bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Challenges and opportunities for assessing trends of amphibians with heterogeneous data - a call for better metadata reporting
Authors: Henle Klaus , Klenke Reinhard , Barth Benjamin , Grimm-Seyfarth Annegret , Bowler Diana
Published: September 2024

Abstract

Over the last decades, the worldwide decline of amphibian populations has become a major concern of researchers and conservationists. Studies have reported a diversity of trends, with some species declining seriously, others remaining stable and still others increasing. Only a few species have been monitored annually for a long period of time by specific monitoring programs. However, there are many heterogeneous datasets that contain observations of amphibians from professional surveys as well as diverse citizen science and other voluntary surveys. The use of these data brings a number of challenges, raising concerns about their validity and use in ecological research and applied conservation. We assessed to what extent such heterogeneous occurrence data can inform on the status and trends of amphibians by contrasting different approaches to overcoming challenges with the data, using the German state of Saxony as an example. We assessed the effects of data processing decisions to infer absences, the use of survey method information, and the statistical model (generalized linear mixed-effect occurrence model [GLMM] versus occupancy-detection model) and compared the trends with expert opinions (Red lists). The different data processing decisions mainly led to similar annual occupancy estimates, newts being an exception. Annual occupancy estimates were typically less certain when attempting to account for the effects of survey methods, which could be explained by many missing values on methods. Separate models for drift fence data reduced the uncertainty in the annual occurrence probability estimates of the GLMM models, but uncertainty remained high for occupancy-detection models. For both methods, strong peaks and troughs in the annual occupancy estimates occurred for several species, which were not biologically plausible. Some peaks align with periods of lower sampling effort and were probably caused by shifts in the sampling locations or target species among years. Only for three species (Bufotes viridis, Hyla arborea, and Pelophylax esculentus) were the trend results consistent among approaches and with expert opinions. For most other species, some inconsistencies appeared among models or approaches, indicating that trend assessments are sensitive to analytical choices. While heterogeneous data have proved useful for other taxa, our results highlight the complexity of using them for amphibians. We strongly recommend better harmonization of data collection and documentation, including explicit absence data, to enable more robust trend assessments in the future.
Ardisia crenata subsp. mukdahanensis, a new subspecies of Primulaceae from Thailand
Authors: Promprom Wilawan , Munglue Phukphon , Chatan Wannachai
Published: September 2024

A new subspecies, Ardisia crenata Sims subsp. mukdahanensis Chatan & Promprom (Primulaceae), is described from Mukdahan Province, Thailand. This discovery was made during field studies conducted from 2021 to 2023, during which the authors collected and analysed specimens, comparing them with relevant taxonomic literature and herbarium collections. A. crenata subsp. mukdahanensis is distinct from its closest relative, A. crenata subsp. crassinervosa by a combination of morphological traits, such as moderately dense minute hairs on young shoots, abaxial side of young lamina and calyx, peduncles and pedicels; larger flowers (7.0–7.5 mm) that are pure white or pinkish; larger fruits (7–8 mm) and absence of glandular punctation in organs such as lamina, calyx, corolla, anther and fruit. This new subspecies grows in slightly dense dry evergreen forests or open areas near streams and is preliminarily assigned to the Data Deficient (DD) category according to IUCN guidelines.
Hydrocarbons and human resources: histories of labor, social relations, and industrial culture in the oil and gas industry
Authors: Andrea Mounecif Radouan , Guiti Pesaran Natasha
Published: September 2024

Le travail humain et les savoirs ont été des atouts essentiels pour les entreprises et les États dans le domaine de l’extraction et de la production d’énergie. Les ouvriers, les ingénieurs, les technocrates et les managers ont en effet joué un rôle central dans le développement de l’industrie des hydrocarbures. Éclipsés par les images des appareils de forage, des pipelines et des raffineries qui dominent le pétro-imaginaire contemporain, les hommes et les femmes ayant contribué à la création de cette industrie sont souvent réduits à des rôles secondaires et présentés, par l’industrie elle-même, comme des personnages stéréotypés. En suivant la récente tournure historiographique proposée par l’émergence des concepts de “oil complex” et “oil assemblage”, plusieurs chercheurs ont questionné les structures matérielles et les organisations techniques de l’industrie du pétrole et du gaz, en adoptant des approches d’histoire sociale et d’histoire du travail. Ce numéro spécial de la Revue d’Histoire de l’énergie présente les derniers travaux des chercheurs qui ont décidé de replacer l’élément humain au cœur de l’analyse de l’histoire des hydrocarbures aux XIXème et au XXème siècles. En puisant dans les archives des entreprises et des organisations et en adoptant une approche d’histoire sociale et culturelle, ils essayent de reconstituer les expériences de vie et de travail des hommes et des femmes dans l’industrie des hydrocarbures. Leurs recherches se focalisent sur des époques et des zones géographiques très différentes, ce qui permet à ce numéro spécial de présenter une grande diversité d’organisations, individus et groupes sociaux en proposant une analyse critique du rôle joué par ceux-ci dans l’extraction, la production, la distribution et la consommation d’énergie carbone. En somme, ce numéro montre comment les structures matérielles et les formes organisationnelles qui ont construit l’industrie du pétrole et du gaz ont façonné et ont été façonnées par les processus de construction identitaire et de professionnalisation, par l’émergence des inégalités et par les mobilisations sociales, par la circulation de l’expertise économique et technique ainsi que par les interactions socio-environnementales.
From the Allegheny to the Irrawaddy: American Oil Drillers in Colonial Burma
Authors: Ren Chao
Published: September 2024

