bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Quality of life among family caregivers of children with disabilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A Systematic Review
Authors:   King Khalid University, Tedla Jaya Shanker , Asiri Faisal , Sangadala Devika Rani , Mukherjee Debjani , Reddy Ravi Shankar , Gular Kumar
Published: March 2023

Review question / Objective: The purpose of this systematic review is to find the quality of life among family caregivers of children with disabilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Condition being studied: Quality of life is a broad-ranging concept affected in a complex way by the person’s physical health, psychological state, level of independence, social relationships, personal beliefs, and their relationship to salient features of their environment. A family caregiver is an unpaid individual who assists in caring for disabled children in activities of daily living, transfers, etc., and also aids in regular follow ups with doctors and rehabilitation professionals. These type of efforts affects the physical health, psychological state, and social relationships of caregivers, thereby reducing the quality of life of the family caregivers. Families in Saudi Arabia are family oriented, committed to family commitments, and respect family values; therefore, family members involve in caring for disabled children.
CONSTRUCION AND STANDARDIZATION OF LIFE SKILLS SCALE
Authors: Regina T. , Govindan M.
Published: March 2023

Current study analysis the life skills of higher secondary school students. The especially idea of this revise be construct along among certify a skill interested put into practice in support of measure the life skills of the higher secondary school students. Life skills of Ten core: Self-Awareness, Empathy, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Effective Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Coping with Emotions, Coping with Stress of life skills obtain part into an necessary component of adolescents. Importance of Life Skills to make possible us in the direction of adjusts toward situation help out us in the direction of include an encouraging move about on the way to Life skills get superior taking well again relationships moreover a well, useful to teenagers. It makes possible persons toward interpret understanding, attitude as well as value interested in real ability. Life skill stock was constructed with standardized through the investigator used for the use of the present study. The scale have 70 items future used for the pilot study be administer towards a sample of 100 higher secondary school students studying of Arts, Science and Vocational were collected use stratified probability sampling method. Subsequent to the pilot study, item analysis is throughout toward standardizing the do research instrument to conclude, 50 items be select used for the final study.
Neural Coreference Resolution for Turkish
Authors: DEMİR Şeniz
Published: March 2023

Coreference resolution deals with resolving mentions of the same underlying entity in a given text. This challenging task is an indispensable aspect of text understanding and has important applications in various language processing systems such as question answering and machine translation. Although a significant amount of studies is devoted to coreference resolution, the research on Turkish is scarce and mostly limited to pronoun resolution. To our best knowledge, this article presents the first neural Turkish coreference resolution study where two learning-based models are explored. Both models follow the mention-ranking approach while forming clusters of mentions. The first model uses a set of hand-crafted features whereas the second coreference model relies on embeddings learned from large-scale pre-trained language models for capturing similarities between a mention and its candidate antecedents. Several language models trained specifically for Turkish are used to obtain mention representations and their effectiveness is compared in conducted experiments using automatic metrics. We argue that the results of this study shed light on the possible contributions of neural architectures to Turkish coreference resolution.
Exploring the Recycling Model of Phobos Formation: Rubble-pile Satellites*
Authors: Madeira Gustavo , Charnoz Sébastien , Zhang Yun , Hyodo Ryuki , Michel Patrick , Genda Hidenori , Giuliatti Winter Silvia
Published: March 2023

Phobos is the target of the return sample mission Martian Moons eXploration by JAXA that will analyze in great detail the physical and compositional properties of the satellite from orbit, from the surface, and in terrestrial laboratories, giving clues about its formation. Some models propose that Phobos and Deimos were formed after a giant impact giving rise to an extended debris disk. Assuming that Phobos formed from a cascade of disruptions and reaccretions of several parent bodies in this disk, and that they are all characterized by a low material cohesion, Hesselbrock & Minton showed that a recycling process may happen during the assembling of Phobos, by which Phobos’s parents are destroyed into a Roche-interior ring and reaccreted several times. In this paper, we explore the recycling model in detail and pay particular attention to the characteristics of the disk using 1D models of disk/satellite interactions. In agreement with previous studies, we confirm that, if Phobos’s parent bodies are gravitational aggregates (rubble piles), then the recycling process does occur. However, Phobos should be accompanied today by a Roche-interior ring. Furthermore, the characteristics of the ring are not reconcilable with today’s observations of Mars’ environment, which put stringent constraints on the existence of a ring around Mars. The recycling mechanism may or may not have occurred at the Roche limit for an old moon population, depending on the internal cohesion. However, the Phobos we see today cannot be the outcome of such a recycling process.
The Distribution of Molecular Water in the Lunar South Polar Region Based upon 6 μm Spectroscopic Imaging
Authors: Reach William T. , Lucey Paul G. , Honniball Casey I. , Arredondo Anicia , Malaret Erick R.
Published: March 2023

