bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Study on Prevalence of One Humped Camel Mange and Its Associated Risk Factors in Selected Kebeles of Kebribeyah District of Fafan Zone, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia.
Authors: Ahmed Mustafe , Ibrahim Abdullahi , Mahamed Samatar
Published: March 2023

Camel mange is an extremely pruritic and contagious disease of camel caused by a small parasite Sarcoptes scabiei var cameli, It mostly affects the head, neck, flanks, inner side of the thighs and inguinal region of the animal. It is transmitted by direct or indirect contact, is one of the most important parasitic diseases affecting camels. Camel mange is economically important disease that hinders productivity and health of camel. Therefore, a cross sectional study was conducted between March to September 2021 to determine prevalence of camel mange mites and associated risk factors. A total of 384 animals were randomly selected and subjected to skin scrapings to recover mange from suspected lesions which was later on examined under microscope, out of the complete camels examined 116 (30.2%) camels were found positive for mange mite infestation. Only Sarcoptes scabiei var cameli was identified as the only mite species in all skin scraping samples collected from the suspected mange mite lesions. PA, sex and age showed no significant variation on mange infestation (P>0.05), while only body condition and herd size were shown statistically significant difference in prevalence of mange mites (P<0.05). This study indicates that camel populations in Kebribeyah district had large amount of mange mites which could hamper health and production status of the camels. Therefore, more emphasis should be given to improve the management system, further studies and control measures should be conducted to shrink the effect of mange mite infestation on camel husbandry.
Generating of squeezed state and entanglement in cavity optomechanical system
Authors: Yousif Taha I. , Daldowm Thowra AR. , Zhou Wenjun , Zhou Ling
Published: March 2023

We study theoretically a two-mode optomechanical system where two cavity modes are coupled to a single mechanical mode. It is shown that the whole system can yield good squeezing, which is comparable to that produced by dispersive coupling, the numerical results which we obtained showed periodic oscillations with a maximum peaks in one of the two quadrature component with a value less than 0.5. We also showed that entanglement can be achieved by calculating the variance in quadrature component of the field operators. Our results are useful in non- degenerate parametric oscillation.
A Two-Stage Dominance-Based Surrogate-Assisted Evolution Algorithm for High-Dimensional Expensive Multi-Objective Optimization
Authors: Wang Wanliang , Yu Mengjiao , Dai Rui , Chen Zhongkui
Published: March 2023

In the past decades, surrogate-assisted evolutionary algorithms (SAEAs) have become one of the most popular methods to solve expensive multi-objective optimization problems (EMOPs). However, most existing methods focus on low-dimensional EMOPs because a large number of training samples are required to build accurate surrogate models, which is unrealistic for high-dimensional EMOPs. Therefore, this paper develops a two-stage dominance-based surrogate-assisted evolution algorithm for high-dimensional expensive multi-objective optimization (TSDEA) which utilizes the RBF model to approximate each objective function. First, a two-stage selection strategy is applied to select individuals for re-evaluation. Then considering the training time of the model, proposing a novel archive updating strategy to limit the number of individuals for updating. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm has promising performance and computational efficiency compared to the state-of-the-art five SAEAs.
Classification of magnetic order from electronic structure by using machine learning
Authors: Jang Yerin , Kim Choong H. , Go Ara
Published: March 2023

Identifying the magnetic state of materials is of great interest in a wide range of applications, but direct identification is not always straightforward due to limitations in neutron scattering experiments. In this work, we present a machine-learning approach using decision-tree algorithms to identify magnetism from the spin-integrated excitation spectrum, such as the density of states. The dataset was generated by Hartree-Fock mean-field calculations of candidate antiferromagnetic orders on a Wannier Hamiltonian, extracted from first-principle calculations targeting BaOsO3. Our machine learning model was trained using various types of spectral data, including local density of states, momentum-resolved density of states at high-symmetry points, and the lowest excitation energies from the Fermi level. Although the density of states shows good performance for machine learning, the broadening method had a significant impact on the model's performance. We improved the model's performance by designing the excitation energy as a feature for machine learning, resulting in excellent classification of antiferromagnetic order, even for test samples generated by different methods from the training samples used for machine learning.
Public perception of socially assistive robots for healthcare in the EU: a large-scale survey
Authors: Aymerich-Franch Laura , Gómez Emilia
Published: March 2023

This paper presents the results of a large-scale survey (n = 1092) that explored the attitudes and opinions of European Citizens regarding the adoption of socially assistive robots (SARs) for healthcare in the EU. We examined which functions citizens would support and which they consider a threat to trustworthy SARs. We additionally explored the relationships between the perceived vulnerability of the care recipient and acceptance, between attitudes towards robots and gender, religious beliefs, and previous experience interacting with SARs, and whether the degree of responsibility taken in performing a role affects acceptance. The functions most negatively rated were triage and banning entrance. Privacy raised particular concern. We also found an inverse correlation between the perceived vulnerability of care recipients and acceptance. Additionally, we found a positive relationship between religious beliefs and fear of robots, a positive relationship between previous robot experience and attitudes towards them, and that females have less positive attitudes towards robots than males. Also, the degree of responsibility in a role determined acceptance. Involving citizens in the decisions concerning SARs deployment is important to build a society that people feel is fair in terms of robot coexistence. The results of the survey intend to provide evidence-based support to policies in this area.
Nutrasutical Contribution of Aloe-vera Gel for Making of Milk Cake During Festive Seasons in India
Authors: Saini Monika , Kapoor Raj , Garg Shriya , Satyam Kumar , Wajid Moh. Tawheed , Chitranshi Rishabh
Published: March 2023

