bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Plasma Metanephrines Yield Fewer False-Positive Results Than Urine Metanephrines in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Authors: King Thomas F J , Mok Yingjuan , Dacay Lily Mae , Wong Hang Siang , Hsu Pon Poh , Tan Alvin , Wong Kang Min , Saffari Seyed Ehsan , Lenders Jacques W M , Puar Troy H
Published: September 2023

Context

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with increased nocturnal sympathetic activity. In OSA patients, elevations in metanephrines may lead to false-positive tests when evaluating for pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma (PPGL).

Objective

To evaluate whether morning plasma metanephrines would lead to fewer false-positive results than 24-hour urinary metanephrines in OSA patients.

Methods

Patients undergoing polysomnography for suspected OSA were recruited. Plasma free and 24-hour urinary metanephrines were measured by HPLC-MS/MS. Patients with elevated levels had repeat measurements, abdominal imaging, and follow-up to diagnose or exclude a PPGL.

Results

Seventy-six patients completed polysomnography and biochemical testing; 68 (89.5%) patients had OSA, of whom 19 (27.9%) had elevated plasma and/or urinary metanephrines. On follow-up, one patient had a bladder paraganglioma, while PPGL was excluded in the remaining patients. OSA patients had more false-positive urinary metanephrines (17 of 67, 25.4%) than plasma metanephrines (2 of 67, 3.0%), P < .01, and this was more common in severe OSA (13 of 34, 38.2%), compared to moderate/mild OSA (4 of 33, 12.1%), P < .01. Both plasma and urinary metanephrines decreased after treatment with continuous positive airway pressure. On multivariable analysis, severe OSA, obesity, and family history of hypertension were positive predictors for false-positive urinary metanephrines in patients with suspected OSA.

Conclusion

In OSA patients, plasma metanephrines are less likely to yield false-positive results for the diagnosis of PPGL than 24-hour urinary metanephrines. In patients with suspected OSA, obesity, or a family history of hypertension, plasma metanephrines may be the preferred first-line test to avoid unnecessary anxiety or follow-up.
The Influence of Climate on Critically Ill Pregnant COVID-19 Patients, as Revealed by the Inflammation Indexes, in Spring versus Autumn 2021 Infection
Authors: Filip Catalina , Covali Roxana , Socolov Demetra , Akad Mona , Carauleanu Alexandru , Vasilache Ingrid Andrada , Scripcariu Ioana Sadyie , Pavaleanu Ioana , Dumachita-Sargu Gabriela , Butureanu Tudor , Boiculese Lucian Vasile , Melinte Alina , Socolov Razvan
Published: September 2023

: (1) Background: Seasonality is an important environmental factor that influences immune responses (2) Methods: In a retrospective study, we included all pregnant patients admitted to the Elena Doamna Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital with a critical form of COVID-19 infection between 1 January and 1 December 2021. The blood counts collected on the specific A, H and E Brixia score- collection days, or the ones collected closest to those days, were considered in our study. We
also studied the differences between the two groups regarding the inflammation indexes exhibited on those specific days: A (admittance), H (highest Brixia score), and E (end of hospitalization). (3)
Results: The values of NLR, dNLR, SII, and AISI are significantly higher and IIC is significantly lower for the spring group versus the autumn group, especially on the H and E Brixia score-collection days. (4) Conclusions: These results suggest that severe-COVID-19 inflammation was significantly higher in the spring of 2021 in Romania than in autumn 2021, in regard to pregnant patients.
SYNTACTIC EXPRESSIVENESS IN DESCRIBING THE AILMENTS OF YOUNG CHARACTERS IN THE NOVEL TURN OFF SPELLING BY EVA NEMESH’S
Authors: Akhmetzyanova Elvina I. , Ibragimova Elmira R.
Published: September 2023

The relevance of the study is determined by several facts: firstly, in recent years, the interest of linguists in studying the expressiveness and emotionality of a child’s oral and written speech has enhanced; secondly, in modern teenage prose, which is part of the school curriculum, descriptions of children’s health defects and ailments are increasing; thirdly, consideration of expressiveness manifestation in the text at the syntactic level contributes to a better understanding of the ideological content of the work.

The purpose of the study is to identify the main syntactic means of expressing expressiveness in modern children’s and youth prose, highlighting the ailments of child characters, and to determine their meaning based on the material of Eva Nemesh’s novel Turn Off Spelling.

The scientific novelty of the study consists in the fact that the ways of expressing emotionality and evaluation when describing the ailments of young character in a work of modern Russian prose addressed to children are considered for the first time.

Results. The current research describes the frequency syntactic means of expressiveness in the description of childhood ailments in E. Nemesh’s novel Turn Off Spelling. It was found that, when creating an asymmetric syntactic drawing, a children’s author refers to such expressive constructions as inverse word arrangement (32%), repetitions and its varieties (5%), segmentation (13%) and parcellation (22%), as well as to rhetorical constructions – 15% (rhetorical questions, exclamations, addresses and question-exclamation forms) and to ellipsis (2%). The expressive potential of the specific composition of sentences is considered (complex sentences – 41%, simple sentences – 59%), special attention to single-compound verb-type sentences is paid (27%).
ALLUSION AS ONE OF THE FORMS OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHARACTERS OF THE SERIES (BASED ON THE CONTENT OF THE SPANISH TELEVISION SERIES EL PUEBLO)
Authors: Akipova Yulia A.
Published: September 2023

The article deals with the research of the speech features of the characters of the Spanish television series and also the analysis of the stylistic means of the development of speaker’s character according to his verbal behavior.

