bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Clinical rationale for the treatment tactics of term patients diagnosed with transient neonatal tachypnoea without parenteral nutrition
Authors: Kalyakova N. V. , Shestak E. V. , Dodrov D. S.
Published: December 2021

Introduction. To analyze the efficacy and safety of treatment tactics for term patients diagnosed with TTN in an ICU without venous access and parenteral nutrition.

Materials and methods. The study gives a retrospective analysis of the medical records of 241 ICU patients from January 2020 to March 2021. 83 children meet general criteria for inclusion in the study.

Results and Discussion. While comparing the study group and the control group, no significant difference was detected in the incidence of risk factors during pregnancy and childbirth, such as gestational diabetes, ARVI during pregnancy, chorioamnionitis, preeclampsia, and the frequency of a prolonged anhydrous period, the frequency of induced labor, delivery by caesarean section, fetal distress and the use of vacuum extraction. Despite the same initial level of severity of respiratory disorders, when the child was admitted to the ICU, the duration of CPAP therapy was significantly higher in the control group: 7.5 (5.5-12) versus 5 (4-6) hours p = 5×10-5. The average length of hospital stay in the ICU and the total length of hospital stay was significantly higher in the control group (p = 4×10-11 and p = 0.006, respectively), as well as the need for treatment in the Neonatal Pathology unit conditions (p = 0.001).

Conclusion. Analyzing the tactics of treating term patients diagnosed with TTN, the study proved that children without venous access require less time for respiratory therapy with CPAP in the NICU, the total duration of hospitalization in the NICU is significantly lower, as well as the need for additional treatment in the Neonatal Pathology unit. The study revealed that the early onset of enteral nutrition and the rapid expansion of the feeding portion, provided with child’s stable health condition, enable to avoid the installation of venous access and the prescription of parenteral nutrition at the ICU stage.
Physical development and its relationship to the metabolic activity of the intestinal microbiota in young children
Authors: Vakhlova I. V. , Fedotova G. V. , Boronina L. G. , Ibragimova Yu. N.
Published: December 2021

Introduction. The metabolic activity of the intestinal microbiota is an important indicator of the functioning of the digestive tract, one of the main functions of which is the absorption of nutrients.

The aim of the study was to analyze the content of short chain fatty acids in feces and assess their relationship with the indicators of physical development in children 3 years of age.

Materials and methods. A prospective cohort study was conducted in 89 children 3rd year of life. The 1st observation group included children of the I and II health groups, the children of the 2nd group underwent surgical treatment on the intestine in the first months of life, the children of the3rd group are with atopic dermatitis. FD assessment was carried out in accordance with WHO recommendations (2017) the spectrum of FGC in feces was determined by gas-liquid chromatography.

Results. It was determined the features of the rates of FD in healthy children, children with a history of intestinal resection and children with atopy in relation to the indicators of metabolic activity of the intestinal microbiota. The percentile distribution of the values of FGC in feces and their comparative assessment in the observation groups are given.

Discussion. The content of FGM in feces has differences depending on the health status of children of the 3rd year of life. Different level of FGC shows a close relationship with the indicators of FD. Conclusions. A decrease in growth rates (body length SD: from -1 to -2) was revealed at low values (<25%) of the amount of acids, with an increase in propionate (25%) in feces. Reduced nutrition (body weight SD: from -1 to -2) it was associated with low values of the sum of isoacids and AI(-) (<25%); by 3rd year of life, the risk of low nutrition decreased in 4 times with high values (75%) of the sum of acids in feces (OR=4.33[1.09-17.71]). The multidirectionality of the content of fecal matter in young children and their influence on the indicators of FD emphasizes the versatility of the functions of the intestinal microbiota, which has a local and systemic effect on the human body.
Study of the effectiveness of fractional laser ablation in patients with atrophic postacne scars using the quantitative scar index
Authors: Ufimtseva M. A. , Simonova N. V. , Bochkarev J. M.
Published: December 2021

Introduction. Atrophic scars are common in acne patients. Regardless of their number and size, they are persistent defects and reduce patients' quality of life. With a variety of treatment options, effective scar correction remains a challenge. Laser technology continues to evolve and is considered promising for the treatment of scars.

The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of the fractional laser ablation method in patients with atrophic postacne scars using the quantitative postacne scar index.

Materials and methods. The study involved 60 patients with ARP of II-IV severity, 35 women and 25 men. The patients underwent fractional ablation of scars with an Erbium laser (2940 nm). To assess the scars before and after treatment, we used the post-acne scar severity index according to the quantitative assessment scale according to G.J. Goodman et al. Goodman et al. (2006). The international scales Patient's Satisfaction Score, Physician's Satisfaction Score, and Definitive Graduated Score were used to assess physician and patient satisfaction with the results of the procedures.

