bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cripping the Archive: Analyzing Archival Disorder in the Yamashita Family Archives and Karen Tei Yamashita’sLetters to Memory
Authors: Stefan Hayley C.
Published: September 2023

This article outlines a crip archival analysis of Karen Tei Yamashita’s creative family memoir Letters to Memory (2017) and the separate Yamashita Family Archives; the analysis revolves around the concept of disorder. The book and digital archives move the daily lived experience of incarceration out of chronological order, encouraging new connections across a massive collection of materials: letters, photographs, federal surveillance documents, paintings, sermons, and other ephemera surrounding World War II Japanese American incarceration. Their respective acts of assembling and retelling destabilize the dominant narrative of a resolved family or national trauma to reflect divergent embodied experiences of distress and disability effected by racial debilitation. Offering concentric analysis of textual and archival reordering via Asian American studies, disability studies, and digital humanities, this article adds alternative dimensions to the ongoing legacy of incarceration by inviting readers to create new constellations of meaning through examining temporal and embodied disorder. Reading the physical book and digital archives together also acts as a model for how literary studies scholars might complicate our attention to embodiment beyond narrative analysis, by thinking about disability and madness in the design and structure of texts and digital media. Through cripping the archive, the author calls for a reconceptualization of mad and disabled bodyminds as not only content to be examined, but also users and creators whose disorder animates alternative ways of knowing personal and state violence.
Structural Effect of Water-Soluble Zinc Porphyrins in a Visible-Light Driven NADH Regeneration System Catalyzed by Rhodium Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Complex
Authors: Takeuchi Mika , Amao Yutaka
Published: September 2023

The effect of ionic substituents (4-sulfonatophenyl, 4-carboxyphenyl, 4-methylpyridyl, and 4-N,N,N-trimethylaminophenyl-groups) of water-soluble zinc porphyrin (ZnP) on the visible light-driven NADH regeneration by a system of triethanolamine, ZnP, and rhodium complex [Cp*Rh(bpy)(H2O)]2+ (Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienyl, bpy = 2,2′-bipyridyl) was studied to provide significant guidance for hybridization with a wide range of oxidoreductases.
Vertical Jump Testing after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Authors: DUTAILLIS BENJAMIN , DIAMOND LAURA E. , LAZARCZUK STEPHANIE L. , TIMMINS RYAN G. , BOURNE MATTHEW N.
Published: September 2023

Introduction

Recently, there has been a call for vertical jump testing via force–plate analysis to be included in the assessment of individuals after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and as part of return-to-play criteria. However, a synthesis of current literature is needed to help guide clinicians on what tests to perform, which force–plate metrics to assess, and how these may change over the time course of rehabilitation.

Methods

Four online databases were searched from inception to July 2022. The Downs and Black checklist was used to assess study quality. Multilevel meta-analyses and meta-regressions were undertaken in conjunction with a best evidence synthesis.

Results

Forty-two articles were included, capturing 2375 participants with a history of ACLR. Reconstructed limbs displayed 1) lower peak eccentric forces, concentric forces, landing forces, and lower eccentric and concentric impulses (standardized means difference [SMD] = −1.84 to −0.46) than uninjured contralateral limbs during bilateral countermovement jumps (CMJ) and drop vertical jumps (DVJ); 2) lower jump heights and reactive strength indices (RSI), and longer contact times than uninjured contralateral limbs during unilateral CMJ and DVJ (SMD = −0.86 to 0.26); and 3) lower jump heights, RSI, and longer contact times during bilateral and unilateral CMJ, and unilateral DVJ, than uninjured controls (SMD = −1.19 to 1.08). Meta-regression revealed that time postsurgery was a significant moderator (P < 0.05) for 1) bilateral CMJ height, peak concentric force, and peak landing force; 2) between-limb differences in unilateral CMJ height; and 3) differences in unilateral DVJ height, RSI, and contact time between reconstructed limbs and healthy controls with no history of injury.

Conclusions

Individuals with a history of ACLR display chronic deficits in vertical jumping performance during a range of bilateral and unilateral tasks, which may have implications for return-to-play criteria and the design of interventions targeted at restoring long-term deficits in explosive lower limb strength after ACLR.
Considering both sexual and clonal reproduction could help loosen the conflict of use over Robinia pseudoacacia
Authors: Bouteiller Xavier P. , Bussolo Matheus , Ségura Raphaël , Mariette Stéphanie , Porté Annabel J.
Published: September 2023

Black locust (Robinia pseudocacacia) is a widely planted tree for wood production; however, it is a very problematic invasive species through Europe. At local scale, this tree is able to invades adjacent ecosystems owing to its strong ability of asexual reproduction through root suckers. Due to this phenomenon, the role of sexual reproduction has been quite neglected at local scale. Here, we propose a double approach (i) to evaluate the ability of the species to develop under forest cover using French national forest inventory data (ii) to quantify the role of sexual and asexual reproduction at local scale using a simple visual assessment method. We evidenced that juvenile black locust regenerates in broadleaved forests where R. pseudoacacia did not contribute to the adult canopy; moreover, a significant higher presence in riparian forests relatively to non-riparian ones was demonstrated using national forest inventory data. Regeneration from sexual reproduction mode significantly contributes to local scale invasion (38% of the up-rooted juvenile plants) with a significantly higher ratio of sexual reproduction within oak dominated forests compared to pine dominated ones. We conclude that black locust forestry should consider that both reproduction modes contribute to the species natural regeneration and that both modes can occur under both coniferous and broadleaved forest cover. Thus, we propose to set up safety buffers around sensitive ecosystems such as natural reserves or riparian areas, to maintain black locust cultivation while minimising undesired invasions in natural areas.
Variation of biochemical content in the almonds of the endemic Argan tree (Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels) populations in Morocco
Authors: Ayan Sezgin , Abdaloğlu Gülbahar , Laaribya Said , Turfan Nezahat , Yer Çelik Esra Nurten , Ouhaddou Halim , Alaoui Assmaa
Published: September 2023