The relevance of the study is conditioned by the interest in creating allusions and their functional significance as linguistic units with rich cultural meanings, and their pragmatic impact in characters’ speech.

The aim of the research lies in distinguishing the role of allusions in creating the speech character of a speaker and their significance as a cultural and semantic form of speech.

We used several methods, i.e., continuous sampling, systematization of the language units due to the definite criteria, component analysis, descriptive and cognitively-discursive approach.

The article is based on the language material of the Spanish television series El Pueblo (The Settlement). The object of studying is its characters’ speech; the subject of studying is allusion as a stylistic method and its functions in verbal component of the audio-visual text.

According to the problem of study, the list of words and word-combinations was compounded for being analyzed due to the criteria.

Based on analysis and classification of the content we have got the statistic data. It was identified that 50% of the cases under analysis are allusive proper nouns, that clarifies that allusions reveal the information in compressed form, giving an opportunity for further profound and multiple interpretation.

Upon conducting the research we came to a conclusion that there is a great variety of allusions on the characters and popular facts of the Spanish culture in the series El Pueblo, and their functions are not only aesthetic, expressive and educative, but forming the personality and the sense of each character.
HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE MALE GENDER REGIME IN THE PROCESS OF WOMAN’S SOCIAL STATUS TRANSFORMATION
Authors: Malimonov Igor′ V. , Korol′ Liudmila G. , Sin′kovskaia Irina G. , Rakhinsky Dmitry V. , Shepeleva Yuliya S.
Published: September 2023

This article is devoted to the process of formation of the modern egalitarian status of women, the study of the contradictory nature of this process. As a result of the research, the factors contributing to the establishment of egalitarian status of women in the modern socio-cultural system based on the values of equality and complementarity of rights and duties of men and women in the private and public spheres are identified and described. The relevance of this research is due to the need to understand the causes and principles of the formation and existence of modern egalitarization trends. The analysis of philosophical works of various historical epochs allows us to state the presence of masculine dominance in pre-industrial and industrial formations and the representation of the secondary social status of women in relation to the status of men. Based on the analysis of the views of ancient philosophers, philosophers of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Modern times, a conclusion is made about the dominance of the idea of priority of men in relation to women in social relations. The formation of women’s gender equality within the framework of the transformation of family functional and value bases is considered as a dynamic process that reflects the multidimensional changes in socio-economic social relations of the second half of the XIX century. The purpose of the research is to consider the philosophical understanding of the gender status of women in various historical periods as a representation of the muscular gender regime.
Psychiatric symptoms in children with neurogenic bladder
Authors: EKBERLİ Gunay , TANER Sevgin , GUNES Serkan
Published: September 2023

Background: This study aimed to evaluate children with ‘’neurogenic bladder’’ diagnosis in terms of anxiety and depression.
Methods: Thirty-three pediatric patients with NB followed in Adana City Training and Research Hospital Pediatric Urology and Nephrology outpatient clinics from May 2023 to July 2023 and 20 healthy controls who were age and sex-matched, from public schools located in the same geographic area were included in the study. All participants were requested to complete the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Conners' Parent Rating Scale and Turgay DSM-IV Disruptive Behavior Disorders Rating Scale.
Results: Global score of the CPRS reported by parents, was higher in patients than controls (p=0.012). CPRS Hyperactivity/Impulsivity and Anxiety subscale scores of the patients were significantly higher than controls. Global score of the CPRS reported by parents, was higher in patients with CKD than without (p=0.033). CPRS- Learning problems subscale of the patients with CKD was also higher than the patients without (p=0.023). DSM-IV Total score and the DSM-IV inattention score was higher in patients with CKD than without. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-anxiety subscale reported by children was higher in patients without wheelchair dependence than the patients with (p=0.002). CPRS-conduct disorder and CPRS-Hyperactivity/ Impulsivity subscale scores of the patients without wheelchair dependence was higher than the patient with (p=0.016, p=0.009). DSM-IV hyperactive/impulsive subscale score of the patients without wheelchair dependence was higher than the patients with (p=0.043).
Conclusion: Children with NB are at risk for physical, neurocognitive, psychosocial, and family challenges. Anxiety and depression symptoms should not be underestimated. For long-term appropriate management of such vulnerable patients psychological support is required.
PROJETO MEMÓRIA DA FEIRA LIVRE DE FEIRA DE SANTANA
Authors: Moreira Vicente Deocleciano
Published: September 2023

Este artigo espera contribuir para futuros estudos sobre a Escravidão em Feira de Santana e, amplamente, do Sertão baiano, A maioria da literatura sobre Escravidão no Brasil tem se limitado ao Recôncavo baiano, ao Nordeste açucareiro e litorâneo e, algumas vezes, às áreas de mineração. O Sertão não tem sido prestigiado, como bem o merece, por essa literatura. Apesar da existência de vários pontos comuns entre todas essas regiões, há particularidades da história econômica das áreas sertanejas que precisam receber cuidados especiais, infelizmente, não cabe, neste artigo, o aprofundamento sobre a Escravidão em Feira de Santana, Fica, porém, o relato dos fatos como contribuição.
GEOSSISTEMAS DE VALENTE E SANTA LUZ — RELAÇÃO RELEVO ESTRUTURA
Authors: Argolo João Lamark , Pêpe Raquel Maria
Published: September 2023

