bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Coefficient of Restitution based Cross Layer Interference Aware Routing Protocol in Wireless Mesh Networks
Authors: V Sarasvathi , Saha Snehanshu , Iyengar N.Ch.S.N. , Koti Mahalaxmi
Published: November 2022

In Multi-Radio Multi-Channel (MRMC) Wireless Mesh Networks (WMN), Partially Overlapped Channels (POC) has been used to increase the parallel transmission. But adjacent channel interference is very severe in MRMC environment; it decreases the network throughput very badly. In this paper, we propose a Coefficient of Restitution based cross layer interference aware routing protocol (CoRCiaR) to improve TCP performance in Wireless Mesh Networks. This approach comprises of two-steps: Initially, the interference detection algorithm is developed at MAC layer by enhancing the RTS/CTS method. Based on the channel interference, congestion is identified by Round Trip Time (RTT) measurements, and subsequently the route discovery module selects the alternative path to send the data packet. The packets are transmitted to the congestion free path seamlessly by the source. The performance of the proposed CoRCiaR protocol is measured by Coefficient of Restitution (COR) parameter. The impact of the rerouting is experienced on the network throughput performance. The simulation results show that the proposed cross layer interference aware dynamic routing enhances the TCP performance on WMN.
Amplificación directa de ADN de Bordetella pertussis purificado de hisopados nasofaríngeos por un método de bajo costo, rápido (60-segundos) y libre de equipos
Authors: Juscamayta-López Eduardo , Valdivia Faviola , Soto María Pía , Horna Helen , Nureña Brenda
Published: November 2022

Objetivo. Desarrollar y evaluar un método de bajo costo basado en celulosa para la purificación rápida y amplificación directa de ADN de Bordetella pertussis de hisopados nasofaríngeos. Materiales y métodos. Se prepararon discos de celulosa y se evaluaron diferentes parámetros (buffers de lisis/lavado, número de discos y elución de ADN). El método se acopló a una amplificación directa por PCR en tiempo real (qPCR) y se es­timó el rendimiento utilizando hisopados nasofaríngeos que fueron positivos (n=100) y negativos (n=50) para ADN B. pertussis por qPCR, comparado con el método basado en columnas de sílice. Se calculó el grado de concordancia, sensibilidad, especificidad, valor predictivo positivo (VPP) y valor predictivo negativo (VPN). Se evaluó la factibilidad del método rápido para ser acoplado a un ensayo colorimétrico de amplificación isotérmica mediada por lazo (LAMP). Resultados. El método rápido con un disco de celulosa y buffer de lisis y lavado conteniendo PVP-40 y Tween 20, respectivamente, mostró una mayor capacidad para purificar ADN amplificable de B. pertussis. El método tuvo una sensibilidad de 89,0% (IC95%, 80,2%-94,9%) y una especificidad de 98,5% (IC95%, 92,1%-100,0%), con un buen grado de concordancia (Kappa=0,867; IC95% 0,788 – 0,946), respecto al método referencial. Los VPP y VPN fueron 98,6% (IC95%, 92,7,2%-100,0%) y 88,2% (IC95%, 78,7%-94,4%), respectivamente. Se evidenció una amplificación exitosa por LAMP, y se obtuvieron resultados comparables con el método por columnas de sílice. Conclusión. El método desarrollado es simple, de bajo costo y libre de equipos para la obtención rápida (60 segundos) de ADN en el punto de atención, y puede ser implementado en diversas técnicas moleculares orientados al diagnóstico oportuno y al estudio epidemiológico de tos ferina
Tuberculosis cutánea esporotricoide en la Amazonia peruana: reporte de caso
Authors: Zamora-Perea Percy , Moreno Alfrando , Panduro-García Eduardo , Paredes-Obando Marco Fabrizio , Vásquez-Ascate Jhosephi Jhampier , Ferreyra Freddy André , Ramírez-García Edgar Antonio
Published: November 2022

La tuberculosis cutánea es una presentación rara de la infección por Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Se presenta el caso de una mujer sin antecedentes médicos de importancia, que presenta un tiempo de enfermedad de año y medio, caracterizado por lesiones tipo esporotricoide, con diseminación linfocutánea en miembro superior derecho, de evolución lentamente progresiva. Se realizó un estudio histopatológico encontrándose células gigantes tipo Langhans y escasa necrosis. Actualmente en terapia esquema de tipo sensible antituberculoso, con evolución favorable.
Infección fúngica invasiva por Saprochaete capitata en un niño con aplasia medular
Authors: Maquera-Afaray Julio , Escajadillo-Vergara Camila , Chire-Mercado Jeanpiero , Durand Maria Paula
Published: November 2022

