bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Представления о совести у студентов с разной степенью выраженности психопатологической симптоматики
Authors: Мустафина Лилия Шаукатовна
Published: January 2022

Исследование направлено на выявление различий в представлениях студентов о совести в зависимости от степени выраженности у них психопатологической симптоматики. Предполагается, что у студентов с выраженной психопатологической симптоматикой сильнее проявится негативная установка в отношении к феномену совести, чем у студентов с минимальными психопатологическими проявлениями. Используется Опросник выраженности психопатологической симптоматики (Simptom Check List-90-r-Revised, SCL-90-R) и авторская анкета определения социальных представлений о совести. Выборку составляют 109 студентов московских ВУЗов, которые разделены на 2 группы: респонденты с минимальными проявлениями психопатологической симптоматики и респонденты с высокой степенью выраженности психопатологической симптоматики. Гипотеза исследования: социальные представления студентов о совести имеют специфику в зависимости от интенсивности психопатологической симптоматики, а именно: у респондентов с выраженной психопатологической симптоматикой сильнее проявится негативная валентность в отношении к феномену совести, чем у респондентов с минимальными психопатологическими проявлениями. Результаты показали, что студенты с высокой степенью выраженности психопатологической симптоматики статистически чаще соглашаются с негативными представлениями о совести. Тем самым, текущее эмпирическое исследование подтверждает, что психологическое здоровье взаимосвязано с нравственными установками личности и, вероятнее всего, является одним из необходимых условий нравственности человека, как и наоборот, стойкие нравственные ориентиры помогают личности сохранить психическое и психологическое здоровье в сложных жизненных ситуациях.
Late Gothic (Antwerp) Mannerism: its Origins, Nature and Decline (a Review of the Literature)
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Demchuk Stefaniia
Published: January 2022

This essay does not strive to give a comprehensive review of literature on Antwerp Mannerism, but rather to summarize the focal points of discussions and to outline key roadmaps for further studies. The majority of scholars consider Antwerp Mannerism as a late Gothic style influenced by Italian Quattrocento. Its genesis, however, remains a subject of hot debates. If Hoogewerff argued on the German origins, Vandenbroeck attributed it to an inflow of provincial artists. Whatever were the origins, Expressionist shapes were not inherent to the early Netherlandish painting and the attempt to fuse them with ‘realism’ of the Flemish Primitives seemed a revolutionary breakthrough following the pictorial crisis of the 1480s. Despite a rift in chronology, Antwerp Mannerism has irrefutable similarities with the later Italian Mannerism. Thus exploration of the intellectual and religious context of early sixteenth-century Antwerp art similar to Max Dvořák’s approach can be another direction for further research of the Italian and Spanish Mannerism. The subject matter of Antwerp Mannerist art, too, remains largely unexplored. Dan Ewing’s breakthrough essay showed that the changes in iconography (such as reinvention of the well-known subject) could mark shifts in identity. By no means they are merely ‘anecdotic’ as Paul Philippot stated. What subjects were popular beyond the Adoration of the Magi and why? Were there any secular subjects? How did the iconography of Antwerp art reflect the intersection of different Netherlandish schools of art? How did later artists incorporate the pictorial inventions of the Antwerp Mannerists? Finding an answer to these and similar questions can provide a rich context for further studies on this ‘contrived’ but unique style.
Visual materials of the journal „Shliakh do zdorovia” („Path to Health”) as a tool of an anti-tuberculosis campaign in the Ukrainian SSR (in the 1920s): Education and propaganda.
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Adamska Iryna
Published: January 2022

After the Bolsheviks had come to power in Ukraine, they faced a number of social problems to be solved. One of them was the significant spread of tuberculosis. To fight the infectious diseases a special information campaign was launched at pages of various periodicals, including a popular-science journal, „Shliakh do zdorovia„(„Path to Health”), established by the People’s Commissariat for Health in 1925 and subsequently published by the same institution. The journal reflected the official policy in the struggle against tuberculosis. It included visual materials to facilitate the public absorbing information. As such, it became an important tool in the anti-tuberculosis campaign. Simultaneously, like all other periodicals, this journal was an instrument of agitation and propaganda activities of the Bolsheviks. The article depicts the reasons why an active information campaign against tuberculosis was launched. It also clarifies the role which visual materials played in the anti-tuberculosis campaign carried out in "Shliakh do zdorovia" as well as it shows top directions of this campaign alongside with main topics raised by the authors of the articles published in the journal. Finally, it compares the level of educational and propaganda component in each direction and in the information campaign as a whole. The results of the study indicate that within the Bolsheviks' anti-tuberculosis campaign three main directions can be distinguished: 1) explanation, why there were a significant number of people suffering from tuberculosis in the Ukrainian SSR; 2) explanation, why the disease had been spreading further; 3) presentation of the initiatives which Soviet authorities had taken on to overcome tuberculosis. To show specific problems in each of these fields as well as actions raised by Soviet authorities to solve them, visual materials were actively used. Thus, political and ideological components often came to the fore, even though the very problem of tuberculosis was medical.
The concept of a bullfight in the painting cycle «Ole!» by Les Podervianskyi
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Kalenska Inna
Published: January 2022

