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Lumbopelvic Biomechanics in Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation—Prospective Cohort Study
Authors: Kuligowski Tomasz , Sipko Tomasz
Published: April 2021

Low back pain (LBP) is the most frequent cause of adult disability. One of the main reasons can be a herniated disc (lumbar disc herniation—LDH), potentially disturbing spinal movement patterns. Its influence on gait and lumbopelvic biomechanics still remains unclear. Little to no evidence was found on lumbopelvic kinematics and gait in young LDH adults. The purpose of this study was to analyze the lumbopelvic biomechanics in young adult individuals with lumbar disc herniation diagnosed by MRI. Forty-three participants (18–35 years) were divided into two groups: an LDH group (n = 19) and a control group (n = 24). All participants underwent dynamic lumbopelvic and gait measures by a G-Walk wearable device in a 6-m walking test (6MWT). The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) questionnaire was used for subjective disability assessment. The LDH group showed higher speed (p = 0.02), lower symmetry of pelvis tilt (p = 0.01), and lower pelvis rotation (p = 0.04) compared to the healthy controls. Correlation calculations showed significance between pelvis obliquity and pelvis rotation (r = 0.53) but only in healthy controls. The lumbopelvic biomechanics shows differences in pelvis tilt and symmetry index of rotation parameters between LDH and healthy controls. In conclusion, LDH affects the gait kinematics, causing three-dimensional disorders and lack of synergy. This is probably due to pain avoidance behaviors and the compensation mechanisms of the adjacent body region.
Effectiveness of Health Education Intervention on Water Sanitation and Hygiene Practice among Adolescent Girls in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State, Nigeria: A Cluster Randomised Control Trial
Authors: Charles Shapu Ruth , Ismail Suriani , Ying Lim Poh , Ahmad Norliza , Abubakar Njodi Ibrahim
Published: April 2021

Poor water sanitation and hygiene practice can be associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of health education intervention using information, motivation and a behavioural skill model on water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practice among adolescent girls in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State, Nigeria. A school-based cluster randomized control trial was conducted among 417 adolescent girls (10 to 19 years old) in four schools. The KoBo collect toolbox was used for data collection from October 2019 to March 2020. The chi-squared test was used to compare the baseline differences between intervention and control groups for WASH practice. A generalized estimating equation was used to assess changes from baseline, post intervention and follow up. There was significant interaction for WASH practice during follow up. Religion, place of residence, monthly income and occupation of mother had a statistically significant effect on WASH practice among adolescent girls. Findings revealed that this health education intervention was effective in improving water sanitation and hygiene practice among adolescent girls. Furthermore, religion, place of residence, monthly income and occupation of mother were found to be associated with water sanitation and hygiene practice.
Adding Life to Their Years: The Current State of Pediatric Palliative Care in CKD
Authors: House Taylor R. , Wightman Aaron
Published: April 2021

Despite continued advances in medical treatment, pediatric CKD remains an unremitting, burdensome condition characterized by decreased quality of life and earlier death. These burdens underscore the need for integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) into nephrology practice. PPC is an evolving field that strives to (1) relieve physical, psychologic, social, practical, and existential suffering; (2) improve quality of life; (3) facilitate decision making; and (4) assist with care coordination in children with life-threatening or life-shortening conditions. Integration of palliative care into routine care has already begun for adults with kidney disease and children with other chronic diseases; however, similar integration has not occurred in pediatric nephrology. This review serves to provide a comprehensive definition of PPC, highlight the unmet need in pediatric nephrology and current integration efforts, discuss the state of palliative care in adult nephrology and analogous chronic pediatric disease states, and introduce future opportunities for study.
I. Cloroquina / hidroxicloroquina y azitromicina. Revisión narrativa de seguridad
Authors: Herrera Comoglio Raquel
Published: April 2021

The SARS-Co-2 pandemic is affecting millions of people, producing hundreds of thousands of deaths, and collapsing healthcare systems worldwide. Due to the lack of specific treatments, repurposed drugs are routinely used in in-hospital patients, though there is no sound-based scientific evidence. The quinine derivatives chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) —used as antimalarials, and in autoimmune diseases—, and the antibiotic macrolide azithromycin have been proposed as possible therapies against the SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19. Shortly after this outbreak began, many clinical trials have been registered to evaluate the efficacy of CQ/HCQ, alone or combined with azithromycin, in the treatment of COVID-19 or the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection. In the meantime, media information about the possible use of these drugs, politic leaders’ statements and further decisions concerning their efficacy soared public expectations. Both CQ/HCQ and azithromycin are relatively inexpensive and can be administered orally; adverse effects are known at doses used in approved indications. However, their use in a much more significant number of patients increases the risk of occurrence of adverse events. Notably, the potential of both drugs to prolong QTc interval raises concerns about the potentiality to lead to fatal arrhythmias, including torsades de pointes (TdP). The potential blood-glucose-lowering effect of CQ/HCQ could also produce serious adverse effects. The Spanish Pharmacovigilance system has received six cases of serious neuropsychiatric adverse reactions.This narrative review presents a summary of safety information of CQ/HCQ in approved indications, and the emerging experience of their use in the SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19. With randomised clinical trials’ results not available yet, to May 20th 2020, the evidence of efficacy and effectiveness of CQ/HCQ do not suggest a benefit of this use as a treatment of COVID-19. For these purposes, CQ/HCQ alone or in combination with azithromycin should be used only in clinical trials.
Microbiota intestinal: su importancia en la salud y los factores que la modifican
Authors: Rivera Espinoza Yadira
Published: April 2021

