bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Precision of Place Fields Governs Their Fate across Epochs of Experience
Authors: Chiu YuHung , Dong Can , Krishnan Seetha , Sheffield Mark E. J.
Published: November 2023

Spatial memories are represented by hippocampal place cells during navigation. This spatial code is dynamic, undergoing changes across time, known as representational drift, and across changes in internal state, even while navigating the same spatial environment with consistent behavior. A dynamic code may provide the hippocampus a means to track distinct epochs of experience that occur at different times or during different internal states and update spatial memories. Changes to the spatial code include place fields (PFs) that remap to new locations and place fields that vanish, while others are stable. However, what determines place field fate across epochs remains unclear. We measured the lap-by-lap properties of place cells in mice during navigation for a block of trials in a rewarded virtual environment. We then determined the position of the place fields in another block of trials in the same spatial environment either separated by a day (a distinct temporal epoch) or during the same session but with reward removed to change reward expectation (a distinct internal state epoch). We found that place cells with remapped place fields across epochs tended to have lower spatial precision during navigation in the initial epoch. Place cells with stable or vanished place fields tended to have higher spatial precision. We conclude that place cells with less precise place fields have greater spatial flexibility, allowing them to respond to, and track, distinct epochs of experience in the same spatial environment, while place cells with precise place fields generally preserve spatial information when their fields reappear.
Human Sensorimotor Beta Event Characteristics and Aperiodic Signal Are Highly Heritable
Authors: Pauls K. Amande M. , Salmela Elina , Korsun Olesia , Kujala Jan , Salmelin Riitta , Renvall Hanna
Published: November 2023

Individuals’ phenotypes, including the brain's structure and function, are largely determined by genes and their interplay. The resting brain generates salient rhythmic patterns that can be characterized noninvasively using functional neuroimaging such as magnetoencephalography (MEG). One of these rhythms, the somatomotor (rolandic) beta rhythm, shows intermittent high amplitude “events” that predict behavior across tasks and species. Beta rhythm is altered in neurological disease. The aperiodic (1/f) signal present in electrophysiological recordings is also modulated by some neurological conditions and aging. Both sensorimotor beta and aperiodic signal could thus serve as biomarkers of sensorimotor function. Knowledge about the extent to which these brain functional measures are heritable could shed light on the mechanisms underlying their generation. We investigated the heritability and variability of human spontaneous sensorimotor beta rhythm events and aperiodic activity in 210 healthy male and female adult siblings’ spontaneous MEG activity. The most heritable trait was the aperiodic 1/f signal, with a heritability of 0.87 in the right hemisphere. Time-resolved beta event amplitude parameters were also highly heritable, whereas the heritabilities for overall beta power, peak frequency, and measures of event duration remained nonsignificant. Human sensorimotor neural activity can thus be dissected into different components with variable heritability. We postulate that these differences partially reflect different underlying signal-generating mechanisms. The 1/f signal and beta event amplitude measures may depend more on fixed, anatomical parameters, whereas beta event duration and its modulation reflect dynamic characteristics, guiding their use as potential disease biomarkers.
Quinine’s Remains: Empire’s Medicine and the Life Thereafter
Authors: Middleton Townsend
Published: November 2023

What happens after colonial industries have run their course—after the factory closes and the fields go fallow? Set in the cinchona plantations of India’s Darjeeling Hills, Quinine’s Remains chronicles the history and aftermaths of quinine. Harvested from cinchona bark, quinine was malaria’s only remedy until the twentieth-century advent of synthetic drugs, and it was vital to the British Empire. Today, the cinchona plantations—and the roughly fifty thousand people who call them home—remain. Their futures, however, are unclear. The Indian government has threatened to privatize or shut down this seemingly obsolete and crumbling industry, but the plantation community, led by strident trade unions, has successfully resisted. Overgrown cinchona fields and shuttered quinine factories may appear the stuff of postcolonial and postindustrial ruination, but quinine’s remains are not dead. Rather, they have become the site of urgent efforts to redefine land and life for the twenty-first century. Quinine’s Remains offers a vivid historical and ethnographic portrait of what it means to forge life after empire.
Impact of Teaching Oral Communication Strategies to Engineering Students at a South-Western Nigerian University
Authors: Solihu Abdullateef , Abdullah Normah , Mohamad Isa Abdul Azim
Published: November 2023

