bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Is It Right to Fight? Evidence from Russia and Ukraine
Authors: Farzanegan Mohammad Reza , Fischer Sven
Published: October 2022

We study the acceptability of war under certain conditions across individuals from Russia and Ukraine on the basis of World Values Survey in 2011. The period of analysis is before the beginning of military confrontations between the two countries (which started with the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014). We discuss which socio-economic, political and individual characteristics shape the justification of war under certain conditions. Overall, the acceptance of war is relatively low in both countries. Using logistic regressions, we found that there are characteristics that significantly reduce the justification of war in both countries, such as gender and level of happiness. Support in both countries is also significantly larger among respondents who are interested in politics and are married. Additionally, there are conditions which produce different results between the countries, such as religiosity, country aims, employment, confidence in the government, concern over possible war and political orientation.
Fixed point Theorem for Interpolative Mappings in F-Mv
-Metric Space with an Application
Authors: Wangwe Lucas
Published: October 2022

The aim of this paper is to prove fixed point results for Interpolativemappings in F-Mv
-metric spaces with an application which cannot be obtained from the corresponding results in metric spaces. We also provide an illustrative example to support our results. Besides discussing an application to Volterra-Fredholm type integral equations.
How to Correctly Interpret Strange Data for Field Permeability (Slug) Tests in Monitoring Wells or between Packers
Authors: Chapuis Robert P.
Published: October 2022

Falling-head and rising-head permeability tests have been carried out in monitoring wells, driven permeameters, and between packers for approximately one century. Recent tests are usually performed with a pressure transducer and an atmospheric pressure transducer, which should be synchronized, but this is rarely done. This article examines examples of strange test data for aquifers, due to field and human factors, and explains how to make an adequate interpretation. Many quality issues are listed, including poor decisions made by people who interpreted test data. Most often, a slug test has not a single quality issue but an assortment of interactive issues. Eight examples (1–8) are analyzed for (1) a too-small initial water column, (2) a shaky start when using compressed air, (3) inaccurate data for the water column height versus time, (4) variation in atmospheric pressure during the test, and (5–8) a few mixtures of listed issues with a poor estimate of the piezometric level for the test, which is ever-present. Clear plots illustrate each example. Explanations are given and listed on how to proceed to properly take into account quality issues for slug test data in aquifers. Clear rules are given to anyone who has to plan, perform, and interpret a slug test. Recommendations are made to improve a few standards and limit the risks of quality problems.
Protocols of Listening
Authors: Voegelin Salomé , Barney Anna , Wright Mark Peter , Stubbs Phoebe , Weaver Julian , Smith Timothy
Published: October 2022

This article presents six separate but connected understandings of a digital platform of listening vocabularies and protocols produced in the context of Listening Across Disciplines II, (LxDII) a cross- and transdisciplinary research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK (AHRC), conducted by the authors from 2018 to 2022. This research project set out to investigate and promote the use of listening across arts, humanities, science, and social science disciplines. To this end it worked with different partners from various fields to observe, co-work, and analyze, and finally to connect and compare different forms of listening.

Early on it became clear that one of the main issues in establishing such a cross-disciplinary listening was the lack of a joint vocabulary and thus a means to share processes, methods, and insights. Therefore, it became a central objective to develop a resource of listening vocabularies and protocols that reveal differences as well as similarities and point to ways that connections can be established and methods shared. Subsequently, and to ensure cross-disciplinary and public use, these vocabularies and protocols were organized on an interactive digital platform, enabling browsing between methods and words, and hopefully affording shared approaches and cross-referencing.

This article represents a reflection on the background, motivation, processes, and realization of this platform. It does so deliberately from the six listening positions of the research team. In this way it reproduces the project itself, in that it allows each listener their own understanding while connecting them through a shared platform. Please visit the online version of the journal to see and hear video and audio files.
In the Wilds of Black Sound
Authors: Duplan Anaïs
Published: October 2022

In this interview, curator and writer Anaïs Duplan speaks with 2022 Wave Farm artist-in-residence Johann Diedrick and 2021 artists-in-residence Ricardo Iamuuri Robinson and Sadie Woods on Black experimental documentarian practices, especially as they pertain to sound-based works and other inter- or post-disciplinary practices. Black soundings of speech and racialized forms of listening are ever-mutating invisible responses moving to and from societal biases. Diedrick, Robinson, and Woods discuss their past works along with the thematic undercurrents of those works, including racial bias in artificial intelligence and news reportage, the discipline and the language of science, and the mechanics of sounds. This interview is a part of research by Duplan toward a future publication detailing interdisciplinary experimental documentarian practices among practitioners.
Selective autophagy of RIPosomes maintains innate immune homeostasis during bacterial infection
Authors: Mehto Subhash , Jena Kautilya Kumar , Yadav Rina , Priyadarsini Swatismita , Samal Pallavi , Krishna Sivaram , Dhar Kollori , Jain Ashish , Chauhan Nishant Ranjan , Murmu Krushna C , Bal Ramyasingh , Sahu Rinku , Jaiswal Pundrik , Sahoo Bhabani Sankar , Patnaik Srinivas , Kufer Thomas A , Rusten Tor Erik , Chauhan Swati , Prasad Punit , Chauhan Santosh
Published: October 2022

