bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The effect of supportive intrapartum care during birth in Jordan: a quasi-experimental study
Authors: Mohammad Khitam Ibrahem , Shtayah Suzan , Saleh Shawqi , Bashtawy Mohammed Al , Alkawaldeh Abdullah , Abdalrahim Asem , Malak Malakeh , Bawadi Hala , Creedy Debra , Gamble Jenny , Alafi Mohammad
Published: August 2023

Background/Aims

Childbirth is an important and unique event for mothers and families, but can cause fear and anxiety. All mothers have the right to adequate support for labour and a respectful birth. This study aimed to investigate the impact of supportive intrapartum care on women's perceptions of fear, pain and control during childbirth, as compared to routine care.

Methods

A quasi-experimental study was conducted at the Jordan University Hospital with 134 pregnant women between August 2019 and January 2020. Participants were assigned to either the intervention (n=65) or control group (n=69). Data were collected using a sociodemographic form, a visual analogue scale for pain, the Wijma delivery expectancy questionnaire (B) for fear during birth, and the perceived support and control in birth scale.

Results

Women receiving supportive care reported lower pain scores during the latent (t=4.15, P<0.001), active (t=4.64, P<0.001) and transition (t=2.34, P<0.05) phases of labour, less fear (t=8.66, P<0.001), and higher perceived control (t=12.46, P<0.001) and support (t=10.54, P<0.001), and had a shorter labour (t=10.367, P<0.001) compared to women receiving routine care. Low control (β=-0.35), high levels of pain (β=0.20) and low support (β=-0.19) contributed to fear during childbirth.

Conclusions

Supportive intrapartum care decreased women's perceptions of pain and fear and improved perceptions of control and support. Training and support for midwives could be translated to similar settings in middle-income countries. Policies directed at routine implementation of supportive intrapartum care are essential to decrease pain and fear of childbirth.
Salbutamol toxicosis in dogs
Authors: Bates Nicola
Published: August 2023

Salbutamol exposure in dogs typically occurs when they bite and pierce a salbutamol inhaler. Onset of clinical signs can be rapid. Dogs may appear anxious and distressed, and common signs include tachycardia, tachypnoea and hypokalaemia. Transient hyperglycaemia may occur. Potential complications include muscle weakness, flaccid paralysis, arrhythmias, rhabdomyolysis and oral injury from the compressed gas in some inhalers. Any dog exposed to salbutamol requires examination and evaluation. The heart rate, blood pressure, electrocardiogram and electrolytes should be monitored. Treatment is aimed at correcting tachycardia and hypokalaemia, for which the treatment of choice is a non-selective beta-blocker. Salbutamol exposed dogs require hospitalisation until the heart rate and rhythm, central nervous system status and electrolytes normalise. Recovery generally occurs within 24 hours, but there is risk of persistent cardiac injury.
Otiorhynchus armadillo (Rossi, 1792) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): a new record and a new pest in Anatolian part of Turkey
Authors: ÖZBEK HİKMET , GÜLTEKİN LEVENT
Published: August 2023

With the present study Otiorhynchus armadillo (Rossi, 1792), which is one of several noxious species in Europe, and is first recorded from Anatolia (the Asian part of Turkey) as well as the Asian Continent. The species was recently recorded from the European part of İstanbul. Important morphological features were noted, habitus, aedeagus and feeding damages of the adults on some host plants were photographed. Distribution and damage potential of this species are discussed. Otiorhynchus armadillo can be considered an important ornamental plant pest, particularly on Rosa species in the country. Unfortunately, it has a big potential being a destructive pest for the rose growing area in Isparta, which is also known as “Rose Garden of the World”.
Adiponectin inhibits fibrosis of the palmar aponeurosis in Dupuytren’s contracture in male patients
Authors: Yamanaka Yoshiaki , Tajima Takafumi , Tsujimura Yoshitaka , Naito Toichiro , Mano Yosuke , Tsukamoto Manabu , Zenke Yukichi , Sakai Akinori
Published: August 2023

Aims

Dupuytren’s contracture is characterized by increased fibrosis of the palmar aponeurosis, with eventual replacement of the surrounding fatty tissue with palmar fascial fibromatosis. We hypothesized that adipocytokines produced by adipose tissue in contact with the palmar aponeurosis might promote fibrosis of the palmar aponeurosis.

Methods

We compared the expression of the adipocytokines adiponectin and leptin in the adipose tissue surrounding the palmar aponeurosis of male patients with Dupuytren’s contracture, and of male patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) as the control group. We also examined the effects of adiponectin on fibrosis-related genes and proteins expressed by fibroblasts in the palmar aponeurosis of patients with Dupuytren’s contracture.

Results

Adiponectin expression in the adipose tissue surrounding the palmar aponeurosis was significantly lower in patients with Dupuytren’s contracture than in those with CTS. The expression of fibrosis-related genes and proteins, such as types 1 and 3 collagen and α-smooth muscle actin, was suppressed in a concentration-dependent manner by adding AdipoRon, an adiponectin receptor agonist. The expression of fibrosis-related genes and proteins was also suppressed by AdipoRon in the in vitro model of Dupuytren’s contracture created by adding TGF-β to normal fibroblasts collected from patients with CTS.

