the term standard. We'll be looking at the concepts of guidelines, rules, defined format, referential list of terms, data schema, model, metamodel, protocols, which are all terms linked to this notion of standard and FAIR principles. Perhaps this reflection will lead us to propose criteria for better classifying TDWG standards.
Trabeculectomy with ExPress – an effective solution to Posner-Schlossman syndrome
Authors: Mitkova-Hristova Vesela , Stoyanova Nina , Atanassov Marin
Published: August 2023

Posner-Schlossman syndrome (PSS) is a unilateral ocular disease, characterized by recurrent non-granulomatous anterior uveitis and increased intraocular pressure (IOP), leading to chronic secondary glaucoma.

In this case report, we present the case of a 46-year-old man with chronic, hypertensive anterior uveitis in the left eye and frequent recurrences over the last two years. The patient suffers from Posner-Schlossman syndrome with chronic secondary glaucoma, unresponsive to medication therapy. After trabeculectomy with ExPress implantation and, later on, cataract surgery with implantation of an intraocular lens in the left eye, the IOP varied between 10 and 12 mmHg over a period longer than a year without any medication therapy.

Patients with PSS are at risk of developing secondary glaucoma and irreversible complications. Trabeculectomy with ExPress implantation is a reliable and effective treatment of IOP unresponsive to medication therapy.
Practical framework for cultural ecosystem service in urban landscape design
Authors: Shahali Haniyeh , Habibi Amin
Published: August 2023

The cultural ecosystem service (CES) has been rarely expressed in the area of urban landscape and design. This study tries to find a framework to apply the CES usage in the literature of landscape design. The results show that most indicators have expanded in the areas of “landscape elements” followed by the “ecological infrastructures.” In addition, the aesthetic indicators in the biological aspect have been mainly focused on plants; moreover, birds have been more considered than the other species. Other findings indicate that, in addition to the existing proceedings, the link with the sustainable development objectives, the effects of the drivers for change and the ecosystem’s improper services' indicators are factors that should be considered in the area of landscape design in a framework of ecosystem cultural services.
Bioactive and nutritional compounds in fruits of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) landraces conserved among indigenous communities from Mexico
Authors: García-Vásquez Rosalía , Vera-Guzmán Araceli Minerva , Carrillo-Rodríguez José Cruz , Pérez-Ochoa Mónica Lilian , Aquino-Bolaños Elia Nora , Alba-Jiménez Jimena Esther , Chávez-Servia José Luis
Published: August 2023

Farmers' varieties or landraces of chili are regularly heterogeneous, selected and preserved by small traditional farmers and highly demanded by regional consumers. The objective of this study was to evaluate the variation in the content of phenolic compounds, vitamin C, carotenoids, capsaicinoids and antioxidant activity in fruits of a population collection of the landraces Huacle and De Agua, which originated in Oaxaca, Mexico, and a commercial variety of Jalapeño (control). The collection was grown in greenhouse conditions under a random block design. At harvest, a sample of ripe fruits was obtained to evaluate the content of phenolic compounds, vitamin C and antioxidant activity by UV–visible spectrophotometry and the concentration of capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin was measured by high-resolution liquid chromatography. Significant differences were observed between the Huacle and De Agua landraces and between these and Jalapeño. The studied fruits exhibit the following pattern for flavonoid and carotenoid contents: Huacle > De Agua > Jalapeño. The opposite pattern was observed for total polyphenol and vitamin C contents: Jalapeño > De Agua > Huacle. The general pattern for capsaicinoids in fruits was Jalapeño > De Agua > Huacle. Huacle and De Agua populations showed high variability in all compounds evaluated, with positive correlations with antioxidant activity. The capsaicin content in Huacle populations varied ranging from 7.4 to 26.2 mg 100 g-1 and De Agua ranged from 12.4 to 46.8 mg 100 g-1.
Reduced and bifurcation analysis of intrinsically bursting neuron model
Authors: Lu Bo , Jiang Xiaofang
Published: August 2023

