bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Prediction score for clinical outcome of Chinese patients with cerebral venous thrombosis
Authors: Li Min , Zhang Binlong , Xie Jiangbo , Meng Ran , Ji Xunming
Published: October 2022

Background: Despite a series of reported prognostic markers, there is no prediction score for clinical outcome of Chinese patients with cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). This study is aimed to develop a CVT outcome score for Chinese.
Methods: The study sample came from CCC cohort, which is a multicenter study participated by 26 top tertiary hospitals in China Mainland. 170 CVT patients were prospectively recruited from January 2021 to May 2022. The potential prognostic markers were extracted from CCC database and analyzed.
Results: Age, diastolic blood pressure (DBP), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and neuron specific enolase (NSE) were identified as prognostic markers for CVT after multivariate logistic analysis. Age > 27.5 years, DBP > 79.5mmHg, NLR > 6.6 and NSE >16.5 ng/ml were identified as cutoff values. One point was assigned to age and NSE, two points were assigned to DBP and three points were assigned to NLR based on adjusted odds ratio. CVT outcome score at baseline was positively correlated with mRS at 6 months of follow-up. CVT outcome score effectively predicted the clinical outcome of CVT with a cutoff value of 3.5. Further analysis showed that patients with CVT outcome score > 3 had significantly higher mRS than those with CVT outcome score ≤3.
Conclusions: CVT outcome score consists of age, DBP, NLR, and NSE for Chinese CVT patients was developed in this study. CVT outcome score at baseline positively correlated with mRS at 6 months of follow-up. CVT outcome score > 3 helps to identify CVT patients with high risk of poor clinical outcome and take early interventions to prevent deteriorations.
Histopathological growth patterns determines the outcomes of colorectal cancer liver metastasis that have undergone liver resection
Authors: Krzywon Lucyna , Lazaris Anthoula , Petrillo Stephanie , Zlotnik Oran , Gao Zu-Hua , Metrakos Peter
Published: October 2022

Introduction:
Colorectal cancer liver metastasis (CRCLM) remains a lethal diagnosis with an overall 5-year survival rate of 5–10%. Two distinct histopathological growth patterns (HGPs) of CRCLM are known to have significantly differing rates of patients survival, and response to treatment. We set out to review the results of 275 patients who underwent liver resection for CRCLM at the McGill University Health Center (MUHC) and analyze their clinical outcome, mutational burden and pattern of cancer progression in light of their HGP’s, and to consider their potential effect on surgical decision making.
Methods
We performed a retrospective multivariate analysis on clinical data from patients with CRCLM (n = 275) who underwent liver resection at the McGill University Health Center (MUHC). All tumors were scored using international consensus guidelines by pathologists trained in HGP scoring.
Results
109 patients (42.2%) were classified as desmoplastic and angiogenic whereas 149 patients (57.7%) were non-desmoplastic and vessel co-opting. The 5 year survival rates for angiogenic patients compared to vessel co-opting patients was 47.1% and 13% respectively (p < 0.0001). Multivariate analysis showed patients with vessel co-opting CRCLM had a higher incidence of extrahepatic metastatic disease (p = 0.0215) compared to angiogenic CRCLM. Additionally, KRAS mutation status was a marker of increased likelihood of disease recurrence (p = 0.0434) as was increased number of liver tumors (p = 0.0071) and multiple sites of extrahepatic metastatic disease (p < 0.0001).
Conclusions
Multivariate analysis identified key clinical prognostic and molecular features correlating to the two HGPs. Determining liver tumor HGPs is essential for patient prognostication and treatment optimization.
A Novel Multi-attention Fusion Convolution Neural Network for Blind Image Quality Assessment
Authors: Wang Changzhong , Zhang Shuyu , Lv Xiang , Ding Weiping , Fan Xiaodong
Published: October 2022

As an underlying computer vision task, blind image quality assessment plays an important role in image evaluation. According to the Human Vision System (HVS), when observing an image, people's visual attention will be more sensitive to the region of their concern, which shows that attention mechanism is very helpful for image quality assessment. Therefore, in blind image quality assessment, many attention mechanisms were used to extract the features of concerned regions. However, most of the existing methods only cascaded multiple attention mechanisms to extract features, which greatly weakened the effect of the fusion of multiple attention mechanisms. Based on this, we propose a multi-attention fusion convolution neural network (MAFCN), which can extract the features of interest region from different aspects. In this network, a multi-attention fusion unit (MAFU) is proposed which can adaptively fuse three types of attention mechanisms and give full play to the ability of each attention mechanism to extract features. In addition, skip connections are added to the network to supplement local information and missing details. Experimental results show that MAFCN has better performance and strong generalization ability without wasting resources.
Effect of peppermint aroma on physiological parameters of mechanically ventilated patients: Randomized placebo controlled trial
Authors: Baraka Azza , Hassan Eman
Published: October 2022

