bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The role of community-level men’s and women’s inequitable gender norms on women’s empowerment in India: A multilevel analysis using India’s National Family Health Survey–5
Authors: Gopalakrishnan Lakshmi , El Ayadi Alison , Diamond-Smith Nadia
Published: December 2024

Background

Lower empowerment of women is a critical social issue with adverse public health implications. In India, deeply ingrained gender norms shape a patriarchal structure that creates systemic disadvantages for women relative to men. These gender norms—socially constructed expectations about the roles, behaviors, and attributes of men and women—perpetuate inequality and limit women’s opportunities.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to examine the association between community-level men’s and women’s gender norms on women’s empowerment in India. Women’s empowerment was defined using four measures: freedom of movement, decision-making power, economic empowerment, and health empowerment.

Methods

Using a nationally representative demographic health survey data from 2019–21 of 63,112 married women who participated in the women’s empowerment module and 101,839 men surveyed, we constructed community-level men’s and women’s inequitable gender norms variables as our independent variable using attitudes towards wife-beating questions. We used random effects logistic regression models to examine if community-level men’s and women’s inequitable gender norms were independently associated with the different dimensions of women’s empowerment.

Results

One standard deviation increase in community-level men’s and women’s inequitable gender norms was associated with reduced odds of freedom of movement, decision-making power, and health empowerment. No statistically significant association was observed between community-level men’s and women’s gender norms and economic empowerment.

Conclusion

Inequitable gender norms are a risk factor that is negatively associated with several dimensions of women’s empowerment. Our findings support our hypotheses that women’s empowerment is impacted separately by men’s and women’s gender norms. Our study underscores the pressing need for concerted efforts to challenge and transform inequitable gender norms, paving the way for achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment, as envisioned by the Sustainable Development Goals.
Stunting and academic trajectory in urban settings of Burkina Faso
Authors: Gansaonré Rabi Joël , Moore Lynne , Kobiané Jean-François , Sié Aly , Haddad Slim
Published: December 2024

Background

Impaired growth in childhood can lead to poor cognitive development and low school performance. However, literature on the effects of stunting on school trajectory is very limited. The primary objective of this research was to estimate the age at which children start school according to levels of height-for-age z-score (stunting). A second objective was to estimate the gain in terms of age at school entry associated with an improvement in height-for-age z-score. A third objective was to explore the relationship between stunting, grade repetition, and school dropout.

Methods

We used longitudinal data from the Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) Health and Demographic Surveillance System. Data from a 2010 health survey of children under 5 years of age were merged with subsequent longitudinal schooling data. The study included 767 children globally who participated in the health and education surveys. Education data allowed us to apprehend academic trajectory measured by age at school entry, repetition, and dropout. The health survey gathered anthropometric information that was used to measure stunting. The adjusted age at school entry was estimated using a Poisson model. The gain represents the difference in adjusted age at school entry for different values of height-for-age. The relationship between stunting and grade repetition and dropout was studied using a discrete-time survival model.

Results

Results showed that children entered school on average at 5.7 years old, and the incidence of grade repetition and dropout was 17.7 and 6.6 per 100 persons-years, respectively. The adjusted age at school entry of severely stunted children was 6.2 years [95% confidence intervals (CI): 6.1; 6.3] compared to 5.1 years [95% CI: 5.0; 5.3] for children who had normal growth. The difference (gain) in adjusted age at school entry between severely and non-stunted children was thus 1.06 [95% CI: 0.87; 1.25] years. If a child’s growth changed from severe stunting to normal growth, their risk of repeating a grade decreased by 5.0 [95% CI: 0.0; 9.0] per 100 persons-years. We did not observe a relationship between height-for-age and dropout.

Conclusion

The results show that schooling is affected in several ways for children who are stunted. The age at school entry of stunted children is more likely to be delayed. Also, being stunted is associated with higher incidence of grade repetition. However, the relationship between stunting and dropout was inconclusive.
Study on visual matching cognition of automobile interior and exterior
Authors: Huang Yingjie , Zhang Bofan , Liu Jiayu
Published: December 2024

This work aims to study the visual matching cognition of people with different professional backgrounds for automobile interiors and exteriors, using gasoline-powered automobiles and electric automobiles as the research objects. First, three classes of automobiles, B-class, C-class, and sport-type class automobiles, of different brands, with large differences in styling and styles, were taken as the experimental sample sources, and high-definition interior and exterior pictures of the two power types of automobiles were randomly selected as the experimental samples. The participants were then divided into expert and general user groups according to their professional background. The two groups of participants were asked to conduct a total of 3 groups of visual matching cognition experiments on the interior and exterior of gasoline-powered automobiles, electric automobiles, and automobiles mixed with the same number of gasoline-powered automobiles and electric automobiles. The statistical analysis of the data of the above three groups of experiments revealed that there was no significant difference between the two groups of participants in terms of the visual matching cognition of the interior and exterior of the gasoline-powered automobiles and electric automobiles. When the two types of automobiles were mixed for the experiment, the participants still showed visual matching cognition for the interior and exterior, but there were obvious differences in cognitive abilities between the two groups. Research has shown that both general users and experts have the ability to perform visual matching of automobile interiors and exteriors, however, the cognitive ability of general users is weaker than that of experts. The visual matching cognition of the automobile interior and exterior is not affected by the power type or the automobile type.
Supraglottic airway devices for blind endotracheal intubation: A systematic review
Authors: Tejada-Perdomo Jorman H. , Melo-Moreno Carlos E. , Tovar-Cardozo Jesús H. , Ramos-Castaneda Jorge A.
Published: December 2024

Introduction

The effectiveness of supraglottic airway devices (SGDs) as a strategy for blind endotracheal intubation (ETI) was compared in this study.