A região de Valente e Santa Luz, no Estado da Bahia, Brasil, é constituída por terrenos granítico-gnáissicos dos Complexos Caraíba-Paramirim e de Jequié, da Suite, Granitoide Cansanção-Tanquinho e por coberturas cenozoicas. Em relação aos meios naturais, foram definidas quatro unidades, a saber: Cristas Onduladas de Valente, Pediplano de Santa Luz, Alinhamento de Serra Branca e Alinhamento de São Domingos. As Cristas Onduladas de Valente se associam às rochas granitifico-granulíticas do Complexo Caraíba-Paramirim e do Complexo Jequié. O Pediplano de Santa Luz resulta da erosão intensa que atingiu o complexo Caraíba-Paramirim, enquanto os Alinhamentos de Serra Branca e de São Domingos resultam de dobramentos e fraturamentos que elevaram as litologias supramencionadas, em relação ao relevo dissecado na área. A correlação entre os meios naturais definidos no Projeto Geossistemas, Planejamento e Desenvolvimento do Semi-Árido Baiano, do qual o trabalho ora apresentado é um segmento, é possível, e poderá ser otimizada quando da integração de todos os dados, pedológicos, geomorfológicos eclimatológicos.
GRAMÁTICA E IDEOLOGIA
Authors: Dante Lucchesi  , Tânia Lobo
Published: September 2023

Neste trabalho, buscaremos analisar, utilizando elementos da teoria do conhecimento, a abordagem do item Colocação dos Pronomes Oblíquos Átonos, feita por cinco gramáticas normativas da língua portuguesa editadas no Brasil, Para tanto, utilizaremos, também, dados obtidos em um corpus extraído do corpus geral do Projeto NURC.
REFORMA AGRÁRIA E OU COLONIZAÇÃO: AÇÃO INSTITUCIONAL
Authors: Silva Câmara Antonio
Published: September 2023

Este artigo visa discutir a questão da Reforma Agrária, privilegiando o contraste entre a respostá institucional com a criação de leis e instituições voltadas para a questão agrária e a efetiva transformação da estrutura fundiária que permanece extremamente concentrada ao longo dos últimos trinta anos.
O VERBO: SUAS REPRESENTAÇÕES TEMÁTICAS E SINTÁTICAS
Authors: Oliveira Ribeiro Ilza Maria
Published: September 2023

Estudo das propriedades de seleção temática dos predicados verbais e suas correspondentes representações sintáticas, conforme os postulados teóricos da versão da Gramática Gerativa conhecida por Teoria da Regência e Ligação.
Common Peroneal Nerve Splitting in Proximal Fibular Osteochondroma: A Rare Presentation
Authors: Singh Jagdeep , Gupta Pranav , Kanwar Sahil , Pookunju Azhar
Published: September 2023

Introduction: Osteochondroma is the most common benign tumor of bone. Tumors are metaphyseal in origin and commonly involve distal femur, proximal tibia, and proximal fibula in the lower extremity. Osteochondroma located at proximal fibula can change the normal path of nerves and it may lead to the compression of vessels or peroneal nerve, leading to paralysis. Case Report: We are reporting a case of an 18-year-old female with proximal fibular osteochondroma causing splitting of common peroneal nerve without any neuropathy. Conclusion: We strive to make the surgeons aware that, when removing osteochondroma located at proximal fibula, care should be taken to identify the entire nerve at the site of lesion before the removal as a procedure done in a hurry in such a case can cause irreversible damage to the patient. Keywords: Cartilage cap, peroneal nerve, osteochondroma.
The Influence of Innovative Characteristics, Work Readiness, and Vocational Self-Concept on Employability of Vocational College Students
Authors: Sahul Ahmid Suhailah , Chun Tiew Chia , Abdullah Melissa Ng Lee Yen
Published: September 2023

Purpose: Vocational education and training is important to produce skilled and innovative labor to drive the country's development in the 4th industrial revolution (IR 4.0). The employability of vocational college students is crucial to meet the country's demand for 21st-century workers. This study aims to identify the influences of innovative characteristics, work readiness, and vocational self-concept on the employability of vocational college students. The study also examined the moderating role of gender. Methods: A quantitative correlational design was carried out to achieve the objectives of the study. The samples consisted of 395 vocational college students from five vocational colleges located in the states of Kedah and Penang, Malaysia. Data were collected through online questionnaire survey, which is made up of four instruments: Youth Innovation Skills Measurement Tool, the Work Readiness Scale, the Vocational Rational Scale and the Perceived Future Employability Scale. The validity and reliability of these instruments were well established. Descriptive and structural equation modelling (SEM) analyses were carried out. Findings: Innovative characteristics (β = 0.252, t = 5.041, p < 0.001), vocational self-concept (β = 0.386, t = 7.131, p < 0.001) and work readiness (β = 0.219, t = 3.787, p < 0.001) had significant effects on employability of vocational college students. The model explained 53% of the variance in employability. Gender, however, did not moderate any of the three direct significant relationships. Conclusion: This study found that innovative characteristics, work readiness, and vocational self-concept are factors that should be taken into consideration when developing education and career programs, interventions, and support services for vocational students. The graduate employment issues faced by vocational college students can be overcome if factors identified in this study can be enhanced. Similar approaches can be applied for both male and female students since gender is not a significant moderator. Overall, this study sheds light on the employability of vocational graduates and contributes towards improving career guidance and counseling practices for vocational students.
Gate voltage control of helicity-dependent photocurrent and polarization detection in (Bi1−xSbx)2Te3 topological insulator thin films
Authors: Chen Shenzhong , Yu Jinling , Hong Xiyu , Zhu Kejing , Chen Yonghai , Cheng Shuying , Lai Yunfeng , He Ke , Xue Qikun
Published: September 2023

