bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Transition écologique : quels projets de société ?
Authors: Thiriot Sarah
Published: October 2022

Face à l’urgence climatique et à l’objectif de neutralité carbone à l’horizon 2050 que s’est fixé la France, plusieurs exercices de prospective ont été entrepris ces dernières années pour nourrir le débat relatif à la stratégie de transition écologique à mettre en œuvre, qui ont fait l’objet d’articles dans Futuribles * . Parmi ces exercices, celui de l’ADEME, Transition(s) 2050 , qui proposait quatre scénarios contrastés pour parvenir à cette neutralité carbone à l’horizon 2050, a été décliné en plusieurs feuilletons thématiques, destinés à approfondir la réflexion. L’un d’eux portait sur les modes de vie et les choix de société découlant des scénarios, et visait à examiner la façon dont ceux-ci pouvaient être perçus par les citoyens. Correspondent-ils à leurs valeurs et leurs aspirations ? Quelles contraintes expriment-ils pour se projeter dans tel ou tel scénario ? À quelles conditions la transition peut-elle être menée avec l’adhésion des Français ? Dans cet article, tiré du feuilleton « Modes de vie », Sarah Thiriot présente les résultats d’une enquête sociologique qui a étudié la réception des scénarios auprès d’un échantillon qualitatif de 31 Français. L’enquête apporte des éléments de réponse à ces questions et permet de mieux appréhender les notions de désirabilité, de faisabilité, ainsi que les conditions de réalisation de ces scénarios. Elle souligne ainsi l’importance d’inclure les citoyens dans les débats relatifs à la mise en œuvre de la transition écologique, et donne à voir les marges de manœuvre existant dans le pilotage de cette transition. Une donnée essentielle pour la Première ministre française à qui incombe la charge de la planification écologique. S.D.
Élargir ou approfondir l’Union européenne ?
Authors: Drevet Jean-François
Published: October 2022

La sortie officielle du Royaume-Uni de l’Union européenne début 2020 et l’accélération de l’enregistrement de la candidature de l’Ukraine à l’entrée dans l’Union européenne suite au conflit avec la Russie, en 2022, ont relancé les débats sur l’évolution des institutions européennes. Dans le contexte de regain de tensions sur le continent et de mise en lumière des vulnérabilités des États européens dans certains secteurs clefs (énergie en tête), les prises de positions et actions plus solidaires semblent nécessaires, et souhaitées par divers pays membres (dont la France et l’Allemagne). Mais les dispositions institutionnelles actuelles les rendent compliquées, voire impossibles, dans une Union très large, incluant des pays moins conciliants ou des gouvernements ne partageant plus totalement certaines valeurs (y compris démocratiques) de leurs partenaires. Alors faut-il élargir l’Union ou au contraire approfondir son mode d’organisation dans un sens plus fédéraliste ? Jean-François Drevet réexamine ce dilemme qui prévaut depuis la création de la Communauté européenne, à l’aune des évolutions institutionnelles qu’elle a connues et des limites que celles-ci ont mis en lumière au fil du temps. Face aux nombreuses questions soulevées par le conflit russo-ukrainien, en matière de souveraineté énergétique, économique ou de leadership géopolitique, l’Union ne pourra pas faire l’économie de ce débat encore très longtemps. S.D.
Les trente ans de la loi italienne sur les coopératives sociales : un succès inachevé
Authors: Scalvini Felice , Pezzini Enzo
Published: October 2022

Le 8 novembre 2021 a été le trentième anniversaire de l’approbation de la loi 381, qui a reconnu les coopératives sociales en Italie. Cette expérience a marqué le mouvement coopératif non seulement en Italie, mais aussi dans d’autres pays, pas seulement européens. Trente ans après la promulgation de la loi, la coopération sociale présente un bilan mitigé. Un bilan fait d’un formidable succès dans le développement des services sociaux et dans l’affirmation d’une approche entrepreneuriale des activités d’aide sociale, mais au prix, pour une partie des coopératives sociales, d’avoir dû renoncer à être des acteurs de la transformation sociale. Le nouveau Code du Tiers Secteur définit une nouvelle approche qui propose un changement culturel profond.
Villon et Saturne : un mélancolique se souciant du monde. Question d’ ethos et d’écriture
Authors: Vigneron Fleur
Published: October 2022

La lecture du Débat de Villon et de son cœur , pièce qui traite du soi, met en place une image de mélancolique présente également dans d’autres poèmes. On pourrait penser que cet autoportrait sous le signe de la bile noire empêche de s’ouvrir au monde, mais on montrera que les références villoniennes ne sont pas celles auxquelles on s’attend et qu’elles construisent un ethos qui conduit le poète à s’adresser aux autres et à se soucier de la société dans laquelle il vit. En effet, l’enfant de Paris lie la mélancolie et la colère, comme d’autres à son époque, brouillant quelque peu la théorie plus autorisée des quatre tempéraments. La figure de Saturne – à la fois planète de la mélancolie et personnage qui dialogue avec Salomon sous forme de proverbes – incarne un point de rencontre entre les deux tempéraments bilieux et elle résume une image de soi en même temps qu’un choix d’écriture.
Singularité éthique et rêves communautaires : sur quelques enjeux du lyrisme carcéral chez Clément Marot, Michel d’Amboise et Étienne Dolet (1534–1544)
Authors: Lombart Nicolas
Published: October 2022