This research work is formulated for nutrient enriched homemade milk cake development for festive sessions in India. The milk cake made up with cocked milk, aloe vera gel, and honey additionally as sweetener. The entire ingredients were going through a nutritional analysis. Aloe gel analyzed for parameter such as energy (72.96 Kcal), total protein (1.12gm), total carbohydrates (17.24 gm), total fat (0.11gm), total sugars (0.83 gm), vitamin C ( 4.49) , Calcium (27 mg ), Potassium (46 mg), Iron (2.15 mg), Sodium (2.89 mg). While in antioxidant activity Total Flavonoid Contain (3.90/100 gms) and dietary fibbers. Similarly honey used as natural sweetener was analyzed for parameters such as moisture (17.2) percent in 100gms, reducing sugar (71.80), Specific gravity 27ºC (1.37), total sugar (76.56) are also analyzed. It was observed in this entire experiment that the end product i developed by using natural food products with no additional chemicals are proven very useful and popular hunger killer among peoples of every age group as it is full of energy and health benefits.
An N6-methyladenosine-Related Classification Predicts Prognosis and Response to Immunotherapy in Prostate cancer
Authors: Zhu Yaru , Ren Zhen , Shen Jianliang , Chen Xi , Zi Tong , Qin Xin , Zhao Yan , Li Haopeng , Wu Qiang , Wu Gang , Wang Licheng
Published: March 2023

The m6A modification is a methylation of the adenosine N6 position, is a kind of reversible post-transcriptional modification of RNA. Moreover, this process has been shown to be associated with multiple tumor progression. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men after lung cancer, and is closely related to m6A. However, previous studies were often limited to a few m6A related genes, and failed to fully understand the relationship between prostate cancer and m6A.Therefore, we used the CIBERSORT and ESTIMATE algorithms to define three m6A clusters based on the expression of m6A-related genes in 1099 PC patients. Subsequently, we identified three different m6A gene clusters based on the overlap of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) within the m6A clusters. In addition, by principal component analysis (PCA) was performed to calculate the m6A scores. The results showed that patients with high m6A scores had longer survival time and those with low scores had shorter survival time. Furthermore, the m6A score was negatively correlated with the tumor mutation burden (TMB) value of PC. Patients with higher m6A scores showed clinical benefit and advantage of immunotherapy, indicating that the m6A score is an accurate and valid predictor to assess the effect of immunotherapy. Overall, our study presents a new method for reference that can provide guidance for current immunotherapy and predict patient prognosis to help physicians make judgments about patient disease and treatment modalities, and can guide current research on immunotherapy strategies for PC.
Water Level Recognition on Resource-Constrained Equipment using Pruned YOLOv5 and Template Matching
Authors: Cai Zhaohui , Qiu Run , Liu Shubo , Chang Zhuoqing , Tu Guoqing
Published: March 2023

This paper proposes a novel water level recognition method for detecting and recognizing water level rulers (WLR) using limited resources of the PX30 hardware development board. Our approach focuses on optimizing network efficiency, recognition speed, and accuracy. Specifically, we use the You Only Look Once Version 5 (YOLOv5) algorithm for object detection, and use the EagleEye algorithm to prune and optimize the model, so as to reduce the number of parameters and computation, and make the model more suitable for running on resource-constrained devices. Though our proposed pruned YOLOv5n@0.6 decrease 2.1% in mean average precision (mAP@0.5) but reduces the number of parameters and computation by 42% and 40%, respectively, compared to the YOLOv5n algorithm. To recognize the water level height, we apply the multi-template matching method to identify the reading number of the water level scale and the equal-ratio method to calculate the water level height. Our method achieves an average RED of 1.26 cm and RER of 5.8% on WLRD with only average 1.16s time cost per image on PX30. The experimental results show that the proposed method has high accuracy and calculation speed and is suitable for computing equipment with limited resources.
Exploring the electrochemical performance of Ferrous Nickel Pyrophosphate Thin Film Electrodes for Potential Supercapatior Applications
Authors: Nivetha S. , Prabahar S. , Karunakaran R. T. , Ganth M. Narendhera , Boobalan T. , Dhinesh S.
Published: March 2023