Intrinsic bursting neurons represent a common neuronal type that displays bursting patterns upon depolarization stimulation. These neurons can be described by a system of seven-dimensional equations, which pose a challenge for dynamical analysis. To overcome this limitation, we employed the projection reduction method to reduce the dimensionality of the model. Our approach demonstrated that the reduced model retained the inherent bursting characteristics of the original model. Following reduction, we investigated the bi-parameter bifurcation of the equilibrium point in the reduced model. Specifically, we analyzed the Bogdanov-Takens bifurcation that arises in the reduced system. Notably, the topological structure of the neuronal model near the bifurcation point can be effectively revealed with our proposed method. By leveraging the proposed projection reduction method, we could explore the bursting mechanism in the reduced Pospischil model with greater precision. Our approach offers an effective foundation for generating theories and hypotheses that can be tested experimentally. Furthermore, it enables links to be drawn between neuronal morphology and function, thereby facilitating a deeper understanding of the complex dynamical behaviors that underlie intrinsic bursting neurons.
Post-pandemic scenarios. The role of the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) in reducing the gap between the Italian CentralNorthern regions and southern ones
Authors: Palmentieri Stefania
Published: August 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine crises fit into the difficult Italian context, which have already been marked by a deep socioeconomic gap between the Centre-North and the South of the country. After a brief examination of the causes that have led to this gap, starting from the analysis of geographical studies on the subject and elaborations of data provided by important research centres in the field, this study aims to point out the sectors of Southern Italy present greater criticalness and backwardness compared to the rest of the country. Then, we identify the most suitable programmatic lines to increase investments in such sectors, as already provided for the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP—in Italy PNRR), a program with which the government intends to manage Next Generation EU funds or NGEU (the economic recovery and revitalization tool introduced by the European Union to restore the losses caused by the pandemic). The article concludes with a reflection on the main reasons for the difficulties that the NRRP is encountering by implementing this program, mainly related to the insufficient allocation of resources and competencies of the territorial authorities that are entrusted with the task of managing and planning policies to rebalance the country*s growth potential.
Generalized common best proximity point results in fuzzy multiplicative metric spaces
Authors: Ishtiaq Umar , Jahangeer Fahad , Kattan Doha A. , De la Sen Manuel
Published: August 2023

In this manuscript, we prove the existence and uniqueness of a common best proximity point for a pair of non-self mappings satisfying the iterative mappings in a complete fuzzy multiplicative metric space. We consider the pair of non-self mappings $ X:\mathcal{P}\rightarrow \mathcal{G} $ and $ Z:\mathcal{P }\rightarrow \mathcal{G} $ and the mappings do not necessarily have a common fixed-point. In a complete fuzzy multiplicative metric space, if $ \mathcal{\varphi } $ satisfy the condition $ \mathcal{\varphi } \left(b, Zb, \varsigma \right) = \mathcal{\varphi }\left(\mathcal{P}, \mathcal{ G}, \varsigma \right) = \mathcal{\varphi }\left(b, Xb, \varsigma \right) $, then $ b $ is a common best proximity point. Further, we obtain the common best proximity point for the real valued functions $ \mathcal{L}, \mathcal{M}:(0, 1]\rightarrow \mathbb{R} $ by using a generalized fuzzy multiplicative metric space in the setting of $ (\mathcal{L}, \mathcal{M}) $-iterative mappings. Furthermore, we utilize fuzzy multiplicative versions of the $ (\mathcal{L}, \mathcal{M}) $-proximal contraction, $ (\mathcal{L}, \mathcal{M}) $-interpolative Reich-Rus-Ciric type proximal contractions, $ (\mathcal{L}, \mathcal{M}) $-Kannan type proximal contraction and $ (\mathcal{L}, \mathcal{M}) $-interpolative Hardy-Rogers type proximal contraction to examine the common best proximity points in fuzzy multiplicative metric space. Moreover, we provide differential non-trivial examples to support our results.
Perceived attitudes and barriers towards medical research: a survey of Jordanian interns, residents, and other postgraduates
Authors: AlMohtasib Jamil , Al-Huneidy Leen , Taha Hana , Rayyan Rama , Mansour Shahd , Samhouri Jehad , Hammouri Muhammad , Al-Somadi Hussam , Bedros Adees Wirtan , Al-Omairi Jaafar , Abbas Rand , Abu-usba Mustafa Ibrahim , Al-Ani Abdallah
Published: August 2023

Purpose: We investigated research barriers among Jordanian medical postgraduates to understand the current context of the local health research landscape and improve scholarly output.Methods: Using a validated questionnaire, Jordanian interns, residents, specialists, and consultants were examined for their perceived attitudes and barriers towards research. Participants were conveniently sampled from public, university, military, and private institutions. Differences in responses were examined using the Student t-test and analysis of variance. Binary logistic regression was utilized to examine predictors of being able to publish.Results: A total of 1,141 Jordanian medical postgraduates were recruited, of which 61.3% were junior postgraduates (i.e., interns and residents in their first 2 years of residency) while 38.7% were senior postgraduates (i.e., senior residents, specialists, and consultants). Around 76.0% of participants had no peer-reviewed publications. Of those with least one publication (n=273), only 31.1% had first authorships. Participants portrayed dominantly positive attitudes towards the importance of research. There were no significant differences between junior and senior postgraduates for overall attitudes (p=0.486) and knowledge barriers scores (p=0.0261). Conversely, senior postgraduates demonstrated higher mean organizational barriers (p<0.001). Seniority (odds ratio [OR], 5.268; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.341–8.307), age (OR, 1.087; 95% CI, 1.019–1.159), academic standing (OR, 1.730; 95% CI, 1.103–2.715), and confidence (OR, 1.086; 95% CI, 1.009–1.169) were positive predictors of publication in peer reviewed journals.Conclusion: The Jordanian medical research landscape is riddled with all forms of different barriers. The reworking of current and integration of new research training programs are of utmost importance.
Educational implications of assessing learning outcomes with multiple choice questions and short essay questions
Authors: Kwon Hyo-Jin , Chae Su Jin , Park Joo Hyun
Published: August 2023