Background
Mechanical ventilation increases stress and anxiety of critically ill patients and subsequently physiological parameters of these patients. Peppermint inhalation reduces stress and improves physiological parameters in many studies, but none of these studies used peppermint inhalation yet for mechanically ventilated patients.
Methods
Randomized placebo controlled trial. Data for this study were collected from 1 June to 12 September 2022. Patients who were conscious on mechanical ventilation via endotracheal tube were randomly assigned to two groups. The intervention group received peppermint inhalation intervention, and the placebo group received almond inhalation intervention. Patients in both groups were assessed for their smell ability by Sniffin Sticks-test before starting the interventions. CONSORT checklist was used to report the study. This study was conducted in six intensive care units.
Results
A total of 52 patients in the intervention group and 54 patients in the placebo group completed the study. Pain score was significantly decreased in the intervention group after starting the intervention in comparison to the placebo group. There was a strong positive correlation between Sniffin Sticks-test score and the decrease in pain score after inhalation of peppermint.
Conclusion/ Implications for practice:
Inhalation of mechanically ventilated patients to peppermint decreases pain score. The effectiveness of peppermint inhalation is correlated to the smell ability of the patients.
Trial registration:
The identification number of the registered trial to the Clinical Trials Online Registry is: NCTXXXXXXX.
Spherical Fuzzy Soft Rough Sets and Their Applications in Decision Making Problems
Authors: Mahmood Tahir , Ahmmad Jabbar , Rehman Ubaid ur
Published: October 2022

Soft set theory, established by Molodtsov is the universal mathematical structure to tackle the vagueness in data. Since soft set can consider the parameterization structure and spherical fuzzy rough set (SFRS) is a dominant structure to categorize the objects, so due to this reason, here in this manuscript, we have combined, crisp soft relation and fuzzy soft relation respectively with SFRS tointroduce the idea of soft rough spherical fuzzy set and spherical fuzzy soft rough set which can be seen as two new universal soft rough set concepts. Moreover, the classical representations of approximation operators and approximation operators have been established and their properties are discussed in detail. Furthermore, an algorithm is given based on established work and illustrative example is proposed to show how the given idea works in decision making (DM) problems. Finally supremacy of the introduced work is shown and comparative analysis with existence tools by numerical example is established.
COMMENT DES MEMBRES DU PERSONNEL ÉDUCATIF D’UNE ÉCOLE FRANCOPHONE MINORITAIRE SE REPRÉSENTENT-ILS LEUR RÔLE DE PASSEUR CULTUREL?
Authors: Richard Monique , Kasparian Sylvia
Published: October 2022

La problématique du développement linguistique et culturel dans les écoles de langue française en milieu minoritaire mérite qu’on s’y attarde, d’autant plus que le personnel éducatif est appelé à agir non seulement sur la réussite éducative des élèves, mais aussi sur la transmission de la langue et de la culture d’expression française. C’est aussi son rôle de passeur culturel d’accompagner les élèves dans un processus de construction identitaire. Comment dix éducateurs d’une école secondaire francophone au Nouveau-Brunswick se représentent-ils ce rôle ? L’analyse informatisée avec le logiciel IRaMuTeQ des univers de discours contenus dans les entretiens recueillis lors d’une recherche-action révèle que la langue, la culture, les valeurs et actions, mais aussi les défis reliés à ce rôle constituent le noyau central des représentations de ce rôle.
The issue of linguistic and cultural development in French-language schools in a minority setting needs to be investigated, especially since educational personnel are called upon, not only to ensure the student’s academic success, but also the transmission of French language and culture. It is therefore their role to guide the students in a process of cultural identity building. The data collected from this action research, involving ten educators from a French New Brunswick high school, was processed with IRaMuTeQ software. The themes that emerged from the analysis revealed that language and culture, values and actions, as well as challenges they encounter, are at the centre of their concerns as cultural transmitters.
Lehrbücher und Hefte zum Lehrplan für Digitale Grundbildung von der Playmit GmbH
Authors: Weich Andreas , Hlukhovych Adrianna , Przybylka Nicola
Published: October 2022

Rezension zu
Playmit. 2020. Digitale Grundbildung (Lehrbuch). Wien.
The effect of explicit grammar instruction and textual enhancement on the acquisition of the perfect tense by EFL Korean university students.
Authors:   British And American Language And Literature Association Of Korea, Lee Seeyoung , Shin Yousun
Published: October 2022

This study explores whether textual enhancement improves learners' acquisition of prefect tense structures in English. The perfect tense in English was taught explicitly in this study and then reinforced through input enhancement activity. The experiment involved 44 undergraduate students (experimental group 23, control group 21) taking practical English at a local four-year university in Korea. After explicit instruction, the two groups took a pretest, a reading comprehension activity, and then a post-test. After four weeks, the delayed test was conducted. In the experiment, the only difference between the two groups was whether the text was reinforced in the subsequent reading activity after the pretest. In online tests, participants were required to select the correct verb tense from multiple choice questions. The two groups had similar test scores, and there was no difference in the perfect tense acquisition between the two. However, when examining the differences within groups, the experimental group retained relatively high levels of perfect tense knowledge on the delayed posttest, whereas the control group did not. The results of the study demonstrated the synergistic effect of the textual enhancement technique when it is coupled with explicit grammar instruction. Furthermore, this study is important in that explicit grammar instruction is separated from input enforcement to allow the effects of it to be examined independently.
Homer’s Odyssey Once More: Magical Stories and Spellbound Audiences
Authors:   British And American Language And Literature Association Of Korea, Jo Sunggyung
Published: October 2022