The amount and distribution of water on the lunar surface are related to the input and production of water by solar wind and meteoroid bombardment, balanced by photodestruction and mobility across the surface. Using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), we imaged the 6.1 μm feature that uniquely traces molecular water, covering 1/4 of the lunar nearside surface south of −60° latitude with 5 km resolution on 2022 February 17 UTC. The water feature strength varies significantly across the region, being drier at +28° longitude to more wet (170 ppm) at −7° longitude, and also decreasing toward the pole. Significant local enhancements are found, associated with south-facing, high-altitude topographic features. This includes relatively high H2O concentrations in a “wet ridge” just north of the Curtius crater; the south-facing, northern, inner rims of the most prominent craters; the south face of the central peak of the Moretus crater; and permanently shadowed polar regions.
The gut microbiota diversity of five Orthoptera (Insecta, Polyneoptera) insects determined by DNA metabarcoding
Authors: Liu Yantong , Zhao Lina , Qiu Zhongying , Yuan Hao
Published: March 2023

Most orthopteran insects are phytophagous and some are important pests in agriculture and forests. Many intestinal microflora of Orthoptera insects have been reported, primarily from Acridoidea and there have been few reports of other taxa. In this study, we collected 15 individuals representing five species (Ruspolia lineosa, Tetrix japonica, Erianthus versicolor, Gryllotalpa orientalis and Teleogryllus emma) belonging to five orthopteran superfamilies (Tettigonioidea, Tetrigoidea, Eumastacoidea, Gryllotalpoidea and Grylloidea) to characterise and compare the gut microbiota with greater taxonomic width by performing sequencing analysis of the 16S rRNA V4 region in gut material. A total of 606,053 high-quality sequences and 3,105 OTUs were acquired from 15 gut samples representing 24 phyla, 48 classes, 69 orders, 133 families and 219 genera. Firmicutes and bacteria were the most abundant phyla, followed by Bacteroidetes, Cyanobacteria, Actinobacteria and Acidobacteria. At the genus level, Serratia, Citrobacter, Wolbachia, Lactobacillus and Parabacteroides were the most predominant genera in R. lineosa, T. japonica, E. versicolor, G. orientalis and T. emma, respectively. Both Principal Coordinates Analysis (PCoA) and heatmap results revealed significant differences in bacterial community composition across species. Additionally, alpha diversity analysis indicated the bacterial richness was significantly different amongst the five species.
Standardised inventories of lepidopterans and odonates from Serra da Estrela Natural Park (Portugal) - setting the scene for mountain biodiversity monitoring
Authors: Boieiro Mário , Antunes Sandra , Figueiredo Hugo , Soares Albano , Lopes Ana , Monteiro Eva , Garcia-Pereira Patrícia , Rego Carla , Conde José , Borges Paulo , Serrano Artur
Published: March 2023

Mountain insect biodiversity is unique, but is menaced by different drivers, particularly climate and land-use changes. In mainland Portugal, the highest mountain - Serra da Estrela - is one of the most important biodiversity hotspots, being classified as Natural Park since 1976. Many lepidopteran and odonate species, including rare and protected species, are known to occur in Serra da Estrela, but basic knowledge on their abundance, distribution and ecology is still lacking. Standardised sampling of these communities is crucial to provide valuable biological information to support short-term decision-making for conservation management, setting simultaneously the standards for mountain biodiversity monitoring aiming to tackle the effects of environmental change in the long-term.

This study reports novel information on lepidopteran and odonate species diversity, distribution and abundance from Serra da Estrela Natural Park (Portugal). Seventy-two lepidopteran and 26 odonate species were sampled in this protected area, including the first findings of Apatura ilia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), Macromia splendens (Pictet, 1843) and Vanessa virginiensis (Drury, 1773). New populations of Euphydrias aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775) and Oxygastra curtisii (Dale, 1834), protected species under the Habitats Directive, were found in this Natural Park and novel distribution and ecological data were collected for most species, including several rare species and subspecies [e.g. Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758), Coenonympha glycerion iphioides Staudinger, 1870, Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg, 1775) and Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758)]. All data were collected using standardised sampling allowing its use as a baseline for biodiversity monitoring in Serra da Estrela.
Local perception of the current state and threat factors of a critically endangered species, Celtis toka (Forssk.) Hepper & J.R.I. Wood, in Burkina Faso: implications for species conservation
Authors: Dabré Zaïnabou , Zerbo Issouf , Nacoulma Blandine Marie Ivette , Soro Dodiomon , Thiombiano Adjima
Published: March 2023

Celtis toka, the only species of the genus Celtis (family Cannabaceae) encountered in the flora of Burkina Faso, is critically endangered in the country. To engage the public for the future conservation and domestication of the species, knowledge of the factors threatening Celtis toka survival is necessary. Thus, the study objective was to identify the perceptions of local people concerning the current state and conservation strategies of Celtis toka in Burkina Faso.

To investigate potential solutions to the threats posed to Celtis toka, we randomly surveyed 405 consenting participants using a selected semi-structured interview. Moreover, field observations were performed to assess the threat drivers cited by local people of the Sudanian and Sudano-Sahelian climatic zones. Descriptive analyses (relative frequency and fidelity level) and generalized linear models (GLMs) were used to highlight the impact of sociodemographic factors and climate zones on the current state, threat drivers, and potential solutions. The chi-square test was used to assess whether to plant C. toka.

