bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Which blood pressure metrics should be used in patients on dialysis?
Authors: Jung Ji Yong
Published: November 2023

Remarkable progress has recently been achieved in blood pressure (BP) control based on key research findings in the general population. It has been observed that maintaining BP slightly lower than previously recommended goals leads to better clinical outcomes, provided that patients can tolerate it. Previously, BP control targets for dialysis patients were extrapolated from studies conducted on the general population. However, dialysis patients are considered a distinct group with unique characteristics, which makes defining appropriate BP targets a matter of debate. Several observational studies measuring BP in hemodialysis (HD) patients within dialysis units have shown that lower peridialysis BP (pre-, post-, and interdialytic BP) is associated with worse clinical outcomes. However, this association is likely confounded by factors specific to dialysis patients. The relationship between BP and mortality appears to be more linear in patients with fewer underlying cardiovascular diseases and longer survival. Recent studies have indicated that BP measurements taken outside of dialysis sessions, such as standardized BP on nondialysis days, home BP, and ambulatory BP monitoring between HD sessions, are more predictive of clinical outcomes. Due to the varied effects of dialysis-related treatment practices on BP, there is a lack of data from large-scale clinical trials. As a result, it is challenging to provide strong recommendations for BP targets directly applicable to dialysis patients. This review addresses various factors influencing BP in dialysis patients, including the establishment of individualized target BP levels and discussions on maintenance strategies, while incorporating a recent literature review.
La despoblación rural en la prensa española: contrastes entre centro y periferias
Authors: Canovaca de la Fuente Enrique , Castelló Enric
Published: November 2023

Esta investigación ofrece un estudio del tratamiento de la despoblación rural en España en los medios de comunicación. Se analiza su cobertura en una selección de periódicos de alcance nacional y regional. El estudio procedió con un análisis temático y un análisis de marcos interpretativos para identificar los relatos dominantes en los medios. Los resultados expresan que la despoblación se explica de forma mayoritaria como una cuestión económica y de falta de servicios. Los autores detectaron una importante politización, más significativa en los periódicos de alcance nacional que en los regionales. El análisis cualitativo informa de que el fenómeno de la despoblación es a menudo el centro de declaraciones políticas, con un énfasis en cuestiones como los servicios y la inversión territorial, así como un foco en la administración de recursos. La investigación evidencia el surgimiento de nuevos temas relevantes, como la importancia del patrimonio cultural o la relación de la despoblación con el problema ecológico y de los incendios. Sin embargo, en conjunto se evidencian un déficit en la presencia de marcos innovadores y explicaciones más sistémicas, así como una mejor indagación en las formas de afrontarla y en las oportunidades territoriales.
Espacio, memoria y búsqueda en La soñadora, de Gustavo Martín Garzo
Authors: Bazán Rodríguez Óscar
Published: November 2023

Gustavo Martín Garzo se entronca en la última narrativa procedente de la región castellanoleonesa de España. Dicha literatura se caracteriza por el tratamiento dialógico de la memoria y el olvido, emplazado muy frecuentemente en espacios ficcionales y simbólicos. El objetivo del presente trabajo es explorar diferentes significaciones del espacio en la novela La soñadora, tomando como base la crítica de la segunda mitad del siglo XX que trata el espacio como una construcción metafísica. Con esa idea central, el artículo propone un análisis del espacio como espacio mítico, relacionado con la búsqueda infructuosa de la felicidad de los personajes, y con los lugares de memoria de Pierre Nora. Este artículo se encuadra en la producción crítica sobre la memoria y el espacio en la literatura de Castilla y León, que ha cobrado especial importancia en la última década.
Vejez y decrepitud en la obra de tres poetas españoles: Antonio Gamoneda, Juana Castro, Angélica Liddell
Authors: Fernández Martínez Sergio
Published: November 2023

Este artículo aborda la compleja relación entre el cuerpo y la vejez en la poesía española actual a través de tres poemarios publicados en el siglo XXI: Arden las pérdidas, de Antonio Gamoneda (2003), Los cuerpos oscuros, de Juana Castro (2005) y Una costilla sobre la mesa, de Angélica Liddell (2018). Para ello se apuesta por una metodología que parte de la teoría fenomenológica con el objetivo de examinar las diferentes dimensiones de la corporalidad ante el acabamiento físico. Estos textos, que proponen diferentes acercamientos a un mismo motivo literario, permiten instaurar una nueva perspectiva en torno a dicotomías aparentemente perpetuas, como juventud y vejez, pasado y presente, y vida y muerte, con lo que amplifican notablemente los límites de la palabra poética.
La enunciación lírica y los ecos del dolor en la obra de senectud de Francisca Aguirre: construcción de un discurso de la memoria
Authors: Segura Amancio Andrés de Jesús
Published: November 2023

Este artículo explora la poesía de senectud de Francisca Aguirre, para abordar los postulados de la enunciación lírica y los ecos del dolor que permiten identificar su obra como testimonio histórico. Para ello, se profundiza en los aspectos de la memoria personal y colectiva, la identidad y el lenguaje y obra poética como mecanismo y lugar de resistencia contra el paso del tiempo u otros discursos que se intenten imponer y no se correspondan con la realidad histórica. De esta manera, se erige una memoria pragmática en la que no solo se recuerda, sino que se hace recordar.
Nuevos modos de comportamiento en Juan José Millás: Tecnologías audiovisuales
Authors: Rojas Yedra Rubén
Published: November 2023

