bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Leveraging university-industry partnerships to optimise postgraduate nursing education
Authors: Theobald Karen A , Fox Robyn , Burridge Christine , Thomson Bernadette , Fox Amanda
Published: April 2022

Background: Industry and higher education sectors devote considerable, but independent resources to deliver postgraduate nursing education. This leads to duplication, uncertainty among students, and critical gaps in nursing education. Establishing and sustaining meaningful partnerships between invested university and industry stakeholders can strengthen workforce capability and improve patient care. Methods: To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of using a University-Industry Integration Framework to develop a postgraduate nursing education program. Prospective mixed methods cohort study (STROBE). A co-design approach, using an established University-Industry Integration Framework, leveraged expert stakeholder partnerships to contextualise knowledge and service need for developing a postgraduate education program for cancer care nurses. Results: All participants (n=46) were 100% satisfied with the online resources, support, and communication processes applied. Qualitative data generated three major analytical interpretations (reciprocity, flexible adaptations, authentic learning), highlighting the experiences and connections and how the partnership evolved. Program participants (n=15) undertook a six-week cancer education program with eight responding to the survey with overwhelming satisfaction (100%), increasing their knowledge and skills. While barriers were evident, three quarters (n=6) indicated these were addressed and enabled progress in the program. However, 63% (n=5) were not satisfied with the program workload. Conclusions: University and industry partners can apply the University-Industry Integration Framework and deliver a successful postgraduate education program for cancer care services. Within a co-design partnership it is possible to develop strategies and processes to overcome barriers and deliver a program for mutual benefit. The culmination of this successful education program has enhanced collaborations between partners and likely will sustain the offering of future co-design endeavours.
Treatment with camrelizumab plus tyrosine kinase inhibitors with or without TACE for intermediate-advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: A clinical efficacy and safety study
Authors: Yin Yaolin , Li Yonghe , Xiong Yongfu , Xian Yin , Meng Chun , He Yi , He Kun , Li Jingdong
Published: April 2022

Purpose: This research compared the curative effect and safety of camrelizumab plus tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) combined with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) to those of camrelizumab plus TKIs for the treatment of intermediate-advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Methods: From January 2019 to July 2021, 47 patients with intermediate-advanced HCC were included in this retrospective study. After screening, 44 eligible patients were split into two arms: the camrelizumab + TKI + TACE arm (n=28) and the camrelizumab + TKI arm (n=16). The primary endpoints were overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS), while tumor response and adverse events (AEs) served as secondary endpoints.Results: The median OS was 12.6 months for the 44 patients. The median PFS (P=0.0248, 7.2 months vs. 3 months), objective response rate (ORR) (21.43% vs. 6.25%) and disease control rate (DCR) (57.14% vs. 18.75%) were better in the camrelizumab + TKI + TACE arm than in the camrelizumab + TKI arm. After correcting for the effects of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and total bilirubin (TBil), the treatment effect of the camrelizumab + TKI + TACE arm (HR=0.274, 95% CI=0.096-0.784, P=0.016) was still superior. The common AEs in the two groups included reactive cutaneous capillary hyperplasia (n=17), myelosuppression (n=19) and liver dysfunction (n=12). However, AEs of grade ≥ 3 were equal between the groups.Conclusion: Camrelizumab + TKI + TACE therapy was more effective than camrelizumab + TKI therapy for intermediate-advanced HCC, and toxicity was manageable.
Swallowed nail perforating the anterior surface of the stomach and penetrating the abdominal wall from the insideCase report
Authors: TAHA Ahmed
Published: April 2022

Foreign body ingestion is a problem generally found in children, some psychological diseases, and people with mental retardation. In most cases, they pass through the gastrointestinal tract, come out with faeces and rarely cause infection, local reaction, migration, or perforation. A CT scan is the ideal choice for complicated cases diagnosis. We report a case of a pointed rusty nail, perforating the stomach from inside, passing through the skin of the abdomen, outward from the left upper quadrant, and successfully extracted by open surgery in a patient with mental retardation. We recommend that we can care for those with mental retardation or who have foreign body ingestion habits by checking them regularly.
Comparison of an innovative endoscopic posterior/transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion technique and a minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion technique in the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis: a retrospective analysis
Authors: du shiyang , liu wei , xu bin , yang lin , zhao xiaolong , huang mi , li yarong , feng jing
Published: April 2022