The NOD1/2‐RIPK2 is a key cytosolic signaling complex that activates NF‐κB pro‐inflammatory response against invading pathogens. However, uncontrolled NF‐κB signaling can cause tissue damage leading to chronic diseases. The mechanisms by which the NODs‐RIPK2‐NF‐κB innate immune axis is activated and resolved remain poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that bacterial infection induces the formation of endogenous RIPK2 oligomers (RIPosomes) that are self‐assembling entities that coat the bacteria to induce NF‐κB response. Next, we show that autophagy proteins IRGM and p62/SQSTM1 physically interact with NOD1/2, RIPK2 and RIPosomes to promote their selective autophagy and limit NF‐κB activation. IRGM suppresses RIPK2‐dependent pro‐inflammatory programs induced by Shigella and Salmonella. Consistently, the therapeutic inhibition of RIPK2 ameliorates Shigella infection‐ and DSS‐induced gut inflammation in Irgm1 KO mice. This study identifies a unique mechanism where the innate immune proteins and autophagy machinery are recruited together to the bacteria for defense as well as for maintaining immune homeostasis.
Küpan y Tuwün como Fondos de Conocimiento para Contextualizar la Educación Intercultural en Territorio Mapuche
Authors: Muñoz Gerardo , Quintriqueo Segundo , Torres Héctor , Galaz Alberto
Published: October 2022

El manuscrito tiene como objetivo describir el küpan y tuwün como fondos de conocimientos para la articulación de la educación familiar y escolar en contextos de comunidades mapuches. La metodología empleada fue la investigación cualitativa, considerando los aportes de la investigación indígena. El contexto de estudio fueron cinco comunidades mapuches de las regiones de La Araucanía y el Biobío (Chile) y los participantes fueron diez kimche (sabios). El instrumento de investigación fue la entrevista semiestructurada y el análisis realizado fue de contenido. Los resultados señalan que el küpan refiere al grupo parental como raíz de procedencia, herencia socio-espiritual, soporte de vida y eje estructural de la organización social mapuche. El tuwün se refiere al origen territorial de una persona, sobre el cual se construyen representaciones sociales, espirituales y afectivas que inciden en la interacción de las personas con su entorno y el uso del territorio. Así, el küpan y tuwün como fondos de conocimiento articulados, sustentan la construcción de la identidad sociocultural propia, la interpretación de los sucesos históricos que configuran la realidad social actual y estructuran los procesos de reivindicación socio-territorial mapuche. Finalmente, su incorporación en la escolarización, favorece la contextualización y descolonización de la educación intercultural.
Perspectiva de Género en Prácticas Educativas del Profesorado en Formación: Una Aproximación Etnográfica
Authors: Barrientos Pablo , Montenegro Catalina , Andrade Danitza
Published: October 2022

El presente artículo da cuenta de un estudio, posicionado desde el feminismo y la etnografía escolar, sobre los eventos que perciben docentes en formación durante sus prácticas en instituciones escolares respecto de la transmisión de normas de género, sexismo y discriminación hacia diversidades sexuales y de género. El estudio se llevó a cabo con una muestra de nueve docentes en formación de diversas disciplinas, quienes realizaron registros etnográficos en los contextos escolares en los que se encontraban insertos/as. Los datos fueron analizados desde el feminismo post-estructural mediante el análisis temático reflexivo. Los resultados dan cuenta de la naturalización de mandatos para construir una feminidad tradicional y una masculinidad hegemónica en la escuela, junto con una incuestionada heteronormatividad en las instituciones escolares. Así mismo, se presentan algunas iniciativas transformadoras para la escuela desde una perspectiva de género, como el uso del lenguaje inclusivo y la incorporación de referentes feministas en clases, sin embargo, estos no representan avances articulados por parte de los establecimientos para reflexionar o dialogar sobre temáticas de género. Las y los docentes en formación planten la necesidad de avanzar hacia la transformación social a partir de la perspectiva de género en la escuela.
CARACTERÍSTICAS DEL TENDÓN ROTULIANO Y DE AQUILES EN JUGADORES SENIOR DE BÁDMINTON
Authors: Abián P. , Bravo-Sánchez A. , Jiménez F. , Abián-Vicén J.
Published: October 2022

Los objetivos del estudio fueron describir las propiedades estructurales y mecánicas de los tendones rotuliano y de Aquiles en jugadores senior (>35 años) de bádminton y detectar posibles asimetrías entre el lado dominante y no dominante. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 206 jugadores senior de bádminton (Edad: 52.2±9.6 años) que participaron en el campeonato de Europa Senior en 2018. Se evaluaron las propiedades estructurales (grosor, anchura y área de sección transversal) por medio de un ecógrafo Logiq® S8 y las propiedades mecánicas (elasticidad, tono, rigidez e índice de elastografía) con miotonometría y sonoelastografía de los tendones rotuliano y de Aquiles. Los resultados mostraron que fueron mayores el grosor (5.34±19.90%, p = 0.027) y la anchura (1.57±8.52%, p=0.036) en el tendón de Aquiles no dominante mientras que el tendón rotuliano dominante mostró unos valores mayores para el tono (2.09±12.96%, p=0.002) y para la rigidez (4.41±21.11%, p=0.002) respecto al no dominante.
INFLUENCIA DEL PERFIL DEL ENTRENADOR EN EL ENTRENAMIENTO EN BALONCESTO FORMATIVO
Authors: Mancha-Triguero D. , Reina M. , Feu S. , Ibáñez S.J.
Published: October 2022

