bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Vitrectomy with sulfur hexafluoride versus air tamponade for idiopathic macular hole: a retrospective study
Authors: Yao Yuou , Yan Huichao , Qu Jinfeng , Dong Chongya , Liang Jianhong , Yin Hong , Ren Chi , Jin Enzhong , Zhao Mingwei
Published: July 2023

Background

To evaluate the effect of room air and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas in idiopathic macular hole(MH)surgery.

Methods

Retrospective, interventional, and comparative study. 238 eyes with the idiopathic macular hole that underwent pars plana vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane peeling, fluid-air exchange, and 20% SF6 (SF6 group:125 eyes) or room air tamponade (air group: 113 eyes) were reviewed. The primary outcome measure was the closure rate of primary surgery.

Results

The baseline characteristics of the SF6 group and air group were comparable except for the hole size (479.90 ± 204.48 vs. 429.38 ± 174.63 μm, P = 0.043). The anatomical closure rate was 92.8% (116 / 125) with the SF6 group and 76.1% (86 / 113) with the air group (P < 0.001). A cut-off value of MH size to predict primary anatomical closure was 520 μm, which is based on the lower limit of 95% confidential interval of the MH size among the unclosed patients in the air group. There was no significant difference in anatomical closure rates between SF6 and air group (98.7% vs. 91.9%, P = 0.051) for MH ≤ 520 μm, whereas a significantly lower anatomical closure rate was shown in the air group than SF6 group (46.2% vs. 84.0%, P < 0.001) for MH > 520 μm.

Conclusion

SF6 exhibited more effectiveness than air to achieve a good anatomical outcome for its longer tamponade when MH > 520 μm.
Eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: scoping review of psychosocial impact
Authors: Maia Bruna Bortolozzi , de Oliveira-Cardoso Érika Arantes , dos Santos Manoel Antônio
Published: July 2023

Background

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 drastically changed the daily lives of the entire population. Despite being efficient in helping to avoid deaths and prevent the collapse of the healthcare system, social distancing can lead to unfavorable outcomes in the physical and mental health of the population, in particular, those diagnosed with eating disorders. This scope review aimed to analyze the scientific production on the psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with eating disorders, in the subtypes anorexia nervosa and bulimia.

Method

This is a scope review, based on a rigorous method based on the PRISMA strategy. The indexed databases PubMed, LILACS, PsycINFO, Web of Science, SciELO, CINHAL, and Embase were consulted. After screening 387 records, 19 studies were included in the review.

Results

The results were subdivided into four thematic categories: (1) repercussions of confinement on daily life, in which the impacts of social distancing on daily life are presented, such as greater contact with the family and sudden changes in routine; (2) impacts on the treatment performed for eating disorders, underlining the effects of discontinuity of face-to-face treatments; (3) consequences for mental health, highlighting the consequences of the uncertain period for psychological distress; and (4) effects on symptoms of eating disorders, emphasizing the consequences of the pandemic for the symptoms of anorexia and bulimia.

Conclusion

We concluded that the confinement and uncertainties of this period accentuated preexisting symptoms, arousing feelings of helplessness and loneliness, especially because they were patients who were more susceptible to routine changes and fragilization of social support networks. Strengthening the personal support network is especially important, as well as investing in strengthening the bond between family members and health services, which points to future research.
Evolutionary assessment of SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE genes in citrus relatives with a specific focus on flowering
Authors: Li Yawei , Wang Shuting , Adhikari Prakash Babu , Liu Bing , Liu Shengjun , Huang Yue , Hu Gang , Notaguchi Michitaka , Xu Qiang
Published: July 2023

Phase transition and floral induction in citrus requires several years of juvenility after germination. Such a long period of juvenility has been a major hindrance to its genetic improvement program. Studies have shown that miR156 along with its downstream genes SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEINS (SBP) and SBP-LIKE (SPL) mediate the phase transition and floral induction process in plants. Our current study has systematically analyzed SPLs in 15 different citrus-related species, systematically annotated them based on their close homology to their respective Arabidopsis orthologs, and confirmed the functional attributes of the selected members in floral precocity. The majority of the species harbored 15 SPLs. Their cis-element assessment suggested the involvement of the SPLs in diverse developmental and physiological processes in response to different biotic and abiotic cues. Among all, SPL5, SPL9, and SPL11 stood out as consistently differentially expressed SPLs in the adult and young tissues of different citrus-related species. Independent overexpression of their F. hindsii orthologs (FhSPL5, FhSPL9, and FhSPL11) brought an enhanced expression of endogenous FLOWERING LOCUS T leading to the significantly precocious flowering in transgenic Arabidopsis lines. Future study of the genes in the citrus plant itself is expected to conclude the assessments made in the current study.

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Solving a multi-objective solid transportation problem: a comparative study of alternative methods for decision-making
Authors: Abdelati Mohamed H. , Abd-El-Tawwab Ali M. , Ellimony Elsayed Elsayed M. , Rabie M
Published: July 2023

The transportation problem in operations research aims to minimize costs by optimizing the allocation of goods from multiple sources to destinations, considering supply, demand, and transportation constraints. This paper applies the multi-dimensional solid transportation problem approach to a private sector company in Egypt, aiming to determine the ideal allocation of their truck fleet.