Loin d’être un phénomène périphérique, la poésie carcérale de Clément Marot (les poèmes du « cycle carcéral », 1534 ; L’Enfer , 1539), Michel d’Amboise (l’ Aglogue ou carme pastoral , 1533 ; Le Babilon , 1535) et Étienne Dolet ( Le Second Enfer , 1544) est le signe fort d’une interrogation nouvelle sur la nature profonde du rapport entre un individu singulier et la communauté qu’il a provisoirement quittée. Dans le prolongement de la tradition boécienne et dans le contexte particulier de la législation pénale au début du xvi e  siècle, le poète-prisonnier se trouve dans une situation doublement inédite : comme prisonnier « mis à nu » et séparé de la collectivité, il est particulièrement conscient de son estat et des défauts de la communauté dont il a été injustement exclu ; comme poète paradoxalement « élu », marqué (positivement) par l’infamie, il est capable de produire une vision nouvelle de cette communauté à la fois lointaine et désirée.
Enfermement et franchissement : le thème de la visite miraculeuse dans l’imagerie médiévale
Authors: Vilain Ambre , Vilain Ambre
Published: October 2022

La prison constitue un lieu paradoxal. Espace clos de captivité où l’on purge une peine à l’issue d’un jugement, elle est aussi, dans une perspective hagiographique, le lieu d’incarcération d’un innocent, donc un lieu d’injustice qui prélude au jour de naissance du saint. La fréquence du thème de l’enfermement dans la littérature hagiographique n’a paradoxalement pas donné lieu à une iconographie variée et profuse. Cet article souhaite s’intéresser à une problématique attachée au thème de l’enfermement : celle de la visite miraculeuse formant modèle à une conception plus large de la prison. Par définition le thème de la visite met en scène l’intérieur et l’extérieur et la question du franchissement de cet espace, autant de problématiques abordées dans le présent volume. Il s’agira ainsi de replacer dans un contexte culturel la problématique de la visite aux prisonniers, qu’il s’agisse de celle de saints à des laïcs ou de celle d’anges, voire du Christ lui-même, aux saints prisonniers, au travers des images et ainsi tenter de déterminer un modèle présidant à l’élaboration de ce corpus iconographique.
A data-based framework for automatic road network generation of multi-modal transport micro-simulation
Authors: Zhang Qi , Wang Yukai , Yin Ruyang , Cheng Wenyu , Wan Jian , Wu Lan
Published: October 2022

In microscopic traffic simulation, the fidelity of the road network model has a significant impact on the difference between the simulation and the actual urban traffic state. Accurately matching data on the simulated road network and the surroundings has become a central concern in traffic simulation research. This study provides a multi-source data-based framework for automatic road network generation (ARNG) to address the issue of manual procedures in the creation of the simulated road network and surroundings. First, the proposed method of fusion and matching of diverse road network data is used to acquire the basic road network information, and the combining of the features of different road network data can enhance the authenticity of the basic road network. Second, a multi-modal simulation road network is developed based on multi-modal traffic operation data to serve as the simulation operation's foundational environment. To address the requirements of the dynamic evolution of the simulated road network, an editor for the dynamic road network is built based on spatial closest neighbor matching. The case study illustrates the process of building the simulated road network and environment in the old city zone of Suzhou. Real-world examples demonstrate that the data-based ARNG approach provided in this study is highly automatic and scalable.
Multi-scale attention and deep supervision-based 3D UNet for automatic liver segmentation from CT
Authors: Wang Jinke , Zhang Xiangyang , Guo Liang , Shi Changfa , Tamura Shinichi
Published: October 2022

Background

Automatic liver segmentation is a prerequisite for hepatoma treatment; however, the low accuracy and stability hinder its clinical application. To alleviate this limitation, we deeply mine the context information of different scales and combine it with deep supervision to improve the accuracy of liver segmentation in this paper.

Methods

We proposed a new network called MAD-UNet for automatic liver segmentation from CT. It is grounded in the 3D UNet and leverages multi-scale attention and deep supervision mechanisms. In the encoder, the downsampling pooling in 3D UNet is replaced by convolution to alleviate the loss of feature information. Meanwhile, the residual module is introduced to avoid gradient vanishment. Besides, we use the long-short skip connections (LSSC) to replace the ordinary skip connections to preserve more edge detail. In the decoder, the features of different scales are aggregated, and the attention module is employed to capture the spatial context information. Moreover, we utilized the deep supervision mechanism to improve the learning ability on deep and shallow information.

Results

We evaluated the proposed method on three public datasets, including, LiTS17, SLiver07, and 3DIRCADb, and obtained Dice scores of 0.9727, 0.9752, and 0.9691 for liver segmentation, respectively, which outperform the other state-of-the-art (SOTA) methods.

