bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A scoping review of applications of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to telehealth service implementation initiatives
Authors: Rangachari Pavani , Mushiana Swapandeep S. , Herbert Krista
Published: November 2022

Background

The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), introduced in 2009, has the potential to provide a comprehensive understanding of the determinants of implementation-effectiveness of health service innovations. Although the CFIR has been increasingly used in recent years to examine factors influencing telehealth implementation, no comprehensive reviews currently exist on the scope of knowledge gained exclusively from applications of the CFIR to telehealth implementation initiatives. This review sought to address this gap.

Methods

PRISMA-ScR criteria were used to inform a scoping review of the literature. Five academic databases (PUBMED, PROQUEST, SCIDIRECT, CINAHL, and WoS) were searched for eligible sources of evidence from 01.01.2010 through 12.31.2021. The initial search yielded a total of 18,388 records, of which, 64 peer-reviewed articles met the inclusion criteria for the review. Included articles were reviewed in full to extract data, and data collected were synthesized to address the review questions.

Results

Most included articles were published during or after 2020 (64%), and a majority (77%) were qualitative or mixed-method studies seeking to understand barriers or facilitators to telehealth implementation using the CFIR. There were few comparative- or implementation-effectiveness studies containing outcome measures (5%). The database search however, revealed a growing number of protocols for implementation-effectiveness studies published since 2020. Most articles (91%) reported the CFIR Inner Setting domain (e.g., leadership engagement) to have a predominant influence over telehealth implementation success. By comparison, few articles (14%) reported the CFIR Outer Setting domain (e.g., telehealth policies) to have notable influence. While more (63%) telehealth initiatives were focused on specialty (vs primary) care, a vast majority (78%) were focused on clinical practice over medical education, healthcare administration, or population health.

Conclusions

Organized provider groups have historically paid considerable attention to advocating for telehealth policy (Outer Setting) reform. However, results suggest that for effective telehealth implementation, provider groups need to refocus their efforts on educating individual providers on the complex inter-relationships between Inner Setting constructs and telehealth implementation-effectiveness. On a separate note, the growth in implementation-effectiveness study protocols since 2020, suggests that additional outcome measures may soon be available, to provide a more nuanced understanding of the determinants of effective telehealth implementation based on the CFIR domains and constructs.
Laparoscopic gastric dissociation using a two-port approach in minimally invasive esophagectomy
Authors: Pan Huaguang , Zhang Renquan , Li Ao , Fang Hanlin , Zheng Hao , Jiang Menglong , Ge Wei , Zhou Fan , Liu Xiancheng , Yin Chuntong
Published: November 2022

Background

A new approach for laparoscopic gastric dissociation in minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) was attempted. This study aimed to evaluate the short-term outcomes, safety, and efficacy of two-port laparoscopy using the McKeown procedure.

Methods

This retrospective study included 206 consecutive patients with esophageal cancer who underwent a modified two-port laparoscopic or the traditional five-port McKeown procedure at our institution from August 2019 to August 2021. Surgical outcomes of the two methods were compared.

Results

Of the 206 patients, 106 (51.46%) underwent the modified two-port procedure, whereas 100 (48.54%) underwent the traditional five-port procedure. Subsequently, 182 propensity score-matched patients were compared. No significant differences were observed in laparoscopic operative time, blood loss during laparoscopic surgery, number of dissected lymph nodes, and pain score on postoperative day 1 between the two groups. The rate of complication and postoperative length of hospital stay did not differ significantly between the two groups. The total hospitalization cost also did not differ significantly between the two groups (p = 0.325). No postoperative deaths occurred in either group.

Conclusions

Our findings demonstrate that laparoscopic gastric dissociation using the two-port approach in MIE is a safe and effective procedure, with short-term outcomes comparable to those of the traditional five-port procedure in patients with esophageal cancer. Larger studies with longer follow-up duration are warranted.
β-Synuclein as a candidate blood biomarker for synaptic degeneration in Alzheimer’s disease
Authors: Mohaupt Pablo , Pons Marie-Laure , Vialaret Jérôme , Delaby Constance , Hirtz Christophe , Lehmann Sylvain
Published: November 2022

Synaptic degeneration is an early event closely associated with the course of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The identification of synaptic blood biomarkers is, therefore, of great interest and clinical relevance. The levels of most synaptic proteins are increased in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with AD, but their detection in blood is hitherto either unavailable or not very informative. This paradigm is related to their low concentration, their peripheral origin, or the presence of highly abundant blood proteins that hinder detection. In recent years, significant progress has been made in detecting the presynaptic protein β-synuclein. This mini-review summarizes the results that highlight the role of β-synuclein as a candidate blood marker for synaptic degeneration in AD.
Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: an assessment of frequency of isolation from ICU versus non-ICU, phenotypic and genotypic profiles in a multinational population of hospitalized patients
Authors: Gill Christian M. , Nicolau David P. ,   on behalf of the ERACE-PA Global Study Group
Published: November 2022

Background

Historically, multi-drug resistant organisms have been associated with the ICU setting. The present study sought to define the frequency of isolation from ICU versus non-ICU, phenotypic and genotypic profiles of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CR-PA) from a global cohort.

Methods

Multicenter surveillance study (17 centers from 12 countries) including 672 CR-PA isolates from 2019 to 2021. Phenotypic carbapenemase testing was assessed. Genotypic carbapenemase testing was conducted (CarbaR and CarbaR NxG) to detect β-lactamases. Broth microdilution MICs were established for ceftazidime, cefepime, ceftolozane/tazobactam, and ceftazidime/avibactam.