Colonial Burma was once a major center of world petroleum production in the early 20th Century. A notable group in the oil-fields of Burma was the working-class American oil drillers, most of whom with ties to the oil regions of western Pennsylvania. Drawing from fragmented primary sources such as censuses, consular registrations, passport applications, and death reports, this article reconstructs the life story of three ordinary and obscure blue-collar American drillers working in Burma between 1905 and 1920. With an individual perspective, this article proposes a more human history of the non-human, which takes seriously the visions, desires, and experiences of ordinary people in the oil industry. For oil history, this approach decenters conventional narratives of state structures, national successes, or larger-than-life heroic figures in the making of the age of oil.
Influence of infill patterns and densities on the fatigue performance and fracture behavior of 3D-printed carbon fiber-reinforced PLA composites
Authors: Dawood Lubna Layth , AlAmeen Ehsan Sabah
Published: September 2024

This paper studied the mechanical properties of carbon fiber-reinforced polylactic acid (CF-PLA) samples manufactured with three different 3D-printed patterns: gyroid, tri-hexagon, and triangular. Filler content was generated in the samples at infill ratios of 30%, 60%, and 90%. Conventional tensile, flexural, impact, and fatigue tests were conducted to investigate the mechanical properties. It was found that the gyroid infill pattern enhanced performance, exhibiting tensile strength and modulus of elasticity up to 63% and 13% greater, respectively, than the tri-hexagon pattern at a 90% infill ratio. The fatigue life improvement was 113% compared with the tri-hexagon pattern. The tensile strength and modulus of elasticity increased up to 35% and 40% after including carbon fibers. The increase in flexural modulus was 30% compared to the triangular pattern, whereas impact energy absorption reached the best result with the triangular pattern, up to 89% more than the gyroid pattern. These results elucidate the optimization of infill patterns and ratios together with carbon fiber reinforcement for the development of CF-PLA components as a high-performance 3D printing solution for a wide range of engineering applications.
Event-triggered anti-windup strategy for time-delay systems subject to saturating actuators
Authors: Luo Liping , Chen Yonggang , Jia Jishen , Zhao Kaixin , Jia Jinze
Published: September 2024

This paper investigates the anti-windup synthesis problem for linear control systems subject to time-varying state delay and saturating actuators. To alleviate the redundant data transmission, the dynamic event-triggered mechanism is adopted. Moreover, to abate the inherent conservatism, novel delay-dependent sector conditions containing double integral terms are explored. Then, using augmented Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals and several less conservative inequalities, delay-dependent anti-windup synthesis criteria are obtained in accordance with the feasibility of linear matrix inequalities. Subsequently, the optimization of the initial condition set is addressed. Finally, a simulation example illustrates the availability and technique advantages of the proposed results.
Extending neutrosophic set theory: Cubic bipolar neutrosophic soft sets for decision making
Authors: Muhaya Khulud Fahad Bin , Alsager Kholood Mohammad
Published: September 2024

This research introduced cubic bipolar neutrosophic sets (CBNSs), a novel framework that significantly enhanced the capabilities of bipolar neutrosophic sets (BNSs) in handling uncertainty and vagueness within data analysis. By integrating bipolarity and cubic sets, CBNSs provide a more comprehensive and accurate representation of information. We have defined key operations for CBNSs and thoroughly investigated their structural properties. Additionally, we have introduced cubic bipolar neutrosophic soft sets (CBNSSs) as a flexible parameterization tool for CBNSs. To validate the practical utility of CBNSs, we conducted a case study in decision-making. Our algorithmic approach effectively addressed the challenges posed by uncertainty and vagueness in the decision-making process. The results of our research unequivocally demonstrated the superiority of CBNSs over existing methods in terms of accuracy, flexibility, and applicability. By offering a more nuanced representation of information, CBNSs provide a valuable tool for researchers and practitioners tackling complex decision problems.
On $ (n_1, \cdots, n_m) $-hyponormal tuples of Hilbert space operators
Authors: Beinane Sid Ahmed Ould , Mahmoud Sid Ahmed Ould Ahmed
Published: September 2024

This paper introduces a new class of multivariable operators called $ (n_1, \cdots, n_m) $-hyponormal tuples, which combine joint normal and joint hyponormal operators. A tuple of operators $ \mathcal{Q} = (\mathcal{Q}_1, \; \cdots, \mathcal{Q}_m) $ is said to be an $ (n_1, \cdots, n_m) $-hyponormal tuple for some $ (n_1, \cdots, n_m)\in \mathbb{N}^m $ if

   \begin{document}$ \sum\limits_{1\leq k,\;l\leq m}\big\langle[\mathcal{Q}_k^{*n_k}, \;\mathcal{Q}_l^{n_l}]\omega_k\mid \omega_l\big\rangle\geq 0, \quad \forall\; (\omega_k)_{1\leq k\leq m}\in {\mathcal K}^m. $\end{document}

