bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cellular and extracellular vaginal changes following murine ovarian removal
Authors: McCracken Jennifer M. , Calderon Gisele A. , Le Quynh N. , Faruqui Natasha M. , Balaji Swathi , Hakim Julie C. E.
Published: August 2023

Loss of estrogen as a result of aging, pelvic cancer therapy, genetics, or eating disorders affects numerous body systems including the reproductive tract. Specifically, a chronic hypoestrogenic state fosters debilitating vaginal symptoms like atrophy, dryness, and dyspareunia. Current treatment options, including vaginal estrogen and hyaluronan (HA), anecdotally improve symptoms, but rectifying mechanisms are largely understudied. In order to study the hypoestrogenic vaginal environment, in particular the extracellular matrix (ECM), as well as understand the mechanisms behind current treatments and develop new therapies, we characterized a reliable and reproducible animal model. Bilateral ovariectomies (OVX) were performed on 9‐week‐old CD1 mice. After 1 month of estrogen loss due to ovarian removal, a phenotype that is similar to human vaginal tissue in an estrogen reduced state was noted in mice compared to sham‐operated controls. The uterine to body weight ratio decreased by 80% and vaginal epithelium was significantly thinner in OVX compared to sham mice. Estrogen signaling was altered in OVX, but submucosal ERα localization did not reach statistical differences. HA localization in the submucosal area was altered and CD44 expression decreased in OVX mice. Collagen turn‐over was altered following OVX. The inflammation profile was also disrupted, and submucosal vaginal CD45+ and F4/80+ cell populations were significantly reduced in the OVX mice. These results show altered cellular and molecular changes due to reduced estrogen levels. Developing new treatments for hypoestrogenic vaginal symptoms rely on better understanding of not only the cellular changes, but also the altered vaginal ECM environment. Further studies using this mouse model has the potential to advance women's vaginal health treatments and aid in understanding the interplay between organ systems in both healthy, aged, and diseased states.
Acute nitric oxide synthase inhibition induces greater increases in blood pressure in female versus male Wistar Kyoto rats
Authors: Elmarakby Ahmed A. , Saad Karim M. , Crislip G. Ryan , Sullivan Jennifer C.
Published: August 2023

Nitric oxide (NO) contributes to blood pressure (BP) regulation via its vasodilatory and anti‐inflammatory properties. We and others previously reported sex differences in BP in normotensive and hypertensive rat models where females have lower BP than age‐matched males. As females are known to have greater NO bioavailability than age‐matched males, the current study was designed to test the hypothesis that anesthetized female normotensive Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY) are more responsive to acute NOS inhibition‐induced increases in BP compared to male WKY. Twelve‐week‐old male and female WKY were randomized to infusion of the nonspecific NOS inhibitor NG‐nitro‐L‐arginine methyl ester (L‐NAME, 1 mg/kg/min) or selective NOS1 inhibition with vinyl‐L‐NIO (VNIO, 0.5 mg/kg/min) for 60 min. Mean arterial BP, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), urine volume, and electrolyte excretion were assessed before, and during L‐NAME or VNIO infusion. L‐NAME and VNIO significantly increased BP in both sexes; however, the increase in BP with L‐NAME infusion was greater in females versus males compared to baseline BP values. Acute infusion of neither L‐NAME nor VNIO for 60 min altered GFR in either sex. However, urine volume, sodium, chloride and potassium excretion levels increased comparably in male and female WKY with L‐NAME and VNIO infusion. Our findings suggest sex differences in BP responses to acute non‐isoform‐specific NOS inhibition in WKY, with females being more responsive to L‐NAME‐induced elevations in BP relative to male WKY. However, sex differences in the BP response did not coincide with sex differences in renal hemodynamic responses to acute NOS inhibition.
Towards asset administration shell-based continuous engineering in process industries
Authors: Grüner Sten , Hoernicke Mario , Stark Katharina , Schoch Nicolai , Eskandani Nafise , Pretlove John
Published: August 2023

In this work we emphasize the role of the engineering process within the industrial automation domain and its underrepresentation in the Industry 4.0 community possibly explained by discrete roots of Industry 4.0. Towards this aim, we revisit the value chain on the leading picture of Industry 4.0 and indicate gaps for “design-to-order” products and projects where requirement artifacts like Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) or tag lists are exchanged prior to selecting, ordering and building the actual plant. After the understanding of the importance of the engineering process, we explore the opportunities of using Industry 4.0 technology stack to embed engineering information into the digital twin of a process plant. We underline possible synergies with the current developments of the Industry 4.0 community, like the Data Exchange in the Process Industry (DEXPI) and the Module Type Package (MTP) submodel template definitions. Finally, we present possible best practices for embedding existing engineering-related standards into the Industry 4.0 ecosystem and propose tactics and mechanisms for information modeling to accomplish this task in a most efficient and reusable way.
Indirekte Schätzung der Magnettemperatur einer Permanentmagnet-Synchronmaschine
Authors: Baumann Martin Stefan , Steinboeck Andreas , Kemmetmüller Wolfgang , Kugi Andreas
Published: August 2023