Este trabajo pretende exponer y analizar cómo los cambios de comportamiento y en las relaciones interpersonales que se han producido por la omnipresencia de las tecnologías audiovisuales tienen cabida temática y conceptualmente en la producción de Juan José Millás en el marco de la literatura de las nuevas tecnologías. Metodología: Articularemos un diálogo intertextual entre las obras del autor y el cuerpo teórico. Conclusiones y discusión: Además, destacaremos sus aportaciones fundamentales a la estética cibercultural sin obviar que Millás es nacido en 1946 y por tanto no es nativo digital; sus nuevos métodos creativos, enfoques e intereses.
Pedersoli, Constanza. Educación y Pedagogía en Museos. Las visitas familiares a la exhibición DESmedidos: Excesos y mandatos en la sociedad de consumo de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata. (Tesis doctoral). Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, La Plata, Argentina. 2020, 276 páginas
Authors: Degiovanni Paola Andrea
Published: November 2023

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A review of gluten and sorghum as a gluten free substitute
Authors: Hegde Shreevatsa Rajeev , Thangalakshmi S. , Singh Rakhi
Published: November 2023

The review explores the role of gluten in food products, its associated health issues, and the growing market for gluten-free alternatives. Gluten, a protein in wheat, barley, and rye, is widely used in the food industry for its binding and stabilizing properties. Increasing gluten intolerance, especially in those with celiac disease, has boosted demand for gluten-free options like sorghum. Sorghum, a gluten-free grain, offers high protein and fiber content but also contains antinutritional factors like tannins, phytates, and protease inhibitors. Various processing techniques, such as dehulling, soaking, fermentation, and heating, have been developed to address these factors. Future trends in sorghum are expected to focus on innovative processing methods to enhance its nutritional value. This review also provides a detailed examination of gluten, its functions in foods, health concerns, gluten-free products, sorghum-based foods, antinutritional properties, processing technologies, and future opportunities.
A gazdasági teljesítmény mérése konvergencia-vizsgálat során : GDP-től a nemzeti vagyonig
Authors: Szabó Barna , Dávid Lóránt Dénes
Published: November 2023

A gazdasági és társadalmi folyamatok célszerű állami befolyásolásához statisztikai adatokra, tényekre és más ismeretekre van szükség, melyek között kiemelt fontossággal bír a gazdasági teljesítmény, és annak összehasonlítása – regionális integrációban részt vevő országok esetében elsősorban a közösség többi tagállamaival – annak megállapítása érdekében, hogy felzárkózást, vagy éppen ellenkezőleg, lemaradást tapasztalhatunk; objektív számsorokkal előkészítve ezzel az aktuális gazdaságpolitikai döntéseket, a döntéshozók számára. Jelen tanulmányunk hipotézise ezzel párhuzamban az, hogy a gazdasági fejlettség konvergenciájának mérésére – a sokat vitatott – GDP mutatók önálló elemzése korlátozottan alkalmas. Hipotézis-vizsgálatunk során az általunk legismertebbnek/legsikeresebbnek tartott hat regionális integrációt választottuk ki, és a számítások során a GDP mellett, egy másik összetettebb – részünkről pontosabbnak vélt – úgynevezett Komplex Gazdasági Jóléti Mutatót (továbbiakban: KGJM index) is figyelembe vettünk. Primer kutatásunk eredménye arra enged következtetni, hogy hipotézisünk HAMIS/IGAZ-nak bizonyul, azaz a GDP mutató ugyan nem tökéletes mérőszám, de átlagos gazdasági teljesítmény, és más változók (pl. külső tőkétől való függés) mellett gazdasági fejlődést torzító hatása nem jelentős, nagyobb középértéktől való eltérés esetén azonban nem tekinthetünk el pontosabb mérőszámok alkalmazásától, mint amilyen többek között a nevezett KGJM index, vagy a napjainkra összetételét tekintve pontosan még nem definiált nemzeti vagyon mutatói.
Hazai vélemények néhány népességcsökkenést befolyásoló tényezőről
Authors: Fenyvesi Éva , Kovácsné Székely Ilona , Pintér Tibor , Balla Gréta Barbara
Published: November 2023

A népességcsökkenés súlyos demográfiai, gazdasági és társadalmi következményekkel jár, mint például az elöregedő társadalom, a munkaerőhiány, az egészségügyi- és a nyugdíjrendszer fenntarthatóságának kérdése. Kutatásunkban a gyermekvállalást ösztönző eszközök hatékonyságát, a be- és kivándorlással, a családi és házassági intézmény átalakulásával kapcsolatos nézeteket vizsgáltuk a megkérdezettek válaszai alapján. A klaszteranalízis során a válaszadók négy csoportja különült el, melyeket leíróstatisztikával és box-whisker’s ábrákkal elemeztünk. Az eredményeink szerint a kornak, a nemnek és az iskolai végzettségnek véleményalakító hatása van. Az álláspontok leginkább a gyermekvállalás ösztönzése kérdéskörben különböztek. Ellenben egyetértettek abban, hogy a bevándorlók beilleszkedését segítő programok nem lehetnek megoldás a népességcsökkentésre. A válaszadók véleménye a statisztikai adatoktól leginkább a házasságkötések és a válások számának alakulásában tért el.
The Role of Therapeutic Salt Resources in the Health Tourism in Transylvania
Authors: Molnar Elisabeta Ilona , Gulyas Greta , Printz-Markó Erzsébet
Published: November 2023

