bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Spectral Evolution Responsible for the Transition from Positive Lags to Negative Lags in Gamma-Ray Bursts
Authors: Liang Wen-Qiang , Lu Rui-Jing , Peng Cheng-Feng , Chen Wen-Hao
Published: January 2023

It is well known that most gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are dominated by positive spectral lags, while a small fraction of GRBs show negative lags. However, Wei et al. first identified a well-defined transition from positive lags to negative lags in GRB 160625B, and then got robust limits on a possible violation of Lorentz invariance (LIV) based on the observation. Recently, such a transition has been found in three different emission episodes in GRB 190530A by Gunapati et al., which provides us a great opportunity to investigate whether the transition results from LIV-induced observed spectral lags. Our analysis shows that the LIV model cannot be compatible with the current observations, whereas, only the spectral evolution induced spectral lags could responsible for the transition. So, spectral evolution can also explain the positive to negative lag in GRB 190530A.
A new remarkable cimicoid genus and species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Cimicomorpha) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, with implications for its aberrant male genitalia
Authors: Yamada Kazutaka , Yamamoto Shûhei , Takahashi Yui
Published: January 2023

A new genus and species of cimicoid true bug,Ecpaglocoris ditomeusYamada & Yamamoto,gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated from mid-Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Albian) amber in the Kachin State of northern Myanmar (Burma). This new fossil genus and species is reminiscent of members of Anthocoridae by the strongly flattened and elongated body, four-segmented labium, distinct costal fracture and presence of fossula spongiosa on fore tibiae, but should not be ascribed to this family. The new taxon cannot be placed in any extant cimicoid families, based upon hemelytral, male genital and other morphological structures. Based on the hemelytral membrane venation and presence of dorsal laterotergites on abdominal segments I to VIII, it can be assumed that this new genus belongs to the extinct family Vetanthocoridae.Ecpaglocoris ditomeusgen. et sp. nov.has aberrant male genitalia characterised by sickle-shaped left and right parameres and grooves running throughout the paramere. This characteristic indicates that traumatic insemination occurred in this genus. The peculiar combination of male genital characteristics seen inEcpaglocorisgen. nov.prevents its placement in any of the extant cimicoid families.
La fonction en biologie. Une critique spinoziste
Authors: Daëron Marc , Legeay Vincent
Published: January 2023

Les débats philosophiques ou épistémologiques en biologie portent davantage sur les types de discours que sur les genres de connaissance à l’œuvre dans l’étude du fonctionnement des systèmes biologiques. Nous souhaitons montrer ici 1) qu’une critique du genre de connaissance est nécessaire pour comprendre la notion centrale de fonction en biologie ; 2) que, mieux que d’autres analyses philosophiques, une critique spinoziste dévoile, dans les énoncés fonctionnels, des présupposés fondamentaux qui empêchent d’appréhender la complexité du vivant ; et 3) qu’appliquée à la science contemporaine, une critique spinoziste, localisée, peut éviter au biologiste un certain réductionnisme épistémologique.
Des rêves et des rives
Authors: Soriano Serge
Published: January 2023

Des grandes histoires d’amour de l’humanité jusqu’aux clics des applis, que peut-on saisir des détours de l’errance amoureuse ? L’énigmatique est au cœur de la quête et les outils numériques tentent d’évincer ce non-sens pour favoriser le jouir.
Quelle stratégie d’influence pour la France au sein de l’Otan ?
Authors: Genetet Anne
Published: January 2023

La France est une puissance militaire crédible qui fournit un effort de défense important. Pourtant, il importe d’accroître notre influence au sein de l’Otan, notamment en écoutant davantage nos partenaires. Cela exige un effort collectif de tous les acteurs concernés, y compris politiques.
Une nouvelle priorité de la Revue nationale stratégique 2022 : l’influence
Authors: d’Aboville Benoît
Published: January 2023

L’introduction de la fonction « Influence » dans la RNS marque une innovation tant dans la forme que dans le fond. Cela impliquera une meilleure coordination de tous les acteurs étatiques avec cependant des interrogations sur les objectifs à atteindre sur le lien entre influence, puissance et rang.
L’Union européenne au défi de sa stratégie d’influence
Authors: Staron Joséphine
Published: January 2023

L’UE s’est construite au fur et à mesure renforçant son approche autour de l’économique principalement. Cependant, peu à peu, la dimension géopolitique s’est imposée, obligeant les États-membres à accepter l’idée de puissance. Cela exige désormais de développer une vraie stratégie d’influence.
Entre dépendance et indépendance : réflexions sur la puissance aérienne française
Authors: Vallée Pierre
Published: January 2023

L’aviation française a su construire son autonomie, s’appuyant sur une industrie de plus en plus performante. L’indépendance capacitaire ainsi acquise s’appuie aussi sur une interdépendance maîtrisée, que ce soit au sein de l’Otan ou dans sa dimension européenne avec une interopérabilité acquise et toujours développée.
Bioinformatic analysis of the coding region of the melatonin receptor 1b gene as a reliable DNA marker to resolve interspecific mammal phylogenetic relationships
Authors: Kasap Ekaterina Y. , Parfenova Оlga K. , Kurkin Roman V. , Grishin Dmitry V.
Published: January 2023

