bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand (Apocynaceae): State of the art of its
uses and Applications
Authors: Rabelo Ana Carolina Silveira , Noratto Giuliana , Borghesi Jessica , Souza Fonseca Adriano , Cantanhede Filho Antônio José , Costa Carneiro Fernando José , Abreu-Silva Ana Lúcia , Miglino Maria Angélica
Published: June 2023

Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand (Apocynaceae), popularly known as milkweed, has been traditionally used to treat diseases particularly associated with gastric disorders, skin disease and inflammatory processes. The present study aimed to review the current scientific evidence re-garding the pharmacological effects of C. procera extracted phytochemicals and possible research opportunities as complementary and alternative medicine. Scientific publications were searched in various electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Springer, Wiley, and Mendeley) using the following search terms: Calotropis procera, medicinal plants, toxicity, phytochemical characterization, and biological effects. Collected data showed that cardenolides, steroid glycoside and flavonoids are the main classes of phytochemicals identified in C. procera la-tex and leaves. In addition, lignans, terpenes, coumarins, and phenolic acids have been reported. These metabolites have been correlated with their biological activities, including mainly antioxi-dant, anti-inflammatory, antitumoral, hypoglycemic, gastric protective, anti-microbial, insecticide, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic, among others. However, some of the studies were carried out with only a single dose or with a high dose not achievable under physiological conditions. Therefore, the validi-ty of C. procera biological activity may be questionable. Not less important to highlight are the risks associated with its use and the possibility of accumulation of heavy metals that can be toxic. Furthermore, there are no clinical trials with C. procera to date. In conclusion, the need of bioassay-guided isolation of bioactive compounds, bioavailability and efficacy, as well as pharmacological and toxicity studies, are needed using in vivo models and clinical trials in order to support the tradi-tionally claimed health benefits.
Evaluation of Frequency and Risk Factors of Barotrauma among Patients
with Severe Covid-19 Pneumonia Underwent Non-Invasive Ventilation in
Afzalipour Hospital Kerman
Authors: Dalfardi Behnam , Hashemi Bajgani Seyed Mehdi , Najafzadeh Mohammad Javad , Shafiei Mohadeseh , Shafiepour Mohsen
Published: June 2023

Background:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) following Covid-19 pneumo-nia is an important complication; using non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is one of the best supportive options available. In the recent Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen a significant increase in baro-trauma incidence following the use of NIV in patients with severe Covid-19 pneumonia.
We aimed to identify the risk factors of barotrauma in patients with Covid-19 pneumonia under-going NIV.

Methods:

In this retrospective study, all adult patients with severe Covid-19 pneumonia who under-gone NIV and suffered from any form of barotrauma from July to September 2021 in Afzalipour Hospital, Kerman, Iran were evaluated. Laboratory tests and NIV machine settings were collected from patients' files. A chi-square test and an independent t-test were used for analytical statistics.

Results:

Twenty patients with barotrauma secondary to severe Covid-19 pneumonia were enrolled. The most common manifestation of barotrauma was pneumomediastinum in 19 patients (95%). No significant relationship was seen between the occurrence of barotrauma and Laboratory tests. The mean ± SD Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure (IPAP) level in passed-away patients (17.8 ± 1.1) was significantly higher than in recovered patients (13.5 ± 0.5) (p = 0.04).

Conclusion:

According to the results of the study, using a low level of IPAP in the ventilator ma-chine settings of patients with barotrauma secondary to severe Covid-19 pneumonia will reduce the mortality rate.
Differentiation of Borderline Epithelial Ovarian Tumors from Benign and
Malignant Epithelial Ovarian Tumors by MRI Scoring
Authors: Atas Abdullah Enes , Babaoglu Seyma , Kerimoglu Ulku , İyisoy Mehmet Sinan , Kilinc Fahriye
Published: June 2023

Introducstion:

The distinction between benign and borderline epithelial ovarian tumors is important because treatment and follow-up strategies differ.

Objective:

We aimed to evaluate benign, borderline, and malignant epithelial ovarian tumors using MRI features and contributed to the preoperative evaluation.

Methods:

MRIs of 81 patients (20 bilateral), including 31 benign, 27 borderline, and 23 malignant, who had pelvic imaging between 2013-2020, were evaluated retrospectively. The evaluation was made blindly to the pathology result by two radiologists with MRI scoring and features that we determined. MRI evaluation was performed with T1 TSE, T2 TSE, fat-suppressed T2 TSE, and before and after contrast T1 fat-suppressed and non-fat-suppressed TSE images. The numbers and findings obtained in scoring were evaluated by Chi-Square, ordinal logistic regression, and 2 and 3 category ROC analysis.

