bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Iteration changes discontinuity into smoothness (Ⅱ): oscillating case
Authors: Luo Tianqi , Liu Xiaohua
Published: February 2023

It has been shown that a self-mapping with exactly one removable or jumping discontinuity may have a $ C^1 $ smooth iterate of the second-order. However, some examples show that a self-mapping with exactly one oscillating discontinuity may also have a $ C^1 $ smooth iterate of the second-order, indicating that iteration can turn a self-mapping with exactly one oscillating discontinuity into a $ C^1 $ smooth one. In this paper, we study piecewise $ C^1 $ self-mappings on the open interval $ (0, 1) $ having only one oscillating discontinuity. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for those self-mappings whose second-order iterates are $ C^1 $ smooth.
MIC-Net: multi-scale integrated context network for automatic retinal vessel segmentation in fundus image
Authors: Wang Jinke , Zhou Lubiao , Yuan Zhongzheng , Wang Haiying , Shi Changfa
Published: February 2023

Purpose

Accurate retinal vessel segmentation is of great value in the auxiliary screening of various diseases. However, due to the low contrast between the ends of the branches of the fundus blood vessels and the background, and the variable morphology of the optic disc and cup in the retinal image, the task of high-precision retinal blood vessel segmentation still faces difficulties.

Method

This paper proposes a multi-scale integrated context network, MIC-Net, which fully fuses the encoder-decoder features, and extracts multi-scale information. First, a hybrid stride sampling (HSS) block was designed in the encoder to minimize the loss of helpful information caused by the downsampling operation. Second, a dense hybrid dilated convolution (DHDC) was employed in the connection layer. On the premise of preserving feature resolution, it can perceive richer contextual information. Third, a squeeze-and-excitation with residual connections (SERC) was introduced in the decoder to adjust the channel attention adaptively. Finally, we utilized a multi-layer feature fusion mechanism in the skip connection part, which enables the network to consider both low-level details and high-level semantic information.

Results

We evaluated the proposed method on three public datasets DRIVE, STARE and CHASE. In the experimental results, the Area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and the accuracy rate (Acc) achieved high performances of 98.62%/97.02%, 98.60%/97.76% and 98.73%/97.38%, respectively.

Conclusions

Experimental results show that the proposed method can obtain comparable segmentation performance compared with the state-of-the-art (SOTA) methods. Specifically, the proposed method can effectively reduce the small blood vessel segmentation error, thus proving it a promising tool for auxiliary diagnosis of ophthalmic diseases.
Autorrelato da saúde de pacientes com tuberculose e diabetes: contribuição ao manejo integrado das comorbidades/ Self-report on the health of patients with tuberculosis and diabetes: contribution to the integrated management of comorbidities
Authors: Vieira Nascimento Cintia , Spindola Miranda Silvana , Guimarães Barbosa Jaqueline Aparecida , Maria Soares Sônia
Published: February 2023

Objetivo: analisar o autorrelato da saúde de pacientes com tuberculose e com diabetes mellitus, por meio da procura por atendimento, identificação de sintomas e realização de exames diagnósticos pelos mesmos, visando contribuir com o manejo integrado das comorbidades. Métodos: estudo quantitativo, analítico, ocorrido em município de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Os dados foram coletados por meio de contato telefônico a pessoas com diabetes, já diagnosticadas, por meio de 10 equipes de saúde da família do município; e a pessoas com tuberculose, em tratamento, identificadas no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação. Resultados: Foram contactados 411 pacientes com diabetes, com 159 respondentes, e entre os 72 pacientes com tuberculose, 16 atenderam às ligações telefônicas. Por meio do autorrelato foram identificados 34% de pacientes com diabetes e tosse concomitantes, maioria mulheres, 72%; Entre os pacientes com tuberculose, 37% realizaram glicemia de jejum nos três últimos meses, 12% possuíam diabetes autodeclarada. Considerações finais: os resultados mostraram fragilidades no atendimento prestado nos serviços de saúde relacionadas com o manejo integrado tuberculose-diabetes. Conhecer a relação entre essas doenças faz-se necessário a fim de contribuir para o enfrentamento das mesmas como problema de saúde pública. A enfermagem tem função importante na propagação do conhecimento e de ações que vislumbrem o manejo integrado da tuberculose e diabetes na busca da especificidade do cuidado.
A REFORMA DA EDUCAÇÃO E DO CONHECIMENTO SOB OS PRINCÍPIOS DA PÓS-MODERNIDADE
Authors: Zanardini Isaura Monica Souza , Peletti Amilton Benedito
Published: February 2023

Nosso objetivo neste artigo é apresentar os resultados de um estudo bibliográfico e documental a respeito da reforma da educação e do currículo iniciada nos anos 1990, sustentadas pelos princípios da pós-modernidade a fim de tecer reflexões a respeito da ideologia posta nesse momento histórico e que se torna hegemônica, exigindo que “novos” conhecimentos sejam transmitidos por meio da instituição escolar, com o objetivo de formar um “novo” sujeito. Entendemos que compreender as reformas e os documentos nacionais e internacionais postos no século XXI a partir de princípios do neoliberalismo, globalização e pós-modernidade, exige a retomada das mudanças sugeridas no final do século XX como parte de um processo de rearticulação permanente do capitalismo. O artigo apresenta, então, reflexões sobre os fundamentos da pós-modernidade em sua valorização da subjetividade, recuo da teoria e valorização do aprender a aprender.
RELIGIÓN Y EDUCACIÓN EN EL CONTEXTO ESCOLAR CHILENO
Authors: Caiceo Escudero Jaime , Viscarra Alicia Allendes
Published: February 2023

