bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Hallazgos endoscópicos observados en pacientes con COVID-19 moderado a severo: un estudio de corte transversal
Authors: Parra Izquierdo Viviana , Frías Ordoñez Juan Sebastián , Navarro Morantes Jenny Paola , Navarro Morantes Humberto , Castro Ruíz Kimberly Tatiana , Navarro Morantes Cristina , Castillo Jesús David , Flórez Sarmiento Cristian
Published: March 2023

Introducción: la infección por SARS CoV-2 tiene manifestaciones gastrointestinales diversas, que en muchas ocasiones requieren de endoscopia.
Objetivo: Se plantea como objetivo primario describir la necesidad de procedimientos endoscópicos a partir de una muestra de pacientes hospitalizados con COVID-19 moderado a severo, y como objetivo secundario describir en detalle las características, los hallazgos y las intervenciones.
Materiales y métodos: Estudio observacional descriptivo de corte trasversal durante mayo 2020 a diciembre 2021, acerca indicaciones, hallazgos endoscópicos, intervenciones, requerimiento de anestesia y eventos adversos, a partir de una muestra de pacientes con COVID-19 moderado a severo en quienes se realizaron procedimientos endoscópicos gastrointestinales por cualquier indicación.
Resultados: de 2312 pacientes hospitalizados con COVID-19 moderado a severo, 2,72% requirieron procedimientos endoscópicos, con predominio de hombres (75%), edad promedio 65,7 años, y la mayoría para endoscopia digestiva alta (68%). Las indicaciones más frecuentes fueron hemorragia gastrointestinal (62%) y acceso enteral (28,3%). Se documentó compromiso isquémico en tres pacientes. En aquellos con sangrado digestivo, 9,5% requirieron terapia hemostática. 65% se encontraban con soporte ventilatorio y sedación al momento del procedimiento endoscópico, y en la mitad de estos casos se requirió de apoyo de anestesiología, sin presentarse eventos adversos peri-procedimentales, ni requerimiento de sala de presión negativa en ningún procedimiento.
Conclusiones: En el paciente con COVID-19 moderado-severo y requerimiento de endoscopia gastrointestinal, Se requiere juicio clínico para definir pertinencia del procedimiento, y en muchos casos puede plantearse manejo conservador.
Direct and higher-order interactions in plant communities under increasing weather persistence
Authors: Reynaert Simon , Lembrechts Jonas , Boeck Hans De , Donnelly Chase , Zi Lin , Li Lingjuan , Nijs Ivan
Published: March 2023

Climate change is increasing the weather persistence in the
mid-latitudes, prolonging both dry and wet spells compared to historic
averages. These newly emerging environmental conditions destabilize
plant communities, but the role of species interactions in this process
is unknown. Here, we tested how direct and higher-order interactions
(HOIs) between species may change in synthesized grassland communities
along an experimental gradient of increasing persistence in
precipitation regimes. Our results indicate that species interactions
(including HOIs) are an important determinant of plant performance under
increasing weather persistence. Out of the 12 most parsimonious models
predicting species productivity, 75 % contained significant direct
interactions and 92 % significant HOIs. Inclusion of direct
interactions or HOIs respectively tripled or quadrupled the explained
variance of target species biomass compared to null models only
including the precipitation treatment. Drought dominated the plant
responses, with longer droughts increasing direct competition but also
HOI-driven facilitation. Despite these counteracting changes, drought
intensified net competition. Grasses were generally more involved in
competitive interactions whereas legumes had a stronger affinity for
facilitative interactions. Under longer drought, species affinity for
nutrient rich or wet environments resulted in more negative direct
interactions or HOIs, respectively. We conclude that higher-order
interactions, crucially depending on species identity, only partially
stabilize community dynamics under increasing weather persistence.
The consequences of mating system and dispersal potential on the genetic structure of leaf-inhabiting bryophyte metapopulations in a fragmented Amazonian landscape
Authors: Sierra Adriel , Alonso-Garcia Marta , Zartman Charles , Aguilar Juan Carlos Villarreal
Published: March 2023

Patch size and connectivity are the main predictors of population
demographic and genetic stability. Habitat fragmentation continues at
unprecedented rates justly affecting plant functional connectivity
worldwide. However, few terrestrial plant groups have sufficiently
foreshortened generation times in which to empirically disentangle the
demographic and genetic consequences of reduced patch size and
connectivity. Herein, we combine evidence from long-term (15 yr.)
population censuses of two epiphyllous bryophytes and population genetic
estimates in an experimentally fragmented Amazonian landscape to create
a profile of the eco-evolutionary impacts of reduced habitat
connectivity. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) derived from
Genotyping by Sequencing were used to analyze genetic patterns among
fragmented (1-, 10- and 100-ha) and continuous forests. In the context
of the world’s most diverse biome, fragmentation induces marked effects
on plant population demography and genetic differentiation. Declines in
colonization events in small patches (1- and 10-ha), associated with
reduced colony densities, led to accelerated genotypic differentiation
(genetic drift) compared to 100-ha fragment and continuous forests.
Furthermore, the mating system was related to differential sensitivities
to the intensity of fragmentation. Unexpectedly, the unisexual species
(hypothesized to be more challenged in terms of spore output) was
characterized by higher migration rates among smaller patches than its
bisexual counterpart. These results point to the complex and
unpredictable patterns revealed when life history strategies,
demography, and plant genetic structure are simultaneously evaluated in
the context of the long-term effects of reduced landscape connectivity.
The citizens’ lifelong learning in Plato’s laws
Authors: Lefka Aikaterini
Published: March 2023

