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A bibliometric analysis of college students' entrepreneurial intention from 2000 to 2020: Research trends and hotspots
Authors: Tingting Gao , Jiangfeng Yang , Yinghua Ye
Published: October 2022

Based on 454 articles related to college students' entrepreneurial intention in the Web of Science Core Collection, this study explores the hotspots and trends of international research on college students' entrepreneurial intention by using a combination of coding and bibliometric analysis. The research hotspots are as follows: the theory of planned behavior is the main theoretical basis of these studies; entrepreneurship education is a more important predictor of college students' entrepreneurial intention, and this relationship is regulated by multiple variables; personal traits, several types of capital theories, social entrepreneurial intention, and quantitative research methods are also common. The research fronts include the following: systematic review of the field, continuous attention to the theory of planned behavior, and in-depth exploration of the differentiated influence of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention. Finally, we proposed research thinking and prospects related to research on undergraduates' entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurship education.
University students’ career adaptability as a mediator between cognitive emotion regulation and career decision-making self-efficacy
Authors: Lee Ahram , Jung Eunju
Published: October 2022

As modern society experiences rapid changes, the unpredictability of the labor market is increasing. University students preparing to join the workforce may experience increased anxiety and stress due to the heightened uncertainty regarding their career plans. Regulating such negative emotions and adjusting to the changing circumstances may influence their career development. Thus, the current study aimed to investigate the relationship between cognitive emotion regulation (CER) — specifically adaptive CER and maladaptive CER — and career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE), with career adaptability (CA) as a mediating factor. The path analysis model consisting of adaptive CER, maladaptive CER, CA, and CDMSE was tested with 357 Korean university students who were facing the school-to-work transition. The results of the study were as follows. First, adaptive CER was positively related to CA and CDMSE, while maladaptive CER was negatively related to CA only. Second, CA and CDMSE were positively related. Third, CA partially mediated the relationship between adaptive CER and CDMSE and fully mediated the relationship between maladaptive CER and CDMSE. Based on these results, theoretical and practical implications are proposed, and the limitations of the study are discussed.
Factors affecting youth empowerment and entrepreneurial initiatives: Social implications and way forward
Authors: Javeed Anam , Aljuaid Mohammed , Mehmood Sajid , Khan Muhammad Yar , Mahmood Zahid , Shahid Duaa , Wali Syed Sikandar
Published: October 2022

This study aims to identify the factors that impact the empowerment of Pakistani youth and their entrepreneurial initiatives in Pakistan. A sample of 350 youngsters from renowned Pakistani universities across the country was selected for this purpose. The questionnaire was administered in person and electronically. Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) was used for analyzing the data. The findings indicated that all the hypothesized factors (government policies, lack of political participation, employment opportunities, and social engagement) had an impact on youth empowerment and their ability to initiate entrepreneurial activities. This study identified the set of factors that impact empowerment in youngsters, and this model can be extended to other contexts and additional factors can be included. The analytical findings from this study serve to help the government formulate appropriate policies for underserved youth and include them in the policy-making process so that the factors that hinder their empowerment and entrepreneurial initiatives could be addressed.
School staff wellbeing: A network-based assessment of burnout
Authors: Aboutalebi Karkavandi Maedeh , Gallagher H. Colin , Wang Peng , Kyndt Eva , Lusher Dean , Block Karen , McKenzie Vicki
Published: October 2022

Burnout is commonly associated with professions that entail a high rate of close relationships with other individuals or groups. This paper explores the association between burnout and interpersonal relationships using a relational, social network framework. We collected data on advice-seeking relationships among 102 teachers and administrative staff from a secondary school in Melbourne, Australia. Burnout was measured using the Burnout Assessment Tool and we focused on four core subscales: (1) exhaustion; (2) mental distance; (3) emotional impairment; and (4) cognitive impairment. We applied a particular class of statistical model for social networks called Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs) to shed new light on how level of burnout relates to formation of advice relations among school staff. Results indicated that high levels of overall burnout were linked to a higher number of advice-seeking ties among school staff. Additionally, teachers who scored high in cognitive impairment (i.e., difficulties in thinking clearly and learn new things at work) tended to seek and to provide advice to a greater number of others. Finally, school staff who scored high in exhaustion (i.e., a severe loss of energy that results in feelings of both physical and mental exhaustion) tended to be sought out less as advisors to others, while those high in mental distance (i.e., psychologically distancing oneself from others) were generally less likely to seek advice from other school staff. We discuss these findings drawing on Conservation of Resource theory. Notably, our results show that burnout is not only an individual-level problem, but that burnout is associated with reduced social connectivity in specific ways that may impact on how other school staff collaborate, culminating in a staff-wide overall impact that affects how schools function.
From developing to developed: Mechanisms of health inequalities among seniors in China and Japan under macro-field control
Authors: Ai-Bin  , Shengai Lin
Published: October 2022

