bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Prevalence of Psychiatric Comorbidity among Suicide Attempters
Authors: Revappala Bhuvana Chandrashekarappa , Mallanaik Sridhar , Vijayakumar Vibha Konthanur , Kudumallige Suresh Krishnappa , Eshwarappa Sarala Nedige
Published: September 2021

BACKGROUND Psychiatric illness is the most common cause of suicidal attempt which increases the risk further if left untreated. Suicide attempt is one of the forms of suicidal behaviour, which includes suicide ideas, suicide plans and suicide attempts, as these increase the risk further. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and psychiatric comorbidity among suicide attempters. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, samples were collected from patients visited to outpatient department (OPD)/in-patient department (IPD) at a tertiary care center. A total of 50 sample size of both sex with age group of 18 - 65 years are considered. Severity of suicide attempts was assessed by using suicide risks form scale. RESULTS Depression is found to be the most common cause of suicide attempt among mood disorders followed by anxiety disorders, personality disorders and substance use disorders respectively. CONCLUSIONS Our study proved the presence of psychiatric co-morbidity among suicide attempters. Co-morbidity worsens the suicidal risk further as assessed. KEY WORDS Psychiatric Comorbidity, Suicide Attempts.
Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients - A Major Concern
Authors: Ravi Abinaya , Dharmaraj Rock Britto , George Neethu , Vijayakumar Nishok , Singaravel Naveena , Ravichandran Nivetha
Published: September 2021

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is becoming a major health concern due to its increasing incidence among adults. There are few studies that suggest the possible relation between hearing loss and chronic kidney disease. So far only a small number of large population - based studies have assessed the relation between CKD and hearing loss. The global prevalence of CKD was 9.1 % (697.5 million cases) in 2017. The age and sex wise global prevalence of CKD was higher in women (9.5 %) than in men (7.3 %). In India, prevalence of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is around 28 % to 77 % among CKD patients. Studies found that the incidence was 77 % for mild to very mild hearing loss and the incidence was 46 % for moderate to severe hearing loss. Various theories behind SNHL in CKD patients are structural similarity between ear and kidney, increased blood viscosity because of hypertension and finally electrolyte imbalance which are all thought to play a role in development of SNHL in CKD patients. Major risk factors for SNHL in CKD patients are duration of CKD, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, serum urea and creatinine levels, electrolyte imbalance, packed cell volume (PCV), ototoxic drugs. CKD being a long-term illness and majority of cases of SNHL in CKD patients are permanent, it has a great negative impact on the patient’s quality of life adding to the disability burden.
Policy recommendations on ecotourism for the countries of the Danube region
Authors: Keller Krisztina
Published: September 2021

EcoVelo Tour Project (Fostering enhanced ecotourism planning along the Eurovelo cycle route network in the Danube region (DTP-055-2.2) along with the EuroVelo 6, 11 and 13 cycling routes at the Danube develops ecotourism and cycling tourism and ecotourism. The project aims to exploit synergies with the EuroVelo network, communicate effectively about ecotourism in the region, ensure the preservation of cultural and natural assets including biodiversity, landscape elements, and air quality while developing local ecotourism strategies. Ecotourism is a new form of travel that seeks to reduce the negative effects of mass tourism in the 20th century. The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources defined ecotourism as "environmentally responsible visiting of relatively unspoilt natural areas, in order to enjoy and appreciate nature (and any accompanying cultural features - both past and present), that promotes conservation, has low negative visitor impact, and provides for beneficially active socio-economic involvement of local populations" (Hector Ceballos-Lascurain, Tourism, Ecotourism and Protected Areas, 1996). Ecotourism is thus a complex concept that emphasizes the importance of preserving local values, the natural environment and culture. This study builds upon the research on ecotourism in the Danube region carried out by national stakeholders from Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and Slovakia. The study aims to provide a helping hand for project partners in formulating policy recommendations at national as well as regional levels. In addition, this study also provides professional support and exchange of experiences to those countries where ecotourism is not yet on an advanced level.
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Stewardship in Nursing Home: A Narrative Review
Authors: Tandan M.
Published: September 2021

The rapid increase in antimicrobial resistance is a great concern in safeguarding the nursing home population. Improving inappropriate prescribing is the main agenda of antimicrobial stewardship. It is complicated to articulate the appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribed in nursing home residents, especially the prophylaxis. It is tricky because most of the residents are often on multiple medications, and there are no guidelines available for prescribers to decide on the appropriateness. Except for urinary tract infections, prescribing instructions rarely exists for other infections in nursing homes. Very few studies discuss prophylactic prescribing, and most of them are prevalence studies. These studies showed the urinary tract, respiratory tract, and skin-related problem as the most common cause of antimicrobial prophylaxis. However, this information is presented as total proportion without disaggregated analysis of conditions and types of the urinary and respiratory tract and skin-related infections. Further, the definition used is vague, and significant risk factors of antimicrobial prophylaxis and precision about the use remain unanswered. Lack of appropriate definition and unanswered questions are potentially challenging for stewardship in nursing homes. This review summarizes the current situation of antimicrobial prophylaxis and discusses gaps in the literature and pertinent areas for moving forward for antimicrobial stewardship in nursing home settings.
Epidemiological characteristics of diabetes mellitus in the Russian Federation: clinical and statistical analysis according to the Federal diabetes register data of 01.01.2021
Authors: Dedov I. I. , Shestakova M. V. , Vikulova O. K. , Zheleznyakova A. V. , Isakov M. А.
Published: September 2021