In order to provide decision-makers with a comprehensive set of options to reduce fuel consumption costs during transportation or minimize total transportation time, a multi-objective approach is employed. The study explores the best compromise solution by leveraging three multi-objective approaches: the Zimmermann Programming Technique, Global Criteria Method, and Minimum Distance Method. Optimal solutions are derived for time and fuel consumption objectives, offering decision-makers a broad range to make informed decisions for the company and the flexibility to adapt them as needed.

Lingo codes are developed to facilitate the identification of the best compromise solution using different methods. Furthermore, non-dominated extreme points are established based on the weights assigned to the different objectives. This approach expands the potential ranges for enhancing the transfer problem, yielding more comprehensive solutions.

This research contributes to the field by addressing the transportation problem practically and applying a multi-objective approach to support decision-making. The findings provide valuable insights for optimizing the distribution of the truck fleet, reducing fuel consumption costs, and improving overall transportation efficiency.
Characteristics of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth Presenting for Surgery in the United States
Authors: Uffman Joshua C. , Willer Brittany L. , Mpody Christian , Nafiu Olubukola O. , Tobias Joseph D.
Published: July 2023

BACKGROUND:

The number of adolescents and adults identifying as trans or gender-diverse is increasing. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and “other” (LGBTQ+) population is recognized as a marginalized health care population. This retrospective study sought to investigate demographic trends in transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) youth accessing surgical care in the United States.

METHODS:

Using a multi-institutional dataset from the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS), we described demographic and periprocedural data for TGD adolescents, ages 10 to 18 years, who underwent a surgical procedure between January 1, 2016 and August 31, 2022.

RESULTS:

Among 767,224 youth who underwent surgical procedures during the study period, 807 (0.1%, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.09–0.11) were identified as TGD. The overall prevalence of identified TGD youth increased from 0.02% in 2016 to 0.23% in 2022. TGD youth were mostly (71%) assigned female at birth and 13 to 18 years of age (91%, 733/807) at the time of surgery. A total of 76% of TGD patients were non-Hispanic White, 62% had commercial insurance, and 49% lived in a ZIP code with a median annual income between $39,000 and $63,000. Of the 807 TGD patients identified, 264 (33%) were from the Northeast, 226 (28%) were from the Midwest, 219 (27%) were from the West, and 98 (12%) were from the South census regions. The most common procedures for TGD youth to undergo were breast reduction/augmentation (n = 135), insertion/removal of subcutaneous implant device (n = 98), and orthopedic procedures of the hip and lower extremity (n = 29).

CONCLUSIONS:

We reported the perioperative characteristics of TGD youth and showed a steady increase in the detected prevalence of TGD adolescents accessing surgical care. Future investigations into specific challenges associated with caring for these patients are warranted.
Revisiting the case of ‘blood-brothers’: A constructivist approach in North Korea-China relations
Authors: Mukhia Anmol
Published: July 2023

North Korea and China’s relations have, from time to time, been addressed by the international media as ‘symbolic brothers’, and often come into the academic discussion in the context of the ‘Korean War’ (1950-1953). It is captured in the larger debate, with North Korea as a by-product or satellite state of China, but the socio-political view of a created society has not been addressed much. The major development that took place during the time was the symbolic production of terminology such as ‘blood-brothers’ or as close as ‘lips and teeth relations’ which has reciprocal leverage in each-other’s politics. In this case, social constructivism asserts that knowledge undergoes construction through human activity and individuals create meaning through their interactions. The paper takes a constructivist approach as a socio-political view on the Korean War, emphasizing the role of social factors such as identity in the construction of interest and action. It argues that it was the social construction of inter-subjective belief and shared understanding that shaped North Korea-China relations.
Evidence from the first Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs) randomised controlled trial in India: SMAs increase the satisfaction, knowledge, and medication compliance of patients with glaucoma
Authors: Sönmez Nazlı , Srinivasan Kavitha , Venkatesh Rengaraj , Buell Ryan W. , Ramdas Kamalini
Published: July 2023

In Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs), patients with similar conditions meet the physician together and each receives one-on-one attention. SMAs can improve outcomes and physician productivity. Yet privacy concerns have stymied adoption. In physician-deprived nations, patients’ utility from improved access may outweigh their disutility from loss of privacy. Ours is to our knowledge the first SMA trial for any disease, in India, where doctors are scarce. In a 1,000-patient, single-site, randomized controlled trial at Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry, we compared SMAs and one-on-one appointments, over four successive visits, for patients with glaucoma. We examined patients’ satisfaction, knowledge, intention-to-follow-up, follow-up rates, and medication compliance rates (primary outcomes) using intention-to-treat analysis. Of 1,034 patients invited between July 12, 2016 –July 19, 2018, 1,000 (96.7%) consented to participate, and were randomly assigned to either SMAs (NSMA = 500) or one-on-one appointments (N1-1 = 500). Patients who received SMAs showed higher satisfaction (MeanSMA = 4.955 (SD 0.241), Mean1-1 = 4.920 (SD 0.326); difference in means 0.035; 95% CI, 0.017–0.054, p = 0.0002) and knowledge (MeanSMA = 3.416 (SD 1.340), Mean1-1 = 3.267 (SD 1.492); difference in means 0.149; 95% CI, 0.057–0.241, p = 0.002) than patients who received one-on-one appointments. Across conditions, there was no difference in patients’ intention-to-follow-up (MeanSMA = 4.989 (SD 0.118), Mean1-1 = 4.986 (SD 0.149); difference in means 0.003; 95% CI, -0.006–0.012, p = 0.481) and actual follow-up rates (MeanSMA = 87.5% (SD 0.372), Mean1-1 = 88.7% (SD 0.338); difference in means -0.012; 95% CI, -0.039–0.015, p = 0.377). Patients who received SMAs exhibited higher medication compliance rates (MeanSMA = 97.0% (SD 0.180), Mean1-1 = 94.9% (SD 0.238); difference in means 0.020; 95% CI, 0.004–0.036, p = 0.013). SMAs improved satisfaction, learning, and medication compliance, without compromising follow-up rates or measured clinical outcomes. Peer interruptions were negatively correlated with patient satisfaction in early-trial SMAs and positively correlated with patient satisfaction in later-trial SMAs.

Trial registration: The trial was registered with Clinical Trials Registry of India (https://ctri.nic.in/) with reference no. REF/2016/11/012659 and registration no. CTRI/2018/02/011998.
Shifty Eyes: The Impact of Intolerance of Uncertainty on Gaze Behaviour During Threat Conditioning
Authors: Rodriguez-Sobstel Claudia , Wake Shannon , Dodd Helen , McSorley Eugene , van Reekum Carien M. , Morriss Jayne
Published: July 2023

Previous research has demonstrated that individuals with high levels of Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) have difficulty updating threat associations to safety associations. Notably, prior research has focused on measuring IU-related differences in threat and safety learning using arousal-based measures such as skin conductance response. Here we assessed whether IU-related differences in threat and safety learning could be captured using eye-tracking metrics linked with gaze behaviours such as dwelling and scanning. Participants (N = 144) completed self-report questionnaires assessing levels of IU and trait anxiety. Eye movements were then recorded during each conditioning phase: acquisition, extinction learning, and extinction retention. Fixation count and fixation duration served as indices of conditioned responding. Patterns of threat and safety learning typically reported for physiology and self-report were observed for the fixation count and fixation duration metrics during acquisition and to some extent in extinction learning, but not for extinction retention. There was little evidence for specific associations between IU and disrupted safety learning (e.g., greater differential responses to the threat vs. safe cues during extinction learning and retention). While there was tentative evidence that IU was associated with shorter fixation durations (e.g., scanning) to threat vs. safe cues during extinction retention, this effect did not remain after controlling for trait anxiety. IU and trait anxiety similarly predicted greater fixation count and shorter fixation durations overall during extinction learning, and greater fixation count overall during extinction retention. IU further predicted shorter fixation durations overall during extinction retention. However, the only IU-based effect that remained significant after controlling for trait anxiety was that of fixation duration overall during threat extinction learning. Our results inform models of anxiety, particularly in relation to how individual differences modulate gaze behaviour during threat conditioning.
Coastal Sentiment Review Using Naïve Bayes with Feature Selection Genetic Algorithm
Authors: Somantri Oman , Maharrani Ratih Hafsarah , Purwaningrum Santi
Published: July 2023

Purpose: The tourism potential in the maritime sector can be Indonesia's mainstay at this time, especially in enjoying the charm of the natural beauty of the coast as people know Indonesia is an archipelagic country. The purpose of this study is to find the best model by applying the feature selection genetic algorithm (GA) and Information Gain (IG) to get the best Naïve Bayes (NB) model and the best features to produce the best level of sentiment classification accuracy.Methods: The stages of the research were carried out by going through the process of searching, pre-processing, analyzing research data using the Naïve Bayes model and optimizing genetic algorithms, validating data, and model evaluation.Result: The experimental results show that the best model is naïve Bayes based on information gain and the genetic algorithm yields an accuracy rate of 86.34%.Novelty: The main contribution to this research is proposing a new model of the best NB optimization model by applying an optimization algorithm in the search for feature selection to increase sentiment classification accuracy.
Die Ordnung der Natur
Authors: Asmussen-Stratmann Karen , Frank Joachim W. , Matthies Jörg , Hirschfeld Gerhard , Glade Felicitas , Wolschke-Bulmahn Joachim , Unruh Rainer , Imberger Elke
Published: July 2023

Das Landesarchiv Schleswig-Holstein hat die Landesgartenschau 2009 in Schleswig mit der zu diesem Anlass konzipierten Ausstellung "Die Ordnung der Natur. Historische Gärten und Parks in Schleswig-Holstein" begleitet. Ergänzt wurde diese mit einer Vortragsreihe, die auf große Resonanz stieß. Die Vorträge werden in diesem Band veröffentlicht.