The review of Les Podervianskyi’s exhibition “Ole!”, which was presented at the Dymchuk Gallery in Kyiv in autumn 2021, focuses on the concept of bullfighting as a universal artistic plot. Many artists of different generations, including such eminent as P. Picasso or F. Goya, have repeatedly reproduced the bullfight, as a phenomenon of Spanish culture, in their artworks. Recently, some contemporary Ukrainian artists have turned to the symbolism and aesthetics of this Spanish plot, which is evidenced by the appearance of thematic exhibitions, including “Ole!” The text considers the phenomenon of L. Podervianskyi’s personality as an artist in the context of the history of contemporary Ukrainian art. It analyzed the variations of interpretations of torero and bull images from the standpoint of bullfighting philosophy, which allows us to comprehend the metaphorical depiction of the Spanish traditional battle in painting. The presented series of paintings is considered from different angles: 1) color and compositional solution; 2) the matador and the bull as multi-valued symbols of the universal plot; 3) the system of the exhibition project in the gallery space. One of the highlights is on the connection between text and image, in particular in the combination of the title and the image itself. Separately, it is covered the topic of Japanese culture, which is one of the central ones in L. Podervianskyi’s work: similar features in the construction of Japanese poetry and compositional techniques in painting are analyzed; the interchangeability of the use of bullfighting and kung fu plots as an artistic technique is explained. Mixing and layering the Ukrainian experience of the artist, images of the bullfighter and the bull and Japanese traditions creates a new system in the artistic dimension, in which the confrontation between the individual and the external world and the inner self becomes the central point.
Experimental Study of PaaS, Its Implementation Methods and Advantages and Challenges
Authors: Ghazaly Nouby Mahdy
Published: January 2022

This paper will explain the concept of PaaS in detail. PaaS is platform as a service. With the help of cloud computing, there are vendors who will provide platform like hardware and software online to be used by the employees of the business or organisation. The business can send their requirements to the vendor who will provide platform as a service to them based on per service charge basis. The paper will explain types of PaaS, Characteristics. Advantages and challenges in implementation of PaaS.
To the question of differentiated therapy of urination disfunctions in multiple sclerosis patients
Authors: Kuzmina S. V. , Zaslavsky L. G. , Kuzmin I. V.
Published: January 2022

37 patients with multiple sclerosis who had complaints of urination disfunction have been investigated according to Poser criteria. On the basis of clinical and urometric studies (urofluometry) three main disfunctions of urinary bladder were determined. According to the type of urinary tract disfunctions a combination of medicinal preparations had been used. In a month patients of all the three groups had a significant improvement. In patients of the 1-st group urination frequency decreased by 35%, of the 2nd group by 34% and the quantity of residual urine reduced by 48%. In patients of the 3rd group quantity of residual urine came close to a norm, being decreased by 55%.
Kazan journal "Neurological Bulletin" named after V.M. Bekhterev turns 110
Authors: Ismagilov M. F.
Published: January 2022

In January 1893, the medical community in Russia received a new medical journal. It was "Neurological Bulletin", published in Kazan under the editorship of V.M. Bekhterev (Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Kazan University) as the organ of the Society of Neuropathologists and Psychiatrists. Having created one of the first in Russia (1892) society of neuropathologists and psychiatrists in Kazan, V.M. Bekhterev devoted a significant place to his publishing activity. According to the enlightenment of the outstanding scientist, the journal was to become (and has become such!) The main spokesman and conductor of his idea of ​​the unity of neurosciences, an incentive for their development, mutual enrichment and unification of various directions of scientists around the problems of neurology.
Lower jaw reconstruction using a vascularized bone graft is the main stage of complex rehabilitation of a child with lower jaw osteoblastoclastoma
Authors: Semyonov Mikhail G. , Golyana Sergey I. , Michalov Vasily V. , Afonichev Konstantin A. , Fillippova Olga V. , Stepanova Yulia V.
Published: January 2022

BACKGROUND: Jaw bone benign tumors and dysplasia in childhood often have an aggressive growth pattern, which requires early radical operations. Uneven growth and changing morphological characteristics of the childs dentofacial apparatus imply stage-by-stage bone and plastic surgery in the maxillofacial region.
CLINICAL CASE: The paper presents a clinical observation of the medical rehabilitation of a patient from 5 to 24 years old with lower jaw osteoblastoclastoma following our proposed algorithm.
DISCUSSION: The presented clinical observation demonstrates all the main stages of medical rehabilitation of a child with a benign lower jaw neoplasm. Along with timely and fully operative neoplasm removal, rational dental prosthetics, and dispensary observation with X-ray diagnostics play an important role in the childs growth period. All these measures were important to prevent a possible neoplasm recurrence, partially maintain the masticatory function for the growth period, and avoid secondary postoperative dental apparatus deformities. The age of repeated surgery to replace the titanium structure with autosteal tissue depends on the individual characteristics of patients. The operation can be performed, in some cases, starting from age 1617 years.
CONCLUSIONS: Successful treatment of children with benign neoplasms of the lower jaw after post-resection defects is a complex multi-stage process of medical rehabilitation, of which the completion, most often, passes into the adult period.
BWM VE BULANIK TODIM YÖNTEMLERİ İLE PERAKENDE SEKTÖRÜNDE TEDARİKÇİ SEÇİMİNİN GERÇEKLEŞTİRİLMESİ
Authors: KARAKIŞ Engin
Published: January 2022