BACKGROUND. One of the priority directions in the development of the health care system is to reduce the medical and social damage caused by the increase in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM). From this point of view, the development of a diabetes register is very important as the main information and analytical platform for clinical and epidemiological monitoring of diabetes in the Russian Federation (RF).

AIMS. The aim of our study was to analyze a dynamic (2016–2020) of the epidemiological characteristics of diabetes mellitus in the Russian Federation (prevalence, morbidity, mortality), the prevalence of complications, the level of HbA1c and the dynamics of the structure of glucose-lowering therapy (GLT) according to the Federal Diabetes Register (FDR).

MATERIALS AND METHODs. The database of FRD (http://diaregistry.ru) 84 regions of the RF. The data are presented in dynamics 2016→2020.

RESULTS. The total number of DM patients in the RF as of 01.01.2021 was 4,799,552 (3.23% of the population), including: Type 1 (T1) — 5.5% (265.4 ths) , T2 — 92.5% (4.43 million), other DM types — 2.0% (99.3 ths). The dynamics of prevalence was 168.7→180.9/100 ths people with T1, and 2709 → 3022/100 ths people with T2; morbidity in T1 10.5→7.7/100 ths population, in T2 219.6→154.2/100 ths population. Age and sex characteristics: the proportion of men in T1 — 54%, in T2 — 30%; the max proportion of patients with T1 at the age of 30–39 years, T2 65–69 years. Mortality: T1 3.0 → 2.7/100 ths population, T2 87.7→93.9/100 ths of the population, the main cause of death was cardiovascular: in T1 38,1% cases, in T2 — 52,0%. Life expectancy (average age of death of patients): T1 was 53.2years, the dynamics in males 50.7 → 50.5years, ­females 58.7→55.2years; in T2 — 73.5 years, males 70.2→70.1years, females 75.7→75.4 years. The dynamic of DM duration until the death: in T1 17.4→19.0 years; in T2 11→11.4 years. The incidence of diabetic complications in T1 and T2 patients: neuropathy 43.3% and 24.4%, nephropathy (CKD) 25.9% and 18.4%, retinopathy 31.7% and 13.5%, respectively. The ­proportion of ­patients with HbA1c <7%: in T1 32.3%→36.9%, in T2 51.9%→52.1%, with HbA1c ≥ 9.0% in T1 23.1%→18.7% , in T2 8.9%→8.0%. The structure GLT in T2 patients: glucose lowering medications (GLM) — 76.2% (monotherapy — 44.1%; ­combination of  2 GLM — 28.9%, 3 GLM — 3.2%), insulin therapy in 18,8%, without drug therapy in 4.9%.

CONCLUSIONS. The performed analysis demonstrates the importance of dynamic assessment of epidemiological characteristics and monitoring of clinical data on patients with diabetes through a registry for assessing the quality of diabetes care and the prospects for its development.
Consensus position of endocrinologists and pathologists on coding causes of death in patients with diabetes mellitus (expert opinion)
Authors: Dedov I. I. , Frank G. A. , Mokrisheva N. G. , Shestakova M. V. , Melnichenko G. A. , Zayratyants G. V. , Malkov P. G. , Abrosimov A. Yu. , Vikulova O. K. , Galstyan G. R. , Mayorov A. Yu. , Troshina E. A. , Kalashnikov V. Yu.
Published: September 2021

Coding of the causes of death of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) in the Russian Federation is one of the long-discussed problems, due to the comorbidity of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and a number of contradictions in the key regulatory documents regulating the statistics of mortality in this category of patients, which acquires particular relevance in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, due to its negative impact on the outcomes of the course of COVID-19 and mortality risks. In pursuance of the decisions of the Minutes of the meeting of the working group under the project committee of the National Project «Health» on identifying patterns in the formation of mortality rates of the population dated January 20, 2021 No. 1, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation T.A. Golikova, experts of two directions - endocrinology and pathological anatomy, prepared a Draft of agreed recommendations on the Rules for coding the causes of death of patients with diabetes, causing the greatest problems in terms of the use of ICD-10 when choosing the initial cause of death, including in the case of death from CVD and COVID-19.
Traditional Values and Institutional Quality
Authors:   National Research University Higher School of Economics, Doctoral School of Economics, Berk Necati , Madmarov Nurbek ,   Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Institute of Social Sciences
Published: September 2021

