bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The experience of a program combining two complementary therapies for women with breast cancer: An IPSE qualitative study
Authors: Sibeoni Jordan , Manolios Emilie , Mathé Jeanne , Feka Valérie , Vinez Marie-Madeleine , Lonsdorfer-Wolf Evelyne , Bloch Jean-Gérard , Baylé Franck , Meunier Jean-Pierre , Revah-Levy Anne , Verneuil Laurence
Published: August 2023

Introduction

The use of complementary therapies within oncology is a clinical issue, and their evaluation a methodological challenge. This paper reports the findings of a qualitative study exploring the lived experience of a French program of complementary therapies combining structured physical activity and MBSR among women with breast cancer.

Methods

This French exploratory qualitative study followed the five stages of the Inductive Process to analyze the Structure of lived Experience (IPSE) approach. Data was collected from February to April 2021 through semi structured interviews. Participants, purposively selected until data saturation. Inclusion criteria were: being an adult woman with breast cancer whatever the stage who had completed their treatment and were part of the program of complementary therapies.

Results

29 participants were included. Data analysis produced a structure of experience based on two central axes: 1) the experience these women hoped for, with two principal expectations, that is to take care of their bodies and themselves, and to become actors in their own care; and 2) an experience of discovery, first of themselves and also in their relationship with the exterior, whether with others, or in society, and in the relationships with health-care providers.

Conclusions

Our results from this French study reinforce the data described in other western countries about the needs of women receiving care in oncology departments for breast cancer: they need to be informed of the existence of supportive care in cancer by the health-care professionals themselves, to be listened to, and to receive support care. A systematic work of reflexivity about this redundancy in our results and in the qualitative literature, led us to question what impeded the exploration of more complex aspects of the experience of this women—the inherently emotional and anxiety-inducing experience of cancer, especially anxiety about its recurrence and of death–and to suggest new research perspectives to overcome these methodological and theoretical obstacles.
Formal modeling and analysis of security schemes of RPL protocol using colored Petri nets
Authors: Ahmad Farooq , Chaudhry Muhammad Tayyab , Jamal Muhammad Hasan , Sohail Muhammad Amar , Gavilanes Daniel , Vergara Manuel Masias , Ashraf Imran
Published: August 2023

In the Internet of things (IoT), data packets are accumulated and disseminated across IoT devices without human intervention, therefore the privacy and security of sensitive data during transmission are crucial. For this purpose, multiple routing techniques exist to ensure security and privacy in IoT Systems. One such technique is the routing protocol for low power and lossy networks (RPL) which is an IPv6 protocol commonly used for routing in IoT systems. Formal modeling of an IoT system can validate the reliability, accuracy, and consistency of the system. This paper presents the formal modeling of RPL protocol and the analysis of its security schemes using colored Petri nets that applies formal validation and verification for both the secure and non-secure modes of RPL protocol. The proposed approach can also be useful for formal modeling-based verification of the security of the other communication protocols.
Association of total cholesterol variability with risk of venous thromboembolism: A nationwide cohort study
Authors: Park Hyungjong , Chang Yoonkyung , Lee Heajung , Hong Iksun , Song Tae-Jin
Published: August 2023

Background

The effects of total cholesterol (TC) on coagulation and hemostatic systems could contribute to the development of venous thromboembolism (VTE). We investigated this possible association using TC variability.

Methods

From the Korean NHIS-HEALS database, 1,236,589 participants with health screenings between 2003 and 2008 were included. TC variability was assessed using various parameters, including the coefficient of variation (CV), standard deviation (SD), and variability independent of mean (VIM). Occurrence of VTE was established by identifying at least two medical claims with a diagnostic code including various types of VTE: deep vein thrombosis (DVT) (I80.2–80.3), pulmonary embolism (PE) (I26, I26.0, I26.9), intraabdominal VTE (I81, I82, I82.2–82.3), and other VTE (I82.8–82.9).

Results

Throughout the study’s median follow-up period of 12.4 years (interquartile range 12.2–12.6) years, TC levels were assessed a total of 5,702,800 times. VTE occurred in 11,769 (1.08%) patients (DVT (4,708 (0.43%)), PE (3,109 (0.29%)), intraabdominal VTE (5,215 (0.48%)), and other VTE (4,794, (0.44%)). As a result, there was gradual association was observed between higher TC variability and occurrence of VTE. Multivariable analysis showed that quartile of TC variability using CV showed a positive correlation with the occurrence of VTE (adjusted hazard ratio (the highest versus lowest quartile), 1.14, 95% confidence interval, 1.08–1.20, p < 0.001). This result remained consistent applying to SD and VIM. In addition, higher quartile of TC variability was consistently associated with the development of various types of VTE in subgroup analysis.