In the Laws, Plato presents an educational program for all members of the projected city of Magnesia, which concerns not only various kinds of specific knowledge, but also, and more importantly, the application of ethical and political virtues, in view of becoming excellent citizens and achieving a ?good life? in the long run, at the private and public level. These objectives are realised in many ways, as for example, by the people?s participating in the legislation and the city?s administration, by receiving a common fundamental education, including lessons of reading, writing, mathematics and astronomy; practicing sports; playing music; singing; dancing and also by taking an active role in religious festivals. The population is then divided in three groups, according to age, and they form ?choirs? dedicated to different divinities (the children to the Muses, the young people to Apollo, the elderly to Dionysus). Thus, we may deduce that Plato was one of the ancient Greek philosophers who supported the concept of ?lifelong learning,? expanded through various kinds of knowledge, skills and qualities. In my paper I examine the objectives, different contents of Plato?s pedagogical project destined to all the Magnetes, the various methods he proposed to use in order to arrive at its attainment, as well as the eventual reasons for these choices, related to his philosophical theories. I conclude by making a comparison with the notion of ?lifelong learning? as we understand it today.
The writing of existence in the latest work of Alberto Moreiras
Authors: Baker Peter
Published: March 2023

This article approaches the latest work of Alberto Moreiras on infrapolitics as self-conscious acts of writing which thinks its own conditions, or its own contingent textual inscription. In this sense, I propose that we can read this work as being informed by a question, even a preoccupation, over what form or style of writing is appropriate to announce or re-veal the existential dimensions proposed by the notion of infrapolitics. In exploring three such untimely textual inscriptions, the article approaches the stakes of what Moreiras thematises under the name of infrapolitics through how it informs the performativity of Moreiras?s own writing practice, exploring in the process the relationship that infrapolitics supposes to politics and to a certain critique of late capitalism, as well as other important concepts such as marranismo, the second turn of deconstruction, auto-graphic writing and demetaphorisation, among others.
Product-type operators acting between Dirichlet and Zygmund-type spaces
Authors: Raj Kuldip , Devi Manisha , Mursaleen M.
Published: March 2023

LetD = {z ? C : |z| < 1} be the open unit disk in the complex plane C. By
H(D), denote the space of all holomorphic functions on D. For an analytic
self map ? on D and u, v ? H(D), we have a product type operator Tu,v,?
defined by Tu,v,? f (z) = u(z) f (?(z)) + v(z) f ?(?(z)), f ? H(D), z ? D,
This operator is basically a combination of three other operators namely
composition operator, multiplication operator and differentiation operator.
We study the boundedness and compactness of this operator from
Dirichlet-type spaces to Zygmund-type spaces.
The MP weak group inverse and its application
Authors: Wang Congcong , Liu Xiaoji , Jin Hongwei
Published: March 2023

In this paper, we introduce a new generalized inverse, called MPWG inverse of
a complex square matrix. We investigate characterizations, representations,
and properties for this new inverse. Then, by using the core-EP
decomposition, we discuss the relationships between MPWG inverse and other
generalized inverses. A variant of the successive matrix squaring
computational iterative scheme is given for calculating the MPWG inverse.
The Cramer rule for the solution of a singular equation Ax = b is also
presented. Moreover, the MPWG inverse being used in solving appropriate
systems of linear equations is established. Finally, we analyze the MPWG
binary relation.
Formal and semantic derivation of the Proto-Slavic verbal root *met-(*mot-/*mǫt-) in the Macedonian and Polish languages
Authors: Markovikj Marjan , Topolinjska Zuzana
Published: March 2023

The subject of analysis in this paper is the verbal root *met-(*mot-/*m?t-),
whose formal and semantic development can be traced back to the Proto-Slavic
period. The research is based on anthropocentric-spatial language theory,
which helps to analyze how the basic semantic component embedded in some
verbal roots representing basic human positions, movements and activities
involving the movement of the hand can transfer and rise through the
evolution of the conceptualization (of the material and mental world). The
authors analyze the derivatives of the Proto-Slavic verbal root *met-
(*mot-/*m?t-) with the embedded semantic component ?human activity involving
the movement of the hand in all directions?, which in the course of the
evolution of language decomposed into a number of other basic semantic
components: ?(fast) movement of objects and natural forces?, ?throw?, ?put?,
etc. The authors also analyze how the formal verbal and nominal derivatives
have carried this semantic information throughout the evolution of language,
both in the real and mental world.
On the issue of the formation of the cyrillic alphabet: Some observations
Authors: Savic Viktor
Published: March 2023