GLM analyses revealed that local knowledge about the current state, threat factors and potential solution to the threat as related to natural stand varied significantly according to ethnolinguistic group (P < 0.000), sex (P = 0.01) and age (P = 0.01). Rural people had varying perceptions of the current state of C. toka. Sixty-eight percent reported a decrease in population, ten percent reported scarcity, and five percent reported extinction. The views of local people were that the factors affecting C. toka were pruning (25%), climate change (14%), deforestation (10%), ageing (10%), debarking (9%), and agriculture (7%). Potential solutions included planting (45%), conservation of C. toka and its habitat (27%), sustainable use of Celtis toka (14%), promotion of education and awareness about Celtis toka (10%) and tree/crop association (5%).

The study concluded that the ethnobotanical knowledge of Celtis toka may play an important role in its conservation and domestication in Burkina Faso. Furthermore, its incorporation into reforestation and restoration programs is critical to species survival.
A Role for Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Santoro Adam J. , Post Zachary D. , Thalody Hope S. , Czymek Miranda M. , Ong Alvin C. , Ponzio Danielle Y.
Published: March 2023

Outpatient total joint arthroplasty (TJA) gained favor during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our objective was to critically evaluate the safety and short-term outcomes of outpatient total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) throughout the pandemic compared with pre-pandemic given their increased use. This was a retrospective review of 941 patients who underwent elective, outpatient TKA and THA at a single institution. Patients were divided into two cohorts: pre-pandemic (N=611) and pandemic (N=330). Data points included demographics, comorbidities, failure of same calendar day discharge (SCDD), and 90-day readmissions and re-operations. The pandemic cohort was older (61.0 vs 59.0 years;
P
=.001) and had a higher Charlson Comorbidity Index (2 vs 1;
P
=.004). There were no differences between the pandemic and pre-pandemic cohorts regarding SCDD failures (23.3% vs 21.9%;
P
=.623) and reoperations (4.2% vs 6.2%;
P
=.205). The pandemic cohort had a lower readmission rate (4.8% vs 8.2%;
P
=.056). Overall, patients who had failure of SCDD more commonly underwent TKA than THA (63.5% vs 36.5%;
P
<.001), were older (63.0 vs 58.5 years;
P
<.001), had a higher body mass index (30.8 vs 29.9 kg/m
2
;
P
=.006) and Charlson Comorbidity Index (2 vs 1;
P
<.001), had an American Society of Anesthesiologists class greater than 2 (51.2% vs 31.6%;
P
<.001), received physical therapy later postoperatively (4.15 vs 3.12 hours;
P
<.001), and had a history significant for myocardial infarction (
P
=.025), chronic kidney disease (
P
=.004), or diabetes (
P
=.003). This study supports broadening indications for outpatient TJA because we found a shift toward older patients with more comorbidities successfully undergoing the procedure. [
Orthopedics
. 2023;46(5):303–309.]
Energy production potential of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and its implications for Nigeria
Authors: Ajaero Charles C. , Okafor Chukwuebuka C. , Otunomo Festus A. , Nduji Nixon N. , Adedapo John A.
Published: March 2023

The issue of climate change and management of municipal solid waste (MSW) necessitates transition to renewable energy, including bioenergy. This work assessed energy production from organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) in the thirty-six state capitals and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria. Secondary research method (qualitative and quantitative analysis) was adopted. The four valorization methods considered were incineration, anaerobic digestion (AD), landfill gas-to-energy (LFGTE) and densification. MSW and OFMSW generation rate (kg/cap/day) for the thirty-six state capitals and the FCT, Abuja were obtained. The paper estimated that about 4.7 million tons per year (TPY) of OFMSW is generated in the 37 cities. Daily OFMSW generation ranges from 10416 tons per year (TPY) in Damaturu, to 1.6 million TPY in Lagos. The estimates show that about 1.82 billion Nm3 of biogas could be obtained from anaerobic digestion (AD) of OFMSW generated in the cities each year; about 984 Gg (1085688 tons) of methane can be recovered from the landfill gas technology, while drying and densification will produce about 1.82 million tons of solid fuel. Based on secondary sources, the cost per ton waste and emissions (kg/ton) processed were also presented.
Asset pricing models in South Africa: A comparative of regression analysis and the Bayesian approach
Authors: Dwarika Nitesha
Published: March 2023

This study investigated the risk-return relationship using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), Carhart four-factor Model (C4FM) and Fama and French Multifactor Models (FFMMs): F3FM and F5FM. This study analyzed the JSE ALSI returns of the South African market, in relation to the risk factors constructed by the data of twenty-six emerging markets, over the sample period from October 2000 to October 2021. The methodology employed was a comparison of the conventional regression analysis and novel Bayesian approach. Regression analysis estimated by Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) is one of the foremost methods used in South Africa. However, such an approach does not take into account the properties of the price data, namely, the asymmetric, volatile and random nature. While the Newey-West adjustment is one way to assist in capturing autocorrelation and volatility, it fails to consider asymmetry. The Bayesian approach accounts for all the aforementioned properties, overcoming the fundamental flaws of regression analysis. The additional model diagnostics highlighted in this study improved the Bayesian approach' robustness. The risk factors of the FFMMs estimated by regression analysis, with and without the Newey-West adjustment, were insignificant, whereas the Bayesian test results were significant. This finding clearly highlighted that model choice impacts the significance of parameter estimation and the financial decisions of investors, firms and policymakers. Jensen's alpha revealed CAPM to be optimal but none of the asset pricing models fully captured the risk premia. Thus, returns should be investigated with different risk measures for future research purposes.
Internet of Bio Nano Things-based FRET nanocommunications for eHealth
Authors: El-Atty Saied M. Abd , Lizos Konstantinos A. , Alfarraj Osama , Shawki Faird
Published: March 2023