BACKGROUND
This study aimed to investigate and compare the clinical efficacy of an innovative endoscopic posterior/transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (Endo-P/TLIF) technique and a minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) technique in the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).
METHODS
A retrospective analysis was conducted on 45 patients who underwent Endo-P/TLIF (n = 22)(Group A) and MIS-TLIF (n = 23) ༈Group B༉for single-segment LSS between October 2018 and July 2020. The age, sex, and surgical levels between both groups were comparative. Operation time, intraoperative blood loss, wound length, postoperative wound drainage flow, and postoperative time spent bedbound were recorded. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was evaluated preoperatively and 1 year postoperatively to assess the injury of the paravertebral muscles. Visual analog scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores were evaluated 1 day preoperatively, and at 7 days, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year postoperatively to compare the clinical efficacy of the two groups. Computed tomography (CT) scans were performed at 6 months postoperatively, and interbody fusion was evaluated using the Bridwell criterion.
RESULTS
The operation time for group A (158.3 ± 32.5) was longer than that for group B (121.3 ± 27.6, P < 0.05). Intraoperative blood loss, surgical incision length, postoperative drainage volume, and postoperative time spent bedbound for group A were significantly lower than those for group B (P < 0.05). The transversal areas of the paravertebral muscles for group A were significantly larger than those for group B (P < 0.05). VAS and ODI scores for lumbar and leg pain in both groups were significantly decreased after surgery. However, scores in group A were significantly lower than in group B at 1 week and 3 months after surgery (P < 0.05); however, no significant difference was noted in scores at 6 months and 1 year postoperatively.
CONCLUSIONS
Both techniques have similar efficacy in the treatment of single-segment LSS; however, patients who received Endo-P/TLIF had less postoperative paravertebral muscle injury, reduced low back pain, and a quicker recovery.
Use SRWR algorithm and network pharmacology to predicting the mechanism of the action of Lithospermum erythrorhizon Sieb on atopic dermatitis
Authors: Wang Tianyi , wang you , Zhao Linna , Zhang Bingxin , zhao linna
Published: April 2022

The application of network analysis algorithms promoted the development of network pharmacology. This study aimed to combine network pharmacology and signed random walk with restart (SRWR) to reveal the mechanism by which Lithospermum erythrorhizon Sieb (LES) exerts effects on atopic dermatitis (AD), and illustrate our approach and as a proof of principle for the method. We retrieved the compounds and targets of LES from TCMID and TCMSP and identified important compounds and targets by intersection analysis and PPI network. Then we firstly constructed a human genomic signaling network, which containing KEGG signaling network(including proteins/genes, interactions and signaling pathways in KEGG database), and STRING database(covers of the correlation scores between genes), and ran SRWR and KEGG based on this network, we got the conclusion that the active LES-derived compounds caffeic acid, Isovaleric acid, Arnebinol and Alannan may inhibite PTGS2, HSP90AA1, MAPK14, which are critical mediators involved in PI3K-Akt pathway, Fc epsilon RI signaling pathway, VEGF signaling pathway, Calcium signaling pathway. The application of SRWR could obtain putative LES targets with a lower false-positive rate, and lead to a more reliable foundation and a more suitable TCM herb study. more verification will further illustrate the advantage of this approach in the study of TCM herb.
Possible existence of dark matter admixed pulsar in the Disk region of the Milky Way galaxy
Authors: Rahman Nilofar , Murshid Masum , Molla Sajahan , Kalam Mehedi
Published: April 2022

In our previous study (Eur Phys J Plus135:362, 2020 & Eur Phys J Plus 135:637, 2020), we have discussed about the possible existence of the dark matter admixed pulsars, located in dwarf as well as in massive spiral galaxies(based on Singular Isothermal Sphere dark matter density profile) and in Milky Way galaxy (based on Universal Rotational Curve dark matter density profile). In this article, we use the Navarro-Frenk-White(NFW) dark matter density profile to get analogous results for the pulsars in the Disk region of the Milky Way galaxy. These findings may be treated as a useful complements to the previous findings. We conclude from our findings that there is a notable possibility of the presence of dark matter admixed pulsars in all the region of the galaxies.
Characterization of L-arabinose/D-galactose 1-dehydrogenase from Thermotoga maritima and its application in galactonate production
Authors: mengke xue , Feng Sizhong , Xie Fang , Zhao Hongyang , Xue Yemin
Published: April 2022

The first hyperthermophilic L-arabinose/D-galactose 1-dehydrogenase (TmAraDH) from Thermotoga maritima was heterologously purified from Escherichia coli. It belongs to the Gfo/Idh/MocA protein family with NAD+/NADP+ as a cofactor. The purified enzyme exhibited maximum activity toward L-arabinose at 75°C and pH 8.0, and retained 63.7% of its activity after 24 h at 60°C, and over 60% of its activity after holding a pH ranging from 7.0 to 9.0 for 1 h. Among all tested substrates, the purified TmAraDH had highest specific activity towards L-arabinose, D-galactose and D-fucose. The catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) towards L-arabinose and D-galactose was 123.85, 179.26 min− 1mM− 1 for NAD+, and 56.06, 18.19 min− 1mM− 1 for NADP+, respectively, and those for NAD+ and NADP+ were 374.64 and 2001.64 min− 1mM− 1 using D-galactose, and 227.98 and 2661.27 min− 1mM− 1 using L-arabinose, respectively. TmAraDH exhibited complete conversion in 12 h at 70oC to D-galactonate with 5 mM D-galactose. Modelling provides structural insights into the cofactor and substrate recognition specificity. Our results suggest that TmAraDH have great potential for the conversion of L-arabinose and D-galactose into rare sugar acids.
Validity and Reliability Study of Bahasa Malaysia Version of Sino-Nasal Outcome Test 22 in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patient
Authors:   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia, Ramli Ramiza Ramza , Zulkifli Shifa ,   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia, Abdullah Baharudin ,   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia, Mohamad Sakinah ,   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia, Md Shukri Norasnieda ,   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
Published: April 2022

Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) affects 14% of the general population. The SinoNasal Outcome Test 22 (SNOT-22) is a reliable instrument assessing the impact of CRS. This study aimed to examine the reliability and construct validity of the translated Bahasa Malaysia version of SNOT-22. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Otorhinolaryngology clinic in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Seventy CRS respondents and 39 healthy participants were included. The Bahasa Malaysia translated SNOT-22 (bmSNOT-22) was produced using rigorous forward and backward translation. Statistical analyses used included feasibility, Cronbach’s alpha, intraclass correlation coefficient, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and factor analysis. Results: The feasibility was 97.2% in the initial test and 100% in the retest. The Cronbach’s alpha was 0.89 in the initial test. The average intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was 0.90, indicating good test-retest reliability. The bmSNOT-22 discriminated between the control group and patients (t = 15.33; P < 0.001). Conclusion: The bmSNOT-22 is reliable, and validity established therefore recommended for Malaysia’s clinicians and researchers as a measurement tool for the outcome in sino-nasal disorders such as rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps.
Live, Genetically Attenuated, Cold-Chain-Free Cholera Vaccine—A Research and Development Journey: Light at the End of a Long Tunnel
Authors:   Centre of Excellence for Vaccine Development (CoEVD), Faculty of Applied Sciences, AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia, Ravichandran Manickam , Hui Xian Tew ,   Faculty of Applied Sciences, AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia, Prabhakaran Guruswamy ,   Centre of Excellence for Vaccine Development (CoEVD), Faculty of Applied Sciences, AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia, Parasuraman Subramani ,   Centre of Excellence for Vaccine Development (CoEVD), Faculty of Pharmacy, AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia, Norazmi Mohd Nor ,   Centre of Excellence for Vaccine Development (CoEVD), Faculty of Applied Sciences, AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia,   School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
Published: April 2022

Cholera, a diarrheal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae (V. cholerae) O139 and O1 strains, remains a public health problem. The existing World Health Organization (WHO)- licenced, killed, multiple-dose oral cholera vaccines demand ‘cold-chain supply’ at 2 °C–8 °C. Therefore, a live, single-dose, cold-chain-free vaccine would relieve significant bottlenecks and costs of cholera vaccination campaigns. Our cholera vaccine development journey started in 2000 at Universiti Sains Malaysia with isolation of the hemA gene from V. cholerae, followed by development of a gene mutant vaccine candidate VCUSM2 against V. cholerae O139 in 2006. In 2010, VCUSM2 reactogenicity was reduced by replacing its two wild-type ctxA gene copies with mutated ctxA to produce strain VCUSM14. Introducing the hemA gene into VCUSM14 created VCUSM14P, a strain with the 5- aminolaevulinic acid (ALA) prototrophic trait and excellent colonisation and immunological properties (100% protection to wild-type challenged rabbits). It was further refined in Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST University), with completion of single- and repeated-dose toxicity evaluations in 2019 in Sprague Dawley (SD) rats, followed by development of a novel cold-chain-free VCUSM14P formulation in 2020. VCUSM14P is unique for its intact cholera toxin B, a known mucosal adjuvant. The built-in adjuvant makes VCUSM14P an ideal vaccine delivery platform for emerging diseases (e.g. severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2] and tuberculosis). Our vaccine formulation mimics natural infection, remains non-reactogenic and immunogenic in vivo, and protects against infection and disease. It will also cost less and be less cumbersome to distribute due to its stability at room temperature. These features could revolutionise the outreach of this and other vaccines to meet global immunisation programmes, particularly in low-resourced areas. The next stage of our journey will be meeting the requisite regulatory requirements to produce the vaccine for rollout to countries where it is most needed.
Association between Socioeconomic Status and Vision Screening Outcomes among Preschool Children in Klang Valley, Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors:   Centre for Community Health Studies (ReaCH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Kamaruddin Humairah , Nordin Naufal ,   Centre for Community Health Studies (ReaCH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Abdul Manap Nurlin Erlina ,   Centre for Community Health Studies (ReaCH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Narayanasamy Sumithira ,   Centre for Community Health Studies (ReaCH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sharanjeet-Kaur Sharanjeet ,   Centre for Rehabilitation & Special Needs Studies (iCaReRehab), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Hairol Mohd Izzuddin ,   Centre for Community Health Studies (ReaCH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Published: April 2022