Results:

The total score varied between 7 and 24. Among the three groups, a significant difference was found in terms of T1, T2 signal intensity (p <0.01), size (p = 0.055), solid area (p <0.001), septa number (p <0.05), ovarian parenchyma (p = 0.001), ascites (p <0.001), peritoneal involvement (p <0.001), laterality (p <0.001), contrast enhancement pattern (p <0.001). On the other hand, no significant difference was found in terms of wall thickness, lymph node involvement and endometrial thickness (p> 0.05). Cut-off values were found as 11.5 and 18.5 in the 3-category ROC analysis performed for the score (VUS: 0.8109). Patients with a score below 11.5 were classified as benign, those between 11.5-18.5 as borderline, and those over 18.5 as malignant.

Conclusion:

The differentiation of borderline tumors from benign and malignant tumors by MRI scoring will contribute to the preoperative diagnosis.
Primary Thymic Mucinous Adenocarcinoma with Extensive Punctate and
Amorphous Calcifications: A Case Report
Authors: Park Byunggeon , Cho Hangjun , Park Jongmin , Shin Kyung Min , Park Seo Young , Jeong Ji Yun , Kim Jae-Hui
Published: June 2023

Background::

Primary thymic mucinous adenocarcinoma is an extremely rare and aggressive tumor with poor prognosis. The tumor may present as a
heterogeneous solid or cystic mass accompanied by calcifications. However, clinical and radiologic features of the tumor are not well known due
to the rarity of the disease, which makes accurate diagnosis difficult.

Case Presentation::

Here we present a rare case of primary thymic mucinous adenocarcinoma in the anterior mediastinum, including computed tomography (CT) and
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. Chest computed tomography revealed a large anterior mediastinal mass with extensive calcifications
with poor enhancement. MRI showed that anterior mediastinal mass showed intermediate signal intensity on T1-weighted images (T1WI), high SI
on T2-weighted images (T2WI), and heterogeneous enhancement. Biopsy was performed and the anterior mediastinal tumor was diagnosed as
thymic mucinous adenocarcinoma by histopathologic examination and immunohistochemical staining.

Conclusion::

Thymic mucinous adenocarcinomas could be included in differential diagnoses of anterior mediastinal tumors showing extensive calcification, and
common imaging findings of mucinous adenocarcinoma such as T2 high signal intensity and heterogeneous enhancement on MRI may be helpful
to diagnose thymic mucinous adenocarcinoma.
Phytochemical Profiling, LC-MS Analyses, Cytotoxicity, Antioxidant, and
Antimicrobial Activities of Ruta montana: An Ethnomedicinally Important
Plant in Algeria
Authors: Bouhenna Mustapha Mounir , Bendif Hamdi , Segueni Narimane , Khalfa Hanane , Djadoudi Asma , Tahraoui Soumeya , Benslama Abderrahim , Ksouri Aicha , Boumechhour Abdenour , Miara Mohamed Djamel , Rebbas Khellaf
Published: June 2023

Background:

Ruta montana (R. montana) is a medicinal plant with a long history of traditional
use in treating ailments.

Objective:

The present work aims to study the phytochemical composition and to evaluate the biological
activities of R. montana L. (Rutacea) extracts.

Methods:

Bioactive compounds were obtained using solid-liquid extraction using solvents of
increasing polarity. The obtained extracts were qualitatively analyzed by liquid chromatography
coupled with mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The pharmacological properties of R. montana were
also investigated. Antioxidant activity was achieved "in vitro" using two methods: scavenging of
the free radical DPPH and total antioxidant capacity. Antimicrobial activity was evaluated using
disc diffusion method on 3 pathogenic bacterial strains (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa
and Staphylococcus aureus). In addition, cytotoxic activity was determined by the "Brine shrimp"
test.

Results:

Chemical investigation allowed the identification of 14 phenolic compounds. The identified
compounds were mainly phenolic acids, coumarins and flavonoids. The crude extract and the
different tested fractions exhibited an interesting antioxidant activity. Chloroform extract was effective
against the growth of the tested bacterial strains with zones of inhibition varying between 14
and 18 mm. In contrast, ethyl acetate and butanolic extracts were almost inactive on all of the tested
bacterial strains. Furthermore, the crude extract was found to exhibit antibacterial activity with 11
to 11.66 mm of inhibitions zone. No cytotoxic effect was recorded for all the tested extracts up to a
concentration of 4000 μg/mL.

Conclusion:

This work highlights the potent bioactivity and acceptable drug-likeness of this plant,
which supports its further uses.
Mapping Drug-gene Interactions to Identify Potential Drug Candidates
Targeting Envelope Protein in SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Authors: Ghosh Byapti , Das Troyee , Das Gourab , Chowdhury Nilkanta , Bagchi Angshuman , Ghosh Zhumur
Published: June 2023

Background:

COVID-19 is still widespread due to the rapidly mutating disposition of the virus,
rendering vaccines and previously elicited antibodies ineffective in many cases. The integral membrane
Envelope (E) protein which is 75 amino acid residues long, has also acquired several mutations.