La relación en el sistema escolar chileno de la religión con la educación existe desde la colonia cuando llegaron las primeras congregaciones religiosas católicas con los conquistadores españoles a partir de 1541. Sin embargo, en este texto se abordará la situación de la misma desde 1980 a la fecha, privilegiando la libertad de culto y de abrir establecimientos educacionales que es posible para todas las religiones reconocidas en un amplio contexto ecuménico, como asimismo, la posibilidad de dictar clases de religión por parte de los credos reconocidos y que tengan programas aprobados por el Ministerio de Educación, no solo en sus escuelas o colegios, sino que también en los establecimientos del estado; esta actividad es optativa para los padres o apoderados quienes aceptan o no que el estudiante curse tal asignatura en su plan de estudios. Se trata de un estudio cualitativo con metodología histórico-descriptiva.
PARÁMETROS DEL DESARROLLO PROFESIONAL DOCENTE
Authors: Sánchez-Huete Juan Carlos , Yaegashi Solange Franci Raimundo , Marquès-Donoso Albert , Glatz Emanoela Thereza Marques de Mendonça
Published: February 2023

Un sistema educativo moderno y dinámico debe establecer la consideración de la función docente como factor esencial de la calidad de la educación. Para ello ha de prestarse una atención prioritaria al conjunto de factores que favorecen dicha calidad de la enseñanza y, en especial, la cualificación y la formación del profesorado. El desarrollo profesional se ubica en una cultura de la actividad realizada que se contextualiza en averiguar en qué consiste la función docente desde la consideración de su visión social; esto es, cómo se ingresa en la carrera profesional y cuáles son los procesos de la formación inicial; cuál es el acceso del docente al desempeño de su ejercicio profesional, específicamente en el desempeño de la tarea a varios niveles, tales como su inserción laboral dentro de la organización escolar, la evaluación de dicho ejercicio profesional, la consolidación de su formación permanente y, por último, los procesos de investigación e innovación que acomete. Este artículo pretende focalizar el desarrollo profesional docente mediante unos parámetros que garanticen como alcanzar la plenitud profesional en el ámbito educativo.
MÉTODOS E FERRAMENTAS DA GESTÃO DO CONHECIMENTO APLICADOS EM CURSOS DE GRADUAÇÃO NO PERÍODO DA PANDEMIA DA COVID-19
Authors: Borges Castardo Ana Paula , Carnevale de Almeida Iara , Fleig Dal Forno Letícia
Published: February 2023

Atualmente deve-se ter um olhar atento para o ensino híbrido devido às alterações apresentadas pelo Ministério da Educação do Brasil sobre a carga horária que as Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES), públicas e privadas, devem ofertar na modalidade de Educação a Distância (EaD). Essas IES têm repensado a organização pedagógica e curricular dos cursos presenciais de graduação para ofertar até 40% da carga horária total do curso. A área da Gestão de Conhecimento (GC) propõe métodos e ferramentas que possibilitam melhorar a gestão do conhecimento organizacional. O objetivo geral deste estudo consistiu em identificar quais foram os métodos e as ferramentas da GC aplicados nos cursos presenciais de graduação de uma IES privada, no período inicial de 2019 até o término de 2020, localizada no estado do Paraná, Brasil. Esta pesquisa é de natureza aplicada com abordagem qualitativa, por meio de pesquisa exploratória. Para alcançar os objetivos, realizou-se pesquisa bibliográfica e documental com aplicação de questionário on-line para uma amostra por conveniência junto aos professores da IES. Os resultados apontam para práticas pedagógicas alinhadas aos métodos e as ferramentas da GC, com abordagem multidisciplinar por intermédio de ferramentas e métodos aplicados no ensino híbrido.
Marketing Sustentável no Varejo: Uma Revisão Sistemática da Literatura
Authors: Castro Pedro , Carvalho Bianca , Araujo Clécio
Published: February 2023

O marketing verde é percebido como o compromisso de uma empresa ou organização com o desenvolvimento de bens e serviços seguros e ecologicamente corretos. Nesse sentido, o propósito deste artigo é analisar as pesquisas sobre práticas de marketing sustentável no varejo na base Web of Science. Para tanto, realizou-se uma revisão sistemática da literatura com 22 artigos sobre a temática. Em primeiro lugar, os resultados apresentam uma breve revisão bibliométrica para identificar o período das publicações, periódicos, autores e citações em outros estudos acadêmicos. Em seguida, apresenta-se as temáticas identificadas a partir da leitura dos artigos: comunicação responsável, marketing sustentável, varejo verde, estratégia corporativa, economia circular e reputação verde da marca. Finalmente, apresenta-se as diretrizes para estudos futuros a fim de ampliar as possibilidades de agendas de pesquisa sobre marketing verde, consumo verde e as estratégias de marketing que podem ampliar as informações sobre os produtos verdes e, desta maneira, contribuir para o amadurecimento e conhecimento dos benefícios e da relevância da temática para os consumidores e empresas. Como contribuição acadêmica, a revisão sistemática de literatura fornece uma visão sintetizada sobre o marketing sustentável no varejo, facilitando o entendimento de pesquisadores da área.
Marketing Social, Transformative Consumer Research e Design Science Research: Um Percurso Metodológico com Ideais Compartilhados
Authors: Serrano Paulo Henrique Souto Maior , Abreu Nelsio Rodrigues de
Published: February 2023