We show several properties of this class that correspond to the properties of joint hyponormal operators.
Characteristics and Development Trends of Internet Plus Music Education
Authors: Ni Xu , Chen Xiyang
Published: September 2024

The 'Internet Plus Music Education' utilizes online technologies to transcend traditional educational constraints of time and space, offering students flexible and efficient learning pathways, thereby innovating the mode of music education. This study thoroughly analyzes the characteristics of this model and its future development, focusing on how it achieves open sharing of resources, enhances interaction and autonomous learning in foundational arts education through tools such as MOOCs, micro-courses, social platforms, and music applications. Online sparring software is the product of the deep integration of the Internet and music education. With continuous and comprehensive service content, online sparring software enables the music education industry to become large-scale and replicable online. It also explores the trends of data-driven transformation and offline-to-online integration in music education, aiming to address challenges, improve teaching quality, and provide new perspectives for the technological dissemination and inheritance of musical culture.
Efeitos da deposição e do seu envelhecimento em trocadores de calor do tipo casco e tubo
Authors: Vanessa Maruyama  , Mauro Antonio da Silva Sá Ravagnani  , Caliane Borba Bastos Costa
Published: September 2024

A utilização de modelos matemáticos para prever a taxa de deposição e o envelhecimento da incrustação nos trocadores de calor auxilia no monitoramento do desempenho desses equipamentos e no desenvolvimento de estratégias de mitigação da incrustação. Dentro desse contexto, o objetivo desse trabalho foi avaliar os impactos desses dois fenômenos no desempenho dos trocadores de calor do tipo casco e tubo de uma refinaria de petróleo, utilizando o modelo matemático de deposição de Ebert-Panchal modificado e o modelo de envelhecimento de duas camadas. Para tal objetivo, foi utilizado o ambiente Scilab para realizar as simulações. Os resultados do modelo desse trabalho se aproximaram aos resultados encontrados na literatura.
The medical profession between law and conscience
Authors: Cattorini Paolo
Published: September 2024

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Intellectual Property Rights in Polish Feminist Activism: Navigating Identity, Values, and Commodification
Authors: Szpyrko Karolina
Published: September 2024

The study maps out how trademarking practices influence activist movements’ identity, values and resistance to commodification. While previous studies have explored legal entanglements within social movements, there remains a significant gap regarding the rise of trademarking within contemporary social movements. This study addresses this gap by examining the intersection of intellectual property rights (IPR) and human rights activism within the feminist movement in Poland, which gained momentum in 2016 in response to proposed abortion restrictions. The article proceeds by way of a single case study – a high profile trademarking case involving the Dziewuchy Dziewuchom [Gals for Gals] activist group, which sparked significant controversy and debate in 2018 in the feminist circles in Poland.Utilising a feminist cultural conceptual lens and methodology, the study extracts from literature on the socio-political and cultural framework of IPR and feminist brand activism. The study draws on extensive research conducted since 2016 within the contemporary feminist movement in Poland, consisting of interviews and ethnographic fieldwork.The findings indicated that contemporary social movements increasingly use trademarking to protect their identities and control their narratives. However, this introduces contradictions between ownership and the collective nature of activism. While trademarking aims to safeguard a movement’s identity, it simultaneously risks commodifying its core values.Contribution: The main contribution of this research is its insight into how trademarking practices affect the identity, values and resistance to commodification of activist movements, aligning with the broader focus on intellectual property in social and cultural studies.
Sowing seeds: A pastoral critique to the theology of survival by the mega-church movements of Makandiwa’s United Family International Church and Magaya’s Prophetic, Healing and Deliverance in Zimbabwe
Authors: Hove Rabson
Published: September 2024

The political instability and poor governance of Zimbabwe since the Mugabe era have led to gross socio-economic deprivation that caused many citizens to sink into abject poverty. This has created a sense of insecurity and despondency among the citizens. Amid the suffering, the mega-church prophets rose, who seemed to provide an alternative route to recover from the political and socio-economic crisis. This article gives an overview of the crises in Zimbabwe and the rise of prophets Emmanuel Makandiwa and Prophet Walter Magaya and their doctrine of seeding. The focus of the article is interrogating the purpose of the doctrine of seeding in the life of the prophets, their followers and their challenges. This is achieved by employing the four tasks of theology conceptual framework. These tasks prompt four important theological questions that can assist in addressing societal challenges. This is a qualitative desktop research article that generates data from secondary sources such as books, journal articles, newspaper articles. Firstly, this article enunciates some of the contextual challenges that arose because of the rise of Magaya and Makandiwa. Secondly, it discusses the desire for survival by using the doctrine of seeding. Thirdly, the article concludes by analysing the mega-prophets’ doctrine of seeding.Contribution: The scholarly significance of this article lies in the current discourse of religious movement and theological challenges within the discipline of practical theology. It raises concerns about theology that is self-serving instead of seeking the greater good by addressing the social injustices prevailing in the Zimbabwean context.
Erotic Temples: Sexual, Spiritual, and Psychiatric Riddles
Authors: Mikheeva Anastasia , Agoramoorthy Govindasamy
Published: September 2024

