bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Change in Quality of Tuberculosis (TB) Care since National Quality Assessment Program of TB Healthcare Service
Authors: Jang Seong-Ja , Hwang Mi-Jin , Lee Chung-Hun , Lee Hyeon-Ju , Shim Tae-Sun , Kim Dong-Sook
Published: January 2022

Purpose: This study aims to examine the quality of tuberculosis (TB) care after the 1st to 3rd national quality assessment (QA) program for TB healthcare service in Korea was conducted.Methods: We analyzed Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRA) claims data of new TB patients during the period of January to June from 2018-2020. The new TB patients were defined as TB patients reported to Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KCDA). The unit of analysis was the patient. Chi-square tests were used to analyze the differences in indicator value according to the types of medical facilities. The QA indicators of TB care were divided into 3 areas consisting of the following 7 quality indicators: 4 indicators of diagnosis test (the rate of acid-fast bacilli smear, the rate of acid-fast bacilli culture, the rate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-polymerase chain reaction, drug susceptibility test), 1 compliance of treatment guideline, and 2 indicators of care management of TB patients (encounter rate, day of therapy).Results: The QA program for TB care was conducted among 8,246 patients from 534 facilities in 2020. The value of the 7 quality indicators was shown to increase as a result of the QA program. The indicators of the diagnostic test were all higher than 95%, with the exception of the drug susceptibility test which was 84.8%. Both indicators for care management of TB patients were 88.5%.Conclusion: The quality of TB care has been improving with the implementation of the QA program. In order to continue to improve the quality of TB care, it will be necessary to disclose the results of the QA program in medical facilities in the future.
A linguagem verbal e visual em uma passagem de Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No normal e em suas traduções para o português brasileiro e europeu
Authors: Chico Márcia Tavares , Rodrigues Roberta Rego
Published: January 2022

Ao lançar mão da Estilística Tradutória, da Tradução Intermodal, da Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional, da Gramática do Design Visual e dos Estudos das Cores, este artigo tem por objetivo investigar a linguagem verbal e não-verbal em um excerto de Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No normal e em duas traduções para o português brasileiro e europeu, consoante a metafunção interpessoal. Utilizaram-se cinco abas de uma planilha em formato XSL. Nas três primeiras abas, relativas à linguagem verbal, foram usadas as categorias Fornecimento, Demanda, Informação, Bens e Serviços, Modalização e Modulação. Na quarta aba, relacionada à linguagem não-verbal, foram empregadas as categorias Oferta, Demanda e Termos Básicos de Cores. Na quinta aba, também vinculada a essa linguagem, foram identificados os Termos Básicos de Cores mais frequentes nos painéis selecionados. Houve a quantificação das categorias que receberam “sim” através de uma função do programa Microsoft Excel nas quatro primeiras abas. No que concerne à quinta aba, a quantificação dos Termos Básicos de Cores mais recorrentes foi feita manualmente. Os resultados apontam que, no tocante às categorias utilizadas para a linguagem verbal, o texto-fonte e os textos-alvo são idênticos. Os resultados também indicam que, em relação aos painéis, a Oferta é mais frequente que a Demanda, coadunando com os dados da linguagem verbal, em que o Fornecimento se manifesta com mais regularidade. Pode-se concluir que, quanto à linguagem verbal, encontram-se diferenças entre o texto-fonte e os textos-alvo sob uma perspectiva microtextual; e que, em grande parte, observou-se uma consonância entre os modos semióticos verbal e visual no excerto analisado.
MENERIMA PERNIKAHAN SESAMA JENIS DALAM ISLAM: Telaah Pemikiran Jahangir dan Abdullatif
Authors: Nasution Ulfa Ramadhani
Published: January 2022

This article explains about Jahangir and Abdullatif’s view on same-sex marriage. T They argued that the Qur’an itself keeps silent on the status of same-sex union. The prohibition of same-sex union commonly adopted by Muslims is a product of the limitation of ijma (Muslim consensus) and Qiyas (deductive reasoning) as the main method of the formulation of Islamic law, and the bias of Muslim orthodoxy. Therefore, they proposed an idea that same-sex unions in Islam can be carried out by considering the broad principle of dignity and based on human affection.Artikel ini membahas tentang pendapat Jahangir dan Abdullatif tentang pernikahan sesama jenis. Kedua pemikir ini berpendapat bahwa al-Qur’an sejatinya tidak memberikan pendapat tentang status pernikahan sesama jenis. Menurut keduanya, larangan menikah sesama jenis yang menjadi pendapat umum umat Islam merupakan hasil dari keterbatasan ijma’ dan qiyas, sebagai metode utama dalam formulasi hukum Islam, ditambah dengan adanya bias ortodoksi. Oleh karena itu, keduanya mengusulkan pemikiran tentang perlunya mempertimbangkan prinsip umum tentang martabat manusia dan kasih sayang. Dengan cara seperti itu, pernikahan sesama jenis dapat diakomodir.
High Gain Beam Steering Antenna Arrays with Low Scan Loss for mmWave Applications
Authors: Yerrola Anil Kumar , Ali Maifuz , Arya Ravi Kumar , Murmu Lakhindar , Kumar Ashwani
Published: January 2022

In millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications, the antenna gain is a crucial parameter to overcome path loss and atmospheric attenuation. This work presents the design of two cylindrical conformal antenna arrays, made of modified rectangular microstrip patch antenna as a radiating element, working at 28 GHz for mmWave applications providing high gain and beam steering capability. The microstrip patch antenna element uses Rogers RO4232 substrate with a thickness of 0.5 mm and surface area of 5.8 mm × 5.8 mm. The individual antenna element provides a gain of 6.9 dBi with return loss bandwidth of 5.12 GHz. The first antenna array, made by using five conformal antenna elements, achieves a uniform gain of approximately 12 dBi with minimal scan loss for extensive scan angles. In the second antenna array, a dielectric superstrate using Rogers TMM (10i) was used to modify the first antenna array. It enhanced the gain to approximately 16 dBi while still maintaining low scan loss for wide angles. The proposed array design method is very robust and can be applied to any conformal surface. The mathematical equations are also provided to derive the array design, and both array designs are verified by using full-wave simulations.
Rare Earth Elements: A brief overview
Authors: Drobniak Agnieszka , Mastalerz Maria
Published: January 2022

Recent years have witnessed increasing awareness and interest in rare earth elements (REE). These several, usually unfamiliar elements, are key components of countless products used in our daily lives. Because of their use in many modern technologies, including those important for national security, the demand for REE grows, and so does the production, need to find their new sources and improve the extraction. This article provides an overview of REEs, their availability, production, and uses, and briefly discusses the future of these valuable and critical metals.
Adventures in Libraries
Authors: Hanna Ralph
Published: January 2022

This essay recounts lessons learned over a career studying medieval manuscripts and the stories of those who made, used, and collected them. Medieval books long outlast their intended or original audiences and have fascinating cultural interactions that extend to the present. What this most pressingly throws up for me is ways of knowing things, and the epistemological value of memory. One needs to store away the little anomalies that one encounters — and be prepared for them to surface without bidding in some new context where they might prove generative. If humility might be a first perquisite of scholarly work, certainly memory would be a second. The essay originated as a lecture, delivered remotely in March 2021 for the Renaissance Studies Center at the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL.
Editing Versions
Authors: Bryant John
Published: January 2022

G. Thomas Tanselle’s Descriptive Bibliography — a monumental compilation of essays devoted to bibliographical theory and practice as they have evolved as a discipline since the 1960s — not only attests to Tanselle’s vibrant career but is also an occasion to reflect on bibliography as a “way of thinking” about book history, material culture, the editing of fluid texts, and digital scholarship. In our profession, the field of descriptive bibliography has endured decades of begrudging tolerance as “merely” custodial rather than critical; and yet bibliography — in so far as it records change — is the fundamental grounding for any historicist and materialist project. Melville’s so-called “L-word” in Typee — once it is tracked from manuscript to first edition to revised edition — records an “oscillating revision” in Melville’s thinking and writing that exemplifies the dance between accident and intentionality in the creative process. Tanselle’s essays on the practical workings of bibliography also suggest the field’s ability to extend its scope beyond idealized notions of the authorial work and to embrace non-authorized reprints, periodical placement, illustration, and non-literary documents, as well as adaptive revision in film and translation. Descriptive bibliography is essential for our deeper engagement with how and why versions evolve. Advancements in digital strategies related to database and display will facilitate the future acceptance of descriptive bibliography among literary scholars and critics seeking to test the interpretive potentials of biography, material history and culture, and the fluid text.
Music’s Textual Dilemma
Authors: Broude Ronald
Published: January 2022

Music is sound: audible, unique, ephemeral. For music composed before the advent of electronic recording a century and a quarter ago, musical texts — the unique arrangements of musical symbols by which music is represented in visible form — are our principal evidence for how that music sounded when it was created. But the texts in which Western music of the past is preserved are not necessarily accurate representations of the music they record. Although the symbols that make up Western musical notation have remained relatively stable over the centuries, much that they represent has changed. Tunings and temperaments have varied — from repertoire to repertoire and from place to place. So have styles of singing and of playing instruments. So have the instruments themselves. Most important in the present context, the conventions for realizing texts have varied substantially; the idea that performers should follow their texts closely dates only from the mid eighteenth century. In these contradictions lies music’s textual dilemma: music historians and performers must depend upon texts, but even supplemented by research in performance practice, texts do not necessarily provide the information necessary to support informed discussion.
How Should One Read “The Reader”?
Authors: Phillips Joshua
Published: January 2022

In the final months of her life, Virginia Woolf worked on two projects. One was the posthumously published novel Between the Acts (1941). The other was a literary-historical project, which she provisionally titled “Turning the Page” or “Reading at Random”, but which is now known by the dual titles “Anon” and “The Reader”. Although published in a 1979 eclectic edition, these documents have received little critical attention. This article proposes three novel approaches to this archive of documents. The first takes up the methodology proposed by Woolf’s original titles and reads a single folio of this project at random, paying close material attention to what is on both sides of Woolf’s typescript page. The second approach expands on the materialist slant of the first approach and offers an anatomy of this archive, while the third approach expands on my previous discussion of cataloging and classification, in order to sketch out a historiography of Woolf’s late archive.
CALHOUN, Joshua. 2020. The Nature of the Page: Poetry, Papermaking, and the Ecology of Texts in Renaissance England.
Authors: Bruster Douglas
Published: January 2022