The behavioral characteristics, health statuses, and survival times of seniors in China and Japan using the fixed cohort method and constructed relationship models among capital, habitus, and health based on Pierre Bourdieu’s social theory of practice. It was first found that capital, habitus, and health have a capital-based triangle generative structural relationship. Second, basic sources of health inequalities include the direct effect of capital and the indirect effect of capital through habitus, i.e., class habitus controlled by capital has class attributes and is also one of the sources of health inequalities. Third, time-space conversion of the field is not just the change in the total amount or composition of an individual’s capital but also includes the development and improvement of the macro-social environment, causing altered intensities of the impacts of capital and habitus on health. Fourth, the macro-social structures of developing countries significantly differ. The direct effect of capital on health is far greater than the indirect effect of capital on health through habitus, and health inequalities are mainly derived from the direct role of capital. Fifth, with socioeconomic development and improvements in social welfare systems, health inequalities have been generally reduced but have not been eliminated, and the mechanism of health inequalities in developed countries has gradually shifted from the direct effect of capital to class habitus.
The impact of value co-creation behavior on customers’ experiences with and loyalty to P2P accommodations
Authors: Lyu Jing , Cao Keyan , Yang Shan
Published: October 2022

This study explores the impact of customers’ value co-creation behavior on their experiences with and loyalty to P2P accommodations. We propose a theoretical model integrating two lines of tourism research: customer value co-creation and customer experience. To extract the dimensions of customer experience and test the proposed model, 34 in-depth interviews were conducted along with a survey of Chinese Airbnb users. Structural equation modeling and mediation analysis were implemented to assess relationships involving customers’ value co-creation behavior, experience, and loyalty. Results indicate that customer citizenship behavior directly influences loyalty. In particular, relationships involving customers’ participation behavior and citizenship behavior with loyalty are both mediated by customer experience. Relevant implications and future research opportunities are discussed.
Development and reliability of the coding system evaluating maternal sensitivity to social interactions with 34- to 36-week postmenstrual age preterm infants
Authors: Boissel Laure , Pinchaux Emeric , Guilé Marine , Corde Pascal , Crovetto Cécile , Diouf Momar , Mariana Charlotte , Meynier Jonathan , Picard Carl , Scoury Daphné , Cohen David , Benarous Xavier , Viaux-Savelon Sylvie , Guilé Jean-Marc
Published: October 2022

Maternal sensitivity (MS), the ability to perceive and synchronously respond to the social signals (SSs), is affected by prematurity. The development of early supportive psychotherapy to foster MS, before discharge of the infant from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a major challenge in the prevention of subsequent developmental and mental disorders in the child. There are currently no reliable methods for evaluating MS to social interactions with very to moderate preterm infants. We investigated the reliability of a newly developed procedure for assessing MS in interactions between the mother and her 34- to 36-week postmenstrual age (PMA) preterm infant: the Preterm Infant Coding System for Maternal Sensitivity (PRICOSMAS).

Method

This study encompassed three steps: testing of the capacity to videorecord SSs in very to moderate preterm infants, selection, by an expert committee, of the recordable and relevant SSs, and investigation of the internal consistency and interrater reliability. The synchronicity between infant and mother's SSs was determined on a 1 s period basis, using ELAN software. Preterm infants born after 25-weeks gestational age (GA) were included while being between 34- and 36-weeks PMA. A perinatal risk inventory score > 10 for the infant precluded from inclusion. Interrater reliabilities were assessed independently by two raters blind to the clinical situation of the mother and infant.

Results

The resulting PRICOSMAS encompassed two four-item SS sections, one covering the preterm infant's SSs and the other, the mother's SSs. Reliability was assessed on a sample of 26 videorecorded observations for 13 mother-preterm infant dyads. Infants' mean age at birth was 30.4 ± 3.1-weeks GA (range: 26.4–35) and PMA at the time of the test was 34.7-weeks (±0.8). Internal consistency ranged from 0.81 to 0.89. Interrater reliability ranged from substantial to almost perfect (0.73–0.88).

Conclusion

This study shows that the infants' SSs and MS can be reliably scored in preterm infants as young as 34- to 36-weeks PMA. Our findings suggest that the PRICOSMAS is sufficiently reliable for use, including in NICU, by healthcare professionals or researchers for coding early parent-infant interactions with 34- to 36-week PMA preterm infants.
The effects of Baduanjin exercise vs. brisk walking on physical fitness and cognition in middle-aged patients with schizophrenia: A randomized controlled trial
Authors: Chen Chyi-Rong , Huang Yu-Chi , Lee Yi-Wen , Hsieh Hui-Hsien , Lee Yi-Chen , Lin Keh-chung
Published: October 2022

Objective

Patients with schizophrenia have deficits in physical and cognitive function that may become salient in their middle ages. These deficits need active intervention to prevent functional decline. Baduanjin and brisk walking show promise as interventions in patients with schizophrenia. This study investigated the effects of Baduanjin exercise vs. brisk walking in middle-aged patients with schizophrenia.

Methods

In this single-blind, 2-arm, parallel, randomized controlled trial, 48 participants aged older than 40 years were enrolled and assigned to the intervention group (Baduanjin) or the control group (brisk walking). The training of both groups took place twice a week, 60 min per session, for 12 weeks. The participants were evaluated with physical, cognitive, and functional outcomes at baseline, postintervention, and 4 weeks after the intervention.