Results

59% of CR-PA were isolated from patients outside the ICU. The most common source in ICU and non-ICU patients was respiratory (55% and 30%, respectively). In the ICU, 35% of isolates were phenotypically carbapenemase-positive versus 29% for non-ICU. VIM was the most common carbapenemase (54% and 44%, respectively) followed by GES (27% and 28%, respectively). Susceptibility to ceftazidime or cefepime were relatively low in ICU (39% and 41% of isolates, respectively) and non-ICU (47% and 52% of isolates, respectively). Ceftolozane/tazobactam and ceftazidime/avibactam were more active with 56% and 66% of isolates susceptible in the ICU while 65% and 76% in non-ICU, respectively. When carbapenemase-negative, 86% and 88% of ICU isolates were susceptible to ceftolozane/tazobactam and ceftazidime/avibactam. Similarly, in the carbapenemase-negative, non-ICU isolates 88% and 92% of isolates were susceptible, respectively.

Conclusion

Although multidrug resistant pathogens are often regarded as a challenge in the ICU population, the majority of CR-PA were isolated from non-ICU patients. Implementing phenotypic/genotypic testing will assist in guiding treatment. Carbapenem-resistance in P. aeruginosa should be regarded as a surrogate for MDR and this phenotype is increasingly prevalent outside the ICU.
Real world safety of CT-P10 (anti-CD 20 monoclonal antibodies biosimilar) in rheumatic and autoimmune diseases
Authors: Katchamart Wanruchada , Ngamjanyaporn Pintip , Orawongpaisarn Annop , Phubangkertphon Thossapoom , Borrirukwisitsak Sasimon , Dechapaphapitak Nichapa
Published: November 2022

Background

Rituximab (RTX), anti-CD 20 monoclonal antibodies, has been approved for many rheumatic and autoimmune diseases, the use of RTX is still limited due to financial constrain. Biosimilar RTX may increase access by offering patients a more affordable option, lead to improved patient outcomes. However, real-world data related to its immediate and short-term safety is scarce. This study aimed to evaluate the real-world immediate and short-term safety profiles of CT-P10, a biosimilar of Rituximab, in patients with rheumatic and autoimmune diseases.

Methods

This prospective study included patients diagnosed with rheumatic or autoimmune diseases, aged ≥ 18 years, who were treated with biosimilar RTX at Siriraj or Ramathibodi Hospital during February 2019 to May 2019. Patients were followed up through 6 months after the infusions.

Results

Of the 74 patients, with 124 infusions, 84% were females with mean age (SD) of 49.4 (15.7) years. The most common rheumatic and autoimmune disease included in this study was systemic lupus erythematosus (26%). All immediate adverse events (AEs) (15 out of 124 infusions) were mild requiring only symptomatic and supportive treatment. Short-term AEs included infection (N = 35), hematologic abnormalities (N = 33), chylous ascites (N = 1), and others (N = 10). Two deaths were related to serious bacterial and viral infection. Hematologic AEs comprised anemia (N = 5), neutropenia (N = 10), lymphopenia (N = 15), and thrombocytopenia (N = 3).

Conclusion

In this real-world study, biosimilar RTX (CT-P10) has favorable immediate and short-term safety profiles. However, further studies with large sample size and long-term follow-up in real-world practice are still required to confirm the result.
Diagnostic role of magnetic resonance hysterosalpingography in the evaluation of female infertility
Authors: Shabir Sadia , Choh Naseer A. , Nazir Mudasir , Mir Mujahid Ahmad , Nazir Showkat , Khursheed Rabia , Amreen Saika
Published: November 2022

Background

In the evaluation of female infertility, hysterosalpingography (HSG) with fluoroscopy provides limited evaluation of congenital uterine malformation and extrauterine disease. Transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) is though commonly used, has its limitations in assessment of tubes. Addition of sonosalpingography can help assess tubal patency but may be inconclusive in cases of unilateral or bilateral obstruction and is grossly operator dependent. Recent past has seen evolution of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate problems associated with female infertility, with unparalleled advantages of having no radiation and being less operator-dependent. The need to assess tubal patency has been addressed by increasing literature on utilization of gadolinium (Gd) in MRI and comparing it with HSG alone or a mixture of HSG and laparoscopy. We aimed to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance hysterosalpingography (MRHSG) as a screening test for female infertility and to compare accuracy, positive predictive value and efficacy of MRI and MRHSG with laparoscopy.

Results

Fifty-four out of 63 patients had bilateral tubal patency (85.7%). Nine patients had tubal pathology (14.3%) out of which one had unilateral and eight had bilateral tubal obstruction. Endometrial cavity abnormality was found in four patients and ovarian abnormalities were detected in 28.5% patients. MRHSG has shown high sensitivity and specificity for tubal patency evaluation when compared to the true gold standard for tubal patency assessment, laparoscopic chromotubation. With laparoscopy as standard, there was 100% sensitivity and specificity for structural abnormality, myometrial abnormalities and endometrial cavity assessment in MRHSG.