This research looks into the main DNA markers and the limits of their application in molecular phylogenetic analysis. Melatonin 1B (MTNR1B) receptor genes were analyzed from various biological sources. Based on the coding sequences of this gene, using the class Mammalia as example, phylogenetic reconstructions were made to study the potential of mtnr1b as a DNA marker for phylogenetic relationships investigating. The phylogenetic trees were constructed using NJ, ME and ML methods that establish the evolutionary relationships between different groups of mammals. The resulting topologies were generally in good agreement with topologies established on the basis of morphological and archaeological data as well as with other molecular markers. The present divergences provided a unique opportunity for evolutionary analysis. These results suggest that the coding sequence of the MTNR1B gene can be used as a marker to study the relationships of lower evolutionary levels (order, species) as well as to resolve deeper branches of the phylogenetic tree at the infraclass level.
Observar las estrellas, llegar hasta las estrellas, ser una estrella. Introducción a un topos astral en la religión, el arte y el poder
Authors: Parada López de Corselas Manuel , Chapinal-Heras Diego
Published: January 2023

Este artículo explora el tópico cultural en torno a la conversión del ser humano en estrella (catasterismo) y al privilegio de situarse junto a los astros como recompensa a sus virtudes. Para ello, en primer lugar se expone sucintamente el desarrollo de dicho topos en la Antigüedad Clásica. A continuación, se proponen varios casos de estudio entre los siglos XIV y XVI en el arte español para analizar la continuidad y readaptación de este tema de la tradición clásica.
Indisciplinados y libertinos: el motín de los seminaristas toledanos de 1897
Authors: Dionisio Vivas Miguel Ángel
Published: January 2023

Los seminarios españoles vivieron, a lo largo del siglo XIX, un proceso de profunda decadencia, fruto de la inestable situación política y eclesial del país. Falta de nivel intelectual, declive de la teología y problemas de disciplina se unieron a las tensiones políticas y a los conflictos de poder dentro de las élites eclesiásticas. Durante la Restauración se produjeron numerosos motines, entre ellos el ocurrido en 1897 en Toledo. El conflicto vivido en el seminario fue un reflejo de las tensiones existentes en la propia curia y cabildo toledano. Solo la llegada del nuevo prelado, Sancha, permitiría acometer las reformas necesarias para la renovación de la institución.
Writing the history of the East from Francis of Assisi’s perspective
Authors: Saccenti Riccardo
Published: January 2023

In 1906 the Franciscan scholar Girolamo Golubovich published the first volume of his Biblioteca bio-bibliografica della Terra Santa e dell’Oriente francescano. This historical enterprise was plainly consistent with the vast intellectual work on the history of the Franciscan order which started in the second half of the nineteenth century, as well as with Leo XIII’s cultural policy, particularly with respect to historical studies. Beside this, Golubovich’s interest for a careful historical reconstruction of the Franciscan presence in the East was part of the scholarly discussions caused by Paul Sabatier’s volume on Francis of Assisi. Within this complex and interconnected cultural coordinates the Franciscan scholar focused on the search for the historical foundation of the presence of the Friars Minor in the East and mainly in the Holy Land going back to St. Francis’s journey between 1219 and 1221. In doing so, Golubovich displayed a historical analysis deeply rooted in the critical study of the sources and able to collect a vast amount of documents concerning the religious, political and cultural history of East and Middle East since the early thirteenth century.
L’imprimerie des dominicains de Mossoul
Authors: Pérennès Jean Jacques
Published: January 2023

Les événements dramatiques qui ont récemment eu lieu en Irak et en Syrie ont attiré l’attention sur la situation des chrétiens au Moyen-Orient. Ce n’est pas la première fois que la présence chrétienne est menacée. À partir de 1850, les frères dominicains italiens, puis français, travaillent dur pour renforcer les Églises chaldéennes et syriaques locales, en essayant d’améliorer le niveau d’éducation non seulement des fidèles mais aussi du clergé. L’imprimerie dominicaine de Mossoul, créée en 1860, est l’un des principaux éléments de cet effort. Jusqu’en 1915, date de sa destruction par les Turcs, une grande quantité de livres éducatifs et religieux y sont publiés en arabe, en syriaque, en araméen, en turc et en français, contribuant ainsi largement à la renaissance des traditions chrétiennes orientales.
Le grand euchologe melkite de Jérusalem (1865)
Authors: Nassif Charbel
Published: January 2023

Faisant suite à l’euchologe grec de Benoît XIV imprimé à Rome en 1754, le grand euchologe melkite est imprimé en 1865 à Jérusalem sous la supervision du patriarche latin Joseph Valerga. À travers l’étude des correspondances relatives à l’élaboration de l’euchologe, cet article vise à évaluer le rôle de médiateur de Valerga, ainsi que son savoir liturgique. L’étude de certains rites (chirotonie du chorévêque, rite d’indulgence pour les mourants, rite du mariage, bénédiction des cierges le jour de la présentation du Christ au temple), et d’un chapitre en particulier de l’euchologe consacré aux fonctions ecclésiastiques, nous permettent de mieux saisir en quoi l’euchologe de Jérusalem est le fruit d’une collaboration entre un savoir occidental et une hiérarchie orientale catholique dans un contexte liturgique particulier oscillant entre tendance conservatrice et tendance latinisante.
Showing the cultures of the East
Authors: Jansen Willy
Published: January 2023