In this study, it was aimed to determine the variation of the biochemical characteristics of the argan [Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels] in natural distribution areas in Morocco. For this aim, it was used 13 populations, which are representative of the taxon on different sub-ecoregion in Morocco, to determine some biochemical compositions characters such as malondialdehyde (MDA), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), proline, protein, flavonoid, phenol, glucose, sucrose, fructose, enzyme activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), and peroxidase (POD) were analyzed. To determine variations among the population were analyzed using ANOVA. In addition, the phylogenetic relationship among the populations was revealed by Cluster Analysis. As a result of the research, significant differences were determined in terms of all parameters such as proline, protein, flavonoid, phenol, glucose, sucrose, fructose, MDA, H2O2, SOD, and POD of almond diversity among the populations. According to the Cluster Analysis, the results showed that the Tamanar population was relatively different from all other populations. The results obtained in the research confirm the high variety of different habitats in the natural distribution areas of argan in Morocco. The revealing of the diversity among the populations in the natural distribution area of this extremely degraded species is of primary importance for the conservation policies and sustainable use of the species.
Η επίδραση της σιμβαστατίνης στις επιπλοκές από την τοποθέτηση ενδοπεριτοναϊκού πλέγματος σε σηπτικό περιβάλλον
Authors: Κυζιρίδης Δημήτριος
Published: September 2023

Εισαγωγή: Η αποκατάσταση των κηλών με τη χρήση προσθετικών πλεγμάτων αποτέλεσε ένα πολύ σημαντικό βήμα προόδου στη χειρουργική. Παρόλα αυτά συνοδεύτηκε από μία σειρά επιπλοκών οι σημαντικότερες από τις οποίες οφείλονται στην παρουσία ενός ξένου σώματος, του πλέγματος. Η τοποθέτηση ενδοπεριτοναϊκού πλέγματος, ειδικά σε σηπτικό ή δυνητικά σηπτικό περιβάλλον, αποτελεί μία σχετικά επικίνδυνη για την εμφάνιση των επιπλοκών κατάσταση. Σκοπός της παρούσας πειραματικής μελέτης ήταν να διερευνηθεί η επίδραση της σιμβαστατίνης στις επιπλοκές από την ενδοπεριτοναϊκή τοποθέτηση πλέγματος σε σηπτικό περιβάλλον. Υλικό και μέθοδος: Τρεις ομάδες από 20 επίμυες του στελέχους Wistar κατηγοριοποιήθηκαν στις ομάδες Α, Β και Γ. Σε όλους τους επίμυες εκτελέστηκε λαπαροτομία και χορηγήθηκε σιπροφλοξασίνη. Στις ομάδες Β και Γ πραγματοποιήθηκε εντερεκτομή, ενώ στην ομάδα Γ χορηγήθηκε και σιμβαστατίνη σε δόση 0,57mg/kg ενδοπεριτοναϊκά. Μετά τη θανάτωση των πειραματόζωων την 21η ημέρα εκτελέστηκε εκ νέου λαπαροτομία και καταγράφηκε ο σχηματισμός συμφύσεων, ενώ ένα μέρος του πλέγματος εστάλη για καλλιέργεια. Επίσης αξιολογήθηκε ιστολογικά ο βαθμός της νεοαγγειογένεσης και της ίνωσης. Την 7η, 14η και 21η μετεγχειρητική ημέρα έγιναν αιμοληψίες με σκοπό να εκτιμηθούν οι παρακάτω δείκτες φλεγμονής: TNF-a, IL-1a και IL-6. Αποτελέσματα: Στην ομάδα Γ που χορηγήθηκε η σιμβαστατίνη διαπιστώθηκε η παρουσία πολύ λιγότερων συμφύσεων καθώς επίσης και καλύτερα ιστολογικά αποτελέσματα σε σχέση με την ομάδα Β όπου χορηγήθηκε μόνο σιπροφλοξασίνη, ενώ τα αποτελέσματα ήταν περίπου όμοια με την ομάδα ελέγχου. Όσον αφορά τις μετρήσεις των IL-1a, IL-6 και TNF-a διαπιστώθηκε μεγάλη επίδραση σε όλες στην ομάδα της σιμβαστατίνης. Συμπεράσματα: Η ενδοπεριτοναίκή χορήγηση σιμβαστατίνης προσέφερε αποτελέσματα σχεδόν όμοια με τη χρήση πλέγματος σε καθαρό περιβάλλον. Καθώς αποτελεί ένα φάρμακο εύκολα προσβάσιμο και χωρίς μεγάλο κόστος, θεωρούμε ότι θα μπορούσε να αποτελέσει έναν νέο παράγοντα στην προσπάθεια μείωσης των επιπλοκών από την ενδοπεριτοναϊκή τοποθέτηση πλεγμάτων.
Development of methods for food authenticity assessment using high resolution mass spectrometry
Authors: Κουλής Γεώργιος
Published: September 2023