Why do similar economic and political institutions function differently in various cultures? This paper tries to identify potentially important factors related to the institutional quality. We investigate the relationship between cultures, cultural dimensions: non-tradition in particular, and formal institutions to explain differences in the quality of institutions around the world. We use a measure of traditional values, structured by Inglehart and Baker, from the World Values Survey, to extend the literature on the determinants of institutions’ quality. We show that differences in traditional values are suggestive to explain differences in the quality of institutions across countries. The OLS method is utilized in order to analyze the factors of institutional quality in sixty countries in 2010–2014. In this study, the OLS models are employed in order to understand the key factors of institutional differences among countries in the period of 2010–2014. The empirical model results show that (i) non-tradition is a reliable significant variable with positive contributions on six institutional quality variables, (ii) urbanization has unexpected negative effects on some institutional quality indicators like rule of law, political stability and voice/accountability. However, it has meaningful contribution to control of corruption in the countries, (iii) economic development have increasing impacts on the majority of the institutional quality variables, (iv) while education has positive effects on government effectiveness, political stability and regulation quality, it has negative unexpected impacts on rule of law and voice/accountability, (v) openness has only effects on corruption and political stability, (vi) there are non-linear relationships between dependent variable(s) and independent variables rather than linear relationships
Study of Farmer’s Behavior in Recultivation of Abandoned Farmland: Example of the Republic of Buryatia
Authors:   University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management (IGN), Prishchepov Alexander ,   Institute of Steppe UB RAS, Ponkina Elena ,   Altai State University, Department of Theoretical Cybernetics and Applied Mathematics, Institute of Mathematics and Information Technologies, Sun Zhanli ,   Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Bavorova Miroslava ,   Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Yekimovskaja Olga ,   Baikal Institute of Natural Management
Published: September 2021

Despite the looming land scarcity suited for agricultural expansion, farmland abandonment is widespread globally. The recultivation of some abandoned farmlands could unlock the untapped agricultural potential. Yet, little is known about the determinants of recultivation. To better understand the behavioral intentions of farmers regarding the recultivation of abandoned lands, we concentrated on the Buryat Republic in Russia, where agricultural land abandonment is widespread and farmers with different ethnicities carry out diverse agricultural practices. We conducted 149 face-to-face interviews with the farmers in the Buryat Republic in 2018 and filled a structured questionnaire on farm’s and farmers’ socioeconomic characteristics, perceived corruption, and farmers’ behavioral intentions regarding expected land use. We modeled the intention of recultivation with the Bayesian networks. The Bayesian networks analysis showed that perceived corruption was considered to be a barrier to recultivation. Our study also showed that non-Buryat ethnic and young farmers are more likely to recultivate abandoned land. Abandoned farmlands without or with a low degree of afforestation were preferred for recultivation. In sum, our study showed how behavioral aspects of political trust, the farm’s and farmer’s characteristics, in combination with regional and locational characteristics, may shape farmers’ decisions on land use. The results provide an important ground to assess regional land-use policies, which should foster the recultivation of abandoned lands while preserving ecosystem services in the global hotspots of farmland abandonment, such as Russia
Green Human Resource Management and its Impact on Sustainable Tourism Development (An Exploratory Study of the Green Parks of the Mayoralty of Baghdad)
Authors: Alwan Dr. Nawfal Abdul Ridha , Nori Saba Salah ALdeen
Published: September 2021

The researcher aims, through the current study, to clarify the relationship between green human resources management and the extent of its impact on sustainable tourism development in the green parks of the Municipality of Baghdad.The study started with a major problem that included several questions centered on the nature of the influential relationship between the studied variables as well as clarifying the relationship between the variables by analyzing opinions The higher and middle administration responsible for managing the green parks in the city of Baghdad, which reached (16) departments, with (150) questionnaires distributed to them. In order to achieve the goal of the study mentioned above, answer questions and test the validity of the hypotheses. The researcher relied in the study mainly on (the questionnaire), which is the main tool for collecting data and information, in addition to using another method, which is (the personal interview). For a number of managers and their assistants and heads of departments in the surveyed departments, It was the use of descriptive and analytical approach scientific methodology in the current study, and was reached by the study to a set of conclusions was the most prominent, has achieved green human resources management a positive indirect impact on sustainable tourism development in the green parks of the Secretariat of Baghdad.
Desain Sistem Informasi Manajemen Rantai Pasok pada PT “ABCD” Bandung Jawa Barat Indonesia
Authors: Jamaludin Maun
Published: September 2021