As pesquisas da área de marketing social estão muito alinhadas com a perspectiva da mudança de comportamento do consumidor para a promoção do bem-estar social. O movimento que estimula a pesquisa transformativa com o consumidor chamado de Transformative Consumer Research alinha-se à promoção da qualidade de vida. A criação de soluções concretas capazes de mudar o comportamento de indivíduos e organizações é característico da metodologia científica Design Science Research. Nesse artigo, foram constatadas relações relevantes entre o conceito, o movimento e a metodologia supracitados.
Novo Corpo, Novo Eu: Autoimagem e Consumo de Vestuário Antes e Após Cirurgia Bariátrica
Authors: Silva Magda Vanessa Souza da , Sales Melo Francisco Vicente
Published: February 2023

O objetivo deste estudo foi compreender a autoimagem de pessoas que realizaram cirurgia bariátrica e o processo de transição no consumo de vestuário. Por meio da história oral, bariátricos participaram das entrevistas, sendo os dados analisados a partir de seus conteúdos. Os resultados indicaram que a rápida perda de peso e as alterações no contorno corporal refletem na autoimagem e elevam os níveis de autoestima e bem-estar, mesmo para aqueles que não tinham baixa autoestima enquanto obesos. A autoestima aumenta ao longo do processo de emagrecimento e, a autoimagem, formada a partir da perda de peso, motiva o consumo de vestuário por parte daqueles que realizaram a cirurgia; algo até então nem sempre sentido na condição de obesidade. Por outro lado, viu-se que a empolgação no consumo gera distúrbios relativos à impulsão, o que pode ativar sensações negativas. O estudo contribui ao revelar que apesar da autoestima elevada, outros aspectos relativos ao processo de emagrecimento, como a flacidez do corpo pós emagrecimento e a sensação de insegurança, podem gerar frustações no momento da compra. Com isso, o mercado da moda deve procurar conhecer melhor esses consumidores para desenvolver produtos que ajudem no processo de mudança corporal.
FORMAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES NO NOROESTE DO PARANÁ
Authors: De Alencar Arnaut de Toledo Cezar , Delmonico de Araujo Marli , Vicentin Filipini Eliete
Published: February 2023

Este artigo tem o objetivo de analisar o processo de instalação da Escola Normal Colegial Estadual André de Barros, em Floraí, no Paraná, no ano de 1961, sua história até seu encerramento em 1979. A pesquisa foi realizada com a análise de documentos da escola, tais como: livro ata e outros documentos encontrados no Departamento de Educação local, tais como fotos, e alguns depoimentos orais. Esta foi a primeira e única escola destinada à formação de professores da cidade. Como parte do trabalho mostramos como se deram as circunstâncias que permearam a instalação dessa escola no contexto do projeto de (re)ocupação planejada da região em meados do século XX conduzido pela iniciativa privada em parceria com os governos Federal e Estadual. A instituição foi um divisor social, uma referência na região, uma oportunidade de profissionalização, formando para o mercado de trabalho imediato.
ENSINO REMOTO EMERGENCIAL E OS IMPACTOS DA PANDEMIA NO VÍNCULO DOS ESTUDANTES COM A ESCOLA
Authors: Da Silva Mirapalheta Thaís , Von Dentz Volmir
Published: February 2023

Apresenta-se estudo de caso realizado na escola da comunidade Monte Serrat, localizada em bairro periférico de Florianópolis, SC. Objetiva-se investigar fatores que impactaram no vínculo pedagógico dos estudantes com a escola no período de ensino remoto emergencial, durante o ano letivo de 2020. A pesquisa fundamenta-se na perspectiva de análise sociológica de Pierre Bourdieu para o tratamento e interpretação de dados quantitativos institucionais, indicadores socioeconômicos e de acompanhamento da participação dos estudantes nas atividades pedagógicas. Também se  analisam dados qualitativos, obtidos por meio de questionário online. Conclui-se que tanto a renda como a escolarização dos pais apresentam efeitos sobre o vínculo dos estudantes com a escola, o qual, por sua vez, contribui para legitimar desigualdades educacionais e perpetuar arranjos sociais excludentes.
A FETICHIZAÇÃO DO TRABALHO PEDAGÓGICO COM SURDOS
Authors: Vieira Sirlene , Neiza de Lourdes Frederico Fumes
Published: February 2023

A fetichização do trabalho com surdos diz respeito a naturalização de processos limitados quanto a oferta e garantia de uma pedagogia bilíngue. Estruturas ideológicas e alienantes, circunscrevem essa discussão em dois polos- Libras/língua portuguesa e a atividade do tradutor intérprete de Libras e língua portuguesa-TILSP. Nesse artigo, objetivamos discutir a fetichização a qual tem impactado o processo educacional dessa comunidade e os discursos erigidos em torno do Ser Surdo e a aprendizagem das línguas, assim como os processos do ensinar. O procedimento metodológico versou sobre o uso da análise de conteúdo, como estratégia para o tratamento dos dados, na análise, buscamos fundamentar a escrita a partir de categorias do materialismo histórico-dialético- MHD e da psicologia sócio-histórica-PSH. Os resultados apontam para as significações dos profissionais que veem o serviço de atendimento educacional especializado bilíngue- SAEEB como um espaço primordial para as vivências bilíngue; a Libras como principal ou quase exclusiva exigência para uma Educação bilíngue, por fim, a figura do intérprete insistentemente como principal responsável pela educação de surdos e o desvio de função imposto pela estrutura educacional brasileira a esses profissionais.
Quality Of Life and Coping With Stress in Relatives of Patients in Intensive Care Units During COVID-19
Authors: Gülsoy Zuhal , Karabey Tuba
Published: February 2023

Background

Factors such as the thought of losing the patient, the uncertainty of the course of the disease, and the inability to obtain sufficient information about the patient are frightening and alarming for relatives of patients in the intensive care unit.