Purpose: This study investigates the characteristics of different item types to assess learning outcomes and explore the educational implications that can be obtained from the results of learning outcome assessments.Methods: Forty-five second-year premedical students participated in this study. Multiple choice question (MCQ) and short essay question (SEQ) scores and pass rates for 10 learning outcomes were analyzed. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were used to analyze the data.Results: The correlation analysis indicated that there was a significant correlation between SEQs and pass rate but there was no significant correlation between MCQs and pass rate. Some students with identical scores on the MCQs had different scores on the SEQs or on the learning outcomes.Conclusion: This study showed that students’ achievement of learning outcomes can be assessed using various types of questions in outcome-based education.
Card and board game design for medical education: length and complexity considerations
Authors: Cosimini Michael Joseph , Collins Jolene
Published: August 2023

Purpose: There is growing use of games for health professions education. Card and board games are relatively easy to develop, effective for education, supported by educational theory, and generally well accepted by learners; yet, they remain relatively infrequently described in the medical education literature.Methods: A questionnaire was developed to understand barriers to use of card and board games and to understand user preferences to inform their development. The questionnaire was offered to students and educators downloading a printable antibiotic card game online.Results: The questionnaire was completed by 335 health professionals primarily by physicians, pharmacists, and their trainees. Participants described preferences for shorter games and games with lower complexity. Player counts in the two to four range were the most commonly desired. The most frequently cited barriers were lack of availability in desired subjects, cost, and concerns about content accuracy.Conclusion: Educators looking to develop or use serious card and board games should start with shorter, lower-complexity games. Methods to assure and demonstrate content accuracy for educational games should be explored by educators and researchers.
The Uncertain Atlantic: African and European Transformations of São Tomé Island c. 1533
Authors: De Avilez Rocha Gabriel , Wheat David
Published: August 2023

As the first European colony to specialize in sugar cultivation using a labor force comprised exclusively of enslaved Africans, São Tomé island in the Gulf of Guinea is often considered the birthplace of the sugar plantation complex. But the rise of sugar cultivation there took place amidst deep uncertainties. This essay examines a previously unstudied sixteenth-century São Tomé estate inventory from the vantage points of merchants and officials on São Tomé and in Portugal, and to the extent possible, of the Africans they exploited. Without disputing the economic importance of sugar or that of key sites such as São Tomé for later Atlantic histories, we call attention to contingencies that included the waning fortunes of certain planters and their implications for the enslaved; slave routes’ subordination to changing political dynamics on the African mainland; and evidence of African resistance ranging from litigation to escape to maroon wars that threatened sugar production, the slave trade, and the viability of Portuguese rule on the island. During the 1520s-1530s many parties had a stake in the island’s future, and the rise of sugar was by no means a foreordained outcome.
O Engenho de açúcar: André João Antonil and the Anatomy of the Seventeenth-Century Brazilian Slave Plantation
Authors: Tomich Dale
Published: August 2023

Jesuit João André Antonil’s Cultura e Opulência do Brasil is perhaps the first comprehensive treatise on slave plantation agriculture in the Americas. However, it is neither a manual nor an economic analysis. Rather, it is a moral and ethical guide for the administration of a sugar mill. This article examines the concepts, categories of thought, structures of meaning, and interpretive strategies through which Antonil comprehends the process of commodity production for the world market on the slave engenho. Antonil’s conceptual horizon was constrained by the Jesuit synthesis of Aristotelean thought and post-Tridentine Christian doctrine and the conception of the Last Judgement as the end of historical time. Consequently, he could not conceptualize the modernity of Atlantic slavery, the world market, and the plantation as a new temporality. Instead, he analyzes the engenho through the Aristotelean concept of oikos or household. The categories of thought and action through which Antonil comprehends the slave plantation and world market reveal the contradictory relation between slave production and the world market in the Iberian Atlantic.
The Gold Mining Boom, North European Capital, and the Reorganization of the Portuguese Slave Trade in Angola (1710-1730)
Authors: Menz Maximiliano M.
Published: August 2023