While making an indisputably relevant contribution to scholarship and Slavic
culture, the discussions about the primacy of one or the other Slavic
alphabet, Glagolitic or Cyrillic, and the presentations of their results or
the elaborations on the issue that have ensued over the following decades,
were very often burdened with stereotypes, errors and other shortcomings. A
particularly peculiar case is the construction of an ideological narrative
about inventing the Cyrillic alphabet at the behest of the Bulgarian prince,
later Emperor Symeon, and its promotion as the official state and church
alphabet at the Council of Preslav (893), which Angel Nikolov demonstrated
to be unproven and questionable as a historical event, due to which anything
related to it could not be verified. The hypothesis that Constantine the
Philosopher (Cyril) followed the common patterns of Byzantine literacy of
the time (primarily the practice of the Studite Monastery) to create a
Slavic alphabet with two complementary graphical variants, Proto-Glagolitic
and Proto-Cyrillic, should be taken seriously into consideration. To meet
the need to simplify the complex model, but also to adapt it to the
sensitivity of the Western Church, it had to be reduced to the Glagolitic
alphabet, although the Cyrillic alphabet was also passively retained.
Regardless of the sequence of creating the alphabets and the date when the
Cyrillic alphabet was finally created, there are at least two cases where
the presence of the Greek alphabet must be assumed. In the analysis and
transcription of the Slavic phonological system, Constantine used the Greek
alphabet. The created provisional Greek apparatus was the prototype of
?both? Slavic alphabets, and especially of the Cyrillic alphabet. Also, the
process of introducing others to the Slavic alphabet and spreading literacy
must have been accompanied by deciphering already in the initial stages,
where, again, the Greek alphabet was used. Thus, it can be assumed that the
creation of the Slavic-Greek and Slavic-Latin abecedaria as
interpretative-mnemonic compositions is related to Constantine (863-869).
Distribution of spatial demonstratives in Serbian literacy
Authors: Stosic Jelena
Published: March 2023

In this paper we deal with the distribution of adverbial demonstratives in
Serbian literacy, i.e. with their use in the literary and vernacular
language. Considering the fact that the system of pronouns in the Serbian
language has undergone certain changes, the aim of the paper is to determine
whether these changes affected the pronominal bases in spatial
demonstratives, since they are all characterized by having a pronoun in
their bases. A review of existing literature regarding these words showed
that the Serbian-Slavonic language preserved the inherited state, while
spatial demonstratives in the vernacular followed the changes in pronouns
(e.g., the replacement of demonstratives based on the pronoun *s- with those
based on the pronoun *ov-). It has also been shown that interfering with the
demonstratives in the field of distality is not something that is only
related to the modern Serbian language, but has also been noticed in earlier
epochs of the development of the Serbian language.
On the use of preposition za in the vernacular of eras from Eastern Bosnia
Authors: Remetic Slobodan , Cicmil-Remetic Radojka
Published: March 2023

The paper presents the use of the preposition za (?for?) in the vernacular of
Eras from Eastern Bosnia, the region delimited by the rivers Drinjaca,
Biostica and Krivaja, and the slopes of Konjuh and Romanija. The preposition
za enters the constructions with accusative, instrumental and genitive. The
content of the ample corpus of data obtained by listening to over 500 hours
of recorded speech from the indicated area points to its closeness and
equivalence with the state of the idioms of Herzegovina- Krajina dialect
area in closer and broader perimeter. Among the specific features of the
vernacular of Eras from Eastern Bosnia, mention is made of the cases such
as: ??, ????, ???????, ?????? ??-?????? ??-?????, in the sense of ??? ??????
? ????/ ?? ????? ?????? ? ????? (?You don?t take care of the house?), and
somewhat more frequent use of the genitive construction of purpose of the
type: ????? ????? ????? ? ?? ????; ?? ?? ? ?? ?????? ??????; ??? ??-????
???????? ? ???????? ???????.
Grammaticalization and polyfunctionality of the preposition za in Prizren-Timok and Kosovo-Resava vernaculars
Authors: Miloradovic Sofija
Published: March 2023