This study sought to examine the impact of teaching oral communication strategies on a cohort of ESL learners studying at the engineering faculty of a university in Lagos State of Nigeria. A quasi-experimental design was adopted to identify the cause-and-effect relationship between the teaching of oral communication strategies and the participants’ use of those strategies. Hence, an English-speaking task was administered twice to a group of seven undergraduate engineering students who, through snowball sampling, were non-randomly chosen from the engineering faculty at the aforementioned university. In-between the two phases of the speaking task, a four-hour training session on the use of oral communication strategies was conducted. Data were then collected through the participants’ responses to the spoken task and were transcribed and coded according to Tarone’s communication taxonomy. Using an independent sample t-test to analyse the data, the findings revealed a statistically significant increase in the participants’ use of oral communication strategies after the training. This implies that teaching oral communication strategies is impactful in improving the participants’ English-speaking competence. The research is concluded with a recommendation for further studies with large samples for more generalisable findings. This research will inform language education policy makers of the need to heighten second language learners’ and teachers’ awareness of oral communication strategies use via their incorporation in the language curriculum.
LAS ALCAICERÍAS SEVILLANAS DEL SIGLO XVI. ESTUDIO URBANO Y RESTITUCIÓN GRÁFICA
Authors: Núñez-González María
Published: November 2023

Este artículo se centra en el estudio urbano y restitución gráfica de las alcaicerías de Sevilla en el siglo XVI, centros de la vida comercial de la ciudad en un momento de máximo esplendor económico y cultural. Se ha realizado un análisis arquitectónico y de las tipologías edificatorias a partir de fuentes históricas y se han desarrollado hipótesis de levantamiento y restitución gráfica de enclaves comerciales tan paradigmáticos como son Las Gradas y las alcaicerías de Santa María la Mayor y de San Salvador, incluyendo usos, superficies, alturas y densidad de la edificación.
A Palynological Study of Some Helichrysum (Asteraceae) Species in Iran
Authors: Azizi N. , Mozaffarian V. , Talebi S. M. , Jamzad Z.
Published: November 2023

In this study, palynological characteristics of 23 specimens of Helichrysum Mill., representing 12 Iranian species were investigated. We evaluated pollen grains (25 per specimens) and tested them by 15 qualitative and quantitative characteristics using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Pollen grain descriptions of most species were presented for the first time in the world. The pollen grains were tricolporate, radially symmetrical and isopolar in all examined samples. They were small, and rarely medium in size. The polar outline view (amb) was the same among the species. The overall views of pollen grains were prolate-spheroidal, oblate-spheroidal, subprolate, prolate and spheroidal. However, the more abundant type was prolate-spheroidal. The exine sculpture was echinate, and tectum is perforate. The ANOVA test revealed a significant variation (P < 0.001) for all the quantitative characteristics. In PCA analysis, the colpus length, width, and length/width ratio traits, polar and equatorial axes length, were the most variable features and some species were characterised by these characters. Results indicated that a few qualitative characteristics such as polar outline view and exine sculpture lack taxonomic importance via their stability among species. Also, the palynological traits had enough potential to separate the taxonomic boundaries of H. rubicundum and H. globiferum, but approximately the species clustering pattern did not agree with Flora Iranica.
An Overview of the History of Bellevalia (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae) Infrageneric Classifications and Evaluation of Cilia at Leaf Margins to Determine the Position of Species in the Classification
Authors: Roudsary L. Jalali , Jafari A. , Vaezi J. , Karimi E.
Published: November 2023

Bellevalia Lapeyr. (Asparagaceae) underwent numerous changes in infrageneric classification based on morphological characteristics between 1854 and 1980. In 1939, a comprehensive classification was proposed, based on the morphological features of the flowers and leaves of 45 species. This classification, which was unique at the time, divided the genus into four sections and six subsections. In 2021, a phylogenetic study was conducted on 14 Bellevalia species using four plastid genes. The study led to a revised infrageneric classification determined by the presence or absence of cilia at the leaf margins. In this study, morphological characteristics, particularly the presence of cilia at the leaf margins, were assessed for of 40 Bellevalia species and categorised according to the recent infrageneric classification. The results showed that 13 species exhibited glabrous or smooth leaf margins while 27 displayed non-glabrous leaf margins. Three types of cilia were observed in non-glabrous species: a) ribbon-shape, b) turbinate or conical, and c) papilla. Notably, the species with glabrous leaf margins were exclusively found in the Irano-Turanian region, whereas non-glabrous species were distributed throughout the Irano-Turanian, Mediterranean and Saharo-Sindian regions.
Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Haloxylon Aphyllum in Iran by ISSR Markers
Authors: Pourmeidani A. , Amini E. , Nasrollahi F. , Mohammadi Y.
Published: November 2023

Haloxylon aphyllum is a significant species adapted to salinity conditions and plays an important role in stabilising soil, providing forage, and serving as a source of firewood for residents. In this study, the genetic diversity of four populations of H. aphyllum in Iran was examined using four primers to assess genetic diversity, which produced a total of 41 bands. The AMOVA test showed that the studied populations differed in their genetic content. Specifically, 46% of genetic variability occurred within populations, while 54% arose between populations, indicating a high degree of genetic variation among H. aphyllum populations. The Mantel test presented a significant correlation between genetic distance and geographic distance. Additionally, the STRUCTURE analysis presented comprehensive information on the genetic structure of the studied H. aphyllum populations. The presence of genetic diversity and heterozygosity among H. aphyllum populations suggests local adaptation among populations, which may be due to the heterogeneity of environmental factors such as soil moisture and nutrients that create genetic heterogeneity.
Response of sensor-enabled piezoelectric geobelt reinforced soil pullout friction signals
Authors: Rao Y. , Liu Z. , Ding G. , Gao Z. , Wang J. , Wang H. , Wu X.
Published: November 2023