Objective:

In this work, we have adopted a high-throughput approach incorporating patient gene expression
patterns to identify drug repurposing candidates for COVID-19. We have come up with a list of
FDA-approved drugs that can not only prevent E protein oligomerization in both its wild type and a mutational
state but can also regulate gene targets responsible for inducing COVID symptoms.

Methods:

We performed an exhaustive analysis of the available gene expression profiles corresponding
to a spectrum of COVID patient samples, followed by drug-gene interaction mapping. This revealed a
set of drugs that underwent further efficacy tests through in silico molecular docking with the wild-type
E-protein.
We also built the molecular models of mutant E-protein by considering the important non-synonymous
mutations affecting E-protein structure to check the activities of the screened set of drugs against the
mutated E-protein. Finally, blind molecular docking simulations were performed to obtain unbiased
docking results.

Results:

Interestingly, this work revealed a set of 8 drugs that have the potential to be effective for a
wider spectrum of asymptomatic to severely symptomatic COVID patients.

Conclusion:

The varied stages of infection and rapid rate of mutation motivated us to search for a set of
drugs that can be effective for a wider spectrum of asymptomatic to severely symptomatic COVID patients.
Further, the efficiency of these drugs against mutated E-protein increases another level of confidence
to fight against this rapidly changing deadly RNA virus and subsequently needs to be validated in
clinical settings.
Asymmetric Successive Compute-and-Forward and the Capacity Gap for
the Gaussian Two-way Relay Channel
Authors: Ghabeli Leila
Published: June 2023

Background:

The compute-and-forward strategy is one of the outstanding methods which
is used for interference management in wireless relay networks where decoding linear combinations
of code words is required. Recently, many efforts have been made for decoding integer and noninteger
combinations. The difference between the methods is the manner of handling different conditions
of networks, such as equal or unequal power constraints and equal or unequal channel gains.

Objective:

In this work, we present a modified n-step asymmetric successive compute-and-forward
strategy for the communication network where we have both unequal power constraints and unequal
channel gains conditions.

Methods:

In the proposed method, we scale channel gains and coefficients with the square root of
power constraints. In this way, despite previous methods, without the need for scaling factors in our
formulation, it is still able to solve the problem of general Gaussian relay networks with unequal power
constraints and unequal channel gains. We also use scaling factors in our method in order to have
the ability to divide the rates between users fairly.

Results and Conclusion:

We evaluate the ability of the modified strategy for the uplink communication
of the two-way relay channel, where one relay can help communication between the two users.
At the relay, we decode the linear combinations of the messages of the two users and obtain 1/2
bit/sec/Hz per user capacity gap from the cut-set bound. Through some theoretical and simulation results,
we show that by appropriately adjusting parameters, different points and areas of rate regions
are achievable.
Computational Medicine Issues
Authors: Polanco Carlos
Published: June 2023

This chapter first introduces a Discrete-Time Markov Chain Process
aimed to predict the spread of a disease in a region, based on the census of the subjects: S, susceptible; Ia, Active infected; In, Inactive infected; Na Subject dead by
natural causes; Nm Subject killed by the disease. Later, is introduced a Continuous-Time Markov Chain Process to predict the spread of a disease based on different
census of the subjects: S, number of susceptible individuals; I, number of infected
individuals; and R number of recovery individuals. Both methods are known to be
effective in issuing early warnings for serious respiratory infections. Both cases are
exemplified and discussed.
Markov Chain Process (Theory and Cases)
Authors: Polanco Carlos
Published: June 2023

Markov Chain Process: Theory and Cases is designed for students of natural and formal sciences. It explains the fundamentals related to a stochastic process that satisfies the Markov property. It presents 10 structured chapters that provide a comprehensive insight into the complexity of this subject by presenting many examples and case studies that will help readers to deepen their acquired knowledge and relate learned theory to practice.

This book is divided into four parts. The first part thoroughly examines the definitions of probability, independent events, mutually (and not mutually) exclusive events, conditional probability, and Bayes' theorem, which are essential elements in Markov's theory. The second part examines the elements of probability vectors, stochastic matrices, regular stochastic matrices, and fixed points. The third part presents multiple cases in various disciplines: Predictive computational science, Urban complex systems, Computational finance, Computational biology, Complex systems theory, and Computational Science in Engineering. The last part introduces learners to Fortran 90 programs and Linux scripts.

To make the comprehension of Markov Chain concepts easier, all the examples, exercises, and case studies presented in this book are completely solved and given in a separate section.