Results. The quantitative index of postacne scars before treatment ranged from 4.0 to 16.0 points and averaged 10.9±3.56 points; median was 12.0 points (8.0±13.0 points). After fractional laser ablation procedures, improvement of quantitative indexes scores (p<0.05), positive dynamics of the doctor's and patients' evaluation of procedure results were noted; no gender differences were noted.

Discussion. Quantitative indices of scar expression reflect the severity of the affected skin areas in patients with postacne. This study confirms the effectiveness of fractional ablation with the Erbium laser in patients with ARP, which is confirmed by a decrease in quantitative scar severity indices. Dynamic growth of PSS, PhSS, DGS indices testifies to high satisfaction of the physician and the patient with the results of treatment and correlates with regression of clinical manifestations in these patients.

Conclusion. Despite the limitations and laboriousness of counting quantitative indices of postacne scars, this approach allowed to establish and objectify the clinical efficacy of treatment of patients with ARP by fractionated ablation.
Development of thyroid pathology in medical workers with chronic exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation
Authors: Gordienko L. D. , Kiseleva T. P. , Gordienko I. I. , Tsap N. A.
Published: December 2021

Introduction. The literature review deals with the effects of ionizing radiation and radiation on the body of medical personnel.

Materials and methods. 50 actual sources were analyzed. The relevance of the study of the constant, long-term influence of low doses of radiation is shown, in view of the increasing use of sources of ionizing radiation in various fields of scientific and practical human activity, including medicine.

Results. Thanks to the analysis of numerous literature data, it was revealed that operating doctors, who are faced in their work with sources of ionizing radiation, often do not have a sufficient level of protection of the thyroid tissue from radiation. It was revealed that the overwhelming majority of studies highlighting thyroid pathology in medical personnel working with X-rays are aimed at identifying the risks of thyroid cancer and does not take into account the pathology of non-tumor genesis. Analyzed the data of scientific publications, allowing to draw a conclusion about the effects of chronic exposure to ionizing radiation, namely X-rays, in low doses on the thyroid tissue from a morphological and functional point of view.

Discussion. It was established on the basis of the analysis of experimental data that under the influence of low-dose X-ray radiation, the intercellular contacts of thyrocytes are disconnected, which can lead to a decrease in the synthesis of thyroid hormones and, as a consequence, to the development of hypothyroidism.

Conclusion. Based on the analysis of the experimental data, it has been established that under the influence of low-dose X-rays there is a disconnection of intercellular contacts of thyrocytes, which may lead to a decrease in the synthesis of thyroid hormones and, consequently, to the development of hypothyroidism.
Concierto de Aranjuez for modern classical guitar and symphony orchestra by Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre: stylistic and genre features
Authors:   Moldova State University, Agafita Mihail
Published: December 2021

Concierto de Aranjuez for classical guitar and symphony orchestra written by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre in 1939 is in the author’s spotlight. The traditional tripartite structure with the tempo correlation Allegro con spirito-Adagio-Allegro gentile fits perfectly into the genre canons of a classical concert: not coincidentally this concert is considered an eloquent example of Spanish Neoclassicism. The particular significance is the sound concept of the second movement based on the melodic legitimacy of saelta, a religious song appeared as an imitation of the psalmody of the canonical religious service. The texts of saelta reflect events and emotions of the Holy Week. Thanks to the fact that a genre of secular music involves the concepts and means of musical expression of a religious genre, adds to the second part an enormous depth and sensitivity, provoking a very strong emotional reaction of the listener. We mention in parentheses that Concierto de Aranjues is one of the most performed concerts for modern classical guitar in the world, while the second part is very often performed as an autonomous creation.
The historical trajectory of Byzantine religious music in the Romanian space: volutes and milestones
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Galaicu Violina
Published: December 2021

The trajectory of the Romanian cult music is intertwined with the trajectory of the Byzantine cult music, the mega-phenomenon and its zonal manifestation conditioning and enhancing each other. Respectively, any attempt to stage the evolution of sacred singing in the reference area refers to the transformations supported by Byzantine music as a whole. In the historiography of the field, we found several variants of systematization of the Byzantine ecclesiastical music on the Romanian territories: according to historical epochs, according to the stages of consolidation of the national Church, according to the linguistic factor (succession of sacred languages), according to stylistic manifestations. Based on the way in which the studies are structured, it is observed that historians do not consistently follow one way or another, but opt for summing them up. Thus, a milestone with generalizing value is outlined, in which the first Christian centuries mark the penetration and spread of Proto-Byzantine and Byzantine song in the Romanian space, the IX-X centuries – the enrollment of Romanianism in the Byzantine-Slavic religious front, the XIV century – the inauguration of the period of cultural effervescence related to the constitution of the Romanian medieval states, the end of the XVI century – the XVIII century – the Romanianization of the liturgical melody, the beginning of the XIX century – the XXI century – the passage of the Byzantine chant through the avatars of modernity and contemporaneity.
Aspects of the treatment of the technical-expressive and interpretative means of the trumpet in the Concert Study by Alexandr Sochireanschii and Oleandra by Vladimir Slivinskii
Authors:   Academy of Music Theatre and Fine Arts, Republic of Moldova, Hanganu Dumitru , Badrajan Svetlana ,   Academy of Music Theatre and Fine Arts, Republic of Moldova
Published: December 2021