Results

The results of the study demonstrated significant time effects in walking distance (p = 0.035, η2 = 0.094) and lower extremity strength (p = 0.006, η2 = 0.152). Post-hoc analysis revealed both groups had significant improvement in changes from baseline to the postintervention assessment (ps < 0.05) and follow-up (ps < 0.05). The results demonstrated a significant group-by-time interaction in change scores of global cognition (F = 7.01, p = 0.011, η2 = 0.133). Post-hoc analysis revealed a significant improvement in the Baduanjin group from baseline to postintervention (p = 0.021), but the improvements were not maintained at the follow-up assessment (p = 0.070). The results also demonstrated significant group effects in balance function (p < 0.001, η2 = 0.283), motor dual-task performance (p = 0.026, η2 = 0.103), and cognitive dual-task performance (p < 0.001, η2 = 0.307). Post-hoc analysis revealed that the Baduanjin group improved more than the brisk walking group in the above outcomes (ps < 0.05).

Conclusion

This study demonstrated the differential effects of Baduanjin exercise and brisk walking in middle-aged patients with schizophrenia. Baduanjin might be a beneficial regimen for improving physical and cognitive function in this population. Further research with a larger sample is warranted.

Clinical trial registration

[ClinicalTrials.gov], identifier [202000817B0C602].
Bibliometric analysis of IgA vasculitis nephritis in children from 2000 to 2022
Authors: Luo Fei , Li Yuzhe , Zhang Yuan , Song Yehong , Diao Juanjuan
Published: October 2022

Background

IgA vasculitis Nephritis (IgAVN) is a kidney-damaging disease that occurs during the course of IgA vasculitis (IgAV) and is the most serious complication of IgAV. However, there is a lack of reports of bibliometric analysis of IgAVN in children. The purpose of this study is to conduct a bibliometric analysis of IgAVN in children from 2000 to 2022, to explore the current status and cutting-edge trends in the field of IgAVN in children, and to establish new directions for subsequent research.

Methods

Screening the literature in the field of IgAVN in children in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) from 2000 to 2022. Visual analysis of their annual publications, countries, institutions, authors, journals, keywords, and references were using CiteSpace5.8.R3 and VOSviewer1.6.18.

Results

A total of 623 publications were included in the study, since the beginning of 2014, there has been an overall increasing trend in the number of articles issued. The most prolific country and institution were China and Zhejiang University. The most frequently cited author was Coppo R, with 331 citations, who has made great contributions to IgAVN. Mao Jianhua, Lee JS and Wyatt Robert J were the most prolific authors, all with 9 articles. Pediatric Nephrology was the most published and cited journal. The highest burst strength keyword is IgA vasculitis, and the highest burst strength reference is Davin JC, 2014.

Conclusion

The research hotspots and trends predicted by the analysis of this study provide a reference for in-depth research in this field with a view to promoting the development of IgAVN research in children.
The association of perceptions of harmfulness and addictiveness on the age of initiation of cigar product use among youth: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, 2013–2017
Authors: Chen Baojiang , Spells Charles E. , Bluestein Meagan A. , Kuk Arnold E. , Harrell Melissa B. , Pérez Adriana
Published: October 2022

Background

Perceptions of cigar products' harmfulness and addictiveness in youth are associated with subsequent cigar product initiation, but their association on the age of initiation of cigar product use is unknown.

Methods

The association of perceptions of harmfulness and addictiveness at youth's first wave of PATH participation (waves 1 or 2 in years 2013–2015) on the age of initiation of (i) ever. (ii) past 30-day, and (iii) fairly regular use of any cigar products (cigarillos, filtered cigars, or traditional cigars) during the followed-up in PATH waves 2–4 (2014–2017) was estimated using weighted interval-censored Cox proportional hazards models. Also, the association of the interaction between perceptions of harmfulness and addictiveness and the age of initiation of any cigar use are reported. Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) are reported.

Results

Among youth who had ever heard of cigar products, youth who perceived cigars to be “low-medium harmfulness and low-medium addictiveness” had 60% (HR: 1.60, 95%CI: 1.36–1.89) higher hazard risk to initiate ever cigar product use at an earlier age, and had 46% (HR:1.46, 95%CI: 1.14–1.86) higher hazard risk to initiate past 30-day cigar product use at younger ages than those who perceived cigars to be “high harmfulness and high addictiveness.” Moreover, youth who perceived cigars to be “low-medium harmfulness and high addictiveness” had 33% (HR: 1.33, 95%CI: 1.15–1.53) higher hazard risk to initiate ever cigar product use at younger ages than those who perceived cigars to be “high harmfulness and high addictiveness.” Youth who reported “high harmfulness and low-medium addictiveness” (HR: 0.24, 95% CI: 0.07–0.83) had 76% lower hazard risk to initiate fairly regular use of cigar products at younger ages compared to youth who reported “high harmfulness and high addictiveness.”