Thematisch gliedert sich der Band in zwei Teile: Die ersten vier Beiträge setzen sich mit historischen Gärten und Parks in Schleswig-Holstein auseinander. Der zweite Teil des Bandes weist über die Grenzen Schleswig-Holsteins hinaus. So geht es um Gartenbauschulen als Berufsausbildung für "höhere Töchter" im Kaiserreich, Gärten und Natur im Kontext demokratiefeindlicher, völkischer Ideologie, die Bedeutung von Gärten und Parks im Film sowie Gärten in Entenhausen.
Gender and the Conceptualization of Religion and Islam
Authors: Maltese Giovanni
Published: July 2023

The critique of power asymmetries reproduced by Eurocentric and essentialist conceptualizations of generic terms and analytical concepts is well-established in religious studies and gender studies, especially when investigating Islam. Yet each discipline is in danger of omitting the most critical discussions of the other. Discussions about conceptualizations of religion and Islam, even those adapting theoretically sophisticated global history approaches, largely ignore gender. Scholars of gender studies, in turn, have barely queried or nuanced “religion” and “Islam” as categories. Thus, they fail to take into account how conceptualizations of religion and Islam as generic terms have affected the power relations under scrutiny. This article aims to address this momentous mutual exclusion by examining a tract published in 1940 in the context of Anglophone Southeast and South Asian Muslim intellectual circles. Drawing on Judith Butler’s critical engagement with Luce Irigaray and on Butler’s notion of subversion by thoroughgoing appropriation and redeployment and situating this case study within the mentioned mutual exclusion, I argue that studying the relation between concepts of femininity and masculinity and concepts of religion and Islam poses important questions regarding colonial, androcentric, and phallogocentric epistemologies underlying contemporary religious studies and gender studies. I contend that religion-making and gender-making should not be investigated apart from each other.
THE EFFECT OF MENTHA PIPERITA (L.) EXTRACT DIETON TOTAL WHITE BLOOD CELL, PHAGOCYTE COUNTS AND DISEASE RESISTANCE AGAINST EDWARDSIELLA TARDA IN ROHU (LABEO ROHITA HAM.) FINGERLINGS
Authors: Thuy Nguyen Thi Thanh
Published: July 2023

Rohu fingerlings (Labeo rohita Ham.) were fed on normal diet and treated groups were fed on plant Mentha piperita (L.) extract diet with varying doses of 10, 20 and 30 ml/100 g feed. After three weeks of feeding, blood was collected from all the groups for testing of total white blood cell (WBC) and phagocyte counts. Then all fish group were immunized and challenged with Edwardsiella rarda. Results indicated that there was no significant difference (P > 0.05) in total WBC count between the control and plant extract treated fish groups. However, the phagocytes and disease resistance against E. rarda significantly (P < 0.05) increased in the plant extract treated fish. The total WBC count significantly (P < 0.05) increased in the treated groups fed on the diet or 20 and 30 ml/100 g reed after immunization
Level of adoption of corporate governance practices in cooperatives of credit and agricultural branches in the west of Paraná
Authors: Bertolini Geysler Rogis Flor , Canquerino Yogo Kubiak
Published: July 2023

The growth of organizations and consequently the increase in their structural complexity, have required greater competence in the formulation and execution of strategies that make it possible to overcome growing market demands in order to achieve their purposes. Thus, there is a need for professional management and structuring of corporate governance mechanisms. In this sense, this study aimed to analyze the level of adoption of Corporate Governance practices in Cooperatives in Western Paraná. This study, in its methodological path, used a multicase study with the application of a questionnaire adapted from Araújo (2010). Data collection took place during the PECSOL course, run by UNICAFES with agricultural and credit cooperatives, all located in western Paraná. When analyzing the set of cooperatives, on average they are at a level of adoption of corporate governance practices in consolidation. However, it is understood that there are many opportunities for studies and improvement in practices aimed at corporate governance mechanisms, as well as in the structuring and professionalization of management, in expanding the qualifications of boards and directors, as well as in the performance of these members in decision-making processes. decisions based on deeper discussions and improvement of communication to encourage involvement and action, both between cooperative and cooperative members, and in the relationship between cooperative members and cooperatives.
Institutions and critiques in tobacco cultivation in Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil: institutional changes and reaffirmation
Authors: Vendruscolo Rafaela , Waquil Paulo Dabdab , Dos Anjos José Carlos Gomes , Ventura Flaminia , Tourrand Jean François
Published: July 2023

This study focuses on issues surrounding tobacco production in Brazil, seeking to understand the changes occurred in tobacco farming out of criticisms and changes in the environment. Based on the theoretical and methodological conceptions from Sociology of Critique and institutionalist theories, semi-structured interviews were conducted with relevant actors in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, adding to documentary analysis, with a view to analyze the institutional changes that have been occurring in tobacco production. First, devices of local and global criticism were identified, as well as the transformations that engender uncertainty in the tobacco farming environment. In this set of disputes, as responses to criticism, it was possible to map the institutions that have been supporting tobacco growing. Based on this, the transformations in the actions of tobacco companies were analyzed, which appeared to be mainly semantic, aimed at requalifying the Integrated Tobacco Production System and, thus, reaffirming the institutions that support tobacco growing. Findings showed that, in the environment of tobacco-growing family farmers, institutional changes are heterogeneous, affecting both the connections with and interpretations about tobacco. As a result, some farmers are being excluded from the system, and they need government support to change their realities.
Appropriateness of the anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale for Koreans to measure preoperative anxiety and the effect of preoperative anxiety on postoperative quality of recovery
Authors: Ki Minjong , Kim Dong-Chan , You Seon Woo , Oh Jeongmin , Jang Jieun , Yoo Hyo Hyun
Published: July 2023