Optical helicity provides us with an effective means to control the helicity-dependent photocurrent in the spin-momentum-locked surface states of topological insulators (TIs). Also, the TIs show potential in polarization detection as an intrinsic solid-state optical chirality detector for easier integration and fabrication. However, the complex photoresponses with the circular photogalvanic effect, the linear photogalvanic effect, and the photon drag effect in the TIs prevent them from direct chirality detection of the elliptically polarized light. Here, by fitting with the theoretical models to the measured photocurrents, the microscopic origin of different components of the helicity-dependent photocurrent has been demonstrated. We show a comprehensive study of the helicity-dependent photocurrent in (Bi1−xSb
x
)2Te3 thin films of different thicknesses as a function of the light incident angle and the gate-tuned chemical potential. The observation of the light incident angle dependence of the helicity-dependent photocurrent provides us with a polarization detection strategy using a TI thin film without the use of any additional optical elements, and the detection accuracy can be enhanced by gate tuning. Additionally, the Stokes parameters can be extracted by arithmetic operation of photocurrents measured with different incident angles and gating voltages for complete characterization of the polarization states of a light beam. Using this means, we realize the polarization detection and the Stokes parameters analysis with a single device. Our work provides an alternative solution to develop miniaturized intrinsic polarization-sensitive photodetectors.
Human-environment feedback and the consistency of proenvironmental behavior
Authors: Ecotière Claire , Billiard Sylvain , André Jean-Baptiste , Collet Pierre , Ferrière Régis , Méléard Sylvie
Published: September 2023

Addressing global environmental crises such as anthropogenic climate change requires the consistent adoption of proenvironmental behavior by a large part of a population. Here, we develop a mathematical model of a simple behavior-environment feedback loop to ask how the individual assessment of the environmental state combines with social interactions to influence the consistent adoption of proenvironmental behavior, and how this feeds back to the perceived environmental state. In this stochastic individual-based model, individuals can switch between two behaviors, ‘active’ (or actively proenvironmental) and ‘baseline’, differing in their perceived cost (higher for the active behavior) and environmental impact (lower for the active behavior). We show that the deterministic dynamics and the stochastic fluctuations of the system can be approximated by ordinary differential equations and a Ornstein-Uhlenbeck type process. By definition, the proenvironmental behavior is adopted consistently when, at population stationary state, its frequency is high and random fluctuations in frequency are small. We find that the combination of social and environmental feedbacks can promote the spread of costly proenvironmental behavior when neither, operating in isolation, would. To be adopted consistently, strong social pressure for proenvironmental action is necessary but not sufficient—social interactions must occur on a faster timescale compared to individual assessment, and the difference in environmental impact must be small. This simple model suggests a scenario to achieve large reductions in environmental impact, which involves incrementally more active and potentially more costly behavior being consistently adopted under increasing social pressure for proenvironmentalism.
Entre las Provincias Unidas y el Reino Unido de Portugal, Brasil y Algarves: los oficiales del Real Ejército Español en los años previos a la Independencia de Brasil
Authors: Caula Elsa
Published: September 2023

La intención de este artículo es contribuir a la comprensión del proceso de degradación vivido por los «leales fernandinos» y, en particular, por los oficiales y soldados del Real Ejército Español que formaron parte del espionaje español, mientras se organizaba la empresa de reconquista del Río de la Plata. Para abordar las cuestiones planteadas, optamos por la reducción de la escala de observación y el «análisis relacional», porque nos brinda la posibilidad de prestar atención al universo de acciones e intercambios que se llevaron a cabo. Dos perspectivas de análisis que nos permitirán observar las disputas de facciones que por diferentes motivos fueron desgastando la red de alianzas y lealtades a la Monarquía Española, conformada por un conjunto diverso de funcionarios, mercaderes y militares españoles. Nos interesa mostrar el rol desempeñado por la legación española en Río de Janeiro como referente de los defensores de la legalidad monárquica, el clima de extrema tensión que derivó en las independencias de las Provincias Unidas y de Brasil y la interdependencia entre las monarquías ibéricas.
The end of medicine (2022). Estética y comunicación social de la pandemia como formas de gobernanza frente a la hipérbole de la desinformación
Authors: Miranda-Suárez María J.
Published: September 2023