Conclusions

In comparison with diagnostic laparoscopy, MRHSG was found to have good sensitivity and specificity for assessment of tubal patency, excellent sensitivity and specificity for the assessment of structural malformation and endometrial cavity lesions. Furthermore MRHSG was good in picking up extra-uterine diseases.
Reduction of Proteinuria in a Patient With Primary Aldosteronism by Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker Administration
Authors: Rikitake Junjiro , Ashida Kenji , Miura Mami , Nomura Masatoshi
Published: November 2022

The renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) is a major target for treating hypertension and preventing various complications. Mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) antagonists are recommended as specific drugs to ameliorate hyperactive MR signaling, especially for patients with idiopathic hyperaldosteronism. However, the clinical implications of an increased RAAS activity and angiotensin II level induced by MR antagonist administration remain unclear. A 72-year-old Japanese man was referred to our university hospital for refractory hypertension management. He has also had type 2 diabetes mellitus and nephropathy for 8 years. MR antagonists, initiated based on the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism, effectively improved his hypertension. However, proteinuria of 2.5 g/g creatinine, concomitant with an increase in both active renin concentration and plasma aldosterone concentration, occurred. Additional administration of an angiotensin II receptor blocker successfully reduced the plasma aldosterone concentration and proteinuria (<0.3 g/g creatinine). Preserved renal function was confirmed for 1 year thereafter. In conclusion, this case suggests that the angiotensin II receptor is a potential target to treat proteinuria concomitant with primary aldosteronism. RAAS reactivation should be considered when an MR antagonist is initiated for patients with primary aldosteronism, especially idiopathic hyperaldosteronism.
Type 2 Diabetes and the Microbiome
Authors: Barlow Gillian M , Mathur Ruchi
Published: November 2022

Diabetes represents one of the most significant, and rapidly escalating, global healthcare crises we face today. Diabetes already affects one-tenth of the world's adults—more than 537 million people, numbers that have tripled since 2000 and are estimated to reach 643 million by 2030. Type 2 diabetes (T2D), the most prevalent form, is a complex disease with numerous contributing factors, including genetics, epigenetics, diet, lifestyle, medication use, and socioeconomic factors. In addition, the gut microbiome has emerged as a significant potential contributing factor in T2D development and progression. Gut microbes and their metabolites strongly influence host metabolism and immune function, and are now known to contribute to vitamin biosynthesis, gut hormone production, satiety, maintenance of gut barrier integrity, and protection against pathogens, as well as digestion and nutrient absorption. In turn, gut microbes are influenced by diet and lifestyle factors such as alcohol and medication use, including antibiotic use and the consumption of probiotics and prebiotics. Here we review current evidence regarding changes in microbial populations in T2D and the mechanisms by which gut microbes influence glucose metabolism and insulin resistance, including inflammation, gut permeability, and bile acid production. We also explore the interrelationships between gut microbes and different T2D medications and other interventions, including prebiotics, probiotics, and bariatric surgery. Lastly, we explore the particular role of the small bowel in digestion and metabolism and the importance of studying small bowel microbes directly in our search to find metabolically relevant biomarkers and therapeutic targets for T2D.
The Advertising Museum in Seoul: Dream-Images and the Freedom to Advertise
Authors: Fedorenko Olga
Published: November 2022

This article examines how the Korea Advertising Museum in Seoul participates in constructing narratives of past and present in postmillennial South Korea, and how historical advertisements create ambiguities within those narratives. The analysis is inspired by Benjaminian scholarship on collective dreamworlds and on advertisements as dream-images, while the curatorial choices are situated against, first, the historical-cultural specificity of advertising in South Korea and, second, the social-political imaginaries of the mid-2000s, when the museum was developed and opened. The article details how the Advertising Museum constructs the post-democratization South Korean present as the dreamed-of future, by equating historical progress with a triumphant march of technological, political, and aesthetic freedom to advertise. When museumified old advertisements are brought into the present as technologically and aesthetically archaic, they support the hegemonic narrative of progress and arrival. However, the article also shows how the dream-images of old advertisements are not perfectly contained. Old advertisements still may shock because their collective utopias remain unattainable in the postmillennial present, despite its technological and industrial sophistication and despite it being declared the hoped-for future.
Familiar Strangers: North Koreans as “Dangerous Refugees” and the Crisis of Korean Chinese Community in Zhang Lu's Dooman River (2010)
Authors: Cho Eun Ah
Published: November 2022

This article examines the humanistic relationship between Korean Chinese and North Korean refugees on the Sino–North Korean border in Zhang Lu's film Dooman River (2010) and delineates how the ethical obligation to “our” people, or brethren (dongpo), is removed by understanding North Koreans as potential criminals. The first part conceptualizes Korean Chinese villagers’ ethical obligation toward North Koreans, which I call ethnic ethos, and focuses on how the director preserves the Korean Chinese's conscience by stereotyping North Korean border crossers as “dangerous refugees.” The second part focuses on the meaning of ethnic identity that the director pursues, offering insights into the crisis of community in the context of urbanization and globalization, or the “Korean dream.” The two types of border crossing—the crossing of North Koreans to China and the crossing of Korean Chinese to South Korea—offer clues to the causes of the crisis of community, in which collective ethics and responsibility to others have been eroded. This article answers questions about the death of a Korean Chinese boy, who voluntarily becomes a stranger by entering into the zone of “nonlife” or refugees. I argue that the boy's death is a sacrifice suggested to audiences by the director in an attempt to preserve the communitarian ethics of Korean Chinese and maintain the value of ethnic identity.
Insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I receptors in astrocytes exert different effects on behavior and Alzheimer´s-like pathology
Authors: Zegarra-Valdivia Jonathan , Fernandez Ana M. , Martinez-Rachadell Laura , Herrero-Labrador Raquel , Fernandes Jansen , Torres Aleman Ignacio
Published: November 2022

Background: Pleiotropic actions of insulin and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in the brain are context- and cell-dependent, but whether this holds for their receptors (insulin receptor (IR) and IGF-I receptor (IGF-IR), respectively), is less clear.