Background: The reliability and validity of the anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale for Koreans (K-HADS-A) has not been studied in Korean surgical patients. This study aimed to validate the usefulness of K-HADS-A for measuring preoperative anxiety in Korean surgical patients. Additionally, the effect of preoperative anxiety on postoperative quality of recovery was evaluated.Methods: Preoperative anxiety in 126 inpatients with planned elective surgery was measured using the K-HADS-A. The postoperative quality of recovery was measured using the Korean version of the Quality of Recovery-15. The validity and reliability of the K-HADS-A were evaluated. The differences in quality of recovery on the first and seventh day postoperatively were then compared between the anxious and non-anxious groups.Results: There was a statistical correlation between the K-HADS-A and Anxiety Likert Scale. The goodness-of-fit indices of the structural equation model showed how well the data from the K-HADS-A match their concept. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value was 0.848, and the P value of Bartlett’s test of sphericity was < 0.001. Cronbach’s alpha was high at 0.872. The K-HADS-A had an acceptable level of validity and reliability. Postoperative quality of recovery was significantly lower in the anxious group (postoperative day 1: t = 2.058, P = 0.042; postoperative day 7: t = 3.430, P = 0.002).Conclusions: The K-HADS-A is an acceptable tool for appropriately assessing preoperative anxiety in Korean surgical patients. Assessing preoperative anxiety is valuable, because preoperative anxiety affects the postoperative quality of mental and physical recovery.
Effect of the “door-to-balloon” time on the results of treatment of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, depending on the duration of the pre-hospital delay
Authors: Bessonov I. S. , Sapozhnikov S. S. , Shadrin A. A. , Kashtanov M. G. , Popov S. V.
Published: July 2023

Aim    To analyze the effect of the door-to-balloon time on treatment outcomes in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) depending on the duration of pre-hospital delay.Material ad methods    The study used data of the hospital registry of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in STEMI from 2006 through 2017. The analysis included 1333 patients. All patients were divided into two groups. The first group included 574 (43.1%) patients with the time from the pain syndrome onset to admission was ≤120 min. The second group consisted of 759 (56.9 %) patients with the time of pre-hospital delay exceeding 120 min. Results of the treatment were analyzed for each group depending on the door-to-balloon time, ≤60 min or >60 min.Results    In the group of patients with the prehospital delay less than 120 min and the door-to-balloon time ≤60 min vs. patients with the door-to-balloon time >60 min, the following was observed: decreased in-hospital mortality (1.3 % vs. 6.8 %, p=0.001), reduced incidence of major adverse cardiac effects (МАСЕ) (3.2 % vs. 8.3 %, p=0.008), and reduced incidence of the no-reflow phenomenon (3.9 % vs. 9.4 %, p=0.007). Also, immediate angiographic success of PCI was more frequently achieved in these patents (94.5 % vs. 87.5 %, p=0.003). In addition, in the group with the prehospital delay ≤120 min and the door-to-balloon time ≤60 min, a higher ejection fraction was noted at discharge from the hospital (48 [43; 51] % vs. 46 [42; 51] %, р=0.038). Comparison of treatment outcomes between the groups with different door-to-balloon time (≤60 min or >60 min) and a prehospital delay >120 min did not show any significant intergroup differences. According to a multivariate analysis, the door-to-balloon time ≤60 min did not predict in-hospital mortality. There was a strong correlation between the time of prehospital delay and the total time of myocardial ischemia (r=0.87; р<0.001) while the correlation between the door-to-balloon time and the total time of myocardial ischemia was moderate (r=0.41; р<0.001). At the same time, there was no correlation between the time of prehospital delay and the door-to-balloon time.Conclusion    In STEMI patients with a prehospital delay less than 120 min from the pain syndrome onset, a decrease in the door-to-balloon time was associated with better outcome of the hospital treatment. When the duration of prehospital delay was more than 120 min, a decrease in door-to-balloon time did not influence the treatment outcome. The time of prehospital delay strongly correlated with the total time of myocardial ischemia.
Lexical-pragmatic potential of substantive phrases (based on the material of the titles of modern German-language novels)
Authors: Shtyrova V. E.
Published: July 2023

