bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Determine a Benchmark for Predicting Skill Performance in Terms of the Offensive Tactical Behavior of Futsal Players
Authors: Abbood Mustafa Abdul Zahra
Published: March 2024

The research aimed to derive predictive equations for the skill performance in terms of the offensive tactical behavior of futsal players, while the research areas included the human field, which was represented by futsal players, and determined the time range for the period from (5/1/2023) until (15/3/2023). The researcher used the descriptive approach in the style of correlation and predictive relations, and the research sample consisted of (100) players from the clubs of Maysan province futsal, and the researcher applied skill performance tests and tactical behavior; Predictive equations were also extracted through which skill performance can be predicted in terms of offensive tactical behavior, and the researcher recommended the need for coaches to pay attention to offensive situations because of their great role in the performance of skills being one of the basic requirements that affect sports performance.
Ethnomedicine in the USA: Aesthetics of Performance and Organic Wellness as a Posthuman Construct In the ‘Ifa’ Ritual of the Santeria
Authors: Enyaosah Damian
Published: March 2024

Performances across time have promoted human wellness, especially as we continue to incorporate the lived experiences of healing rituals into our contemporary artistic practices. Audience members practice good physical, emotional, social, and psychological health through their ability to create an illusion of mental escape, enlightenment, and entertainment. The paper comments on a specific shamanistic practice – “Ifa Ritual,” practiced by the African diaspora of the Americas as a metric for evaluation. I shall explore documented research on the performance expressions noticeable in the Yoruba Ifa ritual exemplary in the Santeria and their communal benefits to Afro-Cubans in the USA. The Afro-Cuban Yorubas called Lucumi are believed to have migrated as slaves from the Yoruba subgroups of Africa to the New World, and there they introduced a cultural practice called the Santeria. The Santeria is an attempt to decolonize the impact of Western religious ideologies on their spiritual and social life by performing Ifa rites as a mode of worship and healing. I interrogate how the performative styles and elements of “Ifa” including the divination techniques contribute to promoting the well-being of contemporary Ifa practitioners. Theoretically, the study considers rituals as a fundamental approach to performance and wellness that seeks to reinforce and provoke discourses in post-humanism. The scope of this study is confined to the branch of humanities and soft sciences devoted to prevalent research on the Yoruba belief system and Lucumi Santeria, aiding the discussion of "Ifa" as a post-humanist construct of performance and wellness.
Prenatal, Perinatal And Postnatal Risk Factors From Mother And Child To The Incidence Of Epilepsy
Authors: Sibuea Susan Megawati , Kustiowati Endang , Samekto Maria Immaculata Widiastuti , Tugasworo Dodik , Bintoro Aris Catur , Pasmanasari Elta Diah
Published: March 2024

BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a health problem that affects sufferers and their families, characterized by at least two seizures without provocation with an interval of more than 24 hours between seizures, one seizure without provocation with the possibility of recurring within 10 years, a diagnosis of epilepsy syndrome has been established. The risk of epilepsy can be influenced by the condition of the mother and child in the prenatal, perinatal and postnatal periods.
AIMS: This study analyzed the risks of several prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal factors of mother and child as risk factors for epilepsy incidence.
METHOD: A case control study was conducted at RSUP Dr. Kariadi Semarang from July 2022 to March 2023. A total of 90 eligible subjects  were divided into 45 case with epilepsy and 45 control with a non-epileptic diagnosis. Inclusion criteria were aged over 17 years to 40 years and exclusion criteria were subjects with mothers who had died or could not be interviewed, data were incomplete and had structural brain disorders or other diseases with clinical symptoms of seizures for the control group. The data obtained were analyzed  using chi squares test for bivariate association, followed by multivariate analysis with multiple logistic regression.
RESULT: Maternal age during pregnancy (p=0.016), low birth weight (p=0.007), surgical birth (p=0.004), head trauma at the age of less than 6 years (p=0.008) have been shown to influence the occurrence of epilepsy with significance respectively.
CONCLUSION: Prenatal factors of the mother which is maternal age during pregnancy, perinatal and postnatal factors of the child which are low birth weight, surgical birth, and head trauma at the age of less than 6 years are risk factors that influence the occurrence of adulthood epilepsy.
Obtaining of defect-free refined microstructure workpieces made of molybdenum alloy using selective laser melting
Authors: Denezhkin A.O. , Kolchanov D.S. , Binkov I.I. , Pavlov E.A. , Mishin D.A.
Published: March 2024

The effect of the main parameters of selective laser melting (SLM) on the porosity and microstructure of samples made of a heat-resistant low-alloy alloy based on molybdenum is studied. Morphological and granulometric analysis of powders is carried out before the experiments. Cultivation is carried out on the domestic SLP-250 complex. Samples with a relative density of 99.42 % and no cracks are obtained. Columnar grains are observed in the samples, the maximum length of which reached 500...550 microns. The direction of growth of columnar grains coincides with the direction of the construction of samples. Areas with an equiaxed structure located between adjacent points of intersection of supporting structures and the first layers of samples аre identified. A fi ne-grained columnar structure is observed at the point of direct contact of the supporting structure with the sample. The microhardness of the samples is 370 HV.
INSIGHTS INTO BODY DONOR’S ATTITUDES AND PERSPECTIVES; A SURVEY ON VOLUNTARY BODY DONATION
Authors: Dr Arpitha S  , Dr Sireesha S R  , Dr Uma B Gopal
Published: March 2024