In 1915 the Biblical Museum near Nijmegen, the Netherlands, opened its doors to the public. Its artistic advisor was Piet Gerrits, an all-round artist and craftsman. This article discusses how the experience-based knowledge gathered by Gerrits through the Latin missions in the Middle East from 1906 to 1911 was reproduced, materialized, transmitted and transformed in the museum and the churches he decorated in the Netherlands. It also shows how his artwork was recently re-appropriated by Jordanians to restore their damaged local cultural heritage and Christian identity. In the analysis of Gerrits’s visualizations of the East in paintings, statues and architecture, three types of experience-based knowledge are distinguished and illustrated: embodied knowledge, material heritage and religious coexistence. Such an approach was not easily assimilated in Europe, as representations of intimate knowledge of everyday life in the Levant clashed with Catholic iconographic norms and the assumptions, dominant representations, and religious aims of other authorities involved.
Dominican-Iraqi scholarship and the Syro-Chaldean seminary of Mosul
Authors: Baarda Tijmen C.
Published: January 2023

The Syro-Chaldean seminary of the Dominican mission in Mosul was created in 1878 and functioned as a meeting place for knowledge production concerning the Syriac language, literature and traditions. Both local clergy and French missionaries took active part in this scholarly endeavour, the fruits of which are still widely in use by scholars today. However, while there were several important publications from Chaldean authors with the Dominican mission press before the First World War, the period after the war does not show this high degree of integration between French and local scholars. In this contribution, I will show that this rupture is related to a general change in the language policy of the Dominican mission and its seminary, where a subtle move in focus on Arabic and the other local languages to a concentration on French is visible.
Bibles for ordinary people: the British and Foreign Bible Society and Middle Eastern vernacular publishing
Authors: J. Sharkey Heather
Published: January 2023

This article studies the role and impact of a Protestant publishing mission, the
British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS), in circulating “vernacular” Bibles in the Middle East and North
Africa during the late nineteenth through mid-twentieth centuries. Working from
the premise that everyone should be able to read and understand the Bible in
their own language, the BFBS produced Bible translations in several forms of
Arabic (such as Egyptian and Algerian colloquial Arabic), Turkish, Persian, and
more, often while appealing to men and women who were barely literate. The
society’s work, which helped to stimulate new communities of readers among
Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the region, ultimately occurred within the
context of its global entanglements and reached not only local people but also
sea travelers who passed through the Suez Canal. In this way, the BFBS helped to
make the Middle East and North Africa a continuing center for the global
diffusion of Christian ideas in the century before the Suez Crisis of 1956.
Meanwhile, and in the long run, several of its Bible editions gained ex post facto significance as relics of linguistic
heritage, particularly as twentieth-century wars, migrations, and literary
shifts caused some language communities to vanish.
Conclusion
Authors: Girard Aurélien
Published: January 2023

Cette conclusion du volume souligne les apports d’un colloque novateur par sa thématique. Les cas étudiés sont resitués dans la longue expérience des missions auprès des chrétiens du Moyen-Orient. Les productions culturelles des religieux sont façonnées au prisme de l’approche missionnaire du terrain chrétien oriental. Malgré des implantations parfois précaires, les « lieux de savoirs » (écoles, bibliothèques, imprimeries, etc.) sont révélateurs de l’enracinement de ces savants. Les missionnaires participent aux entreprises de renouveau et modernisation des langues au cœur des Réveils du XIXe siècle. La réappropriation des savoirs missionnaires participe à l’invention d’identités locales ou confessionnelles, et alimente l’intérêt des chrétiens locaux pour leur patrimoine. En Occident, l’élaboration de ces savoirs s’inscrit dans des controverses religieuses et s’articule avec les catégories d’un orientalisme académique en plein essor.
The Role of the IoT and Digital Twin in the Healthcare Digitalization Process
Authors: Shah Imdad Ali , Sial Quratulain , Jhanjhi Noor Zaman , Gaur Loveleen
Published: January 2023

The ability of IoT technology to simplify the adoption of artificial intelligence is precious to consumer product companies. The robustness of consumer companies' IoT initiatives will determine whether they benefit from the rise of IoT. A well-thought-out IoT strategy and execution will improve supply chain efficiency and align products with modern, post-COVID consumer behaviour. It must be noted that the network is not only restricted to computers but also has a web of devices of various sizes and kinds, including medical instruments and industrial systems. Expert analysts put forward the inherent capabilities of IoT devices to not only communicate and exchange information but also create a starting point for new, fresh revenue sources, ignite the business foundation and business models and enhance the techniques of services that propel numerous industries and sectors.
Digital Twin in Healthcare Present and Future Scope
Authors: Thapliyal Kavita
Published: January 2023