Review.
WERNER, Marta, ed. 2021. Writing in Time, Emily Dickinson’s Master Hours.
Authors: Arsić Branka
Published: January 2022

Review.
CAMPEGGIANI, Ida and Niccolò SCAFFAI, eds. 2019. Eugenio Montale: La Bufera e Altro.
Authors: Morbiato Giacomo
Published: January 2022

Review.
CANETTIERI, Paolo, Lucilla SPETIA, and Samuele Maria VISALLI, eds. 2020. Thibaut de Champagne. Edizione, tradizione e fortuna.
Authors: Russo Valeria
Published: January 2022

Review.
DUVAL, Frédéric. 2021. La tradition manuscrite du Lai de l’Ombre de Joseph Bédier, ou la critique textuelle en question; BELTRAMI, Pietro. 2021. À quoi sert une édition critique ? Lire les textes de la littérature romane médiévale; TROVATO, Paolo. 2019. Sguardi da un altro pianeta. Nove esercizi di filologia (Lai de l’ombre, Libro de buen amor, Lazarillo, fonti storiche e musicali); BAKER, Craig, Marcello BARBATO, Mattia CAVAGNA, Yan GREUB, eds. 2018. L’Ombre de Joseph Bédier: théorie et pratique éditoriales au xxe siècle; TROVATO, Paolo. 2017. Everything you always wanted to know about Lachmann’s method. A non-standard handbook of genealogical textual criticism in the age of post-structuralism, cladistics, and copy-text.
Authors: Muzzolon Elena
Published: January 2022

Review.
Репрезентация гражданской активности российской молодежи в социальных медиа
Authors: Домбровская Анна Юрьевна
Published: January 2022

В статье представлены результаты анализа цифровой инфраструктуры гражданской активности российской молодежи, характеристики социально-медийных сегментов оппозиционных и лоялистских цифровых сообществ и их молодежных аудиторий.
Практическая значимость предпринятого анализа состоит в осмыслении масштаба охвата российских молодых интернет-пользователей электронными социальными сетями, имеющими различную направленность (критическую или лоялистскую по отношению к действующей власти), развивающих преимущественно политическую или гражданскую повестки; изучении идентификации предпочтений молодых россиян, отраженных в их принадлежности к аудиториям указанных цифровых сообществ, а также установлении соотношения между управляемостью и неуправляемостью процесса формирования гражданской активности молодых интернет-пользователей.
Поставленные научные задачи предопределили гибридную модель реализации прикладного исследования, включающую в себя когнитивное картирование социально-медийных документов, отражающих доминирующие значения и смыслы, вкладываемые молодежью РФ в гражданские онлайн-практики; автоматизированный социально-медийный анализ с использованием онлайн сервисов для мониторинга социальных медиа (IQBuzz, Popsters), нацеленный на выявление структурных и содержательных аспектов нформационных потоков гражданской тематики, в которые вовлечена российская молодежь; социальное графирование связей между участниками онлайн сообществ гражданской направленности, сфокусированное на выявлении плотности взаимодействий внутри сообществ различных типов и стратегий управления аудиторией цифровых хабов гражданской активности.
Основными выводами исследования служат положения о распространенности оппозиционных по отношению к власти настроений; сфокусированности потоков гражданской направленности на правозащитной и экологической тематиках; превалировании среди аудитории потоков оппозиционного активизма молодых мужчин; активном циркулировании в интернете таких триггеров протестной мобилизации молодежи, как события, связанные с резонансным нарушением гражданских/политических прав.
Благодарность. Статья подготовлена по результатам исследований, выполненных за счет бюджетных средств по государственному заданию Финансового университета при правительстве РФ.
Протестный экоактивизм в цифровой среде (на примере «Красноярского кейса»)
Authors: Расторгуев Сергей Викторович , Тян Юлия Сергеевна
Published: January 2022

Предмет исследования настоящей статьи — протестный экоактивизм в цифровой среде на примере резонансного «Красноярского кейса». С использованием тематического моделирования методом латентного размещения Дирихле (LDA) проанализированы комментарии к постам на экологическую тематику в социальных сетях «ВКонтакте», «Одноклассники», Twitter, Facebook, Instagram за период 1 января 2021 г.—14 июня 2021 г. Выделены шесть ключевых тем, две из которых идентифицированы как наиболее протестные. Эти две протестные темы обусловлены негативными экстерналиями хозяйственной деятельности предприятий, недовольством качеством политического менеджмента государственных органов.  
«Красноярский кейс» протестного онлайн экоактивизма исследован по региональным эко-сообществам «ВКонтакте» с использованием информационно-аналитической системы «Медиалогия». Анализ офлайн активности митингующих и данных вовлеченности пользователей эко-сообществ «ВКонтакте» по «Красноярскому кейсу» не позволяет утверждать, что существует прямая зависимость между высокой вовлеченностью и большим количеством митингующих. Авторы пришли к выводу о ситуативном, контекстном характере офлайн-протестов. Цифровое участие в кейсе лидеров общественного мнения способствует привлечению внимания широкой интернет-аудитории и рассмотрению локальной ситуации как части национальной или мировой повестки.
Предложенный авторами индекс протестного экоактивизма позволяет произвести скоринг конкретного кейса на основе критериев локализации, интенсивности, политизации, текущего статуса ситуации и потенциала конфликтности. Ранг индекса дает информацию ключевым стейкхолдерам в лице общества, бизнеса, государства о текущем положении и потенциальных вариантах развития событий для принятия стратегических и тактических решений.
Мемы как инструмент консолидации протестного движения (на примере коротких видео социальной сети TikTok)
Authors: Порецкова Анастасия Анатольевна , Савин Никита Юрьевич
Published: January 2022