Hinduism is one of the oldest mainstream religions and over 1.2 billion people follow this faith worldwide. Historically, Hindu temples have played a pivotal role in promoting the righteous way of life to endorse religious, spiritual, and virtuous values in society. Exhibiting splendid sexual sculptures was part of the architecture of all ancient Hindu temples. They incidentally served as brilliant public gathering scenes where communities came together to share celebrations, ideals, values, rituals, customs, and wisdom to pursue life with magnificent mental balance and tranquility. Some of the ancient temples are exclusively erotic in nature, outwardly spotlighting the significance of safeguarding human sexual health and mental well-being. Several scientific papers have been written in recent years on spirituality and mental health. However, little is known in the social science literature on the mental health benefits associated with India’s erotic temples devoted to sexuality and sex in itself. This article presents some insights into the potential mental health benefits extended by erotic Hindu temples dedicated to sexuality, sensual desire, and sexual energy.
Thrombopoietin ameliorates doxorubicin-induced toxicities in H9c2 myocardiocytes by inhibiting oxidative stress through the SIRT1/p38 MAPK signaling pathway
Authors: Zuo Xu-Han , Huang Yu , Chen Bo-Cen , Zhu Ming-Yue , Zhang Cai-Cai , Jiao Han-Yi , Lu Li-Fang , Xiao Man , Wang Han
Published: September 2024

Objective:

To explore whether thrombopoietin can exert a protective effect against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity by modulating the sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) signaling pathway.

Methods:

H9c2 cell viability was determined by CCK-8 and cardiomyocyte apoptosis was detected by TUNEL assay. The protein expressions of SIRT1 and p38 MAPK were measured by Western blot. RT-qPCR was also used to determine S1RT1 mRNA expression. In addition, intracellular reactive oxygen species levels and antioxidant enzyme activities were evaluated.

Results:

Thrombopoietin treatment reversed doxorubicin-induced decline in H9c2 cell viability. It also increased SIRT1 and decreased p-p38 MAPK protein expressions. In addition, thrombopoietin significantly attenuated doxorubicin-induced apoptosis and oxidative stress, and enhanced antioxidant enzyme activities. However, silencing S1RT1 abrogated the protective effects of thrombopoietin, as evidenced by reduced cell viability and increased oxidative stress and reactive oxygen species levels.

Conclusions:

Thrombopoietin alleviates doxorubicin-induced cardiomyocyte injury by reducing oxidative stress and apoptosis via the SIRT1/p38 MAPK pathway. However, its protective effects need to be further verified in animal tests.
Socio-environmental factors associated with small mammal assemblage and Leptospira prevalence in Suburban Areas of Terengganu, Malaysia
Authors: Zamri Mohammad Izuan Mohd , Shafie Nur Juliani , Ali Mohammad Ridhuan Mohd , Awoniyi Adedayo Michael , Argibay Hernan Dario , Costa Federico
Published: September 2024

Objective:

To examine the socio-environmental factors associated with the assemblage of small mammals and the prevalence of Leptospira pathogen in poor suburban communities of Terengganu, Malaysia.

Methods:

We trapped small mammals from 119 trapping points scattered around three suburban communities of Terengganu using sausage-baited live traps. On the average, we set up five traps for three nights at each sampling point during the trapping period. Kidneys of captured animals were harvested and processed for Leptospira investigation. Additionally, environmental survey was conducted at each trapping point to obtain information about possible variables supporting small mammal assemblage. We used a generalized linear model to evaluate the effect of different socio-environmental variables on small mammals’ assemblage.

Results:

A total of 89 small mammals, specifically, Rattus norvegicus (n=39), Rattus rattus (n=27), Rattus exulans (n=10), Suncus murinus (n=11), and Tupaia glis (n=2) were captured from 1 385 trap nights. Fourteen individuals (15.7%) of the captured animals tested positive for Leptospira bacteria using PCR detection. Results of our generalized linear model showed only residences bordering vacant lots as the variable positively associated with small mammal occurrence in the three study sites.

Conclusions:

Small mammal community, especially the often neglected species, could harbour and potentially contribute towards pathogenic Leptospira maintenance in the study sites. To adequately control small mammals’ population and subsequent human zoonoses transmission, it is critical to advocate and promote appropriate infrastructure and suburban services, together with good hygiene practices that can reduce the animals’ access to food and harborage.
Electroencephalography as a new diagnostic technology for mild psychoneurological disorders
Authors: Gulyaev Sergey A. , Vikhareva Anastasya V. , Hanukhova Larisa M. , Garmash Alexander. A.
Published: September 2024