Conclusions

Prevention and awareness campaigns should reinforce the unique potential for harm and addiction of cigar products to curb cigar product initiation among US youth.
Vaccine hesitancy for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in Varanasi India
Authors: Srivastava Utkarsh , Tripathi Avanish Kumar , Kaur Jagjeet , Devi Sabita , Verma Shipra , Singh Vanya , Das Debashruti , Singh Prajjval Pratap , Mishra Rahul Kumar , Kumar Nikhil A. , Mishra Vijaya Nath , Kumar Pradeep , Rai Vandana , Tamang Rakesh , Suravajhala Prashanth , Pandey Rakesh , Chaubey Gyaneshwer
Published: October 2022

With the rollout of the world's largest vaccine drive for SARS-CoV-2 by the Government of India on January 16 2021, India had targeted to vaccinate its entire population by the end of 2021. Struggling with vaccine procurement and production earlier, India overcome these hurdles, but the Indian population still did not seem to be mobilizing swiftly toward vaccination centers. The severe second wave has slowed the vaccination pace and was also one of the major contributing factors to vaccine hesitancy. To understand the nature of vaccine hesitancy and its underlying factors, we conducted extensive online and offline surveys in Varanasi and adjoining regions using structured questions. Most respondents were students (0.633). However, respondents from other occupations, such as government officials (0.10), have also participated in the study. Interestingly, most people (0.75) relied on fake news and did not take COVID-19 seriously. Most importantly, we noticed that a substantial proportion of respondents (relative frequency 0.151; mean age 24.8 years) reported that they were still not interested in vaccination. We observed a significant association between vaccine hesitancy and socioeconomic status (χ2 = 307.6, p < 0.001). However, we failed to detect any association between vaccine hesitancy and gender (χ2 = 0.007, p > 0.5). People who have neither been vaccinated nor have ever been infected may become the medium for spreading the virus and creating new variants, which may lead to the vaccine-resistant variant. We expect this extensive survey to help the Government upgrade their vaccination policies for COVID-19 in North India.
Behavioral decision-making of the government, farmer-specialized cooperatives, and farmers regarding the quality and safety of agricultural products
Authors: Teng Yun , Pang Boyuan , Wei Jingbo , Ma Li , Yang Huihui , Tian Zhanwei
Published: October 2022

The quality and safety of agricultural products is very important for farmers' professional cooperatives. This study incorporates the government, farmers' professional cooperatives and farmers into the evolutionary game model to explore the game relationship and evolutionary path of decision-making among the three parties related to the quality and safety of agricultural products. Through the dynamic analysis of decision-making replication, the analysis of strategy evolution stability and the verification of numerical simulation experiments, it is shown that the decision-making behavior of the government, farmers' professional cooperatives and farmers under the conditions of agricultural product quality and safety is the result of the game between three stakeholders; the government, farmers' professional cooperatives and farmers The evolution process of the decision-making behavior to the ideal state is affected by many factors, and the value ranges of different factors have different effects on the convergence speed of the three stakeholders to the ideal state; when certain conditions are met, the government, farmers' professional cooperatives and farmers' three The decision-making behavior of each stakeholder can evolve into an ideal state, and effective government supervision can promote the cooperatives to manage the green production of farmers, and then effectively encourage farmers to take the initiative in green production. In order to provide useful suggestions for the government to make safety supervision decisions, to effectively manage cooperatives, and to stimulate active green production behaviors by farmers.
Awareness of nutrition and health knowledge and its influencing factors among Wuhan residents
Authors: Wu Yating , Wang Shanshan , Shi Mengdie , Wang Xinzheng , Liu Hongjuan , Guo Shu , Tan Le , Yang Xuefeng , Wu Xiaomin , Hao Liping
Published: October 2022

Background

Nutrition and health knowledge play a crucial role in promoting healthy dietary behaviors, and have been found to be related to sociodemographic characteristics. However, the existing evidence is limited and inconsistent. We aimed to evaluate the awareness level of nutrition and health knowledge and its influencing factors among Wuhan residents, and to provide scientific basis for carrying out targeted nutrition education programmes.

Methods

By stratified random sampling, residents aged 18–64 in Wuhan were selected for self-administered questionnaire survey. We adopted the structured questionnaire to investigate respondents' sociodemographic characteristics, nutrition and health knowledge, and the way to acquire knowledge. Among them, nutrition and health knowledge includes the following four parts: dietary guidelines recommendations, food and nutrients, nutrition and disease prevention, and nutrition skills. Chi-square tests were used to analyze the associations between total awareness rate and sociodemographic characteristics. Multiple linear regression models were used to analyze the influencing factors of nutrition and health awareness.

Results

A total of 33,436 valid questionnaires were obtained, with a response rate of 97.8%. The total awareness rate was 20.4%, with the highest in nutrition and disease prevention (72.7%) and the lowest in nutrition skills (46.3%). Responders aged 35–44 (23.3%), females (22.8%), educational workers (24.8%), obtaining a master's degree or above (34.1%), living in downtown area (23.1%), and without a history of chronic disease (24.6%) were more likely to have higher awareness rates (all p < 0.001). The multiple linear regression models showed that age, gender, education level, occupation, residential address, and the history of chronic disease were the potential factors affecting individual nutrition awareness.