In this essay, I discuss specific ways in which the Odyssey ensures its reception by broader and future audiences by employing both professional and amateur storytellers and internal listeners as guarantors of the story's viability. My focus here is on the differences between Demodocus’s professional storytelling and Odysseus's nominally nonprofessional storytelling. While the former serves to please groups of an audience who expect “safe” pleasures by listening to traditional epic tales, the latter opens an affective space between listeners and the storyteller, where the listeners’ affects are mobilized by Odysseus’s unpredictable and perhaps less skillful ways of narrating stories. Odysseus’s amateurism (as I would call it) instigates the audience’s desire to listen more and becomes a successful strategy to captivate the audience’s minds. In this age and culture often defined by the “narrative turn,” many of us are interested in telling good stories that can impact broad audiences. This much-loved, ancient work of fiction can teach us various techniques of good storytelling that can move the hearts of generations of audiences.
Research and modeling of oil refining technological processes operating in the condition of stochastic uncertainty
Authors: Safarova Aygun , Damirova Javida
Published: October 2022

As it is known, one of the initial and important stages in the creation of optimal control systems of oil refining technological units is the development of a mathematical model that can adequately record the processes at any time.

The operative and accurate measurement of all input and output variables is one of the important conditions in the development of a mathematical model of technological processes.

Studies have shown that the lack of information about the state of complex oil refining processes in many cases reduces their efficiency and effectiveness. On the other hand, the wide range of both quality and quantity of raw materials for processing makes their efficiency even more unsatisfactory. Under these conditions, it is difficult to develop mathematical models that can adequately describes the static modes of technological processes; the development of mathematical models is relevant both in scientific and practical terms.

A priori information required on input and output variables during normal operation of the technological complex in order to implement mathematical models identification for the vacuum block of the oil refining process unit is provided in the article. On the basis of this static information, mathematical dependencies were constructed between the variables characterizing the static mode of technological processes and the adequacy of the obtained mathematical models was confirmed through the statistical apparatus

In order to solve the problems, the research was determined to be able adequately describe the current technological conditions, which can quickly adapt to current technological situations and ensure the production of oil fractions with relatively stable quality, regardless of the disturbing effects of the system
Enterprise risk arising from legacy production systems: a probabilistic perspective
Authors: Bludova Tetiana , Usherenko Svitlana , Moskovchuk Alla , Kaminska Iryna , Kyslytsyna Olga
Published: October 2022

The model of estimation of effective minimization of strategic risks arising at modernization of the software of legacy production systems is presented. It is shown that incompatible hypotheses of strategic risks of the enterprise in the digital economy form a complete group of pairwise incompatible independent events, and their probabilities are found by mathematical methods of processing an inversely symmetric matrix, made by experts in pairwise comparison on a 5-point scale of relative importance errors of calculations of the constructed matrix (no more than 15 %). For these matrices, solutions of characteristic equations are found to determine the maximum values of the eigenvalues of matrices, which appear in the assessment of the adequacy of composite expert matrices together with the corresponding orders of matrices.
To substantiate the statistical measurement under the condition of quantitative or qualitative assessment of the risk of occurrence of events, the a priori value of the probabilities of occurrence of risk in the occurrence of events is taken. The full probability formula is the formula for the probability of occurrence of an event of effective minimization of strategic risks. It is shown that to determine the a priori values of conditional probabilities of hypotheses of effective minimization of strategic risks of the enterprise it is necessary to make statistically significant sections of these hypotheses at selected enterprises for several periods, which may be subject to statistical distribution laws. Thus, the presented model for quantitative measurement, comprehensive analysis of the level of software modernization of legacy production systems of the enterprise is the initial theoretical basis for improving the system of strategic management of the enterprise in terms of digitalization.
Simulation study of horizontal axis wind turbine using PVC pipe propeller with elbow tip
Authors: Wahyudi Bagus , Faizin Akhmad , Setiawan Andri , Susilo Sugeng Hadi , Wicaksono Hangga
Published: October 2022