The paper aims to present the therapeutic salt resources in the region of Transylvania, as well as their health benefits and their role in health tourism. An important part of the tourism industry, health tourism, stands out for one particular reason, starting from balneary and climatic spas to the diversified forms of wellness. The importance of health tourism, developing this sector due to the existence of appropriate natural resources as well as the prospects in this domain are the theoretical framework of this paper. The primary research investigates the tourist destinations in Transylvania with salt therapy resources, in addition to the motivation and demand for these. The findings of the research highlight the availability for travel to destinations with salt resources, willingness to spend, travel motivation to benefit from the therapeutic effects of salt, or simply put, travel to prevent disease, strengthen immunity with the help of this ancient natural potential: Salt.
Recepció az antik jogokban és a római jog
Authors: Hamza Gábor
Published: November 2023

A jogtudósok a korábbiakban nem fordítottak kellő figyelmet az összehasonlító jog előzményeire az ókori Mediterráneum térségében. A tanulmány szerzője áttekinti a római jog fogalmai alkalmazásának lehetőségét a klasszikus, görög-római antikvitás jogai elemzésében. Az esszé vizsgálja a nemzetközi gazdasági és államközi kapcsolatok hatását a Földközi-tenger térsége államainak jogára. A szerző hangsúlyozza továbbá a római jog ma is kimutatható jelentőségét a magánjog kodifikálásának területén.
Az alsócsernátoni Haszmann Pálról elnevezett múzeum története, nemzeti jelentősége : Haszmann Pál Péter emlékére
Authors: Jenei György
Published: November 2023

A tanulmány részletesen leírja azt a Hungarikumot, amely a Kárpát medence szélén, a Székelyföldön, Alsócsernátonban található. Bemutatja a Tájmúzeum történeti gyarapodását az 1973-as alapítástól kezdve. Sorra veszi a múzeum értékesebb gyűjteményeit, amelyek közül nem egy, nemcsak Erdély szerte, hanem a Kárpát medencében is páratlanok. A tanulmány áttekinti ezeket a gyűjteményeket, amelyek közül különösen értékesek az alapkiállításon megtekinthető 16-17. századi, tárgyi néprajzi szempontból páratlan festett bútorok, csempék stb. Részletesen jellemzi a mezőgazdasági gép gyűjteményt, bemutatja a kályhamúzeumot. a temetőt, a székelykapukat, a skanzent alkotó egykori székely házakat. Foglalkozik a múzeum kapcsolati hálózatával, amely – a vendégkönyv és a levelezések tanúsága szerint – az egész világot átfogja. A tanulmány méltatja a Tájmúzeum szerepét a magyar állam szuverenitásában és a kultúrnemzet építésében. Érzékelteti, hogy a múzeum – tárgyi és szellemi néprajzi értékei alapján- kiemelten nemzeti jelentőségű azon intézmények között, amelyek a Kárpát medence határon kívül élő magyarságának körében található azért, mert nemcsak az autonóm székely kultúra tárgyi és szellemi néprajzi megjelenítése, hanem összmagyar szempontból is számottevő értékű.
Egy hús- és hentesáru üzlet választásának értékelő elemzése, különösen az ár mint befolyásoló tényező és az ár-észlelés tükrében
Authors: Földi Kata , Heltai Éva Eszter , Szakács Attila
Published: November 2023

A tanulmány aktualitását az élelmiszerárak 2022. évi jelentős növekedése jelenti. Az általunk választott élelmiszer árucsoport a hús- és hentesáru, amely az alapvető élelmiszerek közé tartozik, és nehezen helyettesíthető. A szakirodalom feldolgozását hazai és külföldi szerzők témához kapcsolódó publikációinak összehasonlító elemzésével végeztük, amely során kiemeltnek tekintettük az ár szerepét a vásárlói döntésben, az üzletválasztási modellekben és a termékválasztáskor, a hús minőségének megítélésekor, fogyasztói tudatosság kapcsán, valamint az árészleléskor. A szekunder kutatás során a monori székhelyű Bódi és Fia Hentes Kft. hentesüzletének kiválasztott húsáruinak árváltozását (2014. éviről 2022. évire) és árképzést befolyásoló tényezőket vizsgáltunk. Primer kutatásként, kvalitatív kutatás keretében szakértői interjúkat készítettünk a monori székhelyű Bódi és Fia Hentes Kft. hentesüzletének vezetőjével és hentesével, valamint 3 vásárlói fókuszcsoportos interjút (3 generáció: 18-29 évesekkel – érett fiatalok, a 30-49 évesekkel - középgeneráció, az 50-69 évesekkel – „best age”) szerveztünk Monoron. A kvantitatív kutatás keretében a megkérdezést standardizált, strukturált, online kérdőív segítségével végeztük. A magas infláció hatására a hústermékek fogyasztói referencia árainak felső küszöbje kitolódott, az alsó küszöbje pedig a hatósági árakhoz igazodott. A húsok minőségét a fogyasztók nehezen tudják megítélni, ezért a hús- és hentesáru termékeknél a vásárlók számára az árak egyfajta minőségjelző szerepet töltenek be.
Intézményválasztási aspektusok vizsgálata a felsőoktatás nemzetköziesítésének tükrében
Authors: Janik Henrietta
Published: November 2023