Background: Vision screening programmes’ outcomes are routinely used to report the prevalence of vision anomalies in children. However, the association between vision screening outcomes and the children’s socioeconomic status remains underexplored. This cross-sectional study determined the association between socioeconomic and birth status with vision screening outcomes in a sample of children in Klang Valley. Methods: Total 411 children (mean age: 5.49 ± 0.47 years old) attending preschools were selected via stratified cluster sampling. Habitual distance visual acuity, near visual acuity, and stereoacuity were measured. The fail criteria were distance visual acuity ≥ 0.3 logarithm of the Minimum Angle of Resolution (logMAR), near visual acuity ≥ 0.4 logMAR or stereoacuity ≥ 300 arcsec. Socioeconomic and birth history data were obtained using parent-report questionnaires. The association between socioeconomic factors and screening outcomes were determined with binary logistic regression. Results: Sixty-two children (15.1%) failed the screening, with a significantly higher failure rate for Bumiputera children (16.34%) compared to non-Bumiputera children (4.08%) (χ2 (1, 410) = 5.21; P = 0.024). After adjusting for confounders, Bumiputera children were four times more likely to fail vision screening (OR: 4.54; 95% confidence intervals [CI]: 1.07, 17.76; P = 0.044). Other socioeconomic factors were not significant predictors for failing vision screening. Conclusion: Preschool children’s ethnicity is associated with vision screening outcomes. Bumiputera children are more likely to fail vision screening than their non-Bumiputera peers.
Bleeding and Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation Treated with Apixaban or Rivaroxaban
Authors:   Centre for Quality Management of Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Salihin , Tan Hwee Pheng ,   Pharmacy Department, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mohd Saffian Shamin ,   Centre for Quality Management of Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Published: April 2022

Rivaroxaban and apixaban are effective oral anticoagulants, but their usage has been associated with an increased risk of bleeding events. This study examined the bleeding and thromboembolic events of rivaroxaban and apixaban. Medical records from 114 patients (rivaroxaban n = 64, apixaban n = 80) treated for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation at a tertiary hospital in Malaysia were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with bleeding or stroke/ systemic embolism events were identified and the bleeding risk factors were investigated using logistic regression analysis. Stroke or systemic embolism after treatment with Factor Xa (FXa) inhibitor occurred in 12 (8.33%) of the patients, 5 (3.47%) were ischaemic stroke and 7 (4.86%) of them were presented with myocardial infarction. Bleeding occurred in 32 (22.20%) patients, where 7 (4.90%) were presented with major bleeding (rivaroxaban n = 3, apixaban n = 4), while another 25 (17.40%) experienced clinically relevant non-major bleeding. Furthermore, concomitant antiplatelet used and serum creatinine level were significant predictors of bleeding events (P < 0.05). In conclusion, stroke or systemic embolism events were low for both drugs, but this may be an underestimate of the true prevalence due to the small sample size in the present study.
The Characterisation of Diarrhoeagenic Verotoxin Producing Non-O157 Escherichia coli among Young Children in Kuantan, Malaysia
Authors:   Faculty of Industrial Sciences Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Pahang, Malaysia, Karim Khan Md Fazlul , Rashid Shah Samiur ,   Faculty of Industrial Sciences Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Pahang, Malaysia, Ramli Aizi Nor Mazila ,   Faculty of Industrial Sciences Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Pahang, Malaysia, Kabir Muhammad Nomani ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Trust University Barishal, Barishal, Bangladesh, Hasan Maziz Mohammad Nazmul ,   Faculty of Medicine, Bioscience and Nursing, MAHSA University, Selangor, Malaysia
Published: April 2022

Background: Diarrhoeagenic verotoxin producing non-O157 Escherichia coli (VTEC) are associated with endemic infantile diarrhoea-causing morbidity and mortality worldwide. VTEC can also cause severe illness and has an impact on outbreaks, especially in developing countries. This study aims to investigate the prevalence and characterisation of VTEC and their association in causing infectious diarrhoea among Malaysian children. Methods: Standard microbiological techniques identified a total of 137 non-repeated, clinically significant E. coli isolates. Serological assays discerned non-O157 E. coli serogroup, subjected to virulence screen (VT1 and VT2) by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Results: Different PCR sets characterised the 49 clinical isolates of sorbitol positive non-O157 E. coli. Twenty-nine isolates harboured verotoxin genes associated with diarrhoea among children (≤ 5 years old). Among the 29 (59.18%) strains of verotoxin producing E. coli¸ genotypes VT1 and VT2 were detected in 21 (42.85%) and 5 (10.20%) isolates respectively, while both VT1 and VT2 genes were confirmed in 3 (6.12%) isolates. Conclusion: This study evaluates on the prevalence, serological characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of VTEC diarrhoea affected children (≤ 5 years old). Besides, the prevalence of verotoxin gene was determined as a root cause of diarrhoea among Malaysian children.
Dynamic decay and superadiabatic forces in the van Hove dynamics of bulk hard sphere fluids
Authors: Treffenstädt Lucas L. , Schindler Thomas , Schmidt Matthias
Published: April 2022