A vast number of microorganisms inhabit the human body and coexist peacefully with their hosts, under specific conditions. The complex ecosystem of microbial communities found in the intestine fulfills numerous metabolic, physiological, and protective functions of the human body. Recent studies show that an imbalance in these communities (dysbiosis) maintains a close relationship with the health of the host. The change in eating habits, lifestyle, and different compounds of exogenous origin are some of the main factors causing that alteration, which represent new challenges for medical practice. Therefore, the objective of this document is to provide information about the intestinal microbiota concept, the factors altering it, some of the diseases associated with dysbiosis, and the evidence of some foods that may induce the modulation of the intestinal microbiota. Knowing the relationship between food, microbiota, and health is relevant to have more elements in the treatment of diseases in modern society.
Recomendaciones de oncólogos que trabajan en el ISSSTE para el tratamiento sistémico del cáncer de pulmón avanzado 2020
Authors: Aldaco-Sarvide Fernando , Valle-Solís Aura A. Erazo , Acosta-Gutiérrez David , Añorve-Bailón Denisse , Ballesteros-Pino Diego Alfonso , Cervantes-Sánchez Guadalupe , Cárdenas-Cárdenas Eduardo , Cruz-López Juan Carlos , Díaz-Alvarado María Guadalupe , Durán-Gil Carolina , Enríquez-Aceves María Isabel , Franco-González Edwin Efraín , González-Vela José Luis , Hernández-Flores Osvaldo , Hernández-Hernández Carlos Alberto , Hernández-Luis Gisela Nieves , López-Rodríguez Lorben , Macedo-Pérez Eleazar Omar , Ruiz-Calzada Héctor , Ruiz-García Abraham , Sánchez-Gamez Adriana Cristina , Vargas Meléndez Norma Andrea , Willars-Inman Eva Lucía
Published: April 2021

Based on the GRADE system, a group of specialists in Medical Oncology from ISSSTE produced a set of recommendations for the systemic treatment of advanced lung cancer —specifically non-small cell lung cancer and small-cell lung cancer— with immunotherapy, chemotherapy with or without antiangiogenic agents. Regarding the diagnosis, extension studies and lung grades are analyzed. Likewise, basic pathology, molecular biology, and imaging features are described to determine the treatment protocols for advanced lung cancer with actionable mutations or biomarkers related to domains such as actionable mutations, anaplastic lymphoma kinase, and reactive oxygen species (ROS1). The recommendations comprise the most important clinical issues: immunotherapy in lung cancer, first-line treatment for non-small cell lung cancer, non-squamous (wild-type) metastatic cancer, second-line immunotherapy regimes, chemotherapy without first-line immunotherapy for adenocarcinoma, firstline chemotherapy with antiangiogenic agents, as well as the characteristics a patient should present to be a candidate to receive immunotherapy. Dosages are stated in the different treatment protocols; the chemotherapy regimes for unresectable, locally-advanced lung cancer are being reviewed, as well as for ECOG 0-1 until ECOG 2, limited and extended stages. Even though there is no consensus on certain topics, this document includes clear guidelines whose aim is standardizing the criteria, and that will be subject to be reviewed and updated.
City image as a personification of female nature in “The Dead [City of] Bruges” by Georges Raymond Constantin Rodenbach
Authors: Kozlova Marina A.
Published: April 2021

The paper is devoted to the peculiarities of the creation of the personified image of the city in the novel “The Dead [City of] Bruges” by Georges Raymond Constantin Rodenbach, which, according to the author himself, represents not only the protagonist, but also its organising force. The Belgian author draws on an earlier literary tradition, according to which the city appears to the poet's mind in the form of a woman. The image of the city is built on the combination and interaction of different elements, among which those that are considered in the article: the theme of duality, the motif of reflection, which becomes the main constructional principle of the image system of the novel, as well as references to mythological and literary archetypes. The theme of duplicity is directly connected with the category of correspondence or analogy, which is central to Rodenbach's oeuvre and forms a peculiar poetics of reflection and determines the choice of expressive means. Dualism is associated with a hostile, dark and demonic force, contrasted with the "holy" and infallible feminine ideal, embodied in the image of the perished beloved, who is also a prototype of the city. The poeticised image of the city is related to archetypical figures that are typical of European symbolism – first of all, Ophelia, but also Orpheus and Narcissus, all this through an appeal to the symbolism of water and the otherworld, then through the main character's attempt to overcome the border between worlds and create a new myth about love that defeats death.
“Don Luis had never been up in an aeroplane” (Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc before 1905)
Authors: Chekalov Kirill A.
Published: April 2021