Zur Vermeidung von Schäden in Permanentmagnet-Synchronmaschinen, die an ihren (thermischen) Leistungsgrenzen betrieben werden, wird eine Online-Überwachung der Temperatur der Permanentmagnete benötigt. Da eine direkte Messung dieser Temperatur in der Regel nicht möglich ist, wird in diesem Beitrag eine indirekte Schätzmethode vorgestellt. Aufbauend auf einem elektrischen Modell der Maschine wird ein Erweitertes Kalman-Filter für den verketteten Fluss und damit die Temperatur der Permanentmagnete entwickelt. Zur Reduktion der Sensitivität gegenüber Abweichungen vom Nominalwert des verketteten Permanentmagnetflusses wird eine Online-Kalibriermethode vorgeschlagen. Die Eignung der vorgeschlagenen Methode und die Verbesserung im Vergleich zum Stand der Technik werden anhand von Simulationsstudien und Messungen gezeigt.
Modeling and identification of the hydration process in a CaO/Ca(OH)
2
-based heat storage system
Authors: Rentz Anja , Kühl Viktor , Sourmelis T Venizelos E. , Schmidt Matthias , Linder Marc , Sawodny Oliver , Böhm Michael
Published: August 2023

Thermochemical energy storage systems are promising for storing excess energy produced by renewable sources. Of particular interest and the focus of this paper is a specific application based on the reaction pair CaO and H2O. Working towards a model based controller for the reactor storage system, all of the ongoing processes need to be modeled. This publication establishes a model for the hydration process, where heat is recovered from the exothermic reaction of CaO and liquid H2O. The derivations are based on mass and enthalpy balance equations for the reactor and the cooling water. This yields a simple reactor system model, for which some parameters are unknown and need to be identified. For this, an optimization is set up. Additionally, the parameter sensitivity of the model outputs is analyzed. The simulation results with the identified parameters illustrate that the model is able to predict the measurements well. The sensitivity results coincide with the identification variance for the estimated parameters.
Intravaginal estrogen management in postmenopausal patients with vaginal squamous intraepithelial lesions along with CO2 laser ablation: A retrospective study
Authors: Lei Shengyao , Wu Congquan , Zhong Siyi , Liu Yanmei , Peng Ke , Han Xiao , Chen Jialing , Li Chunlan , Gao Shujun
Published: August 2023

This study aims to investigate the influence of topical estrogen management in postmenopausal patients who had undergone CO2 laser ablation for vaginal squamous intraepithelial lesions (SILs). The clinical data of 211 postmenopausal women with vaginal SILs were reviewed. Patients were divided into two groups by 2-month different management: Group 1 (intervention group): patients were treated with estrogen cream 0.5 g every other day and Group 2 (control group): no topical agent was used for the treatment of patients. In low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSILs), the response rates for patients in the intervention group and the control group were 49.1% (27/55) and 54.2% (16/48), respectively; human papillomavirus (HPV) status turned negative in 12 (12/38, 31.6%) patients of the intervention group and in 15 (15/35, 42.9%) patients of the control group. In high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs), the response rates for patients in the intervention group and the control group were 72.4% (42/58) and 78.0% (39/50), respectively, nearly 1.5 times higher than those of the LSIL patients; 22 (22/54, 40.7%) patients of the intervention groups and 12 (12/46, 26.1%) patients of the control group cleared the HPV infection. In postmenopausal patients, local use of estrogen cream improves the recognition of lesions and is conducive to precision medicine.
Metacognitive and metalinguistic activities can raise ELF awareness: why and how
Authors: Sifakis Nicos
Published: August 2023

Research shows that, while exposure to English as a lingua franca (ELF) discourse and to discussion of ELF-related interactional strategies – such as rephrasing, paraphrasing and translanguaging – can help raise English language teachers’ and learners’ ELF awareness, this is often not enough nor is the value of such exposure adequately monitored. In this paper, following the principles of ELF awareness (Sifakis, Nicos. 2019. ELF awareness in English language teaching: Processes and practices. Applied Linguistics 40(2). 288–306), I suggest that raising teachers’ and learners’ awareness of and attitudes towards their own experience as users of English inside and outside of the classroom needs to be prioritised, especially in Expanding Circle teaching and learning contexts. Together with this awareness, teachers and learners need to be made fully conscious of their deeper perceptions about key ELF concerns, such as the role of the native speaker in ELF interactions, the nature of intercultural communication, etc. Such awareness can be raised through metalinguistic and metacognitive activities and questions added to existing activities/materials. To this end, I propose a framework and a series of specific step-by-step scenarios and tools for raising teachers’ and learners’ ELF awareness along these lines and present four examples of integrating such metacognitive and metalinguistic activities with those of a specific textbook.
Risk factors of recurrent bacterial vaginosis among women of reproductive age: A cross-sectional study
Authors: Zeng Xianling , An Ruifang , Li Han
Published: August 2023