The instrumental chamber music works by composers from the Republic of Moldova are rich and diverse, both in terms of the musical genres addressed and the instruments required, either for the ensemble or solo parts. The trumpet, an instrument with wide technicalinterpretative and expressive possibilities, offers composers an ample opportunity for harnessing its potential. The two works, which we will analyze from an interpretive point of view – “The Concert Study” for trumpet and piano (in B) by Alexandr Sokireanski (1977) and “Oleandra” for trumpet and piano (in B) by Vladimir Slivinski (1979), are part of the active repertoire of trumpeters and are of interest to researchers. They require certain execution skills and a certain level of handling the instrument, as they contain elements with a high degree of difficulty; we refer here to the rhythmic structure, the complexity of dynamic nuances, technical elements, the change of tempo during the proceeding of the musical discourse, the exploitation of the acute register of the trumpet.
Times and the interior and exterior architectural stylistic character of the Romanian-Moldovan traditional dwelling, incontestable museum decoration
Authors:   Technical University of Moldova, Munteanu Angela
Published: December 2021

Every nation has a history of multiple cultural, ethnic, linguistic interferences, which complement each other from one century to another. The Romanian people have a tumultuous past, with periods of Ottoman occupation, the liberation and unification of Greater Romania, but also the separation from the mother country after the Second World War. Currently, the political and national development path of the Republic of Moldova is struggling between the East and the West. Romanian traditional stylistics represents us through culture, tradition, and customs. We have a valuable cultural heritage inherited from our ancestors, characterized by architecture and folklore, costumes, traditions, and national holidays, which bring back the beautiful spring, winter, and autumn holidays of yesteryear. The home is a peasant house, today a monument of traditional-vernacular architecture (made by folk craftsmen) with architecture specific to each area of the Republic of Moldova, has currently become an ethnographic museum of this richly endowed land. The peasant house is the interior space characterized by the inhabitants of a country. The constructions had a plan, size, and aspect influenced by the physical-geographical conditions of the natural environment, by the particularities and specifics of the household system, historically and socially conditioned. Starting from the stylistic origins of manifestation in interior design and architecture, the traditional Romanian-Moldovan style can be aligned in a rustic ethnic style, monuments of peasant architecture. Therefore, according to its characteristics the rustic style represents the preservation or conservation of the traditional, the old, the folklore of a people, which makes you immediately think of the family home in an atmosphere torn from a fairy tale, sitting on a soft carpet in front of the fireplace (sobă). The rustic style is closely linked to tradition and the countryside. Traditional architecture, regardless of country and geographical area, presupposes the use of natural materials from the environment where the houses are built – wooden beams, stone, clay, straw both inside and outside. For example, the peoples of Romania, Moldova, Ukraine used wood in forested areas and stone in mountain areas.
Book graphics in the creation of the plastic artist Liudmyla Kozhokar
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Rocaciuc Victoria
Published: December 2021

The fine arts artist Liudmyla Kozhokar had professional studies in Ukraine: the Arts Studio in Kherson (1975–1978) and the Ukrainian Polygraphic Institute „I. Fyodorov” in Lvov (1978–1983). Since 1984, Liudmyla Kozhokar participates in fine art exhibitions in Chisinau and abroad. Since then, the artist has collaborated with various Moldovan publishing houses, combining publishing with teaching in the field of fine arts. Since 1999 Liudmyla Kozhokar is a full member of the UAP of the Republic of Moldova, and since 2001 – a member of the A.I.A.P. UNESCO, Paris, France. Liudmyla Kozhokar’s works are in the collections of the National Art Museum of Moldova and in private ones in Romania, the Republic of Moldova, France, USA, Iraq, Italy, Germany, Japan, England, etc. The graphic designer illustrated books of different kinds: ABC books, textbooks, children’s stories, encyclopedic literature, etc. Liudmyla Kozhokar perceives each graphic book separately, finding new plastic formulas and stylistic methods, delving into the text and studying it to the last sentence.
Ion Creanga’s personality: between document and fiction
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Tipa Violeta
Published: December 2021