The objectives of this research are: (1) To simplify business processes so that supply chain management starts from raw materials to finished materials and distributes these products to end consumers effectively and efficiently; (2) Build a web-based supply chain management application system to make it easier for companies in their business processes. This research method uses qualitative methods. The final results of this study: (a) Application of supply chain management information system designed for PT. ABCD can reduce supply chain uncertainty in companies. Because the implementation of the system can help the company in controlling the procurement of raw materials that must always be available in accordance with the company's needs; (b) The supply chain management information system application that is designed can describe the correlation between suppliers and companies, companies and users who can facilitate ordering goods from suppliers to companies and vice versa, so that the delivery of ordered goods is in accordance with the order and arrives at the company on time and in the right amount; (c). Provide opportunities for suppliers to participate in the implementation of the system to provide online price quotes.Tujuan Penelitian ini adalah untuk: (1) Mempermudah dalam proses bisnis sehingga dalam pengelolaan rantai pasok mulai dari bahan mentah sampai bahan jadi dan mendistribusikan produk tersebut kepada konsumen akhir dapat berjalan secara efektif dan efisien; (2) Membangun suatu sistem aplikasi manajemen rantai pasok yang berbasis website sehingga lebih memudahkan perusahaan dalam proses bisnisnya. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif. Hasil akhir penelitian ini antara lain (a) Penerapan sistem informasi manajemen rantai pasok yang dirancang untuk PT. ABCD bisa mengurangi ketidakpastian rantai pasok pada perusahaan. Sebab, penerapan sistem tersebut bisa membantu perusahaan dalam pengadaan dan mengendalikan bahan baku yang mesti selalu tersedia sesuai dengan keinginan perusahaan; (b) Aplikasi sistem informasi manajemen rantai pasok yang dirancang tersebut dapat menggambarkan korelasi pemasok dengan perusahaan, perusahaan dengan pemakai yang bisa mempermudah pemesanan barang dari pemasok ke perusahaan maupun sebaliknya sehingga pengiriman barang yang dipesan sesuai dengan pesanan dan sampai ke perusahaan tepat waktu dan tepat jumlah; (c) Memberi peluang kepada pemasok agar ikut serta ke dalam penerapan sistem tersebut untuk memberikan penawaran harga secara online
Analisis kesehatan Keuangan dengan Menggunakan Metode Altman Z-Score Pada PT Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food Tbk
Authors: Prihatini Apriatni Endang , Purbawati Dinalestari
Published: September 2021

Annual report information is needed for investors to determine the rate of return on paid up capital to the company and to predict the level of risk. Based on the consolidated annual report, PT Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food Tbk (TPSF) did not show good financial performance, so it was unable to pay dividends. This study is descriptive, which is to find out the financial health of TPSF for the period of 2016 to 2019. The method of analysis used the Altman Z-Score which was equipped with a profitability ratio. The data used was secondary data obtained from official company sources, specifically the 2016 to 2019 annual report data. The results show that the company's financial condition from 2016 to 2019 was in the bankruptcy category. This condition is also strengthened by a comparative analysis of profitability ratios that shows its inability to make a profit. The increasing of company’s ability to earn profits began to occur in 2019, however the financial condition was still in the bankruptcy category. It is recommended that companies prioritize strategies that can increase profits from the main businessInformasi laporan tahunan diperlukan bagi para investor, untuk mengetahui tingkat pengembalian dana yang disetorkan kepada perusahaan, serta memprediksi tingkat risiko. Berdasarkan laporan tahun konsolidasi, kondisi keuangan PT Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food Tbk (TPSF), tidak menunjukan kinerja yang baik, sehingga tidak mampu membayar dividen. Penelitian ini bersifat diskriptif, yaitu dimaksudkan untuk mengetahui kondisi kesehatan TPSF untuk periode tahun 2016 hingga 2019. Metode analisis menggunakan Altman Z-Score dilengkapi dengan rasio profitabilitas. Penelitian ini menggunakan data sekunder yang diperoleh dari data resmi perusahaan, yaitu data laporan tahunan 2016 hingga tahun 2019. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa kondisi keuangan perusahaan periode tahun 2016 sampai dengan 2019 berada pada kategori kebangkrutan. Diperkuat dengan analisis perbandingan rasio profitabilitas, menunjukkan ketidakmampuan memperoleh keuntungan. Peningkatan kemampuan memperoleh keuntungan, mulai terjadi di tahun 2019, walau demikian, kondisi keuangan, masih dalam kategori kebangkrutan Disarankan perusahaan lebih mengutamakan strategi-strategi yang dapat meningkatkan keuntungan yang berasal dari usaha pokok.
Automating the optical identification of abrasive wear on electrical contact pins
Authors: Buckermann Florian , Klement Nils , Beyer Oliver , Hütten Andreas , Hammer Barbara
Published: September 2021

The automation of quality control in manufacturing has made great strides in recent years, in particular following new developments in machine learning, specifically deep learning, which allow to solve challenging tasks such as visual inspection or quality prediction. Yet, optimum quality control pipelines are often not obvious in specific settings, since they do not necessarily align with (supervised) machine learning tasks. In this contribution, we introduce a new automation pipeline for the quantification of wear on electrical contact pins. More specifically, we propose and test a novel pipeline which combines a deep network for image segmentation with geometric priors of the problem. This task is important for a judgement of the quality of the material and it can serve as a starting point to optimize the choices of materials based on its automated evaluation.
Model-based control of wind turbines for active power control
Authors: Pöschke Florian , Schulte Horst
Published: September 2021