Saprochaete capitata es una causa rara de infección fúngica invasiva en pacientes inmunocomprometidos con alta mortalidad y resistencia antifúngica. Presentamos el caso de un niño de cinco años con diagnóstico de aplasia medular, sometido a trasplante de progenitores hematopoyéticos (TPH), que cursó con neutropenia febril persistente, dolor abdominal intenso, aparición de lesiones maculopapulares en piel y deterioro de la función renal. Se identificó la presencia de S. capitata, en hemocultivos transcatéter venoso central. Esta infección fúngica invasiva resulta ser rara, pero emergente y potencialmente mortal, en pacientes con neutropenia febril persistente y uso prolongado de dispositivos invasivos intravasculares como catéter venoso central.
Infección experimental cerebral con cisticercosis en ovejas
Authors: Sota Katherine A. , Bustos Javier A. , Verastegui Manuela R. , Toribio Luz , Chile Nancy , Angulo Noelia , Cangalaya Carla , Calcina Juan , González Armando E. , Gilman Robert H. , García Héctor H.
Published: November 2022

Objetivo. Explorar la viabilidad de desarrollar un modelo de neurocisticercosis (NCC) de oveja mediante infección intracraneal de oncosferas de T. solium. Materiales y métodos. Se realizó un modelo de infección experimental de NCC en ovejas. Se inocularon aproximadamente 10 posoncósferas de T. solium cultivadas previamente por 30 días por vía intracraneal en diez ovejas. Las oncósferas, en 0,1 mL de solución salina fisiológica, se inyectaron en el lóbulo parietal a través de una aguja de calibre 18. Resultados. Después de tres meses, en dos ovejas se encontraron granulomas y en una tercera identificó un quiste de 5 mm de diámetro en el ventrículo lateral derecho y la evaluación histológica confirmó que el quiste corresponde a una larva de T. solium. También se utilizó inmunohistoquímica con anticuerpos monoclonales dirigidos contra componentes de membrana y antígenos excretorios/secretorios del quiste de T. solium para confirmar la etiología de los granulomas encontrados. Uno de ellos mostro reactividad ante los anticuerpos monoclonales utilizados, confirmando así que se trató de un cisticerco Conclusión. Este experimento es la prueba de concepto de que es posible infectar ovejas con cisticercosis por inoculación intracraneal.
Percepciones de aceptabilidad y reticencia a las vacunas contra la COVID-19 en el Perú
Authors: Tenorio-Mucha Janeth , Portocarrero Jill , Busta-Flores Patricia , Pesantes M. Amalia , Lazo-Porras María
Published: November 2022

Objetivos. Explorar los factores que predisponen la aceptabilidad o reticencia a la vacunación contra la COVID-19 utilizando métodos cualitativos. Materiales y métodos. Estudio cualitativo descriptivo realizado entre abril y junio del 2021. Se utilizó una guía de entrevista semiestructurada que exploró las percepciones de los participantes de diferentes regiones del Perú con relación a la aplicación de la vacuna para la COVID-19, tomando como marco teórico el modelo de creencias en salud, cuyas dimensiones son: susceptibilidad, severidad, beneficios, barreras y estímulos asociados para ejecutar la acción. Resultados. Se entrevistó a treinta personas, en su mayoría mujeres. Para los participantes la eficacia de las vacunas se relaciona con el país de procedencia, además, consideran que es importante conocer los efectos a largo plazo en la salud luego de la aplicación de la vacuna. La información recibida por las autoridades gubernamentales y sanitarias puede ser un factor decisivo para la aplicación de la vacuna. Las personas con la intención de no vacunarse sienten que las estrategias de promoción de la vacunación vulneran sus derechos humanos. Conclusiones. Existe un grupo de personas indecisas o inseguras de recibir las vacunas contra la COVID-19 en quienes es necesario fomentar estímulos de acuerdo con sus preocupaciones y necesidades. Las autoridades gubernamentales y sanitarias deben trabajar conjuntamente para mejorar la confianza de la población y brindar mensajes que despejen las principales dudas sobre la eficacia y las reacciones adversas de las vacunas.
Análisis fitoquímico preliminar y actividad antifúngica In vitro del extracto etanólico de las hojas de Solanum hispidum pers. colectadas en la localidad Obraje - Perú
Authors: Mendoza-León Jannelle Cyndi , Fuertes Ruitón César Máximo , Jahuira-Arias Martha Helena
Published: November 2022

Objetivo. Analizar y determinar la actividad antifúngica in vitro del extracto etanólico de las hojas de Solanum hispidum Pers. Materiales y métodos. Se realizó el análisis fitoquímico preliminar cualitativo mediante reacciones de color y precipitación. Se investigó la actividad antifúngica in vitro frente a Candida albicans, Aspergillus brasilensis y Trichophyton mentagrophytes usando el método de difusión en pozo de agar y el ensayo de la concentración mínima inhibitoria (CMI). Resultados. El análisis fitoquímico preliminar cualitativo mostró la presencia de compuestos fenólicos, taninos, flavonoides, esteroides, alcaloides y saponinas. La actividad antifúngica in vitro fue demostrada para todos cultivos fúngicos con halos de inhibición entre 23 a 26 mm. Los valores de la CMI fueron de 125, 250 y 125 μg/mL para C. albicans, A. brasilensis y T. mentagrophytes, respectivamente. Conclusiones. El extracto etanólico de las hojas de Solanum hispidum Pers contiene importantes metabolitos secundarios y tiene moderada actividad antifúngica.
Evaluation of Toxic Effects of Dictamnus albus L. Extracts on PC-12 and SHSY-5Y Cell Lines and Investigation of Antioxidant Activity
Authors: İLGÜN Selen , ŞEKER KARATOPRAK Gökçe
Published: November 2022