Интернет-мемы давно стали привычным атрибутом новой медийной среды. Большинство исследователей рассматривают их как юмористические картинки, которые способствуют распространению расистских стереотипов и подрывают доверие к политическому процессу среди пользователей. В данной статье рассматривается вклад мемов в консолидацию протестного движения на примере коротких видео социальной сети TikTok, посвященных протестам в Хабаровском крае в 2020 г. На основе анализа коротких видео (N = 65) в статье показано, какими особенностями обладает меметическая структура, какие функции выполняют мемы в отношении протестного движения, какие символические конструкции при этом используются. Авторы проводят визуальный анализ фреймов, включающий в себя семиотический и дискурсивный уровни интерпретации видеоконтента. В силу предполитического характера социальной сети TikTok в коротких видео в большей мере акцентируются сюжеты, связанные с мобилизацией и сплочением социального движения — в противовес артикуляции политических требований. Другими особенностями коротких видео о протестах в Хабаровске стали отсутствие фокуса на политическом противнике, сочетание популистских образов и региональной символики при общем низком уровне символической нагруженности.
Благодарность. Авторы выражают благодарность Элиф Шипи за помощь в сборе эмпирического материала.
A Pipeline for Graph-Based Monitoring of the Changes in the Information Space of Russian Social Media during the Lockdown
Authors: Danilova Vera V. , Popova Svetlana V. , Karpova Vera M.
Published: January 2022

With the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown, social media became a vital communication tool. The sudden outburst of online activity influenced information spread and consumption patterns. It increases the relevance of studying the dynamics of social networks and developing data processing pipelines that allow a comprehensive analysis of social media data in the temporal dimension. This paper scopes the weekly dynamics of the information space represented by Russian social media (Twitter and LiveJournal) during a critical period (massive COVID-19 outbreak and first governmental measures). The approach is twofold: 1) build the time series of topic similarity indicators by identifying COVID-related topics in each week and measuring user contribution to the topic space, and 2) cluster user activity and display user-topic relationships on graphs in a dashboard application. The paper describes the development of the pipeline, explains the choices made and provides a case study of the adaptation to virus control measures. The results confirm that social processes and behavior in response to pandemic-triggered changes can be successfully traced in social media. Moreover, the adaptation trends revealed by psychological and sociological studies are reflected in our data and can be explored using the proposed method.
Therapiecontrolling – mit dem Blick fürs Wesentliche
Authors: Starrost K. , Langen M.
Published: January 2022

Therapy controlling – focus on the essentials This article depicts the chances and boundaries of therapy controlling. The latter is defined as the specific gathering and evaluation of therapyrelated data, e.g., data on the therapy prescribed, therapy performed, or therapists’ working time. The evaluations provide important information for managing therapy departments. Caution is to be used when interpreting the data due to typical biases that can compromise data quality. The pros and cons of several aspects of therapy controlling are discussed.
Pád karierního systému pro pedagogické pracovníky v roce 2017 – případová studie vzdělávací politiky
Authors: Michek Stanislav , Spilková Vladimíra
Published: January 2022

Cíle: Cílem případové studie vzdělávací politiky je přispět k poznání a porozumění fenoménu nepřijetí karierního systému pro pedagogické pracovníky v roce 2017 v širším kontextu přístupů vzdělávací politiky k učitelské profesi po roce 1989. Uvedený případ demonstruje silné a slabé stránky vzdělávací politiky realizované v průběhu posledních let.

Metody: K získání odpovědí na hlavní výzkumné otázky - (1) V čem byly hlavní příčiny nepřijetí karierního systému v roce 2017? (2) Jaká byla role klíčových aktérů v procesu ne/přijetí? - byly využity metody kvalitativního výzkumu, zejména analýza dokumentace z jednání Poslanecké sněmovny a Senátu ČR, analýzy masmédií, polostrukturované rozhovory s klíčovými aktéry procesu schvalování a zamítnutí karierního systému.  

Výsledky: Jsou popsány procesy komunikace a interakce klíčových aktérů vzdělávací politiky a vliv nového subjektu (Pedagogická komora), který se v situaci atomizace profesní komunity do mnoha asociací, zájmových a vlivových skupin stává hlasitým, organizovaným hlasem reprezentujícím populistické postoje učitelské veřejnosti. Dále jsou analyzovány ne/schopnost komunikace ministerstva se zástupci školské praxe a s „opinion makery“, míra politizace v rozhodování, věcná znalost a porozumění politiků odborným otázkám, vliv odborníků a expertních názorů v politickém rozhodování o odborných otázkách řízení školství, vliv sociálních sítí při ovlivňování veřejného mínění apod.