In this paper, we have tried to outline the status of the preposition ZA from
the aspect of grammaticalization, to which it is subjected to a considerable
extent in the Prizren-Timok and Kosovo-Resava dialects, and its
polyfunctionality is confirmed by numerous examples from these Serbian
vernaculars. However, it must be borne in mind that, in contrast to the
preposition OD, they were subjected to the process of the so-called areal
grammaticalization, and other Serbian dialects - even the Serbian colloquial
and literary language - came within the scope of this morphosyntactic
segment of balkanization. The prepositional-case connection ZA + A / CG
expresses a large number of relationships - those that in the Serbian
standard language are represented by some other free cases or
prepositional-case connections, or else these connections do not have a
particularly large share in their presentation. Summarizing what is
presented in the corpus here, we can differentiate three directions of
expansion of the prepositional-case connection ZA + A / CG: 1) penetration
into the field of genitive ZBOG, accusatives U, PO and NA, and locative O;
2) replacement of genitive, dative and instrumental in supplementary
predicates (instead of genitive, dative and instrumental non-prepositional
constructions); 3) in the service of addition to certain adjectives and
predicative adverbs of state. A significant specificity in relation to the
grammaticalized prepositions NA and OD is that the ZA-connection in certain
categories of examples from our material has the property of a condenser,
i.e., it is in the role of transform of the predicate-argument structure,
which can be formalized as (a) causal, (b) final, (c) declarative sentence.
Lexeme par as a quantifier in the Serbian language
Authors: Nikolic Miroslav
Published: March 2023

All things considered, we can establish three models of quantification with
the lexeme par as a word with numerical meaning: ?) a very productive model
of quantification of dual concepts such as: ??? ???? ?????? (?two pairs of
shoes?), with the numerical value of ?2?; b) a relatively unproductive and
lexically very limited model of quantification of complex units made up of
two separate, unsymmetrical, non-cognate objects, such as: ??? ???? ????
(?two pairs of laundry?), with the numerical value of ?1?; ?) expansive,
lexically limited and slightly (or very?) controversial model of quantification of the meaning of pluralia tantum nouns, such as: ??? ?????? (?a pair
of scissors?), ??? ???? ????????? (?two pairs of trousers?), mostly with the
numerical value of ?1?, rarely ?2?.
Dominant and recessive variants of language in the light of the European charter for regional or minority languages
Authors: Popovic Ljudmila
Published: March 2023

Considering the sociolinguistic conception of large and small languages,
which belongs to Academician Predrag Piper, the paper postulates the
original author?s hypothesis about dominant and recessive language variants.
This typology is being tested on the example of the application of the
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. From this point of
view, there is a problem that arises due to the obligation of a certain
state to apply protective measures against a recessive variant of a language
under a special glottonym that differs from the name of the dominant variant
of the same language. The fact that the Charter is primarily intended for
the protection of minority languages as common cultural heritage of the
minority and the majority is interpreted as protection of the linguistic
rights of all speakers of a state, which are seen as negative, when they are
aimed at preventing intolerance and discrimination, and positive ? in line
with the society?s efforts to support and promote its linguistic heritage.
The right of languages to speakers is seen as the basic sociolinguistic
framework upon which the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
is based. The paper also discusses the good practice of adopting local
charters as a reliable way of protecting recessive variants with fewer
speakers, as well as one of the ways to overcome certain contradictions that
may arise in the practical application of the Charter.
About intentional sentences in the Serbian language
Authors: Ruzic Vladislava
Published: March 2023

The paper discusses main structural models and submodels of the clauses with
the general meaning of purpose, most commonly with the conjunctions da (with
the present tense or potential) and kako (with the potential), as well as
complex conjunctions ne bi li, and e/da. The analysis is done mostly on the
corpus of contemporary Serbian writers, and various criteria are combined
for the typology, in order to provide a complete overview of their status in
the system of complex sentences. Intentional clauses with the potential are
marked by a greater level of uncertainty as regards achieving the goal,
while the intentional clauses with the conjunction da (followed by the
present tense) are unmarked in that sense, since they refer to actions which
are more certain, as they are not dependent upon the will of the subject,
but upon the ?xpected/unexpected results of a previous event.
One type of condensation of the temporal clause in the Serbian language
Authors: Antonic Ivana
Published: March 2023