Ion Creangă’s personality challenged the filmmakers on both banks of the Prut to create films in which to bring the famous storyteller back to the big screen. And if the genre of fiction film allows itself an artistic approach, with deviations and directorial inventions, then the non-fiction film is based on the document, drawing the true nature of the writer. In this context, there are a series of films, which aim to follow various aspects of the writer’s life, such as: Creangă (1973, directed by Vlad Druc), Creangă si Junimea (1989, directed by Ioana Holban), Ion Creanga’s God (1996, directed by Grid Modorcea), Ion Creangă (1999, directed by Anatol Codru) and others. But even these films are largely influenced by the writer’s work oscillating between document and fiction. We will refer to the films Ion Creangă’s God and Ion Creangă and analyze them from the perspective of that amalgam of events taken from the masterpiece of the writer Childhood Memories that form a common body with the rich iconographic material (photos, books, documents, archive documents, etc.) and biographical data, which being incorporated into a whole, give a special charm to the life of the writer.
Socialist modernism – a way of disseminating a new ideology in the architecture of entertainment buildings
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Trifan Aurelia
Published: December 2021

During the years 1955–1991, the attempts and searches meant to impose qualities corresponding to the fundamental principles of socialism on the architecture led to the realization of buildings with distinctive features, qualified today as modernist-socialist. Over a period of more than three decades, Soviet architecture turned to a synthesis of Western paradigms and its own avant-garde, largely unbuilt heritage. Theater, cinema and music, considered to be fields of culture accessible to the masses at large, are the genres of art placed at the center of the cultural policy of the Soviet state. In addition to the old buildings readapted for cultural activities, new buildings are designed based on a rigorous transposition of functional requirements. Representative for this time period are the cinemas designed to meet the requirements of a growing audience and to be expressive architectural pieces in the new micro-districts. The large number of houses of culture built in the district centers on the basis of standard projects is significant. At the same time, unique architectural programs appear functionally reflecting the social superstructure.
The outstanding architect Alexander Iosifovich Bernardazzi (1831–1907)
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Ceastina Ala
Published: December 2021

This year marks the 190th birthday of the famous Swiss architect of Italian origin A.I. Bernardazzi, who is also known for creating various historic buildings in Ukraine, Bessarabia and Poland. Archival documents were an evidence of the beginning of architectural career of Bernardazzi, when the Bessarabian Road and Construction Commission appointed him as the technician for urban planning of Akkerman and Bendery in 1853 and also for building some bridges and causeways in those districts. He took part in the organization of the third market in the Forest Square in Kishinev in September of 1855. This was the first mission of his creativity in Kishinev. Alexander Bernardazzi executed his duty as municipal architect from 1856 to 1878 having taken the place of another architect Luca Zaushkevich. All his subsequent monumental buildings became the best examples of European architecture by their style, shape, and quality. . In Bessarabia, he participated in the design and construction of many buildings such as the temporal theatre, the Lutheran school, the railway station, the Greek Church, the Manuk-Bei’s palace, etc. As for Kishinev, the architect Bernardazzi performed the beautification of paving many streets, the construction of urban water supply and the cast-iron railing in the city park. Also, he participated in many architects’ meetings where he submitted interesting reports referring to the theater, some windows, fire safety of buildings and so on. After his arrival to Odessa in 1878, Alexander Bernardazzi continued to participate in designing social and civil buildings in Bessarabia. For his enormous creative contribution to urban development, he was appreciated with the title of honorable citizen of Kishinev and appointed member of the Bessarabian department of the Imperial Russian Technical Society.
From „black plague” to „red plague”: meanings, symbols and impact (historical, literary, medical, imagological and ethnocultural)
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Arapu Valentin
Published: December 2021

The „Black Plague” pandemic (1347–1351) was a biological and epidemiological phenomenon. The term „red plague” was first used by F. Reinhardt in his work „Die Rote Pest” (1930). The „Red Plague” is a plague of Bolshevik / communist ideological, political and military fanaticism, installed in October 1917 in Russia and later spread to several countries. The origin of these two plagues is totally different; at the same time, there are multiple affinities of imagological, symbolic, ethnological, demographic, demonological and semiotic type between them. The medieval plague appeared simultaneously with Death, Hunger and War, respectively, the communist regimes, associated with the „red plague”, are guilty of mass extermination of tens and even hundreds of millions of people worldwide. The “red plague” has far outweighed its disastrous impact on any plague or pandemic in human history.
Living conditions in orphanages of the Moldavian SSR in 1944–1947
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Dolghi Adrian
Published: December 2021