Conclusion

Fibrosis of the palmar aponeurosis in Dupuytren’s contracture in males may be associated with adiponectin expression in the adipose tissue surrounding the palmar aponeurosis. Although fibroblasts within the palmar aponeurosis are often the focus of attention when elucidating the pathogenesis of Dupuytren’s contracture, adiponectin expression in adipose tissues warrants closer attention in future research.

Cite this article: Bone Joint Res 2023;12(8):486–493.
Erratum: Subgingival chlorhexidine irrigation for scaling and root planing adjunctive therapy in chronic periodontitis: a systematic review
Authors: Susanto Agus , Rusminah Nunung , Pertiwi Yohana Putri
Published: August 2023

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.13181/mji.rev.236337]
Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services Waivers for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Authors: Friedman Carli
Published: August 2023

Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) 1915(c) waivers are the most prominent funding mechanism for the long-term services and supports (LTSS) of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This study's aim was to conduct an in-depth national analysis of fiscal year (FY) 2021 HCBS 1915(c) waivers for people with IDD. In FY 2021, over $43.2 billion was projected for the HCBS of 861,038 people with IDD. An average of $47,315 was projected per person with IDD annually. The services that received the most funding were: residential habilitation; supports to live in one's own home; and day habilitation. HCBS is necessary so people with IDD can live and thrive in their communities.
FOXP1 orchestrates neurogenesis in human cortical basal radial glial cells
Authors: Park Seon Hye E. , Kulkarni Ashwinikumar , Konopka Genevieve
Published: August 2023

During cortical development, human basal radial glial cells (bRGCs) are highly capable of sustained self-renewal and neurogenesis. Selective pressures on this cell type may have contributed to the evolution of the human neocortex, leading to an increase in cortical size. bRGCs have enriched expression for Forkhead Box P1 (FOXP1), a transcription factor implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) such as autism spectrum disorder. However, the cell type–specific roles of FOXP1 in bRGCs during cortical development remain unexplored. Here, we examine the requirement for FOXP1 gene expression regulation underlying the production of bRGCs using human brain organoids. We examine a developmental time point when FOXP1 expression is highest in the cortical progenitors, and the bRGCs, in particular, begin to actively produce neurons. With the loss of FOXP1, we show a reduction in the number of bRGCs, as well as reduced proliferation and differentiation of the remaining bRGCs, all of which lead to reduced numbers of excitatory cortical neurons over time. Using single-nuclei RNA sequencing and cell trajectory analysis, we uncover a role for FOXP1 in directing cortical progenitor proliferation and differentiation by regulating key signaling pathways related to neurogenesis and NDDs. Together, these results demonstrate that FOXP1 regulates human-specific features in early cortical development.
Assessment of pathogens in flood waters in coastal rural regions: Case study after Hurricane Michael and Florence
Authors: Usmani Moiz , Uprety Sital , Bonham Nathan , Jamal Yusuf , Mao Yuqing , Sano Daisuke , Shisler Joanna , Unnikrishnan Avinash , Nguyen Thanh H. , Jutla Antarpreet
Published: August 2023

The severity of hurricanes, and thus the associated impacts, is changing over time. One of the understudied threats from damage caused by hurricanes is the potential for cross-contamination of water bodies with pathogens in coastal agricultural regions. Using microbiological data collected after hurricanes Florence and Michael, this study shows a dichotomy in the presence of pathogens in coastal North Carolina and Florida. Salmonella typhimurium was abundant in water samples collected in the regions dominated by swine farms. A drastic decrease in Enterococcus spp. in Carolinas is indicative of pathogen removal with flooding waters. Except for the abundance presence of Salmonella typhimurium, no significant changes in pathogens were observed after Hurricane Michael in the Florida panhandle. We argue that a comprehensive assessment of pathogens must be included in decision-making activities in the immediate aftermath of hurricanes to build resilience against risks of pathogenic exposure in rural agricultural and human populations in vulnerable locations.
Measurement and driving factors of carbon productivity in China’s provinces: From the perspective of embodied carbon emissions
Authors: Liang Changyi , Gao Peng
Published: August 2023

Carbon productivity incorporates economic development and carbon emissions within a unified framework for measuring the economic value per unit carbon emissions. In the context of climate change, improving carbon productivity is of great value for promoting low-carbon development in a country or region. From the perspective of embodied carbon emissions, this study constructs an embodied carbon productivity (ECP) index and uses the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index decomposition method to study the evolution trends and driving factors of ECP in China’s provinces based on China Interregional Input-Output Tables for 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017. The following results were obtained: First, China’s overall ECP showed a continuously increasing trend during the entire period, with the energy efficiency factor playing the largest role among all driving factors. Second, the ECP in 19 of the 30 Chinese provinces continued to increase and the contributions of energy emission ratio, ECP per capita, and population size factors to the increase in ECP presented evident disparities among different provinces. Third, the ECP in three major regions ranged from high to low in the order of East, Central, and West, with the largest growth in the Central, followed by the West, with the smallest in the East. Based on the analysis of research results, we proposed relevant policy recommendations to further improve China’s ECP and achieve low-carbon economy.
Impact of vaccination and risk factors on COVID-19 mortality amid delta wave in Libya: A single center cohort study
Authors: Alhudiri Inas , Abusrewil Zakarya , Dakhil Omran , Zwaik Mosab Ali , Awn Mohammed Ammar , Jallul Mwada , Ahmed Aimen Ibrahim , Abugrara Rasha , Elzagheid Adam
Published: August 2023