Objectives

To determine the quality of life and the style of coping with stress of the relatives of patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

This study was descriptive and cross-sectional. A personal information form, the Styles of Coping With Stress Scale, and the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey were used to collect data.

Results

The sample size of the study was 162 relatives of patients in the intensive care unit. There was a highly significant (P = .001) positive correlation between the Styles of Coping With Stress mean scores of the participants and their quality of life (as shown by the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey).

Conclusions

In addition to the uncertainty and fear associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is very distressing to have a relative who is a patient in the intensive care unit. In this context, it is especially important to improve the level of coping with stress of the relatives of patients in the intensive care unit and to increase their quality of life.
A Framework for COVID-19 Pandemic Intervention Modelling and Analysis for Policy Formation Support in Botswana
Authors: Ekenberg Love , Fasth Tobias , Komendantova Nadejda , Koulolias Vasilis , Larsson Aron , Mihai Adriana , Danielson Mats
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this research was to develop a methodological framework that could be applied for policy formation in situations having a high level of uncertainty and heterogeneity of existing opinions among involved stakeholders about risk mitigation and management such as COVID-19 pandemic risk. In this paper, we present such a framework and its application for policy decision-making in Botswana for mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the proposed model is twofold: firstly, to supply decision-makers with reliable and usable epidemiologic modelling since measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus were initially to a large extent based on various epidemiologic risk assessments. Secondly, given that some sets of measures adopted in other parts of the world were progressively imposing high or even very high social and economic costs on the countries which adopted these measures, we provided a multi-criteria decision support model which could be used in order to weigh different policy approaches to combat the virus spread taking into consideration local impact assessments across a variety of societal areas. We describe how the formulation of a national COVID-19 strategy and policy in Botswana in 2020 was aided by using ICT decision support models as a vital information source. Then we present the virus spread simulation model and its results which are connected to a multi-criteria decision support model. Finally, we discuss how the framework can be further developed for the needs of Botswana to optimise hazard management options in the case of handling COVID-19 and other pandemic scenarios. The significant research contribution is on advancing the research frontier regarding a methodology of including the heterogeneity of views and identification of compromise solutions in policy-relevant discourses under a high degree of uncertainty.
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health-promoting lifestyle behaviors
Authors: Tekin Ciğdem Samanci , Kılıç Züleyha
Published: February 2023

Objective:

To explore health-improving behaviors during COVID-19 pandemic and to reveal the impact of the risk perception of COVID-19 on these behaviors.

Methods:

We recruited a total of 510 participants for this cross-sectional study. The data were collected online using a questionnaire booklet covering a form inquiring about the participants’ demographic, physical, and mental characteristics, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale, and the COVID-19 Perceived Risk Scale.

Results:

The mean age of the participants was (28.7±10.1) years, and 76.1% were females. Of the participants, 31.8% were overweight and obese. While 35.1% experienced negative alterations in their dietary patterns, 23.9% reported positive changes to their diet during the pandemic. Besides, 47.8% reported their sleep to be negatively affected during the pandemic. While the rate of those with extended screen time was 72.5%, it was 44.3% for the participants engaging in regular exercise. More than one-third of the participants (35.9%) had high and severe anxiety. We also found increased risk perception of COVID-19 among females, obese, those with disturbed eating and sleep quality, healthcare workers, and those with severe anxiety.

Conclusions:

Overall, the pandemic has appeared to have brought both positive and negative impacts on maintaining and improving eating, sleep, physical activity, and mental health.
Considerations and Implications in Shade Selection for Dental Restorations
Authors: Alayed Malik Abdulaziz , Alnasyan Abdulaziz Sulaiman , Aljutayli Ali Abdullah , Alzaben Mohammed Mansour , Alrusayni Waleed Mohammed , Al Hujaylan Ali Abdulmohsen
Published: February 2023

Newer trends in shade matching have been driven by the market need for superior grade esthetic restorations. Modernized shade guides, obtainability of shade-taking devices, and research in the field of human color vision have ameliorated the capability of dentists to attain outstanding color-matched restorations. A detailed knowledge of natural teeth' appearance features is needed along with these new devices to increase shade-matching results.
Towards Happy Housework: Scenario-Based Experience Design for a Household Cleaning Robotic System
Authors: Lu Yichen , Liao Zheng
Published: February 2023