Conclusions

Increased TC variability may be associated with increased VTE risk. This analysis highlights the importance of maintaining stable TC levels to prevent the development of VTE.
Iron status, development, and behavior in young children in the Pennsylvania foster care system
Authors: Arcot Amrita , Xing Xueyi , Gao Xiang , Font Sarah A. , Murray-Kolb Laura E.
Published: August 2023

Background

Children in foster care are classified as a highly vulnerable population and struggle with both physical and mental health problems. Medical conditions, like poor nutritional status, remain understudied in children in foster care. To our knowledge, few studies in children in U.S. foster care have quantified the prevalence of anemia, and no studies have examined the association between anemia status and relevant developmental and behavioral outcomes.

Objective/aims

(1) To determine the prevalence of anemia among children in or adopted from Pennsylvania foster care, between the ages of six months to ten years and (2) To examine if a child’s anemia status is associated with greater odds of relevant developmental and behavioral diagnoses.

Methods

We conducted a secondary data analysis utilizing the Medicaid Analytic eXtract database between 2010–2015. Children six months–ten years were included in the analysis if they were in or had been adopted from Pennsylvania foster care. Logistic regression was used to calculate adjusted odds ratios (AOR) with 95% confidence intervals for the association between iron status and health outcomes.

Results

A total of 50,311 children were included in our sample, of which 1,365 children (2.7%) were diagnosed with anemia. Children diagnosed with anemia had greater odds of delayed milestones (AOR: 2.38 [1.64–3.45]), specific delays in development (AOR: 1.59 [1.23–2.07]), adjustment disorder (AOR: 1.59 [1.06–2.39]), and irritability (AOR: 10.57 [3.36–33.25]), than children not diagnosed with anemia.

Conclusion

The prevalence of anemia among children between six months–ten years in or adopted from the Pennsylvania foster care system is within the national rate of U.S. childhood anemia. Odds of several relevant developmental and behavioral diagnoses were greater among children diagnosed with anemia than children who were not.
In-silico identification and comparison of transcription factor binding sites cluster in anterior-posterior patterning genes in Drosophila melanogaster and Tribolium castaneum
Authors: Moudgil Anshika , Sobti Ranbir Chander , Kaur Tejinder
Published: August 2023

The cis-regulatory data that help in transcriptional regulation is arranged into modular pieces of a few hundred base pairs called CRMs (cis-regulatory modules) and numerous binding sites for multiple transcription factors are prominent characteristics of these cis-regulatory modules. The present study was designed to localize transcription factor binding site (TFBS) clusters on twelve Anterior-posterior (A-P) genes in Tribolium castaneum and compare them to their orthologous gene enhancers in Drosophila melanogaster. Out of the twelve A-P patterning genes, six were gap genes (Kruppel, Knirps, Tailless, Hunchback, Giant, and Caudal) and six were pair rule genes (Hairy, Runt, Even-skipped, Fushi-tarazu, Paired, and Odd-skipped). The genes along with 20 kb upstream and downstream regions were scanned for TFBS clusters using the Motif Cluster Alignment Search Tool (MCAST), a bioinformatics tool that looks for set of nucleotide sequences for statistically significant clusters of non-overlapping occurrence of a given set of motifs. The motifs used in the current study were Hunchback, Caudal, Giant, Kruppel, Knirps, and Even-skipped. The results of the MCAST analysis revealed the maximum number of TFBS for Hunchback, Knirps, Caudal, and Kruppel in both D. melanogaster and T. castaneum, while Bicoid TFBS clusters were found only in D. melanogaster. The size of all the predicted TFBS clusters was less than 1kb in both insect species. These sequences revealed more transversional sites (Tv) than transitional sites (Ti) and the average Ti/Tv ratio was 0.75.
Carbon dioxide insufflation reduces the relapse of ulcerative colitis after colonoscopy: A randomized controlled trial
Authors: Otake-Kasamoto Yuriko , Shinzaki Shinichiro , Hiyama Satoshi , Tashiro Taku , Amano Takahiro , Tani Mizuki , Yoshihara Takeo , Inoue Takahiro , Kawai Shoichiro , Yoshii Shunsuke , Tsujii Yoshiki , Hayashi Yoshito , Iijima Hideki , Takehara Tetsuo
Published: August 2023

Background and aim

Colonoscopy is necessary for diagnosing and surveilling patients with ulcerative colitis, though it may cause disease flares. Colonoscopy with carbon dioxide (CO2) insufflation decreases abdominal discomfort; however, its effect on exacerbation incidence in ulcerative colitis remains unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the colonoscopy effects using CO2 insufflation in patients with ulcerative colitis.

Methods

Overall, 96 remissive patients with ulcerative colitis (partial Mayo score ≤ 2) who underwent total colonoscopy between March 2015 and December 2019 at Osaka University Hospital were enrolled and blindly randomized to the CO2 (n = 45) and air (n = 51) insufflation group (UMIN-CTR, number: UMIN000018801). The post-procedural abdominal discomfort and the clinical relapse (partial Mayo score ≥ 3) rate within 8 weeks were evaluated.