The aim of this study was to explore risk factors of recurrent bacterial vaginosis (RBV) among women of reproductive age. This cross-sectional study was carried out in real-world conditions. Women with RBV were selected, and simultaneously uncomplicated bacterial vaginosis (UBV) and those who underwent routine gynecological examination and had normal vaginal microflora were also recruited as the control. Totally, 316 participants were enrolled. Univariate analysis showed that unemployment, desserts, and wiping were related to UBV, while there was no definite relationship between education, high body mass index, smoking, sedentary lifestyle, and RBV or UBV. History of human papillomavirus infection, contraceptive methods, age at first sexual intercourse, and not cleaning vulva during sexual activity were connected with UBV, while the history of other vaginitis and number of sexual partners in the previous year were related to both RBV and UBV. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that lower educational level increased the risk of suffering RBV. Interestingly, no smoking was a protective factor. Moreover, the absence of other vaginitis and an exclusive sexual partner could also weaken the risk of incurring RBV. These various adverse factors alter endocrine function and vaginal immunity, further leading to the recurrence of BV. It is necessary to take corresponding measures to avoid risk factors and to help lessening the prevalence of RBV among women of reproductive age.
Is it ‘
Sus
-picious’? Revisiting the Presence of the Wild Boar on the Island of Crete
Authors: Smíšek Michal , Molnárová Miriam
Published: August 2023

The presence of wild boar on the island of Crete has been discussed since the beginning of Cretan archaeology. Presumed wild individuals are depicted on various types of objects from the Minoan period. Wild pig remains have been identified on several Cretan sites ranging from the Neolithic to the Byzantine period. Despite the relatively large number of such reports, the nature of evidence from the island is often unclear or at least questionable. Available biometric data do not support the establishment of a stable wild population on the island during its history. This paper provides a detailed overview of contemporary evidence and highlights the need for systematic data collection.
Study of performance of low-rank nonnegative tensor factorization methods
Authors: Shcherbakova Elena M. , Matveev Sergey A. , Smirnov Alexander P. , Tyrtyshnikov Eugene E.
Published: August 2023

In the present paper we compare two different iterative approaches to constructing nonnegative tensor train and Tucker decompositions. The first approach is based on idea of alternating projections and randomized sketching for factorization of tensors with nonnegative elements. This approach can be useful for both TT and Tucker formats. The second approach consists of two stages. At the first stage we find the unconstrained tensor train decomposition for the target array. At the second stage we use this initial approximation in order to fix it within moderate number of operations and obtain the factorization with nonnegative factors either in tensor train or Tucker model. We study the performance of these methods for both synthetic data and hyper-spectral image and demonstrate the clear advantage of the latter technique in terms of computational time and wider range of possible applications.
Operator-difference schemes on non-uniform grids for second-order evolutionary equations
Authors: Vabishchevich Petr N.
Published: August 2023

The approximate solution of the Cauchy problem for second-order evolution equations is performed, first of all, using three-level time approximations. Such approximations are easily constructed and relatively uncomplicated to investigate when using uniform time grids. When solving applied problems numerically, we should focus on approximations with variable time steps. When using multilevel schemes on non-uniform grids, we should maintain accuracy by choosing appropriate approximations and ensuring stability of the approximate solution. In this paper, we construct unconditionally stable schemes of the first- and second-order accuracy on a non-uniform time grid for the approximate solution of the Cauchy problem for a second-order evolutionary equation. The novelty of the paper consists in the fact that these stability estimates are obtained without any restrictions on the magnitude of the step change and on the number of step changes. We use a special transformation of the original second-order differential-operator equation to a system of first-order equations. For the system of first-order equations, we apply standard two-level time approximations. We obtained stability estimates for the initial data and the right-hand side in finite-dimensional Hilbert space. Eliminating auxiliary variables leads to three-level schemes for the initial second-order evolution equation. Numerical experiments were performed for the test problem for a one-dimensional in space bi-parabolic equation. The accuracy and stability properties of the constructed schemes are demonstrated on non-uniform grids with randomly varying grid steps.
Gingival status and prophylactic oral hygiene measures modulate salivary amino acids’ profile in children with plaque-induced gingivitis
Authors: Galunska Bistra Tzaneva , Salim Ayshe Seyhan , Nikolova Miglena Nikolaeva , Angelova Sirma Todorova , Kiselova-Kaneva Yoana Dimitrova , Peev Stefan Vasilev , Ivanova Diana Georgieva
Published: August 2023

Objectives

Plaque-induced gingivitis is one of the most widely distributed periodontal disorder during childhood. The control of the pathogenic potential of the plaque is associated with oral hygiene status at individual, group, and population levels. We hypothesize that regular application of complex oral hygiene-prophylaxis could beneficially modulate salivary amino acids profile in children with different stage of plaque-induced gingivitis. Therefore, we aimed to study the salivary amino acids’ profile in relation to certain clinical indicators and environmental variables for plaque-induced gingivitis in children.