INTRODUCTION: In the interwoven trend of the experience economy and advanced information technology, user experience becomes the substantial value of an interactive system. As one of the early innovations of a smart home, the current design of household cleaning robots is still driven by technology with a focus on pragmatic quality rather than the experiential value of a robotic system.OBJECTIVES: This paper aims to uplift the design vision of a cleaning robot from an automatic household appliance towards a meaningful robotic system engaging users in happy housework.METHODS: Theoretically, experience design and scenario-based design methods were combined into a specific design framework for domestic cleaning robotic systems. Based on the user study and technology trend analysis, we first set three experience goals (immersion, trust, and inspiration) to drive the design process, then chose 3D point cloud and AI recognition as backup technologies and afterwards extracted three main design scenarios (scanning and mapping, intelligent cleaning, and live control).RESULTS: The design features multi-view switching, a combination of animation rendering and real scene, fixed-point cleaning, map management, lens control and flexible remote, and shooting modes are proposed. Seventy-one participants evaluated the concept with online AttrakDiff questionnaires. The results indicate the targeted experience is fulfilled in the design concept.CONCLUSION: By integrating experience design and scenario-based design methods with technology trend analysis, designers can envision experiential scenarios of meaningful life and potentially expand the design opportunity space of interactive systems.
From Mount Sinai to the Tabernacle : a reading of Exodus 24:12-40:38 as a case of intercalated double plot.
Authors:   , Park Chulhyun
Published: February 2023

The aim of this dissertation is to read Exodus 24:12-40:38 as a case of "intercalated double plot". It attempts to shed new light on the understanding of the intriguing combination of the golden calf story and the tabernacle story in the Book of Exodus by means of the combination of narrative criticism and Richard Levin's study of the "double plot" convention in the English Renaissance drama. Narrative criticism helps us to see the distinctiveness of and the interrelations between the golden calf and tabernacle stories through the grids of structure, narrator, plot, characters, temporal and spatial settings, and the relations between discourse time and story time. On the one hand, the golden calf story and the tabernacle story are distinctive. The golden calf does not appear in the tabernacle story and the tabernacle story does not appear in the golden calf story. The vocabulary is distinct, too. For example, the stone tablets are called by different names in both stories. Finally, the two stories are distinct in style. In spite of these distinctive features of each story, Levin's paradigm helps us to see systematically how the narrator connected the golden calf story and the tabernacle story in four different modes of connection, called respectively material cause, efficient cause, formal cause, and final cause. On the level of material cause, we see that both stories share the same main characters and spatial setting. Also, the structure of Exod. 24: 12-40:38 shows that these two stories are closely related each other. On the level of the efficient cause, the consecutive arrangement of these two stories seems to provide an implicit causality. On the level of the formal cause, we see that the narrator provides multiple parallel features to emphasize the contrasts between the tabernacle and the golden calf. If the tabernacle symbolizes God's presence, the golden calf stands for God's absence. On the level of the final cause, the golden calf story serves as a negative' foil of the tabernacle story. The implied author achieves an effect of dialectics. The golden calf in fact highlights the other side of the theme of God's presence in the tabernacle story, that is, the theme of God's holiness. By juxtaposing these antithetical stories, the implied author delivers a powerful theological message which can never be achieved by telling these stories separated.
Some Eichler-Selberg Trace Formulas
Authors: Ono Ken , Saad Hasan
Published: February 2023

The Eichler-Selberg trace formulas express the traces of Hecke operators on a spaces of cusp forms in terms of weighted sums of Hurwitz-Kronecker class numbers. For cusp forms on $\text {\rm SL}_2(\mathbb{Z}),$ Zagier proved these formulas by cleverly making use of the weight 3/2 nonholomorphic Eisenstein series he discovered in the 1970s. The holomorphic part of this form, its so-called {\it mock modular form}, is the generating function for these class numbers. In this expository note we revisit Zagier's method, and we show how to obtain such formulas for congruence subgroups, working out the details for $\Gamma_0(2)$ and $\Gamma_0(4).$ The trace formulas fall out naturally from the computation of the Rankin-Cohen brackets of Zagier's mock modular form with specific theta functions.
effects of anti-mullerian hormone, antral follicle count, and follicle stimulating hormone values on pregnancy outcomes in a case with polycystic ovary syndrome
Authors: AKDEMİR CELAL , Verit Fatma Ferda
Published: February 2023

Objective: In this study, it was aimed to predict pregnancy by anti-mullerian hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, and antral follicle count values of infertile patients with PCOS.
Methods: This retrospective study has been conducted on 555 patients diagnosed with PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) according to the Rotterdam Criteria, referred for infertility in the IVF Clinic of Istanbul Training and Research Hospital in the 2010-2019 study. Clinical pregnancy results have been analyzed together with anti-mullerian hormone, antral follicle count, and follicle-stimulating hormone levels.
Results: The age of the patients within the group of clinical pregnancy is significantly higher than the group without pregnancy (p ˂ 0.05). Follicle-stimulating hormone (iu/ml) and anti-mullerian hormone (ng/ml) values do not differ significantly (p 0.05) in the group with and without clinical pregnancy. For the group with clinical pregnancy, the antral follicle count value is found to be significantly higher (p ˂ 0.05) than the group without pregnancy.
The age of the patients in the group with clinical pregnancy was found to be significantly higher than the group without pregnancy. (p ˂ 0.05). Follicle stimulating hormone (iu/ml) and anti-müllerian hormone (ng/ml) values did not differ significantly in the group with and without clinical pregnancy (p 0.05). Antral follicle count value was found to be significantly higher in the group with clinical pregnancy than in the group with out pregnancy (p ˂ 0.05).
Although AFC was found to be significantly higher in the group with clinical pregnancy than in the non-pregnant group, it was examined diagnostically by ROC analysis, but the diagnostic capacity of this variable to distinguish between pregnant and non-pregnant women was not found to be sufficient. (AUC<0.70).
Conclusion: We found that anti-mullerian hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone are not related to clinical pregnancy outcomes in the infertile patient group diagnosed with PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome). Plus, although the AFC value in the group with pregnancy was significantly higher than the group without pregnancy, its diagnostic capacity was not found to be sufficient.
effect of oral iron supplementation on glucose metabolism in non-anemic pregnant women who are in the risk group for gestational diabetes mellitus
Authors: Aldemir Onur , Göklü Mehmet Rıfat , Özer Mehmet , İleri Alper , Özer Pınar Tuğçe , Özdemir Özge , Ata Can , Kurt Sefa
Published: February 2023