Methods

A systematic review of clinical trials (CTs) involving SGDs for blind ETI in patients under general anesthesia or simulation manikins, was conducted. CTs that used SGDs for fiberoptic-guided ETI and those conducted in children were excluded. Searches were performed in Embase, MEDLINE (PubMed), Scopus, and LILACS. The primary outcomes examined were the success rate of blind ETI and intubation time. Secondary outcomes were first-attempt intubation success rate and perceived ease of use.

Results

A total of 567 records were identified from databases, and 16 were identified through citation searches. Ultimately, 27 CTs met the inclusion criteria. The Fastrach Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA Fastrach), i-gel, Air-Q Intubating Laryngeal Airway, and Supraglottic Airway Laryngopharyngeal Tube (S.A.L.T.) were the most used SGDs for blind ETI. LMA Fastrach was the most frequently compared device in these CTs. Among the studies in patients, LMA Fastrach and i-gel were the devices that showed the shortest intubation time, although it may be influenced by the way intubation time is assessed. The SGDs with the highest overall success rate were i-gel, S.A.L.T., LMA Fastrach, and single-use LMA Fastrach, followed by Air-Q, and the Intubating Laryngeal Tube Suction-Disposable (iLTS-D2), all achieving success rates greater than 90%. AuraGain had the lowest first-attempt and overall success rates for blind ETI with SGDs.

Conclusion

New SGDs have not surpassed the LMA Fastrach effectiveness for blind ETI. The single-use LMA Fastrach combines the efficacy of the reusable LMA Fastrach with the features of other SGDs and may be a suitable replacement for them. The I-gel is also a viable alternative for blind ETI, while the AuraGain may not be recommended for this purpose.
Las primeras cajas y libros de lecciones de cosas y la puesta en práctica de la enseñanza intuitiva. No pidamos peras al olmo
Authors: Sanchidrián Blanco Carmen , Molina Poveda María Dolores , Álvarrez Jiménez Victoria Eugenia
Published: December 2024

Las lecciones de cosas tienen más de 200 años y en su historia se distinguen varias etapas. Este artículo explora la recepción de la enseñanza intuitiva en España en el siglo XIX, a través de Montesino, Carderera y García Navarro, éste ya en la segunda etapa, así como algunos de los primeros materiales difundidos para facilitar la aplicación de la enseñanza intuitiva en las aulas. Se estudia la presencia de estos temas en la prensa española. Estos objetos debieron ser utilizados por maestros escasamente formados lo que nos lleva a cuestionar si cumplieron con su objetivo.
Los rituales escolares en el País Vasco del franquismo
Authors: Manterola Pavo Peio
Published: December 2024

El propósito de este artículo es estudiar los rituales escolares de tres culturas educativas del País Vasco del franquismo a partir de los cuadernos del Museo de Educación de la UPV/EHU. Se destacan diferencias notables en los rituales de instrucción, revitalización, intensificación y resistencia entre la escuela nacional-católica ordinaria que se representan la etxe-eskola de Zipitria y Orereta Ikastola. No obstante, al estudiar los rituales donde el cuaderno ocupa el lugar de símbolo dominante,  concluimos que la elaboración del cuaderno constituye un ritual en el que los demás rituales representados en él son símbolos articulados.
Mainer Baqué, Juan (2024) Del elitismo a la masificación. Historia y memorias del bachillerato en el Ramón y Cajal de Huesca (1931-1990).
Authors: Martínez Alfaro Encarnación
Published: December 2024

Reseña del libro. Mainer Baqué, Juan. (2024). Del elitismo a la masificación. Historia y memorias del bachillerato en el Ramón y Cajal de Huesca (1931-1990). Huesca: Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses, 633 página. ISBN: 978-84-8127-312-0.
I tu de qui eres? La falta i les memòries en la poesia de Teresa Pascual
Authors: Cabanilles Sanchis Antònia
Published: December 2024

El propòsit d’aquest article és estudiar la construcció de la memòria en la poesia de Teresa Pascual. Des dels primers llibres trobarem termes que fan referència al record, encara que no hi ha un intent d’elaborar una història, de construir una memòria. En aquesta etapa inicial, que inclouria Flexo (1988), Les hores (1988) i Arena (1992), el record, que va associat a la falta, representa només l’absència temporal de la persona estimada. Serà en els tres poemaris següents, Currículum vitae (1996), El temps en ordre (2002) i Rebel·lió de la sal (2008), quan aparega la memòria crítica. Aquesta es caracteritza per una reflexió sobre el passat que ha engegat el record, la manera com ha determinat el present. La finalitat de la memòria crítica és comprendre i alliberar un passat retingut que no deixa viure el present. L’estudi subratlla la importància del poema «Vindré demà», ja que marca un punt d’inflexió en la trajectòria que traça el treball. Aquí la desaparició ha esdevingut definitiva i, per tant, canvia el mode de situar-se en el món, ara el subjecte ha de pensar-se des de la falta. Amb Herències (2011) s’inicia una última etapa que inclourà València Nord (2014), Vertical (2018) i que, de moment, arriba fins a l’últim llibre publicat, Tot passa baix (2022). L’estudi mostra com el treball de memorització és fonamental perquè la falta anirà definint cada vegada més la protagonista dels poemes, que ha perdut la baula que la unia a un món que ja no existeix. Escriure els records i recuperar les paraules d’un altre temps serà una forma d’arrelar-se al món i, al mateix temps, de deixar una herència.
Proposta de implementação de tecnologias da indústria 4.0 em uma produção alimentícia utilizando o mapeamento de fluxo de valor
Authors: Alessio Laura , Sinkere Letícia Moreira , Souza Bárbara Bruna de , Ribeiro Danilo Ribamar Sá
Published: December 2024