Owing to the increase in the information load in modem society, assessing the clinical characteristics of borderline psychopathological conditions is significantly difficult because we cannot objectively assess them using functional examination methods. To demonstrate the possibility of mathematical analysis of electroencephalography as a new method of clinical electroencephalographic diagnostics for clinically mild conditions, we examined the electroencephalogram indicators of patients who voluntarily and for the first time sought medical help with minimally pronounced clinical manifestations of psychoneurological diseases. The results obtained allowed us to determine that using modern methods of mathematical processing of electroencephalographic signals, we can identify objective differences in the activity indicators of individual cortical structures. The conducted studies allow us to provide practical medicine with a new objective approach to studying human cognitive function.
Meta-analysis: Simplified overview for dental clinicians
Authors: Wadgave Umesh
Published: September 2024

With the rapid growth in research, clinicians are witnessing a huge number of transformations in treatment techniques, materials, devices, and technology for the management of dental problems. However, the biggest challenge for clinicians is to determine which among the new products or methods are truly reliable and beneficial for patients. Consulting an expert or reading any random article will not significantly solve this problem. We require a more systematic and robust approach to address this problem. The systematic review and meta-analysis are robust and comprehensive research methods that evaluate multiple research articles both qualitatively and quantitatively. The meta-analysis is the quantitative component of a systematic review, which mathematically combines the results of multiple research articles and provides estimates with greater power and precision. As a clinician, it is essential to understand the basics of meta-analysis to greatly reduce the problem in practicing evidence-based dentistry. This article discusses the basics of meta-analysis with a special focus on summary measures, forest plots, and heterogeneity.
Relationship among Tobacco Habits, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Infection, p53 Polymorphism/Mutation, and the Risk of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Authors: Gupta Neha , Yumnam Gargi , Sharma Chetan , Patel Avani , Sharma Ripudaman , Dev Sachin , Ghadage Mahesh
Published: September 2024

ABSTRACT

Background:

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a multifactorial malignancy influenced by various genetic and environmental factors. Tobacco habits, human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, and p53 polymorphisms or mutations have been implicated in its etiology. Understanding their interplay can provide insights into OSCC risk assessment.

Materials and Methods:

A case–control study was conducted among 300 OSCC patients and 300 age- and sex-matched controls. Data on tobacco use (smoking and smokeless), HPV infection status (detected via PCR), and p53 polymorphism/mutation (analyzed by sequencing) were collected. Statistical analysis included logistic regression to assess the associations and interactions among these variables.

Results:

Among OSCC cases, 75% were tobacco users compared to 35% in controls. HPV prevalence was significantly higher in OSCC cases (30%) than controls (5%). P53 mutations were identified in 40% of OSCC cases compared to 10% in controls. Logistic regression revealed synergistic effects between tobacco use and HPV infection (OR 5.2, 95% CI 3.0–9.0) and additive effects with p53 mutations (OR 3.5, 95% CI 2.0–6.0).

Conclusion:

Tobacco habits, HPV infection, and p53 polymorphisms/mutations independently and synergistically contribute to the risk of OSCC. Strategies focusing on tobacco cessation, HPV vaccination, and genetic screening may help mitigate OSCC risk in susceptible populations.
Comparative study on the anti-inflammatory and protective effects of different oxygen therapy regimens on lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury in mice
Authors: Wu Xinhe , Shao Yanan , Chen Yongmei , Zhang Wei , Dai Shirong , Wu Yajun , Jiang Xiaoge , Song Xinjian , Shen Hao
Published: September 2024

Oxygen therapy after acute lung injury can regulate the inflammatory response and reduce lung tissue injury. However, the optimal exposure pressure, duration, and frequency of oxygen therapy for acute lung injury remain unclear. In the present study, after intraperitoneal injection of lipopolysaccharide in ICR mice, 1.0 atmosphere absolute (ATA) pure oxygen and 2.0 ATA hyperbaric oxygen treatment for 1 hour decreased the levels of proinflammatory factors (interleukin-1beta and interleukin-6) in peripheral blood and lung tissues. However, only 2.0 ATA hyperbaric oxygen increased the mRNA levels of anti-inflammatory factors (interleukin-10 and arginase-1) in lung tissue; 3.0 ATA hyperbaric oxygen treatment had no significant effect. We also observed that at 2.0 ATA, the anti-inflammatory effect of a single exposure to hyperbaric oxygen for 3 hours was greater than that of a single exposure to hyperbaric oxygen for 1 hour. The protective effect of two exposures for 1.5 hours was similar to that of a single exposure for 3 hours. These results suggest that hyperbaric oxygen alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury by regulating the expression of inflammatory factors in an acute lung injury model and that appropriately increasing the duration and frequency of hyperbaric oxygen exposure has a better tissue-protective effect on lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury. These results could guide the development of more effective oxygen therapy regimens for acute lung injury patients.
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in adult Population in an Urban Area of Delhi, India: A Community-Based Epidemiological Study
Authors: Singh Vishal K. , Islam Farzana , Pathak Rambha , Shah Ashok
Published: September 2024

Introduction:

The objective of this study was to investigate the risk of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and its association with cardiovascular and socio-demographic factors in the adult population of South Delhi, India.

Materials and Methods:

Employing a community-based cross-sectional design, authors randomly selected 700 participants aged 30–69 years. The STOP-BANG questionnaire served as our screening tool for OSA risk assessment.