Conclusion

The total awareness rate of nutrition and health knowledge among Wuhan residents was not optimistic. Besides, our findings suggested that sociodemographic characteristics are closely related to nutrition awareness, which may provide important clues for carried out nutrition education campaigns.
Utility of transcranial magnetic stimulation in the assessment of spinal cord injury: Current status and future directions
Authors: Arora Tarun , Desai Naaz , Kirshblum Steven , Chen Robert
Published: October 2022

Comprehensive assessment following traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is needed to improve prognostication, advance the understanding of the neurophysiology and better targeting of clinical interventions. The International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury is the most common clinical examination recommended for use after a SCI. In addition, there are over 30 clinical assessment tools spanning across different domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health that have been validated and recommended for use in SCI. Most of these tools are subjective in nature, have limited value in predicting neurologic recovery, and do not provide insights into neurophysiological mechanisms. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive neurophysiology technique that can supplement the clinical assessment in the domain of body structure and function during acute and chronic stages of SCI. TMS offers a better insight into neurophysiology and help in better detection of residual corticomotor connectivity following SCI compared to clinical assessment alone. TMS-based motor evoked potential and silent period duration allow study of excitatory and inhibitory mechanisms following SCI. Changes in muscle representations in form of displacement of TMS-based motor map center of gravity or changes in the map area can capture neuroplastic changes resulting from SCI or following rehabilitation. Paired-pulse TMS measures help understand the compensatory reorganization of the cortical circuits following SCI. In combination with peripheral stimulation, TMS can be used to study central motor conduction time and modulation of spinal reflexes, which can be used for advanced diagnostic and treatment purposes. To strengthen the utility of TMS in SCI assessment, future studies will need to standardize the assessment protocols, address population-specific concerns, and establish the psychometric properties of TMS-based measurements in the SCI population.
Developing a framework for investigating citizen science through a combination of web analytics and social science methods—The CS Track perspective
Authors: De-Groot Reuma , Golumbic Yaela N. , Martínez Martínez Fernando , Hoppe H. Ulrich , Reynolds Sally
Published: October 2022

Over the past decade, Citizen Science (CS) has shown great potential to transform the power of the crowd into knowledge of societal value. Many projects and initiatives have produced high quality scientific results by mobilizing peoples' interest in science to volunteer for the public good. Few studies have attempted to map citizen science as a field, and assess its impact on science, society and ways to sustain its future practice. To better understand CS activities and characteristics, CS Track employs an analytics and analysis framework for monitoring the citizen science landscape. Within this framework, CS Track collates and processes information from project websites, platforms and social media and generates insights on key issues of concern to the CS community, such as participation patterns or impact on science learning. In this paper, we present the operationalization of the CS Track framework and its three-level analysis approach (micro-meso-macro) for applying analytics techniques to external data sources. We present three case studies investigating the CS landscape using these analytical levels and discuss the strengths and limitations of combining web-analytics with quantitative and qualitative research methods. This framework aims to complement existing methods for evaluating CS, address gaps in current observations of the citizen science landscape and integrate findings from multiple studies and methodologies. Through this work, CS Track intends to contribute to the creation of a measurement and evaluation scheme for CS and improve our understanding about the potential of analytics for the evaluation of CS.
Mid-term results of water vapor thermal therapy in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms related to benign prostatic hyperplasia
Authors: Ghahhari Jamil , Sountoulides Petros , Campobasso Davide , Faieta Alessio , Sessa Francesco , Viola Lorenzo , Siena Giampaolo , Cianci Filippo , Cindolo Luca
Published: October 2022

Objective

In this study, we evaluate the short- and mid-term results of water vapor thermal therapy (WVTT) for LUTS (lower urinary tract symptoms) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Methods

Patients with LUTS due to BPH who underwent WVTT from September 2019 to April 2022 were included in this prospective, single-center study. Data regarding functional and sexual outcomes were evaluated by validated questionnaires as well as uroflowmetry, urinalysis and cultures, digital rectal examination, serum prostate-specific antigen, and transrectal ultrasound. The patients were followed-up with 3, 6, 12, and 18 months after the procedure.

Results

Eighty-four men were treated. Mean ± SD prostate volume, operative time, and hospital stay were 76.9 ± 26.3 ml, 14 ± 18.5 min, and 0.9 ± 0.7 days, respectively. The catheter was removed after 7 ± 4.4 days. A significant (p < 0.05) improvement in Qmax, IPSS, QoL, OAB-q SF, ICIQ-SF, and IIEF- 5 from the baseline at the last follow-up (18 months) was recorded. Seventy-six (90%) patients reported a significant improvement in ejaculatory function (de novo dry ejaculation in 4 patients). Early (≤30 days) postoperative complications were reported in 70% of patients, all grade 1 according to Clavien–Dindo. No late (>30 days) Clavien–Dindo >1 procedure-related complications occurred. Three patients required reoperation (6–12 months after surgery).