The paper discusses the syntactic-semantic and contextual features of a
nonpredicate formal structure as an exponent of the basic temporal clause.
It is a type of condensation of an extensive (developed) dependent sentence
form that has no features of either nominalization or verbid processes of
summarizing sentence formal structures, i.e. their propositions. It is a
form of reduction, as a special type of condensation process in which
certain elements of the basic sentence are omitted ? as a rule, the
predicate constituent or its verb elements as carriers of grammatical data,
so it is represented by the primary noun NN, which is in neither
derivational nor semantic connection with the verb, and, in this case, in
the syntactic connection with the formant KAO. This structure is identical
in its formal characteristics to the comparative syntagm, which can develop
into a comparative clause with a factual (KAO STO) or counterfactual (KAO
DA) conjunction, but differs significantly from it, since it is realized
under different lexical and grammatical conditions ? the formant KAO is not
an exponent of a complex comparative conjunction, but corresponds to the
temporal conjunction KADA (more often) or DOK (much less often). By applying
the substitution metalanguage test on typical examples, as well as on the
corpus of original linguistic material, the conditions are defined:
lexical, syntactic-semantic and contextual, under which the structure KAO NN
represents an exponent of the basic developed temporal clause (for example:
AS a child, he was mischievous [? WHEN he was a child, he was mischievous]).
The analysis showed that the following are responsible for the temporal
meaning of this structure: (1) the semantics of the noun NN (nouns denoting
the age / period of life, or professional or temporary social status of the
animate entity are considered); (2) the relationship between the noun in the
structure KAO NN (NN1) and the noun (NN2) in the function of the subject of
the matrix sentence / subject of the developed temporal clause, which are
identical, and although in appearance NN1 and NN2 are two different nouns,
they have the same referent), as well as (3) the identity of the case form
of both nouns (most often it is the nominative case in the structure KAO
NN1, i.e. as the part of the predicate of temporal clause, and as the
subject NN2 in the sentence and in the clause); (4) temporal framework: in
terms of relative time, only the relationship of simultaneity (complete or
partial) is considered, and in terms of absolute time, the sphere of the
past is dominant and rarely and only under certain lexical conditions, the
sphere of the future, but the sphere of the present is excluded (both
referential and non-referential); (5) positioning: although all three
possible positions are available to this structure, preposition in relation
to the matrix sentence predominates, and in certain cases it is obligatory.
Spatial and temporal vocabulary in Serbian public discourse during the COVID pandemic
Authors: Nikolic Marina
Published: March 2023

This paper investigates the new lexicon of the COVID pandemic period which
has semantic components of spatiality and temporality, which is to say, it
belongs to the semantic fields of space and time. The aim of this
investigation is to connect the categories of space and time that are
lexically manifested in the pandemic period, and demonstrate the lexical
development of the categories of space and time, as well as the semantic
relations between them. Analytical, descriptive, and synthetic methods were
used for this purpose, while the theories of semantic localization and
conceptual metaphors were applied when necessary. The thematic dictionaries
- the Dictionary of Terms from the COVID Epidemic Period and the Dictionary
of COVID: Thematic and Associative acted as sources of the corpus, while the
electronic corpora formed for the purpose of creating the aforementioned
dictionaries served as a control corpus. This paper contributes to the study
of the so-called corona lexicon, which the author has been investigating
from the onset of the pandemic, as well as of the impact of the pandemic on
the Serbian language. The paper shows the development of the semantic fields of space and time through the multiplicity of nominations belonging to
said semantic categories that saw prominent use in the COVID pandemic, which
speaks to their exceptional importance for human functioning in society, as
well as to their universality.
Office-based General Anesthesia for a Patient With a History of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Authors: Messieha Zakaria S.
Published: March 2023

First described in 1956 subsequent to a reaction reported to the newly introduced antipsychotic drug chlorpromazine, neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a rare, potentially life-threatening reaction to antipsychotic drugs characterized by high fever, muscle rigidity, altered mental status, and autonomic instability. All neuroleptics, including newer antipsychotics, have been linked to this condition. Due to similar symptoms, it is debatable if individuals with NMS can be susceptible to malignant hyperthermia (MH). This case report presents the anesthetic care of a 30-year-old male undergoing general anesthesia in the office-based dental environment. The rationale behind the selected total intravenous anesthesia technique without NMS or MH triggering agents is outlined as well as other agents that may still be questionable regarding their trigger effect for NMS.
Synthesis of CuO Nanrods Using Chemical Bath Deposition for a Nonenzymatic Glucose Biosensor
Authors: Jasim Haneen Ali , Dakhil Osama Abdul Azeez , Maleki Abbas
Published: March 2023

In the present research, CuO NRs are produced on Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) using (CBD) growth process, and their electrochemical characteristics for glucose biosensors are studied. A field emission scanning electron microscope, x-ray diffractometer, energy dispersive x-ray, and UV-VIS spectroscopy were used to examine the morphology and crystallinity of a CuO film. The synthesized CuO film displays a monoclinic phase with average crystallite sizes of around (18–25) nm. CuO is composed of NRs aggregating together to construct flower and flower bud-like shape structures with a diameter between (20-80) nm and a thickness of the CuO film is about (158.5-285.7) nm. The energy gap of CuO NRs was 2.55 eV. The I-V characteristics of the biosensors were measured and evaluated at various glucose concentrations to determine their sensitivity. The electrocatalytic performance of the CuO for the detection of glucose was outstanding. With a very low limit of detection (LOD) of 0.45 μM and a sensitivity of 799 µA cm-2 Mm-1, the electrode attained a wide linear range from 0.5 to 2 mM. This result highlights the sensor's tremendous potential as a high-performance non-enzymatic glucose sensor that makes use of an original, cost-effective, and straightforward sensor design.
Seasonal Optimum Tilt Angle of Solar Panels for 100 Cities in the World
Authors: Salih Aqeel R.
Published: March 2023