Results:

The findings revealed that 17.4% of participants exhibited intermediate risk, whereas 3.4% were at high risk for OSA. Notably, certain subgroups demonstrated elevated risk: the elderly, males and individuals with hypertension, diabetics and those who were overweight or obese.

Conclusion:

OSA is alarmingly prevalent in India, necessitating early identification and intervention. The STOP-BANG questionnaire emerges as a valuable tool for identifying undiagnosed cases, potentially improving health outcomes for affected individuals.
Anaphylaxis post-COVID-19 vaccinations in Singapore
Authors: Peck Li Fung , Poh Wang Woon , Lim Adena Theen , Soh Sally Bee Leng , Tham Mun Yee , Foo Belinda Pei Qin , Ng Amelia Jing Jing , Ng Patricia Suet Ling , Ang Pei San , Chan Cheng Leng , Toh Dorothy Su Lin , Lee Edmund Jon Deoon , Santosa Amelia , Thong Bernard Yu-Hor , Bever Hugo Van , Lee Haur Yueh , Sum Chee Fang , Dorajoo Sreemanee Raaj , Teo Desmond Chun Hwee
Published: September 2024

Introduction:

Anaphylaxis was the first serious adverse event (AE) of special interest surfaced in Singapore following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination. Individuals who developed physician-diagnosed severe allergic reactions to the mRNA vaccines would be medically ineligible for mRNA vaccines and offered non-mRNA alternatives. This paper describes anaphylaxis reports received by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and presents a review of individuals who received heterologous COVID-19 vaccination.

Methods:

Reports of anaphylaxis associated with the COVID-19 vaccines received till 31 July 2022 were reviewed and adjudicated using the Brighton Collaboration case definition criteria by an HSA-appointed expert panel. Additional review was conducted for cases with heterologous vaccination for any subsequent reactions until administration of third dose of COVID-19 vaccines.

Results:

Among 112 adjudicated anaphylaxis cases, majority occurred in females, adults and persons with allergy histories, which were consistent with global observations. Most cases (71%) occurred within 30 minutes of vaccination. The reporting incidence rates (IRs) of 0.67 and 0.55 per 100,000 administered doses for Comirnaty and Spikevax vaccines, respectively, were comparable with IRs reported overseas, whereas the IRs for non-mRNA vaccines (Sinovac-CoronaVac and Nuvaxovid) were much higher at 4.14 and 29.82 per 100,000 administered doses, respectively, likely due to selection bias. Review of the 20 cases following heterologous vaccination found varying reactions to subsequent vaccinations.

Conclusion:

Anaphylaxis is a rare but serious AE in which outcomes can be mitigated with timely medical intervention. The case review helped to guide vaccination strategies and added to the cumulative knowledge of safety with heterologous vaccination.
Potential mechanism of teneligliptin in the treatment of diabetic cardiomyopathy
Authors: Guo Jing , Cao Yi , Wu Qing-Yuan , Cen Lu-Sha
Published: September 2024

Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM), a complication of diabetes, poses a significant threat to public health, both its diagnosis and treatment presents challenges. Teneligliptin has promising applications and research implications in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Zhang et al observed the therapeutic effect of teneligliptin on cardiac function in mice with DCM. They validated that teneligliptin’s mechanism of action in treating DCM involves cardiomyocyte protection and inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome activity. Given that the NLRP3 inflammasome plays a crucial role in the onset and progression of DCM, it presents a promising therapeutic target. Nevertheless, further clinical validation is required to ascertain the preventive and therapeutic efficacy of teneligliptin in DCM.
Effect of cuproptosis on acute kidney injury after cardiopulmonary bypass in diabetic patients
Authors: Deng Xi-Jin , Wang Yi-Nan , Lv Chuan-Bao , Qiu Zhong-Zhi , Zhu Ling-Xin , Shi Jing-Hui , Sana Si-Ri-Gu-Leng
Published: September 2024

BACKGROUND

Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is a common procedure in cardiac surgery. CPB is a high-risk factor for acute kidney injury (AKI), and diabetes is also such a factor. Diabetes can lead to copper overload. It is currently unclear whether AKI after CPB in diabetic patients is related to copper overload.

AIM

To explore whether the occurrence of CPB-AKI in diabetic patients is associated with cuproptosis.

METHODS

Blood and urine were collected from clinical diabetic and non-diabetic patients before and after CPB. Levels of copper ion, lactate, glucose, heat shock protein-70 (HSP-70), and dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (DLAT) were determined. A diabetic rat model was established and CPB was performed. The rats were assessed for the development of CPB-AKI, and for the association of AKI with cuproptosis by detecting copper levels, iron-sulfur cluster proteins and observation of mitochondrial structure by electron microscopy.

RESULTS

CPB resulted in elevations of copper, lactate, HSP-70 and DLAT in blood and urine in both diabetic and non-diabetic patients. CPB was associated with pathologic and mitochondrial damage in the kidneys of diabetic rats. Cuproptosis-related proteins also appeared to be significantly reduced.