Methods

Fifty children (29 girls, 21 boys; mean age 8.18 ± 2.32 years) without anamnestic data for common diseases, no medication, and no data for allergy were selected. Plaque and gingival indexes were determined for assessment oral hygiene and plaque accumulation. Unstimulated whole saliva was collected, centrifuged and supernatants stored at −80 °C. Amino acid analysis was performed by liquid chromatography using analytical grade AccQ·Tag-Ultra-derivatization kit.

Results

Gingivitis was indicated in most of the examined children over 6 years. More than half (63.6 %) of them revealed moderate stage of the disease and a tendency to satisfactory good oral hygiene and degree of gingival inflammation. Salivary glycine, proline, arginine, serine, lysine, aspartate, glutamate, threonine, methionine, and isoleucine were higher in gingivitis children, while cysteine, tyrosine and phenylalanine decrease. In gingivitis children without regular oral hygiene-prophylaxis, some structural amino acids like glycine and proline were increased, while amino acids with protective antioxidant potential like cysteine were diminished.

Conclusions

Plaque-induced gingivitis is associated with increased salivary levels of certain amino acids. These may serve as distinguishing markers among children with gingivitis.
From Halo to Conditioning and Back Again: Exploring the Links Between Impression Formation and Learning
Authors: Rougier Marine , De Houwer Jan , Richetin Juliette , Hughes Sean , Perugini Marco
Published: August 2023

Impression formation effects – such as the halo effect – and learning effects – such as evaluative or attribute conditioning effects – are often seen as separate classes of phenomena. In a recent conceptual paper, De Houwer et al. (2019) suggested that both may actually qualify as instances of feature transformation, where a source feature (e.g., attractiveness of a face; valence of an unconditioned stimulus; US) influences judgements about a target feature (e.g., social competence of a person; valence of a conditioned stimulus; CS). In halo effects, the source and target features typically differ (e.g., a person with an attractive face is judged as more socially competent) but belong to the same object. In evaluative conditioning, source and target features are the same (e.g., a neutral CS is judged as more positive after being paired with a positive US) but belong to different objects. In this paper, we highlight a phenomenon at the crossroads of the two previous effects: feature transformation where source and target features are different (as in halo studies) and belong to different objects that are paired together (as in evaluative conditioning studies). Across six pre-registered experiments (n = 1050), we obtained evidence for this phenomenon in the context of person perception (i.e., attractiveness halo) and food perception (i.e., health halo). We also show that this type of feature transformation is influenced by several known moderators of halo and conditioning effects (beliefs about traits relationship, memory of pairings, and salience of the source feature).
Humans in/of/are nature: Re-embedding reality in sustainability sciences
Authors: Morgan Caitlin B. , Brevik Kristian , Barbieri Lindsay , Ament Joe
Published: August 2023

Behind the facades of humanity’s technological advances and urban lifestyles, there is in fact no real wall that separates us from the web of life. Biology, physics, Western social theory, and Indigenous scholarship all tell us that we are embedded in the natural world; to operate otherwise is a dangerous misconception and leads to the human-centered ecological crises we currently face. And yet many scientific communities, including those concerned with the environment and sustainability, continue to incorporate human-first, human-separate mental models into their disciplines. In this article, we use the method of Bohmian dialogue to explore the “imagined wall” of false separation and how it manifests in 4 distinct fields: entomology, soil science, food systems, and monetary policy. We ask: How would deconstructing the imagined wall function as the basis for interdisciplinary sustainability research? We lay out where the wall can appear, its consequences, academic and practical resistances, and how each field might move toward truer sustainability without this mental model. We offer suggestions for this process of unlearning and relearning, particularly to those scientists who may have begun to question human supremacy in ontology and epistemology but who have not actively applied such critical social theory to their own work.
Marking the Contours of a Mexican “New Left” in the 1960s: Mexico and the Southern Cone in Comparative Perspective
Authors: Zolov Eric
Published: August 2023

More than a decade after the proposal to “broaden our conceptual understanding” to incorporate cultural practices and transnational approaches to interpretations of the New Left, Mexican historians continue to stake out diverging positions with respect to what constitutes a New Left framework. By comparison to Southern Cone scholarship, a palpable disconnect has existed within Mexican literature between those focusing on a narrower interpretation of political history and those focusing on a more expansive one. This article reviews the literature on New Left scholarship in comparative perspective and proposes several interpretations for why Southern Cone research has achieved more integration of cultural and political history than Mexican scholarship has. The article concludes with a discussion of recent research that points in the direction of a potential convergence both within Mexican historiography and between Mexican and Southern Cone historians investigating the Long 1960s.
Return Migration and Economic Outcomes in Rural China
Authors: Liang Zai , Cheng Mengyao
Published: August 2023