Diskuze výsledků a závěry:  Je reflektován fenomén „krize expertnosti“ (Nichols, 2017) – trend k ignorování expertních znalostí a výzkumně doložených dat, mizí dialog mezi experty a širší veřejnosti, zesílení jisté formy politické korektnosti, kdy všechny názory jsou považovány za stejně hodnotné, každý názor musí zaznít apod. Součástí tohoto trendu ve veřejném rozhodování je vzestup „agresivní nevědomosti“ chápané jako lpění na vlastním názoru i tváří v tvář protiřečícím faktům. Agresivní nevědomost posilují sociální sítě. Výzkum otevírá řadu otázek věcných, metodologických i etických. Studie nastiňuje příležitosti a rizika české vzdělávací politiky v kontextu dalších aktivit ovlivňujících de/profesionalizaci učitelské profese v ČR.
Repenser la subjectivité incarnée. Levinas lecteur de Husserl
Authors: Spagnuolo Vigorita Rosa
Published: January 2022

This paper intends to analyze the question of the embodied subjectivity in Emmanuel Levinas’s work, starting from a specific point of view: the controversial reception of Husserl’s phenomenology. In the early period of his confrontation with Husserl, Levinas criticizes the excess of theoreticism in transcendental idealism. However, he then seems to discover right inside of it the conditions to bring the philosophical debate out of the limits of knowledge theory. This is when he recognizes the important role played by the body in the husserlian description of the act of sense-giving (Sinngebung). Though, while praising Husserl for his conception of sensibility – as the “Commentaires nouveaux” clearly show – Levinas actually proceeds to an original rethinking of the meaning of incarnation, beyond the purity of the ego, and the supposed “property” of the flesh.
La relation à autrui décrite à partir de l’idée cartésienne de l’infini : Sartre et Levinas
Authors: Clément Arnaud
Published: January 2022

Sartre and Levinas both described the relation to the other referring to Descartes’ idea of the infinite. Comparing these two phenomenologies sheds a light on the great influence Sartre had on Levinas’ ethics. While the two philosophers agree that the other is « a hole in the world » in the sense that he negates my intentionality, they fundamentally differ on the ultimate meaning of this negation. Following the thread of the Cartesian idea of the infinite, this article deciphers Levinas’ critique of Sartre, leading to his ethics of the face.
En deçà de la tautologie symbolique du cogito Variations sur Descartes et Augustin à travers Levinas et Marion
Authors: Fazakas István
Published: January 2022

In this paper, I explore the thesis according to which ipseity cannot be conceived of without acknowledging a radical absence and alterity in its very core that makes it possible. To develop this thesis, I draw on Levinas’ reading of Descartes and Marion’s reading of Augustine. After a brief introductory part on what we could call, with Marc Richir’s term, the symbolic tautology of ipseity, I show how such a tautology is deconstructed by Levinas’ interpretation of the idea of the infinite in Descartes’ Third Meditation. I then proceed to contrast the results of this reading with Marion’s take on the problem of the memoria in Augustin’s Confessions. Both readings point towards a radical and immemorial dimension of absence that – by impeding the self from fully possessing itself – makes paradoxically ipseity possible in the first place. In the conclusion, I pose the question of whether – in order to account for this absence that reveals a transcendence in the most inner intimate of the self – one has to abandon phenomenology for ethics or some kind of new theology or if a strictly phenomenological description of this dimension of the experience of ipseity is possible.
La politique comme le lieu de l’universalisation de l’exigence éthique chez Levinas
Authors: Kamgue Ericbert Tambou
Published: January 2022

Levinasian philosophy is characterized as a philosophy of ethical subjectivity and asymmetrical responsibility. Ethics is understood as the subject that gives itself entirely to the Other. However, the Other is never alone. His face attests to the presence of a third party who, looking at me in his eyes, cries for justice. There is no longer any question for the subject to devote himself entirely to the Other (ethical justice), to give everything to him at the risk of appearing empty-handed before the third party. How then to serve both the Other and the third party? The question of the political appears in the thought of Levinas with the emergence of the third party who, like the Other, challenges me and commands me (social justice). The third party establishes a political space. Politics is in the final analysis the place of the universalization of the ethical requirement born from face-to-face with the face of the Other.
Comparison of copper IUDs and hormonal IUDs in prevalence of Candida species in cervicovaginal smears
Authors: Wei Tao , Wang Hua , Wen Boyang
Published: January 2022

Candidal vulvovaginitis is one of the most common genital infections that different types of diagnosis are essential for a proper treatment plan. IUD is one of the most influential and long-lasting methods of contraception that can be associated with vaginal candidiasis. This study was performed to investigate the prevalence of Candida species before and three months after IUD placement in patients referred to health centers. Also, a comparison of copper IUDs and hormonal IUDs was evaluated to consider the prevalence of Candida species in cervicovaginal smears. In this regard, cervicovaginal swabs were prepared from 160 women applying for IUDs who did not show signs of vaginal infection during the vaginal examination. These people were divided into two groups of 80 cases. The first group received copper IUDs (NT Cu380, Mona Lisa®, Canada), and the second group received hormonal IUDs (Mirena, USA). They had not used antibiotics or antifungal drugs at least two weeks before and three months after IUD placement. The provided Samples were cultured in a Saburo dextrose agar medium. The milky yeast colony was transferred to chromium agar culture medium, and fungal species were differentiated by dyeing. P <0.05 was considered significant. Three months after IUD insertion, 29.57% of people who received a copper IUD were diagnosed with candidiasis. Also, different species of Candida were observed in 22.95% of people who received hormonal IUD. Because Candida albicans is found in the vaginal microflora of 30 to 80% of asymptomatic women, the decision to treat asymptomatic cases requires further study and testing. The use of Candida chromium agar differential culture medium is easy, reproducible, and cost-effective; however, in cases such as recurrent or complicated vulvovaginal candidiasis where the accurate diagnosis is essential for successful treatment, the use of sensitive and precise molecular methods such as PCR is recommended. Finally, studies with wider dimensions and longer follow-up periods are suggested to confirm and complete the present study.
Physicochemical properties, nutrient profile, microbial stability, and sensory evaluation of cupcakes enriched with pomegranate seed oil
Authors: Lydia D. Esther , Mohandas Anuja , Priya Shanmugha , Monica Sarah Jane , Gajdács Márió , Khusro Ameer , Alghamdi Saad , Almehmadi Mazen , Kahrizi Danial , Sahibzada Muhammad Umar Khayam
Published: January 2022