The daily life in the Moldavian SSR orphanages during the post–war years was determined by the living conditions, the sanitary and hygienic state of the institutions, the provision of food and clothing, and the activities in which the children were involved. In the present paper, on the basis of unpublished archival documents and published documents, we elucidate the living conditions and the attitude towards children in the orphanages of the Moldavian SSR in the post–war years. Following the worsening of the social situation in the immediate post–war period in the Moldavian SSR, the number of orphans and vagrants increased. The solution of the Soviet state for this serious social problem was to expand the network of orphanages. On September 1, 1947, 21,553 children were already taken care of in 124 orphanages, a number that exceeded the possibilities of accommodation and food. The institutionalization of children was one of the solutions accepted ideologically by the Soviet Power. However, the ideological ideals did not correspond to the serious social realities in orphanages, where children lived in unsanitary conditions, also demonstrated by the numerous diseases caused by unsanitary conditions and lack of hygiene in the institutions: typhus, itching, tuberculosis. Children also suffered from malnutrition and dystrophy. The overall mortality rate among children was high.
The cult of the tsar and its promotion by Orthodox religious institutions
Authors:   Institute of History, Republic of Moldova, Gumenai Ion
Published: December 2021

With the annexation of Bessarabia to the Russian Empire, not only economic, political and cultural changes took place, but also spiritual ones. The strengthening of the role of the Orthodox Church for the idea of the Russian press will take place with the launch by Nicholas I of the well–known triad: “Orthodoxy, autocracy, people” – the three pillars on which Russian statehood will be based. It is interesting that “orthodoxy” in this triad occupies the primordial place and this in a multinational and multi–denominational state, and “autocracy” is on second place giving way to the Church. This position of the Russian Orthodox Church existed before and has been preserved since, with slogans such as “For Faith, the Tsar and Fatherland” or “Russian God, Russian Tsar and Russian People”. Obviously, for this position, the Orthodox Church had to make a significant effort to spread the cult of the tsar, which also refers to Bessarabia as a component part of this colossus. And this is done through all existing measures and possibilities. This also refers to the publicity of books invoking the entire imperial family, to the publication of instructions and special regulations related to the manner and rules of performing divine services in honor of the emperor and the imperial family, as well as various actions aimed at promoting the imperial image.
Graphic presentation of dialect-ethnographic texts of Western Polissia
Authors:   Институт искусствоведения, фольклористики и этнологии имени М. Ф. Рыльского НАН Украины, Бидношия Юрий
Published: December 2021

Western Polessia is a region divided after World War II by the state borders between Ukraine, Belarus and Poland. This was reflected not only in the languages of education, the general cultural background, but also, in particular, on the principles of presentation of dialectethnographic texts. When compiling and editing the volume “Ethnographic Image of Ukrainians Abroad. Corpus of expeditionary folklore and ethnographic materials” (part 1, 2019), we encountered different graphic design of dialectal and ethnographic texts of Western Polissia in publications from different countries. The volume contains texts from the territory of Brest region (Belarus) and Northern Podlasie (Poland), recorded by the staff of the Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology, as well as kindly provided by other researchers’ published and unpublished materials, collected since the early 1970s. As this volume is adjacent to the 10-volume collection of field materials “Ethnographic Image of Ukraine”, it became necessary to unify the graphic presentation of Western Polissia texts from different regions and different scientific schools. The developed algorithms for metagraphing of texts from the phonetic transcription of AUM and the special system of F. Klimchuk made it possible to present them in a unified and accessible way for non-philological readers. This emphasizes the unity of the Western Polissian dialect and the cultural continuum.
Ethnopolitical views of Grigory Ivanovich Borisov (Stary)
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Galusenco Oleg
Published: December 2021

Grigory Ivanovich Borisov, party alias Stary (Old) was born in the Bendery district of Bessarabia on December 9, 1880. He was forced to work from the age of seven. Since 1900, G. I. Stary took part in the revolutionary movement. For active participation in clandestine activities, he was repeatedly arrested by the police and served sentences in various prisons of tsarist Russia. G. I. Stary made a great contribution to the creation and development of the Moldovan ASSR. In 1924, he was appointed chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Committee of the Autonomous Republic. Then G. I. Stary was elected chairman of the Central Executive Committee. In 1926–1928 and 1932–1937, he worked as chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the MASSR. Contemporaries assessed his position on the issue of “Moldovans or Romanians” as ambivalent. G. I. Stary denied accusations of opposing the indigenous policy: “It is wrong that I am against Moldovanization. I only take into account the difficulties, and this is taken as resistance”. He was repressed in 1937 and rehabilitated in 1955. The article was written on the basis of materials from the Soviet secret police (NKVD) archive.
Number and territorial distribution of the Ukrainians of Moldova in the beginning of the XXI century
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Cojuhari Victor
Published: December 2021