Some of the works of Maurice Leblanc are considered in the article, who is one of the creators of the French classic detective, written between 1890 and 1905 (before the publication of the first novel about the adventures of "gentleman-cambrioleur" by Arsène Lupin). The influence of Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant and Gustave Flaubert is combined with an appeal to Breton legends and erotic motives popular in the “Belle Époque”. The image of a bicycle, a car and the cult of speed associated with them, anticipating the plot dynamics of Lupinian in these works is analysed. On the example of Leblanc's short stories, published in a number of newspapers in the mid-1890s to early 1900s, the gradual maturation of criminal narrative in his work is shown. Among the problems raised in the article – Leblanc's reaction to the ideas of anarchism and the potential influence on the image of Arsène Lupin of the personality of the famous anarchist Marius Jacob as well as the influence of the work of Ernest William Hornung (the creator of the character of A. J. Raffles, the "Amateur Cracksman").
Archetypical images of a child and a cultural hero in the playwrights of Edward Franklin Albee and Sławomir Mrożek in the light of the generational problem
Authors: Zinoveva Regina V.
Published: April 2021

The article examines the place of archetypal images of a child and a cultural hero in the ideological and imaginative system of theatre of the absurd of Edward Franklin Albee and Sławomir Mrożek. It is stated that in Albee’s dramas ("The Sandpbox", "The American Dream", "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", "A Delicate Balance") and Mrożek’s dramas ("Tango", "A Happy Event", "Racket-Baby") the archetypal images of a divine and demonic ("unruly") child, outlined in Carl Gustav Jung's psychoanalytic philosophy, enter into ambivalent relations. The thanatological motifs which accompany this archetypal duality testify to the distorted image of the future in the consciousness of twentieth-century human, so that the image of a child in the drama of the absurd becomes a reflection of the general process of dehumanisation in modern society as well as in the family. The archetype of the cultural hero, according to the world mythological tradition, embodies the ideas of individuation and transformation of a child growing into adulthood. However, through the presentation of grotesque and parodic images of children and young men in the work of playwrights, the understanding of the child archetype as a potential cultural hero does not include the idea of civilisational progress as the "futureness" of the world, but rather reflects the eschatological scenario of the world history. The problem of family relations, which captures the generational conflict in its carnivalised version (the inverted relations between the "older" and the "younger"), is an indicator of the social absurdity represented in the plays. The comparative analysis of the plays in the light of the ambivalent archetype of "divine child" – "unruly child" contributes to the identification of national and socio-cultural specificity of the conflict of "fathers and sons". It is concluded that the collective experience of the generation to which Albee and Mrożek belonged to determines the pessimistic vision of the future by both playwrights.
The idea of Literature in the “American lectures” of Italo Calvino
Authors: Saburova Liudmila E.
Published: April 2021

The course of the so-called “American lectures” prepared by Italo Calvino became the last literary work of the writer and is rightfully considered his testament. Calvino himself addresses the text to posterity, collecting in his lectures the valuable properties of literature to be preserved for the next millennium. In the era of continuous flow of information, often consisting of formulaic texts and images that have literally flooded the entire media space, Calvino warns readers about the danger looming over such a distinctive and original kind of human activity as literature. The writer seeks to talk about the special role of literature and to build its unique qualities into the perspective of the development of the rapidly changing world. The categories that gave names to the five lectures are far from generally accepted literary terminology. Moreover, the writer’s reflections go beyond both the history of literature and traditional poetics and aesthetics. Calvino's view of literature is devoid of dogmatism and is extremely original. Analysing different phenomena, the writer draws unexpected parallels between literary works of different countries and eras. Taking Calvino’s frame of reference as the starting point, the reader becomes a full participant in the process, unwittingly continuing to mentally string new names and works on the connecting thread discovered by the writer. The alternative theory and history of literature proposed by the writer has become an unquestionable bestseller not only among specialists, but also among the general public.
Nikolay Ulyanov's historical and aesthetic position in the context of “DP literature”
Authors: Chernov Alexander V. , Maksimova Tatyana N.
Published: April 2021