The article explores the reorganization of the Portuguese slave trade in Angola in the early eighteenth century when an upsurge in traffic took place along with a gold mining boom in Brazil. The appearance of a new group in the administration of the Angola contract, with the political support of the Crown and the financial assistance of merchants connected to London stimulated the expansion of the slaving frontier into Benguela. A large part of the historiography has interpreted this growth of the slave trade in Benguela as a phenomenon produced by local or “internal” developments of the Portuguese empire. My argument is that this shift was related to the international development of capitalism. The growing international competition over slave markets in the Gulf of Guinea and Loango pushed Portuguese authorities and slave traders to focus on the traffic in the areas to the south of Luanda. This process was financed by international credit networks and played a central role in the establishment of a new slaving frontier that supplied captives to the Brazilian goldfields.
Art Facing the Problem of Otherness, with Reference to the Interwar Literature of Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908-1942)
Authors: Baquero Leyva Miriam , Conseglieri Ana , Huertas Rafael
Published: August 2023

The work of Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908-1942) is an interesting illustration of the power of representing the struggles of the inner world in literature. In her work, the whole problem of otherness is evident, which is largely resolved through literary activity, in a woman who assumed in herself a marginal otherness due to her gender, her sexual identity, and for having been admitted for psychiatric treatment on more than one occasion during her life. But, beyond the individual aspect, her novels also provide a valuable account of the feelings of the interwar generation, an intellectual and artistic group that experienced the taste of modernity during the brief period between World War I and Hitler’s uprising. The author took part in this exodus and, in this case, literature was an important means of collective endurance. Delving into both aspects, we witness a reflection, perhaps old, but full of associations with our present society.
Remembering the Gender and Sexual Archive of the Black Diaspora in Tunisia: a Decolonial Approach to Historical Anthropology
Authors: Goikolea-Amiano Itzea
Published: August 2023

The available studies on the cultural history of the Black diasporas in the Ottoman Mediterranean have focused on religious and other cultural manifestations, leaving out the inquiry about notions and practices related to gender and sexuality. Taking a cue from works on the Black Atlantic and the African continent, this article investigates the notions of gender and sexuality underlying the sub-Saharan worldviews and offers a template to interpret the subjecthood of enslaved sub-Saharans in the Maghribi diaspora. The first part of the essay lays out a historical contextualisation of the Black diaspora in early nineteenth-century Tunis. Then I take the reference to the practice of al-musāḥaqa (lesbianism) among the Black slaves in an 1808 Arabic manuscript as a starting point to investigate, by surveying different anthropological studies, whether al-musāḥaqa can be thought of as pertaining to the archive of sexual epistemology which the enslaved would have taken to Tunisia and, more importantly, to enquire into how we can understand it within a non-anthropocentric historical cosmology-which, ultimately, can contribute to the necessary decolonisation of feminist and queer studies, and history and anthropology more generally.
Análisis complejo de las acciones de crítica. Aportes al modelo De la justification de Boltanski y Thévenot
Authors: Ferrada Hurtado Rocío
Published: August 2023

El presente trabajo expone dos enfoques de análisis de las acciones de crítica contra la injusticia: el desarrollado por Boltanski y Thévenot en su modelo de la justification, y el planteado por Emmanuel Renault. Dado que ambos enfoques pertenecen a disciplinas distintas y a tradiciones de la sociología también distintas, problematizan de manera diferente aquello que está en juego en estas acciones. No obstante, ambos se apoyan en una comprensión pragmática de la acción que los lleva a trabajar con y a partir del punto de vista de los propios sujetos. En breve, el texto sostiene que el análisis de los juicios de crítica de las personas relativos a sus situaciones de acción se enriquece y complejiza si se movilizan en conjunto ambos enfoques.
Arrhythmia Detection Based on New Multi-Model Technique for ECG Inter-Patient Classification
Authors: Oleiwi Zahraa Ch. , AlShemmary Ebtesam N. , Al-Augby Salam
Published: August 2023

This paper presents a novel model for arrhythmia detection based on a cascading technique that utilizes a combination of the One-Sided Selection (OSS) method, Support Vector Machine (SVM), and K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) algorithms, this model denoted by (OWSK) model to classify four types of electrocardiogram (ECG) heartbeats following inter-patient scheme. The OWSK model consists of three stages. The first stage involves resampling using the One-Sided Selection (OSS) method to solve the imbalance problem and reduce data by removing noisy, borderline, and redundant samples. The second stage involves using Wavelet Transformation (WT) and Power Spectral Density (PSD) to extract the most relevant frequency domain features. The third stage involves a cascading process by constructing the classifier from SVM trained on the whole dataset to classify normal and abnormal beats. Then, KNN (K-Nearest Neighbors) is trained on only the three irregular minority classes to classify the three types of arrhythmias for the detection of ventricular ectopic beats, supraventricular ectopic beats, and fusion beats (V, S, and F). The performance of the proposed model is evaluated in terms of different metrics, including accuracy, recall, precision, and F1 score. The results show the superiority of the proposed model in medical diagnosis compared to the latest works, where it achieves 90%, 90%, 93%, and 91% for accuracy, recall, precision, and F1 score under the inter-patient paradigm and 98%, 98%, 98%, and 98% under the intra-patient paradigm.
Leadership for Longevity and Sustainability in Antigua and Barbuda, West Indies
Authors: Chesney Christell M. , Black Simon A. , Challenger Shanna C. , Hill Arica
Published: August 2023