Τρόφιμα όπως το μέλι και οι ελιές κατέχουν εξέχουσα θέση στην αγορά λόγω των ευεργετικών τους επιδράσεων στον ανθρώπινο οργανισμό. Αυτές οι ιδιότητες αποδίδονται κυρίως στα αντιοξειδωτικά που υπάρχουν σε αυτά τα τρόφιμα, τα οποία είναι ζωτικής σημασίας για τον ανθρώπινο οργανισμό. Κάθε τρόφιμο έχει ένα μοναδικό μεταβόλωμα που μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθείως δακτυλικό αποτύπωμα. Μέσω αυτού, μπορούμε να διαφοροποιήσουμε τρόφιμα που διαφέρουν σε συγκεκριμένα χαρακτηριστικά, όπως η γεωγραφική και βοτανική προέλευσή τους, εξάγοντας πολύτιμες πληροφορίες σχετικά με την αυθεντικότητά τους και την πιθανή νοθεία τους. Έτσι, ο γενικός στόχος αυτής της διατριβής ήταν η ανάπτυξη μιας ολιστικής προσέγγισης για την ανίχνευση παράνομων πρακτικών στο μέλι και τις ελιές, ενώ ταυτόχρονα χαρακτηρίζει συνολικά αυτά τα προϊόντα με βάση το φαινολικό τους περιεχόμενο. Σε αυτό το πλαίσιο, χρησιμοποιήθηκε μια αναλυτική πλατφόρμα (UHPLC-HRMS) που μπορεί να ανακτήσει όσο το δυνατόν περισσότερη πληροφορία από τα δείγματα σε συνδυασμό με χημειομετρικά εργαλεία για τη δημιουργία ισχυρών μοντέλων πρόβλεψης. Συγκεκριμένα, χρησιμοποιήθηκαν οι μεθοδολογίες για τον χαρακτηρισμό του φαινολικού περιεχομένου των Ελληνικών (Κεφάλαια 3 & 4) και των Πολωνικών ποικιλιών μελιού (Κεφάλαιο 3), καθώς και σημαντικών Ελληνικών ποικιλιών ελιάς (κεφάλαιο 5). Ταυτόχρονα, η χρήση σύγχρονων χημειομετρικών εργαλείων κατέστησε δυνατό τον προσδιορισμό μοναδικών βιοδεικτών για τη διάκριση των Ελληνικών και Πολωνικών μελιών, όπως το κινικό και το γεντισικό οξύ για το Ελληνικό μέλι ή την ακασετίνη και την Χρυσίνη για το Πολωνικό μέλι (Κεφάλαιο 3), ή η διαφοροποίηση των Ελληνικών μελιών σύμφωνα με την βοτανική προέλευσή τους, όπως ο φαινυλ-αιθυλ-εστέρας του καφεϊκού οξέος για τα ανθόμελα ή το ευδεσμικό οξύ για το θυμάρι, το γαλλικό οξύ για τη βελανιδιά και η ταξιφολίνη για το πευκόμελο (Κεφάλαιο 4). Τέλος, αποκαλύφθηκαν σημαντικοί βιοδείκτες από τη διάκριση των Ελληνικών ποικιλιών ελιάς που καλλιεργούνται σε διάφορες περιοχές της Ελλάδας, 12 όπως το διυδροκουμαρικό οξύ και η 1,4 βενζοκινόνη για τις ελιές Καλαμών (Κεφάλαιο 5).
A realist process evaluation of an intervention to promote competencies in interprofessional collaboration among interdisciplinary integrated care teams for older people: Study protocol.
Authors: O'Donnell Deirdre , Ahern Emer , Davies Carmel , De Brún Aoife , Donnelly Sarah , Doran Thelma , Drury Anne , Dunne Nikki , Finucane Lillian , Harnett PJ , Harrison Reema , Lang Deirdre , McAuliffe Eilish , McCarthy Mary , McGuigan Catherine , Ní Shé Éidín , O'Donoghue Gráinne , O'Shea Marie , Radomska Apolonia , Travers John , Whitty Helen , Devaney Catherine
Published: September 2023

Background: International policy is increasingly committed to placing interdisciplinary team-working at the centre of health and social care integration across the lifespan. The National Clinical Programme for Older People in Ireland has a critical role in the design and implementation of the National Older Person’s Service Model, which aims to shift the delivery of care away from acute hospitals towards community-based care. Interdisciplinary Community Specialist Teams for older persons (CST-OPs) play an important role in this service model. To support the development of competencies for interprofessional collaboration and an interdisciplinary team-based approach to care integration, a culture shift will be required within care delivery.

Design: This study builds upon a collaborative partnership project which co-designed a framework describing core competencies for interprofessional collaboration in CST-OPs. A realist-informed process evaluation of the framework will be undertaken as the competencies described in the framework are being fostered in newly developed CST-OPs under the national scale-up of the service model. Realist evaluation approaches reveal what worked, why it worked (or did not), for whom and under what circumstances. Three iterative and integrated work packages are proposed which combine multiple methods of data collection, analysis and synthesis. Prospective data collection will be undertaken within four CST-OPs, including qualitative exploration of the care experiences of older people and family carers.

Discussion: The realist explanatory theory will provide an understanding of how interprofessional collaboration can be fostered and sustained in various contexts of care integration for older people. It will underpin curriculum development for team-based education and training of health and social care professionals, a key priority area in the national Irish health strategy. It will provide healthcare leaders with knowledge of the resources and supports required to harness the benefits of interprofessional collaboration and to realise the goals of integrated care for older people.
Lab-scale and on-field industrial composting of biodegradable plastic blends for packaging
Authors: Chong Zhi Kai , Hofmann Alexander , Haye Marie , Wilson Sharon , Sohoo Ihsanullah , Alassali Ayah , Kuchta Kerstin
Published: September 2023

Background: The acceptance of compostable plastic packaging in industrial composting plants is not universal despite available certification due to the persistence of plastic residues after composting. To better understand this discrepancy, this study compared the disintegration rates of two blends designed for rigid packaging (polylactic acid based) and soft packaging (polybutylene succinate based) in lab-scale composting tests and in an industrial composting plant.