Una de las principales necesidades de los entrenadores es conocer si sus procesos de entrenamiento reúnen los requisitos planificados. Para ello, los objetivos de esta investigación fueron evaluar cómo Variables Pedagógicas y de Carga Externa afectaban al entrenamiento y describir las diferencias según la metodología empleada. Esta investigación se clasificó como estudio empírico con metodología descriptiva y gran validez ecológica. Se analizaron un total de 664 tareas realizadas por dos equipos de baloncesto. Los resultados demostraron que existen diferencias significativas en todas las variables excepto el Tipo de Contenido y el Grado de Oposición en función del entrenador. Por tanto, se concluyó que la metodología influye en el diseño de las tareas, provocando diferencias en las Variables Pedagógicas y de Carga Externa. Estas diferencias provocan que el jugador entrenado bajo una metodología alternativa soporte mayor carga de entrenamiento, repercutiendo en una mejor adaptación a la competición y obteniendo mejores resultados.
EFICACIA Y DISTRIBUCIÓN DE LOS GOLPES FINALISTAS DE ATAQUE EN PÁDEL PROFESIONAL
Authors: Sánchez-Alcaraz B.J. , Jiménez V. , Muñoz D. , Ramón-Llin J.
Published: October 2022

El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la distribución y la eficacia de los golpes finalistas de ataque en el pádel profesional en función de la distancia de golpeo a la red y el género de los jugadores. La muestra incluyó 633 acciones técnico-tácticas de ataque que finalizaron el punto. Las variables analizadas fueron: acciones técnico-tácticas de ataque, eficacia del golpe y distancia a la red. Los partidos fueron analizados a través de observación sistemática. Los resultados mostraron que los hombres utilizan significativamente más el remate potente para finalizar el punto, mientras que las mujeres utilizan significativamente más la bandeja. Además, el mayor porcentaje de acciones finalistas se produce en zonas cercanas a la red (2-4metros), en ambos géneros. Finalmente, las acciones de ataque más efectivas para conseguir punto son los remates, aunque la eficacia de las acciones disminuye a medida que los jugadores se alejan de la red.
Interaction of amyloidophilic molecules with protein amyloid fibrils
Authors:   , Žiaunys Mantas
Published: October 2022

Amiloidofilinių molekulių sąveika su baltymų amiloidinėmis fibrilėmis
„Kai kurios sienos ima ir susitepa“: takios ir socialiai konstruojamos Vilniaus graffiti erdvės nuo vėlyvojo sovietmečio iki 2022 m
Authors:   , Urbonaitė-Barkauskienė Veronika
Published: October 2022

„Some walls just get dirty“: fluid and socially constructed graffiti spaces of Vilnius – from the late Soviet era to 2022
Atsparumo feroptozei molekuliniai mechanizmai kasos vėžio ląstelėse
Authors:   , Žalytė Eglė
Published: October 2022

Molecular mechanisms of ferroptosis resistance in pancreatic cancer cells
A Qualitative Study of Resident Experiences With Clinical Event Debriefing
Authors: Galligan Meghan M. , Goldstein Laura , Garcia Stephanie M. , Kellom Katherine , Wolfe Heather A. , Haggerty Mary , DeBrocco Dawn , Barg Frances K. , Friedlaender Eron
Published: October 2022

OBJECTIVES

The facilitated discussion of events through clinical event debriefing (CED) can promote learning and wellbeing, but resident involvement is often limited. Although the graduate medical education field supports CED, interventions to promote resident involvement are limited by poor insight into how residents experience CED. The objective of this study was to characterize pediatric resident experiences with CED, with a specific focus on practice barriers and facilitators.

METHODS

We conducted this qualitative study between November and December 2020 at a large, free-standing children’s hospital. We recruited pediatric residents from postgraduate years 1 to 4 to participate in virtual focus groups. Focus groups were digitally recorded, deidentified, and transcribed. Transcripts were entered into coding software for analysis. We analyzed the data using a modified grounded theory approach to identify major themes.

RESULTS

We conducted 4 mixed-level focus groups with 26 residents. Our analysis identified multiple barriers and facilitators of resident involvement in CED. Several barriers were logistical in nature, but the most salient barriers were derived from unique features of the resident role. For example, residents described the transience of their role as a barrier to both participating and engaging in CED. However, they described advancing professional experience and the desire for reflective learning as facilitators.

CONCLUSIONS

Residents in this study highlighted many factors affecting their participation and engagement in CED, including barriers related to the unique features of their role. On the basis of resident experiences, we propose several recommendations for CED practice that graduate medical education programs and hospitals should consider for supporting resident involvement in CED.
Improving Discharge Safety in a Pediatric Emergency Department
Authors: Paydar-Darian Niloufar , Stack Anne M. , Volpe Diana , Gerling Megan J. , Seneski Annie , Eisenberg Matthew A. , Hickey Eileen , Toomey Lindsay Katie , Moriarty Laura , Hudgins Joel D. , Falvo Francine , Portillo Elyse N. , Creedon Jessica K. , Perron Catherine E.
Published: October 2022

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

Discharge from the emergency department (ED) involves a complex series of steps to ensure a safe transition to home and follow-up care. Preventable, discharge-related serious safety events (SSEs) in our ED highlighted local vulnerabilities. We aimed to improve ED discharge by implementing a standardized discharge process with emphasis on multidisciplinary communication and family engagement.