The present work deals with the preparation of ferrous nickel pyrophosphate (Fe2Ni2P2O7) thin films via a facile approach namely chemical bath deposition. X-ray diffraction analysis evinces that the prepared Fe2Ni2P2O7 thin films are of monoclinic structure and crystallinity is improved by increase in Fe concentration with a preferential orientation along the (111) direction. The surface morphology analysis reveal the microsphere like morphology and uniform anchoring of Fe2 on Ni2P2O7 thin film surface, which is favorable for good charge transfer between the electrode and electrolyte interface. Electrochemical analysis shows that, the Fe2Ni2P2O7 film electrode offers a specific capacitance of 501 F/g with excellent electrochemical and cyclic stability. The capacitive and diffusive contributions to the total capacity of the electrode are studied by employing Trasatti and Dunn’s model. Further, the obtained value of ‘b’ in the modified power law ranges from 0.66 to 0.69 confirming both the capacitive and diffusive charge storage mechanism in the electrodes under study. The features and hybrid nature in storage property of Fe2Ni2P2O7 electrodes are unique and highlights them as promising candidates for energy storage application.
Relationship between dyadic coping and self-management in patients with chronic heart failure
Authors: Shi Yingmei , Tang Zhihong , Wang Jing , Liu Leilei , Qi Donghong , Liu Annuo
Published: March 2023

Background and objective
Whether the level of self-management with dyadic coping in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients remains unclear. We investigate the longitudinal changes and correlations between dyadic coping and self-management in patients with CHF.
Methods
In this study, 106 pairs of chronic heart failure patients and spouses treated in the Department of Cardiology of the Hefei First People's Hospital were selected as study subjects between September 2020 and September 2021. The dyadic coping scale and self-management scale were used for the follow-up survey to analyze the changes and correlation between patients' self-management ability and dyadic coping.
Results
We followed 106 patients (19 patients lost) CHF for one year, whose overall self-management ability showed a significant decreasing trend. Male patients displayed lower self-management ability than that of female patients, especially at 6 months and 12 months of follow-up (P<0.05). All patients and spouses showed similar decreasing trend in stress communication scores, cooperation scores, and negative coping scores, but the decreasing trend were more pronounced for male patients. There was a significant positive correlation between female patients' self-management ability and dyadic coping was observed at admission, 6 months and 12 months after discharge (P<0.05). While there was no significant correlation between self-management ability and dyadic coping in male patients at admission and 12 months of discharge (P>0.05), a significant correlation was monitored at 6 months of discharge (P<0.05). There was a significant positive correlation between self-management ability and dyadic coping of spouses in male patients (P<0.05).
Conclusion
Via elevating the dyadic coping level of patients' spouses, especially male spouses, the self-management ability of patients can be improved. The aforementioned findings provide a foundation for the future clinical nursing interventions to improve the life quality of CHF patients.
Measuring hospital technical efficiency with data envelopment analysis, application to 20 Paris public university hospitals
Authors: Hadji Brahim , Degoulet Patrice
Published: March 2023

Objective
The purpose of this study is the investigation of the variation in hospitals' TE scores using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method, when changing output unit measures. Associations between input and output variables are additionally tested using structural equation modelling (SEM) tools.
Methods
The study is based on two DEA models on data extracted from 20 university teaching Paris hospitals for the period 2009–2017. In the first model (M1), hospital resources are considered as input indicators and hospitals' activities as hospital productivity outputs. In the second model (M2) the hospitals' financial outcomes are used as outputs while keeping the same inputs.
Results
A clear difference in TE efficiency results is observed between the M1 and M2 model, mainly some hospitals are technically efficient when using hospitals' activities variables as outputs and inefficient when using hospitals' financial outcomes and vice versa. SEM analysis show that the inpatient revenue is predicted by the number of staffed beds, the number of medical staff but not the number of nurses or nonmedical nonnursing staff. The number of inpatient days is impacted by the number of outpatient visits, in addition to the number of staffed beds and the number of training medical staff.
Conclusion
In the aim to give the right decision-making aid, as a tool to help hospitals' decision-makers, separate analysis using activity and financial outcomes should be performed and analyzed in the context of the underlying health financing system.
Structural Form and Conceptual Design of Novel Truss-Arch Bridge with 1000 m Scale
Authors: Xie Xiaoli , Song Huilan , Yu Zecheng
Published: March 2023

The main span of conventional arch bridges is difficult to reach 1000 m due to the sharp decline of mechanical properties (e.g., structural stiffness, natural frequency and stability). In order to overcome this limitation, the structural form and conceptual design of a novel truss-arch bridge with 1000 m scale was proposed. Firstly, a novel truss-arch bridge was presented based on the structural form of conventional deck arch bridges by introducing auxiliary arch and substituting columns for triangular network consisting of web members. The mechanical rationalities of this structural form were clarified. Then, a conceptual design of new truss-arch bridge with a span of 960 m are performed and the main components (e.g., main/auxiliary arch, triangular truss network and main beam) are designed. Finally, the structural responses of new truss-arch bridge were numerically investigated based on finite element analysis (FEA) by comparing with conventional deck arch bridges. The numerical analysis demonstrates shows that the proposed bridge combines the complementary strength of both arch and truss structures. As compared to conventional deck arch bridge, the stress, stiffness and stability of the proposed bridge have greatly improved and meet the requirements of the design codes. Quantifications show that the stress and displacement are reduced by 10% and 15%, while the stability and natural frequency are increased by 35% and 24%. The conceptual design of the proposed bridge can provide an alternative solution for the construction of super-long span bridges.
Energy Efficient Adaptive Power Transmission for Free Space Optical
Authors: Hamouda Yousef E. M.
Published: March 2023