Geosynthetics are widely used in soil reinforcement engineering, the failure modes of which are typically pullout modes. However, current research on monitoring the pullout damage experienced by reinforced soil is limited. Accordingly, in this study, the stress variation laws and signal output characteristics of a sensor-enabled piezoelectric geobelt (SPGB) that can capture the tensile vibration signals of reinforced soil under various tensile failure conditions were examined. It was found that the SPGB captured the response signals under different soil environments, confining pressures, and shear rates. During the pullout friction process, a spike was generated, and the displacement corresponding to the position of the spike increased with an increase of the pullout friction rate. In the clay environment, the spike voltage was related to the confining pressure, while in the sand environment, there was no obvious relationship between the spike voltage and the confining pressure. In the gravel environment, the output voltage of the SPGB fluctuated greatly, due to the embedment of gravel particles, and many negative voltages of large amplitude appeared. The results of this study verify the promising application potential of SPGBs for the integration of soil reinforcement and monitoring, which is significant for further applications of SPGBs in engineering.
Mapping of 2021–2022 floods in North America from street photos with artificial intelligence
Authors: Alizadeh Kharazi Bahareh , Behzadan Amir H
Published: November 2023

Successful flood response and evacuation require timely access to reliable flood depth information in urban areas. However, existing flood-depth-mapping tools do not provide real-time flood depth information in residential areas. In this paper, a deep convolutional neural network is used to determine flood depth through the analysis of crowdsourced images of submerged stop signs. Model performance in pole length estimation is tested on a test set, achieving a root mean squared error of 10.200 in. (1 in. = 1 inch = 2.54 cm) on pre-flood photographs and 6.156 in. on post-flood photographs and an average processing time of 0.05 s. The performance of the developed model is tested on two case studies: Hurricane Ian in the USA (2022) and the Pacific Northwest floods in the USA and Canada (2021), yielding mean absolute errors (MAEs) of 4.375 and 6.978 in., respectively. The overall MAE for both floods is achieved as 5.807 in., which is on par with those from previous studies. Additionally, detected flood depths are compared with readings reported by the nearest flood gauge on the same date. The outcome of this study demonstrates the applicability of this approach to low-cost, accurate, scalable and real-time flood risk mapping in most geographical locations, particularly in places where flood gauge reading is not feasible.
Research on the application of Building Information Modeling in commercial building construction
Authors: Yang Ying
Published: November 2023

In order to improve the construction effect, BIM technology is applied to the field of construction management. A multi objective optimization model was established in response to the demand for multi objective optimization, which considerations of two stages: time cost and time resource balance. The model was used to optimize resource allocation and reduce construction costs. Algorithm was used to solve the model and the optimal construction management plan suitable for large commercial builds was observed. Through the optimal construction management plan of this study, the optimal construction period for the project is determined to be 438 days. During this construction period, the cost of this phase of the project is RMB 2712.32 million (USD 384 million). Compared to the project planning cost, the total cost decreased by 17.05%. This indicates that through the collaborative work of construction management mode and BIM technology, the entire construction process of the project has been effectively optimized. The research technology provides a reference for the development of more advanced construction management technologies in the future.
The Origins of Terrorism in Russia and the Specifics of Its Prevention in the Conditions of the Digitization of the Society
Authors: Gotchina Larisa , Serdyuk Pavel
Published: November 2023

Based on the history of terrorism, its concept and methods of counteracting it in Russia, the authors research the problems of an active incorporation of modern information-telecommunication technologies in all spheres of social life, manifested in the emergence of considerable risks and threats to public safety. These technologies are analyzed as a means that provides terrorists with extra opportunities for involving new people in their criminal activities, for radicalization, illegal financing, creation of an attractive image of terrorism, new ways of committing, planning, organizing and coordinating terrorist groups in a remote mode, as well as for the collection and transfer of information, etc. These technologies are studied as a powerful instrument of manipulating public conscience and behavior that can effectively influence the public opinion and create a public image of the all-powerfulness of terror. The goal of this research is to study the concept of terrorism, its history in Russia, its causes and conditions, as well as to provide theoretical recommendations for its prevention. The method of content analysis of the works of Russian and foreign authors is used to achieve this goal. The key results of this work consist in identifying the causes of the emergence and spread of terrorism at different historical stages, as well as the system of informational counteraction to terrorism. The authors conclude that counteracting terrorism in the conditions of digitization through a prohibition of internet content with unlawful information is not fully possible and that such counteraction should be aimed at influencing the world view and legal conscience of people to eliminate the support for terrorism. The novelty of the work consists in the authors’ identification of the causes of terrorism, the development of suggestions aimed at counteracting terrorism in the conditions of the digitization of criminality and presented as various projects and actions that should be implemented on the territory of the whole country.
SA Rugby Injury and Illness Surveillance and Prevention Project (SARIISPP): The Currie Cup Injury Surveillance Report 2022
Authors: Paul Lara , Readhead Clint , Viljoen Wayne , Lambert Mike
Published: November 2023