METHODS

At a tertiary children’s hospital, we used the model for improvement to revise discharge care. Interventions included a new discharge checklist, a provider huddle emphasizing discharge vital signs, and a scripted discharge review of instructions with families. We used statistical process control to evaluate performance. Primary outcomes included elimination of preventable, discharge-related SSEs and Press Ganey survey results assessing caregiver information for care of child at home. A secondary outcome was number of days between preventable low-level (near-miss, no or minimal harm) events. Process measures included discharge checklist adoption and vital sign acquisition. Balancing measures were length of stay (LOS) and return rates.

RESULTS

Over the study period, there were no preventable SSEs and low-level event frequency improved to a peak of >150 days between events. Press Ganey responses regarding quality of discharge information did not change (62%). Checklist use was rapidly adopted, reaching 94%. Vital sign acquisition increased from 67% to 83%. There was no change in the balancing measures of median LOS or return visit rates.

CONCLUSIONS

The development and implementation of a standardized discharge process led to the elimination of reported discharge-related events, without increasing LOS or return visits.
The Effect of Whitening Toothpastes on Colour Change and Surface Roughness of Restorative Materials
Authors: Dayi Burak , Öcal Fikri
Published: October 2022

To examine the colour change and surface roughness of giomer, microhybrid composite and nanohybrid composite after brushing with whitening toothpastes. Disc-shaped samples of giomer, microhybrid composite and nanohybrid composite were divided into three subgroups(n=10), with the initial colour measured with a spectrophotometer and the surface roughness measured with a mechanical profilometer. The samples, which were immersed in coffee solution were brushed once a day with whitening toothpastes (Opalescence Cool Mint (OCM), Colgate Optic White Extra Power (COW) and Signal White Now Gold (SWN)) for 12 days. Colour change and surface roughness were measured again after the colouring-brushing cycle. All of the analyses were performed using appropriate statistical hypothesis tests. The highest increase in surface roughness was seen in the microhybrid composite group applied with SWN (p<0.05). The group with the least increase was the giomer group applied with SWN (p<0.05). While the least colour change was observed in the COW applied nanohybrid composite group (∆E00=1,814), the most colour change occurred in the COW applied giomer group (∆E00=5.943). After the use of whitening toothpastes, the roughness of giomer, microhybrid composite and nanohybrid composite surfaces was increased and a colour change above the clinically accepted value was observed.
Monitoring the productivity of Trichoderma viride strain in submerged cultivation
Authors: Georgieva O. , Karadzhova N.
Published: October 2022

Abstract. The influence of the nutrient medium, the amount of inoculate and the initial acidity on the accumulation of the biomass of the antagonistic fungus Trihoderma viride during submerged cultivation was studied. As a result of the conducted research, biotechnological parameters were optimized for the production of a biological product by the method of submerged cultivation. A balanced semi-synthetic nutrient medium has been developed in which the fungus performs a full cycle of ontogenesis, forming chlamydospores and phialoconidia. The produced biomass with a titer of more than 1.106 chlamydospores in 1 ml can be used both for the production of liquid form of the preparation and for the production of preparations on solid substrates.
Socio-economic analysis of vegetable seed production in Nepal
Authors: Aryal B. , Neupane S. , Pandey B. , Shah S. , Tiwari A.
Published: October 2022

Abstract. A survey was conducted at Musikot, Western Rukum, Nepal in 2019 to analyze the economic results of vegetable seed production using a well-structured pre-tested questionnaire. The average landholding per household was 8.14 ropani (1 ropani = 0.05 ha), as 33.74% of landholding (equal to 50.36% of the cultivated land) was under vegetable seed production. Vegetable seed production generated 46% of on-farm income equal to 23% of total household income. The share of on-farm activities and off-farm activities in household income was almost equal. 64% of the farming households were food self-sufficient. 39% of the farmers were new to the vegetable seed production enterprise whereas 5% of the farmers were involved from 40 years. 49% of the cost in vegetable seed production was incurred in labor. About eight thousand rupee were sufficient to run a vegetable seed production enterprise per ropani that had made a gross margin of NRs 9,614.36 per ropani. Radish occupied 46.5% of the vegetable seed producing land and generated 53.5% of the vegetable seed revenue. BCR of 2.21 suggested that vegetable seed production enterprise brings NRs 2.21 at the investment of NRs 1. Swiss-chard had the highest price spread (90%) whereas radish and turnip had the lowest (57%). Sensitivity analysis showed that vegetable seed production enterprise was a viable business even after a 20% increase in cost and 20% reduction of revenue simultaneously. Disease infestation and insect attack were two major production problems and price fluctuation and inadequate market information were two major marketing problems faced by vegetable seed producers at Musikot, Western-Rukum, Nepal.
Evaluations of Turkish Science Teacher Curriculum with Many-Facet Rasch Analysis
Authors: ÖZERGUN Ilgım , DOĞAN Fatih , BORAN Göksel , ARCAGÖK Serdar
Published: October 2022