This study investigated the antioxidant and cytotoxic properties of the Dictamnus albus L. plant grown in Türkiye. The aerial parts and roots of the plant were evaluated qualitatively in terms of chemical content. Total phenol and flavonoid amounts were calculated by spectrophotometric methods, antioxidant activity was tested with DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activity assay. In addition, cell viability determination in PC-12 and SHSY-5Y cell lines was evaluated by performing MTT (3-4,5-dimethyl-thiazolyl-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) test. According to the results, both parts of the plant gave negative results in the tannin, cyanogenetic glycoside, anthraquinone, cardiac glycoside, and anthocyanoside identification tests, while they gave positive results in the alkaloid, coumarin, saponin, carbohydrate identification tests. While the total amount of phenol was calculated as 77.13 ± 5.73 mgGAE gexracts-1 in the extract prepared with methanol from the aerial parts of the plant (D.A Herba), it was calculated as 43.81 ± 9.49 mgGAE gexracts-1 in the extract prepared from the roots (D.A Root). The total flavonoid content could only be calculated in the D.A Herba extract (19.11 ± 0.16 mgCA gextract-1). Although the DPPH radical scavenging effect of the extracts was higher in D.A Herba extract, the ABTS radical scavenging effects were found similar in both D.A Herba and D.A Root extracts. According to the toxicity test, D.A Root extract reduced the viability below 50% (43.17 ± 3.44%) at 500 µg mL-1, but D.A Herba extract was found to be more toxic at the same concentration with 19.53 ± 0.183% in the PC-12 cell line. However, D.A. Herba and D.A.Root extract increased cell proliferation in the SHSY-5Y cell line at 3.25 µg/mL concentrations with 122.87±6.29 and 112.78±7.00%, respectively. The results suggest that D. albus may be a promising candidate for the new phytopharmaceuticals due to its neuroprotective effects.
Anthelmintic Activities of Methanol Extracts of Five Different Geophyte Plant Species
Authors: AYDIN Çiğdem , MAMMADOV Ramazan
Published: November 2022

The purpose of this study was to look into the in vitro anthelmintic activities of methanol extracts of Hyacinthella lineata (Steud. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Chouard, Ornithogalum umbellatum L., Allium reuterianum Boiss., Cyclamen coum Mill., and Sternbergia clusiana (Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl. ex Spreng.. The paralysis and death times of the Indian earthworm, Cosmocerca ornata, were used to assess anthelmintic activity. Three different concentrations, (5,10 and 20 mg mL-1) of methanol extracts were used to determine the time required to paralyze and to induce death in the earthworms. Albendazole (15 mg mL-1) was used as reference standard drug. Plant extracts at higher concentrations (20 mg mL-1) produced faster paralytic effects and a shorter time to death. The results revealed that S. clusiana killed all of the test worms within 20 ± 0.6 min of exposure and was 100% effective. Among all five plants extracts tested, S. clusiana was found to be highly effective and significant against C. ornata. The findings will aid in understanding the significance and application of these medicinal plant species in the food industry, traditional medicine, and pharmaceutical applications. This anthelmintic study of the plant extracts revealed that traditional medicine may be as effective as modern medicine in combating pathogenic micro-organisms.
#SocialWorkSoWhite
Authors: Asher BlackDeer Autumn , Gandarilla Ocampo Maria
Published: November 2022

To date, social work continues to be a predominantly white-dominated profession; this is true across all levels of the profession’s current and aspiring membership, including students, practitioners, and faculty members. This racial composition is remnant of our profession’s history of upholding white supremacy and legacy of white saviorism. Not surprisingly, foundational teachings of social work center and champion white women (e.g., Jane Addams) while neglecting the important contributions of Black and Brown social workers to the profession. The harm done by continuing and upholding these practices extends to all spheres that social work education touches, directly or indirectly. While the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics would lead one to think of social work as a noble profession, the reality demonstrates that we continually fall short of that reputation. Social work education is guilty of exploiting vulnerable and marginalized communities for the benefit of the profession under the guise of promoting social justice. For example, field placement, a cornerstone of social work education, continues to send mainly white students into communities of color for the purposes of learning, often treating the community as guinea pigs in the pursuit of white knowledge through experiential learning. Although in the long run, field placements can have some benefits for communities, we need to be more critical about the practices we engage in and the ways in which they fail to advance social justice and reinforce the status quo. We are at a pivotal moment in our profession as we reckon with the dissonance between our preaching and practice. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the many ways in which social work education haphazardly 1) perpetuates colonialism and upholds white supremacy, 2) harms marginalized communities, and 3) fails to model our code of ethics. We make a call for serious introspection within the field of social work: to evaluate the power dynamics at play, reckon with our past, and plan for a profession that strengthens and lives up to its commitment to social justice. We conclude with recommendations for transformative change within the social work profession.
Challenges in the management of endometrial cancer and endometrial hyperplasia with atypia in sub-fertile patient: an emerging medical issue-our experience in a tertiary care centre
Authors: Reshme Nivedita , Bafna U. D. , . Prathima
Published: November 2022