Most previous studies of return migration have defined return migration as a return to the place of birth (or village of origin). In this paper, we reconceptualize return migrants as consisting of two groups: those returning to their place of birth (“local returnees”) and those returning to a nearby town, county, or city (“regional returnees”). Using a nationally representative sample from the 2014 China Labor Dynamics Survey, we carry out a systematic comparison and analysis of these two groups of return migrants, along with migrants at their destination and non-migrants at their origin. Our results challenge previous views of the negative socioeconomic selectivity of return migration. Both local returnees and regional returnees play an important role in non-farm economic activities. More importantly, we find that regional returnees have more favorable outcomes than local returnees in terms of income and economic activities. As China makes significant progress in upgrading its transportation infrastructure, and with the growing availability of digital technology for businesses, the proportion of regional returnees should grow over time. We argue that this new form of return migration represents a promising pattern of development and urbanization in China and deserves more attention from scholars and policymakers.
Канфігурацыі ідэнтычнасці і герменеўтычныя перспектывы Carmen de Bisonte: да 500-годдзя апублікавання паэмы Мікалая Гусоўскага
Authors:   Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Nekrashevich-Karotkaja Zhanna
Published: August 2023

The study summarizes a wealth of scholarly information modeling different, often antagonistic, configurations of identity in relation to the poem Carmen de bisonte (Cracow, 1523), as well as its author Nicolaus Hussovianus. The methodological reference point is the notion of cultural capital, as well as the notion of the pragmatic setting of the text. Conclusions are made about the close connection between Nicolaus Hussovianus’s work to the traditions of the Northern Renaissance, which are embodied in the artistic texture of the poem.
Tekst dramatyczny jako przestrzeń dialogu międzykulturowego: Labirynty Własta Siergieja Kowalowa (wstępne rozpoznania)
Authors:   Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Siwek Beata
Published: August 2023

This article is devoted to the analysis of Sergei Kovalov’s drama, The Labyrinths of Wlast. This work, based on a short story written in 1927 by the Belarusian writer Vaclau Lastouski, should be read through the prism of intertextual dialogue with other texts, which enable the perception of new contexts and, on the one hand, lead into the depths of history, thanks to which and through which an understanding of the essence of the processualism of the Belarusian nation’s history is achieved, and on the other hand, they lead towards Belarusian culture, resulting in initiating intercultural dialogue.
Некоторые замечания об исследованиях еврейской антропонимии северо-восточной Польши в исторический период
Authors:   Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Dacewicz Leonarda
Published: August 2023

The purpose of this study is to draw attention to the need to supplement the existing research on the anthroponymy of the Jewish community in Bialystok in the first part of the 19th century. A sociological and linguistic analysis of these anthroponyms should be made. It is possible because we can use new sources – names and lists of inhabitants of Bialystok in the years 1799–1853 (compiled and published by W. Wróbel, W. Szwed). These sources contain a great wealth of Jewish anthroponyms. The oldest nineteenth-century sources show the process of the formation of surnames of Bialystok Jews. Surnames were imposed on Jews by the authorities of the Russian Empire. The lexical base of Białystok Jews’ surnames were Slavic languages, mainly Polish and Russian, German, Yiddish, and Hebrew. The patterns of the countries of the settlement were used to form surnames (Polish, Russian, German). What distinguishes Jewish anthroponymy in the research area are the artificial surnames. Because of women’s social rank, female surnames enclosed in the registers are not very common. The results obtained so far by onomast researchers involved in the historical anthroponymy of Podlasie, including Jewish anthroponymy, formed under the influence of the Slavic languages, are a serious contribution to the development of Slavic onomastics, are of great value to researchers of the history and culture of this multi-ethnic and multiconfessional border region.
Концептуалізований образ лиса у творах для дітей Марії Конопницької та iвана Франка: лінгвокогнітивний аналіз
Authors:   Тернопільський національний педагогічний університет імені Володимира Гнатюка, Vilchynska Tatiana , Bachynska Halyna ,   Тернопільський національний педагогічний університет імені Володимира Гнатюка, Verbovetska Oksana ,   Тернопільський національний педагогічний університет імені Володимира Гнатюка
Published: August 2023

The study is devoted to the linguistic and cognitive analysis of the conceptualized image of the fox in the prose work of Maria Konopniсka and Ivan Franko. Works for children are one of the most important means of national and cultural education and learning the native language. In the course of the research, many commonalities were found in the objectification of the concept of “fox” in Ukrainian and Polish linguistic cultures due to similar ethno-cultural semantics, the territorial proximity of the lands where the writers come from, as well as a lot of individual ones that testify to the author’s priorities and preferences. The conducted analysis showed that the concept of “fox” is characterized by an extensive system of nominations, is polysemantic, cognitively multifaceted, axiologically marked, and requires further thorough study, primarily in a comparative aspect.
Uwagi o pokoleniu podlaskich filomatów i filaretów
Authors:   Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Dudzińska Magdalena
Published: August 2023