Methods: A lab-scale composting test was conducted in triplicates according to ISO 20200 for 4, 8 and 12 weeks to check the disintegration potential of the blends. Duplicate test material were then exposed in the compost pile of an industrial composting plant for a duration of 3 weeks and compared with a supplementary lab-scale test of the same duration.

Results: The rigid packaging samples (1 mm thickness) retained on average 76.4%, 59.0% and 55.7% of its mass after 4, 8 and 12 weeks respectively in the lab-scale. In the plant, the remaining mass was 97.2% and 99.5%, much higher compared to the average of 68.9% after 3 weeks in the supplementary lab-scale test. The soft packaging samples (109±9 µm sample thickness) retained on average 45.4%, 10.9% and 0.3% of its mass after 4, 8 and 12 weeks respectively in the lab-scale. In the plant, a high remaining mass was also observed (94.0% and 93.8%). The supplementary lab-scale test showed similar remaining mass but higher fragmentation after 3 weeks.

Conclusions: The results show that the samples achieved significant disintegration in the lab-scale but not in the plant. The difference between the tests that might further contribute to the differing degradation rates is the composition and heterogeneity of the composting substrate. Therefore, the substrate composition and thermophilic composting duration of individual plants are important considerations to determine the suitability of treating compostable plastic in real-world conditions.
Rotate: A command-line program to rotate circular DNA sequences to start at a given position or string
Authors: Durbin Richard , De Sanctis Bianca , Blumer Moritz
Published: September 2023

Sequences derived from circular DNA molecules (i.e. most bacterial, viral and plastid genomes) are expected to be linearised and rotated to a common start position for most downstream analyses including alignment. Despite this being a common and straightforward task, available software is either limited to a small number of input sequences, lacks the option to specify a custom anchor string, or requires a commercial license. Here, we present rotate, a simple, open source command line program written in C with no external dependencies, which can rotate a set of input sequences to a custom anchor string (allowing for a specified number of mismatches), or offset the input sequences to the desired position. The combination of both functionalities allows the rotation of all input sequences to any desired starting position, enabling downstream analysis. rotate is extremely fast and scales linearly with the number of input sequences, taking only seconds to rotate over a thousand mitochondrial sequences.
STUDY OF TRENDS IN THE INFLUENCE OF A UNIVERSITY TEACHER’S LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL IDENTIFICATION ON THE FEATURES OF SELF-ATTITUDE MANIFESTATION
Authors: Busygina Tatyana A.
Published: September 2023

Цель. В статье анализируется взаимосвязь особенностей самоотношения преподавателя вуза и профессиональной идентификации. Раскрываются основные подходы в изучении полюсов самоотношения педагогов, особенности взаимодействия и взаимовлияния с профессиональным самосознанием. Осознание тождественности с профессией, положительное отношение педагога к себе как к профессионалу повышает уровень самоуважения, генерализованно распространяясь на позитивное, принимающее отношение к себе на уровне личности.

Но наряду с позитивным профессиональным сценарием, в жизни преподавателя мы можем наблюдать проявления кризисных аспектов, истоки которых содержатся в негативном полюсе самоотношения – низком интересе к своей личности, разочаровании в себе, низком уровне самоуважения, самокритике, невыраженном контакте с пониманием и осознанием своих желаний, потребностей, аспектов эмоционально-чувственной сферы.

Методология проведения работы. В процессе исследования был проведен теоретический анализ литературных источников. Эмпирическое исследование, выявляющее взаимосвязь полюса самоотношения от уровня профессиональной идентификации, было проведено на выборке из 130 преподавателей российских вузов обоих полов со стажем более 18лет с помощью психодиагностических методик. Количественная обработка результатов произведена на базе статистических программы STATISTICA 6.0.

Результаты. В результате эмпирического исследования нами были получены выводы о том, что преподаватель с развитой профессиональной идентификацией может опираться на нее как на фактор, способствующий самопринятию, самоуважению и самореализации.

Психологическая работа с негативным и позитивным полюсом самоотношения может стать мерой предупреждении эмоционального выгорания и успешного выхода из кризисных состояний.

Область применения результатов. Результаты исследования помогут углубить представления о значимости психологической работы со стрессовыми ситуациями, развитием позитивного самоотношения, самоуважения, самоинтереса на базе укрепления профессионального самосознания педагогов, а также в создании психологических программ по развитию эмоциональной компетентности и профилактике профессионального выгорания преподавателей вузов
LEVELS OF SITUATIONAL AND PERSONAL ANXIETY IN YOUNG MEN WITH INTERNET ADDICTION STUDYING AT A MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
Authors: Yaskevich Roman A. , Moskalenko Olga L.
Published: September 2023

Purpose. To study the influence of Internet addiction on indicators of situational and personal anxiety in young men studying at a medical university.

Materials and methods. The study included 66 male students enrolled in the 3rd year of the Medical Faculty of the Medical University. To assess the level of Internet addiction, we used the CIAS scale (Chen Internet addiction Scale) adapted by V.L. Malygin and K.A. Feklisov To identify and assess the severity of situational (reactive) and personal anxiety, we used the STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) scale of self-assessment of the anxiety level by C.D. Spielberger in the modification of Yu.L. Khanin.