A nemzetközi hallgatói mobilitás egyre nő, és átformálja a felsőoktatási intézmények képét. Ez a tanulmány a nemzetközi hallgatók, fogadó ország kiválasztására vonatkozó, motiváló tényezőit vizsgálja. Az intézményválasztás szempontjait nem-parametrikus teszt, faktorelemzés és főkomponens-elemzés segítségével vizsgáltuk 270 fős minta alapján. A Magyarországon végzett kutatások eredményeire támaszkodva a tanulmány a fogadó ország kiválasztását befolyásoló tényezőket és a végső fogadó intézmény kiválasztását befolyásoló tényezőket analizáló további kutatásokat vizsgálja. Ezen eredmények alapján a tanulmány amellett érvel, hogy a származási országon belüli gazdasági és társadalmi erők szolgálnak arra, hogy a hallgatókat külföldre „tolják”. A döntés azonban, hogy melyik fogadó országot választják, számos „húzó” tényezőtől függ. A tanulmány kiemeli az emberi környezet minőségének, a földrajzi közelségnek, a tandíj- és megélhetési költségeknek, az ösztöndíj-lehetőségeknek és a fogadó ország vagy intézmény ismertségének fontosságát, valamint a nyelvi közelségnek a hallgatói áramlásra gyakorolt hatását. A jelen empirikus kutatás feltárja az összefüggéseket néhány húzó tényező, például az előnyös földrajzi elhelyezkedés, az intézményi támogatás, az emberi környezet minősége, a diplomaszerzés költségei, a kapcsolati háló és kultúra, a pozitív országimázs, valamint a nemzetközi hallgatók származási országa között. A faktorelemzés eredményei feltárják az ebben a kutatásban használt tanulási változók mögöttes struktúráját, továbbá empirikus támogatást nyújtanak annak alkalmazásához a nemzetközi hallgatók felsőoktatási tanulmányi tapasztalatainak jövőbeli vizsgálataiban.
A szerb fiatalok pénzügyi műveltsége a PISA 2018-as felmérés alapján
Authors: Czakó-Vasic Tihana
Published: November 2023

A pénzügyi műveltség manapság, de legfőképp a 2008-as gazdasági válság óta népszerű téma mind a szakirodalomban, mind pedig a mindennapi életben. Ebben a cikkben a pénzügyi műveltséggel kapcsolatos általános szakirodalom áttekintése történik, a pénzügyi műveltség három dimenziójára fókuszálva. Bemutatásra kerül a pénzügyi ismeretek, pénzügyi attitűd és pénzügyi magatartás kapcsolata, valamint a pénzügyi műveltség hiánya okozta problémákra is kitérek. A tanulmány célja egyrészt, hogy bemutassa a PISA 2018-as pénzügyi műveltséget érintő kutatás általános eredményeit, valamint a kutatás Szerbiára vonatkozó része kerül mélyebb elemzésre. A tanulmány célja továbbá, hogy bemutassa, hogy Szerbia, mint délkelet-európai ország a felmérés alapján, melyik helyen áll (a kutatásban résztvevő fiatalok elsősorban matematikai teljesítményük, valamint általános pénzügyi műveltségük alapján). A tanulmányban a fókusz a fiatalokon van, hiszen fontos, hogy a pénzügyi műveltség fejlesztése már fiatal korban elkezdődjön. A tanulmány módszertanát tekintve szakirodalomelemzés, dokumentumelemzés, illetve a PISA felmérés adatsorainak másodlagos elemzésére került sor. Végül bemutatásra kerülnek a lehetséges jövőbeli kutatás irányai is.
Can colistin susceptibility results determined in multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria be used for polymyxin B?
Authors: Adaleti Rıza , Kansak Nilgün , Çalık Şeyma , Arıcı Neslihan , Şenbayrak Seniha , Aksaray Sebahat
Published: November 2023

Introduction

The present study aimed to compare the MIC values of colistin and polymyxin B in fermentative and non-fermentative Gram-negative bacteria and to examine whether the susceptibility results determined with colistin can be used for polymyxin B.

Materials and Methods

A total of 268 strains of Escherichia coli (E. coli), Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa), and Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) isolates were included in the study. The reference broth microdilution and the results were evaluated according to CLSI recommendations.

Results

Of the 268 strains, 40.7% were found to be colistin resistant and 34% polymyxin B resistant. Essential agreement (EA) and categorical agreement (CA) ratios for all isolates were found to be 81.3% and 85.1%, respectively. Identical MIC values were found for colistin and polymyxin B in 104 isolates (38.8%), and this rate was 31.1% and 48.7% in Enterobacterales and non-fermentative bacteria, respectively. Colistin resistance rates were 25.4% for E. coli, 67.4% for K. pneumoniae, 23.8% for P. aeruginosa, and 31.5% for A. baumannii. Polymyxin B resistance rates were 18.6% for E. coli, 64.1% for K. pneumoniae, 19% for P. aeruginosa, and 16.7% for A. baumannii.

Conclusion

According to the results of the study, it was concluded that the MIC values of colistin and polymyxin B antibiotics in all bacteria were not compatible with each other. Colistin susceptibility results cannot be used for treatment with polymyxin B, despite CLSI's recommendation.
Design and Analysis of a Solar Energy System for a Fruit Harvesting Robot in Pakistan
Authors: Zeeshan Sadaf , Aized Tauseef
Published: November 2023