The potential of wind as an energy resource is still not widely used by the community through simple technology to produce electrical power. One simple technology is to use PVC pipe as the basic material for making wind turbine propellers. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of variations in angle of attack and wind speed on the performance of a PVC pipe propeller wind turbine with an Elbow Tip. Material of blade propeller made by PVC pipe are slice half and twist from hub until tip with 90 degree of rotation. Dimension of width blade wider on the hub (3/4 of circular) and smaller on the tip (1/7 of circular). Face of blade on the hub side facing wind direction (axial) and face of blade on the tip side facing tangential direction or opposite with rotation. On the tip side installed the slice elbow with fit tip blade width. The propeller using PVC pipe with elbow tip is the important part of new design which has been test with CFD simulation and wind tunnel research with best result performance. This research uses CFD simulation and experimental methods with a comprehensive study of the aerodynamic behaviour characteristics in and around the turbine rotor. The results of the CFD simulation was found that the phenomenon positioning of momentum force were place on the outer radius due to addition elbow tip cause increasing the torque. By using elbow tip on blade propeller PVC Pipe Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine with 15° and 30° angle of attack could increasing torque about 200 % than without the elbow tip. Beside, using 45° angle of attack although additional with elbow tip could not increasing the torque when the wind speed on 7 m/s. The result of this research is important to know by public who interest build small grid wind turbine with low cost and easy manufacturing.
Prevalence of oral lichen planus among north Indian population: a descriptive epidemiological study
Authors: Kumar Amit , Kashyap Divya
Published: October 2022

The aim: oral lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the oral mucous membrane. It can present in various clinical forms: reticular, papular, plaque-like, atrophic, erosive and bullous. Though the exact etiology is not certain - autoimmunity, trauma, stress, and habits are considered as etiological factors. Oral lichen planus has been classified as a premalignant lesion. The present study aims to describe the prevalence of oral lichen planus in a sample of north Indian population.
Materials and methods: the present study was conducted in the outpatient department of Dentistry, GMC Badaun. The parameters recorded were age, gender and site affected. The data was collected and analysed.
Results: a total of 6263 patients reported to the outpatient department of dentistry out of which 43 patients were diagnosed with oral lichen planus. The overall prevalence of oral lichen planus was found to be 0.69 %. The mean age of disease presentation was 37.5 years. A higher prevalence of oral lichen planus was reported in females compared to males with a ratio of 1:1.15. Most affected site was found to be buccal mucosa bilaterally (58.14 %).
Conclusion: the present study estimated the overall prevalence of oral lichen planus as well as its distribution according to age, gender and site in north Indian population. This could contribute to the precise assessment of the disease for better policy making for better treatment and management of oral lichen planus.
Life satisfaction in the caregivers of schizophrenia and factors associated with it: a cross sectional study from South India
Authors: Rajendran Arunima , Gurushanthappa Yashwant , Akkineni Shilpa
Published: October 2022

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by distortions of thinking and perception, in the process of care giving the caregivers are faced with many challenges. These challenges have a significant impact on the life satisfaction of caregivers. The study investigates various factors associate with life satisfaction in caregivers of schizophrenia

The aim: 1. To evaluate the socio-demographic correlates associated with life satisfaction in the care givers of schizophrenia.

To evaluate the association between life satisfaction with resilience, anxiety, stress, depression perceived social support, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and perceived stigma in the care takers of schizophrenia patients.

Material and methods. In cross sectional study, 513 care takers of schizophrenia were evaluated using semi-structured socio demographic perfoma, DASS-21, Connor-Davidson Resilience 25 item scale, Self Esteem Scale (Rosenberg), The Satisfaction with Life Questionnaire and family stigma stress scale.

Result. The study showed that background of the caregiver, socioeconomic status, family type, education and marital status are significantly positive correlated with life satisfaction. The study also showed significant positive correlation between resilience, perceived social support, self-esteem and self-efficacy with life satisfaction. There is also significant negative correlation between perceived stigma, anxiety stress and depression with life satisfaction.

Conclusion. The study showed that life satisfaction in the care givers of schizophrenia depends on different biopsychosocial variables. There is strong positive correlation between self-esteem, other person support and resilience with life satisfaction, whereas there is moderate positive correlation between self-efficacy, family support and friend support with life satisfaction. There is significant negative correlation between stress, anxiety, depression, and stigma with life satisfaction. We recommended psycho educational interventional programmes in the community level which help to increase resilience self-esteem and self-efficacy. Such programmes also decrease the stigma which in turn increases the social support to the caregivers
Research of medical and biological indicators of eggplant powder
Authors: Dzyundzya Oksana , Antonenko Artem , Brovenko Tеtіana , Tolok Galina , Kryvoruchko Myroslav , Bozhko Tetiiana , Antiushko Dmytro , Vezhlivtseva Svitlana , Voievoda Nadiia , Skliarenko Kateryna
Published: October 2022