Results. Among the young men studying at the medical university – 94,8% of the surveyed had different levels of personal anxiety, among which the share of persons with high levels accounted for more than a third – 36,2%. A pronounced and stable pattern of Internet addictive behavior according to the CIAS scale was found in 6.9% of the surveyed young men studying at a medical university. It was found that all young men (100%) with a pronounced and stable pattern of Internet addiction noted high levels of personal anxiety.

Conclusion. High levels of personal anxiety were revealed in young men with a pronounced and stable pattern of Internet addiction
Political Media Rhetoric: an Integrated Approach to The Study of Speech Practices in Political Media Discourse
Authors: Dobrosklonskaya T. , Loginova Polina
Published: September 2023

The article outlines a new integrated approach to the study of political media communications, represented as a separate discipline — political media rhetoric. The academic demand for media rhetoric as a new branch of media linguistic and rhetoric studies is determined by the growing interest to the rhetoric aspect of political media discourse and hence the necessity of introducing a complex systemic approach to its analysis. The theory of political media rhetoric is constructed on the basis of key assumptions of classical rhetoric, media linguistics, media stylistics and other disciplines related to the study of media discourse in the aspect of political communications.

The article defines historical roots of the formation of media rhetoric,

its academic goals, methodology, and its place within general structure of humanities. The subject of political media rhetoric is the actualization of different speech rhetorical practices in the sphere of political media discourse.

The basic category of political media rhetoric is represented by a polycode multimodal rhetoric mediatext, functioning within the system of political media communications. The research potential of political media rhetoric has been analyzed on the material of public speeches of the French modern politicians. The conducted research shows that the terminology and methodology of political media rhetoric can be effectively applied as a complex systemic approach to the study of rhetoric media practices in the sphere of political media communications.
The Role of Russian and Chinese Urban Names in the Communicative Space of a Modern Metropolis
Authors: Prosvirkina Irina , Lykova Margarita
Published: September 2023

The ways of nominating modern spatial realities reflect linguistic conscious-ness and create a new linguistic reality, therefore, the analysis of the names of objects that are part of the communicative space becomes an urgent problem. The article analyzes the ways of explication of toponyms, in particular antonyms, in the Russian and Chinese communicative space, the relationship between the naming of the object and the cultural code.

The process of nomination of modern spatial realities reflects the linguistic consciousness and creates a new linguistic reality, so the analysis of locus names (toponyms) is an urgent problem. The article studies the ways of explication of space, the interrelation of language and cultural codes. The aim of the study was to describe the ways of explication of lexical units (paronyms) in Russian and Chinese, to determine their functionality in the communicative space of the metropolis.

To achieve the goal, the following methods were used: continuous sampling method, comparative etymological and linguoculturological analyses.

As a result of the analysis of the names of spatial objects, in particular the urban names of the Moscow and Beijing metro, their classification based on etymology, the authors come to the conclusion that lexical units that name spatial objects perform not only informational, cultural, communicative, but also culturally preserving functions, that is, they are a way of preserving cultural patterns that affect the atmosphere of the communicative space of the metropolis.

The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that for the first time a comparative description of the urban names of the Moscow and Beijing metro is given, some ways of verbalization of urban objects are revealed and their role in the communicative space is determined.

The practical significance lies in the fact that the analysis of the semantics of spatial lexical units helps to understand the trends in the process of nominating loci, their influence on the formation of a special communicative space, and also the fact that, giving a name to an urban object, we fill it with special information that is passed on to future generations.
Interim Rationalizable Implementation of Functions
Authors: Kunimoto Takashi , Saran Rene , Serrano Roberto
Published: September 2023

This paper investigates rationalizable implementation of social choice functions (SCFs) in incomplete information environments. We identify weak interim rationalizable monotonicity (weak IRM) as a novel condition and show it to be a necessary and almost sufficient condition for rationalizable implementation. We show by means of robust examples that interim rationalizable monotonicity (IRM), found in the literature, is strictly stronger than weak IRM and that IRM is not necessary for rationalizable implementation, as had been previously claimed. These examples also demonstrate that Bayesian monotonicity, the key condition for full Bayesian implementation, is not necessary for rationalizable implementation. That is, rationalizable implementation can be more permissive than Bayesian implementation. We revisit well-studied classes of economic environments and show that the SCFs considered there are interim rationalizable implementable. A comprehensive discussion of related issues, including well-behaved mechanisms, mechanisms satisfying the best response property, double implementation, and responsive SCFs is also provided.

Funding: This work was supported by Ministry of Education, Singapore [Grant MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 2/MOE-T2EP402A20-0].
Experimental design of steel bearings and ceramic bearings to find efficient energy consumption
Authors: Suhariyanto Suhariyanto , Mirmanto Heru , Arifin Khan Azlan , Rohmadoni Rohmadoni
Published: September 2023