The Free Space Optical (FSO) is a wireless optical system that has many advantages such as low installation time, low installation cost, flexible deployment, high data rate, high data security, and unlicensed spectrum usage. However, FSO links degrade with bad weather conditions including rain, fog, and snow. In this paper, Energy Efficient Adaptive Power Transmission (EEAP) system is proposed to adaptively adjust the required minimum transmission power, based on the distance between the transmitter and receiver under real weather conditions data in Gaza Strip. The required transmission power is minimum transmission power at the transmitter that guarantees a received Signal to Noise (SNR) at the receiver of predefined minimum value. If the required transmission power exceeds the transmission capability of the receiver, EEAP performs a decision making of classifying the FSO link as unviable. In case of unavailable FSO channel, other communication systems such as Radio Frequency (RF) and optical fibre is employed for transmission. In addition, the effect of weather conditions in Gaza Strip in the FSO channel is analysed in this paper. Simulation results show that compared with other fixed transmission power schemes, the proposed EEAP scheme improves the energy efficiency of the transmitter and the link availability of FSO links.
Surgical results and quality of life after a single-stage posterior transpedicular approach for circumferential epidural decompression in patients with thoracolumbar spine metastasis
Authors: Niu Jianfang , Zhao Zhiqing , Wang Jichuan , Yan Taiqiang , Guo Wei , Yang Rongli , Tang Xiaodong
Published: March 2023

Objective: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of palliative surgery using posterior transpedicular approach (PTA) with posterior instrumentation on pain response and quality of life (QoL) in patients with metastatic thoracic and lumbar tumors.
Methods:From 2018 to 2019, 39 patients with metastatic thoracic and/or lumbar spine tumors were prospectively enrolled to measure the reduction in pain and the changes in QoL after surgical decompression with posterior instrumentation via PTA. The patient group was composed of 27 men and 12 women with a mean age of 60 years (range, 28-92 years). Pain response was measured using the VAS and neurologic status was evaluated using Frankel grades. QoL was assessed with use of the EORCT QLQ-BM22 questionnaire before surgery (baseline) and at one, three, six, and twelve months after surgery. The survival times of all the patients were also collected.
Results: The VAS score was reduced from 7.10 preoperatively to 3.10 postoperatively (P＜0.05). All the patients with pain showed either an improvement or a similar pain level after surgery. Postoperatively, 19 patients showed improvement neurologic deficits; 7 cases improved from Frankel grade C to D, 5 cases from grade C to E, and 7 cases from grade D to E. Although 20 (51.3%) of the 39 patients remained in the same Frankel grade postoperatively, most improved clinically. The quality of life improvement of the patients was also evident after treatment. Paired-samples T test examination of the postoperative scores showed a significant improvement in terms of pain location, pain severity and performance status (P＜0.01). Compared with the preoperative score, the one month postoperative score of functional interference was significantly improved (63.6 vs. 34.5, P＜0.01). There were no significant changes in social or psychological functioning. Three patients experienced cerebrospinal fluid leakage postoperatively, and they were all successfully managed by lying flat without the pillow. One patients experienced rod breakage, at 10 months after suegery. All the patients were alive at 3 months; however, 7 patients died within 3-6 months, and another 9 patients died from the disease within 6-12 months.
Conclusions: The present feasibility study found that the application of the PTA for decompression and fusion in patients with spinal metastases is beneficial for achieving prompt and sustained pain relief, reducing neurologic deficits and improving functional outcomes, health utilities, and HRQoL.
Knowledge Mapping of Immune checkpoint inhibitor-related Pneumonitis: A Bibliometric Analysis (2011–2022)
Authors: Cao Kefei , Wang Yulong , Qin Qin
Published: March 2023

Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are widely used in various tumor patients at present. Although the application of them demonstrates remarkable efficacy, ICIs can also result in some immune-related adverse events (irAEs) involving almost all the organs of the body, among which ICI-related pneumonitis (ICIP) is one main area of concerns. However, there has been no bibliometric analysis in this field so far. This study is designed to provide the basics of the knowledge framework and research frontiers about ICIP through bibliometrics. Method To learn more about ICIs development, publications from 2011 to 2022 were retrieved from Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database. Microsoft Office Excel 2021 was used to conduct quantitative analysis of publication. Meanwhile, VOSviewers, CiteSpace and R package “bibliometrix” were used to perform bibliometric data analysis. Results 746 articles from 53 countries headed by United states and China were included. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School were the main research institutions. Frontiers in Oncology was the most popular journal in this field, and Journal of Clinical Oncology was the most frequently cited journal. These publications came from 5251 authors among whom Naidoo Jarushka, Hodi F Stephen and Nishino Mizuki had the most publications and Brahmer Julie R was the highest co-cited author. “Risk factors”, “efficacy”, “management”, and “radiological features” were the primary keywords of research hotspots and frontiers. Conclusion This is the first bibliometric study that comprehensively illustrates the development trends of ICIP, identifying recent hot directions and providing a reference for scholars studying this field.
Learning curve of intracorporeal anastomosis in laparoscopic colectomy for right side colon cancer: a cumulative sum analysis
Authors: Ishizaki Tetsuo , Mazaki Junichi , Kasahara Kenta , Tago Tomoya , Udo Ryutaro , Nagakawa Yuichi
Published: March 2023