With the massive digital innovation and adaptions, healthcare is also changing quickly to digital health care. The term ‘digital twin' refers to a wide-reaching concept that comprises the structure via amalgamating many technologies and functionalities for digital transformation in the healthcare sector. The digital twin (DT) will enable the healthcare industry to reform, enhance, and optimize comprehensive and complicated clinical trials. This chapter will feature digital twin broadly, using the 4P Medicine framework for a sustainable medical solution. DT will enable personalized, predictive, participative, and preventive medical solutions for patients of today to an improved state of patient of tomorrow by incorporating pre-specified covariate modifications.
Digital Twins Enabling Technologies, Including Artificial Intelligence, Sensors, Cloud, and Edge Computing
Authors: Sundaram Subramaniam Meenakshi , Murgod Tejaswini R , Sowmya M.
Published: January 2023

With the fast growth of big data, IoT, industrial internet, and intelligent control technology, digital twins are extensively employed as a novel form of technology in many aspects of life. Digital twins have emerged as the ideal connection between the real world of manufacturing and the digital virtual world, as well as an effective technological way of realizing the interaction and cooperation of the real and information worlds. Digital twins rely on knowledge mechanisms, digitization, and other technologies to build digital models. They use IoT and other technologies to convert data and information in the physical world into general data. Its necessity is mainly reflected in the massive data processing and system self-optimization in the digital twin ecosystem, so that the digital twin ecosystem is orderly and intelligent cloud travel, and it is the central brain of the digital twin ecosystem. The rapidly expanding digital twin market indicates that this technology is already in use across many industries and is demanded to rise at an estimated USD 48.2 billion in 2026.
Geospatial Information Based Digital Twins for Healthcare
Authors: Garg Pradeep K.
Published: January 2023

A digital twin refers to a virtual model of a process, product, or service. It is a bridge between the physical world and digital world. Due to its obvious benefits, more organizations are adopting it, particularly in medicines and healthcare. The big data can be collected through wearable sensors, GPS, images, and IoT, and analysed with AI and machine learning that can be very helpful in various aspects of health sector. The GIS improves data capture and integration, leads to better real-time visualisation, offers detailed analysis and automation of future projections, and facilitates communication and cooperation. Digital twins are very helpful in personalised healthcare, monitoring the treatment. There are, however, many challenges associated with the digital data of patients, such as digitization of health records, security of data, and real-time analysis and predication to provide efficient and economical healthcare services.
Comparison of Traditional and Green Public Transportation Vehicles in Terms of CO2 Emissions
Authors: Çelik Gizem , Yılmaz Zafer
Published: January 2023

There is a high demand in energy consumption of cities due to growth in population, and more pollution due to high CO2 emissions. Effective methods for increasing energy efficiency include the adoption of green vehicles to the transportation systems. The chapter aims to evaluate traditional public transportation technologies, introduce alternative future green transportation technologies in smart and sustainable cities, and make comparison between traditional and green public transportation systems. Istanbul is chosen to apply a case study to explain the importance of using green transportation ways in terms of CO2 emissions. The results of different transportation modes in different routes are compared. The results found for different scenarios on the routes in this case study ensure that the most eco-friendly options would be the walking, cycling, and public transportation ways for the passengers, although they may not provide the optimal solutions in terms of total duration and distance traveled.
Attractiveness of Urban Public Transport From the Point of View of Young Passengers
Authors: Kresa Zdenek , Tluchor Jan , Heyes Adam
Published: January 2023

This chapter uses the customer-oriented approach to help enhance understanding of the use of sustainable public transportation (PT) systems in urban areas to support climate change actions. It studies the views and experiences of young passengers (Generation Z) in a heavily used Central European PT system. Three surveys were conducted to study the effect of the coronavirus epidemic on the behavior of passengers. Additionally, automated passenger counting data were utilized. The surveys identified that despite the epidemic, the most important factors of customer experience were those that related to the total travel time. Findings further included the fact that the PT is starting to be used more frequently in 2022 after decline in 2020 and 2021. The decline was not caused by a massive outflow of regular passengers, but in general by passengers having fewer reasons to travel. Discussions are underway as to how to increase the attractiveness of PT systems.
A Machine Learning Approach to the Analytics of Representations of Violence in Khaled Hosseini's Novels
Authors: Elmi Abdikadir Hussein , Keikhosrokiani Pantea , Asl Moussa Pourya
Published: January 2023

Over the past two decades, literary works from Afghanistan have sought to depict the extensive and increasing level of violence directed against individuals and communities. This study aims to identify the different types of violence represented in selected literary works from the country. To this end, an artificial intelligence approach—comprised of opinion mining and hybrid machine learning models—is developed as a method of analysis. The Afghan American writer Khaled Hosseini's novels—The Kite Runner (2003), A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007), and And the Mountains Echoed (2017)—are used as primary data sources. As a theoretical framework, the study benefits from the Norwegian sociologist Johan Galtung's theory of conflict triangle—direct violence, structural violence, and cultural violence. To classify the sentiments related to types of violence in the selected novels, the study utilizes sentiment analysis and machine learning algorithms.
Applying Sentiment Analysis Techniques in Social Media Data About Threat of Armed Conflicts Using Two Times Series Models
Authors: Ibañez Marilyn Minicucci , Rosa Reinaldo Roberto , Guimarães Lamartine Nogueira Frutuoso
Published: January 2023