The aim of the work is to study the medical and biological properties of eggplant powders.
Eggplant food powder is a raw material, an important characteristic of which is its chemical composition, in particular dietary fibers (pectin and fiber). Eggplant powders obtained by infrared drying of raw materials with subsequent grinding to 0.41/0.43 mm were used for the research.
The low degree of esterification gives the powders increased sorption and detoxification properties for a number of heavy metal cations. It has been established that the ability of eggplant powder to bind heavy metals reaches 40‒50 %, a detoxification effect occurs, exogenous and endogenous poisons are adsorbed, and the putrefactive intestinal microflora decreases. It was established that the binding effect is influenced by the amount of protopectin and the pH of the medium, which is determined by the content of organic acids in eggplant powders. The obtained results confirm the complex-forming ability of the powders.
Adding eggplant powder to the diet of rats reduces cholesterol by an average of 12 %. 10 % content of eggplant powder in the diet reduces the content of lipoproteins in the blood (up to 3.2 %), cholesterol (up to 1.9 %).
Medical and biological studies establish the positive effect of raw materials on the animal body and determine the expediency of using a functional ingredient. In general, eggplant powder can be used as an effective supplement to reduce cholesterol and lipoproteins, which does not affect the main physiological systems of the body.
 The prospect of further research is an in-depth study of the chemical composition of raw materials, the development of recipes for dishes using eggplant powders.
A study of the physico-chemical composition and technological properties of sheep and goat milk (ShGM) depending on the breed of the animal
Authors: Ospanov Assan , Velyamov Shukhrat , Makeeva Raushan , Tlevlessova Dinara , Tastanova Raushan
Published: October 2022

The aim of the study is to identify and substantiate the breed of sheep and goats for collecting milk for the purpose of producing yogurt. The milk of 14 breeds of sheep and 10 breeds of goats was considered for the production of yogurt. A statistical analysis is given and the choice of breed of goats and sheep for the selection of milk for the production of live yogurt is substantiated. Live yogurt is a product with live microorganisms for 14 days, in this case, the viability of bacteria is 28 days when stored in refrigerated conditions, in plastic cups sealed with a foil lid, using special equipment.
Probiotics stimulate the production of immunomodulatory substances by beneficial intestinal microflora, as well as normalize cholesterol and glucose levels in the blood, bind and remove some toxic substances from the body. Research in this direction will open up many hidden potentials of fermented milk products based on sheep and goat milk and live microorganisms. There are prerequisites for the creation of new original recipes for functional dairy products and these studies are of the greatest scientific interest. The laboratories of the Kazakh Research Institute of Processing and Food Industry also used their own living microorganisms – probiotics for the preparation of consortiums based on lactic acid and bifidobacteria. Milk was collected from 10 ewes and goats from each breed from June to August 2021. Milk sampling was carried out in the morning milking. Milk indicators were studied using standard methods in the laboratory "Biotechnology, quality and safety of food products" of the "Kazakh Research Institute of Processing and Food Industry" LLP.
Clinical and pathomorphological changes in mycotoxicosis of cows
Authors: Chekan Oleksandr , Shkromada Oksana , Sevastianov Vitalii
Published: October 2022

The defeat of feed by microscopic fungi is a fairly common phenomenon at this stage of the management of the agricultural sector. This is due to weather conditions (high rainfall) and errors in harvesting and storage of grain. Feeding affected feed leads to irreversible processes in the body of cows, reducing their productivity. The aim of the study was to establish marker indicators for the rapid diagnosis of mycotoxicoses in cows. So, when exposed simultaneously to T-2 toxin and toxins of the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus, destructive changes in the skin and mucous membranes were diagnosed, and pathology of the limbs was diagnosed, which was characterized by lameness. The laboratory revealed an increase in the level of leukocytes up to 37.1 g/l and a decrease in the content of hemoglobin in the blood of sick animals. Also, a characteristic feature was the latch of the contents of the rumen at pH 8.0, which in turn leads to a decrease in the number of ciliates. Also a sign of poisoning are changes in the fecal matter: liquid, musty odors and with an increased pH of up to 7.5. At the autopsy of the dead animals, a characteristic sign was: necrosis of the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, esophagus, gastrointestinal tract, protein degeneration in the liver and kidneys, and serous pulmonary edema. Infertility is 67.35 %, which leads to multiple unsuccessful insemination, which is due to destructive changes in the organs of the reproductive system. So, in sick animals, ovarian hypotrophy was diagnosed at the level of 54.09 %, ovarian cysts v in 8.18 %, yellow persistent bodies in the postpartum period – 7.54 %. The prospect of further research will be the development of preventive methods for treating cows and increasing their reproductive function of mycotoxicoses.
Propostas para o Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS)
Authors: Rede Governança Brasil (RGB)  , Comitê De Governança Em Saúde (RGB)
Published: October 2022