Purpose: Recently, laparoscopic colectomy with intracorporeal anastomosis for colon cancer has gained popularity due to evolution of the laparoscopic linear stapler device and improved techniques from laparoscopic surgeons. However, there are technical difficulties associated with intracorporeal anastomosis. To clarify the number of cases that are required for laparoscopic surgeons to master the technique of intracorporeal anastomosis in right side colon cancer.
Methods:In this retrospective single-center study, 51 consecutive patients who underwent intracorporeal overlap anastomosis, between July 2018 and March 2020, by one laparoscopic surgeon were selected. Clinicopathological and perioperative data were obtained from our database. The learning curves of intracorporeal anastomosis time (IAT) was created using the cumulative sum (CUSUM) method.
Results: The CUSUM score for IAT increased as the number of operative cases progressed, up to the 20th case (Phase 1), after which it started to decrease (Phase 2). Compared to the initial learning phase (Phase 1), the master phase (Phase 2) had a significantly faster IAT (p < 0.001), significantly decreased incidence of organ/space surgical site infection (p = 0.009), and significantly decreased postoperative hospital stay (p = 0.021).
Conclusion:In our study, 20 cases were required for a laparoscopic surgeon to achieve expertise when conducting intracorporeal anastomosis in laparoscopic colectomy for right side colon cancer. It was suggested that proficiency in intracorporeal anastomosis may contribute to a reduction in the incidence of organ/space surgical site infections and postoperative hospital stay.
Distribution and abundance of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Benin, West Africa
Authors: Padonou Germain Gil , Konkon Alphonse Keller , Salako Albert Sourou , Zoungbédji David Mahouton , Ossé Razaki , Sovi Arthur , Azondekon Roseric , Sidick Aboubakar , Ahouandjinou Juvénal Minassou , Adoha Constantin Jesukèdè , Sominahouin André Aimé , Tokponnon Filemon , Akinro Bruno , Sina Haziz , Baba-Moussa Lamine , Akogbeto Martin
Published: March 2023

Background
Updated information on the distribution and abundance of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus is crucial to prepare African countries like Benin for possible arbovirus outbreaks. This study aims to evaluate the geographical distribution, the abundance, and the biting behaviors of these two vectors in Benin.
Methods
Three sampling techniques (Human Landing Catch (HLC), Larval sampling, and Ovitrapping) were used to collect both immature and adult stages of Aedes spp in 23 communes located along the North-South and East-West transect of Benin. Adult Aedes mosquitoes were collected indoors and outdoors using HLC. Mosquito eggs, larvae, and pupae were collected from containers and ovitraps and morphologically identified, then confirmed by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).
Results
Overall, 12,428 adult specimens of Aedes spp, out of which 76.53% (n = 9508) and 19.32% (n = 2400) were morphologically identified as Ae. aegypti, and Ae. albopictus respectively. Geographically, Ae. aegypti was encountered across the North South transect unlike Ae. albopictus which was only encountered in the southern part of the country, with a strong preponderance in Avrankou and Ifangni. Furthermore, exophagic behaviors were observed in both vectors.
Conclusion
This updated distribution of Aedes mosquitoes in Benin will help to accurately identify areas at risk of arboviruses, to better plan future vector control interventions.
The Psychological Indicators of Success in Ultrarunning - A Review of the Current Psychological Predictors in Ultrarunning
Authors: Thornton Owen R. , Ly Sophia , Colón Isabella , Cole Hunter , Li Wenjun
Published: March 2023

Ultrarunning has grown over 345% in the last ten years alone. During these events, which typically last between 6 hours and multiple days, athletes of varying experience and ability must cope with the psychological means of endurance while managing intense emotions and fatigue. Despite rapid growth in the sport, research on ultrarunners psychology has yet to be performed. No review has analyzed the psychological advantages indicating success in ultra-running. This review summarizes the current literature on the psychological indicators of ultrarunning success. Four databases were electronically searched between December 1, 2022, and January 1, 2023, to help coaches, physicians, sports therapists, athletes, and everyday people understand how to cope with and overcome psychological challenges amidst life and racing while identifying research gaps. Successful ultramarathoners had higher levels of self-efficacy, mental toughness, emotional intelligence, and lower mood variability. These findings suggest that having cognitive strategies to maintain mood stability and a common total mood disturbance may be vital to success in ultra-running. Although existing literature investigates ultra-athletes’ mindsets, further research, specifically on psychological traits of success in endurance sports, is warranted to gain greater depth on each psychological indicator that constructs successful ultrarunners' great mindset.
Impact of Environmental Degradation and Climate Change on Water Quality in North Karoun Basin (Iran)
Authors: Saberi Bijan , Rahimi Dariush , Dastjerdi Javad Khoshhal
Published: March 2023