Effective leadership is a critical component of adaptive management. Within the conservation realm, novel insights into leadership can be gleaned in the areas of longevity, sustainability, and legacy that offer lessons for sectors in the business, scientific, and technological worlds. This chapter examines the historical leadership and management of the Offshore Islands Conservation Program (OICP) found in the Small Island Developing State (SIDS) of Antigua and Barbuda. Utilizing a mixed method approach involving the Conservation Excellence Model (CEM), desk-based review, and stakeholder feedback, observations on governance and management were generated and used to improve the program's operational approach and sustainability of conservation efforts. The benefits arising from the use of the CEM assessment, in this case, illustrate that evaluations of this type should be encouraged for use by practitioners within their organization. Thus, the passing on of leadership skills and the careful recruitment of diverse talents is essential to the maintenance of high-performing organizations.
Promoção dos saberes em biologia no ensino médio através do uso de diferentes ferramentas pedagógicas
Authors: Oliveira Maria Alice Felipe , Andrade Layla Cely Rodrigues , Araújo Camila Maria Mendes , Araújo Valdevane Rocha
Published: August 2023

Apesar do perfil dos alunos ter mudado e da grande diversidade de ferramentas didáticas disponíveis, os métodos de ensino permanecem os mesmos. Neste contexto, o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a eficácia de diversas ferramentas didáticas na transmissão dos saberes de biologia. As ferramentas didáticas utilizadas foram: (1) Aulas práticas no laboratório de biologia, (2) Teatro mudo, e (3) Jogo de perguntas ou Quiz. Todas as ferramentas foram aplicadas após as aulas expositivas, sendo avaliadas através de questionários para atribuição de notas segundo a escala de Likert de 1 (discordo totalmente) a 5 (concordo totalmente). Os resultados revelaram que todas as metodologias foram consideradas muito importantes para a aprendizagem dos participantes. Com isso, pode-se perceber que ferramentas didáticas simples e financeiramente acessíveis, e algumas vezes já disponíveis na escola, são adequadas para auxiliar o processo de ensino/aprendizagem de conteúdos abstratos, como é o caso dos conteúdos de biologia.
Especialidad médica en México: ‘aquí se forja el carácter’
Authors: Rodríguez Torres Alejandra , Patiño Donovan Casas , Montes Ana Lizeth Martínez , Estrada Humberto Amezcua
Published: August 2023

La formación de médicos/as residentes en México, ha sido objeto de múltiples estudios, que exploran ámbitos educativos, de aprendizaje y características sociodemográficas de estos, pero no se explora la realidad vivencial de esta formación. Analizar a través de las Representaciones Sociales los discursos en relación con la especialidad médica en México, a través de médicos/as residentes en formación. Metodología. Estudio Cualitativo, basado en una entrevista semiestructurada basada en 6 categorías analíticas: Se aplicó a 70 médicas residentes de diferentes especialidades médicas, los discursos fueron analizados con Atlas Ti V7. El sentido común en relación con ser médica residente, está referido como ser esclavo y cautivo de un hospital, con precarización laboral, tratos desiguales, así como la violencia física y verbal son parte de esta formación, además de áreas inadecuadas para el descanso y el consumo de alimentos, donde el futuro se marca como incierto. El sentido común predominante de un colectivo en formación transita entre la dominación, la precarizado, la flexibilización y esclavitud laboral… ‘es así que aquí se forja el carácter’ …formando parte de un currículo oculto y un habitus de violencia institucionalizado e institucionalizante del profesional de la medicina.
Technological innovations of educational. Innovations of smart university type
Authors: Rabenatolotra Alexandre , Moshlyak Gabriel Alekseevna
Published: August 2023