We study the dynamical decay of the van Hove function of Brownian hard
spheres using event-driven Brownian dynamics simulations and dynamic
test particle theory. Relevant decays mechanisms include deconfinement
of the self particle, decay of correlation shells, and shell drift.
Comparison to results for the Lennard-Jones system indicates the
generality of these mechanisms for dense overdamped liquids. We use
dynamical density functional theory on the basis of the Rosenfeld
functional with self interaction correction. Superadiabatic forces are
analysed using a recent power functional approximation. The power
functional yields a modified Einstein long-time self diffusion
coefficient in good agreement with simulation data.
Universal finite-size amplitude and anomalous entangment entropy of $z=2$ quantum Lifshitz criticalities in topological chains
Authors: Wang Ke , Sedrakyan Tigran
Published: April 2022

We consider Lifshitz criticalities with dynamical exponent
z=2z=2
that emerge in a class of topological chains. There, such a criticality
plays a fundamental role in describing transitions between
symmetry-enriched conformal field theories (CFTs). We report that, at
such critical points in one spatial dimension, the finite-size
correction to the energy scales with system size,
LL,
as \sim L^{-2}∼L−2,
with universal and anomalously large coefficient. The behavior
originates from the specific dispersion around the Fermi surface,
\epsilon \propto \pm k^2ϵ∝±k2.
We also show that the entanglement entropy exhibits at the criticality a
non-logarithmic dependence on l/Ll/L,
where ll
is the length of the sub-system. In the limit of
l\ll Ll≪L,
the maximally-entangled ground state has the entropy,
S(l/L)=S_0+(l/L)\log(l/L)S(l/L)=S0+(l/L)log(l/L).
Here S_0S0
is some non-universal entropy originating from short-range correlations.
We show that the novel entanglement originates from the long-range
correlation mediated by a zero mode in the low energy sector. The work
paves the way to study finite-size effects and entanglement entropy
around Lifshitz criticalities and offers an insight into transitions
between symmetry-enriched criticalities.
Brand extension and purchase intention of Jordanian banks’ clients
Authors: Ahmad Sharabati Abdel-Aziz , Al-Haddad Shafig , Judeh Mahfuz , Al-Badawi Baraa
Published: April 2022

Product/service extension is crucial for product/service development strategies; therefore, the study aims to investigate the impact of brand extension on consumers’ purchase intentions. Data were collected by questionnaire from 221 clients of Jordanian banks. SPSS 25 supported with AMOS has been used for structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the relationship and hypothesis. The study revealed that the eight brand extension sub-variables (companion product extension, brand prestige extension, brand distinction extension, component brand extension, leveraging a lifestyle, product form extension, company expertise extension, and customer franchise extension) are co-related. In general, the brand extension affects the consumers’ purchase intention, whereas companion product extension, brand prestige extension, brand distinction extension, component brand extension, and leveraging a lifestyle extension significantly affect consumer’s purchase intention. On the contrary, product form extension, company expertise extension, and customer franchise extension do not significantly affect consumers’ purchase decisions. In conclusion, a larger number of customers in future research as well as a similar research in different countries and a specific brand case study are recommended.
Woman, girl and wife in Swedish and Russian comparative paremias
Authors:   The Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications, Alyoshin Aleksey , Zinovieva Elena ,   St. Petersburg State University
Published: April 2022

The article deals with Swedish and Russian proverbs about girl, woman, and wife, which have a comparative structure. We propose a classification of the paremias of two languages from the structural perspective, identify categories and productive models of the proverbial languages, and show general and national-culturally determined attitudes verbalized by paremiological units. This leads us to conclude that proverbs with an explicit comparison, with the help of formal linguistic means, opposition and metaphors, prevail in both Swedish and Russian. Structural differences lie in the presence of a large-scale category of paremias expressing the position of the subjects of comparison with the common predicate in the Swedish language; in the Russian language there are units expressing comparison through negation. Most Swedish paremias characterize a woman as opposed to a man, and the wife is presented diffusely and is rarely formally separated from the general idea of a woman; Russian units separately single out the wife as the leading woman’s status in family life. A small number of paremias of both languages are dedicated to the unmarried girl. Both in Swedish and Russian proverbs the masculine view dominates, which is due to the time of origin of these linguistic units, in which a negative assessment of woman prevails. In both Swedish and Russian paremias, a woman is endowed with such qualities as talkativeness, quarrelsomeness, stupidity, and excessive emotionality. In the units of the two languages, an evil woman is marked. The differences lie in the attitude verbalized in the proverbs of the two languages, to the physical impact on a woman by a man, in a negative assessment of the beautiful appearance of the wife in Russian paremias, as well as in the thematic areas of the images used. If Swedish proverbs use images of natural phenomena, then Russian units use household realities. Swedish proverbs less categorically declare that women are less valuable than men, unlike Russian proverbs.
A comparison of biaspectual verbs borrowed from Latin into Dutch, Czech and Polish
Authors:   Univerzita Palackého, Czech Republic, Engelbrecht Wilken ,   Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Poland, Flor-Górecka Agnieszka ,   Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Poland, Křížová Kateřina ,   Univerzita Palackého, Czech Republic
Published: April 2022