In order to meet the growing agricultural demands, modern machinery needs to be deployed and cheaper energy supply needs to be ensured. With advancements in artificial intelligence, fruit harvesting robots can improve both the quality and productivity of fruit picking and increase orange fruit exports. However, to ensure effective working of the fruit harvesting robot, an energy source that is both efficient and cost-effective is necessary. This paper aims at designing of a solar energy system for a lightweight fruit harvesting robot for orange orchards in Pakistan and conducting a feasibility study for the deployment of the robot for remote agricultural land. The site for fruit harvesting robot employment is decided by irradiance using random forest regression. Solar system sizing is done based on the design and energy requirements of the fruit harvesting robot. The Homer Pro software is used for simulation of the system to analyse the potential of using solar system for fruit harvesting robot in Sargodha, Pakistan. The results show that compared to hybrid system, a stand-alone system is a more cost effective, reliable, and efficient option with a payback time of 3.36 years and levelized cost of energy being $0.085 per unit kWh. This study proves that solar energy is a viable and cheaper solution for using modern agricultural machineries, like fruit harvesting robot, in remote areas in developing countries, like Pakistan, to enhance productivity and improving quality of the produce.
Performance Evaluation of Artificial Neural Network Modelling to a Ploughing Unit in Various Soil Conditions
Authors: Dahham Ghazwan A. , Al-Irhayim Mahmood N. , Al-Mistawi Khalid E. , Khessro Montaser Kh.
Published: November 2023

The specific objective of this study is to find a suitable artificial neural network model for estimating the operation indicators (disturbed soil volume, effective field capacity, draft force, and energy requirement) of ploughing units (tractor disc) in various soil conditions. The experiment involved two different factors, i.e., (Ι) soil texture index and (ΙΙ) field work index, and included soil moisture content, tractor engine power, soil bulk density, tillage speed, tillage depth, and tillage width, which were linked to one dimensionless index. We assessed the effectiveness of artificial neural network and multiple linear regression models between the values predicted and the actual values using the mean absolute error criterion to test data points. When the artificial neural network model was applied, the mean absolute error values for disturbed soil volume, effective field capacity, draft force, and energy requirement were 69.41 m3·hr−1, 0.04 ha·hr−1, 1.24 kN, and 1.95 kw·hr·ha−1, respectively. In order to evaluate the behaviour of new models, the coefficient R
2 was used as a criterion, where R
2 values in artificial neural network were 0.9872, 0.9553, 0.9948, and 0.9718, respectively, for the aforementioned testing dataset. Simultaneously, R
2 values in multiple linear regression were 0.7623, 0.696, 0.492, and 0.5572, respectively, for the same testing dataset. Based on these comparisons, it was clear that predictions using the artificial neural network models proposed are very satisfactory.
Comparison of Accommodation Speed and Reading Accuracy for Conventional and Digital Rear-View Mirrors with Emphasis on Overall Traffic Safety
Authors: Hruška Michal , Povýšil Jakub , Babu Sudeep Sangamesh , Vaculík Petr , Benda Petr , Zifia Anna Maria , Fůs Martin , Vojtěchová Nikita , Jelen Stanislav
Published: November 2023

The topic of this article is a comparison of the speed of accommodation and the reading accuracy of conventional and digital rear-view mirrors. The data for the research described in this article was obtained through laboratory measurements using precise measuring techniques on a medium-sized, relatively heterogeneous group of users, consisting mainly of university students and employees. In the experiment, all research participants performed a series of test tasks on two identical passenger vehicles, where one was equipped with conventional side mirrors, while the other had digital side mirrors installed. The main reason for carrying out this study is to try to imitate a common situation where the driver is forced to drive a car with these modern technologies in normal traffic and to understand the specific issues associated with the use of this technology. The speed of accommodation and reading accuracy is a very important parameter in this regard, which is also important for maximizing road traffic safety. The data obtained from this research was subsequently subjected to selected statistical analysis. Results confirmed statistically significant differences in the speed of accommodation when reading data from conventional and digital mirrors. It has been shown that the use of digital mirror technology can have a direct negative effect on road safety, especially in combination with other negative effects given by the technical nature of the technology under investigation, such as image latency in digital displays.
Dynamic and Stationary Testing of Vehicle Braking Systems
Authors: Kožuch Peter , Hujo Ľubomír , Muślewski Łukasz , Markiewicz-Patalon Marietta
Published: November 2023

The paper deals with the dynamic and stationary testing of vehicle braking systems for a selected set of eight intercity buses in an unloaded state. In case of the dynamic test carried out on a defined test area, a decelerometer is used to record the braking deceleration of a set of vehicles, which is placed in the vehicle during the course of test. According to the methodical procedure, the vehicle is accelerated to a speed of 40 km·h-1 and subsequently braked with the maximum braking deceleration. Braking deceleration values recorded by the decelerometer were used to calculate vehicle braking. During the stationary test, a roller brake tester was used, on which the maximum braking forces on the front and rear axles of the vehicle are measured, and then, the braking of the vehicle is calculated from these values according to the methodical procedure. The calculated braking values of vehicles during the dynamic and stationary test are subsequently compared, where it is possible to observe the percentage difference of these values, which may be caused by several factors taken into account in the results of the paper.
Fluctuating Asymmetry in Morphological Characters of the Invasive Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus Populations from Different Habitats of the Sava River Basin, Croatia
Authors: Planchet Valentine , Špelić Ivan , Piria Marina
Published: November 2023

Round goby Neogobius melanostomus is one of the three invasive Ponto-Caspian gobies found in the Sava River basin in Croatia. It has a negative effect on the native ecosystems and is more abundant in highly polluted areas. The objective of this study was to determine the fluctuating asymmetry of four morphometric characters, as well as otolith width and length. Thirty individuals of N. melanostomus were collected and analysed at two sampling sites in the main course of the Sava (Babina Greda, Slavonski Brod) and in a modified habitat (Sava-Odra canal). The squared coefficient of asymmetry variation was used to analyse potential differences between populations. We identified variations in the asymmetry values of the analysed characters, as well as otolith width and length between sampling sites. The highest fluctuating asymmetry was observed in individuals at the Babina Greda sampling site, which could be due to high environmental stress. The results of the study show that the study of fluctuating asymmetry can be used on invasive fish species as a simple approach to identifying habitat quality.
Cloning, Sequencing and Expression of Goonch Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton, 1822) Growth Hormone
Authors: Muhammad Haji , Bashir Qamar
Published: November 2023