Introduction

The Delta variant has led to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Libya, making it crucial to investigate the impact of vaccination on mortality rates among hospitalized patients and the critically ill. This study aimed to explore the risk factors for COVID-19 mortality and the mortality rates among unvaccinated and vaccinated adults during the Delta wave who were admitted to a single COVID-19 care center in Tripoli, Libya.

Methods

The study involved two independent cohorts (n = 341). One cohort was collected retrospectively from May 2021-August 2021 and the second cohort was prospectively collected from August 2021-October 2021. Most of the patients in the study became ill during the Delta wave. The two cohorts were merged and analysed as one group.

Results

Most patients were male (60.5%) and 53.3% were >60 years old. The vast majority of patients did not have a previous COVID-19 infection (98.9%) and were unvaccinated (90.3%). Among vaccinated patients, 30 had received one dose of vaccine and only 3 had received two doses. Among patients who received one dose, 58.1% (18/31) died and 41.9% (13/31) survived. Most patients (72.2%) had a pre-existing medical condition. A multivariable prediction model showed that age >60 years was significantly associated with death (odds ratio = 2.328, CI 1.5–3.7, p-value = <0.0001).

Conclusion

Our results indicate that previous infection or full vaccination against COVID-19 significantly reduces hospitalization and death. However, a single vaccine dose may not be adequate, especially for older individuals and those with underlying medical conditions. High-risk older patients with comorbidities should be fully vaccinated and offered up to date bivalent COVID-19 booster doses.
Sensors, Particles and Other Compounds, Inês Teles, curated by Alexandre Baptista
Authors: Ferreira-Norman Inês
Published: August 2023

Review of: Sensors, Particles and Other Compounds, Inês Teles, curated by Alexandre Baptista

Tea Salon, Municipal Park of Alta Vila, Águeda, Portugal, 14 January–22 February 2023
Analyzing the growth and trends of vertical axis wind turbine research: Insight from a bibliometric study
Authors: Irawan Elysa Nensy , Abdul Majid Nuur Wachid , Venica Liptia , Aslami Fahrur , Fujita Goro
Published: August 2023

Bibliometric analysis research has been done for vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). This study aims to determine the growth of VAWT research, the number of VAWT studies in various countries and the most influential authors to find opportunities for research collaboration, and the challenges of future VAWT research. Research data was taken from Scopus in 1801 articles from 1970-2021. The software used for data interpretation was VosViewer 1.6.19 and Tableau Public 2022.2. Based on the analysis, VAWT research has tended to increase from 1970-2021, although there was a decrease from 1987-2006. The country that has conducted the most VAWT research is China, while the author with the highest number of citations is from Italy. The most dominant research topic related to VAWT research is computational fluid dynamics (CFD), which is 50.14 % of the total. A future challenge related to VAWT research is finding a suitable turbulence model for each type of VAWT or finding an airfoil optimization method so that a model with betterperformance is obtained. Opportunities for research collaboration can be carried out with China or an author with the highest number of citations who has expertise in the field of CFD.
Factores asociados a la inactividad física en adolescentes colombianos: Estudio transversal
Authors: Salazar Flórez Jorge Emilio , Giraldo-Cardona Luz Stella , Yepes Manuela , Henao Andrés Felipe , López Mateo , Velandia Diana Marcela , Pérez Valeria
Published: August 2023

Introducción. La inactividad física es uno de los principales riesgos para enfermedades crónicas. Esta situación en adolescentes y jóvenes se ha convertido en un tema prioritario en la salud pública global.
Objetivo. Explorar la asociación entre la inactividad física con los estilos de vida, factores demográficos, actividades sedentarias, sobrepeso y obesidad en adolescentes escolarizados en Sabaneta, 2017.
Métodos. Estudio transversal, ejecutado en 7 instituciones educativas con una muestra probabilística aleatoria de 246 estudiantes. Se aplicó el test de Pérez Rojas García para la valoración de inactividad física. Se estimó un modelo lineal generalizado de familia binomial y link logit para estimar los OR crudos y ajustados para la asociación de las variables de interés y la inactividad física. Se acompañaron con los intervalos de confianza del 95%.
Resultados. La prevalencia de inactividad física fue de 62,6%. La posibilidad de inactividad física fue mayor en las mujeres, personas con sobrepeso y obesidad, estudiantes con consumo de licor o cafeína, y entres quienes se dedicaron a usar el computador o estudiar más de 6 horas diarias. Entre los estudiantes de estrato bajo, delgados, con consumo de psicoactivos y que leen más de 6 horas al día la probabilidad de inactividad se redujo.
Conclusiones. La prevalencia alta de inactividad física, obesidad y sobrepeso entre adolescentes fue alta. Los factores asociados son en su mayoría modificables, representando una oportunidad de mejora.
South-South cross-border marriage between Chinese men and Ethiopian women
Authors:   University of Amsterdam, Wang Wei
Published: August 2023