Results

Baseline backgrounds did not differ between the groups. The mean abdominal fullness and pain scores were significantly lower in the CO2 group than in the Air group immediately (p = 0.0003, p = 0.0003) and 30 min (p < 0.0001, p < 0.0001) after colonoscopy. While the overall clinical relapse rate remained unchanged between the groups, the clinical relapse rate at 8 weeks after colonoscopy was significantly lower in the CO2 group than in the Air group in patients not in complete remission (Mayo endoscopic subscore ≥ 1, p = 0.049; or partial Mayo score ≥ 1, p = 0.022).

Conclusions

CO2 insufflation can reduce abdominal discomfort in remissive patients with ulcerative colitis and decrease clinical relapse at 8 weeks after colonoscopy for those not in complete remission.
Optimization design and analysis of mobile pump truck frame using response surface methodology
Authors: Cheng Liang , Lin Hai-Bin , Zhang Yu-Liang
Published: August 2023

In order to realize the lightweight design of mobile pump truck, this paper takes the frame of a certain type of mobile pump truck as the research object. The response surface method is used to carry out lightweight design of the longitudinal beam structure of the frame, and the finite element method is used to establish the finite element model to compare and analyze the optimized and original designs. The results show that the height, width and thickness of the optimized longitudinal beam section are reduced by 10mm, 11mm, and 0.8mm respectively, and the weight of the whole frame is reduced by 35.8kg. Before and after optimization, the displacement and stress changes of the frame are small in four motion situations, which meet the lightweight requirements of optimization design.
Waterborne viruses in urban groundwater environments
Authors: Rusiñol Marta
Published: August 2023

The proportion of global population using urban aquifers as drinking water sources increases every year and indeed the groundwater quality is not monitored adequately. Although norovirus has been identified as the first cause of groundwater-related outbreaks, the surveillance of waterborne viruses has been rather neglected. From ageing or disrupted sewer systems, occasional sewer discharges (e.g. combined sewer overflows, storm runoff), to poorly managed reclaimed water infiltration practices, multiple are the pathways that cause groundwater quality deterioration. This study revises the main viral contamination sources and the factors affecting viral contamination of groundwater bodies in terms of transport, inactivation, and survival of the viral particles. It also summarizes the methods used for those reporting the presence of human viruses in urban groundwaters. A total of 36 articles have been included in the method survey spanning a period of 24 years (1999–2022). There is a need of systematic monitoring considering representative set of waterborne pathogens. The evaluation of the presence of human adenovirus seems a useful tool to predict the presence of other waterborne pathogens in groundwater. Large volume sampling methods, but also new passive sampling methodologies applied to groundwater, coupled to target massive sequencing approaches may elucidate the range of pathogens capable of contaminating urban groundwaters for further evaluation of risk.
Beyond western Afro-pessimism: The African narrative in African and non-western countries
Authors: Pointer Rebecca
Published: August 2023

Although some studies have previously indicated that the stereotypical western mainstream media narratives about Africa may be shifting, this Special Issue highlights the stickiness of the stereotypes, and some of the platforms on which they continue to be repeated. Some of these studies further show how African media are also responsible for ongoing circulation of the stereotypes. While the data are discouraging, there are pockets of hope on digital media (including social media), where women and youth are taking back the proverbial pen using storytelling and humour to show that Africa is neither monolithic, nor all doom and gloom. Even through the COVID-19 pandemic, Africans entertained the world with music, dancing and comedy, proving resilience and optimism, against Afro-pessimistic narratives.
Molecular characterization of gliotoxin-producing Aspergillus fumigatus in dairy cattle feed
Authors: Mohamed Hams M. A. , Haziri Imer , Saied AbdulRahman A. , Dhama Kuldeep , Al-Said Amal A. , Abdou Suzan E. , Kamaly Heba F. , Abd-Elhafeez Hanan H.
Published: August 2023

Background and Aim: Several strains of Aspergillus fumigatus produce mycotoxins that affect the health and productivity of dairy cattle, and their presence in dairy cattle feed is a serious concern. This study aimed to determine the densities of A. fumigatus and gliotoxin in commercial dairy feed.

Materials and Methods: More than 60 dairy feed samples were examined for fungal contamination, specifically for A. fumigatus, using phenotypic approaches and DNA sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and β-tubulin regions. Thin-layer chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were used to assess gliotoxin production in A. fumigatus. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to investigate the expression of gliZ, which was responsible for gliotoxin production. High-performance liquid chromatography was used to detect gliotoxin in feed samples.

Results: Aspergillus was the most commonly identified genus (68.3%). Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated from 18.3% of dairy feed samples. Only four of the 11 A. fumigatus isolates yielded detectable gliotoxins by HPLC. In total, 7/11 (43.7%) feed samples tested had gliotoxin contamination above the threshold known to induce immunosuppressive and apoptotic effects in vitro. The HPLC-based classification of isolates as high, moderate, or non-producers of gliotoxin was confirmed by RT-PCR, and the evaluation of gliZ expression levels corroborated this classification.

Conclusion: The identification of A. fumigatus from animal feed greatly depended on ITS and β-tubulin sequencing. Significant concentrations of gliotoxin were found in dairy cattle feed, and its presence may affect dairy cow productivity and health. Furthermore, workers face contamination risks when handling and storing animal feed.