Aim: There are opinions about the negative effects of the increase in iron storages or plasma iron levels during pregnancy on glucose metabolism. We aimed to investigate the effects of oral iron supplementation on glucose metabolism in non-anemic pregnant women who are in the risk group for gestational diabetes mellitus.

Material and methods: While oral iron supplementation of 40 mg/day was givento 41 pregnant women in the study group (Group I) for eight weeks, oral iron supplementation was not givento 35 pregnant women in the control group (Group II). 100 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was applied for the diagnosis of GDM in pregnant women whose 50 g OGTT results were positive.  Analyzing the results between groups.

Results:There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of mean fasting plasma glucose (FPG) value (p: 0.185), GDM (p:0.292) and mean results of 50gr OGLT (p: 0.109).A total of 26 pregnant women with 50 gr OGLT positive were applied 100 gr OGTT for diagnostic purposes.

Conclusion:It was concluded that 40 mg/day oral iron supplement used from the first trimester in pregnant women in the risk group for GDM did not have a significant negative effect on glucose metabolism and did not cause an increase in the risk of GDM.
Elasticidade De Substituição entre Capital-Energia para Países Desenvolvidos e em Desenvolvimento
Authors: Leal Santos Daiane , Costa Soares Thiago
Published: February 2023

O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar o grau de substituição entre capital e energia para países da Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico (OCDE) e países em desenvolvimento no período de 1990 a 2014. Para este fim, a função de produção CES (Constant Elasticity of Substitution) para dois fatores foi estimada por meio do método generalizado dos momentos (GMM - Generalized Method of Moments). Os principais resultados apontam elasticidade de substituição igual a 1,451 e 2,934 para os países da OCDE e das nações em desenvolvimento, respectivamente. Desse modo, capital e energia podem ser considerados substitutos imperfeitos, isto é, há possibilidades de trocas entre os fatores, porém, não é possível se especializar emapenas um deles. Diante desses achados, pode-se concluir que os custos de mitigação das emissões são possivelmente menores nas economias em desenvolvimento, visto que há maior oportunidade de substituição entre fatores.

Palavras-chave: Capital. Energia. Elasticidade de substituição. Função CES.
Exploring Tasmania’s History and Landscape in Music for Children’s Performance: Don Kay’s There Is an Island (1977)
Authors: Caldwell Holly , Philpott Carolyn , Grenfell Maria
Published: February 2023

Tasmanian composer Don Kay (b. 1933) has made a significant contribution to music in his island state and in Australia more broadly in a career spanning over six decades. Many of his works explore aspects of Tasmania’s landscape and history, especially its Indigenous past, and of his 300 works, approximately ten percent are designed specifically for children to perform. Through these latter works, Kay has made a substantial contribution to educating children about locally relevant topics, a practice often overlooked within the context of art music and education. Kay’s works are regularly performed and held in high regard, particularly in Tasmania; however, his music has rarely been discussed in detail in the literature before now. In this article, we begin to address this gap by examining one of Kay’s most successful works for children to perform, There is an Island (1977), within the context of his work as a composer and educator. Drawing on primary data collected from the composer via interviews and surveys, relevant existing literature and our analyses of the score and recording of There is an Island,the article aims to illuminate the processes Kay has employed to write music for children that connects them with Tasmania’s landscape and history; and to demonstrate the ongoing relevance and significance of such work within Australian music.
Not Just Wallpaper: An Interview with Michael Kieran Harvey
Authors: Parsons Ian
Published: February 2023

The career of pianist and composer Michael Kieran Harvey is notable for its diversity and wide repertoire. In addition to his more than fifty solo CDs recorded on various labels, Harvey is particularly known for his promotion of contemporary music; he has premiered many new Australian and international concertos, and more than three hundred solo Australian keyboard works, many of which are dedicated to him. […]
Shane Homan, Seamus O’Hanlon, Catherine Strong and John Tebutt. Music City Melbourne: Urban Culture, History and Policy (review)
Authors: D'Cruz Barnes Isobel
Published: February 2023