El objetivo de este artículo es realizar un análisis de una selección de discursos empleados en el documental The End of Medicine (2022) con el fin de esclarecer la complejidad del entramado de factores imbricados en las relaciones entre humanos y no humanos en la pandemia. El cine documental es una de las principales herramientas estéticas con las cuales poder visibilizar públicamente registros de instituciones y agentes sociopolíticos ante un acontecimiento. Por ello, el artículo discurre en torno a esta obra documental como un ejercicio de comunicación social de la ciencia, al optar como metodología por la clasificación crítica y discursiva de algunos de los argumentos empleados en la misma, ofreciendo así un cartografiado de los contextos de las que se presenta la principal amenaza actual para la salud, como es la resistencia a los antibióticos. Contextos que se sostienen en entornos en los que se propician los mercados mojados, las granjas intensivas, la zoonosis o el mercado de animales salvajes. Todos ellos suponen un desafío tanto para la salud como para la gobernanza de nuestras instituciones. Si bien esta última se diluye en muchos puntos, como veremos en el artículo, como es en el caso del racismo contra comunidades asiáticas durante la pandemia. Con todo ello, este texto ofrece, gracias al documental, múltiples posibilidades de situarnos ante las complejidades de un mapa que requiere del fortalecimiento de los distintos modos de gobernanza posible para garantizar los derechos fundamentales de la ciudadanía.
La presencia de las humanidades en las carreras de odontología de las universidades de Chile y de España
Authors: Soto-Araya Milena , Baños Josep E. , Moyano Elisabeth , Pérez Jorge
Published: September 2023

Se ha argumentado que la presencia de materias humanísticas permite una formación integral de los alumnos, lo que fomentaría en última instancia una mejor relación con los futuros pacientes y, por tanto, contribuiría a mejorar la salud de la población. El objetivo del presente estudio consistió en investigar la presencia de contenidos humanísticos en los grados de Odontología de las universidades de Chile y de España.

Se encontró que en todas las universidades existen materias humanísticas que complementan la formación disciplinar de los graduados. Si bien se encontraron diferencias entre las universidades chilenas y españolas, las materias relacionadas con contenidos éticos, históricos y con el profesionalismo son ofrecidas por la gran mayoría de las universidades de los dos países. Por otra parte, la presencia de materias relacionadas con la literatura o con las artes plásticas, visuales y escénicas fue escasa, muy minoritaria en España y nula en Chile.

Se aboga por aumentar la presencia de la formación humanística en los graduados de odontología, no solamente a partir de asignaturas específicas, sino introduciendo contenidos humanísticos en las materias troncales de formación técnica odontológica.
A technológia és a hatalom szerepe a társadalmi és gazdasági fejlődésben Recenzió Daron Acemoglu és Simon Johnson „Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity” című könyvéről
Authors: Balogh Attila
Published: September 2023

„Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity” című könyvében Daron Acemoglu és Simon Johnson azt vizsgálja, hogy a technológia és a hatalom hogyan alakította és alakítja a különböző társadalmak gazdasági és társadalmi fejlődését. A szerzők amellett érvelnek, hogy a technológiát és a fejlődést mindig is befolyásolta a hatalom és a politika – és ezen behatások jelentős befolyásolással vannak arra, hogy ki jár jól és ki nem.
Atherosclerosis as a Risk Factor of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Population-Based Case-Control Study
Authors: Faye Adam S. , Axelrad Jordan E. , Sun Jiangwei , Halfvarson Jonas , Söderling Jonas , Olén Ola , Ludvigsson Jonas F.
Published: September 2023

INTRODUCTION:

Data suggest atherosclerotic-related inflammation may play a role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but large-scale studies are missing.

METHODS:

In this nationwide case-control study, we used the Swedish Patient Register and the Epidemiology Strengthened by histoPathology Reports in Sweden cohort to identify adult cases of incident IBD between 2002 and 2021, with each case matched to up to 10 general population controls. We used conditional logistic regression to calculate odds ratios (OR) for exposure to an atherosclerotic-related condition (myocardial infarction, thromboembolic stroke, or atherosclerosis itself) before being diagnosed with IBD.

RESULTS:

There were a total of 56,212 individuals with IBD and 531,014 controls. Of them, 2,334 (4.2%) cases and 18,222 (3.4%) controls had a prior diagnosis of an atherosclerotic-related condition, corresponding to an OR of 1.30 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.24–1.37). Results were statistically significant for both Crohn's disease (OR 1.37, 95% CI 1.26–1.48) and ulcerative colitis (OR 1.27, 95% CI 1.20–1.35) and for individuals who developed IBD at 40–59 years of age and 60 years or older. In addition, associations persisted when adjusting for underlying comorbidities, including the presence of immune-mediated diseases and prior aspirin and/or statin use. The highest odds of an atherosclerotic-related condition were seen in the 6–12 months before IBD diagnosis, though odds were increased even ≥5 years before. A higher magnitude of odds was also observed when having 2 or more atherosclerotic-related conditions when compared with having only 1 condition.

DISCUSSION:

A history of an atherosclerotic-related condition is associated with increased odds of developing IBD, particularly among older adults. Future studies should investigate whether drugs targeting atherosclerotic-related inflammation may prevent IBD in higher-risk individuals.
Polymer composites for obtaining human anatomic structures
Authors: Oleksy Małgorzata , Dynarowicz Klaudia , Aebisher David
Published: September 2023

Composites based on PLA with the addition of 3, 6 and 10 wt% silica, hydroxyapatite and bentonite were obtained by twin-screw extrusion. Maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene was used to enhance interface interactions. The influence of the fillers used on the Charpy impact strength, Rockwell hardness, tensile properties and processing shrinkage was investigated. Test samples were obtained by 3D printing. The highest impact strength and hardness were obtained for the composite containing 10 wt% hydroxyapatite. PLA with 10 wt% hydroxyapatite and 3 wt% bentonite was used to obtain anatomical structures by 3D printing.
A prognostic signature based on seven T-cell-related cell clustering genes in bladder urothelial carcinoma
Authors: Yang Jie , Zhou Fenghai , Yang Xia , Ma Pengcheng , Ma Xiaoling
Published: September 2023