Conclusions

Both qualitative and quantitative experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can make full use of the feature information of different stages while enhancing spatial data's learning ability, thereby achieving high liver segmentation accuracy. Thus, it proved to be a promising tool for automatic liver segmentation in clinical assistance.
Avec la complicité du diable
Authors: Demanget Magali
Published: October 2022

Cette contribution traite de l’ambiguïté de la complicité depuis la perspective d’une économie morale de la corruption. Elle prend appui sur une ethnographie du soupçon pour aborder la question de l’impunité des crimes dans une ville indienne mexicaine. L’exploration de divers témoignages associés à des meurtres conduit à dégager la projection de la contradiction de la « banalité du mal » dans la figure d’un diable vernaculaire. Par son association à des auteurs présumés de crimes, ce diable apparaît comme l’encryptage de la déviance sociale, et d’une violence politique par ailleurs divulguée dans la sphère publique alors que l’économie du secret et du dévoilement prend un nouveau virage.
« Suis-je le gardien de mon frère ? »
Authors: Boukir Kamel
Published: October 2022

Après l’homicide d’un dealer, la ville de Montrimond plonge dans l’effroi. Le choc rappelle aux amis d’enfance que les relations de complicité modifient l’économie morale de leurs rapports intimes. Quand l’amitié s’abîme dans la complicité surgit un dilemme éthique : « Suis-je le gardien de mon frère ? » Cet article décrit la dynamique du soupçon qui emporte les complices sous le règne de la paranoïa, les jetant dans les rets d’une inimitié dégagée de tout scrupule moral même au plus fort de la trahison.
Après-génocide
Authors: Morand Coralie
Published: October 2022

À partir du cas particulier du génocide maya ixil au Guatemala, cet article interroge les différentes formes que revêtent les accusations et disculpations de complicité. Navigant entre les notions de responsabilité et de culpabilité, il propose d’analyser la notion de complicité comme contextuelle et soumise à des variables diverses. Ce propos est soutenu par des scènes ethnographiques qui interrogent de façon diverse ces différentes notions et qui nous emmènent tour à tour auprès d’un ancien guérillero, de paramilitaires, de militaires et de victimes, dans un contexte où la parole et le silence sont des facteurs clés de la reconstruction d’une société en contexte post-génocidaire.
Open Educational Resources in Higher Education
Authors: Ali Lubna , Knight Colette , Schroeder Ulrik
Published: October 2022

Open educational resources (OER) are openly licensed educational materials that can be used in different educational settings to help make education available to all. However, proper deployment of OER still faces many barriers, including the lack of know-how among educators and helpful supporting tools. Many educators do not have the necessary knowledge to efficiently find, utilize, edit, or distribute high quality OER. Adding to this challenge is the lack of technical tools to support them when producing OER or converting their existing educational materials to OER. In this paper, the authors introduce two practical approaches applied at the Learning Technologies Research Group at RWTH Aachen University to enhance the utilization of OER in higher education. The first one addresses the qualification of educators to the concept of OER, and the second one focuses on providing technical support to educators when producing OER.
Spatial Patterns and Development Characteristics of China's Postgraduate Education
Authors: Li Ping , Zhong Haidong , Zhang Justin Zuopeng
Published: October 2022

Using four types of publicly available datasets and ArcGIS software, the authors identify the spatial characteristics of postgraduate education in China at three scales: comprehensive economic zone, provincial, and city. They also employ geographically weighted regression and ordinary least squares to study the factors influencing the spatial pattern of postgraduate education in Gin at the city scale. The findings show that the number of postgraduate education institutions increases as the longitude of a city increases, but the number decreases from coast to inland. Second, postgraduate education institutions tend to group together in provincial capitals and megacities. Finally, GDP, per capita GDP, population size, local income, and total retail sales of consumer goods significantly impact postgraduate education development. The study contributes to the literature and provides insights for practitioners in promoting urban planning and infrastructure development.
Recommendation of Healthcare Services Based on an Embedded User Profile Model
Authors: Xiao Jianmao , Liu Xinyi , Zeng Jia , Cao Yuanlong , Feng Zhiyong
Published: October 2022

In recent years, as the demand for senior care services has further increased, it has become more difficult to obtain matching services from the vast amount of data. Therefore, this paper proposes a service recommendation framework PCE-CF based on an embedded user portrait model. The framework accurately describes the elderly users through four dimensions—population, society, consumption, and health—and constructs the user portrait model by embedding tags. The embedded vector of each older man is learned through the deep learning model, and different feature groups are meaningfully expressed in the transformation space. In addition, location context and dynamic interest model are introduced to process embedded vectors, and users' service preferences are predicted according to their dynamic behaviors. The experiment results show that the PCE-CF framework proposed in this paper can improve the recommendation algorithm's efficiency and have higher feasibility in personalized service recommendations.
Review of Sorgner's Philosophy of Posthuman Art
Authors: Nutas Andrei
Published: October 2022

The paper deals with a review of Sorgner's new book, Philosophy of Posthuman Art. The review highlights Sorgner's positioning of postmodern art as emerging from a way of dealing with the realities of ontological naturalism and epistemic perspectivism. It is also highlighted why the author believes that the avant-garde and modernist aesthetic is lacking in dealing with a world of technology embedded post-modernity. In this sense, Sorgner's arguments for the totalitarian aspects of the avant-garde are presented. The paper also offers a critique regarding Sorgner's continental focus, and an argument for why his 10 aesthetics of posthuman art could be boiled down to eight, before finalizing with a walk through Sorgner's view on a posthuman total work of art and his view leisure within a posthuman era.
Systematic Literature Review on Competitive Strategies in Apparel Industries
Authors: Rathnayake G. K. , Wickramasinghe C. N.
Published: October 2022