Yoğun rekabetin yaşandığı perakende sektöründe tedarikçi ilişkileri yönetimi, stok yönetiminden çalışma sermayesi yönetimine kadar pek çok konuda etkili olmaktadır. Bu bakımdan tedarikçi ilişkileri yönetimi ve tedarikçi seçimi, işletmeler için son derece önemlidir. Sektörde dayanıksız ürün çeşitliliği nedeniyle, düşük maliyetle ürün sağlama yanında esneklik ve hız sağlayabilecek tedarikçilerle çalışmak önemlidir. Kalite, maliyet, hız ve esneklik gibi özelliklerin çok önemli olduğu perakende sektöründe doğru tedarikçi ile çalışmak işletmelere rakipleri karşısında önemli stratejik üstünlükler sağlamaktadır. Tedarikçi seçimi, çok sayıda nitel ve nicel kriterin etkili olduğu, çok kriterli bir karar problemidir. Bu çalışmada yerel bir perakende firmasında tedarikçi seçimini kolaylaştırmak için bütünleşik bir karar modeli önerilmektedir. Önerilen modelde Best Worst Method(BWM) ile tedarikçi seçiminde etkili olan kriterlerin önem ağırlıkları belirlenmiş ve Bulanık TODIM(TOmada de Decisão Iterativa Multicritério) yöntemi ile alternatifler değerlendirilmiştir. Analiz sonuçlarına göre önerilen karar modelinin tedarikçi seçiminde uygulanabilir olduğu görülmüştür.
DIALECT PROCESS AND REGIONAL CHINESE LANGUAGE VARIETIES IN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Authors:   Moscow City University, Kurdyumov Vladimir А.
Published: January 2022

В процессе комплексной подготовки обучаемый-китаист должен не только сосредоточиться на изучении языка путунхуа, но и знать закономерности формирования региональных вариантов и, в идеале, слышать и переводить эти варианты, уметь говорить на них. В русле предикационной концепции языка в статье рассматривается понятие диалектного процесса, описываются фонетические особенности и ряд общих детерминант современного языка гоюй.
“THE DETECTIVE WORLD” MAGAZINE: AN IMPORTANT LINK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DETECTIVE GENRE IN CHINA
Authors:   Saint-Petersburg State University, Mitkina Evgenia I.
Published: January 2022

В начале ХХ века в Китае появились переводы зарубежных детективов, пользовавшиеся большой популярностью. Китайские авторы начали пробовать писать свои произведения этого жанра. Издатели активно публиковали их в отдельных рубриках. В 1923 году издатель Шэнь Чжифан решил основать журнал, который целиком был посвящен детективам — «Мир детектива» (Чжэньтань шицзе, 侦探世界). В журнале было много рубрик, в которых авторы размещали свои произведения по категориям, а потом из этого разнообразия читатель мог выбрать то, что ему по душе. Также в журнале публиковали статьи, посвященные самому жанру, различным профессиональным знаниям, разным интересным фактам, имевшим место в ходе расследований, а также статьи, представлявшие читателям зарубежные произведения детективного жанра. Несмотря на то, что журнал про-существовал всего год, он стал заметным явлением на литературной арене того времени и настоящей вехой в развитии и популяризации детективного жанра в Китае.
THE EVOLUTION OF CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY AT THE CURRENT STAGE
Authors:   Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Hovhannisyan Arusyak L.
Published: January 2022

В статье рассматривается эволюция стратегии внешней политики Китая и дискуссия китайских ученых о возможности перехода с традиционной стратегии «сдерджанности» («таогуан янхуэй») к новой стратегии «стремления к достижениям» («фэньфа ю вэй»), основываясь на материалах статей китайских ученых по дан-ной проблематике. Приводятся основные характеристики новой внешнеполитической стратегии и ее особенности для Китая как возвышающейся державы. Ос-новная цель статьи — проследить развитие китайской внешнеполитической стратегии на современном этапе. В статье определяются ее истоки и возможное развитие в будущем, в том числе через призму дискуссий в Китае о необходимости перехода со ставшей традиционной для КНР стратегии «таогуан янхуэй» к новой стратегии. Уделяется внимание также рискам, к которым может привести новая, более проактивная политика, особенно в регионе Восточной Азии.
"Tu trembles, carcasse"… Jorge Semprún y la vivencia de la tortura
Authors: Rodríguez Varela Rita
Published: January 2022

Jorge Semprún es una de las figuras clave del siglo XX, no solo por su protagonismo en los diferentes sucesos históricos de la época, sino también por el gran legado artístico y testimonial que dejó con su extensa obra. Si bien existen gran cantidad de estudios concernientes a su experiencia en el exilio, en los campos de concentración nazi o en la lucha contra el franquismo, este artículo tiene como objetivo abordar un aspecto menos conocido: la experiencia de la tortura. A través de su última obra, Exercices de survie (2012), se estudiarán elementos clave como la diferencia entre el saber abstracto y la vivencia, la revuelta e independización del cuerpo y la importancia de la fraternidad, gran fuente de fortaleza.
GALLOSO CAMACHO, M. V. y MARTÍN CAMACHO M. (2021). "Diccionario de onubensismos. Patrimonio lingüístico de Huelva para su conservación y enseñanza". Huelva: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Huelva, 2021, 1.ª ed., 274 pp., ISBN 978-84-18628-55-9
Authors: De Santiago Guervós Javier
Published: January 2022