A tecnologia é uma das direções importantes no desenvolvimento da sociedade do futuro, pois afeta o sistema de ensino superior como um todo, e está inserida no conceito de ‘S.M.A.R.T’, que se baseia em organizações educacionais do tipo Smart University. O objetivo do estudo apresentado no artigo foi analisar o uso das inovações tecnológicas em diversas áreas de atuação das organizações educacionais do tipo Universidade Inteligente, seu impacto no setor educacional como um todo. Neste artigo, o conceito de ‘Universidade Inteligente’ é analisado sob vários pontos de vista científicos. Além disso, é apresentada uma classificação das inovações tecnológicas utilizadas nas principais áreas de atuação das universidades em termos de análise de tecnologias de informação e comunicação e equipamentos/materiais tecnológicos. Foi realizada uma análise comparativa da utilização dos meios tecnológicos em termos de troca de informações, comunicação e apetrechamento dos sistemas de segurança das organizações educativas estudadas. Diferenças na inovação tecnológica usada pelas principais universidades do mundo: Escola Politécnica de Lausanne (EPFL) na Suíça, Instituto de Tecnologia de Massachusetts (MIT) nos EUA, Universidade de Aalborg (AAU) na Dinamarca, Universidade da Cidade de Hong Kong (CityU) na China , Central Queensland University (CQU) na Austrália e a Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) nos Emirados Árabes Unidos. Dependendo da quantidade de recursos e capacidades de cada uma das universidades, bem como considerando a legislação dos países, das universidades estudadas que tentam introduzir o conceito de “Smart University” em suas atividades não conseguem utilizá-lo plenamente. Os materiais deste artigo podem ser usados para um estudo mais aprofundado do conceito de Smart University relacionado à introdução de inovações tecnológicas em organizações educacionais do mundo. Sua implementação atende às necessidades de alunos e funcionários em um mundo em rápida mudança. É claro que tal conceito é um dos fatores que afetam a saída gradual do contingente das principais universidades do mundo no mercado educacional global, por isso é importante a constante atualização dos serviços educacionais com as novas tecnologias.
Fingerprint Patterns in Women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Computerized Dermatoglyphic Analysis
Authors: Pertille Fabiane , Alberti Adriano , Jesus Josiane Aparecida de , Silva Bruna Becker da , Souza Renan , Abreu Guilherme Rosa de , Comim Clarissa Martinelli , Nodari Junior Rudy José
Published: August 2023

Dermatoglyphics can be used as a supporting tool in the early detection of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in women. The present study aims to investigate the fingerprints of women with type 2 diabetes mellitus through the dermatoglyphic method, and to compare them with women without the disease. It was conducted by obtaining the fingerprints of all 10 fingers of 268 women – which is known as the dermatoglyphic method –, using the Dermatoglyphic Reader®, with data processed in SPSS (IBM SPSS), version 20.0, and a significance level of p< 0.05. The researched groups are homogeneous for the age, weight and height variables. The group of women with diabetes had a higher average number of lines on the left thumb, as well as the highest total number of lines on the left hand. Moreover, they had a greater number of deltas, in addition to presenting the whorl shape on fingers 1 to 5 of the left hand, and 1 to 4 of the right hand. We concluded that women with type 2 diabetes had a mark of observation concerning their biological individuality on their fingerprints that differs from that of women without the disease.
Psychological, physical and sexual violence against brazilian women: a cross-section study
Authors: Silva Gustavo Correia Basto da , Melo Neto Osires de Medeiros , Lima Robson Kel Batista de , Andrade Natália Medeiros , Olinda Ricardo Alves de , Cavalcanti Alessandro  Leite
Published: August 2023

The objective was to characterize the notifications of urban violence against women, according to psychological, physical and sexual typologies. This is a cross-sectional, documentary, descriptive and analytical research, based on the notification forms of the Brazilian Notifiable Diseases Information System between the years 2014 and 2017, referring to a city in the Northeast. The independent variables were divided according to the most prevalent types of violence, while the dependent ones followed the characteristics suggested by the notification forms. The data were analyzed using the Chi-square and Fisher's Exact tests, with a significance level of 5%, in addition to calculating the Chance Ratio. RStudio was used as statistical software.447 notification forms were included, with the following prevalences being observed: psychological (80.1%), physical (39.2%), and sexual (21%), with a predominance of women with low educational level (<8 years of study), non-white race, without companions and heterosexuals. Most of the notifications pointed to the repetition of violence, occurring mainly at night, in homes and public roads, in the form of threats, and the use of body strength. Women are exposed to psychological, physical, and sexual violence, especially to the psychological form, possibly because they have a pattern intrinsically associated with other types.
Acupuncture effects on pain and health status in women with fibromyalgia: a randomized clinical trial
Authors: Baelz Gustavo Urbanetto , Silva Antonio Marcos Vargas da , Duarte Bárbara Santos Luccas , Steffen Elizandra Leal , Silva José Edson Paz da , Signori Luis Ulisses
Published: August 2023