This article develops an ideal type of South-South cross-border marriage. Based on an 8-month multi-sited ethnography in Ethiopia and China, I identified an unusual conjuncture of global forces, connections, and imaginations that facilitated cross-border marriages between Chinese men and local women in Ethiopia, which should be considered a novel ideal type. Its theoretical novelty is not only defined by the unique dynamics among Sino-Ethiopian spouses vis-à-vis the ‘segregated’ Chinese documented in existing studies but also by these marriages’ distinct formation mechanisms. Sino-Ethiopian marriage is not formed due to China being an attractive destination but associated with China’s incompatible hard and soft power as forces, Chinese factories and accumulated Sino-Ethiopian social networks in local communities as connections, and localized imaginations. Furthermore, this study calls for a paradigm shift in examining cross-border marriages between a developing South and a rising South in this dramatically changing global capitalist world system.
Religion-Based Business Ethics among African Muslim Small-Scale Businessowners in Guangzhou, China
Authors:   Aarhus University, Jiang Qiuyu
Published: August 2023

Based on fourteen months of ethnographic research, this article examines how African Muslim migrants build and maintain religious-based business ethics, and how they apply these ethical business norms to help navigate their transnational lives in Guangzhou, China. Most of the African Muslim migrants explored in the article are small-scale businessowners who engage in semi-formal economic activities in both local and home markets. They face racial, cultural, and legal challenges on a daily basis. Unable to access formal means of support due to their precarious economic and legal status, many African Muslim small businessowners rely on informal business ethics to ensure a safe trading environment and mitigate risk. Their business ethics, I argue, are rooted in what I term “religious common ground”—the moral and ethical values shared among migrants from different Muslim groups. This article also explores the enforcing mechanisms of African Muslims small-scale businessowners’ business ethics, such as mosques and co-religion business networks. This article concludes that there is no universal, standard code of conduct among African Muslim businessowners in Guangzhou. Individuals among different Muslim communities have diverse interpretations of business ethics and practices them differently based on their nationality, ethnicity, religious habits, and socio-cultural background. This article contributes to a small but important literature that calls for the center role that religion plays in Muslim migrants’ business practices in a non-Muslim society.
Deportability, deportation and Nigerian 'deportspora' in China
Authors:   University of Ibadan, Adebayo Kudus
Published: August 2023

How do the manifestations of deportability in everyday life, and deportation experiences, constitute African migrants into a ‘deportspora’ in China? Despite the scholarly attention paid to the migration of Africans to China, questions of deportability and the simultaneous, reverse flows through their deportation are under-explored. In this article, I examined this critical gap by exploring the lifeworlds of Nigerian migrants and deportees from China, using data from two separate studies conducted in 2017 and 2020-2021. Nigerians are exposed to 'illegalisation', experience deportability threats and become vulnerable to arrest and re-dispersal as deportees. The realities of being undocumented and overstaying, the social act of running, and the host society's instrumentalisation of deportation to regulate or order the migrant community all point to the existence of Nigerian deportspora in China. The import of this form of social formation makes deportability and deportation an essential part of social life in the African migrant community in the Chinese city. The article advances critical debates in deportation studies, especially in the under-researched context of Sino-African migrations.
Em tempos de Ortodontia digital e alinhadores, você é o piloto
Authors: Almeida Marcio
Published: August 2023

Minha paixão pela aviação começou, deveras, muito cedo. Quando eu era criança, em Bauru/SP, morávamos a apenas 50 metros da pista do aeroclube, onde observava, aturdido, grudado na cerca de arame farpado que circundava a pista, com olhos atentos, os aviões decolando e pousando. Boquiaberto, ficava imaginando como seria a sensação de poder ver a terra lá de cima, como um pássaro nas alturas, de sentir a força da gravidade de forma diferente daquela que mantém os nossos pés firmemente plantados ao chão. Cresci e meu sonho de um dia ser piloto só aumentava. Em 1986, antes mesmo de me tornar dentista, tive a oportunidade de assistir ao filme “Top Gun - Ases indomáveis”, e foi aí que meu sonho decolou indomavelmente. Para quem não sabe ou nunca assistiu ao filme estrelado por Tom Cruise, a influência dele foi tão grande que a Marinha dos EUA nunca havia recebido tantas inscrições como naquele ano, para ingresso de participantes na academia, inspirados pelo filme que mudou a minha vida e a de muitos jovens norte-americanos.
Benchmarking assembly free nanopore read mappers to classify complex millipede gut microbiota via Oxford Nanopore Sequencing Technology
Authors: Geli-Cruz Orlando , Santos-Flores Carlos , Cafaro Matías , Ropelewski Alexander , Van Dam Alex
Published: August 2023