Keywords: Aspergillus fumigatus, cattle feed, gliotoxin, gliZ, high-performance liquid chromatography, real-time polymerase chain reaction.
Opportunities for Pharmacist Intervention: Exploring Barriers to Accessing HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) in the United States
Authors: Christopher Cara
Published: August 2023

This scoping review investigates the challenges people in the United States encounter in obtaining post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and explores how pharmacists might improve access to care. Within seventy-two hours of exposure, patients should obtain PEP treatment to prevent the HIV virus from replicating after potential exposure. Potentially-exposed individuals should visit one of the three Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggested places to obtain PEP: an urgent care center, a provider’s office, or an emergency department. Only 13 states allow pharmacists to furnish or dispense PEP from a retail pharmacy, but those in thirty-seven US states cannot acquire PEP from their neighborhood pharmacies. Receiving timely care is further complicated by a lack of healthcare personnel across the United States. The review aims to identify barriers and investigate how pharmacists can improve access to PEP, especially in rural areas and locations with a shortage of healthcare professionals. Previous studies have demonstrated that pharmacists can play a significant role in ensuring HIV preventative care accessibility by attempting to lessen stigma, raising awareness of PEP's accessibility, and including pharmacists in the HIV preventative care continuum. The study aims to learn more about the sociocultural barriers preventing people from obtaining HIV-preventative care, therefore contributing to the rise in infections in the United States and a public health concern. Furthermore, this review explores ways to minimize health disparities experienced by underserved groups to contribute to overall infection mitigation and quality of life improvement in the United States.
Whither Rough Ground? On the “Ordinary” of Ordinary Aesthetics
Authors: Guetti Edward
Published: August 2023

This article is a criticism of the narrative self-understanding offered by advocates of Ordinary Aesthetics. Even though the frustration with the philosophy of art (in contrast with philosophical aesthetics) is, in many ways, an overdetermined result, the sense of the ordinary as available through the withdrawal of this art-centred concern is misguided. This article argues that the reported death of art and the seemingly consistent suggestion that “anything goes” do not relieve contemporary philosophy from its being situated precisely in the wake of these practices of sense-making. I claim that Ordinary Aesthetics is dealing in an illusory conceit to the extent that defences of Ordinary Aesthetics are indebted to a demand that aesthetics may be a living field of philosophical inquiry today only if the fate of artworks is deleted from that narrative. Arguing this point requires an account of the idea of the death of art, associated with Hegel but perhaps more recently with Danto, and I sketch how Danto’s account does not cohere with the account provided in Ordinary Aesthetics. But because the claim of Ordinary Aesthetics amounts to a claim about the capacities of human sense-making independent of historical trajectories and a sense of the ordinary as that which is just available to a timeless abstraction of the human sensorium, my criticism of Ordinary Aesthetics requires a deeper defence of the relation of the faltering of narratives of art with the philosophical effort to make sense of ordinary experiences. Doing so requires that I provide alternatives: what I regard as two related though quite different philosophical approaches, namely, Cavell’s Ordinary Language Philosophy (which is startlingly absent from defences of Ordinary Aesthetics) and the program of a philosophical aesthetics elaborated in Adorno.
Simulation Study on Static Characteristics of Qing-style ‘One Bucket Three Liters’ Column-cap Dou-Gong Bracket
Authors: Yao Lihong , Li Yuanhe
Published: August 2023

The Dou-Gong bracket is a key transition component between the roof and the column in ancient Chinese wooden structures. In this paper, the static structural behavior of Qing-style ‘one bucket three liters’ Column-cap Dou-Gong Bracket (third-class material) full-scale test model was studied by simulation. The simulation of monotonic static loading was carried out in the vertical (Z-axis) direction, and the simulation of quasi-static loading under horizontal low-cycle reciprocating load was carried out in the horizontal direction (Y-axis, X-axis). The material of the simulation was P. sylvestris, and the setting of its material parameters referred to the results obtained from the material property tests. An anisotropic constitutive model suitable for the properties of wood materials was selected, and the elastoplasticity of wood in the simulation was defined by the Hill yield rule. The static structural behavior of the component in the Z-axis could be described by the variable stiffness linear elastic mechanical model. The static structural behavior of the component in the Y-axis and X-axis could be described by a multi-linear restoring force model. According to the simulation results, the key mechanical indexes of Dou-Gong bracket component in the Z, Y, and X axes were calculated from three aspects of strength, deformation, and energy.
Reparación sistemática del manguito rotador: Clasificación de la Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá
Authors: Fierro Guido , Salas Mercedes , Jiménez Andrés , Rojas Jorge , González Juan Carlos
Published: August 2023