The integration of the Internet of Bio Nano Things (IoBNT) with artificial intelligence (AI) and molecular communications technology is now required to achieve eHealth, specifically in the targeted drug delivery system (TDDS). In this work, we investigate an analytical framework for IoBNT with Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET) nanocommunication to enable intelligent bio nano thing (BNT) machine to accurately deliver therapeutic drug to the diseased cells. The FRET nanocommunication is accomplished by using the well-known pair of fluorescent proteins, EYFP and ECFP. Furthermore, the proposed IoBNT monitors drug transmission by using the quenching process in order to reduce side effects in healthy cells. We investigate the IoBNT framework by driving diffusional rate models in the presence of a quenching process. We evaluate the performance of the proposed framework in terms of the energy transfer efficiency, diffusion-controlled rate and drug loss rate. According to the simulation results, the proposed IoBNT with the intelligent bio nano thing for monitoring the quenching process can significantly achieve high energy transfer efficiency and low drug delivery loss rate, i.e., accurately delivering the desired therapeutic drugs to the diseased cell.
Réunir, conserver et exploiter des sources historiques : la « mise en collection » des manuels de mathématiques (1839-1889)
Authors: Barbin Évelyne
Published: March 2023

Les manuels de mathématiques sont écrits par des auteurs spécialisés à l’intention de destinataires spécifiques pour éduquer, enseigner, instruire ou former. Mais, dans cet article, notre investigation prend pour point de départ des lieux où ils ont été déposés à partir du xixe siècle. Précisément, nous partons de lieux créés dans la seconde moitié du xixe siècle en cherchant d’abord dans quel but et pour quel public des ouvrages y ont été réunis. Nous examinons ensuite comment ces ouvrages ont été choisis et nous parlerons ici de « mise en collection ». Enfin, nous nous intéressons à l’exploitation de ces lieux aujourd’hui en distinguant trois fonctions premières des mises en collection, comme patrimoine, ressource ou sauvegarde. Nous concluons sur les efforts de mise à disposition de bibliothèques ouvertes à tous dans une société démocratique.
Les appareils du laboratoire de Benjamin Bourdon : premier laboratoire universitaire français de psychologie expérimentale (1896-…)
Authors: Quaireau Christophe
Published: March 2023

Il y a plus de 120 ans, en 1896, Benjamin Bourdon fondait, à Rennes, le premier laboratoire universitaire français de psychologie expérimentale. Pour étudier scientifiquement le fonctionnement psychologique, il acquit différents appareils et dispositifs. Malgré plusieurs déménagements et des contraintes de place, de nombreux appareils ont été préservés et la collection initiale s’est enrichie. Depuis le centenaire du laboratoire, une démarche de préservation et de valorisation de ce patrimoine est engagée, et différents appareils et dispositifs sont présentés dans deux espaces d’exposition dédiés au sein de l’université. Nous présenterons l’histoire de ce laboratoire et un aperçu des différents instruments historiques utilisés en psychologie et psychométrie.
Transmissions d’une collection cartographique universitaire dormante : conserver une trace d’anciens usages pour en développer de nouveaux
Authors: Joubert Nathalie
Published: March 2023

L’université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès dispose d’une collection de cartes, constituée depuis 1930, de dons et d’achats. Inscrite en 2015 dans l’inventaire du patrimoine de l’Université de Toulouse, elle reflète l’histoire des champs de recherche et des thématiques enseignées, telle une trace d’usages scientifiques et pédagogiques. Bien que leur statut soit devenu patrimonial, ces cartes ont cependant perdu leurs usages. Nous portons depuis dix ans un double regard, scientifique et bibliothéconomique, sur les modes de transmission de cette collection, afin de favoriser de nouvelles perspectives d’appropriation. Après un rappel historique et contextuel, nous présentons d’une part les applications professionnelles de nos recherches et d’autre part une analyse des médiations qui en découlent (inventaire documentographique, recontextualisation thématique, enquêtes documentaires participatives sur des cartes ou des lots de cartes), à mettre en œuvre en fonction des dispositifs envisagés.
Comment danser un anniversaire ?
Authors: Böhmisch Susanne
Published: March 2023