This article is devoted to the consideration of the titles of modern German-language novels after 1989, expressed by a substantive phrase, from the standpoint of structural analysis. The purpose of the study is to identify lexical-pragmatic potential of the most frequent models of titles. The phrase in the process of speech is not reproduced in its entirety, but is constructed by the speaker in the process of speech. This allows us to treat the phrase as a free lexical unit. The relationship between the components of a phrase is characterized by greater freedom than the relationship between the components of a compound word. This freedom is expressed in the possibility of replacing each full-valued word as part of a phrase with another word of the same class without losing the grammatical essence of the phrase. However, such grammatical unlimited compatibility is opposed to the limitations in lexical compatibility of words. In this regard, phrases differ from phraseologisms, which are characterized by lexical and grammatical idiomatic. The semantic integrity of the phrase is manifested in the semantic gravitation of the components towards each other. The presence in the phrase of the organizing core and its subordinate component confirms the thesis about the structural closure of the phrase. The relevance of this study is due to the special status of the phrase in the grammar of the German language and the rich pragmatic potential for creating successful communication between the author and the reader of novel literature. The results of the study revealed the characteristic features of the titles of the above type and identified a group of titles with greater intertextuality for further study.
Research paradigms in the study of the children’s movement in Soviet Russia and the problem of «children’s texts»
Authors: Titova O. A.
Published: July 2023

The article analyzes modern approaches to the study of the childrens movement on the basis of historiographical sources, and the problem of interpretation of childrens texts in modern research, including at the regional level, is considered on the basis of archival sources. The scientific focus is historical anthropology. The leading principles are historicism and objectivity. In connection with the problems of research, it became necessary to turn to a micro-historical approach, political and legal, as well as systemic approaches. The scientific novelty of the research is determined by the new formulation of the problem in the study of the childrens movement, as well as by the fact that at the provincial level within the borders of the Samara Region, no one addressed the topic of the childrens movement of the first years of Soviet power at the new historiographical stage. The aim of the study is to study modern approaches in the study of the childrens movement in the first years of Soviet power, as well as the consideration of childrens texts at the provincial level. In the course of the study , the following results were obtained: 1) modern researchers strive to rid Soviet childhood of mythologization and analyze the methods, ways and means used by the Soviet government to implant new Soviet values in childrens consciousness; 2) in separate studies, the system of educating a new person through childrens fiction and educational literature, periodicals, as well as cinematography is considered; 3) the authors turn to the analysis of the process of generating an artistic image based on real historical events; 4) the basis of most studies are directive and administrative and accounting documents, and childrens sources occupy a much smaller place. The conclusion, according to the results, is as follows: childrens texts allow us to expand the boundaries of the historical vision of the problem of acquiring Sovietism. The involvement of sources of personal origin helps to resolve the issue of identifying the archetype of children in conditions of extreme dependence and pressure on them from the state.
metodología VECTOR-I: una respuesta inclusiva a las deficiencias del deporte para el desarrollo y la paz en México
Authors: Añorve Añorve Daniel , García Ramos Flor de María , Favela López Dolores Alejandra , Armenta Romero Zaira Aydeeé
Published: July 2023

Las organizaciones que impulsan el deporte para el desarrollo y la paz han proliferado en el siglo xxi. Sin embargo y aunque se han identificado 35 de ellas en México, es un tema poco estudiado en este país. El presente artículo analiza las metodologías de las que operan en México, lo que resulta en el diseño de una metodología de deporte para el desarrollo y la paz incluyente y sostenible que, basada en agendas globales y locales y alineadas con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, es susceptible de replicarse en diferentes geografías latinoamericanas.
SABERES DE ARTESANATO DE MIRITI: UM ESTUDO EM ABATETUBA/PA
Authors: Teixeira Leida Cristina Saraiva , Monteiro de Avezedo Ana D'Arc , Pineda Nebot Carmen
Published: July 2023

O presente artigo provém da dissertação de mestrado apresentada ao Curso de Pós Graduação em Gestão de Conhecimento para o Desenvolvimento socioambiental da Universidade da Amazônia-UNAMA- e propõe compreender quais os saberes de artesanato de Miriti considerados relevantes pelos artesãos de Abaetetuba cuja cultura é o cartão postal deste município do Pará. A metodologia utilizada abrange diversos meios e instrumentos, tais como: levantamento bibliográfico e estudo de campo do tipo exploratório e descritivo, alél de ancorar-se num ensaio etnográfico. Dentre os resultados destacamos como os mais relevantes: os produtos tidos como os mais relevantes pelos artesãos foram os que descrevem as suas vivências e reforçam suas identidades dentro dos saberes da cultura de miriti. Tais saberes surgem, então, como ferramentas para auxiliar no repasse de saberes de miriti às escolas do município de Abaetetuba, a iniciar por uma escola estadual na sede da cidade por meio de uma revista online e, após, por meio impresso às demais escola do supracitado município. Como fundamentação teórica têm-se os textos de Gomes (2013); Ribeiro, Bezerra & Silva (2018; Silva (2015); Lélis e Carvalho (S/d).
ESTADO DA ARTE DA EDUCAÇÃO DO CAMPO NO ALTO SOLIMÕES, AMAZONAS
Authors: Andrade Patrício Freitas de , Feitosa Debora Alves , Carvalho Franklin Plessmann de
Published: July 2023