Firm competitive strategies are the more important concept that firms should concern about more precisely. This study aims to analyze the different types of firm competitive strategies that the apparel industry follows to enhance the organizations’ profit and survive within the global market by fulfilling the compliance requirements of international competitive forces. However, this study does not focus on reviewing human resource management strategies, which is the opposite strategy to competitive strategy. One hundred fifty-two previous research articles were analyzed and published since the 1990s. The researcher has identified that most of the analysis focus on Porter’s three generic strategies for discussing both in a supportive and arguable way, while the other typologies of firm strategies paid less attention. However, some firms undertake these less paid attention typologies also. Therefore, the present study identified this gap and re-reviewed all these sources to identify the diverse range of typologies of firm strategies that previous scholars described and arguable on competitive strategies that firms follow. questioned or criticized later on and the strategies that paid less focus. This review was done through the citation analysis to classify them in systematic order. Also, a thematic analysis was followed to express the identified characteristics of firm strategies. This study exposed the four strategies of competitive strategies mainly by covering other factors identified through the literature review, namely, competitive forces, stuck in the middle strategy, hybrid strategy and ocean strategies. As firms adopt multi-type firm strategies together, firm strategies depend on especially compliance requirements of buyers, and firm strategies are a must for future survival.
Integrating the Spatial Autocorrelation Structure of Irregularly Distributed Wind Measurement Stations to Model Wind Patterns Using R
Authors: Welikanna D. R.
Published: October 2022

Wind behavior in Sri Lanka, mainly exposed to two major monsoon seasons, is complex to model spatially. The acute changes in the topography further make it difficult to map the wind patterns. Irregularly distributed wind measurements are the main source of data available to interpret and model this dynamic geographic phenomenon. Sri Lanka is in need of an accurate and timely wind map in order to support wind energy resource planning and to enable weather prediction systems to be more accurate. Strong and continuous winds in the southern part of the island encourage wind harvesting for energy. Wind energy is arguably the most affordable per megawatt-hour renewable energy source, and it is growing nearly as quickly as conventional energy generation techniques in the country. The objective of this paper is twofold. First is to use the spatial autocorrelation structure of 23 data points using diurnal data measured every 10 minutes on an irregularly distributed grid to construct continuous wind speed fields for the 4 monsoon seasons. This has been done for the year 2015 as a reference year, where a complete set of data was acquired. Secondly, it was intended to provide the reader how R opensource with advanced statistical modelling capabilities and graphics could be utilized conveniently for vague geographic phenomena analysis. The spatial autocorrelation of the wind speed and the direction was determined in the beginning by using the semi-variograms. Candidate semi-variogram models, especially spherical and exponential models, were tested to be more suitable for the observations. Ordinary Kriging, which uses the samples in the local neighborhood to avoid the mean estimation, was used to perform the spatial interpolations Kriging. For each month of the year 2015, four weekly wind maps were generated, both for the direction and speed. These 48 wind maps were further analyzed for the wind patterns. The changes in the morning and evening wind patterns, and the significant wind pattern changes along the coastal areas and the central highlands are extracted and presented in the study. The generated maps could be useful in identifying potential areas for wind farming. By feeding the data in a time series to the presented model, it would be possible to deduce wind pattern changes in Sri Lanka on a yearly basis. As a whole, the paper presents a reasonable model that could be used to model a diverse set of vague phenomena with an understanding of the uncertainties involved.
The ASN – moving forward
Authors: Gunatilake Saman B.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
A deadly strike of a needlefish
Authors: Nawasiwatte B. M. T. P. , Bandusena S. , Wadanamby S. , Gunaratne P. S.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
Neurotoxicology
Authors: Arasalingam Ajini , Gunatilake Saman
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
Acute stroke management – exciting times ahead
Authors: Gunatilake Saman B.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
Myeloneuropathy caused by nitrous oxide toxicity
Authors: Liyanage D. S. , Flores L. , Norwood F.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
Mucormycosis – deadly disease and deadly treatment
Authors: Weeratunga P. , Rathnayake G. , Chang T.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
Is clinical examination dying?
Authors: Gunatilake Saman B.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
Neurological disorders during pregnancy and post-partum period of mothers admitted to De Soyza Hospital for Women, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Authors: Fernando N. , Rathnayake R. M. , Perera G. Y. , Siriwardana A. K. , Segarajasingam S. , Gunaratne P. S.
Published: October 2022