This paper addresses the model-based control design of wind turbines using the sector-nonlinearity approach. Building on the Takagi-Sugeno framework, this approach introduces an exact representation of the underlying nonlinear dynamics into the control design. The unified wind turbine control design followed in this study addresses both established (power optimization in the partial load and power limitation in the full-load region) and further requirements for wind turbine systems. An important control objective for wind turbines is the ability to support grid operators with frequency control. To achieve this, an active power control scheme is inherited in the design model such that changes in the power generation can be balanced and the grid frequency may be controlled. First, the derivation of models designed to achieve the multiple control objectives is presented in detail. After that, a unified synthesis procedure based on linear matrix inequalities is discussed and applied. Finally, the quality of the design process is evaluated through simulation studies for representative scenarios.
Energy capable clustering method for extend the duration of IoT based mobile wireless sensor network with remote nodes
Authors: Giji Kiruba  , Benita
Published: September 2021

The energy performance of IoT-MWSNs may be augmented by using a suitable clustering technique for integrating IoT sensors. Clustering, on the other hand, requires additional overhead, such as determining the cluster head and cluster formation. Environmental Energy Attentive Clustering with Remote Nodes is a unique environmental energy attentive clustering approach for IoT-MWSNs proposed in this study methodology (E2ACRN). Cluster head (CH) in E2ACRN is entirely determined by weight. The residual energy of each IoT sensor and the local average energy of all IoT sensors in the cluster are used to calculate the weight. Inappropriately planned allocated clustering techniques might result in nodes being too far away from CH. These distant nodes communicate with the sink by using more energy. The ambient average energy, remoteness among IoT sensors, and sink are used to determine whether a distant node transmits its information to a CH in the previous cycle or to sink in order to lengthen lifetime. The simulation results of the current technique revealed that E2ACRN performs better than previous clustering algorithms.
Investigation on rotor jet interference in a hydraulic reaction turbine for low head low flow water conditions
Authors: Basar Mohd Farriz
Published: September 2021

The focus of this paper is to investigate the issue of water jet interference, which is a common flaw in simple reaction turbines. When the turbine’s wall crosses the water jet coming from another nozzle, this is known as jet interference. The governing equations are also used to analyse the Z-Blade simple water reaction turbine for an ideal and practical example, based on the principles of mass-, impulses and energy conservation. Various evaluations of real and potential operating losses for low-head (3–5 m) and low-flow (3 L/s and below) water resources have been conducted. According to experimental data, the Z-Blade turbine Type B achieves the maximum rotational speeds at 450 rpm, followed by Type A at 400 rpm and Type C at 300 rpm. By performing parametric analysis via governing equations, the calculated non-interference speed is approximately twice that of the turbine’s maximum speed. Furthermore, as the turbine reaches its maximum rotational speed at the optimal length diameter, the turbine speed decreases without interference from the jet nozzle rotor. This resembles a phenomenon of non-interference rotor jet on Z-Blade turbine.
Omnium inventor et seminator. Die Geburt des Konspirationismus im späten Mittelalter
Authors: Bubert Marcel
Published: September 2021

Es gibt gute Gründe für die Annahme, dass Verschwörungstheorien im engeren Sinne in den Gesellschaften des europäischen Mittelalters kaum zu erwarten sind. Vielmehr scheint es sich zunächst um ein modernes Phänomen zu handeln, das erst im Zuge der Aufklärung ermöglicht wurde. Gleichwohl finden sich verstärkt seit dem späten Mittelalter konspirationistische Deutungsmuster, die strukturelle Analogien zu modernen Verschwörungstheorien aufweisen. Ausgehend von dieser Beobachtung nimmt der Beitrag die spezifischen Bedingungen in den Blick, die zur Formierung eines veränderten Konspirationsdiskurses im europäischen Spätmittelalter geführt haben. Diese werden in ihren ideen-, sozial- und mediengeschichtlichen Dimensionen betrachtet. In Verbindung mit einer Diversifizierung sozialer Gruppen und einem Prozess der Medialisierung ergaben sich neue Voraussetzungen für die Zuschreibung von Intentionalität, die Unterstellung von Heuchelei sowie die Vermutung verborgener Machenschaften hinter der äußeren Fassade sozialer Akteure. Die „Geburt des Konspirationismus“ zielt folglich weniger darauf ab, den historischen Ursprung des Verschwörungsdenkens zu datieren; vielmehr geht es um eine Analyse der soziokulturellen Rahmenbedingungen, unter denen die Imagination von Konspirationsszenarien neuartige Formen annahm. Dabei wird die These vertreten, dass die Entstehung von Verschwörungstheorien in Europa mit der spezifischen Dialektik eines Modernisierungsprozesses verbunden ist, der im Mittelalter einsetzte.
Collective discursive representation of the Chinese Dream by public speech and media discourse from the perspective of positive discourse analysis
Authors: Zhang Lei
Published: September 2021