Bladder urothelial carcinoma (BLCA) is one of the most common cancer-related deaths in the world, along with high mortality. Due to the difficult detection of early symptoms, the treatment for this disease is still dissatisfactory. Thus, the current research hotspot is beginning to focus on the immune microenvironment in this disease, aiming to provide guidance for diagnosis and treatment. In this study, the single-cell RNA sequencing data downloaded from the gene expression omnibus database was used to classify the immune cells of BLCA. And the final seven T-cell-related cell clustering genes associated with BLCA prognosis (HSPA2, A2M, JUN, PDGFRB, GBP2, LGALS1, and GAS6) were screened out, and then used for constructing the prognostic model against BLCA based on the Cox and LASSO regression analysis. Satisfactorily, the model could efficiently evaluate the overall survival of BLCA and had the potential to be applied for the clinic treatment. Moreover, we also revealed that the difference in immune infiltration levels and gene mutation might account for the diverse prognosis in BLCA patients. In a word, our findings provided a novel insight for designing efficient immunotherapies for BLCA.
Generalized BDSDEs driven by fractional Brownian motion
Authors: Aidara Sadibou , Ndiaye Assane , Sow Ahmadou Bamba
Published: September 2023

This article deals with a class of generalized backward doubly stochastic differential equations driven by fractional Brownian motion with the Hurst parameter

H

H

greater than 1/2. The existence and uniqueness of solutions to our equation as well as comparison theorems are obtained.
The reciprocal linear effect, a new optical effect of the Sagnac type
Authors: Spavieri Gianfranco , Haug Espen Gaarder
Published: September 2023

The Sagnac effect can be demonstrated with light propagating either along a circular contour or, as done by Wang et al., back and forth along a linear contour. In the linear Sagnac effect, the emitter–receiver device is in motion relative to the contour where light propagates. In the reciprocal linear Sagnac effect (RLSE), the device is stationary and the contour is in motion. When the contour changes direction of motion, some special features of the linear Sagnac effect are not fully reciprocal to the RLSE, which foresees variations of the first order in

v
⁄
c

v/c

in the round-trip time taken by a light signal to cover the contour. The RLSE can be tested with present technology and, if confirmed experimentally, it might have interesting technological applications. Presently, it can be important for testing light-speed invariance, simultaneity, and the relativity principle.
New Considerations on the Relationship between Predynastic Spiral-Patterned D-Ware Pottery and Breccia Vessels. The Contribution of an Unpublished Vessel from the Macquarie University History Museum (MU5038)
Authors: Khalifa Eman
Published: September 2023

Based on a comparable color scheme, Naqada II decorated pottery (D-ware) with spiral motifs is often described as an imitation of breccia stone vessels. Using MU5038 as an example, this article traced the time line of development for both during Naqada II. Results indicated that pottery with spiral motifs did not appear as an imitation of stone vessels, as previously thought. This article proposed that they appeared earlier with breccia vessels following as luxurious versions. The latter point could be justified by the need of the rising elite of the period to use raw materials, whose sources they controlled. Stone quarries being located outside of the Nile Valley allowed for this control. In an attempt to explain the sudden occurrence and significance of spiral motifs on D-ware pottery, this article uses analogy and “ethnographic imagination” (Lane 2005) to shed light on the origins of spiral motifs in different cultures.
Split Inalienable Coding in linguistic Wallacea: typology, origins, spread
Authors: Arnold Laura
Published: September 2023

This paper is a typological survey of inalienable possessive constructions in the linguistic area of Wallacea and its surrounds. In a sample of 189 Austronesian and non-Austronesian languages, 13 have a phenomenon not previously recognised in the theoretical or typological literature: Split Inalienable Coding (SIC), whereby a language has two or more possessive coding strategies that are closely or exclusively associated with expressing inalienable possession. This paper focusses on semantically conditioned splits, where minimally one strategy encodes the possession of body parts, and another the possession of kin terms. Geographically, all of the sampled languages with semantic SIC are located in Wallacea; special attention is therefore given to the development of split inalienables in this region. In most of these languages, SIC has developed very recently. I argue that there have been multiple causes of SIC: Austronesian languages are predisposed to develop SIC, due to the inheritance of a structurally defined class of kin terms that favours the distinction; and contact has also played a role in Northwest New Guinea, with SIC diffusing both across and within genealogical groupings.
Universalitätsansprüche – Verbandsvertreter in der deutsch-französischen Wirtschaftsdiplomatie der 20er und frühen 30er Jahre
Authors: Müller Philipp
Published: September 2023

In the 20s and 30s German and French representatives of entrepreneurial interests often changed from the civil service to the management of business associations. In their new function, they were responsible for bringing their members’ interests to a common ground. In this context, they claimed to speak on behalf of the overall national economic cause. This strategy was due to the attempt to legitimize their coordination efforts through symbolic capital that lent itself to the justification of state officials. However, their proposals often met with resistance by members. In practice, their claim to represent the overall national economic interest only became effective as soon as their role was legitimized by the state. Such a situation emerged during the Great Depression when Franco-German economic relations were being renegotiated. Ironically, the actions of former state officials in the service of the private sector thus gained power precisely when the delegation of economic diplomatic tasks to business representatives tended to erase the boundary between state and economy.
Vom Röhren-Manager zum Verteidigungs-Staatssekretär und zurück: Der mehrfache Seitenwechsel von Ernst Wolf Mommsen
Authors: Hesse Jan-Otmar
Published: September 2023