L’article étudie le motif de l’anniversaire – motif assez rare en danse contemporaine – à partir de deux œuvres considérées comme canoniques dans l’histoire de celle-ci : 1980 – une pièce de Pina Bausch (1980) et May B de Maguy Marin (1981). En quoi le traitement de l’anniversaire révèle-t-il leur langage chorégraphique respectif, ainsi que les affinités esthétiques que la critique aime reconnaître entre les deux chorégraphes ? On peut observer une volonté de fissurer les conventions et rituels du temps, et de signifier la solitude, finitude et vacuité de l’existence. Dans la pièce autoréférentielle de Pina Bausch, l’anniversaire de naissance se superpose à la douloureuse expérience de la mort d’un proche, mais en tant que célébration du moi, la fête de l’anniversaire fait également objet d’une parodie de l’individualisme performatif contemporain. Dans la pièce de Maguy Marin, le motif s’inscrit très nettement dans l’univers absurde de Beckett qui constitue la source textuelle principale de la chorégraphie. Le travail critique sur le rituel de l’anniversaire témoigne dans les deux cas de la dimension anthropologique de leur danse et transforme le temps de l’humain en émotions et en rythmes.
Le 31 octobre 1517, anniversaire de la Réforme – a fake anniversary ?
Authors: Mourey Marie-Thérèse
Published: March 2023

Récemment, l’Allemagne protestante a célébré longuement (par la Lutherdekade) et avec faste les 500 ans de la Réforme luthérienne, en se référant à la date du 31 octobre 1517. Toutefois, l’affichage des 95 thèses sur la porte de la chapelle du château de Wittenberg en ce jour précis n’est pas avérée – cette invention, ainsi que le geste théâtral qui l’accompagne (Thesenanschlag), est due au disciple de Luther, Philipp Melanchton, pourtant absent au moment des faits. Si au xvie siècle, on célébrait encore les anniversaires de la naissance, du baptême ou du décès du réformateur, contribuant à la mythification de sa personne, c’est la date symbolique du 31 octobre qui s’imposa au fil du temps, par besoin de créer ex nihilo une tradition en inventant un acte fondateur spectaculaire. Ce fake anniversary fit ensuite florès dans le monde entier, devenant le pilier inébranlable d’une culture et d’une identité inlassablement célébrées.
Ein deutsch-provenzalisches „Familienfest“?
Authors: Stralla Melanie
Published: March 2023

Der Beitrag betrachtet ein Kommunikat, das Frédéric Mistral anlässlich seiner Silberhochzeit im Jahr 1901 von Seiten der deutschen Provenzalist*innen zuging. Es handelt sich dabei nur vordergründig um Glückwünsche; tatsächlich versuchen die Deutschen, ihre Position innerhalb der Organisation des Felibrige zu festigen. Die Absichten werden sowohl auf der Inhalts- als auch auf der Gestaltungsebene des Textes sichtbar, der einerseits althergebrachte Konventionen der Briefkommunikation tradiert, anderseits auf öffentliche Rezeption ausgelegt ist. Gleichzeitig zeichnet er ein Bild der Ehe Mistrals, das auf Zuschreibungen der Deutschen, nicht aber auf Fakten basiert.
Les visages du temps dans la pensée de Franz Rosenzweig
Authors: Plato Isis Von
Published: March 2023

Dans L’Étoile de la Rédemption, œuvre écrite sur le front balkanique et parue en 1921, Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) développe « une pensée nouvelle » qui réinterroge la Raison historique et la conception téléologique du temps. Au temps homogène, continu, tendu vers le progrès, il oppose sa conception d’un temps discontinu, fait de moments singuliers à partir desquels se déploient mémoire et espérance. Fondée sur l’expérience vécue et sur une réflexion concernant le langage, sa philosophie cherche à replacer la réalité dialogique liée à la présence d’un interlocuteur au cœur de la pensée. La prise en compte de l’altérité engendre une conception du temps qui échappe à tout système clos. Aussi donne-t-elle une place centrale à la transcendance. À la façon dont s’articulent histoire et éternité dans l’expérience collective, Rosenzweig analyse les modalités de l’Être que représentent pour lui le judaïsme et le christianisme. L’anniversaire est considéré à l’aune de cette réflexion sur le temps et des fêtes qui rythment l’année.
Information Science and Knowledge Management Maturity
Authors: Bastos dos Santos Sandro , Antunes Adelaide Maria de Souza , Lima de Magalhães Jorge
Published: March 2023

The 21st century is known as the age of knowledge and informational data. This revolution in the way of managing knowledge required organizations to reinvent themselves in the search for competitive advantages. New models or strategic management tools have come to confer advantages for organizations. In this context, knowledge management (KM) is presented as a set of processes to govern the creation, storage, dissemination, and use of knowledge, aiming to improve organizational performance. This differential requires companies to carry out a previous diagnosis in order to know their strengths and weaknesses. Assessing the degree of maturity in KM supports the elaboration of a management plan, as well as improving the level of development and indicating points of improvement, evolution, and progress of organizations. This work uses information technology to diagnose the level of maturity in KM in a public pharmaceutical industry. Results showed a reasonable degree of maturity and that it is necessary to improve the implementation of equitable KM at all levels of the organization.
Correction of anteverted conchal bowl deformity
Authors: Jayasena K. D. N. U. D. , Fernando M. H. T. C. , Karunaratna K. P. M. I. , Sureshkumar R. , Kumara S. P. P.
Published: March 2023