Excessive use of refined flour, solid fats, and sugar in preparing baked products are considered to be unhealthy and is intricately linked with the development of lifestyle diseases. Replacing refined flour with whole wheat flour and solid fats with cold-pressed oil serves as an alternate option. The study was aimed at evaluating the physicochemical properties, nutrient composition, sensory attributes, and shelf life of cupcakes enriched using pomegranate seed oil (PSO). Vanilla and chocolate cupcake variants were prepared using 25 and 50% of PSO. A sensory panel consisting of 30 semi-trained participants was selected for evaluating the formulated products using a five-point hedonic scale. Nutrient content was estimated using standard techniques. The stability of the formulated product was determined by evaluating the physicochemical traits and microbial growth on the 0th, 4th, and 7th day. Mean scores of the sensorial analysis showed that the incorporation of PSO in cupcakes was highly accepted by the panel members. Chocolate cupcake containing 50% of PSO was found to be the most preferred product (3.53±0.94), followed by vanilla cupcake containing 25% of PSO (3.4±0.62). The moisture, protein, and fat content of chocolate cupcakes containing 25% of PSO were high. Cupcakes prepared with PSO can be stored for four days at room temperature. GC-MS analysis showed the presence of punicic acid, oleic acid, tocopherols, campesterol, sitosterols, stigmasterol, and α-tocopheryl acetate as pre-dominant fatty acid in unheated and heated PSO. In conclusion, cupcakes prepared using PSO showed acceptable physicochemical qualities and sensory properties which indicated its successful consumption by people affected with metabolic disorders.
Screening of the antioxidant and antibacterial effects of extracted essential oils from Thunbergia coccinea, Acacia polyacantha, Polygonum micrpcephallum, Abies spectabilis and Clerodendrum colebrookianum
Authors: Zaman Gaffar Sarwar , Alshahrani Mohammad Y. , Barua Pranab , Aladel Alanoud , Zaman Forhad Akhtar , Ahmad Irfan , Khan Mohammad Idreesh , Snoussi Mejdi , Saeed Mohd
Published: January 2022

During the previous few decades, it has been seen that there is a rapid emergence of pathogens resistant to multiple antibiotics. This has now become a global crisis. Some unexplored or less explored plants also provide some antibacterial, bactericidal and antioxidant properties. The antibacterial, bactericidal effects of extracted essential oils (EEOs) of Thunbergia coccinea, Acacia polyacantha, Polygonum micrpcephallum, Abies spectabilis and Clerodendrum colebrookianum was tested in comparison with standard antibiotics. The methods chosen were disc diffusion and deduction of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) by microbroth dilution assays of the EEOs against the bacterial strains.The antioxidant activity was found out utilizing DPPH free radical scavenging assay, MDA, Hydrogen peroxide radical inhibition assay and Superoxide radical inhibition assay (O 2 -). Some commonly used standard antibiotics (metronidazole, amoxicillin, clarithromycin, rifampicin, clindamycin and oxacillin,) were utilized to compare the EEO antibacterial action. Clerodendrum colebrookianum (85.17 ± 3.06 µg MDA/g extract) had a reasonable MDA. Acacia polyacantha in MIC had values of 3.86 ± 0.25 to 6.20 ± 0.16. Polygonum micrpcephallum had excessive H2O2 (48.27 ± 2.4 5%). The antibacterial actions determined by the paper disc‑diffusion technique of the EEO extracted from these plants showed that most had some antibacterial actions. Also, it was seen that the bactericidal action of the EEO extracted from E. alba was most potent against S. pyogenes (4.06 ± 0.15). The extract of the plant at varying concentrations (20, 40, 60, 80 and100 mg/mL) demonstrated noteworthy (P< 0.001) anthelmintic action in an effective change when the dose was adjusted. In conclusion, most of the tested plants contain a medicinal value, which can be utilized in the future to supplement artificial medicines and cure emerging diseases that create havoc for mankind.
Results of the surgical treatment of diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis (diffuse-type tenosynovial giant-cell tumor) of the knee
Authors: Herasymenko S. I. , Kostogryz O. A. , Kostogryz Yu. O. , Babko A. M. , Mayko V. M.
Published: January 2022