O objetivo da pesquisa foi investigar o estado da arte da Educação do Campo na região do Alto Solimões, Amazonas. O estudo foi realizado na Mesorregião Sudoeste Amazonense na microrregião do Alto Solimões, região que apresenta intenso fluxo migratório, por estar situada na tríplice fronteira Amazonense entre Brasil, Peru e Colômbia. Foram encontradas sete pesquisas e estas contribuem para a construção da educação do campo na região, com proposições específicas que dialogam com as comunidades locais. Infelizmente as pesquisas ainda são poucas, em comparação a discussão em outros estados, mas isso não quer dizer, que a Educação do Campo, não esteja sendo discutida localmente. O que falta é mais divulgação das pesquisas realizadas localmente. As publicações aumentaram no decorrer de nove anos. Percebe-se a carência de dados, de pesquisadores que busquem lutar próximo aos sujeitos do campo. Não foi encontrado nenhum trabalho especifico que trate sobre o histórico das políticas públicas de educação do campo na região. Mas, os trabalhos encontrados trazem reflexões importantes, que juntos podem delinear discussões para a construção da educação do campo em acordo com as leis do país que tratam da luta da população do campo. Esse levantamento da produção cientifica sobre educação do campo na região do Alto Solimões proporciona o conhecimento do mapeamento dessas pesquisas sobre a realidade das discussões voltadas na região sobre o tema.
Stosunki międzypaństwowe Polski z Ukrainą, Białorusią i Litwą po 1990 roku w kontekście sytuacji mniejszości narodowych
Authors: Barwiński Marek
Published: July 2023

Głównym celem artykułu jest przedstawienie roli mniejszości narodowych w relacjach międzypaństwowych. Szczególnego wymiaru nabiera ona w przypadku sąsiadujących ze sobą państw, których skomplikowana historia doprowadziła do powstania skupisk poszczególnych narodowości w regionach przygranicznych. Zachodząca od początku lat 90. XX w. na obszarze środkowej Europy transformacja ustrojowa, przeobraziła relacje polityczne i ekonomiczne pomiędzy poszczególnymi państwami tego regionu, które dodatkowo komplikuje zróżnicowany stopień zaawansowania procesów integracji wschodnich sąsiadów Polski. Zmianie uległa także sytuacja, zwłaszcza polityczno-prawna, mniejszości narodowych, które – odmiennie niż w okresie komunistycznym – stały się istotnym elementem, niejednokrotnie konfliktogennym, wzajemnych relacji międzypaństwowych.
Solution of the initial boundary value problem in symbolic form
Authors: Provotorov Vyacheslav V. , Rybakov Mikhail A.
Published: July 2023

Algorithms for finding a symbolic-numerical solution of the initial- boundary value problem for a continuum transport equation are discussed. Analytical solution of such equations, as a rule, is impossible; therefore, approximate methods of solution that provide the condition of approximation, stability, and convergence are being actively developed. This article proposes a symbolic solution which is more convenient than a numerical one to be used, for example, in the synthesis of control systems. The algorithm is based on the approximation of partial derivatives with respect to one of the variables by a difference relation and the application of the Laplace transform to the resulting system of differential-difference equations. A block diagram of the algorithm is presented. The description of the structure of the software package based on the developed algorithm is carried out. The software package is developed in the Java programming language. To enter the initial data of the initial boundary value problem and output the solution, a web interface is used. The web interface of the software package is based on the Spring framework. An example of solving an initial boundary value problem with initial and boundary conditions using this software package is considered.
The results are of interest to researchers in applied areas related to heat transfer through a network coolant, transportation of viscous liquids through a network hydraulic carrier, and diffusion processes in biophysics. The developed algorithm can be used to solve some problems of automatic control.
The CM–CRDS Method for Measuring the Carbon Isotope Ratio in Vanillin With an Expanded Uncertainty of Less Than 0.1 %
Authors: Chubchenko I. K.
Published: July 2023

Isotopic analysis is an efficient method for quality control and detection of counterfeit food products. The method of elemental analysis isotope ratio mass spectrometry (hereinafter referred to as EA-IRMS) is traditionally used in the field of isotopic analysis of food products and is regulated in the relevant regulatory documents. The method of combustion module-cavity ring-down spectroscopy (hereinafter referred to as CM–CRDS) is a rapidly developing method for measuring the carbon isotope ratio with a number of advantages; currently, this method is of most interest for the isotope analysis of food products. However, studies of the metrological characteristics of the CM–CRDS method as part of the analysis of the isotopic composition of vanillin have not been carried out. The purpose of the research was to develop a procedure for measuring the carbon isotope ratio in vanillin by the CM–CRDS method with an expanded uncertainty (at k = 2) of less than 0.1 ‰.

The development of the measurement procedure was carried out in preparation for the international key comparison CCQM-K167 «Carbon isotope delta measurements of vanillin» (2019–2022) organized by the international Working Group on Isotope Ratios of the Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. The experimental part of the research was carried out on a reference installation, which is part of the State primary standard of units of molar part, mass part and mass concentration of components in gas and gas condensate environs GET 154-2019.

The expanded uncertainty (at k = 2) of this procedure for measuring the carbon isotope ratio in vanillin by the CM–CRDS method is less than 0.1 ‰. The following tasks were solved to achieve the set goal: the factors that form the measurement uncertainty budget were identified, some of which were eliminated or minimized by developing a procedure for preparing equipment and samples, a procedure for performing and controlling the measurement accuracy, and a procedure for processing measurement results.