The content of the report is based on data collected by the SA Rugby Injury and Illness Surveillance and Prevention Project (SARIISPP) steering group.
Assessment of coal washability data obtained via the RhoVol analyser
Authors: Stone D. , Campbell Q.P. , le Roux M. , Fofana M.
Published: November 2023

Float-and-sink analysis is widely used in the coal industry to obtain washability data, yielding important information about beneficiation potential and performance. This method is associated with health and environmental problems, and research into alternative densimetric methods is important. The RhoVol is a new technology developed by De Beers Group Technology South Africa (DebTech) for the image-based generation of densimetric data from ores. The analysis is done on a per-particle basis, within a size range of +3 mm -8 mm. In this paper we compare the established methods used for the float-and-sink analysis of coal with a new method using RhoVol. The aim of the study was to determine the validity of the information obtained from the RhoVol analyser by performing comparative densimetric analysis on three different coal samples. The results showed that the RhoVol method was more rapid, safe, and precise, but tended to consistently underestimate the density of the coal sample, probably due to varying coal porosity.
Structural frame analysis of an electrically powered robotic subsea dredging crawler under static loading conditions
Authors: Ojumu M.O. , Raji A.K.
Published: November 2023

Robotic subsea dredging crawlers are dynamically and remotely controlled vehicles that are used for deep sea mining and recovery operations. These exploration machines are released from a mother ship and move around on the ocean floor using tracks. Current ocean crawlers such as the MK3 ROST are hydraulically powered. In this paper we develop a scaled-down model for simulating and performing static loading analysis of an electrically powered robotic subsea dredging crawler (EPRSDC). The modeling, simulation, and analysis were carried out using modelling software from Solidworks. The structural frame was assembled using the Tetrix max robotics kit. The kit's structural components were produced from 1050 aircraft-grade aluminum. The results were used in optimizing and for considering other materials, and the to identify specific areas to be reinforced in future crawler designs.
Do Inclusive Growth Strategies Affect Corporate Financing Policy? Evidence from The Metal and Mining Sector
Authors: Ахмедов Александр , Хамидуллина Мария
Published: November 2023

The influence of inclusive growth strategy on corporate financing policies is examined within the metals and mining industry. A dataset comprises 212 of the largest publicly traded companies observed from 2016 to 2021. An econometric analysis revealed no significant effect of inclusion indicators on the financing policies of these companies. However, a positiveassociation between the corporate resource efficiency and leverage levels was observed. Though no single inclusion indicator influences the volume of sustainable financing, the indicator of human rights compliance positively impacts the number of such financing arrangements. Furthermore, only the levels of emission reduction and the extent of improvementin living standards of local communities significantly influence the cost of capital (with a positive dependence for the former, and a negative dependence for the latter). Inclusion indicators have little impact on the capital structure, with leverage levels largely determined by metals pricing dynamics. Higher levels of inclusion correlate with increased utilizationof sustainable financing. The findings can be used when implementing inclusive growth strategies in the metals and mining industry as well as when deciding on the financing of projects within this sector. We believe that analysis of other industries and a longer period of time, different results may be obtained. This is, on the one hand, a limitation of this work,and on the other hand, an area for further research.
Leaving Russia: Exit Strategies of Foreign Companies
Authors: Дувакин Николай , Исагилиева Лаки Алексис , Пантелеев Андрей
Published: November 2023

This study involves the compilation of a database detailing the exit of foreign companies from Russia in 2022 and the identification of their primary exit strategies. The current situation is unprecedented in its scale and has no analogues in the history of the Russian economy, therefore, it has not been sufficiently studied yet. A total of 28 industries across 25countries were selected for the initial study. Through an analysis of exit patterns, nine primary strategies were identified, including joint venture exits, soft closings, sales to local buyers, suspension, liquidation, management buyouts, selling shares to partners, carving out to local legal entities, and sales to foreign buyers. The subsequent research stage focusedon the oil and gas industry and examined the cases of its five leading companies: Shell, TotalEnergies, Equinor, Exxon-Mobil, and BP. It assessed both financial and non-financial losses incurred by these companies due to their decisions to withdraw from the Russian market. Financial losses were determined using the Discounted Cash Flow method and theEconomic-Value-Added valuation method, while non-financial factors were assessed through operational indicators such as reserves and oil and gas production. The fundamental value of the above-mentioned companies was shown to comprise to $20.6 billion, $1.1 billion, $0.5 billion, $17.8 billion, and $36.5 billion, respectively. The study revealed that companieswith strategically important and substantial projects in Russia, notably BP and TotalEnergies, pursued a “soft” exit strategy. Despite their decision to exit Russia, these companies continued to receive dividends and effectively retained ownership shares in assets, even though financial statements reflected impairments.
Futurable: Serious game to raise awareness by building futures
Authors: Jules Sekedoua Kouadio , Manon Borgne , Irène Langlet , Mounissamy Alice , Joachim Müller , Fanny Barnabé , Helène Sellier
Published: November 2023