Documenting cultural life in contemporary Australia seems a fraught and daunting task, if not for the one-sided narratives so consistently reinforced through early scholarship, then at least due to the geographical vastness and diverse population that makes generalisation so difficult. The arrival of Music City Melbourne: Urban Culture, History and Policy is thus welcomed for its resolute specificity and unique historical lens. The book narrates and delineates popular music in Melbourne from the 1950s until the mid-2000s, exploring how it has shaped, and been shaped by, cultural policy and migration. The text is a much-needed contribution to scholarship on both Australian cultural policy, which focuses predominantly on the fine arts, and Australian popular music that in general fails to account for the historical contributions made by marginalised groups. Indeed, the authors describe Music City Melbourne’s historical emphases and use of subtly critical language (most notably, their casual use of the term ‘invasion’ as opposed to ‘settlement’ of Australia) as ‘an important corrective of Anglo Saxon accounts’ of Australian history (p. 3, emphasis added). [...]
From Civil Rights to the Post-racial Lie: The Representation of Racial Politics in the American Horror Film Score
Authors: White Calum
Published: February 2023

Socio-political messages have been discernible in film since the advent of the moving image. With this study, I respond to a gap in academic research by establishing how these messages have been manifested through a film’s score, focusing specifically on racial politics within American horror films. Drawing upon discussions of film scores, both generally and specific to the horror genre, as well as writings on cultural identity in music, I question how, using these theoretical frameworks, music can be seen as representative of a film’s racial politics and subtext. I will focus on three films released over a fifty-year period that each provide commentary on race in the contemporary United States: Night of the Living Dead (dir. George A. Romero, 1968); Candyman (dir. Bernard Rose, 1992); and Get Out (dir. Jordan Peele, 2017). The study showcases numerous ways in which film scores can represent subtext through instrumentation, timbre, pre-existing music, silence, and the cultural associations that these elements evoke.
Helen J. English. Music and World-Building in the Colonial City: Newcastle, NSW, and its Townships, 1860–1880 (review)
Authors: Owens Samantha
Published: February 2023

As Helen English rightly acknowledges early on in her wonderfully detailed study of music making in nineteenth-century Newcastle and its surrounds, while the area’s European settlers engaged enthusiastically in ‘building individual and collective worlds,’ their ‘world-building’ simultaneously (and violently) destroyed the country and lifestyle of the local Awabakal people (pp. 2, 29). In stark contrast, the locations covered in this book—the coalmining city of Newcastle, the pastoral settlement of Maitland, and a number of small towns nearby (among them Lambton, Wallsend, and Waratah, now all suburbs of Newcastle)—were all thriving by the 1860s. While there was a certain degree of demographic diversity between these settlements— Newcastle, for example, was chiefly home to miners, tradesmen, and itinerant port workers, compared to Maitland’s landowners and small-scale farmers—one feature they all shared was the significant amount of music-making that occurred within their communities. […]
Importancia del control de Salmonella spp. en matadero de porcino.
Authors: Ibáñez Sanchis Carla , Ruiz Morcillo Laura
Published: February 2023

El presente estudio se ha realizado con el objetivo de determinar la prevalencia de Salmonella spp. en las canales de porcino procesadas en el matadero de la empresa Industrias Cárnicas La Cope S. A. durante el año 2020 y el periodo comprendido entre enero y junio del año 2021. Además, también pretende valorar la tendencia en el número de canales positivas a Salmonella spp. y concluir si las medidas aplicadas tanto por el Veterinario Oficial como por el Departamento de Calidad son efectivas para disminuir los niveles del microorganismo en dichas canales. Para ello, se realizó una toma de muestras semanal en cinco canales aleatorias con esponjas estériles impregnadas con agua de peptona. En el año 2020 se analizaron un total de 265 canales, de las cuales 40 dieron resultado positivo a Salmonella spp., y en el periodo comprendido de enero a junio de 2021 se analizaron 125 canales, de las cuales fueron positivas 8. Tras la recopilación de los datos, los resultados reflejaron una tendencia a la baja a lo largo del estudio, obteniendo en el año 2020 un 15,09% de casos positivos y un 6,04% en el periodo comprendido de enero a junio de 2021, resultando así una prevalencia global de 12,30%. Como conclusión, se ha podido determinar una disminución de los casos positivos de Salmonella spp. en las canales procesadas en Industrias Cárnicas La Cope S.A., pudiendo considerarse así que las medidas correctivas aplicadas por parte de la empresa y los operarios han resultado efectivas.
Wear and flow rate problems on chutes in a rock crushing plant
Authors:   University of Mauritius, Moka, Mauritius, Gopaul Keshav , Venkannah Santaram ,   University of Mauritius, Moka, Mauritius, Dauhoo Muhammad Zaid ,   University of Mauritius, Moka, Mauritius
Published: February 2023

Rock crushing plants cannot afford unforeseen breakdowns with the current boom in the construction sector. This paper discusses measures that can be used to predict wear on chutes in the plant so that predictive maintenance can be implemented. Some of the chutes used to transfer the materials are difficult to access. Failures of the chutes cause downtimes, which are untimely and costly. The objective of this research is to determine the wear rates of chutes. A chute system was designed, modelled and validated using the Solidworks® software and then imported into the EDEM® software to predict the failure of the chutes. Factors affecting the abrasion wear of the metal were determined and used as input parameters to perform a simulation on EDEM® to validate the wear recorded. The service life obtained for mild steel S275 was 731 hours and that of abrasion resistant steel Hardox® 400 was 1490 hours, and it was deduced that the difference in the value of hardness of the metals to that of the rocks they carry significantly affects the wear of the chutes. The software was also used to replicate the flow of boulders on chutes and an accelerated flow rate of 496 tons per hour (t/h) was achieved at an angle of elevation of 24.4°.
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Collagen Membrane in the Management of Oro-Antral Fistula/Communication - A Clinical Study
Authors: Choudhary Akshi
Published: February 2023

Background: The opening adjoining maxillary sinus with the oral cavity is termed as Oroantral Communication (OAC) which when left untreated leads to oroantral fistula or maxillary sinusitis. Surgical closure within 48 hours is recommended for OAC to circumvent complications like sinus infections. The current study is designed to evaluate collagen membranes for the treatment of OACs which was reported as a safe and easy procedure.