Introduction: Identification of a neurological disorder during pregnancy is often a challenge in the context of sharing similar physiological and pathological symptomatology. Neurological disorders during pregnancy are not a common occurrence either. Studies were not previously carried out on prevalence, disease pattern or outcome of neurological disorders among pregnant women in Sri Lanka which would help to reduce the gap of missing a rare but fatal disease.Objectives: Identify and describe neurological problems, patterns and effect on outcome during pregnancy and post-partum.Method: A descriptive cross sectional study of term pregnant women admitted to De Soysa Hospital for delivery during the period of June to September 2013. Data gathered by interviewer administered questionnaire. Participants were followed up till end of post-partum. Clinical end points were defined by physician diagnosed cases.Results: Out of 334 participants, 40 (12%) were identified with various neurological diagnosis irrespective of disease onset. Fourteen (4.19%) were new onset neurological problems during pregnancy or postpartum. New onset Carpal tunnel syndrome represented 1.5% which was the commonest among new onset. New onset migraine represented 0.6%. 2.4% of the participants were pre-diagnosed epileptic patients. Seizures remained unchanged among 62.5% of epileptic participants.Conclusions: New onset neurological disorders were reported during pregnant and post- partum period by 14.9%. Primary headache accounted for the most prevailing neurological diagnosis. Migraine was the commonest cause. Carpel tunnel syndrome was the commonest new onset neurological diagnosis.
Cerebellar type multiple system atrophy (MSA-C)
Authors: Gunasekara Harsha , Subasinghe Shyama , Abeywickrama Buddhi , Warapitiya Dinuka
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
A unique pattern of memory deficits in reversible dementia induced by B12 deficiency
Authors: Pathirana K. D. , Karunaratna W. G. S. G. , Sewwandi E. A. W. , Thotagamuwa S. , Kodituwakku P. W.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
Optimal dosing interval of intravenous Colistin monotherapy versus combination therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Ahmadpour Forouzan , Shaseb Elnaz , Izadpanah Mandana , Rakhshan Amin , Hematian Farzaneh
Published: October 2022

We aimed to maximize the clinical response and effectiveness of colistin antibiotics in patients with multi-drug (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Gram-negative bacteria, there is an increasing interest in colistin combination therapy with other antibiotics and extended interval dosing regimens. This systematic review and meta-analysis aim is to evaluate if the combination therapy is superior to monotherapy with colistin regarding increased survival and also which dose interval is the most effective to utilize. English language, peer-reviewed journal publications from the first date available to 25 January 2022 were identified by searching the PubMed and Web of Science databases. Forest plots for overall and subgroups and funnel plots were graphed. 42 studies were included in the study. Among them, 38 studies were on combination therapy, and four on dose interval. The overall pooled odds ratio is 0.77 (CI: 0.62; 0.95) (p value < 0.017). The I^2 value was 43% (p value < 0.01). The Begg correlation test of funnel plot asymmetry showed no significant publication bias (0.064). The overall pooled odds ratio for Carbapenem is 0.74 (CI: 0.48; 1.13). A prospective randomized controlled trials (RCT) on 40 adults intensive care unit (ICU) patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), comparing the mortality and ICU length of stay of 8- or 24- hour intervals regimens, showed that the ICU length of stay and ICU mortality were; 31.31, 35.3 days, and 32.06, 22.2% in groups 24-h interval and 8- hour interval (p value: 0.39, 0.87), respectively. It seems that combination therapy is associated with drug synergism and increased survival. The extended interval colistin administration may result in higher peak concentration and bacterial eradication. In both cases, we face a dearth of literature.
Midwifery workforce education, planning and leadership in Kenya and Nigeria
Authors: Shikuku Duncan , Mohammed Hauwa , Ameh Charles
Published: October 2022

Abstract not availale.
Updated post-glacial marine limits along western Hudson Bay, central mainland Nunavut and northern Manitoba
Authors: McMartin I , Gauthier M S , Page A V
Published: October 2022

A digital compilation of updated postglacial marine limits was completed in the coastal regions of central mainland Nunavut and northern Manitoba between Churchill and Queen Maud Gulf. The compilation builds on and updates previous mapping of the marine limits at
an unprecedented scale, making use of high-resolution digital elevation models, new field-based observations of the marine limit and digital compilations of supporting datasets (i.e. marine deltas and marine sediments). The updated mapping also permits a first-hand, knowledgedriven interpolation of
a continuous limit of marine inundation linking the Tyrrell Sea to Arctic Ocean seawaters. The publication includes a detailed description of the mapping methods, a preliminary interpretation of the results, and a GIS scalable layout map for easy access to the various layers. These datasets and
outputs provide robust constraints to reconstruct the patterns of ice retreat and for glacio-isostatic rebound models, important for the estimation of relative sea level changes and impacts on the construction of nearshore sea-transport infrastructures. They can also be used to evaluate the maximum
extent of marine sediments and associated permafrost conditions that can affect land-based infrastructures, and potential secondary processes related to marine action in the surficial environment and, therefore, can enhance the interpretation of geochemical anomalies in glacial drift exploration
methods. A generalized map of the maximum limit of postglacial marine inundation produced for map representation and readability also constitutes an accessible output relevant to Northerners and other users of geoscience data.
Managerial Standard Costing
Authors: Batty J.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available.
Economic Prospects for South Africa Over the Next Five Years
Authors: Rousseau P. E.
Published: October 2022

Dr. P. E. Rousseau gee 'n breë oorsig oor die huidige ekonomiese toestand en oor die faktore wat die beleggingspatroon in die nabye toekoms sal beïnvloed.
Die Inligtingsontploffing
Authors: Maritz F. R.
Published: October 2022

The effects of the information explosion on the manager and on his performance are discussed. For instance, the technical content of information means that the manager often has to communicate with experts in various fields and finds it difficult to judge the validity of their conclusions and advice. This problem is typical of those that can be tackled by following the systematic approach described in this article. Seven basic concepts associated with problem analysis and decision making are discussed.The only way to manage the information explosion is to give managers the practical tools. These techniques exist and are generally applicable. The approach can be learnt by doing and not by being supplied with a prescription.
A philosophy of management: a semantic problem
Authors: Du Toit J. D.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available.
Die beveiliging van inligting en toerusting
Authors: Coetzee C. J.J.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available.
Suid-Afrika het 'n nuwe Basiese Beleid vir Nywerheidsontwikkeling nodig
Authors: Marais G.
Published: October 2022