As empresas do setor alimentício desempenham um papel fundamental na economia brasileira e na sociedade em geral, sendo responsáveis por fornecer alimentos essenciais para a população. Diante desse contexto dinâmico, elas estão continuamente buscando maneiras inovadoras de aprimorar seus processos de produção, embalagem e distribuição. Essa busca incessante por melhorias tem impulsionado avanços tecnológicos e inovações significativas na indústria de alimentos, beneficiando tanto os consumidores quanto outras indústrias relacionadas. Nesse cenário, a Indústria 4.0 surge como uma fonte promissora de tecnologias e estratégias inovadoras, capazes de aprimorar a eficiência, qualidade e sustentabilidade das operações alimentícias. Com base nessa perspectiva, o objetivo principal deste estudo foi identificar áreas de aprimoramento e propor o uso de tecnologias da Indústria 4.0 em uma empresa de produção de massas em Santa Catarina. O artigo investiga especificamente a aplicação do Mapeamento de Fluxo de Valor (MFV) como uma ferramenta estratégica para propor a implementação dessas tecnologias. Os resultados do estudo demonstram que a adoção dessas tecnologias pode resultar em aumento da eficiência operacional, redução de desperdícios e aprimoramento da qualidade dos produtos. Assim, este trabalho contribui tanto para a expansão do conhecimento teórico sobre a integração da Indústria 4.0 em processos manuais quanto para oferecer orientações práticas para empresas que buscam modernizar suas operações na indústria alimentícia.
UHPLC-MS/MS standardized extract of Vernonia amygdalina leaf inhibits CYP2C9 and CYP3A4 activities in hepatic cells of control and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats
Authors: Sabbagh Bassel Al. , Palanirajan Vijayaraj Kumar , Chew Yik-Ling , Chin Jin Han , Ahmad Mariam , Akowuah Gabriel Akyirem
Published: December 2024

Objectives

Vernonia amygdalina Del. is a perennial tropical shrub from Asteraceae. The fresh leaf of V. amygdalina is consumed as a vegetable due to its medicinal and nutritional properties. The present study focused on the quantification of bioactive compounds, luteolin-7-O-glucoside, luteolin-7-O-glucuronide, and 1,5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid from aqueous leaf extract of V. amygdalina. The study also aims to investigate the effects of the aqueous leaf extract of V. amygdalina on cytochrome P450 2C9 (CYP2C9), and cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) in hepatic cells of control and diabetic rats.

Methods

The quantification of the bioactive compounds was conducted using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography multiple reactions monitoring tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS-MRM) technique. The effect of the extract on CYP2C9 and CYP3A4 activities was determined using a fluorometric screening kit according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Results

The three bioactive compounds were detected and quantified in the aqueous leaf extract. Results showed that the content of luteolin-7-O-glucuronide (47 μg/mg) was the highest followed by luteolin-7-O-glucoside (3.5 μg/mg) and 1,5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid (1.07 μg/mg). The extract showed an inhibitory effect on CYP3A4 and CYP2C9 enzyme activities in control and diabetic rats.

Conclusions

The UHPLC-MS/MS-MRM method is sensitive and reliable for the quality control of V. amygdalina leaf extract. The inhibitory effect of the extract suggests that concomitant use of V. amygdalina leaf preparations with conventional drugs metabolized and eliminated from the body by CYP3A4 and CYP2C9 enzymes may lead to possible interaction.
Medical language matters: impact of clinical summary composition on a generative artificial intelligence’s diagnostic accuracy
Authors: Skittle Cassandra , Bonifacino Eliana , McQuade Casey N.
Published: December 2024

Objectives

Evaluate the impact of problem representation (PR) characteristics on Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) diagnostic accuracy.

Methods

Internal medicine attendings and residents from two academic medical centers were given a clinical vignette and instructed to write a PR. Deductive content analysis described the characteristics comprising each PR. Individual PRs were input into ChatGPT-4 (OpenAI, September 2023) which was prompted to generate a ranked three-item differential. The ranked differential and the top-ranked diagnosis were scored on a 3-part scale, ranging from incorrect, partially correct, to correct. Logistic regression evaluated individual PR characteristic’s impact on ChatGPT accuracy.