The article presents a general description of the demographic situation in the Republic of Moldova at the beginning of the XXI century (negative population growth), a comparative analysis with the previous period is carried out, the main factors contributing to the deterioration of demographic indicators are analyzed: a decrease in the birth rate, an increase in mortality rates – causes and effects, migration outflow of the population of working and reproductive age, negative tendencies in nuptiality (reduction in the number of marriages, postponement of marriages to a later date, a sharp increase in the number of divorces), deterioration in the health of the population, reduction in life expectancy. In general, the deterioration of demographic indicators is a consequence of political instability, a high level of corruption, a severe economic crisis, resulting in the decline of living standards, increase of unemployment, degradation of social security systems, education, culture, science, etc. All these negative processes were reflected in the Ukrainians of Moldova. The most compact Ukrainians live in the northern regions and on the left bank of the Dniester, which is due to historical factors.
Building rituals of gagauz people from Chok Maidan gagauz village (Republic of Moldova)
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Soroceanu Eudochia
Published: December 2021

In the article „Building rituals of Gagauz people from Chok-Maidan village (Republic of Moldova)” on the ritual materials and mythological representations, collected by the author from this village, is made an attempt to reconstruct the Gagauz building rituals, to reveal their semantics and to show the role of dwelling in the system of Gagauz’ world perception. A characteristic feature of the building rituals of the Chok-Maidan village is the variety of types of sacrifice. Here, each stage of construction is marked by a certain type of sacrifice: when marking the corners of the future house, bread and salt are served, when laying the foundation, coins are walled up in all four corners, a rooster is slaughtered at the alleged threshold, live chickens are gifted at the four corners of the house before the roof is erected, and with the installation of rafters on a wooden cross and a green branch (cherry / walnut) they tie a towel and a shirt for the master, and the rest of the participants in the ceremony are given pieces of ritual bread with salt.
How to Monitor Blood Glucose
Authors: Ganjal Mahaboobsaheb
Published: December 2021

Blood glucose testing provides important information about the effectiveness of the diabetes management plan and assists nurses to monitor the clinical situation and take appropriate action. Nurses should consider the rationale for performing a blood glucose test every time they test a patient’s blood glucose level and commit to acting on the results, including whether the results are abnormal for the patient.
Dysmenorrhea : Alternative and Complementary Approach
Authors: Rajput Veena
Published: December 2021

Dysmenorrhea is a common ailment among women that can cause substantial physical and emotional suffering as well as life disruption. Women, on the other hand, may not seek professional help in order to alleviate this ailment. It is usually primary (functional) in teens and young adults, and is linked with normal ovulatory cycles and no pelvic disease. Reproductive age. Pelvic abnormalities such as endometriosis or uterine anomalies are observed in about 10% of adolescents and young adults with severe dysmenorrhea symptoms. Dysmenorrhea is the most prevalent cause of recurring short-term school absence in adolescent girls and a common condition in reproductive-age women.
Usher syndrome
Authors: E Shanees.
Published: December 2021

Usher syndrome is a condition that affects both hearing and vision; sometimes it also affects balance. The major symptoms of Usher syndrome are deafness or hearing loss and an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Most children with Usher syndrome are born with moderate to profound hearing loss, depending on the type. Less commonly, hearing loss from Usher syndrome appears during adolescence or later.1 Usher syndrome affects approximately 4 to 17 per 100,000 people,2,3 and accounts for about 50 percent of all hereditary deaf- blindness cases.4 . Usher syndrome is inherited as an autosomal recessive disorder. Usher syndrome is caused by mutations in specific genes. So far, Usher syndrome has been associated with mutations in at least ten genes. There are three types of Usher syndrome, type I, type II and type III 1. Diagnosis of Usher syndrome involves pertinent questions regarding the person’s medical history and testing of hearing, balance, and vision. Early diagnosis is important, as it improves treatment success. Genetic testing may help in diagnosing Usher syndrome. Presently, there is no cure for Usher syndrome. Treatment involves managing hearing, vision, and balance problems. Early diagnosis helps tailor educational programs that consider the severity of hearing and vision loss and a child’s age and ability.1 Usher Syndrome Awareness Day is observed in the third Saturday of September. Usher Syndrome Awareness Day seeks to bring attention and raise awareness of the most common genetic cause of combined deafness and blindness.5
Aftermath of Covid -19 Pandemic in the community
Authors: CK Sholly.
Published: December 2021