The study delves into the motivations behind voluntary body donation (VBD) by conducting a retrospective analysis of 120 registered body donors at the Department of Rachana Shareera, Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Ayurveda and Hospital, Hassan. The historical context of body donation is explored, tracing its roots back to Hindu religious literature and highlighting key milestones, such as the enactment of the Anatomy Act in India in 1948.
The primary aim of the study is to evaluate the reasons driving individuals to voluntarily donate their body after death. The materials include the body donor register and relevant literature from Ayurvedic classical texts, contemporary science, journals, publications, and articles. The methods involve a retrospective analysis of the registered voluntary body donors. The study sheds light on the multifaceted reasons behind voluntary body donation, providing insights that can support educational and awareness initiatives in promoting Voluntary body donation.
KEY WORDS: Voluntary Body donation, Body Donors
Civic Engagement Relawan PKBM Rumah Pintar Punggur Cerdas Dalam Meningkatkan Literasi
Authors: Aldi Imanula  , Achmadi  , Sastra Atmaja Thomy , Sulistyarini  , Zakso Amrazi
Published: March 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tentang bagaimana civic engagement

relawan Pusat Kegiatan Belajar Masyarakat (PKBM) Rumah Pintar Punggur Cerdas

dalam meningkatkan literasi membaca. Relawan PKBM Rumah Pintar Punggur Cerdas

mengadakan sejumlah program mulai dari mendirikan saung belajar, bimbingan

belajar, perpustakaan digital, membaca dialam sekitar, belajar bahasa inggris dan

berantas buta aksara. Civic Engagement relawan diantaranya mendedikasikan diri

sebagai relawan, melakukan kerjasama dengan beberapa pihak, memberikan

pemahaman pentingnya literasi, dan sebagai pembimbing dalam meningkatkan

literasi. Faktor yang melatarbelakangi relawan terlibat dalam kegiatan PKBM Rumah

Pintar Punggur Cerdas yaitu faktor sosial, pengembangan diri, tujuan yang sama, dan

berkontribusi terhadap masyarakat. Kendala yang dihadapi relawan diantaranya

kendala dibidang pendanaan, kurangnya tenaga pengajar dari relawan, tidak semua

relawan hadir pada saat kegiatan, dan kurang percaya diri. Sementara solusi

diantaranya melakukan sumbangan sesama relawan, membuka rekrutmen relawan,

mengadakan evaluasi rutin setiap pelaksanaan kegiatan dan bergantian menjadi

penanggungjawab kegiatan. Dengan demikian, maka tindakan yang dilakukan oleh

relawan PKBM Rumah Pintar Punggur Cerdas termasuk kedalam civic engagement.
Emotional repression in patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatism
Authors: Grondin Karine , Lalanne Cécile , Danial Jean-Marc Sobhy , Jesson Claire , Diep Laetitia , Aboudiab Maxime , Rouanet Stéphanie , Salomon-Goëb Sarah , Goëb Vincent
Published: March 2024

Background: A person’s psychological background may support and direct the inflammatory evolution of a disease toward a specific type of chronic inflammatory rheumatism (CIR).
Aim: This study aimed to identify a particular emotional profile of patients with CIR, particularly rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA), based on psychological profile assessments between patients with and without CIR. Emotional repression, that is, a tendency to inhibit the expression of negative feelings and/or unpleasant thoughts, was particularly studied.
Methods: This monocentric observational pilot study included patients from the rheumatology department of a university hospital. These patients were systematically assessed for different psychological parameters by an experienced psychiatrist, and their clinical and biological characteristics were collected accordingly. Data analysis was performed using the Chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test.
Results: Fifty-nine patients were assessed: 47 patients with CIR (i.e., 27 with RA and 20 with SpA) (CIR group) and 12 non-CIR patients (i.e., nine with osteoarthritis, one with viral disease, one with osteoporosis, and one with osteomalacia) (control group). Severe emotional repression and early life events were both significantly higher in the CIR group than in the control group (P = 0.02). In contrast, severe psychological and somatic complaints were significantly higher in the control group than in the CIR group (P < 0.01 and P = 0.01, respectively).
Conclusion: Our findings suggested that emotional repression from traumatic life events could aggravate the etiology and/or course of CIR. Therefore, appropriate psychological care should have a relevant place within the current therapeutic options for the clinical management of CIR.
Relevance for Patients: The management of CIR should include psychological support as learning coping mechanisms can facilitate the recovery of CIR patients.
Chances and challenges of combined antegrade and retrograde endoscopic recanalization of complete hypopharyngoesophageal obliteration: a case series
Authors: Koschny Ronald , Federspil Philippe , Sauer Peter , Brunner Christian , Plinkert Peter K. , Dyckhoff Gerhard
Published: March 2024