La cirugía de manguito rotador se ha popularizado en los últimos años y pasó de realizarse mediante una técnica abierta, en la mayoría de los casos, a la reparación artroscópica. Se han descrito múltiples técnicas para la fijación del hueso, pero no se han estandarizado el orden y los pasos para llevar a cabo esta reparación, lo que generó inconsistencias y heterogeneidad en los resultados de la reparación. En este artículo, se propone una nueva clasificación de las lesiones del manguito rotador que les permitirá a los cirujanos tomar decisiones durante la cirugía de reparación artroscópica del manguito rotador.
Síndromes compresivos del nervio mediano. Revisión y actualización de la bibliografía
Authors: Sánchez Saba Javier E. , Civit Juan Francisco , Ramírez Vargas Paula , Melibosky Ramos Francisco , Villavicencio Achurra Aldo , Román Veas Javier , Cobb Craddock Peter , Orellana Araya Pablo , Jorquera Aguilera Rene
Published: August 2023

El nervio mediano desciende por el brazo y, en el codo, comienza a atravesar estructuras que pueden generar compresión, como el ligamento de Struthers, el lacertus fibrosus, el pronador redondo, el flexor superficial de los dedos. Finalmente, en la muñeca, se encuentra otro sitio de compresión producido por el ligamento transverso del carpo. Todas estas estructuras pueden provocar signos y síntomas de atrapamiento nervioso y favorecer el deterioro funcional del nervio. Nuestro objetivo es dar a conocer una actualización sobre estos sitios de atrapamiento del nervio mediano, y cómo realizar un diagnóstico preciso e indicar un tratamiento adecuado.
Fundamentos metaconceptuales para la creación de escenarios personalizados de aprendizajes en matemática
Authors: Peña-Antolínez Tania Coromoto , Cristancho Jose Alberto
Published: August 2023

Los escenarios personalizados de aprendizaje como enfoque en el ámbito educativo, visualiza el aprendizaje desde diversas aristas metaconceptuales para la producción y divulgación del conocimiento en la sociedad de aprendizaje actual. En ese sentido, la investigación tuvo como objetivo exponer la fundamentación metaconceptual al modelar escenarios personalizados de aprendizaje en matemática. Además, promueve el empoderamiento de las acciones en docentes y estudiantes en la consecución de las metas académicas pese a las adversidades. El basamento metodológico se consolidó mediante el paradigma cualitativo en consonancia al enfoque fenomenológico. La información experiencial de los informantes se obtuvo a través de la entrevista en profundidad y la encuesta. El método interpretativo de comparación constante conllevó a un procedimiento de análisis intuitivo que permitió triangular y contrastar la información a fin de converger en los metaconceptos integradores tales como: metacognición, metadidáctica, metaafectivo y metatecnológico.
THE RELATIONSHIP OF ONLINE GAMBLING ADDICTION AND LONELINESS: A UNIVERSITY CASE FROM TURKIYE
Authors: KARAIBRAHIMOGLU Adnan , BATMAZ Kıymet , KAÇMAZ Eyüb , ÖZTOP Ramazan , KİŞİOĞLU Ahmet Nesimi , USKUN Ersin , ÖNAL Özgür
Published: August 2023

Objective The aim of this study was to determine the relationship and mutual effects between online gambling addiction and loneliness in young adults studying at a public university in Türkiye. Material and Method This study was designed in a cross-sectional style and prepared with the information collected by the survey application method. The study population was made up of young adults studying at a public university in Türkiye. The data were obtained in December 2021 using an in-person data collection method with two questionnaire forms containing demographic data, Online Gambling Addiction Scale (OGAS) and Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (SELSA-S). Results There were a total of 449 university students participated in the study. Of them, 52.8% were females. Those who were addicted to online gambling constituted 35.0% of the group, and those who were addicted to young adults gambling had significantly higher loneliness than those who were not (p=0.005). Conclusion In young adults, loneliness has been shown to have a predictive effect on online gambling addiction.
TÜBİTAK Çocuk Hakları Serisi Kitaplarının Konu, Tema, İleti, Yazınsal ve Eğitsel İlkeler Açısından İncelenmesi
Authors: DOĞAN Bilge , AYDOS Emine Hande
Published: August 2023

Alan araştırmaları arasında çocuk hakları ile bilgi veren resimli çocuk kitaplarına ilişkin araştırmaların önemli olduğu düşünülmektedir. Bu nedenle yapılan araştırmada çocuk haklarıyla ile ilgili bilgi veren resimli çocuk kitaplarının konu ve kurgu, tema, ileti, yazınsal ve eğitsel ilkeler çerçevesinde incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden doküman analizi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Yapılan doküman analizi ile ‘TÜBİTAK Yayınları Çocuk Hakları Serisi’nde yer alan 10 resimli öykü kitabı incelenmiştir. Veri toplama aracı olarak Sever (2014) tarafından hazırlanan ‘Çocuk ve Gençlik Edebiyatı Yapıtlarını Değerlendirme Ölçeği’ kullanılmıştır. Ölçek, toplamda 94 madde ve 5’li Likert tipi sekiz alt boyuttan oluşmaktadır. Araştırmada, ölçekte bulunan sekiz alt boyuttan ‘Konu ve Kurgu, İzlek (Tema), İleti, Yazınsal ve Eğitsel İlkeler’ boyutları kullanılmıştır. Araştırma kapsamında incelenen çocuk haklarını ele alan resimli çocuk kitaplarının incelenen boyutlar açısından kısmen yeterli ve çok iyi oldukları görülmüştür. Araştırmadan elde edilen sonuçlar; incelenen resimli çocuk kitaplarının içerik olarak yeterli ve iyi olduğunu, çocuklara erken yaşlardan itibaren haklarını öğretmek için kullanılabileceğini göstermektedir.
Technologies of artificial intelligence in digital medicine: problems of theory and law enforcement
Authors: Poduzova E. B.
Published: August 2023