Prof. Marais discusses the desirability of a positive government policy to promote exports through selective protection of industries and measures to increase the productivity of the available labour force.
Multifocal Myopericytomas
Authors: Swarnkar Bhavya , Sahni Kanika , Khandakar Hena , Agarwal Shipra
Published: October 2022

Myopericytoma is a rare soft tissue tumour which orginates from pericytes. Histopathology shows nodular perivascular proliferation of cells with myoid differentiation. Myopericytomatosis and multifocal myopericytomas are the two uncommon variants of this entity. We report an uncommon case of multifocal myopericytomas over the sole.
Histopathologic Findings Following Hemostasis with Gelfoam
Authors: Cervantes Jose A. , Patel Kavina , Wohltmann Wendi , Wisell Joshua
Published: October 2022

Gelfoam, an absorbable gelatin material that can carry thrombin and provide a matrix for the clotting cascade, is commonly used in dermatologic surgery to obtain hemostasis. Gelfoam application is often well tolerated, with minimal surgical site reaction. Gelfoam may be an incidental histopathologic finding following cutaneous surgery, typically without any clinical sequelae. Both dermatologic surgeons and pathologists should be familiar with this histopathologic finding to eliminate confusion and to avoid additional intervention. We present a case of a 76-year-old man with an interesting histopathologic finding of basophilic material predominantly overlying and among keratinocytes in an epithelializing surgical defect that was covered with Gelfoam.
Predictors and Causes of In-Hospital Maternal Deaths within 120 h of Admission at a Tertiary Hospital in South-Western, Nigeria
Authors: Olamijulo Joseph Ayodeji , Olorunfemi Gbenga , Osman Halimat
Published: October 2022

Background:

An efficient, comprehensive emergency obstetrics care (CEMOC) can considerably reduce the burden of maternal mortality (MM) in Nigeria. Information about the risk of maternal death within 120 h of admission can reflect the quality of CEMOC offered.

Aim:

This study aims to determine the predictors and causes of maternal death within 120 h of admission at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Lagos South-Western, Nigeria.

Methods:

We conducted a retrospective cohort study amongst consecutive maternal deaths at a hospital in South-Western Nigeria, from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2017, using data from patients' medical records. We compared participants that died within 120 h to participants that survived beyond 120 h. Survival life table analysis, Kaplan–Meier plots and multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression were conducted to evaluate the factors affecting survival within 120 h of admission. Stata version 16 statistical software (StatCorp USA) was used for analysis.

Results:

Of the 430 maternal deaths, 326 had complete records. The mean age of the deceased was 30.7± (5.9) years and median time to death was 24 (5–96) h. Two hundred and sixty-eight (82.2%) women out of 326 died within 120 h of admission. Almost all maternal deaths from uterine rupture (95.2%) and most deaths from obstetric haemorrhage (87.3%), induced miscarriage (88.9%), sepsis (82.9%) and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (77.9%) occurred within 120 h of admission. Admission to the intensive care unit (P = 0.007), cadre of admitting doctor (P < 0.001), cause of death (P = 0.036) and mode of delivery (P = 0.012) were independent predictors of hazard of death within 120 h.

Conclusion:

The majority (82.2%) of maternal deaths occurred within 120 h of admission. Investment in the prevention and acute management of uterine rupture, obstetric haemorrhage, sepsis and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy can help to reduce MM within 120 h in our environment.
Evaluation of the Effect of Nutritive Versus Non-nutritive Pacifiers as Adjuncts to Local Anaesthesia in Male Neonatal Circumcision Using the Plastibell Technique – A Prospective Randomised Controlled Study
Authors: Ihediwa Chibuike George , Bode Christopher O. , Alakaloko Felix M. , Elebute Olumide A. , Seyi-Olajide Justina O. , Ladipo-Ajayi Oluwaseun Abiola , Ademuyiwa Adesoji O.
Published: October 2022

Background:

Male circumcision is the most common surgical procedure worldwide and is often carried out for religious, cultural, medical and public health reasons. It is commonly performed during the neonatal period. Many studies have now shown that pain is a common intra- and post-operative complication. To ensure proper analgesia during the procedure, many surgeons opt for the use of pacifiers as an adjunct to anaesthesia during neonatal circumcision. The aim of this study is to compare nutritive pacifiers (NPs) versus non-NPs (NNPs) as adjuncts to local anaesthesia in male neonatal circumcision using the Plastibell technique.

Methods:

A prospective randomised controlled study was carried out between October 2019 and March 2020. A total of 100 neonates were circumcised using the Plastibell technique and randomised into NP (Group A, n = 33), NNP (Group B, n = 33) and controls (Group C, n = 34), respectively. The differences in pain scores using the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale, total crying time and heart rate during circumcision were recorded and assessed.