Background: Complete hypopharyngeal obliteration is a serious problem after radiochemotherapy. Data on rendezvous techniques using percutaneous retrograde endoscopy through the gastrostomy channel and antegrade laryngoscopy are limited with a possible bias on positive results.
Aim: This study aimed to review the clinical success, challenges, complications, and failure rates of this technique.
Methods: We prospectively collected data on endoscopic recanalization techniques, subsequent bougienages, adverse events, and final outcomes in seven patients.
Results: Recanalization was technically successful in all patients. However, normal food intake was achieved in only two patients, with one of them under ongoing bougienage. Additive treatment was needed in all patients, including microsurgical scar excision, temporary stent application, argon plasma coagulation, and surgical fistula closure. Salvage laryngopharyngectomy had to be performed in two of the seven patients. Preexisting hypopharyngo-tracheal fistula and therapy-induced fistula represent a technically demanding obstacle, necessitating endoscopic stenting and surgical closure.
Conclusion: Endoscopic recanalization of esophageal obliterations is feasible, although technically demanding. The clinical success rate for long-term normalization of oral food intake is, however, low. Prospective data collection in a larger cohort is urgently needed.
Relevance for Patients: Patients should be informed about the possibility of long-term follow-up treatments and the low clinical success rate of endoscopic recanalization by the rendezvous technique, as well as other alternative approaches while making the decision to accept the treatment.
Efficacy of Machine Learning Techniques in Diagnosing Urinary Tract Infections: A Study Utilizing a Philippine Clinical Dataset
Authors: Airlangga Gregorius
Published: March 2024

This research delves into the potential of machine learning models, namely Support Vector Machine (SVM), XGBoost, and LightGBM, to enhance the diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) based on a comprehensive dataset collected from a local clinic in Northern Mindanao, Philippines, spanning from April 2020 to January 2023. The study integrates clinical variables such as age, gender, and various urine test results including color, transparency, and the presence of substances like glucose, protein, and cells, to determine the most accurate diagnostic model. The dataset presented unique preprocessing challenges, such as converting infant ages into decimal numbers. The SVM with a linear kernel showed remarkable test accuracy of 98.25%, indicating its robustness in handling linear separability in the data. Meanwhile, XGBoost and LightGBM, both with optimal hyperparameter configurations, achieved comparable accuracies of 97.95%. These results underscore the significance of machine learning in medical diagnostics, particularly in settings where swift and reliable decision-making is crucial. Our findings suggest that while ensemble methods like XGBoost and LightGBM are powerful tools for complex datasets, a well-tuned SVM can provide superior accuracy, thus advocating for a data-centric approach in model selection.
Decolonialities and the Exilic Consciousness
Authors: Al-Zayed Mahmoud
Published: March 2024

This chapter is a journey of thought exploring decolonial critique as a situated practice while thinking through exilic consciousness and its constitutive conditions. I begin by reflecting on decolonialities to gesture toward varied forms of decolonial projects that need to be situated, given that each location generates different sets of questions/problems that demand different answers. In this way, I reconfigure the exilic condition, and the space of displacement in general, as a plurilingual space that unsettles various colonial forms of epistemic monolingualism predicated on the self-sufficiency of thought. To this end, I reflect on the potentiality of exilic consciousness to generate decolonial critique when thinking from/about the Global South. Finally, this chapter demonstrates the significance of acknowledging the diverse locations and trajectories of decolonial critique and the plurality of thought embedded within the exilic intellectual formation that can potentially undo colonial forms of knowledge-making and being in the world.
Berlin’s Killjoys
Authors: Erensoy Şirin Fulya
Published: March 2024

In this reflection piece, I look at the feminist artistic landscape emerging in Berlin with its growing, diverse migrant community. I examine the ways in which women* artists challenge the imposed notions of their migrant status in the city and their states of belonging within it. I demonstrate this through two feminist initiatives I have been involved in that aim to amplify the voices of women* artists whose creative practices disrupt carefully constructed frameworks relating to borders of inclusion and exclusion. I argue that the artistic practices of women* in these networks are killjoy because they unapologetically get in the way, dismantling carefully constructed frameworks that delineate borders of inclusion and exclusion. By reflecting on homemaking practices in exile, I exemplify how feminisms from the global south decentralize claims to truth by taking the means of production into their own hands. By framing the chapter around the recent protests in Berlin unfolding in solidarity with the feminist revolution in Iran, I reveal the possible limits of such actions when they do not embrace intersectionality. Ultimately, I propose to invest in feminist artistic practices that destabilize exclusionary politics by creating visibility and bridging theory and practice.
Invitation, To Exi(s)t
Authors: Dulley Iracema , Streva Juliana M.
Published: March 2024

This joint piece aspires to be a dialogue. In a dialogue, people speak and, most importantly, listen, from their respective positions. Drawing from Trinh T. Minh-ha’s notion of speaking nearby, Dulley and Streva reflect on the relationship between authorship, authority, and authoritarianism; the parallel between listening and reading, on the one hand, and speaking and writing, on the other hand; the entanglement between disciplinary systems of knowledge and colonial structures of power; the opacity of others and the imperialistic drive to reduce them to transparency; the supposed subject of knowledge and the void. As they converse on these matters, they speak nearby authors from both the so-called Global South and the so-called Global North who are thus juxtaposed, further developed, and displaced towards a politics and ethics of fugitivity. What follows is an invitation to exi(s)t.
Inner World and Milieu
Authors: Miguel Marlon
Published: March 2024