Artificial intelligence technologies have found their wide application in the provision of medical services. They are used during: remote consultations and consultations; face-to-face medical interventions; processing large amounts of information about patients and their legal representatives. Relations related to the use of atrtificial intelligence technologies in the provision of medical services are not properly regulated in the current legislation. The doctrine and law enforcement practice have not developed common approaches to solving problems in the area under study. Based on the provisions of civil science, the features and conditions for the use of artificial intelligence technologies in digital medicine are revealed. The relationship between the concepts of telemedicine technologies and artificial intelligence technologies has been established; big data and artificial intelligence technologies. It is concluded that artificial intelligence technologies can be used in the provision of medical services only after receiving from the patient (his legal representative) the appropriate voluntary informed consent. The content of consent to the processing of biometric data and consent to the disclosure of medical confidentiality was analyzed.
Problems of subjects and legal personality in family law
Authors: Dolinskaya V. V. , Muratova S. A.
Published: August 2023

In family legislation, unlike civil legislation, the subjects of legal relations are not directly named. In addition to the disparity of norms concerning subjects of family legal relations, the mobility of the composition of such persons, due to the evolution of society and law, is a problem. A comparative analysis of the norms of law and doctrinal positions is carried out, as a result of which various classifications of subjects of family legal relations are identified, the inclusion of organizations and public legal entities, the family as a quasi-legal entity, is justified. As a result of the introduction of the institution of the foster family, new special subjects of family legal relations appeared — foster children and foster parents. In connection with the development of assisted reproductive technologies, the issue of qualification of potential parents, sperm donor and surrogate mother as subjects of family legal relations has been raised. There is a problem of legal qualification of the embryo. The problems associated with the legal personality of participants in family legal relations are revealed: the mixing of marital and family legal personality, the absence of separate norms on family legal capacity and legal capacity, etc. It is proved that the scope of family legal personality varies depending on age, a number of other legal facts, including other sectoral nature; it is associated with the goal-setting of the exercise of rights and performance of duties.
Marital Legal Personality and Marital Legal Status: Correlation Problems
Authors: Rabets A. M.
Published: August 2023

The article provides a comparative study of two legal categories: marital legal personality and the legal status of a married person; the author’s definitions of each of these categories are given, a detailed description of the family legal status as part of the general marital legal status of an individual including a number of special statuses: family legal, civil legal, and also enshrined in the branches of public law. The definition of the concept of marriage is formulated taking into account the legal status of a married person, a proposal for its legislative consolidation, as well as a number of proposals for improving the norms of family and a number of other branches of law regulating the legal status of a married person.
Transfer of religious property to religious organizations: problems and prospects
Authors: Aiusheeva I. Z. , Soyfer T. V.
Published: August 2023

The article discusses some legal problems associated with the transfer of religious property, which is in state or municipal ownership, to religious organizations, and also suggests possible ways to solve them. Based on the analysis of the current legislation and materials of law enforcement practice, the shortcomings of legislative approaches to the definition of objects with a religious purpose that are subject to transfer to religious organizations are revealed. The authors note certain features of the essence and legal status of religious organizations, their internal structure and property regime. It is substantiated that these features should be taken into account when improving the normative regulation of relations related to the transfer of property of public legal entities to religious organizations. The peculiarities of their internal structure and ownership regime should also be taken into account. The opinion is expressed on the need to limit the range of religious organizations that can receive state and municipal property into ownership; on the expediency of adjusting the rules on the gratuitous use of religious property in connection with the special nature of the emerging relations. Particular attention is paid to the problematic aspects of the transfer of religious property belonging to the categories of cultural heritage objects and museum items to religious organizations.
Legal personality of persons recognized as incapacitated and with limited legal capacity due to a mental disorder
Authors: Lozovskaya S. O.
Published: August 2023

The article deals with the peculiarities of the legal personality of persons recognized as incapacitated and with limited legal capacity due to a mental disorder. The volume of legal capacity of citizens recognized as having limited legal capacity due to a mental disorder is analyzed. It is noted that citizens who are limited in legal capacity under paragraph 2 of Article 30 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation are not excluded from participating in property turnover, since they still have the opportunity to make transactions (independently or with the written consent of the trustee). It is pointed out that in the current civil legislation there is no mechanism for implementing the requirement established in paragraph 2 of Article 29 and paragraph 2 of Article 30 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation to take into account the opinions and preferences of the incapacitated and the limited capable when making transactions and giving consent to transactions, respectively, by the guardian and the trustee. The author substantiates the opinion that based on the legal nature of personal non-property rights, the signs of which are inalienable.
Creative vision as a legal category: concept, legal nature, correlation with related categories
Authors: Dorokhova N. A.
Published: August 2023