Millipedes are key players in recycling leaf litter into soil in tropical ecosystems. To elucidate their gut microbiota, we collected millipedes from different municipalities of Puerto Rico. Here we aim to benchmark which method is best for metagenomic skimming of this highly complex millipede microbiome. We sequenced the gut DNA with Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ (ONT) MinION sequencer, then analyzed the data using MEGAN-LR, Kraken2 protein mode, Kraken2 nucleotide mode, GraphMap, and Minimap2 to classify these long ONT reads. From our two samples, we obtained a total of 87,110 and 99,749 ONT reads, respectively. Kraken2 nucleotide mode classified the most reads compared to all other methods at the phylum and class taxonomic level, classifying 75% of the reads in the two samples, the other methods failed to assign enough reads to either phylum or class to yield asymptotes in the taxa rarefaction curves indicating that they required more sequencing depth to fully classify this community. The community is hyper diverse with all methods classifying 20‒50 phyla in the two samples. There was significant overlap in the reads used and phyla classified between the five methods benchmarked. Our results suggest that Kraken2 nucleotide mode is the most appropriate tool for the application of metagenomic skimming of this highly complex community.
Film Exhibition in Crisis
Authors: Freire Rafael de Luna , Melnick Ross , Orzel Charlotte
Published: August 2023

The COVID-19 (SARS‑CoV‑2) pandemic has led to a generational crisis for film exhibition around the world. Since the pandemic began in 2019, movie theaters have been forced to close their doors temporarily or permanently, alter their modes of presentation and the parameters of the theatrical experience, and transform their operations in countless other ways. But COVID-19 is certainly not the first crisis in film exhibition, nor the only one in process locally and globally. The introduction to this special section examines the concept of crisis in the study of film exhibition and the historic and contemporary crises that have altered cinemagoing practice. It argues that these crises open opportunities for scholars to analyze a broad array of social, political, and industrial impacts that influence film exhibition and related areas of cultural and creative practice across time and space, introducing new research that employs this analytical lens.
Corpo e afeto: atualizações do regime de atrações no cinema brasileiro contemporâneo
Authors: Baltar Mariana
Published: August 2023

Este artigo parte de uma observação geral de parcela significativa do cinema brasileiro contemporâneo de cunho mais autoral para defender o que tenho identificado como atualizações e permanências do regime de atrações. Desdobrando o importante conceito de cinema de atrações, tangencia-se uma reflexão sobre a centralidade do corpo na contemporaneidade, especialmente em relação a questões de gênero e racialização, abordando também as dinâmicas e interconexões entre atrações e narrativa e como estas mobilizam engajamentos afetivos entre corpo do filme e corpo do espectador. Argumento que, nesta atualização do regime de atrações, o gesto e as performances (dos corpos em cena e da interação destes com o corpo fílmico) acabam por operar um efeito afetivo que promove uma força disruptiva no tecido narrativo, convocando, desse modo, um outro olhar e um outro vocabulário analítico, mais em sintonia com teorizações vinculadas ao afeto, corpo e sensações.
Rotas e desvios nos espaços de exibição e a dinâmica do cinema documental
Authors: Neli Fabiane Mombelli
Published: August 2023

Este artigo aborda a crise nos espaços de exibição audiovisual na última década. O objetivo é discutir o fluxo da circulação de obras, com destaque para o cinema documental, em festivais, cineclubes e internet, a partir dos conceitos de rota e desvio, apropriados de Appadurai (1991). Especificamente, o artigo pretende abordar as transformações das formas de exibição e difusão, diferenciar a dinâmica do cinema documental para o ficcional, e refletir sobre a exibição de filmes como prática cultural. Até por volta de 2017, os espaços de exibição e difusão buscavam contornar, através de políticas públicas, a crise estrutural histórica. O período que se segue traz uma mudança substancial, tendo a internet como importante vetor da exibição e difusão cinematográfica. De desvio, ela agora também passa a ser rota e transforma as práticas sociais do cinema. Ainda assim, permanece a crise estrutural do setor.
A verdade à luz do tempo
Authors: Guerra Tavares Joana
Published: August 2023

Feixe de Luz: Escultura Projetada, Cinema Exposto, exposição instalada no Centro de Arte Oliva, em S. João da Madeira, propõe uma reflexão sobre a escultura e o cinema, num diálogo de opostos e dualidades, de conceções e convenções que a arte e os artistas buscam incisivamente questionar.
The Practices of Treating Deep Carious Lesions Compared with the Dental Curriculum in Turkish Dentistry
Authors:   Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, leylakerim38@gmail.com, Kerimova Leyla , Karabulut Erdem ,   Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, karabuluterdem@gmail.com, Yamanel Kivanç ,   Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, yamanel@baskent.edu.tr, Arhun Neslihan ,   Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, neslihan@baskent.edu.tr
Published: August 2023