Background: The cases of endometrial hyperplasia with atypia/endometrial carcinoma with age below 40 years are rising and many are nulliparous at diagnosis. The purpose of the study was to study the oncological and obstetric outcome among young women with above mentioned endometrial pathology treated with fertility preserving approach.Methods: The retrospective cohort approach included 17 patients who visited Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital from January 2016 to January 2022 with a diagnosis of endometrial hyperplasia with atypia/endometrial carcinoma who met national comprehensive cancer network criteria. The records of all the patients included in the study have been reviewed retrospectively.Results: In our study 13/17 (76.47%) patients showed complete response to hormonal treatment. Conception rates are low (23.07%) even after reversal of the malignancy. Thirteen of 17 patients had associated polycystic ovarian syndrome. Three out of 17 (17.64%) had progressive disease, 5/13 (38.46%) cases had disease recurrence after initial remission out of which 3 had rechallenge with progestins with remission again.Conclusions: Levonorgestrol intra uterine system along with oral progestins is an effective combination as device might be useful in optimising the dose of oral progestins without the need for further escalation of dosage. Levonorgestrol intra uterine device or low dose oral progestins alone should be continued in responders not opting for conception as maintenance hormonal therapy. Hysterectomy should be advised if hormonal treatment fails, and also after completion of childbearing. Myometrial invasion may not be absolute contraindication for fertility sparing treatment. Molecular profiling of endometrial biopsy might help in better prognostication and treatment strategy.
Sebaceous carcinoma of lacrimal gland with endophthalmitis
Authors: Aulia Dinar , Irawan Empi
Published: November 2022

Sebaceous carcinoma (SC) is a rare type of cancer that aggressive which develops from the sebaceous glands and can impair patients’ visual acuity. It usually arises from the periorbital area, which commonly affects in the eyelid. This study discusses the sebaceous carcinoma of lacrimal gland with endophthalmitis. The patient was a 53-year-old Javanese man came with a chief complaint of no vision in his left eye, painlessness nowadays, no previous medical history, and slowly progressive swelling mass on the outer aspect of the left upper eyelid for a year duration. On examination, there was no light perception for the left eye and 6/7, 5 on the right eye. The tumor was rock hard and fixed on palpation, which caused partial upper eyelid ptosis, displaced the globe anteromedially, and impaired ocular motility. There was also a massive chemosis in the left eye, ptosis with corneal damage caused by endophthalmitis. The histopathological examination found that the tumor was composed of nests of cuboidal and columnar cells with proliferation round core cells, pleomorphic, hyperchromatic, vacuole cytoplasm, and prominent nuclei, arranged in a solid structure without lymphovascular invaded. The final diagnosis was sebaceous carcinoma of the lacrimal gland. The patient took tumor excision surgery followed by orbital evisceration due to endophthalmitis with post-operative radiotherapy as an alternative treatment. Sebaceous carcinoma of the lacrimal gland is extremely rare. There are no specific treatments, and it is difficult to study further for the best treatment due to its rare incidence. Sebaceous carcinoma of the lacrimal gland has so far been treated best by surgical excision and radiotherapy after.
Acute superior mesenteric arterial thromboembolic occlusion-catheter directed thrombolysis-be on time, still be cautious!
Authors: Jaganathan Sriram
Published: November 2022

Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is one of the major life-threatening emergencies which require immediate attention and treatment. The most common cause of AMI is superior mesenteric artery (SMA) occlusion secondary to an embolic phenomenon. We present a 55-year-old gentleman with acute SMA thromboembolism, treated by catheter directed thrombolysis (CDT) that helped in avoiding a major surgery. A 55-year-old male, with known diabetes, hypertension and atrial fibrillation, presented with acute abdominal pain and found to have SMA thromboembolism on contrast computed tomography (CT) abdomen. As there were no evidences of bowel ischemia clinically and on the CT imaging, endovascular CDT was performed following which the patient improved and discharged after 10 days of hospital stay. Timely endovascular intervention in appropriate patient population with acute mesenteric arterial thromboembolic occlusion can help avoid major surgeries, reduce the extent of non-viable bowel and decrease the resultant significant morbidity.
Neurological complications of COVID-19 in children and its effect on the quality of life
Authors: Ashoor Soha Jameel , Alqurashi Luay Abdullah , Hussain Mariam Ali , Alanazi Bassam Wadi , Aljabr Thamer Hassan , Albareqi Abdullah Hassan , Algabri Mohammad Omar , Alkhameesi Najwa Fahad , Alhassan Arkan Adnan , Hussain Nour Mohammad , Albannawi Gadeer Abdulhadi
Published: November 2022