This book serves as a textbook (either primary or auxiliary) for students required to understand Markov Chains in their courses, and as a reference book for researchers who want to learn about methods that involve Markov Processes.
In Silico Study of α-Amylase and α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Compounds in Aloe vera as Antidiabetic Agent
Authors: Zulfi Zakaria M. Nizam , Aththar Ahmad Fariduddin , Ali Hamami Syeftyan Muhammad , Fai Michelle , Rahayu Sri
Published: June 2023

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic disease that poses a significant global health issue. Acarbose is a commonly given drug to treat diabetes, which works as an inhibitor of polysaccharide-degraded enzymes. However, acarbose has side effects that cause indigestion, diarrhea, flatulence, nausea, and vomiting. On the other hand, Aloe vera contains compounds that have been proven to have antidiabetic activity by reducing glucose levels in the blood and increasing insulin production and sensitivity to insulin by in vitro study.
Risk Assessment and Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts in Mexico for Indigenous and Women
Authors: Oswald-Spring Úrsula
Published: June 2023

The present article studies the policy, numbers, and costs of disaster risk management (DRM) in Mexico, a country highly exposed to climate change, due to two oceans warming up. The PEISOR methodology facilitates interrelating complex interactions and pressures between the natural and the societal system (P), where dangerous effects (E) occur in extreme events, such as floods, landslides, and drought. The impacts (I) of global warming, the pressure of historical poverty, and vulnerable regions were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. These societal outcomes (SO) are aggravated by gender and ethnic discrimination. The governmental response (R) has built up an alternative health system with access to medical attention. About DRM against climate catastrophes, loss and damage (L&D) policies prioritized cash transfers to affected people. This policy increased the dependency of poor people but produced electoral benefits for the leading party. Nevertheless, this DRM limits adaptation and resilience-building among social groups living in exposed regions mainly in the South, where indigenous groups suffer from low human development index and extreme poverty. The article also compares the quantitative costs of disasters in Mexico during the last five decades. Growing L&D invoices for the government and affected people occurred predominantly during the last decade. Worsening climate conditions, combined with the COVID-19 pandemic, public insecurity, and extreme poverty, represent survival threats for exposed people, where only a local bottom-up resilience-building may create an integrated DRM. In conclusion, the reactive policy of L&D has raised the electoral support of needed people but limited adaption to deal with extremer climate impacts. The official DRM policy impacts allocated 96% of the disaster budget for reconstruction and emergency management and only 4% for prevention. Especially affected are women, girls, and indigenous people with the highest death toll. Empowering these vulnerable groups would create greater resilience, where training in care economy, and environmental restoration could reduce the risks. The lack of adaptation also created a dependency on foreign countries for climate advice, hurricane tracking, early warnings, and disaster recovery, where affected people are trapped in poverty and often forced to migrate.
Working paper PUEAA No. 17. Asylum seeking African families in transit through Mexico: between border controls and international protection
Authors:   Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, UNAM, Fernández de la Reguera Ahedo Alethia
Published: June 2023

African migrants in Mexico are migratory flows that have been less studied than migration from Latin America (Cinta Cruz, 2020). In the last five years, migrants from 35 different African countries were detained in Mexico. Although arrests of African persons are much lower than in the case of Central American countries, on average, between 6 and 19 African persons are detained per day. It is essential to know their mobility patterns, identify their international protection needs, and the main obstacles they face, whether to cross into the United States or to remain in Mexico as refugees (Narváez Gutiérrez, 2015). In addition, these populations are often highly stigmatized and exposed to face racism and institutional violence when they contact Mexican authorities (Immigration, 2021). In this working paper, my objective is to present some data on the migration of African people in Mexico after the arrival of caravans in 2018 and to reflect on the impact of a global discourse that stereotypes migrants as criminals or sick people in the access to human rights of African asylum seekers in Mexico and on the effects of a growing tendency to treat migrants as beneficiaries of temporary humanitarian aid rather than as subjects of rights.
Working paper PUEAA No. 18. Women in resistance: avatars of Afghan and Mexican women in their daily fights against contemporary violence
Authors:   Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, UNAM, Roselló Soberón Estela
Published: June 2023

The next reflection has the purpose of analyzing the resilience strategies of Afghan women and girls throughout the 21st century to compare them with those other strategies that many Mexican women and girls from rural and urban communities have to use on a daily life to survive in the midst of different types of conditions of marginalization, discrimination and violence. The communication compares the representation and construction of negative female stereotypes originated in the most traditional visions of islam and catholicism to analyze the response that contemporary, resilient, and combative women have offered to fight against these cultural assumptions in search of greater freedoms, rights, and opportunities to live with dignity. This cultural comparison has the purpose of looking at women as active subjects, capable of responding and acting in situations of oppression, discrimination, and daily mistreatment in patriarchal societies where violence against women is one of the social, political, economic and cultures of most urgent attention.
Working paper PUEAA No. 19. Dissidences, learning, and organizational experiences of Latin American women: Decolonial Dialogues
Authors:   Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, UNAM, Franco Silva Adriana
Published: June 2023