Scientific and technological developments cause changes in educational programs and curriculums. Especially science education should meet criteria of today’s needs and expectations. Changing only science curriculum in K-12 is not enough. Science teacher curriculum should also change since teachers are responsible to teach subjects. By 2018, all teacher curriculum, including science teacher education, changed due to recent improvements in science, technology and education. This study investigated science teacher educators’ evaluations of Turkish science teacher curriculum with Many Facet Rasch Analysis. The program is evaluated according to the four dimensions of curriculum which are 1) aims, aims objectives, 2) subject matter, 3) learning experiences, and 4) evaluating approaches. These analyses including general evaluations about the program, academicians’ generosity, and ungenerosity behavior during evaluating the program, and analysis of each criterion itself. Results of the analysis conformed psychometric and unidimensional properties of the criterion form. Therefore, it is supported with the literature that a Likert-type instrument can be developed and used to evaluate programs. Additionally, this study discussed academician’s generosity and ungenerosity behavior while evaluating the program. Evaluating validity and reliability of each academicians’ behavior is necessary. Results indicated that their bias, generosity, or ungenerosity behaviors did not affect the criterion forms’ statistical confidence.
What do Science Teachers Expect from a Technology-Based Professional Development Program?: Reflections from a Pilot Study
Authors: ELMALI Şule , BALKAN KIYICI Fatime
Published: October 2022

This study aimed to reveal science teachers’ expectations from a technology-based professional development program and designate the said program accordingly. The case study was carried out with 12 science teachers of gifted students. In order to identify the needs of the teachers for effective technology integration in the classes, interviews were conducted. The interviews unearthed that the use of technology in classes was mainly at a basic level, and resorted to with a view to providing visualization, make presentations, or web-search. The teachers declared that they would like to attend technology-based training programs to improve their technology competencies. After determing the teachers’ needs, the researchers developed a technology-based professional development program based on the ASSURE model and implemented the pilot study. After the pilot study, the participants put forth that the program was beneficial for enriching classes with technology in various ways. It is thought that the dissemination of this training by making extensive applications to teachers in different fields will contribute to the development of their technological competencies and help overcome the difficulties in the use of technology. In order to enhance the technological competence of teachers, technology-based trainings need to be designed and thereupon overcoming the barriers to technology usage can be made possible. It is recommended to carry out studies to evaluate teachers' technological abilities and efficiencies in other ways and pursue them according to their developmental characteristics.
The Relationship Between Cognitive Absorption and Digital Literacy Skills among Secondary School Students
Authors: CANAN GÜNGÖREN Özlem , GÜR ERDOĞAN Duygu , KAYA UYANIK Gülden , DEMİRTAŞ TOLAMAN Tuğba
Published: October 2022

This study aimed to reveal the effects of secondary school students’ cognitive absorption levels on their digital literacy. In line with this purpose, the correlational method was used in the study. The study group of the research consisted of 455 secondary school students. The data were collected from students studying in different state schools in Sakarya, Turkey in the 2019-2020 academic year. The data collection tools employed in the study are as follows: the personal information form developed by the researchers, “Cognitive Absorption Scale”, and “Digital Literacy Scale”. In the study, the relationship between the variables of digital literacy and cognitive absorption was investigated through simple correlation and multiple linear regression analyses. In the present study conducted in line with these indicators, the effect of the cognitive absorption levels of secondary school students on their digital literacy was investigated in terms of cognitive absorption factors (curiosity, pleasure, attention, and time). As a result of the analyses performed in the study, it was determined that the variables of curiosity in the first place, pleasure in the second place, and attention in the third place statistically significantly predicted students’ digital literacy status. It was also found that the time variable had no effect on the digital literacy.
Acquired atresia of the external auditory canal and canaloplasty with Thiersch graft reconstruction: outcomes and complications
Authors: Pace Annalisa , Rossetti Valeria , Iannella Giannicola , Visconti Irene Claudia , Milani Alessandro , Polimeni Roberta , Maniaci Antonino , Cocuzza Salvatore , Re Massimo , Magliulo Giuseppe
Published: October 2022

Acquired atresia of the external auditory canal (EAC) is a rare disease characterized by otorrhea and progressive hearing loss. Clinically, it is differentiated into two stages: the wet stage and the dry stage. The dry stage does not respond to pharmacological treatment and has to be treated surgically. One surgical option is canaloplasty of the EAC with Thiersch graft reconstruction. This study aimed to report the follow-up outcomes (otomicroscopic signs and pure tone audiometry [PTA]) in patients with acquired atresia treated with this technique. Eighteen adult patients surgically treated for acquired atresia of the EAC between 2010 and 2020 were enrolled. All underwent canaloplasty with Thiersch graft reconstruction by one senior surgeon. Otomicroscopy and PTA results were evaluated before and after surgery. Postsurgical follow-up was performed at 1-3-6-12 months and then annually. Presurgical otomicroscopic examination revealed stenosis that occluded more than 75% of the EAC in all patients, and preoperative PTA showed conductive hearing loss in 89% of patients. However, postsurgical otomicroscopic examination showed that 94% of patients had a normal EAC diameter after one year, and only one patient had anterior blunting and recurrent atresia. In addition, postsurgical PTA evidenced a normal range in 89% of patients after one year. In conclusion, acquired atresia of the EAC is a troublesome disease usually associated with hearing loss. Therefore, treatment is chosen to resolve its symptoms. The results demonstrate evidence that canaloplasty with Thirsch graft may be a suitable surgical method considering the lower incidence of recurrence and the excellent hearing outcomes.
THE EFFECT OF (TRX AND BOSU) TRAINING APPLIED TO YOUNG MALE BASKETBALL PLAYERS AND TRADITIONAL STRENGTH TRAINING ON STRENGTH, BALANCE, VERTICAL JUMP, 20 M SPEED AND AGILITY PERFORMANCES
Authors: EROL Sadettin
Published: October 2022