Anteverted conchal bowl is a congenital deformity; in which the conchal bowl is convex. This condition affects the external appearance and also affects the hearing via obstructing the opening of the external acoustic meatus. In the neonatal stages it can be corrected non-surgically, where as in childhood or in an adult, it needs surgical correction. Here we present a case of a patient which was surgically treated in the ENT Unit - GH Ampara, Sri Lanka along with the surgical methods utilized.
Telemedicine in Otorhinolaryngology – A Covid induced opportunity?
Authors: Lakshan M. T. D. , Drahaman A. M. P. , Weerabahu I. A. , Wijayarathna N. C.
Published: March 2023

Introduction The importance of telemedicine became apparent during the height of the pandemic when there was a large discrepancy between the need for patient care and health service provision. In this article we describe a single ENT care provider experience of delivering otolaryngology care using a single app (oDocTM) from November 2020 to September 2021 (11 months)
Methods In this cross-sectional retrospective audit details about the consultations were collected using the prescriptions from November 2020 to September 2021. Prescriptions were collected from the ‘oDoc’ application database after removing patient identifiable details for privacy reasons. Data was extracted regarding demographics, clinical features and prescription details. Data was analyzed using Google Sheets and Microsoft excel.
Results The total number of patients analyzed was 294. Ear related symptoms were the most common standing at 38% followed by throat related symptoms at 31%. 85% of patients surveyed presented with an acute problem. Those presenting with predominantly neck related symptoms needed biochemical related investigations 50% of the time and also needed radiological investigations 83% of the time. Those who presented with ear and throat related symptoms had the lowest requirement for follow-up standing at 36.73% and 38.46% respectively.
Conclusions Consultations are more effective in ear related presentations and are least effective in neck related presentations. Overall physician need for follow-up consultations is less than 50% contributing to a decrease in load to OPD and ETU admissions. Topical ototoxic antibiotic prescription is less in telemedicine. It can be successfully used to treat acute presentations with a high degree of caution.
Validating the fishing locations reported in the logbooks using the positional data of vessel monitoring systems in the multi-day fishery of Sri Lanka
Authors: Gunawardane Nuwan D. P. , Ariyarathna Mapalagama M. , Amarasinghe Upali S. , De Croos M. D. S. T.
Published: March 2023

As part of monitoring, control and surveillance of marine fisheries, a logbook monitoring and vessel monitoring system (VMS) were introduced for multi-day fishing. The present study investigates the possibility of using VMS data to validate logbook records of fishing locations of multi-day fishing vessels. The data from 1,424 multiday vessels were fitted with VMS, which was operated from May 2017 to April 2018. During the period, there were 17,626 fishing trips and 66,717 fishing occasions. In the VMS tracks where the locations were flooded, drift gillnet-operated vessels were seen as a condensed zig-zag pattern, while longline fishing vessels as curve-shaped tracks, and ring net fishing vessels as condensed locations had irregular-shaped clumps. The differences in coordinates of fishing locations in the logbook records matched with the tracks predicted by VMS in multi-day boats of three gear types indicating that almost all fishing operations were within ±10º of both latitudes and longitudes and further around 70% of fishing locations had less than 1 arcminute of a difference. Therefore, VMS track data can be used to verify and validate logbook records of fishing locations in multi-day vessels.
Population dynamics of two squid species, Uroteuthis duvaucelii (D'Orbigny, 1835) and U. singhalensis (Ortmann, 1891) (Family: Loliginidae) in the Trincomalee bay, Sri Lanka
Authors: Punyadewa N. B. Prasada , Wijayasinghe K. L. R. C. , Amarasinghe Upali S.
Published: March 2023

In the Trincomalee bay of Sri Lanka, two species of squids, Uroteuthis duvaucelii and U. singhalensis, support profitable small-scale fisheries. The present study is an attempt to assess the fisheries of these two squid species using length-based stock assessment methodologies. Length frequency data collected from the landings of two species, collected during the fishing season from May to October 2003 were analyzed using FiSAT II software package. The asymptotic length (mantle length) and growth constant of U. duvaucelii were 31.8 cm and 0.90 yr-1 respectively and of U. singhalensis were 31.2 cm and 0.72 yr-1 respectively. Using the mortality coefficient estimates based on these growth parameters, exploitation rates (E) of U. duvaucelii and U. singhalensis during the study period were found to be 0.55 and 0.44 respectively. Optimal fishing strategies determined by relative yield-per-recruit (Y’/R) analyses of two squad species indicated that the sizes of first capture (Lc) and E were at sub-optimal levels. As both squid species are exploited by the same fishing gear, optimal E values predicted by Y’/R analyses cannot be achieved. This analysis indicates that levels of exploitation during the study period having Lc of 15.8 cm for U. duvaucelii at E = 0.55 and 14.3 cm at E = 0.44 for U. singhalensis be maintained. It is therefore concluded that fishing effort and the sizes of the first capture of the two squid species in the Trincomalee bay do not require adjustments through fishery regulations for the sustainability of their fisheries.
The interplay between neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-lymphocyte ratio, erectile dysfunction, and Peyronie’s disease: A meta-analysis of observational studies
Authors: Pakpahan Cennikon , Ilhamsyah Ilhamsyah , Supardi Supardi , Narulita Pety , Agustinus Agustinus , Darmadi Darmadi
Published: March 2023

Introduction: This study aims to investigate the relationship between Neutrophil- Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR) with Erectile Dysfunction (ED) and Peyronie's disease (PD).