Results:

The age of participants ranged from 5 to 28 days and the weight ranged from 2.5 to 5.0 kg. The overall mean age, birth weight and current weight of the participants were 15.5 ± 6.1 days, 3.4 ± 0.4 kg and 3.5 ± 0.6 kg, respectively. The control group had the highest average pain score of 5.5 (4.5–5.8) compared to the intervention groups with median pain score (NP: 3.3 [1.3–4.3] and (NNP: 4.3 [3.1–5.1], respectively). NPs had significantly lower pain scores (P = 0.023) and reduced total crying time (P = 0.019) at all stages of the circumcision compared to those given NNPs and controls.

Conclusion:

This study showed that NPs were superior to NNPs in providing additional pain control during male neonatal circumcision.
Willingness to pay for a COVID-19 Vaccine for Oneself and One's Child among Individuals Attending a Tertiary Care Centre in West Bengal, India
Authors: Rehman Tanveer , Mallick Ajay , Ahamed Farhad , Kanungo Srikanta , Pati Sanghamitra
Published: October 2022

Background:

The free-of-cost supply could not meet the demand for coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in India, so the government approved an injection option with a price. We aimed to determine how much money an individual would be willing to pay for a COVID-19 vaccine for themselves and their children and assess the factors determining it.

Methods:

We conducted a study among all adults visiting the outpatient department of a government tertiary care hospital in West Bengal, India, in August 2021. Trained nursing officers combined bidding game and open-ended question methods during personal interviews to estimate the willingness-to-pay (WTP) values.

Results:

The mean (standard deviation) age of 1565 participants was 40.8 (12.2) years with 46.5% (n = 727) males, 70.4% (n = 1102) parents, 50.0% (n = 783) educated upto class 12 and 30.9% (n = 483) belonging to upper-middle socio-economic scale (SES). The median (inter-quartile range [IQR]) WTP amount for the first dose and the subsequent/booster dose among the unvaccinated (50.2%, n = 785) and vaccinated (49.8%, n = 780) participants were 0 (0–100) and 0 (0–200), respectively. The median (IQR) WTP for inoculating children with any COVID-19 vaccine was 50 (0–300) in both groups. Significant differences were found in the WTP prices for adult vaccines in both groups concerning age category (P = 0.02), education (P < 0.01) and SES (P < 0.01).

Conclusion:

Although more than half of the respondents were unwilling to pay for themselves, WTP for COVID-19 vaccination was higher for their children. Policy-makers should consider income, education and age to cap the private sector vaccination price.
Persisting chemosensory dysfunction in COVID-19 - a cross-sectional population-based survey
Authors: Winkelmann S. , Korth A. , Voss B. , Nasr M.A. , Behrend N. , Pudszuhn A. , Hofmann V.M. , Schendzielorz P. , Maetzler C. , Hermes A. , Borzikowsky C. , Bahmer T. , Lieb W. , Schreiber S. , Störk S. , Montellano F.A. , Witzenrath M. , Keil T. , Krawczak M. , Laudien M. , on behalf of the NAPKON study group
Published: October 2022

Background: Chemosensory dysfunction (CD) has been reported as a common symptom of SARS-CoV-2 infection, but it is not well understood whether and for how long changes of smell, taste and chemesthesis persist in infected individuals. Methodology: Unselected adult residents of the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein with Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-test-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection were invited to participate in this large cross-sectional study. Data on the medical history and subjective chemosensory function of participants were obtained through questionnaires and visual analogue scales (VAS). Olfactory function (OF) was objectified with the Sniffin’ Sticks test (SST), including threshold (T), discrimination (D) and identification (I) test as well as summarized TDI score, and compared to that in healthy controls. Gustatory function (GF) was evaluated with the suprathreshold taste strips (TS) test, and trigeminal function was tested with an ampoule containing ammonia. Results: Between November 2020 and June 2021, 667 infected individuals (mean age: 48.2 years) were examined 9.1 months, on average, after positive PCR testing. Of these, 45.6% had persisting subjective olfactory dysfunction (OD), 36.2% had subjective gustatory dysfunction (GD). Tested OD, tested GD and impaired trigeminal function were observed in 34.6%, 7.3% and 1.8% of participants, respectively. The mean TDI score of participants was significantly lower compared to healthy subjects. Significant associations were observed between subjective OD and GD, and between tested OD and GD. Conclusion: Nine months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, OD prevalence is significantly increased among infected members of the general population. Therefore, OD should be included in the list of symptoms collectively defining Long-COVID.
Spatio-temporal analysis of b-value prior to 28 April 2021 Assam Earthquake and implications thereof
Authors: Sarma Vickey , Bora Dipok K , Biswas Rajib
Published: October 2022

Here, we report a Spatio-temporal analysis of the frequency magnitude distribution of earthquakes (b-value) before the 28th April 2021 (Mw 6.4) earthquake event observed in northeast India. To esti- mate the average b-value for the study region, a data set of 750 earthquake events with magnitude Mw ≥ 3.9 is extracted from the homogenous part of the earthquake catalog (1950-2021) documented by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and International seismological center (ISC) in the region. For spatial analysis of the disparities in b-value, the whole study region is subdivided into 16 square grids of dimension 1o×1o and the b-value is calculated for each subsection. In congruence with other studies, this work yields b-values ranging from 0.66 to 1.25. After the calculation of the b-value for each grid, it is observed that the grid with the epicentral location of the 28th April 2021 (6.4) earthquake has a low b-value. Accordingly, the spatial correlation and aberrant pattern between b-value and focal depth have been comprehensively explored. It is observed that the b-value sig- nificantly dips within a depth range of ~15-35 km which implicates high-stress accumulation and crustal homogeneity. The depth-wise variation in b-value infers the antithetical relationship between b-value and crustal stress. Mostly interplate earthquakes are observed in the study region; thereby hinting at intense seismicity at the upper crust.
WWLLN Data Used to Model the Global Ionospheric Electric Field Generated by Thunderstorms
Authors: Denisenko Valery V. , Rycroft Michael J.
Published: October 2022