GALLOSO CAMACHO, M. V. y MARTÍN CAMACHO M. (2021). "Diccionario de onubensismos. Patrimonio lingüístico de Huelva para su conservación y enseñanza". Huelva: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Huelva, 2021, 1.ª ed., 274 pp., ISBN 978-84-18628-55-9.
To lecture or not to lecture, that is the question! Modern medical and nursing students' perceptions regarding lectures and lecture attendance at the University of Ottawa
Authors: El Bialy Safaa , Jay Mohammad , Hebert Yamilee , Manhas Neraj , Karol Dalia
Published: January 2022

Lecture has historically been a core method used for content delivery in healthcare profession education. However, lecture attendance has decreased within the recent generations of students. The current study focus was to assess the medical and nursing students’ perceptions regarding lecture attendance. To assist with this, second year medical (110/320) and nursing students (95/215) were requested to answer a 10-item survey. The results show that the top reasons why medical and nursing students attended lectures, respectively included: “lectures were mandatory” (81.8% and 68.8%), “socializing with peers” (68.2% and 30.1%), and “professor emphasized important points” (67.3% and 90.3%).  While some reasons for students not attending lectures were that the lecture format was not effective (63.5% and 67.7%), students preferred to use recordings of the lectures (43.3% and 18.1%). Overall, 64.6% of medical students and 63.4% of nursing students agree that traditional lectures are an effective way of learning.  Sixty two percent of medical students (62% n=68) of medical students stated that traditional lectures is their preferred method of learning compared to flipped classroom (27%), small group learning (30%), and online learning (31%). While (39%) of nursing students stated that traditional lectures is their preferred method of learning compared to flipped classroom (21.5% ), small group learning (3.2%), and online learning (7.4%). The results suggest that there is variability in students’ preferred learning style. While some prefer the face-to-face interaction with the professor, other students favour studying at their own pace. The majority of medical and nursing students think traditional lectures continue to play a major educational role.
Cognitive Thought Stopping Therapy Towards Depression and Control Negative Thoughts in Post-Stroke Patients
Authors: Sutinah Sutinah
Published: January 2022

Background: Stroke is the third leading cause of mortality worldwide after coronary heart disease and cancer in developed and developing countries. Psychosocial therapy is important to reduce depression levels and control negative thoughts of post-stroke patients. Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of cognitive thoughts stopping therapy to decrease the levels of depression and increase the ability to control negative thoughts in post-stroke clients. Methods: This study used a quasi-experimental research design. A purposive sampling technique was used with 48 of the total sample. Result: Wilcoxon test results for cognitive thought-stopping therapy (CTST) showed p=0.003; cognitive therapy (CT) showed p=0.003, and thought stopping (TS) showed p=0.002. It indicated that in each treatment group, there were significant differences. Meanwhile, the Kruskal Wallis test showed that the posttest om depression showed p=0.001, Wilcoxon for CTST showed p=0.002, CT showed p=0.003, and thought stopping (TS) showed p=0.002, indicating that in each treatment group, there were significant differences. The Kruskal Wallis test showed that the posttest on the ability to control negative thoughts showed p=0.000. Conclusion: The results showed an effect of therapy on depression levels and the ability to control negative thoughts. Hospitals can implement this study's results to develop mental health services, especially for stroke clients.
The Effectiveness of Post-Stroke Patient Care Education Intervention in Stroke Caregivers: A Literature Review
Authors: Rumiati Rumiati - , Kariasa I Made , Waluyo Agung
Published: January 2022

Background: Educational interventions about stroke have been carried out by the health workers, one of which is by the nurse. However, the majority of the interventions focus more on the stroke patients than the stroke caregivers. Meanwhile, post-stroke patient care education interventions are urgently needed by the caregivers. Therefore, the author intends to review current literature about post-stroke patient care education interventions on stroke caregivers. Objective: This literature review aims to identify the effectiveness, methods, and impacts of daily care educational interventions for post-stroke patients on stroke caregivers. Methods: The method utilized was by analyzing online databases about the related topics from reputable sources.  Seven articles that met the inclusions criteria considering Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) and Quasi-experimental design, time of publication, and English full text were obtained, and the results were presented. Result: Educational intervention could be carried out by several methods, including direct education at the patient's bedside, lectures followed by questions and answers, and booklets, home visits or telephone follow-up. Educational interventions could improve caregiver knowledge and skills in providing daily care for post-stroke patients, reduce burdens, reduce anxiety and improve the caregiver's quality of life. Educational interventions also positively impacted post-stroke patients, including improving the quality of life, functional abilities and the ability to do daily activities (ADL), reducing cognitive impairment, anxiety, and depression.Conclusion: Daily care education interventions for post-stroke patients can reduce the burden on the caregiver, either physical, psychological or social burdens.
Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on the blood donation and utilization and strategies adopted to combat it in a tertiary care center of Jammu province
Authors: Dutt Neeti , Sharma Sushil , Sidhu Meena
Published: January 2022