The results of international comparisons CCQM-K167 confirmed the possibility of measuring the carbon isotope ratio in vanillin by the CM–CRDS method using the developed procedure with an expanded uncertainty (at k = 2) of 0.09 ‰, which corresponds to the best measurements performed by the EA-IRMS method.

The achieved result is of practical importance, because it confirms the possibility of applying the CM–CRDS method for quality control and detection of counterfeit vanillin.

Further research will be aimed at developing procedures for measuring the carbon isotope ratio using the CM–CRDS method in other substances and materials analyzed in the food industry, including for quality control and safety confirmation of juice products according to TR CU023/2011 and alcoholic products according to TR EAEU047/2018.
Biological Reference Materials: Topical Issues of Development and Certification Procedure
Authors: Gegechkori V. I. , Shatilina A. A. , Shulga N. A. , Petukhova Ya. D. , Smirnov V. V. , Ramenskaya G. V.
Published: July 2023

Modern international requirements in the field of drug standardization determine the relevance of the development of reference materials (RMs) for quality control of medicinal products of various origins, including biological ones. Due to the complexity of monitoring the quality of biological products caused by the variability of the biological systems used, the development and certification of biological RMs is a priority. The purpose of this review is to describe the procedure for the development and certification of biological RMs, including consideration of the general principles for testing and calculating metrological characteristics based on an analysis of the domestic and foreign regulatory framework for RMs.
Reference Materials for Nominal Properties of Biological Substances
Authors: Morozova V. V. , Kulyabina E. V. , Morozov V. Yu. , Kulyabina T. V.
Published: July 2023

Metrological traceability of the research results of the nominal properties of biological substances is currently an unsolved problem. This is primarily due to the absence of CRMs for nominal properties, the lack of requirements and practices in the field of metrology for tools that ensure the traceability of the research results of nominal properties, such as the nucleotide sequence of nucleic acids, DNA, RNA, and the color of urine, and letter codes.

In the course of the research, the relevance of the development of the theory, requirements, and practice of using tools in Russian metrology to ensure the traceability of the research results of nominal properties is substantiated. Differences between the process of measurements and studies of nominal properties are given. A project of a metrological traceability chain of the research results of nominal properties to the international harmonization protocol is proposed, taking into account the fact that there are no primary standards of nominal properties, and there are no primary reference methods for measuring nominal properties. Methods for establishing the certified characteristics of reference materials of a fragment of human mitochondrial DNA and the inactivated strain «GK2020/1» of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, including additional characteristics of the nominal property «nucleotide sequence of nucleic acids», are presented. Thus, it has been established that the uncertainty of nominal properties can be expressed as a probability or level of confidence. In turn, reference materials of nominal properties are of high interest as a means of metrological assurance of the reliability of identification of the nominal properties of biological substances, which include the DNA nucleotide sequence (genes) of a human being. The main significance of the research is to create prerequisites for the application of the findings given in the work to create a new branch of metrology, which will be related to the creation of methods and means to ensure reliable results for determining the nominal properties of substances and materials.
The recognition of surgical tools based on attention mechanism
Authors: Chen Jing , Xu Zhen , Liao Wei , Liu Zhi Xin , Zheng Yuan Zhang
Published: July 2023

The application of deep learning technology in healthcare has been widely studied, but there has been limited research on the management of surgical tools. Therefore, we propose a study focusing on the recognition and classification of surgical tools to reduce the risk caused by their loss. Firstly, we design a surgical tool collection system and construct a commonly used surgical tool dataset (STD). Secondly, we investigate two embedding strategies using an attention mechanism in the benchmark network to select suitable tool recognition methods. The first strategy is to embed attention in the base module of the extraction network, known as the embedding strategy. The second strategy is to embed attention in the last step before prediction, called the additional strategy. Our experimental results show that the performance of the additional strategy is superior to that of the embedded strategy in the surgical tool detection task. Using the additional strategy with the improved Yolov5s network based on SimAM attention resulted in an average accuracy of 0.972 while keeping GFLOPs unchanged. The model proposed in this paper outperformed advanced models and showed performance improvement on STD.
Computer Vision Based Skin Disease Recognition
Authors: Saha Dip Kumar , Majumder Anup
Published: July 2023

All over the world, various types of skin diseases are affecting an increasing number of people. It is incredibly simple to diagnose diseases with the aid of modern medical technology. However, there are times when people are unable to quickly travel to a hospital or diagnostic facility and it is also extremely expensive for most people, particularly in developing nations like Bangladesh. It is a good idea to have a backup plan in case something goes wrong, but it's not always possible. This is primarily an image processing method. Then total twelve features have been extracted from our all datasets consist of five diseases (Actinic keratosis, Benign, Eczema, Malignant, Psoriasis). Then, to learn our model, four different machine learning algorithms have utilized. For the psoriasis disease, the highest accuracy from the Random Forest classifier has obtained, which is 88%, and the F1-score is 96%. Therefore, this model can accurately recognize skin diseases with great effectiveness.