CONCLUSION

CPB-AKI is associated with cuproptosis. Diabetes mellitus is an important factor aggravating CPB-AKI and cuproptosis.
Pesnik in homilet Anton Šerf kot nosilec poznih razsvetljenskih tokov v vzhodnoštajerskem knjižnojezikovnem prostoru
Authors: Vičar Branka
Published: September 2024

The paper characterises the poet and homiletics expert, Anton Šerf, as one of the leading representatives of late Enlightenment currents in the language and literature of Eastern Styria in the first half of the 19th century. It presents the spiritual incentives for and literary examples of his literary work and the responses to him in Slovene literary history. It discusses Šerf's sermons and secular poetry and analyses the poetic form.
France Mihelič in Simon Dobrišek, Govorne tehnologije: pridobivanje in pregled govornih zbirk za slovenski jezik
Authors: Žganec Gros Jerneja
Published: September 2024

Speech corpora are an essential infrastructure element for speech technologies research in a given language. Speech corpora consist of machine–readable speech recordings. They are further equipped with additional data, such as speaker and recording session descriptors and different segmentation and annotation elements, e.g. graphemic, phonetic and prosodic transcriptions or descriptors. In the article we describe the process of designing a speech corpus – from text or topic selection, recording, segmentation and labelling procedures. We conclude with an overview of speech corpora for the Slovene language.
Lipušev novi preboj regionalizma
Authors: Paternu Boris
Published: September 2024

With his contemporary narrative Boštjanov let (2003), Florjan Lipuš (1937) created an example of prose which is Carinthian, regional in its thematic and linguistic or even dialectal origins; with its content and stylistic aptitude, however, it is open to the world of modern literary culture. The main focus of the book is on a child’s (Boštjan’s) war and linguistic trauma, and a trauma arising from the provincial and conservative environment from which he painfully works his way through towards his own otherness and freedom. The linguistic strategy of the narration incorporates a strong inner tension between linguistic archaism, which Lipuš raises to the level of contemporary literary language, and modern intellectualisation and stylisation that he simultaneously lowers into what is today an ancient folk, dialectal discourse. It is hardly a coincidence that at the time of an enveloping globalisation this linguistic fortification of the Slovene language has come forth in the area that is linguistically most endangered, a fact which had seriously affected Lipuš in his young days.
Pisatelj Milan Pugelj kot pomemben člen v kratkoprozni ustvarjalnosti iz začetka 20. stoletja na Slovenskem (1. del)
Authors: Bošnjak Blanka
Published: September 2024

Milan Pugelj (Kandija near Novo mesto, 3 January 1883 – Ljubljana, 3 February 1929) gained recognition and friendship of many Slovene, Croatian and Serbian writers, even though he is as a novelist linked to a wider European area. In the first decade of his literary engagement Milan Pugelj published mainly poems dealing with love, loneliness and yearning, which were created partly under the influence of the new romanticism in Slovenia. His short-story writing began around 1905, when he wrote lyrical novellas and romantic short stories. From simple motifs from the Dolenjska region, Pugelj gradually moved to realistic, naturalistic understanding of life, so that in some places motif, thematic and stylistic parallels could be made with similar procedures in the short stories of Guy de Maupassant and Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.
Literarni polisistem in mehanizmi medkulturnih stikov
Authors: Dović Marjan
Published: September 2024

The polysystem theory of the Israeli theorist Itamar Even-Zohar can be placed within the context of contemporary empirical and systemic treatments of literary and cultural phenomena. Although it has never received such international response as the empirical literary science of Siegfried J. Schmidt, it offers effective guidelines for the study of the whole, referred to as “literary life” or “literary system”. It attempts to grasp this whole with a communication scheme, which does not include only the author, the work and the reader, but also the institution, the market and the repertoire. Its advantages are the analytical nature of translated literature and the dynamics of intercultural relations, where he introduced the notions of interference and transfer, and also the study of the processes of canonisation within the system, and the dynamics of the central and peripheral position. I n the case of a dependent polysystem it is demonstrated that such a polysystem accepts a lot more through translations and other contacts than just concrete literary texts. The article presents some achievements of polysystemic research of literary repertoire. At the end, the author aims to present some possible guidelines for the application of the polysystem theory as a theoretical-methodological framework in the study of Slovene literary history.
Esterházy pri nas: iz recepcije sodobne madžarske književnosti,
Authors: Rudaš Jutka
Published: September 2024

The article presents the reception of works by Péter Esterházy in Slovenia. The process of receptive aesthetics of contemporary Hungarian literature from the second half of the ’80ies and up to now, is marked by the literary meeting in Vilenica. Since its very beginning in 1986, Hungarian writers have been taking part in this, now already traditional literary “manifestation”, and several have been given awards there. Péter Esterházy was the first to be given the International Vilenica Literary Award in 1988, which has resulted in the translation of his work since then. This article tries to establish how his literary work is received in Slovenia’s cultural domain, which has a completely different cultural and historical tradition, where various horizons of reading are being discovered, with a different understanding of his artistic message, which has resulted in an array of aesthetic judgements of his work.
Alamut – ob zgodbi in pripovedi,
Authors: Zupan Sosič Alojzija
Published: September 2024