Methods: We compared mice lacking IR or IGF-IR in glial fibrillary astrocytic protein (GFAP)-expressing astrocytes in a tamoxifen-regulated manner, to clarify their role in this type of glial cells, as the majority of data of their actions in brain have been obtained in neurons.

Results: We observed that mice lacking IR in GFAP astrocytes (GFAP IR KO mice) develop mood disturbances and maintained intact cognition, while at the same time show greater pathology when cross-bred with APP/PS1 mice, a model of familial Alzheimer´s disease (AD). Conversely, mice lacking IGF-IR in GFAP astrocytes (GFAP-IGF-IR KO mice) show cognitive disturbances, maintained mood tone, and show control-dependent changes in AD-like pathology.

Conclusions: These observations confirm that the role of IR and IGF-IR in the brain is cell-specific and context-dependent.
Impact of brand equity and service quality on the reputation of universities and students’ intention to choose them: The case of IIUM and UIN
Authors: Rizard Sylvia Rozza , Waluyo Bambang , Jaswir Irwandi
Published: November 2022

Background:Numerous studies have been carried out on the impacts of brand equity and service quality of higher education institutions (HEIs) on their reputation and students’ satisfaction. This research aimed to compare the impact of brand equity and service quality on universities’ reputations, namely Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) in Indonesia and International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) in Malaysia, and Indonesian students’ intention to choose the universities, which is moderated by study expense (price). UIN and IIUM are HEIs with a similar university concept, and Indonesian students have recently shown a high interest in them. The two universities have faculties not only in the field of Islamic studies but in general fields of studies as well, which are usually held by non-Islamic Universities. Therefore, their competitiveness against non-Islamic universities, especially the University of Indonesia (UI) has increased.

Methods:The statistical measurement tool used was structural equation modeling (SEM). The number of items stated in the questionnaire was 45. Therefore, minimum data to be collected were 5 × 45 or 225 which rounded up to 228 from Indonesian students at UIN and IIUM (114 UIN students, and 114 Indonesian student respondents from IIUM).

Results:The study results show that the universities’ reputations are strongly affected by their brand equity and service quality, which then affect students’ intention to choose the universities. Students had a higher intention to choose IIUM than UIN. The limitation of this research is that the effect of study expense on the intention of Indonesian students to study at UIN or IIUM has not yet been conducted. It will be conducted in the next study.

Conclusions:These results are expected to be useful to UIN, IIUM, and especially Politeknik Negeri Jakarta (PNJ) in determining a strategy to enhance their reputations and the intention of Indonesian students to study there.
Differential gene expression during recall of behaviorally conditioned immune enhancement in rats: a pilot study
Authors: Rueckels Markus , Picard-Mareau Marcus
Published: November 2022

Background: Behaviorally conditioned immune functions are suggested to be regulated by bidirectional interactions between CNS and peripheral immune system via the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, sympathetic nervous system (SNS), and the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS). Since the current knowledge about biochemical pathways triggering conditioned immune enhancement is limited, the aim of this pilot study was gaining more insights into that.

Methods: Rats were conditioned with camphor smell and poly I:C injection, mimicking a viral infection. Following stimulus re-exposure, animals were sacrificed at different time points, and neural tissues along the HPA axis was analyzed with a rat genome array together with plasma protein using Luminex analysis.

Results: In the hypothalamus, we observed a strong upregulation of genes related to Wnt/β-catenin signaling (Otx2, Spp1, Fzd6, Zic1), monoaminergic transporter Slc18a2 and opioid-inhibitory G-protein Gpr88 as well as downregulation of dopaminergic receptors, vasoactive intestinal peptide Vip, and pro-melanin-concentrating hormone Pmch. In the pituitary, we recognized mostly upregulation of steroid synthesis in combination with GABAergic, cholinergic and opioid related neurotransmission, in adrenal glands, altered genes showed a pattern of activated metabolism plus upregulation of adrenoceptors Adrb3 and Adra1a. Data obtained from spleen showed a strong upregulation of immunomodulatory genes, chemo-/cytokines and glutamatergic/cholinergic neurotransmission related genes, as also confirmed by increased chemokine and ACTH levels in plasma.

Conclusions: Our data indicate that in addition to the classic HPA axis, there could be additional pathways as e.g. the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway (CAIP), connecting brain and immune system, modulating and finetuning communication between brain and immune system.
Fatty acid composition on diet and carcasses, growth, body indices and profile serum of Asian redtail catfish (Hemibagrus nemurus) fed a diet containing different levels of EPA and DHA
Authors: Aryani Netti , Suharman Indra , Hasibuan Saberina , Asiah Nur , Syandri Hafrijal
Published: November 2022

Background: The Asian redtail catfish Hemibagrus nemurus is a promising commercial aquaculture freshwater big-sized Bagridae catfish across Asian countries such as the Mekong, Malay Peninsula, and Indonesia. This study analysed the effect of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5n-3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n-3) supplementation in diets on changes in fatty acid compositions in feed and fish meat, lipid quality (atherogenic index and thrombogenic index), growth rate, body indicators, and serum metabolites of Hemibagrus nemurus juveniles.