Conclusion

WVTT is an effective and safe treatment for the management of LUTS due to BPH in the short- and mid-term follow-up, and it provides negligible sequelae with respect to ejaculation.
A review of machine learning concepts and methods for addressing challenges in probabilistic hydrological post-processing and forecasting
Authors: Papacharalampous Georgia , Tyralis Hristos
Published: October 2022

Probabilistic forecasting is receiving growing attention nowadays in a variety of applied fields, including hydrology. Several machine learning concepts and methods are notably relevant toward addressing the major challenges of formalizing and optimizing probabilistic forecasting implementations, as well as the equally important challenge of identifying the most useful ones among these implementations. Nonetheless, practically-oriented reviews focusing on such concepts and methods, and on how these can be effectively exploited in the above-outlined essential endeavor, are currently missing from the probabilistic hydrological forecasting literature. This absence holds despite the pronounced intensification in the research efforts for benefitting from machine learning in this same literature. It also holds despite the substantial relevant progress that has recently emerged, especially in the field of probabilistic hydrological post-processing, which traditionally provides the hydrologists with probabilistic hydrological forecasting implementations. Herein, we aim to fill this specific gap. In our review, we emphasize key ideas and information that can lead to effective popularizations, as such an emphasis can support successful future implementations and further scientific developments. In the same forward-looking direction, we identify open research questions and propose ideas to be explored in the future.
Predictors of tumor progression of low-grade glioma in adult patients within 5 years follow-up after surgery
Authors: Yan Zhiqiang , Wang Jiang , Dong Qiufeng , Zhu Lian , Lin Wei , Jiang Xiaofan
Published: October 2022

Background

Glioma originates from glial cells in the brain and is the most common primary intracranial tumor. This study intends to use a retrospective analysis to explore the factors that can predict tumor progression in adult low-grade gliomas, namely WHO II grade patients, within 5 years after surgery.

Methods

Patients with WHO grade II glioma who were surgically treated in our hospital from February 2011 to May 2017 were included. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 252 patients were included in the final analysis. According to the results of the 5-year follow-up (including survival and imaging review results), patients were divided into progression-free group and progression group. Univariate and multivariate analysis were conducted to investigate the related factors of tumor progression during the 5-year follow-up.

Results

The results of the 5-year follow-up showed that 111 (44.0%) cases had no progress (progression free group, PFG), 141 (56.0%) cases had progress (progression group, PG), of which 43 (30.5%) cases were operated again, 37 cases (26.2%) received non-surgical treatments. There were 26 (10.3%) all-cause deaths, and 21 (8.3%) tumor-related deaths. Univariate and multivariate analysis showed that age >45 years old (OR = 1.35, 95% CI, 1.07–3.19, P = 0.027), partial tumor resection (OR = 1.66, 95% CI, 1.15–3.64, P = 0.031), tumor diameter >3 cm (OR = 1.52, 95% CI, 1.14–4.06, P = 0.017) and no radiotherapy (OR = 1.37, 95% CI, 1.12–2.44, P = 0.039) were independent predictors of the progression of tumor during the 5-year follow-up period.

Conclusion

Age >45 years old, partial tumor resection, tumor diameter >3 cm, no radiotherapy are predictors for tumor progression for glioma patients after surgery.
One-year outcomes following primary stenting of infrapopliteal steno-occlusive arterial disease using a non-polymer sirolimus-eluting stent: Results from a prospective single-centre cohort study
Authors: Tigkiropoulos Konstantinos , Lazaridis Ioannis , Nikas Spyridon , Abatzis-Papadopoulos Manolis , Sidiropoulou Katerina , Stavridis Kyriakos , Karamanos Dimitrios , Saratzis Athanasios , Saratzis Nikolaos
Published: October 2022

Background

Clinical outcomes using new generation drug-eluting stents designed specifically for infrapopliteal disease are not widely available, especially in comparison to paclitaxel-based therapies. This series reports 1-year outcomes in patients with diabetes and chronic limb threatening ischaemia (CLTI) undergoing angioplasty, with a sirolimus-eluting tibial stent (Cre8, Alvimedica, Turkey), evaluating the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of this new device. Outcomes were compared to matched patients undergoing infrapopliteal angioplasty using a paclitaxel-coated balloon (DCB).

Patients and Methods

Patients with diabetes and CLTI requiring infrapopliteal intervention were recruited prospectively to undergo angioplasty and primary stenting using the Cre8 sirolimus-eluting stent between January 2018 and October 2020 at a single high-volume vascular centre; outcomes were compared to a group of patients with diabetes and CLTI who had undergone infrapopliteal angioplasty using a DCB. All patients were followed up for at least 12 months using a uniform protocol with duplex ultrasound and examination. The primary outcome measure was target lesion patency (<50% restenosis). Clinically driven target lesion revascularisation (CD-TLR), amputations, Rutherford stage, and mortality were also recorded.