Results

For a three-item differential, accuracy was associated with including fewer comorbidities (OR 0.57, p=0.010), fewer past historical items (OR 0.60, p=0.019), and more physical examination items (OR 1.66, p=0.015). For ChatGPT’s ability to rank the true diagnosis as the single-best diagnosis, utilizing temporal semantic qualifiers, more semantic qualifiers overall, and adhering to a typical 3-part PR format all correlated with diagnostic accuracy: OR 3.447, p=0.046; OR 1.300, p=0.005; OR 3.577, p=0.020, respectively.

Conclusions

Several distinct PR factors improved ChatGPT diagnostic accuracy. These factors have previously been associated with expertise in creating PR. Future studies should explore how clinical input qualities affect GAI diagnostic accuracy prospectively.
Variazioni sul tema. Il cinismo antico e lo stile di vita: tra imitazione e interpretazione
Authors: Mecci Stefano
Published: December 2024

Can everyone be wise? Is wisdom open to all or an exception reserved for a few, or perhaps for none? In this context, what is the role of the ‘example’ and the ‘imitation’? Aim of my paper is to reflect on these questions in reference to Ancient Cynicism. Specifically, my goal is to analyze whether the Cynic wisdom and, consequently, life (bios) – characterized by a complete opposition to that of the common man – was intended for everyone or only for exceptional individuals, for specific types of people. In examining this aspect, I will focus particularly on the example represented by the life of the first Cynic, Diogenes of Sinope. I will show how it has been differently interpreted and understood throughout the long history of Cynicism. My attention will be primarily on Onesicritus of Astypalaea, who, contrary to certain modern simplifications and negations, represents a very interesting case in the history of Cynicism. He was a Cynic who did not live cynically. Therefore, more generally, I will demonstrate how differently Cynic philosophy could not only be followed but also reinterpreted: another sign of the theoretical fertility of this philosophical movement.
Aristotle on Platonic Efficient Causes. A Rehabilitation
Authors: Marinescu Rareș Ilie
Published: December 2024

In this paper I show that Aristotle’s widely criticised exclusion of Platonic efficient causes at Metaph. A 6.988a7–17 is defensible as an interpretation of Plato, and that alternative accounts are unpersuasive. I argue that Aristotle is only interested in – what he supposes to be – Plato’s first principles and that the usual candidates that are brought forward in scholarship as possible first principles and efficient causes (e.g. from the Timaeus and the Philebus) all fall short in crucial respects according to Aristotle. This reading has the dual benefit of illuminating Aristotle’s strategy in book A and of letting him appear as a more trustworthy doxographer of his predecessors’ views.
Geological characteristics of the Daduhe gold belt, western Sichuan, China: Implications for exploration
Authors: Zhang Yize , Chen Zailin , Zhang Chengjiang , Ni Shijun , Cheng Xianfeng , Kexin Liu
Published: December 2024

Geological characteristics, genetic model, and exploration implications in the Daduhe gold belt are studied. Three categories of gold deposits have been distinguished: “gold deposits in the basement (GDB),” “gold deposits in the cover layer (GDC),” and “gold deposits at the interface (GDI).” Among them, quartz vein type and quartz vein altered rock type are the main types of mineral deposits. The following features have been obtained: (1) inclusions of gold particles exist in pyrite, pyrrhotite, quartz, sellaite, and other sulfides; in fractures; or along cracks and grain margins. (2) The distribution curve of rare earth elements in pyrite and quartz indicates strong mineralization intensity in the GDB, (La/Sm)N fractionation characteristics, suggesting that pyrite may be more influenced by crustal materials and quartz by mantle materials. (3) The H–O and He–Ar isotopes manifested the ore-forming fluids derived from the mixing between crust and mantle. (4) The ranges of δ
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S values of pyrite (−5.0 to 7.6‰) are consistent with those of metasomatized mantle lithosphere. (5) The homogenization temperatures and salinity of all quartz inclusions are concentrated from 150 to 210°C and 2.1–8.7 wt%, indicating a medium-low-temperature, low-salinity hydrothermal fluid. (6) The Daduhe orogenic gold deposits can be defined as epizonal subtypes. (7) The Daduhe gold deposits are medium-low temperature, low-salinity, and epizonal orogenic gold deposits, and fluid comes from a mixture of crust and mantle. In the future, efforts should be made to increase the exploration of deep gold deposits.
Sex dependent correlation of spleen atrophy and behavior deficits induced by binge treatment with ethanol in rodent models
Authors: Zhang Jonathan , Bishir Muhammed , Huang Wenfei , Chang Sulie L.
Published: December 2024

Objectives

During physical and psychosocial development, many adolescents engage in binge alcohol drinking. Ethanol (EtOH) is the key chemical in alcoholic beverages. EtOH intoxication impairs locomotor behaviors. We previously found that binge treatment with EtOH (BE) causes spleen atrophy, leading to immune dysregulation. With these premises, we hypothesized that BE-induced spleen atrophy is correlated with compromised locomotion and behaviors in adolescence.

Methods

We exposed F344 rats to either 3 days of BE (mimicking college drinking) or water following pubertal onset. 24 h following the last BE, we assessed behaviors using ANY-Maze, focusing on locomotor activity, freezing, and thigmotaxis, before spleen collection. Correlation analysis and Linear Regression analysis quantified BE’s effects on behavior. In parallel, we used GEO2R to obtain differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from public dataset GSE49028 (B6129Sf2/J mice were given BE) and identified signaling pathways in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) involved in BE compromising locomotion and increasing anxiety.