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has major implications for blood transfusion. There are uncertain patterns of demand, and transfusion institutions need to plan for reductions in donations and loss of crucial staff because of sickness and public health restrictions. A range of strategies need to be planned to maintain ongoing equitable access to blood for transfusion during the pandemic, in addition to providing new therapies such as convalescent plasma. The main role of transfusion institutions during this period, is the monitoring of supply and demand so that sufficient blood stocks are maintained to support ongoing critical needs. The main aim of our study was to study the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on blood transfusion services (BTS) and to identify the challenges faced by our blood center and mitigation strategies adopted to combat it.Methods: Total number of donations and total number of blood and its components issued were noted from the donor and issue registers respectively, both during the pre-COVID and COVID-19 pandemic and the results were compared thereafter. Various strategies were adopted during the COVID pandemic in order to maintain balance between demand and supply of blood and its products.Results: There has been sudden decrease in the number of blood donations in the month of April 2020 (35%) in the COVID pandemic as compared to pre-COVID time with percentage difference of 65%. This was followed by gradual decrease in the no. of donations in COVID pandemic when compared with donations in the pre-COVID time. The percentage difference in blood donation gradually improved over a period of time from 65% in April 2020 to 7% in April 2021. Similarly, no. of blood units issued also decreased from 1147 in April 2019 to 553 units in April 2020.Conclusions: The BTS need to provide an uninterrupted blood supply, and this stays true even in the face of a pandemic. The plan of action has to be started early so that the supply can be maintained and monitored effectively. Health-care workers being one of the main pillars in the fight against COVID-19 have to be supported and protected.
A study of correlation of pulmonary function test in patients with metabolic syndrome with different components of metabolic syndrome
Authors: S. Prabhu , Karbari Sudha
Published: January 2022

Background: The increasing incidence of metabolic syndrome has been on the rise especially in urban population and leading to increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes mellitus. It has been associated with impairment of pulmonary functions. However, there is limited data regarding the association with individual components of metabolic syndrome and overall effect on components of pulmonary functions.Methods: This is a cross sectional study consisting of 50 subjects with metabolic syndrome. All the subjects underwent pulmonary function tests and the association between different components of metabolic syndrome and pulmonary function were examined using unpaired t-test and Pearson’s partial correlation coefficient. This data was analysed by using statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) version 12.0.Results: In females, moderate negative significant correlation was seen between forced vital capacity (FVC) and systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), fasting blood sugar (FBS), triglyceride (TG), waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) whereas positive weak non-significant correlation was seen between FVC and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC), while no such relation was found with forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1). In males, negative, moderate significant correlation was seen between FVC and FBS whereas strong, positive, significant correlation was seen between FVC and WC; between FVC and BMI. Negative, moderate, significant correlation was seen between FEV1 and WC; between FEV1 and BMI.Conclusions: Our study concluded that there was a significant impact of FBS and WC on decreasing FVC on both genders with minimally significant impact of other components of metabolic syndrome on FVC with no effect on FEV1 hence indicating a restrictive pattern of pulmonary function derangement. Hence, further studies with larger sample size is needed to confirm whether there are direct or indirect mechanisms through which insulin resistance could affect pulmonary function.
Prevalence and associated risk factors of iron deficiency without anemia among school adolescents in Mbouda, Western Cameroon
Authors: Mamokem Odile Tadzong , Marbou Wiliane Jean Takougoum , Kana Sop Marie Modestine , Telefo Bruno Phélix
Published: January 2022

Background: Adolescents are a particularly vulnerable age group to iron deficiency without anemia (IDWA). This study aimed at determining the prevalence and associated risks factors of IDWA among apparently healthy school teenagers in Mbouda, West-Cameroon.Methods: The 778 blood samples were randomly collected from adolescents aged 10-19 years of four schools in Mbouda. Appropriate indicators including haemoglobin and haematocrit, serum iron, ferritin, transferrin, and total iron binding capacity, transferrin saturation were determined using standard methods.Results: The overall prevalence of IDWA was 40.4%. High significant difference in the mean values of serum iron (p≤0.001), serum ferritin (p≤0.001), TIBC (p=0.007), CST (p≤0.001) were observed in participants with IDWA compared to those without IDWA. The sociodemographic risk factors of IDWA in school adolescents were school site (p=0.022; 0.14 (0.90-1.43) and period of menstruation (p=0.015; 1.48 (1.083-2.03). Consumption of roots-tubers [OR: 0.92 (0.48-1.77)] legumes [OR: 2.65 (1.91-3.67)], cereals [OR: 0.90 (0.67-1.22)], increased the risk of IDWA while consumption of vegetables [OR: 0.29 (0.22-0.39)], eggs [OR: 0.66 (0.49-0.90)], and fish-shrimp [OR: 0.172 (0.10-0.295)] decreased the risk of IDWA. Meal consumption frequency had a statistically significant association with IDWA (p≤0.001).Conclusions: This study identified that IDWA was a major public health in adolescents. This study will help in planning and implementation of the policy for prevention of IDWA in adolescents.
Orthodontic treatment needs: parents and child perception
Authors: Tashkandi Nada , Al Sadoon Mashael Abdullah , Albagshi Jumana Mohammed , Bin Mandeel Rana Mohammed , Albagshi Thuraya Adnan
Published: January 2022