Historians attribute the beginning of the scientific and literary activity of the second wave of emigration to the time of the camps for the DP (Displaced Persons).The concept of the “DP literatureˮ is often used as a synonym for the “second waveˮ of Russian emigrant literature. Most of the names of writers who were “displaced personsˮ are not often mentioned in the history of Russian literature and are known only to a narrow circle of specialists. The article examines the special historical and aesthetic position of a prominent representative of this group – Nikolay Ulyanov, justified by a short excursion into his dramatic fate and the history of scientific and literary creative work. Today, in his homeland, Nikolay Ulyanov is better known as a remarkable historian, the author of a few, but unique, scientific works and concepts. And although many of his literary works have also been reprinted and are available to the general reader, the special literary position of Nikolay Ulyanov, which distinguished him in the contradictory literature and science of the second wave, remains not fully studied. The article discusses Nikolay Ulyanov's positioning of himself and his like-minded people as successors and completers of the Russian culture of “Fin de siècleˮ. The disclosure of this provision, an attempt to explain its grounds and consequences for the surrounding Nikolay Ulyanov in a completely different context is undertaken in this article.
Aleksandr Karepin, the nephew of Fyodor Dostoevsky and the hero of his novels
Authors: Myakinchenko Maria A.
Published: April 2021

The article discusses aspects of the relationship between Fyodor Dostoevsky and his nephew Aleksandr Karepin as well as their reflection in the writer's work. The peculiarities of the nature and character of Aleksandr Karepin are briefly described; he was a very peculiar and not completely mentally healthy person, who served as the prototype for various, in fact, diametrically opposed in spiritual terms heroes – Pavel Trusotsky from “The Eternal Husband” and Prince Myshkin from the novel “The Idiot”. The article concludes that the use of different, sometimes opposite personality traits of the prototype when creating images of the heroes of the works was a feature of the creative method of Fyodor Dostoevsky. In addition, Aleksandr Karepin's mental illness and the oddities in his behaviour allowed the writer to think out in different ways and build not only the image of a hero with certain features of the prototype, but also the attitude of the world around him to this character, which in turn illustrates the diseases of society.
Non-Russian Slavs in the programme work “Byzantinism & Slavdom” by Konstantin Leontiev
Authors: Osipova Elena Arkadievna
Published: April 2021

The article examines the programme work “Byzantinism & Slavdom” (1831–1891) by Konstantin Leontiev in the context of his other works that touch on the topic of non-Russian Slavs and Slavic unity. The thinker's view of the Slavic world is reflected in the context of the variety of problems and issues united by the Slavic theme. The author of the article concludes that what played a key role in Konstantin Leontiev's perception of the Slavs was the extent of his commitment to “Byzantinism” as an important preservatory capable of preventing Russia and other Orthodox Slavs from losing their own spiritual and national identity. Much attention was paid to the Bulgarians in connection with the Byzantine-Bulgarian church strife by Konstantin Leontiev, who unwittingly projected his critical attitude towards them onto other southern Slavs just as well, if not on the Slavs as a whole; that was characteristic of him. Therefore, the philosopher's general conclusions about Slavic unity were rather pessimistic; however his individual statements and observations about certain phenomena in Slavic life, notably the Serbian ones, were quite accurate, though they did not affect his conception of Russia's relationship to the other Slavs. The general sense of this conception was the need to maintain a “skillful affection at a respectful distance”. The evolution of the perception of the Slavic unity theme by Russian thinkers, writers and publicists in the 19th century is briefly traced in the article.
Nikolai Gogol in silent films
Authors: Bulavina Maria O.
Published: April 2021

The article is devoted to the problem of Nikolai Gogol's interpretation on Russian screen. The problem of interaction between literature and cinematography is considered in a concrete historical plan, that is connected with the features of the time in which Gogol`s film adaptations were created. At the same time, the level of technical equipment of cinematography and other inherent qualities of it, that are largely determined the approach of the first directors to specific Gogol material, were taken into account. Cinema interpretations like «Dead Souls» by Pyotr Chardynin, «Taras Bulba» by Alexander Drankov, «Christmas Eve» and «The Portrait» by Ladislas Starevich, «The Overcoat» by Georgi Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg are in the centre of the article. Each of the listed film adaptations has its own specifics determined by close connection with other types of art, fragmentariness, melodramatic, an abundance of phantasmagorias, etc. «The Overcoat» stands out in the list of silent interpretations, since presents a new look at the process of Gogol's translation from the language of literature into the cinema language. Compared to previous films, the creators of the 1926 cinematic version of «The Overcoat» took into account Gogol's style, the mood of his work, recreated through the picture of the ghostly expressionist Petersburg.
The law ensuring of the activities of the accounting and loan committees at the branches of the State Bank of the Russian Empire in the post-reform period (On the materials of the charter of the State Bank of 1860)
Authors: Kovrov Timur A. , Okolotin Vladimir S.
Published: April 2021