Today, educational uses of games (serious games) and gamification companies are multiplying, which are helping to extend the field of games so that "the idea of games comes to apply to realities, to situations, to behaviors in connection with which its use, until recently, would have seemed inappropriate, even absurd or scandalous'. However, all these systems are based on very diverse educational and political models, constructing their public sometimes as receivers to be trained, consumers to be convinced, workers to be hired or citizens to be mobilized. This article makes it possible to present and analyze a concrete case of mediation and awareness-raising through play, in which the playful experience is articulated with the fictional creation of anticipation in an attempt to support an open form of democratic dialogue about cities and territories’ evolution regarding climate change issues. This game that was developed is analyzed through this article.
Immuno Fluorescence staining of human FFPE (formalin fixed paraffin embedded) gut mucosal biopsy v1
Authors: RZ Zhou Ran
Published: November 2023

This protocol is to provide a detail instruction on the immuno fluorescence staining on human gut mucosal biopsy that has been preserved in FFPE and sectioned at 5 micron thickness. The fixation for the tissues was 24 hour at room temperature in 10% neutral buffered formalin. Target retrieval needs optimization is fixation, sectioning conditions change.
Primarias abiertas presidenciales en el pacto Apruebo Dignidad en Chile 2021. Tensiones irresueltas entre la institucionalización del estallido y la repolitización de la ciudadanía
Authors: Gallo Ariadna , Díaz Esterio Rodrigo
Published: November 2023

En este artículo se analiza el proceso de primarias abiertas presidenciales en Apruebo Dignidad, una amplia y heterogénea coalición de centroizquierda de reciente creación en Chile, compuesta por el Frente Amplio y Chile Digno, los cuales confluyeron a partir del estallido social de 2019. Se analizan las primarias abiertas en su doble función, como mecanismo de nominación y como regla electoral. Se aborda la implementación de primarias en una novel coalición, celebradas luego de los drásticos cambios sucedidos en la composición y fisonomía de la base societal, utilizando las categorías que en la literatura sobre la temática se aplican para el análisis de sucesos de esta naturaleza. Se concluye que la aplicación de reglas electorales diseñadas en contextos políticos completamente diferentes de aquellos en los que efectivamente se implementan produce determinados efectos no considerados en el análisis académico o en el debate público. A la vez, la sujeción —voluntaria— de una nueva fuerza política emergente a una normativa ajena a su lógica de funcionamiento puede generar consecuencias no previstas por los actores que recurren a ella.
Estadio de desarrollo de la movilización social colombiana en 2021. Las emociones como recurso estratégico
Authors: Jiménez Jiménez Magda Catalina
Published: November 2023

En este artículo se analiza el estadio de desarrollo de la movilización social colombiana en 2021, una de las más importantes de la última década, que en su trayectoria puso de relieve la desconexión entre el Gobierno y la ciudadanía, a través de dos variables, las emociones usadas durante la movilización social y el uso de repertorios de acción colectiva, operacionalizadas en tres momentos: surgimiento, movilización y declive. La recolección de la información se hizo a través de la plataforma Twitter y usando una metodología cualitativa descriptiva se buscó establecer la relación emoción-estrategia y acción-repertorio, tanto para los movimientos como para el Gobierno. Dicha relación brinda pistas sobre esa forma de participación política y su incidencia para la gobernabilidad y calidad democrática del sistema político colombiano.
Molina-Caro, Jerónimo. (2023). Teoría de la política social. La política social como actividad estatal y categoría de la interpretación histórica. Civitas.
Authors: Cruz Picón Pablo Emilio
Published: November 2023

¿Es la política social una actividad estatal y categoría de la interpretación histórica? Jerónimo Molina-Caro examina de manera analítica, teórica y fenomenológica los principales tópicos referentes a la política social y su incidencia en el Estado, la acción social. Además, muestra con un proyecto sociohistórico, dialéctico, heurístico, hipotético-conceptual que subyace en el hecho de profundizar en generalidades significados, las interpretaciones y funcionalidades de la teoría política social. En suma, el texto es una referencia interdisciplinar y aplicada que cultiva la investigación de la política social.
Validation of Nursing Outcome Indicators in Patients with Postsurgical Delirium
Authors: Melguizo Herrera Estela , Manrique Anaya Yolima , Torres Contreras Claudia , Rivera Carvajal Raquel , Hueso Montoro Cesar
Published: November 2023

Objective. To validate the content of the indicators proposed from the Nursing Outcome Classification in a care plan for delirium management in older adults.