The article addresses the issue of the Philomath generation from a regional (Podlasie) perspective with reference to the group’s borderland features. In addition to demonstrating the interest of the Philomaths in what is related to the place and its peculiarities (for example, language and history), the “borderland-ness” of the biography of the Podlasie Philomaths and Philarets is evidenced, among other things, by the frequent necessity to move also within the borderlands, resulting from the place of residence, as well as the diversity of the community, often associated with a little-known place translated into limited knowledge of the biographies of subsequent Philomaths – and so borderland-ness is expressed in this case in bringing out of „oblivion” the Philomaths who were less well-known, but associated with the region.
Groza wojny w balladowej odsłonie powstania na Litwie w 1831 roku – Nocleg Adama Mickiewicza
Authors:   Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Januszkiewicz Agnieszka
Published: August 2023

Themes revealing the horror of war rarely appeared in poetry related to the November Uprising. The authors of insurrectionary works usually sought to high-light the positive aspects of the battle, relegating to the sidelines drastic images and experiences of difficult, ambiguous emotions released in confrontation with the real battlefield (including fear, disgust, and hatred), in contact with death peeled from romantic decorations. Adam Mickiewicz’s ballad The Night, set in Lithuania during the 1831 uprising, breaks from the standards of Romantic aesthetics, according to which a lofty image of the struggle against the invader was built. Mickiewicz touched on such topics in the work as the death of civilians, acts of revenge, torture, and negative emotions. The Night was censored during its first publication precisely because of the brutality of its depiction of scenes of partisan fighting in Lithuania. However, literary scholars have concluded that the ballad’s troubles with publication in the 19th century were due to Mickiewicz’s subordination of religious values to national ones. The interpretation of the work, which focuses on bringing out and describing the manifestations of war horror appearing in the text, reveals the dark side of the insurgent struggle, which rarely became the subject of November poetry.
Matecznik i jego białoruskie korzenie. Mickiewiczowska filozofia przyrody w Panu Tadeuszu
Authors:   Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Głowacka Ewelina
Published: August 2023

Description of the backwoods from Pan Tadeusz stands out – both in the context of the epoch as well as other writings of Mickiewicz – with a strong non-anthropocentric perspective. Using methods of ecocriticism in this paper, I will try to present the emancipatory aspect of the description of the backwoods as a place untouched by a human, and in its entirety left to nature and the processes occurring in it. I analyze poetical portrayals of the wild nature included in the fragment of the poem under discussion, both those characterized by the realism of description as well as those which were idolized. I will also try to put issues that are being discussed here in a broader context of Mickiewicz’s attitude towards nature and the spot he puts it in on his metaphysical-theological map of beings.
O gwarach białoruskich na Litwie
Authors:   Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Citko Lilia
Published: August 2023

The author reviews Mirosław Jankowiak’s study Lexicon of Belarusian Dialects in Lithuania. The Linguistic Heritage of the Baltic-Slavic Borderland (Prague 2022). In her opinion, it is a cognitively valuable study of the dialect vocabulary beyond the borders of Belarus. Set methodologically in the area of several linguistic sub-disciplines – dialectology, sociolinguistics, linguistic geography, dialect lexicography – it presents a comprehensive description of Belarusian dialect lexis historically shaped and functioning today in the conditions of the multi-ethnic Baltic-Slavic borderland.
NT-proBNP as a neuroendocrine tumor biomarker: beyond heart failure
Authors: Komarnicki Paweł , Gut Paweł , Musiałkiewicz Jan , Cieślewicz Maja , Maciejewski Adam , Patel Prachi , Mastorakos George , Ruchała Marek
Published: August 2023

Introduction

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are rare neoplasms that occur in various locations throughout the body. Despite their usually benign character, they might manifest with distant metastases. N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has previously been described as a useful biomarker in diagnosing carcinoid heart disease (CHD), a common advanced NETs manifestation. We observed plasma concentrations of NT-proBNP in metastatic midgut NETs over a 4-year period.

Objectives

We aimed to explore NT-proBNP concentrations in states of varying levels of cell proliferation and disease status. Our goal was to investigate NT-proBNP’s role in predicting disease progression in relation to previous research and up-to-date scientific guidelines.

Patients and methods

We performed a retrospective multivariate analysis of NT-proBNP concentrations in 41 midgut NETs patients treated with somatostatin analogs, all with liver metastases. NT-proBNP concentrations were measured in every patient across 16 evenly distanced time points over a 48-month period and were compared to variables such as sex, age, grading, Ki-67, primary tumor location, and CT findings.

Results

NT-proBNP concentrations correlated positively with higher liver tumor burden, higher grading, high Ki-67 levels, and with progressive disease in CT. There were no differences in NT-proBNP levels with regard to primary location (ileum vs jejunum), sex, and age.