Methods: A total of 180 Asian redtail catfish (initial weight 54.80 ± 2.72 g) were fed four levels (0, 3,150, 6,300, and 9,450 mg of EPA+DHA/kg feed) sourced from fish oil. Diets were fed in triplicate in freshwater tarpaulin ponds, with 15 fish per tarpaulin pond. During the experiment, fish were fed 3% per day of the biomass weight.

Results: Categorically, there were significant differences in the composition of fatty acids in the feed and fish meat. The atherogenic index was between 1.76 and 1.84, and the thrombogenic index was between 0.81 and 0.89 in all fish meat. Growth performance was significantly different between diets, while body indices did not make a significant difference between diets. The fish meat EPA and DHA showed positive linear relationships with diet EPA (p <0.001, r2 = 90%) and DHA diet (p<0.001, r2 = 85%). Serum metabolites among treatments D2 and D3 diet-fed feed for 60 days did not significantly differ. Glucose (GLU) levels had moderate relationships with triglycerides (TAG) (r2 = 65%), and GLU levels strongly correlated with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) (r2 = 81%).

Conclusions: Based on diets and whole-body carcass compositions, growth performance, and serum metabolites, Asian redtail catfish fed a diet containing 6,300 mg of EPA+DHA/kg feed are best for food safety.
Validation of a Thai artificial chatmate designed for cheering up the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Deepaisarn Somrudee , Imkome Ek-uma , Wongpatikaseree Konlakorn , Yuenyong Sumeth , Lakanavisid Ploi , Soonthornchaiva Rangsiman , Yomaboot Panida , Angkoonsawaengsuk Angkoon , Munpansa Napawan
Published: November 2022

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected populations of all age groups. The elderly are a high-risk group and are highly vulnerable to COVID-19. Assistive software chatbots can enhance the mental health status of the elderly by providing support and companionship. The objective of this study was to validate a Thai artificial chatmate for the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic and floods.

Methods: Chatbot design includes the establishment of a dataset and emotional word vectors in which data consisting of emotional sentences were converted into the word vector form using a pre-trained word2vec model. A word vector was then input into a convolutional neural network (CNN) and trained until the model converges using sentence embedding and similarity word segmentation. Sentence vectors were generated by averaging each word vector using an averaged vector method. For approximate similarity matching, the Annoy library was used to create the indices in tree sorting. Data were collected from 22 elderly and assessed by the Post-Study System Usability Questionnaire (PSSUQ).

Results: The study revealed that 72.73% of the respondents found the chatbot easy to learn and use, 63.64% of the respondents found the chatbot can autonomously determine the next course of action, and 59.09% of the respondents believed that troubleshooting guidelines were provided for overcoming errors. The accuracy of the chatbot providing a reasonable response is 56.20±13.99%.

Conclusions: Most users were satisfied with the chatbot system. The proposed chatbot provided considerable essential insights into the development of assistance systems for the elderly during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) and during the period of national disasters. The model can be expanded to other applications in the future.
Draft genome sequences of three emerging beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in the camel production system in Northern Kenya
Authors: Gachogo Rachael , Karegi Irene , Ogoti Brian , Musyoki Victor , Martins Dino , Onyambu Frank , Kamau Joseph
Published: November 2022

We report the draft genome sequences and annotation of three beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (E.coli) strains isolated from fecal samples of healthy camels in Laikipia county, Kenya. This data adds to the online genome resources to support the ongoing antimicrobial resistance surveillance in the livestock-wildlife interface.
The genome sequence of the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Authors:   Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme,   Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective,   Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, Goate Zoe ,   Darwin Tree of Life Consortium
Published: November 2022

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Adalia bipunctata (the two-spot ladybird; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Coccinellidae). The genome sequence is 475 megabases in span. Most of the assembly (94.87%) is scaffolded into 11 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with the X and Y sex chromosomes assembled. The complete mitochondrial genome was also assembled and is 21.2 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly in Ensembl identified 13,611 protein coding genes.
Biology, digestive enzymes and organosomatic indices of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacépède, 1803) from Oyan Dam, Southwestern Nigeria
Authors: Oghenochuko Oghenebrorhie Mavis , Leramo Fiyinfoluwa Georgina , Adeosun Olamide Modinat , Bangura Paul , Adeosun Festus Idowu
Published: November 2022

Some aspects of the biology, digestive enzymes and organosomatic indices of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus purchased from fishermen in Oyan dam was investigated. This study was aimed at providing information on the composition of food materials found in the gut and specific activities of selected enzymes as it affects the domestication of the species. 100 specimens of the species were examined for stomach contents, length-weight relationship, digestive enzyme assay and organosomatic indices, using standard methods. Food items observed were detritus (4%), fish part (12%), Insecta (13%). Sand was observed to be 11% of total stomach volume. The logarithmic equation for length-weight relationship lnW=2.68lnl-3.79 indicated that an increase in length led to a corresponding increase in weight with ‘R’ = 0.611, calculated ‘r’=0.78, ‘a’=2.68 and ‘b’=3.79 indicating positive allometric growth pattern. Amylase exhibited high activity in the stomach, while lipase and proteinase in the stomach and posterior intestine. Specific activities of digestive enzymes showed significant differences (p<0.05). Viscerosomatic (2.92± 0.25), hepatosomatic (2.27± 0.22) indices and Fulton condition factor (1.93± 0.06) were recorded. Feed items present in the species confirm its overlapping feeding habit, indicating that the species is an omnivorous detritivore. This was also depicted in the activities of the different digestive enzymes.
Regularization methods for solving the split feasibility problem with multiple output sets
in Hilbert spaces
Authors: Reich Simeon , Tuyen Truong Minh
Published: November 2022