Objective: The aim of this cross-sectional study is to investigate Turkish dentists’ opinions and preferences regarding the management of deep carious lesions and compare them with modern dental education concepts as provided by dental schools. Methods: Questionnaire 1 and Questionnaire 2 were sent separately to dental practitioners via the Turkish Dental Association and to university department heads of restorative dentistry. The data obtained were analyzed using chi-square tests and one-way ANOVA tests (p < 0.05). Results: Regarding Questionnaire 1, most of the dentists (89.3%) responded that caries lesions should be removed completely up to the hard cut-off condition of the cavity floor. There was a statistically significant difference between female and male dentists’ preferences on less invasive treatment (p < 0.05). Female dentists prefer less invasive treatment compared with male dentists (p = 0.002). Relatively older dentists (mean age = 41.8) are more inclined towards complete caries removal even if pulp exposure is likely (p = 0.040). The results of Questionnaire 2 reveal that there is no association between the time spans of education at dental schools and their caries removal approach curriculum (p > 0.05). Most department heads of restorative dentistry prefer to apply complete caries removal (78.5%, n = 51). Conclusion: Despite today’s curriculum encouraging less invasive caries removal techniques, most dentists prefer more invasive treatment options. Continuous education of contemporary dentistry could update these clinical treatment attitudes of dentists and improve their clinical practice.
Fractal Analysis of Subchondral Cyst at Mandibular Condyle Detected on P Detected on Panoramic Radiogr amic Radiograph in A Gr aph in A Group of Thai P oup of Thai Population opulation
Authors:   Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, aloysiusputut@gmail.com, Putut Wijanarko Aloysius , Srimawong Preeyaporn ,   Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, preeyaporn.sri@mahidol.ac.th, Pornprasertsuk-Damrongsri Suchaya ,   Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, suchaya.drs@mahidol.edu, Janhom Apirum ,   Department of Oral Biology and Oral Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, ajanhom@gmail.com
Published: August 2023

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze subchondral cyst on the mandibular condyle using fractal dimension (FD) measurement on a panoramic radiograph. Methods: This retrospective study examined 15 patients aged 24 to 75 years who had undergone panoramic radiography and cone-beam computed tomography on both sides of the mandibular condyles, between January 2013 and November 2017, in the Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Clinic, Dental Hospital, Mahidol University. These 15 patients, all of whom had a subchondral cyst on one side of the mandibular condyle, constituted both the study and control groups: the 15 affected sides constituted the study group, and the 15 unaffected sides constituted the control group. The FD of both groups was calculated by two investigators using ImageJ version 2.0x. Results: The average age of the subjects was 47.47 ± 15.99 years. The mean FD value was 1.306 ± 0.133 in the study group and 1.409 ± 0.858 in the control group. The FD values were significantly different between these groups (p-value 0.016). Conclusion: The FD values of mandibular condyle were lower in patients with subchondral cysts than in healthy patients. The fractal analysis provided clinicians with extra information regarding the condition of the subchondral cyst as an early sign of osteoarthritis on panoramic radiographs.
Polacy w Kościele katolickim na Kaukazie Północnym
Authors: Bogolubow Aleksander
Published: August 2023

The history of the Poles in the North Caucasus dates back to the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, but the presence of  Catholic priests in this region can only be spoken of at the beginning of the nineteenth century. At first Polish priests only made travels to the Caucasus, but later began to set up parishes to address the spiritual needs of the Poles exiled there. The pastoral activity of the priests was not limited to the sphere of the spirit, but also focused on material help. An important point of their activity was the construction of churches. They collected donations for this purpose themselves and were also constantly supported by the Russian authorities. They were not detracted in their endeavors by the repressions that followed in the wake of the Polish national uprisings or suspicion of proselytism.
A review of therapeutic impacts of saffron (Crocus sativusL.) and its constituents
Authors: Anaeigoudari Fatemeh , Anaeigoudari Akbar , Kheirkhah‐Vakilabad Aliasghar
Published: August 2023

Application of herbal medicines in the treatment of diseases is in the center of attention of medical scientific societies. Saffron (Cricus sativus L.) is a medicinal plant belonging to the Iridaceae family with different therapeutic properties. The outcomes of human and animal experiments indicate that therapeutic impacts of saffron and its constituents, crocin, crocetin, and safranal, mainly are mediated via inhibiting the inflammatory reactions and scavenging free radicals. It has been suggested that saffron and crocin extracted from it also up‐regulate the expression of sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) and nuclear factor erythroid 2‐related factor 2 (Nrf2), down‐regulate nuclear factor kappa B (NF‐κB) signaling pathway and untimely improve the body organs dysfunction. Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase‐2 (COX2) also is attributed to crocin. The current review narrates the therapeutic effects of saffron and its constituents on various body systems through looking for the scientific databases including Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar from the beginning of 2010 until the end of 2022.
Kunst in/aus Bibliotheken – Kreative Nutzung von digitalen Bibliotheken
Authors: Krickl Martin , Hammer Sophie
Published: August 2023

Kunst ist zwar allgegenwärtig in Sammlungen von Bibliotheken, wird aber generell nicht als deren eigentlicher Gegenstand betrachtet. Kunstwerke in Bibliotheken eröffnen neue Perspektiven, mitunter auf das System Bibliothek selbst. Der Beitrag skizziert das Spektrum von Kunst in/aus Bibliotheken und teilt Erfahrungen aus drei Kunstprogrammen, die an den Library Labs der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek im Rahmen des Projekts „Open Digital Libraries for Creative Users“ mit digitalen Kollektionen durchgeführt wurden. Wichtig für gelungene Kunstprojekte sind offene Bestände und eine offene Organisationskultur. Ziel des Beitrages ist es nicht zuletzt, auch eine Community of Practice (CoP) für kooperative Projekte zwischen Bibliotheken und Künstler*innen anzuregen.
On functional reproducing kernels
Authors: Zhou Weiqi
Published: August 2023