The article considers the main views set out in the scientific literature, as well as in judicial practice, regarding the interpretation of the creative component in the creation of objects of intellectual activity. The meaning of creative work in the creation of such objects is analyzed — from pre-revolutionary lawyers to the modern understanding. The author distinguishes between mechanically created objects and creative objects, identifies two criteria that are necessary to recognize the object created by creative way: objective and subjective. The understanding and correlation of such categories as “creativity”, “creative work”, “creative vision”, “single creative idea”, “creative conception” is analyzed. It is the use of such categories that allows the court to establish the protectability of objects of exclusive rights, to distinguish complex and composite objects, as well as objects of independent creation and repetition of someone else’s work. The author of the article comes to the conclusion that for the definition of creativity as one of the components of the legal qualification necessary for the protectability of the object the most comprehensive is the concept of “creative vision”.
Ensuring independence in the exercise of functions by the board of directors of joint-stock companies
Authors: Fedoseev S. V.
Published: August 2023

This article is devoted to the problem of ensuring the independence of the board of directors of joint-stock companies. The author points out that there are several approaches to recognizing the status of an independent director for a person. The article discusses the ideal model of relationships within the board of directors, in which the objective decisions in the interests of a legal entity is developed. The author focuses on the role of independent directors in the board of directors, including in terms of control the activities of the executive bodies of a legal entity, resolving conflicts of interest in the decision-making process. The article analyzes the problem of maintaining a balance of interests of various subjects in the decision-making process and the approaches developed in judicial practice that indicate that such a balance is not observed. The author considers issues related to the performance by directors of the duty to make independent judgments, determines the criteria for assessing the independence of judgments.
Features of property liability for environmental offenses
Authors: Kravets V. D.
Published: August 2023

One of the main factors of sustainable development is the preservation of the environment and natural resources, which is impossible without a well-functioning system for preventing environmental offenses and eliminating their consequences. In this system, a special place belongs to the institution of responsibility. The work is devoted to the analysis of the features of property liability for environmental offenses, the establishment of its relationship with civil liability. As features of the responsibility under consideration, its “overcompensation nature” is highlighted, as well as the possibility of bringing the offender to “double” responsibility in the form of payment of monetary compensation and compensation for harm in kind. These features are explained by the nature of the benefits encroached upon by an environmental offense, as well as the need to overcome the costs of law enforcement associated with the problems of determining the amount of harm caused to the environment.The analysis allows us to conclude that property liability for environmental offenses, which has a number of specific features, nevertheless corresponds to the nature and features of civil liability, which allows us to apply to it the principles and mechanisms developed by civil law.
Reasonableness of identifying of a priority method of compensation for harm caused to the environment
Authors: Ahmedov A. Ya.
Published: August 2023

Civil law knows two ways of compensation for damage. At the same time, in jurisprudence and in the legal literature, natural compensation is often called the priority method of compensation for harm, caused to the environment. Nevertheless, there are doubts that the allocation of a priority method of compensation for harm, which will be presumed, is justified.Choosing from two methods of compensation for harm, the court must establish the objective possibility of restoring the environment, the need for prompt action, their effectiveness for restoring the environment, and the existence of a restoration project developed and approved in compliance with the requirements of current legislation. The imposition of environmental restoration is ineffective and should not be allowed by the courts, including through the use of penalty. In case of failure of remedial measures or refusal of the delinquent to carry them out, the option of monetary compensation for harm is always available, including offsetting the costs of natural compensation for harm. At the same time, the simultaneous use of two methods of compensation for harm is unacceptable.
Agricultural insurance with state support: the interaction of private and public interests
Authors: Vasilenko N. V.
Published: August 2023

The article discusses the features of agricultural insurance with state support. It is noted that there are significant problematic aspects in the developing field. The increased difficult-to-calculate risk of losses of agricultural producers from adverse climatic conditions causes increased risks for the financial stability of insurance organizations engaged in agricultural insurance. The lack of state support in the implementation of insurance (reinsurance) of agricultural risks contributes to the inclusion of restrictive conditions by insurers in agricultural insurance agreements that minimize risks, overstatement of insurance tariffs, and refusals of insurance payment. The most effective is the existing system of agricultural insurance for large farms that have the ability to minimize and prevent losses, which makes it difficult to develop competitive principles in agricultural production, hinders the development of small and medium-sized agribusiness. This is also facilitated by legislative restrictions on preferential insurance of agricultural cooperation entities for which the law doesn’t provide for state support. The article substantiates the causal relationship between the imperfection of the system of state support for agricultural insurance and the problems of a civil nature in this area.
Unlocking Innovation: Assessing the Role of Agricultural R&D in Latin America and the Caribbean
Authors: Nin Pratt Alejandro , Stads Gert-Jan , Santos Luis de los , Muñoz Gonzalo
Published: August 2023