Goonch Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton, 1822) is one of the largest and fastest-growing catfish of the Indus River found at Taunsa Barrage, Pakistan. The full-length cDNA of the growth hormone gene (600 bp) was amplified by reverse transcription of mRNA isolated from the pituitary gland of B. bagarius. The full-length growth hormone gene encodes a putative polypeptide of 200 amino acids with a molecular mass of 22.58 kDa. The precursor of B. bagarius growth hormone (GH) is composed of 22 amino acids as a signal peptide and 178 amino acids of a mature peptide. There were six conserved Cys residues in GH protein (20, 71, 135, 173, 190 and 198) that maintain the structural integrity of this protein. One putative N-glycosylation site was present at the 197th amino acid. The total number of positively charged (Arg and Lys) and negatively charged (Asp and Glu) residues is 42 and 31, respectively. The B. bagarius GH gene shows more than 90% sequence homology with other catfishes. The mature protein GH gene was expressed in Escherichia coli using pET-28 expression vector, and the recombinant protein of 19.5 kDa was detected through SDS-PAGE analysis. This study suggests that cloning and expression of B. bagarius GH gene would provide basic information for transgenic studies aimed at a faster growth rate. This recombinant GH may be produced on a large scale to exploit its growth-promoting function in other cultured fishes.
Study of Biochemical Parameters as Predictors for Need of Invasive Ventilation in Severely Ill COVID-19 Patients
Authors: Ansari Azmat Kamal , Pitamberwale Anjali , Ansari Shabana Andleeb , Mahmood Tariq , Limgaokar Kirti , Karki Geeta , Singh Lalit
Published: November 2023

Background

Though laboratory tests have been shown to predict mortality in COVID-19, there is still a dearth of information regarding the role of biochemical parameters in predicting the type of ventilatory support that these patients may require.

Methods

The purpose of our retrospective observational study was to investigate the relationship between biochemical parameters and the type of ventilatory support needed for the intensive care of severely ill COVID-19 patients. We comprehensively recorded history, physical examination, vital signs from point-of-care testing (POCT) devices, clinical diagnosis, details of the ventilatory support required in intensive care and the results of the biochemical analysis at the time of admission. Appropriate statistical methods were used and P-values < 0.05 were considered significant. Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis was performed and Area Under the Curve (AUC) of 0.6 to 0.7, 0.7 to 0.8, 0.8 to 0.9, and >0.9, respectively, were regarded as acceptable, fair, good, and exceptional for discrimination.

Results

Statistically significant differences (p<0.05) in Urea (p = 0.0351), Sodium (p = 0.0142), Indirect Bilirubin (p = 0.0251), Albumin (p = 0.0272), Aspartate Transaminase (AST) (p = 0.0060) and Procalcitonin (PCT) (p = 0.0420) were observed between the patients who were maintained on non-invasive ventilations as compared to those who required invasive ventilation. In patients who required invasive ventilation, the levels of Urea, Sodium, Indirect bilirubin, AST and PCT were higher while Albumin was lower. On ROC analysis, higher levels of Albumin was found to be acceptable indicator of maintenance on non-invasive ventilation while higher levels of Sodium and PCT were found to be fair predictor of requirement of invasive ventilation.

Conclusion

Our study emphasizes the role of biochemical parameters in predicting the type of ventilatory support that is needed in order to properly manage severely ill COVID-19 patients.
Spatial and temporal variability of saturated areas during rainfall-runoff events
Authors: Sleziak Patrik , Danko Michal , Jančo Martin , Parajka Juraj , Holko Ladislav
Published: November 2023

Spatially distributed hydrological model Mike SHE was used as a diagnostic tool to provide information on possible overland flow source areas in the mountain catchment of Jalovecký Creek (area 22.2 km2, elevation range 820–2178 m a.s.l.) during different rainfall-runoff events. Selected events represented a sequence of several smaller, consecutive events, a flash flood event and two large events caused by frontal precipitation. Simulation of hourly runoff was better for runoff events caused by heavy rainfalls of longer duration than for the flash flood or consecutive smaller runoff events. Higher soil moisture was simulated near the streamflow network and larger possibly saturated areas were located mainly in the upper parts of mountain valleys. The most pronounced increase in the areal extent of possibly saturated areas (from 6.5% to 68.6% of the catchment area) was simulated for the event with high peak discharge divided by a short rainfall interruption. Rainfall depth exceeding 100 mm caused a large increase in the potentially saturated areas that covered subsequently half of the catchment area or more. A maximum integral connectivity scale representing the average distance over which individual pixels were connected varied for the selected events between 45 and 6327 m.
The testing of a multivariate probabilistic framework for reservoir safety evaluation and flood risks assessment in Slovakia: A study on the Parná and Belá Rivers
Authors: Výleta Roman , Rončák Peter , Liová Anna , Valent Peter , Bacigál Tomáš , Gribovszki Zoltán , Danáčová Zuzana , Šurda Peter , Vitková Justína , Hlavčová Kamila
Published: November 2023