Methods: We conducted a meta-analysis of the observational study by searching for the appropriate keywords in eight databases. The risk of publication bias of the included studies was assessed by Egger's test and Kendall's t. The data extraction was carried out for each study and analysed using Revman 5.0.
Results: There were eleven eligible studies out of the 411 studies retrieved. Eight studies were conducted on cases of erectile dysfunction, and three studies on Peyronie's disease. There was a significant relationship between NLR, PLR and ED (SMD: 0.59, 95% CI: 0.33-0.85 and SMD: 0.64, 95% CI: 0.13-1.16, respectively). The same was also found for PD. The active phase of PD tended to have higher NLR (SMD: 0.68, 95% CI: 0.43-0.92) and PLR (SMD: 0.27, 95% CI: 0.06-0.49) compared to the chronic phase. No publication bias was found in both ED and PD studies.
Conclusions: NLR and PLR indicate an ongoing inflammatory process in both ED and PD. These findings can be used as markers of treatment and prognosis of both diseases in sexual health care.
Sexual dysfunction: Time for a multidisciplinary approach?
Authors: Cirillo Luigi , Fusco Giovanni Maria , Di Bello Francesco , Morgera Vincenzo , Cacace Gianluigi , Di Mauro Ernesto , Mastrangelo Francesco , Romano Lorenzo , Calace Francesco Paolo , La Rocca Roberto , Napolitano Luigi
Published: March 2023

Sexual health impairment is one of the most important issues worldwide, with an increasing number of men and women affected. Specifically in male sexual dysfunction (SD), several risk factors were established such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking or obesity. The co-presence of more than one of risk factors identifies a condition, defined as the metabolic syndrome (MetS), related directly to the SD. However, not all the physicians involved in the MetS management routinely discussed the sexual impairment, increasing the bothering feelings of patients. Furthermore, the lack of knowledge, insufficient time, lack of attention, ambiguities about responsibility, insufficient training and experience, shared among physicians, regarding the communication and treatment of sexual dysfunction, are all reported factors involved in under-valuation of SD. The current paper represents a warning to the experts, with the aim of increasing the awareness of SD among clinicians and to promote the education, training and collaboration with sex therapists, through a multidisciplinary team, that can lead to a holistic approach in SD assessment and treatment.
Renal cell carcinoma in native kidneys before transplantation - When will we stop waiting?
Authors: Correia Jorge , Teixeira Bernardo , Mendes Gonçalo , Fraga Avelino , Silva-Ramos Miguel
Published: March 2023

Introduction: Kidney transplantation requires immunosuppression, traditionally regarded as a risk factor for progression in all malignancies. Based on the Cincinnati Registry, a waiting period before transplantation is therefore mandatory. However, recent evidence suggests this increased risk is restricted to particular tumors, whereas others like renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are not negatively affected. We aimed to compare oncological outcomes of RCC in native kidneys of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, according to their transplantation or dialysis status. Material and methods: Retrospective analysis of all ESRD patients diagnosed with RCC between 2010 and 2020 in our center. Recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) were estimated with Kaplan-Meier curves. Multivariable Cox regression model was used to evaluate their association with kidney transplantation. Results: Clinical and pathological characteristics were similar between groups. Kidney transplant recipients had similar risk of recurrence (hazard ratio [HR] 0.40, 95% confidence interval [CI) 0.04-4.46, p = 0.458) and overall survival (HR 0.34, 95%CI 0.07-1.77, p = 0.202) as dialyzed patients. On multivariable Cox regression model, presence or absence of transplantation was not significantly associated with RFS (p = 0.479) or OS (p = 0.236). Time on dialysis was the only independent predictor of worse survival (HR 1.86, 95%CI 1.18-2.93, p = 0.008). Conclusions: Most RCC in native kidneys of ESRD patients are low-grade, low-stage and exhibit favourable pathological and outcome features. Immunosuppression does not seem to have an impact on oncological outcomes, but an increased time on dialysis seems to be associated with worse overall survival. Therefore, waiting time for transplantation for these tumors could be reduced.
Prevalence of neurological manifestations in coronavirus disease 2019 positive patients in Makkah city – Saudi Arabia
Authors: Altarazi Eyad , AlKhotani Amal M , Mohorjy Doaa Khalid , Almoabdi Abdullah , Almatrafi Rahaf
Published: March 2023

Background:

Coronaviruses are the important pathogens of humans and animals that can cause diseases ranging from the common cold to more severe or even fatal respiratory infections. Regarding nervous system complications, existing literature has revealed increasing reports of neurological manifestations in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-positive patients ranging from mild-to-severe manifestations.

Aim:

In this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of neurological manifestations in COVID-19-positive patients. Furthermore, we sought to ascertain the most common and most severe manifestations and to find the significant associations with laboratory or clinical findings.

Setting and Design:

This is a retrospective cross-sectional observational study that was conducted at two centers.

Materials and Methods:

Patient data were collected in periods from of March 1 to of July 30, 2020 labeled as the first wave, and from December 1, 2021 to January 30, 2022 labeled as the second wave in two tertiary care hospitals, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital and King Abdullah Medical City, situated in Makkah city, Saudi Arabia. The study included patients who were ≥ 18 years of age and were found to have any neurological manifestations and/or complications secondary to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The study was conducted in different periods to assess the different waves of the COVID-19 pandemic and to allow the comparison between them.