We study the split feasibility problem with multiple output sets in Hilbert spaces.
In order to solve this problem, we introduce several new iterative processes
by using the Tikhonov regularization method.
Sustainability Efforts in Practice in European Hotels: A Tricky Business?
Authors: Oxenswärdh Anette
Published: November 2022

Purpose: This article investigates some tendencies around sustainability work in practice performed during the past five years.
Methodology/Approach: Interviews with hotel managers and staff members, observations on the hotels were conducted. Secondary data material (home pages, guest reviews via websites) has been investigated as document studies.
Findings: The two waves of the pandemic 2020 and 2021 have, on the one hand, offered time for hotel leaders to rethink knowledge about sustainability in their businesses and, on the other hand, taken the focus from sustainability to matters of survival, both physically and economically. Despite financial support from the state for staff retention, many accommodating organisers today are struggling with a staff shortage. The study shows that a few accommodation entrepreneurs have invested wholeheartedly in sustainability measures during the last five years despite the increased social debate about the importance of more sustainable living. The results show some tendencies regarding the practical work for sustainability. Sustainability work has not achieved the desired results in practice due to, among other things, a lack of knowledge, so-called green-washing, disengagement, lack of personnel, financial losses due to pandemics etc.
Research Limitation/Implication: The study makes no claim to statistical representativeness either in the choice of the hotels, their size, geographical location or in any other respect.
Originality/Value of paper: The study consists of 51 interviews of hotel managers performed in 11 European countries.
Kocha, lubi, szanuje – przetwarza, tłumaczy, imituje. Relacje literackich ballad i ich twórców na przykładzie Lenory, Ucieczki i Wieży Buta
Authors: Batkiewicz Paulina
Published: November 2022

Adore, Admire, and Appreciate – Transform, Interpret, and Imitate: Connections Between Literary Ballads and Their Authors: A Case Study of Lenora, Ucieczka, and Turnul lui But The article is an analysis of Romanian ballads of the Romantic period inspired by Adam Mickiewicz’s ballads. The purpose of this interpretative study was to determine the influence the author of Ballady i romanse [Ballads and Romances] exerted on the development of literarture in Romania. The article focuses on on historical-literary and translational connections Gheorghe Asachi’s ballad Turnul lui But [Tower of But] with Ucieczka [Escape].
LA BABEL DE PIETER BRUEGEL: UNA POÉTICA DE LA TRADUCCIÓN ARTÍSTICA
Authors: Da Silva Matte Neusa
Published: November 2022

Neusa da Silva Matte, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Traducción como (per)versión: La Bella Durmiente según Angela Carter
Authors: López Sánchez Gemma
Published: November 2022

Gemma López Sánchez, Universitat de Barcelona
DA ESCRITA DIVINA AO LUGAR DO IMAGINÁRIO: O DESEJO DA INVISIBILIDADE NOS CAMINHOS DA TRADUÇÃO LITERÁRIA.
Authors: Vallerius de Oliveira Denise
Published: November 2022

La pretensión de invisibilidad se debe quizás a la creencia de que el sujeto-traductor se considera a sí mismo como una identidad estable. A partir de esta creencia en la posibilidad de algo así como una escritura divina, surgió el culto al autor del texto original: solo el autor tenía la clave para revelar la lectura de su texto. Sin embargo, la destrucción y calamidad causadas por las dos guerras mundiales en el siglo XX provocaron el fin de la fe en el progreso, tanto como en el pensamiento científico y positivista o en una humanidad con individuos plenamente conscientes. Ese es el fin de la identidad estable e indivisible y el comienzo del reconocimiento de un sujeto fragmentado, formado por varias identidades. Así, se declara la muerte del padre-autor, y se reconocen las múltiples caras del hijo-texto, al tiempo que la traducción comienza a vislumbrase como un nuevo texto, lo cual es esencial en cuanto a las relaciones con el Otro, revelando subjetividades y convirtiéndose en un lugar para el imaginario. Esta investigación tiene como objetivo tomar en consideración esta vía de desarrollo.
EL LADINO, LENGUA DE FRONTERA, ENTRE GLOBALIZACIÓN Y TUTELA CULTURAL
Authors: Ornella Grimaldi Aurora
Published: November 2022

Aurora Ornella Grimaldi, Universidad de Salamanca
LAS TRADUCCIONES DE LAS LITERATURAS ESPAÑOLA, CATALANA E HISPANOAMERICANAS EN POLONIA EN LA ÉPOCA CONTEMPORÁNEA
Authors: ZABOKLICKA ZAKWASKA Bożena Anna
Published: November 2022

Bożena Anna Zaboklicka Zakwaska, Universitat de Barcelona
LA SEMIÓTICA NARRATIVA APLICADA A LA CRÍTICA DE LA TRADUCCIÓN
Authors: Serrano Coronado Tomás
Published: November 2022