Solar energy is the most abundant renewable energy source. This energy can be converted directly into electricity using solar panels. The fixed tilt solar panels are the most practical and the most widely installed throughout the world. Optimum tilt angle calculation has the advantage that it does not use expensive solar trackers. This research calculates the seasonal optimum tilt angle of solar panels for 17 cities in Iraq and 83 cities in 83 countries distributed around the world. Solar Panel Angle Calculator program was used in calculating the optimum tilt angles from vertical. The optimum tilt angle varies between 6° and 112° throughout the year. This angle for winter, spring/ autumn and summer seasons are found to be between 6° to 66°, 30° to 89° and 54° to 112°, respectively. All angles calculated from the calculator program are validated by comparing it with those obtained from equations. An excellent agreement was established. Cities which have approximately the same absolute values of the latitudes are have the same optimum tilt angles. Based on the results, adjusting angles four times a year is recommended. This work can serve as a guidance for installing solar panels.
Correlation Between the Estimated and the Measured Serum Apolipoprotein –B100 in Kurd Subjects: A Trend to Establish a New Formula
Authors: Sami Hawri Fatih , Hussein Kadhim Qadir S. , Saeed Mudhafar Mohamed M. , Sofihussein Hasan Qader , Al-Naqshbandi Abdulqader Azeez
Published: March 2023

Apolipoprotein B100 (ApoB100) provides a good assessment of atherogenic lipoproteins (very low, intermediate, and low-density lipoproteins (VLDL, IDL, and LDL)). There is evidence that polymorphism of ApoB100 was observed in many conditions and it links with obesity, diabetes mellitus hypertension, and chronic inflammation, which could be related to the broad field of the atherothrombotic process, and could be one of the leading causes of coronary artery disease (CAD). It can be computed using a formula that makes use of a measurement of non-high-density lipoprotein levels. This study aimed to derive an estimated equation of ApoB100 from the measured ApoB100 levels specific to the healthy subjects of Kurd race/ethnicity in the Kurdistan region of Iraq taking into consideration the gender-based effect and the status of fasting and postprandial effects. A total number of 45 healthy subjects (23 males and 22 females) were enrolled in the study. The following measurements were achieved: anthropometric indices, blood pressure, lipid profile, including ApoB100, and blood sugar. The biochemical measurements were carried out at fasting and postprandial states. Specific equations were derived for calculating the levels of ApoB100. Significant differences in the anthropometric indices, blood pressure, and lipid profile were observed between males and females. The calculated ApoB100 levels were significantly less than the measured ApoB100 levels in both genders and fasting and postprandial states. The estimated equations for ApoB100 for females have differed from that for males at fasting and postprandial states. The levels of ApoB100 can be determined instead of measuring it in the laboratory by using a specific equation for healthy Kurd people. These equations are gender and race/ethnicity based. The established equation of estimated ApoB100 levels in males differed from that in females which is attributed to the cardio-metabolic factors and higher levels of systolic and mean arterial blood pressures among males. Apo B level is a quantitative index of plasma atherogenic lipids in hypertensive patients who presented with dyslipidemia.
Kommunal styring og ledelse av en forskningsstøttet innovasjon for utvikling av inkluderende praksis
Authors: Mjøs Marit , Moen Vegard , Øen Kristian
Published: March 2023

As the owner of kindergarten, school, and educational and psychological counselling service (PPT), the municipality is responsible for the quality of all these units, which, among other things, means that these units have the right expertise and that they are able to utilize this in a developing collaboration to strengthen an inclusive practice. This follows from persistent education policy expectations about a general educational practice that can accommodate more children and pupils, and that EPS contributes to and supports such a development. In the SUKIP-project, the innovations have been about establishing an infrastructure for collaboration between EPS and kindergarten/school with this in mind. The project can be seen as an example of local competence development in line with the latest national grant scheme: The competence boost for special pedagogy and inclusive practice. Based on data from SUKIP, in this chapter we discuss the municipalities’ governance and management of the innovations within two different municipal contexts. The discussion is related to current political guidelines for competence and quality development in the education sector, where network management appears to be the preferred strategy. The analysis suggests that, despite certain problematic aspects, the network model has proven functional at unit level. At the same time, it seems necessary to acknowledge that some problems cannot be solved at unit level but must be addressed to the municipal level. Finding answers to such problems may require basic organizational development with learning loops both vertically and horizontally in the municipality.
Å skape inkluderande barnehage og skule
Authors: Haug Peder
Published: March 2023