Background: Malocclusion is one of the most common oral cavity malformations. It has a variety of effects on dental health, function, aesthetics, and psychosocial condition. The suggested treatment for such a condition is orthodontic treatment. This study aims to assess the perceptions of orthodontic treatment needs of parents and their children with relation to their perception in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted to study the perception of children and their parents about the need for orthodontic treatment. The data were collected at the pediatric clinics of Riyadh Elm university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and included 379 parents and their school children aged 4-12 years. An interviewed questionnaire was used to collect the data from the children and their parents separately.Results: The study found that the perception towards the need for orthodontic treatment of children and their parents was 44.6%, and 34.8% respectively. Also, a statistically significant difference was shown between the perception of children and their parents (p>0.05). The main factors affecting the perception was age, as the desire to have orthodontic treatment increased among children above age of 10 years. Other factors including satisfaction about chewing, teeth appearance, and social media altered the perception for orthodontic treatment need.Conclusions: These findings could be essential for orthodontic treatment planning and increasing patient compliance. The difference between children and parents’ perceptions can affect drive toward initial orthodontic visit.
Types, differences and prognosis of colonic polyps
Authors: Rahman Rahmathulla Safiyul , Alharbi Ali Saeed , Basaben Bassam Ahmed , Alsalman Ahmad Adnan , Aljohani Anas Sulaiman , Banafea Bushra Abdulrahman , Aldhfyan Hadeel Saad , Ammar Amna Farouk , Areeshi Wesam Mohammed , Alhussain Hammam Khalid , Alotaibi Turki Bandar
Published: January 2022

Colon polyps might originate from the submucosa including lymphoid aggregates, carcinoids and lipomas. On the other hand, most polyps usually arise from the mucosa and include various types, whether neoplastic or not. The prognosis and treatment of these lesions depend on establishing an adequate diagnosis to rule out the presence of malignancy. Therefore, clinicians should be aware of each subclassification's different types and presentations to achieve the best outcomes. When conducting colonoscopy screening for colorectal cancer, colorectal polyps are commonly discovered. The prevalence of these lesions is high. However, most of them do not have any clinical significance. On the other hand, evidence shows that some polyps might have premalignant characteristics, which are usually challenging to manage in clinical practice. Therefore, evidence shows that the most appropriate approach to managing these lesions and achieving the best prognosis would be identifying and treating them as early as possible before complications appear to intervene against potential morbidities and mortality. Clinicians should consider the wide variations of colorectal cancer to establish the most appropriate diagnosis. A histological diagnosis is essential in these events to exclude malignancy and decide the most appropriate treatment plan.
New strategies in regenerative medicine and surgery and their application to orthopedic surgery field: The bio-active composite therapies (BACTs)
Authors: Zocchi Michele
Published: January 2022

Regenerative Medicine and Surgery is a rapidly expanding branch of translational research in tissue engineering, cellular and molecular biology.

To date, the methods to improve cell intake, survival and isolation need to comply with a complex and still unclear regulatory frame, becoming everyday more restrictive and often limiting effectiveness and outcome of the therapeutic choices. Thus, the author developed a novel regenerative strategy, based on the synergic action of several bio-active components, called the Bio-Active Composite Therapies (BACTs) to improve grafted cells intake and survival in total compliance with the legal and ethical limits of the current regulatory frame. The rationale at the origin of this new technology is based on the evidence that cells need supportive substrate to survive in vitro and this observation, applying the concept of translational medicine, is true also in vivo. Many different sources have been used in the past for MSCs, molecules and growth factors (GF) isolation and extraction, but the Adipose Tissue and its Stromal Vascular Fraction (SVF) definitely remains the most valuable, abundant, safe and reliable. Bio-Active Composite Mixtures (BACMs) are tailor-made injectable “cocktails” containing several bio-active components to support cells survival and induce a strong regenerative response in vivo by stimulating the recipient site to act as an in-situ real Bioreactor. In this article, the author analyze the main causes of cell’s death and the strategies for preventing it, and outline all the technical steps for preparing the main components of BACMs and the different mixing modalities to obtain the most efficient regenerative action on different clinical and pathological conditions in several surgical specialties. Orthopedic Surgery is definitely the one that most can benefit of these new therapeutic strategies. The final part of this work is anticipating the logical and sequential evolution toward other fundamental technical steps for further supporting and enhancing the most efficient regenerative activity.
Tocilizumab use during Covid-19 should alert an orthopaedic surgeon for the surgical management of arthroplasty patients: A narrative review
Authors: Govil Gaurav , Tomar Lavindra , Dhawan Pawan
Published: January 2022

The crisis of Covid-19 has shaken the world healthcare systems. The intensive care resources to manage the medical conditions associated with Covid-19 are consistently found to be inadequate with exploration and implementation of newer treatment avenues for an early recovery. Presently, the use of Tocilizumab (TCZ) in severe to critical affection of Covid-19 is being practiced as an off-label therapy.