Conclusion

We conclude that NT-proBNP is a useful analyte for monitoring NETs progression, due to its increased concentration in scenarios implying increased cellular proliferation. These long-term follow-up results align with previous findings and suggest an additional role for NT-proBNP in diagnostic algorithms, beyond a CHD biomarker.
Early extubation of a patient in the operating room after prolonged glomus jugulare tumor surgical resection: a case report
Authors: Tarbiat Masoud , Arjipour Mahdi , Abbasi Rohollah , Salimbahrami Sayed Ahmadreza
Published: August 2023

The excision of glomus jugulare tumor as an infrequently highly vascular tumor has many risks and problems for anesthesiologists. Early extubation causes short length of hospitalization and less complications. As there are scant articles about early extubation for it, this encouraged us to report early extubation after prolonged anesthesia for glomus jugulare tumor excision. General anesthesia was performed with the combined use of intravenous anesthetic agents and isoflurane in a convulsive female. After 13 hours and 40 minutes of surgery, she was successfully extubated in the operative room. Therefore, early extubation in selected patient is possible after such a prolonged surgery.
Case report: Femoral hematoma a complication in a young patient with hypothyroidism and Eagle syndrome who underwent embolization bilobed paraclinoid aneurysm
Authors: Mayra M Nuñez-Rueda , Ana Moreno-Arzate , Mabel E Mondragón Villanueva
Published: August 2023

Endovascular procedures are becoming increasingly common in the management of various medical conditions. However, like any invasive procedure, there are potential complications that can arise, including femoral hematoma. Femoral hematoma is a rare but potentially serious complication that can occur during endovascular procedures, and prompt recognition and management are essential to minimize the risk of adverse outcomes.
On the weak convergence and the uniform-in-bandwidth consistency of the general conditional $U$-processes based on the copula representation: multivariate setting
Authors: BOUZEBDA Salim
Published: August 2023

$U$-statistics represent a fundamental class of statistics from modeling quantities of interest defined by multi-subject responses. $U$-statistics generalise the empirical mean of a random variable $X$ to sums over every $m$-tuple of distinct observations of $X$. Stute [Conditional U -statistics, Ann. Probab., 1991] introduced a class of estimators called conditional $U$-statistics. In the present work, we provide a new class of estimators of conditional $U$-statistics. More precisely, we investigate the conditional $U$-statistics based on copula representation. We establish the uniform-in-bandwidth consistency for the proposed estimator. In addition, uniform consistency is also established over $\varphi \in \mathscr{F}$ for a suitably restricted class $\mathscr{F}$, in both cases bounded and unbounded, satisfying some moment conditions. Our theorems allow data-driven local bandwidths for these statistics. Moreover, in the same context, we show the uniform bandwidth consistency for the nonparametric Inverse Probability of Censoring Weighted estimators of the regression function under random censorship, which is of its own interest. We also consider the weak convergence of the conditional $U$-statistics processes. We discuss the wild bootstrap of the conditional $U$-statistics processes. These results are proved under some standard structural conditions on the Vapnik-Chervonenkis class of functions and some mild conditions on the model.
Professional-applied physical training of civil aviation pilots
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, Solomyanny A. V. , Semenova G. I. ,   Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Published: August 2023

The professional duties of civil aviation pilots in airlines involve prolonged periods of sedentary behavior in the cockpit and at airports. Lack of physical activity is a common source of work-related stress, and furthermore, low levels of physical activity are associated with daytime sleepiness and fatigue in pilots, which can have a negative impact on flight safety. The article focuses on professional-applied physical training of civil aviation pilots. The effect of professional-applied physical training of flight personnel on pilots reaction rate, i.e., their performance, as well as on their ability to eliminate nervous and mental state, which is especially important in critical situations, is evaluated. The author has analyzed the sources and identified the most common diseases in civil aviation pilots. The article also highlights the method of evaluating professional and important qualities of civil aviation pilots, which was carried out with the help of a survey among active pilots of AirBridgeCargo Airlines LLC. The survey indicators are presented in the form of a table. According to the survey, we can conclude about the significant professional and important qualities in civil aviation pilots, which are necessary for the successful mastering of the profession. As the issue of professionally important qualities as a model of an ideal image of a civil aviation pilot remains relevant regardless of time, this paper is also not irrelevant, as it is necessary to identify and understand the most important qualities for the pilot job, which should be paid attention to when passing the selection process in the airline. This article may be useful for specialists in the aviation industry.
Man and His Name in Oikonymy and Microtoponymy of South Karelia
Authors:   Institute of Language, Literature and History Karelian Research Centre of the RAS, Kuzmin Denis V.
Published: August 2023