We show that even if a Hilbert space does not admit a reproducing kernel, there could still be a kernel function that realizes the Riesz representation map. Constructions in spaces that are the Fourier transform of weighted

L

2

{L}^{2}

spaces are given. With a mild assumption on the weight function, we are able to reproduce Riesz representatives of all functionals through a limit procedure from computable integrals over compact sets, despite that the kernel is not necessarily in the underlying Hilbert space. Distributional kernels are also discussed.
Oscillation of Odd Order Linear Differential Equations with Deviating Arguments with Dominating Delay Part
Authors: Baculíková Blanka
Published: August 2023

In this paper new oscillatory criteria for odd order linear functional differential equations of the type

y

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\[{{y}^{(n)}}(t)+p(t)y(\tau (t))=0\]

have been established. Deviating argument τ(t) is supposed to have dominating delay part.
Existence Result for a Double Phase Problem Involving the (p(x), q(x))-Laplacian Operator
Authors: Ouaarabi Mohamed El , Allalou Chakir , Melliani Said
Published: August 2023

The Dirichlet boundary value problem for elliptic equations involving the (p(x), q(x))-Laplacian operator with a reaction term depending on the gradient and on two real parameters is considered in this paper. Using the topological degree theory for a class of demicontinuous operators of generalized (S
+) and the theory of the variable exponent Sobolev spaces, we prove the existence of at least one weak solution of such problem.
The Effects of the COVID-19 Outbreak on the Global Retail Industry: An Event Study Approach
Authors: Kucukcolak Recep Ali , Kucukcolak Necla Ilter , Tumbek Tekeoglu Askim Nurdan , Kucukoglu Sami
Published: August 2023

In this study, we examined the COVID-19 effect in the global scale on the global retail markets with the Event Study methodology. The sample used in the study consists of data from 10 developed and developing countries in six continents, which are obtained from Reuters DataStream. The top large-cap, blue-chip companies in the stock market for each economies were included in the study, which is totaled of 91 active retail sector shares and major indices. Based on our findings; the cumulative average of abnormal returns (CAAR) of the retailers in three Event Studies in question showed a distortion in the efficiency of the formation of the retail prices at the 0.01, 0.01, and 0.05 significance levels and the global retail stock prices overreacted more.
Kuyavian bronzes or Stanomin-style dress accessories – studies on the chronology of the early Iron Age in Central Europe
Authors: Maciejewski Marcin
Published: August 2023

More than sixty years ago, J. Kostrzewski published a paper titled Ze studiów nad wczesnym okresem żelaznym w Polsce (Studies on the early Iron Age in Poland; in the German version Studien über die ältere Eisenzeit in Polen). The article was a product of his long-time research, readings and searches conducted during the turbulent first half of the 20th century. Kostrzewski’s work is still one of Poland’s basic chronological studies of the HaC and HaD. The text contained a substantial analysis of the “Kuyavian bronzes”, also called the “Stanomin-style” dress accessories, named after the hoard from Stanomin.

New finds, as well as 14C and dendrochronological datings, significantly changed our understanding of the cultural processes in Poland’s early Iron Age. The dating of the “Kuyavian bronzes” and the interpretation of the associated phenomena have never been the subject of a comprehensive study. The following text shall focus on this specific category of metal artefacts – crucial for understanding the chronological variation of the Polish early Iron Age.
Staatsfonds und die Dax-40-Unternehmen
Authors: Körnert Jan , Kolwey Tim
Published: August 2023

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), with their massive assets, have been the subject of media attention and academic scrutiny for more than 20 years. The acquisition and exercise of power by SWFs should raise particular alarm where these are controlled by authoritarian regimes. This paper considers possible routes for SWFs to gain influence over Germany’s largest corporations, specifically the 40 members of the DAX equity index. It further examines whether any SWFs would have sufficient assets to be able to acquire blocking minorities, simple majorities, or qualified majority control to the extent possible in these 40 major corporations. The conclusion is that certain SWFs controlled by authoritarian regimes, particularly those of China and the UAE, have sufficient financial resources to enable the acquisition of significant power exercise potential through this route.
“It’s a Boy”
Authors: Matthews Angela , Wiesner Adam
Published: August 2023

This collaborative narrative examines the personal experiences of children coming out to their parents as transgender. One author uses autoethnography to share her experience from a parent’s perspective, and one author utilizes fiction to relay his experience from the child’s perspective. This collaboration revealed that not all parents react negatively, and even those who may respond negatively when they first learn of their child’s gender identity may grow to understand and accept them over time; empathy toward the other will help both sides in these difficult contexts. In addition to the therapeutic benefits of writing, writing as a tool offers children a helpful conduit for approaching these difficult discussions; and fiction writing, in particular, can offer children the distance to help them feel safe in approaching a sensitive subject and allow them the freedom to imagine positive futures living as their authentic selves.
“Use Their Dreams against Them”
Authors: Markoff Briana
Published: August 2023