Coronavirus disease 2019, a pandemic that recently enveloped the world is a highly transmissible respiratory disease leading to 2,409,011 deaths in 2021. The most prevalent clinical symptoms in coronavirus disease 2019 patients are fever, cough, shortness of breath, and other respiratory issues. Coronavirus disease 2019 exhibits various neurological manifestations and complications which are quite rare in children. The purpose of this research is to review the available information about neurological complications of Coronavirus disease 2019 in children. Coronavirus disease 2019 is linked to neurological complications in children, including headaches, encephalopathy, and certain other neurological disorders. Involvement of the nervous system in coronavirus infection is either immediate, during the progression of the disease, after recovery, or as part of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. The clinical manifestations of coronavirus disease in new-borns and infants with neurological complications vary and can affect the whole neuraxis, affecting the central nervous system, peripheral nervous system, or both. In addition, children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome and coronavirus had severe neurological complications such as encephalitis, epilepsy, coma, dementia, dysgeusia or ageusia, aseptic meningitis, stroke, dysarthria, dysphagia, cerebellar ataxia, axial hypotonia, and drowsiness. Seizures in children are normally reported when they are suffering from fever due to viral infection. Neurological complications in children are rare and limited literature is available in this regard. More comprehensive, clinical follow-up studies can significantly contribute to understanding the relationship among coronavirus disease effects and neurological complications among children.
Management of aseptic non-union of shaft femur using intramedullary nailing combined with bone grafting: a case report
Authors: Rengerla Saikrishna B. , Lohkare Akhil H. , Warade Nikhil R. , Roy Supratim , Wankhede Aniket K.
Published: November 2022

Despite the advances in trauma care, improved surgical techniques, latest implants and therefore the evolution of new adjuvants to healing, biologic agents, non-union still persists thanks to high energy trauma as initial event. Non-union of femur shaft represents a significant socioeconomic problem to the patient, related to prolonged patient morbidity, inability to return to figure, gait abnormality, re-operations and psycho-emotional impairment. Here we discuss the case of such non-union of fracture shaft femur presented to us with shortening of 3.5 cm managed with bone graft and intramedullary nailing. 22-year-old male patient had a history of trauma due to fall from bike due to dash from behind by tractor (high velocity road traffic accident) sustaining injury over right thigh leading to closed fracture mid-shaft femur of the same side treated immediately by femur nailing. After 6 months post-surgery, he noticed swelling over operated thigh which was increasing and causing difficulty in walking. X-rays revealed broken nail, re-operated at the same centre with dynamic compression plating (DCP) probably after freshening the fracture edges using 12-hole DCP, implant failure with whole plate and screw construct extrusion and re-fracture at the same site. This time patient presented to our institute. We planned of implant removal and intramedullary nailing with bone grafting. Management of aseptic femoral non-union with fracture gap of 2.5-4 cm range with intramedullary nailing combined with autologous fibular cortical and cancellous grafts showed good functional results at the end of 1 year post operative interval after prior repetitive failure of implants due to non-union. 
The methodology and methods of sociological monitoring of communities of working youth in social networks
Authors: Malykhina T. , Bocharov Vladislav Yu.
Published: November 2022

The article is devoted to the generalization of the experience accumulated by our research group in the research of virtual communities of the working youth (2019-2021). The purpose of the article is to construct a comprehensive methodology for the socio-logical monitoring of social networks of the working youth. The main research objectives were: to analyze modern approaches to conducting monitoring research (including on the Internet); based on the methodology of discourse analysis, to consider the use of methods of frequent and infrequent content analysis for processing the collected information in monitoring mode; to present the stages of monitoring communities of the working youth in social networks, using the example of research conducted within the framework of the project Life strategies of young people referring to the new working class in modern Russia. As a part of the empirical data analysis, the results of a study of virtual communities and social networks groups of the Russian working youth in the field of customer service in the VKontakte social network, carried out in 2021 (6 virtual communities, 133 text posts and the most popular memes) are presented in detail. The stability of thematic categories of virtual group communication in comparison with previous studies and the presence of group identity among Russian working youth referring to the custom service sphere. Conclusions are made regarding the preference of a non-automated approach to the collection and analysis of social network content; about the validity of using the methodology of discourse analysis and content analysis methods for the research of youth social networks in the mode of sociological monitoring.
How knowledge becomes a technical object: epistemic practices
in information technology
Authors: Yastreb Natalya A.
Published: November 2022

The article analyzes the practices of production and improving the efficiency of technical knowledge. The field of information technologies was chosen as the base of research. A distinctive feature of the modern stage of development of technology is that knowledge itself becomes a technical object. The requirements of efficiency, high performance, security are beginning to apply to knowledge itself. The authors concept of epistemic practices is used as a methodological basis for the present study. Epistemic practices are defined as methods and techniques for working with technical objects, the result of which is to increase the efficiency of technical knowledge implemented into these objects. The high level of competition and the direct dependence of the profits of IT companies on the efficiency of knowledge production makes the information technology industry a kind of testing ground for the production of epistemic practices. It has been proved that epistemic practices in the field of information technology are the forms of knowledge representation in information systems, the selection of data visualization methods, the improvement of multifactorial mathematical models and the determination of the hardware load configuration. It is concluded that the production of epistemic practices is a condition for the competitiveness of IT companies operating in the sphere of high technologies.
Science fiction literature as a prediction of human’s communication
with artificial intelligence
Authors: Tyutelova Larisa , Lisovitskaya Valeria N.
Published: November 2022