The growing cases of armed conflicts over the past couple of decades have dramatically affected social landscapes and people's lives across the globe, urging everyone to find ways to minimize the negative consequences of the conflicts. Social media provides an inexhaustible data source that can be used in understanding the evolution of such conflicts. This chapter focuses on Syria-USA and Iran-USA relations to presents an approach to armed conflict analysis and examines the Russia-Ukraine conflicts by performing sentiment analysis on the text dataset as well as on a vocabulary data. All conflicts generate a social media news threat time series (TTS) that is used as input to the P-model algorithm to generate the endogenous time series. The following uses the TTS and endogenous time series for both conflicts as input to the deep-learning-LSTM neural network. Finally, this chapter compares the prediction result of the Russia-Ukraine TTS analysis with the Russia-Ukraine endogenous series using the P-model algorithm.
Text Analytics of Vaccine Myths on Reddit
Authors: Shiau Ching Wong Sylvia , Tan Jing-Ru , Gan Keng Hoon , Tan Tien Ping
Published: January 2023

Widespread online misinformation that aims to convince vaccine-hesitant populations continues to threaten healthcare systems globally. Assessing features of online content including topics and sentiments against vaccines could help curb the spread of vaccine-related misinformation and allow stakeholders to draft better regulations and public policies. Using a public dataset extracted from Reddit, the authors performed text analytics including sentiment analysis, N-gram, and topic modeling to grasp the sentiments, the most popular phrases (N-grams), and topics of the subreddit. The sentiment analysis results revealed mostly positive sentiments in the subreddit's discussions. The N-gram analysis identified “cause autism” and “MMR cause autism” as the most frequent bigram and trigram. The NMF topic modeling results revealed five topics discussing different aspects of vaccines. These findings implied the significance of the ability to assess public confidence and sentiment from social media platforms to enable effective responses against the proliferation of vaccine misinformation.
Mantra and Homa Therapy
Authors: Rastogi Rohit , Chaturvedi Devendra Kumar
Published: January 2023

The anxiety, depression, and stress, along with diabetes, obesity, lack of vital power, and many other threats to human health, are the issues which humans have to face in 21st century due to modern bad lifestyles. Many medicines and scientific experiments to find the solution in new ways through pharma industries are being sought. The present manuscript not only deals the scientific aspects on these all afore said issues, but also scientifically analyzes the experiments of energy levels and Chakra energy of subjects, which were measured through pre and post of this Indian ritual. The visualizations have been measured through Kirlian energy aura meter, which quantifies the complex bio energy, energy disbalances, and Chakra energy of the individual. It is also a blend of science and spirtuality, and establishes strongly the fact that in the future, all global, physical, mental, and social problems will have a single solution; and that is Yajna and Mantra propounded by Indian Rishis.
Customer Satisfaction on Digital Banking During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Banking Customers in Sri Lanka
Authors: Gunathilaka P. A. H. S. , Rupasingha R. A. H. M.
Published: January 2023

The aim of the study is to focus on the impact of digital banking on customer satisfaction during Covid-19 pandemic. Further it investigates the factors that need to be improved in digital banking services during the Covid-19 pandemic and future. The research is based on consumer perspectives. Data is collected from banking customers through a quantitative approach and a self-designed questionnaire to evaluate the customer satisfaction on digital banking during this Covid-19 pandemic. The data was collected from banking customers in the Colombo district to know their satisfaction and a sample is around 100 bank customers. The collected data mainly targeted four factors namely performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions. Based on the analysis results, the usage of digital banking is highly increased during the Covid-19 period and customers are highly satisfied with using digital banking. It becomes a very important part of their banking activities. Some difficulties are understood like technological problems, less user-friendliness, difficulties faced by novice users when learning digital banking applications and websites, use of English in digital banking applications and websites. According to the result, customers like to continue the use of digital banking in the future after the Covid-19 period due to it converting their banking activities to easy, quick, and time-saving tasks.
Liquidity Management and Financial Performance: Evidence from Listed Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria
Authors: Usman S. , Ahmed A. , Bawuro F. A.
Published: January 2023

The study explored the impact of liquidity management on financial performance of listed deposit money banks in Nigeria. The population of this study comprises all the listed Deposit Money Banks on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) as at 31st December, 2020, which constitutes Sixteen (16) Banks. Fourteen (14) Banks were emerged as sample after two (2) were filtered out based on some criteria. Data were collected from the annual reports and accounts of the sample Banks for the period of the study. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation and multiple regression technique. The findings of the study revealed that Liquidity ratio (LR) has positive and significant impact on the financial performance of listed Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria. The finding further shows that cash reserve ratio (CRR) is negative and significantly related to the financial performance of listed Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria. Finally, the finding shows that Loan to debt ratio (LDR) has a positive but insignificant relationship with financial performance of listed Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria. The study therefore, concludes that Liquidity ratio and Loan to deposit ratio have an impact in influencing the financial performance of listed DMB’s in Nigeria. It is therefore recommended that the listed DMBs should pay attention on their liquidity by increasing its level through prudent spending, aggressive deposit and debt recovery. Regulatory agencies such as Nigerian Deposit insurance commission (NDIC), Central bank of Nigeria and the Board of directors should mandate the increase in percentage of loans that DMB’s give to customers so as to increase their performance.
The Impact of Individuals’ Perception on Financial Inclusion in Low–Income Families: A Review
Authors: Werake W. M. M. S.
Published: January 2023