This study aims to evaluate the effects of acupuncture on pain and health status in women with fibromyalgia. The present randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trialwas carried out with one sample of 40 women diagnosed with fibromyalgia .They were randomized into one acupuncture group (n = 20; 51.7 ± 6.5 years old) and one sham acupuncture group (n = 20; 49.7 ± 7.2 years old). Acupuncture (points: pericardium 6, heart 7, large intestine 4, stomach 36, spleen-pancreas 6, and liver 2, variable depth with Deqi stimulation) and sham acupuncture (15mm lateral to the acupoint, outside the meridian line) were performed for 30min., once a week, and with a four-week follow-up. Pain (Visual Analogue Scale), algometry (lateral epicondyle, trapezius, suboccipital, 2nd rib), and health status (Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire) was assessed before the first and after the last intervention. Data were analyzed by the intention-to-treat.Acupuncture reduced pain by 16% (p<0.001) and improved health status by 21% (p<0.001). The improvement in health status (p<0.001) is due to the increased ability to work and go out, and reduced pain, fatigue, tiredness, and depression. Acupuncture reduced pain and improved health statusin women with fibromyalgia.
Study of Phosphorus-Containing Silica Coatings Based on Liquid Glass for Fire Protection of Textile Materials
Authors: Skorodumova Olga , Tarakhno Olena , Babayev Atabala M. , Chernukha Anton , Shvydka Svitlana
Published: August 2023

By introducing, in addition to phosphorus, nitrogen and halogens into the structure of the organosilicon compound, a synergistic effect of the flame retardant effect of the fabric is achieved, but the issue of protecting the environment from the effects of thermal decomposition products of the flame retardant composition arises. In view of the numerous publications on the impact of thermal destruction products of flame retardants on the ecological state of the environment, the problem of finding safe types of flame retardants that do not release toxic decomposition products during thermal destruction has arisen. The aim of the work was to develop a phosphorus-and nitrogen-containing silicate fire-retardant composition based on safe components that do not produce toxic products during thermal destruction of the treated fabric. As a result of the conducted research, it was established the possibility of using modifying additives (orthophosphoric acid and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate) in the composition of protective sol based on liquid glass. It was established that the introduction of small additions of orthophosphoric acid into the SiO2 золь сприяє утворенню суцільних тонких кремнеземних плівок на поверхні волокон ниток бавовняної тканини та значно збільшує час початку руйнування тканини під дією вогню. Позитивний результат досягався за умов одноразового просочування золем низької концентрації (8% SiO 2 ). Встановлено, що додавання дигідрофосфату амонію також позитивно впливає на підвищення вогнезахисних властивостей тканини. Оптимальний діапазон концентрації розчину фосфоровмісної добавки становить 10-15%. Додаткове просочення вогнезахисним розчином підвищує вогнестійкі властивості текстильних матеріалів і перешкоджає остаточному прогоранню і тлінню.
Clinical symptom profile of hospitalized COVID-19 Brazilian patients according to SARS-CoV-2 variants
Authors: Hojo-Souza Natália Satchiko , Freitas Vander Luis de Souza , Guidoni Daniel Ludovico , Souza Fernanda Sumika Hojo de
Published: August 2023

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of the main symptoms in Brazilian coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients hospitalized during 4 distinct waves, based on their infection with different severe acute respiratory disease coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants.METHODS: This study included hospitalized patients who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during 15 weeks around the peak of each of 4 waves: W1, ancestral strain/B.1 lineage (May 31 to September 12, 2020); W2, Gamma/P.1 variant (January 31 to May 15, 2021); W3, Omicron variant (December 5, 2021 to March 19, 2022); and W4, BA.4/BA.5 subvariants (May 22 to September 3, 2022). Symptom data were extracted from the Brazilian Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Database. Relative risks were calculated, and an analysis of symptom networks was performed.RESULTS: Patients who were hospitalized during the prevalence of the Gamma/P.1 variant demonstrated a higher risk, primarily for symptoms such as fatigue, abdominal pain, low oxygen saturation, and sore throat, than patients hospitalized during the first wave. Conversely, patients who were hospitalized during the predominance of the Omicron variant exhibited a lower relative risk, particularly for symptoms such as loss of smell, loss of taste, diarrhea, fever, respiratory distress, and dyspnea. Similar results were observed in COVID-19 patients who were hospitalized during the wave of the Omicron subvariants BA.4/BA.5. A symptom network analysis, conducted to explore co-occurrence patterns among different variants, revealed significant differential profiles across the 4 waves, with the most notable difference observed between the W2 and W4 networks.CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the relative risks and patterns of symptom co-occurrence associated with different SARS-CoV-2 variants may reflect disease severity.
О задаче Зарембы для $p$-эллиптического уравнения
Authors: Chechkina Aleksandra Grigor'evna
Published: August 2023

Доказана повышенная суммируемость градиента решения задачи Зарембы в ограниченной строго липшицевой области для неоднородного $p$-эллиптического уравнения. Библиография: 33 названия.
Следы пространств Соболева на нерегулярных подмножествах метрических пространств с мерой
Authors: Tyulenev Alexander Ivanovich
Published: August 2023