A organização regionalizada do SUS é complexa e não há informações organizadas sobre sua estrutura e resultados. Este estudo propõe um diagnóstico das 116 macrorregiões de saúde do país, a partir da atenção primária. Foram selecionados 33 indicadores, agrupados, por meio de análise fatorial/de clusters, em 4 dimensões: Socioeconômica, Estrutura, Ações e Serviços da APS e Indícios de Resolutividade da APS.
Considerando a classificação acima/abaixo da mediana, para cada indicador, e a proporção de indicadores bem avaliados em cada dimensão, foram atribuídos scores de desempenho para as macrorregiões. Observou-se variabilidade considerável para todos os indicadores e dimensões de análise. Na classificação final, 20% das macrorregiões ficam na melhor faixa de desempenho; as demais estão igualmente divididas nas de pior desempenho e mediano.
As 10 macrorregiões de pior desempenho estão nas regiões Centro-Oeste, Nordeste e Norte; as 10 de melhor desempenho, no Sudeste e Sul. Diferenças de perfil demográfico e socioeconômico sugerem níveis distintos de complexidade para operacionalizar espaços regionais. As macrorregiões do Norte e Nordeste apresentam os piores indicadores na dimensão ‘Socioeconômica’, trazendo desafios para estruturar redes resolutivas a partir da APS.
Evidencia-se a importância de olhar para a estrutura da APS nas macrorregiões para estabelecer parâmetros mínimos de recursos físicos e humanos conforme a população atendida. Para ‘Ações e Serviços da APS’ e ‘Indícios sobre a Resolutividade da APS’, a maioria das macrorregiões está nas duas faixas inferiores de desempenho, nas 5 regiões do país, com lacunas no acompanhamento dos pacientes crônicos.
O estudo assinalou a importância de: definir parâmetros mínimos de estrutura física e de recursos humanos para a APS e identificar macrorregiões que ensejam ações corretivas; validação de métricas para acompanhar e pactuar resultados nas macrorregiões, incluindo medidas de desfecho clínico; e realizar estudos de caso nas macrorregiões identificando experiências positivas e negativas.
Hilbert space fragmentation in a 2D quantum spin system with subsystem symmetries
Authors: Khudorozhkov Alexey , Tiwari Apoorv , Chamon Claudio , Neupert Titus
Published: October 2022

We consider a 2D quantum spin model with ring-exchange interaction that has subsystem symmetries associated to conserved magnetization along rows and columns of a square lattice, which implies the conservation of the global dipole moment. The model is not integrable, but violates the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis through an extensive Hilbert space fragmentation, including an exponential number of inert subsectors with trivial dynamics, arising from kinetic constraints. While subsystem symmetries are quite restrictive for the dynamics, we show that they alone cannot account for such a number of inert states, even with infinite-range interactions. We present a procedure for constructing shielding structures that can separate and disentangle dynamically active regions from each other. Notably, subsystem symmetries allow the thickness of the shields to be dependent only on the interaction range rather than on the size of the active regions, unlike in the case of generic dipole-conserving systems.
The Use of Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction Technique for Characterization of 25I-NBOMe and 25R-NBOH (R = Cl, I, Br, Et) in Forensic Application
Authors: Lucena Maria , Lopes Karen , Ayala Alejandro , Vidal Laura , Lopes Thiago , Ricardo Nágila
Published: October 2022

Criminal minds create new psychoactive substances (NPS) to dribble the Drug Regulatory System. Early Warning Systems (EWA) were instituted worldwide to combat this practice. Brazilian government has started establishing EWA at a national level since August 2021. The role of drug analysis laboratories in EWA is very important and experts working at forensic laboratories are in the main position to detect NPS and any changes in the molecular structures. However, for this practice, it is necessary to use reliable analyses techniques for unequivocal identification. The goal of this work is to use single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD) to detect the presence of NPS and elucidate its molecular structure using single crystals from a seized blotter paper. XRD is also useful to prepare reference substances to produce entries to be included in Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and mass spectrometry databases, which are some of the most relevant routine techniques in forensic laboratories. This approach was used to study the NPS 25R-NBOH and 25I-NBOMe using XRD, FTIR, Raman, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies. The results showed that molecular structure methods must be used to elucidate NPS in an unambiguous manner and the potential of XRD use in the forensic area as a reference method.
Strategizing: Theory and Practice: Collection of Selected Research Articles and Proceedings of the Fifth International Research-to-practice Conference (10/17/2022-10/19/2022). Vol. VIII. Book I. Kuzbass Region Strategic Universitarium
Authors: Kvint Vladimir
Published: October 2022

The Collection contains selected research articles and proceedings of participants of the session «Kuzbass Region Strategic Universitarium» of the Fouth International Research-to-Practice Conference «Strategizing: Theory and Practice». The Kuzbass Region session of the conference is attended by members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, professors, doctors of sciences, PhD candidates, postgraduate students and graduates, researchers and professionals in the field of strategizing, heads of industrial enterprises of various levels and industries from many regions of Russia, including from Moscow, Kuzbass Region, St. Petersburg, as well as foreign researchers from Armenia, China, France, Germany, Israel, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Slovenia, USA, and Republic of Uzbekistan. Research studies describe the theoretical, methodological and practical issues of regional and regional-sectoral strategies. Research articles and proceedings of the conference published in this collection are useful for researchers and scientists, practitioners in the field of strategizing, as well as postgraduates, graduates students and students of higher educational institutions.
Büyük Kızılcık (Göksun-K.Maraş) Bölgesi Silisifiye Zona Bağlı Kurşun Cevherleşmesinin Jeolojik İncelenmesi
Authors: TAPTIK Avni , AKYILDIZ Mustafa , KARATAŞ Burcu
Published: October 2022