A narrative review of present knowledge regarding TCZ pharmacology, indications of its use, and potential side effects with clinical implications for an orthopedic surgeon is presented. The article discusses the clinicopathological factors required to be monitored during the perioperative management of an orthopedic patient who may have received TCZ for Covid-19 related illness.

The implications of its usage should alert the orthopaedic surgeons for future management of their arthritic surgical patients. The commonly associated side effects and complications in the post-operative phase following an arthroplasty or any orthopaedic surgery are an area of concern and considerable uncertainty. In the post-Covid-19 recovery phase, when surgeons need to plan a surgical intervention then a thorough evaluation of their Covid-19 medical management history may be warranted. Practical guidelines for the management of arthritic surgical patients have been postulated.

With an unregulated increased usage of TCZ during Covid-19 management, an orthopaedic surgeon should worry and needs to be aware of the possible consequences in the perioperative period for the post-surgery management. Future research to gain more insights will confirm the implied concerns.
El cantoral E-Zac, C-3 Ms 18 de Zaragoza, con obras de Morales, Guerrero, Victoria, Pujol y Berges
Authors: Álvarez Escandell Carmen
Published: January 2022

A partir de la descripción de un cantoral conservado en el Archivo de Música de las Catedrales de Zaragoza (E-Zac, C-3 Ms 18), ahora catalogado definitivamente para el RISM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales), el presente artículo pretende realizar una contribución al estudio de la polifonía renacentista y del Siglo de Oro español, particularmente en lo relacionado con la obra del compositor de origen catalán, que fuera maestro de capilla de la entonces colegiata de Santa María del Pilar, Joan Pujol. En un tiempo en el que el séquito de Felipe II (como más tarde también los de Felipe III y Felipe IV) pasó algunas temporadas en la capital aragonesa, adonde el monarca debía acudir para jurar sus fueros o celebrar cortes, la obra de Pujol que aquí se presenta, inédita hasta la fecha, supone un nuevo paso para la investigación sobre el tema.
Nuevos datos sobre la saga musical de los Acuña: el cantante y pianista Josef Francisco Acuña y Castells (*Xàtiva, 1778)
Authors: GUAITA GABALDÓN José Gabriel
Published: January 2022

Este artículo recupera información sobre la vida y la actividad profesional del músico y empresario teatral setabense Josef Francisco Acuña (*1778) —no investigado en profundidad hasta ahora— a través del análisis y cotejo de diversas fuentes archivísticas, bibliográficas y hemerográficas. Se configura así un relato biográfico articulado teniendo en cuenta sus distintas etapas de actividad artística y su desempeño de diferentes oficios en varias ciudades de la península durante la primera mitad del siglo XIX. Se estudian, asimismo, los lazos profesionales que mantuvo con importantes figuras de su tiempo, como el cantante Manuel García, el librero y activista liberal valenciano Miguel Domingo y la familia Máiquez, además de elaborar un recuento de sus obras, compuestas y/o arregladas para las librerías valencianas y mallorquinas, y también del repertorio que interpretó durante su actividad como tenor y pianista en Madrid, Valencia y Palma de Mallorca.
Aproximación metodológica al estudio de la dirección orquestal desde el punto de vista de la obra musical
Authors: Vela González Marta
Published: January 2022

Este artículo pretende reflexionar sobre el estudio de la dirección orquestal desde el punto de visto del estudio y la reflexión de la obra musical. Frente a la manifiesta escasez de bibliografía sobre este tema tan específico, se pretende ofrecer una amplia visión diacrónica, aportada por grandes figuras de la dirección orquestal, desde los inicios, con la profesionalización de la figura del director –Mendelsshon, Berlioz, Wagner–, la época dorada, en la primera mitad del siglo XX –Mahler, Walter, Furtwängler, Weintgartner, Swarowsky, Scherchen, Ansermet–, el período de posguerra y la segunda mitad del siglo XX –Muti, Karajan, Solti, Bernstein, Abbado– y la época actual –Thielemann, Rattle, Ros-Marbà­–. La aproximación de los grandes intérpretes a la obra parte de un estudio profundo de la obra musical a partir del análisis que parte de un punto claro y lleno de interés en el proceso de estudio: la imagen previa del sonido, estrategia indispensable y anterior al ensayo, que puede extrapolarse al piano y al resto de los instrumentos y al canto.
Contribución al estudio de la actividad operística en Barcelona (1844-1851): el caso de las sociedades filarmónica y apolínea y del teatro Odeón
Authors: Radigales Babí Jaume
Published: January 2022

En este artículo se presenta y se analiza una faceta de la actividad lírica de la Barcelona del siglo XIX, (período 1844-1851) la correspondiente a la programación operística debida a las Sociedades Filarmónica y Apolínea, al margen de los dos teatros hegermónicos de la ciudad: el Teatro Principal (o de Santa Cruz) y el Gran Teatro del Liceu. Dichas actividades constatan la preeminencia y hegemonía de la ópera italiana en general y de Donizetti en particular.
Pascual León, N. (Ed.) (2021). Teoría musical alemana en el siglo XVIII. Orígenes de la musicología y pensamiento crítico en los tratados de Scheibe, Forkel y Koch [Prólogo de J. M. Sánchez Verdú]. Alicante: Letra de Palo, 239 pp. ISBN: 978-84-948533-2-6.
Authors: Sánchez Rodríguez Virginia
Published: January 2022