Methods. Content validity study, conducted under the expert judgment technique. The procedure was developed in five moments: organization of indicators that respond to the nursing outcome classification for delirium management, support with literature of the indicators that responds to the result, selection of experts, establishment of agreements, and discussion. Quality criteria evaluated: pertinence and relevance, the Content Validity Coefficient and average scores assigned by the experts were calculated.

Results. The study had the participation of 14 experts. The indicators, according to criteria of pertinence and relevance evaluated by experts showed a global average content index value of 0.93; 97.05% (66) of the indicators had Content Validity Coefficient > 0.75.

Conclusion. The quantitative findings of the indicator validation process showed high relevance and pertinence index, which favors their being applied to measure care changes in patients with delirium.
Being Part of an Editorial Board: Implications and Scope for Scientific Communication and Personal Academic Development
Authors: Barría P. R. Mauricio
Published: November 2023

Objective. From my experience as a member of the editorial board of the journal Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, the implications and scope of participating in this entity and the mutual and reciprocal benefits of this academic interaction between members of the editorial board and the journal are explained.

Content synthesis. The key elements on operation, integration, tasks, and responsibilities of editorial boards to disseminate scientific research in different disciplines are analyzed and described, highlighting the rigor and commitment to academic ethics that allows guaranteeing the credibility of the contents published and topics addressed by a journal within a context of high competitiveness and risk of breaches of academic and scientific probity and ethics.

Conclusion. Integrating an editorial board requires developing a fundamental role that implies a series of commitments and challenges that must be addressed with professionalism and ethics to guarantee the quality and prestige of the academic publication. In this task, achievements and goals are reached for the journal, as well as academic benefits for the editorial board members.
Including operational costs in warehouse location problems: A case study in USA
Authors: Cardona Luis Felipe , Rivera-Cadavid Leonardo
Published: November 2023

There is vast research on particular aspects of warehouse design - layout, material handling, order picking, and operating policies - when, in fact, the decisions involved in the process are interrelated. In this paper, we develop an engineering economics framework for warehouse operations that decomposes the cost structure of the operation and lays out the relationships between them. Our framework decomposes operational costs into four exogenous characteristics (wages, leasing costs, cost of capital, and access to technology) that depend on the geographic location of the warehouse and two operational requirements (throughput and storage capacity). Using these six parameters, and publicly available information, practitioners can estimate the total operational cost of the warehouse for potential locations in facility location analysis, which have been traditionally limited to transportation costs. In our case study, we use our framework to establish a rank of preferable warehouse locations in terms of operational costs among logistics clusters in the United States of America.
Microbiological and physicochemical characterization of a traditionally fermented corn product: "Champús"
Authors: Lopez-Cadena Yuli , Valencia-Garcia Francia , Restrepo-Escobar Natalia
Published: November 2023

Background: Many native fermented foods in Latin America are made by indigenous communities through processes that preserve their traditions. Among these products is champús, a fermented drink or dessert native to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It has a characteristic flavor between sweet and sour with a low alcohol content, is made from cereals such as corn, wheat, or a mixture of these, and can include fruits and spices.Objectives: This research evaluated the microbiological, physicochemical, and sensory quality characteristics of champús to revalue the consumption of traditional foods.Methods: For this purpose, the microbiological safety criteria, fermenting microorganisms, and physicochemical and sensory parameters were evaluated for two batches of champús prepared by five producers and taking samples at different stages. Results: It was found that the average temperature and relative humidity for processing were between 16.5 ± 2.56 °C and 61.6 ± 9.14 %, respectively, and the products exceeded microbiological criteria such as total coliforms and some microbiological criteria forEscherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. There was also a high prevalence of lactic acid bacteria and yeasts throughout the process, with the occurrence of the genera Weissella, Leuconostoc, and Lactobacillus. The presence of organic acids (lactic, acetic, and propionic) and ethanol was evidenced. Champús seems to be a source of calcium, phosphorus, and free amino acids. Conclusions: This information provides a basis to propose improvement plans for small producers and, at the same time, to conduct more detailed studies on the native microbiota of champús.
Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser syndrome
Authors: Adamyan R. T. , Blbulyan A. K. , Abrahamyan R. A. , Abrahamyan L. R. , Abrahamyan G. R. , Ghardyan G. K. , Blbulyan D. A.
Published: November 2023

The Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is an instructive story not only from a historical but also a gnoseological perspective. The mechanisms of embryogenesis as well as multiple aspects for correction of this syndrome remain enigmatic and unsolved. Here, we attempted to organize and detail striking issues related to MRKH syndrome.
Epigenetic mechanisms of intrauterine fetal senescence: little-known effects of hyperhomocysteinemia during pregnancy
Authors: Bespalova O. N. , Pachuliia O. V. , Sazonova A. P. , Milyutina Yu. P. , Kornyushina E. A. , Korenevskiy A. V.
Published: November 2023