Doğu Toroslar'da farklı ortam ve tektonik koşullarda oluşmuş birbirinden farklı istifler yüzeylemektedir. Bu istifler tabandan tavana Üst Jura-Kretase yaşlı peridotitler, bantlı gabro, izotrop gabro, levha dayk karmaşığından oluşan Kömürhan Ofiyolitleri ve Bodrum Napı’na ait metamorfik kaya birimleri yer almaktadır. Kömürhan Ofiyolitleri ve Bodrum Napı Geç Kretase yaşlı Baskil Granitoyidleri tarafından kesilmiştir. Baskil Granotoyidinin kesmiş olduğu birimler içerisinde cevherleşmeye ilişkin alterasyon zonları gözlemlenmektedir. Cevher mikroskopi çalışmalarında pirit, sfalerit, galenit, arsenopirit, manyetit ve hematit tespit edilmiştir. Pirit üzerinde yapılan izotop analizinde δ 34S değeri -3 %o olarak belirlenmiştir. Kuvars mineralleri üzerinde yapılan sıvı kapanım analizinde 69-127 °C arasında ve ortalama olarak 103 °C epitermal oluşum sıcaklığı belirlenmiştir. Çalışma alanında cevherleşmelerin birincil kökeni Miyosen’den itibaren bölgeyi etkileyen asidik karakterli volkanizmanın etkisiyle metamorfik istifler içerisindeki fay ve kırık çatlak sistemlerinde yerleşmiş sülfürlü yataklanma şeklinde oluşurken, ikincil cevherleşmelerin birincil sülfürlü minerallerin çözünerek tektonik olaylar sonucu oluşan süreksizlik zonlarında depolandığı düşünülmektedir.
The Eu Indo-Pacific Strategy and the China-Russia relations
Authors:   Sichuan University, Hang Yuan
Published: October 2022

The China-Russia relations are facing a changing external environment, including the Indo- Pacific. This article focuses on the EU Indo-Pacific Strategy, which is a new and little-researched theme. It aims to address a central question: what the implications of the EU Indo-Pacific Strategy on the China-Russia relations are. It focuses on the discourse of the EU’s supranational authorities. The qualitative content analysis of that discourse unveils that the nature of this strategy is to enhance the legitimacy and uniqueness of the EU as a global player. It argues that this strategy has important implications for both China and Russia in direct or indirect ways. One main assumption is that the EU’s impact will be more concentrated in low politics than high politics. This article develops two hypotheses. One is that the EU Indo-Pacific Strategy will enhance the West as external pressure to China and Russia in the region, especially on low political issues. The other is that increasing external pressure from the EU and the West in this region highlights the necessity of cooperation between China and Russia. It concludes that while the implications for China and Russia are different respectively, the EU’s ambition as an exogenous factor will compel China and Russia to uplift their bilateral ties.
Elements of Сritical Theory in BRICS: An evaluation of BRICS’ critique of global affairs
Authors:   University of São Paulo, Bezerra Valdir ,   St. Petersburg State University, Bueno Elena ,   University of São Paulo
Published: October 2022

In the 1980s, Robert W. Cox (considered the “father of Critical Theory” in IR) envisioned that a counter-hegemonic movement could arise in the future from the multilateral alliance of less privileged States, which could resist the dominance of the central powers of the system. Almost three decades later, the 2008 Financial Crisis, the decline of the US hegemony (propelled by its unilateralist actions) and the rise of emerging economies all over the world resulted in a scenario of transformation and redistribution of power in international relations. In that context, a reformist movement driven by developing countries (some of them located geographically distant from one another), especially by the BRICS nations, voiced new demands for democratization of global governance at the international level, contesting the US and Western hegemony in world affairs and the underrepresentation of less-privileged States in important multilateral organizations. From the analysis of the conceptual framing of Critical Theory to the context behind the inception of BRICS and its positions in international relations, this article aims to explore the elements that could possibly connect the group to the interpretations undertaken by Critical Theorists, showing that the group does hold certain positions that can allow such an association.
The problem of classism and equality in criminal law: socio-legal analysis
Authors:   Irkutsk Law Institute (branch) of the University of Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation, Shikhanov Vladimir
Published: October 2022