Purpose: To examine the effects of (trx and bosu) training and traditional strength training applied to young male basketball players on strength, balance, vertical jump, 20 m speed and agility performances. Method: The mean age of the training group (trx and bosu) was 16,00±,81 years, the mean height was 184.80±5.55 cm, the mean body weight was 80.64±5.86 kg, the average age of the traditional strength training group was 16, 00±0.8 years, average height 182.90±4.72 cm, mean body weight 78.33±4.51 kg. 20 male basketball players, who had a training age average of 5±1.6 in the groups, participated voluntarily. The basketball players participating in the study were randomly divided into two groups (trx and bosu) training and traditional strength training groups. In addition to regular basketball training, two different training programs were applied to these two groups. Ttrx and bosu training group received regular basketball training (trx and bosu) training for 8 weeks, 3 times a week for 30 minutes. While applying, traditional strength training group, in addition to regular basketball training, is given to the traditional strength training group for 8 weeks, 3 times a week for 30 minutes. Applied. Before the study, pre-test measurements of strength, balance, vertical jump, 20 m speed and agility were taken in both groups. At the end of the 8-week training program, the final tests of the groups were taken. Paired sanple t-test was used to compare the pre- and post-measurement values of the two groups. Results: When the measurements of the first and last tests of the groups were compared between the groups, a statistically significant difference was found in the strength, balance, vertical jump and agility values according to the analysis results of the data (p<0.05). When the measurements of the first and last tests of the groups were compared between the groups, no statistically significant difference was found in the speed value according to the analysis results of the data (p>0.05). Conclusion: It has been seen that the training (trx and bosu) applied to young male basketball players is more effective in strength, balance, vertical jump and agility than traditional strength training. Findings from this study highlight the unique power of training (trx and bosu) as part of annual basketball training in the sustainability of athletic performance.
From Conflict Zones to Europe: Syrian and Afghan Refugees’ Journeys, Stories, and Strategies
Authors: Belabbas Souhila , Bijak Jakub , Modirrousta-Galian Ariana , Nurse Sarah
Published: October 2022

This article explores the journeys of Syrian and Afghan refugees to Europe, looking at two of the largest and politically most salient flows of asylum seekers during the 2010s. Following political disturbances in their home countries, millions of Syrians and Afghans have been forcibly displaced or had to seek safety elsewhere. In search of protection for themselves and their families, some of them had to cross multiple borders to reach European destinations or hope to be resettled there. This article looks at the factors that shape the journeys of asylum seekers and the uncertain features of the process of moving from one unexpected location to another, with an emphasis on the overlapping role of information, social networks, resources, and pure chance. Our aim is to locate the refugee journeys in the context of significant social institutions that may determine their decisions, migratory trajectories, and consequently their entire journeys. The present research involves in‐depth qualitative interviews. Drawing on an ethnographic approach and a multi‐sited methodology, we bring together diverse refugee voices and narratives and focus on the role of information in their mobility. The results help us verify assumptions about different aspects of migrant journeys, mechanisms involved in the decision‐making of the actors involved, the role of networks (or networking) and information exchange, and other relevant aspects expounded throughout the article. Our findings suggest that social networks, family status, age, disability, human, social, and cultural capital, their intersections, and, in the end, chance, play an important role in the shaping of the asylum seekers’ migration trajectories.
Methodology for using precarious rocks in Nevada to test seismic hazard models
Authors: Anderson John G. , Brune James N.
Published: October 2022

Fields of precariously balanced rocks indicate that strong earthquake motions have not occurred at that site since the precarious rocks developed. These fields can be characterized with an estimate of the peak acceleration that would be sufficient to topple the rocks and an estimate of how long the rocks have been precarious. This article uses this information to test the input to probabilistic seismic hazard analysis. The fundamental assumption is that the probability of exceeding a ground motion capable of toppling a precarious rock during a time period equal to the age of the rock is equal to the confidence level at which the inputs to the probabilistic seismic hazard analysis can be rejected.