Electric currents flowing in the atmospheric global electric circuit (GEC) are closed by ionospheric currents. The physical and mathematical approach to simulate the ionospheric potential which drives these currents has been described in our previous papers. Only the internal electric fields and currents generated by thunderstorms are studied, and without any magnetospheric current sources or generators. The atmospheric conductivity profiles with altitude are empirically determined, and the topography of the Earth’s surface is taken into account. A two-dimensional approximation of the ionospheric conductor is based on the high conductivity along the geomagnetic field; the Pedersen and Hall conductivities are calculated using empirical models. The potentials in the E- and F-layers of the ionosphere are considered to be constant along each magnetic field line. The main progress in comparison with previous versions of the model is obtained through applying the global distribution of thunderstorms obtained from the ground-based World Wide Lightning Location Network. Under typical conditions for July, under low solar activity in 2008, at 18:00 UTC, the calculated maximum potential difference in the ionosphere is 54 V. This newest version of our model contains the equatorial electrojets. There are day-time electrojets, the strengths of which are up to 65 A, and night-time ones (of up to 40 A), while the total current flowing in the GEC is taken to be equal to 1.43 kA in our model to satisfy the Carnegie curve, i.e. the diurnal variation of the vertical electric field at ground level with UTC. The maximum of the electric potential is shifted from Africa to South-East Asia in the new model. The equatorial electrojets also change their position, direction and intensity.
Amatör Balıkçılık: Çanakkale İli Örneği
Authors: AYTEPE Hüseyin Gökhan , DALYAN Orkun , DALYAN Hatice , PİŞKİN Mehmet
Published: October 2022

Bu çalışmada, ülkemizde sayıları hızla artan amatör balıkçıların Çanakkale ili genelindeki sosyo demografik durumu ve amatör balık avcılığına dair bilgi düzeyleri belirlenmiştir. Çanakkale ilinde bulunan amatör balıkçılara Şubat-Mayıs 2022 tarihleri arasında 63 sorudan oluşan bir anket çalışması gerçekleştirilmiştir. Rastgele örnekleme yöntemi ile seçilen 107 amatör balıkçı tarafından cevaplandırılan anket verileri Sosyal Bilimler için İstatistik Programı 24.0 ile analiz edilmiştir. Bu çalışmadaki veriler, literatürde ülkemizin farklı bölgelerindeki amatör balıkçılıkla ilgili araştırmalarla karşılaştırılmıştır. Katılımcıların %85'i erkek, %69.2'si evlidir. Katılımcıların %57.9'u 26-35 yaş aralığındadır. Katılımcıların %47.7'si lise mezunu, %88.8'i ise aktif olarak çalışmaktadır. Katılımcılardan 77.6'sı amatör balıkçı belgesine sahip değildir. Bu çalışmada, amatör balıkçı belgesine sahip olan, diğer sucul alanlar yerine denizde avlanan ve hergün avcılık yapan balıkçıların amatör balıkçı bilgi ve farkındalık düzeylerinin diğer gruplara göre daha yüksek olduğu ve amatör balıkçıların avlanma ve çevre konusunda yeterli bilgiye sahipken teknelerde emniyet amaçlı kullanılacak cihazlar hakkında yeterli bilgiye sahip olmadığı belirlenmiştir.
Effect of Anisakis pegreffii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) on Biochemical and Haematological Characteristics of Chub Mackerel (Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782) Caught in the Dardanelles at Çanakkale, Türkiye
Authors: ÇELİK Ekrem Şanver , KANAT Rıdvan Erdem , DERMANCI Pınar , KAHRAMAN YILMAZ Dilek , TURGAY Emre , KARATAŞ STEINUM Süheyla , YILMAZ Sevdan
Published: October 2022

Chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782) were obtained from the commercial fishermen in Çanakkale, Turkey, in July, 2017. We examined a total of 40 fish (20 non-infested and 20 infested) and assessed the biometric indices, haematological parameters and serum biochemical variables. The hepatosomatic index and gonadosomatic index of infested chub mackerel fish were lower than those of non-infested fish. Blood haematocrit ratio and haemoglobin concentration in naturally parasite-infested chub mackerel fish were significantly lower than those in non-infested fish. However, white blood cell counts of the parasite-infested chub mackerel fish were higher than those of healthy ones. Serum total protein, globulin, glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride, urea, chlorine and iron levels in naturally parasite-infested chub mackerel fish were significantly lower than those in non-infested fish. Moreover, serum lactate dehydrogenase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase and alanine aminotransferase activities of the parasite-infested chub mackerel fish were higher than those in healthy ones. Therefore, observed variations in haematological parameters, serum biochemical variables and biometric indices influenced by the parasite, A. pegreffii, may potentially increase sensitivity of the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus, to diseases and environmental conditions.