Novel corona virus (COVID-19) is an infectious condition, which can be spread directly or indirectly from one person to another and causes respiratory illnesses, range from common cold to acute respiratory syndrome. The first cases of this virus were found in Wuhan, China. According to the World Health Organization, COVID-19 is serious health concern and has higher risk for severe illness and spreading rapidly all over the world.This novel coronavirus was named Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) by WHO in February 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus disease 2019 a pandemic, in the year2020 March. A global coordinated effort is needed to stop the further spread of the virus. Among all cases about 92% of the confirmed cases were recorded from China. Initial reports suggest that death rate ranges from 1% to 2% which varies in the study and country. The most of the death have occurred in patients over 50 years of age followed by young children. For the confirmed cases which included both laboratory and clinically diagnosed till now there is no specific antiviral treatment recommended but there is vaccine currently available. Once the virus develops in people, corona viruses can be spread from person to person through respiratory droplets. The viral material hangs out in these droplets and can be breathed into the respiratory tract, where the virus can then lead to an infection. Repercussions of Covid -19 on individuals, families and on front line warriors are countless1.
POEMS Syndrome- An Overview
Authors: Mendagudli Veerabhadrappa G , Kedar Tushar S
Published: December 2021

The purpose of this review is to provide the latest information on POEMS syndrome. The authors conducted a literature search of available sources describing the issue of POEMS syndrome with special focus on syndrome and made a comparison and evaluation of relevant findings. The results of this review indicate that POEMS syndrome is associated with a group of disorders known as monoclonal gammopathies or plasma cell dyscrasias. These disorders are characterized the uncontrolled growth of a single clone (monoclonal) of plasma cells, which results in the abnormal accumulation of M-proteins (also known as immunoglobulin) in the blood which has a significant impact on the quality of life of both the patients and his/her family. Diagnoses are often delayed because the syndrome is rare and can be mistaken for other neurologic disorders, most commonly chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. Therefore, early and proper diagnosis and treatment are necessary in order to reduce or even eliminate both symptoms and social burden of the patient.
RECURRENCE OF ANEURYSMAL BONE CYST OF THE MANDIBLE: A CASE REPORT
Authors:   Department of Epidemiology and Disaster Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria., Hristamyan Meri A. , Tsolov Rosen B. ,   Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery, St. George University Hospital, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Published: December 2021

Аneurysmal bone cysts are benign osteolytic lesions with rapid growth, thin walls containing numerous blood-filled cavities. They occur mainly in the pediatric population but are rarely diagnosed in the facial skeleton. Although benign, the condition can be locally aggressive and cause significant weakening of the affected bone structure. This case report presents a 14-year-old boy with Burkitt's tumor (Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma), previously diagnosed with an aneurysmal bone cyst a year ago. He was admitted for treatment at the Clinic of Maxillo-Facial Surgery of the University Hospital "St. George" Plovdiv due to pain and swelling in the left molar area of the mandibula, dating from 2 days. A recurrence of an aneurysmal bone cyst measuring 55/25 mm, which does not require resection of the mandible, was found. After a decision for surgical removal of the formation, under general anesthesia, and preparation of a three-cornered mucoperiosteal flap, the mandibular bone, which is lysed and thinned by the formation, was trepanned. The roots of the affected teeth were resected, and the formation was extirpated. A gauze drain was placed in the formed cavity, and the wound was sutured. Drug therapy included Cefotaxime 2x1.0 - 10 days, starting 3 days before surgery, and Paracetamol 2x1 – 3 days, 2 days before and 1 day after surgery. Prophylactic examinations were scheduled on day 3, 7, 10, 15 after the operation, as well as 3, 6, and 12 months post-op, due to the recurrent nature of the formation.
New results on the range of responses that two-phase composites can have to time varying fields
Authors: Milton Graeme
Published: December 2021

It is now slightly more than 40 years since David Bergman and myself obtained bounds on the effective complex dielectric constant of isotropic composites of two isotropic phases mixed in given proportions. This constant governs the quasistatic response to electromagnetic waves of fixed frequency. Hence it also controls the absorption and refraction of radiation by these composites. There has been renewed interest in these old bounds, in part because they also give shape independent bounds in quasistatics on the amount of energy dielectric or metallic particles of given volume can absorb. Our bounds on the effective complex dielectric constant consisted of a lens shaped region in the complex plane bounded by circular arcs. We show that one bound can be tightened and that the corresponding circular arc corresponds to an assemblage of doubly coated spheres. New hierarchical laminate geometries that attain additional points on the remaining arc are described. Consequently, we see that this bound is very tight, almost optimal. We also bound the quasistatic response to applied electromagnetic fields, or antiplane elastic fields, that can have any variation in time, not necessarily a fixed frequency one. Curiously, judicious choices of the applied field can directly yield the volume fractions of the phases from measurements at specific times. We show how applied fields can be tailored to have this property. The work is joint with my wonderful and energetic collaborators: Christian Kern, Ornella Mattei, Owen Miller, and Mihai Putinar.
Space-time metamaterials: dragging and amplifying light
Authors: Huidobro Paloma Arroyo
Published: December 2021