A bearing is a vital machine component that supports shafts, enabling smooth rotation and minimizing friction. The level of friction is determined by the coefficient of friction, which varies based on the bearing material. In this study, we evaluated two types of bearings: steel and ceramic, with the aim of identifying the one with the lowest frictional force and, consequently, the least input power required. To conduct a comprehensive comparison, we performed comparative tests on the Nogogeni Evo V vehicle, analyzing the energy consumption impact of both steel and ceramic bearings. The tests involved measuring the input power of each bearing type at various throttle openings, ranging from 10% to 100%. The results revealed that ceramic bearings exhibited superior energy efficiency compared to their steel counterparts. At all throttle openings, the ceramic bearings consistently demanded lower input power, indicating their higher efficiency. For instance, at 100% throttle opening, the input power for steel bearings was 17,939 watts, while ceramic bearings required only 17,290 watts, representing a 3.6% reduction. Moreover, ceramic bearings achieved higher rotation speeds, with the ceramic bearing rotating at 598 rpm, a 3.5% increase compared to the steel bearing's 577 rpm. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the implementation of ceramic bearings would significantly enhance the energy efficiency of the Mobil Nogogeni Evo V electric motor. Therefore, for improved performance and reduced energy consumption, we recommend the incorporation of ceramic bearings in the vehicle's design.
Syphilis: a re-emerging disease. An update for the dental practitioner
Authors: Elsherif Nusaybah , Carey Barbara , Sandison Ann
Published: September 2023

Syphilis is a primarily sexually transmitted chronic infection caused by the spirochete, Treponema pallidum. There has been a dramatic increase in cases of syphilis in the Western world, with cases tripling in England between 2010 and 2019. Syphilis can present in a dental setting and dentists should enquire about sexual history if suspicious of syphilis to ensure early diagnosis and treatment. We present five cases seen with variable presentations of oral syphilis between 2016 and 2021 in a dental hospital.

CPD/Clinical Relevance: Increased awareness of syphilis among the dental team is essential to ensure early referral, diagnosis and treatment.
Chips All Round
Authors: Edwards Chris
Published: September 2023

The response to the supply-chain crunch is to do more locally, but the trend can only go so far.
Building the Business Case for Satellite IoT
Authors: Ménard Eric
Published: September 2023

With the advent of cost-effective satellite connectivity now is the time to look at building a business case for Satellite IoT, according to ERIC MÉNARD
Farmers Market
Authors: Edwards Chris
Published: September 2023

Real hardware need not be close to home, as CHRIS EDWARDS discovers
Effects of white noise on nursing students’ stress and sleep quality during clinical practice
Authors: Ha Yeongjin , Park Su Young , Cho Hui Jeong , Yang Byeong Rok , Cha Yu Jin , Nam Sang A , Hwang Jin , Kim Inah
Published: September 2023

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to identify nursing students’ stress and sleep quality during clinical practice and to determine effects of white noise on levels of stress and sleep quality. Methods: This pretest-posttest randomized experimental study included a total 44 nursing students (22 for experimental group, 22 for control group). The study was conducted for 2 months. White noise intervention was applied to experimental group; all participants measured levels of stress and sleep quality two times before randomization and at the end of the study. Data was analyzed using SPSS 28.0 program. Results: The mean age of the participants was 22.9±0.4 years, and a majority of them were female (70.%), and junior (97.7%). The mean levels of stress during clinical practice were 2.6±0.6 out of 5. The majority of participants (79.5%) had sleep disturbance; the mean sleep duration and sleep efficiency were 5.8 hours and 90.6%, respectively. There were no significant differences in levels of stress and sleep quality between experimental group and control group after intervention. Conclusion: The participants of the study had relatively lower levels of stress than previous studies, but they had severe sleep disturbances. In this study, there was no significant effects of white noise on sleep quality and stress, but it could be caused by differences in clinical duty, work environment, intervention compliance among students. Further research considering those factors as control variables is recommended.
Effective Periods in the Formation of the Musical Identity of Greek Communities
Authors: ARYOL Hakan , KARAKOÇ Elvan
Published: September 2023

Effective Periods in the Formation of the Musical Identity of Greek Communities

Abstract

Anatolia, which has hosted many civilizations, still hosts traditions, cultures, and music, even though centuries have passed. It is an inevitable result that cultures that have lived in the same region for many years have left their traces and that other societies have followed and adopted those traces. The clarity of the results encountered when it comes to the question of how interactions at common points and their origins are adopted is not fully clarified. Important points in history need to be known to better understand how cross-cultural interaction connects to essential points, how it becomes a critical part of their lives, and how it influences traditions and music. In this study, the Anatolian influence on the formation of Greek music will be examined using periodic approaches. One of the qualitative research methods is the survey model study. Document analysis methods through source study were used. As a research type, it is descriptive historical research. By the set objective, "Music of Ancient Greek and Hellenistic Era", "Music of Roman Era", "Music of Byzantine and Christian Era", "Music of Ottoman Empire" and " Music of Modern Greek Era" were set as sub-objectives.

Keywords: Music, Anatolia, Greek, Byzantine, Ottoman
BAYAT İLÇESİ SAĞIRLI KÖYÜ CİCİM VE ZİLİ DOKUMALARINDAN ÖRNEKLER
Authors: SÖKMEN Sultan
Published: September 2023