Ernst Wolf Mommsen (1910–1979) was one of the best-known steel managers of the old German Federal Republic. In 1970 he was recruited as an under-secretary of state by the Federal Ministry of Defence with responsibility for armaments and procurement and returned to industry in 1973 as Chairman of Friedrich Krupp GmbH. Based on extensive archival research, the article examines the background to this twofold switch through the «revolving door». The focus is on the question of whether Mommsen’s entrepreneurial activity could be used successfully in the state administration. Furthermore, the meaning of this revolving door phenomenon with respect to the entanglement of politics and industry in the German Federal Republic of the 70s will be discussed.
Guia para elaboração dos planos de desenvolvimento das unidades da UFPel 2022-2024
Authors: Clara Corrêa Henning Ana , Leoneti Lencina Claiton , Pereira da Silva Carvalho Joice , Ávila Pereira Chollet Rosana , Roberto Ferreira Júnior Paulo , Martins da Silva Tomás , de Jesus Furtado Leonardo
Published: September 2023

A UFPel, por meio da Coordenação para o Desenvolvimento Institucional Participativo (CDIP) da Pró-Reitoria de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento, apresenta a nova versão do Guia para Elaboração de Planos de Desenvolvimento das Unidades a fim de dar prosseguimento aos esforços para efetivar o processo de planejamento institucional de forma descentralizada, inclusiva e participativa.
Protocolo pós-exposição ocupacional por material perfurocortante
Authors: Maria Silveira dos Santos Galarça Ana , Guerra Lund Rafael
Published: September 2023

Esta publicação é parte do esforço de integrantes da Faculdade de Odontologia (FO), da Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), a fim de atender a demandados acidentes com instrumentais perfurocortantes ocorridos na Unidade.O protocolo será o instrumento utilizado pelo Serviço de Atendimento ao Acidentado por material Biológico (SAAB), na FO, que prestará suporte, de forma humanizada, aos profissionais e alunos desta instituição que possam ser acometidos por acidente com perfurocortantes, envolvendo exposição a material biológico. Com este protocolo, o SAAB busca estabelecer a conduta de atendimento inicial, orientação e seguimento dos trabalhadores acidentados, bem como notificar os casos e realizar os encaminhamentos necessários.
Quiralidade: a outra face dos medicamentos: conceituação e contextualização
Authors: Santos da Silva Márcio
Published: September 2023

Um motivo forte para escrever sobre a quiralidade é a falta de contextualização e a limitação quanto às técnicas de produção e discernimento sobre os compostos quirais, diante dos cursos de graduação, haja vista que a pós-graduação se utiliza de diversas abordagens no contexto da quiralidade, incluindo livros importados, artigos científicos e estudos de casos. Contudo, a graduação permanece normalmente nos simples conceitos básicos de quiralidade, limitados aos livros de química orgânica. Rotineiramente, a quiralidade está apresentada em um único capítulo do livro de química orgânica, relatando apenas as definições centrais da quiralidade, sem relatar como surgiu o conhecimento e sem expor como podemos obter mais informações a respeito. Uma outra razão para o desenvolvimento deste livro é a diferença de abordagem da quiralidade entre a área acadêmica e o setor industrial, pois as universidades utilizam técnicas para produzir um enantiômero que não são viáveis no setor industrial, corroborando a necessidade de clarificar não só os conceitos básicos de quiralidade, mas também todas as suas ramificações possíveis. O livro foi planejado para que os conceitos relacionados à quiralidade possam vir de modo gradativo, e para que o leitor possa construir o conhecimento de quiralidade ao longo dos 18 capítulos. De modo geral, o livro está dividido em duas grandes partes. A primeira refere-se aos conceitos e propriedades da quiralidade e a segunda parte refere-se à atuação na indústria farmacêutica, focando na produção dos compostos quirais.
T’ES en stage : Un module d’activités pour favoriser la réussite en stage des étudiantes et des étudiants en éducation spécialisée
Authors: Tardif Suzie , Dumais Dominique , Beauparlant Sophie , Girard Audrey , Émond-Tremblay Vicky
Published: September 2023

Depuis quelques années, les enseignantes et les enseignants de la technique en éducation spécialisée (TES) du Cégep de Jonquière constatent que le premier stage représente un lot de défis pour leurs stagiaires. Ce constat est à l’origine de la conception d’un module d’activités par le département TES et le centre ÉCOBES-Recherche et transfert pour favoriser la réussite et la persévérance scolaires de leurs étudiantes et de leurs étudiants dans le cadre de ce stage. Cet article présente le processus collaboratif mis en place entre les chercheuses et les praticiennes pour concevoir le module et décrit les principales activités conçues.
How Common Is Undergraduate Publication in Psychology? An Examination of Faculty Vitae From Top Colleges and Universities
Authors: Giuliano Traci A. , Hebl William I. , Howell Jennifer L.
Published: September 2023