The author problematizes the issue of equality of citizens before Criminal Code, as well as the question of classist nature of the criminal delinquency and, accordingly, criminal law. This debate has existed so far in the circle of jurists, different points of view are expressed, arguments are given. Meanwhile, the very understanding of the term “class” as applied to crime or criminal law has changed over time. The paper describes how the discourse on classism has changed, the positions of the Constitutional Court of Russia on equality are presented. Based on the data of judicial statistics, the author points to stable patterns when less severe penalties are imposed for crimes considered to be more serious in law. This phenomenon, which may seem paradoxical in terms of the doctrine of criminal law, has a criminological explanation. In all such cases, the courts respond to the social characteristics of the criminals: the defendants for more serious crimes are those who have used their official position, but these same persons have positive characteristics, they are socialized to the maximum extent possible. And on the contrary, those who committed less serious crimes did not have a someone official position and in general, for the most part, are representatives of lower social strata. The author substantiates the thesis that the theoretical and methodological features of the current criminal law, in particular the mechanisms for differentiating criminal liability and the system of criminal penalties, do not adequately take into account the social characteristics of crime, the actual system of social values in Russian society, and the features of social stratification. The entire system of criminal punishments and the vast majority of sanctions in the articles of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of Russia are based on a certain model of the hierarchy of the system of social values. At the same time, sociological studies make it possible to find that the indicated hierarchy model is divorced from reality, and therefore the criminal law is not an adequate reflection of real social relations. The author proposes to change the methodology of building a system of criminal penalties and sanctions in the articles of the Special part of the Criminal code. At the same time, it recognizes as a utopia the hope of ensuring equality of citizens before the law by establishing common and identical scales for all with a universal gradation of the severity of criminal penalties, since they contradict social reality.
Transnational public policy
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Kachulis Anton
Published: October 2022

The article explores the legal institution of transnational public policy, which is unfamiliar in Russian judicial practice. This type of public policy is usually only mentioned in passing in studies dealing with the application of the public policy clause. Meanwhile, the transnational public policy is a quite complex legal phenomenon, on the legal nature and even application expediency of which, there are diametrically opposed opinions. The disputes concerning transnational public policy largely stem from the more global contradictions caused by the existence of various theories about the legal nature of international arbitration. At the same time, the transnational public policy is no longer exclusively a theoretical construction and is used by international commercial and investment arbitrations, although infrequently. The arbitrators’ concerns when using this legal institution are due to the uncertainty of its content, the lack of a stable practice of use, as well as an understandable reluctance to justify their own conclusions in their award by referring to a dubious (from the position of the national court, which will subsequently enforce such an award) legal concept. Meanwhile, rare cases when arbitrators nevertheless decided to resort to a reference to a transnational public policy become the object of close attention of foreign researchers as examples of a very progressive approach to dispute resolution and argumentation of decisions made. The article defines and compares the main theoretical views on the essence and content of the transnational public policy, examines the practice of its application by international commercial and investment arbitrations, and also examines the possible prospects for its application by national judicial authorities. The opinions of researchers, including negative ones, regarding the viability of the concept of transnational public policy itself are also presented. The major material for the study were foreign scientific articles, which set out various views on the legal nature of the transnational public policy, as well as a few examples from international arbitral practice. Based on the results of the study, conclusions are drawn about the prospects of transnational public policy application by state courts, as well as about the feasibility of its use by international commercial and investment arbitrations.
Topical Issues of International Responsibility in the Light of the Fight Against Coronavirus
Authors:   HSE University, Moshnikov Daniil
Published: October 2022

COVID-19 pandemic causes unprecedented for contemporary society damages. Unfortunately, international regulations have not been effective enough to minimize the harm however academics and state representatives widely speculate on claiming compensation from the responsible state. The paper examines whether grounds for international responsibility exist. In order to achieve thorough results, research is divided into three parts. Firstly, the obligations of States are analyzed through the prism of international responsibility law. Secondly, the possibility of claiming the WHO responsible as the main international organization in the field is assessed. The analysis indicates that the critical problem with claiming compensation from any State is the lack of particular obligation owed to injured states. The scope of contemporary regulations is limited to the duty to notify WHO. Therefore, the general focus of the third part of the paper is on the shifted from attempts to claim responsibility, to arguments in favor of development and perfection of regulations. The last part of the research also focuses on ways to reform regulations on combating infectious diseases to clarify possible responsibility in the future. The analysis indicates that emphasis on responsibility is not sufficient for defining effective ways to combat diseases and provides methodological ways for further research in this area.
Spatial and temporal variation characteristics and attribution analysis of land water storage changes in China
Authors: Zhu Jiangle , Zhang Chunsen , Zhang Jiazheng , Ding Hao
Published: October 2022

The quantitative study of terrestrial water storage change (TWSC) and its spatial and temporal dynamics has been an important topic in water resources research and management. In this study, we invert the characteristics of TWSC in China based on the GRACE time-varying gravity field model and explore its attribution analysis, using Theil- Sen Median trend, Mann-Kendall test and geographic detector, as well as the geographically and temporally weighted regression model (GTWR), combined with meteorological and drought indicators and other data to analyze the relationship between their drivers. The results are as follows: (1) The influencing factors of TWSC's high effect are minimum temperature, precipitation and maximum temperature, and the explanatory power of TWSC through factor interaction is much higher than that of a single factor; (2) The GTWR model is better than GWR models in determining the relationship between influencing TWSC and drivers, and there are temporal and local differences in the influence of each driver on TWSC; (3) In summer and autumn, the rise of water storage in central China is higher than that in east and west China. In spring and winter, the overall water storage in China shows a deficit, and some regions in Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi have a small surplus compared with other regions.