West Germanic languages such as Dutch have a temporal system, but a typical feature of the Slavonic verb system is aspectuality. Most Slavonic borrowed or newlyformed verbs in the technical sphere are based on Latin, however, a language with a rather strict temporal system. Typically, such verbs are mostly borrowed as imperfective (durative) verbs. This paper examines several such verbs and compares their integration into Dutch, Czech and Polish. Dutch has no morphological forms showing aspectuality. However, aspectuality is present, the difference is there a semantic one, between a dynamic or a static character. In this article, ten potentially bi-aspectual verbs borrowed from Latin are discussed, all of them having in Dutch a dynamic character. In Czech and Polish, such verbs will have after borrowing initially a bi-aspectual character. Depending on frequency of use, the verbs will become integrated by adding aspectual prefixes. This integration is illustrated for both Slavonic languages by sentences from recent press articles. Where in the Czech dictionaries, the majority of the analysed verbs are still described as bi-aspectual, it seems that Polish is much faster at changing Latin borrowed verbs into aspectual pairs. One should be, however, cautious as it is often dependent on which dictionary one consults whether a verb is marked as bi-aspectual or as imperfectivum tantum. Nevertheless, the general tendencies are clear.
Word formation potential of words relating to upper body in Danish
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Krasnova Elena
Published: April 2022

Somatisms, or names of human body parts, are the oldest and most important components of the linguistic “picture of the world” of any nation. People have always had associations with something directly related to them and that they are familiar with — parts of the body. The most frequently used somatisms related to the upper body (head) were chosen as material for this study: hoved ‘head’, næse ‘nose’, mund ‘mouth’, nakke ‘back of the head’, hals ‘neck’, pande ‘forehead’, øje ‘eye’, øre ‘ear’. Since isolated somatisms act as independent units only in some specific contexts, the study also included compound words with these somatism-components as the second component. The analysis of meanings of the most frequent words belonging to the lexicalsemantic group “Upper part of the human body” reveals a rather mixed picture. On the one hand, these units in their literal sense make up parts of many compound words, which allows us to identify the main word-formation patterns for this sphere. On the other hand, somatisms in their figurative meanings are also actively used within compound nouns. Pseudoparticiples represent a separate group that can be metaphorised and in this case are used to characterize a person, together with evaluative nouns containing similar second components. In some cases, pseudoparticiples serve as parallels to evaluative nouns with a somatism as the second component. In the sphere of evaluative nouns, there is a weakening of the semantics of words used as second components, which clearly indicates that these units are on their way to become affixes. The word-formation potential of the somatisms under study is extremely wide and is determined by the importance of body parts in the sensory cognition of the world and in the subject-practical activity of man, which determines the number and regularity of the units derived from them.
Tones in Danish dialects compared with Low German and Franconian tones
Authors:   Institute for Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kuzmenko Yury
Published: April 2022

The article deals with tonal differences in Danish, northern Low German, and Franconian dialects, which appeared after the apocope. Dissyllabic words and forms become monosyllabic, but they continue to differ due to differences in accents: CVC — CVCV > CVC1 — CVC2, as in /hu.’s/ n. sg. hus ‘house’ — /hu.sә/ n. pl. huse ‘houses’ > /hu.s1/ — /hu.s2/ in Southern Jutlandic, /hu.s/ n.sg. nom/acc. Haus ‘house’ — /hu.sә/ Hause ‘house’ dat. sg. > /hu.s1/ — /hu.s2/ in northern Low German dialects and /haus/ n. sg. nom./acc. Haus ‘house’ — /hausә/ dat. sg. Hause ‘house’ > /haus1/ — /haus2/ in Franconian Arzbach dialect. The appearance of such tonal differences is associated with a sharp increase in monosyllabic words. The development in the Danish apocopated dialects has much in common with the development in northern Low German and Franconian dialects. It concerns not only the appearance of tones due to the apocope and the same lexical and morphological distribution of the accents in related words and forms (see above), but even the spread of the accent of apocope to original monosyllabic words with a special phonemic basis (spontaneous accentuation), the long phonetic duration of which was realized by the speakers as an accent of the apocope. Tonal differences of root morphemes, along with the coincidence of the root with the syllable and with the increase of the difference between syllable-initial and syllablefinal consonants, turn out to be one of the most important means of segmentation of the root morpheme in a text. The question is also raised about the possible contact nature of the apocope and of the appearance of the tonal differences.
Microblogging in Denmark and Poland — a contrastive analysis. Part II
Authors:   University of Wrocław, Smułczyński Michał
Published: April 2022