Results

A total of 54 patients (61 target lesions; median age: 69 years, 74% male) were included [27 with the Cre8 device (main group) vs. 27 with a DCB (historical controls)]. Primary patency at 12 months was 81% in the Cre8 group vs. 71% in the control group (p = 0.498). Overall, four (15%) patients in the Cre8 group vs. three (11%) patients in the control group underwent a major amputation within 12 months (p = 1.0). CD-TLR (all endovascular) did not differ between groups at 12 months (4% Cre8 vs. 10% control group, p = 0.599). Rutherford stage improvement at 12 months was superior for the Cre8 group (52% vs. 15% improved by at least one stage, p = 0.039). One-year mortality was 15% in the Cre8 group vs. 22% in the control group, p = 0.726.

Conclusions

Primary stenting with the Cre8 stent is feasible and safe in diabetic patients and CLTI. When compared to patients undergoing angioplasty with a DCB, there were no significant differences regarding primary patency, CD-TLR, major amputations, and mortality at 12 months. Those treated with a Cre8 stent were more likely to have an improvement in their Rutherford stage.
Development and validation of a composed canine simulator for advanced veterinary laparoscopic training
Authors: Oviedo-Peñata Carlos A. , Giraldo Mejía Gloria E. , Riaño-Benavides Carlos Humberto , Maldonado-Estrada Juan G. , Lemos Duque Juan D.
Published: October 2022

The development of innovative simulation models for veterinary laparoscopic surgery training is a priority today. This study aimed to describe a didactic simulation tool for the training of total laparoscopic gastropexy (TLG) with intracorporeal sutures in dogs. CALMA Veterinary Lap-trainer composite simulator (CLVTS) was developed from a plaster cast of 2 Great Dane canines mimicking the space and the correct position to carry out a TLG. After video instruction, 16 veterinarians with different degrees of experience in minimally invasive surgery (Experts, n = 6 and intermediates, n = 10) evaluated four sequential simulating TLG with intracorporeal suturing in the CLVTS. Subsequently, they completed an anonymous questionnaire analyzing the realism, usefulness, and educational quality of the simulator. The CLVTS showed a good preliminary acceptance (4.7/5) in terms of the usefulness and adequacy of the exercises that, in the participants' opinion, are appropriate and are related to the difficulty of the TLG. In addition, both experienced and intermediate surgeons gave high marks (4.5/5) to the feeling of realism, design, and practicality. There were no significant differences between the responses of the two groups. The results suggest that the CVLTS has both face and content validity. Where it can be practiced in a structured environment for the development of a total laparoscopic gastropexy with intracorporeal suture and without compromising patient safety, but still has some limitations of the scope of the study. Further studies are needed to establish the ability to assess or measure technical skills, including the degree of transferability to the actual surgical environment.
The exploration of miRNAs and mRNA profiles revealed the molecular mechanisms of cattle-yak male infertility
Authors: Zhao Shaokang , Sun Wenqiang , Chen Shi-Yi , Li Yuchao , Wang Jie , Lai Songjia , Jia Xianbo
Published: October 2022

Cattle-yak, the first-generation offspring of cattle and yak, inherited many excellent characteristics from their parents. However, F1 male hybrid infertility restricts the utilization of heterosis greatly. In this study, we first compared the testicular tissue histological characteristics of three cattle, three yaks, and three cattle-yak. Then we explored the miRNA profiles and the target functions of nine samples with RNA-seq technology. We further analyzed the function of DE gene sets of mRNA profiles identified previously with GSEA. Testicular histology indicated that the seminiferous tubules became vacuolated and few active germ cells can be seen. RNA-seq results showed 47 up-regulated and 34 down-regulated, 16 up-regulated and 21 down-regulated miRNAs in cattle and yaks compared with cattle-yak, respectively. From the intersection of DE miRNAs, we identified that bta-miR-7 in cattle-yak is down-regulated. Target prediction indicated that the filtered genes especially MYRFL, FANCA, INSL3, USP9X, and SHF of bta-miR-7 may play crucial roles in the reproductive process. With further network analysis and GSEA, we screened such hub genes and function terms, we also found some DE gene sets that enriched in ATP binding, DNA binding, and reproduction processes. We concluded that bta-miR-7 may play an important role in influencing fecundity. Our study provides new insights for explaining the molecular mechanism of cattle-yak infertility.
Quality of Life: Updated Psychometric Properties and New Norm Values in a Representative German Sample Focusing Socioeconomics and Mental Health
Authors: Hettich Nora , Beutel Manfred E. , Krakau Lina , Braehler Elmar
Published: October 2022

Objectives: Quality of life (QOL) is increasingly used as indicator in health research. The aim of this paper was an updated psychometric validation and a new standardization of the German version of the EUROHIS-QOL using a sample of the German general population assessed in 2021. The study focused on socio-economic characteristics and on anxiety and depressiveness as major indicators of mental health.

Methods: With 8 items, the EUROHIS-QOL is an economical instrument for self-assessment.

Results: Statistical tests revealed good psychometric properties. Gender- and age-group-specific norm values were calculated. The EUROHIS-QOL showed good discriminant validity for anxiety and depression symptoms. Participants without clinically relevant scores for depressiveness and anxiety reported significantly higher QOL. Multiple regression analysis showed that unemployment, younger age, not living with a partner, and an immigrant background were important predictors of lower QOL, whereas higher income, living in one’s own home, and a high level of education predicted higher QOL.