The reader of Alamut can experience a complete reading experience thorough th e intertwining of reading for pleasure, and deep or critical reading, where in the first reading experience, attention is drawn by the book’s story, while the second reading, offers a greater insight into its narrative. Students can learn how to traverse from one to another type of reading (or from a lower to a higher level) from their teachers – a parallel reading of Alamut has shown that the novel assigned this year as compulsory reading for the Matura, the final high school examination, has an effective and attractive story, but a less clear and partly trivialised narrative.
Od šolanja do uporabnikov: še nekaj vprašanj slovenske zgodovinske sociolingvistike 16. stoletja,
Authors: Ahačič Kozma
Published: September 2024

The article tries to describe from the socio-linguistic point of view the educational background of those who used Slovene literary language in the 16th century, focusing in particular on a special treatment of the usage of the Slovene language in schools. Supported by some sources, the article ascertains the financing of Protestant works and the acquisition of adequate financial means. Connected to this, the article also addresses the sale, purchase and publication of Protestant books. At the end, it tries to answer the question concerning the actual users of Protestant books.
Slovarji serije COBUILD in formalizacija definicijskega jezika
Authors: Krek Simon
Published: September 2024

A decade and a half ago, English monolingual dictionaries from the COBUILD series initiated a mini-revolution in (English) monolingual lexicography. A few years ago, a series of bilingual dictionaries called the COBUILD BRIDGE dictionaries have emerged, which included the English-Slovenian Bridge Dictionary . The article presents the theoretical concept behind the COBUILD series with its specific corpus origins and whole-sentence definition style, as well as its transfer into a bilingual environment.
Ali ima kača kljun? Konceptualna podlaga češko-slovenskih medjezikovnih interferenc
Authors: Jamnik Tatjana
Published: September 2024

Making use of a theoretical background in cognitive linguistics, the author of the article analyses written work done by students of Slovene at Masaryk University in Brno, the Czech Republic. A hypothesis is made that the language mistakes by the native speakers of the Czech language in written Slovene texts are not merely a consequence of a negative transfer of their mother tongue to Slovene, but that they are also influenced by the categorisation and conventional representation typical of the Czech language.
Pomen frazemov z vidika medkulturne sporazumevalne zmožnosti
Authors: Marc Bratina Karin
Published: September 2024

The article lays emphasis on the significance played by the phraseology of a foreign language for the development of intercultural communicative ability, based on the model of intercultural communicative ability made as part of the LABICUM project. The article is derived from a supposition that phraseology expresses a nation’s experience of the world and its experience throughout history; therefore it could also be referred to as the language of culture. This claim is also close to the understanding of language as developed by cognitive linguistics.
Diskurzivni pristop k problemu določnosti v slovenščini
Authors: Schlamberger Brezar Mojca
Published: September 2024

In Slovene grammar books from the end of the 20th century, the category of definiteness is treated from a formal point of view, and not from the point of view of discourse. For its complex recognition it needs to be accurately defined from the point of discourse, since structural analyses do not provide an adequate insight into this particular issue. A discursive treatment of the problem of definiteness in Slovene elucidates the uses of definite forms, which, at first sight, are not incorporated into the definition of “definite is what is already known”, i.e. the uses of anaphora and deixis, which include elements discernible from the real-world context. At the same time, the author points to the great discrepancy between written and spoken Slovene, which is most likely the cause of many mistakes arising in the decision-making process on whether to use a definite or indefinite form.
Svet dunajskih parkov pri Ivanu Cankarju in Ivu Vojnoviću,
Authors: Simonek Stefan
Published: September 2024

A park and a garden can be perceived as the two fundamental elements of the Viennese social and aesthetic urban text. Because of their social background, coming either from complete poverty or from a prosperous background, Slavonic writers from Central Europe who went to Vienna to study or work, assumed a completely different approach in their interpretations of these two elements. Their interpretations laid emphasis on the different segments of the urban text, while paying less attention to other elements, or even entirely omitting them. The article focuses on the difference in perception of the urban text based on the motif of park in the “Viennese” prose of two representatives of the modernist movement in the southern Slavonic area: the Slovene writer Ivan Cankar, and the Croatian writer Ivo Vojnović.
Literarno ustvarjanje Valentina Polanška
Authors: Glušič Helga
Published: September 2024

As far as their content is concerned, literary creations of the Slovene Carinthian poet and writer, Valentin Polanšek, are inspired by two sources: by the Podjuna region, the meadows and hollows between the mountains of Peca, Olševa, Kočna, Košuta and the Obirje area, which provide material for his lyrical images, and by the pronounced social determination, first correlated to family life, and later to the life of the Slovene minority in Austria, especially the fate of the minority during the Second World War. In his best poems, Polanšek is simply honest and direct, non-artificial in the literary formation of his personal confession and the confession concerned with the existential distress of a Carinthian Slovene. In the artistic sense, Polanšek's poetry is stronger than his later prosaic opus, which contains a respectful degree of chronological material about the writer's personal experience and, particularly, the fatal period of painful and pugnacious historical events, decisive for the writer’s literary characters.