Results:

From a total number of 4751 patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection eligible during the periods included in our study, we found neurological manifestations in 263 patients, particularly 229 from the first wave and 34 from the second wave. In the first wave patients, 102 (44.5%) were aged between 18 and 39 years of age. The prevalence of neurological manifestations was 6.4% in the first wave and 2.9% in the second wave.

Conclusion:

Our study showed a large variety of neurological manifestations in COVID-19-positive patients. The most common neurological manifestations were headache and impaired level of consciousness, whereas the most severe conditions were cerebrovascular events, seizure, encephalopathy, and brain death.
Od Za grzechy do Bezdomnych. Aleksander Marten (1898–1942?), artysta żydowskiej i polskiej kinematografii dźwiękowej
Authors: Włodek Roman
Published: March 2023

From Al Khet (For the Sins) to On a Heym (Without a Home): Aleksander Marten (1898–1942?), a Filmmaker of Jewish and Polish Sound Cinematography

Mordka Matys Tenenbaum (1898–1942?), also known as Aleksander Marten, is one of the least known Yiddish filmmakers. After ending his theatrical career in Germany and Austria, he went on to direct a Yiddish film Al khet (For the Sins) in Warsaw (1936). It was a melodramatic family story which brought him success and recognition both in Poland and in the diaspora, thus becoming the starting point of the so-called “golden age of Jewish cinema.” It was then that, among others, the following films were made: Yiddle with His Fiddle (Yidl mit’n fidl, dir. Joseph Green and Jan Nowina-Przybylski, 1936), The Handshake (Tkies kaf, dir. Henryk Szaro, 1937), The Dybbuk (Der Dibuk, dir. Michał Waszyński, 1937), and A Little Letter to Mother (A brivele der mamen, dir. Green and Leon Trystan, 1938). Marten, however, chose a different path. Following the example of filmmakers who worked both in Polish and Yiddish cinema, i.e., Szaro, Konrad Tom, Trystan, and Waszyński, the next year he decided to try his hand at Polish film, directing a sensational drama What Women Dream Of (O czym marzą kobiety). It bore a close resemblance, almost shot by shot, to the German film Was Frauen träumen (1933). In 1939, his other film Without a Home (On a heym) had its premiere. It was a drama about Jewish immigrants who struggled to adapt to new living conditions in America. It was also the last Yiddish film made in inter-war Poland.
Du roman Bruges-la-morte de Rodenbach à l’opéra Die Tote Stadt mis en scène par Treliński : esquisse d’un transfert culturel multilatéral
Authors: Bocianowski Cécile
Published: March 2023

From Rodenbach’s novel Bruges-la-morte to the opera Die Tote Stadt directed by Treliński: Sketch of a multilateral cultural transfer

This article analyses the multilateral dynamics of the cultural transfer phenomenon that leads from Bruges-la-morte novel by Georges Rodenbach to Mariusz Treliński’s staging of the opera Die Tote Stadt, by examining the mediators of the transfer, the exporting and receiving contexts, the appropriations and the rejections, to use the methodology of cultural transfers (Joyeux-Prunel 2003). The comparative analysis of the translations of the libretto and the Warsaw and Brussels stagings of the opera, as well as its Polish and Belgian reception, will shed light on the mechanisms of appropriation and re-semantisation of the work.
La langue des « vraies richesses ». Les relations franco-algériennes à travers Nos richesses de Kaouther Adimi
Authors: Sokołowicz Małgorzata
Published: March 2023

The language of “True Riches”. French-Algerian relationships through Our Riches by Kaouther Admini

The present paper focuses on the novel Our Riches [Nos Richesses] published in 2017 by a young Algerian writer, Kaouther Adimi. The book is set in 20th century Algeria and narrates the history of Les Vraies Richesses, a publishing house and library founded in Alger by Edmond Charlot, which is to be closed in 2017 by Ryad, a young Algerian living in Paris, who has come to Alger to do his internship. The aim of the paper is to analyse the French-Algerian relationships depicted in the book and to study whether the novel may be inscribed in the concept of “francophonie”. It is divided into three parts. The first one investigates the structure of the book, its language and historical events described by the writer. The second examines the character development and the roles of the main protagonists and the last one focuses on the use of pronouns “you” and “we”.
Quand le traducteur sort du placard. La spécificité de la collection Frankofonia Literaria en Pologne
Authors: Warmuzińska-Rogóż Joanna
Published: March 2023

When the translator comes out of the closet. The specificity of the collection Frankofonia Literaria in Poland

The author of the paper proposes to take a closer look at the collection Frankofonia Literaria in which French-language literature is published in Polish translation. In the case of the collection, several phenomena specific to the mechanism of the editorial choice, and then the way of presentation of the source target in translation in the paratexts (especially peritexts) are articulated. The author analyzes the profile of the publisher, the profile of the translator and then the nature of the editorial peritext. She also reflects on the specificity of the decision-making process as well as on the role(s) of the translator both in the choice and in the dissemination of the translated works.