Tomás Serrano Coronado, Centro de Enseñanza de Lenguas Extranjeras (UNAM)
BAKER, Mona. 2006. Translation and Conflict. A Narrative Account.
Authors: Camps Assumpta
Published: November 2022

Routledge: London (Translation and Interpreting Studies)
WELTLITERATUR Y TRADUCCIÓN: UTOPÍA Y POSIBILIDAD. LAS IDEAS DE GOETHE Y DE ORTEGA Y GASSET, Y LA PRÁCTICA DE LARBAUD
Authors: Bosak de Figueiredo Joana
Published: November 2022

Joana Bosak de Figueiredo1 - NET/UFRGS2A Tânia Franco Carvalhal,la primera persona que me explicó lo que era Weltliteratur.
Traducir el silencio (...)
Authors: Giovine Yánez María Andrea
Published: November 2022

This paper analyses some of the basic elements concerning the translation of poetry from the perspective of Wolfgang Iser’s phenomenological approach in the reading process. After considering key concepts of phenomenology, this paper studies some examples of poems translated from English and French into Spanish, always emphasizing the idea that, even though it is a difficult task, the translation of poetry is possible.
Escritores/traductores – Lectores/traductores
Authors: Selva Pereira Tatiana Antonia
Published: November 2022

Departing from the translation theories of the Russian linguist Roman Jakobson and the digressions of linguists George Steiner and Umberto Eco about the subject and, reflecting on Eco's contribution to Semiotics with his "open text" concept, this article focuses on the intra-linguistic aspect of translation and on the sender/receiver theory to point out the postcolonial writer/reader roles as cultural translators.
La traducción del humor verbal: traducciones al español de “The importance of being Earnest” de Oscar Wilde
Authors: Ester Lammertyn Maria
Published: November 2022

This article deals with different Spanish translations of the title of Oscar Wilde’s comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest. Various strategies employed by translators to cope with the pun in the title will be analyzed and two versions will be assessed, taking into account their impact on the plot and humour of the original play.
Weltliteratur y traducción: Utopía y posibilidad. Las ideas de Goethe y de Ortega y Gasset, y la práctica de Larbaud
Authors: Bosak de Figueiredo Joana
Published: November 2022

La intención del ensayo que sigue es proponer algunas reflexiones sobre las relaciones existentes entre la Literatura Comparada y laWeltliteratur, concernientes a la disciplina homónima, desde una mirada crítica que busca analizar y comprender a través de ejemplos extraídos de la literatura argentina (Don Segundo Sombra, de Ricardo Güiraldes) y de la región brasileña de Rio Grande do Sul (Os Guaxos, Barbosa Lessa) la construcción de una identidad cultural común en la región platina.
Revista “Idea Latina”: una mirada a la traducción cultural en los espacios de la diversidad
Authors: Borgogno Ariela
Published: November 2022

This study of Idea Latina, a magazine published in Argentina in the 1920's, will allow us to approach the issue of cultural translation as a tool for social integration. Starting from the analysis of literature in translation from the perspective of reception theory and of the conflicts that arose between Italian, its dialects, and Spanish, we analyze the position of the magazine in relation to the source (Italian) culture and the target (Argentine) culture. Published within the framework of a fervent cultural nationalism, Idea Latina helps us to understand the way in which a group of Italian intellectuals thought out the construction of Argentine identity.
Against Spanish Conscience: la traducción de los clásicos norteamericanos en la España de posguerra (1950 y 1960)
Authors: Teresa Requena Gemma López
Published: November 2022

The period before the Spanish Civil War witnessed some translations into Catalan of North-American authors such as Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is over the 1930s, however, that other big names of North-American literature –such as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway- reach high levels of popularity on Spanish soil. What happens much later with the reception of these authors? Our article will explore the translations of these and other North-American authors which appeared over the end of the Spanish Civil War to the end of the 1950s, a period of cnsolidation of the United States as a global economic power. Our proposal is to research the selection of titles edited and translated over these two decades (40s and 50s) with a view of demonstrating that they conform an intricate wave of thought on the part of vocational editors who took care of every single detail in the editing process, and who had to confront serious logistic and ideological problems to boot. In order to carry out our research, we have been working with the catalogues of Janés, Caralt, Seix Barral and Destino.
FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ, A. (Universidade de Vigo): TRADUCCIONES EN PUBLICACIONES PERIÓDICAS GALLEGAS (1940-1975). EL ITALIANO COMO LENGUA FUENTE
Authors: FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ Áurea
Published: November 2022

Con el propósito de situar las traducciones publicadas al gallego entre 1940 y 1975, empezaremos reseñando los contenidos de las publicaciones periódicas gallegas más conocidas de esos años. Ese fue un periodo en el uso de las lenguas minoritarias se hallaba perseguido en España. Dicho corpus nos permitirá llevar a cabo un análisis detallado de los textos cuyos originales procedían de la cultura italiana.
CAMPS, A.(UNIVERSIDAD DE BARCELONA): CRÓNICAS, COMENTARIOS Y NOTICIAS DE TEMÁTICA ITALIANA EN ‘LA VANGUARDIA ESPAÑOLA’ (1945-1962)
Authors: Camps Assumpta
Published: November 2022