Sağırlı, Afyonkarahisar ilinin Bayat ilçesine bağlı bir köydür. Afyonkarahisar il merkezine 42 km, Bayat ilçe merkezine 15 km uzaklıktadır. Köyün ekonomisi tarım ve hayvancılığa dayalıdır. Sağırlı köyü küçük bir Yörük köyüdür. Geçimi hayvancılığa bağlı, kışı sahil ve ılıman iklimlerde, yazı ise yaylada geçiren konar göçer Türk toplumlarına “Yörük” denilmektedir. Dokumacılık sürekli göç eden, göç ederken evini ve kullandıkları tüm eşyaları taşıyan yörükler için çok önemlidir. Sağırlı köyünde yaşayan yörükler yetiştirdikleri koyunların yününü dokumalarında kullanmışlardır. Yaygı, heybe, namazlık, yastıklarında oldukça zor bir teknik olan sık motifli cicim ve zili dokuma tekniklerini uygulamışlardır. Çetinceviz, dağ dolandı, gıvrım, göz, duma, eysranlı, kirkitli, karı boşatan, sığır sidiği, yantırı, çatal çapraz/gelin ağlatan, ayak, kazayağı otu ve cırnak motifleri dokumalarda kullanılan başlıca motiflerdendir. Dokumalarda çok çeşitli renkler kullanılmıştır. Çözgü ve atkı iplikleri aynı renk tercih edilmiş olup yün malzemelidir. Desen ipliklerinde ise yün ve akrilik iplikler kullanılmıştır. Dokunan yastıkların ve heybelerin sökülmesini engellemek için kenarına iğne ile “kürtleme” dikişi uygulanmaktadır. Dokumaların yüzey şemaları incelendiğinde, çoğu örneklerde kaydırılmış eksenler halinde sıralanmış motifler hâkim olsa da farklı düzenlemeler de görülmektedir. Günümüzde Sağırlı köyünde dokumacılık tamamen bitmiş durumdadır. Bu çalışmada, Bayat ilçesi Sağırlı köyünde tespit edilen cicim ve zili dokuma teknikli 14 adet dokuma örneğinin teknik, kullanılan malzeme, renk, motif ve kompozisyon açısından incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Relational Character Constellations: Maryse Condé's Traversée de la mangrove and Maylis de Kerangal's Réparer les vivants
Authors: Grenouilleau-Loescher Rebecca
Published: September 2023

Abstract: This article examines the character constellations of Maryse Condé's Traversée de la mangrove (1989) and Maylis de Kerangal's Réparer les vivants (2014) as a vector for relational thought. Largely undifferentiated and non-hierarchical, both novels draw out a matrix of intersecting points in plot as viewed through the experiences and perspective of each character. This design, I argue, allows the reader to construct a cohesive, albeit incomplete, view of each story world, ultimately positing a vision for community grounded in the notion of relationality: a plethora of crossing paths intermittently all together, yet altogether elsewhere, all at once.
The Julian Romance : A Full Text and a New Date
Authors: Mazzola Marianna , Van Nuffelen Peter
Published: September 2023

Abstract: The Syriac Julian Romance, a tripartite fictional account of the reign of the Emperor Julian, was hitherto only partially known from two manuscripts. This article publishes the missing first section from Vat. Sir. 37, a section that narrates the death of Constantius II. The complete text allows us to demonstrate that the narrative was composed by a single author and that the tripartite structure does not reflect three older, separate texts. Further, we identify the Miscellaneous Chronicle of 640 as the source for most of the historical information in the Romance. This implies a new date in the first half of the seventh century, which is supported by other chronological indications in the Romance.
Jerome in Rome: Memory and Project
Authors: Vessey Mark
Published: September 2023

Abstract: "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." What happened to Jerome in Rome has proved harder to contain. Sixteen centuries and several decades later, gossip still circulates, helping shape the meanings we attach to the names "Rome" and "Jerome." The proceedings of a recent conference provide an opportunity for historical and critical reflection on the earliest recoverable forms of that Jerome/Rome discourse, as mediated by late fourth-century texts. One such—Letter 27 in the collection of Epistolae ex duobus codicibus nuper in lucem prolatae edited in 1981 in CSEL 88 by Johannes Divjak as part of the Sancti Aurelii Augustini Opera —enables us to watch Jerome, in Bethlehem in the early 390s, building his personal literary profile "in real time" as he narrates an incident supposed to have taken place in Rome in the mid-380s. Unlike the rest of the documentation we have on and from this author down to the time of its writing, Ep . 27* inter Augustinianas can be securely dated in the form in which it is extant—a point of difference made more salient now by one of the essays in the new proceedings. Pursuing a line of argument re-opened by that essay, and drawing resources from other essays in the same conference volume, this article invites students of Jerome to begin to consider how much of the standard chronology of his life and works—dependent as it is in large part on the terminal notice of his catalogue, De viris illustribus —may be an artefact of his purposive, post-Roman projection of a Vegas-style, Jerome-themed Rome of collective memory.
Joint SIC and power allocation for a multi-user paired UWOC-NOMA system in a turbulence environment
Authors: Liang Yanjun , Yin Hongxi , Ji Xiuyang , Wang Jianying , Shen Zhongwei
Published: September 2023

This paper proposes a staircase joint optimization scheme (SJOS) with alternating diagonal interference cancellation and power allocation in an underwater wireless optical communication system based on nonorthogonal multiple access (UWOC-NOMA) with the multi-user paired. The scheme employs the directional iteration to alternatively optimize the subproblems of the interference cancellation and the power allocation. Furthermore, a one-way sorting algorithm based on the alternating diagonal interference cancellation and power allocation subalgorithm based on the conjugate gradient method are presented to solve the two subproblems, respectively. Simulation results show that the algorithm effectively reduces the average outage probability of the system with fast convergence, even with an increase in the number of paired users.
Extended-depth-of-focus wavefront design from pseudo-umbilical space curves
Authors: Barbero Sergio , Ritoré Manuel
Published: September 2023

Designing extended-depth-of-focus wavefronts is required in multiple optical applications. Caustic location and structure analysis offer a powerful tool for designing such wavefronts. An intrinsic limitation of designing extended-depth-of-focus wavefronts is that any smooth surface, with a non-constant mean curvature, unavoidably introduces a separation between caustic sheets, which is proportional to the ratio of change of the mean curvature along a curve embedded in the wavefront. We present a method to obtain extended-depth-of-focus wavefronts where the mean curvature variation ratio is reduced thanks to using a long circle-involute space curve effectively filling the wavefront surface. Additionally, we present a variant of the method in which the wavefront is modified within a small tubular neighborhood of the circle involute in order to partially meet the umbilical condition along that tubular region. Finally, we provide some numerical results showing the potential of our method in an application example.
OAM-resolved source correlation-induced spectral changes in random light beams
Authors: Pokharel Sushil , Korotkova Olga
Published: September 2023