Science fiction literature simulates our reality in a specific way. It also provides opportunities to predict not only the development of technologies, particularly the artificial intelligence, but also the modes of the humans communication with these technologies, that are resented in the written works via anthropomorphic images. In this article there have been analyzed the organizational interaction modes between a human being and artificial intelligence within the scope of science fiction as exemplified by the works of Ph. Dick, A. Azimov, D. Adams, A. Clarke and W. Gibson. It has been pointed out that the authors conceptualize the artificial intelligence via three methods: comparison to a human being, creating the images of supercomputers and super-mind. The authorial communication models oriented on the interaction with artificial intelligence are focused on the development of the human inner world, the search of the answers on the key being questions. Interaction with the other, non-human consciousness collides with the technological limits and the destruction of the subject-object communication sphere. The analysis of the authorial communication models oriented on the interaction with artificial intelligence has shown that the basic problems of such communication is the impossibility of creating the dialogue-like relations and understanding of the other as the main communicative efficiency norm. The artificial intelligence, becoming the communication subject, continues to be perceived by the characters of the literature work as am object. The above-mentioned situation in the end leads to destruction of dialogical communication. True communication is possible under circumstances, when a human being understands technological restraints of artificial intelligence and he / she is ready to enrich it proactively with sense within the context of functional objectives solutions.
Modern research practices of professional competence formation
Authors: Fedchenko Anna D.
Published: November 2022

The article analyzes the modern researchers theoretical ideas regarding the concept of professional competencies. The problem of professional competencies formation and development is essential under the current circumstances, as competition among production organizations increases every day. Moreover, employers are interested in highly qualified workers who are ready to achieve effective production results and contribute to the prosperity of companies via the implementation of theoretical knowledge and practical skills. The purpose of the article is to analyze the process of formation of professional competencies among employees. In this article, special attention is paid to the analysis of the most important competencies and skills of employees necessary for the full functioning of labor relations in the production process. Also, in this article, the competence-based approach to the implementation of practice-oriented training at the university for the preparation of potential employees, who are able to compete and adapt to the emergence of the latest modern technologies, has been examined and analyzed. The introduction of a competence-based approach into the higher education system is a new step in the training of highly qualified personnel who has not only a set of theoretical knowledge, but is also ready to implement the practical skills to solve various production tasks. An employee, who has received a high-quality higher education, a rich theoretical set of knowledge and practical skills, will apply his / her abilities in his work, demonstrating high efficiency. The results are presented via practical recommendations for employers and educational organizations concerning the employees formation of professional competencies.
Theory of collectivist society formation (on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Zakhar Ilyich Fainburg)
Authors: Fainburg Gregory Z.
Published: November 2022

The 24th of January 2022 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous philosopher, sociologist, culturologist, political economist, Doctor of Philosophy and Candidate of Economic Sciences, Professor Zakhar Ilyich Fainburg (24.01.1922 10.09.1990). The years of his life chronologically almost coincided with the time of Soviet socialism. His scientific work from the student times until his death was devoted to one topic the socio-economic mechanisms of social development during the transition or shift from individualistic societies to a collectivist-type society. These mechanisms covered the entirety of society development processes from changing the nature of labor at work to overcoming religious-like social consciousness. The results of the scientific search of Z.I. Fainburg are system-based, because they contain various aspects of the structure and functioning of modern society in their unity / solidarity, and, moreover, they are characterized as essential, because they provide the modern researcher with heuristically valuable methodology and social knowledge instrumentarium. There has been analyzed the characteristic features of Z.I. Fainburgs systemic approach concerning the scientists examination of the nature of labor and the formation of its new historical type; the culture and core values of the individual, as well as the personality development concept in a post-economic society and the prospects for the collectivist society formation as a new social reality. Serious attention is paid to semiotic problems related to the use of thought experiment methods in socio-philosophical science fiction and the construction of concepts of new social knowledge.
Concepts in folktales – Manifestations of embodied worldviews
Authors: Balabekova Katira , Otarbekova Zhamila , Shoibekova Gaziza , Orazbaу Saule , Ermers Robert
Published: November 2022