This short essay focuses on the work of Brazilian doctor Nise da Silveira, a pioneer in psychiatry who introduced artistic tools to work with psychiatric patients, especially those diagnosed as psychotic. She founded the Museum of Images from the Unconscious in 1952 inside an asylum in Rio de Janeiro to assemble and exhibit the works produced by her patients. As an iconoclast who did not systematize her theory, she engaged with several European psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, and thinkers to produce a very innovative reflection and practical clinical work. Her work resonates in particular with French Institutional Psychotherapy, as well as with Frantz Fanon’s psychiatric work in Algeria, but, differently from the former, places art at the core of its clinical method and proposes a radical positioning against every form of medicalized approach.
Making Germany’s Hidden Yet Omnipresent Colonial Past Visible
Authors: Schveitzer Ana Carolina
Published: March 2024

For thirty years, Berlin was the metropole of the German colonial empire. For most German citizens, however, this statement is relatively unknown. Even though there is an increased interest in decolonial praxis within Berlin-based cultural and educational settings, the persistence of such efforts and their implications within larger society is hard to assess in advance. In response, this text proposes a walking tour through Berlin, highlighting places related to this part of German history. In doing so, it demonstrates the presence of many references to colonialism spread through the city and, more significantly, many initiatives and projects seeking to make this past more visible. By offering an overview of four specific locations within the city, this chapter hopes to critically reflect on the extensive trajectory of the ongoing struggles for historical reparations.
Deiksis Persona dalam Surat Ibrahim pada Quran Terjemah Karya Ahmad Hasan (Kajian Pragmatik)
Authors: Abdurrohman Roni , Syihabuddin  , Abdurrahman Maman
Published: March 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji deiksis persona dalam Quran Surat Ibrahim. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif dengan fokus pada analisis teks Al-Quran dan tafsir Al-Furqan. Temuan penelitian mencakup penggunaan deiksis persona dalam bentuk tunggal dan jamak, baik dalam bentuk bebas maupun terikat, dengan mengacu pada objek seperti Allah SWT, Nabi Ibrahim, dan Bani Israil merupakan rujukan yang sering muncul pada persona pertama. Analisis data mengungkapkan penggunaan deiksis persona untuk menyoroti penghormatan, pengagungan, pengingkaran, dan hubungan antarobjek. Studi ini memberikan gambaran komprehensif tentang penggunaan deiksis persona dalam Surat Ibrahim, menawarkan pemahaman mendalam tentang hubungan linguistik dan pragmatik dalam teks Al-Quran. Implikasi hasil penelitian dapat memperkaya pemahaman mengenai deiksis dan memberikan kontribusi pada kajian pragmatik dan linguistik Al-Quran.

This research aims to examine persona deixis in the Quranic Surah Ibrahim. The research employs a qualitative descriptive method with a focus on the analysis of the Quranic text and the Al-Furqan exegesis. The research findings encompass the usage of persona deixis in both singular and plural forms, in both free and bound forms, with reference to objects such as Allah SWT, Prophet Ibrahim, and the Children of Israel frequently serving as first-person references. Data analysis reveals the use of persona deixis to highlight aspects of respect, admiration, denial, and the relationships between objects. This study provides a comprehensive overview of the use of persona deixis in Surah Ibrahim, offering an in-depth understanding of the linguistic and pragmatic relationships within the Quranic text. The implications of the research results can enhance the understanding of deixis and contribute to the study of pragmatic and linguistic aspects of the Quran.
Breathing tech: digital health innovations for managing asthma-related psychological dimensions
Authors: Casu Mirko , Caponnetto Pasquale
Published: March 2024

The paper aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of the use of digital health technologies in the assessment, treatment, and self-management of psychological and psychopathological factors associated with asthma. A collection of research articles and systematic reviews related to asthma, including topics such as outdoor air pollution, early life wheezing illnesses, atopic dermatitis, digital interventions for asthma self-management, psychiatric disorders and asthma, family influences on pediatric asthma, and the use of mobile health (mHealth) applications for asthma management, were analyzed. Eight selected studies were reviewed to assess the potential of digital health technologies in improving asthma psychological-related factors management and treatment outcomes. The reviewed studies suggest that electronic health (eHealth) interventions, mixed reality tools, mHealth technology-enhanced nurse-guided interventions, and smartphone applications integrating Bluetooth-enabled sensors for asthma inhalers can significantly improve symptom self-management, quality of life, and mental health outcomes, especially in children and adolescents with asthma (JMIR Pediatr Parent. 2019;2:e12427. doi: 10.2196/12427; Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018;8:CD012489. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012489.pub2; Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17:7750. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17217750; J Med Internet Res. 2017;19:e113. doi: 10.2196/jmir.6994; J Med Internet Res. 2021;23:e25472. doi: 10.2196/25472; Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2015;114:341–2.E2. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2014.12.017; J Med Internet Res. 2022;24:e38030. doi: 10.2196/38030; Int J Qual Methods. 2021;20:16094069211008333. doi: 10.1177/16094069211008333). However, further research is needed to determine their effectiveness and feasibility in different populations and settings. Tailored interventions that address the specific needs and preferences of patients with asthma and associated psychological factors are crucial for ensuring sustained and equitable use of these technologies. The manuscript emphasizes the importance of addressing psychological factors in the management and treatment of asthma and call for continued research and development in this area.
Sustainability of precision agriculture as a proposal for the development of autonomous crops using IoT
Authors: Catota Pablo , Minaya Cesar , Acurio Jenny Alexandra Guzmán , Andrade Efrén Damián Alban , Rosero Ricardo
Published: March 2024