This chapter is a comment to some of the issues that I have found being of interest in this book from the SUKIP-project. My contribution is not an evaluation of the project, nor a review. The text mostly deals with the positioning of the project in the recent discourses about special education, inclusive education, and innovations in education. The project aims to support the political and educational wish to change practices to be more inclusive and less exclusive in early childhood education and school. Why this interest appears just now, almost 30 years after the Salamanca Statement, is an interesting question. The chapter also goes into the recent developments and meanings of special- and inclusive education. The discussion about the relations between the concepts of integration and inclusion reveals that these two ideals in many respects have a common meaning, while there are differences in practice. The fear is that inclusive practices will be reduced to placements of children in education, as was the case with integration. Another matter is the possible contradictions between the individual needs of the learner, and the idea that a universal learning environment is the best way to construct inclusive education. The SUKIP-project has found a way out. A central element for the practitioners in the project is the learners’ benefit from the provisions in inclusive education. It may be an exaggeration, but it seems that the researchers have gained more from the cooperation with the practitioners, than the other way around.
Inkluderende praksis i barnehage og skole – erfaringer fra SUKIP-prosjektet
Authors: Ohna Stein Erik , Mjøs Marit
Published: March 2023

This chapter presents how inclusive practice appears in the SUKIP project. A widely used definition of inclusion within the field of education emphasises that inclusion is about increasing children and young people’s participation in kindergarten and school and reducing exclusion from the kindergarten’s and school’s culture, curricula and community. Today, more than 25 years after the Salamanca Statement, inclusive education is established as a central concept within the field of education in Norway as well as the rest of the world. At the same time, inclusion is a multi-faceted concept that must be understood in its socio-cultural context. The chapter presents the concept of participation and why the SUKIP project has chosen to use inclusive practice as a general term. It then analyses how inclusive practices are understood and used in a kindergarten and a school. The discussion focuses on the dimensions individual and community: the particular and the general; participation in play and learning; and that work on inclusion must involve all staff. The chapter ends with some reflections based on the findings.
Månedsmøtet som arena for gjensidig profesjonslæring for barnehage og PP-tjeneste
Authors: Ohna Stein Erik , Hillesøy Siv
Published: March 2023

Both research and national governing documents call for knowledge about how the kindergarten should facilitate inclusive practice. There is a demand for models for competence development that capture the kindergarten’s need for competence development through collaboration between the kindergarten and the municipalities’ educational and psychological counselling service (PPT). This chapter reports on results from an interdisciplinary and interagency innovation project. The aim is to introduce and explore new practices for collaboration between kindergartens, the PPT and the municipalities’ special educational support system. The chapter presents results from an analysis of one of the collaboration meetings. The analyses give an account of the discussion taking place in this meeting after the educational leader’s introduction and presentation of the current topic she wants the meeting to discuss. Three episodes (themes) are identified during the discussion: The kindergarten’s work to facilitate inclusive practice, the planning of the cooperation taking place around children who receive special educational support and how to improve the pedagogical practice. Based on the analyses, the concluding discussion seeks to shed light on how participation in the monthly meetings contributes to mutual professional learning among the participants.
Expanding the potential therapeutic options of hemoperfusion in the era of improved sorbent biocompatibility
Authors: Damianaki Aikaterini , Stambolliu Emelina , Alexakou Zoi , Petras Dimitrios
Published: March 2023

Hemoperfusion has been considered a promising adjuvant treatment for chronic diseases and some acute states when specific removal of pathogenic factors from the bloodstream is desired. Over the years, advances in adsorption materials (e.g., new synthetic polymers, biomimetic coating, and matrixes with novel structures) have renewed scientific interest and expanded the potential therapeutic indications of hemoperfusion. There is growing evidence to suggest a prominent place for hemoperfusion as an adjuvant treatment in the setting of sepsis or severe coronavirus disease 2019 and as a therapeutic option for chronic complications associated with accumulated uremic toxins in patients with end-stage renal disease. This literature review will describe the principles, therapeutic perspectives, and the emerging role of hemoperfusion as a complementary therapy for patients with kidney disease.
impact analysis of demographic variables on employee sustainable behavior
Authors: Trivedi Vaishali
Published: March 2023

The interconnection between profits, people and environment has been well recognized in organizations (Elkington, 1998). With the sustainability issues coming to the forefront, organizations across the world are encouraged to adopt sustainable ways of working aligned to Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable Behavior of employees at the workplace can play a significant role in strengthening the positive influence of firm’s environmental performance and can lead to the sustainable transition of organization to bring forth sustainable innovations. 

The 21st century is said to be IT driven and India promises to be a knowledge powerhouse. IT-BPM (Information technology and Business Process Management) sector accounted for 7.4% of the India's GDP in 2022 and expected to contribute around 10% by 2025, making it one of the biggest contributing sectors to economic growth (IBEF, 2022). It is imperative for the IT sector to develop sustainable IT products to reduce carbon emissions across all sectors of the economy which cannot be achieved without the active pro-environment behavior exhibited by employees. Employee Sustainable Behavior at workplace is still relatively recent subject of research, so this domain lacks studies in the said area.