In this talk I will consider space-time metamaterials of travelling-wave type [1] and present a theory of homogenisation of these modulated media [2]. This framework provides analytical expressions for the effective permittivity, permeability and magnetoelectric coupling of these media in the long wavelength limit. From the derived parameters we will see how it is possible to achieve nonreciprocal effects away from the asymmetric band gaps, and even down to the quasistatic limit if both the permittivity and permeability are modulated. This way, the synthetic motion present in these systems allows a new and tunable form of Fresnel drag effect of light in moving media [3]. The theory unveils a regime where the modulation speed approaches that of waves in the background medium where homogenisation breaks down and a new mechanism for gain emerges [4], enabling a form of nonreciprocal broadband amplification that could be realised in graphene [5]. On the other hand, temporal only modulations enable novel ways to excite surface waves from the far field [6].
Broken Symmetries in Acoustic and Mechanical Metamaterials
Authors: Alù Andrea
Published: December 2021

In this seminar, I will discuss our recent activity in acoustics and mechanics, showing how suitably tailored broken symmetries in meta-atoms and their arrangements open exciting venues for new technology. I will focus in particular on the opportunities offered by time modulation and switching, reciprocal and non-reciprocal Willis coupling, and topological order in metamaterials, which provide unique opportunities for exotic acoustic and mechanical responses. Physical insights into the underlying phenomena, and new devices based on these concepts will be presented.
Flexural Wave Localization in Structured and Disordered Thin Plates
Authors: Sebbah Patrick
Published: December 2021

Predicting the spatial pattern of vibrational modes in complex systems remains a key scientific and engineering challenge with strong repercussions in various domains such as Anderson localization prediction, laser cavity design or musical instrument architecture. A recent theoretical breakthrough brought a new tool, called the “localization landscape”, for retrieving crucial information on the spatial and frequency properties of localized waves [1]. In this talk, we first investigate the predictive power of the “localization landscape” function for wave localization of elastic waves in a structured thin plate and show how regions of wave confinement can be predicted from the knowledge of the static deformation of the plate [2]. We then report the first observations of disorder-induced Anderson localization of flexural waves in thin plates. In a first system, we measure modes of a randomly-pinned plate. Strongly confined modes at low frequencies progressively couple and extend over the disordered structure, as predicted by the landscape theory. A radically different behavior is found for surface acoustic waves propagating at the surface of a silicon wafer with randomly-distributed resonant blind holes. The localized modes are found at frequencies around the hybridization gap opened at the resonance frequency of the scatterers. In this regime, an adequate landscape theory is still to be developed for predicting the regions of localization.
Black-hole waves at corners of a metallic particle
Authors: Bonnet-BenDhia Anne-Sophie
Published: December 2021

In this talk, we consider electromagnetic waves in presence of a metallic inclusion with corners, assuming that the dielectric permittivity has a very small imaginary part, that will be neglected, and a negative real part. Due to the sign-change of the dielectric permittivity, very unusual singular phenomena take place at corners. In particular, for some configurations, a part of the energy may be trapped by the corners: this is the so-called blackhole effect [1].

In this presentation, we first give a mathematical analysis of this blackhole phenomenon, based on a detailed description of the corner’s singularities, in the 2D case.
This phenomenon leads to numerical instabilities of finite element simulations. The solution that we have found and validated is to introduce a complex scaling at the corners.

Finally, we compute the plasmonic eigenvalues of a 2D subwavelength particle with a corner [2]. While a smooth particle has a discrete sequence of eigenvalues, blackhole waves at the corner lead to the presence of an essential spectrum filling an interval. Numerical results show that the complex scaling deforms this essential spectrum, so as to unveil both embedded eigenvalues and complex plasmonic resonances. The latter are analogous to well-known complex scattering resonances, with the local behaviour at the corner playing the role of the behaviour at infinity.
Tailoring thermal emission with metasurfaces
Authors: Greffet Jean-Jacques
Published: December 2021

With the advent of fabrication and imaging at the nanoscale, many unexpected properties of thermal radiation have been explored in the last twenty years. The first part of the talk will be devoted to a review of key features including spatial and temporal coherence of incandescent sources. In the second part of the talk, recent results on an incandescent source that can be modulated beyond 10MHz, six orders of magnitude faster than commercially available hot membranes, will be presented.
Waves in elastic chiral lattice systems
Authors: Movchan Natasha
Published: December 2021

The lecture gives an overview of the recent work on a new class of chiral elastic waves in lattice systems. It is based on the recent joint work with G. Carta, I. Jones and A. Movchan.

One can distinguish between geometrically chiral structures and physically chiral structures, and our emphasis here is on physical chirality whose presence is reflected in the governing equations, whatever the geometry of the overall structure is.

The analysis of the dispersion properties reveals a new class of vortex waveforms that characterise the dynamic response of the chiral elastic system and shows the dynamic anisotropy. Special attention is given to the defect modes and chiral Green’s function for discrete systems.