En este ensayo, concebido como continuación de nuestros anteriores trabajos sobre el tema, nos centraremos en el estudio de la presencia de noticias y comentarios de temática literaria referidos a Italia que aparecen en la prensa catalana de los años comprendidos entre 1945 y 1962 (fecha que comúnmente se considera que da inicio a un nuevo periodo en la historia cultural del franquismo). Para ello, analizaremos las referencias de cualquier orden a la literatura italiana que aparecen en un periódico de gran tiraje y larga tradición en Barcelona, como es La Vanguardia, por entonces, denominado La Vanguardia Española, siguiendo la tónica de los tiempos.
MARTÍN CLAVIJO, M. (Universidad de Salamanca): EL TEATRO ITALIANO EN LA ESPAÑA DE LOS AÑOS SESENTA
Authors: MARTÍN CLAVIJO Milagro
Published: November 2022

En la España de los años 60, se tradujeron y llevaron a escena un número considerable de autores dramáticos italianos, ciertamente mayor y más variado que en las décadas anteriores del franquismo. En este artículo nos proponemos analizar la recepción de estas obras: cuáles se publicaron y cuáles se llevaron a escena, y, sobre todo, qué escribió la crítica española sobre dichas obras en este periodo.
Camps, Assumpta: Reseña del libro Poetas italianas de los siglos XIII y XIV en la Querella de las Mujeres
Authors: Camps Assumpta
Published: November 2022

Camps, Assumpta: Reseña de Arriaga, Mercedes; Cerrato, Daniele & Nadales, María Rosa. (2012). Poetas italianas de los siglos XIII y XIV en la Querella de las mujeres. Sevilla: ArCiBel (Colección "Escritoras y pensadoras europeas" - Serie AUSENCIAS), 262 pp.  ISBN: 878-84-15335-22-1
CAMPS, Assumpta: Reseña del libro Traducción de una cultura emergente. La literatura gallega contemporánea en el exterior
Authors: Camps Assumpta
Published: November 2022

Traducción de una cultura emergente. La literatura gallega contemporánea en el exterior. Berna: Peter Lang ("Relaciones literarias en el ámbito hispánico: traducción, literatura y cultura", vol. 7), 259 pp. ISBN: 978-3-0343-0629-4. ISSN: 1664-1922.
FIGUEROLA, M. Carme (UdL): ¿Traducir o recrear ? El dilema de los adaptadores teatrales hispánicos en el caso de Julio Verne
Authors: Figuerola M. Carme
Published: November 2022

Como en el caso de muchos otros países Julio Verne ha sido un autor de éxito en España, hasta el punto de ser considerado por sus contemporáneos como el autor francés más célebre.  Nuestro análisis pretende observar la repercusión que tuvo su obra Miguel Strogoff especialmente en el mundo de las tablas: el contenido divulgativo geográfico, la abundancia de fragmentos protagonizados por multitudes de personajes suponen retos importantes para los adaptadores cuyas soluciones atestiguan a menudo sus propias ideologías.
FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ, Áurea (UVigo): Rosalía de Castro y la traducción. Un análisis del papel de su obra en la evolución de la literatura española
Authors: FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ Áurea
Published: November 2022

En este artículo se intenta analizar el papel desarrollado por las obras de Rosalía de Castro en la evolución de la literatura y la vida cultural españolas desde la perspectiva de la traducción. Su labor como traductora y su obra como autora traducida nos ayudarán a comprender  la relación establecida entre creación y crítica en esta autora, no solo en su época y con posterioridad, sino también en España y en el extranjero.
CAMPS, Assumpta. La traducción en la comunicación de nuestros tiempos
Authors: Camps Assumpta
Published: November 2022

CAMPS, Assumpta. La traducción en la comunicación de nuestros tiempos; reseña del libro: Montero Domínguez, Xoán (ed.) (2013). Traducción para la comunicación internacional. Prólogo de Laura Santamaría Guinot. Granada: Comares (col. Interlingua, 125), 202 páginas.
Lluís Servera Sitjar TRADUCCIONS AL CATALÀ D’IL DOLORE, DE GIUSEPPE UNGARETTI
Authors: Servera Sitjar Lluís
Published: November 2022

Giuseppe Ungaretti, nascut a Alexandria d’Egipte el 1888, i mort a Milà el 1970, -es un dels poetes més importants del segle XX italià. De la seva abundant producció poètica, el traductor, Lluís Servera Sitjar, ha triat el recull Il dolore (1947), sorgit arran de la mort del seu fill Antonietto, de nou anys, al Brasil. Un dolor íntim, fruit de circumstàncies personals ben desafortunades, que es combina, en el pla poètic, amb el dolor universal pels fets que envoltaren la segona guerra mundial. És, segons el mateix autor, el llibre que més s’estimava, el que va escriure “en els anys horribles, amb un nus a la gola”. D’aquest recull, el mateix traductor ha escollit per a la revista TRANSFER quatre poemes, que ens presenta a continuació en la seva traducció al català: “Tutto ho perduto” (“Tot ho he perdut”), “Tu ti spezzasti” (“Tu et desferes”), “Folli i miei passi” (“Folls, els meus passos”), i “I ricordi” (“Els records”). Autor de diversos reculls de poesia, com ara El desgel de la memòria (Centre Cultural Capaltard 2001) i Els caires de la claror (Centre Cultural Capaltard 2004), Lluís Servera Sitjar ha traduït altres escriptors italians, entre els quals Mario Luzi (La Passió: Via Crucis al Colosseu, Lleonard Muntaner Editor 2010), i Pietro Civitareale (Mitografies i altres dèries, Edicions Documenta Balea 2012).