This report presents a comprehensive analysis of public agricultural research and development (R&D) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), focusing on the contextual factors influencing agricultural R&D investment and their implications for agricultural productivity growth. The analysis combines new data for ten LAC countries collected by the International Food Policy Research Institute's (IFPRI's) Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) program with support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), with existing ASTI and other datasets. By integrating these various datasets, the report provides an in-depth examination of recent trends in public agricultural research spending, capacity, and outputs across the LAC region.
Razones por las cuales se debe preferir el régimen de contratos de Asociación Público Privada - APP a los Acuerdos de Gobierno a Gobierno - G2G en el Perú
Authors: Sheput Stucchi Humberto
Published: August 2023

A partir del éxito logrado en la construcción de la infraestructura necesaria para los XVIII Juegos Panamericanos y los Sextos Juegos Parapanamericanos de Lima 2019, se ha evidenciado un claro cambio en la orientación que el Estado peruano está adoptando en la construcción de proyectos de infraestructura. Se he dejado de lado el esquema de los contratos de asociación público-privada y se ha optado por la celebración de acuerdos de Gobierno a Gobierno.¿Es esta idea o alternativa de celebrar acuerdos de Gobierno a Gobierno como primera opción la mejor o la más conveniente para el Estado peruano? En este artículo, analizaremos las ventajas y desventajas de ambos esquemas y propondremos criterios a considerar para evaluar cuál sería el esquema más conveniente según el tipo de obra o infraestructura que se pretende desarrollar.
Immunological Misfiring and Sex Differences/Similarities in Early COVID-19 Studies: Missed Opportunities of Making a Real IMPACT
Authors: Bhargava Aditi , Knapp Johannes D
Published: August 2023

COVID-19-associated coagulopathy (CAC) and ICU admissions were recognized as critical health issues that contributed to the morbidity and mortality in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients. Here, we analyzed publicly available data from the Yale IMPACT cohort to address immunological misfiring and sex differences in early COVID-19 ICU patients by taking various biological variables into account that were not considered. In 2020, SARS-CoV-2 was considered far more pathogenic and lethal than other circulating respiratory viruses, and it is thus surprising that published studies failed to confirm whether all patients were indeed SARS-CoV-2+ at least by one method, thereby confounding many findings/conclusions. Several key findings were further missed or misinterpreted due to lack of consideration of several important biological variables such as days from symptoms onset (DFSO), risk factors, including obesity, and treatments that influence the immunological measures evaluated. The immune profile in the early phase of infection will differ vastly from mid-to-late phases of infection, which likely coincides with recovery or is the tipping point for progression to severe illness, and thus grouping patients from different phases/DFSO into one single group is not the right approach. Taken together, our analysis shows that interferon responses were dampened and none of the early treatments were effective in reducing levels of IL6, and that obese patients exhibited highest mortality and worst clinical scores. The opportunity to understand the contribution of biological sex, risk factors, and early treatments with respect to COVID-19-related ICU admission and progression to morbidity and mortality was missed.
Preventing Forklift Front-End Failures: Predicting the Weight Center of Heavy Objects, Remaining Useful Life Prediction under Abnormal Conditions, and Failure Diagnosis based on Alarm Rules
Authors: Lee Jeong-Geun , Kim Yun-Sang , Lee Jang Hyun
Published: August 2023

This study examined ways to prevent failures in the front-end of forklifts by addressing the center of gravity of heavy objects carried by forklifts, predicting the remaining useful lifetime (RUL), and the fault diagnosis based on alarm rules. In the research process, acceleration signals were acquired from the outer beam of the front-end of the forklift. A one-second window was applied to extract the time-domain statistical features, which were then set as variables. An exponentially weighted moving average was used to smooth the noise in the feature data set. The AWGN and LSTM autoencoders were used for data augmentation. Based on them, random forest and lightGBM models were used to develop classification models for the weight center of heavy objects carried by a forklift. In addition, contextual diagnosis performed by applying exponentially weighted moving averages to the classification probabilities of the machine learning models showed that random forest achieved an accuracy of 0.9563 and lightGBM achieved an accuracy of 0.9566. In addition, the acceleration data were collected through experiments to predict forklift failure and RUL because of the repeated forklift use when the center of heavy objects carried by the forklift was skewed to the right. The time-domain statistical features of the acceleration signals were extracted and set as variables by applying a 20-second window. Subsequently, logistic regression and random forest models were used to classify the failure stages of the forklifts. The f1-score (macro) obtained were 0.9790 and 0.9220 for logistic regression and random forest, respectively. In addition, the random forest probabilities for each stage were combined and averaged to generate a degradation curve and derive the failure threshold. The coefficient of the exponential function was calculated using the least squares method on the degradation curve, and the RUL prediction model was developed to predict the failure point. In addition, the SHAP algorithm was used to identify the significant features in classifying the stage. The alarm rule-based fault diagnosis was performed using the threshold of the normal stage distribution of the significant features.