При $p \in (1,\infty)$ пусть $(\operatorname{X},\operatorname{d},\mu)$ - метрическое пространство с равномерно локально удваивающей мерой $\mu$, допускающее слабое локальное $(1,p)$-неравенство Пуанкаре. При каждом $\theta \in [0,p)$ мы характеризуем след пространства Соболева $W^{1}_{p}(\operatorname{X})$ на замкнутых множествах $S \subset \operatorname{X}$, удовлетворяющих условию регулярности $\theta$-коразмерностного обхвата снизу. В частности, если пространство $(\operatorname{X},\operatorname{d},\mu)$ является $Q$-регулярным по Альфорсу при некоторых $Q \geqslant 1$ и $p \in (Q,\infty)$, то мы получаем внутреннее описание следа пространства Соболева $W^{1}_{p}(\operatorname{X})$ на произвольных непустых замкнутых множествах $S \subset \operatorname{X}$.
Библиография: 43 названия.
Биллиард с проскальзыванием на любой рациональный угол
Authors: Zav'yalov Vladimir Nikolaevich
Published: August 2023

Изучается класс биллиардов в круге с проскальзыванием на соизмеримый с $\pi$ угол вдоль граничной окружности. Для таких биллиардов показано, что изоэнергетическая поверхность биллиарда гомеоморфна некоторому линзовому пространству $L(q,p)$ с параметрами $0 < p <q$. Множество тех пар $(q, p)$, для которых существует биллиард в круге с проскальзыванием, реализующий соответствующее линзовое пространство $L(q,p)$, описано в терминах множества решений линейного диофантова уравнения с двумя переменными. Полученный результат остается верен для плоских биллиардов с проскальзыванием в односвязных областях с гладкой границей, т.е. не ограничивается интегрируемым случаем.
Библиография: 30 названий.
Beta-blocker therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: not all patients need it
Authors: Joo Seung-Jae
Published: August 2023

Most of the evidences for beneficial effects of beta-blockers in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) were from the clinical studies published in the pre-reperfusion era when anti-platelet drugs, statins or inhibitors of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system which are known to reduce cardiovascular mortality of patients with AMI were not introduced. In the reperfusion era, beta-blockers’ benefit has not been clearly shown except in patients with reduced ejection fraction (EF; ≤40%). In the era of the early reperfusion therapy for AMI, a number of patients with mildly reduced EF (>40%, <50%) or preserved EF (≥50%) become increasing. However, because no randomized clinical trials are available until now, the benefit and the optimal duration of oral treatment with beta-blockers in patients with mildly reduced or preserved EF are questionable. Registry data have not showed the association of oral beta-blocker therapy with decreased mortality in survivors without heart failure or left ventricular systolic dysfunction after AMI. In the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry-National Institute of Health of in-hospital survivors after AMI, the benefit of beta-blocker therapy at discharge was shown in patients with reduced or mildly reduced EF, but not in those with preserved EF, which provides new information about beta-blocker therapy in patients without reduced EF. However, clinical practice can be changed when the results of appropriate randomized clinical trials are available. Ongoing clinical trials may help to answer the unresolved issues of beta-blocker therapy in patients with AMI.
Analyse spatiotemporelle de l’occupation du sol dans la commune de Kirtachi au sud-ouest du Niger
Authors: Idrissa Ali , Abdou Amani , Soukaradji Barmo , Biga Ibrahim , Mahamane Ali
Published: August 2023

Au Niger, les écosystèmes ont connu au cours des dernières décennies, des modifications importantes dans l’occupation et l’usage des  sols. Le paysage subit sans cesse des pressions occasionnées par une démographie galopante, en quête du mieux-être et un climat  austère. L’analyse diachronique du paysage peut servir à montrer l’effet des actions anthropiques sur l’occupation des terres. La  présente étude conduite dans la commune de Kirtachi avait pour objectif de cartographier l’occupation du sol et de quantifier son  évolution de 2000 à 2020. La méthode de comparaison diachronique de classifications a été utilisée. L'approche de classification  supervisée par maximum vraisemblance a été retenue, pour se faire les données multisources et multidates sont utilisées au moyen de la  télédétection et des Systèmes d’Information Géographique (SIG). Les résultats de cette classification ont abouti à 10 classes  d’occupation du sol qui sont la brousse tigrée dégradée et régulière, le cordon ripicole, la culture pluviale et irriguée, le bâtis, le plan  d’eau, les sols nus, la savane, et les formations arbustives sur affleurement rocheux. Les résultats obtenus ont montré que l’occupation  du sol est en mutation. Les formations forestières (la brousse tigrée régulière, la savane), les formations arbustives sur affleurement  rocheux et le plan d’eau ont subi respectivement une régression de 15,20%, 3,46%, 4,30% et 0,38%. A la même période (2000 à 2020), la  brousse tigrée dégradée, le cordons ripicole, les zones de cultures (pluviale et irriguée), les sols nus, les bâtis ont augmenté  respectivement par rapport à la superficie totale (111283 ha) de 1,52%, 1,00%, 13,62%, 0,59% et 6,48%. Ces mutations sont principalement  dues à l’action anthropique.