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An Improved Medical Image Watermarking Technique Based on Weber’s Law Descriptors
Authors: Reddy KVSV Trinadh , Reddy S. Narayana
Published: January 2022

In distributed m-health communication, it is a major challenge to develop an efficient blind watermarking method to protect the confidential medical data of patients. This paper proposes an efficient blind watermarking for medical images, which boasts a very high embedding capacity, a good robustness, and a strong imperceptibility. Three techniques, namely, discrete cosine transform (DCT), Weber’s descriptors (WDs), and Arnold chaotic map, were integrated to our method. Specifically, the Arnold chaotic map was used to scramble the watermark image. Then, the medical image was partitioned into non-over lapping blocks, and each block was subjected to DCT. After that, the scrambled watermark image data were embedded in the middle-band DCT coefficients of each block, such that two bits were embedded in each block. Simulation results show that the proposed watermarking method provides better imperceptibility, robustness, and computational complexity results with higher embedding capacity than the contrastive method.
Precise Inspection of Geometric Parameters for Polyvinyl Chloride Pipe Section Based on Computer Vision
Authors: Bi Qilin , Lai Minling , Tang Huiling , Guo Yanyao , Li Jinyuan , Zeng Xinhong , Liu Zhijun
Published: January 2022

The precise inspection of geometric parameters is crucial for quality control in the context of Industry 4.0. The current technique of precise inspection depends on the operation of professional personnel, and the measuring accuracy is restricted by the proficiency of operators. To solve the defects, this paper proposes a precise inspection framework for the geometric parameters of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe section (G-PVC), using low-cost visual sensors and high-precision computer vision algorithms. Firstly, a robust imaging system was built to acquire images of a PVC pipe section under irregular illumination changes. Next, an engineering semantic model was established to calculate G-PVC like inner diameter, outer diameter, wall thickness, and roundness. After that, a region-of-interest (ROI) extraction algorithm was combined with an improved edge operator to obtain the coordinates of measured points on PVC end-face image in a stable and precise manner. Finally, our framework was proved highly precise and robust through experiments.
Classification of Image and Text Data Using Deep Learning-Based LSTM Model
Authors: Yechuri Praveen Kumar , Ramadass Suguna
Published: January 2022

The advent of social networking and the internet has resulted in a huge shift in how consumers express their loyalty and where firms acquire a reputation. Customers and businesses frequently leave comments, and entrepreneurs do the same. These write-ups may be useful to those with the ability to analyse them. However, analysing textual content without the use of computers and the associated tools is time-consuming and difficult. The goal of Sentiment Analysis (SA) is to discover client feedback, points of view, or complaints that describe the product in a more negative or optimistic light. You can expect this to be a result based on this data if you merely read and assess feedback or examine ratings. There was a time when only the use of standard techniques, such as linear regression and Support Vector Machines (SVM), was effective for the task of automatically discovering knowledge from written explanations, but the older approaches have now been mostly replaced by deep neural networks, and deep learning has gotten the job done. Convolution and compressing RNNs are useful for tasks like machine translation, caption creation, and language modelling, however they suffer from gradient disappearance or explosion issues with large words. This research uses a deep learning RNN for movie review sentiment prediction that is quite comparable to Long Short-Term Memory networks. A LSTM model was well suited for modelling long sequential data. Generally, sentence vectorization approaches are used to overcome the inconsistency of sentence form. We made an attempt to look into the effect of hyper parameters like dropout of layers, activation functions and we also tested the model with different neural network settings and showed results that have been presented in the various ways to take the data into account. IMDB is the official movie database which serves as the basis for all of the experimental studies in the proposed model.
Upper Limb Action Identification Based on Physiological Signals and Its Application in Limb Rehabilitation Training
Authors: Zhang Chao , Zou Ji , Ma Zhongjing , Wu Qian , Sheng Zhaogang , Yan Zhen
Published: January 2022

pper limb motor dysfunction brings huge pain and burden to patients with brain trauma, stroke, and cerebral palsy, as well as their relatives. Physiological signals are closely related to the recovery of patients with limb dysfunction. The joint analysis of two key physiological signals, namely, surface electromyographic (sEMG) signal and acceleration signal, enables the scientific and effective evaluation of upper limb rehabilitation. However, the existing indices of upper limb rehabilitation are incomplete, and the current evaluation approaches are not sufficiently objective or quantifiable. To solve the problems, this paper explores upper limb action identification based on physiological signals, and tries to apply the approach to limb rehabilitation training. Specifically, the upper limb action features during limb rehabilitation training were extracted and identified by time-domain feature method, frequency-domain feature method, time-frequency domain feature method, and entropy feature method. Then, the evaluation flow of upper limb rehabilitation, plus the relevant evaluation indices, were given. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed composite feature identification of upper limb actions, and the proposed evaluation method for limb rehabilitation.