Despite extensive research on the benefits of faculty-undergraduate collaborative research, little is known about the outcomes of such collaborations, such as coauthored publication in peer-reviewed journals. To address this gap, we analyzed faculty curricula vitae from 60 top U.S. institutions (20 primarily undergraduate, 20 masters-granting, and 20 research-intensive) to obtain estimates of the prevalence of faculty-undergraduate coauthored publication in psychology. We sent email requests to 8 randomly-selected faculty members from each psychology department in this top 60 (or to the whole department if they had fewer than 8 members). In total, 157 of 459 faculty contacted (34.2%) responded with their full vita. Our results revealed that a substantial majority of faculty (83.4%) had coauthored at least one paper with an undergraduate, with an average of 7.5 coauthored publications (approximately 2 of which were first authored by an undergraduate). Moreover, these publications involved an average of 12.6 undergraduate coauthors (typically in the 2nd or 3rd author position) and accounted for almost 20% of faculty members’ total publications. We also found that, even controlling for overall productivity, faculty of higher rank and those at primarily undergraduate institutions generally coauthored more undergraduate publications compared to faculty of lower rank and/or at masters-granting and especially research-intensive universities. Finally, an analysis of publication trends over time showed that undergraduate publication is becoming increasingly common in psychology, and that faculty are publishing with undergraduates earlier in their careers. We hope our findings inspire more faculty to publish with their undergraduate students.
Evaluating the effect of ongoing conservation policies and forest cover changes in Iranian Zagros forests based on a Land Transformation Model: transition to forest or deforestation?
Authors: Heidarlou Hadi Beygi , Banj Shafiei Abbas , Tayyebi Amin , Borz Stelian Alexandru
Published: September 2023

In recent decades, Zagros forests from western Iran have experienced dramatic changes in cover and structure. Conservation policies, on the other hand, have existed or are being implemented in these forests since 2002 to prevent deforestation. There is, however, the question on how effective were the conservation policies in preventing forest loss. The goal of this study was to analyze the effect of conservation policies in preventing forest loss, as well as to forecast their future effectiveness. Since the spatio-temporal changes in forest cover, land-use and its patterns occur in a non-linear way, this study was based on the use of Land Transformation Model (LTM). Using geographic information systems (GIS) and artificial neural networks (ANNs), this model forecasts future forest changes for the next 30 years. Three scenarios were used for this purpose, in which the input patterns included the years 2002-2012, 2002-2022, and 2012-2022. Based on these, deforestation was predicted for the next three decades using 14 variables. Assuming no changes in the implementation of conservation policies in the Zagros forests, the model was characterized by a consistent accuracy and indicated a projected pattern of increased deforestation over the next years in the region. In other words, by the ongoing conservation policies, the net deforestation overtakes net reforestation. It appears that to stop further forest degradation, Iran's Forestry Service decision-makers must implement improved forest conservation policies.
New regional records of Dothistroma needle blight pathogens from Slovakia: distribution, hosts and pathogens characterization
Authors: Adamčíková Katarína , Pastirčáková Katarína , Jánošíková Zuzana , Ostrovský Radovan , Pastirčák Martin , Pažitný Jozef , Kobza Marek , Adamčík Slavomír , Kádasi-Horáková Miriam , Ondrušková Emília
Published: September 2023

Dothistroma needle blight is one of the most severe needle diseases of pines caused by two closely related species, Dothistroma septosporum and D. pini. The further spread and distribution of this disease were investigated in Slovakia, and new hosts and stand types were identified at the regional level. Dothistroma septosporum was recorded in a natural stand at higher altitude on Pinus cembra in the High Tatras and the P. uncinata records are new host reports for Slovakia for this pathogen. Moreover, for D. pini, P. cembra as a new host at the country level was recorded and P. armandii was identified as new host species worldwide. Mating types for all collected samples and ITS haplotypes for D. pini isolates were determined. For D. pini, five localities with the presence of both mating types and three ITS haplotypes (Dp_HAP.1, Dp_HAP.2 and Dp_ HAP.4) were reported. Samples where both mating types of the pathogens were identified, were selected for the microscopic examination of fruiting bodies aimed to detect sexual reproductive organs. In all inspected needle samples of D. pini, only conidiomata with typical hyaline cylindrical conidia were identified. The sexual state of D. septosporum was recorded in one sample of P. nigra needles.
Self-nitrogen-doped biochar derived from soybean cake for rhodamine B removal prepared via simple carbonization
Authors: Zhang Xinyu , Yang Chao , Zhang Tingwei , Guo Jiaqi , Gan Yusheng , Wu Haibiao , Khan Mohammad Rizwan , Xiao Huining , Song Junlong
Published: September 2023

Nitrogen-doped biochar performs much better in dye adsorption due to its rich functional groups. Soybean cake, a by-product of soybean oil production, comprises rich contents of cellulose, lignin, and protein. Therein, simple direct carbonization was utilized to prepare self-nitrogen-doped biochar (SCB). The results showed that the N content of SCB was 6.81 wt%, and its specific surface area was 18.8 m2/g. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic results confirmed that the surface of SCB was rich in pyridine-N, pyrrole-N, graphite-N, and oxidized-N functional groups. The adsorption capacity of SCB for Rhodamine B was 17.2 mg/g, which is higher compared with other unactivated biochars. The results of thermodynamic parameters indicate that Rhodamine B adsorption on SCB is an endothermic, entropy-increasing, and spontaneous process.