Agricultural activities have experienced a significant increase due to population growth; hence, the demand for food has risen to the point where prioritizing greater efficiency and quality in crop production within a short period is crucial. This paper addresses the contemporary need to design prototypes focused on optimizing natural resources, specifically in the agricultural sector, where recurring wastage of water, fertilizers, and pesticides is evident. This research proposes a comprehensive prototype incorporating a monitoring and control system managed through the IoT Arduino Cloud platform using an ESP32 development board to improve resource management from the initial germination stages to harvest. The planting phase is based on a 3D printer mechanism with three-dimensional movements controlled. The monitoring system includes real-time visualization of variables such as temperature, soil humidity, and electrical magnitudes, as well as the automation of the irrigation and fertilization system. In this regard, the results demonstrated efficient resource management in cultivation. Additionally, the photovoltaic system contributes to a more sustainable and efficient management approach.
Performance Analysis of ANFIS-PID Controller based Speed Regulation and Harmonic Reduction in BLDC Motor Application
Authors: Reddy K.M.N.Chaitanya kumar , Kanagasabai Dr. N.
Published: March 2024

This study focuses on assessing the performance of a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller integrated with an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) in the context of speed regulation and harmonic reduction in Brushless DC (BLDC) motor applications. Rising BLDC motor speed elevates Total harmonic distortion (THD) due to non-linearity. THD reduction is vital for efficiency, reliability, and compliance in applications like electric vehicles, HVAC, and industrial automation, ensuring optimal performance and longevity. Through simulation-based design and implementation, the effectiveness of the ANFIS-PID controller is evaluated for achieving precise speed control and reducing harmonic distortions in a virtual environment. Various conventional control topologies are considered, with the ANFIS-PID controller demonstrating superior performance. The synergy of adaptive fuzzy logic and classic control components allows the ANFIS-PID controller to outperform others, particularly in dynamic conditions and varying motor characteristics, offering enhanced speed regulation and harmonic reduction in BLDC motor applications. Detailed simulations in MATLAB/Simulink software thoroughly assess the controller's dynamic response and its ability to accurately regulate BLDC motor speed while concurrently reducing harmonic distortions.
Performance Evaluation and Dynamic Characteristics of a Self-Excited Induction Generator for Pico Hydro Power Plants
Authors: Krismadinata Krismadinata , Fiandri Derry
Published: March 2024

The dynamic performance of an isolated three-phase squirrel cage self-excited induction generator (SEIG) in a Pico Hydro Power Plant (PHPP) is examined in this work. The investigation is carried out with the help of MATLAB/Simulink for mathematical modeling and simulation of the proposed system under various operational situations. The SEIG model, which was created using the steady-state equivalent circuit approach, included the electrical, magnetic, and mechanical components of the SEIG and PHPP. The dynamic behavior of the SEIG is explored under a variety of operating situations. The effects of load variations, speed fluctuations, and other disturbances on the voltage and frequency of the generator are examined. The experiment results were used to validate the simulation results. This research has implications for the design and optimization of PHPP using SEIGs.
Design of a Deep Learning based Intelligent Receiver for a Wireless Communication System
Authors: M.N. Drakshayini , R. Kounte Manjunath , Ravindra Chaya
Published: March 2024

In communication systems, deep learning techniques can provide better predictions than model-based methods when the hidden features of the problem are prone to deviating substantially from the formulated assumptions. Severe signal impairments due to multipath fading and higher channel noise levels degrade the performance of conventional receivers. To overcome this, a novel intelligent receiver based on a deep learning network is presented, achieving better performance in terms of reduced bit error rate than a standalone conventional receiver. The experimental result shows that the relative decrement in the symbol error ratio due to the proposed method is about 9 percent compared to the traditional receiver when the Rician channel fading is relatively high.
UNIVERSITIES OF UKRAINE IN THE LIGHT OF THE QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Authors: Lugovyi Volodymyr , Slyusarenko Olena , Talanova Zhanna
Published: March 2024