This article is the second part of a comparative study of Danish and Polish tweets, inspired by the anthology “Microblogs global”. The first part of the study deals with the social network and microblogging tool Twitter, including the more technical side of microblogging. The many tweet types and the extensive terminology in the field were thoroughly and conscientiously explained. In addition, the contrasts concerning orthography and spoken language were analysed. For the following description, 320 Danish and 320 Polish tweets were collected from randomly selected profiles belonging to various politicians, journalists, and private individuals posting mainly in Danish/ Polish. The analysis covers the period from 30 March to 6 April 2019, and includes differences in tweets in terms of word preference, e.g. colloquialisms, anglicisms, or profanity, to technical and linguistic reductions and the structure of sentences. The degree of graphostilistics in relation to emojis, emoticons, smileys, and iteration is analyzed. Interaction operators are investigated, as well as functional aspects of tweets, i.e. whether tweets can be categorized as messages, comments, statements, or questions. The greatest contrasts occur in such domains as reduction, graphostylistics, and interaction. While the Polish corpus contains only 15 short forms/composites/abbreviations, the Danish corpus contains 3 times more such words (51 examples). Differences in graphostilistics concern above all the number and types of emojis. In addition, emoticons are repeated or concentrated only in the Danish tweets. The divergences in vocabulary and syntax are almost imperceptible.
The French Flemish dialect in the context of language situation of Belgium and France
Authors:   St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University, Ulianitckaia Liubov
Published: April 2022

This article addresses the historical language variants of Flanders, spoken both within and outside the region. The linguistic diversity of officially Dutch-speaking Flanders is represented by Limburgish, West Flemish, Brabantian, and East Flemish dialects, with Limburgish and West Flemish being entitled to the status of a distinct language. (Limburgish is recognized as a regional language in the Netherlands.) This paper reviews some sociolinguistic and political features of Flanders, acknowledging the area of West Flemish dialect group use. Special emphasis is placed on the French Flemish dialect, present in the territories of France and Belgium. This dialect is one of the most archaic West Flemish dialects that suffered a profound impact from French and other neighboring languages. The lexical and grammatical features of French Flemish are examined. It is noted that code switching is common for the French Flemish dialect. Some of the French Flemish syntax features related to the antecedent phenomena are explained via the binomiality idea, that states any verbal or substantive part of a sentence be composed of two parts, the first of which can be modified. Some syntax phenomena of French Flemish could be the result of grammatical interference between the West Flemish dialect and the French language. The paper also touches on the French Flemish support actions taken by France and Belgium, and discusses French Flemish seceding from West Flemish dialect group and acquiring a special status, that could be a status of a distinct language.
Translating Dutch modal particles ‘wel’ and ‘maar’ into Russian
Authors:   Institute of Linguistic, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tereshko Ekaterina
Published: April 2022

The article considers ways of transferring the meaning of Dutch modal particles in Russian text. Modal particles in Dutch act as communicative markers that are specific to Dutch culture. In contrast to the popular opinion, that in translating modal particles the method of omission prevails, this article examines the lexical, grammatical, and syntactic methods for preserving the modal meaning of the Dutch text in Russian translations, using examples from fiction. In addition, the question of translatability of poetic texts is touched upon. Following N. M. Azarova and S. Y. Bochaver, the author accepts the thesis of the translatability of the poetic text. Modern poetry, however, has its own specific features, such as brevity, the importance of graphic appearance of the text, and discreteness of the statement. Within strict limits of the growing importance of visual culture in the modern world, Dutch poets practically refuse “superfluous” words, including modal particles, which are extremely rare in poetry. This observation has a great value, because in today’s world of computer technology, the zero is as important as the one.
The Swedish plan of the Siege of Krakow in 1655
Authors:   University of Białystok, Łopatecki Karol , Krawczuk Wojciech ,   Jagiellonian University in Kraków
Published: April 2022

In this article we present an unknown map of Krakow and its surroundings with an attached description in Swedish, which is stored in the Riksarkivet, the National Archives of Sweden (Stockholm). We are scrutinizing the circumstances in which this work came into being, which indicates that the source was created between 1 and 7 October 1655, making it the oldest known map with an attached legend presenting not only Krakow, but also the adjacent towns of Kleparz and Kazimierz and the suburb of Stradom. This document was attached to an unpreserved letter that was probably sent to the Scandinavian Peninsula. We present this relic as an attempt to depict war events in an epistolographic message through a two-dimensional representation of space with a legend. We place this against the broader background of changes in worldviews at that time, shaped by increasingly popular atlases and printed maps. This work had no tactical significance, nor was it used in propaganda of the Swedish Empire. Its main purpose was to document epoch-making events. The map and legend were to complement the epistolographic message, common in correspondence of the diplomatic and military elites of the 17th century. The author must have been an educated person with considerable spatial imagination. This person’s intellectual horizons are evidenced by, among others, knowledge of the chorography of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by Szymon Starowolski (Kolonia 1632 and Gdańsk 1652). The map was presumably made by Matthias Palbitzki, a diplomat and art connoisseur.
To the Issue of Business Trips in Labour Law of the Russian Federation
Authors:   Irkutsk Institute (Branch), All-Russian State University of Justice, Kostyuchenko M.A.
Published: April 2022