Drought, climate change, floods, human activities, land use change and salt domes lead to a decrease in surface water quality.KNB is one of the primary sources of drinking and irrigation water. The results of 2828 water sample analyses between 1991–2019 reveal that the concentration of chemical elements in the surface water of the NKB is subject to seasonal changes, and there exists a direct relation between precipitation and discharge and the concentration of these effluents’ elements. Erosion of karst formations, chemical fertilizers, deforestation, and dissolution of salt domes contribute to the primary sources of water pollution in NKB. An increase in precipitation and discharge leads to an increase in the concentration of chemical pollutants. Climate change in RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios reveal that due to an increase in maximum daily precipitation at the end of winter (March) and beginning of spring (April) in the subsequent decades and the occurrence of severe floods, the erosion of Karst and agricultural lands, dissolution of chemical fertilizers and further dissolution of salt domes increase the concentration of chemical pollutants in KNB and lead to a water quality decline.
A Survey on Deep Learning-based Cervical Cytology Screening: from Cell Identification to Whole Slide Image Analysis
Authors: Jiang Peng , Li Xuekong , Shen Hui , Chen Yuqi , Wang Lang , Chen Hua , Feng Jing , Liu Juan
Published: March 2023

Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers in daily life. Early detection and diagnosis can effectively help facilitate subsequent clinical treatment and management. With the growing advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL) techniques, an increasing number of computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) methods based on deep learning have been applied in cervical cytology screening. In this paper, we survey more than 70 publications since 2016 to provide a systematic and comprehensive review of DL-based cervical cytology screening. First, we provide a concise summary of the medical and biological knowledge pertaining to cervical cytology, since we hold a firm belief that a comprehensive biomedical understanding can significantly contribute to the development of CAD systems. Then, we collect a wide range of public cervical cytology datasets. Besides, image analysis approaches and applications including cervical cell identification, abnormal cell or area detection, cell region segmentation and cervical whole slide image diagnosis are summarized. Finally, we discuss the present obstacles and promising directions for future researches in automated cervical cytology screening.
Quantum Matching Algorithm for Biometric Fingerprints
Authors: Mogos Gabriela
Published: March 2023

Fingerprints remain constant throughout life. In over 140 years of fingerprint analysis, no two fingerprints have ever been found to be identical, even in identical twins. Each of us is born with a unique set of fingerprints, although experts still don't know with what exactly what we use them for. In information technology terms, biometrics is associated with technologies and techniques designed to secure and confirm identity based on individual, measurable biological characteristics of the person. Fingerprints can be used in systems and schemes designed to gain access to a computer, a room and, why not, a bank account. A verification system authenticates the person's claimed identity by comparing the fingerprints provided by the person at a given point in time with the measures of these features previously stored in the system and associated with the person's claimed identity. This paper presents a quantum matching algorithm for biometric fingerprints. For this, classical fingerprinting was encoded into quantum states using an adapted Novel Enhanced Quantum model and the quantum circuits, for storage and for matching, were implemented and tested on the IBM Quantum Experience platform and on a local virtual quantum simulator.
Anemia can predict prognosis and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in osteosarcoma at pre-operative stage: a retrospective analysis
Authors: Yu Wenxi , Wang Wei , Sun Miaoli , Shen Zan , Wang Yonggang , Li Hongtao
Published: March 2023

Purpose
Anemia is relatively common in cancer patients, and is associated with poor survival in patients with various malignancies. However, how anemia would affect prognosis and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy(NAC) in osteosarcoma(OS) is still without substantial evidence.
Methods
We retrospectively analyzed 256 OS patients who underwent standard NAC in our institute. Hb concentrations before/after NAC and changed Hb levels (dHb, Hb level before NAC minus that after NAC) were recorded to assess their prognostic value in DFS(disease-free survival) and tumor necrosis rate to NAC.
Results
There was higher percentage of pretreatment anemia in poor response group(87 out of 181) with a tumor necrosis rate < 90%, compared with those in good response group(36 out of 75). Besides, in patients with good response to NAC, the median dHb was 13, which was smaller than that(median dHb 18) in poor response to NAC. Further ROC analysis demonstrated that dHb had a significant role in prediction for the NAC response in OS patients.In survival analysis, patients with high dHb(≥ 12.5) had an inferior DFS(38 ± 2.44 months), compared with those with dHb below 12.5(47 ± 7.26 months).
Conclusion
In osteosarcoma, dynamic Hb decrease after NAC predicted poor survival and worse response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Pretreatment anemia might be a potential indicator to forecast response to NAC. Attempts to correct anemia and their effects on outcomes for osteosarcoma patients should be explored in future studies.
Predictive Value of Maternal Systemic Inflammatory Markers in Treatment- Requiring Retinopathy of Prematurity
Authors: Polat Osman Ahmet , Ozer Furkan , Karaca Cagatay
Published: March 2023