We performed a probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for 26 sites of observed precarious rocks in Nevada, using preliminary estimates of the toppling acceleration and the age of the features. Two standard models are rejected with over 95% confidence by most of the precarious rock observations. We consider several possible explanations for the inconsistency. A probabilistic seismic hazard analysis that eliminates the area sources and only includes faults is consistent with the precarious rock observations at most of the sites. Spatial clustering of small-magnitude events could maintain this effect without contradicting the precarious rock observations. However, it may not be necessary to completely reject the area sources from our probabilistic seismic hazard analysis. The physics of rock stability may allow increasing the minimum magnitude to 6.0 in the area sources, because the short duration of high-frequency accelerations in smaller events may not topple all precarious rocks. The precarious rocks could generally have small site effects. Attenuation models may overestimate ground motions on the foot wall of normal faults, and a different attenuation model in general might decrease the ground-motion predictions. The ergodic assumption that is made in estimating the uncertainty in attenuation models may be contributing to overestimate the hazard. Individually, each of these effects might allow more of the precarious rock sites to be consistent with the area source zones.
LINGUOCULTUROLOGICAL VECTOR OF LEARNING RUSSIAN IN CHINA: CONTINUITY AND TRA DITION IN THE DIALOGUE OF ERAS
Authors: Приорова И.В. , Козлова М.А.
Published: October 2022

Освещается лингвокультурологический аспект изучения преемственности в  русской культурной традиции в процессе обучения русскому языку как иностранному в Китае. Представлены результаты тестов, отражающие коммуникативные компетенции обучающихся и уровень междисциплинарных знаний, из чего следует, что часто представители современной русской элиты ассоциативно приравниваются к русской интеллигенции. Понятия «русская интеллигентность» и «элитарность» не вмещаются в словарные дефиниции и благодаря определенным стереотипам о великом культурном наследии России порой ошибочно объединяются. Границы этического понятия «интеллигентность» коррелируются разными учебными курсами для изучающих русский язык в  Китае на протяжении всего процесса обучения. Рассматриваются жизнь и  деятельность Д.С. Лихачёва как формирующие представление о духовно-нравственной сути и духовной мощи русской интеллигентности, которая черпается из любви к России.

The article touches upon the linguoculturological aspect of the study of continuity in the Russian cultural tradition in the course of teaching Russian as a foreign language in China. The test results reflect the communicative competence of students and the level of interdisciplinary knowledge, which means that representatives of the modern Russian elite are often associatively equated with the Russian intelligentsia. The concepts of Russian intelligence and elitism do not fit into dictionary definitions, and due to certain stereotypes about the great cultural heritage of Russia, sometimes they are not mistakenly separated. The boundaries of the ethical concept of intelligence are correlated by different training courses for learners of the Russian language in China throughout the entire learning process. Therefore, the life and work of D.S. Likhachev forms an idea of the spiritual and moral essence of the Russian intelligentsia and the intellectual power of the intelligentsia, which is drawn from love for Russia.
PREDICATIVE IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE OF THE XIX CENTURY
Authors: Топорков П.Е.
Published: October 2022

Представлен обзор основных семантико-грамматических проблем класса предикативов в контексте диахронной динамики русского языка XIX века. Подробно рассмотрены некоторые аспекты функционирования слов на -о в предикативной позиции, вопросы расширения класса предикативов в рассматриваемый период истории языка. Сформирован системный диахронный подход к  решению проблемы семантико-грамматического статуса предикатива как класса слов, в том числе в контексте лексикографических и корпусных исследований. Описаны основные закономерности семантико-грамматического дрейфа в рамках данного класса слов в течение XIX века, уточнен лексико-семантический, словообразовательный, морфологический и синтаксический статус предикативных единиц различных структурных типов.

The paper aims at giving an overview of the main semantic and grammatical problems of the predicatives in the context of the diachronic dynamics in the Russian language of the 19th century. Some aspects of predicatives, as well as issues of class expanding in the given period are considered in detail. The paper proposes a systematic diachronic approach which allows to solve the problem of predicatives as a class of words in Russian, forming the methodology for complex derivational analysis of predicative units from the standpoint of diachronic linguistics. The research is based on lexicographic and corpus data. The paper describes the main patterns of semantic-grammatical drift within the given class of words during the 19th century. The analysis specifies lexico-semantic, word-formational, morphological and syntactic status of predicative units of various structural types.
PRA GMA-LINGUISTIC PECULARITIES OF METAPHOR FUNCTIONING IN MILITARY-POLITICAL DISCOURSE
Authors: Елизаров А.Б.
Published: October 2022

Рассматривается прагмалингвистическая специфика функционирования метафоры в военно-политическом дискурсе. Работа выполнена в рамках речедеятельностной парадигмы, предложенной Московской психолингвистической школой, в связи с чем метафора представлена как процесс и результат кодирования информации адресантом наравне с процессом и результатом ее интерпретации реципиентом.