Today, a whole body of evidence base has been formed showing the negative effect of hyperhomocysteinemia (HHC) during pregnancy on the intrauterine fetal development: risk factors associated with development of congenital neural tube defects, congenital heart defects and non-syndromic oral facial clefts. In addition, numerous studies have shown that HHC is a risk factor for serious pregnancy complications such as repeated pregnancy loss, preterm birth, preeclampsia, placental abruption, intrauterine growth restriction, gestational diabetes mellitus. At the same time, despite multiple clinical and experimental studies, the significance of HHC effects continues to support the interest to this issue. In recent years, new data were revealed about littleknown phenomena pregnancy-associated maternal HHC such as "epigenetic fetal aging" and "fetal atherogenesis". Epigenetic aging is an individual indicator of aging that captures interindividual differences at disease onset throughout life occurring during intrauterine development being reveaked as DNA hypomethylation. Moderate HHC during pregnancy causes fetal DNA hypomethylation, which, according to recent research, may represent the main mechanism underlying health in childhood and adulthood. "Fetal atherogenesis" is another understudied HHC effect emphasizing that the formation of atherosclerotic plaques begins not in adulthood, but in utero. A body of studies has shown that the formation of thickening and fatty streaks in vascular intima involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis begins antenatally. The discovery of new aspects of negative intrauterine HHC impact on fetal development necessitates a detailed study of HHC causes as non-modifiable (genetic defects in enzyme systems), and more importantly, conditionally modifiable causes (lack of cofactors, excessive methionine consumption, medications) for their timely leveling. It is also important to study approaches to HHC correction at the preconception stage of a female reproductive function in order to correctly "program" fetus and newborn development.
Treatment and rehabilitation for cervical cancer: the experience of patient journey management
Authors: Akavova A. A. , Solopova A. G. , Blinov D. V. , Achkasov E. E. , Galkin V. N. , Korabelnikov D. I. , Mnatsakanyan A. N. , Petrenko D. A. , Bykovshchenko G. K. , Khazan P. L.
Published: November 2023

Radical surgical intervention, chemoradiotherapy and immune therapy implicated for patients with cervical cancer (CC) can result in significant morphofunctional, psychological, sexual disorders and social maladjustment. To optimize treatment and rehabilitation for CC patients, a routing approach has been established. This approach involves the patient's journey during diagnosis and treatment with well-defined timed stages. Additionally, a rehabilitation program with lifelong follow-up has been implemented. Prior to commencing therapy, undertaking rehabilitation after oncogynecological treatment during the stage spanning from diagnosis to therapy initiation contributes to enhancing the quality of life (QoL) for CC patients.
Exact Methodological Basis for Determining The Specifics of The Estate of Ten Letters to The Technique of Writing Anonymous Letters By Personality
Authors: Yakubova Sevara Bakhtiyarovna  , Abduzhabbarova Feruza Abdunazarovna  , Egamova Shagina Dzhalilovna  , Burkhanov Zaydullakhan Bakirkhanovich
Published: November 2023

When performing manual recording in different age categories, you have your own recording technique. Modern technologies will help determine the main formative features of phonographic means. However, the relationship between recording and content, psychological, physiological, genderological and age specifics of a person, influence on the writing technique are discussed. Typically, graphological studies focus on personality and record character. Unlike graphology, the author justifies in linguistic examination not only the reflection, but also the content of the text, as well as the possibility of expressing and technical specifics of the record in three age groups.
A Study of The Paradigm Shift in The Land Ownership and The Provision of Land Grants in Ancient India
Authors: Jasmer Singh  , Tabish Hashmi
Published: November 2023

The present research paper deals with the concept and the dynamics of land ownership and the provisions of land grants in Ancient India. The theoretical concept of the ownership of the land and the land grant underwent tremendous changes and transformation in this period. The private ownership of land with rights of alienation in Ancient India secured through land grants was mainly religious in nature and were enjoyed by the priestly class. In course of time the private ownership of the land became an important constituent of the social structure. However, this was not applicable for all the landholding classes. The other sort of assignees was under the strict control of the rulers. Their land was liable to be confiscated and transferred. In the later Gupta age land and the proprietary rights in the land grew in importance and was at the helm of all social, cultural, religious, economic and political activities till the establishment of Delhi Sultanate. The land grants were given to officers and religious groups and establishments in exchange of services rendered to the state which are indicatives of economic crisis in the period on the one hand and on the other denotes that land in this period was a medium of social mobilization and social position. The society became more stratified and complicated. The primary and the secondary sources used in this paper are immense and varied in volume and content. Epigraphs, inscriptions, coins, cowries, texts all have been used to prepare a monograph to shed light on this important aspect which in many ways shaped the social, political, religious and economic history of the country.
The effect of various modes of electrical influence on the skeletal muscles of the lengthened ­segment during distraction of the lower leg according to Ilizarov
Authors: Ovchinnikov Evgeny N. , Filimonova Galina N. , Dyuryagina Olga V. , Tushina Natalya V. , Kireeva Elena A.
Published: November 2023