The paper deals with the personal names attested as parts of oikonyms (settlement names) and microtoponyms of South (Olonets) Karelia where most of the population in the last few centuries speaks the Livvik dialect of the Karelian language. According to the author’s statistics, more than 60% of the settlement names in the Livvik area are of anthroponymic origin, which explains the focus of research. Based on the studied oikonyms and microtoponyms, the author identifies three main groups of human naming: anthroponyms of Balto-Fennic origin, non-Christian names of Russian origin, Christian names and their forms. Within the first group, particular mention is made of the names that relate to the ancient Balto-Fennic “faunistic” tradition (village Hukkal < Hukka ‘Wolf’, village Kurrenselgy < Kurgi ‘Crane’, etc.); the names that characterize a person in terms of physical condition, behavior, social status (v. Keikkul < Keikku ‘Lame’, v. Hörpäl < Hörppö ‘Chatterbox’, v. Herranselgy < Herra ‘Rich Man’, etc.); personal names with negative semantics (v. Kel’l’ul < Kel’l’u ‘Scoundrel’, v. Tahtahal < Tahtas ‘Fool’, etc.). The second group includes a number of non-Christian names of Russian origin that once existed in South Karelia, reconstructed based on the toponymic material (*Gorb < v. Gorbal, *Zhdan < v. Ždianu, *Rubets < v. Rubčoilu, etc.). In some cases, Karelian Livviks could have two “Russian” names, from which the author carefully assumes that at least in the 16th–17th centuries, there was a tradition to give the child a double name: a Christian calendar name and an everyday non-Christian Russian name. The third largest group includes rare Karelian forms of Christian names, including female ones, reflected in the toponymy of the region. The appendix lists all forms of Christian names reconstructed by the author based on oikonymy and microtoponymy of Olonets Karelia.
Geography and Onomastics: Geographical Terminology in the Oronymy of the Balearic Islands
Authors:   University of the Balearic Islands, Garau Antoni Ordinas , Ribas Xavier Ordinas ,   University of the Balearic Islands
Published: August 2023

Toponymy and, more specifically, toponymic generics constitute an important source of geographical terminology, which is a valuable object of study in both linguistics and cultural geography. Based on this, the authors compiled, analysed and classified the oronymic generics of the Balearic Islands (Spain) from the largest toponymic collection of the archipelago, made up of some 50,000 place names gathered for the Balearic Topographical Map at a scale of 1:5,000. A considerable part of toponyms was obtained from field work, which consisted of hundreds of interviews with informants previously selected for their special knowledge of the territory they live in. Field work allowed to obtain popular (“folk,” “unofficial”) toponyms that contain specific generics used in the function of geographical terms, often based on metaphor or another type of semantic shift. This work made it possible to bring together the terms that, in the Catalan language of the Balearic Islands, identify the diverse inland orographic morphologies of each of the islands that form the archipelago (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, and Formentera). The corpus of terminology relating to the names of the relief of the Balearic Islands is formed by 120 oronymic generics. All the terms are classified into three groups distinguishing between terms related to positive relief features (macro, meso- and micro-relief), negative relief features (elongated, rounded, and elevated depressions), and neutral relief that brings together and differentiates forms of vertical, horizontal, inclined and stepped relief. Quantitative observations made by the author show the relatively wider diversity of terminology used in the names of positive relief features, in which macro-relief features are predominant. In the negative relief group, the most varied subgroup of term relates to longitudinal depressions, while in the neutral relief the biggest part of terms specifically designates sloped landforms.
Names of Pogosts and the Origins of the Term Pogost in the Oikonymy of the Russian North: Chronology and Evolution
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Makarova Anna A. ,   Vinogradov Russian Language Institute of the RAS
Published: August 2023

The article considers the composite oikonyms of the Russian North that include the term pogost, as well as the naming patterns used for the settlements defined as “pogosts” in the registers of the late 19th — early 20th centuries. The author provides a brief overview of the history of the word pogost in the Russian language and examples of its first attestations in Old Russian texts. The analysed data were retrieved from the settlement registers of the Olonets (for 1873 and 1905), Arkhangelsk (1859), Vologda (1859) and Novgorod (1911–1912) provinces, as well as, for later times, from the collection of field materials of the Ural University Toponymic expedition (1960s–2010s). As additional sources, the author used data from the Karelian Toponyms Card Index (Institute of Language, Literature and History of the KarSC of the RAS) and historical maps. The study found that, despite the disappearance of the corresponding administrative unit, the term pogost is still used in the oikonymy of the Russian North (in modern field data collections, there are records of about 150 settlement names that include this term). However, the spread of the word pogost in the oikonymy of the Russian North turns out to be uneven: most of the names are attested in the west of this territory that was formerly part of the Olonets and Novgorod provinces, and largely reflects the distribution that developed in the mid-19th century, which indicates to the stability of the oikonymic system. The article also discusses the naming patterns for the settlements defined as “pogosts” in the settlement registers of the late 19th — early 20th centuries. It is noted that the Vologda and Novgorod provinces were characterized by a two-component pattern, in which one word referred to a local toponym (most often to a river name or an oikonym), and the other to the name of the local church: Raslovsky-Voskresensky pogost (near the Raslavka river), Spaso-Nuromsky pogost (near the Nurma river) and many others. In the Olonets and Arkhangelsk provinces, a one-component pattern was more frequent; interestingly, in the Olonets province, the name of the pogost often coincided with the name of the corresponding parish or the rural community: Megorsky pogost, Undozersky pogost, etc. The author analyses the process of displacement of the term pogost from the settlement names, many of which were gradually replaced with toponyms Popovka, Popovskoe, Popovskaya with the general meaning of ‘related to clergy’. On the territory of the Vologda and Novgorod provinces, this process can already be seen from the settlement registers of the mid-19th century.