The semantics of linguistic units is not an object of study, but in some cases purely linguistic information is used to support the conclusions of semiotic, textual and intertextual analyses. The term “semantics” is not used in this work in a narrow sense (study of the meanings of linguistic units), but in a more global sense (study of the structure of the meaning of the work as a whole). Thus, the semiotic structure and the textual organization of literary tales, as well as the structure of the links of these works with other texts, are considered to be characteristics of their deep semantic structure. The tale has been studied from different angles. The formation and sources of the fairy tale genre have been studied (Propp 2000), E. Meletinsky (1977, 1995, 2000), folklorists have collected and classified the patterns and types of fairy tales (Aarne, Thompson 1964 ; Delarue, Hold 1957-1977). The historical and anthropological significance of fairy tales was first seriously studied by V. propp (2000) and K. Levi-Strauss (Levi-Strauss, 1973). This theme is developed in the works of N. Belmont (Belmont, 2002), J. Calame-Griaule (Calame-Griaule, 1984), M. Carrin (2002). Fairy tales also attracted the attention of psychologists who studied them from the point of view of psychoanalysis (B. Bettelheim 1960, M. Schneider 1980). The structural and semantic study of the fairy tale in the semiotic aspect was first undertaken by V. propp, laying the foundations of modern narratology (V. propp, 1998). In the 1970s, French philology tended to consider semiotics as a science of meanings: thus, the structural and semantic approach to the literary text involved the isolation of units of meaning at different levels and their analysis. Research in this area was conducted by both domestic (Meletinsky, Novik, Putilov, etc.) and foreign (Greymas, Kurtes, Coquet, Fontanius) scientists. Currently, the discursive study of the fairy tale, which takes into account both the structural (textual) aspect of the fairy tale and its connections with other texts and with the socio-discursive context, is also relevant. However, only a folk story has been so thoroughly studied, while the literary tale has been studied only from the point of view of literature (Kovtun 1999, Lipovetsky 1992, Bakhtin 1979). In recent years, some literary tales have been studied from the linguistic point of view of the text (Adam, Heidmann). The genre of the literary fairy tale, due to the vagueness of its borders, as well as a strong dependence on the individual style of the writer, has not been studied as thoroughly as the tale of folk fairies. Thus, the relevance of the work is determined by the need to study the French literary tale of the twentieth century as a genre, highlighting its inherent structural and semantic characteristics in relation to the folk (popular) tale. The study of specific tales by French writers as unique works is also important and promising.
The functional and stylistic characteristics of French advertising discourse in modern economic and political media
Authors: Malyuga Elena N. , Poliakova Nataliia V. , Shabanova Veronika P.
Published: November 2022

The article examines the functional and stylistic features of French advertising discourse in modern economic and political media. The relevance of this issue stems from the fact that advertising texts are closest to the impact pole on the conditional message-impact scale. The advertising discourse is analyzed using the material of advertisements, articles, notes, interviews, and extended announcements in the French media of economic and political focus, and drawing on the example of contextual and media advertising retrieved from French economic and political websites. The paper attempts to comprehensively study advertising discourse with due consideration of the determining role of the functional and stylistic factors, analyze the main functions of advertising discourse, and highlight the main directions of research on advertising. Special attention is paid to the pragmatic orientation of advertising, which manifests itself in specific linguistic categories. The analysis of the linguistic material shows that modern advertising discourse in the French media of economic and political focus makes ample use of expressive means designed to exert an efficient impact on the recipient. Among the most commonly used means, metaphor, metonymy, anaphora, hyperbole and antithesis are at the top of the list. Figures of higher expressiveness and emotional coloring are shown to demonstrate a high frequency of use in advertising. These include rhetorical questions, rhetorical addresses and rhetorical exclamations. Figures of double meaning, such as language games based on linguistic ambiguity, are also successfully used in French advertising discourse.
Pragmatic aspects of the phraseological combinations of numerology in modern French linguistics
Authors: Ryskulbek Didar , Satbekova Aigyl , Shoibekova Gaziza , Bekbossynova Assiya , Segizbayeva Kenzhegul
Published: November 2022

In modern linguistics, characterized by an anthropocentric approach to the study of the facts of language and marked by particular attention to the pragmatic and discursive potentials of linguistic units of various levels, many questions about phraseological and paremiological units in the speeches remain to be developed. These questions require clarification and classification. These units also include stable sentences with a numerical component. In this article, phraseological and paremiological (PU) units, not previously studied in a comparative aspect, are analyzed. This article examines the problem of the relationship between the etymological meaning and the internal form of idioms containing a numerological component within the framework of a motivational-comparative analysis. The study deals with the study of the internal form of the numerological phraseological units of the English language. The article reveals the etymological meaning of the numeric components in related idiomatic combinations, which seems relevant in filling and further semantic development. The corpus of the research was composed of phraseological units containing a numerical component extracted from the phraseological dictionaries of the languages. The main symbolic sources of the numeral component in English numerological phraseological units have been determined.
Secondary nomination in the French linguistic system and general properties of idioms
Authors: Bakytzhan Bessimbayev , Kozhakhmetova Assel , Aitbayeva Konarbayevna Nursaule , Adilbekova Elmira , Kamar Aldasheva
Published: November 2022