Results

BE significantly decreased spleen size. Interestingly, we found that BE exposure had a gender-dependent impact, affecting males more than females. Furthermore, functional analysis of the dataset identified several targets of interest including the downregulation of BDNF as a critical regulator of behavioral deficit following BE treatment.

Conclusions

Using data-driven discovery and hypothesis-testing investigation to integrate these two studies, we provide an understanding of the underlying biological mechanism of BE-induced spleen atrophy-associated behavioral impairments through the genetic alterations in the PFC. Our findings will help develop a potent, powerful cocktail of reagents to treat behavioral impairment in those who binge drink.
Glossary of terms for mass and volume in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2024)
Authors: Camões Maria F. , Christian Gary D. , Hibbert David Brynn
Published: December 2024

A glossary of terms and definitions for concepts in the use of mass and volume in analytical chemistry is presented. These include definitions for analytical methods of measurement (gravimetry, volumetry, and titrimetry) and supporting terms. Terms are updates of earlier recommendations or Orange Book entries.
Saúde mental de mulheres transgêneras: uma revisão integrativa de literatura / Mental health of transgender women: an integrative literature review
Authors: Cortes Helena Moraes , De Morais Andréia Vanessa Carneiro , Carnevalli Ligia Maffei , Pinho Paula Hayasi
Published: December 2024

Objetivo: conhecer a produção científica nacional e internacional acerca da saúde mental das mulheres transgêneras de 2007 a 2017. Método: revisão integrativa realizada na Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, em abril de 2018. Analisaram-se os estudos em seis fases, agrupando-os em categorias temáticas. Resultados: dos 30 estudos selecionados emergiram sete categorias temáticas, a saber: “necessidades de saúde mental”, “vulnerabilidade psicossocial”, “processo transexualizador”, “mulheres transgêneras jovens e na terceira idade”, “relações sociais”, “direitos civis e cidadania” e “relações entre as mulheres transgêneras e os serviços de saúde”. Conclusões: mulheres transgêneras estão expostas a maiores riscos de desenvolverem transtornos mentais, em relação às pessoas cisgêneras parecendo ter relação com o preconceito, estigma, discriminação, e negação de direitos civis. São transtornos mais prevalentes nesta população: depressão, ansiedade, ideação/ tentativa de suicídio, abuso de álcool e outras drogas, os quais estão diretamente relacionados com o não acesso aos serviços de saúde. Devido a migração para o sistema OJS3, a íntegra desse artigo pode ser acessada pelo seguinte endereço eletrônico: Saúde mental de mulheres transgêneras: uma revisão integrativa de literatura | Journal of Nursing and Health (ufpel.edu.br)
ENTRE A VISUALIDADE DA PAISAGEM E NOVAS POSSIBILIDADES DE UM CONCEITO
Authors: Fraga Celestino Livia
Published: December 2024

O artigo apresenta brevemente o conceito de paisagem e suas transformações ao longo do tempo. Ainda limitada ao seu caráter visual, as noções de paisagem com o tempo incorporaram novos elementos para explicar e analisar o espaço. Nos últimos anos a paisagem cultural passou a ser utilizada como instrumento de valorização e preservação aplicado pelos órgãos de preservação em todo mundo. Este artigo aborda como é constituída a paisagem cultural afrobrasileira a partir das cosmopercepções do candomblé e seus cortejos negros pela cidade de Cachoeira, na Bahia. Inspirado nas leituras de Besse (2014, 2018) e Dardel (2015) as discussões sobre paisagem cultural afrobrasileira demonstram que a paisagem está muito além daquilo que a visão alcança, pois questionam sobre ‘o ser na paisagem’, o modo como os seres humanos estão no mundo e se ligam ao mundo através de seus corpos e suas sensibilidades apontando para novos horizontes deste conceito.
APOCAPITALOCENO
Authors: R. Seleme Ícaro
Published: December 2024

Investiga-se o significado de paisagem, dada sua aplicação em campos do conhecimento variados como a geografia, as artes e a sociologia. Discute-se a passagem do tempo nas escalas da historiografia arquitetônica e das Eras geológicas, de modo a fundamentar uma teoria da urbanização mundial. Conceitua-se o Antropoceno, apresentando leituras do que seria o pós-Antropoceno. Compara-se a expansão do universo com a “revolução urbana” de Lefebvre, definindo urbanidade como um modo de ser. Elencamse postulados científicos e filosóficos acerca da presença humana sobre a Terra, cujas marcas são permanentes na memória física de corpos humanos e celestes.
PATRIMÔNIO E ANTROPOCENO
Authors: Ferreira Guimarães Camila , Marques Braga Paula
Published: December 2024