A positive discourse analysis is conducted on the collective discursive representation of the Chinese Dream by the discourse of the sovereign state and the national media, with the aim to show how discourses at different levels could collaborate to promote the power of the Chinese Dream discourse in the domestic communication. Borrowing the dialectical-relational framework of critical discourse analysis, the present research carries out structural analysis and interactional analysis of President Xi Jinping’s speech at the closing meeting of the 12th National People’s Congress and the subsequent media discourse produced by official news outlets. The structural analysis reveals Xi’s speech on the Chinese Dream forms a genre chain with related news reports, editorials, and features within a couple of days, in which the appeal to the public is repeatedly made. The interactional analysis indicates the news discourses facilitate concreteness and enrichment of the Chinese Dream by recontextualizing various components of the original speech and adopting specific represented processes and modality to echo and promote the constructed Chinese Dream by the speech. The findings reveal the inspiring Chinese Dream discourse is produced and consumed among different official discourses, collaboratively representing a bright future for the public.
Psychological Differences between Radicalized and non-Radicalized Muslim Prisoners: A Qualitative Analysis of their Frame Alignment
Authors: Stemmler Mark , Endres Johann , King Sonja , Ritter Bianca , Becker Kristina
Published: September 2021

Do radicalized Muslim prisoners differ from non-radicalized Muslim prisoners with regard to Kruglanski’s (2004) quest for significance (QFS), need for (cognitive) closure (NFC), and their frame alignment regarding ideological and religious issues? To answer this research question N = 26 male inmates from Bavarian prisons were interviewed. The radicalized prisoners or extremists (n = 13) had been identified as Salafi or Jihadi adherents by the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bayerischer Verfassungsschutz) and therefore had a security note. The comparison group were non-radicalized Muslim inmates (n = 13); the vast majority had a migration background. The audio files of the interviews were transcribed and Mayring’s (2010) qualitative content analysis was applied. The obtained interview material was analyzed twice (each time with a different focus) for psychological differences and characteristics between the two groups of Muslim prisoners. In the first analysis, the interviews were investigated with regard to conspiracy theories, dualistic conception of the world, political sensitivity, collective and individual victimization and religious rigidity. Extremists exhibited a stronger frame alignment with respect to general conspiracy theories, dualistic conception of the world, collective victimization, and political sensitivity. Results also substantiate the idea that extremists exhibit more rigid religious behaviors than non-extremist Muslim prisoners. Contrary to our expectations, the two groups did not differ in various biographical features, for example whether they grew up in a family that actively practiced their religion. In the second analysis, we found that although the overall pattern regarding QFS turned out as expected, the radicalized inmates did not achieve higher values than their non-radicalized counterparts. However, we obtained substantial differences for subcategories of QFS. The extremist prisoners reported more norm violations as a trigger for QFS and more opportunities for gaining significance than non-extremists. This was also true for non-legitimate as well as non-criminal opportunities to gain significance. There was a substantial difference between extremists and non-extremists regarding the overall NFC characteristics. Radicalized prisoners tend to avoid ambiguous situations or uncertainty, they prefer clear, structured processes and firm beliefs. The results suggest that it is possible to differentiate non-radicalized from radicalized Muslims as they showed less quest for significance, less need for closure, less political sensitivity and a less rigorous view on religion.
Active angular tuning and switching of Brewster quasi bound states in the continuum in magneto-optic metasurfaces
Authors: Abujetas Diego R. , de Sousa Nuno , García-Martín Antonio , Llorens José M. , Sánchez-Gil José A.
Published: September 2021

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) emerge throughout physics as leaky/resonant modes that remain, however, highly localized. They have attracted much attention in photonics, and especially in metasurfaces. One of their most outstanding features is their divergent Q-factors, indeed arbitrarily large upon approaching the BIC condition (quasi-BICs). Here, we investigate how to tune quasi-BICs in magneto-optic (MO) all-dielectric metasurfaces. The impact of the applied magnetic field in the BIC parameter space is revealed for a metasurface consisting of lossless semiconductor spheres with MO response. Through our coupled electric/magnetic dipole formulation, the MO activity is found to manifest itself through the interference of the out-of-plane electric/magnetic dipole resonances with the (MO-induced) in-plane magnetic/electric dipole, leading to a rich, magnetically tuned quasi-BIC phenomenology, resembling the behavior of Brewster quasi-BICs for tilted vertical-dipole resonant metasurfaces. Such resemblance underlies our proposed design for a fast MO switch of a Brewster quasi-BIC by simply reversing the driving magnetic field. This MO-active BIC behavior is further confirmed in the optical regime for a realistic Bi:YIG nanodisk metasurface through numerical calculations. Our results present various mechanisms to magneto-optically manipulate BICs and quasi-BICs, which could be exploited throughout the electromagnetic spectrum with applications in lasing, filtering, and sensing.
Crystal structure of 1-(2-(4-bromophenyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[e]indol-1-yl)-naphthalen-2-ol – dichloromethane – dimethyl sulfoxide (1/1/1), C28H18BrNO·CH2Cl2·C2H6SO
Authors: Zhu Lei , Wang Jiao , Zhao Jingzhe , Miao Shaobin
Published: September 2021