The authors of the article analysed the achievements of Ukrainian universities according to the modernised version of the QS World University Rankings 2024. The ranking positions and parameters of Ukrainian institutions are compared with similar characteristics of the world’s leading universities and progressive universities of Kazakhstan. The crucial impact on the ranking distribution of the QS Rankings features, its methodology, criteria and indicators, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of universities, and the losses of Ukrainian institutions as a result of the Russian-Ukrainian war are considered. Among the problematic aspects of QS Rankings is the weakening of the features of a university ranking due to the despecification of the university and ranking missions and, as a result, the disorienting role of its criteria, indicators and results for universities. The state of the university rankings and classification culture in Ukraine and the national university network is assessed. Relevant recommendations for their development are provided in order to bring the victory in the Russian-Ukrainian war closer and for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine on an innovative, highly intellectual and high-tech basis, as well as for successful European integration, in particular into the European Higher Education Area in both its dimensions (“compatibility and comparability” and “competitiveness and attractiveness”).
Pediatric stricturing Crohn's disease
Authors: Boscarelli Alessandro , Bramuzzo Matteo
Published: March 2024

Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the digestive tract. The incidence of pediatric CD is increasing and is currently 2.5–11.4 per 100000 world-wide. Notably, approximately 25% of children with CD develop stricturing CD (SCD) that requires intervention. Symptomatic stricturing diseases refractory to pharmacological management frequently require non-pharmacological interventions. Non-pharmacological therapeutic strategies include endoscopic balloon dilatation, stricturoplasty, and surgical resection of the strictured segment. However, strictures tend to recur postoperatively regardless of treatment modality. The lifetime risk of surgery in patients with childhood SCD remains at 50%–90%. Thus, new and emerging strategies, advanced diagnostic tools, and minimally invasive approaches are under investigation to improve the outcomes and overall quality of life of pediatric patients with SCD.
Advancements in medical treatment for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: A beacon of hope
Authors: Giri Somdatta , Sahoo Jayaprakash
Published: March 2024

This editorial highlights the remarkable advancements in medical treatment strategies for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pan-NETs), emphasizing tailored approaches for specific subtypes. Cytoreductive surgery and somatostatin analogs (SSAs) play pivotal roles in managing tumors, while palliative options such as molecular targeted therapy, peptide receptor radionuclide therapy, and chemotherapy are reserved for SSA-refractory patients. Gastrinomas, insulinomas, glucagonomas, carcinoid tumors and VIPomas necessitate distinct thera-peutic strategies. Understanding the genetic basis of pan-NETs and exploring immunotherapies could lead to promising avenues for future research. This review underscores the evolving landscape of pan-NET treatment, offering renewed hope and improved outcomes for patients facing this complex disease.
New direction for surgery: Super minimally invasive surgery
Authors: Linghu En-Qiang
Published: March 2024

The top goal of modern medicine is treating disease without destroying organ structures and making patients as healthy as they were before their sickness. Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has dominated the surgical realm because of its lesser invasiveness. However, changes in anatomical structures of the body and reconstruction of internal organs or different organs are common after traditional surgery or MIS, decreasing the quality of life of patients post-operation. Thus, I propose a new treatment mode, super MIS (SMIS), which is defined as “curing a disease or lesion which used to be treated by MIS while preserving the integrity of the organs”. In this study, I describe the origin, definition, operative channels, advantages, and future perspectives of SMIS.
The South Caucasus as one of the priority geopolitical regions of the post-Soviet space for Russia: geographical analysis
Authors: Pototskaya Tatyana
Published: March 2024

The article is focused on identifying the properties of the territory of the countries of the South Caucasus / Transcaucasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia), influencing Russian foreign policy. Based on an assessment of the geopolitical situation of the region and content analysis of the official document regulating the modern foreign policy of Russia “The Concept of Russian Foreign Policy” (2023), four groups of interests are identified: military-political, territorial, social, economic. Military-political interests are considered through the prism of countries' membership in the Collective Security Treaty Organization and interaction with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Territorial interests are studied in the context of conflict that arose after the collapse of the USSR and associated with the need to legally determine the passage of state borders (in the Caspian Sea; delimitation of the Russian-Azerbaijani border; the formation of independent Abkhazia and South Ossetia; the formation of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh). Social interests — from the point of view of the process of radicalization of Islam, the problem of “divided peoples”, de-Russification, economic migration of the population. Economic interests have been studied in a multidimensional way, both in the context of the influence of the transit status of countries on the functioning of transport systems in the region, and from the point of view of the distribution of Russian direct investment. In conclusion, it is emphasized that Russia and the countries of the South Caucasus remain part of the post-Soviet territory. The connection of their interests is largely of a conflicting nature, which is manifested both in integration processes oriented towards Russia and disintegration processes supported and actively used by other extra-regional states (Turkey, Iran, EU, USA). This, in turn, creates a geographical property of the region that it did not have during the Soviet period — transitivity. In the context of the reorientation of Russia's foreign policy and foreign economic activities towards Asian countries, it began to be used as the most effective tool to facilitate this process.
Changes in the ethnic structure of the population of Central Asia countries in the post-Soviet period
Authors: Nikolaeva EVDOKIYA
Published: March 2024