This article is devoted to the law ensuring of the activities of the accounting and loan committees at the branches of the State Bank of the Russian Empire in the post-reform period. On May 31 (old style) (June 12 new style), 1860, Emperor Alexander II signed a decree establishing the State Bank of the Russian Empire. At the same time, the charter of the State Bank was adopted. 13 articles of the charter were devoted to the activities of the accounting and loan committees at local branches of the State Bank. The authors cite extracts from these articles of the charter that regulate the activities of the committees and attempt to analyse them. The provisions of the articles of the charter of the State Bank are confirmed by examples from the documents of the State Archives of Ivanovo and Vladimir regions. A study of the articles of the charter showed that industrialists and merchants – representatives of the merchant class of the region of the branch – were approved as the members of the committees at the local branches of the State Bank. Industrialists and traders, who worked as members of the committee at the branch of the State Bank, informed the bank about the state of various branches of trade and industry, they gave recommendations on the issuance of a loan by the bank and they were guarantors of the loan repayment to the bank. For their useful activities for the committee's affairs, the State Bank awarded them with honorary awards, recognising their merits in the public activities of the city. At the end of the article, the authors conclude that the accounting and loan committees at the branches of the State Bank were created and functioned on the basis of the institution of public-private partnership.
The practices of scientific everyday life in ego documents of the first Russian female historians in the second half of the 19th – the early 20th centuries
Authors: Sekenova Olga I.
Published: April 2021

The article focuses on the different stages of the creative process in historical research as a reflection of the professional everyday life of the first Russian female historians. Using their ego documents, it becomes possible to reconstruct the main difficulties in collecting material, creating scientific texts and publishing research results that were typical for female historians and unusual for their male colleagues. For example, the first female historians were forced to master the basics of research work themselves (even the programme of the Higher Courses for Women avoided teaching female students the method of historical research). Despite the active scientific work of female historians, in the second half of the 19th – the early 20th centuries they had not published many significant works because women could not publish their works on their own (in most cases it was too expensive for them), while professional publishers feared the lack of commercial success of the works of female historians. Ego documents testify to cases of borrowing the results of research work of female historians, the need to hide their real names at the request of publishers and other manifestations of discrimination against the first researchers in the Russian historical science.
Labour conflicts at Russian industrial enterprises in 1914-1917 (based on materials from the provinces of the Central Industrial Region)
Authors: Shilnikova Irina V.
Published: April 2021

Labour conflicts at Russian industrial enterprises during World War I were traditionally considered in historiography to be the part of the protest movement of workers with a predominance of a political component, in an inextricable connection with the revolutionary events of 1917. The expansion of the information potential of the source base allows rising new questions and checking the theses on based not on aggregated data and not on the example of individual conflicts, but on the basis of a wide range of data presented in the “strike by strike” format. The article examines the dynamics of the strike movement of workers during World War I (from July 1914 to February 1917), as well as the nature of the demands put forward and the results of these conflicts, based on materials from the provinces of the Central Industrial Region of Russia. In addition, the issue of the degree of importance of the political component in the strike movement of workers in the period under review is considered. The study made it possible to conclude that the strikes of workers at the enterprises of the Central Industrial Region during the war years included mainly labour conflicts, in the course of which the economic demands put forward by the workers became priority. An increase in the number of political uprisings occurred in late 1916 – early 1917, when, against the background of growing food shortages and deteriorating inflation, economic demands began to be addressed to local and central authorities.
Source-historiographical study of the existence of the second Kostroma Kremlin (article 4)
Authors: Kabatov Sergey A. , Kabatova Yelena A.
Published: April 2021

The question of dating an urban settlement, if its date has no clear or specific written confirmation, is always very problematic and complicated. Its solution requires the use of the widest possible range of data. This research is presented in a block of articles that attempt to cover the source-historiographical study of the existence of the second Kostroma Kremlin, including the latest archaeological data from 2016-2017 on the territory of the Old city of the second Kostroma Kremlin. The study raises questions about the conditions, specifics and dating of the foundation of the first and second Kostroma Kremlins, their nature of development, the conditions for obtaining the icon Our Lady of Saint Theodore in Kostroma and its storage location in both Kremlins. The question of the place, time and conditions of the construction of the Assumption Cathedral is considered separately, since only research on the conditions and dating of its construction can shed light on the date of the foundation of the Old city of the second Kostroma Kremlin. Article 3 continues this block of research, which refers us to the time and conditions of building the Dormition Cathedral.
Population, and its social and religious composition in Ivanovo and Yaroslavl regions on the eve of the Axis aggression against the USSR (according to the censuses of the USSR in 1937 and 1939)
Authors: Maiorova Natalya S.
Published: April 2021