The aim of this paper was to review existing literature on the impact of customer and manager perception on financial inclusion among low-income populations around the globe. Using a thematic approach, it reviewed more than fifty research papers. The review has shown that customer perceptions primarily focus on convenience, speed, ease of use, reliability, Quality of core services, procedure, and security. The review also identified that most bank branch managers had overall negative attitudes regarding poor people. Bank managers believed that lending to the poor carries high risks, and nearly all associated the poor with high-level loan diversion. The review suggests that strategies are needed to set priorities and coordinate overall approaches to expanding financial inclusion.
Joint Injury, Osteoarthritis, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Former National Football League Athletes: An NFL-LONG Study
Authors: Kuenze Christopher , Pietrosimone Brian , Currie Katharine D. , Walton Samuel R. , Kerr Zachary Y. , Brett Benjamin L. , Chandran Avinash , DeFreese J. D. , Mannix Rebekah , Echemendia Ruben J. , McCrea Michael , Guskiewicz Kevin M. , Meehan William P.
Published: January 2023

Context

Individuals with lower extremity osteoarthritis (OA) have a 25% greater risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than those without OA. The prevalence of traumatic joint injuries among National Football League (NFL) players exposes these athletes to an elevated risk for OA and potentially a greater risk of cardiovascular risk factors (CRFs) and CVD.

Objectives

To examine the associations between a history of lower extremity joint injury, lower extremity OA, and the prevalence of CRFs and CVD among former NFL athletes.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Patients or Other Participants

Former NFL players completed a comprehensive health questionnaire that was used in an ongoing study, the Neurologic Function Across the Lifespan: A Prospective, Longitudinal, and Translational Study for Former NFL Players (NFL-LONG). A subsample of 1738 former players reported lifetime medical diagnoses including CVD or CRFs.

Main Outcome Measure(s)

Crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (PRsadj) characterized the associations between CVD or CRFs and injury, OA diagnosis, or both among athletes who reported (1) no history of lower extremity joint injury or surgery and no diagnosed OA, (2) a history of lower extremity joint injury or surgery and no diagnosed OA, and (3) a history of lower extremity joint injury or surgery and diagnosed OA.

Results

Neither a history of lower extremity joint injury (PRadj = 1.34; 95% CI = 0.86, 2.07) nor a history of lower extremity joint injury and diagnosed OA (PRadj = 1.41; 95% CI = 0.89, 2.25) was significantly associated with CVD. However, CRFs were 30% and 53% more prevalent in former players with lower extremity joint injury and no diagnosed OA (PRadj = 1.30; 95% CI = 1.12, 1.50) and those with lower extremity joint injury and diagnosed OA (PRadj = 1.53; 95% CI = 1.31, 1.78), respectively, versus athletes with no history of either condition.

Conclusions

The prevalence of CRFs was highest among former NFL athletes with a history of lower extremity joint injury and diagnosed OA. These findings provide insight regarding the potential pathways to chronic diseases that may be initiated by joint injury early in life.
Psychosocial Roots of Stress During Pregnancy
Authors: Asha K V
Published: January 2023

Background:

Pregnancy being an epoc of transition demanding heaps of remodeling and at the same time imbalance of which give rise to antenatal stress. As gestational stress is a considerable antecedent of detrimental pregnancy outcome, it is noteworthy to identify its contributing factors. The objective of the study was to determine the psychosocial factors associated with antenatal stress.

Materials and Methods:

Quantitative approach with a cross-sectional design was used to study the association between psychosocial factors and stress of pregnancy. Setting of the investigation was antenatal clinics of government hospitals at Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala. The data were collected from 704 women in the gestational span of 20–24 weeks using Antenatal Psychosocial Stress Scale and structured interview schedule.

Results:

Bivariate analysis revealed that there is a statistically significant association between high stress and high fear of labor pain (odds ratio [OR] = 1.85, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.12–3.08) as well as anxiety regarding gender of baby (OR = 2.12, CI: 1.31–3.41).

Conclusion:

The present study revealed that heightened fear of labor pain and anxiety regarding gender of baby are the significant factors associated with antenatal stress. The study highlights the need of childbirth preparation classes attached to antenatal clinics. It also suggests the demand for abolishing gender preferences prevailing in the community.
Repeat Lamellar Keratoplasty Treatment for Positive Rim Lamellar Keratoplasty
Authors: Alferyan Yazeed A. , Almutlak Mohammed A. , Alobaidan Abdullah S. , Alsaif Faisal F.
Published: January 2023

A case describes repeat lamellar keratoplasty (LKP) as a treatment for positive rim of Candida glabrata LKP. As have postulated in the literature, having positive rim is a substantial risk factor for a developing fungal keratitis. Different management approaches of fungal keratitis over a corneal graft have used. Herein, we provide a description of the clinical findings, management approach and used surgical technique with review of the literature.
Global null-controllability for stochastic semilinear parabolic equations
Authors: Hernández-Santamaría Víctor , Le Balc’h Kévin , Peralta Liliana
Published: January 2023