Central Asia is the only macro-region of the post-Soviet space where population growth has been observed over the past three decades, accompanied by a significant restructuring of the ethnic structure. The purpose of the study is to identify the most significant factors that influenced the change in the national composition of the population of the countries of Central Asia that occurred in the post-Soviet era, or more precisely, in the period between 1989 and 2021. The study is based on statistical, graphical and cartographic methods. The analysis showed that the most important factor influencing the change in the ethnic structure of the population of Central Asia in the post-Soviet period was the high natural increase in the titular peoples of the countries of the macroregion, which led to a more than doubling of their numbers in their republics. The second important factor in the ethnic restructuring of the Central Asian states was the reduction in the size of the non-titular population of the republics as a result of their migration outflow and natural decline. The opposite dynamics of the titular and non-titular populations of the Central Asian republics in the post-Soviet period led to a sharp increase in the share of titular peoples in their populations. Currently, in all countries of Central Asia, the share of titular peoples exceeds 70 %, and Tajikistan can already be considered a mononational state.
Histopathological Spectrum of Colorectal Cancer
Authors: Aparna Dutta, Namrata Pritom Changmai
Published: March 2024

Background

The large bowel is affected by a variety of lesions which include both neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions. Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer worldwide and one of the leading cause of cancer related deaths.

Aims

To study the histopathological spectrum of colorectal cancer and evaluate them in relation to the age and sex of the patients and the site of the lesion.

Materials and Method

Histopathological study of cases of colorectal cancer was carried out in the Department of Pathology, AMCH, Dibrugarh from January 2018 to December 2018.

Results

Out of a total of 39 cases, 21 were reported in females and 18 in males with the commonest age group involved being 41–60 years. The most common histological type was found to be well differentiated adenocarcinoma and most common site was rectum.

Conclusion

Early detection of colorectal carcinoma through colonoscopic examination and diagnosis by histopathologic examination is very necessary for proper treatment.
Assessment of Clinical Manifestation of Rickettsial Infection and its Correlation with Weil-Felix Test
Authors: Shiva Prasada T, Krishna Kumar Naik T,
Published: March 2024

Background

Rickettsial diseases are some of the most covert re-emerging infections of the present times. They are generally incapacitating and notoriously difficult to diagnose and untreated cases can have fatality rates as high as 30–35% but when diagnosed properly, they are often easily treated.

Objective

To assess the clinical manifestation of rickettsial infection and its Correlation with Weil-Felix test.

Setting

This prospective observational study was conducted in the department of general medicine, KIMS, HUBLI.

Participants

60 subjects.

Sampling

convenient sampling.

Statistical Analysis

Chi square test was used to test statistical significance.

Results

The study has included 60 cases of clinically confirmed ricketisial disease, who were presented to a tertiary care teaching hospital between November, 2015 to January, 2017. The key findings of the study were only 40% and 20% respectively in Weil felix test, 21 (35%) had 80 titre, the number of cases with titre 160, 320 and 640 were 19 (31.67%), 13 (21.67%) and 7 (11.67%) respectively

Conclusion

The study has highlighted the need to have a high index of suspicion to enhance the diagnosis of ricketsial diseases and also the strong association between weil felix titre and liver and renal dysfunction
АНАЛИЗ НЕДОПУСТИМЫХ СОБЫТИЙ, НАСТУПИВШИХ В РЕЗУЛЬТАТЕ ДЕСТРУКТИВНЫХ ПРОГРАММНО-АППАРАТНЫХ ВОЗДЕЙСТВИЙ НА ОБЪЕКТ КРИТИЧЕСКОЙ ИНФОРМАЦИОННОЙ ИНФРАСТРУКТУРЫ
Authors: Черных И.С. , Остроумов О.А. , Лепешкин О.М.
Published: March 2024

В работе рассматриваются недопустимые события и их последствия, появляющиеся в результате проведения программно-аппаратных воздействий на информационно-телекоммуникационные сети и автоматизированные системы управления субъекта критической информационной инфраструктуры
ЭМОЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ИНТЕЛЛЕКТ И МОРАЛЬНОЕ СОЗНАНИЕ В СОВРЕМЕННОМ МИРЕ
Authors: Бушина Е.И.
Published: March 2024

В статье рассматриваются понятия «эмоциональный интеллект» и «моральное сознание». Раскрыты особенности структуры морального сознания и основные компоненты эмоционального интеллекта. Проанализированы основные проблемы современного общества
МЕТОДЫ СИСТЕМЫ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ ЭЛЕКТРОННОЙ АППАРАТУРЫ
Authors: Керимзаде Г.С.
Published: March 2024

В представленной статье рассмотрены некоторые методы системы управления электронной аппаратуры. Как известно, современная электронная аппаратура предъявляет требования к вопросам повышения качества, надежности и стабильности в ходе управления технологическим процессом. Основной задачей системы управления силовым электронным устройством является обеспечение заданного качества и регулирование его выходных параметров, осуществляющее их изменение по определенному закону либо стабилизацию. Системы управления делятся на системы с регулированием по отклонению контролируемого параметра и возмущению, которое вызвало это отклонение. Регулируемым параметром в системах управления являются значения выходного напряжения или тока, возмущающими параметрами являются входное напряжение источника питания и величина или характер нагрузки [1-4].
ПАРАМЕТРЫ ЗАДАЧ ЭЛЕКТРОМЕХАНИЧЕСКИХ ПРЕОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЕЙ С ЛЕВИТАЦИОННЫМ ЭКРАНОМ
Authors: Мамедова Г.В.
Published: March 2024