Linguistics has developed in recent years towards taxonomic models of structuralism, communication and pragmalinguistics, as well as towards textual linguistics and, later, towards cognitive linguistics. The shift in research paradigms in linguistics has also changed with respect to phraseology. Each linguistic orientation has posed its own range of problems in the study of phraseology in general and the semantics of phraseological units in particular. In our study, analyzing the main directions of research in modern phraseology, we will pay more attention to such an analysis, "which is based on the study of many factors that influence the formation and functioning of the phenomena of the phraseological system" (Baranov). At the same time, it seems that one of the most fundamental factors is the internal form of the phraseological units, which determines the semantic, pragmatic and culturological characteristics of the phraseological units. This work is based on the functional-parametric principle of description of phraseological units, which makes it possible to trace and identify the polystructural modeling features of phraseological semantics on the French language corpus.
The evolution of word formation series in the French language
Authors: Sultanova Samal , Volkova Ludmila , Toxanbaeva Tilektes , Nygmetova Bibigul , Moldasheva Liza
Published: November 2022

The research is devoted to the study of the evolution of the series of word formation in French of the XI-XX centuries and to the identification of the dynamics of the functioning and development of their links. The interest in this diachronic study of the French language word formation series is explained by the need to develop theoretical and practical questions of historical word formation, whose main task is to describe the formation and development of the training system for them. The evolution of the word formation system in the French language as a system of word formation series has not been the subject of particular research, although certain questions of historical word formation have attracted the attention of scholars, domestic and foreign scientists. The history of the development of the French language from the 9th century to the present day is covered, among others, in the works of N. A. Katagoshchina, N. M. Vasilyeva, L. M. Skrelina, L. A. Stanova (Katagoshchina, 1997; Skrelina, 2001). On the other hand, the works of Russian linguists provide a thorough and comprehensive analysis of the evolutionary processes that took place at the phonetic, morphological and syntactic levels of the development of the French language, but do not consider in detail the changes that took place in the system. French word formation.
The effect of infertility counseling interventions on marital and sexual satisfaction of infertile couples: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Alirezaei Somayeh , Taghipour Ali , Latifnejad Roudsari Robab
Published: November 2022

Background: Psychological consequences of infertility could have a negative effect on marital and sexual satisfaction. Numerous medical associations have strongly recommended psychological interventions, including counseling, to help infertile couples.
Objective: This study reviewed the effectiveness of counseling interventions on marital and sexual satisfaction in infertile couples.
Materials and Methods: This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses checklist Databases including PubMed, Web of Science, Psych Info, Cochran Library, Scopus, and Embase were searched for relevant articles published up to March 2020. All randomized clinical trials assessing the impact of psychological interventions on marital and sexual satisfaction in infertile couples were included in the review. The outcome measures were marital and sexual satisfaction, and the pooled estimate of the effects was calculated using a random-effects model. The risk of bias was measured using the Cochrane risk of bias tool, and the summary measures were reported as 95% confidence interval and percentage of heterogeneity.
Results: Out of the 309 studies found through the search, 13 randomized clinical trials including 230 infertile women and 512 infertile couples were systematically reviewed and included in the meta-analysis. It was found that counseling interventions improve marital and sexual satisfaction.
Conclusion: As counseling and psychological interventions increase the marital and sexual satisfaction of infertile couples, those are highly recommended for the psychological management of infertile couples.
Key words: Infertility, Psychosocial intervention, Counseling, Sexual satisfaction, Systematic review, Meta-analysis, Couples.
Metabolism of renin-angiotensin and enkephalin in human follicular fluid: An experimental study
Authors: Victoria Rodríguez Gallego Maria , Victoria Aparicio Prieto Maria , Leza García Andrea , Hernández Hernández Juana , Antonio Arizaleta Uralde Jose , Casis Sáenz Luis
Published: November 2022

Background: The relationship between the biochemical characteristics of follicular fluid (FF), oocyte quality and embryonic development has not yet been elucidated. We compared samples of FF with a normal metabolic profile against samples with metabolic abnormalities to identify potential predictive biomarkers of reproductive success.
Objective: To analyze peptide activity in the FF of women undergoing in vitro fertilization using 3 samples of FF per individual.
Materials and Methods: FF samples were obtained by ovum pick-up. Pathological samples were defined as samples of FF obtained from women with a gynecological condition or with infertility. A total of 30 women participated in this study. 3 samples of FF were obtained per individual (90 samples), but 8 samples were excluded because they were hemolyzed. The samples (n = 82 FF) included controls (n = 36, donors without fertility problems), women with endometriosis (n = 15), unexplained infertility (n = 19), and aged > 39 (n = 12). We assessed local encephalinergics: aminopeptidase-N (puromycin sensitive aminopeptidase and neutral endopeptidase; and components of the angiotensin system of the reproductive tract: prolyl-endopeptidase, APN, aspartateaminopeptidase, and basic-aminopeptidase.
Results: No differences were observed in peptide metabolism based on the presence or absence of oocytes in the FF. Women with endometriosis and aged > 39 yr showed alterations in puromycin sensitive aminopeptidase (p = 0.01), aminopeptidase-B (p = 0.01), aspartate-aminopeptidase (p < 0.001) and neutral endopeptidase (p < 0.001).
Conclusion: This study reveals alterations in the metabolism of enkephalin and angiotensin in pathological FF, which points to these components as potential diagnostic biomarkers.
Key words: Follicular fluid, Peptides, Ovarian diseases, Women, Endometriosis, Infertility.