BACKGROUND: When using electrical muscle stimulation in clinical practice, it is important to select the optimal mode of this effect, since muscles largely determine the movement of the limb during the rehabilitation period.
AIM: Study of the tibialis anterior muscle reaction during Ilizarov distraction of the tibia in combination with the direct effect of direct electric current on the regenerated area in the experiment.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: The tibialis anterior muscle and biochemical parameters of blood serum (creatin kinase activity, lactate concentration) of 27 male Soviet chinchilla rabbits aged 12 months, weighing 3.85±0.18 kg, tibia length 11.2±0.13 cm, were studied. The animals were divided into three groups: control (n=9), first (n=9) and second experimental (n=9). The right tibia was fixed with an Ilizarov apparatus, a transverse osteotomy was performed in the middle third of the diaphysis, and from the 5th day, distraction began at a rhythm of 0.125 mm in 4 steps to an amount of 10% of the original length for 26 days. Fixation lasted 40 days, the period without the device was 30 days. For electrical stimulation, wire-electrodes were inserted into the diaphysis, and electrical stimulation of the bone regenerate was performed for 1 minute with a current intensity of 150 mAm. In the first group, electrical stimulation was performed starting from the day of surgery and on days 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 of the experiment. In group 2, electrical stimulation began on the 10th day after surgery and on the 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, and 20th days of the experiment. In the control group, no electrical stimulation was applied. Using the methods of stereometric analysis of digitized images of tibialis muscle’s cross sections, the volumetric density of myosymplasts, microvessels, endomysium and nuclear component, the numerical density of myosymplasts and microvessels were determined, and the vascularization index was calculated. For statistical processing of data, the Wilcoxon W test and the Mann–Whitney T test were used; numerical data were presented in tables.
RESULTS: A positive effect of electrical stimulation on the muscles of the experimental groups was established in comparison with the control group, where fibrosis of muscle tissue at the end of the experiment was 0.2777±0.0055 mm3/mm3, which was 230% relative to the parameter of the first group (0.1217±0.0121 mm3/mm3) and 370% relative to the second group (0.0752±0.0062 mm3/mm3). An advantage was noted for the second group, where electrical stimulation was carried out from the 5th day of distraction and at the end of the experiment the histostructure of the muscle, characteristic of the intact norm, prevailed.
CONCLUSION: Electrical impact on bone regenerate from the 5th day of distraction stimulates reparative processes in the tibialis anterior muscle and serves as an organ-saving method.
Evaluation of osteopathic treatment effectiveness in patients with upper thoracic aperture syndrome
Authors: Egorova Irina A. , Dyupin Artem V. , Danisko Roman S. , Chervotok Andrey E.
Published: November 2023

Background. Upper thoracic aperture syndrome occurs in 2–8% of people in the population and affects patients of the most working age, mainly women.
Aim. Evaluation of the combined (drug + osteopathic) treatment effectiveness of patients with upper thoracic aperture syndrome compared to drug therapy.
Material and methods. In a randomized study, patients with signs of upper thoracic aperture syndrome were divided into two groups: the main group received combined (osteopathic + drug) treatment for 2 months; the control group received only drug treatment (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants, thioctic acid preparations) for 2 months. Each group consisted of 15 women aged from 25 to 47 years (main group — 36.31±7.33 years, control group — 35.18±6.76 years), the duration of the disease ranged from 6 to 18 months (main group — 12.02±3.57 months, control group — 11.07±3.97 months). The groups were comparable in age composition and duration of the disease. To assess the effectiveness of the treatment, the dynamics of symptoms of neuropathic pain, stimulation electroneuromyography, and the dynamics of osteopathic status indicators were used. Data were presented as arithmetic mean and standard deviation. When analyzing intergroup differences, the nonparametric Mann–Whitney test (U-test), and when analyzing intragroup differences, the nonparametric Wilcoxon test (W-test) were used. The statistical significance of the difference in the frequency of osteopathic dysfunctions and other frequency parameters before and after treatment was assessed using the Pearson χ2 test. The critical level of statistical significance was taken as 5% (p=0.05).
Results. The combination of osteopathic and drug treatment led to a difference in conduction along the right ulnar nerve between groups (p=0.0003) in the main group — an increase in speed from 48.1±1.54 m/s to 61.0±3.34 m/s (p=0.0007), in the control group — from 46.8±1.89 m/s to 50.2±4.85 m/s (p=0.0009). Analysis of the NTTSS-9 scale (assessment of symptoms of neuropathic pain) after treatment showed no difference between the groups (p=0.0941): the main group — before treatment 14±2.14 points, after treatment 2±1.4 points (p =0.0003), control group — before treatment 15±1.95 points, after treatment 6±2.80 points (p=0.0007).
Conclusion. In the group that received combined (osteopathic + drug treatment), a greater increase in conductivity along the ulnar nerve was found.