Intense floods represent a challenge to risk management. While they are multivariate in their nature, they are often studied in practice from univariate perspectives. Classical frequency analyses, which establish a relation between the peak flow or volume and the frequency of exceedance, may lead to improper risk estimations and mitigations. Therefore, it is necessary to study floods as multivariate stochastic events having mutually correlated characteristics, such as peak flood flow, corresponding volume and duration. The joint distribution properties of these characteristics play an important role in the assessment of flood risk and reservoir safety evaluation. In addition, the study of flood hydrographs is useful because of the inherent dependencies among their practice-relevant characteristics present on-site and in the regional records. This study aims to provide risk analysts with a consistent multivariate probabilistic framework using a copula-based approach. The framework respects and describes the dependence structures among the flood peaks, volumes, and durations of observed and synthetic control flood hydrographs. The seasonality of flood generation is respected by separate analyses of floods in the summer and winter seasons. A control flood hydrograph is understood as a theoretical/synthetic discharge hydrograph, which is determined by the flood peak with the chosen probability of exceedance, the corresponding volume, and the time duration with the corresponding probability. The framework comprises five steps: 1. Separation of the observed hydrographs, 2. Analysis of the flood characteristics and their dependence, 3. Modelling the marginal distributions, 4. A copula-based approach for modelling joint distributions of the flood peaks, volumes and durations, 5. Construction of synthetic flood hydrographs. The flood risk assessment and reservoir safety evaluation are described by hydrograph analyses and the conditional joint probabilities of the exceedance of the flood volume and duration conditioned on flood peak. The proposed multivariate probabilistic framework was tested and demonstrated based on data from two contrasting catchments in Slovakia. Based on the findings, the study affirms that the trivariate copula-based approach is a practical option for assessing flood risks and for reservoir safety.
Pacific Pumas in Indian Jungle: Place of Latin America in Indo-Pacific
Authors: Vorotnikova T. A.
Published: November 2023

The article examines the political potential of Latin American countries in bolstering their influence within the Indo-Pacific region (IP). It delves into the Indo-Pacific concept, championed internationally by India and Japan, as an alternative viewpoint in contrast to the predominant orientation towards China as the regional leader in the Asia-Pacific region. Carlos Exudé's "Peripheral Realism" provides the theoretical framework for the study, although Latin American states strive to move beyond their peripheral status.

The focus is on four Pacific coastal countries in Latin America: Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Chile. It identifies key areas of cooperation between these nations and major players in the IP such as India, Japan, South Korea, and Australia. Chile and Peru have established a more robust transpacific partnership compared to their neighbors. However, Mexico possesses a significant advantage due to its unique geographical position intersecting the Atlantic and Pacific routes.Colombia, along with Mexico, Chile, and Peru, formed the Pacific Alliance, an integration association that emphasizes closer ties with Asian countries. Over its decade-long existence, this Alliance has significantly increased in both economic and political significance. The article highlights the pivotal role of this alliance in fostering Asian-Latin American trade and entrepreneurship.

The study also delves into the prospects of integrating the two regions by extending the reach of Pacific economic megablocks (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, Trans-Pacific Partnership) to Latin America. After the ratification of the TPP by Mexico, Peru, and Chile, an agreement that unites all four Pacific Ocean continents for the first time emerged. The advent of the RCEP, which includes powerful economies such as China, South Korea, and Japan, demonstrates a clear global shift from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from West to East. The inclusion of Latin American countries in these processes is poised to advance their regional and global interests on the international stage.
Zionism influencing Hindutva
Authors: Maryasis D. A.
Published: November 2023

Book review: Essa A. 2023. Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance Between Israel and India. London. Pluto Press.
Good to Be Different? On Cosmopolitanism, Pluralism and ‘the Good Child’ in Swedish Educational Policy
Authors: Hillbur Per
Published: November 2023

Being a part of a larger project on subject positions of the child in policy documents and teaching materials, this article focuses on the role of undecidables in the fabrication of the so-­called good child in the Swedish curriculum for the compulsory school. Within a framework of governmentality, the curriculum represents technologies of government, providing an undecidable terrain open for interpretation and decisions by subjects. Through the lens of education for sustainable development, I have selected five school subjects of particular interest for analysis: biology, civics, geography, home and consumer studies, and physical education and health. By focusing on the undecidable olika, meaning ‘different’, in the five syllabi, a pattern of features designating the good child emerges: (1) science-­based categorization, (2) the lifelong learner, (3) the informed consumer, and (4) celebration of diversity. These four features represent a political rationale characterised by a contradictory amalgamation of cosmopolitanism and value pluralism. In combination with an increased emphasis on measurement and assessment in Swedish education, this reinforces abjection processes in school, separating ‘the good child’ and ’the child left behind’.
Dental health and dental care in children in out-of-home care
Authors:   , Kirkinen Tita
Published: November 2023