The aim. To develop a treatment algorithm with the aim of improving the treatment results of diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee. To study and analyze the results of surgical treatment of diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee.
Materials and methods. The study was based on the results of treatment of 48 patients with pathohistologically verified diagnosis of diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis (tenosynovial giant cell tumor) of the knee undergoing treatment at the State Institution “Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine” from 2010 to 2019.
Results. The best functional results can be achieved in patients with diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee in stage I of the disease. Using the method of mathematical statistics to evaluate the results obtained, we see that scores obtained through the Lysholm Scoring Scale were statistically significantly different in stages before a surgery (P = 0.000782), 3 months (P = 0.00005) and 6 months after the surgery (P = 0.04); but over time, these differences diminished and became actually insignificant 12 months after the surgery (P = 0.89).
Conclusions. Applying our therapeutic algorithm for the treatment of patients with diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee, the outcome of the Lysholm score was excellent in 22 % of patients, good – in 45 %, satisfactory – in 21 % and poor – in 12 % of patients.
Incidence of cardiac arrhythmias in patients with COVID-19 infection according to 24-hour electrocardiogram monitoring
Authors: Zbitnieva V. O. , Voloshyna O. B. , Balashova I. V. , Dukova O. R. , Lysyi I. S.
Published: January 2022

Cardiac arrhythmias in patients with COVID-19 infection may be due to many pathophysiological factors. Further study on the structure of arrhythmias in this category of patients will reveal clinically significant arrhythmias and select the optimal management.
The aim: to determine the features of arrhythmias in patients with and without concomitant cardiovascular disease who suffered from COVID-19 infection based on the results of 24-hour electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring.
Materials and methods. 84 patients (45 men – 53.5 %, 39 women – 46.5 %) who had COVID-19 infection over 12 weeks previously were examined. Patients were divided into 2 groups – with and without a history of concomitant cardiovascular disease. The patient groups did not differ in age (P = 0.33) and sex (P = 0.58, P = 0.64). 24-hour ECG monitoring was performed on a Cardiosens K device (XAI-MEDICA, Kharkiv) according to the standard method.
Results. Comparison of 12-channel ECG data did not reveal a significant difference in the incidence of single atrial (P = 0.13) and ventricular extrasystoles (P = 0.37) between the two groups, but sinus tachycardia was significantly more common in patients without concomitant cardiovascular disease (P = 0.022). According to 24-hour ECG monitoring, a significantly higher total number of arrhythmias, in particular, supraventricular extrasystoles (P = 0.009), high gradations of ventricular arrhythmias: paired ventricular extrasystoles (P = 0.041), ventricular bigeminy (P = 0.005), ventricular trigeminy (P = 0.004), ventricular salvos (P = 0.017) were detected significantly more frequently in patients with concomitant cardiovascular disease after COVID-19 infection than those in the comparison group. The results of 24-hour ECG monitoring also showed that patients without cardiovascular disease were significantly more likely to have inappropriate sinus tachycardia (P = 0.03) and postural orthostatic tachycardia (P = 0.04). Paroxysmal arrhythmias were significantly more common in patients with concomitant cardiovascular pathology, namely unstable (P = 0.002) and stable paroxysms of atrial tachycardia (P = 0.014), unstable paroxysms of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (8.3 %), paroxysms of atrial fibrillation (6.2 %).
Conclusions. 24-hour ECG monitoring should be advised in patients with COVID-19 infection and concomitant cardiovascular disease in addition to recording a standard 12-channel ECG to detect prognostically unfavorable cardiac arrhythmias, possible arrhythmogenic manifestations of post-COVID-19 syndrome and choose management tactics for these patients.
Placental markers of miscarriage
Authors: Zhyvetska-Denysova A. A. , Vorobiova I. I. , Skrypchenko N. Ya. , Tolkach S. M. , Razdaibedin S. M. , Bondarenko Yu. M.
Published: January 2022

Successful implantation involves a high degree of development of spiral arteries, combined with high proliferative activity, which ensures the formation of a healthy placenta, full uterine-placental circulation, and the birth of a healthy child. The placenta is the unique organ of the biological monitoring, the mirror of pregnancy. Identification of placental markers of miscarriage is a promising direction for preventing reproductive losses.
The aim of the work is to identify the markers of miscarriage and premature labor in the structures of the chorion and placenta.
Materials and methods. The main group included tissue samples of the 22 chorions and 64 placentas after termination of current pregnancy from women with a history of reproductive losses. The control group included tissue samples of the 20 chorions after artificial abortion and 20 placentas after physiological pregnancy and birth. The placenta was examined according to the protocol (form No. 013-1/0). The expressions of VEGF, CD31/PECAM1, CD105/Endoglin/TGFβ 1/3 Receptor, Bcl-2α Ab-1, TNF-α, CD45/T200/LCA, CD56/NCAM1 were studied in the structures of chorion and placenta by immunohistochemistry.
Results. Based on histological and immuno-histochemical study of chorion and placenta samples in women with reproductive history and termination of the current pregnancy, it was established that embryo-endometrial dysfunction is the cause of miscarriage in the first trimester, and inflammation is the precondition of preterm birth; markers of miscarriage and premature labor in the structures of the chorion and placenta have been identified.
Conclusions. The markers of miscarriage are pathomorphological changes in endometrium and chorion combined with high expression of TNF-α and NK-CD56, low expression of CD31/PECAM1, negative expression of VEGF to indicate a violation of cytotrophoblast invasions. The markers of inflammation and premature labor are structural and functional changes of placenta in combination with moderate expression of TNF-α in syncytium, high expression of NK-CD56 in villous stroma, high expression of CD45/T200/LCA in the decidual membrane.
Surrogates of Recognition. On the Reconstruction of a Possible Critical Hegelian Contribution to Current Discussions on “Identity”
Authors: Adolphi Rainer
Published: January 2022