The article is devoted to the consideration of the pragmalinguistic pecularities of the functioning of the metaphor in the military-political discourse. The work was carried out within the framework of the speech-activity paradigm proposed by the Moscow Psycholinguistic School, in connection with which, the metaphor is presented as a process and result of encoding information by the addresser along with the process and result of its interpretation by the recipient.
Autoeficacia para el tamizaje de cáncer cervical o de próstata: comparando mujeres y hombres colombianos
Authors: Amaya-Castellanos Claudia , Gómez-Rincón Germán A. , García-Aparicio Laura , Torres-Ortíz María P.
Published: October 2022

Introducción: los cánceres de cuello uterino y próstata tienen una importante carga de morbilidad en países en desarrollo. La autoeficacia para solicitar el tamizaje es un elemento clave en la prevención. Objetivo: comparar la percepción de hombres y mujeres sobre autoeficacia para el tamizaje de cáncer cervical y de próstata. Métodos: estudio mixto con 50 mujeres y 50 hombres. Se indagaron datos sociodemográficos. Se aplicó la escala de autoeficacia de detección del cáncer cervical, con una modificación de esta para medición de cáncer de próstata en hombres. La autoeficacia se clasificó por niveles y las variables asociadas a esta se identificaron con regresión robusta. Se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas a 27 individuos (18 hombres y 9 mujeres) con baja y alta autoeficacia, así como a individuos de “otra” religión, para conocer las diferencias en la intención del tamizaje. Se crearon tres categorías de análisis basadas en el modelo de creencias en salud. Resultados: mujeres y hombres fueron similares, excepto en religión, ocupación y antecedentes de Papanicolaou o examen rectal. La autoeficacia fue mayor entre las mujeres (β aj.:-15,29 IC del 95 %: -18,36 a -12,21) y los no creyentes (β aj.: -5,38 IC del 95 %: -10,33 a -0,44). Ellas buscan más el tamizaje que los hombres, quienes necesitan tener síntomas para hacerlo, necesitan tener síntomas. La vergüenza e incomodidad son barreras expresadas por ambos sexos. En los hombres, el machismo es una fuerte barrera para solicitar el tamizaje. La religión asocia el sexo con impureza, siendo una barrera entre las mujeres. Los servicios de atención de la salud solo se centran en el cribado femenino. Conclusiones: los roles de género y elementos de religión son expresiones culturales que determinan la intención de detección del cáncer en hombres y mujeres. Las intervenciones de los servicios de salud deben considerar estos elementos para mejorar la cobertura de detección temprana y reducir la morbimortalidad de estos dos tipos de cáncer.
Laboratory Assays of Density-Dependent Interspecific and Intraspecific Competition between Aphis gossypii and Acyrthosiphon gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
Authors: Quancheng Zhang , Wenjing Yan , Jungang Wang
Published: October 2022

Aphis gossypii Glover and Acyrthosiphon gossypii Mordvilko (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are important pests of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in Xinjiang, China, that reduce yield and lint quality. We studied competition between the two aphid species in laboratory arenas to better understand population change and competitive advantage between the two and to provide a theoretical basis for the observed population outbreak of aphids in cotton fields. To study intraspecific competition, densities of 5, 10, and 15 aphids per 5-cm-diameter leaf disc were established in individual 6-cm-diameter arenas. Equal numbers of each species were placed on leaf discs in the arenas to establish densities of 3, 5, and 10 aphids of each species per leaf disc to assess interspecific competition. In intraspecific competition assays, the mean generation time (T) and the net reproductive rate (Ro) of both species decreased as aphid density increased, while the intrinsic rate of increase (r) and finite rate of increase (λ) of Acy. gossypii increased as density increased. In interspecific competition assays, population growth of A. gossypii was higher than with Acy. gossypii at the same density, while the mean generation time of A. gossypii was less than with Acy. gossypii. The net reproductive rate, intrinsic rate of increase, and finite rate of increase were higher in A. gossypii than in Acy. gossypii. Density is a key factor affecting competition between A. gossypii and Acy. gossypii. The higher the density, the more intense the interspecific competition, with interspecific competitiveness of A. gossypii stronger than that of Acy. gossypii.
Apport de la Tomographie en Cohérence Optique (OCT) dans le Glaucome Primitif à Angle Ouvert (GPAO) au Niger
Authors: Nouhou Diori A. , Abba Kaka H.Y. , Yacoubouy S.
Published: October 2022

Le But de cet travail est de définir les particularités cliniques et épidémiologiques du GPAO et de rapporter la contribution de la tomographie en cohérence optique (OCT) dans le diagnostic du glaucome au Niger. Patients et méthodes : Il s’agit d’une étude prospective réalisée au sein du service d’ophtalmologie du CHU Lamordé et la clinique Lumière à Niamey, sur une période de sept (7) mois de Janvier à Juillet 2019, portant sur tous les malades suspects ou présentant un GPAO admis en consultation durant la période ayant bénéficiés d’un OCT et champ visuel. Résultats : Il s’agit de 90 patients, dont l’âge moyen est de 50,44 ±15,81ans avec des extrêmes de 9 et 83 ans avec une prédominance masculine. Les principaux facteurs de risque sont : la myopie (83.33% ), les antécédents familiaux de glaucome (33.33% ) et l’HTA (31.11%.) et La plupart des patients (68,88% ) ont une PIO entre 10-20mmHg ; 75,55% des patients ont une épaisseur cornéenne fine <520µm. Le CV et l’OCT sont pathologiques dans respectivement 88,89% et 91,49% à OD et à OG dans le GPAO. L’OCT est plus sensible à la détection des lésions rétiniennes dans le glaucome par rapport au CV( p = 0,002-0,04). es couches rétiniennes étaient plus amincies chez les glaucomateux au stade sévère de la maladie. Conclusion : la place de l’OCT est incontestable dans le diagnostic du glaucome pré-périmétrique, néanmoins un champ visuel est toujours important dans le suivi des glaucomateux.