Method: The study was conducted with the patients who needed the management for Oroantral Fistula/Oroantral Communication (OAF/OAC) which developed following the posterior maxillary tooth removal. To cover OAF/OAC with a collagen membrane, Bio-Gide (GTR/GBR Collagen Membrane) was inserted in the socket. The particular membranes were then attached using sutures to the adjoining gingiva, and medication like Amoxicillin 500 mg, Metronidazole, nasal decongestant drops and steam inhalation were prescribed for one week to each patient. After day 7, sutures were removed. Patients were checked following the first, third, six weeks and third month. Data were statistically analyzed and an Independent T-test was performed.

Results: All the patients accepted Bio-Gide (GTR/GBR Collagen Membrane) perfectly, soft tissue was recovered completely without any problem. Soft tissue was completely epithelialized in the defective area for all the samples. No relapse was reported in any of the patients following a 3- month follow-up.

Conclusion: Bio-Gide (GTR/GBR Collagen Membrane) technique is simple and effective for treating OACs with a diameter of 5 mm or less and with negligible complication.
The Whistleblowing Diamond: Considering Four Elements of Whistleblowing Intention
Authors: Defiantoro Dwi
Published: February 2023

We review how whistleblowing diamond factors affect whistleblowing intention which are moderated by perceived organizational support. This quantitative research was conducted using a case study survey method with a sample of 220 village officials in Minahasa Regency. This study uses the whistleblowing diamond theory, which explains four type of factors that can influence a whistleblower's intention to conduct whistleblowing, namely: pressure/incentives, opportunity, rationalization, and capability. This study found that the factors that significantly influenced whistleblowing intentions were opportunity, rationalization, and capability with a significance of p<0.05, 0.001, 0.004, and 0.033, respectively. Meanwhile, pressure and incentive factors proved not to significantly affect whistleblowing intentions, with a significance value of p>0.05, 0.779, and 0.924, respectively. This study also found that the moderating factor of perceived organizational support increased the influence of pressure, incentives, opportunity, rationalization, and capability on the intention to report violations with a significance value of 0.0001 to 0.005.
Desenvolvimento sustentável nos estados brasileiros
Authors:   , Oliveira Alexsandro Andrade de
Published: February 2023

O objetivo desta pesquisa é identificar e analisar quais fatores influenciam a promoção do desenvolvimento sustentável nos Estados Brasileiros. Desde a Desde a publicação do Relatório Brundtland, em 1987, além da definição de novas bases para o desenvolvimento sustentável, os gestores públicos têm dado a devida atenção às políticas e comportamentos que foram listados como necessários para permitir que o planeta se desenvolva, dando igual importância às práticas econômicas, ambientais e sociais. Nesse sentido, além de identificar e analisar quais fatores são determinantes na promoção de desenvolvimento sustentável, foi construído um índice para os Estados Brasileiros, com a intenção de responder a seguinte indagação: quais fatores determinam a promoção do desenvolvimento sustentável nos Estados Brasileiros? Visando atender aos objetivos deste trabalho, como também em analisar os fatores que promovem a sustentabilidade, os resultados foram retirados de múltiplas variáveis, mediante as três principais dimensões: ambiental, social e econômica. Assim, o estudo buscou descrever os fatores determinantes no desenvolvimento sustentável nos Estados Brasileiros, mediante uma abordagem quantitativa de análise, utilizou-se como técnicas e ferramentas a Estatística Descritiva, com a Análise Fatorial, a Análise de Clusters e o Teste de Médias. Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento sustentável. Administração Pública. Índice de Sustentabilidade.
CHANGES IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES OF KASHKADARYA REGION (1970-2022)
Authors: Polvonov Kozimbek
Published: February 2023

This article considers and analyzes the classification of cities in Kashkadarya region for 1970-2022.
ISSUES OF IMPROVING THE SYSTEM OF INTERACTION OF ENTERPRISES WITH COMMERCIAL BANKS
Authors: Qudbiyev Nodir , Tojimatov Abdumutalibjon
Published: February 2023

This article will consider the concept of improving the system of relations between enterprises and commercial banks. Banks are an integral part of the modern monetary economy as a whole, and their activities are closely related to the need to develop and increase the use of an effective mechanism for lending to enterprises used to meet the needs of enterprises and banks.
THE ROLE OF ETHNO-CULTURAL FACTORS IN RAISING THE LEGAL AND POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF CITIZENS IN SOCIETY
Authors: Tulaganov Muminjon
Published: February 2023

In this article, the main issue is devoted to the problems of forming the legal and political consciousness of citizens. The authors discuss issues related to the ethno-cultural origin of law, the relationship and interaction of religious and legal political consciousness, the specific characteristics of the influence of ethnic diversity on the views of the cultural and spiritual life of the society, the legal political culture, and the problems of preventing the formation of legal nihilism. Consider, because the analysis of the spiritual and cultural foundations of legal life. Constitute the factors of effective development of the legal system.