The article discusses a central topic of contemporary understandings of society that seems to have no place in Hegel’s theory: the topic of “identity”, which seems to fall between the process of a “struggle for recognition” on the one hand, and, on the other, a consolidated recognition of subjects and their rights within the established social order. The article would like to propose a further reconstruction here. It discusses which considerations should be included so that the discourse on “identity” does not end in any substantialist or ethno-national, egocentric understandings, but, instead, could become possibly a part of Hegel’s theory. In today’s dynamics and unsettling changes, there are undeniable needs for “identity” (which are also easily addressed, even fuelled, by corresponding offers). These are, as one could learn from Hegel, surrogates of a still not or no longer successful sufficient recognition. In this, “identity” is to be understood as critical work on oneself as a product of becoming, on inheritances, achievements, challenges, divisions, discrepancies, guilt and failures.
Żelazo meteorytowe w starożytnym Egipcie przed okresem późnym
Authors: Napierała Mateusz
Published: January 2022

The aim of the article is to present an unusual raw material, which is the meteorite iron and its specific status in the culture of ancient Egypt. The presentation of this extraordinary material, highlighting the features allowing to recognize it, the interpretation of the artifacts made of it (taking into account the physicochemical analyzes), and the development of the results of experimental works recreating the methods of its processing allow us to obtain the necessary information about the delineation of meteorite iron metallurgy in ancient Egypt up to the beginning of the Late Period. An important source for achieving the article’s goal are also texts. Text analysis highlights the ambiguity of the terminology used to describe meteorite iron. By reviewing the contexts of its use, they allow us to enrich knowledge about its metallurgy and help to characterize the status of this metal in the consciousness of the Egyptians.
Obozowisko łowieckie ludności kultury świderskiej na stanowisku Sulejówek 4, pow. miński, woj. mazowieckie
Authors: Przeździecki Michał
Published: January 2022

The paper presents results of an analysis of the assemblage of flint artefacts from the site no. 6 in Sulejówek, Mazovian Voivodeship. The main attention was focused on technological and typological observations. Based on the obtained results, these materials were interpreted as a remnant of a medium-sized hunting camp of the Swiderian community. An important feature of the inventory is the extremely high proportion of relics made of chocolate flint, which was imported from about 150 km.
МОВНА ІДЕНТИЧНІСТЬ ЕТНІЧНИХ СПІЛЬНОТ У КОНТЕКСТІ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ МОВНОЇ СИТУАЦІЇ
Authors: MYKHALCHUK OKSANA
Published: January 2022

The article outlines the main sociolinguistic parameters of collective language identity. The role of such constructs as ethnicity, statehood, linguistic and cultural value is considered in terms of the formation of language identity. The approach to the analysis here was chosen with taking account of the post-totalitarian specifics of the language situation in Ukraine. The correlation between ethnolanguage and national language identity has been traced. Determinants such as language status, language vitality, sociolinguistic capacity of communities and institutional support are taken into consideration. The importance of language management and language planning in the country and innovative principles of European language policies (language tolerance, language integration, preservation of endangered languages and emphasis on language rights) are underlined as points of reference for focusing on the language identity of ethnic communities. Theoretical substantiation of the concepts “ethnolinguistic identity” and “national (state) language identity” is offered.
ТЕОРЕТИЧНІ ПІДХОДИ ДО ВИВЧЕННЯ СТАВЛЕННЯ ДО МОВИ
Authors: MUZYKA MARIA
Published: January 2022

This article focuses on the analysis of the scientific literature on investigating language attitude, theoretical approaches to the language attitude analyzed, the core paradigms of investigation connected to studying and distinguishing of language attitude presented, as well as the importance of data gathered regarding language attitudes and the specific nature of the language attitude studies in Ukraine that are analyzed. Studying language attitudes is popular, as the language which is investigated has numerous sociocultural functions, and knowledge of language attitudes helps to achieve success in language policy planning. Moreover, influences on linguistic personality and language attitudes allow evaluation not only of the loyalty to a particular language, but also the functional value of each of these. Language attitude is an instrument which allows successful language policy to be constructed, and also informs about the language identification of speaker, as well as about language status and prestige.
АНГЛІЙСЬКЕ ВЛАСНЕ ІМ’Я JACK І ПОХІДНІ ВІД НЬОГО ЕПОНІМИ: ГНІЗДОВЕ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ
Authors: OSTAPENKO MARIA
Published: January 2022

The English name Jack is one of the most common names in English-speaking countries, which has become a derivate for a large number of derived eponyms. The lack of a comprehensive study of this word family determines the relevance of our research. The article is made within the framework of comparative-historical linguistics, lexical semantics, and onomastics. The article aims to explore the structure of the derivative-semantic word family with a stem anthroponym eng. Jack. As a result, the structural types of secondary word family constituents and the main directions of semantic evolution of the creative lexeme and its common nouns derivatives, including phraseological units, were identified. All derived eponyms of the name Jack were divided into the following micro-families: representatives of living nature (males, plants, animals), inanimate objects (mechanisms – any things that have replaced human labor or with which something can be done) and an intermediate link of lexemes denoting the image of a man.