The article is devoted to the analysis of the results of population censuses conducted in the USSR in 1937 and 1939, in relation to Ivanovo and Yaroslavl regions. The research is based on census materials that had been classified for a long time and published only in the 1990s. Of all the various aspects of the censuses, the author's attention was focused on only three – population, its social structure, and religious composition. Based on the results of the censuses, conclusions are drawn about the prevalence of women in the region, both in rural areas and in cities. It was women who, in the conditions of World War II, became the strong rear, on whose shoulders the front was supported by food, uniforms, and weapons. The urban population was greater in Ivanovo Region, which was explained by its characteristic high rates of industrialisation. The 1937 census recorded a fairly high level of religiosity, despite the largely anti-religious policy that had been carried out for almost 20 years. The war led to an increase in religiosity, probably because often only faith could become the core around which daily life was built, full of deprivation, anxiety and fear for loved ones.
Italian treaties on literature as the style model for English secular early Renaissance literature
Authors: Vyshenskaya Yuliya P.
Published: April 2021

The article deals with the matter of the English belles-lettres style of the 16th century. The style phenomenon is interpreted as some representative of the whole in particular. The fact in turn makes condition of interpreting the work of literature as belonging to some type of culture. Within the scope of the interpretation of the kind the style phenomenon is considered within the scope of the global context of changes which took place in European Renaissance. The notions of culture and literature are identified, the latter is believed to be one of the principle sphere of intellectual activity of the representatives of the humanistic thought devoted their time. The kind is marked by an outstanding rise during the analysed period of time. Perceiving the analysed time period culture as one of the cultures’ communication gives an opportunity to trace the ways of artistic transforming of the ideas about particular features of stylistic construction of a piece of literature. The study is based on the material of the creative heritage of Philip Sidney, the salient representative of the Elizabethan culture, whose individuality and style were under the influence of Italian humanistic thought.
Clasificador de atención de la inmediatez en el área de servicios de urgencias Médicas
Authors: León-Sosa Sandra Elizabeth , Hernández-Báez Irma Yazmín , Solano-Tapia Jaime Alberto , Morales-Morales Cornelio
Published: April 2021

In Mexico and Latin America it has become necessary to train emergency personnel to carry out the first stage of triage in order to optimize the human resources available in hospitals. Therefore, this research develops a mobile application that allows the patient's symptoms to be recorded when they go to the emergency services area and can be classified by a Bayesian network in a supervised learning environment that allows the hospital's medical staff to determine the procedure which must apply to the patient. The data collected from the mobile application is stored in a web system, therefore the symptoms are used as attributes to be classified and to make a prognosis of the possible disease, which determines the priority of the medical care using the colors of the practical guides of the health clinics, therefore the message is displayed indicating the color, the response time and a possible diagnosis of the disease.
Diseño de una aplicación móvil para diagnosticar plagas en cultivos de maíz
Authors: Hernández-Tapia Zaila , Reyna-Ángeles Omar
Published: April 2021

The agricultural activity in the Mezquital Valley is highlighted by the production of corn, which makes it one of the main economic activities of the region, however the production of this crop is affected by different pests, mainly: blind hen (Coleoptera), Worm Cogollero (Spodoptera frugiperda) and Worm Trozador (Agrotis ípsilon), these propagate in certain stages of corn growth and are usually very harmful to their development and may even cause the total loss of production, which is why The purpose of this work is to present the design of a mobile application, which will allow to choose some characteristics to determine which pest is attacking the crop and with it to reduce in time the damage that they can cause and to diminish or to avoid big losses in the production. For the development of this project, the cascade methodology is implemented, consisting of 5 stages, requirements, design, implementation, verification and maintenance.
Desarrollo de un Sistema de información para Evaluación de la Confiabilidad de Cuestionarios mediante el coeficiente de Cronbach
Authors: Juárez-Juárez Brenda , Rojas-Hernández Sergio Alejandro , Silva-Rivera Manuel Eduardo , Landaverde-Neri Juan Pablo
Published: April 2021

In the study of different qualitative researches, evaluation questionnaires are used, these questionnaires have to be validated in their reliability, the present work presents the development of an information system that evaluates the reliability coefficient; using the Cronbach Coefficient formula, which allows estimating the reliability of a measurement instrument through a set of items, with Likert values from 1 to 5, where reliability is better the closer the value of alpha 1.0 is. . The methodology used for the development of the system is Scrum, it is an agile methodology where partial and regular deliveries of the final product are made, prioritized by the benefit that they contribute to the recipient of the project. Therefore, Scrum is especially suitable for projects in complex environments, where you need to get results soon, where requirements are changing or poorly defined, where innovation, competitiveness, flexibility and productivity are fundamental. The development of this evaluation system allowed evaluating 7 questionnaires applied to students of UTSJR, in the use of virtual platforms for software engineering subjects, it is worth mentioning that questionnaires or surveys can be evaluated to evaluate reliability in qualitative research projects.
Sistema de identificación y seguridad para estudiantes mediante RFID
Authors: Martinez-Aguilar Gloria , Morales-Ibarra Vanessa , Salazar-Valle Eduardo , Valencia-García Julieta
Published: April 2021