Conclusion: The EUROHIS-QOL was confirmed as an economical and reliable instrument for assessing QOL in the German general population.
Digital modernization of Russian education in modern conditions
Authors:   Moscow University for the Humanities, Khorina Galina Petrovna
Published: October 2022

In modern conditions, education cannot remain the same as it was twenty years ago. It's not just that the formats for presenting information have changed, but the semiotic environment itself has transformed. Visual communication has become the main system of signs, and network communications have become the main communication channel. As a consequence, there was a fundamental change in the system of thinking, first of all, among young people, for whom such a communication mode is the most natural. The article is devoted to the consideration of these features, as well as the system of digital education itself.
Issue of forming the global world civilization security strategy in the 21st century
Authors:   Center for Strategic Humanitarian Studies, Institute of Fundamental and Applaed Research, Moscow University of the Humanities, Kolin Konstantin Konstantinovich
Published: October 2022

An analysis of the problem of forming a strategy for ensuring the global security of world civilization in the 21st century is carried out. The relevance of this issue at the present stage of modern history, when civilization is experiencing a systemic crisis, is demonstrated. The main reason for the crisis is the dominant concept of the civilization development, focused mainly on meeting the material needs of society to the detriment of its spiritual and intellectual development. Such a concept contradicts the fundamental laws of the global evolution of the "Nature-Society-Man" system and does not allow overcoming the crisis of civilization, since in order to do this, it is necessary to radically change the main goals of its development. The formulation of the content of these goals is proposed and the priority tasks that need to be solved in order to achieve them are considered.
Physical world and its system-scale levels
Authors:   Moscow University for the Humanities, Voskoboinikov Anatoliy Emmanuilovich
Published: October 2022

The article discusses various levels of the physical world, as well as the specific patterns of their formation and development. It is shown that the impacts within the physical world entail the interaction of objects, while some impacts are asymmetric. The materials of the article can be useful within the framework of the discipline "Concepts of Modern Natural Science"
https://panor.ru/articles/religioznoe-obrazovanie-v-svetskom-gosudarstve/86417.html
Authors:   MBEI School No. 3 named after I.A. Flerov, Balashikha, Moscow Region, Alekseev Nikolay Valerievich
Published: October 2022

A brief retrospective journey into the history of the formation of religious education in Europe and Russia is made. The greatest attention is paid to the Middle Ages and the New Age. General aspects and criteria of religious education in a secular state are considered. The participation of the state and the church in educational policy and public education is shown. The materials of the article can be useful in the study of the General History and the History of Pedagogy.
Secular and church education in Russia
Authors:   PEIHE Moscow Witte University, Alekseev Sergey Valerievich
Published: October 2022

The article discusses the features of the formation of secular and ecclesiastical education. The distinctive features of secular and church education at various stages of development in the history of Russia are demonstrated. The main problems that have developed in the education system, as well as the ways to solve them based on different time periods, are highlighted. The article can be used as a scientific and methodological material in the framework of the preparation of students in the areas of "History" and "Pedagogy".
Teacher-student interaction in the digital environment of the higher educational institution
Authors:   Academy of Choral Arts named after V.S. Popov, Sorokovikova Valentina Ivanovna , Moiseeva Nelli Alekseevna ,   Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University
Published: October 2022

The article analyzes the teacher-student interaction in the digital environment of the higher educational institution. A comparison between the pre-digital stage of education and the new educational principles that can be called digital pedagogy is made. It is shown that digital pedagogy refers mainly to higher education, and it is justified that the information environment of the modern educational process should be able to adapt individually to the educational tasks of each participant - these possibilities of modern digital technology and the tasks of humanistic pedagogy are combined in the manifesto of the digital educational environment.
Energy Budget of Indian Major Carp, Labeo rohita Fingerlings Fed on Diets with Different Protein Levels
Authors: CHAKRABORTY S.C.
Published: October 2022

Energy partitioning of Indian major carp, Labeo rohita Ham. fingerlings of 3.3 ± 0.25 g size fed on different protein diets containing indigenous ingredients of pellets with 23, 28, 33 and 38% crude protein were investigated in respirometers for 40 days. Ingested energy (C), energy lost in metabolism (R), faecal matter (F), nitrogenous excretion (U) and growth (P) were measured separately and simultaneously. The outcomes were compiled to construct energy budgets. The percent energy balance from the observed growth were 77.97, 77.58, 88.40 and 92.85% in fish fed on diets having 23, 28, 33 and 38% crude protein respectively. The percent loss of daily ingested energy through metabolism were 31.9, 33.49, 37.5 and 41.0% in fish fed on diets containing 23, 28, 33 and 38% crude protein respectively, whereas, faecal energy were 28.9, 26.1, 25.l and 25.2% and 5.8, 6.1, 6.9 and 7.6% nitrogenous excretion in fish fed on 23, 28, 33 and 38% dietary protein respectively. Growth was found optimum in fishes fed on diet having 33% crude protein.