Purpose
To investigate the predictive values of maternal systemic inflammatory markers, such as the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR), lymphocyte/monocyte ratio (LMR), systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII), platelet mass index (PKI), and mean platelet volume (MPV), in treatment-requiring retinopathy of prematurity (TR-ROP).
Methods
The mothers of the 21 preterm infants who were followed up due to ROP but did not require treatment and the mothers of preterm infants who received ROP treatment (intravitreal injection) (19 patients) were included in the treatment group. The birth weights (BW) and gestational ages (GA) of the infants were recorded. A prenatal maternal complete blood count (CBC) analysis was performed within 3 days before birth. NLR, PLR, LMR, SII, PCI and MPV data were calculated and compared statistically from the complete blood count (CBC) samples of the mothers of the preterm infants who did or did not need ROP treatment. The results were evaluated by adjusting them with logistic regression analysis.
Results
There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of BW (p = 0.108). The GA was significantly lower in the TR-ROP group compared to the control group (p = 0.04, 26.5 (24–33), 29 (27–32), respectively). Between TR-ROP and control groups, NLR (p = 0.02, 5.9 (3.2–12.9), 4.2 (0.9–11.8)), PLR (p = 0.02, 136.4 ± 27.6, 111.1 ± 37.1), LMR (p = 0.001, 2.06 (1.1–4.2), 3.01 (1.2–5.9)) and SII (p = 0.001) values were significantly different. In the TR-ROP group, when these values were corrected with GA in logistic regression analysis, NLR, PLR, and SII were not statistically significant (p = 0.11, p = 0.83, and p = 0.14), but there was an increase in LMR [p = 0.02, OR = 0.38 95% CI (0.16–0.88)].
Conclusion
The prenatal maternal LMR was found to have a statistically significant predictive value for TR-ROP. In the prenatal period, a maternal systemic inflammatory state may be a risk factor for ROP development in the premature baby. Prenatal maternal LMR may be a guide for infants with TR-ROP. Babies who are thought to be at higher risk of TR- ROP may be screened more frequently.
Earlier second-language acquisition exhibits more pronounced modulation effects on brain functional network
Authors: Yao Chaofan , Sheng Yucen , Li Yongchao , Liu Xia , Zhao Ziyang , Shang Yingying , Yang Jing , Yao Zhijun , Hu Bin
Published: March 2023

Existing studies have revealed that language acquisition influences both structure and function of the brain. However, whether the acquisition of second language at different periods of life alters functional network organization in different ways remains unclear. Here, functional magnetic resonance imaging data of 30 English-speaking monolingual controls, 52 Spanish-English bilinguals, including 22 early bilinguals who began learning a second language before the age of ten, and 30 late bilinguals who started learning their second language at age fourteen or later were collected from OpenNeuro database. Topological metrics of resting-state functional networks were computed via graph theoretical approach, including small-world attributes, betweenness centrality, network efficiency, and rich and diverse-clubs that characterize functional integration and segregation of the networks. Results showed remarkable increases of network efficiency and rich-club functional connectivity in the early bilinguals relative to the monolingual controls, whereas the network organization of the late bilinguals did not significantly differ from the monolingual controls. The increased functional connectivity positively correlated with the number of languages exposed. Furthermore, the rostroventral area of the left cingulate gyrus that played an important role in both rich and diverse-clubs showed higher betweenness centrality in the EB than in the other two groups. These findings demonstrated early acquisition of second language modulated functional brain networks toward a more efficient and strengthened organization.
The hit of two earthquakes in Turkey-Syria: Mw 7.8 Giziantep- Mw 7.5 Kahramanmaras
Authors: Carrera-Cevallos Amilcar , Carrera-Cevallos Damaris
Published: March 2023

Turkey-Syria were shaken by two large earthquakes Mw=7,8 and the other with Mw=7,5. The seismic moment shows the amount of energy accumulated due to the seismic gap in the region. Giving researchers a guideline on which they can rely on the different interpretations of data provided by different stations around the world. In addition to understanding the type of problem caused by the use of low quality materials for the construction of buildings. The seismic moment that was calculated using the seismic moment formula can be found in the results where the moment graph is also evident; the peak seismic release at the time of the onset of the event, however many researchers will have discrepancies because they have reported the same ones that could be verified later.
A contrastive approach to grammatical doubts in some contemporary Germanic languages (German, Dutch, Swedish)
Authors: Thomas Strobel
Published: March 2023