In recent years, violence against women has increased significantly in Latin America. Faced with this context, women have not been passive, but have organized themselves to confront the violence of the system. The community feminism of Bolivia and Guatemala, as well as the organization of black women in Brazil are just a few examples of the different women's movements throughout the region. The proposals that have come out of these groups have made visible the historical violence of capitalism and are also proposing new ways of socialization based on the recovery of their knowledge and experiences. In this way, in this text some of their approaches will be shared, emphasizing that the proposals confront the prevailing system and provide alternatives to face the crisis of civilization.
Working paper PUEAA No. 20. Imaginaries created by the media in Mexico about Afghanistan
Authors:   Programa Universitario de Estudios sobre Asia y África, Maya Cruz José Luis
Published: June 2023

Following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, after 20 years of occupation, the eyes of different sectors around the world have turned to that Asian country. Mexico's mass media are no exception. Day by day they report stories from different perspectives, through which Mexicans form an imaginary of that country. It is true that the media, in its different formats, directly influences the perception that people form about Afghanistan, but how close to reality are these stories?
Heart Diseases Classification Using Machine Learning Techniques
Authors: Patil Pranoti Prataprao
Published: June 2023

Abstract: Heart is the most vital organ in the human body, generating a systematic time-varying signal due to its electrical activity is called as an electrocardiogram (ECG). An electrocardiogram records the electrical signals in the heart. It's a common and painless test used to quickly detect heart problems and monitor the heart's health. It is a well-established diagnostic tool for cardiac diseases. ECG signal is monitored by placing sensors as positions on chest and limb. Each heart beat is caused by a section of the heart generating an electrical signal. Nowadays, heart diseases classification is one of the vital problems in health care sector. Therefore, this work aims to classify different heart diseases using machine learning techniques (such as linear discriminant analysis, support vector machine (SVM), multilayer perceptron, random forest, k-nearest neighbour). In order to classify the signal, it consists of major two steps: first step is to pre-process or extract the features and second stage is to apply machine learning algorithms. The performance of these methods can be assessed by popular MIT-BIH Arrhythmia database and quantitative metrics such as accuracy, sensitivity, precision.
Hand Gesture Recognition and Cursor Control
Authors: Dixit Dr. Anita
Published: June 2023

Abstract: Convolutional neural network in this process to overcome the issue, use the network AutoGesNet for the gesture recognition task that creating effectiveneural network architecture is challenging. To be more precise, we first combine and preprocess three sets of gesture recognition data. The AutoGesNet search space and general architecture are then designed. Additionally, we employ transfer learning and reinforcement learning techniques to automatically create the intricate AutoGesNet architecture. Finally, the searched neural network is adjusted and retrained for two alternative input sizes. The retrained model performs accurately on both our data set and the NUS Hand Posture Dataset II, according to experiments. network that performs wellin terms of recognition accuracy. We will contrast andmerge AutoGesNet in further work
Parental Son Preference and Depression in Later Life: The Moderating Role of Childhood Friendship Experience
Authors: Yang Dan , Gao Xiangdong , He Jun
Published: June 2023

We investigated the relationship between parental son preference experienced during childhood and depression symptoms experienced by Chinese men and women aged 45 years and over. Data were obtained from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Studies conducted in 2014 and 2018.
Multiple regression analysis was the primary method of model assessment, and the generalized propensity score method was used for robustness checks. We found there was a positive correlation between parental son preference and depression symptoms in later life. The relationship between parental
son preference and depression symptoms was also age accumulative and there was a gender heterogeneity effect. Childhood friendship experience mitigated the positive effect of parental son preference on depression symptoms in later life. Our findings emphasize the influence of parental son
preference during childhood on depression symptoms in later life, and show that childhood friendship experience can reduce the strength of this link.
The Effect of Mother’s Discipline style and Teacher-child Relationship on Child’s Peer Competence: The Mediating Effect of Child’s Emotion Regulation
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Kim Dong-Sun , Moon Hyuk-Jun
Published: June 2023

Objectives The purpose of this study was to support children and adults to be socially healthy by analyzing the influence and path of mother’s discipline style, teacher-child relationship, and child emotion regulation in child’s peer competence. Methods The data collected from the mothers and teachers of 254 children aged 3 to 5 who attend kindergartens in Gyeonggi-do and Incheon. SPSS 25.0 program were used to find out the relationship among the variables. The correlation analysis and mediated regression analysis of Baron and Kenny were used. Results The rational discipline style of mothers and the intimate relationship between teacher and child were positively correlated with child’s peer competence. The emotional and over-allowed reactive discipline of mothers and the conflict relationship between teacher and child negatively correlated with the peer competence. There were mediating effects of child’s emotion regulation in the relationship between mother’s discipline style and the peer competence, and the relationship between teacher-child relationship and peer competence. Conclusions This study is meaningful to emphasize the importance of the role of parents and teachers by examining the path and influence of mother and teacher variables on the peer competence of child, and to verify the positive effect of rational discipline and intimate teacher-child relationship. The results of this study will support the necessity of mother’s rational discipline and environment for intimate relationship between teacher and child.
A Study on Literature and Literature Education in the Era of Ecological Crisis
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Oh Yun Joo
Published: June 2023