In this paper we prove the small-time global null-controllability of forward (respectively
backward) semilinear stochastic parabolic equations with globally Lipschitz nonlinearities in the
drift and the diffusion terms (respectively in the drift term). In particular, we solve the open question
posed by S. Tang and X. Zhang in 2009. We propose a new twist on a classical strategy for
controlling linear stochastic systems. By employing a new refined Carleman estimate, we obtain a
controllability result in a weighted space for a linear system with source terms. The main novelty
here is that the Carleman parameters are made explicit and are then used in a Banach fixed point
method. This allows us to circumvent the well-known problem of the lack of compactness embeddings
for the solutions spaces arising in the study of controllability problems for stochastic PDEs.
All finitely generated 3-manifold groups are Grothendieck rigid
Authors: Sun Hongbin
Published: January 2023

In this paper, we prove that all finitely generated

3

-manifold groups are Grothendieck rigid. More precisely, for any finitely generated

3

-manifold group

G

and any finitely generated proper subgroup

H<G

, we show that the inclusion induced homomorphism

\widehat{i}\colon \widehat{H}\to \widehat{G}

on profinite completions is not an isomorphism.
A short proof of the localization formula for the loop space Chern character of spin manifolds
Authors: Ludewig Matthias , Yi Zelin
Published: January 2023

In this note, we give a short proof of the localization formula for the loop space Chern character of a compact Riemannian spin manifold

M

, using the rescaled spinor bundle on the tangent groupoid associated to

M

.
Design and Development of an Internationally Applicable Educational Video to Increase Community Awareness in Regions with High Prevalence of Melioidosis and Diabetes
Authors: Maisrikrod Shalisa C. , Currie Mathew , Govan Brenda L. , Norton Robert E. , Currie Bart J. , Ketheesan Natkunam , Mayo Mark
Published: January 2023

Melioidosis is a neglected tropical disease that causes high morbidity and mortality. Public health awareness is essential for both prevention and early detection of the infection. This project aimed to develop an internationally applicable educational tool to increase community awareness in regions with high prevalence of diabetes and melioidosis. The animation was created with international collaboration. Sixty-four delegates from different cultural backgrounds participated in the survey to evaluate the animation. Feedback was positive, with 85% agreeing that they would use this video for public education and 82% agreeing that the video was culturally appropriate to them in the context of their region. The animation was refined after feedback. To supplement the 3-minute animation, a 13-minute film footage of interviews with clinicians, researchers and patients was also created. These materials have been made available online through the International Melioidosis Network and can be readily downloaded or subtitled in any language using publicly available software, demonstrating the utility of developing low-cost adaptable health education material targeted for widespread use internationally
À volta das crónicas
Authors: Nunes Correia Clara , Coutinho Antónia
Published: January 2023

Na vasta bibliografia de Jasmina Markič encontramos uma preocupação constante em apresentar trabalhos sobre formas e construções, presentes em diferentes línguas, que se caracterizam por basearem a sua análise em suportes textuais. Neste artigo, a partir do estudo do sequenciamento de formas e construções gramaticais presentes em crónicas, procuramos demonstrar de que forma as diferentes construções gramaticais são responsáveis ​​pelas características que permitem a individualização dos textos que se inscrevem sob esta etiqueta. Nesta análise, focamo-nos, assim, nas relações que se definem entre os diferentes tópicos gramaticais no estudo de diferentes textos, ativando nesta discussão os conceitos de género textual, de plano de texto e de tipos discursivos.
Los adjuntos en la construcción del significado verbal
Authors: Miguel Aparicio Elena de
Published: January 2023

Este trabajo investiga cómo intervienen los adjuntos en la construcción del significado verbal, y por qué, dado que se consideran constituyentes no seleccionados por el verbo. El estudio se centra en un conjunto de expresiones polisémicas, en las que una misma acepción del verbo en combinación con un mismo complemento recibe más de una interpretación. La hipótesis que aquí se defiende asume los presupuestos del modelo del Lexicón Generativo (Pustejovsky 1995), en concreto, el de la infraespecificación de las entradas léxicas y su especificación en los distintos contextos por medio de la operación de mecanismos de concordancia de rasgos sub-léxicos de las palabras en combinación. El análisis que se propone considera que los adjuntos verbales son predicados que seleccionan fragmentos de contenido de la definición infraespecificada de los verbos y, al hacerlo, especifican su significado, con dos consecuencias: los predicados ambiguos dejan de serlo y los predicados redundantes pasan a ser informativamente relevantes. La propuesta da cuenta de una serie de fenómenos que la sintaxis no ha conseguido explicar y que no se han puesto previamente en relación, y proporciona una imagen más inclusiva sobre la construcción del significado verbal, en la que la participación de los adjuntos es fundamental.
A autoria docente em currículos de matemática desinvisibilizados: práticas de extensão e pesquisa
Authors: Valle Julio César Augusto do
Published: January 2023