Unquestionably (or: undoubtedly), every competent speaker has already come to doubt with respect to the question of which form is correct or appropriate and should be used (in the standard language) when faced with two or more almost identical competing variants of words, word forms or sentence and phrase structure (e.g. German "Pizzas/Pizzen/Pizze" 'pizzas', Dutch "de drie mooiste/mooiste drie stranden" 'the three most beautiful/most beautiful three beaches', Swedish "större än jag/mig" 'taller than I/me'). Such linguistic uncertainties or "cases of doubt" (cf. i.a. Klein 2003, 2009, 2018; Müller & Szczepaniak 2017; Schmitt, Szczepaniak & Vieregge 2019; Stark 2019 as well as the useful collections of data of Duden vol. 9, Taaladvies.net, Språkriktighetsboken etc.) systematically occur also in native speakers and they do not necessarily coincide with the difficulties of second language learners. In present-day German, most grammatical uncertainties occur in the domains of inflection (nominal plural formation, genitive singular allomorphy of strong masc./neut. nouns, inflectional variation of weak masc. nouns, strong/weak adjectival inflection and comparison forms, strong/weak verb forms, perfect auxiliary selection) and word-formation (linking elements in compounds, separability of complex verbs). As for syntax, there are often doubts in connection with case choice (pseudo-partitive constructions, prepositional case government) and agreement (especially due to coordination or appositional structures). This contribution aims to present a contrastive approach to morphological and syntactic uncertainties in contemporary Germanic languages (mostly German, Dutch, and Swedish) in order to obtain a broader and more fine-grained typology of grammatical instabilities and their causes. As will be discussed, most doubts of competent speakers - a problem also for general linguistic theory - can be attributed to processes of language change in progress, to language or variety contact, to gaps and rule conflicts in the grammar of every language or to psycholinguistic conditions of language processing. Our main concerns will be the issues of which (kinds of) common or different critical areas there are within Germanic (and, on the other hand, in which areas there are no doubts), which of the established (cross-linguistically valid) explanatory approaches apply to which phenomena and, ultimately, the question whether the new data reveals further lines of explanation for the empirically observable (standard) variation.
Parasite control
Authors: Pepper D. B.
Published: March 2023

This short paper describes our practice view of the broad approach to helminth control in cattle in our area, including some comments on the choice of anthelmintic, and the purchase and sale of the various formulations.
Safety trial of a bovine respiratory syncytial virus vaccine in feedlot calves
Authors: Baker John C. , Rust Steven R. , Ciszewski Daniel K. , Coe Paul H.
Published: March 2023

During 1985, 4 separate groups of steer calves (total number = 422) were observed for 28 days after arrival at a feedlot. 213 calves had been vaccinated with 2 ml of modified-live bovine respiratory syncytial virus vaccine before arrival. A booster vaccination was given 2 weeks later. 209 calves were unvaccinated. No adverse local or systemic reactions were seen in the vaccinated calves. No statistical differences were seen in morbidity and mortality rates, average sick days and average daily weight gain between the vaccinated and control calves.
Preconditioned Calves
Authors: Williams Donald E.
Published: March 2023

The American Association of Bovine Practitioners, in response to the need of the livestock industry, prepared a program in 1968 for certified pre-conditioned calves. The trademark of CPH was registered with the United States patent office. CPH designates that the calves are certified as pre-conditioned for health. This trademark can only be used by those veterinarians participating in the program as outlined by the American Association of Bovine Practitioners.
Prevention and management of frothy bloat in cattle
Authors: Miller C. R.
Published: March 2023

A successful bloat prevention program must include good management. Poloxalene has been found to be a safe, efficacious and practical drug to use in the prevention of frothy bloat.
Reproductive soundness in beef bulls
Authors: Carroll E. J.
Published: March 2023

Veterinarians are called upon to examine bulls for breeding soundness either before purchase or before the breeding season. There are many workers who believe that the reproductive capacity of beef bulls is generally less than that of bulls of dairy breeds. The purpose of this review is to present some comparisons of measures of reproductive capacity in bulls of beef and dairy breed in the United States and to discuss the clinical evaluationof the bull’s reproductive system.
AABP News
Authors: Of Bovine Practitioners American Association
Published: March 2023

Officers, District news, Events, Awards, and other news.
Control of bovine mastitis
Authors: Neave F. K. , Jackson E. R.
Published: March 2023

Abstract from a paper on "The Prevention of Intramammary Infection" by F. K. Neave and E. R. Jackson at a symposium on Mastitis, Reading University, England, January 1971.
Convention of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (5th : 1972). Program
Authors: American Association of Bovine Practitioners
Published: March 2023

Program information for the Convention of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (4th : 1972).
Embryo transfer in cattle
Authors: Drost Maarten
Published: March 2023

The topic of embryo transfer in cattle has received a great deal of publicity in all major cattle-producing countries in the world. This has come about, as has often happened in science, by a fortunate combination of major economic changes in the cattle industry, causing increased demand and higher prices for valuable livestock, and by improvements in the state of the art, especially the reports from Rowson and his colleagues (16-19) of high fertility after transfer of either one or two fertilized eggs to suitable recipients. Cattle ovumtransfer teams have sprung up in many countries and include veterinarians operating out of private clinics, as well as commercial enterprises devoted to techniques of improving cattle production. Substantial numbers of transfers have been performed commercially in Canada and Britain but have not yet been fully reported. Limited numbers of transfers have been reported from research laboratories in Japan, France, Canada and the United States (4,8,20,23-27). There is widespread interest by organizations associated with artificial insemination; however, before the commercial use of the technique of embryo transfer can be considered a success, it seems obvious that many problems have to be overcome. It is the purpose of this presentation to assess the present position and, particularly, to draw attention to the gaps in knowledge which are evident in this field. It is not my purpose to be unduly cautious; on the contrary, I believe the technique will find an important place in increasing efficiency of cattle production.