In this autoethnographic exploration of my time as a classroom teacher, I, a white former teacher at a public middle school that served mostly students of color, remember one student, and distill what our relationship taught me about student resistance to oppressive schooling conditions and systems. Reading my student’s actions through the lens of resistance theory, I come to understand, in retrospect, some of what my student was telling me about the conflicting desire, pain, trouble spots, and confusion1 of racial capitalist schooling as a young Black man. I reinterpret my student’s noncompliance as a strategy for maintaining his sense of self and of culture in an environment that threatened both. I use autoethnography as a method to learn what my student was teaching me, and consider how classroom teachers might learn from and be changed by the resistive actions of their marginalized students.
Writing Sisters
Authors: Light Teahl
Published: August 2023

Mental health issues are often approached through a negative, blanketing lens that creates stigma for those diagnosed with psychological disorders. To contribute to the spread of mental health awareness, people experiencing mental distress need to present their stories to demonstrate they are not insignificant and are worthy of humanization. Writing about one’s experiences helps them heal from their painful past and find meaning in life. Three of Emily Dickinson’s poems have also been analyzed with regard to the mental distress represented in each, and the author presents three of their own poems to show similarities in the ideas expressed between two people experiencing psychological distress. A better understanding of those who suffer from mental distress is provided through the inclusion and abstraction of Dickinson’s poems and personal narrative. The comparison of the author to renowned poet Emily Dickinson shows psychological disorders should not define people as they are still capable of making significant contributions to society.
Losing the Tactile in Our Pandemic Moment
Authors: Gloviczki Peter Joseph
Published: August 2023

In this autoethnography, written mid-pandemic in 2021, I make sense of time, space, and place within the context of loss in our pandemic moment. I hope it encourages others to make sense of emotional landscapes in our changing times.
Civil Law in Indonesia and Russia: Easy and Affordable Access to Legal Aid
Authors: Theresia Margareth , Adiyatma Septhian Eka , Nadia R.A. Nidha
Published: August 2023

One of the most familiar legal systems in the world are the civil law system and common law system. The difference in characteristics between the two is an interesting discussion that is often undertaken. Research conducted on the characteristics of a legal system aims to obtain good legal institutions to regulate society. The implementation of the legal system in each country is strongly influenced by the historical developments and formation of that country. The two countries that we are interested in studying are Indonesia and Russia, as a material for comparison in terms of legal regulations, specifically in the legal aid process for their respective citizens. As a continental European adhering country, or commonly known as a civil law system, Indonesia prioritizes laws that come from formal legal sources such as laws and regulations, customs, and jurisprudence. Legal comparisons relating to legal aid in two different countries are very interesting because based on the history of the formation of the Indonesian state and the Russian state, there is a significant difference. As the two countries were colonies, they produced regulations that followed the countries that colonized them. However, the Russian state differs from the Indonesian state in that it also participated in colonizing other countries.
Strengthening Constitutional Complaint Authority: Enhancing Citizens' Constitutional Rights Protection in Indonesia
Authors: Holish Amarru Mutfie , Maharani Aulia
Published: August 2023

Constitutional complaint serves as a vital self-defense mechanism for citizens in safeguarding their constitutional rights against the actions of state authorities. The role of the Constitutional Court in upholding the constitution and protecting citizens’ rights is of paramount importance. However, certain challenges have arisen due to the absence of a mechanism to address state administrators’ actions that violate citizens’ constitutional rights, the lack of a defined framework for constitutional complaints within the Constitutional Court’s jurisdiction, and the limited application of the constitutional complaint law in Indonesia. Consequently, this article examines the urgency of expanding the Constitutional Court’s authority to hear constitutional complaints as a important legal reform in Indonesia. Employing normative and conceptual study methods, as well as a statute approach, this paper explores the concept of constitutional complaints as a means to strengthen citizens’ constitutional rights protection. The ultimate goal is to guide the Constitutional Court towards a more explicit and effective constitutional complaint mechanism during its review of laws, thereby providing optimal safeguards for citizens’ constitutional rights.
THE INFLUENCE OF SPIRITUAL SKILL, DISCIPLINE, AND WORK MOTIVATION ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT PT. TOYS GAMES INDONESIA
Authors: AGUSTINI AGUSTINI , NURYANTI NURYANTI , BAKTI RIZAL , SUDJANA KRISNA , ISWANDI MEI , SITANGGANG JHONSON
Published: August 2023

The kind of research used is a quantitative research using the research method of data collection using a questionnaire. The data analysis model used was a linear regression analysis with sample 32. The study suggests 61,0% of an employee’s performance factors can be affected by spiritual skill, discipline, and work motivation. In comparison, the rest, 39,0%, are affected by other unexamined factors in the study. In contrast, the results of the F show that simultaneous spiritual skill, discipline, and work motivation simultaneously affect positive and significant effects on employees’ performance. The results of the t-test show that the spiritual skill variable and work motivation are both positive and significant. In contrast, the discipline variable has no positive or significant effect on employee performance at PT. Toys Games Indonesia.