Objectives The purpose of this study is to explore the direction of literature and literary education on how to approach the issue of the ecological crisis facing our society today in terms of literature and literary education. Methods In this study, recent theoretical searches related to the ecological crisis were reviewed, literary directions were confirmed through analysis of specific texts, and literary educational measures were derived from them. Results As the main orientation of literature in the era of ecological crisis, it was first suggested that literature is actively responding to the ecological crisis as a problem of ‘here and now’. Second, it was pointed out that literature aims to connect and ally with non-human beings in the era of ecological crisis, and this was analyzed in relation to Bruno Latour's theory of Actor-Network Theory. Third, literature of our time revealed that it is trying to respond to the ecological crisis in a way that urges the transition of ‘affect’ to the ecological crisis. Conclusions Based on this, this study proposed classrooms that read and write ecological problems of “Now Here,” seek connection and symbiosis, and experiment with thinking and finding solutions to the ecological crisis as literary education measures in the era of the ecological crisis.
Analysis of Basic Nursing Textbooks in North and South Korea
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Cha Minjoo , Kang Younhee
Published: June 2023

Objectives The purpose of the study was to analyze and compare the nursing education on the basic nursing skills between South and North Koreas, and to understand the nursing education in North Korea so as to provide basic data for nursing education and research in Unificated Korea. Methods This study was a content analysis through qualitative and simple categorization to grasp the nursing education and nursing skills based on comparing both basic nursing textbooks in South and North Koreas. Data were collected through textbooks stored at the North Korean Resource Center under the Ministry of Unification, South Korea. Results Nursing skills in South and North Koreas were different in normal range and measurement methods for vital signs, intravenous injection, management of indwelling catheter, and type of disinfectant. For medical terms written in textbooks, English was often used in South Korea, but pure Korean and Latin were often used in North Korea. Conclusions Nursing skills described in nursing textbooks differed in North and South Korea. There were also differences in cultural, language, and ideological aspects other than nursing skills. After unification, in order to maintain the high nursing competence of the two Koreas, it is essential to integrate mutually understandable nursing skills and to develop a nursing textbook. In addition, it is significant to develop integrated nursing curriculum and teaching and learning materials in preparing to integrate the health systems in South and North Koreas.
Development of an Online Platform to Cultivate Collaboration and Connect Post-Secondary Student Leaders Across Canada
Authors: Schreyer Leighton , Sahiti Qëndresa , Freynet-Gagné Ariane
Published: June 2023

In 2020, ten visionary undergraduate students across Canada were brought together through the 3M National Student Fellowship and tasked with developing a project that furthers STLHE’s mission of enhancing teaching and learning in higher education. To address a need for increased national collaboration among student groups and to unify student leaders in their efforts to transform higher education, we developed an online bilingual resource hub and forum—CANnect: Cross Campus Collaborations—that enables Canadian post-secondary students to learn about and engage in various areas of advocacy and activism across campuses. We worked with STLHE staff to build the online platform and drew from our own networks of student advocacy groups across Canada to populate the website. To ensure the platform’s sustainability and safety, we hired a bilingual moderator to manage the forum content and update resources. In December 2021, 19 months after we began working on the project, CANnect officially launched. Currently, our biggest challenges involve increasing platform usership and engagement, and ensuring the platform’s long-term sustainability. Nevertheless, we see great potential in this project and remain determined to enhance teaching and learning in higher education by creating an accessible and inclusive space to connect student leaders across Canada.
Multicontextual Teaching and Learning in Postsecondary Classrooms
Authors: Moore Monika
Published: June 2023

Multicontext theory offers an approach to designing learning experiences and environments that take into account varied ways of thinking and knowing, are relevant inside and outside of the classroom, and can both enrich and encompass the lives of students on and off campus (Ibarra, 2001; 2005, Chavez & Longerbeam, 2016). Educators can leverage multicontext theory by integrating high context features like community wisdom, storytelling as knowledge, and inclusiveness into a traditionally low context system of experts sharing knowledge in a linear fashion to reap the benefits of both approaches (Chavez & Longerbeam, 2016; Weissmann et al., 2019). Examples of possible multicontext approaches are discussed, prompting readers to consider ways they can implement or may already be using multicontext teaching and learning. The classroom as a site of exposure to diversity is one of its fundamental gifts, and to make this more explicit through utilizing multicontext teaching and learning models is to enrich the learning environment, giving students more opportunities to communicate, collaborate, and learn.
Impacto de la Especialización en Gerencia Educativa de la Universidad Católica de Manizales en escuelas colombianas
Authors: Ospina Ramírez David Arturo , Burgos Laiton Sandra Bibiana , Restrepo Jaramillo Luis Guillermo
Published: June 2023