В представленной статье рассмотрены параметры задач, применяемые при решении вопросов на этапах проектирования электромеханических преобразователей с левитационным экраном. Учитываются некоторые факторы из законов для теплопроводности, электрических проводников, принципа соразмерности к габаритным размерам, допустимых значений перепада температуры, диапазона изменения магнитной индукции в стали магнитопровода, эффектов вытеснений магнитного поля вблизи обмотки возбуждения и ударной силы в верхнем ярме магнитопровод, а также особенности режимов тока и усилий в статике электромеханических преобразователей. Аналитические выражения параметров и разработанные рекомендации применяются для расчета и проектирования электромеханических устройств различного назначения, содержащих левитационные элементы, рассмотрены некоторые методы системы управления электронной аппаратуры
FEATURES OF THE CHINESE BANKING SYSTEM
Authors: Iudicheva D.R.
Published: March 2024

China's banking system is one of the largest in the world, both in terms of assets and in terms of the number of participants. To ensure a high economic level in the world, it is necessary to understand in more detail how the economic mechanisms in China are arranged. The experience of the Chinese banking system can help other countries in economic development
РАЗВИТИЕ СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТИ ДЕТЕЙ МЛАДШЕГО ШКОЛЬНОГО ВОЗРАСТА ВО ВНЕУРОЧНОЙ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ
Authors: Клейменова А.К. , Козилова Л.В.
Published: March 2024

Данная статья посвящена анализу процесса развития социальной компетентности детей младшего школьного возраста во внеурочной деятельности. Автор исследует различные методы, способствующие развитию социальных навыков у детей этой возрастной группы. Особое внимание уделяется формированию конструктивного взаимодействия с сверстниками и усвоению правил социального поведения, принятых в обществе. В контексте статьи внеурочная деятельность представлена как одна из форм организации образовательного пространства, обладающая социальной средой, необходимой для развития социальной компетентности у детей школьного возраста. На основе результатов проведенной программы, можно сделать вывод, что внеурочные мероприятия существенно способствуют повышению социальной компетентности младших школьников
Некоторые аспекты эволюции пассажирских вагонов
Authors: Разинкин Н.Е. , Воронова Н.И. , Дубинский В.А. , Романова А.А.
Published: March 2024

В статье рассмотрены этапы эволюции пассажирских вагонов. Даны характеристики современных инновационных вагонов. Изучены достоинства и недостатки этих вагонов. Дана оценка дальнейшего развития пассажирского движения поездов и развития конструкции современных пассажирских вагонов для обеспечения комфорта проезда пассажиров
THE IMPACT OF THE INFLUENCE OF PROFITABILITY, COMPANY SIZE, AND LEVERAGES ON TAX AVOIDANCE
Authors: Paraswati Anggita Widia , Purwaningsih Eny
Published: March 2024

The research aims to empirically test the influence of profitability, company size, and leverage on tax avoidance. The independent variables are profitability with the Net Profit Margin, firm size with the natural logarithm of total assets, leverage with debt to equity ratio and the dependent variable uses tax avoidance with the Effective Tax Rate minus the Cash Effective Tax Rate. The samples tested in the research were the substance of the property and real estate subsector listed on the IDX for the 2019 to 2021 period. There are financial reports for 17 entities, with 51 data assessed as meeting the criteria. The research method uses descriptive statistical tests, which then perform classical tests of hypotheses, including normality, heteroskedasticity, multicollinearity, and autocorrelation. In addition, the hypothesis regarding the influence of the independent variable on the dependent variable is tested. This test uses F-test statistics (simultaneous), T-test (partial), and coefficient of determination, which are then continued in the study using multiple regression analysis. Based on the subtest results, it was found that profitability and debt have significantly favorable effects on tax avoidance and that firm size has no effect on tax avoidance.
Existence as a humanistic methodology of law in the information society
Authors: YASHCHENKO V.
Published: March 2024

The entry of society into the information age requires a radical renewal of existing and the development of new connections and mediations, which lead to a change in social relations, the development of new requirements for their legal regulation. The article examines the application of fundamental methodological approaches to the formation of law in the information society, based on the philosophy of existentialism. In the global dimension, humanism opposes anti-humanism - democratic Ukraine is fighting the military aggression of the authoritarian Russian Federation, which actualizes the development of humanist ideas, including as one of the directions for improving information law. The thesis is substantiated that it is existence that best meets the needs of the humanistic direction of the development of law, since this methodology is built on the recognition of the uniqueness of a person and their existence, the freedom of choice of the individual, compliance with moral principles of behavior, is focused on the self and its interaction with other people, which corresponds to the characteristic features of the functioning of the information society. The humanistic existential paradigm is revealed through the prism of responsibility for existence, not only individual, but also responsibility for others, as stated in the writings of Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and оther followers of this teaching. As a mechanism for the implementation of the existential paradigm of the humanistic content of law in the information age, it is proposed to focus attention on the development of such a component of it as individual legal regulation, which by its purpose and essence is able to ensure the true freedom of human choice and at the same time satisfy the needs of society in the regulation of information relations. An analysis of the relationship between the principles of regulation of artificial intelligence and information law was carried out, as a result of which it is proposed to supplement the information law with ethical and valuable meaningful aspects that meet the needs of its further development.