The present research examines the role that demographic variables play in determining level of employee sustainable behavior among those working in IT sector. The managerial implication of the study focuses on how IT firms can foster sustainable behavior among their employees at the workplace within the demographic context.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Authors: Correa Renata Martins , Thimóteo Antonio Carlos de Alcântara , Varela Carmen Augusta , Junger Alex Paubel , Andrade Sidinei de , Fontana Cristiane Gomes de Carvalho
Published: March 2023

The present paper approaches Corporate Social Responsibility through a case study concerning Cause Related Marketing, whose concept is defined by strategic partnerships between companies and social organizations. The enterprises invest on the social cause, promoting the corporate social responsibility, whereas the social organizations receive financial resources for their causes, and both gain visibility. Nowadays, it is quite common to find enterprises worldwide which include private social investment in their market strategies to add value and credibility to their brands. However, in Brazil few enterprises are aware of the possibility to use this tool of Cause Related Marketing (CRM). The scope of this study is to understand and clarify the kind of partnership between Alpargatas-Havaianas and Institute of Ecological Research-IPÊ, in Brazil, as well as identify the main challenges of the partnership developed by both. To reach this aim, bibliographic research was performed, followed by document analysis, partially structured in-depth interviews, besides direct observation in some stores. The partnership started in 2004 and showed to have well structured principles of CRM, concerning the alignment between the parties, formal partnership, social cause, donation mode and duration.  It was observed that the sales people in the exclusive stores for Havaianas and IPÊ sandals can be more well trained, and communication on the partnership for the consumer can be strengthened. Cause Related Marketing showed to be an important tool for Corporate Social Responsibility.
About the analytical solution for the advertising model of two competing firms
Authors: Sukhinov A. I.
Published: March 2023

Introduction. The criterion for the success of an advertising campaign is the maximum profit from sales, taking into account the costs of its implementation, while the sale of the same type of goods is sales occur in a competitive environment. The article examines a model for predicting mass sales of two similar products depending on the tactics of an advertising campaign. First of all, the distribution of funds between its separate types is considered: expenses for advertising paper products, banners and advertising in electronic media (EMM).

Materials and methods. The model is formulated in the form of a Cauchy problem for a system of two ordinary differential equations with nonlinear right-hand sides, taking into account: the total number of potential solvent buyers of the first and second goods; the intensity of the advertising campaign, mainly through EMM, the positive impact on sales of the interaction of those who have already bought the first or second type of goods with potential buyers, as well as informal (at the level of buyers) anti-advertising.

The results of the study. A solution is given for the case of constant coefficients determined by the above factors for the corresponding Cauchy problem in closed form.

Discussion and conclusions. The results obtained can be used to replay model situations of advertising organization in order to determine the conditions for extracting the greatest profit from sales minus advertising costs.
The Study of the Relationship of Individual Psychological Characteristics and Self-Expression Strategies in Interpersonal Relationships
Authors: Akhmadeeva E. V.
Published: March 2023

Introduction. Competent self-expression determines success in planning and promoting the goals of a communicator focused on achieving results in different spheres of life. At the same time, preferred behavioural strategies and personality features are not always apprehended by a person and, consequently, not always used effectively. The urgency to study the problem is due to the insufficient representation of studies of behavioural strategies and individual psychological characteristics of subjects.

Purpose. Study of the interrelationships of individual psychological characteristics and behavioural strategies of selfexpression of personality at different stages of professional formation and development.

Materials and Methods. The following methodological tools were selected: the methodology for diagnosing the level of reflexivity, the questionnaire Style of Self-Regulation of the Behaviour ― SSB–98, the Test of Affiliation Motives, the Personality Orientation in Communication Test, the Self-Confidence Test, the questionnaire Volitional Qualities in person, the questionnaire Strategies of Self-Expression.

Results. Girls prefer the strategy of ‘anxiety to please’ and ‘tracking the impression made’, boys prefer the ‘variability of behaviour’. Women are less likely to track the impression made on the interlocutor and, if necessary, they can dominate and manipulate. Men, in contrast, more closely monitor their behaviour peculiarities and do not tend to show dependence and weakness. Self-confident subjects are characterized by social courage and initiative and apply the ‘self-promotion’ strategy. Dialogical ― strive to be accepted by the target audience, take the initiative. They are not characterized by the strategy of ‘variability of behaviour’. Reflexive subjects are characterized by the use of dialogue and the use of the strategies ‘variability of behaviour’ and ‘self-promotion’.

Discussion and Conclusion. It is assumed that the unoften use of the ʻimpression trackingʼ strategy by women is related to the action of the gender education mechanism. It is confirmed that at different stages of age and professional development, behavioural strategies are conditioned by individual psychological characteristics of the personality, which are in demand in the process of self-expression. The data obtained contribute to the theoretical substantiation of the problem and allow us to develop a model of the self-expression of a personality depending on its psychological characteristics.