El presente artículo hace parte de una investigación realizada en el marco de la Especialización en Gerencia Educativa de la Universidad Católica de Manizales (UCM) y evidencia resultados parciales de un estudio sobre el impacto de la Especialización en el desempeño de sus egresados de los departamentos de Antioquia, Caldas y Cauca. El artículo se centra en una variable de percepción de los egresados, la cual permitió indagar por el impacto que el programa de Especialización en Gerencia Educativa ha tenido en los escenarios de acción de los egresados. La investigación fue mixta, de tipo descriptiva y le dio alta importancia a las narrativas de los participantes, las cuales acompañan los datos cuantitativos del estudio. Con esto, fue posible identificar que existe una concordancia entre los logros, las competencias, el perfil ocupacional planteado por el Programa y las percepciones de impacto de sus egresados; sin embargo, también se hizo notar que existen algunas variables del currículo que, aunque estaban planteadas por el programa, no alcanzaban a tener impacto en el contexto de los egresados, lo que permitió abrir camino a una resignificación del programa.
Russian Poetic Neo-avant-garde of the 2nd Half of the 20th Century: On Issue of the Term’s Use Boundaries
Authors:   National Research University Higher School of Economics, Pavlovets Mikhail G.
Published: June 2023

The article is devoted to the neo-avant-garde literary trend that emerged in the Soviet underground of the 2nd half of the 20th century. The paper states that the use of the term “neo-avant-garde” with respect to post-war avant-garde has already become conventional in European art and art studies, however it has not yet established in the Russian scientific vocabulary. Moreover, in the field of literary study a significant amount of research material has been collected, which allows us to indicate the existence of Russian poetic neo-avant-garde in the 2nd half of the 20th century. Its authors primarily were either localized within the uncensored literary underground, or abroad as emigres. The article concludes that the Russian neo-avant-garde differed from historical avant-garde (1900–1930s) in the same ways Western neo-avant-garde did: it rejected the socio-political utopianism in favor of an aesthetical utopia that implied the avoidance of any ideology with a virtually escapist concentration on solving solely art tasks. In addition, neo-avant-garde was interested in the issues of revival, continuation and completion of traditions of historical avant-garde, which in its own times manifested declaratively the breakup with every single tradition. Neo-avantgardists mainly inherited the most radical searches of historical avant-garde authors, who often converged their poetry with the boundaries of art as a whole or with zones of visual, acoustic, performative or other art that adjoin verbal poetry.
“Big Data” of the Digital Archive: A Dialogue with a Raster Manuscript
Authors:   National Research University Higher School of Economics, Khachaturian Lyubov V.
Published: June 2023

The article reflects the current trends in working with the digital heritage of Russian literature, examines the process of forming virtual archives as a gradual accumulation of the “big data” of scientific research, i. e. unrecognized information array of raster documents containing tens of thousands of images. The research analyzes the specifics of scientific work in the field of ego-documentary heritage that arose at the turn of the 20th – 21st centuries (a corpus of diary entries, workbooks, notebooks, correspondence), the principles of publication and modern standards of digitization of archival heritage. The study and practicing of the three most promising virtual resources on the history of Russian literature of the mid-19th – first half of the 20th centuries allows to formulate specific tasks and methods of visualization of a large corpus of raster images of archival documents, as well as previously untapped possibilities of search engine automation. Much attention is paid to the transition from the graphical elements of the raster image of the manuscript to semantic ones, which allow the use of data mining elements for an unrecognized data array.
The Artistic Embodiment of the Historiosophical Concept in the D.S. Merezhkovsky’s Novels
Authors:   Moscow State Regional Pedagogical University, Shchedrina Nellya M.
Published: June 2023

The review gives a general description of T.I. Dronova’s monograph “D.S. Merezhkovsky’s Historiosophical Novel in the Perspective of the 20th Century,” published in 2021 by the Saratov University Publishing House. The analysis of the book structure reveals the original concept of the historiosophical novel, which is presented by the author. The postulates of the research are based on theoretical studies and results of the genesis and genre novelty’s study of the historiosophical novel of the writer-thinker, as well as on the serious methodological basis and fundamental historical and literary works. The author of the monograph appeals to the controversial issues of the genre in modern literary studies and identifies the dominant and meaningful content of the concept “historiosophical novel.” The problem gets a practical solution in the analytical chapters. The transfer of the attention from the religious and philosophical concept of the writer-thinker to the cognitional method of history and the analysis of poetics prioritizes in further. It is declared that the attitude to history as a text leads D.S. Merezhkovsky to the aestheticization of the Past. The paradoxical nature of genre synthesis in the historiosophical novel, which T.I. Dronova brought out due to the conjugation of concrete historical and metahistorical narrative plans, has a deep impression. The monograph convincingly reveals the features of the artistic embodiment of the author’s historiosophical concept in the trilogy Christ and the Antichrist, as D.S. Merezhkovsky leads the reader outside the concrete historical epoch to metahistorical conflicts. The question of the nature of artistic historicism in the trilogy The Kingdom of the Beast is actualized, the author analyses the importance of the “historicity of narrative” problem for the Writer. A large section of the monograph about the nature of connections in the prose of the 1920–1930s (A. Platonov, M. Bulgakov, M. Aldanov) with D. Merezhkovsky’s works is also of interest.
Hunting Birds in German Epic and Courtly Romance
Authors:   A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Khokhlova Alyona V. ,   Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Published: June 2023