A discussão que envolve as conceituações de Antropoceno busca entender, de forma crítica, a ação do ser humano, responsabilizando-o (nos) pelas consequências que vêm sendo sentidas em termos de um colapso ambiental global iminente. Partindo de sua conceituação inicial, e transpondo estas análises ao campo do patrimônio cultural, questiona-se de que forma esta base conceitual pode contribuir às análises no campo da intervenção urbana, que incidem sobre paisagens particulares, preservadas pela representatividade de sua identidade local, material e imaterial, mas que, submetidas às mesmas lógicas de produção e consumo do espaço urbano, acabam também por colapsarem, banalizadas e esvaziadas de seus significados. Nesse viés, tensionamos a possibilidade da memória e, consequentemente, do patrimônio, a partir de uma dimensão crítica e ampliada, configurarem processos de resistência ao contexto de banalização, enquanto sistemas de imunidade simbólica. Buscamos, portanto, desenvolver uma abordagem fenomenológica para a análise do espaço patrimonial, dando ênfase à experiência e à ambiência geradas pela composição da paisagem enquanto produtoras de situações de pertencimento, de identificação e de resistência.
Barbearia Autogestionária: Experiência de Capacitação Profissional de Jovens em Cumprimento de Medidas Socioeducativas
Authors: Lussi Isabela Aparecida de Oliveira , Fugikaha Ana Cláudia Esteves dos Reis , Alves Ana Laura de Melo , Saad Claudia Daher , Felicio Thauana Leticia
Published: December 2024

A parceria entre o movimento da Economia Solidária e o da Reforma Psiquiátrica possibilitou o desenvolvimento de experiências práticas e de aparato jurídico-político que promoveram o fomento de empreendimentos econômicos solidários constituídos por pessoas que se encontravam excluídas do mundo do trabalho por apresentarem problemática no campo da saúde mental. Neste cenário, a Economia Solidária incorporou o cooperativismo social destinado a pessoas em situação de desvantagem social, entre eles, jovens em cumprimento de medidas socioeducativas. Este estudo teve como objetivo descrever a metodologia desenvolvida no projeto de capacitação profissional em barbearia autogestionária, de jovens participantes do Programa de Medidas Socioeducativas na modalidade “Liberdade Assistida”, compreendida como tecnologia social. A capacitação foi desenvolvida em três eixos centrais: 1) Construção do Grupo; 2) Formação Técnico-Prática; 3) Inclusão em Grupos. Os resultados mostraram que os impactos da experiência foram bastante positivos na vida dos jovens participantes, tanto segundo eles, na perspectiva de construção de projetos de vida; como segundo seus familiares. Argumentamos que é na construção coletiva que sonhos se tornam realidade, transformam vidas e trilham caminhos menos danosos.Palavras-chave: economia solidária; autogestão; cooperativismo social; juventude; medidas socioeducativas; tecnologia social Abstract: The partnership between the Solidarity Economy and the Psychiatric Reform movement made possible the development of practical experiences and a juridical-political apparatus that promoted the development of solidarity-based economic enterprises constituted by people who were excluded from the working world because they presented problems in the field of mental health. In this scenario, Solidarity Economy incorporated social cooperativism aimed at socially disadvantage participants, including, the youth in compliance with socio-educational measures. This study aimed to describe the methodology developed in the project of professional training in a self-managed barbershop of young people participating in the program of Socio-educational Measures in the "Assisted Freedom." modality, understood as social technology. The training was developed in three central axes: 1) Construction of the Group; 2) Technical and Practical Training; 3) Inclusion in Groups. The results showed that the impacts of the experience were very positive in the lives of the young participants, according to them and their relatives, from the perspective of building life projects. We argue that it is in the collective construction that makes dreams come true, transforming lives and helping the youth choose less harmful paths.Keywords: solidarity economy; self-managed; social cooperativism; youth; educational measures; social technology
Mulheres e economia popular solidária na construção do bem-viver
Authors: Silva Carlúcia Maria
Published: December 2024

O presente trabalho é fruto de ações extensionistas desenvolvidas por docentes e discentes da Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (UEMG Barbacena), em 2018 e 2019. As ações do referido Projeto tiveram como um de seus principais objetivos acompanhar, na Microrregião Barbacena, grupos de mulheres atuantes na prática do cooperativismo, da autogestão e da economia popular solidária. Metodologias de pesquisa-ação foram adotadas com o uso das seguintes estratégias: participação em reuniões, observação direta junto a empreendimentos de economia popular solidária, diário de campo objetivando o registro de informações e observação participante em eventos formativos, organizativos e celebrativos dos empreendimentos. A participação nas reuniões do Fórum Regional Vertentes de Economia Popular Solidária e do Fórum Estadual de Economia Solidária. Foram também espaços privilegiados de formação e organização. Os resultados apontam o protagonismo das mulheres e a economia popular solidária como ferramenta e instrumento de participação, cidadania; inclusão produtiva, em busca do Bem-viver.Palavras-chave: trabalho; mulheres; economia popular solidária; bem-viver. Abstract: The present work is the result of extension actions developed by professors and students of the State University of Minas Gerais (UEMG Barbacena), in 2018 and 2019. In its actions, the referred Project had, as one of its main objectives monitored, in the Barbacena Microregion, groups of active women in the practice of cooperativism, self-management and the popular solidarity economy. Action-research methodologies were adopted using the following guidelines: participation in meetings, direct observation with popular solidarity economy ventures, field diary aiming to record information and observation in formative, organizational and celebratory events of the ventures. Participation in the meetings of the Regional Forum on Solidarity Economy and the State Forum of Solidarity Economy. There was also privileged spaces for training and organization. The results show the role of women and the popular solidarity economy as a tool and instrument of participation, citizenship; productive inclusion, in search of well-being.Keywords: work; women; popular solidarity economy; well-being.
YK11 promotes osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs and repair of bone defects
Authors: Wang Renyi , Zhong Yunyu , Du Qianxin , Zhao Chengzhi , Wang Yuhao , Pan Jian
Published: December 2024