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Environmental exposures impact the nervous system in a life stage-specific manner
Authors: Tigges Julia , Schikowski Tamara , Fritsche Ellen
Published: September 2021

Exposure to environmental pollutants like chemicals or air pollution is major health concern for the human population. Especially the nervous system is a sensitive target for environmental toxins with exposures leading to life stage-dependent neurotoxicity. Developmental and adult neurotoxicity are characterized by specific adverse outcomes ranging from neurodevelopmental disorders to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. The risk assessment process for human health protection is currently undergoing a paradigm change toward new approach methods that allow mechanism-based toxicity assessment. As a flagship project, an in vitro battery of test methods for developmental neurotoxicity evaluation is currently supported by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). A plethora of stem cell-based methods including brain spheres and organoids are currently further developed to achieve time- and cost-saving tools for linking MoA-based hazards to adverse health effects observed in humans.
The future directions of synthetic chemistry
Authors: Zhu Qing , Liu Chao
Published: September 2021

After being developed over hundred years, synthetic chemistry has created numerous new molecules and new materials to support a better life welfare. Even so, many challenges still remain in synthetic chemistry, higher selectivity, higher efficiency, environmental benign and sustainable energy are never been so wistful before. Herein, several topics surrounded the ability improvement of synthesis and the application enhancement of synthesis will be briefly discussed.
Environmental impact assessment of plastic waste during the outbreak of COVID-19 and integrated strategies for its control and mitigation
Authors: Al Qahtani Shahrah , Al Wuhayb Fatimah , Manaa Hacene , Younis Adnan , Sehar Shama
Published: September 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many positive shifts have been observed in the ecosystem, with a significant decrease in the greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. On the other hand, there were unavoidable negative shifts due to a surge in demand for plastic products such as food and groceries’ delivery packaging, single-use plastics, medical and personal protective equipment to prevent transmission of COVID-19. Plastic pollution can be considered as a key environmental issue in world due to the huge footprints of plastics on natural ecosystems and public health. Herein, we presented an overview on the rise of plastic pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic. The potential sources of plastic waste during COVID-19 with its negative effects on the environment such as marine ecosystems and the global economics are highlighted. We also suggested some strategies and recommendations to tackle plastic leakages by applying feedstock recycling, sterilization, and with the use of biodegradable plastics that have become a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel plastics. Also, the importance of elevating public awareness and some recommendations to mitigate plastic generated during the pandemic has been addressed as well.
Isabell Lorey (2020): Demokratie im Präsens. Eine Theorie der politischen Gegenwart
Authors: Ludwig Gundula
Published: September 2021

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The Efficacy of Chitosan Hemostatic Pad on Hemostatic Function in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Lin Ya Ting , Hsieh Chia Jung , Lee Li yen
Published: September 2021

Background: Chitin is a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide that can promote wound healing and stop bleeding. This paper investigates the effects of the addition of a chitin hemostatic patch on the time to arterial hemostasis, bleeding time, and reduction of the risk of bleeding and hematoma in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.
Methods: Databases were searched for published clinical studies. The subjects were patients who received cardiac catheterization and had a chitin hemostatic patch added at the site of arterial puncture, while the control group received routine hemostatic treatment. The research quality was evaluated using the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool, version 2.0, and the meta-analysis was carried out using RevMan software.
Results: After searching literature databases, five randomized controlled trials were retrieved and included in the meta-analysis. The results showed that adding a chitin hemostatic patch could shorten the time to arterial hemostasis in patients, who received cardiac catheterization (Std. Mean Difference, -0.58; P < .001). In the subgroup analysis, the grouped effect of the chitin hemostatic patch on the bleeding time showed that the bleeding time was not significantly shortened after adding a chitin hemostatic patch in patients in the experimental group (RR, 0.78). At the same time, this measure did not significantly reduce the risk of arterial bleeding (RR, 0.49) or hematoma (RR, 0.73).
Conclusions: The results of the meta-analysis showed that adding a chitin hemostatic patch at the site of arterial puncture in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization significantly reduced the time to hemostasis, but did not significantly reduce the incidence of bleeding and hematoma.
The Overall Reform Experiment of Elementary and Middle School Education: An Exploration of Education Reform
Authors: Zhang Hongxun
Published: September 2021

The overall reform experiment of elementary and middle school education is a reform exploration that touches the whole process of education. Horizontally, it includes various educational factors within the school and vertically includes multiple educational stages. This experiment is based on the overall idea, from the beginning of the experiment in some areas to the whole of China, and systematically designs and comprehensively reforms the various factors that constitute school education at multiple stages. Starting from the background of the overall reform experiment, this paper elaborates on the experiment’s content, history, and impact to objectively and truthfully summarize the experiment, inspire most educators, and explore practical methods for improving the experiment quality education.
How the Coronavirus Inspired Teaching the Diffusion of Innovation Theory
Authors: Dingman Deirdre , Bauerle Bass Sarah
Published: September 2021