The article examines the functions of birds of prey in medieval German epic poems and chivalric romance. Despite a number of common European meanings assigned to falcons and hawks in medieval bestiaries and hunting treatises, the semantics of hunting birds may have differed significantly in works of different national and genre traditions. The Nibelungenlied and Kudrun were epic in origin and content, but created in the era of the courtesan. The poets’ desire to “modernize” the sound of ancient tales manifested itself at different levels of the text, including hunting birds’ scenes. These scenes also demonstrate the strength of the genre nature of these poems, when elements “borrowed” from the courtly culture are transformed to fit adequately into the epic text. The article analyses scenes involving hunting birds in the most important 13th-century chivalric romances by Hartmann von Aue, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Gottfried von Strassburg and Chrétien de Troyes.
A Widow’s Diet: Negotiating Politics of Food and Widowhood in The Anger of Aubergines
Authors: Samal Rajbir , Mishra Binod
Published: June 2023

Widowhood, in Indian society, is a dreaded condition of a woman after the death of her husband. It is an imposed performance that entails a set of ritualized practices and behavior to mark her transition to the state of a woman without. On many occasions, this state is ensured and maintained through multifarious rituals and practices, which range from restrictions on mobility, choices, and desires to injunctions on clothes, bodily demeanor, and food. This physio-social exercise of control and restraint alludes to a framework of religio-cultural discourse that renders widows as social and sexual non-beings. The present paper attempts to understand the state of widowhood through the analysis of two short stories in the collection, The Anger of Aubergines (1997) by Bulbul Sharma from the perspective of food. Food and eating, being the elementary aspects of everyday life, become important signifiers in studying the deprived state of widowhood. The paper intends to unpack the politics behind the imposition of a curriculum of gastronomic injunctions and food taboos on Hindu upper-caste widows. Further, the paper conceptualizes the appetite of widows as a subversive category not only in challenging the gender discourses behind their oppression but also in exonerating their status as desireless beings.
Coronavirus: A Literary Perspective from the Arab World
Authors: Almehaidly Manal
Published: June 2023

The Coronavirus pandemic has had a profound impact on all aspects of human life, including the way we experience and represent reality. One of the most striking aspects of the pandemic has been the widespread documentation of scenes of chaos and suffering. These scenes have been captured on news footage and social media posts and have been shared widely around the world. While these images provide a glimpse into the reality of the pandemic, they often fail to capture the full emotional and psychological impact of the experience. In contrast, literature has a long history of representing the hidden impact of pandemics and catastrophes on the psyche of individuals and communities. From Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year (1722) to Gabriel García Márquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera (1985), the novel, in particular, has offered a valuable and perceptive understanding of the pandemic experience. In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, a surge of literary responses emerged from novelists around the world. This paper aims to map how the pandemic outbreak unfolds in the Arabic novel. It investigates how Arab novelists make meaning of COVID-19 by examining prevalent themes and recurrent structures in their works. The focus is on four major Arab novels: Muhamad bin Muhamad Salem’s Ala’ib Khalid ma’ Korona (Khalid’s Games with Corona, 2020); Wasini Alaraj’s Layliat Ramada (Ramada’s Nights, 2021); Jasem Salman’s Korona: Alhub wa Alharb (Corona: Love and War, 2021); Sakina Aldakhil’s Nawbet Amal (A Fit of Hope, 2021).
ARIMA modelling of economic variables in the COVID-19 era: A study of the consumer price index
Authors: Bunjaku Muharrem , Bajrami Roberta , Jusufi Gezim
Published: June 2023

In addition to being fatal to the lives of thousands of people, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was also fatal for corporations, businesses, and the entire global economy. COVID-19 is a pandemic with a contagious medical character, and it can even be fatal for the infected person who may have severe blockage of the respiratory system. From its origin, this virus spread across the globe, infecting hundreds of people of various ages and nationalities. For future occurrences to be understood, mathematical or statistical models with the fewest errors are required. This research is based on the studies of Sahai et al. (2020) and Ribeiro et al. (2020). In this study, the autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model is used to forecast the monthly consumer price index (CPI) in Kosovo. Furthermore, ARIMA (3, 1, 2) projections revealed the potential values for monthly CPI are expected to be on the rise with related implications for Kosovo. The study suggested introducing health, political and economic policies, such as a secure political climate, incentives for indigenous industries, economic diversification, and development of healthcare facilities throughout the world. The relevance of this research lies in the mathematical treatment of this problem which has never been treated in the Kosovar environment.