More than 26,000 children and young people are placed in out-of-home care in Sweden every year. Several studies show that children placed in out of home care have poorer health during childhood and are generally in poorer physical condition later in life. The overall aim of this thesis was to study dental health and dental care in children in out-of-home care (OHC), through registry-based research. Paper I was a registry-based study of dental health care utilisation among young adults who as children had been placed in societal out-of-home care. These young adults had more emergency dental visits and more extractions and fewer regular scheduled dental check-ups than their peers who had never experienced OHC. Paper II was a systematic review/HTA to evaluate organisational models intended to ensure that children and young people in out-of-home care will receive health and dental care. We were unable to identify any study, of low or medium risk of bias, which examined the effects of organisational models on provision of health and dental care for children and young people in foster care and in institutions. Papers III and IV were validation studies of the Swedish Quality Registry for Caries and Periodontal Diseases (SKaPa), undertaken to determine the accuracy of the registry and whether it was appropriate for application in the next study (Paper V) and for other research purposes. For dft/DFT, the validation studies showed high agreement between the data in the patient records and the SKaPa registry. However, e/M in deft/DMFT was shown to be uncertain. Paper V was a registry-based study linking different registries, to investigate dental health and dental care in children in OHC. This study showed that children in OHC have more caries and undergo fewer dental health assessments than those who have never been placed in OHC. There was a difference in dental health examinations before and after the year 2017, with higher frequencies of assessments after the legislative amendment in 2017. However, differences remain.
My Home is no Longer a Safe Place for my Emotional Health: Home-Office Work and its Consequences on Emotional Health
Authors: Borges Ariane Cristina Silva , Lopes Luis Felipe Dias , Baggio Daniel Knebel , Fabricio Adriane
Published: November 2023

Objective: this study aims to: i) evaluate whether the dimensions of Burnout Syndrome are related to the dimensions of the Worker Emotional Health Inventory; and ii) verify the incidence level of the Burnout Syndrome dimensions and the Worker Emotional Health Inventory.
 
Method: a survey was used from 160 workers who, during the COVID-19 pandemic, worked from home office. The estimation method used was SEM - PLS from the SmartPLS® software and the complementary NCA technique, and to test the intensity of the dimensions, standardization of scores was used.
 
Results and conclusion: even professionals working from home showed high professional fulfillment, low depersonalization and moderate emotional exhaustion, and a greater prevalence of positive emotions compared to negative ones. Furthermore, it was possible to identify a positive relationship between Professional Fulfillment and Positive Emotional Health. Negative Emotional Health is negatively related to Positive Emotional Health, just as Negative Emotional Health is related to higher levels of Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization.
HOW EFL STUDENTS COPE WITH ILL-FORMED SOURCE-LANGUAGE SENTENCES IN ENGLISH-TO-INDONESIAN SIGHT INTERPRETING
Authors: Budiarti Dian , Saehu Andang
Published: November 2023

This research investigates how English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students cope with ill-formed source-language sentences in English-to-Indonesian sight interpreting. In line with the objective, students’ interpretations of sentences with linguistic errors were collected as the data via video-based observation and qualitatively analyzed using content analysis. The findings reveal that most students were aware of the occurrence of typographical errors in the assigned source documents and able to sight interpret those parts as targeted, especially when dealing with mix-up letters and middle-letter omission. However, many of them seemed to have difficulties in identifying the occurrence of grammatical errors, such as subject-verb disagreement and improper use of a certain part of speech and punctuation errors, such as the presence of unnecessary punctuations, which then leading to inaccurate interpretations. It is assumed that the primary cause of these interpretation problems is attributed to students’ limited understanding of the source texts, highlighting the critical need for enhanced fast-reading comprehension skills among students.
South African Literature and the “Strange Seductiveness” of the Fantastic
Authors: Ben Salem Lobna
Published: November 2023

In postcolonial literature, magic realism and science fiction are two subgenres that have worked diligently to contest realism as a Western novelistic tradition. In the South African context, the fantastic initiates a process of psychic liberation from old (white) world-narrative domination and its cognitive codes. It recapitulates problems of historical consciousness in (post)apartheid cultures and interrogates inherited notions of imperial history. This article reads two “fantastic” texts that belong to a similar postcolonial culture―South Africa―and strives to explain the ways in which these texts recapitulate, in both their narrative discourse and their thematic content, the “real” social and historical context in which (post)apartheid South African culture exists and thrives. Zakes Mda’s Ways of Dying and Lauren Beukes’s Zoo City use magic realism and science fiction respectively to re-view and debunk inherited literary modes of colonial discourse and to work towards more authentic yet challenging codes of recognition. By so doing, they offer positive and liberating responses to emerging cultural forms.
Vikings and Migrants: Unravelling Scandinavia's Genetic Mosaic in the Viking Era
Authors: Götherström Anders , Rodríguez Varela Ricardo
Published: November 2023

We analysed ancient Scandinavian genomes over 2,000 years, revealing Viking-era influx from southern Europe, British-Irish Isles, and the east Baltic. Genetic diversity increased during that time, but later Scandinavians have less non-local ancestry. Uralic ancestry found 1,000 years ago still impacts northern Scandinavians.
Intelligence in old age
Authors: Пальцын А.А. , Гусева М.Н. , Свиридкина Н.Б.
Published: November 2023

Интеллект человека – подарок многотысячелетней эволюции вида Homo sapiens и 15 − 30 лет личного желания, образования, воспитания, воли и труда. После возраста 30 − 40 лет происходит инволюция интеллекта с большими межиндивидуальными различиями скорости и глубины развития процесса в зависимости от наследственности, мировоззрения, образования, самодисциплины, особенностей труда и быта. Значительная инволюция интеллекта снижает качество жизни индивида и становится тяжелой нагрузкой для семьи, общества и государства. В статье обсуждаются некоторые приемы сохранения интеллекта в старости.

The human intellect is a gift of many thousands of years of evolution of the species Homo sapiens and 15−30 years of personal desire, education, upbringing, will power, and labor. After the age of 30−40 years, involution of intelligence begins with great interindividual differences in the speed and depth of the developing process depending on heredity, worldview, education, self-discipline, and features of work and life. A significant involution of the intellect reduces the quality of life of an individual and becomes a heavy burden for the family, society and state. The article describes some methods for maintaining intelligence in old age.