Neste texto, apresentamos duas maneiras como temos mobilizado a orientação teórico-metodológica desenvolvida a partir da Sociologia das Ausências e das Emergências no sentido de desinvisibilizar, tornar públicos, currículos de matemática pensadospraticados por docentes da Educação Básica, reconhecendo e fortalecendo a autoria docente. A primeira prática descrita, vinculada à pesquisa, consiste na busca, identificação e mapeamento de práticas emancipatórias de ensino de matemática em festivais de vídeos digitais. A segunda, desenvolvida como projeto de pesquisa-extensão, consiste em nosso esforço em identificar e mapear, constituindo um panorama, de currículos de matemática pensadospraticados por docentes que atuam na Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA) em diferentes contextos e territórios brasileiros.
Myth, Enchantment and Psychological Astrology
Authors: Andrikopoulos Laura
Published: January 2023

James Hillman's archetypal psychology aimed to take psyche out of the consulting room and back to the cosmos, through cultivation of a mythical consciousness that recognises all reality as symbolic and metaphorical. A life-long lover of astrology, Hillman has been identified as a reformer from within psychological astrology, with his archetypal perspective offering potential for a re- enchanted expression of the subject. However, earlier varieties of psychological astrology, which have been labelled as disenchanting, show a strong concern with mythology. This paper examines what difference there is, if any, in the role and function of mythology in different twentieth-century psychological astrologies and the relationship between such use and characterisations of (dis)enchantment.
Rediscovering Revolutionary Socialism in America:
Authors: Stratford Will
Published: January 2023

This article examines the pre-World War I editorials of America’s first Socialist con- gressman, Victor Berger, in order to recover the lost history of early twentieth-century American socialism from the obscuring lenses of Progressivism, Populism, anarchism, scientism, Soviet Communism, and American Exceptionalism. As I argue, talk of a Second Gilded Age today overlooks the vastly different roles “socialism” has played in the respective discourses. Rather than fighting for a stronger national welfare state, even the most conservative Socialists like Wisconsin Representative Victor Berger campaigned for the abolition of wage labour and the overthrow of global capitalism. Recognizing Populism’s failure to preserve its political independence as a working-class movement, Berger, like Debs, proposed that the working class should organize itself under the banner of a socialist party to take state power. In order to link the forma- tion of mass parties like the Socialist Party of America to a totalizing philosophy of history and international political revolution, Berger drew from Second-International Marxist dialogue in which it was enmeshed, not indigenous American traditions. The prolific editorial career of Victor Berger, head of the largest English-language socialist daily in the country, demonstrates how pre-war American Socialists did not merely “translate” Second-International Marxism but rather made up a constitutive part of its transatlantic development.
The “Prussian Way” versus the “Third Road”
Authors: Erös Vilmos
Published: January 2023

The following article analyses the pivotal moments that allowed Marxist-Stalinist his- toriography became the official approach in the Hungarian historical profession in the late 1940s. One of the main targets of Communist/Marxist historians were István Szabó (1898–1969), a professor at the University of Debrecen, and his followers, who were under continuous attack from Marxist historians. It will be argued here that the main motivation behind these attacks was the fact that István Szabó challenged the “master-narrative” of contemporary Hungarian Marxist historiography, namely the concept of “second serfdom,” which was also linked to a conception of the develop- ment of the Hungarian economy and Hungarian society that had “turned away” from the development of Western Europe and followed an Eastern-European path instead. Szabó challenged this account, and instead argued for Hungary’s “transitional” posi- tion between Western and Eastern Europe. His ambition was to offer a “alternative third road” between capitalism and socialism. In this endeavour, he relied heavily on the legacy of the so-called “populist” writers and thinkers of the interwar period (such as László Németh, István Bibó, István Hajnal).
Intravenous high dose vitamin C and ozonated saline effective treatment for Covid -19: The Evolution of Local Standard of Care
Authors:   MD, Physician, Integrative and Internal Medicine, Living Waters Regenerative Medicine Center, Gulf Breeze, Florida, Viglione Deborah , Thorp James A ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Sisters of St. Mary’s Health System, St. Louis, MO
Published: January 2023

An effective protocol for COVID-19 treatment was started at an internal medicine clinic in Gulf Breeze, FL and began with a local group of physicians using best practices from review of all the literature including the Sars CoV-1 at the turn of this century. There are limited studies on the early outpatient treatment of COVID-19 using intravenous-ozonated saline. The purpose of this report is to describe our experience.
ЭКОНОМЕТРИЧЕСКИЙ АНАЛИЗ ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТИ ПРОГРАММЫ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЙ ПОДДЕРЖКИ СЕЛЬСКОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА В КАЛИНИНГРАДСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ
Authors: Зверева А. П. , Носова О. Е. , Скоробогатых Е. Ю.
Published: January 2023

В статье представлены результаты исследования эффективности государственной

программы "Развитие сельского хозяйства" в Калининградской области; в качестве метода

исследования предложен эконометрический анализ зависимости результатов хозяйственной

деятельности сельскохозяйственных предприятий от объемов государственного субсидирования; на основе построенных эконометрических моделей проведен регрессионнокорреляционный анализ эффективности распределения финансовых средств по основным

направлениям программы государственной поддержки сельского хозяйства области.