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is one of the most promising new technologies belonging to the systems of data acquisition and automatic identification (AIDC). It consists of three basic elements: an electronic tag, a tag reader and a database. Which makes it a versatile system with multiple applications for the industry, home and building automation. This document presents the implementation of an identification and security system for students through RFID. The system uses passive tags, an RFID reader with Arduino card and has connectivity to a database created in MySQL with C ++ visual programming. The main objective is to store student access and location data, this way you can make reports of class attendance, use and / or access to laboratories in addition to having real time monitoring of the students' location. Compared to some other similar technologies, RFID does not require visual contact with the reader, is affordable and easy to implement.
Gestión del mantenimiento mediante Six Sigma para la optimización de la productividad de la maquinaria y equipos diversos para una pyme
Authors: Chávez-Medina Juan , Luna-Fernández Víctor Genaro , Santiesteban-López Noma Angélica , Velázquez-Mancilla Jorge Enrique
Published: April 2021

The application of Six Sigma to Maintenance Management, to optimize the productivity of machinery and equipment for an SME, using the Six Sigma methodology, which is made up of its 5 DMAIC phases. This research develops and applies a combined strategy of TPM and Six Sigma in an SME to eradicate a major CTQ problem. In this sense, the approach used, the tools and techniques used are highlighted, evidencing the savings that were achieved through the structured application of a combined TPM / DMAIC procedure. Through the correct application of the TPM and Six Sigma methods, the present research identifies optimal parameter adjustments and maintenance activities, which allowed the company to eradicate CTQ problems and achieve significant improvements in product quality, the cost and delivery of a modest financial outlay. The application of the strategy and the resulting conclusions regarding its effectiveness for the industry is the real value of this work, for which, it will be valuable for quality professionals, and specialists in manufacturing in a wide range of industries.
Reducción de tiempos de espera en el cambio de modelo mediante la aplicación de la herramienta SMED, un caso de estudio
Authors: Martínez-Hernández Julio Cesar , Cruz-Solís Edgar Jesús , Garrido-Rosado Rafael , Santiago-Escudero Anselmo
Published: April 2021

In the management of the production, SMED (acronym of Single-Minute Exchange of Die) derived from the Lean Manufacturing methodology can be interpreted as a philosophy of work born in Toyota, its application is based on the elimination of waste in a sustainable way over time, allowing improve the productivity. This research presents the application of the SMED methodology in a company specialized in the production of honeycomb type packaging, where the main problem is in the line of CHS, this produces the main component of the product, however, the delay time is up to 71 minutes per model change, adjustment of the machine and then the start, reflecting in 1500 pounds of delayed product, being affected in customer response times, generating overtime and not meeting the daily production goals. The objective of this research is to reduce the time of preparation and assembly of the tooling according to the requested changes, through the application of SMED a flexible production system will be obtained that allows responding to the constant changes in the market, reduction of delivery times and increase in production capacity.
Diseño de un sistema de inventario computarizado para la rastreabilidad de partes reutilizables
Authors: Acosta-Hernandez Daniel , De La Riva-Rodriguez Jorge , Woocay-Prieto Arturo , Reyes-Martínez Rosa María
Published: April 2021

This article presents the design of a computerized system for the traceability and reuse of pieces, where it impacts on the reduction of manufacturing costs, contributing to the decrease in the consumption of natural resources. The components to be reused are recovered from a complete used equipment, starting from a list of all its parts. The system facilitates the traceability of the components that need to be recovered, reducing the time of location and supplying parts to the production areas. In addition, it avoids the saturation in the warehouse area of parts that are not required. This system will have data in real time and concise on the inputs and outputs of raw material, speeding up the reception of equipment, making the capture of input inventory. As a result, it will lead to better production planning, increasing the recovery rates of the required components, making the most of the storage area, decreasing equipment unloading times. In addition, it will allow a better costing of inputs and outputs of the company. On the other hand, the software development cost was minimal, and could have a considerable impact on the profits of the industry, ecology and the economy where it is implemented.
Diseño de una micro-red virtual fotovoltaica, aplicando monitoreo energético en tiempo real, y estrategias de cambio de conducta para el ahorro de energía
Authors: Rentería-Macedo Francisco Daniel , García-Guerrero Santiago Martín , Haro-Falcón Nicolás , Coronado-Mendoza Alberto
Published: April 2021