Many public health courses include content on behavior change theories, including the Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DoI). In DoI, innovations are adopted based on 5 characteristics: the innovation's relative advantage of what came before, its compatibility with a person or group's culture, the complexity of the innovation, whether the innovation can be tried before fully adopted, and whether or not the effects of adopting this innovation can be observed in others. This paper describes the application of the public health response to COVID-19 in the US as a dynamic example with which to teach DoI theory in the context of an undergraduate program planning and evaluation class. Because students were forced into an online environment when essential businesses closed in an effort to ‘flatten’ the coronavirus curve, we describe the unique way the outbreak could be used in an organic online discussion in which students could use their own current experiences to extrapolate to the DoI constructs. While not done as a formal "lesson plan", we describe the students' engagement, provide commentary of their application of DoI to the COVID-19 response, and suggest how more formal exercises could be incorporated into undergraduate public health curriculum.
Distribución de perfiles en relación con el ancho solitónico para nanocapa de grafeno en régimen de alta potencia
Authors: Orna T. D. André , Bruna Rubén , Flores S. Jesús
Published: September 2021

El presente es un estudio acerca de la propagación de solitones brillantes NLS en un régimen de alta potencia en una lámina de grafeno trabajado computacionalmente, donde la variación de la fracción de energía fluyente dentro de la lámina provoca variación en los picos solitónicos propagantes (se trabajó para fracciones de energía de 0.6, 0.8 y 1.0), los cuales al ser comparados en unidad relativa, permiten confirmar que estos últimos solo dependen de la longitud del solitón. Las densidades solitónicas resultantes son notablemente separadas para las fracciones elegidas en longitudes sublonguitudinales respecto al pulso de entrada, finalmente se propone la relación $\kappa=\rho_{i}/\rho_{j}$ que muestra la magnitud entre solitones i j cercanos o próximos a 2 μm y una aplicación para caracterizar el ancho de películas con susceptibilidad no lineal.
Alterable and Unalterable Parts of the Constitution of 3 May 1791
Authors: Machovenko Jevgenij
Published: September 2021

The purpose of this study is to determine the permissibility, necessity and perspective of the amendment of the Constitution of 3 May 1791 after the hypothetical expiry of the first 25 years of its validity, in 1816. The author seeks to identify the alterable part of the Constitution, i.e. those constituent acts and those provisions which have been authorized for amendment after 25 years; to establish the provisions of the Constitution to be amended, i.e. to draw a conclusion from the analysis of the text of the Constitution itself regarding the “problematic” provisions, the correction of which arises from the constitutional regulation itself, the spirit of the Constitution itself, its internal logic.
Recognition and Enforcement of Annulled Foreign Arbitral Awards in the Country of Origin under the 1958 New York Convention: the US and French Approaches
Authors: Ay Yunus Emre
Published: September 2021

The recognition and enforcement of annulled foreign arbitral awards in the country of origin under the 1958 New York Convention is subject to doctrinal discussions. A relevant article of the1958 New York Convention become the subject matter of many cases in some large economies. These cases and doctrinal views are very important for other countries that did not host such a case before their national courts. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to analyse the relevant article of the 1958 New York Convention and compare delocalization and territorial theories.
Problems of Determination and Payment of Bankruptcy Administration Costs
Authors: Tamošiūnienė Egidija , Višinskis Vigintas , Kirkutis Mykolas , Jokubauskas Remigijus
Published: September 2021

This article continues the research of peculiarities seen in the insolvency proceedings of legal entities and examines the problems of determination and payment of administrative costs of the bankruptcy proceedings of legal entities. The authors analyze the features of these costs in bankruptcy proceedings and how they can be identified. It also assesses the order in which administrative expenses must be paid in cases where the expenses do not exceed the estimate of administrative expenses, exceed it, or if assets of the legal person are insufficient to reimburse these costs.
The Concept of Social Rehabilitation and its Elements in the Transfer of Prisoners for Further Execution of a Custodial Sentence
Authors: Markevičiūtė Ugnė
Published: September 2021

This article analyses the origins of the aim of social rehabilitation in the transfer of prisoners for further execution of a custodial sentence, elements of social rehabilitation, and its concept, which is not explicitly defined at the European Union level. In order to deliver a more thorough analysis of social rehabilitation elements, special attention is given to the relevant Lithuanian legislation and jurisprudence regarding the elements of social rehabilitation and their assessment.
Significance of Conclusions of Deontological Forensic Examination in Lithuanian Criminal Procedure
Authors: Šivickaitė-Moldarienė Laura
Published: September 2021

Definition and regulation of forensic deontological examination are presented in the article. The presumption that the expert becomes scientific judge in cases related to mistakes of physicians is defended basing it on forensic and court practices.
Constitutional and Legal Basis of Privatization and Denationalization of Property in the Republic of Belarus
Authors: Demichev Dmitry Mikhailovich
Published: September 2021

The article examines the features of the constitutional and legal foundations of privatization and denationalization of property in the Republic of Belarus at the present stage.