The selective androgen receptor (AR) modulator YK11 promotes the anabolism of muscle cells and osteoblastic precursor cells. However, its effects on bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and the repair of cranial bone defects are unknown. Here, the effects of different concentrations of YK11 on the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs were determined. Subsequently, the AR was inhibited to investigate whether the effect of YK11 on the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs was affected. A model of cranial defects was constructed to investigate the effects of the YK11-equipped hydrogel on cranial defect repair as well as the effects of YK11 on cranial defect repair after inhibiting the AR. Finally, the possible pathway of YK11 regulating the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs was explored. Our results show 2 μM YK11 promoted the proliferation of BMSCs. A dose of 0.25–4 μM YK11 could promote osteogenesis of BMSCs, and the promoting effect was gradually enhanced with increasing concentration. In vivo, 0.5 and 1 mg/mL YK11 could promote the repair of cranial bone defects. After inhibiting the AR, the effects of YK11 on promoting both the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs and repair of cranial defects were suppressed. YK11 may regulate the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs through the BMP2 (bone morphogenetic protein 2)/Smad signaling pathway. In conclusion, YK11 promoted the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs by activation on the AR. Meanwhile, YK11 promoted the repair of cranial bone defects in rats in vivo. The BMP2/Smad signaling pathway may be involved in the regulation of the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs by YK11.
Baudžiamojo proceso išlaidų paskirstymas Lietuvos teisėje
Authors: Ažubalytė Rima , Girdauskas Mindaugas
Published: December 2024

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Nuteistųjų pusiaukelės namų tinkle plėtra Lietuvoje
Authors: Uscila Rokas
Published: December 2024

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Diskusija dėl anatominių žmogaus organų teisinio statuso
Authors: Lytvynenko Anatoliy A.
Published: December 2024

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The Concept of Happiness in Max Frei’s Novel The Key of Yellow Metal: Hamlet and Siddhartha
Authors: Kanchura Yevheniia
Published: December 2024

This article explores the motif of an ‘(un)happy prince’ as it is manifested through the evocation of Hamlet’s and Siddhartha’s imagery within Max Frei’s novel The Key of Yellow Metal (2009). The research offers an in-depth analysis of the functioning of these references within the broader intertextual landscape of the novel, placed within the Vilnius narrative. The theme of the happy prince's perception of human suffering is entwined with the topoi of hell and paradise, as well as home or lost paradise. Traditional imagery plays a pivotal role in shaping the concept of inspiration and madness as dynamic forces that exert a profound influence on the surrounding world, counterbalancing the notion of eternal suffering. The shift of focalization allows us to reconsider Sartre’s idea of ‘Hell is other people’. The paper emphasizes the role of the author as a narrator/reteller of well-known stories and tales, both for the author as an actual person and as a literary mystification. The article demonstrates the transformation of the fairy-tale notion of ‘happiness’ into the concept of acquiring meaning as a prerequisite of the main character’s individuation.
On the divisor sums in arithmetical progressions
Authors: Stankus Eugenijus
Published: December 2024

There is not abstract.
Analytical reduction of a system of partial differential equations
Authors: Jurgaitis Donatas
Published: December 2024

A system of four of the first order partial differential equations is transformed into the system, which has blocked diagonal matrix. Under this method it is possible to split up any first order system of partial differential equations into the systems which matrices have only one eigenvalue.
On intrinsic normalizations of semi-non-holonomic hypercomplexes SNGr(1, n, 2n-3) in affine space
Authors: Staišienė Janina
Published: December 2024

In this paper the differential geometry of semi-non-holonomic hypercomplexes in n-dimensional affine space is constructed in an invariant analytic form. The differential neighbourhoods of first two orders are studied. In some cases the geometrical constructions of intrinsic normalizations (the Cartan norma­lizations ant the Bortolotti normalizations) are given.
Real ruled degree four toric surfaces in projective 3-space
Authors: Zubė Severinas
Published: December 2024

There is not abstract.
On intuitionistic branching tense logic with weak induction
Authors: Alonderis Romas
Published: December 2024

In the paper, the first-order branching tense logic calculus is given: LB J with the weak induction, that is to say with the axiom (A ∧ A O ☐ A) ⊃ ☐ A instead of the induction axiom (A ∧ ☐ (A ⊃ O A)) ⊃ ☐ A. The syntactical cut elimination theorem, Harrop's theorem and the interpolation theorem is proved here with respect to the LB J calculus.
Tableaus for finitely-valued modal propositional logics
Authors: Sakalauskaitė Jūratė
Published: December 2024

There is not abstract.
On the one class of the glycaemia regulation models
Authors: Meilūnas Mečislavas
Published: December 2024

A new approach in mathematical modelling of the Diabetes mellitus in discussed. A class of mathematical models is constructed in order to describe some features of glycaemia regulation mechanisms.
The model of reproductive system
Authors: Švitra Donatas , Grigolienė Rasa
Published: December 2024