The Mexican energy reform of 2013 enabled the development of new management models and energy infrastructure. However, there is growing and unattended evidence of the weight of human behavior analysis in energy consumption. Therefore, this research integrates, with an interdisciplinary approach, the design of a virtual microgrid and an energy market in the Tonalá Campus of the University of Guadalajara, with real-time energy monitoring and behavior change theories. Firstly, the design of a virtual microgrid of 5 buildings, each with a virtual generation plant, is proposed. Each one dimensioned based on its historical demand and the generation of a 499-kWp photovoltaic plant, installed at the Campus. Both consumption and generation have real-time monitoring installed since May 2018. It was from this data that the virtual power plant for each building was dimensioned. Parallelly, the Transtheoretical Model of the stages of change and the Diffusion of Innovation Theory, are applied to design an intervention to modify energy consumption habits in the Campus community and set the foundations of an energy market pilot program.
Estudio cinemático de la mano para movimiento de oposición del dedo pulgar y movimientos de flexión y extensión de los dedos índice, medio, anular y meñique
Authors: Ruiz-Chicaiza Pablo , Cevallos-Barragán Carlos
Published: April 2021

Present work studies hand articular kinematics for opposition movements of the thumb and flexion-extension movements of the fingers. We gathered data by means of Motion capture (MOCAP) photogrammetry and passive markers on the participant hand located in anatomical points recommended by International Society of Biomechanics (ISB). We collected data from nine participants who did not have any neuronal, rheumatologic or traumatological problems. Cycles were demarcated for the study's ranges of movement and analyzed with the rotation of three-dimensional joints method. Subsequently, obtained data was fed in a virtual model in 3D through the software "OpenSim" to simulate the obtained ranges of movement and compared with similar studies. We found that with the proposed methodology, ranges of movement for each hand joint in the performed exercises are acceptable between subjects and according to similar studies. This will allow a later study of greater scope focused in the comparison of people suffering from hand disorders compared to a population standard.
Prototipo electrónico simple y de bajo costo para rastreo de vehículos basado en GPS
Authors: Morales-Hernández Maricela , Caballero-Julian Franco Gabriel , Wong-Díaz Antonio Erick , Aguilar-Ortiz Gabriela
Published: April 2021

This article presents an electronic prototype for vehicle tracking based on GPS (Global Positioning System) location as a proposed solution to the problem of vehicle theft that affects the Oaxaca de Juarez municipality and its surrounding municipalities, according to statistics from the Office of the Prosecutor Specialized in High Impact Crimes, vehicle thefts have increased rapidly in recent years. The "V" diagram was used to make the prototype, which proposes a solution within reach of the owners of vehicles, since similar products require the device and the payment of a membership to follow up in real time. The prototype consists of an Arduino board, a GPS module, a communication module for sending SMS (Short Message Service) messages, an accelerometer to detect vehicle movements and other components that are required for the operation of the complete circuit. The program has been developed in C language for Arduino and a free application of GoogleMaps is being used to send the location of the vehicle when detecting any vehicle movement
Hidrógeno como combustible complementario para motores de ciclo diésel
Authors: Benitez-Cruz Gerardo Alan , Cruz-Gómez Marco Antonio , Juárez-Zerón Tomás Aáron , Flores-Martinez Guillermo
Published: April 2021

The use of hydrogen as a complementary fuel to internal combustion systems search to obtain automotive machines with individual parameters for sustainable development, providing the hydrogen amount required to be used in diesel cycle engines. The aims of this investigation are to use a dry hydrogen cell prototype to quantify the amount released that is optimal for energetic supply to the diesel cycle in standard operating conditions. This research was conducted under a mixed approach, using an experimental, systematic, descriptive, explanatory, correlational, empirical and in a field context, the variables considered for the development of the research are the amounts of hydrogen, diesel, oxygen, time and concentration of the mixture for the experiments. The prototype presented controlled operating conditions depending on the delivered hydrogen flow to obtain the operating curves of the diesel engine (pressure-volume, temperature-entropy), setting the necessary concentration of the mixture for optimum performance for the internal combustion cycle. The combustion systems evolution with hydrogen will tend to optimize performance when characterizing the supply in a controlled manner, depending on the torque in diesel engines under real operating conditions.
Aplicación web para la gestión de planes e informes de trabajo académico de profesores para Instituciones de Educación Superior
Authors: Macías Brambila Hassem Rubén , Zamora-Ramos Victor Manuel , Becerra-Velázquez Violeta del Rocío , Osorio-Angel Sonia
Published: April 2021

This article describes the process of analysis, design, development and implementation of a web application for the management of the plans and work reports of Full Time Teachers (FTT) of Higher Education Institutions (HEI), through collaboration of the Research Group (RG) UTJAL-CA-2 Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Integral Development for SMEs of the Universidad Tecnológica de Jalisco and the Research Group UDG-CA-991 Development of Professional Competencies in Computer Sciences of the Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías of the Universidad de Guadalajara. This process was developed through the agile SCRUM methodology for the periodicity of the phases and their implementation. The objective of the application is to provide a computer solution for the management of the academic plans and reports that according to the recommendations of the Accreditation Experts are necessary as part of the processes that ensure the quality in the Educational Programs, thus allowing to systematize and automate its processes of storage, consultation and validation, facilitating the management of them.