The phenomenon of the correlation-induced spectral changes (CISC) in the spectral density of a wide-stationary light beam is shown to occur for each component in its single-radius coherence-OAM (COAM) matrix, with the magnitude quantitatively depending on the OAM indices. As the diagonal elements of the COAM matrix are also radially resolved OAM spectrum components, the new effect may be viewed as the CISC in the OAM spectrum. Using the Gaussian Schell-model beam with the Gaussian spectral line, we then demonstrate the spectral shifts appearing on propagation in vacuum in its radially resolved OAM spectrum. We also prove the spectral invariance of the spatially integrated OAM spectrum.
Experimental and numerical demonstration of driver pulse spectral width and phase dependence in near-single-cycle pulse post-compression generation
Authors: Hergott Jean-Francois , Reau Fabrice , Lepetit Fabien , Tcherbakoff Olivier , Sublemontier Olivier , Chen Xiaowei , Bussiere Benoit , Paul Pierre-Mary , D’Oliveira Pascal , Lopez-Martens Rodrigo , Auguste Thierry
Published: September 2023

For many years, light-matter interaction in the strong-field regime has benefited from continuous improvement of femtosecond lasers, in terms of peak power or repetition rate. One of the most current major challenges is the achievement of high-energy, near single-cycle pulses. Such performances are of primary interest in attosecond science for producing intense isolated bursts of extreme ultraviolet light through high-harmonic generation in gases or solids. We present here a detailed experimental and numerical study on a helium filled hollow-core fiber-based post-compression stage. Our measurements highlight the importance of the width and phase of the input spectrum on the spectral broadening, and on the resulting post-compressed pulse. Near Fourier-transform-limited pulses as short as 3.5 fs, carrying a 2.5 mJ energy centered at 750 nm at 1 kHz repetition rate, and leading to a compression factor greater than seven, are demonstrated. The numerical results are in good agreement with the experimental data. Here, spectral broadening is governed by the Kerr effect and the self-steepening on the trailing edge of the guided pulse.
Transitions from hospital to home: A mixed methods study to evaluate pediatric discharges in Uganda
Authors: Kabajaasi Olive , Trawin Jessica , Derksen Brooklyn , Komugisha Clare , Mwaka Savio , Waiswa Peter , Nsungwa-Sabiiti Jesca , Ansermino J. Mark , Kissoon Niranjan , Duby Jessica , Kenya-Mugisha Nathan , Wiens Matthew O.
Published: September 2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines recognize the importance of discharge planning to ensure continuation of care at home and appropriate follow-up. However, insufficient attention has been paid to post discharge planning in many hospitals contributing to poor implementation. To understand the reasons for suboptimal discharge, we evaluated the pediatric discharge process from hospital admission through the transition to care within the community in Ugandan hospitals. This mixed methods prospective study enrolled 92 study participants in three phases: patient journey mapping for 32 admitted children under-5 years of age with suspected or proven infection, discharge process mapping with 24 pediatric healthcare workers, and focus group discussions with 36 primary caregivers and fathers of discharged children. Data were descriptively and thematically analyzed. We found that the typical discharge process is often not centered around the needs of the child and family. Discharge planning often does not begin until immediately prior to discharge and generally does not include caregiver input. Discharge education and counselling are generally limited, rarely involves the father, and does not focus significantly on post-discharge care or follow-up. Delays in the discharge process itself occur at multiple points, including while awaiting a physical discharge order and then following a discharge order, mainly with billing or transportation issues. Poor peri-discharge care is a significant barrier to optimizing health outcomes among children in Uganda. Process improvements including initiation of early discharge planning, improved communication between healthcare workers and caregivers, as well as an increased focus on post-discharge care, are key to ensuring safe transitions from facility-based care to home-based care among children recovering from severe illness.
Predicting timely transfer to adult care in a cohort of autistic adolescents and young adults
Authors: Hart Laura C. , Sirrianni Joseph , Rust Steve , Hanks Christopher
Published: September 2023

Background

The transition from pediatric to adult care is a challenge for autistic adolescents and young adults. Data on patient features associated with timely transfer between pediatric and adult health care are limited. Our objective was to describe the patient features associated with timely transfer to adult health care (defined as </ = 6 months between first adult visit and most recent prior pediatric visit) among a cohort of autistic adolescents and young adults.

Methods and findings

We analyzed pediatric and adult electronic medical record data from a cohort of adolescents and young adults who established with a primary-care based program for autistic adolescents and young adults after they transferred from a single children’s hospital. Using forward feature selection and logistic regression, we selected an optimal subset of patient characteristics or features via five repetitions of five-fold cross validation over varying time-frames prior to the first adult visit to identify patient features associated with a timely transfer to adult health care. A total of 224 autistic adolescents and young adults were included. Across all models, total outpatient encounters and total encounters, which are very correlated (r = 0.997), were selected as the first variable in 91.2% the models. These variables predicted timely transfer well, with an area under the receiver-operator curve ranging from 0.81 to 0.88.

Conclusions

Total outpatient encounters and total encounters in pediatric care showed good ability to predict timely transfer to adult health care in a population of autistic adolescents and young adults.