The subjects of the study are the norms of the business trip institute in the labor legislation of the Russian Federation and other acts containing the norms of labour law, which allow to identify its essential features. The author analyzes the definition of a business trip specified in article 166 of the Labor Code of the RF, its features and duration. It is noted that the maximum term of a business trip is not legally limited, so the employer has the right to send an employee on a business trip of any length. The problematic issues of providing guarantees when sending employees on business trips, as well as reimbursement of costs associated with them are considered. It should be kept in mind that Article 166 of the RF Labor Code explicitly excludes from the business trips those employees, whose permanent work is carried out by travel status or has traveling nature. Consequently, expenses incurred by employees whose work is connected with regular business trips or with the itinerant nature of work cannot be regarded as business travel expenses. There are some differences between a business trip and a business travel with the itinerant nature of work. In particular, they consist in the fact that a business trip is usually of a one-time nature, while the itinerant nature of work implies regular business trips characteristic of this type of activity. In addition, the itinerant nature of work is an evaluative category, so the employer has the right to independently decide which jobs in the organization have the itinerant nature.
Bulk Transactions: A New Category of Civil Law in Germany?
Authors:   The Helmut-Schmidt-University (the University of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg), Reiner G. , Tatarkina K.P. ,   The Helmut-Schmidt-University (the University of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg)
Published: April 2022

The article analyses provisions of German civil law that establish special rules applicable to legal transactions, which are typically concluded in a large number of cases and comparable conditions (bulk transactions). Four examples are used to reveal, in terms of their ratio, four different types of rules introducing a special regulation of bulk transactions: (1) exceptions to freedom of contract due to lack of interest of the bulk contractor in selecting his contractual partner (e.g. the prohibition of discrimination); (2) rules taking into account the fact that the ability of bulk contractor to contract en masse is typically an indication of superior market power and therefore protecting the contractual partner against exploitation (e.g. regulation on standard terms and conditions); (3) rules protecting the market, which is endangered by companies acting illegally on a mass scale (e.g. disgorgement of profits under unfair competition law; the tort liability in the VW diesel case); and finally (4) rules enabling bulk business and competition between providers in the area of services of general interest (e.g. the concept of «suitability for bulk business" in the energy law).
Housing Rights and Interests of Citizens and Their Notarial Protection.
Authors:   Irkutsk Institute (Branch), All-Russian State University of Justice, Izmailova E.V.
Published: April 2022

The article defines the limits of notary participation in protection of subjective rights and interests of housing relations participants. The question of the correlation between the terms «notarial protection» and «notarial defence» is investigated, and the author gives the arguments in favor of the legislator's position which refers all notarial acts to measures of protection of rights and interests of citizens and legal entities. The ambiguity of understanding the terms «conflict regime», «undisputed regime», «violation of rights and interests» is demonstrated. The scientific debate on the issue of objects of notarial protection is illustrated, the conclusion that subjective rights and interests can act as such objects is formulated. The author draws attention to the absence of an established approach to the distinction of these protection objects types in the science of civil law, analyzes the provisions of the norms of civil and housing legislation, fixing situations of notaries participation in housing rights and interests protection, and indicates the timeliness of the legislative decision on introduction of obligatory notarial certifications of transactions with shares in the right of ownership of dwelling premises. The conclusion about the necessity of the further step-by-step expansion of notaries participation in protection of the subjective rights and interests of participants of housing relationships is formulated.
Theft and Find: Problems of Differentiation and Qualification
Authors:   Irkutsk Institute (Branch), All-Russian State University of Justice, Sereda I.M. , Luhneva M.Ya. ,   Irkutsk Institute (Branch), All-Russian State University of Justice, Irkutsk, the Russian Federation
Published: April 2022

Criminal and legal protection of property is one of the most important tasks of the state policy. According to official statistics, theft is the most common form of misappropriation, and in the process of applying the relevant rules of law, it is quite difficult to distinguish between relations arising from the commission of theft, which is a crime against property, and theft as a civil law behavior. The problems of differentiation of theft and find are quite acute, both in the field of criminal law science and in the activities of law enforcement agencies. Judicial practice on this issue is also contradictory; the highest court bodies have not elaborated relevant explanations. This fact determines the relevance of considering the issues related to the regulation of criminal and civil law relations that protect the institute of property. When qualifying the theft and find, it is necessary to be guided by objective and subjective circumstances, which testify, first, to the mercenary orientation of the actions of the person. At the same time, it should be borne in mind that the misappropriation of an abandoned (possessing individual features), rather than a lost thing is considered to be a criminal offence. Based on the conducted analysis the authors defined the criteria of delimitation of a theft from a find and worked out the recommendations, which are important for the judicial and investigative practice.