The aim of the work is to create a mathematical model of the dynamics of estrogenic hormones. The characteristics of the physiology of female reproductive system, hormonal reguliation of the ovulatory cycle: feedbacks in the system "pituitary—gonads" are described. It is shown a schematic representation of the pituitary—gonads circuit, on wich base the mathematical model is proposed. The mathematical model consists of 6 nonlinear differential equations with time delay.
The nonlinear analysis of the reproductive system model
Authors: Švitra Donatas , Grigolienė Rasa
Published: December 2024

There are presented the female reproductive system mathematical model. We may interpret relations of the analysed system as the ecological problem "a predator—victim". It is presented the nonlinear analysis of the model in this work. At help the PC and using Euler's counting method, we find the solutions of system and compare the received results with the experimental data.
Robust estimation by means of a bank of the Kalman filters
Authors: Pupeikis Rimantas
Published: December 2024

There is not abstract.
The problem of synthesis in nonlinear systems
Authors: Zaksienė Genovaitė
Published: December 2024

Nonlinear systems with unknown stiffness characteristics are investigated when periodic solutions are fixed.
Simple proof of the second order renewal theorem
Authors: Baltrūnas Aleksandras
Published: December 2024

There is not abstract.
Lietuvos matematikų draugijos veikla 2021–2024 metais
Authors: Štikonas Artūras
Published: December 2024

The article gives a survey of mathematical life and activities of the Lithuanian Mathematical Society during the past three years.
Influence of platelet hemostasis on QT interval dispersion in patients with chronic ischemic heart disease and COVID-19
Authors:   Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, Netiazhenko V.Z. ,   SE «Medbud», Kyiv, Ukraine, Mostovyi S.E. ,   Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine,   SE «Medbud», Kyiv, Ukraine, Mikhaliev K.O. ,   State Institution of Science «Center of Innovative Healthcare Technologies» State Administrative Department, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: December 2024

Coronavirus disease COVID-19 impairs platelet hemostasis, heart rate variability (HRV) and QT interval dispersion, increasing the risk of thromboembolic complications and cardiovascular mortality. Our study aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the interdependence of changes in platelet hemostasis and QT interval dispersion in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD). We analyzed laboratory and instrumental results of 102 patients divided into 3 groups: group 1 consisted of IHD without COVID-19 patients (n = 32); group 2 − IHD in combination with COVID-19 (n = 35); group 3 − COVID-19 without IHD (n = 35). The control group included 30 conditionally healthy volunteers. Changes in platelet hemostasis were studied with laser aggregometry using the Born turbidimetric method and with light transmission fluctuation analysis using an assessment of spontaneous and induced aggregation: adenosine diphosphate (ADP), arachidonic acid, epinephrine, collagen, and ristomycin. The results of 24-hour Holter ECG monitoring were used to determine the QT interval dispersion. In patients of group 2, there was an increase in the degree, rate and time of spontaneous platelet aggregation, as well as a decrease in the degree, rate and time of platelet aggregation induced by epinephrine, a decrease in the rate of aggregation induced by arachidonic acid and ADP. The degree of aggregation was higher when using collagen and ristomycin. The QT interval duration and variability increased in all patients, especially in group 2. The time of spontaneous aggregation, as well as ADP- and collagen-induced aggregation, was directly correlated with the QT mode and mean. The standard deviation and coefficient of variation of QT were inversely related to the time of spontaneous aggregation, collagen- and ristomycin-induced and arachidonic acid-induced aggregation. The rate of aggregation did not affect the QT interval variability. Thus, patients with IHD and concomitant COVID-19 along with platelet hemostasis dysfunction exhibited signs of autonomic dysregulation and increased QT interval duration and variability. Careful consideration of platelet hemostasis characteristics and QT interval variability is recommended in the management of these patients.
THE INFLUENCE OF PROLONGED AD LIBITUM ETHANOL CONSUMPTION ON EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR IN RATS WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ALCOHOL MOTIVATION
Authors:   SI «P.V. Voloshyn Institute of Neurology, Psychiatry and Narcology of National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine», Kharkiv, Ukraine, Geiko V. V.
Published: December 2024

Experimental studies of behavioral disorders due to the consumption of psychoactive substances through their realistic modeling by laboratory animals is becoming more and more relevant against the background of the inevitable psychogenic imperative associated with the war in Ukraine. In this aspect, emotional behavior is the resulting factor that generalizes and accompanies the mechanisms of psycho-emotional disorders, which are considered the most common mental diseases in the world. Under conditions of ethanol consumption ad libitum, with the use of ethological observation methods, we studied the character of the emotional response of non-linear white rats of young reproductive age in unusual stressful situations of the “elevated plus-maze”, “dark-light chamber” and “ tail fixation”. The aim was to study the effect of long-term alcoholization on the level of anxiety and tendency to depressivelike behavior in animals, depending on the severity of alcohol motivation according to the ethanol preference index and the average daily individual dose of its consumption. As a result of a complex analysis of the behavior of rats with different levels of alcohol motivation under the conditions of free access to ethanol, it was found that there is no significant modulation of emotional activity. This indicates its stability or inertia, which, combined with improved cognitive functions, often negatively impacted by the neurotoxic effects of ethanol, and an increase in grooming behavior as a correlate of adaptive/compensatory manifestation of emotional stress, highlights the importance of considering age-related emotional and behavioral characteristics in the development of alcohol dependence mechanisms.